gaue me drynke I was harbourlesse and ye lodged me I was naked ye clothed me I was sicke and ye vysited me I was in preson and ye came vnto me Then shal the righteous answere him saye LORDE whē sawe we the hōgrie and fed the Or thirstie and gaue the drynke When sawe we the herbourlesse and lodged the Or naked and clothed y e Or whē sawe we y e sicke or in preson and came vnto the And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them Verely I saye vnto you Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren the same haue ye done vnto me Then shal he saye also vnto them that shal be on the left hande Departe fro me ye cursed in to the euerlastinge fyre which is prepared for the deuell and his angels For I was hōgrie and ye gaue me no meate I was thirstye and ye gaue me no drynke I was herbourlesse and ye lodged me not I was naked and ye clothed me not I was sicke and in preson and ye vysited me not Then shal they also answere hī and saye LORDE when sawe we the hōgrie or thyrstie or herbourlesse or naked or sicke or in preson and haue not mynistred vnto the Thē shal he answere them and saye Verely I saye vnto you Loke what ye haue not done vnto one of the leest of these the same haue ye not done vnto me And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne but the righteous in to euerlastinge life The XXVI Chapter ANd it came to passe whā Iesus had fynished all these wordes he sayde vnto his disciples Ye knowe that after two dayes shal be Easter and the sonne of man shal be delyuered to be crucified Then assembled together the hye prestes and the scrybes and the elders of the people in to the palace of the hye prest which was called Caiphas and helde a councell how they might take Iesus by disceate and kyll him But they sayde Not on the holy daye lest there be an vproure in the people Now when Iesus was at Bethany in the house of Symon the leper there came vnto hī a woman which had a boxe with precious oyntment and poured it vpon his heade as he sat at the table Whan his disciples sawe that they diszdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntmēt might haue bene wel solde and geuē to the poore Whē Iesus perceaued that he sayde vnto them Why trouble ye the woman She hath wrought a good worke vpon me for ye haue allwaye the poore with you but me shal ye not haue allwayes Where as she hath poured this oyntmēt vpon my body she dyd it to bury me Verely I saye vnto you where so euer this gospell shal be preached thorow out all the worlde there shal this also that she hath done be tolde for a memoriall of her Then one of the twolue called Iudas Iscarioth wente vnto the hye prestes and sayde What wil ye geue me and I shal delyuer him vnto you And they offred hī thirtie syluer pens And from that tyme forth he sought oportunyte to betraye him The first daye of swete bred came the disciples to Iesus and sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare for the to eate the Easter lambe He sayde Go in to the cite to soch a man and saye vnto him The Master sendeth the worde My tyme is a◠honde I wil kepe myne Easter by the with my disciples And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them and made ready the Easter lambe And at euen he sat downe at the table with the twolue And as they ate he sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you shal betraye me And they were exceadinge soroufull and beganne euery one of them to saye vnto him Syr is it I He answered and sayde He that deppeth his honde with me in the dyszhe the same shal betraye me The sonne of man goeth forth as it is wrytten of him but wo vnto that man by whō the sonne of man shal be betrayed It had bene better for that mā yf he had neuer bene borne Thē Iudas that betrayed him answered and sayde Master is it I He sayde vnto him Thou hast sayde And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it thē and sayde Drynke ye all therof this is my bloude of the new testament that shal be shed for many for the remission of synnes I saye vnto you I wil not drynke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tre vntill that daye that I shal drynke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome And whan they had sayde grace they wente forth vnto mount Oliuete Then sayde Iesus vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me For it is wrytten I wil smyte the shepherde and the shepe of the flocke shal be scatered abrode But after that I ryse agayne I wil go before you in to Galile Peter answered and sayde vnto him Though all men shulde be offended in y e yet wyl I neuer be offēded Iesus sayde vnto hī Verely I saye vnto y e This same night before y e cock crowe shalt thou denie me thryse Peter saide vnto him And though I shulde dye with the yet wil I not denye the. Likewyse also sayde all the disciples Then came Iesus with them into a felde which is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Syt ye here whyle I go yonder praye And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of Zebede and beganne to wexe soroufull and to be in an agonye Then sayde Iesus vnto them My soule is heuy euen vnto the death Tary ye here and watch with me And he wente forth a litle and fell flat vpon his face and prayed sayenge O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe fro me neuertheles not as I wil but as thou wilt And he came to his disciples and founde thē a slepe sayde vnto Peter What coude ye not watch with me one houre Watch praye that ye fall not in to temptacion The sprete is wyllinge but the flesh is weake Agayne he wēte forth the seconde tyme and prayed sayenge O my father yf this cuppe can not passe awaye fro me excepte I drynke of it thy will be fulfilled And he came and founde them a slepe agayne and their eyes were heuy And he left them and wente forth agayne and prayed the thirde tyme sayenge the same wordes Then came he to his disciples and sayde vnto them Slepe on now and take youre rest Beholde the houre is come y t the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the hondes of synners Aryse let us be goynge Beholde he is at hōde that betrayeth me Whyle he yet spake lo
those dayes there shal be soch trouble as was not from the begynnynge of y e creatures which God created vnto this tyme nether shal be And yf y e LORDE had not shortened those dayes there shulde no man be saued But for the electes sake whom he hath chosen he hath shortened those dayes Now yf eny man shal saye vnto you at y t tyme Lo here is Christ lo he is there beleue it not For there shal aryse false Christes and false prophetes which shal do tokens wonders to disceaue euen the very chosen yf it were possyble But take ye hede Beholde I haue tolde you all before But at the same tyme after this trouble the Sonne and Mone shal lose their light and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of the heauens shal moue and then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glory And thē shal he sende his angels and shal gather together his chosen frō the foure wyndes from one ende of the earth to the other Lerne a symilitude of the fyge tre Whā his braunch is yet tēder and hath brought forth leaues ye knowe that the Sommer is nye So lykewyse whā ye se all these thinges come to passe be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you this generaciō shal not passe tyll all these be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe But of that daye and houre knoweth no man nether the angels in heauen no not the sonne him self but the father onely Take hede watch praye for ye knowe not whan the tyme is Like as a man that wente in to a straunge countre and left his house and gaue his seruauntes auctorite vnto euery one his worke and commaunded y e porter that he shulde watch Watch ye therfore for ye knowe not whā the master of y e house cōmeth whether he cōmeth in the euenynge or at mydnight or aboute the cock crowynge or in the mornynge that he come not sodenly and fynde you slepynge Loke what I saye vnto you that saye I vnto all Watch. The XIIII Chapter ANd after two dayes was Easter and the daies of swete bred And y e hye prestes scrybes sought how they might take him with disceate put him to death But they sayde Not in the feast daye lest there be an vproure in the people And when he was at Bethanye in the house of Symon the leper and sat at the table there came a woman which had a boxe of pure and costly Nardus oyntment And she brake y e boxe poured it vpō his heade Then were there some y t disdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntment might haue bene solde for more then thre hundreth pens bene geuē to y e poore And they grudged agaynst her But Iesus sayde let her be in rest Why trouble ye her She hath done a good worke vpō me Ye haue allwaye the poore with you and whā so euer ye wil ye maye do thē good but me haue ye not allwaie She hath done what she coulde she is come before to anoynte my body for my buriall Verely I saye vnto you Where so euer this gospell shal be preached in all the worlde there shal this also that she hath now done be tolde for a remembraunce of her And Iudas Iscarioth one of the twolue wente vnto the hye prestes to betraye him vnto them Whan they herde y t they were glad promysed that they wolde geue him money And he sought how he might cōueniently betraye him And vpon y e first daye of swete bred whā the Easter Iambe was offered his disciples sayde vnto him Where wilt thou y t we go and prepare y t thou mayest eate y e Easter lābe And he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go youre waye into the cite and there shal mete you a mā bearinge a pitcher with water folowe him where so euer he goeth in there saye ye to the good man of the house The Master sendeth the worde Where is the gest house wherin I maye eate the Easter lābe w t my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour which is paued prepared there make readye for vs. And y e disciples wēte forth came in to y e cite foūde it as he had sayde vnto thē And they prepared y e Easter lambe At euen he came w t the twolue And as they sat at the table ate Iesus sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you y t eateth w t me shal betraye me And they were sory sayde vnto hī one after another Is it I another sayde is it I He answered saide vnto thē One of the twolue euen y e same y t dyppeth with me in y e platter The sonne of man truly goeth forth as it is wryttē of hī But wo vnto that mā by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It were better for the same man that he had neuer bene borne And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it thē sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe thāked and gaue it thē and they all dranke therof And he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the new Testament which shal be shed for many Verely I saye vnto you that from hence forth I wil not drynke of the frute of the vyne tyll y e daye y t I drynke it new in y e kyngdome of God And whā they had sayde grace they wēte forth vnto mount Oliuete And Iesus sayde vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me for it is wrytten I wil smyte the sheperde the shepe shal be scatred abrode Neuertheles after y t I am rysen agayne I wil go before you in to Galile But Peter sayde vnto him And though all men shulde be offended yet wolde not I be offended And Iesus sayde vnto him Verely I saye vnto y e Todaye in this same night before y e cock crowe two tymes shalt thou denye me thryse But he saide yet more Yee though I shulde dye w t y e yet wil I not denie ye. So saide they all ī like maner And they came in to y e felde called Gethsemane and he saide vnto his disciples Syt ye here tyll I go yonder and praye And he toke with him Peter Iames Ihon and begāne to waxe fearefull to be in an agonye sayde vnto thē My soule is heuy euē vnto y e death tary ye here and watch And he wente forth a litle fell vpon the grounde and prayed that yf it were possyble y e houre might passe frō him and sayde Abba my father all thinges are possyble vnto the take this cuppe awaye fro me Neuertheles not what I wyl but what thou wilt And he came
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌ„nacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ„ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ„ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ„ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌ„s shal there be froÌ„ heaueÌ„ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome â—gaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes â–ª â—nd let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌ„ge all nacions And IerusaleÌ„ shal be troden downe of the Heithen â–ª vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ„ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ„ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ„ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ„ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ„ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ„ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌ„tynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌ„de before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌ„te his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌ„sented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ„ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ„ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌ„be with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to â—ate this Easter laÌ„be with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
e beholde here am I let him do with me as it pleaseth him And the kynge saide vnto Sadoc y e prest O thou Seer turne agayne to y e cite with peace and Ahimaas thy sonne with the and Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar beholde I wyl tary in the playne of the wyldernes tyll the message come from you and tell me So Sadoc and Abiathar broughte the Arke of God agayne to Ierusalem and remayned there But Dauid wente vp to mount Olyuete and wepte his heade was couered And all the people that was with him had euery man his heade couered and wente on and wepte And whan it was tolde Dauid that Achitophel was in the coÌ„federacy with Absalom he sayde LORDE turne thou Achitophels councell to foolishnes And whan Dauid came vp to the toppe of the mount where the vse was to worshippe God Chusai the Arachite met him with his cote rent and earth vpon his heade And Dauid sayde vnto him Yf thou go with me thou shalt be chargeable vnto me but yf thou goest agayne in to the cite and sayest vnto Absalom I am thy seruaunt O kynge euen as I was thy fathers seruaunt so wyll I now be thy seruaunt Then shalt thou brynge Achitophels councell to naughte So is Sadoc and Abiathar y e prestes with the and all that thou hearest out of the kynges house tell it vnto Sadoc and Abiathar the prestes Beholde their two sonnes are with theÌ„ Ahâ—maas the sonne of Sadoc and Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar by them mayest thou sende me worde what thou hearest So Chusai Dauids frende came in to the cite And Absalom came to Ierusalem The XVI Chapter ANd whan Dauid was gone a lytle by from the toppe of the mount beholde Siba the seruauÌ„t of Mephiboseth met him with a couple of asses sadled wheron were two hundreth loaues of bred and an hundreth quantities of rasyns and an huÌ„dreth quantities of fygges and a bottell of wyne Then sayde the kynge vnto Siba What wilt thou do herewith Siba sayde The asses shal be for the kynges housholde to ryde vpon and the loaues and fygges for the yonge men to eate and the wyne shall be for them to drynke whan they are weery in the wyldernes The kynge sayde Where is thy lordes sonne Siba sayde vnto the kynge Beholde he abyde that IerusaleÌ„ for he saide To daye shal y e house of Israel restore my fathers kiÌ„gdome vnto me The kynge saide vnto Siba Beholde all that Mephiboseth hath shal be thine Siba sayde with reuerence Let me finde grace in thy sight my lorde O kynge But whan kynge Dauid came to Bahurim beholde there wente out a man of the kynred of the house of Saul whose name was Semei the sonne of Gera which wente forth and cursed and caststones at Dauid and at all kynge Dauids seruauntes and all the people and all the mightie men men were at his righte hande and at his lefte Thus sayde Semei whan he cursed Get the forth get the forth thou bloudy hounde thou man of Belial The LORDE hath rewarded the for all the bloude of the house of Saul y t thou becamest kynge in his steade Now hath the LORDE geuen the kyngdome in to y e hande of Absalom thy sonne and beholde now stickest thou in thine owne myschefe for thou art a bloudy hounde But Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia sayde vnto the kynge Shall this deed dogg curse my lorde the kynge I wyl go and take the heade awaye from him The kynge saide Ye children of Zeru Ia what haue I to do w t you Let him curse on for the LORDE hath commaunded him Curse Dauid Who can saye now Why doest thou so And Dauid sayde vnto Abisai and to all his seruauntes Beholde my sonne which came of my body seketh after my lyfe how moch more now the sonne of Iemini Let him curse on for the LORDE hath commaunded him peraduenture the LORDE shall consydre my aduersyte and recompence me good for his cursynge this daye So Dauid wente on his waye with his men But Semei wente on by the mount besyde him and cursed and caststones at him threwe clottes of earth And the kynge came in and all the people that was with him weery and refreshed him selfe there But Absalom and all the people of the men of Israel came to Ierusalem and Achitophel with him Whan Chusai the Arachite Dauids frende came in to Absalom he sayde vnto Absalom God saue the kynge God saue the kynge Absalom sayde vnto Chusai Is this thy mercy vnto thy frende Why art thou not gone with thy frende Chusai sayde vnto Absalom Not so but loke whom the LORDE choseth and this people and all the men in Israel his wyl I be and byde with him Secondly whom shulde I serue Shulde I not do seruyce before his sonne Like as I haue serued in the presence of thy father so wyll I do seruyce before the also And Absalom sayde vnto Achitophel Geue vs youre councell what we shal do Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom Go lye with thy fathers concubynes whom he hath lefte to kepe the house so shall all Israel heare that thou hast made thy father to stynke and the hande of all them that are with y e shal be the bolder Then made they a tente vnto Absalom vpon the house toppe And Absalom laye with his fathers concubâ—â—â— in the sighte of all Israel At that tyme whan Achitophel 〈◊〉 councell that was euen as yf a man 〈◊〉 councell at God So were all the councels of Achitophel both with Dauid and 〈◊〉 Absalom The XVII Chapter ANd Achitophel sayde vnto Absalom I wil chose out twolue thousande 〈◊〉 and wyl get me vp and persue 〈◊〉 by nighte and fall vpoÌ„ him whan he is feble and weery When I vexe him theÌ„ so that all the people which is by him flieth I wil 〈◊〉 the kynge onely and brynge all the people vnto the agayne So whan euery man is brought vnto the as thou desyrest then shal all the people be in peace Absalom thoughâ— that good and so dyd all the Elders in Isâ—rael But Absalom sayde I praye you call Chusai the Arachite also and let vs heaâ—â— what he sayeth therto And whaÌ„ Chusai came in to Absalom Absalom saide vnto him Thus hath Achitophel spoken Saye thou now shal we do it or not Then sayde Chusai vnto Absalom It is no good councell y t Achitophel hath geuen at this tyme. And Chusai sayde morouer Thou knowest thy father well and his men that they are stronge and of a wrothfull stomack euen as a Beer that is robbed of hir yonge ones in the felde Thy father also is a man of warre and wyl not be necligeÌ„t with the people Beholde he hath now peraduenture hyd hymselfe in some caue or in some place Yf it came to passe then that it chaunced euell at the first there shulde come a rumo r and saye There is a slaughter done in the people
thou And yf thou wilt walke in my wayes so that thou kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes as Dauid thy father hath walked then wyll I geue the a longe lyfe And whan Salomon awaked beholde it was a dreame and he came to Ierusalē and stode before the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and offred burnt offerynges and health offeringes and made a greate feast vnto his seruauntes At the same tyme came there two harlottes vnto y e kynge and stode before him And the one woman sayde Oh my lorde I and this woman dwelt in one house and I was delyuered of a childe in the house with her on the thirde daye after that I was delyuered she was delyuered of a childe also And we were together so y t there was no straunger in y e house but we two this womans sonne died in the nighte for she smoored him in the slepe and she rose vp in the nighte and toke my sonne fro my syde where thy handmayde slepte and layed it in hir arme and hir deed sonne layed she in myne arme And whan I rose vp in the mornynge to geue my sonne sucke beholde he was deed But in the mornynge I loked well and beholde it was not my sonne whom I had borne The other woman sayde Not so my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed But she sayde Not so thy sonne is deed and my sonne liueth And thus spake they before the kynge And the kynge sayde This womā saieth my sonne lyueth and thy sonne is deed Yonder woman sayeth Not so thy sonne is deed my sonne lyueth And the kynge saide Fetch me a swerde And whan the swerde was brought before the kynge the kynge sayde Parte the lyuynge childe in two partes and geue this woman the one halfe and yonder woman the other halfe Then sayde the woman whose sonne lyued vnto y e kinge for hir motherly hert was kyndled with pite ouer hir sonne Oh my lorde geue hir the childe alyue and kyll it not But the other sayde Let it nether be myne ner thine but let it be parted Then answered the kynge and sayde Geue this woman the lyuynge childe and slaye it not for she is his mother And all Israel herde of this iudgment that the kynge had geuen and they feared the kynge for they sawe that y e wysdome of God was in him to kepe iudgmēt The IIII. Chapter THus was Salomon kynge ouer all Israel And these were his prynces Asaria the sonne of Sadoc the prest Elihoreph and Ahi Ia the sonnes of Sisa were prestes Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was chaunceler Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada was the chefe captayne Sadoc and Abiathar were prestes Asaria the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers Sabud the sonne of Nathan the prest was the kynges frende Ahisar was stewarde Adoniram the sonne of Abda was rent gatherer And Salomon had twolue offycers ouer all Israel which made prouysion of fode for the kynge and his house One had a moneth longe in y e yeare to make prouysion The sonne of Hur vpon mount Ephraim The sonne of Deber at Macaz and at Saalbaim at Bethsames and at Elon and Beth Hanā The sonne of Hased at Aruboth and had therto Socho and all the londe of Hepher The sonne of Abinadab all y e lordshippe at Dor had Taphat Salomōs doughter to wife Baena y e sonne of Ahilud at Thaenach at Magiddo ouer all Beth Sean which lyeth besyde Zarthana vnder Iesrael from Beth Sean vnto the playne of Mehelo tyll the other syde of Iakmeam The sonne of Geber at Ramoth in Gilead he had the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse in Gilead and had y e coastes of Argob which lyeth in Basan euen thre score greate walled cities and with brasen barres Ahinadab y e sonne of Iddo at Mahanaim Ahimaas in Nephtali and he also toke Basmath Salomons doughter to wife Baena the sonne of Husai in Asser and at Aloth Iosaphat the sonne of Paruha in Isachar Semei the sonne of Ela in Ben Iamin Geber the sonne of Vri in the londe of Gilead in the londe of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and of Og the kynge in Basan One officer was in the same londe As for Iuda and Israel they were in nombre as the sonde of the see and ate and dronke and were mery Thus was Salomō lorde ouer all the kyngdomes from the water of the londe of the Philistynes vnto the border of Egipte which broughte him giftes and serued him as longe as he lyued And Salomon had daylie to his vytayles thirtye quarters of fyne meel thre score quarters of other meel ten fat oxen and twēty small catell and an hundreth shepe beside hartes and Roes and wilde goates and fat capons and foules For he had the lordshippe of all the londe on this syde the water frō Tiphsa vnto Gasa and ouer all y e kynges on this syde y e water had peace of all his subiectes rounde aboute so that Iuda and Israel dwelt safe euery one vnder his vyne and vnder his figge tre from Dan vnto Berseba as longe as Salomon lyued And Salomō had fortye thousande cart horses and twolue thousande horsmen And the officers prouyded the kynge Salomon with vytayles and whatsoeuer belonged to the kynges table that brought euery man in his moneth and myssed not Barlye also strawe for the horses and coursers broughte them vnto the place where y e kynge was euery one after his charge And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wyszdome and vnderstondinge and a large hert as the sonde that lyeth vpon y e See shore so that the wyszdome of Salomon was greater then the wyszdome of all the children towarde the south and of all y e Egipcians And he was wyser then all men yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite Heman Chalcal and Darda the sonnes of Mahol and had a greate name amonge all the Heythē on euery syde And he spake thre thousande prouerbes his songes were a thousande fyue And he spake of trees from y e Ceder of Libanus vnto the Isope y t groweth out of y e wall he talked also of catell of foules of wormes of fiszshes And there came of all nacions to heare y e wyszdome of Salomon and there came of all the kynges of y e earth which had herde of his wyszdome The V. Chapter ANd Hiram y e kynge of Tyre sent his seruauntes vnto Salomon for he had herde y t they had anoynted him kynge in his fathers steade For Hiram loued Dauid as lōge as he lyued And Salomon sent vnto Hiram sayenge Thou knowest that my father might not buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE his God because of the warre that was aboute him vntyll the LORDE delyuered them vnder the soles of his fete But now hath the LORDE my God geuen me rest on euery syde so that there is no aduersary ner euell hynderaunce Beholde I am therfore
his sonne to aryse on the euel and on the good and sendeth his rayne on the iust and vniuste For yf ye loue them which loue you what rewarde shall ye haue Do not the Publicans euē so And yf ye be frendly to youre brethren onlye what singuler thynge do ye Do not the Publicans also lyke wyse Ye shall therfore be perfecte euen as youre father in heauē is perfecte The VI. Chapter TAke hede to youre almes that ye geue it not in the syght of men to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes for to be praysed of mē Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But whē thou doest almes let not thy lefte hande knowe what thy righte hande doth that thine almes maye be secrete and thy father which seith in secrete shall rewarde the openly And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as y e ypocrytes are For they loue to stōde and praye in the synagoges and in the corners of the stretes to be sene of men Verely I saie vnto you they haue their rewarde But when thou prayest entre in to thy chamber and shut thy dore to the praye to thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seith in secrete shall rewarde the openly And when ye praye bable not moch as y e Hethen do for they thinke that they shal be herde for their moch bablynges sake Be not ye lyke them therfore For youre father knoweth where of ye haue nede before ye axe of him After thys maner therfore shall ye praye O oure father which art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wyll be fulfilled vpon earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye oure dayly bred And forgeue vs oure dettes as we also forgeue oure detters And lede vs not in to tēptacion but delyuer vs from euell For thyne is the kyngdome and the power and the glorye for euer Amen For yf ye forgeue other men their treaspases youre heauenly father shall also forgeue you But and ye wyll not forgeue mē their trespases nomo re shall youre father forgeue you youre trespases Moreouer when ye fast be not sad as y e ypocrytes are For they disfigure their faces that they myght be sene of men to fast Verely I saye vnto you they haue their rewarde But thou whē thou fastest annoynte thyne heed and wash thy face that it appeare not vnto men that thou fastest but vnto thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seyth in secrete shal rewarde the openly Seth at ye gather you not treasure vpon the earth where rust and mothes corrupte and where theues breake through and steale But gather you treasure together in heauen where nether rust nor mothes corrupte and where theues nether breake vp nor yet steale For where youre treasure is there is youre herte also The eye is the light of the body Yf thyne eye then be syngle all thy body shal be ful of light But and yf thyne eye be wycked all thy body shal be full of darckenes Wherfore yf the light that is in the be darckenes how greate then shall that darckenes be No mā can serue two masters For ether he shall hate the one and loue the other or els he shall leane to the one and despise the other Ye can not serue God and mammon Therfore I saye vnto you be not ye carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or what ye shall drinke nor yet for youre body what ye shal put on Ys not the lyfe more worth thē meate and the body more of value then raymēt Beholde the foules of y e ayer for they sowe not nether reepe nor yet cary in to the barnes and yet youre heauēly father fedeth thē Are ye not moch better thē they Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubit vnto his stature why care ye then for rayment Considre the lylies of the felde how they growe They laboure not nether spynne And yet for all that I saye vnto you that euen Salomon in all his royalte was not arayed lyke vnto one of these Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse which is to daye in the felde and to morowe shal be cast in to the fornace shal he not moch more do the same vnto you o ye of lytle fayth Therfore take no thought sayinge what shall we eate or what shall we drinke or where with shall we be clothed After all soch thynges do the heithen seke For youre heauenly father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thynges Seke ye fyrst the kyngdome of heauen and the righteousnes therof so shal all these thynges be ministred vnto you Care not then for the morow for the morow shall care for it self Euery daye hath ynough of his owne trauayll The VII Chapter IVdge not that ye be not iudged For as ye iudge so shal ye be iudged And with what measure ye meete with the same shall it be measured to you agayne Why seist thou a moate in thy brothers eye and perceauest not the beame y t is yn thine awne eye Or why saiest thou to y e brother holde I wil plucke the moate out of thyne eye and beholde a beame is in thyne awne eye Ypocryte fyrst cast out the beame out of thyne awne eye and then shalt thou se clearly to plucke out the moate out of thy brothers eye Geue not that which is holy to dogges nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne lest they treade them vnder their fete the other turne agayne and all to rente you Axe and it shal be geuen you Seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For whosoeuer axeth receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and to hym y t knocketh it shal opened Ys there eny man amonge you which yf his sonne axed hym bred wolde offer him a stone Or yf he axed fyszhe wolde he proffer hym a serpent yf ye then which are euell can geue youre chyldren good gyftes how moche more shall youre father which is in heauen geue good thynges to them that axe hym Therfore what soeuer ye wolde that mē shulde do to you euē so do ye to them This ys the lawe and the Prophetes Enter in at the strayte gate for wyde is the gate and broade is the waye that leadeth to destruccion many there be which go in therat But strayte is the gate and narowe ys the waye which leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it Beware of false Prophetes which come to you in shepes clothinge but inwardly they are rauenynge wolues Ye shall knowe them by
syngle all thy body shal be full of light but yf thine eye be wicked then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darcknesse Yf thy body now be light so that it haue no parte of darknesse then shal it be all full of light and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge But whyle he yet spake a certayne Pharise prayed him that he wolde dyne with him And he wente in and sat him downe at the table Whan the Pharise sawe that he marueyled that he waszhed not first before dyner But the LORDE sayde vnto him Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse Ye fooles is a thinge made cleane within because the outsyde is clensed Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane vnto you But wo vnto you Pharises ye that tythe mynt and rewe and all maner herbes and passe ouer iudgmēt and y e loue of God These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other vndone Wo vnto you Pharises for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges and to be saluted in the market Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses ye ypocrites for ye are like couered sepulcres where ouer men walke and are not awarre of them Then answered one of the scrybes and sayde vnto him Master with these wordes thou puttest vs to rebuke also But he saide And wo vnto you also ye scrybes for ye lade men with vntollerable burthens and ye youre selues touch them not with one of yo fyngers Wo vnto you for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes but youre fathers put them to death Doutles ye beare wytnesse and consente vnto the dedes of yo fathers for they slewe them and ye buylde their sepulcres Therfore sayde the wyszdome of God I wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto thē and some of them shal they put to death and persecute that the bloude of all the prophetes which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of the worlde was layed maye be requyred of this generacion from the bloude of Abell vnto y e bloude of Zachary which perished betwene the altare and y e temple Yee I saye vnto you it shal be requyred of this generacion Wo vnto you scrybes for ye haue receaued y e keye of knowlege Ye are not come in youre selues and haue forbydden them that wolde haue bene in Whan he spake thus vnto them the scrybes and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon him and to stoppe his mouth with many questions and layed wayte for him and sought to hunte out some thinge out of his mouth that they might accuse him The XII Chapter THere were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people in so moch that they trode one another Then beganne he and sayde first vnto his disciples Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises which is ypocrisye But there is nothinge hyd that shal not be discouered nether secrete that shal not be knowne Therfore what soeuer ye haue spokē in darknesse that same shal be herde in light and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chābers shal be preached vpon the house toppes But I saye vnto you my frendes Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body and after that haue no more that they can do But I wil shewe you whom ye shal feare Feare him which after he hath kylled hath power also to cast in to hell Yee I saye vnto you Feare him Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges Yet is not one of them forgotten before God The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred euery one Feare not therfore for ye are better then many sparowes I saye vnto you Who so euer knowlegeth me before men him shal the sonne of mā also knowlege before the angels of God But he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the angels of God And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen him But who so blasphemeth the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him Whan they brynge you in to their synagoges and to the rulers officers take ye no thought how or what ye shal answere or what ye shal speake for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre what ye ought to saye But one of the people sayde vnto him Master byd my brother deuyde the enheritaunce with me Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Man who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you And he sayde vnto them Take hede and bewarre of couetousnesse for no man lyueth therof that he hath abundaunce of goodes And he tolde them a symilitude and sayde There was a riche man whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously and he thought in himself and sayde What shal I do I haue nothinge wher into gather my frutes And he sayde This wil I do I wil breake downe my barnes buylde greater and therin wil I gather all myne increace my goodes wil saye vnto my soule Soule thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares take now thine ease eate drinke and be mery But God sayde vnto him Thou foole this night shal they requyre thy soule from the and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared Thus goeth it with him y t gathereth treasure for himself and is not riche in God But he sayde vnto his disciples Therfore I saye vnto you Take ye no thought for youre life what ye shal eate nether for youre body what ye shal put on The life is more then meate and the body more then raymēt Consydre the rauens they nether sowe ner reape they haue also nether stoarehouse ner barne and yet God fedeth them But how moch better are ye then the foules Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least why take ye thought for the other Considre the lilies vpō the felde how they growe they laboure not they spynne not But I saye vnto you that euen Salomen in all his royalte was not clothed like one of these Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse y t is to daye in y e felde and tomorow shal be cast into the fornace how moch more shal he clothe you o ye of litle faith Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate or what ye shal drynke and clymme not vp an hye The Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch thinges But seke ye the kyngdome of God and all these shal be mynistred vnto you Feare not thou litle flocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome Sell that ye haue and geue almesse Make you bagges which waxe not olde euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen
in the remembraunce of me Likewyse also the cuppe after they had supped and sayde This cuppe is the new TestameÌ„t in my bloude which shal be shed for you But lo the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth as it is appoynted But wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to axe amonge them selues which of them it shulde be that shulde do that There rose a strife also amoÌ„ge theÌ„ which of them shulde be takeÌ„ for the greatest But he sayde vnto them The kynges of y e worlde haue domynion ouer y e people and they that beare rule ouer theÌ„ are called gracious lordes But ye shal not be so But the greatest amonge you shal be as the yongest and the chefest as a seruaunt For which is the greatest he that sytteth at the table or he that serueth Is not he that sytteth at the table But I am amoÌ„ge you as a mynister As for you ye are they that haue byddeÌ„ w t me in my temptacions And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you euen as my father hath appoynted me that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and syt vpon seates and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel But the LORDE sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desyred after you that he might siffte you euen as wheate but I haue prayed for y e that thy faith fayle not And whan thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren But he sayde vnto him LORDE I am ready to go with the in to preson and in to death Neuertheles he sayde Peter I saye vnto the The cock shal not crowe this daye tyll thou haue thryse denyed y t thou knewest me And he sayde vnto them Whan I sent you without wallet without scryppe and without shues lacked ye eny thinge They sayde No. Then sayde he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewyse also the scryppe But he that hath not let him sell his coate bye a swerde For I saye vnto you It must yet be fulfilled on me that is wrytteÌ„ He was counted amonge the euell doers For loke what is wrytten of me it hath an ende But they sayde LORDE Beholde here are two swerdes He sayde vnto theÌ„ It is ynough And he wente out as he was wonte vnto mouÌ„t Oliuete But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place And whan he came thither he sayde vnto theÌ„ Praye that ye fall not in to teÌ„ptacion And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast and kneled downe prayed sayde Father yf thou wilt take awaye this cuppe fro me Neuerthelesse not my wyll but thyne be fulfylled And there appeared vnto him an angell froÌ„ heauen and conforted him And it came so that he wrestled with death and prayed the longer And his sweate was like droppes of â—loude runnynge downe to the grounde And he rose vp froÌ„ prayer and came to his disciples and founde them slepinge for heuynesse and sayde vnto them What slepe ye ryse vp and praye that ye fall not in to tentacion But whyle he yet spake beholde the multitude and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them and he came nye vnto Iesus to kysse him But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of maÌ„ with a kysse Whan they that were aboute him sawe what wolde folowe they sayde vnto him LORDE shal we smyte with the swerde And one of theÌ„ stroke a seruauÌ„t of y e hye prestes smote of his eare But Iesus answered and sayde Suffre theÌ„ thus farre forth And he touched his eare healed him But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple and to the Elders that were come vnto him Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes with staues I was daylie with you in the temple and ye layed no handes vpon me But this is youre houre and the power of darknesse Neuerthelesse they toke him and led him and brought him in to the hye prestes house As for Peter he folowed hiÌ„ a farre of Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace and sat them downe together And Peter sat him downe amonge them Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light and behelde him well and sayde vnto him This same was also with him But he denyed him and sayde WomaÌ„ I knowe him not And after a litle whyle another sawe him and sayde Thou art one of them also But Peter sayde Man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affirmed sayde Verely this was with him also for he is a Galilean But Peter saide MaÌ„ I wote not what thou sayest And immediatly whyle he yet spake y e cock crewe And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpoÌ„ Peter And Peter remembred the wordes of y e LORDE how he sayde vnto him Before the cock crowe thou shalt denye me thryse And Peter wente out and wepte bytterly The men that helde Iesus mocked him and stroke him blyndfolded him and smote him on the face and axed him and sayde Prophecie who is it that smote the And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hiÌ„ And whan it was daye there gathered together the Elders of the people the hye prestes and scrybes and led him vp before their councell and sayde Art thou Christ Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them Yf I tell you ye wyl not beleue But yf I axe you ye wyl not answers me nether wyl ye let me go From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right haÌ„de of the power of God Then sayde they all Art thou then y e sonne of God He sayde vnto them Ye saye it for I am They sayde What nede we anye farther wytnesse We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth The XXIII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of theÌ„ arose and led him vnto Pilate and begaÌ„ne to accuse him and sayde We haue founde this felowe peruertinge the people and forbyddinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure and sayeth that he is Christ a kynge But Pilate axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered him and sayde Thou sayest it Pilate sayde vnto y e hye prestes and to the people I fynde no cause in this man But they were the more fearce and sayde He hath moued the people in that he hath taught here there in all the londe of Iewry and hath begonne at Galile vnto this place Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile he axed whether he were of Galile And whan he perceaued that he was vnder He rodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at IerusaleÌ„ in those dayes When Herode sawe Iesus he was exceadinge glad for he had longe bene desyrous to se him because he had herde moch of him