they shulde do acordynge to this worde and they swore And Eszdras stode vp before the house of God and wente in to the chamber of Iohanan the sonne of Eliasab And whan he came thither he ate no bred and dranke no water for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had bene in captiuyte And they caused a proclamacion be made thorow out Iuda and Ierusalem vnto all the children which had bene in captiuite y t they shulde gather them selues together vnto Ierusalē And that who soeuer came not within thre dayes acordinge to the deuyce of the rulers and Elders all his substaunce shulde be forfett and he put out from the cōgregacion of the captiue Then all the men of Iuda and Ben Iamin gathered them selues together vnto Ierusalem in thre dayes y t is on the twentieth daye of the nyenth moneth and all the people sat in the strete before the house of God and trembled because of the matter and for the rayne And Eszdras y e prest stode vp and sayde vnto them Ye haue transgressed y t ye haue taken straunge wyues to make the trespace of Israel yet more confesse now therfore vnto y e LORDE God of youre fathers do his pleasure and separate youre selues from the people of the londe from y e straunge wyues Thē answered all the cōgregacion sayde with loude voyce Let it be done as thou hast sayde But the people are many it is a raynye wether they cānot stōde here without nether is this a worke of one daye or two for we are many y t haue offended in this transgression Let vs appoynte oure rulers therfore in all the congregacion y t all they which haue taken straunge wyues in oure cities maye come at the tyme appoynted and the Elders of euery cite and their Iudges with them tyll the wrath of oure God because of this matter be turned awaye from vs. Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asahel Iehasia the sonne of Thecua ouer this matter And Mesullam and Sabthai the Leuites helped them And the children of the captiuyte dyd euen so And Eszdras the prest and y e awncient fathers thorow the house of their fathers and all that were now rehearsed by name separated thē selues and sat them downe on the first daye of the tenth moneth to examē this matter And on y e first daye of y e first moneth broughte they the matter to a conclusion concernynge all the men y t had takē straunge wyues And amōge the childrē of the prestes there were men founde y t had takē straunge wyues namely amōge the children of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec of his brethrē Maeseia Elieser Iarib and Godolia And they gaue their hādes there vpon that they wolde put awaye their wyues for their trespace offerynge to geue a rāme for their trespace Amōge the children of Immer Hanani Sabadia Amonge the childrē of Harim Maeseia Elia Semaia Iehiel and Vsia Amonge y e children of Pashur Elioenai Maeseia Ismael Nethaneel Iosabad Eleasa Amonge the Leuites Iosabad Simei and Celaia He is that Celita Pethahia Iuda Eleasar Amonge the syngers Elyasib Amonge the porters Sallum Telem and Vri. Of Israel Amonge the children of Pareos Ramia Iesia Malchia Meiamin Eleasar Malchia Benaia Amonge y e children of Elam Mathania Zachary Iehiel Abdy Ieremoth Elia. Amonge the children of Sathu Elioenai Eliasib Mathania Ieremoth Sabad Asisa Amonge the children of Bebai Iohanan Hanania Sabai Athlai Amonge the children of Bani Mesullam Malluch Adaia Iasub Seal and Ieremoth Amonge the children of Pahath Moab Adna Chelal Benaia Maesea Mathania Bezaleel Benui and Manasse Amonge the children of Harim Elieser Iesia Malchia Semaia Simeon Bē Iamin Malluch Samaria Amonge the childrē of Hasum Mathnai Mathatha Sabad Eliphelet Ieremai Manasse Simei Amōge the childrē of Bani Maedai Amram Huel Benaia Bedia Chelui Naia Meremoth Eliasib Mathania Mathnai Iaesau Bani Benui Simei Selemia Nathan Adaia Machnadbai Sasai Sarai Afareel Selemia Samaria Sallum Amaria Ioseph Amonge the childrē of Nebo Ieiel Mathithia Sabad Sebina Iaddai Ioel and Benaia All these had taken straunge wyues And amonge the same wyues there were some that had borne children The ende of the first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Esdras otherwyse called the boke of Nehemias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Nehemias mourneth for the captiuyte of the people Chap. II. Nehemias optayneth licence of the kynge Artaxerses otherwyse called Arthasastha to go vnto Ierusalem Chap. III. Of buyldinge the cite Chap. IIII. The officers go aboute to hynder the buyldinge The Iewes watch prepayre thē selues to buylde and to fighte Chap. V. Nehemias reproueth vsury Chap. VI. The officers go aboute to kyll Nehemias Chap. VII The nombre of them that departe from Babilon Chap. VIII In the feast of the Tabernacles readeth Eszdras the boke of the lawe Chap. IX The lawe is red before the people which are exhorted vnto godlynesse Chap. X. They renue the couenaunt with the LORDE and seale it Chap. XI How the people are sundered out some to dwell at Ierusalem and some in the cities without Chap. XII The names of the prestes and Leuites that wente vp with Zorobabel Of the dedicacion of the wall at Ierusalem Chap. XIII They separate the straungers from amonge the people of God The porcion of the Leuites is appoynted and the Sabbath renued The first Chapter THese are the actes of Nehemias the sonne of Hachalia It fortuned in y e moneth Chisleu in y e twētieth yeare that I was in the castell at Susan and Hanani one of my brethren came with certayne mē of Iuda and I axed them how the Iewes dyd that were delyuered and escaped from the captiuyte how it wente at Ierusalē And they sayde vnto me The remnaunt of the captiuyte are there in the londe in greate mysfortune rebuke The walles of Ierusalem are broken downe and the portes therof are brent with fyre Whā I herde these wordes I sat me downe wepte mourned two dayes fasted prayed before the God of heauen sayde O LORDE God of heauen thou greate terrible God thou y t kepest couenaunt mercy for them y t loue the obserue thy cōmaundementes let y e eares marke let thine eies be open y t thou mayest heare the prayer of y e seruaunt ▪ which I praye now before y e daye and nighte for the children of Israel thy seruauntes knowlege the synnes of the children of Israel which we haue commytted agaynst the. And I my fathers house haue synned also We haue bene corrupte vnto the in y t we haue not kepte the cōmaundementes statutes lawes which thou cōmaundedst y e seruaunt Moses Yet call to remembraunce y e worde that thou cōmaundedst thy seruaunt Moses and saydest Yf ye trāsgresse then wil I scater you abrode amonge the naciōs But yf ye turne vnto me and kepe my
thou make it of fyne floure with oyle And the meat offerynge that thou wilt make of soch thinges for the LORDE shalt thou brynge vnto y e prest which shal brynge it vnto the altare shal Heue vp the same meat offerynge for a remēbraunce and burne it vpon the altare This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shall be the most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE All the meat offerynges that ye wil offre vnto the LORDE shal ye make without leuē For there shal no leuē nor hony be burnt for an offerynge vnto the LORDE But for the offerynge of the firstlinges shal ye offer thē vnto the LORDE Neuertheles they shal come vpon no altare for a swete sauoure All thy meat offerynges shalt thou salt And thy meat offerynge shal neuer be with out y e salt of the couenaunt of thy God for in all thy offerynges shalt thou offre salt But yf thou wilt offre a meat offerynge of the first frutes vnto y e LORDE then shalt thou drye that which is grene by the fyre beate it small and so offre the meat offerynge of thy first frutes And thou shalt put oyle vpon it and laye frankēcense theron so is it a meat offerynge And then shall the prest beate it and burne of the oyle with all the frankēcense for a remembraunce This is an offerynge vnto the LORDE The III. Chapter BVt yf his offerynge be a deed offeringe of greate catell whether it be oxe or cowe then shal he offre soch as is without blemysh before the LORDE shal laie his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prestes Aarons sonnes shall sprenkle the bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and shal offre of y e dead offerynge vnto the LORDE namely all the fat that is within and the two kydneyes with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes and the nett on the leuer vpō the kydneyes also And Aarons sonnes shal burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offerynge euen vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf his dead offerynge be of small catell whether it be male or female it shal be with out blemish Yf it be a lambe then shall he brynge it before the LORDE shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and sleye it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and so offre of the dead-offerynge vnto the LORDE namely the fa◠of it all the rompe with the backe and the fat that couereth the bowels with all y e fat that is within and the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the nett on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for y e meate of the offerynge vnto y e LORDE But yf his offeringe be a goate and bringeth it before the LORDE he shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprēkle the bloude rounde aboute vpō the altare shal offer therof a sacrifice vnto the LORDE namely the fat y t couereth the bowels and all the fat y t is within the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys And the prest shal burne it vpō the altare for the meate of the sacrifice to a swete sauoure All the fatt is the LORDES Let this be a perpetuall lawe amonge yo r posterities in all youre dwellynges that ye eate no fatt ner bloude The IIII. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake vnto the childrē of Israel and saye Whan a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce in any commaundemēt of the LORDE which he ought not to do As namely yf a prest which is anoynted synne that he make the people do amysse he shall brynge for y e synne that he hath done a yonge bullocke without blemysh vnto the LORDE for a syn offerynge And the bullocke shal he brynge to the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE laie his hāde vpō his heade kyll him before y e LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal take of his bloude brynge it in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And he shall dyppe his fynger in to the bloude sprenkle therwith seuē tymes before the LORDE towarde the vayle of y e Holy And he shal put of the same bloude vpon the hornes of the altare of incense y t stondeth before y e LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all the bloude of the bullocke shal he poure vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offeringes y t stondeth at the entringe in of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And all the fat of the syn offerynge shal he Heue vp namely the fat y t couereth the bowels all the fat y t is within y e two kydneys with the fatt that is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also like as he Heueth it from the oxe in the dead offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges But the skynne of the bullocke and all the flesh with the heade legges the bowels and the donge shal he cary alltogether out of the hoost in to a cleane place where y e aszshes are poured out shal burne it vpon wodd with fyre Whan the whole cōgregacion of Israel synneth thorow ignoraūce the dede be hyd from their eyes so y t they do ought agaynst eny of the cōmaundementes of the LORDE which they shulde not do come afterwarde to the knowlege of the synne that they haue done they shal bringe ◠yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and set him before y e dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Elders of the congregacion shall laye their handes vpon his heade before the LORDE kyll y e bullocke before the LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal brynge of y e bullockes bloude in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse dyppe ther in with his fynger and sprenkle ther with seuen tymes before the LORDE euē before the vayle of the Holy And shall put of the bloude vpon the hornes of the altare y t stondeth before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all y e other bloude shal he poure vpō the botome of y e altare of burnt-offerynges y t stondeth before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse But all his fatt shal he Heue vp burne it vpō the altare shal do with this bullocke as he dyd with y e bullocke of the syn offeringe Thus the prest shal make an attonement for them it shall be forgeuen them And the bullocke shall he
brynge without the hoost and burne him as he brent y e first bullocke This shal be y e synofferynge of the congregacion Whan a prynce synneth doth agaynst the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE his God y t he ought not to do offendeth ignorauntly commeth to the knowlege of his synne y t he hath done he shal bringe for his offeringe an he goate without blemysh laye his hande vpoÌ„ the goates heade slaye him in y e place where y e burnt offeringes are slayne before y e LORDE TheÌ„ shal y e prest take of y e bloude of y e syn offeringe w t his fynger and put it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges poure the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offerynges But all the fat of it shal he burne vpoÌ„ the altare like as the fat of the health offerynge And so the prest shal make an attonement for his synne and it shal be forgeuen him WhaÌ„ a soule of y e comon people synneth ignorauntly doinge eny thinge agaynst the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE y t he ought not to do so offendeth coÌ„meth to y e knowlege of the synne y t he hath done he shal bringe for his offerynge a she goate without blemysh for the synne y t he hath done and shal laye his hande vpon the heade of the synofferynge slaye it in the place of the burnt-offerynges And the prest shall take of the bloude w t his fynger put it vpon the hornes of y e altare of burnt offerynges poure all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare But all the fat of it shal he take awaye like as he taketh awaye the fat of the dead-offerynge and shal burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And so shal the prest make an attonemeÌ„t for him and it shal be forgeuen him But yf he brynge a lambe for a syn offerynge then let him brynge a female without blemysh and laye his hande vpon the heade of the syn offerynge kyll it for a syn offerynge in the place where the burnt offerynges are slayne And the prest shal take of y e bloude w t his fynger put it vpon the hornes of the altare of burnt offerynges poure all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare But all y e fatt therof shall he take froÌ„ it like as he dyd the fat of the lambe of the health offerynge shal burne it vpon y e altare for the LORDES sacrifice And so y e prest shal make an attonement for the synne that he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him The V. Chapter WHan a soule synneth y t he heare a oursynge and is wytnesse therof or hath sene it or knowne it telleth it not he is giltie of a trespace Or whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thiÌ„ge whether it be y e carion of an vncleane beast or catell or worme was not awarre of it he is vncleane and hath offended Or whan he toucheth an vncleane man what vnclennesse so euer a man is defyled withall was not awarre of it afterwarde coÌ„meth to y e knowlege therof y e same hath offended Or whan a soule sweareth so y t he pronounceth w t his mouth to do euell or good what so euer it be that a man pronounceth w t an ooth was not awarre of it afterwarde coÌ„meth to the knowlege therof he hath offended in one of these Now whan it so is y t he hath offended in one of these is enfourmed therof what he hath synned he shal bringe vnto y e LORDE for his trespace of this his synne y t he hath done a female from the flocke either a yewe or a she goate for a syn offerynge so shal the prest make an attonement for him concernynge his synne But yf he be not able to brynge a shepe then let him brynge vnto y e LORDE for his offence that he hath done two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons one for a syn offerynge the other for a burnt offerynge and brynge them to the prest Which shall make the first a syn offerynge and fyrst wringe the neck of it so that he plucke it not cleane of and sprenkle with the bloude vpoÌ„ the sydes of the altare and let the resydue of the bloude blede out vpon the botome of the altare This is the syn offerynge As for the other he shal make it a burnt offerynge after the maner therof And thus shall the prest make an attonement for him concernynge the synne that he hath done it shal be forgeuen him But yf he be not able to brynge two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons then let him brynge his offerynge for his synne a tenth deale of an Epha of fyne floure for a syn offerynge But he shall put no oyle theron ner laye frankeÌ„cense vpon it for it is a syn offerynge And he shal brynge it vnto the prest y e prest shal take his haÌ„d full of it for a remembraunce and burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a syn offeringe And so shal the prest make an attoment for him concernynge his synne that he hath done it shal be forgeuen him And the remnaunt shall be the prestes like a meat offerynge And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Yf a soule trespace so y t thorow ignorauÌ„ce he offendeth in any thinge y t is halowed vnto the LORDE he shal brynge his trespace offeringe vnto the LORDE euen a ramme from y e flocke without blemysh worth two Sycles of syluer after the Sycle of the Sanctuary for a trespace offerynge and loke what he hath offended in the halowed thinge he shall make restitucion geue the fifth parte more therto And he shal delyuer it vnto y e prest which shall make an attonement for him w t the ramme of the trespace offeringe it shal be forgeuen him Whan a soule synneth and doth ought agaynst eny coÌ„maundement of the LORDE y t he shulde not do is infourmed therof he hath trespased is giltie of the synne And he shall brynge from the flocke a ramme w t out blemysh that is worth a trespace offeringe vnto the prest which shal make an attonement for him concernynge his ignoraunce which he dyd and was not awarre and it shal be forgeuen him This is the trespace-offerynge because he trespaced agaynst the LORDE And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Whan a soule synneth trespaceth agaynst the LORDE so that he denyeth vnto his neghboure that which he gaue him to kepe or that was put vnder his hande or that he hath violently taken awaye or gotten vnrighteously or founde that was lost and denyeth it with a false â—oth what so euer it be wherin a man synneth agaynst his neghboure Now whan it commeth so to passe that he synneth after this maner trespaceth he shal restore agayne that he toke
God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌ„te wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâ—ied sodeÌ„ly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ„ sorowe as vpoÌ„ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌ„de is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌ„t Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌ„tes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ— hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ„ the wickednesse of my heles coÌ„paseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌ„ge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ„ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌ„tinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ„ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌ„pared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌ„meth like vnto theÌ„ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâ—â—nynge by tymes their streÌ„gth shal consumâ— hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ— glory of his hense increased For he 〈◊〉 cary nothingâ— awaye w t him when he dyeâ— nether shal his pompe folowe him 〈◊〉 he lyueth he is counted an happie 〈◊〉 so loÌ„ge as he is in prosperite meÌ„ speake good of him But wheÌ„ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌ„dinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ„ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion â—peareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoâ—â— him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâ—e and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in â—y sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell â—he for y e whole worlde is myne and all that â—herin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate â—he flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâ—es Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most â—yest And call vpoÌ„ me in the tyme of trouâ—le so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâ—e me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâ—est my couenaunt in thy mouth Where â—s thou hatest to be refourmed and castest â—y wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a â—hefe thou runnest with him and art partaâ—er with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâ—outh speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâ—aynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine â—wne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâ—e I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâ—eÌ„ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this 〈◊〉 that forget God lest I plucke you awaie 〈◊〉 there be none to delyuer you Who so â—â—reth me thaÌ„kes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth â–ª and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
reserued vnto fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and damnacion of vngodlymen Dearly beloued be not ignoraunt of this one thinge how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes as some mē counte slacknesse but is paciēt to vs warde and wyl not that eny mā shulde be lost but that euery man shulde amende himselfe Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a these in the night in the which daye the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse and the Elementes shal melte with heate and the earth and y e workes that are therin shal burne Yf all these thinges shal perishe what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy cōuersacion and godlynes lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre and the elementes shal melt with heate Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth acordynge to his promes wherin dwelleth righteousnes Wherfore dearly beloued seynge that ye loke for soch thinges be diligent y t ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled and counte the long sufferynge of oure LORDE youre saluacion Euen as oure dearly beloued brother Paul acordinge to the wyszdome geuē vnto him wrote vnto you yee speakinge ther of allmost in all Epistles wherin are many thinges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlerned and vnstable peruerte as they do the other scriptures also to their awne dānacion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye knowe it before hande bewarre lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of y e wicked and fall from yo r owne sted fastnes But growe in grace and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer Amen The first Epistle of the Apostle and Euangelist S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from synne No man is without synne Chap. II. Christ is oure aduocate Of true loue and how it is tryed Chap. III. The synguler loue of God to warde vs and how we agayne oughte to loue one another Chap. IIII. Difference of spretes and how the sprete of God maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours Chap. V. To loue God is to kepe his commaundemētes Faith ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastinge life is in the sonne of God ▪ Of the synne vnto death The first Chapter THat which was from y e begynnynge which we haue herde which we haue sene with o r eyes which we haue loked vpon and o r handes haue handled of the worde of life and the life hath appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you y e life that is euerlastinge which was with the father and hath apeared vnto vs. That which we haue sene herde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you that youre ioye maye be full And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him declare vnto you that ▪ God is lighte and in him is no darknes at all Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the trueth But yf we walke in lighte euen as he is in lighte then haue we fellishippe together and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne Yf we saye that we haue no synne we disceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. But yf we knowlege oure synnes he is faith full and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The II. Chapter MY litle children these thinges wryte I vnto you that ye shulde not synne and yf eny man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes not for oure synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde And hereby are we sure that we knowe him yf we kepe his cōmaundemētes He that sayeth I knowe him and kepeth not his cōmaundemētes is a lyar and the trueth is not in him But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede Hereby knowe we that we are in him He y t sayeth he abydeth in him oughte to walke euen as he walked Brethren I wryte no new commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundement which ye haue herde from the begynnynge The olde cōmaundement is the worde which ye haue herde from the begynnynge Agayne a new cōmaundemēt wryte I vnto you a thinge that is true in him also in you for the darknesse is past and the true lighte now shyneth He that sayeth he is in lighte and hateth his brother is yet in darknesse He y t loueth his brother abydeth in the lighte and there is none occasion of euell in him But he y t hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes and can not tell whither he goeth for y e darknes hath blynded his eyes Babes I wryte vnto you that yo r synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is from y e begynnynge I wryte vnto you yonge mē how that ye haue euercome the wicked I wryte vnto you litle children how that ye haue knowne the father I haue wrytten vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is frō the begynnynge I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men how that ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouer come that wicked Se that ye loue not the worlde nether y e thinges that are in the worlde Yf eny man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde namely the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pryde of life is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Litle children it is the last houre and as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come euen now are there many become Antechristes allready wherby we knowe that it is y e last houre They wente out frō vs but they were not of vs for yf they had bene of vs they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But * that they maye be knowne 〈◊〉 that they are not all of vs. But ye haue the anoyntinge of 〈…〉 holy ye knowe all thīges
yo siluer are cancred the rust of them shal be a witnes vnto you shal eate youre fleszhe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yo last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of thē which haue reped are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes Ye haue noryszhed youre hertes as in adaye of slaughter Ye haue cōdempned and haue killed the iust and he hath not resisted you Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the cōmynge of the LORDE Beholde the huszbāde man wayteth for the precious frute of y e earth and hath longe pacience there vpon vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye Grodge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the LORDE Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue hearde of y e paciēce of Iob and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull But aboue all thinges my brethrē sweare not nether by heauē nether by earth nether by eny other othe Let youre ye be ye and yo naye naye lest ye faule in to ypocricy Yf eny of you be euell vexed let hī praye Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes Yf eny be deseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacion let thē praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the LORDE and y e prayer of faith shal saue the sicke and the LORDE shal rayse him vp and yf he haue cōmitted synnes they shal be forgeuen him Knowlege youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye maye be healed The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche yf it be feruēt Helias was a mā mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes And he prayed agayne and y e heauē gaue rayne y e earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf eny of you erre frō the trueth and another conuert him let y e same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye shal saue a soule frō death and shal hyde the multitude of synnes The ende of the epistle of S. Iames. The Epistle of S. Iude. The summe of this epistle He rebuketh soch as beynge blynded with their owne lustes resist the trueth that we maye knowe them the better he sayeth they be soch as synne beastly agaynst nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edifie one another to praye in the holy goost to continue in loue to loke for the cōmynge of the LORDE and one to helpe another out of the fyre IVdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother off Iames. To thē which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesu Christ. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geuē vnto the sayntes For there are certayne craftely crept in of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantānes and denye God the onely LORDE and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraūce for as moche as ye once knowe this how that y e LORDE after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte their awne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities aboute them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleszhe are set forth for an ensample and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre Lykewyse these dremers defyle the fleszhe despyse rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuell disputed aboute the body of Moses durst not geue raylinge sentence but sayde the LORDE rebuke the. But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not and what thinges they knowe naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte them selues Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the waye of Cain and are vtterly geuē to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake and peryszhe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder without feare fedynge thē selues Cloudes they are withouten water caried about of wyndes and trees without frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fominge out their awne shame They are wandrynge starres to whō is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophecied before of suche saienge Beholde the LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes to geue iudgemēt agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge thē of all their vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst him These are murmurers complaners walkynge after their awne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue mē in greate reuerence because of avauntage But ye beloued remēber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ how that they tolde you y t their shulde be begylers in the last tyme which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes These are makers off sectes fleshlie hauynge no sprete But ye derlye beloued edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith prayenge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnto eternall life And haue cōpassion on some separatinge thē and other saue with feare pullinge them out of the fyre and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe Vnto him that is able to kepe you that ye faule not and to present you fautlesse before y e presence of his glory with ioye y t is to saye to God oure saueoure which only is wyse be glory maiestie dominion power now and for euer Amen The Apocalips or reuelacion of S. Ihon. The summe of the Reuelacion Chap. I. Happie are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He
many a man and tangled their wyttes in vanite Now he that loueth parell shal perâ—sh therin An harde herte shall fayre euell at y e last an hert that goeth two wayes shal not prospere he that is frowarde of hert wyll euer be the worse and worse A wicked hert shall be ladeÌ„ w t sorowes and y e vngodly sinner wyll heape one synne vpon another The councell of the proude hath no health for y e plante of synne shal be roted out in theÌ„ The hert of hâ—m y t hath vnderstandinge shal perceaue hye thinges and a good eare wil gladly herken vnto wyszdome An hert that is wyse hath vnderstaÌ„dinge wyl abstayne from synnes and increase in the workes of righteousnes Water quencheth burnynge fyre mercy reconcyleth synnes God hath respecte vnto him y t is thankfull he thinketh vpon him agaynst the tyme to come so that whan he falleth he shal fynde a stronge holde The IIII. Chapter MY sonne defraude not the poore of his almes and turne not awaye thine eyes from him that hath nede Despise not an hongrie soule and defye not the poore in his necessite greue not the hert of him that is helplesse and withdrawe not the gift from y e nedefull Refuse not the prayer of one that is in trouble and turne not awaye thy face from the nedy Cast not thine eyes asyde froÌ„ y e poore y t thou geue him not occasion to speake euell of the. For yf he complayne of y t in the bytternes of his soule his prayer shal be herde eueÌ„ he y t made him shal heare him Be curteous vnto y e company of the poore humble thy soule vnto the elder bowe downe y e heade to a man of worshipe Let it not greue the to bowe downe thine eare vnto the poore but paye thy dett and geue him a frendly answere and y t w t mekenesse Delyuer him y t suffreth wroÌ„ge froÌ„ y e haÌ„de of y e oppresso r be not faint harted whaÌ„ thou sittest in iudgmeÌ„t Be merciful vnto y e fatherles as a father be in steade of an huszbaÌ„de vnto their mother so shalt thou be as an obedieÌ„t sonne of y e Hyest and he shal loue the more theÌ„ y i mother doth Wiszdome bretheth life in to hir children receaueth theÌ„ y t seke her wyll go before theÌ„ in y e waye of righteousnes He y t loueth her loueth life they y t seke her diligeÌ„tly shal haue greate ioye They y t kepe her shal haue the heretage of life for where she entreth in there is the blessinge of God They that honoure her shal be y e seruauntes of the holy one and they that loue her are beloued of God Who so geueth eare vnto her shal iudge the HeitheÌ„ and he that hath respecte vnto her shall dwell safely He that beleueth her shal haue her in possessâ—on and his generacion shal endure for whan he falleth she shal go with him before all â—eare drede and tentacion shal she bringe vpon him and trye him in hir doctrine tyll she haue so proued him in his thoughtes that he committe his soule vnto her TheÌ„ shal she stablish him bringe the right waye vnto him make hiÌ„ a glad maÌ„ shewe him hir secretes and heape vpon him the treasures of knowlege vnderstondinge and righteousnes But yf he go wronge she shall forsake him and geue him ouer in to the handes of his enemie My sonne make moch of the tyme eschue the thinge y t is euell and for y e life shame not to saye y e trueth For there is a shame y t bringeth synne and there is a shame that bringeth worshipe and fauor. Accepte no person after thine owne will that thou be not confounded to thine owne decaye Be not ashamed of y e neghbo r in his aduersite kepe not back y e councell whaÌ„ it maye do good nether hyde y e wyszdome in hir beuty For in the toÌ„ge is wyszdome knowne so is vnderstandinge knowlege and lernynge in the talkinge of the wyse stedfastnesse in y e workes of righteousnes In no wise speake agaynst the worde of treuth but be ashamed of the lyes of thine owne ignoraunce Shame not to confesse thine erroure and submitte not thyself vnto euery man because of synne Withstande not y e face of the mightie and stryue not agaynst the streame But for the trueth stryue thou vnto death and God shal fight for the agaynst thine enemies Be not haystie in thy tonge nether slack and negligent in thy workes Be not as a lyon in thine owne house destroyinge thy housholde folkes and oppressâ—nge them y t are vnder the. Let not thine hande be stretched out to receaue and shutt whan thou shuldest geue The V. Chapter TRust not vnto thy riches and saye not tush I haue ynough for my life For it shall not helpe in the tyme of vengeaunce and temptacion Folowe not the lust of thine owne hert in thy strength and saye not tush how shulde I or who wyl cast me downe because of my workes for doutles God shal auenge it And saye not I haue committed mo synnes butt what euell hath happened me For the Allmightie is a pacient rewarder Because y t synne is for geueÌ„ y e be not therfore without feare nether heape one synne vpoÌ„ another And saye not tush the mercy of the LORDE is greate he shal forgeue my synnes be they neuer so many For like as he is mercifull so goeth wrath from him also and his indignacion coÌ„meth downe vpon synners Make no tarieÌ„ge to turne vnto y e LORDE put not of froÌ„ daye to daie for sodenly shal his wrath come in the tyme of vengeaunce he shal destroie ye. Trust not in wicked riches for they shal not helpe in the daye of punishment and wrath Be not caried aboute to euery wynde and go not in to euery waye for so doth the synner that hath a dubble tonge Stonde fast in y e waye of y e LORDE be stedfast in thy vnderstandinge abyde by y e worde and folowe the worde of peace and righteousnes Be geÌ„tle to heare y e worde of God that thou mayest vnderstande it and make a true answere w t wyszdome Be swift to heare but slowe and pacient in geuinge answere Yf thou hast vnderstondinge shappe thy neghbo r an answere Yf no laye thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ y e mouth lest thou be trapped in an vndiscrete worde so coÌ„fouÌ„ded Hono r worshipe is in a maÌ„s wyse talkinge but y t toÌ„ge of y e vndiscrete is his awne distruccioÌ„ Be not a preuy accuser as longe as thou lyuest and vse no slaunder w t thy tonge For shame and sorow goeth ouer the thefe and an euell name ouer him that is dubble tonged but he that is a preuy accuser of other men shal be hated envyed and confounded Se that thou iustifie the small and greate alyke The VI. Chapter