lyft vp his eyes and sawe a great company come vnto him he saith vnto Philip Whence shal we bye bread that these may eate 6 This he sayde to proue hym for he hym selfe knewe what he woulde do 7 Philip aunswered hym Two hundred penie worth of bread are not sufficient for them that euery man may take a litle 8 One of his disciples Andrewe SimoÌ„ Peters brother sayth vnto hym 9 There is a litle ladde here whiche hath fyue barly loaues and two fisshes but what are they among so many 10 And Iesus sayde Make the people syt downe There was much grasse in the place So the men sate downe in number about fyue thousande 11 And Iesus toke the bread and when he had geueÌ„ thankes he gaue to the disciples and the disciples to them y t were set downe and lykewyse of the fisshes as much as they woulde 12 When they had eaten enough he saide vnto his disciples Gather vp the brokeÌ„ meate that remayneth that nothyng be lost 13 And they gathered it together fylled twelue baskettes with the broken meate of the fyue barly loaues whiche broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten 14 Then those men when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did saide This is of a trueth the same prophete that shoulde come into the worlde ☜ 15 When Iesus therfore perceaued that they would come and take him to make hym kyng he departed agayne into amountayne hym selfe alone 16 And when euen was nowe come his disciples went downe vnto the sea 17 And gat vp into a shippe and went ouer the sea towardes CapernauÌ„ And it was nowe darke and Iesus was not come to them 18 And the sea arose with a great wynde that blewe 19 So when they had rowed about xxv or xxx furlonges they sawe Iesus walkyng on the sea and drawyng nye vnto the shippe and they were afrayde 20 But he sayth vnto them It is I be not afrayde 21 And they wyllyngly receaued hym into the shippe and immediatly the shippe was at the lande whyther they went 22 The day folowyng when the people whiche stoode on the other syde of the sea sawe that there was none other shippe there saue that one whereinto his disciples were entred and that Iesus went not in with his disciples into the shippe but that his disciples were gone awaye alone 23 Howebeit there came other shippes froÌ„ Tiberias nye vnto the place where they dyd eate bread after that the Lord had geuen thankes 24 When the people therefore sawe that Iesus was not there neither his disciples they also toke shippyng and came to Capernaum sekyng for Iesus 25 And wheÌ„ they had founde hym on the other side of the sea they said vnto him Rabbi when camest thou hyther Iesus aunswered them and sayde 26 Veryly veryly I say vnto you ye seke me not because ye sawe the miracles but because ye dyd eate of the loaues were fylled 27 ☞ Labour not for the meaâ—e whiche perisheth but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe which â—meateâ— the sonne of man shall geue vnto you For hym hath God the father sealed 28 Then saide they vnto him What shall we do that we myght worke y e workes of God 29 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them This is the worke of God that ye beleue on hym whom he hath sent 30 They said therfore vnto hym What signe shewest thou then y t we may see beleue thee What doest thou worke 31 Our fathers dyd eate Manna in the desert as it is written He gaue them bread from heauen to eate 32 Then Iesus sayde vnto them Veryly veryly I say vnto you Moyses gaue you not y e bread froÌ„ heauen but my father geueth you y e true bread froÌ„ heaueÌ„ 33 For the bread of God is he which coÌ„meth downe from heauen and geueth lyfe vnto the worlde 34 Then sayde they vnto hym Lorde euermore geue vs this bread 35 And Iesus sayde vnto them I am the bread of lyfe He that coÌ„meth to me shall not hunger and he that beleueth on me shall neuer thirst ☜ 36 But I say vnto you that ye also haue seene me and yet ye beleue not 37 All that the father geueth me shall come to me and hym that commeth to me I cast not away 38 For I came downe from heauen not to do that I wyll but that he wyll which hath sent me 39 And this is the fathers wyll whiche hath sent me that of all which he hath geuen me I shal lose nothing but rayse it vp agayne at the last day 40 And this is the wyll of him y t sent me that euery one which seeth the sonne beleueth on him hath euerlastyng lyfe And I wyll rayse him vp at y e last day 41 The Iewes then murmured at him because he sayde I am the bread of life which came downe from heauen 42 And they saide Is not this Iesus y e sonne of Ioseph whose father and mother we knowe Howe is it then that he sayth I came downe from heauen 43 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them Murmure not among your selues ☜ 44 No man can come to me except the father whiche hath sent me drawe hym And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last day 45 It is written in the prophetes And they shal be all taught of God Euery man therfore that hath heard and hath learned of the father coÌ„meth vnto me 46 Not that any man hath seene the father saue he which is of God the same hath seene the father 47 Veryly veryly I say vnto you he that putteth his trust in me hath euerlasting lyfe 48 I am that bread of lyfe 49 Your fathers dyd eate Manna in the wyldernesse and are dead 50 This is that bread which commeth downe from heauen that yf any man eate therof he shoulde not dye 51 I am that lyuyng bread which came downe from heauen Yf any man eate of this bread he shall lyue for euer And the bread that I wyl geue is my fleshe whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde ☜ 52 The Iewes therefore stroue among them selues saying Howe can this felowe geue vs that fleshe of his to eate 53 Then Iesus saide vnto them ☞ Veryly veryly I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man and drynke his blood ye haue no lyfe in you 54 Who so eateth my fleshe and drinketh my blood hath eternall lyfe and I wyl rayse hym vp at the last day 55 ☞ For my fleshe is meate in deede and my blood is drynke in deede 56 He that eateth my fleshe and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me I in hym 57 As the lyuing father hath sent me and I lyue by the father Euen so he that eateth me shal liue by the meanes of me 58 This is that bread which came downe from heauen Nor as your fathers dyd eate Manna and are dead He
God shut hym in rounde about 17 And the fludde came fourtie dayes vpon the earth and the waters were increased and bare vp the arke whiche was lyft vp aboue the earth 18 The waters also waxed strong and were encreased exceedyngly vpon the earth and so the arke went vpon the vpper face of the waters 19 And the waters preuayled exceedingly vpon the earth and al the high hilles that are vnder the whole heauen were couered 20 Fyfteene cubites vpward did the waters preuayle so that the mountaynes were couered 21 And all fleshe perished that moued vpon the earth in foule in cattell in beast and in euery worme that creepeth vpon the earth yea and euery man also 22 So that all that had the breath of lyfe in his nostrilles throughout all that was on the drye lande dyed 23 And euery substaunce was destroyed that remayned and that was in the vpper part of the grounde both man and cattell and worme and the foule of the heauen they were euen destroyed from of the earth and Noah onlye remayned aliue and they that were with him in the arke 24 But the water preuayled vpon the earth a hundreth and fiftie dayes ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 The waters of the generall ouerflowyng do decrease 4 The arke resteth vpon a mount 7 The Rauen is sent foorth 8 Noah sendeth foorth a Doue 10 He sendeth it out againe 13 The waters are dryed 16 Noah is bydden to go out of the arke 18. He goeth out 20 He offereth an acceptable sacrifice vnto God 21 The deluge shall be no more The heart of man is euyll 1 AND God remēbred Noah and euery beast and all the cattell that was with hym in the arke and God made a wynde to passe vpon the earth and the waters ceassed 2 The fountaynes also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the rayne from heauen was restrayned 3 And the waters from the earth returned goyng and comming agayne and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftith day the waters were abated 4 And in the seuen moneth in the seuenteenth day of y e moneth the arke rested vpon the mountaynes of Armenia 5 And the waters were goyng and decreasing vntyll the tenth moneth In the tenth moneth and in the first day of the same moneth were the toppes of the mountaynes seene 6 And after the ende of the fourtith day it came to passe that Noah opened the wyndowe of the arke which he had made 7 And he sent foorth a Rauen whiche went out goyng foorth and returnyng vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth 8 And agayne he sent foort a Doue from him that he myght see yf the waters were abated from the vpper face of the grounde 9 And the Doue founde no rest for the sole of her foote and she returned vnto him into the arke for the waters were in the vpper face of the whole earth Then he put foorth his hande tooke her and pulled her to him into the arke 10 And he abode yet other seuen dayes and agayne he sent foorth the Doue out of the arke 11 And the Doue came to hym in the euentide and loe in her mouth was an Oliue leafe that she had pluct wherby Noah dyd knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth 12 And he abode yet other seuen dayes and sent foorth the Doue whiche returned not vnto him any more 13 And it came to passe in the sixe hundreth and one yere in y e first moneth the first day of the moneth the waters were dryed vp from the earth and Noah remoued the coueryng of the arke and looked and beholde the vpper face of the grounde was dryed vp 14 And in the seconde moneth in the seuen and twentie day of the moneth was the earth dryed 15 And God spake vnto Noah saying 16 Go foorth of the arke thou and thy wife thy sonnes and thy sonnes wiues with thee 17 And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee of all fleshe both foule and cattell and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth that they may breede in the earth and bring foorth fruite and multiplie vpon earth 18 And so Noah came foorth and his sonnes his wyfe and his sonnes wiues with hym 19 Euery beast also and euery worme euery foule and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes went out of the arke 20 And Noah builded an aulter vnto y e Lorde and tooke of euery cleane beast and of euery cleane foule offred burnt offering on the aulter 21 And the Lorde smelled a sweete or quiet sauour and the Lord sayde in his heart I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake for the imagination of mans heart is euyll euen from his youth neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng as I haue done 22 Yet therefore shall not sowyng tyme and haruest colde and heate sommer and wynter day and nyght ceasse all the dayes of the earth ¶ The .ix. Capter 6 The title of the sworde The couenaunt of God with Noah that the deluge shal be no more 10 The signe confirming the couenaunt the raynebowe in the cloudes 18 The sonnes of Noah Chanaan 20 Noah an husbandman planteth a vine 22 He is mocked of his sonne beyng ouercome with wyne 25 Chanaan is cursed 26. 27 Sem and Iapheth be blessed 29 The yeres of Noah 1 ANd god blessed Noah and his sonnes saide vnto them be fruitfull and multiplie and replenishe the earth 2 The feare of you the dread of you shal be vpon euery beast of the earth and vpon euery foule of the ayre vpon al that moueth vpon the earth and vpon all the fishes of the sea into your hande are they deliuered 3 Euery thyng that moueth it selfe and that liueth shall be meate for you euen as the greene hearbe haue I geuē you all thinges 4 But flesh in the life therof which is the blood therof shall ye not eate 5 And surely your blood of your lyues wyl I require at the hande of euery beast wyll I require it and at the hand of man at the hande of mans brother wyll I require the life of man 6 Who so sheddeth mans blood by man shall his blood be shed for in the image of God made he man 7 But be fruitefull and multiplie you breede in the earth and increase therein 8 God spake also vnto Noah to his sonnes with hym saying 9 Beholde I euen I establishe my couenaunt with you and with your seede after you 10 And with euery liuing creature that is with you in foule in cattell in euery beast of the earth whiche is with you of all that go out of the arke whatsoeuer liuing thyng of the earth it be 11 And my
congregation and burne the fat for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 7 And let them no more offer their offeringes vnto deuyls after whom they haue gone a whoryng This shal be an ordinaunce for euer vnto them in their generations 8 And thou shalt say vnto them Whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers whiche soiourne among you that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice 9 And bryngeth it not vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer it vnto the Lorde that man shal be cut of from among his people 10 And whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne among you that eateth any maner of blood I wyll set my face against that soule that eateth blood and wyll cut hym of from among his people 11 For the life of the fleshe is in the blood and I haue geuen it vnto you vpon the aulter to make an attonement for your soules for this blood shall make an attonement for the soule 12 Therfore I sayd vnto the chyldren of Israel Let no soule of you eate blood neither let any straunger that soiourneth among you eate blood 13 And whatsoeuer man it be of the chyldren of Israel or of the straungers â—hat soiourne among you whiche hunteth and catcheth any beast or foule that may be eaten let hym powre out the blood thereof and couer it with dust 14 For the lyfe of the fleshe is the blood of it ioyned with his lyfe therefore I sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel ye shal eate the blood of no maner of flesh for the life of all fleshe is the blood therof whosoeuer eateth it shal be cut of 15 And euery soule that eateth it whiche dyed alone or that whiche was torne with wylde beastes whether it be one of your owne countrey or a straunger he shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen and then shall he be cleane 16 If he washe them not nor bathe his ' fleshe he shall beare his sinne ' ' ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ' 3 The Israelites may not walke after the maner of the Egyptians nor Chanaanites 6 What degrees of kinred may marry together ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them I am the Lorde your God 3 After the doynges of the lande of Egypt wherein ye dwelt shall ye not do and after the doinges of the lande of Chanaan whyther I wyll bryng you shall ye not do neither walke in their ordinaunces 4 But do after my iudgementes and kepe mine ordinaunces to walke therin I am the Lorde your God 5 Ye shall kepe therfore mine ordinaunces and my iudgementes which if a man do he shall lyue in them I am the Lorde 6 None shall approche to any kinred of his fleshe for to vncouer their nakednesse I am the Lorde 7 The nakednesse of thy father the nakednesse of thy mother shalt thou not vncouer for she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not discouer her nakednesse 8 The nakednesse of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer for it is thy fathers nakednesse 9 * Thou shalt not discouer the nakednesse of thy sister the daughter of thy father or daughter of thy mother whether she be borne at home or without 10 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy sonnes daughter or thy daughters daughter for that is thyne owne nakednesse ¶ Degrees of kinred whiche let matrimonie as it is set foorth in the .xviii. of Leuiticus His fathers sister His sister His mother Moyses may not take to wyfe His daughter His daughters daughter His mothers sister ¶ Degrees of affinitie or aliaunce whiche let matrimonie as it is set foorth in the xviii of Leuiticus His vncles wyfe The wyfe of his brother His fathers wyfe Moyses may not take to wyfe His sonnes wyfe or his wyfes daughter The daughter of his wyfes sonne or daughter The sister of his wyfe ¶ Therfore as Moyses may not marry with women that are of his kinred or aliaunce according to that which is here aboue contayned Likewise Marie Moyses sister may not marry with the men whiche are of her kinred and aliaunce And it is to be noted that besides the persons here specified are comprised the ascending and descending of the same degree either of kinred or aliaunce 11 The nakednesse of thy fathers wiues daughter begotten of thy father which is thy sister thou shalt not discouer her nakednesse 12 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy fathers sister for she is thy fathers kinswoman 13 Thou shalt not discouer the nakednesse of thy mothers sister for she is thy mothers kinswoman 14 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy fathers brother that is thou shalt not go in vnto his wyfe whiche is thyne aunt 15 Thou shalt not discouer y e nakednesse of thy daughter in lawe for she is thy sonnes wyfe therefore shalt thou not vncouer her nakednesse 16 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife for that is thy brothers nakednesse 17 Thou shalt not discouer the nakednesse of the wyfe and her daughter neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter or her daughters daughter to vncouer their nakednesse For they are her kinswomen and it were wickednesse 18 Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her sister also to vexe her that thou wouldest vncouer her nakednesse vpon her in her lyfe tyme 19 Thou shalt also not go vnto a woman to vncouer her nakednesse as long as she is put apart for her vncleannesse 20 Moreouer thou shalt not lye with thy neighbours wyfe to defile her with seede 21 Thou shalt also not geue of thy seede to offer it vnto Moloch neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God I am the Lorde 22 Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for it is abhomination 23 Thou shalt lye with no maner of beast to defile thy selfe therwith neither shall any woman stande before a beast to lye downe therto for it is vnnaturall confusion 24 Ye shall not defile your selues in any of these thinges for in all these the nations are defiled whiche I cast out before you 25 Wherthrough the lande is defiled and I wyll visite the wyckednesse thereof vpon it yea and the lande it selfe hath vomited out her inhabitauntes 26 Ye shall kepe therfore mine ordinaunces and my iudgementes and commit none of these abhominations neither any of your owne nation nor any strauÌ„ger that soiourneth among you 27 For all these abhominations haue the men of the lande done whiche were before you and the lande is defiled 28 Shall not the lande spewe you out also if ye defile it as it spewed out the nations that were before you 29 For whosoeuer shall commit any of these abhominations the same soules that commit them shall be cut of
gyftes of the holy ghost accordyng to his owne wyll 5 For vnto the Anges hath he not put in subiection the worlde to come wherof we speake 6 But one in a certayne place witnessed saying What is man that thou arte myndeful of hym Or the sonne of man that thou wouldest loke vpon hym 7 Thou madest hym for a litle whyle lower then the Angels thou hast crowned him with glorie and honour and hast set hym aboue the workes of thy handes 8 Thou hast put all thynges in subiectiō vnder his feete In y t he put all thinges vnder hym he left nothyng that is not put vnder hym But nowe we see not yet all thynges put vnder hym 9 But hym that for a whyle was made lesse then the Angels we see that it was Iesus who through the sufferyng of death was crowned with glorie and honour that he by the grace of God shoulde taste of death for all 10 For it became hym for whom are all thynges and by whom are all thynges after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie that he shoulde make the capitayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they which are sanctified are all of one For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren 12 Saying I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddes of the Churche wyll I prayse thee 13 And agayne I wyll put my trust in hym And agayne Beholde here am I and the chyldren whiche God hath geuen me 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with thē that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death that is the deuyll 15 And that he myght delyuer them which through feare of death were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage 16 For he in no place taketh on hym the Angels but the seede of Abraham taketh he on hym 17 Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethren that he myght be mercyfull and a faythfull hye priest in thynges concernyng God for to purge the peoples sinnes 18 For in that he hym selfe suffered and was tempted he is able to succour them that are tempted ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He requireth them to be obedient vnto the worde of Christe 3 who is more worthy then Moyses 12 The punishment of such as wyll harden their heartes and not beleue that they myght haue eternall rest 1 THerfore holy brethren partakers of the celestiall callyng consider the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus 2 Beyng faythfull to hym that appoynted hym as also was Moyses in all his house 3 For this man is counted worthy of more glorie then Moyses inasmuch as he which hath buylded the house hath more honour then the house 4 For euery house is buylded of some man But he that buylded all thynges is God 5 And Moyses veryly was faythfull in al his house as a minister for a witnesse of those thynges whiche were to be spoken after 6 But Christe as a sonne hath rule ouer his owne house whose house are we yf we holde fast the confidence and the reioycyng of that hope vnto the ende 7 Wherfore as the holy ghost saith To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce 8 Harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng in the day of the temptation in the wyldernesse 9 Where your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes .xl. yeres 10 Wherfore I was greeued with that generation and sayde they do alway erre in heart they veryly haue not knowen my wayes 11 So that I sware in my wrath yf they shall enter into my rest 12 Take heede brethren lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbeliefe to depart from the lyuyng God 13 But exhort ye one another dayly whyle it is called to day lest any of you be hardened through the deceytfulnesse of sinne 14 For we are made partakers of Christe yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the begynnyng of the substaunce 15 So long as it is said to day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng 16 For some when they had hearde dyd prouoke howe be it not all that came out of Egypt by Moyses 17 But with whom was he displeased fourtie yeres Not with them that had sinned whose carkases fell in the desert 18 And to whō sware he that they should not enter into his rest but vnto them that were not obedient 19 And we see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeliefe The .iiij. Chapter 2 The worde without fayth is vnprofitable 3 The Sabboth or rest of the Christians 6 Punishment of vnbeleuers 12 The nature of the worde of God 1 LEt vs feare therfore lest at any tyme by forsakyng the promise of entryng into his reste any of you shoulde be defrauded 2 For vnto vs was the Gospell preached aswell as vnto them But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not profite them not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde 3 For we which haue beleued do enter into his rest as he sayde Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest Although the workes were made perfecte from the foundation of the worlde 4 For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye on this wyse And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his workes 5 And in this place againe yf they shall enter into my rest 6 Seing therfore it foloweth that some must enter there into and they to whō the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe 7 Againe he appoynteth a certaine day by to day saying in Dauid after so long a tyme as it is sayde To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce hardē not your hearts 8 For yf Iesus had geuen them reste then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day 9 There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God 10 For he that is entred into his rest hath ceassed also from his owne workes as God dyd from his 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience 12 For the worde of God is quicke and myghtie in operation and sharper then any two edged sword and entreth thorowe euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule the spirite and of the ioyntes the marie and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake 14 Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest which is entred into heauens Iesus the sonne of God let vs holde faste the confession 15 For we haue not an hye priest whiche
serpent hearing the reuiling wordes of Rabsaces he humbled hym seâ—e before the Lorde and had a signe from the angell of his deliuerie from the destruction of a great armie of men and he geuing no thankes to God fell in sickenesse had a signe of his recouery by the prophete Esai by the goyng backe of the sunne and after he was recouered he song his canticle to God he shewed the treasures of the house of the Lord to the ambassadours of Babylon for which the prophete rebuked him 4. Re. 20. Esa 37. Christes line Kings of Iuda Athalia A 6. 46. Ioas. B 40. 54. Amasias C 29. Without king 13. 68. Ozias D 52. 41. Ioathan E 16. 36. Achaz F 16. 54. Ezechias G 29. 76. Manasses H 55. 24. Amon. 2. 2â— Iosias I 31. Ioacaz three monethes Kinges of Israel vi not son Iehu K 28. xvii sonne i. sonne Ioathaâ— 17. xv xv Ioas. L 16. xiii xiiii sonne Ieroboam M 41. xxiiii Without king 23. vi monethes not sonne Zacharias 6. monethes i. moneth not son Sellum one moneth x. sonne Manaon N 10. i. sinod not sonne Facia 2. xv viii Facee O 20. iiii not sonne Without king 8. Kinges of Babylon vi Osee P 9. Merodac Baldam Tobias Anna. Tobias H Manasses was an euil man drue his sonne thorough the fire and after he had cut the prophete Esai a sunder with a wooden sawe when he had defiled the streetes of Hierusalem with the blood of the prophetes at the last he perceauing his wickednesse chaunged his life to a better 4. Reg. 21. I This Iosias finding the booke of Deuteronomie in a chest he destroied al the idolatrie in the high places he burnt all the bones of the false prophetes and priestes in Bethel as Addo the prophete did prophecie he made a great easter and dyd encrease the worshipping of God he was slayne with an arrowe by the archers vpon whose death Ieremi the prophete did wryte his lamentations and in the xiii yere of his kingdome Ieremi began to prophecie vsing the similitudes of a waking rod of a boyling pot and a linnen girdle 3. Esdras 1. Iere. 13. 〈…〉 annoynted 〈…〉 â—â—aunt after that he had slayne 〈◊〉 â—nd Ochozias had throwne do 〈◊〉 hedlong Iesabel had beheaded y e three score and ten sonnes of Achab and kiled the fourtie and two brethren of Oâ—hozias he killed by subtiltie the prophetes and priestes of Baal in Samaria and turned the temple of Baal into a common takes 4. Reg. 21. L Ioas after he had visited Elizeus who counseled him to shoote his arrowe thrise into the ground signifiing therby that he shoulde thrise conquer Syria he toke y e treasure of Hierusalem it beyng yelded vnto him and Amasias ouercome 4. Reg. 22. Osee Amos. Iobel Ionas M Ieroboam bounded out all the coastes of Israel according to the wordes of the Lorde whiche was spoken by the prophete Ionas 4. Reg. 14. N Manaon by geuing 1000. talentes of siluer to Phul to go from hym prouoked the kinges anger against hym 4. Reg. 15. Phul and other folowing him raigned after Sardanapalus the last monarchie of Assyria and to recouer their old dignititie dyd warre vpon their borderers eueÌ„ vnto Ezechias wheÌ„ Sennacherib was killed in the temple of his owne children vpon his fleyng away from Iudea into Assyria all his armie beyng destroyed 4. Reg. 19. Obdias or Obeth O Facee the sonne of Romelius dyd not resist the king of the Assyrians in destroying all the countrey beyonde Iordane with the two tribes and the halfe here began the destruction of the ten tribes 4. Reg. 15. Raguel Anna. Sara P Osee the king of Israel though he gaue licence to the Iewes to go thryse in the yere to HierusaleÌ„ the ten tribes of Israel were brought into captiuitie vnder Salmanasar king of the Assyrians amongest whom was Tobias 4. Reg. 17. Merodac honoured the king of Israel Ezechias to whose messengers he detected the treasures of the Lordes house and of his owne house for whiche offence the kinges of Babylon did euer molest the kingdome of Iuda Esai 38. Ioacas was made king of the people Pharao substituted hym and placed his brother 4. Regum 13. 〈…〉 Azael Rasni sonne of Remelia Kinges of the Assyrians Phul. Theglaphalasar Salmanasser Sennacherib Assaradon Sargon Iosedech Iesus Eliachim or Iothim Elisaphat Vrias Baruch Ezechiel A Ioachim the first begotten sonne of 〈◊〉 being made king by Pharao king of Egypt gaue him a great suÌ„me of money he dyd euyll before the Lord wherfore Vrias the prophete dyd reproue hym but he dyd threate the prophete therevpon Vrias fled into Egypt but he returned hym againe and slue him to whom Ieremi sayd that he should be buryed lyke an asse This Ioachim after he had slayne Vrias imprisoned Ieremi cut the booke of the prophecie of Baruch in peeces and woulde not be warned by the example of the Rechabites At the last was slayne of Nabuchodonosor and throwne without the walles 4. Reg. 24. B Ieconias the seconde deliuered him selfe by the counsell of Ieremi into the handes of Nabuchodonosor when he returned from Hierusalem in whiche transmigration beside other x. M. was Daniel Ezechiel and the three children 4. Re. 24. C Sedechias who first was called Mathanias being without any feare of al the warninges geuen vnto hym by the prophete was besieged of Nabuchodonosor and led blinde into Babylon and there dyed a shamefull death and was buried 4. Re. 26. Here endeth the fourth age hauing yeres as the Hebrues write 473. after the seuentie 485. and from Adam to Sedechias tyme .4612 D Salathiel was sonne to Ioachim the younger or Ieconias nephewe to Sedechias Mat. 1. E Zorobabel sonne to Salathiel dyd expound the riddle of the strength of the wine of the king of the woman and of the trueth vnto Darius sonne of Idapsis for which he gaue him rewardes and in the seconde yere of his raigne graunted to finishe the temple 1. Esdras 3. K Cyrus after he had slayne Baltasar translated his kingdome of Babylon to him selfe who gaue the Iewes in captiuitie their license to returne the numbeâ— was 50000. that departed within three yere this deliuerie was brought about by the request of Aggeus Zacharie and Zorobabel 3. Edras 2. L Cambises otherwyse called Nabuchodonosor had the Monarchie of the east seueÌ„ yeres together he forbad the buylding of the temple he beyng desirous to be adored lyke a god in Israel at the last was slayne In his time was Holophernus his chiefe captayne discomfited by Iudith whose head she cut of and shewed it openly vnto the people and so deliuered Israel whervpon she made a canticle of thankes for her victorie Iudit 13.14 Christes line 36. Ioachim A 11. Ieconias B 3. monethes Sedechias Mathanias C 11. Salathiel D Zorobabel E Abiud Christes line Nabuchodonosor F 4â— Nabuchodonosor 7. Euilmoradac G Regusar Labosardac Balthasar H Kinges of Persia. Darius I Cyrus K 30. CaÌ„bises or Nabuchodonosor L 20. Hermeidos Magus Darius
would not destroy thee 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto me Arise and go foorth in the iourneys before the people that they may go in and possesse the lande whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them 12 And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to feare the Lorde thy God and to walke in all his wayes to loue hym and to serue the Lord thy God with all thyne heart and with all thy soule 13 Namely that thou kepe the cōmaundementes of the Lorde and his ordinaunces whiche I commaunde thee this day for thy wealth 14 Beholde heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lordes thy God and the earth with all that therin is 15 Notwithstandyng the Lorde had a delight in thy fathers to loue them and chose their seede after them euen you aboue all nations as thou seest this day 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskinne of your heart and be no more stifnecked 17 For the Lorde your God is God of Gods and Lorde of Lordes a great God a mightie and a terrible whiche regardeth no mans person nor taketh rewarde 18 He doth right vnto the fatherlesse and wydowe and loueth the straunger to geue hym foode and rayment 19 Loue ye therfore the straunger also for ye were straungers your selues in the lande of Egypt 20 Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God and hym only shalt thou serue to hym shalt thou cleaue and sweare by his name 21 He is thy prayse thy God that hath done for thee these great and terrible thinges whiche thyne eyes haue seene 22 Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with threscore and ten persons and nowe the Lorde thy God hath made thee multiplied thee as the starres of heauen your God ye and your sonnes and your daughters your seruauntes and your maydens and the Leuite that is within your gates forasmuche as he hath no part nor inheritaūce with you 13 Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offeringes in euery place that thou seest 14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes there thou shalt offer thy burnt offeringes and there thou shalt do al that I cōmaunde thee 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kyll and eate fleshe in all thy cities whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after accordyng to the blessing of the Lorde thy God whiche he hath geuen thee * both the vncleane and the cleane may eate therof euen of the Roe bucke and of the Hart. 16 Only ye shall not eate the blood but powre it vpon the earth as water 17 Thou mayest not eate within thy gates the tithe of thy corne of thy wine and of thy oyle and the first borne of thy kine and of thy sheepe neither any of thy vowes which thou vowest nor thy freewill offeringes or heaue offering of thyne hande 18 But thou must eate them before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen thou and thy sonne thy daughter thy seruaunt and thy mayde and the Lenite that is within thy gates and thou shalt reioyce before the Lorde thy God in all that thou puttest thyne hande to 19 Beware that thou forsake not the Leuite as long as thou liuest vpon the earth 20 If when the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border as he hath promised thee thou say I will eate flesh because thy soule longeth to eate fleshe thou mayest eate fleshe whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth 21 If the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to put his name there be to farre from thee then thou shalt kil of thy oxen and of thy sheepe which the Lord gath geuen thee as I haue commaunded thee and thou shalt eate in thyne owne and whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth 22 And as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten euen so thou shalt eate them both the cleane and the vncleane shall eate of them 23 But be strong that thou eate not the blood for the blood is the life and thou mayest not eate the life with the fleshe 24 Thou shalt not eate it but powre it vpon the earth as water 25 Thou shalt not eate it that it may go well with thee and with thy chyldren after thee But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde 26 But thy holy thynges whiche thou hast and thy vowes thou shalt take and come vnto the place whiche the Lorde hath chosen 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offeringes both fleshe and blood vpon the aulter of the Lorde thy God and the blood of thyne offeringes shal be powred out vpon the aulter of the Lord thy God and thou shalt eate the fleshe 28 Take heede heare all these wordes which I commaunde thee that it may go well with thee and with thy chyldren after thee for euer if thou doest that whiche is good and ryght in the sight of the Lorde thy God 29 When the Lord thy God shall destroy the nations before thee whyther thou goest to possesse them and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce and dwellest in their lande 30 Beware that thou be not taken in a snare after them after that they be destroyed before thee and that thou aske not after their gods saying Howe do these nations serue their gods I wyll do so likewise 31 Nay thou shalt not do so vnto the Lorde thy God for all abhominations and that whiche the Lorde hateth the same haue they done vnto their gods 32 For they haue burned both their sonnes and their daughters with fire before their gods Therefore whatsoeuer I commaunde you take heede ye do it and put thou naught therto nor take ought there from ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 5 The inticers to idolatrie must be slayne seeme they neuer so holy 6 so neare of kinred or frendship 12 Or great in multitude or power 1 IF there aryse among you a prophete or a dreamer of dreames and geue thee a signe or a wonder 2 And that signe or wonder whiche he hath sayde come to passe and then say Let vs go after straunge gods which thou hast not knowen and let vs serue them 3 Hearken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames For the Lorde thy God proueth you to knowe whether ye loue the Lorde your God with all your heart and with all your soule 4 Ye shall walke after the Lorde your God and feare him kepe his commaundementes and hearken vnto his voyce you shall serue hym cleaue vnto hym 5 And that prophete or dreamer of dreames shal die because he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lorde your God whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt and deliuered you out of the house of bondage to thrust thee out the way which the Lorde thy God commaunded thee to walke in and therefore thou shalt put the euyll away from
the archers founde him and he was wounded of shooters 4 Then saide Saul to his harnesse bearer Drawe thy sword and thrust me through therwith that these vncircumcised come not and do me shame But his harnesse bearer would not for he feared exceedingly So Saul caught a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell on a sword also and dyed 6 And thus Saul and his three sonnes and al they of his house dyed together 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawe how they fled and that Saul his sonnes were dead they forsoke their cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it fortuned that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa 9 And when they had stript him they toke his head and his harnesse and sent them into the lande of the Philistines rounde about to shewe them vnto their idols and to the people 10 And they put his harnesse in the house of their god and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon 11 And when all they of Iabes in Gilead hearde all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buried the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabes and fasted seuen dayes 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde in that he kept not the word of the Lorde and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite 14 And asked not of the Lorde and therefore he slue him and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai ¶ The .xj. Chapter 3 After the death of Saul Dauid is annoynted in Hebron 5 The Iebusites rebell against Dauid from whom he taketh the towre of Sion 6 Ioab is made captayne 10 His valiaunt men 1 THen all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saying 2 Beholde we be thy bones and thy fleshe And moreouer in tyme past euen when Saul was king thou leddest Israel out in And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebrō before the Lorde And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel 4 And Dauid and all Israel went to Hierusalem which is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the inhabiters of the lande 5 And the inhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid Thou commest not in here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castel of Sion which is called the citie of Dauid 6 And Dauid sayde Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites first shal be the principall captayne and a lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went first vp and was made the chiefe captayne 7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell Sion and therefore they called it the citie of Dauid 8 And he built the citie on euery syde euen from Millo round about and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie 9 And Dauid prospered waxed great the Lorde of hoastes was with him 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie he lift vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite which was one of the three mightiest 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly and the people fled before the Philistines 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde and saued it and slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue a great victorie 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid into the caue Adullam And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim 16 And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines and drewe water out of the wel that was by y e gate at Bethlehem and toke it and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid woulde not drinke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde 19 And sayd my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing Shall I drinke the blood of these men that haue put their liues in ieoperdie for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it therefore he would not drinke it And this did these three mightiest 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among three For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them and had a name among the three 21 Yea among three he was more honorable then the two for he was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not to the first three 22 Banaia y e sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a very strong man which had done many actes of Cabzeel he slue two strong lions of Moab went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe 23 And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fiue cubites long and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to him with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the three mightiest 25 And was honorable among thirtie but attayned not vnto the first three And Dauid made him of his counsaile 26 The other men of armes were these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethlehem 27 Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite 29 Sibbecai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayned to the children of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite Elihaba the Salabonite 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite
his burthen 24 Haue I put my trust in golde or haue I sayde to the wedge of golde thou art my confidence 25 Haue I reioyced because my power was great and because my hande gat so much 26 Dyd I euer greatly regarde the rysing of the sunne or had I the goyng downe of the moone in great reputation 27 Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite or did I euer kisse myne owne hande 28 That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue 29 Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him Oh no 30 I neuer suffred my mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to his soule 31 Dyd not the men of myne owne hous holde say Who shall let vs to haue our belly full of his fleshe 32 The straunger dyd not lodge in the streete but I opened my doores vnto him that went by the way 33 Haue I kept secrete my sinne and hyd myne iniquitie as Adam dyd 34 Though I coulde haue made afeard a great multitude yet the most contemptible of the families dyd feare me so I kept scilence and went not out of the doore 35 O that I had one which woulde heare me beholde my signe in the whiche the almightie shal aunswere for me though he that is my contrarie partie hath written a booke against me 36 Yet will I take it vpon my shoulder as a garlande binde it about my head 37 I will tell hym the number of my goinges go vnto him as to a prince 38 But if case be that my lande crye against me or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt 39 If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof 40 Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate and cockle for my barlye Here end the wordes of Iob. The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Elihu reproueth them of folly ◠Age maketh not a man wife but the spirite of God 1 SO these three men ceassed to aunswere Iob because he held him selfe a righteous man 2 But Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite of the kinred of Ram was very sore displeased at Iob because he called hym selfe iust before God 3 And with Iobs three friendes he was angry also because they had founde no reasonable aunswere and yet condempned Iob. 4 Nowe taried Elihu till they had ended their cōmunication with Iob for why they were elder them he 5 So when Elihu sawe that these three men were not able to make Iob aunswere he was miscontent 6 Therfore Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite aunswered and sayde Considering that I am young and ye be men of age I was afrayde and durst not shewe foorth my mynde 7 For I thought thus within my selfe It becommeth old men to speake and the aged to teache wysdome 8 Euery man no doubt hath a mynde but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding 9 Great men are not alway wyse neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull 10 Therefore I say heare me and I wil shewe you also myne vnderstanding 11 For when I had wayted till ye made an end of your talking and hearde your wysdome what arguments ye made in your communication 12 Yea when I had diligently pondred what ye sayde I found not one of you that made any good argument against Iob that directly could make aunswere vnto his wordes 13 Lest ye should say We haue found out wisdome God shall cast hym downe and no man 14 He hath not spoken vnto me and I wil not aunswere hym as ye haue done 15 For they were so abashed that they coulde not make aunswere nor speake one worde 16 When I had wayted for they spake not but stoode still and aunswered no more 17 Then aunswered I in my turne and I shewed myne opinion 18 For I am full of matter and the spirite within me compelleth me 19 Beholde my belly is as the wine whiche hath no vent lyke the newe bottels that bruste 20 Therfore will I speake that I may haue a vent I will open my lippes and make aunswere 21 I will regarde no maner of person no man will I spare 22 For if I woulde go about to please men I knowe not howe soone my maker would take me away The .xxxiii. Chapter 5 Elihu accuseth Iob of ignoraunce 14 He sheweth that God hath diuers meanes to instruct man and to drawe hym from sinne 19. He afflicteth man and sodenly deliuereth hym 26 Man beyng deliuered geueth thankes to God 1 WHerefore heare my wordes O Iob and hearken vnto all that I will say 2 Behold I haue now opened my mouth my tongue hath spoken in my throte 3 My heart doth order my wordes aright and my lippes talke of pure wysedome 4 The spirite of God hath made me and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe 5 If thou canst then geue me aunswere prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face 6 Beholde before God I am euen as thou for I am fashioned made euen of the same molde 7 Beholde my terrour shall not feare thee neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee 8 Now hast thou spoken in myne eares I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes 9 I am cleane without any fault I am innocent there is no wickednesse in me 10 But lo he hath piked a quarell against me and taketh me for his enemie 11 He hath put my foote in the stockes and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes 12 Behold in this hast thou not done right I wil make aunswere vnto thee that God is greater then man 13 And why doest thou then striue against him for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes 14 For God speaketh once or twise and yet man vnderstandeth it not 15 In dreames and visions of the night when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes 16 He roundeth them in the eares and sealeth their correction 17 That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises and deliuer hym from pride 18 And kepe his soule from the graue and his life from the sworde 19 He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones 20 So that his lyfe may away with no bread and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate 21 In so much that his body is cleane consumed away and his bones appeare which before were not seene 22 His soule draweth vnto the graue and his lyfe to death 23 Now yf there be a messenger one among a thousande sent for to speake vnto man and to shew him the right way 24 Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him and sayth He shal be deliuered that
〈◊〉 exul cxâ— Dominus reguauit 〈◊〉 câ— Ecce nunc benedicite câ—iii Ecce quâ—m bonum liâ— Etipe iâ—e de â—micis câ— Eâ—ipe me domine xlv E◠〈…〉 câ—r câ—lv Exaltâ— te deus xxx Exalâ— te domine lv Exaudi deus â—ratio lxi Exaudi deus depreâ—a lxiiii Exaudi deus oratâ— meâ—m xâ—ii Exaudi domine 〈◊〉 xx Exâ—utidiâ— te dominiâ— xl Expectanâ— expectâ— lxxxi Exultâ—te deo xxxiii Exultate 〈◊〉 lxviii Exuâ—at deus lxxxvii Fundamenta eius lxxxvi Iâ—clâ—na domine cxxvi Iâ— conuerteâ—do xâ— In domino câ—nâ—o cxiiii In exitu Iâ—ael xxxi In te domine speratii lxvi Iubilate deo C. Iubilate dâ—mâ—no xxxv Iudica domine xliii Iudica me deus xxvi Iuâ—ca me domine lxxi Iuâ— domine spâ—ratii non cxlâ— Iâ—da anima mea cxlâ—ii 〈◊〉 Hierusalem cxâ— cxvâ—◠〈…〉 omnes cxxi Leua◠〈◊〉 cxxii Laâ—tâ—tus â—um câ—v Laudâ—te â—men cxlvii Laâ—date dâ—minum cxlviii Laâ—dâ—te dominâ— de coâ—lis cl Laudate dominum in xlâ—iii l◠〈…〉 deuâ— i. lvi 〈…〉 deuâ— ii lâ—ii Miserere mei de◠〈◊〉 lxxxix câ— Miseri◠〈…〉 câ—i Memâ—nto domine xxxâ—ii No◠〈◊〉 lxâ—i Nâ—â—uâ—e de 〈…〉 lxxvi Notus in Iudaeâ— cxv Non 〈…〉 cxxâ—iâ— Nisi quiâ— dominâ— cxxâ—ii Nisi dominu◠〈◊〉 xlvii Omnes gentes cviii Paâ—atum cor ii Quare fremuerunt xlii Qâ—em admodum lii Quid gloriaâ—iâ— lxxiii Quâ—m bonus Isâ—ael lxxâ— Qui regis Israel lâ—xiiii Quâ—m dilâ—ta xâ—i Qui â—abiâ—atâ— ad ii câ—xv Quâ— confidâ—t xii Saluum me fac domiâ—e lâ—ii Sâ—ere vâ—que lâ—ix Saluum me fac deâ— cxxix Sâ—pe expugnaâ—erunt cxxxvii Super â—mina lxv Te decet hymnâ—s v. Verba meâ— x Vt quâ—d domine xiii Vs◠〈◊〉 domine lxxiiii Vt 〈◊〉 deus lxxvii 〈…〉 ad dominum xcv 〈…〉 exusteâ— cxiii Vâ— mea ad domâ—am ⧠The prouerbes of Solomon ¶ The first Chapter 1 The power and vse of the worde of God 7 Of the feare of God and knowledge of his worde 10 We may not consent to the intisinges of sinners 20 Wysdome complayneth that she is contemned 14 The punishment of them that contemne her 1 THe prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid king of Israel 2 To learne wisdome and instruction to perceaue the wordes of vnderstanding 3 To receaue the instruction of wysdome iustice iudgement and equitie 4 To geue wyt vnto the simple that the young men might haue knowledge and vnderstanding 5 The wyse man wyll geue eare and wyll come by more wysdome and he that is endued with vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wyse counselles 6 To vnderstande a parable and the interpretation thereof the wordes of the wyse and their darke speaches 7 The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of knowledge but fooles dispise wysdome and instruction 8 My sonne heare thy fathers doctrine forsake not the lawe of thy mother 9 For they shal be an encrease of grace vnto thy head and as a chayne about thy necke 10 My sonne if sinners entice thee consent not vnto them 11 If they say come with vs let vs lay wayte for blood and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause 12 Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole as those that go downe into the pit 13 So shall we finde all maner of costly riches and fill our houses with spoyles 14 Cast in thy lot among vs and let vs all haue one purse 15 My sonne walke not thou with them refrayne thy foote from their wayes 16 For their feete runne to euill and are hastie to shed blood 17 But as in vayne the nette is layde foorth before the byrdes eyes 18 So these lay wayte for the blood of them and lye priuily for their liues 19 Suche are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne who taketh away the lyfe of the owner therof 20 Wysdome cryeth without and putteth foorth her voyce in the streates 21 She calleth before the congregation in the open gates and sheweth her wordes thorowe the citie saying 22 O ye chyldren howe long will ye loue chyldishnes howe long wyll the scorners delite in scorning and the vnwyse hate knowledge 23 O turne you at my correction lo I wyll expresse my minde vnto you and make you vnderstande my wordes 24 Because I haue called and ye refused I haue stretched out my hand and no man regarded 25 But all my counsels haue ye dispised and set my correction at naught 26 Therefore wyll I also laugh at your destruction and mocke you when the thing that ye feare commeth vpon you 27 Euen when the thing that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme and your miserie lyke a tempest yea when trouble and heauines commeth vpon you 28 Then shall they call vpon me but I wyll not aunswere they shall seeke me early but they shall not finde me 29 And that because they hated knowledge and did not chose the feare of the Lorde 30 They woulde none of my counsayle but dispised all my correction 31 Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way and be filled with their owne inuentions 32 For the turning away of the vnwyse shall slay them and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them 33 But whoso hearkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and be sure from any feare of euyll ¶ The .ii. Chapter 1 Wysdome exhorteth to obay her 5 She teacheth the feare of God â— She is geuen of God 1â— She preserueth from wickednes 1 MY sonne if thou wylt receaue my wordes and laye vp my commaundementes within thee 2 That thou wylt encline thyne eares vnto wysdome applye thyne heart then to vnderstanding 3 For if thou cryest after wysdome and cryest for knowledge 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer and searchest for her as for treasures 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde and finde the knowledge of God 6 For the Lorde geueth wysdome out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding 7 He stirreth vp health for the righteous and defendeth them that walke vprightly 8 That they may kepe the right path and he preserueth the way of suche as do serue hym with godlynesse 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse and iudgement and equitie yea and euery good path 10 When wysdome entreth into thyne heart and thy soule deliteth in knowledge 11 Then shall counsell preserue thee and vnderstanding shall kepe thee 12 That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges 13 From such as leaue the wayes of righteousnesse to walke in the wayes of darknesse 14 Whiche reioyce in doyng naught and delite in the wickednesse of the euill 15 Whose wayes are crooked and they frowarde in their pathes 16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thyne owne whiche geueth sweete wordes 17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth forgetteth the couenaunt of her God 18 For
roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day may well be compared together 16 He that stilleth her stilleth the winde and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande 17 Like as one iron whetteth another so doth one man comfort another 18 Whoso kepeth his figge tree shall eate the fruites thereof so he that wayteth vpon his maister shall come to honour 19 Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes 20 Hell and destruction are neuer full euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied 21 As is the fining pot for the siluer and the furnace for golde so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him 22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym 23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe and loke well to thy flockes 24 For riches abideth not alway and the crowne endureth not for euer 25 The hay groweth the grasse commeth vp and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes 26 The lambes shall clothe thee and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry 27 Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee to vpholde thy housholde and to sustayne thy maydens ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 THE vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him but the righteous are bolde as a Lion 2 For the wickednes of the lande the prince is oft chaunged but thorowe a man of vnderstanding and wysdome a realme endureth long 3 One poore man oppressing another by violence is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite 4 They that forsake the lawe prayse the vngodly but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them 5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement but they that seeke the Lord vnderstande all thinges 6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes then he that peruerteth his wayes and is riche 7 Who so kepeth the lawe is a chylde of vnderstanding but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father 8 He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore 9 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe his prayer shal be abhominable 10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way shall fall into his owne pit but the iust shall haue the good in possession 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough 12 When righteous men do reioyce there is great glory but when the wicked come vp the man is tryed 13 He that hydeth his sinnes shall not prosper but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercy 14 Well is hym that standeth alway in awe as for hym that hardeneth his heart he shall fall into mischiefe 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people 16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding there is great oppression and wrong but if he hateth couetousnes he shall long raigne 17 He that by violence shedeth any mans blood shal be a runnagate vnto his graue and no man shal be able to succour hym 18 Whoso leadeth an innocent life shal be saued but he that goeth frowarde wayes shall once haue a fall 19 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread but he that foloweth idle persons shall haue pouertie inough 20 A faythfull man shal be fylled with blessinges and he that maketh haste to be riche shall not be vngyltie 21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good for that man wyll do wrong yea euen for a peece of bread 22 He that wyll be riche all to soone hath an euyll eye and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym 23 He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym 24 Who so robbeth his father and mother and sayth it is no sinne the same is the companion of a destroyer 25 He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shal be well fed 26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole but he that dealeth wisely shal be safe 27 He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that hydeth his eyes from them shall haue many a curse 28 When the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hide them selues but when they perishe the ryghteous encrease The .xxix. Chapter 1 HE that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe 2 When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce but when the wicked beare rule the people mourne 3 Who so loueth wisdome maketh his father a glad man but he that kepeth companie with harlottes spendeth away that he hath 4 With true iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges he turneth it vpside downe 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour layeth a net for his feete 6 The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng 8 Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare but wise men turne away wrath 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole whether he be angry or laugh there is no rest 10 The bloodthirstie hate the righteous but the iust seeke his soule 11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde 12 If a prince delight in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly 13 The poore and the lender meete together and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes 14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore shall continue sure for euermore 15 The rodde and correction geueth wisdome but a childe left to his owne will bryngeth his mother to shame 16 When the vngodly are multiplied wickednesse encreaseth but the ryghteous shall see their fall 17 Nurture thy sonne with correction and thou shalt be at rest yea he shall do thee good at thine heart 18 When the worde of God is not preached the people perishe but well is hym that kepeth the lawe 19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstande yet will he not regarde them 20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly there is more hope in a foole then in hym 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde shall make hym his maister at length 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll 23 After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly spirite bryngeth
great worshyp 24 Who so is partner with a thiefe hateth his owne soule he heareth blasphemie and telleth it not foorth 25 He that feareth men shall haue a fall but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde is without daunger 26 Many there be that seke the princes fauour but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde 27 The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way The .xxx. Chapter ¶ The purenesse of the worde of God and what we ought to require of God with certayne wonderfull thynges that are in this worlde ' ¶ THE wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake 1 And the prophecie that the same man spake vnto Ithiel euen vnto Ithiel and Vchal 2 SVrely I am more foolishe then any man and haue no mans vnderstandyng 3 I neuer learned wisdome nor had knowledge of holy thynges 4 Who hath clymed vp into heauen and come downe from thence who hath holden the wynde fast in his hande who hath gathered together the waters in a garment who hath establisshed all the endes of the worlde what is his name and what is his sonnes name yf thou canst tell 5 Euery worde of God is pure he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 6 Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes lest he reproue thee and thou be founde a lyar ' 7 Two thinges haue I required of thee ' denie me them not before I dye 8 Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes geue me neither pouertie nor riches only graunt me a necessary lyuyng 9 Lest peraduenture I beyng full shoulde denie thee and say who is the Lorde or beyng oppressed with pouertie fall to stealyng and forswere the name of my God 10 Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister lest he speake euyll of thee and thou be hurt 11 There is a generation that curseth their father and doth not blesse their mother 12 There is a generation that thynke them selues cleane and yet is not cleansed from their filthinesse 13 There is a generation that hath a proude loke and doth cast vp their eye lyddes 14 There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes and their chawes as knyues to deuour the poore from of the earth the needy from among men 15 The horse leache hath two daughters crying bryng hyther bryng hyther There be three thynges that are neuer satisfied yea foure thynges sayth neuer hoe 16 The graue the barren wombe and the earth that hath neuer water enough as for fire it sayth neuer hoe 17 Who so laugheth his father to scorne and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes and deuoured be he of the young Egles 18 There be three thynges whiche are wonderfull to me yea foure whiche passe my vnderstandyng 19 The way of an Egle in the ayre the way of a serpent vpon a stone the way of a ship in the middest of the sea and the way of a man with a young woman 20 Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten and sayth as for me I haue done no wickednesse 21 For three thynges the earth is disquieted ' and the fourth may it not abyde ' 22 A seruaunt that beareth rule a foole ' that is full fedde ' 23 A spiteful woman when she is maried and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse 24 These be foure thynges in the earth the which are very litle but in wisdome they exceede the wyse 25 The emmets are but a weake people which yet gather their meate in the sommer 26 The conies are but a feeble folke yet make their boroughes among the rockes 27 The grashoppers haue not a guide ' yet go they foorth together by heapes ' 28 The spyder laboureth with her ' handes and is in kynges palaces ' 29 There be three thynges that go well ' yea foure are comely in goyng ' 30 A lion whiche is strongest among beastes and shunneth not at the syght of any 31 A grayhounde strong in the hynder partes a ramme also and a king against whom no man aryseth vp 32 If thou hast done foolishly when thou ' wast in hye estate or yf thou hast taken euyll counsayle then lay thine hande vpon thy mouth 33 Who so chirneth mylke bringeth foorth butter and he that rubbeth his nose maketh it bleede Euen so he that forceth wrath bringeth foorth strife The .xxxj. Chapter 2 He exhorteth to chastitie and iustice 10 And sheweth the condicions of a wise and worthy woman 1 THE wordes of king Lamuel and the lesson that his mother taught him 2 WHat my sonne what the sonne of my body and what O my deare beloued sonne Geue not ouer thy strength wayes vnto women which are the destruction euen of kynges 4 O Lamuel it is not for kynges it is not I say for kynges to drynke wine nor princes strong drynke 5 Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children 6 Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe and wine vnto those that mourne 7 That they may drynke it and forget their miserie and aduersitie 8 Be thou an aduocate for the dumbe to speake in the cause of all such as be succourlesse in this transitorie worlde 9 Open thy mouth defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght and the cause of the poore and helpelesse 10 Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman she is much more worth then pearles 11 The heart of her husbande may safely trust in her so that he shall fall into no pouertie 12 She wyll do hym good and not euill all the dayes of her lyfe 13 She occupieth wooll and flaxe and laboureth gladly with her handes 14 She is like a marchauntes ship that bryngeth her vittayles from a farre 15 She is vp in the nyght season to prouide meate for her housholde and foode for her maydens 16 She considereth lande and byeth it and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde 17 She girdeth her loynes with strength and fortifieth her armes 18 And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good her candell goeth not out by nyght 19 She layeth her fingers to the spindle her hande taketh holde of the distaffe 20 She openeth her hande to the poore yea she stretcheth foorth her handes to such as haue neede 21 She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurt her housholde for all her housholde folkes are clothed with scarlet 22 She maketh her selfe faire ornamētes her clothyng is white silke and purple 23 Her husbande is much set by in the gates when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande 24 She maketh cloth of silke and selleth it and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt 25 Strength and honour is her clothing and in the latter day she shall reioyce
their heades 17 With an east wynde wyll I scatter them before their enemies and when their destruction commeth I wil turne my backe vpon them but not my face 18 Then sayd they Come let vs imagine somethyng agaynst this Ieremie for the priestes shall not be destitute of the lawe neither shall the wise men be destitute of counsayle nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God Come and let vs smite hym with the tongue and let vs not marke all his wordes 19 Consider me O Lorde and heare the voyce of mine enemies 20 Shall they recompence euyll for good for they haue digged a pit for my soule Remember howe that I stoode before thee to speake good for them and to turne away thy wrath from them 21 Therfore let their children dye of hunger and let them be oppressed with the sworde Let their wiues be robbed of their children and become widowes let their husbandes be slayne let their young men be kylled with the sworde in the fielde 22 Let the noyse be hearde out of their houses when thou bryngest the murtherer sodaynly vpon them for they haue digged a pit to take me and layde snares for my feete 23 Yet Lorde thou knowest all their counsayle that they haue deuised to slay me forgeue not their wickednesse and let not their sinnes be put out of thy sight but let them be iudged before thee as giltie this do thou vnto them in the tyme of thine indignation The .xix. Chapter 1 He prophecieth the destruction of Hierusalem for the contempt and dispisyng of the worde of God 1 THus sayde the Lorde Go thy way and buye thee an earthen pitcher and bryng foorth the senatours chiefe priestes 2 Vnto the valley of the children of Hennom which lyeth without the east gate and shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell thee 3 And say thus vnto them Heare the worde of the Lorde ye kinges of Iuda and ye citezins of Hierusalem thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll bryng suche a plague vpon this place that the eares of all that heare it shall glowe 4 And that because they haue forsaken me and vnhalowed this place and haue offered in it vnto straunge gods whom neither they their fathers nor the kynges of Iuda haue knowen they haue filled this place also with the blood of innocentes 5 And they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal to burne their children for a burnt offring vnto Baal whiche I neither commaunded nor charged them neither thought once thervpon 6 Beholde therfore the time commeth saith the Lorde that this place shall no more be called Thopheth nor the valley of the chyldren of Hennom but the valley of slaughter 7 For in this place wyll I bryng to naught the counsayle of Iuda and Hierusalem and kyll them downe with the sworde before their enemies and I wyll deliuer them into the handes of them that seeke their liues and their dead carkasses will I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre the beastes of the fielde 8 And I will make this citie so desolate and despised that whosoeuer goeth thereby shal be abashed and iest vpon her because of all her plagues 9 I will feede them also with the flesh of their sonnes and their daughters yea euery one shall eate vp another in the besieging straytnesse wherewith their enemies that seeke their liues shall kepe them in 10 And the pitcher shalt thou breake in the sight of the men that goeth with thee 11 And say vnto them Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Euen so wyll I destroy this people and citie as a man breaketh an earthen vessell that can not be made whole agayne in Thopheth shall they be buried for they shall haue none other place 12 Thus wyll I do vnto this place also saith the Lorde and to them that dwel therin yea I wyll make this citie as Thopheth 13 For the houses of Hierusalem and the houses of the kynges of Iuda shal be defiled like as Thopheth and so shal al the houses in whose roofes they did sacrifice vnto all the hoast of heauen and powred drinke offerings vnto straunge gods 14 And so Ieremie came from Thopheth where the Lorde had sent hym to prophesie and stoode in the court of the house of the Lorde and spake to all the people 15 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I will bryng vpon this citie and vpon euery towne about it all the plagues that I haue deuised against them because they haue ben obstinate and would not obay my warninges ¶ The .xx. Chapter 2 Ieremie is smitten and cast into pryson for preaching of the worde of God 3 He prophecieth the captiuitie of Babylon 7 He complayneth that he is a mocking stocke for the worde of God 9 He is compelled by the spirite to preache the worde 1 WHen Phashur the priest the sonne of Emmer chiefe in the house of the Lorde hearde Ieremie preache these wordes so stedfastly 2 He smote Ieremie and put hym in the prison that is in the hye gate of Beniamin towardes the house of the Lorde 3 The next day folowing Phashur brought Ieremie out of the prison agayne Then saide Ieremie vnto him The Lorde shall call thee no more Phashur that is excellent and increasing but Magor that is fearefull and afraide euery where 4 For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wil make thee afraide euen thy selfe and all that fauour thee which shall perishe with the sworde of their enemies euen before thy face and I wyll geue whole Iuda into the hands of the king of Babylon whiche shall cary some vnto Babylon prisoners and slay some with the sworde 5 Moreouer all the substaunce of this citie whatsoeuer they haue gotten with their trauaile all their precious thinges all the treasure of the kinges of Iuda wyll I geue into the handes of their enemies whiche shall spoyle them and cary them vnto Babylon 6 But as for thee O Phashur thou shalt go into captiuitie with all thyne housholde and to Babylon shalt thou come where thou shalt dye and be buried thou and all thy fauourers to whom thou hast preached lies 7 O Lord if I am deceaued then hast thou deceaued me thou enforcedst me and hast preuayled dayly am I despised and laughed to scorne of euery man 8 For since I began to preache I cryed out against violencie and exclamed against oppression for the whiche cause they cast the worde of the Lorde in my teeth to my reproche continually 9 Wherefore I thought from hencefoorth not to speake of hym nor to preache any more in his name but the worde of the Lorde was a very burning fire in my heart and in my bones whiche when I woulde haue stopped I might not 10 Veryly I hearde the euyll reportes of many terrour was on euery side of me complayne
saith the Lorde that I will perfourme that good thing whiche I haue promised vnto the house of Israel and vnto the house of Iuda 15 In those dayes and at the same tyme I wyll bryng foorth vnto Dauid the braunche of righteousnesse and he shall do equitie and righteousnesse in the lande 16 In those dayes shall Iuda be saued and Hierusalem shall dwell safe and this shal be her name God our righteousnesse 17 For thus the Lorde promiseth Dauid shall neuer want one to sit vpon the throne of the house of Israel 18 Neither shall the priestes and leuites want one to offer alway before me burnt offeringes to kindle the meate offeringes and to prepare the sacrifices 19 And the worde of the Lord came vnto Ieremie after this maner 20 Thus saith the Lorde May the couenaunt whiche I haue made with day and night be broken that there shoulde not be day and night in due season 21 Then may my couenaunt also be broken whiche I made with Dauid my seruaunt and so he not to haue a sonne to raigne in his throne so shall also the Priestes and Leuites neuer fayle but serue me 22 For like as the starres of heauen may not be numbred neither the sande of the sea measured so wyll I multiplie the seede of Dauid my seruaunt and the Leuites my ministers 23 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came to Ieremie saying 24 Considerest thou not what this people speaketh Two kinredes say they had the Lorde chosen and those same two hath he cast away for so they haue despised my people and they reputed them as though they were no people 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord If I haue made no couenaunt with day and night and geuen no statute vnto heauen and earth 26 Then will I also cast away the seede of Iacob and Dauid my seruaunt so that I wyll take no prince out of his seede to rule the posteritie of Abraham Isaac and Iacob but yet I will turne agayne their captiuitie and be mercyfull vnto them The .xxxiiij. Chapter 2 He threatneth that the citie and the king Zedekias also shal be geuen into the handes of the kyng of Babylon 11 He rebuketh them that brought suche of their brethren into captiuitie as were pardoned to go at their libertie 1 THese are the wordes whiche the Lord spake vnto Ieremie what tyme as Nabuchodonozor the king of Babylon and all his hoast and all the kyngdomes that were vnder his power and all his people fought against Hierusalem and all the cities therof 2 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Go and speake to Zedekias the king of Iuda and tell hym the Lorde sendeth thee this worde beholde I wyll deliuer this citie into the hande of the kyng of Babylon he shall burne it with fire 3 And thou shalt not escape his handes but shal be taken prisoner and deliuered into his power Thou shalt looke the kyng of Babylon in the face and he shall speake to thee mouth to mouth and then shalt thou go to Babylon 4 Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O Zedekias thou kyng of Iuda thus saith the Lorde vnto thee Thou shalt not be slayne with the sworde 5 But shalt dye in peace And as thy forefathers the kynges thy progenitours were brent so shalt thou be brent also and in thy mourning they shal say O Lorde for thus haue I determined saith the Lorde 6 Then saide Ieremie the prophete all these wordes vnto Zedekias kyng of Iuda in Hierusalem 7 What tyme as the kyng of Babylons hoast besieged Hierusalem and the remnaunt of the cities namely Lachis and Azecah whiche yet remayned of the strong defensed cities of Iuda 8 These are the wordes that the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie the prophete when Zedekias was agreed with all the people at Hierusalem that there shoulde be proclaymed a libertie 9 So that euery man should let his seruaunt and handmayde go free Hebrue and Hebruesse and no Iewe holde his brother as a bondman 10 Nowe as they had consented all the princes and all the people whiche had gathered vnto this agreement that euery man shoulde set at libertie his bondseruaunt and bondwoman and no longer to holde them bounde euen so they were obedient and let them go free 11 But afterwarde they repented and toke agayne the seruauntes and handmaydens whom they had let go free and so made them bonde agayne 12 For whiche cause the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ieremie from the Lorde hym selfe saying 13 Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers when I brought them out of the lande of Egypt out of the house of bondage saying 14 When seuen yeres are out euery man shall let his bought seruaunt an Hebrue go free if he haue serued hym sixe yeres but your fathers obayed me not and hearkened not vnto me 15 As for you ye were nowe turned and dyd right before me in that ye proclaymed euery man to let his neighbour go free and in that ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name 16 But yet ye turned your selues againe and blasphemed my name in this that euery man hath required his seruaunt and handemayde agayne whom ye had let go quite and free and compelled them to serue you agayne and to be bondmen and bondwomen 17 And therfore thus saith the Lord Ye haue not obayed me euery man to proclaime freedome vnto his brother and neighbour wherefore I wyll call you vnto freedome saith the Lorde euen vnto the sworde to the pestilence and to hunger and will make you to be plagued in all kyngdomes of the earth 18 Yea those men that haue broken my couenaunt and not kept the wordes of the appointment whiche they made before me when they hewed the calfe in two and when they went thorowe the two halfes therof 19 The princes of Iuda the princes of Hierusalem the gelded mē the priestes and all the people of the lande whiche went thorowe the two sydes of the calfe 20 Those men will I geue into the power of their enemies and into the handes of them that folowe vpon their liues and their dead bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beastes of the fielde 21 As for Zedekias the king of Iuda and his princes I wyll deliuer them into the power of their enemies of them that desire to slay them and into the hande of the kyng of Babylons hoast whiche nowe is departed from you 22 But thorowe my commaundement saith the Lord they shall come againe before this citie they shall fight against it winne it and burne it Moreouer I wyll lay the cities of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwell therin ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 He propoundeth the obedience of the Rechabites and therby confoundeth the pryde of the Iewes 6 The commaundement of Ionadab the father of the Rechabites 17 He threatneth
make thee come vp into my net 4 For I wyll leaue thee vpon the lande and cast thee vpon the open fielde and I wyll cause all the foules of the ayre to remaine vpon thee fill all the beastes of the fielde with thee 5 Thy flesh wyll I lay vpon the hils and fill the valleyes with thy highnesse 6 I wyll water thyne ouerflowing lande with thy blood euen to the mountaynes and the riuers shal be ful of thee 7 When thou art put out I wyll couer the heauen and make his starres dim I wyll spreade a cloude ouer the sunne and the moone shall not geue her light 8 All the lightes of heauen wyll I make darke for thee and bring darkenesse vpon thy lande saith the Lorde God 9 I wyll stirre vp to anger the heartes of many people when I bring thy destruction among the heathen and vpon the countries which thou knowest not 10 Yea I wyll make many people amased at thee and their kinges shal be astonished with feare for thee when I shall make my sworde to glitter against their faces and they shal be afraide at euery moment euery man for his owne lyfe in the day of thy fall 11 For thus saith the Lorde God The king of Babylons sworde shal come vpon thee 12 With the swordes of the mightie wyll I smyte downe thy multitude they all shal be terrible nations they shal destroy the pompe of Egypt and all the multitude thereof shal be consumed 13 I wyll destroy also al the beastes therof from the great waters sides neither shall the foote of man trouble them any more nor the hooues of beastes trouble them 14 Then wyll I make their waters deepe and cause their riuers to ruune lyke oyle saith the Lorde God 15 When I make the lande of Egypt desolate and when the countrey with all that is therein shal be layde waste and when I smyte all them which dwell in it then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde 16 This is the mourning when they shal lament her the daughters of the nations shall lament her they shall make the lamentation ouer Egypt and ouer all the people thereof saith the Lorde God 17 In the twelfth yere the fifteenth day of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 18 Thou sonne of man lament for the multitude of Egypt and cast them downe euen them and the daughters of the famous nations vnto the neather partes of the earth with them that go downe into the pit 19 Whom doest thou passe in beautie go downe and sleepe with the vncircumcized 20 Among those that be slaine with the sworde shall they lye to the sworde is she alredie delyuered drawe her downe and all her multitude 21 The mightie worthies shall speake to her out of the hell and to her helpers they are gone downe and lye vncircumcized with them that be slaine with the sworde 22 Assur is there also with all his company and their graues rounde about him which were slaine and fell all with the sworde 23 Whose graues are made in the side of the pit and his multitude are rounde about his graue to wit all the slaine and fallen by the sworde which cause a feare to be in the lande of the liuing 24 There is Elam also with all his people rounde about his graue which all being slaine fallen with the sworde are gone downe vncircumcized vnder the earth which neuerthelesse sometime brought feare into the lande of the lyuing they beare their owne shame with the other that be gone downe to the graue 25 They haue made his bed in the midst of the slaine with al his multitude their graues are rounde about him all these vncircumcized slaine by the sworde although they caused their feare in the lande of the lyuing yet haue they borne their shame with them that go downe to the pit they are layde in the midst of them that are slaine 26 There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people their graues rounde about him these al vncircumcized were slaine with the sworde because aforetime they made the lande of the lyuing afraide 27 They shall not lye with the valiaunt which are fallen of the vncircumcized which are gone downe to the graue with their weapons of warre and haue layde their swordes vnder their heades but their iniquitie shal be vpon their bones because the terrour of their mightie was in the lande of the lyuing 28 Yea among the vncircumcized shalt thou be destroyed and sleepe with them that perished through the sworde 29 There is Edom with her kinges and princes also which with their strength are layde by them that were slaine with the sworde yea among the vncircumcized shal they sleepe with them which are gone downe into the pit 30 Moreouer there be al the princes of the north with al the Sidonians which are gone downe with the slaine with their feare and strength they are come to confusion and lye there vncircumcized among those that be slaine with the sworde and beare their owne shame with them that be gone downe to the pit 31 Pharao shall see them and be comforted ouer all his multitude Pharao and al his armie shal be slaine with the sworde saith the Lorde God 32 For I haue geuen my feare in the lande of the lyuing but Pharao and al his people shal be layde among the vncircumcized and among them that be slaine with the sworde saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter He setteth out the office of the gouernours and ministers 14 He strengthneth them that dispaire ▪ and boldneth them with the promise of mercie 30 The worde of the Lorde against the remnaunt of the people against the mockers of the wordes of the prophete 1 AGaine the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man speake to the children of thy people and tell them When I sende a sworde vpon a lande if the people of the lande take a man of their coastes and set him to be their watchman 3 If when he seeth the sworde come vpon the lande he shall blow the trumpet and warne the people 4 Then he that heareth the noyse of the trumpet and wyll not be warned and the sworde come and take him away his blood shal be vpon his owne head 5 For he heard the sounde of the trumpet and would not be warned therefore his blood be vpon him but he that receaueth warning he shall saue his lyfe 6 Againe if the watchman see the sword come and blow not the trumpet so that the people is not warned if the sworde come then and take any man from among them the same shal be taken away in his owne sinne but his blood wyl I require at the watchmans hand 7 And thou O sonne at man I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel therefore thou
without the striking of any battayl set men to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroy them without sworde or at the least they shall be so feeble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the citie which they thinke not able to be wunne for so much as it lyeth in the mountaynes 10 These wordes pleased Holophernes wel and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth at euery well round about 11 And when this watch had endured twentie dayes the cesternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the citie of Bethulia so that in the whole citie they had not drincke inough for one day for the people had water geuen them dayly in a measure 12 Then came the men and women young persons and children al vnto Osias and sayd al with one voyce 13 God be iudge betwixt vs and thee for thou hast dealt euyll with vs thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the king of the Assyrians therefore hath God solde vs into their handes 14 And there is no man to helpe vs wheras we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and great destruction 15 Therefore gather now together all the people that be in the citie that we may all yeelde our selues wyllyngly vnto the people of Holophernes 16 For better it is that we be captiue and prayse the Lorde with our liues then to be slayne perishe and to be laughed to scorne and shamed of euery man when we see our wiues and children die before our eyes 17 We take heauen and earth this day to record the God of our fathers whiche punisheth vs according to the deseruing of our sinnes and geue you warning that ye geue vp the citie nowe into the power of Holophernes hoast that our end may be short with the sworde which els shal endure long for want of water and for thirst 18 When they had spoken out these wordes there was a great weeping and howling in the whole congregation and that of euery man and they cryed a whole houre long vnto God with one voyce 19 Saying We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done a misse we haue dealt wickedly 20 Thou that art gratious haue mercie vpon vs or punishe our vnrighteousnes with thyne owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowledge thee vnto a people which knowe thee not 21 That they may not say among the heathen Where is their God 22 And when they were so weery with this crying and weeping that they helde their peace 23 Osias stoode vp with watry eyes and sayde O take good heartes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fiue dayes for mercie of the Lorde 24 Peraduenture he shal put away his indignation geue glorie vnto his name 25 But if he helpe vs not when the fiue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The .viii. Chapter 1 The parentage life and conuersation of Iudith 11 She rebuketh the fayntnesse of the gouernours 12 She sheweth that they shoulde not tempt God but wayte vpon him for succour 33 Her enterprise against the enemies 1 ANd it happened when these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a widdowe which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osia the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iamnor the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Enan the sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Ruben 2 And her husband was called Manasses whiche dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest 3 For whyle he was binding the sheaues together in the fielde the heate came vpon his head and he died at Bethulia his citie and there was he buried beside his fathers 4 Nowe was Iudith his desolate wyddowe three yeres and sixe monethes 5 And in the higher partes of her house she made her selfe a priuie chamber where she dwelt beyng closed in with her maydens 6 She ware a smocke of heere and fasted al the dayes of her life except the Sabbathes and newe moones and the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kept 7 She was a very faire and beautiful person her husbande also had left her great riches a plenteous houshold great vnmoueable possessions many cattell 8 This Iudith was a woman of a very good report with euery one for she feared the Lord greatly and there was no body that spake an euyll worde of her 9 When this Iudith hearde how Osias had promised the people that after the fift day he woulde geue vp the citie vnto the Assyrians she sent for the elders Chabri and Charmi. 10 And when they came to her she sayde What thing is this wherin Osias hath consented that if God helpe not within fiue dayes he will geue ouer the citie to the Assyrians 11 What are ye that ye tempt the Lorde 12 This deuice obtayneth no mercie of God but prouoketh hym vnto wrath and displeasure 13 Will ye set the mercie of the Lorde a time and appoynt him a day after your will 14 Neuerthelesse for so much as the Lord is pacient let vs rather repent in this powring out teares and beseching hym of grace 15 For God threatneth not as a man neither will he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men 16 And therfore let vs heartyly fal downe before him and serue hym with a meeke spirite 17 And with weeping eyes say vnto the Lorde that he deale with vs according to his owne wil speedyly in mercie that like as our heart is nowe vexed and brought low through the pride of them it may so be comforted through his grace 18 In so much as we folowe not the sinnes of our fathers which forsoke their God and worshipped other gods 19 For the which sinne they perished with the sword were spoyled and brought to shame of al their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but only hym 20 For whose comfort let vs tary with meekenesse and he shall require make inquisition for our blood from the vexations of our enemies he shall bring downe all the heathen that rise vp against vs and put them to dishonour euen the Lord our God 21 Therefore deare brethren seyng ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God and their lyfe hangeth all vpon you lift vp their heartes with your exhortation that they may call to remembraunce howe our fathers also in times past were tempted that they might be proued if they worshipped their God a right 22 They ought to remember howe our father Abraham beyng tempted tryed through many tribulations was found a louer and friende of God 23 So was Isahac so was Iacob so was Moyses and all they that pleased God passed stedfast in faith through many folde troubles 24 Againe they that receaued not their temptations with the feare
myght any thyng endure yf it were not thy wyll or howe coulde any thyng be preserued except it were called of thee 26 But thou sparest all for they are thine O Lorde thou louer of soules ¶ The .xij. Chapter 2 The mercy of God towarde sinners 14 The workes of God are vnreprouable 19 God geueth leasure to repent 1 FOr thy vncorruptible spirite O Lorde is in all thinges 2 Therfore chastenest thou them measurably that go wrong and warnest them by putting them in remembraunce in what thinges they haue offended that leauing their wickednesse they may beleue on thee O Lorde 3 As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy lande thou mightest not away with them 4 For they committed abhominable workes against thee as witchcraft sorcerie and wicked sacrifices 5 They slue their owne chyldren without mercy they dyd eate vp the bowels of mens fleshe and deuoured the blood in abhominable bankets and had their mad fanaticall priestes 6 And the fathers were the chiefe murderers of the soules destitute of helpe these doers thou wouldest destroy by the handes of our fathers 7 That the lande whiche thou louest aboue all other might be a meete dwelling for the chyldren of God 8 Neuerthelesse thou sparedst them also as men and sendedst the forerunners of thyne hoast euen hornettes to destroy them out by litle and litle 9 Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the righteous in battayle or with cruell beastes or with one rough worde to destroy them together 10 But thy mynde was in punishing them by litle litle to geue them place for amendement knowing well that it was an vnrighteous nation and wicked of nature and that their thought might neuer be altered 11 For it was a cursed seede from the beginning yet hast thou not pardoned their sinnes wherein they offended for that thou fearest any man 12 For who will stand against thy iudgement or who wyll blame thee for the nations that perishe whom thou hast made or who wyll come before thy face to be reuenged for the vnrighteous men 13 For there is none other God but thou that carest for all thinges that thou mayest declare howe that thy iudgement is not vnright 14 There dare neither king nor tiraunt in thy sight require accomptes of them whom thou hast destroyed 15 Forsomuche then as thou art righteous thy selfe thou ordrest all thinges righteously thinking it vnseemely for thy power to condempne hym that hath not deserued to be punished 16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousnesse and because thou art Lorde of all thinges it maketh thee to be gracious vnto all 17 For when men thinke thee not to be of a full strength thou declarest thy power and reprouest the boldnesse of the wyse 18 But thou mastring thy power doest iudge with equitie and ordrest vs with great fauour for thou mayest vse power when thou wylt 19 By suche workes nowe hast thou taught thy people that the iust man shoulde be louing and hast made thy chyldren to be of a good hope because thou geuest roome to repentaunce for sinnes 20 For insomuche as thou hast punished and with such deliberation and obtestation the enemies of thy seruauntes whiche were worthy to dye where through thou gauest them tyme and place of amendement that they might turne from their wickednesse 21 With howe great circumspection then punishest thou thyne owne chyldren vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenauntes of good promises 22 So where as thou doest chasten vs thou punishest our enemies a thousande tymes more to the intent that when we punishe we should diligently thinke of thy goodnesse and when we our selues are punished we shoulde hope for mercy 23 Wherefore where as men haue liued dissolutely and vnrighteously thou hast punished them sore with their owne abhominations 24 For they went astray very long in the wayes of errour held the beastes whiche euen their enemies despised for gods deceaued as chyldren of no vnderstanding 25 Therefore hast thou sent them thy iudgement in scorne as to chyldren voyde of reason 26 As for such as wyll not be refourmed by those scornes and rebukes they shall feele the worthy punishment of God 27 For looke in what thinges they disdayned when they suffred for their sakes whom they counted gods seyng them selues punished in the same they perceaued that he was in deede the true God whom before they had denyed to knowe and therefore came extreme dampnation vpon them ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 All thinges be vayne except the knowledge of God 10 Idolaters and idols are mocked 1 SVrely vayne are all men by nature which were ignoraunt of God and coulde not out of the good things that are seene knowe hym that of hym selfe is euerlasting neither toke so muche regarde of the workes that are made as therby to knowe who was the craftesman of them 2 But some toke the fire some the winde or swift ayre some the course of the starres some the running water some toke sunne and moone or the lightes of heauen for gods that rule the worlde 3 But though they had such pleasure in their beautie that they thought them to haue ben gods yet should they haue knowen howe muche more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beautie hath ordayned al these thinges 4 Or if they marueyled at the power and worke of them they shoulde haue perceaued therby how much he which made these thinges is mightier then they 5 For by the greatnesse of the beautie and of the creatures the maker therof compared with them may playnely be knowen 6 Notwithstanding they are the lesse to be blamed that seeke God and woulde finde him yet peraduenture misse 7 For they being occupied in his works do seeke hym diligently and are perswaded by the sight because the things are beautifull that are seene 8 Howebeit yet neither are they to be excused 9 For if their vnderstanding and knowledge be so great that they can discerne the world and the creatures why do they not rather finde out the Lorde therof 10 But miserable are they and among the dead is their hope that call them gods whiche are but the workes of mens handes golde siluer and the thing that is founde out by cunning the similitude of beastes or any vayne stone that hath ben made by hande of olde 11 Or as whē a carpenter cutteth downe a tree meete for the purpose and pareth of al the barke cunningly and so by arte comely maketh a vessell profitable to the vse of life 12 And with that whiche is cut of from his worke doth dresse his meate to fyll his belly 13 And as for the other part that is left whiche is profitable for nothing for it is a crooked peece of wood and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently by leasure and according to the knowledge of his
not in such debte 23 The chiefe thing that kepeth in thy life is water bread clothing and lodging to couer the shame 24 Better is it to haue a poore lyuing in a mans owne house then delicate fare among the straunge 25 Be it litle or much that thou hast hold thee content withall and thou shalt not be blamed as a vagabounde 26 For a miserable lyfe is it to go from house to house and where a man is seemde he dare not open his mouth 27 Though one be lodged haue meate and drinke yet shall he be taken as vnworthy and heare many bytter rough wordes namely thus 28 Go thy way thou straunger and prepare a table for thy selfe and feede me also of that thou hast 29 Geue place thou straunger to an honorable man my brother commeth into my house and so telleth him the necessitie of his house 30 These thinges are heauy to a man that hath vnderstanding namely the forbidding of the house and that the lender casteth him in the teeth The .xxx. Chapter 1 Of the correction of children 14 Of the commoditie of health 17 Death is better then a sorowfull lyfe 18 Of hyd wysdome 22 Of the ioy and sorowe of the heart 1 WHo so loueth his child holdeth hym still vnder correction that he may haue ioy of him afterwarde and that he grope not after his neyghbours doores 2 He that teacheth his sonne shall haue ioy in hym and neede not to be ashamed of him among his aquayntaunce 3 Who so enfourmeth and teacheth his sonne greeueth the enemie and before his friendes he may haue ioy of him 4 Though his father dye yet is he as though he were not dead for he hath left one behinde him that is like hym 5 In his lyfe he sawe him and had ioy in him and was not sory in his death neither was he ashamed before the enemies 6 For he left behynde hym an auenger against his enemies and a good doer vnto the friendes 7 For the lyfe of children he shall bynde the woundes together and his heart is greeued at euery crye 8 An vntamed horse will be harde and a wanton childe will be wilfull 9 If thou bring vp thy sonne delicately he shal make thee afrayde and if thou play with hym he shall bring thee to heauinesse 10 Laugh not with hym lest thou wepe with hym also lest thou gnashe with thy teeth at the last 11 Geue him no libertie in his youth and excuse not his follie 12 Bowe downe his necke whyle he is young hyt him vpon the sides whyle he is yet but a childe lest he waxe stubburne geue no more force of thee so shalt thou haue heauinesse of soule 13 Teach thy childe and be diligent therein lest it be to thy shame 14 Better is the poore beyng whole and strong then a man to be riche and not to haue his health 15 Health and welfare is aboue all golde and a whole body aboue all treasure 16 There is no riches aboue a sounde body and no ioy aboue the ioy of the heart 17 Death is better then a bitter lyfe and eternall rest better then continuall sickenesse 18 The good thinges that are put in a close mouth are lyke as when meate is layde vpon the graue 19 What good doth the offering vnto an idoll for he can neither eate tast nor smell Euen so is he that is chased of the Lorde and beareth the rewardes of iniquitie 20 He seeth with his eyes and groneth like a gelded man that lyeth with a virgin and sygheth 21 Geue not ouer thy mynde into heauinesse and vexe not thy selfe in thyne owne counsell 22 The ioy chearefulnesse of the heart is the lyfe of man and a mans gladnesse is the prolonging of his dayes 23 Loue thyne owne soule and comfort thyne heart as for sorowe heauinesse dryue it farre from thee for heauinesse hath slayne many a man and bringeth no profite 24 Zeale and anger shorten the dayes of the lyfe carefulnesse and sorowe bring age before the time 25 Vnto a mery heart euery thing hath a good tast that he eateth The .xxxi. Chapter 1 We ought to geue diligent heede to honestie 2 Of them that take paine to gather riches 8 The prayse of the rich man without a fault 12 We ought to flee drunkennesse and folowe sobernesse 1 TRauaile and carefulnesse for riches taketh away the sleepe and maketh the fleshe to consume 2 When one lyeth and taketh care he waketh euer vp lyke as a great sicknesse breaketh the sleepe 3 The rich hath great labour in gathering his riches together and then with the pleasure of his riches he taketh his rest and is refreshed 4 But who so laboureth and prospereth not he is poore and though he leaue of yet is he a begger 5 He that loueth riches shal not be iustified and who so foloweth corruption shall haue inough thereof 6 Many one are come in great misfortune by the reason of golde and haue founde their destruction before them 7 It is a tree of falling vnto them that offer it vp and all such as be foolishe fal therein 8 Blessed is the rich which is founde without blemishe hath not gone after golde nor hoped in money treasures 9 Where is there such a one and we shal commend him and call him blessed for wonderfull thinges doth he among his people 10 Who so is tryed and founde perfect in such thinges shal be commended and praysed who might offende and hath not offended who coulde do euill and hath not done it 11 Therfore shall his good be stablished and the whole congregation shall declare his almes 12 If thou sit at a great mans table open not thy mouth wide vpon it and say not there is much meate on it 13 Remember that an euil eye is a shrewe What thing created is worse then a wicked eye therefore weepeth it before euery mans face 14 Laye not thyne hande vpon euery thing that thyne eye seeth and striue not with him in the dishe 15 Ponder by thy selfe what thy neighbour would faine haue and be discreete in euery poynt 16 Eate the thing that is set before thee manerlie as it becommeth a man and eate not to much lest thou be abhorred 17 Leaue thou of first of al because of nurture lest thou be he whom no man may satisfie which may turne to thy decay 18 When thou sittest among many men reache not thyne hand out first of al neither call thou first for drinke 19 O how well content is a wyse man with a litle wine so that in sleepe thou shalt not be sicke thereof nor feele any payne 20 A sweete holsome sleepe shall such a one haue and feele no inwarde greese he ryseth vp betimes in the morning and is wel at ease in him selfe but an vnsatiable eater sleepeth vnquietly and hath ache and payne of the body 21 If
Beholde how I haue not laboured onely for my selfe but for all such as loue nurture and wysdome 17 Heare me O ye great men of the people and hearken with your eares ye rulers of the congregation 18 Geue not thy sonne and wyfe thy brother and friend power ouer thee whyle thou liuest and geue not away thy substaunce good to another lest it repent thee and thou be faine to aske of them againe 19 As long as thou lyuest and hast breath let no man chaunge thee 20 For better it is thy children to pray thee then that thou shouldest be faine to loke in their handes 21 In all thy workes be excellent that thy honour be neuer stayned 22 At the time when thou shalt ende thy dayes and finishe thy lyfe distribute thyne inheritaunces 23 The fodder the whippe and the burthen belongeth vnto the asse meate correction and worke vnto the seruaunt 24 If thou set thy seruaunt to labour thou shalt finde rest but if thou let him go idle he shall seeke libertie 25 The yoke and the whippe bowe downe the hard necke but tame thou thy euill seruaunt with bondes and correction 26 Sende him to labour that he go not idle for idlenesse bringeth much euill 27 Set him to worke for that belongeth vnto him and becommeth him wel 28 If he be not obedient binde his feete but do not to much vnto him in any wyse and without discretion do nothing 29 If thou haue a faithfull seruaunt let him be vnto thee as thyne owne soule entreate him as a brother for in blood hast thou gotten him if thou haue a seruaunt holde him as thy selfe for thou hast neede of him as of thy selfe 30 If thou intreatest him euil and kepest him hard and makest him to be proude and to runne away from thee thou canst not tell what way thou shalt seeke him The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Of dreames dâ—â—inations and enchauntmentes 6 We ought to confute vaine hope and lying 13 The prayse of them that feare God 22 Of diuers workes of men 27 God doth not alowe the workes of an vnfaithfull man 1 VNwyse people beguile them selues with vaine and deceitfull hope and fooles trust in dreames 2 Who so regardeth dreames is lyke him that wyll take holde of a shadowe and folowe after the winde 3 Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames before the face is the lykenesse of a face 4 Who can be cleansed of the vncleane or what trueth can be spoken of a lyer 5 Soothsaying witchcrafte sorcerie and dreaming is but vaine lyke as when a woman trauayleth with childe hath many fantasies in her heart 6 Where as such visions come not of God set not thyne heart vpon them 7 For dreames haue deceaued many a man and they failed that put their trust therein 8 The lawe shal be fulfilled without lyes wysdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth what knowledge hath he that is not tryed 9 A wyse man that is well instruct vnderstandeth much and he that hath good experience can talke of wysdome 10 He that hath no experience knoweth litle and he that erreth causeth much wickednesse he that is not tryed what thinges knoweth he he that hath ben deceaued is full of subtiltie 11 When I was yet in errour I learned much also yea I was so learned that I could not expresse it all 12 And came oft in perill of death therefore tyll I was delyuered from it through the grace of God 13 Now I see that they which feare God haue the right spirit for their hope standeth in him that can helpe them and the eyes of the Lorde are on them that loue him 14 Who so feareth the Lorde standeth in awe of no man and is not afraide for the Lorde is his hope and comforte 15 Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the lord in whom putteth he his trust who is his strength 16 For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them that loue him he is their mightie protection and strong grounde A defence for the heate a refuge for the hot noone day a succour for stumbling and an helpe for falling 17 He setteth vp the soule and lighteneth the eyes he geueth lyfe and blessing 18 He that geueth an offering of vnrighteous good his offering is refused and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God 19 The Lorde is theirs onely that patiently abide him in the way of the trueth and of righteousnesse 20 The highest doth not alowe the giftes of the wicked and God hath no delight in the offeringes of the vngodly neither may sinne be reconciled in the multitude of oblations 21 Who so bringeth an offering out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that killeth the sonne before the fathers eyes 22 The bread of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood 23 Who so robbeth his neighbour of his lyuing doth as great sinne as though he slue him to death he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre is a blood shedder 24 When one buildeth and an other breaketh downe what profite haue they then but labour 25 When one prayeth and another curseth whose voyce wyl the Lorde heare 26 He that washeth him selfe because of a dead body and then toucheth the dead againe what doth his washing 27 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes and doth them againe who wyll heare his prayer or what doth his fasting helpe him ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 It is well done to pray and to do sacrifice 14 The prayer of the fatherlesse and of the widowe and of him that humbleth himselfe 1 WHo so kepeth the lawe bringeth offeringes inough he that holdeth fast the coÌ„maundement offereth the right health offering 2 He that is thankefull and recompenceth offereth fine floure who so is merciful and geueth almes that is the right thanke offering 3 God hath pleasure when one departeth from sinne and to forsake vnrighteousnesse reconcileth vs with him 4 Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde 5 For al such is done because of the commaundement of God 6 The offering of the righteous maketh the aulter fat and a sweete smell is it before the highest 7 The offering of the righteous is acceptable vnto God and shall neuer be forgotten 8 Geue God his honour with a chearefull heart and keepe not backe the firstlinges of thyne handes 9 In all thy giftes shewe a chearefull countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse 10 Geue vnto God according as he hath enriched and prospered thee and loke what thyne hande is able geue with a chearefull eye 11 For the Lorde recompenceth and geueth thee seuen times as much againe 12 Geue no vnrighteous giftes for such wyll he not receaue Beware of wrong offeringes for the Lorde is a righteous iudge and regardeth no mans person 13 He accepteth not the person of the poore but he
17 Frendlinesse and liberalitie in the increase blessing of God is like a paradise and garden of pleasure such mercie also and kindnesse endureth for euer 18 To labour and to be content with that a man hath is a sweete pleasaunt life and that is to finde a treasure of al treasures 19 To beget children and to repayre the citie maketh a perpetuall name but an honest woman is more worth then they both 20 Wine and minstrelsie reioyceth the heart but the loue of wysdome is aboue them both 21 Pyping and harping make a sweete noyse but a friendly tongue goeth beyonde them both 22 Thyne eye desireth fauour and beautie but a greene seede time rather then they both 23 A friende and companion come together at oportunitie but aboue them both is a wyfe that agreeth with her husbande 24 Brethren and helpes are profitable in time of trouble but almes shal deliuer more then they both 25 Golde and siluer fasten the feete but a good counsell is more pleasaunt then they both 26 Temporal substaunce and strength lift vp the minde but the feare of the Lord more then they both The feare of the Lorde wanteth nothing and needeth no helpe 27 The feare of the Lorde is a pleasaunt garden of blessing and nothing so beautifull as it is 28 My sonne leade not a beggers lyfe for better it were to die then to begge 29 The life of hym that loketh vpon an other mans table is not to be counted for a life for he vexeth his soule in other mens meate but a wyse and well nurtured man will beware therof 30 Begging is sweete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his belly there burneth a fire The .xli. Chapter 1 Of the remembraunce of death 3 Death is not to be feared 8 A curse vpon them that forsake the lawe of God 12 Good name and fame 14 An exhortation to geue heede vnto wysdome 17 Of what thinges a man ought to be ashamed 1 O Death how bitter is the remembraunce of thee to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substaunce riches vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him that hath prosperitie in all thinges yea vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate 2 O death howe acceptable and good is thy iudgement vnto the needefull and vnto him whose strength fayleth and that is nowe in his last age and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnesse vnto him also that is in dispayre and hath no hope nor patience 3 Be not thou afraide of death remember them that haue ben before thee and that come after thee this is the iudgement of the Lord ouer all fleshe 4 And why wouldest thou be against this pleasure of the hyghest Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousand yeres death asketh not howe long one hath lyued 5 The children of the vngodly are abhominable children and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly 6 The inheritaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught their posteritie shal haue perpetuall shame confusion 7 The children complayne of an vngodly father and why for his sake they are rebuked and dispised 8 Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly whiche haue forsaken the lawe of the hyghest God for though ye do encrease yet shal you perishe 9 If ye do liue ye shal be accursed if ye die the curse shall be your portion 10 All that is of the earth shall turne to earth againe so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruction 11 Though men mourne for their body yet the name of the vngodly shall be put out for it is nothing worth 12 Labour to get thee a good name for that shall continue surer by thee then a thousande great treasures of golde 13 A good life hath a number of dayes but a good name endureth euer 14 My children kepe wisdome in peace for wisdome that is hid and a treasure that is not seene what profite is in them both 15 A man that hydeth his foolishenes is better then a man that hydeth his wysdome 16 Therefore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thinges and alway to be ashamed True fayth must proue and measure it 17 Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother be ashamed to leasing before the prince and men of auctoritie 18 Of sinne before the iudge and ruler of offence before the congregation people of vnrighteousnes before a companoin and friende 19 Of theft before thy neyghbours As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed thereof be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bread or to be reproued for geuing or taking 20 And of silence vnto them that salute thee be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes 21 Be ashamed to turne away thy face from thy kinsman be ashamed to take and not to geue 22 Be ashamed also to loke vpon an other mans wyfe and to make many trifling wordes with her mayden or to stand by her bed side 23 Be ashamed to vnbrayde thy friende when thou geuest any thing cast hym not in the teeth withall 24 Or to report the matter that thou hast heard or to disclose the secrete wordes so shalt thou well be shamefast and shalt find fauour with all men The .xlii. Chapter 1 The lawe of God must be taught 9 A daughter 14 A woman 18 God knoweth all thinges yea euen the secretes of the heart 1 OF these thinges be not ashamed and accept no person to offend Namely of these thinges be not ashamed 2 Of the lawe of God of the couenaunt of iudgement to bring the vngodly from his vngodlinesse vnto righteousnesse to make him a good man 3 To deale faithfully with thy neyghbour and companion to distribute the heritage vnto the friendes 4 To be diligent to kepe true measure wayght to be content whether thou gettest much or litle 5 To deale truely with temporall goodes in bying and selling to bring vp children with diligence to correct an euyll seruaunt 6 To kepe that thyne is from an euyll wyfe to set a locke where many handes are 7 What thou deliuerest and geuest out to be kept to tell it and to wey it to write vp all thy outgeuing and receauing 8 To enforme the vnlearned and vnwise of the aged that are iudged of the young If thou be diligent in these thinges truely thou shalt be learned and wyse and accepted of all men 9 The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly and the carefulnesse that he hath for her taketh away his sleepe yea in her youth lest she shoulde ouergrowe him and when she hath an husbande lest she shoulde be hated 10 Lest she shoulde be defiled or rauished in her virginitie or gotten with childe in her fathers house or when she commeth to the man lest she behaue her selfe not right or continue vnfruitefull 11 If thy daughter be
but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes 34 But I say vnto you Sweare not at all neither by heauen for it is gods seate 35 Nor by the earth for it is his footestoole neither by Hierusalem for it is the citie of the great kyng 36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke 37 But let your communication be yea yea nay nay For whatsoeuer is more then these commeth of euyll 38 Ye haue hearde that it is sayde an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 39 But I say vnto you that ye resist not euyll But whosoeuer geueth thee a blowe on thy right cheeke turne to him the other also 40 And yf any man wyll sue thee at the lawe and take away thy coate let him haue thy cloke also 41 And whosoeuer wyll compell thee to go a myle go with hym twayne 42 Geue to hym that asketh thee from hym that woulde borowe of thee turne not thou away 43 Ye haue heard that it is saide Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour hate thyne enemie 44 But I saye vnto you loue your enemies blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you pray for thē which hurt you and persecute you 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father which is in heauen For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll and on the good and sendeth rayne on the iust and on the vniust 46 For yf ye loue them which loue you what rewarde haue ye Do not the publicans also euen the same 47 And yf ye salute or greete your brethrē only what singuler thyng do ye Do not also the publicans lykewyse 48 Ye shall therfore be perfecte euen as your father which is in heauen is perfecte ¶ The .vj. Chapter ¶ 1 Of almes 5 prayer 16 and fastyng 19 He forbyddeth the carefull sekyng of worldly thynges 1 TAKE heede to your almes that ye geue it not in the sight of men to the intente that ye woulde be sene of thē or els ye haue no rewarde of your father which is in heauen 2 Therefore when thou geuest thyne almes thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee as hypocrites do in the synagogues in the streates y t they might be esteemed of mē Verily I say vnto you they haue their reward 3 But when thou doest thyne almes let not thy left hande knowe what thy ryght hande doeth 4 That thyne almes may be in secrete And thy father which seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly ☜ ◠And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are For they loue to stande praying in the synagogues and in the corners of the streates that they may be sene of men Veryly I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde 6 But when thou prayest enter into thy chaumber and when thou hast shut thy dore pray to thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly 7 But when ye pray babble not much as the heathen do For they thynke it wyl come to passe that they shal be heard for theyr much bablinges sake 8 Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them For your father knoweth what thynges ye haue nede of before ye aske of hym 9 After this maner therfore pray ye O our father which art in heauen halowed be thy name 10 Let thy kyngdome come Thy wyll be done as well in earth as it is in heauen 11 Geue vs this day our dayly breade 12 And forgeue vs our dettes as we forgeue our detters 13 And leade vs not into temptation but delyuer vs from euyll For thyne is the kyngdome and the power and the glory for euer Amen 14 For yf ye forgeue men theyr trespasses your heauenly father shall also forgeue you 15 But yf ye forgeue not men theyr trespasses no more shall your father forgeue you your trespasses 16 Moreouer when ye fast be not of an heauy countenaunce as hypocrites are For they disfigure theyr faces that they myght appeare vnto men to fast Veryly I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde 17 But thou when thou fastest annoynt thyne head and washe thy face 18 That thou appeare not vnto men to fast but vnto thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly 19 Hoorde not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth where the moth and rust doth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale 20 But laye vp for you treasures in heauen where neyther moth nor rust doth corrupt and where theeues do not breake through nor steale 21 For where your treasure is there wyll your heart be also 22 The lyght of the body is the eye Wherfore yf thyne eye be single all thy body shal be full of lyght 23 But and yf thyne eye be wicked all thy body shal be ful of darknesse Wherfore yf the lyght that is in thee be darknesse howe great is that darknesse 24 ☞ No man can serue two maisters For either he shall hate the one loue the other or els leane to the one and dispise the other Ye can not serue God and mammon 25 Therfore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drynke nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not the lyfe more worth then meate the body then rayment 26 Beholde the fowles of the ayre For they sowe not neither do they reape nor cary into the barnes yet your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they 27 Which of you by takyng of carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto his stature 28 And why care ye for rayment Learne of the Lylies of the fielde howe they growe They weery not them selues with labour neither do they spinne 29 And yet I say vnto you that euen Solomon in all his royaltie was not arayed lyke one of these 30 Wherfore yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which though it stande to day is to morowe cast into the ouen shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of litle fayth 31 Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eate or what shall we drynke or wherewith shall we be clothed 32 For after all these thynges do the Gentiles seke for your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thynges 33 But rather seke ye first the kyngdome of God and his ryghteousnesse and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto you 34 Care not then for the morowe for the morowe shall care for it selfe Sufficient vnto the day is the euyll therof ¶ The .vij. Chapter ¶ 1 He forbyddeth foolyshe and rashe iudgement 5 reproueth hypocrisie ◠exhorteth vnto prayer 13 to enter in at the strayte gate 15 warneth to beware of false prophetes
he deuide the inheritauÌ„ce with me 14 And he sayde vnto hym Man who made me a iudge or a deuider ouer you 15 And he sayde vnto them Take heede beware of couetousnes For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth 16 And he put foorth a similitude vnto theÌ„ saying The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites 17 And he thought within him selfe saying What shall I do because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites 18 And he sayde this wyll I do I wyll destroy my barnes and buylde greater and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes 19 And I wyll saye to my soule Soule thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres take thyne ease eate drynke and be mery 20 But God sayde vnto hym Thou foole this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe froÌ„ thee Then whose shall those thynges be which thou hast prouided 21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe and is not ryche towardes God 22 And he spake vnto his disciples Therfore I say vnto you take no thought for your lyfe what ye shall eate neither for the body what ye shall put on 23 The lyfe is more then meate and the body is more then rayment 24 Consider the Rauens for they neither sowe nor reape whiche neither haue storehouse nor barne and God feedeth them ☜ Howe much more are ye better then fethered fowles 25 Which of you with takyng thought can adde to his stature one cubite 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least why take ye thought for the remnaunt 27 Consider the Lylies how they growe they labour not they spinne not and yet I say vnto you that Solomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these 28 If God so clothe the grasse whiche is to daye in the fielde and to morowe is cast into the furnasse howe much more wyll he clothe you O ye of litle fayth 29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate or what ye shall drynke neither be ye of doubtfull mynde 30 For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges 31 But rather seke ye after y e kyngdome of God and all these thinges shal be ministred vnto you 32 Feare not litle flocke for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome 33 Sell that ye haue and geue almes and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen where no thiefe coÌ„meth neither moth corrupteth 34 For where your treasure is there wyl your hearte be also 35 Let your loynes be girde about and your lyghtes brennyng 36 And ye your selues like vnto men that wayte for their Lorde when he wyll returne from the weddyng that when he commeth and knocketh they maye open vnto hym immediatly 37 Happy are those seruauntes whoÌ„ the Lorde when he commeth shall fynde wakyng Veryly I say vnto you that he shall girde him selfe and make them to syt downe to meate and wyll come foorth and minister vnto them 38 And yf he come in the seconde watche yea if he come in the thirde watche and fynde them so happye are those seruauntes 39 This vnderstande that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thiefe woulde come he woulde surely watche and not suffer his house to be dygged through 40 Be ye therfore redy also for y e sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not ☜ 41 Then Peter saide vnto him Maister tellest thou this similitude vnto vs or to all men 42 And the Lorde saide Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde to geue them their portion of meate in due season 43 Happye is that seruaunt whom his lorde when he commeth shall fynde so doyng 44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath 45 But yf that seruauÌ„t say in his heart my lorde wyll deferre his commyng and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens and to eate and drynke and to be dronken 46 The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not and at an houre when he is not ware and wyll hewe hym in peeces and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers 47 And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll and prepared not hym selfe neither dyd accordyng to his wyll shal be beaten with many strypes 48 But he that knewe not and did coÌ„mit thynges worthy of strypes shal be beaten with fewe strypes For vnto whoÌ„soeuer much is geuen of him shal be much required and to whom men haue committed much of hym wyl they aske the more 49 I am come to sende fire on y e earth and what is my desire but that it be alredye kindled 50 Notwithstandyng I must be baptized with a baptisme and howe am I payned tyll it be ended 51 Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on earth I tell you naye but rather deuision 52 For froÌ„ hencefoorth there shal be fyue in one house deuided three against two and two against three 53 The father shal be deuided against the sonne and the sonne against the father The mother agaynst the daughter and the daughter agaynst the mother The mother in lawe against her daughter in lawe and the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe 54 He sayde also to the people When ye see a cloude rise out of the west straightway ye say there coÌ„meth a showre and so it is 55 And wheÌ„ ye see the south wynd blow ye say it wyll be hotte and it commeth to passe 56 Ye hypocrites ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the skye and of the earth but howe is it that ye cannot discerne this tyme 57 Yea and why iudge ye not of your selues what is ryght 58 When thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler as thou art in the waye geue diligence that thou mayest be deliuered from hym lest he bryng thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the iayler and the iayler caste thee into prison 59 I tel thee thou shalt not depart thence tyll thou haue made good the vtmost mite ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 Of the Galileans 4 and those that were oppressed at Siloe 6 Of the figge tree that bare no fruite 11 The woman hauyng a spirite of infirmitie healed 15 The vse of the Sabboth 18 He declareth by diuers similitudes what the kyngdome of God is 24 Fewe enter into the kyngdome of Christe 32 He reproueth Herode and Hierusalem 1 THere were present at the same seasoÌ„ certaine men that shewed him of y e Galileans whose blood Pilate hadde myngled with their owne sacriâ—e 2 And Iesus
be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
stedfastnesse 18 But growe in grace and in the knowledge of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe to whom be glorie both nowe and for euer Amen The first Epistle of Saint John the Apostle The first Chapter 2 True witnesse of the euerlastyng worde of God 7 The blood of Christe is the purgation of sinne 10 No man is without sinne 1 THat whiche was frō the beginning whiche we haue heard which we haue seene with our eyes whiche we haue loked vpō our handes haue handeled of the worde of lyfe 2 And the lyfe appeared and we haue seene and beare witnesse and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father and appeared vnto vs. 3 That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue felowship with vs and that our felowship may be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christe 4 And this write we vnto you that your ioy may be full 5 And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym declare vnto you that God is lyght in hym is no darkenesse at all 6 If we saye that we haue felowship with hym and walke in darkenesse we lye and do not the trueth 7 But and yf we walke in light euen as he is in lyght then haue we felowship one with another and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne 8 If we say that we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. 9 If we knowledge our sinnes he is faythfull iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse 10 If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his worde is not in vs. ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Christe is our aduocate 10 Of true loue and howe it is tryed 18 To beware of antichriste 1 MY litle chyldren these thynges write I vnto you that ye sinne not And yf any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the ryghteous 2 And he is y e attonement for our sinnes not for our sinnes only but also for the sinnes of all the worlde 3 ☞ And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym yf we kepe his cōmaundementes 4 He that sayth I knowe hym and kepeth not his commaundementes is a lyer and the veritie is not in hym 5 But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfect in deede Hereby knowe we that we are in hym 6 He that sayth he bydeth in him ought to walke euen as he walked ☜ 7 Brethren I write no newe cōmaundement vnto you but that olde cōmaundement which ye haue had from the begynnyng The olde commaundement is the worde which ye haue hearde frō the begynnyng 8 Agayne a newe commaundement I write vnto you that is true in hym and the same is true also in you For the darkenesse is past and the true lyght nowe shyneth ☜ 9 He that sayth howe that he is in the lyght and yet hateth his brother is in darkenesse euen vntyll this tyme. 10 He that loueth his brother abydeth in the lyght and there is none occasion of euyll in hym 11 He that hateth his brother is in darknesse and walketh in darkenesse can not tell whyther he goeth because that darkenesse hath blynded his eyes 12 Babes I write vnto you because your sinnes are forgeuen you for his names sake 13 I write vnto you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I write vnto you young men because you haue ouercome the wicked 14 I write to you little chyldren because ye haue knowē the father I haue written to you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I haue written vnto you young men because ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouercome the wicked 15 See that ye loue not the worlde neither the thynges that are in the worlde If any man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in hym 16 For all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but of the worlde 17 And the worlde passeth away and the luste thereof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer 18 Litle chyldren it is the last time and as ye haue hearde howe that antichrist shall come euen nowe are there many antichristes whereby we knowe that it is the last tyme. 19 They went out from vs but they were not of vs For yf they had ben of vs they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs. 20 Neuerthelesse ye haue an oyntment of hym that is holy and ye knowe all thynges 21 I haue not written vnto you as though ye knewe not the trueth but because ye knowe it and that no lye is of the trueth 22 Who is a lyer but he that denieth that Iesus is Christe The same is antichrist that denyeth the father and the sonne 23 Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father But he that knowledgeth the sonne hath the father also 24 Let therfore abyde in you that same whiche ye hearde from the begynnyng If that whiche ye hearde from the begynnyng shall remayne in you ye also shall continue in the sonne and in the father 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised vs euen eternall lyfe 26 These thynges haue I written vnto you concerning them that deceaue you 27 And the annoyntyng whiche ye haue receaued of hym dwelleth in you And ye nede not that any man teach you but as the same annoynting teacheth you of all thynges and it is true and not lying and as it taught you ye shall abyde in it 28 And nowe babes abide in him that when he shal appeare we may be bolde and not be made ashamed of hym at his commyng 29 If ye knowe that he is ryghteous knowe also that euery one whiche doth righteousnes is borne of hym ¶ The .iij Chapter 1 The singuler loue of God towarde vs 7 and howe we agayne ought to loue one another 1 BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god For this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not hym 2 Dearely beloued nowe are we the sonnes of God and yet it doth not appeare what we shal be But we knowe that when he shall appeare we shal be lyke hym for we shall see hym as he is 3 And euery man that hath this hope in hym purgeth hym selfe euen as he also is pure 4 Whosoeuer committeth sinne transgresseth also the lawe for sinne is the transgression of the lawe 5 And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes in hym is no sinne 6 As many as byde in hym sinne not whosoeuer
that sate on hym hadde a payre of balaunces in his hande 6 And I hearde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye A measure of wheate for a penie and three measures of barly for a penie and oyle and wine see thou hurt not 7 And when he had opened the fourth seale I hearde the voyce of the fourth beast say come and see 8 And I loked and behold a pale horse his name that sate on him was death and hell folowed after hym and power was geuen vnto them ouer the fourth part of the earth to kyll with sworde with hunger and with death and with the beastes of the earth 9 And when he had opened the fift seale I sawe vnder the aulter the soules of them that were kylled for the worde of God and for the testimonie which they had 10 And they cryed with a loude voyce saying Howe long taryest thou Lorde holy and true to iudge and to auenge our blood on thē that dwell on y e earth 11 And long whyte garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them and it was sayde vnto them that they should reste yet for a litle season vntyll the number of their felowes and brethren and of them that shoulde be kylled as they were were fulfylled 12 And I behelde when he had opened the sixt seale and loe there was a great earthquake the sunne was as blacke as sackcloth made of heere the moone waxed all euen as blood 13 And the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a figge tree casteth her vntimely figges when she is shaken of a myghtie wynde 14 And heauen vanished awaye as a scroule when it is roulled together and all mountaynes and yles were moued out of their places 15 And the kynges of the earth and the great men and the ryche men and the chiefe capitaines and the myghtie men and euery bonde man and euery free man hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of the hylles 16 And sayde to the hylles rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the lambe 17 For the great day of his wrath is come and who is able to endure ⧠The .vij. Chapter 4.9 He seeth the seruauntes of God sealed in their forheades out of all nations and people 15 which though they suffer trouble yet the lambe feedeth them leadeth them to the fountaynes of lyuyng water 17 and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes 1 AND after that I sawe foure angels stande on the foure corners of the earth holding the foure wyndes of y e earth that the wynde shoulde not blowe on the earth neither on the sea neither on any tree 2 ☞ And I sawe another angell ascende from the rysing of the sunne which had the seale of the lyuyng God and he cryed with a loude voyce to the foure angels to whom power was geuen to hurt the earth and the sea 3 Saying Hurt not the earth neither the sea neither the trees tyll we haue sealed the seruaūtes of our God in their foreheades 4 And I hearde the number of them which were sealed And there were sealed an C. and xliiii thousande of all the tribes of the chyldren of Israel 5 Of the tribe of Iuda were sealed .xij. thousande Of the tribe of Ruben were sealed .xij. thousande Of the tribe of Gad were sealed .xij. thousande 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed .xij. thousande Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed .xij. thousande Of y e tribe of Manasses were sealed .xij. thousande 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed xij thousande Of y e tribe of Leui were sealed .xij. thousande Of y e tribe of Isachar were sealed .xij. thousande 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed xii thousande Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed .xii. thousande Of the tribe of Beniamin were sealed xii thousand 9 After this I behelde and we a great multitude which no man could number of all nations and kinredes and people and tongues stoode before the throne and before the lambe clothed with long whyte garmentes and palmes in their handes 10 And cryed with a loude voyce saying Saluation be ascribed to hym that sitteth vpon the throne of our God and vnto the lambe 11 And all the angels stoode in the compasse of the throne and of the elders of the foure beastes and fell before the throne on their faces and worshypped God 12 Saying Amen Blessyng and glorie and wisedome and thankes honour and power and myght be vnto our God for euermore Amen ☜ 13 And one of the elders aunswered saying vnto me What are these which are arayed in long whyte garmentes and whence came they 14 And he sayde vnto hym Lorde thou wotest And he sayde to me These are they which came out of great tribulation and haue wasshed their long robes and made them whyte by the blood of the lambe 15 Therefore are they in the presence of the throne of God and serue hym daye and nyght in his temple and he that sitteth in the throne wyll dwell among them 16 They shall hunger no more neither thirst neither shall the sunne lyght on them neither any heate 17 For the lambe which is in the myddes of the throne shall feede them and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuyng water and God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 The seuenth seale is opened there is scilence in heauen 6 The foure angels blowe their trumpettes and great plagues folowe vpon the earth 1 AND when he had opened the seuenth seale ther was scilence in heauē about the space of halfe an houre 2 And I sawe the seuen angels standyng before God and to them were geuen seuen trumpets 4 And the smoke of the odours whiche came of the prayers of all sainte◠ascended vp before God out of the angels hande 5 And the angel toke the senser and fylled it with fire of the aulter and cast it into the earth and voyces were made and thundrynges and lyghtnynges earthquake 6 And the seuen angels whiche had the seuen trumpettes prepared them selues to blowe 7 The first angell blewe there was made hayre fire mingled with blood and they were cast into the earth and the thirde part of trees was burnt and all greene grasse was burnt 8 And the seconde angell blewe and as it were a great mountayne burnyng with fire was cast into the sea and the thirde part of the sea turned to blood 9 And the thirde part of the creatures whiche were in the sea and hadde lyfe dyed and the thirde part of shippes were destroyed 10 And the third angell blewe and there fell a great starre from heauen burning as it were a lampe and it fell into the thirde part of the ryuers and into fountaynes of waters ▪ 11 And the 〈◊〉 of the stares is called wormewood and the thirde part was turned to