then make hir kake brede housbandlesse and offred to hir lyquet sacryfices to prouoke hir to anger Then sayd Jeremy vnto al the peple to men and women and al the comens that answerd him on this maner Remembred not the Lorde the facrifices whiche ye offred in the cytes of Juda and Jerusalem both with in with oute bothe you and your fathers bothe your kingis and rulers and the peple of y e lande Did he not reuolue them in his minde And the Lorde coude suffer no lenger your maliciouse thoughtis and abominacioÌ„s which ye committed Was not your lande therfore made desolate forsaken so detestable that no man may dwel in it vnto this daye And euen for this cause that ye sacrificed and synned agenst the Lorde not obaing his voice y t ye mought haue had walked in his lawe his ordinaÌ„cis testimonis for these causes I saye these affliccioÌ„s plages came vpon you as this daye wel witnesseth Morouer Jeremy added vnto al the peple and al the women these wordis Here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche ar in y e lande of Egypte For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel you your wyues haue spoken y e thinge with your mouthes whiche ye haue accomplesshed with your dedis sayng we wil with oute any stoppe do our owne decreed plesures whiche we haue vowed that is to wite to do sacrifice vnto y e quene of heueÌ„ powr hir forth lyquet sacrifices before hir thus stoutely haue ye set vp your owne set plesures and with oute any refrayne haue ye finâ—sshed your own vowes Wherfore here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche dwel in y e laÌ„de of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my nowne name y t is so grete saith y e Lorde My name shal nomore be named in the mouthe of any man of Juda y t he may saye in al y e lande of Juda. The Lorde God lyueth For I shal be their watche maÌ„ to scourge not to defend theÌ„ y t they might reste And al Juda shal be coÌ„sumed whiche is in y e lande of Egypte w t swerde honger tyl they be clene gone And they y t shal escape y e swerde shal returne from Egypte vnto y e lande of Juda but these shal be very fewe And y e remnauÌ„t of Juda comeÌ„ into y e lande of Egypte ther to be strangers shal knowe whose wordis abyde moste certayne trwe of theirs or myne And take this for a tokeÌ„ amoÌ„ge you That I wil vyset you in this same laÌ„de y t ye maye knowe certaynly y t I wil stablisshe my purpose as towchiÌ„g your affliccioÌ„ Lo I shal delyuer vp Pharao Haphraz kiÌ„ge of Egypt into y e powr of his enymes which thirste for his life eueÌ„ as I delyuered up zedechias kiÌ„g of Juda into y e haÌ„dis of Nebuchadrezar kiÌ„ge of BabyloÌ„ his enmy thirstiÌ„g for his lyfe ¶ The .xlv. Chapiter THe wordis whiche Jeremy the Prophete spake vnto Baruch y e sone of Nery wheÌ„ he wrote these sermoÌ„s in a boke receiued at y e mouthe of Jeremy y e fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Thus saith y e lorde God of Israel vnto y e o Baruch Thou saydst as thou wast in wrytinge Ah lasse for sorowe wretche y t I am for y e Lorde hathe sawced my labours w t sorowe care I labored w t grete desyer shal I fynde no reste Thou therfore Jeremy tel him thus Thus saith y e lorde Beholde me these thiÌ„gis which I haue bylded I shal caste downe y t I haue planted I shal pluck vp by y e roots eueÌ„ al this same laÌ„de gapest thou for any grete promocioÌ„ or tobe magnified Be not couetouse nor ambiciouse for lo I shal bringe a miserable calamite vpon euery man saith the Lorde Nethelesse yet shalt thou enioye thy lyfe and take it for a vauÌ„tage where so euer thou becomest ¶ Here folowe the sermons of the Lorde shewed vnto the Prophete Jeremy whiche he preched vnto the gentylis ¶ The .xlvi. Chapiter THis sermone folowing Jeremy preched vnto the EgypcioÌ„s as concerning the hoost of Pharao Necho kinge of Egypt when he was in Charchamis by y e flowde Euphrates where he was slayne of Nebuchadrezer kinge of Babylon the fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josâ—as kinge of Juda. ye make redye buckler and shylde and ye goforthe to fyght ye harnes your horse lightvp on their backis oh horse men ye sett on faste your salettis ye bringe forthe your speres ye skower your swerdis and clothe your selues with cotis of mayse But herken hoiwe seirs wherfore seme ye to be afrayde shrinke ye now backe ar your valeaunt waryers thus slayne fle you so that none dare loke backe Tremblyng fere muste cloose them in saith y e Lorde The lightest of fote shal not fle awaye nor y e stroÌ„gest shalnot escape Northwarde by y e floude Euphrates shal they be smyten downe and fall al togither But who is this that swelieth rysing vp lyke a flowde roringe lyke a grete rysing water They ar thegypcioÌ„s that swell lyke a flowde casting oute their stremes with so grete noyse for they saye Let vs aryse kouer the lande let vs destroye the cytes withe their inhabitours Get ye to horse backe romble forthe charietis Set forthe ye stronge waryers ye Morians and Lybeons that beare shylde ye Lydeons withe your bowes redy bente But this same daye shal be the daye of vengeance of the Lorde God of powrs to take vengeance vpon his enemes The swerde shal deuoure themvp be satisfyed it shal be bathed in their blode For the Lorde God of powrs will make a sacrifyce northe warde by y e flowde Euphrates Go vp oh Galaad bringe medecynable rosen or triacle for the virgen and daughter Egypte but thou shalt multiplye and make thy plasters in vayne For the woundes cannot be closed vp The nacions shal here of thy ignomynye thy infamy shal fill al the lande For where one stronge man falleth vpon a nother shal they not come bothe downe to gither The sermon spoken of the Lorde vnto the Prophete Jeremy of the setting forthe of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon to slaye and conquere the londe of Egypte Shewsorth thorowe Egypte preche in Migdalo Memphi Taphna sayng Stande still and make thy selfe redye For y e swerde shal deuoure the in euery partye Wherfore ar thy valeaunte men fallne downe Wherfore stode they not faste For y e lorde thrusted them downe Grete was the slaughter For one fill vpoÌ„ a nother whyle they stode takinge their aduysment saynge Herken howe syers let vs returne vnto our owne folke and natyue lande from the edge of the deuoweringe swerde Call hence kinge Pharao and tell him oh Pharao kinge of Egypt this daye wil be thy confusion As verely as I lyue faith the kinge whose name is y e
labour and be as greuously infected whom no lesse greuouse plages affliccions and burdens abyde if we repente vs not and turne not to our spouse Jesus Crist him withe the father and the holy gost one God to whorship serue onely Whiche geue vs grace so to rede and hear this his Prophete that he mought preache vnto vs with more frute thou he preched to the Iwes Amen But first ere we beginne to rede him Let vs hear the state and briefe succession of those .iiii. kinges in whose dayes and how longe Jeremy preched Jolias the laste good kinge of Juda raigned .xxxi. yere He had these .iii. wiked sones Joachas Joakim and Zedechias The story beginneth the .xxii. chapiter of the fowerth boke of the kinges and coÌ„tinweth vnto the ende of the boke Jeremy begane to preche in the .xiii yere of Josias so continewing vnder him .xviii. yere Aftir Josias raigned Joachas that but .iii. moneths and then was he led captiue into Egypt Then raigned his brother Joakim .xi. yere and then was led captiue vnto Babylon Aftir him raigned this Joakims sone called Joachin or Jeconias .iii. moneths and .x. dayes and was led also captiue vnto Babylon Then last of al was Zedechias the thirde sone of Josias choson of Nâ—buchadrezar king of Babylon to be kinge of Juda. Whiche Zedechias aftir .xi. yere Jerusalem taken and destroyd was led also captiue to Babylon his eyen put forthe but his owne childern firste slayne before his eyes that so greuouse painful a laste sight might be printed and euer present in his mynde into then creasing of his perpetual payne sorowe whyle he lyued The tyme therfore whyle Jeremy preched vnto the captiuite came was .xli. yere .vi. monethes and .x. dayes Here maye we se in howe troublouse a tyme this Prophete preached For doutelesse these iiii kinges wer not led a waye thus captiâ—ed out of their owne lande with out grete calamite bataile and blodesheding ¶ The fawtes escaped in the printinge In the firste leif the .vii. lyne of the first chapi Rede thus And I sayd Ah lorde c. In the .xiiii. lef seconde syde seconde lyne Rede Ephraim The .xxiiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede whom they worshipt In the begining of the .ix. chapiter the .v. lyne rede geue The .xxxii. lef .ii. syde .vii. lyne of y e chap. rede which he there faynede The .xv. lef in y e mergent Rede exodi xix The .xxxiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede requyted The .xxxvi. lef xix lxne Rede knight Fo. xlvii .ix. lyne rede as here ye haue herde Fo lxvi .xvi. lyne rede euer Fo .lxix .xiii. lyne rede not sone of Jeachim twyse ⧠These ar the actis and sermons of Jeremy the sonne of Helchie Priest one of those that dwelt in Anathot the region of Beniamin Vnto whom the worde of the lorde was shewed Firste in the dayes of Josias sonne of Amon kinge of Juda the .xiii. yere of his raigne and so duringe thorow the tyme of Joakim sonne of Josias king of Juda vntil .xi. yeres of Zedechias the sonne of Josias king of Juda wer ended whan Jerusalem was taken euen in the fifte moneth The worde of the Lorde was sente vnto me speking thus ¶ The fyrste Chapiter BEfore I fasshioned the in thy mothers wombe I knew the and before thow wer borne I sanctified the and ordined the to be a Prophete for the peple Ah lorde God thow knowst how rude I am of speche for ful yonge simple am I. And the Lorde answered me Thinke not so for thou shalt go preche vnto al that I shall sende the thou shalt speke what so euer I shal commande the Feare not their faces for I wilâ—â— with the to dilyuer the saith the lorde And euen forth withal the Lorde stretched forth his hande and touched my moâ—the saing agene vnto me Beholde I sâ—t my wordis fast in thy mouthe so Jorden the this daye to be an oâ—erseer to viset both the peple their kinges to plâ—cup by thâ— roots and to cast downe to destroie and to scater and that thou shuldst also edifye and plante Eft sone aftir this the Lorde spake to me on this maner sayng Jeremy what fiâ—st thou And I sayd I see the rodde of a wakiÌ„g watcher Well sayd the lorde to me thou seist right well for euen I shal watche and wait apoÌ„ my purpose to finesshe it Ouer this the lorde spake vnto me the seconde tyme sayng What siest thou A seething potte quod I do I see that euen from the northe as it were hitherwards loking And the lorde sayd to me Euen from the northe shal ther be powerd forth an heuy heaâ— of plages vpon all thinhabitours of this lande For lo I shal calup all the kinredis of the northest regioÌ„s saith the Lorde and they shal come eche of them shal sitte iuge openly euen in these fore gates of Jerusalem in al the walles rownde about it and thoroute al the cytes also of Juda by whom I shal declare my vengeaunce vpon the gret and manifolde wikednes of these men which haue forsaken me offering their giftis vnto straÌ„ge goddis and worshipinge the workis of their own handis Thou therfore giâ—d vp thy raynes aryse and go preche vnto them al thingis that I commande the Fear not their faces lest for thy fâ—inte faith and fere I make them to preuaile For lo this daye do I sette the a stronge defensed cyte a piler of yerne and a brason wall agenst all this londe agenst the kingis of Juda and hir rulers agenst the priestes and peple of the lande wherfore they shal fight ageÌ„st the but it shal not lye in their powr to ouercome the for I shal be with the saith the lorde to delyuer the. ¶ The seconde Chapiter THen was the worde of the lorde shewed vnto me coÌ„manding me thus Go and krye into the eares of Jerusalem sayng Thus saith the lorde I cannot forget the especially when I remembre my mercifull couenaÌ„t with the and agen the goodnes of thy yougthe I cannot forget thy true loue in mariage wherby thou folowed sâ—me thorow the deserte a londe vnlaboured vnsowne Thou waste once an holy Israel before the lorde eueÌ„ the firste frutes of hys felde so that whoso had denoured the they had displeased him mischefe shuld haue fallen vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sayd the lorde Hear ye therfore the worde of the lorde bothe yow that be of the house of Jacob and all the familye of the house of Israel Thus saith the lorde vnto you What faute or fraude fownd your fathers in me to go so farre backe frome and to be made so vayne as to folowe lyes nether yet once to thinke where haue we lefte the lorde that led vs owt of the lande of Egypt that brought vs thorow that desert thorou a wylde lande harbourles a terrible baron lande where we sawe but dethe thorow a lande which no man passed by
not I helpe y e in tyme of tribulacioÌ„ WhaÌ„ thou art in trouble euen among thy vtter enimes Dothe yern hurte yerne or stele brought froÌ„ the northe But your substance and tresure shal I geue into their proye not for any pryce but for al your synnes which ye haue coÌ„mitted in al your costes And I shal traÌ„slate you with your enimye into a lande which ye knowe not For y e fyer which is kindled with my wrathe shal burne you vp Than begane I agene to entreat sayng Thou Lorde knowest clerely al thingis remembre me defende me delyuer me fro my persuers let thy mercy preuente thy wrathe For thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre this opprobrye I fil vpon they wordes and deâ—owred theÌ„ they were ioye and gladnes vnto my herte For it is thy name Lorde God of powrs that I cal vpon I am not coÌ„uersant with scorners to deryde and to make a gaudye but I dwel alone vnder the fere of thy hande for thou haste filled me with bitternes Shal my heuynes laste euer and my vncurable wounde shal it neuer be healed Wilt thou tosse me here and there lyke vnstable and violent waters Vnto this my coÌ„playnt the Lorde answerde If thou turnest ageyn I shal restore the to my seruice And whan thou shalt deuyde the preciouse from the vyle thou shalt be as my nowne mouthe They shal be turned to the but beware thou turnest not awaye fro me vnto them For I shal set the agenste this peple lyke a stronge brason wall They shal fight therfore agenst the but they shal not winne the. For I wil be with the to saue and delyuer the saith the Lorde For I shal delyuer the from the hande of the moste myscheuouse and take the oute of cruel handis ¶ The .xvi. Chapiter THe worde of the Lorde was geueÌ„ me on this maner saing Take no wyfe nor bringeforth no chyldern in this place For thus saith the Lorde vpon the childerne borne in this place vpon the motherne that bringe them forthe and fathers that begete theÌ„ in this lande They shal dye a full bitter and paynful dethe They shal not be moorned for nor buryed but lye still vpon donghillis on therte They shal be consumed with swerde and hoÌ„ger their carions shal be meate for the fowles of the ayer and beastis of the erthe Also thus spake the Lorde Come not at their comen festis or at their comen moorningis and lamentacions For I haue taken awaye my peace from this peple saith the Lorde ye bothe my fauour mercye And bothe olde and yonge shal dye in this lande and not be buryd ther shal noman clippe or shaue his head for them They shal not viseteche other in tyme of moorning to couÌ„fort theÌ„ for y e dead nother drinke with eche other of y e cuppe of consolacioÌ„ to take awaye the heuines for their father and mother Come not in their feste houses to sitdown with them at meat and drinke For thus saith y e Lorde of powrs y e God of Israel Lo I shal take froÌ„ this place your selues loking on lyuing y e voyce of ioy mirth the voice of brydegrome spouse Wherfore whan thou shalt shewe this peple al these wordis and they shal aske the agene wherfore hathe the Lorde decreed all these grete mischeues to fall vpon vs or what is our wykednes and sin that we committed agenst our Lorde God Thou shalt answer Because your fathers haue forsaken me saith the Lorde and folowed strange gods whom they worshipt fyll downe before forsaking me keping not my lawe And you haue excedid thungodlynes of your fathers in your owne sinnes For euery one of you folowe the deuellishe thoughtis of his owne shrewd herte obayeth me nothing at all Wherfore I shal caste you oute of this lande into a lande vnknowne both to you your fathers there shal ye serue straÌ„ge gods daye and night where I shal haue no coÌ„passion vpon you Wherfore beholde the dayes ar come saith the Lorde that it shal no more be sayd The Lorde lyueth that brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypt but it shal be sayd the Lorde lyuethe whiche hath brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the northe easte lande and from euery region whother I casted them forthe For I shal bring them agene vnto their owne lande which I gaue their fathers Beholde I shal sende them many fysshers saith the Lorde which shal ketche them vp and aftir that I shal sende many honters to honte them oute of euery mountayne and hill and also forthe of euery hole in the rockes For my eyes ar bente vpoÌ„ all their wayes and they cannot be hidde fro my face nor their sinnes kouerd fro my sighte ye that aftir I haue fully rewarded theÌ„ for their iniquytes sinnes wherwith they haue defyled my lande that is to saye for their abominable stinkiÌ„g Idols wherwith they replenesshed my heretage Oh Lorde my streÌ„gth my might my refuge in tyme of tribulacion yet shal y e geÌ„tylis come to y e from y e costes of y e erthe sayng Suerly our fathers cleued to lyes ful vayne ar Idols and no profit is ther in them For shuld a man make him goddis of theÌ„ whoÌ„ it is impossible to be goddis Wherfore se I shal teache them nowe agayn saith the Lorde make my powr strength known vnto theÌ„ so that they shal knowe that my name is Jehouah ¶ The .xvii. Chapiter YOur syn o trybe of Juda muste be wryten with a peÌ„ne of yerne grauen yn with an Adamantyne klaye into y e table of your herte into the corners of your alters that your chylderne shulde remembyr your alters wodis and thicke trees hill toppes mountayns and feldis Wherfore I shal layeforthe al your substance tresure to be a proye for your open crymes coÌ„mitted in hillis at images whoÌ„ ye worshipt thorowt all your regioÌ„ And ye shal also be blotted oute of your heretage which I gaue you And I shal caste you vnder the bondage of your enymes in an vnknowne lande for ye haue put fyer vnto my furye whiche shal burne euermore These thing is saith the Lorde Cursed be the man that trusteth in man maketh man his arme whose harte gothe from the Lorde For he shal be lyke the fearne that groweth in the deserte neuer to se the goodnes to come but shal abyde vpon the drye deserte euen the salte barayn grownde inhabitable But blessed is the maÌ„ that trusteth in the Lorde whose hope is the Lorde For he shal be lyke a tree planted by the waters puttiÌ„g downe hir rootes to drawe vp moystenes which tre may abyde the heate whan it cometh and shal flowresshe with grene leaues whan the drowght shal dryvp and waste al other frutes yet this tre shal not fade nor ceasse from bringing forth hir frute Of al
iÌ„ obprobrye ¶ The .xxi. Chapiter THe sermone of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye whan Zedechias sente vnto him pashur the sone of Melchie and Zephony the Priest sone of Maasy with this maner of commandemeÌ„t sayng Aske counsel of the Lorde we praye the as touching vs for Nabuchadrezar kinge of Babylon laith sege vnto vs whither god paraduenture wyll do with vs aftir his meruelouse powr and so turne this kinge from vs. Then Jeremy sayd vnto them Thus shal ye answer Zedechye Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Beholde I shal wringe the weapens oute of your haÌ„dis whiche ye holde to fyght agenste the kinge of Babylon the Chaldeis fighting agenst you withoute at the wallis I shal bringe your weapeÌ„s altogither into the middis of this cyte and I my selfe shal fight agenste you with a stretched-forth hande and stronge arme with indignacion furye and grete wrathe and shal smyte the inhabitours of this cyte so that bothe man beast shal dye of a grete pestilence And aftir this saith the Lorde I shal geue vp Zedechye kinge of Juda both his seruauntis and the peple with the resydew of this cyte whoÌ„ pestilence swerde and honger haue lefte into the power of Nabuchadrezar kinge of Babylon into y e handis of their enmyes eueÌ„ into y e haÌ„dis of theÌ„ y t thirst for their lyfe which shal smyte theÌ„ with the edge of swerde withoute alcoÌ„passion nether sparing nor hauinge any mercy on them And vnto this peple thou shalt saye Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal setforth before you the waye of lyfe and dethe Whoso euer abideth in this cyte shal dye with swerde or honger or pestelence but he that wil goforthe to go to the Chaldes that besege you shal saue himselfe and his lyfe shal be vnto him lyke a lukkely goten proye For I haue bente my face ageÌ„ste this cyte to scourge it and not to do it good saith the Lorde that it might be geuen vp into the power of the kinge of Babylon to be brent Also thou shalt saye to the kinges house of Juda. Hear the worde of y e Lorde ye house of Dauid for thus saith the Lorde Ministre rightwisnes withoute any delaye and delyuer the oppressed spoyled from the power of the violent vexer before my furye comeforthe lyke fyer to burne so that nomaÌ„ maye queÌ„che it for your mischeuous studyes Beholde me here at hande eueÌ„ amoÌ„ge you which dwel here there in wales in rockes playns saith y e Lorde which saye who shal make vs afrayd Or who can come to our holdis But I shal viset you acording to y e merits of your studye saith the Lorde and kindel a fyer thorowt your wodis to deuour al thingis rownde aboute you ¶ The .xxii. Chapiter FOrthermore thus spake the Lorde Go thy wayes downe into y e kingis house of Juda there speke this sermone saynge Heare the worde of the Lorde o kinge of Juda which sittest in y e seat of Dauid Hear I saye both thou thy seruaÌ„ts peple whiche iette so prowdely thorow these gatis Thus coÌ„mandeth the Lorde Obserue equite and rightuousnes auenge the spoiled from the power of the wronge doer The straunger the fatherlesse and wedewe see thou moleste not hurt nor robbe nother shede ye innocent blode in this place And if ye obserue these thingis constantly the kingis which shal sitte in the seat of Dauid shal go thorow the gates of this house and be caryed in charyets and vpon horse both they their seruants and their peple But if thou obseruest not these precepts I swere by my nownselfe saith the Lorde that this house shal be desolate For euen thus hath the Lorde spokeÌ„ vpoÌ„ the house of Juda. Thou arte the head euen as is Galaad in Libano but if I bringe not the thy cytes into a deserte y t they be not inhabited For I shal apoynte forth sende into y e a destroyer with is weapens to cutdowne thy chosen Cedres caste theÌ„ into y e fyer And whaÌ„ any other nacioÌ„ shal passe forby this cyte one shal saye to another wherfor hathe y e Lorde done thus vnto this grete citeâ— ThaÌ„ it shal be answerde eueÌ„ because they forsoke despysed the couenaunt of their lorde God and fildowne worshipt straÌ„ge goddis Wepe not for the dead nor moorne yet not for him but wepe sore for him now going a waye For this maÌ„ shal neuer come ageyn nor yet se his owne natiue lande For thus saith the Lorde vpon Sellum the sone of Josias kinge of Juda raigning aftir Josias his father He that is goneforth of this regioÌ„ shal neuermore returne For he shal dye in the same place into whiche he is ledde captiue neuermore se this lande Wo be to him y t buyldeth his house by iniurye and wronge setteth vp his parlers and chaumbers by fraude and violence which maketh his owne neighbour to serue him for naught not geuinge him his rewarde for his labour Thus thinketh he with himselfe I wil buyld me a large house costely chauÌ„bres He cutteth him forth windowes beames and grounsels of Cedre paynteth them with reade Thinkest thou nowe to raigne whan with thy cedre buyldingis thou prouokest me to enuye and to be aueÌ„ged Did not thy father in his trwe and iuste labour eat drinke prospered wel Whiles he auenged the cause of the poore oppressed he prospered wel which thinge whereof els shâ—ld it hapeÌ„ but for y e knowlege of me saith the Lorde But thy eyes and thy herte ar al togither sette vpon couetousnes to spillinnoceÌ„t blode to do iniury and extorsion Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Joakim sone of Josias kinge of Juda. They shal not lament mourne him with theis wonte lementable wordes Ah my brother oh my syster nother with theis Ah Lorde oh noble kinge But he shal be buryed lyke anasse eueÌ„ stinking caste withe oute the gatis of Jerusalem Clyme vp into Libanus oh virgen and daughter Zion and crye In Basan also let thy voyce be herde and crye oute from al the highe wayes for al thy louers ar perished These thinges I gaue the warninge of whan thou waste yet in welthy prosperite But thou answerdst me sayng I will not heare this verely was thy maner eueÌ„ froÌ„ thy yougth that thou woldest not obaye my voyce All thy pastors shal be ruled and blown awaye of the winde and thy louers shal be caryed awaye into captiuite and than verely thou shalt be shamed and confounded for thy grete wykednes and malice which yet dwellest in Libano nestelest in the Cedres How grete shal thy sorowful sighes be whan this ruyne shal fall vpon the lyke panges vpon the traueler of chylde As verely as I lyue saith the Lorde though Jechonias the sone of Joakim kinge of Juda be the signet whiche I weare on mi right hande yet shal I pluk him of from hence
praye y e bye my felde which is in Anathot in the Lande of Beniamin for it is thy right by the reason of nexte of our kin Redeme it therfore I praye the. I know al this to be done by the Lordis commandement wherfore I bought this felde of Hananeel my eames sone which dwelled at Anathot And I wayed him forth his money euen .vii. sicles and .x. peses of syluer And the writing made and sealed and witnes called to I wayd forthe the money in the skoles and receiued the copye wherby I chalenged and posseded it Aftir this was it sealed acording to the forme of the lawe and dewe order and rehersed with the copye therof And I delyuerd this copye wherby I held it vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerie sonne of Mahasie Hananeel my eames sonne being present before y e witnesses whose names were writeÌ„ in y e instrumeÌ„t wherby I helde it al y e Iwes at laste being by whiche sate aboute vs in the sayd warde coÌ„manding this Baruch before them on this maner This is y e Lorde of powers plesure y e God of Israel y t thou receyuest this instrument sealed w t this copye put it into an ertheÌ„ potte y t it maye continew longe For thus hath y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel decreed That y e houses feldes vynyardis in this lande shal be possessed agein Wherfor I made my prayer to y e Lorde aftyr y e delyuerauÌ„ce of this instrument vnto Baruch the sone of Neerie on this maner sayng Ah lorde God lo thou art he y t made heueÌ„ erthe by thy mighty power highe streÌ„gth nothing is harde or of difficulty vnto y e. Thou doist mercy vpoÌ„ thousandis thou rewardest y e wikednes of the fathers into the bosoms of their childern which ar borne aftir theÌ„ Thou art y t great mighty God whose name is y e Lorde of powers great in counsel and infinite in thought Thy eyen beholde al the wayes of man to rewarde euery man for his owne wayes for y e frutes of his inuencioÌ„s Which hast done signes wondres in the lande of Egypte as we wel knowe euen vnto this daye as wel vpoÌ„ this same Israel as vpoÌ„ these meÌ„ to magnifye thy name as it is right great vnto this daye And thou leddest forth Israel thy peple oute of y e lande of Egypt w t signes wouÌ„ders w t a mighty hande a forthstretched arme great power And gauest theÌ„ thissame lande as thou haddest sworne to their fathers to geue them a lande flowing w t mylke honey But whaÌ„ they were come had posseded it they obayed not thy voyce nor walked not in thy lawe but what so euer thou coÌ„mandest them to do y t they did not wherfore al these affliccions plages ar come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo they come w t bulwarkis eueÌ„ vnto this cite to take it whiche ouercome withe swerde hoÌ„ger and pestelence shal be delyuerd vp into y e handes of the Chaldeis whiche euen nowe fight so sore ageÌ„st it And what so euer thou hast sayd it shal come to passe for lo al thinges ar present vnto y e. And yet thou Lorde God notwithstaÌ„ding coÌ„maÌ„dest me sayng chalenge y e thy felde y e money payd before witnes whaÌ„ y e cyte in y e meaÌ„ ceason must come into y e haÌ„dis of y e Calâ—es ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to me Lo I am y e lorde God of al thinges lyuiÌ„ge is ther any thing harde vnto me Wherfor thus coÌ„manderh y e lorde Lo I shal betake this cite into y e power of y e Caldes into y e nower of Nebuchadrezar kinge of BabyloÌ„ which shal take it For the Chaldes shal come fight agenst this cyte and set fyer on it and it shal be burned with the houses in whose parlers they burned sacrifices to Baal and offred to strange Gods that they might the more prouoke me to anger For whan y e childerne of Israel and Juda had done al maner of synne in my sight euen fro their yeugth What els was it that they dyd than prouoked me onely by the workis of their owne handis saith y e lorde Or what els was this cyte than a prouoking stocke of my wrathe fro the daye that it was bylded vnto this present hower In whiche hower I shal wel worthely take it a waye frome oute of my sight for the synnes of the chylderne of Israel and Juda whiche they committed to anger me both they their selues their kinges their rulers their priestes their Prophetes al Juda the cytesens of Jerusalem They turned their backes and not their face to me whan I taught them warned them in tyme nether gaue they eare to receyue my disciplyne They did set their idolls in y e house consecrated vnto my name to pollute it They bylded highe places for Baal in y e vale of Benhinnon their to consecrate and to geue their sonnes and daughters euen to Moloch which thinge I neuer coÌ„manded them nether did it euer touche my mynde that I wolde thus drawe Juda into syn to committe these abominacions Ouer this yet agein spake the Lorde God of Israel as concerning this cyte whiche euen yourselues being present shal be geuen vp into the hande of the kinge of Babylon the cyte I say first ouercomen with swerde honger and pestelence Lo I shal gather them from al the regioÌ„s into whiche I had dispersed them in my wrathe furye and great indignacion and shal bring them into this same place where they shal dwel suer They shal be my peple and I their God And I shal geue them one herte and one waye that they mought feare me at al tymes Which thinge shal profit them their childerne aftir them Also I shal smyte an euerlasting couenaÌ„t with them that I wil neuer cease to do them good that I wil geue my feare into their hertis that they fall not fro me that I shal delyght in doing them good ye and that I shal plante them in this lande in very truthe with al my herte and with al my soule For thus sayd y e Lorde lyke as I haue brought vpon this peple al this great affliccion euen so shal I bringe vpoÌ„ them ageine al maner of goodnes which I haue layd vp for them And their feldis shal be possessed in this lande which ye grauÌ„te now worthely to bedesolated for saken of man beast to be brought into the handis of y e Caldes The feldis I tell you shal be bought with money instrumentis wryten ther vpon and sealed before witnes in the lande of Beniamin rowndaboute Jerusalem thorowout the cytes in the deserte For I shal bringe ageyn their captiuite saith the Lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapiter AGeyne the worde of God came vnto Jeremye whyle he was yet in holde in the vtter warde on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde
owne selues For ye sent me to your Lorde God sayng Praye our Lorde God for vs And what so ouer our Lorde God answere tel vs and we will do it Nowe therfore haue I shewed you the voyce of your Lorde God for the whiche thinge he hathe sente me vnto you and yet wil ye not obaye Be ye suer therfore to dye withe swerde honger and pestilence in that same place whiche delyte you so gretely to fle vnto ¶ The .xliiii. Chapiter ANd aftir that Jeremy had lefte preching to al the peple al these wordis of the Lorde God for whose cause he sent him to them Azarias sone of Holy Johan sone of Caree with al that heady presumptuouse peple sayd vnto Jeremy Thou lyest vnto vs nether hath our Lorde God sente the to commande vs that we go not into Egypte to dwel there But Baruch the sone of Nery hath let the slip among vs to betraye delyuer vs into the power of y e Babylonytis to lede vs captiue to Babylon there to slaye vs. And this Johan y e sone of Caree with al the captins of the hoste and al the peple obayd not y e lordis wordis that they shulde dwel stil in the lande of Juda. Then toke Johan sone of Caree al the cheiftens of the multitude led a waye al the remnant of Juda which wer nowe come to gither agen from al the nacions amonge whom they had benscatred to dwel agene in the lande of Juda as strangers they toke and led awaye I saye men wemen and chylderne the kingis daughters and al them that Nebuzaradan tharchieften had lefte with Gedoliam sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan They toke also Jeremy y e Prophete and Baruch the sone of Nery came into Egypte For they obayd not y e lordis voice And they came into Thaphnis in Thaphnis y e worde of y e lorde was shewed vnto Jeremy sayng Take in thy haÌ„de grete stones hyde them in an hole in y e grownde by the brik wall vnder the dore of Pharos house in Thaphnis in y e sight of the men of Juda sayng vnto them Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Beholde I shal sende cal hither Nebuchadrezar my seruant kinge of Babylon set his trone vpoÌ„ these stones which I haue hid which shal bende his tente ouer them For he shal come and plage the lande of Egypte some with slaughter some with captiuite some with swerde he shal set fyer on the temples of the Goddis of Egypte and burne them vp and holde their godis captiue And y e lande of Egypt aftir this shal clothe hirselfe as the herdeman putteth on his clothes to get him hence in peace Also he shal alto breke the pilers of the temple of the sonne in Egypt and the temples of the Gods of Egypte he shal consume with fyer ¶ The .xliiii. Chapiter THe sermon shewed vnto Jeremye vpon al the Jews y t dwelt in Egypt in Migdalo in Thaphna in Memphi in the lande of patheres on this maner Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel ye haue sene al y e miserable calamite whiche I brought vpon Jerusalem vpon al the cytes of Juda how they be desolate vnto this daye no man dwelling in them that euen for their sinnes whiche they committed prouoking my wrathe whyle they wente and kindled their fyers worshipping strange gods whiche nether they their selues knewe nor yet you nor your fathers Albeit yet I sent them al my seruaÌ„tis the Prophetis erly rysing continually sendinge and mouâ—sshing in tyme sayng Se I praye you that ye committe not this abominacion whiche I aborre so gretely and yet they obayd not nor once moued their ears to them to go from their myscheife nomore to kindle their fyers before these straÌ„ge gods Wherfore my hotte indignacion wrathe was kindled burned vp their cytes feldis w t the stretis of Jerusalem and so were they made desolate forsaken as ye maye se euen this daye Now therfor saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel Wherfore do ye so grete wykednes agenst your owne selues to spill your men womeÌ„ soukelingis infantis of Juda so that ye shal at laste leue none a lyue while ye prouoke me to anger with y e workis of your owne handis kindlinge lyghtis vnto strange Gods in y e lande of Egypte into whiche ye ar gone to dwel in to be clene cut awaye execrable accursed ignominiouse among al y e nacioÌ„s of y e erthe Remember ye not y e synnes of your fathers y e synnes of y e kingis of Juda of their wyues your owne synnes your wyues which ye coÌ„mitted in y e lande of Juda both in the felde stretis of Jerusalem And yet be ye not sorye or humbled vnto this daye ye fere not ye walke not in my lawe and preceptis which I gaue bothe to you your fathers Werfore thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I am fermely decreod to scourge you to pluckup al Juda by y e rotes take y e reamnaunt of Juda y e bente their faces so stifeneckedly to enter into Egypt ther to dwel take their plesures And they shal be al wasted awaye they shal be al smyten downe in y e lande of Egypt consumed with swerde honger Frome the leste to y e gretest shal they dye with swerde honger They shal be an execracion aborred wondred at curssed and into obprobrye For I shal so vyset thinhabitours of y e lande of egypt as I haue visited Jerusalem w t swerd honger and pestelence that of al the remnaunt of Juda whiche went into Egypt there to dwel shal be none lefte salfe to returne into y e lande of Juda although their myndes was to come agene yet shal ther none returne but siche as shal fle escape Then al these men whiche wer preuye to their wyues sacryfiyng vnto straÌ„ge gods and al the women ther present in the hole multitude and al the peple to that ther dwelled in Egypte in the cyte of patheres answerd Jeremy on this maner The sermone whiche thou madist vnto vs in the name of the Lorde in nomaner wyse wil we receyue but we wil do what so euer goith forthe of owr owne mouthe whether it be sacrifising vnto the quene of heuen or offering any other oblacion lyke as both we our fathers haue done before vs as wel our kingis rulers bothe in the cytes of Juda as wel with oute as with in Jerusalem For then had we plenty of foode then wer we happye and sawe no plagis But as sone as we ceassed froÌ„ sacrificing to the quene of heuen from geuing hir gyftis we were nedy of al thingis consumed with swerde honger And laste of al when we women did sacrifice to y e quene of heuen geuing hir giftis did we
Lorde of powers That Thabor stande not so faste amōge the hilles nother yet Carmelus recheth not so verely vnto y e sea as thissame plage shal come Make y e therfore oh daughter inhabirres of Egypte vessels packes to flit thy waye For Memphis shal be desolate throne downe that noman inhabit hir Egypte is a fayer fatte welthy bulloke but there shal come vnto hir a prodder w t a pricke frome the northe Hyr hyerde soldyers which ar in hir as fatte as bullockis shal take thē to their fete nether shal they stande and abyde for their slaughter daye tyme of visitaciō shal be present The noyse of their enymes shal sowne in vpō them as hard as yerne For they shal come w t an hoost downe slayers w t polaxes lyke tre fellers hewe downe hir wodes saith y e Lorde w t oute any stoppe or choise They shal excede y e swarmīge locuste flyes be innumerable The daughter of Egypt delyuerd vp into y e powr of y e peple of y e northe shal be ashamed And yetagayn saith y e Lorde of powrs the God of Israel Beholde I shal vyset the pryde of Alexādrye Pharao Egypte hir gods kinges euē Pharao thē y t truste in him And betake thē into the power of thē that seke their lyues euē into y e handis of Nebuchadreser kynge of Babylon of his seruātis And aftir this it shal be inhabited as before saith y e Lorde But thou my seruāt Jacob fere not nether dread thou Israel For lo I shal saue y e frome a farre thy sede to frō y e lande of their captiuite And Jacob shal returne haue reste he shal be ryche nomā to trowble him Be not a frayde my seruāt Jacob yet agē I warne y e saith y e Lorde For I am w t y e wil make an ende of al y e naciōs into amōge whō I scatred y e but of the wil I not make an ende but correcke the y t w t discrecion for in no maner wyse art thou innocēt fautelesse THe sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy the Prophete agenst the Palestyns before Pharao wonne Gazam Thus sayd the Lorde Beholde waters shal come downe frome the northe ryse vp into a flowde runninge ouer the lande and al that is in it and bothe cytes and their inhabitours shal howle at the noyse of the comynge of the armye stampinge of their barbed horses at the shakinge of their charietis romblynge of their whelis The fathers shal haue no respecte vnto their chylderne their handis shal tremble for fere And euen the same tyme that he shal be present to destroye al Palestyne withe other eylandis deuyded from y e lande there shal come a shauyng and chipping vpō Gazam Ascalon with hir other valis shal kepe sylence Ah how longe wilt thou slaye oh swerde of the Lorde How longe shal it be ere thou ceasse Retourne into thy sheath reste ceasse But how shuld it ceasse sith the Lorde hathe cōmanded it and stered it vp agenst Ascalon other cytes vpon the sea coostis ¶ Chapitre xlviii AGenst Moab thus spake the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel Wo be to Nebon for it shal be subuerted she shal be ashamed and taken Also that stronge kiriatham shal be ashamed afrayd she shal nomore be the gloriouse shyninge beutye of Moab Vpon Esebon shal there be taken shrewed counsel Come let vs cut hir awaye from the nowmbir of the gentyls so that she be neuer more spoken of the swerde shal so persecute hir There shal a voyce crye frome horonaim Destroy kyll And Moab is alto destroyed an oute cryinge shal be herde thorow hir villages For weping waylinge shal sty vp ouer al the hanging of the hill of luhit and this cruel noyse of destruccion shal come downe and be herde vnto Horonaim fle saue your lyues And euen vnto y e very haith of the deserte be ye lyke Because thou didist trust in thy stronge defensed holdis and tresure thou shalt be taken awaye to Chamos shal be caryed into captiuite bothe preistis and rulers al togither And the destroyer shal come vnto euery cyte none shal escape Dales shal perisshe and feldis shal be destroyed as y e Lorde hath decreed Lyfte vp a sygne vnto Moab that she may fle away swiftly hir cytes shal be so desolate that noman may dwel in them Cursed be he that shal do this worke of the Lorde deceytfully or negligently And cursed be he that holdeth backe his swerde from blode Ful riche suer hath Moab ben euen from hir yougthe and hath sit at reste carelesse in the middis of hir fylthy fast layd vp ryches She was not yet neuer set a broche drawne oute of one vessel into a nother y t is to wyt she came neuer yet into captiuite wherfore hir verdcur taste yet abydeth endwreth hir vigour sauour is not chanched But lo y e daye shal come saith y e lorde that I shal sende hir trussers whiche shal trusse and pak hir vp prepare ceason hir vessels but hir pottis baggis they shal so shake to gither y t Moab shal be as miche ashamed of hir Chamos as euer was Israel of Bethel euen their owne hope Wherfore thinke ye thus we ar stronge and valeaunt to fyght Moab shal be destroyed hir cytes shal fleup into asshes And hir chosen lusty lance kneightis shal be slayne saith y e kinge whose name is the Lorde of powrs Moabs dethe fall is at hande his miserable calamite cometh faste vpon whom al of his faccion rownde aboute him shal lamente and bewayle And as many as knowe his name shal saye Howe happeneth this so stronge a staffe and so gaye a rodde to be thus alto broken And euen thou to daughter whiche dwellest in Dibon shal come downe from thy glorye sitte in a drye thyrste For the destroyer of Moab shal come vnto the and ouerthrow thy stronge holdes And thou oh inhabitres of Aroer shalt stonde by the waye beholde askinge thez that flee escaped saing what is chaunced For Moab shal be confounded ouercome They shal howle and cry oute tel it forthe vnto Arnon that Moab is destroyd And lyke calamite shal come euen vnto y e playns vnto Holon Jahazam and Mephat Dibon Nebo and vnto the house of Diblathaim vnto Kiriathaim Bethganrob and Betheneon Kirioth Bassra vnto al the cytes of the lande of Moab both farre and nighe Moabs horne shal be alto broken and his arme shal be shaken in pesis saith the Lorde ye shal make him dronken because he magnifyed himselfe aboue the Lorde And Moab in his vomyte shal be clapped oute with handis and be a laughing stocke to Shal he not be a laughing stocke vnto the oh Israel whiche is fownde amonge theues Thou shalte