agayne and sayde the kynge must shewe his seruauntes the dreame and so shal we declare what it meaneth Then the kynge answerde sayenge I perceaue off a treuth that ye do but prolōge y e tyme for so moch as yese that the thinge is gone fro me Therfore yff ye wil not tell me the dreame ye shal all haue one iudgment But ye fayne and dyssemble with vayne wordes which ye speake before me to put off the tyme. Therfore tell me the dreame ād so shall I know ▪ yff ye can shewe me what it meaneth Vpon this the Caldees gaue answere before the kynge and sayde there is no man vpon earth that can tell the thinge which y e kynge speaketh of Yee there is nether kynge prynce ner LORDE that euer axed soch thinges at a soythsayer charmer or Caldeer for it is a very harde matter that the kynge requyreth Nether is there eny that can certifie the kynge theroff excepte the goddes whose dwellinge is not amonge the creatures For y e which cause the kynge was wroth with greate indignaciō and cōmaunded to destroye all the wyse men at Babilon and y e proclamacion wēte forth that the wyse mē shulde be slayne They sought also to slaye Daniel with his cōpanyons Then Daniel enquered Arioch the kynges stewarde off the iudgment and sentence that was gone forth alredy to kyll soch as were wyse at Babilon He answered and sayde vnto Arioch beinge then the kinges debyte Why hath the kynge proclamed so cruell a sentence So Arioch tolde Daniel the matter Vpon this wente Daniel vp and desyred the kinge y e he might haue leysoure to shewe the kynge the interpretacion and then came he home agayne shewed the thinge vnto Ananias Misael Asarias his companiōs y t they shulde beseke the God of heauen for grace in this secrete that Daniel and his felowes with other soch as were wyse in Babilon perished not Then was the mystery shewed vnto Daniel in a visiō by nyght And Daniel praysed y e God of heauē Daniel also cryed loude and sayde O that the name of God might be praysed for euer and euer for wisdome and strength are his owne he chaungeth the tymes and ages he putteth downe kynges he setteth vp kynges he geueth wyszdome vnto the wyse and vnderstōdinge to those that vnderstōde he openeth the depe secretes he knoweth y e the thynge that lyeth in darcknesse for the light dwelleth with him I thanke the and prayse the O thou God off my fathers that thou hast lent me wyszdome and strength hast shewed me the thinge that we desyred off the for thou hast opened the kynges matter vnto me Vpon this wente Daniel in vnto Arioch whom the kinge had ordened to destroye the wyse at Babilon he wente vnto him and sayde destroye not soch as are wyse in Babilon but bringe me in vnto the kynge and I shal shewe the kynge the interpretacion Then Arioch brought Daniel into the kynge in all the haist and sayde vnto him I haue founde a man amonge the presoners off Iuda y t shal shewe the kinge the interpretacion Thē answered the kynge and sayde vnto Daniel whose name was Balthasar Art thou he y t cāst shewe me y e dreame which I haue sene the interpretacion therof Daniel answered the kynge to his face and sayde As for this secrete for the which the kinge maketh inquisicion it is nether the wyse the sorcerer the charmer ner the deuell coniurer that can certifie the kynge off it Only God in heauē cā open secretes and he it is that sheweth the kinge Nabuchodonosor what is for to come in the latter dayes Thy dreame and that which thou hast sene in thyne heade vpon thy bed is this ▪ O kynge thou didest cast in thy mynde what shulde come herafter So he that is the opener off mysteries telleth the what is for to come As for me this secrete is not shewed me for eny wiszdome that I haue more then eny other lyuynge but only that I might shewe the kynge the interpretacion that he might knowe the thoughtes off his owne herte Thou kynge sawest and beholde there stode before the a greate ymage whose fygure was maruelous greate and his vysage grymme The ymage heade was of fyne golde his brest and armes off syluer his body ād loynes were off copper his legges were off yron his fete were parte off yron and parte of earth This thou sawest till the tyme that without eny hondes there was hewen off a stone which smote the ymage vpon the fete that were both off yron and earth and brake thē to poulder then was the yron the earth the copper the syluer and golde broken altogether in peces and became like the chaffe off corne that the wynde bloweth awaye from y e somer floores that they cā nomore be foūde But the stone that smote the ymage became a greate mountayne which fulfylleth the whole earth This is the dreame And now will we shewe before the kynge what it meaneth O kynge thou art a kynge off kynges For the God off heauē hath geuē the a kingdome ryches strength and maiesty hath delyuered the all thinges that are amōge y e children off men the beastes off the felde ād the foules vnder the heauē and geuen the dominion ouer them all Thou art that goldē heade After y t there shal aryse another kingdome which shal be lesse then thyne The thyrde kingdome shal belyke copper and haue dominacion in all lōdes The fourth kingdome shal be as stronge as yron For like as yron brusseth and breaketh all thinges Yee euen as yron beateth euery thinge downe so shal it beate downe and destroye Where as thou sawest the fete and toes parte of earth and parte off yron that is a deuyded kyngdome which neuertheles shal haue some off the yron grounde mixte with it for so much as thou hast sene the yron mixte with the claye The toes of the fete that were parte off yron and parte off claye signifieeh that it shal be a kyngdome partely stronge and partely weake And where as thou sawest yron myxte with claye they shall myngle them selues w t y e sede off symple people yet not contynue one with another like as yron wil not be souldered with a potsherde In the dayes off these kynges shall the God of heauen set vp an euerlastinge kyngdome which shall not perish and his kyngdome shall not be geuen ouer to another people Yee the same shall breake and destroye all these kyngdomes but it shall endure for euer And where as thou sawest that without eny hondes there was cut out of the mount a stone which brake the yron the copper y e earth the syluer and golde in peces by that hath y e greate God shewed the kynge what wyl come after this This is a true dreame and the interpretacion of it is sure Then the kynge Nabuchodonosor fell downe vpon his face and bowed
shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies
the water of stryfe He that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother I se him not and to his brother I knowe him not and to his sonne I wote not of him those haue obserued thy wordes and kepte y e couenaunt they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes and Israel thy lawe they shal laie incense before thy nose burnt offeringes vpon thine altare LORDE blesse thou his power accepte the workes of his handes smyte the loynes of them y t ryse vp agaynst him of them that hate him that they lifte not vp them selues And to Ben Iamin he saide The beloued of the LORDE shal dwell in hope on him All the daye longe shal he wayte vpon him and shal dwell betwene his shulders And to Ioseph he sayde His londelieth in the blessynge of the LORDE there are noble frutes of heauen of the dew and of the depe that lyeth beneth There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne and noble rype frutes of y e monethes And of y e toppes of the mountaynes of olde and of the hilles allwaye and of the noble frutes of y e earth and of 〈◊〉 fulnesse therof The good will of him that dwelleth in the buszshe come vpon the heade of Ioseph and vpon y e toppe of his heade that was separated frō amonge his brethren His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe and his hornes are as y e hornes of an Vnicorne with the same shal he puszshe the nacions together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon of thy outgoynge but reioyse thou Isachar of thy tentes They shall call the people vnto y e hyll and there shal they offre y e offeringes of righteousnes For they shal sucke the abundaunce of the see and the treasures hyd in the sonde And to Gad he sayde Blessynge haue Gad which maketh rowme He dwelleth as a lyon and spoyleth the arme and the toppe of the heade And he sawe his begynnynge that y e heape of the teachers laye hydd there and came with the rulers of the people and executed the righteousnesse of the LORDE and his iudgment on Israel And to Dan he sayde Dan a yonge lyon he shal flowe from Basan And to Nephtali he saide Nephtali shal haue abundaunce of pleasure shal be full of the blessynge of the LORDE his possession shal be towarde the west and south And to Asser he sayde Asser be blessed w t sonnes accepted be he with his brethren and dyppe his fote in oyle Yron and brasse be on thy shues Thyne age be as thy youth There is no God as the God of the iust He that sytteth vpon heauen be thy helpe And his glory is in the cloudes that is the dwellynge of God from the beginnynge and vnder the armes of the worlde And he shal dryue out thyne enemye before the and saye Be destroyed And Israel shall dwell safe alone The eye of Iacob shal be vpon y e londe where corne and wine is heauen also shal droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is lyke vnto the O thou people y t art saued by the LORDE which is thy helpe shylde and the swerde of thy glorye Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them The XXIIII Chapter ANd Moses wente from the felde of y e Moabites vp vnto mount Nebo vpō y e toppe of moūt Pisga ouer agaynst Iericho And the LORDE shewed him all the londe of Gilead vnto Dan and all Nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse and all the londe of Iuda vnto y e vttemost see and towarde the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the LORDE sayde vnto him This is the londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde I wyll geue it vnto thy sede Thou hast sene it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go ouer thither So Moses y e seruaunt of the LORDE died there in the londe of the Moabites acordinge vnto the worde of y e LORDE And he buried him in a valley in the londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst the house of Peor And noman knewe of his graue vnto this daye And Moses was an hundreth and twentye yeare olde whan he dyed his eyes were not dymme and his chekes were not fallen And the children of Israel weped for Moses in y e felde of the Moabites thirtie daies and the dayes of the wepynge and mournynge for Moses were fulfilled And Iosua the sonne of Nun was filled with y e sprete of wyszdome for Moses had layed his hande vpon him and the children of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses And there arose no prophet more in Israel like vnto Moses whom the LORDE knewe face to face in all tokens and wonders which the LORDE sent him to do in y e londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and to all his seruaūtes and his londe and in all this mightie hande and greate visions which Moses dyd in the sighte of all Israel The ende of the fifte boke of Moses called Deuteronomion The seconde parte of the olde Testament The boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges The boke of Ruth The first boke of the Kynges The seconde boke of the Kynges The thirde boke of the Kynges The fourth boke of the kynges The first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Eszdras The boke of Hester The boke of Iosua What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. After the death of Moses God cōmaūdeth Iosua to get him vp and to go with the people ouer Iordane in to the londe of promes Chap. II. Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho and Rahab lodgeth them Chap. III. Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane The Leuites are ordeyned to go beforewith the Arke The one parte of Iordane stondeth styll the other renneth downe and the people go thorow it drye shodd Chap. IIII. Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out of Iordane and setteth them vp at Gilgall for a remembraunce Chap V. The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed The people in Gilgall are circumcysed They eate the Passeouer and vnleuended bred Chap. VI. How Iericho is wonne and taken Chap. VII The Israelites are put to flight before their enemies because one of thē had stollen of it that shulde haue bene damned and vtterly destroyed The trespacer is stoned vnto death Chap VIII The cite of Hai is wonne the people slayne the kynge taken alyue and hanged the cite brent Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE The blessynges and curses are red Chap. IX The Heythen kynges prepare thē selues agaynst Israel The Gabaonites saue their lyues by crafte and suttyltie Chap. X. The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon but Iosua helpeth them and wynneth a greate felde commaundeth the Sonne
then they toke him slew him at y e ferye of Iordane so y t the same tyme there fell of Epraim two fortye M. Iephthae iudged Israel sixe yeares And Iephthae y e Gileadite dyed was buried in one of the cities of Gilead After him iudged ▪ Israel one Ebzan of Bethleem which had thirtie sonnes and as many doughters and his thirtie doughters gaue he forth to mariage and thirtie doughters toke he from without for his sonnes and iudged Israel seuen yeare and died and shulders loynes and wēte downe dwelt in the stone clyffe at Etam Then wente the Philistynes vp and layed sege vnto Iuda pitched at Lechi But they of Iuda sayde Wherfore are ye come vp against vs They answered we are come vp to bynde Samson y t we maye do vnto him as he hath done vnto vs. Then wēte there thre M. men of Iuda downe to the stone clyffe of Etam sayde vnto Samson Knowest thou not that the Philistynes raigne ouer vs Wherfore hast thou done this then vnto vs He sayde As they dyd vnto me so haue I done vnto thē agayne They sayde vnto him We are come downe to bynde the to delyuer y t into the hāde of the Philistynes Samson sayde vnto thē Then sweare promyse me y t ye wyll not slaye me They answered him We wyll not kyll the we wil but bynde the delyuer the in to their hande wyl not slaye ye. And they bounde him with two new coardes caried him from the stone And whan he came vnto Lechi the Philistynes shouted and rāne vnto him But y e sprete of y e LORDE came vpon him the coardes aboute his armes were like thredes burnt in the fyre so y t the bondes were lowsed from his hondes And he founde the cheke bone of a deed asse then put he forth his hande and toke it slewe a thousande men therwith And Samson sayde With an olde asses cheke bone yee euē with the cheke bone of an asse haue I slayne a thousande men And whan he had sayde y t he cast y e cheke bone out of his hande called the place Ramath Lechi But whā he was sore a thyrst he called vpō the LORDE saide Soch greate health hast thou geuē by the hāde of thy seruaunt but now must I dye a thyrst fall in to y e hande of y e vncircūcised Thē God opened a gome tothe in y e cheke bone so y t water wēte out whan he dranke his sprete came agayne he was refreszshed Therfore vnto this daye it is yet called y e well of y e cheke bone of him y t made intercession And he iudged Israel in the tyme of the Philistynes twētye yeare The XVI Chapter SAmson wente vnto Gasa there he sawe an harlot laye with her Thē was it saide vnto the Gasites Samson is come hither And they compased him aboute caused to laye wayte for him preuely watched all the nighte in the gate of y e cite all that nighte they helde them styll sayde Abyde tomorow whan it is lighte we wyll slaye him But Samson laye vnto mydnighte then rose he at mydnighte toke holde on both y e syde portes of y e gate of the cite w t both the postes lifte them out with the barres layed them vpon his shulders bare them vp to y e toppe of y e mount ouer agaynst Hebron After this he fell in to the loue of a woman by y e broke of Sorek whose name was Dalila vnto whom the prynces of the Philistynes came vp and sayde vnto her Persuade him and loke wherin he hath soch greate strēgth how we maye ouercome him y t we mighte bynde him subdue him so wyll we geuethe euery man a M. and an C. syluerlinges And Dalila sayde vnto Samson I praye the tell me wherin thy greate strēgth is how thou mightest be bounde to be subdued Samson sayde vnto her Yf I were bounde with seuē roapes of fresh senowes which are not yet dryed vp I shulde be weake and as another man Thē the prynces of the Philistynes broughte vp vnto her seuen new roapes which were not yet dryed vp And she bounde him therwith But there was wayte layed for him besyde her in the chamber and she sayde vnto him The Pilistynes vpon the Samson Neuertheles he brake the roapes in sunder euē as a twyned threde breaketh whan it hath catched the heate of the fyre And it was not knowne wherin his strength was Then sayde Dalila vnto Samson beholde thou hast begyled me dyssembled with me tell me yet wherwithall mayest thou be bounde He answered her Yf they bounde me with new coardes wherwith no labo r hath bene done I shulde be feble as another man Then toke Dalila new coardes bounde him withall and sayde The Philistynes vpō the Samson but there was wayte layed for him in the chamber And he brake them from his armes euen as it had bene a threde Dalila sayde vnto him Yet hast thou begyled me dessembled w t me O tell me yet wherwithall mightest thou be bounde He answered her Yf thou playtest seuē hayri◠lockes of my heade together in a fyllet and fastenest them in with a nayle I shulde be weake And she saide vnto him The Philistynes vpō the Samson But he awaked out of his slepe drue out y e playted hayrie lockes with the nale and the fyllet Thē sayde she vnto him How cāst thou saye y t thou louest me where as thine hert is not yet with me Thre tymes hast thou disceaued me and not tolde me wherin thy greate strength is So whan she was euery daye importune vpon him w t her wordes wolde not let him haue rest his soule was faynte euen vnto the death he shewed her his whole hert sayde vnto her There came neuer rasoure vpon my heade for I am a Nazaree of God fro my mothers wombe Yf I were shauen my strength shulde departe fro me so that I shulde be weake and as all other men Now whan Dalila sawe that he had opened all his hert vnto her ▪ she sent called for the prynces of the Philistynes sayde Come yet once vp for he hath opened his whole hert vnto me Thē came the prynces of the Philistynes vp vnto her broughte the money w t them in their handes And she made him to slepe vpon hir lappe called one which shoue of the seuē hayrie lockes of his heade And she beganne to vexe him Thē was his strength departed frō him And she sayde vnto him The Philistynes vpon the Samson Now whā he awoke out of his slepe he thoughte I wil go forth as I haue done afore tyme ease my selfe knewe not y t the LORDE was departed from him But the Philistynes toke him put out his eyes and broughte him downe to Gasa bounde him w
are cast downe are not able to stoÌ„de The XXXVI A psalme of Dauid FRett not thy self at the vngodly be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers For they shall soone be cut downe like y e grasse be wythered euen as y e grene herbe Put thou thy trust in y e LORDE be doinge good so shalt thou dwell in the londe verely it shal fede the. Delyte thou in the LORDE he shal geue the thy hertes desyre CoÌ„mitte thy waye vnto y e LORDE set thy hope in him and he shal brynge it to passe Yee he shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light thy iust dealinge as the noone daye Holde the still in y e LORDE and abyde pacieÌ„tly vpon him but greue not thy self at one that hath prosperite and lyueth in abhominacion Leaue of from wrath let go displeasure let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell For wâ—â—ed doers shal be roted out but they that pacieÌ„tly abyde the LORDE shal enheret the londe Suffre yet a litle whyle y e vngodly shal be clene gone thou shalt loke after his place he shal be awaye But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth haue pleasure in moch rest The vngodly layeth wayte for the iust gnaszsheth vpon him w t his tethe But y e LORDE laugheth him to scorne for he seith y t his daye is coÌ„minge The vngodly drawe out the swerde bende their bowe to cast downe y e symple poore and to slaye soch as go y e rightwaye Neuertheles their swerde shal go thorow their owne hert and their bowe shal be brokeÌ„ A small thinge y t the rightuous hath is better then greate riches of the vngodly For the armes of y e vngodly shal be broken but the LORDE vpholdeth the rightuous The LORDE knoweth the dayes of the godly their enheritauÌ„ce shal endure for euer They shal not be coÌ„founded in y e perlous tyme in y e dayes of derth they shall haue ynough As for y e vngodly they shall perishe wheÌ„ y e enemies of y e LORDE are in their floures they shal coÌ„sume yee euen as the smoke shal they coÌ„sume awaye The vngodly * boroweth and paieth not agayne but the rightuous is mercifull liberall Soch as be blessed of him shal possesse the londe they whom he curseth shal be roted out The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge hath pleasure in his waye Though he fall he shal not be hurte for the LORDE vpholdeth him w t his haÌ„de I haue bene yonge now am olde yet sawe I neuer the rightuous forsakeÌ„ ner his sede to seke their bred The rightuous is euer mercifull leÌ„deth geÌ„tly therfore shal his sede be blessed Fle froÌ„ euell do y e thinge that is good so shalt thou dwell for euer For y e LORDE loueth y e thinge y t is right he forsaketh not his sayntes but they shal be preserued for euermore as for the sede of the vn godly it shal be roted out Yee the rightuous shal possesse y e loÌ„de dwell therin for euer The mouth of the rightuous is exercised in wyszdome his toÌ„ge talketh of iudgment The lawe of his God is in his hert therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde The vn godly seyth the rightuous goeth aboute to slaye him But the LORDE wil not leaue him in his hoÌ„des ner coÌ„demnâ— him when he is iudged Hope thou in the LORDE kepe his waye he shal so prâ—mote the that thou shalt haue the loÌ„de by enheritauÌ„ce se when the vngodly shall perishe I myself haue sene the vn godly in greate power florishinge like a grene baye tre but when I wente by lo he was gone I sought him but he coude no where be founde Kepe innocency and take hede vnto the thinge that is right for that shall brynge a man peace at the last As for the traÌ„sgressours they shal perishe together and the vn godly shal be roted out at y e last The helpe of the rightuous commeth of the LORDE he is their strength in the tyme of trouble The LORDE shal stoÌ„de by them and saue them he shal delyuer them from the vn godly and helpe theÌ„ because they put their trust in him The XXXVII A psalme of Dauid PVt â—e not to rebuke Oh LORDE in thine anger Oh chasteÌ„ me not in thy heuy displeasure For thy arowes stick fast in me and thy honde presseth me sore There is no whole parte in my body be cause of thy displeasure there is no rest in my bones by reason of my synnes For my wickednesses are gone ouer my heade and are like a sore burthen to heuy forme to beare My woundes styncke are corrupte thorow my folishnesse I am brought in to so greate trouble and misery that I go mournynge all the daye longe For my loynes are clene dried vp and there is no whole parte in my body I am feble and sore smytteÌ„ I roare for the very disquietnes of my hert LORDE thou knowest all my desyre my gronynge is not hyd from the. My hert paunteth my strength hath fayled me the light of myne eyes is gone fro me My louers frendes stonde lokynge vpon my trouble and my kynsmen are gone a farre of They that sought after my life and to do me euell spake of lyes and ymagined disceate all the daye longe As for me I was like a deaf maÌ„ and herde not and as one that were domme not openynge his mouth I am become as a man that heareth not and that can make no resistaunce w t his mouth For in the O LORDE is my trust thou shalt heare me O LORDE my God My desyre is y t myne enemies triumphe not ouer me for yf my fote slippe they reioyse greatly against me I am redy to suffre trouble and my heuynesse is euer in my sight For I coÌ„fesse my wickednesse my synne greueth me But myne enemies lyue and are mightie and they that hate me without a cause are many in nombre They that rewarde me euell for good speake euell of me because I folowe the thinge that good is Forsake me not O LORDE my God O go not farre fro me Haist the to helpe me O LORDE my succoure The XXXVIII A psalme of Dauid I Sayde I wil kepe my waies that I offended not in my tonge And so I shut my mouth whyle the vngodly layed wayte for me I helde my tonge I was domme I kepte sylence yee eueÌ„ from good wordes but it was payne and grefe to me My hert was hote within me whyle I was thus musynge the fyre kyndled so that I spake with my tonge LORDE let me knowe myne ende and the nombre of my dayes that I maye be certified what I wante Beholde thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are
neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another y t is she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte therfore hir taist remayneth and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged But lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp to prepare and season hir vessels yee hir tankerdes rattell and shake to fro And Moab shal be ashamed off Chamos like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel wherin she put hir trust Wherfore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and stronge men off warre Moab shal be destroyed and hir cities brente vp hir chosen yonge men shall be slayne saieth the kinge whose name is the LORDE off hoostes The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace and hir fall is at honde All hir neghbours shall mourne for her and all they that knowe hir name shal saye O how happeneth it that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken And thou doughter DiboÌ„ come downe from thy glory and syt in pouerte For he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to the also and breake downe thy stronge holdes And thou that dwellest in Aroer get the to y e strete loke aboute the axe them that are fled and escaped and saye what thynge is happened O Moab is confounded and ouercome Mourne and crie tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed And mysery shall come vpon the playne londe Namely vpoÌ„ holon and Iaza vpon Mephat and DiboÌ„ vpon Nâ—bo and the house of Diplathaim vpon Cariatharim and Bethgamul vpon Bethniaon and Carioth vpon Bosra and all the cities in the loÌ„de off Moab whether they lye farre or neare The horne of Moab shal be smytteÌ„ downe hir arme broken saieth the LORDE Make hir dronken for she magnified hir self aboue the LORDE that men maye clappe their hondes at hir vomyte and that she also maye be laughed to scorne O Israeli â–ª shalt thou not laugh him to scorne when he is taken amoÌ„ge theues Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him thou shalt be dryuen awaye Ye Moabites shal leaue the cities and dwell in rockes off stone and become like doues that make their nestes in holes As for Moabs pryde we haue herde off it she is very hie mynded I knowe hir stoutnesse hir boostinge hir arogaÌ„cy and the pryde off hir stomack saieth the LORDE For hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde her w t strength ner dede Therfore shal there mournynge be made for Moab and euery maÌ„ shal crie for Moabs sake a lamentacion shal be made to the men that stonde vpon the wall So will I mourne for the also o Iazer and for the O thou vynyarde off Sybma Thy wyne brauÌ„ches shal come ouer y e see and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest and grape gatheringe Myrth and cheare shal be taken awaye from the tymbre felde and from the whole londe off Moab There shall be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie yee there shall be none to crie vnto him which afore tyme were herde from hesebon to Eleale and Ioaz which lifted vp their voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that bullock off thre yeare olde The waters also off Nemrim shal be dried vp Morouer I will make Moab ceasse saieth the LORDE from the offringes and censinge that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab like a crowde playenge an heuy songe and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my herte mourneth also euen as a pype that pipeth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shall be shauen and all beerdes clipped off all hondes bounde and all loynes gyrded aboute with sack cloth VpoÌ„ all the house toppes and stretes off Moab there shal be mournynge For I will breake Moab like an vnprofitable vessell saieh the LORDE O how fearfull is she O how mourneth she O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade and is ashamed Thus shall Moab be a laughinge stocke and had in derision off all them that be rounde aboute her For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clymme ouer the walles and wynne the stronge holdes Then the mighty mens hertes in Moab shal be like the herte off a woman trauelinge with childe And Moab shal be made so desolate that she shal nomore be a people because she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE Feare pyt and snare shall come vpoÌ„ the o Moab saieth the LORDE Who so escapeth the feare shal fall in the pyt and who so getteth out off the pyt shall betaken in the snare For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab saieth the LORDE They that are able to fle shall stonde vnder the shadowe off Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out off Hesebon and a flame from Sion shall burne vp that proude people off Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the o Moab for thou people off Chamos shalt perish Yee thy sonnes and doughters shall be led awaye captyne Yet at the last will I bringe Moab out off captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE Thus farre off the plage off Moab The XLIX Chapter AS concerninge the Ammonites thus the LORDE saieth Hath Israel no children or is he without an heyre Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities Beholde therfore the tyme commeth saieth y e LORDE that I will brynge a noyse off warre into Rabath off the Ammonites Lahel shal be desolate and hir cities brent vp and the Israelites shall be lordes ouer those that had theÌ„ in possession afore saieth the LORDE Hesebon shall mourne for it shal be roted out off the grounde saieth the LORDE The cities off Rabath shall crie out and gyrde them selues with sack cloth they shall mourne and runne aboute the walles for their kynge shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with him Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and fro o thou fearce doughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason off thy treasure that no man shal come to the Beholde I will brynge a feare vpon the saieth the LORDE God off hoostes from all those that be aboute the so that ye shall be scatred euery man from another and no maÌ„ shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I will bringe the Ammonites also out off captyuyte agayne Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wyszdome in Theman Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wyszdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne youre backes crepe downe into the depe O ye citesyns off Dedan For I will bringe destructioÌ„ vpon Esau yee and the daye off his visitacion Yff the
anothers Chap. XIX The captiuyte off the kyngâ—s of Iuda The crueltie of kinges and princes Chap. XX. The greate vnthanfulnesse off the people Agayne the merciful longe sufferaunce of God Chap. XXI The swearde prophecyed to come vpon Israel and the Ammonites by the kynge of Babilon Chap. XXII The synnes wherfore IerusaleÌ„ was punished both the prophetes prestes rulers and comon people Chap. XXIII The Idolatry or whordome of Samaria and Ierusalem Chap. XXIIII The destruccion off Ierusalem and captiuyte of the people signified by the pot Chap. XXV Agaynst Ammon Moab Seir and the Palestynes Chap. XXVI He mourneth vpon the cite off Tyre otherwyse called Zor for the destruccion that was to come vpon her Chap. XXVII XXVIII Agaynst the prince of Tyre and agaynst Sidon Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI.XXXII Plages vpon Egipte and the kynges therof Chap. XXXIII The office off a preacher The worde of God must be folowed in very 〈◊〉 and not only in mouth Chap. XXXIIII Agaynst euell shepherdes Christ the only true shepherde is promised Chap. XXXV Agaynst the mount Seir that is agaynst the Edomites Chap. XXXVI A promyse of the delyueraunce of Israel Chap. XXXVII A consolacion for the Israelites and a figure of the generall resurreccioÌ„ signified by the drye bones Chap. XXXVIII XXXIX Of Gog and Magog with their destruccion Chap. XL. From this chapter vnto the ende the prophet seith in a vision the buyldinge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ aÌ„d the temple Wherby is descrybed the mystery off the church off christ and saluacion of the faithfull in hiâ— â–ª The first Chapter IT chauÌ„sed in the xxx yeare the fifth daye off the fourth Moneth that I was amonge the presoners by the ryuer off Cobar where the heauens opened I sawe a vision of God Now the fifth daye off the Moneth made out the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte At the same tyme came y e worde off the LORDE vnto Ezechiel the sonne off Buzi prest in the londe off the Caldees by the water of Cobar where the honde off the LORDE came vpoÌ„ him And I loked beholde a stormy wynde came out off the north with a greate doude full of fyre which w t his glistre lightened all rounde aboute And in y e myddest off the fyre it was all cleare and as it were the licknesse of foure beastes which were fashioned like a man sauynge that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges Their legges were straight but their fete were like bullockes fete and they glistred as it had bene fayre scoured metall Vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens hondes Their faces and the it wynges were towarde the foure corners yet were the wynges so that one euer touched another When they wente they turned them not aboute but ech one wente straight forwarde Vpon the rightside off these foure their faces were like the face off a man and the fa off a Lyon But vpon the left side they had the face off an oxe and the face off an Aegle Their faces also and their wynges werespred out aboue so that two wynges off one touched euer two wynges off another and with the other two they couered their bodie Euery one when it wente it wente straight forwarde Where as the sprete led them thither they wente and turned not aboute in their goynge The fashion and countenauÌ„ce of the beestes was like hote coales off fyre euen as though burnynge cresshettes had bene amonge the beestes and the fyre gaue a glistre and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge WheÌ„ y e beestes weÌ„te forwarde backwarde one wolde haue thought it had lightened Now wheÌ„ I had well considered the beestes I sawe a worke off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also like the beestes The fashion worke of the wheles was like the see The foure wheles were ioyned and made to loke vpon as it had bene one whele in another When one wente forwarde they wente all foure and turned theÌ„ not aboute iÌ„ their goinge They were large greate and horrible to loke vpon Their bodies were full off eyes rounde aboute them all foure WheÌ„ the beestes weÌ„te the wheles wente also with them And when the beestes lift them selues vp from y e earth the wheles were lift vp also Whyther so euer the sprete wente thither wente they also y e wheles were lift vp folowed theÌ„ for y e sprete of life was in the wheles When y e beestes weÌ„te forth stode still or lift them selues vp from the earth then the wheles also wente stode still were lift vp for y e breth off life was in the wheles Aboue ouer y e heades of the beestes there was a firmament which was fashioned as it had bene off the most pure Christall that was spred out aboue vpon their heades vnder the same firmament were their wynges layed abrode one towarde another and two wynges couered the body of euery beest And when thy wente forth I herde the noyse off their wynges like the noyse of greate waters as it had bene the voyce off the greate God and a russhinge together as it were off an hoost off men And when they stode still they let downe their winges Now when they stode still and had letten downe their wynges it thondred in the firmament that was aboue their heades Aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion off a seate as it had bene made off Saphir Apon the seate there sat one like a maÌ„ I behelde him and he was like a cleare light as it had bene all of fyre with in from his loynes vpwarde And beneth when I loked vpon him vnder y e loynes me thought he was like a shyninge fyre that geueth light on euery syde Yee the shyne and glistre y t lightened rounde aboute was like a raynbowe which in a raynie daye apeareth in the cloudes EueÌ„ so was the similitude wherin the glory off the LORDE apeared WheÌ„ I sawe it I fell vpon my face and herkened vnto the voyce off him that spake The II. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me Stonde vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of maÌ„ and I will talke with the. And as he was commonynge with me the sprete came in to me and set me vp vpon my fete so that I marcked the thinge that he sayde vnto me And he sayde Beholde thou sonne off man I will sende the to the children off Israel to those runnagates and obstinate people for they haue takeÌ„ parte agaynst me and are runne a waye fro me both they and their forefathers vnto this daye Yee I will sende y e vnto a people y t haue rough vysages and stiff stomackes vnto whom thou shalt saye on this maner This the LORDE God himselff hath spoken y t whether they be obedient or no for it is a frauwarde housholde they maye knowe yet that there hath bene a prophet amonge them Therfore thou sonne off man feare theÌ„ not
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
his lawes pondre well with thine herte the commynge in of the house and the goinge forth of the Sanctuary and tell that obstinate housholde of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God O house of Israel ye haue now done ynough with all youre abhominaciōs seynge that ye haue brought in to my Sanctuary straungers hauynge vncircumcised hertes flesh where thorow my Sāctuary is defiled whē ye offre my bred fat bloude Thus with all youre abhominacions ye haue broken my couenaunt and not kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary ▪ but set kepers of my Sanctuary euen after youre owne mynde Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God Of all the straungers that dwell amōge the childrē of Israel no straunger whose herte flesh is not circumcised shal come within my Sanctuary No ner the Leuites that be gone backe fro me and haue disceaued the people of Israel with erroures goinge after their Idols therfore shal thei beare their owne wickednes Shulde they be set and ordened to ministre vnder the dores of the house of my Sanctuary and to do seruyce in the house to slaye burnt offringes and sacrifices for y e people to stōde before them and to serue them seynge the seruyce that they do them is before their Idols and cause the house of Israel to stomble thorow wickednesse For the which cause I haue pluckte out myne honde ouer them saieth the LORDE so that now they must beare their owne iniquyte and not to come nye me to serue me with their preasheade in my Sanctuary and most holyest of all that they maye beare their owne shame and abhominacions which they haue done Shulde I vse them to be porters of the house and to all the seruyce y t is done therin But the prestes y e Leuites the sonnes of Sadoch that kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary when the children of Israel were gone fro me shal come to me to do me seruyce to stonde before me and to offre me the fat and the bloude saieth the LORDE God They shall go in to my Sanctuary and treade before my table to do me seruyce and to waite vpō myne ordinaunces Now whē they go in at the dores of the ynnermer courte they shal put on lynnynge clothes so that no wollyne come vpon them whyle they do seruyce vnder the dores of y e ynnermer courte and within They shal haue fayre lynnynge bonettes vpon their heades and lynnynge breches vpon their loynes which in their laboure they shal not put aboute them And when they go forth to the people in to the outwarde courte they shal put of the clothes wherin they haue ministred and laye them in the habitacion of the Sanctuary put on other apparell lest they onhalowe y e people with their clothes They shal not shaue their heades ner norish the bushe of their hayre but roūde their heades only All the prestes that go in to the ynmost courte shall drynke no wyne They shall mary no wydowe nether one that is put from hir huszbonde but a mayde of the sede of the house of Israel or a wydowe that hath had a prest before They shal shewe my people the difference betwene the holy and vnholy betwixte the clene and vnclene Yf eny discorde aryse they shal discerne it and geue sentence after my iudgmentes My solempne feastes my lawes and ordinaunces shal they kepe and halowe my Sabbathes They shal come at no deed persone to defyle them selues excepte it be father or mother sonne or doughter brother or sister that hath had yet no husbonde in soch they maye be defyled And when he is clensed there shal be rekened vnto him vij dayes and yf he go into the Sanctuary agayne to do seruyce he shal bringe a syn offringe saieth the LORDE God They shall haue an heretage yee I my self wil be their heretage els shall ye geue thē no possession in Israel for I am their possession The meat offringe syn offringe trespace offringe shal they eate and euery dedicate thinge in Israel shal be theirs The firstlinges of all the first frutes and all fre will offringes shal be the prestes Ye shall geue vnto the prest also the firstlinges of youre dowe that God maye prospere the resydue But no deed carion shall the prest eate ner soch as is deuoured of wilde beestes foules or catell The XLV Chapter WHen ye deuyde the lōde by the lott ye shal put asyde one parte for the LORDE to be holy from other londes namely xxv M meteroddes longe and x M brode This shal be holy as wyde as it is rounde aboute Of this parte there shal be longe vnto the Sanctuary v C meteroddes in all the foure corners and l cubites wyde rounde aboute to the suburbes And from this meausre namely of xxv M metteroddes longe and x M brode thou shalt measure wherin the Sanctuary and the holiest of all maye stonde The resydue of that holy grounde shall be the prestes which do seruyce in the Sanctuary of the LORDE and go in before the LORDE to serue him that they maye haue rowme to dwell in As for the Sanctuary it shal stonde for it self and to the Leuites the serue in that house there shal be geuen xx habitacions of the xxv M lēgth x M bredth ye shal geue also vnto the cite a possessiō of v M meteroddes brode xxv M longe besyde the parte of y e Sanctuary that shal be for the whole house of Israel Vpon both the sydes of the Sanctuarys parte by the cite there shal be geuen vnto the prynce what so euer lyeth ouer agaynst the cite as farre as reacheth westwarde and eastwarde which shal be as longe as one parte frō y e west vnto y e east This shal be his owne lōde in Israel that my princes be nomore chargeable vnto my people And soch as remayneth yet ouer in the londe shal be geuen to the house of Israel acordinge to their trybes Thus saieth the LORDE God O ye princes ye haue now oppressed and destroyed ynough now leaue of handle now acordinge to the thinge that is equall and laufull and thrust out my people nomore sayeth y e LORDE God Ye shal haue a true weight a true Epha a true Bat. The Epha the Bat shal be a like One Bat shal cōteyne y e tēth parte of an Homer and so shal one Epha do their measure shal be after y e Homer One Sycle maketh xx Geras So xx Sycles and xxv xv Sycles make a pounde This is the Heaue offrynge that ye shal geue to be heaued namely the xvj parte of an Epha out of an Homer of wheat and the xvj parte of an Epha out of an Homer of barlie The oyle shal be measured with the Bat euen the x. parte of one Bat out of a Cor. Ten Battes make one Homer for one Homer maketh ten Battes And one lābe from two
on the very same daye it was clensed agayne namely the xxij daye of the moneth called Casleu They kepte viij dayes in gladnesse like as in the feast of the tabernacles remembrynge that not longe afore they helde the feast of y e tabernacles vpon the mountaynes and in dennes like beastes And to y e same token they bare grene bowes braunches and palmes before him that had geuen them good fortune to clense his place They agreed also together and made a statute y t euery yeare those dayes shulde be solemply kepte of all the people of the Iewes How Antiochus then that was called the noble dyed it is sufficiently tolde Now wil we speake of Nicanor the sonne of that wicked Antiochus how it happened with him and so with few wordes to comprehende the aduersite that chaunsed in y e warres When he had taken in the kyngdome he made one Lysias which had bene captayne of the hoost in Phenices and Syria ruler ouer the matters of the realme For Ptolomy that was called Macron beynge a ruler for the Iewes and specially to syt in iudgment for soch wronge as was done vnto them vndertoke to deale peaceably with them For the which cause he was accused of the frendes before Eupator and when he was suspecte to be a traytoure because he had left Cypers that Philometor had committed vnto him and because he departed from noble Antiochus that he was come vnto he poysoned himself and dyed Now when Gorgias was gouernoure of the same places he toke straungers and vndertoke oft tymes to warre with y e Iewes Morouer the Idumeans that helde the strōge holdes receaued those that were dryuen from Ierusalem and toke in honde to warre also But they that were with Machabeus besought and prayed vnto the LORDE that he wolde be their helper and so they fell in to the stronge holdes of the Idumeans wanne many places by strength Soch as came agaynst them they slew and kylled no lesse of all together then twentye thousande Neuerthelesse some no lesse then nyn◠thousande were fled in to two stronge towres hauynge all maner of ordinaunce to withstonde them Now Timotheus whom the Iewes had ouercome afore gathered a multitude of straunge people brought an hoost also of horsmen of the Asians to wynne Iewry by strength But when he drewe nye Machabeus and they that were w t him fell to their prayer sprencled aszshes vpon their heades beynge gyrded w t hayrie cloth aboute their loines fel downe before y e aulter besought the LORDE that he wolde be mercifull to them but an enemie vnto their enemies and to take parte agaynst their aduersaries acordinge as it is promised in the lawe So after the prayer they wente on further from the cite and when they came nye the enemies they prepared them selues agaynst them And by tymes in the mornynge at y e breake of the daye both the hoostes buckled together The one parte had the LORDE for their refuge which is the geuer of prosperite strēgth and victory The other had a māly stomack which is a captayne of warre The battayll now beynge greate there apeared vnto the enemies from heauen v. men vpon horszback with brydels of golde ledinge the Iewes and two of them hauynge Machabeus betwixte them y t kepte him safe on euery syde w t their weapēs but shot dartes and lighteninges vpon the enemies where thorow they were confounded with blyndnesse and so sore afrayed that they fell downe There were slayne of fote men twenty thousande and fyue hundreth and sixe hūdreth horsmen As for Timotheus him self he fled vnto Gazar a very strōge holde wherin Cereas was captayne But Machabeus and his company layed sege to it cherfully iiij dayes Now they that were within trustinge to the strength of the place cursed banned exceadingly and made greate crakynge with wicked wordes Neuerthelesse vpon the fifth daye in the mornynge xx yongemen of Machabeus cōpany beynge set on fyre in their myndes because of the blasphemy came manfully vnto the wall and with bolde stomackes they and their other companyons clymmed vp vpon the towres vndertakynge to set fyre vpon the portes to burne those blasphemous personnes quycke Two dayes were they destroyenge the castell which when they founde Timotheus that was crepte in to a corner they kylled him and slewe Cereas his brother in like maner with Appollophanes When this was done they sunge Psalmes with prayses and thankesgeuynges vnto the LORDE which had done so greate thinges for Israel geuen them the victory The XI Chapter NOt longe after this Lysias the kynges stewarde and a kynsman of his which had the gouernaunce of his matters toke sore displeasure for the thinges that had happened and when he had gathered lxxx M. men of fote with all the hoost of the horsmen he came agaynst the Iewes thinkynge to wynne the cite to make it an habitacion for the Heithen and the temple wolde he haue to be an house of lucre like as the other goddes houses of the Heithē are to sell y e prestes office euery yeare Not consideringe the power of God but was wylde in his mynde trustinge in y e multitude of fote mē in thousandes of horsmē and in his lxxx Elephantes So he came in to Iewry then to Bethsura a castell of defence lyenge in a narow place v. furlonges from Ierusalē and wanne it Now when Machabeus and his company knew that the stronge holdes were taken they fell to their prayers with wepynge and teares before the LORDE and all the people in like maner besought him that he wolde sende a good angell to delyuer Israel Machabeus him self was the first that made him ready to the battayll exortynge the other that were with him to ioperde them selues and to helpe their brethrē And when they were goyenge forth of Ierusalem together with a ready and wyllynge mynde there apeared before thē vpon horszbacke a mā in whyte clothinge with harnesse of golde shakinge his speare Then they praysed y e LORDE all together which had shewed them mercy and were conforted in their myndes in so moch that they were ready not only to fight with men but with y e most cruell beestes yee and to runne thorow walles of yron Thus they wente on wyllingly hauynge an helper from heauē and the LORDE mercifull vnto them They fell mightely vpon their enemies like lyons brought downe xj M. fote men xvj C. horsmen put all y e other to flight many of them beynge wounded and some gat awaye naked Yee Lysias him self was fayne to fle shamefully and so to escape Neuerthelesse the man was not with out vnderstondinge but considered by him self that his power was mynished and pondred how y e Iewes beynge defended by the helpe of Allmighty God were not able to be ouercome wherfore he sent them worde and promised that he wolde consente to all thinges which were reasonable and to make the
for to arme them selues and to perfourme the kynges busynesse Notwithstondinge he might not haue his purpose Nicanor had deuysed with greate pryde to ouercome Iudas and to brynge awaye y e victory But Machabeus had euer a fast confideÌ„ce and a parfecte hope in God that he wolde helpe him and exorted his people not to be afrayed at the commynge of the Heithen but allwaye to remembre the helpe that had bene shewed vnto them from heauen yee and to be sure now also y t Allmightie God wolde geue them the victory He spake vnto them out of the lawe and prophetes puttinge them in remembraunce of the battayls that they had striken afore made them to be of a good corage So when their hartes were plucte vp he shewed them also the disceatfulnesse of the Heithen and how they wolde kepe no couenaunt ner ooth Thus he weapened theÌ„ not with the armoure of shylde and speare but with wholsome wordes and exortacions He shewed them a dreame also wherthorow he made them all glad which was this He thought that he sawe Onias which had bene hye prest a vertuous louynge man sad and of honest conuersacion well spoken and nee that had bene exercised in godlynes froÌ„ a childe holdinge vp his hoÌ„des towarde heauen and prayenge for his people After this there apeared vnto him another maÌ„ which was aged honorable and glorious And Onias sayde This is a louer of the brethren and of the people of Israel This is he that prayeth moch for the people and for all the holy cite Ieremy the prophet of God He thought also y t Ieremy helde out his right hoÌ„de and gaue him namely vnto Iudas a swearde of golde sayenge Take this holy swearde a gifte from God wherwith thou shalt smyte downe the enemies of the people of Israel And so they were wel conforted thorow the wordes of Iudas and toke corage vnto theÌ„ so that the yonge men were determed in their myndes to fight to byde styfly at it In so moch that in the thinges which they toke in honde their boldnesse shewed the same because the holy cite and the temple were in parell for the which they toke more care then for their wyues children brethreÌ„ and kynsfolkes Agayne they that were in the cite were most carefull for those which were to fight Now when they were all in a hope that the iudgment of the matter was at hoÌ„de and the enemies drew nye the hoost beynge set in araye the Elephantes and horsmeÌ„ euery one stondinge in his place Machabeus considered the commynge of the multitude the ordinaunce of dyuerse weapens the cruelnesse of the beestes and helde vp his hondes towarde heauen callinge vpon the LORDE that doth wonders which geueth not the victory after the multitude of weapens and power of the hoost but â—o them that please him acordinge to his owne will Therfore in his prayer he sayde these wordes O LORDE thou that diddest sende thine angell in the tyme of Ezechias kynge of Iuda and in the hoost of Sennacherib slewest an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande sende now also thy good angell before vs o LORDE of heauens in the fearfulnesse and drede of thy mightie arme that they which come agaynst thy holy people to blaspheme them maye be afrayed And so he made an ende of his wordes Then Nicanor and they that were with him drew nye with shawmes and songes but Iudas and his company with prayer and callinge vpon God With their hondes they smote but with their hertes they prayed vnto the LORDE and slewe no lesse then xxxv M. meÌ„ For thorow the present helpe of God they were gloriously conforted Now when they left of and were turninge agayne with ioye they vnderstode that Nicanor himself was slayne with the other Then they gaue a greate shoute and a crie praysinge the allmighty LORDE with a loude voyce And Iudas which was euer ready to spende his body and life for his citesyns commaunded to smyte of Nicanors heade with his arme and honde and to be brought to Ierusalem When he came there he called all the people and the prestes at the aulter with those that were in y e castell and shewed them Nicanors heade and his wicked honde which he had presumptuously holden vp agaynst the temple of God He caused y e tonge also of that vngodly Nicanor to be cut in litle peces and to be cast to the foules and the cruell mans honde to be hanged vp before the temple So euery man gaue thankes vnto y e LORDE saienge blessed be he that hath kepte his place vndefyled As fo Nicanors heade he hanged it vp vpoÌ„ the hye castell for an euydent and playne token of the helpe of God And so they agreed all together to kepe that daye holy namely y e xiij daye of y e moneth Adar which in y e SyriaÌ„s laÌ„guage is called y e nexte daye before Mardocheus daye Thus was Nicanor slayne and from that tyme forth the Iewes had the cite in possession And here wil I now make an ende The endâ— of the seconde boke of the Machabees The new testament The gospell of S Mathew The gospell of S. Marke The gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. The Actes of the Apostles The epistles of S. Paul The epistle vnto the Romaynes The first and seconde epistle to the Corinthians The epistle to the Galathians The epistle to the Ephesians The epistle to the Philippians The epistle to the Colossians The first and secoÌ„de epistle to the Tessalonians The first and seconde epistle vnto Tymothy The epistle vnto Titus The epistle vnto Philemon The first and seconde epistle of S. Peter The thre epistles of S. Ihon. The epistle vnto the Hebrues The epistle of S. Iames. The epistle of S. Iude. The Reuelacion of S. Ihon. The gospell of S. Mathew What S. Mathew conteyneth Chap. I. The genealogy of Christ and mariage of his mother Mary The angell satisfieth Iosephs mynde Chap. II. The tyme place of Christes byrth The wyse men ofre their presentes Christ flyeth in to Egipte the yonge childern are slayne Christ turneth in to Galilee Chap. III. The baptyme preachinge and office of Ihon and how Christ was baptysed of him in Iordan Chap. IIII. Christ fasteth and is tempted he calleth Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon healeth all the sicke Chap. V. In this Chapter and in the two next folowinge is conteyned the most excelleÌ„t and louynge Sermon of Christ in the mount Which sermon is the very keye that openeth the vnderstondinge in to the lawe In this fifth chapter specially he preacheth of the VIII beatitudes or blessinges of manslaughter wrath and anger of aduoutrie of swearinge of suffringe wronge and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies Chap. VI. Of Almes prayer and fastinge He forbyddeth the carefull sekynge of wordly thinges Chap. VII He forbyddeth fooliszh and temerarious iudgment reproueth ypocrisie exorteth vnto prayer warneth to bewarre of false prophetes