shall dye and the ryuer shall corrupt and it shall greeue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the ryuer 19 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses say vnto Aaron Take thy rodde and stretche out thyne hand ouer the waters of Egypt ouer their streames ouer their riuers and pondes and all pooles of water whiche they haue that they may be blood and that there may be blood throughout all y e lande of Egypt both in vesselles of wood also of stone 20 And Moyses and Aaron did euen as the Lorde commaunded and he lyfte vp the rodde and smote the waters that were in the ryuer in the sight of Pharao and in the sight of his seruauntes and all the water that was in the ryuer turned into blood 21 And the fishe that was in the ryuer dyed and the ryuer corrupted and the Egyptians coulde not drinke of the waters of the ryuer and there was blood throughout all the lande of Egypt 22 And the enchaunters of Egypt dyd lykewyse with their sorceries and he heardened Pharaos heart neyther did he hearken vnto them as the Lorde had sayde 23 And Pharao turned him selfe and went agayne into his house and set not his heart thervnto 24 And the Egyptians dygged rounde about the ryuer for water to drinke for they coulde not drinke of the water of the ryuer 25 And it continued seuen dayes after that the Lorde had smyten the ryuer ¶ The .viij. Chapter 2 Frogges 8 Pharao prayeth Moyses to pray for hym 12 Moyses prayeth for Pharao 15 Pharao is hardened 16 Lyce in man and beast 20 Flyes or all kynde of wylde fierce and noysome beastes 25 Pharao intreateth Moyses to pray for hym 32 Pharao is hardened 1 THE Lorde spake vnto Moyses go vnto Pharao tell hym Thus sayeth the Lord Let my people go that they may serue me 2 And if thou refuse to let them go beholde I wyll smyte all thy borders with frogges 3 And the riuer shall scraule with frogges whiche shall go vp and come into thine house and into thy priuie chaumber where thou slepest and vpon thy bed into the house of thy seruauntes and vpon thy people and into thyne ouens and vpon al thy vitayles in store 4 And the frogges shall come vp vppon thee and on thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses say vnto Aaron stretch foorth thyne hande with thy rod ouer the streames ouer the ryuers and ouer the pondes and cause frogges to come vp vpon the lande of Egypt 6 And Aaron stretched his hande ouer y e waters of Egypt the frogges came vp and couered the lande of Egypt 7 And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorcerie and brought frogges vp vpon the lande of Egypt 8 Then Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron and sayde pray ye vnto the Lorde that he maye take away the frogges from me and from my people and I will let the people go that they may do sacrifice vnto the Lorde 9 And Moyses sayde vnto Pharao glory herein because of me and appoynt when I shall pray for thee and for thy seruauntes and for thy people to dryue away the frogges from thee and thy houses and they may remayne but in the ryuer onlye 10 He sayd to morowe And he sayde euen as thou hast said that thou mayest knowe that there is none like vnto the Lorde our God 11 And so the frogges shall depart from thee and from thy houses from thy seruauntes and from thy people and shall remayne in the ryuer onlye 12 Moyses and Aaron went out from Pharao and Moyses cryed vnto the Lorde as touching the frogges whiche he had brought against Pharao 13 And the Lorde dyd accordyng to the saying of Moyses and the frogges dyed out of the houses out of the courtes and fieldes 14 And they gathered them together vppon heapes and the lande had an euill smell through them 15 But when Pharao sawe that he had rest geuen him he hardened his heart and hearkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde 16 And the Lord sayd vnto Moses Say vnto Aaron Stretche out thy rod and smyte the dust of the lande that it may be turned to lyce throughout all the lande of Egypt 17 And they did so for Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodde and smote the dust of the earth whiche turned to lyce in man and beast so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyce throughout all the lande of Egypt 18 And the enchaunters assayed likewise with their enchauntmētes to bring foorth lyce but they coulde not and the lyce were both vpon men beastes 19 Then said the enchaunters vnto Pharao this is the finger of God And Pharaos heart remayned obstinate and he hearkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayde 20 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses ryse vp early in the mornyng and stand before Pharao lo he wyll come foorth vnto the water and thou shalt say vnto him Thus sayeth the Lorde Let my people go that they may serue me 21 Els if thou wylt not let my people go behold I will send all maner of flyes both vpon thee and thy seruauntes and thy people into thy houses and the houses of the Egyptians shal be full of flyes and the ground wheron they are 22 And the land of Gosen where my people are will I cause to be wonderfull in that day so that there shal no flyes be there wherby thou shalt know that I am the Lorde in the myddest of the earth 23 And I will put a diuision betweene my people and thine and euen to morowe shall this miracle be done 24 And the Lord dyd euen so there came an intollerable swarme of flyes into the house of Pharao and into his seruauntes houses and into all the land of Egypt and the land was corrupt with these flyes 25 And Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron and sayd Go and do sacrifice vnto your God in this lande 26 And Moyses aunswered It is not meete that we so do for we must offer vnto the Lorde our God that which is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians Lo if we sacrifice that which is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians before theyr eyes wyl they not stone vs 27 We wyll go three dayes iourney into the desert and sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God as he hath cōmaunded vs. 28 And Pharao sayd I will let you go that ye may sacrifice vnto the Lorde your God in the wyldernesse but go not farre away pray for me 29 And Moyses sayd beholde I will go out from thee and pray vnto the Lord that the flyes may depart from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people to morowe but let Pharao from hence foorth deale deceiptfully no more that he wyll
not let the people go to sacrifice vnto the Lorde 30 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 31 And the Lorde did accordyng to the saying of Moyses and the flyes departed from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people and there remayned not one 32 And Pharao hardened his heart once more at this time and dyd not let the people go ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Death of cattell 8 Boyles 13 Hayle 27 Pharao acknowledgeth his offence and besecheth Moyses to pray for hym 33 When Moyses prayeth the hayle ceaseth 1 THe Lorde said vnto Moyses go in vnto Pharao and thou shalt tell hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues Let my people go that they may serue me 2 If thou refuse to let them go and wylt holde them styll 3 Beholde the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the fielde for vpon Horses vpon asses vpon camelles vpon oxen and vpon sheepe there shal be a mightie great morayne 4 And the Lorde shall do wonderfully betweene the beastes of Israel and the beastes of Egypt so that there shall nothyng dye of all that pertayneth to the children of Israel 5 And the Lorde appoynted a tyme saying to morowe the Lorde shall finishe this worde in the lande 6 And the Lorde dyd that thyng on the morowe and all the cattell of Egypt dyed but of the cattell of the children of Israel dyed not one 7 And Pharao sent and beholde there was not one of the cattell of the Israelites dead And the heart of Pharao heardened and he did not let the people go 8 And the Lord said vnto Moyses and Aaron take your handes full of asshes out of y e furnace Moyses shal sprinckle it vp into the ayre in y e sight of Pharao 9 And it shal be dust in all the lande of Egypt and shal be swelling sores with blaynes both on man beast throughout all the lande of Egypt 10 And they toke asshes out of the furnace and stoode before Pharao and Moyses sprinkled it vp into the ayre and there were swellyng sores with blaynes both in men and in beastes 11 And the sorcerers could not stande before Moyses because of the blaynes for there were botches vpon the enchaunters and vpon al the Egyptians 12 And the Lorde hardened the heart of Pharao and he hearkened not vnto them as y e Lord had said vnto Moyses 13 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses rise vp early in the morning and stande before Pharao and thou shalt tell him Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues Let my people go that they may serue me 14 Or els I wyll at this tyme sende all my plagues vpon thine heart and vpon thy seruauntes and on thy people that thou mayest knowe that there is none lyke me in all the earth 15 For now I will stretch out my hand that I may smyte thee and thy people with pestilence and thou shalt peryshe from the earth 16 And in very deede for this cause haue I kept thee for to shewe thee my power and that my name may be declared throughout all the worlde 17 Yet exaltest thou thy selfe agaynst my people that thou wylt not let them go 18 Beholde to morowe this time I wyl sende downe a mightie great hayle euen suche a one as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was layde vnto this tyme. 19 Sende therfore nowe and gather thy beastes all that thou hast in the fielde For vpon all the men and the beastes whiche are founde in the fielde and not brought home shall the hayle fall and they shall dye 20 And as many as feared the worde of the Lorde amongest the seruauntes of Pharao made their seruauntes and their beastes flee into the houses 21 But he that regarded not the worde of the Lord left his seruauntes and his beastes in the fielde 22 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses stretche foorth thyne hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egypt vpon man and vpon beastes and vpon all the hearbes of the fielde throughout the lande of Egypt 23 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod vnto heauen and the Lord thundred and hayled and the fire ranne a long vpon the grounde and the Lorde hayled in the lande of Egypt 24 So there was hayle and fire mingled with the hayle so greeuous and such as there was none throughout al the land of Egypt since people inhabited it 25 And the hayle smote throughout all the lande of Egypt all that was in the fielde both man beast and the hayle smote all the hearbes of the fielde and broke all the trees of the fielde 26 Only in the lande of Gosen where the chyldren of Israel were was there no hayle 27 And Pharao sent and called for Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them I haue nowe sinned the Lorde is righteous and I my people are vngodly 28 Pray ye vnto the Lorde that these thundringes of God and hayle may be sufficient and I will let you go and ye shall tary no longer 29 Moyses sayd vnto him Assoone as I am out of the citie I wyll spreade abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse neyther shall there be any more hayle that thou mayest knowe howe that the earth is the Lordes 30 But I knowe that thou and thy seruauntes yet feare not the face of the Lorde God 31 And so the flaxe and the barlye were smytten for the barly was shot vp and the flaxe was boulled 32 But the wheate and the rye were not smytten for they were late sowen 33 And Moyses went out of the citie frō Pharao and spread abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceassed neyther rayned it vpon the earth 34 And when Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceassed he sinned yet more and hardened his heart he and his seruauntes 35 And the heart of Pharao was hardened neyther woulde he let the chyldren of Israel go as the Lorde had sayd by the hande of Moyses ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 God hardeneth Pharao 4 Moyses threatneth Pharao locustes 16 Pharao acknowledging his sinne requireth that prayer be made for him 19 Moyses prayeth for Pharao 21 Darknesse so grosse that it might be felt 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses go in vnto Pharao for I haue hardened his heart the heart of his seruauntes that I might shewe these my signes before hym 2 And that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne of thy sonnes sonne what thinges I haue done in Egypt and the miracles which I haue done amongest them that they may know howe that I am the Lorde 3 And so Moyses and Aaron came vnto Pharao and said vnto him Thus sayeth the Lord God of the Hebrues How long wilt thou refuse to submit thy selfe vnto
me Let my people go that they may serue me 4 Or els if thou refuse to let my people go beholde to morowe wyll I bryng greshoppers into thy coastes 5 And they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be seene and they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and is escaped from the hayle and they shall eate euery greene tree that beareth you fruite in the fielde 6 And they shall fill thy houses and all thy seruauntes houses and the houses of all the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue seene since the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned him selfe about and went out from Pharao 7 And Pharaos seruauntes sayde vnto him howe long shall he be hurtfull vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the Lorde their God knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moyses Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the Lorde your God but who are they that shall go 9 And Moyses aunswered we will go with our young and with our olde yea and with our sonnes with our daughters and with our sheepe and with our oxen we must go for we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde 10 And he said vnto them Let the Lord be so with you as I will let you go and your chyldren take heede for ye haue some mischiefe in hande 11 Nay not so but go they that are men and serue the Lorde for that was your desire And they were thrust out of Pharaos presence 12 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretch out thyne hand ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the land of Egypt and eate all the hearbes of the lande and all that the hayle left behynde 13 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt and the Lorde brought an east winde vpon the lande all that day and all that nyght and in the morning the east winde brought the greshoppers 14 And the greshoppers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypt and remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greeuouslye before them were there no suche greshoppers neither after them shal be 15 For they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke and they did eate al the hearbes of the land and all the fruites of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no greene thyng left in the trees hearbes of the fielde through al y e land of Egypt 16 Therefore Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue sinned agaynst the Lord your God and agaynst you 17 And nowe forgeue me my sinne only this once and pray vnto the Lord your God that he may take awaye from me this death only 18 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 19 And the Lorde turned a myghtie strong west wynde and it toke awaye the grashoppers and cast them into the red sea so that there was not one grashopper in all the coastes of Egypt 20 And the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the children of Israel go 21 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretche out thy hande vnto heauen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darknesse which may be felt 22 And Moyses stretched foorth his hand vnto heauen and there was a thicke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypt three dayes long 23 No man sawe another neither rose vp from the place where he was by the space of three dayes But al the children of Israel had light where thei dwelled 24 And Pharao called for Moyses and sayde Go and serue the Lorde onlye let your sheepe your oxen abyde and let your chyldren go with you 25 And Moyses sayde Thou must geue vs also offeringes and burnt offeringes for to do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God 26 Our cattell also shall go with vs and there shall not one hoofe be left behynd for therof must we take to serue y e Lorde our God neither do we knowe with what we must do seruice vnto the Lord vntyll we come thyther 27 But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart and he woulde not let them go 28 And Pharao sayde vnto hym Get thee from me and take heede vnto thy selfe that thou seest my face no more for whensoeuer thou commest in my syght thou shalt dye 29 And Moyses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyll see thy face no more ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The Lorde commaundeth the Hebrewes to robbe the Egyptians 4 The death of the first borne of all thynges 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Yet wyl I brynge one plague more vpō Pharao and vpon Egypt and after that he wyll let you go hence when he shal let you go quite he shall vtterly dryue you hence 2 Speake thou therfore in the eares of the people that euery man borowe of his neighbour and euery woman of her neighbour iewels of syluer and iewels of golde 3 And the Lorde shall geue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moyses was a very great man in the lande of Egypt in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people 4 And Moyses sayde Thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out into the myddest of Egypt 5 And all the first borne in all the land of Egypt shall dye euen frō the first borne of Pharao that sytteth on his seate vnto the first borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the myll and all the first gendred of the cattell 6 And there shal be a great crye throughout all the lande of Egypt such as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be 7 But amongst the chyldren of Israel shal not a dogge moue his tounge from a man vnto a beast that ye may knowe how that the Lord putteth a difference betweene the Egyptians and Israel 8 And these thy seruauntes shal al come downe vnto me and fall before me and say Get thee out and all the people that are vnder thee and then wyll I depart And he went out from Pharao with an angry countenaunce 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Pharao shall not heare you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moyses and Aaron dyd all these wonders before Pharao And the Lord hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the chyldren of Israel go out of his lande ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The charge and maner of eatyng of the Passouer 26 A charge is geuen parentes to teache their chyldren the misterie of the Passouer 29 The murder of the first borne of Egypt 31 Pharao casteth out the chyldren of Israel 35 The Iewes do robbe the Egyptians of golden and syluer vessels 37 The chyldren of Israel do go out 40 They dwelt in
vnto Moyses Nowe shalt thou see what I wyll do vnto Pharao for in a mightie hande shal he let them go and in a mightie hande shall he dryue them out of his lande 2 And God spake vnto Moyses and said vnto him I am Iehouah 3 I appeared vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob as an almightie God but in my name Iehouah was I not knowen vnto them 4 Moreouer I made a couenaunt with them to geue them the lande of Chanaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were straungers 5 And therefore I haue also heard the groning of the childrē of Israel whom the Egyptians kepe in bondage and haue remembred my couenaunt 6 Wherfore say vnto the children of Israel I am Iehouah I wil bryng you out from the burthens of the Egyptians and will ryd you out of their bondage and will deliuer you in a stretched out arme and in great iudgementes 7 And I will take you for my people and wil be to you a God And ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God which bring you out from the burthens of the Egyptians 8 And I will bryng you into the lande concerning the whiche I did lift vp my hand to geue it vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob and wyll geue it vnto you for a possession for I am Iehouah 9 And Moyses tolde the children of Israel euen so but they hearkened not vnto Moyses for anguishe of spirite and for cruell bondage 10 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 11 Go in and speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his lande 12 And Moyses spake before the Lorde saying beholde the children of Israel hearken not vnto me howe then shall Pharao heare me whiche am of vncircumcized lippes 13 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and vnto Aaron gaue them a charge concerning the chyldren of Israel and concerning Pharao king of Egypt that they shoulde bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt 14 These be the heades of theyr fathers houses The children of Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel are these Hanoch and Phallu Hesron and Charmi these be the children of Ruben 15 The chyldren of Simeon Iemuel and Iamin Ohad Iachin Sohar and Saul the sonne of the Chanaanitishe woman these are the kinredes of Simeon 16 These also are the names of the chyldren of Leui in their generations Gerson and Cehath and Merari Leui liued an hundred thirtie and seuen yere 17 The sonnes of Gerson Libni and ' Simi by their kinredes ' 18 The chyldren of Cehath Amram Ishar and Hebron and Vziel And Cehath liued an hundred thirtie and three yere 19 The children of Merari Mahli and Musi these are the kinredes of Leui by their generations 20 Amram toke Iochebed his fathers sister to wyfe and she bare hym Aaron and Moyses and Amram liued an hundred and thirtie and seuen yeres 21 ' And the chyldren of Ishar Corah ' Nepheg and Sichri 22 ' The chyldren of Vsiel Misael Elzaphan ' and Zithri 23 And Aaron toke Eliseba daughter of Aminadab and sister of Nahason to wyfe whiche bare hym Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 24 The chyldren of Corah Assir and Eleanah and Abiasaph these are the kinredes of the Corahites 25 Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the daughters of Putiel to wyfe whiche bare hym Phinees and these are the principal fathers of the Leuites throughout their kinredes 26 This is that Aaron and Moyses to whom the Lorde sayd Leade the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt according to theyr armies 27 These are that Moyses and Aaron which spake to Pharao king of Egypt that they might bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt 28 And in the day when the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the lande of Egypt 29 He spake vnto hym saying I am the Lorde speake thou vnto Pharao the king of Egypt all that I say vnto thee 30 And Moyses sayde before the Lorde beholde I am of vncircumcized lippes how shall Pharao geue me audience ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 Moyses with Aaron is sent vnto Pharao 3 God causeth signes that he onlye may be knowen mightie 10 The rodde of Moyses is turned into a serpent 11 The enchaunters do the same 19 Water turned into blood 22 The enchaunters do the same 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses behold I haue made thee Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophete 2 Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde thee and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao that he sende the children of Israel out of his lande 3 And I will harden Pharaos heart and multiplie my miracles my wonders in the lande of Egypt 4 But Pharao shall not hearken vnto you that I may set my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out myne armies and my people the chyldren of Israel out of the land of Egypt in great iudgmentes 5 And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord when I stretch foorth my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out the children of Israel frō among them 6 Moyses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them euen so did they 7 Moyses was fourescore yere olde and Aaron fourescore and three when they spake vnto Pharao 8 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 9 If Pharao speake vnto you saying shewe a miracle for you thou shalt say vnto Aaron Take thy rod and cast it before Pharao that it may be a serpent 10 Then went Moyses and Aaron in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded and Aaron caste foorth his rodde before Pharao and before his seruauntes and it turned to a serpent 11 Then Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters and those sorcerers of Egypt dyd in like maner with their sorcerie 12 For they cast downe euery man his rod and they turned to serpentes but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes 13 And he helde Pharaos heart that he hearkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayde 14 The Lorde also sayde vnto Moyses Pharaos heart is hardened he refuseth to let the people go 15 Get thee vnto Pharao in the morning loe he wyll come vnto the water and thou shalt stand vpō the ryuers brincke agaynst he come and the rodde whiche was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thyne hande 16 And thou shalt say vnto hym the Lorde God of the Hebrewes hath sent me vnto thee saying Let my people go that they may serue me in the wyldernesse and beholde hytherto thou wouldest not heare 17 Thus sayeth the Lord In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde beholde I wyll smyte with the rodde that is in my hande the waters whiche are in the ryuers and they shal be turned to blood 18 And the fishe that is in the riuer
was foure hundred and thirtie yeres 41 And when the foure hundred thirtie yeres were expired euen the selfe same day departed al the hoastes of the Lord out of the lande of Egypt 42 It is a nyght to be obserued vnto the Lorde in the whiche he brought them out of the lande of Egypt This is that nyght of the Lorde whiche all the chyldren of Israel must kepe throughout their generations 43 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses and Aaron This is the lawe of passouer there shall no straunger eate thereof 44 But euery seruaunt that is bought for money after that thou hast circumcised hym shall eate therof 45 A straunger an hired seruaunt shall not eate therof 46 In one house shall it be eaten thou shalt carry none of the flesshe out of the house neither shall ye breake a bone therof 47 All the congregation of Israel shall obserue it 48 If a straunger also dwell among you and wyl holde passouer vnto the Lord let him circumcise all that be males and then let him come and obserue it and he shal be as one that is borne in the lande for no vncircumcised person shall eate therof 49 One maner of lawe shal be vnto hym that is borne in the lande and vnto the straunger that dwelleth among you 50 And all the chyldren of Israel dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses and Aaron euen so dyd they 51 And the selfe same day dyd the Lorde bryng the chyldren of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with their armies ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 The first borne thynges must be sanctified vnto God 3 The remembraunce of the deliueraunce must be celebrate 8 Chyldren must be taught that they were deliuered frō the tirannie of Pharao 12 All first borne thynges be Gods 14 Chyldren must be taught why thynges first borne be seperate vnto the vse of God 17 Why the Lord dyd leade about the chyldren of Egypt by the desert 19 Moyses caryeth the bones of Ioseph 21 The pyller of cloude and of fire 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Moyses saying Sanctifie vnto me al the first borne what so euer openeth the wombe among y e chyldren of Israel aswell of man as of beast for it is mine 3 And Moyses saide vnto the people ye ought to remember this day in whiche ye came out of Egypt out of y e house of bondage for through a myghtie hande the Lorde brought you from thence there shall no leauened bread be eaten 4 This daye came ye out in the month Abib 5 When the Lorde hath brought thee into the lande of the Chanaanites Hethites Amorites Heuites and Iebusites which he sware vnto thy fathers that he would geue thee a lande wherin mylke and hony floweth thou shalt kepe this seruice in this same month 6 Seuen dayes thou shalt eate vnleauened bread and in the seuenth daye it is the feast of the Lorde 7 Vnleauened bread shal be eaten seuen dayes and there shal no leauened bread be seene nor yet eaten with thee in al thy quarters 8 And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in that day saying This is done because of that whiche the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egypt 9 And it shal be as a signe vnto thee vppon thyne hande and as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes that the Lordes lawe may be in thy mouth for in a strong hande the Lorde brought thee out of Egypt 10 Kepe therfore this ordinaunce in his season from yere to yere 11 And it wyll come to passe that y e Lord shal bryng the land of the Chanaanites which he sware vnto thee and to thy fathers and shall geue it thee 12 And then thou shalt appoynt vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matrice and euery firstlyng that commeth of a beast which thou hast yf it be a male it shal be the Lordes 13 And euery firstlyng of an asse thou shalt redeeme with a lambe yf thou redeeme hym not thou shalt breake his necke All the first borne amongst thy chyldren also shalt thou bye out 14 And when thy sonne aske thee in time to come saying what is this Thou shalt saye vnto hym With a myghtie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt out of the house of bondage 15 And when Pharao was very loth to let vs go the Lorde slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt aswell the first borne of man as the firstlyng of beast Therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that open the matrice but all the first borne of my chyldren I redeeme 16 This shal be as a token vppon thyne hande as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt through a myghtie hande 17 It came to passe that when Pharao had let the people go God caryed them not through the way of the lande of the Philistines which was the more nygh way But God saide lest peraduenture the people repent whē they see warre and so turne agayne to Egypt 18 But God led the people about through the way of the wyldernesse of the redde sea and the chyldren of Israel went vp harnessed out of the lande of Egypt 19 And Moyses toke the bones of Ioseph with him for he made the children of Israel sweare saying God wyl surely visite you and ye shall take my bones away hence with you 20 And they toke their iourney from Sucoth and abode in Etham in the edge of the wyldernesse 21 And the Lorde went before them by day in a pyller of a cloude to leade them the way and by nyght in a pyller of fire to geue them lyght that they myght go both by day and nyght 22 The piller of the cloude departed not by daye nor the pyller of fire by nyght out of the syght of the people ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 God commaundeth to pitche their pauilions in a daungerous place that he may be the more glorified 4 God hardeneth the heart of Pharao 5 Pharao pursueth Israel 10 The Israelites dispayryng of deliueraunce do grudge 13 Moyses promiseth them their safetie by God 15 Moyses crying to God is cōmaunded to deuide the sea with his rod. 19 The angell folowyng the tentes of Israel they passe through the middes of the sea 24 God drowneth Pharao with his armie 31 The Israelites do feare God when they see the miracle 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake to the chyldrē of Israel that they turne pitch their tentes before Pi-hahiroth betweene Migdol and the sea ouer agaynst Baal-sephon and before that shall they pitche by the sea 3 For Pharao wyll say of the chyldren of Israel they are tangled in the lande the wyldernesse hath shut them in 4 And I wyll harden Pharaos heart that he shall folowe after you and I wyll get me honour vpon Pharao and vpon al his hoast The Egyptians also shall knowe that I am the Lorde And they dyd euen
so 5 And it was tolde the kyng of Egypt that the people fledde And the heart of Pharao and of his seruauntes turned agaynst the people and they said Why haue we done this that we haue let Israel go out of our seruice 6 And he made redy his charette and toke his people with hym 7 And toke sixe hundred chosen charets and all the charets of Egypt and capitaynes vpon euery one of them 8 And the Lorde hardened the heart of Pharao kyng of Egypt and he folowed after y e children of Israel but the childrē of Israel went out with an hye hande 9 And the Egyptians folowed after thē and al the horses and charettes of Pharao and his horsemen and his hoast ouertoke them pitchyng of their tent by the sea beside Pi-hahiroth before Baal-sephon 10 And when Pharao drewe nygh the chyldren of Israel lift vp their eyes and beholde the Egyptians folowed after them and they were sore afrayde and the chyldren of Israel cryed out vnto the Lorde 11 But they sayde vnto Moyses because there were no graues in Egypt hast thou therfore brought vs away for to dye in the wildernesse Wherfore hast thou serued vs thus for to carry vs out of Egypt 12 Dyd not we tell thee this in Egypt saying let vs be in rest that we maye serue the Egyptians For it had ben better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians then for to dye in the wyldernesse 13 And Moyses saide vnto the people Feare ye not stande styll and beholde the saluation of the Lorde whiche he wyll shewe to you this day For ye that haue seene the Egyptians this day shal see them no more for euer 14 The Lorde shall fyght for you and ye shall holde your peace 15 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Wherfore cryest thou vnto me speake vnto the children of Israel that they go forwarde 16 But lyft thou vp thy rod and stretche out thy hande ouer the sea and deuide it a sunder and let the children of Israel go on drye grounde through the middes of the sea 17 And beholde I euen I wyll harden the heart of the Egyptians and they shall folowe after them and I wyll get me honour vpon Pharao and vpon all his hoast and vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen 18 And the Egyptians shal know that I am the Lorde when I haue gotten me honour vpō Pharao vpon his charets and vpon his horsemen 19 And the angell of God which went before the hoast of Israel remoued and went behynde them and the pyller of the cloude went from before their face and stoode behynde them 20 And came betweene the tentes of the Egyptians and the tentes of Israel and it was a cloude and darknesse and gaue lyght by nyght and all the nyght long the one came not at the other 21 And Moyses stretched out his hande ouer the sea the Lorde caused the sea to go backe by a very strong east wynde all that nyght and made the sea drye lande and the waters were deuided 22 And the children of Israel went into the middest of the sea vppon the drye grounde and the waters were a wall vnto them on their ryght hande and on their left hande 23 And the Egyptians folowed went in after them to the myddest of the sea euen all Pharaos horses his charettes and his horsemen 24 And in the mornyng watche the Lord loked vnto the hoast of the Egyptians out of the pyller of the fire and of the cloude and troubled the hoast of the Egyptians 25 And toke of his charet wheeles and caryed them away violently So that the Egyptians sayde Let vs flee frō the face of Israel for the Lord fighteth for them agaynst the Egyptians 26 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretche out thyne hande ouer the sea that the waters may come againe vpon the Egyptians vpon their charets and vpon their horsemen 27 And Moyses stretched foorth his hand ouer the sea and it came agayne to his course early in the mornyng and the Egyptians fled agaynst it and the Lorde ouerthrewe the Egyptians in the middest of the sea 28 And the water returned and couered the charettes and the horsemen and all the hoast of Pharao that came into the sea after them so that there remayned not one of them 29 But the children of Israel walked vppon drye lande through the middest of the sea and the waters were a wall vnto them on the right hande of them and on the left 30 Thus the Lorde deliuered Israel the selfe same daye out of the hande of the Egyptians and Israel sawe the Egyptians dead vpon the sea syde 31 And Israel sawe that myghtie power which the Lorde shewed vpon the Egyptians and the people feared the Lorde and beleued the Lorde and his seruaunt Moyses ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 Moyses and the Israelites do geue thankes to God for their conquest 26 God must be hearkened vnto Sicknes God the healer 27 They come into Elim 1 THen Moyses the children of Israel sange this sounge vnto the Lorde and sayde on this maner I wil sing vnto the Lorde for he hath triumphed gloriouslie the horse and hym that rode vpon hym hath he ouerthrowen in the sea 2 The Lorde is my strength and praise and he is become my saluation he is my God and I wyll glorifie hym my fathers God and I wyll exalt hym 3 The Lorde is a man of warre the Lorde is his name 4 Pharaos charets and his hoast hath he cast into the sea his chosen captaynes also are drowned in the red sea 5 The deepe waters hath couered them they sunke to the bottome as a stone 6 Thy ryght hande Lorde is become glorious in power thy ryght hande Lorde hath all to dasshed the enemie 7 And in thy great glorie thou hast ouerthrowē them that rose vp agaynst thee thou sendest foorth thy wrath whiche consumed them euen as stubble 8 Through the wynde of thy nosethrils the water gathered together y e fluddes stoode styll as an heape and the deepe water congeled together in the heart of the sea 9 The enemie sayde I wyll folowe on thē I wyll ouertake them I wyll deuide the spoyle and my lust shal be satisfied vppon them I wyll drawe my sworde myne hande shall destroy them 10 Thou diddest blowe with thy wynde the sea couered thē they sanke as leade in the myghtie waters 11 Who is like vnto thee O Lord amongst gods Who is like thee so glorious in holynesse fearefull in prayses shewyng wonders 12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hande the earth swalowed them 13 Thou in thy mercie hast caryed this people which thou hast redeemed and hast brought them in thy strength vnto thy holy habitation 14 The nations shal heare be afraide sorowe shall come vpon Palestina 15 Then the dukes of the Edomites shal be amazed and the myghtyest of the
backward by the side of the gate and his necke brake and he dyed For he was an olde man and heauy and iudged Israel fourtie yeres 19 And his daughter in lawe Phinehes wyfe was with childe and nye the birth And when she heard the tidinges that the arke of God was taken and that her father in law and her husband were dead the bowed her selfe and trauayled for her paynes came vpon her 20 And about the tyme of her death the women that stoode about her saide vnto her Feare not for thou hast borne a sonne But she aunswered not nor regarded it 21 And she named the childe Ichabod saying The glorie is departed frō Israel because the arke of God was taken and because of her father in lawe and her husband 22 And she saide againe The glorie is gone from Israel for the arke of God is taken The .v. Chapter 2 The Philistines bryng the arke into the house of Dagon 6 The men of Asdod are plagued 8 The arke is caryed into Gath and after to Acron 1 AND the Philistines toke the arke of God and caryed it from the Eben ezer vnto Asdod 2 Yea the Philistines toke the arke of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon 3 And when they of Asdod were vp in the next daye in the mornyng beholde Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the earth before the arke of the Lorde And they toke Dagon and set him in his place agayne 4 And when they were come earlie in the next morning beholde Dagon was fallen vpon his face on the grounde before the arke of the Lorde and his head and his two handes cut of vpon the thresholde that onely the stumpe of Dagon was left to him 5 And therfore is it that the priestes of Dagon neither any man that commeth into Dagons house treade not on the thresholde of Dagon in Asdod vnto this day 6 But the hand of the Lorde was heauie vpon them of Asdod and he destroyed them and smote them with emerodes both Asdod and all the coastes thereof 7 And when the men of Asdod sawe that it was so they saide The arke of the God of Israel shal not abide here with vs for his hand is sore vpon vs vpon Dagon our God 8 They sent therfore and gathered all the lordes of the Philistines vnto them and saide What shall we do with the arke of the God of Israel They aunswered Let the arke of the God of Israel be caryed about vnto Gath. And they caried the arke of the God of Israel about 9 And when they had caryed it about the hand of the Lorde was agaynst the citie with a very great destruction and he smote the men of the citie both small and great and they had emerodes in their secrete partes 10 Therfore they sent the arke of God to Acaron and assoone as the arke of God came to Acaron the Acaronites cryed out saying They haue brought the arke of the God of Israel to vs to slea vs and our people 11 And so they sent and gathered together al the lordes of the Philistines and saide Send away the arke of the God of Israel to go agayne to his owne place that it slea vs not and our people For there was a destruction and death thorowout all the citie and the hand of God was exceeding sore there 12 And the men that dyed not were smitten with the emerodes And the crye of the citie went vp to heauen ¶ The .vi. Chapter 1 The time that the arke was with the Philistines which they sent againe with a gift 12. It commeth to Bethsames 17. The Philistines offer golden emerodes 19. The men of Bethsames are stricken for loking into the arke 1 ANd the arke of the Lord was in the countrey of the Philistines seuen monethes 2 And the Philistines called for the priestes and the soothsayers saying What shall we do with the arke of the Lord Tell vs wherewith we shall sende it home againe 3 They sayde If you send away the arke of the God of Israel send it not emptie but rewarde it with sinne offeryng and then ye shall be whole and it shall be knowen to you why his hand departeth not from you 4 Then sayd they And what shal be the sinne offering which we shall rewarde him with They aunswered Fiue golden emerodes and fiue golden myce accordyng to the number of the princes of y e Philistines For one plague was on you all and on your princes 5 Wherfore ye shall make images lyke to your emerodes images like to your myce that corrupt the land and ye shall geue glorie vnto the God of Israel that he may take his hand from of you and from of your goddes and from of your land 6 Wherfore do ye harden your heartes as the Egyptians and Pharao hardened their heartes Which when he wrought wonderfullie among them did they not let the people go and they departed 7 Now therfore make a newe cart and take two melche kyne on whom there hath come no yocke and tye the kyne to the carte and bring the calues home from them 8 And take the arke of the Lorde and lay it vpon the cart and put the iewels of golde whiche ye rewarde him with for a sinne offering in a coffer by the side thereof and send it awaye that it may go 9 And if ye see that he go vp by the way of his owne coaste to Bethsames then it is he that did vs this great euill If no. we shall knowe then that it is not his hand that smote vs but it was a chaunce that happened vs. 10 And the men did euen so And toke two kyne that gaue milke tyed them to the cart and kept the calues at home 11 And they layde the arke of the Lorde vpon the cart and the coffer with the myce of golde and with the images of their emerodes 12 And the kyne toke the strayght way to Bethsames went on the strayght way and as they went lowed and turned neither to the ryght hande nor to the left And the princes of the Philistines went after them vnto the borders of Bethsames 13 And they of Bethsames were reaping their wheate haruest in the valley And they lyft vp their eyes and spied the arke and reioyced when they sawe it 14 And the carte came into the fielde of one Iehosua a Bethsamite and stoode still ther. There was also a great stone And they claue the wood of the carte and offred the kyne a burnt offring vnto the Lorde 15 And the Leuites toke downe the arke of the Lorde and the coffer that was with it wherein the iewels of golde were and put them on the great stone And the men of Bethsames sacrificed burnt sacrifice and offered offeringes the same day vnto the Lorde 16 And when the fiue princes of the Philistines had seene
dwel in Ar dyd vnto me vntyll I be come ouer Iordane into the lande which the Lorde our God geueth vs. 30 But Sehon y e kyng of Hesbon woulde not let vs passe by hym for the Lorde thy God hardened his spirite and made his heart obstinate because he woulde deliuer him into thy hande as it is come to passe this day 31 And the Lord said vnto me Beholde I haue begunne to geue Sehon his lande before thee begunne to possesse and inherite his lande 32 Then both Sehon and all his people came out agaynst vs to fight at Iaza 33 And the Lorde set hym before vs and we smote hym and his sonnes and all his people 34 And we toke all his cities the same season and slue the men women and children of all the cities and let nothyng remayne 35 Saue the cattell onely we caught vnto our selues and the spoyle of the cities which we toke 36 From Aroer which is by the brinke of the riuer of Arnon and from the citie that is in the riuer vnto Gilead there was not one citie to strong for vs The Lorde our God deliuered all vnto vs. 37 Only vnto the lande of the children of Ammon thou camest not nor vnto euery place of the riuer Iabock nor vnto the cities in the mountaynes nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde our God forbad vs. ¶ The .iij. Chapter Thynges that chaunsed from the victorie of the two kynges Sehon and Og ▪ vnto the institution of Iosuah in Moyses steade 1 THen we turned and went vp the way to Basan And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs he and all his people to fyght at Edrai 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto me Feare hym not for I wyll deliuer hym and all his people and his lande into thy hande and thou shalt do vnto hym as thou diddest vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon 3 And so the Lorde our God deliuered into our handes Og also the kyng of Basan and all his folke And we smote hym vntyll none was left hym alyue 4 And we toke all his cities the same season neither was there a citie which we toke not from them euen threescore cities throughout the region of Argob of the kyngdome of Og in Basan 5 All these cities also were made strong with hye walles gates barres beside vnwalled townes a great meany 6 And we vtterly destroyed them as we dyd vnto Sehon kyng of Hesbon bryngyng to naught all the cities with men women and children 7 But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cities we toke for our selues 8 And thus we toke the same season out of the hande of two kynges of the Amorites the land that was on the other side Iordane from the riuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon 9 Which Hermon the Sidons call Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir 10 All the cities that lay in the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Selcha and Edrai cities of the kyngdome of Og in Basan 11 For only Og kyng of Basan remayned of the remnaunt of the giauntes whose bed was a bed of iron And is it not yet at Rabbath among y e children of Ammon Nine cubites doth the length therof contayne and foure cubites the breadth of it after the cubite of a man 12 And so we conquered this lande the same tyme from Aroer which is by the riuer of Arnon vnto halfe mount Gilead and the cities therof gaue I vnto the Rubenites and Gadites 13 And the rest of Gilead and all Basan of the kyngdome of Og gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasse euen all the region of Argob with all Basan which is called the lande of giauntes 14 Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the countrey of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri Maachati and called them after his owne name Basan Hauoth Iair vnto this day 15 And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir 16 And vnto the Rubenites and Gadites I gaue Gilead vnto the riuer of Arnon halfe the valley and beyonde euen vnto the riuer Iabock which is the border of the children of Ammon 17 The playne also and Iordane and the coast therof from Cenereth euen vnto the sea which is in the playne euen the salt sea vnder the springes of the hyll eastwarde 18 And I commaunded you the same tyme saying The Lorde your God hath geuen you this lande to enioy it ye shall go harnessed before your brethren the children of Israel all that are meete for the warre 19 Your wyues only your children and your cattell for I knowe that ye haue much cattell shall abyde in your cities which I haue geuen you 20 Vntyll the Lorde haue geuen rest vnto your brethren as well as vnto you and vntyll they also possesse the lande which the Lorde your God hath geuen them beyonde Iordane and then shall ye returne agayne euery man vnto his possession which I haue geuen you 21 And I commaunded Iosuah hym selfe the same tyme saying Thyne eyes haue seene all that the Lorde your God hath done vnto these two kynges euen so shall he do vnto all kyngdomes whither thou goest 22 Ye shall not feare them for the Lorde your God he shall fyght for you 23 And I besought the Lorde the same tyme saying 24 O Lorde God thou hast begunne to shewe thy seruaunt thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande for where is there a God in heauen or in earth that can do after thy workes and like to thy power 25 I pray thee let me go ouer and see the good lande that is beyonde Iordane that goodly mountayne Libanon 26 * But the Lorde was angry with me for your sakes and woulde not heare me And the Lorde sayde vnto me Be content speake no more vnto me of this matter 27 Get thee vp into the top of the hyll lift vp thyne eyes westwarde northwarde southwarde and eastwarde and beholde it with thyne eyes for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane 27 But charge Iosuah and encourage hym and bolden hym For he shall go before this people and he shall deuide vnto thē the lande which thou shalt see 29 And so we abode in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 An exhortation to obserue the lawe without addyng therto or diminisshyng 6 Therin standeth our wisdome 9 We must teache it to our children 15 No image ought to be made to worship 26 Threatninges agaynst them that forsake the lawe of God 37 God chose the seede because he loued their fathers 43 The three cities of refuge 1 NOwe therfore harken O Israel vnto the ordinaunces and lawes which I teache you for to do them that so ye may lyue and go in possesse the lande which the Lorde God of your fathers geueth you 2 Ye shall put nothyng vnto the word which I commaunde you neither shall
AT the terme of seuen yeres thou shalt make a freedome 2 And this is the maner of the freedome Who so euer lendeth ought with his hande vnto his neighbour may not aske agayne that which he hath lent of his neighbour or of his brother because it is called the Lordes free yere 3 Yet of a straunger thou mayst call it home agayne but he that is thy brother hym shall thine hande remit 4 Neuerthelesse there shal be no begger among you for the Lorde shall blesse thee in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee for an inheritaunce 5 So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and do all these commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day 6 For the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee as he hath promised thee and thou shalt lende vnto many nations but thou thy selfe shalt not borowe And thou shalt raigne ouer many nations and they shall not raigne ouer thee 7 If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother 8 But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath 9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart that thou wouldest say the seuenth yere the yere of freedome is at hande and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother and geuest hym naught and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee and it be sinne vnto thee 10 Thou shalt geue hym and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes and in all that thou puttest thine hande to 11 The lande shall neuer be without poore and therfore I cōmaunde thee saying Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy poore in thy lande 12 If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee or an Hebrue woman and serue thee sixe yeres in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee 13 And when thou sendest hym out free from thee thou shalt not let hym go away emptie 14 But shalt geue hym of thy sheepe of thy corne and of thy wine and geue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee 15 And remember that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt and the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence and therfore I commaunde thee this thyng to day 16 And if he say vnto thee I wyll not go away from thee because he loueth thee and thine house and is well at ease with thee 17 Then shalt thou take an aule nayle his eare to the doore therwith and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise 18 And let it not greeue thine eye when thou lettest him go out free frō thee for he hath ben worth a double hired seruaunt to thee in his seruice sixe yeres And the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest 19 All the first males that come of thy cattell and of thy sheepe thou shalt halowe vnto the Lorde thy God Thou shalt do no worke with the first borne bullocke nor sheare the first gendred of thy sheepe 20 Thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God yere by yere in the place which the Lorde shall choose both thou and thy housholde 21 If there be any blemishe therin as if it be lame or blynde or haue any other euyll fauourednesse thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lorde thy God 22 But shalt eate it within thine owne gates the vncleane and cleane person shal eate it alike as the Roe the Hart. 23 Only eate not the blood therof but powre it vpon the grounde as water The .xvj. Chapter ' 1 Of Easter 1◠Whitsontide 12 and the feast of tabernacles 18 What officers ' ought to be ordeyned 21 Idolatrie forbidden ' 1 OBserue the moneth of newe corne that thou mayest offer the Passouer vnto y e Lord thy God For in the moneth when corne begynneth to rype the Lorde thy God brought thee out of Egypt by nyght 2 Thou shalt therfore offer the Passouer vnto the Lorde thy God of sheepe and oxen in the place which the Lorde shall choose to put his name there 3 Thou shalt eate no leauened bread with it but seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread therwith euen the bread of tribulation for thou camest out of the lande of Egypt in haste that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest out of the lande of Egypt all the dayes of thy lyfe 4 And there shal be no leauened bread seene in al thy coastes seuen dayes long neither shall there remayne any thyng of the fleshe which thou offerest the first day at euen vntyll the mornyng 5 Thou mayest not offer the Passouer within any of thy gates which y e Lorde thy God geueth thee 6 But in the place which the Lorde thy God shal choose to set his name in there thou shalt offer the Passouer at euen about the goyng downe of the sunne euen in the season that thou camest out of Egypt 7 And thou shalt roste and eate it in the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen and thou shalt returne on the morowe and go vnto thy tentes 8 Sixe dayes thou shalt eate sweete bread and the seuenth day shal be a solempne assemblie before the Lorde thy God thou shalt do no worke therin 9 Seuen weekes shalt thou number vnto thee and begynne to number the seuen weekes when thou begynnest to put the sicle to the corne 10 And kepe the feast of weekes vnto the Lorde thy God with a free wyll offeryng of thine hande which thou shalt geue vnto the Lord thy God according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee 11 And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God thou and thy sonne thy daughter thy seruaunt and thy mayde the Leuite that is within thy gates and the straunger the fatherlesse and the widdowe that are among you in the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen to put his name there 12 And remember that thou wast a seruaunt in Egypt and thou shalt obserue and do these ordinaunces 13 Thou shalt also obserue the feast of tabernacles seuen dayes after that thou hast gathered in thy corne thy wine 14 And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy daughter thy seruaunt and thy mayde the Leuite the straunger and the fatherlesse the widdowe that are within thy gates 15 Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe a solempne feast vnto thy Lorde thy God in y e place which the Lorde shall choose for the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in all thy fruites in all y e workes of
Abia the daughter of Zachariahu 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes as did Dauid his father 3 He opened the doores of the house of the Lorde in the first yere and first moneth of his raigne and repaired them 4 And he brought in the priestes and the Leuites and gathered them together into the east streate 5 And saide vnto them Heare me ye Leuites and now be sanctified and halow the house of the Lorde God of your fathers bring filthynesse out of the holy place 6 For our fathers haue trespassed and done euill in the eyes of the Lorde our God and haue forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backes on it 7 And beside that they haue shut vp the doores of the porche and quenched the lampes and haue neither burnt incense nor offered burnt offringes in the holy place vnto the God of Israel 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lorde fell on Iuda Hierusalem and he hath brought them to trouble to be wondred on to be hissed at euen as ye see with your eyes 9 For loe our fathers were ouerthrowen with the sword and our sonnes our daughters and our wyues were caried away captiue for the same cause 10 And now it is in myne heart to make a couenaunt with the Lord God of Israel that he may turne away his heauy indignation from vs. 11 Now therefore my sonnes be not negligent for the Lorde hath chosen you to stande before him and for to minister and serue him and to burne incense 12 Then the Leuites arose Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Azariahu of the children of the Caathites And of the sonnes of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi and Azariahu the sonne of Iahalelel And of y e sonnes of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah 13 And of the sonnes of Elizaphan Simri and Iehiel And of the sonnes of Asaph Zechariahu and Matthamahu 14 And of the sonnes of Heman Iehiel and Simer And of the sonnes of Ieduthun Semaia and Vzziel 15 And they gathered their brethren and purified them selues and came according to the commaundement of the king and the wordes of the Lord for to clense the house of the Lorde 16 And the priestes went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord to clense it and brought out all the vnclennesse that they founde in the temple of the Lorde into the court of the house of the Lorde And the Leuites toke it to cary it out into the brooke Cedron 17 They began the first day of the first moneth to purifie and the eyght day of the moneth came they to the porche of the Lorde So they sacrified the house of the Lorde in eyght dayes and in the sixteenth day of the first moneth they made an end 18 And they went in to Hezekia the king and saide We haue clensed all the house of the Lorde the aulter of burnt offring with all his vessels and the shew bread table with all his apparell 19 And all the vessels which king Ahaz did cast aside when he raigned transgressed them we haue prepared and sanctified and beholde they are before the aulter of the Lorde 20 And Hezekia the king rose earlye and gathered the lordes of the citie and went vp to the house of the Lorde 21 And they brought seuen oxen seuen rammes seuen sheepe and seuen hee goates to be a sinne offring for the kingdome for the sanctuary and for Iuda And he commaunded the priestes the sonnes of Aaron to offer them on the aulter of the Lorde 22 And they slue the oxen and the priestes receaued the blood and sprinckled it on the aulter likewyse when they had slaine the rammes they sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter They slue also the sheepe and they sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter 23 And then they brought foorth the hee goates for the sinne offering before the king and the congregation put their handes vpon them 24 And the priestes slue them and with the blood of them they clensed the aulter to make satisfaction for all Israel for the king cōmaunded that the burnt offering and the sinne offering shoulde be made for all Israel 25 And set the Leuites in the house of the Lorde with cymbales psalteries and harpes according to the commaundement of Dauid and of Gad the kinges sear and Nathan the prophete For so was the commaundement of the Lord through the hande of his prophetes 26 And the Leuites stoode hauing the instrumentes of Dauid and the priestes helde the trumpettes 27 And Hezekia commaunded to offer the burnt offring vpon the aulter And when the burnt offring began the song of the Lorde began also and the trumpettes with the instrumentes that were ordayned by the hand of Dauid king of Israel 28 And all the congregation worshipped singing a song and blowyng with the trumpettes and all this continued vntill the burnt offring was finished 29 And when they had made an end of offering the king and all that were present with him bowed them selues and worshipped 30 And Hezekia the king and the lordes spake to the Leuites to prayse the Lord with the wordes of Dauid of Asaph the sear And they sang prayses with gladnesse and the other bowed them selues and worshipped 31 And Hezekia aunswered and saide Now ye haue consecrated your handes to the Lorde go to therefore and bryng the sacrifices and thanke offeringes into the house of the Lorde And the congregation brought in the sacrifices thank offeringes and burnt offringes as many as were of a free liberall heart 32 And the number of the burnt offringes which the congregation brought was threescore and ten oxen an hundred rammes two hundred sheepe which were all for the burnt offering of the Lorde 33 And there were dedicated sixe hundred oxen and three thousand sheepe 34 And the priestes were to fewe to flay al the burnt offringes but their brethren the Leuites did helpe them till they had ended the worke vntil the priestes were sanctified For the Leuites were purer hearted to be sanctified then the priestes 35 And therto y e burnt offringes were many with the fat of the peace offringes the drinke offringes that belong to the burnt offring And so the seruice parteyning to the house of the Lorde was finished 36 And Hezekia reioyced and all the people that God had made the folke so readie that the thing was so soone done ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The keping of the passouer by the kinges commaundement 6 He exhorteth Israel to turne to the Lorde 18 He prayeth for the people 24 His oblation and the princes 27 The Leuites blesse the people 1 AND Hezekia sent to all Israel and Iuda and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse that they shoulde come to the house of the lorde at Hierusalem and
at the prosperitie of the wicked or withdrawen therby from godlynes as though God had no regarde of iustice innocencie and vpright dealing when they see commonly the worst sort of men to haue the world at their wyll abounding in health riches and aucthoritie He sheweth that the condition of the godly and the vngodly be diuers and how that God at the last rooteth out those that do euill notwithstanding all their posteritie and defendeth those that put their trust in him God guydeth the faythfull and neuer forsaketh them or their seede ¶ Of Dauid 1 FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse and be withered euen as the greene hearbe 3 Put thou thy trust in God and be doing good dwell in the land and feede in trueth 4 Delight thou also in God and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire 5 Commit thy way vnto God and put thy trust in hym and he shall bryng it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde 7 Holde thee still in God and wayte paciently vpon him fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper at the man that doth abhominations 8 Leaue of from wrath and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe lest thou be moued to do euill 9 For the malitious doers shal be rooted out and they that paciently wayte after God they shall inherite the lande 10 Looke at them yet a litle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt looke after his place and he shall not be there 11 But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be delighted in the aboundaunce of peace 12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth 13 The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne for he seeth that his day is comming 14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde and haue bended their bowe to cast downe the poore and needie and to sâ—ay such as be of right conuersation 15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart their bow shal be broken 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of y e vngodly 17 For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and God vpholdeth the righteous 18 God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough 20 As for the vngodly they shall perishe and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes yea euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away 21 The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally 22 Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out 23 The pathes of man is directed by God and his way pleaseth 24 Though he fall he shall not be vndone for God vpholdeth him with his hande 25 I haue ben a young chylde and nowe I am olde and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede begyng bread 26 The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth and his seede is blessed 27 Flee from euill do good and dwell for euer 28 For God loueth iudgement he forsaketh not his saintes they are preserued for euermore but the seede of the vngodlye shal be rooted vp 29 The righteous shal inherite the land and dwell therin for euer 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart therfore his feete shall not slide 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay hym 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged 34 Wayte thou on God kepe his way and he wyll promote thee that thou mayest possesse the lande when the vngodly shal be cut of thou shalt see it 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power and florishing lyke a greene bay tree 36 And he vanished away so that he could be no more seene I sought hym but he coulde no where be founde 37 Marke hym that is perfect and beholde him that is iust for the ende of suche a man is peace 38 As for wicked transgressours they shal be destroyed all together and the ende of the vngodly shal be rooted vp at the last 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God whiche is also their strength in time of trouble 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly and he wyll saue them because they put their trust in him The argument of the .xxxviii. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously sicke besecheth God to turne away his wrath from hym and to helpe hym He complayneth of his afflictions of the greeuousnes of his disease of the great burden of his sinnes and of the vnfaythfulnes of his frendes He also declareth his trust in God Finally he sheweth that beyng chastened of God he forgetteth not what he suffereth wherfore how long with how much torment and what helpe he receaued at Gods hande ¶ A psalme of Dauid to reduce in remembraunce 1 REbuke me not O God in thyne anger neither chasten me in thy heauie displeasure 2 For thyne arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore 3 There is no helath in my flesh through thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne 4 For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare 5 My woundes stinke and are corrupt through my foolishnes 6 I am become crooked and am exceedingly pulled downe I go a mourning all the day long 7 For my loynes are filled with heate and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lorde thou knowest all my desire and my gronyng is not hyd from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the lyght of myne eyes is gone from me 11 My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague and my kinsmen stoode a farre of 12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me and they that went about to do me euyll talked of wickednesse and imagined deceipt all the day long 13 As for me as one deafe I woulde not heare and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth 14 I became euen as a man that heareth not and who hath no replies in his mouth 15 For on thee O God I haue wayted thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God 16 For I
and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued 7 In the Lorde is my health and my glory my trust is in the Lorde the fortresse of my force 8 O ye people put your trust in hym alway powre out your heartes before him for the Lorde is our hope Selah 9 As for the chyldren of men they be onlye but vanitie the chyldren of lordes be but a lye vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe 10 O trust not in wrong dealing and spoyling geue not your selues vnto vanitie if riches encrease set not your heart vpon them 11 The Lord spake it once but I haue hearde it twise that power and mercy belongeth to thee O Lorde God for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke The argument of the .lxiij. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in a desert as banished out of his countrey prayeth to God that he may returne to heare his word amongest his people in the sanctuary He confesseth that Gods goodnes passeth all thinges and ingendreth ioy in euery heart He setteth foorth his aduersaries wylynes and mischiefnes telling them beforehande that suche destruction as they would worke vnto him shall fall vpon their owne selues ¶ A psalme of Dauid when he was in the wyldernesse of Iuda 1. Sam. 23. 24. 1 O Lorde thou art my Lorde early in the morning I do seeke thee 2 My soule thirsteth for thee my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande where no water is 3 To see thee euen so as I haue seene thee in the sanctuary that I might beholde thy power and glory 4 For thy louing kindnes is better then life it selfe my lippes shall prayse thee 5 As long as I liue I wyll blesse thee on this maner and in thy name I wyll lyft vp my handes 6 My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes 7 Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought vpon thee when I was waking 8 Because thou hast ben my helper therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce 9 My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee thy right hande hath vpholden me 10 And they that seeke my soule to oppresse it shall go vnder the earth 11 Euery one of them shal be killed with the edge of a sworde and they shal be a portion for Foxes 12 But the king shal reioyce in the Lord al they shal glory that sweare by him for the mouth of all them that speake a lye shal be stopped The argument of the .lxiiii. psalme ¶ Dauid maketh his prayer to God against the craftie malitious and false tongues of his aduersaries who wrongfully had accused hym He sheweth their naughtie nature and howe the destruction of suche shal be to Gods glory for the godly seyng it shall prayse God and be glad ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 O Lorde heare my voyce in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie 2 Hyde me from the secrete counsayles of the malitious from the conspiracie of the workers of iniquitie 3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword who haue drawne their arrow euen a bitter worde 4 That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe and coÌ„mune among them selues how they may lay snares and say who shall see them 6 They searche out howe to do wrong they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes 7 But the Lorde wyll sodenly shoote at them with a swyft arrowe their plagues shal be apparaunt 8 Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy theÌ„ selues insomuch that who so seeth them shal desire to flee away â—from them 9 And all men that see it shall say this hath God done for they shall well perceaue that it is his worke 10 The righteous wyll reioyce in God and put his trust in hym and all they that be vpright hearted wylbe glad The argument of the .lxv. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the exceeding goodnes of God partly in that he hath appoynted to be worshipped at Sion to heare those that make their prayers vnto him to forgeue them their sinnes and to endue his people with many spirituall graces and gyftes partly also in that he maketh the ground fruitfull replenishing it with cattell corne and all kinde of fruites aswell in desertes and hilles as in valleys ¶ To the chiefe musition the psalme of Dauid a song 1 O Lorde thou wylt be greatly praysed in Sion and vnto thee shal vowes be perfourmed 2 Thou that hearest a prayer vnto thee shall all fleshe come 3 My misdeedes haue preuayled against me oh be thou mercifull vnto our wicked transgressions 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and receauest vnto thee he shall dwell in thy court and we shal be satisfied with the goodnes of thy house euen of thy holy temple 5 Thou wylt heare vs doyng wonderfull thinges in righteousnes O Lorde of our saluation thou art the hope of all endes of the earth and of them that dwell farre of at the sea coast 6 Thou art he who in his strength setleth fast the mountaines and is gyrded about with power 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noyse of his waues and the vprore of the people 8 They also that dwel in the vtmost partes of the earth be afrayde at thy signes â–ª thou makest them reioyce at the going foorth of the morning and euenyng 9 Thou visitest the earth and thou makest it ouerflowne thou enrichest it greatly the riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou ordaynest it 10 Thou waterest her forowes thou breakest downe her hillockes thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne and blessest the increase of it 11 Thou crownest the yere with thy goodnes and thy cloudes drop fatnes 12 They drop vpon the dwellinges of the wyldernesse and hilles be compassed with ioy 13 The downes be couered with sheepe the valleys stande thicke with corne so that they showte for ioy and also sing The argument of the .lxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete Dauid calleth vpon all men to prayse God for his wonderfull power declared not only in the olde time in drying the red sea that the children of Israel might escape Pharaos handes but also nowe for sauing his people from their enemies and from Pharaos and tirauntes of their dayes He also inciteth other to be thankefull vnto God through his example ¶ To the chiefe musition a song whiche is a psalme 1 DEclare you ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye of the earth sing psalmes vnto the glory of his name geue glory to his maiestie 2 Say vnto the Lorde oh
tyme of aduersitie vntyll the pyt be digged vp for the vngodly 14 For God wyll not reiect his people neither wil he forsake his inheritaunce 15 For iudgement shal be reduced vnto iustice and after it shall all such as be vpryght of heart be iudged 16 Who will ryse vp with me agaynst the malicious or who wyll take my part agaynst workers of wickednesse 17 If God had not ben an ayde vnto me it had not fayled much but my soule had dwelled in silence 18 But when I sayde my foote hath slypped thy mercy O God helde me vp 19 In the multitude of my cogitations from the bottome of my heart thy comfortes dyd recreate my soule 20 Shall the seate of wickednesse haue any thyng to do with thee which seate maketh wrong to be enacted for a law 21 They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous and condemne the innocent blood 22 But God is to me a refuge and my Lorde is the rocke of my confidence 23 And he wyll recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice God our Lorde wyll destroy them The argument of the .xcv. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp mens heartes both to prayse God for that he is the mightiest kyng maker of this worlde and also to worshyp God with all humblenesse for that he is our sheephearde and we be his sheepe He also aduertiseth all men to geue eare to Gods voyce and without delay to be obedient vnto his wyll lest after the example of their disobedient fathers they beyng destitute of Gods fauour neuer come to eternall ioy and rest 1 COme let vs syng vnto God let vs make an heartie reioysyng with a loude voyce vnto the rocke of our saluation 2 Let vs make speede to come before his face with a confession let vs expresse vnto hym outwardly a heartie gladnesse with syngyng of psalmes 3 For God is a great Lorde and a great kyng aboue all gods 4 In his hande are all the deepe corners of the earth and the hygh toppes of hylles be his also 5 The sea is his and he made it and his handes fashioned the drye lande 6 Come let vs worshyp and fall downe let vs kneele before the face of God our maker 7 For he is our Lorde and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hande 8 To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the tyme of contention as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse 9 Whē your fathers tempted me proued me yea after they had seene my worke 10 Fourtie yeres long was I greeued with that generation and I sayde this people erreth in heart and they haue not knowen my wayes 11 Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter at all into my rest ¶ The argument of the .xcvi. Psalme ¶ The prophete most earnestly moueth not only the Israelites but also all nations throughout the worlde to prayse God to glorifie God to worshyp God and to set foorth his workes He prophecieth also of the tyme of Christes commyng and of his kyngdome and gouernment 1 SYng you vnto God a newe song sing ye vnto God all that be in the earth 2 Syng ye vnto God and blesse his name set foorth in wordes from day to day his saluation 3 Declare his glory amongst the heathē and his wonderous actes amongst all the people 4 For God is great and worthy of all prayse he is more to be feared then all gods 5 As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles and it is God that made the heauens 6 Honour and maiestie be before hym power and excellentnesse be in his sanctuarie 7 Geue vnto God O ye families of the people geue vnto God glorie power 8 Geue vnto God glorie due vnto his name bryng an offeryng and come into his courtes 9 Worshyp you God in the maiestie of holynesse be you in dread of his face all that be in the earth 10 Set it foorth in wordes among the heathen that God raigneth and that the worlde is set of a sure foundation it shall not be remoued he wyll iudge the people accordyng to equitie 11 The heauens shall reioyce and the earth be glad the sea shall make a noyse and all that is therin 12 The fielde shal be ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the face of God 13 For he commeth for he commeth to iudge the earth he will iudge the world accordyng to iustice and the people accordyng to his trueth ⧠The argument of the .xcvii. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the glorie of God and his power agaynst the vngodly Gentiles who therby as Gods people be comforted so they be confounded beyng worshippers of images He also exhorteth such as loue God to flee from sinne to prayse God and to be mery 1 GOD raigneth the earth shal be glad the multitude of the Iles shal be glad therof 2 Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne 3 There goeth a fire before his face and burneth his enemies on euery syde 4 His lightninges gaue a lyght vnto the worlde the earth sawe it and trembled 5 The hylles melted lyke waxe at the presence of God at the presence of the Lorde of the whole earth 6 The heauens haue declared his iustice and all the people haue seene his glorie 7 Confounded be all they that do seruice vnto carued images and that do glorie in idols but O gods you all shall worshyp hym 8 Sion hearde of it and reioyced and the daughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgementes O God 9 For thou art a God hygher then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all gods 10 You that loue God hate the thyng which is euyll he preserueth the soules of his saintes he wyll delyuer them from the hande of the vngodly 11 There is sowen a lyght for the ryghteous and gladnesse for such as be vpryght of heart 12 Reioyce in God O ye ryghteous and prayse hym at the remembraunce of his holynesse ¶ The argument of the .xcviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon all men and also vpon the earth water and vpon all that is in them to prayse God with songes psalmes instrumentes of musicke expressyng all kinde of mirth for the singular benefites that he had bestowed vpon the Israelites ¶ A psalme 1 SYng vnto God a newe song for he hath done marueylous thynges 2 With his owne right hande and with his holy arme he hath gotten to hym selfe the victorie 3 God hath declared his saluation he hath openly shewed his iustice in the syght of the heathen 4 He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluation of our
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
be sayde vnto thee come vp hyther then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thou seest with thyne eyes 7 Be not hastie to go to lawe lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee 8 Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe and discouer not thy secrete to another 9 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame and thy infamie do not ceasse 10 A worde spoken in due season is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer 11 Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare is as a golden earring and an ornament of fine golde 12 As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym for he refresheth his maisters mynde 13 Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne 14 With pacience is a prince pacified and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken 15 If thou findest honie eate so muche as is sufficient for thee lest thou be ouer full and parbreake it out agayne 16 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house lest he be werie of thee and so hate thee 17 Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour he is a very club a sworde and a sharpe arrowe 18 The confidence that is put in an vnfaythfull man in tyme of trouble is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote 19 Who so taketh away a mans garment in the colde weather is like vineger vpon lime or lyke hym that singeth songues to an heauie heart 20 If thyne enemie hunger feede hym if he thirst geue him drinke 21 For so shalt thou heape coles of fire vpon his head and the Lorde shall rewarde thee 22 The northwinde dryueth away the rayne euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue 23 It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe then with a brawling woman in a wide house 24 Good newes from a straunge countrey are as colde water to a thirstie soule 25 A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly is like a troubled wel and a spring that is corrupted 26 As it is not good to eate to muche honye so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges is not commendable 27 He that can not rule him selfe is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles ¶ The .xxvj. Chapter 1 LYke as snowe is not meete in sommer and rayne in haruest euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole 2 As the byrde and the swalowe take their flight and flee here and there so the curse that is geuen in vayne shall not light vpon a man 3 Vnto the horse belongeth a whip to the asse a brydle and a rod to the fooles backe 4 Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes lest thou become like vnto him 5 But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt 6 As he that cutteth of his messengers feete endamageth himselfe so doth he that committeth a message to a foole 7 Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth 8 He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling 9 As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde so is a parable in a fooles mouth 10 The mightie that fourmed al thinges rewardeth the fooles transgressours 11 Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe 12 If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt there is more hope in a foole then in hym 13 The slouthfull saith there is a lion in the way and a lion in the middest of the streates 14 Like as the doore turneth about vpon the hynges euen so doth the slouthfull walter him selfe in his bed 15 The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into his bosome and it greeueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth 16 The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache 17 Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares 18 As he that fayneth him selfe mad casteth firebrandes deadly arrowes and dartes 19 So doth a dissembler with his neighbour and saith am not I in sport 20 Where no wood is there the fire goeth out euen so where the talebearer is taken away there the strife ceasseth 21 As coles kindle heate and wood the fire euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce 22 A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body 23 Burning lippes and a wicked heart are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse 24 An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes and layeth vp deceipt in his heart 25 But when he speaketh fayre beleue hym not for there are seuen abhominations in his heart 26 Hatred maye be couered by deceipt but the malice therof shal be shewed before the whole congregation 27 Who so diggeth vp a pit shal fall therin and he that rolleth vp a stone it wyl returne vpon hym 28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe The .xxvii. Chapter 1 MAke not thy boast of to morowe for thou knowest not what a day may bring foorth 2 Let another man prayse thee and not thyne owne mouth yea other folkes and not thyne owne lippes 3 The stone is heauie and the sande wayghtie but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both 4 Wrath is a cruell thing and furiousnesse is a very tempest but who is able to abide enuie 5 Open rebuke is better then secrete loue 6 Faythfull are the woundes of a louer but the kysses of an enemie are cruell 7 He that is full abhorreth an honye combe but vnto hym that is hungrye euery sowre thing is sweete 8 He that oft times flitteth is like a byrd that forsaketh her nest 9 Baulme and sweete incense make the heart merie so sweete is that frende that geueth counsell from the heart 10 Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende see thou forsake not and go not into thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble for better is a frende at hand then a brother farre of 11 My sonne be wyse and make me a glad heart that I may make aunswere vnto my rebukers 12 A wyse man seing the plague wyll hide hym selfe as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme 13 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake 14 He that is to hastie to praise his neighbour aboue measure shal be taken as one that geueth hym an euyll report 15 A brawling woman and the
roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day may well be compared together 16 He that stilleth her stilleth the winde and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande 17 Like as one iron whetteth another so doth one man comfort another 18 Whoso kepeth his figge tree shall eate the fruites thereof so he that wayteth vpon his maister shall come to honour 19 Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes 20 Hell and destruction are neuer full euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied 21 As is the fining pot for the siluer and the furnace for golde so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him 22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym 23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe and loke well to thy flockes 24 For riches abideth not alway and the crowne endureth not for euer 25 The hay groweth the grasse commeth vp and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes 26 The lambes shall clothe thee and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry 27 Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee to vpholde thy housholde and to sustayne thy maydens ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 THE vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him but the righteous are bolde as a Lion 2 For the wickednes of the lande the prince is oft chaunged but thorowe a man of vnderstanding and wysdome a realme endureth long 3 One poore man oppressing another by violence is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite 4 They that forsake the lawe prayse the vngodly but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them 5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement but they that seeke the Lord vnderstande all thinges 6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes then he that peruerteth his wayes and is riche 7 Who so kepeth the lawe is a chylde of vnderstanding but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father 8 He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore 9 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe his prayer shal be abhominable 10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way shall fall into his owne pit but the iust shall haue the good in possession 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough 12 When righteous men do reioyce there is great glory but when the wicked come vp the man is tryed 13 He that hydeth his sinnes shall not prosper but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercy 14 Well is hym that standeth alway in awe as for hym that hardeneth his heart he shall fall into mischiefe 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people 16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding there is great oppression and wrong but if he hateth couetousnes he shall long raigne 17 He that by violence shedeth any mans blood shal be a runnagate vnto his graue and no man shal be able to succour hym 18 Whoso leadeth an innocent life shal be saued but he that goeth frowarde wayes shall once haue a fall 19 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread but he that foloweth idle persons shall haue pouertie inough 20 A faythfull man shal be fylled with blessinges and he that maketh haste to be riche shall not be vngyltie 21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good for that man wyll do wrong yea euen for a peece of bread 22 He that wyll be riche all to soone hath an euyll eye and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym 23 He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym 24 Who so robbeth his father and mother and sayth it is no sinne the same is the companion of a destroyer 25 He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shal be well fed 26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole but he that dealeth wisely shal be safe 27 He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that hydeth his eyes from them shall haue many a curse 28 When the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hide them selues but when they perishe the ryghteous encrease The .xxix. Chapter 1 HE that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe 2 When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce but when the wicked beare rule the people mourne 3 Who so loueth wisdome maketh his father a glad man but he that kepeth companie with harlottes spendeth away that he hath 4 With true iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges he turneth it vpside downe 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour layeth a net for his feete 6 The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng 8 Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare but wise men turne away wrath 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole whether he be angry or laugh there is no rest 10 The bloodthirstie hate the righteous but the iust seeke his soule 11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde 12 If a prince delight in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly 13 The poore and the lender meete together and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes 14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore shall continue sure for euermore 15 The rodde and correction geueth wisdome but a childe left to his owne will bryngeth his mother to shame 16 When the vngodly are multiplied wickednesse encreaseth but the ryghteous shall see their fall 17 Nurture thy sonne with correction and thou shalt be at rest yea he shall do thee good at thine heart 18 When the worde of God is not preached the people perishe but well is hym that kepeth the lawe 19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstande yet will he not regarde them 20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly there is more hope in a foole then in hym 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde shall make hym his maister at length 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll 23 After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly spirite bryngeth
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
thy gelousie thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindnesse wyll not be intreated of vs 16 Yet art thou our father for Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquainted with vs but thou Lorde art our father and redeemer and thy name is euerlasting 17 O Lorde wherefore hast thou led vs out of the way wherefore hast thou hardened our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generation of thyne heritage 18 Thy holy people haue had but a litle whyle thy sanctuarie in possession for our enemies haue troden downe thy holy place 19 And we were thyne from the beginning when thou wast not their Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The .lxiiij. Chapter 1 The prophete vnder the person of the Iewes bewayleth their exile and banishment ◠Mans righteousnesse is like a cloth defiled 1 O That thou wouldest cleaue the heauens in sunder come downe that the mountaines might melt away at thy presence 2 Like as at an hotte fire and that the malitious might boyle away as the water doth vpon the fire whereby thy name might be knowen among thyne enemies and that the gentiles might tremble before thee 3 When thou wroughtest wonderous straunge workes we looked not for them thou camest downe and the hilles melted at thy presence 4 For since the beginning of the worlde it hath not ben hearde or perceaued neither hath any eye seene another God beside thee whiche doest so muche for them that put their trust in thee 5 Thou helpest hym that doth right with chearefulnesse and them that thinke vpon thee in thy wayes but lo thou hast ben angrie for we offended and haue ben euer in sinne though the worlde hath cleaued to them yet shall we be saued 6 We are all as an vncleane thing and all our righteousnesse are as filthy ragges we fal euerychone as the leafe for our sinnes cary vs away lyke the winde 7 There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that standeth vp to take hold by thee therefore hidest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of our sinnes 8 But nowe O Lorde thou father of ours we are thy clay and thou art our potter and we all are the worke of thy handes 9 Be not to sore displeased O Lord and kepe not our offences to long in thy remembraunce but consider that we all are thy people 10 The cities of thy sanctuarie lye waste Sion is a wildernesse and Hierusalem a desert 11 Our holy house whiche is our beautie where our fathers praysed thee is brent vp yea all our commodities and pleasures are wasted away 12 Wylt thou not be intreated O Lorde for all this wylt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The .lxv. Chapter 1 The reiecting of the Iewes and the calling of the heathen 1 THey seeke me that hitherto haue not asked for me they finde me that hitherto haue not sought me I haue saide I am here I am here I am founde of a people that neuer called vpon my name 2 For thus long haue I euer holden out mine handes to an vnfaythfull people that go not the right way but after their owne imagination 3 To a people that is euer defiyng me to my face they make their oblations in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke 4 They lurke among the groues and lye in the dennes all night they eate swines fleshe and vncleane broth is in their vessels 5 If thou commest nye them they say touche me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angry shal be turned to smoke and fire that shall burne for euer 6 Beholde it is written before my face and shall not be forgotten but recompenced I shall rewarde it them into their bosome 7 I meane your misdeedes and the misdeedes of your fathers together saith the Lord which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaines and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therefore wyll I measure their olde deedes into their bosome agayne 8 Moreouer thus saith the Lord Like as when newe wine is founde in the cluster and one saith Lose it not for there is blessing therein euen so wyll I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I wyll not destroy them all 9 But I will take a seede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shall possesse it and my seruauntes shall dwell there 10 Saron shal be a sheepefolde and the valley of Achor shall geue the stalling for the cattell of my people that seeke after me 11 But as for you ye are they that haue forsaken the Lorde and forgotten my holy hyll ye haue set vp an aulter vnto Iupiter and geuen riche drinke offeringes vnto the planets 12 Therfore wyll I number you to the sworde that ye shal be destroyed altogether for that when I called no man gaue me aunswere when I spake ye hearkened not vnto me but dyd wickednesse before mine eyes and chose the thinges that pleased me not 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Beholde my seruauntes shall eate but ye shall haue hunger beholde my seruauntes shall drinke but ye shall suffer thirst beholde my seruauntes shal be merie but ye shal be confounded 14 Beholde my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quietnesse of heart but ye shal crye for sorowe of heart and complaine for vexation of minde 15 Your name shall ye leaue accursed among my chosen for God the Lorde shall slay you and call his seruauntes by another name 16 Who so reioyceth vpon earth shall reioyce in the true God and who so sweareth vpon earth shall sweare in the true God for the olde afflictions shal be forgotten and taken away out of my sight 17 For lo I shall make a newe heauen and a newe earth and as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpon nor kept in minde 18 But the Lorde saith Be glad and euermore reioyce for the things that I shall do For why beholde I shall make a ioyfull Hierusalem and his people ioyfull 19 Yea I my selfe will reioyce with Hierusalem and be glad with my people and the voyce of weeping and wayling shall not be hearde in her from thencefoorth 20 There shall neither be chylde nor olde man that haue not their full dayes but when the chylde commeth to an hundred yeres olde it shal dye and if he that is an hundred yeres of age do wrong he shal be cursed 21 They shall buylde houses and dwell in them they shall plant vineyardes and eate the fruite of them 22 They shall not buylde and another possesse they shall not plant and another eate but the life of my people shal be like a tree and mine elect shall enioy styll the worke of their handes 23 They shall not labour in vayne nor beget with trouble for
them for lo all thinges are present vnto thee 25 Yet sayest thou vnto me O Lorde God and commaundest me that I shall bye a peece of land vnto my selfe for money and take witnesses thereto and yet in the meane season the citie is deliuered into the power of the Chaldees 26 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie saying 27 Beholde I am the Lorde God of all fleshe is there any thing then to harde for me 28 Therefore thus saith the Lorde beholde I shall deliuer this citie into the power of the Chaldees and into the power of Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon they shall take it 29 For the Chaldees shall come and winne this citie and set fire vpon it and burne it with the gorgious houses in whose parlours they haue made sacrifice vnto Baal and powred drinke offeringes vnto straunge gods to prouoke me vnto wrath 30 For the chyldren of Israel and the chyldren of Iuda haue only ben doyng wickednesse before me from their youth vp they haue ben only prouoking me to wrath with the workes of their owne handes saith the Lorde 31 For what hath this citie ben els but a prouoking of my wrath euer since the day that thei builded it vnto this houre wherein I cast it out of my sight 32 Because of the great blasphemies of the children of Israel and Iuda which they haue done to prouoke me yea they their kynges their princes their priestes their prophetes the men of Iuda and the citizens of Hierusalem 33 When I stoode vp early and taught them and instructed them they turned their backes to me and not their faces 34 They woulde not heare to be refourmed and correct but set their idols in the house that is halowed to my name to defile it 35 They haue buylded hye places for Baal in the valley of the chyldren of Hennom to cause their sonnes daughters to passe thorow fire in the honour of Moloch whiche I neuer commaunded them neither came it euer in my thought to make Iuda sinne with such abhomination 36 And nowe therefore thus hath the Lorde God of Israel spoken concerning this citie whiche as ye your selues confesse shal be deliuered into the hande of the kyng of Babylon when it is wonne with the sworde with hunger and with pestilence 37 Beholde I wyll gather them together from all landes wherein I haue scattred them in my wrath in fearefull and great displeasure and wyll bryng them agayne vnto this place where they shall dwell safely 38 And they shal be my people and I wyll be their God 39 And I wyll geue them one heart and one way that they may feare me al the dayes of their lyfe that they and their chyldren after them may prosper 40 And I wyll set vp an euerlasting couenaunt with them namely that I wyll neuer ceasse to do them good and that I wyll put my feare in their heartes so that they shall not runne away from me 41 Yea I wyll haue a lust and pleasure to do them good and faithfully to plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soule 42 For thus saith the Lorde Like as I haue brought all this great plague vppon this people euen so wyll I also bryng vpon them all the good that I haue promised them 43 And men shall haue their possessions in this lande wherof ye say nowe that it shall neither be inhabited of the people nor of cattell but be deliuered into the handes of the Chaldees 44 Yea lande shal be bought for money and euidences made thervpon and sealed before witnesses in the countrey of Beniamin and rounde about Hierusalem in the cities of Iuda in the cities that are vpon the mountaynes and them that lye beneath yea and in the cities that are in the south for I wyll bryng their prysoners hyther agayne saith the Lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter 1 The prophete is monished of the Lord to pray for the deliueraunce of the people whiche the Lorde promiseth 8 God forgeueth sinnes and doth graciously to the people for his owne renowme 15 Of the byrth of Christe 20 The kyngdome of Christe in the Churche shall neuer be ended 1 MOreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremie againe whē he was yet bounde in the court of the prison 2 Thus saith the Lord who made Hierusalē who fashioned the same to establishe it whose name is the Lorde 3 Crye vnto me and I wyll aunswere and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee 4 Thus I say speaketh the Lorde god of Israel concerning the houses of this citie and the houses of the kynges of Iuda that are broken thorowe the ordinaunce and the sworde 5 The inhabitours of this citie haue come to fight against the Chaldees and they are filled with the dead carkasses of men whom I haue slayne in my wrath and displeasure when I turned my face from this citie because of al her wickednesse 6 Beholde saith the Lorde I wyll repaire and heale their woundes and make them whole I wyll open them the large treasure of peace and trueth 7 And wyll returne the captiuitie of Iuda and Israel and wyll set them vp agayne as they were before 8 From all misdeedes wherein they offended against me I wyll clense them and all their blasphemies which they haue done against me when they regarded me not I wyll forgeue them 9 And this shall get me a name a prayse and honour among all the people of the earth whiche shall heare all the good that I wyll shewe vnto them yea they shal be afraide and astonied at all the good deedes and benefites that I wyll do for them 10 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde In this place wherof ye say that it shal be a wildernesse wherein neither people nor cattle shall dwell in lyke maner in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Hierusalem which also shal be so voyde that neither people nor cattle shall dwel there 11 Shall the voyce of gladnesse be heard agayne the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride the voyce of them that shall sing Prayse the Lord of hoastes for he is louing and his mercy endureth for euer and the voyce of them that offer vp gyftes in the house of the Lorde for I wyll restore the captiuitie of this lande as it was afore saith the Lorde 12 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes It shall come yet therto that in this lande whiche is voyde from men and cattle and in all the cities of the lande there shal be set vp shepheardes cottages to rest their flockes 13 In the cities vpon the mountaynes and in the cities that lye vpon the plaine and in the cities of the south in the lande of Beniamin and rounde about Hierusalem and in the cities of Iuda shall the sheepe passe agayne vnder the hande of him that telleth them saith the Lorde 14 Beholde the tyme commeth
king Nabuchodonosor he forswore him selfe by the name of the Lorde and hardened his necke and heart and transgressed the lawes of the Lorde God of Israel 49 The gouernours also of the people priestes dyd many thinges against the lawes and passed all the pollutions of all nations and defiled the temple of the Lorde whiche was sanctified in Hierusalem 50 Wherefore the God of their fathers sent his messenger to call them backe because he spared them and his tabernacle also 51 But they had his messengers in derision and loke when the Lorde spake vnto them they made a sport of his prophetes 52 This drewe on so long tyll the Lorde was wroth with his people for their great vngodlynes so that he caused the kinges of the Chaldees to come vp against them 53 Which slue their young men with the sworde yea euen in the compasse of their holy temple and spared no body neither young man nor mayden olde man nor chylde among them 54 But they were all deliuered into their handes and all the holy vessels of the Lorde both great and small with the vessels of the arke of god and they toke and caryed away the kinges treasure into Babylon 55 As for the house of the Lorde they went vp into it brent it brake downe the walles of Hierusalem set fire vpon her towres 56 Destroyed all her noble buyldinges and brought them to naught and the people that were not slayne with the sworde he caryed vnto Babylon 57 Which became seruauntes to him and his chyldren tyll the Persians raigned to fulfill the worde of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Ieremias 58 Tyll the lande had fully taken her ease from them whiche toke that ease all the time she lacked her inhabitauntes to the end terme of seuentie yeres ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Cyrus gaue leaue to the Iewes to returne 10 He sent the holy vessels 13 The names of them that returned 16 Their aduersaries did let their buylding and the kinges letters for the same 1 NOwe when king Cyrus raigned ouer the Persians in his first yere when the Lorde would perfourme the worde that he had promysed by the mouth of the prophete Ieremie 2 The Lorde raysed vp the spirite of Cyrus the king of Persians so that he caused this wrytyng to be proclaymed throughout his whole realme 3 Saying thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians The Lorde of Israel that hye Lorde hath made me king of the whole worlde 4 And commaunded me to buylde hym an house at Hierusalem in Iurie 5 If there be any nowe of you that are of his people let the Lorde euen his Lorde be with hym and let him go vp to Hierusalem that is in Iudea and buylde the house of the Lorde of Israel that is the Lorde that dwelleth in Hierusalem 6 And all they that dwell rounde about that place shall helpe him all that dwel in his place I say whether it be with golde with siluer 7 With gyftes with horses and necessarye cattell and all other thinges that are brought with a free wyll to the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem 8 Then the principall men out of the tribes and villages of Iuda Beniamin stode vp so did the Priestes also and the Leuites al they whose minde the Lorde had moued to go vp to buylde the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem 9 And they that dwelt about them helped them in all thinges with siluer and golde horses cattell and with many free giftes of many men whose mindes were stirred vp thereto 10 King Cyrus also brought foorth the vessels and ornamentes that were halowed vnto the Lorde whiche Nabuchodonosor had caried away from Hierusalem and consecrated them to his idol and image 11 And hauing brought them foorth he deliuered them to Mithridates his treasourer 12 And by hym they were deliuered to Abassar the deputie in Iurie 13 And this was the number of them a thousande golden cuppes and a thousande of siluer basens of siluer twentie and nine for the sacrifices vials of gold thirtie and of siluer two thousande foure hundred and ten and a thousande other vessels 14 So all the vessels of golde and siluer whiche they caryed away were fiue thousand foure hūdred threscore nine 15 These were brought by Salmanasar with them of the captiuitie from Babylon to Hierusalem 16 But in the tyme of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Belemus and Mithridates and Tabelius and Rathumus and Beeltethmus and Semellius the secretarie with other that were ioyned to them dwelling in Samaria other places wrote vnto hym against them that dwelt in Iudea and Hierusalem these letters folowing To the king Artaxerxes our lorde 17 Thy seruauntes Rathumus the storye wryter and Semellius the secretarie and the rest of their counsell and the iudges that are in Coelosyria Phenice 18 Be it nowe knowen to our lorde the king that the Iewes whiche are come vp from you vnto vs into the rebellious wicked citie begin to buylde the market places and to make vp the walles about it and to set vp the temple a newe 19 Now if this citie and the walles therof be set vp agayne they shall not onlye refuse to geue tributes and taxes but also rebell vtterly against kinges 20 And forsomuche as they take this in hand now about y e temple we thought it reason to thinke no scorne of it 21 But to shewe it vnto the lorde the king to the intent that if it please the king he may cause it to be sought in the bookes of olde 22 And thou shalt finde in recordes here of wrytten and shalt vnderstande that this citie hath alway ben rebellious and disobedient that it hath troubled kinges and cities 23 And that the Iewes were rebellious and raysed alwayes warres therin for the whiche cause this citie is wasted 24 Wherfore nowe we certifie our Lord the king that if this citie be buylded and occupied agayne and the walles therof set vp a newe thou canst haue no passage into Coelosyria and Phenice 25 Then wrote the king to Rathumus the storie wryter to Beeltethmus to Semellius the scribe and to the other officers and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice after this maner 26 I haue read the epistle which ye sent vnto me therefore I commaunded to make diligent searche and haue founde that this citie hath euer resisted kinges 27 That the same people are disobedient and haue caused much warre and that mightie kinges haue raigned in Hierusalem which also haue raysen vp taxes of Coelosyria and Phenice 28 Wherefore I haue commaunded to forbyd those men that they shall not buylde vp the citte and heede to be taken that there be no more done in it 29 And that they proceede no further in those wicked workes forsomuche as it myght be occasion of trouble vnto princes 30 Nowe when Rathumus and Semellius the scribe had read the wrytyng of king Artaxerxes they gat them
and my braunches are the braunches of honour and louing fauour 19 As the vine haue I brought foorth fruite of a sweete sauour my floures are the fruite of honour and riches 20 I am the mother of beautie of loue of feare of knowledge and of holy hope I geue eternall thinges to all my children to whom God hath commaunded 21 In me is all grace of lyfe and trueth in me is all hope of lyfe and vertue 22 O come vnto me al ye that be desirous of me fill your selues with my fruites 23 For my spirite is sweeter then hony and so is myne inheritaunce more then the hony combe the remembraunce of me endureth for euer more 24 They that eate me shall haue the more hunger and they that drinke me shall thirst the more 25 Who so hearkeneth vnto me shall not come to confusion and they that worke in me shall not offende they that take me to be knowen shall haue euerlasting lyfe 26 All these thinges are the booke of lyfe the couenaunt of the highest and the knowledge of the trueth Moyses commaunded the lawe in the preceptes of righteousnesse for an heritage vnto the house of Iacob and committed the promise vnto Israel 27 Be not weery to behaue yourselues valiauntly with the Lord that he may also confirme you Cleaue vnto him for the Lord almightie is but one God and besides hym there is none other sauiour 28 Out of Dauid his seruaunt he ordeyned to rayse vp a most mightie king sitting in the seate of honour for euermore 29 This filleth with wysdome lyke as the fludde of Phison and as the fludde of Tigris when the newe fruites are a growing 30 This bringeth a plenteous vnderstanding like Euphrates and filleth it vp as Iordane in the time of haruest 31 This maketh nurture to breake foorth as the light and as the water Gehon in the haruest 32 The first hath not knowen her perfectly no more shall the last seke out the grounde of her 33 For her thought is fuller then the sea and her counsell is profounder then the great deepe 34 I wysdome haue cast out fluddes I am as a great water brooke out of the riuer I am as the riuer Dorir and as a water conduite am I come out of the garden of pleasure 35 I sayde I will water the garden of my young plantes and fil the fruite of my byrth So my water brooke became exceeding great and my riuer approched vnto the sea 36 For I make doctrine to be vnto al men as light as the faire morning and I shal make it to be euer the clearer 37 I will pearse thorowe all the lower parties of the earth I will loke vpon al such as be a sleepe and lighten all them that put their trust in the Lorde 38 I shall yet powre out doctrine lyke as prophecie and leaue it vnto such as seke after wysdome and their generations shall I neuer fayle vnto the holy euerlasting worlde 39 Beholde howe that I haue not laboured for my selfe onely but for all them that seke after the trueth The .xxv. Chapter 1 Of three thinges whiche please God and of three which he hateth 7 Of nyne thinges that be not to be suspect and of the tenth 15 Chiefely of the malice of a woman 1 THree thinges there are that my spirite fauoureth which be also alowed before God and men The vnitie of brethren the loue of neyghbours a man and wyfe that agree well together 2 Three thinges there be which my soule hateth and I vtterly abhorre the life of them A poore man that is proude a riche man that is a lyar and an old body that doteth and is vnchaste 3 If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth what wilt thou find then in thine age 4 O howe pleasaunt a thing is it when gray headed men are discrete and when the elders can geue good counsell 5 O howe comely a thing is wisdome vnto aged men yea vnderstanding counsel to men of honour is a glorious thing 6 The crowne of olde men is to haue much experience and the feare of God is their worship 7 There be nyne thinges which I haue iudged in my heart to be happy and the tenth will I tell foorth vnto men with my tongue A man that whyle he liueth hath ioy of his children and seeth the fal of his enemies 8 Well is hym that dwelleth with an houswyfe of vnderstanding and that hath not fallen with his tongue and that hath not ben fayne to serue such as are vnmeete for him 9 Well is hym that findeth a faythfull friend and well is him which talketh of wysdome to an eare that heareth hym 10 O howe great is he that findeth wysdome and knowledge Yet is he not aboue him that feareth the Lorde 11 The feare of God hath set it selfe aboue all thinges 12 Blessed is the man vnto whom it is graunted to haue the feare of God vnto whom shall he be likened that kepeth it fast 13 The feare of God is the beginning of his loue and the beginning of fayth is to cleaue fast vnto it 14 The heauinesse of the heart is all the punishement and the wickednesse of a woman goeth aboue all 15 All punishement and plague is nothing in comparison of the plague of the heart euen so al wickednesse is nothing to the wickednesse of a woman 16 What so euer happeneth vnto a man is nothing in comparison of it that his euil willers do vnto him and al vengeaunce is nothing to the vengeaunce of the enemie 17 There is not a more wicked head then the head of the serpent and there is no wrath aboue the wrath of a woman 18 I wyll rather dwel with a lion and dragon then to kepe house with a wicked wyfe 19 The wickednesse of a woman chaungeth her face she shal moffle her countetaunce as it were a beare and as a sacke shal she shew it among the neyghbours 20 Her husbande is brought to shame among his neyghbours because of her when he heareth it it maketh him to sigh 21 All wickednesse is but litle to the wickednesse of a woman the portion of the vngodly shall fall vpon her 22 Lyke as the clymyng vp a sandy way is to the feete of the aged euen so is a wife full of wordes to a still quiete man 23 Loke not to narowly vpon the beautie of a woman lest thou be prouoked in desire towarde her 24 The wrath of a woman is dishonour and great confusion If a woman get the mastrie then is she contrarie to her husbande 25 A wicked wyfe maketh a sory heart an heauy countenaunce and a dead wound Weake handes feeble knees is a woman that her husband is not the better for 26 Of the woman came the beginning of sinne thorowe her we all are dead 27 Geue thy water no passage no not a litle neither geue a
wicked woman her will 28 If she walke not after thy hande she shall confounde thee in the sight of thâ—e enemies Cut her of then from thy fleshe that she do not alway abuse thee â–ª The .xxvi. Chapter 1 The prayse of a good woman 5 Of the feare of three thinges and of the fourth â— Of the ielousie and drunkennesse of a woman 28 Of two thinges that cause sorowe of the thyrde whiche moueth wrath 1 HAppy is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the nuÌ„ber of his yeres shal be double 2 An honest woman maketh her husbande a ioyfull man and she shall fill the yeres of his lyfe in peace 3 A vertuous woman is a noble gift whiche shal be geuen for a good portion vnto such as feare God 4 Whether a man be riche or poore he may haue euer a mery heart a cheareful countenaunce 5 There be three thinges that my heart feareth and my face is afrayde of the fourth treason in a citie a seditious people and noysome tongues all these are heauyer then the death 6 When one woman is ielous ouer an other it bringeth payne and sorowe vnto the heart and a woman that telleth out all thinges is a scourge of the tongue 7 When one hath an euyll wyfe it is euen as when an vnlyke payre of oxen must drawe together he that getteth her getteth a scorpion 8 A drunken woman is a great plague for she can not couer her owne shame 9 The whordome of a woman may be knowen in the pryde of her eyes and eye liddes 10 If thy daughter be not shamefast hold her straytly lest she abuse her selfe thorowe ouer much libertie 11 Beware of all the dishonestie of her eyes maruel not if she do against thee 12 As a way faring man that is thirstie when he hath founde a well drinketh of euery water so will she sit downe by euery hedge and make her selfe common to euery man that passeth by 13 A louing wyfe reioyceth her husbande feedeth his bones with her wysdome 14 A woman of fewe wordes is a gift of God to all nurtured myndes may nothing be compared 15 An honest and manerly woman is a gift aboue other giftes and there is no wayght to be compared vnto a minde that can rule it selfe 16 Like as the sunne when it ariseth is an ornament in the hie heauen of the Lord so is a vertuous wyfe the beautie of all her house 17 Like as the cleare light is vpon the holy candelsticke so is the beautie of the face vpon an honest body 18 Like as the golden pillers are vpon the sockettes of siluer so are the fayre feete vpon a woman that hath a constant mynde 19 Perpetual are the foundations that be layed vpon a whole stony rocke so are the commaundementes of God vpon the heart of an holy woman 20 There be two thinges that greeue my heart in the thirde is displeasure come vpoÌ„ me When an experte man of warre suffreth scarsenesse and pouertie when men of vnderstanding and wisdome are not set by and when one departeth from righteousnesse vnto sinne Who so doth such the Lorde hath prepared him vnto the sworde 21 There be two maner of thinges which me thinke to be harde and perilous A marchaunt can not lightly kepe hym from wrong neither a tauerner hym selfe from sinne The .xxvii. Chapter â— Of the poore that woulde be riche 5 The probation of the man that feareth God 13 The vnconstantenesse of a foole 16 The secretes of a friend are not to be vttered 20 The wicked imagineth euyll whiche returneth vpon him selfe 1 BEcause of pouertie haue many one offended and he that seketh to be riche turneth his eyes asyde 2 Lyke as a nayle in the wal sticketh fast betwixt two stones euen so doth sinne sticke betwixt the bier and the seller 3 If he holde him not diligently in the feare of the Lorde his house shall soone be ouerthrowen 4 Lyke as when one sifteth the filthynesse remayneth in the syue So remayneth there some vncleane thing in the thought of man 5 The ouen proueth the potters vessel so doth temptation of trouble trye righteous men 6 The tree of the fielde is knowen by his fruite so is the thought of mans heart knowen by his wordes 7 Prayse no man except thou haue heard him for a man is knowen by his wordes 8 If thou folowest righteousnes thou shalt get her and put her vpon thee as a fayre garment and thou shalt dwell with her and she shall defende thee for euer and in the day of knowledge thou shalt finde stedfastnesse 9 The byrdes resorte vnto their lyke so doth the trueth turne vnto them that be occupied withall 10 The lion wayteth the pray so doth sinne vpon them that worke vnrighteousnesse 11 The talking of him that feareth God is nothing but wysdome as for a foole he chaungeth as the moone 12 If thou be among the vndiscrete kepe thy wordes to a conuenient time but among such as be wise speake on hardyly 13 The talking of fooles is abhomination and their sport is volupteousnesse and misnurture 14 Much swearing maketh the heere to stande vp and to stryue with such stoppeth the â—ares 15 The stryfe of the proude is bloodshedding and their blaspheming is heauy to heare 16 Who so discouereth secretes leeseth his credence and fyndeth no friende after his will 17 Loue thy friende and binde thy selfe in faythfulnesse with him but if thou bewrayest his secretes thou shalt not get him againe 18 For like as the man is that destroyeth his enemie so is he also that dealeth falsly in the friendship of his neyghbour 19 Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of his hande can not take her againe Euen so thou if thou geue ouer thy friende thou canst not get him againe 20 Yea thou canst not come by him for he is to farre of He is vnto thee as a Roe escaped out of the snare for his soule is wounded 21 As for woundes they may be bounde vp againe and an euyll worde may be reconciled but who so bewrayeth the secretes of a friende there is no more hope to be had vnto him 22 He that winketh with the eyes imagineth some euyll and he that knoweth him will let him alone 23 When thou art present he shall hyghlie commende and prayse thy wordes but at the last he shall turne his tayle and sclaunder thy saying 24 Many thinges haue I hated but nothing so euyll for the Lorde him selfe also abhorreth such a one 25 Who so casteth a stone an hye it shal fal vpon his owne head and he that smyteth with guyle woundeth him selfe 26 Who so diggeth a pit shall fall therein and he that layeth a stone in his neyghbours way shall stumble theron and he that layeth a snare for another shall be taken in it him selfe 27 Who so geueth a wicked noisome counsell it shall come vpon hymselfe
poore 6 This he sayde not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thiefe and had the bagge and bare that which was geuen 7 Then sayde Iesus Let her alone agaynst the day of my burying hath she kept this 8 For the poore alwayes shall ye haue with you but me haue ye not alwayes 9 Much people of the Iewes therfore had knowledge that he was there And they came not for Iesus sake only but that they might se Lazarus also whoÌ„ he raysed from death 10 But the hye priestes helde a councell that they myght put Lazarus to death also 11 Because that for his sake many of the Iewes went away and beleued on Iesus ☜ 12 On the next day much people that were come to y e feast when they hearde that Iesus should come to Hierusalem 13 Toke braunches of paulme trees and went foorth to meete hym and cryed Hosanna blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde commeth kyng of Israel 14 And Iesus got a young Asse and sate theron as it is written 15 Feare not daughter of Sion beholde thy kyng commeth sittyng on an Asses colte 16 These thynges vnderstoode not his disciples at the first but when Iesus was glorified theÌ„ remembred they that such thinges were written of him that such thynges they had done vnto hym 17 The people that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his graue and raysed hym from death bare recorde 18 Therfore met hym the people also because they hearde that he had done such a miracle 19 The pharisees therfore sayde among them selues perceaue ye howe ye preuayle nothyng Beholde all the whole worlde goeth after hym 20 There were certaine Grekes among them that came to worship at the feast 21 The same came therefore to Philip which was of Bethsaida a citie of Galilee and desired hym saying Syr we woulde fayne see Iesus 22 Philip came and tolde Andrewe And agayne Andrewe Philip tolde Iesus 23 And Iesus aunswered them saying The houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified 24 ☞ Veryly veryly I say vnto you except the wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye it abideth alone If it dye it bryngeth foorth much fruite 25 He that loueth his lyfe shall destroy it and he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall 26 If any man minister vnto me let hym folowe me And where I am there shall also my minister be If any man minister vnto me hym wyll my father honour ☜ 27 Nowe is my soule troubled and what shall I say Father saue me from this houre but therfore came I into this houre 28 Father glorifie thy name Then came there a voyce from heauen â—saying I haue both glorified it and wyll glorifie it agayne 29 The people therfore that sâ—oode by and hearde it sayde that it thundred Other sayde an Angel spake to hym 30 Iesus aunswered and sayde This voyce came not because of me but for your sakes 31 ☞ Nowe is the iudgement of this worlde Nowe shall the prince of this worlde be cast out 32 And I yf I were lyft vp from the earth wyll drawe all men vnto me 33 This he sayde signifiyng what death he shoulde dye 34 The people aunswered him We haue hearde out of the lawe that Christe bydeth euer and howe sayest thou the sonne of man must be lyft vp Who is that sonne of man 35 Then Iesus sayde vnto them Yet a litle while is the light with you Walke while ye haue light lest the darknesse come on you For he that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth 36 Whyle ye haue lyght beleue on the lyght that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght ☜ These thynges spake Iesus and departed hyd hym selfe from theÌ„ 37 But though he had done so many miracles before them yet beleued not they on hym 38 That the saying of Esaias the prophete myght be fulfylled which he spake Lorde who shall beleue our saying And to whom is the arme of the Lorde declared 39 Therfore coulde they not beleue because that Esaias sayth agayne 40 He hath blynded their eyes and hardened their heart that they shoulde not see with their eyes lest they should vnderstande with their hearte should be conuerted and I should heale them 41 Such thynges sayde Esaias when he sawe his glory and spake of hym 42 Neuerthelesse among y e chiefe rulers also many beleued on hym But because of the pharisees they dyd not confesse hym lest they should be excoÌ„municate 43 For they loued the prayse of men more then the prayse of God 44 Iesus cryed and sayde He that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on hym that sent me 45 And he that seeth me seeth hym that sent me 46 ☞ I am come a lyght into y e worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me should not byde in darknesse 47 And yf any man heare my wordes and beleue not I iudge hym not For I came not to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde 48 He that refuseth me receaueth not my wordes hath one that iudgeth him The worde that I haue spoken the same shall iudge hym in the last day 49 For I haue not spoken of my selfe but the father which sent me he gaue me a commaundement what I should say and what I shoulde speake 50 And I knowe that his commaundement is lyfe euerlastyng Whatsoeuer I speake therfore euen as the father bad me so I speake ☜ ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 5 Christe wassheth the Apostles feete 8 Peter refuseth to be wasshed but afterwarde consenteth 1â— The Apostles are cleane 13 Christe Lorde and Maister 14 Exhortyng to humilitie and charitie 26 Christe sheweth who shall betray hym 27 Satan entreth into Iudas 30 He goeth out to the pharisees 34 Christe exhorteth y e disciples to loue 35 Wherby Christes disciples are knowen 38 He forewarneth Peters denyall 1 BEfore the feast of the Passouer when Iesus knewe that his houre was come y t he shoulde departe out of this world vnto the father When he loued his which were in the world vnto the ende he loued them 2 And when supper was ended after that the deuyll had put in the heart of Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne to betray hym 3 Iesus knowyng that the father had geuen all thynges into his handes and that he was come from God and went to God 4 He rose from supper and layde asyde his vpper garmentes And when he had taken a towel he gyrded hym selfe 5 After that he powred water into a bason and began to washe the disciples feete and to wype them with the towel wherwith he was gyrded 6 Then came he to Simon Peter And Peter sayde vnto hym Lorde doest thou wasshe my feete 7 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym What I do thou wotest not nowe but thou shalt knowe
gyftes of the holy ghost accordyng to his owne wyll 5 For vnto the Anges hath he not put in subiection the worlde to come wherof we speake 6 But one in a certayne place witnessed saying What is man that thou arte myndeful of hym Or the sonne of man that thou wouldest loke vpon hym 7 Thou madest hym for a litle whyle lower then the Angels thou hast crowned him with glorie and honour and hast set hym aboue the workes of thy handes 8 Thou hast put all thynges in subiectiō vnder his feete In y t he put all thinges vnder hym he left nothyng that is not put vnder hym But nowe we see not yet all thynges put vnder hym 9 But hym that for a whyle was made lesse then the Angels we see that it was Iesus who through the sufferyng of death was crowned with glorie and honour that he by the grace of God shoulde taste of death for all 10 For it became hym for whom are all thynges and by whom are all thynges after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie that he shoulde make the capitayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they which are sanctified are all of one For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren 12 Saying I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddes of the Churche wyll I prayse thee 13 And agayne I wyll put my trust in hym And agayne Beholde here am I and the chyldren whiche God hath geuen me 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with thē that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death that is the deuyll 15 And that he myght delyuer them which through feare of death were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage 16 For he in no place taketh on hym the Angels but the seede of Abraham taketh he on hym 17 Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethren that he myght be mercyfull and a faythfull hye priest in thynges concernyng God for to purge the peoples sinnes 18 For in that he hym selfe suffered and was tempted he is able to succour them that are tempted ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He requireth them to be obedient vnto the worde of Christe 3 who is more worthy then Moyses 12 The punishment of such as wyll harden their heartes and not beleue that they myght haue eternall rest 1 THerfore holy brethren partakers of the celestiall callyng consider the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus 2 Beyng faythfull to hym that appoynted hym as also was Moyses in all his house 3 For this man is counted worthy of more glorie then Moyses inasmuch as he which hath buylded the house hath more honour then the house 4 For euery house is buylded of some man But he that buylded all thynges is God 5 And Moyses veryly was faythfull in al his house as a minister for a witnesse of those thynges whiche were to be spoken after 6 But Christe as a sonne hath rule ouer his owne house whose house are we yf we holde fast the confidence and the reioycyng of that hope vnto the ende 7 Wherfore as the holy ghost saith To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce 8 Harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng in the day of the temptation in the wyldernesse 9 Where your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes .xl. yeres 10 Wherfore I was greeued with that generation and sayde they do alway erre in heart they veryly haue not knowen my wayes 11 So that I sware in my wrath yf they shall enter into my rest 12 Take heede brethren lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbeliefe to depart from the lyuyng God 13 But exhort ye one another dayly whyle it is called to day lest any of you be hardened through the deceytfulnesse of sinne 14 For we are made partakers of Christe yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the begynnyng of the substaunce 15 So long as it is said to day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng 16 For some when they had hearde dyd prouoke howe be it not all that came out of Egypt by Moyses 17 But with whom was he displeased fourtie yeres Not with them that had sinned whose carkases fell in the desert 18 And to whō sware he that they should not enter into his rest but vnto them that were not obedient 19 And we see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeliefe The .iiij. Chapter 2 The worde without fayth is vnprofitable 3 The Sabboth or rest of the Christians 6 Punishment of vnbeleuers 12 The nature of the worde of God 1 LEt vs feare therfore lest at any tyme by forsakyng the promise of entryng into his reste any of you shoulde be defrauded 2 For vnto vs was the Gospell preached aswell as vnto them But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not profite them not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde 3 For we which haue beleued do enter into his rest as he sayde Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest Although the workes were made perfecte from the foundation of the worlde 4 For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye on this wyse And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his workes 5 And in this place againe yf they shall enter into my rest 6 Seing therfore it foloweth that some must enter there into and they to whō the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe 7 Againe he appoynteth a certaine day by to day saying in Dauid after so long a tyme as it is sayde To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce hardē not your hearts 8 For yf Iesus had geuen them reste then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day 9 There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God 10 For he that is entred into his rest hath ceassed also from his owne workes as God dyd from his 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience 12 For the worde of God is quicke and myghtie in operation and sharper then any two edged sword and entreth thorowe euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule the spirite and of the ioyntes the marie and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake 14 Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest which is entred into heauens Iesus the sonne of God let vs holde faste the confession 15 For we haue not an hye priest whiche
thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eate her fleshe and burne her with fire 17 For God hath put in their heartes to fulfyll his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue their kyngdome vnto the beast vntyll the wordes of God be fulfylled 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great citie which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth ⧠The .xviij. Chapter â— The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall of the whore of Babylon 4 An admonition to the people of God to flee out of her dominioÌ„ 20 But they that be of God haue cause to reioyce for her destruction 1 AND after that I sawe another angell come from heauen â–ª hauyng great power and the earth was lyghtened with his glorie 2 And â—e tryed myghtyly with a strong voyce saying Great Babylon is fallenâ—s fallen and is become the habitation of deuyls and the holde of all foule spirites and a cage of â—ll vncleane and hatefull byrdes 3 For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication the kinges of the earth haue committed fornication with her the marchauntes of the earth are waxed riche of the aboundaunce of her pleasures 4 And I hearde another voyce from heauen say Come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes and that ye receaue not of her plagues 5 For her sinnes are gone vp to heauen and God hath remembred her wickednesse 6 Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her double accordyng to her workes and powre in double to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you 7 And as much as she glorified her selfe lyued wantonly so much powre ye in for her of punishement sorowe for she said in her heart I sit being a queene and am no wydowe and shall see no sorowe 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and sorowe and hunger and she shal be brent with fire for strong is the Lorde whiche shall iudge her 9 And they shal bewayl her the kinges of the earth shall lament for her which haue committed fornication with her haue lyued wantonly with her when they shal see the smoke of her burnyng 10 And shall stande a farre of for feare of her punishment saying Alas alas that great citie Babylon that myghtie citie for at one houre is thy iudgement come 11 And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her for no man wyll bye their ware any more 12 The ware of golde and siluer and precious stones neither of pearle raynes and purple and sylke and skarlet and all thinne wood and all maner vessels of yuorie and all maner vessels of most precious wood and of brasse and yron and marble 13 And synamon and odours and oyntmentes and frankensence and wine and oyle and fine floure and wheate beastes and sheepe and horses charrets and bodies and soules of men 14 And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee and all thynges which were daintie and had in price are departed from thee and thou shalt fynde them no more 15 The marchauntes of these thynges whiche were waxed ryche shall stande a farre of froÌ„ her for feare of the punishment of her wepyng and waylyng 16 And saying Alas alas that great citie that was clothed in raynes and purple and skarlet and decked with golde and precious stones and pearles 17 For at one houre so great ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouernour all they that occupie shippes and shippemen which worke in the sea stoode a farre of 18 And cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnyng saying what citie is lyke vnto this great citie 19 And they cast dust on their heades cryed wepyng waylyng and saying Alas alas that great citie wherein were made riche all that had shippes in the sea by reason of her costlynesse for at one houre is she made desolate 20 Reioyce ouer her thou heauen and ye holy apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen your iudgement on her 21 And a myghtie angell toke vp a stone lyke a great mylstone and cast it into the sea saying With suche violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast shal be founde no more 22 And the voyce of harpers and musitions of pypers and trumpetters shall be heard no more in thee and no craftes man of whatsoeuer craft he be shall be founde any more in thee and the sounde of a myll shall be heard no more in thee 23 And the lyght of a candle shall shyne no more in thee and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shall be hearde no more in thee for thy marchaunts were the great men of y e earth and with thyne inchauntment were deceaued all nations 24 And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes and of the saintes and of all that were slayne vpon the earth ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 Prayses are geuen vnto God for iudgyng the whore and for auengyng the blood of his seruauntes 10 The angell wyll not be worshipped 17 The fowles byrdes are called to the slaughter 1 ANd after that I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen saying Alleluia Saluation and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the Lorde our God 2 For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt y e earth with her fornication and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande 3 And agayne they sayde Alleluia and her smoke rose vp for euermore 4 And the xxiiij elders the foure beastes fell downe worshipped God that sate on the throne saying Amen Alleluia 5 And a voyce came out of the throne saying Praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes ye that feare hym both small and great 6 And I hearde the voyce of much people euen as the voyce of many waters and as the voyce of strong thundringes saying Alleluia for the Lorde our God omnipotent raigneth 7 Let vs be glad reioyce geue honor to hym for the mariage of the lambe is come his wyfe made her selfe redy 8 And to her was graunted that she should be arayed with pure and goodly raynes For the raynes is the ryghteousnes of saintes 9 And he sayde vnto me write Happy are they which are called vnto the supper of the lambes mariage And he said vnto me These are the true sayinges of God 10 And I fell at his feete to worship him And he saide vnto me See thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and of thy brethren euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus Worship God For the testimonie of Iesus is the spirite of prophesie 11 And I sawe heauen open beholde a white horse and he that
great number or the moste part The fifth plague (d) Seyng Pharao amended not by monition god grauntyng no tyme executeth his iudgementes The sixth plague (e) Satans ministers ouercome yet ceasse not tyll with shame they be driuen awaye (f) God woulde haue hym knowe that he coulde â—uicke haue destroyed him yet for other causes he reserued hym “ Made thee stande (g) The circumstaunces shewe y t this hayle was not naturall (h) This feare came not of true repentaunce and obedience to God The seueÌ„th plague (i) Al elementes are redy to obey at Gods commaundement (k) This confessioÌ„ came not of fayth but of the greatnesse of Gods plague so it was hypocriticall (l) He sheweth the kyng that through his incredulitie he polluted the place where he was (m) Moyses stoutlye condempneth the kyng and all his court of vngodlynes (n) These seede were not so forward in ripyng as the other “ Hidde (o) When gods plagues ceasse the wicked arme them selues againe against God “ A snare (a) Gods enemies when they be bridled that they can not haue all their wyll seke yet some by meanes to ouerthrowe Gods kyngdome (b) Moyses is carefull to haue Gods commaundement in all poyntes duely obserued chosyng rather to be hated for Gods sake then to consent to a thing vnlawfull The eyght plague (c) Herby we learne that distemperate noysome weather is chiefly to be ascribed to the iuste iudgement of God and not to any natural cause The nynth â—lague Palpable â—arcknesse (d) Moyses wyll not yelde an ynche for nothyng that Pharao could do in suche thynges as God commaunded (e) The wicked the nigher they be to their destruction the more furious commonly they be Therfore the godly in such cases ought to be of good hope (a) We must not take this for an example to spoyle our neyghbour that was enioyned by especial coÌ„mission for the due punyshement of the Egyptians August 39. q. (b) That succeedeth after him in the imperial crowne as heyre apparaunt For by syttyng is meant bearyng rule or weldyng of any office â–ª as â— Reg. ii (c) Tunc descendenâ— a sodayne chaunge of speakyng to diuers persons as psal xv a. “ Or in a great anger (a) God ordeyned this sacrifice for a token pledge of their delyueraunce “ Or Twylyght (b) The Churche is distinguyshed from the synagogue of the vnfaithfull by the worde of God and by the sacrameÌ„ts (c) This was the passouer of the Iewes but our pascal lambe is christ as wytnesseth Paul i. cor â— (d) Euer is not here taken for a time with out ende but for a long season indefinite as in Gen. 13 d (e) By leuen is meant corruption either of lyfe or doctrine of all such to be eschewed as be partakers of the dreadefull misteries as Mat. xvi â— cor 5. Gal. 5 The tenth plague (f) If they grewe so amongest their enemies beyng so small a number at their firste commyng to Egypt let vs also be of good hope that god wyll encrease his Church be it neuer so much oppressed (a) A lawe for y e offeryng of the fyrste begotten vnto God who were deliuered not from death only but from bondage Sanctifie That is offer (b) We also must offer our first borne vnto God that is our first principall care must tende to Gods honour and auauncement of his kyngdome seyng our deliueraunce farre passeth that of the Iewes (c) If so many ceremonies were ordayned for a memorie of their deliueraunce God also requireth nothyng more at our handes theÌ„ to be mindfull of his benefites “ SeruauÌ„tes (d) This was about Aprill when corne began to ripen in that countrey (e) God wylleth y e cause of the ceremonie to be vttered at the celebration therof (f) Sacramentes make to this purpose That Gods worde myght be the deepelyer rooted in our hartes so that thence myght flow a sincere confession of the mouth “ to morow g Reponâ— this worde declareth the great weakenes of the Israelites for all the wonders that were wrought “ By fiue in a rancke (h) God neuer fayleth his people whoÌ„ he aydeth beyonde the compasse of mans reason euen in their desperatest case (a) See the inconstauncie and vnkynde dealyng of the people They burden Moyses their gyde not coÌ„sidering the power of God but the commoÌ„ course of thynges naturall (b) Moyses nothyng discouraged goeth forwarde manfully in his callyng a worthie paterne for the godly alwayes to embrace (c) When we be hardest bestedde our strength shall stand in hope quiet silence God mightily fyghtyng for vs. (d) This crye is to be vnderstand not of the sounde of his voyce but of the earnest affection of his heart (e) Gods dredful iudgement is executed agaynst them that resist his ryght hande (f) A notable example of Gods prouidence (g) Thus to the Israelites there aryseth lyght in darknesse and in the middest of death they fynde lyfe (h) See the vayne confidence of the vngodly to their vtter vndoyng presumyng of their owne strength (i) This is the angell mentioned before to witte the sonne of God not otherwyse to be called by the name Iehoua (k) Gods prouidence stretcheth to the least thinges that is so that Charret wheeles can not be out of the reache (l) Late repentaunce helpeth not the vngodly whose heart is not chaunged The last plague (m) The benefiâ—es that we receaue of God and his iudgementes agaynst the wicked tende al to this purpose that we shoulde stande in feare of hym and be strengthened in the fayth of his promises (a) Moyses appoynteth this song to all the people y t they myght be styrred vp by one and others example For that sticketh better in mynde that is songe in the maner of a dittie then that that is pronounced in prose (b) Whether we be destitute of worldlye ayde or els haue it at wyll this must be alwayes our comfort that God him selfe fyghteth for vs our only stay defence who eftsones seemeth to leaue vs to the cruel rage of our foes that feared as it were with a bugge we myght flee into his lappe Chrisost (c) Vnder diuers formes of speache the lyueâ—er to set out Goddes power he declareth this miracle of the waters that deuided by the blast of wyndes made a waye open for the Israelies (d) He sheweth howe this profe of Gods mightie power not onely for the tyme present but also hereafter shal be of great efficacie and force as Deut. ii (e) Lest we shoulde at any tyme be discouraged let vs styll flee to these promises seeyng Satan our chiefe enemie is ouercome let vs neither feare hym nor anye of his garde any more (f) A sodayne chaunge of the vnconstant vnkynde people neither consideryng Moyses by whose ministerie they had receaued such benefites nor remembryng the straunge wonders that God hadde wrought for them ulredy “ Taught (g) Herby we learne howe the prayer of fayth can preuayle Whervnto by
the example of Moises howsoeuer y e world murmureth at vs and distrusteth gods goodnes let vs flee (h) Gods temptation tendeth to this ende that the secretes of mens heartes may be proued and reuealed to the worlde (i) The cause of all miserie that we suffer is in our selues whom God neuer forsaketh cleauing stedfastly vnto hym (a) An example of Gods especiall prouidence towardes his people (b) We nede not to feare leâ—t we should nâ—uer hunger â—ke 〈◊〉 â–ª we feare God (c) God worketh al that he doth for this ende that the knowledge of him may stick depelier in our mynde “ Man which signifieth gift (d) Hauyng receaued gifts at gods hand we haue nede of lawes for the due vse of the same els shoulde we abuse them to our destruction (e) This doctrine also pertaineth to vs who are bydden to aske but our dayly foode and forbydden to be carefull for to morowe (f) The faithlesse disobedience of the people (g) So God punisheth theÌ„ y t greedily gather goodes trustyng rather to their owne riches and diligence then to his goodnes and prouidence (h) That good that is gathered accordyng to Gods wyll is kept safe for them that vse it with a good conscience â–ª That that is gathered otherwyse commeth to naught (i) Vnlawfull couetyng is frustrate (k) The obstinate frowardnes of the people reprehendeÌ„d â–ª (l) Manna was a figure of Christe â–ª the heaueÌ„ly foode of our soules (m) So God yf we folowe his callyng not for a space only but all y e tyme of our pilgremage ministreth thynges necessarie for the lyfe present and to come vntil we come to our inheritaunce that is to say his kyngdome (a) God is not fledde to olde benefites be not remembred only they consider the man whose aucthorietie they call into question (b) To prynt this example in our hartes Dauid mentioneth it Psal 95. saying harden not your heartes c. “ Iehosua (c) The feruent prayer of the godly of howe great force it is hereby it is well knowen (d) This slaughter of y e Amelekites was but the begynnyng of Gods vengeaunce as it appeareth Deut. xv and 1. Samuel xv (e) An example to be trembled at of theÌ„ that persecute gods Church “ Iehouah Nissi that is the Lord my banner () This Hebrue phrase meaneth as much as if he shuld say God sweareth by his throne “ Peace “ Had found them (a) Iethroes modestie of the godly is to be embraced For true wisdome teacheth vs not to ascribe to muche to our selues but to submit all our wisdome forecast and prouidence vnto God (b) Though Iethro were â–ª not to be compared yet Moyses foloweth his counsayle So we also must folowe wholesome instructions whosoeuer putteth them in our mynde * The maner and place of the lawe published is set foorth that so great a benefite myght be receaued with due reuerence (a) That they departed out of Raphidim whiche was a great way from Sinai (b) God woulde haue his benefites rehearsed that the people myght therof be myndefull (c) Seyng they haue sene by experience y e exceeding loue that God beareth them the more vnkynde they be if they refuse to obey his wyll (d) The Eagle caryeth her young ones vpon her wynges fearyng onely mans violence whiche rather then they should take harme she would receaue the harme in her owne body In stede therof serued the cloude that kept of the Egyptians force “ A deare and a precious thyng of all men greatly desired (e) As who sayeth for though all the earth be mine yet ye in especiall maner (f) No profane kyngdom dependyng of outwarde sway but a priestly and a sacred kingdome i. Pet. 2. b. 9. It is applyed to vs the true Israelites (g) A fayre promise but not perfourmed in y e ende Consideryng â— therfore our weaknes let vs often call to minde what we promised God in our Baptisme be constant (h) For it standeth vs much vpon that Gods ministers be of due credite aucthoritie and to haue euideÌ„t tokens of Gods presence lest the worlde be deceaued (i) Beyng naturally vncleane we must be first sanctified yer Gods worde can be rooted in vs. (k) For an outward signe of the inward puretie required as was y e forbearing of their wyues â–ª The lorde â—yll come â—owne for wyll come â—wne Men must 〈◊〉 no bolder in â—ds matters â—en he geueth â—em leaue â—r farther â—rious then â—e reuealeth 〈◊〉 his worde Or â—omet (m) The lawe was geuen with terrour that men seeyng Goddes glorie myght â—ubmit them selues (n) God is sayde to descende because he sheweth hym to vs in more ample maner and geueth manyfest tokens of his presence (o) Howe nedefull then be magistrates in a common weale to stay the wylfulnes of the people (p) God forbiddeth them for their owne coÌ„moditie lest his bryghtnes shoulde ouerwhelme them (q) The priestes them selues must kepe theÌ„ with in their boundes who as they passe other in dignitie so must they geue theÌ„ example of sober lyfe (a) The preface of the ten commaundements wherâ— is set out fyrst what god is and howe great a God he is and secondly his benefites to the Iewes The fyrst table “ SeruauÌ„tes (b) God therfore would be only called vppon onlye honoured and thanked for al thinges that our coÌ„sciences should be only quieted in him (c) It is a great spurre to coÌ„sider that God is styll preseÌ„t and seâ—eth al y t we do (d) Or to thy selfe that is to y e vse in Gods seruice (e) To represent God (f) That is thou shalt make thee no grauen image and to fall downe before it or to worship God vnder any such fourme (g) Lest we shoulde thinke it a light fault God greeuously threatneth the transgressers (h) We be all sinnefull by nature and therefore the gyltlesse chylde suffereth not for the gyltie father (i) Gods mercye is farre aboue his indignation (k) Not only periurie but rashe and light othes be condemned (l) The day is halowed wheÌ„ they that come together on the sabboth be holy them selues (m) Sixe dayes be free for vs to apply our busines y e seuenth is reserued wholly for Gods seruice (n) Gods owne example is layde before vs to folowe The second table (o) By honour â–ª is meant all duetie due whiche we owe vnto theÌ„ (p) Vnder the name of parentes all magistrates and superiours be contayned (q) The promise to Iacob is extended vnto all coastes and therfore ordinarily this also partayneth vnto vs whiche are Israel in spirite though by Gods secrete disposition sometyme it falleth out otherwyse (r) Here not onli slaughter but wrath and hatred is forbydden Mat. 5.1 Iohn 3. there in the contrary vertues be commaunded as it is also in the commaundementes folowyng (Å¿) And herewith the outwarde acte the inwarde affection with all that proceedeth therof is condempned (t) We must withdrawe both our handes our eyes and our myndes
Iere. xxi b. Gods repentaunce is nothyng els but that he doth not prosecute to the â—tmost his wrath accordyng to the desertes of this people Iere. xxvii a Iere. xli â— â–ª Iere. xlii a. Deut 28 â— Iere. xlii a. Iere. xli c. Iere. xlvi c. Iere. xxv a. and xxix a Ezech. 39. a. Iere. vii b. i. Mach. i. b. Esai i. a. 3. Re. xvii b. Iere. ii c. iii. c and .v. â— Baruc. iii. a. 3. Re. xvii b. Iere. ii c. iii. c and .v. â— Baruc. iii. a. Iere. xliiii c. Gen xxii â— Iere. xlii c. 4. Reg. 25. a. Ier. xxxvi a Iere. xxi b. Esai xix a. and .xx. a. Eze. xxix a. xxx xxxi 4. Re. 24. b. Esai xix a. and .xx. a. Eze. xxix a. xxx xxxi 4. Re. 24. b. Ier. xxxvi a Iere. xliii b Esai xlviii b (a) Her wood that is the whole multitude of the people whiche was like a great wood “ Or Capâ—docia Esai xv a. xvi a. and .xxv. b. Ezec. xxv b Sopho. ii b. Esai ii b. Iere. xvii b. Eze. xxix a. Iere. xlvii b. iii. Re. xii a. Esai xvi b. Iere. xlix â— Esai xv d. Deut. 28. c Iere. xlix d. Esai xxiiii â— Ezec. xxi d. 〈◊〉 xxv a. 〈…〉 i. a. (a) The plentifulnesse of the soyle the strong situation oâ— the place â–ª their great wealth causeth the Ammonites lyke a â—chlesse wanton gyrle to blaspheme the Lorde to annoy his people and to be without all feare of enemies Esai xxi b. Exo. xxv b and .xxxv. a Iere. xxv b. Ezec. ix b. i. Pet. iiii c. Abd. i. a. Esa xlviii b Iere. xlviii d Iere. xviii b. xix b. and .l. b. Gen. xix c. Psal 37. b. Iere. xlviii Esai xvii a. Amos. i. a. Esai xxi c. Ezech. 32. a. Dan. viii a. Esai xiii a. and .xlvii. a. and .li. a. Iere. xxv b. Esai xlvi a. Dan. v. a. i. Esd i. a. Iere 2â— â— Eze. 36 â— Iere. l. g. Esai xlvii a. Iere. xviii b. xix b. and xlix c. Exo. xxi b. Leuit. 24. d. Ioel. iii. b. 4. Reg. 17. e. Esai x. a. 3. Reg 25. d. 4. Reg. 17. e. Esai x. a. 3. Reg 25. d. 3. Reg 19. g. Esai xiiii d. Iere. l. c. Apoc. 18. b. ii Tess ii a. Gen. xix Iere. l. b. Deut. 28. c. Iere. xlix â— Iere. xxv b. and .l. a. Iere. l. d (a) For the holy one of Israels sake that is for the greeuous affliction and great iniurie done to Gods people which he reputeth as done vnto him selfe Esa xlviii b Iere. xxv c. Esai xxi b. Apoc. 18. a. (b) Howe so euer y e Iewes had deserued to be plagued at gods hand yet had the Chaldees no cause on their partes why to deale so cruellie with them and so god declareth their righteousnesse in respect to the Chaldees by punishyng them and deliueryng his people Amos. vi c. Iere. xxii a. Iere. xxxv b Esai xliiii c. Baruch vi a (c) Thou hast ben this God speaketh vnto Babylon (d) Babylon is called an hyll although it stoode in a low place and no hylles about it for y t her walles buildinges were so great and hygh as mountaynes (c) The complaynt of gods people â—sai xii c. Iere. 〈…〉 Iere. i. a. Esai xlvi a. Dan xiiii d Esai lii b. ii Cor. vi c. Iere. l. c. Iere. xlix d. 4. Reg 24. d 2. Par. 36. b. Iere. 39. a. 4. Reg 25 a. 4. Reg 25. a. Iere. 27. b. and 39. a. Iere. 39. b. â— Reg. 7. d. 2. Reg. 4. d. 4. Reg 15. a. Iob. vi b. Iere. lii ◠“ Or and is turned backwarde Deut. 23. e. 4. Reg. 6. â— Treno ii c. (a) The bondage through sinne is most greeuous which therfore is called the yoke of sinnes fastened in or to Gods hande because by no meanes it can be shaken of or remitted but only of Gods speciall grace and mercie Iere. iiii c. Treno ii c. Dan. ix a. Treno ii â— Treno iii. b. (a) By the footstole is meant the temple of Hierusalem The 〈…〉 â—wer â—ength Iere. vii b â–ª Treno i. a. Iere. v. d. xiiii b. xxiiii c. xxvii b. and xxix b. (a) The false prophetes tooke vpon them the name of seers whiche was proper to the true prophetes but their vayne burthens that is their false prophecies brought the people vnder the greeuous burthen of affliction and banishment Deut. iiii c. Iere. xx b. Psal xvi a. i. Reg. iii. b. Iob. xxxi d. Psal xiiii a. Ecc. xxxv d Treno i. d. (a) The greeuousnes of the punishment sheweth their sinnes to exceede the sinnes of the Sodomites The Sodomites were sodainly consumed with fire but y e Iewes were miserably tormented with hunger pestilence and the sworde in a long and cruel siege “ Or Nazarees Psal cii a. Deut. 28. â— iiii Reg. vâ— â— Treno ii â— Gene. ix a. Gene. ii b. (a) The breath that is the lyfe meaning the kyng who is called the lyfe of the people for that the people are like an headlesse body that hath no lyfe in it when they be left without a king or gouernour Iere. xxxi c. Eze. xviii a. Iere. xxxi â— (a) After the Iubile in whiche yere the booke of the lawe was founde which was the .xviii. yere of Iosiah so that .xxv yere after this booke was found Iechoniah was led away captiue with Ezechiel and many of the people who the fift yere after saw these visions Ezech. iii. d. and .37 a. (b) That is the spirite of prophesie (c) By this diuersitie of woordes he signifieth the feareful iudgements of god and the great afflictions that shoulde come vpon Hierusalem (d) Whiche were the foure Cherubims that represented the glory of God as Eze. iii. d. (e) Euery Cherub had foure faces the face of a man and of a lion on the right side and the face of a bullocke and of an Egle on the left side (f) Why thee their wyll or minde was to go (g) That is a precious stone of a goodly colour thought to be the Thurkis (h) The vtter compasse of the wheeles whiche some call strakes (i) He noteth two maner of coueringes the one with winges stretched vpwarde to couer their faces and the other with the nether winges to couer their bodyes (k) Considering the maiestie of God the weakenesse of fleshe (l) That is the Lorde “ Or impudent “ Or rebelles (a) That is print in thy memorie or receaue in thine heart all my wordes as Ezec. iii. b. (b) That is Gods iudgements against the wicked Psal xix b. cxix “ Straunge speache Ezech. 33. b. (a) Meaning the vision of the Cherubims and the wheeles (b) It is a great plague of God toward the people when he causeth the ministers to ceasse preaching rebuking of sinne (a) Hereby he represented the idolatrie sinne of the ten tribes for Samaria was on his left hande from Babylon and howe they had remayned therein three hundred and nineteene yeres “ Vnderstande â–ª