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A09151	The testaments of the [twelue] patriarches the sonnes [of] Iacob: translated out of the Greeke [into] Latine by Robert Grosthed, some[time] Byshop of Lyncolne, and out of his copye into French and Dutch by others: Now Englished by A. G. To the credit whereof an auncient Greeke copye written in parchment, is kept in the Vniversitie Library of Cambridge.; Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 19467; ESTC S113653	69,583	168

the land in Charets horsemen buryed him in y place which Iacob had appointed ¶ The Testament of Ruben made to his Children at his death concerning the thinges that he had in his minde by the suggestion of the spirite of foreknowledg ▪ Behold the pot the heare the bed doe note the strength the lust Of Ruben and vnconstant head who therefore was accurst THys is the copye of Rubens Testament concerninge all the thynges whiche hee gaue in charge to hys children before hee dyed in the hundred fiue and twenty yeare of his life Two yeares after the decease of Ioseph his children childrens children came to visite him in his sicknes and he sayd vnto them My children I dye and goe the way of my fathers And saying there his brethren Iuda Gad and Aser he sayd vnto them Lift me vp my brethren that I may tell you and my children the thinges that I haue hidden in my hart for I am henceforth drawing to my long home Thē stāding vp he kissed thē and weeping sayde Harken my brethren and you my childrē geue care to the word of your father Ruben mark what I giue in charge to you Behold I cōmaund you this day before y God of heauē that ye walke not in the ignoraunce of youthfulnesse and fornicatiō whereint● I ouershot my selfe and de●●●ed the bed of my father Iacob For I assure you that the Lord did therfore 〈◊〉 me with a sore plague in my flankes by the space of seuen monthes and ‡ I had perished if my father Iacob had not prayed to the Lorde for m●e because he was minded to haue slayne mee I was thirtye yeares old when I did this euill in the sight of the Lorde seuen monethes was I sick to y death and ‡ with a free hart did I seuen yeare penance before the Lord I dranke no wine nor stronge drinke no fleshe came within my mouth I tasted not any fine bred but I mourned for my sinne for it was great there shall none such be done in Israell And nowe my sonnes heare me that I may shewe you what I sawe concerninge the seuen spyrites of error in my repentaunce Belyall geueth seuen spirites agaynst a man whiche are the welspringes of youthfull workes and seuen spirites are géuen man in his creation whereby all hys works are done The first is the spirit of life wherewith is created hys béeing The second is the spirite of séeing wherwith cometh lusting The y spirite of hearing wherew t cometh learning The is y spirit of smelling wherw t cometh delight by drawing in of y ayre by breathing of it out agayn The is the spirit of speech wherwith knowledge is made The is y spirit of tascing wherof commeth y feedyng vpon thinges y are to be eaten drunke through them is ingendred strength because the substaunce of strength is in meate The seuenth is the spirit of séede and generation wherwith entreth sinne through y lust of pleasure For this cause it is the last of creation the first of youth because it is full of ignoraunce and ignoraunce leadeth the yonger sort as a blynd body into the ditch and as an Oxe to the stal Amōg all these is the eight spirit which is of sléep with whō is created the wasting away of nature and the image of death With these spirites are mingled the spirites of error Wherof the first is the spirite of Lechery who lyeth within in the nature and senses of man. The second spirit vnsatiablenesse lyeth in the belly The third spirite of strife lyeth in the lyuer and in choler The fourth spirite is of brauery and galantnesse that the partie may seeme co●ly by excesse The fistbe is the spirte of pride which moueth a man to minde ouer great thinges or to thinke well of himselfe The ●rth is the spirit of Lying or vayne gloriousnes in boasting a mans selfe and in desire to ●ile his talke concerning his owne kin●ed and acquaintaūce The seuenth is the spirit o● vnrighteousnes whiche stirreth vp the affections that a man should performe the lustfull pleasures of his harte For vnrighteousnes worketh with all the other spirits by taking guile vnto him Unto all these spirites is matched the vii● spirit which is the spirite of sléepe or sluggishnes in error and imagination and so the soules of young folkes perishe because their mindes are dar●kned from the truth and vnderstand not the law of the Lord neither obey the doctrine of their fathers as be●el to me in my youth But now my childrē loue the truth and that shall preserue you Harken to your father Ruben and let not your eyes runne gazing after women neither be ye alone with a woman that is maried neither seeke you about what women are a doing For if I had not sene Billa bathing of her selfe in a secret place I hadde not fallen into that great wickednes But my mind ran so vpon the naked woman that it suffered me not to sleepe till I had committed abhomination For while my father Iacob was away at his Father Isaackes I in Gader hard by Ephrata a house of Bethleem Billa fell drunken as shee lay a sleepe vncouered in her chamber I went in and seeyng her nakednes wrought wickednesse with her and leauing her a sléepe went my way By and by an Angell of God bes●rayed my wickednes to my Father Iacob who comming home mourned for me touched not ▪ Billa any more Therefore looke not vppon the be●u●tye of women neyther muse you vpon theyr de●nges but walke ye with a single harte in the feare of the Lorde busi●nge your selues about some worke and keeping your selues occupyed either in 〈◊〉 ▪ or aboute your flockes till God geue you such wiues as he lifteth leaste 〈◊〉 suffer as I haue bone I durst not looke my father in the face to hys dying day nor speake to any of my brethren for shaine My conscience byteth me● euē yet still for my sinne But my father comforted me and prayed for me to the Lorde that his wrath myght passe away from me as the Lorde himselfe shewed vnto me Therefore from that time forth I was kept from sinning any more And you my children likewise keepe ye all that I shall tell you and you shal not sinne For fornication is y destruction of the soule separating it from God 4 making i● to draw vnto Idols because it leadeth the minde and vnderstanding into error and bringth men to their gra●e before their time For whor●●om hath vndone many men And although a man be auncient or noble yet doth it sha●e him make hym a laughingstock both before Belial the sonnes of mē But Ioseph because he kept himselfe from all

and Leuy caughte holde of the Sunne and Iudas iumpyng vp caught holde of the Moone and were bothe of them lifted vp with thē And whē as Leuy became as the Sunne a certain yong man deliuered hym twelue Boughes of Palme tree and Iuda shined as the Moone twelue beames or raies were vnder his feete And Leuy and Iuda runnyng together vphelde one an other And beholde there was a Bull vpō yearth that had greate hornes and Eagles vinges vppon his backe and we would haue caught hym but wee could not for Ioseph steppyng before vs caught hym and moūted alofte vppon hym And beholde there appeared-vnto vs an holie writyng saiyng the Assirians Medes Elamites Gelathites Caldes and Sirians shall holde the Scepter of Israell in thraldome And again a seuen monethes after I sawe our Father Iacob standyng in the sea of I amma and vs his sonnes with hym And beholde there came a ship sailyng by full of dried fleshe without Marriner or Pilote Upō the ship was written Iacob and our father saied to vs let vs goe into our ship when wee were within it there rose a sore tempest and a mightie gale of winde and our Father who helde the sterne flewe awaie from vs and wee beyng tossed with the storme were caried into the Sea and our ship was filled with Water and weather beaten torne on all sides Then Ioseph fled out in the boate and we all were deuided vpō twelue bordes and Leuy and Iuda were amōg vs so were we scattered on all costes and Leuy being clad in sackclothe praied to the Lorde for vs all As sone as the tempest was laied the Shippe came quietly to lande and behold our Father Iacob came and wee reioyced all together with one minde I told my Father these twoo dreames he saied to me these thynges muste bee fulfilled in their tyme and Israell muste endure many thynges Then said he further to me I beleue that Ioseph is aliue For I see that the Lorde doeth alwaies number hym with vs. And he saied thou liuest my sonne Ioseph but yet I se thee not neither seest thou Iacob that begat thee truly he made vs to wepe at these woordes of his and my bowelles glowed within me to bewraye to hym that Ioseph was solde but I was afraied of my brothers Beholde my Sonnes I haue shewed you the last times and all the thynges that shall be doen in Israell You therefore commaunde your children to be helpfull vnto Leuy and Iuda For by Iuda shall health and welfare spryng vp vnto Israell and in hym shall Iacob bee blessed For by his Sccpter shall God appeare and dwell among men vpon yearth to saue the stacke of Israel and to gather the righteous from among the Heathen My children if you doe well bothe menne and Angelles shall blesse you and GOD shall bee glorified by you among the Gentiles the Deuell shall slee from you th● beastes shall stande in awe of you and the Angelles shall receiue you For like as if a man bryng vp his childe well the childe endeuoureth alwaies to bee mindfull and thankfull So of good workes there is a good remembraunce with GOD. But as for hym that doeth not good hym shall mē and Angels curse and God shall be dishonored through hym among the Gentiles and the Deuell shall possesse hym as a peculiar vessell and instrument and all beastes shall ouermaster hym and the Lorde shall hate hym For the Commaundementes of the lawe are of twoo sortes and are fulfilled in woorke For there is a tyme for a man to companie with his wife and a tyme to forbeare her that he maye geue hymself to praier There are twoo Commaundementes whiche breede synne excepte they be doen in their due order And so is it in the rest of the commaundementes Therefore bee ye wise and skilfull in the Lorde knowyng the order of his commaundementes and the lawes of all thinges that God maie loue ye Hauyng commaunded them many other suche thinges he praied them to conueigh his bones to Hebron and to burie hym by his fathers And so eatyng and drinkyng with a mery harte he couered his face and died And Neptalims Children did all thynges accordyng as their Father had commaunded them Finis ¶ The Testamente of Gad made to his Children at his death concernyng hatred You that excell in marciall feates Loe Gad but God obeye Least in Gads wrathe you God offende And lose your hoped praie THe copie of Gads Testament and of y thynges that he spake to his Children in the C.vii. yere of his life saiyng I was Iacobs seuenth sonne and skilfull strōg in kepyng of sheepe I kept the flockes by night and when there came any Lion Libard Wolue Beare or other wilde beaste vpon our cattell I ran to it and killed it Ioseph also did feede shepe with vs about a thirtie daies who being tender fel sicke by reason of ouermuche heate and wente home to Hebron to his Father● whom he lodged by hym self because he loued hym And Ioseph told our father that y sonnes of Billa wasted his goods at Zelpha and made hauock of them without the knowledge of Iuda and Ruben For he kuewe that I had rescued a lābe out of a Beares mouthe and killed the Beare and that because the Lambe could not liue whiche thyng greeued me we killed it also eate it He told our father of it our brothers were greatly discontēted with his doyng euen to the daie that he was solde into Egipte and the spirite of hatred was in me in so muche that I could not finde in my harte to heare Ioseph speake or to se him because he had rebuked vs openly for eating the la●●ibe without Iuda To beshore he made our Father beleue whatsoeuer he tolde hym But nowe I acknowledge my synne my Children that I was often in minde to haue killed hym for I hated him from my hart and I was vtterly without cōpassion towardes hym and the cause of this my great hatred towardes hym was his dreames Therefore I would haue deuoured him as an oxe eateth vp grasse frō the yearth And for that cause I and Iuda sold hym to the I smalites for 30. gildrēs of the whith we kept awaisx priuely and showed the other x● to our brethren And so coueteonsnesse perswaded me to wishe his death But the God of our fathers deliuered hym out of my handes to the entent I should not do suche wickednesse in Israell And now my Children geue eare to the wordes of truthe that ye maie liue righteously kepe the law of the highest and not goe astraie through the spirite of hatred for what is euill in at a mannes doynges Whatsoeuer an other man doeth that doth the hater mislike and abhorre If one kepe● the lawe of the lorde he praiseth it not if one feare the lorde and deale rightcouslie hym he loueth not but dispraiseth the truthe

he enuieth hym that ordereth his waies aright he embraceth backbityng he loueth scornefulnesse and because y hatred hath blinded his mynde he doeth to his neighbor as he did to Ioseph therefore my children kepe your selues frō hatred bicause it committeth wickednesse euen against the lorde for it will not heare the wordes of Gods commaundement concerning the louyng of a mans neighbour but synneth spitfully againste god If a brother offende by by it blaseth hym abroad and is hastie to haue him condemned and killed or punished for his offence And if the offender be a seruaunt or a bondman it accuseth hym to his maister and deuiseth all meanes that maie be to persecute hym and to put hym to death if it be possible for hatred woorketh with spitfulnesse and is alwaies forie to heare or see men goe forward or prosper in well doyng For like as loue beareth good wil euen to the deade and wisheth them aliue and would if it were ●ossible staye them from death whiche are condemned to die So hatred seeketh to flea the liuyng and demeth thē vnworthie of life whiche haue offended neuer so lightly ▪ For the spirite of hatred doeth through cankred frowardnes of harte worke iointly with Sathan in all thynges euen to the death and destruction of men But the spirite of loue doth through long sufferance worke with Gods lawe to the welfare of men Hatred is euil because it abideth with liyng speakyng continually against the truthe makyng a great adoe of small matters ouershadowing the light with darknes comptyng swete to be sower teachyng slaunderousnesse warre wrong and aboundance of all mischief and finally filling the harte with deuelishe poison My children I ▪ speake these thynges vpon experience to the entent ye should eschew hatred and sticke to godly loue Righteousnes driueth out hatred and lowlinesse killeth it for a righteous and a lowly persons is ashamed to doe 1. wronge not for feare of rebuke but for conscience sake because God feeth his entent He backbiteth no man because the feare of the highest ouercommeth hatred ▪ for the feare of the lorde offēdeth not neither will do any man wrōg no not euen in thought At length I came to the knowledge of these thynges when I had repented me of my dealinges towardes Ioseph For the true repentaunce that is accordyng to Gods will mortif●eth a man to obedience chaseth awaie darknesse enlighteneth the eyes geueth knowledge to the minde and leadeth the soule to saluation And whatsoeuer men knowe not of themselues that doeth repentance teache thē For it brought vppon me the paine of the hart and if my father Iacobs praiers had not been surely I had died out of hande For looke wherein a man synneth by the same is he punished For as muche therefore as my hart was mercilesse towardes Ioseph I suffered Gods rigorous iustice in my harte by the space of a .xi. monethes that the tyme of my punishemente might fall out euen with the tyme that I vrged the ●ellyng of Ioseph Now therefore my childrē eche of you loue his brothers and put awaie hatred frō your hartes louyng one an other in deede worde and thought of mynde For before my Fathers face I spake mildely of Ioseph but behinde his backe the spirite of hatred darckened my vnderstandyng and tempted my mynde to kill hym Wherefore loue ye one an other hartely and if any of you offende other ▪ tel him of it gently driuyng out the poison of hatred and fosteryng no deceipt in harte And if the offender confesse it and be sorie for it forgeue it hym if he deny it striue not with hym least he fal to swearyng and so synne double Lette no straunger heare you vtteryng one an others secretes in variaunce least he turne to be your ilwiller worke some greate mischief against you For he will talke gilefully with thee and vndermine thee to doe thee a shrewde tourne takyng his poison at thyne owne hande Therfore if he deny it and be ashamed of it and hold his peace whē he is rebuked drawe hym not out for in deniyng he repenteth him so as he will no more offende thee but honour thee and feare thee and be in quiet But if he be vnshamefaste and abide by his naughtinesse then refer the reuengement of it to God with all thy harte If an other man prosper more then you bee not agreeued at it but praye for hym that he maie haue perfecte prosperitie For peraduenture it maie be to your owne benefite And if he bee exalted more and more enuie hym not but remember that all fleshe shall dye● and praise God for it who geueth good and profitable thy ages to all men Seeke the Lordes iudgementes and so thy mynde shall let hym alone and be in quiet Now if a man be enriched by euill meanes as Csau my Fathers brother was enuie him not for in so doyng ye controll the Lorde who either taketh awaie his benefites from the wicked or leaueth them still to the repentant or els reserueth thē in the vnrepentant to their endlesse punishement For the poore●man hauyng sufficient of all thynges geueth thankes vnto the Lorde and is enriched of all men because men wishe him no harme Therefore my childrē away with hatred out of your harts and loue one an other with a right meanyng mynde Also will you your children to honor Leuy and Iuda for out of them shall the lorde make the Sauiour of Israel to come I knowe that in the ende your children shall depart from them and walke in all manner of mischief naughtinesse and corruption before the lorde And after a litle pausyng he said againe my sonnes heare me your father ▪ burie me by my fathers And so pluckyng vp his fete he slept in peace and after ●iue yeres they caried him thence and laied hym with his Fathers in Hebron ¶ The Testament of Aser made to his children at his death concernyng twoo faces of Vice and Ve●tue Twoo waies saieth Aser are preparde For men the one for ioye The laste for death the firste is beste But this breedeth sore annoye THe copie of Aser his Testamente and of the thynges that he spake to his childrē In the hundred and twentie yere of his life beyng still in healthe he saied vnto them Ye children of Aser harken to your Father and I will shewe you all thynges that are righte before the Lorde The Lorde hath geuen twoo waies to the sonnes of menne twoo myndes twoo doynges twoo places and twoo endes and therfore all twooes may bee one ▪ yea though they bee contraries as are the waies of good and euill Also there are twoo myndes in oure breastes ▪ whiche moue vs either to honestie or dishonestie Therefore if a manne bee ledde to goodnesse all his doinges are occupied about righteousnesse and if he dooe any thyng amisse by and

the ende of that good man and follow his mercifulnes with a good mind that you also may haue a crowne of glory vpon your heades A good man hath not a darcke eye for he is mercifull to all men yea though they bee sinners and haue deuised mischiefe agaynst hym and he that doth good ouercommeth euill by the defence of goodnesse and loueth the righteous as his owne Soule If another man bee honoured hee enuieth it not if a man be enriched it greeueth hym not If a man be strong or valiaunt he praiseth hym and beleuyng him also to be chaste he defendeth hym that hath the feare of god He worketh together with hym that ●oueth God and if a man forsake the almightie hee warneth hym to returne againe Whosoeuer hath the grace of the good spirite him doth he loue as his owne life He pitieth the poore succoureth the weake and praiseth and honoureth God. My children if ye haue a good minde euill men shall stande in awe of you and vnthriftes shall for very shame be conuerted to goodnesse So that couetous men shall not only depart from their nigardlines but also geue of their aboundaunce to the needy If ye be good doers both vncleane spirites shall flee from you and shrewd beastes shall shun for feare of you For where the regard of good works is in the minde there darkenesse flyeth away For if hee doe wrong to any holye man hee is sorye for it and if a holy man receiue wronge he pittieth the doer and putteth it vp with silence And if any man betray a righteous soule and the righteous pray for his betrayer the betrayer is not a little disgraced and the righteous becommeth muche more notable afterwarde as did my Brother Ioseph The guilefull spirite of Beliall hath no power ouer a good mans minde For the Angell of peace guideth his soule He looketh not affectionatly vppon corruptible thinges ne raketh together riches in the desire of voluptuousnesse Hee is not delighted with pleasures Hee greeueth not hys neighbour hee stuffeth not hymselfe with meate neither wandreth he in the pryde of hys eyes for the Lorde is his portion He taketh no glory for geuyng good coūsell hee passeth not how men dishonoure hym neither can he skill of anye guile vntrueth strife or slaunderousnes For the Lorde dwelleth in hym and inlighteneth hys mynde and hee reioyceth before all men in a good tyme A good mynde hath not twoo tongues one to blesse with and another to curse with one to slaunder with and another to honour with one of so●row and an other of ●oy one of quietnes an other of trouble one of di●●●mulation an other of truth one of pouerty an other of riches but it hath one onely disposition pure vncorrupt towards all It hath no doble sight nor doble hearyng For in all thinges that he doth speaketh or seeth he knoweth that the Lorde beholdeth his hart and therfore he clenseth hys mynde that hee may not bee ●ound faultie before God and man But all the workes of Beliall are double and vtterly voyde of simplicitie Wherefore my children shun the naughtinesse of Beliall for at the first he delighteth those that obey hym but in the ende he is a sworde and the Father of seuen mischiefes For when the mynde hath once cōceiued by Beliall it bringeth forthe firste enuy secondly desperatnesse thirdly sorrowe fourthly bondage fiftly needinesse sixty troublesomnesse and seuenthly desolation and for that cause was Cain tormented with seuen punishments by God for in seuen yeare together God brought euery yeare a new plague vppon Ca●● Twoo hundred yeares hee suffered and in the nine hundreth yeare the earth was made desolate with the floud for hys righteous brother Abels sake In seuen hundred yeares is Cain iudged and Lamech in seuentie tymes seuen for they that are like Cain in spitefulnes and hatred towardes their brethren shal be punished with the same punishment for euer as he was You therfore my Childrē eschew malice enuy hatred towardes your brethrē cleue to goodness louingnes He y hath a minde cleane in loue looketh not vpō a womā in way of lechery For he hath no desyling in his hart because y spirit of y Lord resteth in him For as the Sunne is not defiled by shyning vpon a puddle or dunghill but doth rather dry vp and driue away the stinch euen so a pure mind stryueth agaynst y vncleanesse of the earth and ouercōmeth it but is not defiled it selfe And I perceiue by the sayings of the righteous Enoch that there shal be euill deedes amōg you For ye shal defile your selues with the fornication of Sodonie and perishe all saue a few and multiply mord●nate lustes in women and the reigne of the Lord shall not be among you for he shal take it away sodenly Neuerthelesse the Lordes temples shal be made in our portion it shal be glorious among you For the Lord himselfe shal take the kingdome vpon him and the twelue tribes shal be gathered together there and all nations shall ▪ resort thether vntill the 〈◊〉 highest send his saluation in the visitation of his onely 〈◊〉 And he shal 〈◊〉 into the first temple and there the Lord shall suffer wrong and he despised and be 〈…〉 vp vpon a peece of timber And the veyle of the temple shall be rent 〈◊〉 and the spirit of the Lord shall come downe vpon the Gentiles poured out as fire And rising vp frō the grane he shall ascend from earth to 〈◊〉 He shall remēber how 〈…〉 hath bin vpon earth and ●ow glorious he is in heauen When Ioseph was in Egipt I longed to see his person and the form● of his coūtenaunce And through the prayers of my Father Iacob I sawe him awake in the daye of his full and perfecte shape Nowe therefore my Children knowe ye that I shall dye Wherefore deale euery of you truely and rightfully with his neighbour worke ye iustly faithfully and kéepe ye the lawe and commaundementes of the Lord for that do I teach you in stead of al inheritaūce And g●ue you the same to your Childrē for an euerlasting possession For so dyd Abraham Isaac and Iacob they gaue vs all these thinges for an inheritaunce saying kéepe the Lordes commaundementes til he reueale his sauing health to all nations Then shall ye see Enoch Noe Sem Abraham Isaac and Iacob rising at his right hande with ioyfulnesse Then shal we rise also euery of vs to his owne scepter worshipping the king of heauen which appeared on earth in the base shape of mā As many as beleue in him shall reioice with him at that time And all these shall rise agayne to glorye and the residue 〈…〉 And the Lord shall first of all iudge Israel for the vnrighteousnes 〈◊〉 agaynst him because they beleued