labour and be as greuously infected whom no lesse greuouse plages affliccions and burdens abyde if we repente vs not and turne not to our spouse Jesus Crist him withe the father and the holy gost one God to whorship serue onely Whiche geue vs grace so to rede and hear this his Prophete that he mought preache vnto vs with more frute thou he preched to the Iwes Amen But first ere we beginne to rede him Let vs hear the state and briefe succession of those .iiii. kinges in whose dayes and how longe Jeremy preched Jolias the laste good kinge of Juda raigned .xxxi. yere He had these .iii. wiked sones Joachas Joakim and Zedechias The story beginneth the .xxii. chapiter of the fowerth boke of the kinges and coÌ„tinweth vnto the ende of the boke Jeremy begane to preche in the .xiii yere of Josias so continewing vnder him .xviii. yere Aftir Josias raigned Joachas that but .iii. moneths and then was he led captiue into Egypt Then raigned his brother Joakim .xi. yere and then was led captiue vnto Babylon Aftir him raigned this Joakims sone called Joachin or Jeconias .iii. moneths and .x. dayes and was led also captiue vnto Babylon Then last of al was Zedechias the thirde sone of Josias choson of Nâ—buchadrezar king of Babylon to be kinge of Juda. Whiche Zedechias aftir .xi. yere Jerusalem taken and destroyd was led also captiue to Babylon his eyen put forthe but his owne childern firste slayne before his eyes that so greuouse painful a laste sight might be printed and euer present in his mynde into then creasing of his perpetual payne sorowe whyle he lyued The tyme therfore whyle Jeremy preched vnto the captiuite came was .xli. yere .vi. monethes and .x. dayes Here maye we se in howe troublouse a tyme this Prophete preached For doutelesse these iiii kinges wer not led a waye thus captiâ—ed out of their owne lande with out grete calamite bataile and blodesheding ¶ The fawtes escaped in the printinge In the firste leif the .vii. lyne of the first chapi Rede thus And I sayd Ah lorde c. In the .xiiii. lef seconde syde seconde lyne Rede Ephraim The .xxiiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede whom they worshipt In the begining of the .ix. chapiter the .v. lyne rede geue The .xxxii. lef .ii. syde .vii. lyne of y e chap. rede which he there faynede The .xv. lef in y e mergent Rede exodi xix The .xxxiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede requyted The .xxxvi. lef xix lxne Rede knight Fo. xlvii .ix. lyne rede as here ye haue herde Fo lxvi .xvi. lyne rede euer Fo .lxix .xiii. lyne rede not sone of Jeachim twyse ⧠These ar the actis and sermons of Jeremy the sonne of Helchie Priest one of those that dwelt in Anathot the region of Beniamin Vnto whom the worde of the lorde was shewed Firste in the dayes of Josias sonne of Amon kinge of Juda the .xiii. yere of his raigne and so duringe thorow the tyme of Joakim sonne of Josias king of Juda vntil .xi. yeres of Zedechias the sonne of Josias king of Juda wer ended whan Jerusalem was taken euen in the fifte moneth The worde of the Lorde was sente vnto me speking thus ¶ The fyrste Chapiter BEfore I fasshioned the in thy mothers wombe I knew the and before thow wer borne I sanctified the and ordined the to be a Prophete for the peple Ah lorde God thow knowst how rude I am of speche for ful yonge simple am I. And the Lorde answered me Thinke not so for thou shalt go preche vnto al that I shall sende the thou shalt speke what so euer I shal commande the Feare not their faces for I wilâ—â— with the to dilyuer the saith the lorde And euen forth withal the Lorde stretched forth his hande and touched my moâ—the saing agene vnto me Beholde I sâ—t my wordis fast in thy mouthe so Jorden the this daye to be an oâ—erseer to viset both the peple their kinges to plâ—cup by thâ— roots and to cast downe to destroie and to scater and that thou shuldst also edifye and plante Eft sone aftir this the Lorde spake to me on this maner sayng Jeremy what fiâ—st thou And I sayd I see the rodde of a wakiÌ„g watcher Well sayd the lorde to me thou seist right well for euen I shal watche and wait apoÌ„ my purpose to finesshe it Ouer this the lorde spake vnto me the seconde tyme sayng What siest thou A seething potte quod I do I see that euen from the northe as it were hitherwards loking And the lorde sayd to me Euen from the northe shal ther be powerd forth an heuy heaâ— of plages vpon all thinhabitours of this lande For lo I shal calup all the kinredis of the northest regioÌ„s saith the Lorde and they shal come eche of them shal sitte iuge openly euen in these fore gates of Jerusalem in al the walles rownde about it and thoroute al the cytes also of Juda by whom I shal declare my vengeaunce vpon the gret and manifolde wikednes of these men which haue forsaken me offering their giftis vnto straÌ„ge goddis and worshipinge the workis of their own handis Thou therfore giâ—d vp thy raynes aryse and go preche vnto them al thingis that I commande the Fear not their faces lest for thy fâ—inte faith and fere I make them to preuaile For lo this daye do I sette the a stronge defensed cyte a piler of yerne and a brason wall agenst all this londe agenst the kingis of Juda and hir rulers agenst the priestes and peple of the lande wherfore they shal fight ageÌ„st the but it shal not lye in their powr to ouercome the for I shal be with the saith the lorde to delyuer the. ¶ The seconde Chapiter THen was the worde of the lorde shewed vnto me coÌ„manding me thus Go and krye into the eares of Jerusalem sayng Thus saith the lorde I cannot forget the especially when I remembre my mercifull couenaÌ„t with the and agen the goodnes of thy yougthe I cannot forget thy true loue in mariage wherby thou folowed sâ—me thorow the deserte a londe vnlaboured vnsowne Thou waste once an holy Israel before the lorde eueÌ„ the firste frutes of hys felde so that whoso had denoured the they had displeased him mischefe shuld haue fallen vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sayd the lorde Hear ye therfore the worde of the lorde bothe yow that be of the house of Jacob and all the familye of the house of Israel Thus saith the lorde vnto you What faute or fraude fownd your fathers in me to go so farre backe frome and to be made so vayne as to folowe lyes nether yet once to thinke where haue we lefte the lorde that led vs owt of the lande of Egypt that brought vs thorow that desert thorou a wylde lande harbourles a terrible baron lande where we sawe but dethe thorow a lande which no man passed by
the harlet Nethelesse whan she had committed al this yet I sayd turne the agene to me and yet she turned not And euen thyssame ensâ—mole hath her faithles syster Juda sene That is to wete Whan I had perfaitly beholden al thaduoutery of Israel that bakfaller had forsakeÌ„ hir geuing hir a bil of â—iuorse yet wolde not Juda her vnfaithful sister feare me but went awaye to and playd the harlet so that the fame of hir fornicacioÌ„ is flone thorow al this lande and hath stayned it for she hath committed aduoutry with stones stockes Nether is this her faithles sister Juda aftir al these warningis returned vnto me with al hir herte but faynedly and falsely saith the lorde And yet agen sayd the Lorde to me Israel that bakfaller fro me is more iuste than is yet this vnfaithful Juda. Go thy waye therfore and preach this sermone towerd the northe sayng Be conuerted thou bakslyder Israel saith the lorde for I shal not turne my face from you for I am merciful saith the lorde nether wil I abhorre the for euer but receyue the ageÌ„ on this coÌ„dicyoÌ„ that thou wilt acknowlege thy synne committed agenst the lorde thy god and that thou hast diuided and offred thy selfe here and there running aftir strange goddis vnder euery thik tree but my voyce thou wolost not hear saith the lorde Be conuerted you rebel bakslyden childerne saith the lorde and I wil ioyne in mariage with you For I wil take one of you of the cyte and two of the kinrede and lede you into Zion And I shal geue you herdemen aftir my nowne minde which shal fede you with doctryne and wysedome And whan you shall be encreased and multiplyed in the lande than saith the lorde the arke of the lordis couenauÌ„t shal no more be spokeÌ„ of nor mynded no mencioÌ„ more shal be made therof for it shal no more be visited nor honourd with oblacioÌ„ TheÌ„ shal they cal Jerusalem the seat of the lorde al the geÌ„tiles shal be gathered vnto it for the name of the lorde which shal be geuen to Jerusalem Nether shal they folow anymore the couÌ„sels of their own shrewed hertis Than shall they that ar of the house of Juda go to the house of Israel come bothe to gither from the northe region vnto the lande which I gaue your fathers I shewed the how I purchased the in to the nowmbre of my childern and gaue the that desyerde lande so pleasaunt a possessioÌ„ also that noble hoste of the geÌ„tiles commanding the to calme father and not to fall backe frome to any other godds But as the womaÌ„ breketh hir promyse to hir housbonde so hast thou broken promyse with me Oh house of Israel saith the Lorde Wherfore the noyse of the childern of Israel shal be herde al aboute wailing weping because they haue defyled his wayes and forgoten the lorde their god Be conuerted you baksliden childern and I shal heale your bakslydinges Saye lo we ar thyne for thou art the lorde our god Very liers ar the hil toppis with the pompe of the mountayns Netheles in the lorde our god very helth cometh to Israel But shameful dedis deuoured both the labours of our fathers eueÌ„ from their cradles and also their flockes herdes sonnes daughthers We shal sleape therfore in our owne confusion and our ignoâ—â—â—ye shal couer vs. Forboth we our fathers be synners agenst our lorde god eueÌ„ from our cradles vnto this daye in that we obayâ— not the voice of our lorde god ¶ The fourth Chapiter BVt Israel if thou wilt turne to me if thou wilt turne to me saith the lorde and remoue al thy abominacions out of my sight be no more a runagate aftir false geddis but swere The Lorde raigneth ye that in truthe in iugement â—ightwisnes saing The geÌ„tylis mought be blessed in him and prayse and thanke him than thus saith the Lorde vnto al Juda Jerusalem you shal breke vp tyll your lande and sowe it not for thornes Be circuÌ„cised in the lorde and take away the vncircuncision of your hertis al ye citesens of Juda and Jerusalem lest my indignacioÌ„ come forth lyke fyer be kindled noman to quench it for your maliciouse counsels Tel forth in Juda and Jerusalem preache it sayng Blow forth trompettis into the lande fil it al with your noise sayng Get ye togither and go into your stronge defensed cytes Lifteup a sygne in Zion Haste ye and tary not for I shal bringeforth a plage grete destruccion from the northe For the haithen destroyer is let slippe and cometh forthe of his place lyke a lyon from his denne to bringe thy londe into a desert to smyte downe thy cytes that noman may inhabit them Wherfore clothe your selues with sacke moorn howle For the hotte indignacion of the lorde shal not be slaked from you In this day saith the Lorde the herte of the kinge and hertes of the rulers shal faynt and fall The Preistis shal be a stonned the Prophetis al amased And I sayd Ah lorde god haste thou then deceyued this peple and Jerusalem sayng ye shal haue peace and now the swerde pearseth their lyues In that tyme it shal be sayd vnto this peple and to Jerusalem There cometh an hot winde from the sowth plage by the waye of my peple nether to winâ—w them nor to clense them Aftir this my vehement stronge winde shal come and then shal I teache these men my iugements For lo he shal ascende lyke a cloude his chariets shal be lyke a stormye temreste ye and his horsemen swifter than aâ—gels Wo be vnto vs for we ar vtterly destroyd Washe thy herte from euil o Jerusalem that thou maiste be saued How longe shal thy deedly and peâ—â—ciouse thoughtis tarye with the For frome Dan and from the mounte Ephraim ther is haide a noyse that pronosâ—â—kth and precheth dethe Lo euen the gentyles geue warning and tel Jerusalem that ther come destroyers froÌ„ a farre lande They tel it also the cytes of Juda warning them rownd aboute as do the watch men of the feldis for they haue angred me saith the lorde Thy couÌ„sels and thoughtes hare brought the these thingis This is thy nown malice and rebellion which hath posseded thy herte Then shalt thou crye My bely my bely â—keth my lyfe in my breste sorowth my herte withyn me is trâ—wbled I cannot be stil. For my soule hathe herde the voyce of the trompet and euen the dolorouse peal to deth and destruccion is now ronge euen now al the lande perisheth Sodenly shal my tabernacles be destroyed my cortayns in the twinkling of an eye How longe shal I se these cruel tokens and hear the voice of the trompet These therfore shal come because my peple hath despysed me and ar besydes their wittes My childerne ar fools without vnderstanding They ar wittye to do euel but to do good they ar al witlesse I beheld
thinne plates And golde is brought from Ophir and beaten into the worke of the crafte man by the hande of the caster and cled with byse and purple Siche is the worke of al their wittye men togither But the Lorde is the very God the lyuing God and kinge euerlasting He being angrye the erthe treÌ„bleth his indignacion no peple may beare But as touchinge these Idols thus shal ye reporte by them They ar goddes whiche made nether heuen nor erthe They shal perisshe therfore as wel from therthe as from these thingis which ar vnder this skye But as concerning this our God ye shal saye He hath made the erthe by hys power finesshed the rownde worlde by his wysedome and stretched forth the heuens by his vnderstanding at his voyce miche water runneth togither in the ayer clowdes ar lyfted vp from the extreme partes of therthe He turneth thonder into rayne and ledeth forthe the wyndes out of their secrete places Euery man is made a fole of his owne wisdome Euery man may be ashamed that casteth an ymage For it is but a vayne thinge that he so melteth and bloweth togither clene withoute lyfe These vayne craftismen with their workis worthy to be skorned so fondely framed and ornowernde shal perisshe al to gither in the tyme of their visitacioÌ„ Siche is not Jacobs lot but it is he that hath fasshioned al thiÌ„ges And Israel is the met rodde of his heretage whose name is the lorde of powers Take away a non fro my sight thy filthenes which yet sittest in so stroÌ„ge holdes For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal castoute thinhabitours of this lande al at this tyme and so vexe them that they nomore appere Ah lasse how greuouse is my affliccion how sorowful is my plage For I bear this heuines and rekeÌ„ it as my nowne My tabernacle is destroied and al my lynes broken in sondre My childerne ar gone fro me and appere nomore Now is ther nomaÌ„ to bende my tente or rear vp my skinnes For full folesshly haue the herdemen done in that they sought not the lorde whervpon al their flockes also haue done vnwysely be scatred awaye Lo the rumour of the hoste is present and a grete vprore cometh froÌ„ the northe to turne the cytes of Juda into a wildernes and into dennes for dragons I know verely Lorde that it lyeth not in mannis power to directe and rule his owne wayes nor yet to make perfite his owne steapes and his goinge Thou therfore Lorde shalt amende vs in equyte not in thy wrathe leste thou bringe vs vnto naught Powr forth rather thy wrath vpon the haithen that knowe the not and vpon the generacions that cal not vpon thy name and that namely for this cause that they haue eatenvp deuoured and coÌ„sumed Jacob extincte his brightnes ¶ The .xi. Chapiter ¶ Another sermon whiche the Lorde stered vp Jeremy to preache sayng HEar ye the wordis of this his couenaunt and speke vnto al Juda to thinhabitours of Jerusalem But thou namely shalt saye vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Cursed be euery man that obaye not the wordis of this couenant which I coÌ„maunded your fathers what tyme I led them oute of the lande of Egypte frome that harde fornace and greuouse seruitute sayng Obaye my voice and do aftyr that I coÌ„maunde you and ye shal be my peple and I shal be your God kepe myne holy othe which I swore to your fathers to geue theÌ„ this lande flowing with mylke honey as ye may se it fulfilled vnto this daye Here I answerde sayng Oh Lorde it is trwe And then y e Lorde sayd to me agen Preache thou al these wordis in y e cites of Juda roâ—â—â—e about Jerusalem sayng Hear the wordis of y e couenaunt y t ye might fulfill theÌ„ For I certified your fathers opeÌ„ly testifyiÌ„g vnto theÌ„ froÌ„ y t tyme sence I brought theÌ„ oute of the lande of Egypte vnto this daye warniÌ„g theÌ„ intyme saiÌ„g LysteÌ„ to my voice noman listened nor gaue eare but folowed y e croked thoughtis of their owne hertis Wherfore I brought al y e wordes of this couenaÌ„t vpoÌ„ theÌ„ which I gaue theÌ„ to fulfill they fulfilled it not Ouer this the lorde yet sayd to me There is fouÌ„doute a coÌ„iuracioÌ„ in all Juda in the cytesens of Jerusalem They ar returned vnto the synnes of their fore fathers whiche forsoke to heare my wordis And eueÌ„ so do these men folow straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ The house of Israel and Juda hath made voyde my couenaÌ„t which I smit with their fathers Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal bringe forth a plage vpoÌ„ you froÌ„ whiche ye may no wayes escape ye whaÌ„ ye shal crye to me yet wil I not hear you TheÌ„ shal the cytes of Juda with the cytesens of JerusaleÌ„ go crye vpoÌ„ their goddis whoÌ„ they worshipt but in no maner wyse maye they helpe theÌ„ in tyme of their miserable adfliccion For loke how many cytes so many gods hadst thou oh Juda acording to the nowmber of the streatis of Jerusalem thou settedst vp shameful auters auters vpon whom thou breÌ„st thy offeringis eueÌ„ vnto Baal Thou therfore praye not for this peple nether bid prayse nor prayer for theÌ„ For whan thou shalt cry to me I shal not hear them in their affliccioÌ„ Wherfor oh my best beloued Israel coÌ„mittest thou in my house so many synnes as thoughe the holy flesshe might take awaye thy sinnes namely which haste so roioysed in thy nowne my schefe The lorde named the that goodly grene floureshing fruteful fayer olyne but now the coÌ„trary fame wyde spred he wil burne the in the fyer destroye thy braÌ„ches For the lorde of powrs which plaÌ„ted y e hath ordined a plage for the oh house of Israel house of Juda for the euel that ye haue done prouoking him to wrathe with the worship done to Baal These thinges oh lorde thou teaching me I vnderstode when thou shewedst me their counsels but I lyke a meke lombe was apoynted to be slayne knowing nothing that they had taken their counsel thus agenst me saying let vs corrupt his brede on the tree so banysshe him from the company of the lyuing that euen the very mencion of his name might be odiouse and loothsome Thou therfore lorde of powrs rightuouse iuge sercher oute of raynes and hertis I beseche the that I might se veÌ„geaÌ„ce taken on them For vnto the I committe my cause As concerning these thinges thus spake the lorde vpon the cytesens of Anathot which sought to make an ende of me sayng Preache to vs nomore in the name of the lorde except thou wilt dye in our handis Thus I saye spake the lorde of powrs Beholde I shal viset you your yonge men shal be slayne with swerde and your sonnes and daughters shal dye for honger so that none be lefte
For I shall bring a plage vpon the citesens of Anathot and the daye of their visitacioÌ„ ¶ The .xii. Chapiter BVt thou Lorde art to rightuouse for me to reason with Not withstanding yet I wolde talke with the of rightwisenes How is it that the waye of the vngodly so prospereth and al vnshamefaced synners lyue in siche plesure Thou arte redy at their mouthes what so euer they aske although thou be ful farre froÌ„ their hertis But thou Lorde vnto whom I am knowne and perfitly sene which also hast serched oute my herte doist thou not fauour them to bringe them yn togither lyke fed ware apoiÌ„ted to the bochers stal consecrated vnto the daye of slaughter How longe shal this lande wayle and al the grasse of the felde be withred vp for the malice of hir inhabitours Beast and fowle ar gone while these men yet saye God thinketh not to make an ende of vs. And they obbrayded me sayng whaÌ„ thou raÌ„nest but with footmeÌ„ thou wast tyred and wilt thou than stryue to runne with horse Thou waste not suer in thy nowne peaceable countrye how wilt thou theÌ„ loke to endure in the proude ruffeling of Jordane For euen thy nowne bretherne and thy fathers familye altogither hoÌ„ted the forth folowing the with â—n oute crye â–ª For thou woldst not beleue them euen whan they tolde the for the best Whom I answerde thus I lefte my house in dede and gaue ouer my heretage and put my lyfe whiche nothyng is to me more deare into the handis of my enymes for my heretage was made to me as a lyoÌ„ in the wode It barked agenste me wherfore I hate it My heretage is to me as a paynted bâ—â—de but a gredy flocke of fowles houered ouer it round aboute Go your wayes begathred togither also ye beastis of the felde haste you to denoure it The multitude of herdemen haue destroyed my vyneyarde they haue troden downe my heretage euen my moste pleasaunt heretage haue they brought into a desolate deserte and wasted it which now wasted moorneth vpon me ye althe hole lande is destroyde and noman petyeth it or set it at herte There shal come destroyers thorow althe wayes of the felde for the swerde of the Lorde shal deuoure this lande from one ende to tother and nothing lyuing shal haue reste Men shal sowe whete reape thornes they shal take fermes but al in vayne for ye shal be ashamed of your profite for the wrathe and indignacion of the Lorde Also thus sayd the Lorde vpon al my neghbours which molested layd handes vpon theretage whiche I gaue to Israel my peple I shal verely swepe them forthe euen Israel shal I caste out of their lande and the house of Juda shal I carye awaye to But aftir that I haue plucked them vp by the rotes I shal fauour them and be merciful vnto them and bringe them agene euery man to his owne heretage and to his owne countrye Also it shal come thus to passe that if the destroyers of my peple wil be enstructe and taught the wayes of my peple to swere be my name The Lorde fyueth As they taught my peple to swere be Baal they shal be grieffed into among my peple But if they wil not obaye I shal caste oute sich maner of folke and destroye them saith the Lorde ¶ The .xiii. Chapiter ALso thus saith the Lorde vnto me Go and bye the a brode synen girdle and girde it aboute they raynes but let it not come in any water Than I gote me this girdle as the Lorde bad me and put it aboute my raynes Aftyr this the Lorde spake to me agene Take the girdle which thou haste bought the and put it aboute thy loynes and ryse and go thy waye to Euphrates and hyde it there in an hole of the rok Then I wente and hid it as the Lorde commanded me And it happened that longe aftir this the lorde sayd vnto me Aryse and haste the to Euphrates and take oute thy girdle which I coÌ„manded to be there hid TheÌ„ I wente forth to Euphrates and digged oute my girdle and toke it awaye from the place where I-hid it And lo the girdle was roteÌ„ so that it wolde serue to no vse Then spake the Lorde to me these wordis Thus saith the lorde EueÌ„ aftir this maner fhal I destroye the pryde and gloriouse fame of Juda and Jerusalem with swerde This peple is fulcursed maliciouse They wilnot hear my wordis they folow the couÌ„sels of their owne hertes the straÌ„ge gods whom of they worshipt fildowne before them wherfore they shal be lyke this girdle which is profitable for nothing For euen as the girdle cleueth to a mannis raynes so had I glued to me al the house of Israel and all the house of Juda saith the Lorde to be my peple to haue a grete name to be honourable and cleare but they obeyed me not Thou shalt tel them therfore this ridel Thus saith the lorde God of Israel Euery wyne potte is filled with wyne Here shal they anon answer Can we not know this that euery wyne pot maye be filled wyth wyne Than shalt thou tel them Thus saith the lorde Beholde I shal fil al thinhabitours of this lande and eueÌ„ the kinges that sitte in the seate of Dauid Priestes Prophetes to al the citesens of Jerusalem with dronkenes and thruste them downe to gyther one neghbour vpon a nother the fathers vpon their childerne al vpon an heap saith the Lorde I wil not forgeue nor spare nor haue mercy to thentente I wolde destroye them Obaye geue eare be not proude for it is the Lorde that speketh Geue ye therfore glorye to your lorde God before he withdrawe his light and ere your fete stomble in derkenes at the hil For than if ye loke for lyght he shal turne it into deadly derkenes And if ye wilnot here this secrete monition my herte shal wepe with yn me for your stobourne pryde I shal lameÌ„t greuously teares shal drope down fro my eyes for the flocke of the Lorde shal be led awaye captyue Tel the kinge the quene the chefe rulers sayng Homble your selues and sit downe for the crowne of your beutye shal fal froÌ„ your headis The southe cites shal be shutvp takeÌ„ and nomaÌ„ shal open theÌ„ Al Juda shal be led away captiue so that none be lefte Lyftevp your eyes and beholde who cometh from the northe They shal come vpon the lyke a wealy droue of beasts Vnto whoÌ„ then I praye the shalt thou make they mone whaÌ„ they shal thus fall vpon the For they ar of thy nowne teaching into they nowne vtter destruccion Shal not panges come than vpon y e as on a woman traueling of chylde And if thou thinkest with thy selfe wherfore come these vpoÌ„ me For thy many folde synnes I tel the thy narse shal be shewed and thy bare thighes shal be sene For euen as the Morin
not I helpe y e in tyme of tribulacioÌ„ WhaÌ„ thou art in trouble euen among thy vtter enimes Dothe yern hurte yerne or stele brought froÌ„ the northe But your substance and tresure shal I geue into their proye not for any pryce but for al your synnes which ye haue coÌ„mitted in al your costes And I shal traÌ„slate you with your enimye into a lande which ye knowe not For y e fyer which is kindled with my wrathe shal burne you vp Than begane I agene to entreat sayng Thou Lorde knowest clerely al thingis remembre me defende me delyuer me fro my persuers let thy mercy preuente thy wrathe For thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre this opprobrye I fil vpon they wordes and deâ—owred theÌ„ they were ioye and gladnes vnto my herte For it is thy name Lorde God of powrs that I cal vpon I am not coÌ„uersant with scorners to deryde and to make a gaudye but I dwel alone vnder the fere of thy hande for thou haste filled me with bitternes Shal my heuynes laste euer and my vncurable wounde shal it neuer be healed Wilt thou tosse me here and there lyke vnstable and violent waters Vnto this my coÌ„playnt the Lorde answerde If thou turnest ageyn I shal restore the to my seruice And whan thou shalt deuyde the preciouse from the vyle thou shalt be as my nowne mouthe They shal be turned to the but beware thou turnest not awaye fro me vnto them For I shal set the agenste this peple lyke a stronge brason wall They shal fight therfore agenst the but they shal not winne the. For I wil be with the to saue and delyuer the saith the Lorde For I shal delyuer the from the hande of the moste myscheuouse and take the oute of cruel handis ¶ The .xvi. Chapiter THe worde of the Lorde was geueÌ„ me on this maner saing Take no wyfe nor bringeforth no chyldern in this place For thus saith the Lorde vpon the childerne borne in this place vpon the motherne that bringe them forthe and fathers that begete theÌ„ in this lande They shal dye a full bitter and paynful dethe They shal not be moorned for nor buryed but lye still vpon donghillis on therte They shal be consumed with swerde and hoÌ„ger their carions shal be meate for the fowles of the ayer and beastis of the erthe Also thus spake the Lorde Come not at their comen festis or at their comen moorningis and lamentacions For I haue taken awaye my peace from this peple saith the Lorde ye bothe my fauour mercye And bothe olde and yonge shal dye in this lande and not be buryd ther shal noman clippe or shaue his head for them They shal not viseteche other in tyme of moorning to couÌ„fort theÌ„ for y e dead nother drinke with eche other of y e cuppe of consolacioÌ„ to take awaye the heuines for their father and mother Come not in their feste houses to sitdown with them at meat and drinke For thus saith y e Lorde of powrs y e God of Israel Lo I shal take froÌ„ this place your selues loking on lyuing y e voyce of ioy mirth the voice of brydegrome spouse Wherfore whan thou shalt shewe this peple al these wordis and they shal aske the agene wherfore hathe the Lorde decreed all these grete mischeues to fall vpon vs or what is our wykednes and sin that we committed agenst our Lorde God Thou shalt answer Because your fathers haue forsaken me saith the Lorde and folowed strange gods whom they worshipt fyll downe before forsaking me keping not my lawe And you haue excedid thungodlynes of your fathers in your owne sinnes For euery one of you folowe the deuellishe thoughtis of his owne shrewd herte obayeth me nothing at all Wherfore I shal caste you oute of this lande into a lande vnknowne both to you your fathers there shal ye serue straÌ„ge gods daye and night where I shal haue no coÌ„passion vpon you Wherfore beholde the dayes ar come saith the Lorde that it shal no more be sayd The Lorde lyueth that brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypt but it shal be sayd the Lorde lyuethe whiche hath brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the northe easte lande and from euery region whother I casted them forthe For I shal bring them agene vnto their owne lande which I gaue their fathers Beholde I shal sende them many fysshers saith the Lorde which shal ketche them vp and aftir that I shal sende many honters to honte them oute of euery mountayne and hill and also forthe of euery hole in the rockes For my eyes ar bente vpoÌ„ all their wayes and they cannot be hidde fro my face nor their sinnes kouerd fro my sighte ye that aftir I haue fully rewarded theÌ„ for their iniquytes sinnes wherwith they haue defyled my lande that is to saye for their abominable stinkiÌ„g Idols wherwith they replenesshed my heretage Oh Lorde my streÌ„gth my might my refuge in tyme of tribulacion yet shal y e geÌ„tylis come to y e from y e costes of y e erthe sayng Suerly our fathers cleued to lyes ful vayne ar Idols and no profit is ther in them For shuld a man make him goddis of theÌ„ whoÌ„ it is impossible to be goddis Wherfore se I shal teache them nowe agayn saith the Lorde make my powr strength known vnto theÌ„ so that they shal knowe that my name is Jehouah ¶ The .xvii. Chapiter YOur syn o trybe of Juda muste be wryten with a peÌ„ne of yerne grauen yn with an Adamantyne klaye into y e table of your herte into the corners of your alters that your chylderne shulde remembyr your alters wodis and thicke trees hill toppes mountayns and feldis Wherfore I shal layeforthe al your substance tresure to be a proye for your open crymes coÌ„mitted in hillis at images whoÌ„ ye worshipt thorowt all your regioÌ„ And ye shal also be blotted oute of your heretage which I gaue you And I shal caste you vnder the bondage of your enymes in an vnknowne lande for ye haue put fyer vnto my furye whiche shal burne euermore These thing is saith the Lorde Cursed be the man that trusteth in man maketh man his arme whose harte gothe from the Lorde For he shal be lyke the fearne that groweth in the deserte neuer to se the goodnes to come but shal abyde vpon the drye deserte euen the salte barayn grownde inhabitable But blessed is the maÌ„ that trusteth in the Lorde whose hope is the Lorde For he shal be lyke a tree planted by the waters puttiÌ„g downe hir rootes to drawe vp moystenes which tre may abyde the heate whan it cometh and shal flowresshe with grene leaues whan the drowght shal dryvp and waste al other frutes yet this tre shal not fade nor ceasse from bringing forth hir frute Of al
betake the into the handis of them that seke thy lyfe into the power of them whose face thou fearest euem into the hande of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon into the handis of the Caldes And shal translate the and thy mother that bore the into a strange lande where ye were not borne but ye shal dye in it And into this lande whither ye shal so sore desyer to returne shal ye neuer come agene This man Jechonias shal be plucked torne in peses lyke a cōtemptible grauen image which for al his costely aparel yet pleaseth he nomā wherfore he shal be baneshed both he his sead casteforth into an vnknowne lande But oh erthe erthe erthe hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde Bill me this man barain to be emōge the dishereted outelawes for he shal neuer more prosper in al his lyfe there shal none of his sead prosper to sit in the seat roial of Dauid and to raigne in Juda. ¶ The .xxiii. Chapiter UVo be the herdemen that destroye and scater my flocke saith the Lorde Wherfore this commaundement sendeth the Lorde God of Israel vnto the herdemen that shulde gouerne my peple ye destroye and thrust oute my flocke and ye loke not vpon them Wherfore I shal loke vpō your wyked counsels studyes saith the Lorde and gather the resydew of my flocke frō al the partes into which I had caste themforth and restore them vnto my pasture that they maye growe and be encreased I shal set herdemen ouer them which shal fede them They shal nomore be afrayde nor dreade for they shal not perishe saith the Lorde Beholde the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I wil stere vp that rightuouse Budde or braunche of Dauid to raigne and to execute his offyce prudently in restoring equite and rightwysnes in the erthe In his dayes Juda shal be saued and Israel shal dwel suer And this is the name that men shal cal him by euen the Lorde our rightwysnes Vvherfore lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that men shal nomore swere As verely as the Lorde lyuith whiche led the childern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypte but as verely as the Lorde lyueth which hath ledforth and brought agene the sead of the house of Israel from the northe este lande and from al the regions into whiche I had dispersed thē to dwel in their owne lande Wo be to the Prophetis also My herte is alto broken al my bones ar shyured in sondre I am lyke a dronken man troubled with wyne for feare of the Lorde and his holy worde For therthe is ful of aduouterers wherfore it is now come y t she being a cursed aborred shal waile hir plesante feldis of the deserte shal be withred vp For the lyuinge of these men is euel their powr contrarye to the holy worde Both Prophet and Prieste ar polluted and be filthy ipocrytes and their maliciouse wykednes is espyed euē in my house saith y e lorde Wherfore their waye shal be slybery and ful of stomblinge stones in derkenes at which they shal stomble and fall for I shal bringe a plage vpō them euen the day of their visitaciō saith the Lorde The same foleshnes which I sawe amonge the Prophetis of Samarye wherby they preched for Baalis profite decyued my peple of Israel I haue now sene also amonge the prophetis of Jerusalem euen filthy stinkinge aduoutery and licenciouse liberte to lye Thei flater and ioyne handis with the moste mischeuouse men to th entent that euery one of them shulde neuer returne from their wykednes Thei al with their cytesens ar vnto me lyke Sodome the cytesens of Gomorre Wherfore thus saith the Lorde of powers vpon the Prophetis Beholde I shal fede them with wormewode and geue thez to drinke water mengled with gall For oute of the Prophetis of Jerusalem ar brokenforth the contagious spottis of al ipocrysye into al the worlde Wherfore thus warneth the Lorde of powers Se that ye lysten not vnto the wordis of these prechers that preache vnto you for thei deceyue you speking the vision of their own hertis and nothing of the mouthe of the Lorde Thei tel them boldely which depyse me The Lorde saith we shal haue prosperous peace and thei tel al them that walke aftir the lustes of their owne hertis There shal no plage come vpon you for who stode in the counsel of the Lorde to heare and know his mynde Beholde the whirlewynde of the Lorde that is to saye his wrathe shal comeforthe and turne hirselfe with grete violence into the headis of the vngodly Nether shal the lordis wrathe be returned vntil he hath acōpleshed and finesshed the set purpose of his herte But in tyme to come ye shal vnderstande his counsel I sent not these Prophetis saith the Lorde and yet they runne I sayd nothinge to them ▪ and yet they preache and Prophecye But had thei stode in my counsel and herde my wordis thei had cōuerted my peple from their euel wayes and euel thoughtis Am I god whiche maye se but thingis onely at hande saith the Lorde and not thingis al afarre Maye any man hyde himselfe so preuely that I se him not saith the Lorde Do not I fulfil both heuen and erthe saith the Lorde I haue herde verely what maner thinges the Prophetis saye which preche lyes vnder the cloke of my name saing I dremed I dremed How longe shal this steke in y e Prophetis hertis to preche lyes to preche y e desaight of their owne myndis whose counsel is bente vpon this euen to deceyue my peple with their dremes whiche they tel euery man to drawe my name oute of memory as their fathers forgote my name by processe of tyme bringingin Baal That Prophete which hath seene a dreme wil preche but a dreame But he vnto whom my worde is shewed wil speke my worde euen of faithe What shal chaffe do with wheate saith the Lorde Is not my worde lyke fyer saith the Lorde and lyke a twybit cleauinge the rocke of stone wherfore beholde me now agenste the Prophetis saith y e Lorde whiche steale my worde frō whom they liste Beholde me nowe agenste y e Prophetis saith y e Lorde whiche take vpon their tongues to saye Thus saith y e Lorde Beholde me now agenste y e prophetis euen agenste their lyinge dreames saith the Lorde which dreames yet dare they mynde speake to deceyue my peple w t their lyes fayned miracles whom I neuer sente nor cōmanded them any thinge whiche prophetis shal be ful grete hurte vnto this peple saith y e Lorde Whan this peple or prophete or prieste shal aske y e sayng what maner thinge is y e burden of y e Lorde Thou shalt saye vnto thez What Askeyeme of y e burden Euen yourselues be y e burden Wherfore I shal
caste you of saith y e lorde And I shal viset both prophete prieste and the peple whiche vse this worde the burden of the Lorde I shal viset both him and his house Also thus shal ye saye to eche other What thinge answerth the Lorde or what commandethe the Lorde but as for the burden of the Lorde shal ye name nomore For euery mannis owne worde muste be his burdeÌ„ because he hath peruerted the wordis of the lyuinge god euen of the Lorde of powers whiche is our god Thus shal euery man saye vnto their Prophetis What hath the Lorde answerde the or what saith the Lorde But as for the burden of the Lorde ye shal not once name it Wherfore thus spake the Lorde Because ye haue taken into an vse this worde The burden of the Lorde albeit I sente vnto you forbidding to once saye the burdeÌ„ of the Lorde beholde I shal suerly reken you to be euen my burden But I shal caste you of with this cite also which I gaue you and your fathers I shal caste you oute of my sight and lade you with perpetual obprobrie shame which shal neuer be forgoten ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapiter THe Lorde shewed me this vision Lo ther stode two panyers ful of figges before y e temple of y e Lorde aftir that Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon had led awaye captiue Jechonias the sone of Joachim kinge of Juda the princes of Juda smythes and craftsmen from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon The one panyer conteyned very good figges euen siche as ar wonte to be firste rype and the tother panyer conteyned as euil figges whiche might not be eaten forbitternes Than the Lorde spake vnto me Vvhat seiste thou I eremy And I answerde Figges do I se of which some be very good and some be as badde so that noman maye eat thez Agene The worde of y e Lorde came to me on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde god of Israel As thou knowest the good figges eueÌ„ so shal I knowe the men translated from Juda whom I sente forthe from this place into the lande of Chalde for their profite and set my eyes vpon them for y e beste For I shall bringe them agene vnto this lande and edifye them not destroye them I shal roote them and not plucke them vp And I shal geue them an herte to knowe me that I am the Lorde Thei shal be my peple and I their god for thei shal turne to me with al their hertes And as thou knowst the euil figges which for their sowernes maye not be eaten euen so saith the Lorde shal I set Zedechias the kinge of Juda hir rulers the reste that remayne in this lande them also that dwel in Egypte I shal set them I saye to be vexed and scourged in euery region of y e erthe to be had in obprobrye into a prouerbe into a fable and shame in euery place whither I shal scater them And I shal sende amonge them swerde honger pestelence til I haue consumed them from the lande which I gaue them and their fathers ¶ The argument of this Chap. Aâ—ermone geuen vnto Jeremie vpon al the peple of Juda the fourth yere of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda which was the firste yete of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Vvhich sermon Jeremie the Prophete preched vnto al the peple of Juda and before al the cytesens of Jerusalem sayng on this maner ¶ The .xxv. Chapitre FRom the thirtente yere of Josias the sone of Amon kinge of Juda vnto this daye which is nowe .xxiii. yere the worde of the Lorde was committed vnto me which I spake vnto you rysing in tyme and constantly warning you but ye obayed it not Albeit the Lorde hath sent vnto you al his seruantis euen his Prophetes erly rysing and swyftely sending yet ye obayed not nor once inclined your eares to lysten Thus verely he sayd Turne ye agene euery man from his owne euil waye and fro your euil thoughtis and ye shal inhabit the lande which the Lorde gaue you and your fathers frome age to age And go not your wayes aftir strange goddis to serue them and to fall downe before them Anger me not with the workis of your owne handis and I shal not scourge you But ye herde me not saith the Lorde for ye angred me with the workis of your handis but not vnpunesshed Wherfor thus sayd the Lorde of powers Because ye herde not my wordis therfore beholde I shal sende and call vpon you all the nacions of the northe saith the Lorde euen that same Nebuchadrezer also kinge of Babylon my seruante and shal bringe them vpon this lande vpoÌ„ the inhabitours therof and vpon al these nacions rownde a boute and shal vtterly destroye them I shal bringe them into a deserte into an hissing and perpetual desolacion And I shal take from them the voyce of gladnes and solace the voyce of the brydegrome and spouse the voyce of men oynted and hanged ful of swete fresshe flowers to bere the lightis And al this lande shal be turned into a deserte wildernes And they shal serue the forsayd nacions and the kynge of Babylon .lxx. yearis And whan these lxx yearis be fulfilled I shal also viset y e wikednes of that kinge of Babylon and of his peple saith the Lorde and that same lande also of the Caldeis and bringe theÌ„ togither into a perpetual wildernes And I shal bringe vpon that lande al my wordis which I haue decreed agenst it eueÌ„ al that be writen in this boke whiche Jeremy prophecied agenst al the gentiles For euen they to shal be bond seruants to many nacions and grete kinges For I shal rewarde them aftir their sinnes and workis of their owne handis Thus therfore spake the Lorde God of Israel vnto me Take this cuppe of the wyne of wrathe of my hande that thou maist geue to drinke therof al nacions vnto whoÌ„ I shal sende the which once dronken might be plucked into furye and madnes the swerde coming vpon which I shal sende amoÌ„ge them Than toke I the cuppe of the Lordis hande to geue drynke to al the nacions vnto whoÌ„ the Lorde sente me But firste of al I gaue euen Jerusalem hirselfe and the cites of Juda hir kinges princes to drinke therof to bringe them into a deserte and wyldernes into an hissinge execrable curse euen as we see vnto this daye ye I gaue al nacions indifferently to drinke therof as Pharao kinge of Egypte his seruantis and his rulers with al his peple al the kingis of Ausitidis al y e kinges of the lande of the Palestines Ascalon Gazam AccaroneÌ„ with al the lefte cites of Aschote the Idumes Moabites and the sonnes of Ammon al the kinges of Tyri and Sidon the kinges of the eylandis beyende the sea Dedan Thema Buz and the clipt headid Ismasitis Al the kinges of Araby al the kingis
sermone shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy Thus spake the Lorde of Israel Wryte me vp to gither in a boke al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the. For lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I shal make a ioyful and salfe returne of my captiued peple of Israel Juda saith the Lorde For I shal restore them agene into the lande which I gaue their fathers they shal possede it But y e Lorde added these thingis to speking vpoÌ„ Israel Juda on this manerwyse We hear a a terrible and dredeful noyse as thoughe al thingis were in fereful confusion For what els signifieth this sight euery man be he neuer so manly thus to smyte his handis vpon his loynes lyke a woman trauelinge of chylde Who saw euer a maÌ„ trauelinge of chylde Enquire and serche oute this vision if ye will ye and euery maÌ„nis face is deformed with pale wanne colour Oute ahlasse for this daye so horrible so dreadful that neuer was there any lyke Oh tyme of tribulacion vnto Jacob fro the whiche yet he shal be delyuerde For the daye shal come saith the Lorde of powers that I wil breke of Nâ—buchadnezars yoke from thy necke and breke of thy bondis to that thou setâ—est nomore strange gods vnder him But eueÌ„ they shal serue their Lorde God to that is to saye their kinge Dauid whom I shal sterevp for them And thou Jacob my seruant feare not saith the Lorde nor be not dismayde Israel For lo I shal saue the althoughe thou beist yet farre of and bringe thy seade from the lande of their captiuite And Jacob shal be brought agene he shal haue reste flowing in al prosperite to fear noman For I am withe the saith the Lorde to saue the Albe it yet must I make an ende of al the nacions amoÌ„g whom I haue scaterd the but yet the shal I not make an ende of but chastice y e in the meane tyme but yet with iÌ„ugement and discrecion For I know the not in any wyse for innocent For thus saith the Lorde I pytye thy decease sorow for the smarte of thy wounde but ther is noman that maye aueÌ„ge thy cause delyuering the by iugemeÌ„t bringe the agene into the waye or bynde vp thy wounde so to further thy cure All thy louers haue forgoteÌ„ the they seke the nomore For I haue smyten the with a cruel plage and correcked the sharpely that euen for the multitude of they nowne wikednes for thy synnes haue preuayled Wherfore lamentest thou thy destruccion It is I myselfe y t pityeth thy sorowful greife But for the manifolde wikednes outrage of thy sinnes delte I thus with the. Wherfore al men y t deuoure the shal be deuoured agen and al thy enymes shal be led into captiuite They that robbe y e shal be robbed and of al theÌ„ that spoyle the I shal make a spoyle of them agene For I wil restore y e thy helthe and heale thy woundis saith y e Lorde because they called the a neglecte abiecte oh Zion eueÌ„ hir whom nomaÌ„ wolde set bye For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal restore the tabernacles of Jacob fauour his habitacions Thy cyte shal be edifyed agen in hir olde place the temple shal haue hir iuste foundacion prayse the voyce of gladmen shal goforth of theÌ„ I shal encrease theÌ„ they shalnot be minisshed I shal enlarge theÌ„ they shalnot be drawne yn And their chylderne shal be as before And their chirche shal coÌ„tinwe and encrease before me and al that moleste or oppresse them I meselfe shal viset loke vpon theÌ„ And I shal geue them a noble goyde head ruler to go for the eueÌ„ of the middes of theÌ„ and euen this man wil I sociat and ioyne vnto miself he shal be ful nighe me But who shal this man be whose herte shal so swetely be maryed vnto me saith the Lorde Thorow this your goyde shal ye be my peple and I shal be your God But lo first shal the fury of y e Lorde come forth lyke a whirlewynde ye lyke an hastye raueshing violent whirlewinde shal it come eueÌ„ into the heades of the vngodly This furiouse wrathe of y e Lorde shal not cease vntil he hath done acomplesshed the thoughtis of his herte Which ye shal knowe at laste in these later dayes In that tyme saith the Lorde I shal be the God of al the famylye of Israel and they shal be my peple ¶ The .xxxi. Chapiter THus saith the Lorde The peple of Israel which escaped sometyme the swerde in the deserte fownde fauour to come vnto their reste And eueÌ„ so now shal the Lorde shew himselfe vnto me beinge in farre partes sayng I loue with a perpetual loue wherfore I spread my mercy ouer the. I shal bylde the to be faste and suer oh virgen Israel Thou shalt take vp and tuwne thy tympanys agayn goforth merily leding the daunse yet agein shalt thou plante vynyardis in the hilles of Samary and y e vyne kepers shal plante singinge And when the tyme shal come the kepers shal crye thoroute the mouÌ„taine of Ephraim Aryse and let vs go vp to Zion vnto the Lorde our God for thus saith the Lorde Be glad and reioyse for Jacobs sake â—â—yeâ—t forth euen at y e head of the gentyles Preche singe and tel theÌ„ The Lorde will desyuer and saue his peple euen the reamnaunt of Israel Lo I shal bringe them agen from the northe regions and gather them togither from the costis of the erth with the blynd and lame which ar amonge them with wemeÌ„ great with childe and with them also that now be delyuered And ther shal be a great chirche or company of the returners hither agein They wente awaye wepinge but I shal bringe them agein with solace By the swete ryuers a playne and plesaunte straight waye where they shalnot stomble shal I lead them for to returne For I wil be Israels father And Ephraim shal be my firste begoteÌ„ sonne Hear ye Gentyles the worde of the Lorde tell it forthe thorow the eylandis which stande so farre in sondre sainge He that had scatred Israel gathereth them to gither agein and shal kepe them as the herdemen his owne flocke For the Lorde wil delyuer Jacob and auenge him from a ful mighty hande And they shal come and reioyse in the mounte Zion and be encreased with the benefites which the Lorde shal geue them as wheat swete wynes oyle flockes and heâ—des And their hertes shal be lyke a fruteful fresshe garden nether shal they any more be hongrye Than shal the mayde and as wel y t olde mâ—n as y e yonge daunseful meresy For I shal turne their weepy moorning into fressbe gladnes costforte there theÌ„ from their heuynes Also I shal enbrewe y e Priestis myndes w t fatnes my peple shal be sated filled w t
my benefits saith y e Lorde And yet thus also sayd y e Lorde The lameÌ„table noyse of moornes their bitter weping asceÌ„ded vnto heuen euen y e voice of Rachel wepiÌ„g for hir childern nether wolde she receyue any consolacioÌ„ for theÌ„ because they were clene gone captiued But nowe saith the Lorde peace and wepe nomore wype thy eyes for thy paynful labours shal be loked vpon saith y e Lorde And they shal returne from that cruel region but yet shal it be thy posterite that shal hope for this saith the Lorde For they be your chylderne that shal returne into their owne region Euen Ephraim goinge into captiuite did I hear verely thus complayninge Thou haste chastised me oh Lorde being then lyke a wylde bullok but now shal I receyue thy nourtering and disciplyne But thou therfore now conuerte me and I shal be conuerted for thou Lorde art my God Wherfore as sone as thou shalt conuerte me I shal repente me and anone as thou shalt make me to know my synne I shal smyte my handis vpoÌ„ my thighe Very shame confoundeth me for my sinnes committed in my yougthe which now greuously obrayde me to my grete peine At this penitent complaynte of Ephraim I thought thus with myselfe saith y e Lorde Is not Ephraim my goodly plesaunt chylde Is he not my tender fayer whight sonne I remeÌ„bir him euen from the tyme of our firste communicacioÌ„ wherfore my very herte yammerth all my bowels ar moued vpon him I wil gladly haue compassion vpon him saith the Lorde Get the wel watchinge ouerseers standing on highe take vnto the sharpe teachers and warners and let thy herte attende vnto the pathe of y t same waye wherby thou muste walke And returne oh virgin Israel returne vnto these same euen thy nowne cytes How longe wilt thou erre oh strayng bakslyden daughter For the Lorde verely shal make â—a newe thinge in this lande the woman shal take hir husbonde in hir armes For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel The tyme shal come y t they shal saye in the lande of Juda and in hir cytes aftir that I haue brought them agene euen these wordes The Lorde whiche is y e fayer spouse of rightuousnes mought fauour blesse the oh holy hill For there shal herdemen tylmeÌ„ inhabit bothe Juda and al hir cytes For I shal satisfye the hongry soule replenesshe euery meke soule Whan I herde this I cam to my selfe agene consydering as thoughe I had waked froÌ„ a very swete sleape Beholde the tyme is come saith the Lorde y t I wil sowe the house of Israel the house of Juda w t man beast And the tyme shal come y t lykewyse as I was occupyed in plucking vp by y e rotes in scatering abrede castinge dewne desiroynge scourginge theÌ„ eueÌ„ so shal I studye diligeÌ„tly to edifye to plante theÌ„ saith y e Lorde In these dayes shal they nomore saye They were our fathers y t eite the soâ—wer grape yet tâ—eir childers tethe be 〈◊〉 â— For euery man shal dye for his ownâ— wykednes So that euery man that eate the soâ— wer grape his own tethe mâ—ste oe â—n edge Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde y t I wil smyte vp a 〈…〉 bothe with the house of Israel with the house of Juda not aftyr the bargen that I smote with their fathers what tyme I toke them by their handis and led them out of the lande of Egypte whiche my bargen testament they broke and I punisshed theÌ„ sharpely saith the Lorde But this is y e couenaunt that I wil smyte with the house of Israel aftir these dayes new spoken of so ofte saith the Lorde I shal grifâ— my lawe into their myndes and wryte it in their hertis and I wil be their God they shal be my peple so that it shal not be 〈◊〉 maÌ„ that shal teache his neghboâ—r or his brother by monesshing him sayng knowlege y e Lorde but euery maÌ„ shal knowe me froÌ„ the leste to the gretest saith the Lorde because I wil be merciful to their wikednes and neuer more remember their sinnes Thus spake the Lorde which gaue the sone into the dayelight and ordrely y e mone and starres to shyne in the night whiche troubleth the sea that it swelleth vp in to waues whose name is the Lorde of powers Lyke as this lawe shal neuer be taken awaye fro my sight saith the Lorde eueÌ„ so I tell you shal the sead of Israel neuer cease at any tyme neuer more to be a nacioÌ„ before me Also this sayd the Lorde As the heueÌ„ aboue cannot be mesured nether the foundacions of therthe that be vnder vs serched euen so nether shal I caste awaye al the sead of Israel for al the thinges that they haue committed saith the Lorde Lo the dayes shal come saith y e Lorde that the cyte of y e Lorde shal be enlarged euen from the tower of Hananeel vnto the corner gate in the walles from thenceforthe shal mesure be taken forthe right before it vnto y e hill toppe of Gareb shal so come aboute closing in Goatha al the vale where they caste their carioÌ„s asshes or duste so forthe al Semeroth vnto y e brook callâ—d Cedron so froÌ„ theÌ„ce vnto y e corner of the horse fayer gate ageÌ„ste the este where the holy teÌ„ple of the Lorde shal be sette And this cite restored aftir this maner shal nomore be beten downe nor destroyed for euer ¶ The .xxxii. Chapiter THe sermone of the Lorde shewed to Jeremye the .x. year of Zedechias kinge of Juda whiche was the .xviii. year of Nebuchadrezar Than the hoste of the kinge of Babylon layd sege to Jerusalem And Jeremy the Prophete was in holde in the vtter warde which was at the kinges house of Juda wheryn Zedechias kinge of Juda had caste him because he prophecyed thus Thus saith y e Lorde Lo I shal geue vp this cite into the handis of the kinge of Babylon and he shal take it And kinge Zedechias shal not escape the handis of the Chaldes but douteles shal be delyuerde into the handis of the kinge of Babylon which shal speak with him mouthe to mouthe and shal beholde eche other face to face And Zedechias shal be led to Babylon there to coÌ„tinew til I viset him saith the Lorde But if thou wilt nedis fight ageÌ„ste the Caldes thou shalt fight infortunatly Vnto the which accusacion Jeremy thus answerde It was the Lorde that spake vnto me on this maner Lo Hananeel the sone of Sellum thy eames sone shal come to the desyering y e to redeme for thy selfe the felde whiche lyeth in Anathot because it pertayneth to the to bye it agene by y e reason thou arte nexte of kinne Than came Hananeel my eames sone acording to the sayng of y e Lorde vnto me into the vtterwarde of the presone sayng I
praye y e bye my felde which is in Anathot in the Lande of Beniamin for it is thy right by the reason of nexte of our kin Redeme it therfore I praye the. I know al this to be done by the Lordis commandement wherfore I bought this felde of Hananeel my eames sone which dwelled at Anathot And I wayed him forth his money euen .vii. sicles and .x. peses of syluer And the writing made and sealed and witnes called to I wayd forthe the money in the skoles and receiued the copye wherby I chalenged and posseded it Aftir this was it sealed acording to the forme of the lawe and dewe order and rehersed with the copye therof And I delyuerd this copye wherby I held it vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerie sonne of Mahasie Hananeel my eames sonne being present before y e witnesses whose names were writeÌ„ in y e instrumeÌ„t wherby I helde it al y e Iwes at laste being by whiche sate aboute vs in the sayd warde coÌ„manding this Baruch before them on this maner This is y e Lorde of powers plesure y e God of Israel y t thou receyuest this instrument sealed w t this copye put it into an ertheÌ„ potte y t it maye continew longe For thus hath y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel decreed That y e houses feldes vynyardis in this lande shal be possessed agein Wherfor I made my prayer to y e Lorde aftyr y e delyuerauÌ„ce of this instrument vnto Baruch the sone of Neerie on this maner sayng Ah lorde God lo thou art he y t made heueÌ„ erthe by thy mighty power highe streÌ„gth nothing is harde or of difficulty vnto y e. Thou doist mercy vpoÌ„ thousandis thou rewardest y e wikednes of the fathers into the bosoms of their childern which ar borne aftir theÌ„ Thou art y t great mighty God whose name is y e Lorde of powers great in counsel and infinite in thought Thy eyen beholde al the wayes of man to rewarde euery man for his owne wayes for y e frutes of his inuencioÌ„s Which hast done signes wondres in the lande of Egypte as we wel knowe euen vnto this daye as wel vpoÌ„ this same Israel as vpoÌ„ these meÌ„ to magnifye thy name as it is right great vnto this daye And thou leddest forth Israel thy peple oute of y e lande of Egypt w t signes wouÌ„ders w t a mighty hande a forthstretched arme great power And gauest theÌ„ thissame lande as thou haddest sworne to their fathers to geue them a lande flowing w t mylke honey But whaÌ„ they were come had posseded it they obayed not thy voyce nor walked not in thy lawe but what so euer thou coÌ„mandest them to do y t they did not wherfore al these affliccions plages ar come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo they come w t bulwarkis eueÌ„ vnto this cite to take it whiche ouercome withe swerde hoÌ„ger and pestelence shal be delyuerd vp into y e handes of the Chaldeis whiche euen nowe fight so sore ageÌ„st it And what so euer thou hast sayd it shal come to passe for lo al thinges ar present vnto y e. And yet thou Lorde God notwithstaÌ„ding coÌ„maÌ„dest me sayng chalenge y e thy felde y e money payd before witnes whaÌ„ y e cyte in y e meaÌ„ ceason must come into y e haÌ„dis of y e Calâ—es ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to me Lo I am y e lorde God of al thinges lyuiÌ„ge is ther any thing harde vnto me Wherfor thus coÌ„manderh y e lorde Lo I shal betake this cite into y e power of y e Caldes into y e nower of Nebuchadrezar kinge of BabyloÌ„ which shal take it For the Chaldes shal come fight agenst this cyte and set fyer on it and it shal be burned with the houses in whose parlers they burned sacrifices to Baal and offred to strange Gods that they might the more prouoke me to anger For whan y e childerne of Israel and Juda had done al maner of synne in my sight euen fro their yeugth What els was it that they dyd than prouoked me onely by the workis of their owne handis saith y e lorde Or what els was this cyte than a prouoking stocke of my wrathe fro the daye that it was bylded vnto this present hower In whiche hower I shal wel worthely take it a waye frome oute of my sight for the synnes of the chylderne of Israel and Juda whiche they committed to anger me both they their selues their kinges their rulers their priestes their Prophetes al Juda the cytesens of Jerusalem They turned their backes and not their face to me whan I taught them warned them in tyme nether gaue they eare to receyue my disciplyne They did set their idolls in y e house consecrated vnto my name to pollute it They bylded highe places for Baal in y e vale of Benhinnon their to consecrate and to geue their sonnes and daughters euen to Moloch which thinge I neuer coÌ„manded them nether did it euer touche my mynde that I wolde thus drawe Juda into syn to committe these abominacions Ouer this yet agein spake the Lorde God of Israel as concerning this cyte whiche euen yourselues being present shal be geuen vp into the hande of the kinge of Babylon the cyte I say first ouercomen with swerde honger and pestelence Lo I shal gather them from al the regioÌ„s into whiche I had dispersed them in my wrathe furye and great indignacion and shal bring them into this same place where they shal dwel suer They shal be my peple and I their God And I shal geue them one herte and one waye that they mought feare me at al tymes Which thinge shal profit them their childerne aftir them Also I shal smyte an euerlasting couenaÌ„t with them that I wil neuer cease to do them good that I wil geue my feare into their hertis that they fall not fro me that I shal delyght in doing them good ye and that I shal plante them in this lande in very truthe with al my herte and with al my soule For thus sayd y e Lorde lyke as I haue brought vpon this peple al this great affliccion euen so shal I bringe vpoÌ„ them ageine al maner of goodnes which I haue layd vp for them And their feldis shal be possessed in this lande which ye grauÌ„te now worthely to bedesolated for saken of man beast to be brought into the handis of y e Caldes The feldis I tell you shal be bought with money instrumentis wryten ther vpon and sealed before witnes in the lande of Beniamin rowndaboute Jerusalem thorowout the cytes in the deserte For I shal bringe ageyn their captiuite saith the Lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapiter AGeyne the worde of God came vnto Jeremye whyle he was yet in holde in the vtter warde on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde
thou that I go and slaye Ismael sone of Nathanie so y t none be aware of it wherfore shulde he slaye the and the Iwes also whiche be gatherd vnto the to scater theÌ„ awaye and so the reste of Juda vtterly to perysshe And Gedolias sone of Ahikam sayd vnto Johanna sone of Cart. Se thou doist it not for they be but lyes that ar tolde of Ismael ¶ The .xli. Chapiter IN the seueÌ„th moneth came Ismael y e sone of Nathanie sone of Elisame whiche was of the kingis blode w t the gretest aboute the kinge with x. mo of their conspyred complices vnto Gedolias sone of Ahikam in Masphat where they sate downe to meate altogither And Ismael the sone of Nathany start vp with his .x. conspyred complices that were w t him and smote Gedolias sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan with his swerde And so slew they him whom y e king of Babylon had made ruler of the lande And Ismael also slew al y e Iwes that were with Gedolias in Masphat and the Chaldes ther lefte to assiste him And it came to passe y t the nexte daye folowing the deth of Gedolias whiche yet was kept secrete ther came certain men frome Sichem froÌ„ Silo and Samary .lxxx. in nowmber their heads clipped their clothes cutte al sadde kareful bringing giftes sense in their handis to offer them vp in the house of y e Lorde And Ismael the sone of Nathany goyng forthe of Masphat met them comynge a grete pase wepinge And when he met them he sayd Go your ways to Gedoliam sone of AhikaÌ„ And wheÌ„ they were comen into the mids of the cite Ismael sone of Nathany with his coniured slew them by the middis of the dyke or lake And amoÌ„ge these .lxxx. meÌ„ there werten that sayd to Ismael slay vs not for we haue tresur in the felâ—e bothe whete barley oyle and honey Then he spared them and slew them not with their brothern And the lake into whiche Ismael threw the bodyes of the slayne whom he slew for Gedolias sake was y e same whiche kinge Asa made for fere of Baase kinge of Israel y e same lake Ismael filled withe the carkasis And he led away captiue al y e reste of y e peple as the kinges daughters w t al the peple lefte in Masphat ouer whom Nebuzaradan tharehieften had set Gedolias ruler And Ismael toke theÌ„ al went his waye to go to the Ammonitis Then Johanna the sone of Caree al the pety capitayns ouer the coÌ„pany hering al this mischiefe that Ismael had done toke al their company and weÌ„t forthe to fight with Ismael sone of Nathany and fownde him at y e waters of Rabim whiche arin Gabaon And when al the peple led captyue with Ismael sawe Johan the sone of Caree with al these pety capitayns and their company they wer glad There brought they agen al the peple that Ismael had caryed froÌ„ Masphat whiche retourned came to Johan y e sone of Caree But Ismael escaped with .viii. of his coÌ„iured froÌ„ the face of Johan wente to thaÌ„monitis Then Johan sone of Caree al his capitayns toke al this reste of the peple whoÌ„ they reskewed toke from Ismael caried fro Masphat aftir the dethe of Godolias whiche were men valeauÌ„t in batail their wyues chyldern and geldedmen whom they brought agen from Gabaon went sate downe in Geruth Chimham which place is by BethleheÌ„ entending so to goforthe into Egypte for fere ef the Caldes whom they fered for this cause that Ismael had slayne Gedolias sone of AhikaÌ„ whoÌ„ the kinge of Babylon had made ruler and ouerseer of the lande ¶ The .xlii. Chapiter THen came al these gonerners as Johan sone of Caree Jezanias sone of Hosie al the peple from the leste to the moste sayng vnto Jeremy the Prophete Here our peticion we beseche y e that is pray for vs vnto thy Lorde God for al this remnaunt here lefte of so many which ar now very fewe as thou seist vs that thy Lorde God wolde shew vs what waye we mought go and what we mought do Whom Jeremy the Prophete answerde I haue heâ—de you effectuouly Lo I shal pray vnto your Lorde God according to your desyer And what so euer the Lorde answer you I shal shew it you hyding nothinge from you Then sayd these men vnto Jeremy The Lorde of trouthe and faithe be our witnes if we do not aftir euery worde which thy Lorde God shal answer concerninge vs be it good or yll The voice of our Lorde God vnto whom we sende the we shal here that we mought prosper if we obaye the voyce of our Lorde God Aftir x. dayes the worde of the Lorde came to Jeremy And then he called Johan the sone of Caree and al the headis of the coÌ„pany that wer with him with al the peple from y e leste vnto the moste tolde them Thus spake y e Lorde God of Israel vnto whoÌ„ ye sente me to laye forth your prayers before him If ye wyl dwel stil in this lande I shal encrese you not destroye you plante you and not pluck you vp by the rotis For I am wel apayed and peased as towching the affliccion whiche I decreed vpon you Fere nomore the kinge of Babylon whom ye yet fere and nede not saith the Lorde For I shal be withe you to saue and delyuer you from his hande I wil forgeue and be merciful vnto you bringe you agen in to your owne lande But if ye wilnot set your myndis at reste to dwel stil in this lande not abaying the voyce of your Lorde God sayng let vs not abyde here but go into y e lande of Egypte where we shal se no warre nor here of any pealis to batayl nor suffer any honger ther let vs dwel Wherfore here the worde of the Lorde ye reamnant of Juda. Thus spake the Lorde of powers the God of Israel If ye be ful bente to go into Egypte ther to be in exyle it shal come to passe that the swerde whiche ye now fere shal ouer take you in Egypte and the honger that ye here fere shal cleue vpon you euen into Egypte there to dye For as many as shal sette their faces fermely bente thitherwarde there to case their exyle or banishment shal dye withe swerde honger and pesâ—elence Ther shal not one of them escape the plage whiche I shal bringe vpon them For thus saith the lorde of powers the God of Israel Lyke as my wrathe and furye did flowforthe vpon the inhabitours of Jerusalem euen so shal it flowforthe ouer you if ye go into Egypte For ye shal be an execracion a wondering stocke detested reuyled in obprobry to men neuer more to se this lande agene It is the Lorde that biddeth you Oh reamnaunt of Juda that ye go not into Egypte and that ye forget not what he hath testifyed vnto you this daye For ye shulde trappe your
owne selues For ye sent me to your Lorde God sayng Praye our Lorde God for vs And what so ouer our Lorde God answere tel vs and we will do it Nowe therfore haue I shewed you the voyce of your Lorde God for the whiche thinge he hathe sente me vnto you and yet wil ye not obaye Be ye suer therfore to dye withe swerde honger and pestilence in that same place whiche delyte you so gretely to fle vnto ¶ The .xliiii. Chapiter ANd aftir that Jeremy had lefte preching to al the peple al these wordis of the Lorde God for whose cause he sent him to them Azarias sone of Holy Johan sone of Caree with al that heady presumptuouse peple sayd vnto Jeremy Thou lyest vnto vs nether hath our Lorde God sente the to commande vs that we go not into Egypte to dwel there But Baruch the sone of Nery hath let the slip among vs to betraye delyuer vs into the power of y e Babylonytis to lede vs captiue to Babylon there to slaye vs. And this Johan y e sone of Caree with al the captins of the hoste and al the peple obayd not y e lordis wordis that they shulde dwel stil in the lande of Juda. Then toke Johan sone of Caree al the cheiftens of the multitude led a waye al the remnant of Juda which wer nowe come to gither agen from al the nacions amonge whom they had benscatred to dwel agene in the lande of Juda as strangers they toke and led awaye I saye men wemen and chylderne the kingis daughters and al them that Nebuzaradan tharchieften had lefte with Gedoliam sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan They toke also Jeremy y e Prophete and Baruch the sone of Nery came into Egypte For they obayd not y e lordis voice And they came into Thaphnis in Thaphnis y e worde of y e lorde was shewed vnto Jeremy sayng Take in thy haÌ„de grete stones hyde them in an hole in y e grownde by the brik wall vnder the dore of Pharos house in Thaphnis in y e sight of the men of Juda sayng vnto them Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Beholde I shal sende cal hither Nebuchadrezar my seruant kinge of Babylon set his trone vpoÌ„ these stones which I haue hid which shal bende his tente ouer them For he shal come and plage the lande of Egypte some with slaughter some with captiuite some with swerde he shal set fyer on the temples of the Goddis of Egypte and burne them vp and holde their godis captiue And y e lande of Egypt aftir this shal clothe hirselfe as the herdeman putteth on his clothes to get him hence in peace Also he shal alto breke the pilers of the temple of the sonne in Egypt and the temples of the Gods of Egypte he shal consume with fyer ¶ The .xliiii. Chapiter THe sermon shewed vnto Jeremye vpon al the Jews y t dwelt in Egypt in Migdalo in Thaphna in Memphi in the lande of patheres on this maner Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel ye haue sene al y e miserable calamite whiche I brought vpon Jerusalem vpon al the cytes of Juda how they be desolate vnto this daye no man dwelling in them that euen for their sinnes whiche they committed prouoking my wrathe whyle they wente and kindled their fyers worshipping strange gods whiche nether they their selues knewe nor yet you nor your fathers Albeit yet I sent them al my seruaÌ„tis the Prophetis erly rysing continually sendinge and mouâ—sshing in tyme sayng Se I praye you that ye committe not this abominacion whiche I aborre so gretely and yet they obayd not nor once moued their ears to them to go from their myscheife nomore to kindle their fyers before these straÌ„ge gods Wherfore my hotte indignacion wrathe was kindled burned vp their cytes feldis w t the stretis of Jerusalem and so were they made desolate forsaken as ye maye se euen this daye Now therfor saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel Wherfore do ye so grete wykednes agenst your owne selues to spill your men womeÌ„ soukelingis infantis of Juda so that ye shal at laste leue none a lyue while ye prouoke me to anger with y e workis of your owne handis kindlinge lyghtis vnto strange Gods in y e lande of Egypte into whiche ye ar gone to dwel in to be clene cut awaye execrable accursed ignominiouse among al y e nacioÌ„s of y e erthe Remember ye not y e synnes of your fathers y e synnes of y e kingis of Juda of their wyues your owne synnes your wyues which ye coÌ„mitted in y e lande of Juda both in the felde stretis of Jerusalem And yet be ye not sorye or humbled vnto this daye ye fere not ye walke not in my lawe and preceptis which I gaue bothe to you your fathers Werfore thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I am fermely decreod to scourge you to pluckup al Juda by y e rotes take y e reamnaunt of Juda y e bente their faces so stifeneckedly to enter into Egypt ther to dwel take their plesures And they shal be al wasted awaye they shal be al smyten downe in y e lande of Egypt consumed with swerde honger Frome the leste to y e gretest shal they dye with swerde honger They shal be an execracion aborred wondred at curssed and into obprobrye For I shal so vyset thinhabitours of y e lande of egypt as I haue visited Jerusalem w t swerd honger and pestelence that of al the remnaunt of Juda whiche went into Egypt there to dwel shal be none lefte salfe to returne into y e lande of Juda although their myndes was to come agene yet shal ther none returne but siche as shal fle escape Then al these men whiche wer preuye to their wyues sacryfiyng vnto straÌ„ge gods and al the women ther present in the hole multitude and al the peple to that ther dwelled in Egypte in the cyte of patheres answerd Jeremy on this maner The sermone whiche thou madist vnto vs in the name of the Lorde in nomaner wyse wil we receyue but we wil do what so euer goith forthe of owr owne mouthe whether it be sacrifising vnto the quene of heuen or offering any other oblacion lyke as both we our fathers haue done before vs as wel our kingis rulers bothe in the cytes of Juda as wel with oute as with in Jerusalem For then had we plenty of foode then wer we happye and sawe no plagis But as sone as we ceassed froÌ„ sacrificing to the quene of heuen from geuing hir gyftis we were nedy of al thingis consumed with swerde honger And laste of al when we women did sacrifice to y e quene of heuen geuing hir giftis did we
Lorde of powers That Thabor stande not so faste amōge the hilles nother yet Carmelus recheth not so verely vnto y e sea as thissame plage shal come Make y e therfore oh daughter inhabirres of Egypte vessels packes to flit thy waye For Memphis shal be desolate throne downe that noman inhabit hir Egypte is a fayer fatte welthy bulloke but there shal come vnto hir a prodder w t a pricke frome the northe Hyr hyerde soldyers which ar in hir as fatte as bullockis shal take thē to their fete nether shal they stande and abyde for their slaughter daye tyme of visitaciō shal be present The noyse of their enymes shal sowne in vpō them as hard as yerne For they shal come w t an hoost downe slayers w t polaxes lyke tre fellers hewe downe hir wodes saith y e Lorde w t oute any stoppe or choise They shal excede y e swarmīge locuste flyes be innumerable The daughter of Egypt delyuerd vp into y e powr of y e peple of y e northe shal be ashamed And yetagayn saith y e Lorde of powrs the God of Israel Beholde I shal vyset the pryde of Alexādrye Pharao Egypte hir gods kinges euē Pharao thē y t truste in him And betake thē into the power of thē that seke their lyues euē into y e handis of Nebuchadreser kynge of Babylon of his seruātis And aftir this it shal be inhabited as before saith y e Lorde But thou my seruāt Jacob fere not nether dread thou Israel For lo I shal saue y e frome a farre thy sede to frō y e lande of their captiuite And Jacob shal returne haue reste he shal be ryche nomā to trowble him Be not a frayde my seruāt Jacob yet agē I warne y e saith y e Lorde For I am w t y e wil make an ende of al y e naciōs into amōge whō I scatred y e but of the wil I not make an ende but correcke the y t w t discrecion for in no maner wyse art thou innocēt fautelesse THe sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy the Prophete agenst the Palestyns before Pharao wonne Gazam Thus sayd the Lorde Beholde waters shal come downe frome the northe ryse vp into a flowde runninge ouer the lande and al that is in it and bothe cytes and their inhabitours shal howle at the noyse of the comynge of the armye stampinge of their barbed horses at the shakinge of their charietis romblynge of their whelis The fathers shal haue no respecte vnto their chylderne their handis shal tremble for fere And euen the same tyme that he shal be present to destroye al Palestyne withe other eylandis deuyded from y e lande there shal come a shauyng and chipping vpō Gazam Ascalon with hir other valis shal kepe sylence Ah how longe wilt thou slaye oh swerde of the Lorde How longe shal it be ere thou ceasse Retourne into thy sheath reste ceasse But how shuld it ceasse sith the Lorde hathe cōmanded it and stered it vp agenst Ascalon other cytes vpon the sea coostis ¶ Chapitre xlviii AGenst Moab thus spake the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel Wo be to Nebon for it shal be subuerted she shal be ashamed and taken Also that stronge kiriatham shal be ashamed afrayd she shal nomore be the gloriouse shyninge beutye of Moab Vpon Esebon shal there be taken shrewed counsel Come let vs cut hir awaye from the nowmbir of the gentyls so that she be neuer more spoken of the swerde shal so persecute hir There shal a voyce crye frome horonaim Destroy kyll And Moab is alto destroyed an oute cryinge shal be herde thorow hir villages For weping waylinge shal sty vp ouer al the hanging of the hill of luhit and this cruel noyse of destruccion shal come downe and be herde vnto Horonaim fle saue your lyues And euen vnto y e very haith of the deserte be ye lyke Because thou didist trust in thy stronge defensed holdis and tresure thou shalt be taken awaye to Chamos shal be caryed into captiuite bothe preistis and rulers al togither And the destroyer shal come vnto euery cyte none shal escape Dales shal perisshe and feldis shal be destroyed as y e Lorde hath decreed Lyfte vp a sygne vnto Moab that she may fle away swiftly hir cytes shal be so desolate that noman may dwel in them Cursed be he that shal do this worke of the Lorde deceytfully or negligently And cursed be he that holdeth backe his swerde from blode Ful riche suer hath Moab ben euen from hir yougthe and hath sit at reste carelesse in the middis of hir fylthy fast layd vp ryches She was not yet neuer set a broche drawne oute of one vessel into a nother y t is to wyt she came neuer yet into captiuite wherfore hir verdcur taste yet abydeth endwreth hir vigour sauour is not chanched But lo y e daye shal come saith y e lorde that I shal sende hir trussers whiche shal trusse and pak hir vp prepare ceason hir vessels but hir pottis baggis they shal so shake to gither y t Moab shal be as miche ashamed of hir Chamos as euer was Israel of Bethel euen their owne hope Wherfore thinke ye thus we ar stronge and valeaunt to fyght Moab shal be destroyed hir cytes shal fleup into asshes And hir chosen lusty lance kneightis shal be slayne saith y e kinge whose name is the Lorde of powrs Moabs dethe fall is at hande his miserable calamite cometh faste vpon whom al of his faccion rownde aboute him shal lamente and bewayle And as many as knowe his name shal saye Howe happeneth this so stronge a staffe and so gaye a rodde to be thus alto broken And euen thou to daughter whiche dwellest in Dibon shal come downe from thy glorye sitte in a drye thyrste For the destroyer of Moab shal come vnto the and ouerthrow thy stronge holdes And thou oh inhabitres of Aroer shalt stonde by the waye beholde askinge thez that flee escaped saing what is chaunced For Moab shal be confounded ouercome They shal howle and cry oute tel it forthe vnto Arnon that Moab is destroyd And lyke calamite shal come euen vnto y e playns vnto Holon Jahazam and Mephat Dibon Nebo and vnto the house of Diblathaim vnto Kiriathaim Bethganrob and Betheneon Kirioth Bassra vnto al the cytes of the lande of Moab both farre and nighe Moabs horne shal be alto broken and his arme shal be shaken in pesis saith the Lorde ye shal make him dronken because he magnifyed himselfe aboue the Lorde And Moab in his vomyte shal be clapped oute with handis and be a laughing stocke to Shal he not be a laughing stocke vnto the oh Israel whiche is fownde amonge theues Thou shalte
And y e laste y e shal al to breke their bones is this Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Wherfore thus saith y e lorde of powrs the God of Israel Beholde I shal viset the kinge of Babylon his kingdom euen as I visited the kinge of Assyrie And shal bringe Israel agene vnto hir plesaunte pasturs they shal fede vpon Carmelus Basan And in y e mounte Ephraim Galaad shal they be wel filled In these dayes this tyme saith y e Lorde If y e wikednes of Israel be sought for ther shal none be fownde If the syn of Juda be sought it shal not be fownde For I shal be mercyful vnto this litel reaÌ„nant escaped by me Ascende oh auenger vnto this cruel lordely londe viset hir inhabitours take vengeauÌ„ce laye vpoÌ„ their backis saith y e lorde finisshe al y t I haue coÌ„manded the. The rumor of batail grete destruccion shal fle thorow the londe men talking How is this grete hammer of al the worlde ihus now broken alto peses How hapeneth it that Babylon amoÌ„ge al y e nacioÌ„s is thus brought into desolatioÌ„ It was I that layd waite for the thou wast taken oh Babylon thou wast espyed vnwares and thus trapped because thou prouokedst the Lorde to anger The Lorde layd opon his house of ordinance brought forthe the dartes of his indignacion For this is y e wurk of the Lorde God of powers done of him in the londe of Calde These thingis shal come vpon hir at laste They shal breke ynto hir preuey tresure houses leue hir as bare as stones takeÌ„ caste vpon an heape And they shal so cut hir awaye that nothinge be lefte of hir They shal destroye al hir valeaunt soldeyers and put them to dethe Wo be to them for y e day howr of their visitacion shal be at hande Me thinketh I here euen now the noyse bothe of men fleyng and escapen froÌ„ the londe of Babylon which voice or noyse shal declare in Zion y e vengeaunce of our Lorde God eueÌ„ the taking vengeaunce for his temple and also the noyse of men cryinge Cal vp agenst Babylon the multitude of al the bowemen Pitche your tentes ageÌ„st hir rowndaboute y e none escape Serue hir aftir hir owne dealinge and as she haue done to other so do to hir agen For she presumed to boldely agenst the Lorde euen him that sanctifyeth Israel Wherfore hir myghty soldiers shal be smyten downe in the stretis al hir noble men of warre shal be layed a slepe togither in that daye saith y e Lorde It it I lo y t tell it the oh thow prowde saith the Lorde God of powers For y e daye shal come euen the hower of thy visitacion and the prowde shal fall sodenly and be al to broken nomaÌ„ to lyfte him vp agene I shal sette fyer on his cites which shal ete vp al rownd aboute hiÌ„ These thingis saith the Lorde of powers The chyldern of Israel Juda shal suffer both a lyke grete violence and wronge Whoso haue taken them shal holde theÌ„ faste lothe to let them go But their stronge auenger and mighty redemer whose name is y e lorde of powrs shal so defende their cause y t he wil ster vp a dissension amonge themselues sette the chirche of Babylon togither by the eares The swerde vpon y e Caldes saith the Lorde and vpon the inhabitours of Babylon vpon hir rulers and vpon hir wyse men the swerde vpon hir soithe sayers they shal be made foles The swerde vpon hir bolde valeaunt and they shal be a frayde The swerde vpoÌ„ hir horsemen chariets and vpon al the comeÌ„ peple in hir so that they be al lyke womeÌ„ The swerde vpon hir tresurs that they be stolen awaye The swerde vpon their waters that they be dryed vp For this londe is an image seruer and delyteth in strange wounderouse inuencioÌ„s Wherfore these cruel vnsaciable satyris with marmesaits apes mermaydes shal inhabite hir nether shal she be inhabited for euer nor dwelled yn from age to age Lyke as God subuerted Sodome Gomor w t their cytes annexed saith the Lorde euen so shal ther here noman dwell nether the sone of Adam shal inhabit hir Beholde peple shal come from the northe with grete power many kinges stered vp froÌ„ the coosts of y e crtâ—e They bear bowe buckler they be cruel mercyles their noyse is lyke a fyerce swelling sea They come houeriÌ„g on horsebak they come forth well armed to fyght agenst the oh daughter Babylon The fame of these men once herde the kynge of Babylons handis shal tremble for fere Anguisshe and sorowe ful peine shal holde hym as a woman traueling of childe As the lyoÌ„ lo cometh vpfrome y e grene fennes of Jordane vnto y e fatte fayer pasturs of Ethan eueÌ„ so shal I prick theÌ„ forthwarde stere theÌ„ vp agenst hir But whoÌ„ shal I chose chefe capitayne to do this dede Who is lyke vnto me or may stryue with me or whiche one of the herdemeÌ„ may resiste my face Wherfore heare the counsel of the Lorde conceyued agenst Babylon heare his enteÌ„te entered agenst the londe of Caldey That is to wyt eueÌ„ the most weake and lowest of y e flocke shal teare them in pieses And their most plesaunt placis with their owne selues also shal be desolate Al the worlde shal tremble quake at the fame of the taking of Babylon and the rumor of hir shal be herde into amonge the gentyles ¶ The .li. Chapiter THus sayd the Lorde Beholde I shal stere vp a pestelent wind agenst Babylon and hir cytesens whiche ar beÌ„te cruelly agenst me And than shal I sende wenowers into Babylon which shal we now hir and destroye hir felde For they shal close hir in rownd aboute in the daye of hir affliccion Also vnto the archers and harnest men enteringe the walles thus sayd the Lorde Spare not hir men of armes Of with the hedis of al hir hoste that they maye lye dead thorow the felde of the Caldes and smyten thorow in hir stretes For Israel and Juda although they haue filled y e erthe with their synnes yet shal they not be forsaken of their God y e Lorde of powrs maker holy of Israel so lefte vnto the worlde Fle from oute of y e middis of Babylon let euery maÌ„ saue himselfe Let nomaÌ„ dissemble y e wykednes of Babylon For the tyme of the vengeaÌ„ce of the Lorde is now present For he wil acquyte hir ageyne Babylon was y e golden cuppe in the lande of y e Lorde Which cuppe hath made dronken al y e worlde Of hir wyne y e peple hathe dronkeÌ„ wherfore they ar oute of their wittis But sodenly BabyloÌ„ is fallen alto brokeÌ„ Bewayle hir therfore laye y e plaster of resyne vnto heir wouÌ„dis y t if thus paradueÌ„ture she may be
and in the which noman dwelled And when I had brought you vnto that fatte lande of Carmelus to take your plesure of hir frutes commodites you went your wayes and defyled my lande made myne heretage abominable And euen the priestis they do not once remembre me sayng where is the lorde The lerned in the lawe they know me not And as for the pastours they synne agenst me The prophetes they preache al for Baal his profit and ar gone aftir ydols wich cannot helpe them Wherfore I am vtterly constrayned to coÌ„tende in iugemeÌ„t bothe with you your childerne saith the lorde For go your wayes vnto the eylandis of Cethim beholde sende into Cedar and consyder diligeÌ„tly whither ther be any siche thinge done ye loke whâ—ther the gentiles haue castouâ—e their goddis albeit in very dede they be no goddis But my peple hath castawaye their glory for an Idole that caÌ„not help theÌ„ For this thinge therfore Oh heauens be ye astouned be ye a frayd and meruellously amased saith the lorde For two grete offences hath my peple coÌ„mitted They haue forsakeÌ„ me euen the very lyuely fountayne of perpetual waters and digged them vp pittis al to troden brokeÌ„ which may holde no waters Is Israel a boÌ„de slaue or rather the good maÌ„nis sonne of the house And wherfore theÌ„ is he gon into a proie Wherfore rore they vpoÌ„ him like lyons They haue brought their lande into a wildernes Their cites ar so thron downe brent that no man may inhabit theÌ„ For theffeminat childerne of Memphes Thanneos haue polluted the euen vp vnto thy nek Hapened it not thus vnto the for that thou forsokest the lorde thy god euen then whan he wolde haue directed the in the waye And now what hast thou to do in the waye to Egypte To driÌ„ke trowbled waters Or what makest thou in the waye to Assyrye to drinke the waters of the floude Thy nowne malice shal reproue the and thy nowne bakslydinge from God shal condemne the that thou maist know and vnderstande how perniciouse perelouse a thinge it is that thou hast forsaken the lorde thy God dreding him nothing at al saith the lorde God of powrs when euen from the beginning I broke of thy yoke and thy bondes for that thou complaynedst and praydst me to make an ende of thy bondage But for al this yet thou stodest forth offring thy bodye to be abused vpon euery highe hil and vnder euery brode branched tree Oh harlet ye that euen while I went aboute to plant the that thou mightist haue ben altogither of that noble vyne stocke and of that faithful sede How art thou this alienated fro me into so strange and barayn a vyneyarde oute of kinde In somiche as wasshe thou thy selue neuer so clene with Nitro And powder thy selue neuer somiche with Borith yet art thou spotted with thy nowne wikednes in my sight saith the lorde God Nether cannest thou saye I am not so polluted nether haue I gonâ— aftir goddis For loke vpoÌ„ thy nowne wayes in wodis valeis oh swifâ— Camâ—l thou shalt se what thou hast done Thou hast runne vnto these places lyke a swâ—fte astâ—ling dromâ—dary with as fiâ—â—ce a desier as the wylde asseâ—â— woÌ„te in wildernes for his plesure to breaâ—h himselfe Who coude refrayne the who soeuer seke the oute shall fynde the euermore in thy menstrwe When we forbode the these vngodly peins taking saing Go nomore bare fote to these Idole kepe thy throte frome thirst Thou answerdst vs saing we wil not we care not for these pains for our loue is set vpon strange goddis and eueÌ„ them wil we folowe But as the thefe is a shamed whan he is espyed eueÌ„ so be ye confounded oh house of Israel Bothe the peple yea their kinges rulers Prestis and prophetis al be ye ashamed and confounded For they say their Pater noster vnto a stocke and to a stone they saye Thou art my mother they haue turned me their backe not their face But in tyme of their trouble whan they shall saye Aryse and helpe vs I shal answer Where ar thy goddis whom thow madest the Let theÌ„ ryse saue the in tyme of thy affliccion For loke how many cites thou hast oh Juda so many goddis hast thou Wherfore coÌ„tende ye with me sith ye be al synners agenst me saith the lorde I smite your childern but al in vayne for they receyue not my disciplyne your swerde deuowreth your prophetis like a deuouring â—â—oÌ„ ye ar the peple of the lorde loke therfore vpoÌ„ his worde Am I become a wildernes or a derke londe to Israel Wherfore than saith my peple let vs fal from hym and come nomore at him Do the mayde forget hir cheife ornameÌ„t or the wife hir goodly girdle And doth my peple forgete me so longe Wherfore settest thou forth coÌ„meÌ„dest thy nown wayes to be so good as to fynde fauour for theÌ„ when euen thy selue hast stayned thy nowne wayes with sinne For vnder thy winges is ther founde the bloude of pore innoceÌ„t soules that not in corners and holes onely but openly in al these places And yet darest thou saye I am an innocent wherfore his indignacioÌ„ may not lyght vpoÌ„ me But beholde I wil coÌ„tende with the in iugemeÌ„t because thou thinkest sayng I am no synner But how filthy a sinner shalt thou apere when it shal be declared openly how ofte thou hast returned repeted thy nowne ways For thou shalt be ashamed as wel of egypt as of â—ssyrye For thou shalt go hence with thy handis cowpled ouer thy head For the lorde shal frustrate thy hope confidence and fâ—l litel prosperite and conforte shalt thou fynde in them ¶ The thirde Chapiter IT is thought comonly that yf a man put away his wyfe she now go an marye hirselfe to a nother it wil be asked shal he any more take hir agayn For is not this felde now defiled But thou hast playd the harlet with many an herdemaÌ„ nethelesse turne agayn to me saith the lorde Lift vp thy eyes loke vp vnto al these quaâ—ters aboute the se whither any place be vndefiled Thou satest downe by the wayes wayting for theÌ„ in the desert lyke a thefe insomiche that therthe was polluted with thy synnes horedome Herof ceased the smal raynes ceasonable showers Thou hast goten the an hâ—rsets forehed and cannest not be ashamed Oâ—els euen nowe thou woldst haue called vnto me sayng Oh my father thou art the goyde of my yougth and wilt thou be turned fro me for euer wylt thou holde thy selfe frome al wayes But lo thou bothe spekest and doist euel more and more Also the Lorde sayd vnto me in the tyme of Josias the kinge Seist thou not what Israel that bakslyder from God hath done Which went hir wayes vpon euery highe hil and vnder euery thicke tre and their playd
name some tyme and beholde what I did to it for the malice of my peple Israel Now therfore because ye haue committed al these dedis saith the Lorde Notwithstāding yet I rose fulerly continually warninge you in tyme I spake but ye wolde not hear I called but ye wolde not answer I shal do I saye therfore vnto this house to whō my name was geuen in which house also ye truste I shal do I say to this place whiche I gaue you and your fathers euen as I did to Silo. And I shal caste you oute of my sight as I casted out al your brothern euen al the sead of Erhraim Nowe therfore praye thou not for this peple nether bid prayer nor prayse for their sake nor make no intercession to me For in nowyse wil I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cites of Juda and without Jerusalem The childern gather stickes their fathers set them on fyer And their wyues strewe sprinkle their flower to make fyne cakes for the quene of heuē Ouer this yet they offred to false gods to angre me albeit ther is no siche affecte in me saith the lorde ought they not yet rather tobe a shamed of their owne selues Wher fore thus saith the lorde God Beholde my wrath indignacion shal be powerdforth vpō this place vpon mā and beast vpon the trees of the felde and vpon the frutes of therthe it shal so brenne that noman may quenche it Thus saith the lorde of powrs the God of Israel ye ioyne heap togither your brente sacrifices with your slayne beastis to be offred but eat you the flesshe your selfe for as for me I spake nothing of these vnto your fathers how miche lesse thā was it my mynde whan I brought the oute of the lande of Egypte to commande these ceremones of brente sacrifyces and oblaciōs as my chefe and firste precepts But this was the substance of my fyrste precepte Hear obaye my voice and I shal be your god and ye shal be my peple this condiciō added that ye walke in all my wayes whiche I shal commande you for your helthe But they obayed not nether gaue eare but walked aftir the lustes and craftye counsels of their owne shrewd hertis and became frowarde and nothing towarde ye and that euen from the same daye that your fathers wente oute of Egypte vnto this daye And I sente them my seruātis al the Prophetis rysinge busely warninge them in tyme but they listened not to me nor yet once enclined their ears but hardened their prowde neckes and became farre worse than their fathers And thou thyselfe now to shalt also speke vnto thē al these wordes but they shalnot geue eare vnto the thou shalt cal them but they shal not answere Wherfore thou shalt saye vnto thē This is the peple that hereth not the voice of their lorde god nether receiueth his discipline Faith is gone banesshed from their mouthes Therfore clipof the heares of thy heade caste them a waye take the to moorning thoroute al the londe For the Lorde wilcaste awaye and scater the generaciō with whom he is angre The Childern of Juda haue done euil in my sight saith the Lorde They haue setvp their owne abominacions in my house named aftir my name and so polluted it And they haue builded an auter at Topheth which is the vale of Benhinnom to brenne their sonnes and daughters in the fyer which thing I neuer commāded nor mynded Wherfore behold the tyme shal come saith the lorde whā it shal nomore be called Tophet or vale Benhinnom but the vase of the slayne For they shal be buryed in Tophet because they can get no nother place and the carkases of this peple shal be meat for fowles of the ayer and for wylde beasts of the erthe ther shal be to nomā to chaar thē a waye I shal make a vacacion of the voyce of gladnes and of the voyce of ioye of the voyce of brydegrome and brydewyfe frō the cites of Juda and the region of Jerusalem For the lande shal be lefte desolate with out inhabitours ¶ The .viii. Chapiter AT this tyme saith the lorde they shal bringe forth the bones of the kinges of Juda and the bones of hir rulers the bones of Preistis and Prophetis and of the cytesens of Jerusalem oute of their sepulchres and shal laye them abrode before the sone mone and all the company of the starres whom they loued whom they serued aftir whom they wente whō they sought and worshipte They shalnot be gatherdup nor buryed but lye stil lyke a donghil aboue therthe And al that shal be lefte of this wiked generacion shal desyer rather to dye than to lyue Whersoeuer they shal become as I shal scater thē they shal be but as ye wolde saye a left reamnant saith the lorde of powrs Also this shalt thou saye vnto them That thus saith the Lorde Do men so fall that they neuer aryse vp a gene Are they so auerted that they wil be neuer conuerted How is it than that this peple and Jerusalem be auerted so steifly for euer Their stourdines encreaseth they wilnot be conuerted For I haue behelde them and herkened but there is not one that once thinketh on this not one repentith him of his synnes sayng what haue I done Or wherfore haue I done thus Euery one aftir that he was once auerted he ranne fro me lyke an horse that runneth neaing into bataile The storke knoweth hir apoynted tyme the turtle the fwalow and the crane obserue the tyme of their forthefleing but my peple know not the tyme of the vengeaunce of the lorde How then hapeneth it that ye saye It is we that ar the wyse it is we that haue the lawe of the lorde se therfor they ar but very lyes which the false pēne of the scrybe payntethe Wherfore the wyse shal be ashamed they shal be afrayd and be taken for lo they haue throne a waye the lorde which gone what wysdome than can ther remayn in them Wherfore I shal geue their wyues to strāgers and their feldes to their destroyers for frō the leste to the gretest al gape for fylthye lucre Frome prophete to preest al ar lyers But in the mean ceason they heal the breache affliccion of my peple powdering it with this lye sayng There shal be peace there shal be peace whan ther is none at all Fygh for shame they committe abominable and shameful dedes ar past al shame Wherfore they shall fall among the dede carkases and shal come downe togither in the daye of their visitacion saith the lorde I shal cause them to be gathered vp and taken awaye saith the Lorde Lyke as ther is not a grape lefte in the vyne nor a figge on the figtre and as leaues ar fallen a waye euen so shal I cause them to be caryed awaye captiued while they be at their wittes ende saing Come and let vs
may change his skinne the Leoparde his spottes so maye you once accustomed stayned with synne do good I shal therfore disperse you lyke stubble tossed with the southe winde This shal be thy lotte thus shal I mesure the saith y e Lorde In asmoche as ye haue forgotē me and trusted in deceauable thingis I shal turne thy clothes ouer thy head shewe thy bare thighes thy preuye partes thy adultery thy wātone neainge cryme of fornicaciō shal be shewed For I haue sene thy abominacions in feldes hilles Wobe to y e Jerusalem for there is no hope aftyr this that euer thou wilt be made clene ¶ The .xiiii. Chapiter The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye vpon the famyn drought dearth IVda shal moorn hir gates shal be nomore haunted The londe shal be neglect the kryīgout of Jerusalem shal fleforthe The Masters shal sende their seruātes to fetche water which whā they shal come to y e pittes shal fynde no water But cary agene their vessels emptye They shamed confoūded shal kouer their headis for y e erthe shal be roughe harde for that no rayne falleth vpō it Also it shal yrke y e ploughmen which also shal kouer their headis The hynde fawnīg in y e felde shal leaue her fawne behynde hir for lak of grasse The wylde asses shal stāde in opē oute places drawing in y e winde lyke dragōs their eys shrōkē into their headis for lak of grasse Verely our wykednes is welworthy this plage But thou Lorde yet deal with vs according to thy name al thoughe our bakslyd ingis synnes be ful grete many folde for it is thou which art so loked waited for it is thou y t art y e helth sauiour of Israel ī tyme of tribulaciō Wherfor shuldst thou become a strāger in this lande lyk a way fayrer to turnyn tary but a night Wherfor shalt thou be as amased man so benoumed for al his strength that he cānot saue vs Lorde thou art ours and we ar called aftyr thy name forsake vs not then Here spake the Lorde as concerning this peple whose fete neuer ceased but delighted euer more to wander hither thither with the lordis so highe displesure that he wolde nowe cal to mynde their wikednes viset their sinnes thus I say sayd the Lorde to me Desyer nothinge y t good is for this peple For albeit they their selues faste yet shal I not hear their prayers If they offre brēt sacrifices slaye any other oblacion for me yet wil I not accept thē For I wil waste them vp with swerde honger pestelence Thē answerde I vnto these wordes Ah Lorde God beholde the Prophetis tel them ye shal not se the swerde ye shal not suffre honger but very peace prosperite doutelesse shal the Lorde geue you in this place Then sayd the Lorde to me These Prophetis prophecye them lyes in my name I neuer cōmaunded thē I spake not to them I neuer sent thē yet they prophecye false visions blynd prophecyes and vayne desaightis inuēted of their owne hertis Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpon these Prophetis that thus prophecye in my name yet ar they not sente of me affirming nether swerde nor hōger to come vpō this lande Siche Prophetes shal be consumed with swerde and honger And this peple vnto whom they preache shal be caste oute of Jerusalem slayne with swerde and honger no man to bury thē nether shal they onely suffer this but their wyues sonnes daughters to For I shal powerforth their own mischefe agene vpon them And euen thus shalt thou saye to them I shal wepe daye night neuer ceasing because the daughter of my peple shal be destroyed with greuouse adfliccion and made anende of with so grete a plage For go I forth into the felde lo al shal be kouerd with the slayne with swerde enter I into the cyte I shal se al storuen for honger But bothe Prophetis Priestis shal be led a waye into vnknowne regions Hast thou then sayd I vtterly cast a waye Juda aborrest thou Zion Or hast thou smiten vs with out a cause so that ther be lefte in vs no hope of helthe loking for peace while no good cometh and for the tyme of cure and lo ther cometh trouble more and more no verely For we Lorde knolege our vngodlynes and the wykednes of our fathers with which we haue offended the. Be thou not angrye for thy names sake Fal not from thy mercye forget not thy goodnes remember the seat of thy glorye and breke not couenaūt made with vs. Arther any amonge the goddis of the gentyles y t can rayne Or do the clowdes geue vs showers But is it not thou rather Lorde our God in whom we truste It is thou verely which doist al these thinges ¶ The .xv. Chapiter ANd here the Lorde interrupted my prayer sayng If Moses Samuel shulde stande before me entreating yet wolde I not bepeased or at one with this peple Caste thē oute of my sight that they were once gone And if they aske y e whother shal we go tel thē thus saith y e Lorde Some to y e swerde some to hōger some into captiuite For I shal sende amōge thē fower kinde of plages saith y e Lorde the swerde to slaye thē dogges to teare thē in peses fowles of thaier beastis of therthe to deuoure destroye thē I shal make thē to be vexed euil entreated of al y e kingdoms of therthe y t namely for Manasses y e sonne of Ezechias kinge of Juda euē for these thingis whiche he cōmitted in Hierusalem Who thē shal pytye the oh Jerusalem who shal lamēte y e or who shal make intercession to purchase thy peace whan thou shalt be fallen fro me slyden backe saithe the Lorde I shal therfore streche forthe my hande agenste the destroyethe It shal greue me to spare the. I shal wenowe y e into the vttermoste partes of therthe I shal waste destroye my peple because they wolde not returne from their owne wayes I shal encrease me their wedowes aboue the sandis of y e sea I shal suerly bringe destroyers vpō the mothers of their yonge childerne euē at none dayes I shal smyte them downe sodenly with enymye and feare She shal be chyldelesse that was fruteful she shal be sorowful counfortles The sonne shal fayle hyr euē at y e midde daye she being ashamed sonken awaye for thought heuynes The reste of thē I shal thro agenste their enymes swerde saith y e Lorde Ah lasse that euer thou my mother conceyuedst me a man borne to be agaynsayd contraryed chydē with of al men Which althoughe I nother lende nor borowe yet am I spoken euil by of al men And y e Lorde answerde me Is it not I y t directe the for y e best do
which bringeth his worde to passe the Lorde which accomplessheth his thoughtis and purposes euen he whose name is the Lorde Thou cryedst vnto me and I answerde the aud I expowned the great and highe thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye saith the Lorde God of Israel as concerninge the houses of this cyte the kingis houses of Juda to be thronedowne with ordinaunce and weapen the caldes now coming vpon to wonne it fillinge these houses with mennis caryons whom I shal smyte in my wrath furye my face turned awaye fro this cyte for the multitude of their malice Lo I shal close vp their woundes heale them I shal open them the tresure of peace and faithfulnes And I shal suerly bryng ageyne Juda and Israel and restore them as they were before And I shal pourge them frome al heir wykednes committed agenst me and parden al their synnes done so spyght fully agenst me wherby I shal get me a blessed glad name into my prayse and glorye amonge al the nacioÌ„s of therthe whiche shal hear of al my goodnes shewed vpon them For they shal feare and be astoned to se howe great goodnes and peace I shal bestow on them so louingly Also thus saith y e Lorde And ageyne there shal be herde in this place whiche ye saye also shal be turned into a wildernes so that nether man nor beast shal be in it and in the cyte of Juda withoute Jerusalem whiche also shal be desolate so that nother man nor beast inhabit them ther shal be herde I saye y e voyce of men makinge myrthe ioye solace euen the voyce of the brydegrome w t his spouse the voyce of men singinge Magnifye ye the Lorde of powers for right good is the Lorde whose mercy endureth for euer Ther shal be herde the voyce of men knowleging God with giftis in the Lordis house For I shal restore y e captiuite of this lande into their olde state saith the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powers Ther shal be ageyn in this region nowe desolate man and beste and in al hir cytes in the cytes of the mountayns of the playnes in the deserte herdemeÌ„nis lodges kepinge their flockes In the lande of Beniamin in the felde of Jerusalem in the cytes of Juda the flockes shal be noumbred agene vnder the handis of y e teller saith the Lorde Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde that I shal performe this goodnes whiche I haue promysed to the house of Israel Juda. In these dayes in that tyme I shal bringforthe y t rightuouse budde of Dauid which shal do equyte rightuousnes vpon the erthe In these dayes Juda shal be made salfe Jerusalem shaldwel suerly And he shal be called in hir euen thus The Lorde our rightwisnes For euen thus promyseth God The sead of Dauid shalnot be withoute a man to sitte in the kinges seat of the house of Israel The preistis also the Leuites shal not lak a man to offer before me sacrifices to burne the sacrifice ministringe offeringe the slayne offeraunces euery daye Also the worde of the Lorde was shewed to Jeremye on this maner If it be possible my couenant to be broken which I haue smyten with the daye night so that nother y e daye nor y e night folowe not in their tyme so is it impossible my couenaunt to be voyde whiche I haue made w t Dauid my seruant so not to haue a sonne raigninge in his seat And euen lykewyse shalnot my seruice lake Leuite and Preiste For as the starres of heuen cannot be nowbred nor the sea sandes mesured euen so shal I encrease the sead of my seruant Dauid my Leuites and ministres Ouer this yet came the worde of y e Lorde ageyn to Jeremy thus Vnderstandest thou not what this peple saith Ther be two kynredis say they whom y e Lorde hath chosen and euen these same bothe hath he caste awaye for to this is my peple brought that they beleue themselues neuer to come in togither withe the gentyles wherfore thus saith y e Lorde If I haue not smitten a bargeÌ„ with y e day night If I haue not geuen lawes to y e heuen erthe the sead of Jacob Dauid my seruant now shal I caste awaye so that I receyue not of his ysswe to be princes ouer the sead of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. For I shal repayer their fall and be merciful vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiii. Chapiter THe sermone which was shewed of y e Lorde vnto Jeremy whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon with al his hoste gatherd from al y e regions of his lande that were vnder his impery and al his peple made bataile agenste Jerusalem hir cytes borderinge aboute hir one this maner Thus commandeth the Corde God of Israel Go and speke to Zedechias kinge of Juda tel him Thus saith the Lorde Lo I shal betake this cyte into the hande of the kinge of Babylon whiche shal set fyer vpon it thou thy selfe shalt not escape his hande but be led captiue delyuerde into his power Thy eyen shal beholde the present face of y e kinge of Babylon he shal speke vnto the mouthe to mouthe than shalt thou come to Babylon But yet hear the worde of the Lorde Zedechias kinge of Juda Thus y e Lorde telleth the. That thou shalt not be slayne with swerde but thou shalt dye in peace For they shal burne y e in the fyer as they brente thy fathers y e kinges thy predicessours And shal geue the thy moorning tuwne sayng Ah Master For this counsel haue I taken saith the Lorde And the Prophete Jeremy spake vnto Zedechie kinge of Juda al these sermoÌ„s at Jerusalem whan the kinge of Babylons hoste layd sege to Jerusalem and to al the other cytes of Juda that were lefte as to lachis and Azecham whiche yet remayned of y e sironge defensed cytes of Juda. The sermone whiche y e Lorde shâ—â—wed to y e Prophete Jeremye aftir y t Zedechias had made a lawe w t al the peple of Jerusalem that lybertye fredome shuld be proclaymed so that euery man shuld let fre go his bonde seruaÌ„t y t were hebrewes both man wâ—man no iewe to suffre his brother to be his bondeman And al y e rulers w t the hole peple y t moued this bargen consented that euery man shulde let go free both bonde man and woman and nomore to be lordis ouer them And agreyng to this lawe they obayed consented sending them for the fre But aftir warde they repented them and plucked their bonde men mayde seruantis home ageyn whom they had let go free called them ageyn into bondage For the which cause y e worde of the lorde was shewed froÌ„ him vnto Jeremy thus Thus saith y e lorde god of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers whaÌ„ I led theÌ„
then make hir kake brede housbandlesse and offred to hir lyquet sacryfices to prouoke hir to anger Then sayd Jeremy vnto al the peple to men and women and al the comens that answerd him on this maner Remembred not the Lorde the facrifices whiche ye offred in the cytes of Juda and Jerusalem both with in with oute bothe you and your fathers bothe your kingis and rulers and the peple of y e lande Did he not reuolue them in his minde And the Lorde coude suffer no lenger your maliciouse thoughtis and abominacioÌ„s which ye committed Was not your lande therfore made desolate forsaken so detestable that no man may dwel in it vnto this daye And euen for this cause that ye sacrificed and synned agenst the Lorde not obaing his voice y t ye mought haue had walked in his lawe his ordinaÌ„cis testimonis for these causes I saye these affliccioÌ„s plages came vpon you as this daye wel witnesseth Morouer Jeremy added vnto al the peple and al the women these wordis Here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche ar in y e lande of Egypte For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel you your wyues haue spoken y e thinge with your mouthes whiche ye haue accomplesshed with your dedis sayng we wil with oute any stoppe do our owne decreed plesures whiche we haue vowed that is to wite to do sacrifice vnto y e quene of heueÌ„ powr hir forth lyquet sacrifices before hir thus stoutely haue ye set vp your owne set plesures and with oute any refrayne haue ye finâ—sshed your own vowes Wherfore here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche dwel in y e laÌ„de of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my nowne name y t is so grete saith y e Lorde My name shal nomore be named in the mouthe of any man of Juda y t he may saye in al y e lande of Juda. The Lorde God lyueth For I shal be their watche maÌ„ to scourge not to defend theÌ„ y t they might reste And al Juda shal be coÌ„sumed whiche is in y e lande of Egypte w t swerde honger tyl they be clene gone And they y t shal escape y e swerde shal returne from Egypte vnto y e lande of Juda but these shal be very fewe And y e remnauÌ„t of Juda comeÌ„ into y e lande of Egypte ther to be strangers shal knowe whose wordis abyde moste certayne trwe of theirs or myne And take this for a tokeÌ„ amoÌ„ge you That I wil vyset you in this same laÌ„de y t ye maye knowe certaynly y t I wil stablisshe my purpose as towchiÌ„g your affliccioÌ„ Lo I shal delyuer vp Pharao Haphraz kiÌ„ge of Egypt into y e powr of his enymes which thirste for his life eueÌ„ as I delyuered up zedechias kiÌ„g of Juda into y e haÌ„dis of Nebuchadrezar kiÌ„ge of BabyloÌ„ his enmy thirstiÌ„g for his lyfe ¶ The .xlv. Chapiter THe wordis whiche Jeremy the Prophete spake vnto Baruch y e sone of Nery wheÌ„ he wrote these sermoÌ„s in a boke receiued at y e mouthe of Jeremy y e fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Thus saith y e lorde God of Israel vnto y e o Baruch Thou saydst as thou wast in wrytinge Ah lasse for sorowe wretche y t I am for y e Lorde hathe sawced my labours w t sorowe care I labored w t grete desyer shal I fynde no reste Thou therfore Jeremy tel him thus Thus saith y e lorde Beholde me these thiÌ„gis which I haue bylded I shal caste downe y t I haue planted I shal pluck vp by y e roots eueÌ„ al this same laÌ„de gapest thou for any grete promocioÌ„ or tobe magnified Be not couetouse nor ambiciouse for lo I shal bringe a miserable calamite vpon euery man saith the Lorde Nethelesse yet shalt thou enioye thy lyfe and take it for a vauÌ„tage where so euer thou becomest ¶ Here folowe the sermons of the Lorde shewed vnto the Prophete Jeremy whiche he preched vnto the gentylis ¶ The .xlvi. Chapiter THis sermone folowing Jeremy preched vnto the EgypcioÌ„s as concerning the hoost of Pharao Necho kinge of Egypt when he was in Charchamis by y e flowde Euphrates where he was slayne of Nebuchadrezer kinge of Babylon the fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josâ—as kinge of Juda. ye make redye buckler and shylde and ye goforthe to fyght ye harnes your horse lightvp on their backis oh horse men ye sett on faste your salettis ye bringe forthe your speres ye skower your swerdis and clothe your selues with cotis of mayse But herken hoiwe seirs wherfore seme ye to be afrayde shrinke ye now backe ar your valeaunt waryers thus slayne fle you so that none dare loke backe Tremblyng fere muste cloose them in saith y e Lorde The lightest of fote shal not fle awaye nor y e stroÌ„gest shalnot escape Northwarde by y e floude Euphrates shal they be smyten downe and fall al togither But who is this that swelieth rysing vp lyke a flowde roringe lyke a grete rysing water They ar thegypcioÌ„s that swell lyke a flowde casting oute their stremes with so grete noyse for they saye Let vs aryse kouer the lande let vs destroye the cytes withe their inhabitours Get ye to horse backe romble forthe charietis Set forthe ye stronge waryers ye Morians and Lybeons that beare shylde ye Lydeons withe your bowes redy bente But this same daye shal be the daye of vengeance of the Lorde God of powrs to take vengeance vpon his enemes The swerde shal deuoure themvp be satisfyed it shal be bathed in their blode For the Lorde God of powrs will make a sacrifyce northe warde by y e flowde Euphrates Go vp oh Galaad bringe medecynable rosen or triacle for the virgen and daughter Egypte but thou shalt multiplye and make thy plasters in vayne For the woundes cannot be closed vp The nacions shal here of thy ignomynye thy infamy shal fill al the lande For where one stronge man falleth vpon a nother shal they not come bothe downe to gither The sermon spoken of the Lorde vnto the Prophete Jeremy of the setting forthe of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon to slaye and conquere the londe of Egypte Shewsorth thorowe Egypte preche in Migdalo Memphi Taphna sayng Stande still and make thy selfe redye For y e swerde shal deuoure the in euery partye Wherfore ar thy valeaunte men fallne downe Wherfore stode they not faste For y e lorde thrusted them downe Grete was the slaughter For one fill vpoÌ„ a nother whyle they stode takinge their aduysment saynge Herken howe syers let vs returne vnto our owne folke and natyue lande from the edge of the deuoweringe swerde Call hence kinge Pharao and tell him oh Pharao kinge of Egypt this daye wil be thy confusion As verely as I lyue faith the kinge whose name is y e
forth of y e lande of Egypte that they shulde nomore lyue in bondage with these wordis At the seuen years ende let euery man let go free his bonde seruant that is an Hebrew and bought aftir hath serued vi year let him go free But your fathers obayed me not 〈◊〉 yet herkened to me And ye were 〈◊〉 turned doinge that iuste and right 〈◊〉 in my sight euery maÌ„ proclayming fredome to his neghbour smyting y e bargen in my presence euen in the teÌ„ple whiche bereth my name But your myndis sone chaÌ„ged ye haue defyled my name euery maÌ„ callinge home agein his bonde maÌ„ mayde whom ye had once let go free at their owne lybertye Wherfore this is the lordis plesure saynge ye obayed me not whan eueryman proclaymed lyberty to his brother neghbour wherfor I my selfe shal call you vnto a lybertye saith the lorde eueÌ„ into y e lybertye of the swerde pestelence honger And I shal delyuer you for the to be vexed of al nacioÌ„s of y e erthe euen these men which haue brokeÌ„ my bargen not obseruing the wordis of the couenaunt smiten in my presence the bullok cleft in twayn the goinge thorow betwene the partes therof solempnly done euen the rulers I saye of Juda y e rulers of Jerusalem with their geldid men the priestis and al the peple of y e lande which passed thorow betwene the two sydes of this bullok I shal betake into the power of their enimes which longe to drawe oute their hertis And their karions shal be meat for the foules of the ayer beastis of the erthe And as for Zedechias kinge of Juda hir rulers I shal delyuer them into their enimes handis which thirste for their lyfe euen into the handis of the kinge of Babylons hoste whiche nowe goithe awaye from you but at my becke saith y e Lorde he shal returne vnto this cyte whiche wone and taken they shal set on fyer And the cytes of Juda I shal leue desolate noman to inhabit them ¶ The .xxxv. Chapitre THe sermon shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy in the raigne of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Go to the house of the Rechabites and call them forthe and bringe them to the house of the Lorde into some of y e reuestrys and geue them wyne to drinke Then toke I Jazaniam the sone of Jeremy the sone of Habaznie and his bretherne with al his chylderne and al the famylye of y e Rechabites brought them to y e house of the Lorde into the reuestrye of y e chylderne of Hanan sonne of Igdalie the man of God whiche reuestry was by the reuestry of the rulers this was ouer the vestry of Maasie sonne of Sallum cheife of the tresure house And I set before y e sonnes of the famylye of the Rechabites tankerdis ful of wyne and cuppes and bad them drinke wyne And they answerde we drynke no wyne For Jonadab our father the sone of Rechab commanded vs sayng Drynke neuer no wyne nother you nor your sonnes Bilde no houses sowe no corne Also ye shal nether plante nor possede any vyneyardes but dwel ye in tentis al your lyfe y e ye may lyue longe vpon y e lande wheryn ye be strangers Wherfore we obayed the coÌ„mandement of Jonadab the sonne of our father Rechab in al that he bode vs so y t nether we our wyues our sonnes nor daughters drynke wyne al our lyues nor bylde vs houses to dwelyn nother haue we vynyardes nor corne feldis amonge vs but dwel in tabernacles obayng doing to our power al y t our father Jonadab bode vs. But now it chaunsed so y t whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon cam vp into this prouince we comoned togither saynge Let vs go to Jerusalem y t we mought scape y e hoste of y e Chaldes AssyrioÌ„s Wherfore we dwel now in houses here in Jerusalez ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to Jeremy sayng Thus saith the lorde of powers y e god of Israel Go saye vnto al Juda to y e cytes of Jerusalez Wil ye receyue no disciplyne y t ye might obaye my wordis saith y e Lorde The wordis of Jonadab sone of Rechab coÌ„manding his chylderne to drynk no wyne stande faste for they drynk non vnto this daye but obayed y e precept of their father But I meselfe haue spokeÌ„ to you both erly rysing diligeÌ„tly warning yet obayed ye not me ouer al this I sent you al my seruaÌ„tis y e prophetis both erly rysinge ouer sendinge saynge Lome ageyn I praie you euery maÌ„ from his own yl waye turne your myndes into a better state go not thus awaye aftir straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ y t ye might abyde stil in this lande whiche I gaue you your fathers but ye gaue no eare nor obayed me The childerne of Jonadab sone of Rechab kept faste their fathers precepte whiche he gaue thez but this peple obayed not me Wherfore y e Lorde God of powers the God of Israel coÌ„mandeth me thus to saye Lo I shal bringe al thaffliâ—â—ioÌ„s vpon Juda vpon al the cytesens of Jerusalem which I haue decreed agenste them For I spake to them but they obayed me not I called them but they answerde not Than sayd Jeremy vnto the familye of the Rechabites Thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel For y t ye obayed the commandement of Jonadab your father kept al his preceptis doing aftir al y t he body you therfore thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel The stok of Jonadab sonne of Rechab shal not be with oute a man to continewe and stande in my presence for euer ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapiter THe fowerth yere of Joachim the sonne of Josias kinge of Juda thus did the Lorde his worde vnto Jeremy sayng Take the a grete boke and wryte therin al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the to be preched vnto Israel Juda and to al nacions sence I begane to fpeke with the in the raygne of Josias vnto this present daye If paraduenture yet the house of Juda hearing al these affliccions wiche I purpose to do to them turne euery man from his euil waye I forgeue them their wykednes and synne Then Jeremy called to him Baruch the sone of Nerie And Baruch did wryte in the boke at the mouthe of Jeremy al the sermons of the Lorde spoken vnto Jeremy And Jeremy commanded Baruch sayng It is not suer for me to come into the house of the Lorde Go thou therfore and rede this boke wryten of my mouthe the very wordis of the Lorde al the peple hearing it in the daye of the faste and al Juda hearing it to ye euen vnto them to that ar comen hither from their cytes shalt thou rede theÌ„ If paraduenture they wil submitte their prayers vnto the presence of y e