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
his heritage and the foole shal be seruaunt to the wise 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life and he that winneth mens soules is wise 31 If the ryghteous be recompensed vpon earth howe much more then the vngodly and the sinner The .xij. Chapter 1 WHo so loueth correction loueth knowledge but he that hateth to be reproued is a foole 2 A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde but the wicked imaginer wyll he condempne 3 A man can not endure in vngodlinesse but the roote of the ryghteous shall not be moued 4 A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly is as corruption in his bones 5 The thoughtes of the ryghteous are ryght but the imaginations of the vngodly are deceptfull 6 The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer theÌ„ 7 God ouerturneth the estate of the wicked and they stande not but the house of the ryghteous shall stande 8 A man shal be commended for his wisdome but a foole shal be dispised 9 He that is dispised and is yet his owne man is better then the glorious that lacketh bread 10 A ryghteous man regardeth the lyfe of his cattell but the vngodly haue cruell heartes 11 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnesse of bread but he that foloweth idlenesse is a very foole 12 The desire of the vngodly is a net of euyls but the roote of the ryghteous bryngeth foorth fruite 13 The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth but the iust shall escape out of all perill 14 Man shal be satisfied with good thinges by the fruite of his mouth and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded 15 The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise 16 A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste but a discrete man couereth his owne shame 17 A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght but a false witnesse deceaueth 18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde but a wise mans tongue is wholsome 19 The lippe of trueth shal be stable for euer but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged 20 Deceipt is in the heart of them that imagine euyll but to the counsaylers of peace shal be ioy 21 There shall no aduersitie happen vnto the iust but the vngodly shal be fylled with miserie 22 The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes but they that deale truely please hym 23 A discrete man doth hyde knowledge but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse 24 A diligent hande shall beare rule but the idle shal be vnder tribute 25 Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man but a good worde maketh it glad agayne 26 The ryghteous excelleth his neyghbour but the way of the vngodly wyll deceaue them selues 27 The deciptfull man shall not roste that he toke in huntyng but the riches of the iust man is of great value 28 In the way of ryghteousnesse there is life in the same way there is no death The .xiij. Chapter 1 A Wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued 2 Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours 3 He that kepeth his mouth kepeth his lyfe but who so rashlye openeth his lippes destroyeth hym selfe 4 The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get his desire but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie 5 A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes but the vngodly shameth hym selfe and is put to scilence 6 Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner 7 Some men make them selues riche though they haue nothyng agayne some make them selues poore hauyng great riches 8 With goodes a man redeemeth his life and the poore wyll not be reproued 9 The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull but the candell of the vngodly shal be put out 10 Among the proude there is euer strife but with the well aduised is wisdome 11 Vaynly gotten goodes are soone spent but they that be gathered together with the hande shall encrease 12 Hope deferred greeueth the heart but wheÌ„ the desire coÌ„meth it is a tree of life 13 Who so dispiseth the worde shall perishe for the same but he that feareth the commaundement shall haue the rewarde 14 The lawe of the wise is a well of life to auoyde from the snares of death 15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour but harde is the way of the dispisers 16 A wise man doth all thynges with discretion but a foole wyll declare his follie 17 An vngodly messenger falleth into mischiefe but a faythfull embassadour is as health 18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed commeth to pouertie and shame but who so regardeth correction shall come to honour 19 When a desire is brought to passe it deliteth the soule but fooles count it abhomination to depart from euyll 20 He that goeth in the companie of wise men shal be wise but who so is a companion of fooles shal be afflicted 21 Mischiefe foloweth vpon sinners but the righteous shal haue a good reward 22 He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children the riches of y e sinner is layde vp for the iust 23 There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore but the fielde not well ordered is without fruite 24 He that spareth the rodde hateth his sonne but who so loueth hym chasteneth hym betymes 25 The righteous eateth and is satisfied but the belly of the vngodly hath neuer enough The .xiiij. Chapter 1 WYse women vpholde their house but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe 2 He that walketh vpryghtlye feareth the Lorde but he that turneth hym selfe from his wayes dispiseth hym 3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them 4 Where no oxen are there the cribbe is emptie but much encrease commeth by the toyle of the oâ—â— 5 A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble but a false recorde wyll make a lye 6 A scornfull body seketh wisdome and fyndeth â—t not but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande 7 Get thee from a foolishe man when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge 8 The wisdome of the circumspect man is to vnderstande his way but the foolishnesse of the vnwise deceaueth 9 Fooles make but a sport of sinne but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous 10 The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy 11 The house of the vngodly shal be ouerthrowen but the tabernacle of the righteous shall florishe 12 There is a
Gaddis 3 Simon called Thasi 4 Iudas otherwyse called Machabeus 5 Eleazer otherwyse called Abaron and Ionathā whose sirname was Apphus 6 These sawe the euill that was done among the people of Iuda and Hierusalem 7 And Mathathias sayd wo is me alas that euer I was borne to see this miserie of my people the piteous destruction of the holy citie and thus to sit so still it beyng deliuered into the handes of the enemies 8 Her sanctuarie is come into the power of straungers her temple is as it were a man that hath lost his good name 9 Her pretious ornamentes are caried away captiue her olde men are slayne in the streetes and her young men are fallen thorowe the sworde of the enemies 10 What people is it that hath not some possession in her kingdome or who hath not gotten some of her spoyles 11 * All her glorie is taken away she was a free woman and nowe she is become an handemayde 12 Behold our sanctuarie our beautie and honour is wasted away and defiled by the gentiles 13 What helpeth it vs then to liue 14 And Mathathias rent his clothes he and his sonnes and put sackecloth vpon them and mourned very sore 15 Then came the men thyther whiche were sent of king Antiochus to compell such as were fled into the citie of Modin for to do sacrifice to burne incense vnto idoles and to forsake the lawe of God 16 So many of the people of Israel consented and enclined vnto them but Mathathias and his sonnes remayned stedfast 17 Then spake the commissioners of king Antiochus and sayd vnto Mathathias Thou art a noble man of hye reputation and great in this citie hauing many fayre children and brethren 18 Come thou therfore first and fulfill the kinges commaundement like as all the heathen haue done yea and the men of Iuda and such as remayne at Hierusalem so shalt thou and thy children be in the kinges fauour and enriched with golde siluer and great rewardes 19 Mathathias aunswered spake with a loude voyce Though all nations obey the king Antiochus and fall away euery man from keping the law of their fathers though they consent to his commaundementes 20 Yet will I and my sonnes and my brethren not fall from the lawes of our fathers 21 God forbid we shoulde that were not good for vs that we shoulde forsake the lawe and ordinaunces of God and to agree vnto the commaundement of king Antiochus 22 Therfore we will do no such sacrifice neither breake the statutes of our lawe to go another way 23 And when he had spoken these wordes there came one of the Iewes whiche openly in the sight of all did sacrifice vnto the idoles vpon the aulter in the citie of Modin according to the kinges commaundement 24 When Mathathias sawe this it greeued hym at the heart so that his reynes shoke withall and his wrath kindled for very zeale of the law With that he start vp and killed the Iewe beside the aulter 25 Yea and slue the kinges commissioner that compelled hym to do sacrifice destroyed the aulter at the same time 26 Such a zeale had he vnto the lawe of God like as Phinehes dyd vnto Zambrithe sonne of Salomi 27 And Mathathias cryed with a loude voyce thorow the citie saying Who so is feruent in the law and will kepe the couenaunt let him folowe me 28 So he and his sonnes fled into the mountaynes and left all that euer they had in the citie 29 Many other godly men also which lyued iustly and vprightly departed into the wildernesse with their children their wiues and their cattell and remayned there for the tiranny increased sore vpon them 30 Now when the kinges seruauntes and the hoast whiche was at Hierusalem in the citie of Dauid hearde that certayne men had broken the kinges commaundement and were gone their way to the wildernesse into secrete places 31 Then many pursued after them and after they had ouertaken them they camped them selues and set the battel in aray against them in the Sabbath day 32 And sayd vnto them Will ye yet rebell Get you hence and do the commaundement of king Antiochus and ye shall lyue 33 They aunswered We will not go for thee neither will we do the kinges commaundemēt to defile the Sabbath day 34 Then began they to fight against them 35 But the other gaue them none other aunswere neither cast they one stone at them nor made fast their priuie places 36 But sayde We will dye all in our innocentie heauen earth shall testifie with vs that ye put vs to death wrongfully 37 Thus they fought against them vpon the Sabbath and slue both men cattayle their wyues and their children to the number of a thousande people 38 When Mathathias and his friendes heard this they mourned for them right sore 39 And sayde one to another If so be that we al do as our brethren haue done and fight not for our lyues and for our lawes against the heathen then shall they the sooner roote vs out of the earth 40 So they concluded among them selues at the same time saying 41 Whatsoeuer he be that commeth to make battayle with vs vpon the Sabbath day we will fight against him and not dye all as our brethren that were murthered in the wildernesse 42 Vpon this came the assemblie of the Assideans vnto them whiche were of the strongest men in Israel and all such as were feruent in the lawe 43 And al they that were fled for persecution came to helpe them and to stand by them 44 Insomuch that they gathered an hoast of men and slue the wicked doers in their gelousie and the vngodly men in their wrath but the rest fled vnto the heathen and escaped 45 Then Mathathias and his friendes went about and destroyed the aulters 46 And circumcised the children that had not yet receaued circumcision as many as they found within the coastes of Israel 47 And folowed mightily vpon the proud men and this acte prospered in their handes 48 Insomuch that they kept the lawe against the power of the gentiles and the kinges and gaue not ouer their domimon vnto wicked doers 49 After this when the time drewe on fast that Mathathias shoulde dye he sayde vnto his sonne Now is pryde and persecution increased nowe is the time of destruction wrathfull displeasure 50 Wherefore O my sonnes be ye feruent in the lawe and ieoparde your liues for the testament of the fathers 51 Call to remembraunce what actes our fathers dyd in their time so shall ye receaue great honour and an euerlasting name 52 Remember Abraham was not he founde faythful in temptation it was reckened vnto him for righteousnesse 53 Ioseph in time of his trouble kept the commaundement was made a Lorde of Egypt 54 Phinehes our father was so feruent for the honour of God that he obtayned the couenaunt of an euerlasting priesthood 55
3◠of his wrokes 39 of the scriptures 45 and of Moyses who he is 1 AFter this was there a feast day of the Iewes and Iesus went vp to Hierusalem 2 And there is at Hierusalem by the sheepe market a poole which is called in the Hebrue tonge Bethesda hauyng fyue porches 3 In which lay a great multitude of sicke folke of blynde halt wythered waytyng for the mouyng of the water 4 For an Angel went downe at a certayne season into the poole and stirred the water Whosoeuer then firste after the stirring of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoeuer disease he hadde 5 And a certaine man was there which had ben diseased thirtie eyght yeres 6 When Iesus sawe hym lye knewe that he nowe long tyme had ben diseased he sayth vnto hym Wylt thou be made whole 7 The sicke man aunswered him Sir I haue no man whē the water is troubled to put me into the poole But in the meane time while I am about to come another steppeth downe before me 8 Iesus saith vnto him Ryse take vp thy bedde and walke 9 And immediatly the man was made whole and toke vp his bedde walked And the same day was the Sabboth 10 The Iewes therfore sayde vnto hym that was made whole It is the Sabboth day it is not lawfull for thee to carie thy bedde 11 He aunswered them He that made me whole saide vnto me take vp thy bedde and walke 12 Then asked they hym What man is that which sayde vnto thee take vp thy bedde and walke 13 And he that was healed wyste not who it was For Iesus had gotten him selfe awaye because that there was prease of people in that place 14 Afterwarde Iesus founde hym in the temple and saide vnto him behold thou art made whole sinne no more lest a worse thyng come vnto you 15 The man departed tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus which had made him whole ☜ 16 And therefore the Iewes dyd persecute Iesus and sought the meanes to slea hym because he hadde done these thynges on the Sabboth day 17 And Iesus aunswered them ☞ My father worketh hitherto and I worke 18 Therfore the Iewes sought the more to kyll him not only because he had broken the Sabboth but sayde also that God was his father and made himselfe equall with God 19 Then aunswered Iesus sayde vnto them Veryly veryly I say vnto you the sonne can do nothyng of hym selfe but that he seeth y e father do For whatsoeuer he doeth that doeth the sonne also 20 For the father loueth the sonne and sheweth hym all thynges that he hym selfe doeth And he wyll shewe hym greater workes then these because ye shoulde marueyle 21 For lykewyse as the father rayseth vp the dead and quickeneth them euen so the sonne quickeneth whom he wyll 22 Neither iudgeth the father any man but hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne 23 Because that all men shoulde honour the sonne euen as they honour the father He that honoureth not the sonne the same honoureth not y e father which hath sent hym 24 Veryly veryly I say vnto you he that heareth my worde and beleueth on him that sent me hath euerlastyng lyfe and shall not come into dampnation but is escaped from death vnto lyfe 25 Veryly veryly I saye vnto you the houre shall come and nowe is when the dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God And they that heare shall lyue 26 For as the father hath lyfe in hym selfe so lykewyse hath he geuen to the sonne to haue lyfe in hym selfe 27 And hath geuen hym power also to iudge because he is the sonne of man 28 Marueyle not at this For the houre shall come in the whiche all that are in the graues shall heare his voyce 29 And shall come foorth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of dampnation ☜ 30 ☞ I can of mine owne selfe do nothing As I heare I iudge and my iudgemēt is iuste because I seke not myne owne wyll but the wyll of the father whiche hath sent me 31 Yf I shoulde beare witnesse of my selfe my witnesse were not true 32 There is another that beareth witnesse of me and I am sure that the witnesse which he beareth of me is true 33 Ye sent vnto Iohn and he bare witnesse vnto the trueth 34 But I receaue not the recorde of man Neuerthelesse these thinges I say that ye myght be safe 35 He was a burnyng a shynyng lyght and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his lyght 36 But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn For the workes whiche the father hath geuen me to finishe the same workes that I do beare witnesse of me that the father hath sent me 37 And the father hymselfe which hath sent me hath borne witnesse of me Ye haue not hearde his voyce at any tyme nor seene his shape 38 His worde haue ye not abydyng in you For whō he hath sēt him ye beleue not 39 Searche the scriptures for in them ye thynke ye haue eternall lyfe and they are they which testifie of me 40 And yet wyll ye not come to me that ye myght haue lyfe 41 I receaue not prayse of men 42 But I knowe you that ye haue not the loue of God in you 43 I am come in my fathers name and ye receaue me not Yf another come in his owne name hym wyll ye receaue 44 Howe can ye beleue whiche receaue honour one of another and seke not the honour that commeth of God only 45 Do not thinke that I wyll accuse you to my father There is one that accuseth you euen Moyses in whō ye trust 46 For had ye beleued Moyses ye would haue beleued me for he wrote of me 47 But yf ye beleue not his wrytynges howe shall ye beleue my wordes ☜ ¶ The .vj. Chapter 10 Christe feedeth fyue thousande with fyue loaues two fisshes 15 The people would haue made hym kyng 19 He walkyng on the sea folowed the disciples whiche were troubled in a shippe with a great tempest 26 They seke Christ to be fedde 29 Fayth is the worke of God 30 They aske signes and wonders 35 Of the bread of lyfe 40 Of fayth 66 The carnall are offended at hym 67 some of his disciples offended forsake hym 69 The apostles confesse hym to be the sonne of God 71 Iudas is a deuyll 1 AFter these thynges Iesus went his waye ouer the sea of Galilee which is the sea of Tiberias 2 And a great multitude folowed hym because they sawe his miracles whiche he dyd on them that were diseased 3 And Iesus went vp into a mountayne there he sate with his disciples 4 And the Passouer a feast of y e Iewes was nye ☜ 5 ☞ When Iesus then
their generations were well reported of in their times 8 These haue left a name behynde them so that their prayse shall alway be spoken of 9 Afterward there were some whose remembraunce is gone they came to naught perished as though they had neuer ben and became as though they had neuer ben borne yea and their children also with them 10 Neuerthelesse these are louyng men whose righteousnesse shall neuer be forgotten but continue by their posteritie 11 Their children are an holy good heritage their seede endured fast in the couenaunt 12 For their sakes shall their children and seede continue for euer and their prayse shal neuer be put downe 13 Their bodies are buried in peace but their name lyueth for euermore 14 The people can speake of their wysdome and the congregation can talke of their prayse 15 Enoch walked right and acceptably before the Lorde therfore was he translated for an example of amendement to the generations 16 Noâ— was a stedfast and righteous man and in the time of wrath he became a reconciling therfore was he left a remnaunt vnto the earth when the fludde came 17 An euerlasting couenaunt was made with him that all fleshe should perishe no more with the water 18 Abraham was a great father of many people in glorie was there none like vnto hym 19 He kept the law of the hyghest came into a couenaunt with him 20 He set the couenaunt in his fleshe and when he was proued he was founde faythfull 21 Therfore swore God vnto him with an oth that he woulde blesse all people in his seede that he woulde multiplie and increase him as the dust of the earth and to exalt his seede as the starres yea and that his seede shoulde haue the possession an inheritaunce of the lande 〈◊〉 sea to sea and from the riuer vnto the borders of the worlde 22 With Isaac dyd he stablishe the same couenaunt for Abraham his fathers sake Yea that gratious blessing health of all men and couenaunt dyd he stablishe with Isaac and made it rest vpon the head of Iacob 23 He knewe him in that he prospered him so wel and richely and gaue him an heritage and sundered his portion by it selfe and parted among the twelue tribes 24 Mercifull men brought he out of hym whiche founde fauour in the sight of all fleshe The .xlv. Chapter 1 The prayse of Moyses 6 Aaron and Phinches 1 MOyses beloued of God men whose remembraunce is in hiâ— prayse 2 Hym that the Lorde made like in the glorie of the sainctes magnified him so that the enemies stoode nawe of him 3 Through his wordes he did great wonders he made hym glorious in the sight of kinges gaue him commaundement before his people and shewed him glorious power 4 He stablished hym with faythfulnesse and mekenesse and chose him out of all men 5 For he hearde his voyce and he led hym in the darke cloude and there he gaue him the commaundementes yea the law of life and wysoome that he might teach Iacob the couenaunt and Israel his lawes 6 He chose Aaron his brother also out of the tribe of Leui exalted him and made hym such like 7 An euerlasting couenaunt made he with him and gaue hym the priesthod in the people He made him glorious in beautifull aray and clothed him with the garment of honour 8 He put perfect ioy vpon him and girded hym with strength he deckt hym with side clothes and a tunicle with an ouerbody coate also and a girdle 9 Round about made he hym belles of golde and that many that when he went in t he sounde might be heare that they might make a noyse in the sanctuarie and geue the people warning 10 The holy garment was wrought and bordered with golde yelow silke and purple and in the brestlappe there was a goodly worke wherin was fastened light and perfectnesse 11 Vpon the same also there was a worke fastened and set with costly precious stones all bound with golde and this he brought in his ministration The stones were fastened for a remembraunce after the number of the twelue tribes of Israel 12 Vpon his miter there was a plate of pure gold a grauen image of holinesse a famous and noble worke garnished and pleasaunt to loke vpon 13 Before hym were there seene no such faire ornamentes these it behoued him alway to vse There might none other put them on but onely his children and his childers children perpetually 14 Dayly perfourmed he his burnt offeringes two times 15 Moyses filled his handes annoynted him with holy oyle This was now confirmed him with an euerlasting couenaunt and to his seede as the dayes of heauen namely that his children should alway minister before him perfourme the office of the priesthood and wyshe the people good in his name 16 Before al men lyuing â—â—â—se he him that he shoulde offer incense before the Lord and make odours for a sweete sauour and remembraunce that he should reconcile the people of the Lord with hym agayne 17 He gaue him auctoritie also in his commaundementes and in the couenaunt that he should teach Iacob the statutes and testimonies and to enfourme Israel in the lawe 18 Therfore there stoode vp certayne against him and had enuie at him in the wildernesse namely they that were of Dathan and Abirons side and the furious congregation of Core 19 This the Lorde saw and it displeased hym and in his wrathfull indignation were they consumed A great wonder did he vpon them and consumed them with the fire 20 Besides this he made Aaron yet more honorable and glorious he gaue hym an heritage parted the first fruites vnto him Vnto him specially he appoynted the bread of sustenaunce 21 For the priestes dyd eate of the offeringes of the Lorde this gaue he vnto him and his seede 22 Els had he no heritage nor portion in the land with the people for the Lord him selfe is his portion inheritaunce 23 The thirde noble and excellent man is Phinches the sonne of Eleazer which pleased the God of Israel because he had the zeale and feare of the Lord For when the people were turned backe he put him selfe foorth right soone and that with a good will to pacifie the wrath of the Lord towarde Israel 24 Therfore was there a couenaunt of peace made with him that he should be the principall among the righteous in the people that he and his posteritie shoulde haue the office of the priesthood for euer 25 Like as there was made a couenaunt with Dauid of the tribe of Iuda that from among his sonnes only there shoulde be a king and that Aaron also and his seede should be an heritage to geue vs wysdome in our heart to iudge his people in righteousnesse that his goodes shoulde not come into forgetfulnesse and that their honour might endure
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Chapter The prayse of Iosue 9 Caleb 13 Samuel 1 MAnly strong in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue and was the successour of Moyses in prophesies was geuen to be captaine of the people which according vnto his name was a great sauiour vnto the elect of God to punishe the enemies that rose vp against Israel that Israel might optayne their inheritaunce 2 O how great noble and excellent was he when he lift vp his hande and drewe out his sworde against the cities 3 Who stoode so manly before him for the Lord him selfe brought in the enemies 4 Stoode not the sunne still at his commaundement and one day was as long as two 5 He called vpon the hyghest and most mightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side and the mightie Lord heard him with the hayle stones 6 They smote the Heathenishe people mightyly and in falling downe they slue all the aduersaries so that the heathen knew his hoast and all his defence that the Lord him selfe fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them 7 In the time of Moyses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyed a good worke whiche stoode against the enemies with held the people from sinne and stilled the wicked murmuring 8 And of sixe hundreth thousande people of foote they two were preserued to bring them into the heritage namely a lande that floweth with mylke hony 9 The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he went vp into the hie places of the land and his seede conquered the same for an heritage 10 That al the children of Israel might see howe good a thing it is to be obedient vnto the Lorde 11 And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose heart went no◠a whoring nor departed from the Lorde and that forsooke not the Lord vnfaithfully whose remembraunce hath a good report 12 Yea their bones florishe out of their place and their names shall neuer be chaunged but honour remayneth still with the children of those holy men 13 Samuel the prophete beloued of the Lorde his God ordayned a king and annoynted the princes ouer the people 14 In the lawe of the Lord ruled he and iudged the congregation and the Lorde had respect vnto Iacob 15 The prophete was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yea he is knowen faithful in his workes because he sawe the God of light 16 〈◊〉 called vpon the Lorde almightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side what time as he offered the sucking lambe 17 And the Lorde thundered from heauen made his voyce to be heard with a great noyse 18 He discomfited the princes of Tyre and all the rulers of the Philistines 19 Before his last ende he made protestation in the sight of the Lorde and his annoynted that he toke neither substaunce nor good of any man no not so much as a shoe and no man might accuse him 20 After this he tolde that his ende was at hand and shewed the king also his ende and death and from the earth lyft he vp his voyce in the prophecie that the vngodlie people should perishe The .xlvii. Chapter 1 The prayse of Nathan 2 Dauid 12 and Solomon 1 AFterward in the time of king Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan 2 For lyke as the fat is taken away from the offering so was Dauid chosen out of the children of Israel 3 He played with the lions as with kiddes and with beares lyke as with lambes of sheepe 4 Slewe he not a giaunt when he was yet but young toke away the rebuke frō his people what time as he toke the stone in his hande and smote downe proude Goliath with the sling 5 For he called vpon the highest Lorde which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrewe the mightie giaunt in the battaile that he might set vp the horne of his people againe 6 So he glorified him in ten thousand and made him to haue a good report in the prayse of the Lorde that he should weare a crowne of glorie 7 For he destroyed the enemies on euery side rooted out the Philistines his aduersaries and brake their horne in sunder lyke as it is broken yet this day 8 In all his workes he praysed the hyest and holiest and ascribed the honour vnto him with his whole heart did he prayse the Lorde and loued God that made him 9 He set singers also before the aulter in their tune he made sweete songes that they might geue prayses euery day to God with songes 10 He ordayned to kepe the holy dayes worshipfully that the solempe feastes through the whole yere should be honorably holden with praysing the name of the Lorde and with singing betimes in the morning in the sanctuary 11 The Lorde toke away his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer he gaue him the couenaunt of the kingdome and the throne of worship in Israel 12 After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Solomon Who by him dwelt in a large possession and for his sake he droue the enemies away far of 13 This Solomon raigned with peace in his time and he obtayned glory For God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery side that he might builde him an house in his name and prepare the sanctuarie for euer 14 How wyse wast thou in thy youth and filled with wysdome and vnderstanding as it were with a water flood 15 Thou coueredst and filledst the whole lande with similitudes wyse prudent sentences 16 Thy name went abrode in the Iles because of thy peace thou wast beloued 17 All landes maruailed at thy songes prouerbes similitudes and at thy interpretations 18 And in the name of the Lorde God which is called the God of Israel thou gatheredst golde as tinne thou hadst as much siluer as leade 19 Thou wast moued in inordinate loue toward women and wast ouercome in affection 20 Thou staynedst thy honour worship yea thy posteritie defiledst thou also in bringing the wrath of the Lorde vpon thy children and hast felt sorowe for thy folly 21 So that thy kingdome was deuided and Ephraim became an vnfaithfull and a rebellious kingdome 22 Neuerthelesse God forsooke not his mercie neither was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes that he should leaue him no posteritie as for the seede that came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remmaunt vnto Iacob and a roote vnto Dauid out of him 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and out of his seede he left behinde him a verie foolishnes of the people and such one as had no vnderstanding euen Roboam which turned away the people through his counsell and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to sinne and shewed Ephraim the way