deliueraunce of his chyldren 1 AFter these deedes one tolde Ioseph beholde thy father is sicke And he toke with hym his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim 2 Then this message was declared vnto Iacob beholde thy sonne Ioseph coÌmeth vnto thee And Israel toke his strength vnto hym and sate vpon the bedde 3 And Iacob sayd vnto Ioseph God almyghtie appeared vnto me at Luz in the lande of Chanaan and blessed me and sayde vnto me 4 Beholde I wyll make thee fruiteful and cause thee to multiplie and wyll make a great number of people of thee and wyll geue this lande vnto thy seede after thee vnto an euerlastyng possession 5 And nowe thy two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim whiche were borne vnto thee in the land of Egypt before I came vnto thee into Egypt are myne euen as Ruben and Simeon are mine 6 And the children which thou hast gotten after them shal be thyne owne and shal be called after the names of their brethren in their inheritaunce 7 And when I came from Mesopotamia Rachel dyed vpon my hande in the land of Chanaan by the way when there was but a fieldes breadth to come vnto Ephratha and I buried her there in the waye to Ephratha the same is Beth-lehem 8 And Israel beheld Iosephes sonnes and sayde What are these 9 Ioseph sayde vnto his father They are my sonnes whiche God hath geuen me here And he sayde Oh bring them to me and let me blesse them 10 And the eyes of Israel were dymme for age so that he coulde not well see And he brought them to hym and he kyssed them and imbraced them 11 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph I had not thought to haue seene thy face and yet loe God hath shewed me also thy seede 12 And Ioseph toke them away froÌ his lappe and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the earth 13 Then toke Ioseph them both Ephraim with his ryght hande towarde Israels left hande and Manasses with his left hande towarde Israels ryght hande and brought them vnto hym 14 And Israel stretched out his ryght hande and layed it vppon Ephraims head which was the younger and his left hande vpon Manasses head guydyng his hande wyttyngly for Manasses was the first borne 15 And he blessed Ioseph and sayde God in whose syght my fathers Abraham Isahac dyd walke God which hath fedde me al my lyfe long vnto this day 16 And the angell which hath deliuered me from al euyl blesse these laddes and let my name be named in them and the name of my fathers Abraham Isahac that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth 17 When Ioseph sawe that his father layed his ryght hande vpon the head of Ephraim it displeased hym and he lift vp his fathers hande to haue remoued it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head 18 And Ioseph sayde vnto his father Not so my father for this is the first borne put thy right hande vpon his head 19 And his father would not but sayde I knowe it well my sonne I knowe it well he shal be also a people and shal be great But his younger brother shal be greater then he and his seede shall become a great people 20 And he blessed them that day saide In thee let Israel blesse saye God make thee as Ephraim as Manasses And he set Ephraim before Manasses 21 And Israel said vnto Ioseph behold I dye God shal be with you bryng you againe vnto y e land of your fathers 22 Moreouer I haue geuen vnto thee a portion of lande aboue thy brethren which I gat out of the hand of the Amorite in my sworde and in my bowe ¶ The .xlix. Chapter 1 Iacob foretelleth what shall behap his sonnes 3 Ruben 5 Simeon Leui. 10 Christe to be borne of Iudas 13 Zabulon 14 Isachar 16 Dan. 18 Christe 19 Gad. 21 Nephthali 22 Ioseph 27 Beniamin 29 Iacob wylbe buryed with his fathers 33 He dyeth 1 AND Iacob called for his sonnes and sayde Come together that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes 2 Gather ye together heare ye sonnes of Iacob hearken vnto Israel your father 3 Ruben my first borne thou art my myght the beginning of my strength the noblenesse of dignitie and the noblenesse of power 4 Vnstable as water thou shalt not be the chiefest because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bedde for then defiledst thou my couche with goyng vp 5 Simeon and Leui brethren are cruell instrumentes in their habitations 6 O my soule come not thou into their secretes neither into their congregations let mine honour be vnited for in their wrath they slewe a man and in their selfe wyll they dygge downe a wall 7 Cursed be their wrath for it was shamelesse and their fiercenesse for it was cruell I wyll deuide them in Iacob and scatter them in Israel 8 Iuda thou art he whom thy brethren shall prayse Thy hande shal be in the necke of thine enemies thy fathers children shall stowpe before thee 9 Iuda is a lions whelpe froÌ thy spoyle my sonne thou art come on hye He layed him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse who wyll stirre hym vp 10 The scepter shal not depart from Iuda and a law geuer from betweene his feete vntyll Silo come And vnto hym shall the gatheryng of the people be 11 He shall bynde his foale vnto y e vine and his asses colt vnto the braunche He wasshed his garment in wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes 12 His eyes shal be redde with wine and his teeth whyte with mylke 13 Zabulon shall dwell besyde the hauen of the sea nye the haueÌ of shippes his border shal be vnto Sidon 14 Isachar is a strong asse couchyng hym downe betweene two burthens 15 And sawe that rest was good and the lande that it was pleasaunt and bowed his shoulder to beare and became a seruaunt vnto tribute 16 Dan shall iudge his people and one of the tribes of Israel 17 Dan shal be a serpent in the way an adder in the path bytyng y e horse heeles and his ryder fell backewarde 18 I haue wayted for thy saluation O Lorde 19 Gad an hoast of men shall ouercome hym but he shall ouercome him at the last 20 Out of the fat lande of Aser shal be his bread and he shall geue pleasures for a kyng 21 Nephthalim is a hynde sent for a present geuyng goodly wordes 22 Ioseph is lyke a floryshyng bough a bough floryshyng by a well syde whose small boughes ran vpon the wall 23 The archers haue greeuously prouoked hym and shot him through with dartes they haue hated him to his hinderaunce 24 But his bowe abode fast and the armes of his handes were made strong by the
the ruler ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and saye If a soule shall sinne through ignoraunce in any of the commaundementes of the Lord which ought not to be done but shall do contrarie to any of them 3 As yf the priest that is annoynted do sinne accordyng to the sinne of the people let hym bryng for his sinne which he hath sinned a young bullocke without blemishe vnto the Lorde for a sinne offeryng 4 And he shall bryng the young bullocke vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord and shall put his hand vpon the young bullockes head and kill the young bullocke before the Lorde 5 And the priest that is annoynted shall take of the young bullockes blood and bryng it into the tabernacle of the congregation 6 And the priest shall dippe his finger in the blood and sprinckle therof seuen tymes before the Lorde euen before the vayle of the sanctuarie 7 And the priest shall put some of the blood before the Lord vpon the hornes of the aulter of sweete insence which is in the tabernacle of the congregation shall powre all the blood of the young bullocke vnto the bottome of the aulter of burnt offeryng which is at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 8 And he shall take away all the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offeryng the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is about the inwardes 9 And the two kidneyes and the fat that is vpon them vpon the flanckes and the kall vpon the liuer shall he take away with the kidneys 10 As it was taken away in the bullocke of the peace offeringes and let the priest burne them vpon the aulter of burnt offeryng 11 But the skinne of the young bullocke and all his fleshe with his head and his legges with his inwardes his doung shall he beare out 12 And cary the whole bullocke altogether out of the hoast vnto a cleane place euen where the asshes are powred out burne hym there on wood in the fire euen by the place where the asshes are cast out shall he be burnt 13 If the whole congregation of Israel sinne through ignoraunce the thing be hyd from the eyes of the multitude and haue done somewhat agaynst any of the coÌmaundementes of y e Lorde which shoulde not be done and haue offended 14 WheÌ the sinne which they haue sinned is knowen the congregatioÌ shal bring a young bullocke for the sinne bring him before y e tabernacle of the congregation 15 And the elders of the multitude shall put their handes vpon the head of the bullocke before the Lorde And the bullocke shal be slayne before the Lord. 16 And the priest that is annoynted shall bryng of the bullockes blood into the tabernacle of the congregation 17 And the priest shall dippe his finger in the blood and sprinckle it seuen tymes before the Lorde euen before the vayle 18 And shall put of the blood vpon the hornes of the aulter which is before the Lorde in the tabernacle of the congregation and shall powre all the blood vnto the bottome of the aulter of burnt offeryng which is before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation ' 19 And he shall take his fat from hym ' and burne it vpon the aulter 20 And shall do with this bullocke as he dyd with the bullocke for sinne euen so shall he do with this And the priest shal make an attonement for them and it shal be forgeuen them 21 And he shall bryng this bullocke without the hoast burne him as he burned the first bullocke For it is an oblation for the sinne of the congregation 22 When a Lorde sinneth and coÌmitteth through ignorauÌce any of these thynges which the Lorde his God hath forbidden to be done in his commaundementes and hath offended 23 And if his sinne be shewed vnto hym which he hath done he shall bryng his offeryng euen an hee goate without blemishe 24 And lay his hande vpon y e head of the hee goate and kyll it in the place where the burnt offeryng is vsed to be kylled before y e Lorde For it is a sinne offering 25 And let the priest take of y e blood of the sinne offeryng with his finger put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offeryng aulter and powre his blood vnto the bottome of the burnt offeryng aulter 26 And burne all his fat vpon y e aulter as y e fat of the peace offeringes And y e priest shal make an attonement for him as coÌcerning his sinne it shal be forgeueÌ him 27 If one of the common people of the lande sinne through ignoraunce commit any of the thynges which the Lord hath forbidden in his coÌmaundementes to be done and so hath trespassed 28 If his sinne which he hath sinned come to his knowledge he shall bryng for his offeryng a shee goate from among the flockes without blemishe for his sinne which he hath sinned 29 And lay his hande vpon the head of the sinne offeryng and slay the sinne offering in the place of burnt offerynges 30 And the priest shall take of the blood therof with his finger and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offeryng aulter powre all the blood vnto the bottome of the aulter 31 And shall take away all his fat as the fat of the peace offeryng is taken away And the priest shal burne it vpon the aulter that it may be a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde and the priest shal make an attonement for hym and it shal be forgeuen hym 32 And yf he bryng a sheepe for a sinne offeryng he shall bryng a female without blemishe 33 And lay his hande vpon the head of the sinne offeryng and slea it for a sinne offering in the place where they kill the burnt offeryng 34 And the priest shal take of the blood of the sinne offeryng with his finger put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offering aulter and shall powre the blood thereof vnto the bottome of the aulter 35 And he shall take away all the fat therof as the fat of y e sheepe of the peace offering is wont to be taken away And the priest shall burne it vpon the aulter that it may be the Lordes burnt sacrifice and the priest shall make an attonement for his sinne that he hath committed and it shal be forgeuen hym ' ¶ The .vj. Chapter ' 1 Of othes 2 The clensing of hym that toucheth vncleane thynges 6 The purgation of an othe 15 And of sinne done by ignoraunce 1 IF a soule sinne and heare the voyce of swearing and is a witnesse whether he hath seene or knowen of it if he do not vtter it he shall beare his sinne 2 Either if a soule touche any vncleane thyng whether it be the carion of an vncleane beast or a carion of vncleane
to be fauourable to his 1 WHen Saul was come againe froÌ folowing after y e Philistines there were which told him saying Behold Dauid is in the wildernesse of Engadi 2 Then Saul toke three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seke Dauid and his men in the heyght of the rockes where wilde goates remayne 3 And he came to the sheepe coates by the way where there was a caue Saul went in to do his easement And Dauid and his men remayned in the inward partes of the caue 4 And the men of Dauid sayd vnto him See the day is come of which the Lord sayde vnto thee Behold I will deliuer thyne enemie into thyne hand and thou shalt do to him as it shall seeme good in thy sight Then Dauid arose and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuily 5 And afterwarde Dauids heart smote him because he had cut of the lap of Sauls garment 6 And he sayd vnto his men The Lorde kepe me from doyng that thing vnto my maister the lordes annoynted to lay myne hande vpon him seing he is the annoynted of the Lorde 7 And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes and suffred them not to rise against Saul But Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away 8 Dauid also arose afterward and went out of the caue and cryed after Saul saying My Lorde king And when Saul loked behind him Dauid stowped with his face to the earth and bowed him selfe 9 And Dauid sayde to Saul Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee 10 Behold this day thyne eyes haue seene howe that the Lord hath deliuered thee this day into myne hande in the caue And some bad me kill thee but I had compassion on thee and sayd I will not lay myne handes on my maister for he is the Lordes annoynted 11 And moreouer my father beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment vnderstand therfore see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me and that I haue not sinned against thee And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it 12 The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me the Lorde auenge me of thee but myne hande be not vpon thee was mery within hym for he was very drunken Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more vntyll the morowe mornyng 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal his wyfe tolde him these wordes and his heart dyed within him and he became as a stone 38 And vpon a ten dayes after the Lord smote Nabal that he dyed 39 And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead he sayd Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged y e cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal hath kept his seruaunt from euill For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail to take her to his wyfe 40 And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel they spake vnto her saying Dauid sent vs vnto thee to take thee to his wyfe And she arose bowed her selfe on her face to the earth and saide Beholde let thy handmayd be a seruaunt to washe the feete of the seruauntes of my lorde 41 And Abigail hasted and arose gate her vpon an Asse with fiue damosels of hers that went at her feete and she went after the messengers of Dauid became his wyfe 42 Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrael and they were both his wyues 43 But Saul had geuen Michol his daughter Dauids wyfe to Phalti the sonne of Lais which was of Gallim ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 1 Dauid was discouered vnto Saul by the Ziphites 12. Dauid taketh away Sauls speare and a cruse of water that stoode at his head 21. Saul confesseth his sinne 1 THE Ziphites came againe vnto Saul to Gibea saying Doth not Dauid hide him selfe in the hill of Hachilâa which is before Iesimon 2 Saul arose went downe to the wildernes of Ziph hauing three thousand chosen men of Israel with him for to seke Dauid in the wildernesse of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hil of Hachilia which is before Iesimon by the way side But Dauid dwelt in the wildernesse and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse 4 Dauid therefore sent out spies vnderstoode that Saul was come in very deede 5 And Dauid arose came to the place where Saul had pitched Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captayne for Saul lay in the fort the people pytched rounde about him 6 Then aunswered Dauid and spake to Ahimelech the Hethite and to Abisai the sonne of Zaruia brother to Ioab saying Who wyll go downe with me to Saul to the hoast And Abisai saide I wyll go downe with thee 7 And so Dauid and Abisai came downe to the people by night and behold Saul lay sleepyng within the fort and his speare stacke in y e grounde at his head but Abner and the people lay rounde about hym 8 Then saide Abisai to Dauid God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth I will not smite him the second tyme. 9 And Dauid saide to Abisai Destroye him not For who can laye his hand on the Lordes annoynted and be giltlesse 10 And Dauid sayd furthermore As the Lorde lyueth the Lorde shall smyte him or his day shall come to dye or he shall descend into battaile and perishe 11 The Lorde kepe me from laying myne hand vpon the Lordes annoynted But I praye thee take thou nowe the speare that is at his head and the cruse of water and let vs go 12 And so Dauid toke the speare and the cruse of water from Sauls head and they gat them away and no man sawe it nor marked it neither awaked For they were all asleepe because the Lorde had sent a dead sleepe vpon theÌ 13 Then Dauid went ouer to the other syde and stoode on the toppe of an hill a farre of a great space being betweene them 14 And Dauid cryed to the people and to Abner the sonne of Ner saying Hearest thou not Abner Abner aunswered and sayd Who art thou that cryest to the king 15 And Dauid sayde to Abner Art not thou a man and who is lyke to thee in Israel Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lorde the king For there came one of the folke in to destroye the king thy lorde 16 It is not well done of thee As the Lorde lyueth ye are worthy to dye because ye haue not kept the Lordes annoynted And nowe see where the kinges
and slue him and because I was sure that he coulde not liue after that he had fallen I toke the crowne that was vpon his head and the braselet that was on his arme and haue brought them hyther vnto my lorde 11 Then Dauid toke holde on his clothes and rent them and so did all the men that were with him 12 And they mourned and wept and fasted vntil euen for Saul and Ionathan his sonne for the people of the Lorde and for the house of Israel because they were ouerthrowen with the sworde 13 And Dauid sayd vnto the young man that brought him these tidings Whence art thou He aunswered I am the sonne of an aliaunt an Amakelite 14 And Dauid sayde vnto him Howe is it that thou wast not afrayde to lay thyne hande on the lordes annoynted to destroy him 15 And Dauid called one of his young meÌ and sayd Go to and fall vpon him And he smote him that he died 16 Then said Dauid vnto him Thy blood be vpon thyne owne head For thyne owne mouth hath testified against thee saying I haue slayne the lordes annoynted 17 And Dauid mourned with this lamentation ouer Saul and ouer Ionathan his sonne 18 Also he bad them teache the children of Iuda the vse of the bowe And beholde it is written in the booke of the righteous 19 O noble Israel he is slaine vpon thy hie places howe are the mightie ouerthrowen 20 Tell it not in Gath nor publishe it in the streates of Askalon lest the daughters of the Philistines reioyce and lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph 21 Ye mountaynes of Gilboa vpon you be neither deawe nor raine nor fieldes of offeringes For there the shield of the mightie is cast downe the shielde of Saul as though he had not ben annoynted with oyle 22 The bowe of Ionathan neuer turned backe neither did the sword of Saul returne emptie froÌ the blood of the slayne and from the fat of the mightie 23 Saul and Ionathan were louely and pleasaunt in their lyues and in their deathes they were not deuided They were swyfter then Egles and stronger then Lions 24 Ye daughters of Israel weepe ouer Saul which clothed you in scarlet with pleasures and hanged ornamentes of golde vpon your apparell 25 Howe were the mightie slayne in the middest of the battel O Ionathan thou wast slayne in thyne hye places 26 Wo is me for thee my brother Ionathan very kinde hast thou ben vnto me Thy loue to me was wonderful passing the loue of women 27 O how are the mightie ouerthrowen and the weapons of warre destroyed The .ii. Chapter 4 Dauid is annoynted king in Hebron 9 Abner maketh Isboseth king ouer Israel 15 The battell of the seruauntes of Dauid and Isboseth 32 The burial of Asahel 1 AFter this Dauid asked counsel at the lord saying Shall I go vp into any of the cities of Iuda And the Lorde sayd vnto him Go vp And Dauid said Whyther shall I go He aunswered Vnto Hebron 2 And so Dauid went thyther with his two wyues Ahinoam the Iezraelite Abigail Nabals wyfe the Carmelite 3 And the men that were with him did Dauid cary vp also euery man with his housholde And they dwelt in the townes of Hebron 4 And the men of Iuda came and there they annoynted Dauid kyng ouer the house of Iuda And they tolde Dauid saying It is the men of Iabes Gilead that buried Saul 5 And Dauid sent messengers vnto the men of Iabes Gilead and sayde vnto them Blessed are ye vnto the lord that ye haue shewed suche kindnesse vnto your lord Saul and haue buried him 6 And nowe the Lorde shewe mercy and trueth vnto you And I will do you also suche kindnes as ye haue done in this thing 7 Therfore nowe let your handes be strong and play ye the men For your maister Saul is dead and they that are of the house of Iuda haue annoynted me king ouer them 8 But Abner the sonne of Ner that was captayne of Sauls hoaste toke Isboseth the sonne of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim 9 And made him king ouer Gilead and ouer the Assurites and ouer Iezrael Ephraim Beniamin ouer all Israel 10 And Isboseth Sauls sonne was fourtie yeres olde when he began to raigne ouer Israel and raigned two yeres But the house of Iuda folowed Dauid 11 And the time whiche Dauid raigned in Hebron ouer the house of Iuda was seuen yeres and sixe monethes 12 And Abner the sonne of Ner and the seruauntes of Isboseth the sonne of Saul weÌt out of Mahanaim to Gibeon 13 And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia and the seruauntes of Dauid went out and met one another by the poole of Gibeon And they sate downe the one on the one side of the poole and the other on the other side 14 And Abner sayde to Ioab Let the young men nowe aryse and play before vs. And Ioab sayde Let them aryse 15 Then there arose went ouer twelue of Beniamin by numbre which pertayned to Isboseth the sonne of Saul and twelue of the seruauntes of Dauid 16 And euery one caught his felowe by y e head thrust his sword in his felowes side and so they fell downe together Wherefore the place was called Helkath hazzurim which is in Gibeon 17 And there was an exceeding cruell battel that same day For Abner and the men of Israel fell before the seruauntes of Dauid 18 And there were three sonnes of Zaruia there Ioab Abisai and Asahel And Asahel was as light of foote as a wilde Roe 19 And Asahel folowed after Abner and in goyng he turned neither to the right hande nor to the left from Abner 20 Then Abner loked behynd him and sayde Art thou Asahel He aunswered Yea. 21 Abner sayd Turne thee either to the right hande or the left and catche one of the young men and take thee his weapons But Asahel woulde not depart from him 22 And Abner sayd agayne to Asahel Depart froÌ me Wherfore should I smite thee to the grounde and not be able to holde vp my face to Ioab thy brother 23 Howebeit when he woulde in no wyse depart Abner with the hynder ende of the speare smote him vnder the fyft ribbe that the speare came out behinde him that he fell downe in the same place and died there And as many as came to the place where Asahel fell downe and died stoode still 24 Ioab also and Abisai pursued after Abner And the sunne went downe when they were come to the hil Amma that lyeth before Giah by the way of the wildernesse of Gibeon 25 And the children of Beniamin gathered them selues together after Abner were on a heape and stoode on the top of an hill 26 Then Abner called to Ioab and said Shall the sword deuour for euer Knowest thou not that it wil be bitternesse in the
the children of Ammon and toke the citie of the kingdome 27 And Ioab sent messengers to Dauid saying I haue fought against Rabba and haue taken the citie of waters 28 Now therefore gather the rest of the people together and besiege the citie that thou mayst take it lest I take it it be called after my name 29 And Dauid gathered al the people together went against Rabba and besieged it and toke it 30 And he toke their kinges crowne from of his head which wayed a talent of golde in it were precious stones and it was set on Dauids head and he brought away the spoyle of the citie in exceeding great abundaunce 31 And he caryed away the people that was therein put them vnder sawes and vnder iron harrowes and vnder axes of iron thrust them into the tylekyll thus dyd he with all the cities of the children of Ammon And so Dauid and al the people returned vnto Hierusalem ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 14 Amnon Dauids sonne defileth his sister Thamar 19 Thamar is comforted by her brother Absalom 29 Absalom therefore killeth Amnon 1 AFter this so it was that Absalom the sonne of Dauid had a fayre sister named Thamar whom Amnon y e sonne of Dauid loued 2 And he was so sore vexed that he fell sycke for his sister Thamar for she shas a virgin and he thought it hard for him to do any thing to her 3 But Amnon had a frende called Ionadab the sonne of Simah Dauids brother And Ionadab was a very subtile man 4 And he said vnto him How commeth it that thou being the kinges sonne art thus consumed from day to day Wylt thou not tell me Amnon aunswered him I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister 5 Ionadab saide vnto him Lay thee downe on thy bed and make thy selfe sicke And when thy father is come to see thee saye vnto him I pray thee let my sister Thamar come and geue me meate and dresse it in my syght that I may see it and eate it of her hand 6 And so Amnon laye downe and made him selfe sicke And when the king was come to see him Amnon saide vnto the king I pray thee let Thamar my sister come and make me a coople of cakes in my sight that I may eate of her hand 7 Then Dauid sent home to Thamar saying Go now to thy brother AmnoÌs house and dresse him meate 8 So Thamar went to her brother Amnons house he was layed downe And she toke floure and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and dyd bake them 9 And toke a panne and powred them out before him but he would not eate And Amnon saide Haue out all men from me And they went all out from him 10 And Amnon saide vnto Thamar Bring the meate into the chamber that I may eate of thyne hand And Thamar toke y e cakes which she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother 11 And wheÌ she had set them before him to eate he toke her and saide vnto her Come lye with me my sister 12 And she aunswered him Nay my brother do not force me for there hath no such thing ben done in Israel Do not thou this folly 13 And I whyther shall I cause my shame to go And thou shalt be as one of the fooles in Israel Now therefore I pray thee speake vnto the king and he wyll not denie me vnto thee 14 Howbeit he would not hearken vnto her voyce but being stronger then she forced her and lay with her 15 And then Amnon hated her exceedingly so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater then the loue with which he before loued her And Amnon saide vnto her Vp and get thee hence 16 She aunswered him There is no cause This euill that thou puttest me away is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me Neuerthelesse he would not heare her 17 But called his boye that serued him and saide Put away this woman from me and bolt the doore after her 18 And she had a garment of diuers colours vpon her for with such wer the kinges daughters that were virgins appareled Then his seruaunt brought her out and locked the doore after her 19 And Thamar toke and put ashes on her head and rent her garment of diuers colours that was on her layed her hand on her head and so went and as she went cryed 20 And Absalom her brother saide vnto her Hath Amnon thy brother ben with thee Now yet be still my sister he is thy brother let not this thing greeue thyne heart And so Thamar remayned desolate in her brother Absaloms house 21 But when king Dauid heard of all these thinges he was very wroth 22 And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad Howbeit Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Thamar 23 And after the tyme of two yeres Absalom had* sheepe shearers in the playne of Hazor beside Ephraim bade all the kinges sonnes 24 And came to the king and saide Beholde thy seruaunt hath sheepe shearers I pray thee that the king with his seruauntes come to thy seruaunt 25 The king aunswered Absalom Nay my sonne I pray thee let vs not go all lest we be chargeable vnto thee And Absalom laye sore vpon him howbeit he would not go but blessed him 26 Then saide Absalom but I pray thee shall not my brother Amnon go with vs And the king aunswered him what needeth it that he go with thee 27 But Absalom made such instaunce that he let Amnon all the kinges children go with him 28 Now had Absalom commaunded his young men saying Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine and when I bid you smyte Amnon then kil him and feare not haue not I bidden you be bolde therfore play the men 29 And the seruauntes of Absalom dyd vnto Amnon euen as Absalom had commaunded And al the kinges sonnes arose and euery man gat him vp vpon his mule and fled 30 And whyle they were yet in the way tydinges came to Dauid saying Absalom hath slaine all the kinges sonnes and there is none left alyue 31 Then the king arose tare his garmentes and lay along on the earth and all his seruauntes stoode by with their clothes rent 32 And Ionadab the sonne of Simeach Dauids brother aunswered and sayde Let not my lorde suppose that they haue slaine all the young men of the kings sonnes but Amnon onely is dead For that hath ben determined in Absaloms minde since he forced his sister Thamar 33 Now therefore let not my lorde the king take the thing so greuously to thinke that all the kinges sonnes are dead for Amnon onely is dead 34 But Absalom fled And y e young man that kept the watch lyft vp his eyes loked and beholde there came much people
to murther to sayle vpon the sea and vpon riuers 24 And seeth a lion goeth in the darkenes when he hath stollen deceaued and robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue 25 Wherefore a man loueth his wife better then father and mother 26 Yea many there be that runne out of their wittes and became bondmen for their wyues sakes 27 Many one also haue perished haue erred and sinned also for women 28 And nowe do ye not beleue me is not the king great in his power do not all regions feare to touche hym 29 Yet dyd I see hym and Apame the daughter of the great king Bartacus the kinges concubine sate besyde the king vpon the right hande 30 And toke of his crowne from his head and set it vpon her owne head and stroke the king with her left hand 31 And there whyle stedyly the king loked vpon her with open mouth if she laughed vpon him he laughed also but if she toke any displeasure with hym the king was fayne to flatter her and to geue her good wordes tyll he had gotten her fauour agayne 32 O ye men are not women then stronger that do these thinges 33 Then the king and the princes loked one vpon another So he began to speake of the trueth 34 O ye men are not women stronger Great is the earth hye is the heauen swift is the course of the sunne he compasseth the heauen rounde about and fetcheth his course agayne to his owne place in one day 35 Is he not excellent that maketh these thinges Therfore great is the trueth and stronger then all thinges 36 All the earth calleth vpon trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thing 37 Wine is wicked the kyng is wicked women are wicked all the children of men are wicked yea such are all their wicked workes and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnesse also shall they be destroyed and perishe 38 As for the trueth it endureth and is alway strong it lyueth and conquereth for euermore worlde without ende 39 With her there is no exception or difference of persons but she doth that iust is and refrayneth from all vniust and wicked thynges and all men do well lyke of her workes 40 In the iudgement of it there is no vnryghteous thyng she is the strength kyngdome power and maiestie of all ages Blessed be the God of trueth 41 And with that he helde his peace and all the people cryed and then sayde Great is trueth and aboue all 42 Then sayde the kyng vnto hym Aske what thou wilt more then is appoynted in the writyng and we shall geue it thee for thou art founde wyser then thy companions thou shalt sit next me and shalt be called my kinsman 43 Then sayde he vnto the kyng Remember thy promise and vowe which thou hast vowed and promised in the day when thou camest to the kingdome to builde vp Hierusalem 44 And to sende agayne all the vessels and iewels that were taken away out of Hierusalem which Cyrus set apart when he vowed to destroy Babylon and to sende them agayne thyther 45 And thy mynde was also to builde vp the temple which the Edomites burnt when Iudea was destroyed by the Chaldees 46 And nowe this onely O kyng is the thing that I require and desire of thee this is the princely liberalitie that I aske of thee I desire therfore that thou perfourme the vowe which thou with thine owne mouth hast made vnto the kyng of heauen 47 Then Darius the kyng stoode vp and kyssed hym wrote hym lettters vnto all the deputies and lieftenauntes to all the lordes and nobles that they shoulde conuey hym foorth and all them that went vp with hym to build Hierusalem 48 He wrote letters also vnto all the liefetenauntes that were in Coelosyria and Phenices and vnto them in Libanus that they shoulde bryng Cedar trees from Libanus vnto Hierusalem and builde the citie with hym 49 Moreouer he wrote for all the Iewes that were gone out of his realme into Iurie concernyng their freedome that no officer no ruler nor lieftenaunt nor stewarde should enter into their doores 50 And that all their lande whiche they kept shoulde be free and not tributarie and that the Edomites shoulde geue ouer the cites and villages of the Iewes which they had taken in 51 Yea and that there shoulde be yerely geuen twentie talentes to the buildyng of the temple vntyll the tyme that it were finished 52 And to maynteyne the burnt offerynges vpon the aulter euery day as they had a commaundement to offer seuenteene other ten talentes euery yere 53 And that all they which come from Babylon to builde the citie should haue free libertie they and their children and all the priestes that went away 54 He wrote also concerning the charges and the priestes garment wherin they minister 55 And likewise for the charges of the Leuites to be geuen them vntyll the day that the house were finished and Hierusalem builded vp 56 And he commaunded that all they that watched the citie shoulde haue their pensions and wages 57 He sent away also all the vessels that Cyrus had separated from Babylon and all that Cyrus had geuen in commaundement the same charged he also that it shoulde be done and sent vnto Hierusalem 58 Nowe when this young man was gone foorth he lyfted vp his face to heauen towarde Hierusalem and praysed the kyng of heauen 59 And sayde Of thee commeth victorie of thee commeth wisdome and thine is the glorie and I am thy seruaunt 60 Blessed art thou which hast geuen me wisdome for to thee I acknowledge it O Lorde thou God of our fathers 61 And so he toke the letters and went out and came vnto Babylon and tolde it all his brethren 62 And they praysed the God of their fathers that he had geuen them freedome and libertie 63 To go vp and to builde Hierusalem and the temple wherin the name of the Lorde is called vpon and they reioyced with instrumentes of musicke and gladnesse seuen dayes long The .v. Chapter 1 The number of them that returne from the captiuitie 42 their vowes and sacrifices 54 The temple is begun to be built 66 Their enemies would craftily ioyne with them 1 AFter this were the â principall men of the houses of their fathers chosen in the tribes and kinredes that they shoulde go with their wiues and sonnes and daughters with their seruauntes and maydens with all their cattell and substaunce 2 And Darius the kyng sent with them a thousande horsemen to conuey them safely vnto Hierusalem and with musical instrumentes with tabers flutes ' 3 And all their brethren played and he ' made them go vp together with them 4 And these are the names of the men which went vp out of the villages according to the tribes and after the order of their dignitie 5 The priestes
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commoÌly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now wheÌ the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now wheÌ we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condeÌpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people
12 And when he was accused of the chiefe priestes and elders he aunswered nothyng 13 Then sayth Pilate vnto him hearest thou not how many witnesses they lay agaynst thee 14 And he aunswered hym to neuer a worde insomuch that the deputie marueyled greatly 15 At that feast the deputie was wont to delyuer vnto the people a prysoner whom they woulde desire 16 He had then a notable prysoner called Barabbas 17 Therfore when they were gathered together Pilate saide vnto them whether wyll ye that I geue loose vnto you Barabbas or Iesus whiche is called Christe 18 For he knewe that for enuy they had delyuered hym 19 When he was set downe to geue iudgment his wyfe sent vnto hym saying haue thou nothing to do with that iuste man For I haue suffred many thynges this day in a dreame because of him 20 But the chiefe priestes elders perswaded the people that they shoulde aske Barabbas and destroy Iesus 21 The deputie aunswered and saide vnto them Whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you They saide Barabbas 22 Pilate sayde vnto them What shall I do then with Iesus whiche is called Christe They all sayde vnto hym let hym be crucified 23 The deputie sayde What euyll hath he done But they cryed the more saying let hym be crucified 24 When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothyng but that more busynesse was made he toke water and washed his handes before the people saying I am innocent of the blood of this iust person see ye to it 25 Then aunswered all the people and sayde His blood be on vs and on our chyldren 26 Then let he Barabbas loose vnto them and scourged Iesus and deliuered hym to be crucified 27 Then the souldiours of the deputie toke Iesus in the common hall and gathered vnto hym all the bande of souldiours 28 And they stripped hym and put on hym a skarlet robe 29 And platted a crowne of thornes and put vppon his head and a reede in his right hande and bowed the knee before hym and mocked hym saying Hayle kyng of the Iewes 30 And when they had spyt vpon hym they toke the reede and smote hym on the head 31 And after that they had mocked him they toke the robe of hym agayne and put his owne rayment on hym and led hym away to crucifie hym 32 And as they came out they founde a man of Cyrene named Simon hym they compelled to beare his crosse 33 And they came vnto the place which is called Golgotha that is to say a place of dead mens skulles 34 And gaue him vineger to drinke mingled with gall And when he had tasted therof he woulde not drynke 35 When they had crucified hym they parted his garmentes did cast lottes that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the prophete They departed my garmentes among them vpon my vesture dyd they cast lottes 36 And they sate watched him there 37 And set vp ouer his head the cause of his death written This is Iesus the king of the Iewes 38 Then were there two thieues crucified with hym one on the ryght hande and another on the left 39 They that passed by reuyled hym waggyng their heades 40 And saying Thou that destroyedst the temple buyldest it in three dayes saue thy selfe If thou be the sonne of God come downe from the crosse 41 Lykewyse also the hye priestes mockyng hym with the scribes and elders and pharisees sayde 42 He saued other hym selfe can he not saue If he be the kyng of Israel let him nowe come downe from the crosse and we wyll beleue hym 43 He trusted in God let hym delyuer hym nowe yf he wyll haue hym for he sayde I am the sonne of God 44 The thieues also which were crucified with hym cast the same in his teeth 45 FroÌ the sixth houre was there darknesse ouer all the lande vnto the nynth houre 46 And about the nynth houre Iesus cried with a loude voyce saying Eli Eli lama sabachtani that is to say My God my God why hast thou forsaken me 47 Some of them that stode there when they hearde that saide This man calleth for Elias 48 And straightway one of them ranne and toke a sponge and when he had filled it full of vineger he put it on a reede and gaue hym to drynke 49 Other sayde let be let vs see whether Elias wyll come and saue hym 50 Iesus when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce yeelded vp y e ghost 51 And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent into two partes froÌ the toppe to the bottome and the earth did quake and the stones rent 52 And graues dyd open and many bodyes of saintes which slept arose 53 And went out of the graues after his resurrection and came into the holy citie and appeared vnto many 54 When the Centurion and they that were with hym watchyng Iesus sawe the earthquake and those thynges that were done they feared greatly saying truely this was the sonne of God 55 And many womeÌ were there beholdyng hym a farre of whiche folowed Iesus froÌ Galilee ministring vnto him 56 Among which was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames and Ioses the mother of Zebedees chyldren 57 When the euen was come there came a ryche man of Aramathia named Ioseph which also hym selfe was Iesus disciple 58 He went to Pilate and begged the body of Iesus Then Pilate coÌmaunded the body to be delyuered 59 And when Ioseph had taken the body he wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth 60 And layde it in his newe tombe which he had hewen out euen in the rocke and rolled a great stone to the dore of the sepulchre and departed 61 And there was Marie Magdalene the other Marie syttyng ouer against the sepulchre 62 The next day that folowed the day of preparyng the hye priestes and pharisees came together vnto Pilate 63 Saying Sir we remember that this deceauer sayde whyle he was yet aliue After three dayes I wil arise agayne 64 Commaunde therfore that the sepulchre be made sure vntyll the thirde day lest his disciples come by nyght steale hym away and say vnto the people he is rysen from the dead the last error shal be worse then the first 65 Pilate sayde vnto them Ye haue the watche go your way make it as sure as ye knowe 66 So they went and made the sepulchre sure with the watch and sealed the stone â ⧠The .xxviij. Chapter ¶ 6 The Resurrection of Christe 12 The hye priestes geue the souldiers money to say that Christe was stolen out of his graue 17 Christe appeareth to his disciples and sendeth them foorth to preache and to baptize 1 IN the later ende of the Sabboth day whiche dawneth the first daye of the weke came Marie Magdalen and the other Marie to
stewarde an Egyptian bought hym of the Ismaelites whiche had brought hym thyther 2 And God was with Ioseph and he became a luckie man continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian 3 And his maister saw that God was with hym and that God made all that he dyd to prosper in his hande 4 And Ioseph founde grace in his maisters syght and serued hym And he made hym ouerseer of his house put all that he had in his hande 5 And it came to passe from the tyme that he had made hym ouerseer of his house and ouer all that he had the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephes sake and the blessyng of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house and in the fielde 6 And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephes hande and he knewe nothyng with hym saue onlye the breade which he dyd eate And Ioseph was a goodly person and a well fauoured 7 And after this his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph and saide come lye with me 8 But he refused and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe Beholde my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me and hath committed all that he hath to my hande 9 There is no man greater in the house then I neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee because thou art his wyfe how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes sinne against God 10 And after this maner spake she to Ioseph day by day but he hearkened not vnto her to sleepe neare her or to be in her company 11 And on a certaine conuenient day Ioseph entred into the house to do his businesse and there was none of the housholde by in the house 12 Then she caught him by the garment saying lye with me And he left his garment in her hande and fledde and got hym out 13 And when she sawe that he had lefte his garment in her hande and was fled out 14 She called vnto the men of her house and tolde them saying See he hath brought in an Hebrue vnto vs to do vs shame for he came in to me to haue lyen with me and I began to crie with a loude voyce 15 And when he hearde that I lyft vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me fled away and got hym out 16 And she layed vp his garment by her vntyll her Lorde came home 17 And she tolde him with these wordes saying This Hebrue seruaunt whiche thou hast brought vnto vs came vnto me to do me shame 18 But assoone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fledde out 19 When his maister hearde the wordes of his wyfe whiche she tolde hym saying after this maner dyd thy seruaunt to me he waxed wroth 20 And Iosephes maister toke hym and put hym in pryson euen into the place where the kynges prysoners laye bounde and there continued he in prison 21 But the Lord was with Ioseph and shewed hym mercie and got hym fauour in the sight of the lord of the prison 22 And the keper of the prison committed to Iosephes hande all the prisoners that were in the prison house and what so euer was done there that dyd he 23 And the keper of the prison loked vnto nothyng that was vnder his hande seyng that the Lord was with hym For whatsoeuer he dyd the Lorde made it to prosper ¶ The .xl. Chapter 1 Ioseph ministreth vnto the butler and baker of Pharao 5 They see dreames 9 The butlers dreame the which Ioseph interpreteth 16 he expoundeth also the dreame of the baker 20 The feast of Pharao on his birth day 23 The butler vnthankfull 1 AND it came to passe after these thynges that the butler of y e king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lorde the kyng of Egypt 2 And Pharao was angry agaynst his two officers agaynst the chiefe butler and the chiefe baker 3 And put them in warde in his chiefe stewardes house euen in the prison and place where Ioseph was bounde 4 And the chiefe steward gaue Ioseph a charge with them he serued them and they continued a season in warde 5 And they dreamed eyther of them in one night both the butler and the baker of the kyng of Egypt whiche were bounde in the pryson house eyther of them his dreame eche mans dreame of a sundry interpretation 6 When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornyng and loked vpon them beholde they were sadde 7 And he asked Pharaos chiefe officers that were with hym in his maisters warde saying Wherfore loke ye so sadlye to day 8 They aunswered him We haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it And Ioseph sayde vnto them do not interpretinges belong to God tell me I pray you 9 And the chiefe butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph and saide vnto him In my dreame me thought there stoode a vine before me 10 And in the vine were three braunches and it was as though it budded her blossomes shot foorth and the clusters therof brought foorth rype grapes 11 And I had Pharaos cup in my hand and toke of the grapes and pressed them in Pharaos cuppe and deliuered Pharaos cuppe into his hande 12 And Ioseph sayde vnto hym this is the interpretatioÌ of it The three braunches are three dayes 13 For within three dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine head and restore thee into thine office agayne and thou shalt deliuer Pharaos cup into his hande after the olde maner when thou wast his butler 14 But thynke on me when thou art in good case and shewe mercy I praye thee vnto me and make mention of me to Pharao bring me out of this house 15 For I was priuily by stealth taken away out of the lande of the Hebrewes and here also haue I done nothyng at all wherfore they shoulde haue put me into this dungeon 16 When the chiefe baker sawe that the interpretatioÌ was good he sayd vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame that I had three whyte wycker baskettes on my head 17 And in the vppermost basket there was of all maner bake meates for Pharao and the birdes dyd eate them out of the basket that was vpon my head 18 And Ioseph aunswered and saide this is the interpretation thereof The three baskettes are three dayes For within three dayes shall Pharao take thy head from thee and shall hang thee on a tree and the birdes shall eate thy fleshe from of thee 19 And it came to passe the thirde day which was Pharaos birth day that he made a feast vnto all his seruauntes and he lyfted vp the head of the chiefe butler and of the chiefe baker among his seruauntes 20 And restored the chiefe butler vnto
froÌ your householdes and get you away 34 And bring your youngest brother vnto me that I may knowe that you are no spyes but meane truely so wyll I deliuer you your brother and ye shall occupie in the lande 35 And as they emptied theyr sackes beholde euery mans bundell of money was in his sacke And when both they and their father sawe the bundelles of money they were afrayde 36 And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them Me haue ye robbed of my children Ioseph is away and Simeon is away ye will take Beniamin away all these thinges are agaynst me 37 Ruben said vnto his father slay my two sonnes yf I bring hym not to thee agayne deliuer him to my hande and I will bring him to thee agayne 38 And he said My sonne shall not go downe with you for his brother is dead and he is left alone if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue ¶ The .xliij. Chapter 1 The brethren of Ioseph are sent backe with Beniamin and gyftes 6 The troubles of Iacob 16 Ioseph commaundeth a banket to be made redy for his brethren in his house 23 Simeon is brought out of pryson 24 The feete of Iosephs brethren be washed 30 Ioseph weepeth 32 His brethren do eate with him It is vnlawfull for the Egyptians to eate with the Hebrewes 1 AND the dearth was great in the lande 2 And it came to passe when they had eaten vp the corne which they had brought out of the lande of Egypt theyr father sayde vnto them go agayne and bye vs a litle foode 3 Iuda aunswered him and sayd The man did solemply protest vnto vs saying ye shall not see my face except your brother be with you 4 If thou wylt sende our brother with vs we wyll go downe and bye thee foode 5 But yf thou wylt not sende hym we wyll not go downe for the man sayde vnto vs ye shall not see my face except your brother be with you 6 And Israel sayd wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet a brother 7 They aunswered The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede saying Is your father yet aliue haue ye not another brother And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes Could we by any meane knowe that he would say bryng your brother downe with you 8 TheÌ said Iuda vnto Israel his father send the lad with me that we may arise and go and that we may liue not dye yea both we thou also our meany 9 I wylbe sureâie for hym of my handes shalt thou require hym yf I bryng hym not to thee agayne and set him before thine eyes then let me beare the blame for euer 01 Truely except we had made this tarying by this we had returned the seconde tyme. 11 And their father Israel sayde vnto them if it must nedes be so nowe then do thus Take of the best fruites of the lande in your vesselles and bryng y e man a present a curtsie of bawme and a curtsie of hony spyces and mirre nuttes and almondes 12 And take double money in your hande the money that was brought agayne in your sackes take it agayne with you peraduenture it was some ouersight 13 Take also your brother with you and arise and go agayne vnto the man 14 And God almightie geue you mercye in the sight of the man that he may deliuer you your other brother this Beniamin and thus I am as one that is quite robbed of his chyldren 15 Thus toke they the present and twyse so muche more money in their hande with Beniamin and rose vp and went downe to Egypt stode before Ioseph 16 When Ioseph sawe Beniamin with them he sayd to the ruler of his house bryng these men home and slay and make redy for these men shall dyne with me at noone 17 And the man did as Ioseph bad and brought them into Iosephes house 18 When the men were brought into Iosephes house they were afrayde and said because of the money that came in our sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought in that he may seeke occasion agaynst vs and violently lay handes vpon vs to bryng vs in bondage and our asses also 19 Therefore came they to the man that was the ruler ouer Iosephes house and communed with him at the doore of the house 20 And sayde oh sir we came downe hyther at the fyrst tyme to bye foode 21 And as we came to an Inne we opened our sackes and behold euery mans money was in the mouth of his sacke euen our money in ful wayght and we haue brought it againe in our hande 22 And other money haue we brought also in our handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put our money in our sackes 23 And he sayd peace be vnto you feare not your God and the God of your father hath geuen you that treasure in your sackes I had your money And he brought Simeon out to them 24 And the man led them into Iosephes house and gaue them water to washe their feete gaue their asses prouender 25 And they made redy their present agaynst Ioseph came at noone for they hearde say that they should eate bread there 26 When Ioseph came home they brought the present into the house to hym whiche was in their handes and bowed them selues to the grounde before him 27 And he asked them of their welfare and sayd Is your father that old man whiche ye tolde me of in good health and is he yet aliue 28 They aunswered Thy seruaunt our father is in good health is yet alyue And they bowing them selues made theyr obeysaunce 29 And he lifting vp his eyes behelde his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne and sayd is this your younger brother of whom ye spake vnto me And he said God be mercyfull vnto thee my sonne 30 And Ioseph made haste for his heart did melt vpon his brother and sought where to weepe and entred into his chaumber and wept there 31 And he washed his face and came out and refrayned hym selfe and sayde set bread on the table 32 And they prepared for hym by hym selfe and for them by them selues and for the Egyptians which dyd eate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrewes for that is an abhomination to the Egyptians 33 And they satte before hym the first borne according to his age the youngest according to his youth and the men merueyled among them selues 34 And he sent rewardes vnto them from before him selfe but Beniamins part was fiue times so muche as any of theirs and they dronke and were made mery with him ¶
euen in the borders therof towarde the inside of the ephod ouer agaynst it 27 And yet two other ringes of gold thou shalt make and put them on the two sides of y e Ephod beneath ouer agaynst the brestlap alowe where the sides are ioyned together vpon the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod 28 And they shall bynde the brestlap by his ringes vnto y e ringes of the Ephod with a lase of blewe silke that it may lye close aboue the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod and that the brestlap be not loosed from the Ephod 29 And Aaron shall beare the names of the children of Israel in the brestlap of iudgement vpon his heart when he goeth into the holy place for a remembraunce before the Lorde alway 30 And thou shalt put in the brestlap of iudgment the Vrim the Thummim and they shal be euen vpoÌ Aarons heart wheÌ he goeth in before the Lord and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the children of Israel vpon his heart before the Lorde alway ' 31 And thou shalt make the tunicle vnto ' the Ephod altogether of blewe silke 32 And there shal be an hole for the head in the middest of it hauyng a bonde of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it as it were the coller of a partlet that it rent not 33 And beneath vpon the hem thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe sylke and of purple and of scarlet rounde about the hem and belles of gold betweene them rounde about 34 And let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde about vpon the hem of the tunicle 35 And Aaron shall haue it vpon hym when he ministreth and the sound shal be hearde when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde when he commeth out and he shall not dye 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and graue theron as signettes are grauen the holynes of the Lorde 37 And put it on a blewe sylke lase to be vpon the mytre euen vpon the forefront of it 38 And it shal be vpon Aarons forehead that Aaron may beare the sinne of the holy thinges whiche the children of Israel halowe in all their holy gyftes and it shal be alwayes vpon his forehead for the reconciling of them before the Lorde 39 And thou shalt make a coate of white sylke embrodered with knottes thou shalt make a mytre of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of needle worke 40 And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also coates and thou shalt make for them gyrdles bonettes shalt thou make for them glorious and bewtiful 41 And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother on his sonnes with hym and shalt annoynt them and fill their handes sanctifie them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 42 And thou shalt make them lynnen sloppes to couer their priuities froÌ the loynes vnto y e thighes they shal reache 43 And they shal be vpon Aaron and his sonnes when they come into the tabercle of the congregatioÌ or wheÌ they come vnto the aulter to minister in holines that they beare no sinne so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron and his seede after him ' ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ' 1 The maner to consecrate priestes vnto God and the rite to offer for them 38 The continuall dayly sacrifice 1 THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou halowest theÌ to be my priestes Thou shalt take one young calfe and two rammes y t are without blemyshe 2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened annoynted with oyle of wheaten floure shalt thou make theÌ 3 And thou shalt put them in a maunde and bryng them in the maunde with the calfe and the two rammes 4 And bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation washe theÌ with water 5 And take the garmentes and put vppon Aaron the coate the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod it selfe and the brestlap gyrde them to hym with the brodered gyrdle which is in the Ephod 7 Then shalt thou take the anoyntyng oyle and powre it vpon his head and anoynt hym 8 And bryng his sonnes and put coates vpon them 9 And gyrde them with gyrdels aswell Aaron as his sonnes and put the bonnettes on them and the priestes office shal be theirs for a perpetuall lawe and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron and the handes of his sonnes 10 And thou shalt cause a calfe to be brought before the tabernacle of witnesse and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the calfe 11 And thou shalt kyll hym before the Lord by the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse 12 And take of the blood of the calfe and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter with thy finger and powre all the rest of the blood beside the bottome of the aulter 13 And take all the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall that is on the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and burne them vpon the aulter 14 But the flesh of the calfe and his skin and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoast it is a synne offeryng 15 Thou shalt also take one Ramme and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the Ramme 16 And when thou hast slaine the RaÌme thou shalt take his blood and sprinckle it rounde about vpon the aulter 17 And cut the Ramme in peeces and washe the inwardes of hym and his legges and put them vnto the peeces and vnto his head 18 And then burne the whole Ramme vpoÌ the aulter for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 19 And take the other Ramme and Aaron his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his head 20 Then shalt thou kyll hym and take of his blood and put it vpon the tip of the right eare of Aaron and vpon the tip of the right eare of his sonnes and vpon the thombe of theyr right handes and vpon the great toe of theyr right foot and sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the aulter of the anoyntyng oyle and sprinckle it vpon Aaron his vestmentes and vpon his sonnes and vpon theyr garmentes with hym and he shal be halowed and his clothes and his sonnes and theyr clothes with him 22 And thou shalt take the fat of the Ramme his rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and the right shoulder for that Ramme is a ful offeryng 23 And a synmell of bread and a cake of oyled bread and a wafer out of the basket of
2 In the first day of the first moneth shalt thou set vp the tabernacle euen the tabernacle of the congregation 3 And put therin the arke of the testimonie and couer the arke with the vayle and thou shalt bring in the table and order it accordyng to the appoyntment therof 4 And thou shalt bryng in the candelsticke and lyght his lampes 5 And set the incense aulter of golde before the arke of the testimonie and put the hangyng at the doore of the tabernacle 6 And set the burnt offeryng aulter before the doore of the tabernacle euen of the tabernacle of the congregation 7 And set the lauer betweene the tabernacle of the congregatioÌ and the aulter and put water therein 8 And make the court rounde about ' hang vp the hangyng at the court gate ' 9 And thou shalt take the annoyntyng oyle and annoynt the tabernacle and all that is therin and halow it with all the vessels therof and it shal be holy 10 And thou shalt annoynt the aulter of burnt offeryng and all his vessels and sanctifie the aulter and it shal be an aulter most holy 11 And thou shalt also annoynt the lauer ' and his foote and sanctifie it ' 12 And thou shalt bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and washe them with water 13 And thou shalt put vppon Aaron the holy vestmentes and annoynt hym sanctifie hym that he may minister vnto me in the priestes office ' 14 And thou shalt bryng his sonnes and ' clothe them with garmentes 15 And annoynt them as thou diddest annoynt their father that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office For their annoyntyng shal be an euerlasting priesthood vnto them throughout all their generations 16 And Moyses dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded hym euen so dyd he 17 Thus was the tabernacle reared vp the first day in the first moneth in the seconde yere 18 And Moyses reared vp the tabernacle and fastened his sockettes and set vp the boordes therof and put in the barres of it and reared vp his pillers 19 And spread abrode the tent ouer the tabernacle and put the coueryng of the tent an hye aboue it as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 20 And he toke the testimonie and put it in the arke and set the barres to the arke and put the mercie seate an hye vpon the arke 21 And he brought the arke into the tabernacle and hanged vp the vayle and couered the arke of the testimonie as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 22 And he put the table in the tabernacle of the congregation in the north syde of the tabernacle without the vayle 23 And set the bread in order before the Lorde euen as the Lorde had commaunded Moyses 24 And he put the candlesticke in the tabernacle of the congregation ouer agaynst the table towarde the south syde of the tabernacle 25 And set vp the lampes before y e Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 26 And he put the golden aulter in the tabernacle of the congregation before the vayle 27 And burnt sweete incense thereon as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 28 And he hanged vp the hangyng at the doore of the tabernacle 29 And set the burnt offeryng aulter by the entryng in of the tabernacle that is the tabernacle of the congregation and offered burnt offerynges and meate offerynges theron as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 30 And he set the lauer betweene the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter and powred water therein to washe withall 31 And Moyses Aaron and his sonnes wasshed their handes and their feete thereat 32 When they went into the tabernacle of the congregation and when they went to the aulter they wasshed them selues as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 33 And he reared vp the court rounde about the tabernacle and the aulter and set vp an hangyng at the court gate and so Moyses finished the worke 34 And the cloude couered the tabernacle of the congregatioÌ and the glorie of the Lorde fylled the tabernacle 35 And Moyses coulde not enter into the tabernacle of the congregation because the cloude abode theron and the glorie of the Lorde fylled the tabernacle 36 And when the cloude was taken vp from of the tabernacle the children of Israel toke their iourneys throughout their armies 37 And wheÌ the cloude was not taken vp they iourneyed not tyll it was taken vp 38 For the cloude of the Lord was vpon the tabernacle by day and fire by night in the sight of all the house of Israel throughout all their armies ¶ The ende of the seconde booke of Moyses called in the Hebrue Velleschemoth and in the Latine Exodus ⧠The thirde booke of Moyses called in the Hebrue Vaicrah and in the Latine Leuiticus ¶ The first Chapter 2 The order of burnt offerynges 10 Of Sheepe or Goates 14 Of Birdes 1 ANd the Lord called vnto Moyses and spake vnto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel thou shalt say vnto them If a man of you bring a sacrifice vnto the Lorde ye shall bryng your sacrifice from among these cattell euen froÌ among the beefes and the sheepe 3 If his sacrifice be a burnt offeryng of beefes let hym offer a male without blemishe and bryng hym of his owne voluntarie wyll vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lorde 4 And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the burnt sacrifice and it shal be accepted for hym to be his attonement 5 And he shal kill the bullocke before the Lord And the priestes Aarons sonnes shall bryng the blood and sprinkle it rounde about vpon the aulter that is by the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation ' 6 And then shall he flay the burnt offeryng ' and hewe hym in peeces 7 And the sonnes of Aaron the priest shall put fire vpon the aulter and put wood vpon the fire 8 And the priestes Aarons sonnes shall lay the partes euen the head and the fat vpon the wood that is on the fyre in the aulter 9 But the inwardes and the legges thereof shall he washe in water the priest shall burne all in the aulter that they may be a burnt sacrifice an offeryng made by fire for a sweete odour vnto the Lorde 10 And if his sacrifice be of flockes namely of the sheepe or goates let hym bryng a male without blemishe for a burnt offeryng 11 And let hym kyll it on the north syde of the aulter before the Lorde And the priestes Aarons sonnes shall sprinckle the blood round about vpon the aulter 12 And he shall cut it into his peeces euen with his head and his fat and the priest shall put them vpon the wood that lyeth vpon the fire in the aulter 13 But he shall washe the inwardes and the legges with water and the priest shall bryng
altogether and burne it vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 14 If the burnt offeryng for the sacrifice of the Lorde be of fowles he shall bring his sacrifice of turtle doues or of the young pigeons 15 And the priest shall bryng it vnto the aulter and wryng the necke a sunder of it and burne it on the aulter but the blood therof shal be wroung out vpon the syde of the aulter 16 And he shall plucke away his croppe with his fethers and cast them besyde the aulter on the east part in the place of asshes 17 And he shall breake the wynges of it but plucke them not asunder And the priest shal burne it vpon the aulter euen vpon the wood that is vpon the fire that it may be a burnt offeryng an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 The order of meate offerynges 4 Of bread baken 11 There shal be no leuen in any offeryng 13 All meate offerynges must be seasoned with salt 1 THe soule that will offer a meate offeryng vnto the Lorde his offering shal be of fine flowre and he shall poure oyle vpon it and put frankensence theron 2 And shal bring it vnto Aarons sonnes the priestes And he shall take therout his handfull of the flowre of the oyle with all the frankensence and the priest shall burne it for a memoriall of hym vpon the aulter to be an offeryng made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 3 And the remnaunt of the meate offeryng shal be Aarons and his sonnes a thyng most holy of the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire 4 If thou bryng also a meate offeryng that is baken in the ouen let it be an vnleauened cake of fine flowre myngled with oyle or an vnleauened wafer annoynted with oyle 5 If thy meate offeryng be baken in the frying pan it shal be of vnleauened flowre myngled with oyle 6 And thou shalt part it in peeces and powre oyle thereon that it may be a meate offeryng 7 And yf thy meate offeryng be a thyng broyled vpon the grediron let it be of flowre myngled with oyle 8 And thou shalt bryng the meate offeryng that is made of these thinges vnto the lord shalt deliuer it vnto the priest that he may offer it vpon the aulter 9 And the priest shall take from the meate offeryng a memoriall therof and shall burne it vpon the aulter that it may be a burnt offeryng for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 10 And that which is left of the meate offeryng shal be Aarons his sonnes It is a thyng moste holye of the offerynges of the Lorde made by fire 11 All the meate offerynges which ye shal bryng vnto the Lorde shal be made without leauen For ye shall neither burne leauen nor hony in any offering of the Lorde made by fire 12 In the oblation of the first fruites ye shall offer them vnto the Lorde but they shall not be burnt vpon the aulter for a sweete sauour 13 All the meate offerynges also shalt thou season with salt neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackyng from thy meate offeryng but vpon all thyne offerynges thou shalt bryng salt 14 And yf thou offer a meate offeryng of the first fruites vnto the Lorde thou shalt offer for the meate offeryng of thy first fruites eares of corne dryed by the fire euen beaten wheate of full eares 15 And thou shalt put oyle vpon it and lay frankensence theron that it may be a meate offeryng 16 And the priest shall burne part of the beaten corne and part of that oyle with al the franckensence for a remeÌbraunce and it shal be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde made by fire ' ¶ The .iij. Chapter ' ' 1 The order of peace offerynges 6 Of Sheepe 7 Of Lambes 12 Of Goates ' 1 ANd if his sacrifice be a peace offeryng and he take it from among the droues whether it be a male or female he shall bryng such as is without blemishe before the Lorde 2 And put his hande vpon the head of his offeryng and kyll it at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation And Aarons sonnes the priestes shal sprinkle the blood vpon the aulter round about 3 And he shall offer somewhat of the peace offeryng to be a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde euen the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes 4 And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and vpon the flankes the kall with the lyuer shall he take away with the kidneys 5 And Aarons sonnes shall burne them on the aulter with the burnt sacrifice which is vpon the wood that is on the fire to be a burnt sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord. 6 If he bryng a peace offeryng vnto the Lorde from of the flocke let hym offer male or female but without blemishe ' 7 And yf he offer a Lambe for his sacrifice ' he shall bryng it before the Lorde 8 And put his hand vpon his offeringes head and kyll it before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle the blood therof rounde about the aulter 9 And of the peace offeryng let hym bryng a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde the fat thereof and the rumpe altogether which they shall take of harde by the backe bone and the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes 10 And the two kidneys and the fat that is vpon them and vpon the flankes and the kall that is vpon the liuer shall he take away with the kidneys 11 And the priest shall burne them vpon the aulter to be the foode of a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde 12 If his offeryng be a Goate he shall ' bryng it before the Lorde ' 13 And put his hande vpon the head of it and kyll it before the tabernacle of the congregation and the sonnes of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood therof vpon the aulter rounde about 14 And he shall bring therof his offering euen a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord the fat that couereth y e inwardes all the fat that is vpon the inwardes 15 And the two kidneys and the fat that is vpon them and vpon the flankes and the kall vpon the liuer shall he take away with the kidneys 16 And the priest shall burne them vpon the aulter for the foode of the sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour All the fat is the Lordes 17 Let it be a perpetuall statute for your generations throughout your dwellynges y t ye eate neither fat nor blood ' ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ' 1 The offeryng made for sinnes done of ignoraunce 13 for the whole congregation 22 for
of your peace offerynges 33 The same that offereth the blood of the peace offeringes and the fat among the sonnes of Aaron shall haue the right shoulder for his part 34 For the waue brest and the heaue shoulder haue I taken of the chyldren of Israel eueÌ of their peace offeringes and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the priest vnto his sonnes by a statute for euer froÌ among the chyldren of Israel 35 This is the annoynting of Aaron and the annoynting of his sonnes coÌcerning the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire in the day when he offred them to be priestes vnto the Lorde 36 And these be the portions whiche the Lorde commaunded to be geuen them in the day of their annoynting from among the chyldren of Israel by a statute for euer in their generations 37 This is the law of the burnt offering and of the meate offering and of the sacrifice for sinne and trespasse for consecrations and for the peace offering 38 Whiche the Lord commaunded Moyses in the mount of Sinai wheÌ he commaunded the children of Israel to offer their sacrifices vnto the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai ' ¶ The .viij. Chapter ' ' 6 The annoyntyng of Aaron and his sonnes ' ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Take Aaron and his sonnes with hym and the vestures and the annoynting oyle and a bullocke for a sinne offering and two Rammes and a basket of vnleauened bread 3 And gather thou all the congregation together vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 4 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him and the people were gathered together vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 5 And Moyses sayd vnto the congregation This is the thing which the Lord commaunded to be done ' 6 And Moyses brought Aaron and his ' sonnes and washed them with water 7 And put vpon him the coate and gyrded hym with a gyrdle and put vpon hym the robe and put the Ephod theron whiche he gyrded with the brodered garde that was in the Ephod and bounde it vnto him therewith 8 And he put the brestplate theron and put in the brestplate the Vrim and the Thummim 9 And he put the cap of estate vpon his head and put vpon the cap euen vpon the forefront the golden plate the holy crowne as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 10 And Moyses toke the annoyntyng oyle and annoynted the tabernacle and al that was therin and sanctified them 11 And sprinckled therof vpon the aulter seuen tymes and annoynted the aulter and all his vesselles the lauer and his foote to sanctifie them 12 And he powred of the annoynting oyle vpon Aarons head annoynted hym to sanctifie hym 13 And Moyses brought Aarons sonnes and put coates vpon them and gyrded them with gyrdles and put bonettes vpon their heades as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 14 And he brought the Bullocke for the sinne offering and Aaron his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Bullocke for the sinne offering 15 And Moyses slewe hym and toke the blood which he put vpon the hornes of the aulter rounde about with his finger and purified the aulter and powred the blood at the bottome of the aulter sanctified it to make reconciliatioÌ vpoÌ it 16 And he toke all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the kall of the liuer and the two kydneys and their fat and Moyses burned it vpon the aulter 17 But the Bullocke his hide his flesh and his dounge he burnt with fyre without the hoast as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 18 And he brought the Ramme for the burnt offering and Aaron his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Ramme ' 19 Whiche Moyses killed and sprinckled the blood vpoÌ the aulter rounde about ' 20 And Moyses cut the Ramme into his peeces and burnt the head the peeces and the fat 21 And washed y e inwardes the legges in water Moyses burnt the Ramme euerywhyt vpon the aulter for it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweete sauour and an offering made by fire vnto the Lord as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 22 And he brought the other Ramme namely the Ramme of consecrations and Aaron and his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Ramme 23 Which Moyses slewe and toke of the blood of it and put it vpon the tip of Aarons right eare and vpon the thumbe of his ryght hande and vpon the great toe of his ryght foote 24 And Moyses brought Aarons sonnes and put of the blood on the âippe of the right eare of them vpon the thumbes of theyr right handes vpon the great toes of their ryght feete and Moyses sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 25 And he toke the fat and the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the kall of the liuer and the two kydneys with their fat and the ryght shoulder 26 And out of the basket of vnleauened bread that was before the Lorde he toke one vnleauened cake and a cake of oyled bread and one wafer put them on the fat and vpon the right shoulder 27 And put altogether vpon Aarons handes vpon his sonnes handes and waued it a waue offering before the Lord. 28 And Moyses toke them from of their handes and burnt them vpon the aulter for a burnt offering These were consecrations for a sweete sauour and sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde 29 And Moyses toke the brest and waued it for a waue offering before the Lorde for of the Ramme of consecrations it was Moyses part as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 30 And Moyses toke of the annoynting oyle and of the blood which was vpon the aulter sprinckled it vpon Aaron and vpon his garmentes and vpon his sonnes and on his sonnes garmentes with him and sanctified Aaron and his vestures and his sonnes and his sonnes vestures with hym 31 And Moyses sayde vnto Aaron and his sonnes Boyle the fleshe at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and there eate it with the bread that is in the basket of consecration and as I commaunded saying Aaron and his sonnes shall eate it 32 And that whiche remayneth of the fleshe and of the bread shall ye burne with fyre 33 And ye shall not depart from the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation seuen dayes vntyll the dayes of your consecrations be at an ende for seuen dayes shall he fill your hande 34 As he did this day euen so the Lorde hath commaunded to do to make an attonement for you 35 Therefore shall ye abyde at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation day and nyght seuen dayes long and kepe the watch of the Lord and ye shal not dye for so I am commaunded 36 And so Aaron and his sonnes dyd all thinges whiche the Lorde commaunded by the hande of Moyses ' ¶ The .ix. Chapter ' 8 The fyrst offeringes
trespasse offeryng the logge of oyle and waue them for a waue offeryng before the Lorde 13 And he shal slea the lambe in the place where the sinne offeryng and the burnt offeryng are slayne euen in the holy place for as the sinne offeryng is the priestes euen so is the trespasse offering seyng it is most holy 14 And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offering and put it vpon the tippe of the ryght eare of hym that is to be clensed and vpon the thumbe of his right hande and vpon the great toe of his ryght foote 15 The priest shall take of the logge of oyle and powre it into the paulme of his left hande 16 And he shall dippe his ryght finger in the oyle that is in his left hande and sprinckle of the oyle with his finger seuen tymes before the Lorde 17 And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hande shall the priest put vpon the tippe of the ryght eare of hym that is for to be clensed and vpon the thumbe of his ryght hande and vpon the great toe of his ryght foote euen vpon the blood of the trespasse offeryng 18 And the remnaunt of the oyle that is in the priestes hande he shal powre vpoÌ the head of hym that is for to be clensed and the priest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde 19 And the priest shall offer the sinne offeryng and make an attonement for hym that is to be clensed from his vncleannesse and then shall he kyll the burnt offeryng 20 And the priest shall offer the burnt offeryng and the meate offeryng vpon the aulter and the priest shall make an attonement for hym he shal be cleane 21 If he be poore and can not get so much he shall take one lambe for a trespasse offering to waue it for his attonement and a tenth deale of fine flowre mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng and a logge of oyle 22 And two turtle doues or two young pigeons such as he is able to get wherof the one shal be for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng 23 And he shall bryng them the eyght day for his clensyng vnto the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lorde 24 And the priest shall take the lambe that is for the trespasse offeryng the logge of oyle and waue them for a waue offeryng before the Lorde 25 And he shal kill the lambe for the trespasse offeryng and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offeryng and put it vpon the tippe of his right eare that is to be clensed and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the great toe of his right foote ' 26 And the priest shall powre of the oyle ' into the paulme of his owne left hande 27 And the priest shall with his right finger sprinckle of the oyle that is in his left hand seuen tymes before the Lord. 28 And the priest shal put of the oyle that is in his hande vpon y e tippe of the right eare of hym that is to be clensed vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the great toe of his right foote euen in the place where the blood of the trespasse offeryng was put 29 And y e rest of the oyle y t is in the priestes hande he shal put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed that he may make an attonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he shall offer one of the turtle doues or of the young pigeons such as he can get 31 Such I say as he is able to get the one for a sinne offering the other for a burnt offeryng with y e meate offeryng And y e priest shall make an attonement for hym y t is to be clensed before y e Lord. 32 This is the lawe of hym in whom is the plague of leprosie and whose hande is not able to get that which pertaineth to his clensyng ' 33 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' and Aaron saying 34 When ye be come vnto the lande of Chanaan which I geue you in possession and yf I put the plague of leprosie in a house of the land of your possession 35 He that oweth the house shall come tell the priest saying Me thinke that there is as it were a plague in y e house 36 Then the priest shall coÌmaunde them to emptie the house before the priest go into it to see the plague that all that is in the house be not made vncleane and theÌ must the priest go in to see the house 37 And he shall see the plague and yf the plague be in the walles of the house that there be hollowe strakes greenish or reddishe which seeme to be lower then the wall it selfe 38 Then the priest shall go out of y e house to the doore of the house and shut vp the house seuen dayes 39 And the priest shall come agayne the seuenth day yf he see that the plague be increased in the walles of the house 40 Then the priest shall coÌmaunde them to take away y e stones in which y e plague is and let them cast them into a foule place without the citie 41 And he shall commaunde the house to be scraped within rounde about and powre out the dust that they scrape of without the citie into a foule place 42 And they shall take other stones and put theÌ in the place of those stones and other morter to plaster y e house withall 43 And if the plague come againe breake out in the house after that he hath taken away the stones and scraped the house after that he hath plastered the house 44 Then the priest shall come and see it yf that the plague hath growen further in the house it is a frettyng leprosie in the house it is therfore vncleane 45 And he shall breake downe the house and the stones of it and the timber therof and all the morter of the house and he shall cary them out of the citie into a foule place 46 Moreouer he that goeth into y e house all the whyle that it is shut vp shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 47 He also that sleepeth in the house shal washe his clothes he lykewyse that eateth in y e house shall washe his clothes 48 And yf the priest come and see that the plague hath spread no further in y e house after that it is newe plastered the priest shall iudge that house cleane because the plague is healed 49 And let hym take to clense the house withall two birdes ceder wood and a scarlet lase and ysope 50 And he shal kill one of the birdes in an' earthen vessell vpon runnyng water ' 51 And take the ceder wood and the ysope and the scarlet lase with the lyuyng birde and dippe them in the blood of the slayne birde and in the runnyng water
shall haue lynnen breeches vpon his fleshe and shal be girded with a lynnen girdle and with a lynnen cap shall he be attired These are holy garmentes therfore shall he washe his fleshe in water when he doth put them on 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the childreÌ of Israel two hee goates for a sinne offeryng and a ramme for a burnt offeryng 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullocke for his sinne offering and make an attonement for hym and for his house 7 And he shall take the two hee goates and present them before the Lorde at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 8 And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two goates one lot shal be for the Lord and the other for the scape goate 9 And Aaron shall bryng the goate vpon which the Lordes lot fell and offer hym for a sinne offeryng 10 But the goate on which the lot fell to be the scape goate shal be set aliue before the Lorde to reconcile with and to let hym go as a scape goate into the wildernesse 11 And Aaron shall bryng the bullocke for his sinne offeryng and reconcile for hym selfe and for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for his sinne offeryng 12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coales from of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fill his hand full of sweete incense beaten small and bryng them within the vayle 13 And put the incense vpon the fire before the Lorde that the cloude of the incense may couer the mercy seate that is vpon the witnesse and he shall not dye 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullocke and sprinckle it with his finger vpon the mercy seate eastward and before the mercy seate shall he sprinckle of the blood with his finger seuen tymes 15 Then shall he kyll the goate that is the peoples sinne offering bryng his blood within the vayle do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprinklyng it vpon the mercy seate and before the mercy seate 16 And he shall reconcile the holy place from the vncleannesses of the chyldren of Israel and from their trespasses in all their sinnes And so shal he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that is set among them euen among their vncleannesses 17 And let there be no body in the tabernacle of the coÌgregation when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out and haue made an attonement for hym selfe and for his housholde and for all the congregation of Israel 18 And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcile vpon it and shal take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goate and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter rounde about 19 So shall he sprinckle of the blood vppon it with his finger seuen tymes and cleanse it halowe it from the vncleannesse of the chyldren of Israel 20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place and the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter he shall bryng the liue goate 21 And Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate and confesse ouer hym all the misdeedes of the chyldren of Israel and all their trespasses in all their sinnes puttyng them vppon the head of the goate and send him away by the hand of a conuenient man into the wyldernesse 22 And the goate shall beare vpon hym all theyr misdeedes vnto the lande of seperation and he shall let the goate go into the wyldernesse 23 After Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation and put of the linnen clothes whiche he put on when he went in into the holy place and leaue them there 24 And let hym washe his fleshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make an attonement for hym selfe and for the people 25 And the fat of the sinne offering shall ' he burne vpon the aulter ' 26 And he that caryed foorth the goate for the scape goate shall washe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast 27 And the bullocke for the sinne offering the goate for the sinne offering whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoast to be burnt in the fire with their skinnes their fleshe and their dounge 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes and bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast 29 And this shal be an ordinaunce for euer vnto you that in the tenth day of the seuenth moneth ye humble your soules and do no worke at all whether it be one of your owne countrey or a straunger that soiourneth among you 30 For that day shall the priest make an attonement for you to cleanse you and that ye may be cleane from all your sinnes before the Lorde 31 Let it be a Sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble your soules by an ordinaunce for euer 32 And the priest whom he shal annoynt and whom he shall consecrate to minister in his fathers steade shal make the attonement and shall put on the linnen clothes and holy vestmentes 33 And shall reconcile the holy sanctuarie and the tabernacle of the congregation and shall cleanse the aulter make an attonement for the priestes and for all the people of the congregation 34 And this shal be an euerlastyng ordinaunce vnto you to make an attonement for the chyldren of Israel for all their sinnes once a yere And he dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses ' ⧠The .xvij. Chapter ' 4 All sacrifice must be brought to the doore of the tabernacle 7 To deuyls may they not offer 10 They may not eate blood ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them This is the thing whiche the Lorde hath charged saying 3 What man soeuer of the house of Israel kylleth an oxe or lambe or goate in the hoast or that kylleth it out of the hoast 4 And bryngeth it not vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer an offering vnto the Lorde before the dwelling place of the Lord blood shal be imputed vnto that man he hath shed blood and that man shal be cut of from among his people 5 Wherfore when the chyldren of Israel bryng their offeringes that they offer in the wylde fielde they shall bryng them vnto the Lorde euen vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation by the priest to offer them for peace offeringes vnto the Lorde 6 And the priest shall sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter of the Lorde whiche is before the doore of the tabernacle of the
Whosoeuer he be that despiseth his father or his mother let hym dye for he hath deminished the estimation of his father mother his blood be vpon him 10 And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe euen he that breaketh wedlocke with his neyghbours wyfe let be slayne both the adulterer and the adultresse 11 And the man that lyeth with his fathers wyfe and vncouereth his fathers nakednes let them both die their blood be vpon them 12 If a man lye with his daughter in lawe let them dye both of them they haue wrought abhomination their blood be vpon them 13 If a man also lye with mankinde after the maner as with women kynde they haue both committed an abhomination let them dye their blood be vpon them 14 And if a man take a wyfe and her mother also it is wickednesse They shall burne with fire both hym them that there be no wickednesse among you 15 And if a man lye with a beast let hym ' dye and ye shall slea the beast also ' 16 If a woman go vnto any beast and lye downe thereto thou shalt kyll the woman and the beast also let them dye their blood be vpon them 17 If a man take his sister his fathers daughter or his mothers daughter see her nakednesse and she his nakednesse it is a wicked thing they shal be cut of in the sight of their people he hath vncouered his sisters nakednesse he shall beare his sinne 18 If a man lye with a woman hauing her natural disease and vncouer her nakednesse and open her fountayne and she also open the fouÌtayne of her blood they shall both be cut of from among their people 19 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy mothers sister nor of thy fathers sister for he that doth so hath vncouered his next kyn they shal beare their misdoyng 20 If a man lye with his vncles wyfe and vncouer his vncles nakednesse they shall beare their sinne and shall dye chyldlesse 21 If a man take his brothers wyfe it is an vncleane thyng he hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse they shal be chyldlesse 22 Ye shall kepe therefore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and do them that the lande whyther I bryng you to dwell therein spewe you not out 23 Ye shall not walke in the maners of this nation whiche I caste out before you For they committed all these thinges and therfore I abhorred theÌ 24 But I haue sayde vnto you ye shall enherite their lande and I wyll geue it vnto you to possesse it euen a lande that floweth with mylke and hony I am the Lorde your God whiche haue seperated you from other nations 25 And therefore shall ye put difference betweene cleane beastes and vncleane betweene vncleane foules and cleane Ye shal not defile your soules in beastes and foules and in all maner creeping thinges that the grounde bryngeth foorth whiche I haue seperated from you as vncleane 26 Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nations that ye shoulde be myne 27 If there be a man or woman that worketh with a spirit or that is a soothsayer let them dye Men shall ouerwhelme them with stones their blood be vpon them ' ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ' 'A lawe for the priestes ' 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Speake vnto the priestes the sonnes of Aaron say vnto them Let none be defiled by a corse among his people 2 But by his kynsman that is nye vnto him that is by his mother and his father by his sonne and his daughter and his brother 3 And by his sister a mayde that is nye vnto hym whom no man hath knoweÌ for her shall he be defiled 4 But he shall not be defiled vpon hym that hath aucthoritie among his people to pollute him selfe 5 Let them not make baldnesse vpon their head nor shaue of y e lockes of their bearde nor make any cuttinges in their fleshe 6 They shal be holy vnto their God and not pollute the name of their God for the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire and the bread of their God they do offer therfore they shall be holy 7 Let them not take a wyfe that is an whore or polluted nor put from her husband for such a one is holy vnto his god 8 Thou shalt sanctifie hym therfore for he offereth vp the bread of thy God he shall therefore be holy vnto thee for I the Lorde which sanctifie you am holy 9 If a priestes daughter fall to play the whore she polluteth her father therefore must she be burnt with fire 10 He that is the hie priest among his brethren vpon whose head the annoynting oyle was powred and that consecrated his hand to put on y e vestments shal not vncouer his head nor rent his clothes 11 Neither go to any dead body nor make hym selfe vncleane by his father or his mother 12 Neither shall go out of the sanctuarie nor pollute the holy place of his God for the crowne of the annoynting oyle of his God is vpon him I am the Lord. 13 He shall take a mayde vnto his wife ' 14 But a wydowe a deuorsed woman or a polluted or a harlot these shall he not marrie but shall take a mayde of his owne people to wyfe 15 Neither shal he defile his seede among his people for I am the Lorde whiche sanctifie hym 16 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 17 Speake vnto Aaron and say Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any deformitie let hym not prease for to offer bread vnto his God 18 For whosoeuer hath any blemishe shall not come neare as if he be blynde or lame or that hath a brused nose or that hath any misshapen member 19 Or is broken footed or broken handed ' 20 Or is crooke backt or bleare eyed or haue a webbe or other blemishe in his eyes or be skuruie or skabbed or hath his stones broken 21 No man that hath a blemishe is of the seede of Aaron the priest shall come nye to offer the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire When he hath a deformitie let him not prease to offer the bread of his God 22 Let him eate the bread of his God ' euen of the most holy and of the holy ' 23 Only let him not go in vnto y e vayle nor come nye the aulter because he is deformed that he pollute not my sanctuarie for I am the Lorde that sanctifie them 24 And Moyses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israel ' The .xxij. Chapter ' 3 Who ought to abstayne from eating the thinges that were offered 19 Howe what and when they shoulde be offered ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes that
full of incense conteynyng ten sicles a peece after y e sicle of the santuarie so that all y e golde of the incense cuppes was an hundred and twentie sicles 87 All the bullockes for the burnt offeryng were twelue the rammes twelue the lambes of a yere olde twelue with their meate offerynges and the hee goates for sinne offeryng twelue 88 And all the oxen for the peace offerynges were twentie and foure the rammes sixtie the hee goates sixtie the lambes of a yere olde sixtie This was the dedication of the aulter after that it was annoynted 89 And when Moyses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregatioÌ to speake with hym he hearde the voyce of one speakyng vnto hym from of the mercie seate that was vpon the arke of witnesse betweene the two Cherubims and he talked with hym ' ¶ The .viii. Chapter ' 2 The order of the lampes 4 The fourme of the candlesticke 6 The cleansyng and offeryng of the Leuites 24 The age of the Leuites when they be receaued into seruice or dimissed ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto Aaron and say vnto hym When thou settest vp the lampes the seuen lampes shal geue light towarde y e forefront of the candlesticke 3 And Aaron dyd euen so and lyghted the lampes thereof towarde the forefront of the candlesticke as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 4 And this was the worke of the candlesticke euen of golde beaten out with the hammer both the shaft and the flowres therof was beaten out with y e hammer accordyng vnto the paterne which the Lorde had shewed Moyses euen so he made the candlesticke ' 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 6 Take the Leuites from among the ' children of Israel and cleanse them 7 And thus shalt thou do vnto them when thou cleansest them Sprinckle water of purifiyng vpon them and let them shaue all their fleshe and let them washe their clothes and so make them selues cleane 8 Then let them take a young bullocke with his meate offeryng euen fine floure minged with oyle and another young bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offeryng 9 And thou shalt bryng the Leuites before the tabernacle of the congregation thou shalt gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together 10 And bryng the Leuites before the Lorde and the children of Israel shall put their handes vpon the Leuites 11 And Aaron shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waue offeryng of the children of Israel that they may execute the ministration of the seruice of the Lorde 12 And the Leuites shal put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde that thou mayest make an attonement for the Leuites 13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes and waue them for a waue offeryng vnto the Lorde 14 And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the children of Israel and the Leuites shal be myne 15 After that shall the Leuites go in to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation And thou shalt cleanse them waue them for a waue offering 16 For they are geuen and deliuered vnto me from among the children of Israel for such as open euery wombe euen for the first borne of all the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me 17 For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine both man and beast since the day that I smote euery first borne in the lande of Egypt I sanctified them for my selfe 18 And I haue taken the Leuites for all' the first borne of the children of Israel ' 19 And haue geuen the Leuites as a gift to Aaron and his sonnes from among the children of Israel to do the seruice of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation and to make an attonement for the children of Israel that there be no plague among the children of Israel if the children of Israel come nye vnto the sanctuarie 20 And Moyses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel dyd with the Leuites accordyng vnto all that the Lorde coÌmaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites euen so did the children of Israel vnto them 21 And the Leuites were purified and wasshed their clothes And Aaron waued them as a waue offeryng before the Lorde and made an attonement for them to cleanse them 22 After that went the Leuites in to do their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and his sonnes as the Lorde had coÌmaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites euen so they dyd vnto them 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 24 This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites From twentie and fiue yeres olde and vpwarde they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation 25 And from the age of fiftie yeres they shall ceasse waytyng vpon the seruice therof and shall serue no more 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation to kepe thynges committed to their charge but shall do no more seruice Thus therfore shalt thou do vnto the Leuites touchyng their charge ' ¶ The .ix. Chapter ' ' 2 The Passouer 13 Punishment for such as kepeth it not 15 Of the cloude ' 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the first moneth of the seconde yere after they were come out of the lande of Egypt saying 2 Let the children of Israel celebrate the Passouer at the tyme appoynted thervnto 3 Euen y e fourteenth day of this moneth at euen ye shall kepe it in his season accordyng to all the ceremonies of it and according to all the maners therof shall ye kepe it 4 And Moyses spake vnto the children of Israel that they should celebrate the Passouer 5 And they kept the Passouer the foureteenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai according to all that the Lorde coÌmaunded Moyses euen so dyd the children of Israel 6 And certayne men were defiled by a dead man that they myght not kepe the Passouer the same day and they came before Moyses Aaron the same day 7 And those men sayde vnto hym we are defiled by a dead man wherfore are we kept backe that we may not offer an offeryng vnto the Lorde in due season among the children of Israel 8 And Moyses sayd vnto them Stande styll and I wyll heare what the Lorde wyll commaunde concernyng you 9 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 10 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say If any man be vncleane by the reason of a coarse or be in a way farre distaunt from you and from your generations he shall kepe the Passouer vnto the Lorde 11 The fourteenth day of the seconde moneth at euen let them kepe it and eate
thee thou shalt not learne to do after the abhominations of those nations 10 Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his sonne or his daughter to go through the fire or that vseth witchcraft or a regarder of tymes or that regardeth the fleeyng of fowles 11 Or a sorcerer or a charmer or that couÌcelleth with spirites or a soothsayer or that asketh counsayle of the dead 12 For all that do such thynges are abhomination vnto the Lorde and because of these abhominations the Lorde thy God doth cast them out before thee 13 Thou shalt be perfect therfore in the sight of the Lorde thy God 14 For these nations which thou shalt possesse hearken vnto regarders of tymes and vnto sorcerers but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do 15 The Lorde thy God wyll stirre vp vnto thee a prophete among you euen of thy brethren like vnto me vnto hym ye shall hearken 16 Accordyng to all that thou desiredst of the Lorde thy God in Horeb in the day of the assemblie when thou saydest Let me heare the voyce of my Lorde God no more nor see this great fire any more that I dye not 17 And the Lorde sayde vnto me They haue well spoken 18 I wyll raise them vp a prophete from among their brethren lyke vnto thee and wyll put my wordes in his mouth and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaunde hym 19 And whosoeuer wyll not hearken vnto my wordes which he shall speake in my name I wyll require it of hym 20 But the prophete which shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not coÌmaunded hym to speake or that speaketh in the name of strauÌge gods the same prophete shall dye 21 And if thou say in thine heart howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken 22 Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lord if the thing folowe not nor come to passe that is the thyng which the Lorde hath not spoken but the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously Thou shalt not therfore be afrayde of hym The .xix. Chapter 2 The franchized townes 14 Not to remoue thy neighbours bondes 16 The punishment of hym that beareth false witnesse 1 WHen the Lord thy God hath rooted out the nations whose lande the Lorde thy God geueth thee and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce and dwellest in their cities and in their houses 2 Thou shalt seperate three cities for thee in the middes of the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to possesse it 3 Thou shalt prepare the way and deuide the coastes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite into three partes that whosoeuer committeth murther may flee thyther 4 For this cause must the slayer flee thyther that he may lyue Who so kylleth his neighbour ignorauntly and hated hym not in tyme passed 5 And wheÌ a man goeth vnto the wood with his neighbour to hewe wood and as his hande fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree the head slippeth from the helue and smyteth his neighbour that he dyeth the same shall flee vnto one of the same cities and lyue 6 Lest the auenger of the blood folowe after the slayer whyle his heart is hot ouertake hym because the wayes is long and slay hym and yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym in as much as he hated hym not in tyme passed 7 Wherfore I commaunde thee saying Thou shalt appoynt out three cities for thee 8 And if the Lorde thy God enlarge thy coastes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and geue thee all the lande which he sayde he woulde geue vnto thy fathers 9 Thou shalt kepe all these commaundementes to do them which I commaunde thee this day that thou loue the Lorde thy God and walke in his wayes euer and adde three cities mo for thee beside these three 10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to inherite and so blood come vpon thee 11 But and if any man hate his neyghbour and lay awayte for hym and ryse agaynst hym and smyte hym that he die then fleeth vnto any of these cities 12 The elders of his citie shall sende and fetch hym thence and deliuer hym into the handes of the auenger of blood that he may dye 13 Thine eye shall not spare hym but thou shalt put away the crye of innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with thee 14 Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritaunce that thou shalt inherite in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to enioy it 15 One witnesse shall not rise agaynst a man for any maner trespasse or for any maner sinne or for any maner fault that he offendeth in but at the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man to accuse hym of trespasse 17 Then both the men which stryue together shall stande before the Lorde before the priestes and the iudges which shal be in those dayes 18 And the iudges shall make diligent inquisition and if the witnesse be founde false and that he hath geuen false witnesse agaynst his brother 19 Then shall ye do vnto hym as he had thought to do vnto his brother thou shalt put euyll away from the middes of thee 20 And other shall heare and feare and shall hencefoorth commit no more any such wickednesse among you 21 And thine eye shall haue no coÌpassion but lyfe for lyfe eye for eye toothe for toothe hande for hande foote for foote ¶ The .xx. Chapter â The exhortation of the priest when the Israelites go to battayle 5 The exhortation of the office shewyng who should go to battayle 10 Peace must first be proclaymed 19 The trees that beare fruite must not be destroyed 1 WHen thou goest out to battayle agaynst thine enemies seest horses and charettes and people mo then thou be not afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God is with thee which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 2 And when ye are come nye vnto battayle y e priest shall come foorth to speake vnto the people 3 And shall say vnto them Heare O Israel you are come this day vnto battayle agaynst your enemies let not your heartes faynt neither feare nor be amazed nor a dread of them 4 For the Lord your God goeth with you to fyght for you agaynst your enemies and to saue you 5 And let the officers speake vnto the people saying If any man haue built a newe house and haue not dedicate it let hym go and returne to his house lest he dye in the battayle and another man dedicate
it 6 And if any man haue planted a vineyarde and haue not made it coÌmon let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house lest he dye in the battayle and another make it common 7 And if any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe and haue not taken her let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house lest he dye in the battayle and another man take her 8 And let the officers speake further vnto the people and say If any man feare and be faynt hearted let hym go returne vnto his house lest he make his brothers heart faynt as well as his 9 And when the officers haue made an ende of speakyng vnto the people they shall make captaynes of the armie to gouerne the people 10 When thou commest nye vnto a citie to fyght agaynst it offer them peace 11 And if they aunswere thee agayne peaceably and open vnto thee then let all the people that is founde therin be tributaries vnto thee and serue thee 12 And if they wyll make no peace with thee but make warre agaynst thee thou shalt besiege it 13 And when the Lorde thy God hath deliuered it into thine handes thou shalt smyte all the males therof with the edge of the sworde 14 But the women and the children and the cattell and all that is in the citie and all the spoyle therof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thine enemies which the Lorde thy God hath geuen thee 15 Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities which are a great way of from thee which are not of the cities of these nations 16 But of the cities of these nations which the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite thou shalt saue alyue nothyng that breatheth 17 But shalt destroy them without redemption namely the Hethites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded thee 18 That they teache you not to do after all their abhominations which they haue done vnto their Gods and so ye shoulde sinne agaynst the Lorde your God 19 When thou hast besieged a citie long tyme and made warre agaynst it to take it destroy not the trees therof that thou wouldest thrust an axe vnto them but eate of them and cut them not downe to further thee in thy siege for the tree of the fielde is mans life 20 Only those trees which thou knowest to be vnfruitfull those shalt thou destroy cut downe and make bulworkes agaynst the citie that maketh warre with thee vntyll thou subdue it ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 2 Inquisition for murther 11 Of the woman taken in warre 15 The birthright can not be chaunged for affection 18 The disobedient chylde 23 The body may not hang all nyght 1 IF one be founde slayne in the lande which the Lord thy God geueth thee to possesse it and lyeth in the fielde and it is not knowen who hath slayne hym 2 Then thine elders and thy iudges shal come foorth and measure vnto the cities that are rounde about hym that is slayne 3 And let the elders of that citie which is next vnto the slayne man take out of the droue an heyffer that hath not ben put to labour nor hath drawen in the yoke 4 And let the elders of that citie bring the heyffer vnto a harde rough valley which is neither eared nor sowen and stryke of the heyffers necke there in the valley 5 And the priestes the sonnes of Leui whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister and to blesse in the name of the Lorde shall come foorth and by their worde shall all strife and plague be tryed 6 And all the elders of the citie that come foorth to the slayne man shall washe their handes ouer the heyffer that is beheaded in the valley 7 And shall aunswere and say Our handes haue not shed this blood neither haue our eyes seene it 8 Be mercifull Lorde vnto thy people Israel which thou hast deliuered and lay no innocent blood vnto thy people of Israels charge And the blood shal be forgeuen them 9 And so shalt thou put innocent blood from thee when thou shalt haue done that which is ryght in the syght of the Lorde 10 When thou goest to warre agaynst thine enemies and the Lorde thy God hath deliuered them into thine handes thou hast taken theÌ captiue 11 And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman and hast a desire vnto her that thou wouldest haue her to thy wyfe 12 Thou shalt bryng her home to thine house and she shall shaue her head and shall pare her nayles 13 And put her rayment that she was taken in from her and let her remayne in thine house and beweepe her father her mother a moneth long and after that shalt thou go in vnto her and mary her and she shal be thy wyfe 14 And if thou haue no fauour vnto her then let her go whither she lusteth and sell her not for money nor make marchaundize of her because thou hast humbled her 15 If a man haue two wyues one beloued and another hated and they haue borne hym children both the loued and also the hated If the first borne be the sonne of the hated 16 Then when the tyme commeth that he dealeth his goodes among his children he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated which is in deede the first borne 17 But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath For he is the first of his strength and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne 18 If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother and they haue chastened hym and he woulde not hearken vnto them 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hym and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie and vnto the gate of that same place 20 And say vnto the elders of the citie This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce he is a rioter a drunkarde 21 And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death And thou shalt put euyll away from thee and all Israel shall heare and feare 22 If a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of death and is put to death for it and thou hangest hym on tree 23 His body shall not remayne all nyght vpon the tree but thou shalt bury hym the same day for the curse of God is on hym that is hanged Defile not thou thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite The .xxij. Chapter 1 He coÌmaundeth to haue care of our neighbours goodes 5 The woman may not weare
beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust 25 Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children and within in the chamber feare both young men young women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades 26 I haue sayde I wyll scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to ceasse from among men 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe theÌ selues and lest they shoulde say our hye hande hath done all this and not the Lorde 28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle neither is there any vnderstandyng in them 29 O that they were wyse and vnderstoode this that they woulde consider their latter ende 30 Howe shoulde one chase a thousande two put ten thousand to flyght except their maker had solde them and except the Lorde had shut them vp 31 For their god is not as our God our enemies also them selues are iudges 32 For their vine is of the vineyarde of Sodome of the fieldes of Gomorra their grapes are grapes of gall and their clusters be bitter 33 Their vine is the poyson of dragons and the cruell gall of aspes 34 Is not this layde in store with me and sealed vp among my treasures 35 Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde their feete shall slyde in due tyme For the day of their destruction is at hande and the thynges that shall come vpon them make haste 36 For the Lord shal iudge his people and haue compassion on his seruauÌtes when he seeth that their power is gone and that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to naught and forsaken 37 And he shall say Where are their gods their god in whom they trusted 38 The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wine of their drinke offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you and be your protection 39 See nowe howe that I I am God and there is none but I I kyll and wyll make alyue I wounde and wyll heale neither is there any that can delyuer out of my hande 40 For I wyll lift vp myne hande to heauen and wyll say I lyue euer 41 If I whet the edge of my sworde and mine hande take holde to do iustice I wyl recompence vengeaunce on mine enemies and wyll rewarde them that hate me 42 I wyll make myne arrowes drunke with blood and my sworde shal deuour fleshe that for the blood of the slayne and for their captiuitie sence the begynnyng of the wrath of the enemie 43 Prayse ye heathen his people for he wyll auenge the blood of his seruauÌtes and will auenge him of his aduersaries and wyll be mercifull vnto his lande and to his people 44 And Moyses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the eares of the people he Iosuah the sonne of Nun. 45 And Moyses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to al the people of Israel 46 And sayde vnto them Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie vnto you this day and ye shall commaunde them vnto your children that they may obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe 47 And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and through this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 48 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses the same day saying 49 Get thee vp into this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Iericho and beholde the lande of Chanaan which I geue vnto the children of Israel to possesse 50 And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vnto and thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people as Aaron thy brother dyed in mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people 51 Because ye trespassed agaynst me among the children of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin for ye sanctified me not among the children of Israel 52 Thou shalt therfore see the lande before thee and shalt not go thyther vnto the lande which I geue the children of Israel ¶ The .xxxiij. Chapter 1 Moyses before his death blesseth all the tribes of Israel 26 There is no God lyke to the God of Israel 29 Nor any people lyke vnto his 1 THis is the blessyng wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death and sayde 2 The Lorde came from Sinai and rose vp from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with ten thousande of saintes and in his ryght hand a lawe of fire for them 3 And he loued the people all his saintes also are in thy handes They were smitten to go after thy feete and to receaue of thy wordes 4 Moyses gaue vs a lawe for an inheritaunce of the congregation of Iacob 5 And he was in Israel king when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together 6 Let Ruben lyue and not dye and be fewe in number 7 This same also happen to Iuda And he sayde Heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda bryng him vnto his people his handes shal be good enough for hym yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemies 8 And vnto Leui he sayde Thumim and Vrim shal be with thee and with euery one that is godly in thee Thou dyddest proue hym also in the temptation striuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe 9 He that hath sayde vnto his father to his mother I haue not seene hym and he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne children those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunt 10 They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israel thy lawe They shall put incense before thy nose and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter 11 Blesse Lorde his first fruites and accept the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of theÌ that rise agaynst him and of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne 12 And of Beniamin he sayde The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders 13 And of Ioseph he sayde Blessed of the Lorde is his lande for the fruites of heauen through the deawe springes that lye beneath 14 And for the sweete fruites of the increase of the sunne and rype fruites of the moone 15 For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer 16 And for the fuites of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelt in the bushe shall the blessing come vpon the head of Ioseph and vpon the toppe of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethren 17 His first borne oxe
charettes of iron all the people that were with him from of Haroseth of the gentiles vnto the ryuer of Kison 14 And Debora sayd vnto Barak Vp for this is the day in which the Lorde hath deliuered Sisara into thyne hand Is not the Lorde gone out before the And so Barak went downe froÌ mount Thabor and ten thousande men after him 15 But the Lorde destroyed Sisara and all his charettes and all his heaste with the edge of the sworde before Barak so that Sisara lyghted downe of his charet and fled away on his feete 16 But Barak folowed after the charettes and after the hoast euen vnto Harâseth of the gentiles And all the hoast of Sisara fell vpon the edge of the sworde and there was not a man left 17 Howebeit Sisara fled away on his seete to the tent of Iael the wife of Haber the Kenite for there was peace betweene Iabin the king of Hazor and the houshoulde of Haber the Kenite 18 And Iael went out to meete Sisara and sayd vnto him Turne in my lorde turne in to me feare not And whan he had turned in vnto her into her tent she couered him with a mantell 19 And he sayd vnto her Geue me I pray thee a litle water to drincke for I am thirstie And she opened a bottle of milke and gaue him drincke couered him 20 And agayne he sayd vnto her Stande in the doore of the tent and whan any man doth come and enquere of thee whether ther be any man here thou shalt say naye 21 Then Iael Habers wyfe toke a nayle of the tent an hammer in her hande and went softly vnto him and smote y e nayle into the temples of his head and fastened it into the ground for he slumbred sore and was wery and so he died 22 And beholde as Barak folowed after Sisara Iael came out to meete him said vnto him Come and I will shewe thee the man whom thou sekest And when he came in to her tent behold Sisara lay dead and the nayle was in his temples 23 And so God brought Iabin the kyng of Chanaan into subiection that day before the children of Israel 24 And the hand of the children of Israel prospered and preuayled against Iabin the kyng of Chanaan vntil they had destroyed Iabin king of Chanaan The .v. Chapter 1. The song and thankesgeuing of Deborah and Barak after the victorie 1 THen Debora and Barak the sonne of Abinoam sange the same day saying 2 Prayse ye the Lord for the auengyng of Israel and for the people that became so willing 3 Heare O ye kinges hearken O ye princes I euen I will syng vnto the Lord I will prayse the Lord God of Israel 4 Lorde whan thou wentest out of Seir whan thou departedst out of the fielde of Edom the earth trembled and the heauens rayned the cloudes also dropped water 5 The mountaynes melted before the Lord euen as dyd Sinai before y e Lord God of Israel 6 In the dayes of Samgar the sonne of Anath in the dayes of Iael the hye wayes were vnoccupied and the trauelers walked thorowe bye wayes 7 The inhabitants of the townes were gone they were gone in Israel vntyll I Debora came vp which came vp a mother in Israel 8 They chose new goddes and then had they the enemie in the gates was there a shielde or speare seene among fourtie thousande of Israel 9 My heart loueth the gouerners of Israel and them that are willyng among the people O prayse ye the Lord. 10 Speake ye that ryde on fayre asses ye that dwell by Middin and that walke by the wayes 11 For the noyse of the archers among the drawers of water ceassed there shall they speake of the righteousnes of the Lorde his righteousnesse in his vnfensed townes in Israel Then shal the people of the Lorde go downe to the gates 12 Vp Debora vp get thee vp and sing a song * Arise Barac and leade thy captiuitie captiue thou sonne of Abinoam 13 Then shall they that remayne haue dominion of the proudest of the people The Lord hath geuen me dominion ouer the mightie 14 Out of Ephraim was there a roote of them agaynst Amelek and after thee Beniamin among thy people Out of Machir came rulers and out of Zabulon they that handell the penne of the writer 15 And of Isachar there were princes with Debora and Isachar and also Barak he was sent on foote into the valley for the diuisions of Ruben were great thoughtes of heart 16 Why abodest thou among the sheepe foldes to heare the bleatinges of the flockes for the diuisions of Ruben were great thoughtes of heart 17 Gilead also abode beyonde Iordane and why doth Dan remayne in shyppes Aser coÌtinued on the sea shore and taried in his decayed places 18 But the people of Zabulon haue ieoparde their lyues euen vnto the death lyke as dyd Nephthalim in the hye places of the fielde 19 The kynges came and fought then fought y e kynges of Chanaan in Thanach by the waters of Megiddo and wan no money 20 They fought from heauen euen the starres in their tourses fought agaynst Sisara 21 The ryuer of Kison swept them away that auncient ryuer the ryuer Kison O my soule thou hast marched valiauntly 22 Then were the horse hoofes smitten asunder by the meanes of the praunsings that their mightie men made 23 Curse ye the citie of Meros sayd the angel of the Lord curse the inhabitants therof because they came not to helpe the Lord to helpe the Lord against the mightie 24 Iael the wyfe of Haber the Kenite shal be blessed aboue other women blessed shall she be aboue other women in the tent 25 * He asked water and she gaue him mylke she brought foorth butter in a lordly dysshe 26 She put her hande to the nayle her ryght hande to the smythes hammer with the hammer smote she Sisara smote his head wounded him and pearsed his temples 27 He bowed him downe at her feete he fell downe and lay styll At her feete he bowed him selfe fell And wheÌ he had sunke downe he lay there destroyed 28 The mother of Sisara loked out at a wyndowe and cryed thorowe the lattesse Why is his charret so long a commyng Why tary the wheeles of his charettes 29 Al the wyse ladyes aunswered her yea and her owne wordes aunswered her selfe 30 Surely they haue found they deuide the spoyles euery man hath a damsell or two Sisara hath a pray of diuers couloured garmentes euen a pray of rayment dyed with sundry colours and that are made of nedle worke rayment of diuers colours and of nedle worke on both sydes which is meete for him that is chiefe in distributing of y e spoyles 31 So perishe all thine enemies O Lord But they that loue him let them be as y e
shal be weake and be as an other man 8 And then the lordes of the Philistines brought her seuen wythes that were yet greene neuer dryed and she bound hym therwith 9 Notwithstanding she had men lying in wayte with her in the chaumbre And she said vnto him The Philistines be vpon thee Samson And immediatly he brake the cordes as a stryng of towe breaketh when it fealeth fire And so his strength was not knowen 10 And Dalila sayde vnto Samson See thou hast mocked me and tolde me lies Now therfore tell me wherwith thou myghtest be bounde 11 He aunswered her Yf they bynde me with newe ropes that neuer were occupied I shall be weake and be as an other man 12 Dalila therfore toke newe ropes and bounde him therwith and sayde vnto him The Philistines be vpoÌ thee Samson And there were lyers of wayte in the chamber And he brake them from of his armes as they had ben but a threade 13 And Dalila sayde vnto Samson Hytherto thou hast beguyled me and tolde me lyes Yet tell me howe thou myghtest be bounde He sayde vnto her Yf thou plattest the seuen lockes of my head with the threades of the wooffe 14 And she fastened it with a pynne and sayde vnto him The Philistines be vpoÌ thee Samson And he awaked out of his sleepe and went away with the pynne of the webbe and the wooffe 15 And she sayde vnto him agayne How canst thou saye I loue thee when thyne heart is not with me Thou hast mocked me this three tymes and hast not tolde me wherin thy great strength lyeth 16 And as she laye vpon hym with her wordes continually vexyng of him his soule was encumbred eueÌ vnto y e death 17 And so he tolde her all his heart said vnto her There neuer came rasor vpon myne head for I haue ben a Nazarite vnto God euen from my mothers wombe Therfore when I am shauen my strength will go from me I shall waxe weake and be lyke all other men 18 And when Dalila sawe that he had tolde her all his heart she sent and called for the lordes of the Philistines saying Come vp yet this once for he hath shewed me all his hearte Then y e lordes of the Philistines came vp vnto her and brought the money in their handes 19 And she made hym sleepe vpon her knees and she sent for a man and he dyd shaue of the seuen lockes of his head began to vexe him and his strength was gone from him 20 And she sayde The Philistines be vpon thee Samson And he awoke out of his sleepe and sayde I will go out now as at other tymes before shake my selfe And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym 21 But the Philistines toke hym and put out his eyes and brought him downe to * Azzah and bounde him with fetters of brasse and he dyd grynde in the prison house 21 Howbeit the heere of his head began to growe agayne after that he was shauen 23 Then the lordes of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a solempne offring vnto Dagon their God and to reioyce For they sayd Our God hath deliuered Samson our enemie into our handes 24 And when the people sawe him they praysed their God for they sayde Our God hath delyuered into our handes our enemie and destroyer of our countrey whiche slue manye of vs. 25 And when their heartes were mery they sayde Send for Samson that he may make vs laugh And they fet Samson out of the prison house and he played before them and they set hym betweene the pyllers 26 And Samson sayde vnto the lad that led hym by the hande Set me that I may touche the pyllers that the house standeth vpon and that I may leane to them 27 And the house was full of men and women and there were all the lordes of the Philistines And there were vpon the roofe a three thousande men and women that behelde whyle Samson played 28 And Samson called vnto the Lorde and sayde O Lorde God I pray thee thyncke vpon me and strengthen me I beseche thee at this tyme onelye O God that I may be at once auenged of the Philistines for my two eyes 29 And Samson caught the two middle pyllers on which the house stoode and on which it was bornâ vp the one in his ryght hande and the other in his left 30 And Samson sayde My soule shall dye with the Philistines and bowed them with all his myght and the house fell vpon the lordes and vpon all the people that were therin And so y e dead which he slue at his death were mo then they which he slue in his lyfe 31 And then his brethren all the house of his father came downe and toke him vp and brought hym and buryed hym betweene Zarah and Esthaol in the burying place of Manoah his father And he iudged Israel twentie yeres ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 3. Micahs mother according to her vowe made her sonne two idoles 5. He made his sonne a priest for his idoles 10. And after he hired a Leuite 1 THere was a man of mount Ephraim named Micah 2 And he sayde vnto his mother The seuen hundred siluerlynges that were taken from thee about which thou cursedst and spakest it in myne eares behold the syluer is with me I toke it away And his mother sayd Blessed be thou my sonne in the Lorde 3 And when he had restored the leuen hundreth syluerlynges to his mother his mother sayde I had dedicated the syluer vnto the Lorde of myne hande for thee my sonne that thou shouldest make a grauen and moulten image Now therfore I will geue it thee agayne 4 And when he restored the money vnto his mother his mother toke two hundreth syluerlynges and gaue them the founder which made therof a grauen moulten image and it was in the house of Micah 5 And the man Micah had an house of goddes and made an Ephod and Theraphim and consecrated one of his sonnes which became his prieste 6 In those dayes there was no kyng in Israel but euery man dyd that which was good in his owne eyes 7 And there was a young man out of Bethlehem Iuda of the kynred of Iuda which young man was a Leuite soiourned there 8 And the man departed out of the citie of Bethlehem Iuda to go dwell where he coulde fynde a conuenient place And he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah as he iourneyed 9 And Micah sayde vnto him Whence coÌmest thou The Leuite aunswered hym I am of Bethlehem Iuda and go to dwell where I may fynde a place 10 And Micah sayde agayne vnto hym Dwell with me and be vnto me a father and a prieste and I will geue thee ten syluerlynges by yere two garmentes and thy meate and dryncke So the Leuite went in 11 And y e Leuite was content to
a man of warre euen from his youth 34 Dauid aunswered vnto Saul Thy seruaunt kept his fathers sheepe ther came a lion and likewise a beare and toke a sheepe out of the flocke 35 And I went out after him and smote him and toke it out of his mouth And wheÌ he arose against me I caught him by the bearde and smote him and slue him 36 And so thy seruaunte slue both the lion and the beare And trulie this vncircumcised Philistine shal be as one of them seing he hath rayled on the hoast of the liuyng God 37 And Dauid spake moreouer The Lord that deliuered me out of the hand of the lion and out of the hande of the beare he shal deliuer me also out of the hand of this Philistine And Saul sayd vnto Dauid Go and the Lorde shall be with thee 38 And Saul put his rayment vpon Dauid and put an helmet of brasse vpon his head and put a coate of mayle vpon him 39 And gyrded Dauid with his owne sword vpon his rayment and he assayed to go and because he neuer proued it Dauid saide vnto Saul I cannot go with these for I haue not vsed my selfe thereto And Dauid put them of him 40 And toke his staffe in his hand and chose him fiue smoth stones out of a brooke and put them in a shepheardes bagge which he had that is in a scrippe and his sling was in his hande and he went to the Philistine 41 And the Philistine came and drewe neare against Dauid and the man that bare the shielde went before him 42 And when the Philistine loked about sawe Dauid he disdayned him for he was but young ruddie of a comly face 43 And the Philistine sayd vnto Dauid Am I a dogge that thou commest to me with staues And the Philistine cursed Dauid in y e name of his goddes 44 And the Philistine sayde to Dauid Come to me and I wyll geue thy fleshe vnto the foules of the ayre and to the beastes of the fielde 45 Then sayde Dauid to the Philistine Thou commest to me with a sword a speare a shielde But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hoastes the God of the hoast of Israel whom thou hast rayled vpon 46 This day shal the Lorde close thee into my hand and I shall smite thee take thyne head from thee will geue the carkases of the hoast of the Philistines this daye vnto the foules of the ayre to the beastes of the earth that all they which be in the worlde maye knowe that there is a God in Israel 47 And all this congregation shal know that the Lorde saueth not with sword speare For the battaile is y e Lordes and he shall geue you into our handes 48 And when the Philistine arose to come and drawe nye to Dauid Dauid hasted and ran to fight against the Philistine 49 And Dauid put his hand in his bagge and toke out a stone and slang it and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone suncke into his forehead and he fell groueling to the earth 50 And so Dauid ouercame the Philistine with a sling and a stone and smote the Philistine slue him euen when Dauid had no sword in his hand 51 But Dauid ran and stoode vpon the Philistine and toke his sword and drue it out of his sheathe slue him and cut of his head therewith And when the Philistines sawe that their champion was dead they fled 52 And the men of Israel and of Iuda arose and showted and folowed after the Philistines vntill they came to the valley and vnto the gates of Acaron And the Philistines fell downe wounded by the way to Saaraim euen vnto Gath and Acaron 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and spoyled their tentes 54 And Dauid toke the head of the Philistine and brought it to Hierusalem but he put his armour in his tent 55 When Saul sawe Dauid go foorth against the Philistine he sayd vnto Abner the captaine of his hoast Abner whose sonne is this young man Abner aunswered As thy soule liueth O king I cannot tell 56 And the king sayde Enquire thou whose sonne the youngling is 57 And wheÌ Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine Abner toke him brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand 58 And Saul sayde to him whose sonne art thou thou young man Dauid aunswered I am the sonne of thy seruaunt Isai the Bethlehemite The .xviii. Chapter 3 The amitie of Ionathan and Dauid 8. Saul enuieth Dauid for the prayse that the women gaue him 11. Saul would haue slaine Dauid 17. He promiseth him Merab to wife but geueth him Michol 27. Dauid deliuereth to Saul two hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines 29. Saul feareth Dauid seeing that the Lord is with him 1 ANd wheÌ he had made an end of speaking vnto Saul the soule of Ionathan was knit with the soule of Dauid and Ionathan loued him as his owne soule 2 And Saul toke him that daye and woulde let him go no more home to his fathers house 3 Then Ionathan and Dauid made a couenaunt because he loued him as his owne soule 4 And Ionathan put of the robe that was vpon him and gaue it to Dauid and thereto his garmentes euen to his sword and to his bowe and to his gyrdel 5 And Dauid went out whythersoeuer Saul sent him and behaued him selfe wysely And Saul set hym ouer his men of warre and he was accepted in the sight of all the people in the sight of Sauls seruauntes 6 And as they came againe when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine the women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dauÌsing to meete king Saul with timbrels with ioy and with instrumentes of musicke 7 And the women aunswered one another in their play and sayde * Saul hath slaine his thousand and Dauid his ten thousand 8 And Saul was exceeding wroth and the saying displeased him and he sayd They haue ascribed vnto Dauid ten thousand to me but a thousande and what can he more haue saue the kingdome 9 Wherfore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forwarde 10 And on the morow the euyll spirite sent of God came vpon Saul and he prophesied in the middes of y e house And Dauid played with his hand like as at other tymes there was a iauelyn in Sauls hand 11 And Saul toke the iauelyn and sayd I will nayle Dauid to the wall with it And Dauid auoyded out of his presence two times 12 And Saul was afrayde of Dauid because the Lorde was with him was departed from Saul 13 Therefore Saul put him from him and made him a captaine ouer a thousand and he went out and in before the people 14 And Dauid behaued
and more also if I taste bread or ought els tyll the sunne be downe 36 And all the people wist it and it pleased them as whatsoeuer the king did pleased all the people 37 For all the people and all Israel vnderstoode that day how that it was not the kinges deede that Abner the sonne of Ner was slayne 38 And the king said vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not howe that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel 39 And I am this day tender and newly annoynted king and these men the sonnes of Zaruia be to hard for me The Lorde rewarde the doer of euyll according to his wickednesse The .iiii. Chapter 5 Baanah and Rechab slay Isboseth the sonne of Saul 12 Dauid commaunded them to the slayne 1 AND when Sauls sonne hearde that Abner was dead in Hebron his handes were feeble al the Israelites were afrayde 2 And Sauls soÌne had two meÌ that were captaines of bandes the one called Baanah the other Rechab the sonnes of Rimmon a Berothite of the children of Beniamin for Beroth was reckened to Beniamin 3 And these Berothites fled to Githaim and soiourned there vntill this day 4 And Ionathan Sauls sonne had a sonne that was lame on his feete and was fiue yeres olde when the tydinges came of Saul Ionathan out of Iesrael And his nurse toke hym vp and fled away and as she made haste to flee the chylde fell and began to halt and his name was Miphiboseth 5 And the sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite Rechab and Baanah went and came in the heate of the day to the house of Isboseth whiche slept on a bed at noone 6 And behold they came into the middes of the house as though they woulde haue fetched wheate and Rechab and Baanah his brother smote him vnder the fyft ribbe and fled 7 For when they came into the house he slept on his bed in his bed chamber and they smote him and slue him beheaded him and toke his head gat them away through the plaine all the night 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth vnto Dauid to Hebron and sayde to the king Behold there is the head of Isboseth Sauls sonne thyne enemie whiche sought after thy lyfe and the Lorde hath auenged my lorde the kyng this day of Saul and of his seede 9 And Dauid aunswered Rechab and Baanah his brother y e sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite and said vnto them As the Lorde lyueth whiche hath deliuered my soule out of all aduersites 10 When one tolde me sayde that Saul was dead thynking to haue brought good tydinges I caught him and slue him in Ziklag whiche thought that I woulde haue geuen him a rewarde for his tydinges bringing 11 Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande take you from the earth 12 And Dauid commaunded his young men and they slue them and cut of their handes and feete and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron But they toke the head of Isboseth buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron The .v. Chapter 3 Dauid is made king ouer all Israel 7 He taketh the forte of Zion 19 He asketh counsel of the Lorde 20 And ouercommeth the Philistines twise 1 THen came all the tribes of Israel to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde thus Beholde we are thy bone and thy fleshe 2 And in time past wheÌ Saul was our king thou leddest Israel in and out and the Lord hath sayd to thee thou shalt feede my people Israel thou shalt be a captayne ouer Israel 3 And so all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and king Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron before the Lorde and they annointed Dauid king ouer Israel 4 Dauid was thirtie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned fourtie yeres 5 In Hebron he raigned ouer Iuda seuen yeres and sixe monethes and in Hierusalem he raigned thirtie and three yeres ouer all Israel and Iuda 6 The king also and his men went to Hierusalem vnto the Iebusites the inhabitauntes of the lande whiche spake vnto Dauid saying Except thou take away the blinde and the lame thou shalt not come in hyther For they said Thou art not able to come in hyther 7 Neuerthelesse Dauid toke the strong hold of Sion the same is the citie of Dauid 8 And Dauid sayde the same day Whosoeuer smyteth the Jebusites and getteth vp to the gutters of the houses and smyteth the lame and the blinde hated of Dauid soule I will preferre him Wherfore they said The blinde and the lame shal not come into that house 9 And so Dauid dwelt in the towre and called it the citie of Dauid and buylt round about it from Millo inward 10 And Dauid prospered and grewe and y e Lord God of hoastes was with him 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to Dauid and Cedar trees carpenters and masons for walles and they buylt Dauid an house 12 And Dauid perceaued that the Lord had stablished him king ouer Israel that he had exalted his kingdome for his people Israels sake 13 And Dauid toke him mo concubines and wyues out of Hierusalem after he was come from Hebron and mo sonnes daughters were yet borne to Dauid 14 And these be the names of the sonnes that were borne vnto him in Hierusalem Samua Sobab Nathan Solomon 15 Ibhar also and Elisua Nepheg and Iaphia 16 Elisama Eliada and Eliphelet 17 But when the Philistines hearde that they had annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel they came all vp to seke Dauid And assoone as Dauid hearde of it he gat him to an holde 18 And when the Philistines came they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim 19 And Dauid asked counsel of the Lord saying Shall I go vp to the Philistines wilt thou deliuer them into my handes And the Lorde aunswered vnto Dauid Go vp for I will doubtlesse deliuer the Philistines into thy handes 20 And Dauid came to Baal Perazim and smote them there and sayde The Lorde hath deuided myne enemies asunder before me as waters be deuided asunder And therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim 21 And there they left their images and Dauid and his men burnt them 22 And the Philistines came yet againe and layde them selues in the valley of Rephaim 23 And when Dauid asked counsel of the Lorde he aunswered Thou shalt not go vp but compasse them on the backsyde and come vpon them ouer against the Mulbery trees 24 And when thou hearest the noyse of a thing goyng in the toppe of the Mulbery trees then remoue for then shall the Lorde go out before thee to smyte the hoast of the Philistines 25 And Dauid did as the Lorde
litle past the toppe of the hill beholde Ziba the seruaunt of Miphiboseth mette him with a coople of asses sadled vpon them two hundred loues of bread one hundred bunches of resinges and an hundred of dried figges a bottel of wyne 2 And the king sayde vnto Ziba What meanest thou with these And Ziba sayde They be Asses for the kinges houshold to ryde on and bread and fruit for the young men to eate and wine that such as be faynt in the wildernesse may drinke 3 And the king sayde Where is thy maisters sonne Ziba aunswered vnto the king Behold he tarieth still at Hierusalem For he sayde This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father 4 Then sayd the king to Ziba Behold thyne are all that pertayned vnto Miphiboseth And Ziba sayde I humbly beseche thee that I may finde grace in thy sight my lorde O king 5 And when king Dauid came to Bahurim beholde thence came out a man of the kinred of the house of Saul named Semei the sonne of Gera and he came out cursing 6 And he cast stones at Dauid and at all the seruauntes of Dauid And all the people and al the men of warre were on his right hande and on his left 7 And thus sayd Semei when he cursed Come foorth come foorth thou bloodsheder and thou man of Belial 8 The Lord hath brought vpon thee all the blood of the house of Saul in whose steade thou hast raigned and the Lorde hath deliuered the kingdome into the hande of Absalom thy sonne And beholde thou art come to thy mischiefe because thou art a bloodsheder 9 Then sayde Abisai the sonne of Zaruia vnto the king Why doth this dead dogge curse my lord the king let me go nowe and take of the head of him 10 And the king sayde What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia for he curseth euen because the Lord hath bidden him curse Dauid Who dare then say Wherfore hast thou done so 11 And Dauid sayde to Abisai and to all his seruauÌtes Behold my sonne which came of myne owne bowels seketh my lyfe How much more then may this sonne of Iemini do it Suffre him to curse for the Lorde hath bidden him 12 It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction and do me good for his cursing this day 13 And as Dauid and his men went by the way Semei went along on the hilles syde ouer against him cursed as he went and threwe stones at him and cast duste 14 And the king and all that were with him came weery and refreshed them selues there 15 And Absalom al the people the men of Israel came to Hierusalem and Ahithophel was with him 16 And assoone as Husai the Arachite Dauids frend was come vnto AbsaloÌ Husai sayde vnto Absalom God saue the king God saue the king 17 And Absalom sayde to Husai Is this the kindnesse to thy frende Why wentest thou not with him 18 Husai aunswered vnto Absalom Nay not so But whom the Lorde and this people and all the men of Israel choose his will I be with him wil I dwell 19 And moreouer vnto whom shal I do seruice not to his sonne And as I was seruaunt before thy father so will I before thee 20 Then spake Absalom to Ahithophel Geue counsel what we shall do 21 And Ahithophel said vnto Absalom Get thee in vnto thy fathers coÌcubines whiche he hath left to kepe the house and all Israel shal heare that thou art abhorred of thy father then shall the haÌdes of al that are with thee be strong 22 And so they spread Absalom a tent vpon the toppe of the house and Absalom went in vnto his fathers concubines in the sight of all Israel 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel whiche he counseled in those dayes was as a man had asked counsel at the oracle of God euen so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with Dauid and with Absalom The .xvii. Chapter 7 Ahithophels counsel is ouerthrowen by Husai 14 The Lorde had so ordeined 19 The priestes sonnes are hid in the wel 22 Dauid goeth ouer Iordane 23 Ahithophel hangeth him selfe 27 They bring vittayles to Dauid 1 AHithophel also said vnto Absalom Let me choose out now twelue thousand men and I wil vp and folowe after Dauid this night 2 And I wil come vpoÌ him whyle he is weery and weake handed and will feare him And all the people that are with him shall flee and so will I smite the king only 3 And wil bring againe all the people vnto thee and when al shall returne the man whom thou sekest beyng slayne all the people shal be in peace 4 And the saying pleased Absalom wel and al the elders of Israel 5 Then sayde Absalom Cal nowe Husai the Arachite also and let vs heare lykewyse what he sayth 6 When Husai was come to Absalom Absalom spake vnto him saying Ahithophel hath geuen such counsel Shal we do after his saying or no tell thou 7 Husai aunswered vnto Absalom The counsel that Ahithophel hath geuen is not good at this time 8 For sayde Husai thou knowest thy father his men howe that they be strong men and they be chafed in their mindes and are euen as a Beare robbed of her whelpes in the fielde Thy father is a man also practised in warre and wil not lodge with the people 9 Behold he is hyd nowe in some caue or in some other place And though some of his men be ouerthrowen at the first brunt yet they that heare it will say The people that foloweth Absalom be put to the worse 10 And he also that is valiaunt whose heart is as y e heart of a LioÌ shal shrink and faynt For all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mightie man and they which be with him are stout men 11 Therfore my counsell is that al Israel be gathered vnto thee froÌ Dan to Beerseba as the sande of the sea in numbre and that thou go to battayle in thyne owne person 12 For so shall we come vpon him in one place or other where we shal finde him and we wil fal vpon him euen as thicke as the deawe falleth on y e ground And of al the men that are with him we shal not leaue him one 13 Moreouer if he be gotten into a towne then shall al the men of Israel bring ropes to that citie and we will drawe it into the riuer vntil ther be not one small stone founde there 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel sayde The counsel of Husai the Arachite is better then the counsell of Ahithophel For it was euen the Lordes determination to destroy the good counsell of Ahithophel that the Lorde might bring euyll vpon Absalom 15 Then sayde Husai vnto Sadoc
ouerthrowe it 16 Then cryed a wyse woman out of the citie heare heare I pray you say vnto Ioab Come hither that I may speake with thee 17 When Ioab was come vnto her the woman saide Art thou Ioab He aunswered I am he She saide vnto him Heare the wordes of thyne handmayd And he aunswered I do heare 18 Then she spake thus They spake in the olde tyme saying They should aske of Abel And so haue they continued 19 I am one of them that are peaceable faithfull in Israel and thou goest about to destroy a citie and a mother in Israel Why wilt thou deuour the inheritaunce of the Lorde 20 And Ioab aunswered and sayd God forbyd God forbid it me that I should either deuour or destroy 21 The matter is not so But a man of mount Ephraim Seba the sonne of Bichri by name hath lyft vp his hand against the king euen against Dauid Delyuer vs him onely I wyll depart from the citie And the woman said vnto Ioab Behold his head shal be throwen to thee ouer the wall 22 And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome and they smote of the head of Seba y e sonne of Bichri and cast it out to Ioab And he blew a trumpet they retyred from the citie euery man to his tent And Ioab returned to Hierusalem vnto the king 23 Ioab was ouer all the hoast of Israel and Banaia the sonne of Iehoida was ouer the Cerethites Phelethites 24 And Aduram was ouer the tribute and Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder 25 Seua was scribe and Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes 26 And Ira the Iairite was chiefe about Dauid ¶ The .xxi. Chapter 1 Three deare yeres 9 The vengeaunce of the sinnes of Saul lighteth on his seuen sonnes which are hanged 15 Foure great battailes which Dauid had against the Philistines 1 THEN there was an hunger in the dayes of Dauid three yeres together And Dauid enquired of y e Lorde And the Lorde aunswered It is for Saul and the house of blood because he slue the Gibeonites 2 And the king called the Gibeonites and saide vnto them Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel but a remnaunt of the Amorites and the children of Israel sware vnto them And Saul sought to slay them for a zeale that he had to the children of Israel and of Iuda 3 Wherefore Dauid saide vnto the Gibeonites What shall I do for you wherewith shall I make the attonement that ye may blesse y e inheritaunce of the Lorde 4 The Gibeonites aunswered him We will haue no siluer nor golde of Saul nor of his house neither is it our mind that thou shouldest kil any man in Israel He saide What you shall say that will I do for you 5 They aunswered the king The man that consumed vs and imagined to bring vs to naught that we are destroyed from remaining in any of the coastes of Israel 6 Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs we will hang them vp vnto the Lorde in Gibeah of Saul whom y e Lord did choose And the king saide I will geue them you 7 But the king had compassion on Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul because of the Lordes oth that was betweene them euen betweene Dauid Ionathan the sonne of Saul 8 But the king toke the two sonnes of Rispha the daughter of Aia whom she bare vnto Saul euen Armoni and Miphiboseth and the fiue sonnes of Michol the daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel the sonne of Barzellai the Meholathite 9 And he deliuered them vnto y e handes of the Gibeonites which hanged them in the hill before the Lorde And they fell all seuen together and were slaine in the dayes of haruest euen in the first dayes and in the beginning of barlye haruest 10 And Rispha the daughter of Aia toke sackcloth hanged it vp for her vpon the rocke euen from the beginning of haruest vntill water dropped vpon them out of heauen suffered neither the byrdes of the ayre to lyght on them by day nor beastes of y e fielde by night 11 And it was tolde Dauid what Rispha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done 12 And Dauid went and toke the bones of Saul and of Ionathan his sonne from the citezins of Iabes in Gilead which had stolen them from the streate of Bethsan where the Philistines had hanged them wheÌ the Philistines had slaine Saul in Gilboa 13 And he brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged 14 And the bones of Saul Ionathan his sonne buryed they in the countrey of Beniamin in Zela in the sepulchre of Cis his father And when they had perfourmed al that the king commaunded God was then at one with the land 15 Moreouer y e Philistines had yet warre againe with Israel and Dauid went downe and his seruauntes with him fought against the Philistines And Dauid waxed faintie 16 And Iesbi benob one of the sonnes of the giauntes the iron of whose speare wayed three hundred sicles of brasse and he being gyrded with a new sword thought to haue slaine Dauid 17 But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia succoured him smote the Philistine and killed him Then the seruauntes of Dauid sware vnto him saying Thou shalt go no more out with vs to battaile that thou quenche not the light of Israel 18 And yet after this there was a battaile with the Philistines at Gob and then Sibbechai the Husathite slue Saph which was one of y e sonnes of the giauntes 19 And there was another battaile in Gob with the Philistines where Elhanan the sonne of Iaere Oregim a Bethlehemite slue Goliath y e Gethite the staffe of whose speare was as great as a weauers clothbeame 20 And there was yet another battaile in Geth wher was a man of a great stature and had on euery hand sixe fingers on euery foote sixe toes foure twentie in number and was borne also of the kindred of the giauntes in Geth 21 And when he defyed Israel Ionathan the sonne of Simea the brother of Dauid slue him 22 These foure were borne to the giaunt in Geth and dyed by the hand of Dauid by the handes of his seruauntes ¶ The .xxii. Chapter 2 Dauid after his victories prayseth God 8 The anger of God toward the wicked 44 He prophecieth of the reiection of the Iewes and vocation of the Gentiles 1 AND Dauid spake the wordes of this song vnto the Lorde what time the Lorde had delyuered him out of the hand of al his enemies and out of the hand of Saul 2 And he saide The Lorde is my rocke and my castell and my delyuerer 3 God
ouer against the middest within the networke pomegranets and vpon the second head peece were there two hundred pomegranets in two rowes round about 21 And he set vp the pillers in the porch of the temple And when he had set vp the right piller he called the name therof Iachin and when he had set vp the left piller he called the name thereof Boaz. 22 And vpon the top of the pillers were lillie worke so was the workmanship of the pillers finished 23 And he made a moulten lauatorie ten cubites wide from brim to brim round in compasse and fiue cubites hie And a string of thirtie cubites did compasse it about 24 And vnder the brim of it there were knoppes round about ten in one cubite and thei compassed the lauatorie round about And the knoppes were cast with it in two rowes when it was cast 25 And it stoode on twelue oxen of which three loked toward the north three toward the west three toward the south and three toward the east and the lauatorie stoode vpon them and al their hinder partes were inward 26 It was an hand breadth thicke and the brym was wrought lyke the brym of a cup with flowres of lilies and it contained two thousand battes 27 And he made ten feete of brasse foure cubites long and foure cubites broade a peece and three cubites hie 28 And the worke of the feete was on this maner They had sides and the sides were betweene the ledges 29 And on the sides that were betweene the ledges were lions oxen and Cherubs and likewise vpoÌ the ledges that were aboue and beneath the lions and oxen were certayne additions made of thynne worke 30 And vnder euery foote were foure brasen wheeles and boordes of brasse and in the foure corners thereof vnder the lauatorie were vndersetters moulten at the side of euery addition 31 And the stalke of the lauatorie was in the middle of it and aboue one cubite But the stalke thereof was round after the worke of the foote a cubite a halfe and also vpon the stalke were grauings with their bands foure square and not round 32 And vnder the sydes were foure wheeles and the axeltrees ioyned fast to the bottome and the height of euery wheele was a cubite and an halfe 33 And the workmanship of the wheeles was lyke the worke of a charet wheele and the axeltrees the nauelles spokes and shaftes were al moulten 34 And there were foure vndersetters in the foure corners of one foote the vndersetters were of y e very bottome selfe 35 And in the height of the bottome was there a rounde compasse of halfe a cubite hie and in that height of the bottome there proceeded both ledges and sydes out of the same 36 For in the boordes of the ledges and on the sydes he had grauen pictures of Cherubims lions paulme trees one by another rounde about 37 Thus made he the ten feete after this maner and they had all one fashion of casting one measure and one syse 38 Then made he ten lauers of brasse one lauer contayning fourtie battes and euery lauer was foure cubites vpon euery one of the ten feete he put one lauer 39 And he put fiue of those feete on the ryght syde of the house and other fiue on the left and he set the lauatorie on the right syde of the house eastward and toward the south 40 And Hiram made pots shouels and basons so finished all the worke that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lorde 41 That is to say two pillers and two round head peeces that were to be set on the toppes of the two pillers 42 And foure hundred pomegranates for the two networkes euen two rowes of pomegranates in one networke to couer the two head peeces that were to be set on the toppes of the pillers ' 43 And the ten feete and ten lauers on ' the feete ' 44 The lauatorie and twelue oxen vnder ' it 45 And pottes shouels and basons And all these vessels which Hiram made to king SolomoÌ for the house of the Lord were of bright brasse 46 In the playne of Iordane did the king cast them euen in the thicke claye betweene Socoh and Zarthan 47 And Solomon left all the vessels vnwayed because they were so exceeding many neither founde they out the waight of the brasse 48 And so Solomon made al the vessels that parteyned vnto the house of the Lorde the golden aulter and the golden table wheron the shew bread was 49 And fiue candelstickes for the ryght side and fiue for the left before the quier of pure golde with flowres lampes and snuffers of golde 50 And bowles flat peeces basons spoones masours of pure golde and hyndges made he of golde both for the doores of the quier the place most holy and for the doores of the temple also 51 And so was ended all the worke that king Solomon made for the house of the Lorde And Solomon brought in the thinges which Dauid his father had dedicated euen the siluer golde and vessels and layde them vp among the treasures of the house of the Lord. ¶ The .viii. Chapter 4 The arke is borne into the temple 10 A cloude filleth the temple 15 The king blesseth the people 1 THen Solomon gathered the elders of Israel al the heads of the tribes and them that were captaynes amoÌg the fathers of the children of Israel vnto him in Hierusalem that they might bring vp the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde out of the citie of Dauid which is Sion 2 And all the men of Israel assembled vnto king Solomon to the feast that falleth in the moneth Ethanim which is the seuenth moneth 3 And al the elders of Israel were come and the priestes tooke vp the arke 4 And they bare the arke of the Lorde the tabernacle of the congregation and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle those dyd the priestes and the leuites beare 5 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him and went with him before the arke did offer sheepe and oxen that could not be tolde nor numbred for multitude 6 And so the priestes brought the arke of the appoyntment of the Lord vnto his place euen into the quier of the temple and place most holy vnder the winges of the Cherubs 7 For the Cherubs stretched out their winges ouer the place of the arke and couered both it and also the staues therof a hie vpon it 8 And they drew out the staues that the endes of them might appeare out of the holy place within the quier but they were not seene without and there they haue ben vnto this day 9 And there was nothing in the arke saue the two tables of stone which Moyses put there at Horeb in y e which tables the Lorde made an appoyntment with the children of Israel when he brought them
the wyng of the other Cherub 12 And euen so the one wyng of the other Cherub was fiue cubites reaching to the wall of the house and the other wyng was fiue cubites also and reached to the wyng of the other Cherub 13 So that the wynges of the sayde Cherubs were stretched out twentie cubites and they stoode on their feete and loked inwardes 14 And he made a fore hanging of yelow silke purple crymosin and fine white caused the pictures of Cherubs to be brodred theron 15 And he made before the house two pillers of thirtie and fiue cubites high and the head that was aboue on the top of euery one of them was fiue cubites 16 And he made chaynes of wreatheÌ worke for the quier put them on the heades of the pillers and made an hundred pomegranates and put them on the chaynes 17 And he reared vp the pillers before the temple one on the right hande and the other on the left and called the right Iachin and the left Boaz. The .iiii. Chapter 1 The aulter of brasse 2 The lauatorie 6 The caldrons 7 The candelstickes c. 1 ANd he made an aulter of brasse twentie cubites long and twentie cubites broade and ten cubites hie 2 And he cast a brasen lauatorie of ten cubites from brym to brym rounde in compasse and fiue cubites hie and a line of thirtie cubites dyd compasse it round about 3 And vnder it was the fashion of oxen whiche dyd compasse it rounde about with ten cubites dyd they compasse the lauatorie rounde about and there were two rowes of oxen whiche were cast lyke molten worke 4 And it stoode also vpon twelue oxen three loked towarde the north three towarde the west three toward the south and three toward the east and the lauatorie was set vpon them and all their backes were towarde the lauatorie 5 And the thyckest of it was an hande breadth and the brym like the brym of a cuppe with floures of lilies and it receaued and helde three thousande battes 6 And he made ten lauers and put fiue on the right hand and fiue on the left to washe and clense in them such thinges as they offered for a burnt offring But the great lauatorie was for the priestes to washe in 7 And he made ten candelstickes of gold according to the patterne that was geueÌ of them and put them in the temple fiue on the right hande and fiue on the left 8 And he made also ten tables and put them in the temple fiue on the right side and fiue on the left And he made an hundred basens of golde 9 And he made the court of the priestes and the great court and doores to it and ouerlayde the doores of them with brasse 10 And he set the great lauatorie on the right side of the east ende ouer against the south 11 And Hiram made pottes shouels and basens finished the worke that he was appoynted to make for king Solomon in the house of God 12 The two pillers and the bowles and the pommels on the toppe of the two pillers and the two wreathes to couer the two bowles of the pommels whiche were on the toppe of the pillers 13 And foure hundred pomegranates on the two wreathes two rowes of pomegranates on one wreath to couer the two bowles of the pomels 14 And he made two bottomes and lauers made he vpon the bottomes 15 The great lauatorie and twelue oxen vnder it 16 Pottes also shouels and fleshhokes and all these vessels dyd Hiram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brasse 17 In the playne of Iordane did the king cast them euen in the clay grounde that is betweene Socoth and Zaredatha 18 And Solomon made al these vessels in great aboundaunce for the weyght of brasse coulde not be reckened 19 And Solomon made al the vessels that were for the house of God the golden aulter also the tables to set the shewe bread vpon 20 Moreouer the candelstickes with their lampes to burne after the maner before the quier and that of precious golde 21 And the floures and the lampes and the snoffers made he of golde and that perfect golde 22 And the dressing knyues basens spoones and censers of pure golde And the doore of the temple and the inner doores within the place most holy and the inner doores of the temple were gilted The .v. Chapter 1 The things dedicated by Dauid are put in the temple 2 The arke is brought into the temple 10 What was within it 12 They sing prayse to the Lorde 1 ANd so all the worke that Solomon made in the house of the lord was finished And Solomon brought in all the thinges that Dauid his father had dedicated with the siluer and golde and al the iewels and put them among the treasures of the house of God 2 Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel together and all the heades of the tribes and auncient fathers of the children of Israel vnto Hierusalem to bring the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde out of the citie of Dauid whiche is in Sion 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel resorted vnto the king in the feast euen in the seuenth moneth 4 And all the elders of Israel came and the Leuites toke vp the arke 5 And the priestes the Leuites brought away the arke of the tabernacle of y e congregatioÌ al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle and they bare them 6 And king Solomon all the congregation of Israel that were assembled vnto him before the arke offered sheepe and oxen so many that they coulde not be tolde nor numbred for multitude 7 And the priestes brought the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde vnto his place euen into the quier of the temple within the place most holy and set it vnder the wynges of the Cherubs 8 So that the Cherubs stretched out their wynges ouer the place of the arke and the Cherubs couered both the arke and her barres aboue on hye 9 And the barres of the arke were so long that the heades of the barres were seene without the arke within the quier but not without and there the arke remayned vnto this day 10 But there was nothing in the arke saue the two tables which Moyses put therin at Horeb when the Lord made a couenaunt with the children of Israel after they were come out of Egypt 11 And it fortuned that when the priestes were come out of the holy place for all the priestes that were present were sanctified and did not then wayte by course 12 That both the Leuites and the singers vnder Asaph Heman and Ieduthun were appoynted to sundry offices with their children and brethren and were arayed in syne whyte hauing cymbales psalteries and harpes and stoode at the east ende of the aulter and by them an hundred and twentie priestes blowing with trumpets 13 And the trumpet
handes in the worke of the house of God euen the God of Israel The .vij. Chapter 1 By the commaundement of the king Esdras and his companions come to Hierusalem 27 He geueth thankes to God 1 AFter these thinges ther was in the raigne of Artaxerxes king of Persia one Esdras the sonne of Saraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helkia 2 The sonne of Sallum the sonne of Zadoc the sonne of Ahitob 3 The sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Meraioth 4 The sonne of Zeraia the sonne of Vzzi the sonne of Bucci 5 The sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phinehes the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chiefe priest 6 This Esdras also went vp from Babylon and was a perfect scribe in the law of Moyses which the Lorde God of Israel did geue And the king gaue him al that he required according to the hand of the Lorde his God which was vpon him 7 And there went vp certaine of the children of Israel of the priestes leuites singers porters and of the Nethinims vnto Hierusalem in the seuenth yere of king Artaxerxes 8 And he came to Hierusalem in the fifth moneth euen in the seuenth yere of the king 9 For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to go vp from Babylon and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Hierusalem according to the good hand of his God that was vpon him 10 For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde and to do it and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel 11 And this is the copie of the letter that king Artaxerxes gaue vnto Esdras the priest and scribe which was a writer of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel 12 Artaxerxes a king of kinges vnto Esdras the priest and scribe of the law of the God of heauen peace and salutation 13 I haue commaunded that all they of the people of Israel and of the priestes and Leuites in my realme which are minded of their owne good wyll to go vp to Hierusalem go with thee 14 And therfore art thou sent of the king and of his seuen counsailers to visite Iuda and Hierusalem according to the law of thy God which is in thy hande 15 And that thou shouldest take with thee siluer and golde which the king and his counsailers offer of their owne good wyll vnto the God of Israel whose habitation is at Hierusalem 16 And all the siluer and golde that thou canst finde in al the countrey of Babylon with it that the people offer of their owne good wyll and the priestes geue wyllingly for the house of their God which is at Hierusalem 17 That thou mayst bye diligently with the same money oxen rammes and lambes with their meate offringes and drinke offringes thou shalt offer them vpon the aulter of the house of your God which is at Hierusalem 18 And looke what lyketh thee and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the siluer and golde that do after the wyll of your God 19 And the vessels that are geuen thee for the ministration in the house of thy God those deliuer thou before God at Hierusalem 20 And whatsoeuer thing more shal be nedefull for the house of thy God which is necessary for to spend thou shalt receaue the charges out of the kinges treasure house 21 I king Artaxerxes haue commaunded all the treasures beyond the water that loke what soeuer Esdras the priest and scribe in the law of the God of heauen requireth of you that ye fulfill the same speedylie 22 Vntill an hundred talentes of siluer and till an hundred quarters of wheate and till an hundred battes of wine and till an hundred battes of oyle salt without measure 23 Whatsoeuer also is by the commaundement of the God of heauen let the same be done without any delay for the house of the God of heauen that he be not wroth against the realme against the king and his children 24 And we certifie you that ye haue no aucthoritie to require taxing and custome and yerely rentes vpon any of the priestes leuites singers porters Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God 25 And thou Esdras after the wysdome of thy God that is in thyne hande set iudges and arbitrers by my aucthoritie to iudge all the people that is beyond the water euen all such as know the law of thy God and them that knowe it not those see that ye teache 26 And whosoeuer wyll not fulfill the lawe of thy God and the kinges lawe let him haue his iudgement without delay whether it be vnto death or to be rooted out or to be condempned in goodes or to be put in prison 27 Blessed be the Lorde God of our fathers which so had inspired the kinges heart to garnishe the house of the Lord that is at Hierusalem 28 And hath enclined mercie vnto me in the presence of the king and his counsailers and before all the kinges high estates And I was comforted euen as the hande of the Lord my God was vpon me and so gathered I the heades of Israel together that they might go vp with me ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 The number of them that returned to Hierusalem with Esdras 21 He causeth them to fast 24 He admonisheth the priestes of their duetie 1 THese are now the principall fathers of them and this is the register of them that went vp with me from Babylon what time as king Artaxerxes raigned 2 Of the children of Phinehes Gersom of the children of Ithamar Daniel of the children of Dauid Hattus 3 Of the children of Zechania among the children of Pharos Zachari with him were numbred an hundred and fiftie men 4 Of the childreÌ of the captaine of Moab Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia with him two hundred men 5 Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel and with him three hundred men 6 Of the children of Adin Abed the sonne of Ionathan and with hym fiftie men 7 Of the children of Elam Isai the sonne of Athalia and with hym seuentie men 8 Of the children of Saphatia Zebadia the sonne of Michael and with hym fourescore men 9 Of the children of Ioab Obadia the sonne of Iehiel and with him two hundred and eyghteene men 10 Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia and with hym an hundred and threescore men 11 Of the children of Bebai Zachari the sonne of Bebai and with hym twentie and eyght men 12 Of the children of Asgad Iohanan the sonne of Hakatan and with hym an hundred and ten men 13 Of the children of Adonicam that were the last whose names are these Eliphelet Iehiel and Samaiah with them threescore men 14 Of the children of Biguai Vthai and Zabud with them seuentie men 15 And I gathered them together by the water that runneth towarde Ahaua and there abode
we three dayes And I loked among the people and the priestes and founde there none of the children of Leui. 16 Then sent I to Eliezer to Ariel Semeia Elnachan Iarib Elnathan Nathan Zacharia and to Mesullam the rulers and to Ioiarib and Elnathan which were men of vnderstanding 17 And to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the chiefest at Casphia and I told them what they should say vnto Iddo to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia that they shoulde cause the ministers of the house of our God to come vnto vs. 18 And through the good hande of our God vpon vs they brought vs a very wyse man from among the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel and Sarabia with his sonnes and his brethren euen eyghteene 19 And Hasabia and with him Isai of the children of Merari with his brethren and their sonnes twentie 20 And of the Nethinims whom Dauid and the princes gaue to minister vnto the Leuites two hundred and twentie of Nethinims which al were named by name 21 And euen there at the water beside Ahaua I proclaymed a fast that we might humble our selues before our God and seke of hym a right way for vs and for our children and for all our substaunce 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king souldiers and horsemen to helpe vs against the enemie in the way for we had spoken vnto the king saying The hande of our God is vpon all them that seke him in goodnesse his power and wrath is against all them that forsake hym 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this and he was entreated of vs. 24 And I toke out twelue of the chiefe priestes Sarabia and Hasabia and ten of their brethren with them 25 And wayed them the siluer and golde and vessels that were appoynted for the house of our God whiche the king and his consaylers and his lordes and al Israel that were there at hand had geuen together 26 And I wayed vnto their hande sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and in siluer vessels an hundred talentes and in golde an hundred talentes 27 Twentie basons of gold of a thousand drammes and two costly vessels of good brasse as cleare as golde 28 And I sayde vnto them Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord like as the vessels are holy also and the gold and siluer are geuen of a good wil vnto the Lord God of your fathers 29 Watch ye and kepe them for ye shall way them downe before the chiefe priestes and Leuites and auncient fathers of Israel at Hierusalem in the treasuries of the house of the Lorde 30 Then toke the priestes and Leuites the wayed siluer and golde and vessels to bring it to Hierusalem vnto the house of our God 31 And we brake vp from the water of Ahaua on the twelfth day of the first moneth to go vnto Hierusalem and the hande of our God was vpon vs and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies and of such as layed wayte for vs by the way 32 And we came to Hierusalem and abode there three dayes 33 But on the fourth day was the siluer and gold and vessels wayed in the house of our God by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Vria the priest and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes and with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua and Noadia the sonne of Bennoi the Leuites 34 According to the number and weyght of euery one was the wayght all written vp at the same time 35 And the children of the captiuitie which were come out of captiuitie offred burnt offringes vnto the God of Israel twelue bullockes for all Israel ninetie and sixe rammes seuentie and seuen lambes twelue hee goates for sinne offering all to the burnt offering of the Lorde 36 And they deliuered the kinges commission vnto the kinges officers and to the captaynes that were beyonde the water And they promoted the people and the house of God The .ix. Chapter 1 Esdras complayneth on the people that had turned them selues from God and maried with the gentiles 5 He prayeth vnto God 1 WHen these thinges were done the rulers came to me and sayde The people of Israel and the priestes Leuites are not separated from the people of the landes as touching their abhominations namely of the Chanaanites Hethites Pherezites Iebusites Ammonites Moabites Egyptians and Amorites 2 For they haue taken the daughters of the same to them selues and to their sonnes and the holy seede is mixed with the nations of the landes the hand of the princes and rulers hath ben principall in the trespasse 3 And when I heard this saying I rent my clothes and my garment pluckt of the heere of my head of my beard and sate mourning 4 And there resorted vnto me all such as feared the wordes of the God of Israel because of the transgression of the people of the captiuitie And I sat mourning vntill the euening sacrifice 5 And about the euening sacrifice I arose vp from my heauinesse and rent my clothes and my rayment and fell vpon my knees and spread out my handes vnto the Lorde my God 6 And sayde My God I am ashamed and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen 7 Since the time of our fathers haue we ben in great trespasse vnto this day and because of our wickednesses haue we and our kinges and our priestes ben deliuered into the hande of the kinges of the nations vnto the sworde into captiuitie into a spoyle and into confusion of face as it is to see this day 8 And nowe for a litle space grace hath ben shewed from the Lorde our God in causing a remnaunt to escape and in geuing vs a nayle in his holy place that our God may light our eyes and geue vs a litle lyfe to take breath in our bondage 9 For we were bondmen and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God and to redresse the desolation therof and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem 10 And nowe O our God what shall we say after this for we haue forsaken thy commaundementes 11 Whiche thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes saying The lande vnto which ye go to possesse it is an vncleane lande because of the filthinesse of the people of the landes whiche with their abhominations haue made it full of vncleannesse on euery syde 12 Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes nor seke their peace and wealth for euer that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande and that ye and your children may haue
knowledged and worshipped the Lord their God foure times on the day 4 Then stoode vp vpon the stayres of the Leuites Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sabaniah Bunni Serebiah Bani and Chanani and cryed loude vnto the Lorde their God 5 And the Leuites Iesua and Cadmiel Bani and Hasabnia Serebiah and Hodia Sebania and Phathahia sayde Stand vp and prayse the Lorde your God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ vnto the name of thy glory which excelleth all thankes geuing and prayse 6 Thou art Lorde alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoast the earth and all thinges that are therein the sea all that is therin thou preseruest them al the hoast of heauen worshippeth thee 7 Thou art O Lorde the God that hast chosen Abraham and broughtest him out of Vr in Chaldea * and calledst him Abraham 8 And foundest his heart faithfull before thee madest a couenaunt with him to geue vnto his seede the lande of the Chanaanites Hethites Amorites Pherezites Iebusites and Gergesites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous 9 And hast considered the miserie of our fathers in Egypt and heard their complaynt by the red sea 10 And shewed tokens and wonders vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes and on all the people of his lande For thou knowest that they were presumptuous and cruell against them and so madest thou thee a name as it is this day 11 And the red sea diddest thou deuide in sunder before them so that they went through the middest of the sea drye shod and their persecuters threwest thou into the deepe as a stone in the mightie waters 12 And leddest them on the day time in a cloudie piller and on the night season in a piller of fyre to shewe them light in the way that they went 13 Thou camest downe also vpon mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them right iudgementes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes 14 And declaredst vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaundedst them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by the hande of Moyses thy seruaunt 15 And gauest them bread from heauen when they were hungry and broughtest foorth water for them out of the rocke when they were thirstye and promysedst them that they should go in and take possession of the lande ouer which thou haddest lyft vp thyne hand for to geue them 16 But they and our fathers were proud and hardnecked so that they folowed not thy commaundementes 17 And woulde not obey neither were mindeful of the wonders that thou diddest for theÌ but hardened their neckes and had in their heades to returne to their bondage by their rebellion But thou O God of mercies gracious and full of compassion of long suffering and of great mercie yet forsookest them not 18 Moreouer when they had made them a moulten calfe and saide This is thy God that brought thee out of the lande of Egypt and did blasphemies 19 Yet forsookest thou them not in the wildernesse according to thy great mercies And the cloudy piller departed not from them on the day time to leade theÌ the way neither the piller of fire in the night season to shewe them light in the way by which they should go 20 And thou gauest them thy good spirite to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest them water when they were thirstie 21 Fourtie yeres long didst thou feede them in the wildernesse so that they lacked nothing their clothes waxed not olde and their feete swelled not 22 And thou gauest them kingdomes and nations and scatteredst them into corners so they possessed the lande of Schon and the lande of the king of Hesebon and the lande of Og king of Basan 23 And their children multipliedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest them into the lande whereof thou haddest spoken to their fathers that they should go into it and haue it in possession 24 And the children went in and possessed the lande and thou subduedst before them the inhabiters of the lande euen the Chanaanites and gauest them into their handes with their kinges and the people of the lande that they might do with them what they would 25 And they wanne their strong cities and a fat lande and toke possession of houses that were full of all maner of goodes welles digged out vineyards oliue gardens many fruiteful trees and they did eate and were filled and became fat and liued in pleasure through thy great goodnesse 26 Neuerthelesse they were disobedient and rebelled against thee and cast thy law behinde their backes slue their prophetes which exhorted them earnestly that they might bring them againe vnto thee and did great blasphemies 27 Therefore thou gauest them ouer into the hand of their enemies that vexed them And in the time of their trouble wheÌ they cryed vnto thee thou heardest them from heauen and through thy great mercie thou gauest them sauiours which helped them out of the hande of their enemies 28 But when they came to rest they turned backe againe to do euill before thee therefore leftest thou them in the hande of their enemies so that they had the dominion ouer them And when they conuerted cryed vnto thee thou heardest them from heauen and many times hast thou deliuered them according to thy great mercie 29 And testifiedst vnto them that thou mightest bring them againe vnto thy lawe Notwithstanding they were proude and hearkened not vnto thy commaundementes but sinned in thy lawes which if a man do he shall lyue in them and turned the shoulder away and were stiffenecked and would not heare 30 Yet many yeres diddest thou forbeare them and testifiedst vnto them through thy spirite euen by the hand of thy prophetes and yet would they not heare therefore gauest thou them into the hand of the nations of the landes 31 And for thy great mercies sake thou hast not vtterly consumed them neither forsaken them for thou art a gratious and mercifull God 32 Now therfore our God thou great God mightie and terrible thou that kepest couenaunt and mercie regarde not a litle al the trauaile that hath come vnto vs and our kinges our princes our priestes our prophetes and our fathers and all the people since the time of the kinges of Assur ⪠vnto this day 33 And truely thou art iust in al that thou hast brought vpon vs for thou hast done right As for vs we haue ben vngodly 34 And our kinges and our princes our priestes and our fathers haue not done thy lawe nor regarded thy commaundementes and thy earnest exhortations wherewith thou hast exhorted them 35 And they haue not serued thee in their kingdome and in thy great goodnesse that thou gauest them and in the large and plenteous lande which thou gauest before them and haue not conuerted from their
at the prosperitie of the wicked or withdrawen therby from godlynes as though God had no regarde of iustice innocencie and vpright dealing when they see commonly the worst sort of men to haue the world at their wyll abounding in health riches and aucthoritie He sheweth that the condition of the godly and the vngodly be diuers and how that God at the last rooteth out those that do euill notwithstanding all their posteritie and defendeth those that put their trust in him God guydeth the faythfull and neuer forsaketh them or their seede ¶ Of Dauid 1 FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse and be withered euen as the greene hearbe 3 Put thou thy trust in God and be doing good dwell in the land and feede in trueth 4 Delight thou also in God and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire 5 Commit thy way vnto God and put thy trust in hym and he shall bryng it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde 7 Holde thee still in God and wayte paciently vpon him fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper at the man that doth abhominations 8 Leaue of from wrath and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe lest thou be moued to do euill 9 For the malitious doers shal be rooted out and they that paciently wayte after God they shall inherite the lande 10 Looke at them yet a litle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt looke after his place and he shall not be there 11 But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be delighted in the aboundaunce of peace 12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth 13 The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne for he seeth that his day is comming 14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde and haue bended their bowe to cast downe the poore and needie and to sâay such as be of right conuersation 15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart their bow shal be broken 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of y e vngodly 17 For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and God vpholdeth the righteous 18 God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough 20 As for the vngodly they shall perishe and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes yea euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away 21 The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally 22 Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out 23 The pathes of man is directed by God and his way pleaseth 24 Though he fall he shall not be vndone for God vpholdeth him with his hande 25 I haue ben a young chylde and nowe I am olde and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede begyng bread 26 The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth and his seede is blessed 27 Flee from euill do good and dwell for euer 28 For God loueth iudgement he forsaketh not his saintes they are preserued for euermore but the seede of the vngodlye shal be rooted vp 29 The righteous shal inherite the land and dwell therin for euer 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart therfore his feete shall not slide 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay hym 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged 34 Wayte thou on God kepe his way and he wyll promote thee that thou mayest possesse the lande when the vngodly shal be cut of thou shalt see it 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power and florishing lyke a greene bay tree 36 And he vanished away so that he could be no more seene I sought hym but he coulde no where be founde 37 Marke hym that is perfect and beholde him that is iust for the ende of suche a man is peace 38 As for wicked transgressours they shal be destroyed all together and the ende of the vngodly shal be rooted vp at the last 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God whiche is also their strength in time of trouble 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly and he wyll saue them because they put their trust in him The argument of the .xxxviii. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously sicke besecheth God to turne away his wrath from hym and to helpe hym He complayneth of his afflictions of the greeuousnes of his disease of the great burden of his sinnes and of the vnfaythfulnes of his frendes He also declareth his trust in God Finally he sheweth that beyng chastened of God he forgetteth not what he suffereth wherfore how long with how much torment and what helpe he receaued at Gods hande ¶ A psalme of Dauid to reduce in remembraunce 1 REbuke me not O God in thyne anger neither chasten me in thy heauie displeasure 2 For thyne arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore 3 There is no helath in my flesh through thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne 4 For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare 5 My woundes stinke and are corrupt through my foolishnes 6 I am become crooked and am exceedingly pulled downe I go a mourning all the day long 7 For my loynes are filled with heate and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lorde thou knowest all my desire and my gronyng is not hyd from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the lyght of myne eyes is gone from me 11 My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague and my kinsmen stoode a farre of 12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me and they that went about to do me euyll talked of wickednesse and imagined deceipt all the day long 13 As for me as one deafe I woulde not heare and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth 14 I became euen as a man that heareth not and who hath no replies in his mouth 15 For on thee O God I haue wayted thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God 16 For I
naught 9 The righteous wyll reioyce when he seeth the vengeaunce he wyll washe his foote steppes in the blood of the vngodly 10 And euery man shall say veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth ¶ The argument of the .lix. Psalme ¶ Dauid vttereth how he was affected at such time as wayte was layde for to slay him He declareth what prayers he made against the vnreasonablenes of his aduersaries how greatly he trusted in God hauing his minde quiet and redie to prayse God his refuge and succour at all times ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him 1 DEliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde defende me froÌ them that rise vp against me 2 Deliuer me from the workers of iniquitie and saue me from the blood thirstie men 3 For lo they lye in wayte for my soule men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God 4 When no fault is done they runne and set them selues in order arise to meete me and beholde 5 And thou O God Lorde of hoastes Lorde of Israel awake to visite all Heathen and be not mercifull vnto all them that offend of malice Selah 6 They go to and fro at euening they barke lyke a dogge and runne about through the citie 7 Behold they speake with their mouth swordes are in their lippes for say they who doth heare vs 8 But thou O God wylt haue them in derision thou wylt laugh all Heathen to scorne 9 I wyl reserue his strength for thee for thou O Lorde art my refuge 10 My mercifull Lord wyll preuent me the Lord will let me see my desire vpon mine enemies 11 Slay them not lest my people forget it but in thy stoutnes scatter them like vagaboundes and put them downe O God our defence 12 The wordes of their lippes be the sinne of their mouth O let them be taken in their pryde for they speake nothing but curses and lies 13 Consume them in thy wrath consume them that nothing of them remayne and let them knowe that it is the Lord that ruleth in Iacob vnto the endes of the worlde Selah 14 And let them gad vp and downe at euening let them barke lyke a dogge and go about the citie 15 Let them runne here and there for meate and go to bed if they be not satisfied 16 As for me I wyll sing of thy power and wyll prayse thy louing kindnes betimeâ ãâã the morning for thou hast ben my âââence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Vnto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes for thou O Lorde art my refuge and my mercyfull Lorde The argument of the .lx. psalme ¶ Dauid where as he and his people were so afflicted that it might seeme God to haue forsaken them yet he considering that God would be pacified by them that returned vnto him vnfaignedly from their sinnes prayeth to God for to defende maintaine and encrease his people and kingdome according to his promises ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Susan Eduth a golden psalme of Dauid for to teache made when he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Stobah and when Ioab turned backe and slue twelue thousande Edomites in the salt valley 2. Sam. 8. 1. Paral. 18. 1 O Lorde thou hast cast vs out thou hast dispearsed vs thou art displeased O turne thee vnto vs agayne 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble thou hast cleft it asunder heale the breaches therof for it is redy to fall downe 3 Thou hast made thy people see heauie thinges thou hast geuen vs wyne to drinke that maketh vs tremble 4 But to suche as feare thee thou hast geuen a banner to be lyfted vp on high for the trueth sake Selah 5 Therfore that thy beloued may be deliuered helpe me with thy right hand and heare me 6 The Lorde hath spoken in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce this I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 7 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be myne Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 8 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edom I wyll cast my shoe Philistea be thou glad of me 9 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 10 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence O Lorde and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 11 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 12 Thorowe the Lorde we wyll do valiaunt actes for he him selfe wyll treade downe our enemies The argument of the .lxj. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in daunger requireth God to deliuer him he declareth his trust in God He desireth long life of God and promiseth to prayse him therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth of Dauid 1 HEare my crying O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer 2 From the endes of the earth I wyll call vnto thee when my heart is in heauines oh set me vp on the rocke that is higher then I. 3 For thou hast ben my hope and a strong towre for me against the face of the enemie 4 I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wynges Selah 5 For thou O Lorde hast hearde my vowes and hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name 6 Thou wilt adde dayes vnto the kings dayes and his yeres shal be a generation and a generation 7 He shall dwell before the Lorde for euer O appoynt thy louing mercy and faithfulnes that thei may preserue him 8 So wyll I sing psalmes vnto thy name that I may day by day perfourme my vowes ¶ The argument of the .lxij. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that in God he putteth his whole trust and that his aduersaries deuising mischiefe shall therby worke their owne destruction He declareth also that to trust vnto man aucthoritie spoyle riches or goodes is but vanitie Only God hath power and good wyll to helpe in all necessities who wyll rewarde euery one according to his workes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Iudethun a psalme of Dauid 1 MY soule truly only stayeth vpon the Lorde for of him commeth my saluation 2 He onlye is my rocke and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued greatly 3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shal be slayne all the sort of you ye shal be as a tottering wall and like a broken hedge 4 They deuise only howe to thrust him from his promotion they delight in a lye they blesse with their mouth and curse with their heart Selah 5 Neuerthelesse O my soule stay thou only vpon the Lorde for my confidence is in him 6 He only is my rocke
stande out for fatnesse and the cogitations of their heartes do passe from them 8 They make other dissolute they speake oppression with iniurie they talke proudely and presumptuously 9 For they stretch foorth their mouth vnto the heauen and their tongue goeth through the worlde 10 Therfore God his people turneth thither and there is drawen vnto them waters in a full cuppe 11 And they say howe shoulde God perceaue it is there knowledge in the most hyghest 12 Lo these vngodly and fortunate in the worlde do possesse riches 13 Truely I haue cleansed my heart in vayne and wasshed my handes in innocencie 14 All the day long I haue ben scourged and chastened euery mornyng 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children 16 Therfore I considered howe I might vnderstande this but it was to paynefull in myne eyes 17 Vntyll I went vnto the sanctuarie of God and vnderstood the ende of them 18 Truely thou doest set them in slippery places and castest them downe headlong for to be destroyed 19 Oh howe be they brought to a destruction euen vpon a sodayne they faynt they consume away for very dread 20 They be as a dreame to a man after he is once waked O Lorde thou wylt cause their image to be dispised in the citie 21 Veryly thus was my heart inflamed thus was my reynes pricked 22 So foolishe was I and voyde of vnderstanding I was euen a bruite beast before thee 23 Neuerthelesse I am alway with thee for thou hast holden me by my ryght hande 24 Thou hast guyde me with thy counsayle and after that thou receauedst me with glorie 25 Whom haue I in heauen but thee and there is none vpon earth that I desire besides thee 26 My fleshe and my heart fayleth but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for euer 27 For lo they that kepe them selues a loofe from thee shall perishe thou destroyest euery one that committeth fornication agaynst thee 28 But it is good for me to come neare vnto God wherfore I put my trust in thee O Lorde God that I may declare all thy workes The argument of the .lxxiiii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel complayneth of their affliction howe that they be as forsaked of God howe that their temple is set a fire and raced and the worde of God abolished He discribeth the iniuries crueltie outragiousnesse and blasphemies of the enemies He humbly prayeth that these calamities may haue an ende that iust punishment auengeaunce may be taken of the enemies and that they may be defended for his couenaunt sake as his fathers were commyng out of Egypt ¶ A wise instruction to be song of Asaph 1 O Lorde wherfore dost thou forsake vs altogether wherfore breaketh foorth thy anger agaynst the sheepe of thy pasture 2 Remember thy congregation thou hast possest it nowe a long tyme thou hast redeemed the rodde of thine inheritaunce euen mount Sion wherein thou dwellest 3 Lyft vp thy feete for to destroy vtterly euery enemie which hath done euyll in thy sanctuarie 4 Thyne aduersaries roare in the myddest of thy congregations and set vp their banners for signes of victorie 5 He that hewed tymber afore out of * thicke woddes for to builde the temple was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God aboue 6 But nowe they breake downe into peeces all the carued worke therof with axes and hammers 7 They haue set fire on thy holy places they haue defiled the dwellyng place of thy name castyng it downe to the grouÌd 8 Yea they sayde in their heartes let vs make hauocke of them altogether thus haue they burnt vp all the houses of God in the lande 9 We see not our ensignes there is not one prophete more no not one is there amongst vs that vnderstandeth our case 10 O Lorde shall the aduersarie do this dishonour continually shall the enemie blaspheme thy name for euer 11 Why withdrawest thou thy hande yea thy right hande consume them drawing it out of thy bosome 12 Truely God is my kyng of olde who worketh saluation in the myddest of the earth 13 Thou didst deuide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heades of the dragons in the waters 14 Thou smotest the heades of Leuiathan in peeces and gauest hym to be meate for the people in wildernesse 15 Thou broughtest out fountaynes and waters out of the harde rockes thou dyddest drye vp mightie waters 16 The day is thine the nyght is thine thou hast prepared the light the sunne 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast ordeyned summer and wynter 18 Remember this O God the enemie hath dishonoured and the foolishe people hath blasphemed thy name 19 O deliuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto a wylde beast forget not the congregation of the poore for euer 20 Loke vpon the couenaunt for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie 21 O let not the simple go away ashamed but let the afflicted needy geue prayse vnto thy name 22 Arise O Lord mayntayne thine owne cause remember the dishonour that the foolishe man doth vnto thee dayly 23 Forget not the voyce of thine enemies the mutteryng of them that hate thee ascendeth vp continually ¶ The argument of the .lxxv. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth God and setteth foorth the duetie of a good prince who must administer iustice and equitie purge the earth from corruptnesse of iudgement suppresse the wicked and aduaunce the godly through the great power of God ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not the psalme of Asaph a song 1 WE do confesse it vnto thee O lord we do confesse it for thy wonderous workes do declare thy name to be at hande 2 When I shall take tyme fyt for the purpose I wyll iudge accordyng vnto ryght 3 The earth wasteth and all the inhabitours therof I haue vpholded the pyllours of it Selah 4 I sayd vnto fooles deale not so madly to the vngodly set not vp your horne 5 Set not vp your horne an high and speake not with a stiffe necke 6 Because promotion commeth neither from the east nor from the west nor yet from the south 7 For God is the iudge it is he that putteth downe one and setteth vp another 8 For in the hande of God there is a cup and the wine is redde it is full mixt and he powreth out the same 9 But the vngodly of the earth do wring out and drynke the dregges therof 10 As for me I wyll euer set foorth in wordes the Lorde I wyll sing psalmes to the God of Iacob 11 And I wyll breake all the hornes of the vngodly but the hornes of the ryghteous shal be exalted ¶ The argument of the .lxxvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the countrey of Iurie
out of their distresse 19 He sendeth his worde healeth them and he maketh them to scape safe from their corruptnes 20 O that men would confesse vnto God his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 21 And that they would offer vnto him sacrifices of thankes geuing and set foorth in wordes his workes with a ioyfull noyse 22 Such as go downe to the sea in ships and folowe their busines in great waters they see the workes of God and his wonders in the deepe 23 For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise and he lifteth vp on high his waues 24 Then they ascende vp to heauen and come downe agayne to the deepe so that their soule melteth away through trouble 25 They reele to and fro and they do stacker like a drunken man and their wysdome fayleth them 26 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth theÌ out of their distresse 27 For he maketh the storme to ceasse so that the waues therof are still 28 Then be they glad because they are at rest and he bringeth them to the hauen where they woulde be 29 O that men would confesse vnto god his louyng kyndnes and meruaylous actes done to the chyldren of men 30 And that they would exalt him in the congregation of the people and prayse him in the consistorie of the aged 31 He turneth fluddes into a wildernes and waterspringes into a drye grounde 32 He maketh a fruitfull grounde barren for the wickednes of them that dwell therein 33 Contrary he reduceth a wyldernes into a standing water and a drye ground into water springes 34 And he setteth there the hungry and they buylde them a citie to dwell in 35 And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes and they yelde vnto them aboundant store of fruites 36 He blesseth them so that they multiplie exceedingly and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease â7 But when they do fall from God they are diminished brought low through oppression calamitie griefe of minde 38 He bringeth princes into contempt he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all 39 Yet he exalteth the poore out of miserie and geueth him housholdes equall to flockes of cattell 40 The righteous will marke this and reioyce and the mouth of all wickednesse shal be stopped 41 Whosoeuer is wyse he wyll both obserue these thinges and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God The argument of the .cviii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth his redines to prayse God amongst all nations not only with wordes but also with musicall instrumentes for this ende that his glory may be set foorth to the whole world and his elect saued and deliuered from enemies Part of this psalme is taken out of the .57 psalme and part out of the .60 ¶ A song the psalme of Dauid 1 MY heart is redye O Lorde I wyll sing prayse thee in singing of psalmes yea my glory also is redie 2 Bestirre thee O lute and harpe I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in y e morning 3 I wyll prayse thee O God among the people I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations 4 For the greatnes of thy mercy reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 5 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens and let thy glory be aboue all the earth 6 That thy beloued may be deliuered saue me with thy right hande and heare thou me 7 The Lorde hath spoken this in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 8 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be mine Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 9 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edome I wyll cast my shoe vpon Philistea I wyll triumph 10 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 11 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 12 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 13 Through the Lorde wyll we do valiaunt actes for he him selfe will treade downe our enemies The argument of the .cix. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously complayneth before the face of God of his enemies malice and craft He wisheth vnto them the horrible vengeaunce of God vttering the cause why he so wysheth He requireth Gods helpe in his great miserie to this ende that both his enemies might well perceaue that his helpe commeth from Gods hande and also that he him selfe might prayse God therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 HOlde not thy tongue O thou the Lorde of my prayse 2 For the mouth of the vngodly and the mouth of the deceiptfull is opened vpon me they haue spoken against me with a false tongue 3 And they haue compassed me about with hatefull wordes and fought against me without a cause 4 For the loue that I bare vnto them they are become mine aduersaries but I geue my selfe vnto prayer 5 Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good and hatred for my good wyll 6 Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer him and let Satan stande at his right hande 7 When sentence is geuen vpon hym let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne 8 Let his dayes be fewe and let another take his office 9 Let his chyldren be fatherlesse and his wyfe a wydowe 10 Let his children be vagaboundes and go a begging and let them seeke foode out of their barren groundes 11 Let the extortioner bryng into his snare all that he hath and let straungers spoyle his labour 12 Let there be no man to shewe hym any gentlenes nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children 13 Let his posteritie come to destruction and in the next generation let his name be cleane put out 14 Let the wyckednes of his fathers be had in remembraunce in the sight of God and let not the sinne of his mother be wyped away 15 Let them be alway before God that he may roote out the memorial of them from the earth 16 Because that he remembred not to do good but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man and hym whose heart was broken with sorow that he might take his life from hym 17 His delight was in cursing and it shal happen vnto him he loued not blessing therfore it hath ben farre froÌ him 18 He clothed hym selfe with cursing as with his garment and it hath entred into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones 19 Let it be vnto hym as the garment that he is wrapt in and as the gyrdle that he is alway gyrded withall 20 Let this rewarde be from God vnto myne aduersaries and vnto those that speake euill against my soule 21 But thou O God my Lorde do vnto me
according vnto thy name for sweete is thy mercy 22 Deliuer me for truely I am afflicted and I am poore and my heart is wounded within me 23 I passe away like a vading shadowe and I am dryuen from place to place lyke the grashopper 24 My knees are weake through fasting my fleshe is dryed vp for want of fatnesse 25 I am become also a reproche vnto them they gase vpon me and they shake their head 26 Helpe me O my Lorde oh saue me according to thy mercy 27 And let theÌ know how that this is thy hande that thou O God hast done it 28 They will curse but thou wylt blesse they wyl rise vp âagainst meâ but let them be confounded and thy seruaunt wyll reioyce 29 Let mine aduersaries be clothed with shame let them couer theÌselues with their owne coÌfusion as with a garment 30 As for me I will greatly prayse God with my mouth and I wyll prayse hym among the multitude 31 For he wyll stande at the right hande of the poore to saue him from the iudges of his soule The argument of the .cx. psalme ¶ Dauid prophesieth of Christe describing most euidently both his natures his priesthood his kingdome and victory ouer all his enemies ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 GOD sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my right hande vntyll I make thyne enemies thy footestoole 2 God wyll sende the scepter of his power out of Sion rule thou in the midst of thyne enemies 3 Thy people wyll be very wyllyng in the time of shewing thy most mightie * power with a beautifull holynes the deawe of thy byrth is to thee from the wombe as from the morning 4 God sware and he wyll not repent thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec 5 The Lorde at thy right hande wyll wounde euen kinges in the day of his wrath 6 He wyll iudge the Heathen he wyll fill euery place with dead bodyes he wyll smyte the head of a great countrey 7 He wyll drinke of the swyft running brooke in the way therfore he wyll lift vp his head The argument of the .cxi. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth God he rehearseth the wonderous workes that God mindfull of his promise dyd to the chyldren of Israel bringing them out of Egypt to possesse the lande of promise for an inheritaunce He declareth also that the high wysdome of man is to feare God ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 I Wyll prayse God with my whole heart in the congregation and assemblie of righteous men 2 Great are the workes of God sought out of all them that haue pleasure therin 3 His worke is glory and maiestie and his righteousnes endureth for euer 4 The merciful and gratious God hath so left a remembraunce of his meruaylous workes 5 He hath geuen meate vnto them that feare him he wyll euer be myndfull of his couenaunt 6 He hath declared vnto his people the force of his workes in geuing them the inheritaunce of the Heathen 7 The workes of his handes are veritie and iudgement all his commaundementes are true 8 They be set sure for euer and euer they are done in trueth and equitie 9 He did sende redemption vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt to be for euer holy and terrible is his name 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements the praise of it endureth for euer The argument of the .cxii. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the felicitie rewarde and properties of them that feare God and worship him suche the vngodly seeth with his great griefe ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 BLessed is the man that feareth God he hath great delight in his commaundementes 2 His seede shal be mightie vpon the earth the generation of them that dwell vprightly shal be blessed 3 Riches and plenteousnes shal be in his house and his righteousnes endureth for euer 4 There ariseth vp light in the darknes vnto them that deale vprightly he is merciful and louing and righteous 5 A good man is mercyfull and lendeth he wyll guyde his wordes with discretion 6 For he shal be neuer moued and the righteous shall be had in an euerlasting remembraunce 7 He wyll not be afraide of any euyll tidinges his heart is setled he beleueth in God 8 His heart is strengthened he will not feare vntyll he seeth a mischiefe to fall vpon his enemies 9 He hath distributed abrode he hath geuen to the poore his righteousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted with glory 10 The vngodly shall see it and it wyll greeue hym he wyll gnashe with his teethe and consume away the desire of the vngodly shall perishe The argument of the .cxiij. psalme ¶ The Prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God in consideration of his prouidence in heauen and earth who promoteth the poore man to honour and maketh the barren woman a merie mother ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 PRayse God ye seruauntes prayse ye the name of God 2 Blessed be the name of God from this time foorth for euermore 3 The name of God is to be praysed from the rising vp of the sinne vnto the goyng downe of the same 4 God is high aboue all Heathen and his glory aboue the heauens 5 Who is like vnto God our Lord that dwelleth on hygh aboue all and yet humbleth him selfe to beholde the thinges that are in heauen and in earth 6 He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll 7 For to make him sit with the princes euen with the princes of his people 8 He maketh the barren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyful mother of children Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxiiij. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the comming and deliuerie of the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt he declareth also the miracles worked for that purpose 1 WHen Israel came out of Egypt the house of Iacob from among the barbarous people 2 Iuda was his holynesse and Israel his dominion 3 The sea sawe that and fled Iordane was driuen backe 4 The mountaynes skypped lyke rammes and the litle hilles like young lambes 5 What ayleth thee O thou sea that thou fleddest and thou Iordane that thou wast driuen backe 6 Ye mountaines what ayled you that ye skipped lyke rammes and ye litle hilles like young lambes 7 Tremble thou earth at the presence of the Lorde at the presence of the Lorde of Iacob 8 Whiche turned the harde rocke into a standing water and the flint stone into a springing well of waters The argument of the .cxv. psalme ¶ The prophete wisheth all glory to be geuen vnto God and not vnto man He setteth foorth the difference betwixt the liuing God and idols He exhorteth al the people and priestes to put their whole trust in God by that meanes they and
she let hym come hyther and to the vnwyse she saith 17 Stolen waters are sweete the bread that is priuily eaten hath a good taste 18 And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell The .x. Chapter ¶ In this chapter and all that folowe vnto the thirteeth the wise man exhorteth by diuers sentences which he calleth parables to folowe vertue flee vice and sheweth also what profite commeth of wisdome and what hinderaunce proceedeth of foolishnes 1 A Wyse sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother 2 Treasures that are wickedly gotten profite nothing but righteousnesse deliuereth from death 3 The Lorde wyll not let the soule of the righteous suffer hunger but he taketh away the richesse of the vngodly 4 An idle hande maketh poore but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche 5 Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse but he that is sluggishe in haruest bringeth hym selfe to confusion 6 Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete 7 The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good report but the name of the vngodly shall stincke 8 A wyse man wyll receaue warning but a prating foole shal be punished 9 He that walketh vprightly walketh surely but whoso goeth a wrong way shal be knowen 10 He that winketh with his eye wyll cause sorowe but he that hath a foolishe mouth shal be beaten 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete 12 Hatred stirreth vp strifes but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes 13 In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding a man shall finde wysdome but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe 14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction 15 The riche mans goodes are his strong holde but their owne pouertie feareth the poore 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to lyfe but the fruites of the vngodly to sinne 17 Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe but he that refuseth to be nurtured deceaueth hym selfe 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes and he that speaketh slaunder is a foole 19 Where much babblyng is there must needes be offence and he that refrayneth his lippes is wyse 20 The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught 21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude but fooles shall dye in their owne follie 22 The blessyng of the Lorde maketh riche and bryngeth no sorowe of heart with it 23 A foole doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng 24 The thing that the vngodly is afraide of shall come vpon hym but the ryghteous shall haue their desire 25 As the tempest so passeth away the vngodly and is not but the ryghteous remayneth sure for euer 26 As vineger is to the teeth as smoke is vnto the eyes euen so is a sluggishe person to them that sendeth him foorth 27 The feare of the Lorde maketh a long lyfe but the yeres of the vngodly shal be shortened 28 The patient abydyng of the righteous shal be turned to gladnesse but the hope of the vngodly shall perishe 29 The way of the Lord geueth courage vnto the godly but it is a feare for wicked doers 30 The ryghteous shall neuer be ouerthrowen but the vngodly shall not remayne in the lande 31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out 32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges The .xi. Chapter 1 A False ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde but a true wayght pleaseth him 2 Where pryde is there is shame also and confusion but wheras is lowlinesse there is wisdome 3 The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them but the wickednesse of the offendours shal be their owne destruction 4 Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death 5 The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse 6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them but the wicked shal be taken in their owne vngodlynesse 7 When an vngodly man dyeth his hope is gone the confidence of riches shall perishe 8 The ryghteous shal be delyuered out of trouble and the vngodly shall come in his steade 9 The dissembler with his mouth hurteth his neighbour but through knowledge shall the iust be deliuered 10 When it goeth well with the ryghteous the citie is mercy and when the vngodly perishe there is gladnesse 11 In the blessyng of the ryghteous the citie is exalted but it is ouerthrowen by the mouth of the wicked 12 A foole slaundereth his neyghbour but a wise man holdeth his peace 13 A dissemblyng person wyll discouer priuie thynges but he that is of a faythfull heart wyll kepe counsayle 14 Where no counsayle is there the people decay but wheras many are that can geue counsayle there is wealth 15 He that is suretie for a straunger shall smart for it and he that hateth suretishyp is sure 16 A gratious woman getteth honour but the strong men attayne riches 17 He that is mercifull doth hym selfe a benefite but who so hurteth his neyghbour is a tiraunt 18 The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde 19 Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe euen so to cleaue vnto euyll bryngeth death 20 The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation 21 Though hand be ioyned in hande yet the wicked shall not escape but the seede of the ryghteous shal be preserued 22 A faire woman without discrete maners is lyke a ryng of golde in a swines snoute 23 The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable but the hope of the vngodly is indignation 24 Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer but the niggarde hauyng inough wyll depart from nothyng and yet is euer in pouertie 25 He that is liberall in geuyng shall haue plentie and he that watereth shal be watered also hym selfe 26 Who so hoordeth vp his corne shal be cursed among the people but blessyng shall lyght vpon his head that geueth foode 27 He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour but who so seketh after mischiefe it shall happen vnto hym 28 He that trusteth in his riches shall haue a fall but the ryghteous shall florishe as the greene leafe 29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house he shal haue winde for
in youth and not to deferre tyll age 7 The soule returneth to God 12 Wisdome is the gyft of God and consisteth in fearing hym and keping his commaundementes 1 PVt away displeasure out of thine heart and remoue euill from thy body for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie 2 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth or euer the dayes of aduersitie come and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say I haue not pleasure in them 3 Before the sunne the light the moone and starres be darkened and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne 4 When the kepers of the house shall tremble and when the strong men shall bowe them selues when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme 5 When the doores in the streetes shal be shut and when the voyce of the milner shal be layde downe when men shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde and when all the daughters of musicke shal be brought lowe 6 When men shall feare in hye places and be afraide in the streetes when the Almonde tree shall florishe and be laden with the grashopper and when all lust shal passe because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streetes 7 Or euer the siluer lace be taken away and or the golden well be broken Or the pot be broken at the well and the wheele broken vpon the cesterne 8 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it 9 All is but vanitie saith the preacher all is but playne vanitie 10 The preacher was yet more wyse and taught the people knowledge he gaue good heede sought out the ground and set foorth many parables His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes right scripture the wordes of trueth 11 For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde 21 Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this for to make many bookes it is an endlesse worke and to muche studie weerieth the body 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his commaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euyll ¶ The ende of the booke of the preacher otherwise called Ecclesiastes ⧠The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon called in Latin Canticum Canticorum The first Chapter 1 The familier talke and misticall communication of the spirituall loue betweene Iesus Christe and his Churche 6 The domesticall enemies that persecute the Churche 1 O That he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes 2 Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth therfore do the maydens loue thee 3 Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee we thinke more of thy loue then of wine they that be righteous loue thee 4 I am blacke O ye daughters of Hierusalem but yet fayre and well fauoured like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Solomon 5 Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke for why the sunne hath shined vpon me my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me they made me the keper of the vineyardes but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept 6 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest the sheepe where thou makest them rest at the noone day for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions 7 If thou knowe not thy selfe O thou fayrest among women then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes 8 Vnto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee O my loue 9 Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels a neckband of golde wyll we make thee with siluer buttons 10 When the king sitteth at the table he shall smell my Nardus a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me he wyll lye betwixt my brestes a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me 11 Oh howe fayre art thou my loue Oh howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes O howe fayre art thou my beloued howe well fauoured art thou 12 Our bed is dect with flowres the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse The .ij. Chapter 3 The Churche desireth to rest vnder the shadowe of Christe 8 She heareth his voyce 14 She is compared to the doue 15 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the fielde and lillie of the valleys 2 As the lillie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloued among the sonnes 4 My delight is to sit vnder his shadowe for his fruite is sweete vnto my throte 5 He bringeth me into his wine seller his banner spread ouer me whiche is his loue 6 Set about me cuppes of wine comfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 7 His left hande lyeth vnder my head and his right hande shall imbrace me 8 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hindes of the fiede that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 9 Me thinke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hopping vpon the mountaines and leaping ouer the litle hilles 10 My beloued is lyke a roe or a young hart beholde he standeth behinde our wall he looketh in at the windowe and peepeth thorowe the grate 11 My beloued aunswered and sayd vnto me O stande vp my loue my beautifull and go to thyne owne for lo the winter is nowe past the rayne is away and gone 12 The flowres are come vp in the field the tyme of the byrdes singing is come and the voyce of the turtle doue is hearde in our lande 13 The figge tree bryngeth foorth her figges and the vines beare blossomes and haue a good smell 14 O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull and come I say O my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for sweete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face 15 Get vs the foxes yea the litle foxes that hurt
Tharsis 15 His body is as the pure iuorie dect ouer with Saphires His legges are as the pillers of Marble set vpon sockettes of golde 16 His face is as Libanus and as the beautie of the Cedar trees 17 The wordes of his mouth are sweete yea he is altogether louely Such a one is my loue O ye daughters of Hierusalem such a one is my loue The .vi. Chapter 2 The Church assureth her selfe of the loue of Christe 3 The prayses of the Church 8 She is but one and vndefiled 1 WHyther is thy loue gone then O thou fairest among women whyther is thy loue departed and we wyll seke hym with thee 2 My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden gather lilies 3 My loue is myne and I am his which feedeth among the lilies 4 Thou are beautifull O my loue as is the place Thirza thou art faire as Hierusalem fearefull as an armie of men with their banners 5 Turne away thine eyes from me for they haue set me on fire Thy heery lockes are lyke a flocke of goates shorne vpon the mount of Gilead 6 Thy teeth are lyke a flocke of shorne sheepe which go out of the wasshyng place where euery one beareth twinnes and not one vnfruitfull among them 7 Thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thy lockes of heere 8 There are threescore queenes fourescore wiues and damselles without number 9 One is my doue one is my dearlyng She is the only beloued of her mother and deare vnto her that bare her When the daughters sawe her they sayde she was blessed yea the queenes wiues praysed her 10 What is she this that loketh foorth as the mornyng faire as the moone cleare as the sunne and fearfull as an armie of men with their banners 11 I went downe into the nut garden to see what grewe by the brookes and to loke yf the vineyarde florished or yf the pomegranates were not foorth 12 I knewe not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be vnder tribute 13 Turne agayne turne agayne O thou perfect one turne agayne turne agayne and we wyll loke vpon thee What will ye see in the Sulamite She is lyke men of warre singing in a companie The .vij. Chapter 1 The beautie of the Churche in all her members 1â She is assured of Christes loue towardes her 1 O Howe pleasaunt are thy treadynges with thy shoes thou princes daughter the ioyntes of thy thighes are like a faire iewell which is wrought by a cunnyng workemaister 2 Thy nauell is lyke a rounde goblet which is neuer without drynke 3 Thy wombe is like a heape of wheate that is set about with lilies 4 Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young roes 5 Thy necke is as it were a towre of iuorie thine eyes also are lyke the water pooles that are in Hesebon beside the port of Bathrabbim thy nose is lyke the towre of Libanus which loketh towarde Damascus 6 That head that standeth vpon thee is lyke Carmel and the heere of thy head is like purple and like a kyng dwellyng among many water conduites 7 O Howe faire and louely art thou my dearlyng in pleasures 8 Thy stature is lyke a paulme tree and thy breastes lyke the grapes 9 I sayde I wyll climbe vp into the paulme tree and take holde of his hye braunches 10 Thy breastes also shal be as the wine clusters the smell of thy nosethrilles like as the smell of apples 11 And thy rooffe of thy mouth lyke the best wine which is meete for my best beloued pleasaunt for his lippes and for his teeth to chawe 12 I am my beloueds and he shall turne hym vnto me 13 O come on my loue we wyll go foorth into the fielde and take our lodgyng in the villages 14 In the mornyng wyll we go see the vineyarde we wyll see yf the vine be sprong foorth yf the grapes be growen and yf the pomegranates be shot out 15 There will I geue thee my brestes the Mandragoras geue their sweete smell and besyde our doores are all maner of pleasaunt fruites both newe and olde which I haue kept for thee O my beloued The .viij. Chapter 2 The Church wyll be taught by Christe 3 She is vpholden by hym 6 The vehement loue wherwith Christe loueth her 1â She is the vine that bryngeth foorth fruite to the spirituall Solomon which is Iesus Christe 1 O That I might finde thee without and kisse thee whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes and that thou shalt not be dispised 2 I wyll leade thee and bryng thee into my mothers house that thou myghtest teache me and that I myght geue thee drynke of the spiced wine and of the sweete sappe of my pomegranates 3 His left hande shal be vnder my head and his ryght hande shall imbrace me 4 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 5 What is she this that cometh vp from the wildernesse and leaneth vpon her loue I wake thee vp among the apple trees where thy mother conceaued thee where thy mother I say brought thee into the worlde 6 O set me as a seale vpon thine heart and as a seale vpon thine arme for loue is myghtie as the death and gelousie as the hell 7 Her coales are coales of fire and a very vehement flambe of the Lorde so that many waters are not able to quenche loue neither may the streames drowne it Yea yf a man woulde geue all the good of his house for loue he shoulde count it nothyng 8 Our sister is but young and hath no brestes what shall we do for our sister when she shal be spoken for 9 If she be a wall we shall builde a siluer bulwarke thervpon yf she be a doore we shall fasten her with boordes of Cedar tree 10 I am a wall and my brestes lyke towres then was I as one that hath founde fauour in his syght 11 Solomon hath a vineyarde at Baal-Hamon and this vineyarde deliuered he vnto the kepers that euery one for the fruite therof shoulde geue hym a thousande peeces of siluer 12 My vineyarde which is myne is in my syght thou O Solomon must haue a thousande and the kepers two hundred which kepe the fruite 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companions may hearken to the same 14 O get thee away my loue and be as a roe or a young hart vpon the sweete smellyng mountaynes A. P. E. The ende of the ballet of ballettes of Solomon called in latine Canticum Canticorum ⧠The booke of the prophete Esai The first Chapter 2 The prophete accuseth the sinnes of the
afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Iordane in Galilee of the heathen The .ix. Chapter 5 He prophecieth of Christes natiuitie and dominion 1 THE people that walked in darknesse haue seene a great light As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death vpon them hath the light shined 2 Thou hast multiplied the people and not increased their ioy * they reioyce before thee euen as men make merie in haruest and they be ioyfull as men that do deuide the spoyle after the victorie 3 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burthen the staffe of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressour as in the day of Madian 4 And truely euery battayle that the warrier maketh is done with confused noyse and defiling their garmentes with blood but this battayle shal be with burning and consuming of fire 5 For vnto vs a chylde is borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen vpoÌ his shoulder doth the rule lye and he is called with his owne name wonderfull the geuer of counsell the mightie God the euerlasting father the prince of peace 6 He shall make no ende to encrease the rule peace and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kingdome to order the same and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe 7 The Lorde sent a worde into Iacob the same is come into Israel 8 And all the people of Ephraim shall knowe and they that dwell in Samaria that say with pryde and high stomackes on this maner 9 The tyle worke is fallen downe but we wyll buylde it with squared stones the Mulberie timber is broken but we shall set it vp agayne with Cedar ââ But the Lorde shall strengthen the enemies of Razin and ioyne his aduersaries together against him 11 The Syrians before and the Philistines behinde and shall deuour Israel with open mouth After all this is not the wrath of the Lorde ceassed but yet his hande stretched out styll 12 For the people turneth not vnto hym that chastiseth them neither do they seeke the Lorde of hoastes 13 Therefore hath the Lorde rooted out of Israel both head and tayle bough and reede in one day 14 By the head is vnderstande the senatour and honourable man and by the tayle the prophete that preached lyes 15 For the guides of this people are deceauers and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost 16 Therefore shall the Lorde haue no pleasure in their young men neither haue pitie of their fatherlesse and wydowes for they are altogether hypocrites and wicked and al their mouthes speake folly After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hand is stretched out styll 17 For vngodlynesse burneth as a fire and shall deuour bryers and thornes and it shall burne as in the thicket of a wood and the wicked aduaunce them selues as the smoke is caryed vp 18 Thorowe the wrath of the Lorde of hoastes is the lande full of darknesse and the people be consumed as it were with fire no man doth spare his brother 19 But he robbeth on the right hande and doth famishe he eateth on the left hande and he shall not haue inough euery man shall eate the fleshe of his owne arme 20 Manasses shall eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses and they both together shall eate Iuda After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hande stretched out styll ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 He threatneth the oppressours of the poore 12 And prophecieth against Sennacherib 1 WO be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse 2 Where thorowe the poore are put from their right and my seelie people robbed of iudgement that wydowes may be their pray and that they may rob the fatherlesse 3 What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation and when destruction shall come from farre to whom wyll ye runne for helpe and where wyll you leaue your glory 4 That when I withdrawe my hand ye come not among the prysoners nor lye among the dead After all this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse but yet is his hande stretched out styll 5 O Assur whiche art the staffe of my wrath in whose hand is the rod of mine indignation 6 I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym that he vtterly rob them spoyle them and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete 7 Howbeit his meaning is not so neither thinketh his heart on this fashion But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people 8 For he saith Are not my princes all kynges 9 Is not Chalno as easie to winne as Charchamis Is it harder to conquer Hamath then Arphad or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus then Samaria 10 As who say I were able to winne the kyngdomes of the idolaters and their gods but not Hierusalem and Samaria 11 Shall I not do vnto Hierusalem and her images as I dyd vnto Samaria and her idols 12 Wherefore it shall come to passe that assoone as the Lorde hath perfourmed his whole worke vpon the hill of Sion and Hierusalem then wyll I visite the fruite of the stoute heart of the kyng of Assyria with his proude lookes 13 For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande thorowe my wysdome for I am wyse I am he that remoue the landes of the people I rob their treasure and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man 14 My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest and like as egges that were layde here and there are gathered together so do I gather all countreys and there was none so bolde as to moue the winge that dare open his mouth or once whisper 15 Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therwith or shal the sawe make any bragging against hym that ruleth it That were euen lyke as if the rod did exalt it selfe against him that beareth it or as though the staffe should magnifie it selfe as who say it were no wood 16 Therefore shall the Lorde the God of hoastes sende among his fatlinges leanenesse and burne vp his glory as it were with a fire 17 And the light of Israel shal be that fire and his holy one shal be the flambe and it shall kindle and burne vp his thornes and bryers in one day 18 Yea all the glory of his wooddes and fieldes shal be consumed with body and soule and they shal be as an hoast of men whose standard bearer fayleth 19 The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shal be of such a number that a chylde may tell them 20 After that day shall the remnaunt of Israel and suche as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seeke no more comfort at him that
thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and I wyll saue thy sonnes 26 And I wyll feede thine enemies with their owne fleshe make them drunken with their owne blood as with sweete wine And all fleshe shall knowe O Iacob that I am the Lorde thy sauiour thy noble redeemer The L. Chapter 1 The Iewes are reproued and also called 1 THus saith the Lorde Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you Beholde for your offences are ye solde and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken 2 For why woulde no man receaue me when I came and when I called no man gaue me aunswere Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe or haue I not power to deliuer lo at a worde I drynke vp the sea of water fluddes I make drye lande so that for want of water the fishe corrupt and dye for thirste 3 As for heauen I clothe it with darknesse and put as it were a sacke vpon it 4 The Lorde God hath geuen me a well learned tongue so that I can comfort them that are troubled yea that in due season he wakeneth mine eare vp betymes in the mornyng betymes in the mornyng I say he wyll waken mine eare that I might hearkeÌ as to the schoolemaisters 5 The Lorde God hath opened myne eare and I haue not gaynesayde nor withdrawen my selfe 6 But I offred my backe vnto the smiters and my cheekes to the nippers I turned not my face from shame and spittinges 7 And the Lorde God shall helpe me therfore shall I not be confounded I haue therfore hardened my face lyke a flint stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion 8 He is at hande that iustifieth me who wyll then go with me to lawe Let vs stande together yf there be any that will reason with me let hym come here foorth to me 9 Beholde the Lorde God wyll helpe me what is he theÌ that can condempne me lo they all shall waxe olde lyke a cloth the moth shall eate them vp 10 Therfore who so feareth the Lorde among you let hym heare the voyce of his seruaunt Who so walketh in darknesse and no lyght shyneth vpon hym let hym put his trust in the name of the Lorde and holde hym by his God 11 But take heede ye all kindle a fire and stirre vp the coales walke on in the glisteryng of your owne fire and in the coales that ye haue kindled This commeth vnto you from my hande namely that ye shall sleepe in sorowe The .lj. Chapter 1 Consolation and comfort is promised vnto the faythfull 1 HEarken vnto me ye that holde of ryghteousnesse and ye that seeke the Lorde take heede to y e stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged 2 Consider Abraham your father and Sara that bare you how that I called hym alone and blessed hym and encreased hym 3 Therfore shall the Lorde comfort Sion and repayre all her decay makyng her desert as a paradise and her wildernesse as the garden of the Lorde Mirth and ioy shal be founde there thankesgeuyng and the voyce of prayse 4 Haue respect vnto me then O my people both high lowe and lay thine eare vnto me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shall go foorth fro me to lyghten the gentiles 5 It is harde by that my health and my ryghteousnesse shall go foorth and the people shal be ordered with mine arme the ilandes that is the gentiles shall hope in me and put their trust in myne arme 6 Lyft vp your eyes towarde heauen and loke vpon the earth beneath for the heauens shall vanishe away lyke smoke and the earth shal waxe olde like a garment and they that dwell therein shall perishe in lyke maner But my saluation shall endure for euer and my ryghteousnesse shall not ceasse 7 Hearken vnto me ye that haue knowledge in ryghteousnesse thou people that bearest my lawe in thyne heart feare not the reuilynges of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies 8 For wormes and mothes shall eate them vp lyke cloth and wooll but my ryghteousnesse shall endure for euer and my sauyng health from generation to generation 9 Wake vp wake vp and be strong O thou arme of the Lorde wake vp lyke as in tyme past euer and since the world began 10 Art not thou the same arme that hast wounded the proude and hewen the dragon in peeces Art not thou euen the same which hast dryed vp the deepe of the sea which hast made playne the sea grounde that the deliuered myght go through 11 Therfore the redeemed of the Lorde shall turne agayne come with ioy vnto Sion continuall ioy shal be on their head and mirth and gladnesse shal be with them and sorowe and wo shall flee from them 12 Yea I euen I am he that in all thynges geueth you consolation What art thou then that fearest a mortall man the childe of man which goeth away as doth the floure 13 And forgettest the Lorde that made thee that spread out the heauens and layde the foundation of the earth but thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressour which is redy to do harme where is the wrath of the oppressour 14 The exile maketh haste to be loosed that he dye not in prison and that his bread fayle hym not 15 I am the Lord thy God that deuide the sea his waues shall rage whose name is the Lorde of hoastes 16 I haue put my wordes in thy mouth and haue defended thee in the shadowe of my hande that I may plant the heauens lay the foundation of the earth and say vnto Sion thou art my people 17 Awake awake and stande vp O Hierusalem thou that from the hande of the Lorde hast drunken out the cup of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slumbryng cuppe to the bottome 18 For among all the sonnes whom he hath begotten there is not one that may holde it vp and not one to leade it by the hande of all the sonnes that he hath norished 19 Both these thinges are happened vnto thee but who is sory for it yea destruction wastyng hunger and sworde but who wyll comfort thee 20 Thy sonnes lye comfortlesse at the head of euery streete like a takeÌ venison and are full of the terrible wrath of the Lorde and punishment of thy God 21 And therfore thou miserable and drunken howbeit not with wine heare this 22 Thus saith the Lorde thy Lorde and God the defendour of his people Beholde I wyll take the slumbryng cup out of his hande euen the cup with the dregges of my wrath that from hencefoorth thou shalt neuer drinke it more 23 But I wil put it into their hande that trouble thee which haue spoken to thy soule
in the tyme of their trouble when they say stande vp and helpe vs 28 I shall aunswere them Where are nowe thy gods that thou hast made thee bid them stande vp and helpe thee in the time of thy neede For loke howe many cities thou hast O Iuda so many gods hast thou also 29 Wherfore then wyll ye go to lawe with me seeyng ye all are sinners agaynst me saith the Lorde 30 It is but lost labour that I smite your children for they receaue not my correction your owne sworde destroyeth your prophetes lyke a deuouryng lion 31 Oh generation hearken vnto the worde of the Lorde Am I become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel or a lande that hath no lyght wherfore saith my people then We are lordes we wyll come no more vnto thee 32 Doth a mayde forget her rayment or a bride her stomacher but my people hath forgotten me a very long whyle 33 Why beautifiest thou thy wayes so hyely to obteyne fauour therthrough therfore also hast thou taught wickednesse through thy wayes 34 Vpon thy wynges is found the blood of poore and innocent people whom thou didst not fynde in corners holes but thou sluest the prophetes for reprouyng all these thynges 35 Yet darest thou say I am without sinne and giltlesse Tushe his wrath can not come vpon me Beholde I wyll reason with thee because thou darest say I haue not offended 36 Why gaddest thou so much hither and thither to chaunge thy wayes for thou shalt be confounded aswell of Egypt as thou wast of the Assyrians 37 Yea thou shalt go thy way from them and smite thine handes together vpon thy head because the Lorde shall bring that confidence and hope of thine to naught thou shalt not prosper withal The .iij. Chapter 1 God beyng mercifull calleth to repentaunce his people which he had forsaken for their whoredome with idols 20 He exhorteth Israel vnto repentaunce promisyng them sheepheardes that shoulde haue the true knowledge of God 23 The returne of Israel vnto God confessyng their offence 1 COmmonly when a man putteth away his wyfe and she goeth from hym maryeth with another then the question is shoulde he resort vnto her any more after that Is not that lande then defiled and vncleane But as for thee thou hast played the harlot with many louers yet turne agayne to me saith the Lorde 2 Lift vp thine eyes to the hygh places and loke where thou hast not ben defiled Thou hast wayted for them in the streetes and as a murtherer in the wildernesse through thy whoredome and shamefull blasphemies is the lande defiled 3 This is the cause that the rayne and euenyng deawe hath ceassed Thou hast gotten thee an whores forehead and wylt not be ashamed 4 Wylt thou not herafter say vnto me O my father thou art he that hast brought me vp and led me from my youth 5 Wyll God continue his wrath for euer wyll he kepe our faultes in memorie to the ende Neuerthelesse thou speakest such wordes but thou art euer doyng worse and worse to the vtmost of thy power 6 The Lorde sayde also vnto me in the tyme of Iosiah the kyng Hast thou seene what that rebellion Israel hath done howe she hath runne vp vpon all the hylles and among all thicke trees and there played the harlot 7 Hast thou seene also when she had done all this howe I sayde vnto her that she shoulde turne agayne vnto me and yet she is not returned Iuda that vnfaithfull sister of hers also sawe this 8 Namely that after I had well seene the adulterie of the shrinckyng harlot Israel I put her away and gaue her a byll of deuorcement For all this her vnfaithfull sister Iuda was not ashamed but went backe and played the whore 9 Yea and the wantonnesse of her whoredome hath defyled the whole lande For she hath coÌmitted fornication with stones and stockes 10 Neuerthelsse her vnfaithfull sister Iuda is not turned vnto me agayne with her whole heart but faignedlye saith the Lorde 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto me The backslyder Israel is more righteous then the vnfaithfull Iuda 12 And therfore go preach these wordes towarde the north and say Thou disobedient Israel turne agayne saith the Lorde and I wyll not bring my wrath vpon you for I am mercifull saith the Lorde and I wyll not alway beare displeasure agaynst thee 13 But on this condition that thou know thy great blasphemie namely that thou hast vnfaithfully forsaken the Lord thy God and hast made thy selfe partaker of straunge gods vnder all greene trees and hast had no wyll to heare my voyce saith the Lorde 14 O ye disobedient childreÌ turne againe saith the Lorde and I wyll be maryed with you for I wyll take one out of the citie and two out of one generation from among you and bryng you into Sion 15 And wyll geue you heardmen after myne owne mynde which shall feede you with learnyng and wisdome 16 Moreouer when ye be encreased and multiplied in the lande then saith the Lorde there shall no more boast be made of the arke of the Lordes testament No man shall thinke vpon it neither shall any man make mention of it for from thencefoorth it shall neither be visited neither shall such thyng be done any more 17 Then shall Hierusalem be called the Lordes seate and all heathen shal be gathered vnto it for the name of the Lordes sake which shal be set vp at Hierusalem And from that tyme foorth they shall folowe no more the imagination of their owne frowarde heart 18 Then those that be of the house of Iuda shal go vnto the house of Israel and they shall come together out of the north into the same lande that I haue geuen your fathers 19 I haue thought thus howe shall I take thee to be my children and geue a pleasaunt lande for thine heritage yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen And I sayd Call me father and shrincke not from me 20 Truely lyke as a woman fayleth her husbande so are ye vnfaithfull vnto me O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde 21 The voyce of the children of Israel was hearde on hye weepyng and waylyng for that they haue defiled their way and forgotten God their Lorde 22 O ye disobedient children turne againe so shall I heale your backturnynges Lo we come vnto thee for thou art the Lorde our God 23 Truely in vayne is health hoped for from the hylles be they neuer so many but the health of Israel standeth only vpon God our Lorde 24 Confusion hath deuoured our fathers labour from our youth vp yea their sheepe and bullockes their sonnes and daughters 25 So do we also sleepe in our confusion and shame couereth vs for we our fathers from our youth vp vnto this day haue sinned agaynst the Lord our God and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde
in his wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe froÌ heauen vnto the earth and he remembred not his owne footestole when he was angry 2 The Lorde hath cast out all the habitations of Iacob without any fauour all the strong places of the daughter of Iuda hath he broken in his wrath and throwen them downe to the grounde her kingdome and her princes hath he prophaned 3 In the wrath of his indignation he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath withdrawen his right hande from the enemie yea a flambe of fire is kindled in Iacob and hath consumed vp all rounde about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see he hath slayne he hath powred out his wrath like a fire into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion 5 The Lorde is become like as it were an enemie he hath deuoured Israel and all his palaces yea all his strong holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with much sorowe and heauinesse 6 His tabernacle as a garden hath he destroyed his solempne meetinges hath he put downe the Lord hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten in his heauy displeasure hath he dispised the kyng and priestes 7 The Lorde hath forsaken his owne aulter and hath abhorred his owne sanctuarie and hath geuen the walles of their towres into the handes of the enemie their enemies made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in a solempne feast day 8 The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Sion he spread out his line and drewe not in his hande tyll he had destroyed them therfore mourne the turrettes the broken walles fall downe together 9 Her gates are suncke downe to the grounde her barres are broken and smitten in sunder the kyng and princes are caryed away to the gentiles they haue neither lawe nor prophetes nor yet any vision from the Lorde 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads and gyrded them selues with sackcloth the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping my body is disquieted my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie 12 Euen when they spake to their mothers Where is meate and drinke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the streetes of the citie like as they had ben wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome 13 What shall I say vnto thee O thou daughter Hierusalem to whom shal I liken thee To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion to comfort thee withall thy heart is lyke a mayne sea who may heale thee 14 Thy prophetes haue looke dout vayne and foolish thinges for thee they haue not shewed thee of thy wickednesse to kepe thee from captiuitie but they haue seene out for thee burthens of vanitie and banishment 15 All they that go by thee clappe their handes at thee hissing and wagging their heades vpon the daughter Hierusalem and say Is this the citie that men call so faire wherein the whole lande reioyceth 16 All thyne enemies gape vpon thee whispering and grinding their teeth saying let vs deuour for the tyme that we looked for is come we haue founde and seene it 17 The Lorde hath fulfilled the thing that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuised long ago he hath destroyed and not spared he hath caused thyne aduersarie to triumph ouer thee and set vp the horne of thyne enemie 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde O thou citie of the daughter Sion let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night rest not and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of 19 Stand vp and make thy prayer in the first watche of the night powre out thine heart like water before the Lord lift vp thyne handes for the liues of thy young chyldren that dye of hunger in the streetes 20 Beholde O Lorde and consider to whom thou hast done thus Shall the women then eate their owne fruite euen chyldren of a spanne long shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 21 Young and olde lye thorowe the streetes vpon the grounde my maydens and young men are slayne with the sworde whom thou in the day of thy wrathfull indignation hast put to death yea euen thou hast put them to death and not spared them 22 My neighbours that are rounde about me hast thou called as it were to a feast day so that in the day of the lordes wrath none escaped neither was any left behinde those that I haue brought vp and nourished hath myne enemie destroyed The .iij. Chapter 1 I Am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie 2 He droue me foorth and led me yea into darknesse but not into light 3 Against me is he turned he turneth his hande dayly against me 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde and my bones hath he bruised 5 He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauaile 6 He hath set me in darknesse as they that be dead for euer 7 He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me 8 Though I crye and call pitiously yet heareth he not my prayer 9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes crooked 10 He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare and as a lion in a hole 11 He hath marred my wayes and broken me in peeces he hath layde me waste altogether 12 He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marke to shoote at 13 The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot euen into my reynes 14 I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songues vpon me all the day long 15 He hath filled me with bitternesse and geuen me wormewood to drinke 16 He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones and roulled me in the dust 17 He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges 18 I thought in my selfe I am vndone there is no hope for me in the Lorde 19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble the wormewood and the gall 20 Yea thou shalt remember them for my soule melteth away in me 21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart I get a hope agayne 22 Namely it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed 23 Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing O Lorde great is
destruction yea therfore shall I shoote them because I wyll destroy you I wyll encrease hunger vpon you and wyll breake your staffe of bread 18 Plagues wyll I sende vpon you yea and wicked beastes also to spoyle thee pestilence and bloodsheddyng shal come vpon thee and the sworde wyll I bring ouer thee I the Lorde haue spoken it The .vj. Chapter 1 He sheweth that the people shal be plagued for the sinne of idolatrie 8 He prophecieth the repentaunce of the remnaunt of the people and their deliueraunce 11 The destruction of the frowarde is prophecied 1 AND the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man set thy face to the mountaynes of Israel that thou mayest prophecie agaynst them 3 And say Heare the worde of the Lord God O ye mountaynes of Israel Thus hath the Lord God spoken to the mountaynes hylles riuers dales Beholde I euen I will bryng a sworde vpon you and destroy your hye places 4 Your aulters shal be destroyed your images of the sunne broken downe your slayne men wyll I cast downe before your idols 5 And the dead carkases of the children of Israel wyll I cast before their idols your bones will I scatter rounde about your aulters 6 In all your dwellyng places your cities shal be desolate and the hye places laide waste so that your aulters shal be made waste and desolate your idols shal be broken and abolished and your images of the sunne shal be cut downe and your workes quite taken away 7 Your slayne men shall fall among you and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 8 Yet wyll I leaue a remnaunt that you may haue some that shall escape the sworde among the nations when as ye shal be scattered through the countreis 9 And they that escape of you shal thinke vpon me among the heathen where they shal be in captiuitie because I haue ben broken with their whorishe heart which hath departed from me with their eyes that haue gone a whoryng after their idols and they shal be abhorred before their owne eyes for the euils which they haue commited in all their abhominations 10 And they shall knowe that I am the Lorde and that I haue not sayde in vayne that I woulde do this euill vnto them 11 Thus saith the Lorde God Smite thine handes together and stampe with thy feete and say Wo worth all the abhominations and wickednesses of the house of Israel for they shall fall with the sworde with hunger and with pestilence 12 Who so is farre of shall dye of the pestilence he that is nye at hande shall perishe with the sworde and the other that are besieged shall dye of hunger Thus wyll I satisfie my wrathfull displeasure vpon them 13 And so shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde when their slayne men shal be among their idols rounde about their aulters vpon euery hye hyll and toppes of mountaynes and vnder euery greene tree and vnder euery thicke oke euen in the places where they dyd offer sweete sauour to all their idols 14 I wyll stretche mine hande out vpon them and wyll make the lande waste and desolate from the wildernesse vnto Deblathah through all their habitations and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .vij. Chapter 2 The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodaynely come 20 The cause of the destruction therof 23 The prophete is commaunded to shewe the summe of the euyls that are at hande 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 And thou sonne of man thus saith the Lorde God an ende is come vnto the lande of Israel yea veryly the ende commeth vpon the foure corners of the lande 3 Nowe shall the ende come vpon thee for I wyll sende my wrath vpon thee and wyll punishe thee accordyng to thy wayes and rewarde thee after all thine abhominations 4 Mine eye shall not spare thee neither wyll I haue pitie but rewarde thee accordyng to thy wayes declare thine abhominations then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde 5 Thus saith the Lorde God Beholde one euyll shall come after another 6 The ende is here the ende I say is come it watched for thee beholde it is come alredy 7 The mornyng is come vnto thee that dwellest in the lande the tyme is at hande the day of trouble is harde by and not the soundyng agayne of the mountaynes 8 Nowe I wyll shortly poure out my sore displeasure ouer thee and fulfyll my wrath vpon thee I wyll iudge thee after thy wayes and recompence thee all thine abhominations 9 Mine eye shall not spare neither wyll I haue pitie but rewarde thee after thy wayes thine abhominations shal be in the middest of thee and ye shal knowe that I am the Lorde that smiteth 10 Beholde the day beholde it is come the mornyng is gone foorth the rodde florisheth pride hath budded 11 Crueltie is waxen to a rodde of wickednesse none of them shall remayne none of their riches not one of their seede no lamentation shal be made for them 12 The tyme commeth the day draweth nye who so byeth let hym not reioyce he that selleth let hym not be sory for why wrath is vpon all the multitude therof 13 So that the seller shal not come againe to the thyng that he solde although their life be yet with the lyuyng for when the prophecie was preached vnto all the people none returned no man shal strengthen hym selfe in the iniquitie of his life 14 They haue blowen the trumpet and made all redy but none goeth to the battayle for my wrath is vpon the whole multitude 15 The sworde shal be without pestilence and hunger within so that who so is in the fielde shal be slayne with the sworde and he that is in the citie shal be deuoured with hunger and pestilence 16 But they that flee away from them shall escape and shal be in the mountaynes lyke the doues of the valleys all they shall mourne euery one for his iniquitie 17 All handes shal be let downe and all knees shal be weake as the water 18 They shall girde them selues with sackcloth feare shall couer them shame shal be vpon all faces and baldnesse vpon their heades 19 Their siluer shall they cast foorth in the streetes and their golde shal be dispised yea their siluer and golde shall not be able to deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lorde they shall not satisfie their soules neither fyll their bellyes therwith because it was a stumblyng blocke of their iniquitie 20 He had also set the beautie of his ornament in maiestie but they made images of their abhominations and fylthinesses in it therfore haue I set it farre from them 21 Moreouer I wyll geue it into the handes of straungers to be spoyled to the wicked of the earth for to be robbed and they
shall pollute it 22 My face wyll I turne from them my secrete place shal be defiled for burglers shall go into it and pollute it 23 Make a chayne for the lande is full of the iudgement of blood and the citie is full of extortion 24 Wherfore I wyll bryng the most wicked of the heathen to take their houses in possession I wyll make the pompe of the mightie to ceasse and their sanctuaries shal be defyled 25 When destruction is come they shall seeke peace but they shall haue none 26 One mischiefe shall folowe another and one rumour shall come after another then shall they seeke a vision in vayne at their prophete the lawe shall perishe from the priest and counsayle from the auncientes 27 The kyng shall mourne the prince shal be clothed with desolation and the handes of the people in the lande shal be troubled I wyll do vnto them after their owne wayes accordyng to their owne iudgementes wyll I iudge them and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .viii. Chapter â An appearaunce of the similitude of God 3 Ezechiel is brought to Hierusalem in the spirite 6 The Lord sheweth the idolatries of the house of Israel chiefly of the priestes 1 AND it was in the sixt yere in the sixt moneth in the fift day of the moneth I sate in my house and the elders of Iuda sate before me and the hande of the Lorde God fell there vpon me 2 Then I behelde and lo there was a likenesse as the appearaunce of fire from the appearaunce of his loynes downewarde fire and from his loynes vpwarde as the appearaunce of brightnesse lyke the colour of amber 3 And he stretched out the likenesse of an hande and toke me by an heery locke of my head and the spirite lift me vp betwixt earth and heauen and brought me in a diuine vision to Hierusalem into the entry of the inner gate that lyeth towarde the north where remayned the image of emulation and of gayne 4 And beholde the glorie of the Lorde God of Israel was in the same place euen as I had seene it afore in the fielde 5 And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man lift vp thine eyes nowe towarde the north then lift I vp mine eyes towarde the north and beholde northwarde at the gate of the aulter this image of emulation was in the entry 6 And he sayde furthermore vnto me Thou sonne of man seest thou what these do seest thou the great abhominations that the house of Israel commit in this place to driue me from my sanctuarie but turne thee about and thou shalt see yet greater abhominations 7 And with that brought he me to the court gate and when I loked beholde there was a hole in the wall 8 Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man digge nowe in the wall and when I digged in the wall beholde there was a doore 9 And he sayde vnto me Go thy way in and loke what wicked abhominations they do here 10 So I went in and sawe and beholde there were al maner of creeping beastes and abhominable beastes and all the idols of the house of Israel paynted vpon the wall rounde about 11 There stoode also before the images threescore and ten men of the auncientes of the house of Israel and in the middest of theÌ stoode Iaazaniah the sonne of Shaphan with euery man his censor in his hande and the smoke of the insence ascended as a cloude 12 Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man hast thou seene what the auncientes of the house of Israel do secretly euery one in the chaumber of his imagerie for they say The Lorde seeth vs not the Lorde hath forsaken the earth 13 And he sayde vnto me Turne thee yet agayne and thou shalt see greater abhominations that they do 14 And with that he brought me to the doore of the gate of the Lordes house towarde the north and beholde there sate womeÌ mourning for Thammuz 15 Then sayd he vnto me Hast thou seene this thou sonne of man turne thee yet about and thou shalt see greater abhominations then these are 16 And so he brought me into the inward court of the Lordes house and beholde at the doore of the Lordes house betwixt the porche and the aulter there were about twentie and fiue men that turned their backes vpon the temple of the Lorde and their faces towarde the east and these worshipped the sunne eastwarde 17 And he sayde vnto me Hast thou seene this thou sonne of man Thinketh the house of Iuda that it is but a trifle to do these abhominations which they do here for they haue fylled the lande full of wickednesse and haue returned to prouoke me to anger and lo they are puttyng the braunches to their noses 18 Therfore wyll I also do somethyng in my wrathful displeasure so that mine eye shall not spare them neither wyll I haue pitie yea and though they crye in mine eares with a loude voyce yet wyll I not heare them ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 The destruction of the citie 4 They that shal be saued are marked 8 A complaynt of the prophete for the destruction of the people 1 HE cryed also with a loude voyce in mine eares saying Drawe neare ye visitations of the citie euery man with a destroying weapon in his hande 2 And beholde then came there sixe men out of the streete of the vpper gate towarde the north and euery man a slaughter weapon in his hande There was one amongest them that had on hym lynnen rayment and a writers inckhorne by his syde these went in and stoode besyde the brasen aulter 3 And the glorie of the Lorde of Israel was gone from the Cherub whervpon it was to the doore of the house and he called to the man that had the lynnen rayment vpon hym and the writers inckhorne by his syde 4 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Go through the citie euen through Hierusalem set a marke vpon the foreheades of them that mourne and are sory for all the abhominations that be done therin 5 And to the other he sayd that I might here Go ye after hym through the citie and smite let your eye spare none neither haue ye any pitie 6 Kyll and destroy both olde men and young maydens children and women but as for all those that haue the marke vpon them see that ye touche them not and begyn at my sanctuarie Then they began at the auncient men which were before the house 7 And he sayde vnto them Defyle ye the temple fyll the courtes with the slayne then go your way foorth So they went out and slue downe through the citie 8 Nowe when they had done the slaughter and I yet escaped I fell downe vpon my face and cryed saying Ah Lorde God wylt thou then destroy all the residue of Israel in powryng out thy wrath vpon Hierusalem 9 Then sayde
and sende dearth vpon them to destroy man and beast foorth of it 14 And though Noe Daniel and Iob these three men were among them yet shal they in their righteousnesse deliuer but their owne soules saith the Lorde God 15 If I bryng noysome beastes into the lande and they spoyle it and it be so desolate that no man may passe through it for beastes 16 If these three men were also in the land as truely as I liue saith the Lord God they shall saue neither sonnes nor daughters but be onlye deliuered them selues as for the land it shal be waste 17 Or if I bryng a sworde vpon this lande and say sworde go through the lande so that I slay downe man and beast in it 18 And if these three men were therein as truely as I liue saith the Lord God they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters but only be saued theÌselues 19 If I sende a pestilence into this lande and powre out my sore indignation vppon it in blood so that I roote out of it both man and beast 20 And if Noe Daniel and Iob were therein as truely as I liue saith the Lorde God they shall deliuer neither sonne nor daughter but saue their owne soules in their righteousnesse 21 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God Howe muche more when I sende my foure troublous plagues vpon Hierusalem the sworde hunger perillous beastes and pestilence to destroy man and beast out of it 22 Beholde there shal be a remnaunt saued therein whiche shall bryng foorth their sonnes and daughters beholde they shall come foorth vnto you and ye shall see their way and their enterprise and ye shal be comforted concerning the euyll that I haue brought vpon Hierusalem euen concerning all that I haue brought vpon it 23 They shall comfort you when ye shal see their way and workes and ye shall knowe howe that it is not without a cause that I haue done all against Hierusalem as I dyd saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xv. Chapter As the vnprofitable wood of the vine tree is cast into the fire so saith he that Hierusalem shal be brent 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man what commeth of the vine tree more then of euery other tree of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest 3 Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron 4 Behold it is cast in the fire to be brent the fire consumeth both the endes of it the middes of it is brent is it meete then for any worke 5 Seeing then that it was meete for no worke beyng whole muche lesse may there any thing be made of it when the fire hath consumed and brent it 6 And therefore thus saith the Lorde god As the vine tree that is among the trees of the forest which I haue geuen to the fire to be consumed so wyll I geue the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem 7 And I wyll set my face against them they shall go out from the fire and yet the fire shall consume them then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde when I set my face against them 8 And when I make the lande waste because they haue so sore offended saith the Lorde God The .xvj. Chapter 2 The prophete declareth the benefites of God towarde Hierusalem 15 Hierusalem is reproued of vnkindnesse for her fornication with idols 46 He iustifieth the wickednesse of other people in comparison of the sinnes of Hierusalem 49 The cause of the abhominations into which the Sodomites fell 60 Mercy is promised to the repentaunt 1 AGayne the word of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man shewe HierusaleÌ their abhominations 3 And say Thus saith the Lorde God vnto Hierusalem thy habitation and kinred is of the lande of Chanaan thy father was an Amorite thy mother an Hittite 4 In the day of thy byrth when thou wast borne the string of thy nauell was not cut of thou wast not bathed in water to make thee cleane thou wast not salted with salt nor swadled in cloutes 5 No eye pitied thee to do any of these thinges for thee for to haue compassion vpon thee but thou wast vtterly cast out vpon the fielde in contempt of thy person in the day of thy byrth 6 Then came I by thee and sawe thee defiled in thyne owne blood and I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy blood liue euen when thou wast in thy blood I sayde vnto thee liue 7 I caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde thou art growen vp and waxen great thou hast gotten a marueylous pleasaunt beautie thy brestes are fashioned thy heere is goodly growen where as thou wast naked bare 8 Nowe when I went by thee and looked vpon thee beholde thy tyme was come yea euen the time to woo thee then spread I my clothes ouer thee to couer thy dishonestie yea I made an othe vnto thee and contracted my selfe with thee saith the Lorde God and so thou becamest myne owne 9 Then washed I thee with water and purged thy blood from thee and I annointed thee with oyle 10 I clothed thee with broidred worke and shod thee with badgers skin and I gyrded thee about with fine linnen and couered thee with silke 11 I decked thee with costly apparell I put braselets vpon thy hands a chayne about thy necke 12 And I put a frontlet vpon thy face and eareringes vpon thyne eares and a beautifull crowne vpon thyne head 13 Thus wast thou deckt with golde and siluer and thy rayment was of fine linnen and of silke and of broidred worke thou didst eate fine floure honye and oyle marueylous beautifull wast thou and thou dydst luckyly prosper into a kingdome 14 And thy name was spread among the heathen for thy beautie for it was perfite through thy beautie whiche I put vpon thee saith the Lorde God 15 But thou hast put thy confidence in thyne owne beautie and played the harlot because of thy renowne and hast powred out thy fornications with euery one that went by thou wast his 16 Thou didst take thy garmentes and deckt thy hye places with diuers colours and played the harlot thervpon they come not and it shall not be 17 The goodly iewels whiche I gaue thee of mine owne golde and siluer hast thou taken and made thee mens images therof and committed whordome with them 18 Thy broidred garmentes hast thou taken and deckt them therewith myne oyle and incense hast thou set before them 19 My meate whiche I gaue thee as fine floure oyle and hony to feede the withall that hast thou set before them for a sweete sauour and thus it was saith the Lorde God 20 Thou hast taken thyne owne sonnes and daughters whom thou hast begotten vnto me and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be deuoured is this but
sisters both thy elder and thy younger and I wyll geue them vnto thee for daughters but not by thy couenaunt 62 And I wyll establishe my couenaunt with thee that thou mayest know that I am the Lorde 63 That thou mayest thinke vpon it and be ashamed and neuer open thy mouth any more for shame of thy selfe when I am pacified towarde thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xvij. Chapter The parable of the two Egles 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man put foorth a parable speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel 3 And say Thus saith the Lorde God There came a great Egle with great winges yea with a mightie long body and ful of fethers of diuers colours vppon the mount of Libanus and toke the hyest braunche of a Cedar tree 4 And brake of the top of his twigges and caryed it into the lande of marchauntes and set it in a citie of marchauntes 5 He toke also of the seede of the land and planted it in a fruiteful grounde he brought it vnto great waters and set it in an open trenche 6 Then did it grow and was a spreading vine but lowe of stature whose braunches turned towarde it and the rootes of it were vnder it thus there came of it a vine and it brought foorth braunches and shot foorth buddes 7 But there was another Egle a great one whiche had great wynges and many fethers and beholde the rootes of this vine turned towardes it and spread out her braunches towards it that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation 8 It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters so that it should haue brought out braunches borne fruite and haue ben a goodly vine 9 Speake thou therfore thus saith the Lorde God Shall this vine prosper shall he not pull vp the rootes therof and destroy the fruite thereof and cause them to dry all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power or many people to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof 10 Behold it was planted Shall it prosper therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered when the east winde shall touche it it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 12 Speake now to the rebellious house Knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them beholde the kyng of Babylon is come to Hierusalem and hath taken the kyng thereof and the princes therof and hath led them with him to Babylon 13 He toke of the kynges seede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an othe of hym the princes of the lande toke he with him also 14 That the kyngdome might be holden in subiection and not lift vp it selfe but kepe the couenaunt and stande to it 15 But he rebelled against hym and sent his embassadours into Egypt that he might haue horses and muche people Should he prosper shall he escape that doth suche thinges or shall he breake the couenaunt and escape free 16 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God he shall dye at Babylon in the place where the kyng dwelleth that made hym kyng whose othe he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hath broken 17 Neither shall Pharao with his great hoast and multitude of people maintayne hym in the warre when they haue cast vp mountes and buylt a fort to destroy many persons 18 For seeing he hath despised the othe and broken the couenaunt wheras he yet gaue his hande therevpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape 19 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God As truely as I liue I wyll bryng mine othe that he hath despised and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne head 20 I wyll spreade my net vpon hym and he shall be caught in my net and I wyll bryng hym to Babylon and enter into iudgement with him there for the trespasse whiche he hath committed against me 21 As for those that flee from hym with all his hoast they shal be slayne with the sworde and the residue shal be scattred towardes all the windes and ye shall knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it 22 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll also take of the top of this hye Cedar and wyll set it and cut of the top of the tender plant thereof and wyll plant it vpon an hye hyll and a great 23 Namely vpon the hye hyll of Israel will I plant it that it may bryng foorth bowes and geue fruite and be an excellent Cedar and vnder it shall remayne all byrdes and euery foule shall remaine vnder the shadowe of the braunches thereof 24 And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree and exalted the lowe tree that I haue dryed vp the greene tree and made the drye tree to florishe euen I the Lorde that spake it haue also brought it to passe The .xviij. Chapter 4 He sheweth that euery man shall beare his owne sinne 21 To him that amendeth is saluation promised 24 Death is prophecied to the righteous whiche turneth backe from the right way 1 THE word of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 What meane ye by this coÌmon prouerbe that ye vse in the lande of Israel saying The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes and the chyldrens teeth are set on edge 3 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God ye shall vse this by worde no more in Israel 4 Beholde all soules are mine lyke as the soule of the father is mine so is the soule of the sonne myne also the soule that sinneth shall dye it selfe 5 But if a man be iust and do that which is lawfull and right 6 He hath not eaten vpon the hilles he hath not lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel neither hath defiled his neighbours wyfe neither hath come neare a woman remoued 7 Neither hath oppressed any man but hath restored to the detter his pledge he that hath not spoyled any by violence hath geuen his bread to the hungry and hath clothed the naked 8 And hath not geuen foorth vpon vsurie neither taken any encrease he hath withdrawne his hande from iniquitie and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man 9 And hath walked in my statutes and kept my iudgementes to deale truely this is a righteous man he shall surely liue saith the Lorde God 10 If he nowe get a sonne that is a robber a shedder of blood and do any one of these thinges 11 Though he do not all these thinges but either hath eaten vpon the hilles or defiled his neighbours wyfe 12 Or hath oppressed the poore and needie or spoyled by violence or hath not restored the pledge or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols or hath committed abomination 13 Or
for they had executed iudgement vpon her 11 Her sister Aholibah sawe this and destroyed her selfe with inordinate loue more then she with her fornications more theÌ her sister with her fornications 12 She doted vpoÌ the Assyrians captaines princes her neighbours clothed with all maner of gorgious apparel horsmen riding vpon horses beyng all pleasaunt young men 13 Then I sawe that she was defiled and they toke both one way 14 But she encreased styll in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the images of the Chaldees paynted with vermilon 15 And girded with girdles vpon their loynes and with dyed attire vpon their heades lokyng all like princes after the maner of the Babylonians in Chaldea the lande where they were borne 16 Assoone as she sawe them she burnt in loue vpon them sent messengers vnto them into the lande of the Chaldees 17 Nowe when the Babylonians came vnto her in the bed of loue they defiled her with their whordome and so was she polluted with them and her lust was abated from them 18 And she discouered her whordome and disclosed her shame then my heart forsoke her like as my heart was gone from her sister also 19 Neuerthelesse she encreased her whordome more and remembred the dayes of her youth wherin she had played the harlot in the lande of Egypt 20 She burnt in lust vpon their concubines whose fleshe was like the fleshe of asses and their issue like the issue of horses 21 Thus thou hast called to remeÌbraunce the filthinesse of thy youth when thy teates were bruised by the Egyptians for the pappes of thy youth 22 Therfore O Aholibah thus saith the Lorde God I wyll raise vp thy louers agaynst thee from whom thy heart is departed and gather them together agaynst thee on euery syde 23 Namely the Babylonians and all the Chaldees rulers wealthy and mightie men with all the Assyrians all pleasauÌt young men captaynes and princes all valiaunt and renowmed riding vpon horses 24 These shall come vpon thee with charrettes wagons and wheeles and great multitude of people with buckler shielde and helmet they shall beset thee on euery side I wyll geue iudgement before them yea they them selues shall iudge thee accordyng to their owne iudgement 25 I wyll lay mine indignation vpon thee so that they shal deale cruelly with thee they shall cut of thy nose and thine eares and thy remnaunt shall fall by the sworde they shall cary away thy sonnes and daughters and the residue shal be deuoured by the fire 26 They shal strip thee out of thy clothes and take away thy faire iewels 27 Thus wyll I make thy wickednesse to ceasse from thee and thy fornication out of the lande of Egypt so that thou shalt turne thine eyes no more after them and cast thy mynde no more vpon Egypt 28 For thus saith the Lord God Beholde I wyll deliuer thee into the handes of them whom thou hatest yea euen into the handes of them from whom thine heart is departed 29 And they shall deale hatefully with thee and take away all thy labour leaue thee naked bare and the shame of thy fornications shal be discouered both thy wickednesse thy whordome 30 I wyll do these thynges vnto thee because thou hast gone a whoryng after the heathen and because thou art polluted with their idols 31 Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister therfore wyll I geue her cuppe in thine hande 32 Thus saith the Lorde God Thou shalt drynke of thy sisters cuppe deepe large thou shalt be laughed to scorne and had in derision because it conteineth much 33 Thou shalt be filled with drunkennesse and sorowe euen with the cup of destruction and desolation with the cup of thy sister Samaria 34 Thou shalt drynke it and sucke it out and thou shalt breake the sheardes therof and teare thine owne brestes for I haue spoken it saith the Lorde God 35 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Forasmuch as thou hast forgotten me and cast me aside behynde thy backe so beare nowe thine owne wickednesse and whordome 36 The Lorde sayde moreouer vnto me Thou sonne of man wilt thou not iudge Aholah and Aholibah shewe them their abhominations 37 Namely that they haue broken their wedlocke and blood is in their handes and with their idols haue they coÌmitted adulterie and haue also caused their sonnes whom they bare vnto me to passe by the fire to be their meate 38 Yea and this haue they done vnto me also they haue defiled my sanctuarie in the same day and haue prophaned my Sabbathes 39 For when they had slayne their children for their idols they came the same day into my sanctuarie to defile it and lo thus haue they done in my house 40 And howe much more is it that they sent for men to come from farre vnto whom a messenger was sent and lo they came for whom thou didst washe thy selfe and paynted thine eyes and deckedst thee with ornamentes 41 Thou sattest vpon a stately bed and a table spread before it whervpon thou hast set mine insence and mine oyle 42 And a noyse of a mery company at it and with the men beside the multitude of the people were brought men of Saba out of the desert which gaue them bracelettes vpon their handes and beautifull crownes vpon their heades 43 And I sayd vnto her that was worne in her adulteries Nowe shall her fornications come to an ende and she also 44 And they went in to her as they go vnto a common harlot euen so went they I say to Aholah and Aholibah those wicked women 45 And the righteous men they shall iudge theÌ after the maner of harlottes and after the maner of murtherers for they are harlottes and blood is in their handes 46 Wherfore thus saith the Lorde God I wyll bryng a great multitude of people vpon them and geue them to be scattered and spoyled 47 And the multitude shall stone them with stones and cut them downe with their swordes they shall slay their sonnes and daughters and burne vp their houses with fire 48 Thus wyll I cause wickednesse to ceasse out of the lande that all women may be taught not to do after your wickednesse 49 And so they shal lay your wickednesse vpon your owne selues and the sinnes of your idols shall ye beare and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde God The .xxiiij. Chapter 3 He proueth the fixing of Hierusalem by a parable of a seethyng pot 16 The parable of Ezechiels wyfe beyng dead which he after expoundeth 1 IN the ninth yere in the tenth moneth the tenth day of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 2 O thou sonne of man write the name of this day yea euen of this present day for the kyng of Babylon set hym selfe agaynst Hierusalem this selfe same day 3 Shewe the rebellious house a
make thee come vp into my net 4 For I wyll leaue thee vpon the lande and cast thee vpon the open fielde and I wyll cause all the foules of the ayre to remaine vpon thee fill all the beastes of the fielde with thee 5 Thy flesh wyll I lay vpon the hils and fill the valleyes with thy highnesse 6 I wyll water thyne ouerflowing lande with thy blood euen to the mountaynes and the riuers shal be ful of thee 7 When thou art put out I wyll couer the heauen and make his starres dim I wyll spreade a cloude ouer the sunne and the moone shall not geue her light 8 All the lightes of heauen wyll I make darke for thee and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande saith the Lorde God 9 I wyll stirre vp to anger the heartes of many people when I bring thy destruction among the heathen and vpon the countries which thou knowest not 10 Yea I wyll make many people amased at thee and their kinges shal be astonished with feare for thee when I shall make my sworde to glitter against their faces and they shal be afraide at euery moment euery man for his owne lyfe in the day of thy fall 11 For thus saith the Lorde God The king of Babylons sworde shal come vpon thee 12 With the swordes of the mightie wyll I smyte downe thy multitude they all shal be terrible nations they shal destroy the pompe of Egypt and all the multitude thereof shal be consumed 13 I wyll destroy also al the beastes therof from the great waters sides neither shall the foote of man trouble them any more nor the hooues of beastes trouble them 14 Then wyll I make their waters deepe and cause their riuers to ruune lyke oyle saith the Lorde God 15 When I make the lande of Egypt desolate and when the countrey with all that is therein shal be layde waste and when I smyte all them which dwell in it then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde 16 This is the mourning when they shal lament her the daughters of the nations shall lament her they shall make the lamentation ouer Egypt and ouer all the people thereof saith the Lorde God 17 In the twelfth yere the fifteenth day of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 18 Thou sonne of man lament for the multitude of Egypt and cast them downe euen them and the daughters of the famous nations vnto the neather partes of the earth with them that go downe into the pit 19 Whom doest thou passe in beautie go downe and sleepe with the vncircumcized 20 Among those that be slaine with the sworde shall they lye to the sworde is she alredie delyuered drawe her downe and all her multitude 21 The mightie worthies shall speake to her out of the hell and to her helpers they are gone downe and lye vncircumcized with them that be slaine with the sworde 22 Assur is there also with all his company and their graues rounde about him which were slaine and fell all with the sworde 23 Whose graues are made in the side of the pit and his multitude are rounde about his graue to wit all the slaine and fallen by the sworde which cause a feare to be in the lande of the liuing 24 There is Elam also with all his people rounde about his graue which all being slaine fallen with the sworde are gone downe vncircumcized vnder the earth which neuerthelesse sometime brought feare into the lande of the lyuing they beare their owne shame with the other that be gone downe to the graue 25 They haue made his bed in the midst of the slaine with al his multitude their graues are rounde about him all these vncircumcized slaine by the sworde although they caused their feare in the lande of the lyuing yet haue they borne their shame with them that go downe to the pit they are layde in the midst of them that are slaine 26 There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people their graues rounde about him these al vncircumcized were slaine with the sworde because aforetime they made the lande of the lyuing afraide 27 They shall not lye with the valiaunt which are fallen of the vncircumcized which are gone downe to the graue with their weapons of warre and haue layde their swordes vnder their heades but their iniquitie shal be vpon their bones because the terrour of their mightie was in the lande of the lyuing 28 Yea among the vncircumcized shalt thou be destroyed and sleepe with them that perished through the sworde 29 There is Edom with her kinges and princes also which with their strength are layde by them that were slaine with the sworde yea among the vncircumcized shal they sleepe with them which are gone downe into the pit 30 Moreouer there be al the princes of the north with al the Sidonians which are gone downe with the slaine with their feare and strength they are come to confusion and lye there vncircumcized among those that be slaine with the sworde and beare their owne shame with them that be gone downe to the pit 31 Pharao shall see them and be comforted ouer all his multitude Pharao and al his armie shal be slaine with the sworde saith the Lorde God 32 For I haue geuen my feare in the lande of the lyuing but Pharao and al his people shal be layde among the vncircumcized and among them that be slaine with the sworde saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter He setteth out the office of the gouernours and ministers 14 He strengthneth them that dispaire ⪠and boldneth them with the promise of mercie 30 The worde of the Lorde against the remnaunt of the people against the mockers of the wordes of the prophete 1 AGaine the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man speake to the children of thy people and tell them When I sende a sworde vpon a lande if the people of the lande take a man of their coastes and set him to be their watchman 3 If when he seeth the sworde come vpon the lande he shall blow the trumpet and warne the people 4 Then he that heareth the noyse of the trumpet and wyll not be warned and the sworde come and take him away his blood shal be vpon his owne head 5 For he heard the sounde of the trumpet and would not be warned therefore his blood be vpon him but he that receaueth warning he shall saue his lyfe 6 Againe if the watchman see the sword come and blow not the trumpet so that the people is not warned if the sworde come then and take any man from among them the same shal be taken away in his owne sinne but his blood wyl I require at the watchmans hand 7 And thou O sonne at man I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel therefore thou
ye tell me the dreame and the interpretation therof ye shall receaue of me giftes rewardes and great honour therefore shewe me the dreame and the interpretation therof 7 They aunswered againe and said The king must shewe his seruauntes the dreame and so shal we declare the interpretation therof 8 Then the king aunswered saying I perceaue of a trueth that ye would redeeme the time for so much as ye see the thing is gone fro me 9 Therfore if ye wil not tel me the dreame this is your only purpose ye haue prepared liyng corrupt wordes to speake before me til the time be chaunged therfore tell me the dreame that I may knowe that ye can declare me the interpretation therof 10 Vpon this the Chaldees gaue aunswere before the king and sayde There is no man vpon earth that can tell the thing which the king speaketh of yea there is neither king prince nor lorde that euer asked such thinges at a wyse man soothsayer or Chaldean 11 For it is a rare matter that the king requireth neither is there any that can certifie the king therof except the gods whose dwelling is not with fleshe 12 For the which cause the king was wroth with great indignation commaunded to destroy al the wise men at Babylon 13 So the decree went foorth and the wise men were slayne they sought also to slay Daniel with his companions 14 Then Daniel stayed the counsell and decree with Arioch the captayne of the kinges garde who was gone foorth to put to death the wise men of Babylon 15 He aunswered and sayde vnto Arioch the kinges captayne why is the sentence so hastie from the king Then Arioch tolde Daniel the matter 16 Vpon this went Daniel and desired the king that he woulde geue him leysure and that he would shewe the king the interpretation 17 Then Daniel went to his house and shewed the thing to Ananias Misael and Azarias his companions 18 That they shoulde beseche the God of heauen for grace in this secrete that Daniel and his felowes with other such as were wyse in Babylon perished not 19 Then was the secrete reuealed vnto Daniel in a vision by night then Daniel praysed the God of heauen 20 Daniel also aunswered and said The name of God be praysed for euer euer for wysdome and strength are his 21 He chaungeth the times and seasons he taketh away kinges he setteth vp kinges he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse and vnderstanding to those that vnderstande 22 He reuealeth the deepe secrete thinges he knoweth the thing that lieth in darknesse for the light dwelleth with him 23 I thanke thee and prayse thee O thou God of my fathers that thou hast geuen me wisdome and strength and hast shewed me now the thing that we desired of thee for thou hast declared the kinges matter vnto vs. 24 Vpon this went Daniel in vnto Arioch whom the king had ordeined to destroy the wise men at Babylon he went and sayde thus vnto him Destroy not the wyse men of Babylon but bring me before the king and I shall shewe the king the interpretation 25 Then Arioch brought Daniel before the king in all the haste and sayde thus vnto him I haue founde a man among the children of Iuda that were brought captiues that will declare vnto the king the interpretation 26 Then aunswered the king and sayd vnto Daniel whose name was Baltassar Art thou able to shewe me the dreame which I haue seene and the interpretation therof 27 Daniel aunswered in the presence of the king and sayd As for this secrete for the whiche the king maketh inquisition there can neither the men of vnderstanding nor soothsayers nor the wyse men nor readers of destinies declare it vnto the king 28 But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secretes sheweth the king Nabuchodonozor what is for to come in the latter dayes Thy dreame and that whiche thou hast seene in thyne head vpon thy bed is this 29 O king when thou wast in thy bed thoughtes came into thy mynde what should come hereafter so he that is the opener of misteries telleth thee what is for to come 30 As for me this secrete is not shewed me for any wysdome that I haue more then any other liuing but onely that I might shew the king the interpretation and that thou mightest knowe the thoughtes of thyne owne heart 31 Thou king sawest and beholde there was a great image this great image whose brightnesse was excellent stoode before thee and the fourme therof was terrible 32 This images head was of fine gold his brest and armes of siluer his belly and his thighes of brasse 33 His legges were of iron his feete were part of iron and part of clay 34 Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without handes which smote the image vpon his feete that were of iron clay and brake them to peeces 35 Then was the iron the clay the brasse the siluer and gold broken al together became like y e chaffe of sommer floores and the winde caryed them away that no place was found for them the stone that smote the image became a great mountayne and filled the whole earth 36 This is the dreame and now will we shew before the king what it meaneth 37 O king thou art a king of kinges for the God of heaueÌ hath geuen vnto thee a kingdome power strength glorie 38 And in all places whersoeuer the children of men dwell the beastes of the fielde and the foules of the aire hath he geuen into thy hande and hath made thee ruler in them all thou art this head of golde 39 After thee shall arise another kingdome inferior to thee another third kingdome shal be of brasse whiche shall beare rule ouer all the earth 40 The fourth kingdome shal be strong as iron for as iron breaketh in peeces and subdueth all thinges and as iron bruiseth all these thinges so shall it breake in peeces and bruise all 41 Where as thou sawest the feete toes parte of potters clay part of iron the kingdome shal be deuided but there shal be in it of the strength of the iron for so much as thou sawest the iron mixt with the clay and earth 42 And as the toes of the feete were part of iron and part of clay so shal the kingdome be part strong and part broken 43 And wheras thou sawest iron mixt with clay and earth they shall mingle themselues with the seede of men and yet not ioyne one with another as iron will not be mixt with clay 44 And in the dayes of these kinges shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome which shall neuer be destroyed and this kingdome shall not be geuen ouer to another people but it shall breake and destroy al these kingdomes and it shal stand for euer 45 Like as thou sawest that without any handes
finished 15 But when our fathers prouoked God vnto wrath and sinned agaynst the Lorde of Israel which is in heauen he gaue them ouer into the power of Nabuchodonosor kyng of Babylon of the Chaldees 16 Which brake downe the house and burnt it and caryed away the people prisoners vnto Babylon 17 Neuerthelesse in the first yere that king Cyrus raigned ouer the countreys of Babylon Cyrus the kyng wrote and commaunded to builde vp this house agayne 18 And the holy vessels of golde and of siluer that Nabuchodonosor had caryed away out of the house at Hierusalem and had dedicated them in his owne temple those brought Cyrus foorth agayne out of the temple at Babylon and deliuered them to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler 19 Commaundyng hym that he shoulde cary away those same vessels and put them in the temple at Hierusalem and that the temple of the Lorde shoulde be built in his owne place 20 Then the same Sanabassarus beyng come hyther layde the foundations of the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem and from that to this beyng styll a buildyng it is not yet fully ended 21 Nowe therfore O king if thou thinkest it good let it be sought in the libraries and rolles of kyng Cyrus 22 And yf it be founde then that the buildyng of the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem hath ben done with the counsell and consent of kyng Cyrus and yf our Lorde the kyng be so mynded let hym geue aunswere vnto vs therof 23 Then commaunded kyng Darius to seke in the kynges libraries at Babylon and so at Ecbatane a towre in the region of Medea there was founde a place where these thinges was layde vp for memorie 24 In the first yere of the raigne of Cyrus the same kyng Cyrus coÌmaunded that the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem shoulde be builded agayne where they do sacrifice with the continuall fire 25 Whos 's heyght shal be sixtie cubites and the breadth sixtie cubites with three rowes of hewen stones and one rowe of wood newe and of that countrey and the expenses therof to be geuen out of the house of kyng Cyrus 26 And the holy vessels of the house of the Lorde both of golde and of siluer that Nabuchodonosor toke out of the house of Hierusalem and brought to Babylon shoulde be restored to the house at Hierusalem and be set in the place where it was before 27 And also he commaunded that Sisinnes the gouernour of Syria Phenice and Sathrabuzanes with their companions and others constituted rulers in Syria and Phenice shoulde take heede not to meddle with that place but to suffer Zorobabel the seruaunt of the Lorde and gouernour of Iudea and the elders of the Iewes to builde that house of the Lorde in that place 28 I haue commaunded also to haue it built vp whole agayne and that they be diligent to helpe those that be of the captiuitie of the Iewes tyll the house of the Lorde be finished 29 And out of the tribute of Coelosyria and Phenice a portion diligently to be geuen those men vnto the offeringes of the Lord the same to be deliuered vnto Zorobabel the officer that he therwithall may ordeyne oxen rammes lambes 30 And also corne salt wine and oyle and that continually euery yere after the expences which the priestes that be at Hierusalem shall testifie to be made dayly this shal be geuen vnto them without delay 31 That they may offer sacrifices dayly to the hyest God for the kyng and for his children and to pray for their lines 32 And he commaunded also that whosoeuer shoulde breake any poynt of the foresayde and foredecreed thynges or make it voyde of his owne goodes shoulde a tree be taken and he theron be hanged and all his goodes seasoned vnto the kyng 33 The Lorde therfore whose name is there called vpon roote out and destroy euery kyng nation that stretcheth out his hande to hinder or hurt and endomage that house of the Lorde in Hierusalem 34 I Darius the kyng haue ordeyned that accordyng to these thynges it be done with diligence The .vij. Chapter 1 Sisinnes and his companions folowe the kynges commaundement and helpe the Iewes to builde the temple 5 The tyme that it was built 10 They kepe the Passouer 1 THen Sisinnes the gouernour in Coelosyria Phenice and Sathrabuzanes with their companions obeyed the thynges that kyng Darius had ordeyned 2 And were diligent assisters in the holy workes workyng with the auncientes and gouernours of the sanctuarie 3 And so the holy workes went foorth and prospered when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophetes prophecied 4 And they perfourmed all thinges through the commaundement of the Lorde God of Israel and with consent of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerxes kynges of Persia 5 And thus was the holy house finished in the twentie and three day of the moneth Adar in the sixt yere of Darius kyng of the Persians 6 And the children of Israel the priestes and the Leuites and other that were of the captiuitie that had any charge dyd accordyng to the thynges written in the booke of Moyses 7 And to the dedication of the temple of the Lorde they offered an hundred oxen two hundred rammes foure hundred lambes 8 And twelue goates for the sinnes of all the people of Israel after the number of the chiefe of the tribes of Israel 9 The priestes also and the Leuites stoode arayed in their long robes after their kinredes in all the workes of the Lorde God of Israel accordyng to the booke of Moyses and the porters at euery doore 10 And the children of Israel with those that were come out of captiuitie helde the Passouer the fourteenth day of the first moneth after that y e priestes and the Leuites were sanctified 11 They that were of the captiuitie were not all sanctified together but the Leuites were all sanctified together 12 And so they offered the Passouer for all them of the captiuitie and for their brethren the priestes for them selues 13 And the children of Israel that came out of captiuitie dyd eate all they that had separated them selues from the abhominations of the people of the lande and sought the Lorde 14 And they kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes long makyng mery before the Lorde 15 That the Lorde had turned the counsayle of the kyng of Assyria towardes them to strengthen their handes vnto the workes of the Lord God of Israel The .viij. Chapter 1 Esdras commeth from Babylon to Hierusalem 10 The copie of the commission geuen by kyng Artaxerxes 29 Esdras geueth thankes to the Lorde 32 The number of the heades of the people that came with hym 76 His prayer and confession 1 ANd after these when Artaxerxes the kyng of the Persians raigned there went vnto hym Esdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Ezerias the sonne of Helchiach the sonne of Salum 2 The sonne of Sadoch the sonne of Achitob the sonne of
Moli the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel Seredia and his sonnes and his brethren whiche were eyghteene 49 And Asebia and Amon and Osaian his brethreÌ of the sonnes of Canaineus their sonnes were twentie men 50 And of them that serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordayned and the principall men to the worke of the Leuites that were ministers in the temple two hundred twentie whose names are all signed vp in writing 51 And then commaunded I a fasting vnto the young men before the Lorde that I might desire of him a prosperous iourney and a good way both for vs and them that were with vs for our chyldren and for the cattell 52 For I feared to desire of the king men of horse and of foote to conuey vs safely against our enemies 53 For we had sayde vnto the kyng that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seeke hym to direct them in all thinges 54 And therfore we besought our Lorde agayne as touching these thinges and founde him fauourable vnto vs. 55 Then I separated from among the chiefe of the tribes and from the priestes xij men to wit Esebrias and Assanias ten men of their brethren with them 56 And I wayed them the golde and the siluer and the holy vessels of the house of our Lorde whiche the kyng and his counsell and his princes and whole Israel had geuen 57 And when I had wayed it I deliuered it vnto them sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and an hundred talentes in siluer vessels and an hundred talentes of golde 58 And twentie golden basens twelue vessels of brasse euen fine brasse like shining golde 59 And I sayde vnto them Ye are holy vnto the Lord and the vessels are holy and the golde and the siluer is promised vnto the Lord God of our fathers 60 Be diligent nowe and kepe it vntyll the tyme that ye deliuer it to the chiefe of the priestes and leuites and to the principall men of the families of Israel in Hierusalem in the chaumbers of the house of our God 61 So the priestes and the leuites which receaued of me the golde the siluer and the vessels brought it vnto Hierusalem vnto the temple 62 And from the riuer Thia we brake vp the twelfth day of the first moneth according to the mightie hande of our Lorde whiche was with vs and from the beginning of our iourney the Lord deliuered vs from euery enemie so that we came vnto Hierusalem 63 And when the thirde day was past there the wayed golde and siluer was deliuered in the house of the Lorde on the fourth day vnto Marimoth the priest and sonne of Iori 64 And with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinees and with them were Iosabdus the sonne of Iesu and Moeth the sonne of Sabbanus Leuites all was deliuered them by number and wayght 65 And all the wayght of them was written vp the same houre 66 After that they that were come out of captiuitie offred sacrifice vnto the Lord God of Israel euen twelue oxen for all Israel fourescore sixteene rammes 67 Threescore and twelue sheepe twelue goates for saluation all in sacrifice to the Lorde 68 And the kinges commission deliuered they vnto the kinges stewardes and to the gouernours of Coclosyria and Phenice who honoured the people and the temple of God 69 Now when these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde 70 The nation of Israel the princes the priestes and leuites haue not put away from them the straunge people of the lande nor the vncleannes of the Gentiles to wit of the Chanaanites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites and the Moabites Egyptians and Edomites 71 For both they and theyr sonnes haue mingled them selues with the daughters of them and the holy seede is mixt with the straunge people of the lande and since the beginning of the affaires the rulers and head men haue ben partakers of this wickednesse 72 And assoone as I had hearde these things immediatly I rent my clothes and the holy garment and pulled out the heere of my head my bearde and sat me downe forowfull and heauie 73 So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the Lorde God of Israel came vnto me whyles I wept for the iniquitie but I sate styll full of heauinesse vntyll the euening sacrifice 74 Then stoode I vp from fasting hauing rent clothes the holy garment and kneeled downe vpon my knees helde out my handes vnto the Lorde 75 And sayde O Lorde I am confounded and ashamed before thy face 76 For our sinnes are become many euen aboue our heades and our ignoraunces are lifted vp euen vnto heauen 77 For since the tyme of our fathers we are in great sinne vnto this day 78 And for the sinnes of vs and our fathers we with our brethren and with our kinges and with our priestes haue ben geuen vp vnto the kynges of the earth into the sworde and into captiuitie and became a spoyle with confusion and shame vnto this day 79 And nowe O Lord God howe great is the mercy that we haue gotten of thee in that thou hast lefte vs a roote and a name in the place of thy sanctuarie 80 And that thou hast discouered to vs a light in the house of the Lord our God and hast geuen vs meate in the tyme of our seruitude 81 And when we were in captiuitie we were not forsaken of the Lord our god but he made the kynges of Persia gratious and fauourable vnto vs so that they gaue vs victuals and meate 82 Yea and honoured the temple of our Lorde and repayred the wasted places of Sion and gaue vs assuraunce in Iurie and Hierusalem 83 And nowe O Lorde what shall we say hauing all these things in possession For we haue broken thy commaundementes whiche thou gauest vnto vs by the handes of thy seruauntes the prophetes saying 84 Because the lande whiche ye go to possesse as an heritage is a lande defiled with the vncleannes and filthynes of the straungers of the land and with their abhomination they haue polluted it altogether 85 Therfore now shall ye not ioyne their daughters vnto your sonnes neither marry your daughters to their sonnes 86 Moreouer ye shall neuer seeke to make peace with them that ye may increase and eate the best in the lande and that ye may leaue the inheritaunce of the lande vnto your chyldren for euermore 87 As for the thinges that are come to passe they come all for our wicked workes and great sinnes for thou O Lorde hast made our sinnes light 88 And geuen vs suche a roote but we haue turned backe agayne so that we haue broken thy lawe and mingled our selues with the vncleannes of the out landishe heathen 89 Mightest not thou be angry with vs to destroy vs so that thou shouldest leaue vs neither roote seede nor name 90 O Lord God of Israel thou art true for our
comfort her 42 Neuerthelesse nowe seest thou the likenes of the womaÌ no more but there appeared vnto thee a citie buylded 43 And where she tolde thee of the fall of her sonne so is this the solution of it 44 This woman whom thou sawest is Sion and where as she tolde thee euen she whom thou seest nowe as a citie buylded 45 And as touching that she sayde vnto thee that she hath ben thirtie yeres vnfruitefull and baren those are the thirtie yeres wherein there was no offering made in her 46 But after thirtie yeres Solomon builded the citie and offred offeringes and then bare the baren a sonne 47 And where as she tolde thee that she nourished hym with labour that was the dwelling in Hierusalem 48 But where as she tolde thee that her sonne dyed as his chaunce was when she came into her chaumber that is the fall that is come to Hierusalem 49 And beholde when thou sawest her like one that mourned for her sonne and begannest to comfort her of these things whiche haue chaunced these are to be opened vnto thee 50 For nowe the most hyghest seeth that thou art sory in thy minde and suffrest from thy whole heart for her and so hath he shewed thee her clearenesse and the fayrenesse of her beautie 51 And therefore I bad thee remayne in the fielde where no house was builded 52 For I knewe that the highest would shewe this vnto thee 53 Therfore I commaunded thee to go into the fielde where no foundation nor buylding is 54 For in the place where the highest beginneth to shewe his citie there can no mans buylding be able to stande 55 And therefore feare not and let not thyne heart be afraide but go thy way in and see the beautie and greatnes of the buylding as much as thyne eyes be able to see 56 And then shalt thou heare as muche as thyne eares may comprehende 57 For thou art blessed aboue many other and art called with the highest as the fewe 58 But to morowe at night thou shalt remayne here 59 And so shall the highest shewe thee visions of the hye thinges which he wyll do vnto them that dwell vpon earth in the last dayes So I slept y e same night another like as he commaunded me The .xi. Chapter 1 The vision of an Egle comming foorth of the sea and of her fethers 37 Of a Lion comming out of the forest 1 THen saw I a dreame and beholde there came vp from the sea an Egle whiche had xii fethered winges and three heades 2 And I sawe and beholde she spread her wynges ouer all the earth and al the wyndes of the ayre blew on her gathered them together 3 And I behelde and out of her fethers there grew other contrary fethers and they became litle fethers and small 4 But her heades remayned styll the head in the middest was greater then the other yet rested it with the residue 5 Moreouer I saw that the Egle flewe with her wynges and raigned vpon earth and ouer all them that dwelt vppon the earth 6 And I sawe that all thinges vnder heauen were subiect vnto her and no man spake against her no not one creature vpon earth 7 I sawe also that the Egle stoode vp vpon her clawes and gaue a sounde with her fethers and a voyce saying after this maner 8 Watche not altogether sleepe euery man in his owne place and watche by course 9 But let the heades be preserued for the last 10 Neuerthelesse I sawe that the voyce went not out of her heades but from the myddest of her body 11 And I numbred her contrary fethers and beholde there were eyght of them 12 And I loked and beholde vpon the ryght syde there arose one fether and raigned ouer all the earth 13 And so it was that when it raigned the ende of it came and the place therof appeared no more So the next folowyng stoode vp and raigned and had a great tyme. 14 And it happened that when it raigned the ende of it came also lyke as the first so that it appeared no more 15 Then came there a voyce vnto it and sayde 16 Heare thou that hast kept the earth so long this I say vnto thee before thou begynnest to appeare no more 17 There shall none after thee attayne vnto thy tyme neither vnto the halfe therof 18 Then arose the thirde and raigned as the other afore and appeared no more also 19 So went it with all the residue one after another so that euery one raigned and then appeared no more 20 Then I loked and beholde in processe of tyme the fethers that folowed stoode vp on the ryght syde that they myght rule also and some of them ruled but within a whyle they appeared no more 21 For some of them were set vp but ruled not 22 After this I loked and beholde the twelue fethers appeared no more nor the two wynges 23 And there was no more vpon the Egles body but two heades that rested and sixe wynges 24 Then sawe I also that two wynges deuided them selues from the sixe and remayned vnder the head that was vpon the right side for the foure continued in their place 25 So I loked and beholde the fethers that were vnder the wyng thought to set vp them selues and to haue the rule 26 Then was there one set vp but shortly it appeared no more 27 And the seconde was sooner away then the first 28 And I behelde and lo the two that remayned thought also in them selues to raigne 29 And when they so thought beholde there awaked one of the heades that were at rest namely it that was in the myddest for that was greater then the two other heades 30 And then I sawe that the two heades were ioyned with hym 31 And the head was turned with them that were with hym and dyd eate vp the two vnder wynges that woulde haue raigned 32 But this head put the whole earth in feare and bare rule in it ouer all those that dwelt vpon the earth with much labour and he had the gouernaunce of the worlde ouer all the wynges that had ben 33 After this I loked and beholde the head that was in the myddest sodaynly appeared no more lyke as the wynges 34 But there remayned the two heades which ruled vpon earth and ouer those that dwelt therin 35 And I behelde and lo the head vpon the ryght syde deuoured it that was vpon the left syde 36 Then I hearde a voyce which sayde vnto me loke before thee and consider the thyng that thou seest 37 Then I sawe and beholde as it were a lion that roareth runnyng hastyly out of the wood and I sawe that he sent out a mans voyce vnto the Egle and sayde 38 Heare thou I wyll talke with thee and the hyest shall say vnto thee 39 Is it not thou that hast the victorie of the foure beastes whom I made to raigne vpon earth and in my worlde
to come in to my lorde that she may be honoured before him that she may eate and drinke wine and be mery with him 13 Vnto whom Iudith aunswered Who am I that I shoulde say my lorde nay 14 Whatsoeuer is good and best before his eyes I shal do it and looke what is his pleasure that shall I thinke well done as long as I lyue 15 So she stoode vp and deckt her selfe with her apparell and went in stoode before him 16 And Holophernes heart was whole moued for he brent in desire towarde her 17 And Holophernes saide vnto her Drinke nowe and sit downe be mery for thou hast founde fauour before me 18 Then saide Iudith Syr I wyll drinke for my minde is meryer to day then euer it was in all my lyfe 16 And she toke and did eate and dranke before him the thinges that her mayden had prepared for her 20 And Holophernes was mery with her and dranke more wine then euer he did afore in his lyfe ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 7 Iudith prayeth for strength 10 She smyteth of Holophernes head 12 She returneth to Bethulia and reioyceth her people 1 NOw when it was late in the night his seruauntes made haste euery man to his lodging And Vagao shut the chamber doores went his way 2 For they were al ouerladen with wine 3 So was Iudith alone in the chamber 4 As for Holophernes he lay vpon the bed all drunken and of very drunckennesse fell asleepe 5 Then commaunded Iudith her mayden to stande without before the doore and to wayte 6 And Iudith stoode before the bed making her prayer with teares moued her lyppes secretly 7 And saide Strengthen me O Lorde God of Israel and haue respect vnto the workes of myne handes in this houre that thou mayest set vp thy citie of Hierusalem lyke as thou hast promysed And graunt that I may perfourme the thing which in hope that it may be done by thee I haue deuised 8 And when she had spokeÌ this she went to the piller that was at Holophernes beddes head and loosed his sword that hanged vpon it and drewe it out 9 And when she had taken it out of the scabberd she tooke holde of the heery lockes of his head and sayde Strengthen me O Lorde God in this houre 10 And with that she gaue him two strokes vpon the necke smote of his head Then tooke she the canapie away from the pillers and roulled the dead body asyde 11 Immediatly she gat her foorth and deliuered the head of Holophernes vnto her mayden and bad her put it in her wallet 12 And so these two went foorth together after their custome as though they would pray and so passed by the hoast and came about through the valley vnto the porte of the citie 13 And Iudith cryed a farre of vnto the watchmen vpon the walles Open the gates saide she for God is with vs which hath shewed his power in Israel 14 And when they heard her voyce they called the elders of the citie together 15 And they came all to meete her litle great young olde for they thought not that she should haue come so soone 16 So they lighted candels and gathered about her euery one but she went vp into an high place and caused scilence to be proclaymed 17 And when euery man now held his peace Iudith saide O prayse the Lord our God for he hath not despised nor forsaken them that put their trust in him 18 And in me his handmayden he hath perfourmed his mercy which he promised vnto the house of Israel Yea in my hand this same night hath he slaine the enemie of his people 19 And with that she tooke foorth the head of Holophernes out of the wallet and shewed it them saying Behold the head of Holophernes the captayne of the armie of the Assyrians and this is his canapie wherin he lay in his drunkennes where the Lord our God hath slaine him by the hande of a woman 20 But as the Lorde liueth his angell hath kept me going thither remayning there and comming hither againe from thence And the Lorde hath not suffred me his handmayden to be defiled but without any defiling of sinne hath he brought me againe vnto you and that with great victorie so that I am escaped and ye deliuered 21 O geue thankes vnto him euery one for he is gratious and his mercy endureth for euer 22 So they praysed the Lorde altogether and gaue thankes vnto him and to her they saide The Lorde hath blessed thee in his power for through thee he hath brought our enemies to naught 23 And Osias the chiefe ruler of the people of Israel saide vnto her Blessed art thou of the Lorde the high God aboue all women vpon earth 24 Blessed be the Lorde the maker of heauen and earth which hath guided thee aright to wounde and to smyte of the head of the captayne of our enemies 25 For this day he hath made thy name so honorable that thy prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of men which shal alway remember the power of the Lord seeing thou hast not spared thyne owne selfe but put thee in ieopardie considering the anguishe and trouble of thy people and so hast helped their fall before God our Lorde 26 And all the people said Amen Amen 27 Achior also was called and he came Then said Iudith vnto him The God of Israel vnto whom thou gauest witnesse that he would be auenged of his enemies euen he hath this night through my hande smitten of the head of all the vnfaithfull 28 And that thou mayst see that it so is behold this is the head of Holophernes which in his presumptuous pride despised the God of the people of Israel and threatened thee with destruction saying When the people of Israel is taken I shall cause thee also to be stickt with the sword 29 When Achior saw Holophernes head he fell downe vpon his face to the grounde for very anguishe and feare so that he sowned withall 30 But after that he was come againe to him selfe he fell downe before her and praysed her saying 31 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 thee The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Iudith causeth to hang vp the head of Holophernes 6 Achior ioyneth him selfe to the people of God 7 The Israelites go out against the Assyrians 1 IVdith saide vnto al the people Brethren heare me Sticke vp this head vpon our walles 2 And when the sunne aryseth take euery man his weapon and fall out violently not as though ye would go beside them but to runne vpon them with violence 3 When the spies see this they shall of necessitie be compelled to flee backward and to rayse vp their captayne to the battaile 4 So when their captaynes come into Holophernes pauilion and finde the dead body
wrapped in the blood feare fulnesse shall fall vpon them 5 And when ye perceaue that they flee folowe them without all care for God shall delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed 6 Then Achior seing the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his heathenishe beliefe and put his trust in God and let him selfe be circumcized and so was he numbred among the people of Israel he and all his posteritie vnto this day 7 Now assoone as it was day they stickt vp Holophernes head vpon the walles and euery man tooke his weapon and so they went out with an horrible crye 8 When the spies saw that they ranne vnto Holophernes tent 9 And they that were within the tent came before his chamber and made a great russhing by art that Holophernes might awake not by stirring him vp but by their noyse 10 For there durst not one of the Assyrians knocke go in or open 11 But when the captaynes and princes and all the chiefe in the king of the Assyrians hoast came together they said vnto the chamberlaynes 12 Go your way in and wake him vp for the myce are crept out of their holes and dare prouoke vs vnto battayle 13 Then went Vagao into his chamber stoode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had ben sleeping with Iudith 14 But when he hearkened perfectly with his eares and coulde perceaue no stirring he went nyer to the bed and lift it vp and when he sawe the dead body of Holophernes lying there without a head weltred in his blood vpon the earth he cryed with a loude voyce and with weeping rent his clothes 15 And went into Iudiths tent and founde her not 16 And so he lept out vnto the people and saide One woman of the Iewes hath brought al Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holophernes lyeth vpon the grounde and hath no head 17 When the chiefe of the Assyrians hoast heard that they rent their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblyng vpon them so that their mindes were sore afrayd 18 And there was an exceeding great crye in the whole hoast ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 The Assyrians are afrayd and flee 6 The Israelites pursue them 9 Ioachim the hie priest commeth to Bethulia to see Iudith and to prayse God for her 1 NOw when al the hoast heard that Holophernes was beheaded their minde counsell fel from them and being amased with feare onely and trembling they saued them selues by fleeing away 2 One spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behinde theÌ and made haste to escape from the Hebrues for they heard that they were hasting to come after with their weapons and so they fled by the wayes of the fieldes and through all the foote pathes of the dales 3 And when the children of Israel saw that they fled they folowed vpon them and went downe with trumpettes blowyng and making a great crye after them 4 As for the Assyrians they had no order and kept not them selues together but fled their way Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and order and discomfited as many as they might get 5 And Osias sent messengers vnto all the cities and countries of Israel 6 So all the regions and euery citie sent out their best men after them in harnesse and smote them with the sworde till they came to the vttermost parte of their borders 7 And the other that were in Bethulia came into the tentes of the Assyrians and tooke all that they which were fled had left behinde them so they founde great good 8 And they that came againe to Bethulia from the battaile tooke with them such thinges as had ben theirs there was no number of the cattaile and of all costly iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hiest they were all made rich of the spoyles of them 9 And Ioachim the hie priest came from Hierusalem to Bethulia with al the elders that they might see Iudith 10 Now when she came out vnto them they began all to prayse her with one voyce saying Thou worship of the citie of Hierusalem thou ioy of Israel thou honour of our people 11 Because thou hast done manly and thy heart is comforted for that thou hast loued clenlinesse and chastitie and hast knowen no man but thyne owne husband therefore hath the hand of the Lorde comforted thee and blessed shalt thou be for euer 12 And all the people saide So be it So be it 13 In thirtie dayes coulde the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assyrians 14 But all that belonged vnto Holophernes and had ben his specially whether it were of golde of siluer precious stone clothing and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith and it was deliuered vnto her of the people 15 And all the people reioyced both women maydens and young people with pipes and harpes ¶ The .xvi. Chapter 1 Iudith prayseth God with a song 23 She offereth to the Lorde Holophernes stuffe 26 Her continencie life and death 29 All Israel lamenteth her 1 THen sang Iudith this song vnto the Lorde saying 2 Beginne vnto the Lorde vpon the tabrettes sing vnto the Lorde vpon the cymbales O sing vnto him a newe song of thankes geuing be ioyfull and call vppon his name 3 It is the Lord that destroyeth warres euen the Lorde is his name 4 Which hath pitched his tentes in the middest of his people that he might deliuer vs from the hand of al our enemies 5 Assur came out of the mountaines of the north in the multitude of his strength his people stopped the water brookes and their horses couered the valleyes 6 He purposed to haue brent vp my land and to slay my young men with the sword 7 He woulde haue caried away my children and virgins into captiuitie but the almightie Lorde hindred him and deliuered him into the handes of a woman which brought him to confusion 8 For their mightie was not destroyed of the young men it it was not the sonnes of Titan that slue him neither haue the great giauntes set them selues against him but Iudith the daughter of Merari with her faire beautie hath discomfited him and brought him to naught 9 For she layed away her wydowes garment and put on the apparell of gladnesse to the reioycing of the children of Israel 10 She annoynted her face with oyntment bounde vp her heere in a coyffe and tooke a newe stole to beguile him 11 Her slippers rauished his eyes her beautie captiuated his minde with the sword smote she of his necke 12 The Persians were astonied at her stedfastnesse the Medes at her boldenesse 13 Then howled the armies of the Assyrians when my simples appeared drye of thirst 14 The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them through and slaine them as fugitiue children they perished in the battaile
and he shall not knowe from whence 28 The proude blaspheme and are scorneful but vengeaunce lurketh for them as a lion 29 They that reioyce at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare anguishe of heart shall consume them before they dye 30 Anger and rigorousnesse are two abhominable thinges and the vngodly hath them both vpon hym The .xxviii. Chapter 1 We ought not to desire vengeaunce but to forgeue the offence 13 Of the vices of the tongue and of the daungers therof 1 HE that seketh vengeaunce shal find vengeaunce of the Lorde which shal surely kepe hym his sinnes 2 Forgeue thy neyghbour the hurt that he hath done thee and so shal thy sinnes be forgeuen thee also when thou prayest 3 A man that beareth hatred against another how dare he desire forgeuenesse of God 4 He that sheweth no mercie to a man which is like him selfe how dare he aske forgeuenesse of his sinnes 5 If he that is but fleshe beareth hatred and kepeth it who will intreate for his sinnes 6 Remember the ende and let enmitie passe whiche seketh death and destruction and abyde thou in the commaundementes 7 Remember the commaundementes so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer thy neyghbour Thinke vpon the couenaunt of the hyghest and forgeue thy neyghbours ignoraunce 8 Beware of stryfe and thou shalt make thy sinnes fewer 9 For an angry man kindleth variaunce and the vngodly disquieteth friendes and putteth discorde among them that be at peace 10 The more wood there is the more vehement is the fire and the mightier that men be the greater is the wrath according to his riches his anger increaseth and the longer the stryfe endureth the more it burneth 11 And hastie brawling kindleth a fyre and an hastie stryfe sheddeth blood A tongue also that beareth false witnesse bringeth death 12 If thou blow the sparke it shall burne yf thou spyt vpon it it shall go foorth and both these come out of the mouth 13 The sclaunderer and doubble tongued is cursed for many one that be friendes setteth he at variaunce 14 The thirde tongue hath disquieted many one and dryuen them from one lande to another Strong cities of the riche hath it broken downe and ouerthrowen the houses of great men The strength of the people hath it brought downe and ben the decay of mightie nations 15 The thirde tongue hath cast out many an honest woman and robbed them of their labours 16 Who so hearkeneth vnto such shal neuer finde rest and neuer dwell safely 17 The stroke of the rod maketh printes in the skinne but the stroke of the tongue smyteth the bones in sunder 18 There be many that haue perished with the sworde but many mo thorow the tongue 19 Well is him that is kept from an euyll tongue and commeth not in the anger thereof which draweth not the yoke of such and is not bounde in the bandes of it 20 For the yoke therof is of yron and the bande of it of steele 21 The death therof is a very euyl death hell were better for one then such a tongue 22 But the fire of it may not oppresse them that feare God and the flambe thereof may not burne them 23 Such as forsake the Lorde shall fall therin and it shall burne them and no man shall be able to quenche it It shall fall vpon them as a lion and deuour them as a leoparde 24 Thou hedgest thy goodes with thornes why doest thou not rather make doores and barres for thy mouth 25 Thou wayest thy gold and siluer why doest thou not waye thy wordes also vpon thy balaunce and make a doore and a barre and a sure brydell for thy mouth 26 Beware that thou slide not thy tongue and so fal before thyne enemies that lay wayte for thee and thy fal be incurable euen vnto death The .xxix. Chapter 1 Howe we ought to lende our money and do almes 15 Of a faythfull man aunswering for his friende 22 Of liberalitie and hospitalitie 1 WHo so will shewe mercie let hym lende vnto his neyghbour and he that is able let him kepe the commaundementes 2 Lend vnto thy neyghbour in time of his neede and paye thou thy neyghbour againe in due season 3 Kepe thy worde and deale faythfully with him and thou shalt alway finde the thing that is necessarie for thee 4 There haue ben many that when a thing was lent them reckened it to be founde and made them trauayle and labour that had helped them 5 Whyle they receaue any thing they kisse the handes of such as geue them and for their neyghbours good they humble their voyce but when they should paye againe they kepe it backe and geue euyl wordes and make many excuses by reason of the time 6 And though he be able yet geueth he scarse the halfe againe and reckeneth the other to be founde And if he withholde not his money yet hath he an enemie of him and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursing and rebuke and geueth him euyll wordes for his good deede 7 There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euyl but they feare to lose the thing that they lende 8 Yet haue thou patience with the simple and withholde not mercie from him 9 Helpe the poore for the commaundementes sake and let hym not go emptie from thee because of his necessitie 10 Lose thy money for thy brother and neyghbours sake and burie it not vnder a stone where it rusteth and corrupteth 11 Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of the hyghest and so shal it bring thee more profite then golde 12 Lay vp thyne almes in the hande of the poore and it shall kepe thee from all euyll 13 A mans almes is as a purse with him shal kepe a mans fauour as the apple of an eye and afterwarde shall it arise and paye euery man his rewarde vpon his head 14 It shall fight for thee against thyne enemies better then the shielde of a gyaunt or speare of the mightie 15 A good honest man is a suertie for his neyghbour but a wicked person letteth him come to shame 16 Forget not the friendship of thy suertie for he hath geuen his soule for thee 17 The vngodly despiseth the good deede of his suertie 18 The wicked will not become suertie and the vnthankeful and ignoraunt leaueth his suertie in daunger 19 Some man promiseth for his neyghbour when he hath lost his honestie he shall forsake him 20 Suertishippe hath destroyed many a riche man and remoued them as the waues in the sea Mightie people hath it dryuen away and caused them to wander in straunge countreys 21 An vngodly man transgressing the commaundement of the Lorde shall fal into an euyll suertiship and though he force him selfe to get out yet shall he fall into iudgement 22 Helpe thy neyghbour out after thy power and beware that thou thy selfe fall
Nicanor goeth about to come vpon Iudas on the Sabbath day 5 The blasphemie of Nicanor 14 Machabeus expounding vnto the Iewes the vision boldeneth their heartes 21 The prayer of Machabeus 30 After the hoast of Nicanor is once ouercome Machabeus commaundeth his head his handes to be cut of and his tongue to be geuen vnto foules 1 NOwe when Nicanor knew that Iudas and his company were in the countrey of Samaria he thought with al his power to strike a fielde with him vpon a Sabbath day 2 Neuerthelesse the Iewes that were compelled to go with him saide O do not so cruelly and vnkindly but halowe the Sabbath day and worshippe him that seeth all thinges 3 For all this yet saide the vngratious person Is there a mightie one in heauen that commaunded the Sabbath day to be kept 4 And when they saide yea the lyuing God the mightie Lord in heauen commaunded the seuenth day to be kept 5 He saide And I am mightie vpon earth to commaunde them for to arme them selues to perfourme the kinges busynesse Notwithstanding he might not haue his purpose 6 Nicanor had deuised with great pride to ouercome Iudas and to bring away the victory 7 But Machabeus had euer a fast confidence and a perfect hope in God that he would helpe him 8 And exhorted his people not to be afrayde at the comming of the heathen but alway to remember the helpe that had ben shewed vnto them from heauen yea and to be sure now also that almightie God would geue them the victorie 9 He spake vnto them out of the lawe and prophetes putting them in remembraunce of the battailes that they had striken afore and made them to be of good courage 10 So when their heartes were pluckt vp he shewed them also the deceitefulnesse of the heathen and how they woulde kepe no couenaunt nor oth 11 Thus he weaponed them not with the armour of shielde and speare but with wholsome wordes and exhortations he shewed them a dreame also wherethrough he made them all glad 12 Which was this He thought that he saw Onias which had ben hie priest a vertuous and louing man sad and of honest conuersation well spoken and one that had ben exercised in godlines from a childe holding vp his handes toward heauen and praying for his people 13 After this there appeared vnto him another man which was aged honorable and glorious 14 And Onias saide This is a louer of the brethren and of the people of Israel this is he that prayeth much for the people and for all the holy citie Ieremie the prophete of God 15 He thought also that Ieremie helde out his right hande and gaue vnto Iudas a sword of golde saying 16 Take this holy sworde a gift from God wherwith thou shalt smite downe the enemies of the people of Israel 17 And so they were well comforted through the wordes of Iudas whiche were very sweete and able to stirre vp their courage and toke courage vnto them so that the young men were determined in their mindes to fight and to abide stifly at it insomuch that in the thinges which they toke in hande their boldnesse shewed the same because the holy citie the sanctuary and the temple were in perill 18 For the which they toke more care then for their wyues children brethren and kinsfolkes 19 Againe they that were in the citie were most carefull for those which were to fight 20 Now when they were all in a hope that the iudgement of the matter was at hande and the enemies drue nye the hoast being set in aray the Elephantes and horsemen euery one standing in his place 21 Machabeus considering the coÌming of the multitude the ordinaunce of dâuers weapons the cruelnes of ãâã beastes helde vp his handes towâ heauen calling vpon the Lorde that doth wonders which geueth not the victory after the multitude of weapons and power of the hoaste but to them that please him according to his owne wyll 22 Therefore in his prayer he saide these wordes O Lorde thou that diddest send thyne angell in the time of Ezekiah king of Iuda and in the hoast of Sennacherib sluest an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand 23 Send now also thy good angel before vs O Lorde of heauens in the fearefulnesse and dreade of thy mightie arme 24 That they which come against thy holy people to blaspheme them may be afrayd And so he made an ende of his wordes 25 Then Nicanor they that were with him drue nye with trumpettes showtinges for ioy 26 But Iudas and his company with prayer and calling vpon God encountred with the enemies 27 With their handes they smote but with their heartes they prayed vnto the Lorde and slue no lesse then thirtie and fiue thousand men For through the present helpe of God they were gloriously comforted 28 Now when they left of and were turning againe with ioy they vnderstoode that Nicanor him selfe was slaine with the other for all his armour 29 Then they gaue a great shout and a crye praysing the almightie Lorde in their owne language 30 And Iudas which was euer redie to spend his body and lyfe for his citezins coÌmaunded to smite of Nicanors head with his arme and hande and to be brought to Hierusalem 31 When he came there he called all the people the priestes to the aulter with those that were in the castle 32 And shewed them Nicanors head and his wicked hande which he had presumptuously holden vp against the temple of God 33 He caused the tongue also of that vngodly Nicanor to be cut in litle peeces and to be cast to the foules and that cruel mans hande to be hanged vp before the temple 34 So euery man gaue thankes vnto the Lorde saying Blessed be he that hath kept his place vndefiled 35 As for Nicanors head he hanged it vp vpon the hie castle for an euident and playne token of the helpe of God 36 And so they agreed al together to kepe that day holy namely the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar 37 Which in the Syrians language is called the next day before Mardocheus day 38 Thus was Nicanor slaine and from that time foorth the Iewes had the citie in possession and here wyll I nowe make an ende 39 If I haue done well and as the storie required it is the thing that I desired but if I haue spoken sclenderly barely I haue done that I coulde 40 For as it is hurtfull to drinke wine alone and then againe water as wine tempred with water is pleasaunt deliteth the taste so the setting out of the matter delighteth the eare of them that reade the story And here shal be the ende ¶ The ende of the second booke of the Machabees J. N. ¶ The description of the holy lande conteyning the places mentioned in the foure Euangelistes with other places about the sea coastes wherein may be seene the wayes and iourneyes of
on the ryght hande and the other on his left 28 And the Scripture was fulfylled which sayth He was counted among the wycked 29 And they that went by rayled on him wagging their heades and saying A wretche thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three dayes 30 Saue thy selfe and come downe from the crosse 31 Lykewyse also mocked hym the hye priestes among them selues with the scribes and sayde He saued other men hym selfe he can not saue 32 Let Christe the kyng of Israel descende nowe from the crosse that we may see and beleue And they that were crucified with hym checked hym also 33 And when the sixth houre was come darknesse arose ouer all the earth vntill the nynth houre 34 And at the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce saying Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani which is yf one interprete it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me 35 And some of them that stoode by wheÌ they hearde that sayde Beholde he calleth for Elias 36 And one ran and fylled a spunge full of vineger and put it on a reede gaue hym to drynke saying let hym alone let vs see whether Elias wyll come and take hym downe 37 But Iesus cryed with a loude voyce and gaue vp the ghost 38 And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peeces from the toppe to the bottome 39 And when the Centurion which stoode before hym sawe that he so cryed and gaue vp the ghost he sayde Truely this man was the sonne of God 40 There were also women a good way of beholdyng hym among whom was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the litle and of Ioses and Salome 41 Which also when he was in Galilee had folowed hym and ministred vnto hym and many other women which came vp with hym vnto Hierusalem 42 And nowe when the euen was come because it was the day of preparyng that goeth before the Sabboth 43 Ioseph of the citie of Aramathia a noble councellour which also loked for the kyngdome of God came and went in boldely vnto Pilate and begged of hym the body of Iesu 44 And Pilate marueyled that he was alredy dead and called vnto hym the Centurion and asked of hym whether he had ben any whyle dead 45 And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion he gaue the body to Ioseph 46 And he bought a lynnen cloth toke hym downe and wrapped hym in the lynnen cloth layde him in a sepulchre that was heweÌ out of the rocke roulled a stone vnto the doore of y e sepulchre 47 And Marie Magdalene and Marie Ioses behelde where he was layde â ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ¶ 1 The women come to the sepulchre 5 an Angel telleth them that Christe is rysen 9 Christe appeareth to Marie Magdalene 12 to two goyng into the countrey 14 then to the eleuen 15 whom he commaundeth to preache the Gospell 19 Christe is receaued into heauen 20 The signes that folowe the preachyng of the Gospell 1 ANd wheÌ the Sabboth day was past Marie Magdalen and Marie the mother of Iames Salome bought sweete smellynge oyntmentes that they myght come and annoynt hym 2 And early in the mornyng the first day of the Sabbothes they came vnto the sepulchre when the sunne was rysen 3 And they sayde among them selues who shall roule vs away the stone from the doore of the sepulchre 4 And when they loked they sawe how that the stone was rouled awaye for it was a very great one 5 And they went into the sepulchre and sawe a young man syttyng on the ryght syde clothed in a long whyte garment and they were amased 6 And he sayth vnto them be not amased ye seke Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified He is risen he is not here beholde the place where they had put hym 7 But go your way tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see hym as he saide vnto you â 8 And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulchre for they trembled were amased neither sayde they any thing to any man for they were afraide 9 â When Iesus was rysen early the first day after the Sabboth he appeared firste to Marie Magdalene out of whom he had cast seuen deuils 10 And she went tolde them that were with hym as they mourned wept 11 And they when they hearde that he was alyue and had ben seene of her beleued it not 12 After that appeared he vnto two of them in another fourme as they walked and went into the countrey 13 And they went and tolde it vnto the residue and they beleued not these also 14 â Afterwarde he appeared vnto the eleuen as they sate at meate and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnes of heart because they beleued not them whiche had seene that he was rysen agayne from the dead 15 And he sayde vnto them Go ye into all the worlde and preache the Gospell to all creatures 16 He that beleueth and is baptized shal be saued But he that beleueth not shal be dampned 17 And these tokens shall folowe them that beleue In my name they shal cast out deuils they shall speake with newe tongues 18 They shall driue away serpentes and yf they drinke any deadly thyng it shall not hurte them They shall lay their handes on the sicke they shal recouer 19 So then when the Lorde had spoken vnto them he was receaued into heauen and sate hym downe on the ryght hande of God 20 And they went foorth and preached euerywhere the Lorde workyng with them and confirmyng the worde with signes folowyng Here endeth the Gospell by Saint Marke ¶ The Gospell by Saint Luke ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 The preface of Luke 5 Of Zacharias and Elizabeth 11 The Angel sheweth the natiuitie of Iohn Baptist 20 The incredulitie of Zacharie is punysshed 28 The Angel saluteth Marie and sheweth the natiuitie of Christe 40 Marie visiteth Elizabeth 46 The songue of Marie 57 The birth circumcision and graces of Iohn Baptist 68 The prophesie of Zacharie 80 The office of Iohn 1 FOrasmuche as manye haue taken in hande to set foorth in order y e declaration of those thynges whiche are moste surelye to be beleued among vs 2 Euen as they deliuered them vnto vs which from the begynnyng sawe them them selues with their eyes and were ministers of the worde 3 I determined also assoone as I had searched out diligently all thinges from the begynnyng that then I woulde write vnto thee moste excellent Theophilus 4 That thou myghtest knowe the certentie of those thinges wherof thou hast ben infourmed 5 THere was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie a certaine priest named Zacharias of the course of Abia his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron her name was Elizabeth 6 They were
hereafter 8 Peter sayth vnto hym Thou shalt neuer wasshe my feete Iesus aunswered hym If I wasshe thee not thou hast no part with me 9 Simon Peter sayth vnto him Lorde not my feete only but also the handes and the head 10 Iesus sayth to hym He that is wasshed nedeth not saue to washe his feete but is cleane euery whit And ye are cleane but not all 11 For he knewe who it was that should betray hym Therfore sayde he ye are not all cleane 12 So after he had wasshed their feete and receaued his clothes and was set downe agayne he sayde vnto them Wote ye what I haue done to you 13 Ye call me Maister and Lorde and ye say well for so am I. 14 If I then your Lorde and Maister haue wasshed your feete ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete 15 For I haue geuen you an ensample that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you â 16 Veryly veryly I say vnto you The seruaunt is not greater theÌ his maister neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym 17 Yf ye knowe these thynges happy are ye yf ye do them 18 I speake not of you all I knowe whom I haue chosen But that the scripture may be fulfylled He that eateth bread with me hath lyft vp his heele agaynst me 19 Nowe tell I you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue that I am he 20 Veryly veryly I say vnto you he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende receaueth me And he that receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me 21 When Iesus had thus sayde he was troubled in spirite and testified saide Veryly veryly I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me 22 Then the disciples loked one on another doubtyng of whom he spake 23 There was one of Iesus disciples leanyng on Iesus bosome euen he whom Iesus loued 24 To hym beckened Simon Peter therfore that he shoulde aske who it was of whom he spake 25 He then when he leaned on Iesus brest sayde vnto hym Lorde who is it 26 Iesus aunswered He it is to whom I geue a sop when I haue dipped it And he wet the sop and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne 27 And after the sop Satan entred into hym Then sayde Iesus vnto hym That thou doest do quickly 28 That wiste no man at the table for what intent he spake vnto hym 29 Some of theÌ thought because Iudas had the bagge that Iesus had sayde vnto hym bye those thynges that we haue neede of agaynst the feast or that he shoulde geue somethyng to y e poore 30 Assoone then as he had receaued the sop he went immediatly out and it was nyght 31 Therfore when he was gone out Iesus sayd Nowe is the sonne of man glorified And God is glorified in hym 32 Yf God be glorified in hym God shall also glorifie hym in hym selfe and shall strayghtway glorifie hym 33 â Litle children yet a litle whyle am I with you Ye shall seeke me and as I sayde vnto the Iewes whither I go thither can ye not come Also to you say I nowe 34 A newe commaundement geue I vnto you that ye loue together as I haue loued you that euen so ye loue one another 35 By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples yf ye haue loue one to another 36 Simon Peter saide vnto him Lorde whither goest thou Iesus aunswered hym Whither I go thou canst not folowe me nowe but thou shalt folowe me afterwardes â 37 Peter sayde vnto hym Lorde why can not I folowe thee nowe I wyll ieoparde my lyfe for thy sake 38 Iesus aunswered hym Wylt thou ieoparde thy lyfe for my sake Veryly veryly I saye vnto thee the Cocke shall not crowe tyll thou haue denyed me thryse ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ãâã armeth his disciples with consolation agaynst trouble Christes diuinitie 6 Christe the way the trueth and the lyfe 9 Christe and the father one 13 To aske of God in the name of Christe 26 He promiseth the spirite to comfort them of loue and keping Christes commaundement the spirite is our teacher 27 He promiseth his peace 1 ANd he sayde vnto his disciples Let not your hearte be troubled Ye beleue in god beleue also in me 2 In my fathers house are many dwellyng places If it were not so I woulde haue tolde you I go to prepare a place for you 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you I wyll come agayne and receaue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also 4 And whither I go ye knowe and the way ye knowe 5 Thomas sayth vnto hym Lorde we knowe not whither thou goest And howe is it possible for vs to knowe the waye 6 Iesus sayth vnto hym I am the way and the trueth and the lyfe No man coÌmeth vnto the father but by me 7 If ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And nowe ye knowe hym and haue seene hym 8 Philip sayth vnto hym Lorde shewe vs the father and it suffiseth vs. 9 Iesus sayth vnto hym Haue I ben so long tyme with you yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath seene me hath seene the father And howe sayest thou then shewe vs the father 10 Beleuest thou not that I am in the father the father in me The wordes that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the father that dwelleth in me is he that doth the workes 11 Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Or els beleue me for the workes sake 12 Veryly veryly I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I do the same shal he do also and greater workes then these shall he do because I go vnto the father 13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that wyll I do that the father may be glorified in the sonne 14 If ye shall aske any thing in my name I wyll do it â 15 â If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes 16 And I wyll pray the father and he shall geue you another comforter that he may byde with you for euer 17 Euen the spirite of trueth whom the worlde can not receaue because the worlde seeth hym not neither knoweth hym But ye knowe hym For he dwelleth with you and shal be in you 18 I wyll not leaue you comfortlesse but wyll come to you 19 Yet a litle whyle and the worlde shall see me no more but ye shall see me because I lyue and ye shall lyue also 20 That day shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me I in you 21 He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I wyll loue him and wyll shew myne owne selfe
in the Lorde 12 For as the woman is of the man euen so is the man by the woman but all of God 13 Iudge in your selues whether it be comely that a woman pray vnto God bare headed 14 Doth not nature it selfe teache you that it is a shame for a man yf he haue long heere 15 But yf a woman haue long heere it is a prayse for her For her heere is geuen her to couer her withall 16 If any man lust to striue we haue no such custome neither the Churches of God 17 This I warne you of and commende not that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse 18 For first of all when ye come together in the Churche I heare that there is dissention among you and I partly beleue it 19 For there must be sectes among you that they which are approued among you myght be knowen â 20 When ye come together therfore into one place you can not eate the Lordes supper 21 For euery one preuenteth other in eatyng his owne supper And one is hungry and another is drunken 22 Haue ye not houses to eate to drynke in Despise ye the Churche of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you shall I prayse you in this I prayse you not â 23 â That which I deliuered vnto you I receaued of the Lorde For the Lord Iesus the same nyght in the which he was betrayed toke bread 24 And when he had geuen thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my body which is brokeÌ for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me 25 After the same maner also he toke the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the newe testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drynke it in remembraunce of me 26 For as often as ye shal eate this bread and drynke this cup ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come 27 Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate this bread and drynke this cup of the Lorde vnworthyly shal be gyltie of the body and blood of the Lorde 28 But let a man examine hym selfe and so let hym eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe 29 For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthyly eateth and drynketh his owne dampnation because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body 30 For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many slepe 31 For yf we woulde iudge our selues we shoulde not be iudged 32 But when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lorde that we shoulde not be dampned with the worlde 33 Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for another 34 If any man hunger let hym eate at home that ye come not together vnto condempnation â Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The diuersitie of the giftes of the holy ghost ought to be vsed to the edifiyng of Christes Church 12 as the members of mans body serue to the vse one of another 1 COncernyng spirituall gyftes brethren I woulde not haue you ignoraunt â 2 Ye knowe y t ye were gentiles and caryed away vnto dumbe idols as ye were led 3 Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakyng by the spirite of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is y e Lord but by the holy ghost 4 There are diuersities of gyftes but the spirite is one 5 And there are differences of administrations but the Lorde is one 6 And there are diuers maners of operations but God is one which worketh all in all 7 The manifestation of the spirite is geuen to euery man to profite withall 8 For to one is geuen by the spirite the worde of wisdome to another the word of knowledge by the same spirite 9 To another is geuen fayth by the same spirite to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite 10 To another power to do miracles to another prophesie to another iudgement to discerne spirites to another diuers kyndes of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues 11 But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft as he wyll â 12 For as the body is one hath many members and all the members of one body though they be many yet are but one body euen so is Christe 13 For by one spirite are we all baptized into one body whether we be Iewes or gentiles whether we be bonde or free and haue all drunke of one spirite 14 For the body is not one member but many 15 If the foote woulde say because I am not the hande I am not of the body is it therfore not of the body 16 And yf the eare woulde say because I am not the eye I am not of the body is it therfore not of the body 17 If all the body were an eye where were then the hearyng If all were hearyng where were the smellyng 18 But nowe hath God set y e members euery one seuerally in the body as it hath pleased hym 19 For yf they were all one member where were the body 20 Nowe are there many members yet but one body 21 And the eye can not say vnto y e hande I haue no neede of thee Nor the head agayne to the feete I haue no neede of you 22 Yea rather a great deale those members of the body which seeme to be more feeble are necessary 23 And vpon those members of the body which we thynke least honest put we more honestie on And our vncomely partes haue more comelynesse on 24 For our comely members neede it not But God hath tempered the body together and hath geuen the more honour to that part which lacked 25 Lest there shoulde be any stryfe in the body but that the members shoulde haue the same care one for another 26 And yf one member suffer all suffer with it If one member be had in honour all the members reioyce with it 27 Ye are the body of Christe and members one of another 28 And God hath ordayned some in the Churche first Apostles secondarely prophetes thirdely teachers then them that do miracles after that the giftes of healyng helpers gouernours diuersitie of tongues 29 Are all Apostles are all prophetes are all teachers 30 Are all doers of miracles Haue all the giftes of healyng Do all speake with tongues Do all interprete 31 Couet after the best giftes And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 1 Because loue is the fountayne and rule of edifiyng the Churche he setteth foorth the nature office and prayse therof 1 THough I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels and haue not loue I am as soundyng brasse or as a tincklyng Cimball 2 And though I coulde prophesie and vnderstoode all secretes and all knowledge
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childreÌ by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertioÌ 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers froÌ the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 â Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite â ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
wormewood and many men dyed of the waters because they were made bitter 12 And the fourth angell blewe and the thirde part of the sunne was smytten and the thirde part of the moone and the thirde part of starres so that the thirde part of them was ãâ¦ã the day was smitten that ãâ¦ã of it shoulde not sâyne and lyke ãâã the nyght 13 And I behelde and hearde an angell fleyng through the myddes of heauen saying with a loude voyce wo wo wo to the inhabiters of the earth because of the voyces to come of the trumpe of the three angels which were yet to blowe The .ix. Chapter 1 The fift and sixt angell blowe their trumpettes the starre falleth from heauen â The locustes come out of the smoke 12 The first wo is past 14 The foure angels that were bounde are loosed 1â And the thirde part of men is kylled 1 AND the fift angell blewe and I sawe a starre fall from heauen vnto y e earth and to hym was geuen the key of the bottomlesse pit 2 And he opened the bottomlesse pit and the smoke of the pit arose as the smoke of a great fornace and the sunne and the ayre were darkened by the reason of the smoke of the pit 3 And there came out of the smoke locustes vpon the earth and vnto them was geuen power as the scorpions of the earth haue power 4 And it was commaunded them that they shoulde not hurt the grasse of the earth neither any greene thing neither any tree but only those men which haue not the seale of God in their forheades 5 And to them was commaunded that they should not kyll them but that they shoulde be vexed fiue monethes and their paine was as the payne that commeth of a scorpion when he hath stong a man 6 And in those dayes shall men seke death and shall not fynde it and shall desire to dye and death shall flee from them 7 And the similitude of the locustes was like vnto horses prepared vnto battayle and on their heades were as it were crownes lyke vnto golde and their faces were as it had ben the faces of men 8 And they had heere as the heere of women their teeth were as y e teeth of Lions 9 And they had habbergions as it were habbergions of iron and the sounde of their wynges was as y e sounde of charrettes when many horses runne together to batayle 10 And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions and there were stynges in their tayles and their power was to hurt men fiue monethes 11 And they had a king ouer them which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytte whose name in the Hebrue tongue is Abadon but in y e Greke tongue Apollyon that is to say a destroyer 12 One woe is past beholde two woes come yet after this 13 And the sixt angell blewe I hearde a voyce from the foure hornes of the golden aulter which is before God 14 Saying to the sixt angell whiche had the trumpe Loose the foure angels which are bounde in the great riuer Euphrates 15 And the foure angels were loosed whiche were prepared for an houre for a day for a moneth and for a yere for to slea the thirde part of men 16 And the number of horsemen of warre were twentie thousand times ten thousande I hearde the number of them 17 And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that sate on them hauing fierie habbergions of a iacinct colour and brymstone and the heades of the horses were as the heades of lions and out of their mouthes went foorth fire and smoke and brymstone 18 And of these three was the third part of men kylled that is to say of fire smoke and brymstone which proceaded out of the mouthes of them 19 For their power was in their mouthes in their tayles for their tayles were lyke vnto serpentes and had heades with them they dyd hurt 20 And the remnaunt of the men whiche were not killed by these plagues repented not of the deedes of their handes that they shoulde not worship deuyls and idoles of golde and syluer brasse and stone and of wood whiche neither can see neither heare neither go 21 Also they repented not of their murther of their sorcerie neither of their fornication neither of their theft ⧠The .x. Chapter â The Angel hath the booke open â he sweareth there shal be no more tyme he geueth the booke vnto Iohn which eateth it vp 1 AND I sawe another myghtie Angel come downe froÌ heaueÌ clothed with a cloude and y e raynebowe vpon his head and his face as it were the sunne and his feete as it were pillers of fyre 2 And he had in his hande a litle booke open and he put his ryght foote vpon the sea and his left foote on the earth 3 And cryed with a loude voyce as wheÌ a Lion roreth And when he had cryed seuen thunders vttered their voyces 4 And when the seuen thunders had vttered their voyces I was about to write and I hearde a voyce from heauen saying vnto me seale vp those thinges which the seuen thunders vttered and write them not 5 And the Angel which I sawe stande vpon the sea and vpon the earth lyft vp his hande to heauen 6 And sware by hym that lyueth for euermore which created heauen and the thynges that therin are the earth and the thinges that therin are and the sea and the thynges which therin are that there shoulde be no longer tyme. 7 But in the dayes of the voyce of the seuenth Angel when he shall begyn to blowe euen the misterie of God shal be finished as he declared to his seruauÌtes the prophetes 8 And the voyce which I hearde from heauen spake vnto me agayne sayde Go and take the litle booke which is open in the hande of the Angel which standeth vpon the sea and vpon y e earth 9 And I went vnto the Angel sayde vnto hym geue me the litle booke And he sayde vnto me take it and eate it vp and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shal be in thy mouth as sweete as hony 10 And I toke the litle booke out of the Angels hande and ate it vp and it was in my mouth as sweete as hony and assoone as I had eaten it my belly was bitter 11 And he sayde vnto me thou must prophesie agayne among the people and nations and tongues to many kinges ¶ The .xj. Chapter â The temple is measured â Two witnesses raysed vp by the Lorde are murthered by the beast ⪠11 but after receaued to glorie 15 Christe is exalted 1â and God is praysed by the .xxiiii. elders 1 ANd theÌ was geuen me a reede lyke vnto a rod and the angel stoode by saying Rise meate y e temple of God the aulter and them that worshippe therein 2 But the court which is without the temple cast out and meate it not
(c) Because it consisted in all godly and honest matters and for that it was confirmed of both parties by an oth in the name of the Lorde d That he were fully determined to kill thee (e) That â the Lord punishe me most greuously â Or Mencioned â Hebr. Of the way because it serued as a signe to shewe the way e Vsing me as his instrument to geue âee warning to wake away f Yet he might haue some busines to let him (g) He calleth him the sonne of Isai by contempt and disdayne (h Thou folowest the maner of thy mother whiche neuer ãâã me An Hebrue phrase in meaning he shall surely die (k) For this was the thyrd day as it was agreed vpon (l) By these wordes spokeÌ to the boy he admonisheth Dauid what he shall do (m) That is his bowe and his arowes (n) In weeping a Where the arke then was to aske ãâã of the ãâã (a) Which was a citie in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. f. (b) That is in the middest of Iuda muche more when we come to the borders agaynst our enemies (c So that Saul was nowe destitute of the vse of priesthod and the Ephod ⪠God by his prouidence transferring both to Dauid (d) To consult with the lorde by Vrim and Thuruim (e) To and fro as hauing no certayne place to go to (f) No power nor pollicy can preuayle against gods children but when he appoynteth the time (g) Wâled him to be of good corage and bold for God was on his side â Or Of the wildernesse b That is âe place where he âteth In your countrey of Ziph. (k) Which was also in the tribe of Iuda Iosu 15. (l) That is the stone of diuision because there they deuided them selues (a) A citie in the tribe of Iuda Iâ 15. â Hebr. Of the wilde goates â Hebr. To couer his feete â Hebr. in the sydes He consiâth Gods ânce ãâã whoer resiâ geteth to ãâã âelf conâtion ãâ¦ã â (n) As a man that had no reason to consider the daunger â Or reuenged (o) An Ebrue phrase whereby is meant folowed her ii Reg. iii. c. (p) Which was a place bordering on the countrey of the Moââtes â Or in Gibea â Or the wildernesse (a) That is of the most skilfull and valiant souldiers Or bolster (b) Meaning he wold make hym so sure at one stroke that he shulde not neede to stryke hym agayne â Heb. The sleepe of the Lorde was fallen vpon hym â Heb. aunswerest thou not (c) Valiaunt and one that the kyng doth trust â Reg. xx f. â Hebr. sonnes of death i. Reg. 24. d. (d) That is let the worke that thou hast in hande be accepted before y e Lorde (e) That haue stirred thee vp against me (f) By their deedes although not in plaine words (g) Because thou fauoredst my lyfe this day (a) That is let thyne officers appoynt me a place (b) Dauid which among his frendes could haue no sure abydyng by the prouidence of God ⪠among his enemies fyndeth proteâtion a ãâã to dwell (c) Which were a familie of the tribe of Iuda 1. Chron. 2. b. (d) Which were the famelie of Iethro Moyses father in law (a) According to Gods commaundement Exod. xxii â ⪠Or an excelâent person (b) To his imagination ãâã it was Sathan in deede (c) Saul disobeyed ⪠ând regarded not his doctrine while he was ãâã But now he would ãâã of him ãâã dâd ⪠ãâã to âds word (d That is to Dauid Or ministery (e) That is you shall be dead (f) And yet had no grace to repent and turne to the Lorde 1. Reg. xiii a. (g) That is I haue put my lyfe in daunger â By the fountaine â Or captaynes (a) According to their bands or ensignes (b) Would not Saul receaue him to fauour if he could betraye vs. (c) That is waste conuersaunte with me â Ebre thou art not good in the eyes of the princes (d) A phrase in meaning thou pleaseth me (e) With them that fled vnto thee from Saul ⪠(a) That is destroyed the citie (b) In their ãâã voyde of ãâã and due âeration i. Re. xxiii b (c) When there is no âce left for hope and in mans reason God hath in store meanes of deâuârauÌce for such as trust in him Pro. xx b. c. (d) Vpon an oth ⪠he is content to commit his lyfe to his handes such was the reuerence of an oth among the heathen (e) They ãâ¦ã perill nor consider nor the destruction that âeth ouer their head this is the maner of the âed (f) Which the Amalekites had taken of others and Dauid from them beside the goodes of Ziklag (g) He rewardeth them with giftes with whom he had ben succoured in the tyme of his persecution â Or slaine â Or hit him Iud. ix g. (a) Neare to Gilboa (b) That is the tribes of Ruben and Gad halfe the tribe of Manasse i. Para. x. c. (c) In token of victory and tryumph (d) Ascribing vnto their idolles that which was the worke of God vsing them as a scourge to punishe his people (e) Whom he had deliuered from their enemies Cha. xi c. Iere 34. a. (f) According to the cuâ of mourners (a) As one in âowe lamenting as he woulde seme the ouerthrow of the people of Israel (b) As I fâed in the chase â Or ⪠Captayns (c) He was ân Amalekite borne but renounced his countrey and ioyned with the Israelites Or Came vpon him 2. Reg 3. f. (d) By sheading of blood thou hast deserued that thy blood be shedde (e) That they might be able the defend them selues from their enemies â Or Iasher (f) Meaning Saul (g) Let their fertile fieldes be barren and bring foorth âte to offer to the Lorde (h) As riche garmentes and costeây iewelles (i) Eyther towardes their husbaÌds ⪠or their children (a) By the meanes of the high priest hauing on the Ephod as 1. Sa. 23. a. â Sam. 5. c. (b) Where God woulde haue him to beginne to raigne (c) In the time of his perâecution (d) According to his promise which is to recompence them that are mercifull (e) As Gods instrument charged to execute Gods wil by recompensing kindenesse and mercy â Heb. Be ye the children of strength (f) The name of a place beyond Iordane bordering on the inheritaunce of Gad froÌ the halfe of Manaâle Iâ 13. â (g) Whiche then were xi tribes (h) Let them trie howe they can handell their weapons in our sight (i) That is his aduersaries side â Or ⪠The fielde of strong men (k) For after the death of the young men that first tried their cunning both captaynes with their meÌ ioyned together in battel â Or Spoyle (l) Why dost thou prouoke me to kill thee (m) Where the seate of the gall and lyuer which be liuely partes â (n) Sall we not make an ende of murthering â Or Wilderneâ a For it endured two yeres which was
sense but by the worde and spirite of God Or of the children of men ãâ¦ã v. b. Or praised (a) He speaketh here accordyng to the iudgement of y e fleshe which can not well abyde persecution and trouble (b) The more perfect that y e worke is the more it is enuied of the wicked (c) For idlenesse destroyeth hym selfe (d) Mutuall societie is both comfortable necessarie for a mans lyfe â Or and wyll not receaue admonition Gen. xii b. 1. Reg. 16. c. (e) Men seke rather to plese and to come in to fauour with hym that shall succeede into the place of honour then with him that doth occupie the present estate (f) The people wyll not be long pleased with hym that occupieth the place of honour (g) We must direct our fayth prayer and workes by the worde of God and not by a blinde or wicked intent (a) Be not rashe in speakyng of the maiestie of God or in vowyng and praying to God Deu. xx ii e Baruc. vi c. (b) We ought to vowe those thynges the which tendeth to the glory of God which are in our power to perfourme (c) In promising that which thou ãâã not able to perfourme Or by inteârate eatyng drynkyng ⪠or by saying that you sinned not voluntarily but of necessitie makyng God the aucthour of sinne (d) Dreames are not to be credited but God is to be feared (e) Meanyng that God will redresse these thynges and therfore we must depende vpon hym (f) The decay of husbandry is the decay of the prince (g) A plague of the coueâous man Iob. i d. 1. ãâã vi b. (h) That is in vayne and without profite (i) Man by reason can comprehende nothyng better in this life then to vse the gyftes of God soberly and comfortably for to knowe farther is a speciall gyft of God reuealed by his spirite (a) The wicked couetous man by many kynde of offences wanteth y e honour of a christian mans buryal either by murtheryng hym selfe or by such other kynde of offence (b) That is to death meanyng that he is nothyng better then the vntimely fruite â Or for his mouth (c) That is that he knoweth howe to vse his riches well in the iudgement of the wyse (d) It is better to be content with that God hath geuen thââ to folowe ãâ¦ã wyll beâfied (f) That is with God who wyll teache hym that he is mortall Prou. xxii a Canti i. a. (a) Because that this corporall death is the entring in to life euerlasting (b) The house of mourning put vs in mind of death and so to examine and amende our liues (c) The heart of a sinner is sooner refourmed by an angrie countenaunce then by a smiling Prou. xvii a (d) Thornes in the fire crackleth for a whyle but they are soone gone out (e) Good dayes are not to be esteemed by prosperitie but by vertue and true religion as the dayes of Christe are better then the former dayes of Moyses (f) No man can make him see or go whoÌ God hath appointed to be borne blinde or ãâã (g) That no man can finde fault with Gods doinges (h) Meaning that the cruel tirauntes put the innocent to death spare the wicked (i) Folow not thy good intent in those thinges which be contrary to Gods commaundement or punishe not euery light fault with extremitie (k) Be not wyse in thyne owne conceipt (l) Depart quickly from that that is wicked (m) Take heede of these admonitions iii. Re. viii c. ii Par. vi g. Prou. xx d. i. Iohn i. d. Iob. xxviii c Prou. vii d. (n) A shrewde woman is escaped only by the grace of God Or my soule seeketh (o) Solomon hauing a thousande wiues founde not one that was perfectly good (p) And so are cause of their owne destruction (a) That is getteth to him fauour â Or strength (b) Withdraw not thy selfe lightly from the kynges obedience Iob. xi b. Leu. xviii a. (c) As commeth often tymes to tirauntes and wicked rulers d That is the vngodly hath ben praysed after their buriall (e) That is the holy men after their buriall grow out of memorie (f) Where âuâtice is delayed there sinne raigneth (g) Thâs he speaketh in the person of a carnall man By ãâã outwarde thing in this life no man knoweth whether he is loued or hated of God (b) Prosperitie and aduersitie commeth in this life as well to the godly as to the wicked (c) This prouerbe is the saying of the Epicures the whiche beleueth not the immortalitie of the soule (d) Repentaunce after this life is to late and vnprofitable (e) The wicked flatter them selues to be in Gods fauour whatsoeuer they do for that they do abounde in prosperitie Math. vi b. Prou. v. c. (f) There is no tyme of working or repentaunce after this life (g) Thus the wicked worldlinges are deceaued attributing to fortune the which is ordered by the secrete prouidence of god for that the rewarde according to mens doinges is not in this life but chiefly in the life to come (h) A prayse of wyse men â Or hearde Sâpi vi a. i. Reg xvii e ii Re. xxii c. (a) A wyse man doth thinges aptly and with good consideration but a foole doth contrary Or and beyng a foole hym self esteemeth all other men as âooles Rom. xii b. (b) Riche in wysdome and vertue â Or the earth Pro. xxvi d. Eccl. xxvii d (c) Arte helpeth nature (d) The foolishe wyll discusse high mâters and know not his owne duetie (e) A chylde in affection and maners and voyde of graue counselâ Psal ciiii b. (f) Treason can not be wrought so secretly but it wil be knowen (a) Be liberall to the poore though it seeme to be cast into the sea yet it shall profite thee at the last (b) Distribute thy almes to any that haue neede without respect of persons In what state man dyeth in that shal he be iudged at the latter day of iudgement (c) So behaue thy selfe in all worldly affayres that thou remember alwayes the counte that thou must make to God for the same at the day of iudgement (a) The handes (b) The thighes (c) The teeth (d) The eyes (e) The mouth (f) The châwes (g) At the crowing of the âocke (h) The eares (i) When he shal be afraide to climbe (k) Of stumbling (l) The white head (m) When he shal be able to beare no burden n His graue (o) Lamenting the dead (p) The marowe in the backe bone (q) The yelowe skinne that couereth the brayne (r) The two great vaynes (Å¿) The liuer (t) The head (u) The heart Eccle. i. a. Hebr. iiii c. (x) Auctoures of gatheringes he calleth wise men because they gather the sayinges of the wiser ⪠sort of men in their booke (a) The Churche desireth y e peace of Christe (b) Christes mercy to set foorth by preaching The maydens that is they that are pure in heart (d) Priuie chaumber that is his secretes