and dales thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde thys haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terryble wrathe For so muche as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heathen therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God ☞ I haue sworne that the Gentyles whiche lye aboute you shall beare youre confusyon them selues And as for you O mountaynes of Israel ye shal shute out your braunches and brynge for the youre frute to my people of Israell for it is harde by that it wyll come Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne me that ye maye by tylled and sowen ☞ I wyll sende you much people whiche shal be all of the house of Israell the cytyes shall be inhabyted and the decayed places shal be repayred agayne I wyll prouyde you with muche people and catell whiche shall increase and brynge frute I wyll restore you also to your olde estate and shewe you more kyndnes then euer ye had before wherby ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. Yee people wyll I sende vnto you O my folke of Israell which shall haue the in possessyon and thou shalte be theyr inherytaunce so that thou shalte no more be without them Agayne thus sayeth the Lorde God For so muche as they saye vnto you thou arte an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people therfore thou shalte eate no mo men neyther destroye thy people any more sayeth the Lorde God And I wyl not suffre the for to heare thine owne confusion amonge the Gentyles from heÌ„â—forth Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacioÌ„s nor cast out thyne owne people eny more saieth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying O thou sonne of man wheÌ„ the house of Israell oweâ—t vpon their owne grounde they defyled them selues wyth theyr owne wayes ymagynacions so that in my syght their way was lyke the vnclenues of a meÌ„struous woman Wherfore I poured my wrothful displeasure vpon theÌ„ ☞ because of the bloude that they had shed in the lande because of theyr Idols wherwith they had defiled them selues I scatred them also among the Heathen so that they were strowed aboute in the landes Accordynge to theyr wayes and after theyr owne inuencyons so dyd I punyshe them Nowe when they were gone vnto the Heathen and come in amonge theÌ„ they dishonoured my holy name so that it was said of them Are these the people of God must go out of theyr owne lande Then spared I my holy name whiche the house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentyles to whom they came Therfore tell the house of Israel Thus saieth the Lord God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israell but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured amonge the Heathen when ye came to them Therfore I wyll halowe my greate name agayne which amonge the Gentyles is euyll spoken of for ye youre selues haue dyshonoured it amonge them And the Gentyles shal know that I am the Lorde whan I am honoured in you before they re eyes sayeth the Lorde God As for you I wyll take you from amonge the HeatheÌ„ and gather you together out of all countrees and brynge you agayne into your owne lande Then wyl I poure cleare water vpon you and ye shal be clene yee from al your vnclennesse and from al your Idols shall I clense you A newe herte also wyl I geue you and a new sprite wyl I put into you As for that stony hert I wyll take it out of youre body and gyue you a fleshly herte I wyl gyue my spryte among you cause you to walcke in my commauÌ„dementes to kepe my lawes and fulfyll them And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to youre forefathers and ye shal be my people and I wylbe your God I wyl helpe you out of al your vnclennes I wyl cal for the corne and wyll increase it and let you haue no honger I wyl multyply the frutes of the trees the increase of the feld for you so that ye shall beare no more reprofe of hoÌ„ger amonge the Heathen Then shall ye remembre your owne wicked wayes youre ymaginacioÌ„s which were not good â–ª so that ye shal take displesure at your owne selues by reason of your sinnes abhominacions But I wyll not do thys for youre sakes sayth the Lord God be ye sure of it Therfore O ye house of Israell be ashamed of youre synnes Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde God what tyme as I shal clense you from all youre offences then wyll I make the cytyes to be occupyed agayne and wyll repayre the places that be decayed The desolate lande shal be builded agayne whiche afore tyme laye wast in the syght of al them that wente by Then shall it be sayde thys waste lande is become lyke a garden of plesure and the voyde desolate and broken downe cytyes are nowe stronge and fensed againe Then the resydue of of the Heathen that lye rounde about you shall know that I am the Lorde whiche repayre that was broken downe and plant agayne that was made waste Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it and wyll do it in dede Thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll yet once be founde agayn of the house of Israel and do this for them I shal increase them as a flocke of men Lyke as the holy flocke the flocke of IerusaleÌ„ are in the hye soleÌ„pne feastes so shal also the wylde wasted cytyes be fylled with flockes of men and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ He prophecieth the bryngynge agayne of the people beinge in captyuyte He sheweth the vnyon of the ten trybes with the two CAPI XXXVII THe hande of the Lorde came vpoÌ„ me caried me out in the spryte of the Lord let me downe in a playne felde that laye full of bones and he led me rounde aboute by them and beholde the bones that lay vppon the felde were very many and maruelous drye also Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man thinkest thou these bones may lyue againe I answered O Lord God thou knowest And he sayde vnto me Prophecy thou vpoÌ„ these bones and speke vnto them Ye drye bones heare the worde of the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde God vnto these bones Beholde I wyll put brethe into you that ye maye lyue I wyll geue you synowes and make fleshe growe vpon you and couer you ouer with skynne and so gyue you brethe that ye maye lyue and knowe that I am the Lorde So I prophecyed as he had commaunded me And as I was prophecyinge there came anoyse and a greate mocioÌ„ so that the bones can euery one to another Now when I had loked beholde they had sâ—nowes and 〈◊〉 grewe vpon them and aboue they were couered with skynne but there was no breth in them Then saide he vnto me Thou soÌ„ne of man prophecye thou towarde the wynde prophecye and speake to the wynde Thus sayeth the Lorde God
ryghteous and vngodly And though he sley sodeynly w t the scourge yet wyll he laugh at the punysshment of the innocent As for the worlde it is gyuen ouer in to the hande of the wycked and he shal couer the faces of the iudges therof Is it not so Where is there any but he is suche one My dayes are more swyfte then a runner they are gone and haue sene no good thyng They are passed away as the shyppes that be good vnder sayle and as the Egle that flyeth to the praye When I am purposed to forget my complaynynge to leaue of fro my wrath and to conforte my selfe then am I afrayde of all my sorowes for I knowe that thou wyite not iudge me innocent If I be then a wycked doer why labour I in vayne If I wasshe my selfe with snowe water and make myne handes neuer so cleane †at the well yet shalte thou dyp me in the myre and ☞ myne owne clothes shall defyle me For he that I must gyue answere vnto and with whom I go to lawe is not a man as I am Neyther is there any dayes man to laye his hande bytwene vs. Let hym take his rod away fro me yea let hym make me no more afrayde of hym and then shall I answere hym without any feare For as long as it is thus I can make no answere ¶ Iob iâ— wery of his lyfe and setteth out his fragâ—lyte before god He desyâ—eth the tyme to repent A disâ—typryon of death CAPI X. IT greueth my soule to lyue I wyll make my complaynte and wyl speake out of the very heuynesse of my soule I wyl say vnto God O do not condemne me but shew me the cause wherfore thou contendest so with me Thynkest thou it well done to oppresse me to cast me of beyng the worke of thy han des and to maynteyne the counsell of the vn godly â–ª Halâ—e thou flesshy eyes or doest thou loke as a man loketh Or are thy dayes as the dayes of man and thy yeres as mans yeres that thou makest suche inquisicion for my wyckednesse and searchest out my synne where as notwithstandynge thou knowest that I am no wycked persone that there is no man able to delyuer me oute of thyne hande Thy handes haue made me and fassyoned me altogyther rounde about wylt thou then destroy me sodeynly O remembre I beseke the how that thou madest me of the moulde of the earth shalt brynge me into dust agayne Hast thou not turned me as it were mylke turned me to cruddes lyke chese Thou haste couered me with skynne fleshe and ioyned me togyther with hones synnowes Thou hast graunted me lyfe done me good and the dilygent hede that thou tokest vpoÌ„ me hath preserued my spiryte Thou hast hyd these thynges in thyne herte I am sure that thou remembrest this thyng Yâ— I dyd syn thou haddest an eye vnto me shalt not declare me innocent bycause of myn offence Yâ— I haue done wycked lye wo is me therfore yf I haue done ryghteously yet daâ—e I not lyfte vp my heade so ful am I of coÌ„fusyon se myne owne misery Thou huntest me out beyng in heuynesse as it were a Lyon and troublest me oute of measure Thou bryngest freshe wytnesses agaynst me thy wrath increasest thou vpon me very many are the plages that I am in Whefore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe O that I had perysshed that no eye had sene me If they had caryed me to my graue assoone as I was borne then shuld I be now as though I had neuer bene Are not my dayes fewe Let hym then leaue of fro me and let me alone that I maye ease my selfe a lytell before I go thyther frome whence I shall not turne agayne euen to the lande of darkenesse and shadowe of deathe yea in to that darke cloudy lande and deadly shadowe where as is no ordre but terrible feare as in the darkenesse ¶ Iob is vnâ—ustly reprehended of Sophar God is incomprehensyble He is mercyfull to the repâ—â—touâ—â— CAPI XI THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde Shulde not he that maketh many wordes be answered Shulde he that bableth moche be coÌ„mended therin Sulde men gyue eare vnto the onely Thou wyite laugh other men to scorne and shal no body mocke the agayne Wylte thou say vnto God The thynge that I take in hande is perfyte and I am cleane in thy syght O that god wolde speake open his lyppes agaynst the that he myght shew the out of his secret wysdome why he rewardeth the double as he was appoynted to do then shuldest thou knowe that God had forgotten the bycause of thy synne Arte thou able to fynde out the secretes of god or wylt thou atteyne to the perfitenes of the almyghtie He is hygher theÌ„ heuen what arte thou able to do Deper then the hel how wylte thou then know hym His length excedeth the length of the earth and his bredth the bredth of the see Though he turne al thus ges vpside downe close them in gather them togyther who wyll turne hym from his purpose †Or vvho maye saye vnto hym vvhy doest thou so For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men he seeth theyr wyckednes also shulde he not then consydre it A vayne body exalteth hym selfe man newe borne is lyke a wylde asses colte If thou had dest nowe a right hert lyftedst vp thyne handê towarde hym yf thou woldest put away the wyckednesse which thou hast in hande so that no vn godlynesse dwell in thy house Then myghtest thou lyfte vp thy face without shame then shuldest thou be sure haue no nede to feare Then shuldest thou forget thy mysery and thynke no more vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by Then shulde the residue of thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day and spryng forth as the mornynge Then myghtest thou haue coÌ„forte in the hope that thou hast slepe quietly when thou art buried Then shuldest thou take thy rest no man to make the afrayde â–ª yea many one shuld set moch by the. As for the eyes of the vngodly they shal be coÌ„sumed not scape theyr hope shal be misery sorowe of mynde ¶ Iob in shewynge his perpeâ—ce declareth the myght and power of god CAPI XII SO Iob answerd sayd Then no doute yeare the men alone and wysdome shall perysshe with you But I haue vnderstandynge as well as ye and am no lesse then ye Yea who knoweth not these thynges Thus he that calleth vpon God and whom god hereth is mocked of his neyghbour The godlye and innocente man is laughed to scorne Godlynesse is a lyght despised in the hertes of the ryche and is set for them to stomble vpon The houses of robbers are in welthe and prosperite they that maliciously medle agaynst God dwell withoute care in those thynges that God hath gyuen rychely with
grape gatherynge Myrth and cheare shal be taken away from the tymbre felde and from the whole lande of Moab There shal be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crye yee there shal be none to crye vnto him whiche afore tyme were herde from Hesebon to Eleale and Iahaz whiche lyfted vp theyr voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that ☜ bullocke of thre yeare olde The waters also of Memâ—im shal be dried vp Moreouer I wyll make Moab ceasse sayeth the Lorde frome the offrynges and censinge that she hath made vnto her Goddes in hye places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab lyke a crowde playenge an heuy songe for the mens sake of the bryck wall my hert mourneth also euen as a pype that pypyth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shal be shauen and all beerdes clypped of all handes bounde and loynes gyrded aboute with sacke clothe Upon all the house toppes and stretes of Moab there shal be mournynge For I wyll breake Moab lyke an vnprofytable vessell sayeth the Lord. Ohowe is she destroyed O how mourneth she O howe doth Moab hange downe her heade is ashamed Thus shal Moab be a laughyng stocke had in derision of al them that be rounde aboute her For thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde the enemy shall come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clyme ouer the walles wynne the stronge holdes Then the myghtye mens hertes in Moab shal be lyke the herte of a woman trauelynge with chylde And Moab shal be made so desolate y â— she shall no more be a people because she hathe sette vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde Feare pyt and snare shal come vpon the O Moab sayth the Lorde Who so escapeth the feare shall fall in the pyt and who so getteth out of the pyt shal be taken in the snare For I wyll brynge a yere of visytacyon vpon Moab sayth the Lorde They that are able to flye shall stande vnder the shadowe of Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out of Hesebon and a flame frome Syon shal burne vp that proude people of Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the O Moab for thou people of Chamos shalt perysshe Yee thy sonnes and daughters shall be led awaye captyue Yet at the last wyl I bryng Moab out of captiuyte agayne sayth the Lorde Thus farre is of the plage of Moab ¶ The worde of the Lord agaynst the Ammonytes against Idumea Damascus Cedar â–ª and Elam CAPI XLIX AS concernynge the Ammonytes thus the Lorde sayth Hath Israell no chyldren or is he without an heyre Why hath your kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cyties Beholde therfore the tyme commeth sayth the Lorde that I wyll bryng a noyse of war into Rabah of the Ammonytes Lahel shal be desolate and her cyties brent vp and the Israelytes shall be lordes ouer â–ª those that had them in possession afore sayth the Lord Hesebon shall mourne for it shall be roted out of the grounde sayth the Lorde The cities of ☞ Rabah shal crye out gyrde themselues with sacke cloth they shall mourne and run aboute the walles for theyr kinges shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with hym Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and froâ— O thou fearce daughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason of thy treasure that no man shall come to the Beholde I wyll brynge a feare vpon the saieth the Lord God of hostes from al those that be aboute the so that ye shal be scatred euery man from another and no man shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I wyll brynge the Ammonytes also out of capâ—â—uite agayne Upon the Edomites hath the Lorde of hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wysdome in ThemaÌ„ Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wysdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne your backes crepe downe into the depe O ye cytesyns of Dedan For I wyll bryng destruccion vpon Esau yee and the day of his visitacion Yf y â— grape gatherers came vpon the shulde they not leaue some grapes If the nyght robbers came vpon the shulde they not take so much as they thought were ynoughe But I wyll make Esau bare and discouer her secretes so that he shal not be able to hide theÌ„ His sede shal be wasted away yee his brethreÌ„ and his neyghbours and he him selfe shall not be lefte behynde Thou shalt leaue thy fatherlesse chyldren behynde the and I wyll kepe them and thy wydowes shall take their comforte in me For thus hath the Lorde spoken Beholde they that meÌ„ thought were vnmere to drink of the cuppe haue droken with the first and thynkest thou then to be fre No no thou shalt neither be quyte nor fre but thou must drinke also For why I haue sworne by my selfe sayeth the Lorde that Bozrah shall become a wyldernesse an open shame a laughyng stocke and cursyng and all her cyties shal be a continuall deserte For I am perfectly infourmed of y â— Lord that he hath sent a message all redy vnto the Heathen Gather you together and go forth agaynste them make you ready to the battayle for lo. I wyll make the but small amonge the Heathen and lytle regarded amonge men Thy hye stomake the pryde of thy hert hath disceyued the because thou wylt dwell in the holes of stony rockê and haue the hye mountaynes in possessyon Neuerthelesse thoughe thy nest were as hye as the Aegles yet wyll I cast the downe sayeth the Lorde Moreouer I dumea shal be a wyldernesse Who so goeth by it shal be abashed wondre at her miserable plages Like as Sodome Gomor and the cyties that laye there aboute were turned vp syde downe sayeth the Lorde so shal no body dwel in Idumea and no man shal haue his habitacyon there Beholde lyke as the Lyon coÌ„meth vp from the pleasauÌ„t medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Etham so wyll I dryue him and make him runne agaynst her But who is the yonge man that I wyll ordayne therto Who is lyke vnto me What is he y t wyl stryue with me What shepherde maye stande in my handes Therfore heare the couÌ„cel of the Lord that he hath taken vpon Idumea his purpose that he hath deuysed vpon the cytesyns of Theman The leaste of the flocke shall teare them in peces and loke what fayre thynge they haue they shall make it waste and them selues also At the noyse of theyr fall the earthe shall quake the crye of theyr voice shal be herde vnto the red see Behold the enemye shall come and fle vp hyther lyke as it were an Aegle and sprede his winges vpon Bozrah Then shall the hertes of the worthyes in Edom be as the herte of
This is the beast that I sawe at the water of Cober Nowe when the Cherubyns went the wheles wente with them and when the Cerubyns shoke theyr wynges to lyfte them selues vpwarde the wheles remayned nat behynde but were with theÌ„ also Shortly when they stode these stode also And when they were lyfte vp the wheles were lyfte vp also with them for the sprete of lyfe was in the wheles Then the glory of the Lorde was lyfte vp from the thresholde of the temple remayned vpon the Cherubins And the Cherubyns flackred wyth theyr wynges lyfte them selues vp froÌ„ the earth so that I sawe when they wente and the wheles with theÌ„ And they stode at the easte syde of the porte that is in the house of the Lorde So the glory of the Lorde was vpon them Thys is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the water of Cobar And I perceaued that it was the Cherubyns Euery one had foure faces and euery one foure wynges and vnder they re wynges as it were mens handes Nowe the fygure of theyr faces was euen as I had sene them by the water of Cober and so was the countenaunce of them Euery one in hys goynge wente strayght forwarde CAPI XI Who they were that seduced the people of Israel Againste these he prophecyeth shewynge them howe they shal be scatred abroade The rennynge of the herte of commeth God â–ª otherwyse can we nat walke in his commauÌ„dementes He threteneth them that leaue vnto theyr owne councelles MOreouer the sprete of the Lorde lyfte me vp and brought me vnto the Easte porte of the Lordes house And beholde there were xxv meÌ„ vnder the dore amonge whome I sawe Iaayaniah the soÌ„ne of Azur and Pheltiah the sonne of Bananiah the rulers of the people Then sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou sonne of man these men ymagyn myschefe and a wycked councell take they in this cytie sayinge Tush there is no destruccyon at hande let vs buylde houses this Ierusalem is the cauldron and we be the flesh Therfore shalt thou prophecye vnto them yee prophecye shalt thou vnto them O sonne of man And with that fell the sprete of the Lorde vpoÌ„ me and sayde vnto me Speake thus sayeth the Lorde On thys maner haue ye spoken O ye house of Israel and I knowe the ymagynacyons of youre hertes Many one haue ye murthured in thys cytie and fylled the stretes full of the slayne Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God The sleyne meâ— that ye haue layed on the grounde in thys cytye are the flesh and thys cytye is the cauldron But I wyll brynge you out of it ye haue drawen out the swearde eueÌ„ so wyll I also brynge a swearde ouer you sayeth the Lorde God I wyll dryue you out of thys cytie and delyuer you into your enemyes hande and wyll condemne you Ye shal be slayne in all the coastes of Israel I wyll be auenged of you to lerne you for to knowe that I am the Lorde Thys cytie shall not be youre cauldron neyther shall ye be the flesh therin but in y â— coastes of Israell wyll I punysh you that ye maye knowe that I am the Lorde in whose commaundementes ye haue nat walked not kepte his lawes but haue done after the customes of the Heathen that lye round aboute you Nowe wheÌ„ I preached Pheltiah the sonne of Bananiah dyed Then fell I downe vpon my face cryed with a loude voyce sayeng O Lorde God wylt thou theÌ„ vtterly destroye all the remauÌ„t in Israel And so y â— worde of the Lorde came to me on thys maner thou sonne of man thy brethren thy knyffolke and the holy house of Iuda whiche dwell at Ierusalem saye They be gone farre from the Lorde but the lande is geuen vs in possessyon Therfore tell them thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll sende you far of amonge the Gentyles and skatre you amonge the nacyons and I wyll halowe you but a lytle in the landes where ye shall come Tell them also thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll gather you agayne out of the nacyons and brynge you from the countryes where ye be scatered wyll geue you the lande of Israel agayne and thyther shall ye come And as for all impedimentes and all youre abhomynacyons I wyll take them awaye And I wyll geue you one herte and I wyll plaÌ„te a newe sprete within youre bowels That stony herte wyll I take out of youre bodye and geue you ☞ a flesshy hert that ye maye walke in my commaundementes and kepe myne ordinaunces and do theÌ„ that ye may be my people and I your God But loke whose hertes are dysposed to folowe theyr abhomynacyons and wycked lyuenges those mens dedes wyll I brynge vpon theyr owne heades sayeth the Lorde God After thys dyd the Cherubyns lyfte vp theyr winges and the wheles went with them and the glorye of the Lorde of Israel was vpon them So the glorye of the Lorde wente from the myddest of the cytie and stode vpon the mounte of the cytye towarde the east But the wynde toke me vp and in a vision which came by the sprete of God it brought me agayne into Caldea amonge the presoners Then the visyon that I had sene vanished away fro me So I spake vnto the presoners all the wordes of the Lorde which he had shewed me ¶ The parable of the vessels of the captyuytie The exposicyon of the parable by which the takynge of kyngs â—eâ—ikiah is signified Another parable wher by the dystresse of honger and thryst is sygnyfyed CAPI XII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man thou dwellest in the myddest of a frowarde housholde whiche haue eyes to se and yet se nat eares haue they to heare and yet heare they nat for they are an obstinate houshold Therfore O thou sonne of man make thy gere rydy to flyt and go forth by fayre daye lyght that they maye se. Yee euen in theyr syght shalte thou go from thy place to another place yf paraduenture they wyl consydre that they be an vnobedyent housholde Thy gere that thou haste made redy to flyt withall shalt thou beare out by fayre daye lyghte that they maye se and thou thy self shalt go forth also at eueÌ„ in theyr syght as a man dothe when he flytteth Dygge thorowe the wall that they maye se and beare thorowe it the same thynge that thou tokeste vp in theyr syght As for thy selfe thou shalte go forth in the darcke Hyde thy face that thou se not the earthe for I haue made the a shewtoken vnto the house of Israel Nowe as the Lorde commaunded me so I dyd the gere that I had made redy brought I oute by daye At euen I brake downe an hole thorowe the wall wyth my hande and when it was darcke I toke the gere vpon my shoulders and bare them out in theyr syght And in the mournynge came the worde of the
forth his hande towarde his disciples and sayde beholde my mother and my brethren For whosoeuer doth the wyll of my father which is in heuen the same is my brother syster and mother ⊢ ¶ The parable of the â—ede of the tares of the mustarde â—ede of the leuen of the treasure hyd in the felde of the pearles and of the net CAPI XIII THe same daye wente Iesus oute of the house and sat by the see syde moche peple were gathered togither vnto him so greatly that he went and sat in a shyp and all the peple stode on the shore And he spake many thyngê to them by similitudes saynge Beholde the sower went forthe to sowe And when he sowed some scedes fell by the wayes syde and the foules came deuoured them vp Some fell vpon stony places where they had not moche earth and anone they sprang vp bicause they had no depenes of earth and when the sonne was vp they caught heate bicause they had no rote they wythered away Agayne some fell amonge thornes and the thornes sprange vp and chooked them But some fell in to good grounde and broughte forth fruyte some an huÌ„dred folde some siâ—ty folde some thirtye folde Who soeuer hathe eares to heare let hym heare And the disciples came sayd vnto hym Why speakest thou to them by parables He answered and sayd vnto them it is gyuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heuen but to them it is not gyuen For who soeuer hath to hym shal be gyueÌ„ and he shal haue aboundaunce But who soeuer hath not from hym shall be taken away eueÌ„ that also which he hath Therfore speake I to them by similitudes for they seynge se not and hearynge they heare not neyther do they vnderstande And in them is fulfylled the prophecye of Esasas â–ª which sayth with the eares ye shall heare and shall not vnderstande seynge ye shall se and shall not perceyue For these peples hertê is wared grosse and theyr eares are dull of hearynge theyr eyes haue they closed leest at any tyme they shulde se with theyr eyes heare with theyr cares and shulde vnderstande with theyr herte and be conuerted that I also myght heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they se your eares for they heare Uerely I saye vnto you that many prophettes and ryghteous men haue desyred to se those thynges whiche ye se and haue not sene them and to heare those thynges whiche ye heare haue not herde them Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower WheÌ„ one heareth the worde of the kyngdom vnderstandeth it not then cometh the euyll man and taketh awaye that which was soweÌ„ in his hert this is he which was sowen by the waye syde But he that receyued the seede whiche was cast in to stonye places the same is he that heareth the worde and anone with ioy receyueth it yet hath he no rote in hym selfe but dureth for a season for when tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth bycause of the worde by by he falleth He also that receyued seede in to the thornes is he that heareth the worde and the care of this worlde and the deceytefulnes of ryches choke vp the worde so is he made vnfruytful But he that receyueth sede in to the good grounde is he that heareth the worde vnderstandeth it which also beareth fruyte and bryngeth forth some an hundred folde some syxtye folde some thyrtye folde An other similitude put he forth vnto them sayenge ✚ The kyngdom of heuen is lykened vnto a man whiche sowed good seede in his felde But whyle men slepte his enemy came and sowed tares amonge the wheate and went his way But when the blade was spronge vp and had brought forthe fruyte then appeared the tares also So the seruauÌ„tes of the housholder came and sayde vnto hym Syr dydest not thou sow good seede in thy felde from whence then hath it tares He sayd vnto them the enuyous man hath done this The seruauntes sayde vnto hym wylte thou then that we go and wede them vp but he sayde nay lest whyle ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them let bothe growe togyther vntyll the haruest and in tyme of haruest I wyll saye vnto the reapers gather ye fyrst the tares and bynde them togyther in sheaues to be burnt but gather the wheate in to my barne ⊢ ✚ An other parable put he forth vnto them sayenge The kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto a grayne of mustarde seede which a maÌ„ toke and sowed in his felde which is the least of all seedes But when it is growen it is the greatest amonge herbes and is a tree so that the byrdes of the ayre come and make theyr nestes in the braunches therof An other similitute spake he vnto them The kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto leueÌ„ whiche a woman taketh and hydeth in thre peckes of meele tyl all be leuened All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people by similitudes and without a parable spake he nothyng vnto them that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the prophet that sayth I wyll open my mouth in parables I wyl speake forth thynges which haue bene kepte secrete frome the begynnynge of the worlde ⊢ When the people were sent away then came Iesus in to the house ✚ And his disciples came vnto hym sayenge declare vn to vs the parable of the tares of the felde He answered sayd vnto them He that soweth the good seed is the sonne of man The felde is the worlde And the chyldren of the kyngdome they are the good seed the tares are the children of the wicked the enemy that soweth them is the deuyll The haruest is the ende of the worlde the reapers be the angels EueÌ„ as the tares therfore are gathered burnt in the fyre so shal it be in the ende of this world The sonne of man shall sende forthe his angels they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thynges that offende them which do iniquite shall cast them in to a fournace of fyre There shall be waylyng gnasshyng of teeth Then shal the righteous shyne as the son in the kyngdom of theyr father Who so euer hath eares to heare let hym heare ⊢ ✚ Agayne the kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the felde the whiche a man hath founde and hyd and for ioy therof goeth selleth al that he hath and byeth the felde Agayne the kyngdom of heuen is lyke vnto a merchaunt man sekyng goodly pearles which wheÌ„ he fouÌ„de one precious pearle went solde all that he had and bought it Agayne the kyngdom of heuen is lyke vnto a net that was cast into the see gathered of all kynde †offysshes which when it was ful meÌ„ drewe to land sat downe gathered the good in to vessels but