agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saie Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaiÌ„st me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpoÌ„ my backe made loÌ„ge forowes But the rightous LORDE hath hewen y e yocke of y e vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned backwarde as many as haue euell will at Sion Let theÌ„ be eueÌ„ as the haye vpon the house toppes which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which go by saye not so moch as the LORDE prospere you we wish you good lucke in the name of the LORDE The CXXIX psalme OVt of the depe call I vnto the o LORDE LORDE heare my voyce Oh let thine eares considre well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou LORDE wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse Oh LORDE who maye abyde it But there is mercy with the that thou mayest be feared I loke for the LORDE my soule doth wayte for him and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde the LORDE froÌ„ the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the LORDE â–ª for with the LORDE there is mercy and plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from all his synnes The CXXX A psalme of Dauid LORDE I am not hye mynded I haue no proude lokes I do not exercise myself in greate matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe y t is weened from his mother yee my soule is euen as a weened childe Let Israel trust in the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The CXXXI Psalme LORDE remembre Dauid and all his trouble How he swore vnto y e LORDE vowed a vowe vnto y e mightie one of Iacob I wil not come within the tabernacle of my house ner clymme vp iÌ„ to my bedde I wil not suffre myne eyes to slepe ner myne eye lyddes to sloÌ„ber Vntill I fynde out a place for the LORDE an habitacioÌ„ for the mightie one of Iacob Lo we herde of the same at Ephrata fouÌ„de it in y e wod We wil go in to his tabernacle â–ª fall downe before his fotestole Arise o LORDE in to thy restinge place thou y e arke of y e streÌ„gth Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuousnesse and let thy sayntes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thine anoynted The LORDE hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid he shal not shrenke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpon thy seate Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt my testimony y t I shal lerne theÌ„ their childreÌ„ also shal syt vpoÌ„ thy seate for euermore For the LORDE hath chosen SioÌ„ to be an habitacioÌ„ for him self hath he chosen her This shal be my rest here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therin I will blesse hir vytales w t increase wil satisfie hir poore with bred I wil decke hir prestes with health hir sayntes shal reioyse be glad There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for his enemies I shal clothe theÌ„ w t shame but vpon himself shal his crowne florish The CXXXII A psalme of Dauid BEholde how good ioyfull a thinge it is brethreÌ„ to dwell together in vnite It is like y t precious oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd eueÌ„ vnto Aarons beerd weÌ„te downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For there the LORDE promised his blessynge and life for euermore The CXXXIII psalme BEholde O prayse the LORDE all 〈◊〉 seruauntes of the LORDE ye that 〈◊〉 night stoÌ„de in the house of the LORDE 〈◊〉 lift vp youre handes in the Sanctuaâ—◠〈◊〉 prayse the LORDE The LORâ—◠〈…〉 heauen earth blesse the out 〈…〉 The CXXXIIII psalâ—â— â–ª O Prayse y e name 〈…〉 o ye seruauÌ„te◠〈…〉 in y e 〈…〉 of the house of 〈…〉 LORDE for the 〈…〉 For I knowe y t y e LORDE is greate y t o r LORDE is aboue all goddes What so euer y e LORDE pleaseth y t doth he in heaueÌ„ in earth in the see in all depe places He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde he turneth y e lighteniÌ„ges vnto rayne bringiÌ„ge the wyndes out of their treasuries Which smote the firstborne of Egipte both of man and beest He hath sent tokens and wonders in to the myddest of the o thou londe of Egipte vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes Which smote dyuerse nacions slewe mightie kynges Sihon kynge of y e Amorites Og the kynge of Basan and all the kyngdomes of CanaaÌ„ And gaue their loÌ„de for an heretage for an heretage vnto Israel his people Thy name o LORDE endureth foreuer so doth thy memoriall o LORDE from one generacion to another For the LORDE wil aueÌ„ge his people be gracious vnto his seruauÌ„tes As for the ymages of the HeitheÌ„ they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens haÌ„des They haue mouthes speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not nether is there eny breth iÌ„ their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them so are all they that put their trust in theÌ„ Prayse the LORDE ye house of Israel prayse the LORDE ye house of Aaron Prayse the LORDE ye house of Leui ye that feare y e LORDE prayse the LORDE Praysed be the LORDE out of Sion which dwelleth at IerusaleÌ„ Halleluya The CXXXV psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer O geue thaÌ„kes vnto the God of all goddes for his mercy endureth for euer O thanke the LORDE of all lordes for his mercy endureth for euer â—hich only doth greate wonders for his 〈…〉 endureth for euer Which by his 〈…〉 soome made the heauens for his mercy 〈…〉 for euer Which layed out the earth 〈…〉 waters for his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 hath made greate lightes for 〈…〉 for euer The Sonne 〈…〉 his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 the starres to gouerne 〈…〉 endureth for euer 〈…〉 their firstborne 〈…〉 for euer And 〈…〉 them for 〈…〉 reed see in to partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to go thorow y e myddest of it for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoost he ouer threwe them in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote greate kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Yee and slewe mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sihon kynge of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for
of God at Ierusalem in the seconde moneth beganne Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and the remnaunt of their brethren the prestes and Leuites and all they that were come out of the captiuyte vnto Ierusalem and appoynted the Leuites frō twentye yeare olde and aboue to se that the worke of the house of the LORDE wēte forwarde And Iesua stode with his sonnes and brethren and Cadmiel with his sonnes and the children of Iuda to furthur the workmen of the house of God namely the childrē of Henadad with their children and their brethren the Leuites And whan the buylders layed the foundacion of the temple of the LORDE the prestes stode in their araye with trompettes And the Leuites the children of Asaph with Cimbales to prayse y e LORDE with the Dytie of Dauid kynge of Israel And they sunge together geuynge prayse thankes vnto y e LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer vpon Israell And all the people shouted londe in praysinge the LORDE because the foundacion of y e house of the LORDE was layed Neuertheles many of the olde prestes and Leuites and awncient fathers which had sene the house afore in his foundacion and this was now before their eyes wepte loude But many shouted with ioye so that the noyse gaue a greate sounde in so moch that the people coulde not knowe y e ioyfull sounde for the noyse of the wepinge in the people for the people shouted loude so that the noyse was herde farre of The IIII. Chapter BVt whan the aduersaries of Iuda and Ben Iamin herde that the children of the captiuyte buylded the tēple vnto the LORDE God of Israel they came to Zorobabel to the pryncipall fathers and sayde vnto them We wyl buylde with you for we seke the LORDE youre God like as ye do And we haue done sacrifice vnto him sence the tyme that Assar Hadon the kynge of Assur broughte vs vp hither But Zorobabel and Iesua and the other awnciēt fathers of Israel answered them It is not mete for vs and you to buylde the house of oure God but we wyl buylde alone vnto the LORDE God of Israel as Cyrus the kynge of Persia hath commaunded vs. Then the folke of the londe hyndered the people of Iuda and made them afrayed to buylde and hyred councelers aganst them and hyndered their deuyce as longe as Cyrus the kynge of Persia lyued vntyll the reigne off Darius kynge off Persia. But whan Ahasuerus was kynge in the begynnynge off his reigne wrote they vnto him a complaynte agaynst them of Iuda and Ierusalem And in the tyme of Artaxerses wrote Bisellam Mithridath Tabeel and the other of their councell vnto Artaxerses the kynge of Persia. But the scripture of y e letter was wrytten in the Syrians speach and was interpretated in the langage of the Syrians Rehum y e chaunceler and Simsai the scrybe wrote this letter agaynst Ierusalem to Artaxerses the kynge We Rehum the chaunceler and Simsai the scribe and other of the councell of Dina off Arphasath off Tarplat off Persia off Arach of Babilon of Susan of Deha and of Elam and other of the people whom the greate and noble Asnaphar broughte ouer and set in the cities of Samaria and other on this syde the water and in Canaan And this is y e summe of the letter that they sent vnto kynge Artaxerses Thy seruauntes the men on this syde the water and in Canaan Be it knowne vnto y e kynge that the Iewes which are come vp from the to vs vnto Ierusalē in to that sedicious wicked cite buylde the same and make vp y e walles of it brynge it out of y e foundacion Be it knowne now therfore vnto y e kynge y t yf this cite be buylded the walies made vp agayne thē shal not they geue tribute toll and yearly custome and their deuyce shal do y e kynge harme But now that we all are therby which destroyed the temple we wolde no longer se the kynges dishonoure Therfore sent we out and caused the kynge to be certified therof That it maye be soughte in y e Cronicles of thy progenitours and so shalt thou fynde in the same Cronicles and perceaue that this cite is sedicious and noysome vnto kynges and londes and that they cause other also to rebell of olde and for the same cause was this cite destroyed Therfore do we certifie the kynge that yf this cite be buylded and the walles therof made vp thou shalt kepe nothinge on this syde the water by the reason of it Then sent y e kynge an answere vnto Rehum the chaunceler and Simsai the Scrybe and to the other of their councell that dwelt in Samaria and vnto the other beyonde y e water Peace and salutacion The letter which ye sent vnto vs hath bene opēly red before me and I haue commaunded to make search and it is founde that this cite of olde hath made insurreccion agaynst kynges how y t vpro r and rebellion hath bene commytted therin There haue bene mightie kynges also at Ierusalē which haue reigned ouer all that is beyonde the water and toll tribute and yearly custome was geuen vnto them Do ye now after this commaundemēt forbyd the same men that the cite be not builded tyll I haue geuē cōmaundemēt Take hede now that ye be not necligent here in lest the kynge haue harme there thorow Now whā kynge Artaxerses letter was red before Rehum the chaunceler and Simsai the Scrybe and their councell they wente vp in all the haist to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes and forbad them with the arme and auctorite Then ceassed the worke of the house of God at Ierusalem and continued so vnto the seconde yeare of Darius kynge of Persia. The V. Chapter THe prophetes Aggeus and Zachary y e sonne of Iddo prophecied vnto y e Iewes that were in Iuda and Ierusalē in the name of the God of Israel Then gat vp Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and beganne to buylde the house of God at Ierusalem and with them the prophetes of God which strengthed thē At the same tyme came to thē Thathnai the debite on this syde the water and Sethar of Bosen and their councelers and sayde thus vnto them Who hath commaunded you to buylde this house and to make vp the walles therof Then tolde we them the names of the men that made this buyldinge But the eye of their God came vpon the Elders of the Iewes that they were not inhibyte tyll the matter was brought before Darius and tyll there came a wrytinge therof agayne This is the summe of the letter y t Thathnaithe Debyte on this syde the water and Sethar of Bosen and their councellers of Apharsach which were on this syde the water sent vnto kynge Darius And these are the wordes that they sent vnto him Vnto Darius the kynge all peace
couered her with his greate wawes Hir cities are layed waist the londe lieth vnbuylded and voyde it is a londe where no man dwelleth where no mā traueleth thorow Morouer ▪ I wil vyset Bel at Babilō the thinge that he hath swalowed vp that same shal I plucke out of his mouth The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall O my people come out of Babilon that euery man maye saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the LORDE Be not faynte herted feare not at euery rumoure that shal be herde in the londe for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges yee straunge wickednes and lordshipe And lo the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilō and the whole londe shal be confounded yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her Heauen and earth with all that is therin shall reioyce ouer Babilon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saieth y e LORDE Like as Babilō hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shal there fall many and be slayne in all hir kyngdome Ye that haue escaped the swearde haist you stōde not still remembre the LORDE afarre of and thinke vpon Ierusalem for we were ashamed to heare the blasphemies oure faces were couered with shame because the straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary of the LORDE Wherfore beholde saieth the LORDE the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon and thorow the whole lōde they shal mourne and fall Though Babilon clymmed vp in to heauē and kepte her power an hie yet shal I sende her destroyers saieth the LORDE A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees when the LORDE destroyeth them and when he dryueth out the hie stomack proude boostinge where with they haue bene as furious as the wawes of greate water floudes and made greate crakes with their wordes For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babilon which shal take hir worthies and brake their bowes for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them sufficiently to recompence thē Yee saieth the LORDE I will make their prynces their wyse men their chefe rulers all their worthies dronckē so that they shal slepe an euerlastinge slepe and neuer wake Thus saieth the kinge whose name is y e LORDE of hoostes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The thicke wall of Babilon shal be broken and hir proude gates shal be brente vp And the thinge that the Gētiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure shal come to naught and be consumed in the fyre This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Sarias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia when he wente towarde Babilon with Sedechias the kinge of Iuda in the fourth yeare of his reigne Now this Sarias was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a boke all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon yee and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babilon and gaue Sarias this charge When thou commest vnto Babilon se that thou rede all these wordes and saye O LORDE thou art determed to rote out this place so that nether people ner catell shal dwell there eny more but to lie waist for euer and when thou hast redde out the boke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye Euē thus shal Babilon syncke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I will bringe vpon her so that she shal neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are y e preachinges of Ieremy The LII Chap. SEdechias was xxj yeare olde when he was made kynge he raigned xj yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name was Hamithal Ieremies doughter of Lobna He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd Wherfore the LORDE was angrie at Ierusalem Iuda so longe till he had cast thē out of his presence And Sedechias fel from the kynge of Babilon But in y e ix yeare of his raigne In the tēth Moneth the tenth daye of the Moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon with all his hooste came before Ierusalem beseged it made them bulworkes rounde aboute it And this beseginge of the cite endured vnto the xj yeare of kynge Sedechias And in the fourth Moneth the ix daye of the Moneth there was so greate honger in the cite that there were no more vitayles for the people of the londe So all the souldyers brake awaye and fled out of the cite by night thorow the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Now y e Caldees had cōpassed the cite rounde aboute yet wente these men their waye towarde the wildernesse And so the Caldees folowed vpon them and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from him So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babilon in the londe of Hemath where he gaue iudgment vpon him The kinge of Babilō also caused Sedechias sonnes be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias caused him be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babilon let him lie in preson till he dyed Now y e tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem brent vp the house of the LORDE He brent vp also the kinges palace all the houses all the gorgeous buyldinges in Ierusalē And the whole hoost of the Caldees y t were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people soch folke as yet was left in the cite which also were fallen to the kinge of Babilon yee what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caried them awaye presoners But y e poore people of the countre dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe to occupie the vynyardes feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pilers that were in the house of the LORDE yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of y e LORDE caried all the metall of them vnto Babilon They toke awaye also the Cauldrons shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones all the brasen vessell that was occupide in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprinklers pottes candilstickes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers the lauer the xij brasen bullockes y t stode vnder y e seate which kinge Salomon made in the house of the LORDE all the vessell conteyned so moch metall that it might not be weyed For euery piler was xviij cubites hie the rope that went aboute it
I Daniel alone sawe this vision the men that were with me sawe it not but a greate fearfulnesse fell vpon them so that they fled awaye and hyd them selues I was left there my self alone and sawe this greate vision so longe til there remayned nomore strength within me Yee I lost my coloure clene I waisted awaye and my strength was gone Yet herde I the voyce of his wordes as soone as I herde it fayntnesse came vpon me and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my face And beholde an hande touched me which set me vp vpon my knees vpon the palmes of my hondes sayenge vnto me O Daniel thou well beloued man take good hede of the wordes that I shal saye vnto y e stōde right vp for vnto y t am I now sent And when he had sayde these wordes I stode vp tremblinge Then saide he vnto me feare not Daniel for why sence the first daye that thou set thine herte to vnderstonde and didest chasten thy self before thy God thy wordes haue bene herde And I had come vnto the whē thou begannest to speake had not the prynce ouer the kingdome of the ▪ Perses w t stonde me xxj dayes But lo Michael one of the chefe prynces came to helpe me him haue I left by the kinge of Persia am come to shewe the what shal happen vnto thy people in the latter dayes for it wil be lōge yet or the vision be fulfilled Now when he had spoken these wordes vnto me I kest downe my heade to y e grounde and helde my tunge Beholde there touched my lippes one very like vnto a man Then opened I my mouth and sayde vnto him that stode before me O my lorde my ioyntes are lowsed in the vision and there is no more strēgth within me How maye my lordes seruaunt then talke with my lorde seinge there is no strength in me so that I can not take my breth Vpon this there touched me agayne one moch like a man conforted me sayenge O thou man so wel beloued feare not be content take a good herte vnto the and be stronge So when he had spoken vnto me I recouered sayde Speake on my lorde for thou hast refreszshed me Thē sayde he knowest thou wherfore I am come vnto y e now wil I go agayne to fight with the prynce of the Perses As soone as I go forth lo the prynce of Grekelonde shal come Neuertheles I wil shewe the the thinge y t is fast noted in the scripture of treuth And as for all yonder matters there is none that helpeth me in them but Michael youre prynce The XI Chapter ANd in the first yeare of Darius of Media I stode by him to conforte him to strength him and now wil I shewe the the treuth Beholde there shal stonde vp yet thre kinges in Persia but y e fourth shal be farre richer then they all And when he is in the chefest power of his riches he shal prouoke euery man agaynst the realme of Grekelonde Then shal there arise yet a mightie kinge that shal rule with greate dominion and do what him list And as soone as his kingdome commeth vp it shal be destroyed deuyded towarde y e foure wyndes of the heauen They y t come after him shall not haue soch power dominion as he but his kingdome shal be scatred yee euen amonge other thē those And the kynge of y e south shal be migthier then his other prynces Agaynst him there shal one make himself strōge shal rule his dominiō w t greate power But after certayne yeares they shal be ioyned together the kynges doughter of the south shall come to the kynge of the north for to make frēdshipe but she shal not optayne the power of that arme nether shall she ▪ be able to endure thorow his might but she soch as brought her yee he y t begat her conforted her for his tyme shal be delyuered vp Out of y e braunches of hir rote there shal one stonde vp in his steade which with power of armes shal go thorow the kynges londe of the north handle him acordinge to his strength As for their Idols prynces with their costly Iewels of golde syluer he shal cary them awaye captyues in to Egipte and he shal preuayle agaynst the kynge of the north certayne yeares And when he is come into y e kynges realme of y e south he shal be fayne to turne agayne in to his owne londe Wherfore his sonnes shal be displeased and shal gather together a mightie greate hoost of people and one of them shal come and go thorow like a waterfloude ▪ then shal he returne and go forth with defyenge and boostinge vnto his owne londe Thē the kinge of y e south shal be angrie and shal come forth to fight agaynst the kinge of the north Yee he shall bringe a greate multitude of people together and a greate heape shal be geuē into his honde these shal he cary awaye w t greate pryde for so moch as he hath cast downe so many thousandes neuertheles he shall not preuayle For y e kinge of y e north shal gather of the new a greater heape of people then afore come forth after a certayne tyme and yeares with a mightie hoost exceadinge greate good At the same tyme there shall many stonde vp agaynst the kinge of the south so that y e wicked children of thy people also shal exalte them selues to fulfill the vision and then fall So the kinge of the north shall come to laye sege and to take the strōge fensed cities And the power of thē of y e south shal not be able to abyde him the best men of the people shall not be so stronge as to resist him Shortly when he commeth he shall handle him as he list no man shal be so hardy as to stonde agaynst him He shal stōde in the pleasaunt countre which thorow him shal be destroyed He shal set his face w t all his power to optayne his kingdome to be like it Yee that shal he do geue him vnto the doughters amōge women to destroye him But he shal fayle nether shal he optayne his purpose After this shall he set his face vnto the Iles take many of thē A prynce shal stoppe him to do him a shame besyde the confucion that els shal come vnto him Thus shal he turne agayne to his owne londe stomble fall and be nomore founde so he that came vpon him dyd him violence shal stonde in his place haue a pleasaunt kingdome and after few dayes he shal be destroyed that nether in wrath ner in batell In his steade there shal aryse a vyle person not holdē worthy of a kinges dignite this shall come in craftely optayne the kingdome with fayre wordes he shal fight agaynst the armes of the mightie
vnto me Departe agayne to thine owne londe and to thy kynred and I wyl do the good I am to litle for all the mercies and all the trueth that thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt for I had no more but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan and now am I become two droues delyuer me from y e hande of my brother froÌ„ the haÌ„de of Esau for I am afrayed of him lest he come and smyte me the mother with the children Thou saydest I wyll do the good and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of y e see which can not be nombred for multitude And there he taried that night and toke of soch as came to hande a present vnto his brother Esau two huÌ„dreth she goates twentye he goates two hundreth shepe twentye rammes and thirtie mylck camels w t their foales fourtye kyne ten bullockes twentye she Asses with ten foales and put them in the handes of his seruauntes euery flock by them selues sayde vnto them Go ye forth before me put a space betwixte one flocke after the other and commaunded the first and sayde When my brother Esau meteth the and axeth the Whose art thou whyther goest thou and whose are these that thou dryuest before the Thou shalt saye They be thy seruaunt Iacobs which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau and commeth behynde vs him self Thus commaunded he the seconde also and the thirde and all them that folowed the flockes and sayde Like as I haue tolde you so speake ye vnto Esau whan ye mete him and saye vnto him also Beholde y t seruauÌ„t Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought I wyll reconcyle him with the present that goeth before me after warde wyll I se him my self peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace So the present wente before him but he taried in the tente the same night and rose vp in y e night and toke his two wyues and the two maydens and his eleuen sonnes and wente vnto the foorde of Iacob toke them and caried them ouer the water so that all that he had came ouer and taried him self alone on this syde Then wrestled there a man with him vntyll the breake of y e daye And whan he sawe y t he might not ouercome him he touched the senowe of his thye and y e senowe of his thye shrancke in wrestlinge with him And he sayde Let me go for y e daye breaketh on But he answered I will not let y t go excepte thou blesse me He sayde What is thy name He answered Iacob He sayde Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob but Israel for thou hast stryuen with God and with men and hast preuayled And Iacob axed him sayde Tell me what is y e name But he sayde Why axest thou what my name is And he blessed him there And Iacob called the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face my soule is recouered And as he came ouer froÌ„ Peniel y e Sonne rose vpoÌ„ him he halted vpon his thye Therfore eate the children of Israel no vane vpon the senow of y e thye vnto this daye because y e vane vpon the senow of Iacobs thye was touched The XXXIII Chapter IAcob lift vp his eyes sawe his brother Esau coÌ„mynge with foure hundreth men and he deuyded his children vnto Lea vnto Rachel and to both the maydeÌ„s and set the maydens with their children before and Lea with hir childreÌ„ after and Rachel with Ioseph hynder most And he wente before them and bowed him self to the grounde seuen tymes tyll he came to his brother But Esau ranne to mete him and enbraced him and fell aboute his neck kyssed him and wepte and lift vp his eyes and sawe the wyues with the children and sayde What are these with the He answered They are the children which God hath geuen vnto thy seruaunt And the maydens came forth with their children and dyd their obeysaunce vnto him Lea came forth also with hir childreÌ„ and kneled vnto him Afterwarde came Ioseph and Rachel forth and kneled vnto him like wyse And he sayde What meanest thou w t all the droue that I met He answered that I might fynde grace in the sight of my lorde Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast Iacob answered Oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in y e sight receaue my present of my hande for I sawe thy face as though I had sene the face of God and be at one with me Take this present in good worth that I haue brought y e for God hath geuen it me I haue ynough of all thinges So he compelled him to take it And he sayde Let vs go on and take oure iourney I wyll go in thy company But he sayde vnto him My lorde thou knowest that I haue tender children by me and small and greate catell also which are yet but yonge yf they shulde be dryueÌ„ ouer in one daye the whole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde go on before his seruauÌ„t I wyll dryue after fayre and softly there after as the catell the children can go tyll I come to my lorde in Seir. Esau sayde Yet wil I leaue some of my people with the. He answered What nede is it Let me but onely fynde grace in the sight of my lorde So Esau departed againe the same daye towarde Seir and Iacob toke his iourney towarde Sucoth and buylded him an house and made teÌ„tes for his catell Therfore is the place called Sucoth Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the cite of Sichem which lyeth in y e lande of Canaan after that he was come agayne out of Mesopotamia and pitched before the cite and bought a pece of londe of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens There pitched he his tent and there he set vp an altare and called vpon the name of the mightie God of Israel The XXXIIII Chapter DIna y e doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob wente out to beholde the doughters of the londe Whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Henite which was lorde of the loÌ„de sawe her he toke her and laye with her and forced her and his hert hanged vpon her and he loued y e damsell and talked louyngly with her and spake to his father Hemor Get me this mayden to wife And Iacob vnderstode that Dina his doughter was defyled and his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and Iacob helde his tonge tyll they came Then Hemor the father of Sichem wente forth vnto Iacob to comen with him In the meane season came Iacobs sonnes from y e felde And whan they herde it it greued the men and they were very wroth that he had wrought foly in Israel and lyen with Iacobs doughter for so was not the vse to do Then comened Hemor with theÌ„ and sayde My sonne Sichems hert longeth for youre doughter O geâ—e hir him to
the sonne of Vaphsi of the trybe of Nephtali Guel the sonne of Machi of the trybe of Gad. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent forth to spye out the lande As for Hosea the sonne of Nun Moses called him Iosua Now whan Moses sent thē forth to spye out the lande of Canaan he sayde vnto thē Go vp southwarde and get you vp to the mountaynes and loke vpon the londe how it is and the people that dwell therin whether they be stronge or weake fewe or many and what maner of lande it is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad what maner of cities they be that they dwell in whether they be fenced with walles or not and what maner of lande it is whether it be fatt or leane and whether there be trees therin or not Be of a good corage and bringe of the frutes of the londe It was euen aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype They wente vp spyed the lande from y e wildernes of Zin vntyll Rehob as mē go vnto Hemath They wente vp also towarde the south and came vnto Hebron where Ahiman was and Sesai and Thalmai the children of Enack Hebron was buylded seuen yeare before Zoan in Egipte And they came to the ryuer of Escol and there they cut downe a cluster of grapes and caused two to beare it vpon a staffe pomgranates also and fygges The place is called the ryuer of Escol because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut downe there Howbeit Caleb stylled y e people that was agaynst Moses and sayde vnto them Let vs go vp and conquere the lande for we are able to ouercome it But the men that wente vp with him sayde We are not able to go vp agaynst that people for they are to stronge for vs. And of the lande that they had searched they brought vp an euell reporte amonge the childrē of Israel and saide The lāde that we haue gone thorow to spye out eateth vp the indwellers therof and all the people that we sawe therin are men of greate stature We sawe giauntes there also yee giauntes as the children of Enack and we semed in oure sighte as y e greshoppers and so dyd we in their sighte The XIIII Chapter THen the whole cōgregacion toke on and cryed and the people wepte y t night And all the childrē of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron and the whole congregacion sayde vnto them Oh that we had dyed in the lande of Egipte or that we might dye yet in this wyldernesse Wherfore bryngeth the LORDE vs in to this lande that oure wyues shulde fall thorow the swerde and ouer children be a praye Is it not better that we go agayne in to Egipte And they sayde one to another Let vs make a captayne and go in to Egipte agayne But Moses Aaron fell vpō their faces before y e whole cōgregacion of the multitude of the childrē of Israel And Iosua y e sonne of Nun Caleb y e sonne of Iephune which also had spyed out the lande rente their clothes spake to the whole cōgregacion of the children of Israel The londe y t we haue walked thorow to spye it out is a very good lande Yf the LORDE haue lust vnto vs he shal brynge vs in to the same londe geue it vs which is a lāde that floweth with mylke hony But in anye wyse rebell not ye agaynst the LORDE feare not y e people of this lande for we wil eate thē vp as bred Their defence is departed frō them but the LORDE is w t vs be not ye afrayed of them And all the people bad stone them w t stones Then appeared the glory of the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto all the children of Israel the LORDE sayde vnMoses How longe shal this people blaspheme me And how longe wil it be or they beleue me for all the tokēs that I haue shewed amonge them I wil smyte them with pestilence destroye thē wil make of the a greater mightier people then this is But Moses sayde vnto y e LORDE Then shal y e Egipcians heare it for w t thy power hast thou brought this people from amōge thē so shal it be tolde the inhabiters of this lande also which haue herde y t thou O LORDE art amonge this people y t thou art sene from face to face that thy cloude stondeth ouer them and that thou goest before them in the cloudy piler on the daye tyme and in the fyrie piler on the night season Yf thou shuldest now slaye this people as one man then the Heythen that haue herde so good reporte of the shulde saye The LORDE was not able to brynge the people in to the londe that he sware vnto them therfore hath he slayne them in the wyldernes So let the power of the LORDE now be greate acordinge as thou hast spoken and sayde The LORDE is of longe sufferaunce and of greate mercy and forgeueth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent vysiteth the myszdede of the fathers vpon the children in to the thirde and fourth generacion O be gracious now vnto the synne of this people acordinge to thy greate mercy like as thou hast forborne this people also euer from Egipte vnto this place And the LORDE sayde I haue forgeuē it as thou hast saide But as truly as I lyue all y e worlde shal be full of my glory For of all y e men that haue sene my glory my tokens which I dyd in Egipte and in the wildernesse and tempted me now ten tymes haue not herkened vnto my voyce there shall not one se the londe that I sware vnto their fathers nether shal eny of them that haue blasphemed me se it But my seruaūt Caleb because there is another maner sprete with him because he hath folowed me him wil I brynge in to the lande which he hath gone thorow his sede shal conquere it and y e Amalechites also and the Cananites that dwell in the lowe countrees Tomorow turne you and get you to the wyldernesse in the waye towarde the reed see And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde How lōge shal this euell multitude murmur agaynst me For I haue herde the murmuringe of the childrē of Israel y t they haue murmured agaynst me Tell them therfore As trulye as I lyue sayeth y e LORDE I wil do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares Youre carcases shal lye in this wildernesse And all ye that were nombred from twentye yeare and aboue which haue murmured agaynst me shall not come in to the lande cōcernynge the which I lift vp my hāde y t I wolde let you dwell therin saue Caleb y e sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. You re children of whom ye sayde They shal be a spoyle
eny ymage that is like a man or woman or beest vpon earth or fethered foule vnder the heauen or worme vpon the grounde or fyszshe in the water vnder y e earth y t thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen and se the Sonne and the Moone the starres and the whole hoost of heaueÌ„ and be disceaued and worshippe and serue them which the LORDE y i God hath made to serue all nacioÌ„s vnder y e whole heaueÌ„ But you hath the LORDE taken and broughte you out of the yron fornace namely out of Egipte that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye And the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes so that he sware y t I shulde not go ouer Iordane ner come in to that good londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce As for me I must dye in this londe and shal not go ouer Iordane But ye shal go ouer and shall haue that good loÌ„de in possession Take hede therfore vnto youre selues that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of faszhion as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God Yf whan ye haue begotten children and childers children and haue dwelt in the londe ye marre youre selues make you ymages of eny maner of faszhion and do euell in the sighte of y e LORDE youre God to prouoke him I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer you this daie that ye shall shortly pâ—rishe froÌ„ the londe in to y e which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it Ye shal not dwell longe therin but shal vtterly be destroyed And y e LORDE shal scater you amonge y e nacions and ye shall be left a small people amoÌ„ge y e Heythen whyther the LORDE shall brynge you There shal ye serue goddes which are y e workes of mens handes euen wodd stone which nether se ner heare ner eate ner smell But yf thou seke the LORDE y e God there thou shalt finde him yee yf thou seke him w t thy whole hert and with all y e soule Whan thou shalt be strately troubled whaÌ„ all these thinges shal come vpoÌ„ the in y e latter dayes then shalt thou turne agayne to y e LORDE thy God and be obedient vnto his voice For y e LORDE y e God is a mercifull God he shal not forsake the ner destroye the nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe after the tymes past which haue bene before the sens the daie y t God created man vpon earth from one ende of the heaueÌ„ vnto the other whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done or eny soch like herde that a people hath herde y e voyce of God speake out of the fyre as thou hast herde yet liued Or whether God assaied to go take vnto him a people out of y e myddes of a nacion thorow tentacions thorow tokens thorow wonders thorow warre thorow a mightie hande thorow a stretched out arme and thorow greate visioÌ„s acordinge vnto all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes Thou hast sene it y t thou mightest knowe that the LORDE is God and that there is none other but he onely Out of heauen made he the to heare his voyce that he might nurtoure the and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare out of y e fyre thou herdest his wordes because he loued y e fathers chose their sede after theÌ„ And he brought y t out w t his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte to dryue out before the nacions greater and mighter then thou and to bringe y e in y t he might geue the their loÌ„de to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye turne it into thine herte that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen and beneth vpon earth and that there is no mo Kepe his ornaunces therfore and commaundementes which I commaunde the this daie theÌ„ shal it go well w t the and thy children after the so that thy life shal longe endure in y e londe which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge y t he might flye thither which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres hated him not a fore tyme y t he might flye in to one of these cities lyue Bezer in y e wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites Ramoth in Gilead amoÌ„ge y e Gaddites Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel these are the testimonies ordinaunces lawes y t Moses spake vnto the children of Israel after they were departed out of Egipte beyonde Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor in y e londe of Sion kynge of y e Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon whom Moses the childreÌ„ of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte conquered his laÌ„de the londe of Og kynge of Basan two kynges of the Amorites which were beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge froÌ„ Aroer which lyeth vpon y e ryuer syde of Arnon vnto mount Sion which is Hermon all y e playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in y e plaine felde vnder mount Pisga The V. Chapter ANd Moses called all Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare Israel the ordinaunces lawes which I speake in yo r eares this daye lerne them kepe theÌ„ so that ye do therafter The LORDE oure God made a couenaunt with vs at Horeb he made not this couenaunt with oure fathers but with vs that are here this daie and lyue euery one He talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vpoÌ„ the mount I stode at the same tyme betwixte the LORDE and you that I mighte shewe you the worde of the LORDE For ye were afrayed of the fyre wente not vp to the mount and he sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner of licknesse of the thinges y t are aboue in heauen beneth vpon earth in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not hono r them ner serue theÌ„ For I y e LORDE y e God am a gelous God vysitinge the synne of the fathers vpoÌ„ the children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion of theÌ„ y t hate me shewe mercye vpon many thousandes y t loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take y e name of y
first Chapter IN y e tyme whan the Iudges ruled there was a derth in the londe And there wente a mā from Bethleē Iuda to take his iourney in to the londe of the Moabites w t his wife and two sonnes which man was called Eli Melech and his wife Naemi his two sonnes the one Mahelon and the other Chilion these were Ephrates of Bethleem Iuda And whan they came in to the londe of y e Moabites they dwelt there And Eli Melech Naemis huszbande dyed she was left behinde w t hir two sonnes which toke Moabitish wyues the one was called Arpa the other Ruth And whan they had dwelt there ten yeare they dyed both Mahelon and Chilion so that the woman remayned desolate of both hir sonnes and hir huszbande Then gat she her vp w t both hir sonnes wyues wente agayne out of the lōde of y e Moabites for she had herde in the londe of the Moabites y t the LORDE had visited his people geuen them bred so she departed from y e place where she was both hir sonnes wyues w t her And as they wēte by the waye to come agayne in to the londe of Iuda she sayde vnto both hir sonnes wyues Go yo r waye turne backe ether of you to hir mothers house the LORDE shewe mercy vpon you as ye haue done on thē y t are deed on me The LORDE graunte you y t ye maie fynde rest ether of you in hir huszbādes house whom ye shal get and she kyssed them Then lift they vp their voyce and wepte sayde vnto her We wil go with the vnto y e people But Naemi sayde Turne agayne my doughters why wolde ye go with me How can I haue children eny more in my body to be youre huszbandes Turne agayne my doughters and go youre waye for I am now to olde to take an huszbande And though I shulde saye I hope this night to take an huszbande to brynge forth children yet coulde ye not tary tlll they were growne vp for ye shulde be to olde so that ye coulde haue no huszbandes No my doughters therfore am I sory for you for y e hāde of the LORDE is gone forth ouer me Then lifte they vp their voyce and wepte yet more and Arpa kyssed hir mother in lawe and turned backe againe but Ruth abode styll by her Neuertheles she sayde Beholde thy syster in lawe is turned backe vnto hir people and to hir god turne thou againe also after thy sister in lawe Ruth answered Speake not to me therof that I shulde forsake the and turne backe from the whither so euer thou goest thither wil I go also and loke where thou abydest there wil I abide also Thy people is my people thy God is my God Loke where thou diest there wil dye and euen there wil I also be buried The LORDE do this and that vnto me death onely shal departe vs. Now whan she sawe that she was stedfastly mynded to go with her she spake nomore to her therof So they wente on both together till they came vnto Bethleem And whan they were come in to Bethleem the whole cite was moued ouer them and sayde Is not this Naemi Neuerthelesse she sayde vnto them call me not Naemi but Mara for the Allmightie hath made me very sory I departed full but the LORDE hath brought me home agayne emptye Why call ye me then Naemi whā the LORDE hath broughte me lowe and the Allmightie hath made me sory It was aboute the tyme of the begynninge of the barlye haruest whan Naemi and his sonnes wife Ruth y e Moabitysse came agayne from the londe of the Moabites vnto Bethleem There was a kinsman also of y e kynred of Eli Melech Naemis huszbande whose name was Boos which was an honest man The II. Chapter ANd Ruth the Moabitisse saide vnto Naemi Let me go in to y e felde gather eares of corne after him in whose sight I shal finde fau◠She sayde vnto her Go y t waie my doughter She wēte on came gathered after y e reapers in y e feld And it fortuned that the same felde was the enheritaunce of Boos which was of the kynred of Elimelech and beholde Boos came from Bethleem and sayde vnto the reapers The LORDE be with you They answered The LORDE blesse the. And Boos sayde vnto his yongman which had the ouersight of y e reapers Whose damsell is this The yonge man that was set ouer y e reapers answered and sayde It is the damsell the Moabitisse which came agayne with Naemi from the londe of the Moabites And she sayde Let me plucke vp and gather I praie the betwene the sheues after the reapers and thus is she come and hath stonde here euer sence the mornynge and within a litle whyle she wolde haue bene gone home agayne Then sayde Boos vnto Ruth Hearest thou my doughter Thou shalt not come vpon another mans londe to gather and go not awaye from hence but tary with my dāsels and loke where they reape in y e felde go thou after them for I haue cōmaunded my seruauntes that no man touch the. And yf thou be a thyrst go thy waye to the vessell drynke where my seruauntes drawe Then fell she downe vpon hir face and bowed hir self downe to the earth and sayde vnto him How haue I founde this fauoure in y e sighte that thou woldest knowe me which am yet a straunger Boos answered and sayde vnto her It is tolde me alltogether what thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe after thy huszbādes death how that thou hast left y e father and thy mother and thy natiue countre and art come to a people whom thou hast not knowne afore The LORDE recompence the thy doinge and thy rewarde be parfecte w t the LORDE God of Israel vnto whom thou art come to put thy trust vnder his wynges She sayde let me fynde fauoure syr before thyne eyes for thou hast comforted me and spoken frendly vnto thy handmaydē where as I am not yet like one of y e handmaydēs Boos sayde vnto her Whan it is eatinge tyme come hither and eate of the bred and dyppe thy morsell in the vyneger And she sat hir downe besyde the reapers And he set parched come before her and she ate was satisfyed and lefte ouer And whā she rose to gather Boos commaunded his seruauntes and sayde Let her gather betwene the sheues also and do her no dishonestye and cast of the sheues vnto her and let it lye that she maye gather it vp and se that noman reproue her for it So she gathered in the felde vntyll euen and she shaked out what she had gathered and it was allmost an Epha of barlye and she toke it vp and came in to the cite and shewed hir mother in lawe what she had gathered She toke forth also and gaue her of that which was left wherof she was satysfyed Thē sayde hir
at Bethleem vnder y e gate caried it broughte it vnto Dauid neuertheles he wolde not drynke it but offred it vnto the LORDE sayde The LORDE let this be farre fro me that I shulde do it Is it not the bloude of the men that ioperded their lyues and wente thither And he wolde not drynke it This dyd the thre Worthies Abisai y e brother of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was one also chefe amoÌ„ge thre He lifte vp his speare smote thre hundreth was an awncient man amoÌ„ge thre the noblest amonge thre was their ruler But he came not vnto the thre And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada the sonne of Ishail a man of greate actes of Cabzeell smote two mightie giauÌ„tes of y e Moabites weÌ„te downe slewe a lyon at a well in the snowe tyme. He smote also a fayre goodly man of Egipte which had a speare in his hande But he weÌ„te downe to him with a staffe and toke the speare out of the Egipcians hande by violence and slewe him with his owne speare This dyd Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and was a famous man amoÌ„ge thre Worthies and more honorable then the thirtie but he came not vnto the thre And Dauid made him of his secrete couÌ„cell Asahel the brother of Ioab is amonge y e thirtie Elham his vncles sonne at Bethleem Samma the Haradite Elika the Haradite Helez the Paltite Ira the sonne of Tekoite Abiser the Anthothite Mebunai the Husathite Zalmon the Ahohite Maherai the Netophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea of the childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin Benaia the Pirgathonite Hidai of the broke of Gaas Abialbon the Arbathite Asmaueth the Bahumite Eliaheba the Baalbonite The children of Iasen and Ionathas Samma the Hararite Eliphelet the sonne of Ahaszbai y e sonne of Maechathi Eliam the sonne of Achitophel y e Gilonite Hesrai of Carmel Paerai the Arbite Iegael the sonne of Nathan of Soba â–ª Bani the Gadite Zeleg the Ammonite Naharai the Beerothite the weapen bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia Ira the Iethrite Gareb the Iethrite Vriâ—s the Hethite These are alltogether seuen and thirtie The XXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE was wrothfully displeased of y e new agaynst Israel and moued Dauid amonge them because he saide Go nombre Israel and Iuda And the kynge sayde vnto Ioab y e chefe captayne of his hoost Go aboute in all the trybes of Israel from Dan vnto Berseba and nombre the people that I maye knowe how many they be Ioab sayde vnto the kynge The LORDE thy God adde vnto this people an hundreth tymes as moch as it is now that my lorde the kynge maye se his eyes lust theron But why hath my lorde the kynge a desyre to this thinge Neuertheles the kynges worde preuayled agaynst Ioab and the captaynes of the hoost So Ioab and y e captaynes of the hoost wente forth from the kynge to nombre the people of Israel and passed ouer Iordane and pitched at Aroer at the righte hande of the cite which lyeth in y e ryuer of Gad and at Iaseer came to Gilead and in the lowe countre of Hadsi and came vnto Dan Iaan and aboute Sidon and came to the stronge cite of Tyrus and all the cities of the Heuites and Cananites and came forth to the south parte of Iuda vnto Berseba and weÌ„te rounde aboute that countre and after nyne monethes and twenty daies they came to Ierusalem And Ioab delyuered vnto y e kynge the summe of the people that was nombred And in Israel there were eight C. thousande stronge men that drue out the swerde and in Iuda fyue hundreth thousande men And after that the people was nombred Dauids hert smote him selfe And Dauid sayde vnto y e LORDE I haue synned sore that I haue done this And now LORDE take awaie the trespace of thy seruaunt For I haue done very vnwysely And whan Dauid rose vp in the mornynge the worde of the LORDE came vnto the prophet Gad Dauids Seer sayde Go speake vnto Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE â–ª I brynge the thre thinges chose the one of them that I maye do it vnto the. Gad came vnto Dauid and tolde him and sayde vnto him Wilt thou that seuen yeare derth shall come in to thy londe Or that thou be fayne to flye before thine aduersaries thre monethes and they to persecute the Or that there be pestilence thre dayes in the londe Take aduysement therfore and se what answere I shal bringe agayne vnto him y t sent me Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in extreme trouble Neuertheles yf it maye be let me rather fall in to y e handes of the LORDE for his mercy is greate I wyll not fall in to the handes of men So the LORDE sent pestileÌ„ce in to Israel from the morow vnto the tyme appoynted so that there dyed of the people from Dan vnto Berseba thre score and ten thousande men And whan the angel stretched his hande ouer Ierusalem to destroye it the LORDE repented ouer the euell and sayde vnto the angell It is ynough holde now thy hande The angell of the LORDE was besyde the barne of Arafna the Iebusite But whan Dauid sawe the angell that smote the people he sayde vnto the LORDE beholde It is I that haue synned I haue done the trespace As for these shepe what haue they done Oh let thy haÌ„de be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house And Gad came to Dauid at the same tyme and saide vnto him Go vp and set vp an altare vnto the LORDE in y e barne of Arafna the Iebusite So Dauid weÌ„te vp as Gad sayde and as the LORDE had commaunded And whaÌ„ Arafna loked aboute him he sawe the kynge with his seruauntes goinge vnto him and he worshipped vpon his face to the grounde and sayde Wherfore commeth my lorde y e kynge vnto his seruaunt Dauid sayde To bye the barne of the and to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arafna sayde vnto Dauid Let my lorde the kynge take it and offre what pleaseth him Beholde there is an oxe for a burnt offerynge and sleddes and vessels of oxen to the wodd All this gaue Arafna vnto the kynge And Arafna sayde vnto y e kynge The LORDE thy God make the accepted vnto him Neuertheles y e kynge sayde vnto Arafna Not so but I wyll bye it of the for as moch as it is worth For I wyl not offre burnt offerynges vnto y e LORDE of y t which I haue for naughte So Dauid boughte the barne and the oxe for fiftye Sicles of syluer and buylded an altare there vnto the LORDE and offred burnt offerynges deed offerynges And the LORDE was mercifull vnto y e londe and y e plage ceassed from the people of Israel The ende of the seconde boke of the kynges otherwyse called the seconde boke of Samuel The thyrde boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap.
the treasures of y e kynges house At y e same tyme brake Ezechias the kynge of Iuda the dores of the tēple of y e LORDE the plates of golde which he him selfe had caused to laye ouer thē gaue thē vnto the kynge of Assiria And the kynge of Assiria sent Thartan and the chefe chamberlayne the chefe butler from Lachis to kynge Ezechias with a greate power vnto Ierusalem And they wēte vp and whan they came there they stode styll at the condyte by the ouer pole which lyeth in the waye vpō the fullers londe and called vnto the kynge Thē came there forth vnto them Eliachim the sonne of Helchias the stewarde and Sobna the scrybe Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretary And the chefe butler sayde vnto thē Tell kynge Ezechias Thus sayeth y e greate kynge euē the kynge of Assiria What presumpcion is this y t thou trustest vnto Thinkest thou y t thou hast yet councell and power to fighte Where vnto trustest thou then that thou art fallen of fro me Beholde puttest thou thy trust in this broken staffe of rede in Egipte which who leaneth vpon it shall go in to his hande pearse it thorow Euen so is Pharao the kynge of Egipte vnto all them that put their trust in him But yf ye wolde saye vnto me We put oure trust in y e LORDE oure God Is not that he whose hye places and altares Ezechias hath takē downe and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalē Before this altare which is at Ierusalē shal ye worshippe Make a multitude now therfore vnto my lorde the kynge of Assiria and I wil geue y e two thousande horses let se yf thou be able to man them how wilt thou then endure before the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the charettes and horsmen But thinkest thou that I came vp hither without y e LORDE to destroye these cities The LORDE hath commaunded me Go vp in to that londe and destroye it Then sayde Eliachim the sonne of Helchia Sobna and Ioah vnto the chefe butler Speake to thy seruauntes in the Syriās language for we vnderstonde it and speake not vnto vs in the Iewes speche before the eares of the people that are vpon the wall Neuertheles y e chefe butler sayde vnto thē Hath my lorde then sent me vnto thy lorde or to the to speake these wordes Yee euen vnto the men which syt vpon the wall that they maye eate their owne donge and drynke their owne stale w t you So the chefe butler stode and cried with loude voyce in the Iewes language and spake and sayde Heare the worde of the greate kynge the kynge of Assiria Thus sayeth the kynge Let not Ezechias disceaue you for he is not able to delyuer you fro my hāde let not Ezechias make you to trust in the LORDE sayenge The LORDE shall delyuer vs and this cite shal not be geuen in to the handes of y e kynge of Assiria Folowe not ye Ezechias for thus sayeth the kynge of Assiria Do me this blessynge and come forth vnto me so shal euery man eate of his vyne and of his fygge tre and drynke of his well tyll I come my selfe and fetch you in to a londe which is like youre awne lōde wherin is corne wyne bred vynyardes oyle trees oyle and hony so shal ye lyue and not dye Folowe not ye Ezechias for he disceaueth you when he sayeth The LORDE shal delyuer vs. Haue the goddes of the Heythen delyuered euery one his londe from the hande of the kynge of Assiria Where are the goddes of Hemath and Arphad Where are the goddes of Sepharuaim Hena and Iua Haue they delyuered Samaria fro my hande Where is there one god amonge the goddes of all londes which hath delyuered his londe fro my hande that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my hande As for the people they helde their peace and gaue him no answere for the kynge had commaunded and sayde Answere him nothinge Then came Eliachim the sonne of Helchia y e stewarde and Sobna the scrybe and Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretatary vnto Ezechias with rente clothes and tolde him the wordes of the chefe butler The XIX Chapter WHan Ezechias y e kynge herde this he rente his clothes put on a sackcloth wente in to y e house of the LORDE sent Eliachim the stewarde Sobna the Scrybe with the Eldest prestes clothed in sackcloth vnto the prophet Esay y e sonne of Amos they saide vnto him Thus sayeth Ezechias This is a daye of trouble of defiaunce blasphemy The childrē are come to the byrth there is no strength to be delyuered of them Yf happly the LORDE thy God wil heare all the wordes of y e chefe butler whom his lorde the kynge of Assiria hath sent to blasphemie y e lyuynge God to defye him with soch wordes as the LORDE thy God hath herde therfore lifte thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt which are yet lefte behynde And whā kynge Ezechias seruauntes came to Esay Esay sayde vnto them Speake thus vnto youre lorde Thus sayeth the LORDE Feare not thou the wordes y t thou hast herde wherwith the kynge of Assirias seruauntes haue blasphemed me Beholde I wil put him in another mynde so y t he shall heare tydinges go agayne in to his awne countre and in his awne londe wil I cause him to fall thorow the swerde And whan y e chefe butlar came agayne he founde the kynge of Assiria fightinge agaynst Libna for he had herde that he was departed from Lachis And he herde of Taracha the kynge of the Morians Beholde he is gone forth to fighte with the. Then turned he back sent messaungers to Ezechias caused to saye vnto him Let not thy God disceaue the on whom thou trustest sayest Ierusalem shal not be geuē in to the hāde of the kynge of Assiria Beholde thou hast herde what the kynges of Assiria haue done vnto all londes how they dāned them shalt thou be delyuered Haue y e goddes of y e Heithen delyuered thē whom my father destroyed as Gosan Haran Reseph the childrē of Eden which were at Thalassar Where is y e kynge of Hemath y e kynge of Arphad y e kinge of y e cite Sepharuaim Hena Iua And whan Ezechias had receaued the letters of the messaungers and had red them he wente vp vnto the house of the LORDE and layed them abrode before the LORDE made his prayer before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God of Israel thou that syttest vpō the Cherubins thou onely art God amonge all y e kyngdomes of the earth thou hast made heauen and earth Enclyne thine eare O LORDE and heare open thine eyes and beholde and heare the wordes of Sennacherib which hath sent hither to blaspheme the lyuynge God It is true O LORDE that the kynges
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen His soule shall dwell at ease and his sede shall possesse the londe The secrete of the LORDE is amonge them that feare him and he sheweth them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto the LORDE for he shal plucke my fete out of y e nett Turnethe vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my herte are greate O brynge me out of my troubles Loke vpon my aduersite and misery and forgeue me all my synnes Considre how myne enemies are many and beare a malicious hate agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let innocency and righteuous dealinge wayte vpon me for my hope is in the. Delyuer Israel O God out of all his trouble The XXV A psalme of Dauid BE thou my iudge O LORDE for I walke innocently my trust is in the LORDE therfore shall I not fall Examen me O LORDE and proue me trie out my reynes and my hert For thy louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes and I walke in thy trueth I syt not amoÌ„ge vayne personnes and haue no fellishipe with the disceatfull I hate the congregacion of the wicked and I will not syt amonge the vngodly I waszshe my hondes with innocency O LORDE and so go I to thine aulter That I maye shewe the voyce of thy prayse and tell of all thy wonderous workes LORDE I loue the habitacion of thy house and y e place where thy honoure dwelleth O destroye not my soule with the synners ner my life with the bloud thurstie In whose hondes is wickednesse and their right honde is full of giftes But as for me I will walke innocently O delyuer me and be mercifull vnto me My fote stondeth right I wil prayse the O LORDE in the congregacions The XXVI A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my light and my health whom then shulde I feare the LORDE is the strength of my life for whom theÌ„ shulde I be afrayed Therfore when the wicked euen myne enemies my foes came vpon me to eate vp my flesh they stombled and fell Though an hoost of men were layed agaynst me yet shal not my hert be afrayed and though there rose vp warre against me yet wil I put my trust in him One thinge haue I desyred of the LORDE which I wil requyre namely that I maye dwell in the house of the LORDE all the dayes of my life to beholde the fayre beutie of the LORDE and to vyset his temple For in the tyme of trouble he hath hyde me in his tabernacle yee in the secrete place of his dwellinge hath he kepte and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And now hath he lift vp my heade aboue myne enemies that coÌ„passed me rounde aboute Therfore wil I offre in his dwellinge the oblacion of thaÌ„kesgeuynge I wil both synge speake prayses vnto the LORDE HerkeÌ„ vnto my voyce O LORDE when I crie vnto the haue mercy vpon me heare me My hert speaketh vnto the my face seketh the yee LORDE thy face wil I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me cast not thy seruaunt of in displeasure Thou art my succoure leaue me not nether forsake me O God my Sauioure For my father and my mother haue forsaken me but the LORDE hath taken me vp Shewe me thy waye O LORDE and lede me in the right path because of myne enemies Delyuer me not in to the wylles of myne aduersaries for there are false wytnesses rysen vp against me and they ymagyn myschefe Neuerthelesse I beleue verely to se the goodnesse of the LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge O tary thou y e LORDES leysure be stronge let thine hert be of good comforte and wayte thou still for the LORDE The XXVII A psalme of Dauid UNto the wil I crie o my stronge defence thinke no scorne of me lest yf thou make the as though thou herdest not I become like them that go downe in to y e pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticion when I crie vnto the and holde vp my hondes towarde thy holy temple O plucke me not awaye amonge the vngodly and wicked doers which speake frendly to their neghboure but ymagin myschefe in their hertes Rewarde them acordinge to their dedes and wickednesse of their owne inuencions Recompense them after y e workes of theiâ—â—â—des paye them that they haue deserued For they regarde not the workes of the LORDE ner the operacion of his haÌ„des therfore shal he breake them downe and not buylde them vp Praysed be y e LORDE for he hath herde the voyce of my humble peticioÌ„ The LORDE is my streÌ„gth and my shylde my herte hoped in him I am helped therfore my hert dauÌ„seth for ioye and I will synge prayses vnto him The LORDE is the strength of his people he is the defender and Sauioure of his anoynted O helpe thy people geue thy blessynge vnto thy enheritaunce fede them and set them vp for euer The XXVIII A psalme of Dauid AScrybe vnto the LORDE o ye mightie ascribe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Geue the LORDE the honoure of his name bowe youre selues to the holy magesty of the LORDE It is the LORDE that commaundeth the waters It is the glorious God that maketh y e thonder it is the LORDE y t ruleth the see The voyce of the LORDE is mightie in operacion the voyce of the LORDE is a glorious voyce The voyce of the LORDE breaketh the Cedrâ— trees yee the LORDE breaketh the Ceders of Libanus He maketh them to skippe like a calfe Libanus and Sirion like a yonge vnycorne The voyce of the LORDE deuideth the flames of fyre the voyce of the LORDE shaketh the wildernesse yee the LORDE shaketh the wildernesse of Cades The voyce of the LORDE moueth y e hyndes discouereth the thicke buszshes in his temple shal euery man speake of his honoure The LORDE stilleth the water floude y e LORDE remayneth a kynge for euer The LORDE shall geue power vnto his people the LORDE shal geue his people the blessynge of peace The XXIX A psalme of Dauid I Wil magnifie y e O LORDE for thou hast set me vp not suffred my foes to triuÌ„phe ouer me O LORDE my God I cried vnto the and thou hast healed me Thou LORDE hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kepte my life where as they go downe to the pytte Synge prayses vnto the LORDE o ye sayntes of his geue thankes vnto him for a remembraunce of his holynesse For his wrath endureth but the twincklinge of an eye and his pleasure is in life heuynesse maye well endure for a night but ioye commeth in the mornynge As forme wheÌ„ I was in prosperite I sayde Tush I shal neuer fall more And why
thē vp vnto their owne hertes lust let thē folowe their owne ymaginacions O y t my people wolde obeye me for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes I shulde soone put downe their enemies turne myne hōde agaynst their aduersaries The haters of y e LORDE shulde mysse Israel but their tyme shulde endure for euer He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke The LXXXI A psalme of Asaph GOd stondeth in the congregacion of the goddes is a iudge amonge the iudges How longe wil ye geue wrōge iudgment accepte the personnes of the vngodly Sela. Defende the poore father lesse se that soch as be in nede necessite haue right Delyuer the outcaste poore saue hym from the hande of the vngodly Neuertheles they wil not be lerned vnderstonde but walke on still in darcknesse therfore must all the foundacions of the londe be moued I haue sayde ye are goddes ye all are the childrē of y e most hyest But ye shal dye like men fall like one of the tyrauntes Aryse o God iudge thou the earth for all Heithen are thine by enheritaunce The LXXXII A psalme of Asaph HOlde not thy tonge o God kepe not still sylēce refrayne not y i self o God For lo thy enemies make a murmuringe they y t hate the lift vp their heade ▪ They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people take councell agaynst thy secrete ones Come saye they let vs rote them out from amonge the people that the name of Israel maye be put out of remēbraunce For they haue cast their heades together with one consent are cōfederate agaynst the. The tabernacles of the Edomites Ismaelites the Moabites Hagarenes Gebal Ammo◠and Amalech the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre Assur also is ioyned vnto thē helpe the children of Loth. Sela. But do thou to them as vnto the Madianites vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by y e broke of Cyson Which perished at Endor became as the dōge of y e earth Make their prynces like Oreb and Zeeb Yee make all their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana Which saye we wil haue the houses of God in possession O my God make them like vnto a whele and as the stuble before the wynde Like as a fyre that burneth vp the wodd as the flame that consumeth the mountaynes Persecute them euen so with thy tempest make them afrayed with thy storme Make their faces ashamed o LORDE y t they maye seke thy name Let thē be cōfounded vexed euer more more Let thē be put to shame perish That they maye knowe that thou art alone that thy name is the LORDE and that thou only art the most hyest ouer all the earth The LXXXIII A psalme of the children of Corah O How amiable are y t dwellīges thou LORDE of hoostes My soule hath a desyre lōginge for y e courte of y e LORDE my hert my flesh reioyse in y e lyuynge God For the sparow hath founde hir an house the swalowe a nest where she maye laye hir yōge euē y e aulters O LORDE of hoostes my kynge my God O how blessed are they that dwell in thy house they are allwaye praysinge ye. Blessed are y e men whose strēgth is in y e in whose herte are y t wayes Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery vse it for a well and the poles are fylled with water They go from strength to strength and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto thē in Sion O LORDE God of hoostes heare my prayer herken o God of Iacob Beholde o God oure defence loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly For the LORDE God is a light and defence the LORDE wil geue grace worshipe and no good thinge shal he witholde from them that lyue a godly life O LORDE God of hoostes blessed is the man y t putteth his trust in the. The LXXXIIII A psalme of the children of Corah LORDE thou barest a loue vnto thy londe thou didest bringe agayne the captiuyte of Iacob Thou diddest forgeue the offence of thy people and couerdest all their synnes Sela. Thou tokest awaye all thy displeasure turnedest thy self from thy wrothful indignacion Turne vs then o God o r Sauioure let thine anger ceasse from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to another Wilt thou not turne agayne quycken vs that thy people maye reioyse in the I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes For his saluacion is nye them that feare him so that glory shal dwell in oure londe Mercy and trueth are met together rightuousnesse and peace kysse ech other Trueth shal ryse out of y e earth and rightuousnesse shal loke downe from heauen And why the LORDE shal shewe louinge kyndnesse and oure londe shal geue hir encrease Rightuousnesse shal go before him and prepare the waye for his commynge The LXXXV psalme A prayer of Dauid BOwe downe thine eare o LORDE and heare me for I am cōfortles and poore O kepe my soule for I am holy my God helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercifull vnto me o LORDE for I call daylie vpon the. Cōforte the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the o LORDE do I lift vp my soule For thou LORDE art good and gracious of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. Geue eare LORDE vnto my prayer and pondre my humble desyre In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the goddes there is none like the o LORDE there is not one that cā do as thou doest All nacions whom thou hast made shall come and worshipe before the o LORDE and shal glorifie thy name For thou art greate thou doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Lede me in thy waye o LORDE that I maye walke in thy trueth O let my hert delyte in fearynge thy name I thanke the o LORDE my God wil prayse thy name for euer For greate is thy mercy towarde me thou hast delyuered my soule from y e nethermost hell O God the proude are rysen agaynst me and the cōgregacion of y e mightie seketh after my soule set not y e before their eyes But thou o LORDE God art full of compassion and mercy longe suffrynge greate in goodnesse trueth O turne the then vnto me haue mercy vpō me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt helpe the sonne of thy handmaydē Shewe some tokē vpon me for good
fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure The first Chapter MY sonne heare thy fathers doctryne and forsake not the lawe of y e mother for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade shal be â— cheyne aboute thy necke My sonne coÌ„sente not vnto synners yf they entyse the and saye come wyth us let us laye wayte for bloude lurke preuely for the innoceÌ„t wyth out a cause let us swalowe theÌ„ vp like y e hell let us deuoure theÌ„ quycke and whole as those that go downe in to the pytt So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles Cast in thy lott amonge us we shal haue all one purse My sonne walke not thou w t them refrayne y e fote froÌ„ their wayes For their fete ruÌ„ne to euell are haistie to shed bloude But in vayne is y e net layed forth before the byrdes eyes Yee they theÌ„ selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude and one of theÌ„ wolde slaye another These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous that one wolde rauysh anothers life Wyszdome crieth without putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes She calleth before y e congregacion in y e open gates and sheweth hir wordes thorow y e cite sayenge O ye childreÌ„ how loÌ„ge wil ye loue childyshnesse how longe wil y e scorners delyte in scornynge y e vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege O turne you vnto my correccion lo I wil expresse my mynde vnto you and make you vnderstoÌ„de my wordes Seinge then that I haue called and ye refused it I haue stretched out my honde and no maÌ„ regarded it but all my couÌ„cels haue ye despysed and set my correccioÌ„s at naught Therfore shal I also laugh in yo r destruccion and mocke you when y e thinge that ye feare coÌ„meth vpon you euen wheÌ„ y e thinge that ye be afrayed of falleth in sodenly like a storme and yo r misery like a tempest yee whaÌ„ trouble and heuynesse coÌ„meth vpon you Then shal they call vpoÌ„ me but I wil not heare they shal seke me early but they shal not fynde me And y t because they hated knowlege and receaued not y e feare of y e LORDE but abhorred my councell and despysed my correccion Therfore shal they eate y e frutes of their owne waye and be fylled w t their owne councels for y e turnynge awaye of y e vnwyse shal slaye theÌ„ y e prosperi of fooles shal be their owne destruccioÌ„ But who so harkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and haue ynough without eny feare of euell The II. Chapter MY sonne yf thou wilt receaue my wordes and kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes by the that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome applie thine herte then to vnderstoÌ„dinge For yf thou criest after wyszdome callest for knowlege yf thou sekest after her as after money and dyggest for her as for treasure TheÌ„ shalt thou vnderstonde y e feare of the LORDE and fynde y e knowlege of God For it is the LORDE that geueth wyszdome out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge He preserueth y e welfare of the rightuous and defendeth them y t walke innocently he kepeth them in y e right path and preserueth y e waye of his sayntes Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse iudgment and equite yee and euery good path Yf wyszdome entre in to thine herte and y e soule delyte in knowlege then shal councell preserue the and vnderstondinge shal kepe the. That thou mayest be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye and from the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thinges From soch as leaue the hye strete and walke iÌ„ y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse in doynge euell and delyte iÌ„ wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forsaketh the huszbande of hir youth and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned vnto death and hir pathes vnto hell All they that go in vnto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the waye of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe the pathes of the rightuous For the iust shal dwell in the londe and the innocentes shal remayne in it but the vngodly shal be roted out of y e londe and the wicked doers shal be taken out of it The III. Chapter MY sonne forget not my lawe but se y t thine hert kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes For they shal proloÌ„ge y e dayes yeares of y e lyfe brynge y e peace Let mercy faithfulnes neuer go from y e bynde theÌ„ about y e necke wryte them in the tables of thine herte So shalt thou fynde fauo r and good vnderstondinge in y e sight of God and men Put thy trust in y e LORDE with all thine herte and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him and he shal ordre thy goinges Be not wyse in thine owne conceate but feare y e LORDE and departe from euell so shal thy nauel be whole and thy bones stronge Honoure the LORDE w t y e substaunce w t y e firstlinges of all thine encrease so shal thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse and thy presses shal flowe ouer with swete wyne My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of y e LORDE nether faynte when thou art rebuked of him For whoÌ„ the LORDE loueth him he chasteneth and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne Well is him that fyndeth wyszdome opteyneth vnderstondinge for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer the profit of it is better then golde Wyszdome is more worth theÌ„ precious stones all y e thinges y t thou canst desyre are not to be compared vnto her Vpon hir right hande is longe life vpon hir left hande is riches honor. Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all hir pathes are peaceable She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her and blessed are they that kepe her fast With wyszdome hath y e LORDE layed the fouÌ„dacion of y e earth thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished y e heaueÌ„s Thorow his wiszdome y e depthes breake vp y e cloudes droppe downe the dew My sonne let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes but kepe my lawe and my councell so shal it be life vnto thy soule grace vnto y e mouth Then shalt thou walke safely in y e waye thy fote shal not stomble Yf thou slepest thou shalt not be afrayed but shalt take thy rest slepe swetely Thou neddest not to be afrayed of eny sodane feare nether for the violent russhinge in of the vngodly when it commeth For the LORDE shal be besyde the kepe thy fote y t thou be not taken Refuse not to do good vnto
him that ruleth it That were euen like as yf the rod dyd exalte it self agaynst him that beareth it or as though y e staff shulde magnifie it self as who saye it were no wodd Therfore shal the LORDE of hoostes sende him pouerte in his riches and burne vp his power as it were with a fyre But the light of Israel shal be y t fyre and his Sanctuary shal be the flame and it shal kyndle and burne vp his thornes and breyers in one daye yee all the glory of his woddes and feldes shal be consumed with body and soule As for himself he shal be as one chased awaye The trees also of his felde shal be of soch a nombre that a childe maye tell them After y t daye shal the remnaunt of Israel and soch as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seke no more coÌ„forte at him that smote them but shal conforte themselues with faithfulnesse and treuth in the LORDE the holy one of Israel The remnaunt yee and the Posteryte of Iacob shal coÌ„uerte vnto God the mighty one For though thy people o Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal but the remnaunt of them only conuerte vnto him Perfecte is the iudgmeÌ„t of him that floweth in rightuousnesse and therfore y e LORDE of hoostes shal perfectly fulfil the thinge that he hath determyned in the myddest of the whole worlde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes Thou my people that dwellest in Sion be not afrayde for the kinge of the Assirians He shal wagg his staff at the yee and beate the with the rodd as the EgiptiaÌ„s dyd sometyme But soone after shal my wrath and my indignacion be fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal prepare a scourge for him like as was the punyshmeÌ„t of MadiaÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e mount of Oreb And he shal lift vp his rod ouer the see as he dyd somtyme ouer the Egiptians Their shal his burthen be taken from thy shulders and his yock from thy neck yee the same yock shal corrupte for very fatnesse He shal come to Aiath and go thorow toward Migron But at Machmas shal he muster his hooste and go ouer y e foorde Gaba shal be their restinge place Rhama shal be afrayde Gabea Saul shal fle awaye The voyce of y e noyse of thy horses o doughter Gallim shal be herde vnto lais and to Anathoth which also shal be in trouble Madmena shal tremble for feare but the citesyns of Gahim are maÌ„ly yet shal he remayne at Nob that daye After that shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount Sion and agaynst the hill of Ierusalem But se the LORde God of hoostes shal take awaye the proude from thence w t feare He shal hew downe the proude and fel the hie mynded The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out w t yron and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal The xj Chapter AFter this there shal come a rod forth of y e Kynrede of Iesse and a blossome out of his rote The sprete of the LORDE shal light vpon it the sprete of wysdome and vnderstondinge the sprete of councel and strength y e sprete of knowlege and of the feare of God and shal make him feruent in the feare of God For he shal not geue senteÌ„ce after the thinge y t shal be brought before his eies nether reproue a matter at the first hearinge but with rightousnesse shal he iudge the poore and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde He shal smyte y e worlde with y e staff of his mouth with y e breath of his mouth shal he slaye the wicked Rightuousnesse shal be the gyrdle of his loynes treuth and faithfulnesse the gyrdinge vp of his raynes TheÌ„ shal y e wolfe dwel with the laÌ„be and the leopâ—rde shal lye downe by the gote Bullokes lyons and catel shal kepe company together so that a litle childe shal dryue them forth The cowe and the Bere shal fede together and their yongones shal lye together The lyoÌ„ shal eate strawe like the oxe or the cowe The childe whyle he sucketh shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest and wheÌ„ he is weened he shal put his hande in to the Cockatryce denne No man shal do euel to another no man shal destroâ— another in all the hill of my Sanctuary For the earth shal be ful of y e knowlege of y e LORDE euen as though the water of the see flowed ouer the earth Then shal the Gentiles enquere after the rote of Iesse which shal be set vp for a token vnto the Gentiles for his dwellinge shal be glorious At the same tyme shal the LORDE take in honde agayne to conquere y e remnaunt of his people which are lefft alyue From the AssiriaÌ„s Egiptians Arabians Morians Elamites Caldeyes AntiochiaÌ„s and IloÌ„des of the see And he shal set vp a tokeÌ„ amonge the Gentiles and gather together y e dispersed of Israel yee and the outcastes of Iuda from the foure corners of y e worlde The hatred of Ephraim and y e enmyte of Iuda shal be clene rooted out Ephraim shal beare no euel wil to Iuda and Iuda shal not hate Ephraim but they both together shal flye vpoÌ„ the shulders of the Philistynes toward the West and spoyle them together that dwell toward the East The Idumytes and the Moabites shal let their hoÌ„des fall and the Ammonites shal be obedient vnto them The LORDE also shal cleue the tunges of the EgipciaÌ„s see and with a mightie wynde shal he lift vp his honde ouer Nilus and shal smyte his seueÌ„ streames and make men go ouer drye shod And thus shal he make a waye for his people y t remayneth from the Assirians like as it happened to y e Israelites what tyme they departed out of the londe of Egipte The xij Chapter SO that then thou shalt saye O LORDE I thanke the for thou wast displeased at me but thou hast refrayned thy wrath and hast mercy vpon me Beholde God is my health in whom I trust and am not afrayde For the LORDE God is my strength and my prayse he also shal be my refuge Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure and then shal ye saye Let vs geue thankes vnto the lorde and call vpon his name and declare his councels amonge the people and kepe them in remembraunce for his name is excelleÌ„t O synge praises vnto the LORDE for he doth greate thinges as it is knowne in all the worlde Crie out and be glad thou that dwellest in Sion for greate is thy prince the holy one of Israel The XIII Chapter THis is y e heuy burtheÌ„ of BabiloÌ„ which Esaye the sonne of Amos dyd se. Make some tokeÌ„s to the hie hilles call vnto them holde vp youre hoÌ„de that the prynces maye go in at the
Namely that I wolde geue them a londe which floweth with mylke and hony as ye se it is come to passe vnto this daye Then answered I and sayde Amen It is euen so LORDE as thou sayest Then the LORDE sayde vnto me agayne Preach this in y e cities off Iuda and rounde aboute Ierusalem and saye Heare the wordes off this coÌ„uenaunt that ye maye kepe them For I haue diligently exorted youre fathers euer sence the tyme that I brought them out off the Londe off Egipte vnto this daye I gaue them warnynge by tymes sayenge herken vnto my voyce Neuertheles they wolde not obeye me nor enclyne their eares vnto me but folowed the wicked ymaginacioÌ„s of their owne hertes And therfore haue I accused them as transgressours of all the wordes off this conuenaunt that I gaue them to kepe which they notwithstoÌ„dinge haue not kepte And the LORDE sayde vnto me It is fouÌ„de out that whole Israel and all the citisens off Ierusalem are gone backe They haue turned them selues to the blasphemies off their fore fathers which had no lust to heare my worde Euen likewise haue these also folowed straunge goddes and worshipped them The house off Israel and Iuda haue broken my couenaunt which I made w t their fathers Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will sende a plage amonge you which ye shal not be able to escape and though ye crie vnto me I will not heare you TheÌ„ shal the townes off Iuda and the citisens of Ierusalem go and call vpon their goddes vnto whom they made their oblacioÌ„s but they are not able to helpe them in tyme off their trouble For as many cities as thou hast o Iuda so many goddes hast thou also And loke how many stretes there be in the o Ierusalem so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp to offre vpon them vnto Baal But praye not thou for this people byd nether prayse ner prayer for them for though they crie vnto me in their trouble yet will I not heare them O thou beloued why doest thou so shamefull greate blasphemies in my house euen as though that holy flesh might absolue the specially when thou hast made thy boost off thy wickednes The LORDE called the a grene olyue tre a fayre one a frutefull one a goodly one but now that there is a contrary reporte off the abrode he will burne the vp aÌ„d destroye thy braunches For the LORDE off hoostes that plaÌ„ted the hath deuysed a plage for the o thou house of Israel Iuda for y e euel that ye haue done to prouoke him to wrath in that ye dyd seruyce vnto Baal This o LORDE haue I lerned of the and vnderstonde it for thou hast shewed me their ymaginacions But I as a meke lambe was caried awaye to be slayne not knowinge that they had deuysed soch a councel agaynst me sayenge We will destroye his meate with wod and dryue him out of the londe of the lyuynge that his name shal neuer be thought vpon Therfore I will beseke the now o LORDE of hoostes thou rightuous iudge thou that tryest the reynes and the hertes let me se the auenged of them for vnto the haue I committed my cause The LORDE therfore spake thus of the citesens of Anothot that sought to slaye me sayeÌ„ge Preach not vnto vs in the name of the LORDE or els thou shalt dye of oure hondes Thus I saye spake the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I will viset you You re yonge meÌ„ shal perish with the swearde yo r sonnes and youre doughters shal vtterly dye of honger so that none shal remayne For vpon the citesyns off Anathot wil I bringe a plage and the yeare of their visitacion The XII Chapter O LORDE thou art more rightuous then that I shulde dispute with the Neuertheles let me talke with the in thinges reasonable How happeneth it that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous and that it goeth so wel with them which with out eny shame offeÌ„de and lyue in wickednesse Thou plantest them they take rote they growe and bringe forth frute They boost moch off the yet doest thou not punysh them But thou LORDE to whom I am well knowne thou that hast sene proued my herte take them awaye like as a flock is caried to the slaughter house and apoynte them for the daye off slaughtinge How longe shall the londe mourne and all the herbes off the felde perish for the wickednes off them that dwell therin The catell and the byrdes are gone yet saye they tush God will not destroye vs vtterly Seinge thou art weery in runnynge with the fote men how wilt thou then runne w t horses In a peaceable sure londe thou mayest be safe but how wilt thou do in the furious pryde of Iordane For thy brethren aÌ„d thy kynred haue altogether despised the and cried out vpon the in thine absence Beleue them not though they sâ—eake fayre wordes to the. As for me saye I I haue forsaken myne owne dwellinge place and left myne heretage My life also that I loue so wel haue I geuen in to the hoÌ„des of myne enemies Myne heretage is become vnto me as a Lyon in the wod It cried out vpon me therfore haue I forsaken it Myne heretage is vnto me as a spreckled byrde a byrde of dyuerse coloures is vpon it Go hence and gather all the beastes of the felde together that they maye eate it vp Dyuerse hyrdmeÌ„ haue broken downe my vynyarde and troden vpon my porcion Of my pleasaunt porcion they haue made a wildernes deserte They haue layed it waist and now that it is waist it sigheth vnto me Yee the whole londe lieth waist and no man regardeth it The distroyers come ouer the heeth euery waye for the swearde off the LORDE shal consume from the one ende of y e loÌ„de to the other and no flesh shal haue rest They shal sowe wheat and reepe thornes They shal take heretage in possession but it shal do them no good And ye shal be confounded of youre owne wynnynges because of the greate wrath of the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE vpon all myne euel neghbours that laye honde on myne heretage which I haue geuen my people of Israel Beholde I wil plucke them namely Israel out of their londe and put out the house of Iuda from amonge them And wheÌ„ I haue rooted theÌ„ out I wil be at one with theÌ„ agayne and wil haue mercy vpon them and brynge them agayne euery man to his owne heretage and in to his loÌ„de And yf they namely that trouble my people wil lerne y e wayes of them to sweare by my name The LORDE lyueth like as they lerned my people to sweare by Baal theÌ„ shal they be rekened amoÌ„ge my people But yf they wil not obeye theÌ„ will I rote out the same folke and destroye them saieth the LORDE The XIII
LORDE Beholde the daies come saieth the LORDE y t the cite of y e LORDE shal be enlarged from the towre of Hananeel vnto y e gate of the corner wall From thence shal the right measure be taken before her vnto the hill toppe of Gareb and shal come aboute Gaatha and the whole valley of the deed carcases and of the ashes all Seremoth vnto the broke of Cedron and from thence vnto the corner of the horsgate towarde y e east where as the Sanctuary of the LORDE also shal be set And when it is now buylded set vp of this fashion it shall neuer be broken ner cast downe eny more The XXXII Chapter THese wordes spake the LORDE vnto Ieremy in the tenth yeare of Sedechias kinge of Iuda which was y e xviij yeare of Nabuchodonosor what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste layed sege vnto Ierusalem But Ieremy the prophet laye bounde in y e courte of the preson which was in the kinge of Iudaes house where Sedechias the kinge of Iuda caused him to be layed because he had prophecied of this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shal take it As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda he shal not be able to escape the Caldees but surely he shall come in to the hondes of the kinge of Babilon which shall speake with him mouth to mouth and one of them shall loke another in the face And Sedechias shal be caried vnto Babilon and there shall he be vntill the tyme that I vyset him saieth the LORDE But yf thou takest in hōde to fight agaynst the Caldees thou shalt not prospere And Ieremy sayde Thus hath the LORDE spoken vnto me Beholde Hananeel the sonne of Sellum thine Vncles sonne shall come vnto the and requyre the to redeme y e londe that lieth in Anathot vnto thy self for by reason of kynred it is thy parte to rede me it and to bye it out And so Hananeel myne Vncles sonne came to me in the courte of the preson acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and sayde vnto me Bye my londe I praye the that lieth in Anothot in the countre of Ben Iamyn for by heretage thou hast right to lowse it out for thy self therfore redeme it Then I preceaued that this was the commaundement of the LORDE and so I lowsed the londe from Hananeel of Anathot myne Vncles sonne and weyed him there the moneye euen seuen sycles and ten syluer pens I caused him also to make me a writinge and to seale it and called recorde there by and weyed him there the money vpon the waightes So I toke the euydence with the copie when it was orderly sealed and red ouer and I gaue the euydence vnto Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia in the sight of Hananeel my cosen and in the presence of the witnesses that be named in the euydence and before all the Iewes that were therby in the courte of the preson I charged Baruch also before them saienge The LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel commaundeth the to take this sealed euydence with the copie and to laye it in an erthen vessell that it maye longe continue For the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel hath determed that houses feldes and vynyardes shal be possessed agayne in this londe Now when I had delyuered the euydence vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerias I besought the LORDE sayenge O LORDE God It is thou that hast made heauen and earth with thy greate power and hie arme and there is nothinge to harde for ye. Thou shewest mercy vpon thousandes thou recompēcest the wickednes of the fathers in to the besome of the children that come after them Thou art the greate and mightie God whose name is the LORDE of hoostes greate in councell and infinite in thought Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens children to rewarde euery one after his waye and acordinge to the frutes of his inuencions Thou hast done greate tokens and wonders in the londe of Egipte as we se this daye vpon the people of Israel and vpon those men to make thy name greate as it is come to passe this daye Thou hast brought thy people of Israel out of the londe of Egipte with tokens with wondres with a mightie honde with a stretched out arme and with greate terriblenes and hast geuen them this londe like as thou haddest promysed vnto their fathers Namely that thou woldest geue them a lōde that floweth with mylke and honye Now when they came therin and possessed it they folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedest them to do that haue they not done and therfore come all these plages vpon them Beholde there are bulworckes made now agaynst the cite to take it and it shal be wonne of the Caldees that besege it with swearde with honger and death and loke what thou hast spoken that same shal come vpon them For lo all thinges are present vnto the Yet sayest thou vnto me o LORDE God and commaundest me that I shall loose a pece of londe vnto my self and take witnesses therto and yet in the meane season the cite is delyuered in to the power of the Caldees Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge Beholde I am the LORDE God of all flesh Is there eny thinge then to harde for me Therfore thus sayde the LORDE beholde I shal delyuer this cite in to the power of the Caldees and in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon they shall take it in For the Caldees shall come and wynne this cite and set fyre vpon it and burne it with the gorgeous houses in whose parlers they haue made sacrifice vnto Baal and poured drynke offeringes vnto straunge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath For seinge the children of Israel and the children of Iuda haue wrought wickednes before me euer from their youth vp what haue they els done but prouoked me with the workes of their owne hondes saieth the LORDE Or what hath this cite bene els but a prouokinge of my wrath euer sence the daye that I buylded it vnto this houre Wherin I cast it out of my sight be cause of the greate blasphemies of the childrē of Israel and Iuda which they haue done to prouoke me yee they their kinges their prynces their prestes their prophetes whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem When I stode vp early and taught them and instructe them they turned their backes to me and not their faces They wolde not heare to be refourmed and correcte They haue set their goddes in y e house that is halowed vnto my name to defyle it They haue buylded hie places for Baal in the valley of the children of Ennon to vowe their sonnes and doughters vnto Moloch which I neuer commaūded them nether came it
euer in my thought to make Iuda synne with soch abhominacion Morouer thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken concernynge this cite which as ye youre selues confesse shal be delyuered in to the honde of the kinge of Babilon when it is wonne with the swerde with honger and with pestilence Beholde I will gather them together from all londes wherin I haue scatred them in my wrath in my fearfull and greate displeasure and will bringe them agayne vnto this place where they shal dwell safely And they shal be my people and I wil be their God And I will geue them one herte and one waye that they maye feare me all the daies of their life that they and their children after them maye prospere And I will set vp an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Namely that I will neuer ceasse to do them good and that I will put my feare in their hertes so that they shall not runne awaye fro me Yee I will haue a lust and pleasure to do them good and faithfully to plante them in this londe with my whole herte and with all my soule For thus saieth the LORDE like as I haue brought all this greate plage vpon this people so will I also bringe vpon them all the good that I haue promysed them And men shall haue their possessions in this londe wherof ye saye now that it shal nether be inhabited of people ner of catell but be deliuered in to the hōdes of the Caldees Yee londe shal be bought for money euydēces made ther vpon sealed before witnesses in the countre of Ben Iamin rounde aboute Ierusalem in the cities of Iuda in the cities that are vpō the mountaynes in them that lie beneth yee in the cities that are in the deserte For I wil bringe their presoners hither agayne saieth the LORDE The XXXIII Chapter MOrouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy on this maner whē he was yet bounde in the courte of the preson Thus saieth the LORDE which fulfilleth the thinge that he speaketh the LORDE which perfourmeth the thinge that he taketh in honde euen he whose name is the LORDE Thou hast cried vnto me and I haue herdethe I haue shewed greate and hie thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye spake the LORDE God of Israel concernynge the houses of this cite and the houses of the kinges of Iuda that they shal be broken thorow the ordinaunce and weapens when the Caldees come to be sege them and they shal be fylled with the deed carcases of men whom I will slaye in my wrath and displeasure whē I turne my face from this cite because of all hir wickednes Beholde saieth the LORDE I will heale their woundes and make them whole I will open them the treasure of peace and treuth And I will returne the captiuyte of Iuda and Israel and will set them vp agayne as they were afore From all myszdedes wherin they haue offended agaynst me I will clēse them And all their blasphemies which they haue done agaynst me when they regarded me not I will forgeue them And this shal get me a name a prayse and honoure amonge all people of the earth which shall heare all the good that I will shewe vnto them Yee they shall be afrayed and astonnied at all the good dedes and benefites that I will do for them Morouer thus saieth the LORDE In this place wherof ye saye that it shal be a wildernesse wherin nether people ner catell shal dwell In like maner in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem which also shal be so voyde that nether people ner catell shall dwell there Shal the voyce of gladnesse be herde agayne the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde the voyce of them that shall synge Prayse the LORDE of hoostes for he is louynge and his mercy endureth for euer and the voyce of them that shall offre vp giftes in the house of the LORDE For I will restore the captiuyte of this londe as it was afore saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes It shall come yet therto that in this londe which is voyde from men and catell and in all the cities of the londe there shal be set vp shepherdes cotages in the cities vpon the mountaynes and in the cities that lie vpon the playne and in the deserte In the londe of Ben Iamin in the feldes of Ierusalem and in the cities of Iuda shal the shepe be nombred agayne vnder the honde of him that telleth them saieth the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I wil perfourme that good thinge which I haue promised vnto the house of Israel and to the house of Iuda In those daies and at the same tyme I will bringe forth vnto Dauid the braunch of rightuousnes and he shall do equite and rightuousnesse in the londe In these daies shall Iuda be helped and Ierusalem shall dwell safe and he that shall call her is euen God oure rightuous maker For thus the LORDE promyseth Dauid shal neuer want one to syt vpon the stole of the house of Israel nether shall the prestes and Leuites want one to offre allwaye before me burnt offeringes to kyndle the meat offeringes to prepare the sacrifices And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy after this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Maye the couenaunt which I haue made with daye and night be broken that there shulde not be daye and night in due season Then maye my couenaunt also be broken which I made with Dauid my seruaunt and so he not to haue a sonne to reigne in his Trone So shall also the prestes and Leuites neuer fayle but serue me For like as the starres of heauen maye not be nombred nether the sonde of the see measured so will I multiplie the sede of Dauid my seruaunt and of the Leuites my ministers Morouer the worde of the LORDE came to Ieremy saienge Cōsidrest thou not what this people speaketh Two kynreddes saye they had the LORDE chosen those same two hath he cast awaye For so farre is my people come y t they haue no hope to come together eny more and to be one people agayne Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Yf I haue made no couenaunt with daye night and geuē no statute vnto heauen and earth then will I also cast awaye the sede of Dauid my seruaunt so that I wil take no prynce out of his sede to rule the posterite of Abrahā Isaac and Iacob But yet I will turne agayne their captiuyte and be mercifull vnto them The XXXIIII Chapter THese are the wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy what tyme as Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon all his hoostes out of all the kingdomes y t were vnder his power and all his people fought agaynst Ierusalem and all the cities therof Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Go speake to Sedechias
Chapter FOr the which cause the LORDE oure God hath perfourmed his deuyce wherof he certified vs and oure heades that ruled in Ierusalē yee and oure kynges oure princes with all Israel and Iuda And soch plages hath y e lorde brought vpō vs as neuer came to passe vnder the heauē like as it is fulfilled in Hierusalem acordinge as it is written in the lawe of Moses that a man shulde eate y e flesh of his owne sonne the flesh of his owne doughter Morouer he hath delyuered them in to the hondes of all the kinges y t are rounde aboute vs to be confounded and desolate scatred thē abrode in all londes naciōs Thus are we brought beneth not aboue for we haue synned against the LORDE o r God not bene obedient vnto his voyce Therfore y e LORDE o r God is rightuous we with o r fathers as reason is are brought to opē shame as it is to se this daye And as for these plages y t are come vpon vs allready y e LORDE had deuyced thē for vs yet wolde we not praye vnto y e LORDE oure God y t we might euery mā turne frō his vngodly wayes So y e LORDE hath caused soch plages to come vpon vs for he is rightuous in all his workes which he hath cōmaunded vs which we also haue not done ner harkened vnto his voyce for to walke in y e cōmaundemētes of y e LORDE y t he had geuē vnto vs. And now o LORDE God of Israel thou that hast brought thy people out of the londe of Egipte with a mightie honde with tokens and wōdres with thy greate power ād outstretched arme and hast gotten thy selff a name as it is come to passe this daye O LORDE oure God we haue synned we haue done wickedly we haue behaued oure selues vngodly in all thy rightuousnesses Turne thy wrath frō vs we beseke the for we are but a few left amonge the Heithen where thou hast scatred vs. Heare o r prayers o LORDE oure peticiōs bringe vs out of captiuyte for thine owne sake get vs fauoure in the sight of thē which haue led vs awaye y t all lōdes maye knowe that thou art the LORDE oure God and that Israel and his generacion calleth vpon thy name O LORDE loke downe frō thy holy house vpon vs enclyne thine eare heare vs. For the deed y t be gone downe to their graues whose soules are out of their bodies ascribe vnto the LORDE nether prayse ner rigtuous-makynge but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of hir synnes which goeth on heuely and weakely whose eyes begynne to fayle yee soch a soule ascrybeth prayse and rightuousnesse vnto the LORDE O LORDE we poure out oure prayers before the and requyre mercy in thy sight O LORDE oure God not for eny godlynesse off oure forefathers but because thou hast sent out thy wrath indignacion vpon vs acordinge as thou dydest threaten vs by thy seruaūtes the prophetes sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE Bowe downe youre shulders and neckes and serue the kynge of Babilon so shal ye remayne still in the londe that I gaue vnto youre fathers Yff ye will not do this ner heare the voyce of y e LORDE youre God to serue the kynge of Babilon I shall destroye you in the cities of Iuda within Ierusalem and without I will also take from you the voyce off myrth and the voyce of ioye the voyce of the brydegrome and the voyce of the bryde ād there shal no man dwell more in the londe But they wolde not herken vnto thy voyce to do the kynge of Babilon seruyce and therfore hast thou perfourmed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes namely that the bones of oure kynges and the bones of oure fathers shulde be trāslated out of their place And lo now are they layde out in the heate of y e Sonne in the colde of y e night ād deed in greate mysery w t hunger w t swearde w t pestilence are clene cast forth As for the tēple wherin thy name was called vpon thou hast layde it waist as it is to se this daye y t for the wickednes of the house of Israel the house of Iuda ▪ O LORDE o r God thou hast intreated vs after all thy goodnes acordinge to all y e greate louinge mercy of thyne like as thou spakest by thy seruaunte Moses in the daye when thou didest cōmaūde him to wryte thy lawe before the children of Israel sayenge Yf ye will not herkē vnto my voyce thē shal this greate multitude be turned in to a very smal people for I wil scatre thē abrode Not withstōdinge I am sure that this folke will not heare me for it is an hardnecked people But in y e lōde of their captiuyte they shall remembre them selues lerne to knowe y t I am the LORDE their God when I geue thē an herte to vnderstōde eares to heare Then shal they prayse me in the lōde of their captiuyte thynke vpon my name Then shall they turne them frō their harde backes from their vngodlynes Then shal they remembre the thynges y t happened vnto their forefathers which synned agaynst me So will I bringe them agayne in to the londe which I promised w t an ooth vnto their fathers Abrahā Isaac Iacob they shal be lordes of it yee I wil increace thē and not minysh thē And I wil make another couenaūt with them soch one as shal endure for euer namely y t I will be their God and they shal be my people and I wil nomore dryue my people the children off Israel out of the londe y t I haue geuē thē The III. Chapter ANd now o LORDE allmightie thou God of Israel o r soule y t is in trouble o r sprete y t is vexed crieth vnto the heare vs o LORDE haue pite vpon vs for thou art a mercifull God be gracious vnto vs for we haue synned before ye. Thou endurest for euer shulde we thē vtterly perishe ▪ O LORDE almightie thou God of Israel Heare now y e prayer of y e deed Israelites of their childrē which haue synned before y e not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE their God for the which cause these plages hange now vpō vs. O LORDE remēbre not y e wickednes of o r forefathers but thinke vpō thy power name now at this tyme for thou art y e LORDE o r God y e o LORDE wil we prayse For thou hast put y e feare ī o r hartes to y e intēt y t we shulde call vpon y e name prayse y e in oure captiuyte and y t we might turne from the wickednesse of oure forefathers y t synned before the. Beholde we are yet this daye in oure captiuyte where as thou hast scatred vs
mercy to those that wil repente Chap· III. The mercifull loue of God towarde the same vnthankful people Chap. IIII. The synnes of the prestes and of the people with reprofe for the same Chap. V. Against the prestes that disceaue the people Chap. VI. The vnthankfulnes of the People Agayne the louynge kyndnesse of God Chap. VII No medycine can helpe so sore are they wounded with ydolatry Chap. VIII Idolatry in Samaria and Israel Chap. IX Punyszhment vpon Israel for Idolatry Chap. X. The vnthankfulnesse of Israel The calfe in Samaria for the which and soch like abhominacions he telleth them of destruccion Cha. XI.XII. God calleth them agayne with rehearsinge his benefites done to them afore Chap. XIII He sheweth them their wickednesse and punyszhment for the same Chap. XIIII He crieth and exorteth the people to conuerte promisynge swetely and louyngly to receaue them This is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Oseas the sonne of Beeri in the dayes of Osias Ioathan Achas Ezechias kinges of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel The first Chapter FIrst when the LORDE spake vnto Oseas he saide vnto him Go thy waye take an harlot to thy wife and get childreÌ„ by her for the â—ode hath coÌ„mitted greate whordome agaynst the LORDE So he wente and toke Gomer y e doughter of Deblaim which conceaued and brought forth a sonne And the LORDE sayde vnto him call his name Iesrael for I wil shortly auenge the bloude of Iesrael vpon the house of Iehu and will bringe the kingdome of the house of Israel to an ende Then will I breake the bowe of Israel in the valley of Iesrael She conceaued yet agayne and bare a doughter And he sayde vnto him Call hir name Loruhama that is not opteyninge mercy ofr I wil haue no pyte vpon the house of Israel but forget them and put them clene out of remembraunce Neuerthelesse I wil haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda wil saue them euen thorow the LORDE their God But I wil not delyuer them thorow eny bow swearde batel horses or horsmen Now when she had weened Loruhama she conceaued agayne bare a sonne Then sayde he call his name Lo Ami that is to saye not my people For why ye are not my people therfore will not I be yours And though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see which can nether be measured ner tolde Yet in the place where it is sayde vnto them ye be not my people euen there shall it be thus reported of them they be y e childreÌ„ of the lyuynge God Then shal the children of Iuda and the childreÌ„ of Israel be gathered together agayne chose them selues one heade and then departe out of the londe for greate shal be the daye of Iesrael The II. Chapter TEll youre brethren that they are my people and youre sisteren that they haue optayned mercy As for youre mother ye shal chyde with her and reproue her for she is not my wife nether am I hir huszboÌ„de vnlesse she put awaye hir whordome out of my sight and hir aduoutry from hir brestes Yf no I shal strype her naked set her euen as she came in to y e worlde Yee I shal laye hir waist and make her like a wildernesse and slaye her for thyrste I shal haue no pite also vpon hir children for they be the children of fâ—rnicacion Their mother hath broken hir wedlocke and she that bare them is come to coÌ„fucion For she sayde I wil go after my louers that geue me my water and my bred my woll my flax my oyle and my drynke But I will hedge hir waye with thornes and stoppe it that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes and though she runne after hir louers yet shall she not get them she shal seke them but not fynde them Then shal she saye well I will go turne agayne to my first huszbonde for at y t tyme was I better at ease then now But this wolde she not knowe where as I yet gaue her corne wyne oyle syluer and golde which she hath hanged vpon Baal Wherfore now will I go take my corne wyne agayne in their season and fet agayne my woll and my flax which I gaue her to couer hir shame And now will I dyscouer hir foolishnesse euen in the sight of hir louers and no man shal delyuer her out of my hondes Morouer I wil take awaye all hir myrth hir holy dayes hir newmoones hir Sabbathes and all hir solempne feastes I will destroye hir vynyardes and fyge trees though she saieth lo here are my rewardes that my louers haue geuen me I wil make it a wodde and the wylde beestes shall eate it vp I will punysh her also for the dayes of Baal wherin she censed him deckynge him with hir earynges and cheynes when she folowed hir louers and forgat me saieth the LORDE Wherfore beholde I wil call her againe bringe her in to a wildernes and speake frendly vnto her there wil I geue her hir vynyardes agayne yee and the valley of Achor also to shewe hir hope comforte Then shal she synge there as in the tyme of hir youth like as in the daye when she came out of the londe of Egipte Then saieth the LORDE she shal saye vnto me O my houszbande shal call me nomore Baal for I wil take awaye those names of Baal from hir mouth yee she shal neuer remembre their names eny more Then will I make a couenaunt with them with the wylde beastes with the foules of the ayre with euerythinge that crepeth vpon the earth As for bowe swerde and batel I will destroye soch out of the londe wil make them to slepe safely Thus wil I mary the vnto myne owne self for euermore yee euen to my self wil I mary the in rightuousnesse in equyte in louynge kyndnesse and mercy In faith also will I mary the vnto my self thou shalt knowe the LORDE At the same tyme wil I shewe my self frendly and gracious vnto y e heauens saieth the LORDE the heauens shal helpe the earth and the earth shal helpe the corne wyne and oyle and they shal helpe Iesrael I wil sowe them vpoÌ„ earth for a sede to myne owne self wil haue mercy vpon her y t was without mercy And to theÌ„ which were not my people I wil saye thou art my people And he shal saye thou art my God The III. Chapter THen sayde y e LORDE to me Go yet y e waye wowe an aduouterous womaÌ„ whoÌ„ thy neghboure loueth as y e LORDE doth the childreÌ„ of Israel how be it they haue respecte to straunge goddes and loue the wyne kannes So I gat her for xv syluerlinges and for an Homer and an half of barlye sayde vnto her Thou shalt byde with me
alonge season but se that thou playest not the harlot and loke thou medle with none other man then wil I kepe my self for the. Thus the childreÌ„ of Israel shal syt a greate whyle without kinge and prynce without offerynge and aulter without prest and reuelacion But afterwarde shal the children of Israel conuerte and seke the LORDE their God and Dauid their kinge and in y e latter dayes they shal worshipe the LORDE and his louynge kyndnesse The IIII. Chapter HEare y e worde of the LORDE o ye children of Israel For the LORDE must punysh theÌ„ y t dwel in the londe And why There is no faith fulnesse there is no mercy there is no knowlege of God in the loÌ„de but swearinge lyeÌ„ge maÌ„slaughter the ft and aduoutry haue gotten the ouerhande one bloud giltynesse foloweth another Therfore shal the londe be in a miserable case and all they that dwell therin shal mourne The beastes in the felde the foules in y e ayre and the fishes in the see shall dye Yet is there none that wil chasteÌ„ nor reproue another The prestes which shulde refourme other meÌ„ are become like the people Therfore stomblest thou in y e daye tyme â–ª the prophet with the in the night I wil bringe thy mother to sylence why my people perish because they haue no knowlege Seinge then that thou hast refused vnderstondinge therfore wil I refuse y e also so that then shalt nomore be my prest And for so moch as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God I wil also forget thy childreÌ„ The more they increased in multitude the more they synned agaynst me therfore wil I chaurge their honoure in to shame They eate vp the synnes of my people corage them in their wickednesse Thus the prest is become like the people Wherfore I will punysh them for their wicked wayes rewarde them acordinge to their owne ymaginacions â–ª They shal eate not haue ynough They haue vsed whordome therfore shall they not prospere why they haue forsaken the LORDE not regarded him Whordome wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye My people axe councel at their stockes their staffe must tell them For an whorish mynde hath disceaued them so y t they coÌ„mitte fornicacion agaynst their God They make sacrifice vpon the hie mountaynes burne their incense vpon the hilles yee amonge the okes groues buszshes for there are good shadowes Therfore yo r doughters are become harlottes and youre spouses haue brokeÌ„ their wedlocke I wil not punish yo r doughters for beinge defyled yo r brydes that became whores seinge the fathers themselues haue medled with harlottes and offered with vnthriftes but the people that wil not vnderstonde must be punyshed Though thou Israel art disposed to playe y e harlot yet shuldest not thou haue offended o Iuda thou shuldest not haue runne to Galgala ner haue gone vp to BethaueÌ„ nor haue sworne the LORDE lyueth For Israel is gone backe like a waÌ„ton cowe The LORDE therfore shal make hir fede as y e laÌ„be y t goâ—eth astraye And where as Ephraim is become partaker of Idols wel let him go Their dronckeÌ„nesse hath put theÌ„ backe brought them to whordome Their rulers loue rewardes brynge saye they to their owne shame A wynde shall take holde of their fethers they shal be coÌ„founded in their offeringes The V. Chapter HEare this o ye prestes take hede o thou housholde of Israel geue eare o thou kingly house for this punyshment wil come vpon you that are become a snare vnto Myspa and a spred net vnto the mount of Thabor They kyll sacrifices by heapes to begyle the people therwith therfore wil I punysh them all I knowe Ephraim well ynough Israel is not hyd fro me for Ephraim is become an harlot and Israel is defyled They are not mynded to turne vnto their God for they haue an whorish herte so y t they can not knowe the LORDE But the pryde of Israel wil be rewarded him in his face yee both Israel and Ephraim shal fall for their wickednesse and Iuda with them also They shall come with their shepe bullockes to seke y e LORDE but they shal not fynde him for he is gone from them As for the LORDE they haue refused him and brought vp bastarde children a moneth therfore shall deuoure them with their porcions Blowe with the shawmes at Gabea and with the trumpet in Rama crie out at Bethauen vpon the yonside of Ben Iamin In the tyme of y e plage shal Ephraim be layed waist therfore dyd I faithfully warne the trybes of Israel Yet are the prynces of Iuda become like them that remoue the londemarckes therfore wil I poure out my wrath vpon them like water Ephraim is oppressed and can haue no right of the lawe for why they folowe y e doctrynes of men Therfore will I be vnto Ephraim as a moth to the house of Iuda as a caterpiller When Ephraim sawe his sicknesse and Iuda his disease Ephraim wente vnto Assur and sent vnto kinge Iareb yet coude not he helpe you ner ease you of youre payne I am vnto Ephraim as a lyon and as a lyons whelpe to the house of Iuda Euen I I wil spoyle them go my waye I wil take them with me and no man shal rescue them I wil go and returne to my place till they waxe faynt and seke me The VI. Chapter IN their aduersite they shall seke me and saye come let vs turne agayne to the LORDE for he hath smytten vs and he shal heale vs He hath wounded vs he shal bynde vs vp agayne after two dayes shal be quycken vs in the thirde daye he shal rase vs vp so that we shal lyue in his sight Then shal we haue vnderstondinge endeuoure oure selues to knowe the LORDE He shal go forth as the sprynge of the daye and come vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne vpon the earth O Ephraim what shal I do vnto the O Iuda how shal I intreate the seynge youre loue is like a mornynge cloude like a dew y t goeth early awaye Therfore haue I cut downe the prophetes letten them be slayne for my wordes sake so that thy punyshment shal come to light For I haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse and not in offerynge Yee in the knowlege of God more then in burnt sacrifice But euen like as Adam dyd so haue they broken my couenaunt and set me at naught Galaad is a cite of wicked doers of malicious people and bloudshedders The multitude of the prestes is like an heape of theues murtherers bloud thurstie for they haue wrought abhominacion Horrible thinges haue I sene in the house of Israel there playeth Ephraim the harlot and Israel is defyled but Iuda shall haue an haruest for himself when I returne the captiuyte of my people The VII
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
promysed offerynges And Iudith offred all Holofernes weapâ—ns and all the Iewels that y e people had geueÌ„ her and the canapy that she toke from his bed and hanged them vp vnto the LORDE The people was ioyfull as the vse is this ioye by reason of the victory with Iudith endured thre monethes So after these dayes euery man wente home agayne and Iudith was in greate reputacion at Bethulia and right honorably taken in all the londe of Israel Vnto hir vertue also was chastite ioyned so y t after hir huszbonde Manasses dyed she neuer knew man all the dayes of hir life Vpon the hye solempne dayes she wente out with greate worshipe She dwelt in hir huszbandes house an hundreth and fyue yeare left hir hondâ— mayden fre and dyed and was buried besyde hir huszbande in Bethulia And all the people mourned for her seuen dayes So longe as she lyued there was none that troubled Israel and many yeares also after hir death The daye wherin this victory was gotten was solemply holden and rekened of the Iewes in the nombre of the holy dayes and is yet greatly holden of the Iewes euer sence vnto this daye The ende of the boke of Iudith The chapters in the boke of Hester which are not founde in the text of the Hebrue but in the Greke and Latyn The XI Chapter after the Latyn In this chapter is descrybed the dreame of Mardocheus MArdocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei y e sonne of Cisei of y e trybe of Ben Iamin a Iew which had his dwelllynge in Susis a man of greate reputacioÌ„ excellent amonge all them that were in the kynges courte Neuerthelesse he was one of the presoners whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had caried awaye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon w t Iechonias the kynge of Iuda In the seconde yeare of the raigne of greate Artaxerses in the first daye of y e moneth Nisan had this Mardocheus soch a dreame He thought he herde a greate teÌ„pest horrible thonder clappes erthquakes greate vpro r in y e londe y t he sawe two greate dragoÌ„s ready to fight one agaiÌ„st another Their crye was greate At the which roaringe and crye all Heithen were vp to fight agaynst y e righteous people And y e same daye was full of darcknes very vncleare full of trouble anguysh yee a greate fearfulnes was there in all the londe The righteous were amased for they feared y e plage euell y t was deuysed ouer theÌ„ were at a poynte w t them selues to dye So they cried vnto God and while they were cryenge the litle well grew in to a greate ryuer in to many waters And with y t it was daye the sonne rose vp agayne And y e lowly were exalted and deuoured the glorious and proude Now whan Mardocheus had sene this dreame he awoke and mused stedfastly in his hert what God wolde do and so he desyred to knowe all the matter and his mynde was there vpon vntyll the night The XII Chapter In this chapter is declared how Mardocheus vttereth the treason of the two seruauntes agaynst the kynge and therfore doth the kynge rewarde him AT the same tyme dwelt Mardocheus with Bagatha and Thares the kynges chamberlaynes and porters of the palace But whan he herde their deuyce and had diligently considered their ymaginacions he perceaued that they wente aboute to laye their cruell handes vpon the kynge Artaxerses and so he certified the kinge therof Then caused the kynge to examen y e two gelded with tormentes And whan they had graunted it they were put to death This the kynge caused to be put in y e Cronicles for an euerlastinge remembrauÌ„ce and Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter So the kynge commaunded that Mardocheus shulde do seruyce in the courte and for this faithfulnesse of his he gaue him a rewarde But Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Agagite which was holden in greate honoure and reputacion in the kynges courte vndertoke to hurte Mardocheus his people because of the two chamberlaynes that were put to death The XIII Chapter The copie of the commaundement which kiÌ„ge Artaxerses by the entisinge of AmaÌ„ sent out in to all countres for the destruccion of the Iewes The prayer of Mardocheus THe greate kynge Artaxerses which raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and seuen and tweÌ„tye londes sendeth his frendly salutacion vnto all the prynces and debytes of the countrees which be subiecte vnto his dominion Whan I was made lorde ouer many people and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion my mynde was not with crueltye and wronge to exalte myself by the reason of my power but purposed w t equyte allwaye and gentylnes to gouerne those that be vnder my iuriszdiccion and wholy to set them in a peaceable life and therby to brynge my kingdome vnto tranquylite that men might safely go thorow on euery syde and to renue peace agayne which all men desyre Now whan I axed my councelers how these thines might be brought to a good ende there was one by vs excelleÌ„t in wyszdome whose good wyll trueth faithfulnes hath oft bene shewed proued which was also y e pryncipall next vnto y e kiÌ„ge AmaÌ„ by name which certified vs how y t in all loÌ„des there was crepte in a rebellious folke y t made statutes lawes agaynst all other people haue allwaye despysed the proclamed commaundementes of kynges and how that for this cause it were not to be suffred that soch rule shulde contynue by you not to be put downe Seinge now we perceaue the same that this people alone are contrary vnto euery man vsynge straunge and other maner of lawes withstonde oure statutes and doinges and go aboute to stablish shrewd matters that oure kyngdome shulde neuer come to good estate and stedfastnes Therfore haue we commauÌ„ded that all they that are appoynted in wrytinge and shewed vnto you by Aman which is ordened and set ouer all oure busynes and the most pryncipall next vnto the kynge and in maner as a father shal with their wiues children be destroyed and roted out with the swerde of their enemies and aduersaries y t there shal be no mercy shewed no man spared And this shal be done y e xiiij daye of the moneth called Adar of this yeare that they which of olde and now also haue euer bene rebellious maye in one daye with violence be thrust downe in to the hell to the inteÌ„t that after this maner oure empyre maye haue peace and tranquylite But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes and noble actes of y e LORDE made his prayer vnto him sayenge O LORDE LORDE thou valeaunt and allmightie kynge for all thinges are in thy power and yf thou wilt helpe and delyuer Israel there is no maÌ„ that can withstoÌ„de ner lett the for thou hast made heauen earth and what
euell will How might eny thinge endure yf it wer not y e will Or how coude eny thinge be preserued excepte it were called of y e But thou sparest all for all are thine o LORDE thou louer of soules The XII Chapter O LORDE how gracious swete is thy sprete in all thinges Therfore chastenest thou thē measurably that go wrōge and warnest them concernynge the thinges wherin they offende thou speakest vnto them o LORDE and exortest thē to leaue their wickednes and to put their trust in the. As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy londe thou mightest not awaye with them for they commytted abhominable workes agaynst the as wytch craft sorcery and Idolatry they slew their owne children without mercy they ate vp mens bowels and deuoured the bloude Yee because of soch abhominaciōs myszbeleues offeringes thou slewest the fathers of the desolate soules by the handes of oure fathers that y e londe which thou louest aboue all other might be a dwellinge for the childrē of God Neuertheles thou sparedest thē also as mē sendedst y e forerūners of thyne hoost euē hornettes to destroye thē out by lytle litle Not y t thou wast vnable to subdue y e vngodly vnto y e righteous in battayll or with cruell beestes or w t one rough worde to destroye thē together But y e mynde was to dryue thē out by lytle litle geuinge thē time place to amende knowinge well y t it was an vnrighteous nacion wicked of nature y t their thought might neuer be altered For it was a cursed sede from y e begynnynge feared no mā Yet hast thou pardoned their synnes For who wyl saye vnto the why hast thou done y t Or who wyl stōde agaynst thy iudgmēt Or who wil come before y e face an auēger of vnrighteous mē Or who wil blame y e yf y e people perish whō thou hast made For there is none other God but thou y t carest for all thinges y t thou mayest declare how y t y e iudgmēt is not vnright There darre nether kīge ner tyraūt in y e sight requyre accōptes of them whō thou hast destroyed For so moch thē as thou art righteous y e self thou ordrest all thīges righteously punishest euē hī y t hath not deserued to be punyshed takest him for a straūger an aleaunt in y e lōde of y e power For y e power is y e beginnynge of righteousnes and because thou art LORDE of all thinges therfore art thou gracious vnto all Whan men thinke y e not to be of a full strength thou declarest y e power boldly delyuerest thou them ouer y t knowe y e not But thou LORDE of power iudgest quyetly and ordrest us with greate worshipe for thou mayest do as thou wilt By soch workes now hast thou taught thy people that a mā also shulde be iust and louynge and hast made thy childrē to be of a good hope for euen when thou iudgest thou geuest rowme to amende from synnes For in so moch as thou hast punyshed and w t soch diligence delyuered y e enemies of thy seruaūtes which were worthy to dye where thorow thou gauest thē tyme place of amēdement y t they might turne frō their wickednes w t how greate diligence then punyshest thou thine awne childrē vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenaūtes of good promises So where as thou doest but chasten vs thou punyshest o r enemies dyuerse wayes to y e intēt y t whā we punysh we shulde remēbre y e goodnesse whan we o r selues are punyshed to put oure trust in thy mercy Wherfore where as men haue lyued ignoraūtly vnrighteously thou hast punyshed thē sore euē thorow y e same thinges that they worshipped For they wente astraye very lōge in y e waye of erro r helde y e beestes which euē their enemies despysed for goddes lyuynge as children of no vnderstandinge Therfore hast thou sent a scornefull punyshment amonge them as amonge the chidrē of ignoraunce As for soch as wolde not be refourmed by those scornes rebukes they felt the worthy punishmēt of God For y e thinges y t they suffred they bare thē vnpaciētly beinge not contēt in them but vnwyllinge And whan they peryshed by y e same thinges that they toke for goddes they knowleged then that there was but one true God whom afore they wolde not knowe therfore came y e ende of their dampnacion vpon them The XIII Chapter VAyne are all men which haue not y e knowlege of God as were they that out of the good thinges which are sene knewe not him that of himself is euerlastinge Nether toke they so moch regarde of the workes that are made as to knowe who was the craftesman of them but some toke the fyre some the wynde or ayre some y e course of y e starres some y e water some toke Sonne and Moone or the lightes of heauen which rule y e earth for goddes But though they had soch pleasure in their beuty that they thought them to haue bene goddes yet shulde they haue knowne how moch more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beuty hath ordened all these thinges Or yf they marueled at the power and workes of thē they shulde haue perceaued therby y t he which made these thinges is mightier then they For by the greatnesse beutye of the creature y e maker therof maye playnely be knowne Notwithstondinge they are the lesse to be blamed that sought God wolde haue founde him and yet myssed And why for so moch as they wēte aboute in his workes and sought after them it is a tokē that they regarded and helde moch of his workes y t are sene howbeit they are not wholy to be excused For yf their vnderstondinge and knowlege was so greate y t they coude discerne the worlde and y e creatures why dyd they not rather fynde out y e LORDE therof But vnhappie are they and amonge the deed is their hope that call thē God which are but the workes of mens handes golde syluer and the thinge that is founde out by connynge the similitude of beastes or eny vayne stone that hath bene made by hande of olde Or as whan a carpenter cutteth downe a tre out of the wodd and pareth of the barck of it connyngly and so with the one parte maketh a vessell to be vsed and dighteth meate with the residue As for the other parte that is left which is profitable for nothinge for it is a croked pece of wodd and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently thorow his vanite and acordinge to the knowlege of his connynge he geueth it some proporcion fashioneth it after the similitude of a man or maketh it like some beest straketh it ouer with reed and paynteth it and loke what foule spot is in it he casteth some coloure vpon it Then
it as the kynge commaunded So they wente forth with all their power and came to Emmaus in to the playne felde When the marchaūtes herde the rumoure of them they and their seruauntes toke very moch siluer and golde for to bye the children of Israel to be their bonde men There came vnto them also yet moo men of warre on euery syde out of Syria the from the Palestynes Now when Iudas and his brethrē sawe that trouble increased and that the hoost drew nye vnto their borders consideringe y e kynges wordes which he commaunded vnto the people namely that they shulde vtterly waist and destroye them They sayde one to another Let vs redresse the decaye of oure people let vs fight for oure folke and for oure Sanctuary Then the congregacion were soone ready gathered to fight to praie and to make supplicacion vnto God for mercy and grace As for Ierusalem it laye voyde and was as it had bene a wyldernesse There wente no man in nor out at it and the Sanctuary was troden downe The aleauntes kepte the castell there was the habitacion of the Heithen The myrth of Iacob was taken awaye the pype the harpe was gone from amonge them The Israelites gathered them together and came to Maspha before Ierusalem for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetyme So they fasted that daye and put sack clothes vpō them cast aszshes vpon their heades rente their clothes and layde forth the bokes of the lawe wherout y e Heithen sought the licknesse of their ymages and brought the prestes ornamentes the firstlinges and the Tythes They set there also the absteyners which had fulfilled their dayes before God and cried with a loude voyce towarde heauen sayenge what shal we do with these and whither shall we cary them awaye For thy Sanctuary is troden downe and defyled thy prestes are come to heuynesse and dishonoure and beholde the Heithen are come together for to destroye vs. Thou knowest what thīges they ymagyn against vs. How maye we stonde before them excepte thou o God be oure helpe They blewe out the trompettes also with aloude voyce Then Iudas ordened captaynes ouer the people ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ren But as for soch as buylded them houses maried wyues planted them vynyardes and those that were fearfull he commaunded them euery man to go home acordinge to y e lawe So the hoost remoued and pitched vpon the South syde of Emmaus And Iudas sayde Arme youre selues be stronge o my children make you ready agaynst tomorow in the mornynge that ye maye fight with these people which are agreed together to destroye vs oure Sanctuary Better is it for vs to dye in battayll then to se oure people and oure Sanctuary in soch a miserable case Neuerthelesse as y e will is in heauen so be it The IIII. Chapter THen toke Gorgias fyue thousande men of fote and a thousande of the best horsmen and remoued by night to come nye where y e Iewes hoost laye and so to slaye them sodenly Now the men that kepte the castell were the cōueyers of them Then arose Iudas to smyte the chefe and pryncipall of the kinges hoost at Emmaus for the army was not yet come together In the meane season came Gorgias by night in to Iudas tentes when he founde no man there he sought them in the moūtaynes and thought they had bene fled awaye because of him But whē it was daie Iudas shewed himself in y e felde with thre thousande men only which had nether harnesse ner sweardes to their myndes But on the other syde they sawe that the Heithen were mightie and wel harnessed and their horsmen aboute them and all these wel experte in fettes of warre Then sayde Iudas to y e men that were with him Feare not ye the multitude of them be not afrayed of their violente runnynge remembre how oure fathers were delyuered in the reed see when Pharao threatned them with a greate hoost Euen so let vs also crie now towarde heauen and the LORDE shall haue mercy vpon vs and remembre the couenaunt of oure fathers yee and destroye this hoost before oure face this daye And all Heithen shal knowe that it is God himself which delyuereth and saueth Israel Then the Heithen lift vp their eyes and when they sawe that they were commynge agaynst them they wente out of their tentes in to the battayll and they that were w t Iudas blewe vp the trompettes So they buckled together and the Heithen were discomfited and fled ouer the playne felde but the hynmost of them were slayne For they folowed vpon them vnto Assaremoth and in to the feldes of Idumea towarde Azot and Iamnia so that there were slayne of them vpon a thre thousande men So Iudas turned agayne with his hoost and sayde vnto the people Be not gredy of y e spoyles we haue yet a battayll to fight for Gorgias his hoost are here by vs in the mountaynes but stonde ye fast agaynst oure enemies and ouercome them then maye ye safely take the spoyles As Iudas was speakynge these wordes there apeared one parte of them vpon the mount But when Gorgias sawe that they of his partie were fled and the tentes brent vp for by the smoke they might vnderstonde what was done they perceauynge this were very sore afrayed and when they sawe also that Iudas and his hoost were in y e felde ready to stryke battayll they fled euerychone in to the londe of the Heithen So Iudas turned agayne to spoyle the tentes where they gat moch golde and syluer precious stones purple greate riches Thus they wente home and sunge a Psalme of thankesgeuynge and praysed God in heauen for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer And so Israel had a greate victory in that daye Now all the Heithen that escaped came and tolde Lysias euery thinge as it happened Wherfore Lysias was sore afrayed and greued in his mynde because Israel had not gottē soch mysfortune as he wolde they shulde nether as the kynge commaunded The nexte yeare folowinge gathered Lysias thre score thousande chosen men of fote and fyue thousande horsmen to fight agaynst them So they came in to Iewry and pitched their tentes at Bethoron where Iudas came agaynst them with ten thousande men And when he sawe so greate mightie an hoost he made his prayer and sayde Blessed be thou o sauioure of Israel which diddest destroye the violent power of the giaunte in the honde of thy seruaunt Dauid and gauest the hoost of the Heithē in to the honde of Ionathas the sonne of Saul and of his weapen bearer Put this hoost now in to the honde of y e people of Israel and let them be confounded in their multitude and horsmen Make them afrayed discomforth the boldnes of their strength y t they maye be moued thorow their destruccion Cast them
power vnto men And as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man syt a receyuinge of custome named Mathew sayde vnto him folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as he sat at meate in the house beholde many publicans and synners came and sat downe also with Iesus and hys disciples When the Pharises sawe that they sayde to hys disciples why eateth youre master with publicans and synners When Iesus herde that he sayde vnto them The whole nede not y e phisiciō but they that are sicke Go and learne what that meaneth I haue pleasure in mercy and not in offerynge For I am not come to call the righteous but y e synners to repentaunce Then came the disciples of Ihon to hym sayinge why do we y e Pharises fast so oft and thy disciples fast not And Iesus sayde vnto thē Can the weddynge chyldrē mourne as lōge as the bridegrome is with them The tyme will come when the bridegrome shal be taken from them and thē shall they fast No man peceth an olde garment with a pece of newe clothe For then taketh he awaye the pece agayne from the garment the rent ys made greater Nether do men put new wyne in to olde vessels for then the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out y e vessels peryshe But they poure newe wyne in to newe vessels and so are both saued together Whyle he thus spake vnto them beholde there came a certayne ruler and worshipped him sayinge My doughter is euē now deceased but come and lay y e honde on her and she shall liue Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples And beholde a woman which was diseased w t an yssue of bloude xij yeres came behynde hym and touched the hem of hys vesture For she sayde in her silfe yf I maye touche but euen his vesture only I shal be safe Then Iesus tourned him aboute and behelde her sayinge Doughter be of good conforte thy faith hath made y t safe And she was made whole euen that same houre And when Iesus came into the rulers house and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge he sayde vnto them Get you hēce for y e mayde is not deed but slepeth And they laughed hym to scorne But whan the people were put forth he went in and toke her by the honde and the mayde arose And this was noysed through out all that londe And as Iesus departed thence two blynde mē folowed hym cryinge and sayinge O thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. And when he was come home the blynde came to hym And Iesus sayde vnto them Beleue ye that I am able to do thys And they sayde vnto hym yee LORDE Then touched he their eyes sayinge acordinge to youre fayth be it vnto you And their eyes were opened And Iesus charged thē sayinge Se that no mā knowe of it But they departed spred abroade his name through out all the londe Whan these were gone out beholde they brought to hym a domme man possessed of a deuyll And whan the deuyl was cast out the domme spake And the people merueled sayinge it was neuer so sene in Israel But y e Pharises sayde he casteth out deuyls thorow the chefe deuyll And Iesus wente aboute in all cities and townes teachinge in their synagoges preachyng y e gospel of y e kyngdome healinge all maner sicknes all maner desease amōge the people And when he sawe the people he had compassion on thē because they were pyned awaye and scattered abroade euen as shepe hauinge no shepherd Then sayde he to hys disciples y e heruest is greate but y e laborers are fewe Wherfore praye the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth laborers into hys haruest The x. Chapter ANd he called his xii disciples vnto hym gaue them power ouer vncleane spretes to cast them out to heaale all maner of sicknesses and all maner of deseases The names of the xii Apostels are these The fyrst Simon called Peter Andrew his brother Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother Philip and Bartlemew Thomas and Mathew the Publican Iames the sonne of Alphe and Lebbeus other wyse called Taddeus Simon of Cane and Iudas Iscarioth which also betrayed hym These twolue sent Iesus and commaunded them sayinge Go not in to the wayes y t leade to the Heithen and in to the cities of the Samaritās enter ye not But go rather to the lost shepe of the housse of Israel Go and preach sayinge The kyngdome of heuē is at hande Heale the sicke clense the lepers rayse the deed cast out the deuils Frely ye haue receaued frely geue againe Posses not golde nor siluer nor brasse yn youre gerdels nor yet scrip towardes your iorney nether two cotes nether shues nor yet a staffe For the workman is worthy of his meate In to what soeuer cite or towne ye shall come enquyre in it who is mete for you and there abyde tyll ye go thence And whē ye come in to an house salute y e same And yf the housse be mete for you yo peace shal come vpō it But yf it be not mete for you yo peace shal turne to you againe And yf no man wil receaue you ner heare youre preachinge departe out of that house or that cite and shake the dust of youre fete Truly I saye vnto you it shall be easyer for y e londe of Sodoma and Gomorra in y e daye of iudgment then for that cite Beholde I sende you forth as shepe amōge wolues Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and innocent as doues Beware of men for they shall deliuer you vp to the coūsels and shal scourge you in their synagoges And ye shall be brought before prynces and kynges for my sake in witnes to them and to the gentyls But when they delyuer you vp take no thought how or what ye shall speake for yt shal be geuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall saye For it is not ye that speake but the sprete of your father which speaketh in you The brother shall delyuer the brother to deeth and the father the sonne And the chyldren shall aryse agaynst their fathers mothers shall helpe them to deeth ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake But he y t endureth to the ende shal be saued When they persecute you in one cite flye in to another I tell you for a treuth ye shall not fynysshe all the cities of Israel tyll the sonne of man come The disciple is not aboue the master nether the seruaunt aboue the LORDE It is ynough for the disciple to be as his master and the seruaunt as his LORDE Yf they haue called the good mā of the house Beelzebub how moch more shal they call them of his housholde so Feare
wyl geue my lawes in their hertes and 〈…〉 myndes wyl I wryte them and their synnes and iniquities wil I remēbre nomore And where remyssion of these thinges is there is nomore offerynge for synne Seynge now brethrē that we haue a fresure intraunce in to that Holy place by the bloude of Iesu which he hath prepared vnto vs for a new and lyuynge waye thorow the vayle that is to saye by his flesh and seynge also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience and washed in oure bodies with pure water and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope without wauerynge for he is faith full that hath promysed and let vs considre one another to y e prouokinge of loue and of good workes and let vs not forsake the fellishippe that we haue amōge oure selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhorte one another and that so moch the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye For yf we synne wylfully after that we haue receaued the knowlege of the trueth there remayneth vnto vs nomore sacrifice for synnes but a fearfull lokynge for iudgment and violente fyre which shal deuoure y e aduersaries He y t despyseth Moses lawe dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnesses Of how moch sorer punyshment suppose ye shal he be counted worthy which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God and coūteth the bloude of y e Testamēt wherby he is sanctified an vnwholy thinge doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace For we knowe him that hath sayde Vengeaunce is myne I wil recompence sayeth the LORDE And agayne The LORDE shal iudge his people It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the handes of the lyuynge God But call ye to remēbraūce y e dayes y t are past ī y t which after ye had receaued lighte ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities partly whyle all mē wōdred gased at you for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto you and partly whyle ye became cōpanyons of them which so passed their tyme For ye haue suffred with my bōdes and toke a worth y e spoylinge of youre goodes and that with gladnes knowynge in youre selues how that ye haue in heauen a better an enduringe substaunce Cast not awaye therfore yo r confidence which hath so greate a rewarde For ye haue nede of pacience that after ye haue done the wil of God ye mighte receaue the promes For yet ouer a litle whyle and then he that shal come wyl come and wyl not tary But the iust shal lyue by his faith And yf he withdrawe himselfe awaye my soule shal haue no pleasure in him As for vs we are not of those which withdrawe them selues to damnacion but of them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule The XI Chapter FAith is a sure confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certaynte of thinges which are not sene By it y e Elders were well reported of Thorow faith we vnderstonde that the worlde and all the thinges which are sene were made of naughte by the worde of God By faith offered Abell vnto God a more plenteous sacrifice by the which he optayned wytnesse that he was righteous God testifyenge of his giftes by the which also he beynge deed yet speaketh By faith was Enoch takē awaye that he shulde not se death and was not founde because God had taken him awaye For afore he was taken awaye he had recorde that he pleased God But without faith it is vnpossible to please God For he that commeth vnto God must beleue that God is y t he is a rewarder of them that seke him By faith Noe honoured God after y t he was warned of thinges which were not sene prepared the Arke to y e sauinge of his housholde thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde and became heyre of the righteousnes which commeth by faith By faith Abraham whā he was called obeyed to go out in to the place which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he wente out not knowynge whither he shulde go By faith was he a straunger in the lōde of promes as in a straunge countre dwelt in tabernacles and so dyd Isaac Iacob heyres with him of the same promes for he loked for a cite which hath a foundacion whose buylder and maker is God By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed And therfore spronge there of one yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body so many in multitude as the starres off the skye and as the sonde off the See shore which is innumerable All these dyed acordinge to faith and receaued not the promyses but sawe thē afarre off and beleued them and saluted them and cōfessed that they were straungers pilgrems vpō earth For they that saye soch thinges declare that they seke a naturall countre And doutles yf they had bene myndefull off that countre from whence they came out they had leysure to haue returned agayne But now they desyre a better that is to saye a heauēly Wherfore God is not ashamed of thē euē to be called their God for he hath prepared a cite for them By faith Abrahā offered vp Isaac whā he was tempted and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne in whom he had receaued the promyses of whom it was sayde In Isaac shal thy sede be called For he considered y t God was able to rayse vp agayne from the deed Therfore receaued he him for an ensample By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concernynge thinges to come By faith Iacob whan he was a dyenge blessed both the sonnes off Ioseph bowed himselfe towarde the toppe of his cepter By faith Ioseph whan he dyed remembred y e departynge of the childrē of Israel gaue cōmaundemēt concernynge his bones By faith Moses whā he was borne was hyd thre monethes of his Elders because they sawe that he was a proper childe nether feared they the kynges cōmaundemēt By faith Moses whan he was greate◠refused to be called the sonne of Pharao◠doughter and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God then to enioye y e pleasures of synne for a season and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasure of Egipte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde By faith he forsoke Egipte and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge for he endured euē as though he had sene him which is inuisible By faith he helde Easter and the effusion of bloude lest he which slewe the firstborne shulde touche them By faith they passed thorow the reed See as by
an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌ„breth vs wheÌ„ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌ„bred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ„ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ„ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ„ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ„ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ„ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌ„gth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ„ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌ„dest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ„ my toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌ„ture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ„ y t coÌ„pase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ„ theÌ„ let theÌ„ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ„ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌ„ge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ„ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ— wickednesse Their iudges stoÌ„ble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
drye londe which whā the Egipcians assayed to do they were drowned By faith the walles of Iericho fell whā they were compased aboute seuen dayes By faith the harlot Raab perished not with the vnbeleuers whā she had receaued the spyes to lodginge peaceably And what shal I more saye y t tyme wolde be to shorte for me to tell of Gedeon of Barac and of Samson of Iepthae and of Dauid and Samuel and of the prophetes which thorow faith subdued kyngdomes wroughte righteousnes optayned y e promyses stopped y e mouthes of lyōs quenched the violēce of fyre escaped y e edge of the swerde of weake were made stronge became valeaunt in batayll turned to flighte the armyes of the aleauntes the wemen receaued their deed agayne from resurreccion But other were racked and accepted no delyueraunce that they mighte optayne the resurreccion that better is Other taisted of mockinges and scourginges of bondes also and presonment were stoned were hewen a sunder were tempted were slayne with the swerde wente aboute in shepe skynnes and goates skynnes in nede in tribulacion in vexacion which men the worlde was not worthy of they wandred aboute in wyldernesses vpon mountaynes in dennes and caues of the earth And these all thorow faith optayned good reporte and receaued not y e promes because God had prouyded a better thinge for vs that they without vs shulde not be made perfecte The XII Chapter WHerfore seynge we haue so greate a multitude of witnesses aboute vs let vs also laye awaye all y t presseth downe and the synne that hangeth on and let vs runne with pacience vnto the batayl that is set before vs lokynge vnto Iesus y e aucto r and fyniszher of faith which whan the ioye was layed before him abode the crosse and despysed the shame and is set downe on y e righte hāde of y e trone of God Cōsidre him therfore that endured soch speakinge agaynst hī of synners lest ye be weery and faynte in youre myndes for ye haue not yet resisted vnto bloude stryuynge agaynst synne and haue forgotten the consolacion which speaketh vnto you as vnto children My sonne despyse not the chastenynge off the LORDE nether faynte whan thou art rebuked of him for whō the LORDE loueth him he chasteneth yee and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth Yf ye endure chastenynge God offereth himselfe vnto you as vnto sonnes What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not Yf ye be not vnder correccion wherof all are partakers then are ye bastardes and not sonnes Morouer seyenge we haue had fathers off oure flesh which corrected vs we gaue them reuerence shulde we not then moch rather be in subieccion vnto y e father of spirituall giftes y t we mighte lyue And they verely for a few dayes nurtred vs after their awne pleasure but he lerneth vs vnto y t which is profitable that we mighte receaue of his holynes No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous but greuous neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the quyete frute of righteousnes vnto them which are exercysed therby Life vp therfore the handes which were let downe and the weake knees and se that ye haue straight steppes vnto youre fete lest eny haltinge turne you out of the waye yee let it rather be healed Folowe after peace with all men and holynes without the which no man shal se the LORDE ād loke well that no mā be destitute of the grace of God lest there sprynge vp eny bytter rote and cause disquyetnes and therby many be defyled that there be no whoremonger or vncleane person as Esau which for one meate sake solde his byrth righte For ye knowe how that afterwarde whan he wolde haue inhereted the blessynge he was put by for he foūde no place of repētaunce though he desyred y e blessynge with teares For ye are not come to y e moūt that can be touched and burneth with fyre nether yet to myst and darcknes and tempest of wedder nether to the sounde of the trompe and y e voyce of wordes which they that herde wyszhed awaye that the worde shulde not be spoken to them for they were not able to abyde that which was spoken And yf a beest had touched the mountayne it must haue bene stōed or thrust thorow with a darte And so terrible was the sighte which appeared that Moses sayde I feare and quake But ye are come to the mount Sion and to the cite of the lyuynge God to the celestiall Ierusalem and to the multitude of many thousande angels and vnto the congregacion of the first borne which are wrytten in heauen and to God the iudge of all and to the spretes of iust and perfecte men and to Iesus the mediatoure of the new Testament and to the sprenklynge off bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abel Se that ye despyse not him that speaketh vnto you for yf they escaped not which refused him that spake on earth moch more shal we not escape yf we turne awaye from him that speaketh from heauē whose voyce shoke the earth at that tyme. But now promyseth he sayeth Yet once more wyl I shake not the earth onely but also heauen No doute that same that he sayeth yet once more signifieth the remouynge awaye of those thinges which are shaken as off thinges which are made that y e thinges which are not shakē maye remayne Wherfore seynge we receaue the vnmoueable kyngdome we haue grace wherby we maye serue God please him with reuerence and godly feare For oure God is a consumynge fyre The XIII Chapter LEt brotherly loue cōtynue Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers for therby haue dyuerse receaued angels in to their houses vnawares Remembre them that are in bondes euē as though ye were bounde with them and be myndefull off them which are in aduersite as ye which are also in the bodye Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes let y e chamber be vndefyled For whorekepers and aduouterers God wil iudge Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes and be content with that ye haue allready for he hath sayde I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the so that we maye boldely saye The LORDE is my helper and I wyl not feare what man maye do vnto me Remembre thē which haue the ouersighte of you which haue declared vnto you the worde of God The ende of whose cōuersacion se that ye loke vpon and folowe their faith Iesus Christ yesterdaye and Todaye the same cōtinueth foreuer Be not caried aboute w t dyuerse and straunge lernynges for it is a good thinge that the herte be stablyszhed with grace and not with meates which haue not profited them that haue had their pastyme in them We haue an altare wherof they haue no power to eate which serue in the Tabernacle For the bodies of