were in faith Would suffer things to prooue them with as Moyses plainly saith The xiiij chapiter OMit they must the Gentiles trades and flée their dooings quite And onely serue almightie God with all their main and might Suche beastê as they might not then 〈◊〉 are manifestly tolde And whiche were clean is there exprest that eat they might be bolde The xv chapiter PArdon their deâ—s then are they bod at euery seuenth yéers end When God his wil is serued and kept no scarsenes he wil send Those that wil lend to suche as néed the maner is tolde how Deformitie in sacrifice the Lord dooth not alow The xvi chapiter QUietly how to kéep their feastê the times are tolde them plain When that they should be vsde and kept is written once again O that Iudges would mark and read and doo as God there bad To take no giftê in any cace but iustice to be had The xvii chapiter REwarded must Idolaters with death by law to die And 〈◊〉 things must be reserd to those that be on hie Presumptuous men that doo rebel must die the law dooth minge The man and state that he must kéep that they would take to king ¶ Halfe this book is now tolde afore in seauenteen chapters iust And seauenteen more ye shall haue next in God put we our trust The xviij chapiter ALl the Leuites the whiche were préestê might no possessions haue All sorcery they must auoid their liues to kéep and saue Moyses tolde then of Christe to come and bad them him to hear The Prophet false they must not way nor all his dooings fear The xix chapiter BEcause that murther might be doon against the dooers minde For refuge Citties were set out and there vnto assignd The false witnes must haue the stone return to his owne brow An eye for eye and tooth for tooth the law did them alow The xx chapiter CHuse out for warres what men they should this chapter dooth expresse The law of armes to them is tolde to vse in war or peace The Cananites the Pheresites the Iebusites also With Heuites eke they must destroy â–ª not letting one to go The xxj chapiter DEcrée did God a goodly law for him that was found dead And how the Iew should him behaue a gentile for to wed The first borne sonne he must possesse the heritage and land The childe that parentê dooth not fear must die euen out of hand The xxii chapiter EChe man must help his neighbours Asse although he be vnknowne The man denied the womans tire shée to go in her owne Linâ—â—e woluÌ„e might not be worn the adulterer must die And order taken for that man that with a maid did lie The xxiii chapiter FOrbidden was the gelded man in Christes churche to dwel The harlots bird dooth God commaund that they should quite expel There might no whore among theÌ„ bide the Lord did so decrée The loue of things is there denide to lend on vsury The xxiiii chapiter GIue leaue did Moyses to deuorce for causes that were light The newly spousd they might not force in battaile for to fight For money lent and seruantê hire a goodly lesson tolde Some leysing left in féeld and town for poore folke yung and olde The xxv chapiter HOw many stripes the trespasser should haue for wicked life A man that died without a sonne his brother should wed his wife That weightê mesures should be iuâ—â— read ye the chapters end Who so dooth vse the contrary shall come to wicked end The xxvi chapiter IUstly must they now pay their frutes that first to them did fall The tithes they were commaunded to they should then pay them all Unto the préestê the fatherles the straunger and widowe Such goods were then the poores of right how so they vse them now The xxvii Chapiter KNowledge was had the people theâ— an aulter vp to rear Afore that Iordane they did passe or came the land so néer The curses then that Leuy was commaunded for to speak Against all those that did delight Gods wil to burst or break The xxviii Chapiter LOuingly the Lord did blesse the kéepers of his wil To stablishe them in their good mindes to kéep them in it stil. And curse dooth hée the contrary with cursings very great Those that him looue he dooth them blesse his haters hée dooth threat The xxix chapiter MOyses then went and thus he spake vnto the people all Saying to suche as feareth God the Lord defends them all But they that not regard his wil suche plagues on them shall come As like hath not béen séen on earth from rising of the sonne The xxx chapiter NOt far from them that doo it séek is Gods almightie woord Those that it loue and it obay are saued from the swoord Within our mouthes and in our hartê the woord is alway prest Those that it kéep are sure at length for it they shalbe blest The xxxi chapiter OLde was Moyses and so did chuse then Iosue in his stéed To whom he said sée thou be strong and haue no fear or dread This book he wrote and did it giue into the Leuites hand And chargde that they the same should read when they came to the land The xxxii chapiter PLesantly then did Moyses sing a goodly song of praise Unto the Lord for all the acts that he had wrought alwaies And vp he went vnto a hil to look on Canaan God bad him there to run the race that all his fathers ran The xxxiii chapiter QUietly Moyses did prepare to sléep his fathers sléep But this he said before he went that God his saints dooth kéep Also he blessed all the tribes afore his dying day And tolde how they should rule reign if they did God obay The xxxiiii chapiter REst from his woork did Moyses then and so gaue vp the ghoste At his departing they did wéep euen throughout all the hoste And Iosue did his roum possesse as Moyses had it wild And ruled all the Israelites in Cittie and in féeld ¶ Of Moyses books heer is the last as he did them all write Vnto the Lord giue ye the praise whiche is the God of might Iosue The j. Chapiter AS God afore had Moyses calld his people for to guide So Iosue to supply his roum the Lord set him on side For to be strong the Lord him bad and manly for to fight And from the lawes of God the Lord to turn to left nor right The ii chapiter BEfore were serchers sent to spie to Ierico they yede A harlots house they lodged in by whom then they were hid Shée made them promise her to saue when spoild should be the land And they agréed to knowe her house by purple cord or band The iii. chapiter CAre to Iosua did belong the people for to guide Remooue he did from Settim ground and came to Iordane side Then was the Lord disposde to shew the honour of his name He caused Iordain waters yéeld and part a sunder
knowe The Canticles of Salomon The i. Chapiter A FreÌ„dly talke the Churche dooth vse to Christe her loue so déer And he again so sets her out as now to bée her péer Though foes doo fume to sée their looue and faultê in her there be Yet by his fauour and his grace they bothe doo wel agrée The ii Chapiter BEautifully as Lilly fair her song forthe on shée sings And shade shée took to rest her self euen vnderneath his wings Shée heares his voice as dooue ful milde and dooth thereto incline The Fory foes they are forbod from hurting of the vine The iii. Chapiter CAst care shée did her loue to finde and sought in euery ground Shée ceased not to séek and aske vntil shée had him found How shée did passe from wildernes with smoky pillers smelt How Prince like eke King Salomon within his Pallaice dwelt The iiii Chapiter DOutles ful fair thou art my loue and blemishe hast thou none Thy téeth thy lips thy neck and brestê are comely euery one My sister déer hée dooth her call and looue on her he showes Commaunding windes to doo her good though contrary it blowes The v. Chapiter EChe thing that Christ hath of his own vnto his Churche he giues For to perfourm his tresures great to her it not him gréeues His voice shée heares and dooth confes her self to be but bare How beautiful her husband is shée dooth at large declare The vi Chapiter FUl sure shée is of Christes looue and he of hers ful sure Whose comely state is painted out to be ful fair and pure Shée is but one and vndefilde by Christe who made her cleane Where puritie of her is spoke none other dooth it mean The vii Chapiter GO on shée dooth in comely wise ful séemly to beholde Of all her parts so beautiful héer vnto you is tolde From top to toe shée is describde of Christe the onely spouse Who like a palme dooth growe ful trim with Christe vpon her bowes The viii Chapiter HIm dooth shée chuse her for to teache by him shée is vpholde The looue that hée to her dooth bear with tung can not be tolde Shée is again that plesant vine that foorth her frute dooth bring For Christe her looue forefigured by Salomon the King FINIS ¶ This song ful hard to vnderstand dooth end with Chapters eyght VVith iudgement great it woold be red it is of mickle weight Though fooles doo laugh and toy thereat yet be you sure of this The ioyfull'st song in Bible book assuredly it is Now shall ye hear what Esay saith he tolde of Christe to fore Ful Gospel like he telth his tale now harken to his lore ¶ Esay the Prophet The i. Chapiter ALl creatures he dooth wil to bear record what he shall say How god had béen vnto the Iewes ful merciful alway But séeing God they did not fear he threatneth them ful sore That God would ease him on his gréef yet sauing some in store The ii Chapiter BEfore he telth by Prophesie how that the Gentiles all Should be conuerted to the Lord and woorship him they shall Laying aside all variance and strife against the Lord But Israel should plagued be because he was vntoward The iii. Chapiter CAst out he would the heads and chéef of all among the Iewes And send them children for to rule he telleth them this newes And all because their pride was suche their rulers went astray Their women eke should baldnes haue whose tussocks had béen gay The iiii Chapiter DEstruction shall so light on them their men shall so decay That wemen seuen shall take one man to be to them a stay But after this the Lord shall turn his heauy wrathful hand And cause the remnant of the Iust in peace to haue the land The v. Chapiter ESay dooth now begin to sing a song for to describe The Churche how like a vine it is wel fenst on euery side But no good grape yet did it bear but braunches foorth it brought So curseth hée their gréedines excesse and things they wrought The vi Chapiter FUl power he hath to Prophesie God sitting in his throne Dooth send him foorth to tel the flock their sinnes him self alone Their eares they stopt they would not hear their hartê they were so hard They had no awe vnto his woords they did him not regard The vii Chapiter GO tel the King God said to him the enemies shall not harm That Iuda haue conspired to hurt regard not thou the swarm A sâ—gne was giuen a virgin should conceiue and bear a childe So long before of Christe he tolde whose comming should be milde The viii Chapiter HOw Israel and Iuda bothe as captiues should be led Th' Assirians power he telth before who should of them be hed And how that Christe moste holy then should be a stumbling stone Exhort he dooth to godlines the faithful euery one The ix Chapiter IN darknes though the Gentiles saâ— yet vnto light they shall Be calld by Christe who is the God that ruleth ouer all To the ten tribes he telth before that they should be cast out Because they did contemn the Lord and were so proud and stout The x. Chapiter KNowe wo and pain they shall that doâ— make lawes the poore to noy Th' Assirian prince should plague his churche and God would him destroy And yet to comfort his elect a remnant he dooth say For all the spoile should yet be saâ—'de and kept vntil a day The xi Chapiter LIneally how Christe should come of Iesses stock he telth And of his vertues and his power whiche far alone excelth The mightie power shalbe ful milde at time when he shall reign His fréendê shall floorish his foes shal fear their brags shalbe but vain The xii Chapiter MUche laud praise shal then be made and sing they shall with chéer Though God was angry with his flock yet mercies now appéer And saying we saluation may now hope to draw from him His name we wil set out and praise let Sion sing this himn â–ª The xiii Chapiter NOw dooth he tel how God should call the Medis in their might The Persians eke for to appéer his battail for to fight For to destroy the Babel power and bring their pride ful lowe And all their fame and progeny out right to ouerthrowe The xiiii Chapiter ONe cause he telth why Babilon should so destroyed be Because the Iewes there captiues were but so should be set frée And how he should derided be and come vnto his end The Philistins for all his death no ioy should apprehend The xv Chapiter PErfourm would God yet further more and Moab would he smite Their chéefest townes should taken be and spoild from them by might Their riuer great should stayned be with blood of their owne stock Their ruine should on them so light for hurting of his flock The xvj chapiter QUit him now God dooth ful intend of Moab for his pride Because his Churche they would not help when hurtê
Rachel did depart and Beniamin shée bore Ruben vnhilde his fathers wife and lost a fléese therfore The xxxvi chapiter LIkewise is tolde of Esaus wiues and gentles daughters all Hée and Iacob were very riche in goods terrestriall Esau had Dukes that were his sonnes Euen twelue in number iust He was father to Edomits in whom God had no lust The xxxvii chapiter MOre for to hear of Iacobs life in Canaan he dwelt Iosephs bréethern liked him not and cruelly they delt Into Egipt then was he solde his brethern wrought the déed They tolde his sire his sonne was slain whiche made his hart to bléed The xxxviii chapiter NOw then is shown how Iuda took a wife of Canaan He had thrée sonnes two were destroyd the third was nam'd Onan And Thamar was the womans name whiche bothe of them did wed And Iuda by her had two twinnes when she was brought a bed The xxxix chapiter O What an hap then Ioseph had the Lord did so prouide His masters wife did him prouoke but he her sute denide Shée him accus'de but not deseru'de her tale as then took place Wherby Ioseph to prison went but giltles in that cace The xl chapiter PUt in prison were Pharoes men and bothe of them laid fast His baker chéef and butler bothe whiles his anger did last Ioseph with them in prison was and as they slept ful sound They dreamed dreames whiche vnto theÌ„ this Ioseph did expound The xli chapiter QUestion askt of Pharoes dream of Oxen fat and lean Whiche Ioseph did expound ful plain and tolde what they did mean He was set vp and ruler made in Egipt ouer all Two sonnes he had and so the dearth on Egipt then did fall The xlii chapiter RIde out for corne did Iosephs kin and came to him vnknowne He threat them hard that they were spies into that cuntrie blowne Simion laid in prison is whiles they did home return And Beniamin they took with them whiche made their father mourn The xliii chapiter SO back they went to Egipt tho with giftê and presentê great And Simeon is deliuered out and Iosephs chéeks are wet And Ioseph could not then but wéep when Beniamin he saw They sat and feasted in two partê according to their law The xliiii chapiter THen Ioseph wrought a pretie cast Beniamin for to haue And theft he laid vnto his charge suche woords to them he gaue But Iuda suretie he became for Beniamin his sake His father Iacob hée did knowe it heuely to take The xlv chapiter UNknowne was Ioseph all this while at last he tolde them all That he their brother Ioseph was That ruled great and small The xlvi chapiter APpointed foorth then Israel went in Egipt for to bide And God him bad nothing to fear for all should wel betide Iacob his sonnes and all their sonnes is then in order tolde And Ioseph went them all to méet ful ioyful to beholde The xlvij chapiter BRought was Israel before the king in his presence to stand And Pharao wild that he should dwel where fattest was the land Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne euen vnderneath his thie â—is bones to lay in Canaan at time when he should die The xlviij chapiter CAusd was Israel sick to bée by course of natures kinde And Ioseph went with his two sonnes to knowe his fathers minde Iacob did wil that Iosephs sonnes Ephraim and Manasses Should be as children to him born whiche Ioseph wel did please The xlix chapiter DOwn fel his sonnes vpon their knées euen twelue of them there was He blest them all and tolde of things that after came to passe Then chargd he them that they should lay his bones in Manebrey féeld Then pluckt he vp his legs to him and vp the ghoste did yéeld The l. chapiter EChe thiÌ„g was doon his corps they took as he on liue did minge And laid it down by Abrahams side fulfilling so eche thing Forgiue did Ioseph all the fault that his brethern had wrought And so he dide and wild his bones to his fathers to be brought ¶ Heer haue ye now the end and some of Moyses his first book The second shall in order come Suche pain the writer took The first Chapiter ANd then the first of Exodus the twelue tribes it dooth name Whiche being dead laid in earth their children came to fame A new king then to Egipt came that gaue the midwiues charge To kil the males when they were borne but they set them at large The ii chapiter BOrn Moyses was and after cast euen down the riuer in réeds And Pharoes daughter took him vp and shewd him motherly déeds Then Moyses slue an Egiptian and fled and took a wife The people cride vnto the Lord whiche saw their woful life The iii. chapiter CAused was Moyses shéep to kéep not far from Oreb hil Wherin a bushe the Lord appéerd and tolde him all his wil. And bad him go to Egipt back the Israelites to tel That out of bondage they should come and liue and doo ful wel The iiij Chapiter DEclaerd by double signes it is that calld he was by God His reasons all they are assoild and foorth the Lord him bad As Aaron met with him in féeld togither then they went Of Iethro Moyses took his leaue and yod where he was sent The v. Chapiter EChe bothe of them withouten fear tolde Pharao God his minde The more the people were opprest â–ª the king was so vnkinde Then cride they out and gan to chide with Moyses and Aaron And Moyses axed God the cause whiche looked them vpon The vj. chapiter FEft fully was deliuerance vnto the Israelites Also the land of Canaan whiche made them chéerful wightê Then Rubens spring with Simeon is tolde and Leuy too Of whom came Moyses and Aaron that had Gods hestê to doo The vii chapiter GOd made Moyses Pharoes God and Aaron his Prophet And then God turned Moyses rod into a Serpent great â–ª The sorcerers did euen the same to harden Pharoes hart Then were their waters turnd to blood yet did he not conuart The viij chapiter HIt was Pharao then and plagued with Frogs ouer the land He sent for Moyses and Aaron to take the thing in hand He mocked them therfore the Lord turned their dust to lice And they put by then came there â—â—ies after the Lords deuice The ix chapiter IN stéed thereof came moren of beastê that died in Pharoes land And sixtly sores with botches great yet did he God withstand The seuenth was haile thunder muche that made the land to shake And lightning great from heuen on hie whiche causd them all to quake The x. Chapiter KNowledge he yet would not his faulâ— but God he did resist He did it not in ignorance but wel he knew and wist The eyght plage next was grashâ—pper that God almightie sent The ninthe was darknes in the day they knew not where they went The xi chapiter LEaue then was giuen the Israelites the Egiptians to spoil
minde those that might not eat of the sacrifice Almightie God tho in his law shewes then who he denies The maner how that they should doo when they to offer went All this was doon to kéep them back from dooing their intent The xxiii chapiter COmmaund did God the Saboth day and Easter to be vsde The first frutes feast and Whitsontide it might not be refusde â–ª The feast of clensing also must be kept in order right With other feastê that ther are mingâ— as Moyses them did write The xxiiii chapiter DEcréed was then that lamps should bâ— and oyle in them light With shew bread set vpon a boorde eche saboth in their sight The childe that curst and did blaspheme was stoned vnto death And he that kils a man must die as God almightie saith The xxv chapiter EChe seuen yéer tho the saboth yéer must solemnly be kept No vine was cut for that whole yéer nor corn yet sowne or rept The first yéer were the bondmen frée and lands restorde again All vsury it is forbod by woords that are ful plain The xxvi chapiter FOrbid did God all Images by woords moste plainly tolde To them to knéel he dooth deny a man to be so bolde God wil defend his people all that wil his woord obay But they whiche not regard his wil their councels shall decay The xxvii chapiter GOd tolde how vowes should prised be woman were it or man And for the tithes that should be paid whiche were apointed than All these commaundementê afore were giuen in mount Sinai With charges great them to obserue from God the almightie ¶ Leuiticus is past and gone twentie and seauen in all And Numeri ye shall haue next the fourth book we it call Numeri The first Chapiter APt vnto battail those that were from twentie yéeres and more Are pointed out of all the tribes saue Leuy kept in store Whiche tribe the Lord did take chuse to minister his wil Suche holy things as he had wild they must them all fulfil The ii chapiter BUild vp y e tentê how that they should was tolde vnto them tho The tabernacle round about eche tribe his tent to knowe The heads and rulers of the hostes are named in their kinde The Leuites serued in the mids as God had them assignde The iii. chapiter CHuse out to battail might they not the Leuites in their tribe For the first born the Lord them took and so set them on side To minister his holy things within the holy place And next therto to build their shrouds they must in any cace The iiii chapiter DEcrée did God what they should doo their offices he tolde And further then he pointed them they not to be so bolde Eche one after his stock and kinde ful decently was set And euery one to kéep his course with outen stay or let The v. chapiter EChe issue and the Lazar man might not among them dwel For wrongs then doon fiue folde restord the law did them compel From company that was suspect to kéep mens wiues in awe There was set out of ielousie a good decréeâ— and law The vi chapiter FOr suche as then did vow the vow of perfet abstinence The Lord almight their fare did point to kéep them from offence And also shewd to Moyses then the maner how Aaron Should blesse the flock saying the Lord blesse and kéep you eche one The vii chapiter GIftê were giuen then of the Lords and heads of Israel Among them all there one was hight by name Nathaniel Great were the giftê that they did giue they spared for no cost In setting foorth Gods seruice right they might with all men boste The viii chapiter HOw that the Lord would haue the lamps to Moyses he did showe The candlesticks in order fit where they were hie or lowe For clensing offring must be had the Leuites they must vse Whiche when they came to fiftie yéeres offring they might not vse The ix chapiter IUstly y e time to kéep their paske to Moyses it was tolde And how the filde or foren man to offer might be bolde He that denied to offer tho he must be made to die Bothe night and day a guide they had a cloud and light from hie The x. chapiter KNowledge suche had the people tho by trumpets that were blowne Were it in warres or time of peace the sound to them was knowne From Sinai they did depart their captaines numbred all And Iethro would not flit with them betide what might befall The xi chapiter LIke fooles the people did complain and plagde they were with fire With Manna cloyd to Egipt back for fleshe was their desire Moyses then did gréeue the Lord whose burthen he did ease On Quailes they fed and kild they were for God they did displease The xii chapiter MIriam then did grudge and swel at Moyses God his iudge And Aaron did consent therto And so they bothe did grudge With leprosie was Miriam stroke to teache her to rebel At Moyses prayer she was restorde and liued and did ful wel The xiii chapiter NOtes to take of Canaan twelue men were thither sent To sée the fatnes of the land therfore afore they went Whiche came tolde how riche it was with grapes a cluster great They tolde of Cities great and strong whiche made them chafe and â—reat The xiiii chapiter OPinion had the peoâ—le then that land not to obtain And grudge they did against the Lord whiche would straight them haue slain Not one of all the Israelites the hest land did possesse Saue Iosue and Caleb bothe whiche two the Lord did blesse The xv chapiter PRescribe did God a sacrifice for sinnes of ignorance But die they should that wilfully did sin by arogance Stonde he was that gathered sticks vpon the Sabbothe day Their garmentê garded round about Gods hestê for to obay The xvi chapiter QUarels picked certain that time and Chorath was the one Also Dathan and Abiron the fourth made vp of On. These did rebel against their heads And mooued God to ire He causd the earth to swallowe them and burnt the rest with fire The xvii chapiter REceiue a token of their euil immediatly they did Twelue rods were brought from all the heads as God him self did bid Among them all then Aarons rod did floorishe foorth with buddes To teache them way the prechers then for loosing of their bloods The xviii chapiter SUche things as Leuites then did vse did God almightie point They were his préestê to serue his wil whom Aaron did anoint To whom the tithes frutes were paid to maintain their degrée And Aaron had an heritage as ye may read and sée ¶ Eyghteen Chapters now heere are past of Numeri by name And eyghteen more ye shall haue next I trust in right good frame The xix chapiter A Red cow then was bid to kil by Eliazer the préest To sparge her blood and burn her quite as he ful wel it wist A law to kéep the
twain The iiij Chapiter DEcrée did God that his good woork should not be out of minde And causd eche tribe to rear a stone as monumentê behinde And if their children art the cause why these twelue stones stood there Then should they tel what God had doon to make his name appéere The v. chapiter EEhe one of all the Cananites were fraid when they hard tel How Iordane brook did part in two whiles ouer went Israel Then God commaunded Iosue to circumcise them all And all the males w t sharp stone kniues were cut bothe great and small The vj. chapiter FEarful then were the Cananites of Israels power and might At seauen dayes end as God had said the walles did fall down quite Consumde was all with swoord and fire saue vessels few reserude And Rahab saued with all her kin whiche wel shée had deserude The vii chapiter GOd then was angry with his flock at Ai took they the foile Because that Acan Carmies sonne had borne away some spoile A garment gay with siluer muche a rung of golde therto Because it was forbid of God he had death with stones enow The viii chapiter HAue you no fear said God but go and fight against Ai Thou shalt it take and haue some spoile and all the rest destroy So Iosue went as God him bad and fought but fled a while The rest did set the town on fire so them they did begile The ix chapiter IMmediatly the Cananites with all the heathen Kinges They came to fight as soon as they of Iosua had tidings The Gabanites dissembling partê with Israel they did play Because the heads had sworne to them they were not made away The x. chapiter KIngs that were in number fiue with Israel they did fight At Gabaon siege with all their hostes there were they put to flight The Sun stood stil a whole day length and haile did beat them down Fiue kings were slain and hanged vp so wan they town by town The xi chapiter LIke hap had all the other kings and sudainly were slain And Hezor burnt and none but it that stood aboue the plain Not one woord then was left vndoon as Moyses had him wild But Iosua did fulfil it all were hée in town or field The xii chapiter MAny battails Israel fought ere Iordane they did passe To two whole tribes and halfe a one their land appointed was The kings are tolde and numbred all that Iosua did subdue Thirtie and one in number iust whom they bothe took and slue â–ª The xiii chapiter NOte out the land as Iosua wild by lots it to deuide He béeing agde so god him bad to set and point eche tribe Ruben and Gad and halfe the tribe of Manasses by name Were pointed plats for to posses by Moyses set in frame The xiiij chapiter OF Iosua Caleb did require the Cittie Hebron walld Whiche was possest by Enakes kinde a Giant was he calld Foure score yéeres and fiue he was when he requirde his ground And yet he said he was as strong as when the land he found The xv chapiter POinted out was Iuda his lot the Citties tolde ful straight The villages not named out but townes fiue score and eight For killing of a Giant great a man did mary a wife The Iebusites among the folke did stil lead on their life The xvj chapiter QUickly Ephraim so had his lot in length and bredth assignde Euen as a tribe he had his part according to his minde And tribute paid the Cananites and with them did they dwel Although the Lord had said afore that they should them expel The xvii chapiter RIght as afore that Ephraim had out his part of land Euen so Manasses had his lot where he and his should stand â–ª And certain women had likewise as they did it require And Iosephs house would haue more land but had not their desire The xviii chapiter SEuen tribes agréed to send their spies as Iosue had them wild Of eche tribe thrée went foorth to sée the Citties and the féeld And in a book in seuen partê writ to Iosua brought they woord And he apointed them their plats by lots afore the Lord. The xix chapiter TO Zabulon and Izachar and Aser béeing tenth To Nepthali and Dan the last was pointed bredthe and length â—o Iosua with Eleaser and all the Lords and heds Did make an end of casting lots and pointing out their stedes The xx chapiter WHen they had doon and cast their lots then God to Iosue said â—or him that killes a man vnwares point Citties for their aid And they therin to dwel and liue til the hie préest dooth die The swoord of blood not him to touche if thyther he doo flée The xxj chapiter ANd then the heads of the Leuites their porcion did require And so they had their whole request euen as they did desire Fortie and eyght in Citties iust their whole tale came therto â–ª As God them gaue the land and rest as he them plight to doo The xxii chapiter BOthe of the tribes and eke the 〈◊〉 yode back as they were sent Ruben Gad with Manasses to their possession went An aulter made and Israel fluckt against them for to fight When they heard tel why it was built they said the déed was right The xxiii chapiter CAst in age was Iosua tho and Israel he did call And shewed theÌ„ what the Lord had doon and tolde it to them all Muche more he said that God would doo if in his wil they bide If not he tolde them plain afore that they should be destroyd The xxiiii chapiter DEclare on forthe he did at large what God had for them wrought And bad them serue the Lord alone whiche thither had them brought So speke they did with often voice the only Lord to fear And Iosua dide and Iosephs bones were earth and buried there ¶ Iosua now is ended quite the book hath run his race The book of Iudges now beginnes in like to take his place Sophtim Iudicum Iudges The first Chapiter AHead to haue they did desire in Iosuas roum to be And Iuda to them pointed was who fought ful manfully Ierusalem they took and wan great Giants did they slay The Gentiles with them stil did dwel but tribute did they pay The ii chapiter BEcause they did not kil them all an Angel did them chide And Iosua dead they buried him down by his fathers side When that stock all was dead gone ful wicked were the next And serued Gods that were forbod whose names are in the text The iii. chapiter CErtain nations then are named that with them then did dwel But one them kild and bet them down named Othoniel Yet after that they were opprest but Ahud them did saue For in a parlour with the King his deaths wound he him gaue The iiii chapiter DEpart did yet the flock and went and serued Idols vain Of Iabin King of Canaan yéeres twentie were they slain And Debora then did them iudge whom
for ay The xxiiij chapiter DOutles I can but muse to sée the mightie that are riche How knowing God they vexe the poore their crueltie is suche The poore dooth cry yet God permits their tiranny to reign The whorishe hed and wicked man yet surely shalbe slain The xxv chapiter ENding his talke Bildad began is their not power said he With him abooue whose men of war can not enumbred be Comparde with God no man is iust can womens birth be pure When lightê abooue to him are dark how then shall man indure The xxvi chapiter FUl strength power hath God aboue said Iob he néeds no ayd The hel so déep is séen to him the earth by him is staid The clouds and seas are bound by him the heauens by him are propt The Whale so huge moste serpent like by him his powre is stopt The xxvii chapiter GOd be my Iudge I wil not speak of things that shalbe vain My rightuousnes I wil not leaue for sin shall haue his pain Look what the wicked dooth increace the godly shall possesse And what he had he shall not haue thus wrath shall him so dresse The xxviij chapiter HOw secret seames out siluer giue and golde with Iron hard How precious stones and food for folkes and men from men be bard Héer in the earth these things are hid but wisedome hath no péer Whiche hid from men her for to finde is onely God to fear The xxix chapiter I say to you O that I were as I haue béen tofore When power might was in my hand and goods I had in store For euery man gaue me the place the poor I did defend And what I said or what I did all men did me commend The xxx chapiter KNowe you that now the contrary the vilest doo me mock They rail they skorn they laugh they talke I am their iesting stock The Lord therto is eke my fo O God doo me forgiue For I did help thaflicted man though now thou doost me gréeue The xxxi chapiter LEudly yet look I neuer did on mayden or on wife My houshold folke and strangers bothe of me had neuer strife Hungry and thirstie did I féed the naked did I clothe If I haue not delt iustly dole then let the earth me lothe The xxxii Chapiter MUche musing then said Elihu vnto his fellowes thrée Haue you no more to Iob to say and you mine elders be Til you were dasht I béeing yung I had nothing to say But fearles now frée spéeche shall paâ—â—e lest God take me away The xxxiii chapiter NOte wel my woords to Iob he said why saist thou thou art Iust Rebuke not God what so he dooth for rule hée hath and must In bed ful sick he dooth vs lay suche message vs to giue For to submit and graunt our gilt then surely shall wée liue The xxxiiii Chapiter O Yée that wise and learned be now further sée you mark God dooth not strike but wée deserue no thought to him is dark â–ª He hath no eye to great or lowe the riche and poor are like Yet Iob dooth think him self so iust that God should not him strike The xxxv chapiter PRocéeding foorth Elihu said be thou O Iob vniust Or be thou iust as thou doost say yet this is true to trust That God is ne the more or lesse made holy or defilde But if a man on him doo call he shall finde him ful milde The xxxvi Psalme QUietly hear me yet a while God dooth not strike for nought But for to tel and mend our sin that we tofore haue wrought Bue if they skorn then shall they die or if the time they track So great is God him to beholde our knowledge is to slack The xxxvii Chapiter RUling like as a Prince on hie our God dooth all things guide The storme the haile the frost y e snowe of him they haue their tide To punishe lands or them to blesse O Iob this is moste true Alone he guides the things he made then giue him glory due The xxxviii Chapiter SO then the Lord him self did speak to Iob wast thou said he When I the heauens earth did make of councel then with me Canst thou ought doo in hie or lowe of wonders that I wrought Hast thou in waters or in land the treasures of them sought The xxxix chapiter THe Gotes the Hindes and Unicorn their gendring and their force The Pecock gay and foolishe stork or of the barbed horse Or of the Hauk that flies by South or of the Egles might By thy deuice haue these their giftê to mooue and take their flightê â–ª The xl chapiter WHen Iob had hard what God had said he humbly did obay And said he had said and would be stil then foorth the Lord did say The power and might of Leuiathan or Behemoth by name Canst thou him rule with snare or gin or make him milde and tame The xli chapiter AL men may think his powre is great though mine it not excéed Yet what ye make him for to hurt he counts it as a réed His paths are in the mightie sea all men from him doo slide The mightie Whale with diuel possest he is the King of pride The xlii chapiter BEfore the Lord Iob did repent confessing how that he The wonderous woorks or mightie power of God he could not sée His fréends were wild to offer giftê that Iob might for them pray And God gaue him of all things more then he had ere that day ¶ Thus Iob hath doon his patience ye haue heard all his broile How Sathan wrought to turn his faith how freends did him turmoile Now sporting songs for liuely wits suche as the Lord doo fear From Dauids harp the sommary to you shall wel appear The Psalmes of Dauid The first Psalme A Happy hap the man shall haue whiche not with sinners walks Ne he that in the wicked chair of God in scorne italks His frute shalbe moste plenteously rewarded eke with blisse When sinners shall decay and fall of heauenly ioyes to misse The ii Psalme BEware saith he how that ye rage ye rulers all in vain For God wil haue his sonne to rule in might and poure to reign Therfore se that ye couet lore and serue the Lord in fear Kisse him in time lest yée doo smart when he shall once appéer The iii. Psalme CAst out of Kingdome Dauid cryes to God for ayd and strength He hath reléef he dooth confesse God did him hear at length And surely he hath confidence that God wil succour send That he wil strike his enemies and eke his flock defend The iiii Psalme DOut cast away he trusted God though Saule did him molest He checketh all the taunting men that did his reign detest And prooueth that the care of God continually dooth féed Those that he loues so that they may take rest and sléep at néed The v. Psalme EFtsoones in his aduersitie betime to God he prayes Affirming God to be ful iust detesting sinners wayes
to forge The Cviii. Psalme HAue héer you shall the fiftie seuen and sixtie Psalme in one As laudes and praise to God abooue that vanquished their sone With wishing that the glory of God might rule in euery coste Of Israels far stretching out so telles the holy Ghoste The C.ix. Psalme IN vehement sprite he praith to God to aduenge him on his foes As Doeg in the court and suche that wrought him many woes By flattering talke in foule wise to please the eares of Saule They tolde to him a thousand lies so heaping Dauids thrall The C.x. Psalme KIng Dauid héer of Christe dooth tel as Christe him self dooth say His royall kingdome he sets out to dure bothe now and ay His préesthood eke not Aaron like but as Melchizadeck Triumphantly his rule shalbe all subiect to his beck The C.xj. Psalme LOok what the Lord had promised to Israel long ago From caâ—tiuenes to set them frée he saith that he did so And gaue to them the Gentiles land and eke his holy law Thus he them telles to stir them vp to haue the same in awe The C.xii. Psalme MUche good he saith shall light to him that hath the Lord in fear And dooth delight to kéep his wil blest shall that man appéer To poor and weak he giueth ayd remoou'de he shall not bée Although the wicked chafe therat when they the same shall sée The C.xiii. Psalme NOught els he willes but laud praise to God aboue to giue Whiche looketh down from hie aboue on things that héer doo liue And dooth from dust set vp the poore with princes for to sit And makes the barren frute to haue and to reioyce in it The C.xiiii Psalme OF Gods behauiour towards his flock when Egipt they went out How mountains hilles and waters low from order turnd about All fearing muche the face of God he saith this came to passe And stony rock to water flud by him so turned was The C.xv. Psalme PUtting all glory quite away from Idolles fayned Gods Twire whom and God that is thâ— Lord he prooueth great the ods Not vnto vs not vnto vs but God haue all the praise Who owes the heaueÌ„ guides the earth his name be blest alwayes The C.xvi. Psalme QUeÌ„che they could not but he â— would looue God that heard his cryâ— When Absalon did vexe him sore and caused him to flie Yet hopes he wel for to return Hierusalem to pay The vowes that he to God did vow when he was driuen away The C.xvii Psalme RIght as before so héer again he willeth nations all To laud the Lord that as he reignd so euermore he shall Confirming his benignitie and faith by Christe his sonne From time to time withouten end as he it once begun The C.xviii Psalme SO God alone he dooth confesse because that he is good The Israelites he willes therto as he that sau'de their blood From Philistines and other foes that did against them bark And gaue them rest to laud the Lord and to set vp his Ark. The C â–ª xix Psalme THough it be long yet in a some this Psalme dooth say thus muche That study of the law of God there is no study suche Sometimes he speaks eke of his foes and some also he threatê These thrée are chéef in matters all that in this songs he treatê The C.xx Psalme UNto suche tungs as vse to lie and eke for to backbight He could not wishe suche sharp reward as due to them was right For peaceles men and flatterers suche as with Saule did court Kept him exilde and yet therto they wrought him mickle hurt The C.xxi. Psalme AT God alone all ayd is had on him must we depend For he that made the heauen and earth shall succour to vs send Who stil dooth watche with open eyes and neuer more dooth sléep No hurt can come vnto his Churche for he dooth stil it kéep The C.xxii. Psalme BRought vp when that the ark of God was to Hierusalem He was ful glad to hear consent of all his people then And séeing Iustice like to reign he wisheth ceasse of warres And peace to florishe in her stréetê and round about the barres The C.xxiii Psalme CAused were some this psalme to make whiche for their godlines Were mockt scornd and taunted eke of men in wickednes They wait as maids vpon their dames and tend vpon the Lord Beséeching mercy at his hand though others at them boord The C.xxiiii Psalme DOuble he sayth vnles that God had béen on Israels side Moste certainly by forren foes it had with them béen wide For quick they had deuoured them as flud they had ore run They blesse the Lord that made al thing from whom all help dooth come The C.xxv Psalme EChe one that in the Lord dooth trust shalbe as Sion mount For why the Lord shalbe with him he may thereof account But godly men with wicked men shall not be mixt in one And suche as turn vnto their euils they shalbe wo be gone The C.xxvi Psalme FUl ioyful shall the captiues be when home they doo return And Sion shall for ioy then laugh and make an end to moorn And Gentiles shall report and say that God hath greatly doon For suche as out with teares did go with songs they shall home come The C.xxvii Psalme GOne vnto nought is all the woork bestowe you nere the cost Except the Lord doo build the house the labour is but lost It is in vain to watche at all vnlesse the Lord doo wake The early rising shall not help God fruteful shall thée make The C.xxviii Psalme HOw happy he shalbe he telth that alwayes God dooth fear His handy labour he shall eat his wife him frute shall bear With Sion in his prosperitie and eke Hierusalem He shall beholde and Gransire be and Israels peace yken The C.xxix Psalme IN chéerful wise may Israel say often times they haue Me fought against euen from my youth but God he did me saue Confounded shall the plowers be that plowd vpon my back And all that Sion once did hate their power shalbe but slack The C.xxx Psalme KIng Dauid as some men suppose béeing sore vext of Saule Out of the depth vnto the Lord he did bothe cry and call Beséeching him for to forgiue his sinnes and set him frée The Israelites some thing yâ—t made in their captiuitie The C.xxxi Psalme LIfted aloft his hart is not ne yet his eyes with pride Nor yet in things passing his reache he hath not walkt aside But hath his soule as nurced childe kept stil in perfet awe And willeth them to wait for him the authour of their law The C.xxxii Psalme MEn may suppose this Psalme to be made of King Salomon Beséeching God his fathers broyles that he would think theron Who once had vowd a house to make for God therin to shade And how that préestê and people eke should ioy to sée it made The C.xxxiii Psalme NOte and beholde how good it is bréethern in peace to dwel
on them wo Because in welth they would not hearâ— their pride should come ful lowe The xxiii Chapiter CUrse he dooth héer froÌ„ God his mouth suche pastours as doo féed Them selues and let the flock alone God wil them pay in déed And pastours pure he wil prouide wherof one shall be chéef From Dauids house as King to guide by him to haue reléef The xxiiii Chapiter DEclare God dooth by baskets twaine with Figs bothe good and bad What should become vpon the flock as he decréed had Whiche was that some should haue return and liue in rest and peace The King should not with many mo whose hartê he could not pearce The xxv Chapiter EXiled men in Babilon the Iewes for sin should bée Ful seuentie yéeres the Prophet saith in their captiuitie At which yéeres end that mightie power shalbe subuerted quite And in like wise he telth before all rule shall lose their might The xxvi Chapiter FUl earnestly he dooth them mooue their sinnes for to repent They brought him foorth he telth his tale the Iudges did relent But Vriah who fled for fear was fetcht from Egipt land Iehoyaku of Iudah King him slue with swoord in hand The xxvii Chapiter GOd willed him that he should send bothe yokes and bonds also To Princes for to testify in bondage they should go And who so would refuse to serue Nabuchodonozer Should plagued be therfore he wilth false Prophets not to hear The xxviii Chapiter HAnaniah the Prophet false did prophecy a lie And Ieremy did him reprooue afore great company Also a freshe he prophecied because his yoke was burst That bondage muche should come to them and that therto then trust The xxix Chapiter IN written woords he sent to them that then in Babel were That they should plant wed and pray for suche as ruled there For seuentie yéeres should passe and go ere they should turn again And in that space their land and power should wasted be and slain The xxx Chapiter KNowledge again froÌ„ Ieremies mouth was giuen to Israel That they should home again return within their land to dwel And how that God would him reuenge vpon their furious foes But comfort his afflicted Churche and saue her from her woes The xxxi Chapiter LArge blessing héer he telth to come when home they should return All ioy shall come and plesantnes to suche as once did mourn A couenant new within their hartê also he plight to make That he would be their God in déed if they not him forsake The xxxii Chapiter MAny were the miseries that Ieremy did sustain For now he is in prison cast for speaking out so plain A féeld he bought and hid the book that did record the same His prayers he made and once again their turning home did name The xxxiii Chapiter NOw is the Prophet wild to pray for their return and rest Whiche ful and whole is graunted them as they had had it erst With pardon for their former sinnes without their owne desartê And Christe to reign in Dauids throne for euer in their hartê The xxxiiii Chapiter OF Zedechiah who was King of Iuda what should come How he should taken be and his when Cittie and all is wun Because the couenant they did break to bond folke that they made Their lot with pine or pestilence should be or els with blade The xxxv Chapiter PUt foorth he dooth as God him bade the Rechabites for lore Who would not break the olde preceptê from fathers had tofore But Iewishe pride would not obey though often they were warnd Therfore to ruine they should go the Rechabites not harmd The xxxvi Chapiter QUenched lest y t his woords should be God bad to write them all So Baruch did and red the role before bothe great and small The King a little heard of it and burnt the book in fire Again with more it written was and God prouokte to ire The xxxvii Chapiter RIght soon as Zedechiah reignd to Ieremy he sent To pray for him By Egipt power the Caldeys away went As Ieremy was prest away in dungeon was he cast But when the King had talkt with him he begd a better taste The xxxviii Chapiter SO fairly spake the councellours the Princes eares vntil That Ieremy to dungeon went there thought they him to kil An Enuche black his life did saue and drue him vp with cordes The King and he did talke alone he might not tel the Lords The xxxix Chapiter THe Babel power the Cittie took and Zedechiah fled He was ouer caught his sonnes were slain his eyes put out of his hed The poore alone are left in land and Ieremy at large Who gaue them more that did him good a comfortable charge The xl Chapiter UNto two things the Prophet had a choise at wil to chuse Babel to sée or tary stil the first he did refuse Suche as for fear were fled away to Godoliah came Whom Babel King had left to rule all Iudah that he wan The xli Chapiter A Murder foule committed was of Ismael by name For Godoliah he did kil who did deserue no blame And diuers more that wicked man their liues did also end And fled to King of Moabites who therfore did him send The xlii Chapiter BOthe moste and least to Ieremy came his councel to haue And willed him to knowe of God whiche way them selues to saue Who willed them in any wise to Egipt not to wend For if they did that whiche they feard their God would it them send The xliii Chapiter COntrary to their former graunt to Egipt néeds they would The Prophet checkt and Baruch eke who néeds with them they should And there did God by Ieremy tel Egipt of her fall How Nebuchadnezer in place should rule their Gods and all The xliiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth vnto the Iewes for their Idolatrie In Egipt land the whiche they did that they should surely die But men and wiues with froward hartê did tel what they did deem We neuer throue sins that we left to serue the heauenly Quéen The xlv Chapiter EUilly appaid was Baruch then he thought his life but lost His sorrowes did increace in him séeing the Iewes so tost But Ieremy him comfort gaue and set his hart at stay For God he said hath giuen to thée thy life to be a pray The xlvi Chapiter FRom God he speaks to Egipt land and telleth them ful plain How that the King of Babilon withall his mightie train Should them destroy and eke their King their God and mightie power But yet his chosen Iacobs séed he would not quite deuour The xlvii Chapiter GOd bad him tel the Philistins of their decay and end That parents to suche wo should come their Children not to tend How they of Tire and Zidon eke should wasted be also The wrath of God not ceasing til their pride were come ful lowe The xlviii Chapiter HE telleh to the Moabites their ruine and decay Who once like churles to Israel vngraciously did say He curseth
To worship God as law did wil set out by him aboue And leauing all their owne intents so should they haue his loue The Prophecy of Hosea The first Chapiter A Harlot he is wild to wed of whom he sonnes begat The whorishe life of Israel is signified by that The Gentiles should be called in Gods people for to be And all the tribes should ioyne in one and louingly agrée The ii Chapiter GEcause with Ball they did commit moste filthy whordome so The Prophet them dooth threat for it God foorth their filth to shew Except that they repent and mend whiche if they doo that then As spoused wife moste husband like he would them looue as when The iii. Chapiter CAst of he saith the Iewes should be as drunk with Gods ful vain To take a harlot he is wild to shew the thing again That King or préest they should not haue and that for many dayes And yet at leÌ„gth Christ should them saue to whom they should giue praise The iiii Chapiter DEclare he dooth how sin did reign and none mislikte the same Bothe Princes people and the préestê in sinning had no shame Wherfore he threatê that God wil strike and punishe them therfore So that to Idols sacrifice they should doo so no more The v. Chapiter EFtsoones the sinnes he dooth tel out of Israel by name From moste to least they mended not to God their liues to frame God should they séek then would he not of them again be found Of other power for ayd they should and so them selues confound The vi Chapiter FUl fast to God they did then hie repenting of their il So knowledge they should haue to doâ— that God to them did wil. The Prophets spared not to cut their sin with woords so sharp The préestê to steale by one consent no other thing they carp The vii Chapiter GOne all affray the people were their King they did disceiue As Bakers ouen so burned they in sin to whiche they cleaue Their trust they had in Egipt help shall not them help in déed They turned them but not aright when that they were in néed The viii Chapiter HOw they a King and rulers eke did chuse but not by God And Idols vain did cleaue vnto whiche he had them forbod For whiche their sin he wil them pay to teache them to offend With fier their Cittie shalbe burnt â–ª to Egipt shall they wend. The ix Chapiter IN leading of an whorishe life an hunger shall they haue They said the Prophet was a fool the spirituall men did raue Their wombs and brestê should dried 〈◊〉 their children long not liue And for a pray vnto their foes he would them also giue The x. chapiter KIng ouer them they should haue none their Idols should be stroyd Bothe Iuda and Samaria â–ª they should be sore anoyd To plough and reap in righteousnes and mercy they are wild If not betime in the morning their King he should be kild The xi Chapiter LOuingly from Egipt land he saith that he them led And cherisht them with food therto and gaue them heauenly bread Ful lothe he is to punishe them though it they doo deserue Thou Ephraim misvsde it self yet Iuda did not swarue The xii Chapiter MUche crookednes did Ephraim vse with Iuda dooth he talke As Iacob liu'de and pleased God so would he haue them walke In tabernacles they should dwel as in their solemne feastê Because they serued not their God nor did regard his heastê The xiii Chapiter NO end they made of woorshipping their Idols and their calues Yet God their God remayneth God none els for sin hath salues Yet Lion like he wil them vse but so as for a time The death of death he saith to be and bring them down that clime The xiiii Chapiter OF Israels return he telth how forren power they leaue They doo confesse they did transgresse now vnto God they cleaue Who wil theÌ„ blesse make them growe whose braunches shall so shed That others shall return by them and lack the life they led FINIS ¶ Hoseas heer hath tolde his minde a Prophet ful of zeale And Ioel now beginth to speak Gods counsel to reueale The Prophecy of Ioel. The first Chapiter A Famine he dooth tel to come their frute for to destroy He wilth y e druÌ„kards for to mourn their throtes should be ful dry Their wine their oyle their wheat and corn should be destroyd w t blasting Therfore he wilth them to proclaim a common prayer and fasting The ii chapiter BEholde a power shall come on them to ruine and to waste Therfore to turn and to repent he willeth them make haste And then the Lord to them wil turn and blesse them in his looue Their sonnes daughters shal haue giftê signes shalbe from aboue The iii. chapiter COntrole he wil the enemies that had destroyd his land And serue them so as they had doon when they had them in hand Let Iuda now make spear and shéeld let Gentiles quake and fear The Lord him self wil pitche the field Hierusalem to chéer FINIS ¶ Thus Ioels tale is finished three Chapters ful of lore Now Amos dooth asmuche contain and twice so many more The Prophecy of Amos. The i. Chapiter AMos hée did Prophecy in Ieroboams dayes Damascus and the Philistins shall perishe as he sayes â–ª Tirus and Idumea the like shalbe their lot And Ammon for his crueltie whiche was the sonne of Lot The ii Chapiter BEcause of Moabs crueltie against the Edomites Bothe he and Iuda for their factê shall sée ful woful sights The Israelites for careles spoile shall flée before their foes What woorks for them the Lord had wrought he bréefly to them showes The iii. Chapiter CAn any thing be wrought or doon but God dooth woork the same His Prophets that doo prophecy they doo it in his name That Israel shalbe destroyd by Egipt God dooth tel Samaria and Bethel eke shall haue their fée as wel The iiii Chapiter DOwn wil he throw their rulers eke for spoyling of the poore They thought by outward holines to scape so sharp a shoure By famin and great scarsitie by pestilence and swoord He punisht them it would not serue to bring them to his woord The v. Chapiter EUil hap should fall on Israel for them he dooth lament Leaue of from wrong he willeth them with spéed for to repent It wil not serue their sacrifice ne burning of incence When IudgemeÌ„t runnes as water flud he wil with them dispence The vi Chapiter FUl plesantly their Princes liu'de deliting all in ease With meat and drink and melody thus they them selues did please Therfore the Lord did swear their end they trusted in their strength As captiue men they should be led therfore away at length The vii Chapiter GIue signes he dooth by Grashoppers by fire and lined wall â–ª That God would stroy the Israelites and ouerthrowe them all Amaziah vnto the King of Amos did complain And him rebukte but he