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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

by he repenteth him for in as muche as his minde is bent vnto righteousnesse he putteth awaie naughtinesse and out of hande amendeth his miss●deedes and correcteth the corruptnesse of his mynde But if his mynde encline to euill all his doynges tende to naughtines ▪ in somuche that he thrusteth awaye the good and taketh to hym the bad because he is vnder the dominion of Beliall and if he dooe any good thing he tourneth the same vnto euill For if he beginne to dooe any good he bringeth the ende of his dooynges to an euill worke because the treasure of his harte is infected with the venime of a deuellishe and mischeuous Spirite and therfore the euill ouermastereth the go●d in his mynde and bryngeth the ende of the thyng to naughtinesse Some man sheweth compassion vppon hym that serueth his tourne in naughtinesse that manne hath twoo faces and that deede of his is starke lewdenesse An other man loueth vngratiousnesse and he is leude likewise and althoughe he could finde in his harte to dye for the compassyng of his euill yet it is mani●este that he is double-faced and his doyng is altogether starke naught For his loue beyng but leudnesse dooeth as it were cloke his euill with a good name whereas the d●ist of his doynges tendeth to a wicked ende An other stealeth doeth open wrōg pilleth and polleth is coueteous pitieth not the poore He also hath a double face and all this is starke naughte for in b●yng nigardly towardes his neightbor he prouoketh gods wrathe and denieth the highest in not pitiyng the poore He despiseth and spiteth the Lorde whiche is the commaunder of the lawe he suffereth not the poore to rest he defileth his owne soule to make his bodie gaie he killeth many and pitieth few this is the part of a double faced persone Another committeth whoredome and fornication or vexeth many menne piteously with his power and riches and yet absteineth from meates His faste is naught for he doeth the commaundementes with an euil conscience and that is a double faced dealyng whiche is all together naughte Suche maner of folke are like swine and Hares for they seeme to bee halfe cleane but in very deede they be vtterly vnclean You therefore my childrē become not like them neither beare ye in one hoode twoo faces the one of goodnesse and the other of naughtinesse but sticke alonely vnto goodnes For in goodnes doeth God rest and men like well of it Shū naughtines and kill the deuell in your good workes for they y are double faced serue not god but their owne lustes because they seeke to please Belial and suche as are like thē selues Now although plaindealing men and suche as pretende but one face are taken for offenders at the handes of suche as beare twoo faces yet are they righteous before god For many in killyng wicked persones dooe twoo woorkes at once namely good by euill but in deede the whole worke is good because that he whiche hath rooted out the euill hath destroyed it Some man hatyng his neighbour mercifully blameth hym for his aduoutrie or thefte suche a one is double faced but yet is the whole woorke good because he followeth the Lordes example not respectyng what seemeth good when it is euill in deede An other wil not make merrie with riotters leaste he should bee stained by them and de●ile his owne soule This manne also is double faced but yet is al his doyng good and he is like a Ro● or a Stagge whiche in common wilde herde some to bee vncleane and yet are altogether cleane because he walked in the zeale of the Lorde shunnyng and hatyng those ▪ whom God willeth to bee shunned in his commaundementes and so killeth he euill with weldoyng Se therefore my Sonnes how there are twoo in all thynges one against the other and the one hidden vnder the other Death succedeth to ●fe shame to glorie night to daie and darkenesse to lighte All righteous thynges are vnder light and life therefore doeth eternall life ouermaister death It is not to be ●aied that truthe is vntruth righteousnesse vnrighteousnesse or right wrōg because that as al thinges are vnder God so all truthe is vnder light I haue practized all these thynges in my life and not straied from the truthe of the Lorde but sought out the commaundementes of the highest to the vttermost of my power and walked with one face in goodnesse Take heede therefore my Children to the Lordes Commaundementes and followe the truthe with one face in goodnesse Take heede therefore my Children to the Lordes Commaundementes and followe the truthe with one single face For they that are double faced shall be double punished The spirite of errour hateth the man that sighteth against it Keepe the lawe of the Lorde and regarde not euill that seemeth good but haue an eye to the thyng that is good in deede and keepe the same retournyng to the lorde in all his Commaundementes and restyng vpon hym for the endes where at menne doe ame dooe shewe their righteousnesse And knowe the Angelles of the Lorde from the Angelles of Sathan For if ye cleaue to wicked spirites your soules shall bee tormented of the wicked spirite whom ye serue in wicked lustes and woorkes But if ye quietly and cherefully acquainte your selues with the Aungell of peace he shall comforte you in your life tyme My Children become not like the Sodomites whiche knewe not the Aungell and perished for euer For I am sure that you shall synne and bee deliuered into the handes of youre enemies your ●ande shall bee laied waste and your selues shal be scattered into the fower corners of the yearth and bee despised as vnprofitable Water in youre dispersyng abroade vntill ●he highest dooe visite the yearth eatyng and drinkyng as a manne with menne and breakyng the Serpentes head in peeces without noice He shall saue Israel and all the Heathen by water ●eyng GOD hidden in manne Therefore tell your children these thynges that they neglecte not Gods Lawe written in the Tables of heauen For the tyme will come that thei shall geue no credite to the Lawe of the Lorde And you fallyng to naughtinesse shall deale wickedly against GOD geuing no heede to his Lawe but to mennes commaundementes For this cause shall ye bee scattered abroade as my brothers Gad and Dan whiche were not acquainted with their owne Countrey tribe and tongue Neuerthelesse the lorde shall gather you together again in * faith for the hope of his mercie for Abraham Isaac and Iacobs sake When he had so saied he commaunded them to burie hym in Hebron And he died slepyng a good slepe and afterward his sonnes doyng as he had willed them caried hym backe and buried hym with his fathers ¶ The Testamente of Ioseph made to his brethren children at his death concernyng chasti●●e and pacience Let Ioseph teache thee ▪ Lo●●e and Chas●itie So shalte thou haue A blessed long life Voyde of all

whose fruites come by painestakyng for our Father Iacob blessed me with the benefites of the yearth and the firstelynges of fruites Leuy and Iuda are glorified of the lorde among the children of Iacob For God hath planted hym self in them geuyng to the one the Priesthoode and to the other the kyngdome Therefore obey ye them and walke plainly as our Father Iacob did For vnto G●d it is geuen to destroye the temptations of Israell My Children I knowe that in the laste daies your children shall forsake plainnesse and cleaue to coueteousnesse let goe innocencie and followe lewdnesse Leaue Gods commaundementes and sticke vnto Beliall geue ouer Housbandrie and gadde after wicked deuices and therefore shall they be scattered among the Heathen and become bondeslaues to their enemies Wherefore warne your children of it that if they synne they maie retourne quickly to the Lorde for he is mercifull and will deliuer them and bryng thē home againe into their owne lande I am now an hundreth and twoo and twentie yeares olde and I knowe not any deadly lynne vppon me I haue not knowen any woman but my wife neither haue I committed whordome in the luste of m●neeyes I haue not dr●nke Wine vnto droukeunelie neither haue I coueted any pleasant thyng of my neighbours There hath been no guile in my hart n●ither hath there any liyng gon out of my lippes I haue been fori● with euery man that was in heau●nesse and giuen my bread to the poore I haue not ●aten my ineate alone nor remoued the boūdes and buttels of landes I haue been pitifull all the daies of my life and dea●te truely in all cases I haue loued the lorde with all my strength and all men as myne owne children My sonnes if you also doe ● the like all the spirites of Belial will flie from you and nothyng that mischieuous menne can doe against you shall haue power ouer you You shall bryng all wilde beastes in subiection to you because y● haue the Lorde of heauen with you if y● walke with menne in singlenesse of harte And he willed them to carie his bodie into Hebron and to burie hym there in the Caue with his Fathers Thus he stretched out his feete and died in a good age hauyng all his limmes strong and founde and s●epte the sleep of all the worlde ¶ The Testament of Zabulō made to his Children at his death concerning compassion and mercie The poore man at home Zabulon fed The straungers vnknowen also clothed When Ship did saile God did not faile But gaue his wit To gouerne it THe charge that Zabulon gaue to his children in the hundreth and fourteenth yere of his life twoo and thirtie yeares after the decease of Ioseph And he saied vnto them heare ye me ye Sonnes of Zabulon a good gifte to my Father and Mother For when I was begotten my Father was greatly encreased in Shepe and cattell by reason of the good lucke that he had through the straked roddes I wiste not my Children I wiste not that I synned in those daies For I considered not that I dealt wickedly through ignorance in Iosephes case and moreouer concealed it with my Brothers from our Father howbeeit that I wepte muche for it in secret for I was afraied of my Brothers because they had all conspired together to kill hym with the Sworde that should be●●aie that secrete Neuerthelesse when they would haue killed hym I besought them moste earnestly with teares that they would not dooe suche wickednesse For Symeon and God came vpō Ioseph to haue killed hym and Ioseph fallyng vpon his knees saied vnto them haue pitie vppon me my Brethren haue pitie vppon the bowelles of our Father Iacob Laye not your handes vppon me to shead innocente bloude for I haue not synned againste you If I haue doen amisse nurture me with chastisemente but laye not your handes vpon me for our Father Iacobs sake Upon his saiyng of these wordes I beyng moued with compassiō came and wepte and my harte melted within me and all the substaunce of my bowels were loosened vppon my soule Also Ioseph wepte and I with hym and my harte trembled and the ioyntes of my bodye quaked and I was not able to stande And when he sawe me weepyng with hym and them commyng towardes hym to kille hym he fledde behinde me and besoughte them to pitie hym Then Ruben stepping in saied My brethren lette vs not kille hym ●nt lette vs caste hym into the drye pitte that our fathers digged and founde no water in it For GOD suffred no water to spryng vp in it because it should bee a sauegarde for Ioseph And so God did til they sold him to the I smaelites Thus gaue I no consente to the synne againste Ioseph but Symeon G●d and the other of my Brothers takyng money for Ioseph bought Shoes with it for them selues their Wiues and their Children ▪ saiyng Lette vs not eate it because it is the price of our Brothers bloud but lette vs treade it vnder our feete because he saied he should raigne ouer v● and wee shall see what his d●eames will come vnto Therefore in the S●●pter of Cnoches Lawe it is written of hym that would not raise vp ●eede to his brother I haue loosed Iosephes Sho●e For when wee came into Egipte the younge menne vnbuckeled Iosephes Shooes at the gate and so wee worshipped Ioseph as it had been Pharao and not onely worshipped h●m but also kneeled downe before hym with blushyng and so were putte to shame before the Egiptians f●r afterwarde the Egiptians heard of all the ill that wee had doen vnto Ioseph After the laiyng of him in the pit my Brothers sette meate vppon the Table to eate But I mournyng for Ioseph did 〈◊〉 no meate by the space of two daies and two nightes together neither would Iu●● ente with them but had an eye to the Pitte because he feared leaste Sym●on and Gad should step there and kille hym When they sawe that I eate nothyng they set me to keepe hym till he was sold. He was in the pitte three daies and three nightes without repast ere he was solde Ruben hearyng that he was solde in his absence rente his garmentes and wepte saiyng how shall I looke my Father Iacob in the face And therewith all takyng money he ran after the Marchauntmen but he could not finde them For they had left the kynges high waie and were gone awai eapace by bye Lanes and Ruben eate no meate that daie Dan therefore commyng vnto hym saied weepe not neither bee sad for the boye for I wote what wee maie saie to our Father Iacob Wee will kill a Kid and staine Iosephes coate with the bloud of it and saie to hym See if this be thy sonnes coate or no. For whē they entended to sell Ioseph they stripped hym out of our fathers coate and put vppon hym an old coate of a bondseruaunte

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