the most holy place lo this is the lawe of the house 13 And these are the measures of the aulter in cubites the cubite is a cubite and a hande breadth the botome shal be a cubite and the breadth a cubite the border therof by the edge thereof rounde about was one span and this shal be the height of the aulter 14 And from the bottome vpon the groūd vnto the lower peece shal be two cubites and the breadth one cubite and from the litle peece to the great peece shal be foure cubites the breadth one cubite 15 The aulter was foure cubites hie and from the aulter vpwarde stoode foure hornes 16 And the aulter was twelue cubites long and twelue cubites broade square in the foure corners thereof 17 The frame of the aulter shal be fourteene cubites long and fourteene broade in the foure square corners thereof and the border about it shal be halfe a cubite and the bottome thereof shal be a cubite about and the steps thereof shal be turned toward the east 18 And he saide vnto me Thou sonne of man thus saith the Lorde God These are the ordinaunces of the aulter in the day when it is made to offer burnt offeringes thereupon to sprinckle blood thereupon 19 And thou shalt geue to the priestes to the Leuites that be of the seede of Sadoc and approche vnto me saith the Lord God to minister vnto me a young bullocke for a sinne offering 20 And thou shalt take of the blood therof put it on the foure hornes of it and on the foure corners of the frame and vpon the border rounde about thus shalt thou cleanse it and purge it 21 Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the sinne offering and burne him in the appoynted place without the sanctuary 22 The seconde day take a goate bucke without blemishe for a sinne offering to cleanse the aulter withal like as it was cleansed with the bullocke 23 Now when thou hast made an ende of cleansing it then offer a young bullocke without blemishe and a ramme out of the flocke without blemishe also 24 Offer them before the Lorde and let the priestes cast salt therupon and geue them so vnto the Lorde for a burnt offering 25 Seuen dayes shalt thou prepare euery day a goate bucke for sinne a young bullocke and a ramme of the flocke both without blemishe shall they prepare 26 Seuen dayes shall they reconcile and cleanse the aulter and fill the place thereof 27 When these dayes are expired then vpon the eight day so foorth the priestes shall make your burnt offringes and peace offringes vpon the aulter so I wyll accept you saith the Lorde God The .xliiij. Chapter 1 He sheweth what doore of the temple is shut 6 He is commaunded to vpbraide the people with their offence 9 Who are to be admitted to the seruice of the temple and who to be refused 15 He sheweth what priestes he would haue admitted into the holy place and also their office 1 AFter this he brought me againe to the outward gate of the sanctuarie on the east side and that was shut 2 Then saide the lorde vnto me This gate shal be still shut and not opened neither shall any man go through it for the Lorde God of Israel hath entred by it and it shal be shut 3 It is for the prince the prince him selfe shal sit in it to eate bread before the lord he shal enter by the way of the porche of that gate and shal go out by the way of the same 4 Then brought he me toward the north gate before the house and as I loked beholde the glory of the Lorde filled the house of the Lorde and I fell vpon my face 5 So the Lorde spake vnto me O thou sonne of man set thyne heart and beholde with thyne eyes and heare with thyne eares al that I say vnto thee concerning all the ordinaunces of the house of the Lorde and all the lawes thereof and marke well the entring in of the house with euery going foorth of the sanctuarie 6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious euen to the house of Israel thus saith the Lorde God O house of Israel ye haue inough of al your abhominations 7 Seeing ye haue brought into my sanctuary straungers hauing vncircumcized heartes and vncircumcized fleshe to be in my sanctuarie to pollute my house when ye offer my bread fat and blood and they haue broken my couenaunt because of all your abhominations 8 And ye haue not kept the ordinaunces of my holy thinges and ye haue set kepers to kepe my sanctuarie for you 9 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God Of al the straungers that dwell among the children of Israel no straunger vncircumcized in heart nor vncircumcized in fleshe shall enter into my sanctuarie 01 But the Leuites that went backe from me when Israel went astraye which strayed from me after their idols shal beare their iniquitie 11 And they shal be ministers in my sanctuary and kepe the gates of the house and minister in the house they shall slay the burnt offeringes and the sacrifice for the people and they shal stand before them to serue them 12 Because they serued before their idols and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquitie therefore haue I lift vp my hande against them saith the Lorde God and they shal beare their iniquitie 13 And they shall not come neare vnto me to do the office of a prieste vnto me neither shall they come neare vnto any of myne holy thinges in the most holy place but they shall beare their owne shame and abhominations which they haue done 14 And I wyll make them kepers of the watch of the house for all the seruice thereof for al that shal be done therin 15 But the priestes the Leuites the sonnes of Sadoc that kept the charge of my sanctuarie when the children of Israel straied from me shal come to me to do me seruice to stand before me and to offer me the fat and the blood saith the Lorde God 16 They shall go into my sanctuarie and apropche vnto my table to do me seruice and they shall kepe my charge 17 Now when they go in at the gates of the innermer court they shal put on linnen clothes so that no woollen come vpon them while they do seruice vnder the gates of the innermer court and with in 18 They shall haue linnen bonnets vpon their heades and linnen breeches vpon their loynes they shal not gird them selues in the sweate 19 And when they go foorth into the vtter court euen to the vtter court of the people they shall put of the clothes wherein they haue ministred and laye them in the chamber of the sanctuarie and put on other apparel and they shal not sanctifie the people with their clothes 20 They shall not shaue their heades nor suffer their here to growe long but
may knowe thy name and feare thee as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house whiche I haue buylt thy name is called vpon 34 If thy people go out to warre against their enemies by the way that thou shalt sende them and they pray to thee in the way towarde this citie whiche thou hast chosen euen toward the house which I haue buylt for thy name 35 Then heare thou from heauen their supplication and prayer and helpe them in their right 36 If they sinne against thee as there is no man but he doth sinne and thou be angry with them and deliuer them ouer before their enemies and they take them and carie them away captiues vnto a lande farre or neare 37 Yet if they repent in their heart in the lande where they be in captiuitie and turne and pray vnto thee in the land of their captiuitie saying We haue sinned we haue done euyll and wickedly 38 And turne againe to thee with all their heart and all their soule in the lande of their â—aptiuitie where they kepe them in bondage and so pray towarde their land whiche thou gauest vnto their fathers euen toward the citie which thou hast chosen toward the house whiche I haue buylt for my name 39 Then heare thou from heauen euen from thy dwelling place their supplication and their prayer and iudge their cause and be mercifull vnto thy people which haue sinned against thee 40 Now my God let thine eyes be open and thyne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 41 Nowe vp O Lorde God into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy priestes be clothed with health let thy sainctes reioyce in goodnesse 42 O Lord God turne not away the face of thyne annoynted remember the mercies whiche thou hast promised to Dauid thy seruaunt The .vii. Chapter 1 The fire consumeth the sacrifice 2 The glorie of the Lorde filleth the temple 12 He heareth his prayer 17 and promiseth to exalt him and his throne 1 ANd when Solomon had made an ende of praying there came downe fire from heauen and consumed the burnt offring and the sacrifices the house was filled with the glorie of the Lorde 2 And the priestes coulde not go into the house of the Lorde because the glorie of the Lord had filled the lordes house 3 And when al the children of Israel saw howe the fire and the glorie of the Lord came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon their faces to the earth vpon the pauement and worshipped and confessed vnto the lord That he is gracious and that his mercie lasteth euer 4 And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lorde 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twentie and two thousande oxen and an hundred and twentie thousande sheepe and so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God 6 And the priestes wayted on their offices the Leuites had the instrumentes of musicke of the Lord which king Dauid had made to confesse vnto the Lord that his mercie lasteth euer Dauid praysing God by theÌ„ And the priestes blew with trumpettes before them and all they of Israel stoode 7 Moreouer Solomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lorde for there he offred burnt offringes the fat of the peace offringes because the brasen aulter which Solomon had made was not able to receaue the burnt offringes and the meate offringes and the fat 8 So at the same time Solomon kept a feast of seuen dayes and al they of Israel with him an exceeding great congregation euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt 9 And in the eyght day they made an assemblie For they kept the dedication of the aulter seuen dayes the feast seuen dayes â—0 And the three and twentie day of the seuenth moneth he let the people depart into their tentes glad and mery in heart for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Solomon and to Israel his people 11 And so Solomon finished the house of the Lorde and the kinges house and all that came in his heart to make in the house of the Lorde in his owne house went prosperously forwarde 12 And the Lorde appeared to Solomon by night and sayd to him I haue heard thy petition and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice 13 If I shut vp heauen that there be no rayne or if I commaund the locustes to deuour the lande or if I sende pestilence among my people 14 And if they that are of my people among whom my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercession and seke my presence and turns from their wicked wayes then will I heare from heauen and be mercifull to their sinne and will heale their lande 15 And from hencefoorth myne eyes shal be open and myne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 16 And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for euer and myne eyes and myne heart shal be there perpetually 17 And if thou wilt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded thee and shalt obserue my statutes and my lawes 18 Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome according as I made the couenaunt with Dauid thy father saying Thou shalt not be without a man to be ruler in Israel 19 But and if ye turne away and forsake my statutes my commaundementes which I haue set before you and shall go and serue other gods and worship them 20 Then will I plucke them vp by the rootes out of my lande whiche I haue geuen them and this house whiche I haue sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a prouerbe and a iest among all nations 21 And this house whiche is most high shal be an astonishement to euery one that passeth by and shal say Why hath the Lorde dealt on this fashion with this lande and with this house 22 And they shal aunswere Because they forsoke the Lorde God of their fathers which brought them out of the lande of Egypt and caught holde on other gods and worshipped them and serued them euen therefore hath he brought all this euyll vpon them The .viii. Chapter 2 The cities that Solomon buylt 7 People that were made tributarie vnto him 12 His sacrifices 17 He sendeth to Ophir 1 ANd it fortuned that after twentie yeres when Solomon had buylt the house of the Lorde and his owne house 2 He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym and put of the children of Israel in them 3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zoba and strengthed it 4 And he buylt Thadmor in the
perfectnesse of Iod. 13 The reward of the wicked and of the tirauntes 1 AND Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement and the almightie that hath vexed my minde 3 Whyle my breath is in me and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels 4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie and my tongue shall speake no disceite 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right As for me vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie 6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast which I will not forsake my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes 7 Therfore myne enemie shal be founde as the vngodly and he that taketh part against me as the vnrighteous 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good if God take away his soule 9 Will God heare his crye when trouble commeth vpon him 10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie that he dare alway call vpon God 11 I wil teache you in the name of God and the thing of the almightie will I not kepe from you 12 Behold all ye your selues haue seene it why then do ye thus vanishe in vanitie 13 Saying This is the portion that the wicked haue of God and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie 14 If he get many children they shall perishe with the sworde and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread 15 His remnaunt shal be buried in death and his widowes shall not weepe 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust and prepare rayment as the clay 17 He may well prepare it but the godly shall put it on and the innocent shall deale out the money 18 He buyldeth his house as the moth as a booth that the watchman maketh 19 When the riche man sleepeth he shall not be gathered to his fathers they opened their eyes and he was gone 20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season 21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence and he departeth a storme hurleth him out of his place 22 God shal cast vpon him and not spare though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande 23 Then clap men their handes at hym and hisse at him out of his place The .xxviii. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth that the wysdome of God is vnsearcheable 1 THere is a place wher siluer is brought out of and where golde is tryed 2 Where yron is digged out of the grounde stones resolued to me tall 3 The darkenesse shall once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darke and the shadowe of death 4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant and the waters forgotten of the foote beyng hygher then man are gone away 5 Out of the same earth commeth bread and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp 6 The stones of it are a place of Saphires and the dust of it is golde 7 There is a way that the birdes knowe not that no vultures eye hath seene 8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not and where no lion commeth 9 There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes 10 Riuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seeth it 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light 12 Where then is wysdome founde and where is the place of vnderstanding 13 Veryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue 14 The deepe sayth She is not in me the sea sayth She is not with me 15 She can not be gotten for golde neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer 16 No wedges of gold of Ophir no precious Onir stones no Saphires may be valued with her 17 No neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it nor her exchaunge shal be for the plate of fine golde 18 No mention shal be made of Corall nor of the Gabis for wisdome is more pretious then pearles 19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde 20 Whence then commeth wysdome and where is the place of vnderstanding 21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing yea from the foules of the ayre 22 Destruction and death say We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares 23 But God seeth her way and knoweth her place 24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen 25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters 26 When he made a decree for the rayne and a way for the lightninges of the thunder 27 Then dyd he see her then declared he her prepared her and knewe her 28 And vnto man he sayd To feare the Lorde is wysdome and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding The .xxix. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth of the prosperitie of the time past 7. His auctoritie 12 iustice and equite 1 SO Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 O that I were as I was in the monethes by past and in the daies when God preserued me 3 When his light shined vpon my head when I went after the same light and shining euen through the darknesse 4 As it stoode with me when I was young when God prospered my house 5 When the almightie was yet with me when my children stoode about me 6 When my wayes ranne ouer with butter and when the stonie rockes gaue me riuers of oyle 7 When I went out to the gate euen to the iudgement seate and when I prepared my seate in the streete 8 The young men saw me and hid them selues and the aged arose and stoode vp 9 The princes left of their talking and layed their hand to their mouth 10 The mightie kept still their voyce and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth 11 When the eare heard me it blessed me when the eye sawe me it gaue witnesse to me 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed and the fatherlesse and hym that had none to helpe hym 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce 14 And why I put vpon me righteousnesse which couered me as a garment and equitie was my crowne 15 I was an eye to the blinde and a foote to the lame 16 I was a father to the poore and when I knewe not the cause I sought it out diligently 17 I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man and pluckt the
not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore The argument of the .xvii. psalme Dauid prayeth God to delyuer hym from his enemies which were many mightie and cruell He taketh God for a witnesse of his innocencie trustyng to see his face at the day of resurrection A prayer of Dauid HEare thou O God of iustice be attentiue vnto my complaynt geue eare vnto my prayer not proceeding out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie 3 Thou hast proued myne heart thou hast visited it in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and founde no wickednesse for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth 4 As touchyng other mens workes through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent 5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my footesteppes slyp not 6 I call vpon thee O God for thou wilt heare me incline thine eare to me hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande 8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me from myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat with their mouth they speake proude thynges 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places 12 Aryse O God preuent his commyng make hym to bowe delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde 13 â—Deliuer thou me O God from men â—which be thy hande from men from the worlde whose portion is in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy prime treasure 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes 15 But as for me I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse I shal be satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¶ The argument of the .xviij. Psalme Dauid declareth that he wyll at all tymes trust in God and call vpon hym for helpe because God hath with his mightie arme and wonderfull meanes deliuered hym from cruell enemies which dyd set vpon hym lyke fiendes of hell He imputeth this Gods fauour towardes hym to proceede of that he loued Gods worde ryght dealyng and honest companie Thus encouraged with Gods presence and ayde he maketh sure count not only to ouerrunne and destroy his enemies and rebelles but also to subdue vnto hym other nations of the heathen that God amongst them also may be praysed To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul And he sayde 1 I Wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength God is my stony rocke my fortresse and my delyuerer my Lorde my castell in whom I wyll trust my buckler the horne of my saluation my refuge 2 I wyll call vpon God who is most worthy to be praysed so I shall be safe from myne enemies 3 The panges of death haue compassed me about and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare 4 The panges of a graue haue compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 5 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde he hearde my voyce out of his temple and my crye came before his face euen vnto his eares 6 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke because he was wroth 7 In his anger a smoke ascended vp and a fire out of his mouth dyd coÌ„sume and euery cole therof dyd set a fire 8 He bowed the heauens also and he came downe and it was darke vnder his feete 9 He ridde vpon the Cherub and he dyd flee he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde 10 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse and for his pauilion rounde about hym he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre 11 His cloudes haylestones and coles of fire fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng 12 God also thundred out of heauen and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde haylestones and coles of fire 13 He shot out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth much lyghtnynges and destroyed them 14 And the bottomes of waters appeared and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng O God at the blast of the breath of thine anger 15 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me he hath taken me out of many waters 16 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to stout for me 17 They preuented me in the day of my trouble but God was vnto me a sure stay 18 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie he brought me foorth because he had a fauour vnto me 19 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me 20 Because I had kept the wayes of God and had not wickedly shronke from my God 21 For all his lawes were before me and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me 22 And I was sounde pure towardes hym and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse 23 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght 24 With the holy thou wylt be holy with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect 25 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde 26 For thou hast saued the people oppressed and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude 27 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght 28 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall 29 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way the worde of God is tryed in the fire he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 30 For who is a Lorde besides God or who hath any strength besides our Lorde 31 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre and he hath made my way playne 32 He hath made
her house is enclined vnto death and her pathes vnto hell 19 All they that go in vnto her come not agayne neither take they holde of the way of life 20 Therefore walke thou in the way of suche as be vertuous kepe the pathes of the righteous 21 For the iust shall dwell in the lande they that be perfect shall remaine in it 22 But the vngodly shall be cut of from the earth and the wicked doers shal be rooted out of it The .iii. Chapter 1 The worde of God geueth lyfe 5 Trust in God 7 Feare hym 9 Honour hym 11 Suffer his correction 22 To them that folowe the worde of God all thinges shall succeede well 1 MY sonne forget not thou my lawe but see that thyne heart kepe my commaundementes 2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy life and bryng thee peace 3 Let mercy and faythfulnes neuer go from thee binde them about thy necke and wryte them in the tables of thyne heart 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and men 5 Put thy trust in God with all thyne heart leane not vnto thyne owne wit 6 In all thy wayes acknowledge hym and he shall order thy goynges 7 Be not wyse in thyne owne conceipt but feare the Lorde and depart from euyll 8 So shall thy nauell be whole and thy bones strong 9 Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce and with the firstlinges of all thyne encrease 10 So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnes and thy presses shall flow ouer with sweete wine 11 My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym 12 For whom the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth and yet deliteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne 13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome and getteth vnderstandyng 14 For the marchaundise of it is better then the marchaundise of siluer and the gayne therof is better then golde 15 She is more worth then pretious stones and all the thinges that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her 16 In her right hande is long life and in her left hande riches and honour 17 Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all her pathes are peaceable 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her and blessed is he that kepeth her fast 19 With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens 20 Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe 21 My sonne let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding 22 So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule and grace vnto thy mouth 23 Then shalt thou walke safely in thy way and thy foote shall not stumble 24 If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraide but shalt take thy rest and sleepe sweetely 25 Thou shalt not be afraide of any sodayne feare neither for the violent rushing in of the vngodly when it commeth 26 For the Lorde shall stande by thy side kepe thy foote that thou be not taken 27 Withdraw no good thyng from them that haue nede so long as thyne hande is able to do it 28 Say not vnto thy neyghbour go thy way and come agayne and to morowe wyll I geue thee where as thou hast nowe to geue hym 29 Intende no hurt against thy neyghbour seing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee 30 Striue not with any man without a cause where as he hath done thee no harme 31 Folowe not a wicked man and chose none of his wayes 32 For the Lord abhorreth the froward but his counsayle is among the righteous 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous 34 As for the scornfull doth he not laugh them to scorne but he geueth grace vnto the lowly 35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Wysdome and her fruites ought to be searched 14 The way of the wicked must be refused 20 By the worde of God the heart eyes and course of life must be guyded 1 HEare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction take good heede that ye may learne vnderstanding 2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine forsake not ye my lawe 3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne and tenderly beloued of my mother 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me let thyne heart receaue my wordes kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue 5 Get thee wysdome and get thee vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth and shrinke not from them 6 Forsake her not and she shall preserue thee loue her and she shall kepe thee 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome is to possesse wysdome and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding 8 Make much of her and she shall promote thee yea if thou embrace her she shall bryng thee vnto honour 9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory 10 Heare my sonne and receaue my wordes and the yeres of thy life shal be many 11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome led thee into the right pathes 12 So that if thou goest in them there shall no straitnesse hinder thee when thou runnest thou shalt not fall 13 Take fast holde of doctrine and let her not go kepe her for she is thy life 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye and walke not in the way of the wicked 15 Abhorre it and go not therein depart aside and passe ouer by it 16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe and sleepe is taken from them vntyll they haue done harme 17 For they eate the bread of wickednes and drinke the wine of robberie 18 The path of the righteous shineth as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day 19 But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse they knowe not where they fall 20 My sonne marke my wordes and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart 22 For they are life vnto those that finde them and health vnto all their bodyes 23 Kepe thyne heart with all diligence for out of it issueth lyfe 24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee 25 Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee 26 Ponder the path of thy feete and let all thy wayes be ordred aright 27 Turne not aside neither to the right hande nor to the left but wihholde thy foote from euyll The .v. Chapter 3 Whordome forbidden 9 and prodigalitie 15 He
breake downe the wall therof that it may be troden vnder foote 6 I wyll lay it waste it shall neither be digged nor cut but beare thornes and briers I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it 7 As for the vineyarde of the Lorde of hoastes it is the house of Israel and the man of Iuda the plant of his pleasure Of these he loked for equitie but see there is oppression for ryghteousnesse and lo it is a crying 8 Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another and bring one lande so nigh vnto another that there is no more place Wyll ye be placed alone in the myddest of the earth 9 These thynges are in the eares of the Lorde of hoastes of a trueth great and faire houses shal be without any dweller in them 10 And tenne acres of vines shall geue but a quart and thirtie busshels of seede shall geue but an Epha 11 Wo be vnto them that rise vp early to folowe drunkennesse continuyng vntyll nyght tyll they be set on fire with wine 12 In their feastes are harpes and lutes tabrettes and pipes and wine but they regarde not the worke of the Lord and consider not the operatiō of his handes 13 Therfore commeth my folke into captiuitie because they haue no vnderstandyng Their glorie is famished with hunger and their multitude dryed vp with thirst 14 Therfore gapeth hell and openeth her mouth marueilous wyde that their glorie multitude and wealth with such as reioyce in her may descende into it 15 Thus hath man a fall and is brought lowe and the hygh loke of the proude shal be layde downe 16 But the Lorde of hoastes shal be exalted in iudgement and God that is holy is sanctified in ryghteousnesse 17 Then shall the sheepe eate as they were wont and the riche mens landes that were layde waste shall straungers deuour 18 Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie and sinne as it were with a cart rope 19 Which vse to speake on this maner Let hym make speede and hasten his worke that we may see it let the counsayle of the holy one of Israel come and drawe nye that we may knowe it 20 Wo be vnto them that call euyll good and good euyll which make darknesse lyght and lyght darknesse that make sowre sweete and sweete sowre 21 Wo be vnto them that are wise in their owne syght and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandyng 22 Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine and expert men to set vp drunkennesse 23 Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous 24 Therfore lyke as fire licketh vp the strawe and as the flambe consumeth the stubble euen so their roote shal be as corruption and their blossome shall vanishe away lyke dust for they haue cast away the lawe of the Lorde of hoastes and despised the worde of the holy one of Israel 25 Therfore is the wrath of the Lorde kindeled against his people and hath stretched foorth his hande vpon them yea he hath smitten them and the hilles dyd tremble and their carkases dyd lye torne in the open streetes and in al this the wrath of God hath not ceassed but his hande stretched out styll 26 And he shall geue a token to a people of a farre countrey and shall hisse vnto them from the ende of the earth and beholde they shall come hastyly with speede 27 There shall not be one faynt nor feeble among them no not a sluggishe nor sleepie person there shall not one of them put of his gyrdle from his loynes nor loose the latchet of his shoe 28 His arrowes are sharpe and all his bowes bent his horse hoofes are as flint and his cart wheeles like a whyrle winde 29 His crye is as it were of a Lion and he roreth lyke Lions whelpes they shall roare and hantche vpon the pray and no man shall recouer it nor get it from them 30 In that day he shal be so fierce vpon him as the raging of the sea then one shall beholde the lande and lo darkenesse and sorow and the light is darkened in the heauens therof The .vj. Chapter 1 Esai sawe the glory of the Lorde 9 And was sent to prophecie the desolation of Iurie 1 IN the yere that kyng Oziah dyed I sawe also the Lorde sitting vpon an high and glorious seate and his trayne filled the temple 2 And about hym stoode Seraphims whereof one had sixe winges with twayne eche couered his face with twayne his feete and with twayne did he flee 3 They cryed also eche one to another on this maner Holy holy holy is the Lorde of hoastes the whole earth is full of his glory 4 And the lintels of the doore cheekes moued at his crying and the house was full of smoke 5 Then sayd I Wo is me for I am lost in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes 6 Then flewe one of the Seraphims vnto me hauing a hote cole in his hand whiche he had taken from the aulter with the tongues 7 And layde it vpon my mouth and sayde Lo this hath touched thy lippes and thine vnrighteousnesse shal be taken away and thy sinne forgeuen 8 Also I hearde the voyce of the Lorde on this maner whom shall I sende and who wyll be our messenger Then I sayde Here am I sende me 9 And he sayd Go and tell this people Heare in deede yet vnderstande not ye shall playnely see and yet perceaue not 10 Harden the heart of this people stop their eares and shut their eyes lest they see with their eyes heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and conuert and be healed 11 Then spake I Lord howe long He aunswered vntill the cities be vtterly wasted without inhabiters and the houses without men and tyll the lande be also vtterly desolate 12 For the Lorde shall put the men farre away and there shal be great waste in the middest of the lande 13 Yet in it shall succeede ten kinges and it shall returne and be afterwarde wasted But as the Teyle tree and the Oke in the fall of their leaues haue yet the sappe remayning in them euen so the holy seede shal be the stay therof ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 The Syrians moue battayle against Hierusalem 14 A virgin shall beare a chylde 1 IT happened in the tyme of Ahaz y e sonne of Iotham whiche was the sonne of Vziah king of Iuda that Razin the kyng of Syria and Pechah the sonne of Romeliah kyng of Israel went vp towarde Hierusalem to besiege it but Razin was not able to winne it 2 Nowe when the house of Dauid hearde worde thereof that Syria and Ephraim was cōfederate together his heart quaked yea and the heartes also of his people lyke
And the hurt thereof is lyke an earthen vessell whiche breaketh without helpe so that in the bursting of it there is not founde one sheuer to fetch fire in or to take water withall out of the pit 15 For thus saith the Lorde God euen the holy one of Israel In repentaunce and in rest shall ye be safe in quietnesse and sure confidence shal be your strength but ye haue had no list thereto 16 For ye haue sayde No but we wyll escape thorowe horses therefore shall ye flee And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter 17 A thousande shall flee at the rebuke of one and at the rebuke of fiue shall ye all flee till ye be left as a ship mast vpon the top of a mountaine and as a beaken vpon an hill 18 Therefore doth the Lorde cause you to wayte that he may haue mercy vpon you to the entent that he may haue the preeminence when he is gratious vnto you For the Lord is the God of iudgement Blessed are all they that hope in hym 19 If the people remaine in Sion and at Hierusalem thou shalt not be in heauinesse but at the voyce of thy complaint shall he haue mercy vpon thee and when he heareth it he shall geue thee an aunswere 20 And though the Lorde geue you the bread of trouble and the water of aduersitie thy rayne shal be no more so scant but thyne eyes shall see thy rayne 21 Yea and thyne eare shall heare the talking of him that doth speake behinde thee This is the way walke ye in it turne not aside neither to the right hande nor to the left 22 Ye shall destroy also the couering of your siluer images and the decking of your golden idols euen as filthynesse shalt thou put them away And thou shalt say vnto it Get thee hence 23 Then shall God geue rayne vnto thy seede that thou shalt sowe the grounde withall and bread of the increase of the earth whiche shal be fat and very plenteous in that day also shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures 24 The oxen lykewyse and the young asses that eare the grounde shall eate cleane prouender whiche is purged with the winde and the fanne 25 Finally vpon euery hye mountayne and hyll shall there be riuers and streames of waters in the day of the great slaughter when the towres fall 26 Moreouer the light of the moone shal be as the light of the sunne and the sunne light shal be seuen folde and haue as much shine as in seuen dayes beside when the Lorde bindeth vp the sore of his people and healeth the stroke of their wounde 27 Beholde the fame of the Lorde commeth from farre and his presence is so hotte that no man is able to abyde his lippes are full of indignation and his tongue is as a consuming fire 28 His breath is a vehement flud of water that reacheth vp to the necke that he may sift away the heathen in the siue of vanitie and his breath is a brydle of errour in the lawes of the people 29 And ye shall sing lyke as in the night when the holy solempnitie beginneth and ye shall haue gladnesse of heart like as when one commeth with a pipe vnto the hill of the Lorde and to the most mightie one of Israel 30 And the Lorde shall cause his glorious voyce to be hearde and shall declare his stretched out arme with a terrible countenaunce with the flambe of a consuming fire with noysome lightening with a showre and with hayle stones 31 For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed which smote other men with the rodde 32 And it shall come to passe that whyther soeuer he goeth the rodde shall cleaue vnto him which the Lorde shall laye vpon hym with tabrettes and harpes and with great warre shall he fight against his hoast 33 For the fire of hell is ordayned from the beginning yea euen for the kyng is it prepared This hath the Lorde set in the deepe and made it wide the burning whereof is fire and muche wood The breath of the Lorde whiche is like a riuer of brimstone doth kindle it The .xxxi. Chapter 1 He curseth them that forsake God and seeke for the helpe of men 1 WO be vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe and trust in horses and put their confidence in charrets because they be many and in horsemen because they be lustie and strong but they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the Lorde 2 And he neuerthelesse is wise and will plague the wicked and goeth not from his worde he wyll aryse against the housholde of the frowarde and against the helpe of euyll doers 3 Nowe the Egyptians are men and not God and their horses fleshe and not spirite And assoone as the Lord stretcheth out his hande then shall the helper fall and he that shoulde haue ben helped and they shall altogether be destroyed 4 For thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me Lyke as the lion and lions whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afraide though the multitude of shepheardes crye out vpon him neither be abashed for all the heape of them so shall the Lorde of hoastes come downe to fight for mount Sion and defende his hyll 5 Like as the byrdes flutter about their nestes so shall the Lorde of hoastes kepe saue defende and deliuer Hierusalem 6 Therefore O ye chyldren of Israel turne againe vnto him whom you haue ofttimes forsaken 7 For in that day euery man shall cast out his idols of siluer and his idols of golde whiche ye haue made with your owne handes vnto your sinne 8 Assur also shal be slayne with the sworde not with a mans sworde neither shal the sworde of any man deuour hym and he shall flee from the slaughter and his choise young men shal be discomfited 9 He shall go for feare to his strong holdes and his princes shall flee from his standerd saith the Lord whose fire is in Sion and his fornace in Hierusalem ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter 1 The conditions of good rulers and officers 1 BEholde a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie 2 And that man shal be vnto men as a defence for the winde and as a refuge for the tempest lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande 3 The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede 4 The heart of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge and the vnperfect tongue shall speake playnely and distinctly 5 Then shall the foolishe nigarde be no more called gentle nor the churle liberall 6 But the nigarde wyll speake nigardlye and his heart wyll worke euyll
captiuitie it was for their wickednesse sake because they offended me for the which cause I hyd my face from them deliuered them into the handes of their enemies that they might all be slayne with the sworde 24 According to their vncleanesse according to their transgressions haue I done vnto them hid my face frō them 25 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God Nowe will I bring againe the captiues of Iacob and haue mercie vpon the whole house of Israel and be ielous for my holy names sake 26 After that they haue borne their shame and all their transgression wherby they haue transgressed against me when they dwelt safely in their lande and no man to feare them 27 And when I haue brought them againe from among the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations 28 Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen but haue gathered them againe into their owne land and not left one of them any more there 29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel sayth the Lorde God The .xl. Chapter 1 The restoring of the cities and of the temple that was to come is shewed vnto the prophete 1 IN the fyue and twentie yere of our captiuitie in the beginning of the yere the tenth day of the moneth that is the fourtenth yere after the citie was smitten the selfe same day came the hand of the Lorde vpon me brought me thyther 2 Euen into the land of Israel brought he me in the visions of god set me downe vpon a marueylous hye mountayne wherevpon there was as it had ben the buylding of a citie towarde the south 3 Thyther he caried me and behold there was a man whose similitude was like brasse whiche had a twisted line of flax in his hand and a cane to measure with and he stoode in the doore 4 And that man sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man marke well with thyne eyes hearken to with thyne eares and fasten it in thy heart whatsoeuer I shal shewe thee for to the intent that they might be shewed thee therfore art thou brought hyther and whatsoeuer thou seest thou shalt certifie the house of Israel therof 5 Behold there was a wall on the outside of the house rounde about the cane to measure with that he had in his hande was sixe cubites long by the cubite a hande breadth So he measured the breadth of the building with one cane and the heyght with one cane 6 Then came he to the gate which loketh toward the east and went vp the staires therof and measured the post of the gate one cane broade and the other post of the gate one cane broade 7 And euery chamber was one cane long and one cane broade and betweene the chambers were fiue cubites and the post of the gate by the porche of the gate within was one cane 8 He measured also the porche of the gate within one cane 9 Then measured he the porche of the gate eyght cubites the pentises therof two cubites and the porche of the gate was inwarde 10 And the chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side three on that side they three were of one measure the pentises had one measure on this side and one measure on that side 11 After this he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites and the heyght of the gate thirteene cubites 12 The space also before the chambers was one cubite on this side and the space one cubite on that side the chambers sixe cubites on this side and sixe cubites on that side 13 He measured the gate from the roofe of a chamber to his owne roofe the breadth of fiue and twentie cubites doore against doore 14 He made frontes also of threescore cubites euen vnto the front of the court rounde about the gate 15 And from the forefront of the entrie of the gate vnto the forefront of the gate within were fiftie cubites 16 And there were narowe windowes in the chambers and in the frontes within the gate rounde about so in the arches and the windowes went rounde about within and vpon the frontes were paulme trees 17 Then brought he me into the outward court where as were chambers and a pauement made for the court rounde about thirtie chambers were vpon the pauement 18 And the pauement was by the side of the gates ouer against the length of the gates and the pauement was beneath 19 Then he measured the breadth frō the forefront of the lower gate without vnto the forefront of the court within a hundreth cubites eastwarde and northwarde 20 And the gate in the outward court that loked toward the north measured he after the length and breadth therof 21 And the chambers therof were three on this side and three on that side and the frontes therof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate the length thereof was fiftie cubites and the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 22 And their windowes and their arches with their paulme trees were after the measure of the gate that loketh toward the east and the goyng vp vnto it had seuen steppes and the arches thereof were before them 23 And the gate of the inner court stoode ouer against the gate towarde the north and toward the east and he measured from gate to gate a hundreth cubites 24 After that he brought me towarde the south where there stoode a gate towarde the south and he measured the frontes therof and the arches therof according to those measures 25 And there were windowes in it and in the arches therof round about like these windowes the length was fiftie cubites the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 26 And there were seuen steppes at the goyng vp to it and the arches therof before them it had paulme trees one on this side and an other on that side vpon the front therof 27 And there was a gate in the inner court towarde the south and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubites 28 So he brought me into the inner court thorowe the south gate and he measured the south gate according to those measures 29 And the chambers thereof the frontes therof and the arches thereof according to these measures and wyndowes in it and in the arches thereof round about fiftie cubites long and fiue and twentie cubites broade 30 And the arches round about were fiue and twentie cubites long and fiue cubites broade 31 And the arches therof were toward the vtter court and paulme trees vpon the frontes therof the goyng vp to it had eyght steppes 32 He brought me also into the inmost
that his workes might be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen 16 His mercie is knowen to all creatures he hath seperated his light from the darkenesse with an adamant 17 Say not thou I wyll hide my selfe from God for who wyll thinke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so great an heape of people for what is my soule among so many creatures 18 Beholde the heauen yea the heauen of heauens of God the deepe the earth and all that therein is shal be moued at his presence 19 The mountaynes the hilles and the foundations of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them 20 These thinges doth no heart vnderstand worthyly but he vnderstandeth euery heart 21 And who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seeth his stormes and the most part of his workes are secrete 22 Who wyll declare the workes of his righteousnesse or who shal be able to abide them For the couenaunt is farre from some and trying out of men is in the ende 23 He that is humble of heart thinketh vpon such thinges but an vnwyse and erronious man casteth his minde vnto foolishe thinges 24 My sonne hearken thou vnto me and learne vnderstanding and marke my wordes with thyne heart I wyll geue thee a sure doctrine and plainely shall I instruct thee 25 Marke my wordes then in thyne heart for in righteousnesse of the spirite do I speake of the wonders that God hath shewed among his workes from the beginning in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him 26 God hath set his workes in good order from the beginning part of them hath he sundred from the other 27 He hath garnished his workes from euerlasting and their beginninges according to their generations they are not hungrie nor weeried in their labours nor ceasse from their offices 28 None of them hindred another neitheir was any of them disobedient vnto his wordes 29 After this God loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goodnesse 30 With all maner of liuing beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth againe ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 1 The creation of man and the goodnesse that God hath done vnto him 20 Of almes 26 and repentaunce 1 GOd shaped man of the earth made him after his owne image and turned him vnto earth againe and cloathed him with his owne strength 2 He gaue him the number of dayes and certaine time yea and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth 3 He made all fleshe to stand in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes and foules 4 He made out of him an helper lyke vnto to him selfe gaue them discretion and tongue eyes and eares and a heart to vnderstande 5 He gaue them a spirite and a speache to declare his workes filled them with instruction and vnderstanding 6 He created for them also the knowledge of the spirite filled their heartes with vnderstanding and shewed them good and euill 7 He set his eye vpon their heartes declaring vnto them his great and noble workes 8 That they should prayse his holy name together reioyce of his wonders and be telling of his noble actes 9 Beside this he gaue them instruction and the lawe of life for an heritage that they might now know that they were mortall 10 He made an euerlasting couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnesse and iudgementes 11 They sawe the maiestie of his glorie with their eyes and their eares heard the maiestie of his voyce and he saide vnto them beware of all vnrighteous thinges 12 He gaue euery man also a cōmaundement concerning his neighbour 13 Their wayes are euer before him and are not hid from his eyes 14 Euery man from his youth is geuen to euill and their stony heartes can not become fleshe 15 He hath set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is the Lordes portion 16 Whom he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne and geueth him most louing light and doth not forsake him 17 All their workes are as the sunne in the sight of God his eyes are alway looking vpon their wayes 18 All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him and al their wickednesses are open in his sight 19 And as he is mercifull and knoweth his worke he doth not leaue them nor forsake them but spareth them 20 The mercie that a man sheweth is as a seale with him and the grace that is geuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye and geueth repentaunce to their sonnes and daughters 21 At the last shall he awake and reward euery man vpon his head shall turne them together into the neathermost partes of the earth 22 But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuen the way of righteousnesse As for such as be weake he comforteth them suffereth them and sendeth them the portion of the veritie 23 O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sinnes make thy prayer before the Lorde do the lesse offence 24 Turne againe vnto the Lorde for he wyll bring thee from darkenesse vnto holsome light forsake thyne vnrighteousnesse be an vtter enemie to abhomination 25 Learne to know the righteousnesse and iudgementes of God stand in the portion that is set foorth for thee and in the prayer of the most hye God 26 Go in the portion of the holy worlde with such as be lyuing geue thankes vnto God 27 Who wil prayse the Lorde in the hel abide not thou in y e errour of the vngodlie but geue him thankes before death 28 As for the dead thankfulnes perisheth from him as nothing Geue thou thankes in thy lyfe yea whyle thou art lyuing and whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyce in his mercie 29 O how great is the louing kindnesse of the Lorde and his mercifull goodnes vnto such as turne vnto him 30 For all thinges may not be in man and why the sonne of man is not immortal and he hath pleasure in the vanitie of wickednesse 31 What is more cleare then the sonne yet shall it fayle 32 Or what is more wicked then the thyng that fleshe and blood hath imagined and that same shal be reproued 33 The Lorde seeth the power of the hye heauen and al are but earth and asshes The .xviii. Chapter 1 The marueylous workes of God 6 The miserie and wretchednes of man 9 Against God ought we not to complaine 21 The perfourming of vowes 1 HE that lyueth for euermore made al thinges together God onely is righteous and there is none other but he and remaineth a victorious king for euer 2 He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hande and all thinges obey his wyl for he gouerneth all thinges by his power and deuideth the holy thinges from the prophane 3 Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him who wyll seeke out the grounde of his
shall not be forgeuen vnto men 32 And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen hym But whosoeuer speaketh agaynst the holy ghost it shall not be forgeuen hym neither in this worlde neither in the worlde to come 33 Either make the tree good and his fruite good or els make the tree euyll and his fruite euyll For the tree is knowen by his fruite 34 O generation of vipers howe can ye speake good thynges when ye your selues are euyll For out of the aboundaūce of the heart the mouth speaketh 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bryngeth foorth good thynges And an euyll man out of euyll treasure bryngeth foorth euyll thynges 36 But I say vnto you of euery idell worde that men shall speake they shall geue accompt therof in the day of iudgment 37 For of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified and of thy wordes thou shalt be condemned ☜ 38 ☞ Then certayne of the Scribes and of the Pharisees aunswered hym saying Maister we wyl see a signe of thee 39 But he aunswered and sayde to them The euyll and adulterous generation seketh a signe and there shall no signe be geuen to it but the signe of the prophete Ionas 40 For as Ionas was three dayes and three nyghtes in the Whales belly so shall the sonne of man be three dayes and three nyghtes in the heart of the earth 41 The men of Niniue shall ryse in the iudgement with this nanon and condemne it because they repented at the preachyng of Ionas and beholde here is one greater then Ionas 42 The Queene of the south shall ryse in the iudgement with this generation and shall condemne it for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisdome of Solomon And beholde in this place is one greater then Solomon 43 When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh throughout drye places sekyng rest and fyndeth none 44 Then he sayeth I wyll returne into my house from whence I came out And when he is come he fyndeth it emptie swept and garnyshed 45 Then goeth he and taketh vnto hym seuen other spirites worse then hym selfe and they enter in and dwell there And the ende of that man is worse then the begynnyng Euen so shall it be also vnto this frowarde generation 46 Whyle he yet talked to the people beholde his mother and his brethren stoode without desyryng to speake with hym 47 Then one sayde vnto hym beholde thy mother and thy brethren stande without desyryng to speake with thee 48 But he aunswered and sayde vnto hym that had tolde hym Who is my mother or who are my brethren 49 And he stretched foorth his hande towarde his disciples sayde beholde my mother and my brethren 50 For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen the same is my brother sister and mother ☜ ¶ The .xiij. Chapter ¶ 3 The parable of the seede 24 of the tares 31 of the mustarde seede 33 of the leuen 44 of the treasure hyd in the fielde 45 of the pearles 47 and of the nette 1 THE same day went Iesus out of the house sate by the sea syde 2 And great multitudes were gathered together vnto hym so greatly that he went and sate in a shippe and the whole multitude stoode on the shore 3 And he spake many thynges to them in parables saying Beholde the sower went foorth to sowe 4 And when he sowed some seedes fell by the wayes side and the fowles came and deuoured them vp 5 Some fell vpon stony places where they had not much earth and anone they sprong vp because they had no depenesse of earth 6 And when the sonne was vp they caught heate and because they had not roote they wythered away 7 Agayne some fell among thornes and the thornes sprong vp and choked them 8 But some fell into good grounde and brought foorth fruite some an hundred folde some sixtie folde some thirtie folde 9 Who hath eares to heare let hym heare 10 And the disciples came and sayde vnto hym Why speakest thou to them by parables 11 He aunswered and sayde vnto them because it is geuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen but to them it is not geuen 12 For whosoeuer hath to hym shal be geuen and he shall haue more aboundaunce But whosoeuer hath not from hym shal be taken away euen that he hath 13 Therfore speake I to them in parables because they seeyng see not and hearyng they heare not neither do they vnderstande 14 And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias saying by hearyng ye shall heare and shall not vnderstande and seeyng ye shall see shall not perceaue 15 For this peoples heart is waxed grosse and their eares are dull of hearyng and their eyes haue they closed lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and shoulde vnderstande with their heart shoulde conuert that I myght heale them 16 But blessed are your eyes for they see and your eares for they heare 17 Veryly I say vnto you that many prophetes and ryghteous men haue desired to see those thynges which ye see and haue not seene and to heare those thynges which ye heare and haue not hearde 18 Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower 19 When one heareth the worde of the kyngdome and vnderstandeth it not then commeth that euyll and catcheth away that which was sowen in his heart this is he which receaued seede by the way syde 20 But he that receaued the seede into stony places the same is he that heareth the worde and anone with ioy receaueth it 21 Yet hath he not roote in hym selfe but dureth for a season for when tribulation or persecution aryseth because of the worde by and by he is offended 22 He also that receaued seede into the thornes is he that heareth the worde and the care of this worlde and the disceiptfulnes of ryches choke vp the worde and so is he made vnfruitfull 23 But he that receaued seede into the good grounde is he that heareth the worde and vnderstandeth it which also beareth fruite and bryngeth foorth some an hundred folde some sixtie folde some thirtie folde 24 Another parable put he foorth vnto them saying ☞ The kyngdome of heauen is likened vnto a man which sowed good seede in his fielde 25 But whyle men slept his enemye came sowed tares among the wheate and went his way 26 But when the blade was sprong vp and had brought foorth fruite then appeared the tares also 27 So the seruauntes of the housholder came and sayde vnto hym Sir diddest not thou sowe good seede in thy fielde from whence then hath it tares 28 He sayde vnto them the malicious man hath done this The seruauntes sayde vnto hym wylt
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
of God whiche is geuen you in Iesus Christe 5 That in all thynges ye are made riche in hym in all vtteraunce in all knowledge 6 As the testimonie of Iesus Christ was confirmed in you 7 So that ye are destitute of no gyft wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christe 8 Whiche shall also strength you vnto the ende that ye may be blamelesse in the day of our Lord Iesus Christ ☜ 9 God is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto the felowship of his sonne Iesus Christe our Lorde 10 Nowe I beseche you brethren by the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe that ye all speake one thyng and that there be no discentions among you but be ye knit together in one mynde and in one meanyng 11 For it is shewed vnto me my brethren of you by them whiche are of the house of Cloe that there are contentions among you 12 Nowe this I saye that euery one of you saith I am of Paul and I am of Apollo and I am of Cephas and I am of Christe 13 Is Christe deuided was Paul crucified for you eyther were ye baptized in the name of Paul 14 I thanke God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius 15 Lest any shoulde say that I had baptized in myne owne name 16 I baptized also the housholde of Stephana Furthermore knowe I not whether I baptized any other 17 For Christe sent me not to baptize but to preache the Gospell not with wisedome of wordes lest y e crosse of Christ shoulde be made of none effect 18 For the preachyng of the crosse is to them that perishe foolishnesse but vnto vs which are saued * it is the power of God 19 For it is written I wyll destroye the wisedome of the wyse and wyll cast away the vnderstandyng of the prudent 20 Where is the wise where is y e scribe where is the disputer of this worlde Hath not God made the wisedome of this worlde foolyshenesse 21 For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God in the wisedome of God it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue 22 For the Iewes require a signe the Grekes seke after wisedome 23 But we preache Christe crucified vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse 24 But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes we preache Christe the power of God and the wisedome of God 25 For the foolishnesse of God is wiser then men and the weakenesse of God is stronger then men 26 Brethren ye see your callyng howe that not many wise men after the fleshe not many myghtie not many noble are called 27 But God hath chosen the foolyshe thynges of the worlde to confounde the wise And God hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde to confounde thynges which are myghtie 28 And vnnoble thynges of the worlde thinges which are despysed hath God chosen yea and thinges which are not to bryng to naught thynges that are 29 That no fleshe shoulde reioyce in his presence 30 And of hym are ye in Christe Iesu whiche of God is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnesse and sanctification and redemption 31 That accordyng as it is written he that reioyceth let hym reioyce in the Lorde ⧠The .ij. Chapter 1 He putteth for example his maner of preachyng which was accordyng to the tenor of the Gospell 8 Which Gospell was contemptible and hyd to the carnall 10 and agayne honorable and manifest to the spirituall 1 AND I brethren when I came to you came not in gloriousnesse of wordes or of wisedome shewing vnto you the testimonie of God 2 For I esteemed not to knowe any thyng among you saue Iesus Christe and hym crucified 3 And I was among you in weaknesse and in feare and in much tremblyng 4 And my wordes and my preachyng was not with entysing wordes of mans wisedome but in shewyng of the spirite and of power 5 That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men but in the power of God 6 And we speake wisedome among thē that are perfite not the wisedome of this world neither of the princes of this world which come to naught 7 But we speake the wisedome of God in a misterie euen the hyd wisedome which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto our glorie 8 Which none of y e princes of this world knewe For had they knowen it they woulde not haue crucified the Lorde of glorie 9 But as it is written The eye hath not seene the eare hath not heard neither haue entred into the heart of man the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym 10 But God hath reuealed thē vnto vs by his spirite For the spirite searcheth all thinges yea the deepe thinges of God 11 For what man knoweth the thynges of a man saue y e spirite of man which is in hym Euen so the thinges of God knoweth no man but y e spirite of God 12 And we haue receaued not the spirite of the worlde but the spirite which is of God that we myght know the thinges that are geuen to vs of God 13 Which thynges also we speake not in the wordes which mans wisedome teacheth but which y e holy ghost teacheth comparyng spirituall thynges with spirituall thynges 14 But the naturall man perceaueth not the thynges of y e spirite of God for they are foolyshenesse vnto hym Neither can he knowe them because they are spiritually discerned 15 But he that is spirituall discerneth all thynges yet he hym selfe is iudged of no man 16 For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde that he myght instruct hym But we haue the mynde of Christe ¶ The .iij. Chapter 3 Paul rebuketh the sectes and aucthours therof 7 No man ought to attribute his saluation to the ministers but to God 10 That they beware erronious doctrines 11 Christe is the foundation of his Churche 16 The dignitie and office both of the ministers and also of all the faythfull 1 AND I coulde not speake vnto you brethren as vnto spirituall but as vnto carnall euē as vnto babes in Christe 2 I gaue you mylke to drynke and not meate For ye then were not stronge neither are ye as yet 3 For ye are carnal Seing then there is among you enuying stryfe and sectes are ye not carnall and walke as men 4 For whyle one sayth I am of Paul and another I am of Apollo are ye not carnall 5 What is Paul what is Apollo Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man 6 I haue planted Apollo watered but God gaue the encrease 7 So then neither is he that planteth any thyng neither he that watreth but God that geueth the encrease 8 He that planteth he that watreth are one and euery man shal receaue his rewarde accordyng to his labour 9 For we
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 thē 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 seruaūtes 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 seruaūtes 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 thē 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
kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee euen thy throne shal be stablished for euer 17 According to all these wordes and according to all this vision so dyd Nathan speake vnto Dauid 18 Then went king Dauid in and set him downe before the Lord and sayde Who am I O Lorde God and what is my house that thou hast brought me hyther to 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle but doth this appertayne to man O Lorde God 20 And what can Dauid say more vnto thee for thou Lorde God knowest thy seruaunt 21 Euen for thy wordes sake according to thyne owne heart hast thou done al these great thinges to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt 22 Wherfore thou art great O Lorde God for there is none like thee neither is there any God besides thee according to al that we haue heard with our eares 23 * And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people lyke Israel whose God went and redeemed them to hym selfe that they myght be his people and that he myght make hym a name and do for you great thynges and terrible for thy lande O Lorde euen for thy people which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt euen from the nations and their gods 24 For thou hast ordeyned thy people Israel to be thy people for euer and thou Lorde art become their God 25 And nowe Lorde God the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt and his house make it good for euer and do as thou hast saide 26 And let thy name be magnified for euer of men that shall say The Lorde of hoastes is the God ouer Israel and let the house of thy seruaunt Dauid be stablished before thee 27 For thou O Lorde of hoastes God of Israel hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt saying I wyll buylde thee an house And therefore hath thy seruaunt founde in his heart to pray this prayer vnto thee 28 Therefore nowe Lorde God thou art God and thy wordes be true thou that hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruaunt 29 Therefore nowe let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it may continue for euer before thee for thou Lorde God hast spoken it and with thy blessyng let the house of thy seruaunt be blessed for euer ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 Dauid ouercommeth the Philistines and other straunge nations and maketh them tributaries to Israel 1 AFter this now Dauid smote the Philistines and subdued them and Dauid toke the bridel of bondage out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote the Moabites and measured them with a lyne and cast them downe to the grounde euen with two lynes measured he them to put them to death and with one full corde to kepe them alyue And so became the Moabites Dauids seruauntes and brought giftes 3 Dauid smote also Hadarezer y e sonne of Rehob king of Zoba as he went to recouer his border at the ryuer Pherath 4 And Dauid toke of his a thousand and seuen hundred horsemen and destroyed all the charets and twentie thousand footemen but reserued an hundred charets of them 5 And when the Syrians of Damascon came to succour Hadarezer king of Zoba Dauid slue of the Syrians two and twentie thousand men 6 And put souldiers in Syria Damascon And the Syrians became seruaūtes to Dauid and brought giftes and the Lorde saued Dauid in all that he went vnto 7 And Dauid toke the shieldes of golde that belonged to the seruauntes of Hadarezer brought them to Hierusalem 8 And out of Beta and Berothai cities of Hadarezer did Dauid bryng exceeding much brasse 9 When Thoi king of Hamath heard how Dauid had smitten all the hoast of Hadarezer 10 Thoi sent Ioram his sonne vnto king Dauid to salute him and to blesse him because he had fought against Hadarezer and beaten him for Thoi had great warre with Hadarezer And Ioram brought with him vessels of siluer vessels of golde and vessels of brasse 11 Which brasse king Dauid did dedicate vnto the Lorde with the siluer golde that he had deditate of al nations which he subdued 12 Of Syria of the Moabites of the children of Ammon of the Philistines and of Hamalek and of the spoyle of Hadarezer sonne of Rehob king of Zoba 13 And Dauid gat him a name after that he returned had smitten of the Syrians in the valley of salt xviii thousand men 14 And he put a garison in Edom euen throughout all Edom put he souldiers and all they of Edom became Dauids seruauntes And the Lorde kept Dauid whatsoeuer he toke in hand 1 And Dauid raigned ouer all Israel and executed iudgement and iustice vnto all his people 16 And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder 17 And Sadoc the sonne of Ahitob and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the priestes Saraiah was the scribe 18 And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoida and the Cherethites and the Phelethites and Dauids sonnes were chiefe rulers The .ix. Chapter 9 Dauid restoreth all the landes of Saul to Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan 10. He appoynted Ziba to see to the profite of his landes 1 AND Dauid sayde Is there yet any man left of y e house of Saul For I wil shewe him mercie for Ionathans sake 2 And there was of the householde of Saul a seruaunt whose name was Ziba and when they had called him vnto Dauid the king saide vnto him Art thou Ziba He said Thy seruaunt is he 3 And the king saide Remaineth there yet any man of the house of Saul whō I may shewe the mercie of God vpon Ziba aunswered the king Ionathan hath yet a sonne which is lame on his feete 4 The king said vnto him where is he Ziba saide vnto the king Behold he is in the house of Machir the sonne of Amiel of Lodeber 5 Then king Dauid sent fet him out of the house of Machir the sonne of Amiel of Lodeber 6 Now when Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan y e sonne of Saul was come vnto Dauid he fell on his face and dyd reuerence And Dauid saide Miphiboseth He aunswered Beholde thy seruaunt 7 Dauid saide vnto him Feare not for I will surelie shewe thee kindnesse for Ionathan thy fathers sake and will restore thee all the fieldes of Saul thy father thou shalt eate bread on myne owne table continually 8 And he bowed him selfe and sayde What is thy seruaunt that thou shouldest loke vpon such a dead dogge as I am 9 Then the king called to Ziba Sauls seruaunt and said vnto him I haue geuen vnto thy maisters sonne all that parteyned to Saul and to all his house
and the same people of the lande made Iosia his sonne king in his roome The .xxxiiii. Chapter 1 Iosia destroyeth the idoles 8 and restoreth the temple 14 The booke of the lawe is founde 21 He sendeth to Hulda the prophetisse for counsell 27 God heareth his prayer 31 He maketh a couenaunt with God 1 IOsia was eyght yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned in Hierusalem thirtie and one yeres 2 And he dyd that whiche was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father and bowed neither to the right hand nor to the left 3 In the eyght yere of his raigne when he was yet a childe he began to seke after the God of Dauid his father And in the twelfth yere he began to purge Iuda Hierusalem from the high places groues carued images and images of metall 4 And they brake downe the aulters of Baalim euen in his presence and other images that were in greater honour then they he caused to be destroyed And the groues carued images and images of metall he brake and made dust of them and strowed it vpon the graues of them that had offered vnto them 5 And he burnt the bones of the priestes vpon the aulters of them and clensed Iuda and Hierusalem 6 And euen so did he in the cities of Manasse Ephraim Simeon vnto Nephthali and in the wildernesse of them rounde about 7 He plucked asunder the aulters the groues did beate the images stampe them to powder and cut downe all the idoles throughout all the lande of Israel and returned to Hierusalem againe 8 In the eyghtenth yere of his raigne when he had purged the lande and the temple he sent Saphan the sonne of Azaliahu and Maasiah the gouernour of the citie and Ioah the sonne of Ioahaz the recorder to repaire the house of the Lorde his God 9 And when they came to Helkiah the hie priest they deliuered the money that was brought into the house of God whiche the Leuites that kept the entryes had gathered of the hand of Manasse and Ephraim and of all that yet remayned in Israel and of all Iuda and Beniamin and they returned to Hierusalem 10 And they put it in the handes of the workmen that had the ouersight of the house of the Lorde they gaue it to the labourers that wrought in the house of the Lorde to repaire and mende the house 11 Euen to masons and carpenters gaue they it to get hewed stone timber for couples and for beames of the houses which y e kinges of Iuda had destroyed 12 And the men did the worke faythfully And the ouersears of them to courage them forward were Iahath and Obadiahu Leuites of the children of Merari and Secharia and Mesullam of the children of the Caathites and other of the Leuites whiche all could skill of instrumentes of musicke 13 And ouer the bearers of burthens and ouer all that wrought in whatsoeuer worckmanship it were were there scribes officers porters of the Leuites 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lorde Helkia the priest founde the booke of the law of the Lorde geuen by Moyses 15 And Helkia aunswered and sayd to Saphan the scribe I haue found the booke of the law in the house of the Lord. And Helkia gaue the booke to Saphan 16 And Saphan caried the booke to the king and brought the king word againe saying All that was commited to thy seruauntes that do they 17 And they haue gathered together the money that was founde in the house of the Lord and haue deliuered it into the handes of the ouersears of the worke and to the handes of the worckmen 18 And then Saphan the scribe shewed the king saying Helkia the priest hath geuen me a booke and Saphan read in it before the king 19 And it fortuned that when the king had heard the wordes of the lawe he tare his clothes 20 And the king commaunded Helkia and Ahikam the sonne of Saphan and Abdon the sonne of Micah and Saphan the scribe and Asaa a seruaunt of the kinges saying 21 Go and enquire of the Lord for me and for them that are left in Israel and Iuda concerning the wordes of the booke that is founde For great is the wrath of the Lord that is fallen vpon vs because our fathers haue not kept the worde of the Lorde to do after all that is written in this booke 22 And Helkia and they that the king had appoynted went to Hulda a prophetisse the wyfe of Sallum the sonne of Thecuath the sonne of Hasra keper of the wardrope for she dwelt in Hierusalem within the seconde wall so they communed with her 23 She aunswered them Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Tell ye the man that sent you to me 24 Euen thus sayth the Lorde Beholde I will bring euyll vpon this place and vpon the inhabiters thereof euen al the curses that are written in the booke whiche they haue read before the king of Iuda 25 Because they haue forsaken me and haue offred vnto other gods to anger me with all maner workes of their handes therfore is my wrath set on fire against this place and shall not be quenched 26 And as for the king of Iuda which sent you to enquire of the Lord so shal ye say vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel concerning the wordes whiche thou hast hearde 27 Because thyne heart did melt and thou diddest meeke thy selfe before God when thou heardest his wordes against this place and against the inhabiters thereof and humbledst thy selfe before me and tarest thy clothes and weepedst before me that haue I heard also sayth the Lorde 28 Behold I wil take thee to thy fathers and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace and thyne eyes shall not see all the mischiefe that I will bring vpon this place and vpon the inhabiters of the same And they brought the king worde againe 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Iuda and Hierusalem 30 And the king went vp into the house of the Lorde and all the men of Iuda and the inhabiters of Hierusalem and the priestes and Leuites and all the people great and smal and the king did reade in their eares all the wordes of the booke of the couenaunt that was founde in the house of the Lorde 31 And the king stoode at his standing and made a couenaunt before the Lorde to folowe the Lorde and to kepe his commaundementes his witnesse and his statutes with all his heart and with al his soule and to fulfill the wordes of the appoyntment written in the sayd booke 32 And he set in their roome all them that were founde in Hierusalem and Beniamin and the inhabiters of Hierusalem did according to the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers 33 And Iosia put away all
Iuda 17 They which buylded on the wall and they that bare burthens and those that laded them with one hande did euery one his worke and with the other helde his weapon 18 For euery one that buylded had his sword girded by his thingh and so buylded they And he that blewe the trumpet was beside me 19 And I saide vnto the principall men to the rulers and to the other people The worke is great and large we are seperated vpon the wall one farre from another 20 Loke in what place therefore ye heare the noyse of the trumpet resort ye thither vnto vs and our God shall fight for vs 21 And we wil be labouring in the worke And the halfe part of them helde their speares from the morning spring tyll the starres came foorth 22 And at the same time saide I vnto the people Let euery one with his seruaūt lodge within Hierusalem that in the night season we may watch and labour on the day time 23 As for me and my brethren my seruauntes and the men of the watch which folowed me we put neuer of our clothes saue onely because of the wasshing ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The people are oppressed and in necessitie 7 Nehemia remedieth it 15 He tooke not the portion of others that had ruled before lest he shoulde greeue the people 1 ANd there arose a great complaynt of the people and their wyues against their brethrē the Iewes 2 For there were some that saide Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many therefore wyll we take corne for them that we may eate and liue 3 Some also there were that saide Let vs set our landes vineyardes and houses to pledge and take vp corne in the dearth 4 But some there were that saide We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute and that vpon our landes vineyardes 5 And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren and our children as their children and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them and other men haue our landes and vineyardes 6 And when I heard their complaynt and such wordes it displeased me sore 7 And I aduised so in my minde that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers and saide vnto them Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother And I brought a great congregation against them 8 And saide vnto them We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes which were solde vnto the heathen And wyll you sell your brethrē againe and shall they be solde vnto vs Then held they their peace and coulde finde nothing to aunswere 9 And Nehemia saide It is not good that ye do Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies 10 I and my brethren and my seruauntes do lende them money and corne I pray you let vs leaue of this burden 11 Therefore this same day I pray you see that ye restore them their landes againe their vineyardes olyue gardens and their houses and remit the hundred parte of the money of the corne wine and oyle that ye haue exacted of them 12 Then saide they We wyll restore them againe wyll require nothing of them and wyll do as thou hast spoken And I called the priestes and tooke an oth of them that they should do so 13 And I shooke my lappe and saide God shake out euery man after the same maner from his house laboure that maintaineth not this worde euen thus be he shaken out and voyde And all the congregation saide Amen and praysed the Lorde And the people did according to this promise 14 And from the time foorth that the king committed vnto me to be captayne of them that were in the lande of Iuda euen from the twentie yere vnto the thirtie two yere of king Artaxerxes that is twelue yeres I with my brethrē liued not of such sustinaunce as was geuen to a captayne 15 For the olde captaynes that were before me had ben chargeable vnto the people and had taken of them bread wine beside fouretie sicles of siluer yea and their seruauntes had oppressed the people But so did not I and that because of the feare of God 16 But I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall and we bought no lande and all my seruauntes came thither together vnto the worke 17 Moreouer there were at my table an hundred and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers which came vnto me from among the heathen that are about vs. 18 And there was prepared for me dayly an oxe and sixe chosen sheepe and birdes were prepared for me and euer once in ten dayes wine for all in aboundance Yet required not I the liuing of a captayne for the bondage was greeuous vnto the people 19 Thinke vpon me my God vnto the best according to all that I haue done for this people The .vj. Chapter 8 Nehemia aunswereth with great wysdome and zeale to his aduersarie 11 He is not discouraged by the false prophetes 1 AND when Sanaballat Tobia and Gesem the Arabian and the other of our enemies heard that I had builded the wall and that there were no mo gappes therein howebeit at the same time had I not hanged the doores vpon the gates 2 Sanaballat and Gesem sent vnto me saying Come that we may meete take counsel together in the villages that are in the playne of the citie Ono. Neuerthelesse they thought to do me euill 3 And I sent messengers vnto them saying I haue a great businesse to do and I can not come downe Why should the worke ceasse whilest I leaue it and come downe to you 4 Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure times after the same maner And I gaue them the same aunswere 5 Then sent Sanaballat his seruaunt againe vnto me the fift time with an open letter in his hande 6 Wherein was written It is tolde the heathen and Gesem hath saide it that thou and the Iewes thinke to rebel for the which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayst be their king according to these wordes 7 And hast ordayned the prophetes to preache of thee at Hierusalem and to say He is king of Iuda And now shall this come to the kinges eares come now therefore and let vs take our counsell together 8 And I sent vnto him saying There is no such thing done as thou sayest for thou fainest them out of thyne owne heart 9 For they were all minded to make vs afrayde saying They shall withdrawe their handes from their worke that it shall not be finished Nowe therefore strengthen thou my hande 10 And I came vnto the house of Semaia the sonne of Delaia the sonne of Mehetabeel he had shut him selfe within and saide Let vs come together in the house of
consume them 10 Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men 11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee and imagined a craftie deuice but they coulde not bring it to passe 12 Therfore thou wilt put them to flight and direct thine arrowes agaynsttheir faces 13 Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might so we wyll sing and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power The argunment of the .xxij. psalme ¶ Dauid first in the figure of Christe as one forsaken cryeth to God the father vtteryng his crosse affliction humblenesse and mockes geuen of the people gouernours and priestes Secondarily he prayeth for his deliuerie that he may prayse God in the Church and incite other to put their trust in him in aduersitie Last of all he reioyceth that his kingdome shal be extended to the vttermost partes of the worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition of the mornyng hinde a psalme of Dauid 1 MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me why art thou so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complaynt 2 O my God I crye all the day tyme and in the night season and I ceasse not but thou hearest not 3 And yet thou most holy sittest to receaue the prayers of Israel 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee thou didst deliuer them 5 They called vpon thee and they were helped they did put their trust in thee and they were not confounded 6 But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and an outcast of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorne they do make a mowe and nod their head at me 8 Saying he referreth all to God loking that God wyll deliuer him and rescue him for he delighteth only in him 9 But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe thou causedst me to trust in thee suckyng my mothers breastes 10 I haue ben left vnto thee euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe 11 O go not far frō me for trouble is harde at hande and there is none to helpe me 12 Many oxen are come about me fat bulles of Bashan close me in on euery syde 13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion 14 I am as it were into water resolued and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also is like waxe melted in the middest of my bowels 15 My strength is dried vp like a potsheard my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou hast brought me into the dust of death 16 For dogges are come about me the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me they haue pearced my handes and my feete I may tell all my bones 17 They stande staring gasing vpon me they part my garmentes among them and they cast lottes vpon my vesture 18 But be not thou farre from me O God thou art my strength make haste to helpe me 19 Delyuer my soule from the sworde and my dearlyng from the dogges pawes 20 Saue me from the Lions mouth delyuer me from the hornes of the Vnicornes 21 I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren I wyll prayse thee in the middest of the congregation 22 Saying prayse ye God ye that feare hym glorifie hym all ye of the seede of Iacob and stande in awe of hym all ye of the seede of Israel 23 For he hath not dispised nor abhorred the affliction of the poore he hath not hyd his face from hym but he hearde hym when he cryed vnto hym 24 My prayse shal be of thee in the great congregation I wyll perfourme my vowes in the syght of them that feare hym 25 The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seeke after God shall prayse hym your heart shall lyue for euer 26 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face 27 For the kingdome is Gods and he is the gouernour ouer the nations 28 All such as be fat vpon the earth shall eate and worshyp all they that go downe in to the dust shall knele before hym although he preserued not his owne lyfe 29 The posteritie shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generation 30 They wyll come and declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shal be borne for he hath done it ¶ The argument of the .xxiij. Psalme Dauid resemblyng God to a sheephearde and hym selfe to a sheepe declareth that all commodities plentie quietnesse and prosperitie ensueth them that be fully perswaded of Gods prouidence for God feedeth norisheth defendeth and gouerneth those that put their wholl trust in hym after a more ample sort then any sheepehearde doth his sheepe ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 GOd is my sheephearde therfore I can lacke nothyng he wyll cause me to repose my selfe in pasture full of grasse and he wyll leade me vnto calme waters 2 He wyll conuert my soule he wyll bring me foorth into the pathes of righteousnesse for his name sake 3 Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou art with me thy rodde and thy staffe be the thynges that do comfort me 4 Thou wylt prepare a table before me in the presence of myne aduersaries thou hast annoynted my head with oyle and my cup shal be brymme full 5 Truely felicitie and mercie shal folowe me all the dayes of my lyfe and I wyll dwell in the house of God for a long tyme. ¶ The argument of the .xxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that although all the earth and all the inhabitours therof do pertayne to God yet that he hath chosen most especially the mount Sion So that such as wyll seke God and lyue vertuously must dwell in that blessed mount Heal so desireth to builde a temple for to place therin the arke of God whiche he nameth the kyng of glorie ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 THe earth is Gods and all that therin is the worlde they that dwell therin 2 For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes 3 Who shal ascende into the hyll of God or who shall ryse vp in his holy place 4 Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure heart that hath not taken his soule in vayne nor sworne disceiptfully 5 He shall receaue a blessyng from God and ryghteousnesse from the Lorde of his saluation 6 This is the generation of them that seke hym euen of them that seke thy face in Iacob Selah 7 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 8 Who is this kyng of glorie it is God both strong
13 For this God is our God for euer and euer he wyll be our guide vnto death The argument of the .xlix. psalme ¶ The prophete speakyng to the poore and riche declareth what a vanitie it is for a man to put his trust in worldly goodes and through them to become stout and arrogant for that they can neitheir delyuer any man from trouble calamitie sicknesse sinne death and displeasure of God neither can any man assure them to hym selfe or to his children for any tyme of continuaunce ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of the children of Corach 1 HEare this all ye people geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde 2 As well lowe as high riche and poore one with another 3 My mouth shall vtter wisdome the cogitations of myne heart wyll bryng foorth knowledge 4 I wyll encline myne eare to a parable I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe 5 Wherfore shoulde I feare in euyll dayes the wickednesse of my heeles then would compasse me round about 6 There be some that put their trust in their goodes and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches 7 But no man at all can redeeme his brother nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym 8 For the redemption of their soule is very costly and must be let alone for euer yea though he lyue long and see not the graue 9 For he seeth that wyse men dye and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together and leaue their riches for other 10 And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another therfore they call landes after their owne names 11 Neuerthelesse man can not abyde in such honour he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe 12 This their way is their foolishnesse yet their posteritie prayse their saying Selah 13 They shal be put into a graue dead as a sheepe death shall feede on them but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng their beautie shall consume away hell shall receaue them from their house 14 But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell for he wyll receaue me Selah 15 Be not thou afrayde though one be made riche or yf the glorie of his house be encreased 16 For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth neither shall his pompe folowe after hym 17 For whyle he lyued he counted him selfe an happy man and so long as thou doest well vnto thy selfe men wyll speake good of thee 18 But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers and shall neuer see lyght 19 A man is in an honourable state but he wyll not vnderstande it he is lyke herein vnto bruite beastes that perishe ¶ The argument of the L. Psalme ¶ The prophete bryngeth in God to call to iudgement heauen earth and all the worlde declaryng that he is not ryghtly worshypped of them who offer sacrifices without fayth and who pretendyng religion in wordes and countenaunces leade a lyfe cleane contrary The true worship of God consisteth in offeryng vnto hym prayses in prosperitie and callyng vpon his name in aduersitie and withall in leadyng a good conuersation of lyfe A psalme of Asaph 1 THe most mightie Lorde God hath spoken and called the earth from the rysyng vp of the sunne vnto the goyng downe therof 2 Out of Sion hath the Lorde appeared in perfect beautie 3 Our Lorde commeth and he wyll not kepe scilence there goeth before hym a consumyng fire and a mightie tempest is sturred rounde about hym 4 He calleth from aboue the heauen and the earth that he may iudge his people 5 Gather my saintes together vnto me those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice 6 And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse for God is iudge hym selfe Selah 7 Heare O my people and I wil speake I my selfe wyll testifie vnto thee O Israel I am the Lorde euen thy Lorde 8 I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt offerynges for that they be not alway before me 9 I wyll take no bullocke out of thy house nor goates out of thy foldes 10 For all the beastes of the forest are myne and so are the cattel vpon a thousande hylles 11 I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wylde beastes of the fielde are at my commaundement 12 If I be hungry I wyll not tell thee for the whole worlde is myne and all that is therin 13 Thinkest thou that I will eate bulles fleshe and drynke the blood of goates 14 Offer vnto God prayse and pay thy vowes vnto the most hyghest 15 And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble I wyll heare thee and thou shalt glorifie me 16 But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth 17 Seyng that thou hatest discipline and hast cast my wordes behynde thee 18 When thou sawest a thiefe thou dydst consent vnto hym and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt 20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne 21 These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art but I wyll reproue thee and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes all that thou hast done 22 Consider this I pray you ye that forget the Lorde lest I plucke you away and there be none to delyuer you 23 Who so offereth vnto me thankes and prayse he honoureth me and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght I wyll shewe the saluation of God ⧠The argument of the .lj. psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgyng his great offence in committyng adulterie besecheth most humbly God of his great mercie to pardon his sinnes partly that Gods promises may appeare true who hath promised pardon to all them that from the bottome of their heart do confesse their faultes partly also that he myght lyue to builde the walles and temple of Hierusalem where sacrifices of righteousnes must be offered ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid when the prophete Nathan came vnto hym after he was gone in to Bethsabe ii Samuel xi 1 HAue mercie on me O Lorde accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse accordyng vnto the multitudes of thy mercies wype out my wickednesse 2 Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie and clense me from my sinne 3 For I do acknowledge my wickednesse and my sinne is euer before me 4 Agaynst thee only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and founde pure when thou art iudged 5 Beholde I was ingendred in iniquitie and in sinne my mother conceaued me
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 betime◠〈◊〉 the morning for thou hast ben my â—â—â—ence 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
Lorde 5 Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto God all ye in the earth make a ioly noyse reioyce you chearfully syng psalmes 6 Syng psalmes vnto God playing vpon an harpe vpon an harpe and with the sounde of a psalterie 7 Shewe your selues ioyfull before the kyng eternall with trumpettes and sounde of shawmes 8 Let the sea make a noyse and that is within it the rounde worlde and they that dwell therin 9 Let the fluddes clappe their handes and let the hylles be ioyfull altogether before the face of God 10 For he commeth to iudge the earth he wyll iudge the worlde accordyng to iustice the people accordyng to equitie The argument of the .xcix. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the exceedyng fauour of God towardes the Israelites in that he raigned most mightily ouer them defended them dwelled amongst them and most gently hearde them and their fathers callyng vpon hym for helpe in their neede to the great discouragement of their aduersaries Wherfore he wylleth all to prayse God and to worshyp God 1 GOD raigneth the people be in a rage he sitteth betweene the Cherubims the earth quaketh 2 God is great in Sion and high aboue all people 3 They shall prayse thy name great dreadfull for it is holy and a kynges * power that loueth iudgement 4 Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob 5 Magnifie God our Lorde and kneele downe before his footstoole for it is holy 6 Moyses Aaron among his priestes and Samuel among such as call vpon his name these called vpon God and he hearde them 7 He spake vnto them out of the cloudy pyller for they kept his testimonies and the lawe that he gaue them 8 O God our Lord thou heardest them O Lorde thou didst forbeare them and thou tokest auengement for their owne inuentions 9 Magnifie God our Lorde and kneele downe before his holy hyll for God our Lorde is holy ¶ The argument of the C. psalme ¶ The prophete moueth all the people of God to frequent Gods temple and to come thyther chearfully with all kynde of ioy seruyng praysyng and thankyng hym for that he only is the God that hath made vs and so gratious that we shal be partakers of his benefites and goodnesse for euer ¶ A psalme for to confesse 1 BE ye ioyfull in God all that be in the earth serue God with gladnesse and come before his face with a ioyfull noyse 2 Be ye sure that God is the Lorde it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture 3 Go your way into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankfull vnto hym and blesse his name 4 For God is gratious his mercie is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generation to generation ⧠The argument of the .cj. psalme ¶ Dauid settyng foorth the duetie of a good ruler declareth that in his gouernment aboue all thynges he wyll acknowledge Gods benefites goodnesse He wyll study to lyue vprightly to do no wrong or euyll nor to beare any malice at all in his heart but he wyll employ hym selfe most zelouslie to confounde the wicked and to promote the godly and vertuous ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 I Will sing of mercie and iudgement I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes 2 I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse when thou wylt come vnto me I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart 3 I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours it shall take no holde of me 4 A frowarde heart shall depart from me I wyll not once knowe any euyll 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke 6 Myne eyes shal be vpō such in the lande as haue a true meanyng that they may sit with me he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me 7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght 8 I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse ¶ The argument of the .cii. Psalme ¶ The prophete desireth God to heare hym vtteryng his godly affect and great griefe for the calamities of the people of God desolation of the citie of Sion He setteth foorth the reproches and outragious behauiours of the enemies and his affliction of mynde for it He wisheth that the people may returne home agayne and that Sion may be reedified that Gods glorie may therin be set foorth And he consideryng the eternitie of God assureth hym selfe that God wyll perfourme his promises in grauntyng that the children of his people shall lyue for euer ¶ A prayer of the afflicted when he was ouerwhelmed and when he did powre out his petition before the face of God 1 HEare my prayer O God and let my crying come in vnto thee 2 Hyde not thy face from me in y e day of my distresse encline thine eare vnto me heare me spedyly in the day that I call 3 For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as though they were a firebrande 4 My heart is smitten downe and wythered lyke grasse because I did forget to eate my bread 5 Through the noyse of my gronyng my bones wyll scase cleaue to my fleshe 6 I am become lyke a Pellicane of the wildernesse and like an Owle that is in the desert I watch and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe 7 Myne enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are in a rage against me make their oth by me 8 For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread and mingled my drynke with weepyng because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast set me vp and cast me downe 9 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe and I am wythered lyke grasse 10 But thou O God endurest for euer and thy remembraunce throughout all generations 11 Thou wylt aryse vp thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her for the tyme appoynted is come 12 For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 13 And the heathen wyll feare thy name O God and all the kynges of the earth thy glorious maiestie 14 For God wyll buylde vp Sion to be seene in his glorious maiestie 15 He wyll regarde the prayer of the humble destitute of all helpe and he wyll not dispise their prayer 16 This shal be written for those that come
whole heart 6 Their heart is as fat as brawne but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe 7 It is good for me that I am brought into miserie by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes 8 The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde siluer Iod 1 THy handes haue made me and fashioned me geue me vnderstanding and I will learne thy cōmaundementes 2 They that feare thee shall see me reioyce because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde 3 I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted 4 I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt 5 Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me that I may lyue for thy lawe is my delyght 6 Let the proude be confounded for they haue falsly reported me but I wyll study thy commaundementes 7 Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies returne vnto me 8 Let myne heart be perfectly set in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Caph 1 MY soule hath faynted after thy saluation I geue earnest attēdaunce vnto thy worde 2 Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde whylest I say when wilt thou comfort me 3 For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke yet I do not forget thy statutes 4 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me 5 The proude haue digged pittes for me which is a thing not done accordyng to thy lawe 6 All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe they wrongfully persecute me O be thou my ayde 7 They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth but I forsoke not thy commaundementes 8 Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Lamed 1 O God thy worde endureth for euer in heauen 2 Thy trueth appeareth to euery generation thou hast layde the foundation of the earth and it shall continue 3 All thynges continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce for all thinges be thy seruauntes 4 If my delight had not ben in thy lawe I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction 5 I wyll neuer forget thy commaundementes for through them thou hast reuiued me 6 I am thine saue me for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer 7 When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies 8 I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect but thy commaundement is exceedyng large Mem 1 HOwe greatly do I loue thy lawe my study is all the day long in it 2 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes for they are euer with me 3 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers for thy testimonies are my study 4 I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can because I kept thy commaundementes 5 I haue restrayned my feete from euery euyll way that I may kepe thy worde 6 I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes for thou didst teache me 7 Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth 8 Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng therfore I hate all wayes of falshood Nun 1 THy worde is a candell vnto my feete and a lyght vnto my pathes 2 I haue made an oth which I wil ratifie for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes 3 I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O God accordyng vnto thy worde 4 Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God and teache me thy iudgementes 5 My soule is alway in my hande yet I do not forget thy lawe 6 The vngodly haue layde a snare for me but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes 7 I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer for they are the very ioy of myne heart 8 I haue applyed myne heart for to fulfyll thy statutes euen to the worldes ende Samech 1 I Hate hygh subtile deuices and I do loue thy lawe 2 Thou art my refuge and my shield I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde 3 Auoyde from me ye malicious persons and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde 4 Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue and make me not ashamed of my hope 5 Holde thou me vp and I shal be safe and I will loke gladly vpō thy statutes alwayes 6 Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes for their crafty deuice is but falshood 7 Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse therfore I loue thy testimonies 8 My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes Ain 1 I Haue executed iudgement and iustice wherfore leaue me not to such as do offer me wrong 2 For thy owne goodnesse sake take thy seruaunt vnto thy protection let not the proude oppresse me with wrong 3 Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation and for the worde of thy ryghteousnesse 4 Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse and teache me thy statutes 5 I am thy seruaunt graunt me vnderstandyng that I may knowe thy testimonies 6 It is tyme for me to do for Gods cause for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng 7 Therfore I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone 8 Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood Pe 1 THy testimonies contayne wonderfull thinges therfore doth my soule kepe them 2 The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple 3 I opened my mouth and panted for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes 4 Loke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name 5 Direct my steppes in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me 6 Redeeme me from the fraudulent dealyng of men and I wyll kepe thy commaundementes 7 Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes 8 Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes because men kepe not thy lawe Sade 1 O God thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes 2 Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies to be obserued very strayghtly 3 My zeale hath consumed me because myne aduersaries haue forgotten thy wordes 4 Thy worde is purified to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it 5 I am small and of no reputation yet I do not forget thy cōmaundementes 6 Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse thy lawe is the trueth 7 Trouble and griefe haue taken holde vpon me yet thy commaundementes be my delyght 8 The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng make me to
are mo in number then the sande and yet whyle I am wakyng I am styll with thee 19 For truely thou wylt slay O Lord the * wicked man and the blood thirstie men to whom I euer say depart ye from me 20 Who do speake vnto thee in guylefull maner thou art O God exalted in vayne to thyne enemies 21 Do not I hate them O God that hate thee and am not I greeued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee 22 Yea I hate them from the bottome of myne heart euen as though they were myne enemies 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde and knowe thou myne heart proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes 24 And loke well yf there be any way of peruersenesse in me and then leade me in the way of the worlde ⧠The argument of the cxl psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God most earnestly to deliuer hym from his enemies who with their slaunderous tongues false accusations and craftie fetches seke all maner of wayes howe to destroy hym wheras yet in deede they cannot put in execution their malice but by Gods permission ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 DElyuer me O God from the euyll man and preserue me from the outragious man 2 Who in heart imagine mischiefes and set forwarde to warre euery day 3 They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lyppes Selah 4 Kepe me O God from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the outragious man who haue deuised to thrust my feete from me 5 The proude haue layde a snare for me and spread a net abroade with cordes in the hygh wayes they haue set trappes for m◠Selah 6 I haue sayde vnto God thou art my Lorde heare the voyce of my prayers O God 7 O Lorde God the strength of my saluation thou hast couered my head in the day of battayle 8 Graunt not vnto the vngodly his desires O God bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination lest they shoulde be made to proude Selah 9 Let the labour of his owne lippe couer him who is head of them that compasse me about 10 Let hotte coales be burnyng vpon them he wyll cast them downe into the fire into deepe pittes that they may neuer ryse vp agayne 11 A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe hym 12 I am sure that God will dispatche the cause of the afflicted and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy 13 Truely the ryghteous wyll confesse it vnto thy name they that deale vprightly shall dwell before thy face The argument of the .cxlj. psalme ¶ Dauid humbly desireth God that his prayer may be so acceptable vnto hym as yf he had made a sacrifice in the temple He prayeth God to preserue hym in worde and deede from all euyll that he fall into no snare of his enemies for he had rather be reproued of the godly then to be honoured of the wicked ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 O God I call vpon thee haste thee vnto me geue eare vnto my voyce whylest I crye vnto thee 2 Let my prayer be directed before thy face as an incense let the liftyng vp of myne handes be an euenyng sacrifice 3 Set a watch O God before my mouth and kepe the doore of my lyppes 4 Incline not myne heart to any euyll thyng wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie and let me not eate of their delicates 5 I wyshe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me for it is louing kyndnesse 6 But let not pretious baulmes breake myne head for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse 7 Let their iudges be thrust downe headlong from a rocke then they wyll heare my wordes for they be sweete 8 Our bones lye scattered vpon the graues mouth lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth 9 For myne eyes loke vnto thee O God the Lorde in thee is my trust cast not my soule out of me 10 Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde foorth for me and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquitie 11 Let the vngodly fall together into their owne nettes but let me in the meane season alwayes escape them The argument of the cxlij psalme ¶ Dauid expresseth the prayer that he made to God when he lay hyd in the caue 1. Samuel 24. He vttereth his great anguishe that he was in so that he had trust in nothyng els saue in God who is all his inheritaunce ¶ The wise instruction of Dauid a prayer when he was in the caue 1 I Cryed vnto God with my voyce euen vnto God I dyd make my supplication 2 I powred out before his face my cogitations and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face 3 When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me thou knewest my path in the way wherin I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me 4 When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe rounde about me there was no man that woulde knowe me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule 5 I cryed vnto thee O God and sayde thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng 6 Consider my complaynt for I am brought very lowe deliuer me from my persecutours for they are to strong for me 7 Bryng my soule out of prison that I may prayse thy name the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about because thou hast thus rewarded me The argument of the cxliii psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayer for his mercie and goodnesse sake because no man can be founde ryghteous before hym He vttereth his sorowe requireth to be deliuered from his enemies agaynst whom he maketh his prayer ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 HEare my prayer O God geue eare vnto my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth sake for thy ryghteousnesse sake 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead 4 And my spirite is ouerwhelmed within me and my heart is desolate in the midst of me 5 I call to remembraunce the tyme long past I muse vpon euery act of thine I exercise my study on the worke of thy handes 6 I stretche foorth myne handes vnto thee my soule as a thirstie lande gaspeth vnto thee Selah 7 Make speede hearken vnto me O God my spirite waxeth faynt hyde not thy face from me for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt 8 Cause me to heare of thy louyng kindnesse betymes in the mornyng for in thee is my trust 9 Make me to knowe the way that I shoulde walke in for I lyft vp my
〈◊〉 exul cxâ— Dominus reguauit 〈◊〉 câ— Ecce nunc benedicite câ—iii Ecce quâ—m bonum liâ— Etipe iâ—e de â—micis câ— Eâ—ipe me domine xlv E◠〈…〉 câ—r câ—lv Exaltâ— te deus xxx Exalâ— te domine lv Exaudi deus â—ratio lxi Exaudi deus depreâ—a lxiiii Exaudi deus oratâ— meâ—m xâ—ii Exaudi domine 〈◊〉 xx Exâ—utidiâ— te dominiâ— xl Expectanâ— expectâ— lxxxi Exultâ—te deo xxxiii Exultate 〈◊〉 lxviii Exuâ—at deus lxxxvii Fundamenta eius lxxxvi Iâ—clâ—na domine cxxvi Iâ— conuerteâ—do xâ— In domino câ—nâ—o cxiiii In exitu Iâ—ael xxxi In te domine speratii lxvi Iubilate deo C. Iubilate dâ—mâ—no xxxv Iudica domine xliii Iudica me deus xxvi Iuâ—ca me domine lxxi Iuâ— domine spâ—ratii non cxlâ— Iâ—da anima mea cxlâ—ii 〈◊〉 Hierusalem cxâ— cxvâ—◠〈…〉 omnes cxxi Leua◠〈◊〉 cxxii Laâ—tâ—tus â—um câ—v Laudâ—te â—men cxlvii Laâ—date dâ—minum cxlviii Laâ—dâ—te dominâ— de coâ—lis cl Laudate dominum in xlâ—iii l◠〈…〉 deuâ— i. lvi 〈…〉 deuâ— ii lâ—ii Miserere mei de◠〈◊〉 lxxxix câ— Miseri◠〈…〉 câ—i Memâ—nto domine xxxâ—ii No◠〈◊〉 lxâ—i Nâ—â—uâ—e de 〈…〉 lxxvi Notus in Iudaeâ— cxv Non 〈…〉 cxxâ—iâ— Nisi quiâ— dominâ— cxxâ—ii Nisi dominu◠〈◊〉 xlvii Omnes gentes cviii Paâ—atum cor ii Quare fremuerunt xlii Qâ—em admodum lii Quid gloriaâ—iâ— lxxiii Quâ—m bonus Isâ—ael lxxâ— Qui regis Israel lâ—xiiii Quâ—m dilâ—ta xâ—i Qui â—abiâ—atâ— ad ii câ—xv Quâ— confidâ—t xii Saluum me fac domiâ—e lâ—ii Sâ—ere vâ—que lâ—ix Saluum me fac deâ— cxxix Sâ—pe expugnaâ—erunt cxxxvii Super â—mina lxv Te decet hymnâ—s v. Verba meâ— x Vt quâ—d domine xiii Vs◠〈◊〉 domine lxxiiii Vt 〈◊〉 deus lxxvii 〈…〉 ad dominum xcv 〈…〉 exusteâ— cxiii Vâ— mea ad domâ—am ⧠The prouerbes of Solomon ¶ The first Chapter 1 The power and vse of the worde of God 7 Of the feare of God and knowledge of his worde 10 We may not consent to the intisinges of sinners 20 Wysdome complayneth that she is contemned 14 The punishment of them that contemne her 1 THe prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid king of Israel 2 To learne wisdome and instruction to perceaue the wordes of vnderstanding 3 To receaue the instruction of wysdome iustice iudgement and equitie 4 To geue wyt vnto the simple that the young men might haue knowledge and vnderstanding 5 The wyse man wyll geue eare and wyll come by more wysdome and he that is endued with vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wyse counselles 6 To vnderstande a parable and the interpretation thereof the wordes of the wyse and their darke speaches 7 The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of knowledge but fooles dispise wysdome and instruction 8 My sonne heare thy fathers doctrine forsake not the lawe of thy mother 9 For they shal be an encrease of grace vnto thy head and as a chayne about thy necke 10 My sonne if sinners entice thee consent not vnto them 11 If they say come with vs let vs lay wayte for blood and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause 12 Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole as those that go downe into the pit 13 So shall we finde all maner of costly riches and fill our houses with spoyles 14 Cast in thy lot among vs and let vs all haue one purse 15 My sonne walke not thou with them refrayne thy foote from their wayes 16 For their feete runne to euill and are hastie to shed blood 17 But as in vayne the nette is layde foorth before the byrdes eyes 18 So these lay wayte for the blood of them and lye priuily for their liues 19 Suche are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne who taketh away the lyfe of the owner therof 20 Wysdome cryeth without and putteth foorth her voyce in the streates 21 She calleth before the congregation in the open gates and sheweth her wordes thorowe the citie saying 22 O ye chyldren howe long will ye loue chyldishnes howe long wyll the scorners delite in scorning and the vnwyse hate knowledge 23 O turne you at my correction lo I wyll expresse my minde vnto you and make you vnderstande my wordes 24 Because I haue called and ye refused I haue stretched out my hand and no man regarded 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised and set my correction at naught 26 Therefore wyll I also laugh at your destruction and mocke you when the thing that ye feare commeth vpon you 27 Euen when the thing that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme and your miserie lyke a tempest yea when trouble and heauines commeth vpon you 28 Then shall they call vpon me but I wyll not aunswere they shall seeke me early but they shall not finde me 29 And that because they hated knowledge and did not chose the feare of the Lorde 30 They woulde none of my counsayle but dispised all my correction 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way and be filled with their owne inuentions 32 For the turning away of the vnwyse shall slay them and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them 33 But whoso hearkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and be sure from any feare of euyll ¶ The .ii. Chapter 1 Wysdome exhorteth to obay her 5 She teacheth the feare of God â— She is geuen of God 1â— She preserueth from wickednes 1 MY sonne if thou wylt receaue my wordes and laye vp my commaundementes within thee 2 That thou wylt encline thyne eares vnto wysdome applye thyne heart then to vnderstanding 3 For if thou cryest after wysdome and cryest for knowledge 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer and searchest for her as for treasures 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde and finde the knowledge of God 6 For the Lorde geueth wysdome out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding 7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous and defendeth them that walke vprightly 8 That they may kepe the right path and he preserueth the way of suche as do serue hym with godlynesse 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse and iudgement and equitie yea and euery good path 10 When wysdome entreth into thyne heart and thy soule deliteth in knowledge 11 Then shall counsell preserue thee and vnderstanding shall kepe thee 12 That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges 13 From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse to walke in the wayes of darknesse 14 Whiche reioyce in doyng naught and delite in the wickednesse of the euill 15 Whose wayes are crooked and they frowarde in their pathes 16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thyne owne whiche geueth sweete wordes 17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth forgetteth the couenaunt of her God 18 For
way which seemeth right vnto a man but the ende therof are the wayes of death 13 The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter and the ende of myrth is heauinesse 14 A backe slydyng heart shal be fylled with his owne wayes but a good man shall depart from hym 15 An ignoraunt body beleueth euery worde but who so hath vnderstanding loketh well to his goynges 16 A wyse man feareth and departeth from euyll but the foole is angry and counteth hym selfe sure 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly but he that is well aduised is hated of the foole 18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession but the wyse are crowned with knowledge 19 The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours but the riche hath many fâ—endes 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour sinneth but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore 22 Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse but they that muse vpon good thynges vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth 23 In euery labour there is some profite â–ª but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie 24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise â–ª but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse 25 A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his children are vnder a sure defence 27 The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death 28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding but he that is soone displeased exalteth foolishnesse 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body but enuie consumeth away the bones 31 He that doth a poore man wrong blasphemeth his maker but who so honoureth him hath pitie on the poore 32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng and it shal be knowen among them that are vnlearned 34 * Righteousnesse setteth vp the people but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym The .xv. Chapter 1 A Soft aunswere appeaseth wrath but rough wordes stirre vp anger 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse 3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place â–ª beholdeth both the good and the bad 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction â–ª but he that taketh heede when he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandyng 6 The house of the ryghteous is full of riches but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble 7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge but the heart of the foolishe do not so 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym 9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde but who so foloweth righteousnesse him he loueth 10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way and who so hateth correction shall dye 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde howe much more then the heartes of the children of men 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym neither wyll he come vnto the wyse 13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse 15 All the dayes of the poore are miserable but a quiet heart is a continuall feast 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde then great treasure and trouble therwith 17 Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue then a fat oxe with euyll wyll 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife but he that is patient stylleth discorde 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes but the way of the ryghteous is playne 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly 22 Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle there is stedfastnesse 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man wheÌ„ his counsayle is folowed and howe good is a worde spoken in season 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath 25 The Lorde wyll breake downe the house of the proude but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe 26 The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt 27 The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue 28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe 29 The Lorde is farre from the vngodly but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous 30 The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart a good name feedeth the bones 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe shall dwell among the wyse 32 He that refuseth to be refourmed dispiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth him selfe to correction is wyse 33 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome and lowlynesse goeth before honour The .xvj. Chapter 1 A Man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde 2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes 3 Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde and what thou deuisest it shall prosper 4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake yea the vngodly for the day of wrath 5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart and though hande be ioyned in hande yet they shall not be vnpunished 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed 7 When a mans wayes please the Lord he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges 10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement 11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement all the wayghtes of the bagge
Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie and their contentions are like the barre of a castell 20 A mans belly shal be satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be fylled 21 Death and lyfe are in the instrument of the tongue and they that loue it shall eate the fruite therof 22 who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thyng and receaueth fauour of the Lorde 23 The poore prayeth meekely but the râ—che geueth a rough aunswere 24 A man that wyll haue frendes must shewe hym selfe frendly and there is a frende which is nearer then a brother The .xix. Chapter 1 BEtter is the poore that liueth godly then he that abuseth his lippes and is a foole 2 The desire without discretion is not good but as a man which hasteth with his feete offendeth 3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way and his heart fretteth agaynst the Lorde 4 Riches maketh many frendes but the poore is separated from his neighbour 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape 6 The multitude hangeth vpon great men and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes 7 All the brethren of the poore do hate hym yea his owne frendes withdrawe them selues from hym and he that geueth credence to wordes getteth nothyng 8 He that is wise loueth his owne soule and kepeth vnderstanding that he may prosper 9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole much lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes 11 A wise man can put of displeasure and it is his honour to let some faultes passe 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father and a brawlyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house wherthrough it is euer droppyng 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe and a soule accustomed with craft shall suffer hunger 16 Who so kepeth the commaundement kepeth his owne soule but he that regardeth not his wayes shall dye 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and loke what he layeth out it shal be payde hym agayne 18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope and let not thy soule spare for his crying 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment and though thou once delyuer hym thou must do it agayne 20 O geue eare vnto good counsayle and be content to be refourmed that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes 21 There are many deuises in a mans heart neuerthelesse the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande 22 It is a mans worshyp to do good and a poore man is better then a lyer 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague 24 A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person the ignoraunt shall take better heede and yf thou reprouest one that hath vnderstandyng he wyll be the wyser 26 He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne 27 My sonne heare no more the doctrine that leadeth thee vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstandyng 28 A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse 29 Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The .xx. Chapter 1 WIne maketh a man to be scornefull strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion who so prouoketh hym vnto anger offendeth against his owne soule 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife but euery foole wyll be medling 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter therefore shall he begge in sommer and haue nothing 5 Counsayle in the heart of man is lyke deepe water but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out 6 Many there be that woulde be called good doers but where shall one finde a faythfull man 7 The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly shal be blessed after hym 8 A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement chaseth away all euyll with his looke 9 Who can say I haue made my heart cleane I am pure from my sinne 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde 11 A chylde is knowen by his conuersation whether his workes be pure and right 12 The eare to heare the eye to see the Lorde hath made them both 13 Loue not sleepe lest thou come vnto pouertie but open thyne eyes that thou mayest haue bread inough 14 It is naught it is naught saith he that byeth but when he commeth to his owne house then he boasteth of his peny worth 15 There is golde and a multitude of precious stones but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell 16 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake 17 A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt but at the last his mouth shal be filled with grauell 18 Thorowe counsayle the thinges that men deuise are made strong and with good aduise take warre in hande 19 The craftie deceiptfull be wrayeth secrete counsayle therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips 20 Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the depth of darknesse 21 The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first shall not be blessed at the ende 22 Say not thou I wyll recompence euyll but put thy trust in the Lorde and he shall deliuer thee 23 Diuers waightes are an abhomination vnto the Lord and a false balaunce is not good 24 The Lorde ordereth euery mans goinges how can a man then vnderstand his owne way 25 It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy and after the vowe to make inquirie 26 A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly and bringeth the wheele ouer them 27 The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man searching all the inwarde partes of the body 28 Mercy and trueth preserueth the king and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp 29 The strength of young men is their worship and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged 30 Blewe woundes driue away euyll and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 1 THe kynges
heart is in the hand of the Lord lyke as are the riuers of water he maye turne it whyther soeuer he wyll 2 Euery mans way seemeth right in his owne eyes but the Lorde pondereth the heart 3 To do righteousnes and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice 4 An high looke a proude heart and the plowing of the vngodly is sinne 5 The deuises of one that is diligent bring plenteousnesse but he that is vnaduised commeth vnto pouertie 6 To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death 7 The robberies of the vngodly shal be their owne destruction for they wyll not do the thing that is right 8 The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge but of the pure man his worke is right 9 It is better to dwell in a corner on the house toppe then with a brawling woman in a wide house 10 The soule of the vngodly wisheth euyll and his neighbour findeth no fauour in his eyes 11 When the scornefull is punished the ignoraunt take the better heede and when the wise is instructed he wyll receaue vnderstanding 12 The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly 13 Who so stoppeth his eares at the crying of the poore he shall crye hym selfe and not be hearde 14 A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure and a gyft in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse 15 The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right but destruction shal be to the workers of wickednesse 16 The man that wandereth out of the way of wysdome shall remaine in the congregation of the dead 17 He that hath pleasure in bankettes shal be a poore man and whoso delighteth in wine and delicates shall not be riche 18 The vngodly shal be a raunsome for the righteous and the wicked for the iust 19 It is better to dwell in the wyldernesse then with a chydyng and an angrye woman 20 In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle but a foolishe body spendeth vp all 21 Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy findeth both life righteousnesse and honour 22 A wyse man skaleth the citie of the mightie ouerthroweth the strength wherein they trusted 23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue the same kepeth his soule from troubles 24 He that is proude and arrogant is called a scorner whiche in his wrath worketh presumptuously 25 The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him for his handes wyll not labour 26 He coueteth greedyly all day long but the righteous geueth and spareth not 27 The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse 28 A false witnesse shall perishe but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde 29 An vngoly man hardeneth his face but the iust refourmeth his owne way 30 There is no wysdome there is no vnderstanding there is no counsayle against the Lorde 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battayle but the Lorde geueth victorie ¶ The .xxii. Chapter 1 A Good name is more to be desired then great riches and louing fauour is better then siluer and golde 2 The riche and poore meete together the Lorde is the maker of them all 3 A wyse man seeth the plague and hydeth hym selfe but the foolishe go on still and are punished 4 By humilitie and the feare of the Lorde commeth riches honour and life 5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde but he that doth kepe his soule wyll flee farre from them 6 Teache a chylde what way he should go for he shall not leaue it when he is olde 7 The ryche ruleth the poore and the borower is seruaunt to the lender 8 He that soweth wickednes shal reape wickednes and the rodde of his anger shall fayle 9 He that hath a bountifull eye shal be blessed for he geueth of his bread to the poore 10 Cast out the scorneful man and so shal strife go out with hym yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse 11 Who so loueth cleannes of heart for the grace of his lippes the kyng shal be his frende 12 The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours 13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without I might be slaine in the streate 14 The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall 15 Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde and the rodde of correction shall driue it away 16 Who so doth a poore man wrong to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe 17 Bowe downe thyne eare and heare the wordes of the wise applie thy mind vnto my doctrine 18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart and order them in thy lippes 19 That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest 20 Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning 21 That I might make thee knowe the trueth that thou with the veritie mightest aunswere them that sende vnto thee 22 Rob not the poore because he is poore and oppresse not the simple in iudgement 23 For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence 24 Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man and walke not with the furious 25 Lest thou learne his wayes and receaue hurt to thy soule 26 Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise and are suretie for waightie causes 27 For if thou hast nothing to pay they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee 28 Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke whiche thy fore elders haue set 29 Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges not among the simple people The .xxiij. Chapter 1 WHen thou sittest to eate with a noble man consider diligently what is set before thee 2 Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set 3 Be not desirous of his daintie meates for meate begyleth and deceaueth 4 Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche beware of suche a purpose 5 Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away For riches make them selues wynges and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre 6 Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye neither desire thou his daintie meate 7 For as though he thought it in his heart he saith eate and drinke where as his heart is not with thee 8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake and loose those sweete wordes 9 Tell nothing into the eares of a foole for he wyll despise the wysdome
of thy wordes 10 Remoue not the olde lande marke and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse 11 For their redeemer is mightie euen he shall defend their cause against thee 12 Applye thyne heart vnto correction and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge 13 Withholde not correction from the chylde for if thou beatest hym with the rodde he shall not dye thereof 14 If thou smyte hym with the rodde thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell 15 My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome my heart also shall reioyce 16 Yea my raynes shal be very glad if thy lippes speake the thing that is right 17 Let not thyne heart be ielous to folowe sinners but kepe thee styll in the feare of the Lorde all the day long 18 For veryly there is an ende and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of 19 My sonne geue eare and be wyse and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde 20 Kepe not company with wine bibbers and riotous eaters of fleshe 21 For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie and he that is geuen to muche sleepe shall go with a ragged coate 22 Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee and despise not thy mother when she is olde 23 Purchase trueth wysdome nurture and vnderstanding and sell them not 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce and he that begetteth a wyse chylde shall haue ioy of hym 25 Do so that thy father and mother may be glad of thee and that she that bare thee may reioyce 26 My sonne geue me thyne heart and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes 27 For an whore is a deepe graue and a straunge woman is a narowe pit 28 She lyeth in wayte as for a pray and increaseth the transgressours amongst men 29 Who hath wo who hath sorowe who hath strife who hath brawling and who hath woundes without a cause 30 Or who hath red eyes euen they that be euer at the wine seeke excesse 31 Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is and what a colour it geueth in the glasse 32 It goeth downe sweetely but at the last it byteth like a serpent and stingeth lyke an adder 33 Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges 34 Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship 35 They haue beaten me shalt thou say and I was not sicke they haue stricken me and I felt it not When I am well wakened I wil go to the drinke again ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter 1 BE not thou enuious to folow wicked men and desire not to be among them 2 For their heart imagineth to do hurt and their lippes talke mischiefe 3 Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded with vnderstanding is it set vp 4 Thorowe discretion shall the chaumbers be filled with all costly and pleasaunt riches 5 A wise man is euer strong yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength 6 For with discretion must warres be taken in hand and where as are many that can geue counsaile there is health 7 Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole for he dare not open his mouth in the gate 8 He that imagineth mischiefe maye well be called an vngratious person 9 The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men 10 If thou be faynt in the day of aduersitie thy strength is small 11 Deliuer them that are drawen vnto death and ceasse not to preserue them that are led to be slayne 12 If thou wylt say beholde I knewe not of it doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it And he that kepeth thy soule knoweth he it not Shall not he also recompence euery man according to his workes 13 My sonne eate thou hony because it is good and the hony combe for it is sweete vnto thy mouth 14 So sweete shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it and there shal be hope and thy hope shall not be cut of 15 Laye no priuie wayte O wicked man against the house of the righteous and spoyle not his resting place 16 For a iust man falleth seuen tymes and ryseth vp agayne but the vngodly fall into mischiefe 17 Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemie and let not thyne heart be glad when he stumbleth 18 Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry and turne his wrath from hym vnto thee 19 Fret not thy selfe because of the malitious neither be enuious at the wicked 20 For the wicked shall haue no posteritie and the candle of the vngodly shal be put out 21 My sonne feare thou the Lorde and the kyng and kepe no company with them that slide backe from his feare 22 For their destruction shall rise sodainlye and who knoweth the aduersitie that may come from them both ¶ These are also the sayinges of the wyse 23 It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement 24 He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous hym shall the people curse yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him 25 But they that rebuke the vngodly in them doth God delight and a rych blessing shall come vpon them 26 Euery man shall kisse his lippes that geueth a good aunswere 27 Make redie thy worke that is without and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde and then buylde thyne house 28 Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour and speake no falsehood with thy lippes 29 Say not I wyll handle hym euen as he hath dealt with me and wyll rewarde euery man according to his deedes 30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man 31 And lo it was all couered with nettles and stoode full of thornes and the stone wall was broken downe 32 This I sawe and considered it well I looked vpon it and toke it for a warning 33 Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle slumber a litle folde thy handes together yet a litle 34 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way and necessitie lyke a weaponed man The .xxv. Chapter ¶ These are also parables of Solomon which the men of Ezekia king of Iuda copied out 1 IT is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing 2 The heauen is hye the earth is deepe and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable 3 Take the drosse from the siluer and there shal be a vessell for the finer 4 Take away the vngodly from the kyng and his seate shal be stablished with righteousnesse 5 Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king and preasse not into the place of great men 6 For better is it that it
prison and is made a kyng and another which is borne in the kyngdome commeth vnto pouertie 15 And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other 16 As for the people that haue ben before hym and that come after hym they are innumerable and they that come after hym shall not reioyce of hym This is also a vayne thyng and vexation of mynde 17 When thou commest into the house of God kepe thy foote and drawe nye that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles for they knowe naught but to do euyll The .v. Chapter 1 Not to speake lightly chiefly in Gods matters 9 The couetous can neuer haue enough 11 The labourers sleepe is sweete 14 Man when he dyeth taketh nothyng with hym 18 To lyue ioyfully and with a contented mynde is the gyft of God 1 BE not hasty with thy mouth and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God For God is in heauen and thou vpon earth therfore let thy wordes be fewe 2 For where much carefulnesse is there are many dreames and where many wordes are there men may heare fooles 3 If thou make a vowe vnto God be not slacke to perfourme it As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them yf thou promise any thyng pay it 4 For better is it that thou make no vowe then that thou shouldest promise and not pay 5 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce and destroy all the worke of thyne handes 6 And why wheras are many dreames and many wordes there are also diuers vanities but loke that thou feare God 7 If thou seest the poore to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withall so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande marueyle not thou at such a thyng for he that is hygher then the hyghest regardeth and there be hygher then they 8 The increase of the earth vpholdeth all thyng yea the kyng hym selfe is maynteyned by husbandry 9 He that loueth money wyll neuer be satisfied with money and he that loueth riches shal be without the fruite therof This is also a vayne thyng 10 Wheras much riches is there are many also that spende them away And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes 11 A labouryng man sleepeth sweetly whether it be litle or much that he eateth but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer hym to sleepe 12 Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession 13 For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble and yf he haue a childe it getteth nothyng 14 Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe so goeth he thyther agayne and caryeth nothyng away with hym of all his labour 15 This is a miserable plague that he shall go euen as he came away What helpeth it hym then that he hath laboured in the wynde 16 All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke with great carefulnesse sicknesse and sorowe 17 Therfore me thynke it a better and a fairer thyng a man to eate and drynke and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth hym for this is his portion 18 For vnto whom soeuer God geueth riches goodes and power he geueth it hym to enioy it to take it for his portion and to be refresshed of his labour this is the gyft of God 19 For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse The .vj. Chapter The miserable estate of hym to whom God hath geuen riches and not the grace to vse them 1 THere is yet a plague vnder the sunne and it is a generall thyng among men when God geueth a man riches goodes and honour so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire and yet God geueth hym not leaue to enioy the same but another man spendeth them This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague 2 If a man beget a hundred children and lyue many yeres so that his dayes are many in number and yet can not enioy his good neither be buryed as for hym I say that vntymely birth is better then he 3 For he commeth to naught spendeth his tyme in darknesse and his name is forgotten 4 Moreouer he seeth not the sunne and knoweth not of it and yet hath he more rest then the other 5 Yea though he lyued two thousande yeres yet hath he no good lyfe Come not all to one place 6 All the labour that a man taketh is for him selfe and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde 7 For what hath the wise more then the foole What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng 8 The cleare syght of the eye is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust Howbeit this is also a vayne thyng and a disquietnesse of mynde 9 The thyng that hath ben is named alredy and knowen that it is euen man him selfe neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he 10 Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie and what hath a man els 11 For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life whiche is but a shadowe Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne The .vij. Chapter Diuers preceptes to folowe that whiche is good and to auoyde the contrary 1 A Good name is more worth then precious oyntment the day of death is better thē the day of byrth 2 It is better to go into an house of mourning then into a banketting house For there is the ende of all men and he that is liuing taketh it to heart 3 Grauitie is better then to laugh for when the countenaunce is heauie the heart is refourmed 4 The heart of the wise is in the mourning house but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth 5 It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man then to heare the songue of fooles 6 For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot and that is but a vayne thing 7 The wyse man hateth wrong dealing and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes 8 Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning The pacient of spirite is better then the hye minded 9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy
of the trumpet but they say we wyll not take heede 18 Heare therefore ye gentiles and thou congregation shalt know what I haue deuised for them 19 Heare thou earth also behold I wyll cause a plague to come vpon this people euen the fruite of their owne imaginations for that they haue not ben obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them 20 Wherefore bryng ye me incense from Saba and sweete smelling calamus from farre countreys your burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyce not in your sacrifices 21 And therefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll lay stumbling blockes among this people and there shall fall at them the father with the chyldren one neighbour shall perishe with another 22 Thus saith the Lorde Beholde there shall come a people from the north and a great people shal arise from the endes of the earth 23 With bowes and with dartes shall they be weaponed it is a rough and fearce people an vnmercifull people their voyce roareth like the sea thei ride vpon horses well appointed to the battaile against thee O daughter Sion 24 The fame of them haue we hearde our armes are feeble heauinesse and sorowe is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauayling with chylde 25 Let no man go foorth into the fielde let no man come vpon the hye streete for the sworde and feare of the enemie is on euery side 26 Wherfore gyrde a sackcloth about thee O thou daughter of my people sprinkle thy selfe with ashes mourne and weepe bitterly as vpon thyne onlye beloued sonne for the destroyer shall sodainly fall vpon vs. 27 Thee haue I set for a strong towre O thou prophete and a well fensed wall among my people to seeke out and to trye their wayes 28 For they are all stubborne apostates and fallen away walking deceiptfully they are cleane brasse and iron for they hurt and destroy euery man 29 The bellowes are brent in the fire the leade is not moulten the melter melteth in vayne for the euill is not taken away from them 30 Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer because the Lorde hath cast them out The .vij. Chapter 2 Ieremie is commaunded to shewe vnto the people the worde of God which trusteth in the outwarde seruice of the temple 13 The euils that shall happen to the Iewes for the despising of their prophetes 21 Sacrifices doth not the Lord chiefly require of the Iewes but that they shoulde obay his worde 1 THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremie saying 2 Stande vnder the gate of the Lordes house crye out these wordes there with a loude voyce and say Heare the word of the Lorde all ye of Iuda that go in at this doore to worship the Lorde 3 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Amende your wayes and your counsels and I wyll let you dwell in this place 4 Trust not in false lying words saying Here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lorde 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour 6 Oppresse not the straunger the fatherlesse and the widowe shed not innocent blood in this place cleane not to straunge gods to your owne destruction 7 Then wyll I let you dwell in this place yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer 8 But take heede ye trust in lying tales that beguile you and do you no good 9 For when ye haue stollen murthered committed adultrie and periurie when ye haue offered vnto Baal folowing straunge and vnknowen gods shall ye be vnpunished 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house whiche hath my name geuen vnto it and say tushe we are absolued quite though we haue done all these abhominations 11 What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of thieues And yet I see what you thinke saith the Lorde 12 Go to my place in Silo wherevnto I gaue my name aforetyme and looke well what I did to the same place for the wickednesse of my people of Israel 13 And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you yet would ye not heare me I called ye would not aunswere 14 Therefore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wyll I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that you put your trust in yea vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and your fathers 15 And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all your brethren the whole seede of Ephraim 16 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people thou shalt neither geue thankes nor bid prayer for them make thou no intercession for them for in no wise will I heare thee 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Hierusalem 18 The chyldren gather stickes the fathers kindle the fire the womē kneade the dough to bake cakes for the queene of heauen they powre out drinke offeringes vnto straunge gods to prouoke me vnto wrath 19 Howbeit they hurt not me saith the Lord but rather confounde and shame them selues 20 And therefore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde my wrath and indignation shal be powred out vpon this place vpon men and cattell vpon trees in the fielde and fruite of the lande and it shall burne so that no man may quench it 21 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Heape vp your burnt offeringes with your sacrifices and eate the fleshe 22 For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices 23 But this I commaunded them saying Hearken and obay my voyce and I shal be your God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that ye may prosper 24 But they were not obedient they inclined not their eares therevnto but went after their owne imaginations and after the motions of their owne wicked heart and so turned them selues away and conuerted not vnto me 25 And this haue they done from the tyme that your fathers came out of Egypt vnto this day Neuerthelesse I sent vnto you all my seruauntes the prophetes I rose vp early and sent you worde 26 Yet woulde they not hearken nor offer me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers 27 And thou shalt nowe speake all these wordes vnto them but they shall not heare thee thou shalt crye vpon them but they shall not aunswere thee 28 Therefore shalt thou say vnto them This is the people that neither heareth the voyce of the Lorde their God nor receaueth his correction faythfulnesse and
broken my chyldren are gone fro me can no where be founde Nowe haue I none to spreade out my tent nor to set vp my hanginges 21 For the heardmen are become foolishe and they haue not sought the Lorde therefore haue they dealt vnwisely with their cattell and all are scattered abrode 22 Beholde the noyse is harde at hande and great sedition out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wildernesse and a dwelling place for dragons 23 Nowe I knowe O Lord that it is not in mans power to order his owne wayes or to rule his owne steppes and goinges 24 Therefore chasten thou me O Lord but with fauour and not in thy wrath lest thou bring me vtterly to naught 25 Powre out thyne indignation vpon the gentiles that knowe thee not and vpon the people that call not vpon thy name and that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue made his habitation waste The .xj. Chapter 1 A curse to them that obay not the worde of Gods promise 10 The people of Iuda folowing the steppes of their fathers worshippeth straunge gods 15 The Lord saith that he wyll not heare the Iewes and forbiddeth also Ieremie to pray for them 1 THis is a sermō which the Lorde commaunded Ieremie for to preache saying 2 Heare the wordes of this couenaunt and speake vnto the men of Iuda and to all them that dwell at Hierusalem 3 And say vnto them Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto the words of this couenaunt 4 Whiche I commaunded vnto your fathers what time as I brought them out of Egypt from the iron furnace saying Be obedient vnto my voyce and do according to all that I commaunde you so shall ye be my people and I will be your God 5 And wyll kepe my promise that I haue sworne vnto your fathers namelye that I woulde geue them a lande whiche floweth with milke and honie as ye see it is come to passe vnto this day Then aunswered I and sayde Amen let it be euen so Lorde as thou sayest 6 Then the Lord sayd vnto me againe Preache this in the cities of Iuda and rounde about Hierusalem say Heare the wordes of this couenaunt and kepe them 7 For I haue diligently exhorted your fathers euer since the tyme that I brought them out of the lande of Egypt vnto this day I gaue them warning be times saying hearken vnto my voyce 8 Neuerthelesse they would not obey me nor encline their eares vnto me but folowed the wicked imaginations of their owne heartes and therefore I haue brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenaunt that I gaue them to kepe which they notwithstanding haue not kept 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto me it is founde out that whole Israel and all these cities of Hierusalem are gone backe 10 They haue turned them selues to the blasphemies of their forefathers which had no lust to heare my wordes Euen lykewyse haue these also folowed straunge gods and worshipped them The house of Israel and Iuda haue broken my couenaunt whiche I made with their fathers 11 Therefore thus saith the Lorde beholde I will send a plague vpon them whiche they shall not be able to escape and they shall crye vnto me and I wyl not heare them 12 Then shall the townes of Iuda and the citizens of Hierusalem go and call vpon their gods vnto whom they made their oblations but they shall not be able to helpe them in tyme of their trouble 13 For as many cities as thou hast O Iuda so many gods hast thou had also and loke howe many streetes there be in thee O Hierusalem so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp aulters I say to offer vpon them vnto Baal 14 Therfore pray not thou for this people byd neither prayse nor prayer for them for though they crye vnto me in their trouble yet wil I not heare them 15 What part hath my beloued in my house seing he hath worked abhomination seruing many gods The holy fleshe offeringes in the temple are gone from thee O Iuda and thou when thou hast done euyll makest thy boast of it 16 The Lord called thee a greene oliue tree a faire one a fruitefull one a goodlye one but with great clamour hath the enemie set fire vpon it the braunches of it are destroyed 17 For the Lorde of hoastes that planted thee hath deuised a plague for thee O thou house of Israel and Iuda for the euyll that ye haue done to prouoke hym to wrath in that ye dyd seruice to Baal 18 This O Lorde haue I learned of thee and vnderstande it for thou hast shewed me their imaginations 19 But I am as a meeke lambe an oxe that is caryed away to be slayne not knowing that they had deuised suche a counsell against me saying We wyll destroy his meate with wood and driue him out of the lande of the liuing that his name shall neuer be thought vpon 20 Therfore I wyll beseche thee nowe O Lorde of hoastes thou righteous iudge thou that tryest the raynes and the heartes let me see thee auenged of them for vnto thee haue I committed my cause 21 The Lorde therfore spake thus of the citizens of Anathoth that sought to slay me saying Preache not vnto vs in the name of the Lorde or els thou shalt dye of our handes 22 Thus I say spake the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I will visit you your young mē shal perishe with the sworde your sonnes and your daughters shall vtterly dye of hunger 23 So that none shall remaine for vpon the citizens of Anathoth wyll I bring a plague euen the yere of their visitation The .xij. Chapter 1 The prophete marueyleth greatly at the prosperitie of the wicked although he confesse God to be righteous 7 The Iewes are forsaken of the Lord. 1◠He speaketh agaynst curates and preachers that seduce the people 14 The Lord threatneth destruction vnto the nations that bordered vpon Iurie which troubled and vexed it 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous then that I shoulde dispute with thee neuerthelesse let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse 2 Thou plantest them they take roote they growe and bryng foorth fruite they boast much of thee yet art thou farre from their raynes 3 But thou Lorde to whom I am well knowen thou that hast sene and proued my heart take them away like as a flocke is caryed to the slaughter house appoynt them for the day of slaughter 4 Howe long shall the lande mourne and all the hearbes of the fielde perishe for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin The cattell and the birdes are gone yet say they tushe
south and in the playne countreys 8 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Zachari saying 9 Thus saith the Lord of hoastes Execute true iudgement shew mercie louing kindnes euery man to his brother 10 Do the wydow the fatherlesse the straungers and poore no wrong and leâ— no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart 11 Neuerthelesse they would not take heede but turned their backes stopped their eares that they should not heare 12 Yea they made their heartes as an Adamant stone lest they should heare the law and wordes which the Lorde of hoastes sent in his holy spirite by the prophetes aforetime Wherfore the lord of hoastes was very wroth at them 13 And thus is it come to passe that like as he cryed and they would not heare euen so they cryed I would not heare saith the Lord God of hoastes 14 But scattred them among al the nations whom they knew not Thus the land was made so desolate after them that there trauayled no man in it neither to nor fro for that plesaunt lande was vtterly layd waste The .viij. Chapter 2 Of the returne of the people vnto Hierusalem and of the mercie of God toward them 16 Of good workes 20 The calling of the Gentiles 1 SO the word of the lord of hoastes came vnto me saying 2 Thus saith the lorde of hoastes I was in great ielousie for Sion yea I haue ben very ielous for her with great wrath 3 Thus saith the Lord I wyl returne vnto Sion wyll dwell in the middest of Hierusalem so that Hierusalem shal be called A faithful and true citie the hil of the Lorde of hoastes an holy hill 4 Thus saith the lord of hoastes There shal yet olde men olde women dwel againe in the streetes of Hierusalem yea such as go with staues in their handes for very age 5 The streetes of the citie also shal be ful of young boyes and damsels playing in the streetes thereof 6 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes If the residue of this people thinke it to be vnpossible in â—theirâ— eyes in these dayes shoulde it therfore be vnpossible in my sight saith the Lorde of hoastes 7 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I wyll deliuer my people from the countryes of the east and west 8 And wyl bring them againe that they may dwel in the middest of Hierusalem they shal be my people and I wyl be their God in trueth and righteousnesse 9 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Let your hands be strong ye that now heare these wordes by the mouth of the prophetes which are in these dayes that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hoastes is layde that the temple may be builded 10 For before these dayes neither men nor cattaile could winne any thing neither might any man come in and out in reste for trouble but I let euery man go against his neighbour 11 Neuerthelesse I wyl now intreate the residue of this people no more as afore time saith the Lorde of Hoastes 12 For the seede shal prosper the vine shal geue her fruite the grounde shall geue her encrease and the heauens shal geue their deawe and I shall cause the remnaunt of this people to haue all these in possession 13 And it shal come to passe that like as ye were a curse among the heathen O ye house of Iuda and ye house of Israel euen so wyll I deliuer you that ye shal be a blessing feare not but let your handes be strong 14 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Like as I thought to punishe you what time as your fathers prouoked me vnto wrath saith the Lorde of hoastes and spared not 15 Euen so am I determined now in these dayes for to do well vnto the house of Iuda HierusaleÌ„ therfore feare ye not 16 Now the thinges that ye shall do are these Speake euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour execute iudgement truely peaceably within your portes 17 And let none of you imagine euil in his heart against his neighbour and loue no false othes for all these are y e thinges that I hate saith the Lorde 18 And the word of the Lorde of hoastes came vnto me saying 19 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shal be ioy gladnesse and prosperous hie feastes vnto the house of Iuda onely loue the trueth peace 20 Thus saith the lord of hoastes There shal yet come people and the inhabiters of many cities 21 And they that dwell in one citie shall go to another saying Vp let vs go and pray before the Lorde let vs seeke the Lorde of hoastes I wyll go with you 22 Yea much people and mightie nations shal come to seeke the lorde of hoastes at Hierusalem to pray before the Lorde 23 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes In that time shall ten men out of al maner of language of the Gentiles take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment and say We wyll go with you for we haue heard that God is among you The .ix. Chapter 1 The conuertion of the Gentiles 9 The comming of Christe sitting on an Asse 1 THe burden of the word of the lord in the lande of Hadrach Damascus shal be his rest when the eyes of man euen of all the tribes of Israel shal be towards the Lorde 2 The borders of Hemath shal be harde therby Tyrus also and Sidon for they are very wyse 3 Tyrus shall make her selfe strong heape vp siluer as the sand and golde as the clay of the streetes 4 Beholde the Lorde shall spoyle her he shall smite downe her power in the sea and she shal be consumed with fire 5 This shall Ascalon see and be afraide Gaza shal be very sory so shal Accaron also because her hope is come to confusion For the king of Gaza shall perishe and at Ascalon shall no man dwell 6 Straungers shall dwel at Asdod and as for the pride of the Philistines I shal roote it out 7 Their blood wyl I take away from their mouth their abhominatioÌ„s from betweene their teeth Thus they that shal be left shal be for our God he shal be as a prince in Iuda and Accaron like as a Iebusite 8 And I wyll pitche a campe about myne house against the armie against him that passeth by against him that returneth and no oppressour shall come vpon them any more For now I haue seene with myne eyes 9 Reioyce thou greatly O daughter Sion be glad O daughter Hierusalem For lo the king commeth vnto thee euen the righteous and sauiour lowly simple is he he rydeth vpon an Asse and vpon the foale of an Asse 10 I wyl roote out the charrets from Ephraim and the horse from Hierusalem the battaile bowes shal be destroyed he shal
of her bandes 27 Come vnto her with thy whole heart and kepe her wayes with al thy power 28 Seke after her and she shal be shewed thee and when thou hast her forsake her not 29 For at the last thou shalt fynde rest in her and that shal be turned to thy great ioy 30 Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee and her yoke a glorious rayment 31 For there is a golden ornament in her her bandes are laces of purple colour 32 Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour and shalt put her about thee as a crowne of ioy 33 My sonne yf thou wylt take heede thou shalt haue vnderstandyng and yf thou wylt apply thy mynde thou shalt be wyse 34 If thou wylt bowe downe thine eare thou shalt receaue doctrine and yf thou delyte in hearyng thou shalt be wyse 35 Stande with the multitude of such elders as haue vnderstandyng and consent vnto their wisdome with thyne heart 36 That thou mayest heare all godly sermons and that the worthy sentences escape thee not 37 And yf thou seest a man of discrete vnderstandyng get thee soone vnto hym let thy foote treade vpon the steppes of his doores 38 Let thy mynde be vpon the commaundementes of God and be earnestlye occupied in his lawes so shall he stablishe thy heart and geue thee wisdome at thyne owne desire The .vij. Chapter 2 We must forsake euyll and yet not iustifie our selues 23 The behauiour of the wise towarde his wyfe his friende his children his seruauntes his father and mother 1 DO no euyl so shal there no harme happen vnto thee 2 Depart away from the thyng that is wicked and no misfortune shall meddle with thee 3 My sonne sowe no euyll thynges in the â—orowes of vnryghteousnes so shalt thou not reape them seuen folde 4 Labour not to the Lorde for preheminence neither vnto the kyng for the seate of honour 5 Iustifie not thy selfe before God for he knoweth the heart and desire not to be reputed wise in the presence of the kyng 6 Make no labour to be made a iudge except it so were that thou couldest mightily put downe wickednesse for yf thou shouldest stande in awe of the presence of the mightie thou shouldest fayle in geuyng sentence 7 Offende not in the multitude of the citie and put not thy selfe among the people 8 Bynde not two sinnes together for in one sinne shalt thou not be vnpunished 9 Say not tushe God wyll loke vpon the multitude of my oblations when I offer to the hyest God he wyll accept it 10 Be not faynt hearted when thou makest thy prayer neither slacke in geuyng of almes 11 Laugh no man to scorne in the heauinesse of his soule for God which seeth all thinges is he that can bring downe and set vp agayne 12 Accept no leasyng agaynst thy brother neither do the same agaynst thy friend 13 Vse not to make any maner of lye for the custome therof is not good 14 Make not many wordes when thou art among the elders and when thou prayest make not much babblyng 15 Let no labourous workes be tedious vnto thee neither the husbandry which the almightie hath created 16 Make not thy boaste in the multitude of thy wickednesse but humble thy selfe euen from thyne heart 17 And remember that the wrath shal not be long in tarying and that the vengeaunce of the fleshe of the vngodly is a very fire and worme 18 Geue not ouer thy friend for any good nor thy faythful brother for the best gold 19 Depart not from a discrete good woman that is fallen vnto thee for thy portion in the feare of the Lorde for the gift of her honesty is aboue golde 20 Where as thy seruaunt worketh truely intreate hym not euyll nor the hyreling that is faythfull vnto thee 21 Loue a discrete seruaunt as thyne owne soule defraude him not of his libertie neither leaue him a poore man 22 If thou haue cattell loke wel to them and if they be for thy profite kepe them 23 If thou haue sonnes bring them vp in nurture and learning and hold them in awe from their youth vp 24 If thou haue daughters kepe their body and shewe not thy face chereful towarde them 25 Mary thy daughter and so shalt thou perfourme a wayghtie matter but geue her to a man of vnderstanding 26 If thou haue a wife after thyne owne mynde forsake her not but commit not thy selfe to the hatefull 27 Honour thy father from thy whole heart and forget not the sorowfull trauayle that thy mother had with thee 28 Remember that thou wast borne thorow them and howe canst thou recompence them the thinges that they haue done for thee 29 Feare the Lord with al thy soule and honour his ministers 30 Loue thy maker with all thy strength and forsake not his seruauntes 31 Feare the Lord with all thy soule honour his priestes geue them their portion of the first fruites and increase of the earth like as it is commaunded thee reconcile thy selfe of thy negligence with the litle flocke geue them the shoulders and their appoynted offeringes firstlinges 32 Reache thyne hande vnto the poore that God may blesse thee with plenteousnes 33 Be liberall vnto all men liuyng yet let not but do good euen to them that are dead 34 Let not them that weepe be without comfort but mourne with such as mourne 35 Let it not greeue thee to visite the sicke for that shall make thee to be beloued 36 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande remember the end and thou shalt neuer do amisse The .viii. Chapter 1 We must take heede with whom we haue to do 1 STryue not with a mightie man lest thou chaunce to fall into his handes 2 Make no variaunce with a riche man lest he happen to bring vp an harde quarell against thee For golde and siluer hath vndone many a man yea euen the heartes of kinges hath it made to fall 3 Stryue not with a man that is full of wordes and lay no stickes vpon his fire 4 Kepe no companie with the vnlearned lest he geue thy kinred an euyll report 5 Despise not a man that turneth hym selfe away from sinne and cast him not in the teeth withall but remember that we are frayle euerichone 6 Thinke scorne of no man in his olde age for we waxe olde also 7 Be not glad of the death of thyne enemie but remember that we must dye all the sort of vs and fayne would we come into ioy 8 Despise not the sermons of such elders as haue vnderstandyng but acquaynt thy selfe with the wyse sentences of them for of them thou shalt learne wisdome the doctrine of vnderstandyng and howe to serue great men without complaynt 9 Go not from the doctrine of the elders for they haue learned it of their fathers for of them thou shalt
counsell fast in thyne heart for there is no man more faithfull to kepe it then thou thy selfe 14 For a mans minde is sometime disposed to tell out more then seuen watchmen that sit aboue in an hie place loking about them 15 And aboue all this pray the highest that he wyll leade thy way in faithfulnes and trueth 16 Before all thy workes aske counsell 〈◊〉 and or euer thou decit any thing be weâ—â— aduised 17 There be foure thinges that declare a chaunged heart whereout there springeth euill and good death and lyfe and a maisterfull tongue that bableth much 18 Some man is apt and well instructed in many thinges and yet very vnprofitable vnto him selfe 19 Some man there is that can geue wyse and prudent counsel and yet is he hated and continueth a begger 20 For that grace is not geuen him of God to be accepted 21 Another is robbed of al wysdome yet is he wyse vnto him selfe and the fruite of vnderstanding is commeÌ„dable in his mouth 22 A wyse man maketh his people wyse the fruites of his wysdome fayle not 23 A wyse man shal be plenteously blessed of God and all they that see him shall speake good of him 24 The lyfe of man standeth in the number of the dayes but the dayes of Israel are innumerable 25 A wyse man shall obtayne faithfulnes and credence among his people and his name shal be perpetuall 26 My sonne prooue thy soule in thy selfe and if thou see any euill thing geue it not vnto her 27 For all thinges are not profitable for all men neither hath euery soule pleasure in euery thing 28 Be not greedy in euery eating and be not to hastie vpon all meates 29 For excesse of meates bringeth sickenesse and gluttonie commeth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate 30 Through surfet haue many one perished but he that dieteth him selfe temperatelie prolongeth his lyfe ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter 1 A phisition is commendable 16 To burie the dead 24 The wysdome of him that is learned 1 HOnour the phisition honour him with that honour that is due vnto him because of necessitie for God hath created him 2 For of the highest commeth medicine and he shall receaue giftes of the king 3 The wysdome of the phisition bringeth him to great worship and in the sight of the great men of this worlde he shal be honourably taken 4 The Lorde hath created medicine of the earth and he that is wyse wyll not abhorre it 5 Was not the bitter water made sweete with a tree that men might learne to knowe the vertue thereof 6 The Lord hath geuen men wysdome and vnderstanding that he might be honoured in his wonderous workes 7 With such doth he heale men and taketh away their paynes 8 Of such doth the pothecarie make a confection yet can no man perfourme al his workes for of the Lorde commeth prosperous wealth ouer all the earth 9 My sonne despise not this in thy sickenes but pray vnto the Lorde and he shall make thee whole 10 Leaue of from sinne and order thy handes a right clense thyne heart from all wickednesse 11 Geue a sweete sauoured offering and the fine floure for a token of remembraunce make the offering fat as one that geueth the first fruites 12 And geue roome to the phisition for the Lorde hath created him let him not go from thee for thou hast neede of him 13 The houre may come that the sicke may be helped through them 14 When they pray vnto the Lorde that he may recouer and get health to lyue longer 15 He that sinneth before his maker shall fall into the handes of the phisition 16 My sonne bring foorth thy teares ouer the dead and beginne to mourne as if thou haddest suffered great harme thy selfe and then couer his body after a conuenient maner and despise not his buriall 17 Enforce thy selfe to weepe prouoke thy selfe to mourne and make lamentation expediently and be earnest in mourning and vse lamentation as he is worthie and that a day or two lest thou be euill spoken of and then comfort thy selfe because of the heauines 18 For of heauines commeth death the heauines of the heart breaketh streÌ„gth 19 Heauines and pouertie greeueth the heart in temptation and offence 20 Take no heauines to heart driue it away and remember the last thinges 21 Forget it not for there is no turning againe thou shalt do him no good but hurt thy selfe 22 Remember his iudgement thyne also shal be lykewyse vnto me yesterday vnto thee to day 23 Let the remembraunce of the dead ceasse in his rest comfort thee againe ouer him seing his spirite is departed from him 24 The wysoome of the scribe is at conuenient time of rest and he that ceasseth from exercises and labour shal be wyse 25 How can he get wysdome that holdeth the plough and he that hath pleasure in the goade and in driuing the oxen and is occupied in their labours and his talke is but of the breeding of bullockes 26 He setteth his heart to make sorowes and is diligent to geue the kine fodder 27 So is euery carpenter also and workmaister that laboureth still night and â—ay he carueth graueth cutteth out his desire is insundry cunning thinges his heart imagineth how he may cunningly cast an image his diligence also and watching perfourmeth the worke 28 The iron smith in lyke maner bydeth by his stithie and doth his diligence to labour the iron the vapour of the fyre brenneth his fleshe and he must fight with the heate of the fornace the noyse of the hammer euer soundeth in his eares and his eyes loke still vpon the thing that he maketh he hath set his minde thereupon that he wyll make out his worke therefore he watcheth how he may set it out and bring it to an ende 29 So doth the potter set by his worke he turneth the wheele about with his feete he is diligent and carefull in all doinges and maketh his worke in number 30 He fashioneth the clay with his arme and with his feete he tempereth it his heart imagineth howe he may make it pleasaunt and his diligence is to clense the ouen 31 All these hope in their handes euery one thinketh to be cunning in his worke 32 Without these may not the cities be mayntayned inhabited nor occupied 33 Yet come they not hye in the congregation neither sit they vpon the iudgement seates they vnderstand not the couenaunt of the lawe they can not declare equitie and iudgement they can not finde out the darke sentences 34 But through them shall the creature of the worlde be maintayned their desire concerneth onely the worke and labour of cunning The. xxxix Chapter 1 A wyse man 16 The workes of God 24 Vnto the good thinges do profite but vnto the euyll euen good thinges are euyll 1 HE that applieth his mynde to vnderstande the lawe of God doth diligently seke out the
to them that worship thee 34 Yet for thy names sake we beseche thee geue vs not vp for euer breake not thy couenaunt 35 And take not away thy mercie from vs for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruaunt Isaacs sake and for thy holy Israels sake 36 To whom thou hast spoken and promised that thou wouldest multiplie their seede as the starres of heauen as the sande that lyeth vpon the sea shore 37 For we O Lord are become lesse then any people and be kept vnder this day in all the worlde because of our sinnes 38 So that nowe we haue neither prince duke prophet burnt offering sacrifice oblation incense nor sanctuarie before thee 39 Neuerthelesse in a contrite heart and an humble spirite let vs be receaued that we may obtayne thy mercie 40 Like as in the burnt offering of rammes and bullockes and like as in thousandes of fat lambes so let our offering be in thy sight this daye that it may please thee for there is no confusion vnto thē that put their trust in thee 41 And now we folowe thee with al our heart we feare thee and seke thy face 42 Put vs not to shame but deale with vs after thy louing kindnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies 43 Deliuer vs by thy miracles O Lorde and get thy name an honour that all they which do thy seruauntes euyl may be confounded 44 Let them be ashamed thorow thy almightie power and let their strength be broken 45 That they may knowe how that thou only art the Lorde God and honour worthy throughout all the worlde 46 And the kinges seruauntes that put them in ceassed not to make the ouen hot with wild fire drie straw pitche towe and fagottes 47 So that the flambe went out of the ouen vpon a fourtie and nyne cubites 48 Yea it toke away and brent vp those Chaldees that it gat holde vpon beside the ouen 49 But the angell of the Lorde came downe into the ouen to Azaria and his felowes and smote the flambe of the fire out of the ouen 50 And made the middes of the ouen as it had ben a colde winde blowing so the fire neither touched them greeued them nor dyd them hurt 51 Then these three as out of one mouth praysed honoured and blessed God in the fornace saying 52 Blessed be thou O Lorde God of our fathers for thou art prayse and honour worthy yea to be magnified for euermore 53 Blessed be the holy name of thy glorie for it is worthy to be praysed magnified in all worldes 54 Blessed be thou in the holy temple of thy glorie for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed yea and more then worthy to be magnified for euer 55 Blessed be thou in the throne of thy kingdome for aboue al thou art worthy to be well spoken of and to be more then magnified for euer 56 Blessed be thou that lokest thorow the deepe and sittest vpon the Cherubims for thou art worthy to be praysed and aboue all to be magnified for euer 57 Blessed be thou in the firmament of heauen for thou art prayse and honour worthy for euer 58 O all ye workes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 59 O ye angels of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 60 O ye heauens speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 61 O all ye waters that be aboue the firmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 62 O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 63 O ye sunne and moone speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 64 O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 65 O ye showres and deaw speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 66 O all ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 67 O ye fire and heate speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 68 O ye winter and sommer speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 69 O ye deawes and frostes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 70 O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 71 O ye yee and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 72 O ye nightes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 73 O ye light and darkenesse speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 74 O ye lightninges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 75 O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer 76 O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer 77 O all ye greene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 78 O ye welles speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 79 O ye seas and fluddes speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 80 O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 81 O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 82 O all ye beastes and cattel speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 83 O ye children of men speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 84 O let Israel speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 85 O ye priestes of the Lord speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 86 O ye seruauntes of the Lord speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 87 O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 88 O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 89 O Anania Azaria and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him set him vp for euer which hath deliuered vs from the hell kept vs from the hande of death ridde vs from the middest of the burning flambe and saued vs euen in the middest of the fyre 90 O geue thankes therefore vnto the Lorde for he is kinde hearted and his mercie endureth for euer 91 O all deuout men speake ye good of the Lorde the God of all goddes O prayse him and geue
day he departed and went into a desert place And the people sought hym and came to hym and kept hym that he shoulde not depart from them 43 And he sayde vnto them I must preache the kyngdome of God to other cities also ☜ For therfore am I sent 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee ¶ The .v. Chapterr ¶ 1 Christe teacheth out of a shippe 6 the great draught of fishe 10 certayne disciples are called 12 he clenseth the leper 16 he prayeth in the wildernesse 18 he healeth the man of the paulsie 27 calleth Matthewe the publican 29 he eateth with sinners 30 the pharisees murmure 34 he excuseth his disciples 35 she wyng their afflictions after his assention 36 newe and olde agree not 1 IT came to passe that when y e people preassed vpon hym to heare the worde of God he stoode by the lake of Genezareth 2 And sawe two shippes stande by the lakes syde But the fisshermen were gone out of them and were wasshyng their nettes 3 And he entred into one of the shippes which pertayned to Simon and prayed hym that he woulde thrust out a litle from the lande And he sate downe and taught the people out of the shippe 4 When he had left speakyng he sayde vnto Simon Launche out into the deepe and let slip your nettes to make a draught 5 And Simon aunswered and sayde vnto hym Maister we haue laboured all nyght and haue taken nothyng Neuerthelesse at thy commaundement I wyll loose foorth the nette 6 And when they had this done they inclosed a great multitude of fisshes But their nette brake 7 And they beckened vnto their felowes which were in the other shippe that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fylled both the shippes that they suncke agayne 8 When Simon Peter sawe this he fell downe at Iesus knees saying Lorde go from me for I am a sinfull man 9 For he was vtterly astonyed and all that were with hym at the draught of fisshes which they had taken 10 And so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebedee whiche were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon Feare not from hencefoorth thou shalt catch men 11 And when they had brought vp their boates to the shore * they forsoke all and folowed hym ☜ 12 And it came to passe that whē he was in a certayne citie Beholde there was a man full of leprosie and when he had spyed Iesus he fell flat on his face and besought hym saying Lorde yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane 13 And he stretched foorth his hande and touched hym saying I wyll be thou cleane And immediatly the leprosie departed from hym And he charged hym that he shoulde tell no man 14 But go sayth he and shewe thy selfe to the priest and offer for thy clensyng accordyng as Moyses commaunded for a witnesse vnto them 15 But so much the more went there a fame abrode of hym and much people came together to heare and to be healed of hym from their infirmities 16 And he kept hym selfe a part in the wildernesse and prayed 17 ☞ And it came to passe on a certayne day as he was teachyng that there were pharisees doctours of the lawe sittyng by which were come out of all the townes of Galilee and Iurie and Hierusalem And the power of the Lorde was present to heale them 18 And beholde men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a paulsie and they sought meanes to bryng hym in and to lay hym before hym 19 And when they coulde not fynde on what syde they myght bryng hym in because of the prease they went vpon the toppe of the house and let hym downe through the tylyng bed and all euen in the myddes before Iesus 20 Whē he sawe their faith he saide vnto him Man thy sinnes are forgeuen thee 21 And the scribes and the pharisees began to thynke saying What felowe is this which speaketh blasphemies Who can forgeue sinnes but God only 22 But when Iesus perceaued their thoughtes he aunswered sayde vnto them What thynke ye in your heartes 23 Whether is easier to say thy sinnes be forgeuen thee or to say ryse vp walke 24 But that ye may knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes on earth he sayde vnto the sicke of the paulsie I say vnto thee aryse take vp thy bed and go vnto thy house 25 And immediatly he rose vp before them and toke vp his bed wheron he lay and departed to his owne house praysyng God 26 And they were all amazed and they gaue the glory vnto God and were fylled with feare saying Doutlesse we haue seene straunge thynges to day ☜ 27 After these thynges he went foorth sawe a publicane named Leui sittyng at the receipt of custome and he sayde vnto hym folowe me 28 And he left all rose vp folowed him 29 And Leui made hym a great feast in his owne house And there was a great companie of publicanes and of other that sate at meate with them 30 But they that were scribes and pharisees among them murmured agaynst his disciples saying Why do ye eate and drynke with publicanes and sinners 31 And Iesus aunswered and saide vnto them They that are whole neede not the phisition But they that are sicke 32 I came not to call the ryghteous but sinners to repentaunce 33 And they sayde vnto hym * Why do the disciples of Iohn fast often pray and the disciples of the pharisees also but thyne eate and drynke 34 He sayde vnto them Can ye make the chyldren of the weddyng chaumber fast whyle the brydegrome in with thē 35 But the dayes wyll come when the brydegrome also shal be taken away frō them then shall they fast in those dayes 36 He spake also vnto them a similitude No man putteth a peece of a newe garment into an olde vesture For then the newe renteth the olde and the peece that was taken out of the newe agreeth not with the olde 37 And no man powreth newe wyne into olde vessels For yf he do the newe wyne wyll burst the vessels and runne out it selfe and the vessels shall perishe 38 But newe wine must be put into newe vessels and both are preserued 39 No man also that drinketh olde wyne strayghtway can awaye with newe For he sayth the olde is better ⧠The .vj. Chapter ¶ 1 The disciples plucke eares of corne on the Sabboth 6 he healeth the man with the withered hand 13 the chosyng of his Apostles 20 of blessynges and cursynges 27 the loue of our enemies 29 to forgeue one another 37 rashe iudgemēt reprehended 44 the tree is knowen by his fruite 45 the hearte knowen by the workes 47 with what fruite the worde of God is to be hearde 1 AND it came to passe on the seconde Sabboth after the first that he went through the corne fieldes and his
the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost 46 For they hearde them speake with tounges magnifie God Then aunswered Peter 47 Can any man forbid water that these shoulde not be baptized which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we 48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. ☜ Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes ¶ The .xj. Chapter 4 Peter sheweth the cause why he went to the Gentiles 18 The Churche approueth it 22 Barnabas Paul preache at Antiochia 28 Agabus prophesieth dearth to come 1 ANd the apostles brethrē that were in Iurie hearde that y e heathē had also receaued the worde of God 2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym 3 Saying Thou wentest in to men vncircūcised diddest eate with them 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng and expounded it by order vnto them saying 5 I was in the citie of Ioppa praying and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certayne vessell descende as it had ben a great sheete let downe from heauen by the foure corners and it came to me 6 Vpon the which whē I had fastened mine eyes I considered sawe foure-footed beastes of the earth and wylde beastes and wormes and foules of the ayre 7 And I hearde a voyce saying vnto me aryse Peter slay and eate 8 But I sayde Not so Lorde For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth 9 But the voyce aunswered me agayne from heauē Make them not cōmon which God hath cleansed 10 And this was done three tymes And all were taken vp agayne into heauen 11 And beholde immediatly there were three men alredy come vnto the house where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me 12 And the spirite sayde vnto me that I shoulde go with thē without doubting Moreouer these sixe brethren accompanyed me we entred into the mans house 13 And he shewed vs howe he had seene an Angel in his house which stoode and sayde vnto hym Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose sirname is Peter 14 He shal tell thee wordes wherby both thou and all thyne house shal be saued 15 And as I began to speake the holy ghost fell on them as he dyd on vs at the begynnyng 16 Then came it to my remembraunce howe that the Lorde sayde Iohn baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holy ghost 17 For as much then as God gaue them the lyke gyft as he dyd vnto vs when we beleued on the Lorde Iesus Christ what was I that I shoulde haue withstande God 18 When they hearde these thynges they helde their peace and glorified God saying Then hath God also to y e Gentiles graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe 19 They also which were scattered abrode through the affliction that arose about Steuen walked throughout vnto Phenices and Cypers and Antioche preachyng the worde to no man but vnto the Iewes only 20 And some of thē were men of Cypers and Cyrenes which when they were come to Antioche spake vnto y e Grekes and preached the Lorde Iesus 21 And the hande of the Lorde was with them and a great number beleued and turned vnto the Lorde 22 Then tydynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the Churche which was in Hierusalē And they sent foorth Barnabas that he shoulde go vnto Antioche 23 Which when he came and had seene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde 24 For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of fayth And much people was added vnto the Lorde 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seeke Saul 26 And when he had founde hym he brought hym vnto Antioche And it came to passe that a whole yere they had their cōuersation with the Church there taught much people in so much that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christians 27 * And in those dayes came prophetes from Hierusalem vnto Antioche 28 And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde be great dearth throughout all the worlde which came to passe in the dayes of Claudius Cesar 29 Then the disciples euery man accordyng to his abilitie purposed to sende * succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie 30 Which thyng they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Herode persecuteth the Christians 2 kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in prison 7 whom the Lorde delyuereth by an Angel 21 The horrible death of Herode 24 The Gospel florissheth 25 Barnabas and Saul turnyng to Antiochia take Iohn Marke with them 1 AT the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde 3 And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceaded further and toke Peter also Then were the dayes of sweete bread 4 And when he had caught hym he put hym in pryson also and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people 5 And Peter was kept in pryson But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche vnto God for hym 6 And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers bounde with two chaynes and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson 7 And beholde the Angel of y e Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the habitation And he smote Peter on the syde and stirred hym vp saying Aryse vp quickly And his chaynes fell of from his handes 8 And the Angel sayde vnto hym gyrde thy selfe bynde on thy sandales And so he dyd And he sayeth vnto hym cast thy garment about thee and folow me 9 And he came out and folowed hym and wyst not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel but thought he had seene a vision 10 When they were past the first and the seconde watch they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accorde And they went out and passed through one streate and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym 11 And when Peter was come to hym selfe he sayde Nowe I knowe of a suertie that the Lorde hath sent his Angel and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes ☜ 12 ☞ And as he considered the thyng he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn whose sirname was Marke where many were gathered together in prayer 13 As Peter knocked at the entrie doore a damsell came foorth to
Beholde also y e shippes which though they be so great and are dryuen of fierce windes yet are they turned about with a very small helme whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also boasteth great thynges Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth 6 And the tongue is fyre euen a worlde of wickednesse So is the tongue set among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fyre the course of nature it is set on fyre of hell 7 All the natures of beastes of byrdes and of serpentes and thynges of the sea are meeked and tamed of the nature of man 8 But the tongue can no man tame it is an vnruly euyll full of deadly poyson 9 Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing My brethren these thynges ought not so to be 11 Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place sweete water and bitter also 12 Can the fygge tree my brethren beare oliue beries either a vine beare figges So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knoweledge among you let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng strife in your hearte glorie not neither be lyers agaynst the trueth 15 For such wisdome descendeth not frō aboue but is earthlie sensuall and deuelishe 16 For where enuiyng and strife is there is sedition all maner of euyll workes 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue is first pure then peaseable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercie and good fruites without iudgyng without simulation 18 Yea and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace of thē that make peace ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Hauyng shewed the cause of all wrong and wickednesse and also of all graces and goodnesse 4 he exhorteth them to loue God 7 and submit them selues to hym 11 not speakyng euyll of their neighbours 13 but patiently to depende on Gods prouidence 1 FRom whence cōmeth warre and fightyng among you come they not here hence euen of your lustes that fight in your members 2 Ye lust and haue not Ye enuie and haue indignation and can not obtayne Ye fyght and warre ye haue not because ye aske not 3 Ye aske and receaue not because ye aske amisse euen to consume it vpon your lustes 4 Ye adulterers adultresses knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde is made the enemie of God 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne the spirite that dwelleth in vs lusteth after enuie 6 But the scripture offereth more grace and therefore sayth God resisteth the proude but geueth grace vnto y e lowlie 7 Submit your selues therfore to God but resist the deuyll and he wyll flee from you 8 Drawe nye to God and he wyll drawe nye to you Clense your handes ye sinners and purifie your heartes ye double mynded 9 Suffer afflictions and mourne and weepe Let your laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioy to heauinesse 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde and he shall lyft you vp 11 Backbite not one another brethren He that backbiteth his brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbiteth y e lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge 12 There is one lawe geuer which is able to saue and to destroy What art thou that iudgest another 13 Go to nowe ye that say to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie and continue there a yere and bye and sell and wynne 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe For what thyng is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle tyme and then he vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say If the Lorde wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or that 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges All such reioycyng is euyll 17 Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good and doth it not to hym it is sinne The .v. Chapter 2 He threatneth the wicked riche men 7 exhorteth vnto patience 12 to beware of swearyng 16 one to knowledge his faultes to another 20 and one to labour to bryng another to the trueth 1 GO to nowe ye riche men weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you 2 Your riches is corrupt your garmentes are motheaten 3 Your golde and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shal be a witnesse agaynst you and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes 4 Beholde the hire of labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes which hire is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and ben wanton Ye haue nourisshed your heartes as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust and he hath not resisted you 7 ☞ Be patient therfore brethren vnto the commyng of the Lorde Beholde the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth and hath long patience thervpon vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne 8 Be ye also patient therfore and settle your heartes for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be dampned Beholde the iudge standeth before the doore 10 Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie and of patience which spake in the name of the Lorde ☜ 11 Beholde we count thē happy which endure Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull 12 But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen neither by earth neither any other othe Let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest you fall into condempnation 13 Is any among you afflicted let hym pray Is any mery let him sing psalmes 14 Is any diseased among you let hym call for the elders of the Churche and let them pray for him and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lorde shall raise him vp and yf he haue committed sinnes they shal be forgeuen hym 16 ☞ Knowledge your faultes one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed For y e feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are and he
a glad man shewe hym her secretes and heape vpon him the treasures of knowledge vnderstandyng of righteousnes 19 But yf he go wrong she shall forsake hym geue hym ouer into the handes of destruction and ruine 20 My sonne make much of the tyme eschewe the thyng that is euyll 21 And for thy lyfe shame not to say the trueth For there is a shame that bryngeth sinne and there is a shame that bryngeth worshyp and fauour 22 Accept no person after thyne owne wyll that thou be not confounded to thyne owne decay Be not ashamed of thy neyghbour in his aduersitie 23 And kepe not backe thy counsayle when it may do good neither hyde thy wisdome in her beautie 24 For in the tongue is wisdome knowē so is vnderstandyng knowledge and learnyng in the talkyng of the wise and stedfastnesse in the workes of ryghteousnesse 25 In no wise speake agaynst the worde of trueth but be ashamed of the lyes of thyne owne ignoraunce 26 Shame not to confesse thyne errour and resist not the course of the riuer 27 And submit not thy selfe vnto a foolishe man neither accept the person of the mightie 28 And striue thou not agaynst the streame But for ryghteousnesse take paynes with all thy soule and for the trueth striue thou vnto death and God shall fyght for thee agaynst thyne enemies 29 Be not hasty in thy tongue neither slacke and negligent in thy workes 30 Be not as a lion in thyne owne house destroying thy housholde folkes and oppressyng them that are vnder thee 31 Let not thyne hande be stretched out to receaue and shut when thou shouldest geue The .v. Chapter 1 In riches may we not put any confidence 7 The vengeaunce of God ought to be feared and repentaunce may not be deferred 1 TRust not vnto thy riches say not tushe I haue inough for my lyfe for it shall not helpe in the tyme of vengeaunce and temptation 2 Folowe not the lust of thyne owne heart in thy strength 3 And say not tushe howe haue I had strength or who wyll bryng me vnder because of my workes For doubtlesse God shall auenge it 4 And say not I haue sinned and what euyll hath happened me For the almightie is a patient rewarder 5 Because thy sinne is forgeuen thee be not therfore without feare neither heape one sinne vpon another 6 And say not tushe the mercie of the Lorde is great he shall forgeue me my sinnes be they neuer so many For lyke as he is mercifull so goeth wrath from hym also and his indignation commeth downe vpon sinners 7 Make no tarying to turne vnto the Lorde and put not of from day to day for sodenly shall his wrath come and in the tyme of vengeaunce he shall destroy thee 8 Trust not in wicked riches for they shall not helpe thee in the day of punishment and wrath 9 Be not caried about with euery winde and go not into euery way for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue 10 Stande fast in the way of the Lorde be stedfast in thy vnderstandyng abyde by the worde and folowe the worde of peace and righteousnesse 11 Be gentle to heare the worde of God that thou mayest vnderstande it and make a true aunswere with wisdome 12 Be swyft to heare but slowe and pacient in geuing aunswere 13 If thou hast vnderstanding shape thy neighbour an aunswere yf no laye thy hande vpon thy mouth lest thou be trapped in an vndiscreete word and so confounded 14 Honour and shame is in the talke but the tongue of the vndiscrete is his owne destruction 15 Be not a priuy accuser as long as thou lyuest and vse no slaunder with thy tongue For shame sorowe goeth ouer the thiefe and an euyll name ouer him that is double tongued but he that is a priuy accuser of other men shal be hated enuied and confounded 16 Do not rashly neither in great nor small The .vj. Chapter 1 It is the propertie of a sinner to be euyll tongued 6 Of friendship 33 Desire to be taught 1 BE not of a friende an enemie for such a man getteth an euyll name shame and rebuke and whosoeuer beareth enuie a double tongue offendeth 2 Be not proude in the deuice of thine owne vnderstanding lest thy soule rent thee as a bull 3 And lest thy leaues wyther and thy fruite be destroyed and so thou be left as a drye tree in the wildernesse 4 For a wicked soule destroyeth hym that hath it maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies and bryngeth him to the portion of the vngodly 5 A sweete worde multiplieth friendes pacifieth them that be at variaunce and a thankfull tongue wyll be plenteous in a good man 6 Holde friendship with many neuerthelesse haue but one counsellour of a thousande 7 If thou gettest a friende proue him first and be not hastye to geue him credence 8 For some man is a friende but for his owne turne and wyll not abyde in the day of trouble 9 And there is some friend that turneth to enimitie and taketh part agaynst thee and if he knowe any hurt by thee he telleth it out 10 Agayne some friende is but a companion at the table and in the day of neede he continueth not 11 But in thy prosperitie he wyll be as thou thy selfe and deale playnly with thy housholde folke 12 If thou be brought lowe he wyll be agaynst thee and wyll be hidden from thy face 13 Depart from thyne enemies yea and beware of thy friendes 14 A faythfull friende is a strong defence who so findeth such one fyndeth a treasure 15 A faythfull friende hath no peare the wayght of golde and siluer is not to be compared to the goodnesse of his fayth 16 A faythfull friende is a medicine of lyfe and immortalitie and they that feare the Lorde shall fynde hym 17 Who so feareth the Lorde shall prosper with friendes and as he is hym selfe so shall his friende be also 18 My sonne receaue doctrine from thy youth vp so shalt thou fynde wisdome tyll thou be olde 19 Go to her as one that ploweth and soweth and wayte patiently for her good fruites For thou shalt haue but litle labour in her worke but thou shalt eate of her fruites ryght soone 20 O howe exceeding sharpe is wisdome to vnlearned men an vnstedfast body wyll not remayne in her 21 Vnto such she is as it were a touchestone and he casteth her from him in all the haste 22 For wisdome is with him but in name there be but fewe that haue knowledge of her 23 But with them that knowe her she abideth euen vnto the appearyng of God 24 Geue eare my sonne receaue my doctrine and refuse not my counsayle 25 Put thy foote into her lynckes and take her yoke vpon thy necke 26 Bowe downe thy shoulder vnder her beare her patiently and be not weery