Iacob an Allmightie God but my name LORDE haue I not shewed vnto them My couenaunt also haue I made with them that I wil geue them the londe of Canaan the londe of their pilgremage wherin they haue bene straungers Morouer I haue herde the complaynte of the children of Israel whom y e Egipcians oppresse with laboure and haue remembred my couenaunt Therfore saye vnto the childrē of Israel I am the LORDE wil brynge you out from yo r burthens in Egipte wil rydd you from youre laboure and wil delyuer you thorow a stretched out arme greate iudgmētes and will receaue you for my people will be yo r God so that ye shal knowe that I the LORDE am yo r God which brynge you out from the burthen of Egipte and will brynge you in to the lande ouer the which I haue lift vp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob y e same wil I geue vnto you for a possession I the LORDE Moses tolde this vnto the childrē of Israel But they herkened not vnto him for very anguysh of sprete for sore laboure Thē spake the LORDE vnto Moses sayde Go thy waye speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egypte y t he let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande But Moses spake before y e LORDE saide Beholde y e childrē of Israel herkē not vnto me how shulde Pharao thē heare me And I am also of vncircumcised lyppes So the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron gaue thē a commaundemēt vnto the childrē of Israel vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they shulde brynge the childrē of Israel out of Egipte These are y e heades of the house of their fathers The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these Hanoch Pallu Hezron Charmi These are the generacions of Ruben The children of Simeon are these Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zophar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish woman These are the generacions of Symeon These are the names of the childrē of Leui in their generaciōs Gerson Kahath and Merari Leui was an hundreth and seuen thirtie yeare olde The children of Gerson are these Libni and Semei in their generacions The childrē of Kahath are these Amram Iezear Hebron Vsiel Kahath was an hundreth thre thirtie yeare olde The children of Merari are these Maheli and Musi These are y e generacions of Leui in their kynreds And Amram toke his vncles doughter Iochebed to wife which bare him Aaron Moses Amram was an C. vij thirtie yeare olde The childrē of Iezear are these Korah Nepheg Sichri The children of Vsiel are these Misael Elzaphan Sithri Aaron toke Elizaba y e doughter of Aminadab Nahassons sisters to wife which bare him Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar The childrē of Korah are these Assir Elkana Abiassaph These are y e generaciōs of y e Korahites Eleasar Aarons sonne toke one of the doughters of Putiel to wife which bare him Phineas These are the heades amonge the fathers of the generacions of the Leuites This is y t Aaron Moses vnto whom y e LORDE sayde Bringe y e childrē of Israel out of the lande of Egipte w t their armies It is they namely Moses Aaron y t spake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they might brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte The same daie spake y e LORDE vnto Moses in y e lande of Egipte sayde I am y e LORDE speake thou vnto Pharao y e kynge of Egipte all y t I saye vnto ye. And he answered before y e LORDE Beholde I am of vncircumcised lippes how shall Pharao thē heare me The VII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I haue made the a God ouer Pharao Aarō y e brother shal be y e prophet Thou shalt speake all y t I cōmaūde y e but Aaron y e brother shal speake vnto Pharao y t he maye let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande Neuertheles I wil harden Pharaos hert y t I maye multiplye my tokens wonders in the londe of Egipte And Pharao shal not heare you y t I maye shewe my hande in Egipte brynge myne armyes euen my people the childrē of Israel out of y e lande of Egipte by greate iudgmētes And y e Egipcians shal knowe y t I am the LORDE whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte and brynge the children of of Israel out from amonge them Moses and Aaron dyd as the LORDE cōmaūded them And Moses was fourescore yeare olde Aaron thre foure score yeare olde whan they spake vnto Pharao And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Whan Pharao sayeth vnto you Shew youre wonders then shalt thou saye vnto Aaron Take thy staff and cast it before Pharao it shal turne to a serpent Then wēte Moses Aaron in vnto Pharao dyd as the LORDE cōmaunded them And Aaron cast his staff before Pharao before his seruauntes it turned to a serpēt Then Pharao called for y e wyse men Sorcerers And the Sorcerers of Egipte also dyd like wyse with their Sorceries and euery one cast his staff before him they turned vnto serpentes But Aarons staff deuoured their staues So Pharaos hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto them euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses The hert of Pharao is hardened he refuseth to let y e people go Get y e vnto Pharao in the mornynge he holde he shal come vnto y e water mete thou him vpō the waters brynke take y e staff which turned to a serpēt in thine hande saye vnto him The LORDE God of the Hebrues hath sent me vnto the sendeth y e worde Let my people go that they maye serue me in the wyldernesse but hither to thou woldest not heare Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Hereby shalt thou knowe y t I am y e LORDE Beholde w t the staff y t I haue in my hande wil I smyte the water which is in y e ryuer it shal be turned in to bloude so that the fishes in the ryuer shall dye the ryuer shall stynke it shall greue the Egipcians to drynke of y e water of the ryuer And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Saye vnto Aaron Take y e staff stretchout thine hāde ouer y e waters of Egipte ouer their ryuers brokes pondes ouer all water poles y t they maye be turned to bloude that there maye be bloude in all y e lande of Egipte both in vessels of wodd and stone Moses Aaron dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded them lift vp the staff smote the water y t was in the ryuer before Pharao his seruauntes all the water in the ryuer was turned in to bloude the fysh in the ryuer dyed the ryuer stanke so y t the Egipcians
vnto Moses What Him that synneth against me wil I wype out of my boke Go thou y e waye therfore and brynge y e people thither as I haue sayde vnto the Beholde myne angell shall go before the. But in the daye of my visitacion I wyll vyset their synnes vpon them So the LORDE plaged the people because they made y e calfe which Aaron made The XXXIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go departe hence thou and the people whom thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte vnto y e londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde vnto y e sede wil I geue it and I wyl sende an angell before the and cast out the Cananites Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites in to the londe that floweth with mylke and hony for I wyll not go vp with the for thou art an hardnecked people I might consume the by the waye Whan the people herde this euell tydinges they sorowed and no man put on his best rayment And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake vnto the children of Israel Ye are a styfnecked people I must once come sodenly vpon the and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the y t I maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the children of Israel laied their goodly araye from thē euen before the mount Horeb. Moses toke the Tabernacle pitched it without afarre of from y e hoost and called it the Tabernacle of wytnesse And who so euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the hoost And whan Moses wente out vnto the Tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery one in his tent dore and loked after Moses tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle And whan Moses entred in to the Tabernacle the cloudy pyler came downe and stode in the dore of the Tabernacle and he talked with Moses And all the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the dore of the Tabernacle and rose vp and worshiped euery one in his tent dore And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whan he turned agayne to the hoost y e yonge mā Iosua y e sonne of Nun his minister departed not out of y e Tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde thou saydest vnto me Brynge y e people vp and lettest me not knowe whom thou wilt sende w t me yet hast thou sayde I knowe the by name and thou hast founde grace in my sight Let me knowe thy waye therfore wherby I maye be certified y t I fynde grace in thy sight And consydre yet that this people is thy people He sayde My presence shal go before the there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde vnto him Yf thy presence go not then cary vs not vp from hence for wherby shal it be knowne y t I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy sight but in y t thou goest with vs that I thy people maye haue some preemynence before all people that are vpon the face of the earth The LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast foūde grace in my sight and I knowe the by name He sayde Oh let me thē se thy glory And he sayde I wyl cause all my good go ouer before thy face and wyl let the name of y e LORDE be called vpon before the. And I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde morouer Thou mayest not se my face for there shall no mā lyue y t seyth me And y e LORDE sayde farthermore beholde there is a place by me there shalt thou stōde vpon the rocke Now whan my glory goeth forth I wil put y e in a clyfte of y e rocke my hande shal holde styll vpō the tyll I be passed by And whan I take awaye myne hande from the thou shalt se my back partes but my face shal not be sene The XXXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Hew the two tables of stone like as y e first were that I maye wryte in them the wordes y t were in the first tables which thou brakest ▪ and be ready in the mornynge that thou mayest come vp early vnto moūt Sinai and stonde me vpon the toppe of the mount And let no man come vp with the that there be no man sene thorow out all y e mount and let nether shepe ner oxen fede before the mount And Moses hewed two tables of stone like as the first were arose early in the mornynge wente vp vnto mount Sinai as y e LORDE cōmaunded him toke y e two tables of stone in his hāde Thē came the LORDE downe in a cloude And there he stepte vnto him called vpō y e name of y e LORDE And whan y e LORDE passed by before his face he cryed LORDE LORDE God mercifull gracious longe sufferinge and of greate mercy and trueth thou that kepest mercy in stoare for thousandes and forgeuest wickednes trespace and synne before whom there is no man innocent thou that visitest the wickednesse of the fathers vpon y e children and childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion And Moses bowed him self downe vnto the earth and worshiped him and saide LORDE yf I haue founde grace in thy sight thē let the LORDE go with vs for it is an hard necked people that thou mayest haue mercy vpon oure wickednesses and synnes and let vs be thyne inheritaunce And he sayde Beholde I make a couenaunt before all y i people wil do wonders soch as haue not bene done in all londes and amonge all people And all y e people amōge whom thou art shal se y e worke of y e LORDE for a terryble thinge shal it be y t I wyl do w t the. Kepe that I commaunde y e this daye Beholde I wyl cast out before the y e Amorites Cananites Hethites Pheresites Heuytes and Iebusites Bewarre that thou make no couenaunt with the indwellers of the lande y t thou commest in to lest they be cause of y i ruyne in the myddest of the but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe breake downe their goddes and rote out their groaues for thou shalt worshipe no other god For y e LORDE is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agrement with the indwellers of the londe and whan they go a whoringe after their goddes and do sacrifice vnto their goddes they call y e and thou eate of their sacrifice and lest thou take of their doughters vnto thy sonnes to wyues and the same go a whoringe after their goddes make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their goddes also Thou shalt make y e no goddes of metall The feast of swete
which came to drawe water and fylled the troughes to geue their fathers shepe to drinke Then came the shepherdes and droue thē awaye But Moses gat him vp and helped them and gaue their shepe to drynke And whan they came to Reguel their father he saide How came ye so soone to daie They sayde A man of Egipte delyuered vs from y e shepherdes and drew vnto vs and gaue the shepe to drynke He sayde vnto his doughters Where is he Wherfore let ye the man go that ye called him not to eate with vs And Moses was content to dwell with the man And he gaue Moses his doughter Zipora which bare him a sonne and he called him Gerson for he sayde I am become a straunger in a straunge lande And she bare him yet a sonne whom he called Elieser and sayde The God of my father is my helper and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hāde But after this in processe of tyme the kynge of Egipte dyed And the childrē of Israel sighed ouer their laboure and cried And their crye ouer their labo r came before God And God herde their cōplaynte remēbred his couenaunt with Abraham Isaac and Iacob And God loked vpon the childrē of Israel and God knew it The III. Chapter MOses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in lawe prest of Madian droue the shepe on the backsyde of the wyldernes and came to the mountayne of God Horeb. And the angell of y e LORDE appeared vnto him in a flāme of fyre out of the bush And he sawe that y e bush brent w t fyre and yet was not consumed and saide I wil go hence and se this greate sight why y e bush is not brent Whan the LORDE sawe that he wente his waye to se God called vnto him out of the bush and sayde Moses Moses He answered Here am I. He sayde Come not hither put thy shues of thy fete for the place where vpon thou stondest is an wholy groūde And he sayde morouer I am the God of thy father the God of Abraham y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob And Moses couered his face for he was afrayed to loke vpon God And the LORDE sayde I haue sene the trouble of my people in Egipte haue herde their crye ouer those that oppresse them I knowe their sorowe and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians and to carye them out of that lōde in to a good and wyde londe euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony namely vnto the place of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuytes Iebusites For so moch now as the complaynte of the children of Israel is come before me I haue sene their oppression wherwith the Egipcians oppresse them Go now y e waye therfore I wil sende the vnto Pharao that thou mayest brynge my people the children of Israel out of Egipte Moses sayde vnto God Who am I y t I shulde go vnto Pharao and brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte He sayde I wyll be with the this shall be the token y t I haue sent the. Whan thou hast brought my people out of Egipte ye shal serue God vpon this mountayne Moses sayde vnto God Beholde whan I come to the childrē of Israel and saye vnto them The God of youre fathers hath sent me vnto you they saye vnto me What is his name what shal I saye vnto them God saide vnto Moses I wyl be what I wyll be And he sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto y e children of Israel I wyl be hath sent me vnto you And God sayde morouer vnto Moses Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel The LORDE God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac y e God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you this is my name for euer and my memoriall from childe to childes childe Go thy waye therfore and gather the elders of Israel tother and saye vnto them The LORDE God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto me and sayde I haue vysited you and sene what is done vnto you in Egipte and haue sayde I wil brynge you out of the trouble of Egipte in to y e lande of y e Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites in to a lōde y t floweth with mylke and hony And yf they heare y e voyce then shalt thou and the elders of Israel go in to the kynge of Egipte and saye vnto him The LORDE God of y e Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wyldernes y t we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God But I knowe that the kynge of Egipte wil not let you go but thorow a mightie hāde For I will stretch out myne hande smyte Egipte w t all maner of wonders which I will do therin after y t shal he let you go And I wil geue this people fauoure in the sight of the Egipcians so that whan ye go forth ye shal not go forth emptie but euery wife shall borowe of hir neghbouresse of her that so geourneth in hir house Iewels of syluer and golde and rayment those shal ye put vpon youre sonnes and doughters and spoyle the Egipcians The IIII. Chapter MOses answered sayde Beholde they shall not beleue me ner heare my voyce but shal saye The LORDE hath not appeared vnto the. The LORDE sayde vnto him What is y t that thou hast in thine hande He saide a staff He sayde Cast it from the vpon the grounde And he cast it frō him then was it turned to a serpent And Moses fled frō it But y e LORDE saide vnto him Stretch forth thine hande take it by the tayle Then stretched he forth his hande and toke it and it became a staff agayne in his hande Therfore shal they beleue that y e LORDE God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac y e God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the. And the LORDE sayde furthermore vnto him Thrust thine hāde in to y e bosome And he thrust it in to his bosome toke it out beholde thē was it leper like snowe And he saide Put it in to y e bosome agayne And he put it agayne in to his bosome toke it out beholde thē was it turned againe as his flesh Yf they wil not beleue the ner heare y e voyce of the first token yet shal they beleue the voyce of the seconde token But yf they wil not beleue these two tokens ner heare thy voyce then take of the water of the ryuer and poure it vpon the drye londe so shall the same water y t thou hast takē out of y e ryuer be turned vnto bloude vpō y e drye londe But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Oh my LORDE I am a man
y t is not eloqueÌ„t from yesterdaye yeryesterdaye sence the tyme y t thou hast spoâ—â— â–ª vnto thy seruaunt for I haue a slowe speach a slowe tunge The LORDE sayde vnto him Who hath made the mouth of man Or who hath made the domme or the deaf or the seynge or y e blynde Haue not I the LORDE done it Go now thy waye therfore I wil be w t thy mouth teach the what thou shalt saye But Moses sayde â–ª My LORDE sende whom thou wilt sende Then was the LORDE very angrie at Moses and saide Do not I knowe then y t thy brother Aaron the Leuite is well spoken And beholde he shal go forth to mete y e whan he seyth the he shal reioyse from his hert Thou shalt speake vnto him put the wordes in his mouth I wil be with thy mouth his and teach you what ye shall doo he shall speake vnto the people for the â–ª He shal be thy mouth thou shalt be his God And take in thine hande this staff wherwith thou shalt do tokens Moses weÌ„te and came agayne vnto Iethro his father in lawe and sayde vnto him Let me go I praye the that I maye turne agayne vnto my brethreÌ„ which are in Egipte and se whether they be yet alyue Iethro sayde vnto him Go thy waye in peace The LORDE sayde also vnto him in Madian Go y i waye turne againe in to Egipte for y e meÌ„ are deed that sought after thy life So Moses toke his wife and his sonnes and caried them vpon an Asse wente againe in to the lande of Egipte toke the staff of God in his hande And the LORDE saide vnto Moses When thou coÌ„mest agayne in to Egipte se y t thou do all the wonders before Pharao which I haue put in y e haÌ„de But I wil hardeÌ„ his hert y t he shall not let the people go And thou shalt saie vnto Pharao Thus sayeth y e LORDE Israel is my firstborne sonne I saye vnto the Let my sonne go y t he maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let him go then wil I slaye thy firstborne sonne And as he was by the waye in the Inne the LORDE met him and wolde haue slayne him Then toke Zipora a stone and circumcyded the foreskynne of hir sonne and touched his fete and sayde A bloudy brydegrome art thou vnto me TheÌ„ let he him go But she sayde A bloudy brydegrome because of the circumcision And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Go mete Moses in the wildernes And he weÌ„te met him on the mount of God and kyssed him And Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the LORDE which had sent him all the tokens y t he had charged him withall And they weÌ„te gathered all the elders of the childreÌ„ of Israel And Aaron tolde all y e wordes y t the LORDE had spokeÌ„ vnto Moses dyd the tokens before the people the people beleued And whan they herde y t the LORDE vysited the children of Israel and loked vpon their trouble they bowed them selues and worshipped The V. Chapter AFterwarde wente Moses Aaron spake vnto Pharao Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel let my people go y t they maye kepe holy daye vnto me in the wildernes Pharao answered What felowe is the LORDE that I must heare his voyce and let Israel go I knowe not the LORDE nether wil I let Israel go They sayde The God of the Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wildernes do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God y t there happen not vnto vs pestileÌ„ce or swerde TheÌ„ sayde y e kynge of Egipte vnto theÌ„ Why make ye y e people thou Moses Aaron to leaue their worke Get you heÌ„ce to yo r laboure Pharao saide morouer Beholde y e people are to many in y e lande and yet wil ye byd them ceasse from their laboure The same daye therfore dyd Pharao coÌ„maunde the workmasters of the people and their officers and sayde Ye shal not gather and geue the people eny more strawe to burne bryck as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye Let them go and gather them strawe them selues And the nombre of the brycke which they made yesterdaye yeryesterdaye shall ye laye vpon them neuertheles and mynish nothinge therof for they are ydle Therfore crye they and saye We wil go and do sacrifice vnto oure God Let the men be kepte downe w t laboure y t they maye haue to do not to turne them selues to false wordes Then wente the workmasters of the people their officers out spake vnto the people Thus sayeth Pharao There shall no strawe be geuen you go youre waye youre selues and get you strawe where ye can fynde it But of youre labo r there shall nothinge be mynished Then were the people scatred in all y e lande of Egipte to gather stubble that they might haue strawe And the workmasters haistied them forwarde sayde Fulfill yo r daye worke like as whan ye had strawe And the officers of y e children of Israel whom Pharaos worckmasters had set ouer them were beaten it was saide vnto them Wherfore haue ye not fulfilled yo r appoynted daye worke to daye and yesterdaye like as in tymes past Than wente the officers of the children of Israel coÌ„playned vnto Pharao Wherfore wilt thou deale thus w t thy seruauntes Thy seruauntes haue no strawe geuen theÌ„ yet must we make the brycke that are appoynted vs. And beholde thy seruauntes are beaten thy people are euell intreated Pharao sayde Ye are ydle ydle are ye therfore saye ye we will go and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Go now yo r waye therfore worke there shall no strawe be geuen you but the nombre of brycke shal ye delyuer Then sawe the officers of the children of Israel y t it was not amended for it was sayde ye shal mynish nothinge of the daye worke of the brycke And whan Moses Aaron wente from Pharao they came forth to mete them sayde vnto them The LORDE loke vpon you iudge it for ye haue made the sauoure of vs to stynke before Pharao and his seruauntes and haue geuen them a swerde in their handes to slaye vs. But Moses came agayne vnto the LORDE and sayde LORDE wherfore dealest thou so euell w t this people Wherfore hast thou sent me For sence the tyme that I wente in vnto Pharao to speake vnto him in thy name he hath dealt euell with this people and thou hast not delyuered y e people The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Now shalt thou se what I will do vnto Pharao for thorow a mightie hande must he let them go thorow a mightie hande must he dryue them from him out of his londe The VI. Chapter ANd God spake vnto Moses sayde vnto him I am y e LORDE I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac
offered vnto God Then came Aaron and all y e elders of Israel to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the people and the people stode roūde aboute Moses from the momynge vntyll y e euen But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd with the people he sayde What is this that thou doest with the people Wherfore syttest thou alone and all y e people stonde rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the euen Moses answered him The people come to me axe councell at God for whan they haue eny thinge to do they come vnto me that I maye iudge betwixte euery one his neghboure and shewe them the statutes of God and his lawes His father in lawe sayde vnto him It is not well that thou doest Thou weeriest thy self and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the thou canst not perfourme it alone But herken vnto my voyce I will geue the councell and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde and brynge the causes before God and prouide them with statutes and lawes that thou mayest shewe thē the waie wherin they shulde walke and the workes that they shulde do But loke out amonge all the people for honest men that feare God soch as are true hate couetousnes make these rulers ouer them some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they maye allwaye iudge the people But where there is eny greate matter that they brynge the same vnto the and iudge the small causes them selues so shall it be lighter for the yf they beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do this then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he sayde And he chose honest men out of all Israel and made them heades ouer the people some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they might allwaye iudge the people As for soch causes as were herde they brought them vnto Moses and iudged the small matters them selues So Moses let his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe The XIX Chapter IN the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai for they were departed from Raphidim and wolde in to the wyldernes of Sinai and there they pitched in the wyldernes ouer against the mounte And Moses wente vp vnto God And the LORDE called vnto him out of the mount and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the children of Israel Ye haue sene what I haue done vnto the Egipcians and how I haue borne you vpon Aegles wynges brought you vnto my self Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce and kepe my couenaunt ye shal be myne owne before all people for the whole earth is myne and ye shall be vnto me a presterly kingdome and an holy people These are the wordes that thou shalt saye vnto the children of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layed before them all these wordes that the LORDE had commaunded And all the people answered together and sayde All that the LORDE hath sayde wyll we do And Moses tolde the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE agayne And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I wyll come vnto the in a thicke cloude that the people maye heare my wordes which I speake vnto the and beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to daye and tomorow y t they maye wash their clothes and be ready agaynst the thirde daye for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people And set markes rounde aboute the people and saye vnto them Bewarre that ye go not vp in to y e mount ner touch y e border of it For who so euer toucheth y e moūt shal dye y e death There shal no hāde touch it but he shall either be stoned or shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shal not lyue Whan the horne bloweth then shal they come vp vnto the mounte Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them And they waszshed their clothes And he sayde vnto them Be ready agaynst the thirde daye and no man come at his wife Now whan the thirde daye came and it was early it beganne to thonder and lighten and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie And the people that were in the tentes were afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete w t God and they stode vnder the mount But all mount Sinai smoked because y e LORDE came downe vpō it with fyre And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible And the noyse of the trompet wēte out and was mightie Moses spake God answered him loude Now whan the LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai euen vpon the toppe of it he called Moses vp vnto y e toppe of the mount And Moses wente vp Then sayde the LORDE vnto him Go downe and charge the people y t they preasse not vnto the LORDE to se him and so many of them perishe The rulers also that come nye vnto y e LORDE shal sanctifie themselues lest the LORDE smyte thē But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE The people can not come vp vpon mount Sinai for thou hast charged vs sayde Set markes aboute the mount and sanctifie it The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye get y e downe Thou and Aaron with the shalt come vp but the rulers and y e people shal not preasse to come vp vnto y e LORDE lest he smyte thē And Moses wente downe to the people and tolde them The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake all these wordes and sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from y e house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude nether of it that is aboue in heauen ner of it that is beneth vpon earth ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth Worshipe them not and serue them not for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God vysitinge y e synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto y e thirde and fourth generacion of them that hate me And do mercye vpō many thousandes that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of y e LORDE thy God in vayne
y e halfe that fell to the congregacion it was also thre hundreth thousande and seuen and thyrtie thousande fyue hundreth shepe sixe and thirtie thousande oxen thyrtie thousande fyue hundreth Asses and sixtene thousande wemen soules And of this halfe of the childreÌ„ of Israel toke Moses one of euery fyftie both of the catell of the wemen and gaue them vnto y e Leuites that waited vpon the habitacioÌ„ of the LORDE as y e LORDE coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And the captaynes ouer y e thousandes of the hoost namely they that were ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds came forth vnto Moses and sayde vnto him Thy seruauntes haue taken y e summe of y e men of warre that were vnder oure hande and there lacked not one therfore brynge we a present vnto the LORDE what euery one hath fouÌ„de of Iewels of golde cheynes bracelettes rynges earinges and taches that oure soules maye be reconcyled before the LORDE And Moses and Eleasar y e prest toke of them y e golde of all maner ornamentes And all the golde of the Heue offerynge that they Heued vnto the LORDE was sixtene thousande and seuen hundreth and fyftye Sycles of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds For loke what euery one had spoyled that was his awne And Moses w t Eleasar the prest toke the golde of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundreds and broughte it in to the Tabernacle of witnesse for a remembraunce of the children of Israel before the LORDE The XXXII Chapter THe children of Ruben and the children of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell and sawe the londe of Iaeser and Gilead y t it was a mete place for catell and came spake vnto Moses and to Eleasar the prest and to the captaynes of the congregacion The londe of Atroth Dibon Iaesar Nimra Heszâ—oÌ„ Eleale Seban Nebo Beon which the LORDE smote before y e congregacion of Israel is a mete londe for catell and thy seruauntes haue many catell And they sayde morouer Yf we haue founde fauoure before the theÌ„ geue thy seruauntes this londe in possession and we wyl not go ouer Iordane Moses sayde vnto them Youre brethren shall go to the warre and wyll ye tary here Wherfore turne ye y e hertes of the children of Israel that they shulde not go ouer in to the londe that the LORDE shall geue them â–ª Thus dyd youre fathers also whan I sent them out from Cades Bernea to spye out y e londe And whan they were come vp to y e ryuer of Escol and sawe y e londe they turned the hertes of the children of Israel so y t they wolde not into the londe which y e LORDE wolde haue geuen them And the LORDE was wroth at the same tyme sware sayde These men y t are come out of Egipte from tweÌ„tye yeare olde aboue shall not se the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not wholy folowed me saue Caleb y e sonne of Iephune y e Renisite Iosua y e sonne of Nun for they haue wholy folowed y e LORDE So the LORDE was wroth w t â–ª Israel let theÌ„ wander in the wildernesse fourtye yeares tyll all y e generacion y t had done euell before the LORDE was consumed And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers steade to increase the nombre of synfull men to augmente yet the wrath indignacion of the LORDE agaynst Israel For yf ye turne you backe from folowinge him he shal yet leaue them more in the wildernes so shal ye destroye all this people Then stepte they to him sayde we wyll but buylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe caâ—ell cities for o r children As for oure selues we will go ready armed before the children of Israel tyll we haue broughte them vnto their place Oure childreÌ„ shal remayne in the fenced cities because of y e indwellers of the londe We will not turne home agayne tyll the children of Israel haue taken euery one his inheritaunce in possession for we wyll not inheret with them beyonde Iordane for o r inheritaunce shal fall vnto vs vpon this syde Iordane Eastwarde Moses sayde vnto them Yf ye wil do this â–ª that ye wil harnesse youre selues to the warre before the LORDE then go ouer Iordane before the LORDE who so euer is harnessed amonge you tyll he haue dryuen out his enemies before his face and vntyll the londe be subdued before the LORDE then shal ye returne be vngiltye before the LORDE and before Israel so shal ye haue this londe in possession before the LORDE But yf ye will not do so beholde ye shal offende agaynst the LORDE and be sure that youre synne shal fynde you out Buylde cities now therfore for youre children and shepefoldes and stalles for youre shepe and catell and do as ye haue spoken The childreÌ„ of Gad the childreÌ„ of Ruben sayde vnto Moses Thy seruauntes shal do as my lorde hath coÌ„maunded Oure children wyues substaunce all o r catell shal be in y e cities of Gilead But we y e seruauntes will go all harnessed for the warre vnto battaill before y e LORDE as my lorde hath saide TheÌ„ Moses coÌ„maunded Eleasar y e prest Iosua the sonne of Nun the chefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel and saide vnto them Yf the children of Gad the children of Ruben go ouer Iordane w t you all prepared to fight before the LORDE whan the londe is subdued vnto yeâ— theÌ„ geue them the londe of Gilead 〈◊〉 possessioÌ„ But yf they go not ouer with 〈…〉 harnes then shal they inheret w t you in y e lâ—de of CanaaÌ„ The children of Gad and the children of RubeÌ„ answered sayde As y e LORDE hath spoken vnto y e seruauntes so wyll we do we wil go harnessed before the LORDE in to y e laÌ„de of Canaan and possesse oure enheritaunce on this syde Iordane So Moses gaue vnto y e children of Gad and to the children of Ruben and to the halfe trybe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph y e kyngdome of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Og the kynge of Basan the londe with the cities therof in all y e coastes of y e countre rounde aboute TheÌ„ y e children of Gad buylded Dibon Ataroth Aroer Atroth Sophan Iaeser Iegabeha Bethnimra Betharan stronge fenced cities shepe foldes The children of Ruben buylded HeszboÌ„ Eleale Kiriathaim Nebo Baal Meon turned y e names Sibamas gaue names vnto y e cities which they buylded And y e children of Machir the sonne of Manasse wente in to Gilead conquered it and droue out the Amorites y t were therin Then Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir y e sonne of Manasse he dwelt therin Iair y e sonne of Manasse wente and conquered the vyllagies therof and called them Hauoth Iair Nobah wente and coÌ„quered
their captayne in Moses steade A prophecie that they wyl forsake the waye of God be punyshed therfore Chap. XXXII The songe of Moses which goeth vp to the mount seyth the londe of promesse but commeth not in to it Chap. XXXIII A swete blessinge wherwith Moses blesseth the people before his death Chap. XXXIIII Moses goeth vp to the mount where he dyeth The children of Israel make lamentacion for him The first Chapter THese are the wordes that Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordane in the wildernesse in the playne felde towarde the reed see betwene Paran Thophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab eleuen daies iourney from Horeb by the waye of mount Seir vnto Cades Bernea And it fortuned the first daye of the eleuenth moneth in the fortieth yeare that Moses spake vnto y e children of Israel acordinge vnto all as y e LORDE commaunded him after he had smytten Sihon y e kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon and Og the kynge of Basan that dwelt at Astaroth and at Edrei On the other syde Iordane in y e lande of the Moabites beganne Moses to declare this lawe and sayde The LORDE o r God spake vnto vs vpon mount Horeb sayde Ye haue bene lōge ynough vpon this mountayne turne you departed hence that ye maye come to the mountaynes of the Amorites and to all their neghbours in y e feldes vpon mountaynes and in the valleys towarde the South and towarde the see syde of the lande of Canaan and to mount Libanus euen vnto the greate water Euphrates Beholde I haue delyuered you the londe go in and take it in possession which the LORDE sware vnto yo r fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob that he wolde geue it vnto thē and their sede after them Then saide I vnto you at the same tyme I am not able to beare you my self alone for the LORDE youre God hath increased you so that this daye ye are as y e starres of heauen in multitude The LORDE God of yo r fathers make you yet many thousande tymes mo blesse you as he hath promysed you How can I alone beare soche cōbraunce charge stryfe amōge you Prouyde here men of wyszdome vnderstondinge soch as are knowne amonge youre trybes thē wil I set to be heades vnto you Then answered ye me and sayde It is a good thinge that thou sayest thou wilt do ▪ Then toke I y e heades of youre trybes wyse and famous mē and set them ouer you to be heades ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre iudges at y e same tyme sayde Heare youre brethrē iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunger Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment but shall heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the Iudgment is Gods But yf eny cause be to harde for you let it be broughte vnto me y t I maye heare it Thus commaunded I you at the same tyme all y t ye shulde doo Then departed we from Horeb and walked thorow the whole wyldernesse which is greate and terryble as ye haue sene by the waye to y e mountaynes of the Amorites as the LORDE oure God commauded vs and came vnto Cades Bernea Then sayde I vnto you Ye are come to y e mountaynes of y e Amorites which the LORDE o r God shal geue vs. Beholde there the londe before the which the LORDE thy God hath geuē vnto the Go vp conquere it as y e LORDE God of thy fathers hath sayde vnto the feare not and be not discoraged Then came ye all vnto me and sayde Let vs sende men before vs to spye vs out the londe and to brynge vs worde agayne by what waye we shal go vp and to what cities we shal come That pleased me well and I toke twolue men from amonge you of euery trybe one Which whan they were departed and wente vp to hye countre and came to the ryuer Escol they spyed it out and toke of the frute of y e londe with thē and broughte it downe vnto vs and broughte vs worde agayne and sayde It is a good londe that the LORDE oure God hath geuen vs. But ye wolde not go vp and were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and murmured in youre tentes and sayde Because the LORDE hateth vs therfore hath be broughte vs out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer vs in to the handes of the Amorites to destroye vs. Whither shal we go vp Oure brethren haue discoraged oure hertes saide The people is greater of hyer stature thē we y e cities are greate walled euen vp to heauen Morouer we haue sene there the children of Enakim But I sayde vnto you Feare not and be not afrayed of them for the LORDE youre God goeth before you and shall fighte for you like as he dealte with you in Egipte before youre eyes and in the wyldernesse where thou sawest that the LORDE thy God bare the euen as a man beareth his sonne thorow out all the waye that ye haue walked tyll ye came to this place And yet for all this ye haue not beleued on the LORDE youre God which wente before you to searche you out a place where ye shulde pitch youre tentes by night in the fyre to shewe you the waye wherin ye shulde go on the daye tyme in the cloude Whan the LORDE herde y e voyce of yo r wordes he was wroth and swore and saide There shall none of this euell generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers excepte Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shal se it And vnto him wyl I geue the londe that he hath troddē vpon to his children because he hath perfectly folowed the LORDE The LORDE was angrye w t me also for youre sakes and sayde Thou also shalt not go in thither But Iosua y e sonne of Nun which stondeth before the he shal go in thither Corage him for he shal deuyde the enheritaunce out vnto Israel And youre childrē of whō ye sayde they shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which this daie vnderstonde nether good ner bad they shal go in thither vnto them wil I geue it and they shall enioye it But as for you turne you and take youre iourney to the wyldernesse euen the waye to the reed see Then answered ye sayde vnto me We haue synned agaynst y e LORDE we wil go vp and fighte acordinge to all that the LORDE hath commaunded vs. Now whan ye had prepared yo r selues euery one in his harnesse were at the poynte to go vp to the mountaynes y e LORDE sayde vnto me Speake vnto them y t they go not vp that they fighte not for I am not amōge you that ye be not
e LORDE y e God in vayne for y e LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie y t taketh his name in vaine Kepe y e Sabbath daye that thou sanctifye it as the LORDE thy God hath commauÌ„ded the. Sixe daies shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke but vpon the seuenth daye it is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God No maner worke shalt thou do in it thou and thy sonne and thy doughter and thy seruaunt and thy mayde and thine oxe and thine Asse and all thy catell and the straunger which is within thy gates that thy seruaunt and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou For thou shalt remeÌ„bre that thou thyself also wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egipte and how that the LORDE thy God brought the out from thence with a mightye hande and a stretched out arme Therfore hath the LORDE y e God commaunded y t to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thy father and thy mother as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the that thou mayest lyue longe vpoÌ„ earth and that it maye go well with the in the londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes against thy neghboure Thou shalt not lust after y e neghbours wyfe Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours house londe seruaunt mayde oxe Asse or what so euer he hath These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to all youre congregacion vpon the mount out of the fyre of the cloude and darknesse with a greate voyce and added nothinge therto And he wrote them vpon two tables of stone and delyuered theÌ„ vnto me But whan ye herde the voyce out of the darknes and sawe the mount burne w t fyre ye came vnto me all ye rulers amonge youre trybes and youre Elders and sayde Beholde the LORDE oure God hath shewed vs his glory his greatnes and we haue herde his voyce out of y e fyre This daye haue we sene that God maie talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this fire â–ª shulde coÌ„sume vs. Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the LORDE oure God eny more we shulde dye For what is all fleshe that it shulde be able to heare y e voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of y e fyre as we haue done and yet lyue Go thou and heare all y t the LORDE oure God sayeth and tell us All y t the LORDE sayeth vnto the that will we heare and do Whan the LORDE herde the voyce of yo r wordes which ye spake vnto me he sayde vnto me I haue herde y e voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spoken vnto ye. It is all good that they haue spoken But who shal geue them soch an herte y t they maye feare me kepe all my coÌ„maundementes as longe as they lyue y t it maye go well with them and with their childreÌ„ for euer Go saye vnto them Get you in to yo r tentes agayne But thou shalt stonde here before me that I maye tell the all the commaundementes and ordinauÌ„ces and lawes which thou shalt teach them y t they maye do therafter in the loÌ„de which I shal geue theÌ„ to possesse Take hede now therfore that ye do as the LORDE yo r God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde nether to y e right hande ner to the lefâ—e but walke in all y e wayes which the LORDE youre God hath commaunded you that ye maie lyue and that it maie go well with you and y t ye maye lyue longe in y e londe which ye shall haue in possession The VI. Chapter THese are the commaundementes ordinaunces lawes which y e LORDE yo r God hath coÌ„maunded y t ye shulde lerne them do them in the londe whyther ye go to possesse it that thou mayest feare the LORDE y e God kepe all his ordinauÌ„ces commaundementes which I commaunde the thou and y e children and y e childers children all y e dayes of youre life that ye maye lyue loÌ„ge Thou shalt heare O Israel take hede y t thou do therafter y t it maye go well with y e that thou mayest multiplye greatly as y e LORDE God of y e fathers hath promysed the a londe y t floweth w t mylke hony Heare O Israel the LORDE oure God is one LORDE onely And thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God w t all thy hart with all y e soule with all thy mighte And these wordes which I commauÌ„de the this daie shalt thou take to hert shalt whet them vpon y e children and shalt talke of them whaÌ„ thou syttest in thyne house whan thou walkest by the waie whan thou lyest downe whaÌ„ thou rysest vp And thou shalt bynde them for a signe vpon thine hande and they shall be a token of remeÌ„braunce before thine eyes and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates Now whan y e LORDE y e God shal bringe the in to y e londe wherof he sware vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac Iacob and shal geue the greate goodly cities which thou hast not buylded and houses full of all goodes which thou hast not filled digged welles which thou hast not digged and vynyardes and olyue trees which thou hast not plaÌ„ted so y t thou eatest and art full then bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE which brought the out of the londe of Egipte froÌ„ the house of bondage but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God and him onely shalt thou serue and sweare by his name And ye shal not folowe the other goddes of the nacions which are aboute you for the LORDE thy God is a gelous God in the myddest of the that the wrath of the LORDE thy God waxe not whote ouer the and destroye the from the earth Ye shal not tempte y e LORDE youre God as ye tempted him at Massa but kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE yo r God and his witnesses his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the that thou mayest do that which is right good in y e sighte of the LORDE y t thou mayest prospere and y t thou mayest go in conquere that good londe which the LORDE sware vnto y e fathers that he maye chace out all thine enemies before the as the LORDE hath sayde Now whan thy sonne axeth the todaye or tomorow and sayeth What meane these witnesses ordinaunces and lawes that the LORDE oure God hath comaunded you Then shalt thou saye vnto thy sonne We were Pharaos bondmen in Egipte and the LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande and the LORDE did greate euell tokens wonders in Egipte vpoÌ„ Pharao and all his house before oure eyes and brought vs from thence to bringe vs in
this daye that whan thou hast eaten art fylled and hast buylded goodly houses dwellest therin and whan thy beestes and shepe and syluer and golde and all y t thou hast increaseth thine hert ryse not then and thou forget the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte frō y e house of bondage and led y e thorow this greate terrible wyldernes where were serpentes that spouted fyre and Scorpions drouth and where there was no water and brought the water out of the hard flynte and fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof y e fathers knewe not that he might chasten the and proue the to do the good afterwarde and lest thou saye in thine hert My power and the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me all this good But that thou thynke vpon the LORDE thy God For it is HE which geueth the power to exercyse strength that he maye perfourme the couenaunt which he sware vnto thy fathers as it is come to passe this daye But yf thou shalt forget the LORDE thy God and folowe other goddes and serue them and worshipe thē I testifye ouer you this daye that ye shal vtterly perishe Euen as the Heythen whom y e LORDE destroyeth before youre face so shall ye perishe also because ye are not obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The IX Chapter HEare O Israel This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions which are greater and mightier then thou greate cities walled vp vnto heauen a greate people and of an hye stature namely the childrē of Enakim whom thou hast knowne and of whom thou hast herde saye Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye that the LORDE y e God goeth before the a cōsumynge fyre He shal destroye thē and shal◠subdue them before the and shal driue them out shortly shall he brynge thē to naught as the LORDE hath promysed the. Now whan the LORDE thy God hath expelled them out before the saye not thou thē in thine hert The LORDE hath brought me in to take possession of this lande for myne awne righteousnes sake where as y e LORDE yet dryueth out the Heithen before the because of their vngodlynes For thou commest not in to take their londe in possession for thine awne righteousnes sake and because of thy right hert but the LORDE dryueth out these Heythen for their awne vngodlynesse sake and that he maye perfourme the worde which the LORDE hath sworne vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE y e God geueth not the this londe to possesse it for thine awne righteousnes sake For thou art a styffnecked people Remembre and forget not how thou displeasedest the LORDE thy God in the wildernesse Sence y e daye that thou departedst out of the londe of Egipte tyll ye came vnto this place haue ye bene dishobedient vnto the LORDE For in Horeb ye angred the LORDE so that of wrath he wolde haue destroyed you whan I was gone vp to y e mount to receaue the tables of stone namely the tables of the couenaunt which the LORDE made w t you and I abode fortye dayes fortye nightes vpon the mount and ate no bred dranke no water and the LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of God and in them was acordinge to all the wordes which the LORDE sayde vnto you vpon the mount out of the fyre in the daye of the gatheringe together And after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes y e LORDE gaue me y e two tables of stone namely y e tables of the couenaunt and sayde vnto me vp get y e downe quyckly from hence for thy people whom thou broughtest out of Egipte haue marred thē selues they are soone gone out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a molten ymage And the LORDE saide vnto me I se this people that it is a styffnecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out their name from vnder heauē I wyl make of the a people mightier and greater thē this is And as I turned me wente downe frō the mount which brent w t fyre had y e two tables of the couenaunt in both my hādes I loked beholde ye had synned agaynst y e LORDE yo r God so y t ye had made you a molten calfe were soone turned out of y e waie which the LORDE had commaunded you Then toke I the two tables cast them out of both my handes brake thē before youre eyes I fell before the LORDE euen as at the first tyme fortye dayes fortye nightes nether ate bred ner drāke water because of all youre synnes which ye had synned whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath For I was afrayed of the wrath and indignacion wherwith the LORDE was angrie w t you euen to haue destroyed you And the LORDE herde me at that tyme also Morouer the LORDE was very angrie w t Aaron so that he wolde haue destroyed him but I made intercession for Aaron also at y e same tyme. As for youre synne namely the calfe that ye had made I toke it and burnt it with the fyre and smote it a sunder grynde it in peces euen vnto dust and cast the dust in to the broke that descended from the mount Ye displeased the LORDE also at Tabera and at Massa and at the lustgraues and whā he sent you from Cades Barnea and sayde Go vp and conquere the londe which I haue geuen you And ye were disobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God and beleued not on him and herkened not vnto his voyce for ye haue bene disobediēt vnto the LORDE as longe as I haue knowne you Thē fell I before y e LORDE fortye daies and fortye nightes which I laye there For y e LORDE sayde he wolde destroye you But I made intercession vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE LORDE destroye not y e people and thine enheritaunce which thou thorow thy greate power hast delyuered and broughte out of Egipte with a mightie hāde Remembre thy seruauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob Loke not vpon the stubburnesse and vngodlynesse and synne of this people that the londe wherout thou hast broughte vs saye not The LORDE was not able to bringe them in to the lande that he promysed them and because he hated them therfore hath he broughte them out to destroye thē in the wyldernesse For they are thy people thine enheritaunce which thou hast broughte out w t thy greate power and with thy stretched out arme The X. Chapter AT the same tyme sayde the LORDE vnto me Hew y e two tables
God maketh with the this daye that he mighte set the vp this daye to be a people vnto himself and that he mighte be thy God as he hath sayde vnto the and as he sware vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob For I make not this couenaunt and this ooth with you onely but both with you y t are here this daye and stonde with vs before the LORDE oure God and also with them that are not here with vs this daye For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte and how we came thorow the myddes of the Heythen whom ye passed by and sawe their abhominacions and their Idols wodd and stone syluer and golde which were with them Lest there be amōge you man or woman or an housholde or a trybe which turneth awaye his hert this daye from the LORDE oure God to go and to serue y e goddes of these nacions and lest there be amonge you some rote that beareth gall worm wodd so that though he heare the wordes of this curse he blesse him selfe yet in his hert and saye Tush it shal not be so euell I wil walke after the meanynge of myne awne hert that the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie Then shall not the LORDE be mercifull vnto him but his wrath and gelousy shall smoke ouer soch a man and all the curses that are wrytten in this boke shall lighte vpon him and the LORDE shal put out his name from vnder heauen and shall separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel acordinge vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that is wrytten in the boke of this lawe So the posterities of youre childrē which shal ryse vp after you and the straungers that come out of farre countrees shall saye whan they se the plages of this londe and the diseases wherwith the LORDE hath smytten it that he hath brent vp all their londe with brymstone and salt so y t it cannot be sowne ner is frutefull nether groweth there eny grasse therin Like as Sodom Gomor Adama and Zeboim are ouer throwne which the LORDE ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger Then shall all nacions saye Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe What greate wrothfull displeasure is this Then shalt it be sayde Euen because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of their fathers which he made with them whan he broughte them out of the londe of Egipte and they wēte and serued other goddes and worshipped thē euen soch goddes as they knewe not and whom he had not deuyded vnto them Therfore the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer this londe to brynge vpon it all the curses that are wrytten in this boke And the LORDE thrust them out of their londe w t greate wrath indignacion displeasoure hath cast them into another londe as it is come to passe this daye These are the secretes of the LORDE oure God which are opened vnto vs and oure children for euer y t we shulde do all the wordes of this lawe The XXX Chapter NOw whan all this commeth vpon the whether it be the blessinge or y e curse which I haue layed before the and thou goest in to thine hert beynge amōge the Heithen whither the LORDE thy God hath thrust the and thou turnest vnto the LORDE y e God so that thou herkenest vnto his voyce thou and thy children with all y e hert and with all thy soule in all that I commaunde the this daye then shal the LORDE thy God turne thy captiuyte and haue compassion vpon the and shal gather thy congregacion agayne from amonge all the nacions whither the LORDE thy God hath scatered the. And though thou werest thrust out vnto the vttemost partes of the heauen yet shall the LORDE thy God gather the from thence and from thēce shal he fetch the and shal brynge the in to the londe which thy fathers haue possessed and thou shalt enioye it and he shal do the good and multiplye the aboue thy fathers And the LORDE thy God shall circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thy sede that thou mayest loue the LORDE y t God with all thy hert and with all y e soule that thou mayest lyue But all these curses shall the LORDE thy God laye vpon thine enemyes and vpon them that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE to do all his commaundementes which I commaunde the this daye And the LORDE thy God shal make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hādes in the frute of thy body in the frute of thy catell in the frute of thy londe to good For the LORDE shall turne to reioyse ouer the to good as he reioysed ouer thy fathers so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God to kepe his commaundementes and ordinaunces which are wrytten in the boke of this lawe and turne vnto the LORDE thy God with all thy hert and with all thy soule For the commaundement which I commaunde y e this daye is not to wonderfull for the ner to farre ner yet in heauen that thou neadest to saye Who wil go vp for vs in to heauen and brynge it vnto vs that we maie heare it and do it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou neadest to saye Who wyll go ouer the see for vs and fetch it vs that we maye heare it and do it For the worde is very nye vnto the euē in thy mouth and in thine hert that thou do it Beholde I haue layed before you this daye life and good death and euell For I cōmaunde the this daye to loue the LORDE thy God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and lawes that thou mayest lyue and multiplye and that the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in the londe whither thou goest to possesse it But yf thou turnest awaye thine hert so that thou wilt not heare but fall a waye to worshipe other goddes and to serue them I certifye you this daye that ye shal perishe not lyue longe in the londe whither thou goest ouer Iordane to possesse it I take heauen and earth this daye to recorde ouer you I haue layed before you life and death blessinge and cursinge that thou mayest chose life and that thou and thy sede maye lyue y t ye maye loue the LORDE youre God and herken vnto his voyce and cleue vnto him For he is thy life and thy lōge age that thou mayest dwell in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The XXXI Chapter ANd Moses wente spake these wordes to all Israel and saide vnto them I am this daye an hundreth and twētye yeare olde I can nomore go out and in the LORDE also hath sayde vnto me Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane The LORDE thy
the water of stryfe He that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother I se him not and to his brother I knowe him not and to his sonne I wote not of him those haue obserued thy wordes and kepte y e couenaunt they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes and Israel thy lawe they shal laie incense before thy nose burnt offeringes vpon thine altare LORDE blesse thou his power accepte the workes of his handes smyte the loynes of them y t ryse vp agaynst him of them that hate him that they lifte not vp them selues And to Ben Iamin he saide The beloued of the LORDE shal dwell in hope on him All the daye longe shal he wayte vpon him and shal dwell betwene his shulders And to Ioseph he sayde His londelieth in the blessynge of the LORDE there are noble frutes of heauen of the dew and of the depe that lyeth beneth There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne and noble rype frutes of y e monethes And of y e toppes of the mountaynes of olde and of the hilles allwaye and of the noble frutes of y e earth and of 〈◊〉 fulnesse therof The good will of him that dwelleth in the buszshe come vpon the heade of Ioseph and vpon y e toppe of his heade that was separated frō amonge his brethren His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe and his hornes are as y e hornes of an Vnicorne with the same shal he puszshe the nacions together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon of thy outgoynge but reioyse thou Isachar of thy tentes They shall call the people vnto y e hyll and there shal they offre y e offeringes of righteousnes For they shal sucke the abundaunce of the see and the treasures hyd in the sonde And to Gad he sayde Blessynge haue Gad which maketh rowme He dwelleth as a lyon and spoyleth the arme and the toppe of the heade And he sawe his begynnynge that y e heape of the teachers laye hydd there and came with the rulers of the people and executed the righteousnesse of the LORDE and his iudgment on Israel And to Dan he sayde Dan a yonge lyon he shal flowe from Basan And to Nephtali he saide Nephtali shal haue abundaunce of pleasure shal be full of the blessynge of the LORDE his possession shal be towarde the west and south And to Asser he sayde Asser be blessed w t sonnes accepted be he with his brethren and dyppe his fote in oyle Yron and brasse be on thy shues Thyne age be as thy youth There is no God as the God of the iust He that sytteth vpon heauen be thy helpe And his glory is in the cloudes that is the dwellynge of God from the beginnynge and vnder the armes of the worlde And he shal dryue out thyne enemye before the and saye Be destroyed And Israel shall dwell safe alone The eye of Iacob shal be vpon y e londe where corne and wine is heauen also shal droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is lyke vnto the O thou people y t art saued by the LORDE which is thy helpe shylde and the swerde of thy glorye Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them The XXIIII Chapter ANd Moses wente from the felde of y e Moabites vp vnto mount Nebo vpō y e toppe of moūt Pisga ouer agaynst Iericho And the LORDE shewed him all the londe of Gilead vnto Dan and all Nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse and all the londe of Iuda vnto y e vttemost see and towarde the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the LORDE sayde vnto him This is the londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde I wyll geue it vnto thy sede Thou hast sene it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go ouer thither So Moses y e seruaunt of the LORDE died there in the londe of the Moabites acordinge vnto the worde of y e LORDE And he buried him in a valley in the londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst the house of Peor And noman knewe of his graue vnto this daye And Moses was an hundreth and twentye yeare olde whan he dyed his eyes were not dymme and his chekes were not fallen And the children of Israel weped for Moses in y e felde of the Moabites thirtie daies and the dayes of the wepynge and mournynge for Moses were fulfilled And Iosua the sonne of Nun was filled with y e sprete of wyszdome for Moses had layed his hande vpon him and the children of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses And there arose no prophet more in Israel like vnto Moses whom the LORDE knewe face to face in all tokens and wonders which the LORDE sent him to do in y e londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and to all his seruaūtes and his londe and in all this mightie hande and greate visions which Moses dyd in the sighte of all Israel The ende of the fifte boke of Moses called Deuteronomion The seconde parte of the olde Testament The boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges The boke of Ruth The first boke of the Kynges The seconde boke of the Kynges The thirde boke of the Kynges The fourth boke of the kynges The first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Eszdras The boke of Hester The boke of Iosua What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. After the death of Moses God cōmaūdeth Iosua to get him vp and to go with the people ouer Iordane in to the londe of promes Chap. II. Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho and Rahab lodgeth them Chap. III. Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane The Leuites are ordeyned to go beforewith the Arke The one parte of Iordane stondeth styll the other renneth downe and the people go thorow it drye shodd Chap. IIII. Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out of Iordane and setteth them vp at Gilgall for a remembraunce Chap V. The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed The people in Gilgall are circumcysed They eate the Passeouer and vnleuended bred Chap. VI. How Iericho is wonne and taken Chap. VII The Israelites are put to flight before their enemies because one of thē had stollen of it that shulde haue bene damned and vtterly destroyed The trespacer is stoned vnto death Chap VIII The cite of Hai is wonne the people slayne the kynge taken alyue and hanged the cite brent Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE The blessynges and curses are red Chap. IX The Heythen kynges prepare thē selues agaynst Israel The Gabaonites saue their lyues by crafte and suttyltie Chap. X. The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon but Iosua helpeth them and wynneth a greate felde commaundeth the Sonne
vncle He tolde vs y t the asses were foūde But of y e kyngdome he tolde him nothinge what Samuel had sayde Samuel called the people together vnto the LORDE to Mispa and spake vnto the children of Israel Thus saieth y e LORDE the God of Israel I broughte Israel out of Egipte and delyuered you from the hande of y e Egipcians and from the hande of all the kyngdomes that oppressed you But now haue ye refused yo r God which hath helped you out of all youre sorowes and troubles ye haue saide vnto him Set a kinge ouer v◠Well stonde ye now before y e LORDE acordinge to youre trybes and kynreds Now whan Samuel had brought forth all the trybes of Israel the trybe of Ben Iamin was taken And whan he had broughte forth the trybe of Ben Iamin with his kynreds the kynred of Matri was takē Saul the sonne of Cis was takē And they sought him but they founde him not Then axed they further at the LORDE whether he was for to come thither The LORDE answered Beholde he hath hyd him selfe amonge y e vessels Then ranne they thither and fetched him And whan he stode amonge the people he was hygher by the heade then all the people And Samuel sayde vnto all the people There se ye him whom the LORDE hath chosen for in all the people there is none like him Then gaue all the people a shoute and sayde God saue the new kynge Samuel tolde the people all the lawe of the kyngdome and wrote it in a boke and layed it before the LORDE And Samuel let all the people go euery one to his awne house And Saul wente home also vnto Gibea and there wente with him one parte of the hoost whose hertes God had touched But the childrē of Belial sayde What shal this felowe helpe vs and despysed him broughte him no presente But he made him as though he herde it no◠The XI Chapter NAhas y e Ammonite wēte vp layed sege vnto Iabes in Gilead And all the men of Iabes sayde vnto Nahas Be at one with vs we wyll serue the. But Nahas y e Ammonite answered them I wil make a couenaunt with you of this condicion that I maye thrust out all youre right eyes and put you to shame amonge all Israel Then sayde all the Elders of Iabes vnto him Geue vs seuen dayes respyte that we maye sende messaungers into all y e coastes of Israel Yf there be then no sauioure we wyl go forth vnto the. So the messaungers came vnto Gibea of Saul and spake this before the eares of the people Then all y e people lifte vp their voyce and wepte And beholde Saul came after the oxen out of the felde and sayde What ayleth the people that they wepe So they tolde him the earande of the men of Iabes Then came the sprete of God vpon him whan he had herde these wordes and his wrath was sore moued and he toke a couple of oxen and hewed them in sunder and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel by the messaungers sayenge Who so euer goeth not forth after Saul and Samuel his oxen shal be thus dealte withall Then fell the feare of the LORDE vpon the people so that they wente forth like as one man and they were tolde at Basek and of the childrē of Israel there were thre hundreth thousande men and thirtie thousande of the children of Iuda And they spake vnto the messaungers that were come Saye thus to the men of Iabes in Gilead Tomorow shal ye haue helpe whan y e Sonne is at the whotest Whan y e messaungers came and tolde this to the men of Iabes they were glad And the men of Iabes sayde Tomorow wyll we come forth vnto you that ye maye do vnto vs what so euer it pleaseth you And on y e nexte morow Saul set the people in thre partes and came into the hoost aboute the mornynge watch and smote the Ammonites tyll the daye was at the whotest As for those y t remayned they were so scatred that two of them abode not together Then sayde the people vnto Samuel Where are they that sayde Shulde Saul raigne ouer vs Delyuer vs here the men that we maye put them to death But Saul sayde There shal noman dye this daye for to daye hath the LORDE geuen health in Israel Samuel sayde vnto the people Come let vs go vnto Gilgall and renue the kyngdome there Then wente all the people vnto Gilgall and there they made Saul kinge before the LORDE at Gilgal and offred deed offeringes before the LORDE And Saul with all the men of Israel reioysed there greatly The XII Chapter SAmuel sayde vnto all Israel Beholde I haue herkened vnto youre voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me and haue made a kynge ouer you And now lo there goeth youre kynge before you As for me I am waxen olde and graye heered and my sonnes are with you and I haue gone before you fro my youth vp vnto this daye Beholde here am I ▪ answere ye agaynst me before the RORDE and his anoynted yf I haue taken eny mans oxe or asse yf I haue done eny man violence or wronge If I haue oppressed eny mā yf I haue receaued a gifte of eny mans hande and kepte it secretly I wil restore it you agayne They saide ▪ Thou hast done vs nether violence ner wronge nether oppressed ner taken ought of eny mans hande He sayde The LORDE be witnesse agaynst you and so be his anoynted this daye that ye haue founde nothinge in my hāde They saide Yee they shal be witnesses And Samuel sayde vnto the people The LORDE which made Moses and Aaron and broughte youre fathers out of the londe of Egipte is here present Stōde forth now therfore that I maye iudge you before the LORDE ouer the righteousnes of the LORDE which he hath done for you and youre fathers Whan Iacob was come in to Egipte youre fathers cryed vnto the LORDE And he sent Moses and Aaron to brynge youre fathers out of Egipte and to cause them for to dwell in this place But whan they forgat the LORDE their God he solde them vnder the power of Sissera the captayne at Hazor and vnder the power of the Philistynes and vnder the power of the kinge of the Moabites which foughte agaynst them But they cried vnto the LORDE and sayde We haue synned in that we haue forsaken the LORDE and serued Baalim and Astaroth But now deliuer vs from the hande of oure enemies and we wyl serue the. Then the LORDE sent Ierubaal Bedan Iephthae and Samuel delyuered you from youre enemies rounde aboute and caused you to dwell safe But whan ye sawe that Nahas the kynge of the children of Ammon came agaynst you ye sayde vnto me Not thou but a kynge shal raigne ouer vs where as notwithstōdinge youre God was youre kynge
the house of Ieroboam which caused Israel to synne but walked in them The groue at Samaria stode styll also For of the people of Ioahas there were no mo lefte but fyftye horsmen ten charettes and ten thousande fote men for the kynge of Syria had destroyed them and made them as the dust in the barne What more there is to saye of Ioahas and all that he dyd and his power beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ioahas fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried in Samaria Ioas his sonne was kinge in his steade In the seuen and thirtieth yeare of Ioas kynge of Iuda was Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixtene yeare And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne but walked in them What more there is to saye of Ioas and what he dyd his power how he foughte with Amasias kynge of Iuda beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers and Ieroboam sat vpoÌ„ his seate And Ioas was buried in Samaria w t the kynges of Israel As for Eliseus he fell in to a sicknes wherof he dyed And Ioas the kynge of Israel came downe vnto him and wepte for him and saide My father my father the charet man of Israel and his horsmen Eliseus sayde vnto him Take the bowe and the arowes And whan he had taken the bowe and the arowes he sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Bende the bowe with thine hande And he bent it with his haÌ„de And Eliseus layed his hande vpon the kynges hande and sayde Open that wyndowe towarde the Easâ— And he opened it And Eliseus saide Shâ—â—â— And he shot He sayde one arowe of the saluacion of the LORDE one arowe of saluacioÌ„ agaynst the Syrians and thou shalt smyâ—â— the Syrians at Aphek tyll they be brought to naughte And he sayde Take y e arowes And whâ—â— he had taken them he sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Smyte the earth And he smote thre tymes and stode still Then was them â–ª of God wroth at him and sayde Yf thou haddest smytten fyue or sixe times thou shuldest haue smytten y e Syrians tyll thou had dest vtterly brought them to naughte But now shalt thou smyte them thre tymes Whan Eliseus was deed and buried the men of warre of the Moabites fell in to the londe the same yeare And it fortuned y t they buryed a certaine man But whaÌ„ they sawe the men of warre they cast the man in to Eliseus graue And whan he was therin and touched Eliseus bones he reuyued and stode vpon his fete So Hasael the kynge of Syria oppressed Israel as longe as Ioahas lyued But the LORDE was gracious vnto them and had mercy vpon them and turned him to them for his couenauntes sake with Abraham Isaac and Iacob and wolde not destroye theÌ„ nether dyd he cast them out from his presence vnto this houre And Hasael the kinge of Syria dyed and Benadad his sonne was kynge in his steade But Ioas turned backe and toke out of the hande of Benadad the sonne of Hasael the cyties which he had takeÌ„ in battaill out of the hande of his father Ioahas Thre tymes dyd Ioas smyte him and broughte the cities of Israel agayne The XIIII Chapter IN the seconde yeare of Ioas y e sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel was Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda made kynge fyue and twenty yeare olde was he whan he was made kynge reigned nyne and twentye yeare at IerusaleÌ„ His mothers name was Ioadan of Ierusalem And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE yet not as his father Dauid but euen as his father Ioas did so dyd he also for y e hye places were not put downe but the people offred and brent inceÌ„se yet vpon the hye places Now whan he had gotten the power of the kyngdome he smote his seruauntes which had smytteÌ„ the kynge his father but the children of y e deed slayers slewe he not acordinge to y t which is wrytteÌ„ in the boke of the lawe of Moses where the LORDE hath coÌ„maunded sayde The fathers shal not dye for the children the children shal not dye for the fathers but euery one shal dye for his awne synne Ten thousande of the Edomites smote he also in the Salt valley and wanne Sela in battayll and called it Iatheel vnto this daye Then sent Amasias messaungers vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas the sonne of Iehu kynge of Israel sayenge Come hither let vs se one another But Ioas y e kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias the kynge of Iuda sayenge The hawthorne that is in Libanus sent to the Ceder tre in Libanus sayenge Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife But a wylde beest of the felde ranne ouer y e hawthorne and trode it downe Thou hast smytteÌ„ the Edomites therfore is thine hert waxen proude Take the prayse and byde at home why stryuest thou for mysfortune y t thou mayest fall and Iuda with the Howbeit Amasias consented not Then weÌ„te Ioas the kynge of Israel vp and they sawe one another he and Amasias the kynge of Iuda at Beth Semes which lyeth in Iuda But Iuda was smytten before Israel so that euery one fled in to his tente And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias the kynge of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Ochosias at Beth Semes and came to Ierusalem and brake downe y e wall of Ierusalem from y e porte of Ephraim vnto the corner porte euen foure hundreth cubites loÌ„ge and toke all the golde and syluer and ornamentes that were founde in the house of the LORDE and in y e treasures of the kynges house the children also to pledge departed agayne to Samaria What more there is to saie of Ioas what he dyd and of his power how he foughte with Amasias the kynge of Iuda beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried at Samaria amonge y e kynges of Israel And Ieroboam his sonne was kynge in his steade But Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda lyued after the death of Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel fiftene yeare What more there is to saye of Amasias it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And they conspyred agaynst him at Ierusalem but he fled vnto Lachis And they sent after him vnto Lachis and slewe him there And they broughte him vpon horses he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in y e cite of Dauid And all the people of Iuda toke Asarias in his sixtenth yeare and made him kynge in steade of Amasias his father He buylded
Assaph the sonne of Barachias and of the children of Merari their brethren Ethan the sonne of Cusaia and with them their brethren of the seconde course namely Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Benaia Maeseia Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel the dore kepers For Heman Assaph and Ethan were syngers with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse but Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Maeseia Benaia with Phalteries to Alamoth Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel Asasia with harpes to synge aboue them on hye Chenania the ruler of the Leuites was the master of Musick to teach them for to synge for he was a man of vnderstondinge And Barachias and Elcana were the dorekepers of the Arke But Sachamia Iosaphat Nathaneel Amasai Zacharias Benaia Elieser the prestes blewe the trompettes before y e Arke of God And Obed Edom and Iehia were dorekepers of the Arke So Dauid and the Elders of Israel and the captaynes ouer thousandes wente vp to fetch the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the house of Obed Edom w t ioye And whan God had helped the Leuites y t bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt there were offred seuen bullockes seuen raÌ„mes And Dauid had a lynneÌ„ garment vpoÌ„ him and so had all the Leuites y t bare the Arke and y e syngers and Chenania the master of Musick w t the syngers Dauid had an ouerbody cote of lynnen vpon him also Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth with trompettes tabrettes loude Cymbales with psalteries and harpes Now whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol y e doughter of Saul loked out at awyndowe whaÌ„ she sawe kynge Dauid daunsynge playenge she despysed him in hir hert The XVII Chapter ANd whaÌ„ they brought in the Arke of God they set it in y e Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it and offred burnt offerynges thank offerynges before God And whaÌ„ Dauid had ended the burnt offerynges and thank offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE distributed vnto euery man in Israel both vnto man and woman a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage And he appoynted before the Arke of y e LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister that they shulde geue prayse thankes and loauinges vnto the LORDE God of Israel namely Assaph the first Zacharias the seconde Ieâ—el Semiramoth Iehiel Mathithia Eliab Benaia Obed Edom and Iehiel with psalteries and harpes But Assaph with loude Cymbales Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes allwaye before the Arke of y e couenaunt of God At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of all to geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE by Assaph and his brethren O geue thankes vnto the LORDE call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let y e hert of them reioyce that seke the LORDE O seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore RemeÌ„bre his maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmeÌ„tes of his mouth Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God his iudgmeÌ„tes are in all londes Be myndefull euer of his couenauÌ„t what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions Which he made with Abraham his ooth vnto Isaac And he comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt And sayde Vnto the wyl I geue y e londe of Canaan y e metelyne of yo r inheritaunce WhaÌ„ they were yet but small fewe in noÌ„bre and straungers in the same londe And they wente from one nacion to another from one realme to another people He suffred no man to hurte them and reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme O synge vnto y e LORDE let all y e earth be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his holynes amoÌ„ge the HeytheÌ„ his wonderous workes amonge y e people For the LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed and more to he had in awe then all goddes As for all the goddes of the HeytheÌ„ they are but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heauens Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him strength and ioye is in his place Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of nacions ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come before him and worshipe y e LORDE in y e bewtye of holynes Let the whole earth stoÌ„de in awe of him he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast that it can not be moued Let the heauens reioyse and let the earth be glad and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen that the LORDE reigneth Let the See make a noyse and the fulnesse therof let the felde be ioyfull and all that therin is Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye before the LORDE for he commeth to iudge the earth O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer And saye Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure and gather vs together and delyuer vs from the Heythen that we maye geue thankes vnto y e holy name and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and let all people saye Amen And Prayse be vnto the LORDE So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there before the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE to mynister allwaye before the Arke euery daye his daye worke But Obed Edom and their brethren eight and threscore and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun and Hossa to be dore kepers And Sadoc y e prest his brethreÌ„ the prestes lefte he before the habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye place at GibeoÌ„ to offre burntsacrifices daylie vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burnt offerynges in the mornynge in the euenynge as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE which he coÌ„maunded vnto Israel And with them Heman Iedithun and y e other chosen which were named by name to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer And with them Heman Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and Cymbales and the musicall instrumentes of God As for the childreÌ„ of Iedithun he made them dorekepers So all the people departed euery one to his house and Dauid returned also to blesse his house The XVIII Chapter IT fortuned whaÌ„ Dauid dwelt in his house he sayde vnto y e prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Ceder and the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE is amonge the curtaynes
the altare and slewe the lābes and sprenkled the bloude vpon the altare And y e goates to y e syn offerynge brought they before the kynge and the congregaciō and layed their handes vpon them and the prestes slewe them and sprenkled their bloude vpon the altare to make attonemēt for all Israel for the kynge commaunded to offre burntsacrifyces and sin offeringes for all Israel And he set the Leuites in the house of the LORDE with Cymbales Psalteries and harpes as Dauid had commaunded and Gad the kynges Seer and the prophet Nathan for it was the commaundement of the LORDE by his prophetes And the Leuites stode with the musicall instrumentes of Dauid the prestes with the trompettes And Ezechias commaunded them to offre burntsacrifyces vpon the altare And aboute the tyme that the burntsacrifyce begāne to be offred the songe of the LORDE beganne also and y e trompettes and dyuerse instrumentes of Dauid the kynge of Israel and all the congregacion gaue praise thankes and the songe of the Musicians and y e blowynge of the trompetters endured all tyll the burnt offerynge was fynished Now whan the burnt offerynge was perfourmed the kynge and all they that were with him bowed them selues and gaue praise and thankes And Ezechias the kynge w t the rulers commaunded the Leuites to prayse the LORDE with the songes of Dauid and Assaph the Seer And they gaue prayse tyll they were ioyfull and they bowed them selues and worshipped And Ezechias answered and saide Now haue ye fylled youre hādes vnto the LORDE steppe forth and brynge hither y e sacrifyces and thank offerynges vnto the house of the LORDE And the congregacion broughte sacrifyces and thank offerynges and euery mā of a fre wyllinge hert brought burnt offerynges And the nombre of the burnt offerynges that the congregacion broughte was thre score bullockes and ten an hundreth rāmes and two hundreth lambes and all these for the burnt offerynge vnto the LORDE and they sanctifyed sixe hundreth bullockes and thre thousande shepe But the prestes were to fewe and coulde not pluck of the skynnes of all the burnt offerynges therfore toke they their brethren the Leuites tyll the worke was fyniszhed and tyll the prestes were halowed for the Leuites are easier to be halowed then the prestes and many of the burnt offerynges were with the fat of the thank offerynges and drynk offerynges to the burntsacrifices Thus was the ministracion of the house of the LORDE prepared And Ezechias reioysed with all the people that they were prepared with God for it was done righte haistely The XXX Chapter ANd Ezechias sent in to all Israel and Iuda and wrote letters vnto Ephraim and Manasses that they shulde come to the house of the LORDE at Ierusalem to kepe easter vnto the LORDE God of Israel And the kynge helde a councell with his rulers and all the cōgregacion at Ierusalem to kepe Passeouer in the seconde moneth for at that tyme they coulde not kepe it because the prestes were not sanctified ynough and the people were not yet come together vnto Ierusalem And it pleased the kynge well and all the cōgregacion And they appointed it to be proclamed thorow out all Israel from Berseba vnto Dan that they shulde come to kepe Passeouer vnto the LORDE God of Israel for they were not many to kepe it as it is wrytten And the postes wente with the letters from the hande of the kynge and of his rulers thorow out all Israell and Iuda at y e kynges commaundement and sayde Ye children of Israel turne you vnto the LORDE God of Abraham Isaac and Iacob and he shal turne to y e escaped which are lefte ouer amonge you from the hande of the kynge of Assur and be not ye as youre fathers and brethren which rebelled agaynst the LORDE God of their fathers and he gaue thē ouer in to desolacion as ye se youre selues Be not ye hardnecked now as were youre fathers but offre youre hāde vnto the LORDE and come to his sanctuary which he hath sanctified for euer and serue the LORDE youre God so shal the indignacion of his wrath turne awaye from you For yf ye turne vnto the LORDE then shal youre brethren and children haue mercy in the sighte of them which holde them in captiuyte that they maye come agayne in to this londe for the LORDE youre God is gracious and mercifull and shal not turne awaye his face from you yf ye conuerte vnto him And the postes wente from one cite to another in the londe of Ephraim and Manasses and vnto Zabulon But they mocked them and laughed them to scorne Yet were there some of Asser and Manasses and of Zabulon that submytted them selues and came to Ierusalem And the hande of God came in to Iuda so that he gaue thē one hert to do after the commaundement of the kynge and the rulers at the worde of the LORDE And there came together vnto Ierusalē a greate people to kepe the feast of vnleuended bred in the seconde moneth a very greate congregacion And they gat them vp and put downe y e altares that were at Ierusalem and all the incense put they awaye and cast it in to the broke Cedron and slewe the Passeouer on the fourtenth daye of the secōde moneth And y e prestes and Leuites were ashamed and halowed them selues and broughte the burnt offerynges to the house of the LORDE and stode in their ordinaunce as it was acordinge after the lawe off Moses the man of God And the prestes sprenkled the bloude from the hande of the Leuites for there were many in the cōgregacion which were not sanctified therfore dyd the Leuites kyll Passeouer for them which were not clensed that they mighte be sanctified vnto the LORDE There were many people also of Ephraim Manasses Isachar and Zabulon which were not cleane but ate the Easter lambe not as it is wrytten for Ezechias prayed for them and sayde The LORDE which is gracious shal be mercifull vnto all them that prepare their hertes vnto God to seke the LORDE God of their fathers though they be not clensed after the holy purificacion And the LORDE herde Ezechias and healed the people Thus the children of Israel that were founde at Ierusalē helde y e feast of vnleuended bred seuen dayes with greate ioye And the Leuites and prestes praysed the LORDE euery daye with the loude instrumentes of the LORDE And Ezechias spake hertely vnto all y e Leuites which had good vnderstondinge in the LORDE and they ate the feast seuen dayes and offred thāk offerynges and gaue thankes vnto y e LORDE God of their fathers And all the congregacion deuysed to kepe the feast yet other seuē dayes and so they helde it those seuen dayes also with ioye for Ezechias the kinge of Iuda gaue an Heue-offerynge for the cōgregacion euen a thousande bullockes and seuen thousande shepe But the rulers gaue an Heue offeringe for y e congregacion euen a thousande
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
litle hilles like yonge shepe What ayled the o thou see that thou fleddest and thou Iordan that thou turnedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye stripped like rammes and ye litle hilles like yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well Here the Hebrues begynne the CXV psalme Not vnto vs o LORDE not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes Wherfore shal the Heithen saye where is now their God As for oure God he is in heauen he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him Their ymages are but syluer and golde euen the worke of mens hoÌ„des They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handle not fete haue they but they can not go nether can they speake thorow their throte They that made them are like vnto them and so are all soch as put their trust in them But let Israel trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence Let the house of Aaron put their trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence They that feare the LORDE let theÌ„ put their trust in the LORDE for he is their sucoure and defence The LORDE is myndefull of vs blesseth vs he blesseth y e house of Israel he blesseth y e house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE both small greate The LORDE encrease you more more you and youre childreÌ„ For ye are y e blessed of the LORDE which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the LORDES but the earth hath he geueÌ„ vnto y e childreÌ„ of men The deed prayse not the o LORDE nether all they that go downe in to sylence But we will prayse the LORDE from this tyme forth for euermore Halleluya The CXIIII psalme I Am wel pleased y t the LORDE 〈…〉 herde y e voyce of my prayer 〈…〉 he hath enclyned his eare 〈…〉 therfore wil I call vpoÌ„ him as long 〈…〉 The snares of death coÌ„pas◠〈…〉 aboute the paynes of hell gat◠〈…〉 me I founde trouble and heuy 〈…〉 called I vpon y e name of the LORDE o LORDE delyuer my soule Gracious is y e LORDE rightuous yee oure God is mercifull The LORDE preserueth y e symple I was brought downe and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest o my soule for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallinge I wil walke before y e LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge The CXV psalme This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before and it is with them the CXVI â–ª psalme I Beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ„ but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haist All men are lyers What rewarde shal I geue vnto y e LORDE for all the benefites y t he hath done vnto me I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacioÌ„ and call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of y e LORDE is the death of his sayntes O LORDE I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayden thou hast broken my bondes in sonder I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people in the courtes of the LORDES house eueÌ„ in the myddest of the o Ierusalem Halleluya The CXVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles laude him all ye people For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer Halleluya The CXVII psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse y t his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let theÌ„ now that feare the LORDE confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the LORDE in trouble and the LORDE herde me 〈◊〉 large The LORDE is my helper I wil 〈…〉 what man doeth vnto me The 〈…〉 is my helper I shal se my desyre 〈…〉 enemies It is better to trust 〈…〉 then to put eny confidence in 〈…〉 is better to trust in the LORDE 〈…〉 confideÌ„ce in prynces All Heithen compased me rounde aboute but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye theÌ„ They kepte me in on euery syde but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They came aboute me like bees were as hote as the fyre in the thornes but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They thrust at me that I might fall but the LORDE was my helpe The LORDE is my streÌ„gth my songe is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye myrth is in the dwellynges of y e rightuous for y e right hande of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence the right haÌ„de of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory I wil not dye but lyue and declare the workes of the LORDE The LORDE hath chastened correcte me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of rightuousnes â–ª y t I maye go in there thorow geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE This is the dore of the LORDE the rightuous shall entre in thorow 〈◊〉 I thanke the y t thou hast herde me are become my saluacioÌ„ The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headestone in the corner This was the LORDES doinge it is maruelous in o r eyes This is the daye which the LORDE hath made â–ª let vs reioyse and be glad in it Helpe now o LORDE o LORDE sende vs now prosperite Blessed be he that coÌ„meth in the name of the LORDE we wish you good lucke ye that be of the house of the LORDE God is the LORDE hath shewed vs light O 〈◊〉 the solempne feast with grene braunches 〈◊〉 vnto the hornes of y e aulter Thou art 〈◊〉 God I wil thanke the thou art my 〈◊〉 and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes 〈◊〉 to the LORDE for he is gracious his mâ—â—â—cy endureth for euer The CXVIII psalme Aleph BLessed are those y t be vndefiled in thâ— waye which walke in the lawe of 〈◊〉 LORDE Blessed are they that kepe his tâ—â—â—timonies seke him with their whole hertâ— â–ª Which walke in his wayes do no wiâ—kednesse Thou hast geuen strayte chaâ—â—â— to kepe thy commaundementes O thâ—â— my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statâ—â—tes So shulde I not be confounded
agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saie Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaiÌ„st me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpoÌ„ my backe made loÌ„ge forowes But the rightous LORDE hath hewen y e yocke of y e vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned backwarde as many as haue euell will at Sion Let theÌ„ be eueÌ„ as the haye vpon the house toppes which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which go by saye not so moch as the LORDE prospere you we wish you good lucke in the name of the LORDE The CXXIX psalme OVt of the depe call I vnto the o LORDE LORDE heare my voyce Oh let thine eares considre well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou LORDE wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse Oh LORDE who maye abyde it But there is mercy with the that thou mayest be feared I loke for the LORDE my soule doth wayte for him and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde the LORDE froÌ„ the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the LORDE â–ª for with the LORDE there is mercy and plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from all his synnes The CXXX A psalme of Dauid LORDE I am not hye mynded I haue no proude lokes I do not exercise myself in greate matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe y t is weened from his mother yee my soule is euen as a weened childe Let Israel trust in the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The CXXXI Psalme LORDE remembre Dauid and all his trouble How he swore vnto y e LORDE vowed a vowe vnto y e mightie one of Iacob I wil not come within the tabernacle of my house ner clymme vp iÌ„ to my bedde I wil not suffre myne eyes to slepe ner myne eye lyddes to sloÌ„ber Vntill I fynde out a place for the LORDE an habitacioÌ„ for the mightie one of Iacob Lo we herde of the same at Ephrata fouÌ„de it in y e wod We wil go in to his tabernacle â–ª fall downe before his fotestole Arise o LORDE in to thy restinge place thou y e arke of y e streÌ„gth Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuousnesse and let thy sayntes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thine anoynted The LORDE hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid he shal not shrenke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpon thy seate Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt my testimony y t I shal lerne theÌ„ their childreÌ„ also shal syt vpoÌ„ thy seate for euermore For the LORDE hath chosen SioÌ„ to be an habitacioÌ„ for him self hath he chosen her This shal be my rest here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therin I will blesse hir vytales w t increase wil satisfie hir poore with bred I wil decke hir prestes with health hir sayntes shal reioyse be glad There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for his enemies I shal clothe theÌ„ w t shame but vpon himself shal his crowne florish The CXXXII A psalme of Dauid BEholde how good ioyfull a thinge it is brethreÌ„ to dwell together in vnite It is like y t precious oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd eueÌ„ vnto Aarons beerd weÌ„te downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For there the LORDE promised his blessynge and life for euermore The CXXXIII psalme BEholde O prayse the LORDE all 〈◊〉 seruauntes of the LORDE ye that 〈◊〉 night stoÌ„de in the house of the LORDE 〈◊〉 lift vp youre handes in the Sanctuaâ—◠〈◊〉 prayse the LORDE The LORâ—◠〈…〉 heauen earth blesse the out 〈…〉 The CXXXIIII psalâ—â— â–ª O Prayse y e name 〈…〉 o ye seruauÌ„te◠〈…〉 in y e 〈…〉 of the house of 〈…〉 LORDE for the 〈…〉 For I knowe y t y e LORDE is greate y t o r LORDE is aboue all goddes What so euer y e LORDE pleaseth y t doth he in heaueÌ„ in earth in the see in all depe places He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde he turneth y e lighteniÌ„ges vnto rayne bringiÌ„ge the wyndes out of their treasuries Which smote the firstborne of Egipte both of man and beest He hath sent tokens and wonders in to the myddest of the o thou londe of Egipte vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes Which smote dyuerse nacions slewe mightie kynges Sihon kynge of y e Amorites Og the kynge of Basan and all the kyngdomes of CanaaÌ„ And gaue their loÌ„de for an heretage for an heretage vnto Israel his people Thy name o LORDE endureth foreuer so doth thy memoriall o LORDE from one generacion to another For the LORDE wil aueÌ„ge his people be gracious vnto his seruauÌ„tes As for the ymages of the HeitheÌ„ they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens haÌ„des They haue mouthes speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not nether is there eny breth iÌ„ their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them so are all they that put their trust in theÌ„ Prayse the LORDE ye house of Israel prayse the LORDE ye house of Aaron Prayse the LORDE ye house of Leui ye that feare y e LORDE prayse the LORDE Praysed be the LORDE out of Sion which dwelleth at IerusaleÌ„ Halleluya The CXXXV psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer O geue thaÌ„kes vnto the God of all goddes for his mercy endureth for euer O thanke the LORDE of all lordes for his mercy endureth for euer â—hich only doth greate wonders for his 〈…〉 endureth for euer Which by his 〈…〉 soome made the heauens for his mercy 〈…〉 for euer Which layed out the earth 〈…〉 waters for his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 hath made greate lightes for 〈…〉 for euer The Sonne 〈…〉 his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 the starres to gouerne 〈…〉 endureth for euer 〈…〉 their firstborne 〈…〉 for euer And 〈…〉 them for 〈…〉 reed see in to partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to go thorow y e myddest of it for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoost he ouer threwe them in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote greate kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Yee and slewe mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sihon kynge of the Amorites
which they owe vnto me that turne they to mens lawes and doctrynes therfore wil I also shewe vnto this people a maruelous terrible and greate thinge Namely this I wil destroye the wisdome of their wise and the vnderstoÌ„dinge of their lerned men shal perish Wo be vnto them that seke so depe to hyde their ymaginacion be fore the LORDE which rehearce their couÌ„cels in y e darknes and saye who seith vs or who knoweth vs Which ymaginacion of yours is euen as when the potters claye taketh advisemeÌ„t as though the worke might saye to y e worke master make me not or as when an erthen vessel saieth of the potter he vnderstondeth not Se ye not that it is hard by that Libanus shal be turned in to Charmel and that Charmel shal be taken as a wodde Then shal deaf men vnderstonde the wordes of the boke and the eyes of the blynde shal se without eny cloude or darknes The oppressed shal holde a mery feast in the LORDE and the poore people shal reioyse in the holy one of Israel Then shal the furious people ceasse and y e mockers shal be put awaye and all they y t do wronge shal be rooted out soch as laboure to drawe meÌ„ vnto synne and y t disceaue him which reproueth them in the gate soch as turne good personnes to vanite And therfore the LORDE euen the defender of Abraham saieth thus vnto the house of Iacob Now shal not Iacob be ashamed nor his face coÌ„founded when he seith amonge his children whom my hondes haue made soch as halowe my name amonge them that they maye sancifie the holy one of Iacob and feare the God of Israel and that they which afore tyme were of an erroneous sprete haue now vnderstondinge and y t soch as before coude not speake are now lerned in my lawe The xxx Chapter WO be to those shrenkinge children saieth the LORDE which seke councel but not at me which take a webbe in honde but not after my will that they maye heape one synne vpon another They go downe in to Egipte and axe me no councel to seke helpe at the power of Pharao and coÌ„forte in the shadowe of the EgipciaÌ„s But Pharaos helpe shal be youre coÌ„fucion and the comforte in the Egipcians shadowe shal be youre owne shame You re rulers haue bene at Zoan and yo r messaungers came vnto Hanes But ye shal all be ashamed of the people y t maye not helpe you which shal not bringe you strength or comforte but shame and confucion Youre beastes haue borne burthens vpoÌ„ their backes towarde the South thorow the waye that is ful of parell and trouble because of the lyoÌ„ and lyones of the Cockatrice and shutynge dragon Yee the Mules bare youre substaunce and the Camels brought yo r treasure vpon their croked backes vnto a people that can not helpe you For the Egipcians helpe shal be but vane and lost Therfore I tolde you also y t youre pryde shulde haue an ende Wherfore go heÌ„ce and write them this in their tables and note it in a booke that it maye remayne by their posterite and be stil kepte For it is an obstinate people vnfaithful children children that will not heare the lawe of the LORDE They darre saye to the prophetes Intro mitte youre selues with nothinge and vnto y e Soythsayers tell us of nothinge for to come but speake frendly wordes vnto vs and preach vs false thinges Treade out of the waye go out of the path turne the holy one of Israel from vs. Therfore thus saieth the holy one of Israel In as moch as ye haue cast of youre bewtie and conforted youre selues with power and nymblenesse and put youre confidence therin therfore shal ye haue this myschefe agayne for youre destruction and fall like as an hie wall that falleth because of some rift or blast whose breakinge cometh sodenly And youre destruction shal be like as an ertheÌ„ pot which breaketh no man touchinge it yee and breaketh so sore that a man shal not fynde a sheuer of it to fetch fyre in or to take water with all out of the pyt For the LORDE God euen the holy one of Israel hath promised thus With stilsittinge and rest shal ye be healed In quyetnesse and hope shal youre strength lie Notwithstondinge ye regarde it not but ye will saie No for thus are we coÌ„strayned to fle vpoÌ„ horses And therfore shall ye fle we must ryde vpon swift beastes and therfore youre persecutours shal yet be swifter A thousand of you shal fle for one or at the most for fyue which do but only geue you euell wordes vntil ye be desolate as a ship mast vpon an hie mountayne and as a beaken vpon an hill Yet stondeth the LORDE waitinge that he maye haue mercy vpon you and lifteth him self vp that he maye receaue you to grace For the LORDE God is rightuous Happie are all thei that wate for him For thus o thou people of Sion and ye citisens of Ierusalem shal ye neuer be in heuynes for doutlesse he will haue mercy vpon the. As soone as he heareth the voyce of thy crie he will helpe the. The LORDE geueth you the bred of aduersite and the water of trouble But thine instructer fleyth not farre from the yf thine eyes loke vnto thine instructer and thine eares harken to his worde that crieth after the and saieth This is the waye go this and turne nether to the right honde nor the leffte Morouer yf ye destroye the syluer workes of youre Idols and cast awaye the golden coapes that ye deckt them withall as fylthynes and saie get you hence TheÌ„ wil he geue rayne to the sede that ye shal sowe in the earth and geue you breade of the encrease of the earth so that all shal be plenteous and abundaunt Thy catel also shal he fede in the brode medowes yee thyne oxeÌ„ and Muâ—es that till the grounde shal eate good fodder which is pourged w t y e fanne Goodly ryuers shal flowe out of all his mountaynes and hilles In the daye of the greate slaughter when the towers shal fall the Moone shal shyne as the Sonne and y e SoÌ„ne shyne shal be seueÌ„ folde and haue as moch shyne as in seuen dayes beside In that daye shal the LORDE bynde vp y e brussed sores of his people and heale their woundes Beholde the glory of the LORDE shal come from farre his face shal burne that no man shal be able to abyde it his lippes shal wagge for very indignacion and his tunge shal be as a consumynge fyre His breath like a vehement floude of water which goeth vp to the throte That he maye take awaye y e people which haue turned them selues vnto vanite and the brydle of erroure that lieth in other folkes chawes But ye shal synge as the vse is in y e night of the holy solempnite Ye shal
euer in my thought to make Iuda synne with soch abhominacion Morouer thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken concernynge this cite which as ye youre selues confesse shal be delyuered in to the honde of the kinge of Babilon when it is wonne with the swerde with honger and with pestilence Beholde I will gather them together from all londes wherin I haue scatred them in my wrath in my fearfull and greate displeasure and will bringe them agayne vnto this place where they shal dwell safely And they shal be my people and I wil be their God And I will geue them one herte and one waye that they maye feare me all the daies of their life that they and their children after them maye prospere And I will set vp an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Namely that I will neuer ceasse to do them good and that I will put my feare in their hertes so that they shall not runne awaye fro me Yee I will haue a lust and pleasure to do them good and faithfully to plante them in this londe with my whole herte and with all my soule For thus saieth the LORDE like as I haue brought all this greate plage vpon this people so will I also bringe vpon them all the good that I haue promysed them And men shall haue their possessions in this londe wherof ye saye now that it shal nether be inhabited of people ner of catell but be deliuered in to the hōdes of the Caldees Yee londe shal be bought for money euydēces made ther vpon sealed before witnesses in the countre of Ben Iamin rounde aboute Ierusalem in the cities of Iuda in the cities that are vpō the mountaynes in them that lie beneth yee in the cities that are in the deserte For I wil bringe their presoners hither agayne saieth the LORDE The XXXIII Chapter MOrouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy on this maner whē he was yet bounde in the courte of the preson Thus saieth the LORDE which fulfilleth the thinge that he speaketh the LORDE which perfourmeth the thinge that he taketh in honde euen he whose name is the LORDE Thou hast cried vnto me and I haue herdethe I haue shewed greate and hie thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye spake the LORDE God of Israel concernynge the houses of this cite and the houses of the kinges of Iuda that they shal be broken thorow the ordinaunce and weapens when the Caldees come to be sege them and they shal be fylled with the deed carcases of men whom I will slaye in my wrath and displeasure whē I turne my face from this cite because of all hir wickednes Beholde saieth the LORDE I will heale their woundes and make them whole I will open them the treasure of peace and treuth And I will returne the captiuyte of Iuda and Israel and will set them vp agayne as they were afore From all myszdedes wherin they haue offended agaynst me I will clēse them And all their blasphemies which they haue done agaynst me when they regarded me not I will forgeue them And this shal get me a name a prayse and honoure amonge all people of the earth which shall heare all the good that I will shewe vnto them Yee they shall be afrayed and astonnied at all the good dedes and benefites that I will do for them Morouer thus saieth the LORDE In this place wherof ye saye that it shal be a wildernesse wherin nether people ner catell shal dwell In like maner in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem which also shal be so voyde that nether people ner catell shall dwell there Shal the voyce of gladnesse be herde agayne the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde the voyce of them that shall synge Prayse the LORDE of hoostes for he is louynge and his mercy endureth for euer and the voyce of them that shall offre vp giftes in the house of the LORDE For I will restore the captiuyte of this londe as it was afore saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes It shall come yet therto that in this londe which is voyde from men and catell and in all the cities of the londe there shal be set vp shepherdes cotages in the cities vpon the mountaynes and in the cities that lie vpon the playne and in the deserte In the londe of Ben Iamin in the feldes of Ierusalem and in the cities of Iuda shal the shepe be nombred agayne vnder the honde of him that telleth them saieth the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I wil perfourme that good thinge which I haue promised vnto the house of Israel and to the house of Iuda In those daies and at the same tyme I will bringe forth vnto Dauid the braunch of rightuousnes and he shall do equite and rightuousnesse in the londe In these daies shall Iuda be helped and Ierusalem shall dwell safe and he that shall call her is euen God oure rightuous maker For thus the LORDE promyseth Dauid shal neuer want one to syt vpon the stole of the house of Israel nether shall the prestes and Leuites want one to offre allwaye before me burnt offeringes to kyndle the meat offeringes to prepare the sacrifices And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy after this maner Thus saieth the LORDE Maye the couenaunt which I haue made with daye and night be broken that there shulde not be daye and night in due season Then maye my couenaunt also be broken which I made with Dauid my seruaunt and so he not to haue a sonne to reigne in his Trone So shall also the prestes and Leuites neuer fayle but serue me For like as the starres of heauen maye not be nombred nether the sonde of the see measured so will I multiplie the sede of Dauid my seruaunt and of the Leuites my ministers Morouer the worde of the LORDE came to Ieremy saienge Cōsidrest thou not what this people speaketh Two kynreddes saye they had the LORDE chosen those same two hath he cast awaye For so farre is my people come y t they haue no hope to come together eny more and to be one people agayne Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Yf I haue made no couenaunt with daye night and geuē no statute vnto heauen and earth then will I also cast awaye the sede of Dauid my seruaunt so that I wil take no prynce out of his sede to rule the posterite of Abrahā Isaac and Iacob But yet I will turne agayne their captiuyte and be mercifull vnto them The XXXIIII Chapter THese are the wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy what tyme as Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon all his hoostes out of all the kingdomes y t were vnder his power and all his people fought agaynst Ierusalem and all the cities therof Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Go speake to Sedechias
felde Yee vnto BabiloÌ„ shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered and there the LORDE shal lowse the from the honde off thine enemies Now also are there many people gathered together agaynst the sayenge what Sion is cursed we shall se oure lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes off the LORDE they vnderstonde not his councell that shall gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp o thou doughter Sion and throsshe out the corne For I wil make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people their goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the LORDE and their substaunce vnto the ruler off the whole worlde The V. Chapter AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selff o thou robbers doughter they shal laye sege agaynst vs and smyte the iudge off Israel with a rodde vpon the cheke And thou Bethleem Ephrata art litle amonge the thousandes off Iuda Out off the shal come one vnto me which shall be y e gouernoure iÌ„ Israel whose outgoinge hath bene from the begynnynge and from euerlastinge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntill the tyme that she which shall beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto y e children of Israel He shal stonde fast and geue fode in the strength of the LORDE and in the victory of the name of y e LORDE his God and when they be conuerted he shall be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shal there be peace so that the Assirian maye come in to oure londe and treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and viij prynces vpoÌ„ them these shal subdue the londe of Assur w t the swerde and the londe of Nymrod with their naked weapens Thus shal he delyuer vs from the AssiriaÌ„ when he commeth within oure lande and setteth his fote within oure borders And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be amonge the multitude of people as the dew of the LORDE and as the droppes vpon the grasse that tarieth for no man and waiteth of no body Yee the residue of Iacob shal be amonge the Gentiles and the multitude off people as the lyon amonge the beestes of y e wodde and as the lyons whelpe amonge a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow treadeth downe teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne honde shal be lift vp vpon thine enemies and all thine aduersaries shal perish The tyme shal come also sayeth the LORDE that I wil take thine horses from the destroye thy charettes I will breake downe the cities off thy londe and ouerthrowÌ„e all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes will I rote out of thyne hande there shall no mo soythsayenges be within the. Thine Idols and thyne ymages will I destroye out of y t so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy self vnto the workes of thyne owne hondes Thy groues wil I plucke vp by the rotes breake downe thy cities Thus will I be aueÌ„ged also vpon all Heithen that will not heare The VI Chapter HErken now what the LORDE sayeth Vp reproue the mountaynes and let the hilles heare thy voyce O Heare the punyshment of the LORDE ye mountaynes and ye mightie foundacioÌ„s of y e earth for the LORDE wil reproue his people aÌ„d reason with Israel O my people what haue I done vnto the or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the froÌ„ the londe of Egipte and delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron and Miriam to lede the Remembre o my people what Balach the kynge of Moab had ymagined agaynst the aÌ„d what answere that Balaam the sonne of Be or gaue him from Sethim vnto Galgal y t ye maye knowe the louynge kyndnesses of y e LORDE What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE shall I bowe mykne to the hye God Shal I come before him w t brent offeringes and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne of fences and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wil shewe the O maÌ„ what is good and what the LORDE requyreth off the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse to be lowly and to walke with thy God that thou mayest be called a cite of the LORDE that thy name maye be rightuousnesse Heare o ye trybes who wolde els geue you soch warnynge Shulde I not be displeased for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minished Or shâ—lde I iusâ—fie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes amonge those that be full off riches vnrightuously gotten where the citesyns deale with falsede speake lyes and haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I will take in honde to punysh the and to make the desolate because of thy synnes Thou shalt eate not haue ynough yee thou shalt bringe thy self downe Thou shalt fle but not escape aÌ„d those y t thou woldest saue wil I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt thou not haue to anoynte thy self withall thou shalt treade out swete must but shalt drynke no wyne Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri all the customes of the house of Achab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil I make the waist cause y e inhabiters to be abhorred O my people thus shalt thou beare thine owne shame The VII Chapter WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleenynge in the haruest There are no mo grapes to eate yet wolde I fayne with all my herte haue of the best frute There is not a godlyman vpoÌ„ earth there is not one rightuous amoÌ„ge meÌ„ They laboure all to shed bloude euery maÌ„ hunteth his brother to death yet they saye they do well when they do euell As the prince wil so sayeth the iudge y t he maye do him a pleasure agayne The greate maÌ„ speaketh what his herte desyreth y e hearers alowe him The best off theÌ„ is but as a thistle and the most rightuous of them is but as a bâ—ere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth y t thâ—u shalt be vysited theÌ„ shal they be waisted awaye Let no man beleue his frende ner put his confideÌ„ce in a prince Kepe the porte of thy mouth from her y t lieth in thy bosome for y e sonne shal put his father to dishonoure the doughter shal ryse agaynst her mother y e doughter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe and a mans foes shal be euen they of his owne housholde Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto y e LORDE I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure my God shal heare me
yet are ye in no wyse able sufficiently to prayse him Who hath sene him that he might tell vs Who can magnifie him so greatly as he is For there are hyd yet greater thinges thē these be as for vs we haue sene but few of his workes For the LORDE hath made all thinges and geuen wyszdome to soch as feare God The XLIIII Chapter A commendacion of the olde vertuous fathers LEt vs commende the noble famous men and the generacion of oure foreelders and fathers Many more glorious actes hath the LORDE done and shewed his greate power euer sens y e begynnynge The noble famous men raigned in their kyngdomes and bare excellent rule In their wyszdome and vnderstondinge they folowed the councell shewed in the prophecies They led the folke thorow the councell and wyszdome of the scrybes of the people Wyse sentences are founde in their instruccion They sought the swetenes and melody of Musick and brought forth the pleasaunt songes in scripture They were riche also coude comforte and pacifie those that dwelt with them All these were very noble and honorable men in their generacions and were well reported of in their tymes These haue left a name behynde them so that their prayse shal allwaye be spokē of Afterwarde there were some whose remembraunce is gone They came to naught and perished as though they had neuer bene and became as though they had neuer bene borne yee their children also with them Neuertheles these are louynge men whose righteousnes shal neuer be forgotten but contynue by their posterite Their children are an holy good heretage Their sede endured fast in y e couenaunt For their sakes shal their childrē sede contynue for euer their prayse shal neuer be put downe Their bodies are buried in peace but their name lyueth for euermore The people can speake of their wyszdome the congregacion can talke of their prayse Enoch walked right acceptably before the LORDE therfore was he trāslated for an example of amendemēt to y e generacions Noe was a stedfast righteous man in the tyme of wrath he became a recōcylinge Therfore was he left a remnaunt vnto the earth whan the floude came An euerlastinge couenaunt was made w t him that all flesh shulde perishe nomore with y e water Abraham was a greate father of many people in glory was there none like vnto him He kepte the lawe of the Hyest came in to a couenaunt with him He set the couenaunt in his flesh and whan he was tempted he was founde faithfull Therfore swore God vnto him with an ooth that he wolde blesse all people in his sede that he wolde multiplie and increase him as the dust of the earth and to exalte his sede as the starres yee and that his sede shulde haue y e possession and inheretaunce of the londe from see to see and from the ryuer vnto y e borders of the londe With Isaac dyd he stablish y e same couenaūt for Abrahā his fathers sake Yee y t gracious blessynge and health of all men and couenaunt dyd he stablysh with Isaac and made it to rest vpon the heade of Iacob He knew him in that he prospered him so well and richely and gaue him an heretage and sundered his porcion by it self and parted it amonge the twolue trybes Mercifull men brought he out of him which founde fauo r before all flesh The XLV Chapter MOses beloued of God and mē whose remembraunce is in hye prayse him hath the LORDE made like in the glory of the sayntes and magnified him so that the enemies stode in awe of him thorow his wordes he dyd greate wonders He made him greate in the sight of kynges gaue him commaundement before his people and shewed him his glorious power He stablyshed him with faithfulnes and mekenes and chose him out of all men For he herde his voyce and led him in the darcke cloude and there he gaue him the commaundementes yee the lawe of life and wyszdome that he might teach Iacob the couenaunt and Israel his lawes He chose Aaron his brother also out of y e trybe of Leui exalted him made him soch like An euerlastinge couenaunt made he w t him and gaue him the presthode in the people He made him glorious in bewtifull araye and clothed him with the garment of honoure He put perfecte ioye vpō him and gyrded him with strength He deckte him with syde clothes and a tunycle with an ouerbody cote also and gyrdle Rounde aboute made he him belles of golde and that many that whan he wente in the sounde might be herde that they might make a noyse in the Sanctuary and geue the people warnynge The holy garment was wrought broderd with golde yalow sylke and purple And in the brestlappe there was a goodly worke wherin was fastened light and perfectnesse Vpon y e same also there was a worke fastened and set with costly precious stones all bounde with golde and this he brought in his mynistracion The stones also were fastened for a remembraunce after the twolue trybes of Israel Vpon his mytre there was a plate of pure golde a grauen ymage of holynes a famous and noble worke garnished and pleasaunt to loke vpon Before him were there sene no soch fayre ornamētes and these it behoued hī allwaye to vse There might none other put them on but onely his children and his childers children perpetually Daylie perfourmed he his burnt offeringes two tymes Moses fylled his handes and anoynted him w t holy oyle This was now confirmed him with an euerlastinge couenaunt and to his sede as y e dayes of heauē namely that his childrē shulde allwaye mynistre before him and perfourme the office of the presthode and wysh the people good in his name Before all men lyuynge chose he him that he shulde offre before the LORDE and make odours for a swete sauoure and remembraūce that he shulde reconcyle the people of the LORDE with him agayne He gaue him auctorite also in his commaundementes and in y e couenaūt that he shulde teach Iacob the statutes and testimonies and to enfourme Israel in his lawe Therfore there stode vp certayne agaynst him and had envye at him in the wyldernes namely they that were of Dathan Abirams syde and the furious congregaciō of Chore. This the LORDE sawe and it displeased him and in his wrothfull indignacion were they consumed A greate wonder did he vpon them and consumed them with the fyre Besydes this he made Aaron yet more honorable and glorious He gaue him an heretage and parted the first frutes vnto him Vnto him specially he appoynted the bred for sustenaunce for the prestes ate of y e offerynges of the LORDE this gaue he vnto him his sede Els had he no heretage ner porcion in y e londe and with the people For the LORDE himself is
them I and my brethren my fathers house haue euer from oure youth vp vnto this daye foughten agaynst the enemies of Israel God gaue vs good fortune to delyuer Israel oft tymes And now for so moch as I am olde be ye in steade of me my brother to go forth fight for oure people the helpe of God be w t you So he chose xx M. fightingemen of the countre with horsmen also which wente forth agaynst Cendebeus and rested at Modin In the mornynge they arose wēte in to y e playne felde and beholde a mightie greate hoost came agaynst thē both of fotemen horsmen Now was there a water broke betwixte them Ihon remoued the hoost towarde them And when he sawe that the people was afrayed to go ouer y e water broke he wente ouer first him self and the men seynge this folowed him Then Ihon set his horsmen fote men in ordre the one by the other for their enemies horsmen were very many But when they blewe vp the prestes trompettes Cendebeus fled w t his hoost wherof many were slayne and the remnaunt gat them to their stronge holde Iudas also Ihōs brother whas woūded at y e same tyme. And Ihon folowed still vpon y e enemies till he came to Cedrō which he buylded The enemies fled also vnto the towres y t were in y e feldes of Azotus those dyd Ihon burne vp Thus there were slayne ij M. men of them Ihon turned agayne peaceably in to Iewry And in the felde of Iericho was Ptolomy the sonne of Abobus made captayne which because he had abundaunce of syluer golde for he had maried the doughter of Symon the hye prest waxed proude in his mynde thought to conquere the lōde ymageninge falsed agaynst Symō his sonnes to destroye thē Now as Symon was goynge aboute thorow the cities y t were in y t coūtre of Iewry and carynge for them he came downe to Iericho with Matathias Iudas his sonnes in the Clxxvij yeare in y e xj moneth called Sabat Then Ptolomy y e sonne of Abobus receaued them but w t disceate into a stronge house of his called Doch which he had buylded where he made them a bancket So when Symon his sonnes were mery had dronken well Ptolomy stode vp w t his men whō he had hyd there toke their weapens entred in to the banckethouse slewe Symon w t his two sonnes certayne of his seruaūtes Soch greate vnfaithfulnesse dyd Ptolomy in Israel and recōpensed euell for good Then wrote this Ptolomy y e same vnto kynge Antiochus requyringe him that he shulde sende him an hoost to helpe him so shulde he delyuer him the londe w t the cities tributes of the same He sent other men also vnto Gaza for to take Ihon wrote vnto the captaynes to come to him he shulde geue them syluer golde and rewardes And to Ierusalem he sent other to take it and the Sanctuary Thē ranne there one before tolde Ihon in Gaza that his father his brethren were slayne and how that Ptolomy had sent to slaie him also Whē Ihon herde this he was sore abaszshed and layed hōdes of them that were come to destroye him and slewe them for he knowe that they wente aboute to kyll him As for other thinges concernynge Ihon of his warres of his noble actes wherin he behaued him self manfully of the buyldinge of walles which he made and other of his dedes They are written in the cronicles of his presthode from the tyme forth y t he was made hye prest after his father The ende of the first boke of the Machabees The seconde boke Of the Machabees What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The Iewes wryte vnto Aristobolus of the clensynge of the temple and of the feast of tabernacles Of the fyre that was hyd in the pyt Chap. II. What Ieremy requyred of the Iewes that were in preson and of their stories Chap. III. The Heithē kynges helde the temple at Ierusalem in honoure The variaunce betwixte Simon and Onias What Appollonius Heliodorus dyd at Ierusalem The punyshment of Heliodorus Chap. IIII. The wickednes of Symon The faithfulnesse of Onias Iason laboureth to be hye prest Of his wickednesse and how he was dryuen awaye The alteracion of the presthode Andronicus destroyeth Onias and God striketh him therfore Chap. V. Wonderous thinges done at Ierusalem Iason falleth vpon the cite handleth abhominably and yet is fayne to fleat the last The kynge of Egipte taketh the cite agayne with greate bloudsheddynge Chap. VI. The kynge procedeth forth in his tyranny as well in other cities where the lawe of God is kepte as at Ierusalem All this sendeth God for the wickednes of the people The stedfastnesse of Eleazar Chap. VII The death of the vij brethrē their mother How constante they are to suffre rather then to obeye the wicked kynge Chap. VIII The manlynesse of Iudas Machabeus and how Philippe medleth against him Iudas conforteth his people and ouercommeth Nicanor Chap. IX Of Antiochus and his pryde how God punyshed him Chap. X. Machabeus wynneth the holy cite agayne and clenseth it Eupator foloweth his father Antiochus Iudas Machabeus ordreth him self well Chap. XI What Lysias purposeth Iudas with stondeth him God taketh his parte Lysias Iudas are at one Chap. XII Timotheus Appolonius and other ymagin treason Iudas Machabeus punysheth them wynneth Caspin other cities Chap. XIII Antiochus Lysias make thē forth agaynst the Iewes Iudas gathereth the people byddeth them call vpon God goeth on and besyde Modin striketh a greate batell Chap. XIIII Of Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus The trayterous dealinge of Alcimus Nicanor breaketh falsely the bonde made with Iudas Machabeus Of the mālynes of Razis Chap. XV. Nicanors wicked purpose Iudas geueth his people godly consolacion Of his dreames and visions and how Nicanor perished The first Chapter THe brethrē of y e Iewes which be at Ierusalem in the londe of Iewry wish vnto those brethrē of y e Iewes that are thorow out Egipte good fortune health and peace God the LORDE be gracious vnto you thynke vpon his couenaunt y t he made w t Abraham Isaac Iacob his faithfull seruauntes and geue you all soch an herte that ye maye loue and serue him yee and perfourme his wyll with an whole herte and of a wyllinge mynde He opē youre hertes in his lawe and in his commaundementes sende you peace heare youre prayers be at one with you and neuer forsake you in tyme of trouble This is heare oure prayer for you What tyme as Demetrius raigned in the Clxix yeare we Iewes wrote vnto you in y e trouble and violence that came vpon vs. In those yeares after that Iason departed out of the holy londe and kyngdome they brent vp the portes and shed innocent bloude Then made we oure prayer vnto y e LORDE and were herde we offred
founde euen as he had sayde But whā they lowsed y e foale the owners therof sayde vnto thē Why lowse ye the foale They sayde The LORDE hath nede therof And they brought it vnto Iesus and cast their clothes vpō the foale and set Iesus theron Now as he wente they spred their garmentes in the waye And whan he wēte downe fro mount Oliuete y e whole multitude of his disciples begāne ioyfully to prayse God with loude voyce ouer all the miracles that they had sene and sayde Blessed be he that cōmeth a kynge in the name of the LORDE Peace be in heauen and prayse in the height And some of the Pharises amonge the people sayde vnto him Master rebuke thy disciples And he answered and sayde vnto them I tell you yf these holde their peace yet shal the stones crye And whan he was come neare he behelde the cite and wepte vpō it and sayde Yf thou knewest what were for y e peace thou shuldest remēbre it euen in this present daye of thine But now is it hyd from thine eyes For the tyme shal come vpon the that thine enimies shal cast vp a bāke aboute the and aboute thy children with the and besege y e and kepe the in on euery syde and make the eauen with the grounde and shal not leaue in the one stone vpon another because thou hast not knowne y e tyme wherin thou hast bene visited And he wente in to the temple and begāne to dryue out them that bought and solde therin and sayde vnto them It is wrytten My house is an house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers And he taught daylie in the tēple But the hye prestes and the scrybes and the chefest of y e people wente aboute to destroye him and founde not what to do vnto him For all the people stacke by him and gaue him audience The XX. Chapter ANd it fortuned one of those dayes whan he taught the people in the tēple and preached the Gospell the hye prestes and scrybes came to him with the Elders and spake vnto him and sayde Tell vs by what auctorite doest thou these thinges Or who gaue the this auctorite But he answered sayde vnto thē I wil axe you a worde also tell it me The baptyme of Ihō was it from heauen or of men But they thought in them selues and sayde Yf we saye from heauen then shal he saye Why dyd ye not thē beleue him But yf we saye of men then shal all the people stone vs for they be persuaded that Ihon is a prophet And they answered that they coulde not tell whence it was And Iesus sayde vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges And he beganne to tell the people this symilitude A certayne man planted a vynyarde and let it out vnto huszbādmen and wente himself in to a straunge countre for a greate season And whan his tyme was come he sent a seruaūt to the huszbādmen that they might geue him of the frute of the vynyarde But the huszbandmen bet him and sent him awaye emptye And agayne he sent yet another seruaūt but they bet him also and intreated him shamefully sent him awaye emptye And besydes this he sent the thirde but they wounded him also and thrust him out Then sayde the lorde of the vynyarde What shal I do I wil sende my deare sonne peraduenture they wil stonde in awe of him whan they se him But whan the huszbande men sawe the sonne they thought in thē selues and sayde This is the heyre come let vs kyll him y t the inheritaunce maye be oures And they thrust him out of y e vynyarde and slew him What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do vnto them He shal come and destroye those huszbandmen and let out his vynyarde vnto other Whan they herde that they sayde God forbyd But he behelde thē and sayde What is this then that is wrytten The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head corner stone Who so euer falleth vpon this stone shal be broken in sunder but vpō whō so euer he falleth he shall grynde him to poulder And the hye prestes and scrybes wente aboute to laye handes vpon him the same houre and they feared the people for they perceaued that he had spokē this symilitude agaynst them And they watched hī sent forth spyes which shulde fayne thē selues perfecte that they might take him in his wordes to delyuer him vnto the power and auctorite of y e debite And they axed him sayde Master we knowe that thou sayest teachest right and regardest the outwarde appearaūce of no man but teachest the waye of God truly Is it laufull that we geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not But he perceaued their craftynes and sayde vnto them Why tēpte ye me Shewe me the peny Whose ymage and superscripcion hath it They answered and sayde The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue thē vnto the Emperoure that which is the Emperours vnto God that which is Gods And they coude not reproue his worde before the people and marueyled at his answere and helde their peace Then came vnto him certayne of the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses wrote vnto vs yf eny mans brother dye hauynge a wife and dyeth without childrē then shal his brother take his wife and rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there seuē brethrē the first toke a wife and dyed childlesse and the seconde toke the wife and deyed without children also and the thirde toke her likewyse all the seuē and left no children behynde thē and dyed At the last after them all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of them For seuen had her to wife And Iesus answered and saide vnto them The childrē of this worlde mary are maried but they y t shal be worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from the deed shal nether mary ner be maried for they can dye nomore For they are like vnto the angels and are the children of God in so moch as they are children of the resurreccion But that the deed ryse agayne hath Moses also signified besydes the bush when he called the LORDE the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob But God is not a God of the deed but of the lyuynge for they lyue all vnto him Then answered certayne of the scrybes and sayde Master thou haist sayde well And from that tyme forth they durst axe him no mo questions But he sayde vnto them How saye they that Christ is Dauids sonne And Dauid himself sayeth in the boke of the Psalmes The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Dauid calleth him LORDE how
make bonde men of them and intreate thē euell foure hundreth yeares and y e people whom they shal serue wil Iiudge sayde God And after that shal they go forth and serue me in this place And he gaue him the couenaūt of circūcision And he begat Isaac and circūcised him the eight daye And Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob begat the twolue Patriarkes And the Patriarkes had indignacion at Ioseph and solde hī in to Egipte And God was with him and delyuered him out of all his troubles and gaue him fauoure ād wyszdome ī the sight of Pharao kynge of Egipte which made him prynce ouer Egipte and ouer all his house But there came a derth ouer all the londe of Egipte and Canaan and a greate trouble and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce But Iacob herde that there was corne in Egipte and sent oure fathers out the first tyme. And at the seconde tyme was Ioseph knowne of his brethren and Iosephs kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao But Ioseph sent out and caused his father and all his kynred to be broughte euē thre score and fyftene soules And Iacob wente downe in to Egipte and dyed both he and oure fathers and were brought ouer vnto Sichē and layed in the sepulcre that Abraham boughte for money of the children of Hemor at Sichem Now whā the tyme of the promes druenye which God had sworne vnto Abrahā the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte tyll there rose another kynge which knewe not of Ioseph The same dealte suttely w t oure kynred and intreated oure fathers euell and made them to cast out the yonge children that they shulde not remayne alyue At the same tyme was Moses borne and was a proper childe before God and was norished thre monethes in his fathers house But whan he was cast out Pharaos doughter toke him vp and norished him vp for hir awne sonne And Moses was learned in all maner wyszdome of the Egipcians and was mightie in dedes wordes But whan he was fourtye yeare olde it came in to his mynde to vyset his brethren the children of Israel And whan he sawe one of them suffre wrōge he helped him and delyuered him that had the harme done vnto him and slewe the Egipcian But he thoughte that his brethren shulde haue vnderstonde how that God by his hande shulde saue thē howbeit they vnderstode it not And on the nexte daye he shewed himself vnto them as they stroue together and wolde haue set them at one agayne and sayde Syrs ye are brethren why hurte ye one another But he that dyd his neghboure wronge thrust him awaye and sayde Who made the a ruler and iudge ouer vs Wilt thou slaye me also as thou slewest the Egipcian yesterdaye But Moses fled at that sayenge and was a straunger in the lande of Madian where he begat two sonnes And after fourtye yeares the angell of y e LORDE appeared vnto him vpon mount Sina in a flamme of fyre in a buszhe Whā Moses sawe it he wondred at the sighte But as he drue nye to beholde y e voyce of y e LORDE came vnto him I am the God of thy fathers the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob How beit Moses trēbled and durst not beholde But y e LORDE sayde vnto hī Put of thy shues from thy fete for y e place where thou stondest is an holy grounde I haue well sene the trouble of my people in Egipte and haue herde their gronynge and am come downe to delyuer them And now come I wil sende the in to Egipte This Moses whom they refused and sayde Who made y e a ruler and iudge ouer vs him had God sent to be a ruler delyuerer by the hande of the angell that appeared vnto him in the buszhe The same broughte them out and dyd wonders and tokens in Egipte and in the reed see and in y e wyldernesse fourtye yeares This is that Moses which sayde vnto the children of Israel A prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you euen from amonge youre brethren like vnto me Him shal ye heare This is he that was in the congregacion in the wyldernesse with the angell which talked with him vpō mount Sina and with oure fathers This man receaued the worde of life to geue vnto vs vnto whom oure fathers wolde not be obediēt but thrust him frō thē and in their hertes turned backe agayne in to Egipte and sayde vnto Aaron Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this Moses y t broughte vs out of the lande of Egipte And they made a calfe at the same tyme and offred sacrifice vnto the ymage and reioysed in the workes of their awne handes But God turned himselfe gaue them vp so that they worshipped the hooste of heauē as it is wrytten in the boke of the prophetes O ye house of Israel gaue ye me sacrifices and catel those fortye yeares in the wyldernesse And ye toke vnto you y e tabernacle of Moloch and the starre of youre god Remphan ymages which ye youre selues made to worshippe thē And I wil cast you out beyonde Babilon Oure fathers had the tabernacle of witnesse in y e wyldernesse like as he appoynted them whan he spake vnto Moses that he shulde make it acordinge to the patrone y t he had sene which oure fathers also receaued and brought it with Iosue into the londe that the Heythē had in possession whom God droue out before the face of oure fathers vntyll the tyme of Dauid which founde fauoure with God and desyred that he might fynde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob But Salomon buylte hī an house Howbeit y e Hyest of all dwelleth not in temples that are made with handes As he sayeth by the prophete Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole What house then wilye buylde vnto me sayeth the LORDE Or which is the place of my rest Hath not my hande made all these thinges Ye styffnecked of vncircumcysed hertes and eares ye allwaye resiste the holy goost Euē as yo fathers dyd so do ye also Which of the prophetes haue not yo fathers persecuted And they slewe thē which tolde before of the cōmynge of y t righteous whose traytours and murthurers ye are now become Ye receaued the lawe by the mynistracion of angels and haue not kepte it Whan they herde this it wente thorow y e hertes of thē and they gnaszhed vpō him with their tethe But he beynge full of the holy goost loked vp towarde heauen and sawe the glorye of God and Iesus stōdinge on the righte hande of God and sayde Beholde I se the heauens open and the sonne of mā stondinge on y e righte honde of God But they cried out with a loude voyce stopped their eares
lyes and discloseth all iuglyng and disceate therfore is oure Balaam of Rome so lothe that the scripture shulde be knoweÌ„ in the mother tonge lest yf kynges and prynces specially aboue all other were exercysed therin they shulde reclame and chalenge agayne theyr due auctorite which he falsely hath vsurped so many yeres and so 〈◊〉 tye hym shorter and lest the people beyng taught by the worde of God shulde fall from y e false fayned obedieÌ„ce of hym and his disguysed Apostles vnto the true obedience commaunded by Gods owne mouthe as namely to obey theyr prynce to obey father and mother c. and not to steppe ouer father and mothers bely to enter in to his paynted religions as his ypocrites teache For he knoweth well ynough that yf the cleare Sonne of Gods worde come ones to the heate of the daye it shal dryue awaye all the foule myst of his deuelysh doctrines Therfore were it more to the mayntenaunce of Antichristes kyngdome that the worlde were styll in ignoraunce and blyndnes and that the scripture shulde neuer come to lyghte For the scripture both in the olde testament and in the new declareth most abouÌ„â—dauntly that the office auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges is in earth aboue all other powers let them call theÌ„ selues Popes Cardynalles or what so euer they will the worde of god declareth them yee and commaundeth them vnder payne of dampnacion to be obedient vnto the temporall swerde As in the olde Testament all the Prophetes Prestes and Leuites were And in the new Testament Christ his Apostles both were obedient them selues and taught obedience of all men vnto theyr prynces aÌ„d temporall rulers which here vnto vs in the worlde present the persone of God and are called Goddes in the scripture bycause of the excelleÌ„cy of theyr office And though there were no mo auctorities but the same to proue the pÌ„eminence of the temporall swerde Yet by this the scripture declareth playnly that as there is nothyng aboue God so is there no man aboue the kynge in his realme but that he onely vnder God is the chefe heade of all the coÌ„gregacyon and church of the same And in token that this is true there hath ben of olde antiquite and is yet vnto this daye a louynge ceremonye vsed in your realme of Englonde y t whaÌ„ your graces subiectes reade your letters or begynne to talke or comeÌ„ of your hyghnes they moue theyr bonettes for a signe token of reuerence vnto your grace as to their most soueraigne lorde heade vnder God which thyng no man vseth to do to eny bysshoppe wherby yf oure vnderstondyng were nat blynded we myght euydently perceaue that euen very nature teacheth vs the same that scripture coÌ„mauÌ„deth vs and that lyke as it is agaynst Gods worde that a kynge shulde not be the chefe heade of his people euen so I saye is it agaynst kynde that we shulde knowe any other heade aboue hym vnder God And that no prest nor bysshoppe is exempte nor can be lawfully from the obedience of his prynce the scripture is full both of strayte coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes practises of the holyest men ✚ Aaron was obedient vnto Moses and called hym his lorde though he was his owne brother Eleasar and Phinâ—as were vnder the obedieÌ„ce of Iosua ✚ Nathan the prophete fell downe to the grounde before kynge Dauid he had his Prynce in such reuerence He made not the kynge for to kysse his fote as the bysshoppe of Rome maketh Emperours to do Notwithstondynge he spared not to rebuke hym and that ryght sharply whan he fell from the worde of God to adultery and manslaughter For he was not afrayed to reproue hym of his sinnes nomore than Helyas the prophete stode in feare to saye vnto kynge Achab ✚ It is thou and thy fathers house that trouble Israel because ye haue forsaken y e commaundementes of the Lorde and walke after Baal And as Iohan Baptyste durst saye vnto Kynge Herode It is not lawful for the to take thy brothers wyfe But to my purpose I passe ouer innumerable mo ensaÌ„ples both of the olde Testament and of the new for feare lest I be to tedyous vnto your grace SuÌ„ma in all godly regimentes of olde tyme the kynge and teÌ„porall iudge was obeyed of euery man and was alwaye vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the whole congregacyon and deposed euen prestes whan he sawe an vrgent cause as Salomon dyd vnto Abiathar who coulde than stonde agaynst the godly obedience of his prynce excepte he wolde be at defyaunce with God and all his holy ordinaunces that were well acquaynted with the holy scripture which so earnestly coÌ„mendeth vnto euery one of vs the auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges and temporall rulers Therfore doth Moses so strately forbyde the Israelites to speake so moche as an euell worde agaynst the prynce of y e people moche lesse than to disobeye hym or to withstonde hym Doth not Ieremy the prophete and Baruc also exhorte the people in captiuite to praye for the prosperous welfare of the kynge of Babilon and to obeye hym though he was an infidele In the new Testament whaÌ„ oure sauioure Christ beyng yet fre Lorde of al kynges prynces shewed his obedience in payenge the trybute to oure ensample ✚ dyd he not a miracle there in puttynge the pece of money in the fysshes mouth that Peter myght paye the customer therwith and all to stablysshe the obedience due vnto prynces ✚ Dyd not Ioseph and Mary the mother of our sauiour Christ departe froÌ„ Nazareth vnto BethleeÌ„ so farre from home to shewe theyr obedience in payenge the taxe to the prynce And wolde not oure Sauioure be borne in the same obedience ✚ Doth not Paule pronounce hym to resyste God hym selfe that resysteth the auctorite of his prynce And to be shorte the Apostle Peter dothe not onely stablysshe the obedience vnto prynces and temporall rulers but affirmeth playnly the kynge and no bysshoppe to be the chefe heade Innumerable places mo are there in scripture which bynde vs to the obedience of oure prynce and declare vnto vs that no man is nor can be lawfully excepte from the same but that all the mynisters of Goddes worde are vnder the teÌ„porall swerde Prynces onely to owe obedience vnto God his worde And where as Anthichrist vnto youre graces tyme dyd thrust his heade into y e imperiall crowne of your hyghnes as he doth yet with other noble prynces mo that lerned he of SathaÌ„ the authour of pryde and therin doth he both agaynst the doctryne also agaynst y e ensample of Christe whiche because his kyngdome was not of this worlde medled with no temporal matters as it is euydent both by his wordes and practyse Luc. xii Math. xxvi Ioh. vi Ioh. xviii where he y t hath eyes to se maye se he y t hath eares to heare maye heare y t Christes
LORDE yer I dye Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce what I commaunde the Go thy waye to the flocke and fetch me two good kyddes that I maye make meate of them for thy father soch as he loueth this shalt thou brynge in vnto thy father that he maye eate that he maye blesse the before his death Neuertheles Iacob sayde vnto Rebecca his mother Beholde my brother Esau is rough and I am smooth then might my father peraduenture fele me and I shulde seme vnto him as though I begyled him and so brynge a curse vpon me and not a blessynge Then sayde his mother vnto him That curse be vpon me my sonne folowe thou my voyce go thy waye and fetch it me So he wente his waye and fetched it and brought it vnto his mother Then his mother made meate acordinge as his father loued and toke Esaus hir elder sonnes costly rayment which she had with her in y e house and put them vpon Iacob hir yonger sonne But the kyddes skynnes put she aboute his handes and where he was smooth aboute the neck and so she put the meate with bred as she had made it in hir sonne Iacobs hande And he brought it in vnto his father and sayde My father He answered here am I who art thou my sonne Iacob sayde I am Esau thy firstborne sonne I haue done as thou saydest vnto me aryse syt vp and eate of my venyson that thy soule maye blesse me But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne My sonne how hast thou founde it so soone He answered The LORDE y e God brought it to my hande Thē sayde Isaac vnto Iacob Come neare my sonne that I maye fele the whether thou be my sonne Esau or not So Iacob wēte vnto Isaac his father And whan he had felt him he sayde The voyce is Iacobs voyce but the handes are the handes of Esau. And he knew him not for his handes were rough like as y e handes of his brother Esau. And he blessed him And he sayde vnto him art thou my sonsonne Esau He answered Yee I am Then sayde he Bringe me here then to eate of thy venyson my sonne that my soule maye blesse the. Then he brought it him and he ate and he brought him wyne also and he dranke And Isaac his father sayde vnto him Come nye and kysse me my sonne So he came nye and he kyssed him Then smelled he the sauoure of his clothes and blessed him and sayde Beholde the smell of my sonne is as y e smell of the felde which y e LORDE hath blessed God geue the of the dew of heauen and of the fatnesse of the earth and plenteousnes of corne and wyne Nacions be thy seruauntes and people fall downe at y e fote Be thou lorde ouer thy brethren and thy mothers children fall downe at thy fote Cursed be he that curseth the and blessed be he that blesseth the. Now whan Isaac had made an ende of blessynge and Iacob was scace gone out from his father Isaac his brother Esau came from his huntinge and made meate also and brought it vnto his father and sayde vnto him Aryse my father and eate of y e sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me Then answered him Isaac his father Who art thou He sayde I am Esau thy firstborne sonne Then was Isaac exceadingly amased aboue measure and saide Who Where is then the hunter that brought me and I haue eaten of all afore thou camest and haue blessed him And he shall be blessed still Whan Esau herde these wordes of his father he cried loude and was exceadynge sory and sayde vnto his father O blesse me also my father But he sayde Thy brother came with sotyltie and hath taken thy blessinge awaye Then sayde he He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermined me now two tymes My byrth right hath he awaye and beholde now taketh he awaye my blessynge also And he sayde Hast thou not kepte one blessynge for me Isaac answered and sayde vnto him I haue made him lorde ouer y e and all his brethren haue I made his seruaūtes With corne wine haue I prouyded him What shal I do vnto the now my sonne Esau sayde vnto his father Hast thou not one blessynge more my father O blesse me also my father And he lift vp his voyce wepte Then Isaac his father answered and sayde vnto him Beholde thou shalt haue a fat dwellinge vpon earth of y e dew of heauen from aboue with thy swerde shalt thou get thy lyuynge and shalt serue thy brother And it shall come to passe y t thou shalt put of his yock and plucke it from thy neck And Esau bare euell wyll vnto Iacob because of the blessynge that his father had blessed him withall and sayde in his herte The tyme wyll come shortly that my father shal mourne for I wil slaye my brother Iacob Thē was it tolde Rebecca of these wordes of hir elder sonne and she sent and bad call for Iacob hir yonger sonne and saide vnto him Beholde thy brother Esau threateneth the that he wil slaye the. And now my sonne heare my voyce Get the vp and flye vnto my brother Laban in Haran and tary there with him a whyle tyll the furiousnes of thy brother be swaged and till his wrath agaynst y t be turned from the and he forget what thou hast done vnto him So wyll I then sende for the and cause the be fetched from thēce Why shulde I be robbed of you both in one daye And Rebecca sayde vnto Isaac I am weery of my life because of the doughters of Heth Yf Iacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth which are as the doughters of this londe what shall this life then profit me The XXVIII Chapter THen called Isaac his sonne Iacob and blessed him and charged him sayde vnto him Take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan but get the vp and go in to Mesopotamia vnto the house of Bethuel thy mothers father and take y t there a wife of y e doughters of Laban y e mothers brother And the Allmightie God blesse the and make the frutefull and multiplye the that thou mayest be a multitude of people and geue the the blessynge of Abraham vnto y e thy sede with the that thou mayest possesse the lande wherin thou art a straunger which God gaue vnto Abraham So Isaac let Iacob departe that he might go in to Mesopotamia vnto Laban the sonne of Bethuel of Siria y e brother of Rebecca his and Esaus mother Now when Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob and let him departe in to Mesopotamia that he might take a wife there and y t as he blessed him he charged him sayde Thou shalt not take a wife of the doughters of Canaan and that Iacob obeyed his father and his mother and was gone vnto Mesopotamia seynge also that Isaac his father loked not gladly vpon
the doughters of Canaan he wente his waye vnto Ismael and besyde the wyues that he had afore he toke Mahaloth the doughter of Ismael Abrahās sonne the sister of Nebaioth to wife As for Iacob he departed from Bersaba and wente vnto Haran and came to a place where he taried all night for the Sonne was downe And he toke a stone of y e place put it vnder his heade and layed him downe in y e same place to slepe And he dreamed and beholde there stode vpon y e earth a ladder whose toppe reached vnto the heauen And beholde the angels of God wente vp and downe vpon it and the LORDE stode vpon it and sayde I am the LORDE God of thy father Abraham and the God of Isaac The londe y t thou lyest vpon wyl I geue vnto the and to thy sede and thy sede shal be as y e dust of y e earth And thou shalt sprede forth towarde the west east north and south and thorow the and thy sede shall all the kynreds vpon earth be blessed And beholde I am with y e and wyll kepe the where so euer thou goest wyl brynge the hither agayne in to this lande for I wil not leaue the tyll I haue made good all that I haue promysed the. Now whan Iacob awaked from his slepe he saide Surely the LORDE is in this place and I knew not And he was afraied and sayde How fearfull is this place here is nothinge els but an house of God a gate vnto heauē And Iacob arose early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layed vnder his heade and set it vp and poured oyle vpon it And he called the place Bethel but afore the cite was called Lus. And Iacob made a vowe and sayde Yf God wyll be with me and kepe me in this iourney y t I go geue me bred to eate and clothinge to put on and brynge me peaceably home agayne vnto my father Thē shall the LORDE be my God and this stone that I haue set vp shal be an house of God and all that thou geuest me I wyl geue the the tenth therof The XXIX Chapter THen Iacob gat him vp vpon his fete and wente in to the east countre loked aboute him and beholde there was a well in the felde and y e flockes of shepe therby for the flockes dranke of the well And there laye a greate stone at the welles mouth and thyther they vsed to brynge the flockes and to roule the stone from y e mouth of the well and to geue the shepe drynke so they put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth in to his place And Iacob sayde vnto them Brethren whēce be ye They answered we are of Haran He sayde vnto them Knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor They answered We knowe him well He sayde Is he in good health They answered he is in good health And lo there commeth his doughter Rachel with the shepe He sayde It is yet hye daye is not yet tyme to dryue in the catell geue the shepe to drynke go youre waye fede them They answered We can not tyll all the flockes be brought together and tyll we roule the stone from the welles mouth so geue the shepe drynke Whyle he yet talked with them Rachel came with hir fathers shepe for she kepte y e shepe Whan Iacob sawe Rachel y e doughter of Laban his mothers brother and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother he wēte rouled the stone from the welles mouth and gaue his mothers brother shepe to drynke and kyssed Rachel lift vp his voyce and wepte and tolde her y t he was hir fathers brother and y e sonne of Rebecca Then ranne she and tolde her father Whā Laban herde of Iacob his sisters sonne he ranne to mete him and enbraced him and kyssed him and brought him in to his house And so he tolde him all this matter Thē sayde Laban vnto him Wel thou art my bone and my flesh Abyde with me a moneth longe But after that saide he vnto Iacob Because thou art my brother shalt thou therfore serue me for nought Tell me what shall thy wages be Laban had two doughters the eldest was called Lea the yongest Rachel And Lea was tender eyed but Rachel was beutyfull well fauoured of face and Iacob loued her well and sayde I will serue the seuen yeare for Rachel thy yongest doughter Laban answered It is better that I geue her the then vnto another tary thou with me So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel and they semed vnto him but few dayes he loued her so well And Iacob saide vnto Laban geue me my wyfe for the tyme is come that I shulde lye with her Thē Laban bad all the people of that place and made a mariage But at euē he toke his doughter Lea and brought her in vnto him and he laye w t her And Laban gaue Zilpa his mayde vnto his doughter Lea to be hir mayde But on the morow beholde it was Lea. And he sayde vnto Laban Why hast thou done this vnto me Haue not I serued y e for Rachel Why hast thou then begyled me Laban answered It is not the maner in oure countre to mary the yongest before the eldest Holde out this weke I will geue the this also for the seruyce y t thou shalt do me yet seuen yeares more Iacob dyd so helde out y t weke Then gaue he him Rachel his doughter to wyfe And Laban gaue Bilha his mayden vnto Rachel his doughter to be hir mayden So he laye with Rachel also loued Rachel more thē Lea and serued him yet seuen yeares more But when the LORDE sawe that Lea was nothinge regarded he made her frutefull and Rachel baren And Lea cōceaued and bare a sonne whom she called Ruben and sayde The LORDE hath loked vpon my aduersite Now wyll my huszbande loue me And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and sayde The LORDE hath herde that I am despysed and hath geuē me this also and she called him Symeon She cōceaued yet agayne and bare a sonne and sayde Now wyll my huszbande kepe me company agayne for I haue borne him thre sonnes therfore called she his name Leui. She conceaued y e fourth tyme and bare a sonne and sayde Now wyll I geue thankes vnto the LORDE therfore called she him Iuda and left bearynge The XXX Chapter WHen Rachel sawe that she bare no children vnto Iacob she had enuye at hir sister saide vnto Iacob Geue me childrē also or els I am but deed But Iacob was very wroth at Rachel sayde Am I then in Gods steade which kepeth y e frute of y e wombe from y e Neuertheles she sayde Beholde there is Bilha my mayden lye w t her y t she maye beare vpon my lappe that I maye be increased by her And so she gaue
him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe And Iacob laye with her So Bilha conceaued and bare Iacob a sonne Then sayde Rachel God hath geuen sentence on my syde and herde my voyce and geuē me a sonne therfore called she him Dan. Bilha Rachels mayde cōceaued agayne and bare another sonne vnto Iacob Then sayde Rachel God hath turned it with me and my sister and I haue gottē the vpperhande And she called him Nephthali Now whan Lea sawe that she had left bearynge she toke Silpa hir mayde and gaue her vnto Iacob to wyfe So Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne Then saide Lea This is good lucke she called him Gad. After this Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob another sonne Then sayde Lea Well is me for the doughters will call me blessed and she called him Asser. Ruben wente out in the tyme of y e wheate haruest and founde Mandragoras in the felde and brought them home vnto his mother Lea. Then sayde Rachel vnto Lea Geue me some of y e sonnes Mādragoras She answered Hast thou not ynough that thou hast taken awaye my huszbande but wilt take awaye my sonnes Mandragoras also Rachel saide Wel let him lye with the this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras Now whan Iacob came home at euen from the felde Lea wente forth to mete him and sayde Thou shalt lye w t me for I haue bought the for my sonnes Mandragoras And he slepte with her that night And God herde Lea and she conceaued and bare Iacob the fifth sonne sayde God hath rewarded me because I gaue my mayden vnto my huszbande and she called him Isachar Lea conceaued yet agayne and bare Iacob the sixte sonne and sayde God hath endewed me with a good dowry Now wyll my huszbande dwell with me agayne for I haue borne him sixe sonnes she called him Zabulon After that she bare a doughter whom she called Dina. Neuertheles God thought vpō Rachel and herde her and made her frutefull Then she conceaued and bare a sonne and sayde God hath taken awaye my rebuke and she called him Ioseph and sayde God geue me yet another sonne Now whan Rachel had borne Ioseph Iacob sayde vnto Laban Let me go departe in to my place and vnto myne owne lande geue me my wyues and my children for the which I haue serued the y t I maye go for thou knowest what seruyce I haue done the. Laban sayde vnto him Can I not fynde fauoure in thy sight I perceaue that God hath blessed me for thy sake Appoynte thou the rewarde y t I shal geue the. But he saide vnto him Thou knowest how I haue serued the and what maner of catell thou hast vnder me Thou haddest but litle afore I came hither but now is it growne into a multitude and the LORDE hath blessed y t for my sake And now whan shall I loke to myne owne house also He saide What shal I then geue the Iacob sayde Thou shalt geue me nothinge at all but yf thou wilt do this for me y t I saye then wyll I fede and kepe thy shepe agayne I wyll go thorow all thy flockes to daye and separate thou from amonge them all the shepe that be spotted and partye coloured and all blacke shepe amonge the lambes Now loke what shal be partie coloured and spotted amōge the kyddes the same shal be my rewarde so shal my righteousnes testifie with me to daye or tomorow whan it cōmeth vnto my rewarde before the so that what so euer is not spotted and partye coloured amonge the kyddes and blacke amōge the lambes let that be theft with me Then sayde Laban Beholde let it be so as thou hast sayde And that same daye he sundered out the speckled and partye coloured goates and all the spotted and partye coloured kyddes where there was eny whyte vpon them and all that was black amonge the lambes and put them vnder the hande of his children and made rowme of thre dayes iourney wyde betwixte him and Iacob So Iacob kepte the residue of Labans flocke But Iacob toke staues of grene wyllies hasell and of chestnottrees and pylled whyte strekes in them and layed the staues that he had pylled in the drynkinge troughes before the flocke which came there to drynke that they shulde conceaue whan they came to drynke So the flockes conceaued ouer y e staues and brought forth speckelde spotted and partye coloured Then Iacob parted y e lambes and put them to the flocke vnto the spotted and all that was blacke in Labans flocke that put he vnto the spotted And he made him a flocke of his owne which he put not vnto Labans flocke Neuertheles in the first buckynge tyme of the flockes he layed the staues in the drynkinge troughes before the eyes of the flockes that they shulde conceaue ouer the staues But in the latter buckynge tyme he layed them not in So the later were Labans but the firstlinges were Iacobs Thus the man became exceadinge riche so that he had many shepe maydens seruauntes Camels and Asses The XXXI Chapter HE herde also of y e wordes of Labans children that they sayde Iacob hath brought all o r fathers good vnto him self of oure fathers good hath he gotten these riches And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce beholde it was not towarde him as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye And the LORDE sayde vnto him Departe agayne to thy fatherlāde and to thy kynred I wyll be with the. Then sent Iacob and bad call Rachel and Lea in to the felde to his flockes and sayde vnto them I se youre fathers countenaunce that it is not towarde me like as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye but the God of my father hath bene with me And ye knowe that I haue serued youre father with all my power And he hath disceaued me and chaunged my wages now ten tymes But God hath not suffred him to do me harme Yf he sayde The partye coloured shal be thy rewarde then the whole flocke bare partye coloured Yf he sayde The speckelde shal be thy rewarde thē the whole flocke bare speckelde Thus hath God with drawen youre fathers goodes from him and geuen them vnto me For whan the buckynge tyme came I lift vp myne eyes and sawe in a dreame and beholde the rammes leapte vpon the flocke that was speckelde spotted partye coloured And the angel of God sayde vnto me in a dreame Iacob And I answered here am I. He sayde lift vp thine eyes and beholde the rammes leape vpon the speckelde spotted and partie coloured flocke for I haue sene all y t Laban doth vnto the. I am y e God at Bethel where thou dyddest anoynte the stone maydest a vowe there vnto me Get the vp now departe out of this londe go agayne in to the londe of thy kynred Then answered Rachel and Lea and sayde vnto him As for vs we haue no porcionner inheritaūce more in oure fathers house he hath coūted vs as straūgers for he
hath solde vs spent vp o r wages Therfore hath God withdrawē o r fathers riches from him vnto vs oure children What so euer now God hath sayde vnto the that do So Iacob gat vp and set his children and wyues vpon Camels and caried awaye all his catell and all his substaunce that he had gotten at Mesopotamia y t he might come vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan Labā was gone to clyppe his flocke and Rachel stale hir fathers ymages Thus dyd Iacob steale awaie y e hert of Laban y e Syrian in y t he tolde him not that he fled So he fled all that was his gat vp and passed ouer the water wente straight towarde the mount Gilead Vpon the thirde daye it was tolde Laban that Iacob fled And he toke his brethrē vnto him and folowed after him seuen dayes iourney and ouertoke him vpon the mount Gilead But God came vnto Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night sayde vnto him Bewarre that thou speake nothinge to Iacob but good And Labā drew nye vnto Iacob As for Iacob he had pytched his tente vpon the mount And Laban with his brethrē pytched his tent also vpon the same mount Gilead Then sayde Laban vnto Iacob What hast thou done that thou hast stollen awaie my hert and caried awaye my doughters as though they had bene taken captyue w t y e swerde Wherfore keptest thou that secrete that thou woldest flye and hast stollen awaye fro me and toldest me not that I might haue brought the on the waye with myrth with synginge with tabrettes and harpes and hast not suffred me to kysse my children and doughters Thou hast done foolishly and so moch might I haue made that I coude haue done you euell but youre fathers God saide yesterdaye vnto me Bewarre that thou speake nothinge vnto Iacob but good And for so moch then as thou woldest nedes departe and longedest sore after y e fathers house why hast thou stollen away my goddes Iacob answered and sayde vnto Laban I was afrayed that thou shuldest haue taken away thy doughters fro me but loke by whom thou fyndest thy goddes let the same dye here before oure brethren Seke that thine is by me and take it awaye But he knew not that Rachel had stollen them Then wente Laban in to Iacobs tent and in to Leas tent and in to both the maydens tētes and founde nothinge and out of Leas tente he wente in to Rachels tent Then toke Rachel the ymages and layed them vnder the Camels strawe and sat downe vpon them But Laban searched the whole tent and founde nothinge Then sayde she vnto hir father Be not angrie my lorde that I can not ryse vp vnto the for it goeth w t me after the maner of wemen So he sought and founde not the ymages And Iacob was wroth and chode with Laban answered sayde vnto him What haue I trespased or offended y t thou art so whote vpon me Thou hast searched all my housholde stuff what hast thou founde of thy housholde stuff Laye it here before my brethren thyne y t they maye iudge betwene vs both Twentye yeare haue I bene w t the thy shepe goates haue not bene vnfrutefull the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten Loke what was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto y t I was fayne to paie it my self thou requyredest it of my hand◠whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by night On the daye tyme the heate cōsumed me and the frost on the night and my slepe departed fro myne eyes Thus haue I serued twentye yeare in thy house fourtene yeares for thy doughters sixe for thy flocke and ten tymes hast thou chaunged my rewarde yf the God of my father the God of Abraham and the feare of Isaac had not bene on my syde thou haddest latten me go awaye emptye But God hath loked vpon myne aduersite and laboure and rebuked the yesterdaye Laban answered and sayde The doughters are my doughters the children are my childrē and the flockes are my flockes all that thou seist is myne What can I do this daye vnto these my doughters or to their children whom they haue borne Now therfore come on let vs make a couenaunt I thou which maye be a wytnesse betwene me and the. Then toke Iacob a stone set it vp for a piler or markstone and sayde vnto his brethren Gather stones And they toke the stones and made an heape ate vpon the same heape And Labā called it Iegar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gilead either of them after the properte of his language Then sayde Laban This heape be wytnesse betwene me and the this daye therfore is it called Gilead and a testimony for he sayde The LORDE loke betwene me and y e whan we are departed y e one from y e other yf thou vexe my doughters or take other wyues vnto them There is no mā with vs but lo God is the wytnesse betwene me and the. And Laban sayde morouer vnto Iacob Beholde this is the heape and this is the marckstone that I haue set vp betwixte me and the the same heape be wytnesse and the same marckstone also be wytnesse yf I passe ouer vnto the or yf thou passe ouer this heape marckstone vnto me to do eny harme The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor and the God of their fathers be iudge betwene vs. And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of his father Isaac And Iacob offred an offerynge vpon the mount and called his brethrē to eate bred And whan they had eaten they taried vpon the mount all night But vpon the morow Laban rose vp early kyssed his childrē doughters blessed thē departed and came agayne vnto his place As for Iacob he wente on his iourney the angels of God met him And whan he sawe them he sayde It is Gods hoost called the same place Mahanaim The XXXII Chapter IAcob sent messaungers before him to his brother Esau in to the lande of Seir of the felde of Edom commaunded thē sayde Saye thus vnto my lorde Esau Thy seruaunt Iacob sendeth y e this worde I haue bene out w t Laban haue bene hither to amonge straungers haue oxen Asses shepe seruauntes maydēs haue sent forth to shewe it the my lorde y t I might fynde fauoure in thy sight The messaungers came agayne vnto Iacob and sayde We came vnto thy brother Esau he commeth forth also agaynst the with foure hundreth men Then was Iacob sore afrayed and wyst not what waye to turne himself deuyded the people that was with him and the shepe and the oxen the Camels in to two droues sayde Yf Esau come vpon the one droue and smyte it the other shal escape Iacob sayde morouer O God of my father Abrahā God of my father Isaac LORDE thou that saydest
vnto me Departe agayne to thine owne londe and to thy kynred and I wyl do the good I am to litle for all the mercies and all the trueth that thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt for I had no more but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan and now am I become two droues delyuer me from y e hande of my brother froÌ„ the haÌ„de of Esau for I am afrayed of him lest he come and smyte me the mother with the children Thou saydest I wyll do the good and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of y e see which can not be nombred for multitude And there he taried that night and toke of soch as came to hande a present vnto his brother Esau two huÌ„dreth she goates twentye he goates two hundreth shepe twentye rammes and thirtie mylck camels w t their foales fourtye kyne ten bullockes twentye she Asses with ten foales and put them in the handes of his seruauntes euery flock by them selues sayde vnto them Go ye forth before me put a space betwixte one flocke after the other and commaunded the first and sayde When my brother Esau meteth the and axeth the Whose art thou whyther goest thou and whose are these that thou dryuest before the Thou shalt saye They be thy seruaunt Iacobs which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau and commeth behynde vs him self Thus commaunded he the seconde also and the thirde and all them that folowed the flockes and sayde Like as I haue tolde you so speake ye vnto Esau whan ye mete him and saye vnto him also Beholde y t seruauÌ„t Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought I wyll reconcyle him with the present that goeth before me after warde wyll I se him my self peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace So the present wente before him but he taried in the tente the same night and rose vp in y e night and toke his two wyues and the two maydens and his eleuen sonnes and wente vnto the foorde of Iacob toke them and caried them ouer the water so that all that he had came ouer and taried him self alone on this syde Then wrestled there a man with him vntyll the breake of y e daye And whan he sawe y t he might not ouercome him he touched the senowe of his thye and y e senowe of his thye shrancke in wrestlinge with him And he sayde Let me go for y e daye breaketh on But he answered I will not let y t go excepte thou blesse me He sayde What is thy name He answered Iacob He sayde Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob but Israel for thou hast stryuen with God and with men and hast preuayled And Iacob axed him sayde Tell me what is y e name But he sayde Why axest thou what my name is And he blessed him there And Iacob called the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face my soule is recouered And as he came ouer froÌ„ Peniel y e Sonne rose vpoÌ„ him he halted vpon his thye Therfore eate the children of Israel no vane vpon the senow of y e thye vnto this daye because y e vane vpon the senow of Iacobs thye was touched The XXXIII Chapter IAcob lift vp his eyes sawe his brother Esau coÌ„mynge with foure hundreth men and he deuyded his children vnto Lea vnto Rachel and to both the maydeÌ„s and set the maydens with their children before and Lea with hir childreÌ„ after and Rachel with Ioseph hynder most And he wente before them and bowed him self to the grounde seuen tymes tyll he came to his brother But Esau ranne to mete him and enbraced him and fell aboute his neck kyssed him and wepte and lift vp his eyes and sawe the wyues with the children and sayde What are these with the He answered They are the children which God hath geuen vnto thy seruaunt And the maydens came forth with their children and dyd their obeysaunce vnto him Lea came forth also with hir childreÌ„ and kneled vnto him Afterwarde came Ioseph and Rachel forth and kneled vnto him like wyse And he sayde What meanest thou w t all the droue that I met He answered that I might fynde grace in the sight of my lorde Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast Iacob answered Oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in y e sight receaue my present of my hande for I sawe thy face as though I had sene the face of God and be at one with me Take this present in good worth that I haue brought y e for God hath geuen it me I haue ynough of all thinges So he compelled him to take it And he sayde Let vs go on and take oure iourney I wyll go in thy company But he sayde vnto him My lorde thou knowest that I haue tender children by me and small and greate catell also which are yet but yonge yf they shulde be dryueÌ„ ouer in one daye the whole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde go on before his seruauÌ„t I wyll dryue after fayre and softly there after as the catell the children can go tyll I come to my lorde in Seir. Esau sayde Yet wil I leaue some of my people with the. He answered What nede is it Let me but onely fynde grace in the sight of my lorde So Esau departed againe the same daye towarde Seir and Iacob toke his iourney towarde Sucoth and buylded him an house and made teÌ„tes for his catell Therfore is the place called Sucoth Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the cite of Sichem which lyeth in y e lande of Canaan after that he was come agayne out of Mesopotamia and pitched before the cite and bought a pece of londe of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens There pitched he his tent and there he set vp an altare and called vpon the name of the mightie God of Israel The XXXIIII Chapter DIna y e doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob wente out to beholde the doughters of the londe Whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Henite which was lorde of the loÌ„de sawe her he toke her and laye with her and forced her and his hert hanged vpon her and he loued y e damsell and talked louyngly with her and spake to his father Hemor Get me this mayden to wife And Iacob vnderstode that Dina his doughter was defyled and his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and Iacob helde his tonge tyll they came Then Hemor the father of Sichem wente forth vnto Iacob to comen with him In the meane season came Iacobs sonnes from y e felde And whan they herde it it greued the men and they were very wroth that he had wrought foly in Israel and lyen with Iacobs doughter for so was not the vse to do Then comened Hemor with theÌ„ and sayde My sonne Sichems hert longeth for youre doughter O geâ—e hir him to
wife make frendshipe with vs geue vs youre doughters and take ye oure doughters and dwell with vs the londe shall be open vnto you dwell and occupie and haue youre possessions therin And Sichem sayde vnto hir father and brethren Let me fynde grace with you loke what ye appoynte me I will geue it requyre the dowrye and gift of me hardely I wyll geue it acordinge as ye wyll axe onely geue me the damsell to wife Then Iacobs sonnes answered Sichem and Hemor his father and spake disceatfully because their sister Dina was defyled sayde vnto them That can we not do to geue oure sister to an vncircumcided man for that were a shame vnto vs. Neuertheles we wyll consente vnto you yf ye wylbe like vnto vs and be circumcided as many as are males amonge you then will we geue you oure doughters and take youre doughters vnto vs and dwell with you and be one people But yf ye wyll not herken vnto vs to be circumcided then wyl we take oure doughter and go oure waye These wordes pleased Hemor and his sonne wel and the yonge man defeâ—de not to do the same for he had lust to Iacobs doughter and he was holden in honoure aboue all in his fathers house Then came Hemor and Sichem his sonne vnder y e gate of cite and comened with the citisens of the cite and saide These men are peaceable with vs and will dwell in the lande and occupye now is the londe brode of both the sydes we wyl take their doughters vnto vs and geue them oure doughters But then wyll they consent vnto vs to dwell by vs and to be one people with vs yf we circumcyse all the men children amonge vs like as they are circumcysed their catell and goodes and all that they haue shal be ours yf we consent vnto them that they maye dwel with vs. And they herkened vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonne as many as wente out and in at y e gate of his cite and circumcided all the males that wente out and in at his cite And vpon the thirde daye whan it was panefull to them the two sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui Dinas brethren toke euery man his swerde and wente boldly in to the cite and slew all the males and slew Hemor also and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde and toke their sister Dina out of Sichems house and wente their waye Then came Iacobs sonnes ouer the slayne and spoyled the cite because they had defyled their sister and toke their shepe oxen Asses and what so euer was in the cite and in the londe and all maner of goodes All their children and wyues toke they captyue and spoyled all y t was in the houses And Iacob sayde vnto Symeon and Leui Ye haue brought it so to passe y t I stynke before the inhabiters of this lande y e Cananites and Pheresites I am but a small nombre Yf they gather them selues now together against me they shal slaye me so shal I be destroyed with my house But they answered Shulde they theÌ„ deale with oure sister as with an whoore The XXXV Chapter ANd God sayde vnto Iacob Get the vp and go vnto Bethel dwell there and make there an altare vnto the God that appared vnto the whan thou fleddest from thy brother Esau. Then sayde Iacob vnto his housholde and to all y t were with him Put awaye from you y e straunge goddes that are amonge you and clense youre selues and chaunge youre clothes and let vs get vp and go vnto Bethel that I maye there make an altare vnto the God which herde me in the tyme of my trouble and hath bene with me in the waye that I haue gone Then gaue they him all the straunge goddes that were vnder their handes and their earynges and he buried them vnder an Oke that stode besyde Sichem departed And there came a feare of God vpon the cities that laye rouÌ„de aboute so that they folowed not after y e sonnes of Iacob So came Iacob vnto Lus in y e lande of Canaan which is called Bethel and all the people that were with him and there he buylded an altare and called y e place Bethel because the LORDE appeared vnto him there whan he fled from his brother Then dyed Debora Rebeccas norse and was buried beneth Bethel vnder the Oke and it was called the Oke of lamentacion And God appeared agayne vnto Iacob after that he was come out of Mesopotamia and blessed him saide vnto him Thou art called Iacob neuertheles thou shalt no more be called Iacob but Israel shal be y e name And so was he called Israel And God sayde vnto him I am the Allmightie God be frutefull and multiplye people and a multitude of people shal come of the and kynges shall come out of thy loynes and the lande that I gaue vnto Abraham and Isaac wyll I geue vnto the wyl geue it vnto thy sede after the. So God departed from him from y e place where he talked w t him And Iacob set vp a piler of stone in the place where he talked with him poured drynk offerynges theron and poured oyle vpon it And Iacob called y e place where God talked with him Bethel And he departed from Bethel and whan he was yet a felde brode from Ephrath Rachel traueyled the byrth came harde vpon hir But whan she had soch payne in trauelynge y e myd wife sayde vnto her feare not for thou shalt haue this sonne also But as hir soule was departynge y t she must dye she called him Ben Oni neuertheles his father called hiÌ„ BeÌ„ Iamin So Rachel died was buried in the waye towarde Ephrath which now is called BethleheÌ„ And Iacob set vp a piller vpon hir graue there is Rachels grauestone vnto this daye And Israel departed and pitched his tent beyonde the tower of Eder And it chaunsed â–ª that when Israel dwelt in that londe Ruben wente and laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne and that came to Israels eares And Iacob had twolue sonnes The sonnes of Lea were these Ruben Iacobs first borne sonne Simeon Leui Iuda Isachar ZabuloÌ„ The sonnes of Rachel were Ioseph and Ben Iamin The sonnes of Bilha Raches mayde Dan and Nepthali The sonnes of Silpa Leas mayde Gad and Aser These are y e sonnes of Iacob which were borne vnto him in Mesopotamia And he came to his father Isaac to Mamre in to the head cite which is called Hebron where in AbrahaÌ„ Isaac were strauÌ„gers And Isaac was an hundreth foure score yeare olde fell sicke and dyed was gathered vnto his people whan he was olde had lyued ynough and his sonnes Esau Iacob buried him The XXXVI Chapter THis is the generacioÌ„ of Esau which is called Edom. Esau toke wyues of the doughters of Canaan Ada the doughter of EloÌ„ the Hethite Ahalibama the doughter
people synge a songe of thankesgeuynge vnto the LORDE and come to Marath where the bytter water is made swete Chap. XVI The LORDE sendeth quayles and the Manna to the vnpacient people Chap. XVII Water cōmeth out of the stonye rocke They fight agaynst Amaleck Chap. XVIII Iethro bryngeth Moses his wife and children and geueth him a good councell Chap. XIX The LORDE appeareth vnto Moses vpon mount Sinai Moses sheweth the people Chap. XX. The LORDE geueth Moses the two tables of the commaundementes vnto the people Chap. XXI Lawes and statutes concernynge bodely thinges Of murthur theft and other mo Chap. XXII Of theft Of hurte that is done with wyll or vnawarres Of thinges geuē to kepe Of borowynge and pledges Chap. XXIII Many dyuerse lawes statutes Chap. XXIIII Of the boke and bloude of the couenaunt Chap. XXV XXVI The LORDE cōmaundeth Moses to make the Sanctuary and the thinges belonginge therto Chap. XXVII Of the altare and the apparell therof Of the courte of the habitaciō Of the oyle and lampes Chap. XXVIII How the prestes were arayed and consecrated Chap. XXIX The consecratinge of Aaron of his sonnes and of the altare Chap. XXX Of the altare of incense and the brasen lauer the anoyntinge oyle and incense Chap. XXXI The workmen are called The kepynge of the Sabbath The two tables of wytnes are geuen Moses Chap. XXXII They make the golden calf Moses in his displeasure breaketh the tables and punysheth the transgressours Chap. XXXIII The people mourne Moses pitcheth the tabernacle and the LORDE talketh with him Chap. XXXIIII Moses receaueth other tables of the LORDE with certaine lawes The people are afrayed at the brightnes of his face Chap. XXXV Certaine statutes cōcerninge th◠Tabernacle The workemen are appoynted Chap. XXXVI What the thinges be that they made Chap. XXXVII The tabernacle of witnesse with the staues Cherubins the table candelsticke Chap. XXXVIII The altare of brēt offerīges with the thinges belonginge therto Chap. XXXIX Of the prestes garmentes Chap. XL. The LORDE commaundeth Moses to set vp the tabernacle to order the apparell therof The first Chapter THese are y e names of the childrē of Israel that came with Iacob in to Egipte euery one came in w t his house Ruben Simeon Leui Iuda Isachar Zabulō Ben Iamin Dan Nephtali Gad and Aser And of all the soules that came out of the loynes of Iacob there were seuentie As for Ioseph he was in Egipte all ready Now whā Ioseph was deed and all his brethren and all they that lyued at that tyme the children of Israel grewe and increased and multiplied and became exceadinge mightie so y t the lande was full of them Thē came there a new kynge ouer Egipte which knewe nothinge of Ioseph and sayde vnto his people Beholde the people of the children of Israel are many mightier then we Vp let vs deale wysely with them y t there be not so many of them For yf there shulde ryse vp eny warre agaynst vs they might ioyne them selues also vnto oure enemies and ouercome vs so get them out of the lande And he set worke masters ouer them to kepe them vnder with burthens For they buylded the cities Phiton and Raemses for treasuries vnto Pharao But the more they vexed them the more they multiplied and grew Therfore had they indignaciō at the children of Israel and the Egipcians compelled the children of Israel without mercy to do seruyce and made their lyues bytter vnto them with greuous laboure in claye and brycke and with all maner of bondage in y e felde and with all maner of laboure which they layed vpon them without mercy And the kynge of Egipte sayde vnto the mydwyues of the Hebrueswemen Of the which one was called Siphra and the other Pua Whan ye helpe the wemen of the Hebrues and se vpon the stole that it is a sonne then slaye him but yf it be a doughter let her lyue Neuertheles the mydwyues feared God dyd not as the kinge of Egipte commaunded them but let the children lyue Then the kynge of Egipte called the mydwyues and sayde vnto them Wherfore do ye this that ye let the children lyue The mydwyues answered Pharao The wemen of the Hebrues are not as the wemen of Egipte for they are sturdy wemen or euer the mydwyues come at them they are delyuered Therfore God dealt well with the mydwyues And the people multiplied and became exceadinge mightie And for so moch as the mydwyues feared God he made them houses Then Pharao commaūded all his people and sayde All the sonnes that are borne cast in to the water but let all the doughters lyue The II. Chapter ANd there wente forth a man of the house of Leui and toke a doughter of Leui. And the wife conceaued and bare a sonne And whan she sawe y t it was a proper childe she hyd him thre monethes And whan she coude hyde him no longer she toke an Arke of redes and dawbed it ouer with slyme and pitch and layed the childe therin and set it amonge the redes by the waters brynke But his sister stode a farre of to wete what wolde come of him And Pharaos doughter came downe to wash herself in the water And hir maydens walked by the water syde and whan she sawe the Arke amonge the redes she sent one of hir maydens and caused it to be fett And whan she opened it she sawe y e childe and beholde the babe wepte Then had she pytie vpon it and sayde It is one of the Hebrues children Then sayde his syster vnto Pharaos doughter Shal I go and call the a nurse of the Hebrues wemen to nurse y e the childe Pharaos doughter sayde vnto her Go thy waye The mayde wente and called the childes mother Then sayde Pharaos doughter vnto her Take this childe and nurse it for me I wyll geue y e thy rewarde The woman toke the childe and nursed it And whan the childe was growne she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter and it became hir sonne and she called him Moses For she sayde I toke him out of the water Vpon a tyme whan Moses was greate he wente forth vnto his brethren and loked vpon their burthens and sawe that an Egipciā smote one of his brethren y e Hebrues And he loked rounde aboute him and whan he sawe that there was no man he slew the Egipcian and buried him in the sonde The next daye he wente forth also and sawe two men of the Hebrues stryuynge together and sayde to the vngodly Wherfore smytest thou thy neghboure But he sayde Who made the a ruler or iudge ouer vs Wilt thou slaye me also as thou slewest the Egipcian Thē was Moses afrayed and sayde How is this knowne And Pharao herde of it and sought for Moses to slaye him But Moses fled from Pharao and kepte him in the lande of Madian and sat him downe by a wells syde The prest Madian had seuen doughters
coulde not drynke of the water of y e ryuer there was bloude in all the lande of Egipte And the Sorcerers also of Egipte dyd likewyse with their Sorceries But Pharaos hert was hardened he herkened not vnto theÌ„ * like as the LORDE had sayde And Pharao turned himself wente home set not his hert there on All the EgipciaÌ„s dygged rouÌ„de aboute y e ryuer for water to drinke for they coude not drynke of y e water out of the ryuer And this endured seuen dayes longe that the LORDE smote the ryuer The VIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go y e waye to Pharao speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let theÌ„ go beholde I wil smyte all y e borders of y e loÌ„de w t frogges so y t the ryuer shal scraule w t frogges these shal clymme vp come in to thine house in to y i chamber where thou slepest vpon thy bed and in to the houses of thy seruauntes amonge thy people in to thine ouens and vpon thy dowe and the frogges shall come vp vpon the and vpon thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Saie vnto Aaron Stretch forth thine hande w t thy staff ouer the streames ryuers pondes and let frogges come vpon the londe of Egipte And Aaron stretched his haÌ„de ouer the waters in Egipte there came vp frogges so y t the â—onde of Egipte was couered The Sorcerers also dyd likewyse w t their Sorcerirs caused frogges to come vpoÌ„ y e loÌ„de of Egipte TheÌ„ called Pharao for Moses Aaron sayde Praye the LORDE for me y t he maye take awaye the frogges fro me fro my people I will let y e people go y t they maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Moses sayde Haue thou the hono r before me appoynte me whaÌ„ I shal praye for y e for y e seruauntes and for thy people y t the frogges maye be dryuen awaye froÌ„ the froÌ„ thy house remayne onely in the ryuer He sayde Tomorow He sayde Euen as thou hast sayde y t thou mayest knowe y t there is none like vnto the LORDE o r God And the frogges shal be takeÌ„ from the from y i house from thy seruauntes from thy people remayne onely in the ryuer So Moses Aaron weÌ„te from Pharao Moses cried vnto the LORDE for the appoyntment ouer the frogges which he had promysed vnto Pharao And y e LORDE dyd as Moses sayde And the frogges dyed in y e houses in y e courtes vpon y e felde they gathered theÌ„ together here an heape there an heape the lande stanke of them But whan Pharao sawe y t he had gotten breth his hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto theÌ„ euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Saie vnto Aaron Stretch out thy staff smyte the dust vpon the earth y t there maye be lyfe in the whole loÌ„de of Egipte They dyd so And Aaron stretched out his hande w t his staff smote the dust vpon the earth there were lyse vpon men and vpon catell All the dust of the lande was turned vnto lyse in all the lande of Egipte The Sorcerers also assayde likewyse w t their Sorcerirs y t they might brynge forth lyse but they coude not And y e lyse were vpon men catell Then sayde y e Sorcerers vnto Pharao It is the fynger of God But Pharaos hert was hardened he herkened not vnto theÌ„ euen as the LORDE had sayde And y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Get y e vp tomorow by tymes stonde before Pharao beholde he wil go vnto the water speake thou vnto him Thus saieth y e LORDE let my people go y t they maye serue me yf not beholde I wil cause cruell wormes or flyes to come vpon the thy seruauntes y e people thy house so y t all the Egipcians houses the felde and what theron is shall be full of cruell wormes the same daye wil I separate the londe of Gosen wherin my people are so y t no cruell worme shal be there that thou mayest knowe that I am y e LORDE in the myddest of the earth And I wil set a delyueraunce betwene my people and thyne Tomorow shal this token come to passe And the LORDE dyd so And there came perlous cruell wormes in to Pharaos house in to his seruauntes houses vpon all the londe of Egipte and the londe was marred with noysome wormes TheÌ„ called Pharao for Moses Aaron sayde Go yo r waye do sacrifice vnto yo r God in y e londe Moses sayde It is not mete y t we shulde so do so shulde we offer y e abhominacion of y e Egipcians vnto the LORDE o r God Beholde yf we shulde offer the abhominacion of y e Egipcians before their eyes shulde they not stone vs Thre dayes iourney will we go in the wyldernes and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE oure God like as he hath sayde vnto vs. Pharao sayde I wil let you go y t ye maie do sacrifice vnto the LORDE yo r God in the wyldernes onely y t ye go no farther praye for me Moses sayde Beholde whan I am come forth from y e I wil praye vnto y e LORDE y t the cruell wormes maye be taken from Pharao from his seruauÌ„tes froÌ„ his people euen tomorow onely disceaue me nomore that thou woldest not let the people go to do sacrifice vnto the LORDE And Moses weÌ„te out from Pharao and prayed vnto the LORDE And the LORDE dyd as Moses sayde toke awaye the cruell wormes from Pharao from his seruauntes and from his people so y t there remayned not one But Pharao hardened his hert eueÌ„ then also and let not y e people go The IX Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go in to Pharao and speake vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE God of y e Hebrues let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not but holde them longer beholde the hande of the LORDE shal be vpon thy catell in the felde vpon horses vpon Asses vpon Camels vpon oxen vpon shepe with a very sore pestilence And y e LORDE shall make a diuysion betwene the catell of the Israelites the Egipcians so y t there shal nothinge dye of all that the children of Israel haue And y e LORDE appoynted a tyme and sayde Tomorow shal the LORDE do this vpon earth And the LORDE dyd the same on the morow And there dyed of all maner of catell of the Egipcians but of y e catell of y e childreÌ„ of Israel there dyed not one And Pharao sent thither beholde there was not one of the catell of Israel deed But Pharaos hert was hardened so y t he let not y e people
go Then sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses Aaron Take youre handes full of aszshes out of the fornace let Moses sprenkle it towarde heauen before Pharao that it maye be dust in all the lande of Egipte that there maye be sores blaynes vpon men vpon catell in all the lande of Egipte And they toke aszshes out of y e fornace stode before Pharao Moses sprenkled it towarde heaueÌ„ Then were there sores and blaynes vpon men vpon catell so that the Sorcerers might not stoÌ„de before Moses by reason of the sores For there were sores vpoÌ„ the Sorcerers as well as vpon all the Egipcians But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert so that he herkened not vnto them eueÌ„ as the LORDE had sayde vnto Moses Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Get the vp tomorow by tymes stonde before Pharao speake vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of the Hebrues let my people go y t they maye serue me els wyll I at this tyme sende all my plages in to thine hert vpon thy seruauÌ„tes vpon thy people that thou mayest knowe y t there is none like me in all londes For I will now stretch out my hande smyte the thy people w t pestilence so y t thou shalt be roted out from the earth Yet haue I stered y e vp for this cause euen to shew my power vpon y e and that my name might be declared in all londes Thou holdest my people yet wilt not let them go beholde tomorow aboute this tyme wyll I cause a mightie greate hayle to rayne soch as hath not bene in the londe of Egipte sence the tyme that it was grouÌ„ded hither to And now sende thou saue thy catell all y t thou hast in the felde for all men catell that shal be founde in the felde not brought in to the houses yf the hayle fall vpon them they shall dye Now who so feared the worde of the LORDE amonge Pharaos seruauntes caused his seruauntes catell to flye in to the houses but loke whose hertes regarded not the worde of y e LORDE left their seruauntes and catell in the felde Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Strech out thy hande towarde heaueÌ„ that it maye hayle vpon all the lande of Egipte vpon men vpon catell vpon all herbes of the felde in the lande of Egipte So Moses stretched out his staff towarde heauen and the LORDE caused it to thonder hayle so y t the fyre ranne alonge vpon the earth Thus the LORDE hayled rayned vpon the londe of Egipte so that the hayle fyre wente so horrybly together as neuer was in all the laÌ„de of Egipte sens the tyme that there were people therin And the hayle smote the whole lande of Egipte all that was vpon y e felde both men catell smote all the herbes vpon the felde brake all the trees vpon y e felde saue onely in the lande of Gosen where the childreÌ„ of Israel were there it hayled not Then sent Pharao called for Moses Aaron sayde vnto them Now haue I synned y e LORDE is righteous but I my people are vngodly Yet praye ye vnto the LORDE that the thonder hayle of God maye ceasse then wyl I let you go that ye shal tary here no longer Moses sayde vnto him Whan I am come out of the cite I wyll stretch out myne handes vnto the LORDE so shal the thonder ceasse there shal be nomore hayle that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the LORDES But I knowe y t both thou thy seruauntes feare not yet the LORDE God Thus the flax and the barlye were smytten for the barlye was shot vp y e flax was boulled but the wheate and y e râ—e were not smytten for they were late sowen So Moses wente from Pharao out of y e cite stretched out his haÌ„des vnto y e LORDE And y e thoÌ„der the hayle ceassed the rayne dropped not vpoÌ„ the earth But whaÌ„ Pharao sawe y t the rayne thonder hayle ceassed he synned agayne and herdened his hert he his seruauntes So Pharaos hert was hardened y t he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go eueÌ„ as the LORDE had sayde by Moses The X. Chapter ANd the LORDE saide vnto Moses Go in vnto Pharao for I haue hardened his hert the hertes of his seruauÌ„tes y t I might do these my tokeÌ„s amonge theÌ„ that thou mightest shewe it in the eares of thy children of thy childers children what I haue done in Egipte and how I haue shewed my tokens amoÌ„ge theÌ„ that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE So Moses Aaron wente in vnto Pharao spake vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of the Hebrues How longe refusest thou to submyt thy self vnto me to let my people go y t they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people go beholde tomorow wil I cause greshoppers to come vpon all places y t they maye couer the lande so y t the lande can not be sene they shal eate vp y t is left you was delyuered froÌ„ the hayle shal eate vp all yo r grene trees vpon the felde shal fyll thy house all y e seruauÌ„tes houses all the Egipcians houses soch as y e fathers y e fathers fathers haue not sene sens the tyme y t they were vpon earth vnto this daye And he turned him wente out from Pharao Then saide Pharaos seruauntes vnto him How longe shall we be snared after this maner Let the men go that they may serue y e LORDE their God Knowest thou not yet y t Egipte is destroyed Moses Aaron were brought agayne to Pharao which saide vnto them Go yo r waye serue y e LORDE yo r God But who are they y t shall go Moses sayde We wil go w t yonge olde w t sonnes and doughters with shepe and oxeÌ„ â–ª for we haue a feast of the LORDE He sayde vnto theÌ„ Let it be so the LORDE be with you Shulde I let you go yo r childreÌ„ also loke that ye haue not some myschefe in haÌ„de Not so but go ye that are men and serue the LORDE for that was youre desyre And they thrust them out from Pharao TheÌ„ saide y e LORDE vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer y e londe of Egipte for the greshoppers y t they maye come vpoÌ„ y e londe of Egipte eate vp all the herbes in the londe w t all y t escaped the hayle Moses stretched out his staff ouer y e lande of Egipte the LORDE brought an east wynde in to the londe all y t daye all y t night in the mornynge the east wynde brought the greshoppers And they came ouer the whole lande of Egipte and lighted in all places of Egipte so exceadinge many that before tyme there were neuer soch nether
shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies
out of the londe of Egipte therfore shall ye and all youre posterities kepe this daye for a perpetuall custome Vpon the fourtene daye of the first moneth at euen shall ye eate vnleuended bred vnto the one and twentye daye of the moneth at euen so that there be no leuended bred founde in youre houses seuen dayes For who so euer eateth leuended bred that soule shall be roted out from the congregacion of Israel whether it be a straunger or borne in the londe Therfore eate no leuended bred but onely vnleuended bred in all youre dwellynges And Moses called all the Elders of Israel and sayde vnto them Chose out and take to euery housholde a shepe and kyll Passeouer vnto the LORDE and take a bunch of ysope and dyppe it in the bloude in the basen and stryke it vpon the vpperposte and vpon the two syde postes and none of you go out at the dore of his house vntyll y e mornynge for the LORDE wyll go aboute and plage the Egipcians And whan he seyth the bloude vpō the vpperposte and vpon the two syde postes he wyl passe ouer by the dore and not suffre the destroyer to come in to youre houses to plage Therfore kepe this custome for the and thy children for euer And whan ye be come in to y e londe that the LORDE shal geue you as he hath sayde then kepe this seruyce And whan youre children saye vnto you What seruyce is this that ye haue Ye shal saye It is the sacrifice of the LORDES Passeouer which passed ouer by the children of Israel in Egipte whan he plaged the Egipcians and saued oure houses Then the people bowed them selues and worshipped And the children of Israel wente and dyd as the LORDE had commaunded Moses and Aaron And at mydnight the LORDE smote all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from Pharaos first sonne which sat vpon his seate vntyll the first sonne of the presoner that was in the preson and all the firstborne of the catell Then Pharao arose y e same night and all his seruauntes and all the Egipcians there was a greate crye in Egipte for there was no house wherin there was not one deed And he called for Moses and Aaron in y e night and sayde Get you vp and departe out fro my people ye and the children of Israel go youre waye and serue the LORDE as ye haue sayde and take youre shepe and youre oxen with you as ye haue sayde and departe and blesse me also And the Egipcians were fearce vpon the people to dryue them haistely out of the londe for they saide we are all but deed And the people toke the rawe dowe before it was leuended for their foode bounde in their clothes vpon their shulders And the children of Israel had done as Moses sayde and borowed Iewels of syluer and golde and clothes of the Egipcians the LORDE also had geuen the people fauoure in the sight of the Egipcians that they lent them and so they spoyled the Egipcians Thus y e children of Israel toke their iourney from Raemses to Suchoth sixe hundreth thousande men of fote besyde childrē There wente with them also moch comō people and shepe and oxen and exceadinge many catell And of the rawe dowe that they brought out of Egipte they baked vnleuēded cakes for it was not leuended in so moch as they were thrust out of Egipte and coude not tary nether had they prepared them eny other meate The tyme y t the children of Israel dwelt in Egipte is foure hondreth and thirtie yeares Whan the same were ended the whole hoost of the LORDE wente out of the londe of Egipte in one daye Therfore shall this night be kepte vnto the LORDE because he brought them out of the londe of Egipte And the children of Israel shall kepe it vnto the LORDE they and their posterities And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses and Aaron This is the maner of the kepynge of Passeouer There shal no straūger eate of it But who so is a bought seruaunt let him be circumcysed then eate therof A straunger and an hyred seruaūt shal not eate of it In one house shal it be eatē Ye shal cary none of his flesh out of the house and ye shal not breake a bone of him The whole congregacion of Israel shal do it But yf there dwel a straunger with the wil holde Passeouer vnto the LORDE let him circumcyse euery one that is male and then let him first come and do it and be as one that is borne in the londe for there shal no vncircumcysed eate therof One maner of lawe be vnto him y t is borne in the londe vnto the straūger y t dwelleth amōge you And all the childrē of Israel dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses Aaron So vpō one daye the LORDE brought the childrē of Israel out of the lōde of Egipte with their armyes The XIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Sanctifie vnto me euery firstborne y t breaketh all maner of Matrices amonge the childrē of Israel both of men catell for they are myne Then saide Moses vnto y e people Thinke vpō this daye in the which ye are gone out of Egipte from the house of bōdage how y t y e LORDE brought you out frō thence w t a mightie hāde Therfore shall ye eate no sowre dowe This daye are ye gone out euē in y e moneth of Abib Now whā y e LORDE hath brought y e in to y e lande of y e Cananites Hethites Amorites Heuites Iebusites which he sware vnto y i fathers to geue y e euen a londe that floweth w t mylke hony then shalt thou kepe this seruyce in this moneth Seuē dayes shalt thou eate vnleuended bred vpon the seuenth daye is the LORDES feast therfore shalt thou eate vnleuended bred seuē dayes that there be no sowre dowe ner sowred bred sene in all thy quarters And thou shalt tell thy sonne at the same tyme saye Because of that which y e LORDE dyd for me whan I departed out of Egipte Therfore shalt it be a signe vnto y e in thine hande and a token of remembraunce before thine eyes that the lawe of y e LORDE maye be in thy mouth how that y e LORDE brought the out of Egipte with a mightie hande Therfore kepe this maner yearly in his tyme. Whan the LORDE now hath brought y e in to y e lande of the Cananites as he hath sworne vnto the and thy fathers and hath geuen it the then shalt thou sunder out vnto the LORDE all that breaketh the Matrice and firstborne amonge thy catell soch as is male The firstborne of the Asse shalt thou bye out with a shepe but yf thou redeme it not then breake his neck All the firstborne of men amonge thy children shalt thou redeme And whan thy childe axeth the to daie or tomorow
e people feared y e LORDE and beleued him and his seruaunt Moses The XV. Chapter THen sange Moses and the childrē of Israel this songe vnto the LORDE and sayde I will synge vnto y e LORDE for he hath done gloriously horse charet hath he ouer throwne in the see The LORDE is my strength and my songe and is become my saluacion This is my God I wil magnifie him He is my fathers God I wil exalte him The LORDE is the right man of warre LORDE is his name The charettes of Pharao his power hath he cast in to the see His chosen captaynes are drowned in the reed see y e depe hath couered them they fell to the grounde as a stone Thy right hande O LORDE is glorious in power thy right hāde O LORDE hath smytten the enemies And with thy greate glory thou hast destroyed thine aduersaries thou sentestout y e wrath it cōsumed them euen as stobble In the breth of thy wrath the waters fell together the floudes wente vpon a heape The depes plomped together in y e myddest of the see The enemie thought I will folowe vpon them and ouertake them and deuyde y e spoyle and coole my mynde vpon them I wil drawe out my swerde and my hande shal destroye them Thou blewest with thy wynde the see couered them and they sancke downe as leed in the mightie waters LORDE who is like vnto the amonge y e goddes Who is so glorious in holynes fear full laudable and doinge wonders Whan thou stretchedest out y e right hande the earth swalowed them vp Thou of y e very mercy hast led this people whom thou hast delyuered and with y e strength thou hast brought them vnto the dwellynge of thy Sanctuary Whan y e nacions herde this they raged sorowe came vpon the Philistynes Then were y e prynces of Edom afrayed tremblynge came vpō y e mightie of Moab all the indwellers of Canaan waxed faynte harted Let feare and drede fall vpon them thorow thy greate arme that they maye be as styll as a stone tyll thy people O LORDE be gone thorow tyll y i people whom thou hast gotten be gone thorow Brynge them in and plante them vpon the mountayne of thy enheritaunce vnto y e place that thou hast made for thyne owne dwellynge euen to y e tēple O LORDE which thy handes haue prepared The LORDE shal be kynge for euer euer For Pharao wente in to the see with horses and charettes and horsmen and the LORDE made the see fall agayne vpon them But the children of Israel wēte drye thorow the myddest of the see And Miriam the prophetisse Aarons sister toke a tymbrell in hir hande and all the women folowed out after her with timbrels in a daunse And Miriam sange before thē O let vs synge vnto the LORDE for he hath done gloriously man and horse hath he ouer throwne in the see Moses caused the children of Israel to departe out from the reed see vnto the wyldernes of Sur they wente thre dayes in y e wildernes y t they founde no water Then came they to Marath but they coude not drinke y e water for bytternes for it was very bytter Therfore was it called Marah y t is bytternes Then y e people murmured against Moses sayde What shal we drynke And Moses cried vnto y e LORDE which shewed him a tre this he put in y e water thē was it swete There he made thē a statute and a lawe and tempted them and sayde Yf thou wyl◠herken vnto the voyce of y e LORDE y e God do that which is right in his sighte and geue eare vnto his commaundementes kepe all his statutes then wyl I laye vpon y e none of the sicknesses that I layed vpon Egipte for I am the LORDE thy surgione The XVI Chapter ANd they came vnto Elim where there were twolue welles of water and seuentie palme trees and there they pitched by y e water syde From Elim they toke their iourney and the whole congregacion of the children of Israel came in to the wyldernesse of Sin which lyeth betwene Elim and Sinai vpon the fyftene daye of the seconde moneth after that they were departed out of the londe of Egipte And y e whole multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron in y e wildernes and saide vnto them Wolde God we had dyed in the londe of Egipte by the hande of the LORDE whan we sat by y e flesh pottes and had bred ynough to eate for ye haue brought vs out in to this wyldernes to cause this whole multitude dye of honger Thē sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses beholde I wyl rayne you bred from heauen and let the people go out and gather daylie what they nede that I maye proue whether they walke in my lawe or not But vpon the sixte daye they shal prepare thē selues that they maye brynge in twyse as moch as they gather daylie Moses and Aaron saide vnto all the children of Israel At euen ye shall knowe that the LORDE hath brought you out of the lōde of Egipte and in the mornynge shall ye se the glory of the LORDE for he hath herde youre grudginges agaynst the LORDE For what are we that ye grudge agaynst vs Moses sayde morouer At euen shall the LORDE geue you flesh to eate and in the mornynge bred ynough because y e LORDE hath herde youre grudginges that ye haue grudged agaynst him For what are we You re murmuringe is not agaynst vs but against the LORDE And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Speake vnto the whole multitude of y e children of Israel Come forth before the LORDE for he hath herde youre murmuringes And whyle Aaron spake thus vnto the whole congegacion of the childrē of Israel they turned them towarde the wyldernes and beholde the glory of the LORDE appeared in a cloude and the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I haue herde the murmuringe of y e children of Israel Tell them At euen shall ye haue flesh to eate and in the mornynge shal ye be fylled with bred ye shall knowe that I am the LORDE youre God And at euen the quayles came vp and couered the tentes and in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the tentes And whan the dew was fallē beholde there laye a thinge in the wildernes thynne and small as the horefrost vpon the grounde And whan the children of Israel sawe it they saide one to another This is Mā For they wyst not what it was But Moses sayde vnto them It is the bred that y e LORDE hath geuē you to eate This is it that y e LORDE hath commaūded Euery one gather for himself as moch as he eateth and take a Gomor for euery heade acordinge to the nombre of the soules in his tente And the children of Israel dyd so and gathered some more some lesse But whan it was measured out with
y e Gomor he that gathered moch had not the more and he y t gathered litle wanted nothinge but euery one gathered for himself as moch as he ate And Moses sayde vnto them Let no mā leaue ought therof vntyll the mornynge But they harkened not vnto Moses And some left of it vntill the morninge Then waxed it full of wormes and stanke And Moses was angrie at them And euery mornynge they gathered for them selues as moch as euery one ate but as soone as it was whote of the Sonne it melted awaye And vpon the sixte daye they gathered twyse as moch of bred two Gomors for one And all the rulers of the congregaciō came in and tolde Moses And he sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath sayde Tomorow is the Sabbath of the holy rest of the LORDE loke what ye wil bake that bake and what ye wyll seeth that seeth and that remayneth ouer let it remayne y t it maye be kepte vntyll the mornynge And they let it remayne tyll the morow as Moses commaunded Then stanke it not nether was there eny worme therin Thē sayde Moses Eate that to daye for to daye is y e Sabbath of the LORDE to daye shal ye fynde none in the felde Sixe dayes shall ye gather it but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath wherin there shal be none But vpon the seuenth daye there wente out some of the people to gather and founde nothinge Then sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses How longe refuse ye to kepe my commaundementes and lawes Beholde y e LORDE hath geuen you the Sabbath therfore vpon the sixte daye he geueth you bred for two dayes therfore let euery man now byde at home and no man go forth of his place vpon the seuenth daye So the people rested vpō y e seuenth daye And the house of Israel called it Man and it was like Coriander sede and whyte had a taist like symnels with hony And Moses sayde This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded Fill a Gomor therof to be kepte for youre posterities y t they maye se the bred wherwith I fed you whan I brought you out of y e lande of Egipte And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take a cruse and put a Gomor full of Man therin and laye it vp before the LORDE to be kepte for youre posterities as the LORDE commaunded Moses So Aaron layed it vp there for a testimony to be kepte And the children of Israel ate man fourtye yeares tyll they came vnto a lande where people dwelt euen vntyll they came to y e borders of the lande of Canaan ate they Man A Gomor is the tenth parte of an Epha The XVII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of the children of Israel wēte on their iourneys out of the wyldernes of Sin as the LORDE cōmaunded thē pitched in Raphidim Then had the people no water to drynke And they chode w t Moses sayde Geue vs water y t we maye drynke Moses sayde vnto thē Why chyde ye w t me Wherfore tēpte ye y e LORDE But whan the people thyrsted there for water they murmured agaynst Moses sayde Wherfore hast thou caused vs to come out of Egipte to let vs oure children and oure catell dye of honger Moses cried vnto the LORDE and sayde What shal I do w t this people They are all most ready to stone me The LORDE saide vn to him Go before the people take some of the elders of Israel with y e and take in thine hande thy staff wherwith thou smotest the water and go thy waye Beholde I wyl stonde there before the vpon a rock in Horeb there shalt thou smyte the rocke so shall there water runne out that the people maye drynke Moses dyd so before the elders of Israel Then was that place called Massa Meriba because of the chydinge of the children of Israel and because they tempted y e LORDE and sayde Is the LORDE amonge vs or not Then came Ameleck fought agaynst Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayde vnto Iosua Chose vs out men go out fight against Amaleck tomorow wil I stōde vpō the toppe of the hyll haue y e staff of God in my hande And Iosua dyd as Moses bade him fought agaynst Amalek Moses Aaron Hur wente vp to y e toppe of the hyll And whā Moses helde vp his hāde Israel had the victory but whan he let downe his hande Amalek had the victory But Moses hādes were heuy therfore toke they a stone layed it vnder him that he might syt vpon it And Aaron Hur stayed vp his hādes the one vpon the one syde and the other vpon y e other syde So his handes were stedfast vnto y e Sonne wente downe And Iosua discomfited Amalek his people thorow the edge of the swerde And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Wryte this for a remēbraunce in a boke cōmytte it vnto y e eares of Iosua for I wyll rote out Amalek from vnder heauen so that he shall nomore be remembred And Moses buylded an altare vnto the LORDE and called it The LORDE Nissi for he sayde The battayll of the LORDE shal be agaynst Amalek thorow an hande vnder the defence of God from childe to childes childe The XVIII Chapter ANd whan Iethro y e prest in Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all y t God had done w t Moses his people of Israel how y t the LORDE had brought Israel out of Egipte he toke Zipora Moses wife whom he had sent backe with her two sonnes The one was called Gerson for he saide I am become a straunger in a straunge londe And the other was called Eliaser for he sayde The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde Now whā Iethro Moses father in lawe and his sonnes and his wife came vnto him in the wyldernes by the mount of God where he had pitched his tent he sent worde vnto Moses I Iethro thy father in lawe am come vnto the and y i wife and both hir children with her Then wente Moses forth to mete him and dyd obeysaūce vnto him and kyssed him And whan they had saluted ech other they wente in to the tente Then Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the LORDE had done vnto Pharao and the Egipcians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by y e waye and how the LORDE had delyuered them Iethro reioysed ouer all y e good that the LORDE had done for Israel y t he had delyuered them from the hāde of the Egipcians And Iethro sayde Praysed be the LORDE which hath delyuered you from the hande of the Egipcians and of Pharao and that knoweth how to delyuer his people from the Egipcians hande Now I knowe that the LORDE is greater thē all goddes because they dealt proudly w t them And Iethro toke brent offerynges and
bloude of my sacrifice with sowre dowe and the fat of my feast shal not remayne till the mornynge The first of the first frutes of thy felde shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God And shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it is in his mothers mylke Beholde I sende an angell before the to kepe the in the waye and to brynge the vnto the place that I haue prepared Therfore be warre of his face and herken vnto his voyce and anger him not for he shall not spare youre myszdedes my name is in him But yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce and do all that I shal tell the then wyl I be enemie vnto thy enemyes and aduersary vnto thy aduersaries Now whā myne angell goeth before the bryngeth the vnto y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites Cananites Heuites Iebusites I shall haue destroyed them then shalt thou not worshipe their goddes ner serue them nether shalt thou do as they do but shalt ouerthrowe their goddes breake thē downe But y e LORDE yo r God shal ye serue so shal he blesse thy bred thy water and I wyl remoue all sicknesse from the. There shal be nothinge baren ner vnfrutefull in thy londe and I wil fulfill the nombre of thy dayes I wil sende my feare before the and sley all the people where thou cōmest will make all thine enemies to turne their backes vpō the. I wyll sende hornettes before y e and dryue out the Heuytes Cananites and Hethytes before the ▪ In one yeare wyl I not cast thē out before the y t the londe become not waist wylde beastes multiply agaynst y t By litle litle wyll I dryue them out before the tyll thou growe haue the londe in possession And I wil set the borders of thy londe euen from the reed see vnto y e see of the Philistynes from the wyldernes vnto the water For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande y t thou shalt dryue them out before the. Thou shalt make no couenaunt w t them ner with their goddes but let thē not dwell in thy lande that they make the not synne ageynst me For yf thou serue their goddes it wil surely be thy decaye The XXIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto the LORDE thou Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the seuētie elders of Israel worshipe afarre of But let Moses onely come nye vnto the LORDE and let not them come nye and let not the people also come vp with him Moses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the LORDE all the lawes Then answered all the people with one voyce and sayde All y e wordes that the LORDE hath sayde wyl we do Then wrote Moses all the wordes of y e LORDE gat him vp bytymes in the mornynge * buylded an altare vnder y e mount with twolue pilers acordinge to the twolue trybes of Israel sent twolue yonge mē of the children of Israel to offre burnt offerynges and peace offerynges theron of bullockes vnto the LORDE And Moses toke the half parte of the bloude and put it in a basen the other half sprenkled he vpon the altare toke the boke of y e couenaunt cried in the eares of the people And whan they had sayde All y t the LORDE hath sayde wil we do herken vnto him Moses toke the bloude sprenkled it vpon the people sayde Beholde this is y e bloude of the couenaunt that the LORDE maketh w t you vpon all these wordes Then wente Moses Aaron Nadab Abihu the seuentye elders of Israel vp sawe y e God of Israel Vnder his fete it was like a stone worke of Saphyre as the fashion of heauē whā it is cleare he put not his hāde vpō the pryncipall of Israel And whan they had sene God they ate dronke And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto me vpon the mount remayne there y t I maye geue the tables of stone y e lawe commaundemētes y t I haue wrytten which thou shalt teach thē Then Moses gat him vp his mynister Iosua wente vp in to the mount of God sayde vnto the elders Tary ye here tyll we come to you agayne beholde Aaron and Hur are with you yf eny mā haue a matter to do let him brynge it vnto them Now whā Moses came vp in to y e moūt a cloude couered y e mount the glory of y e LORDE abode vpon mount Sinai couered it w t the cloude sixe dayes vpon the seuēth daye he called Moses out of y e cloude And y e fashion of y e glory of y e LORDE was like a cōsumynge fyre vpon the toppe of y e mount in the sight of the children of Israel And Moses wente in to the myddest of the cloude and ascēded vp in to the mount and abode vpon the mount fourtye dayes fourtye nightes The XXV Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses ayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel y t they geue me an Heue offerynge take the some of euery man that hath a frewyllynge hert therto And this is the Heue-offerynge that ye shal take of them Golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes Fyrre tre oyle for lampes spyces for the anoyntynge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and set stones for the ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And they shall make me a Sanctuary that I maie dwell amonge them Like as I shal shewe y e a patrone of the Habitacion and of all the ornamentes therof so shall ye make it Make an Arke of Fyrre tre two cubytes a half longe a cubyte a half brode and a cubyte an half hye this shalt thou ouerleye with pure golde within and without make an hye vpō it a crowne of golde rounde aboute and cast foure rynges of golde put them in the foure corners of it so that two rynges be vpon the one syde and two vpon the other syde And make staues of Fyrre tre and ouerlaye them with golde and put them in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the Arke to beare it withall and they shal abyde styll in the rynges not be takē out And in y e Arke thou shalt laye the wytnesse that I wyl geue the. Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe and a cubyte a half brode And thou shalt make two Cherubyns of beaten golde vpō both y e endes of the Mercyseate y t the one Cherub maye be vpon the one ende the other vpon the other ende so to be two Cherubyns vpon the endes of the Mercyseate And the Cherubyns shall sprede out
fyue cubytes longe brode y t it maye be foure square thre cubytes hye thou shalt make hornes vpon the foure corners of it shalt ouer laye it with brasse Make ashpaÌ„nes shouels basens fleshokes cole paÌ„nes All y e apparell therof shalt thou make of brasse Thou shalt make a gredyron also like a nett of brase foure brasen rynges vpon the foure corners of it from vnder vp aboute the altare shalt thou make it so that the gredyron reach vnto y e myddest of the altare Thou shalt make staues also for the altare of Fyrre tre ouer layed with golde and shalt put the staues in the rynges that the staues maye be on both the sydes of y e altare to beare it withall And holowe with bordes shalt thou make it like as it is shewed the in the mount And to y e habitacion thou shalt make a courte an hangynge of whyte twyned sylke vpoÌ„ y e one syde an C. cubytes loÌ„ge towarde the south xx pilers vpon xx brasen sokettes the knoppes w t their whopes of syluer Likewyse vpon y e north syde there shal be an hanginge of an C. cubytes loÌ„ge twenty pilers vpon twenty brasen sokettes and their knoppes w t their whopes of syluer But vpon the west syde the bredth of y e courte shal haue an hanginge of fiftie cubites longe ten pilers vpon ten sokettes VpoÌ„ the east syde also shal the bredth of the courte haue fiftie cubytes so that the hangynge haue vpon one syde fyftene cubites and thre pilers vpoÌ„ thre sokettes And vpon y e other syde fiftene cubytes also and thre pilers vpoÌ„ thre sokettes And in the courte gate there shal be an hangynge twenty cubytes brode of yalowe sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke wrought with nedle worke and foure pilers vpon their foure sokettes All the pilers rounde aboute the courte shall haue syluer whopes syluer knoppes sokettes of brasse And the length of y e courte shal be an huÌ„dreth cubytes the bredth fiftie cubytes the heygth fyue cubytes of whyte twyned sylke and y e sokettes therof shal be of brasse All y e vessels also of the habitacion to all maner seruyce and all the nales of it and all the nales of the courte shal be of brasse Commaunde y e children of Israel y t they bringe vnto y e the most cleare pure oyle oliue beaten to geue lighte y t it maye allwaye be put in the laÌ„pes in the Tabernacle of wytnes without the vayle that hangeth before the wytnesse And AaroÌ„ and his sonnes shal dresse it from the euenynge vntyll y e mornynge before the LORDE This shal be vnto you a perpetuall custome for youre posterities amonge the children of Israel The XXVIII Chapter ANd thou shalt take vnto the Aaron thy brother and his sonnes froÌ„ amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel that he maye be my prest namely Aaron his sonnes Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar thou shalt make holy clothes for AaroÌ„ y i brother honorable and glorious shalt speake vnto all them that are wise of hert whom I haue fylled with the sprete of wiszdome that they make garmentes to Aaron for his consecracion that he maye be my prest These are y e garmentes which they shal make a brestlappe an ouerbody cote a tunycle an albe a myter and a girdell Thus shal they make holy garmentes for y e brother AaroÌ„ and his sonnes that he maye be my prest They shal take therto golde yalow silke scarlet purple and whyte sylke The ouerbody cote shal they make of golde yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke of bâ—oderd worke that it maye be festened together vpon both the sydes by y e edges therof And his gyrdell vpoÌ„ it shall be of y e same woâ—maÌ„shippe stuff euen of golde yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke And thou shalt take two Onix stones and graue in them the names of the children of Israel Syxe names vpon the one stone and the sixe other names vpon the other stone acordinge to the order of their age This shalt thou do by the stonegrauers that graue signettes so that y e stones with the names of the children of Israel to be set rounde aboute with golde and thou shalt put them vpon the two shulders of the ouer body cote that that they maye be stones of remembraunce for the children of Israel that Aaron maye beare their names vpon both his shulders before the LORDE for a remembraunce Thou shalt make hokes of golde also and two wretheÌ„ cheynes of pure golde and shalt fasten them vnto the hokes The brestlappe of iudgment shalt thou make of broderd worke euen after the worke of the ouerbody cote of golde yalow sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke Foure square shall it be and dubble an hande bredth longe and an handebredth brode And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes full of stones Let the first rowe be a Sardis a Topas and a Smaragde The seconde a Ruby a Saphyre and a Dyamonde The thirde a Ligurios an Achatt and an Ametyst The fourth a Turcas an Onix and a Iaspis In golde shall they be sett in all the rowes and shal stonde acordinge to y e twolue names of the children of Israel grauen of the stonegrauers euery one with his name acordinge to the twolue trybes And vpon the brestlappe thou shalt make wrethen cheynes by y e corners of pure golde and two golde rynges so that thou fasteÌ„ the same two rynges vnto two edges of the brestlappe and put the two wretheÌ„ cheynes of golde in the same two rynges that are in two edges of the brestlappe But the two endes of y e two wrethen cheynes shalt thou fasten in the two hokes vpon the ouerbody cote one ouer agaynst another And thou shalt make two other rynges of golde and fasten them vnto y e other two edges of y e brestlappe namely to y e borders therof wherwith it maye hange on the ynsyde vpon the ouerbody cote And yet shalt thou make two rynges of golde and fasten them vpon the two edges beneth to the ouerbody cote vpon the outsyde one ouer agaynst anothe where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together And the brestlappe shall be fastened by his rynges vnto the rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalow lace that is maye lye close vpon the ouerbody cote and that the brestlappe be not lowsed from the ouerbody cote Thus shall Aaron beare the names of the children of Israel in y e brestlappe of iudgment vpon his hert whan he goeth into the Sanctuary for a remembraunce before the LORDE allwaye And in the brestlappe of iudgment thou shalt put light and perfectnesse that they be vpon AaroÌ„s hert whan he goeth in before the LORDE and that he maye beare the iudgment of the children of Israel vpon his hert before the LORDE allwaye Thou shalt make the tunykle also to the ouerbody cote all of yalow sylke and
aboue in the myddest there shal be an hole and a bonde folden together rounde aboute the hole that it rente not And beneth vpon the hemme thou shalt make pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple rounde aboute and belles of golde betwixte the same rounde aboute that there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde aboute the hemme of the same tunycle And Aaron shall haue it vpon him whaÌ„ he mynistreth that the souÌ„de ther of maye be herde whan he goeth out and in at the Sanctuary before the LORDE that he dye not Thou shalt make a foreheade plate also of pure golde and graue therin after the workmanshipe of the stone grauer the holynes of the LORDE with a yalow lace shalt thou fasten it vnto the fore front of the myter vpon Aarons foreheade y t Aaron maie so beare y e synne of the holy thinges which the childreÌ„ of Israel halowe in all their giftes and Sanctuary And it shall be allwaye vpon his fore heade that he maye reconcyle them before the LORDE Thou shalt make an albe also of whyte sylke and a myter of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of nedle worke And for Aarons sonnes thou shalt make cotes gyrdles and bonetes honorable and glorious and shalt put them vpon thy brother Aaron and his sonnes and shalt anoynte them and fyll their handes and consecrate them that they maye be my prestes And thou shalt make them lynnen breches to couer the flesh of their preuities from the loynes vnto the thyes And Aaron and his sonnes shall haue them on whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or go vnto the altare to mynister in the Holy that they beare not their synne and dye This shal be a perpetual custome for him and his sede after him The XXIX Chapter THis is it also that thou shalt do vnto them that they maye be consecrated prestes vnto me Take a yonge bullocke and two rammes without blemish vnleuended bred vnleuended cakes myxte w t oyle and wafers of swete bred tempered w t oyle Of wheate floure shalt thou make them all and put them in a maunde brynge them in the maunde with the bullocke two rammes And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse wash thâ—m w t water take the garmentes and put vpon Aaron the albe and the tunycle the ouer body cote the brestlappe to y e ouer body cote shalt gyrde him on the out syde vpon the ouer body cote and set the myter vpon his heade and the holy crowne vpon the myter and shalt take the anoyntinge oyle and poure it vpon his heade and anoynte him Thou shalt brynge forth his sonnes also put the albes vpon them and gyrde both Aaron them with gyrdles set the bonettes vpon their heades that they maye haue the presthode for a perpetuall custome And thou shalt fyll the haÌ„des of Aaron and his sonnes and brynge forth the bullocke before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron and his sonnes shall laye their haÌ„des vpon the heade of the bullocke and thou shalt sley the bullocke before the LORDE at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shalt take of his bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare with thy fynger and poure all the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare And thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat that is aboute them and burne them vpon the altare But the bullockes flesh skynne and donge shalt thou burne with fyre without the hoost for it is a synne offerynge The one ramme shalt thou take also and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade Then shalt thou sleye him and take of his bloude and sprenkle it vpon the altare rounde aboute But the ramme shalt thou deuyde in peces and wash his bowels and his legges and laye them vpon the peces and the heade and burne the whole ramme vpon the altare for it is a burnt offerynge and a swete sauoure of the sacrifice vnto the LORDE As for the other ramme thou shalt take him and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade and thou shalt slaye him and take of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of Aaron and his sonnes and vpon y e thombe of their right handes and vpon the greate too of their right fete and thou shalt sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute and shalt take of the bloude vpon the altare and the anoyntinge oyle and sprenckle it vpon Aaron and his vestymentes vpon his sonnes and their vestymentes So shall he and his clothes his sonnes and their clothes be consecrated Then shalt thou take the fat of the ramme the rompe and the fatt that couereth y e bowels the net vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fatt that is aboute them and the right shulder for it is a ramme of coÌ„secracion and a symnel of bred and an oyled cake and a wafer out of the maunde of the vnleuended bred that stondeth before y e LORDE and put all in to the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waue it vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ take it out of their handes and burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offeringe to be a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE For it is the LORDES sacrifice And thou shalt take the brest of the ramme of AaroÌ„s consecracioÌ„ shalt waue it before y e LORDE y t shal be his parte And thus shalt thou halowe y e Wauebrest y e Heueshulder y t are waued heaued of y e ramme of the consecracion of Aaron his sonnes And it shal be a perpetuall custome for AaroÌ„ and his sonnes of y e children of Israel for it is an Heue offrynge and the Heue offrynge shal be the LORDES dewtye of the children of Israel in their deade offrynges and Heue offrynges which they do vnto the LORDE And the holy garmentes of Aaron shall his sonnes haue after him that they maie be anoynted therin y t their handes maye be fylled Loke which of his sonnes shal be prest in his steade the same shal put them on seueÌ„ dayes that he maye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to mynister in the Sanctuary But the ramme of consecracion shalt thou take and seeth his flesh in an holy place And Aaron with his sonnes shal eate the flesh of the sâ—me ramme with the bred in the maunde at the doâ—â— of the Tabernacle of wytnesse for there is an attonement made therwith to fyll their handes that they maye be consecrated A strauÌ„ger shal not eate therof for it is holy But yf eny of the flesh of the consecracion and of the bred remaine vntyll the mornynge thou shalt burne it with fyre and not let
it be eaten for it is holy And thus shalt thou do with Aaron and his sonnes all that I haue commaunded ye. Seuen dayes shalt thou fyll their handes and offer a bullocke daylie for a synne offeringe because of them y t shal be reconciled And thou shalt halowe the altare whan thou reconcylest it shalt anoynte it that it maye be consecrated Seuen dayes shalt thou reconcyle the altare consecrate it that it maye be an altare of the Most holy Who so wyll touch the altare must be consecrated And this shalt thou do with the altare Two lambes of one yeare olde shalt thou offer euery daye vpon it the one lambe in the mornynge and the other at euen And to one lambe a tenth deale of wheate floure meÌ„gled with y e fourth parte of an Hin of beaten oyle and y e fourth parte of an Hin of wine for a drynk offerynge With the other lambe at euen shalt thou do like as with y e meate offerynge and drynk offerynge in the mornynge for a swete sauoure of sacrifice vnto y e LORDE This is the daylie burnt offerynge amonge youre posterities at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE where I will proteste vnto you and talke with the. There wil I proteste vnto the children of Israel and be sanctified in my glory and wyl halowe the Tabernacle of wytnes and the altare and consecrate AaroÌ„ and his sonnes to be my prestes And I wyl dwell amonge the children of Israel wyll be their God so y t they shal knowe how that I am the LORDE their God which brought them out of the londe of Egipte that I might dwell amonge them euen I the LORDE their God The XXX Chapter THou shalt make also an incense altare to burne incense of Fyrre tre a cubyte longe brode eauen foure squared and two cubytes hye with his hornes shalt ouerlaye it with pure golde the rofe the walles of it rounde aboute and the hornes therof a crowne of golde shalt thou make rounde aboute it and two golde rynges on ether syde vnder the crowne that there maie be staues put therin to beare it with all The staues shalt thou make of Fyrre tre also and ouerlaye theÌ„ with golde and shalt set it before the vayle that hangeth before the Arke of wytnesse and before the Mercy seate y t is vpon the wytnesse from whence I wyl proteste vnto the. And Aaron shal burne swete incense theron euery morninge whaÌ„ he dresseth the lampes In like maner whan he lighteth the lampes at euen he shall burne soch incense also This shal be the daylie incense before the LORDE amonge youre posterities Ye shall put no straunge incense therin offer no burnt offerynge ner meat offerynge nether drynk offerynge theron And vpon y e hornes of it shall Aaron reconcyle once in a yeare with y e bloude of the synne offerynge which they shall offer that are reconcyled This shal be done amonge youre posterities for this is the most holy vnto the LORDE And the LORDE Espake vnto Moses and sayde Whan thou nombrest the heades of the children of Israel then shal euery one geue vnto the LORDE the reconcylinge of his soule y t there happeÌ„ not a plage vnto them whan they are nombred Euery one that is tolde in the nombre shall geue half a Sycle after the Sycle of the Sanctuary one Sycle is worth twentye Geras This half Sycle shal be y e LORDES Heue offerynge Who so is in the nombre from twenty yeare and aboue shal geue this Heue offerynge vnto y e LORDE The riche shal not geue more and the poore shal not geue lesse in the half Sycle which is geuen vnto the LORDE to be an Heue offerynge for the reconcylinge of their soules And this money of recoÌ„cilinge shalt thou take of the children of Israel put it to the Gods seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnes that it maye be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel before the LORDE that he maye let himself be reconcyled ouer their soules And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Thou shalt make a brasen lauer also with a fote of brasse to wash and shalt set it betwixte the Tabernacle of witnesse and y e altare and put water therin that AaroÌ„ and his sonnes maye wash their handes and fete therout whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or to the altare to mynistre vnto the LORDE with offerynge incense y t they dye not This shal be a perpetuall custome for him and his sede amonge their posterities And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take vnto the spyces of the best fyue hundreth Sycles of Myrre and of CynamoÌ„ half so moch euen two hundreth and fyftie and of Kalmus two hundreth and fiftye and of Cassia fyue hundreth after the Sycle of the Sanctuary an Hin of oyle olyue and make an holy anoyntinge oyle after the craft of the Apotecary And there w t shalt thou anoynte the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnes the table with all his apparell y e candilsticke with his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges with all his apparell the lauer with his fote and thus shalt thou consecrate them that they maye be most holy for who so wil touch theÌ„ must be consecrated Thou shalt anoynte Aaron also and his sonnes and consecrate them to be my prestes And thou shalt speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel and saye This oyle shal be an holy oyntment vnto me amonge yo r posterities It shal not be poured vpon mans body nether shalt thou make eny soch like it for it is holy therfore shal it be holy vnto you Who so maketh eny soch like or geueth a strauÌ„ger therof the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take vnto the spyces Balme Stacte Galban and pure franckencense of one as moch as of another and make incense therof after the craft of the Apotecary myngled together that it maye be pure holy And thou shalt beate it to poulder and shalt put of the same before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse from whenâ—e I wyll proteste vnto the but it shal be holy vnto the for the LORDE Who so maketh soch to cense therwith shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people The XXXI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of y e trybe of Iuda and haue fylled him with y e sprete of God with wyszdome and vnderstoÌ„dynge and knowlege and to worke with all maner of connynge worke in golde syluer brasse to graue stones connyngly and to set them to carue well in tymbre and to make all maner worke And beholde I haue geuen him Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan to be his companyon and haue geuen
wyszdome in to the hertes of all that are wyse that they shall make all that I haue commaunded the the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnesse the Mercyseate theron and all the ornamentes of y e Tabernacle the table and his apparell the candilsticke and all his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges w t all his apparell the lauer with his fote the mynistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y e prest and the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like prestes the anoyntinge oyle and the inceÌ„se of spyces for y e SaÌ„ctuary All that I haue commaunded the shal they make And the LORDE talked vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Kepe my Sabbath for it is a token betwene me and you and youre posterities that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE which haloweth you therfore kepe my Sabbath for it shal be holy vnto you Who so vnhaloweth it shall dye the death For who so doth eny worke therin shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath the holy rest of the LORDE Who so doth eny worke vpon the Sabbath daye shall dye the death Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt An euerlastynge token is it betwixte me and the children of Israel For in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaueÌ„ earth but vpon y e seuenth daye he rested and was refreshed And whan the LORDE had made an ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and wrytten with the fynger of God The XXXII Chapter BVt whan the people sawe that Moses made loÌ„ge taryenge to come downe froÌ„ the mount they gathered theÌ„ together agaynst Aaron sayde vnto him Vp and make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses that brought vs out of Egipte Aaron sayde vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges from the eares of youre wynes of yo r sonnes of yo r doughters brynge them vnto me Then all the people pluckte of their golden earynges from their eares brought them vnto Aaron And he toke them of their handes fashioned it w t a grauer And they made a molten calfe and sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the londe of Egipte Whan Aaron sawe that he buylded an altare before him and caused it be proclamed and sayde Tomorow is the LORDES feast And they arose vp early in the mornynge and offred burnt offerynges and brought dead offerynges also Then the people sat them downe to eate and drynke rose vp to playe But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go get the downe for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte haue marred all they are soone gone out of the waie which I commaunded them They haue made them a molten calfe and haue worshipped it offred vnto it sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I se that it is a styffnecked people and now suffre me that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them that I maye consume them so wil I make a greate people of the. But Moses be sought the LORDE his God sayde Oh LORDE wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people whom thou hast brought out of the loÌ„de of Egipte w t greate power a mightie haÌ„de Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake saye He hath brought theÌ„ for their myschefe to slaye them in the mountaynes and to destroye theÌ„ vtterly from the earth O turne the from the fearcenesse of y e wrath be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people Remembre thy seruauÌ„tes Abraham Isaac and Israel vnto whoÌ„ thou swarest by thyne owne self and saydest I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen and all the londe that I haue promysed you wil I geue vnto youre sede they shall inheret it for euer Thus the LORDE repented of the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people Moses turned him wente downe from the mount and in his hande he had the two tables of wytnesse which were wrytteÌ„ vpon both the sydes and were Gods worke the wrytinge was the wrytinge of God therin Now whan Iosua herde the noyse of y e people as they shouted he sayde vnto Moses This is a noyse of warre in the hoost He answered It is not a noyse of them that haue the victory and of them that haue the worse but I heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse Whan he came nye vnto the hoost and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge he was moued with wrath and cast the â—ables out of his hande and brake them beneth the mount And he toke the calfe that they had made and brent it with fyre and stamped it vnto poulder and strowed it in the water gaue it vnto the children of Israel to drynke sayde vnto Aaron What dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a synne vpon them Aaron sayde Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce thou knowest that this is a wicked people They sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses y t brought vs out of the londe of Egipte I sayde vnto them Who so hath golde let him plucke it of and geue it me and I cast it in the fyre therof came this calfe Now whan Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron whan he set them vp made them naked to their shame he weÌ„te in to the gate of the hoost and sayde who so belongeth vnto the LORDE let him come hither vnto me Then all the children of Leui gathered them selues vnto him and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Euery man put his swerde by his syde and go thorow in and out from one gate to another in the hoost and slaye euery man his brother frende neghboure The children of Leui dyd as Moses sayde vnto them And there fell of the people the same daye thre thousande men TheÌ„ sayde Moses CoÌ„secrate youre handes this daie vnto the LORDE euery man vpon his sonne and brother that the prayse maye be geuen ouer you this daye On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue done a greate synnne Now I wil go vp vnto the LORDE yf peraduenture I maye make an attonement for youre synnes Now whaÌ„ Moses came agayne vnto y e LORDE he saide Oh this people haue done a greate synne haue made them goddes of golde Now for geue them their synne yf not theÌ„ wype me out of y e boke that thou hast wrytten The LORDE sayde
and ouerlayed it with fyne golde the toppe and the sydes of it rounde aboute and the hornes therof and made a crowne vnto it rounde aboute of pure golde two golde rynges vnder the crowne on both the sydes to put the staues therin and to beare it withall but the staues made he of Fyrre tre and ouerlayed them with golde And he made the holy anoyntinge oyle the incense of pure spyces after y e craft of the Apotecary The XXXVIII Chapter ANd the altare of burnt offrynges made he of Fyrre tre fyue cubytes loÌ„ge brode eauen foure squared thre cubites hye And made foure hornes which proceaded out of the foure corners therof and ouerlaied it with brasse And he made all maner of vessels for the altare cauldrons shouels basens fleshokes and colepannes all of brasse And vnto the altare he made a brasen gredyron of net worke rounde aboute from vnder vp vnto the myddest of the altare cast foure rynges in the foure corners of the brasen gredyron for the staues which he made of Fyrre tre and ouerlayed them w t brasse and put them in the rynges by the sydes of the altare to beare it withall and made it holowe with bordes And he made the Lauer of brasse his fote also of brasse vpon the place of y e hoost that laye before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And he made the courte on y e south syde hangynges an hundreth cubytes longe of whyte twyned sylke with the tweÌ„tye pilers therof and twentye sokettes of brasse but the knoppes and whopes of syluer In like maner vpon the north syde an hundreth cubytes with twentye pilers and twentye sokettes of brasse but their knoppes whoopes of syluer Vpon the west syde fiftie cubytes with ten pilers and teÌ„ sokettes but their knoppes and whoopes of syluer Vpon the East syde fiftie cubytes Fiftene cubytes vpon either syde of the courte dore w t thre pilers and thre sokettes So that all the hanginges of the courte were of whyte twyned sylke and the sokettes of the pilers were of brasse their knoppes and whoopes of syluer their heades were ouerlayed w t syluer all the pilers of the courte were whooped aboute with syluer And the hangynge in y e courte gate made he w t nedle worke of yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke twentye cubytes longe fyue cubytes hye after the measure of the hanginges of the courte foure pilers also therto foure sokettes of brasse and their knoppes of syluer and their heades ouerlayed and their whoopes of syluer And all the nales of the Habitacion and of the courte rounde aboute were of brasse This is now the summe of the Habitacion of wytnesse which was counted at the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of Moses to y e Gods seruice of the Leuites vnder the haÌ„de of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest which Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda made all as the LORDE commaunded Moses And w t him Ahaliab y e sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan a connynge grauer to worke nedle worke w t yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke All the golde y t was wrought in all this worke of the Sanctuary which was geuen to the Waue offerynge is nyne twenty huÌ„dreth weight seuen hundreth thirtie Sycles after y e Sycle of y e Sanctuary The syluer y t came of the congregacion was fyue score hundreth weight a thousande seuen hundreth fyue and seuentye Sycles after y e Sycle of the Sanctuary so many heades so many half Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary of all that were nombred from twentye yeare olde and aboue euen sixe hundreth thousande thre thousande fyue hundreth and fiftye Of the fyue score hundreth weight of syluer were cast the sokettes of the Sanctuary and the sokettes of the vayle an huÌ„dreth sokettes of the fyue score hundreth weight an hundreth weight to euery sokett Of the thousande seuen hundreth and fyue and seuentye Sycles were made the knoppes of the pilers and their heades ouerlayed and their whoopes As for the Waue offerynge of brasse it was seuentye hundreth weight two thousande and foure hundreth Sycles Wherof were made the sokettes in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the brasen altare and the brasen gredyron therto and all the vessels of the altare and the sokettes of y e courte rounde aboute and the sokettes of y e courte gate all y e nales of the Habitacion all y e nales of y e courte rounde aboute The XXXIX Chapter OF the yalowe sylke scarlet purple they made Aarons mynistringe vestimentes to do seruyce in the Sanctuary as y e LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And he made the ouer body cote of golde yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke and bett the golde in to thinne plates and cut it in to wyres that it might be wrought amonge the yalowe sylke scarlet purple and whyte sylke made it so that y e ouerbody cote came together by the edges on both the sydes And his gyrdel was after the same craft worke eueÌ„ of golde yalowe sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke as the LORDE commaunded Moses And they wrought two Onix stones set rounde aboute with golde grauen by the stone grauer with the names of the childreÌ„ of Israel and fastened them vpoÌ„ the shulders of the ouerbody cote that they might be stones of remeÌ„braunce vnto the children of Israel as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And they made the brestlappe after the craft worke of the ouerbody cote of golde yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke so that it was foure square dubble an hande bredth longe and brode and fylled it with foure rowes of stones The first rowe was a Sardis a Topas and a Smaragde The secoÌ„de a Ruby a Saphyre 〈◊〉 a Dyamonde The thirde a Ligurios 〈◊〉 Achat and an Amatist The fourth a Turcas an Onix a Iaspis closed rounde aboute with golde in all the rowes And the stones stode after the twolue names of the children of Israel grauen by the stone grauer euery one with his name acordinge to the twolue trybes And vpon the brestlappe they made wrythen cheynes of pure golde and two hokes of golde two golde rynges and fastened the two rynges vpon the two edges of the brestlappe and y e two wrythen cheynes put they in the two rynges vpon the corners of the brestlappe But the â—wo endes of y e wrethen cheynes put they to the two hokes fastened them vpon the corners of the ouer body cote one ouer agaynst another And they made two other rynges of golde fastened them to the other two corners of the brestlappe by the edge of it that it might hange vpon the out syde of the ouerbody cote And they made yet two other golde rynges which they put beneth vpon the two corners of the ouerbody cote one ouer agaynst another
where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together that the brestlappe might be festened by his rynges vnto y e rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalowe lace that it might lye close vpon y e ouerbody cote and not be lowsed from y e ouerbody cote as the LORDE commaunded Moses And he made the tunycle vnto the ouerbody cote wrought all of yalow sylke the hole therof aboue in the myddest a bonde foldē together rounde aboute the hole that it shulde not rente And beneth vpon y e hemme of it they made pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke they made belles of pure golde which they put betwixte y e pomgranates rounde aboute vpon the hemme of the tunycle a bell a pomgranate a bell a pomgranate rounde aboute to do seruyce in as the LORDE commaunded Moses And they made albes also wrought of whyte sylke for Aaron his sonnes y e myter of whyte sylke and the goodly bonettes of whyte sylke and breches of twyned whyte lynnen and the girdle of nedle worke euen of whyte twyned sylke yalow sylke scarlet and purple as the LORDE commaunded Moses They made the fore heade plate also to y e holy crowne of pure golde and wrote therin with grauen worke the holynes of the LORDE and festened a yalowe lace theron to tye 〈◊〉 vnto the myter aboue as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses Thus the whole worke of y e Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse was fynished And the childrē of Israel dyd all that the LORDE cōmaunded Moses brought the Habitacion vnto Moses the Tabernacle all the apparell therof the buttons bordes barres pilers sokettes y e couerynge of reed slrynnes of rammes the couerynge of doo slrynnes the vayle y e Arke of wytnesse w t the staues therof the Mercyseate the table all his apparell the shewbred the candilsticke w t the lampes prepared and all his apparell oyle for the lightes the golden altare the anoyntinge oyle incense the hanginge in the Tabernacle dore the brasen altare his brasen gredyron w t his staues ▪ all his apparell y e lauer w t his foote the hangynges of y e courte w t the pilers sokettes therof y e hanginge in the courte gate w t his pilers nales all the ordynaunce fo◠the seruyce of the Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse y e mynistringe vestimētes of Aarō y e prest to do seruyce in y e Sanctuary the garmētes of his sonnes y t they might execute y e prestes office Acordinge to all that y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses euē so dyd the childrē of Israel in all this seruyce And Moses sawe all y e worke y t they dyd it euē as y e LORDE had commaunded and he blessed them The XL. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde In the fyrst daye of the first moneth shalt thou set vp y e Habitaciō of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and shal put the Arke of wytnes therin and hange the vayle before y e Arke And thou shalt bringe in the table and garnish it and brynge in the cādilsticke and put the lampes theron And y e goldē altare of incense shalt thou set before y e Arke of wytnesse hange vp the hanginge in the dore of the Habitaciō But the altare of burnt offeringes shalt thou set before the dore of the Habitacion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse the lauer betwixte the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and put water therin set the courte rounde aboute and hange vp the hanginge in the courte gate And thou shalt take the anoyntynge oyle and anoynte the Habitacion and all that is there in and shalt consecrate it and all y e apparell therof that it maye be holy And thou shalt anoynte the altare of burnt offerynges and all his vessels and consecrate it that it maye be most holy The lauer also his fote shalt thou anoynte consecrate And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wash them with water put the holy vestimentes vpon Aaron and anoynte him and consecrate him that he maye be my prest And thou shalt brynge his sonnes also and put the albes vpon them and anoynte them as thou hast anoynted their father y t they maye be my prestes And this anoyntinge shall they haue for an euerlastinge presthode amonge their posterities And Moses dyd all as the LORDE cōmaunded him Thus was the Tabernacle set vp in the seconde yeare vpon the first daye of the first moneth And whan Moses reared it vp he fastened y e sokettes and the bordes and barres and set vp the pilers and spred out the tent ouer the Habitacion and put the couerynge of the tent aboue an hye as the LORDE commaunded him And he toke the wytnesse and layed it in the Arke and put y e staues in the Arke and set the Mercyseate aboue vpon the Arke and brought the Arke in to the Habitacion and hanged the vayle before the Arke of wytnesse as the LORDE commaunded him And he set the table in the Tabernacle of wytnesse in the corner of the Habitacion vpon the north syde without the vayle and prepared bred theron before y e LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him And he set in the candilsticke also euen ouer agaynst the table in the corner of the Habitacion vpon the south syde and put the lampes theron before y e LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him And the golden altare set he in also before the vayle and brent swete incense theron as the LORDE commaunded him And hanged vp the hangynge in the Tabernacle dore As for the altare of burnt offerynges he set it before the dore of the Habitacion of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and offred burnt offerynges and meate offerynges theron as the LORDE commaunded him And the Lauer set he betwixte the Tabernacle of wytnesse and y e altare and put water therin to wash withall And Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their hādes and fete ther at for they ought to wash thē whan they wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or whan they wente vnto the altare as the LORDE commaunded him And he set vp the courte rounde aboute the Habitacion and the altare and hanged vp y e hanginge in y e courte gate Thus Moses fynished the whole worke Then a cloude couered y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and the glory of the LORDE fylled the Habitacion And Moses coulde not go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse whyle the cloude abode theron and the glory of y e LORDE fylled the Habitacion And whan the cloude remoued from the Habitacion then wente the children of Israel forth as oft as they toke their iourney But yf the cloude remoued not then toke not they their iourney tyll the daie that it remoued for in the daye tyme was the cloude of the LORDE vpon the Habitacion
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
thou make it of fyne floure with oyle And the meat offerynge that thou wilt make of soch thinges for the LORDE shalt thou brynge vnto y e prest which shal brynge it vnto the altare shal Heue vp the same meat offerynge for a remēbraunce and burne it vpon the altare This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shall be the most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE All the meat offerynges that ye wil offre vnto the LORDE shal ye make without leuē For there shal no leuē nor hony be burnt for an offerynge vnto the LORDE But for the offerynge of the firstlinges shal ye offer thē vnto the LORDE Neuertheles they shal come vpon no altare for a swete sauoure All thy meat offerynges shalt thou salt And thy meat offerynge shal neuer be with out y e salt of the couenaunt of thy God for in all thy offerynges shalt thou offre salt But yf thou wilt offre a meat offerynge of the first frutes vnto y e LORDE then shalt thou drye that which is grene by the fyre beate it small and so offre the meat offerynge of thy first frutes And thou shalt put oyle vpon it and laye frankēcense theron so is it a meat offerynge And then shall the prest beate it and burne of the oyle with all the frankēcense for a remembraunce This is an offerynge vnto the LORDE The III. Chapter BVt yf his offerynge be a deed offeringe of greate catell whether it be oxe or cowe then shal he offre soch as is without blemysh before the LORDE shal laie his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prestes Aarons sonnes shall sprenkle the bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and shal offre of y e dead offerynge vnto the LORDE namely all the fat that is within and the two kydneyes with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes and the nett on the leuer vpō the kydneyes also And Aarons sonnes shal burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offerynge euen vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf his dead offerynge be of small catell whether it be male or female it shal be with out blemish Yf it be a lambe then shall he brynge it before the LORDE shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and sleye it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and so offre of the dead-offerynge vnto the LORDE namely the fa◠of it all the rompe with the backe and the fat that couereth the bowels with all y e fat that is within and the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the nett on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for y e meate of the offerynge vnto y e LORDE But yf his offeringe be a goate and bringeth it before the LORDE he shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprēkle the bloude rounde aboute vpō the altare shal offer therof a sacrifice vnto the LORDE namely the fat y t couereth the bowels and all the fat y t is within the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys And the prest shal burne it vpō the altare for the meate of the sacrifice to a swete sauoure All the fatt is the LORDES Let this be a perpetuall lawe amonge yo r posterities in all youre dwellynges that ye eate no fatt ner bloude The IIII. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake vnto the childrē of Israel and saye Whan a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce in any commaundemēt of the LORDE which he ought not to do As namely yf a prest which is anoynted synne that he make the people do amysse he shall brynge for y e synne that he hath done a yonge bullocke without blemysh vnto the LORDE for a syn offerynge And the bullocke shal he brynge to the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE laie his hāde vpō his heade kyll him before y e LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal take of his bloude brynge it in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And he shall dyppe his fynger in to the bloude sprenkle therwith seuē tymes before the LORDE towarde the vayle of y e Holy And he shal put of the same bloude vpon the hornes of the altare of incense y t stondeth before y e LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all the bloude of the bullocke shal he poure vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offeringes y t stondeth at the entringe in of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And all the fat of the syn offerynge shal he Heue vp namely the fat y t couereth the bowels all the fat y t is within y e two kydneys with the fatt that is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also like as he Heueth it from the oxe in the dead offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges But the skynne of the bullocke and all the flesh with the heade legges the bowels and the donge shal he cary alltogether out of the hoost in to a cleane place where y e aszshes are poured out shal burne it vpon wodd with fyre Whan the whole cōgregacion of Israel synneth thorow ignoraūce the dede be hyd from their eyes so y t they do ought agaynst eny of the cōmaundementes of the LORDE which they shulde not do come afterwarde to the knowlege of the synne that they haue done they shal bringe ◠yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and set him before y e dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Elders of the congregacion shall laye their handes vpon his heade before the LORDE kyll y e bullocke before the LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal brynge of y e bullockes bloude in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse dyppe ther in with his fynger and sprenkle ther with seuen tymes before the LORDE euē before the vayle of the Holy And shall put of the bloude vpon the hornes of the altare y t stondeth before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all y e other bloude shal he poure vpō the botome of y e altare of burnt-offerynges y t stondeth before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse But all his fatt shal he Heue vp burne it vpō the altare shal do with this bullocke as he dyd with y e bullocke of the syn offeringe Thus the prest shal make an attonement for them it shall be forgeuen them And the bullocke shall he
violently awaye or gat wrongeously or that was geuen him to kepe or that he hath founde or what so euer it be aboute y e which he hath sworne falsely he shal restore it againe whole alltogether and geue the fifth parte more therto euen to him that it belonged vnto the same daye that he geueth his trespace offerynge But for his trespace he shall brynge for the LORDE euen vnto the prest a ramme from the flocke without blemysh that is worth a trespace offerynge Then shall the prest make an attonement for him before the LORDE and all that he hath synned in shal be forgeuen him The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the burnt offerynge The burnt offerynge shall burne vpon the altare all night vntyll the mornynge But the fyre of the altare onely shal burne theron And y e prest shal put on his lynen albe and his lyuen breches vpon his flesh and shal take vp the aszshes that the fyre of the burnt offerynge vpon the altare hath made and shall poure them besyde the altare Then shall he put of his rayment and put on other rayment and cary out the aszshes without the hoost into a cleane place The fyre vpon the altare shal burne and neuer go out The prest shal kyndle wod theron euery mornynge and dresse the burnt offerynge vpon it and burne the fat of the deed offerynges theron The fyre shall euer burne vpon the altare and neuer go out And this is the lawe of the meat offerynge which Aarons sonnes shall offre before the LORDE vpon the altare One of them shall Heue his handfull of fyne floure of y e meat offerynge and of the oyle and all the frankencense that lyeth vpon the meat offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure a remembraunce vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt Aaron and his sonnes shal eate it and vnleuended shal they eate it in the holy place namely in the courte of the Tabernacle of witnesse With leueÌ„ shal they not bake their porcion which I haue geuen them of my offerynges It shal be vnto them most holy as the syn offerynge and trespace offerynge All the males amonge the children of Aaron shall eate of it Let this be a perpetuall lawe for youre posterities in the sacrifices of the LORDE No man shall touch it excepte he be consecrated And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde This shal be the offerynge of Aaron and of his sonnes which they shall offre vnto the LORDE in the daie of their anoyntinge The tenth parte of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat offerynge daylie the one half parte in the mornynge the other half parte at euen In the panne with oyle shall thou make it and brynge it fryed and in peces shalt thou offer it for the swete sauoure of the LORDE And the prest which amonge his sonnes shal be anoynted in his steade shall do this This is a perpetuall dewtye vnto the LORDE It shal be burnt alltogether for all the meat offerynges of the prest shal be consumed with the fyre and not be eaten And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the syn offerynge In the place where thou slayest y e bunrt offerynge shalt thou slaye the syn offerynge also before the LORDE This is most holy The prest that offereth the syn offerynge shal eate it in the holy place in the courte of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse No man shal touch y e flesh therof excepte he be halowed And yf eny garment be sprenkled with the bloude of it it shal be washeÌ„ in the holy place And the eartheÌ„ pot that it is sodden in shal be broken But yf it be a brasen pot it shal be scoured and reÌ„sed with water All y e males amonge the prestes shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstondinge all y e syn offerynge whose bloude is brought in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to make an attonement shall not be eaten but burnt with fyre The VII Chapter ANd this is the lawe of the trespace-offerynge and it shal be most holy In the place where the burnt offerynge is slayne shall the trespace offerynge be slayne also there shall of his bloude be sprenkled rounde aboute vpon the altare And all his fat shal be offered the rompe and the fat y t couereth the bowels the two kydneys with the fat y t is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the prestes shal eate it in the holy place for it is most holy euen as the syn offerynge so shall the trespace offerynge be also they shall both haue one lawe and it shal be the prestes that reconcyleth ther wt. Loke which prest offereth eny mans burnt offorynge the skynne of the same burnt offrynge that he hath offered shal be his And euery meat offerynge that is baken in the ouen rosted vpon the gredyron or fryed in the panne shal be the prestes y t offereth it And euery meat offerynge y t is myngled with oyle or drye shal belonge vnto all Aaron sonnes vnto one as well as another And this is y e lawe of the health offeringe that is offered vnto the LORDE Yf they wyll offre a sacrifice of thankesgeuynge then shal they offre vnleueÌ„ded cakes meÌ„gled with oyle and swete wafers straked ouer with oyle and fryed cakes of fyne floure mengled with oyle This offerynge also shall they brynge vpon a cake of leuended bred to the thank offerynge of his health-offerynge and of them all he shall offre one for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And it shal be the prestes that sprenkleth the bloude of the health offerynge And the flesh of the thank offerynge in his healthofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall nothinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge And whether it be a vowe or a fre wyl-offerynge â—it shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred yf ought be left ouer vntyll the mornynge yet maye it be eaten But loke what remayneth vnto y e thirde daye of the flesh that is offred it shal be brent with the fyre And yf eny man vpon the thirde daie eate of y e offred flesh of his health offerynge he shall not be accepted that offred it Nether shall it be rekened vnto him but it shal be refused And loke which soule eateth therof the same is giltie of a mysdede And the flesh that toucheth eny vncleane thinge shal not be eaten but burnt with the fyre But who so euer is cleane of body shal eate of the flesh and the soule that eateth of y e flesh of y e health offerynge which belongeth vnto the LORDE
his vnclennes be vpon him and he shal be roted out from amonge his people And whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thinge whether it be an vncleane man catell or eny other abhominacion that is and eateth of the flesh of the burnt offerynge that belongeth vnto the LORDE the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE talketh with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Ye shall eate no fat of oxen lambes and goates neuerthelesse the fat of it that dyeth alone and of soch as is torne of wylde beastes that maye ye occupye to all maner of vses but ye shall not eate it For who so euer eateth the fat of y e beest that is geuen vnto the LORDE for an offerynge the same soule shal be roted out from his people Morouer ye shall eate no bloude nether of catell ner of foules where so euer ye dwell What soule eateth eny bloude the same shall be roted out from his people And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Who so wyll offre his health-offerynge vnto the LORDE the same shall also brynge with all that belongeth vnto y e health offerynge for the LORDE But he shall brynge it with his hande for the offerynge of the LORDE namely the fat vpon the brest shall he brynge with the brest to be a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And the prest shall burne the fat vpon the altare and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes And the right shulder shal they geue vnto the prest for a gift of their health offerynges And loke which of Aarons sonnes offreth the bloude of the health offerynges and the fat the same shall haue the right shulder for his parte For the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder haue I taken of the children of Israel and of their health offerynges and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the prest and vnto his sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This is the anoyntinge of Aaron and of his sonnes of the offerynges of the LORDE in the daye whā Moses presented them to be prestes vnto the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE commaunded in the daye whan he anoynted them to be geuen them of the children of Israel for a perpetuall dewtye and vnto all their posterities And this is the lawe of the burnt offerynge of the meat offerynge of the syn offerynge of the trespace offerynge of the offerynge of consecracion and of the health offerynges which the LORDE commaunded Moses vpon mount Sinai in the daye whan he gaue him in commaudement vnto the children of Israel to offre their offerynges vnto y e LORDE in the wyldernesse of Sinai The VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take Aaron and his sonnes w t him their vestimentes the anoyntinge oyle and a bullocke for a syn offerynge two rammes and a maunde with vnleuended bred and call the whole congregacion together before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and gathered the congregacion together vnto the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded to do And he toke Aaron and his sonnes and waszshed them with water and put the albe vpō him and girde him with the girdell and put vpon him the yalowe tunycle and put the ouerbody cote vpon him and girde him vpon the ouerbody cote put the brest lappetheron and in y e brestlappe light and perfectnesse And set the myter vpon his heade And vpon the myter euen aboue his fore heade put he a plate of golde on the holy crowne as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntinge oyle anoynted the Habitacion and all that was therin and consecrated it and sprenkled ther with seuē tymes vpon the altare and anoynted the altare with all his vessels the lauer with his fote that it might be consecrated and poured the anoyntinge oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted him y t he might be consecrated And he brought Aarons sonnes and put albes vpon them and girde them with the girdle and put bonettes vpon their heades as the LORDE commaunded him And he caused bringe a bullocke for a syn offrynge And Aaron with his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade and then was he slayne And Moses toke of the bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute with his fynger and purified the altare and poured the bloude vpon the botome of the altare and consecrated it that he might reconcyle it And toke all the fat vpō the bowels the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat theron and burned it vpon the altare But the bullocke w t his skynne flesh donge burned he with fyre without the hoost as the LORDE commaunded him And he brought a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron w t his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade then was he slayne And Moses sprenkled of y e bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute hewed the ramme in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatt And waszshed the bowels and the legges with water and so burnt y e whole ramme vpō the altare This was a brunt offerynge for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him He brought also the other ramme of the offerynge of the consecracion And Aaron with his sonnes layed their hādes vpon his heade and then was it slayne And Moses toke of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons right eare and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his right fote And he brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloude vpon the typpe of the right eare of them and vpon y e thombes of their righte handes and vpon the greate toes of their righte fete and poured the resydue of the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rompe and all the fat vpon the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer the two kydneys with the fat theron and the righte shulder And out of the maunde of vnleuended bred before the LORDE he toke an vnleuēded cake and a cake of oyled bred and a wafer and layed them vpō the fat and vpon the right shulder and put alltogether vpon the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waued it for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And afterwarde toke he all agayne from their hondes and burned them on the altare euen vpon the burnt offeringe for it is an offerynge of consecracion for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And Moses toke the brest and waued it a Waue offerynge before the LORDE of the ramme of the offerynge of consecracion the same was Moses parte as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Moses toke of y e anoyntinge oyle of the bloude vpon the altare sprenkled it vpon Aaron
his vestimentes vpon his sonnes vpon their vestimentes and so cōsecrated Aaron his vestimentes his sonnes and their vestimentes with him And he sayde vnto Aaron his sonnes Seeth y e flesh before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse there eate it the bred in y e maunde of the cōsecracion offeringes as it is cōmaunded me sayde Aaron his sonnes shall eate it As for y t which remayneth of the flesh bred ye shal burne it with fyre And in seuē dayes shall ye not departe from y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse vntyll the daye y t the dayes of yo r consecracion offerynges be at an ende for seuē dayes must yo r handes be consecrated as it is come to passe this daye The LORDE hath cōmaunded to do it that ye might be reconcyled And ye shal tary before the Tabernacle of wytnesse daye and night seuen dayes longe shal kepe y e watch of y e LORDE that ye dye not for thus am I cōmaunded And Aaron with his sonnes dyd all that y e LORDE commaunded by Moses The IX Chapter ANd vpon the eight daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the Elders in Israel and sayde vnto Aaron Take vnto the a yonge calfe for a syn offeringe and a ramme for a burnt offerynge both without blemysh and brynge them before the LORDE and speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Take an he goate for a syn-offerynge and a calf and a shepe both of a yeare olde and without blemysh for a burnt offerynge and an oxe and a ramme for an health offerynge that we maye offre before the LORDE and a meat offerynge myngled with oyle For to daye shal the LORDE appeare vnto you And they toke what Moses commaunded before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the whole cōgregacion came nye and stode before the LORDE Then sayde Moses This is it which the LORDE commaunded that ye shulde do and then shall the glory of y e LORDE appeare vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Go vnto y e altare and offre thy syn offerynge and thy burnt offerynge and make an attonemēt for the and for the people Then offre the peoples offerynge and reconcyle them also as the LORDE hath commaunded And Aaron wente vnto the altare and slewe y e calfe for his syn offerynge his sonnes brought the bloude vnto him And he dypte his fynger in the bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare and poured y e bloude vpon y e botome of the altare As for the fat and the kydneys the net vpon the leuer of the syn offerynge he burnt thē vpon the altare as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses The flesh also and the hyde burnt he w t fyre without the hoost Afterwarde he slewe the burnt offeringe and Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto him he sprenkled it rounde aboute vpon the altare And they brought him the burnt offerynge in peces the heade he burnt it vpon the altare And he washed the bowels and the legges and burnt them aboue vpon the burnt offerynge on the altare Then brought he the offerynge of the people and toke the goate that syn offerynge of the people and slewe it and made a syn offerynge therof as of the fyrst And brought the burnt offerynge and dyd as the lawe is and brought the meat offerynge and toke his handfull and burnt it vpon the altare besyde the burnt offeringe of the mornynge Afterwarde slewe he the oxe and the ramme for the health offerynge of the people And his sonnes brought him the bloude which he sprenkled vpon the altare rounde aboute But the fat of the oxe of the ramme the rompe and the fat that couereth the bowels the kydneyes the net vpon the leuer all soch fat laied they vpon the brest and burnt the fat vpon the altare But the brest and the right shulder waued Aaron for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Aaron lift vp his hāde ouer the people and blessed them and came downe from the worke of the syn offerynge burnt offerynge and health offerynge And Moses and Aaron wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And whan they came out agayne they blessed the people Then appeared the glory of the LORDE vnto all the people For there came a fyre from the LORDE and vpon the altare it consumed the burnt-offerynge and the fat Whan all the people sawe that they reioysed and fell vpon their faces The X. Chapter Moses called Misael and Elzaphan the sonnes of Vsiel Aarons vncle and sayde vnto them Go to and cary youre brethren out of the Sanctuary without the hoost And they wente and caried them forth in their albes without the hoost as Moses sayde Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron to his sonnes Eleasar and Ithamar Ye shall not vncouer youre heades ner rente yo r clothes that ye dye not and the wrath come vpon the whole congregacion Let youre brethrē of the whole house of Israel bewepe this burnynge which the LORDE hath done As for you ye shall not go out from the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye for the anoyntinge oyle of the LORDE is vpon you And they dyd as Moses sayde The LORDE spake vnto Aaron sayde Thou thy sonnes w t the shal drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke whan ye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse that ye dye not Let this be a perpetuall lawe vnto all yo r posterities y t ye maye haue knowlege to discerne what is holy and vnholy what is cleane vncleane that ye maye teach the children of Israel all the lawes which the LORDE hath spoken vnto you by Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleasar and Ithamar his sonnes that were left Take the remnaunt of the meat offerynge in the sacrifices of y e LORDE and eate it without leuen besyde the altare for it is most holy euen in the holy place shal ye eate it For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye in the sacrifices of the LORDE for thus am I commaunded But the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder shalt thou eate and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the in a cleane place For this dutye is geuen vnto the and thy children in the dead offerynges of the children of Israel For the Heueshulder and the Wauebrest to the offerynges of the fat shal be brought in that they maye be waued for a Waue offeringe before the LORDE Therfore is it thine and thy childrens for a perpetuall dutye as the LORDE commaunded And Moses sought for the goate of the syn offerynge and founde it burnt And he was angrie at Eleasar and Ithamar y e sonnes of Aaron which were left alyue and sayde Wherfore haue ye not eaten the syn offerynge in the holy place for it is most holy he hath geuen it you that ye might beare y e synne of the cōgregacion
be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan he toucheth an erthen vessell it shal be broken but the treen vessell shal be rensed w t water And whā he is cleane of his yssue he shal nombre vij dayes after y t he is made cleane wash his clothes bathe him self w t sprynginge water thē is he cleane And vpon the eight daye shal he take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeōs and brynge them before the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and geue them vnto the prest And the prest shal make of the one a syn offeringe of the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for him before the LORDE as concernynge his yssue Whan a mans sede departeth from him in slepe the same shal bathe all his flesh w t water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And all clothes and euery skynne that is stained with soch sede shall he wash with water be vncleane vntyll the euen A woman by whom soch one lyeth shall bathe hir self w t water and be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan a woman hath the bloude yssue of hir flesh she shal be put a parte vij daies in to a sundrie place Who so euer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euē And all that she lyeth vpon as longe as she is put aparte shal be vncleane And that she sytteth vpō shal be vncleane And who so euer toucheth hir bed shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And who so euer toucheth eny maner thinge that she hath sytten vpō shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euē And yf a man lye with her whyle she is put a parte he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and the bed that he laye vpon shal be vncleane But whan a woman hath hir bloude yssue a longe season not onely at the tyme of hir naturall course but also out of the tyme of hir naturall course then shall she be vncleane so longe as she hath the yssue euē as she is at the tyme whan she is put aparte so shall she be vncleane here also What so euer she lyeth vpon all the tyme of hir yssue shal be as hir bed whan she is put aparte And all that she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is hir vnclennesse whan she is put aparte Who so euer toucheth eny of them shal be vncleane and shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water be vncleane vntyll the euen But yf she be cleane of hir yssue thē shal she nombre seuen dayes afterwarde shall she be cleane and vpon the eight daye shall she take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons and brynge them vnto the prest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prest shall make of the one a synofferynge of the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for her before the LORDE as concernynge the yssue of hir vnclennesse Thus shal ye se that the childrē of Israel kepe them selues from their vnclēnesse that they dye not in their vnclennesse whan they defyle my habitacion which is amōge you This is the lawe ouer him that hath a runnynge sore him whose sede departeth from him in slepe so that he is vncleane ther of And ouer her that hath hir bloude yssue and who so euer hath a runnynge sore whether it be man or woman and whan a man lyeth with her that is vncleane The XVI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses after that Aarons two sonnes were deed whan they offered before the LORDE sayde Speake vnto Aaron thy brother y t he go not at all tymes in to y e ynnermer Sanctuary within the vale before the Mercyseate which is vpon the Arke y t he dye not for I wyll appeare in a cloude vpon y e Mercyseate But herewithall shal he go in euen with a yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and with a ramme for a burntofferynge and shal put on the holy lynnen albe and haue lynnen breches vpon his flesh and gyrde him with a lynnē girdell and haue the lynnen myter vpon his heade For these are y e holy garmentes he shal bathe his flesh with water put them on of the cōgregacion of the childrē of Israel he shal take two he goates for a syn offerynge and a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron shal brynge the bullocke his owne syn offerynge and make an attonemēt for himself and his house and afterwarde shall he take the two goates and present them before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse and shall cast lottes ouer the two goates the lot of the one goate for the LORDE and the other for the fre goate And the goate that y e LORDES lot fell vpon shal he offre for a syn offerynge But the goate that the fre goates lot fell vpon shal he present alyue before y e LORDE to make an attonement for him and to let the fre goate go into y e wyldernes And so shal he brynge the bullocke of his syn offerynge and make an attonement for him and his housholde and shal kyll him And he shall take a censor full of coales from the altare that stondeth before the LORDE and his handfull of beaten incense and brynge them in within y e vayle and put the incense vpon the fyre before y e LORDE that the cloude of the incense maye couer the Mercyseate which is vpon the witnesse that he dye not And he shall take of the bloude of the bullocke and sprenkle it with his fynger towarde the Mercyseate on the foresyde Seuen tymes shall he sprenkle of the bloude thus with his fynger before the Mercyseate Thē shal he kyll the goate which is the peoples syn offerynge brynge in of his bloude within the vayle shall do with his bloude as he dyd with the bloude of the bullocke and sprenkle therwith also on the foresyde towarde the Mercyseate and so shal he reconcyle the Sāctuary from the vnclennesse of the childrē of Israel and frō their trespaces in all their synnes Thus shal he do vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse which is the habitacion with them amōge their vnclennesses No man shal be in the Tabernacle of witnesse whan he goeth in to make an attonement in the Sāctuary vntyll he go out and so shall he make an attonement for him self and his house and for the whole congregacion of Israel And whā he goeth forth vnto the altare that stondeth before the LORDE he shal reconcyle it and shal take of y e bullockes bloude and of the goates bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute And with his fynger shal he sprēkle of the bloude theron seuen tymes and halowe it and consecrate it from the vnclennesse of the children of Israel And whan he hath made an ende of reconcylinge the Sanctuary and the Tabernacle of witnesse and the altare
he shal bringe the lyuynge goate TheÌ„ shal Aaron laie both his haÌ„des vpoÌ„ y e heade of him confesse ouer him all the myszdedes of y e childreÌ„ of Israel all their trespaces in their synnes shal laye theÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e heade of the goate by some man y t is at hande shal he let him runne in to the wildernes y t the goate maye so beare all their mysdedes vpon him in to y e wyldernesse and he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse And Aaron shal go in to the Tabernacle of witnesse and put of the lynnen clothes which he put on whaÌ„ he wente in to y e SaÌ„ctuary and shal leaue them there and bathe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his awne rayment And he shal go forth and make his burnt offeringe and the burnt offeringe of the people and make an attonement both for himself and for the people and burne the fat of the syn offerynge vpon the altare But he y e caried out the fre goate shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water then come in to the hoost The bullocke of the syn offerynge and y e goate of the syn offerynge whose bloude was brought in to the Sanctuary to make an attonemeÌ„t shal be caried out of y e hoost brent with fyre both their skynnes flesh and donge And he that burneth them shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and then come in to the hoost And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye humble youre soules and do no worke whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger amonge you For in this daye is youre attonemeÌ„t made that ye maye be clensed from all youre synnes before the LORDE therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath vnto you and ye shal humble youre soules Let this bâ— a perpetuall lawe But the prest that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to be prest in his fathers steade shal make this attonement and shal put on the lynnen clothes namely the holy vestimeÌ„tes so shal he recoÌ„cyle the holy SaÌ„ctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and y e prestes and all the people of the congregacion This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you that ye reconcyle y e children of Israel from all their synnes once a yeare And Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded What so euer he be of y e house of Israel y t kylleth an oxe or laÌ„be or goate in the hoost or out of the hoost and bryngeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse that it maye be brought vnto the LORDE for an offerynge before the Habitacion of y e LORDE the same shal be giltie of bloude as though he had shed bloude and soch a man shal be roted out from amonge his people Therfore shall the children of Israel brynge their offerynges that they wyll offâ—e vpon the wyde felde before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto the prest there offre their health offerynges vnto the LORDE And the prest shal sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE and they shall offre their offerynges nomore vnto deuels with whom they go a whorynge This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them amonge their posterities Therfore shalt thou saie vnto theÌ„ What man so euer he be of the house of Israel or a straunger also that is amonge you which offereth a burnt offerynge or eny other offerynge and bringeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the LORDE he shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people And what man so euer it be either of the house of Israel or a straunger amonge you that eateth eny maner of bloude agaynst him wyll I set my face and wil rote him out from amonge his people for the soule of y e body is in the bloude and I haue geuen it you for the altare that youre soules maye be reconcyled ther with For the bloude that is in the soule maketh attonement Therfore haue I sayde vnto the children of Israel No soule amonge you shall eate bloude no ner eny straunger that dwelleth amonge you And what man so euer it be amonge you whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger amoÌ„ge you that at the huntynge taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten he shall poure out the bloude of the same couer it with earth for all flesh lyueth in the bloude And I haue sayde vnto the children of Israel Ye shall eate the bloude of no body for the life of all flesh is in his bloude Who so euer eateth it shal be roted out And what so euer soule eateth that which dyed alone or y t was torne of wylde beestes whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger the same shal wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and he vncleane vntyll the euen and then is he cleane But yf he wash not his clothes nor bathe him self then shal he beare his synne The XVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them I am the LORDE youre God Ye shall not do after y e workes of the lande of Egipte wherin ye dwelt nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan in to the which I will brynge you Ye shal not walke after their customes but after my lawes shall ye do my statutes shall ye kepe that ye maye walke therin for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes and my lawes For the man that doth the same shal liue therin for I am the LORDE No maÌ„ shal come at his nexte kinszwomaÌ„ to vncouer hir preuytie for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e father of y e mother It is thy mother therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wife for it is y e fathers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sister which is the doughter of y e father or of y e mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sonnes doughter or of thy doughters doughter for it is thine awne preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wiues doughter which is borne vnto him and is thy sister Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister for it is thy fathers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of
take to wife but no wedowe ner deuorsed ner defyled ner whore but a virgin of his awne people shal he take to wife y t he vnhalowe not his sede amonge his people For I am y e LORDE which sanctifie him And y e LORDE talked w t Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron saie Yf there be a blemysh vpoÌ„ eny of y e sede in yo r generacions the same shal not preasse to offre the bred of his God For who so euer hath a blemysh vpon him shal not come nere whether he be blynde lame with an euell fauoured nose w t eny myszshappen membre or y t hath a broken fote or hande or is croke backed or hath eny blemysh in the eye or is gleyd or is skyrvye or scaulde or hath his stones broken Who so euer now of the sede of Aaron y e prest hath eny blemysh vpoÌ„ him shal not come nye to offre y e sacrifice of the LORDE For he hath a deformyte Therfore shall he not preasse vnto the bred of his God to offre it Notwithstondinge he shal eate of the bred of his God both of the holy of y e most holy but he shal not go in to y e vayle ner come nye the altare for so moch as he hath a blemysh vpoÌ„ him y t he vnhalowe not my SaÌ„ctuary For I am y e LORDE y t sanctifieth theÌ„ And Moses spake this vnto Aaron to his sonnes and to all the children of Israel The XXII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes y t they absteyne from y e halowed thinges of the childreÌ„ of Israel which they haue halowed vnto me y t they vnhalowe not my holy name for I am y e LORDE Saie now vnto them their posterities Who so euer he be of yo r sede y t commeth nye vnto the holy thinges which the childreÌ„ of Israel halowe vnto the LORDE so defyleth him self vpon the same his soule shal perishe before my face for I am the LORDE Who so euer of the sede of Aaron is a leper or hath a runnynge yssue shall not eate of the holy thinges tyll he be clensed Who so toucheth eny vncleane thinge or whose sede departeth from him by night or who so toucheth eny worme that is vncleane vnto him or a maÌ„ y t is vncleane vnto him what so euer defyleth hiÌ„ loke what soule toucheth eny soch is vncleane vntyll the euen shall not eate of the holy thinges but shall first bath his flesh with water And whaÌ„ y e Sonne is gone downe and he cleane then maye he eate therof for it is his foode Loke what dyeth alone or is rent of wylde beestes shall he not eate y t he be not vncleane theron for I am y e LORDE Therfore shal they kepe my lawe y t they lade not synne vpon them dye therin whan they vnhalowe them selues in it For I am y e LORDE y t halowe them A straunger shal not eate of the holy thinges ner an housholde gest of the prestes ner an hyred seruauÌ„t But yf y e prest bye a soule for his money y e same maye eate therof And loke who is borne in his house maye eate of his bred also Neuertheles yf the prestes doughter be a straungers wife she shal not eate of the Heue offeringes of holynes But yf she be a wedowe or deuorced or haue no sede commeth agayne to hir fathers house as afore whan she was yet a mayden in hir fathers house then shall she eate of hir fathers bred But no strauÌ„ger shal eate therof Who so els eateth of the halowed thynges vnwyttingly shal put y e fifth parte there vnto and geue it vnto the prest with the halowed thinge that they vnhalowe not y e halowed thinges of the children of Israel which they Heue vp vnto the LORDE lest they lade them selues with myszdoinge and trespace whaÌ„ they eate their halowed thynges for I am y e LORDE which halowe theÌ„ And y e LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel What so euer Israelite or straunger in Israel wyll do his offerynge whether it be their vowe or of fre wyl that they wyll offre a burnt offerynge vnto the LORDE to reconcyle them selues it shal be a male and without blemysh of the oxen or lambes or goates What so euer hath eny blemish shal they not offre for they shal fynde no fauoure therwith And who so wyl offre an health offeringe vnto the LORDE to separate out a vowe or of fre wyl oxen or shepe it shal be without blemysh y t it maye be accepted It shal haue no deformite Yf it be blynde or brokeÌ„ or wounded or haue a wen or skyrvye or scabbed they shal offre none soch vnto the LORDE ner put an offerynge of eny soch vpoÌ„ the altare of the LORDE An oxe or shepe y t hath myszshappeÌ„ membres or no rompe mayest thou offâ—â— of a fre wyll but to a vowe it maye not be accepted Thou shalt offre also vnto the LORDE nothinge y t is brused or broken or rent or cutt out ye shal do no soch in youre londe Morouer ye shall offre no bred vnto youre God of a straungers hande for it is marred of him and he hath a deformite therfore shal it not be accepted for you And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde WhaÌ„ an oxe or laÌ„be or goate is brought forth it shal be seuen dayes with the dame and vpon the eight daye therafter it maie be offered vnto the LORDE theÌ„ is it accepted Whether it be oxe or lambe it shall not be slayne with his yonge in one daye But whaÌ„ ye wil offre a thaÌ„k offringe vnto the LORDE y t it maye be accepted ye shal eate it the same daye kepe nothinge ouer vntyll the mornynge for I am the LORDE Therfore kepe now my commaundementes and do them for I am the LORDE y t ye vnhalowe not my holy name that I maye be halowed amonge the children of Israel For I am he that halowe you eueÌ„ y e LORDE which brought you out of y e loÌ„de of Egipte y t I might be yo r God Euen I y e LORDE The XXIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto y e children of Israel and saye vnto them These are y e feastes of the LORDE which ye shal call holy dayes Sixe dayes shalt thou worke but the seuenth daie is the rest of the Sabbath and shal be called holy Ye shal do no worke therin for it is the Sabbath of the LORDE where so euer ye dwell These are the feastes of the LORDE y t are called holy which ye shal call youre feastes Apon y e fourtene daye of y e first moneth at euen is the LORDES Easter And vpon y e fiftene daye of the same moneth is the feast of vnleueÌ„ded bred of
the LORDE Then shall ye eate vnleuended bred seuen dayes The first daie shal be called holy amonge you ye shal do no worke of bōdage therin seuē daies shal ye offre vnto y e LORDE The seuēth daie shal be called holy likewise wherin ye shal do no worke of bondage also And y e LORDE talked w t Moses sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them * Whan ye come in to the lande y t I shall geue you and reape downe youre haruest ye shal brynge a shefe of the first frutes of youre haruest vnto the prest thē shall the shefe be waued before the LORDE that ye maye be accepted but this shal the prest do the nexte daye after the Sabbath And y e same daie that yo r shefe is waued shal ye offre a burnt offeringe vnto the LORDE of a lambe which is without blemysh and of one yeare olde w t the meat offerynge two tenth deales of fyne floure mengled with oyle for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE the drynk offerynge also euē the fourth parte of an Hin of wyne And ye shall eate nether bred nor cakes ner furmentye of new corne tyll the same daye that ye brynge an offerynge vnto youre God This shal be a lawe vnto youre posterities where so euer ye dwell Then shal ye nombre from the nexte daye after the Sabbath whan ye brought y e Waueshefe seuen whole wekes vntyll the nexte daie after y e seuēth weke namely fiftie daies shal ye nombre and offre new meat offerynges vnto the LORDE And out of all youre dwellinges shal ye offre namely two Waue loaues of two tenth deales of fyne floure leuēded and baken for the first frutes vnto y e LORDE And with youre bred ye shal brynge seuen lambes of one yeare olde without blemysh and a yonge bullocke and two rammes this shal be the LORDES burnt offerynge meat offerynge and drynk offrynge This is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Morouer ye shal offre an he goate for a syn offerynge and two lambes of a yeare olde for an health offerynge And y e prest shal waue it vpon the bred of the first frutes before the LORDE with the two lambes And they shal be holy vnto the LORDE and shal be the prestes And this daye shal ye proclame for it shal be called holy amonge you no seruyle worke shal ye do therin A perpetuall lawe shall it be amonge yo r posterities where so euer ye dwell Whan ye reape downe y e haruest of youre londe ye shal not cut it cleane downe vpō the felde ner gather vp all but shal leaue it for the poore and straungers I am the LORDE youre God And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Vpon the first daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye haue the holy rest of the remembraunce of blowinge wherin ye shal do no seruyle worke and ye shal offre sacrifice vnto the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Vpon the tenth daye in this seuenth moneth is the daye of reconcylinge which shal be an holy conuocacion w t you Ye shal humble youre soules therin and offre vnto the LORDE and shal do no seruyle worke in this daye for it is the daye of attonement that ye maye be reconcyled before the LORDE youre God For what soule so euer humbleth not him self vpon this daye the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And what soule so euer doth eny worke this daye the same wil I destroye from amonge his people therfore shall ye do no worke This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto youre posterities where so euer ye dwell It is the rest of youre Sabbath that ye maye humble youre soules Vpon the nyenth daye of y e moneth at euen shal ye kepe this holy daye from the euen forth vntyll the euē agayne And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth moneth is the feast of Tabernacles seuen dayes vnto the LORDE The first daye shal be an holy cōuocacion no seruyle worke shal ye do therin Seuen dayes shal ye offre vnto the LORDE The eight daye shal be an holy conuocacion vnto you also and ye shal offre vnto the LORDE for it is the daye of gatheringe together No seruyle worke shall ye do therin These are the holy daies of the LORDE which ye shall proclame and holde for holy conuocacions that ye maye offre vnto the LORDE burnt offerynges meat offerynges drynk offerynges and other offerynges euery one acordinge to his daye besyde y e Sabbathes of y e LORDE and youre giftes and vowes and frewyl offerynges that ye offre vnto the LORDE So vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth moneth whan ye haue brought in the increase of the londe ye shall kepe the LORDES feast seuen dayes longe The first daye shal be kepte holy daye and the eight daye shal be kepte holy daye also And vpon the first daie ye shal take of y e goodly frutefull trees braunches of palme trees bowes of thicke trees and Wyllies of the broke and seuē dayes shal ye be mery before y e LORDE youre God and thus shal ye kepe the feast vnto the LORDE seuen dayes in the yeare This shal be a perpetuall lawe amonge youre posterities that they kepe holy daye thus in y e seuenth moneth Seuen dayes shal ye dwell in bothes Who so euer is an Israelite borne shal dwell in bothes that they which come after you maye knowe how that I made y e children of Israel to dwell in bothes whan I brought them out of the lōde of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God And Moses tolde the children of Israel these holy daies of the LORDE The XXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Cōmaunde the children of Israel that they brynge pure oyle olyue beaten for lightes that it maye be allwaye put in the lampes without before the vayle of wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall dresse it allwaye at euen in y e mornynge before the LORDE Let this be a perpetuall lawe vnto youre posterities The lāpes shal he dresse vpon the pure candilsticke before the LORDE perpetually And thou shalt take fyne floure and bake twolue cakes therof two tēth deales shal euery cake haue thou shalt laye them sixe on a rowe vpō the pure table before the LORDE And vpon the same shalt thou laye pure frankencense that it maye be bred of remembraunce for an offerynge vnto y e LORDE Euery Sabbath shal he prepare thē before the LORDE allwaye and receaue them of the children of Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt And they shal be Aarons and his sonnes which shal eate them in the holy place For this is his most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE for a perpetuall dewtye And there wente out an Israelitish
is worth and the fifth parte shal be geuen more therro Yf he wil not redeme it thē let it be solde as it is worth There shall no dedicated thinge be solde ner bought out y t eny man dedicateth vnto y e LORDE of all y t is his good whether it be mē catell or lōde For euery dedicated thīge is most holy vnto y e LORDE There shal no dedicated thīge of mā be bought out but shal dye the death All the tythes in the londe both of the sede of the londe of y e frutes of the trees are the LORDES shal be holy vnto the LORDE But yf eny man wil redeme his tithes he shall geue the fifth parte more therto And all the tithes of oxen shepe that goeth vnder the rod the same is an holy tythe vnto the LORDE It shall not be axed whether it be good or bad nether shall it be chaunged But yf eny man chaunge it then both it that it was chaunged withall shal be holy not redemed These are the cōmaundementes which y e LORDE gaue Moses in charge vnto childrē of Israel vpon mount Sinai The ende of the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus The fourth boke of Moses called Numerus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The children of Israel are nombred and musterd out as many as are mete for the batayll The captaynes are ordeyned and Leui appoynted to the seruyce of the Tabernacle Chap. II. The ordre and maner how the tētes were pitched and how the children of Israel laye aboute the Tabernacle of wytnes Chap. III. The office of Leui of the sonnes of Aaron Chap. IIII. The office of the sonnes of Kahath Gerson and Merari Chap. V. What maner of people were dryuen out of the hoost The lawe of Gelousy of the man towarde the wife Chap. VI. The lawe and ordinaunce concerninge the Nazarees or absteyners The blessynge of the Israelites Chap. VII The offerynges of the captaynes at the dedicaciō of the altare after that the Tabernacle was set vp Chap. VIII Of the candilsticke offerynges purifienge and altare of the Leuites Chap. IX Of the feast of Easter how the vncleane shulde kepe it Of the cloude vpon the Tabernacle Chap. X. The vse of the syluer trompettes how the children of Israel brake vp and toke their iourney with Hobab Moses brother in lawe Chap. XI The people are weery and vnpaciēt by the waye murmur agaynst Moses desyre flesh and abhorre the Manna The LORDE geueth them after their lust but punisheth them sore Chap. XII Miriam and Aaron grudge agaynst Moses Miriam is smytten with Leprosy Chap. XIII The spyes that were sent in to the lande of Canaan ▪ come agayne and put the people in feare Chap. XIIII The people are vnpacient wepe and murmur agaynst Moses Iosue Caleb geue the londe a good worde cōforte them The LORDE is angrie punysheth the people Chap. XV. Of dyuerse offerynges and how he was punyshed that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath The people are commaūded to make gardes of remembraunce vpon their garmentes to thinke vpon the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XVI Of the vproure and insurreccion of Corah Dathan and Abyram their punyshment The people murmur Fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth dye in the plage Chap. XVII ▪ By the florishinge staff of Aaron 〈◊〉 is declared that the trybe of Leui and the presthode of Aaron is chosen of God Chap. XVIII The office mynistracion of Aaron ▪ of the prestes Leuites their dewtye Chap. XIX Of the reed cowe that was brent and how the sprynklinge water was made of the aszshes of her Chap. XX. Miriam dyeth at Cades The people chyde with Moses and Aaron for faute of water the LORDE geueth it them out of the hard stonye rocke Moses desyreth the kynge of Edom to let them go thorow his londe Aaron dyeth vpon mount Hor. Chap. XXI The battaill betwene Israel and Arad the kynge of the Cananites The people murmur and are plaged with the serpentes They wynne the victory of Og and Sihon Chap. XXII Of Balac the kynge of the Moabites and of Balaam the Soythsayer Chap. XXIII Balaam is brought to curse the people of God Chap. XXIIII The LORDE turneth Balaams curse in to a blessynge and prayse Chap. XXV The people fall to whordome and Idolatrye with the wemen of Moab and ioyne themselues to the seruice of Ball Peor Foure and twentye thousande are destroyed ▪ Phineas in his feruent zele slayeth a man and woman in their synne Chap. XXVI The people are nombred agayne and musterd Chap. XXVII What inheritaūce the doughters haue where there is no sonne Iosua is made captayne of the people in Moses steade Chap. XXVIII Offeringes apoynted for euery tyme Chap. XXIX The feast of the seuenth moneth and the offerynges therof Chap. XXX Of vowes made by mē or women Chap. XXXI Israel wynneth the victory of the Madianites and deuydeth the spoyle Chap. XXXII Ruben Gad and the half trybe of Manasse haue their inheritaūce apoynted them on this syde of Iordan Chap. XXXIII The iourneys of the children of Israel are nombred The people are commaunded whan they come in to the londe of Canaan to destroye all vtterly Chap. XXXIIII The deuydinge of the londe of Canaan with the borders therof and what they be that deuyde it Chap. XXXV The porcion of the Leuites Fredome for soch as commytte slaughter vnawares Dyuerse slaughters ▪ Chap. XXXVI The inheritaūce of the tribe maie not be mixte nor chaunged The first Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in y e wyldernesse of Sinai in the Tabernacle of witnesse the first daye of the secōde moneth in the seconde yeare whā they were gone out of the lāde of Egipte and sayde Take y e summe of the whole congregacion of the children of Israel after their kynredes their fathers houses with the nombre of the names all that are males heade by heade frō twentye yeare and aboue as many as are able to go forth into y e warre in Israel And ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes thou and Aaron and of euery trybe ye shal take vnto you one captayne ouer his fathers house These are the names of the captaynes that shal stonde with you Of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur Of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai Of Iuda Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab Of Isachar Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helon Amonge the children of Ioseph Of Ephraim Elisama y e sonne of Amihud Of Manasse Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur Of Ben Iamin Abidam y e sonne of Gedeoni Of Dan Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai Of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochram Of Gad Eliasaph y e sonne of Deguel Of Nephthali Ahira the sonne of Enan These are the awncient men of the congregacion the captaynes amonge the trybes of their fathers which were heades and prynces in Israel And Moses Aaron
w t their hoost their captayne shal be Elisama sonne of Amihud and his armye in the summe fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth Nexte vnto him shal y e trybe of Manasse pitch their captayne Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur his armye in the summe two and thirtie thousande two huÌ„dreth The trybe of Ben Iamin also their captayne Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni his armye in the summe fyue and thirtie thousande foure hundreth So y t all they which belonge to the hoost of Ephraim be in the summe an hundreth thousande eight thousande an huÌ„dreth belonginge to his armie And they shal be the thirde in the iourney On the North syde shal lye y e pauylions baner of Dan with their hoost their captayne Ahieser y e sonne of Ammi Sadai his armye in the summe two and sixtye thousande and seueÌ„ hundreth Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of Asser pitche their captayne Pagiel y e sonne of Ochran his army in the summe one and fourtie thousande and fyue hundreth The trybe of Nephthali also their captayne Ahira the sonne of Enan his armye in the summe thre fiftye thousande foure huÌ„dreth So y t all they which belonge to the hoost of Dan be in the summe an huÌ„dreth thousande seuen fiftie thousande sixe hundreth And they shal be the last in the iourney with their baners This is the summe of the children of Israel after their fathers houses and armyes with their hoostes euen sixe hundreth thousande thre thousande fyue huÌ„dreth fiftie But y e Leuites were not nombred in y e summe amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel as y e LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And y e childreÌ„ of Israel dyd all as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And so they pitched vnder their baners toke their iourney euery one in his kynred acordinge to the house of their fathers The III. Chapter THese are the generacions of Aaron Moses whan y e LORDE spake vnto Moses at y e same tyme vpon mount Sinai And these are y e names of the sonnes of Aron The firstborne Nadab then Abihu Eleasar Ithamar These are y e names of the sonnes of Aaron which were anoynted to be prestes their handes fylled for y e presthode But Nadab Abihu dyed before y e LORDE whaÌ„ they offred strauÌ„ge fyre before y e LORDE in y e wildernesse of Sinai had no sonnes But Eleasar and Ithamar executed y e prestes office w t their father Aaron And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Bringe hither the trybe of Leui and set them before Aaron the prest y t they maye serue w t him wayte vpon him vpoÌ„ the whole congregacion before y e Tabernacle of witnesse and execute the seruyce of the habitacion and kepe all the apparell of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wayte vpon the children of Israel to mynistre in the seruyce of the habitacion And thou shalt geue y e Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for a gift vnto euery one his awne from amonge the children of Israel As for Aaron his sonnes thou shalt appoynte them to wayte on their prestes office Yf another preasse therto he shal dye And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and saide Beholde I haue takeÌ„ the Leuites froÌ„ amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel for all the first borne that open the Matrix amonge the children of Israel â–ª so that the Leuites shal be myne For the firstborne are myne sence y e tyme that I smoâ—e all the first borne in y e lande of Egipte whaÌ„ I sanctified vnto me all the firstborne in Israel from meÌ„ vnto catell that they shulde be myne I the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinai and sayde Nombre the children of Leui after their fathers houses and kynreds all that are males of a moneth olde and aboue So Moses nombred them acordinge to the worde of the LORDE as he had commaunded And these were the children of Leui with their names Gerson Kahath Merari The names of the children of Gerson in their kynreds were Libni and Semei The childreÌ„ of Kahath in their kynreds were Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel The children of Merari in their kynreds were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses These are y e kynreds of Gerson The Libnites and Semeâ—tes the summe was founde in nombre seuen thousande and fyue hundreth of all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue And the same kynreds of the Gersonites shal pitche behinde the Habitacion on the west syde Let Eliasaph the sonne of Lael be their ruler And they shal waite vpon the Tabernacle of wytnesse of the habitacion and of the tent and couerynges therof and the hangynge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse the hangynge aboute the courte the hangynge in y e courtedore which courte goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare and the cordes of it all that belongeth to the seruyce therof These are the kynreds of Kahath The Amramites the Iezeharites the Hebronites and Vsielites all that were males of a moneth olde aboue in nombre eight thousande and sixe hundreth waytinge vpon the Tabernacle of the Sanctuary shal pitch on the south syde of y e Habitacion Let Elisaphan the sonne of Vsiel be their ruler And they shal kepe the Arke the table the candil sticke the altare and all the vessels of the Sanctuary to do seruyce in and the vayle and all that belongeth to the seruice therof But the chefe of all the rulers of the Leuites shal be Eleasar the sonne of Aron the prest ouer them that are apoynted to kepe the watch of the Sanctuary These are y e kynreds of Merari The Mahelites and Musites which were in nombre sixe thousande and two huÌ„dreth all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue Let Zuriel y e sonne of Abihail be their ruler and they shall pitche vpon the north syde of the Habitacion And their office shal be to kepe the bordes and barres and pilers and sokettes of the Habitacion and all the apparell therof and that serueth therto y e pilers also aboute y e courte with the sokettes and nales and cordes But before the Habitacion and before y e Tabernacle on the East syde shal Moses Aaron his sonnes pytche that they maye wayte vpon the Sanctuary the children of Israel Yf eny other preasse therto he shal dye All the Leuites in the summe whom Moses and Aaron nombred after their kynreds acordinge to the worde of the LORDE all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue were two and twentye thousande And y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Nombre all the first borne that are males amonge the children of Israel of a moneth olde and aboue and take the nombre of their names And y e Leuites shalt thou take out vnto me the LORDE for all y e first borne of y e childreÌ„ of Israel
the catell of the Leuites for all the first borne amonge the catell of y e children of Israel And Moses nombred all the first borne amōge the childrē of Israel as the LORDE commaunded him And in the nombre of the names of all the first borne that were males of a moneth olde aboue in their summe there were foūde two and twentye thousande two hundreth and thre and seuentye And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take the Leuites for all y e first borne amonge the childrē of Israel the catell of y e Leuites for their catell y t the Leuites maye be myne the LORDES But the redempcion money of the two hundreth thre seuentye y t remayne of the first borne of the children of Israel aboue the nombre of the Leuites shalt thou take euen fyue Sycles of euery heade after the Sycle of the Sanctuary one Sycle is worth twentye Geras the money y t remayneth ouer their nōbre shalt thou geue vnto Aaron and his sonnes Then toke Moses y e redempcion money that remayned ouer aboue the nombre of the Leuites from y e first borne of the childrē of Israel euen a thousande thre hundreth and fyue and thre score Sycles after y e Sycle of the Sanctuary gaue it vnto Aaron and his sonnes acordinge to the worde of the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded Moses The IIII. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Take y e summe of the childrē of Kahath from amonge the childrē of Leui after their kynreds fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntill fiftye yeare all that are mete for the warre that they maye do the worke in the Tabernacle of witnesse This shal be the office of the children of Kahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse which is most holy Whan the hoost breaketh vp Aaron and his sonnes shall go in and take downe the vayle and couer the Arke of wytnesse therwith and laye the couerynge of doo skynnes vpon it and sprede a whole yalowe clothe aboue theron and put his staues therin And vpon the shewe table they shal sprede a yalowe clothe also and set theron the disshes spones flatpeces and pottes to poure out and in and the daylie bred shal lye vpon it and they shall sprede a purple clothe ther ouer and couer it with a couerynge of doo skynnes and put the staues of it therin And they shal take a yalowe clothe and couer the cādilsticke of light therwith and his lampes with his snoffers and outquenchers and all the oyle vessels that belonge to the seruyce and aboute all this shal they put a couerynge of doo skynnes and put it vpon staues So shal they sprede a yalowe clothe ouer the golden altare also and couer the same with a couerynge of doo skynnes and put it vpon staues All the vessels that they occupye in the Sanctuary shal they take and put a yalowe clothe ther ouer couer them with a couerynge of doo skynnes and put them vpon staues They shal swepe the asshes also from the altare and sprede a clothe of scarlet ouer it and set all his vessels theron that they occupye vpon it colepames fleshokes shouels basens with all the apparell of the altare and they shal sprede a couerynge of doo skynnes theron and put his staues therto Now whan Aaron and his sonnes haue done this and haue couered the Sanctuary all the ornamētes therof whan the hoost breaketh vp then shal the children of Kahath go in that they maye beare it and the Sanctuary shall they not touche lest they dye This is the charge of the childrē of Kahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest shal haue the office to prepare the oyle for the light and the spyces for the incense and the daylie meat offerynge and the anoyntinge oyle to order the whole habitacion all that therin is in the Sanctuary and the ornamentes therof And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayde Ye shal not destroye the trybe of the kynred of the Kahathites amōge the Leuites but this shal ye do with them y t they maye lyue not dye yf they touche the most holy Aaron and his sonnes shal go in and appoynte euery one vnto his office charge But they shal not go in presumptuously to loke vpō y e Sanctuary lest they die And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayde Take the summe of the children of Gerson also after their fathers house kynred from thirtye yeare aboue vntyll fiftye yeare appoynte them all y t are mete for the warre to haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse This shal be the office of the kynred of the Gersonites euē to serue to beare They shal beare the curtaynes of the habitacion and of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and his couerynge and the coueringe of doo skynnes that is aboue theron and the hanginge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the hanginge aboute the courte which goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare and their cordes and all the instrumentes y t serue for thē and all that belongeth to their occupienge Acordinge vnto the worde of Aaron and of his sonnes shal all the office of the children of Gerson be done what so euer they shall beare and occupye And ye shal se that they wayte vpon all their charge This shal be y e office of y e kinred of y e childrē of y e Gersonites in y e Tabernacle of witnes And their waytinge shal be vnder y e hāde of Ithamar the sonne of Aarō the prest The children of Merari after their kynred and fathers house shalt thou appoynte also from thirtie yeare and aboue vnto fiftie yeare all that are mete for the warre y t they maye haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse But vpon this charge shall they wayte acordinge to all their office in y e Tabernacle of witnesse that they beare the bordes of the Habitacion and the barres and pilers and sokettes the pilers of the courte also rounde aboute and the sokettes and nales ▪ and cordes with all their apparell ▪ acordynge to all their seruyce And vnto euery one shall ye appoynte his porcion of charge to waite vpon the apparell Le◠this be the office of the kynred of the children of Merari all that they shall do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse vnder the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest And Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of the congregacion nombred the children of y e Kahathites acordinge to their kynreds and houses of their fathers from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that were mete for the warre to haue offyce in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the summe was two thousande seuen hundreth and fyftie This is the summe of the kynred of the Kahathite◠which all had seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse whom
Moses and Aaron nombred acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The children of Gerson were nombred also in their kynreds and fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftie all that were mete for the warre to haue office in y e Tabernacle of witnesse and the summe was two thousande syxe hundreth and thirtie This is y e summe of the kinred of the childrē of Gerson which all had to do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse whom Moses and Aaron nombred acordinge to y e worde of y e LORDE The children of Merari were nombred also acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that were mete for the warre to haue office in the Tabernacle of witnesse the summe was thre thousande and two hundreth This is the summe of the kynred of the childrē of Merari whom Moses and Aaron nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The summe of all the Leuites whom Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of Israel tolde after their kinreds and fathers houses from thyrtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that wente in to do euery one his office and to beare the burthen in y e Tabernacle of wytnesse was eight thousande fyue hundreth and foure score which were nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses euery one to his office charge ▪ as the LORDE commaunded Moses The V. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde the children of Israel y t they put out of the hoost all y e lepers and all that haue yssues and that are defyled vpon the deed both men and womē shall they putt out of the hoost that they defyle not their tentes wherin I dwell amonge them And y e children of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoost as y e LORDE had sayde vnto Moses And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye vnto them Whan a man or woman doth a synne to eny body and offendeth ther with agaynst the LORDE then hath that soule a trespace vpon it And they shall knowlege their synne that they haue done and shall make amendes for their trespace euen with the whole summe and put y e fifth parte more therto and geue it vnto him agaynst whom they haue trespaced But yf there be noman to make the amendes vnto for the offence y t he hath trespaced agaynst him then shal the reconcylynge be made vnto the LORDE for the prest besydes the ramme of the attonemēt wherwith he shal be reconcyled Likewyse all the Heue offerynges of all that the children of Israel halowe vnto the LORDE and offre vnto the prest shall be his And who so haloweth enythinge it shal be his And who so geueth the prest eny thinge it shal be his also And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan eny mans wife goth asyde and trespaceth agaynst him eny mā lye with her fleshlye and the thinge be yet hyd from his eyes and is not come to light that she is defiled and he can brynge no witnesse agaynst her for she was not takē therin and the sprete of gelousye kyndleth him so that he is gelous ouer his wife whether she be vncleane or not vncleane then shal he brynge her vnto the prest and brynge an offerynge for her euen the tenth parte of an Epha of barlye meele and shal poure no oyle theron ner put frankensence vpon it for it is an offerynge of gelousy and an offeringe of remembraunce that remembreth synne Then shall the prest beynge her and sett her before the LORDE and take of the holy water in an earthen vessell and put of y e dust that is on the floore of the habitacion in to the water And he shal set the wife before y e LORDE and vncouer hir heade and the offeringe of remembraunce which is an offeringe of gelousy shall he laye vpon hir handes And the prest shal haue in his hande bytter cursinge water and shal coniure the wife saye vnto her Yf no man haue lyē with the and thou hast not gone asyde from thy huszbande to defyle thy self then shall not these bytter cursinge waters hurte the. But yf thou hast gone asyde from thy huszbande so that thou art defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thy huszbande then shall the prest coniure the wife with this curse and shal saye vnto her The LORDE sett the to a curse and a coniuracion amonge thy people so that the LORDE make thy thye rotte and thy wombe to berst So go this cursed water in to thy body that y e wombe berst and thy thye rotte And the wife shal saye Amen Amen So the prest shall wryte this curse in a byll and wash it out with the water and shall geue the wife of the bytter cursinge waters to drynke And whā the cursinge water is gone in her so y t it is bytter vnto her then shal the prest take the gelousy offerynge out of the wyues hande and waue it for a meat offerynge before the LORDE and offre it vpon the altare namely he shall take an handfull of the meat offerynge for hir remēbraunce burne it vpō the altare then geue the wife the water to drinke And whā she hath dronken the water yf she be defyled and haue trespaced agaynst hir huszbande then shal the cursinge water go in to her and be so bytter that hir wombe shal berst and hir thye shall rotte and the wife shal be a curse amonge hir people But yf the same wife be not defyled but is cleane then shall it do her no harme so that she maye be with childe This is the lawe of gelousy whan a wyfe goeth asyde from hir huszbande and is defyled Or whan y e sprete of gelousy kyndleth a man so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe y t he brynge her before the LORDE and that y e prest do all w t her acordinge vnto this lawe And y e man shal be giltlesse of the synne but the wife shall beare hir myszdede The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan a man or woman separateth them selues to vowe a vowe of abstinence vnto the LORDE he shal absteyne from wyne and strōge drynke Vyneger of wyne of stronge drynke shal he not drynke ner that is pressed out of grapes he shall nether eate fresh ner drye grapes so longe as his abstinence endureth Morouer he shall eate nothinge that is made of the vyne tre from the wyne cornels vnto the hulle As longe as the vowe of his abstynence endureth there shall no rasoure come vpon his heade tyll the tyme be out which he absteyneth vnto the LORDE for he is holy And he shall let the heer of his heade growe and stonde bare openly All the
tyme ouer y t he absteyneth vnto the LORDE shal he go to no deed Nether shal he defyle himself at y e death of his father of his mother of his brother or of his sister For the abstinence of his God is vpon his heade and y e whole tyme of his abstinence shall he be holy vnto the LORDE And yf it chaunce eny man to dye sodenly before him then shal y e heade of his abstynence be defyled Therfore shal he * shaue his heade in the daye of his clensynge that is vpon the seuenth daye and vpon y e eight daye shall he brynge troo turtill doues or two yonge pigeons vnto the prest before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prest shall make the one a syn offerynge and the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for him because he defyled himself vpon y e deed and so shal he halowe his heade the same daye that he maye holde out the tyme of his abstinence vnto the LORDE and he shall brynge a lambe of a a yeare olde for a trespace offerynge But y e daies afore shal be but lost because his abstinence was defyled This is the lawe of the absteyner Whan the tyme of his abstinence is out he shal be brought before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And he shal brynge his offeringe vnto the LORDE euen an he lambe of a yeare olde without blemysh for a burnt offeringe a she lambe of a yeare olde without blemysh for a syn offerynge and a ramme w t out blemish for an health offerynge a mauÌ„de w t vnleuended cakes of fyne floure myngled with oyle and swete wafers anoynted with oyle their meat offeringes drynkofferynges And the prest shall brynge it before the LORDE and shal make his syn offerynge and his burnt offerynge and y e ramme shal he make an health offerynge vnto the LORDE with y e maunde of the vnleuended bred His meat offerynge and drink offeringe shal he make also And he shall shaue the heade of the absteyners abstinence before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shall take the heade heer of his abstinence and cast it vpon the fyre that is vnder y e health-offerynge And the sodden shulder of the ramme shall he take and an vnleuended cake out of the maunde and a swete wafer and laye them vpon the handes of the absteyner after that he hath shauen of his abstinence And he shal Waue them before the LORDE This is holy for the prest with the Waue brest and Heueshulder After that maye the absteyner drynke wyne This is the lawe of the absteyner which voweth his offeringe vnto the LORDE for his abstynence besydes that which his hande can get As he hath vowed so shall he do acordinge to the lawe of his abstinence And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and saye Thus shal ye saye vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel whan ye blesse them The LORDE blesse the and kepe the. The LORDE make his face to shyne vpoÌ„ the and be mercifull vnto the. The LORDE lift vp his countenaunce vpon the and geue the peace For they shal put my name vpoÌ„ the childrâ—â— of Israel that I maye blesse them The VII Chapter ANd whan Moses had set vp the Habitacion and anoynted it and sanctifyed it with all the apparell therof and had anoynted and halowed the altare also with all his vessels Then offred the captaynes of Israel which were the rulers in their fathers houses For they were the captaynes amonge y e kynreds and stode ouer theÌ„ that were nombred And they brought their offerynges before the LORDE sixe couered charettes and twolue oxen for euery two captaynes a charett and an oxe for euery one and brought them before the habitacion And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take it of them that it maye serue for the mynistracion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and geue it vnto the Leuites vnto euery one acordinge to his office Then toke Moses the charettes and oxen and gaue them vnto the Leuites Two charettes and foure oxen gaue he vnto y e children of Gerson acordinge to their office and foure charettes and eight oxen gaue he vnto the children of Merari acordinge to their office vnder the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest But vnto the children of Kahath he gaue nothynge because they had an holy office vpon them and must beare vpoÌ„ their shulders And the captaines offred to the dedicacion of the altare in the daye whan it was anoynted and offred their giftes before the altare And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Let euery captayne brynge his offerynge vpon his daye to the dedicacion of the altare On the first daye Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab of the trybe of Iuda offred his gâ—fte And his gifte was a syluer charger worth an hundreth and thyrtie Sycles A syluer boule worth seuentye Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary both full of fyne â—loure myngled with oyle for a meat offeringe And a golden spone worth ten Sycles of golde full of incense A bullocke from amonge the greate catell a ramme a lambe of a yeare olde for a burnt offerynge an he goate for a syn offerynge And for an health offerynge two oxen fyue rammes fyue he goates and fyue lambes of a yeare olde This is the gifte of Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab On the seconde daye offred Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar the captayne of Isachar His gifte was a syluer charger worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles A syluer boule worth seuentye Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary both full of fyne floure myngled with oile for a meat offeringe And a golden spone worth ten Sycles of golde full of incense A bullocke from amonge the greate catell a raÌ„me a lambe of a yeare olde for a burnt offerynge an he goate for a syn-offerynge And for an health offerynge two oxen fyue rammes fyue he goates and fyue lambes of a yeare olde This is the gifte of Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar On the thirde daye the captayne of the children of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helon His gifte was a syluer charger worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles A syluer boule worth seuentye Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge And a golden spone worth ten Sycles of golde full of incense A bullocke from amonge the greate catell a ramme a lambe of a yeare olde for a burnt offerynge an he goate for a syn offerynge And for an health offeringe two oxen fyue rammes fiue he goates and fiue lambes of a yeare olde This is the gifte of Eliab the sonne of Helon On the fourth daye the captayne of the children of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur His gifte was a syluer charger worth an hundreth and thirtie Sycles A syluer boule worth seuentye Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for
VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to Aaron saye vnto him Whan thou settest vp y e lāpes thou shalt set thē so that they maye all seuē geue light aboue vpō y e candilsticke And Aaron dyd so set y e lampes vpō y e candilsticke as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses The worke of y e cādilsticke was of beatē golde both y e shaft floures therof Acordynge to y e visiō that the LORDE had shewed Moses euen so made he the candelsticke And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take the Leuites frō amonge the children of Israel clense them But thus shalt thou do with them that thou mayest clense them Thou shalt sprenkle purifienge water vpon them and lett a rasure go ouer their whole body and washe their clothes and then are they cleane Then shall they take a yonge bullocke and his meat offerynge of fyne floure myngled with oyle And another yonge bullocke shalt thou take for a synofferinge And thou shalt brynge the Leuites before the Tabernacle of wytnesse and gather together the whole congregacion of y e children of Israel and brynge the Leuytes before the LORDE And the children of Israel shall laye their handes vpon the Leuites And Aaron shal waue y e Leuites before the LORDE for the children of Israel that they maye mynistre in the seruyce of the LORDE And the Leuites shall laye their handes vpon the heedes of the bullockes and the one shal be made a synn offerynge the other a burnt offeringe vnto the LORDE to make an attonement for the Leuites And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes and waue them before the LORDE and so shalt thou separate them from y e children of Israel that they maye be myne Thē shall they go in that they maye do seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse Thus shalt thou clense thē waue them for they are my gifte of the children of Israel and I haue taken them vnto me for all that openeth the Matrix namely for the first borne of all the children of Israel For euery first borne amonge the children of Israel is myne both of men and of catell sens the tyme that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egipte and sanctified them vnto myself and toke the Leuites for all the first borne amonge the childrē of Israel and gaue them for a gifte vnto Aarō and his sonnes from amonge the children of Israel y t they shulde do the seruyce of the children of Israel in the Tabernacle of witnesse to make attonemēt for the children of Israel that there be not a plage amonge the children of Israel yf they wyll come nye y e Sanctuary And Moses with Aaron and the whole congregaciō of the childrē of Israel dyd w t the Leuites all as the LORDE had commaūded Moses And they purified the Leuites and waszshed their clothes And Aaron waued them before the LORDE and made attoment for them that they might be cleane After that wente they in to do their office in the Tabernacle of witnesse before Aaron and his sonnes as the LORDE commaūded Moses concernynge the Leuites euen so dyd they with them And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites From fyue and twentye yeare and aboue shal they go in to the office of the Tabernacle of witnesse But frō fyftie yeare forth they shal ceasse from the waitinge of the seruyce therof and shall mynister nomore but shal appoynte their brethren to waite and to serue in the Tabernacle of wytnesse but the office shal not they execute Thus shalt thou do with the Leuites in their seruyces that euery one maye wayte vpon his awne charge The IX Chapter ANnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in y e first moneth of the seconde yeare that they were departed out of the lande of Egipte ▪ sayde Let the children of Israel kepe Easter in his season euen vpon the fourtene daye of this moneth at euen in his season shall they kepe it acordynge to all the statutes lawes therof And Moses spake to y e childrē of Israel y t they shulde kepe Easter And they kep Easter vpō the fourtene daye of the first moneth at euen in the wildernes of Sinai Acordinge to all that the LORDE cōmaunded Moses euen so dyd the children of Israel Then were there certayne men defyled of a deed man so that they coulde not kepe Easter vpon that daye these came before Moses and Aaron the same daye and sayde vnto him We are defiled of a deed mā wherfore shulde we be despysed that we must not bringe oure giftes in his season amonge the children of Israel Moses sayde vnto them Stonde styll I wil heare what the LORDE commaundeth you And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saie Whā eny man is defyled of a deed coarse or is gone farre from you ouer the felde or is amonge youre kynszfolkes yet shall he kepe Easter but in the seconde moneth vpō y e fourtene daye at euen and they shal eate it with vnleuended bred and sowre sawse and shall leaue none of it vntyll the mornynge ner breake eny bone therof and shal kepe it acordinge to all y e maner of y e Easter But he that is cleane and not gone in a iourney and is negligent to kepe the Easter the same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he brought not his gifte to the LORDE in his season he shal beare his synne And whan there dwelleth a straunger amonge you he shal kepe Easter also vnto the LORDE shal holde it acordinge to y e ordinaunce and lawe of y e Easter This statute shal be vnto you alike to the straunger as to him that is borne in the londe And y e same daye y t the Habitacion was set vp a cloude couered it vpō the Tabernacle of witnesse at euen there was a symilitude of fyre vpon the Habitacion vntill the mornynge So came it to passe allwaye y t the cloude couered it by daye the symilitude of fyre by night And whan the cloude was takē vp from the Habitacion then the children of Israel wente on their iourney And loke in what place the cloude abode there the childrē of Israel pitched their tentes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE toke the children of Israel their iourney and acordinge to his worde pitched they their tentes So longe as the cloude abode vpon the Habitacion they laye styll And whan the cloude taried many dayes vpon the Habitacion the childrē of Israel wayted vpon the LORDE wente not on their iourney And whan it chaunced that the cloude abode vpō y e Habitacion eny space of dayes then pitched they acordinge to the worde of the LORDE after the worde of the LORDE wente they on their iourney Whan the
cloude was there from the euenynge vntyll the mornynge and so was taken vp then wēte they on their iourney and whether it was takē vp by daye or by night they iourneyed But whan it taried vpon the habitacion two dayes or a moneth or a longe season then laye the children of Israel and iourneyed not and so whan it was taken vp they wente on their iourney For acordinge to the mouth of the LORDE they laye and after the mouth of the LORDE they iourneyed so y t they kepte the LORDES watch acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The X. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Make the two trompettes of beaten syluer that thou mayest vse them to call the cōgregacion together and whan the hoost shal breake vp Whan they blowe with both then shall the whole congregacion gather them selues together vnto the before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse Whan they blowe but with one then the captaynes the rulers ouer the thousandes in Israel shal gather them selues together vnto the. Whan ye trompe then shal the hoostes that lye on the East syde breake vp And whan ye trompe the seconde tyme the hoostes that lye on the South syde shal breake vp For ye shall trompe whan they shal take their iourneys But whan y e congregacion is to be gathered together ye shal blowe and not trompe This blowinge w t the trompettes shal the sonnes of Aaron the prest do And it shall be yo r lawe for euer amonge youre posterities Whan ye go to a battayll in youre londe agaynst youre enemies y t vexe you ye shall trompe with the trompettes that ye maye be remembred before the LORDE yo r God and delyuered from youre enemies Like wyse whan ye are mery and in youre feast dayes in youre new Monethes ye shal blowe with the trompettes ouer youre burntsacrifices health offeringes y t it maie be a remembraunce vnto you before youre God I am the LORDE youre God Vpon the twentye daye in the seconde moneth of the seconde yeare arose the cloude from the habitacion of witnesse And the childrē of Israel wente on their iourney out of the wyldernesse of Sinai and the cloude abode in the wyldernesse of Paran First brake vp acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses Namely the baner of the hoost of Iuda wente forth first with their armies and ouer their hoost was Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Elon And the habitacion was taken downe and the children of Gerson and Merari bare the habitacion After that wente the baner of the hoost of Ruben with their armies and ouer their hoost was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Simeon was Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai And Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Gad. Then wente the Kahathites forwarde also and bare the Sanctuary and caused y e habitacion be set vp agaynst they came After that wente the baner of the hoost of the children of Ephraim with their armies and ouer their hoost was Elisama the sonne of Amihud And Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Manasse And Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin After that wente the baner of the hoost of the children of Dan with their Armyes and so were all the hoostes vp and Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai was ouer their hoost And Pagiel y e sonne of Ochran ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Asser And Ahira the sonne of Enan ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Nephthali Thus the childrē of Israel wēte forth with their armyes And Moses spake vnto his brother in lawe Hobab the sonne of Raguel of Madian We go vnto the place of the which y e LORDE sayde I wil geue it you Come now with vs therfore and we wil do y e best with the for the LORDE hath promysed good vnto Israel But he answered I wil not go w t you but wil go in to myne awne londe vnto my kynred He sayde Oh nay leaue vs not for thou knowest where is best for vs to pytche in the wyldernesse and thou shalt be oure eye And yf thou goest with vs loke what good the LORDE doth vnto vs the same wil we do vnto the. So they departed from the mount of the LORDE thre dayes iourney the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt wente before them those thre dayes iourney to shewe thē where they shulde rest And y e cloude of the LORDE was ouer them in the daye tyme whan they wēte out of y e tētes And whan the Arke wente forth Moses sayde Aryse LORDE let thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flye before the. And whan it rested he sayde Come agayne O LORDE vnto the multitude of the thousandes of Israel The XI Chapter ANd whan y e people waxed vnpaciēt it displeased sore y e eares of y e LORDE And whan the LORDE herde it his wrath waxed whote the fyre of y e LORDE burnt amōge them so y t it cōsumed the vttemost of y e hoost Thē cryed the people vnto Moses And Moses prayed vnto the LORDE So y e fyre quenched And the place was called Tabera because the fyre of the LORDE burnt amonge them Then the comon sorte of people y t was amōge them fell a lustinge and sat wepte w t the children of Israel and sayde Who wyll geue vs flesh to eate We remembre the fish the we ate in Egipte for naught Cucumbers Melouns lekes onyons garleke But now is oure soule dryed awaye oure eyes se nothinge then the Manna The Manna was like Coriāder sede and to loke vpon like Bedellion And the people ranne here and there gathered it grounde it in Milles and beate it in morters and baked it in pānes and made cakes of it and it had a taist like an oyle cake And whan y e dew fell vpon the tētes in the night y e Manna fell therwith Now whan Moses herde the people wepe amōge their kynreds euery one in his tēt dore then the wrath of the LORDE waxed exceadinge whote And it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Why vexest thou thy seruaunte And why fynde not I fauoure in y e sight y t thou layest y e burthen of all this people vpō me Haue I thē cōceaued all this people or begotten them that thou shuldest saye vnto me Cary them in thine armes as a nurse beareth a childe vnto the londe that thou hast sworne vnto their fathers Where shal I get flesh to geue all this people They wepe
before me and saye Geue vs flesh that we maye eâ—te I am not able to beare all this people alone for it is to heuy for me And yf thou wylt deale thus w t me O kyll me then yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight that I se not my wrechednesse And the LORDE saide vnto Moses Gather vnto me seuentye men amonge the Elders of Israel whom thou knowest y t they are the Elders in y e people and officers ouer them and brynge them before the Tabernacle of witnesse and set them there with the then wil I come downe and talke with the euen there take of thy sprete that is vpon the and putt it vpon them that they maye beare the burthen of the people with the y t thou beare not all alone And vnto y e people thou shalt saye SaÌ„ctifye yo r selues agaynst tomorow y t ye maye eate flesh for youre wepynge is come into the eares of the LORDE ye that saye Who shal geue vs flesh to eate for we were well at ease in Egipte Therfore shal the LORDE geue you flesh to eate not one daye not two not fyue not ten not twentye dayes longe but a moneth longe tyll it go out at youre noses and tyll ye lothe it euen because ye haue refused the LORDE which is amonge you and haue wepte before him sayde Wherfore wente we out of Egipte And Moses sayde Sixe hundreth thousande fote men are there of the people amoÌ„ge whom I am and thou sayest I wyll geue you flesh to eate a moneth loÌ„ge Shal the shepe and oxen be slayne to be ynough for them Or shal all the fishes of the see be gathered together to be sufficient for them The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Is the LORDES hande shortened then But now shalt thou se whether my wordes shall be fulfilled in dede or no And Moses weÌ„te out and tolde the people y e worde of the LORDE and gathered the seuentye men amonge the Eldest of the people set them rounde aboute the Tabernacle Then came the LORDE downe in a cloude spake vnto him toke of the sprete y t was vpon him put it vpon the seuentie Elders And whan the sprete rested vpon them they prophecied and ceassed not But in the hoost there remayned yet two men of whom the one was called Eldad y e other Medad the sprete rested vpoÌ„ them For they were wrytten vp also yet were they not gone out vnto the Tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoost Then ran there a lad tolde Moses sayde Eldad and Medad prophecie in the hoost Then answered Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses seruaunte whom he had chosen and sayde My lorde Moses for bydde them But Moses sayde vnto him Art thou gelous for my sake wolde God y t all the people of y e LORDE coulde prophecie and that y e LORDE wolde geue them his sprete So Moses and the Elders of Israel gat them to the hoost Then wente out the wynde from y e LORDE caused quayles to come from the see scatred theÌ„ ouer the hoost here a dayes iourney there a dayes iourney rounde aboute y e hoost two cubytes hye aboue y e earth Then the people stode vp all that daye and all y t night and all the nexte daye and gathered quayles and he that gathered the leest gathered ten Homers they kylled them rounde aboute the hoost But whyle y e flesh was yet betwene their tethe or euer it was vp the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote amonge the people and slewe them with an exceadinge greate slaughter Therfore is the same place called the graues of lust because the voluptuous people were buried there From the lustgraues toke the people their iourney vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth The XII Chapter ANd Miriam Aaron spake agaynst Moses because of his wife the Morian which he had taken because he had takeÌ„ a Morian to wife and they sayde Doth the LORDE speake onely thorow Moses Speaketh he not also by vs And the LORDE herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all men vpon earth And haistely spake the LORDE vnto Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam Go out ye thre vnto y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And they wente out all thre Then came the LORDE downe in the cloudy piler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle called Aaron Miriam they both weÌ„te out And he sayde Heare my wordes Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE vnto him wil I shewe my self in a vision or wil speake vnto him in a dreame But not so w t my seruaunt Moses which is faithfull in all my house Mouth to mouth speake I vnto him he seyth the LORDE in his fashion not thorow darke wordes or licknesses Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses And y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer them he turned him awaye and y e cloude also departed from the Tabernacle And beholde then was Miriam become leporus as it were snowe And Aaron turned him vnto Miriam and sawe that she was leporous and sayde vnto Moses Oh my lorde put not the synne vpon vs which we haue foolishly committed and synned that she be not as one that commeth deed out of his mothers wombe It hath eaten vp half hir flesh allready But Moses cried vnto the LORDE sayde Oh God heale her The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Yf hir father had spytte in hir face shulde she not be ashamed seuen dayes Let her be shut out of y e hoost seueÌ„ dayes after y t let her be receaued agayne So Miriam was shut out of the hoost seueÌ„ dayes the people wente no farther tyll Miriam was receaued againe Afterwarde departed the people from Hazeroth and pitched in y e wildernesse of Paran The XIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Sende forth men to spye out y e lande of Canaan which I wil geue vnto y e children of Israel of euery trybe of their fathers a man and let them all be soch as are captaynes amonge them Moses sent theÌ„ out of the wildernes of Paran acordinge to the worde of the LORDE soch as were all heades amonge the children of Israel and these are their names Samma the sonne of Zacur of the trybe of Ruben Saphat the sonne of Hori of the trybe of Simeon Caleb y e sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Igeal the sonne of Ioseph of the trybe of Isachar Hosea the sonne of Nun of y e trybe of Ephraim Palti the sonne of Raphu of the trybe of Ben Iamin Gadiel the sonne of Sodi of y e trybe of Zabulon Gaddi the sonne of Susi of the trybe of Ioseph of Manasse Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli of the trybe of Dan. Sethur y e sonne of Michael of the trybe of Asser. Nahebi
the sonne of Vaphsi of the trybe of Nephtali Guel the sonne of Machi of the trybe of Gad. These are the names of the men whom Moses sent forth to spye out the lande As for Hosea the sonne of Nun Moses called him Iosua Now whan Moses sent thē forth to spye out the lande of Canaan he sayde vnto thē Go vp southwarde and get you vp to the mountaynes and loke vpon the londe how it is and the people that dwell therin whether they be stronge or weake fewe or many and what maner of lande it is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad what maner of cities they be that they dwell in whether they be fenced with walles or not and what maner of lande it is whether it be fatt or leane and whether there be trees therin or not Be of a good corage and bringe of the frutes of the londe It was euen aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype They wente vp spyed the lande from y e wildernes of Zin vntyll Rehob as mē go vnto Hemath They wente vp also towarde the south and came vnto Hebron where Ahiman was and Sesai and Thalmai the children of Enack Hebron was buylded seuen yeare before Zoan in Egipte And they came to the ryuer of Escol and there they cut downe a cluster of grapes and caused two to beare it vpon a staffe pomgranates also and fygges The place is called the ryuer of Escol because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut downe there Howbeit Caleb stylled y e people that was agaynst Moses and sayde vnto them Let vs go vp and conquere the lande for we are able to ouercome it But the men that wente vp with him sayde We are not able to go vp agaynst that people for they are to stronge for vs. And of the lande that they had searched they brought vp an euell reporte amonge the childrē of Israel and saide The lāde that we haue gone thorow to spye out eateth vp the indwellers therof and all the people that we sawe therin are men of greate stature We sawe giauntes there also yee giauntes as the children of Enack and we semed in oure sighte as y e greshoppers and so dyd we in their sighte The XIIII Chapter THen the whole cōgregacion toke on and cryed and the people wepte y t night And all the childrē of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron and the whole congregacion sayde vnto them Oh that we had dyed in the lande of Egipte or that we might dye yet in this wyldernesse Wherfore bryngeth the LORDE vs in to this lande that oure wyues shulde fall thorow the swerde and ouer children be a praye Is it not better that we go agayne in to Egipte And they sayde one to another Let vs make a captayne and go in to Egipte agayne But Moses Aaron fell vpō their faces before y e whole cōgregacion of the multitude of the childrē of Israel And Iosua y e sonne of Nun Caleb y e sonne of Iephune which also had spyed out the lande rente their clothes spake to the whole cōgregacion of the children of Israel The londe y t we haue walked thorow to spye it out is a very good lande Yf the LORDE haue lust vnto vs he shal brynge vs in to the same londe geue it vs which is a lāde that floweth with mylke hony But in anye wyse rebell not ye agaynst the LORDE feare not y e people of this lande for we wil eate thē vp as bred Their defence is departed frō them but the LORDE is w t vs be not ye afrayed of them And all the people bad stone them w t stones Then appeared the glory of the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto all the children of Israel the LORDE sayde vnMoses How longe shal this people blaspheme me And how longe wil it be or they beleue me for all the tokēs that I haue shewed amonge them I wil smyte them with pestilence destroye thē wil make of the a greater mightier people then this is But Moses sayde vnto y e LORDE Then shal y e Egipcians heare it for w t thy power hast thou brought this people from amōge thē so shal it be tolde the inhabiters of this lande also which haue herde y t thou O LORDE art amonge this people y t thou art sene from face to face that thy cloude stondeth ouer them and that thou goest before them in the cloudy piler on the daye tyme and in the fyrie piler on the night season Yf thou shuldest now slaye this people as one man then the Heythen that haue herde so good reporte of the shulde saye The LORDE was not able to brynge the people in to the londe that he sware vnto them therfore hath he slayne them in the wyldernes So let the power of the LORDE now be greate acordinge as thou hast spoken and sayde The LORDE is of longe sufferaunce and of greate mercy and forgeueth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent vysiteth the myszdede of the fathers vpon the children in to the thirde and fourth generacion O be gracious now vnto the synne of this people acordinge to thy greate mercy like as thou hast forborne this people also euer from Egipte vnto this place And the LORDE sayde I haue forgeuē it as thou hast saide But as truly as I lyue all y e worlde shal be full of my glory For of all y e men that haue sene my glory my tokens which I dyd in Egipte and in the wildernesse and tempted me now ten tymes haue not herkened vnto my voyce there shall not one se the londe that I sware vnto their fathers nether shal eny of them that haue blasphemed me se it But my seruaūt Caleb because there is another maner sprete with him because he hath folowed me him wil I brynge in to the lande which he hath gone thorow his sede shal conquere it and y e Amalechites also and the Cananites that dwell in the lowe countrees Tomorow turne you and get you to the wyldernesse in the waye towarde the reed see And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde How lōge shal this euell multitude murmur agaynst me For I haue herde the murmuringe of the childrē of Israel y t they haue murmured agaynst me Tell them therfore As trulye as I lyue sayeth y e LORDE I wil do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares Youre carcases shal lye in this wildernesse And all ye that were nombred from twentye yeare and aboue which haue murmured agaynst me shall not come in to the lande cōcernynge the which I lift vp my hāde y t I wolde let you dwell therin saue Caleb y e sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. You re children of whom ye sayde They shal be a spoyle
the whole congregacion And they put him in preson for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him The LORDE sayde vnto Moses The man shall dye the death the whole congregacion shal stone him without the hoost Then the whole cōgregacion brought him out of y e hoost and stoned him that he dyed as y e LORDE commaunded Moses And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto thē y t they make them gardes vpon y e quarters of their garmentes amonge all yo r posterities and put yalowe rybandes vpon the gardes in y e quarters And y e gardes shal serue you y t ye maye loke vpon thē and remembre all the cōmaundementes of the LORDE do them that ye order not youre selues after y e meanynge of youre awne hert ner go awhorynge after youre awne eyes Therfore shal ye remembre and do all my commaundementes and be holy vnto youre God I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the lande of Egipte to be yo r God Euen I the LORDE youre God The XVI Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Kahath the sonne of Leui with Dathan and Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth y e sonnes of Rubē stode vp agaynst Moses with certayne men amonge the childrē of Israel two hundreth fyftie captaynes of the congregacion councelers famous men And they gathered them selues agaynst Moses Aarō sayde vnto them Ye make to moch a doo for all the congregacion is holy euery one and the LORDE is amonge them Why lifte ye youre selues vp then aboue the congregacion of the LORDE Whan Moses herde y t he fell vpō his face saide vnto Corah to all his company Tomorow shal y e LORDE shewe who is his who is holy to come vnto him Whō so euer he choseth y e same shal come vnto him This do Take y e censors thou Corah all y e cōpanye do fyre therin put incense theron tomorow before the LORDE then whom so euer the LORDE choseth the same shal be holy Ye make to moch a doo ye children of Leui. And Moses sayde vnto Corah Heare ye childrē of Leui Is it not ynough vnto you y t y e God of Israel hath separated you frō y e multitude of Israel y t ye shulde come nye him to do the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the LORDE and stonde before the people to mynister vnto them He hath caused the and all thy brethren the childrē of Leui with the to come nye vnto him and now ye seke the presthode also Thou and all thy cōpany conspyre agaynst the LORDE What is Aaron that ye shulde murmur against him And Moses sent to call Dathā Abirā y e sonnes of Eliab But they saide We wil not come vp Is it to litle y t thou hast brought vs out of y e lande of Egipte y t floweth w t mylke hony to kyll vs in y e wildernesse but thou must raigne ouer vs also How goodly well hast thou brought vs in to a londe that floweth w t milke and hony geuē vs feldes and vyniardes in possession Wilt thou put out these mens eyes We will not come vp Then was Moses very wroth saide vnto y e LORDE Turne y e not vnto their meatofferinges I haue not takē so moch as an Asse frō thē nether haue I hurte eny of thē And Moses sayde vnto Corah Tomorow be thou all y e companye before y e LORDE thou and they Aaron And take euery one his censer and put incense therin and come before the LORDE euery one with his censer that is two hundreth and fiftye censers and both thou and Aaron take either his censer And euery one toke his censer and put fyre therin and layed incense theron and came before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes and Moses and Aaron also And Corah gathered y e whole congregaciō agaynst thē before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnes But y e glory of the LORDE appeared before y e whole congregacion And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Separate youre selues frō this congregaciō y t I maye shortly consume them And they fell vpon their faces sayde O God thou God of the spretes of all flesh yf one man haue synned wilt thou therfore be wroth ouer the whole congregacion And the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Speake to the congregaciō and saye Come vp from y e dwellynge of Corah and Dathan and Abiram And Moses stode vp wente vnto Dathan Abiram the Elders of Israel folowed him he spake to y e cōgregaciō saide Departe frō y e tentes of these vngodly mē touche nothinge y t is theirs y t ye perishe not in eny of their sinnes And they gat them vp from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram But Dathan and Abirā came out and stode in the dore of their tentes with their wyues and sonnes and children And Moses sayde Hereby shal ye knowe that the LORDE hath sent me to do all these workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne hert Yf these men dye the comon death of all men or be vysited as all men are vysited then hath not the LORDE sent me But yf the LORDE make a new thinge and the earth open hir mouth and swalowe them with all that they haue so y t they go downe quycke in to hell thē shal ye knowe that the se men haue blasphemed the LORDE And whā he had spokē out all these wordes y e groūde cloue asunder vnder thē the earth opened hir wouth swalowed thē w t their houses all the mē y t were w t Corah all their substaūce and they wente downe quycke in to the hell with all that they had And the earth closed vpō them so they perished from amonge y e congregaciō And all Israel y t were aboute thē fled at y e crye of thē for they sayde That y e earth swalowe not vs also Morouer the fyre came out frō the LORDE and consumed the two hundreth and fyftye men that offred the incense And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest y t he take vp y e censers out of y e burninge scater y e fyre here there For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules y t they maye be beatē in to thinne plates fastened vpon y e altare For they are offred before y e LORDE halowed and they shal be a token vnto y e childrē of Israel And Eleasar the prest toke y e brasen censers which they y t were burnt had offred bet thē to plates to fasten thē vpon y e altare for a remēbraunce vnto y e children of Israel y t no straunger and he
that is not of y e sede of Aaron come nye to offre incense before the LORDE y t it happē not vnto him as vnto Corah and his companye acordynge as the LORDE sayde vnto him by Moses On the nexte morow murmured y e whole congregacion of y e childrē of Israel against Moses Aarō saide Ye haue slayne y e people of y e LORDE And whan the cōgregaciō was gathered agaynst Moses Aarō they turned thē towarde y e Tabernacle of witnes And beholde thē y e cloude couered y e Tabernacle y e glory of y e LORDE appeared And Moses Aarō wēte in before y e Tabernacle of witnes And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Get you out of this cōgregacion I wil shortly consume thē And they fell vpon their faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take the cēser put fyre therin frō of the altare laye incēse theron go soone to the cōgregacion make an attonement for them For the wrath is gone out from the LORDE and the plage is begōne amonge the people And Aaron dyd as Moses sayde ranne in the myddest amonge y e congregaciō And beholde y e plage was begōne And he burnt incēse made an attonemēt for the people stode betwene the deed the lyuynge and the plage ceassed But there were fourtene thousande and seuē hundreth deed in the plage besydes them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron came agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse And the plage ceassed The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel take of thē twolue staues of euery captayne of his fathers house one and wryte euery mans name vpon his staffe But Aarons name shalt thou wryte vpon the staffe of Leui For euery heade of their fathers house shal haue a staffe And laye thē in the Tabernacle of witnesse before the witnesse where I testifie vnto you And loke whom I shall chose his staffe shal florishe y t I maye stylle the grudginges of the children of Israel which they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the childrē of Israel all their captaynes gaue him twolue staues euery captayne a staffe after y e house of their fathers And Aarons staffe was amonge their staues also And Moses layed the staues before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse On the morow whā Moses wēte in to y e Tabernacle of witnesse he foūde y t Aarōs rodde of the house of Leui florished and brought forth blossoms bare allmondes And Moses brought forth all y e staues frō y e LORDE before all y e childrē of Israel that they might se it And they toke euery mā his staffe The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Bringe Aarōs staffe againe before the wytnesse y t it maye be kepte for a tokē to the children of rebellion that their murmuringes maye ceasse frome lest they dye Moses dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And y e childrē of Israel sayde vnto Moses Beholde we cōsume awaie we are destroied perishe Who so cōmeth nye y e dwellynge place of y e LORDE he dyeth Shal we thē vtterly cōsume awaie The XVIII Chap. ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Thou thy sonnes thy fathers house w t the shal beare the myszdede of y e Sāctuary thou thy sonnes w t the shall beare the myszdede of yo r presthode But thy brethren of the trybe of Leui y e father shal come nye the be ioyned vnto the that they maye mynistre vnto ye. But thou thy sonnes w t the shal mynistre before y e Tabernacle of witnesse And they shal wayte vpō y e seruyce vpon y e seruyce of the whole Tabernacle But nye vnto the vessels of y e Sāctuary to the altare shall they not come y t both they ye dye not howbeit they shal be ioyned vnto the to wayte vpō the mynistracion in the Tabernacle of witnesse in all the seruice of the Tabernacle And there shal no straunger come nye vnto you Therfore wayte now vpon the seruyce of the Sanctuary and vpon the seruyce of the altare that there come no more wrath vpon the children of Israel For lo I haue takē yo r brethrē the Leuites frō amonge the children of Israel to be youre gifte for a presente vnto y e LORDE to do y e seruyce in y e Tabernacle of witnes As for y e and y i sonnes with the ye shal waite vpon youre prestes office that ye maye ministre in all maner busynes of the altare and within the vayle for yo r prestes office geue I vnto you for a gifte to do seruyce Yf a straunger come nye he shall dye And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron beholde I haue geuen the my Heue offerynges And all that the children of Israel halowe haue I geuen vnto the and to thy sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This shalt thou haue of the most holy thinges that they offer All their giftes with all their meat offeringes and with all their syn offerynges and w t all their trespace offerynges that they geue me the same shal be most holy vnto the and y e sonnes In the most holy place shalt thou eate it All that are males shall eate therof For it shal be holy vnto the. The Heue offerynge of their giftes in all the Waue offerynges of the children of Israel haue I geuen vnto the also and to thy sonnes and to thy doughters for a perpetuall dewtye Who so is cleane in thy house shal eate therof All the fat of the oyle and a◠y e fat of the wyne and corne of their firstlinges that they geue vnto the LORDE haue I geuen vnto ye. The first frutes of all that is in their londe which they bringe vnto the LORDE shal be thine Who so euer is cleane in thine house shal eate therof All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine All that breaketh the Matrix amonge all flesh which they brynge vnto the LORDE whether it be man or beest shal be thine But so that thou cause the firstborne of mā to be redemed and that thou cause the first borne of vncleane beestes to be redemed also They shal redeme it whan it is a moneth olde and shall geue it lowse for money euen for fyue Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary which Sycle is worth twentye Geras But the first frutes of an oxe or lambe or goate shalt thou not cause to be redemed for they are holy Their bloude shalt thou sprenkle vpon the altare and their fat shalt thou burne for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE Their flesh shal be thine like as y e Wauebrest and y e right shulder is thine also All the Heue offeringes that y e childrē of Israel halowe vnto y e LORDE haue I geuen vnto the to thy sonnes to thy doughters with the for
a perpetuall dewtie This shal be a salted couenaūt for euer before y e LORDE vnto the and thy sede with the. And the LORDE sayde vnto Aarō Thou shalt inheret nothinge in their londe ner haue eny porciō amonge them for I am y e porcion and thine enheritaunce amōge the children of Israel Vnto the children of Leui haue I geuen all the tithes in Israel to inheritaunce for y e seruyce which they do vnto me in the Tabernacle of witnesse that from hēce forth the children of Israel come not nye the Tabernacle of witnes to lade them selues with synne and to dye But the Leuites shal do the seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnes shal beare their synne for a perpetuall lawe amonge youre posterities And they shall inheret none inheritaunce amonge the children of Israel For y e tithes of the childrē of Israel which they Heue vnto y e LORDE haue I geuen vnto the Leuites for an heretage Therfore haue I sayde vnto them that they shall inheret no inheritaunce amonge the children of Israel And y e LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake to the Leuites saye vnto them Whā ye take of y e childrē of Israel y e tithes y t I haue geuen you of thē for yo r inheritaūce ye shal take an Heue offeringe of the same vnto the LORDE euen the tenth of the tithe And the same yo r Heue offerynge shall ye reken as though ye gaue corne out of the barne and fullnesse out of the wynepresse Thus shal ye geue an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE of all yo r tithes which ye take of the children of Israel y t ye maie geue the same Heue offerynge of y e LORDE vnto Aarō y e prest And all y t ye geue of y e tythes halowe vnto y e LORDE for a gifte y e same shall be his of the best And saye thou vnto them Whan ye thus Heue vp y e fat therof it shal be rekened vnto the Leuites as the increace of the barne and as the increace of the wine presse And ye maye eate it in all places ye yo r children for it is youre rewarde for youre seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse and ye shal not lade synne vpon you in the same whan ye Heue the fat therof and vnhalowe not the halowed thinges of the children of Israel and ye shal not dye The XIX Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aarō sayde This custome shall be a lawe which the LORDE hath cōmaunded sayde Speake vnto y e children of Israel y t they brynge vnto y e a reed cow with out spot wherin is no blemysh vpon whō there came neuer yock and ye shal geue her vnto Eleasar the prest which shall brynge her without the hooste and cause her to be slayne there before him And Eleasar y e prest shal take of hir bloude with his fynger and sprenckle it seuenty-met straight towarde the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse and cause the cow to be burnt before him both hir szkynne and hir flesh and hir bloude also with hir donge And the prest shal take Ceder wodd and ysope and purple woll and cast it vpō the cow as she burneth he shal washe his clothes and bathe his body with water and thē go in to the hoost and be vncleane vntyll y e euē And he that burnt her shal wash his clothes also with water and bathe his body in water be vncleane vntyll y e euen And one y t is cleane shal gather vp the aszshes of y e cow and poure them without the hoost in a cleane place that they maye be kepte there for sprenklinge water to the congregacion of the childrē of Israel for it is a syn offeringe And he that gathered vp the aszshes of the cow shall wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto y e children of Israel and to the straungers that dwell amonge you Who so now toucheth a deed mā shal be vncleane seuen dayes the same shall purifie himself here with on the thirde daye and on the seuenth daie and then shall he be cleane And yf he puryfye not himself on the thirde daye on the seuenth daye thē shall he not be cleane But whā eny mā toucheth a deed personne and wil not purifie himself he defyleth the dwellynge of the LORDE and the same soule shal be roted out of Israel because the sprenklinge water is not sprenkled vpon him and he is vncleane as longe as he letteth not himself be pourged therof This is the lawe Whan a mā dyeth in y e tente who so euer goeth in to the tente and all y t is in the tente shal be vncleane seuē daies And euery open vessel that hath no lydd nor couerynge is vncleane And who so euer toucheth one y t is slayne w t the swerde vpon y e felde or eny other deed or a deed mans bone or a graue y e same is vncleane seuē dayes So now for the vncleane personne they shal take of y e aszshes of this burnt syn offeringe put springinge water theron in to a vessell and a cleane man shall take ysope dyppe it in the water and sprenkle it vpon the tente and vpon all the vessels and all the soules that are therin Likewyse also vpon him y t hath touched a deed mans bone or a slayne personne or a deed body or a graue And he that is cleane shal sprenkle vpon the vncleane y e thirde daye the seuēth daie purifye him on y e seuēth daye And he shal washe his clothes bathe him self w t water and so at euen he shal be cleane But he y t is vncleane and wil not purifye him self y e same soule shal be roted out of y e cōgregacion For he hath defyled the Sanctuary of the LORDE is not sprēkled w t sprēklinge water therfore is he vncleane And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto thē And he y t sprenkled w t the sprēklinge water shall wash his clothes also And who so euer toucheth the sprēklinge water shal be vncleane vntill the euen And what so euer he toucheth shal be vncleane loke what soule he toucheth shal be vncleane vntill the euen The XX. Chapter ANd the childrē of Israel came w t the whole cōgregacion into the wildernesse of Zin in the first moneth the people abode at Cades And there dyed Miriam was buried there And the congregacion had no water they gathered them selues together agaynst Moses Aaron the people chode with Moses sayde Wolde God y t we had perished whan oure brethrē perished before the LORDE Wherfore haue ye brought the congregacion of the LORDE in to this wildernesse y t we shulde dye here with oure catell And wherfore haue ye brought vs out of Egipte in to this place where
men can not sowe where are nether fygges ner vynes ner pomgranates where there is no water to drynke And Moses Aaron weÌ„te froÌ„ the congregacion vnto y e dore of y e Tabernacle of witnesse fell vpon their faces And the glory of the LORDE appeared vnto them And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take the staffe gather the coÌ„gregacion together thou thy brother Aaron speake vnto the rocke before their eyes it shall geue his water And thus shalt thou prouyde theÌ„ water out of the rocke geue the congregacion drynke and their catell also TheÌ„ toke Moses the staffe before y e LORDE as he commaunded him Moses Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare ye rebellions Shal we prouyde you water out of this rocke And Moses lift vp his hande smote y e rocke w t the staffe two tymes Then came y e water out abuÌ„dantly so y t the coÌ„gregacion dranke and their catell also But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifye meÌ„ before y e childreÌ„ of Israel ye shal not bringe this congregacion in to the londe that I shal geue theÌ„ This is y e water of strife where the children of Israel stroue w t the LORDE and he was sanctified vpon them And Moses sent messaungers froÌ„ Cades vnto y e kynge of y e Edomites This worde sendeth the y e brother Israel Thou knowest all y e trauayle that happened vnto vs how that oure fathers wente downe in to Egipte how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longe tyme how the Egipcians dealte euell with vs o r fathers And we cryed vnto y e LORDE which herde oure voyce and sent his angell hath brought vs out of Egipte And beholde we are at Cades in y e cite without the borders of y e londe O let vs go thorow thy londe we wyl not go thorow y e feldes ner vynyardes ner drynke the water out of the fouÌ„taynes We wyl go the hye strete and turne nether to y e right hande ner to y e lefte tyll we be come past y e borders of thy countre But the Edomite answered him Thou shal not go by me or I wyl come agaynst y e with y e swerde The children of Israel saide vnto him We wil go y e comoÌ„ hye waye yf we or oure catell drynke of thy water we wil paye for it we wil do nothinge but passe thorow on fote onely But he sayde Thou shalt not go thorow And the Edomites came out against them with a mightie people a stroÌ„ge hande Thus y e Edomites denied to grauÌ„te Israel passage thorow the borders of the lande And Israel turned awaye from them And the children of Israel brake vp froÌ„ Cades and came with the whole congregacion vnto mount Hor. And the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron at mount Hor harde vpon the coastes of y e lande of y e Edomites sayde Let AaroÌ„ be gathered vnto his people for he shal not come in to y e lande y t I haue geuen vnto y e children of Israel because ye were dishobedient vnto my mouth at the water of strife Take Aaron and Eleasar and his sonne and brynge them vp vnto mount Hor and strype Aaron out of his vestimentes and put theÌ„ vpon Eleasar his sonne and there shall Aaron be gathered vnto his people and dye Then dyd Moses as the LORDE coÌ„maunded him and they wente vp vnto Mount Hor in y e sight of the whole congregacion And Moses toke Aarons clothes put theÌ„ vpon Eleasar his sonne And Aaron dyed there euen aboue vpon the mount And Moses Eleasar came downe from the mount And whan the whole congregacion sawe that Aaron was awaye they mourned for him thirtie daies thorow out the whole house of Israel The XXI Chapter ANd whan Arad the kynge of the Cananites which dwelt towarde the south herde that Israel came in by y e waie y t the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them presoners Then vowed Israel a vowe vnto y e LORDE and sayde Yf thou wylt geue this people vnder my hande I wyll vtterly destroye their cities And the LORDE herde y e voyce of Israel and delyuered them the Cananites and they vtterly destroyed them w t their cities also And he called the place Horma Then departed they fro mount Hor on y e waye towarde the reed see that they might go aboute the lande of the Edomites And the soules of the people faynted by the waie and they spake agaynst God and agaynst Moses Wherfore hast thou brought vs out of the lande of Egipte to slaye vs in the wildernesse For here is nether bred ner water and oure soule lotheth this lighte meate Than sent the LORDE fyrie serpentes amonge the people which bote the peple so that there dyed moch people in Israel TheÌ„ came they vnto Moses and sayde We haue synned because we haue spoken agaynst the LORDE and agaynst the. Praye thou vnto the LORDE that he take awaye the serpentes from vs. And Moses prayed for the people Then sayde the LORDE vnto Moses Make the a brasen serpente and set it vp for a token Who so euer is bytten and loketh vpon it shal lyue Then made Moses a serpent of brasse and set it vp for a token and whan a serpent had bytten eny man he behelde the brasen serpente and recouered And the children of Israel departed and pitched in Oboth And from Oboth they wente on and pitched in Igim by Abarim in the wyldernesse ouer agaynst Moab on the Eastsyde From thence departed they pitched by the ryuer of Sared From thâ—â—ce depaâ—ted they and pitched on this syde Arnon which is in the wyldernesse and commeth out of the coastes of the Amorites For Arnon is the border betwixte Moab and y e Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in the boke of the warres of the LORDE And go with violence both on the ryuer of Arnon on the founteyne of the riuer which boweth downewarde to dwell at Ar leaneth theron to be the border of Moab And from thence they came to the well This is the well wherof the LORDE spake vnto Moses gather the people together I wil geue them water Then sange Israel this songe and they sange one after another ouer the well This is the well that the prynces dygged the nobles amonge the people haue digged it thorow y e teacher and their staues And from this wildernes they wente vn to Mathana from Mathana vnto Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth and froÌ„ Bamoth vnto the valley that lieth in y e felde of Moab at the toppe of Pisga and turneth towarde the wyldernesse And Israel sent messaungers vnto SihoÌ„ the kynge of the Amorrites caused to saye vnto him Let me go thorow y
my hande I wolde kyll the. The Asse sayde vnto Balaam Am not I thine Asse which thou hast rydden vpon in y e tyme vnto this daye Was I euer wonte to do so vnto the He sayde No. Then opened the LORDE the eyes of Balaam y t he sawe y e angell of the LORDE stondinge in y e waye a draweÌ„ swerde in his haÌ„de And he enclyned him selfe bowed downe w t his face And the angell of the LORDE sayde vnto him Wherfore hast thou smytteÌ„ thine Asse now thre tymes Beholde I am come out to resiste y e for y t waye is frowarde coÌ„trary vnto me And y e Asse sawe me auoyded fro me thre tymes or els yf she had not turned asyde fro me I had slayne the saued the Asse alyue Then sayde Balaam vnto y e angell of y e LORDE I haue synned for I wyst not that thou stodest in the waye agaynst me And now yf it displease y e I wil turne agayne The angell of y e LORDE saide vnto him Go with the meÌ„ but thou shalt speake nothinge els then y t I shal saye vnto ye. So Balaam wente forth w t the princes of Balac Whan Balac herde y t Balaam came he wente out to mete him in the cite of the Moabitâ—s y t lieth on the coaste of Arnon which is on y e vttemost border sayde vnto him Dyd not I sende for y t to call the Wherfore camest thou not then vnto me Thinkest thou y t I am not able to promote y e vnto hono r Balaam answered him Lo I am come vnto y e But how can I saye eny thinge els theÌ„ y t God putteth in my mouth y t I must speake So Balaam wente with Balac and they came vnto the cite on the vttemost border of his lande And Balac slewe oxen and shepe and sent for Balaam and for the pâ—â—â—ces that were with him The XXIII Chapter ANd in the mornynge Balac toke Balaam and they weÌ„te vp to the hye place of Baal that from theÌ„ce he might se vnto the vttemost parte of y e people And Balaam sayde vnto Balac Buylde me here seuen altares and prouyde me here seuen bullockes and seueÌ„ rammes Balac dyd as Balaam sayde And both Balac and Balaam offred on euery altare a bullocke a ramme And Balaam sayde vnto Balac Stonde thou by y t burnt offerynge I wil go yf happly the LORDE wil mete me call me y t I maye tell the what so euer he sheweth me And he wente his waye as he sayde And y e LORDE mett Balaam And Balaam saide vnto him Seuen altares haue I prepared and offred on euery altare a bullocke and a ramme The LORDE put y e worde in Balaams mouth and sayde Go agayne vnto Balac and saye on this wise And whan he came agayne vnto him beholde he stode by his burnt offerynge with all y e prynces of the Moabites Then toke he vp his parable sayde Balac the kynge of the Moabites hath caused to â—et me out of Syria from the mouÌ„taynes towarde the East sayde Come curse me Iacob come defye me Israel How shall I curse whom God curseth not How shal I defye whom y e LORDE defyeth not For froÌ„ y e toppe of y e stonye rockes I se him from the hilles I beholde him Beholde y e people shal dwell by theÌ„selues shal not be rekened amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ Who can tell the dust of Iacob the nombre of the fourth parte of Israel My soule die y e death of y e righteous and my ende be as the ende of these TheÌ„ saide Balac vnto Balaam What doest thou vnto me I caused to fet y e for to curse myne enemies beholde thou blessest theÌ„ He answered saide Must I not kepe speake y t which the LORDE putteth in to me mouth Balac saide vnto him Come w t me yet vnto another place froÌ„ whence thou mayest se y e vttemost parte of them not se them all and curse me them there And he toke him vp to a fre place eueÌ„ vnto the toppe of Pisga buylded seuen altares and offered on euery altare a bullocke a ramme And he sayde vnto Balac Stonde so by thy burnt offrynge whyle I go yonder And thâ— LORDE mett Balaam put the worde in his mouth sayde Go agayne vnto Balaâ— saye on this wyse And whan he came to him agayne beholde he stode by his burnt offâ—rynge with the prynces of the Moabites And Balac sayde vnto him What hath the LORDE sayde And he toke vp his parable sayde Ryse vp Balac heare marke my testimony w t thine eares thou sonne of Ziphor God is not a man y t he shulde lye ner a mans childe y t eny thinge shulde repente him Shulde he saye and not do Shulde he speake not make it good Beholde I am brought hither to blesse I blesse can not go backe there fro There is no weerynesse sene in Iacob nether eny laboure in Israel The LORDE his God is w t him the kynges trompet is amoÌ„ge theÌ„ God hath brought theÌ„ out of Egipte his streÌ„gth is as of an Vnicorne For there is no Sorcerye in Iacob no Soyth sayer in Israel Whan the tyme coÌ„meth it shal be saide vnto Iacob to Israel what God doth Beholde the people shall ryse vp as a Lyonesse heue vp him self as a Lyon He shal not lye downe tyll he eate of the pray and drynke the bloude of the slayne Then sayde Balac vnto Balaam Thou shalt nether curse him ner blesse him Balaam answered sayde vnto Balac Haue I not tolde the All y t the LORDE speaketh y t must I do Balac saide vnto him Oh come I wil brynge y t to another place yf it maye happly please God y t thou mayest curse theÌ„ there And he brought him vp to the toppe of mount Peor y t boweth towarde the wyldernesse And Balaam sayde vnto Balac Buylde me here seuen altares and prouyde me seuen bullockes and seuen rammes Balac dyd as Balaam sayde and offered on euery altare a bullocke vnd a ramme The XXIIII Chapter NOw whan Balaam sawe y t it pleased the LORDE that he shulde blesse Israel he wente not as he dyd before to seke witches but set his face straight towarde the wyldernesse lifte vp his eyes and sawe Israel how they laye acordinge to their trybes and the sprete of God came vpon him and he toke vp his parable and sayde Thus sayeth Balaam the sonne of Beor Thus sayeth the man whose eyes are opened Thus sayeth he which heareth the wordes of God which sawe the vision of y e Allmightie which fell downe and his eyes were opened How goodly are thy teÌ„tes O Iacob and thy habitacions O Israel Euen as the brode valleys as the gardens by the waters syde as y e tentes which the LORDE hath plaÌ„ted as the Ceder trees vpon y e water
The water shal flowe out of his boket and his sede shal be a greate water His kynge shal be hyer then Agag his kyngdome shal be exalted God hath broughte hiÌ„ out of Egipte his strength is as of an vnicorne He shal eate vp the Heithen his enemies and grynde their bones to poulder and shute thorow them with his arowes He hath layed him downe as a Lyon and as a Lyonesse Who wyll rayse him vp Blessed be he y t blesseth the and cursed that curseth the. TheÌ„ was Balac furious iÌ„ wrath against Balaam smote his haÌ„des together sayde vnto him I haue called the y t thou shuldest curse myne enemies and beholde thou hast blessed theÌ„ now thre tymes now get the heÌ„ce to y e place I thoughte y t I wolde promote the vnto honoure but the LORDE hath kepte the backe from that worshipe Balaam answered him Tolde not I thy messaungers whom thou sendedst vnto me sayde Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer and golde yet coulde I not go beyonde the worde of the LORDE to do either euell or good after myne awne hert but what y e LORDE speaketh that must I speake also And now beholde for so moch as I go to my people come therfore I wyll shewe the what this people shal do vnto y e people after this tyme. And he toke vp his parable and sayde Thus sayeth Balaam the sonne of Beor Thus sayeth y e man whose eyes are opened Thus sayeth he which heareth the wordes of God y t hath the knowlege of y e hyest eueÌ„ he y t sawe y e visioÌ„ of y e Allmightie fell downe his eyes were opened I shal se him but not now I shal beholde him but not nie at haÌ„de There shal a starre come out of Iacob a cepter shall come vp out of Israel and shal smyte y e rulers of the Moabites and ouercome all the children of Seth. Edom shal be his possession and Seir shal be his enemies possessioÌ„ but Israel shal do manfully Out of Iacob shal come he y t hath dominion and shall destroye the remnaunt of the cities And whaÌ„ he sawe y e Amalechites he toke vp his parable sayde Amalec the first amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ but at y e last thou shalt perishe vtterly And whan he sawe the Kenites he toke vp his parable sayde StroÌ„ge is y e dwellinge and on a rocke hast thou put thy nest neuertheles thou shalt be a burninge vnto Rain tyll Assur take y e presoner And he toke vp his parable agayne sayde Alas who shal lyue whaÌ„ God doth this And shippes out of Citim shall subdue Assur and Eber. He him self also shal perishe vtterly And Balaam gat him vp and departed and came againe vnto his place and Balac wente his waye also The XXV Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their goddes And the people ate and worshipped their goddes and Israel submytted him self vnto Baal Peor Then the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel and he sayde vnto Moses Take all the rulers of the people and hange them vp vnto the LORDE agaynst y e Sonne that the terryble wrath of the LORDE maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of Israel Euery man slaye his captayne that haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childreÌ„ of Israel weÌ„te in against his brethreÌ„ ioyned him self to a Madianitish womaÌ„ in y e sighte of Moses of the whole coÌ„gregacion of y e childreÌ„ of Israel which weped before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse Whan Phineas y e sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest sawe y t he rose vp out of the congregacion toke a swerde in his hande wente after the man of Israel in to the whore house thrust theÌ„ thorow both the man of Israel and the woman eueÌ„ thorow the bely of her Then ceassed the plage from the children of Israel and there were slayne in the plage foure and twentye thousande And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest hath turned my wrath awaie from the childreÌ„ of Israel thorow his gelousy for my sake amonge them y t I shulde not coÌ„sume the childreÌ„ of Israel in my gelousy Wherfore sayeâ— beholde I geue him my couenaunt of peace and he shal haue it his sede after him eueÌ„ the couenaunt of an euer lastinge presthode because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an attonement for the children of Israel The man of Israel that was slayne with the Madianitâ—sh woman was called Simri the sonne of Salu a captayne of the house of the father of the Simeonites The Madianitish woman also that was slayne was called Coszbi y e doughter of Zur which was a ruler of the people of a kynred amonge the Madianites And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vexe the Madianites smyte them for they haue vexed you with their wyles wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor and thorow their sister Coszbi the doughter of a captayne of y e Madianites which was slayne in the daye of the plage for Peors sake and the plage came after The XXVI Chapter ANd whan the giltye bloude was shed the LORDE sayde vnto Moses vnto Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest Take the summe of the whole coÌ„gregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel from twentye yeare aboue after their fathers houses all y t are able to go forth to the warre in Israel And Moses Eleasar the prest spake vnto them in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho namely vnto all theÌ„ that were twentye yeare olde aboue as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And these are y e childreÌ„ of Israel that came out of Egipte Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel The childreeÌ„ of Ruben were Hanoch of whom coÌ„meth y e kynred of the Hanochites Palluâ— of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Palluites Hesron of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesronites Carmi of whom coÌ„meth y e kynred of the Carmites These are the kynreds of the Rubenites And the nombre of theÌ„ was thre fourtye thousande seuen hundreth thirtye But the childreÌ„ of Pallu were Eliab And the children of Eliab were Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram This is y t Dathan AbiraÌ„ those famous men in the congregacion which stode vp agaynst Moses and Aaron in the coÌ„pany of Corah whan they rose vp agaynst the LORDE the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed theÌ„ w t Corah whaÌ„ the coÌ„pany dyed what tyme as the fyre consumed two hundreth fiftye men they became a tokeÌ„ But the children
of Corah dyed not The childrē of Simeon in their kynreds were Nemuel of whō cōmeth the kynred of y e Nemuelites Iamin of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Iaminites Iachin of whō cōmeth the kynred of the Iachinites Sera of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Sarahites Saul of whom commeth the kynred of the Saulites These are the kynreds of the Simeonites two xx M. two hundreth The childrē of Gad in their kynreds were Zephon of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Zephonites Haggi of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Haggites Suni of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Sunites Aseni of whom commeth y e kynred of the Asenites Eri of whō cōmeth the kynred of the Erinites Arod of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Arodites Ariel of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Arielites These are the children of Gad in their nombre fourtye thousande and fyue C. The children of Iuda Er Onan which both dyed in the lāde of Canaan But y e children of Iuda in their kynreds were Sela of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Pharesites Serah of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Serahites The childrē of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kynred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of Iuda in their nombre sixe and seuentye thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Isachar in their kynreds were Thola of whom commeth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Phuuaites Iasub of whō commeth the kynred of the Iasubites Simron of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar in nombre foure and thre score thousande thre hundreth The children of Zabulon in their kynreds were Sered of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Seredites Elon of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Elonites Iahelel of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Iahelelites These are y e kynreds of Zabulon in their nōbre thre score thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were Manasses Ephraim The childrē of Manasse were Machir of whom commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Gileadites And these are y e childrē of Gilead Hieser of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Hieserites Helech of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Helechites Asriel of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichē of whom cōmeth the kynred of y e Sichemites Simida of whō cōmeth y e kynred of y e Simidites Hepher of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Hepherites And Zelaphead was y e sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but doughters whose names were Mahela Noa Hagla Milca and Thyrza These are the kynreds of Manasse in their nombre two and fiftye thousande and seuen hundreth The childrē of Ephraim in their kynreds were Suthelah of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Becherites Thahan of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Thahanites The childrē of Suthelah were Eran of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Eranites These are y e kynreds of the childrē of Ephraim in their nombre two and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth These are the childrē of Ioseph in their kynreds The childrē of Ben Iamin in their kynreds were Bela of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Belaites Aszbel of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Aszbelites Ahiram of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Ahiramites Supham of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Suphamites Hupham of whom commeth the kynred of the Huphamites And the childrē of Bela were Ard Naeman of whom commeth the kynred of the Ardites Naemanites These are the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds in nombre fyue fourtye thousande and sixe hundreth The childrē of Dan in their kynreds were Suham of whom cōmeth the childrē of y e Suhamites These are y e kynreds of Dan in their generacions they were all together in nombre foure and threscore thousande foure hundreth The childrē of Asser in their kynreds were Iemna of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kynred of the Iesuites Bria of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Bryites And y e childrē of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kynred of the Hebrites Melchiel of whō commeth the kynred of the Melchielites And the doughter of Asser was called Sarah These are the kynreds of the children of Asser in their nombre thre and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth The childrē of Nephtali in their kynreds were Iaheziel of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Gunites Iezer of whom cōmeth y e kynred of the Iezerites Sillem of whō cōmeth y e kynred of y e Sillemites These are y e kynreds of the childrē of Nephtali in their generacions in their nombre fyue fourtye thousande and foure hundreth This is the summe of the children of Israel sixe hundreth thousande a thousande seuen hundreth and thirtye And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vnto these shalt thou deuyde the lōde to enheritaunce acordinge to the nombre of y e names To many shalt thou geue the more enheritaunce and to few the lesse vnto euery one shall be geuē acordinge to their nombre yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott Acordinge to y e names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce both betwixte many and fewe And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds Gerson of whom cōmeth the kynred of the Gersonites Kahath of whō cōmeth the kynred of the Kahathites Merari of whom cōmeth y e kynred of y e Merarites These are y e kynreds of Leui the kynred of y e Libnites y e kynred of y e Hebronites y e kynred of the Mahelites y e kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Corahites Kahath begat Amram And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui which was borne him in Egipte And vnto Amram she bare Aaron Moses Miriam their sister And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar As for Nadab Abihu they dyed whan they offred straunge fyre before y e LORDE And the summe of thē was thre twentye thousande all males frō fyue monethes aboue For they were not nombred amōge the childrē of Israel for there was no enheritaunce geuen thē amonge the children of Israel This is y e summe of y e childrē of Israel whō Moses Eleasar the prest nombred in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Amonge whom there was not one of the summe of those children of Israel whom Moses Aaron the prest
Kenaâ—h with the townes belonginge therto and called it Nobah after his awne name The XXXIII Chapter THese are y e iourneys of the childreÌ„ of Israel which weÌ„te out of y e lande of Egipte acordinge to their armies 〈◊〉 Moses AaroÌ„ And Moses wrote their 〈◊〉 out as they iourneyed after y e coÌ„maundâ—ment of y e LORDE And these namely are the yourneyes of their outgoinge They departed froÌ„ Raemses vpon y e fiftene daye of the first moneth euen the morow after the Easter thorow an hye hande so that all the Egipcians sawe and buried then their first borne whom the LORDE had slayne amonge them for the LORDE executed iudgment also vpon their goddes When they were departed from Raemses they pitched in Sucoth And froÌ„ Sucoth they departed pitched their tentes in EthaÌ„ which lyeth in y e edge of y e wildernes FroÌ„ Etham they departed and abode in the valley of Hiroth which lyeth towarde Baal Zephon pitched ouer agaynst Migdol From Hyroth they departed wente in thorow y e middes of the see in to y e wyldernes and wente thre dayes yourney in the wildernes of Etham pitâ—hed in Marah From Marah they departed and came vnto Elim whâ—re there were twolue welles of water and seuentye palme trees and there they pitched â–ª From Elim they departed and pitched by the reed see From y e reed see they departed and pitched in the wildernesse of Sin From the wildernes of Sin they departed and pitched in Daphka FroÌ„ Daphka they departed and pitched in Alus From Alus they departed and pitched in Raphidim where the people had no water to drynke From Raphidim they departed and pitched in the wildernes of Sinai From Sinai they departed and pitched at the Lustgraues FroÌ„ the Lustgraues they departed and pitched in Hazeroth From Hazeroth they departed pitched in Rithma From Rithma they departed and pitched in Rimon Parez From Rimon Parez they departed and pitched in Libna From Libna they departed and pitched in Rissa FroÌ„ Rissa they departed pitched in Kehelatha FroÌ„ Kehelatha they departed pitched in mouÌ„t Sapher From mouÌ„t Sapher they departed pitched in Harada FroÌ„ Harada they departed pitched in Makeheloth From Makeheloth they departed pitched in Tahath From Tahath they departed and pitched in Tharah From Tharah they departed and pitched in Mitka From Mitka they departed and pitched in Hasmona From Hasmona they departed and pitched in Mosseroth From Mosseroth they departed and pitched in Bne Iaekon From Bne Iaekon they departed and pitched in Horgadgad From Horgadgad they departed pitched in Iathbatha From Iathbatha they departed and pitched in Abrona From Abrona they departed and pitched in Ezeon gaber From Ezeon gaber they departed and pitched in y e wildernes of Zin which is Cades From Cades they departed and pitched at mount Hor on the border of the londe of Edom. Then Aaron the prest wente vp vnto mount Hor acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE and died there in the fourtyeth yeare after y t the children of Israel departed out of the londe of Egipte in the first daie of the fifte moneth whaÌ„ he was an hundreth and thre and twentye yeare olde And Arad the kynge of the Cananites which dwelt in the south countre of CanaaÌ„ herde y t the children of Israel came And from mount Hor they departed and pitched in Zalmona From Zalmona they departed and pitched in Phimon From Phimon they departed and pitched in Oboth From Oboth they departed and pitched in Igim by Abarim vpon the border of the loÌ„de of y e Moabites From Igim they departed and pitched in Dibâ—â— Gad. From DiboÌ„ Gad they departed and pitched in Almon Diblathama FroÌ„ Almon Diblathama they departed and pitched in the mountaynes of Abarim ouer agaynst Nebo From the mouÌ„taynes of Abarim they departed and pitched in y e felde of the Moabites besyde Ioâ—dane ouer agaynst Iericho FroÌ„ Beth haiesmoth vnto the playne of Sitim laye they in the felde of the Moabites And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saie vnto them WhaÌ„ ye are come ouer Iordane in the lande of Canaan ye shal dryue out all the inhabiters before youre face and plucke downe all their pilers and all their ymages of metall and destroye all their hye places that ye maye so take the londe in possession and dwell therin For I haue geueÌ„ you the londe to enioye it And the londe shall ye deuyde out by lott amonge youre kynreds Vnto those that are many shall ye deuyde the more And vnto them that are fewe shall ye deuyde the lesse Euen as the lott falleth there vnto euery one so shal he haue it acordinge to the trybes of their fathers But yf ye wyll not dryue out the inhabiters of y e lande before yo r face then they whoÌ„ ye suffre to remayne shall become thornes in youre eyes and dartes in youre sydes shall vexe you in the londe where ye dwell Then wil it come to passe that I shal do vnto you euen as I thought to do vnto them The XXXIIII Chapter ANnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde the childreÌ„ of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come into the londe of Canaan the londe y t falleth to youre inheritaunce shall haue hir borders in the londe of Canaan The South quarter shall begynne at the wyldernesse of Zin by Edom so that youre South quarter be from the edge of the Salt see which lyeth towarde the South and that y e same quarter fet a compasse from the South vp to Acrabim go thorow Zimma that his out goinge be from the South vnto Cades Barnea reache vnto Hazor Adar and go thorow Azmona and stretch out from Azmona vnto the ryuer of Egipte and that the ende therof be at the greate see But the West quarter shal be this namely the greate see let y t be youre border towarde the West The North quarter shal be this Ye shall compasse from the greate see vnto mount Hor. And fro mount Hor ye shall compasse tyll a man come vnto Hemath that the out goynge therof be the coast of Zedada and that the border of the same go out vnto Siphron and that the goynge out of it be at Hazor Enan Let this be youre North quarter And youre East quarter shall ye coÌ„passe from Hazor Enan vnto Sephan let the coaste go downe from Sephan and Ribla on the East syde of Ain TheÌ„ let it go downe reache vnto the syde of the see of Chinereth East warde and come downe by Iordane so y t the goynge out of it be the Salt see Let this be youre londe with the borders therof rounde aboute And Moses commaunded the children of Israel and sayde This is youre londe that ye shal deuyde out amonge
of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount and make y t an Arke of wod and in the tables I wyll wryte the wordes that were in the first which thou brakest and thou shalt laye them in the Arke So I made an Arke of Fyrre tre and hewed two tables of stone like as the first were wente vp into the mount and y e two tables were in my hande Then wrote he in y e tables acordinge as the first wrytinge was the ten verses which the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon the mountayne at the tyme of the gatheringe together And the LORDE gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I turned me wente downe from the mount and layed the tables in the Arke which I had made that they mighte be there as the LORDE commaunded me And the childreÌ„ of Israel departed from Beroth Bne Iaâ—kan vnto Mosera there dyed Aaron there was he buried Eleasar his sonne became prest in his steade FroÌ„ thence they departed from Gadgad From Gadgad to Iathbath a londe of ryuers of water At the same season the LORDE separated out the trybe of Leui to beare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and to stonde before the LORDE to mynister vnto him and to prayse his name vnto this daye Therfore shal the Leuites haue no porcion ner enheritaunce with their brethren for the LORDE is their enheritaunce as the LORDE thy God hath promysed them But I taried vpoÌ„ the mount like as afore euen fortye dayes and fortye nightes and the LORDE herde me at that tyme also and wolde not destroye the. But he sayde vnto me Vp get the forth y t thou mayest go before the people y t they maye come in and coÌ„quere the loÌ„de which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them Now Israel what requyreth the LORDE thy God of the but y t thou feare the LORDE thy God and that thou walke in all his wayes loue him serue the LORDE y e God with all thy hert with all thy soule and y t thou kepe the coÌ„maundementes of y e LORDE his ordinaunces which I coÌ„maunde the this daye y t thou mayest prospere Beholde the heauen the heauen of all heaueÌ„s and the earth and all y t is therin is y e LORDES y e God Yeth hath he had a pleasure vnto y e fathers to loue theÌ„ and hath chosen their sede after theÌ„ namely you aboue all nacions as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore y e foreszkynne of yo r hert be nomore styffnecked For the LORDE yo r God is God of all goddes LORDE ouer all lordes a greate God mightie terryble which regardeth no personne taketh no giftes and doeth righte vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode rayment Therfore shal ye loue a strauÌ„ger for ye youre selues also were straungers in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God him onely shalt thou serue vnto him shalt thou cleue sweare by his name He is thy prayse y e God which hath done for y e these greate terryble thinges y t thine eyes haue sene Thy fathers weÌ„te downe in to Egipte w t seuentye soules but now hath y e LORDE thy God made the as y e starres of heauen in multitude The XI Chapter THerfore shalt thou loue the LORDE y e God kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes his ordinaunces his lawes his preceptes all y e life loÌ„ge And vnderstoÌ„de this daye that which youre childreÌ„ knowe not Which haue not sene the nurtoure of the LORDE yo r God his greatnesse his mightie hande his stretched out arme his tokens and actes which he dyd amonge the EgipciaÌ„s vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte to all his londe what he dyd to the power of y e Egipcians vnto their horses charettes whan he broughte the waters of the reed see vpoÌ„ them as they folowed after you how y e LORDE hath broughte them to naught vnto this daye what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntyll ye came vnto this place what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the children of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed them with their housholdes teÌ„tes all their good that they had in the myddes amonge all Israel For youre eyes haue sene the greate workes of y e LORDE which he hath done Therfore shal ye kepe all the commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye maye be stronge to come in and to conquere the londe whither ye go to possesse it that ye maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them and to their sede eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with mylke and hony For the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence ye came out where thou sowedest thy sede and waterdest it at thy fote as a garden of herbes but it hath hilles and valleys which drynke water of the rayne of heauen a londe that the LORDE thy God careth for And the eyes of the LORDE thy God are allwaye therin from the begynnynge of the yeare vnto the ende Yf ye shal herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye y t ye loue the LORDE youre God and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule then wyl I geue rayne vnto youre loÌ„de in due season early and late that thou mayest gather in thy corne thy wyne and thine oyle and I wyll geue grasse vpon thy felde for thy catell that ye maye eate be fylled But bewarre y t youre hert be not disceaued that ye go asyde serue other goddes worshipe them and then the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpoÌ„ you and he shut vp the heaueÌ„ that there come no rayne and the earth geue not hir increase ye perishe shortly from the good loÌ„de which the LORDE hath geuen you Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde theÌ„ for a signe vpon youre handes y t they maye be a token of remembraunce before yo r eyes and teach them youre children so that thou talke therof whan thou syttest in thine house or walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp and wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates that thou and thy children maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heauen endure vpon earth For yf ye shal kepe all these commaundementes which I commaunde you so that ye do therafter that ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and cleue vnto him then shall the LORDE dryue out
God himselfe shall go before the ouer Iordane and HE himselfe shal destroye these nacions before the that thou mayest conquere them and Iosua he shall go ouer before the. as the LORDE hath sayde And the LORDE shal do vnto them as he dyd vnto Sihon and Og the kynges of the Amorites and vnto their lōde which he destroyed Now whan the LORDE shal deliuer thē before you ye shal do vnto them acordynge vnto all the commaundementes which I haue commaunded you Be manly and strōge feare not and be not afrayed of them For the LORDE thy God himselfe shal go with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the. And Moses called Iosua and sayde vnto him before all Israel Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge this people in to the londe which the LORDE hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt parte it amonge them by lott But the LORDE himselfe that goeth before you euen HE shal be with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the Feare not and be not afrayed And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the prestes the children of Leui which bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and vnto all the Elders of Israel And he commaunded them and sayde At the ende of seuen yeares in the tyme of the Fre yeare in the feast of Tabernacles whan all Israel come to appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose thou shalt cause this lawe to be proclamed before all Israel in their eares namely before the congregacion of the people both of men wemen children and thy straungers which are within thy gates that they maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE their God and be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe and that their children also which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE yo r God all youre lyue dayes which ye lyue in the londe whither ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thy tyme is come that thou must die call Iosua and stonde in the Tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge Moses wente with Iosua and stode in the Tabernacle of witnesse And the LORDE appeared in the Tabernacle in a cloudy pyler and the same cloudy pyler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thou shalt slepe with y e fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoringe after straunge goddes of the londe in to the which they come and wyll forsake me and breake the couenaunt which I haue made w t them And then shall my wrath waxe whote agaynst them at the same tyme I shal forsake thē and hyde my face frō them that they maye be consumed And so whan moch aduersite trouble commeth vpō thē they shal saye Is not all this euell come vpō me because God is not with me But I shal hyde my face at the same tyme because of all the euell that they haue done in that they haue turned vnto other goddes Wryte now therfore this songe teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouth that this songe maye be a witnesse vnto me amonge the children of Israel For I wil brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and hony And whan they eate and are full and fatt they shal turne vnto other goddes and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt And so whan moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vpon them this songe shall answere before them for a witnesse It shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their sede for I knowe their ymaginacion that they go aboute euen now before I brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto them So Moses wrote this songe at the same tyme and taughte it the children of Israel And the LORDE gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge the children of Israel in to the londe which I sware vnto them and I wil be with the. Now whan Moses had wrytten out all the wordes of this lawe in a boke he commaunded the Leuites which bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and sayde Take the boke of this lawe and laye it by the syde of the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE youre God that it maye be there a wytnesse agaynst the for I knowe thy stubburnesse and thy harde neck Beholde whyle I am yet alyue w t you this daye ye haue bene disobedient vnto the LORDE how moch more after my death Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes and youre officers y t I maye speake these wordes in their eares and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them For I am sure that after my death ye shall marre youre selues and turne asyde out of the waye which I haue commaunded you and so shall mysfortune happen vnto you her after because ye haue done euell in the sighte of the LORDE in prouokynge him thorow the workes of youre handes So Moses spake out the wordes of this songe euen to the ende in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel The XXXII Chapter HErken O ye heauens I wyll speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne droppe as doth the raine and my speach flowe as doth the dew Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse and as the droppes vpon the herbe For I wyl call vpon the name of the LORDE geue ye the glory vnto oure God Perfecte are the workes of the Stone for all his wayes are righteous God is true and no wickednes is there in him righteous and iust is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himwarde and are not his children because of their deformyte Thankest thou the LORDE y i God so thou foolish and vnwyse people Is not he thy father and thy LORDE Hath he not made the and prepared the Remembre the dayes that are past considre the yeares of the generacions afore tyme Axe thy father he shall shewethe thine elders they shal tell the. Whan the most Hyghest deuyded y e nacions and scatred the children of men Then set he the borders of the nacions acordinge to the nombre of the children of Israel For the LORDES parte is his folke Iacob is the meetlyne of his enheritaunce He founde him in the wyldernesse euen in the drye deserte where he roared He led him aboute and gaue him vnderstondinge He kepte him as the aple of his eye As an Aegle stereth vp hir nest and flotereth ouer hir yonge Euen so stretched he out his fethers and toke him and bare him on his wynges The LORDE onely was his gyde there was no straunge God with him He caried him ouer y e heigth of the
theÌ„ then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote ouer you shall shortly destroye you out of the good londe y t he hath geuen you The XXIIII Chapter IOsua gathered all the trybes of Israel together vnto Sichem and called the Elders of Israel the heades iudges and officers And whaÌ„ they were come before God he sayde vnto all the people Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Yo r fathers dwelt afore time beyoÌ„de y e water AbrahaÌ„ Nahor w t Tarah their father serued other goddes Then toke I yo r father Abraham beyonde the water caused him to walke in the londe of Canaan multiplied his sede and gaue him Isaac and vnto Isaac I gaue Iacob and Esau and gaue Esau mouÌ„t Seir to possesse As for Iacob his childreÌ„ they wente downe in to Egipte Then sent I Moses and Aaron and plaged Egipte as I haue done amonge theÌ„ After y t brought I you and youre fathers out of Egipte And whan ye came to y e see and the Egipcians folowed vpon youre fathers with charettes and horse men vnto the reed see then cryed they vnto the LORDE which put a darcknesse betwene you and the Egipcians and broughte the see vpon them and ouerwhelmed them And youre eyes haue sene what I dyd to y e Egipcians ye dwelt in y e wildernes a loÌ„ge season And I broughte you in to y e londe of the Amorites which dwelt beionde Iordane whaÌ„ they fought agaynst you I delyuered them in to yo r hande that ye mighte haue their countre in possession and I destroyed them before you Then Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge of the Moabites gat him vp and foughte agaynst Israel and he sente and bad call Balaam the sonne of Beor to curse you neuertheles I wolde not heare him but I blessed you and delyuered you out of his hande And whan ye wente ouer Iordane and came vnto Iericho the citesyns of Iericho foughte agaynst you the Amorites Pheresites Cananites Hethites Girgosites Henites Iebusites howbeit I delyuered theÌ„ in to youre hande And I sent hornettes before you which droue them out before you namely the two kynges of y e Amorites not thorow thy swerde ner thorow thy bowe And I haue geuen you a londe whervpon ye bestowed no laboure and cities which ye haue not buylded that ye might dwell therin and that ye might eate of the vynyardes and olyue trees which ye haue not planted Feare the LORDE now therfore and serue him perfectly and in the trueth and let go the goddes whom youre fathers serued beyonde the water and in Egipte and serue ye y e LORDE But yf ye like not to serue the LORDE theÌ„ chose you this daye whom ye wyll serue the God whom youre fathers serued beionde y e water or y e goddes of the Amorites in whose loÌ„de ye dwell As for me and my house we wyll serue the LORDE Then answered the people and saide God forbidde that we shulde forsake the LORDE serue other goddes For the LORDE oure God brought vs and oure fathers out of the londe of Egipte froÌ„ the house of bondage and did soch greate tokens before oure eyes and preserued vs all y e waye that we wente and amonge all the nacions whom we trauayled by And the LORDE thrust out before vs all the people of the Amorites that dwelt in the londe Therfore wyll we also serue the LORDE for he is oure God Iosua sayde vnto the people Ye can not serue the LORDE for he is an holy God mightie and gelous which spareth not youre trangressions and synnes But yf ye forsake the LORDE and serue a straunge god then shall the LORDE turne him and do you euell and consume you after that he hath done you good The people sayde vnto Iosua Not so but we will serue the LORDE Then sayde Iosua vnto the people Ye are witnesses ouer youre selues that ye haue chosen you the LORDE to serue him And they sayde Yee Then put awaye from you sayde he the straunge goddes y t are amonge you and enclyne youre hert vnto the LORDE the God of Israel And the people sayde vnto Iosua We wyll serue the LORDE oure God and be obedient vnto his voyce So Iosua made a couenaunt with the people y e same daye and laied statutes lawes before them at Sichem And Iosua wrote this acte in the boke of the lawe of God and toke a greate stone set it vp there vnder an oke which was in y e Sanctuary of y e LORDE and sayde vnto all the people Beholde this stone shall be witnesse ouer you For it hath herde all the wordes of the LORDE which he hath spoken vnto vs and shall be a witnesse ouer yoâ— that ye denye not youre God So Iosua 〈◊〉 the people go euery one to his enheritauÌ„ce And it fortuned after these actes y t Iosua the sonne of Nun y e seruauÌ„t of the LORDE dyed whan he was an hundreth and 〈◊〉 yeare olde and was buried in the border of his enheritauÌ„ce at Thimnath Serah which lyeth on the mount Ephraim on the northside of mount Gaas And the children of Israel serued the LORDE as longe as Iosuâ— lyued and the Elders that lyued longe after Iosua which knewe all the workes of y e LORDE that he had done vnto Israel The bones of Ioseph which the children of Israel had broughte out of Egipte buried they at Sichem in the pece of the londe y t Iacob boughte of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens and was the enheritaunce of the children of Ioseph Eleasar the sonne of Aaron died also and they buried him at Gibeath which was Phineas his sonnes that was geuen him vpon mount Ephraim The ende of the boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges called Iudicum What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Iudas is made captayne of the pâ—â—ple subdueth the Cananytes and wynneth Iâ—rusalem Israel roteth not out the Cananites as God commaunded them Chap. II. The angell of God punysheth theâ—â— because they coÌ„sente to their enemies The childreÌ„ of Israel serue Baal for the which cause God geueth them ouer in to captiuyte Chap. III. God punysheth Israel and yet delyuereth them wonderously Chap. IIII. Debbora the prophetisse with Bâ—rach ouercoÌ„meth Sissara and delyuereth the people of the LORDE Chap. V. The songe of prayse which Debboâ—â— and Barach songe because of the victory Chap. VI. For their synnes God geueth them ouer in to the handes of the Madianites from the which Gedeon delyuereth them Chap. VII How Gedeon parteth his hoost discomfiteth the Madianites Chap. VIII Gedeon punysheth theÌ„ at Suchoth dyeth and is buried Chap IX Abimelech seketh the superiorite slayeth his seuentye brethren wynneth SicheÌ„ and Thebes Chap. X. Thola Iaiâ— rule the people The Israelites synne and are punyshed Chap. XI Iepthe is made ruler of the people and
was in and laye there tyll it was light Now whan hir lorde rose vp in the mornynge and opened the dore of the house and wente forth to go on his iourney beholde his concubyne laye at the dore of the house and hir handes vpon the thresholde He saide vnto her stonde vp let vs go Neuertheles she gaue him no answere Thē toke he her vp vpon his asse gat him vp and wente vnto his place Now whan he came home he toke a swerde and helde his concubyne and cut her w t the bones and all in to twolue peces and sent them in to all the coastes of Israel Who so euer sawe it sayde Soch a thinge hath not bene done ner sene sence the tyme that y e children of Israel departed out of the londe of Egipte vnto this daye Now as concernynge this take youre advysement and geue yo r councell and shew it forth The XX. Chapter THen wente the children of Israel out and gathered a congregacion together as one man frō Dan vntill Bersaba and from the londe of Gilead vnto the LORDE to Mispa and there came together of all the quarters of the people and of all the trybes of Israel in to the congregacion of the people of God foure hundreth thousande fote men that drue out y e swerde But the children of Ben Iamin herde how that y e children of Israel were gone vp vnto Mispa And the children of Israel sayde Tell vs how happened this euell Then answered the Leuite the huszbande of the woman that was slayne and sayde I came to Gibea in Ben Iamin with my concubyne to tary there allnight then the cyt◠▪ sins of Gibea gat them vp agaynst me and compased me aboute in the house by night and thoughte to slaye me and defyled my cōcubyne so that she dyed then toke I my cōcubyne and cut her in peces and sent the peces in to euery countre of the inheritaunce of Israel for they haue done an abhominacion and folye in Israel Beholde here are ye children of Israel aduyse you well and take this matter in hande So all the people gat them vp as one mā and sayde Nomā shal go in to his tente ner departe to his house but this wil we do now agaynst Gibea Let vs cast lot and take ten men of an hundreth and an hundreth of a thousande and a thousande of ten thousande out of all y e trybes of Israel y t they maie take fode for y e people to come do with Gibea Ben Iamin acordynge to their folye which they haue done in Israel Thus all the men of Israel beynge confederate gathered them selues together as one man vnto the cite and the trybes of Israel sent men vnto all the kinreds of Ben Iamin and caused to saye vnto them What maner of wickydnes is this that is done amonge you Delyuer here therfore the men the children of Belial at Gibea that we maye put them to death and do awaye the euell out of Israel Neuertheles the children of Ben Iamin wolde not folowe the voyce of their brethren the children of Israel but gathered them selues out of y e cities vnto Gibea to go forth in battayll agaynst the children of Israel And the same daye were there nombred of the children of Ben Iamin out of the cities sixe and twentye thousande men that drue the swerde beside the citesyns of Gibea of whom there were tolde seuē hundreth chosen men And amōge all this people there were chosen out seuen hundreth men which vsed not the right hande but the lefte and yet w t the slynge coulde they touch an heer and not mysse But the men of Israel beside them of Bē Iamin were nōbred foure hūdreth thousande which drue the swerde were all men of armes And the children of Israel arose and wente vp to the house of God in Silo and axed at God and sayde Who shall go vp for vs to beginne the battayll with y e children of Ben Iamin The LORDE saide Iuda shall begynne So the children of Israel gat thē vp in y e mornīge pitched ouer agaīst Gibea euery man of Israel wēte out to fighte with Ben Iamin and set them selues in araye to fighte agaynst Gibea Then fell the children of Ben Iamin out of Gibea and slewe the same daye amonge Israel two twentye thousande to the grounde But the people of the men of Israel comforted them selues and made them ready to fighte yet more in the same place after they had prepared them selues the daye afore And the children of Israel wente vp and wepte before the LORDE vntyll the euenynge and axed at the LORDE sayde Shall we go enymore to fighte with oure brethren the children of Ben Iamin The LORDE sayde Go vp vnto them And whan the children of Israel gat them vp to the childrē of Ben Iamin on y e next daye the Ben Iamites fell out of Gibea agaynst them the same daye and slewe yet eightene thousande of y e children of Israel to the grounde which all drue the swerde Then wente all the children of Israel vp and all the people and came to the house of God and wepte and taried there before the LORDE fasted that daye vntyll the euen and offred burnt offerynges and deed offeringes before the LORDE And the children of Israel axed at the LORDE the Arke of the couenaunt of God was there at that tyme and Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron stode before him at the same tyme they sayde Shal we go forth eny more to fighte with oure brethren the childrē of Ben Iamin or shal we leaue of The LORDE sayde Go vp tomorow wyll I delyuer them in to youre handes And the children of Israel set a preuy watch agaynst Gibea rounde aboute and so the children of Israel wente vp to the children of Ben Iamin on the thirde daye and set them selues in araye agaynst Gibea like as the other two tymes afore Thē came the children of Ben Iamin out agaynst the people brake out of the cite beganne to slaye certayne wounded of the people like as the other two times afore in the felde vpon two stretes wherof one goeth towarde Bethel the other vnto Gilead vpon a thirtye men in Israel Then thought the childrē of Ben Iamin They are smytten before vs like as afore But the childrē of Israel sayde Let vs flye that we maie prouoke them out of the cite in to the hye stretes Then all the men of Israel gat them vp from their place and prepared them selues vnto Baal Thamar And the hinder watch of Israel brake out of their place from y e caue of Gaba and came vnto Gibea twentye thousande chosen men out of all Israel so that it was a sore battayll but they knewe not that the euell shulde happen vnto them Thus the LORDE smote Ben Iamin before the children of Israel so that the same daye the children of Israel destroyed fyue twentye thousande and an hundreth
thither to seke the. And whan they sayde He is not here he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion that they had not founde the. And now thou sayest Go tell y e LORDE beholde Elias is here Now whan I were gone from the the sprete of the LORDE shulde take y e awaye I can not tell whither and yf I then came and tolde Achab and founde the not he shulde slaye me But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp Hath it not bene tolde my lorde what I dyd whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes of the LORDE how that I hyd an hundreth of the LORDES prophetes here fiftye and there fiftye in the caues and prouyded for them with bred and water And thou sayest now Go thy waye tell thy lorde Elias is here that he maye slaye me Elias saide As truly as y e LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stōde I wil shewe my selfe vnto him this daye Then wēte Abdia to mete Achab tolde him And Achab wēte for to mete Elias And whan Achab sawe Elias Achab sayde vnto him Art thou he that troublest Israel He sayde I trouble not Israel but it is thou and thy fathers house because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE and walke after Baal Go to sende forth now and gather me all Israel together vnto mount Carmell and the foure hundreth and fiftye prophetes of Baal and the foure hundreth prophetes of y e groue which eate of Iesabels table So Achab sent vnto all the children of Israel gathered the prophetes together vnto mount Carmell Then stepte Elias vnto all the people sayde How longe halte ye on both y e sydes Yf the LORDE be God thē walke after him but yf Baal be he thē folowe him And the people gaue him no answere Thē sayde Elias vnto the people I onely am lefte a prophet of y e LORDE but Baals prophetes are foure C. and fiftie mē Geue vs now two bullockes let them chose one bullocke hewe him in peces laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron so wil I take y e other bullock laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron also call ye then vpō the name of yo r god I wil call vpō the name of the LORDE loke which God now answereth with fyre let the same be God And all the people answered sayde That is righte And Elias sayde vnto Baals prophetes Chose ye one bullock and do ye it first for ye are many and call ye vpon the name of youre god laye no fyre theron And they toke the bullock which he gaue them prepared it called vpon the name of Baal from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye and sayde O Baal heare vs. But there was nether voyce ner answere And they hopped aboute the altare as their vse was to do Now whan it was noone daye Elias mocked them and sayde Crye loude For he is a god peraduēture he is musynge or hath somwhat to do or is gone some iourneye or happlye he slepeth so that he wolde be waked vp And they cried loude and prouoked thē selues with knyues botkens as their maner was tyll y e bloude folowed But whan y e noone daye was past they prophecied vntyll the tyme that the meat offerynge shulde be offered there was nether voyce ner answere ner one to regarde them Then sayde Elias vnto all the people Come hither all ye people vnto me And whan all y e people came to him he repayred y e altare of the LORDE y t was broken toke twolue stones acordinge to the nombre of y e trybes of the childrē of Iacob vnto whom the worde of the LORDE spake and sayde Thy name shal be Israel and of y e stones he buylded an altare in the name of the LORDE made a pytt rounde aboute the altare like two forowes in the corne londe prepared the wod hewed y e bullock in peces and layed him vpon the wod sayde Fetch foure pitchers full of water and poured it vpō the burnt offerynge and vpon the wod And he sayde Do it yet once And they dyd it once agayne And he sayde Do it y e thirde tyme. And they dyd it the thirde tyme. And y e water ranne aboute the altare and y e pytt was full of water also And whan the tyme was to offer y e meat offerynge Elias stepte forth and sayde O LORDE God of Abraham of Isaac and of Israel let it be knowne this daye that thou art God in Israel and I thy seruaunt and that I haue done all this acordinge vnto y e worde Heare me O LORDE O heare me y t this people maye knowe how that thou art the LORDE God that thou mayest afterwarde turne their hertes Then fell downe the fyre of the LORDE and consumed the burnt offeringe the wodd the stones and the earth and licked vp the water that was in the pytt Whan all the people sawe that they fell vpon their faces and sayde The LORDE is God y e LORDE is God Elias sayde vnto them Laye handes vpon Baals prophetes y t none of them escape And they toke them And Elias broughte them downe vnto y e broke Cyson slewe thē there And Elias sayde vnto Achab Go vp eate drynke for it soundeth as though it wolde rayne sore And whan Achab wēte vp to eate drinke Elias ascēded vp to the toppe of Carmel bowed him selfe downe to the earth put his heade betwene his knees sayde vnto his lad Go vp and loke towarde the See He wente vp loked sayde There is nothinge He sayde Go agayne seuen tymes And at the seuēth tyme he sayde Beholde there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see like a mans hande He sayde Go vp and saie vnto Achab Bynde y e charet go downe y t the rayne ouertake the not And or a mā coulde turne him the heauen was blacke w t cloudes wynde there came a greate rayne But Achab rode his waie departed vnto Iesrael And the hāde of y e LORDE came vpō Elias and he gyrde his loynes ranne before Achab tyll he came vnto Iesrael The XIX Chapter ANd Achab tolde Iesabel all y t Elias had done how he had slayne all Baals prophetes w t the swerde Thē sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias sayenge The goddes do this that vnto me yf I tomorow aboute this tyme make not thy soule as one of these Then was he afrayed gat him vp wente where he wolde came vnto Berseba in Iuda and lefte his lad there But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to y e wyldernes came in sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre wyszshed vnto his soule y t he mighte dye sayde It is now ynough LORDE take my soule for I am no better then my fathers And he layed him downe slepte vnder the
the commaundementes of the LORDE their God and made them two molten calues and groues and worshipped all the hoost of heauen serued Baal and caused their sonnes and doughters to go thorow the fyre and medled w t soythsayers and witches and gaue them selues ouer to do that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath Then was the LORDE very wroth at Israel and put them awaye froÌ„ his presence so y t there remayned nomo but onely y e trybe of Iuda Nether dyd Iuda kepe the commaundemeÌ„tes of the LORDE their God but walked after the customes of Israel which they dyd Therfore dyd y e LORDE cast awaye all y e sede of Israel and troubled them and delyuered them in to the handes of the spoylers tyll he had cast them out of his presence for Israel was deuyded from the house of Dauid And they made theÌ„ a kynge one Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which turned Israel back from y e LORDE caused theÌ„ to synne so sore Thus walked the childreÌ„ of Israel in all y e synnes of Ieroboam which he had done departed not froÌ„ them vntyll y e LORDE put Israel out of his presence acordinge as he had spokeÌ„ by all his seruauntes y e prophetes So Israel was caried awaye out of their awne londe to Assiria vnto this daye The kynge of Assiria caused men to come froÌ„ Babilon from Cutha froÌ„ Aua from Hemath Sepharuaim caused theÌ„ to inhabite y e cities in Samaria in steade of the children of Israel And they toke possession of Samaria dwelt in y e same cities But whaÌ„ they begaÌ„ne to dwell there feared not y e LORDE the LORDE sent lyons amoÌ„ge theÌ„ which slewe them And they caused it be sayde vnto y e kynge of Assiria The HeytheÌ„ whom thou hast broughte hither caused them to inhabite the cities of Samaria knowe not the lawe of y e God of the londe Therfore hath he sent lyons amoÌ„ge them beholde they slaye theÌ„ because they knowe not the ordinaunce of the God of the londe The kinge of Assiria coÌ„maunded saide Bringe thither one of y e prestes y t were caried awaye froÌ„ thence let him go thither dwell there teach theÌ„ the ordinauÌ„â—e of the God of y e londe Then came one of â— prestes which were caried awaye from Samaria dwelt at Bethel taughte them how they shulde feare y e LORDE But euery people made theÌ„ goddes put theÌ„ in the houses vpon y e hye places which the Samaritanes had made euery people iÌ„ their cities wherin they dwelt They of BabiloÌ„ made Sochoth Benoth They of Chut made Nergel They of Hemath made Asima They of Aua made Nibehas Tharthak They of Sepharuaim burnt their sonnes vnto Adramelech and Anamelech y e goddes of theÌ„ of Sepharuaim And whyle they feared y e LORDE they made prestes in y e hye places of y e lowest amonge them put them in y e houses of y e hye places thus they feared y e LORDE serued y e goddes also acordinge to y e custome of euery nacion from whence they were broughte And vnto this daye do they after y e olde fashion so y t they nether feare y e LORDE ner yet kepe their awne ordinaunces and lawes after the lawe and commaundement that the LORDE coÌ„maunded the childreÌ„ of Iacob vnto whom he gaue y e name of Israel and made a couenaunt with them and commaunded them and sayde Feare none other goddes and worshipe them not and serue them not and offer not vnto them â–ª but the LORDE which broughte you out of the loÌ„de of Egipte with greate power and outstretched arme Him feare him worshippe vnto him do sacrifice and the statutes ordinaunces lawe coÌ„maundement which he hath caused to be wrytten vnto you those se that ye kepe that ye allwaye do therafter and feare none other goddes And forget not the couenaunt which he hath made with you lest ye feare other goddes But feare y e LORDE youre God he shall delyuer you from all youre enemies Neuertheles they wolde not herken but dyd after their olde custome Thus these Heythen feared the LORDE and serued their Idols also and so dyd their children and childers childreÌ„ likewyse EueÌ„ as their fathers haue done before them so do they vnto this daye The XVIII Chapter IN the thirde yeare of Oseas y e sonne of Ela kynge of Israel reigned Ezechias y e sonne of Achas kynge of Iuda And he was fyue and twentie yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned nyne twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Abi the doughter of Zachary And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE acordinge vnto all as dyd Dauid his father He put awaye the hye places and brake downe the pilers roted out the groues and brake the brasen serpente which Moses had made For vnto that tyme had the children of Israel brent inceÌ„se vnto it And it was called Nehusthan He put his trust in the LORDE God of Israel so that after him there was not his like amoÌ„ge all the kynges of Iuda nether had bene before him He cleued vnto the LORDE and departed not backe from him and kepte his commaundementes which the LORDE had coÌ„maunded Moses And the LORDE was w t him And whither so euer he weÌ„te forth he behaued him selfe wysely He resisted the kyn of Assiria and was not subdued vnto him He smote the Philistynes also vnto Gasa and their borders from the castels vnto the stronge cities In the fourth yeare of Ezechias kynge of Iuda y t was the seuenth yeare of Oseas the sonne of Ela kynge of Israel came Salmanasar the kynge of Assiria vp agaynst Samaria and layed sege vnto it and wanne it after thre yeares in the sixte yeare of Ezechias that is in the nyenth yeare of Oseas kynge of Israel theÌ„ was Samaria wonne And the kynge of Assiria caried Israel awaye vnto Assiria and set them at Halah and Habor by the water Gosan and in the cities of the Meedes And all because they herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE their God and had transgressed his couenaunt And as for all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had commaunded theÌ„ they had nether herkened vnto eny of those ner done them In the fourteÌ„th yeare of kynge Ezechias dyd Sennacherib y e kynge of Assiria come vp agaynst all the stronge cities of Iuda coÌ„quered theÌ„ Then sent Ezechias the kynge of Iuda to y e kynge of Assiria vnto Lachis sayenge I haue offended turne back fro me loke what thou layest vnto me I wil beare it TheÌ„ the kynge of Assiria layed vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda thre hundreth talentes of syluer thirtie talentes of golde So Ezechias gaue all y e syluer y t was fouÌ„de in y e house of the LORDE in
first Iehiel Sethan and Ioel these thre The children of Simei were Salomith Hasiel and Haran these thre These were the chefe amonge the fathers of Laedan These also were the children of Simei Iahath Sina Ieus and Bria these foure were Simeis children also Iahath was the first Sina the seconde As for Ieus and Bria they had not many childreÌ„ therfore were they couÌ„ted but for one fathers house The childreÌ„ of Kahath were Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel these foure The childreÌ„ of Amram were Aaron and Moses As for Aaron he was separated to be sanctified for the Most holy he his sonnes for euer to burne incense before the LORDE to mynister and blesse in y e name of the LORDE for euermore And the children of Moses the man of God were named amonge y e trybe of the Leuites The childreÌ„ of Moses were Gerson and Elieser The children of Gerson the fyrst was Sebuel The children of Elieser the fyrst was Rehabia Elieser had none other children But y e childreÌ„ of Rehabia were many ther ouer The children of Iezehar were Salomith the fyrst The children of Hebron were Ieria the fyrst Amaria the seconde Iahasiel the thirde and Iakmeam y e fourth The children of Vsiel were Micha the fyrst and Iesia the seconde The children of Merari were Maheli Musi. The children of Maheli were Eleasar and Cis. And Eleasar dyed and had no sonnes but doughters And the children of Cis their brethren toke them The children of Musi were Maheli Eder and Ieremoth these thre These are the children of Leui amonge their fathers houses and the chefest of the fathers which were counted after the nombre of y e names heade by heade which executed the worke of the offices in the house of the LORDE from thirtie yeare olde aboue For Dauid sayde The LORDE God of Israel hath geuen his people rest shall dwell at Ierusalem for euer Amonge y e Leuites also were the childreÌ„ of Leui nombred from thirtie yeare olde and aboue that they neded not to beare y e Habitacion with all the vessels of their office but acordinge to y e last wordes of Dauid y t they shulde stonde vnder the hande of the children of Aaron to mynister in the house of the LORDE in the courte and to the chestes and for purifyenge and to all maner of sanctifyenge and to euery worke of the office in the house of God And for y e shewbred for the fyne floure for the meat offrynge for the vnleuended wafers for the pannes for y e fryenge and for all maner of weight and measure And in the mornynge to stonde for to geue thankes and to prayse the LORDE and in the euenynge likewyse And vpon all Sabbathes Newmones and feastes to offre all the burnt offerynges vnto the LOROE acordinge to the nombre and ordre allwaye before the LORDE to wayte vpon the Tabernacle of witnesse and of the SaÌ„ctuary and vpon their brethreÌ„ the children of Aaron to mynister in the house of the LORDE The XXV Chapter THis was y e ordinaunce of the childreÌ„ of Aaron The children of Aaron were Nadab Abihu Eleasar and Ithamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed before their fathers and had no children And Eleasar and Ithamar were prestes And Dauid ordred them after his maner Sadoc out of the children of Eleasar and Ahimelech out of the children of Ithamar acordinge to their nombre and office And there were mo chefe stronge men founde amonge the children of Eleasar then the children of Ithamar And he ordeyned them after this maner namely sixtene out of y e childreÌ„ of Eleasar to be rulers thorow out their fathers house eight of the children of Ithamar thorow out their fathers house Neuertheles he ordeyned them by lot because that both the pryncipall of the children of Eleasar and of Ithamar were in y e Sanctuary and chefe before God And the Scrybe Semeia the sonne of Nethaneel one of the Leuites wrote them vp before y e kynge and before the rulers and before Sadoc the prest before Ahimelech â—he sonne of Abiathar before the chefe of the fathers amonge the prestes Leuites namely one fathers house for Eleasar and the other for Ithamar And the first lot fell vpon Ioiarib the seconde vpon Iedana the thirde vpoÌ„ Harim the fourth vpon Seorim the fifth vpoÌ„ Malchia the sixte vpon Meiamin the seuenth vpon Hakoz the eight vpon Abia the nyenth vpon Iesua the tenth vpon Sechania the eleuenth vpon Eliasib the twolueth vpon Iakim the thirtenth vpon Hupa the fourtenth vpon Iesebeab the fiftenth vpon Bilga the sixtenth vpon Immer the seuententh vpon Hesir the eightenth vpon Hapizez the nyententh vpon Pethahia the twentieth vpon Ieheszkel the one and twentieth vpon Iachin the two twentieth vpon Samul the thre twentieth vpoÌ„ Dalaia y e foure and twentieth vpoÌ„ Maasia This is their course after their office to go in to the house of the LORDE acordinge to their maner vnder their father Aaron as the LORDE God of Israel commaunded him Of the children of Leui amonge the children of Amram was Subael Amonge the children of Subael was Iohdea Amonge the children of Rehabia was y e first Iesia Amonge the Iezeharites was Selomoth Amonge the children of Selomoth was Iahath The children of Hebron were Ieria y e first Amaria the seconde Iehasiel the thirde Iakneam the fourth The children of Vsiel were Micha AmoÌ„ge the children of Micha was Samir The brother of Micha was Iesia Amonge the children of Iesia was Zacharias The children of Merari were Maheli Musi whose sonne was Iaesia The childreÌ„ of Merari of his sonne Iaesia were Soham Sacur Ibri Maheli had Eleasar for he had no sonnes Of Cis the children of Cis were Ierahmeel and Musi. The children of Musi were Maheli Eder and Ieremoth These are the childreÌ„ of y e Leuites thorow out y e house of their fathers And the lot was cast for them also besyde their brethren the children of Aaron in the presence of kynge Dauid and Sadoc and Ahimelech and before the chefe fathers amonge the prestes Leuites as well for the leest brother as for the chefest amonge the fathers The XXVI Chapter ANd Dauid with the chefe captaynes sundered to the offices amonge y e childreÌ„ of Assaph Heman Iedithun y e prophetes with harpes psalteries Cymbales and they were nombred vnto the worke acordynge to their offyce Amonge the childreÌ„ of Assaph was Sakur Ioseph Nethania Asarela childreÌ„ of Assaph vnder Assaph which prophecyed besyde y e kynge Of Iedithun The children of Iedithun were Gedalia Zori Iesaia Hasabia Mathithia Simei these sixe vnder their father Iedithun w t harpes whose prophecienge was to geue thankes and to praise the LORDE Of Heman The children of Heman were Bukia Mathania Vsiel Sebuel Ierimoth Hanania Hanani Eliatha Gilthi Remamthieser Iaszbaksa Mallothi Hothir and Mehesioth All these were the children of HemaÌ„ the kynges Seer in the wordes of God
and haue made you prestes of youre awne euen as the people of the londes Who so euer commeth to fyll his hande with a yonge bullocke and seuen rammes shal be preste vnto them that are not goddes But with vs is y e LORDE oure God whoÌ„ we forsake not and the prestes that minister vnto the LORDE the children of Aaron and the Leuites in their busines and euery mornynge and euery euenynge kyndle they the burnt offerynges vnto the LORDE and the swete incense and prepare the shewbred vpoÌ„ the pure table and the golden candilsticke with his lampes to be kyndled euery euenynge for we wayte vpoÌ„ the LORDE oure God As for you ye haue forsaken him Beholde God is the captayne of oure hoost and with vs are his prestes and the blowynge trompettes to trompe agaynst you Ye children of Israel fight not agaynst the LORDE God of yo r fathers for ye shal not prospere Neuertheles Ieroboam made a preuy watch on euery syde to come vpon them behynde so that they were before Iuda and y e preuy watch behynde Now whaÌ„ Iuda turned them beholde there was battayll before theÌ„ behynde Then cryed they vnto y e LORDE the prestes tromped with the trompettes whaÌ„ euery man in Iuda gaue a shoute God plaged Ieroboam and Israel before Abia and Iuda And the children of Israel fled before Iuda and God gaue them in to their handes so that Abia his people dyd a greate slaughter vpon them and there fell wounded of Israel fyue hundreth thousande chosen men Thus were the children of Israel subdued at that tyme but the children of Iuda were comforted for they put their trust in y e LORDE God of their fathers And Abia folowed vpon Ieroboam and wanne cities froÌ„ him Bethel with the vyllages therof Iesana w t hir vyllages and Ephron with the villages therof so that Ieroboam came nomore to strength as longe as Abia lyued And the LORDE smote him that he dyed Now whan Abia was strengthed he toke fourtene wyues and begat two and twentye sonnes and sixtene daughters What more there is to saye of Abia and of his wayes and his doynges it is wrytten in the storye of the prophet Iddo And Abia fell on slepe with his fathers and they buryed him in 〈◊〉 cite of Dauid and Asa his sonne was 〈◊〉 in his steade In his tyme was the londe 〈◊〉 rest ten yeares The XIIII Chapter ANd Asa dyd that which was goodâ— right in the sighte of the LORDE his God and put awaye the straunge â—â—tares and the hye places and brake the pâ—lers and hewed downe the groues and sayde vnto Iuda that they shulde seke the LORDE God of their fathers and to do after y e lawe and commaundementes And the hye places and ymages put he awaye out of 〈◊〉 the cities of Iuda and the kyngdome haâ— rest before him And he builded stroÌ„ge cities in Iuda whyle the londe was in quietnes whyle there was no warre agaynst him 〈◊〉 the same yeares for y e LORDE gaue him rest And he sayde vnto Iuda Let vs buylde vp these cities and fense them rounde aboâ—te with walles and towres with portes and barres while the londe is yet with vs for we haue soughte tâ—e LORDE oure God and he hath geuen vs rest on euery syde So they buylded and it wente prosperously with theÌ„ â–ª And Asa had an hoost of meÌ„ which bare sâ—â—des speares out of Iuda thre C. thousande and out of Ben Iamin two huÌ„dreth and foâ—re score thousande that bare shyldes coulde shute w t bowes and all these were mightie stronge men But Serah the Moryan came out against theÌ„ w t an hoost of a thousande times a thousande and with thre hundreth charettes and came vnto Maresa And Asa wente forth agaynst him And they prepared them selues to the battayll in the valley Zephatâ— beside Maresa And Asa called vpon y e LORDE his God and sayde LORDE it is no differeÌ„ce w t y e to helpe by fewe or by many Helpe vs O LORDE oure God for oure trust is in the in thy name are we come forth against this multitude LORDE oure God let no man preuayle agaynst the. And the LORDE smote the MoriaÌ„s before Asa and before Iuda so that they fled And Asa with y e people that was by him folowed vpon them vnto Gerar. And the MoriaÌ„s fell so that none of them remained alyue but were smytten before the LORDE and before his hoost And they caried exceadinge moch spoyle from thence And he smote all the cyties aboute Gerar for a fearfulnesse of the LORDE came vpon them And they spoyled all the cities for there was moch spoyle in them They smote the tentes of the catell also and toke many shepe and Camels and came agayne to Ierusalem The XV. Chapter ANd the sprete of God came vpoÌ„ Asarias the sonne of Obed which wente forth to Asa and sayde vnto him Heare me Asa and all Iuda Ben Iamin The LORDE is with you whyle ye are with him and yf ye seke him he wylbe founde of you But yf ye forsake him he shal forsake you also Neuertheles there shal be many dayes in Israel that there shal be no true God no prest to teach no lawe And whan they turne in their trouble vnto the LORDE God of Israel and seke him he shal be founde At that tyme shall it not be well with him that goeth out and in for there shal be greate vproures vpon all them y t dwell on the earth For one people shall all to smyte another one cite another for God shal vexe them w t all maner of trouble But be ye stronge and let not youre handes be feble for youre worke hath his rewarde Whan Asa herde these wordes and the prophecieÌ„ge of Asarias the sonne of Obed the prophet he toke a corage vnto him and put awaye the abhominacions out of all y e londe of Iuda and Ben Iamin and out of the cities that he had wonne vpon mount Ephraim and renued the LORDES altare which stode before the porche of the LORDE And all Iuda and Ben Iamin gathered them selues together and the straungers with them out of Ephraim Manasses and Simeon for there fell many vnto him out of Israel whan they sawe that the LORDE his God was with him And they resorted vnto Ierusalem in the thirde moneth of the fyftenth yeare of the reigne of Asa and the same daye offred they vnto the LORDE of the spoyle that they had broughte seuen huÌ„dreth oxen and seuen thousande shepe And they entred in to y e couenaunt that they wolde seke the LORDE God of their fathers with all their hert and with all their soule And who so euer wolde not seke y e LORDE God of Israel shulde dye both small greate both man and woman and they sware vnto the LORDE with loude voyce with shoutinge with trompettes and with shawmes And all Iuda were glad ouer the ooth for
the LORDE as his father Amasias had done and soughte God as longe as Zacharias lyued which taughte in the visyons of God and as longe as he sought the LORDE God made him to prospere For he wente forth and foughte agaynst the Philistynes and brake downe y e walles of Gath and the walles of Iabne and the walles of Aszdod and buylded cities aboute Aszdod amonge the Philistynes For God helped him agaynst the Philistines against the Arabians agaynst them of Gur Baal agaynst the Meunites And y e Ammonites gaue Osias presentes his name came in to Egipte for he was exceadinge stronge And Osias buylded towres at Ierusalem vpon the cornerporte and on the valley gate and on other corners and made them stronge He buylded castels also in the wyldernesse and dygged many welles for he had many catell both in the medewes and in the playnes huszbandmen also and wynegardeners on the mountaynes and on Carmel for he delyted in huszbandaye And Osias had an hoost of men of warre goynge forth to the battaill which were noÌ„bred vnder the hande of Ieiel the scrybe of Maesa the offycer vnder the haÌ„de of Hanania of the kynges rulers And the nombre of the chefe fathers amonge the stronge meÌ„ of warre was two thousande and syxe hundreth And vnder the hande of the hoost thre hundreth thousande and seuen thousande and fyue hundreth mete for the battayll in the strength of an armye to helpe the kinge agaynst the enemies And Osias prepared for all the hoost shyldes speares helmettes brestplates bowes and slyngstones And at IerusaleÌ„ he made ordinaunce coÌ„ningly to be vpon the towres and in the pynnacles to shute arowes and greate stones And the fame of him came farre abrode because he was specially helped tyll he became mightie And whan his power was greate his hert arose to his awne destruccion for he trespaced agaynst the LORDE his God and wente in to the temple of the LORDE to burne incense vpon the altare of incense But Asarias the prest wente after him and foure score prestes with him valeaunt men and withstode kynge Osias and saide vnto him It belongeth not vnto thy offyce Osias to burne incense vnto the LORDE but vnto the prestes belongeth it euen vnto the children of Aaron which are halowed to burne incense Go forth out of the Sanctuary for thou offendest and it shall be no worshippe vnto the before God the LORDE And Osias was wroth and had a censoure in his hande And whyle he murmured with the prestes the leprosy spronge out of his foreheade in the presence of the prestes in the house of the LORDE before the altare of incense And Asarias the chefe prest turned his heade towarde him and so dyd all the prestes and beholde he was leper in his foreheade And they put him out from thence Yee he made haist himselfe to go forth for his plage came of the LORDE Thus became Osias y e kynge a leper vnto his death and dwelt full of leprosye in a fre house for he was put out of the house of the LORDE But Ioram his sonne had the ouersight of the kynges house and iudged the people in the lâ—nde What more there is to saie of Osias both first and last Esay the sonne of Amos hath wrytten it And Osias fell on slepe w t his fathers and they buryed him with his fathers in the pece of grounde beside y e kynges sepulcres for they sayde He is leporous And Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXVII Chapter IOtham was fyue and twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ierusa the daughter of Sadoc he dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE as did Osias his father sauynge y t he wente not in to the temple of the LORDE and the people yet marred them selues He buylded the hye porte of the house of y e LORDE and on the wall of Ophel buylded he moch and buylded the cities vpon the mountaynes of Iuda and in the woddes buylded he castels and towres And he fought with the kinge of the children of Ammon and ouer came them so that the childreÌ„ of Ammon gaue him y e same yeare an hundreth talentes of siluer ten thousande quarters of wheate and ten thousande of barlye So moch dyd the children of Ammon geue him also in y e seconde thirde yeare Thus became Iotham mightye for he gyded his wayes before the LORDE his God What more there is to saye of Iotham all his warres vnd his waies beholde it is wrytten in y e boke of the kinges of Israel Iuda Fyue and twentye yeare olde was he whan he was made kynge reigned sixtene yeare at IerusaleÌ„ And IothaÌ„ fell on slepe w t his fathers they buryed him in the cite of Dauid and Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXVIII Chapter AChas was twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem and dyd not that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE as did Dauid his father but walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel and made molten ymages vnto Baalim and brent incense in the valley of the children of Hennon and breÌ„t his awne sonnes in y e fire after the abhominacions of the Heithen whoÌ„ the LORDE expelled before the childreÌ„ of Israel And he dyd sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places and vpon the hilles and amoÌ„ge all grene trees Therfore dyd the LORDE his God delyuer him in to the hande of the kynge of Syria so that they smote him and caryed awaye a greate multitude of his men presoners and broughte them to Damascon He was geuen also vnder the hande of the kynge of Israel so y t he dyd a greate slaughter vpon him For Pecah the sonne of Romelia smote in Iuda an hundreth twentye thousande in one daye which all were valeaunt men eueÌ„ because they had forsaken y e LORDE God of their fathers And Sichri a mightie maÌ„ of Ephraim slewe Maeseia y e kinges sonne Asriâ—am the prynce of the house Elâ—ana the nexte vnto the kynge And the children of Israel caried of their brethren presoners two hundreth thousande wemen sonnes and doughters and toke a greate spoyle from them and broughte the spoyle vnto Samaria But eueÌ„ there was there a prophet of y e LORDE whose name was Obed which weÌ„te out to mete y e hoost that came to Samaria and sayde vnto them Beholde because the LORDE God of youre fathers is wroth at Iuda therfore hath he geuen them ouer in to youre handes but ye haue slayne them so abhominably that it is come vnto heaueÌ„ Now thinke ye to subdue the children of Iuda and Ierusalem to be bondmen and bond maydens vnto you Is not this a trespace then w t you agaynst the LORDE yo r God Herken now vnto me and sende y e presoners hence agayne whom
ye haue caried awaye from youre brethren for the wrath of y e LORDE is fearce ouer you Then gat vp certayne of the chefe of the children of Ephraim Asarias the sonne of Iohanan Barachias the sonne of Mesillemoth Ezechias the sonne of Sallum Amasa y e sonne of Hadlai agaynst them y t came from y e battayll sayde vnto them Ye shal not brynge the presoners in hither for youre mynde is but to make vs trespace before the LORDE to make oure synnes and offences the greater for the trespace is to moch allready the wrath is fearce ouer Israel So the hoost lefte the presoners the spoyle before y e rulers and before the whole coÌ„gregacion Then stode vp the men which now were rehearced by name and toke the presoners and as many as were naked amonge them clothed they with y e spoyles deckte them and put shues vpon their fete and gaue theÌ„ to eate and drynke and anoynted them and caried them vpon asses as many as were feble and broughte them to Iericho to y e Palme cite vnto their brethren and came agayne to Samaria At the same tyme sent kynge Achas vnto the kynges of Assur y t they shulde helpe him And the Edomites came agayne and smote Iuda and caried some awaye captyue The Philistynes also fell in to the cities in the playne towarde y e south parte of Iuda wanne Beth Semes Aâ—alon Gederoth and Socho with the vyllages therof Timna w t the vyllages therof Gimso with the vyllages therof and dwelt therin For y e LORDE subdued Iuda for Achas sake y e kynge of Iuda because he made Iuda naked and rebelled agaynst the LORDE And Teglatpilnesser the kynge of Assur came agaynst him and beseged him he was not mightie ynough for him For Achas spoyled the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and of the rulers to geue vnto y e kynge of Assur but it helped him not Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble and dyd sacrifyce vnto the goddes of them of Damascon which had smitten him sayde The goddes of the kynges of Syria helpe them therfore wil I offre vnto them that they maye helpe me also where as the same yet were a fall vnto him and to all Israel And Achas gathered the vessels of y e house of God together and brake the vessels in y e house of God shut the dores of the house of y e LORDE and made him altares in all corners at Ierusalem and euery where in the cyties of Iuda made he hye places to burne incense vnto other goddes and prouoked y e LORDE God of his fathers vnto wrath What more there is to saye of him and of all his wayes both first and last beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him in y e cite of Ierusalem for they brought him not amonge the sepulcres of the kynges of Israel And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXIX Chapter EZechias was fyue twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned nyne twentye yeares at Ierusalem His mothers name was Abia y e doughter of Zachary And he dyd that which was right in the sight of the LORDE as did his father Dauid He opened the dores of y e house of the LORDE in the first moneth of y e first yeare of his raigne made them stronge brought in the prestes and Leuites and gathered them together vnto the East streate and sayde vnto them Herken vnto me ye Leuites sanctifye youre selues now y t ye maye halowe the house of the LORDE God of yo r fathers and put fylthines out of the Sanctuary for oure fathers haue trespaced and done y t which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE oure God and haue forsaken him For they turned their faces from the habitacioÌ„ of y e LORDE oure God turned their backes on it and shut the dores of the Porche and put out the lampes and brent no incense offred no burntsacrifyces in the Sanctuary vnto the God of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE come ouer Iuda and Ierusalem and he hath geuen them ouer to be scatred abrode desolate and to be hyssed at as ye se with yo r eies· For beholde euen for the same cause fell oure fathers thorow the swerde oure sonnes doughters and wyues were caryed awaye captyue Now am I mynded to make a couenaunt with the LORDE God of Israel y t he maye turne awaie from vs his wrath indignacion Now my sonnes be not ye negligent for the LORDE hath chosen you to stoÌ„de before him and to be his mynisters and to burne incense vnto him Then rose the Leuites Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Asaria of the children of the Rahathites Of the children of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi Asaria the sonne of Iehaleleel Of the children of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah And of the childreÌ„ of Elizaphan Simri Ieiel And of the childreÌ„ of Assaph Sachary and Mathania And of the chidren of Heman Iehiel and Simei And of the children of Iedithun Semaia and Vsiel And they gathered their brethren together and were sanctified and wente in acordinge to the kynges commaundement at the worde of the LORDE to clense the house of y e LORDE And the prestes entred within in the house of the LORDE to purifye and put out all the vnclennes that was founde in the teÌ„ple of the LORDE in the courte of the LORDES house and the prestes toke it vp and caryed it out in to the broke Cedron The fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth beganne they to sanctifye them selues and on the eight daye of the moneth wente they in to the porche of the LORDE and halowed the house of y e LORDE eight dayes and fynished it on the sixtenth daye of the fyrst moneth And they weÌ„te in to the kynge Ezechias and sayde We haue clensed all the house of the LORDE the altare of burnt offerynges and all his vessels the table of the shewbred and all the apparell therof and all the ornamentes that kynge Achas cast awaye whaÌ„ he was kynge what tyme as he transgressed those haue we prepared and halowed Beholde they are before the altare of the LORDE TheÌ„ the kynge Ezechias gat him vp early and gathered together the Elders of the cite and weÌ„te vp vnto the house of the LORDE and they broughte seuen bullockes seuen rammes seuen lambes and seuen he goates to be the syn offerynge for the Sanctuary for Iuda And he spake vnto the prestes the children of Aaron that they shulde offre vpon the altare of the LORDE So they slewe the bullockes and the prestes toke the bloude and sprenkled it vpon y e altare and slewe the rammes and sprenkled the bloude vpon
Be it knowne vnto the kynge that we came in to Iewry to the house of y e greate God which is buylded with all maner of stone and balckes are layed in the walles and y e worke goeth fast forth and prospereth in their handes Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them Who hath cōmaunded you to buylde this house and to make vp the walles therof We axed their names also that we might certifye the and haue wrytten the names of the men that were their rulers But they answered vs w t these wordes and sayde We are the seruaūtes of the God of heauen and earth and buylde the house y t was buylded many yeares agoo which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp Howbeit whan oure fathers prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath he gaue them ouer in the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon the Caldee which brake downe this house caried y e people awaye vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Babilon y e same kynge Cyrus commaunded to buylde this house of God for the vessels of golde and siluer in the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalē and broughte thē in to y e temple at Babilon those dyd Cyrus the kynge take out of y e temple at Babilon and delyuered them vnto Seszbazer by name whom he made Debyte and sayde vnto him Take these vessels go thy waye and brynge them vnto the temple at Ierusalem and let the house of God be buylded in his place Then came the same Seszbazar and layed y e foundacion of the house of God at Ierusalem Sence that tyme hath it bene in buyldinge and yet is it not fynished Yf it please y e kynge now let there be search made in y e kynges treasure house which is at Babilon whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus commaundement that the house of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded sende vs y e kynges mynde concernynge the same The VI. Chapter THen cōmaunded kinge Darius that search shulde be made in y e library of y e kynges treasure house which laye at Babilon So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the londe of the Meedes there was founde a boke in it was there an acte wrytten after this maner In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus cōmaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde y e house of God at Ierusalem in the place where the sacrifice is made to laye the foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght thre score cubites bredth thre walles of all maner of stones and one wall of tymber the expences shal be geuen of the kynges house And the goldē and syluer vessell of y e house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalem and broughte vnto Babilon shal be restored agayne y t they maye be broughte vnto the temple at Ierusalē to their place in to the house of God Get you farre from them therfore thou Thathnai Debyte beyonde the water and Sethar of Bosen youre councelers which are beyonde the water Let them worke in y e house of God that the Debyte of y e Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place I haue commaunded also what shal be done to y e Elders of Iuda for the buyldinge of the house of God that there shal diligently be takē of the kynges goodes euen of the rentes beyonde the water geuen vnto the men and that they be not hyndered And yf they haue nede of calues lambes or goates for the burnt offrynge vnto y e God of heauen wheate salt wyne and oyle after the custome of the prestes at Ierusalem there shal be geuen them daylie as is acordinge and se that this be not done necligētly that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto y e God of heauen and praye for the kynges lyfe and for his children This commaundement haue I geuē And what man so euer he be that altereth these wordes there shal a balke be taken from his house and set vp and he shal be hanged theron and his house shal be prysed for the dede But the God that dwelleth in heauen destroye all kynges and people that put to their hāde to alter and to breake downe the house of God at Ierusalem I Darius haue commaunded that this be diligently done Then Thathnai y e Debyte beyonde y e water and Sethar of Bosen with their councelers to whom kynge Darius had sent dyd their diligence And y e Elders of the Iewes buylded and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo and they buylded and set vp the worke acordinge to the commaundement of the God of Israel and after the commaundement of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And they perfourmed the house vnto the thirde daye of the moneth Adar that was the sixte yeare of the reigne of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites and the other children of y e captyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of God with ioye and offred at the dedicacion of the house of God an hundreth calues two hundreth lambes foure hundreth goates and for the syn offerynge for all Israel twolue he goates acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of Israel and set the prestes in their courses and y e Leuites in their offices to mynister vnto God which is at Ierusalē as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And the children of the captyuite helde Passeouer vpon the fourtenth daye of the first moneth for y e prestes and Leuites had purified them selues so y t they were all cleane as one man and kylled Passeouer for all the children of the captyuite and for their brethrē the prestes and for them selues And the childrē of Israel which were come agayne out of captiuyte and all soch as had separated them selues vnto them from the fylthinesse of the Heythen in the londe to seke the LORDE God of Israel ate helde the feast of vnleuēded bred seuen dayes with ioye for the LORDE had made them glad and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto thē so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God which is y e God of Israel The VII Chapter AFter these actes in the reigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia there wente vp from Babilon Eszdras the sonne of Seraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helchias the sonne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne Meraioth the sonne of Serahia y e sonne of Vsi the sonne of Buki the sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chefe prest which was a quycke scrybe in the lawe of Moses which the LORDE God of Israel dyd geue And y e kynge gaue him all that he
my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemie saye I haue preuayled agaynst hiÌ„ for yf I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyse at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hert is ioyfull in thy sauynge health I wil synge of the LORDE that dealeth so louyngly with me Yee I wil prayse the name of the LORDE the most hyest The XIII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodyes saye in their hertes Tush there is no God They are corrupte aÌ„d become abhominable in their doynges there is not one â— doth good The LORDE loked downe froÌ„ heaueÌ„ vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde seke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are alltogether become vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulcre with their tonges they haue disceaued the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is full of cursinge and bytternes their fete are swift to shed bloude Destruccion wretchednes are in their wayes aÌ„d the waye of peace haue they not knowne there is no feare off God before their eyes How can they haue vnderstondinge y t worke myschefe eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpoÌ„ y e LORDE Therfore shal they be brought in greate feare for God stondeth by the generacion of the rightuous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the couÌ„cell of the poore because he putteth his trust in the LORDE Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out off Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte TheÌ„ shulde Iacob reioyse and Israel shulde be right glad The XIIII A psalme of Dauid LORDE who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shal rest vpoÌ„ y i holy hill Euen he y t ledeth an vncorrupte life that doth the thinge which is right aÌ„d that speaketh the treuth from his herte He y t vseth no disceat in his tonge he that doth no euell to his neghboure slaundreth not his neghbours He y t setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of theÌ„ that feare the LORDE he y t sweareth vnto his neghboure dispoynteth him not He that geueth not his money vpon vsury and taketh no rewarde agaynst the innoceÌ„t Who so doth these thiÌ„ges shal neuer be remoued The XV. A psalme of Dauid PReserue me o God for in the do I trust I haue sayde vnto y e LORDE thou art my God my goodes are nothinge vnto the. All my delyte is vpon the sanctes that are in the earth and vpon soch like But they y t runne after another shall haue greate trouble Their drynk offerynges of bloude wil not I offre nether make mencion of their name in my mouth The LORDE himself is my good and my 〈◊〉 thou manteynest my enheritauÌ„ce 〈…〉 is fallen vnto me in a fayre ground◠〈…〉 a goodly heretage I wil thanke 〈…〉 for geuynge me warnynge my 〈…〉 so haue chastened me in the night 〈…〉 Afore honde sawe I God allwayes 〈…〉 me for he is on my right honde that I shulde not be moued Therfore dyd my hert reioyce my tunge was glad my flesh also shall rest in hope For why thou shalt not leaue my souâ—e in hell nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life thou shalt make me full of ioye w t thy countenaunce At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore The XVI A psalme of Dauid HEare y e right O LORDE coÌ„sidre my coÌ„â—playnte herken vnto my prayer thaâ— goeth not out of a fayned mouth Leâ— my sentence come forth froÌ„ thy presence and loke vpon the thinge that is equall Thoâ— hast proued visited myne herte in the nighâ— season thou hast tried me in the fyre hasâ— founde no wickednes in me for I vtterly puâ—â—posed that my mouth shulde not offende Because of the wordes of thy lippes I haue kepte me froÌ„ the workes of men in y e wayâ— off the murthurer Oh ordre thou my goynâ—ges in thy pathes that my fote steppes slippe not For vnto the I crie heare me o Godâ— enclyne thine eares to me and herkeÌ„ vnto my wordes Shewe y i maruelous louinge kindnesse thou that sauest them which put their trust in the from soch as resist thy right honde Kepe me as the apple of an eye defende me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges From the vngodly that trouble me fro myne enemies which compasse my soule rounde aboute Which manteyne their owne welthynesse with oppression their mouth speaketh proude thinges They lye waytinge in o r waye on euery syde turnynge their eyes downe to the grounde Like as a lyon that is gredy of his pray as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in his denne Vp LORDE dispoynte him cast him downe delyuer my soule with thy swerde from the vngodly FroÌ„ the men of thy honde o LORDE from the men off the worlde which haue their porcion in this life whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure They haue children at their desyre and leaue the reste of their substauÌ„ce for their babes But as forme I will beholde thy presence in rightuousnes and when thy glory appeaâ—â— shal be satisfied 〈◊〉 XVII A psalme of Dauid when he is delyuered from the honde off Saul 〈…〉 loue the o LORDE my streÌ„gth 〈…〉 The LORDE is my suco r my refuge 〈◊〉 my Sauio r my god my helper iÌ„ whoÌ„ 〈…〉 my buckler y e horne of my health my proteccioÌ„ I wil prayse y e LORDE call vpon him so shal I be safe fro myne enemies The sorowes of death coÌ„passed me the brokes of vngodlynes made me afrayed The paynes of hell came aboute me the snares of death toke holde vpoÌ„ me Yet in my trouble I called vpoÌ„ the LORDE coÌ„playned vnto my God So he herde my voyce out off his holy teÌ„ple my coÌ„playnte came before hiÌ„ yee eueÌ„ in to his eares TheÌ„ the earth trembled quaked the very fouÌ„dacioÌ„s of the hilles shoke were remoued because he was wrothe There weÌ„te a smoke out of his nostrels aÌ„d a coÌ„sumynge fyre out of his mouth so y e coales were kyndled at it He bowed the heaueÌ„s came downe it was darcke vnder his fete He rode vpoÌ„ the Cherubins dyd fle he came flyenge with the wynges of the wynde He made darcknesse his pauylion rounde aboute hiÌ„ with darcke water thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnes off his presence the cloudes remoued with hale stones coales of fyre The LORDE also thondred out of y e heaueÌ„ the heyth gaue his thondre w t hale stones coales of fyre He sent out his arowes scatred theÌ„ he cast sore lighteninges destroyed theÌ„ The springes of waters were sene the foundacioÌ„s of the rouÌ„de worlde were discouered
at y i chiding o LORDE at the blastinge breth of thy displeasure He sent downe frō the heyth to fetch me toke me out of greate waters He delyuered me fro my stronge enemies and fro my foes which were to mightie forme They preuented me in the tyme of my trouble but y e LORDE was my defence He brought me forth also into lyberte delyuered me because he had a fauo r vnto me The LORDE shall rewarde me after my rightuous dealynge acordinge to the clēnesse of my hōdes shal he recōpense me For I haue kepte the wayes of the LORDE haue not behaued myself wickedly agaynst my God I haue an eye vnto all his lawes cast not out his commaundemētes fro me Vncorrupte will I be before hī wil eschue myne owne wickednes Therfore shal y e LORDE rewarde me after my rightuous dealinge acordinge vnto y e clēnesse of my hōdes in his eye sight With the holy thou shalt be holy w t y e innocēt thou shalt be innocēt With the clene thou shalt be clene with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed brīge downe the hye lokes of the proude Thou lightest my cādle o LORDE my God thou makest my darcknesse to be light For in the I can discōfit an hoost of mē yee in my God I cā leape ouer the wall The waye of God is a perfecte waye the wordes of the LORDE are tried in the fyre he is a shylde of defence for all them that trust in him For who is God but the LORDE Or who hath eny strength but oure God It is God that hath gyrded me with strēgth and made my waye vncorrupte He hath made my fete like hartes fete and set me vp an hye He teacheth myne hondes to fight and maketh myne armes to breake euen a bowe off stele Thou hast geuē me the defence of thy health thy right hande vpholdeth me and thy louynge correccion maketh me greate Thou hast made rowme ynough vnder me for to go that my fote steppes shulde not slyde I will folowe vpon myne enemies and take them I will not turne till they be discomfited I will smyte them they shall not be able to stonde but fall vnder my fete Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto y e batell thou hast throwē them all downe vnder me that rose vp agaynst me Thou hast made myne enemies to turne their backes vpon me thou hast destroyed thē y t hated me They cried but there was none to helpe thē yee euen vnto the LORDE but he herde thē not I will beate them as small as the dust before the wynde I will cast them out as y e claye in the stretes Thou shalt delyuer me from the stryuinges of the people thou shalt make me the heade of the Heithē A people whom I haue not knowne shall serue me As soone as they heare of me they shall obeye me but the straunge childrē dyssemble with me The straunge children are waxē olde and go haltinge out of their pathes The LORDE lyueth ād blessed be my helper praysed be the God of my health Euē y e God which seyth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me It is he that delyuereth me fro my cruell enemies thou shalt lift me vp from them that ryse agaynst me thou shalt ryd me from the wicked man For this cause I wil geue thankes vnto y e o LORDE amonge the Gentiles and synge prayses vnto thy name Greate prosperite geueth he vnto his kynge and sheweth louinge kyndnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted yee vnto his sede for euermore The XVIII A psalme of Dauid THe very heauēs declare the glory off God ād the very firmamēt sheweth his hādye worke One daye telleth another and one night certifieth another There is nether speach ner lāguage but their voyces are herde amōge thē Their soūde is gone out in to all londes and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde In thē hath he sett a tabernacle for y e Sōne which cōmeth forth as a brydegrome out of his chambre reioyseth as a giaunte to rūne his course It goeth forth frō the one ende of the heauen and runneth aboute vnto the same ende agayne there maye no mā hyde himself frō the heate therof The lawe of the LORDE is a perfecte lawe it quickeneth the soule The testimony of y e LORDE is true geueth wisdome euen vnto babes The statutes of the LORDE are right reioyse the herte y e cōmaundemēt of y e LORDE is pure and geueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the LORDE is cleane endureth for euer the iudgmentes of the LORDE are true and rigtuous alltogether More pleasunt are they then golde yee then moch fyne golde sweter then hony the hony combe These thy seruaunt kepeth for kepinge of them there is greate rewarde Who can tell how oft he offendeth Oh clēse thou me fro my secrete fautes Kepe thy seruaūte also from presumptuous synnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shal I be vndefyled innocēt frō the greate offence Yee the wordes of my mouth the meditaciō of my herte shal be acceptable vnto the o LORDE my helper and my redemer The XIX A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE heare the in the tyme off trouble the name of the God of Iacob defende the. Sende the helpe frō the Sanctuary strength y e out of Sion Remembre all thy offerynges and accepte thy brent sacrifice ▪ Sela. Graunte the thy hertes desyre fulfill all thy mynde We will reioyse in thy health triūphe in y e name of the LORDE oure God the LORDE perfourme all thy peticiōs Now knowe I that the LORDE helpeth his anoynted and will heare him frō his holy heauen mightie is the helpe of his right hōde Some put their trust in charettes some in horses but we wil remēbre y e name of the LORDE oure God They are brought downe and fallen but we are rysen and stonde vp right Saue LORDE helpe vs o kynge when we call vpon the. The XX. A psalme of Dauid LORDE how ioyfull is the kynge in y e strength O how exceadinge glad is he of thy sauynge health Thou hast geuen him his hertes desyre hast not put him frō the request of his lippes ▪ Sela. For thou hast preuēted him w t liberall blessinges set a crowne of golde vpon his heade He asked life of the thou gauest him a longe life euē foreuer euer His honoure is greate in thy sauynge health glory and greate worshipe shalt thou laye vpon him For thou shalt geue him euerlastīge felicite make him glad w t the ioye of y e coūtenaūce And why ▪ because the kinge putteth his trust in the LORDE in the mercy of the most hiest he shal not myscary Let all thine enemies fele
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ„ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ„ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ„ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ„ amoÌ„ge the childreÌ„ of men For they inteÌ„ded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ„ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌ„playnte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌ„d thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌ„founded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ„ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ„ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌ„be thou wast â—â—y hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ„ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ„ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌ„cell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌ„d cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ„ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ„ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ„ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ„ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌ„d be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ„ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ„ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌ„d ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌ„forte me Thou preparest a â—â—ble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌ„pase of the worlde aÌ„d all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌ„ded it vpoÌ„ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ„ he y t hath innoceÌ„t hoÌ„des a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ„ the LORDE aÌ„d mercy froÌ„ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ„ of theÌ„ y t seke him of theÌ„ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌ„ces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory â–ª It is the LORDE stroÌ„ge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌ„phe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause â–ª they shall be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌ„bre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌ„dly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ„ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
my soule why art thou so disquieted withâ—â— me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet gâ—â—ue him thaÌ„kes for y e helpe of his countenaâ—â—ce and because he is my God The XLIII A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah WE haue herde with o r eare 〈◊〉 God o r fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their tyme of olde How thou hast dryueÌ„ out the Heithen w t thy honde plaÌ„ted theÌ„ in how thou hast destroyed the nacions cast theÌ„ out For they gat not the londe in possession thorow their owne swerde nether was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right haÌ„de thyne arme the light of thy countenaunce because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them Thou art y e kinge my God thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob Thorow y e wil we ouer throwe oure enemies in thy name will we treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my swerde y t shal helpe me But it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ oure enemies and puttest them to confucion that hate vs. We will allwaye make oure boast of God and prayse thy name for euer Sela. But now thou forsakest vs puttest vs to confucion and goest not forth with oure hoostes Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies so that they which hate vs spoile oure goodes Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe scatrest vs amonge the Heithen Thou sellest thy people for naught takest no moneye for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of o r neghbours to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision of them that are rounde aboute vs. Thou hast made vs a very by worde amonge the Heithen that the people shake their heades at vs. My coÌ„fucion is daylie before me the shame of my face couereth me For the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer for the enemie and auenger All this is come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten the ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt Oure hert is not turned backe nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye That thou smytesâ— vs so in the place of the serpeÌ„t couerest vs with y e shadowe of death Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God holdeÌ„ vp oure hondes to eny straunge God Shulde â—ot God fynde it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert But for thy sake we are kylled all the daie longe and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne Vp LORDE why slepest thou â–ª Awake and cast vs not of for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressioÌ„ For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde Arise o LORDE helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercie sake The XLIIII A psalme of the children of Corah MY hert is dytinge of a good matter I speake of that which I haue made of the kynge My tonge is y e penne of a ready wryter Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of meÌ„ full of grace are thy lippes therfore God blesseth the for euer Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee o thou mightie with worshipe and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure ryde on with the treuth mekenesse rightuousnes thy right hoÌ„de shal teach y e woÌ„derfull thinges Thy arowes are sharpe the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies Thy seate o God endureth for euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued rightuousnesse hated iniquite wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fâ—lowes All thy garmentes are like myrre Aloes Cassia when thou coÌ„mest out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull glory Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde Herken o doughter considre enclyne thine eare forget thine owne people thy fathers house So shal the kynge haue pleasure in thy beutie for he is thy LORDE thou shalt worshipe him The doughters of Tyre shal be there with giftes the riche amonge the people shal make their supplicacion before the. The kynges doughter is all glorious within hir clothinge is of wrought golde â–ª She shal be brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle worke and maydens after her soch as be next her shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and go into the kynges palace In steade of thy fathere thou hast gotten children whom thou shalt make prynces in all londes I wil remembre thy name from one generacioÌ„ to another therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende The XLV A psalme of the children of Corah IN oure troubles and aduersite we haue founde that God is oure refuge oure strength and helpe Therfore wil we not feare though the earth fell and though the hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see Though the waters of the see raged were neuer so troublous though the mountaynes shoke at the teÌ„pest of the same Sela. For there is a floude which w t his ryuers reioyseth y e cite of God the holy dwellynge of the most hyest God is in y e myddest of her therfore shall she not be remoued for God helpeth her y e right early The Heithen are madd the kyngdomes make moch a doo but wheÌ„ he sheweth his voyce y e earth melteth awaye The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. O come hither beholde y e workes of the LORDE what destruccioÌ„s he hath brought vpoÌ„ y e earth He hath made warres to ceasse in all the worlde he hath broken the bowe he hath knapped the speare in sonder breÌ„t the charettes in the fyre Be still theÌ„ confesse y t I am God I wil be exalted amonge the HeitheÌ„ I wil be exalted vpon earth The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. The XLVI A psalme of the children of Corah O Clappe youre hoÌ„des together all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of thaÌ„kesgeuynge For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared he is the greate kynge vpoÌ„ all y e earth He shal subdue the people vnder vs the HeitheÌ„ vnder oure fete He choseth vs for an heretage the beutie of Iacob whom he loued Sela God is gone vp w t a mery noyse the LORDE w t the sownde of the troÌ„pet O synge prayses synge prayses vnto God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto oure kynge For God is kynge of all the earth O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge God is kinge ouer the HeitheÌ„ God sitteth in his holy seate The prynces of the people are gathered together vnto the
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
and vnrigthuousnesse Their eyes swell for fatnesse they do euen what they lyst Corrupte are they and speake blasphemies maliciously proude and presumptuous are their wordes They stretch forth their mouth vnto the heauen their tonge goeth thorow the worlde Therfore fall the people vnto them and there out sucke they no small auauntage Tush saye they how shulde God perceaue it is there knowlege in the most hyest Lo these are the vngodly these prospere in the worlde these haue riches in possession Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne thought I wash my hondes in innocency Wherfore shulde I be then punyshed daylie be chastened euery mornynge â–ª Yee I had allmost also sayde euen as they but lo then shulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy children Then thought I to vnderstonde this but it was to harde for me Vntill I weÌ„te in to y e Sanctuary of God considered the ende of these men Namely how thou hast set theÌ„ in a slippery place that thou maiest cast theÌ„ downe headlynges destroye theÌ„ O how sodenly do they consume perish come to a fearfull ende Yee euen like as a dreame when one awaketh so makest thou their ymage to vanish out of the cite Thus my hert was greued it wente euen thorow my reynes So foolish was I and ignoraunt and as it were a beest before the. Neuerthelesse I am allwaye by the thou hold est me by my right hande Thou ledest me with thy couÌ„cel and afterwarde receauest me vnto glory O what is there prepared for me in heauen there is nothinge vpoÌ„ earth that I desyre in comparison of the. My flesh and my herte fayleth but God is the strength of my hert and my porcion for euer For lo they that forsake the shal perishe thou destroyest all them that committe fornicacion agaynst the. But it is good for me to holde me fast by God to put my trust in the LORDE God and to speake of all thy workes The LXXIII A psalme of Asaph O God wherfore doest thou cast vs so cleane awaye why is y e wrath so hote agaynst y e shepe of y e pasture O thynke vpon thy congregacion whom thou hast purchased froÌ„ the begynnynge the staff of thine inheritaunce whom thou hast redemed euen this hill of Sion wherin thou dwellest Treade vpon them with thy fete cast them downe to the grounde for the enemie hath destroyed alltogether in the SaÌ„ctuary Thy aduersaries roare in thy houses set vp their banners for tokens Men maye se the axes glister aboue like as those that hewe in the wod They cutt downe all the sylinge worke of y e SaÌ„ctuary w t bylles axes They haue set fyre vpon y e SaÌ„ctuary they haue defiled y e dwellynge place of y e name eueÌ„ vnto the grouÌ„de Yee they saye in their hertes Let vs spoyle theÌ„ all together thus haue they brent vp all the houses of God in the londe We se oure tokens nomore there is not one prophet more no not one that vnderstondeth enymore Oh God how loÌ„ge shal the aduersary do this dishonoure how loÌ„ge shal the enemie blaspheme thy name foreuer Why withdrawest thou thine honde why pluckest thou not thy right hoÌ„de out of thy bosome to consume thine enemies But God is my kynge of olde the helpe that is done vpon earth he doth it himself Thou deuydest y e see thorow thy power thou breakest the heades of the dragoÌ„s in the waters Thou smytest the heades of Leuiathan in peces geuest him to be meate for the people in the wildernesse Thou dyggest vp welles brokes thou dryest vp mightie waters The daye is thyne the night is thine thou hast prepared the lightes the Sonne Thou hast set all y e borders of the earth thou hast made both Sommer wynter Remembre this o LORDE how the enemie rebuketh how the foolish people blaspheme thy name O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer Loke vpon the couenaunt for the darcke houses of the earth are full of wickednesse O let not the symple go awaye ashamed for the poore nedy geue prayses vnto thy name Aryse o God manteyne thine owne cause remembre how the foolishmaÌ„ blasphemeth the daylie Forget not the voyce of thine enemies for the presumpcion of them that hate the increaseth euer more more The LXXIIII A psalme of Asaph UNto the o God will we geue thaÌ„kes yee vnto the wyll we geue thankes seynge thy name is sonye we will tell of thy wonderous workes When I maye get a conuenient tyme I shal iudge acordinge vnto right The earth is weake all that is therin but I beare vp hir pilers Sela. I sayde vnto the madde people deale not so madly to the vngodly set not vp youre hornes Set not vp youre hornes an hye speake not with a stiff necke For promocioÌ„ commeth nether from the east ner from the west ner yet froÌ„ the wyldernesse And why God is the iudge he putteth downe one setteth vp another For in the honde of the LORDE there is a cuppe full of stronge wyne he poureth out of the same As for the dreggeâ— therof all y e vngodly of the earth shal drynke them sucke them out But I wil talke of the God of Iacob prayse him for euer All the hornes of the vngodly will I breake y e hornes of the rightuous shal be exalted The LXXV A psalme of Asaph IN Iuda is God knowne his name is greate in Israel At Salem is his tabernacle his dwellinge in Sion There breaketh he the arowes of the bowe y e shylde the swerde the whole battaâ—ll Sela. Thou art of more honoure might theÌ„ the hilles of robbers The proude shal be robbed slepe their slepe y e mightie shal be able to do nothinge with their hoÌ„des WheÌ„ thou rebukest them o God of Iacob both the charettes horsmen shal fall on slepe Thou art feareful for who maye abyde in y e sight when thou art angrie When thou lattest thy iudgment be herde from heauen the erth trembleth is still Yee when God aryseth to geue iudgment to helpe all them that be in aduersite vpon earth Sela. When thou punyshest one man he must knowlege that thou art redy to punysh other mo Loke what ye promyse vnto the LORDE youre God se that kepe it all ye that be rouÌ„de aboute him brynge presentes vnto him y t ought to be feared Which taketh awaye the breth of prynces is wonderfull amoÌ„ge the kynges of the earth The LXXVI A psalme of Asaph I Cried vnto God with my voyce yet euen vnto God cried I with my voyce he herde me In the tyme of my trouble I sought the LORDE I helde vp my hondes vnto him in the night season for my soule refused all other comforte When
I was in heuynesse I thought vpoÌ„ God wheÌ„ my hert was vexed then dyd I speake Sela. Thou heldest myne eyes waâ—â—â—ge I was so feble that I coude not speake Then remembred I the tymes of olde the yeares that were past I called to remembraunce my songe in the night I commoned with myne owne herte and sought out my spâ—ete Wil the LORDE cast out for euer Wil he be nomore intreated Is his mercy cleane gone Is his promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore Hath the LORDE forgotten to be gracious Or hath he shut vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure Sela. At the last I came to this poynte that I thought O why art thou so foolish the right honde of the most hyest can chaunge all Therfore wil I remembre the workes of the LORDE and call to mynde thy wonders of olde tyme. I wil speake of all thy workes and my talkynge shal be of thy doinges Thy waye o God is holy who is so greate mightie as God Thou art the God that doth wonders thou hast declared thy power amonge the people Thou with thine arme hast delyuered thy people euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Sela. The waters sawe y e o God y e waters sawe y e were afrayed y e depthes were moued The thicke cloudes poured out water y e cloudes thoÌ„dered and thy arowes wente abrode Thy thonder was herde rounde aboute the lighteninges shone vpon the grounde the earth was moued and shoke withall Thy waye was in the see and thy pathes in the greate waters yet coude no man knowe thy fotesteppes Thou leddest thy people like a flocke of shepe by the honde of Moses and Aaron The LXXVII A psalme of Asaph HEare my lawe o my people encline yo r eares vnto y e wordes of my mouth I wil open my mouth in parables and speake of thinges of olde Which we haue herde and knowne and soch as oure fathers haue tolde vs. That we shulde not hyde them from the children of the generacions to come but to shewe the honoure of the LORDE his might and wonderfull workes that he hath done He made a couenaunt with Iacob and gaue Israel a lawe which he coÌ„maunded oure forefathers to teach their children That their posterite might knowe it and the children which were yet vnborne To the intent y t when they came vp they might shewe their children the same That they also might put their trust in God not to forget what he had done but to kepe his coÌ„maundementes And not to be as their forefathers a frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion a generacion that set not their herte a right and whose sprete was not true towarde God Like as the children of Ephraim which beynge harnessed and carienge bowes turned them selues backe in the tyme of battayll They kepte not the couenauÌ„t of God wolde not walke in his lawe They forgat what he had done and the wonderfull workes that he had shewed for them Maruelous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the londe of Egipte euen in the felde of Zoan He deuyded the see and let them go thorow it and made the waters to stonde like a wall In the daye tyme he led them with a cloude and all the nâ—ght thorow with a light of fyre He cloaue the hard rockes in the wildernesse and gaue them drynke therof as it had bene out of the greate dâ—â—pth He brought waters out of the 〈◊〉 rocke so that they gushed out like 〈…〉 Yet for all this they synned agaynst him and prouoked the most hyest in the wildernesse They tempted God in their hertes and requyred meate for their lust For they spake agaynst God and sayde Yee yee God shal prepare a table in the wyldernesse shall he Lo he smote the stony rocke that the watery streames gushed out and the streames flowed withall but how can he geue bred and prouyde flesh for his people When the LORDE herde this he was wroth so the fyre was kyndled in Iacob and heuy displeasure agaynst Israel Because theâ— beleued not in God and put not their trust in his helpe So he commauÌ„ded the cloudes aboue and opened the dores of heauen He rayned downe Manna vpoÌ„ them for to eate and gaue them bred from heauen Then ate they angels fode for he sent them meate ynough He caused the east wynde to blowe vnder the heauen and thorow his power he brought in the south wynde He made flesh to rayne vpon them as thicke as dust and fethered foules like the sonde of y e see He let it fall amoÌ„ge their teÌ„tes rouÌ„de aboute their habitacioÌ„s So they ate were fylled for he gaue them their owne desyre They were not dispoynted of their lust But whyle y e meate was yet in theyr mouthes The heuy wrath of God came vpoÌ„ theÌ„ slewe y e welthiest of theÌ„ smote downe y e chosen men of Israel But for all this they synned yet more and beleued not his woÌ„derous workes Therfore their dayes were consumed in vanite and sodenly their yeares were gone When he slewe them they sought him and turned them â—arly vnto God They thought then that God was their socoure and that the hye God was their redemer Neuerthelesse they dyd but flater him in their mouthes and dissembled with him in their tonges For their herte was not whole with him nether continued they in his couenaunt But he was so mercifull that he forgaue their mysdedes and destroyed them not Yee many a tyme turned he his wrath awaye and wolde not suffre his whole displeasure to aryse For he considered y t they were but flesh euen a wynde that passeth awaye and commeth not agayne O how oft haue they greued him in the wildernesse How many a tyme haue they prouoked him in the deserte They turned backe tempted God and moued the holy one in Israel They thought not of his haÌ„de in y e daye when he delyuered them from the hande of y e enemie How he had wrought his miracles in Egipte and his woÌ„ders in the londe of Zoan How he turned their waters in to bloude so that they might not drynke of the ryuers How he sent lyse amonge them to eate them vp and frogges to destroye them How he gaue their frutes vnto the catirpiller and their laboure vnto the greshopper How he bett downe their vynyardes with hayle stones and their Molbery trees with the frost How he smote their catell with haylestones and their flockes with hote thoÌ„der boltes How he sent vpon them y e furiousnesse of his wrath anger displeasure with trouble and fallinge in of euel angels When he made a waye to his fearfull indignacioÌ„ and spared not their soules from death yee and gaue their catell ouer to the pestilence When he smote all the firstborne in Egipte the most principall and mightiest in y e dwellinges of Ham. But as for his owne people
he led them forth like shepe and caried them in the wyldernesse like a flocke He brought them out safely that they shulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the see He caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary euen in to this hill which he purchased with his right hande He dyd cast out the Heithen before them caused their londe to be deuyded amonge them for an heretage and made y e tribes of Israel to dwell in their teÌ„tes For all this they tempted and displeased the most hye God and kepte not his couenaunt But turned their backes and fell awaye like their forefathers startinge asyde like a broken bowe And so they greued him with their hie places prouoked him with their ymages When God herde this he was wroth and toke sore displeasure at Israel So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo euen his habitacion wherin he dwelt amonge men He delyuered their power in to captiuyte and their glory in to the enemies hoÌ„de He gaue his people â—uer in to the swerde for he was wroth with his heretage The fyre consumed their yonge men and their maydeÌ„s were not geuen to mariage Their prestes were slayne with the swerde and there were no wyddowes to make lamentacion So the LORDE awaked as one out of slepe and like a giaunte refreshed with wyne He smote his enemies in y e hynder partes and put them to a perpetuall shame He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the trybe of Ephraim Neuerthelesse he chose y e trybe of Iuda eueÌ„ the hill of Sion which he loued And there he buylded his temple on hye and layed y e foundacion of it like y e grounde that it might perpetually endure He chose Dauid also his seruauÌ„t and toke him awaye from the shepe foldes As he was folowinge the yowes greate with yonge he toke him that he might fede Iacob his people and Israel his enheritaunce So he fed them with a faithfull and true hert and ruled them with all y e diligence of his power The LXXVIII A psalme of Asaph O God y e Heithen are fallen in to thine heretage thy holy temple haue they defyled and made Ierusalem an heape of stones The deed bodies of thy seruauntes haue they geuen vnto y e foules of the ayre to be deuoured and the flesh of thy sayntes vnto y e beestes of the londe Their bloude haue they shed like water on euery syde of Ierusalem and there was no maÌ„ to burie them We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs. LORDE how longe wilt thou be angrie shal thy gelousy burne like fyre for euer Poure out thy indignacion vpon the Heithen that knowe the not and vpon the kyngdomes that call not vpon thy name For they haue deuoured Iacob and layed waiste his dwellinge place O remeÌ„bre not oure olde synnes but haue mercy vpon vs that soone for we are come to greate mysery Helpe vs O God o r Sauyo r for y e glory of y e name o delyuer vs forgeue vs o r synnes for y e names sake Wherfore shall y e HeitheÌ„ saye where is now their God O let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shed be openly shewed vpon the HeitheÌ„ in oure sight O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the and acordinge vnto y e power of thine arme preserue those y t are appoynted to dye And for the blasphemy wher w t o r neghbours haue blasphemed y e rewarde theÌ„ o LORDE seueÌ„ folde in to their bosome So we y t be y e people shepe of thy pasture shal geue the thankes for euer wil allwaye be shewinge forth thy prayse more more The LXXIX A psalme of Asaph HEare o thou shepherde of Israel thou y t ledest Iacob like a flocke of shepe shewe y i self thou y t syttest vpoÌ„ y e Cherubins Before Ephraim BeÌ„ Iamin Manasses stere vp thy power come helpe vs. Turne vs agayne o God shewe the light of thy countenauÌ„ce we shal be whole O LORDE God of hoostes how loÌ„ge wilt thou be angrie ouer the prayer of thy people Thou hast fed theÌ„ with the bred of teares yee thou hast geuen theÌ„ pleÌ„teousnes of teares to drynke Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto o r neghbours o r enemies laugh vs to scorne Turne vs agayne thou God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole Thou hast brought a vynyâ—rde out of Egipte thou didest cast out y e HeitheÌ„ plaÌ„te it Thou maydest rowme for it caused it to take rote so y t it fylled the loÌ„de The hilles were couered with the shadowe of it so were the stronge Cedretrees w t the bowes therof She stretched out hir brauÌ„ches vnto the see hir bowes vnto the water Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge that all they which go by plucke of hir grapes The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt it vp the beestes of the felde haue deuoured it Turne y e agayne thou God of hoostes loke downe from heauen beholde viset this vynyarde Manteyne it that thy right hoÌ„de hath plaÌ„ted the sonne whom thou maydest so moch of for thy self For why it is breÌ„t with fyre lyeth waist o let theÌ„ perishe at there buke of thy wrath Let thy honde be vpon the man of thy right honde vpon the man whoÌ„ thou maydest so moch off for thine owne self And so wil not we go backe from the oh let vs lyue we shal call vpon thy name Turne vs agayne o LORDE God of hoostes shewe the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce we shal be whole The LXXX A psalme of Asaph SYnge merely vnto God which is o r streÌ„gth make a chearful noyse vnto y e God of Iacob Take y e psalme brynge hither the tabret the mery harpe lute Blowe vp the troÌ„pettes in the new Moone vpon o r soleÌ„pne feast daye For this is the vse in Israel a lawe of the God of Iacob This he ordened in Ioseph for a testimony when he came out of Egipte had herde a strauÌ„ge laÌ„guage When he eased his shulder from the burtheÌ„ when his hondes were delyuered froÌ„ the pottes WheÌ„ thou calldest vpon me in trouble I helped the herde the what tyme as the storme fell vpoÌ„ the I proued the also at the water of strife Sela. Heare o my people for I assure the o Israel yf thou wilt herken vnto me There shal no straunge God be in the nether shalt thou worshipe eny other God I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the loÌ„de of Egipte opeÌ„ thy mouth wyde I shal fyll it But my people wolde not heare my voyce Israel wolde not obeye me So I gaue
thē vp vnto their owne hertes lust let thē folowe their owne ymaginacions O y t my people wolde obeye me for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes I shulde soone put downe their enemies turne myne hōde agaynst their aduersaries The haters of y e LORDE shulde mysse Israel but their tyme shulde endure for euer He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke The LXXXI A psalme of Asaph GOd stondeth in the congregacion of the goddes is a iudge amonge the iudges How longe wil ye geue wrōge iudgment accepte the personnes of the vngodly Sela. Defende the poore father lesse se that soch as be in nede necessite haue right Delyuer the outcaste poore saue hym from the hande of the vngodly Neuertheles they wil not be lerned vnderstonde but walke on still in darcknesse therfore must all the foundacions of the londe be moued I haue sayde ye are goddes ye all are the childrē of y e most hyest But ye shal dye like men fall like one of the tyrauntes Aryse o God iudge thou the earth for all Heithen are thine by enheritaunce The LXXXII A psalme of Asaph HOlde not thy tonge o God kepe not still sylēce refrayne not y i self o God For lo thy enemies make a murmuringe they y t hate the lift vp their heade ▪ They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people take councell agaynst thy secrete ones Come saye they let vs rote them out from amonge the people that the name of Israel maye be put out of remēbraunce For they haue cast their heades together with one consent are cōfederate agaynst the. The tabernacles of the Edomites Ismaelites the Moabites Hagarenes Gebal Ammo◠and Amalech the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre Assur also is ioyned vnto thē helpe the children of Loth. Sela. But do thou to them as vnto the Madianites vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by y e broke of Cyson Which perished at Endor became as the dōge of y e earth Make their prynces like Oreb and Zeeb Yee make all their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana Which saye we wil haue the houses of God in possession O my God make them like vnto a whele and as the stuble before the wynde Like as a fyre that burneth vp the wodd as the flame that consumeth the mountaynes Persecute them euen so with thy tempest make them afrayed with thy storme Make their faces ashamed o LORDE y t they maye seke thy name Let thē be cōfounded vexed euer more more Let thē be put to shame perish That they maye knowe that thou art alone that thy name is the LORDE and that thou only art the most hyest ouer all the earth The LXXXIII A psalme of the children of Corah O How amiable are y t dwellīges thou LORDE of hoostes My soule hath a desyre lōginge for y e courte of y e LORDE my hert my flesh reioyse in y e lyuynge God For the sparow hath founde hir an house the swalowe a nest where she maye laye hir yōge euē y e aulters O LORDE of hoostes my kynge my God O how blessed are they that dwell in thy house they are allwaye praysinge ye. Blessed are y e men whose strēgth is in y e in whose herte are y t wayes Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery vse it for a well and the poles are fylled with water They go from strength to strength and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto thē in Sion O LORDE God of hoostes heare my prayer herken o God of Iacob Beholde o God oure defence loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly For the LORDE God is a light and defence the LORDE wil geue grace worshipe and no good thinge shal he witholde from them that lyue a godly life O LORDE God of hoostes blessed is the man y t putteth his trust in the. The LXXXIIII A psalme of the children of Corah LORDE thou barest a loue vnto thy londe thou didest bringe agayne the captiuyte of Iacob Thou diddest forgeue the offence of thy people and couerdest all their synnes Sela. Thou tokest awaye all thy displeasure turnedest thy self from thy wrothful indignacion Turne vs then o God o r Sauioure let thine anger ceasse from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to another Wilt thou not turne agayne quycken vs that thy people maye reioyse in the I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes For his saluacion is nye them that feare him so that glory shal dwell in oure londe Mercy and trueth are met together rightuousnesse and peace kysse ech other Trueth shal ryse out of y e earth and rightuousnesse shal loke downe from heauen And why the LORDE shal shewe louinge kyndnesse and oure londe shal geue hir encrease Rightuousnesse shal go before him and prepare the waye for his commynge The LXXXV psalme A prayer of Dauid BOwe downe thine eare o LORDE and heare me for I am cōfortles and poore O kepe my soule for I am holy my God helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercifull vnto me o LORDE for I call daylie vpon the. Cōforte the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the o LORDE do I lift vp my soule For thou LORDE art good and gracious of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. Geue eare LORDE vnto my prayer and pondre my humble desyre In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the goddes there is none like the o LORDE there is not one that cā do as thou doest All nacions whom thou hast made shall come and worshipe before the o LORDE and shal glorifie thy name For thou art greate thou doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Lede me in thy waye o LORDE that I maye walke in thy trueth O let my hert delyte in fearynge thy name I thanke the o LORDE my God wil prayse thy name for euer For greate is thy mercy towarde me thou hast delyuered my soule from y e nethermost hell O God the proude are rysen agaynst me and the cōgregacion of y e mightie seketh after my soule set not y e before their eyes But thou o LORDE God art full of compassion and mercy longe suffrynge greate in goodnesse trueth O turne the then vnto me haue mercy vpō me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt helpe the sonne of thy handmaydē Shewe some tokē vpon me for good
that they which hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou LORDE hast helped me comforted me The LXXXVI A psalme of the children of Corah HIr foundacions are vpoÌ„ the holy hilles the LORDE loueth the gates of Sion more theÌ„ all y e dwelliÌ„ges of Iacob Very excelleÌ„t thiÌ„ges are spokeÌ„ of y e thou cite of God â–ª Sela. I wil thinke vpoÌ„ Rahab â—abiloÌ„ so that they shal knowe me Yee the Philistynes also they of Tyre with the Morians Lo there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her euen the most hyest which hath buylded her The LORDE shal cause it be preached written amonge the people that he was borne there Sela. Therfore the dwellinge of all syngers daunsers is in the. The LXXXVII A psalme of the children of Corah O LORDE God my Sauyo r I crie daye night before the Oh let my prayer entre in to thy presence encline thine eare vnto my callynge For my soule is full of trouble my life draweth nye vnto hell I am couÌ„ted as one of theÌ„ that go downe vnto the pytte I am eueÌ„ as a maÌ„ that hath no streÌ„gth Fre amoÌ„ge the deed like vnto theÌ„ y t lye in the graue which be out of remembrauÌ„ce and are cutt awaye from thy honde Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytte in y e darcknesse and in the depe Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me and thou vexest me with all thy floudes Sela. Thou hast put awaye myne acquaÌ„taunce farre fro me made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in preson that I can not get forth My sight fayleth for very trouble LORDE I call daylie vpoÌ„ the and stretch out my hondes vnto the. Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deed Can the physiciaÌ„s rayse them vp agayne that they maye prayse the Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotteÌ„ Vnto the I crie o LORDE and early coÌ„meth my prayer before the. LORDE why puttest thou awaye my soule Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me My strength is gone for very sorow and misery with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens Thy wrothfull displeasure goeth ouer me the feare of the oppresseth me They come rounde aboute me daylie like water and compase me together on euery syde My louers and freÌ„des hast thou put awaye fro me and turned awaye myne acquantaunce The LXXXVIII A psalme of Ethan the Esrahite MY songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE w t my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse froÌ„ one generacion to another For I haue sayde mercy shal be set vp for euer thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenaunâ— with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauiâ— my seruaunt Thy sede wil I stablish for eâ—uer and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another Sela. O LORDE the very heaueÌ„s shal prayse thâ— wonderous workes yee thy faithfulnes in y e congregacion of the sayntes For who is he amonge the cloudes that maye be coÌ„pared vnto the LORDE Yee what is he amonge the goddes that is like vnto the LORDE God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes to be had in reuerence of all theÌ„ that are aboute him O LORDE God of hoostes who is like vnto the in power thy trueth is rounde aboute the. Thou rulest the pryde of the see thou stillest the wawes therof wheÌ„ they arise Thou breakest the proude like one that is wounded â–ª thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme The heaueÌ„s are thine the earth is thine thou hast layed the foundacioÌ„ of the rouÌ„de worlde and all that therin is Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name Thou hast a mightie arme stronge is thy hande and hye is thy right hande Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate mercy and trueth go before thy face Blessed is the people o LORDE that can reioyse in the and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shal be exalted For thou art the glory of their strength thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes The LORDE is oure defence and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge Thou spakest somtyme in visioÌ„s vnto thy sayntes and saydest I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue exalted one chosen out of the people I haue founde Dauid my seruauÌ„t with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him My honde shal holde him fast and my arme shal strength him The enemie shal not ouercome him and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him I shal smyte downe his foes before his face and plage them that hate him My trueth also my mercy shal be with him and in my name shal his horne be exalted I wil set his honde in the see and his right honde in the floudes He shal call me thou art my father my God and the strength of my saluacion And I wil make him my firstborne â—yer then the kinges of the earth My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him His sede wil I make to endure for euer yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen But yf his childreÌ„ forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgmentes Yf they breake myne ordinaunces and kepe not my commaundementes I wil vyset their offences with the rodde and their synnes with scourges Neuerthelesse my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him ner suffre my trueth to fayle My couenaunt wil I not breake ner disanulle the thinge y t is gone out of my lippes I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wil not fayle Dauid His sede shal endure for euer and his seate also like as the Sonne before me He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted and art displeased at him Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt and cast his crowne to the grounde Thou hast ouer throwne all his hedges and brokeÌ„ downe his stronge holdes Al they that go by spoyle him he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours Thou settest vp the right haÌ„de of his enemies and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde and geuest him not victory in the battayll Thou hast put out his glory and cast his Trone downe to the grounde The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened and couered him with dishonoure Sela. LORDE how longe wilt thou hyde thy self For euer shal thy wrath burne like fyre O remembre how shorte my tyme
is hast thou made all men for naught What man is he that lyueth and shal not se death Maye a maÌ„ delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell Sela. LORDE where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth RemeÌ„bre LORDE the rebuke that y e multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes how I haue borne it in my bosome Wher w t thine enemies blaspheme the slauÌ„der y e fotesteppes of y e anoynted Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore Amen Amen The LXXXIX psalme A prayer of Moses the man of God LORDE thou art oure refuge from one generacion to another Before the mountaynes were brought forth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde with out ende Thou turnest man to destruccion Agayne thou sayest come agayne ye children of men For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past and like as it were a night watch As soone as thou scatrest them they are euen as a slepe and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered For we consume awaye in thy displeasure and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion Thou â—ettest oure miszdedes before the and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce For when thou art angrie all o r dayes are gone we brynge o r yeares to an ende â–ª as it were a tayle that is tolde The daye of oure age are iij. score yeares ten though men be so stronge that they come to iiij score yeares yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thy fearfull terrible displeasure O teach vs to nombre oure dayes that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wyszdome Turne the agayne o LORDE at the last and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes O satisfie vs with thy mercy and that soone so shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure life Comforte vs agayne now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke their children thy glory And the glorious maiesty of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs O prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon vs o prospere thou oure hondy worke The XC psalme WHo so dwelleth vnder y e defence of the most hyest abydeth vnder y e shadowe of y e allmightie He shal saye vnto y e LORDE o my hope my stronge holde my God in whoÌ„ I wil trust For he shal deliuer the froÌ„ the snare of the hunter froÌ„ the noysome pestilence He shal couer the vnder his wynges that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers his faithfulnesse and trueth shal be thy shylde and buckler So y t thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night ner for arowe that flyeth by daye For the pestileÌ„ce that crepeth in y e darcknesse ner for the sicknesse y t destroyeth in the noone daye A thousande shal fall besyde the and ten thousande at thy right honde but it shal not come nye the. Yee with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde and se the rewarde of the vngodly For thou LORDE art my hope thou hast set thy house of defence very hye There shal no euell happen vnto the nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in their hondes that thou hurte not thy fote agaynst a stone Thou shalt go vpoÌ„ the Lyon and Adder the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy fete Because he hath set his loue vpon me I shal delyuer him I shal defende him for he hath knowne my name When he calleth vpon me I shall heare him yee I am with him in his trouble wher out I wil delyuer him and brynge him to honoure With loÌ„ge life wil I satisfie him shewe him my saluacion The XCI psalme IT is a good thinge to geue thankes vnto the LORDE and to synge prayses vnto y e name o most hyest To tell of thy louynge kyndnesse early in the mornynge and of thy trueth in the night season Vpon an instrumeÌ„t of ten strynges vpon the luâ—e and with a songe vpon the harpe For thou LORDE hast made me glad thorow thy workes â–ª and I wil reioyse ouer the operacion of thy hondes O LORDE how glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe An vnwyse man wil not knowe this a foole wil not vnderstoÌ„de it That the vngodly are grene as the grasse and that all the workes of wickednes do florish to be destroyed for euer But thou LORDE o most hyest abydest worlde without ende For lo thy enemies o LORDE lo thy enemies shal perishe and all the workers of wickednes shal be scatred abrode But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an Vnicorne shal be anoynted with fresh oyle Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne enemies myne eare shall heare his desyre of the wicked y t ryse vp agaynst me The rightuous shal florish like a palme tre and growe like a Cedre of Libanus Soch as be planted in the house of the LORDE be frutefull plenteous grene That they maye shewe how true the LORDE my streÌ„gth is and that there is no vnrightuousnesse in him The XCII psalme THe LORDE is kynge and hath put on glorious apparell the LORDE hath put on his apparell gyrded himself with streÌ„gth he hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it can not be moued From that tyme forth hath y e seate bene prepared thou art from euerlastinge The floudes aryse o LORDE the floudes lift vp their noyse y e floudes lift vp their wawes The wawes of the see are mightie rage horribly but yet the LORDE that dwelleth on hye is mightier Thy testimonies o LORDE are very sure holynesse becommeth thyne house for euer The XCIII psalme O LORDE God to whom vengeaunce beloÌ„geth thou God to whom vengeaunce belongeth shewe thy self Arise thou iudge of the worlde rewarde the proude after their deseruynge LORDE how longe shal the vngodly how longe shal the vngodly tryumphe How longe shal all wicked doers speake so diszdaynedly and make soch proude boastynge They smyte downe thy people o LORDE and trouble thine heretage They murthur the widdowe and the straunger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they saie Tush the LORDE seyth not the God of Iacob regardeth it not Take hede ye vnwise amonge the people o ye fooles when wil ye vnderstonde He that planted the eare shal he not heare he that made the eye shal not he se He that nurtureth the Heithen and teacheth a man knowlege shal not he punysh The LORDE
knoweth the thoughtes of men that they are but vayne Blessed is the maÌ„ whom thou lernest o LORDE and teachest him in thy lawe That thou mayest geue him pacience in tyme of aduersite vntill the pytte be dygged vp for the vngodly For the LORDE wil not fayle his people nether wil he forsake his inheritaunce And why iudgment shal be turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers Yf the LORDE had not helped me my soule had allmost bene put to sylence When I sayde my fote hath slipped thy mercy o LORDE helde me vp In y e multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous condemne the innocent bloude But the LORDE is my refuge my God is the streÌ„gth of my confideÌ„ce He shal recompence theÌ„ their wickednesse and destroye them in their owne malice yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them The XCIIII psalme O Come let vs prayse the LORDE let vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thaÌ„kesgeuynge shewe oure self glad in him w t psalmes For the LORDE is a greate God and a greate kynge aboue all goddes In his honde are all y e corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The see is his for he made it and his hondes prepared the drie loÌ„de O come let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker For he is oure God as for vs we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hoÌ„des To daye yf ye wil heare his voyce hardeÌ„ not youre hertes as wheÌ„ ye prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes Where yo r fathers teÌ„pted me proued me and sawe my workes XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion sayde they euer erre in their hertes they verely haue not knowne my wayes Therfore I sware vnto theÌ„ in my wrath that they shulde not enter in to my rest The XCV psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth Synge vnto y e LORDE prayse his name be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honoure amonge the HeitheÌ„ and his wonders amonge all people For y e LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all y e goddes of the HeitheÌ„ they be but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heaueÌ„s Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him power and honoure are in his Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the LORDE o ye kinredes of the Heithen ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come in to his courte O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse let the whole earth stonde in awe of him Tell it out amonge the HeitheÌ„ that the LORDE is kynge and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast that it can not be moued and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously Let the heaueÌ„s reioyse and let the earth be glad let the see make a noyse yee all that therin is Let the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye Before the LORDE for he commeth for he coÌ„meth to iudge the earth yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde and y e people with his trueth The XCVI psalme THe LORDE is kynge the earth maye be glad therof yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate There goeth a fyre before him to burne vp his enemies on euery syde His lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde the earth seyth it is afraied The hilles melt like wax at the presence of y e LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earth The very heauens declare his rightuousnes all people se his glory CoÌ„founded be all they that worshipe ymages and delite in their Idols worshipe him all ye goddes Sion heareh of it and reioyseth yee all y e doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy iudgmentes o LORDE For thou LORDE art the most hyest ouer all the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the LORDE se that ye hate the thinge which is euell the LORDE preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shal delyuer theÌ„ from the honde of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted Reioyse therfore in the LORDE ye rightuous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse The XCVII psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe for he hath â—one maruelous thinges With his owne right honde and with his holy arme hath he gotten the victory The LORDE hath declared his sauynge health and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the HeitheÌ„ He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes synge reioyse and geue thankes Prayse the LORDE vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the LORDE the kynge Let the see make a noyse and all y t therin is yee the whole worlde all that dwell therin Let the floudes clappe their hondes and let all the hilles be ioyfull together Before the LORDE for he is come to iudge the earth Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equite The XCVIII psalme THe LORDE is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacient he sytteth vpon the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiete The LORDE is greate in Sion hye aboue all people O let men geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy greate wonderful name for it is holy The kynges power loueth iudgment thou preparest equite thou executest iudgmeÌ„t rightuousnes in Iâ—cob O magnifie the LORDE o r God fâ—ll downe before his fote stole for he his holy Moses Aaron amonge his prestes Samuel amonge soch as call vpoÌ„ his name these called vpon the LORDE he herde theÌ„ He spake vnto theÌ„ out of the cloudy piler for they kepte his testimonies the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest theÌ„ o LORDE o r God thou forgauest theÌ„ o God punyshedst their owne invencions O magnifie the LORDE oure God and worshipe
The CV psalme Halleluya O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse y e noble actes of the LORDE or shewe forth all his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment and do rightuousnes Remembre vs o LORDE acordinge to the fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people o vyset vs w t thy sauinge health That we might se the pleasure of thy chosen that we might reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Oure fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipte they kepte not thy greate goodnesse in remeÌ„braunce but were dishobedieÌ„t at the see eueÌ„ at the reed see Neuertheles he helped theÌ„ for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowne He rebuked the reed see and it was dried vp so he led theÌ„ thorow the depe as in a wildernesse Thus he saued them from the honde of the hater delyuered them from the honde of the enemie As for those y t troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed theÌ„ there was not one of theÌ„ left Then beleued they in his worde and songe prayse vnto him But within a whyle they forgat his workes wolde not abyde his councell A lust came vpoÌ„ them in the wildernesse so that they tempted God in the deserte Yet he gaue them their desyre and sent theÌ„ ynough at their willes They angred Moses in the teÌ„tes and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE So the earth opened swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacioÌ„ of Abiram The fyre was kyndled in their company the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molteÌ„ ymage Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe y t eateth haye They forgat God their Sauio r which had done so greate thinges in Egipte Wonderous workes in the londe of Ham and fearfull thinges in the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in y e gappe to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion lest he shulde destroye theÌ„ Yee they thought scorne of y t pleasaunt londe and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in their tentes and herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out their sede amonge the nacions and to scater them in the londes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offeringes of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inveÌ„cions and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse amonge all posterites for euermore They angerd him also at the waters of strife so that Moses was punyshed for their sakes Because they prouoked his sprete and he tolde theÌ„ planely with his lippes Nether destroyed they the Heithen as the LORDE commaunded them But were mengled amonâ—ge the Heithen and lerned their workes In so moch that they worshipped their ymages which turned to their owne decaye Yee they offred their sonnes their doughters vnto deuels And shed the innocent bloude of their sonnes and of their doughters whom they offred vnto the ymages of Canaan so that the londe was defyled wiâ—â— bloude Thus were they stayned w t theâ—â— owne workes and wente a whoringe with their owne invencions Therfore was the wrath of the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people in so moch that he abhorred his owne enheritaunce And gaue them ouer in to the honde of the HeitheÌ„ and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemies oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they prouoked him with their owne inveÌ„cions and were brought downe for their wickednesse Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ he sawe their aduersite he herde their complaynte He thought vpoÌ„ his couenaunt and pitied theÌ„ â–ª acordinge vnto the multitude of his mercies Yee he made all those y t had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Delyuer vs o LORDE oure God gather vs from amoÌ„ge the Heithen that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name make oure boast of thy prayse Blessed be the LORDE God of Isâ— He sheweth his people the power of his workes that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen The workes of his hoÌ„des are verite iudgment all his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are true They stonde fast for euer euer are done in trueth equite He sent redempcion vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer holy reuerent is his name The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wyszdome a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter the prayse of it endureth for euer The CXI psalme Halleluya BLessed is the man y t feareth the LORDE hath greate delite in his commaundementes His sede shall be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches pleÌ„teousnesse shal be in his house his rightuousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse he is merciful louynge rightuous Wel is him that is mercifull lendeth gladly poÌ„dreth his wordes w t discrecion For he shal neuer be moued the rightuous shal be had in an euer lastinge remembraunce He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges his herte stondeth fast beleueth in y e LORDE His herte is stablished he wil not shrencke vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemies He hath sparsed abrode geueÌ„ to the poore his rightuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted w t honor. The vngodly shal se it it shal greue him he shall gnash w t his â—â—th consume awaye the desyre of the vn godly shal perish The CXII psal Halleluya PRayse the LORDE O ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the LORDE Blessed be the name of the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The LORDES name is worthy to be praysed froÌ„ the rysinge vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen and his glory aboue the heaueÌ„s Who is like vnto the LORDE oure God y t hath his dwellinge so hye which humbleth himself to beholde that is in heauen and earth Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he maye set him amonge the prynces euen amonge the prynces of his people Which maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Halleluya The CXIII psalme WHen Israel came out of Egipte the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people Iuda was his SaÌ„ctuary Israel his dominion The see sawe that and fled Iordan turned backe The mountaynes stripped like rammes the
praysed be the Lord whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth Oure soule is escaped eueÌ„ as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are delyuered Oure helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth ¶ The .cxxv. Psalme ¶ The churche or congregacyon is in safetye when the Lorde defendeth it and shal be prosperous when he fauoreth it and purgeth the wycked theroute The songe of the steares THey that put their trust in the Lorde are euen as the mount Syon which may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hylles stande about Ierusalem eueÌ„ so standeth the Lorde rounde about his people from this tyme forth for euermore That the rodd of the vngodly come not into the lot of the ryghtuous lest y e ryghtuous put their hande vnto wyckednesse Do well O Lorde vnto those y t be good and true of herte As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse the Lorde shall leade theÌ„ forth with the euyll doers but peace be vpoÌ„ Israel ¶ The .cxxvj. Psalme ¶ He descrybeth the gladnes of the people returning agayne from Babylon vnder the fygure herof the reioysynge of the Christen whom the sonne of God hath made fre from the captiuyte of synne and deeth The songe of the steares VVhen the Lorde turneth agayne the captyuyte of Sion then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame Then shall oure mouth be fylled wyth laughter and oure tonge with ioye Then shall it be sayd amonge the HeatheÌ„ the Lorde hath done greate thinges for theÌ„ Yee the Lorde hath done greate thynges for vs all ready wherof we reioyse Turne oure captyuyte O Lorde as the ryuers in the south They y t sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth in his waye wepynge beareth forth good sede shal come agayne with ioye bringe his sheaues with hym ¶ The .cxxvij. Psalme ¶ By the only liberalyte gyft of God is the house and housholde geuen the cytye defended â— meate mynystred chyldren those toward and thryftye obtayned The songe of the steares EXcept the Lorde buylde the house their labour is but lost that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the cytye the watchman waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye rise vp early and take no rest but eate the bredde of carefulnesse for loke to whom it pleaseth him he geueth it in slepe Lo chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage gift y t coÌ„meth of y e Lorde Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yonge children Happy is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemyes in the gate ¶ The .cxxviij. Psalme ¶ He that feareth God shall do well and fortunately at all ceasons The songe of the steares BLessed are all they that feare y e Lorde and walke in hys wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne awne handes O well is the happy art thou Thy wyfe shal be as y e frutefull vyne vpoÌ„ the walles of thy house Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde shall so blesse the out of SioÌ„ that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel ¶ The .cxxix Psalme ¶ Althoughe the wycked do longe and greatly persecute the godly yet shall they not preuayle ouer them yee they shall at the length perish when the godly shal be in safetye The songe of the steares MAny a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saye Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made longe forowes But the rightuous Lorde hath hewen 〈◊〉 yocke of the vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned bacâ—â—ward as many as haue euyl will at a * 〈◊〉 Let them be euen as the haye vpon 〈◊〉 house toppes whych wythereth afore it 〈◊〉 pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hanâ—â— nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues 〈◊〉 bosome So y t they which go by saye not so 〈◊〉 as y e Lorde prospere you we wish you 〈◊〉 lucke in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .cxxx. Psalme ¶ An earnest prayer of him that is oppressed with â—â—â—uersitie for his sinnes that surely hopeth to 〈◊〉 of God bothe forgeuenes of his synnes delyuraâ—â—â— from hys aduersytyes The songe of the steares OVt of the a * depe call I vnto 〈◊〉 O Lorde Lorde heare my voyâ—â— â–ª Oh let thyne eares 〈…〉 well the voyce of my complayâ—â—â— If thou Lord wylt be extreme to 〈◊〉 what is done a mysse Oh Lorde who 〈◊〉 abyde it But there is mercy wyth the that 〈◊〉 mayest be feared I loke for the Lord my soule doth waâ— for hym and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde y e Lorâ—â— from the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the Lorde for with 〈◊〉 Lorde there is mercy pleÌ„teous redempâ—â—â—â— And he shal redeme Israel froÌ„ al his synn◠¶ The .cxxxj. Psalme ¶ He sheweth y t he was not proude but meake 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde I am not hye mynded I haue 〈◊〉 proude lokes I do not exercyse my selfe in greaâ—â— matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule kepe it 〈◊〉 lyke as a childe that is weened from his 〈◊〉 yee my soule is eueÌ„ as a weenâ—ed 〈◊〉 Let Israel trust in the Lorde â–ª from 〈◊〉 tyme forth for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ He sheweth that the prosperyty 〈◊〉 of Christes kynâ—â—dome dureth euer that God is 〈◊〉 allwaye present 〈◊〉 his churche and congregacyon Thys doth he 〈◊〉 the fygure of Dauid of the â—â—aâ—cke abydyng in 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde remeÌ„bre Dauid al his trouâ—â—â— How he swore vnto the Lorde 〈◊〉 vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye 〈◊〉 of Iacob I wyll not come within y e taberâ—â—â—cle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde â–ª I wyll not suffre myne eyes to slepe 〈◊〉 myne eye lyddes to â—â—omber Vntyll I fynde out a place for y e 〈◊〉 an habytacyoÌ„ for the mightye one of 〈◊〉 shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes o well is the happie art thou Thy wife shal be as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olyue braunches rouÌ„de aboute y e table Lo thus shal y e maÌ„ be blessed y t feareth the LORDE The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion that thou shalt se IerusaleÌ„ in prosperite all thy life longe Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childreÌ„ peace vpoÌ„ Israel The CXXVIII psalme MAny a tyme haue they fought
hilles and exalted aboue al litle hilles And alheitheÌ„ shal prease vnto him and the multitude of people shall go vnto him speakinge thus one to another vp let us go to the hill of the LORDE and to the house of y e God of Iacob y t he maye shewe us his waye and y t we maye walke in his pathes For y e lawe shal come out of Syon and the worde of God from Ierusalem and shal geue sentence amonge the heithen and shal reforme the multitude of people So that they shal breake their swerdes and speares to make sythes sycles sawes therof From that tyme forth shal not one people lift vp wapen agaynst another nether shal they lerne to fight from thensforth It is to the that I crie o house of Iacob vp let us walke in the light of the LORDE But thou art scatred abrode with thy people o house of Iacob for ye go farre beyonde yo r fathers whether it be in Sorcerers whom ye haue as the phylistynes had or in calkers of mens byrthes wherof ye haue to many As soone as youre londe was ful of syluer and golde and no ende of youre treasure so soone as youre londe was ful of stronge horses and no ende of youre charettes Inmediatly was it ful of Idols also euen workes of youre owne hondes which ye youre selues haue facioned and youre fyngers haue made There kneleth the man there falleth the man downe before them so y t thou canst not bringe him awaye from thence And therfore get y e soone in to some rock vnd hyde the in the grounde from the sight of the fearful iudge and from y e glory of his Magestie Which casteth downe y e high lokes of presumptuous personnes and bryngeth lowe the pryde of maÌ„ and he only shall be exalted in y e daye For the daye of y e LORDE of hostes shal go ouer all pryde presumpcioÌ„ vpon all theÌ„ that exalte theÌ„ selues and shal bringe them all downe vpoÌ„ all high stoute Cedre trees of Libanus and vpon all the okes of Basan vpon all high hilles and vpon all stoute mountaynes vpon all costly towres and vpon all stronge walles vpon all shippes of the see and vpon euery thinge y t is glorious and pleasaunt to loke vpon And it shall bringe downe the pryde of man and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe and the LORDE shal only haue the victory in that daye But the Idols shal utterly be roted out Men shal crepe in to holes of stone and in to caues of the earth from the sight of the fearfull iudge and from the glory of his magesty what tyme as he shal make him vp to shake the earth Then theÌ„ shal maÌ„ cast awaye his goddes of syluer and golde which he neuertheles had made to honoure theÌ„ vnto Molles and Backes that he maye the better crepe in to the caues and rockes and in to the cliffes of hard stones from y e sight of the fearful iudge and from the glory of his Magesty The thirde Chapter EVery man can eschue a persone moued in anger for what doth he wysely â–ª Euen so shal y e LORDE of hoostes take awaye froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ Iuda all possessioÌ„s power all meat and drinke y e captayne and the soudyare y e iudge and the prophete the wyse and the aged maÌ„ the worshipful of fiftie yeare olde and the honorable the Senatours and men of vnderstondinge the masters of craftes and oratours And I shal geue you children to be youre prynces saieth the LORDE and babes shall haue the rule of you One shall euer be doinge violence and wronge to another The boye shal presume agaynst the elder and the vyle persone agaynst the honorable Yee one shal take a frende of his own kynred by y e bosome and saye thou hast clothinge thou shalt be oure heade for thou mayest kepe us from this fall and parell Then shall he sweare and saye I can not helpe you Morouer there is nether meate ner clothinge in my house make me no ruâ—ler of the people For Ierusalem and Iuda must decaye because that both their wordes and councels are agaynst the LORDE they prouoke the presence of his magestyrs to anger The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them yee they declare their owne synnes them selues as the Sodomites hyde theÌ„ not Wo be vnto their soules for they shal be heuely rewarded Then shal they saye O happie are the godly for they maye enioye the frutes of their studies But wo be to y e vngodly and vnrightuous for they shal be rewarded after their workes O my people rybaudes oppresse y e and women haue rule of the. O my people thy leders deceaue the and treade out the waye of thy footsteppes The LORDE is here to comon of the matter and stondeth to geue iudgment with the people The LORDE shal come forth to reason with the Senatours and prynces of his people and shal saye thus vnto them It is ye thÌ„at haue burnt vp my vynyearde the robbery of the poore is in youre house Wherfore do ye oppresse my people and marre y e faces of the innocentes thus shal the God of hoostes reuyle them Morouer thus saieth y e LORDE Seinge the doughters of Sion are become so proude and come in with stretched out neckes and with vayne wanton eyes seinge they come in trippinge so nycely with their fete Therfore shal the LORDE shaue the heades of the doughters of Sion and make their bewtie bare in that daye In that daye shal the LORDE take awaye the gorgiousnes of their apparel and spanges cheynes partlettes and colares bracelettes and hooues y e goodly floured wyde and broderd raymeÌ„t brusshes and headbandes rynges and garlaÌ„des holy daye clothes and vales kerchâ—es and pynnes glasses and smockes bonettes and taches And in steade of good smell there shal be stynck amonge them And for their gyrdles there shal be lowse bondes And for welâ—set hayre there shal be baldnesse In steade of a stomacher a sack cloth and for their bewty wythrednesse and sonneburnynge Their husbondes and their mightie men shall perish with the swerde in batell The fourth Chapter AT that tyme shall their gates mourne and complayne and they shal syt as desolate folâ—k vpon the earth Then shal seuen wyues take holde of one man and saye we will laye all oure meat and cloothinge together in comon only that we maye be called thy wyues and that this shamefull reprofe maye be takeÌ„ from us After that tyme shal the braunch of y e LORDE be beutiful and mightie and y e frute of the earth shal be fayre and pleasaunt for those Israelites that shall springe therof Then shall the remnaunt in Sion and the remnaunt at Ierusalem be called holy namely all soch as are written amonge the lyuynge at Ierusalem what tyme as the LORDE shall wash awaye the desolacion of the doughters of
eyes heare not with their eares and vnderstonde not with their hartes and conuerte and be healed Then spake I LORDE how longe he answered vntil the cities be vtterly without inhabitours and y e houses without men till the loÌ„de be also desolate and lye vnbuylded For the LORDE shal take the men farre awaye so that the londe shal lye waist Neuertheles the tenth parte shal remayne therin for it shal conuerte and be fruteful And like wise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes so shal the holy sede haue frute The seuenth Chapter IT happened in the tyme of Ahas the sonne of Ionathas which was the sonne of Ioathan Kynge of Iuda that Rezin the Kinge of Siria and Poca Rome lies sonne Kynge of Israel wente vp toward Ierusalem to besege it but wanne it not Now when the house of Dauid that is Ahas herde worde therof y t Siria and Ephraim were confederate together his herte quaked yee and y e hertes also of his people like as a tre in the felde that is moued with the wynde Then sayde God vnto Esay go mete Ahas thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub at the heade of y e ouer pole in the fote path by the fullers grounde and saye vnto him take hede to thy self and be still but feare not nether be faynt harted for these two tales that is for these two smokynge fyre brandes the wrath and furiousnes of Rezin the Sirian and Romelies sonne because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the sayenge We will go downe in to Iuda vexe theÌ„ and brynge them vnder vs and set a Kynge there euen the sonne of Taball For thus saieth the LORDE God therto It shall not so go forth nether come so to passe for the head citie of y e Sirians is Damascus but the head of Damascus is Rezin And after fyue and threscore yeare shal Ephraim be nomore a people And the chefe citie of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Rome lies sonne And yf ye beleue not there shall no promyse be kepte with you Morouer God spake vnto Ahas sayenge requyre a token of the LORDE thy God whether it be towarde the depth beneth or towarde y e hight aboue TheÌ„ sayde Ahas I will requyre none nether will I tempte the LORDE The LORDE answered Then he are to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be greuous vnto men but ye must greue my God also And therfore the LORDE shal geue you a token of himself Beholde a virgin shal coÌ„ceaue and beare a sonne and shal call his name Emanuel Butter and hony shal he eate y t he maye knowe the euel and chose y e good But or euer that childe come to knowlege to eschue the euel and chose the good The londe that thou art so afrayde for shal be desolate of both hir kynges The LORDE also shal sende a tyme vpon the vpon thy people and vpoÌ„ thy fathers house soch as neuer came sence the tyme y t Ephraim departed from Iuda thorow y e kynge of the Assirians For at the same tyme shal the LORDE whistle for the flyes y t are aboute the water of Egipte and for y e Beyes in the Assirians londe These shall come and shal light all in the valeyes in y e vowtes of stone vpon all grene thinges and in all corners At the same tyme shal the LORDE shaue the hayre of the heade and the fete and the beerd clene of with the rasoure that he shall paye them withall beyonde the water namely with y e kynge of the Assirians At the same tyme shall a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylck he shal make butter and eat it So that euery one which remayneth in the londe shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vynyardes though there be a thousand vynes in one and were solde for a thousand siluerlinges shal be turned to brears and thornes Like as they shal come in to the londe with arowes and bowes so shal all the londe become brears and thornes And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe thou shalt not come vpoÌ„ them for feare of brears and thornes But the catel shal be dryuen thither and the shepe shal fede there The viij Chapter MOrouer the LORDE sayde vnto me Take the a greate leaf and wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede him to robbe and haist him to spoyle And Inmediatly I called vnto me faithful wytnesses Vrias the prest and Zacharias y e sonne of Barachias After that went I vnto the prophetisse that now had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the LORDE to me geue him this name Maherschalal haschbas that is a spedierobber an hastie spoyler For why or euer the childe shal haue knowlege to saye Abi and Im y t is father and mother shal y e riches of Damascus and y e substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ„ awaye thorow the kynge of y e Assirians The LORDE spake also vnto me sayenge for so moch as the people refuseth the stiâ—renninge water of Silo and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies sonne Beholde the LORDE shal bringe mightie and great floudes of water vpon them namely y e kynge of the Assirians with all his power Which shall poure out his furyousnes vpoÌ„ euery man and renne ouer all their bankes And shal breake in vpon Iuda increasinge in power till he get him by the throte He shal fyl also the wydenesse of thy londe w t his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you mustre you and gather you take youre councel together yet must youre councel come to nought go in honde withal yet shal it not prospere Excepte Emanuel that is God be with us For the LORDE chastised me and toke me by y e honde and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde not walcke in the waye of this people He sayde morouer rounde with none of theÌ„ who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together Neuertheles feare them not nether be afrayde of them but sanctifie the LORDE of hoostes let him be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifienge and stone to stomble at y e rock to fall vpon a snare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabitours of Ierusalem And many shal stomble fall and be brokeÌ„ vpon him yee they shal be snared and taken Now laye the witnesses together sayde the LORDE and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus I waite vpon the LORDE that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob and I loke vnto him But lo as for me and the children which the LORDE hath geuen me we are a token and a wondre in Israel for the LORDE of hoostes sake which
dwelleth vpon the hill of Syon And therfore yf they saye vnto you aske councel at the soythsayers witches charmers and coniurers then make them this answere Is there a people enywhere that aâ—eth not councel at his God whether it be concernynge the dead or the lyuynge Yf eny man want light let him loke vpon the lawe and the testimony whether they speake not after this meanynge Yf he do not this he stombleth and suffreth huÌ„ger And yf he suffre honger he is out of pacience and blasphemeth his kynge and his God Then loketh he vpwarde and downewarde to the earth and beholde there is trouble and darcknesse vexacion is rounde aboute him and the cloude of erroure And out of soch aduersite shall he not escape The jx Chapter EVen like as in tyme past it hath bene well sene that y e londe of Zabulon and the londe of Nepthali where thorow the see waye goeth ouer Iordane in to the londe of Galilee was at the first in litle trouble but afterward sore vexed Neuertheles y e people that haue dwelt in darcknesse shal se a greate light As for them that dwel in the londe of the shadowe of death vpon them shal the light shyne Shalt thou multiplie the people and not increase the ioye also They shal reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest and as men that haue gotten the victory when they deale the spoyle For thou shalt breake the yocke of the peoples burthen the staff of hys shulder and the rod of his oppressoure as in y e daye at MadiaÌ„ Morouer all temerarious and sedicious power yee where there is but a cote fyled w t bloude shal be burnt and fede the fyre For vnto us a childe shal be borne and vnto us a sonne shal be geueÌ„ VpoÌ„ his shulder shal the kyngdome lye and he shal be called w t his owne name The woÌ„derous geuer of councel the mightie God the euerlastinge father the prynce of peace he shal make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace and shal syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome to set vp the same to stablish it with equyte and rightuousnesse from thence forth for euermore This shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe The LORDE sent a worde in to Iacob the same is come in to Israel All the people also of Ephraim and they that dwel in Samaria can saye with pryde and hie stomackes on this maner The tyle worcke is fallen downe but we will buylde it with harder stones The Molbery tymbreys broken but we shal set it vp agayne with Cedre Neuertheles the LORDE shal prepare Rezin the enemie agaynst theÌ„ and so ordre their aduersaries that y e Sirians shal laye holde vpon them before and the Philistynes behynde and so deuoure Israel with open mouth After all this the wrath of the LORDE shal not ceasse but yet his hande shable stretched out still For the people turneth not vnto him that chastiseth them nether do they seke the LORDE of hoostes Therfore the LORDE shal rote out of Israel both heade and tale braunch and twygge in one daye By the heade is vnderstonde the Senatoure and honorable man and by y e tale the prophet that preacheth lyes For all they which enfourme the people that they be in a right case soch be disceauers Soch as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these are but cast awaye Therfore shal the LORDE haue no pleasure in their yonge meÌ„ nether fauoure their fatherlesse and wydowes For thei are altogether ypocrites and wicked and all their mouthes speake foly After all this shal not the LORDES wrath ceasse but yet his honde shal be stretched out still For the vngodly burne as a fyre in the bryers and thornes And as it were out of a fyre in a wod or a redebush so ascendeth the smoke of their pryde For this cause shal y e wrath of the LORDE of hoostes fall vpon the londe and the people shal be consumed as it were with fyre no man shal spare his brother Yf a man do turne him to the right honde he shal famesh or to the lefte hande to eat he shal not haue ynough Euery man shal eate the flesh of his owne arme Manasses shal eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses and they both shal eate Iuda After all this shal not the LORDEs wrath ceasse but yet shal his honde be stretched out still The tenth chapter WO be vnto you y t make vnrightuous lawes and devyse thinges which be to harde for to kepe wherthorow the poore are oppressed on euery syde and the innoceÌ„tes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment that wyddowes maye be youre praye and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse What will ye do in tyme of the visitacion and destruction that shal come from farre To whom will ye renne for helpe or to whom will ye geue youre honoure that he maye kepe it that ye come not amonge the presoners or lye amonge the deed After all this shal not the wrath of the LORDE ceasse but yet shal his honde be stretched out still Wo be also vnto Assur which is a staff of my wrath in whose honde is the rod of my punyshment For I shal sende him amonge those ypocritish poeple amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauoure shal I send him that he maye utterly robbe them spoyle them and treade them downe like the myre in the strete Howbeit his meanynge is not so nether thinketh his harte of this fashion But he ymagineth only how he maye ouerthrowe and destroye moch people for he saieth are not my princes all kynges Is not Calno as easie to wynne as Charchamis Is it harder to conquere Antiochia then Arphad Or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus theÌ„ Samaria As who say I were able to wynne the kingdome of the Idolaters and their goddes but not Ierusalem and Samaria Shal I not do vnto Ierusalem and their ymages as I dyd vnto Samaria and their ymages Wherfore the LORDE saieth As soone as I haue perfourmed my whole worcke vpon the Hyl of Syon and Ierusalem theÌ„ will I also vyset the noble and stoute kynge of Assiria with his wysdome and pryde For he stondeth thus in his owne coÌ„ceate This do I thorow the power of myne owne honde and thorow my wisdome For I am wyse I am he that remoue the londes of the people I robbe their prynces and like one of the worthies I dryue them from their hie seates My honde hath founde out the hoostes of the people as it were a nest And like as egges that were layde here and there are gathered together So do I gather all countrees And there is no man y t darre be so bolde as to touch a fether that â–ª darre open his mouth or once whisper But doth the axe boost itself agaynst him y t heweth therwith or doth the sawe make eny krakinge agaynst
him that ruleth it That were euen like as yf the rod dyd exalte it self agaynst him that beareth it or as though y e staff shulde magnifie it self as who saye it were no wodd Therfore shal the LORDE of hoostes sende him pouerte in his riches and burne vp his power as it were with a fyre But the light of Israel shal be y t fyre and his Sanctuary shal be the flame and it shal kyndle and burne vp his thornes and breyers in one daye yee all the glory of his woddes and feldes shal be consumed with body and soule As for himself he shal be as one chased awaye The trees also of his felde shal be of soch a nombre that a childe maye tell them After y t daye shal the remnaunt of Israel and soch as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seke no more coÌ„forte at him that smote them but shal conforte themselues with faithfulnesse and treuth in the LORDE the holy one of Israel The remnaunt yee and the Posteryte of Iacob shal coÌ„uerte vnto God the mighty one For though thy people o Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal but the remnaunt of them only conuerte vnto him Perfecte is the iudgmeÌ„t of him that floweth in rightuousnesse and therfore y e LORDE of hoostes shal perfectly fulfil the thinge that he hath determyned in the myddest of the whole worlde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes Thou my people that dwellest in Sion be not afrayde for the kinge of the Assirians He shal wagg his staff at the yee and beate the with the rodd as the EgiptiaÌ„s dyd sometyme But soone after shal my wrath and my indignacion be fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal prepare a scourge for him like as was the punyshmeÌ„t of MadiaÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e mount of Oreb And he shal lift vp his rod ouer the see as he dyd somtyme ouer the Egiptians Their shal his burthen be taken from thy shulders and his yock from thy neck yee the same yock shal corrupte for very fatnesse He shal come to Aiath and go thorow toward Migron But at Machmas shal he muster his hooste and go ouer y e foorde Gaba shal be their restinge place Rhama shal be afrayde Gabea Saul shal fle awaye The voyce of y e noyse of thy horses o doughter Gallim shal be herde vnto lais and to Anathoth which also shal be in trouble Madmena shal tremble for feare but the citesyns of Gahim are maÌ„ly yet shal he remayne at Nob that daye After that shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount Sion and agaynst the hill of Ierusalem But se the LORde God of hoostes shal take awaye the proude from thence w t feare He shal hew downe the proude and fel the hie mynded The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out w t yron and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal The xj Chapter AFter this there shal come a rod forth of y e Kynrede of Iesse and a blossome out of his rote The sprete of the LORDE shal light vpon it the sprete of wysdome and vnderstondinge the sprete of councel and strength y e sprete of knowlege and of the feare of God and shal make him feruent in the feare of God For he shal not geue senteÌ„ce after the thinge y t shal be brought before his eies nether reproue a matter at the first hearinge but with rightousnesse shal he iudge the poore and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde He shal smyte y e worlde with y e staff of his mouth with y e breath of his mouth shal he slaye the wicked Rightuousnesse shal be the gyrdle of his loynes treuth and faithfulnesse the gyrdinge vp of his raynes TheÌ„ shal y e wolfe dwel with the laÌ„be and the leopâ—rde shal lye downe by the gote Bullokes lyons and catel shal kepe company together so that a litle childe shal dryue them forth The cowe and the Bere shal fede together and their yongones shal lye together The lyoÌ„ shal eate strawe like the oxe or the cowe The childe whyle he sucketh shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest and wheÌ„ he is weened he shal put his hande in to the Cockatryce denne No man shal do euel to another no man shal destroâ— another in all the hill of my Sanctuary For the earth shal be ful of y e knowlege of y e LORDE euen as though the water of the see flowed ouer the earth Then shal the Gentiles enquere after the rote of Iesse which shal be set vp for a token vnto the Gentiles for his dwellinge shal be glorious At the same tyme shal the LORDE take in honde agayne to conquere y e remnaunt of his people which are lefft alyue From the AssiriaÌ„s Egiptians Arabians Morians Elamites Caldeyes AntiochiaÌ„s and IloÌ„des of the see And he shal set vp a tokeÌ„ amonge the Gentiles and gather together y e dispersed of Israel yee and the outcastes of Iuda from the foure corners of y e worlde The hatred of Ephraim and y e enmyte of Iuda shal be clene rooted out Ephraim shal beare no euel wil to Iuda and Iuda shal not hate Ephraim but they both together shal flye vpoÌ„ the shulders of the Philistynes toward the West and spoyle them together that dwell toward the East The Idumytes and the Moabites shal let their hoÌ„des fall and the Ammonites shal be obedient vnto them The LORDE also shal cleue the tunges of the EgipciaÌ„s see and with a mightie wynde shal he lift vp his honde ouer Nilus and shal smyte his seueÌ„ streames and make men go ouer drye shod And thus shal he make a waye for his people y t remayneth from the Assirians like as it happened to y e Israelites what tyme they departed out of the londe of Egipte The xij Chapter SO that then thou shalt saye O LORDE I thanke the for thou wast displeased at me but thou hast refrayned thy wrath and hast mercy vpon me Beholde God is my health in whom I trust and am not afrayde For the LORDE God is my strength and my prayse he also shal be my refuge Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure and then shal ye saye Let vs geue thankes vnto the lorde and call vpon his name and declare his councels amonge the people and kepe them in remembraunce for his name is excelleÌ„t O synge praises vnto the LORDE for he doth greate thinges as it is knowne in all the worlde Crie out and be glad thou that dwellest in Sion for greate is thy prince the holy one of Israel The XIII Chapter THis is y e heuy burtheÌ„ of BabiloÌ„ which Esaye the sonne of Amos dyd se. Make some tokeÌ„s to the hie hilles call vnto them holde vp youre hoÌ„de that the prynces maye go in at the
dore For I will sende for my debites and my gyauÌ„tes sayeth the LORDE and in my wrath I will call for soch as tryumphe in my glory With that me thought I herde in the mouÌ„taynes a noyse like as it had bene of a greate people and a ruszshinge as though the kyngdomes of all nacions had come together And the LORDE of hoostes was the captayne of the whole armye As they had come not only out of farre countrees but also from the endes of the heaueÌ„s EueÌ„ the LORDE himself with the ministers of his wrath to destroye the whole loÌ„de Mourne therfore for the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from y e allmighty Then shall all hondes be letten downe and all mens hertes shal melt awaie they shal stonde in feare carefulnesse and sorowe shal come vpoÌ„ them and they shal haue payne as a woman that traueleth with childe One shall euer be abaszshed of another their faces shal burne like y e flaÌ„me For lo the daye of the LORDE shall come terrible full of indignacion and wrath to make the londe waist and to root out the synne therof For the starres and planetes of heauen shal not geue their light the Sonne shal be quenched in the rysinge and the Mone shal not shyne with his light And I wil punysh the wickednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the LORDE The hye stomackes of the proude will I take awaye and will laye downe the boostinge of tyrauntes I will make a man dearer theÌ„ fyne golde and a man to be more worth theÌ„ a golden wedge of Ophir Morouer I will so shake the heaueÌ„ that the earth shall remo out of hir place Thus shall it go w t Babilon in the wrath of the LORDE of hoostes in y e daye of his fearfull indignacioÌ„ And Babilon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a flocke w t out a shepherde Euery maÌ„ shal turne to his owne people fle echone into his owne londe Who so is founde alone shal be shot thorow And who so gather together shal be destroyed w t the swerde Their children shal be slayne before their eyes their houses spoyled their wyues rauyshed For lo I shall bringe vp y e Medes agaynst theÌ„ which shal not regarde syluer nor be desyrous of golde Then shall yonge mens bowes be knapped asunder The Medes shal haue no pitie vpoÌ„ womeÌ„ w t childe their faces shall not spare y e childreÌ„ And BabiloÌ„ y t glory of kiÌ„gdomes and bewtie of the Caldees hono r shal be destroyed eueÌ„ as God destroyed Sodom Gomorra It shal neuer be more inhabited nether shal there be eny more dwellinge there from generacion to generacion The Arabians shall make no mo tentes there nether shall the shepardes make their foldes there eny more but wylde beastes shal lie there y e houses shal be full of greate Oules Estriches shal dwell there Apes shal daunse there The litle Oules shall crie in the palaces one after another DragoÌ„s shal be in the pleasauÌ„t perlours And as for Babilons tyme it is at honde hir dayes maye not be longe absent The XIIII Chapter BVt y e LORDE wil be mercyfull vnto Iacob wyll take vp Israel agayne set theÌ„ in their owne loÌ„de StrauÌ„gers shal clene vnto theÌ„ get theÌ„ to y e house of Iacob They shal take y e people cary theÌ„ home w t theÌ„ And y e house of Israel shal haue theÌ„ in possession for seruauÌ„tes maydeÌ„s in y e loÌ„de of y e LORDE They shal take those prisoners whose captyues they had bene afore rule those y t had oppressed theÌ„ When y e LORDE now shal bringe y e to rest froÌ„ y e trauayle feare harde bondage y t thou wast laden with all then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon y e kinge of Babilon saye How happeneth it y t y e oppressour leaueth of It y e golden tribute come to an ende Doutles the LORDE hath broken the staff of the vngodly the cepter of y e lordly Which wheÌ„ he is wroth smyteth y e people w t durable strokes in his woÌ„ders he persecuteth theÌ„ tameth theÌ„ coÌ„tinually And therfore y e whole worlde is now at rest and quyetnesse men synge for ioye Yee euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of Libanus reioyse at thy fall sayenge Now y t thou art layde downe there come no mo vp to destroye vs. Hell also trembleth at thy commynge All mightie men and prynces of the earth steppe forth before the. All kynges of the earth stonde vp froÌ„ their seates that they maye all one after another synge and speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as we art thou become like vnto vs Thy pompe and thy pryde is gone downe to hell Mothes shal be layde vnder the wormes shal be thy coueringe How art thou fallen from heauen o Lucifer thou faire morniÌ„ge childe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde thou that not withstondinge dyddest subdue the people And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte I will clymme vp in to heauen and make my seate aboue the starres of God I wyll syt vpon the glorious mount toward the North I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes wil be like the highest of all Yet darre I laye y t thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell They that se the shal narowly loke vpoÌ„ the and thinke in them selues sayenge Is this the man that brought all londes in feare and made y e kingdomes afrayde Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waist and layde the cities to the grounde which let not his prisoners go home How happeneth it that the kynges of all people lie euery one at home in his owne palace with worshipe and thou art cast out of thy graue like a wilde braunch like as dead mens rayment that are shott thorow with the swerde as they that go downe to the stones of the depe as a dead coarse that is trâ—den vnder fete and art not buried w t them Euen because that thou hast waisted thy loÌ„de and destroyed thy people For the generacion of the wicked shal be without hono r for euer There shal a waye be sought to destroye their childreÌ„ for their fathers wickednes they shal not come vp agayne to possesse the londe and fyll the worlde ful of castels and townes I wil stonde vp agaynst them sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and root out y e name and generacion of Babilon saieth the LORDE wil geue it to the Otters and wil make water poddels of it And I wil swepe them out with the besome of destruccion sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne an ooth sayeÌ„ge It shal come to passe as I haue determined shal be fulfilled as I haue deuysed The Assirians shal be destroyed in my londe and vpon
my mountaytaines wyll I treade them vnder fote Wherthorow his yocke shall come from you his burthen shal be taken from youre shulders This deuyce hath God taken thorow the whole worlde and thus is his honde stretched out ouer all people For yf the LORDE of hoostes determe a thinge who wyl dysanulle it And yf he stretch forth his honde who wil holde it in agayne The same yeare that kynge Achas dyed God threatned by Esay on this maner Reioyse not thou whole Palestina as though y e rod of him y t beateth the were broken For out of y e serpentes rote there shal waxe a kâ—c katrice the frute shal be a fyrie worme But the poore shall fede of the best thinges and the symple shal dwell in safetie Thy rotes wil I destroye w t honger and it shall slaye y e remnaunt Mourne ye portes wepe ye Cities And feare thou o whole Palestina for that shal come froÌ„ the North a smoke whose power no man maye abyde Who shall then maynteyne the messages of the Gentyles But the LORDE stablisheth Syon the poore of my people shall put their trust in him The XV. Chapter THis is y e heuy burtheÌ„ vpoÌ„ Moab Ar of Moab was destroyed as me thought in the night season The walles of Moab perished in the night vanished awaye They weÌ„te to Baith and Dibon in the hie places for to wepe Moab did mourne froÌ„ Nebo to Medba All their heades were colled and al their beardes shauen In their stretes were they gyrded aboute with sack cloth In all the toppes of their houses stretes was there nothinge but mournynge and wepingâ— Hesebon and Eleale cried that their voyce was herde vnto Iahaz The worthies also of Moab bleared and cried for very sorow of their myndes Wo is my hert for Moabs sake They fled vnto the cite of Zoar which is like a fayre fruteful bullock they went vp to Luhith wepinge The waye toward Horonaim was ful of lamentacion for y e hurte The waters of Nimrim were dried vp the grasse was wythred the herbes destroyed what necessary grene thinge there was besyde In like maner the thinge y t was left them of their substaunce they caried it by water to Araby The crie went ouer the whole londe of Moab from Eglaim vnto Beer was there nothinge but mournynge The waters of Dimon were full of bloude for y e enemie had sent thither a bonde of men which as a lyon layde waite for the remnaunt of the londe and for them y t were escaped The xvj Chapter THen sent the lordes of the loÌ„de a maÌ„ of warre from the rocke that lieth toward the deserte vnto the hill of the doughter Sion For as for the doughters of Moab they were as it had bene a trymblinge byrde y t is put out of hir nest by the fery of Arnon which messaunger sayde gather youre councel come together couer vs with youre shadowe in the myddaye as the night doth hyde the chased bewraye not theÌ„ that are fled let the persecuted Moabites dwel amoÌ„ge you be oure open refuge agaynst the destroyer for the aduersary oppresseth vs the robber vndoeth vs the tyraunte dryueth vs out of oure londe But y e Trone of youre kingdome is ful of grace therfore he that sytteth vpon it w t faitfulnesse treuth in the house of Dauid knowe the thinge do his diligence to helpe shortly â–ª acordinge to Equite and rightuousnes As for Moabs pride shal they answere it is wel knowne And all though they be excellent proude arrogant hie mynded yet is their strength nothinge like And therfore Moab complayneth vnto Moab wher thorow they come all to mourne now y t they be smytten they take their deuyce beneth by the bryckwall and make their coÌ„playnte The suburbes also of Hesebon were made waist the princes of the Gentyles hewed downe y e vynyardes of Sibma which were planted with noble grapes and spred vnto Iazer and went vnto the ende of the deserte whose braunches stretched their selues forth beyonde the see Therfore I mourned for Iazer for y e vynyardes of Sibma w t greate sorow I poured my teares vpon Hesebon Eleale for all their songes were layde downe in their haruest gatheringe of their grapes Myrth and chere was gone out of y e felde vynyardes in so moch that no man was glad ner sunge There weÌ„te no treader in to the wynepresse their mery chere was layde downe Wherfore my bely roÌ„bled as it had bene a lute for Moabs sake myne inwarde membres for the bryckwalles sake For it happened thus also wheÌ„ Moab sawe that she was turned vpsyde downe she went vp an hie in to hir sanctuary to make hir prayer there but she might not 〈◊〉 helped This is the deuyce which the LORDE toke in honde at that tyme agaynst Moab But now the LORDE sayeth thus In thre yeare shal y e power of Moab w t their poÌ„pe which is greate be minished like as y e burtheÌ„ of an hyred seruaunte And as for y e remnaunt of them they shal be lesse then a fewe and not rekened moch worth The xvij Chapter THis is the heuy burtheÌ„ vpoÌ„ Damascus Beholde Damascus shal be nomore a cite but an heape of broken stones The cities of Aroer shal be waist The catel shal lie there nomaÌ„ shal fraye theÌ„ awaye Ephraim shal no more be stroÌ„ge Damascus shal no more be a kyngdome And as for y e glory of y e remnaunt of y e Sirians it shal be as the glory of the childreÌ„ of Israel saieth y e LORDE of hoostes At that tyme also shal y e glory of Iacob be very poore his fatnes leane It shal happeÌ„ to theÌ„ as when one sheareth in haruest which cutteth his handful w t the sickle when one gathreth y e sheaues together in the valley of Rephaim there remayneth yet some ears ouer Or as wheÌ„ one shaketh an olyue tre which fyndeth but two or thre olyue beries aboue in the toppe and foure or fyue in the braunches Thus the LORDE God of Israel hath spoken Then shal man coÌ„uerte agayne vnto his maker turne his eyes to the holy one of Israel And shal not turne to the aulters that are y e worke of his owne hoÌ„des nether shal he loke vpon groaues ymages which his fyngers haue wrought At the same tyme shal their stronge cities be desolate like as were once y e forsakeÌ„ plowes corne which they forsoke for feare of y e children of Israel So shalt thou o Damascus be desolate because thou hast forgotteÌ„ God y e Sauioure hast not called to remeÌ„braunce y e rock of thi streÌ„gth Wherfore thou hast also set a fayre plaÌ„te grafted a straunge braunch In the daye when thou diddest plante it it was greate and gaue soone the frute of thi sede But in the daye of haruest thou shalt reape
and thine aduersaries shal be destroyed brought to naught So that who so seketh after them shal not fynde them Thy destroyers shal perish so shall they that vndertake to make batell agaynst the. For I thy LORDE God wil strength thy right honde Euen I that saye vnto the Feare not I will helpe the. Be not afrayde thou litle worme Iacob and thou despysed Israel For I will helpe the saieth the LORDE the holyone of Israel thine avenger Beholde I wil make the a treadinge cart a new flale y t thou mayest throsshe grynde the mountaynes and bringe the hilles to poulder Thou shalt fanne them the wynde shal carie them awaye the whyrlwynde shal scatre thē But thou shalt reioyse in the LORDE and shalt delite in praysinge the holyone of Israel When the thurstie and poore seke water fynde none when their tunge is drie of thurst I geue it them saieth the LORDE I the God of Israel forsake them not I bringe forth floudes in the hilles welles in the playne feldes I turne y e wildernes to ryuers and the drie londe to condytes of water I plante in the wayst grounde trees of Cedre Boxe Myrre and olyues And in the drie I set Fyrre trees elmes and hawthornes together All this do I y t they altogether maye se and marcke perceaue with their hertes considre that the honde of the LORDE maketh these thinges and that the holyone of Israel bringeth them to passe Stonde at youre cause saieth the LORDE and bringe forth youre strōgest grounde counceleth the kinge of Iacob Let the goddes come forth them selues and shewe vs the thinges y t are past what they be let thē declare thē vnto vs y t we maye take them to herte and knowe them herafter Ether let thē shewe vs thinges for to come and tel vs what shal be done herafter so shal we knowe that they be goddes Shewe somthinge ether good or bad so wil we both knowlege y e same tel it out Beholde ye goddes are of naught yo r makinge is of naught but abhomination hath chosen you Neuertheles I haue waked vp one from the North he shal come And another from the East which shal call vpō my name shal come to the prynces as the Potter to his claye as y e Potter treadeth downe the myre Who tolde y t afore So wil we confesse saye that he is rightuous But there is none that sheweth or declareth eny thinge there is none also that heareth youre wordes Beholde I will first graūte thē of Sion Ierusalem to be Euangelistes But when I cōsidre there is not one amonge thē y t prophecieth nether when I axe him y t answereth one worde Lo wicked are they vayne with the thinges also that they take in honde yee wynde are they and emptynesse with their ymages together The xlij Chapter BEholde now therfore this is my seruaunt whom I will kepe to my self my electe In whom my soule shal be pacified I will geue him my sprete that he maye shewe forth iudgment equyte amonge the Gentiles He shal not be an outcryer ner an hie mynded person His voyce shall not be herde in y e stretes A brussed rede shal he not breake the smokinge flax shal he not quench but faithfully truly shal he geue iudgmēt He shal nether be ouersene ner haistie that he maye restore rightuousnesse vnto the earth the Gētiles also shal kepe his lawes For thus saieth God the LORDE vnto him Euen he that made the heauens and spred them abrode set forth the earth with hir encrease which geueth breath vnto the people that is in it to them that dwel therin I the LORDE haue called y e in rightuousnesse led the by the honde Therfore wil I also defende the geue the for a couenaunt of the people to be the light of the Gētiles That thou mayest open the eyes of the blinde let out the prysoners them that syt in darknesse out of the dongeon house I my self whose name is the LORDE which geue my power to none other nether myne honoure to the goddes shewe you these new tidinges and tel you them or they come for olde thinges also are come to passe Synge therfore vnto the LORDE a new songe of thākes geuynge blow out his prayse vnto the ende of the worlde They that be vpon the see all that is therin prayse him the Iles they that dwel in them Let the wildernes with hir cities lift vp hir voyce the townes also that be in Cedar Let them be glad that syt vpon rockes of stone and let them crie downe from the hie mountaynes ascribinge almightynes vnto the LORDE magnifienge him amonge the Gētiles The LORDE shal come forth as a gyaunte and take a stomacke to him like a fresh man of warre He shal roare and crie and ouercome his enemies I haue longe holden my peace saieth the LORDE shulde I therfore be still and kepe sylence for euer I will crie like a trauelinge woman and once wil I destroye and deuoure I wil make waist both mountayne hill drie vp euery grene thinge that groweth theron I wil drie vp the floudes of water drinke vp the ryuers I wil bringe the blinde in to a strete that they knowe not and lede them in to a fotepath that they are ignoraunt in I shal make darknesse light before thē the thinge y t is croked to be straight These thinges will I do ▪ not forget them And therfore let them conuerte and be a shamed earnestly that hope in Idols saye to fashioned ymages ye are oure godes Heare o ye deaf men and sharpen youre sightes to se o ye blinde But who is blynder thē my seruaunt Or so deaf as my messaungers whom I sent vnto them For who is so blynde as my people they y t haue the rule of them They are like as yf thou vnderstodest moch and keptest nothinge or yf one herde well but were not obedient The LORDE be merciful vnto them for his rightuousnesse sake that his worde might be magnified praysed But it is a myscheuous wiked people Their yonge men belonge all to the snare shal be shut in to preson houses They shal be caried awaye captyue and no man shal lowse them They shal be trodē vnder fote no man shal laboure to bringe thē agayne But who is he amonge you y t pondreth this in his mynde y t considreth it taketh it for a warnynge in tyme to come Who suffred Iacob to be trodden vnder fote and Israel to be spoyled dyd not the LORDE Now haue we synned agaynst him and haue had no delite to walke in his wayes nether bene obedient vnto his lawe Therfore hath he poured vpon vs his wroothful displeasure and strōge batell which maketh vs haue to do
on euery syde yet will we not vnderstōde He burneth vs vp yet syncketh it not in to oure hartes The xliij Chapter BVt now the LORDE that made the o Iacob and he that fashioned the o Israel saieth thus Feare not for I will defende ye. I haue called y e by thy name thou art myne owne When thou wentest in the water I was by the that the strōge floudes shulde not pluck y e awaye When thou walkest in the fyre it shal not burne y e and the flame shall not kindle vpon the. For I am the LORDE thy God the holyone of Israel thy Sauioure I gaue Egipte for y e delyueraunce the Moryās and the Sabees for the because thou wast deare in my sight and because I set by the and loued the. I pilled all men for the and delyuered vp all people for thy sake that thou shuldest not feare for I was with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the east and gather the together from the west I wil saye to the north let go And to the south kepe not backe But bringe me my sonnes from farre and my doughters from the endes of the worlde Namely all those that be called after my name For thē haue I created fashioned and made for myne honoure Bringe forth that people whether they haue eyes or be blynde deaf or haue eares All nacions shal come in one and be gathered in one people But which amonge yonder goddes shall declare soch thinges tell vs what is to come Let them bringe their witnesses so shal they be fre for thē men shal heare it and saye it is truth But I bringe you witnesses saith the LORDE euen those that are my seruauntes whom I haue chosen to the intent that ye might be certified and geue me faithful credence yee and to cōsidre that I am he before whom there was neuer eny God and that there shal be none after me I am only the LORDE and without me is there no Sauioure I geue warnynge I make whole I teach you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you And this recorde must ye beare me youre selues saieth the LORDE that I am God And euen he am I from the begynnynge and there is none that can take eny thinge out of my honde And what I do can no man chaunge Thus saieth the LORDE the holyone of Israel youre redemer For youre sake I will sende to Babilon and bringe all the strongest of them from thence Namely the Caldees that boost them of their shippes Euen I the LORDE youre holy one which haue made Israel and am youre kinge Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Euen he that maketh a waye in the see and a footpath in the mightie waters which bringeth forth the charettes and horses the hooste and the power that they maye fall a slepe and neuer ryse and be extincte like as tow is quenched Ye remembre not thinges of olde and regarde nothinge that is past Therfore beholde I shal make a new thinge and shortly shall it apeare Ye shall well knowe it I tolde it you afore but I will tell it you agaane I will make stretes in the deserte and ryuers of water in the wildernesse The wilde beastes shal worshippe me the dragon and the Estrich For I shall geue water in y e wildernesse and streames in the deserte that I maye geue drīke to my people whom I chose This people haue I made for my self and they shal shewe forth my prayse For thou Iacob woldest not call vpon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me o Israel Thou gauest me not thy yonge beastes for burnt offringes nether didest honoure me with thy sacrifices Thou boughtest me no deare spice with thi money nether pouredest the fat of thy sacrifices vpon me Howbeit I haue not bene chargeable vnto the in offrīges nether greuous in Incense But thou hast ladē me with thy synnes and weeried me with thy vngodlynes Where as I yet am euen he only that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences forget thy synnes so that I wil neuer thinke vpon them Put me now in remembraunce for we will reason together shewe what thou hast for the to make the quyte Thy first father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned agaynst me Therfore I ether suspended or slewe the chefest prynces I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reprofe The xliiij Chapter SO heare now o Iacob my seruaunt and Israel whom I haue chosē For thus saieth the LORDE that made the fashioned the and helped the euen from thy mothers wombe Be not afrayde o Iacob my seruaunte thou rightuous whom I haue chosen For I shal poure water vpon the drie grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstie I shal poure my sprete vpon thisede and myne encrease vpō thy stocke They shal growe together like as the grasse and as the Willies by the waters side One will saye I am the LORDES Another wil call vnder the name of Iacob The thirde shal subscrybe with his honde vnto y e LORDE and geue him self vnder the name of Israel Morouer thus hath the LORDE spokē euen the kinge of Israel and his avenger y e LORDE of hoostes I am the first and the last and without me is there no God For what is he that euer was like me which am from euerlastinge Let him shewe his name and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto me Let him tell you forth planely thīges that are past and for to come yee and that without eny feare or stoppe For haue not I euer tolde you hytherto warned you Ye can beare me recorde youreselues Is there eny God excepte me or eny maker that I shulde not knowe him Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne and their laboure lost They must beare recorde them selues that seinge they can nether se ner vnderstonde they shal be confounded Who shulde now make a god or fashiō an Idol that is profitable for nothinge Beholde all the felashippe of thē must be brought to confucion Let all the workmasters of them come and stonde together from amonge men they must be abashed and confoūded one with another The smyth taketh yron and tempreth it with hote coles and fashioneth it with hammers maketh it w t all the strength of his armes Yee somtyme he is faynt for very hunger and so thurstie that he hath no more power The carpenter or ymage caruer taketh me the tymbre and spredeth forth his lyne he marketh it with some coloure he playneth it he ruleth it ād squareth it and maketh it after the ymage of a man and acordinge to the bewtie of a man that it maye stonde in the temple Morouer he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees He bringeth home Elmes and okes and other tymbre of the wodd Or els the Fyrretrees which he planted himself ād soch as the rayne hath swelled which wodde serueth for
meÌ„ to burne Of this he taketh and warmeth himself withall he maketh a fyre of it to bake bred And after warde maketh a god there of to honoure it and an Idol to knele before it One pece he burneth in the fyre with another he rosteth flesh that he maye eate roste his bely full with the thirde he warmeth himself and saieth A ha I am well warmed I haue bene at the fyre And of the residue he maketh him a god and an Idol for himself He kneleth before it he worshippeth it he prayeth vnto it and sayeth delyuer me for thou art my god Yet men nether considre ner vnderstonde because their eyes are stopped that they can not se and their hertes that they can not perceaue They pondre not in their myndes for they haue nether knowlege ner vnderstoÌ„dinge to thinke thus I haue breÌ„t one pece in the fyre I haue baked bred w t y e coles there of I haue rosted flesh withall eaten it Shal I now of the residue make an abhominacion and fall downe before a rotten pece of wodd The kepinge of dust and folishnesse of herte hath turned them a syde so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thinke maye not Ierre CoÌ„sidre this o Iacob and Israel for thou art my seruauÌ„t I haue made the that thou mightest serue me O Israel forget me not As for thyne offences I dryue them awaye like the cloudes and thy synnes as the myst Turne y e agayne vnto me I will delyuer ye. Be glad ye heauens whom the LORDE hath made let all y t is here beneth vpon the earth be ioyfull Reioyse ye mountaynes woddes with all the trees that are in you for y e LORDE shal redeme Iacob shewe his glory vpon Israel For thus saieth the LORDE thy redemer euen he that fashioned the from thy mothers wombe I am the LORDE which do all thinges my self alone I only haue spred out the heauens and I only haue layde the foundacion of the earth I destroye the tokens of witches and make the Sothsayers go wronge As for the wise I turne them bacward and make their conninge folishnesse But I set vp the purpose of my seruauntes and fulfil the councel of my messauÌ„gers I saye to IerusaleÌ„ turne agayne And to the cities of Iuda be ye buylded agayne and I repayre their decayed places I saye to the grounde be drie And I drie vp thy water floudes I saye to Cirus thou art myne hyrd man so that he shal fulfill all thinges after mâ— will I saye to Ierusalem be thou buylded and to the teÌ„ple be thou fast grounded The xlv Chapter THus saieth the LORDE vnto Cirus his anoynted whom he ledeth by y e right hoÌ„de that the people maye fall downe before him I wil lowse the gyrdle of kinges y t they shal open the gates before thy face and not to shut their dores I wil go before the and make the croked straight I shal breake the brasen dores burst the yron barres I shall geue the the hyd treasure the thinge which is secretly kepte that thou mayest knowe y t I the God of Israel haue called the by thy name and that for Iacob my seruaunt sake for Israel my chosen For I called the by y e name and ordened the or euer thou knewest me Euen I the LORDE before whom there is none other for w t out me there is no God I haue prepared the or euer thou knewest me that it might be knowne from the risynge of the Sonne to the goinge downe of the same that all is nothinge without me For I am the LORDE there is els none It is I y t created the light and darcknes I make peace and trouble Yee euen I the LORDE do all these thinges The heauens aboue shal droppe downe and the cloudes shal rayne rightuousnes The earth shal open it self and brynge forth health and therby shal rightuousnes florish Euen I the LORDE shal bringe it to passe Wo be vnto him that chydeth w t his maker the potsherde with the potter Saieth y e claye to the potter What makest thou or y i worke serueth for nothiÌ„ge Wo be vnto him y t saieth to his father why begettest thou And to his mother why bearest thou Thus saieth the LORDE euen the holy one maker of Israel Axe me of thinges for to come concernynge my sonnes and put me in remeÌ„braunce as touchinge the workes of my hoÌ„des I haue made the earth and created maÌ„ vpon it With my hondes haue I spred forth heauen and geuen a commaundment for all the hooste therof I shal wake him vp with rightuousnesse and ordre all his wayes He shal buylde my cite let out my prisoners that nether for gift nor rewardes saieth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE hath sayde morouer The occupiers of Egipte the marchauntes of the Moryans and Sabees shal come vnto the with tribute they shabethine they shal folowe the and go with cheynes vpon their fete They shal fall downe before the and make supplicacion vnto the. For God w t out whoÌ„ there is none other God shal be with the. O how profounde art thou o God thou God Sauioure of Israel Confounded be ye and put to dishonoure go hence together with shame all ye that be workmasters of erroure that is worshippers of Idols But Israel shal be saued in the LORDE which is the euerlastinge saluacioÌ„ They shal not come to shame ner confucion worlde without ende For thus sayeth the LORDE euen he that created heauen the God y t made the earth that fashioned it and set it forth I haue not made it for naught but I made it to be enhabited Euen I the LORDE without whom there is none other I haue not spoken secretly nether in darcke places of the earth It is not for naught that I sayde vnto the sede of Iacob seke me I am the LORDE which wheÌ„ I speake declare the thinge that is rightuous and true Let theÌ„ be gathered come together let theÌ„ drawe nye hyther y t are escaped of the people Haue they eny vnderstondinge that set vp the stockes of their Idols and praye vnto a god that caÌ„ not helpe theÌ„ Let men drawe nye let them come hither aÌ„d aske councel one at another and shewe forth â—What is he that tolde this before or who spake of it euer sence the begynnynge Haue not I y e LORDE done it without whom there is none other God the true God and sauioure and there is els none but I And therfore turne you vnto me all ye endes of the earth so shal ye be saued for I am God there is els none I sweare by myself out of my mouth coÌ„meth y e worde of rightuousnesse and that maye no man turne but all knees shal bowe vnto me and all tunges shal sweate by me sayenge Verely
me Herken vnto me o Iacob Israel whō I haue called I am euen he that is I am y e first and the last My honde is the foundacion of the earth my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens As soone as I called thē they were there Gather you all together ād herken Which of yonder goddes hath declared this that the LORDE wil do by the kinge of Babilon whom he loueth fauoureth and by the Caldees his arme ▪ I my self alone haue tolde you this before Yee I shal call him and bringe him forth geue him a prosperous iourneye Come nye heare this haue I spokē eny thīge darckly sence the begynnynge whē a thīge begynneth I am there Wherfore the LORDE God with his sprete hath sent me And thus saieth the LORDE thine avenger the holyone of Israel I am y e LORDE thy God which teach the profitable thinges and lede y e the waye that thou shuldest go Yf thou wilt now regarde my cōmaundement thy welthynes shal be as the water streame thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see Thysede shal be like as the sonde in the see the frute of thy body like the grauel stones therof Thy name shal not be roted out nor destroyed before me Ye shal go awaye from Babilon and escape the Caldees with a mery voyce This shal be spoken of declared abrode go forth vnto the ende of the worlde so that it shal be sayde The LORDE hath defended his seruaunte Iacob that they suffred no thurste whē they trauayled in the wildernesse He claue the rockes a sonder and the water gusshed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace saieth the LORDE MESSIAS The xlix Chapter HErken vnto me ye Iles and take hede ye people from farre The LORDE hath called me fro my byrth and made mēcion of my name fro my mothers wōbe he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder y e shadowe of his honde hath he defended me and hyd me in his quyuer as a good arowe and sayde vnto me Thou art my seruaunt Israel I wil be honoured in the. Then answerde I I shal lese my laboure I shal spende my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God And now saieth the LORDE euē he that fashioned me fro my mothers wombe to be his seruaūte that I maye bringe Iacob agayne vnto him howbeit Israel will not be gathered vnto hī agayne In whose sight I am greate which also is my LORDE my God and my strēgth Let it be but a smal thinge that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob to restore the destructiō of Israel yf I make the not also the light of the Gentiles that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde Morouer thus saieth the LORDE the avēger and holy one of Israel because of the abhorringe and despisinge amonge the Gentiles concernynge the seruaunt of all them y t beare rule Kynges and prynces shal se and arise and worshipe because of the LORDE that he is faithfull and because of the holy one of Israel which hath chosen the. And thus saieth the LORDE In the tyme apoynted wil I be present with the. And in the houre of health wil I helpe the delyuer the. I wil make the a pledge for y e people so y t thou shalt helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scatred heretages That thou mayest saye to y e presoners go forth to them that are in darknesse come in to the light that they maye fede in the hie wayes get their lyuynge in all places There shal nether hunger ner thirste heate nor Sonne hurte them For he that fauoureth them shal lede them and geue them drīke of the springe welles I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shal come from farre lo seme from the north and west some from the south Reioyse ye heauens and synge prayses thou earth Talke of ioye ye hilles for God wil cōforte his people haue mercy vpon his y t be in trouble Then shal Sion saye God hath forsaken me and the LORDE hath forgottē me Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe ād the sonne whō she hath borne And though she do forget yet wil not I forget the. Beholde I haue written the vp vpon my hondes thy walles are euer in my sight They that haue broken the downe shal make haist to buylde the vp agayne and they that made the waist shal dwell in the. Lift vp thine eyes and loke aboute the all these shal gather them together and come to the. As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE thou shalt put them all vpō the as an apparell and gyrde thē to the as a bryde doth hir Iewels As for thy londe that lieth desolate waisted destroyed it shal be to narow for thē that shal dwell in it And they y t wolde deuoure the shal be farre a waye Then the childe whō y e barē shall bringe forth vnto y e shal saye in thine eare this place is to narow syt nye together y t I maye haue rowme Then shalt thou thinke by thy self Who hath begottē me these seinge I am barē alōe a captyue an outcast And who hath norished thē vp for me I am desolate alone but frō whēce come these And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I will stretch out myne honde to the Gentiles and set vp my token to the people They shal bringe the thy sonnes in their lappes carie thy doughters vnto y e vpon their shulders For kinges shal be thy noursinge fathers and Quenes shal be thy noursinge mothers They shal fall before the w t their faces flat vpon the earth and lick vp the dust of thy fete that thou mayest knowe how that I am the LORDE And who so putteth his trust in me shal not be confounded Who spoyleth the giaunte of his pray or who taketh the presoner from the mightie And therfore thus saieth the LORDE The prisoners shal be taken from the giaunte and the spoyle delyuered from the violēte for I wil maynteyne thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and saue thy sonnes And wil fede thine enemies with their owne fleshe and make thē drinke of their owne bloude as of swete wyne And all flesh shal knowe o Iacob that I am the LORDE thy Sauioure and stronge auenger Chap. I. THus saieth the LORDE Where is the bill of yo r mothers deuorcemēt that I sent vnto her or who is the vsurer to whō I solde you Beholde for youre owne offēces are ye solde because of youre transgression is youre mother forsakē For why wolde no mā receaue me when I came when I called no man gaue me answere Was my hōde clene smytē of that it
hūble sprete y t I maye heale a troubled mynde and a cōtrite herte For I chide not euer am not wroth w t out ende But y e blastinge goeth fro me though I make the breath I am wroth w t hī for his couetousnes lust I smyte him I hyde me and am angrie whē he turneth him self and foloweth y e bywaye of his owne hert But yf I maye se his right waye agayne I make him whole I lede him and restore him vnto them whom he maketh ioyful that were sory for him I make the frutes of thākesgeuinge I geue peace vnto them that are farre of and to them that are nye saye I the LORDE that make him whole But the wicked are like the raginge see that cā not rest who se water fometh with the myre grauel Euēso y e wicked haue no peace saieth my God The LVIII Chapter ANd therfore crie now as loude as thou canst Leaue not of life vp thy voyce like a trōpet and shewe my people their offences and y e house of Iacob their synnes For they seke me dalye and wil knowe my wayes euen as it were a people that dyd right and had not forsaken the statutes of their God They argue with me concernynge right iudgment and wil pleate at the lawe with their God Wherfore fast we saye they and thou seist it not we put oure liues to straitnesse and thou regardest it not Beholde when ye fast youre lust remayneth still for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters lo ye fast to strife and debate and to smyte him with youre fist that speaketh vnto you Ye fast not as somtyme that youre voyce might be herde aboue Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me that a mā shulde chasten himself for a daye and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth to lye vpon the earth Shulde that be called fastinge or a daye y t pleaseth y e LORDE But this fastinge pleaseth not me till y e tyme be thou lowse him out of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the ooth of wicked bargaynes that thou let the oppressed go fre and take from them all maner of burthens It pleaseth not me till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house when thou seist the naked that thou couer him and hyde not thy face frō thine owne flesh Then shal thy light breake forth as y e mornynge and thy health florish right shortly thy rightuousnesse shal go before the and y e glory of the LORDE shal embrace the. Then yf thou callest the LORDE shal answere the yf thou criest he shal saye here I am Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens and holdest thy fyngers and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie and refreszshest y e troubled soule Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse and thy darknesse shal be as the noone daye The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde and satisfie the desyre of thine hert and fyl y e bones with marry Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden and like the founteyne of water that neuer leaueth runnynge Then the places that haue euer bene waist shal be buylded of the there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynreds Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges and y e buylder agayne of y e waye of the Sabbath Yee yf thou turne thy fete from the Sabbath so that thou do not the thinge which pleaseth thyself in my holy daye then shalt thou be called vnto the pleasaunt holy glorious Sabbath of the LORDE where thou shalt be in hono r so y t thou do not after thine owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wil ner speake thine owne wordes Thē shalt thou haue y e pleasure in y e LORDE which shal carie y e hie aboue y e earth fede the w t the heretage of Iacob thy father for the LORDES owne mouth hath so promised The LIX Chap. BEholde the LORDES honde is not so shortened y t it can not helpe nether is his eare so stopped y t it maye not heare But yo r myszdedes haue separated you from yo r God yo r synnes hyde his face from you y t he heareth you not For yo r hondes are defyled with bloude and yo r fyngers w t vnrighteousnesse Yo r lippes speake lesynges yo r tonge setteth out wickednes No man regardeth righteousnes no mā iudgeth truly Euery man hopeth in vayne thinges and ymagineth disceate cōceaueth weerynesse bringeth forth euell They brede cockatrice egges weeue y e spyders webb Who so eateth of their egges dieth But yf one treade vpon thē there cōmeth vp a serpent Their webbe maketh no clothe they maye not couer thē w t their labours Their dedes are y e dedes of wickednes y e worke of robbery is in their hōdes Their fete runne to euell they make haist to shed innocēt bloude Their coūcels are wicked coūcels harme destrucciō are in their wayes But y e waye of peace they knowe not In their goinges is no equyte their wayes are so croked y t who so euer goeth therin knoweth nothinge of peace And this is y e cause y t equite is so farre frō vs y t rightuousnes cōmeth not nye vs. We loke for light lo it is darknesse for y e mornynge shyne se we walke in y e darke We grope like y e blynde vpon y e wall we grope euen as one y t hath none eyes We stomble at y e noone daye as though it were toward night in y e fallinge places like men y t are half deed We roare all like Beeres mourne stil like doues We loke for equite but there is none for health but it is farre frō vs. For o r offences are many before y e o r synnes testifie agaynst vs. Yee we must cōfesse y t we offende knowlege y t we do amysse Namely transgresse dyssemble agaynst y e LORDE fall awaye frō o r God vsinge presūptuous traytorous ymaginacions castinge false matters in o r hertes And therfore is equyte gone asyde righteousnes stōdeth farre of treuth is fallen downe in the strete and the thinge that is playne and open maye not be shewed Yee y e treuth is lade in preson and he that refrayneth himself frō euel must be spoyled When the LORDE sawe this it displeased him sore y t there was no where eny equite He sawe also that there was no man which had pitie therof or was greued at it And he helde him by his owne power and cleued to his owne rightuousnes He put rightuousnes vpō him for a brest plate set the helmet of health vpō his heade He put on wrath in steade of clothīge toke gelousy aboute him for a cloke like as when
a man goeth forth wrothfully to recōpence his enemies to be avenged of his aduersaries Namely that he might recompence and rewarde the I lōdes wherthorow the name of the LORDE might be feared from the risynge of the Sōne and his magesty vnto the goinge downe of the same For he shal come as a violent waterstreame which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saieth the LORDE I will make this conuenaunt with them sayeth y e LORDE My sprete that is come vpon the the wordes which I haue put in y t mouth shal neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of y e mouth of thy childrē no ner out of y e mouth of thy childers childrē from this tyme forth for euer more The lx Chapter ANd therfore get the vp by tymes for thy light cometh the glory of y e LORDE shal ryse vp vpō ye. For lo while y e darknesse cloude couereth the earth the people the LORDE shal shewe the light his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles shal come to thy light kynges to the brightnes y t springeth forth vpō ye. Lift vp thine eyes loke rounde aboute the All these gather thē selues come to the. Sonnes shal come vnto y e from farre doughters shal gather thē selues to the on euery side When thou seist this thou shalt maruel exceadingly and thine hert shal be opened when the power of the see shal be cōuerted vnto the that is whē the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal couer y e the Dromedaries of Madiā and Epha All they of Saba shal come bringinge golde incense shewinge the prayse of the LORDE All the catel of Cedar shal be gathered vnto y e the rāmes of Nabaioth shal serue the to be offred vpō myne aulter which I haue chosen in the house of my glory which I haue garnished But what are these that fle here like the cloudes and as the doues flienge to their wyndowes The Iles also shal gather thē vnto me and specially the shippes of y e see that they maye bringe the sonnes from farre and their syluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the LORDE thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified the. Straūgers shal buylde vp thy walles and their kīges shal do the seruyce For when I am angrie I smyte the and when it pleaseth me I pardon the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both daye and night and neuer be shut that the hooste of the Gentiles maye come and that their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For euery people kingdome that serueth not the shal perish and be distroyed w t the swerde The glory of libanus shal come vnto the The Fyrre trees Boxes Cedres together to garnish the place of my Sanctuary for I wil glorifie the place of my fete Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the y t haue vexed the all they that despised y e shal fall downe at y e fote Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE the holy Sion of Israel Because thou hast bene forsakē and hated so that noman went thorow the I wil make the glorious for euer and euer ād ioyful thorow out all posterities Thou shalt sucke the mylck of the Gentiles and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and defender the mighty one of Iacob For brasse wil I geue the golde and for yron syluer for wod brasse and for stones yron I wil make peace thy ruler and rightuousnes thyne officer Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe nether harme and destruction with in thy borders Thy walles shal be called health thy gates the prayse of God The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light ād the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the but y e LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light thy God shal be thy glory Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe thy Moone shal not be taken awaye for the LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light ād thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye. Thy people shal be all godly possesse the londe for euer the floure of my plantinge the worke of my hondes wherof I wil reioyce The yongest leest shal growe in to a thousande the symplest in to a stronge people I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge to passe in his tyme. The lxj Chapter THe sprete of the LORDE God is w t me for y e LORDE hath anoynted me sent me to preach good tydīges vnto the poore y t I might bynde vp y e wounded hertes y t I might preach delyueraunce to y e captyue open the preson to thē that are bounde y t I might declare y e acceptable yeare of y e LORDE the daye of y e avēgeaunce of oure God that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse that I might geue vnto them y t mourne in Sion bewty in the steade of asshes ioyful oyntmēt for sighinge pleasaunt raymēt for an heuy mīde That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse a plātinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in They shal buylde the lōge rough wildernes set vp y e olde deserte They shal repayre the waist places soch as haue bene voyde thorow out many generaciōs Straūgers shal stōde fede yo r catel the Aleauntes shal be yo r plowmē reapers But ye shal be named the prestes of the LORDE mē shall call you the seruaūtes of oure God Ye shall enioye the goodes of y e Gētiles tryūphe in their substaūce For yo r greate reprofe shame shal they haue ioye y t ye maye haue parte w t thē For they shal haue dubble possession ī their lōde euerlastinge ioye shal be w t them For I the LORDE which loue right ād hate robbery though it were offred me shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Their sede also and their generacion shal be knowne amōge the Gentiles and amōge the people All they that se them shall knowe that they are the hie blessed sede of y e LORDE And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE my soule reioyseth in my God For he shall put vpon me the garmēt of health couer me with the mātle of rightuousnes He shal decke me like a brydegrome as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpō her For like as y e grounde bringeth forth frute as the gardē shuteth forth sede So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes and the feare of God to florish forth before all the Heithen The lij Chapter FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge
The cities of thy Sanctuary lye waist Sion is a wildernesse and Ierusalem a deserte Oure holy house which is oure bewty where oure fathers praysed the is brent vp yee all oure cōmodities and pleasures are waysted awaye Wilt thou not be intreated LORDE for all this Wilt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The lxv Chapter THey shal seke me that hitherto haue not axed for me they shal fynde me that hither to haue not sought me Then shal I saye immediatly to the people that neuer called vpon my name I am here I am here For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people that go not the right waye but after their owne ymaginacions To a people that is euer defyenge me to my face They make their oblacions in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke they lurck amonge the graues and lie in the dennes all night They eate swyne flesh and vnclene broth is in their vessels Yf thou comest nye them they saie touch me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angrie shal be turned to smoke and fyre that shal burne for euer Beholde it is written before my face shal not be forgotten but recōpensed I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome I meane youre mysdedes and the mysdedes of youre fathers together saieth the LORDE which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaynes and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to their bosome agayne Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as when one wolde gather holy grapes men saye vnto him breake it not of for it is holy Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I will not destroye them all But I will take a sede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shal possesse these thinges my seruauntes shall dwell there Saron shal be a shepefolde and the valley of Achor shal geue stallinge for the catell of my people that feare me But as for you ye are they y t haue for saken the LORDE and forgotten my holy hill Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune geuē rich drink offeringes vnto treasure Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde that ye shall be destroyed all together For when I called no man gaue me answere when I spake ye herkened not vnto me but dyd wickednes before myne eyes and chosed the thinge that pleased me not Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde my seruauntes shal eate but ye shall haue honger Beholde my seruauntes shall drynke but ye shal suffre thurste Beholde my seruauntes shal be mery but ye shal be cōfounded Beholde my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte But ye shal crie for sorow of hert and cōplayne for vexacion of mynde Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen for God the LORDE shal slaye you and call his seruauntes by another name Who so reioyseth vpō earth shall reioyse in the true God And Who so sweareth vpō earth shal sweare in the true God For the olde enemite shal be forgotten and taken awaye out of my sight For lo I shal make a new heauē a new earth And as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpō ner kepte in mynde but mē shal be glad and euermore reioyse for the thinges that I shall do For why Beholde I shal make a ioyfull Ierusalē yee I myself will reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with my people And the voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be herde in her from thēce forth There shall neuer be childe ner olde man that haue not their full dayes But whē the childe cometh to an hūderth yeare olde it shall dye And yf he that is an hūderth yeare of age do wronge he shal be cursed They shal buylde houses and dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes and eate the frute of them They shall not buylde another possesse they shall not plante and another eate But the life of my people shal be like a tre and so shal the worke of their hondes My chosen shal lyue longe they shall not laboure in vayne ner beget w t trouble for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE their frutes with them And it shal be that or euer they call I shal answere them Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake I shal heare them The wolff and the lambe shal fede together and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke But earth shal be the serpētes meate There shal no man hurte ner slaye another in all my holy hill saieth the LORDE The lxvj Chapter THus saieth the LORDE Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole Where shal now the house stonde y t ye will buylde vnto me And where shal be the place y t I wil dwel in As for these thinges my hōde hath made them all and they are all created saieth the LORDE Which of them shal I then regarde Euē him that is of a lowly troubled sprete and stōdeth in awe of my wordes For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so greate dishonoure as he y t kylleth a mā He that kylleth a shepe for me choketh a dogge He that bringeth me meat offringes offreth swynes bloude Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense prayseth the thinge y t is vnright Yet take they soch wayes in honde and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions Therfore wil I also haue pleasure in laughinge them to scorne and the thinge that they feare wil I bringe vpon thē For when I called no man gaue answere when I spake they wolde not heare But dyd wickednesse before myne eyes chose the thinges that displease me Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thinge which he speaketh You re brethren that hate you and cast you out for my names sake saye Let the LORDE magnifie himself that we maye se youre gladnesse yet they shal be cōfounded For as touchinge the cite and the temple I heare the voyce of the LORDE that will rewarde and recompēce his enemies like as when a wife bringeth forth a man childe or euer she suffre the payne of the byrth and anguysh of y e trauayle Who euer herde or sawe soch thinges doth the grounde beare in one daye or are the people borne all at once as Sion beareth his sonnes For thus-sayeth the LORDE Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my self Am not I he that beareth and maketh baren saieth thy God Reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with her all ye that loue her Be ioyful with her all ye that mourned for her For ye shal sucke cōforte out of hir brestes and be satisfied Ye shal taist and haue delite in the plenteousnesse of hir power For
not but wil do as their fathers dyd before them Chap. XLV Ieremy comforteth Baruch coÌ„cernynge his weaknesse of mynde Chap. XLVI The summe of Ieremies preachinge vnto the Heithen specially vnto Egipte Chap. XLVII Agaynst the Philistynes Chap. XLVIII Agaynst Moab Chap· XLIX Agaynst the Ammonites Edomites Damascus Cedar and Elam Chap. L.LI. Agaynst Babilon Chap. LII A recitynge how IerusaleÌ„ was beseged wonne and taken These are the Sermons of Ieremy the sonne of Helchia the prest one of them that dwelt at Anathot in the londe of Ben Iamin when the LORDE had first spoken with him in the tyme of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda in the xiij yeare of his kingdome and so duringe vnto the tyme of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda and vnto the xj yeares of Sedechias the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda were ended when Ierusalem was taken euen in the fyfth Moneth The first Chapter THe worde of the LORDE spake thus vnto me Before I fasshioned the in thy mothers woÌ„be I dyd knowe the And or euer thou wast borne I sanctified the ordened the to be a prophet vnto the people TheÌ„ sayde I Oh LORDE God I am vnâ—ete for I am yet but yonge And the LORDE answered me thus Saye not so I am to yonge For thou shalt go to all that I shall sende the vnto and what so euer I coÌ„maunde the that shalt thou speake Be not afrayed of their faces for I wil be with the to delyuer the saieth the LORDE And with that the LORDE stretched out his honde and touched my mouth and sayde morouer vnto me Beholde I put my wordes in thy mouth and this daye do I set the ouer the people and kingdomes that thou mayest rote out breake of destroye and make waist and that thou mayest buylde vp and plaÌ„te After this the LORDE spake vnto me sayenge Ieremy what seist thou And I sayde I se a wakynge rodde Then sayde y e LORDE thou hast sene right for I will watch diligently vpon my worde to perfourme it It happened afterwarde that the LORDE spake to me agayne sayde What seist thou And I sayde I do se a seethinge pot lokinge from out of the north hitherwarde Then sayde the LORDE vnto me Out of the north shall come a plage vpon all the dwellers of the londe For lo I will call all the officers of the kyngdomes of the north saieth the LORDE And they shall come and euery one shall set his seate in the gates of Ierusalem and in all their walles rounde aboute and thorow all the cities of Iuda And thorow them shall I declare my iudgment vpon all the wickednesse of those men that haue forsaken me that haue offred vnto straunge goddes worshipped the workes of their owne hondes And therfore gyrde vp thy loynes arise and tell them all that I geue the in coÌ„maundement Feare them not I will not haue the to be afrayed of theÌ„ For beholde this daye do I make the a stroÌ„ge fensed towne an yron pyler and a wall of stele agaynst y e whole londe agaynst the kinges and mightie men of Iuda agaynst the prestes and people of the londe They shall fight agaynst the but they shall not be able to ouer come the for I am w t the to delyuer the saieth the LORDE The II. Chapter MOrouer the worde of the LORDE coÌ„maunded me thus Go thy waye crie in the eares of IerusaleÌ„ saye Thus saieth the LORDE I remembre the for the kyndnesse of thy youth and because of thy stedfast loue in that thou folowdest me thorow the wildernesse in an vntilled londe Thou Israel wast halowed vnto te LORDE and so was his first frutes All they that deuoured Israel offended miszfortune fell vpon them saieth the LORDE Heare therfore the worde of the LORDE O thou house of Iacob and all the generacion of the house of Israel Thus saieth y e LORDE vnto your What vnfaithfulnesse founde youre fathers in me that they wente so farre awaye fro me fallinge to lightnesse and beinge so vayne They thought not in their hertes Where haue we left the LORDE y t brought vs out of the loÌ„de of Egipte y t led vs thorow the wildernesse thorow a deserte and roughlonde thorow a drie and a deedly londe yee a londe that no man had gone thorow and wherein no man had dwelt And when I had brought you in to a pleasaunt welbuylded londe that ye might enioye the frutes and all the coÌ„modities of the same ye went forth and defyled my londe brought myne heretage to abhominacion The prestes theÌ„ selues saide not once where is y e LORDE They y t haue the lawe in their hondes knowe me not The shepherdes offende agaynst me The prophetes do seruyce vnto Baal folowe soch thinges as shall bringe them no profit Wherfore I am constrayned sayeth the LORDE to make my complaynte vpon you and vpon youre children Go in to the Iles of Cethim and loke wel sende vnto Cedar take diligent hede and se whether soch thinges be done there whether the Gentiles them selues deale so falsly vntruly with their goddes which yet are no goddes in dede But my people hath geuen ouer their hie honoure for a thinge that maye not helpe them Be astonished o ye heauens be afrayde abashed at soch a thinge saieth the LORDE For my people hath done two euels They haue forsakeÌ„ me the well of the water of life and digged them pittes yee vile and broken pittes that holde no water Is Israel a bonde seruaunt or one of the housholde Why is he then so spoyled Why do they roare and crie then vpon him as a lyon They haue made his londe wayst his cities are so brent vp that there is no man dwellinge in them Yee the children of Noph and Taphanes haue defyled thy necke CoÌ„meth not this vnto the because thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God euer sence he led the by the waye And what hast thou now to do in y e strete of Egipte to drinke foule water Ether what makest thou in the waye to Assiria To drinke water of the floude Thine owne wickednesse shal reproue the and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the that thou mayest knowe and vnderstonde how euel and hurtful a thinge it is y t thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God and not feared him saieth the LORDE God of hoostes I haue euer broken thy yock of olde bursten thy bondes yet saiest thou I wil nomore serue but like an harlot thou runnest aboute vpon all hie hilles amonge all grene trees where as I planted the out of noble grapes and good rotes How art thou turned then into a bytter vnfrutefull and straunge grape Yee and that so sore that though thou wasshest the with Nitrus makest thiself to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith yet
their offences are many and their departinge awaye is greate Shulde I then for all this haue mercy vpon the Thy children haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no goddes And albeit they were bounde to me in mariage yet they fell to aduoutrie and haunted harlottes houses In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become like the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neghbours wife Shulde I not correcke this saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of euery people that is like vnto this Clymme vp vpon their walles beate them downe but destroye them not vtterly cut of their braunches because they are not the LORDES For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me saieth the LORDE They haue denied the LORDE and sayde it is not he Tush there shall no miszfortune come vpon vs we shall se nether swearde ner honger As for the warnynge of the prophetes they take it but for wynde yee there is none of these which will tell them that soch thinges shal happen vnto them Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes because ye speake soch wordes beholde The wordes that are in thy mouth will I turne to fyre and make the people to be wod that it maye consume them Lo I will bringe a people vpoÌ„ you from farre o house of Israel saieth the LORDE a mightie people an olde people a people whose speach thou knowest not nether vnderstoÌ„dest what they saye Their arowes are sodane death yee they them selues be very giauntes This people shal eate vp thy frute thy meate yee they shal deuoure thy sonnes and thy doughters thy shepe and thy bullockes They shall eate vp thy grapes fyges As for thy stronge and well fensed cities wherin thou didest trust they shal destroye them with the swearde Neuertheles I will not then haue done with you saieth the LORDE But yf they saye wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs Then answere them because that like as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe Preach this vnto the house of Iacob crie it out in Iuda and saye thus Heare this thou folish and vndiscrete people Ye haue eyes but ye se not eares haue ye but ye heare not Feare ye not me saieth the LORDE Are ye not ashamed to loke me in the face which bynde the see with the sonde so that it can not passe his boundes For though it rage yet can it do nothinge and though the wawes therof do swell yet maye they not go ouer But this people hath a false and an obstinate herte they are departed and gone awaye fro me They thinke not in their hartes O let vs feare the LORDE oure God that geueth vs rayne early and late when nede is which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly Neuertheles youre miszdedes haue turned these from you youre synnes haue robbed you herof For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes that priuely laye snares and waite for men to take them and destroye them And like as a net is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate Herof coÌ„meth their greate substaunce and riches her of are they fat and welthy and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies They ministre not the lawe they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite Shulde I not punysh these thinges saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of all soch people as these be Horrible and greuous thinges are done in the londe The prophetes teach falsely and the prestes folowe them and my people hath pleasure therin What will come therof at the last The VI. Chapter COme out of Ierusalem ye stronge childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuites set vp a token vnto Bethacarem for a plage and a greate misery pepeth out from the North. I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman and to her shall come the shepherdes with their flockes Their tentes shal they pitch rounde aboute her and euery one shal fede with his honde Make batell agaynst her shal they saye Arise let vs go vp while it is yet daye Alas the daye goeth awaye the night shadowes fall downe Arise let vs go vp by night and destroye hir stronge holdes for thus hath the LORDE of hoostes commaunded Hew downe hir trees and set vp bulworkes agaynst IerusaleÌ„ This is the cite that must be punished for in her is all maliciousnes Like as a coÌ„dyte aboundeth in water eueÌ„ so this citie abouÌ„deth in wickednes Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her sorow woundes are euer there in my sight AmeÌ„de the o Ierusalem lest I with drawe my herte from the and make the desolate thy londe also y t no man dwel in it For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The residue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes And therfore turne thine honde agayne in to the baszket like the grape gatherer But vnto whom shal I speake whom shal I warne that he maye take hede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they maye not heare Beholde they take the worde of God but for a scorne and haue no lust therto And therfore I am so full of thy indignacion o LORDE that I maye suffre no longer Shed out thy wrath vpon the children that are without and vpon all yonge men Yee the man must be taken presoner with the wife and the aged with the crepel Then â—â—uses with their londes and wiues shal be turned vnto straungers wheÌ„ I stretchout myne hoÌ„de vpon the inhabitours of this londe saieth the LORDE For from the leest vnto the most they hange all vpon covetousnes and from the prophet vnto the prest they go all aboute with falsede and lyes And besyde that they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace when there is no peace at all Therfore they must be ashamed for they haue coÌ„mitted abhominacion But how shulde they be ashamed when they knowe nothinge nether of shame ner good nurture And therfore they shal fall amonge the slayne and in the houre when I shall viset them they shal be brought downe saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE go in to the stretes considre and make inquisicion for the olde waye and yf it be the good and right waye then go therin that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules But they saye we will not walke therin and I will set watchmen ouer you and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompet But they saye we will not take hede Heare therfore ye Gentiles and thou congregacion shalt knowe what I haue deuysed for them Heare thou earth also beholde I will cause a plage come vpon this
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
vexed of all kingdomes to be cursed abhorred laughed to scorne put to confucion of all the people amonge whom I haue scatred them that because they haue not bene obedient vnto my commaundementes saieth the LORDE which I sent vnto them by my seruauntes the prophetes I stode vp early and sent vnto them but they wolde not heare saieth the LORDE Heare therfore the worde of the LORDE all ye presoners whom I sent from IerusaleÌ„ vnto Babilon Thus hath the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel spoken of Achab y e sonne of Colaias of Sedechias the sonne of Maasia which prophecie lies vnto you in my name Beholde I wil delyuer them in to the honde of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon that he maye slaye them before youre eyes And all y e presoners of Iuda that are in Babilon shal take vpoÌ„ them this terme of cursinge and saye Now God do vnto the as he dyd vnto Sedechias Achab whom the kinge of Babilon rosted in the fyre because they synned shamefully in Israel For they haue not onely defiled their neghbours wyues but also preached lyenge wordes in my name which I haue not commaunded them This I testifie assure saieth the LORDE But as for Semeia the Nehelaâ—â—te thou shalt speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Because thou hast sealed lettres vnder thy name vnto all the people that is at Ierusalem to Sophonias the sonne of Maasia the prest yee and sent them to all the prestes where in thou wrytest thus vnto him The LORDE hath ordened the to be prest in steade of Ioiada the prest that thou shuldest be the chefe in the house of the LORDE aboue all prophetes preachers that thou mightest put them in preson or in y e stockes How happeneth it then that thou hast not reproued Ieremy of Anathot which neuer leaueth of his prophecienge And beside all this he hath sent vs worde vnto Babilon and tolde vs planely that oure captiuyte shal longe endure that we shulde buylde vs houses to dwell therin to plante vs gardens that we might enioye the frutes therof Which lettre Sophonias the prest dyd rede and let Ieremy the prophet heare it Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayenge Sende worde to all them that be in captiuyte on this maner Thus hath the LORDE spoken concernynge Semeia y e Nehelamite Because that Semeia hath prophecied vnto you without my commyssion brought you in to a false hope therfore thus the LORDE doth certifie you Beholde I wil vyset Semeia the Nehelamite his sede so that none of his shall remayne amonge this people none of them shall se the good y t I will do for this people saieth the LORDE For he hath preached falsely of the LORDE The XXX Capter THese are the wordes that the LORDE shewed vnto Ieremy saienge Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Wryte vp diligently all the wordes that I haue spoken vnto the in a boke For lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I will bringe agayne the presoners of my people of Israel and Iuda saieth the LORDE For I will restore them vnto the londe that I gaue to their fathers and they shall haue it in possession Agayne these wordes spake the LORDE coÌ„cernynge Israel and Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE We heare a terrible crie feare and disquietnesse For what els doth this signifie that I se Namely that all stronge men smyte euery man his honde vpon his loynes as a woman in the payne of hir trauayle Who euer sawe a man trauayle with childe Enquere therafter se. Yee all their faces are maruelous pale Alas for this daye which is so dredefull that none maye be lickened vnto it and alas for the tyme of Iacobs trouble from the which he shall yet be delyuered For in that daye saieth the LORDE I will take his yock from of thy neck breake thy bondes They shall nomore serue straunge goddes vnder him but they shall do seruyce vnto God their LORDE and to Dauid their kinge whom I will rayse vp vnto them And as for the o my seruaunt Iacob feare not saieth y e LORDE and be not afrayed o Israel For lo I will helpe the also from farre thy sede from the londe of their captiuyte And Iacob shall turne agayne he shal be in rest and haue a prosperous life and no man shall make him afrayed For I am with the to helpe the saieth the LORDE And though I shal destroye all the people amonge whom I haue scatred the yet will I not destroye the but correcke the and that with discrecion For I knowe that thou art in no wise without faute Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE I am sory for thy hurte and woundes There is no man to medle with thy cause or to bynde vp thy woundes there maye no man helpe the. All thy louers haue forgotten the and care nothinge for the. For I haue geuen the a cruell stroke and chastened the roughly and that for the multitude of thy myszdedes for thy synnes haue had the ouer hande Why makest thou mone for thy harme I my self haue pite of thy sorowe but for the multitude of thy myszdedes and synnes I haue done this vnto the. And therfore all they that deuoure the shal be deuoured and all thine enemies shal be led in to captiuyte All they that make the waist shal be waisted them selues and all those that robbe the will I make also to be robbed For I will geue the thy health agayne and make thy woundes whole saieth the LORDE because they reuyled the as one cast awaye vnd despised o Sion For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will set vp Iacobs tentes agayne and defende his dwellinge place The cite shal be buylded in hir olde estate and the houses shal haue their right foundacion And out of them shall go thankesgeuynge and the voyce of ioye I will multiplie them and they shall not mynishe I shall endue them with honoure and no man shall subdue them Their children shal be as a fore tyme and their congregacion shal coÌ„tinue in my sight And all those that vexe them will I viset A captayne also shall come of them and a prynce shall springe out from the myddest of them him will I chalenge to my self and he shall come vnto me For what is he that geueth ouer his herte to come vnto me saieth the LORDE Ye shal be my people also and I wil be youre God Beholde on the other syde shall the wrath of the LORDE breake out as a stormy water as a mightie whyrle wynde and shal fall vpoÌ„ the heades of the vngodly The terrible displeasure of the LORDE shall not leaue of vntill he haue done perfourmed the intent of his herte which in the latter dayes ye shal vnderstonde At the same tyme saieth the LORDE shal I be the God of all
the generacions of Israel they shal be my people The XXXI Chapter THus saieth the LORDE The people of Israel which escaped in y e wildernes from the swearde founde grace to come in to their rest Euen so shal the LORDE now also apeare vnto me from farre and saye I loue the with an euerlastinge loue therfore do I sprede my mercy before the. I will repayre the agayne o thou doughter of Israel that thou mayest be fast and sure Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne go forth with them that lede the daunce Thou shalt plante vynes agayne vpon y e hilles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plante and synge And when it is tyme the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crie Arise let vs go vp vnto Sion to ouâ—e LORDE God â–ª for thus saieth the LORDE Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob crie vnto the heade of the Gentiles speake out synge and saye The LORDE shall delyuer his people the remnaunt of Israel make them whole Beholde I will bringe them agayne from out of the north loÌ„de and gather them from the endes of the worlde with the blynde and lame that are amonge them with the women that be greate with childe and soch as be also delyuered and the company of them that come agayne shal be greate They departed from hence in heuynes but with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a straight waye where they shall not stomble For I will be Israels father and Epraim shal be my firstborne Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye Gentiles preach in the Iles that lie farre of and saye he that hath scatred Israel shall gather him together agayne and shall kepe him as a shepherde doth his flocke For the LORDE shall redeme Iacob and ryd him from the honde of the violent And they shal come reioyce vpon the hill of Sion shall haue plenteousnes of goodes which the LORDE shall geue them Namely wheate wyne oyle yonge shepe and calues And their conscience shal be as a well watred garden for they shall nomore be hongrie Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce yee both yonge and olde folkes For I will turne their sorow in to gladnesse and will comforte them and make them ioyfull euen from their hertes I will poure plenteousnes vpon the hertes of the prestes and my people shal be satisfied with good thinges saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE The voyce of heuynes wepynge and lamentacion came vp in to heauen euen of Rachel mournynge for hir children and wolde not be comforted because they were awaye But now saieth the LORDE leaue of from wepynge and crienge witholde thyne eyes from teares for thy laboure shal be rewarded saieth the LORDE And they shall come agayne out of the londe of their enemies Yee euen thy posterite shall haue consolacion in this saieth the LORDE that thy children shall come agayne in to their owne londe Morouer I herde Ephraim that was led awaye captyue complayne on this maner O LORDE thou hast correcte me and thy chastenynge haue I receaued as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou art my LORDE God Yee as soone as thou turnest me I shall refourme my self and when I vnderstonde I shall smyte vpon my thee For verely I haue coÌ„mitted shamefull thinges O let my youth beare this reprofe and confucion Vpon this complaynte I thought thus by my self is not Ephraim my deare sonne Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme For sence the tyme that I first coÌ„moned with him I haue him euer in remembraunce therfore my very herte dryueth me vnto him gladly and louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him saieth the LORDE Get the watchmen prouyde teachers for the set thine herte vpon the right waie that thou shuldest walke and turne agayne o thou doughter of Israel turne agayne to these cities of thyne How longe wilt thou go astraie o thou shreÌ„kinge doughter For the LORDE will worke a new thynge vpon earth A woman shall compasse a man For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel It will come therto that when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuyte these wordes shal be herde in y e londe and in his cities The LORDE which is the fayre brydegrome of rightuousnesse make the frutefull o thou holy hill And there shall dwell Iuda and all hir cities the shepherdes and huszbonde men For I shall fede the hongrie soule and refresh all faynte hertes When I herde this I came agayne to my self and mused like as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe Beholde saieth the LORDE the dayes come that I will sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with catell Yee it shall come therto that like as I haue gone aboute in tymes past to râ—te them out to scatre them to breake them downe to destroye them and chasteÌ„ them Euen so will I also go diligently aboute to buylde them vp agayne and to plante them saieth the LORDE Then shall it no more be sayde y e fathers haue eaten a sower grape and the childrens teth are set on edge for euery one shal dye for his owne myszdede so that who so eateth a sower grape his teth shal be set on edge Beholde the dayes come saieth the LORDE y t I will make a new couenaunt with y e house of Israel with y e house of Iuda not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the honde led them out of the londe of Egipte which couenaunt they brake wherfore I punyshed them sore saieth the LORDE But this shal be the couenaunt that I will make with the house of Israel after those dayes saieth the LORDE I will plante my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their hertes and wil be their God and they shal be my people And from theÌ„ce forth shall no man teach his neghboure or his brother and saye knowe the LORDE But they shall all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saieth the LORDE For I will forgeue their myszdedes and wil neuer remembre their synnes eny more Thus saieth the LORDE which gaue the sonne to be a light for the daye and the Moone and starres to shyne in the night which moueth the see so that the floudes therof waxe fearce his name is the LORDE of hoostes Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight saieth the LORDE So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse but all waye be a people before me Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye not be sought out So will I also not cast out the whole sede of Israel for that they haue commytted saieth the
off water It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse For they saye We will go vp and will couer the earth we wil destroye y e cities with them that dwell therin Get you to horse backe roll forth y e Charettes come forth ye worthies ye Morians ye Libeans with youre buclers ye Lideans with youre bowes So shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of hoostes a daye of veÌ„geaunce that he maye aveÌ„ge him of his enemies The swearde shal deuoure it shal be satisfied and bated in their bloude For the LORDE God off hoostes shall haue a slayne offringe towarde the North by the water of Euphrates Go vp o Galaad bringe triacle vnto the doughter off Egipte But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery for thy wounde shall not be stopped The Heithen shall heare off thy shame and the londe shal be full of thy confucion for one stronge man shall stomble vpon another how then shulde they not fall both together These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to the prophet Ieremy concernyge y e hoost of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which was to destroye the londe off Egipte Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte and cause it be proclamed at Migdal Memphis and Taphnis and saye Stonde still make the redie for the swearde shal consume the rounde aboute How happeneth it that thy mightie worthies are fallen why stode they not fast Euen because the LORDE thrust them downe The slaughter was greate for one fell euer still vpon another One cried vpon another Vp let vs go agayne to oure owne people and to oure owne naturall countre from the swearde of oure enemie Crie euen there O Pharao kynge of Egipte the tyme will bringe sedicion As truly as I lyue saieth the kynge whose name is the LORDE of hoostes it shall come as y e mount of Thabor and as Libanus yf it stode in the see O thou doughter of Egipte make redy thy geer to flyt For Memphis shal be voyde and desolate so that no maÌ„ shal dwell therin The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre calfe but one shall come out of the north to dryue her forwarde Hir wagied souldyers that be with her are like fat calues They also shall fle awaye together and not abyde for the daye off their slaughter and the tyme of their visitacion shall come vpon them The crie off their enemies shall make a noyse as the blast of a trompet For they shall entre in with their hooste and come w t axes as it were hewers downe of wod And they shall cut downe hir wod saieth the LORDE with out eny discrecion For they shal be mo in noÌ„bre then the greshoppers so that no man shal be able to tell theÌ„ The doughter of Egipte shal be confouÌ„ded wheÌ„ she shal be delyuered in to the hondes off the people off the north Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will vyset that restlesse people off Alexandria Pharao and Egipte yee both their goddes and their kynges euen Pharao and all them y t litten vnto him Yee I will delyuer them in to the hondes off those that seke after their lyues Namely in to the power off Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and in to the power off his seruauÌ„tes And after all these thinges it shal be inhabited as afore tyme saieth the LORDE But be not thou afrayed o my seruaunt Iacob feare not thou o Israel For lo I wil helpe the from farre and thy sede from the londe of thy captiuyte Iacob also shall come agayne and be in rest he shall be rich and no man shall do him harme Feare thou not o Iacob my seruaunt saieth the LORDE for I am with the and will destroye all nacions amonge whom I haue scatred the. Neuertheles I will not consume the but chasten the and correcke the yee and that with discrecion nether wil I spare the as one that were fautlesse The XLVII Chapter THese are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet agaynst the Phylistines before that Pharao smote the cite off Gaza Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde there shall waters arise out off the north and shall growe to a greate floude runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe the cities and them that dwell therin And the men shall crie and all they that dwell in the londe shall mourne at the noyse and stampynge off their stronge barded horses at the shakynge off their charettes and at the remblinge off the wheles The fathers shall not loke to their children so feable and weery shall their hondes be at the same tyme when he shal be there to destroye the whole londe off the Phylistynes He shall make waist both Tirus Sidon aÌ„d all other that are sworne vnto them For the LORDE will destroye all Palestina and the other Iles that be deuyded froÌ„ the countre Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza Ascalon with hir other valleys shall kepe hir peace How longe wilt thou slaye O thou swearde off the LORDE Turne agayne in to y e sheeth reste and leaue off But how can it ceasse when the LORDE himselff hath geuen it a charge agaynst Ascalon and raysed it vp agaynst the cities off the see coast The XLVIII Chapter THus saieth y e LORDE off hoostes y e God of Israel against Moab Wo be to y e cite of Nebo for it shal be layed waist brought to confucion and taken Yee y e stroÌ„ge cite of Cariatharim shal be brought to shame and afrayed Moab shall nomore â—e had in honoure Wicked councell shal be taken vpon Hesebon Come shall they saye let vs rote them out that they maye be nomore amonge the nombre of the Gentiles yee that they maye nomore be thought vpon Thus the swearde shall persecute ye. A voyce shall crie from Horonaim With greate waistinge and destruction is Moab made desolate And this crie shal be herde in all hir cities At the goinge vp vnto Luhtih there shall arise a lameÌ„tacion and downe towarde Horonaim there shall be herde a cruell and a deedly crie Get you awaye saue youre lyues be like vnto the heeth in y e wildernes For because thou hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure thou shalt be taken Chamos with his prestes and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte The destroyer shal come vpon all cities none shall escape The valleys shal be destroyed and the feldes shall be layed waist like as the LORDE hath determed Make a token vnto Moab that she get hir awaye spedely for hir cities shal be made so desolate that no man shall dwell therin Cursed be he that doth the worke of the LORDE necligently and cursed be he that kepeth backe his swearde from sheddynge off bloude Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse from hir youth vp she hath sytten and takeÌ„ hir ease with hir treasure She was
was xij cubites foure fingers thick and rounde Now vpon the rope were brasen knoppes euery knoppe was fyue cubites hie vpon the knoppes were whopes pomgranates rounde aboute of clene brasse After this maner were both the pilers fashioned with the pomgranates wherof there were an hundreth and xcvj which hanged vpon the whoopes rounde aboute The chefe captayne also toke Sarias y t hie preâ—â— Sophonias that was chefe next him and the thre kepers of the treasury He toke out of the cite a chamberlayne which was a captayne of the souldyers seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes which were founde in the cite Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster the men of warre with lx men of the countre that were taken in the cite These Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke caried them to the kinge of Babilon vnto Reblatha and the kinge of Babilon caused them to be put to death at Reblatha in the londe of Hemath And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captyue out of his owne londe This is the summe of the people whom Nabuchodonosor ledde awaye captyue In the seuenth yeare of his reigne he caried awaye of y e Iewes thre thousande thre and twenty In the xviij yeare Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem eight hunderth xxxij personnes In the xxiij yeare of Nabuchodonosor Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke awaye seuen hundreth xlv Iewes presoners The whole summe of all the presoners is foure thousande and 〈◊〉 hundreth In the xxxvij yeare after that Ioachiâ— the kinge of Iuda was caried awaye in the xxv daye of the xij Moneth Euilmerodach kinge of Babilon the same yeare y t he reigned gaue Ioachim the kinge of Iuda his pardon and let him out of preson and spake louyngly to him And set his trone aboue y e trones of the other kinges that were with him in Babilon He chaunged also the dothes of his preson yee and he att with him all his life longe And he had a coÌ„tinuall lyuynge geuen him of the kinge of Babilon euery daye a certayne thinge alowed him all the dayes of his life vntill he dyed The ende of the prophet Ieremy The Lamentatacions of Ieremy And it came to passe after Israel was brought in to captiuyte and Ierusalem destroyed that Ieremy the prophet sat wepinge mournynge and makinge his mone in Ierusalem so that w t an heuy herte he sighed sobbed sayenge The first Chapter ALas how sitteth the cite so desolate y t some tyme was full of people how is she become like a wedowe which was the lady of all nacions How is she brought vnder tribute that ruled all londes She wepeth sore in the night so that y e teares runne downe hir chekes for amonge all hir louers there is none that geueth her eny comforte yee hir nexte frendes abhorre her are become hir enemies Iuda is taken presoner because she was defyled for seruynge so many straunge goddes she dwelleth now amonge the Heithen She fyndeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her and so she dwelleth amonge hir enemies The stretes of Sion mourne because no man commeth more to the solempne feastes All hir gates are desolate hir prestes make lamentacion hir maydens are carefull and she herself is in greate heuynesse Hir enemies are fallen vpon hir heade haue put her to shame because the LORDE hath chastened her for hir greate wickednes hir children are ledde awaye captiue before their enemie All the bewtie of the doughter of Sion is awaye hir prynces are become like wethers that fynde no pasture They are dryueÌ„ awaye before their enemie so that they haue no more power Now doth Ierusalem remembre the tyme of hir misery disobedience yee the ioye pleasure y t she hath had in tymes past seynge hir people is brought downe thorow the power of their enemie there is no man for to helpe her hir enemies stoÌ„de lokinge at her and laugh hir Sabbath dayes to scorne Ierusalem synned euer more more therfore is she come in decaye All they that had her in honoure despise her for they haue sene hir fylthinesse Yee she sigheth and is a shamed of herselfe Hir skyrtes are defyled she remeÌ„bred not what wolde folowe therfore is hir fall so greate and there is no maÌ„ to comforte her O LORDE coÌ„sidre my trouble for myne enemie hath the vpper honde The enemie hath put his honde to all the precious thinges that she had yee euen before hir eyes came the Heithen in and out of the Sanctuary whom thou neuertheles hast forbydden to come within thy congregacion All hir people seke their bred with heuynes loke what precious thinge euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his life Considre O LORDE and se how vyle I am become O ye all that go fore by beholde and se yf there be eny sorowe like vnto myne wherwith the LORDE hath troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrath From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre in to my bones and chastened me he hath layed a not for my fete and throwne me wyde open he hath made me desolate so that I must euer be mournynge The yocke of my transgression is come at the last with his honde hath he taken it vp and put it aboute my neck My strength is gone the LORDE hath delyuered me into those hondes wherout I can not quyte myself The LORDE hath destroyed all the mightie men that were in me He hath proclamed a feast to slaughter all my best meÌ„ The LORDE hath troden downe the doughter of Iuda like as it were in a wyne presse Therfore do I wepe and myne eyes gusshe out of water for the coÌ„forter that shulde quycken me is farre fro me My children are dryuen awaye for why the enemie hath gotten the ouer honde Sion casteth out hir hoÌ„des and there is no man to comforte her The LORDE hath layed the enemies rounde aboute Iacob and Ierusalem is as it were a menstruous womaÌ„ in the myddest of them The LORDE is rightuous for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger O take hede all ye people and considre my heuynes My maydens and my yonge men are led awaye in to captiuyte I called for my louers but they begyled me for my prestes and councelers but they perished euen while they sought for meate to saue their lyues Considre O LORDE how I am troubled my wombe is disquieted my herte turneth aboute in me and I am full of heuynes The swearde hurteth me without and within I am like vnto death They heare my mournynge but there is none that wil comforte me All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble and are glad therof because thou hast done it But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme when they also shal be like vnto me From the shall come all their aduersite thou shalt plucke
them awaye eueÌ„ as thou hast plucked me because of all my wickednesse For my sorow is very greate and my herte is heuy The II. Chapter ALas how hath y e LORDE darckened the doughter of Sion so sore in his wrath As for the honoure of Israel he hath casten it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrie The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob without eny fauoure All the stronge places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken in his wrath throwne them downe to the grounde hir kyngdome hir prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacion he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath with draweÌ„ his right honde from the enemie yee a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob hath consumed vp all rounde aboute He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary and euery thinge that was pleasauÌ„t to se he hath smyten it downe He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre in to the tabernacle of the doughter â—ion The LORDâ— is become like as it were an enemie he hath cast downe Israel all his places yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the doughter of Iuda w t moch sorow and heuynesse Hir tabernacle which was like a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed hir hie soleÌ„pne feastes hath he put downe The LORDE hath brought it so to passe that the hie solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are clene forgotteÌ„ In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge prestes to be despised The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter is wroth with his owne Sanctuary hath geuen the walles of their towres in to the hondes of the enemie Their enemies made a noyse in the house of the LORDE as it had bene in a solempne feast daye The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion he spred out his lyne drewe not in his honde till he had destroyed them Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde hir barres are broken smytten in sonder hir kynge prynces are caried awaye to the GeÌ„tiles They haue nether lawe ner prophetes ner yet eny vision from the LORDE The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strowed aszshes vpon their heades and gyrded them selues with sackcloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe their heades to the grounde Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge my body is disquieted my leueris poured vpon the earth for the greate hurte of my people seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite Euen when they spake to their mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cite like as they had bene wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome What shal I saye of the O thou doughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lickeÌ„ the To whom shal I coÌ„pare the o thou doughter Sion to comforte the withall Thy hurte is like a mayne see who maye heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne folish thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wickednesse to kepe the from captiuyte but haue ouerladen the and thorow falsede scatred the abrode All they that go by the clappe their hondes at the hissinge and wagginge their heades vpon the doughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cite that men call so fayre wherin the whole londe reioyseth All thine enemies gape vpon the whisperinge and bytinge their teth sayenge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuysed longe agoo he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the and set vp the horne of thine enemie Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE O thou cite of the doughter Sion let thy teares ruÌ„ne downe like a ryuer daye night rest not let not the aple of thine eye leaue of Stonde vp and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night poure out thine heâ—â— like water before the LORDE lift vp thine hondes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O LORDE considre why hast thou gathered me vp so clene Shal the women then eate their owne frute euen children of a spanne longe Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE Yonge olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grounde my maydens yonge men are slayne with the swearde whom thou in the daye of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to death Yee euen thou hast put them to death not spared them My neghbours that are rounde aboute me hast thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath none escaped nether was eny left behinde Those that I had brought vp norisshed hath myne enemy destroyed The III. Chapter I Am the maÌ„ that thorow the rodd of his wrath haue experieÌ„ce of misery He droue me forth and led me yee into darcknesse but not in to light Agaynst me only he turneth his honde layeth it euer vpon me My flesh my skynne hath he made olde and my bones hath he brussed He hath buylded rounde aboute me closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darcknesse as they that be deed for euer He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Though I crie call piteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones made my pathes croked He layeth waite for me like a Bere and as a lyon in a hole He hath marred my wayes and brokeÌ„ me in peces he hath layed me waist altogether He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marck to shute at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen in to my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all y e daye loÌ„ge He hath fylled me with bytternesse geuen me wormwod to drynke He hatâ— smytten my teth in peces rolled me in the dust He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges I thought in myself I am vndone there is no hope for me in the LORDE O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalt remeÌ„bre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌ„sidre these thinges in my hert I get a hope
nothinge vpon vsury he taketh nothinge ouer he withdraweth his honde from doinge wronge he hādleth faith fully betwixte man man he walbeth in my commaundementes kepeth my lawes perfourmeth thē faithfully This is a rightuous mā he shal surely lyue saieth the LORDE God Yf he now get a sonne that is a murthurer a shedder of bloude yf he do one of these thinges though he do not all he eateth vpon the hilles he defyleth his neghbours wife he greueth the poore and nedy he robbeth and spoyleth he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols medleth with abhominable thinges he lendeth vpon vsury and taketh more ouer Shal this man lyue He shal not lyue Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions he shall dye his bloude shal be vpon him Now yf this man get a sonne also that seith all this fathers synnes which he hath done and feareth nether doth soch like Namely he eateth not vpon the mountaynes he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he vexeth no man he kepeth no mans pledge he nether spoyleth ner robbeth eny man he dealeth his meate with the hungrie he clotheth the naked he oppresseth not the poore he receaueth no vsury ner eny thinge ouer he kepeth my lawes and walketh in my commaundementes This man shal not dye in his fathers synne but shall lyue without fayle As for his father because he oppressed and spoyled his brother and dyd wyckedly amonge his people lo he is deed in his owne synne And yet saye ye Wherfore thē shulde not this sonne beare his fathers synne Therfore because the sonne hath done equyte and right hath kepte all my commaundementes and done them therfore shall he lyue in dede The same soule y t synneth shall dye The sonne shal not beare the fathers offence nenether shal the father beare the sonnes offence The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall be vpon himself and the wickednes of the wicked shal be vpon himself also But yf y e vngodly will turne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundemētes and do the thinge y t is equall right doutles he shal lyue and not dye As for all his synnes that he dyd before they shall not be thought vpon but in his rightuousnes that he hath done he shal lyue For haue I eny pleasure in the death of a synner saieth the LORDE God but rather that he conuerte and lyue Agayne yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes and do iniquyte acordinge to all the abhominacions that y e wicked mā doth shal he lyue All the rightuousnes that he hath done shall not be thought vpō but in the fawte that he hath offended withall and in the synne that he hath done he shal dye And yet ye saye Tush the waye of y e LORDE is not indifferēt Heare therfore ye house of Israel Is not my waye right Or are not youre wayes rather wicked When a rightuous mā turneth awaye from his rightuousnesse and medleth with vngodlynes he must dye therin Yee for the vnrightuousnes that he hath done must he dye Agayne when the wicked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth the thinge which is equall and right he shal saue his soule alyue For in so moch as he remembreth himself and turneth him from all the vngodlynes that he hath vsed he shall lyue and not dye And yet saieth the house of Israel Tush the waye of the LORDE is not equall Are my wayes vnright o ye house of Israel Are not youre wayes rather vnequall As for me I wil iudge euery man acordinge to his wayes O ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE God Wherfore be conuerted and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse so shal there no synne do you harme Cast awaye frō you all youre vngodlynesse that ye haue done make you new hertes and a new sprete Wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seynge I haue no pleasure in y e death of him that dyeth saieth the LORDE God Turne you then and ye shal lyue The XIX Chapter BVt mourne thou for the prynces off Israel saye Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse amōge the lyons norished hir yonge ones amōge the lyons whelpes One of hir whelpes she brought vp it became a lyon it lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folke The Heithen herde of him toke him in their nettes brought him in chaynes vnto the londe of Egipte Now when the damme sawe that all hir hope comforth was awaye she toke another of hir whelpes and made a lyon of him which wente amonge the lyons became a fearce lyon lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke he destroyed their palaces and made their cities waist In so moch that the whole londe and euery thinge therin were vtterly desolate thorow the very voyce of his roaringe Then came the Heithen together on euery syde out of all countrees agaynst him layed their nettes for him and toke him in their pytte So they bounde him with chaynes and brought him to the kinge of Babilon which put him in preson that his voyce shulde nomore be herde vpon the mountaynes of Israel As for thy mother she is like a vyne in thy bloude planted by the water syde hir frutes and braunches are growen out of many waters hir stalkes were so stronge that men might haue made staues therof for officers she grew so hie in hir stalkes So when men sawe that she exceaded y e heith and multitude of hir braunches she was roted out in displeasure and cast downe to the grounde The East wynde dryed vp hir frute hir stronge stalkes were broken of wythered and brent in the fyre But now she is planted in the wildernesse in a drye and thurstie grounde And there is a fyre gone out of hir stalkes which hath brēt vp hir braunches and hir frute so that she hath no mo stronge stalkes to be staues for officers This is a piteous and miserable thinge The XX. Chapter IN in the xvij yeare the x daye of the v Moneth it happened that certayne of the elders of Israel came vnto me for to axe councell at the LORDE and sat them downe by me Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me on this maner Thou sonne of man Speake to the elders of Israel and saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Are ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE I will geue you no answere Wilt thou not reproue them thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue them Shewe them the abhominacions of their forefathers tell thē Thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when I chose Israel and lift vp myne honde vpon the sede of the house of Iacob shewed my self vnto them in the londe of Egipte Yee when I lifte
there is no secretes hyd from ye. With thy wiszdome thy vnderstōdinge thou hast gottē the greate welthynesse and gathered treasure of syluer golde With thy greate wiszdome and occupienge hast thou increased thy power and because of thy greate riches thy hert is proude Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God For so moch as thou hast lift vp thine herte as though thou werst God beholde I will bringe enemies vpon the euen the tyrauntes of the Heithē these shal drawe out their sweardes vpon thy beuty and wiszdome and shall defyle thy glory They shal cast the downe to the pytte so that thou shalt dye in the middest of the see as they that be slayne Let se yff thou wilt saye then before thē that slaye y e I am God where as thou art but a man and not God in the hondes of them that slaye the. Dye shalt thou euen as the vncircumcised in the hōdes of y e enemies for I myself haue spoken it saieth the LORDE God Morouer the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man make a lamentable complaynte ouer the kynge of Tyre tell him Thus saieth the LORDE God Thou art a seale of a licknesse full off wyszdome excellent beuty Thou hast bene in y e pleasaūt gardē off God thou art decte with all maner of precious stones with Ruby Topas Christall Iacyncte Onyx Iaspis Saphir Smaragde Carbūcle golde Thy beuty y e holes y t be in y e were set forth in the daye of y e creacion Thou art a fayre Cherub stretched wyde out for to couer I haue set the vpon the holy mount off God there hast thou bene and walked amōge the fayre glisteringe stones From the tyme of thy creacion thou hast bene right excellent tyll wickednesse was founde in the. Because off thy greate marchaundise thy hert is full of wickednesse thou hast offended Therfore wil I cast the from the mount of God O thou coueringe Cherub and destroye the amōge the glisteringe stones Thy hert was proude in y e fayre beuty thorow thy beuty thou hast destroyed thy wiszdome I will cast y e downe to the grounde y t in y e sight of kynges Thou hast defyled thy Sāctuary w t the greate wickednesse off thy onrightuous occupyenge I wil bringe a fyre from the myddest of the to consume the ād wil make the to asshes in the sight of all thē y t loke vpon the. All they that haue bene acquaunted with the amonge the Heithē shal be abasshed at the seinge thou art so clene brought to naugth and cōmest no more vp And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face agaynst Sidō Prophecie vpō it and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde o Sidon I wil vpō the get me honoure in the that it maye be knowne how that I am y e LORDE when I punysh her get me honoure in her For I will sende pestilence bloud sheddinge in to hir stretes so y t those which be slayne with the swerde shal lye rounde aboute in the myddest of her they shal knowe that I am the LORDE She shal no more be a prickinge thorne an hurtinge brere vnto the house of Israel ner vnto thē that lye rounde aboute her and hate her and they shal knowe that I am the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE God when I gather the housholde of Israel together agayne from the nacions amonge whom they be scatred then shal I be sanctified in thē in y e sight of the Gētiles they shal dwell in the lōde y t I gaue to my seruaunt Iacob They shal dwell safely therin buylde houses and plante vynyardes Yee safely shal they dwell therin when I haue punyshed all those that despyse them rounde aboute and then shall they knowe y t I am the LORDE their God The XXIX Chapter IN the x. yeare vpon the xij daye off the x. Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayēge O thou sonne off mā set now thy face agaynst Pharao the kynge off Egipte Prophecye agaynst him and agaynst the whole lōde of Egipte Speake and tell him thus saieth the LORDE God beholde o Pharao thou kinge of Egipte I wil vpō the thou greate whall fysh y t lyest in y i waters Thou y t sayest the water is myne I haue made it myself I wil put an hoke in thy chawes hāge all the fish in thy waters vpō thy skales after y t I wil drawe the out of thy waters yee all the fish of y e waters that hange vpon thy skales I wil cast the out vpon the dry lōde with the fish of thy waters so that thou shalt lye vpon the felde Thou shalt not be gathered ner taken vp but shalt be meate for the beestes of the felde for the foules off the ayre that all they which dwell in Egipte maye knowe that I am the LORDE because thou hast bene a staff of rede to the house of Israel When they toke holde of y e w t their hōde thou brakest and prycdest them on euery syde and yff they leaned vpō the thou brakest ād hurtdest the reynes of their backes Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God beholde I will brynge a swearde vpon the and rote out of the both man and beest Yee the londe of Egipte shal be desolate and waist they shal knowe that I am the LORDE Because he sayde the water is mine I my self haue made it Beholde therfore I wil vpon the vpon thy waters I will make the londe off Egipte waist and desolate from the towre of Syenes vnto the borders of the Moriās londe so that in xl yeares there shall no fote off man walke there nether fote of catell go there nether shal it be inhabited I wil make the londe of Egipte to be desolate amonge other waist countrees and her cities to lye voyde xl yeares amonge other voyde cities And I wil scatre the Egipcians amonge the Heithen and nacions Agayne thus sayeth the LORDE God Whē the xl yeares are expyred I wil gather the Egipcians together agayne out off the naciōs amonge whō they were scatred and wil bringe the presoners off Egipte agayne in to the londe off Pathures their owne natyue councre that they maye be there a lowly small kyngdome yee they shal be the smallest amonge other kyngdomes lest they exalte them selues aboue the Heithen for I will so mynish them that they shall nomore rule the Heithen They shall nomore be an hope vnto the house off Israel nether prouoke thē enymore to wickednesse to cause them turne backe and to folowe them ād they shal knowe that I am the LORDE God In the xxvij yeare the first daye of the first Moneth came y e worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon hath made his hoost with greate trauayle
all be slayne with 〈…〉 Acordinge to their vn clennesse 〈◊〉 vnfaithfull dealinges so haue I entreated them and hyd my face from them Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God Now will I bringe agayne the captyues of Iacob and haue mercy vpon the whole house of Israel and be gelous for my holy names sake All their confucion and offence that they haue done agaynst me shal be taken awaye and so safely shal they dwell in their londe that no man shal make them a frayed And when I haue brought theÌ„ agayne from amonge the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies londes and am praysed in them before many Heithen then shall they knowe that I am the LORDE their God which suffred them to be led in to captiuyte amonge the Heithen but now haue brought them agayne in to their owne londe and not left one of them yonder After that will I hyde my face nomore from them but will poure out my sprete vpon the house of Israel saieth the LORDE God The xl Chapter IN the xxv yeare of oure captiuyte in the begynnynge of the yeare the x daye of the moneth that is the xiiij yeare after that y e cite was smytten downe the same daye came the honde of the LORDE vpon me and caried me forth euen in to the londe of Israel brought heme in the visions of God and set me downe vpoÌ„ a maruelous hie mountayne whervpon there was a buyldinge as it had bene of a cite towarde the north Thither he caried me and beholde there was a man whose similitude was like brasse which had a threde of flax in his honde and a meterodde also He stode in the dore sayde vnto me marcke well with thine eyes herken to with thine eares and fasten it in thine hert whatso euer I shal shewe the for to the intent that they might be shewed the therfore art thou brought hither And what soeuer thou seyst thou shalt certifie the house of Israel therof Beholde there was a wall on the outsyde rounde aboute the house the meterodde that he had in his honde was six cubites longe a spanne So he measured the bredth of the buyldinge which was a meterodde and the heyth also a meterodde Then came he vnto the eastdore and wente vp the stares â— measured the postes of the dore 〈…〉 was a meterodde thicke 〈…〉 was a meterodde longe 〈…〉 the chambers were 〈…〉 of the dore within the 〈…〉 meterodde He measured als◠〈…〉 of the â—nnermer dore which 〈…〉 meterodde TheÌ„ measured he the entrie of 〈…〉 that conteyned eght cubites and his pilers two cubites and this entrie stode inwarde The chambers of the dore eastwarde were thre on euery syde alike brode and longe The pilers also that stode of both the sydes were of one measure After this he measured the wydenesse of the dore which was x cubites the heyth of the dore xiij cubites The edge before the chaÌ„bres was one cubite bâ—ode vpoÌ„ both the sydes the chambres six cubites wyde of either syde He measured y e dore from the rygge of one chaÌ„bre to another whose wydenesse was xxv cubites one dore stode agaynst another He made pilers also lx cubites hie rounde aboute the courte dore Before the inwarde parte vnto the fore entre of the ynnermer dore were fiftie cubites The chambers and their pilers within rounde aboute vnto y e dore had syde wyndowes So had the fore entries also whose wyndowes wente rounde aboute within And vpon the pilers there stode date trees Then brought he me in to the fore courte where as were chaÌ„bres paued workes made in y e fore courte rouÌ„de aboute xxx chaÌ„bres vpon one paued worcke Now the paued worke was a loÌ„ge besyde the dores and that was the lower paued worke After this he measured y e bredth from the lower dore vnto the ynnermer courte of the out syde which had an hundreth cubites vpon the east the north parte And the dore in the vttemost courte towarde the north measured he after the leÌ„gth and bredth his thre chambres also on either syde with his pilers fore entries which had euen the measure of the first doâ—e His heyth was fiftie cubites the bredth xxv cubites his wyndowes porches with his date trees had euen like measure as the dore towarde the east there where vij steppes to go vp vpoÌ„ their porche before them Now y e dore of the ynnermer courte stode straight ouer agaynst the dore that was towarde y e north east From one dore to another he measured an C cubites After that he brought me to the south syde where there stode a dore towarde y e south whose pilers and porches he measured these had the fyrst measure with their porches they had wyndowes rounde aboute like the first â—yndowes The heyth was I cubites y e 〈◊〉 xxv with steppes to go vp vpon his 〈◊〉 stode before him with his pilers and daâ—â— trees on either syde And the dore of the ynnermer courte stode towarde the south he measured from one dore to another an C cubites So he brought me in to y e ynnermer courte thorow the dore of the south syd â–ª which he measured it had the measure afore sayde In like maner his chambres pilers and fore entries had euen the fore sayde measure also And he had with his porches rounde aboute wyndowes of l cubites hye xxv cubites brode The porches rounde aboute were xxv cubites longe and v cubites brode and his porch reached vnto y e vttemost courte vpon his pilers there were date trees and viij steppes to go vp vpon He brought me also in to the ynmost courte vpon the east syde and measured the dore acordinge to y e measure afore sayde His chaÌ„bers pilers and porches had euen the same measure as the first had with his porches he had wyndowes rouÌ„de aboute The heith was l cubites y e bredth xxv cubites His porches reached vnto the vttemost courte his pilers also had date trees on either syde and viij steppes to go vp vpon And he brought me to the north dore and measured it which also had the foresayde measure His chaÌ„bres pilers and porches had wyndowes rounde aboute whose heyth was l cubites and the bredth xxv His pilers stode towarde the vttemost courte and vpon them both were date trees and viij steppes to go vp vpon There stode a chambre also whose intrauÌ„ce was at the dore pilers and there the burnt offringes were waszshed In the dore porche there stode on ether syde two tables for the slaughtinge to slaye the brent offringes synne offringes and trespace offringes thervpon And on the out syde as men go forth to the north dore there stode two tables Foure tables stode on ether syde of the dore that is viij tables whervpon they slaughted Foure tables were of hewen stone for the burnt offringes of a cubite and a half longe and brode
inuencions I wil dryue them out of my house I will loue them nomore for all their prynces are vnfaithfull Ephraim is hewen downe their rote is dryed vp so y t they shal bringe nomore frute yee and though they bringe forth eny yet wil I slaye euen the best beloued frute of their body My God shall cast them awaye for they haue not bene obediēt vnto him therfore shal they go astraye amonge the Heithen The X. Chapter ISrael was a goodly vyne but he hath brought forth vnprofitable frute yee the more frute he had the mo aulters he made y e more good I dyd to their londe the more frendshipe shewed they to their ymages Their herte is deuyded therfore wil they be destroyed The LORDE shall breake downe their ymages he shal destroye their aulters Then shal they saye we haue no kinge for why we haue not feared the LORDE And what shal then the kinge do to vs They comon together and sweare vayne oothes they be cōfederate together therfore groweth their punyshment as the wedes in the forowes of the londe They that dwell in Samaria haue worshipped the calfe of Bethauē therfore shall the people mourne ouer them yee and the prestes also that in their welthynesse reioysed with them and why it shal passe awaye from them It shal be brought to the Assirian for a present vnto kinge Iareb Ephraim shal receaue full punishment Israel shal be confounded for his owne ymaginacions Samaria w t his kinge shall vanish awaye as the scomme vpon the water The hye places of Auen where Israel do synne shal be cast downe thistles and thornes shal growe vpon their aulters Then shal they saye to y e mountaynes couer vs and to the hilles fall vpon vs. O Israel thou hast synned as Gabaa dyd afore tyme where they remayned shulde not the batel then come vpon the wicked children as wel as vpon the Gabaonites I wil chasten them euen after myne owne desyre the people shal be gathered together ouer them whē I punysh them for their greate wickednesse Ephraim was vnto me as a cow that is vsed to go to plowe therfore I loued him and fell vpon his fayre neck I droue Ephraim Iuda plowed Iacob played the huszbōde man that they might sowe vnto rightuousnes and reape the frutes of weldoynge y t they might plowe vp their fresh londe and seke the LORDE till he came and lerned them rightuousnes But now they haue plowed them wickednesse therfore shal they reepe synne and eate the frute of lyes Seinge thou puttest thy cōfidence in thine owne wayes and leanest to y e multitude of thy worthies there shal growe a sedicion amonge thy people All y e strōge cities shal be layed waist euen as Salmana was destroyed with his familiers thorow him that was auenged of Baal in the daye of batel where y e mother perished with hir childrē Euen so shal it go with you o Bethel because of youre malicious wickednes Like as the mornynge goeth awaye so shal the kinge of Israel passe The XI Chapter WHen Israel was yōge I loued him and called my sonne out of the londe of Egipte But y e more they were called the more they wente backe offerynge vnto Idols and censynge ymages I lerned Ephraim to go and bare them in myne armes but they regarded not me that wolde haue helped them I led them with coardes of frendshipe with bondes of loue I was euen he that layed the yocke vpon their neckes I gaue them their fodder myself y t they shulde not go agayne in to Egipte And now is Assur their kinge For they wolde not turne vnto me Therfore shal y e swearde begynne in their cities the stoare that they haue lickened vnto shall be destroyed and eaten vp and that because of their owne ymaginacions My people hath no lust to turne vnto me their prophetes laye the yocke vpon thē but they ease them not of their burthen What greate thinges haue I geuen the o Ephraim how faithfully haue I defended the o Israel haue I dealt with the as with Adama or haue I intreated the like Seboim No my hert is otherwise mynded Yee my mercy is to feruent therfore haue I not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my wrothful displeasure For I am God and no man I am euen that holy one in the myddest of the though I came not within the cite The LORDE roareth like a lyon that they maye folowe him Yee as a lyon roareth he that they maye be afrayed like the children of the see that they maye be scarred awaye from Egipte as men scarre byrdes frayed awaye as doues vse to be from the Assiriās londe and that because I wolde haue them tary at home saieth the LORDE But Ephraim goeth aboute me with lies and the house of Israel dyssembleth Only Iuda holdeth him with God and with the true holy thinges The XII Chapter EPhraim kepeth the ayre and foloweth after the east wynde he is euer increasinge lyes destruction They be confederate with the Assirians their oyle is caried in to Egipte The LORDE hath a courte to holde with Iuda and wil punysh Iacob After their owne waies and acordinge to their owne inuencions shal he recompence them He toke his brother by the hele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with God He stroue with the Angel and gat the victory so that he prayde and desyred him He fande him at Bethel there he talked w t vs. Yee the LORDE God of hoostes euen y e LORDE him self remembred him Then turne to thy God kepe mercy and equyte and hope still in thy God But the marchaunt hath a false weight in his honde he hath a pleasure to occupie extorcion Ephraim thinketh thus Tush I am rich I haue good ynough In all my workes shal not one fawte be founde that I haue offended Yet am I the LORDE thy God euē as when I brought the out of the londe of Egipte and set the in thy tentes and as in the hye feast dayes I haue spokē thorow the prophetes and shewed dyuerse visions and declared my self by the ministracion of y e prophetes But at Galaad is the abhominacion they are fallen to vanyte At Galgal they haue slayne oxen and as many heapes of stones as they had in their lōde forowes so many aulters haue they made Iacob fled into the londe of Siria and Israel serued for a wife and for a wife he kepte shepe By a prophet the LORDE brought them out of Egipte and by a prophet he preserued thē But Ephraim hath prouoked him to displeasure thorow his abhominacions therfore shal his bloude be poured vpon him self and the LORDE his God shal rewarde him his blasphemies The XIII Chapter THe abhominacion of Ephraim is come also in to Israel He is gone backe to Baal therfore must he dye And now they synne more
destroyed I the Amorite before them that was as hie as the Cedre trees and as stronge as the okes notwithstōdinge I destroyed his frute frō aboue and his rote from vnder Agayne I brought you out of the londe of Egipte and led you xl yeares thorow the wyldernesse that ye might haue the Amoriters londe in possession I raysed vp prophetes amonge youre children and absteyners amonge youre yōge men Is it not so o ye children of Israel sayeth the LORDE But ye gaue the absteyners wyne to drynke yee ye cōmaunded the prophetes sayenge Prophecy not Beholde I wil crasshe you in sonder like as a wayne crassheth y t is full of sheaues so that y e swifte shall not escape nether the stronge be able to do eny thynge no the giaunte shal not saue his owne life The archer shall not abyde and the swifte off fote shall not escape The horsmā shal not saue his life he that is as māly of stomack as a giaunte shall in that daye be fayne to runne his waye naked sayeth the LORDE The III. Chapter HEare what the LORDE speaketh vn to you o ye children of Israel namely vnto all y e trybes whō I brought out of Egipte and sayde You only haue I accepted from all the generacions off the earth therfore will I vyset you in all youre wickednesses Maye twaine walke together excepte they be agreed amonge them selues Doth a lyon roare in the wodde excepte he haue a pray Or crieth a lyons whelpe out of his denne excepte he haue gotten somthīge Doth a byrde fall in a snare vpō y e earth where no fouler is Taketh a man his snare vp from the grounde afore he catche somwhat Crie they out Alarum with the trompet in the cite and the people not afrayed Commeth there eny plage in a cite without it be the LORDES doinge Now doth the LORDE God no maner of thinge but he telleth his secrete before vnto his seruauntes y e prophetes When a lyon roareth who will not be afrayed Seynge then that the LORDE God himself speaketh who will not prophecy Preach in the palaces at Asdod and in the palaces off the londe off Egipte and saye gather you together vpon the moūtaynes off Samaria so shall ye se greate murthur and violent oppression amonge them for why they regarde not the thinge that is right sayeth the LORDE they gather together euell gotten goodes and laye vp robbery in their houses Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God This londe shal be troubled and beseged roūde aboute thy strength shal be plucte from the and thy palaces robbed Thus saieth the LORDE like as an hyrdeman taketh two legges or a pece off an eare out off the Lyons mouth Euen so the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria hauynge their couches in the corner and their beddes at Damascus shal be plucte awaye Heare and beare recorde in the house of Iacob sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes that when I begynne to vyset the wickednesse of Israel I will vyset y e aulters at Bethel also so that the hornes of the aulter shal be broken of fall to the groūde As for the wynter house and sommer house I will smyte them downe and the houses of yuery yee and many other houses shal perish and be destroyed sayeth the LORDE The IIII. Chapter HEare this worde o ye fat kyne that be vpon the hill of Samaria ye that do poore mē wronge and oppresse the nedy ye that saye to youre lordes brynge hyther let vs drynke Therfore the LORDE hath sworne by his holynesse The dayes shall come vpon you that ye shal be lift vp vpō speares and youre posterite caried awaye in fyssher pannes Ye shall get you out at the gappes one after another and in Armon shal ye be cast awaye sayeth the LORDE Ye came to Bethel for to worke vngraciousnes and haue increased youre synnes at Galgal Ye brought youre sacrifices in the mornynge and youre tythes vnto the thirde daye Ye made a thākofferinge off leuen ye promised frewillofferinges and proclamed them Soch lust had ye o ye children of Israel sayeth the LORDE God Therfore haue I geuen you ydle teth in all youre cities scarcenesse off bred in all youre places yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Whē there were but thre monethes vnto y e haruest I withelde the rayne from you yee I rayned vpō one cite and not vpō another one pece off grounde was moystured with rayne and the grounde that I rayned not vpon was drye Wherfore two yee thre cities came vnto one to drynke water but they were not satisfied yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth y e LORDE I haue smyten you with drouth and blastinge and loke how many orchardes vinyardes fygetrees and olyuetrees ye had y e catirpiller hath eaten them vp But yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Pestilence haue I sent amōge you as I dyd in Egipte youre yonge men haue I slayen w t y e swerde and caused youre horses be taken captyue I made the stynckinge sauoure of youre tentes to come vp in to youre nostrels Yet wil ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Some off you haue I ouerthrowen as I ouerthrewe Sodome Gomorre so that ye were as a brande plucte out of the fyre Yet will ye not turne vnto me sayeth the LORDE Therfore thus will I handle the agayne O Israel ye euen thus will I handle the. Make the ready then to mete thy God o Israel For lo he maketh the mountaynes he ordeneth the wynde he sheweth man what he is aboute to do he maketh the mornynge and the darcknesse he treadeth vpō the hye places off the earth y e LORDE God of hoostes is his name The V. Chapter HEare this words o ye house of Israel and why I must make this mone for you The vyrgin Israel shall fall neuer ryse vp agayne she shall be cast downe vpon hir owne grounde and no man shal helpe hir vp For thus sayeth y e LORDE God Where as there dwelt a M. in one cite there shal be left scarce an C. therin and where y e re dwelt an C. there shal scarce ten be left for the house off Israel Neuertheles thus sayeth the LORDE vnto y e house of Israel Seke after me ād ye shal lyue but seke not after Bethel Come not at Galgal and go not to Bersaba for Galgal shall be caried awaye captyue and Bethel shal come to naught Seke the LORDE y t ye maye lyue lest the house of Ioseph be brent with fyre and cōsumed and lest there be none to quench Bethel Ye turne the lawe to wormwod and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde The LORDE maketh the vij starres and the Oryons he turneth the night into daye and off the daye he maketh darcknesse He calleth y e waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde the LORDE is his name Herayseth
destruccion vpon the mightie people bryngeth downe the stronge holde but they owe him euel will y t reproueth them openly and who so telleth thē the playne treuth they abhorre him For so moch thē as ye oppresse y e poore and robbe him of his best sustenaunce therfore whereas ye haue buylded houses off square stone ye shall not dwell in them Maruelōs pleasaunt vynyardes shall ye plante but the wyne of thē shal ye not drynke and why as for the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre stoute synnes I knowe them right well Enemies are ye off the rightuous ye take rewardes ye oppresse the poore in iudgment Therfore the wyse must now be fayne to holde his tūge so wicked a tyme is it Seke after the thinge that is good not euell so shall ye lyue yee the LORDE God off hoostes shal be with you acordinge to youre owne desyre Hate the euell and loue the good set vp right agayne in the porte no doute the LORDE God of hoostes shall be mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph Yff no sayeth the LORDE God the God of hoostes there shal be mourninge in all stretes yee they shal saye ī euery strete alas alas They shall call the housbonde man to lamentaciō and soch as can mourne to mournynge In all vynyardes there shal be heuynesse for I will come amonge you sayeth the LORDE Wo be vnto them that desyre the daye off y e LORDE Wherfore wolde ye haue it As for that daye of the LORDE it shal be darcke ād not cleare Yee like as when a mā rūneth frō a lyon and a Beer meteth with him or whē he commeth into the house and leeneth his honde vpon the wall a serpent byteth him ▪ Shall not the daye of the LORDE be darcke and not cleare shal it not be cloudy and no shyne in it I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes ād where as ye cense me when ye come together I will not accepte it And though ye offre me brentofferinges and meatofferinges yet haue I no pleasure therin As for youre fat thankofferynges I wil not loke vpon them Awaye with that noyse of thy songes I wil not heare thy playes of musick but se that equyte flowe as the water and rightuousnesse as a mightie streame O ye house of Israel gaue ye me offeringes and sacrifices those xl yeares longe in the wyldernesse Yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to youre Moloch and ymages of youre Idols Yee ād the starre of youre god Rempha figures which ye made to worshipe them Therfore wil I cause you be caried awaye beyonde Damascus sayeth the LORDE whose name is the God off hoostes The VI. Chapter WO be to the proude welthy in Siō to soch as thinke thē so sure vpon y e mount of Samaria which holde them selues for the best of the worlde and rule the house of Israel euē as they list Go vnto Calne and se and from thence get you to Hemath the greate cite and so go downe to Gath of the Philistines be they better at ease then these kyngdomes or the border of the ir londe wyder then yours Ye are taken out for the euel daye euen ye that syt in the stole of wylfulnesse Ye that lye vpon beddes off yuery and vse youre wantonnesse vpon youre couches ye that eate the best lambes of y e flocke and the fattest calues off the droaue ye that synge to the lute and in playenge off instrumentes compare youre selues vnto Dauid ye that drynke wyne out of goblettes anoynte youreselues with the best oyle but no man is sory for Ioseps hurte Therfore now shall ye be the first of them that shal be led awaye captyue and the lusty chere of the wylfull shall come to an ende The LORDE God hath sworne euen by himself sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes I hate the pryde of Iacob and I abhorre his palaces and I wil geue ouer the cite w t all that is therin so that though there remayne ten men in one house they shal dye So their nexte kynszfolckes and the deed buriers shall take them and cary awaye their bones and saye vnto him that is in the ynnermer house is there yet eny mo by y e And he shal answere they are all gone holde thy tunge shall he saye for they wolde not remembre the name of the LORDE Beholde the LORDE is mynded to smyte the greate houses so that they shall decaye ād the litle houses that they shall cleue a sunder Who can runne with horses or plowe w t oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone For why ye haue turned true iudgment in to bytternesse and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod Yee euen ye that reioyse in vayne thynges ye that saye haue not we optayned hornes in oure owne strength Well take hede o ye house off Israel sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes I will brynge a people vpō you which shall trouble you from the waye that goeth towarde Hemath vnto the broke in the medowe The VII Chapter THe LORDE God shewed me soch a vision beholde there stode one that made greszshoppers euen when the corne was shutynge forth after the kynge had clipte his shepe Now when they vndertoke to eate vp all the grene thinges in y e lōde I sayde O LORDE God be mercifull I beseke the who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the LORDE was gracious therin and the LORDE sayde well it shall not be Agayne y e LORDE shewed me this vision beholde the LORDE God called the fyre to punysh withall and it deuoured the greate depe yee it consumed a parte allredy Then sayde I O LORDE God holde thy ne honde for who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the LORDE was merciful therin and the LORDE God sayde well it shal not be Morouer he shewed me this vision beholde the LORDE stode vpon a plastered wall a masons trowell in his hōde And the LORDE sayde vnto me Amos what seist thou I answered a masons trowell Then sayde the LORDE beholde I will laye the trowell amōge my people of Israel and will nomore ouersee them but the hye hilchapels off Isaac must be layed waist and the churches off Israel made desolate and as for the house of Ieroboam I will stonde vp agaynst it with the swerde Vpon this sent Amasias the prest to Bethel vnto Ieroboam the kinge of Israel sayenge Amos maketh the house off Israel to rebell agaynst the the londe cā not awaye with his wordes For Amos sayeth Ieroboam shall dye with the swerde and Israel shall be led awaye captyue out of their owne londe And Amasias sayde vnto Amos Get the hence thou that cāst se so well and fle in to the londe of Iuda get the there thy lyuynge and prophecy there and prophecy nomore at Bethel for it is the kynges chapel and the kynges courte Amos answered and
sayde to Amasias As for me I am nether prophet ner prophetes sonne but a keper of catell Now as I was breakynge downe molberies and goynge after the catell the LORDE toke me sayde vnto me Go thy waye and prophecy vnto my people of Israel And therfore heare thou now the worde off the LORDE Thou saiest prophecy not agaynst Israel and speake nothinge agaynst the house off Isaac Wherfore thus sayeth the LORDE Thy wife shal be defyled in y e cite y t sonnes and doughters shal be slayne with the swerde and thy londe shal be measured out with the lyne Thou thy self shalt dye in an vnclene londe and Israel shal be dryuen out off his owne countre The VIII Chapter THe LORDE God shewed me me this vision and beholde there was a maūde with sommer frute And he sayde Amos what seist thou I answered a maūde with sommer frute Then sayde the LORDE vnto me the ende commeth vpon my people of Israel I wil nomore ouersee them In that daye shall the songes off the temple be turned in to sorow sayeth the LORDE God Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place be cast forth secretly Heare this O ye y t oppresse the poore and destroye the nedy in y e londe sayenge Whan will the new moneth be gone that we maye sell vytale and y e Sabbath that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne to make the buszshel lesse and the Sycle greater We shall set vp false waightes y t we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money and the nedy also for shues yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob these workes of theirs will I neuer forget Shal not the londe tremble and all they that dwell therin mourne for this Shal not their destruccion come vpon them like a water streame flowe ouer thē as the floude of Egipte At the same tyme sayeth the LORDE God I shall cause y e Sōne to go downe at noone and the londe to be darcke in the cleare daye Youre hye feastes will I turne to sorow and youre songes to mournynge I wil brynge sack cloth vpō all backes baldnes vpō euery heade yee soch a mournynge wil I sende them as is made vpon an only begotten sonne and they shall haue a miserable ende Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the LORDE God y t I shal sende an hūger in to y e earth not the hunger of bred ner the thyrst of water but an hunger to heare the worde off the LORDE so that they shal go from the one see to the other yee from y e north vnto y e cast runnynge aboute to seke the worde of y e LORDE and shal not fynde it In that tyme shal the fayre virgins and the yonge men perish for thyrst yee euen they that sweare in the offence off Samaria and saye as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan and as truly as y e God lyueth at Bersaba These shal fall and neuer ryse vp agayne The IX Chapter I Sawe the LORDE stondinge vpon the aulter and he sayde smyte the dore cheke that the postes maye shake withall For their couetousnesse shal fall vpon all their heades and their posterite shal be slayne with the swerde They shall not fle awaye there shall not one off them escape ner be delyuered Though they were buryed in the hell my honde shal fetch them from thence though they clymme vp to heauen yet shal I cast them downe though they hyde them selues vpō the toppe of Carmel yet shal I seke them out and brynge them from thence Though they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe of the see I shal cōmaūde the serpente euen there to byte them Yff they go awaye before their enemies ī to captyuyte then shall I commaunde the swerde there to slaye them Thus wil I set myne eyes vpon them for their harme and not for their wealth For when the LORDE God of hoostes toucheth a londe it cōsumeth awaye and all they that dwell therin must nedes mourne And why their destruccion shal aryse as euery streame and runne ouer them as the floude in Egipte He that hath his dwellinge in heauen ād groundeth his tabernacle in the earth He that calleth the waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde his name is the LORDE O ye children off Israel are ye not vnto me euen as the Morians sayeth the LORDE haue not I brought Israel out off the londe off Egipte the Philistynes from Capthor and the Sirians frō Cyr Beholde the eyes of the LORDE are vpon the realme that synneth to rote it clene out of the earth Neuertheles I will not vterly destroye the house of Iacob saieth the LORDE For lo this I promyse though I siffte y e house of Israel amonge all nacions like as they vse to sifte in a syue yet shall not y e smallest grauel stone fall vpō the earth But all the wicked doers of my people that saye Tush the plage is not so nye to come so hastely vpon vs those shal perish with the swerde At that tyme wil I buylde agayne the tabernacle off Dauid that is fallen downe and hedge vp his gappes and loke what is brokē I shal repayre it Yee I shal buylde it agayne as it was afore tyme y t they maye possesse the remnaunt of Edom yee and all soch people as call vpon my name w t thē saieth the LORDE which doth these thinges ▪ Beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that the plowman shal ouertake y e mower and y e treader off grapes him that soweth sede The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne and the hilles shall be frutefull and I wil turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel they shal repayre the waist cities haue thē in possessiō they shal plante vinyardes ād drynke the wyne therof they shal make gardens and enioye the frutes off thē And I wil plāte them vpō their owne groūde so that I will neuer rote them out agayne from their londe which I haue geuen thē sayeth the LORDE thy God The ende of the prophet Amos. The Prophet Abdy What Abdy conteyneth Chap. I He prophecyeth agaynst the proude stomackes of the Edomites that vexed the Israelites in their aduersite He sheweth what plages shal come vpon them The first Chapter THis is the vision that was shewed vnto Abdy Thus hath y e LORDE God spokē vpō Edō We haue herde of the LORDE y t there is an embassage sent amonge the Heithen Vp let vs aryse and fight agaynst them Beholde I will make y e small amōge the Heithen so that thou shalt be vtterly despised The pryde of thine herte hath lift the vp thou that dwellest in y e strōge holdes off stone and hast made the an hye seate Thou sayest in thyne herte who shal cast me downe to the grounde But though thou wentest vp as
that dwell at Lachis which is an occasion of y e synne of y e doughter of Sion for in the came vp the wickednesses of Israel Yee she sent hir coursers in to the londe of Geth The houses of lies will disceaue the kynges of Israel And as for the o thou that dwellest at Morassa I shal brynge a possessioner vpon the ād the plage of Israel shal reach vnto Odolla Make the balde and shaue the because of thy tender children Make the cleane balde as an Aegle for they shal be caried awaye captyue from the. The II. Chapter WO vnto them that ymagyn to do harme and deuyse vngraciousnesse vpon their beddes to perfourme it in y e cleare daye for their power is agaynst God When they covet to haue londe they take it by violence they robbe men off their houses Thus they oppresse a mā for his house euery man for his heretage Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde agaynst this housholde haue I deuysed a plage wherout ye shal not plucke youre neckes Ye shal nomore go so proudly for it will be a perlous tyme In that daye shall this terme be vsed and a mournynge shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the porcion off my people is translated Whan wil he parte vnto vs the londe that he hath taken from vs Neuerthelesse there shal be noman to deuyde the thy porcion in the congregacion off the LORDE Tush holde youre tunge saye they It shall not fall vpon this people we shall not come so to confucion sayeth the house off Iacob Is the sprete off the LORDE so clene awaye or is he so mynded Treuth it is my wordes are frendly vnto them that lyue right but my people doth the contrary therfore must I take parte agaynst them for they take awaye both cote and cloke from the symple Ye haue turned youre selues to fight the women off my people haue ye shot out frō their good houses and taken awaye my excellent giftes from their children Vp get you hence for here shall ye haue no rest Because off their Idolatry they are corrupte and shall myserably perish Yff I were a fleshly felowe and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might syt bebbinge and bollynge and be droncken O that were a prophet for this people But I will gather the in dede o Iacob and dryue the remnaunt off Israel all together I shall cary them one with another as a flocke in the folde and as the catell in their stalles that they maye be disquieted of other men Who so breaketh the gappe he shall go before They shall breake vp the porte and go in and out at it Their kynge shall go before them and the LORDE shal be vpon the heade of them The III. Chapter HEare o ye heades of the house of Iacob and ye leders of the house of Israel Shulde not ye knowe what were laufull and right But ye hate the good and loue the euell ye plucke of mens skynnes and the flesh from their bones Ye eate the flesh of my people ād flay of their skynne ye breake their bones ye choppe them in peces as it were in to a cauldron ād as flesh into a pot Now the tyme shall come that when they call vnto the LORDE he shall not heare them but hyde his face from them because that thorow their owne ymaginaciōs they haue dealte so wickedly And as concernynge the prophetes that disceaue my people thus the LORDE sayeth agaynst them When they haue eny thinge to byte vpon then they preach that all shal be well but yf a man put not some thinge in to their mouthes they preach of warre agaynst him Therfore youre vision shal be turned to night youre prophecyenge to darcknesse The Sonne shall go downe ouer those prophetes the daye shal be darcke vnto them Then shall the vision seers be ashamed y e sayth sayers confounded yee they shal be fayne all the packe of thē to stoppe their mouthes for they haue not Gods worde As for me I am full of strength of y e sprete of y e LORDE full of iudgment boldnesse to shewe the house of Iacob their wickednesse the house of Israel their synne O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob and ye iudges of the house off Israel ye that abhorre the thinge that is laufull and wraist asyde the thinge that is straight Ye that buylde vp Sion with bloude and Ierusalem with doynge wronge O ye iudges ye geue sentence for giftes O ye preastes ye teach for lucre O ye prophetes ye prophecy for money Yet wil they be takē as those that holde vpon God and saye Is not the LORDE amonge vs Tush there can no misfortune happen vs. Therfore shal Sion for youre sakes be plowed like a felde Ierusalē shall become an heape of stones and the hill of y e temple shal be turned to an hye wodde The IIII. Chapter BVt in the latter dayes it wil come to passe that the hill off the LORDES house shal be set vp hyer thē eny moūtaynes or hilles Yee the people shall preese vnto it and the multitude off the Gentiles shal haist them thither sayēge Come let vs go vp to the hill of the LORDE to the house of the God of Iacob that he maye teach vs his waye and that we maye walke in his pathes For the lawe shall come out off Sion ād the worde of God from Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the multitude off the Heithen and refourme the people off farre coūtrees so that of their swerdes they shal make plowshares and sythes off their speares One people shall not lift vp a swerde agaynst another yee they shall nomore lerne to fight but euery man shal syt vnder his vinyarde and vnder his fyge tre and no man to fraye him awaye for the mouth off y e LORDE of hoostes hath spoken it Therfore where as all people haue walked euery man in y e name of his owne god we will walke in the name of oure God for euer and euer At the same tyme sayeth the LORDE will I gather vp the lame and the outcastes and soch as I haue chastened and will geue yssue vnto the lame and make of y e outcastes a greate people and the LORDE himself shal be their kynge vpon the mount Sion frō this tyme forth for euermore And vnto the O thou tower of Eder thou stronge holde off the doughter Sion vnto the shal it come euē the first lordshipe and kyngdome of the doughter Ierusalē Why thē art thou now so heuy is there no kynge in the are thy councelers awaye that thou art so payned as a woman in hir trauayle And now o thou doughter Sion be sory let it greue the as a wife laboringe with childe for now must thou get the out off the cite and dwell vpon the playne
O thou enemie of myne reioyce not at my fall for I shal get vp agayne and though I syt in darcknesse yet y e LORDE is my light I will beare the punishment of the LORDE for why I haue offended him till he syt in iudgment vpon my cause and se that I haue right He wil bringe me forth to the light and I shal se his rightuosnesse She that is myne enemy shall loke vpon it be confounded which now saieth Where is thy LORDE God Myne eyes shal beholde her when she shal be troden downe as the claye in the stretes The tyme wil come that thy gappes shal be made vp and the lawe shal go abrode and at that tyme shal they come vnto the from Assur vnto the stroÌ„ge cities and from the stronge cities vnto the ryuer from the one see to the other from the one mountayne to the other Notwtstondinge the londe must be waisted because of them that dwell therin and for the frutes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore fede thy people with thy rodde the flocke of thine heretage which dwell desolate in the wodde that they maye be fedde vpon the mount of Charmel Basan Galaad as afore tyme. Maruelous thinges will I shewe them like as when they came out of Egipte This shal the Heithen se and be aszshamed for all their power so that they shal laye their honde vpon their mouth and stoppe their eares They shal licke the dust like a serpent as the wormes of the earth y t tremble in their holes They shal be afrayed of the LORDE oure God they shal feare ye. Where is there soch a God as thou that pardonest wickednes and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thine heretage He kepeth not his wrath for euer And why his delyte is to haue compassion he shal turne agayne be mercyfull to vs he shal put downe oure wickednesses cast all oure synnes in to the botome of the see Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob and thy mercy for Abraham like as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo The ende of the prophet Micheas The Prophet Naum. What Naum conteyneth Chap. I. He prayseth the power and goodnesse of God he reproueth the Niniuites because they despysed the councell and punyshment of God Chap. II. He descrybeth vnto them the terryblenesse of the plage Chap. III. He reproueth the abhominacions of the malicious cite and â—â—heweth them of their punyshment This is the heuy burthen of Niniue which Naum of Elchos dyd wryte as he sawe it The first Chapter THe LORDE is a gelous God and a taker of vengeaunce yee a taker of veÌ„geaunce is y e LORDE and wrothfull The LORDE taketh vengeaunce of his enemies and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaries The LORDE suffreth longe he is of greate power so innocent that he leaueth no man fautlesse before him The LORDE goeth forth in tempest and stormy wether the cloudes are the dust of his fete WheÌ„ he reproueth the see he dryeth it vp turneth all the floudes to drye londe Basan is desolate Charmel and the pleasure of Libanus waisteth awaye The mountaynes tremble for him the hilles consume At the sight of him the earth quaketh yee the whole worlde and all that dwell therin Who maye endure before his wrath Or who is able to abyde his grymme displeasure His anger taketh on like fyre and the harde rockes burst in sunder before him Ful gracious is the LORDE and a stronge holde in tyme of trouble he knoweth theÌ„ that put their trust in him when the floude renneth ouer and destroyeth the place and when the darcknesse foloweth still vpon his enemies What do ye ymagin then agaynst the LORDE on this maner Tush when he hath once made an ende there shal come nomore trouble For like as the thornes that sticke together and as the drye strawe so shal the dronckardes be consumed together euen when they be full There come out of y e soch as ymagin myschefe and geue vngracious councell agaynst the LORDE Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Let theÌ„ be as wel prepared yee and as many as they can yet shal they be hewen downe and passe awaye And as for the I wil vexe the but not vtterly destroie the. And now wil I breake his rodde from thy backe and burst thy bondes in sonder But the LORDE hath geuen a commaundement coÌ„cernynge the that there shall come nomore sede of thy name The carued and casten ymages will I rote out of the house of thy god Thy graue shal I prepare for the and thou shalt be confounded The II. Chapter BEholde vpon the mountaynes come the fete of him that bryngeth good tydinges preacheth peace O Iuda kepe thy holy dayes perfourme thy promyses for Belial shal come nomore in the he is vtterly roted out The scaterer shal come vp agaynst the laye sege to the castell Loke thou wel to the stretes make thy loynes stronge arme thy self with all thy myght for the LORDE shal restore agayne the glory of Iacob like as y e glory of Israel The destroyers haue broken them downe marred the wyne braunches The shylde of his giauntes glistereth his men of warre are clothed in purple His charettes are as fyre when he maketh him forwarde his archers are wel deckte trimmed The charettes rolle vpon the stretes welter in the hye wayes They are to loke vpon like cressettes of fyre and go swyftly as the lightenynge When he doth but warne his giauntes they fall in their araye haistely they clymme vp the walles yee the engyns of the warre are prepared all ready The water portes shal be opened and the kinges palace shall fall The quene hir self shal beled awaye captyue and hir gentilwomen shal mourne as the doues grone within their hertes Niniue is like a pole full of water but then shal they be fayne to fle Stonde stoÌ„de shal they crie there shal not one turne backe Awaye with the syluer awaye with the golde for here is no ende of treasure There shal be a multitude of all maner costly ornamentes Thus must she be spoyled emptied clene striped out that their hertes maye be melted awaye their knees treÌ„ble all their loynes be weake and their faces blacke as a pot Where is now the dwellinge of the lyoÌ„s and the pasture of the lyons whelpes where the lyon and the lyonesse wente with the whelpes and no man frayed them awaye But the lyon spoyled ynough for his yonge ones and deuoured for his lyonesse he fylled his dennes with his pray his dwellinge place with that he had rauyszshed Beholde I wil vpon the saieth the LORDE of hoostes and wil set fyre vpon thy charettes that they shal smoke withall and the swerde shal deuoure thy yonge lyons I wil make an ende of thy spoylinge from out of the earth the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde The
half towarde the south And ye shall fle vnto the valley of my hilles for the valley off the hylles shal reach vnto Asal Yee fle shall ye like as yefled for the earthquake in the dayes off Osias kynge of Iuda And the LORDE my God shal come and all sanctes with him In that daye shal it not be light but colde and frost This shal be that specyall daye which is knowne vnto the LORDE nether daye ner night but aboute the euenynge tyme it shal be light In that tyme shall there waters of life runne out from Ierusalem the half parte of them towarde the east see ād the other half towarde the vttemost see and shall continue both somer and wynter And the LORDE himself shal be kynge ouer all the earth At that tyme shal there be one LORDE only and his name shal be but one Men shal go aboute the whole earth as vpon a felde from Gibea to Remmon and from y e south to Ierusalem ▪ She shal be set vp and inhabited in hir place From Ben Iamins porte vnto the place of the first porte and vnto y e corner porte and from the tower of Hanael vnto the kynges wyne presses There shall men dwell and there shal be nomore cursinge but Ierusalem shal be safely inhabited This shal be the plage wherwith y e LORDE wil smyte all people that haue fought agaynst Ierusalem Namely their flesh shall consume awaye though they stonde vpon their fete their eyes shall corruppe in their holes and their tunge shal consume in their mouth In that daye shall the LORDE make a greate sedicion amōge them so that one mā shal take another by the honde and laye his hondes vpon the hondes of his neghboure Iuda shal fight also agaynst Ierusalem ād the goodes of all the Heithen shal be gathered together rounde aboute golde and syluer and a very greate multitude off clothes And so shal this plage go ouerhorses mules camels asses and all the beastes that shall be in the hooste like as yonder plage was Euery one that remayneth then of all y e people which came agaynst Ierusalem shal go vp yearly to worshipe the kynge euen y e LORDE of hoostes and to kepe the feast off tabernacles And loke what generacion vpon earth goeth not vp to Ierusalem for to worshipe the kynge euen the LORDE of hoostes vpon the same shal come no rayne Yff the kynred of Egipte go not vp come not it shall not rayne vpon them nether This shal be the plage wherwith y e LORDE wil smyte all Heithen that come not vp to kepe the feast of tabernacles Yee this shal be the synneplage of Egipte and the synneplage of all people that go not vp to kepe the feast of tabernacles At that tyme shal the rydinge geer of y e horses be holy vnto the LORDE and the kettels in the LORDES house shal be like the basens before the aulter yee all the kettels in Ierusalem and Iuda shal be holy vnto the LORDE of hoostes and all they that slay◠offeringes shall come and take of them and dight them therin And at that tyme there shal be no mo Cananites in the house of the LORDE The ende off the prophet Zachary The Prophet Malachy What Malachy conteyneth Chap. I. The benefites of God shewed specially vnto Israel before all other Agayne the punyshment of the vnthanfulnesse vnfaithfulnesse and covetousnesse of the prestes and the people Chap. II. He threatneth punyshment and confucion vnto the prestes and commaundeth men to loue their wyues Chap. III. Of Christes commynge and of him that maketh redy his waye before him Off the abrogacion of the olde ▪ leuiticall prest-heade Of the power of the iudge for to come and of that fearfull daye The first Chapter The heuy burthen which the LORDE sheweth agaynst Israel by Malachy I Haue loued you sayeth y e LORDE ād yet ye saye wherin hast thou loued vs Was not Esau Iacobs brother sayeth the LORDE yet haue I loued Iacob and hated Esau Yee I haue made his hilles waist and his heretage a wyldernesse for dragōs And though Edom sayde well we are destroyed we wil go buylde vp agayne the places that be waisted yet sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes what they buylded that brake I downe so that it was called a cursed londe and a people whom the LORDE hath euer bene angrie withall Youre eyes haue sene it ād ye youre selues must confesse that y e LORDE hath brought the londe of Israel to greate honoure Shulde not a sonne honoure his father and a seruaūt his master Yf I be now a father where is myne honoure yf I be the LORDE where am I feared sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Now to you prestes that despise my name And yf ye saye wherin haue we despised thy name In this that ye offre vnclene bred vpō myne aulter And yf ye wil saye wherin haue we offred eny vnclene thynge vnto the In this that ye saye the aulter of the LORDE is not to be regarded Yf ye offre y e blynde is not y t euell And yf ye offre the lame and sick is not that euell Yee offre it vnto thy prynce shal he be cōtent with the or accepte thy personne sayeth the LORDE of hoostes And now make youre prayer before God that he maye haue mercy vpon vs for soch thinges haue ye done Shal he regarde youre personnes thynke ye sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Yee what is he amonge you that wil do so moch as to shut y e dores or to kyndle y e fyre vpō myne aulter for naught I haue no pleasure in you sayeth the LORDE off hoostes and as for the meatofferinge I wil not accepte it at youre honde For from the rysinge vp of y e sonne vnto y e goinge downe of the same my name is greate amonge the Gentiles Yee in euery place shal there sacrifice be done and a clene meatofferinge offred vp vnto my name for my name is greate amonge the Heithē sayeth the LORDE of hoostes But ye haue vnhalowed it in that ye saye the aulter of y e LORDE is not to be regarded and the thinge that is set thervpon not worthy to be eaten Now saye ye It is but laboure and trauayle and thus haue ye thought scorne at it sayeth the LORDE off hoostes offerynge robbery yee the lame and the sicke Ye haue brought me in a meatofferynge shulde I accepte it of youre honde sayeth the LORDE Cursed be the dyssembler which hath in his flocke one that is male and when he maketh a vowe offereth a spotted one vnto the LORDE For I am a greate kynge sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and my name is fearfull amonge the Heithen The II. Chapter ANd now o ye prestes this commaundement toucheth you yf ye will not heare it ner regarde it to geue the glory vnto my name sayeth the LORDE off hoostes I wil sende a curse vpon you
will curse youre blessinges yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede Beholde I shal corruppe youre sede and cast donge in youre faces euen the donge of youre solempne feastes and it shal cleue fast vpon you And ye shall knowe that I haue sent this commaundement vnto you that my couenaunt which I made with Leui might stonde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes I made a couenaunt of life and peace w t him this I gaue him that he might stonde in awe of me and so he dyd feare me aÌ„d had my name in reuerence The lawe of treuth was in his mouth and there was no wickednesse founde in his lippes He walked with me in peace aÌ„d equyte and dyd turne many one awaye from their synnes For the prestes lippes shulde be sure knowlege that men maye seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messaunger of the LORDE of hoostes But as for you ye are gone clene out off the waye and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe ye haue broken the couenaunt of Leui sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore wil I also make you to be despised and to be of no reputacion amonge all y e people because ye haue not kepte my wayes but bene parciall in the lawe Haue we not all one father Hath not one God made vs why doth euery one off vs then despyse his owne brother and so breake the couenaunt of oure fathers Now hath Iuda offended yee the abhominacion is done in Israel and in IerusaleÌ„ for Iuda hath defyled the SaÌ„ctuary of the LORDE which he loued and hath kepte the doughter of a straunge God But the LORDE shal destroye the maÌ„ that doth this yee both the master the scolar out off the tabernacle of Iacob with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto the LORDE off hoostes Now haue ye brought it to this poynte agayne that the aulter of the LORDE is couered with teares wepynge and mournynge so that I will nomore regarde the meatofferynge nether wil I receaue or accepte eny thinge at youre hoÌ„des And yet ye saye wherfore Euen because that where as the LORDE made a couenauÌ„t betwixte y e and the wife off thy youth thou hast despysed her Yet is she thyne owne coÌ„panyon and maried wife So dyd not the one yet had he an excellent sprete What dyd then the one He sought the sede promised of God Therfore loke well to youre sprete let no man despyse y e wife of his youth Yf thou hatest her put her awaye sayeth the LORDE God of Israel and geue her a clothinge for the scorne sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Loke well then to youre sprete and despyse her not Ye greue the LORDE with youre wordes and yet ye saye wherwithall haue we greued him In this that ye saye All that do euell are good in the sight of God and soch please him Or els where is the God that punysheth The III. Chapter BEholde I wil sende my messaunger which shal prepare the waye before me and the LORDE whom ye wolde haue shal soone come to his temple yee euen the messaunger of the couenaunt whom ye longe for Beholde he commeth sayeth the LORDE of hoostes But who maye abyde the daye of his commynge Who shal be able to endure when he appeareth For he is like a goldsmythes fyre aÌ„d like wasshers sope He shall syt him downe to trye and to clense y e syluer he shal pourge the children of Leui and purifie them like as golde and syluer that they maye brynge meatofferinges vnto the LORDE in rightuousnes Then shall the offeringe of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the LORDE like as from the begynninge in the yeares afore tyme. I will come punysh you I my self wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches agaynst the aduouterers agaynst false swearers yee aÌ„d agaynst those that wroÌ„geously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty which vexe the wyddowes the fatherlesse oppresse the straunger and feare not me sayeth the LORDE of hoostes For I am the LORDE y t chaunge not ye o children of Iacob wil not leaue of ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauÌ„ces sens y e tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them Turne you now vnto me and I wil turne me vnto you sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Ye saye Wherin shal we turne Shulde a man vse falsede and disceate with God as ye vse falsede and disceate with me Yet ye saye wherin vse we disceate with the In Tythes and heaue offerynges Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye dyssemble with me all the sorte of you Brynge euery Tythe in to my barne y t there maye be meat in myne house and proue me withall sayeth the LORDE of hoostes yf I wil not open the wyndowes of heauen vnto you and poure you out a blessinge with plenteousnesse Yee I shal reproue the consumer for youre sakes so that he shall not eate vp the frute of youre grounde nether shal y e vynyarde be baren in the felde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes In so moch that all people shal saye that ye be blessed for ye shall be a pleasaunt loÌ„de sayeth the LORDE off hoostes Ye speake hard wordes agaynst me sayeth the LORDE And yet ye saye What haue we spoken agaynst the Ye haue sayed It is but lost laboure to serue God What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes Therfore maye we saye that the proude are happie and that they which deale with vngodlynesse are set vp for they tempte God and yet escape But they that feare God saye thus one to another The LORDE coÌ„sidreth and heareth it Yee it is before him a memoriall boke written for soch as feare the LORDE and remembre his name And in the daye that I wil make saieth y e LORDE of hoostes they shal be myne owne possession and I will fauoure them like as a man fauoureth his owne sonne that doth him seruyce Turne you therfore and considre what difference is betwixte the rightuous and vngodly betwixte him that serueth God aÌ„d him that serueth him not For marck the daye commeth that shall burne as an oueÌ„ and all the proude yee and all soch as do wickednesse shal be straw and the daye that is for to come shall burne theÌ„ vp sayeth the LORDE of hoostes so that it shal leaue them nether rote ner braunch But vnto you that feare my name shall the SoÌ„ne of rightuousnesse aryse health shal be vnder his winges Ye shal go forth multiplie as y e fat calues Ye shal treaded 〈◊〉 y e vngodly for they shal be like the 〈◊〉 vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye y t I shal make sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunt which I committed vnto him in â—reb for all Israel with the statutes and ordinaunces Beholde
geuē of y e LORDE God of Israel So Eszdras the hie prest brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude to man and woman to all prestes y t they might heare the lawe in the new moone of the seuenth moneth And he red in y e floore y t is before y e holy porte of y e tēple from the mornynge early vntill the euenynge before men wemen And they applied their mynde all vnto the lawe And Eszdras the prest reder of y e lawe stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd which was made therfore vpon his right hande there stode by him Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Vrias Ozechias Balsamus Vpon his lefte hāde stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias Zachary Then toke Eszdras y e boke before the whole multitude for he was y e pryncipall and had in most hono r of thē all And whā he had red out y e lawe they stode all straight vp vpon their fete So Eszdras praysed the LORDE the most hye God the Allmightie God of hoostes And all y e people answered Amen helde vp their hādes fell downe flat vpon the earth praysed y e LORDE Iesus Beneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calithes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites which taught the lawe of the LORDE red the lawe of the LORDE in the cōgregacion euery man sett those before y t vnderstode the lawe Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras the hye prest reder to the Leuites y t taught the multitude sayenge This daye is holy vnto the LORDE all they y t had herde the lawe wepte ▪ So Eszdras sayde Departe yo r waye then eate the best drynke the swetest sende giftes vnto them y t haue nothinge for this daye is holy vnto the LORDE and be not ye sory Then wente they their waye euerychone ate and dronke and were mery sent rewardes vnto thē y t had nothinge y t they also might eate with gladnesse for they were exceadingly reioysed thorow the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast acordinge to the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of Israel The ende of the thirde boke of Eszdras The IIII boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. God reproueth the people for their vnthankfulnes and rehearseth vnto them his owne louynge mercy that he maye bringe thē agayne yf they wyl not amende he wil chose another people Chap. II. The Synagoge cōplayneth vpō hir children ▪ The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God done vnto the people and hath a frendly contencion with God because he suffreth the Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them where as they yet are sinners also Chap. IIII. The angel rebuketh Eszdras for takinge in hāde to seke out the grounde of Gods iudgment and instructeth him with fayre symilitudes Chap. V. A communicaciō of Eszdras and the angel together Chap. VI. The angel enfourmeth Eszdras and answereth him to his questions Chap. VII The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete matters and thinges for to come Chap. VIII Eszdras prayeth for the people that God wyll rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and the godlynes of few thē vpon the wycked synnes of many Chap. IX Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to come Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras Chap. X. A communicacion betwixte Eszdras and the woman that appeared vnto him Chap. XI XII.XIII Of certayne visions and the interpretacions therof Chap. XIIII God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush talketh with him and cōmaundeth him what he shal doo Chap. XV. God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmēt that he wyl sende vpon the synfull people and commaundeth him to tell them the same Chap. XVI Punyshment vpon the Heithen and how the people of God shal behaue them selues therin The first Chapter THe seconde boke of y e prophet Eszdras y e sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias y e sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Sarahias the sonne of Vzi the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Leui which was presoner in the lande of the Meedes in the raigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia. And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Go thy waye shew my people their synfull dedes their children their wickednesses which they haue done against me that they maye tell their childers childrē the same for the synnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am not I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egipte from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despysed my councels Pull thou out then the hayre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure How longe shal I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so moch good Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao w t his seruaūtes and all his power haue I smytten downe and slayne All y e nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before them and in y e east haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre Sydon and haue slayne all their enemies Speake thou therfore vnto them sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE I led you thorow the see and haue geuen you sure stretes sence the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you light in a piler of fyre greate wōders haue I done amōge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE I gaue you quales to eate and tentes for youre sucoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascrybed not y e victory of youre enemies vnto my name yee this same daie do ye yet murmoure Where are the benefites that I haue done for you Whan ye were hongrie in the wildernes dyd ye not crie vnto me Why hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes to kill vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued y e Egipcians then to dye in this wildernesse Thē had I pitie vpon youre mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye ate angels foode Whā ye were thyrstie dyd not I hew y e hardstone caused water ynough to flowe thereout For the heate I couered you with y e leaues of the trees A good pleasaunt fatt londe gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresites and Philistynes before you What shal I do more for you saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Whan ye were in the wildernes in the water of the Amorites beynge a
by the smoke had the vpper hande After this there wēte ouer before me a watery cloude and sent downe moch rayne w t a storme whan the stormy rayne was past the droppes remayned still Then sayde he vnto me like as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke euen so y e measure of the thinges that are past hath the vpper hande Then wente the droppes and the smoke aboue and I prayed and sayde Maye I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme Or what shall happen in those dayes He answered me and sayde As for the tokēs wherof thou axest me I maye tell the of thē in a parte but as touchinge y e life I maye not shewe the for I am not sent therfore The V. Chapter NEuerthelesse as concernynge the tokens mark this Beholde the dayes shal come that they which dwell vpon earth shal be takē in a greate nombre the waye of the trueth shal be hyd and the lōde shal be baren from faith but iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande like as thou hast sene now and as thou hast herde lōge agoo And the londe that thou seist now to haue rule shalt thou shortly se waist But yf God graunte the to lyue thou shalt se after y e thirde trompet that the Sonne shal sodenly shyne agayne in the night and the Moone thre tymes in the daye bloude shal droppe out of wodd and the stone shal geue his voyce and the people shal be vnquyete and euen he shal rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earth and the foules shal flyt and the Sodomitysh see shal cast out his fish and make a noyse in the night which many shal not knowe but they shal all heare the voyce therof There shal be a cōfucion also in many places and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne and the wylde beastes shal go their waye menstruous wemen shal beare monsters and salt waters shal be founde in the swete one frende shal fight agaynst another then shal all wyt and vnderstandinge be hyd and put asyde in to their secrete places shal be sought of many and yet not be founde then shal vnrighteousnes and volupteousnes haue the vpperhande vpon earth One lande also shal axe another and saye Is righteousnes gone thorow the And it shal saye No. At the same tyme shal men hope but nothinge optayne they shal laboure but their wayes shall not prospere To shewe the soch tokens I haue leue and yf thou wylt praye agayne wepe as now and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thinges Then I awaked and a fearfulnes wente thorow all my body my mynde was feble and carefull so that I allmost swowned withall So the angell that was come to talke with me helde me comforted me and sett me vp vpon my fete And in the seconde night it happened y t Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me sayenge Where hast thou bene and why is thy countenaunce so heuy Knowest thou not y t Israel is commytted vnto the in the londe of their captyuyte Vp then and eate and forsake vs not as the shepherde that leaueth his flock in the handes of wicked wolues Then sayde I vnto him Go thy waye fro me and come not nye me he herde it and as I sayde so wēte he his waye fro me And so I fasted seuen dayes mournynge and wepynge like as Vriell the angell commaunded me And after seuen dayes it happened that y e thoughtes of my hert were very greuous vnto me agayne my soule receaued y e sprete of vnderstandynge I begāne to talke w t the most hyest agayne and sayde O LORDE LORDE of euery wod of y e earth of all the trees therof thou hast chosen y e one onely vynyarde and of all londes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen the one pytt and of all floures of the groūde thou hast chosen the one lylie and of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled the one ryuer and of all builded cities thou hast halowed Sion vnto thy self and of all y e foules that are created thou hast named the one doue and of all the catell y t are made thou hast prouyded y e one shepe amōge all y e multitudes of folkes thou hast gotten the one people and vnto this people whom thou louedest thou gauest a lawe y t is proued of all And now O LORDE why hast thou geuē this one people ouer vnto many vpon the one rote thou hast prepared other and why hast thou scatred y e one onely people amonge many which treade thē downe yee which haue euer withstonde y e promyses neuer beleued y e couenaūtes And though thou werest enemye vnto y e people yet shuldest thou punysh thē w t thine owne handes Now whā I had spokē these wordes the angell y t came to me y e night afore was sēt vnto me sayde vnto me Heare me herkē to y e thinge y t I saye I shal tell y e more And I sayed Speake on my LORDE Thē sayde he vnto me Thou art sore vexed troubled for Israels sake Louest thou y t people better then him y t made them And I sayde No LORDE but of very grefe cōpassion haue I spokē For my reynes payne me euery houre because I wolde haue experience of the waye of the most hyest and to seke out parte of his iudgment And he sayde vnto me that thou mayest not And I sayde wherfore LORDE Where vnto was I borne then Or why was not my mothers childesbed then my graue So had I not sene the mysery and trouble of Iacob and the trauayle of my people of Israel And he sayde vnto me Nōbre me y e thinges y t are not yet come gather me together y e droppes that are scatred abrode make me y e floures grene agayne ▪ y t are wythered opē me the thinge that is closed and bringe me forth the wyndes that are shutt vp Shewe me the ymage of a voyce and then shal I declare the the thinge that thou labourest to knowe And I sayde O LORDE LORDE who maye knowe these thinges but he that hath not his dwellynge w t mē As for me I am vnwyse how maye I thē speake of these thinges wherof thou axest me Thē sayde he vnto me like as thou canst do none of these thinges y t I haue spoken of Euen so canst thou not fynde out my iudgment or in the ende the loue that I haue promysed vnto my people And I sayde Beholde o LORDE yet art thou nye vnto them that haue no ende and what shal they do that haue bene before me or we that be now or they that shal come after vs And he sayde vnto me I wyl lycken my iudgment vnto a rynge Like as there is no slacknesse of the last euen so is there no swiftnesse of the first So I answered sayde
of thy seruauntes acordinge to y e blessinge of Aaron ouer thy people that all they which dwell vpon earth maye knowe that thou art the LORDE the eternall God which is from euerlastinge The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Like as the tonge taisteth venyson so doth an hert of vnderstondinge marck false wordes A frowarde hert geueth heuynes but a man of experience lifteth him vp agayne The woman receaueth euery man yet is one daughter better then another A fayre wife reioyseth hir huszbande and a man loueth nothinge better Yf she be louynge vertuous withall then is not hir huszbande like other men He that hath gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodly possession she is vnto him an helpe and piler wher vpon he resteth Where no hedge is there the goodes are spoyled and where no houszwife is there y e frēdles mourneth Like as there is no credence geuen to a robber y t goeth from one cite to another So is not y e man beleued that hath no nest and must turne in where he maye abyde in the night The XXXVII Chapter EVery frende sayeth I wil be frendly vnto him also But there is some frende which is onely a frende in name Remayneth there not heuynes vnto death whan a companyon and frende is turned to an enemye O most wicked presumpcion Frō whence art thou spronge vp to couer the earth with falsede disceate There is some companyon which in prosperite reioyseth with his frēde but in the tyme of trouble he taketh parte agaynst him There is some cōpanyon that mourneth with his frende for the bely sake but whan trouble commeth he taketh holde of the shylde Forget not thy frende in thy mynde thynke vpon him in y i riches Euery counceler bryngeth forth his councell Neuertheles there is some y t counceleth but for his owne profit Bewarre of y e counceler be aduysed afore wherto thou wilt vse him for he wil geue coūcell for him self Lest he cast the lott vpon the saye vnto the Thy waye and purpose is good and afterwarde he stande agaynst the and loke what shal become of the. Axe no coūcell at him y t suspecketh y e for an enemie hyde y e councell from soch as hate ye. Axe no councell at a woman cōcernynge y e thinges y t she lōgeth for ner at a fearful fayntharted body in matters of warre or at a marchaunt how deare he wil cheape thy wares towarde his or at a byer of sellynge Or at an envyous man of thankesgeuynge Or at the vnmercifull of louynge kindnes Or at y e slouthfull of workinge Or at an hyrelynge which hath no house of profit or wealth An ydle body wolde not gladly heare speake of moch labo Take no soch folkes to coūcell but be diligēt to seke coūcel at a vertuous man y t feareth God soch one as thou knowest to be a keper of y e cōmaundemētes which hath a minde after thine owne minde is sory for y e whā thou stōblest And holde thy councell fast in thine hert for there is no man more faithful to kepe it then thou thy self For a mās mynde is somtyme more disposed to tell out then seuen watchmen that sytt aboue in an hye place lokynge aboute them And aboue all this praye the Hyest that he wil lede thy waye in faithfulnes trueth Before all thy workes axe councell first and or euer thou doest eny thinge be well aduysed There be foure thinges that declare a chaunged hert wherout there springeth euell good death life a masterfull tonge that bableth moch Some man is apte and well instructe in many thinges and yet very vnprofitable vnto himself Some man there is that can geue wyse and prudent councell and yet is he hated contynueth a begger for that grace is not geuē him of God to be accepted Another is robbed of all wiszdome yet is he wise vnto him self and the frute of vnderstōdinge is faithfull in his mouth A wyse man maketh his people wyse y e frutes of his wiszdome fayle not A wyse mā shal be plēteously blessed of God all they that se him shal speake good of him The life of man stondeth in y e nōbre of the dayes but the dayes of Israel are innumerable A wyse man shal opteyne faithfulnes credence amonge his people his name shal be perpetuall My sonne proue thy soule in thy life yf thou se eny euell thinge geue it not vnto her For all thinges are not profitable for all men nether hath euery soule pleasure in euery thinge Be not gredy in euery eatynge and be not to haistye vpō all meates For excesse of meates bryngeth siknes and glotony commeth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate Thorow glotony haue many one perished but he that dyeteth him self temperatly prolongeth his life The XXXVIII Chapter HOnoure the Phisician honoure him because of necessite God hath created him for of the Hyest commeth medecyne and he shal receaue giftes of the kynge The wiszdome of the phisician bryngeth him to greate worshipe in the sight of the greate men of this worlde he shal be honorably taken The LORDE hath created medecyne of the earth and he that is wyse wyl not abhorre it Was not y e bytter water made swete with a tre that men might lerne to knowe the vertue therof The LORDE hath geuen men wyszdome vnderstondinge y t he might be honoured in his wōderous workes With soch doth he heale men taketh awaye their paynes Of soch doth the Apotecary make a confeccion yet can no man perfourme all his workes For of y e LORDE commeth prosperous wealth ouer all y e earth My sonne despyse not this in thy sicknes but praye vnto the LORDE he shal make the whole Leaue of from synne ordre thy handes a right clēse thine hert from all wickednes Geue a swete sauoured offrynge y e fyne floure for a token of remembraunce make the offrynge fatt as one that geueth the first frutes geue rowme to the Phisician ▪ For y e LORDE hath created him let him not go from the for thou hast nede of him The houre maye come y t the seke maye be helped thorow them whan they praye vnto y e LORDE y t he maie recouer get health to lyue lōger He that synneth before his maker shall fall in to the handes of the Phisician My sonne brynge forth thy teares ouer the deed and begynne to mourne as yf thou haddest suffred greate harme thy self thē couer his body after a conuenyent maner despyse not his buryall Enforce thy self to wepe prouoke thy self to mourne make lamentacion expediently and y t a daye or two lest thou be euell spoken of then cōforte thy self because of the heuynes For of heuynes cōmeth death the heuynes of y e hert breaketh strength Heuynes
his porcion and enheritaunce The thirde noble and excellent mā is Phineas the sonne of Eleazer which pleased the God of Israel because he had y e zele feare of the LORDE For whan the people were turned back he put him self forth right soone that with a good wyll to pacifie the wrath of the LORDE towarde Israel Therfore was there a couenaūt of peace made with him y t he shulde be the principall amonge the righteous and the people that he and his posterite shulde haue the office of the presthode for euer Like as there was made a couenaūt with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda that frō amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kynge And that Aaron also his sede shulde be the heretage to geue vs wyszdome in o hert to iudge his people in righteousnes that his goodes shulde not come in to forgetfulnes and that their honoure might endure for euer The XLVI Chapter MAnly stronge in battaill was Iesus y e sonne of Naue which in steade of Moses y e prophet was geuen to be captayne of the people which acordinge vnto his name was a greate sauioure vnto the electe of God to punysh the enemies that rose vp agaynst Israel y t Israel might optayne their inheritaunce O how greate noble and excellent was he whan he lift vp his hande and drew out his swerde agaynst the cities Who stode so manly before him For the LORDE himself brought in the enemies Stode not the Sonne styll at his commaundemēt and one daye was as longe as two He called vpon the Hyest most mightie whā y e enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde and the LORDE herde him with the hayle stones They smote y e Heithenish people mightely in fallinge downe they slew all y e aduersaries so that the Heithē knewe his hoost and all his defence that the LOR himself fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them In the tyme of Moses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyd a good worke which stode agaynst the enemies withelde the people from synne and stylled y e wicked murmurynge And of sixe hundreth thousande people of fote they two were preserued whan they were brought in to the heretage namely a londe that floweth with mylke hony The LORDE gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he wente vp in to the hye places of the londe and his sede conquered the same for an heretage that all the childrē of Israel might se how good a thinge it is to be obedient vnto the LORDE And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose hert wente not a whoringe ner departed from y e LORDE and that forsake not the LORDE vnfaithfully whose remembraūce hath a good reporte Yee their bones florish out of their place and their name shal neuer be chaūged Samuel the prophet beloued of the LORDE ordeyned a kinge and anoynted the prynces ouer the people In the lawe of the LORDE ruled he and iudged the congregacion the LORDE had respecte vnto Iacob The prophet was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yee in his faithfulnes was the faithfulnes of the vision knowne He called vpon y e LORDE the mightie whā the enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde what tyme as he offred the suckynge lambes And the LORDE thondred from heauen and mayde his voyce to be herde w t a greate noyse He discomfited the prynces of Tyre all the rulers of the Philistynes Before his last ende he made protestacion in the sight of the LORDE his anoynted that he toke nether substaunce ner good of eny man no not so moch as a shue no man might accuse him After this he tolde that his ende was at honde and shewed the kynge also his ende and death from y e earth lift he vp his voyce in the prophecie y t the vngodly people shulde perishe The XLVII Chapter AFterwarde in the tyme of kynge Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan For like as the fat is taken awaye from the offrynge so was Dauid chosen out of the childrē of Israel He toke his pastyme w t the lyons as w t kyddes and with beares like as with lambes Slew he not a giaunte whan he was yet but yonge toke awaye the rebuke from his people what tyme as he toke the stone in his hande smote downe proude Goliath w t the slynge For he called vpon the hyest LORDE which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrew the mightie giaunte in the battayll that he might set vp the horne of his people agayne Thus brought he him to worshipe aboue all prynces and made him to haue a good reporte in the prayse of the LORDE y t he shulde weere a crowne of glory For he destroied the enemies on euery syde roted out the Philistynes his aduersaries brake their horne in sunder like as it is brokē yet this daye In all his workes he praysed y e Hyest Holiest ascrybed the honoure vnto him With his whole hert dyd he prayse and loue him that made him He set syngers also before the aulter and in their tune he made swete songes He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worship fully and that the solempne feastes thorow the whole yeare shulde be honorably holdē with praysinge the name of the LORDE with synginge by tymes in the mornynge in the Sanctuary The LORDE toke awaye his synnes and exalted his horne for euer He gaue him y e couenaunt of the kyngdome and the trone of worshipe in Israel After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Salomon and for his sake he droue y e enemies awaie farre of This Salomon reigned with peace in his tyme for God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery syde that he might buylde him an house in his name prepare the Sanctuary for euer like as he was well īstructe in his youth fylled with wyszdome and vnderstōdinge as it were with a water floude He couered and fylled the whole londe with similitudes and wyse prudent sentences His name wente abrode in the Iles because of his peace he was beloued All londes marueled at his songes prouerbes symilitudes and at his peace and at the name of y e LORDE God which is called the God of Israel He gathered golde as tynne he had as moch syluer as leade He was moued in vnordinate loue towarde wemen and was ouercome in affeccion He stayned his hono and worshipe yee his posterite defyled he also in bringinge the wrath of the LORDE vpon his children and sorowe after his ioye so y t his kyngdome was deuyded Ephraim became an vnfaithfull an vnconstant kingdome Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy nether was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes y t he shulde leaue him no
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is
kyndled Like as an whole ornament of pure golde set with all maner of precious stones and as an olyue tre that is frutefull as a Cypres tre which groweth vp an hye Whan he put on the garment of honoure was clothed withall bewtye whan he wente to the holy altare to garnysh the couerynge of the Sanctuary whan he toke y e porcions out of the prestes hande he himself stode by the herth of the altare and his brethren rounde aboute in ordre As the braunches of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus so stode they rounde aboute him And as the braunches of the olyue tre so stode all y e sonnes of Aaron in their glory And y t he might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon the altare garnysh the offrynge of the hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynk offerynge poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smell vnto the hyest prynce Then beganne y e sonnes of Aaron to synge and to blowe with trompettes to make a greate noyse for a remembraūce prayse vnto the LORDE Then were the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpō their faces to worshipe the LORDE their God to geue thankes to Allmightie God They sunge goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in y e greate house of the LORDE And the people in their prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honoure of y e LORDE were perfourmed Thus ended they their mynistracion and seruyce Then wente he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue praise thankes out of their lippes vnto y e LORDE and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he might openly shew the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest namely thus O geue prayse thankes ye all vnto the LORDE oure God which hath euer done noble and greate thinges which hath increased oure dayes from o r mothers wombe and dealt with vs acordinge to his mercy that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes of hert peace for oure tymes in Israel Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore allwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thirde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mountayne of Samaria the Philistynes the foolish people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacions and documētes of wyszdome and vnderstādinge in this boke and poured out the wyszdome out of my hert Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therin and who so taketh soch to hert shal be wyse Yf he do these thinges he shal be stronge in all For the light of the LORDE ledeth him The LI. Chapter A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac I Thanke the O LORDE and kynge and praise the O God my Sauioure I wil yelde prayse vnto y e name for thou art my defender and helper hast preserued my body from destruccion from y e snare of traytorous tōges and from the lippes that are occupied with leyes Thou hast bene my helper from soch as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multitude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of them that prepared them selues to deuoure me out of y e handes of soch as sought after my life from the multitude of them y t troubled me wente aboute to set fyre vpon me on euery syde so y t I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre From the depe of hell from an vncleane tōge from lyenge wordes from the wicked kynge and from an vnrighteous tonge My soule shal prayse y e LORDE vnto death for my life drew nye vnto hell They cōpased me rounde aboute on euery syde there was no mā to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were eny man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely y t thou delyuerest soch as putt their trust in the and ryddest them out of y e handes of the Heithen Thus lift I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the LORDE my father that he wolde not leaue me w t out helpe in the daye of my trouble in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name contynually yeldinge honoure and thākes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and delyueredest me frō y e vnrighteous tyme. Therfore wil I aknowlege and praise the and magnifie y e name of the LORDE Whā I was yet but yonge or euer I wēte astraye I desyred wyszdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the temple sought her vnto the last Then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype My hert reioysed in her then wente my fote the right waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me moch wyszdome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll Iascrybe the glory vnto him that geueth me wyszdome for I am aduysed to do therafter I will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y t is good so shal I not be cōfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lightened thorow wiszdome that I knowleged my foolishnes I ordred my soule after her she I were one hert from the begynninge and I founde her in clennesse And therfore shal I not be forsaken My hert longed after her and I gat a good treasure Thorow her y e LORDE hath geuen me a new tonge wherwith I wil praise him O come vnto me ye vnlerned dwell in y e house of wyszdome withdrawe not youre selues from her but talke comon of these thinges for youre soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come bye wyszdome without money bowe downe youre neck vnder hir yock and youre soule shall receaue wyszdome She is harde at hande is content to be founde Beholde with youre eyes how that I haue had but litle laboure and yet haue founde moch rest O receaue wyszdome and ye shall haue plenteousnes of syluer and golde in possession Let youre mynde reioyse in his mercy be not ashamed of his prayse Wyrke his worke by tymes he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The ende of Ecclesiasticus other wyse called Iesus the sonne of Syrac The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y e thre children after Theodotios translacion which wordes are wryten in y e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn
the raginge of the see delyuereth the possessed and dryueth the deuels in to the heerde of swyne helpeth the sick woman and Iairus daughter Chap. IX He sendeth out the twolue Apostles to preach Herode heareth tell of hiÌ„ He fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fishes the disciples confesse him to be the sonne of God he transfigureth himself vpon the mount delyuereth the possessed and teacheth his disciples to be lowly They desyre veÌ„geaunce but he reproueth them Chap. X. He sendeth the seuentye before him for to preach and geueth theÌ„ a charge how to behaue them selues prayseth his heauenly father answereth the scrybe that tempted him â–ª and by the example of the Samaritane sheweth who is a maÌ„s neghbour Martha receaueth the LORDE into hir house Mary Magdalene is feruent in hearinge his worde Chap. XI He teacheth his disciples to praye dryueth out a deuel and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requyre sygnes and tokens He eateth with the pharisee and reproueth the ypocrisy of the pharises scrybes and ypocrites Chap. XII The leuen of the pharises Christ conforteth his disciples agaynst persecucion warneth them to bewarre of cuvetousnesse by the symilitude of a certayne rich man he wyll not haue them to hange vpoÌ„ earthly thinges but to watch and to be ready agaynst his commynge Chap. XIII Of the Galileans whom Pilate slew and of those that dyed in Syloe The symilitude of the fyge tre Christ healeth the sicke woman The parable of the mustarde sede and leuen Few entre in to the kyngdome Christ reproueth Herode and Ierusalem Chap. XIIII Iesus eateth with the pharisee healeth the dropsye vpon the Sabbath teacheth to be lowly telleth of the greate supper and warneth them that wyll folowe him to laye their accomptes before what it wyll cost theÌ„ The salt of the earth Chap. XV. The louynge mercy of God openly set forth in the parable of the hundreth shepe and of the sonne that was lost Chap. XVI The parable of the wicked Mammon Not one title of Gods worde shal perish Of the rich man and of poore Lazarus Chap. XVII Christ teacheth his disciples to avoyde occasions of euell one to forgeue another stedfastly to trust in God and no man to presume in his owne workes He healeth the ten lepers speaketh of the latter dayes and of the ende of the worlde Chap. XVIII He teacheth to be ferueÌ„t in prayer coÌ„tinually Of the pharisee and the publican The kyngdome of God belongeth vnto childreÌ„ Christ answereth the ruler and promiseth rewarde vnto all soch as suffre losse for his sake and folowe him The blynde maÌ„ is restored to his sight Chap. XIX Of Zacheus and the ten seruauntes to whoÌ„ the ten taleÌ„tes were delyuered Christ rydeth to Ierusalem and wepeth ouer it Chap. XX. They axe Christ one questyon and he axeth them another The parable of the vynyarde Of tribute te be geueÌ„ vnto the Emperoure how Christ stoppeth the mouthes of the Saduceâ—s Chap. XXI Christ commendeth the poore wyddow telleth of the destruccion of Ierusalem of false teachers of the tokeÌ„s and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne commynge Chap. XXII Christ is betrayed they eate the easter lambe The institucion of the sacrameÌ„t They stryue who shal be greatest he reproueth them He prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount They take him and bringe him to the hye prestes house Peter denyeth him thryse and they bringe him before the councell Chap. XXIII Iesus is brought before Pilate and Herode The wemeÌ„ make lameÌ„tacion for him He prayeth for his enemies forgeueth the synner vpon his right hande dyeth on the crosse and is buried Chap. XXIIII The wemen come to the graue Christ apeareth vnto the two disciples that go towarde Emaus stondeth in the myddest of all his disciples openeth their vnderstondinge in the scriptures geueth them a charge and ascendeth vp into heauen The gospell of S. Luke The prologe of S. Luke FOR so moch as many haue taken in hande to set forth y e wordes of the actes that are come to passe amonge vs like as they delyuered theÌ„ vnto vs which from the begynnynge sawe them their selues and were mynisters of the worde I thought it good after that I had diligently searched out all from the begynnynge to wryte the same orderly vnto the good Theophilus that thou mightest knowe the certeÌ„te of y e wordes wherof thou art infourmed The first Chapter IN the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry there was a prest named Zachary of the course of Abia and his wife of the doughters of Aaron hir name Elizabeth They were both righteous before God and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably And they had no childe for Elizabeth was baren and they were both well stricken in age And it came to passe as he executed the prestes office before God whan his course came acordinge to the custome of the presthode it fell to his lott to burne incense And he wente into the temple of the LORDE and the whole multitude of the people was without in prayer whyle the incense was aburnynge And the angell of the LORDE appeared vnto him and stode on the right syde of the altare of inceÌ„se And whan Zachary sawe him he was abaszhed there came a feare vpon him But the angell sayde vnto him Feare not Zachary for thy prayer is herde And y e wife Elizabeth shal beare the a sonne whose name thou shalt call Ihon thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse and many shal reioyce at his byrth for he shal be greate before the LORDE Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke And he shal be fylled w t the holy goost euen in his mothers wombe And many of the children of Israel shal he turne vnto the LORDE their God And he shal go before him in the sprete and power of Elias to turne the hertes of y e fathers vnto the children and the vnfaithfull vnto the wyszdome of the righteous to make the people ready for the LORDE And Zachary sayde vnto the Angel Wherby shal I knowe this For I am olde and my wife well stricken in age The angell answered and sayde vnto him I am Gabriell that stonde before God and am sent to speake vnto the and to shewe the these glad tydinges And beholde thou shalt be domme and not able to speake vntyll the daye that this come to passe because thou hast not beleued my wordes which shal be fulfylled in their season And the people wayted for Zachary and marueyled that he taried so longe in the teÌ„ple And whaÌ„ he weÌ„te out he coude not speake vnto them And they perceaued that he had sene a vision in the teÌ„ple And he beckened vnto them and remayned speachlesse And it fortuned whaÌ„ the tyme of his office was out he wente home in to his house And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife conceaued and hyd hir self fyue monethes
sayde Thus hath y e LORDE done vnto me in y e dayes wherin he hath loked vpoÌ„ me to take awaye frome my rebuke amoÌ„ge men And in the sixte moneth was the angell Gabriel sent from God in to a cite of Galile called Nazareth vnto a virgin that was spoused vnto a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Mary And the angell came in vnto her and sayde Hayle thou full of grace the LORDE is with the blessed art thou amonge wemen WhaÌ„ she sawe him she was abaszhed at his sayenge and thought What maner of salutacion is this And the angell sayde vnto her Feare not Mary for thou hast fouÌ„de grace with God Beholde thou shalt coÌ„ceaue in thy woÌ„be beare a sonne shalt call his name Iesus he shal be greate shal be called y e sonne of the Hyest And the LORDE God shal geue him y e seate of Dauid his father he shal be kinge ouer y e house of Iacob for euer there shal be no ende of his kyngdome Then sayde Mary vnto the angell How shal this be seinge I knowe not a maÌ„ The angell answered sayde vnto her The holy goost shal come vpon the the power of the Hyest shal ouer shadowe the. Therfore that Holy also which shal be borne of the shal be called the sonne of God And beholde thy cosen Elizabeth she also hath coÌ„ceaued a sonne in hir olde age this is the sixte moneth of her which is reported to be barem for w t God is nothinge vnpossyble And Mary sayde Beholde here am I the hand 〈◊〉 of the LORDE be it vnto me as thou hast sayde And the angell departed froÌ„ her And Mary arose in those dayes and wente in to the mouÌ„taynes with haist into y e cite of Iewry and came in to y e house of Zachary and saluted Elizabeth And it fortuned as Elizabeth herde the salutacion of Mary the babe sprange in hir wombe And Elizabeth was fylled with the holy goost cried loude and sayde Blessed art thou amoÌ„ge wemen and blessed is the frute of y e wombe And how happeneth this to me that y e mother of my LORDE commeth vnto me Beholde whan I herde the voyce of thy salutacion the babe sprange in my wombe w t ioye And blessed art thou that hast beleued for y e thinges shal be perfourmed which were tolde y e froÌ„ y e LORDE And Mary sayde My soule magnifieth the LORDE And my sprete reioyseth iÌ„ God my Sauioure For he hath loked vpoÌ„ the lowe degre of his hande mayde Beholde froÌ„ hence forth shal all generacions call me blessed For he that is Mightie hath done greate thinges vnto me and holy is his name And his mercy endureth thorow out all generacions vpon them that feare him He sheweth strength with his arme and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert He putteth downe the mightie from the seate and exalteth them of lowe degre He fylleth the hongrie with good thinges and letteth the riche go emptye He remeÌ„breth mercy and helpeth vp his seruaunt Israel Euen as he promysed vnto oure fathers Abraham and to his sede foreuer And Mary abode with her aboute thre monethes and then returned home agayne And Elizabethes tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered she brought forth a sonne And hir neghbours and kynsfolkes herde y t the LORDE had shewed greate mercy vpoÌ„ her they reioysed with her And it fortuned vpon the eight daye they came to circumcyse y e childe and called him Zachary after his father And his mother answered and sayde No but he shal be called Ihon. And they sayde vnto her There is none in y e kynne y t is so called And they made signes vnto his father how he wolde haue him called And he axed for wrytinge tables wrote sayde His name is Ihon. And they marueyled all And immediatly was his mouth and his toÌ„ge opened and he spake praysed God And there came a feare vpon all their neghbours And all this acte was noysed abrode thorow out all the hill countre of Iewry And all they y t herde therof toke it to hert and sayde What maner of man wil this childe be For the hande of the LORDE was with him And Zachary his father was fylled with the holy goost and prophecied and sayde Blessed be y e LORDE God of Israel for he hath vysited and redemed his people And hath set vp an horne of saluacion in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promysed afore tyme by the mouth of his holy prophetes That he wolde delyuer vs froÌ„ oure enemies from y e hande of all soch as hate vs. And y t he wolde shewe mercy vnto oure fathers thynke vpoÌ„ his holy couenauÌ„t Euen the ooth y t he sware vnto oure father Abraham for to geue vs. That we delyuered out of y e haÌ„de of o enemies might serue him without feare all the dayes of oure life in soch holynes and righteousnes as is accepte before him And thou childe shalt be called a prophet of the Hyest for thou shalt go before y e LORDE to prepare his wayes And to geue knowlege of saluacion vnto his people for the remyssion of their synnes Thorow the tender mercy of oure God wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath vysited vs. That he might geue light vnto them y t syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death and to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace And the childe grew and waxed stronge in sprete and was in the wyldernes tyll the tyme that he shulde shewe him self vnto the people of Israel The II. Chapter IT fortuned at the same tyme that there weÌ„te out a coÌ„maundement froÌ„ Augustus the Emperoure that the whole worlde shulde be taxed And this taxynge was the first that was executed whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria And they wente all euery one to his owne cite to be taxed Then Ioseph gat him vp also froÌ„ Galile out of the cite of Nazareth into Iewry to y e cite of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of y e house and lynage of Dauid that he might be â—axed w t Mary his spoused wife which was w t childe And it fortuned whyle they were there y e tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered And she brought forth hir first begotteÌ„ sonne wrapped him inswadlinge clothes and layed him in a maunger for they had els no rowme in the ynne And there were in y e same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes and watchinge their flocke by night And beholde y e angell of the LORDE stode by theÌ„ and y e brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them and they were sore afrayed And the angell sayde vnto them Be not afrayed Beholde I brynge you tydiÌ„ges of greate ioye which shall happen vnto all people
And so wil we do yf God permytte For it is not possible that they which were once lighted and haue taisted of the heaueÌ„ly gyfte and are become partakers of the holy goost haue taisted of y e good worde of God and of the power of the worlde to come yf they fall awaye and concernynge them selues crucifye the sonne of God afreszhe and 〈◊〉 mocke off him that they shulde be 〈◊〉 agayne vnto repentaunce For the earth that drynketh 〈…〉 which commeth oft vpon 〈…〉 forth herbes mete for 〈…〉 receaueth blessynge of God But y t grounde which beareth thornes and thistles is nothinge worth and nye vnto cursynge whose ende is to be brent Neuertheles ye dearly beloued we trust to se better of you and y t saluacioÌ„ is nyer though we thus speake For God is not vnrighteous that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure of loue which ye shewed in his name whan ye mynistred vnto the sayntes and yet mynister Yee and we desyre that euery one of you shewe the same diligence to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende that ye faynte not but folowe them which thorow faith and pacieÌ„ce inheret the promyses For whan God made promes to Abraham because he had none greater to sweare by he sware by himselfe and sayde Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye y e in dede And so he abode pacieÌ„tly and optayned the promes As for men they sweare by him that is greater then them selues and the ooth is the ende of all stryfe to confirme the thinge amoÌ„ge them But God wyllinge very abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes the stablenes of his councell added an ooth y t by two immutable thinges in the which it is vnpossible y t God shulde lye we mighte haue a stronge consolacion euen we which are fled to holde fast the hope that is set before vs which hope we haue as a sure and stedfast anker of oure soule Which hope also entreth in in to those thinges that are within y e vayle whither the foreruÌ„ner is for vs entred in eueÌ„ Iesus which is made an hye prest foreuer after y e order of Melchisedech The VII Chapter THis Melchisedech kynge of Salem which beynge prest of the most hye God met Abraham as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges blessed him vnto whom Abraham also gaue tithes of all the goodes first is by interpretacion kynge of righteousnes after that is he kynge of Salem also that is to saye kynge of peace without father without mother without kynne and hath nether begynnynge of dayes ner ende of life but is likened vnto the sonne of God and contynueth a prest for euer But coÌ„sider how greate a man this was to whom the Patriarke Abraham gaue tiâ—hes of the spoyles And verely the children 〈…〉 whan they receaâ—â— the presthode 〈…〉 â—â—mmaundement acordynge to the 〈…〉 he tithes of the people that 〈…〉 their brethreÌ„ though they also came out of the loynes of Abraham But he whose kynred is not counted amoÌ„ge them receaued tithes of Abraham and blessed him that had the promes Now is it so without all naysayenge that the lesse receaueth blessynge of y e better And here men that dye receaue tithes But there he receaueth tithes of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth And to saye the trueth Leui himselfe also which receaueth tithes payed tithes in Abraham for he was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham whan Melchisedech met him Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthode of the Leuites for vnder the same presthode the people receaued the lawe what neded it then furthurmore that another prest shulde ryse after the order of Melchisedech and not after the order of Aaron For yf the presthode be traÌ„slated theÌ„ of necessite must the lawe be translated also For he of whom these thinges are spoken is of another trybe of the which neuer man serued at the altare For it is euideÌ„t that oure LORDE spronge of the trybe of Iuda to the which trybe Moses spake nothinge coÌ„cernynge presthode And it is yet a more euident thinge yf after the symilitude of Mechisedech there aryse another prest which is not made after y e lawe of the carnall commaundement but after the power of the endlesse life For he testifieth Thou art a prest for euer after the order of Melchisedech then the commaundement that wente before is disanulled because of his weaknesse and vnprofitablenes For the lawe made nothinge perfecte but was an introduccion of a better hope by y t which hope we drawe nye vnto God And for this cause is it a better hope y t it was not promysed without an ooth Those prestes were made without an ooth but this prest with an ooth by him that sayde vnto him The LORDE sware and wyl not repente Thou art a prest for euer after the order of Melchisedech Thus is Iesus become a stabliszher of so moch a better TestameÌ„te And amonge them many were made prestes because they were not suffred to endure by the reason of death But this man because that he endureth euer hath an euerlastinge presthode Wherfore he is able also euer to saue them that come vnto God by him lyueth euer to make intercession for vs. For it became vs to haue soch an hye prest as is holy innocent vndefyled separate from synners and made hyer then heauen which nedeth not daylie as yonder hye prestes to offre vp sacrifice first for his awne synnes and then for the peoples synnes For that dyd he once for all whan he offered vp him selfe For the lawe maketh men prestes which haue infirmitie but the worde of the ooth that came sence the lawe maketh the sonne prest which is perfecte for euermore The VIII Chapter OF the thinges which we haue spoken this is the pyth We haue soch an hye prest that is set on y e righte hande of the seate of maiestie in heaueÌ„ and is a mynister of holy thinges and of the true Tabernacle which God pitched not man For euery hye prest is ordened to offre giftes and sacrifices Wherfore it is of necessite y t this man haue somwhat also to offer For he were not a prest yf he were vpon earth where are prestes y t acordynge to the lawe offer giftes which prestes serue vnto the ensample and shadowe of heaueÌ„ly thinges euen as the answere of God was geuen vnto Moses whan he was aboute to fynish the Tabernacle Take hede sayde he that thou make all thinges acordinge to the patrone shewed the in the mount But now hath he optayned a more excellent office in as moch as he is the mediatour of a better Testament which was made for better promyses For yf that first Testament had bene fautles then shulde no place haue bene soughte for the secoÌ„de For in rebukynge theÌ„ he sayeth Beholde the dayes wyll come sayeth the LORDE that I wyl fynish
one pearle and y e strete of the cite was pure golde as a thorowe shyninge glasse And I sawe no temple therin For the LORDE God allmighty and the lambe is the temple of it and the cite hath no nede of the Sonne nether of the mone to lyghten it For the bryghtnes of God doth light it and the lambe is the lyght of it And y e people which are saued shal walke in the light of it and the kynges of the earth shal brynge their glory vnto it And the gates of it shal not be shut by daye For there shal be no nyght there And there shal entre in to it none vncleane thinge nether whatsoeuer worketh abhominacion or maketh lyes but they which are wrytten in the lambes boke of life The XXII Chapter ANd he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of life clere as cristall proceadinge out of the seate of God and of y e lambe in the myddes of the strete of it and of ether syde of the ryuer was there wod of life which bare twolue maÌ„ner of frutes and gaue frute euery moneth and the leaues of the wood serued to heale the people with all And there shal be no more cursse but the seate of God and y e laÌ„be shal be in it and his seruauntes shal serue him And shal se his face and his name shal be in their for heades And there shal be no night there and they nede no candle nether light of the Sonne for the LORDE God geueth the light and they shal reygne for euermore And he sayde vnto me these sayenges are faithfull and true And the LORDE God of the holy prophetes sent his angell to shewe vnto 〈◊〉 seruauntes the thinges which muste shorâ—ly be fulfylled Beholde I come shortly Happy is he y t kepeth y e sayeÌ„ge of y e prophesy of this boke I am Ihon which sawe these thinges and herde them And wheÌ„ I had herde and sene theÌ„ I fell downe to worshippe before the fete of the angell which shewed me these thinges And he saide vnto me se thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and the felowe seruauÌ„t of thy brethren the prophetes and of them which kepe the sayenges of this boke Worshippe God And he sayde vnto me seale not the sayengâ—s of the prophesy of this boke For the tyme is at hoÌ„de He that doeth euell let him do euell styll and he which is filthy let him be filthy styll and he that is righteous let him be more righteous and he that is holy let him be more holy And beholde I come shortly and my rewarde with me to geue euery maÌ„ acordinge as his dedes shal be I am Alpha and Omega y e beginnynge and the ende the first the last Blessed are they that do his commaundementes that their power maye be in the tree of life and maye entre in thorow the gates in to the cite For without are â—ogges and inchaunters and whormongers and mâ—rtherers and ydolaters and whosoeuer loueth or 〈◊〉 I Iesus haue sent myne angell 〈◊〉 vnto you these thinges in the 〈◊〉 I am the rote and the generacion of 〈◊〉 and the bright mornynge starre And the sprete and the bryde saye Come And let him that heareth saye also Come And let him that is a thyrst come And let whosoeuer wyll take of the water of life fre I testifye vnto euery man that he areth the wordes of prophesy of this boke yf eny man shal adde vnto these thinges God shal adde vnto him the 〈◊〉 that are 〈…〉 in this boke 〈…〉 of the wordes of 〈…〉 God shal 〈…〉 boke of life 〈…〉 holy cit◠〈…〉 tho thinge 〈…〉 He which 〈…〉 Yee I come quyckly 〈…〉 LORDE Iesu. The 〈…〉 Iesu Christ be with you all Amen The ende of the new testament A faute escaped in pryntinge the new Testament Vpon the fourth leafe the first syde in the sixte chapter of S. Mathew Seke ye first the kyngdome of heauen c. Reade Seke ye first the kyngdome of God c. Prynted in the yeare of oure LORDE M.D. XXXV and fynished the fourth daye of October Iacob â— Psal. 140. Psal. 129. Saâ— 9. Psal. 118. Psaâ— 24. Psal. 26. Psal. 118. Io. 11. c Nume 24. c. Ro. 13 a Math. 17. d Tit. 3. a Exod. 22. d. Psal. 81. a. Nume 12. b Ios. 4 c 3. Reg. 1. c. 3. Reg. 18. b. Leuit. 18. b. Math. 14. a. 3. Reg. 2. d. Exod. 22. d. Ierem. 29. b. Bar. 2 c Math. 17. d Lu. 2. a Ro. 13 a 1. Petr. 2. b. Proue 16 â–ª â— 4. Re. 22. b. 2. Par. 24. c. Ierem. 44. d Sapie 7. b. 2. Tim. 3. b. 1. Reg. 17. g. Deute 6. a. 2. Par. 17. b. Io. 5. d Ios. 1. a Deute 17. d Deute 24. Roma 12. b. 1. Pet. 4. b. Actu 20. d 1. Petr. 5. a. 1. Tim. 4. b. Ti. 2. a Ephe. 5 c. Ephe. 6. a. Some reade â–ª * 〈◊〉 be nexte by him â— Cor. 11. a Matt. 19. a Mar 10. a â—phe 5. c â— Cor. 6. c Gen. 3. b Ecclâ— 25. d 2. Cor. 11. a * Iere. 14. b and 23. c Some reade * whyle it made wyse Gene. 2. d Apo. 12. c Matt. 4. a * Col. 2. b Some reade * Thou shalt bowe downe thy self before thy husbande Eccl. 40. b Iob 34. b Heb. 11. a Some reade * Let it be subdued vnto the rule thou it Gen. â— â— Par. 1. a Eccli 44. b lib. 11. a Sap. 4. b 4. Re. 2. a Gen. 3. d 1. Pet. 3. c 1. Re. 15. c Esa. 42. c Eccl. 44. b â— Pet. 2. b Leuit. 11. a Matt. â— Luc. 1 Eccli â–ª â— Sap. â—◠〈…〉 â—ene 1. d Leui. 11. Gen. 1. d Leui. 7. c and 17. d Exo. 21. c Tren 4. b Mat. 26. c Apo. 13. b Gen. 1. â— Esa. 54. a â—cclesiasâ—â—ci 44. b Esa. 5. a Matt. 21. a 1. Pat â–ª Gene. â— Ionae â—â— â—ome â—ade â—roÌ„ the 〈◊〉 Deu. 32. a Iosu. 24. a 1. Paâ— 1. b Gen. 20. c Gen. 22. d Iosu. 24. a 2. Esd 9. b Iudiâ— 5. b Acto â— a Gen. 27. â— Gene. 1â— Gen. 22. c Acto 3. â— Gen. 14. â— Gen. 10. â— and 13. a Gen. 17. a Gen. 20. a and 26. a Esa. 43. a Gen. 12. b Gen. 36. a 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉 Acts â—â— Gen. â— Gen. 13. d â—u 10. b Re. 30. b 〈◊〉 41 c 〈◊〉 39. b Num. 31. b Hebr. 7. a Deu. 10. d Esa. 49 d Iere. 33. d * Ro. 4. d Psal. 105. d Rom. 4. a Gala. 3. a Iaco. 2. c * Gen. 11. d Iere. 34. d Act. 7. a Exod. 12. f Iudit 5. b Gala. 3. c Exo. 12. c Gene. 25 â–ª a Deut. 20. c Gen. 24. a 3. Re. 4. b Isa. 66. b Gen. 30. a 〈…〉 Gal. ◠〈…〉 Rom. â— * Maâ— â–ª ◠〈◊〉 7. a 〈◊〉 2. c 〈◊〉 12. a 〈◊〉 2â— Matt. 1. a â—en 16. c 〈◊〉 13. b â— Râ— 13. a â—uc 1. c â—en 25.
to make agremēt for them before the LORDE Beholde the bloude of it came not in to the Sanctuary Ye shulde haue eaten it in the Sanctuary as I was commaunded Aaron sayde vnto Moses Beholde this daye haue they offred their syn offerynge their burnt offerynge before y e LORDE And it is chaunsed me after this maner And shulde I eate of the syn offerynge to daye be mery before the LORDE Whan Moses herde that he was content The XI Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses Aaron sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel and saye These are the beestes which ye shal eate amōge all y e beestes vpō earth What so euer hath hoffe deuydeth it in to two clawes cheweth cud amonge the beestes that shal ye eate But loke what cheweth cud hath hoffe deuydeth it not as the Camell the same is vncleane vnto you ye shal not eate it The Conyes chewe cud but they deuyde not the hoffe in to two clawes therfore are they vncleane vnto you The Hare cheweth cud also but deuydeth not y e hoffe in to two clawes therfore is he vncleane vnto you And the Swyne deuydeth y e hoffe in to two clawes but cheweth not the cud therfore is it vncleane vnto you Of the flesh of these shall ye not eate ner touch their carcases for they are vncleane vnto you These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters What so euer hath fynnes and scales in the waters sees ryuers that shal ye eate But what so euer hath not fynnes and scales in the sees and ryuers amonge all y t moue in the waters of all that lyue in the waters it shal be an abhominacion vnto you so that ye eate not of their flesh and that ye abhorre their carcases For all that haue not fynnes scales in the waters shall ye abhorre And these shal ye abhorre amonge y e foules so that ye eate them not The Aegle the Goshauke the Cormoraunte the Vultur y e Ryte and all his kynde and all Rauens w t their kynde the Estrich y e Nightcrow the Cocow the Sparow hauke with his kynde the litle Oule the Storke the greate Oule y e Backe the Pellycane the Swanne the Pye the Heron y e Iaye with his kynde the Lap wynge and y e Swalowe And whatso euer crepeth amonge the foules and goeth vpon foure fete shal be an abhominaciō vnto you Yet these shal ye eate of the foules that crepe and go vpon foure fete euen those that haue no knyes aboue vpon y e legges to hoppe withall vpon earth Of these maye ye eate as there is the Arbe with his kynde and the Selaam with his kynde the Hargol with his kynde the Hagab w t his kynde But what so euer els hath foure fete amonge the foules it shal be an abhominacion vnto you and ye shal take it for vncleane Who so euer toucheth the carcase of soch shall be vncleane vntill y e euen and who so euer beareth the carcase of eny of these shall wash his clothes and shal be vncleane vntyll the euen Therfore euery beest that hath hoffe and deuydeth it not in to two clawes cheweth not cud shal be vncleane vnto you Who so euer toucheth soch shal be vncleane And what so euer goeth vpon handes amonge y e beestes that go vpon foure fete shal be vncleane vnto you Who so euer toucheth the carcases of thē shal be vncleane vntyll euen And he y t beareth their carcase shall wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euē For soch are vncleane vnto you These shal be vncleane vnto you also amonge the beestes that crepe vpon earth y e Wesell the Mouse the Tode euery one with his kynde the Hedgehogge the Stellio the Lacerte the Snale and the Moule these are vncleane vnto you amonge all that crepe Who so euer toucheth the deed carcase of thē shal be vncleane vntyll the euen And what so euer eny soch deed carcase falleth vpon it shal be vncleane what so euer vessell of wodd it be or rayment or skynne or bagge And euery vessell that eny thinge is occupyed withall shal be put in the water and is vncleane vntyll the euen and then shal it be cleane All maner of earthen vessell that eny soch carcase falleth in to shal all be vncleane that therin is ye shal breake it All meate which is eatē that eny soch water commeth in to is vncleane all maner of drynke that is dronkē in all maner of soch vessell is vncleane And what so euer eny soch carcase falleth vpō it shal be vncleane whether it be ouen or kettell so shal it be brokē for it is vncleane and shal be vncleane vnto you Neuertheles the fountaynes welles poundes of water are cleane But who so euer toucheth their carcases is vncleane And though the deed carcase of eny soch fell vpon the sede that is sowne yet is it cleane But whan there is water poured vpon the sede and afterwarde eny soch deed carcase falleth theron then shall it be vncleane vnto you Whan a beest dyeth that ye maye eate he that toucheth the deed carcase therof is vncleane vntyll euen Who so eateth of eny soch carcase shall wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen Likewyse he that beareth eny soch carcase shal wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen What so euer crepeth vpon earth shall be an abhominacion vnto you and shall not be eaten And what so euer crepeth vpon y e bely or all that goeth vpon foure or mo fete amōge all that crepeth vpon earth shall ye not eate for it shal be an abhominacion vnto you Make not youre soules abhominable and defyle you not in them to stayne youre selues for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye sanctifie youre selues that ye maye be holy for I am holy And ye shal not defyle youre selues on eny maner of crepynge beest that crepeth vpon earth for I am the LORDE which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that I might be youre God therfore shal ye be holy for I am holy This is the lawe ouer y e beestes and foules all maner of soules of crepynge beestes in the waters and all maner of soules y t crepe vpon earth that ye maie knowe to discerne what is vncleane cleane and what maner of beestes are to be eaten and which are not to be eaten The XII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Whan a woman hath conceaued and beareth a manchilde she shal be vncleane seuen dayes so longe as she suffreth hir disease and in y e eight daye shal y e flesh of his foreskynne be cut awaie And she shal byde at home thre and thirtie dayes in y e bloude of hir purifienger she shal touch no holy thinge ner come in to y e
them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
nombred in the wildernesse of Sinai For y e LORDE sayde vnto theÌ„ y t they shulde dye in the wildernesse And there was not one of them lefte saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XXVII Chapter ANd the doughters of Zelaphead y e sonne of Hepher y e sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasse amonge the kynreds of Manasse the sonne Ioseph whose names were Mahela Noa Hagla Milca Thirza came stode before Moses Eleasar the prest before the rulers the whole congregacion euen before the dore of y e Tabernacle of witnesse sayde Oure father is deed in the wildernesse was not in the company of them y t rose vp agaynst y e LORDE in the coÌ„gregacion of Corah but dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde o r fathers name perishe then amonge his kynred though he hâ—ue no sonne Geue vs a possession also amâ—â—ge oure fathers brethren Moses broughte their cause before y e LORDE And the LORDE sayde vnto him The doughters of Zelaphead haue spokeÌ„ righte Thou shalt geue theÌ„ a possession to inhereâ— amonge their fathers brethren shalt turne their fathers enheritaunce vnto them And saye vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Whan a maÌ„ dyeth hath no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shal geue it vnto his brethreÌ„ Yf he haue no brethren ye shal geue it vnto his fathers brethren Yf he haue no fathers brethreÌ„ ye shal geue it vnto his nexte kynszfolke which beloÌ„ge vnto him in his kynred y t they maye possesse it This shal be an ordynaunce and a perpetuall lawe vnto the children of Israel as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Get the vp in to this mount Abarim beholde the loÌ„de which I shal geue vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel And whan thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto y e people as Aaron y e brother was gathered for ye were dishobedient vnto my worde in the wyldernesse of Zin in y e strife of the coÌ„gregacion whan ye shulde haue sanctified me thorow the water before them This is the water of stryfe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin And Moses spake vnto the LORDE sayde O let the LORDE God of the spretes of all flesh set a maÌ„ ouer the congregacion which maye go in out before them to leade theÌ„ out in y t the congregacion of the LORDE be not as the shepe without a shepherde And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take vnto the Iosua the sonne of Nun which is a man in whom is the sprete and put thine handes vpon him set him before Eleasar the prest and before the whole congregacion and geue him a charge in their sighte beutyfye him with thy bewty that the whole congregacion of the children of Israel maye be obedieÌ„t vnto him And he shal stonde before Eleasar the prest which shall aâ—e councell for him after the maner of the lighte before the LORDE At the mouth of him shall both he and all the children of Israel with him and the whole congregacion go in and out Moses dyd as the LORDE coÌ„maunded him toke Iosua and set him before Eleasar the prest and before all the congregacion and layed his handes vpon him and gaue him a charge as the LORDE sayde vnto Moses The XXVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde CoÌ„maunde y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto theÌ„ The offerynge of my bred which is my offerynge of the swete sauoure shal ye kepe in his due season that ye maie offre vnto me And saye vnto theÌ„ These are the offerynges that ye shal offre vnto the LORDE Lambes of a yeare olde which are without blemysh euery daye two for a daylie burnt offerynge the one lambe in the mornynge the other at euen And therto a tenth deale of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with beateÌ„ oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin this is a daylie burnt offerynge which ye offred vpon mouÌ„t Sinai for a swete sauoure of a sacrifice vnto the LORDE And the drynk offeringe of the same y e fourth parte of an Hin to a lambe and this shal be poured in the Sanctuary for a gifte vnto the LORDE The other lambe shalt thou prepare at eueÌ„ like as the meat offerynge in the mornynge the drynk offeringe therof for a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE On the Sabbath daye two lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh two teÌ„th deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle the drynk offerynge therof This is the burntofferynge of euery Sabbath besyde the daylie burnt offerynge w t his drynk offeringe And on the first daye of youre monethes ye shal offre a burnt offerynge vnto y e LORDE two yonge bullockes a ramme seueÌ„ lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh and allwaye thre tenth deales of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle vnto euery bullocke two tenth deales of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle vnto the ramme and a tenth deale of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle vnto euery lambe This is the burnt offerynge of a swete sauoure a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And their drynk offerynges shal be half an Hin of wyne vnto euery bullocke the thirde parte of an Hin to the ramme y e fourth parte of an Hin to euery lambe This is the burnt offerynge of euery moneth in the yeare There shal be offered an he goate also for a syn offerynge vnto the LORDE to the daylie burnt offerynge with his drynk-offerynge And on the fourtene daye of the first moneth is the Easter vnto the LORDE and on the fyftene daye of the same moneth is the feast SeueÌ„ dayes shal vnleuended bred be eaten The first daye shal be an holy conuocacion No seruile worke shal ye do therin and ye shal offre a burnt offerynge vnto the LORDE two yonge bullockes one ramme seuen laÌ„bes of a yeare olde without blemysh with their meat offerynge thre tenth deales of fyne floure myngled with oile to either bullocke and two tenth deales to the ramme and one tenth deale to euery lambe amonge the seuen lambes And an he goate for a syn offeringe to make an attonement for you And these shal ye offre in the mornynge besydes the burnt offerynge which is a daylie burnt offerynge After this maner shal ye offre y e bred euery daye seuen dayes longe for an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE to the daylie burnt offerynge and drynk offerynge also And the seuenth daye shal be called an holy conuocacion with you no seruyle worke shal ye do therin And the daye of the fyrst frutes whaÌ„ ye offre the meat offerynge of the moneth vnto y e LORDE in youre wekes shal be an holy coÌ„uocacion also No worke of bondage shal
ouer the and be allwaye aboue the but thou shalt come downe alowe and lye euer beneth He shal lende vnto the but thou shalt not lende him He shal be before but thou shalt be behynde And all these curses shall come vpon the and folowe the and ouertake y t tyll thou be destroyed because thou herkenest not vnto y e voyce of the LORDE y t God to kepe his commaundemētes and ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the. Therfore shal there betokens and wonders vpon the vpon thy sede for euer because thou hast not serued y e LORDE thy God with a ioyfull and good hert whan thou haddest abundaunce of all thinges And therfore shalt thou serue thine enemye which the LORDE shal sende vpon the in hunger and thyrst in nakednesse and neade of all thinge he shal put a yocke of yron vpon thy necke vntyll he haue broughte the to naughte The LORDE shal brynge a nacion vpon the from farre euen from the ende of y e worlde as a flyenge Aegle a people whose speache thou canst not vnderstonde an harde fauoured people which regarde not the personne of the olde ner haue compassion on the yonge And they shal eate vp y e frute of thy catell the frute of thy londe tyll they haue destroyed the and shall leaue the nothinge in corne wyne oyle in the frute of y e oxen and shepe vntyll they haue broughte the to naughte and shal laye sege vnto the w t in all thy gates tyll they cast downe thy hye and stronge walles wherin thou trustest thorow out all thy londe And thou shalt be beseged within all thy portes thorow out all thy londe which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. Thou shalt eate the frute of thine awne body the flesh of thy sonnes and of thy doughters which the LORDE y t God hath geuē the in that straytnesse and sege wherwith thine enemye shall besege the so that it shal greue the man y t afore hath lyued tenderly and in voluptuousnes amonge you to loke vpon his brother and vpon his wife y t lyeth in his bosome and on the sonne that is left ouer of his sonnes lest he shulde geue eny of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth in as moch as there is nothinge left him in that straytnesse and sege wherwith thine enemye shal besege y t within all thy gates And the woman that afore hath lyued so tenderly and voluptuously amonge you that she durste not set the sole of hir fote vpon the grounde for tendernes and voluptuousnes shal be greued to loke vpon hir huszbande that lieth in hir bosome and on hir sonne and on hir doughter euen because of hir doughters which she hath norished betwixte hir legges in hir lappe and because of hir sonnes that she hath borne For she shall eate them secretly for very scarcenesse of all thinges in the straytnesse and sege wherwith thine enemye shal besege y t with in thy gates Yf thou wilt not be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe which are wrytten in this boke that thou mayest feare this glorious and fearfull name euen the LORDE thy God then shal the LORDE entreate y e wonderously with plages vpon y e and thy sede yee with greate and continuall plages with euell and contynuall sicknesses and shal brynge vpō y e all y e sicknesses of Egipte wherof thou wast afrayed and they shal cleue vnto the. Therto all maner sicknesses and all maner plages which are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe shal the LORDE thy God cause to come vpon the vntyll he haue destroyed the. And there shal be left but a fewe people of you which afore were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God And as y e LORDE reioysed ouer you afore to do you good and to multiplye you euē so shall he reioyse ouer you to destroye you and to brynge you to naughte and ye shal be waysted from of the londe whither thou goest now to possesse it For the LORDE shal scater the amonge all nacions from the one ende of the worlde vnto another and there shalt thou serue other goddes whom thou knowest not ner yet ▪ thy fathers euen wodd and stone And amonge those same nacions shalt thou haue no quyetnesse nether shal the sole of y e fote haue eny rest for the LORDE shal geue the there a fearfull hert and dasynge of eyes and a troubled soule so that thy life shal hāge before the Night and daye shalt thou feare and shalt haue no trust in thy life In the mornynge thou shalt saye Who shall geue me the euenynge And at euen shalt thou saye Who shal geue me the mornynge For the very greate feare of thine hert which shal make the afrayed and for the fighte of thine eyes which thou shalt se. And the LORDE shal brynge the agayne in to Egipte by shippe fulles euen thorow the waye wherof I sayde vnto the Thou shalt se it nomore and there shal ye be solde vnto youre enemies for bonde seruauntes and bondemaidens and there shal be no man to bye you The XXIX Chapter THese are y e wordes of the couenaunt which the LORDE cōmaunded Moses to make w t the children of Israel in the londe of the Moabites besyde y e couenaunt which he made with them in Horeb And Moses called all Israel and sayde vnto them Ye haue sene all that the LORDE dyd before youre eyes in the londe of Egipte vnto Pharao with all his seruaūtes and all his londe the greate tentacions which thine eyes haue sene that they were greate tokēs and wonders And yet vnto this daye hath not the LORDE geuen you an hert that vnderstondeth eyes that se eares that heare He hath caused you to walke fortye yeares in the wyldernesse You re clothes are not waxed olde vpon you nether is thy shue waxed olde on thy fote Ye haue eaten no bred and dronken no wyne ner stronge drynke that ye mighte knowe that he is y e LORDE youre God And whan ye came vnto this place Sihon the kynge of Heszbon and Og y e kynge of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayll and we smote them and toke their londe and gaue it to enheritaunce vnto y e Rubenites and Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of the Manassites Kepe now therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do therafter that ye maye haue vnderstondinge in all that ye do Ye stonde this daye all before the LORDE youre God the chefe rulers of youre trybes youre Elders youre officers euery man in Israel youre children youre wyues y e straungers that are in thine hoost from the hewer of y e wodd vnto y e drawer of y t water that thou shuldest enter in to the couenaunt of the LORDE thy God and in to the ooth which the LORDE thy
fell Israel awaie froÌ„ the house of Dauid vnto this daye The XI Chapter ANd whan Roboam came to Ierusasalem he gathered together the house of Iuda and Ben Iamin euen an huÌ„dreth and foure score thousande chosen men of armes to fyghte agaynst Israel that they mighte brynge the kyngdome agayne vnto Roboam But y e worde of the LORDE came to Semaia the man of God and sayde Speake to Roboam the sonne of Salomon kynge of Iuda and to all Israel y t are in Iuda and Ben Iamin and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Ye shal not go vp ner fyght agaynst youre brethren let euery man go home agayne for this is my dede They herkened vnto the wordes of y e LORDE and weÌ„te not forth agaynst IeroboaÌ„ As for RoboaÌ„ he dwelt at Ierusalem and buylded vp the stronge cities in Iuda namely BethleeÌ„ Etan Tekoa Bethzur Socho AdullaÌ„ Gath Maresa Siph Adoraim Laches Aseka Zâ—rega Aialon and Hebron which were the fensed cities in Iuda and Ben Iamin he made them stronge and set prynces therin prouyded them of vytayles oyle and wyne and in all cities prepared he shildes and speares and made them very stronge And Iuda and Ben Iamin were vnder him The Prestes and Leuites also came vnto him out of Israel and from all the borders therof And lefte their suburbes possession and camt to Iuda vnto Ierusalem for Ieroboam and his sonnes expelled them that they shulde not execute the offyce of y e presthode vnto y e LORDE But for himselfe he fouÌ„ded prestes to y e hye places to felde deuels calues which he caused to make And after them came there men out of all the trybes of Israel which gaue ouer their hertes to seke y e LORDE God of Israel came to IerusaleÌ„ for to offre vnto the LORDE God of their fathers And so strengthed they y e kingdome of Iuda and maÌ„tayned Roboam the sonne of Salomon thre yeare longe for they walked in y e waye of Dauid Salomon thre yeares And Roboam toke Mahelath y e doughter of Ieremoth y e sonne of Dauid to wife Abihail the doughter of Eliab y e sonne of Isai which bare him these sonnes Ieus Semaria Saham After her toke he Maecha the doughter of Absalom which bare him Abia Athai Sisa and Selomith But Roboam loued Maecha the doughter of Absalom better then all his wyues concubynes for he had eightene wyues and thre score coÌ„cubynes and begat eight twentye sonnes and thre score doughters And Roboam set Abia the sonne of Maecha to be heade and prynce amonge his brethren for he thoughte to make him kynge for he was wyse more mightie then all his sonnes in all the countrees of Iuda Ben Iamin and in all the stronge cities And he gaue them plenteousnes of fode and desyred many wyues The XII Chapter BVt whaÌ„ the kyngdome of Roboam was confirmed and stablyshed he forsoke the lawe of the LORDE all Israel with him And in the fyfth yeare of Roboam weÌ„te Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem for they had transgressed agaynst the LORDE with a thousande and two hundreth charettes and with thre score thousande horsmen and the people were innumerable that came with him out of Egipte Libya Sâ—chim out of Ethiopia and he wanne the stroÌ„ge cities that were in Iuda and came to Ierusalem Then came Semaia y e prophet vnto Roboam and to y e rulers of Iuda which were gathered together at Ierusalem for Sisack sayde vnto them Thus sayeth y e LORDE Ye haue lefte me therfore haue I lefte you also in Sisacks hande TheÌ„ the rulers in Israel with the kynge submytted them selues and sayde The LORDE is righteous But whaÌ„ the LORDE sawe y t they huÌ„bled themselues y e worde of the LORDE came to Semaia sayde They haue humbled them selues therfore wyl I not destroye them but I wyl geue them a litle delyueraunce that my indignacion fall not vpon Ierusalem by Sisack for they shal be subdued vnto him y t they maye knowe what it is to serue me to serue the kyngdomes of the worlde Thus weÌ„te Sisack the kynge of Egipte vp to Ierusalem toke the treasures in the house of the LORDE the treasures in the kynges house and caried all awaye and toke the shyldes of golde that Salomon caused to make in steade wherof kynge RoboaÌ„ made shyldes of stele and commytted theÌ„ vnto the chefe fotemen which kepte the dore of the kynges house And as oft as the kynge wente in to the house of the LORDE y e fote men came bare them broughâ—â—hem againe in to y e fote mens chaÌ„ber And for so moch as he submytted himselfe y e wrath of y e LORDE turned froÌ„ him so that all was not destroied for there was yet some good in Iuda Thus was Roboam the kinge stablished in Ierusalem and reigned One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam whaÌ„ he was made kynge and reigned seuentene yeare at Ierusalem in the cite which the LORDE had chosen out of all the trybes of Israel to set his name there His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse and he did euell and prepared not his hert to seke the LORDE These actes of Roboam both fyrst and last are wrytten in the actes of Semaia the prophet of Iddo the Seer and are noted so are the warres that Roboam and Ieroboam had together as longe as they lyued And Roboam fell on slepe with his fathers and was buryed in the cite of Dauid Abia his sonne was kynge in his steade The XIII Chapter IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboam was Abia kynge in Iuda reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Michaia the doughter of Veiel of Gibea And there was warre betwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia prepared himselfe to the battayll with foure huÌ„dreth thousande stronge chosen men of warre But Ieroboam made himselfe ready to fight agaynst him w t eight hundreth thousande chosen men of strength And Abia gatt him vp vpon the hyll Zemaraim which lyeth vpon mount Ephraim and sayde Herken vnto me thou Ieroboam and all Israel Knowe ye not that the LORDE God of Israel hath geuen Dauid y e kyngdome of Israel for euer vnto him and his sonnes with a Salt couenaunt But IeroboaÌ„ the sonne of Nebat the seruaunt of Salomon Dauids sonne gat him vp fell awaye from his lorde And there resorted vnto him vagaboundes and children of Belial and haue strengthed them selues against RoboaÌ„ the sonne of SalomoÌ„ for Roboam was but yonge and of a fearfull hert and coulde not resiste them Now thinke ye to set youre selues against the kyngdome of the LORDE amonge the sonnes of Dauid for so moch as there is so greate a multitude of you and haue y e golden calues y t Ieroboam made you for goddes Haue ye not expelled the prestes of the LORDE the children of Aaron and the Leuites
thyrst blasphemynge my name I gaue you not fyre for youre blasphemies but cast a tre in to y e water and made the ryuer swete What shall I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest not obeye me I wil turne me to another people vnto those will I geue my name that they maye kepe my statutes Seinge ye haue forsakē me I wil forsake you also Whan ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you I shal haue no mercy vpon you Whan ye call vpō me I wil not heare you For ye haue defyled youre hādes with bloude and youre fete are swift to commytt manslaughter Ye haue not forsaken me in a maner but youre owne selues sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE haue I not prayed you as a father his sonnes as a mother hir daughters and as a norsse hir yonge babes that ye wolde be my people and I shulde be youre God that ye wolde be my children and I shulde be youre owne father I gathered you together as an henne gathereth hir chekens vnder hir wynges But now what shal I do vnto you I shal cast you out fro my face Whan ye offre vnto me I shal turne my face from you for youre solempne feast dayes youre new moones and youre circumcisions haue I forsaken I sent vnto you my seruauntes the prophetes whom ye haue taken and slayne and torne their bodies in peces whose bloude I wyll requyre of youre handes sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE youre house must be desolate I wil cast you out as the wynde doth y e strawe youre children shal not be frutefull for they haue despysed my commaundement and done y e thinge y t is euell before me You re houses wil I geue vnto a people y t shal come and they y t neuer herde me shal beleue in me they vnto whō I neuer shewed token shal do the thinge y t I cōmaunde thē They haue sene no prophetes yet shal they call their synnes to remembraunce and knowlege thē I reporte me vnto the grace that I wil do for the people which is to come whose children reioyse in gladnes though they haue not sene me w t bodely eyes yet in sprete they beleue the thinge that I saye And now brother beholde what greate worshipe and se y e people that commeth from the east vnto whom I wyll geue the dukedome of Abraham Isaac and Iacob of Oseas Amos and Micheas of Ioel Abdy Ionas Naum and Abacuc of Sophony Aggeus Zachary and Malachy which is called also an angel or messaūger of the LORDE The II. Chapter THus sayeth the LORDE I brought this people out of bondage I gaue thē my cōmaundementes by my seruaūtes y e prophetes whom they wolde not heare but despysed my coūcels The mother that bare them sayeth vnto them Go youre waye ye children for I am a wyddow forsaken I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorow and heuynes haue I lost you for ye haue synned before the LORDE yo r God and done y e thinge that is euell before him But what shall I now do vnto you I am a wyddow and forsakē go youre waye o my children and axe mercy of the LORDE As for me O father I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these childrē which wolde not kepe my couenaunt y t thou brynge them to cōfucion and their mother to a spoyle that she beare no more Let their names be scatred abrode amonge the Heithen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunt Wo be vnto the Assur thou that hydest the vnrighteous by the. Thou wicked people remembre what I dyd vnto Sodom and Gomorre whose land is turned to pitch and aszshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto Eszdras Tell my people y t I will geue them the kyngdome of Ierusalem which I wolde haue geuen vnto Israel Their glory also wyl I take vnto me and geue them the euer lastynge tabernacles which I had prepared for those The tre of life shal be vnto them a swete smellynge oyntment they shal nether laboure ner be weery Go ye youre waye ye shall receaue it Praye for yo r selues a few dayes that they maye dwell therin Now is the kingdome prepared for you therfore watch Take heauē and earth to wytnesse for I haue broken the euell in peces and created the good for I lyue sayeth y e LORDE Mother enbrace thy children and brynge them vp with gladnes make their fete as fast as a piler for I haue chosen the sayeth the LORDE And those that be deed wyll I rayse vp agayne from their places and brynge them out of y e graues for I haue knowne my name in Israel Feare not thou mother of the children for I haue chosen the sayeth the LORDE And for thy helpe I shal sende the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy after whose councell I haue sanctified prepared for the xij trees with dyuerse frutes and as many welles flowinge with mylck and hony seuen mountaynes whervpō there growe roses and lilies wherin I wyl fyll my children with ioye Execute iustice for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherlesse geue to y e poore defende the cōfortlesse clothe the naked heale the wounded and sick laugh not a lame man to scorne defende the crepell and lat the blinde come in to y e sight of my clearnes Kepe the olde yonge within thy walles where so euer thou fyndest the deed tokē them and burye them and I shal geue the the first place in my resurreccion Holde styll O my people and take y e rest for thy quyetnes is come Fede thy children O thou good norsse stablish their fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shal not one of them perishe for I wyl seke thē from thy nombre vexe not thy self For whan the daye of trouble and heuynes commeth other shal wepe and be soroufull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The Heithen shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothinge agaynst the sayeth the LORDE My handes shal couer the so that thy children shal not se the fyre euerlastinge Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy childrē for I wyll delyuer the sayeth the LORDE Remembre thy deed childrē for I shal brynge them out of the earth and shew mercy vnto them for I am mercifull sayeth the LORDE Allmightie Enbrace thy childrē vntyll I come and shew mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shal not fayle I Eszdras receaued a charge of the LORDE vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israel But whan I came vnto thē they set me at naught and despysed the commaundement of y e LORDE And therfore I saye vnto you O ye Heithen that heare and vnderstonde Loke for youre shepherde he shal geue