grape gatherers came vpon the shulde they not leaue some grapes Yff the night robbers came vpon the shulde they not take so moch as they thought were ynough But I will make Esau bare and discouer his secretes so that he shall not be able to hyde them His sede shal be waisted awaye yee his brethren and his neghbours aÌ„d he himselff shall not be left behinde Thou shalt leaue thy fatherlesse children behinde the and I will kepe them and thy wydowes shall take their comforth in me For thus hath the LORDE spoken Beholde they that men thought were vnmete to drinke of the cuppe haue dronken with the first and thynkest thou then to be fre No no thou shalt nether be quyte no fre but thou must drynke also For why I haue sworne by my selff saieth the LORDE that Bosra shall become a wyldernesse an open shame a laughinge stocke and cursynge and hir cities shal be a continuall deserte For I am perfectly infourmed of the LORDE that he hath sent a message all ready vnto the Hiethen Gather you together and go forth agaynst them make you ready to the battayle for lo I will make the but small amonge the Heithen and litle regarded amonge men Thy hie stomack the pryde of thy herte haue disceaued y e because thou wilt dwell in the holes of stony rockes and haue the hie mountaynes in possession Neuertheles though thy nest were as hie as the Aegles yet wil I cast the downe saieth the LORDE Morouer Idumea shall be a wildernesse who so goeth by it shal be abashed and wondre at all hir miserable plages Like as Sodom Gomor and the cities that laye there aboute were turned vpsyde downe saieth y e LORDE so shal no body dwell in Idumea and no man shal haue his habitacion there Beholde like as the Lyon coÌ„meth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto y e grene pastures of EthaÌ„ so wil I dryue him make him runne agaynst her But who is the yonge man that I will ordene therto Who is like vnto me What is he that will stryue with me What shepherde maye stonde in my hondes Therfore heare the councell of the LORDE that he hath taken vpon Idumea his purpose that he hath deuysed vpon the cite syns of Theman The leest of the flocke shal teare them in peces loke what fayre thynge they haue they shal make it waist them selues also At the noyse of their fall y e earth shal quake the crie of their voyce shal be herde vnto the reed see Beholde y e enemie shall come and fle vp hither like as it were an Aegle sprede his wynges vpon Bosra Then shal the hertes of the worthies in Edom be as the herte of a woman trauelinge of childe Vpon Damascus Hemath and Arphad shall come confucion for they shall heare euell tydinges they shal be tossed to and fro like the see that can not stonde still Damascus shal be sore afrayde shal fle tremblinge shal come vpon her Sorowe and payne shal ouer take her as a woman trauelinge of childe But how shulde so worshipfull and glorious a cite be forsaken Heare therfore hir yonge men shal fall in the stretes and all hir men of warre shal be takeÌ„ awaye in that tyme saieth the LORDE of hoostes I will kyndle a fyre in the walles of Damascus which shal coÌ„sume the palace of Benadad As for Cedar and the kyngdome of Hasor whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon smote downe the LORDE hath spoken thus vpon them Arise and get you vp vnto Cedar and destroye the people towarde the easte Their tentes and their flockes shal they take awaye yee their hanginges and their vessell Their Camels also shall they carie awaye with them They shall come aboute them on euery syde with a fearfull crie Fle get you soone awaye crepe in to caues that ye maye dwell there O ye inhabitours of Hasor saieth the LORDE for Nabuchodonosor y e kinge of Babilon hath holden a councel concernynge you concluded his deuyce agaynst you Arise get you vp agaynst yonder rich carelesse people saieth the LORDE which haue nether gates ner dore barres that dwell not together Their Camels shal be stollen the droues of their catell dryuen awaye Morouer these that be shauen wil I scatre towarde all the wyndes bringe them to destruction Yee that thorow their owne familiers saieth the LORDE Hasor also shall be a dwellinge for Dragons and an euerlastinge wildernesse so that no body shal dwell there and no man shal haue there his habitacion These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to the prophet Ieremy concernynge Elam in the begynnynge of the reigne of Sedechias kinge of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I wil breake the bowe of Elam and take awaye their strength and vpon Elam I wil bringe the foure wyndes from y e foure quarters of heauen wil scatre them agaynst the same foure wyndes And there shal be no people but some of Elam shal fle vnto them For I wil cause Elam be afrayed of their enemies of them that seke their lyues wil bringe vpoÌ„ them the indignacion of my wrath saieth the LORDE And I wil persecute them with the swearde so longe til I haue brought them to naught I wil set my stole in Elam I wil destroye both the kinge y e prynces from thence saieth the LORDE But in processe of tyme I wil bringe Elam out of captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE The L. Chapter THe wordes y t the LORDE spake vnto the prophet Ieremy concernynge Babilon the londe of the Caldees Preach amonge the Gentiles let youre voyce be herde make a tokeÌ„ crie out kepe no sylence but saye Babilon shal be wonne Bel shalhe coÌ„founded and Merodach shal be ouercome Yee their goddes shal be brought to shame and their ymages shall stonde in feare For out of the north there shal come a people agaynst her which shal make hir londe so waist that no body shal dwell therin nether man ner beast for they shall fle and departe from thence In those dayes at that tyme saieth the LORDE the childreÌ„ of Israel shall come they the children of Iuda wepinge makinge haist shal seke the LORDE their God They shall axe the waye to Sion thyther shall they tuâ—â—e their faces come and hange vpon the in a couenaunt that neuer shal be broken My people hath bene a lost flocke my shepherdes haue disceaued them haue made them go astraye vpon the hilles They haue gone from the mountayne to the litle hill forgotten their folde All they y t came vpon them haue deuoured theÌ„ their enemies sayde We haue made no faute agaynst them for they haue displeased the LORDE yee euen the LORDE which is the bewtie of their rightuousnes y e defended their fathers Yet shal ye fle from Babilon
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
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
syde of the ryuer cities which are Ephraims amonge the cities of Manasse But from the north is the border of Manasse by the ryuer and goeth forth by the see syde south warde vnto Ephraim and to Manasse northwarde and the see is his coaste And it shal border on Aser from the north and on Isachar from the easte So amoÌ„ge Isachar and Asser Manasses had Beth Sean and the townes therof and Ieblaam and the townes therof and them of Dor and their townes and them of En Dor and their townes them of Taanach and their townes and them of Mageddo and their townes and the thirde parte of the cite Nophet And the children of Manasse coude not dryue awaye the inhabiters of these cities but the Cananites beganne to dwell in the same londe Howbeit whan the children of Israel were able they made the Cananites tributaries and droue them not out Then spake the children of Ioseph vnto Iosua and sayde Wherfore hast thou geueÌ„ me but one porcion and one meetlyne of enheritaunce and I am yet a greate people as the LORDE hath blessed me so largely Then sayde Iosua vnto them For so moch as thou art a greate people go vp therfore in to y e wodd and make thy selfe rowme there in the londe of the Pheresites and Raphaim seynge mouÌ„t Ephraim is to narowe for the. Then sayde the children of Ioseph We shal not be able to attayne vnto the mountaynes for there are yron charettes amonge all the Cananites that dwell in the londe of Emek by whom lyeth Beth Sean and the vyllages therof and Iesrael in Emek Iosua sayde vnto the house of Ioseph euen to Ephraim and Manasses Thou art a greate people for so moch as thou art so greate thou must not haue one lot but the mountayne where y e wod is shal be thine rote y t out for y e so shall it be the outgoinge of thy porcion whan thou dryuest out the Cananites which haue yroÌ„ charettes are mightie The XVIII Chapter ANd all the multitude of the children of Israel gathered them selues together vnto Silo and they set vp y e Tabernacle of witnesse and the londe was subdued vnto them But there were yet seuen trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israel vnto whom they had not deuyded their enheritaunce And Iosua sayde vnto the children of Israel Howlonge are ye so slowe to go and coÌ„quere the londe which the LORDE God of youre fathers hath geuen you Chose you thre men out of euery trybe y t I maye sende them and that they maye get them vp and go thorow the londe and descrybe it acordinge to the enheritaunces therof and come vnto me Deuyde the londe in seuen partes Iudas shal remayne vpon his borders of the south syde and the house of Ioseph shal remayne vpon his borders of the north parte but descrybe ye the londe in seuen partes and brynge them vnto me then shal I cast y e lot for you before the LORDE oure God For the Leuites haue no porcion amonge you but the presthode of the LORDE is their enheritaunce As for Gad Ruben and y e halfe trybe of Manasse they haue receaued their enheritaunce beyonde Iordane eastwarde which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE gaue them Then the men gat vp to go their waye And whan they were aboute to go for to descrybe the londe Iosua commaunded them and sayde Go youre waye and walke thorow the londe and descrybe it and come agayne vnto me that I maye cast y e lot for you before the LORDE at Silo. So the men departed and wente thorow the londe and descrybed it in seuen partes vpon a letter acordinge to the cities and came to Iosua in to the hoost at Silo. Then Iosua cast the lot ouer them at Silo before the LORDE and there distributed the londe amonge the children of Israel vnto euery one his parte And the lot of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin fell acordinge to their kynreds and the border of their lot wente out betwene the children of Iuda the children of Ioseph And their border was on y e north quarter of Iordane and goeth vp from the north syde of Iericho and commeth vp to the mountayne westwarde and goeth out by the wyldernesse of Bethauen and goeth from theÌ„ce towarde Lus euen by the south syde of Lus that is Bethel and commeth downe vnto Ataroth Adar by the mountayne which lyeth on y e south syde of the loweâ— Bethoron Then howeth it downe and fetcheth a compasse vnto the south west quarter from the mount that lyeth ouer agaynst Bethoron towarde the south and goeth out vnto Kiriath Baal y t is Kiriath Iearim a cite of the children of Iuda This is the west border But the south border is from Kiriath-Iearim forth and goeth out towarde the west and commeth forth vnto y e water well of Nepthoah and goeth downe by the edge of the mount that lyeth before the valley of the sonne of Hinnam and goeth downe thorow the valley of Hinnam on y e south syde of the Iebusites and commeth downe to the well of Rogell and stretcheth from the northwarde and commeth out vnto Eâ— Semes and commeth forth to the heapes that lye vp towarde Adumim and coÌ„meth downe vnto the stone of Bohen the sonne of Ruben and goeth a longe besyde y e playne felde which lyeth north warde and commeth downe vnto y e playne felde and goeth besyde Beth Hagla that lyeth towarde the north and his ende is at the north border of the Salt see vnto y e edge of Iordane south warde This is the south border But Iordane shal be the ende of the east quarter This is the enheritaunce of y e children of Ben Iamin in their borders rounde aboute amonge their kynreds The cities of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin amoÌ„ge their kynreds are these Iericho Beth Hagla Emek Keziâ—z Betharaba Zemaraim Bethel Auim Haphar Aphra Caphar Amonai Aphni Gaba these are twolue cities and their vyllages Gibeon Rama Beeroth Mispa Caphira Moza Rekem Ieerpeel Thareala Zela Eleph and the Iebusites that is Ierusalem Gibeath Kiriath these are fourtene cities and their vyllages This is the enheritaunce of the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds The XIX Chapter THen fell the seconde lot of the trybe of the children of Simeon acordinge to their kynreds and their enheritaunce was amonge the enheritaunce of y e children of Iuda And to their enheritaunce they had Beer Seba Molada Hazar Sual Baala Azem El Tholad Bethâ—l Harma Ziklag Betha Markaboth Hazar Sussa Beth Lebaoth and Saruhen these are thirtene cities their vyllages Ain Rimon Ether Asan these are foure cities and their vyllages And all y e vyllages that lye aboute the cities vnto Balath Beer Ramath towarde the south This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Simeon in their kynreds for the enheritaunce of the children of Simeon is vnder the porcion of the children of Iuda For
all the apparell be vnweyed because the metall was so moch Morouer Salomon made all the apperell that belonged vnto the house of the LORDE namely a golden altare a golden table that the shewbred laye on fyue candelstickes on the righte hande and fyue candelstickes on the lefte before the quere of pure golde w t floures lampes and snoffers of golde therto flat peces charges basens spones and censours of pure golde And the hokes of y e dores on the insyde of the house in the most holy and in the dores of the house of the teÌ„ple of the LORDE were of golde Thus all the worke that kynge Salomon made in y e house of the LORDE was fynisshed And Salomon brought in that his father Dauid had sanctified of syluer and golde and ornamentes and layed it amonge the treasures of the house of the LORDE The VIII Chapter THen gathered kynge Salomon all y e Elders in Israel together all the rulers of the trybes and prynces of the fathers amonge the children of Israel vnto Ierusalem to brynge vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the cite of Dauid that is Sion And there resorted vnto kynge Salomon all the men in Israel at the feast in the moneth Ethanim that is y e seuenth moneth And whan all y e Elders of Israel came the prestes toke the Arke of the LORDE and broughte it vp and the Tabernacle of witnesse and all the ornamentes of the Sanctuary that were in the Tabernacle This dyd the prestes and the Leuites And kynge Salomon and all the congregacion of Israel y t were gathered vnto him wente with him before the Arke and offred shepe and bullockes so many that they coulde not be nombred ner tolde So the prestes broughte the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt vnto hir place euen in to y e Quere of the house in the most holy vnder y e wynges of the Cherubins For y e Cherubins spred out their wynges in the place where the Arke stode and couered the Arke and the staues therof from aboue And the staues were so loÌ„ge that y e knoppes of them were sene from the Sanctuary before y e quere but on the outsyde were they not sene and they were there vnto this daye And in the Arke there was nothinge but onely the two tables of stone which Moses had layed therin at Horeb whan y e LORDE made a couenaunt with the children of Israel what tyme as they were departed out of the londe of Egipte But whan the prestes wente out of the Sanctuary a cloude fylled the house of the LORDE so y t the prestes coulde not stonde execute the office for the cloude for the glory of the LORDE fylled the LORDES house Then sayde Salomon The LORDE sayde that he wolde dwell in a darke cloude I haue buylded an â—ouse to be an habitacion vnto the a seate y t thou mayest dwell there for euer And y e kynge turned his face blessed all the congregacion of Israel And all the coÌ„gregacion of Israel stode he sayde Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel which promised by his mouth vnto my father Dauid and by his haÌ„de hath fulfylled it and sayde Sence the daye y t I broughte my people of Israel out of Egipte haue I chosen no cite amoÌ„ge all the trybes of Israel to buylde me an house that my name might be there But Dauid haue I chosen to be ouer my people of Israel And in dede my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vn to the name of the LORDE God of Israel neuertheles the LORDE sayde vnto my father Dauid Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name thou hast done well that thou art so aduysed Howbeit thou shalt not buylde the house but thy sonne which shal come out of thy loynes he shal buylde an house vn to my name And the LORDE hath perfourmed his worde that he spake For I am come vp in my father Dauids steade and syt vpon the seate of Israel as the LORDE sayde and haue buylded an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel and there haue I ordeyned a place for the Arke wherin is the LORDES couenaunt which he made with oure fathers whan he broughte them out of y e londe of Egipte And Salomon stode before the altare of the LORDE in the presence of the whole congregacion of Israel and helde out his handes towarde heauen and sayde O LORDE God of Israel there is no god like the nether aboue in heauen ner beneth vpoÌ„ earth thou that kepest couenauÌ„t and mercy for all thy seruauntes that walke before y e with all their hert thou that hast kepte promes with my father Dauid thy seruaunt With thy mouth thou saydest it and with thy hande hast thou fulfylled it as it is come to passe this daye Now LORDE God of Israel make good vnto my father Dauid y e seruaunt that which thou hast promysed him and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy childreÌ„ kepe their waye so y t they walke before me like as thou hast walked before me Now thou God of Israel let y e worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt For thynkest thou y t God dwelleth vpon earth Beholde the heauens and the heauens of all heauens maye not contayne the how shulde then this house do it that I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacion O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the this daye so that thine eyes be open ouer this house night and daye euen ouer this place wherof thou saydest My name shall dwell there That thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruauÌ„t maketh in this place heare the intercession of y e seruaunt of thy people of Israel which they shall make here in this place of thy habitacion in heauen and whan thou hearest it be gracious Whan eny maÌ„ synneth agaynst his neghboure and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith he byndeth himselfe and y e ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou in heaueÌ„ and se that thy seruauntes haue right to condemne the vngodly and to brynge his waye vpon his owne heade and to iustifie the righteous to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytten before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name make their prayer and intercession vnto the in this house theÌ„ heare thou them in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel and brynge them agayne into the londe y t thou hast geuen vnto their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so y t it rayneth not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and
sayde vnto them Tolde not I you that ye shulde not go And the men of the cite sayde vnto Eliseus Beholde there is good dwellynge in this cite as my lorde seyth but the water is euell and the londe vnfrutefull He sayde Bringe me hither a new vessell put salt in it And they broughte it him Then wēte he forth vnto the well of water and cast the salt therin sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE I haue healed this water from hence forth shal there no deed ner vnfrutefulnes come of it So the water was healed vnto this daye acordinge to the worde of Eliseus which he spake And he wēte vp towarde Bethel And as he was goynge vp by the waye there came litle boyes out of the cite and mocked him sayde Come vp here thou balde heade come vp here thou balde heade And he turned him aboute And whā he sawe them he cursed them in the name of the LORDE Then came there two Beeres out of the wod and tente two and fortye of the children From thence wēte he vp vnto mount Carmel and from it turned he backe to Samaria The III. Chapter IOram the sonne of Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e eightenth yeare of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda raigned xij yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of y e LORDE but not as his father his mother for he put awaye y e pilers of Baal which his father caused to make Neuertheles he cleued vnto y e synnes of Ieroboā y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne departed not there frō Mesa y e kynge of the Moabites had many shepe payed tribute vnto the kynge of Israel w t the woll of an hundreth thousande lābes of an hūdreth thousande rāmes But whan Achab was deed the kynge of y e Moabites fell awaye frō the kynge of Israel At y e same tyme wēte kynge Ioram frō Samaria mustered all Israel sent vnto Iosaphat kynge of Iuda sayenge The kynge of the Moabites is fallen awaye fro me come thou w t me to fighte agaynst y e Moabites He sayde I wil come vp I am euen as thou and my people as y e people and my horses as thy horses And sayde morouer Which waye wil we go vp He sayde by the waye in the wyldernesse of Edom. So the kynge of Israel the kynge of Iuda the kynge of Edom wente forth And whan they had gone aboute seuē dayes iourney y e hoost the catell y t were amonge thē had no water Then sayde the kynge of Israel Alas the LORDE hath called these thre kynges to delyuer thē into the hande of the Moabites But Iosaphat sayde Is here no prophet of y e LORDE y t we maye axe coūcell at y e LORDE by him Then answered one of y e kynge of Israels seruauntes saide Here is Eliseus y e sonne of Saphat which poured water vpon Elias handes Iosaphat sayde The worde of y e LORDE is with him So the kynge of Israel Iosaphat and y e kynge of Edom wente downe vnto him But Eliseus sayde vnto the kynge of Israel What hast thou to do w t me go to the prophetes of thy father to y e mothers prophetes The kinge of Israel saide vnto him No for y e LORDE hath called these thre kynges to delyuer them in to the handes of the Moabites Eliseus sayde As truly as the LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stōde yf I regarded not Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda I wolde not regarde the ner set oughte by ye. So bringe me now a mynstrell And whan the mynstrell played vpō the instrument the hande of the LORDE came vpō him And he sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE Make pittes by this broke For thus sayeth the LORDE Ye shal se nether wynde ner rayne yet shall the broke be full of water that ye and youre housholdes youre catell maie drynke Yee and that is but a small thinge in the sighte of the LORDE And the Moabites shal he delyuer in to youre handes so y t ye shal smyte all the stronge cities and all y e chosen cities shal fell downe all the good trees and stoppe all the welles of water and all the good feldes shall ye make waist with stones On the morow whan the meat offerynge is offered beholde there came water y e waye from Edom and fylled y e londe with water But whan the Moabites herde y t the kynges came vp to fighte agaynst thē they called all y e harnessed men their rulers stode on y e border And whan they rose early in y e mornynge the Sonne wēte vp vpon y e water the Moabites thoughte the water ouer agaynst thēto be euē as reed as bloude they sayde It is bloude y e kynges haue destroyed them selues w t the swerde one hath smytten another Now Moab get the vp to the spoyles But whan they came to the tentes of Israel the Israelites gat vp smote the Moabites they fled before them Neuertheles they came in smote Moab brake downe the cities euery one cast his stone vpon all the good feldes and made them full and stopped all y e welles of water and felled downe all the good trees tyll there remayned but the stones in the brick-wall and they compased them aboute with slynges and smote them But whā the kynge of y e Moabites sawe y t the battayll was to strōge for him he toke to him seuen C. men which drue y e swerde to fall vpon the kynge of Edom neuertheles they were not able Then toke he his first sonne which shulde haue bene kynge in his steade and offred him for a burnt offerynge vpon the wall Then came there a greate wrath ouer Israel that they departed from him and turned agayne in to their londe The IIII. Chapter ANd there cried a woman amōge the wyues of the prophetes children vnto Eliseus and sayde Thy seruaunt my huszbāde is deed and thou knowest that thy seruaunt feared the LORDE Now commeth the man that he was detter vnto and wyll take awaye both my children to be bonde seruauntes Eliseus sayde vnto her What shal I do forthe Tell me what hast thou in the house She sayde Thy handmayden hath nothinge in the house but a pitcher w t oyle He sayde Go y t waye borowe without of all thy neghboures emptye vessels that not a fewe and go in and shut y e dore behynde the with thy sonnes and poure of it in to all y e vessels whan thou hast fylled them delyuer them forth She wente and shut the dore vnto her with hir sonnes which broughte her the vessels and so she poured in And whan the vessels were full she sayde vnto hir sonne Brynge me yet one vessell He sayde vnto her There is not one vessell more here Then stode y e oyle styll And she sent and tolde the
for to compell him to do the contynuall seruyce Wilt thou take thy pastyne w t him as with a byrde or geue him vnto thy maydens that thy companyons maye hew him in peces to be parted amonge the marchaunt men Canst thou fyll the nett w t his skynne or y e fysh paÌ„nyer with his heade Darrest thou laye honde vpon him It is better for the to considre what harme might happeÌ„ the there thorow and not to touch him For when thou thynkest to haue holde vpon him he shall begyle the Euery man also that seyth him shall go backe And why there darre none be so bolde as to rayse him vp The XLI Chapter WHo is able to stonde before me Or who hath geuen me eny thynge afore hande that I am bounde to rewarde him agayne All thinges vnder heauen are myne I feare him not whether he threaten or speake fayre Who lifteth him vp and stripeth him out of his clothes or who taketh him by the bytt of his brydle Who openeth the dore of his face for he hath horrible tethe rounde aboute His body is couered with scales as it were with shyldes lockte in kepte and well coÌ„pacte together One is so ioyned to another that no ayre can come in Yee one hangeth so vpon another and sticke so together that they can not be sundered His nesinge is like a glisteringe fyre and his eyes like the mornynge shyne Out of his mouth go torches and fyre brandes out off his nostrels there goeth a smoke like as out â—ff an hote seetinge pott His breth maketh the coales burne the flame goeth out of his mouth In his necke remayneth strength and before his face sorowe is turned to gladnesse The membres of his body are ioyned so strayte one to another and cleue so fast together that he can not be moued His hert is as harde as a stone aÌ„d as fast as the styth ye that the hammer man smyteth vpon When he goeth the mightiest off all are afrayed and the wawes heuy Yff he drawe out the swearde there maye nether speare ner brest plate abyde him He setteth as moch by a strawe as by yroÌ„ and as moch by a rotten stocke as by metall He starteth â—ot awaye for him that bendeth the bowe â—s for slynge stones he careth as moch for stubble as for them He counteth the hammer no better then a strawe he laugheth him to scorne that shaketh the speare He treadeth the golde in the myre like y e sharpe potsherdes He maketh the depe to seeth and boyle like a pott and stereth the see together like an oyntment The waye is light after him the depe is his walkynge place Vpon earth is there no power like vnto his for he is so made that he feareth not Yff a man will coÌ„sidre all hye thinges this same is a kynge ouer all the children off pryde The XLII Chapter THeÌ„ Iob answered the LORDE and sayde I knowe that thou hast power of all thinges and that there is no thought hyd vnto the. For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete but it shall be knowne Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely seynge these thinges are so hye and passe myne vnderstondinge O herken thou vnto me also and let me speake answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the. I haue geuen diligent eare vnto the and now I se y e with myne eyes Wherfore I geue myne owne self y e blame and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes Now wheÌ„ the LORDE had spoken these wordes vnto Iob he sayde vnto Eliphas y e Themanite I am displeased with the thy two frendes for ye haue not spoken the thinge y t is right before me like as my seruaâ—â—â— Iob hath done Therfore take vij oxen 〈…〉 seuen rammes and go to my seruaunt 〈…〉 offre vp also for youre selues a brent offeâ—â—â—â—â—ge and lat my seruaunt Iob praye for 〈…〉 Him will I accepte and not deale with 〈…〉 after youre foolishnesse in that ye hau◠〈…〉 spokeÌ„ y e thinge which is right like as my 〈…〉 Iob hath done So Eliphas the Themanite Bald 〈…〉 Suhite and Sophar the Naamathite 〈…〉 their waye and did acordynge as the 〈…〉 commaunded them The LORDE also 〈…〉 the personne off Iob and the LORâ—◠〈…〉 turned him vnto Iob wheÌ„ he prayed for 〈…〉 frendes Yee the LORDE gaue Iob twyse 〈◊〉 moch as he had afore And theÌ„ came there vnto him all his 〈…〉 thren all his sisters with all them that 〈…〉 bene off his acquaÌ„tauÌ„ce afore and ate 〈…〉 with him in his house wondringe at him aÌ„d 〈◊〉 comfortinge him ouer all the trouble 〈…〉 the LORDE had brought vpon him 〈…〉 maÌ„ gaue him a shepe and a Iewell of 〈…〉 And the LORDE made Iob richer the◠〈…〉 was before for he had xiiij M. shepe vi 〈…〉 camels a M. yock oxeÌ„ and a M. asses 〈…〉 had children also vij sonnes and iij. doughâ—ters The first he called Daye the seconde 〈◊〉 pouerte the thirde All plenteousnes In the londe were none founde so fayre as 〈…〉 doughters of Iob their father gaue 〈…〉 enheritaunce amonge their brethren After this lyued Iob xl yeares so that he sawe his children his childers children vnto the fourth generacion And so he dyed beinge olde of a perfecte age The ende of the boke of Io◠〈◊〉 The Psalter The first psalme O Blessed is y e man y t goeth 〈…〉 in the councell of y e vngodâ—◠〈…〉 y t abydeth not in the waye 〈…〉 synners sytteth not in y e 〈…〉 of the scornefull But 〈…〉 lyteth in the lawe of y e LORDE exercyse 〈◊〉 himself in his lawe both â—aye and night 〈…〉 Soch a maÌ„ is like a tre plated 〈◊〉 y e water sydâ—de y t briÌ„geth forth his frute in due season His leeues shal not fall off aÌ„d loke what 〈◊〉 he doth it shal prospere As for the 〈◊〉 it is not so with them but they are 〈◊〉 dust which y e wynde scatereth 〈…〉 of the grounde Therfore the vngod 〈◊〉 all not be able to stonde in the iudgmeÌ„t 〈◊〉 the synners in the congregacion off â—ightuous For the LORDE aloweth y e 〈◊〉 of the rightuous but the waye of the 〈◊〉 shal perishe The II. A psalme of Dauid THy do the HeitheÌ„ grudge why do the people ymagyn vayne thinges The kynges of the earth stoÌ„de vp 〈◊〉 rulers are come together agaynst 〈◊〉 LORDE aÌ„d agaynst his anoynted Let 〈◊〉 breake their bondes a sunder and cast 〈…〉 their yocke from vs. Neuerthelesse 〈◊〉 that dwelleth in heauen shall laugh theÌ„ 〈◊〉 scorne yee euen the LORDE himselff shall haue them in derision Then shal he 〈…〉 vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in 〈…〉 dispeasure Yet haue I set my 〈◊〉 vpon my holy hill of Sion As for me 〈…〉 preach the lawe wherof the LORDE 〈…〉 sayde vnto me Thou art my sonne 〈◊〉 daye haue I begotten the. Desyre off 〈◊〉 and I shall geue the the Heithen for 〈◊〉 enheritaunce Yee the
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
God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌ„te wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâ—ied sodeÌ„ly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ„ sorowe as vpoÌ„ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌ„de is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌ„t Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌ„tes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ— hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ„ the wickednesse of my heles coÌ„paseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌ„ge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ„ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌ„tinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ„ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌ„pared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌ„meth like vnto theÌ„ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâ—â—nynge by tymes their streÌ„gth shal consumâ— hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ— glory of his hense increased For he 〈◊〉 cary nothingâ— awaye w t him when he dyeâ— nether shal his pompe folowe him 〈◊〉 he lyueth he is counted an happie 〈◊〉 so loÌ„ge as he is in prosperite meÌ„ speake good of him But wheÌ„ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌ„dinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ„ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion â—peareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoâ—â— him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâ—e and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in â—y sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell â—he for y e whole worlde is myne and all that â—herin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate â—he flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâ—es Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most â—yest And call vpoÌ„ me in the tyme of trouâ—le so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâ—e me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâ—est my couenaunt in thy mouth Where â—s thou hatest to be refourmed and castest â—y wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a â—hefe thou runnest with him and art partaâ—er with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâ—outh speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâ—aynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine â—wne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâ—e I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâ—eÌ„ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this 〈◊〉 that forget God lest I plucke you awaie 〈◊〉 there be none to delyuer you Who so â—â—reth me thaÌ„kes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth â–ª and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
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
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
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
hongrie The LORDE lowseth men out of preson the LORDE geueth sight to the blynde The LORDE helpeth theÌ„ vp that are fallen the LORDE loueth the righteous The LORDE careth for the straungers he defendeth y e fatherlesse and wyddowe as for the waye of y e vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The LORDE thy God o Sion is kynge for euermore and thorow out all generacions Halleluya The CXLVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto o r God yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull The LORDE shal buylde vp IerusaleÌ„ gather together y e outcastes of Israel He healeth the contrite in herte and byndeth vp their woundes He telleth the nombre of the starres and calleth them all by their names Greate is o r LORDE and greate is his power yee his wyszdome is infinite The LORDE setteth vp y e meke bryngeth y e vngodly downe to y e grouÌ„de O synge vnto y e LORDE w t thankesgeuynge synge prayses vpoÌ„ y e harpe vnto o r God Which couereth y e heauen w t cloudes prepareth rayne for y e earth maketh y e grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes Which geueth foder vnto y e catell fedeth y e yonge rauens y t call vpoÌ„ him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse nether delyteth he in eny maÌ„s legges But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy The CXLVII psalme This psalme do the hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before PRayse y e LORDE o IerusaleÌ„ prayse 〈◊〉 God o Sion For he maketh fast 〈◊〉 baries of y e gates blesseth y e 〈…〉 within ye. He maketh peace in y e bordâ—â—◠〈◊〉 fylleth y e with y e flo r of wheate He 〈◊〉 synde y e forth his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t vpoÌ„ earth 〈…〉 LORDE ruÌ„neth swiftly He geueth snowe scatereth y e horefrost like ashes 〈◊〉 He forth his yse like morsels who is ghtuous and de his frost He sendeth out â—â—cently he â—emelteth them he bloweth w t hi◠〈◊〉 preserueth y e waters flowe He sheweth 〈◊〉 shalt thou unIacob his statutes 〈…〉 and equi rael He hath not dealt 〈◊〉 Yf wyszdome then nether haue they 〈◊〉 and y e soule delyte in es Halleluya 〈◊〉 councell preserue the The 〈…〉 shal kepe the. That â—Pâ—est be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye â—om the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thines from soch as leave the hye strete and ualkei y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse 〈◊〉 doynge euell and delyte i wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous that thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forfaketh the huszbande of hir youth and for getteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned unto death and hir pathes unto hell All they that go in unto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the wave of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe tha pathes of the righuous For the iust shal dwell in the lende and the inno Let them prayse the name of the LORDE for his name only is excellent and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He exalteth the horne of his people all his sayntes shal prayse him the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Halleluya The CXLIX psalme Halleluya O Synge vnto y e LORDE a new songe let the coÌ„gregacion of sayntes prayse him Let Israel reioyse in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge Let them prayse his name in the dauÌ„ce let them synge prayses vnto him with tabrettes and harpes For the LORDE hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the mekcharted Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyse in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in their mouth and sharpe swerdes in their handes To be auenged of the Heiâ—heÌ„ to rebuke the people To bynde their â—â—nges in cheynes their nobles with lyncâ—â—â—â— of yron That they maye be auenged 〈…〉 as it is written Soch honoure haue 〈…〉 sayntes Halleluya The CL. psalme Halleluya 〈◊〉 Prayse the LORDE in his Sanctuâ—â—◠〈…〉 prayse him in the firmament of 〈…〉 power Prayse him in his noble 〈…〉 him in his excelleÌ„t greatnesse 〈…〉 in the sounde of the trompet 〈…〉 â—poÌ„ the lute and harpe Pray 〈…〉 â—ymbals and daunse prayse him 〈…〉 and pype Prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals Let 〈…〉 y t hath breth 〈◊〉 LORDE 〈◊〉 The Prouerbes of Salomon What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The wysdome of God calleth vs by the mouth of SalomoÌ„ exorteth vs and geueth vs warnynge to eschue the wicked whose vn godly coÌ„uersacion in worde and worke and punyshment also of the same is here descrybed Chap. II. How wisdome maye be gotten and what profit commeth of it Chap. III. He exorteth us to the feare of God and to pacience he commendeth wyszdome â— requyreth us to cleue vnto the same Chap. IIII. A fatherly exortacion vnto wisdome with the profit therof and how we ought to refrayne the meÌ„bres of oure body froÌ„ euell Chap. V. He exorteth vnto wyszdoÌ„e and to be warre of harlottes he telleth what harme mâ—ye folowe therout wheÌ„ men medle with soch hâ— teacheth men louyngly to cleue vnto their mâ—ried wyues and descrybeth the ende of the vnâ—godly Chap. VI. He warneth men to bewarre of sâ—â—â—tishipe exorteth the slouthfull to laboure sheweth the wikednesse of false tonges and requyreth men to bewarre of aduoutry because it is more perloâ—s then theft or felony Chap. VII He exorteth vnto wiszdome sheweth the condicions of harlottes and what hurt happeneth vnto soch as enclyne to the prouocacioÌ„s and desyres of the flesh Chap. VIII Wyszdome calleth men swetely vnto her and telleth them what treasure and power she hath A coÌ„mendacion and prayse of wiszdome wherout euery maÌ„ is exorted to cleue vnto her Chap. IX Wyszdome crieth vpoÌ„ the ignorauÌ„t and promiseth them greate thinges The foolish maner of a light woman Chap. X. From this chapter forth vnto the XXXI there are described many swete louely and wyse sentences which teach men wyszdome and what profit commeth of it Agayne how men maye auoyde foolishnesse and the hurte therof Chap. XXXI Wyszdome warneth us to bewarre of euell women and descrybeth the coÌ„uersacion maner behauoure of an honest maried wyfe These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel to lerne wyszdome nurtoure vnderstondinge prudence rightuousnesse iudgment and equite That the very babes might haue wyt and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge By hearinge the wyse maÌ„ shal coÌ„me by more wysdome and by experience he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable and the interpretacion therof the wordes of the wyse and the darcke speaches of the same The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome But
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
reioyse from youre hert as they that come with the pipe when they go vp to the mount of the LORDE vnto y e rock of Israel The LORDE also shal set vp the power of his voyce and declare his terrible arme with his angrie countenaunce yee and the flame of the consumynge fyre with earth quake tempest of wynde and hale stones Then shal the Assirian feare also because of the voyce of the LORDE which shal smyte him with the rodde And the same rodde which the LORDE wil sende vpon him shal moue the whole foundacion with trompet with noyse of warre and batell to destroye For he hath prepared the fyre of payne from the begynnynge yee euen for kynges also This hath he made depe wyde y e norishinge therof is fyre and wodde innumerable which the breath ofte LORDE kyndleth as it were a match of brymstone The xxxj Chapter WO vnto them that go downe in to Egipte for helpe and trust in horses and conforte them selues in Charettes because they be many and in horse mē because they be lustie and stronge But they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the LORDE Where as he neuertheles plageth y e wicked and yet goeth not from his worde whā he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frauwerde and against the helpe of euel doers Now the Egiptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not sprete And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde then shal the helper fall and he that shulde haue bene helped and shal altogether be destroyed For thus hath the LORDE spokē vnto me Like as the Lyon or lyōs whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afrayde though y e multitude of shepardes crie out vpon him nether abashed for all the heape of them So shal the LORDE of hoostes come downe from the mount Sion and defende his hill Like as byrdes flotre aboute their nestes so shal the LORDE of hoostes kepe saue defende and deliue Ierusalem Therfore o ye childrē of Israel turne agayne like as ye hahaue exceaded in youre goinge back For in y t daye euery man shal cast out his Idols of syluer and golde which ye haue made with youre synful hondes Assur also shal be slayne with the swerde not w t a mans swerde ▪ A swerde shal deuoure him but not a mans swerde And he shal fle from the slaughter and his seruauntes shal be taken prisoners ▪ He shal go for feare to his stronge holdes and his prynces shal fle from his badge This hath y e LORDE spokē whose light burneth in Sion and his fyre in Ierusalem The xxxij Chapter BEholde the kinge shal gouerne after y e rule of rightuousnes and y e princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite He shal be vnto mē as a defence for the wynde and as a refuge for the tempest like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place and y e schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lōde The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme and the eares of them that heare shal take diligēt hede The hert of the vnwise shal attayne to knowlege and the vnparfite tūge shal speake planely and distinctly Then shal the nygarde be no more called gentle ner the churle lyberall But the churle wil be churlishly mynded and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite and ymagyn abhominaciōs agaynst God to make the hungrie leane and to with holde drinke from the thurstie These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous these be his shameful councels that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore But the liberall person ymagineth honest thinges and commeth vp with honesty Vp ye rich and ydle cities harken vnto my voyce Ye careles cities marcke my wordes After yeares and dayes shal ye be brought in feare o ye carelesse cities For Haruest shal be out and the grape gatheringe shal not come O ye rich ydle cities ye that feare no parell ye shal be abashed and remoued when ye se the barennesse the nakednesse and preparinge to warre Ye shal knock vpō youre brestes because of the pleasaunt felde and because of the fruteful vynyarde My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and thistels for in euery house is voluptuousnes in the cities wilfulnes The palaces also shal be broken and the greatly occupide cities desolate The towers and bulwerckes shal be become dennes for euermore the pleasure of Mules shal be turned to pasture for shepe Vnto the tyme that y e sprete be poured vpon vs from aboue Then shal the wildernesse be a fruteful felde the plenteous felde shal be rekened for a wodde Then shal equyte dwel in the deserte and rightuousnesse in a fruteful londe And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shal be peace and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer And my people shal dwel in the ynnes of peace in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is ynough in thē all And whē the hale falleth it shal fall in the wodde and in the citie O how happy shal ye be whē ye shal safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters dryue thither the fete of youre oxē asses The xxxiij Chapter THerfore wo vnto the o robber shalt not thou be robbed also and vnto the that laiest wait as who saye there shulde no waite be layde for the Wo vnto the which doest hurte euen so shalt thou be hurt also And as thou layest waite so shal wait be layde for the also LORDE be merciful vnto vs we wait for the. Thine arme is at a poynte to vyset vs but be thou oure health in the tyme of trouble Graūte that the people maye fle at the anger of thy voyce that at thy vpstondinge the Gentiles maye be scatred abrode and that their spoyle maye be gathered as the greshoppers are comonly gathered together in to the pyt Stonde vp LORDE thou that dwellest on hie Let Siō be fylled with equyte and rightuousnesse Let treuth and faithfulnesse be in hir tyme power health wisdome knowlege the feare of God are hir treasure Beholde their aungels crie with out the messaungers of peace wepe bytterly The stretes are waist there walketh no man therin the appoyntmen is broken the cities are despised they are not regarded the desolate earth is in heuynes Libanus taketh it but for a sporte that it is hewen downe Saron is like a wyldernes Basā Charmel are turned vpside downe And therfore saieth y e LORDE I wil vp now wil I get vp now wil I aryse Ye shal conceaue stubble and beare strawe youre sprete shal be the fyre that it maye consume you the people shal be burnt like lyme as thornes burne that are hewen of cast in the fyre Now herken to ye that are farre of how
sonne the Secretary And Rabsaches sayde vnto them Te◠Ezechias that the greate kinge of Assiria sayeth thus vnto him What presumpcion is this that thou trustest vnto Thou thinkest peraduēture that thou hast councel power ynough to mayntene this warre or els wher to trustest thou that thou castest thi self of fro me lo Thou puttest thy trust in a broken staff of rede I meane Egipte which he that leaneth vpon it goeth in to his honde shuteth him thorow Euen so is Pharao the kinge of Egipte vnto all thē that trust in him But yf thou woldest saye to me We trust in y e LORDE oure God A goodly god indede whose hie places aulteres Ezechias toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Ierusalem to worshipe only before the aulter Abyde the thou hast made a condicion with my lorde the kinge of the Assiriās that he shulde geue the two thousande horses Art thou able to set mē there vp Seinge now that thou canst not resist the power of the smallest prynce that my LORDE hath how darrest thou trust in y t charettes and horse men of Egipte Morouer thinkest thou y t I am come downe hither to destroye this londe with out the LORDES will The LORDE sayde vnto me go downe in to that londe that thou mayest destroye it Then sayde Eliachim Sobna Iohah vnto Rabsaches Speake to vs thy seruauntes we praye the in the Sirians language for we vnderstonde it well And speake not to vs in the Iewes tunge lest the folcke heare which lieth vpon the wall Then answered Rabsaches Thinke ye y t the kinge sent me to speake this only vnto you Hath he not sent me to thē also that lie vpō the wall that they be not cōpelled to eate their owne donge and drinke their owne stale with you And Rabsaches stode stiff cried with a loude voyce in the Iewes tūge and sayde Now take hede how the greate kinge of the Assiriās geueth you warnynge Thus saieth the kinge Let not Ezechias disceaue you for he shal not be able to delyuer you Morouer let not Ezechias comforte you in the LORDE when he saieth The LORDE with out doute shal defende vs shal not geue ouer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of the Assiriās beleue him not But thus saieth the kinge of Assiria opteyne my fauoure enclyne to me So maye euery mā enioye his vynyardes and fygetrees and drinke the water of his cisterne vnto the tyme that I come myself bringe you in to a londe y t is like youre owne wher in is wheat and wyne which is both sowen with sede and planted with vynyardes Let not Ezechias disceaue you when he sayeth vnto you the LORDE shal delyuer us Might the goddes of the Gentiles kepe euerymans londe from the power of the kinge of the Assirians Wher is the God of hemath Arphad Where is the God of Sepharnaim And who was able to defende Samaria out of my honde Or which of all the goddes of the lōdes hath deliuered their countre out of my power so that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my honde Vnto this Ezechias messaungers helde their tunges and answered not one worde for the kinge had charged them that they shulde geue him none answere So came Eliachim Elchias sonne the presidēt Sobna the scrybe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the Secretary vnto Ezechias with rente clothes tolde him the wordes of Rabsaches The xxxvij Chapter WHen Ezechias herde that he rente his clothes put on a sack cloth went in to the temple of the LORDE But he sent Eliachim the Presidēt Sobna the scrybe w t the eldest prestes cloothed in sack vnto the Prophet Esay the sonne of Amos they sayde vnto him Thus saieth Ezechias this is the daye of trouble of plage of wrath like as when a childe cometh to the byrth but the woman hath no power to bringe it forth The LORDE thy God no doute hath well considered the wordes of Rabsaches whom his lorde y e kinge of the Assirians hath sent to defie blaspheme the lyuynge God with soch wordes as the LORDE y e God hath herde rightwell And therfore lift vp y e prayer for the remnaunt that yet are left So the seruauntes of kinge Ezechias came to Esay And Esay gaue them this answere Saie thus vnto youre lorde thus saieth the LORDE Be not afrayde of the wordes that thou hast herde wherwith the kinge of Assiriās seruauntes haue blasphemed me Beholde I will cause a wynde go ouer him as soone as he heareth it he shal go agayne in to his countre there will I distroye him with the swerde Now when Rabsaches returned he founde y e kinge of Assiria layenge sege to Lobna for he had vnderstonde that he was departed from Lachis For there came a rumoure y t Taracha kinge of Ethiopia was come forth to warre agaynst him And when the kinge of Assiria herde y t he sent other messaungers to kinge Ezechias with this commaundement Saye thus to Ezechias kinge of Iuda Let not thy God disceaue the in whom thou hopest sayest Ierusalē shal not be geuē in to the hondes of the kinge of Assiria For thou knowest well how the kinges of Assiria haue handled all the londes that they haue subuerted hapest thou to escape Were the people of the Gētiles whom my progenitours cōquered deliuered at eny tyme thorow their goddes As namely Gozan Haran Rezeph the childrē of Eden which dwell at Thalassar Where is the kinge of Hemath the kinge of Arphad the kinge of the citie Sepharnaim Ena and Aua Now when Ezechias had receaued y e lettre of the messaungers red it he went vp into the house of the LORDE opened the lettre before y e LORDE And Ezechias prayed before the LORDE on this maner O LORDE of hoostes thou God of Israel which dwellest vpō Cherubin Thou art the God that only is God of all the kingdomes of the worlde for thou only hast created hauē earth Encline thine eare LORDE cōsidr◠open thine eyes o LORDE se and pondre all the wordes of Sēnacherib which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the the lyuynge God It is true o LORDE that the kinges of Assiria haue cōquered all kingdomes londes cast their goddes in the fyre Notwithstōdinge those were no goddes but the workes of mens hondes of wodd or stone therfore haue they destroyed them Delyuer vs then o LORDE oure God from the hondes of Sennacherib y t all kingdomes of the earth maye knowe that thou only art y e LORDE Then Esay the sonne of Amos sent vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me as touchinge Sennacherib this is the answere that the LORDE hath geuen concernynge him Despised art thou mocked o doughter of Sion he hath shaken his heade at the o doughter
might not helpe or had I not power to delyuer lo at a worde I driÌ„ke vp the see of water floudes I make drie loÌ„de so y t for want of water the fish corruppe and die of thurst As for heauen I clooth it with darcknesse and put a sack vpon it The LORDE God hath geueÌ„ me a wel lerned tuÌ„ge so that I can conforte them which are troubled yee y t in due season He waked myne eare vp by tymes in y e mornynge as y e scolemasters do y t I might herkeÌ„ The LORDE God hath opened myne eare therfore caÌ„ I not saye naye ner wtdrawe myself but I offre my backe vnto y e smyters and my chees to the nyppers I turne not my face froÌ„ shame aÌ„d spittinge for the LORDE God helpeth me therfore shal I not be coÌ„founded I haue hardened my face like a flynt stone for I am sure that I shal not come to confucion Myne aduocate speaketh for me who wil then go with me to lawe Let vs stoÌ„de one agaynst another yf there be eny that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Beholde the LORDE God stondeth by me what is he that can condempne me lo they shal be all like as an olde cloth which y e mothes shal eate vp Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoÌ„ge you let him heare the voyce of his seruauÌ„t Who so walketh in darcknesse no light shyneth vpoÌ„ him let him hope in the LORDE and holde him by his God But take hede ye haue all kyndled a fyre and gyrded youre selues with the flame Ye walke in the glistriÌ„ge of youre owne fyre and in the flame that ye haue kyndled This cometh vnto you fro my honde namely y t ye shal slepe in sorowe The li. Chapter HErken vnto me ye that holde of rightuousnes ye that seke the LORDE Take hede vnto the stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged Considre Abraham youre father Sara that bare you how that I called him alone prospered him wel encreased him how the LORDE conforted SioÌ„ and repayred all hir decaye makinge hir deserte as a Paradise and hir wildernesse as the garden of the LORDE Myrth and ioye was there thankes geuynge and y e voyce of prayse Haue respecte vnto me then o my people and laye thine eare to me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shal go forth fro me to lighten the Gentiles It is hard by that my health my rightuousnesse shal go forth and the people shal be ordred with myne arme The Ilondes that is y e Gentiles shal hope in me and put their trust in myne arme Lift vp youre eyes toward heaueÌ„ and loke vpon the earth beneth For the heauens shal vanish awaye like smoke and the earth shall teare like a clothe they that dwel therin shal perish in like maner But my health endureth for euer and my rightuousnes shall not ceasse Therfore hercken vnto me ye y t haue pleasure in rightuousnes thou people that bearest my lawe in thine herte Feare not the curse of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies reuylinges for wormes mothes shal eat theÌ„ vp like clothe woll But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer my sauynge health from generacion to generacion Wake vp wake vp be stronge O thou arme of the LORDE wake vp lyke as in tymes past euer and sence the worlde beganne Art not thou he that hast wounded that proude lucifer and hewen the dragon in peces Art not thou euen he which hast dried vp the depe of the see which hast made playne the see grounde that the delyuered might go thorow That the redemed of the LORDE which turned agayne might come with ioye vnto SioÌ„ there to endure for euer â–ª That myrth and gladnesse might be with them that sorowe wo might fle from theÌ„ Yee I I am eueÌ„ he that in all thiÌ„ges geueth you consolacion What art thou then that fearest a mortall maÌ„ y e childe of man which goeth awaye as doeth the floure And forgettest the LORDE that made the that spâ—ed out the heauens and layde the foundacion of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the sight of thyne oppressoure which is ready to do harme Where is the wrath of the oppressoure It cometh on fast it maketh haist to apeare It shal not perish y t it shulde not be able to destroye nether shal it fayle for faute of norishinge I am the LORDE y i God that make the see to be still and to rage whose name is the LORDE of hoostes I shal put my worde also in thy mouth and defende the with the turnynge of my hondeâ— that thou mayest plante the heauens and laye the foundacions of the earth and saye vnto Sion thou art my people Awake Awake and stonde vp o Ierusasalem thou that from the honde of the LORDE hast dronkeÌ„ out the cuppe of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slombringe cuppe to the botome For amonge all the sonnes whom thou hast begotten there is not one that maye holde the vp and not one to lede the by the honde of all the sonnes that thou hast norished Both these thinges are happened vnto the but who is sory for it Yee destruction waistinge hunger swerde but who hath conforted the Thy sonnes lie comfortles at y e heade of euery strete like a takeÌ„ venyson are ful of y e teâ—rible wrath of y e LORDE punyshmeÌ„t of thy God And therfore thou miserable dronkeÌ„ howbeit not w t wyne Heare this Thus saieth thy LORDE thy LORDE God y e defender of his people Beholde I wil take y e sloÌ„briÌ„ge cuppe out of thy hoÌ„de eueÌ„ y e cuppe w t the dregges of my wrath y t froÌ„ hence forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more wil put it iÌ„ their hoÌ„de that trouble the which haue spoken to thy soule stoupe downe that we maye go ouer the make thy body eaueÌ„ with the grounde and as the strete to go vpon The lij Chapter VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto the put on thine honest rayment o IerusaleÌ„ thou citie of the holy one For from this tyme forth there shal no vncircumcised ner vncleane person come in the. Shake the froÌ„ the dust arise stonde vp o IerusaleÌ„ Pluck out thy neck from the boÌ„de o thou captyue doughter Sion For thus saieth the LORDE Ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redemed also without eny money For thus hath the LORDE sayde My people weÌ„te downe afore tyme in to Egipte there to be straungers Afterwarde dyd the kinge of the Assirians oppresse theÌ„ for naught And now what profit is it to me saieth y e LORDE y t my people is frely caried awaye brought in to heuynes by their rulers and my name euer still blasphemed saieth the LORDE But
in my sight thou art stayned with thy wickednesse saieth the LORDE thy God Saye not now I am not vnclene and I haue not folowed the goddes Loke vpō thyne owne waies in the woddes valleis dennes so shalt thou knowe what thou hast done Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easely his waye and thy wantonnes is like a wilde Asse that vseth the wildernesse and that snoffeth and bloweth at his wil. Who can tame the All they that seke the shal not fayle but fynde the in thyne owne vnclennes Thou kepest thy fote from nakednes and thy throte from thurste and thinkest thus in thy self tush I wil take no sorowe I wil loue the straunge goddes hange vpon them Like as a thefe that is taken with the dede commeth to shame euē so is the house of Israel come to confucion the comon people their kinges and rulers their prestes and prophetes For they saye to a stock thou art my father and to a stone thou hast begotten me yee they haue turned their back vpon me not their face But in the tyme of their trouble when they saye stonde vp and helpe vs I shal answere thē Where are now thy goddes that thou hast made the byd them stonde vp and helpe the in the tyme of nede For loke how many cities thou hast o Iuda so many goddes hast thou also Wherfore thē wil ye go to lawe with me seinge ye all are synners agaynst me saieth the LORDE It is but lost laboure that I smyte youre children for they receaue not my correction You re owne swearde destroyeth youre prophetes like a deuouringe lyon Yf ye be the people of the LORDE then herkē vnto his worde Am I thē become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel or a londe that hath no light Wherfore saieth my people then we are fallē of and we wil come no more vnto the Doth a mayden forget hir raymēt or a bryde hir stomacher ▪ And doth my people forget me so lōge Why boostest thou thy wayes so hylie to optayne fauoure there thorow when thou hast yet stained them w t blasphemies Vpon thy wynges is founde the bloude of poore and innocent people and that not in corners and holes only but opēly in all these places Yet darrest thou saye I am giltlesse Tush his wrath can not come vpō me Beholde I wil reason with y e because thou darrest saye I haue not offended O how euel wil it be for the to abyde it when it shall be knowne how oft thou hast gone bacwarde For thou shalt be confounded as wel of Egipte as of the Assirians Yee thou shalt go thy waye from thē smyte yine hondes together vpon thy heade Because the LORDE shal bringe that confidence and hope of thine to naught and thou shalt not prospere with all The III. Chapter COmonly when a man putteth awaye his wife and she goeth from him and marieth with another then the question is shulde he resorte vnto her eny more after that Is not this felde then defyled and vnclene But as for the thou hast played the harlot with many louers yet turne agayne to me saieth the LORDE Lift vp thine eyes on euery syde and loke yf thou be not defyled Thou hast waited for them in the stretes and as a murtherer in the wildernesse Thorow thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies is the londe defyled This is the cause that the rayne and euenynge dew hath ceased Thou hast gotten the an whores foreheade and canst not be ashamed Els woldest thou saye vnto me O my father thou art he that hast brought me vp and led me fro my youth Wilt thou then put me awaye and cast me of foreuer Or wilt thou withdrawe thy self clene fro me Neuertheles thou speakest soch wordes but thou art euer doinge worse and worse The LORDE sayde also vnto me in the tyme of Iosias the kinge Hast thou sene what that shrēkinge Israel hath done how she hath runne vp vpon all hie hilles and amonge all thick trees and there played the harlot hast thou sene also when she had done all this how I sayde vnto her that she shulde turne agayne vnto me and yet she is not returned Iuda that vnfaithfull sister of hirs also sawe this Namely that affter I had well sene the aduoutrye of the shrenkinge harlot Israel I put her awaye and gaue her a byll of deuorcement For all this hir vnfaithfull sister Iuda was not ashamed but wente backe and played the whore also Yee and the noyse of hir whordome hath defyled the whole lōde For she hath committed hir aduoutrie with stones and stockes Neuerthelesse hir vnfaithfull sister Iuda is not turned vnto me agayne with hir whole herte but faynedly saieth the LORDE And the LORDE sayde vnto me The bacslyder Israel is more rightuous thē the vnfaithfull Iuda and therfore go preach these wordes towarde the north saye Thou shrenkinge Israel turne agayne saieth the LORDE and I will not turne my face from you for I am merciful saieth the LORDE I will not allwaye beare displeasure agaynst the but on this condicion that thou knowe thy greate blasphemy Namely that thou hast vnfaithfully forsaken the LORDE thy God hast made thy silf partaker of straunge goddes vnder all grene trees but hast had no wil to heare my voyce saieth the LORDE O ye shrenkinge children turne agayne saieth the LORDE and I wil be maried with you For I will take one out of the citie and two out of one generacion from amōge you and bringe you out of Sion and will geue you hyrdmē after myne owne mynde which shal fede you with lernynge and wyszdome Morouer when ye be increased and multiplied in the londe then saieth the LORDE there shall nomore boost be made of the arke of the LORDES Testament No man shall thinke vpon it nether shall eny man make mencion of it for from thence forth it shall nether be visited ner honoured with giftes Then shall Ierusalem be called the LORDES seate and all Heithen shal be gathered vnto it for the name of the LORDE sake which shal be set vp at Ierusalem And from that tyme forth they shall folowe nomore the ymaginacion of their owne frauwerde herte Thē those y t be of the house of Iuda shal go vnto the house of Israel And they shal come together out of the north in to the same londe that I haue geuen youre fathers I haue shewed also how I toke the vp beinge but a childe and gaue the a pleasaunt londe for thine heretage yee and a goodly hooste of the Heithen and how I commaunded the that thou shuldest call me father only and not to shrencke fro me But like as a woman fayleth hir louer so are ye vnfaithfull vnto me o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE And therfore the voyce of the children of Israel was herde on euery side wepinge and waylinge
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
agayne Namely that the mercies of the LORDE are not clene gone that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not His faithfulnes is greate and renueth it self as the mornynge The LORDE is my porcion saieth my soule therfore wil I hope in him O how good is the LORDE vnto theÌ„ that put their trust in him and to the soule that seketh after him O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and tarie for the health of the LORDE O how good is it for a man to take the yock vpon him from his youth vp He sitteth alone he holdeth him still â–ª and dwelleth quietly by him self He layeth his face vpon the earth yf per case there happen to be eny hope He offreth his cheke to the smyter he will be content with reproues For the LORDE wil not forsake for euer But though he do cast of yet acordinge to y e multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne For he doth not plage cast out the children of men from his herte To treade all the presoners of the earth vnder his fete To moue the iudgment of man before the most highest To condemne a man in his cause The LORDE hath no pleasure in soch thinges What is he then that saieth there shulde somthinge be done without the LORDES coÌ„maundement Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euell and good Wherfore them murmureth the lyuinge man let him murmoure at his owne synne Let vs loke well vpon oure owne waies remembre oureselues and turne agayne to y e LORDE Let vs lift vp oure hertes with oure hondes vnto the LORDE that is in heauen We haue bene dyssemblers haue offended wilt thou therfore not be intreated Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without eny fauoure Thou hast hyd thy self in a cloude that oure prayer shulde not go thorow Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despysed amonge the Heithen All oure enemies gape vpon vs. Feare and snare is come vpon vs yee despite and destruccion Whole ryuers of water guszshe out of myne eyes for the greate hurte of my people Myne eyes runne and can not ceasse for there is no rest O LORDE when wilt thou loke downe froÌ„ heauen and considre Myne eye breaketh my herte because of all the doughters of my cite Myne enemies hunted me out sharpely like a byrde yee and that with out a cause They haue put downe my life in to a pitte and layed a stone vpon me They poured water vpon my heade then thought I now am I vndone I called vpon thy name O LORDE out of the depe pitte Thou hast herde my voyce hast not turned awaye thine eares fro my sighinge and crienge Thou hast enclyned y i self vnto me wheÌ„ I called vpon the haist sayde feare not Thou O LORDE hast mayntened the cause of my soule and hast redemed my life O LORDE thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my cause vpon the. Thou hast well considred how they go aboute to do me harme that all their councels are agaynst me Thou hast herde their despytefull wordes O LORDE yee and all their ymaginacions agaynst me The lippes of myne enemies their deuyces that they take agaynst me all the daye longe Thou seist also their sittinge downe and their rysinge vp they make their songes of nothinge but of me Rewarde them O LORDE acordinge to the workes of their hondes Geue them y e thinge that their owne herte is afrayed of euen thy curse Persecute them O LORDE with thy indignacion rote them out from vnder the heauen The IIII. Chapter O How is the golde become so dymme How is the goodly coloure of it so sore chaunged and the stones of y e Sanctuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete The children of Sion that were allwaye in honoure clothed with y e most precious golde how are they now becomme like the erthen vessels which be made with the potters honde The Lamyes geue their yonge ones sucâ— w t bare brestes but the doughter of my people is cruel and dwelleth in the wyldernesse like the Estriches The tonges of the suckinge children cleue to y e rofe of their mouthes for very thurst The yonge children axe bred but there is noman that geueth it them They that were wonte to fayre delicatly perishe in the stretes they that afore were brought vp in purple make now moch of donge The synne of the doughter of my people is become greater then y e wickednesse of Sodome that sodeÌ„ly was destroyed and not taken with hondes Hir absâ—â—yners or Nazarees were whyter then y e snowe or mylke their coloure was fresh read as the Corall their beutie like the Saphyre But now their faces are very black In so moch that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes Their skynne cleueth to their bones It is wythered and become like a drye stock They that be slayne with the swearde are happier then soch as dye of honger and perishe awaye famishinge for the frutes of the felde The womeÌ„ which of nature are pitefull haue sodden their owne children with their hondes that they might be their meate in y e miserable destruccion of the doughter of my people The LORDE hath perfourmed his heuy wrath he hath poured out the furiousnes of his displeasure He hath kindled a fyre in Sion which hath consumed the foundacions therof Nether the kinges of the earth ner all y e inhabitours of the worlde wolde haue beleued that the enemie aduersary shulde haue come in at the gates of the cite of IerusaleÌ„ Which neuertheles is come to passe for y e synnes of hir prophetes and for the wickednes of hir prestes that haue shed innocentes bloude within her So that these blynde men weÌ„te stomblinge in the stretes and stayned themselues w t bloude which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth But they cried vnto euery maÌ„ fle the staynynge awaye get you heÌ„ce touch it not Yee sayde they ye must be brent ye must dwell amonge the Gentiles byde no longer here The countenaunce of the LORDE hath banyshed them shal neuer loke more vpon them For they them selues nether regarded the prestes nor pitied their elders Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs whyle we loke for vayne helpe seynge we be euer waitynge vpon a people that can do vs no good They laye so sharpe waite for vs that we can not go safe vpon the stretes for oure ende is come oure dayes are fulfilled oure ende is here Oure persecuters are swifter then the Aegles of the ayre they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layed wait for vs in y
to be an abhominacion curse and synne like as it hath happened vnto oure fathers also because of all their wickednesse and departynge from the. O Israel heare the commaundementes of life pondre them well with thine eares that thou mayest lerne wysdome But how happeneth it Israel that thou art in thyne enemies lōde thou art waxen olde in a straūge countre and defyled with the deed Why art thou become like them that go downe to their graues Euē because thou hast forsaken the well of wysdome For yf thou haddest walked in the waye of God truly thou shuldest haue remayned still safe ī thine owne londe O lerne then where discrecion is where vertu is where vnderstōdinge is that thou mayest knowe also frō whence cōmeth longe life a necessary lyuynge the light of the eyes quyetnes Who euer foūde out hir place or who came euer in to hir treasures Where are y e prynces of the Heithen become and soch as ruled the beestes vpon the earth They that had their pastyme with the foules of the ayre they that hoorded vp syluer and golde wherin men trust so moch and made no ende of their gatheringe What is worth of them that coyned siluer and were so carefull and coude not bringe their workes to passe They be roted out and gone downe to hell and other men are come vp in their steade Yonge men haue sene light and dwelt vpon earth but the waye of reformacion haue they not knowne ner vnderstonde the pathes therof nether haue their children receaued it yee right farre is it frō thē It hath not bene herde of in the lōde of Canaan nether hath it bene sene at Theman The Agarenes sought after wisdome but that which is earthly like as the marchauntes of the lōde do They of Theman are connynge also they laboure for wisdome vnderstondinge but y e waye of true wisdome they knowe not nether do they thynke vpon the pathes therof O Israel how greate is the house of God and how large is the place of his possession Greate is he and hath none ende hye and vnmeasurable What is become of those famouse giauntes that were so greate of bodyes and so worthy men of warre Those had not the LORDE chosen nether haue they founde the waye of reformacion therfore were they destroyed and for so moch as they had no wisdome they perished because of their foolishnesse Who hath gone vp in to heauen to take wisdome there brought her downe frō the cloudes Who hath gone ouer the see to fynde her hath chosen her aboue golde and so brought her hither No man knoweth the wayes of wisdome nether is there eny y t can seke out hir pathes But he that woteth all thynges knoweth her he hath founde her out with his foreknowlege This same is he which prepared the earth at the begynnynge fylled it with all maner of foules beestes When he sendeth out the light it goeth whē he calleth it agayne it obeyeth hī w t feare The starres kepe their watch geue their light yee and y t gladly When he calleth them they saye here we be And so with chearfulnes they shewe light vnto him y t made thē This is oure God ād there shall none other be cōpared vnto him It is he y t hath founde out all wisdome and hath geuen her vnto Iacob his seruaunt to Israel his beloued Afterwarde dyd he shewe himself vpon earth and dwelt amonge men The IIII. Chapter THis is the boke off the commaundemētes of God and the lawe y e endureth for euer All they y t kepe it shall come to life but soch as forsake it shall come to death Turne the o Iacob and take holde of it walke by this waye thorow his brightnesse and shyne Geue not thyne honoure to another and thy worshipe to a straunge people O Israel how happie are we seīge that God hath shewed vs soch thynges as are pleasaūt vnto him Be of good cheare thou people of God o thou awnciēt Israel Now are ye solde amonge the Heithen howbeit not for youre vtter destruccion but because ye prouoked God the LORDE to wrath and displeasure therfore were ye delyuered vnto vnto youre enemies For ye displeased the euerlastinge God that made you offerynge vnto deuels and not God Ye haue forgottē him that brought you vp ād youre nurse haue ye greued o. Ierusalem When she sawe that the wrath off God was commynge vpon you she sayde Herkē o ye that dwell aboute Sion for God hath brought me into greate heuynesse ād why I se the captyuyte of my people of my sonnes and doughters which the euerlastynge God will brynge vpon them With ioye dyd I norish them but now must I leaue them with wepynge and sorow Let no man reioyce ouer me wyddowe ād forsaken which for the synnes off my children am desolate of euery man For why they departed from the lawe of God they wolde not knowe his rightuousnes ner walke in the waye off his cōmaundementes and as for the pathes off the treuth and godlynesse they had no lust to go in them O ye dwellers aboute Sion come and let vs call to remembraunce the captiuyte that the euerlastinge God hath brought vpon my sonnes and my doughters He hath brought a people vpon them from farre an vncurteous people and of a straunge lāguage which nether regarde the olde ner pyte the yonge These haue caried awaye the deare beloued of my wyddowes leauynge me alone both desolate and childlesse But alas what can I helpe you Now he y t hath brought these plages vpon you delyuer you also frō the hondes of youre enemies Go youre waye O my children go youre waye for I am desolate and forsaken I haue put of the clothinge of peace and put vpon me the sack cloth off prayer and for my tyme I will call vpon the most hyest Be off good cheare o my children crie vnto the LORDE and he shal delyuer you from the power of the prynces youre enemies For verely I haue euer a good hope off youre prosperous health yee a very gladnesse is come vpon me from the holy one because of the mercy that ye shall haue off oure euerlastinge Sauioure With mournynge and wepinge dyd I let you go fro me but with ioye and perpetuall gladnesse shall the LORDE brynge you agayne vnto me Like as the neghbours of Sion sawe youre captyuite from God Euē so shal they also se shortly youre health in God which shal come on you with greate honoure and euerlastinge worshipe O my children suffre paciētly the wrath that shal come vpon you For the enemie hath persecuted the but shortly thou shalt se his destruccion and shalt treade vpon his necke My derlinges haue gone rough harde wayes for they are led awaye as a flocke that is scatred abrode with the enemies But be of good cōforte o my children crie vnto the LORDE For he that
might brynge theÌ„ farre froÌ„ y e borders of the â—rowne countrees Beholde therfore I will rayse them out of the place where ye haue solde them will rewarde you euen vpon youre heade You re sonnes youre doughters will I sell thorow the hondes of the childreÌ„ of Iuda so they shal geue them forth to sell vnto theÌ„ of Saba a people of a farre couÌ„tre for the LORDE himself hath sayde it Crie out these thinges amonge the Gentiles proclame warre wake vp the giauntes let them drawe nye let theÌ„ come vp all the lusty warryours of theÌ„ Make you sweardes of youre ploweshares and speares of youre syckles sythes Let y e weake man saye I am stronge Mustre you and come all ye HeitheÌ„ rouÌ„de aboute gather you together there shall the LORDE laye all thy giauntes to the grounde Let the people aryse and get them to the valley of Iosaphat for there wil I syt and iudge all HeitheÌ„ rouÌ„de aboute Laye to youre sythes for the haruest is rype come get you downe the wynepresse is full yee the wynepresses runne ouer for their wickednesse is waxen greate In the valley appoynted there shal be many many people for the daye of the LORDE is nye in y e valley appoynted The Sonne and Moone shall be darckened the starres shal withdrawe their light The LORDE shal roare out of Sion crie out of IerusaleÌ„ that the heauens the earth shal quake withall But the LORDE shal be a defence vnto his owne people aÌ„d a refuge foâ— the childreÌ„ of Israel Thus shal ye knowe y t I the LORDE youre God dwell vpoÌ„ my holy mount of Sion Then shal IerusaleÌ„ be holy there shal no straungers go thorow her eny more Then shal the mouÌ„taynes droppe swete wyne the hylles shall flowe with mylcke All the ryuers of Iuda shal haue water ynough out of the LORDES house there shal flowe a sprynge to water y e broke of Sitim but Egipte shal be layed waist EdoÌ„ shal be desolate because they haue dealte so cruelly with the childreÌ„ of Iuda and shed innocent bloude in their londe Agayne Iuda shal be inhabited for euermore IerusaleÌ„ from generacion to generacioÌ„ for I wil not leaue their bloude vnauenged And the LORDE shal dwell in Sion The ende of the prophet Ioel. The Prophet Amos. What Amos conteyneth Chap. I. He prophecyeth agaynst Damascus Gasa Tyre Edom and Ammon Chap. II. Punyshment vpoÌ„ Moab Iuda and Israel Chap. III. God warneth before he punysh Chap. IIII. He sheweth them their wickednesse and the plages fo the same and exorteth theÌ„ to amende Chap. V. He complayneth for the captyuyte off Israel Chap. VI. He reproueth the welthy ydyll and delicate people tellinge them their destruccion Chap. VII The punyshment off the people shewed by dyuerse visions Chap. VIII A vision agaynst the covetous people and false waightes The hunger of Gods worde Chap. IX Plages vpon Iuda The power off God The receauynge off the Heithen Conuersion off the Iewes The first Chapter THese are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua vpon Israel in the tyme of Osias kynge of Iuda in the tyme of IeroboaÌ„ y e sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel two yeare before y e earthquake And he sayde The LORDE shal roare out off Sion shewe his voyce froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ so that y e pastures of the shepherdes shal be in a miserable case y e toppe of Charmel dryed vp Thus sayeth the LORDE for thre foure wickednesses of Damascus I will not spare her because they haue throszhed Galaad w t yroÌ„ fâ—ales But I wil sende a fyre in to y e house of Hazael the same shal consume the palaces of Benadab Thus wil I breake the barres off Damascus rote out the inhabiter froÌ„ the felde of Auen and him y t holdeth the scepter out of y e pleasunt house so y t the people shal be dryuen out of fayre Siria â–ª sayeth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE For thre foure wickednesses of Gaza I wil not spare her because they make the presoners yet more captyue haue dryuen theÌ„ in to the loÌ„de of Edom. Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to y e walles of Gaza which shal deuoure hir houses I wil rote out theÌ„ y t dwell at Asdod him y t holdeth the scepter of Ascalon and stretch out myne honde ouer Accaron that the remnaunt of the Philistines shal perish saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses off the cite off Tyre I will not spare her because they haue increased y e captiuyte of the Edomites and haue not remembred the brotherly couenaunt Therfore will I sende a fyre into the walles off Tyre that shal consume hir pallaces Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses of Edom I wil not spare him because he persecuted his brother with the swerde destroyed his mothers wombe bare hatred very longe and so kepte indignacion all waye by him Therfore will I sende a fyre in to ThemaÌ„ which shal deuoure the pallaces of Bosra Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre aÌ„d foure wickednesses of the children off Ammon I will not spare them because they rypte vp the womeÌ„ greate with childe in Galaad to make the borders of their londes the wyder Therfore I wil kyndle a fyre in the walles of Rabbath that shall consume hir palaces with a greate crie in the daye of batel in tempest and in the daye off storme so that their kynge shal go in to captiuyte he and his priÌ„ces together sayeth the LORDE The II. Chapter THus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses off Moab I will not spare him because he brent the bones off the kynge of Edom to asshes Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Moab which shal coÌ„sume y e pallaces of Carioth so y t Moab shal perish with a noyse and the sounde of a shawme I will rote out the iudge from amoÌ„ge them and slaye all his prynces with him sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE for thre aÌ„d foure wickednesses of Iuda I wil not spare him because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE and not kepte his commaundementes for why they wolde nedes be disceaued with the lyes that their forefathers folowed Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Iuda which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre foure wickednesses of Israel I wil not spare him because he hath solde the rightuous for money and the poore for shues They treade vpon poore mens heades in the dust of the earth croke the wayes off the meke The sonne and the father go to the harlot to dishonoure my holy name they lye besyde euery aulter vpon clothes taken to pledge and in the house of their goddes they drynke the wyne of the oppressed Yet
clothinge In the same daye also wil I vyset all those that treade ouer the thresholde so proudly which fyll their lordes house w t robbery and falsede At y e same tyme saieth the LORDE there shall be herde a greate crie from the fyshporte and an howlinge from y e other porte and a greate murthur from the hilles Howle ye that dwel in the myll for all the marchaunt people are gone and all they that were laden with syluer are roted out At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes and vyset them that contynue in their dregges and saye in their hertes Tush the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell Their goodes shal be spoyled and their houses layed waist They shall buylde houses and not dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes but not drynke the wyne therof For the greate daye of the LORDE is at honde it is harde by commeth on a pace Horrible is y e tydinges of the LORDES daye then shall the giaunte crie out for that daye is a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuynesse a daye of vtter destruccion mysery a darcke glomynge daye a cloudy stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres I wil bringe y e people into soch vexacion that they shal go aboute like blinde meÌ„ because they haue synned agaynst the LORDE Their bloude shal be shed as the dust their bodies as the myre Nether their syluer ner their golde shal be able to delyuer theÌ„ in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE but the whole londe shal be coÌ„sumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe The II. Chapter COme together and gather you O ye frauwerde people or y e thinge go forth that is concluded or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgmeÌ„t seke rightuousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y e LORDE For Gaza shal be destroyed Ascalon shall be layed waist They shal cast out Aszdod at the noone daye and Accaron shal be pluckte vp by the rotes Wo vnto you y t dwel vpon the see coost ye murthurous people the worde of y e LORDE shal come vpon you O Canaan thou londe of the Philistynes I wil destroye the so that there shal no man dwel in the eny more as for the see coost it shal be hyrdmens cotages shepe foldes yee it shal be a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda to fede ther vpon In y e houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the LORDE their God shal vyset theÌ„ turne awaye their captyuite I haue herde the despite of Moab the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodome Ammon as Gomorra euen drie thorne hedges salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes The residue of my folke shall spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession This shal happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealte so shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes people and magnified them selues aboue them The LORDE shall be grymme vpon them and destroye all the goddes in the londe And all the Iles of the Heithen shal worshipe him euery man in his place Ye MoriaÌ„s also shal perish with my swerde Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the north and destroye Assur As for Niniue he shal make it desolate drye and waist The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it foules shal synge in the wyndowes and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes for the bordes of Cedre shal be ryueÌ„ downe This is the proude and carelesse cite that sayde in hir herte I am and there is els none O how is she made so waist y t the beestes lye therin Who so goeth by mocketh her and poynteth at her with his fynger The III. Chapter WO to the abhominable fylthie and cruel cite which wil not heare ner be refourmed Hir trust is not in the LORDE nether wil she holde her to hir God Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright was amonge them euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly and ceassed not But the vngodly will not lerne to be aszshamed Therfore wil I rote out this people and destroye their towres yee and make their stretes so voyde that no man shall go therin Their cities shall be brokeÌ„ downe so that no body shal be left ner dwel there eny more I sayde vnto them O feare me and be coÌ„tent to be refourmed That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges wherwith I shal vyset theÌ„ But neuertheles they stonde vp early to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore ye shal waite vpon me saieth the LORDE vntil the tyme that I stonde vp for I am determed to gather the people and to bringe the kingdomes together that I maye poure out myne anger yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon them For all the worlde shal be consumed with the fyre of my gelousy And then wil I clense the lippes of the people that they 〈◊〉 euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE and serue him with one shâ—lder Soâ—â— as I haue subdued and my children also whom I haue scatred abrode shal brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Ethiopia In that tyme shalt thou nomore 〈◊〉 founded because of all thy ymaginacionâ— wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine honoure from the so that thou shalt no more tryumphe because of my holy hâ—ll In the also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people which shal trust in the name of the LORDE The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes ner speakelyes nether shal there eny disceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shal make them afrayed Geue thâ—â—kes o doughter SioÌ„ be ioyful o Israel reioyce be glad from thy whole herte o doughter Ierusalem for the LORDE hath taken awaye thy punyshment and turned
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
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
you euerlastinge rest for he is nye at hande that shal come in the ende of the worlde Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory I testifie my sauioure openly O receaue the gift y t is geuen you and be glad geuynge thankes vnto him that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stonde fast beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmeÌ„tes of the LORDE Take thy nombre O Sion and shutt vp thy purified which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for is fulfilled beseke the power of the LORDE that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge maye be halowed I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people whom I coude not nombre they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of theÌ„ there was a yonge maÌ„ of an hye stature mâ—re excellent then all they and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne and was euer hygher and hygher which I marueled at greatly So I axed y e angell sayde Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall and haue testified knowleged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the angell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth them the palmes in their handes So he answered and sayde vnto me It is y e sonne of God whom they haue knowleged in the worlde Then beganne I greatly to commende them that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE And so the angell sayde vnto me Go thy waye and tell my people what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God thou hast senâ— The III. Chapter IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite I was at Babilon laye troubled vpoÌ„ my bed my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert for I sawe y e desolacion of Sion the plenteous wealth of them y t dwelt at Babilon my sprete was sore moued so that I begaÌ„ne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest and sayde O LORDE LORDE thou spakest at the begynnynge whan thou plantedst y e earth and that thy self alone and gauest commaundement vnto y e people and a body vnto Adam which was a creature of thy handes and hast brethed in him the breth of life and so he lyued before the and thou leddest him in to paradyse which gardeÌ„ of pleasure thy right hande had planted or euer the earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemeÌ„t to loue y e waye which he transgressed immediatly thou appoyntedest death in him and in his generacions Of him came nacions trybes people kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walked after their owne wil and dyd nyce thinges before the and as for thy commaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelt in the worlde and destroydest them And like as the death was in Adam so was the water floude also in these Neuertheles one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his housholde of whom come all righteous meÌ„ And it happened that whan they y t dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multiplie and had gotten many children and were a greate people they beganne to be more vngodly then the first Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before the thou didest chose the a man from amonge them whose name was Abram Him thou louedest and vnto him only thou shewdest thy wyll and maydest an euerlastinge couenaunt with him promisinge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou didest chose him and put backe Esau. And so Iacob became a greate multitude And it happened that whaÌ„ thou leddest his sede out of Egipte thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mount Sion bowinge downe the heauens settinge fast the earth mouynge the grounde makynge the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glory wente thorow foure portes of fyre and earth quakes and wyndes and colde that thou mightest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generacioÌ„ of Israel And yet tokest thou not awaye from theÌ„ that wicked hert that thy lawe might brynge forth frute in them For the first Adam bare a wicked hert transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they y t are borne of him Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in the hert of the people with the wickednesse of the rote so that the good departed awaye and the euell abode still So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then didest thou rayse the vp a seruaunt called Dauid whom thou commaundedst to buylde a cite vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin This was done now many yeares Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the and in all thinges dyd eueÌ„ as Adam and all his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cite ouer in to the handes of thine enemies Are they of Babilon then better and more righteous then thy people y t they shal therfore haue the domynion of Sion For whan I came there and sawe their vngodlynes and so greate wickednesse that it coude not be noÌ„bred yee whan my soule sawe so many euell doers in y e xxx yeare my hert fayled me for I sawe how thou suffrest them in soch vngodlynes and sparest y e wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thine enemies this hast thou not shewed me I can not perceaue how this happeneth Do they of Babilon then better then they of Sion Or is there eny other people y t knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued y e couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labo hath no frute For I haue gone here and there thorow the HeitheÌ„ I se y t they be rych wealthy thynke not vpon y e commaundementes Weye thou therfore oure wickednesse now in y e balaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shal thy name be nowhere founde but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth y t hath not synned before the Or what people hath so kepte thy commaundementes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heithen The IIII. Chapter ANd the angell that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me answere and sayde Thy
thine herte vpon them For dreames haue disceaued many a mā and they fayled that put their truste therin The lawe shal be fulfilled without lyes wyszdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth A wyse man y t is well instructe vnderstonstondeth moch he y t hath good experiēce can talke of wyszdome He y t hath no experiēce knoweth litle he y t erreth causeth moch wickednes Whan I was yet in erroure I lerned moch also yee I was so lerned that I coude not expresse it all and came oft in parell of death therouer tyll I was delyuered from it Now I se that they which feare God haue the right sprete for their hope stōdeth in him that can helpe thē Who so feareth the LORDE stōdeth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the LORDE is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him y t feareth the LORDE In whō putteth he his trust who is his strēgth For the eyes of the LORDE haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mightie proteccion strōge grounde A defence for the heate a refuge for the hote noone daye a sucore for stomblynge an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule and lighteneth y e eyes He geueth health life and blessynge He that geueth an offeringe of vnrighteous good his offerynge is refused and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God God hath no delyte in the offerynges of y e vngodly nether maye synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacions Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of y e goodes of y e poore doth euē as one y t kylleth y e sonne before y e fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the life of the poore he y t defraudeth him therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth his neghbo r of his lyuinge doth as greate synne as though he slew him to death He that defraudeth y e laborer of his hyre is a bloude shedder Whā one buyldeth and another breaketh downe what profit haue they then but laboure Whan one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl the LORDE heare He that washeth himself because of a deed body then toucheth the deed agayne what doth his waszshinge So is it with a man that fasteth for his synnes and doth them agayne who wil heare his prayer Or what doth his fastynge helpe him The XXXV Chapter WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offerynges ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundement offreth the right health offrynge He y t is thankfull recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercifull geueth allmes y t is the right thank offrynge God hath pleasure whā one departeth frō synne to forsake vnrighteousnes recōcileth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptye before y e LORDE for all soch is done because of y e cōmaundemēt The offeringe of y e righteous maketh y e aulter fatt a swete smell is it before y e Hyest The offerynge of the righteous is acceptable vnto God shal neuer be forgottē Geue God his hono with a chearfull eye kepe not backe the firstlinges of y e handes In all thy giftes shew a mery countenaunce halowe thy tithes vnto God w t gladnes Geue vnto God acordinge as he hath enriched prospered their loke what thine hande is able y t geue w t a chearfull eye for the LORDE recompenseth geueth y e seuē tymes as moch againe Geue no vnrighteous giftes for soch wil not he receaue Bewarre of wrongeous offeringes for y e LORDE is a righteous iudge regardeth no mans personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth y e prayer of y e oppressed He despyseth not y e desyre of y e fatherles ner y e wyddow whan she poureth out hir prayer before him Doth not God se y e teares y t renne downe y e chekes of the wyddow Or heareth he not the complaynte ouer soch as make her to wep◠▪ Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted his prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y t humbleth himself goeth thorow y e cloudes tyll she come nye She wyl not be comforted ner go hir waye tyll y e hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentēce perfourme y e iudgmēt And y e LORDE wil not be slack in cōmynge ner tary longe tyll he haue smyttē in sonder y e backes of y e vnmercyfull auenged himself of y e Heithen tyll he haue takē awaye y e multitude of y e cruell brokē the cepter of the vnrighteous tyll he geue euery man after his workes rewarde them as they haue deserued tyll he haue delyuered his people mayntened their cause reioysed them in his mercy O how fayre a thinge is mercy in the tyme of anguysh trouble It is like a cloude of rayne y t cōmeth in y e tyme of a drouth The XXXVI Chapter HAue mercy vpon vs O LORDE thou God of all thinges Haue respecte vnto vs shew vs the light of thy mercies sende y e feare amōge y e Heithē straūgers which seke not after the y t they maye knowe how y t there is no God but thou and y t they maye shew thy wonderous workes Lift vp thine hande ouer the outlādish Heithen y t they maye lerne to knowe thy might power Like as thou art halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe y t thou mayest be magnified also in them before vs y t they maye knowe the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O LORDE Renue the tokens chaunge the wonderous workes Shewe thine hāde and thy right arme gloriously Rayse thy indignacion poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary smyte the enemye Make y e tyme shorte remembre thy couenaunt that y e wonderous workes maye be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume them that lyue so careles and let them perish that do y e people hurte Smyte in sonder the heade of the prynces that be oure enemies and saye there is none other but we Gather all y e trybes of Iacob together againe y t they maie knowe how y t there is none other God but onely thou y t they maie shew thy wonderous workes and be thy people heretage like as from the begynninge O LORDE haue mercy vpon the people y t hath y e name vpō Israel whom thou hast lickened to a first borne sonne O be merciful vnto Ierusalē the cite of thy Sanctuary y e cite of thy rest Fyll Sion with thy vnspeakeable vertues y i people w t thy glory Geue wytnes vnto y e creature whom thou maydest from the begynnynge and rayse vp the prophecies y t haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde them y t wayte for the y t thy prophetes maye be founde faithfull O LORDE heare the prayer
brynge without the hoost and burne him as he brent y e first bullocke This shal be y e synofferynge of the congregacion Whan a prynce synneth doth agaynst the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE his God y t he ought not to do offendeth ignorauntly commeth to the knowlege of his synne y t he hath done he shal bringe for his offeringe an he goate without blemysh laye his hande vpoÌ„ the goates heade slaye him in y e place where y e burnt offeringes are slayne before y e LORDE TheÌ„ shal y e prest take of y e bloude of y e syn offeringe w t his fynger and put it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges poure the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offerynges But all the fat of it shal he burne vpoÌ„ the altare like as the fat of the health offerynge And so the prest shal make an attonement for his synne and it shal be forgeuen him WhaÌ„ a soule of y e comon people synneth ignorauntly doinge eny thinge agaynst the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE y t he ought not to do so offendeth coÌ„meth to y e knowlege of the synne y t he hath done he shal bringe for his offerynge a she goate without blemysh for the synne y t he hath done and shal laye his hande vpon the heade of the synofferynge slaye it in the place of the burnt-offerynges And the prest shall take of the bloude w t his fynger put it vpon the hornes of y e altare of burnt offerynges poure all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare But all the fat of it shal he take awaye like as he taketh awaye the fat of the dead-offerynge and shal burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And so shal the prest make an attonemeÌ„t for him and it shal be forgeuen him But yf he brynge a lambe for a syn offerynge then let him brynge a female without blemysh and laye his hande vpon the heade of the syn offerynge kyll it for a syn offerynge in the place where the burnt offerynges are slayne And the prest shal take of y e bloude w t his fynger put it vpon the hornes of the altare of burnt offerynges poure all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare But all y e fatt therof shall he take froÌ„ it like as he dyd the fat of the lambe of the health offerynge shal burne it vpon y e altare for the LORDES sacrifice And so y e prest shal make an attonement for the synne that he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him The V. Chapter WHan a soule synneth y t he heare a oursynge and is wytnesse therof or hath sene it or knowne it telleth it not he is giltie of a trespace Or whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thiÌ„ge whether it be y e carion of an vncleane beast or catell or worme was not awarre of it he is vncleane and hath offended Or whan he toucheth an vncleane man what vnclennesse so euer a man is defyled withall was not awarre of it afterwarde coÌ„meth to y e knowlege therof y e same hath offended Or whan a soule sweareth so y t he pronounceth w t his mouth to do euell or good what so euer it be that a man pronounceth w t an ooth was not awarre of it afterwarde coÌ„meth to the knowlege therof he hath offended in one of these Now whan it so is y t he hath offended in one of these is enfourmed therof what he hath synned he shal bringe vnto y e LORDE for his trespace of this his synne y t he hath done a female from the flocke either a yewe or a she goate for a syn offerynge so shal the prest make an attonement for him concernynge his synne But yf he be not able to brynge a shepe then let him brynge vnto y e LORDE for his offence that he hath done two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons one for a syn offerynge the other for a burnt offerynge and brynge them to the prest Which shall make the first a syn offerynge and fyrst wringe the neck of it so that he plucke it not cleane of and sprenkle with the bloude vpoÌ„ the sydes of the altare and let the resydue of the bloude blede out vpon the botome of the altare This is the syn offerynge As for the other he shal make it a burnt offerynge after the maner therof And thus shall the prest make an attonement for him concernynge the synne that he hath done it shal be forgeuen him But yf he be not able to brynge two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons then let him brynge his offerynge for his synne a tenth deale of an Epha of fyne floure for a syn offerynge But he shall put no oyle theron ner laye frankeÌ„cense vpon it for it is a syn offerynge And he shal brynge it vnto the prest y e prest shal take his haÌ„d full of it for a remembraunce and burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a syn offeringe And so shal the prest make an attoment for him concernynge his synne that he hath done it shal be forgeuen him And the remnaunt shall be the prestes like a meat offerynge And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Yf a soule trespace so y t thorow ignorauÌ„ce he offendeth in any thinge y t is halowed vnto the LORDE he shal brynge his trespace offeringe vnto the LORDE euen a ramme from y e flocke without blemysh worth two Sycles of syluer after the Sycle of the Sanctuary for a trespace offerynge and loke what he hath offended in the halowed thinge he shall make restitucion geue the fifth parte more therto And he shal delyuer it vnto y e prest which shall make an attonement for him w t the ramme of the trespace offeringe it shal be forgeuen him Whan a soule synneth and doth ought agaynst eny coÌ„maundement of the LORDE y t he shulde not do is infourmed therof he hath trespased is giltie of the synne And he shall brynge from the flocke a ramme w t out blemysh that is worth a trespace offeringe vnto the prest which shal make an attonement for him concernynge his ignoraunce which he dyd and was not awarre and it shal be forgeuen him This is the trespace-offerynge because he trespaced agaynst the LORDE And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Whan a soule synneth trespaceth agaynst the LORDE so that he denyeth vnto his neghboure that which he gaue him to kepe or that was put vnder his hande or that he hath violently taken awaye or gotten vnrighteously or founde that was lost and denyeth it with a false â—oth what so euer it be wherin a man synneth agaynst his neghboure Now whan it commeth so to passe that he synneth after this maner trespaceth he shal restore agayne that he toke
Sāctuary tyll the daies of hir purifienge be out But yf she heare a mayde childe thē shal she be vncleane two wekes so longe as she suffreth hir disease and sixe and thre score daies shall she byde at home in the bloude of hir purifienge And whan the dayes of hir purifienge are out for the sonne or for the doughter she shal brynge a lambe of one yeare olde for a burnt offerynge and a yonge pigeon or a turtill done for a syn offerynge to the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse vnto y e prest which shal offre it before the LORDE and make an attonemēt for her and so shal she be clensed from hir bloudyssue This is the lawe for her that beareth a manchilde or mayde childe But yf she be not able to bringe a shepe then let hir take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons the one for a burnt offerynge the other for a syn offerynge then shall the prest make an attonement for her so that she shal be cleane The XIII Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Whan there ryseth vp eny thinge in the skynne of a mans flesh whether it be a scabbe or a glistrynge whyte as though there wolde be a leprosy in y e szkynne of his flesh he shal be brought vnto Aaron the prest or to one of his sonnes amonge y e prestes And whan the prest seyth the plage vpon the szkynne of the flesh that the hayres are turned to whyte and it seme deper in that place then the other szkynne of his flesh then is it surely a leprosy therfore shal the prest loke vpon him and iudge him vncleane But whan there is eny whyte plecke in the szkynne of his flesh and yet seme no deper then the other szkynne of the flesh and the hayres be not turned to whyte thē shal the prest shut him vp seuen dayes and on y e seuenth daye loke vpon him yf the plage seme vnto him as afore hath frett no deper in the szkynne then shall the prest shut him vp yet seuen dayes mo And whan he loketh on him agayne vpon the seuenth daye and fyndeth that the plage be darkish and hath frett no deper in the szkynne thē shal he iudge him cleane for it is but a szkyrfe and he shal wash his clothes then is he cleane But whan the scabbe fretteth farther in the szkynne after that he is sene of the prest and iudged cleane and he be now sene of the prest agayne whan the prest seyth thē y t the scabbe hath frett farther in the szkynne he shal iudge him vncleane for it is surely a leprosy Whan a plage of leprosy is vpō a man he shal be brought vnto the prest Whan he seyth and fyndeth that there is whyte rysen vp in the szkynne and the hayre turned vnto whyte and there be rawe flesh in the sore thē is it surely an olde leprosy in y e szkynne of his flesh therfore shal the prest iudge him vncleane and not shut him vp for he is vn cleane allready But whan the leprosy breaketh out in the szkynne and couereth the whole szkynne from the heade vnto the fote all that the prest can se So whan the prest loketh vpon it and fyndeth that y e leprosy hath couered all the flesh he shal iudge him cleane for so moch as it is turned all in to whyte vpon him for he is cleane Notwithstōdinge yf there be rawe flesh there in the daye whan he is loked vpon thē is he vncleane And whan the prest seyth y e rawe flesh he shall iudge him vncleane for he is vncleane it is surely a leprosye But yf the rawe flesh chaunge agayne and be turned in to whyte then shall he come vnto the prest And whan the prest loketh vpon him and fyndeth that the plage is turned to whyte he shall iudge him cleane for he is cleane Whan there is a byle in the szkynne of eny mans flesh and healeth agayne and afterwarde in the same place there aryse vp eny whyte thinge or a glisterynge whyte som what reedish he shal be sene of the prest So whan the prest seyeth that it appeareth to be lower then the other szkynne and the hayre turned to whyte then shall he iudge him vncleane for it is surely a plage of leprosye broken out of the byle But yf the prest se and fynde that the hayres are not whyte and it not lower then the other szkynne and is darkysh he shal shut him vp seuen dayes Yf it hath frett farther in the szkynne then shal he iudge him vncleane for it is surely a plage of leprosye But yf the glysterynge whyte abyde styll and freate no farther thē is it but a prynte of the byle and the prest shal iudge him cleane Whan the szkynne of eny mans flesh is hurt with fyre and the prynte of the burninge be reedysh or whyte and the prest loketh vpon him and fyndeth the hayre turned to whyte vpon the mark of the burnynge it apeare deper then the other szkynne thē is there surely a leprosy brokē out of y e prynte of y e burnynge therfore shal y e prest iudge hī vncleane for it is a plage of leprosye But yf the prest se and fynde that y e hayre vpon the prynte of the burninge is not turned vnto whyte is no lower then the other skynne and is darkish also he shall shut him vp seuen dayes And vpon the seuenth daye he shall loke vpon him yf it hath frett farther in y e skynne then shal he iudge him vncleane for it is a leprosy But yf it stōde styll vpō the mark of the burnynge and frett no farther in the skynne and is darkysh then is it a sore in y e mark of the burnynge the prest shal iudge him cleane for it is but the prynte of the burnynge Whan a man or woman is skyruye vpon the heade or beerd and the prest seyth the mark and fyndeth that it appeareth deper then the other skynne and the hayre be there goldē and thynne then shal he iudge him vncleane for it is a skyrfe of leprosy of the heade or of the beerde But yf the prest se that y e skyrfe apeare no deper thē the skynne and that the hayre is not of a pale coloure he shall shut him vp seuē dayes And vpō the seuenth daye whan he loketh and fyndeth that the skyrfe hath frett no farther and there be no golden hayre there and that the skyrfe appeare no deper then the other skynne then let him be shauen but so that he shaue not of the scabbe and the prest shall shut him vp yet seuen dayes moo And vpon the seuēth daye whā he loketh and fyndeth that the skyrfe hath frett no farther in the skynne and that it apeareth no deper then the other skynne then shall the prest iudge him cleane And he shall wash his clothes for he is cleane But yf the scabbe freate
before the LORDE And he shall make the syn offerynge and reconcyle him that is clēsed because of his vnclennesse And afterwarde shall he sleye the burnt offerynge and shal offre it vpon the altare with the meatofferynge and make an attonement for him than is he cleane But yf he be poore and getteth not so moch with his hande then let him take one lambe for a trespace offerynge to waue it to make an attonement for him and a tenth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge and a Logg of oyle two turtyll doues or two yonge pigeons which he is able to get with his hande let the one be a syn offerynge the other a burnt offerynge and let him brynge them vpon the eight daye of his clensynge vnto the prest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE Then shall the prest take the lambe for the syn offerynge and the Logg of oyle and shall waue them all before the LORDE and sley the lambe of the trespace offerynge and take of y e bloude of the same trespace offerynge and put it vpon the typpe of the righte eare of him that is clensed and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his righte fote and poure of the oyle in to his awne lefte hande and with his right fynger sprenkle the oyle that is in his left hande seuen tymes before the LORDE As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande he shal put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of him that is clensed and vpon the thombe of his right hande vpon the greate too of his right fote euen aboue vpō y e bloude of y e trespace offerynge The other oyle in his hāde shal he poure vpō y e heade of him y t is clensed to make an attonement for him before the LORDE And afterwarde of the one of the turtill doues or yonge pigeons acordinge as his handes are able to get he shal make a syn offerynge of y e other a burnt offerynge with the meat offerynge and so shal the prest make an attonemēt for him that is clensed before the LORDE Let this be the lawe for the leper which is not able with his hande to get that belongeth vnto his clensynge And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron and sayde Whan ye are come in to the lande of Canaan which I geue you to possesse and yf there happen a plage of leprosy in any house of youre possession then shal he that oweth the house come and tell the prest and saye Me thynke there is as it were a plage of leprosy in my house Then shal the prest commaunde to rydde all thynge out of the house or euer the prest go in to se y e plage lest all that is in the house be made vncleane Afterwarde shall y e prest go in to se the plage Now whan he loketh and fyndeth y t there be holowe strakes yalowe or reedish in the walles of the house they seme to be lower then the wall besyde then shall he go out at the dore of the house and shut vp the house for seuen dayes And vpon the seuenth daye whan he commeth and seyth that the plage hath fretten farther in the walles of the house thē shall he commaunde to breake out the stones wherin the plage is to cast thē in a foule place without the cite the house to be scraped within rounde aboute and the dust y t is scraped of to be poured without y e cite in an vncleane place to take other stones and put them in the place of the other and to take other playster and playster the house Whan the plage then commeth agayne and breaketh forth in the house after y t the stones are brokē out the playster scraped of and the house playsterd of the new thē shal the prest go in and whan he seyth that the plage hath fretten farther in the house then is there surely a fretinge leprosy in the house and it is vncleane therfore shal the house be broken downe both the stones and y e tymber and all the dust of the house and shal be caried out of the cite in to an vncleane place And who so goeth in to the house whyle it is shut vp is vncleane vntyll y e euen And he y t lyeth therin or eateth therin shal wash his clothes But yf the prest se whā he goeth in that this plage hath frett no farther in the house after that the house is new playsterd thē shal he iudge it to be cleane for the plage is healed And to a syn offeringe for the house he shal take two byrdes Ceder wodd purple woll and ysope and slaye the one byrde in an erthen vessell vpon sprynginge water and shall take the Ceder wodd the purple woll the ysope and the lyuinge byrde dyppe them in the bloude of the slayne byrde vpon the sprynginge water and sprenkle the house with all seuē tymes and so shal he purifie the house with the bloude of the byrde with the springinge water with the lyuinge byrde with the Ceder wodd with the ysope and with the purple woll And the lyuynge byrde shall he let flye at libertye out of the towne in to the felde make an attonement for the house and then is it cleane This is the lawe ouer all maner plage of leprosye skyrfe ouer y e leprosye of clothes and of houses ouer sores scabbes and gliste rynge whyte that it maye be knowne whan eny thinge is vncleane or cleane This is y e lawe of leprosy The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and Aaron and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saie vnto him Whan a man hath a runnynge yssue from out of his flesh y e same is vncleane but thē is he vncleane by the reason of this yssue whan his flesh is fretten of y e yssue or wounde Euery bed where on he lyeth what so euer he sytteth vpon shal be vncleane And he that toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And he y t sytteth where he sat shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euē Who so toucheth his flesh shall wash his clothes bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan he spytteth vpon him that is cleane y e same shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water be vncleane vntyll the euen And the saddell and what so euer he rydeth vpō shal be vncleane And who so euer toucheth eny thinge that hath bene vnder him shal be vncleane vntyll the euen And who so beareth eny soch shall wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And whom so euer he toucheth and washeth not his handes first the same shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and
full displeasure and wyll punysh you seuen folde because of youre synnes so that ye shal eate the flesh of youre sonnes and doughters And I wyl destroye youre hye altares and rote out youre ymages and wyll cast youre bodies vpon the bodies of youre Idols and my soule shall abhorre you And youre cities wyll I make waist and brynge youre churches to naught and wyll not smell youre swete odoures Thus wyll I make the londe desolate so that youre enemies shall dwell therin and make it waist but you will I scater amonge the Heythen and drawe out the swerde after you so that youre londe shal be waist youre cities desolate Then shall the londe reioyse in hir Sabbathes as longe as it lyeth wayst and ye be in the enemies londe Yee then shal the londe kepe holy daye and reioyse in hir rest as longe as it lieth wayst because it coude not rest in youre Sabbathes whan ye dwelt therin And as for them that remayne of you I wyll make them faynte harted in the londe of their enemies so that a shakynge leaf shall chace them And they shall flye from it as though a swerde persecuted them and shal fall noman folowynge vpon them And they shall fall one vpon another as it were before the swerde and noman yet chacynge them And ye shall not be so bolde as to withstonde youre enemies and shal perishe amonge the Heithen and the londe of youre enemies shal eate you vp And they that are lâ—ft of you shall pyne awaye in their myszdede euen in the enemies londe and in the myszdedes of their fathers shall they consume awaye Then shall they knowlege their myszdedes and the myszdedes of their fathers in the trespace wherwith they haue trespaced agaynst me and walked contrary vnto me Therfore wyll I also walke contrary vnto theÌ„ and wyll brynge them in to the enemies londe Then shal their vncircumcysed herte be tamed And then shall they ende their myszdedes And I shal thinke vpoÌ„ my couenauÌ„t with Iacob and vpon my couenaunt with Isaac and vpon my couenaunt with Abraham and wyl thynke vpon the loÌ„de As for the londe â–ª whan it shal be left of them it shal reioyse in hir Sabbathes euen then whan it lyeth waist and they tylle it not And they shall make attonement for their myszdedes because they despysed my lawes their soules refused my statutes Morouer I haue not so refused them that they shulde be in the enemies londe nether haue I so vtterly abhorred them that I wolde brynge them to naught and breake my couenaunt w t them for I am y e LORDE their God And for their sake I wyl remeÌ„bre my first couenauÌ„t whaÌ„ I brought them out of y e londe of Egipte in the sight of the Heythen y t I might be their God Euen I the LORDE These are the ordinaunces statutes and lawes which y e LORDE made betwixte him and the children of Israel vpon mount Sinai by the hande of Moses The XXVII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to y e children of Israel saye vnto them Yf eny man make a speciall vowe vnto y e LORDE so y t he pryse a soule then shal this be the valuacion A maÌ„ of twentye yeare olde vnto the thre score yeare shalt thou set at fiftie syluer Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary but a woman at thirtie Sycles Yf it be fyue yeare olde vnto twentye yeare thou shalt set it at twentye Sycles whan it is a man childe but a woman at ten Sycles Yf it be a moneth olde vnto fiue yeare thou shalt set it at fyue Sycles of syluer whan it is a maÌ„childe but a woman at thre Syluer Sycles Yf he be thre score yeare olde and aboue theÌ„ shalt thou set him at fiftene Sicles whaÌ„ it is a maÌ„ a womaÌ„ at teÌ„ Sicles Yf he be to poore so to be set theÌ„ let him present himself to y e prest y e prest shal value him Neuertheles he shal value him acordinge as y e haÌ„de of him that vowed is able to get But yf it be a beest y t maye be offred vnto y e LORDE all y t is offred vnto y e LORDE of soch is holy it shal not be altered ner chaunged a good for a bad or a bad for a good Yf eny man chaunge it one beest for another then shal they both be holy vnto y e LORDE But yf y e beest be vn cleane which maye not be offred vnto y e LORDE theÌ„ shal it be set before y e prest and y e prest shal value it whether it be good or bad it shal stonde at the prestes valuynge But yf eny man wil bye it out he shal geue the fifth parte more to that it was set at Whan eny maÌ„ sanctifieth his house vnto the LORDE for y e Sanctuary the prest shall value it whether it be good or bad And as the prest valueth it so shal it stonde But yf he y t sanctified it wyl redeme it he shal geue y e fifth parte of syluer therto aboue that it was set at So shal it be his Yf eny man halowe a pece of loÌ„de of his heretage vnto the LORDE it shal be set acordinge to y t it beareth Yf it beare an Homer of barlye it shal be valued at fiftye Sycles of syluer But yf he halowe his londe immediatly from the yeare of Iubilye forth then shal it be set acordinge to y e value therof Yf he haue halowed it after the yeare of Iubilye then shal the prest rekeÌ„ it acordinge to y e yeares y t remayne vnto y e yeare of Iubilye therafter shal he set it the lower But yf he y t sanctified the londe wil redeme it agayne then shal he geue the fifth parte of syluer therto aboue that it was set at So shal it be his Yf he wil not lowse it out but selleth it vnto another then shal he redeme it nomore but the same londe whan it goeth out fre in y e yeare of Iubilye shal be holy vnto the LORDE as a dedicated felde and shal be the prestes inheritaunce Yf eny man halowe vnto the LORDE a felde which he hath bought and is not his inheritaunce then shal y e prest reken it what it is worth vnto the yeare of Iubilye the same daye shall he geue the pryce that it is set at vnto the LORDE for the Sanctuary But in y e yeare of Iubilye it shal returne vnto him that bought it y t it maye be his inheritaunce in the londe All maner of prysinge shal be made acordinge to the Sycle of the SaÌ„ctuary One Sycle maketh xx Geras The first borne amonge y e catell which belongeth vnto the LORDE shall no man Sanctifie vnto the LORDE whether it be oxe or shepe for it is the LORDES all ready But yf there be eny vn cleane thinge vpon the beest theÌ„ shal it be lowsed out therafter as it
toke them like as they are there named by name and gathered the whole coÌ„gregacion together also y e first daye of the secoÌ„de moneth and rekened theÌ„ after their byrth acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses by their names froÌ„ tweÌ„tye yeare and aboue heade by heade as the LORDE commaunded Moses and nombred them in the wyldernes of Sinai The children of Ruben Israels first sonne their kynreds generacions after their fathers houses in y e nombre of their names heade by heade all y t were males from twentye yeare aboue and were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Ruben sixe and fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Simeon their kynreds generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names heade by heade all that were males from tweÌ„tye yeare and aboue and were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Symeon nyne and fiftye thousande and thre hundreth The children of Gad their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in y e nombre of the names from twentye yeare and aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre were nombre to the trybe of Gad fyue and fourtye thousande sixe hundreth and fiftie The children of Iuda their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in y e nombre of the names from twentye yeare and aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Iuda foure and seuentye thousande sixe hundreth The children of Isachar their kynreds generacions after their fathers houses in y e nombre of the names from twentye yeare aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to y e trybe of Isachar foure and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth The children of Zabulon their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names from twentye yeare aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Zabulon seuen and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth Iosephs children of Ephraim their kynreds generacions after their fathers houses in y e nombre of the names from tweÌ„tye yeare aboue all y t were able to go forth to y e warre were noÌ„bred to the trybe of Ephraim fourtye thousande fyue hundreth The children of Manasse their kynreds generacions after their fathers houses in y e nombre of the names from twentye yeare aboue all y t were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Manasse two thirtie thousande two hundreth The childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names from twentye yeare aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Ben Iamin fyue and thirtie thousande and foure hundreth The children of Dan their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names from twentye yeares and aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre were nombred to the trybe of Dan two and thre score thousande and seuen hundreth The children of Asser their kynreds generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names from twentye yeare aboue all y t were able to go forth to y e warre were nombred to the trybe of Asser one fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth The childreÌ„ of Nephthali their kynreds and generacions after their fathers houses in the nombre of the names from twentye yeare aboue all that were able to go forth vnto the warre were nombred to the trybe of Nephthali thre and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth These are they whom Moses and Aaron nombred with y e twolue prynces of Israel wherof euery one was ouer y e house of their fathers And the summe of the children of Israel after their fathers houses from twentye yeare and aboue what so euer was able to go forth to the warre in Israel was sixe C. thousande thre thousande fyue C. fiftâ—e But the Leuites after the trybe of their fathers were not nombred amonge them And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and saide The trybe of Leui shalt thou not nombre ner take the summe of them amonge y e children of Israel but shalt appoynte them to the Habitacion of wytnesse and to all y e apparell therof and to all that belongeth therto And they shall beare the Tabernacle all the ordinaunce therof and shal wayte vpon it and shal pitch their tentes rounde aboute it And whan men shal go on their iourney the Leuites shal take downe y e Tabernacle And whan the hoost pitch their teÌ„tes they shal set vp the Tabernacle And yf a straunger preasse nye vnto it he shall dye The children of Israel shal pitch their tentes euery one in his awne armye and by the baner of his awne companye But the Leuites shall pitch rounde aboute the Tabernacle of wytnesse that there come no wrath vpon y e congregacion of the children of Israel therfore shal the Leuites wayte vpon the Habitacion of wytnesse And the children of Israel dyd all as the LORDE commaunded Moses The II. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayde The childreÌ„ of Israel shal pitch rounde aboute y e Tabernacle of wytnesse euery one vnder his banner tokens after their fathers houses On the East syde shall Iuda pitch with his banner hoost their captayne Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab And his armie in the summe foure seuentie thousande and sixe hundreth Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of Isachar pitch their captayne Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar and his armye in the summe foure and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth The trybe of Zabulon also their captayne Eliab the sonne of Helon his armye in the summe seuen and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth On the South side shall lye the pauylions baner of Ruben w t their hoost their captaine Elizur y e sonne of Sedeur his armie in the summe sixe fourtie thousande fyue C. Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of Simeon pitch their captayne Selumiel y e sonne of Zuri Sadai his armie in y e summe nyne and fiftie thousande and thre hundreth The trybe of Gad also their captayne Eliasaph y e sonne of Deguel his armye in the summe fyue fourtye thousande sixe hundreth fiftie So that all they which belonge to the hoost of Ruben be in the summe an hundreth one fiftie thousande foure huÌ„dreth and fiftye belonginge to their armye And they shall be the seconde in the iourney After that shall the Tabernacle of wytnesse go w t the hoost of the Leuites eueÌ„ in y e myddes amoÌ„ge the hoostes as they lye in their tentes so shal they go forth also euery one in his place vnder his baner On the West syde shall lye y e pauylions baner of Ephraim
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
e lande we wyl not turne in to y e feldes ner in to the vynyardes nether will we drynke the water of the welles y e hye strete wil we go till we be past the borders of thy countre Howbeit Sihon wolde not geue the children of Israel licence to go thorow the coastes of his londe but gathered all his people together and wente out agaynst Israel in the wyldernesse And whan he came to Iaheza he fought agaynst Israel Neuerthelesse Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto the children of Ammon For the borders of the children of Ammon were stroÌ„ge So Israel toke all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of y e Amorites namely at Heszbon and in the townes belonginge therto For Heszbon the cite was Sihons the kynge of the Amorites and he had foughten before with the kynge of the Moabites and conquered all his londe from him vntyll Arnon Wherfore it is sayde in the prouerbe Come vnto Heszbon let vs buylde and prepare y e cite of Sihon For there is a fyre gone out of Heszbon and a flamme from the cite of Sihon which hath consumed Ar of y e Moâ—bites and the citisens of y e toppe of Arnon Wo vnto the Moab thou people of Camos art vndone His sonnes are put to flighte his doughters brought captyue vnto Sihon the kynge of the Amorites Their glory is come to naught from Heszbon vnto Dibon waisted are they vnto Nopha which reacheth vnto Mediba Thus dwelt Israel in the lande of the Amorites And Moses sent out spyes vnto Iahesar they toke the townes belongynge therto coÌ„quered the Amorites y t were therin And they turned wente vp the waye towarde Basan Then Og the kynge of Basan weÌ„te out agaynst them w t all his people to fight in Edrei And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Feare him not for I haue geuen him w t his lande people in to thy hande thou shalt do with him as thou dyddest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon And they smote him his sonnes all his people so y t there remayned none coÌ„quered the londe Afterwarde weÌ„te y e children of Israel pitched in y e felde of Moab beyonde Iordane by Iericho The XXII Chapter ANd whan Balac y e sonne of Ziphor sawe all that Israel had done vnto the Amorites and that the Moabites were sore afrayed of the people y t was so greate and that the Moabites stode in feare of the children of Israel he sayde vnto y e Elders of the Madianites Now shal this heapelicke vp all that is aboute vs eueÌ„ as an oxe licketh vp the grasse in the felde And Balac y e sonne of Ziphor was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme. And he sent out messaungers vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor which was an interpreter The same dwelt by the water of the lande of y e children of his people that they shulde call him and he caused to saye vnto him Beholde there is come out of Egipte a people which couereth y e face of y e earth and lyeth ouer agaynst me Come now therfore and curse me this people for they are to mightie for me yf peraduenture I might be able to smyte them and to dryue them out of the lande For I wote that whom thou blessest he is blessed and whom thou cursest he is cursed And the Elders of the Moabites wente on with y e Elders of the Madianites and had the rewarde of y e soyth sayenge in their handes and they came vnto Balaam tolde him the wordes of Balaac And he saide vnto theÌ„ Tary here all night I will bringe you worde agayne euen as the LORDE shal saye vnto me So y e prynces of y e Moabites abode with Balaam And God came vnto Balaam sayde What men are these which are with y e Balaam sayde vnto God Balac y e sonne of Ziphor the kynge of the Moabites hath sent vnto me Beholde there is a people come out of Egipte and couereth the face of the earth come now therfore curse me theÌ„ yf peradueÌ„ture I maye be able to fighte with them to dryue theÌ„ out But God sayde vnto Balaam Go not with them curse not that people for they are blessed Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge sayde vnto the prynces of Balac Get you vnto youre londe for the LORDE wyll noâ— suffer me to go with you And the prynces of y e Moabites gat theÌ„ vp came to Balac saide Balaam refuseth to come w t vs. Then sent Balac yet a greater coÌ„pany of prynces more honorable theÌ„ they Whan they came to Balaam they tolde him Balac y e sonne of Ziphor sendeth y e this worde Oh refuse not to come vnto me for I wyll promote the vnto hye honoure wil do what so euer thou sayest vnto me Come I praye the curse me this people Balaam answered sayde vnto y e seruauÌ„tes of Balac Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer golde yet coulde I not go beyonde y e worde of the LORDE my God to do litle or greate Neuertheles tary ye here this night y t I maye wete what the LORDE wil saye more vnto me Then came God to Balaam by night saide vnto him Yf the men are come to call the get the vp then and go with theÌ„ but what I shal saye vnto the that shalt thou do Then rose Balaam vp in the mornynge sadled his Asse wente w t the prynces of y e Moabites But the wrath of God waxed whote because he weÌ„te And the angell of y e LORDE stode in the waye to withstoÌ„de him But he rode vpoÌ„ his Asse two seruauntes w t him And y e Asse sawe y e angell of y e LORDE stoÌ„dinge in y e waye his swerde drawen in his haÌ„de And y e Asse turned a syde out of y e waye weÌ„te in to the felde But Balaam smote her y t she shulde go in the waye Then stode the angell of the LORDE in y e pathe by the vynyardes where there were walles on both the sydes And whan y e Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE she wrenshed vnto the wall thrust Balaams fote vnto the wall And he smote her agayne TheÌ„ weÌ„te the angell of the LORDE farther stode in a narow place where there was no waye to turne nether to the righte haÌ„de ner to y e lefte And whan the Asse sawe the angell of the LORDE she fell downe vnder Balaam Then was Balaams wrath furious smote the Asse with a staffe Then opened the LORDE the mouth of y e Asse and she sayde vnto Balaam What haue I done vnto the that thou hast smytten me now thre tymes Balaam sayde vnto y e Asse Because thou hast mocked me Oh y t I had a swerde now in
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
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
all these nacions before you so that ye shall cōquere greater and mightier nacions then ye youre selues are All the places that the soles of youre fete treade vpon shal be yours from the wyldernes and fro mount Libanus and from the water Euphrates vnto y e vttemost see shal youre coastes be Noman shal be able to wtstonde you The LORDE youre God shal let the feare and drede of you come vpon all y e londes wherin ye go like as he hath promysed you Beholde I laye before you this daye the blessynge and the curse The blessynge yf ye be obedient vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you this daye The curse yf ye wyl not be obedient to the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God but turne out of the waye which I cōmaunde you this daye so that ye walke after other goddes whom ye knowe not Whan y e LORDE y e God hath broughte the in to the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it then shalt thou geue the blessynge vpon mount Grisim and the curse vpon mount Ebal which are beyonde Iordane the waye towarde the goinge downe of the Sonne in the lōde of the Cananites which dwell in y e playne felde ouer agaynst Gilgal besyde the Oke groue of More For ye shal go ouer Iordane that ye maye come in to take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you to conquere it and to dwell therin Take hede now therfore that ye do acordinge vnto all the ordinaunces and lawes which I laye before you this daye The XII Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shal kepe that ye do therafter in the londe which the LORDE God of thy fathers hath geuen the to possesse as longe as ye lyue vpon earth Destroye all the places wherin y e Heithen whō ye shal conquere haue serued their goddes whether it be vpō hye mountaynes vpō hilles or amonge grene trees And ouerthrowe their altares and breake downe their pilers and burne their groues with fyre and hewe downe the ymages of their goddes brynge the names of them to naught out of the same place Ye shal not do so vnto the LORDE youre God but the place which y e LORDE youre God shal chose out of all yo r trybes that he maye let his name dwell there shal ye seke and come thither and thither shal ye brynge youre burntsacrifices youre other offerynges and youre tithes and the Heue offerynges of youre handes and youre vowes and youre fre wyll offerynges and the firstborne of youre oxen and shepe and there shall ye eate before the LORDE youre God and reioyse ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geuē with youre handes because the LORDE thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall do none of the thinges y t we do here this daye euery man what semeth him good in his awne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest ner to y e enheritaūce which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. But ye shal go ouer Iordane and dwell in the londe y t the LORDE youre God shall deuyde out vnto you he shal geue you rest from all youre enemies rounde aboute and ye shal dwell safe Now whan the LORDE thy God hath chosen a place to make his name dwell there ye shall brynge thither all y t I haue commaunded you namely yo r burne sacrifices youre other offerynges youre tythes the Heue offerynges of youre handes all youre fre vowes which ye shall vowe vnto y e LORDE and there shal ye eate and reioyse before the LORDE youre God ye and youre sonnes and youre doughters and youre seruauntes and youre maydes and the Leuites that are within youre gates for they haue no porcion ner inheritaūce with you Take hede vnto thy selfe that thou offer not thy burnt offerynges in what so euer place thou seyst but in the place which y e LORDE shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes there shalt thou offer thy burnt offerynges and do all that I commaunde the. Notwtstondinge thou mayest kyll and eate flesh within all thy gates after all the desyre of thy soule acordynge to the blessynge of the LORDE thy God which he hath geuē the both the cleane and vncleane maye eate it as of the Roo and herte onely the bloude shalt thou not eate but poure it out as water vpon the earth But within thy gates mayest thou not eate of the tythes of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle ner of y e first borne of thine oxen and of thy shepe or of eny of thy vowes which thou hast vowed or of thy frewylofferinges or Heue offeringes of thy handes but before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate them in the place which the LORDE thy God choseth thou thy sonne and thy doughter thy seruaunt thy mayde and the Leuite that is within y e gates thou shalt reioyse before y e LORDE thy God ouer all y t thou puttest thine hande vnto And bewarre that thou forsake not the Leuite as longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth But whan the LORDE thy God shal enlarge thy bordes of thy londe as he hath promysed the and thou saye I wil eate flesh for so moch as thy soule longeth to eate flesh then eate flesh acordinge to all the desyre of thy soule But yf the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen to let his name be there be farre from the then kyll of y e oxen and of thy shepe which the LORDE hath geuen the as he hath commaunded the and eate it within thy gates acordinge to all y e desyre of thy soule Euen as a Roo or Hert is eaten maiest thou eate it both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it indifferently Onely bewarre that thou eate not the bloude for the bloude is the life Therfore shalt thou not eate the life w t the flesh but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth y t thou mayest prospere and y e children after the whan thou hast done that which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE But whan thou halowest oughte that is thine or makest a vowe thou shalt take it and brynge it vnto the place that the LORDE hath chosen and do thy burnt offerynges with the flesh and bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God The bloude of thine offrynge shalt thou poure vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God and eate the flesh Take hede and heare all these wordes which I commaunde the y t it maye go well with the and thy children after y t for euer whan thou hast done y t which is righte and acceptable in the sighte of the LORDE thy God Whan the LORDE y i God hath roted out the Heithen before the whither thou commest in to conquere them whan thou hast cōquered them dwelt in their londe bewarre then y t thou fall not
there vpon the stones he wrote the seconde lawe of Moses which he wrote before the childrē of Israel And all Israel with their Elders and officers and iudges stode on both the sydes of the Arke right ouer agaynst the prestes y t bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE the straunger as well as one of them selues the one halfe besyde mount Grysim and the other halfe beside mount Ebal as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded afore to blesse the people of Israel Afterwarde caused he to proclame all the wordes of the lawe of the blessynge and cursynge as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe There was not one worde that Moses commaunded but Iosua caused it to be proclamed before all the congregacion of Israel and before the wemē and children and straūgers which walked amonge them The IX Chapter NOw whan all the kynges that were beyonde Iordane vpon the mountaynes and in the lowe countrees in all the hauens of the greate see and besyde mount Libanus herde this namely y e Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusytes they gathered thē selues together with one acorde to fighte agaynst Iosua and agaynst Israel But whan the inhabiters of Gibeon herde what Iosua had done with Iericho and Hai they dealte craftely wēte on their waie and made a message and toke olde sackes vpon their asses and olde rente wyne botels and olde mended shues vpon their fete and put on olde and peced garmentes and all y e bred of their vytayles was harde and moulde and they wente vnto Iosua into y e hoost at Gilgall and sayde vnto him and to euery man in Israel We are come out of a farre countre therfore make now a couenaunt w t vs. Then sayde euery man in Israel vnto y e Heuyte Peraduenture thou dwellest amonge vs how can I then make a couenaunt with the They saide vnto Iosua We are y e seruaūtes Iosua sayde vnto them What are ye whence come ye They sayde Thy seruauntes are come out of a very farre countre because of the name of the LORDE thy God for we haue herde the reporte of him and all that he dyd in Egipte and all that he dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites beyōde Iordane Sihon the kynge at Heszbō and Og the kynge of Basan which dwelt at Astaroth Therfore sayde oure Elders and all the inhabiters of oure countre Take fode with you for youre iourney and go mete them and saye vnto them We are youre seruaūtes therfore make now a bonde with vs This oure bred that we toke out of oure houses for oure foode was new whan we toke o r iourney towarde you but now lo it is harde moulde And these bottels fylled we new and lo they are rēte And these oure clothes and shues are waxed olde by y e reason of the sore longe iourney Then the captaynes toke their vytayles and axed not the mouth of the LORDE ▪ And Iosua made peace with them and set vp a couenaunt with them that they shulde be saued alyue and the rulers of the congregacion sware vnto them But thre dayes after that they had made a couenaunt with them they herde that they were their neghbours and dwelt amonge them For as the children of Israel wente forth on their iourney they came on the thirde daye vnto their cities which are called Gibeon Caphira Beeroth and Cirath Iearim and smote thē not because that the rulers of the congregacisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel But whan all the congregacion murmured agaynst the rulers all the rulers sayde vnto the whole congregacion We haue sworne vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel therfore maye we not touch them But this wil we do vnto them Let them lyue that there come no wrath vpon vs because of the ooth that we haue made vnto them And the rulers sayde vnto them Let them lyue that they maye be hewers of wodd and bearers of water for the whole congregacion as the rulers haue sayde vnto them Then Iosua called them and commened with them and sayde Wherfore haue ye disceaued vs and sayde that ye were farre from vs where as ye dwell amonge vs Therfore shall ye be cursed so that of you there shall not ceasse seruauntes to hew wodd and to beare water for the house of my God They answered Iosua sayde It was tolde thy seruauntes that the LORDE thy God commaunded Moses his seruaunt that he shulde geue you the whole lōde and that he wolde destroye all the inhabiters of the londe before you therfore were we sore afrayed of oure lyues before you and thus haue we done But now lo we are in thy handes loke what thou thinkest good and righte to do vnto vs that do And he dyd euen so vnto them and delyuered them from the children of Israels hāde that they shulde not slaye them So vpō the same daye Iosua made them hewers of wodd and water bearers for the congregacion and for the altare of the LORDE vnto this daye in the place that he shall chose The X. Chapter WHan Adonisedech the kynge of Ierusalem herde that Iosua had wonne Hai and damned it and done vnto Hai and y e kynge of it like as he dyd vnto Iericho and to the kynge therof and that they of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were come vnder them they were sore afrayed For Gibeon was a greate cite like as one of the kynges cities and greater then Hai and all the citesyns therof were men of armes Therfore sent he vnto Hoham the kynge of Hebron and to Pirea the kynge of Iarmuth and to Iaphia the kynge of Lachis and to Debir the kynge of Eglon and caused to saie vnto them Come vp vnto me and helpe me that we maie smyte Gibeon for they haue made peace with Iosua and the children of Israel Then came the fyue kynges of the Amorites together and wente vp the kynge of Ierusalem the kynge of Hebron y e kynge of Iarmuth the kynge of Lachis the kynge of Eglon with all their armies layed sege vnto Gibeon and foughte agaynst it Howbeit they of Gibeon sent vnto Iosua to Gilgall and caused to saye vnto him Withdrawe not thine hande from thy seruauntes come vp soone vnto vs delyuer and helpe vs for all the kynges of the Amorites that dwell vpon the mountaynes are gathered together agaynst vs. Iosua wente vp from Gilgall and all the warryers and all the men armes with him And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Feare them not for I haue geuē them in to thy hande There shall not one of them be able to stonde before the. So Iosua came sodenly vpon them for all that night wente he vp from Gilgall And the LORDE discomfyted thē before Israel and smote them with a greate slaughter at Gibeon they chaced them the waie downe to Beth Horon and smote them vnto Aseka
of the LORDE vnto you What trespace is this y t ye haue trespaced agaynst the God of Israel that ye shulde turne backe from y e LORDE this daye to builde you an altare for to fall awaye from the LORDE Haue we not ynough of the wickednesse of Peor from the which we are not yet clensed this daye and there came a plage amonge the congregacion of the LORDE and ye turne you backe this daye from the LORDE and this daye are ye fallen awaye from the LORDE that he maye be wroth to daye or tomorow at the whole congregacion of the LORDE Yf the londe of youre possession be vncleane then come ouer in to the londe that the LORDE possesseth where the dwellynge of the LORDE is and take possessions amonge vs and fall not awaye from the LORDE and from vs to builde you an altare with out the altare of the LORDE oure God Did not Achan the sonne of Serah trespace in the thinge that was damned and the wrath came ouer y e whole congregacion of Israel and he wente not downe alone for his myszdede Then answered the children of Ruben and the children of Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse and sayde vnto the heades and prynces of Israel The mightie God y e LORDE the mightie God the LORDE knoweth and Israel knoweth also yf this be a trangressynge or trespacynge agaynst the LORDE then let it not helpe vs this daye Yf we haue buylded the altare because we wolde turne awaye backe from the LORDE to offre burnt offerynges or meat offeringes theron or to make eny deed offerynges vpon it then let the LORDE requyre it And yf we haue not done it rather for very feare of this thinge and sayde To daye or tomorow mighte youre children saye vnto oure children What haue ye to do with the LORDE the God of Israel The LORDE hath set Iordane for a border betwene vs and you ye children of Ruben and Gad ye haue no porcion in the LORDE By this shulde your◠children make oure children to turne awaye from the feare of the LORDE Therfore sayde we Let vs make oure children an altare not for sacrifice ner for burnt offeringe but that it maye be a takē betwene vs and you and oure posterities that we maye serue the LORDE in his sighte with oure burnt offeringes deed offeringes and other offeringes and y t youre children to daye or tomorow neade not to saye vnto oure children Ye haue no parte in the LORDE And we sayde But yf they shulde speake so vnto vs or to oure posterities to daye or tomorow then maye we saye Beholde the symilitude of y e altare of the LORDE which oure fathers made not for sacrifyce ner for burnt offerynge but for a wytnesse betwene vs and you God forbydde that we shulde fall awaye from the LORDE to turne backe from him this daye and to buylde an altare for sacrifice for burnt offeringe and for eny presente without y e altare of the LORDE oure God that stondeth before his Habitacion But whan Phineas the prest and the chefe of the congregacion the prynces of Israel which were with him herde these wordes that the children of Ruben Gad and Manasse had spoken they pleased them well And Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest sayde vnto the children of Rubē Gad and Manasse This daye we knowe that y e LORDE is amonge vs in that ye haue not trespaced agaynst the LORDE in this dede Now haue ye delyuered the children of Israel out of the hande of the LORDE Then Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest and the rulers returned out of the londe of Gilead from the children of Ruben and Gad vnto y e londe of Canaā to the children of Israel and brought them worde agayne of the matter Then were the children of Israel well cōtente with the thinge And they praysed the God of Israel and sayde nomore that they wolde go vp agaynst them with an armye to destroye the londe that the childrē of Ruben and Gad dwelt in And y e childrē of Ruben and Gad called the name of the altare This altare be witnesse betwene vs that the LORDE is God The XXIII Chapter ANd after a longe season whan the LORDE had broughte Israel to rest from all their enemies rounde aboute and Iosua was now olde and well stricken in age he called all Israel and their Elders heades iudges and officers and sayde vnto them I am olde and well aged and ye haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto all these nacions in youre sighte For the LORDE youre God himself hath foughte for you Beholde I haue parted amonge you y e rēnaunt of the nacions by lot vnto euery trybe his enheritaunce from Iordane forth and all the nacions whom I haue roted out vnto the greate see westwarde And the LORDE youre God shal thrust them out before you and dryue them awaye from you that ye maye haue their londe in possession as the LORDE youre God hath promysed you Be strōge now therfore that ye maye obserue and do all that is wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses so that ye turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte that ye come not amonge y e remnaunt of these naciōs which are with you And se that ye make no mencion ner sweare by the names of their goddes nether serue them ner bowe youre selues vnto them But cleue vnto the LORDE youre God as ye haue done vnto this daye thē shal the LORDE dryue awaye greate and mightie nacions before you like as there hath no man bene able to stonde before you vnto this daye One of you shall chace a thousande for the LORDE youre God fighteth for you acordinge as he promysed you Take diligent hede therfore vnto youre soules that ye loue the LORDE youre God But yf ye turne backe and cleue vnto these other nacions and make mariages with them so that ye come amōge them and they amonge you be ye sure then that the LORDE youre God shall nomore dryue out all these nacions before you but they shall be vnto you a snare and net and prickes in youre sydes and thornes in youre eyes vntyll he haue destroyed you from the good lōde which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you Beholde this daye do I go the waye of all the worlde and ye shal knowe euen from all youre hert and from all youre soule that there hath not fayled one worde of all the good that the LORDE youre God promysed you Now like as all the good is come that the LORDE youre God promised you euen so shal the LORDE cause all euell to come vpon you tyll he haue destroied you from this good londe which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you yf ye transgresse y e couenaunt of the LORDE youre God which he hath commaunded you And yf ye go yo r waye and serue other goddes and worshipe
couenaunt with the â—â—dwellers of this londe but breake downe their altares Neuertheles ye haue not herkâ—â—ed vnto my voyce Wherfore haue ye done this Then saide I morouer I wil noâ— dryue them out before you that they mayâ— be a fall vnto you and their goddes a 〈◊〉 And whan y e messaunger of the LORDE had spoken these wordes vnto all the children of Israel the people lefte vp their voyce wepte and called y e name of the place Bochim and offred there vnto the LORDE For whan Iosua had sente awaye y e people and the childreÌ„ of Israel were gone euery one to his enheritauÌ„ce for to take possession of the londe the people serued the LORDE as longe as Iosua lyued and y e Elders which lyued longe after Iosua and y t sawe all the greate workes of the LORDE which he dyd for Israel Now whan Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the LORDE was deed whan he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde they buried him in y e border of his inheritaunce at Timnath Here 's vpon mount Ephraim on the north syde of mount Gaas And whan all the same generacion was gathered vnto their fathers there came vp after them another generacion which knew not the LORDE ner the workes that he had done for Israel Then wroughte the children of Israel euell before the LORDE and serued Baalâ—m and forsoke y e LORDE the God of their fathers which broughte them out of the londe of Egipte and folowed other goddes the goddes of the nacions that dwelt rounde aboute them worshipped them displeased the LORDE for they forsoke y e LORDE euer more and more and serued Baal and Astaroth Then y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpoÌ„ Israel he delyuered theÌ„ in to y e handes of those y t spoyled theÌ„ that they mighte spoyle them solde theÌ„ in to the handes of their enemies rouÌ„de aboute they were not able to withstonde their enemies eny more but what waye so euer they wolde out y e haÌ„de of the LORDE was agaynst theÌ„ to their hurte euen as the LORDE sayde and sware vnto them and they were sore oppressed Now whan the LORDE raysed them vp iudges which helped them out of the hande of soch as spoyled theÌ„ they folowed not the iudges nether but wente a whoringe after other goddes worshipped them and were soone gone out of y e waye y t their fathers walked in to heare the coÌ„maundementes of the LORDE dyd not as they dyd But whan y e LORDE raysed vp iudges vnto them the LORDE was with y e iudge and helped them out of the hande of their enemies as longe as the iudge lyued For the LORDE had pitie of their complaynte which they made ouer those y t subdued theÌ„ and oppressed them Neuertheles whan the iudge dyed they turned backe and marred all more theÌ„ their fathers so that they folowed other goddes to serue them and to bowe them selues vnto them they wolde not fall from their purposes ner from their obstinate waye Therfore waxed the wrath of the LORDE allwaie so whote ouer Israel that he sayde For so moch as the people haue transgressed my couenaunt which I commaunded their fathers folowe not my voyce I wil from hence forth dryue out none of the Heythen whoÌ„ Iosua lefte behynde him whaÌ„ he dyed that by them I maye proue Israel whether they wil kepe the waye of the LORDE to walke therin as their fathers dyd or not Thus the LORDE suffred all these nacions so that in a shorte tyme he droue them not out whom he had not geuen ouer in to Iosuas hande The III. Chapter THese are the nacions whom the LORDE suffred to remayne y t by them he mighte proue Israel which had no vnderstondinge in the warres of Canaan onely because y t the trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israel might knowe lerne to warre which afore had no knowlege therof namely The fyue lordes of y e Philistynes all the Cananites Sidonians the Hethites y t dwelt vpon mount Libanus fro mount Baal Hermon vntyll a man come vnto Hemath The same remayned that Israel mighte be proued by them that it mighte be knowne whether they wolde herken to the commaundementes of the LORDE which he commaunded their fathers by Moses Now whan the children of Israel dwelt thus amoÌ„ge the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites they toke their doughters to wyues gaue their doughters vnto their sonnes serued their goddes and wroughte wickednes before the LORDE forgat the LORDE their God serued Baalim Astaroth Then y e wrath of y e LORDE waxed whote ouer Israel he solde theÌ„ vnder the haÌ„de of Cusan Risathaim kynge of Mesopotamia so y e childreÌ„ of Israel serued Cusan Risathaim viij yeare TheÌ„ cried the childreÌ„ of Israel vnto the LORDE the LORDE raysed theÌ„ vp a sauio r which delyuered theÌ„ namely Athniel y e sonne of Kenas Calebs yongest brother And the sprete of the LORDE came vpon him he was iudge in Israel wente out a warre fare And y e LORDE delyuered Cusan Risathaim the kynge of Syria in to his haÌ„de so y t his hande was to stroÌ„ge for him Then was the londe in rest fortye yeares And Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed But the children of Israel dyd yet more euell before the LORDE Then the LORDE strengthed Eglon the kynge of y e Moabites agaynst y e childreÌ„ of Israel because they wrought wickednesse before y e LORDE And he gathered vnto him y e childreÌ„ of Ammon the Amalechites weÌ„te and smote Israel and conquered the cite of the palme trees And the children of Israel serued Eglon y e kynge of y e Moabites eightene yeare TheÌ„ cried they vnto the LORDE And the LORDE raysed theÌ„ vp a sauioure namely Ehud the sonne of Gera y e sonne of Iemini which was a man that mighte do nothinge with his righte hande And whaÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon the kynge of the Moabites Ehud made him a two edged dagger of a spanne longe gyrded it vnder his garmeÌ„t vpoÌ„ his righte thye broughte y e present vnto Eglon the kynge of y e Moabites As for Eglon he was a very fat man And whan he had delyuered the presente he let the people go that had caried the present and he himselfe turned backe from the Idols at Gilgall caused to saye thus vnto the kynge I haue a secrete thinge to tell the O kynge And he commaunded to kepe sylence all they that stode aboute him wente out from him And Ehud came in vnto him He sat in a syled Sommer perler which was for him selfe alone And Ehud saide I haue somwhat to saye vnto the of God TheÌ„ rose he vp froÌ„ his seate But Ehud put forth his lefte hande toke the dagger from his righte thye thrust
answered kynge Salomon and saide vnto his mother Why desyrest thou Abisag of Sunem for Adonias Axe the kyngdome or him also for he is my greater brother and hath Abiathar the prest and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia. And the kynge sware by the LORDE and sayde God do this and that vnto me Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe And now as truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me and made me to syt vpon the seate of my father Dauid and hath made me a house acordynge as he sayde this daye shal Adonias dye And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada which smote him that he dyed And to the prest Abiathar sayde y e kynge Go thy waye vnto Anathoe to thy londe for thou art a man of deeth Neuerthelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God before my father Dauid and hast suffred also where my father suffred Thus Salomō put forth Abiathar that he must nomore be the prest of the LORDE that the worde of the LORDE mighte be fulfilled which he spake ouer the house of Eli at Silo. And this rumoure came before Ioab for Ioab cleued vnto Adonias and not vnto Salomon Then fled Ioab in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and toke holde of the hornes of the altare And it was tolde kynge Salomon that Ioab was fled in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and beholde he stondeth at the altare Then sent Salomon Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and sayde Go slaye him And whan Benaia came to the Tabernacle of the LORDE he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the kynge Come forth He sayde No I wyl dye here And Benaia tolde this vnto the kynge agayne and sayde Thus hath Ioab spoken and thus hath he answered me The kinge saide vnto him Do as he hath spoken and slaye him and bury him that thou mayest put fro me and my fathers house the bloude which Ioab hath shed with out a cause and that the LORDE maye recompence him his bloude vpon his heade because he smote two men which were more righteous and better then he and slewe them with y e swerde that my father Dauid knewe not of namely Abner y e sonne of Ner the chefe captaine ouer Israel Amasa the sonne of Iether y e chefe captaine ouer Iuda y t their bloude maye be recompensed vpō y e heade of Ioab and of his sede for euer but Dauid and his sede his house and his seate haue peace for euermore of the LORDE And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada wente vp and smote him and slewe him he was buried in his house in the wyldernes And y e kynge set Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada in his steade ouer the hoost And Sadoc y e prest dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar And the kynge sent and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Buylde the an house at Ierusalem and dwell there and departe not from thence nether hither ner thither In what daye so euer thou departest forth and goest ouer y e broke Cedron be thou sure that thou shalt dye the deeth thy bloude be vpon thy heade Semei sayde vnto the kynge This is a good meanynge as my lorde the kynge hath sayde so shal thy seruaunt do So Semei dwelt at Ierusalem a longe season But after thre yeare it fortuned that two seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath. And it was tolde Semei beholde thy seruauntes are at Gath. Then Semei gat him vp and sadled his asse and wēte vnto Gath to Achis for to seke his seruaūtes And whā he came thither he broughte his seruauntes from Gath. And it was tolde Salomon that Semei wente from Ierusalem vnto Gath and was come agayne Then sent the kynge and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Sware not I to the by the LORDE and assured the and sayde Loke what daye so euer thou departest out and goest hither or thither be sure that thou shalt dye the death And thou saydest vnto me I haue herde a good meanynge Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE and commaundement that I commaunded the And the kynge sayde vnto Semei Thou remembrest all y e wickednes which thy hert knoweth that thou dyddest vnto my father Dauid The LORDE hath recompenced y e thy wickednes vpon thy heade And kynge Salomon is blessed and the seate of Dauid shal be stablished before y e LORDE for euer And the kynge commaunded Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada which wente forth and smote him that he dyed And the kyngdome was stablished by Salomons hande The III. Chapter ANd Salomon made mariage w t Pharao the kynge of Egipte toke Pharaos doughter and broughte her in to the cite of Dauid tyll he had buylded his house and the LORDES house and the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem But the people offred yet vpon the hye places for as yet there was no house buylded vnto the name of the LORDE vnto that tyme. But Salomon loued the LORDE and walked after the ordinaunces of Dauid his father excepte onely that he offred and brent incense vpon the hye places And the kynge wente vnto Gibeon to do sacrifice there for that was a goodly hye place And Salomon offred a thousande burnt offerynges vpon the same altare And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte and God sayde Axe what I shal geue ye. Salomō saide Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes and in a true hert with the this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate as it is now come to passe Now LORDE my God thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade As for me I am but a small yonge man knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen which is so greate that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert that he maye iudge thy people vnderstonde what is good bad for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people This pleased the LORDE well that Salomon axed soch a peticion And God sayde vnto him For so moch as thou axest this and desyrest not longe lyfe nether riches nether y e soules of thine enemies but vnderstōdinge to heare iudgment beholde therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes Beholde I haue geuen the an hert of wyszdome and vnderstondynge so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the nether shall ryse vp after the. Yee and that thou hast not prayed for haue I geuen the also namely ryches and honoure so that amonge the kynges in y e tyme there is not soch one as
the Iesraelite which he denyed to geue the for money for Naboth lyueth no more but is deed And whan Achab herde y e Naboth was deed he rose to go downe vn-the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite and to take possession of it But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite and sayde Get the vp and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of Israel which is at Samaria beholde he is in Naboths vynyarde in to the which he is gone downe to take possession of it and talke thou with him and speake Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou hast slayne and taken in possession And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude shall the dogges licke thy bloude also And Achab sayde vnto Elias Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye He saide Yee I haue founde the because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE Beholde I wyll brynge mysfortune vpon the and take awaye thy posterite and wil rote out from Achab euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall and him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in Israel and thy house wyll I make as the house of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia because of y e prouocacion wherwhith thou hast prouoked me vnto wrath and made Israel to synne And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in y e felde of Iesrael Who so of Achab dyeth in y e cite him shal the dogges eate vp and who so dyeth in the felde the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp So cleane solde to do myschefe in y e sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene as Achab for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion that he goeth after Idols acordīge vnto all as dyd the Amorites whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel But whan Achab herde these wordes he rēte his clothes put a sack cloth on his body fasted and slepte in sack cloth and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite sayde Hast thou not sene how Achab humbleth him selfe before me For so moch now as he hūbleth him selfe in my sighte I wil not brynge that plage whyle he lyueth but by his sonnes life wil I brynge mysfortune vpon his house The XXII Chapter ANd there passed ouer thre yeares that there was no warre betwene the Sirians Israel But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not y t Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria And he sayde vnto Iosaphat Wilt thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth in Gilead Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel I wyll be as thou my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses And Iosaphat sayde vnto y e kynge of Israel Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE Then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes aboute a foure hundreth men and sayde vnto them Shal I go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fighte or shal I let it alone They sayde Go vp y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to y e kinges hande But Iosaphat sayde Is there not one prophet here more of y e LORDE that we maye axe at him The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man one Micheas the sonne of Iemla at whom we maye axe of the LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but euell Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne and sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla As for the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kinge of Iuda they sat ether of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes in the place at y e dore of the porte of Samaria and all y e prophetes prophecied before thē And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at y e Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse and sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead thou shalt prospere right well the LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde vnto him Beholde The wordes of y e prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde therfore be as their worde and speake thou good also Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or shall we let it alone He sayde vnto him Yee go vp thou shalt prospere righte well the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges hande But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne I charge y t that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth in the name of y e LORDE He sayde I sawe all Israel scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes as the shepe that haue no shepherde And the LORDE saide Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Then sayde y e kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Tolde not I y e that he wolde prophecye me no good but euell He sayde Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stōdinge by him at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE saide Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayde this another that Then wēte there forth a sprete stode before the LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde vnto him I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes He saide Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go forth and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuē a false sprete in y e mouth of all these y e prophetes and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde What is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me to speake with the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it in y t daye whan thou shalt go frō one chamber to another to hyde the. The kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the kynges sonne and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him with bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas sayde Yf
the treasures of y e kynges house At y e same tyme brake Ezechias the kynge of Iuda the dores of the tēple of y e LORDE the plates of golde which he him selfe had caused to laye ouer thē gaue thē vnto the kynge of Assiria And the kynge of Assiria sent Thartan and the chefe chamberlayne the chefe butler from Lachis to kynge Ezechias with a greate power vnto Ierusalem And they wēte vp and whan they came there they stode styll at the condyte by the ouer pole which lyeth in the waye vpō the fullers londe and called vnto the kynge Thē came there forth vnto them Eliachim the sonne of Helchias the stewarde and Sobna the scrybe Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretary And the chefe butler sayde vnto thē Tell kynge Ezechias Thus sayeth y e greate kynge euē the kynge of Assiria What presumpcion is this y t thou trustest vnto Thinkest thou y t thou hast yet councell and power to fighte Where vnto trustest thou then that thou art fallen of fro me Beholde puttest thou thy trust in this broken staffe of rede in Egipte which who leaneth vpon it shall go in to his hande pearse it thorow Euen so is Pharao the kynge of Egipte vnto all them that put their trust in him But yf ye wolde saye vnto me We put oure trust in y e LORDE oure God Is not that he whose hye places and altares Ezechias hath takē downe and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalē Before this altare which is at Ierusalē shal ye worshippe Make a multitude now therfore vnto my lorde the kynge of Assiria and I wil geue y e two thousande horses let se yf thou be able to man them how wilt thou then endure before the smallest prynce of my lordes subiectes And trustest thou vnto Egipte because of the charettes and horsmen But thinkest thou that I came vp hither without y e LORDE to destroye these cities The LORDE hath commaunded me Go vp in to that londe and destroye it Then sayde Eliachim the sonne of Helchia Sobna and Ioah vnto the chefe butler Speake to thy seruauntes in the Syriās language for we vnderstonde it and speake not vnto vs in the Iewes speche before the eares of the people that are vpon the wall Neuertheles y e chefe butler sayde vnto thē Hath my lorde then sent me vnto thy lorde or to the to speake these wordes Yee euen vnto the men which syt vpon the wall that they maye eate their owne donge and drynke their owne stale w t you So the chefe butler stode and cried with loude voyce in the Iewes language and spake and sayde Heare the worde of the greate kynge the kynge of Assiria Thus sayeth the kynge Let not Ezechias disceaue you for he is not able to delyuer you fro my hāde let not Ezechias make you to trust in the LORDE sayenge The LORDE shall delyuer vs and this cite shal not be geuen in to the handes of y e kynge of Assiria Folowe not ye Ezechias for thus sayeth the kynge of Assiria Do me this blessynge and come forth vnto me so shal euery man eate of his vyne and of his fygge tre and drynke of his well tyll I come my selfe and fetch you in to a londe which is like youre awne lōde wherin is corne wyne bred vynyardes oyle trees oyle and hony so shal ye lyue and not dye Folowe not ye Ezechias for he disceaueth you when he sayeth The LORDE shal delyuer vs. Haue the goddes of the Heythen delyuered euery one his londe from the hande of the kynge of Assiria Where are the goddes of Hemath and Arphad Where are the goddes of Sepharuaim Hena and Iua Haue they delyuered Samaria fro my hande Where is there one god amonge the goddes of all londes which hath delyuered his londe fro my hande that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my hande As for the people they helde their peace and gaue him no answere for the kynge had commaunded and sayde Answere him nothinge Then came Eliachim the sonne of Helchia y e stewarde and Sobna the scrybe and Ioah the sonne of Assaph the Secretatary vnto Ezechias with rente clothes and tolde him the wordes of the chefe butler The XIX Chapter WHan Ezechias y e kynge herde this he rente his clothes put on a sackcloth wente in to y e house of the LORDE sent Eliachim the stewarde Sobna the Scrybe with the Eldest prestes clothed in sackcloth vnto the prophet Esay y e sonne of Amos they saide vnto him Thus sayeth Ezechias This is a daye of trouble of defiaunce blasphemy The childrē are come to the byrth there is no strength to be delyuered of them Yf happly the LORDE thy God wil heare all the wordes of y e chefe butler whom his lorde the kynge of Assiria hath sent to blasphemie y e lyuynge God to defye him with soch wordes as the LORDE thy God hath herde therfore lifte thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt which are yet lefte behynde And whā kynge Ezechias seruauntes came to Esay Esay sayde vnto them Speake thus vnto youre lorde Thus sayeth the LORDE Feare not thou the wordes y t thou hast herde wherwith the kynge of Assirias seruauntes haue blasphemed me Beholde I wil put him in another mynde so y t he shall heare tydinges go agayne in to his awne countre and in his awne londe wil I cause him to fall thorow the swerde And whan y e chefe butlar came agayne he founde the kynge of Assiria fightinge agaynst Libna for he had herde that he was departed from Lachis And he herde of Taracha the kynge of the Morians Beholde he is gone forth to fighte with the. Then turned he back sent messaungers to Ezechias caused to saye vnto him Let not thy God disceaue the on whom thou trustest sayest Ierusalem shal not be geuē in to the hāde of the kynge of Assiria Beholde thou hast herde what the kynges of Assiria haue done vnto all londes how they dāned them shalt thou be delyuered Haue y e goddes of y e Heithen delyuered thē whom my father destroyed as Gosan Haran Reseph the childrē of Eden which were at Thalassar Where is y e kynge of Hemath y e kynge of Arphad y e kinge of y e cite Sepharuaim Hena Iua And whan Ezechias had receaued the letters of the messaungers and had red them he wente vp vnto the house of the LORDE and layed them abrode before the LORDE made his prayer before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God of Israel thou that syttest vpō the Cherubins thou onely art God amonge all y e kyngdomes of the earth thou hast made heauen and earth Enclyne thine eare O LORDE and heare open thine eyes and beholde and heare the wordes of Sennacherib which hath sent hither to blaspheme the lyuynge God It is true O LORDE that the kynges
of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde and haue cast their goddes in the fyre for they were not Goddes but y e worke of mēs hondes wodd and stone therfore haue they destroyed them But now O LORDE helpe thou vs out of his hande that all the kyngdomes vpon earth maye knowe that thou LORDE art God alone Then sent Esay the sonne of Amos vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me concernynge Sennacherib y e kynge of Assiria I haue herde it This is it that the LORDE hath spoken agaynst him He hath despysed y e and mocked the O virgin thou doughter Sion he hath shakē his heade at the O doughter Ierusalem Whom hast thou despysed blasphemed Ouer whom hast thou lifte vp thy voyce Euē agaynst y e holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine eyes thou hast blasphemed y e LORDE by thy messaungers and sayde Thorow the multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to the toppes of the mountaynes vpon the sydes of Libanus I haue hewen downe his hye Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees and am come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of Carmel that belongeth vnto it I haue dygged and dronke vp the straunge waters and with y e soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See But hast thou not herde how that I haue done this longe agoo and haue prepared it from the begynnynge Now haue I caused it for to come that contencious stronge cities mighte fall in to a waist heape of stones they that dwell therin shal be faynte and fearfull and a shamed and shal be as the grasse vpon the felde and as y e grene herbe and hay vpon the house toppes that wythereth afore it be growne vp I knowe thy habitacion thy out and ingoynge and that thou ragest agaynst me For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose and a brydle bytt in thy lippes and wyll brynge the agayne euen the same waye thou camest And let this be a token vnto the O Ezechias In this yeare eate y t which is fallen ▪ in the seconde yeare soch as groweth of it selfe In y e thirde yeare sowe and reape and plante vynyardes and eate the frute therof And the doughter Iuda which is escaped remayneth shall from hence forth take rote beneth and beare frute aboue For the remnaunt shal go forth from Ierusalem they y t are escaped shall go out fro mount Sion The gelousy of the LORDE Zebaoth shall brynge this to passe Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE concernynge y e kynge of the Assyrians He shall not come in to this cite and shall shute no arowe therin nether shal there come eny shylde before it nether shall he dygge eny backe aboute it but shal go agayne the waye that he came and shall not come in to this cite sayeth the LORDE and I wyll defende this cite to helpe it for myne awne sake and for my seruaunt Dauids sake And in the same nighte wente the angell of the LORDE and smote in the hoost of the Assyrians an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande men And whan they gatt them vp in the mornynge beholde all laye full of deed coarses So Sennacherib the kinge of Assyria brake vp and departed and returned and abode at Niniue And as he worshipped in y e house of Nesrach his god his awne sonnes Adramalech and Sarazer smote him with the swerde and fled in to y e londe of Ararat And Asarhadon his sonne was kynge in his steade The XX. Chapter AT that tyme was Ezechias deedsicke And the prophet Esay y e sonne of Amos came to him sayde vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE Set thine house in ordre for thou shalt dye not lyue And he turned his face to the wall and prayed vnto y e LORDE and sayde Remembre O LORDE that I haue walked faithfully before the with a perfecte hert and haue done y t which is good in thy syghte And Ezechias wepte sore But whan Esay was not gone out of halfe the cite y e worde of y e LORDE came to him sayde Turne back tell Ezechias y e prynce of my people Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of thy father Dauid I haue herde thy praier considered y e teares Beholde I wil heale y e on the thirde daye shalt thou go in to y e house of the LORDE fiftene yeares wil I adde vnto y e life wyll delyuer the this cite from the kynge of Assyria this cite wil I defende for myne awne sake and for my seruaūt Dauids sake And Esay sayde Bringe hither a quantite of fygges And whan they broughte them they layed them vpon the sore and it was healed Ezechias sayde vn to Esay Which is y e token that the LORDE wyll heale me and that I shal go vp in to the house of y e LORDE on the thirde daye Esay sayde This token shalt thou haue of the LORDE that the LORDE shal do acordynge as he hath sayde Shall the shadowe go ten degrees forwarde or shal it turne ten degrees backwarde Ezechias sayde It is an easy thinge for the shadowe to go ten degrees downewarde y t is not my mynde but that it go ten degrees backwarde Then cryed the prophet Esay vnto the LORDE and the shadowe wente backe ten degrees in Achas Dyall which he was descended afore At the same tyme Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan kynge of Babilon sent letters and presentes vnto Ezechias for he had herde that Ezechias had bene sicke And Ezechias reioysed with them shewed them all the house of rotes the syluer golde spyces and the best oyle and the house of ordinaunce and all that was founde in his treasures There was nothinge in his house and in all his domynion but Ezechias shewed it them Then came Esay the prophet vnto kynge Ezechias and sayde vnto him What haue these men sayde and whence came they vnto the Ezechias sayde They came to me out of a farre countre euen from Babilon He sayde What haue they sene in thyne house Ezechias sayde They haue sene all that is in my house and there is nothynge in my 〈◊〉 but I haue shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias Heare the worde of the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth that it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto this daye and there shall nothinge be lefte sayeth the LORDE Yee and the children which come of the whom thou shalt beget shal be taken awaye to be chamberlaynes in the kynge of Babilons palace Ezechias sayde vnto Esay It is good that the LORDE hath spoken And he sayde morouer Let there be peace yet and faithfulnesse in my tyme. What more there is to saye
dorekepers were appointed towarde the foure wyndes towarde the East towarde the West towarde the North towarde y e South But their brethreÌ„ were in their vyllages that they might come allwaye on the seuenth daye to be with them for vnto these foure maner of chefe dorrkepers were the Leuites committed And they had the ouersight of the chestes and treasures in y e house of God In the nighte season also remayned they aboute the house of God for their dewtye was to geue attendaunce to open euery mornynge And some of them had the ouersight of the mynistrynge vessell for they bare the vessell out and in And some of theÌ„ were appoynted ouer the vessell and ouer all the holy vessell ouer the fine wheate floure ouer y e wyne ouer the oile ouer the frankencense ouer the swete odoures but some of y e prestes children made the incense Vnto Mathithia one of the Leuites the fyrst sonne of Sallum the Corahite were y e pannes coÌ„mytted And certayne of the Kahathites their brethren were appointed ouer the shewbred to prepare it euery Sabbath daye These are the heades of the singers amoÌ„ge the fathers of the Leuites chosen out ouer the chestes for daye and night were they in worke withall These are the heades of y e fathers amonge y e Leuites in their kinreds These dwelt at Ierusalem At Gibeon dwelt Ieiel the father of Gibeon his wiues name was Maecha and his fyrst sonne Abdon Zur Cis Baal Ner Nadab Gedor Ahaio Sacharia Mikloth Mikloth begat Simeam And they dwelt also aboute their brethren at Ierusalem amonge theirs Ner begat Cis Cis begat Saul Saul begat Ionathas Malchisua Abinadab Esbaal The sonne of Ionathas was Meribaal Meribaal begat Micha The children of Micha were Pithon Melech and Thaherea Ahas begat Iaera Iaera begat Alemeth Asmaueth and Simri Simri begat Moza Moza begat Binea whose sonne was Raphaia whose sonne was Eleasa whose sonne was Azel Azel had sixe sonnes whose names were Asrikam Bochru Iesmael Searia Obadia Hanan These are the children of Azel The XI Chapter THe Philistynes foughte agaynst Israel And they of Israel fled before the Philistynes and y e wounded fell vpon mount Gilboa And the Philistynes folowed vpon Saul and his sonnes and smote Ionathas Abinadab and Malchisua y e sonnes of Saul And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul And the archers came vpon him so that he was wounded of the archers Then sayde Saul vnto his weapenbearer Drawe out thy swerde and thrust it thorow me that these vncircumcysed come not and deale shamefully with me Neuertheles his weapenbearer wolde not for he was sore afrayed Then toke Saul his swerde and fell therin Whan his weapenbearer sawe that Saul was deed he fell vpon his swerde also and dyed Thus died Saul and his thre sonnes and all his housholde together And whan the men of Israel which were in y e valley sawe that Saul and his sonnes were deed they lefte their cities and fled and the Philistynes came and dwelt therin On the morowe came the Philistynes to spoyle the slayne and founde Saul and his sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gelboa and stryped him out and toke his heade and his harnesse and sent it aboute in to y e londe of the Philistynes and caused it to be shewed before their Idoles and the people And his weapens layed they in the house of their god and styckte vp his heade vpon the house of Dagon But whan all they of Iabes in Gilead herde of euery thinge that the Philistynes had done vnto Saul they gat them vp as many as were men of armes and toke the body of Saul and of his sonnes and broughte them vnto Iabes and buryed their bones vnder the Oke at Iabes and fasted seuen dayes Thus dyed Saul in his trespace which he commytted agaynst the LORDE because he kepte not the worde of the LORDE because he axed councell at the soythsayer and axed not at the LORDE therfore slewe he him turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid The XII Chapter ANd all Israel resorted to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are y e bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whan Saul reigned thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE thy God hath sayde vnto the Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and thou shalt be the prynce ouer my people of Israel And all the Elders of Israel came to the kynge vnto Hebron And Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before the LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Samuel And Dauid and all Israel weÌ„te vnto Ierusalem that is Iebus for the Iebusites dwelt in the loÌ„de And the citesyns of Iebus saide vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come in hither Howbeit Dauid waÌ„ne y e castell of SioÌ„ which is y e cite of Dauid And Dauid sayde who so euer smyteth y e Iebusites first shal be a prynce captayne TheÌ„ Ioab y e sonne of Zerâ—ia clymmed vp first was made captayne So Dauid dwelt in y e castell therfore was it called y e cite of Dauid And he buylded y e cite rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo forth on euery syde As for y e remnaunt of y e cite Ioab buylded it repayred it And Dauid weÌ„te forth grewe the LORDE Zebaoth was w t him These are y e chefe amoÌ„ge y e mightie meÌ„ of Dauid which dealt valeauntly w t him in his kyngdome w t all Israel to make him kynge acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE ouer Israel And this is y e nombre of Dauids mightie men Iesabeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chefest amoÌ„ge thirtie He lifte vp his speare smote thre C. at one tyme. After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite and he was amoÌ„ge the thre mightie This man was w t Dauid whaÌ„ they blasphemed the Philistynes gathered theÌ„ selues there to y e batayll And eueÌ„ ther â–ª was there a pece of londe full of barly the people fled before the Philistynes And they stode in the myddes of the londe and rescued it and smote the Philistynes And the LORDE gaue a greate health And thre of the chefest thirtie weÌ„te downe to the rocke vnto Dauid in to the caue of Adullam But the Philistynes hoost laye in the valley of Rephain As for Dauid he was in the castell And the Philistynes people were then at Bethleem And Dauid was desyrous and sayde O that some wolde geue me to drynke of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate TheÌ„ brake those thre in to the Philistynes hoost and drue of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate and caried it and broughte it vnto Dauid Neuertheles he wolde not drynke it but poured it vnto the LORDE and sayde God let this be farre fro me y t I shulde do it and drynke the bloude of these men in y e parell of their life for with the
courte and dores in the courte and ouerlayed y e dores with brasse And the lauer set he on the righte syde towarde the south east And Hiram made cauldrous shouels and basens So Hiram fynished the worke which he made for kynge Salomon in the house of God namely the two pilers with the roundels and knoppes aboue vpon both the pilers and both the wrythen ropes to couer both the roundels of y e knoppes aboue vpō the pilers and the foure hundreth pomgranates on both the wrythē ropes two rowes of pomgranates on euery rope to couer the roundels of the knoppes that were aboue vpon the pilers He made the stoles also and y e kettels vpon the stoles and a lauer and twolue bullockes there vnder And pottes shouels fleshokes and all their vessels made Hiram Abif of pure metall for kynge Salomon vnto the house of the LORDE In the coaste of Iordane dyd the kynge cause them to be molten in thicke earth betwene Suchoth and Zaredatha And Salomon made all these vessels which were so many that the weight of y e metall was not to be soughte out And Salomen made all the ornamentes for the house of God namely the golden altare the tables and the shewbreds theron the candelstickes with their lampes of pure golde to burne before the Quere acordinge to the maner and the floures and the lampes and the snoffers were of golde all these were of pure golde And the knyues basens spones and pottes were of pure golde And the intraunce and his dores within vnto the Most holy and the dores of the house of the temple were of golde Thus was all y e worke fynished which Salomon made in the house of the LORDE The V. Chapter ANd Salomon broughte in all y t his father Dauid had sanctified namely syluer and golde and all maner of ornamentes and layed them in the treasures of the house of God Thē gathered Salomon all the Elders in Israel together all y e heades of the trybes prynces of the fathers amōge the childrē of Israel vnto Ierusalē to brynge vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the cite of Dauid that is Sion And there resorted vnto the kynge all the men in Israel at the feast that is in the seuenth moneth and all y e Elders in Israel came And y e Leuites toke the Arke broughte it vp with the Tabernacle of witnesse and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle and y e prestes and Leuites broughte them vp As for kynge Salomon and all the cōgregacion of Israel that was gathered vnto him before the Arke they offred shepe and oxen so many that no man coulde nombre ner reken them Thus the prestes broughte the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE vnto hir place in to the quere of the house euen in to y e Most holy vnder the wynges of the Cherubins so that the Cherubins spred out their wynges ouer the place of the Arke and the Cherubins couered the Arke and the staues therof from aboue And the staues were so longe y t the knoppes of them were sene from the Arke before the quere but on the outsyde were they not sene And it was there vnto this daye And there was nothinge in the Arke saue the two tables which Moses put therin at Horeb whan the LORDE made a couenaunt with the childrē of Israel what tyme as they were departed out of Egipte And whan the prestes wente out of the Sanctuary for all y e prestes that were founde sanctified them selues because the courses were not kepte the Leuites with all those that were vnder Asaph Heman Iedithun and their children and brethren beynge clothed in lynnen songe with Cymbales psalteries and harpes and stode towarde the east parte of the altare and an hundreth twentye prestes with them which blewe w t trompettes And it was as yf one dyd trompet and synge as though a voyce had bene herde of praysinge and geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE And whan the voyce arose from y e trompettes cymbales and other instrumentes of musick and from praysinge the LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer the house of the LORDE was fylled on the ynsyde with a cloude so y t the prestes coulde not stonde to mynister for the cloude for the glory of the LORDE fylled the house of God The VI. Chapter THen sayde Salomon The LORDE sayde that he wolde dwell in a darck cloude I haue buylded an house to be an habitacion vnto the a seate y t thou mayest dwell there for euer And the kynge turned his face and blessed all the congregacion of Israel for the whole cōgregacion of Israel stode he sayde Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel which promysed by his mouth vnto my father Dauid and with his hande hath fulfylled it whā he sayde Sēce the tyme that I broughte my people out of the londe of Egipte I haue chosen no cite in all y e trybes of Israel to buylde an house for my name to be there nether haue I chosen eny man to be prynce ouer my people of Israel But Ierusalem haue I chosen for my name to be there Dauid haue I electe to be prynce ouer my people of Israel And whan my father Dauid was mynded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE God of Israel the LORDE sayde vnto Dauid my father Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name thou hast done well howbeit thou shalt not buylde the house but thy sonne which shall come out of thy loynes shal buylde the house vnto my name Thus hath y e LORDE now perfourmed his worde that he spake for I am come vp in my father Dauids steade and syt vpon the seate of Israel euen as the LORDE sayde haue buylded an house vnto the name of y e LORDE God of Israel in it haue I put y e Arke wherin is the couenaunt of y e LORDE which he made with the childrē of Israel And he stode before the altare of the LORDE in the presence of the whole congregacion of Israel and spred out his handes for Salomon had made a brasen pulpit and set it in the myddes of the courte fyue cubites longe and fyue cubites brode and thre cubites hye vpon the same stode he and fell downe vpon his knees in the presence of the whole cōgregacion of Israel and helde out his handes towarde heauē and sayde O LORDE God of Israel there is no god like the nether in heauen ner vpon earth thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy for thy seruauntes that walke before the with all their hert Thou hast kepte promes w t my father Dauid thy seruaunt With thy mouth thou saydest it and with thy hande hast thou fulfylled it as it is come to passe this daye Now LORDE God of Israel make good vnto my father Dauid y i seruaunt that which thou hast promysed
y e LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but allwaye euell namely Micheas the sonne of Iemla Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so And the kynge of Israel called one of his chamberlaynes sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla And the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda sat either of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes Euen in the place at the dore of the porte of Samaria sat they and all y e prophetes prophecied before them And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at the Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead and thou shalt prospere and y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas spake vnto him and sayde Beholde y e wordes of the prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde I praye the be as one of theirs and speake thou good also But Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth loke what my God sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shulde we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to the battayll or shulde we let it alone He saide Go vp and ye shal prospere It shal be geuē you in youre handes But y e kynge sayde vnto him I charge y e yet agayne that thou tell me nothinge but y e trueth in the name of the LORDE Then saide he I sawe all Israel scatered abrode vpō the mountaynes as the shepe y t haue no shepherde And the LORDE sayde Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Thē sayde the kynge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Dyd not I tell the y t he wolde prophecie me no good but euell And he sayde Therfore heare ye the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stondinge at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE sayde Wo wyll disceaue Achab the kynge of Israel that he maye go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And whan one sayde thus another so there came forth a sprete and stode before y e LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes And he sayde Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go thy waye and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuen a false sprete in the mouth of all these thy prophetes and the LORDE hath spokē euell agaynst the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde Which waye is the sprete of y e LORDE departed fro me to speake thorow the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it whan thou commest in to y e ynmost chamber to hyde the. But the kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne w t Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the sonne of Melech and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him w t bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas saide Yf thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde Herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And y e kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come to the battayll in thine araye And y e kynge of Israel chaunged his rayment came in to the battayll But the kynge of Syria had commaunded the rulers of his charettes Ye shal fighte nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel Now whan the rulers of the charrettes sawe Iosaphat they thoughte It is y e kynge of Israel and they wēte aboute to fighte agaynst him But Iosaphat cryed and the LORDE helped him And God turned them from him for whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kynge of Israel they turned back from him But a certayne man bended his bowe harde shot the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and the longes Thē sayde he vnto his charet man Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And the battayll was sore the same daye And the kynge of Israel stode vpon his charet agaynst the Syrians vntyll the euenynge and dyed whā the Sonne wente downe The XIX Chapter BVt Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace vnto Ierusalem And Iehu y e sonne of Hanani the Seer wēte forth to mete him sayde vnto kynge Iosaphat Shuldest thou so helpe the vngodly and loue them that hate the LORDE And for this cause is y e wrath vpō the from the LORDE neuertheles there is some good founde in the that thou hast put the groues out of the londe and hast prepared thine hert to seke God So Iosaphat abode at Ierusalem And he wente agayne amonge the people from Berseba vnto moūt Ephraim and broughte them agayne to the LORDE God of their fathers And he set Iudges thorow out the londe in all the stronge cities of Iuda and a certayne in euery cite And sayde vnto the Iudges Take hede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgment of man but of the LORDE and he is with you in iudgmēt therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with you and bewarre and do it for with the LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes ner respecte of personnes ner acceptinge of giftes And at Ierusalem dyd Iosaphat ordeyne certayne of the Leuites and prestes and of the awnciēt fathers of Israel for y e iudgment of the LORDE and ouer the matter of the lawe and caused them to dwell at Ierusalem and commaunded them and sayde Se that ye do thus in the feare of the LORDE in faithfulnes in a perfect hert In all causes that come vnto you from youre brethren which dwell in their cities betwene bloude and bloude betwene lawe and commaundement betwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shal enforme them y t they synne not against the LORDE and so the wrath to come vpon you and youre brethren Do thus and ye shal not offende Beholde Amaria the prest is chefe ouer you in all causes of y e LORDE so is Sabadia the sonne of Ismael prynce in the house of Iuda in all the kynges matters Ye haue officers likewyse the Leuites before you Take a good corage vnto you and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the good The XX. Chapter AFter this came the childrē of Moab the children of Ammon and certayne of Amanim w t them to fighte against Iosaphat And they came and tolde Iosaphat and sayde There cōmeth a greate multitude agaynst the
goddes of the Heythen in the londes bene able to delyuer their countrees fro my hande What is he amonge all the goddes of these Heythen whom my father damned that was able to delyuer his people fro my hande y t youre God shulde be able to delyuer fro my hande Therfore let not Ezechias now disceaue you and let him not persuade you eny soch thinge and beleue him not For yf no god of all the Heythē and kyngdomes might delyuer his people fro my hande and from the hande of my progenitours then shal not youre goddes be able to delyuer you fro my hande His seruaūtes also spake yet more against the LORDE God and agaynst his seruaunt Ezechias And he wrote a letter to blaspheme the LORDE God of Israel and spake of him and sayde Like as the goddes of the Heythen in their londes haue not bene able to delyuer their people from my hande euen so shal not the God of Ezechias delyuer his people fro my hande And the cryed with loude voyce in the Iewish langage vnto the people of Ierusalem that were vpon the wall to make them fearfull and to be fayntharted that they might wynne the cite And they spake agaynst the God off Ierusalem euen as agaynst the goddes off the nacions vpon earth which were but the workes of mens hondes But contrary wyse the kynge Ezechias and the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos prayed and cryed vnto heauē And the LORDE sent an angell which destroyed all the mightie men of the hoost and the prynces and rulers in y e tentes of the kynge of Assur so that he departed agayne with shame in to his owne londe And whan he wente in to his gods house they y t came of his owne body slewe him there with the swerde Thus the LORDE helped Ezechias and them at Ierusalem out of the hāde of Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur and of all other and mayntayned thē frō all on euery syde so y t many broughte presentes vnto the LORDE to Ierusalem and Iewels vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda And afterwarde was he exalted in the sighte of all Heythen At y e same tyme was Ezechias deedsicke and he prayed vnto the LORDE which made him promes and gaue him a wondertoken But Ezechias recōpensed not acordinde as was geuen vnto him for his hert was lifted vp therfore came the wrath vpon him and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem Neuertheles Ezechias humbled him selfe because his hert had bene exalted with them at Ierusalem therfore came not the wrath of the LORDE vpon them whyle Ezechias lyued And Ezechias had very greate riches and worshippe and made him treasures of syluer golde precious stones spyces shyldes and all maner costly vessell and corne houses for the increace of corne wyne and oyle and stalles for all maner catell and foldes for the shepe and buylded him cities and had many catell of shepe and oxen for God gaue him very moch good It is the same Ezechias that couered the hye water condyte in Gihon and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y e cite of Dauid for Ezechias prospered in all his workes But whan the interpreters the chefe of Babilon were sent vnto him to axe question at him concernynge the wondertokē that had happened in the londe God lefte him to be tempted that it mighte be knowne what soeuer was in his hert What more there is to saye of Ezechias and of his mercifulnes beholde it is wryttē in the vision of the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos and in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him ouer the sepulcres of the children of Dauid and all Iuda and they of Ierusalē dyd him worshippe in his death and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXXIII Chapter MAnasses was twolue yeare olde whā he was made kynge and reigned fyue and fiftye yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen after the abominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel and turned backe and buylded the hye places which his father Ezechies had broken downe and set vp altares vnto Baalim and made groues and worshipped all the hoost of heauen and serued them He buylded altares also in y e LORDES house wherof the LORDE had sayde At Ierusalem shal my name be for euer And vnto all the hoost of heauen buylded he altares in both the courtes of y e house of the LORDE And in the valley of the sonne of Hennon caused he his awne sonnes to go thorow the fyre and chosed dayes regarded byrdescryenge and witches and founded soythsayers and expounders of tokens and dyd moch that was euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath Carued ymages also and Idols which he caused to make set he vp in Gods house wherof the LORDE saide vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne In this house at Ierusalem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel wyl I set my name for euer and wyl nomore let the fote of Israel remoue frō the londe that I appoynted for their fathers so farre as they obserue to do all y t I haue commaunded them in all the lawe statutes and ordinaunces by Moses But Manasses disceaued Iuda and them of Ierusalē so that they dyd worse then the Heythen whom the LORDE destroyed before the children of Israel And the LORDE spake vnto Manasses and his people and they regarded it not Therfore dyd the LORDE cause the rulers of the hoost of the kynge of Assur to come vpō thē which toke Manasses presoner with bōdes and bounde him with cheynes broughte him vnto Babilon And whan he was in trouble he made intercession before the LORDE his God and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers and prayed and besoughte him Then herde he his prayer and broughte him agayne to Ierusalem to his kyngdome And Manasses knewe that the LORDE is God Afterwarde buylded he y e vttemost wall of the cite of Dauid on the west syde of Gihon by the broke and at the intraunce of the Fyshgate and rounde aboute Ophel and made it very hye And layed captaynes in y e strōge cities of Iuda put awaye y e straunge goddes Idols out of y e house of y e LORDE and all the altares which he had buylded vpō the mount of the house of the LORDE and in Ierusalem and cast them out of the cite and buylded the altare of the LORDE and offred slayn offerynges and thank-offerynges theron and commaunded Iuda that they shulde serue the LORDE God of Israel Neuertheles though the people offred vnto the LORDE their God yet offred they vpon the hye places What more there is to saye of Manasses and of his prayer to his God and the wordes of the Seers that spake vnto him in the name of the
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ„ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ„ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what â—o walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ„ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌ„fited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ„ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌ„t He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌ„t vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌ„ge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâ—h As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ„ doâ—ne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ„ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ„ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌ„t abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌ„de let the HeitheÌ„ be coÌ„demned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ„ that the HeitheÌ„ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ„ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ„ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ„ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌ„ge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ„ the poore He lyeth way â—inge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For â—o the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ„ the rightuous theÌ„ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌ„sidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌ„d he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌ„ge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌ„d the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌ„ge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ„ and set theÌ„ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ„ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ„ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ„ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌ„ge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌ„d heare me o LORDE
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
are cast downe are not able to stoÌ„de The XXXVI A psalme of Dauid FRett not thy self at the vngodly be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers For they shall soone be cut downe like y e grasse be wythered euen as y e grene herbe Put thou thy trust in y e LORDE be doinge good so shalt thou dwell in the londe verely it shal fede the. Delyte thou in the LORDE he shal geue the thy hertes desyre CoÌ„mitte thy waye vnto y e LORDE set thy hope in him and he shal brynge it to passe Yee he shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light thy iust dealinge as the noone daye Holde the still in y e LORDE and abyde pacieÌ„tly vpon him but greue not thy self at one that hath prosperite and lyueth in abhominacion Leaue of from wrath let go displeasure let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell For wâ—â—ed doers shal be roted out but they that pacieÌ„tly abyde the LORDE shal enheret the londe Suffre yet a litle whyle y e vngodly shal be clene gone thou shalt loke after his place he shal be awaye But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth haue pleasure in moch rest The vngodly layeth wayte for the iust gnaszsheth vpon him w t his tethe But y e LORDE laugheth him to scorne for he seith y t his daye is coÌ„minge The vngodly drawe out the swerde bende their bowe to cast downe y e symple poore and to slaye soch as go y e rightwaye Neuertheles their swerde shal go thorow their owne hert and their bowe shal be brokeÌ„ A small thinge y t the rightuous hath is better then greate riches of the vngodly For the armes of y e vngodly shal be broken but the LORDE vpholdeth the rightuous The LORDE knoweth the dayes of the godly their enheritauÌ„ce shal endure for euer They shal not be coÌ„founded in y e perlous tyme in y e dayes of derth they shall haue ynough As for y e vngodly they shall perishe wheÌ„ y e enemies of y e LORDE are in their floures they shal coÌ„sume yee euen as the smoke shal they coÌ„sume awaye The vngodly * boroweth and paieth not agayne but the rightuous is mercifull liberall Soch as be blessed of him shal possesse the londe they whom he curseth shal be roted out The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge hath pleasure in his waye Though he fall he shal not be hurte for the LORDE vpholdeth him w t his haÌ„de I haue bene yonge now am olde yet sawe I neuer the rightuous forsakeÌ„ ner his sede to seke their bred The rightuous is euer mercifull leÌ„deth geÌ„tly therfore shal his sede be blessed Fle froÌ„ euell do y e thinge that is good so shalt thou dwell for euer For y e LORDE loueth y e thinge y t is right he forsaketh not his sayntes but they shal be preserued for euermore as for the sede of the vn godly it shal be roted out Yee the rightuous shal possesse y e loÌ„de dwell therin for euer The mouth of the rightuous is exercised in wyszdome his toÌ„ge talketh of iudgment The lawe of his God is in his hert therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde The vn godly seyth the rightuous goeth aboute to slaye him But the LORDE wil not leaue him in his hoÌ„des ner coÌ„demnâ— him when he is iudged Hope thou in the LORDE kepe his waye he shal so prâ—mote the that thou shalt haue the loÌ„de by enheritauÌ„ce se when the vngodly shall perishe I myself haue sene the vn godly in greate power florishinge like a grene baye tre but when I wente by lo he was gone I sought him but he coude no where be founde Kepe innocency and take hede vnto the thinge that is right for that shall brynge a man peace at the last As for the traÌ„sgressours they shal perishe together and the vn godly shal be roted out at y e last The helpe of the rightuous commeth of the LORDE he is their strength in the tyme of trouble The LORDE shal stoÌ„de by them and saue them he shal delyuer them from the vn godly and helpe theÌ„ because they put their trust in him The XXXVII A psalme of Dauid PVt â—e not to rebuke Oh LORDE in thine anger Oh chasteÌ„ me not in thy heuy displeasure For thy arowes stick fast in me and thy honde presseth me sore There is no whole parte in my body be cause of thy displeasure there is no rest in my bones by reason of my synnes For my wickednesses are gone ouer my heade and are like a sore burthen to heuy forme to beare My woundes styncke are corrupte thorow my folishnesse I am brought in to so greate trouble and misery that I go mournynge all the daye longe For my loynes are clene dried vp and there is no whole parte in my body I am feble and sore smytteÌ„ I roare for the very disquietnes of my hert LORDE thou knowest all my desyre my gronynge is not hyd from the. My hert paunteth my strength hath fayled me the light of myne eyes is gone fro me My louers frendes stonde lokynge vpon my trouble and my kynsmen are gone a farre of They that sought after my life and to do me euell spake of lyes and ymagined disceate all the daye longe As for me I was like a deaf maÌ„ and herde not and as one that were domme not openynge his mouth I am become as a man that heareth not and that can make no resistaunce w t his mouth For in the O LORDE is my trust thou shalt heare me O LORDE my God My desyre is y t myne enemies triumphe not ouer me for yf my fote slippe they reioyse greatly against me I am redy to suffre trouble and my heuynesse is euer in my sight For I coÌ„fesse my wickednesse my synne greueth me But myne enemies lyue and are mightie and they that hate me without a cause are many in nombre They that rewarde me euell for good speake euell of me because I folowe the thinge that good is Forsake me not O LORDE my God O go not farre fro me Haist the to helpe me O LORDE my succoure The XXXVIII A psalme of Dauid I Sayde I wil kepe my waies that I offended not in my tonge And so I shut my mouth whyle the vngodly layed wayte for me I helde my tonge I was domme I kepte sylence yee eueÌ„ from good wordes but it was payne and grefe to me My hert was hote within me whyle I was thus musynge the fyre kyndled so that I spake with my tonge LORDE let me knowe myne ende and the nombre of my dayes that I maye be certified what I wante Beholde thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are
all men lyuynge Sela. Yee euery man walketh as it were a shadowe and disquieteth himâ—self in vayne he heapeth vp riches and can not tell to whom he gathereth them And now LORDE wherin shall I comforte me my hope is in the. Delyuer me from all myne offences and make me not a scorne vnto the foolish I kepe syleÌ„ce and open not my mouth for thou hast done it Turne thy plages awaye fro me for I am coÌ„sumed thorow the feare of thy haÌ„de When thou punyshest man for synne thou chastenest him so that his beutie consumeth awaye like as it were a mothe O how vayne are all men Sela. Heare my prayer o LORDE and considre my callinge shewe not thy self as though thou sawest not my teares For I am a straunger and pilgrymme with the as all my forefathers were Oh spare me a litle that I maye refresh myself before I go hence and be no more sene The XXXIX A psalme of Dauid I Wayted paciently for the LORDE which enclyned himself vnto me and herde my callinge He brought me out of the horrible pitte out of the myre and claye he set my fete vpoÌ„ the rocke and ordred my goinges He hath put a new songe in my mouth euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God Many men seynge this shal feare the LORDE put their trust in him Blessed is the man that setteth his hope in the LORDE and turneth not vnto the proude to soch as go aboute with lies O LORDE my God greate are y e wonderous workes which thou hast done in thy thoughtes towarde vs there maye none be lickened vnto the. I wolde declare them and speake of theÌ„â— but they are so many that they can not be tolde Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeined me â–ª burnt offerynges and sacrifice for synne thou hast not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come In the begynnynge of the boke it is written of me that I shulde fulfill thy wil O my God that am I conteÌ„t to do yee thy lawe is within my hert I wil preach of y e rightuousnesse in the greate congregacion Lo I wil not refrayne my lippes o LORDE that thou knowest I do not hyde y e rightuousnes in my hert my talkynge is of thy treuth and sauynge health I kepe not thy louynge mercy and faithfulnesse backe from the greate congregacion Turne not thou thy mercy fro me o LORDE but let thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth alâ—waye preserue me For innumerable troubles are come aboute me my synnes haue taken soch holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yee they are mo in nombre then the hayres of my heade and my hert hath fayled me O LORDE let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haist o LORDE to helpe me Let them be ashamed and coÌ„founded that seke after my soule to destroie it let them fall backwarde and be put to confucion that wysh me euell Let theÌ„ soone be brought to shame that crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull and glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye allwaye the LORDE be praysed As for me I am poore in mysery but the LORDE careth for me Thou art my helper redemer make no longe tarieÌ„ge o my God The XL. A psalme of Dauid BLessed is he y t considreth y e poore y e LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble The LORDE shal preserue him and kepe him alyue he shal make him to prospere vpon earth and shal not delyuer him in to y e wil of his enemies The LORDE shal refâ—esh him when he lyeth sick vpon his bedd yee thou makest his bed in all his sicknesse I sayde LORDE be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue synned agaynst the. Myne enemies speake euell vpoÌ„ me whan shal he dye and his name perishe Though he came in to se yet meaned he falsede in his hert heapinge myschefe vpon himself All they that hate me runne together agaynst me and ymagin euell agaynst me They haue geuen a wicked sentence vpon me when he lyeth he shal ryse vp nomore Yee euen myne owne familier frende whom I trusted which dyd eate my bred hath lift vp his hele agaynst me But be thou mercifull vnto me o LORDE rayse thou me vp and I shal rewarde them By this I knowe thou fauourest me that my enemie shal not triumphe ouer me Thou hast vp holden me because of my innocency and set me before thy face for euer O blessed be y e LORDE God of Israel from heÌ„ce forth and for euermore Amen Amen The XLI A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah LIke as the hert desyreth the water brokes so longeth my soule after the o God My soule is a thurste for God yee eueÌ„ for the lyuynge God whaÌ„ shal I come beholde the face of God My teares are my meate â–ª daye and night whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me where is now thy God Now when I thinke there vpoÌ„ I poure out my hert by my self for I wolde fayne go hence with the multitude passe ouer with them vnto the house of God in y e voyce of prayse thankesgeuynge amonge soch as kepe holy daye Why art thou so full of heuynes o my soule why art thou so vnquiete within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes for the helpe of his countenauÌ„ce My God my soule is vexed within me therfore I remeÌ„bre the londe of Iordane the litle hill of Hermonâ—m One depe calleth another w t the voyce of thy whystles all thy wawes water floudes are gone ouer me The LORDE hath promised his louynge kyndnesse daylie therâ—fore wil I prayse him in the night season and make my prayer vnto y e God of my life I wil saye vnto God my stony rock why hasâ— thou forgotten me why go I thus heuely â–ª whyle the enemie oppresseth me Whyle my bones are broken whyle myne enemies cast me in the tethe daylie sayenge vnto me where is now thy God Why art thou 〈◊〉 hâ—uy o my soule why art thou so disquieteâ—â— within me O put thy trust in God for â— wil yet thanke him for the helpe of his counâ—tenaunce and because he is my God The XLII psalme BEne sentence vpon me o God deâ—fende my cause agaynst the vnholâ— people Oh delyuer me from the diâ—ceatfull wicked man For thou o God art my streÌ„gth why hast thou shot me froâ— the Why go I then so heuely whyle the eâ—â—mie oppresseth me Oh sende out y e lighâ— thy trueth y t they maye lede me bryng me vnto thy holy hill and to thy dwellingâ— That I maye go in to the aulter of Goâ— euen vnto the God which is my ioye pleaâ—â—â—re vpon the harpe to geue thaÌ„kes vnto 〈◊〉 o God my God Why art thou so heuy
yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be like a broken hedge Their deuyce is only how to put him out their delyte is iÌ„ lyes they geue good wordes w t their mouth but curse w t their herte Sela. Neuertheles my soule abydeth only vpon God for he is my God He only is my streÌ„gth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not fall In God is my health my glory my might in God is my trust O put yo r trust in him allwaye ye people poure out yo r hertes before him for God is oure hope Sela. As for men they are but vayne meÌ„ are disceatfull vpoÌ„ the weightes they are al together lighter then vainte itself O trust not in wronge robbery geue not yo r selues vnto vanite yf riches increase set not yo r herte vpon them God spake once a worde twyse haue I herde the same that power belongeth vnto God That thou LORDE art mercifull that thou rewardest euery man acordinge to his workes The LXII A psalme of Dauid O God thou art my God early wil I seke the. My soule thursteth for the my flesh longeth after the in a bareÌ„ drie loÌ„de where no water is Thus do I loke for the in thy SaÌ„ctuary that I might beholde y e power glory For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life my lyppes shal prayse the. As loÌ„ge as I liue wil I magnifie the lift vp my hondes in thy name My soule is satisfied eueÌ„ as it were with marry fatnesse when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes In my bedde wil I remembre y e wheÌ„ I wake my talkynge shal be of the. For thou hast bene my helper vnder the shadowe of y e wynges wil I reioyse My soule hangeth vpon the thy right honde vp holdeth me They seke after my soule but in vayne for they shal go vnder the earth They shal fall into the swerde be a porcioÌ„ for foxes But y e kynge shal reioyse in God all they that sweare by hym shal be commeÌ„ded for the mouth of lyers shal be stopped The LXIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my voyce o God in my coÌ„playnte preserue my life froÌ„ feare of y e enemie Hyde me from the gatheringe together of y e frowarde froÌ„ y e heape of wicked doere Which whette their tuÌ„ges like a swerde shute w t their venimous wordes like as w t arowes That they maye preuely hurte y e innoceÌ„t sodeÌ„ly to hit him w t out eny feare They haue deuysed myschefe and commoned amonge them selues how they maye laye snares tush saye they who shall se them They ymagin wickednesse and kepe it secrete amonge them selues euery man in y e depe of his herte But God shall sodenly shute with an arowe y t they shall be wounded Yee their â—wne tunges shall make them fall In so moch that who so seyth theÌ„ shal laugh theÌ„ to scorne And all men that se it shal saye this hath God done for they shal perceaue y t it is his worke The rightuous shal reioyse in the LORDE and put his trust in him and all they y t are true off herte shal be glad therof The LXIIII. A psalme of Dauid THou o God art praysed in Sion and vnto the is the vowe perfourmed Thou hearest the prayer therfore coÌ„meth all flesh vnto the. Oure myszdedes preuayle agaynst vs oh be thou mercyfull vnto â—ure synnes Blessed is the man whoÌ„ thou chosest and receauest vnto the that he maye dwell in thy courte he shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house euen off thy holy temple Heare vs acordinge vnto thy woÌ„derfull rightuousnesse o God oure saluacioÌ„ thou that art the hope of all the endes of y e earth and off the brode see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌ„taynes is gyrded aboute with power Which stilleth y e ragiÌ„ge of the see the roaringe off his wawes and the woodnes of the people They that dwell in y e vttemost partes are afrayed at thy tokens thou makest both the mornynge and euenynge starres to prayse ye. Thou visetest the earth thou watrest it and makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of waters thou preparest man his corne aÌ„d thus thou prouydest for the earth Thou watrest hir forowes thou breakest the harde clottes therof thou makest it soft with y e droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy good and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also y t they droppe withall the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde The foldes are full of shepe the valleys stonde so thicke with corne y t they laugh and synge The LXV A psalme off Dauid O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌ„des synge prayses vnto the hono r of his name make his prayse to be glorious Saye vnto God O how wonderfull are thy workes thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be confouÌ„ded O y t all the worlde wolde worshipe the synge of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hither and beholde the workes of God which is so wonderfull in his doinges amonge the children of men He turned the see in to drye loÌ„de so that they wente thorow the water on fote therfore wil we reioyse in him He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholde the people the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them selues Sela. O magnifie o r God ye people make y e voyce off his prayse to be herde Which holdeth o r soule in life and suffreth not oure fete to slippe For thou o God hast proued vs thou hast tried vs liâ—â— as syluer is tried Thou hast brought vs in to captiuyte and layed trouble vpon o r loâ—nes Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer o r heades we weÌ„te thorow fyre and water 〈◊〉 thou hast brought vs out and refreshed 〈◊〉 Therfore will I go in to thy house w t 〈◊〉 offeringes to paye the my vowes which I promised w t my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wil offre vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoâ—e of raÌ„mes I will offre bullockes and goateâ— Sela. O come hither and herkeÌ„ all ye that feare God I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto hiÌ„ w t my mouth and gaue him prayses with my tuÌ„ge Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte y e LORDE wil not heare me Therfore God hath herde me aÌ„d considred the voyce off my prayer Praysed be God which hath not cast out my prayer ner turned his mercy fro me The LXVI psalme GOd be mercifull vnto vs blesse vs shewe the light off his countenauÌ„ce apon vs. Sela. That we maye knowe y e waye vpoÌ„ earth y e sauynge health amonge all Heithen Let the people prayse the o God yee let all people prayse the. O let the people reioyse and be
For they persecute him whom thou hast smytten besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him moo Let them fall froÌ„ one wickednesse to another not come into thy rightuousnesse Let theÌ„ be wyped out of y e boke of the lyuinge not be written amonge the rightuous As for me I am poore in heuynesse let thy helpe defende me o God That I maye prayse y e name of God with a songe magnifie it with thankesgeuynge This shal please the LORDE better then a bullocke that hath hornes hoffes O considre this be glad ye that be in aduersite seke after God yo r soule shal lyue For the LORDE heareth the poore despyâ—â— not his presoners Let heauen earth praise him the see all that moueth therin For God wil saue Sion buylde the cities of Iuda that men maye dwell there haue theÌ„ in possession The sede of his seruauntes shal iÌ„heret it they that loue his name shal dwell therin The LXIX A psalme of Dauid HAist the o God to delyuer me to helpe me o LORDE Let theÌ„ be shamed confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backwarde put to confucioÌ„ that wysh me euell Let them soone be brought to shame y t crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye alwaye y e LORDE be pray 〈…〉 As for me I am poore in misery 〈…〉 to helpe me Thou art my helpe my redemer my God oh make no 〈◊〉 tarienge The LXX psalme IN the o LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ but rydde me delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse â–ª encline thine eare vnto me helpe me Be thou my stronge holde where vnto I maye allwaye fle thou that hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castell Delyuer me o my God out of y e haÌ„de of the vngodly out of the hande of theâ— rightuous cruell man For thou o LORDE God art the thinge that I loÌ„ge for thou art my hope euen fro my youth I haue â—eaned vpoÌ„ y e euer sens I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe therfore is my prayse allwaye of the. I am become a wonder vnto the multitude but my sure trust is in the. Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse honoure all the daye loÌ„ge Cast me not awaye in myne olde age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake agaynst me they that laye wayte for my soule take their coâ—â—cell together sayenge God hath forsakeÌ„ him pÌ„ersecute him take him for there is none to helpe him Go not farre fro me o God my God haist the to helpe me Let them be coÌ„founded perish that are agaynst my soule let theÌ„ be couered with shame dishonoure that seke to do me euell As for me I wil pacieÌ„tly abyde allwaye wil euer encrease thy prayse My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse sauynge health all the daye loÌ„ge for I knowe no ende therof Let me go in o LORDE God I wil make mencion of thy power and rightuousnesse only Thou o God hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now therfore wil I tell of y e wonderous workes Forsake me not o God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy rightuousnes o God is very hie thou that doest greate thinges o God who is like vnto the O what greate troubles aduersite hast thou shewed me yet didest thou turne refresh me yee broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to greate honoure comforted me on euery syde Therfore wil I prayse the thy faith fulnesse o God playeÌ„ge vpon the lute vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe o thou holy one of Israel My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the so wolde my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe for they are confounded brought vnto shame y t sought to do me euel The LXXI A psalme of Salomon GEue the kinge thy iudgmeÌ„t o God and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right and defende thy poore That the mountaynes maye brynge peace and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people He shal kepe the symple folke by their right defende the childreÌ„ of the poore and punysh the wrongeous doer Thou shalt be feared as longe as y e Sonne and the Moone endureth from one generacion to another He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll and like the droppes that water y e earth In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish yee and abundauÌ„ce of peace so longe as the Moone endureth His dominion shal be from the one see to the other and from the floude vnto the worldes ende They that dwell in the wildernes shal knele before him his enemies shal licke the dust The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes y e kinges of Araby Saba shall offre giftes All kynges shal worshipe him all HeitheÌ„ shal do him seruyce For he shal deliuer the poore wheÌ„ he crieth the nedy y t hath no helpe He shall be fauorable to the symple poore he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion wronge deare shal their bloude be in his sight He shal lyue vnto him shal be geueÌ„ of y e golde of Arabia Prayer shal be made euer vnto him daylie shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles his frute shal shake like Libanus shal be grene in the cite like grasse vpoÌ„ the earth His name shal endure for euer his name shal remayne vnder the sonne amonge the posterites which shal be blessed thorow him all the Heithen shal prayse him Blessed be the LORDE God euen the God of Israel which only doth woÌ„derous thinges And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer and all londes be fulfilled with his glory Amen Amen Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iesse The LXXII A psalme of Asaph O How louynge is God vnto Israel to soch as are of a clene hert Neâ—erthelesse my fete were allmost gone my treadinges had wel nye slipte And why I was greued at y e wicked to se the vngodly in soch prosperite For they are in no parell of death but stonde fast like a palace They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged like other men And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde ouerwhelmed with cruelte
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
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
of God Punishment of the vngodly Chap. XLIII A prophecye of the coÌ„mynge of the Sauioure He putteth them in mynde of the benefites past Chap. XLIIII VnthaÌ„kfulnes of the people The vanite of Idols or ymages The madd foolishnes of those that make theÌ„ or worshipe them Chap. XLV The LORDE onely is the true God of Israel Chap. XLVI Of the destruccion of ymages The power of the true God Chap. XLVII Plages vpon proude Babilon Chap. XLVIII Agaynst the vanite of ymages Chap. XLIX The coÌ„mynge office of Christ. SaluacioÌ„ for the Iewes and for the gentyles Chap. L. The Iewes refused because they haue forsaken their maker and go a whoringe with straunge goddes Chap. LI. The mightie God hath euer done them good yf they cleue to him there shal no body hurte them Chap. LII A promyse of Messias He waketh vp the Iewes and Gentyles also to the commynge of him Chap. LIII He complayneth of the hardneckes of the people testifieth clearly of Christ. Chap. LIIII One church of Iewes GeÌ„tiles Chap. LV. God calleth all men to his goodnes in Christ. Chap. LVI How the church of Christ shulde prepare hir self agaynst his coÌ„mynge A complaynte of false prophetes and rulers Chap. LVII He rebuketh the prophetes râ—lers and the people and promyseth mercy to all soch as wyl turne Chap. LVIII He putteth the prophetes in mynde of their office What the true fast is Chap. LIX Why God heareth not the Iewes Chap. LX. He calleth vnto all soch as feare God that they wyl knowe his goodnes Chap. LXI The office of a prophet fulfilled specially in Christ. Chap. LXII The prophet maye not leaue of to crie to warne and to exorte vntyll the light of grace aryse in Sion Chap. LXIII An exortacion to receaue the Sauioure for to come Chap. LXIIII. He longeth sore for the commynge of the Sauioure sheweth his power prayeth for the people Chap. LXV Of the forsakinge of the Iewes and callinge of the Heithen Chap. LXVI The outwarde ceremonies of the Iewes are refused and here is shewed the true seruyce of God This is the prophecy of Esay the sonne of Amos which he shewed vpon Iuda and Ierusalem In the tyme of Osias Ioathan Ahas and Ezechias kynges of Iuda The first Chapter HEare o heauen herken o earth for the LORDE speaketh I haue norished brought vp children and they are fallen awaye fro me An oxe knoweth his LORDE and an Asse his masters stall but Israel knoweth nothinge my people hath no vnderstondinge Alas for this synful people which are experte in blasphemies a frawerde generacion vnnatural children They haue forsaken the LORDE they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger and are gone bacward Wherfore shulde ye be plaged eny more For ye are euer fallinge awaye The whole heade is sick and the herte is very heuy From the sole of the foote vnto the heade there is no whole parte in all yo r body but all are woundes botches sores and strypes which can nether be helped bounde vp molified ner eased with eny oyntment Youre londe lieth waist youre cities are brent vp youre enemies deuoure youre londe and ye must be fayne to stonde and loke vpon it and it is desolate as it were with enemies in a batell Morouer y e doughter of Syonis left alone like a cotage in a vynyearde like a watchouse in tyme of warre like a beseged citie And excepte the LORDE of hostes had left us a few alyue we shulde haue bene as Sodoma like vnto Gomorra Heare the worde of the LORDE ye tyrauntes of Sodoma and herken vnto the lawe of oure God thou people of Gomorra Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me I am discontent for the brent offringes of wethers and with y e fatnesse offedbeastes I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes lambes and gootes When ye apeare before me who requyreth you to treade within my porches Offreme no mo oblacions for it is but lost laboure I abhorre youre incense I maye not awaye with youre newmoones youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes You re fastinges are also in vayne I hate youre new holy dayes and fastinges euen fro my very harte They make me weery I can not abyde them Though ye holde out yo r hondes yet turne I myne eyes from you And though ye make many prayers yet heare I nothinge at all for youre hondes are full of bloude Wash you make you clene put awaye yo r euell thoughtes out of my sight cease from doinge of euell and violence Lerne to do right applie youre selues to equyte delyuer the oppressed helpe the fatherlesse to his right let the wydowes complaynte come be fore you Now go to saieth the LORDE we wil talke together Is it not so Though youre synnes be as read as scarlet shal theâ— not be whyter then snowe And though they were like purple shall they not be like whyte woll Is it not so Yf ye be louynge obedient ye shal enioye the best thinge that groweth in the londe But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shal be deuoured with the swerde for thus the LORDE hath promised with his owne mouth How happeneth it then that the rightuous citie which was full of equite is become vnfaithfull as an whore rightuousnes dwelt in it but now murthur Thy Siluer is turned to drosse and thy wyne myxte w t water Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues They loue giftes altogether and folowe rewardes As for the fatherles they helpe him not to his right nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them Therfore speaketh the LORDE God of hostes the mighty one of Israel Ah I must ease me of myne enemies and a venge me vpoÌ„ theÌ„ And therfore shal I laye my honde vpon the and burne out thy drosse from the fynest and purest and put out all thy leade set thy iudges agayne as they were somtyme and thy Senatours as they were from y e begynnynge Then shalt thou be called the rightuous citie the faithful citie But Sion shal be redemed with equyte and hyr captiuyte with rightuousnesse For the transgressours and vngodly and soch as are become vnfaithfull vnto the LORDE must all together be vtterly destroyed And excepte ye be ashamed of the oke-trees wherin ye haue so delited and of the gardeÌ„s that ye haue chosen ye shal be as an oke whose leaues are fallen awaye and as a garden that hath no moystnesse And as for the glory of these thinges it shal be turned to drie strawe and he that made them to a sparke And they shal both burne together so that no man shal be able to quench them The seconde Chapter MOrouer this is the worde that was opened vnto Esaye the sonne of Amos vpon Iuda and Ierusalem It will be also in processe of tyme That the hill where the the house of the LORDE is buylded shal be y e chefe amoÌ„ge
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
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
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
an heape of sorowes miseries Wo be to the multitude of moch people that russh in like the see and to the heape of folke that renne ouer all like greate waters For though so many people increase as the flowinge waters and though they be armed yet they fle farre of and vanish awaye like the dust with the wynde vpon an hill and as the whyrle wynde thorow a storme Though they be fearful at night yet in the morninge it is gone with theÌ„ This is their porcion that do vs harme and heretage of them that robbe vs. The xviij Chapter WO be to the londe of flienge shippes which is of this syde y e floude of Ethiopia which sendeth hir message ouer the see in shippes of redes vpoÌ„ y e water and sayeth go soone and do yo r message vnto a straunge and harde folke to a fearful people to a people y t is further then this to a desperate and pylled folke whose londe is deuyded from vs with ryuers of water Yee all ye y t fyt in the compasse of the worlde and dwell vpon the earth when the token shal be geuen vpoÌ„ the mountaynes then loke vp and when the home bloweth then herken to for thus hath y e LORDE sayde vnto me I layde me downe and pondred the matter in my house at the noone daye when it was hote and there fel a myslinge shower like a dew as it happeneth in haruest But the frutes were not yet ripe cut of and the grapes were but yonge and grene Then one smote of the grapes with an hoke yee he hewed downe also the buwes and the braunches dyd cast theÌ„ awaye And thus they were layde waist for the foules of the mountaynes and for y e beastes of the earth together So y t the foules sat ther vpon and the beastes of the earth wyntered there Then shal there be a present brought vnto the LORDE of hoostes euen that harde folke that fearful folke and that further is theÌ„ this y t desperate and pylled folke whose londe is deuyded from vs with floudes of water vnto the place of the name of the LORDE of hoostes euen vnto the hill of Sion The xix Chapter THis is the heuy burthen vpon Egipte Beholde the LORDE wil ryde vpon a swifte cloude and come in to Egipte And the goddes of Egipte shal trymble at his coÌ„mynge and the hert of Egipte shal quake within her For thus saieth the LORDE I wil stere vp the Egiptians one agaynst a nother amonge them selues so that one shal be euer agaynst his brother and neghboure yee one cite agaynst another and one kyngdome agaynst another And Egipte shal be choked in hir self WheÌ„ they axe councel at their goddes at their Prophetes at their soythsayers and witches then will I bringe their councel to naught I wil delyuer Egipte also in to the hondes of greuous rulers and a cruel kinge shal haue the rule of them The water of the see shal be draweÌ„ out Nilus shal synke awaye be dronke vp The ryuers also shal be drawen out the welles shal decreace and drie awaye Rede and rush shal fayle the grasse by the waters syde or vpon y e ryuers bancke yee and what so euer is sowen by the waters shal be wythered destroyed brought to naught The fyshers shall mourne all soch as cast angles in the water shal complayne they that sprede their nettes in the water shal be faynt harted Soch as laboure vpon flax sylcke shal come to pouerte they also that weeue fyne workes All the poundes of Egipte all the policie of their Moates diches shal come to naught Yee the vndiscrete prynces of Zoan the councel of the wyse Senatours of Pharao shal turne to foolishnesse Those that darre boast saye of Pharaos behalfe I am come of wyse people I am come of y e olde regall Progeny But where are now thy wyse meÌ„ Let them tel the shewe the what the LORDE of hoostes hath taken in honde agaynst Egypte Fooles are those prynces of Zoan proude are the prynces of Noph yee they dysceaue Egypte mith the nobilite of their stocke For the LORDE hath made Egypte dronckeÌ„ with the sprete of erroure and they shal vse it in all matters eueÌ„ like as a dronkeÌ„ maÌ„ goeth spewinge aboute For Egipte shal lacke good councel so y t they shal not knowe what to do nether beginnynge nor ende nether vpon the loÌ„de nor water TheÌ„ shal y e EgiptiaÌ„s be like vnto womeÌ„ afrayde astoÌ„â—ed at the liftinge vp of the hoÌ„de which y e LORDE of hoostes shal lifte vp ouer them The londe of Iuda also shal make the Egiptians afrayde who so doth but speake vpon it shal put them in feare And that be cause of the councel which y e LORDE of hoostes hath devysed agaynst them Then shal the fyue cities of Egipte speake with the Canaanites tâ—nge ande sweare by the LORDE of hoostes Heliopolis shal be one of them At the same tyme shal the LORDE of hoostes haue an aulter in the myddest of the londe of Egipte with this title ther by Vnto the LORDE This shal be a token or testimony vnto the LORDE of hoostes in the londe of Egipte when they shal crie vnto him because of those that oppresse them that he shal sende them a captayne and a Sauioure to delyuer them Morouer Egipte shal be bought vnto the LORDE and the Egiptians also shal knowe the LORDE at the same tyme they shal do him reuerence with peace offringes and with meat offringes they shal promyse him offringes yee paye him also Thus the LORDE shal smyte Egipte heale it agayne so shal they turne to y e LORDE and he also shal haue mercy vpoÌ„ them and saue them Then shal there be a comon waye out of Egipte in to Assiria The Assirians shal come in to Egipte and the Egypcians in to Assiria The Egipcians also and the Assirians shal both haue one Gods seruyce Then shal Israel with honoure be the thirde to Egipte and Assur And the LORDE of hoostes shal blesse them sayenge Blissed is my people of the Egipcians Assur is the worke of my hoÌ„des but Israel is myne enheritaunce The xx Chapter THe same yeare that Harthan came to Aschod where SargeÌ„ the kinge of the Assirians sent him what tyme as he also be seged Aschdod waÌ„ne it y e same season TheÌ„ spake the LORDE vnto Esaye y e sonne of Amos sayenge go and lowse of y t sack cloth froÌ„ thy loynes and put of y e shues from thy fete And so he dyd goinge naked barefote Then sayde the LORDE where as my seruaunt Esaye goeth naked and barefote it is a token and signifienge of the thinge that after thre yeare shal come vpoÌ„ Egipte and Ethiopia For euen thus shal the kinge of the Assâ—rians driue both yonge and olde as prisoners naked and barefote out of Egipte and
maner of corne by water Thou wast the comon marcket of al people Sidō is sory for it yee and all y e power of the see cōplaneth and saieth O y t I had neuer traueled with childe that I had neuer borne eny y t I had nether norished boye ner brought vp doughter As soone as Egipte perceaueth it she wil be as sory as Tirus it self Go ouer the see Mourne ye y t dwel in the Iles. Is not that the glorious cite which hath bene of longe antiquite whose natyues dwellinge farre of commende her so greatly ▪ Who hath deuysed soch thinges vpon Tirus the crowne of al cities whose marchaūtes and captaynes were the highest and principal of the worlde Euē the LORDE of hoostes hath deuysed it that he maye put downe al pompe and minish all the glory of the worlde Go thorow thy londe o thou doughter of the see as men go ouer the water and there is not a gyrdle more Thus the LORDE that remoueth the kingdomes and hath taken in hande agaynst that mightie Canaan to rote it out hath stretched out his honde ouer the see and sayde From hence forth shalt thou make no more myrth o thou doughter Sidon for thou shalt be put downe of the Cethēs Stonde vp therfore and go where the enemie wil carie the where thou shalt also haue no rest Beholde for thyne ensample The Caldees were soch a people that no man was like them Assur buylded them he set vp his castels palaces and broke them downe agayne And therfore mourne ye shippes of the see for youre power shal be throwne downe After that shal the lxx yeares of Tirus euen as longe as their kinges life was beforgotten And after lxx yeares it shal happē to Tirus as with an harlot that playeth vpon a lute Take thy lute saie men to her and go aboute the citie thou art yet an vnknowne wensche make pastyme with dyuerse balettes wherby ▪ thou mayest come in to acquantaunce Thus shal it happen after lxx yeares The LORDE shal uiset the citie of Tirus and it shal come agayne to hyr Marchaundyse and shal occupie with al the Kingdomes that be in the worlde But all hir occupiēge and wynnynge shal be halowed vnto the LORDE For then shal they laye vp nothinge behinde them nor vpon heapes but the marchaūdise of Tirus shal belōge vnto the citisens of the LORDE to the fedinge and susteninge of the hūgrie and to the clothinge of the aged The xxiiij Chapter BEholde y e LORDE shal waist and plage the worlde he shal make the face of the earth desolate scatre abrode y e inhabitours therof Then shal the prest be as the people the master as the seruaunt the dame like the mayde the seller like the byer he that lēdeth vpon vsury like him y t boroweth vpō vsury the creditoure as the detter Yee miserably shal y e worlde be waysted clene destroyed For y e LORDE hath so determed in himself The earth shal be heuye and decaye The face of y e earth shal perish fal awaye the proude people of y e worlde shal come to naught For y e earth is corrupte of hir indwellers For why they haue offended y e lawe chaunged the ordinaūces and made the euerlastinge testamēt of none effecte And therfore shal the curse deuoure the earth for they y t dwel therō haue synned wherfore they shal be brent also and those that remayne shal be very few The swete wyne shal mourne the grapes shal be weake and all y t haue bene mery in harte shal sighe The myrth of tabrettes shal be layde downe the chere of the ioyful shal ceasse and the pleasure of lutes shal haue an ende there shal no more wyne bedronke with myrth the beer shal be bytter to thē that drinke it the wicked cities shal be broken downe all houses shal be shut that no man maye come in In the stretes shal there be lift vp a crie because of wyne all mens chere shal vanish awaye and all ioye of the earth shal passe Desolacion shal remayne in the cities and the gates shal be smytten with waistnesse For it shal happen vnto all londes and to all people like as when a mā smyteth downe y e olyues y t are left vpon the tre or seketh after grapes when the wyne gatheringe is out And those same that remayne shal lift vp their voyce and be glad shal magnifie the glory of the LORDE euen from the see prayse the name of the LORDE God of Israel in the valeis and Ilōdes We heare songes sunge to the prayse of the rightuous frō al the endes of the worlde Therfore I must speake O my vnfrutfulnesse o my pouerte Wo is me all is ful of synneres which offende of purpose and malice And therfore o thou that dwellest vpon the earth there is at hōde for the feare pyt and snare Who so escapeth the terrible crie shal fall in to the pyt And yf he come out of the pyt he shal be takē with the snare For the wyndowes aboue shal be opened and the foundacion of the earth shal moue The earth shal geue a greate crack it shal haue asore ruyne and take an horrible fall The earth shal stacker like a dronken man and be takē awaye like a tent Hir misdedes shal lie so heuye vpō her y t she must fall and neuer rise vp agayne At the same tyme shal the LORDE mustre together the hie hooste aboue and y e kynges of the worlde vpon the earth These shal be coupled together as prisoners be and shal be shut in one warde and punished innumerable daies The Moone and the Sonne shal be ashamed when the LORDE of hoostes shal rule them at Ierusalem vpon the mount Sion before and with his excellent councel The xxv Chapter O LORDE thou art my God I wil prayse the and magnifie y e name For thou bringest marvelous thinges to passe acordinge to thine olde councels truly and stedfastly Thou makest of townes heapes of stone and of head cities broken walles The palaces of the wicked destroyest thou out of the citie that they shal neuer be buylded againe Therfore the very rude people must magnifie the and the cities of the cruel heithen must feare the. For thou art the poore mans helpe a strēgth for the neadful in his necessite Thou art a defence agaynst euel wether a schadowe agaynst the hete But vnto the presumptuous thou art like a strōge whyrle wynde that casteth downe the boostinge of the vngodly thou kepest men from heate with the shadow of the cloudes thou cuttest of the braunches of tyrauntes Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal once prepare a feast for all people vpō the hill A plenteous costly pleasaunt feast of fat and welfed beastes of swete and most pure thinges Vpon the hill shal he take awaye the syde vale y t hāgeth before y e face of
it shal happen vnto him as to an vntymely frute before the haruest come Which as soone as it is sene is by and by deuoured or euer it come well in a mans honde And then shal the LORDE of hoostes be a ioyful crowne and a glorious garlāde vnto the remnaunt of his people Vnto the lowly he shal be a sprete of iudgment and vnto them that dryue awaye the enemies from y e gates he shal be a sprete of strēgth But they go wronge by y e reason of wyne they fall and stacker because of strōge drynke Yee euē the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse they are dronken with wyne and weake braned thorow stronge drynke They erre in seinge and in judgmēt they fayle For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes y t no place is clene What is he amonge them y t can teach instructe or enfourme the childrē which are weened from suck or taken from the brestes of eny other fashion then Commaunde y t maye be commaunded byd y t maye be byddē forbyd that maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle And therfore the LORDE also shal speake w t lispinge lippes and w t a straunge lāguage vnto this people to whom he spake afore of this maner This shal bringe rest yf one refresh the weery ye this shal bringe rest But they had no will to heare And therfore the LORDE shal answere their stubbournes Cōmaunde y t maye be cōmaunded byd y t maye be bydden forbyd y t maye be forbyddē kepe backe y t maye be kepte backe here a litle there a litle That they maye go forth fall backwarde be brussed snared and taken Wherfore heare the worde of the LORDE ye mockers that rule the LORDEs people which is at Ierusalē For ye cōforte yo r selues thus Tush death we are at a poynte as for hell we haue made a cōdicion with it that though there breake out eny sore plage it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape and with nymblenes will we defende o r selues Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil laye a stone in Sion a greate stone a costly corner stone for a sure foundacion y t who so putteth his trust in him shal not be confouded Rightuousnes wil I set vp agayne in y e balaunce and iudgment in the weightes The tēpest of hale shal take awaye yo r refuge that ye haue to disceaue withal and y e ouerflowinge waters shal breake downe yo r strōge holdes of dissimulaciō Thus the appoyntmēt that ye haue made w t death shal be done awaye and the cōdicion that ye made with hell shal not stōde When the greate destructiō goeth thorow it shal all to treade you It shal take you quyte awaye before it For it shal go forth early in the mornynge and contynue only y t daye and y t night And the very feare only shal teach you when ye heare it For y e bedde shal be so narow y t a mā cā not lye vpon it And the coueringe to small that a mā maye not wynde him self therin For the LORDE shal steppe forth as he dyd vpon the mount Perazim and shal take on as he dyd vpō the dale of Gabaon that he maye bringe forth his deuyce his straunge deuyce and fulfil his worke his wonderful worcke And therfore make no mockes at it that youre captiuyte increase not for I haue herde the LORDE of hoostes saye that there shal come a soden destruction and plage vpon the whole earth Take hede and heare my voyce pondre and merck my wordes wel Goeth not the husbonde man euer in due season earnestly to his londe he moweth ploweth his grounde to sowe And whē he hath made it playne he soweth it with fitches or comyn He soweth y e wheate and Barlye in their place Milium and Rye also in their place And y t he maye do it right his God teacheth him and sheweth him For he treadeth not the fitches out with a wayne nether bringeth he the cart here and there ouer the comyn but he throssheth y e fitches out with a flale and the comyn with a rod. As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make bred therof In as moch as he can not bringe it to passe w t treadinge out For nether the brussinge that the cart wheles make ner his beastes can grynde it This and soch like thinges come of the LORDE of hostes which is maruelous in councel and greate in rightuousnesse The xxix Chap. WO vnto the o Ariel Ariel thou cite that Dauid wāne Take yet some yeares and let some feastes yet passe ouer then shal Ariel be beseged so that she shal be heuy and sorouful and shal be vnto me euen as a lyon For I wil laye sege to the rounde aboute and kepe y e in with towers and graue vp dykes agaynst ye. And thou shalt be brought lowe and speake out of the earth and thy wordes shal go humbly out of y e grounde Thy voyce shal come out of the earth like the voyce of a witch and thy talkinge shal groane out of the myre For the multitude of thine enemies shal be like mealdust And the nombre of Tyrauntes shal be as y e dust that the wynde taketh awaye sodenly Thou shalt be visited of the LORDE of hoostes with thondre earth quake and with a greate crack with the whyrle wynde tempest and with the flame of a consumynge fyre But now the multitude of all the people that went out agaynst Ariel the whole hooste the stronge holdes and sege is like a dreame which apeareth in the night It is like as when an hungrie man dreameth that he is eatynge and when he awaketh he hath nothinge like as when a thurstie man dreameth that he is drinkinge and when he awaketh he is faynt and his soule vnpacient So is the multitude of all people that mustre them selues agaynst the hill of Sion But ye shal be at youre wittes ende ye shal be abasshed ye shal stackre and rele to and fro Ye shal be dronken but not of wyne Ye shal fall but not thorow dronkenes For the LORDE shal geue you an hard slepinge sprete and holde downe youre eyes namely yo r prophetes and heades which shulde se them shal he couer And all visions shal be vnto you as the wordes that stonde in a sealed lettre when one offreth it to a man that is lerned and sayeth rede vs this lettre Thē he answereth I cā not rede it for it is shutt But yf it be geuē to one y t is not lerned or sayde vnto him rede this lettre Then sayeth he I can not rede Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE For so moch as this people draweth nye me w t their mouth and prayseth me highly with their lippes where as there herte neuertheles is farre fro me and the feare
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
I do with them cōsidre my glory ye that be at honde The synners at Sion are a frayde a sodane fearfulnesse is come vpon the ypocrytes What is he amonge us saye they that will dwell by that consumynge fyre which of vs maye abyde that euerlastinge heate He that ledeth a godly life saye I speaketh the treuth He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate he that kepeth his hōde that he touch no rewarde which stoppeth his eares that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent which holdeth downe his eyes that he se no euel He it is that shal dwel on hie whose sauegarde shal be in the true rocke to him shal be geuen the right true meat drynke His eyes shal se the kynge in his glory in the wyde worlde and his herte shal delite in the feare of God What shal then become of the scrybe of the Senatoure what of him that teacheth childrē There shalt thou not se a people of a straunge tūge to haue so diffused a lāguage that it maye not be vnderstonde nether so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued There shal Sion be sene the head citie of oure solempne feastes There shal thine eyes se Ierusalem that glorious habitation the tabernacle that neuer shal remoue whose nales shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose coardes euerychone shal neuer corruppe for the glorious Magesty of the LORDE shal there be present amōge vs. In that place where fayre broade ryuers streames are shal nether Gallye rowe ner greate shippe sale For the LORDE shal be oure capteyne the LORDE shal be oure lawe geuer The LORDE shal be oure kinge he himself shal be oure Sauioure There are the coardes so layd abrode that they cā not be better The mast set vp of soch a fashion that no bāner ner sale hāgeth therō but there is dealed greate spoyle yee lame men runne after the pray There lieth no mā that saieth I am sick but all euel is taken awaye from the people that dwel there The xxxiiij Chapter COme ye Heithen heare take hede ye people Herkē thou earth all that is therin thou rounde cōpasse al that groweth ther vpon for the LORDE is angrie with al people his displeasure is kindled agaynst all the multitude of them to curse them to slaye them So that their slayne shal be cast out their bodies stincke that euē the very hilles shal be wet with the bloude of them All the starres of heauen shal be consumed the heauen shal folde together like a roll all the starres therof shall fall like as the leaues fall from the vynes and fygetrees For my swearde saieth he shal be bathed in heauen shal immediatly come downe vpon Idumea and vpon the people which I haue cursed for my vengeaunce And the LORDES swearde shal be full of bloude be rustie with the fatnesse bloude of lambes and gootes with the fatnesse of neeres of the wethers For the LORDE shal kyl a great offringe in Bosra and in the londe of Idumea There shal the Vnicornes fall with the Bulles that is with the giauntes and their londe shal be washed with bloude their grounde corrupte with fatnesse Vnto the also o Sion shal come the daye of the vengeaunce of God and the yeare when as thyne owne iugdmentes shal be recompensed Thy floudes shal be turned to pytch and thine earth to brymstone therwith shal the londe be kyndled so that it shal not be quenched daye ner night But smoke euermore so forth to lie waist And no man shal go thorow thy londe for euer But Pellicanes Storkes great Oules and Rauens shall haue it in possession dwell therein For God shal sprede out the lyne of desolacion vpon it weye it with the stones of emptynes When kinges are called vpō there shal be none and all princes shal be awaye Thornes shal growe in their palaces nettels thistles in their stronge holdes y t the dragons maye haue their pleasure therin that they maye be a courte for Estriches There shal straunge visures and monstruous beastes mete one another the wylde kepe company together There shal the lamia lye haue hir lodginge There shall the hedghogge buylde digge be there at home and bringe forth his yongeones There shal the kytes come together ech one to his like Seke thorow the scripture of the LORDE rede it There shal none of these thinges be left out there shal not one ner soch like fayle ▪ For what his mouth commaundeth that same doth his sprete gather together or fulfilleth Vpon whom so euer y e lot fallet or to whom he dealeth it with the line those shal possesse the enheritaunce from generacion to generacion and dwel therin The xxxv Chapter BVt the deserte wildernesse shal reioyse y e waist grounde shal be glad and florish as the lilly She shal florish pleasauntly and be ioyful and euer be geuynge of thankes more and more For y e glory of libanus the bewty of Charmel Sarō shal be geuen her These shal knowe the honoure of the LORDE and the magesty of oure God And therfore strength y e weake hōdes and conforte the feble knees Saye vnto them that are of a fearful hert Be of good chere and feare not Beholde youre God cometh to take vengeaunce to rewarde God cometh his owne self and wil delyuer you Then shal the eyes of the blinde be lightned and the eares of the deaff opened Then shal the lame man leape as an herte the domme mās tūge shal geue thankes In the wildernesse also there shal welles springe and floudes of water in the deserte The drie grounde shal turne to ryuers and the thurstie to springes of water Where as dragons dwelt afore there shal growe swete floures and grene russhes There shal be footpathes comon stretes this shal be called the holy waye No vnclene person shal go thorow it for the LORDE himself shal go with thē that waye and the ignoraūt shal not erre There shal be no lyon and no rauyshinge beast shall come therin nor be there but men shal go there fre and safe And the redemed of the LORDE shal conuerte and come to Sion with thankesgeuinge Euerlastinge ioye shal they haue pleasure gladnesse shal be amōge them And as for all sorow and heuynes it shal vanish awaye The xxxvj Chapter IN the xiiij yeare of kinge Ezechias came Sennacherib kinge of the Assirians downe to laye sege vnto all the stronge cities of Iuda And the kinge of the Assiriās sent Rabsaches from Lachis toward Ierusalem agaynst kinge Ezechias with a greuous hooste ▪ which set him by the condite of the ouerpole in the waye that goeth thorow y e fullers lōde And so there came forth vnto him Eliachim Helchias sonne the presydent Sobna the scribe and Ioah Asaphs
tyme wil come that euery thinge which is in thine house and all that thy progenitours haue layde vp in stoare vnto this daye shal be caried to Babilon and nothinge left behinde This sayeth the LORDE Yee and parte of thy sonnes that shal come of the and whom thou shalt get shal be caried hence and become gelded chamberlaines in the kinge of Babilons courte Then sayde Ezechias to Esay Now God prospere his owne councel which thou hast tolde me He sayde morouer So that there be peace and faithfulnesse in my tyme. The xl Chapter BE of good chere my people be of good chere saieth youre God Conforte Ierusalem and tell her that hir trauale is at an ende that hir offence is pardoned that she hath receaued of the LORDES honde sufficient correction for all hir synnes A voyce crieth Prepare y e waye for the LORDE in the wyldernesse make straight y e path for oure God in the deserte Let all valleis be exalted and euery mountayne and hill be layde lowe What so is croked let it be made straight and let the rough places be made playne feldes For the glory of the LORDE shal apeare all flesh shal se it for why y e mouth of the LORDE hath spoken it The same voyce spake Now crie And I sayde what shal I crie Then spake it that all flesh is grasse and that all the bewtie the rof is as the floure of the felde When the grasse is wytthered the floure falleth awaye Euen so is the people as grasse when the breath of the LORDE bloweth vpon them Neuerthelesse whether the grasse wyther or the floure fade awaye Yet the worde of oure God endureth for euer Morouer the voyce cried thus Go vp vnto the hill o Sion thou that bringest good tidinges lift vp thy voyce with power o thou preacher Ierusalem Lift it vp without feare and say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde youre God beholde the LORDE euen the almightie sha◠come with power beare rule with his arme Beholde he bringeth his treasure with him and his workes go before him He shal fede his flock like an hirdman He shal gather the lambes together with his arme and carie them in his bosome shal kindly intreate those that beare yonge Who hath holden the waters in his fist Who hath measured heauen with his spanne ▪ and hath comprehended all the earth of y e worlde in thre fyngers Who hath weyed the mountaynes and hilles Who hath refourmed the mynde of the LORDE Or who is of his councel to teach him At whom hath he asked coūcel to make him vnderstōde and to lerne him the waye of iudgment to teach him science and to enstructe him in the waye of vnderstōdinge Beholde all people are in cōparison of him as a droppe to a bucket full and are counted as the leest thinge y t the balaunce weyeth Beholde y e Iles are in comparison of him as the shadowe of the Sonne beame Libanus is not sufficiēt to ministre fyre for his offringe and all the beastes therof are not ynough to one sacrifice All people in comparison of him are rekened as nothinge yee vayne vanite and emptynesse To whom then will ye licke God or what similitude will ye set vp vnto him Shal the caruer make him a carued ymage and shal the goldsmyth couer him with golde or cast him in to a fourme of syluer plates Morouer shal the ymage maker y t the pooreman which is disposed maye haue somthinge to set vp also seke out and chose a tre that is not rotten and carue therout an ymage y t moueth not Knowe ye not this Herde ye neuer of it Hath it not bene preached vnto you sence the begynnynge Haue ye not bene enfourmed of this sence the foundacion of y e earth was layde That he sytteth vpon the Circle of the worlde and that all the inhabitours of the worlde are in cōparison of him but as greshoppers That he spredeth out the heauēs as a coueringe that he stretcheth them out as ▪ a tent to dwell in That he bringeth princes to nothinge and the iudges of the earth to dust so that they be not planted nor sowen agayne nether their stocke rooted agayne in the earth For as soone as he bloweth vpon them they wither fade awaye like the strawe in a whirle wynde To whom now wil ye licken me whom shal I be like saieth the holyone Lift vp youre eyes an hie and considre Who hath made those thinges which come out by so greate heapes and he can call them all by their names For there is nothinge hyd vnto the greatnesse of his power strength and might How maye then Iacob thinke or how maye Israel saye My wayes are hyd from the LORDE and my God knoweth not of my iudgmentes Knowest thou not or hast thou not herde that the euerlastinge God the LORDE which made all the corners of the earth is nether weery nor faynt and that his wisdome can not be comprehended but that he geueth strength vnto the weery and power vnto the faynte Children are weery and faynt and the strongest men fall But vnto them that haue the LORDE before their eyes shal strength be encreased Aegles wynges shal growe vpon them When they runne they shal not fall and when they go they shal not be weery The xlj Chapter BE still ye I londes and herken vnto me Be stronge ye people Come hither and shew youre cause we will go to the lawe together Who rayseth vp y e iuste from the rysinge of the Sonne and calleth him to go forth Who casteth downe the people and subdueth the kinges before him that he maye throwe them all to the groūde with his swearde and scatre them like stuble with his bowe He foloweth vpon them and goeth safely himself and cometh in no footpath with his fete Who hath made created and called the generacions from the begynnynge Euen I the LORDE which am the first and with the last Beholde ye Iles that ye maye feare and ye endes of the earth that ye maye be abasshed draw nye and come hither Euery man hath exorted his neghboure and brother and bydden him be stronge The Smyth conforted the moulder the Ironsmyth the hammerman sayenge It shal be good that we fasten this cast worke and then they fastened it with nales that it shulde not be moued And thou Israel my seruaunt Iacob my electe sede of Abrahā my beloued whom I led from the endes of the earth by the honde For I called the from farre saide vnto the Thou shalt be my seruaunt I haue chosen the will not cast y e awaye be not afrayde for I wil be with ye. Lake not behinde y e for I wil be thy God to strēgth y e helpe y e to kepe y e with this right hōde of myne Beholde all they that resist the shal come to confucion and shame
y t my people maye knowe my name I my self will speake in that daye Beholde here am I. O how bewtiful are the fete of the Embassitoure y t bringeth the message froÌ„ the mountayne proclameth peace y t briÌ„geth the good tydinges preacheth health saieth vnto Sion Thy God is the kinge Thy watchmeÌ„ shal lift vp their voyce w t loude voyce shal they preach of him for they shal se him present wheÌ„ the LORDE shal come agayne to Sion Be glad o thou desolate IerusaleÌ„ reioyse together for the LORDE will coÌ„forte his people he wil delyuer IerusaleÌ„ The LORDE wil make bare his holy arme shewe it forth in the sight of all the GeÌ„tiles all the endes of the earth shal se the sauynge health of oure God Awaye Awaye get you out froÌ„ thence touch no vncleane thinge Go out from amonge soch And be cleane ye that beare the vessell of the LORDE But ye shal not go out with sedicioÌ„ ner make haist as they that fle awaye for the LORDE shal go before you aÌ„d the God of Israel shal kepe the watch Beholde my seruaunt shal deale wysely therfore shal he be magnified exalted greatly honoured Like as y e multitude shal woÌ„dre vpon him because his face shal be so deformed not as a mans face his bewtie like no man Euen so shal the multitude of the GeÌ„tiles loke vnto him y e kinges shal shut their mouthes before him For they y t haue not bene tolde of him shal se him and they y t herde nothinge of him shal beholde him The liij Chapter BVt who geueth credence vnto oure preachinge Or to whoÌ„ is the arme of the LORDE knowne He shal growe before the LORDE like as a brauÌ„ch as a rote in a drie grounde He shal haue nether bewty ner fauoure When we loke vpon him there shal be no fayrnesse we shal haue no lust vnto him He shal be the most symple despised of all which yet hath good experience of sorowes infirmities We shal reken him so symple so vyle that we shal hyde oure faces froÌ„ him Howbeit of a treuth he only taketh awaye oure infirmite beareth oure payne Yet we shal iudge him as though he were plaged and cast downe of God where as he notwithstoÌ„dinge shal be wouÌ„ded for oure offences smytten for oure wickednes For the payne of o r punyshmeÌ„t shal be layde vpoÌ„ him w t his stripes shal we be healed As for vs we go all astraye like shepe euery one turneth his owne waye But thorow him the LORDE pardoneth all o r synnes He shal be payned troubled aÌ„d shal not opeÌ„ his mouth He shal be led as a shepe to be slayne yet shal he be as still as a lambe before the shearer not open his mouth He shal be had awaye his cause not herde wtout eny iudgment Whose generacion yet no man maye nombre when he shal be cut of froÌ„ the grounde of the lyvinge Which punyshment shal go vpon him for the transgression of my people His graue shal be geueÌ„ him with the coÌ„demned his crucifienge with the theues Where as he dyd neuer violence â—er vnright nether hath there bene eny disceatfulnesse in his mouth Yet hath it pleased y e LORDE to smyte him with infirmite that when he had made his soule an offeringe for synne he might se a loÌ„ge lastinge sede And this device of the LORDE shal prospere in his honde With trauayle and laboure of his soule shal he optayne greate riches My rightuous seruaunt shall with his wisdome iustifie delyuer the multitude for he shal beare awaye their synnes Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for his parte he shal deuyde the stroÌ„ge spoyle because he shal geue ouer his soule to death shal be rekened amonge the transgressours which neuertheles shal take awaye y e synnes of the multitude and make intercession for the myszdoers The liiij Chapter THerfore be glad now thou bareÌ„ that bearest not Reioyce synge be mery thou y t art not with childe For the desolate hath moo children then the maried wife saieth the LORDE Make thy tente wyder sprede out the hanginges of thine habitacioÌ„ spare not laye forth thy coardes and make fast thy stakes for thou shalt breake out on the right syde and on the left thy sede shal haue y e GeÌ„tiles in possession aÌ„d dwel in the desolate cities Feare not for thou shalt not be confouÌ„ded Be not ashamed for thou shalt not come to confucion Yee thou shalt forget the shame off thy youth and shalt not remembre the dishonoure of thy wedo wheade For he that made the shal be thy LORDE husbonde whose name is the LORDE of hoostes thine avenger shal be euen the holy one off Israel the LORDE of the whole worlde For the LORDE shal call the beinge as a desolate soroufull woman and as a yonge wife that hath broken hir wedlocke saieth thy God A litle while haue I forsaken the but w t greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto me WheÌ„ I was angrie I hid my face from the for a litle season but thorow euerlastinge goodnesse shal I pardon the saieth the LORDE thine avenger And this must be vnto me as the water of Noe For like as I haue sworne y t I wil not bringe the water off Noe eny more vpoÌ„ the worlde So haue I sworne y t I wil neuer be angrie w t the ner reproue the The mountaynes shall remoue the hilles shal fall downe but my louynge kyndnesse shal not moue and the bonde off my peace shal not fall downe froÌ„ y e saieth y e LORDE thy merciful louer Beholde thou poore vexed despised I wil make thy walles of precious stones y e foundacioÌ„ of Saphires thy wyndowes off Cristall thi gates of fyne cleare stone y e borders of pleasauÌ„t stones Thy childreÌ„ shal all be taught of God I wil geue theÌ„ plenteousnes of peace In rightuousnes shalt thou be grounded be farre froÌ„ oppression for the which thou nedest not be afrayed nether for hynderauÌ„ce for it shal not come nye the. Beholde y e aleâ—unt y t was farre froÌ„ the shal dwell w t the he y t was somtyne a straunger vnto the shal be ioyned w t the Beholde I make the smyth y t bloweth the coles in the fyre he maketh a weapon after his hondy worke I make also the waister to destroye but all the weapens y t are made agaynst the shal not prospere And as for all tunges y t shal resiste the in iudgmeÌ„t thou shalt ouer come theÌ„ coÌ„demne them This is the heretage of the LORDES seruauntes the rightuousnes that they shal haue of me saieth the LORDE The lv Chapter COme to the waters all ye
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
for Ierusalēs sake I will not ceasse vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as y e shyninge light their health as a burnynge lampe Then shal the Gētiles se thy rightuousnesse all kinges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a new name which the mouth of y e LORDE shal shewe Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE and a glorious garlāde in the hōde of thy God From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakē thy lōde shal nomore be called the wildernesse But thou shalt be called Hephziba that is my beloued y e londe Beula that is a maried womā for y e LORDE loueth y e thy lōde shal be inhabited And like as yonge mā taketh a doughter to mariage so shal God mary himself vnto y e sonnes And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde so shal God reioyse ouer the. I wil set watchmē vpō thy walles o Ierusalem which shall nether ceasse daye nor night to preach y e LORDE And ye also shall not kepe him close nor leaue to speake of hī vntill Ierusalē be set vp made the prayse of the worlde The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde by his stronge arme that frō hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies ner y e wyne wherī thou hast laboured to be drynke for y e straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shal eate it geue thankes to the LORDE they that haue borne in the wyne shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary Stōde back departe a sunder ye y t stonde vnder y e gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete take awaye y e stones set out a tokē for the people Beholde y e LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde tel y e doughter Siō se thy Saluaciō cometh beholde he bringeth his treasure w t him his workes go before him For they whō y e LORDE delyuereth shal be called the holy people as for the thou shalt be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken The lxiij Chapter WHat is he this that cometh from Edom with stayned reade clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth cometh in so neēbly with all his strēgth I am he y t teacheth rightuousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore thē is thy clothinge reade thy raymēt like his y t treadeth in y e wyne presse I haue troddē the presse my self alone of all people there was not one with me Thus haue I trodē downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my fete vpō them in my indignacion And their bloude sprange vpō my cloothes so haue I stayned all my rayment For the daye of vengeaūce that I haue takē in honde the yeare of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no mā to shewe me eny helpe I fel downe and no man helde me vp Thē I helde me by myne owne arme my feruētnesse susteyned me And thus haue I troden downe the people in my wrath and bathed them in my displeasure In so moch that I haue shed their bloude vpon the earth I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all that he hath gyuen vs for the greate good y t he hath done for Israel which he hath gyuen them of his owne fauoure acordinge to the multitude of his louynge kindnesses For he sayde These no doute wil be my people and no shrēkinge children and so he was their Sauioure In their troubles he forsoke thē not but the angel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue kindnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde begāne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was their enemie and fought agaynst them him self Yet remēbred he the olde tyme of Moses his people How he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe how he had geuen his holy sprete amonge them how he had led Moses by the right honde with his glorious arme how he had deuyded the water before them wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge name how he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they shulde not stomble The sprete of the LORDE led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus o God hast thou led thy people to make thy self a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heauē and beholde the dwellinge place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it y t thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge kyndnesse wyl not be entreated of vs Yet art thou o r father For Abraham knoweth vs not nether is Israel acquanted with vs. But thou LORDE art oure father and redemer and thy name is euer lastinge O LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened oure hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake y t are of the generaciō of thy heretage Thy people hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for oure enemies haue takē it in And we are become euen as we were from the beginnynge but thou art not their LORDE for they haue not called vpon thy name The lxiiij Chapter O That thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder come downe that the mountaynes might melt awaye at thy presence like as at an hore fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water doth vpon the fyre Wherby thy name might be knowne amōge thine enemies y t the Gētiles might trēble before ye. That thou mightest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes then shulde the hilles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou o God that herde or perceaued nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for thē that put their trust in the. Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou art angrie for we offende and haue bene euer in synne and there is not one whole We are all as an vnclene thinge all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fall euerychone as the leaf for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stondeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But now o LORDE thou father of ours we are the claye and thou art oure potter and we all are the worke of thy hondes Be not to sore displeased o LORDE and kepe not oure offences to lōge in thy remembraunce but considre that we all are thy people
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
LORDE that it shal no more be called Tophet ▪ or the valley of the children of Ennon but the valley of the slayne for in Tophet they shal be buried because they shal els haue no rowme Yee y e deed bodies of this people shal be eaten vp of the foules of the ayre wilde beastes of the earth no man shal fraye them awaie And as for the voyce of myrth gladnesse of the cities of Iuda Ierusalem the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde I will make them ceasse for the londe shal be desolate The VIII Chapter AT the same tyme saieth the LORDE the bones of the kinges of Iuda the bones of his princes the bones of the prestes and prophetes yee and the bones of the citisens of Ierusalē shal be brought out of their graues and layed agaynst the Sonne the Moone and all the heauenly hooste whom they loued whom they serued whom they ranne after whom they sought worshipped They shal nether be gathered together ner buried but shal lye vpō the earth to their shame and despisinge And all they that remayne of this wicked generacion shal desyre rather to dye thē to lyue where so euer they remayne where as I scatre them saieth the LORDE of hoostes This shalt thou saye vnto them also Thus saieth the LORDE Do men fall so that they arise not vp agayne And turne they so farre awaye y t they neuer conuerte Wherfore then is this people and Ierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not againe ▪ They are euer the longer the more obstinate and will not be conuerted For I haue loked and considered but there is no mā that speaketh a good worde there is no man that taketh repētaunce for his synne that will so moch as saye wherfore haue I done this But euery man as soone as he is turned backe runneth forth still like a wilde horse in a battayl The Storke knoweth his apoynted tyme the Turtledoue y e Swalow and the Crane cōsidre the tyme of their trauayle but my people will not knowe the tyme of the punyshment of the LORDE How darre ye saye then we are wise we haue the lawe of the LORDE amonge vs Beholde the disceatfull penne of the scrybes setteth forth lies therfore shal the wise be confounded they shal be afrayed and taken for lo they haue cast out the woorde of the LORDE what wyszdome can then be amonge them Wherfore I will geue their wyues vnto aleauntes and their feldes to destroyers For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe all shamefull lucre and from the prophet vnto the prest they deale all with lies Neuertheles they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace where there is no peace at all Fye for shame how abhominable thinges do they And yet they be not ashamed yee they knowe of no shame Wherfore in the tyme of their visitacion they shal fall amonge the deed bodies saieth the LORDE Morouer I will gather them in saieth the LORDE so that there shal not be one grape vpon the vyne nether one fyge vpon the fyge tre and the leaues shal be plucte of Then will I cause them to departe and saye why prolonge we the tyme Let vs gather oure selues together and go in to the stronge cite there shall we be in rest For the LORDE oure God hath put vs to sylence and geuen vs water myxte with gall to drynke because we haue synned agaynst him We loked for peace and we fayre not the better we wayted for the tyme of health and lo here is nothinge but trouble Then shall the noyse of his horses be herde from Dan the whole londe shall be afrayed at the neyēge of his stronge horses for they shal go in and deuoure the londe with all that is in it the cities and those that dwell therin Morouer I will sende Cockatrices serpētes amonge you which will not be charmed and they shal byte you sayeth the LORDE Sorowe is come vpon me and heuynes vexeth my herte for lo the voyce of the criēge of my people is herde from a farre countre Is not the LORDE in Sion Is not he kinge in her Wherfore then haue they greued me shall the LORDE saye with their ymages and foolish straunge fashions The haruest is gone the Sōmer hath an ende and we are not helped I am sore vexed because of the hurte of my people I am heuy and abashed for there is no more Triacle at Galaad and there is no Phisician that cā heale the hurte of my people The IX Chapter O Who will geue my heade water ynough a well of teares for myne eyes that I maye wepe night ād daye for the slaughter of my people Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folke that I might leaue my people and go from thē for they be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge sorte They bēde their tūges like bowes to shute out lies As for the treuth they maye nothinge awaye with all in the worlde For they go from one wickednes to another and holde nothinge of me saieth the LORDE Yee one must kepe himself from another no man maye safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermyneth another one neghboure begyleth another Yee one dissembleth with another and they deale with no treuth They haue practised their tunges to lye and taken greate paynes to do myschefe They haue set their stole in the myddest of disceate and for very dissemblinge falsede they wil not knowe me saieth the LORDE Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes beholde I wil melte them and trie thē for what shulde I els do to my people Their tunges are like sharpe arowes to speake disceate With their mouth they speake peaceably to their neghboure but preuely they laye waite for him Shulde I not punysh them for these thinges saieth the LORDE Or shulde I not be auenged of eny soch people as this Vpon the mountaynes will I take vp a lamentacion and soroufull crie and a mournynge vpon the fayre playnes of the wildernes Namely how they are so brente vp that no man goeth there eny more Yee a man shal not heare one beast crie there Byrdes and catell are all gone from thēce I will make Ierusalem also an heape of stones and a denne of venymous wormes And I wil make the cities of Iuda so waist that no man shal dwell therin What man is so wise as to vnderstonde this Or to whom hath the LORDE spoken by mouth that he maye shewe this and saye O thou londe why perishest thou so Wherfore art thou so brent vp and like a wildernesse that no mā goeth thorow Yee the LORDE himself tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kepte not the thynge that he gaue them in commaundement nether lyued therafter but folowed the wickednes of their owne hertes and
brydegrome and off the bryde yee and that in youre dayes that ye maye se it Now when thou shewest this people all these wordes and they saye vnto the Wherfore hath the LORDE deuysed all this greate plage for vs Or what is the offence and synne that we haue done agaynst the LORDE oure God Then make thou them this answere Because youre fathers haue forsaken me saieth the LORDE and haue cleued vnto straunge goddes whom they haue honoured and worshipped but me haue they forsakē and haue not kepte my lawe And ye w t youre shamefull blasphemies haue exceaded the wickednes off youre fathers For euery one off you foloweth the frawerde euel ymaginacion off his owne hert and is not obedient vnto me Therfore wil I cast you out off this londe in to a londe that ye and youre fathers knowe not and there shall ye serue straunge goddes daye and night there will I shewe you no fauoure Beholde therfore saieth the LORDE the daies are come that it shall nomore be sayed The LORDE lyueth which brought the children of Israel out of the lōde of Egipte but it shall be sayde the LORDE lyueth that brought the children of Israel from the North from all londes where I had scatred them For I wil bringe thē agayne in to the lōde that I gaue vnto their fathers Beholde saieth the LORDE I will sende out many fiszhers to take them and after y t wil I sende out many hunters to hunte thē out from all mountaynes and hilles ād out of the caues of stones For myne eyes beholde all their wayes and they can not be hyd fro my face nether can their wicked dedes be kepte close out of my sight But first will I sufficiently rewarde their shamefull blasphemies and synnes wherwith they haue defyled my londe Namely with their stinckinge Idols and abhominacions wherw t they haue fylled myne heretage O LORDE my strength my power and refuge in tyme off trouble The Gentiles shall come vnto the from the endes off the worlde and saye Verely oure fathers haue cleued vnto lies their Idols are but vayne and vnprofitable How can a man make those his goddes which are not able to be goddes And therfore I will once teach them saieth y e LORDE I wil shewe them my honde and my power that they maye knowe y t my name is y e LORDE The XVII Chapter YOure synne o ye off the trybe of Iuda is writtē in the table of yo r hertes grauē so vpon the edges of yo r aulters w t a penne of yron with an Adamāt clawe y t youre children also maye thynke vpon youre aulters woddes thicke trees hie hilles mountaynes feldes Wherfore I will make all youre substaunce treasure be spoyled for the greate synne that ye haue done vpon youre hie places thorow out all y e coostes off youre lōde Ye shal be cast out also from the heretage that I gaue you And I wil subdue you vnder the heuy bōdage of youre enemies in a londe that ye knowe not For ye haue ministred fyre to my indignacion which shal burne euermore Thus saieth the LORDE Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man ād that taketh flesh for his arme and he whose herte departeth from y e LORDE He shall be like the heeth that groweth in the wildernes As for the good thinge that is for to come he shall not se it but dwell in a drie place off the wildernes in a salt and vnoccupied londe O Blissed is the man that putteth his trust in the LORDE and whose hope the LORDE is himself For he shal be as a tre that is planted by the water syde which spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse whom the heate can not harme when it commeth but his leaues are grene And though there growe but litle frute because off drouth yet is he not carefull but he neuer leaueth of to bringe forth frute Amonge all thinges lyuynge man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert Who shall then knowe it Euen I the LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert ād search the reynes and rewarde euery mā acordinge to his wayes and acordinge to the frute off his councels The disceatfull maketh a nest but bringeth forth no yonge He commeth by riches but not rightuously In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him and at the last be founde a very foole But thou o LORDE whose trone is most glorious excellent and off most antiquite which dwellest in the place of oure holy rest Thou art the comforte off Israel All they that forsake the shal be confounded all they that departe from the shal be written in earth for they haue forsaken the LORDE the very condite of the waters of life Heale me o LORDE and I shall be whole saue thou me and I shal be saued for thou art my prayse Beholde these men saye vnto me Where is the worde of the LORDE Let it come Where as I neuertheles ledinge the flock in thy wayes haue compelled none by violence For I neuer desyred eny mās deeth this knowest thou well My wordes also were right before the. Be not now terrible vnto me o LORDE for thou art he in whom I hope when I am in parell Let my persecuters be confounded but not me let them be afrayed and not me Thou shalt bringe vpon thē the tyme off their plage and shalt destroye them right sore Agayne thus hath the LORDE sayde vnto me Go and stonde vnder the gate where thorow the people and the kinges of Iuda go out and in yee vnder all the gates of Ierusalem and saye vnto them Heare the worde of the LORDE ye kinges of Iuda and all thou people of Iuda and all ye citesyns of Ierusalem that go thorow this gate Thus the LORDE commaundeth Take hede for youre lyues that ye carie no burthen vpon you in the Sabbath to bringe it thorow the gates of Ierusalem ye shall beare no burthen also out of youre houses in the Sabbath Ye shall do no laboure there in but halowe the Sabbath as I commaunded youre fathers How be it they obeyed me not nether herkened they vnto me but were obstinate stubburne ād nether obeyed me ner receaued my correccion Neuertheles yf ye will heare me saieth the LORDE and beare no burthen in to y e cite thorow this gate vpon the Sabbath Yf ye will halowe the Sabbath so that ye do no worke there in then shal there go thorow the gates of this cite kinges and prynces that shall syt vpon the stole of Dauid They shall be caried vpon charettes and ryde vpon horses both they and their princes Yee whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem shall go here thorow and this cite shall euer be the more and more inhabited There shall come men also from the cities of Iuda from aboute Ierusalem ād from y e londe of Ben
Iamin from the playne feldes from the mountaynes and from the wildernesse which shall bringe burnt offringes sacrifices oblacions and incense and offre vp thankesgeuynge in the house of the LORDE But yff ye will not be obedient vnto me to halowe the Sabbath so that ye will beare youre burthens thorow the gates off Ierusalem vpon the Sabbath Then shall I set fyre vpon the gates off Ierusalem ād it shal burne vp the houses off Ierusalem and no man shal be able to quench it The XVIII Chapter This is another communicacion that God had with Ieremy sayenge ARise and go downe in to the Potters house and there shall I tell the more off my mynde Now when I came to the Potters house I founde him makinge his worke vpon a whele The vessel that the Potter made off claye brake amonge his hōdes So he beganne a new and made a nother vessell acordinge to his mynde Then sayde the LORDE thus vnto me Maye not I do w t you as this Potter doth O ye house off Israel saieth the LORDE Beholde ye house off Israel ye are in my honde euen as the claye in the Potters honde When I take in honde to rote out to destroye or to waist awaye eny people or kīgdome yff that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuysed cōuerte from their wickednes Immediatly I repente off the plage that I deuysed to bringe vpon thē Agayne Whē I take in honde to buylde or to plante a people or a kingdome yff the same people do euell before me and heare not my voyce Immediatly I repente of the good that I deuysed to do for them Speake now therfore vnto whole Iuda and to them that dwell at Ierusalem Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I am deuysinge a plage for you and am takinge a thinge in honde agaynst you Therfore let euery man turne from his euell waye take vpon you the thinge that is good and do right But they saye No more of this we will folowe oure owne ymaginacions and do euery mā acordinge to the wilfulnesse of his owne mynde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Axe amonge the Heithen yf eny man hath herde soch horrible thinges as the doughter of Sion hath done Shal not y e snowe y t melteth vpon the stony rockes of Libanus moysture the feldes Or maye the springes off waters be so grauen awaye that they runne no more geue moystnesse ner make frutefull But my people hath so forgotten me y t they haue made sacrifice vnto vayne goddes And whyle they folowed their owne wayes they are come out of the hie strete and gone in to a fote waye not vsed to be troden Where thorow they haue brought their londe in to an euerlastinge wildernesse and scorne So y t who so euer trauayleth ther by shal be abashed and wagge their heades With an East wynde will I scatre thē before their enemies And when their destruction cōmeth I will turne my backe vpō them but not my face Then sayde they come let vs ymagin somthinge agaynst this Ieremy Yee this dyd euen the prestes to whom y e lawe was commytted the Senatours y t were the wyfest and the prophetes which wanted not y e worde off God Come sayde they let vs cut out his tūge and let vs not regarde his wordes Considre me o LORDE and heare the voyce of myne enemies Do they not recompence euell for good when they dygg a pyt for my soule Remembre how that I stode before the to speake for thē ād to turne awaye thy wrath from them Therfore let their childrē dye of hunger and let them be oppressed with the swearde Let their wyues be robbed of their childrē and be come wyddowes let their huszbōdes be slayne let their yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde Let the noyse be herde out of their houses when the murtherer cōmeth sodenly vpon them For they haue digged a pit to take me and layed snares for my fete Yet LORDE thou knowest all their coūcell that they haue deuysed to slaye me And therfore forgeue them not their wickednes and let not their synne be put out of thy sight but let them be iudged before the as the giltie This shalt thou do vnto thē in y e tyme of thy indignacion The XIX Chapter MOrouer thus saide the LORDE vnto Ieremy Go thy waye and bye the an erthen pytcher and bringe forth the Senatours and chefe prestes in to the valley of the children off Ennon which lieth before the porte that is made of brick shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell the and saye thus vnto them Heare the worde of the LORDE ye kinges of Iuda ād ye citesyns of Ierusalem Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will bringe soch a plage vpon this place that y e eares of all that heare it shal glowe And that because they haue forsakē me and vnhalowed this place and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes whō nether they their fathers ner the kinges off Iuda haue knowne They haue filled this place also w t the bloude of innocentes for they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal to burne their children for a burnt offringe vnto Baal which I nether commaunded ner charged them nether thought once there vpon Beholde therfore y e tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE y t this place shal nomore be called Tophet ner y e valley of y e childrē of Ennō but y e valley of slaughter For in this place wil I slaye the Senatours of Iuda Ierusalē kill thē downe w t the swearde in y e sight of their enemies ād of them that seke their lyues And their deed carcases wil I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde And I wil make this cite so desolate ād despysed that who so goeth there by shal be abaszhed geast vpon her because of all hir plages I will fede them also w t the flesh of their sonnes their doughters Yee euery one shal eate vp another in the beseginge straytnesse wher w t their enemies y t seke their lyues shal kepe thē in And the pitcher shalt thou breake in the sight of the mē y t shal be w t the and saye vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes Euē so wil I destroye this people cite as a Potter breaketh a vessel that can not be made whole agayne In Tophet shal they be buried for they shal haue none other place Thus wil I do vnto this place also saieth the LORDE and to thē y t dwell there in yee I wil do to this cite as vnto Tophet For the houses of Ierusalē the houses of the kinges of Iuda are defyled like as Tophet because off all the houses in whose parlers they dyd sacrifice vnto all the hooste of heauē and poured out drynke offringes
haue geuen you and to heare the wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes whom I sent vnto you rysynge vp tymely and still sendinge Yf ye will not folowe thē I saye then will I do to this house as I dyd vnto Silo and will make this cite to be abhorred of all the people of the earth And the prestes the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremy preach these wordes in the house of the LORDE Now when he had spoken out all the wordes that the LORDE commaunded him to preach vnto all the people then the prestes the prophetes and all the people toke holde vpon him and sayde thou shalt dye How darrest thou be so bolde as to saye in the name of the LORDE it shal happen to this house as it dyd vnto Silo and this cite shal be so waist that no man shal dwell there in And when all the people were gathered aboute Ieremy in the house of the LORDE the prynces of Iuda herde of this rumoure they came soone out of the kinges Palace in to the house of the LORDE and sat them downe before the new dore of the LORDE Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers to all the people these wordes This man is worthy to dye for he hath preached agaynst this cite as ye youre selues haue herde with youre eares Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to all the people The LORDE hath sente me to preach agaynst this house agaynst this cite all the wordes that ye haue herde Therfore amende youre wayes and youre advysementes and be obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God so shal the LORDE repēt of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst you Now as forme I am in youre hondes do with me as ye thinke expediēt and good But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death ye shal make youre selues this cite all the inhabitours there of giltie of innocent bloude For this is of a treuth that the LORDE hath sente me vnto you to speake all these wordes in youre eares Then sayde the rulers and the people vn the prestes and prophetes This man maye not be condemned to death for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the LORDE oure God The Elders also of the londe stode vp sayde thus vnto all the people Micheas the Morascite which was a prophet vnder Ezechias kinge of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Sion shal be plowed like a felde Ierusalē shal be an heape of stones the hill of the LORDES house shal be turned to an hie wod Dyd Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda the people of Iuda put him to deeth for this No verely but rather feared y e LORDE made their praier vnto him For the which cause also y e LORDE repented of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst them Shulde we then do soch a shamefull dede agaynst oure soules There was a prophet also that preached stiffly in the name of the LORDE called Vrias the sonne of Semeia of Cariathiarim this mā preached also agaynst this cite agaynst this lōde acordinge to all as Ieremy saieth Now when Ioachim the kinge with all the estates prynces had herde his wordes the kinge went aboute to slaye him When Vrias perceaued that he was afrayed fled departed in to Egipte Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes in to the lōde of Egipte Namely Elnathā the sonne of Achbor certayne men w t him in to Egipte which fetched Vrias out of Egipte brought him vnto kinge Ioachim that slewe him with the swearde cast his deed body in to y e comō peoples graue But Ahicam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy that he came not in to the hondes of the people to be slayne The XXVII Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde vnto Ieremy from the LORDE which spake thus vnto me Make the bondes chaynes and put them aboute thy neck sende thē to the kinge of Edom the kinge of Moab the kinge of Amon the kinge of Tirus to the kinge of Sidon that by the messaungers which shal come to Ierusalem vnto Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and byd them saye vnto their masters Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel speake thus vnto yo r masters I am he that made the earth the men y e catell that are vpon the grounde with my greate power outstretched arme haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me And now will I delyuer all these londes in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt The beestes also of the felde shal I geue him to do him seruyce And all people shal serue him his sonne and his childes children vntil the tyme of the same lōde be come also Yee many people greate kinges shal serue him Morouer that people kingdome which wil not serue Nabuchodonosor and that wil not put their neckes vnder y e yock of the kinge of Babilon the same people will I viset with swearde with honger with pestilence vntill I haue consumed them in his hondes saieth the LORDE And therfore folowe not youre prophetes soythsayers expounders of dreames charmers witches which saye vnto you ye shal not serue the kinge of Babilon For they preach you lies to bringe you farre from youre londe that I might cast you out destroye you But the people that put their neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon serue him those I willet remayne still in their owne lōde saieth the LORDE they shal occupie it dwell there in All these thinges tolde I Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and sayde Put youre neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon and serue him his people that ye maye lyue Why wilt thou and thy people perish with the swearde with honger with pestilence like as the LORDE hath deuysed for all people that wil not serue the kinge of Babilon Therfore geue no eare vnto those prophetes that tell you Ye shall not serue the kinge of Babilon for they preach you lies nether haue I sent them saieth the LORDE how be it they are bolde falsely for to prophecie in my name that I might y e sooner dryue you out that ye might perish with yo r preachers I spake to the prestes also and to all the people Thus saieth the LORDE Heare not the wordes of those prophetes that preach vnto you saye Beholde the vessels of the LORDES house shall shortly be brought hither agayne from Babilon For they prophecie lies vnto you Heare them not but serue the kinge of Babilon y t ye maye lyue Wherfore will ye make this cite to be destroyed But yf they be true prophetes in very dede and yf the worde of
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
Babilons prynces then shal this cite be delyuered in to the hondes of the Caldees which shal set fyre vpon it and thou shalt not be able to escape them And Sedechias sayde vnto Ieremy I am afrayde for the Iewes that are fled vnto the Caldees lest I come in their hoÌ„des and so they to haue me in derision But Ieremy answerde No they shal not betraye the O herken vnto the voyce off the LORDE I beseke y e which I speake vnto the so shalt thou be well and saue thy life But yf thou wilt not go forth the LORDE hath tolde me this planely Beholde all the women that are left in the kynge of Iudaes house shal go out to the kynge of Babilons prynces For they thynke y t thou art disceaued â–ª and that y e men in whom thou didest put thy trust haue gotten the vnder and set thy fete fast in the myre and gone their waye from the. Therfore all thy wyues with their children shall fle vnto the Caldees and thou shalt not escape their hondes but shalt be y e kynge of Babilons presoner this cite shall be brent Then sayde Sedechias vnto Ieremy loke y t no body knowe off these wordes and thou shalt not dye But yf the prynces perceaue that I haue talked with the and come vnto the sayenge O speake what sayde the kynge to the hyde it not from vs and we wil not put the to death Tell vs we praye the what sayde y e kynge to the Se thou geue them this answere I haue humbly be sought the kynge that he will let me lye no more in Ionathas house that I dye not there Then came all the princes vnto Ieremy and axed him And he tolde them after the maner as the kynge bad him Then they helde their peace for they perceaued nothinge So Ieremy abode still in the fore entrie off the preson vntill the daye that Ierusalem was wonne The XXXIX Chapter NOw when the cite off IerusaleÌ„ was taken for in the ix yeare of Sedechias kynge of Iuda in the tenth Moneth came Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and all his hooste and beseged Ierusalem And in the xi yeare of Sedechias in the fourth Moneth y e ix daye of y e Moneth he brake in to the cite Then all the kynge of Babilons prynces came in sat theÌ„ downe vnder the porte Nergall Sarezer Samgarnebo Sarsechim Rabsaris Nergal Sarezer Rabmag with all the other prynces of the kynge of Babilon And when Sedechias the kynge of Iuda with his soudyers sawe them they fled and departed out of y e cite by night thorow the kynges gardeÌ„ and thorow the porte that is betwene the two walles and so they wente towarde the wildernesse But the Caldees hooste folowed fast after them and toke Sedechias in the felde of Iericho and brought him presoner to Nabuchodonosor the kynge off BabiloÌ„ vnto Reblatha that lieth in the londe off Hemath where he gaue iugdment vpon him So the kynge of Babilon caused the children of Sedechias and all the nobles off Iuda be slayne before his face at Reblatha And made Sedechias eyes be put out and bouÌ„de him with chaynes and sent him to Babilon Morouer the Caldees breÌ„t vp the kynges palace with y e other houses of the people and brake downe the walles off Ierusalem As for the remnaunt of the people that were in the cite and soch as were come to helpe them what so euer was left of the comeÌ„ sorte Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne caried them to Babilon But NabuzaradaÌ„ the chefe captayne let the rascall people and those that had nothinge dwell still in the loÌ„de off Iuda and gaue them vynyardes and corne feldes at the same tyme. Nabuchodonosor also the kynge of Babilon gaue NabuzaradaÌ„ the chefe captayne a charge coÌ„cernynge Ieremy sayenge take and cherish him and make moch off himâ—se thou do him no harme but intreate him after his owne desyre So NabuzaradaÌ„ y e chefe captayne NabusaszbaÌ„ the chefe chamberlayne Nergalsarezer the treasurer and all the kynge of Babilons lordes sent for Ieremy caused him be fet out off the fore entrie off the preson and committed him vnto Godolias the sonne off Ahicam the sonne of Saphan that he shulde carie him home and so he dwelt amonge the people Now whyle Ieremy laye yet bounde in the fore entrie of the preson y e worde off the LORDE came vnto him sayenge Go and tell Abdemelech the Morian Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes y e God off Israel Beholde the cruell and sharpe plage that I haue deuysed for this cite will I brynge vpon them that thou shalt se it but I wil delyuer the sayeth the LORDE and thou shalt not come in the hondes off those men whom thou fearest For doutles I will saue the so that thou shalt not perish with the swearde but thy life shal be saued and that because thou hast put thy trust in me saieth the LORDE The XL. Chap. THis is the maner how the LORDE intreated Ieremy when Nebuzaradan the chefe captayne had let him go fre from Rama whither as he had led him bounde amonge all the presoners that were caried from Ierusalem and Iuda vnto Babilon The chefe captayne called for Ieremy and sayde vnto him The LORDE thy God spake mightely before off the mysery vpon this place Now the LORDE hath sent it and perfourmed it as he had promised For ye haue synned agaynst the LORDE and haue not bene obedient vnto his voyce therfore commeth this plage vpon you Beholde I lowse the bondes from thy hoÌ„des this daye yf thou wilt now go with me vnto Babilon vp theÌ„ For I will se to the and prouyde for the But yf thou wilt not go with me to Babilon then remayne here Beholde all the londe is at thy will loke where thou thinkest convenieÌ„t good for the to Abyde there dwell Yf thou canst not be content to dwell alone then remayne w t Godolias the sonne off AhicaÌ„ the sonne of SaphaÌ„ whom the kynge of BabiloÌ„ hath made gouernoure ouer y e cities of Iuda dwell w t him amonge the people or remayne where so euer it pleaseth ye. So the chefe captayne gaue him his expeÌ„ses w t a rewarde let him go Then weÌ„te Ieremy vnto Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ„ to Masphat dwelt there w t him amonge the people that were left in the londe Now when y e captaynes of the hooste of Iuda which w t their felowes were scatred abrode on euery syde in y e loÌ„de vnderstode y t the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had made Godolias y e sonne of AhicaÌ„ gouernoure in the loÌ„de y t man wife childe yee the poore men in the londe y t were not led captyue to Babilon shulde be vnder his IurisdictioÌ„ They came to Godolias vnto Masphat Namely Ismael the sonne of Nathanias IohaÌ„na Ionathas the sonnes of Carea Sareas the sonne of
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
neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another y t is she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte therfore hir taist remayneth and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged But lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp to prepare and season hir vessels yee hir tankerdes rattell and shake to fro And Moab shal be ashamed off Chamos like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel wherin she put hir trust Wherfore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and stronge men off warre Moab shal be destroyed and hir cities brente vp hir chosen yonge men shall be slayne saieth the kinge whose name is the LORDE off hoostes The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace and hir fall is at honde All hir neghbours shall mourne for her and all they that knowe hir name shal saye O how happeneth it that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken And thou doughter DiboÌ„ come downe from thy glory and syt in pouerte For he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to the also and breake downe thy stronge holdes And thou that dwellest in Aroer get the to y e strete loke aboute the axe them that are fled and escaped and saye what thynge is happened O Moab is confounded and ouercome Mourne and crie tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed And mysery shall come vpon the playne londe Namely vpoÌ„ holon and Iaza vpon Mephat and DiboÌ„ vpon Nâ—bo and the house of Diplathaim vpon Cariatharim and Bethgamul vpon Bethniaon and Carioth vpon Bosra and all the cities in the loÌ„de off Moab whether they lye farre or neare The horne of Moab shal be smytteÌ„ downe hir arme broken saieth the LORDE Make hir dronken for she magnified hir self aboue the LORDE that men maye clappe their hondes at hir vomyte and that she also maye be laughed to scorne O Israeli â–ª shalt thou not laugh him to scorne when he is taken amoÌ„ge theues Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him thou shalt be dryuen awaye Ye Moabites shal leaue the cities and dwell in rockes off stone and become like doues that make their nestes in holes As for Moabs pryde we haue herde off it she is very hie mynded I knowe hir stoutnesse hir boostinge hir arogaÌ„cy and the pryde off hir stomack saieth the LORDE For hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde her w t strength ner dede Therfore shal there mournynge be made for Moab and euery maÌ„ shal crie for Moabs sake a lamentacion shal be made to the men that stonde vpon the wall So will I mourne for the also o Iazer and for the O thou vynyarde off Sybma Thy wyne brauÌ„ches shal come ouer y e see and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest and grape gatheringe Myrth and cheare shal be taken awaye from the tymbre felde and from the whole londe off Moab There shall be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie yee there shall be none to crie vnto him which afore tyme were herde from hesebon to Eleale and Ioaz which lifted vp their voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that bullock off thre yeare olde The waters also off Nemrim shal be dried vp Morouer I will make Moab ceasse saieth the LORDE from the offringes and censinge that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab like a crowde playenge an heuy songe and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my herte mourneth also euen as a pype that pipeth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shall be shauen and all beerdes clipped off all hondes bounde and all loynes gyrded aboute with sack cloth VpoÌ„ all the house toppes and stretes off Moab there shal be mournynge For I will breake Moab like an vnprofitable vessell saieh the LORDE O how fearfull is she O how mourneth she O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade and is ashamed Thus shall Moab be a laughinge stocke and had in derision off all them that be rounde aboute her For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clymme ouer the walles and wynne the stronge holdes Then the mighty mens hertes in Moab shal be like the herte off a woman trauelinge with childe And Moab shal be made so desolate that she shal nomore be a people because she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE Feare pyt and snare shall come vpoÌ„ the o Moab saieth the LORDE Who so escapeth the feare shal fall in the pyt and who so getteth out off the pyt shall betaken in the snare For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab saieth the LORDE They that are able to fle shall stonde vnder the shadowe off Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out off Hesebon and a flame from Sion shall burne vp that proude people off Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the o Moab for thou people off Chamos shalt perish Yee thy sonnes and doughters shall be led awaye captyne Yet at the last will I bringe Moab out off captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE Thus farre off the plage off Moab The XLIX Chapter AS concerninge the Ammonites thus the LORDE saieth Hath Israel no children or is he without an heyre Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities Beholde therfore the tyme commeth saieth y e LORDE that I will brynge a noyse off warre into Rabath off the Ammonites Lahel shal be desolate and hir cities brent vp and the Israelites shall be lordes ouer those that had theÌ„ in possession afore saieth the LORDE Hesebon shall mourne for it shal be roted out off the grounde saieth the LORDE The cities off Rabath shall crie out and gyrde them selues with sack cloth they shall mourne and runne aboute the walles for their kynge shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with him Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and fro o thou fearce doughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason off thy treasure that no man shal come to the Beholde I will brynge a feare vpon the saieth the LORDE God off hoostes from all those that be aboute the so that ye shall be scatred euery man from another and no maÌ„ shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I will bringe the Ammonites also out off captyuyte agayne Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wyszdome in Theman Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wyszdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne youre backes crepe downe into the depe O ye citesyns off Dedan For I will bringe destructioÌ„ vpon Esau yee and the daye off his visitacion Yff the
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
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
Therfore beare thine owne shame thou that in synne hast ouercome thy sisters seinge thou hast done so abhominably that they were better then thou Be ashamed therfore I saye and beare thine owne confucion thou that makest thy sisters good women As for their captiuyte namely the captiuyte of Sodoma and hir dougters the captiuyte of Samaria and hir doughters I wil bringe them agayne so will I also bringe agayne thy captiuyte amōge them that thou mayest take thine owne confucion vpon the and be ashamed of all that thou hast done and to comforte them Thus thy sisters namely Sodoma and hir doughters Samaria and hir doughters with y e self thy doughters shal be brought agayne to youre olde estate Whē thou wast in thy pryde and before thy wickednesse came to light thou woldest not heare speake of thy sister Sodoma vntill the tyme that the Sirians with all their townes and the Philistynes with all that lye rounde aboute them brought the to shame and confucion that thou mightest beare thine owne fylthynes and abhominacion saieth the LORDE For thus saieth the LORDE God I shulde by right deale with the as thou hast done Thou hast despysed the ooth and broken the couenaunte Neuertheles I wil remembre the couenaunt that I made with them thy youth in so moch that it shall be an euerlastinge couenaunt So that thou also remembre thy wayes and be ashamed of thē then shalt thou receaue of me thy elder and yonger sisters whom I wil make thy doughters and that besyde thy couenaunt And so I wil renue my couenaunt with the y t thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE that thou mayest thincke vpō it be ashamed and excuse thine owne confucion nomore when I haue forgeuen the all that thou hast done saieth the LORDE God The XVII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man put forth a darcke speakynge and a parable vnto the house of Israel and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God There came a greate Aegle with greate wynges yee w t mightie longe wynges and full of fethers of dyuerse colours vpon the mount of Libanus and toke a braunch from a Cedre tre and brake of the toppe of his twygge and caried it in to the londe of Canaan and set it in a cite of marchauntes He toke also a braunch of the londe and planted it in a frutefull grounde he brought it vnto greate waters set it as a will ye tre therby Then dyd it growe and was a greate wyne stocke but lowe by the grounde thus there came of it a vyne and it brought forth blossomes spred out braunches But there was another Aegle a greate one which had greate wynges and many fethers and beholde y e rotes of this vyne had an hūger after him and spred out his braunches towarde him to water his frutes Neuertheles it was plāted vpon a good grounde besyde greate waters so that by reason it shulde haue brought out braunches and frute and haue bene a goodly vyne Speake thou therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Shal this vyne prospere shal not his rotes be pluckte out his frute broken of his grene braunches wythereed and fade awaye yee without ether stronge arme or many people shal it be plucked vp by the rotes Beholde it was planted shall it prospere therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered yee euen in the shutinge out of his blossomes as soone as y e east wynde bloweth Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Speake to that frauwarde housholde knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them Beholde the kinge of Babilon came to Ierusalem and toke the kinge his prynces and ledde them to Babilon He toke of the kinges sede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an ooth of him The prynces of the londe toke he with him also that the londe might be holden in subieccion and not to rebelle but kepe the couenaunt and fulfill it But he fell from him sent his Embassitours in to Egipte that he might haue horses moch people Shulde that prospere Shulde he be kepte safe that doth soch thinges Or shulde he escape that breaketh his couenaunt As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God He shal dye at Babilon in y e place where the kinge dwelleth that made him kinge whose ooth he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hat broken Nether shall Pharao with his greate hoost and multitude of people maynteyne him in the warre when they cast vp diches and set vp bulworkes to destroye moch people For seinge he hath despysed the ooth and broken the couenaunt where as he yet gaue his honde thervpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue I will bringe myne ooth that he hath despysed and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne heade I wil cast my net aboute him and catch him in my yarne To Babilon will I cary him there will I punysh him because of the greate offence that he made me As for those y t fle from him out of y e hoost they shal be slayne with the swearde The residue shal be scatred towarde all the wyndes and ye shal knowe that I the LORDE haue spoken it Thus saieth the LORDE God I will also take a braunch from an hie Cedre tre and will set it and take the vppermost twygge that yet is but tendre and plante it vpon an hie hill Namely vpon the hie hill of Sion will I plante it that it maye bringe forth twygges and geue frute and be a greate Cedre tre so that all maner of foules maye byde in it and make their nestes vnder the shadowe of his braunches And all the trees of the felde shall knowe that I the LORDE haue brought downe the hie tre and set the lowe tre vp that I haue dryed vp the grene tre and made the drye tre to florish Euen I the LORDE y t spake it haue also brought it to passe The XVIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me on this maner what meane ye by this comon prouerbe that ye vse in the londe of Israel sayenge The fathers haue eaten soure grapes and the childrēs teth are set on edge As truly as I lyue saieth y e LORDE God ye shal vse this by worde nomore in Israel Beholde all soules are myne Like as the father is myne so is y e sonne myne also The soule that synneth shal dye Yf a man be godly and do the thinge that is equall right he eateth not vpon the hilles he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he medleth w t no menstruous woman he greueth no body he geueth his detter his pledge agayne he taketh none other mans good by violēce he parteth his mete with the hongrie he clotheth the naked he lendeth
youre owne selues for all youre wickednes that ye haue done And ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I entreate you after my name not after yo r wicked wayes ner acordinge to youre corrupte workes o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE Morouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of maÌ„ set thy face towarde the south speake to the south wynde and saye to the wodde towarde the souht Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil kyndle a fyre in the y t shal coÌ„sume the grene trees w t the drye No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that â—oketh from the south to the north shal be brent therin all flesh shal se that I the LORDE haue kyndled it so that no man maye quench it Then sayde I O LORDE they wil saye of me Tush they are but fables that he telleth The XXI Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came to me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynst the Sanctuary prophecie agaynst the londe of Israel saye to the loÌ„de of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil vpon the wil drawe my swearde out of y e sheth rote out of y e both the rightuous the wicked Seinge then that I will rote out of the both the rightuous wicked therfore shal my swearde go out of his sheth agaynst all flesh from the north to the south that all flesh maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue drawen my swearde out of the sheth it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore o thou sonne of man y t thy loynes crack withall yee mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydinges that commeth at the which all hertes shall melt all hondes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynte and all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth shal be fulfilled saieth the LORDE God Agayne the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God speake the swearde is sharpened wel scoured Sharpened is it for the slaughter scoured y t it maye be bright O the destroyenge staff of my sonne shal bringe downe all wodde He hath put his swearde to y e dightinge y t good holde maye be takeÌ„ of it This swearde is sharpened dight y t it maye be geuen in to the honde of the manslayer Crie o thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shal smyte my people all the rulers in Israel which with my people shall be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpoÌ„ thy thee for wherfore shulde not the plage staff of indgmeÌ„t come Prophecy thou sonne of man smyte thine hoÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y t manslayers swearde that swearde of the greate slaughter which shal smyte them euen in their preuy chambres to make them abaszshed faynte at the hertes in all gates to make some of them fall O how bright and sharpe is it how wel dight mete for y e slaughter Get the to some place alone ether vpon the right honde or on the lefte whither so euer thy face turneth I wil smyte my hondes together also and satisfie my wrothfull indignacion Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it The worde of the LORDE came yet vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man make the two stretes that the swearde of y e kinge of BabiloÌ„ maye come Both these stretes shall go out of one londe He shal set him vp a place at the heade of the strete shal be chose him out a corner Make y e a strete that the swearde maye come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites and to the stronge cite of Ierusalem For the kinge of Babilon shall stonde in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to axe councell at the soythsayers castinge the lottes with his arowes to axe councell at the Idols and to loke in the lyuer But the soythsayenge shall poynte to the right syde vpon Ierusalem that he maye set men of warre to smyte it with a greate noyse to crie out Alarum to set batellrammes agaynst the gates to graue vp dyches to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for y e soythsayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a iest were tolde them Yee and they them selues remembre their wickednesse so that by right they must be takeÌ„ and wonne Therfore saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye youre selues shewe youre offence and haue opened youre wickednesse so that in all youre workes men maye se youre synnes Yet in so moch I saye that ye youreselues haue made mencion therof ye shal be taken by violence O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel whose daye is come â–ª euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue an ende Thus saieth the LORDE God take awaye the mytre and put of the crowne and so is it awaye the humble is exalted and the proude brought lowe Punysh punysh yee punysh them will I and destroye them and that shall not be fulfilled vntill he come to whom the iudgment belongeth and to whom I haue geueÌ„ it And thou o sonne of man prophecy speake Thus saieth the LORDE God to the children of Ammon to their blasphemy speake then The swearde the swearde is drawen forth alredy to the slaughter sâ—â—ured that it glistreth because thou hast loked the out vanities prophecied lyes y t it maye come vpon thy necke like as vpoÌ„ the other vngodly which be slayne whose daye came when their wickednesse was full Though it were put vp agayne into the sheath yet will I punysh the in the londe where thou wast norished borne and poure my indignacion vpon the and will blowe vpon the in the fyre of my wrath and delyuer the vnto cruell people which are lerned to destroye Thou shalt fede the fyre and y t bloude shall be shed in the londe that thou mayest be put out of remembraunce Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it The XXII Chapter MOrouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayde Thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue this bloudthurstie cite Shewe theÌ„ their abhominacioÌ„s tell them Thus saieth the LORDE God O thou cite y t sheddest bloude in y e myddest of the y t thy tyme maye come also and makest the Idols to defyle the withall Thou hast made thy self gilty in y e bloude y t thou hast shed defyled y e iÌ„ y e ydols which thou hast made Thou hast caused thy daies to drawe nye made the tyme of thy yeares to come Therfore will I make y e to be confounded amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ to be despised in all the loÌ„des whether they be nye or farre froÌ„ the they shal laugh
y e to scorne thou y t hast gottē the so foule a name art full off myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despised father mother in the haue they oppressed the straūger in the haue they vexed the wyddowe the fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my Sāctuary and vnhalowed my Sabbath Murtherers are there in the that shed bloude eate vpon the hilles and in the they vse vnhappynesse In y e haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed women in their sicknesse Euery mā hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe In the hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers doughter Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the to shed bloude Thou hast taken vsury encreace thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion and forgotten me saieth the LORDE God Beholde I haue smytten my hondes vpō thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it or maye thy hondes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the Euen I the LORDE that speake it will bringe it also to passe I will scatre the amonge the Heithen strowe the aboute in the lōdes and wil cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the yee and I will haue the in possession in the sight of the Heithen that thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man the house of Israel is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yrō leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye all are turned in to drosse beholde I will brynge you together vnto Ierusalem like as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them Euen so will I gather you put you in together and melt you in my wrath and indignacion I will brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue poured my wrath vpon you And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayēge Thou sonne of mā tell her Thou art an vn clene londe which is not rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath thy prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules like as a roaringe Lyon that lyueth by his pray They receaue riches and good and make many wyddowes in ye. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my Sanctuary They put no dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy nether discerne betwene the clene and vnclene they turne their eyes fro my Sabbathes and I am vnhalowed amonge them Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for their owne covetous lucre As for thy prophetes they dawbe with vntempered claye they se vanities ▪ and prophecie lies vnto them sayenge the LORDE God sayeth so where as the LORDE hath not spoken The people in the londe vseth wicked extorciō and robbery They vexe the poore and nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst right And I sought in the londe for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and see him self in the gappe before me in the lōdes behalfe y t I shulde not vtterly destroye it ▪ but I coude fynde none Therfore wil I poure out my cruell displeasure vpon them and burne them in the fyre of my wrath their owne wayes will I recompence vpō their heades saieth the LORDE God The XXIII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man there were two womē that had one mother These when they were yonge beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte There were their brestes brussed and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed The eldest of them was called Oola and hir yongest sister Ooliba These two were myne and bare sonnes and doughters Their names were Samaria and that was Oola and Ierusalem that was Ooliba As for Oola she beganne to go a whorynge when I had takē her to me She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians which had to do with her euen the prynces and lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men lusty ryders of horses Thus thorow hir whordome she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria Yee she was madde vpon them and defyled herselff with all their Idols Nether ceassed she frō the fornicaciō that she vsed with the Egipcians for in hir youth they laye w t her they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade and poured their wordome vpon her Wherfore I delyuered her in to y e hōdes of hir louers euen the Assirians whom she so loued These discouered hir shame toke hir sonnes and doughters and slewe her with the swearde An euell name gat she of all people ād they punyshed her Hir sister Ooliba sawe this ād destroyed herself w t inordinate loue more then she exceaded hir sister in whordome she loued y e Assirians which also laye w t her namely the prynces greate lordes that were clothed w t all maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes Then I sawe that they both were defyled a like But she increased still in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours with fayre gyrdles aboute them and goodly bonettes vpon their heades lokynge all like prynces after y e maner of the Babiloniās and Caldees in their owne londe where they be borne Inmediatly as soone as she sawe them she brent in loue vpon them and sent messaūgers for them in to the londe of the Caldees Now when the Babiloniās came to her they laye with her and defyled her with their whordome and so was she poluted with with them And when hir lust was abated from them hir whordome and shame was discouered sene then my herte forsoke her like as my herte was gone from hir sister also Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome en◠the longer the more and remembred the dayes off hir youth wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte she brent in lust vpon them whose flesh was like y e flesh of Asses and their sede like the sede off horses Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth when thy louers bressed y e pappes and marred thy brestes in Egipte Therfore o Ooliba thus saieth y e LORDE God I will rayse vp thy louers with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust agaynst the and gather them together rounde aboute the Namely the Babilonians and all the Caldees
are true and his wayes right As for those that go on proudly he is able to brī bringe them downe The V. Chapter BAlthasar the kynge made a greate bancket to his thousande lordes withall these thousande he made greate cheare and when he was dronken w t wyne he commaunded to brynge him y e golden and syluer vessel which his father Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple at Ierusalem that the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubynes might drīke therout So they brought the golden vessel that was takē out of the temple of the LORDES house at Ierusalem Then the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubines dronke out of them They dronke wyne and praysed their Idols of golde syluer copper yron wodde and stone In the very same houre there appeared fyngers as it had bene of a mans honde writynge right ouer agaynst the candelsticke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace and the kynge sawe the palme of y e honde y t wrote Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce and his thoughtes troubled him so that the ioyntes off his body shoke and his knees smote one agaynst the other Wherfore the kynge cryed mightely that thy shulde brynge him the charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels The kynge spake also to the wysemen of Babilon and sayde Who so can rede this wrytynge and shewe me the playne meanynge theroff shall be clothed with purple haue a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and rule the thirde parte off my kyngdome Vpon this came all the kynges wyse men but they coude nether rede the wrytinge 〈◊〉 shewe the kynge what it signified Thē was the kynge sore afrayed in so moch that his coloure chaunged and his lordes were so sorevexed So by reason off this matter y t had happened to the kynge his lordes the quene went vp herself in to the bancket house and spake vnto the kynge sayenge O kynge God saue thy life for euer Let not y t thoughtes trouble the and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged For why there is a man in y e kyngdome that hath the sprete off the holy goddes within him as it was sene in thy fathers dayes He hath vnderstondinge ād wysdome like the goddes Yee the kynge Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chest of the soythsayers charmers Caldees and deuel coniurers because that soch an abundaunt sprete knowlege wisdome to expoūde dreames to open secretes and to declare harde dowtes was founde in him yee euen in Daniel whom the kynge named Balthasar Let this same Daniel be sente for and he shall tell what it meaneth Then was Daniel brought before the kinge So the kynge spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel one off the presoners of Iuda whom my father the kynge brought out of Iewry I haue herde speake of the that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes experience and vnderstōdinge and that there hath bene greate wisdome founde in the. Now haue there bene brought me wise and connynge charmers to rede this wrytynge and to shewe me the meanynge theroff But they coude not tell me what this matter signified Then herde I saye y t thou canst expounde darcke thinges and declare harde doutes Well than yf thou canst rode this writinge and shewe me the meaninge therof thou shalt be clothed w t purple haue a cheyne of golde aboute thy necke rule the thirde parte of my kyngdome Daniel answered and sayde before y e kynge As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy self or geue y e rych giftes to another yet not thelesse I wil rede the wrytynge vnto y e kinge and shewe him the interpretacion therof O kinge God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father y e dignite of a kynge w t worshipe hono r so y t all people kynreddes tunges stode in awe feare of him by reason off the hye estate that he had lent him For why he slewe whom he wolde he smoke whom it pleased him Agayne whom he wolde he set vp and whom he list he put downe But because his herte was so proude and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse he was deposed from his kyngly trone and his magesty was taken from him He was shot out from amonge men his herte was like a beestes herte and his dwellynge was with the wylde Asses he was fayne to eate grasse like an oxe and his body was wet with the dew off the heauen till he knewe that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men and setteth ouer them whom he list And thou his sonne o Balthasar for all this hast not submitted thine hert though thou knewest all these thinges but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen so that the vessels off his house were brought before the that thou and thy lordes with thy quene and concubynes might drynke wyne therout And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde copper and yron off wodde stone As for the God in whose honde consisteth thy breth ād all thy wayes thou hast not loaued him Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him to token vp this wrytinge And this is the scripture that is written vp Mane Thetel Phares Now the interpretacion off the thynge is this Mane God hath nombred thy kyngdome and brought it to an ende Thetel Thou art weyed in the balaunce and art founde to light Phares Thy kyngdome is delt in partes and geuen to the Medes and Perses Then commaunded Balthasar to cloth Daniel with purple to hange a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and to make a proclamacion concernynge him that he shulde be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyngdome The very same night was Balthasar the kynge off the Caldees slayne and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome beynge lxij yeare off age The VI. Chapter IT pleased Darius to set ouer his kīgdome an C and xx lordes which shulde be in all his kingdome aboute Aboue these he set thre prynces off whom Daniel was one that the lordes might geue accomptes vnto them and the kynge to be vndiseased But Daniel exceaded all these princes ād lordes for the sprete off God was plenteous in him so that the kynge was mynded to set him ouer the whole realme Wherfore the prynces and lordes sought to pyke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte vpon him For why he was so faythful y t there was no blame ner dishonesty founde in him Then sayde these men we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel excepte it be in the lawe off his God Vpon this wente the princes and lordes together vnto the kynge and sayde thus vnto him kynge Darius God saue thy life for euer All the great estates off the realme as y e prynces dukes senatours and iudges are determed to put out a commaundement off y e kynge and to make a sure
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
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
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
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
backe thine enemies The kinge of Israel euen the LORDE himself is with the so that 〈…〉 nomore to feare eny myszfortune In that tyme it shall be sayed to Ierusaâ—lem feare not and to Sion let not thine hâ—ndes be slacke for the LORDE thy God is with the it is he that hath power to saue he hath a special pleasure in the and a maruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the 〈◊〉 gladnesse Soch as haue bene in heuynâ—sse wil I gather together and take out of thy congregacion as for the shame and 〈◊〉 that hath bene layed vpon the it shal be fâ—â—re from the. And lo in y t tyme wil I destroyâ— all those that vexe the I wil helpe the 〈◊〉 and gather vp the cast a waye yee I wil get them honoure and prayse in all loÌ„des where they haue bene put to shame At y e same tyme wil I bringe you in and at the same tyme wil I gather you I wil get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuyte before youre eyes saieth the LORDE The ende of the prophet Sophony The Prophet Aggeus What Aggeus conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people to buylde vp the teÌ„ple and reproueth theiâ— loÌ„ge tarieÌ„ge Chap. II. He geueth the rulers a corage Of the ornameÌ„tes and glory of the seconde temple wherby is vnderstoÌ„de the church of the faith full The first Chapter In the seconde yeare of kynge Darius in the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel y e prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the â—ye prest sayenge Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes and saieth This people doth saye The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house Then spake the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayed Ye yo r selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses and shal this house lye waist Considre now youre owne wayes in youre hertes saieth y e LORDE of hoostes ye sowe moch but ye bringe litle in Ye eate but ye haue not ynough ye drinke but ye are not fylled ye decke youre selues but ye are not warme he y t earneth eny wage putteth it in a broken purse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes CoÌ„sidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp to the house that it maye be acceptable vnto me and that I maye shewe myne honoure saieth the LORDE Ye loked for moch and lo it is come to litle though ye brynge it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so saieth the LORDE of hoostes EueÌ„ because that my house lyeth so waist and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house Wherfore the heauen is forbyddeÌ„ to geue you eny dew and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth both vpoÌ„ the londe vpon the mountaynes vpon corne vpon wyne vpon oyle vpon euery thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth vpon men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest with the remnaunt of the people herde the voyce of the LORDE their God the wordes of the prophet Aggeus like as the LORDE their God had sent him the people dyd feare the LORDE Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people I am w t you saieth the LORDE So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people y t they came laboured in the house of the LORDE of hoostes their God The II. Chaptyr VPon the xxiiâ—j daye of the sixte moneth in the secoÌ„de yeare of kinge Darius the xxi daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayenge speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and to the residue of y e people saye Who is left amoÌ„ge you that sawe this house in hir first beuty But what thinke ye now by it Is it not in youre eyes eueÌ„ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good chere o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE be of good conforte o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec hye prest take good hartes vnto you also all ye people of the londe saieth the LORDE of hoostes and do acordinge to the worde for I am with you saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I agreed with you when ye came out of the londe of Egypte my sprete shal be amonge you feare ye not For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Yet once more will I shake heaueÌ„ and earth the see and the drye loÌ„de Yee I will moue all Heithen the comforte of all Heithen shall come so wil I fyll this house with honoure saieth the LORDE of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne saieth the LORDE of hoostes Thus y e glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ„ the first saieth the LORDE of hoostes in this place wil I geue peace saieth the LORDE of hoostes The xxiiij daye of the ix moneth in these conde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto the prophet Aggeus sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of hoostes Axe the prestes concernynge the lawe saye Yf one beare holy flesh in his cote lappe with his lappe do touch the bred potage wyne oyle or eny other meate shall he be holy also The prestes answered saide No. Then sayde Aggeus Now yf one beynge defyled with a deed carcase touch eny of the se shall it also be vnclene The prestes gaue answere sayed yee it shall be vnclene TheÌ„ Aggeus answered and sayde Euen so is this people this nacion before me saieth y e LORDE and so are all the workes of their hoÌ„des yee and all that they offre is vnclene And now I praye you coÌ„sidre from this daye forth and how it hath gone with you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpoÌ„ another in the temple of the LORDE that when ye came to a corne heape of xx busshels there were scarceten and that when ye came to the wyne presse for to poure out L. pottes of wyne there were scarce xx For I smote you with heate blastinge hale stones in all the labours of youre hondes yet was there none of you that wolde turne vnto me saieth the LORDE Considre then from this daye forth and afore namely from the xxiiij daye of the ix moneth vnto the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES temple was layed Marck it well Is not the sede yet in the barne haue not the vynes the fygetrees
the pomgranates and olyue trees bene yet vnfrutefull but frō this daye forth I shal make them to prospere Morouer the xxiiij daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE vnto Aggeus agayne sayenge Speake to Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and saye I will shake both heauen and earth and ouerthrowe the seate of the kingdomes yee destroye the mightie kingdome of the Heithē I wil ouerthrowe the charettes and those that syt vpon them so that both horse and man shal fall downe euery man thorow his neghbours swerde And as for the o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE of hoostes thou sonne of Salathiel my seruaunt I wil take the saieth the LORDE at the same tyme and make the as a seale◠for I haue chosen the saieth the LORDE of hoostes The ende of the prophet Aggeus The Prophet Zachary What Zachary conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people not to be disobedient to the voyce of God as their forefathers were but to conuerte and he sheweth them ioyfull thinges in visions Chap. II. Visions signifienge the delyueraunce out of the captiuyte of Babilon and the redempcion in Christ. Chap. III. A vision in Iesua signifienge the LORDE Iesus oure hye prest Chap. IIII. Another vision wherin Zorobabel is conforted with his litle nombre of people The right mystery herof belongeth vnto Chap. V. The wrath of God for the Christ ▪ synnes of the people Chap. VI. A vision wherin is declared the almighty power of God which geueth peace or warre at his pleasure Chap. VII What the true fast is namely to kepe iudgment and iustice a man to do good to his neghboure to defende the widdowe and the fatherlesse to do no man wronge c. Chap. VIII Cause of all the wrath of God yet yf men wil turne he is mercifull Chap. IX The ioyfull callinge of the Heithē Chap. X. Thorow corporal promises the prophet ledeth men vnto the promises that are fulfilled in Christ and threateneth punyshment vnto the false prophetes and shepherdes Chap. XI Of secrete mysteries and of the destrucciō of the secōde temple God is a good shepherde Chap. XII The punyshment which the LORDE deuysed for Israel Chap XIII Of welles and clensynge which belonge to the tyme of Christ. Chap. XIIII The plage of the Iewes The takynge vp of Ierusalem the church of God The first Chapter IN the eight moneth of the secōde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophet sayenge The LORDE hath bene sore displeased at youre forefathers And saye thou vnto them thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Turne you vnto me saieth the LORDE of hoostes and I wil turne me vnto you saieth the LORDE of hoostes Be not ye like youre forefathers vnto whom the prophetes cried afore tyme sayēge Thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes Turne you from youre euell wayes from youre wicked ymaginacions But they wolde not heare ner regarde me saieth the LORDE What is now become of youre forefathers and the prophetes are they yet still alyue But dyd not my wordes statutes which I cōmaunded by my seruauntes y t prophetes touch yo r forefathers Vpō this they gaue answere sayde like as y e LORDE of hoostes deuysed to do vnto vs acordinge to o r owne wayes ymaginacions euen so hath he dealte with vs. Vpon the xxiiij daye of the xj moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the seconde yeare of Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophete sayenge I sawe by night and lo there sat one vpon a reade horse and stode still amonge the Myrte trees that were beneth vpon the grounde and behynde him were there reade spreckled and whyte horses Then sayde I O my LORDE what are these And the angel that talked with me sayed vnto me I will shewe the what these be And the man that stode amōge the Myrte trees answered sayde These are they whom the LORDE hath sent to go thorow the worlde And they answered the angel of the LORDE that stode amonge the Myrte trees and sayde We haue gone thorow the worlde and beholde all the worlde dwell at case and are carelesse Then the LORDES angel gaue answere and sayde O LORDE of hoostes how longe wilt thou be vnmercifull to Ierusalē and to the cities of Iuda with whom thou hast bene displeased now these lxx yeares So the LORDE gaue a louynge and a confortable answere vnto the angel that talked with me And the angel that commoned with me sayde vnto me Crie thou and speake thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I am exceadynge gelous ouer Ierusalem and Sion and sore displeased at the carelesse Heithen for where as I was but a litle angrie they dyd their best that I might destroye them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE I wil turne me agayne in mercy towarde Ierusalem so that my house shal be buylded in it saieth the LORDE of hoostes yee and the plommet shal be layed abrode in Ierusalem saieth the LORDE of hoostes Crie also and speake thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes My cities shall be in good prosperite agayne the LORDE shall yet conforte Sion and chose Ierusalem Then lift I vp myne eyes and sawe and beholde foure hornes And I sayde vnto the angel that talked with me what be these he answered me These are y e hornes which haue scatred Iuda Israel and Ierusalem abrode And y e LORDE shewed me iiij carpenters Then sayde I what wil these do He answered sayde Those are the hornes which haue so strowed Iuda abrode that no man durst lift vp his heade But these are come to fraye them awaye and to cast out y e hornes of the Gentiles which lift vp their horne ouer the londe of Iuda to scatre it abrode The II. Chapter I Lift vp myne eyes agayne loked and beholde a man with a measure lyne in his honde Then saide I whether goest thou And he sayde vnto me To measure Ierusalem that I maye se how longe and how brode it is And beholde the angel that talked w t me wente his waye forth Then wēte there out another angel to mete him sayde vnto him Runne speake to this yongeman saye Ierusalem shal be inhabited without eny wal for y e very multitude of people catell y t shal be therin Yee I myself saieth the LORDE wil be vnto her a wall of fyre rounde aboute wil be honoured in her O get you forth O fle from the londe of y e north saieth the LORDE ye whom I haue scatred in to the foure wyndes vnder heauē saieth the LORDE Saue thy self o Sion thou that dwellest with y e doughter of Babilon for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heithē which spoyled you for who so toucheth you shal touche the aple of his
owne eye Beholde I will lift vp myne honde ouer them so that they shal be spoyled of those which afore serued them ye shal knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me Be glad reioyce o doughter of Sion for lo I am come to dwell in the myddest of the saieth the LORDE At the same tyme there shal many Heithen cleue to the LORDE shal be my people Thus wil I dwel in the myddest of the thou shalt knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto the. The LORDE shall haue Iuda in possession for his parte in the holy grounde shal chose Ierusalem yet agayne Let all flesh be still before the LORDE for he is rysen out of his holy place The III. Chapter ANd he shewed me Iesua y e hye prest stondinge before the angel of the LORDE and Satan stode at his right honde to resiste him And the LORDE sayde vnto Satan The LORDE reproue the thou Satan yee the LORDE that hath chosen Ierusalem reproue the. Is not this a brande takē out of the fyre Now Iesua was clothed in vnclene rayment and stode before the angel which answered sayde vnto those y t stode before him take awaye y e foule clothes from him And vnto him he sayde Beholde I haue takē awaye thy synne from the wil decke the with chaunge of raymēt He sayde morouer set a fayre myter vpon his heade So they set a fayre myter vpon his heade put on clothes vpon him and the angel of y e LORDE stode there Then the angel of the LORDE testified vnto Iesua spake thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Yf thou wilt walke in my wayes kepe my watch thou shalt rule my house kepe my courtes I wil geue the place amōge these that stonde here Heare o Iesua thou hye prest thou thy frendes that dwell before the for they are wōderous people Beholde I will bringe forth the braunch of my seruaunt for lo the stone that I haue layed before Iesua vpon one stone shal be vij eyes Beholde I will hewe him out saieth the LORDE of hoostes and take awaye the synne of that londe in one daye Then shall euery man call for his neghboure vnder the vyne vnder y e fygetre saieth the LORDE of hoostes The IIII. Chap. ANd y e angel that talked with me came agayne waked me vp as a man that is raysed out of his slepe sayde vnto me What seist thou And I sayde I haue loked and beholde a candelsticke all of golde with a boll vpon it his vij lampes therin vpon euery lampe vij stalkes And ij olyue trees therby one vpon the right syde of the boll the other vpon the left syde So I answered spake to the angel y t talked with me sayenge O my lorde what are these The angel that talked with me answered sayde vnto me knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde He answered sayde vnto me This is the worde of the LORDE vnto Zorobabel sayenge Nether thorow an hoost of men ner thorow strēgth but thorow my sprete saieth y e LORDE of hoostes What art thou thou greate mountayne before Zorobabel thou must be made eauen And he shal bringe vp the first stone so that men shall crie vnto him good lucke good lucke Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge The hondes of Zorobabel haue layed y e foundacion of this house his hondes also shal fynishe it that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you For he that hath bene despysed a litle season shal reioyce whē he seyth the tynne weight in Zorobabels honde The vij eyes are the LORDES which go thorow the hole worlde Then answered I sayde vnto him What are these two olyue trees vpon the right and left syde of the candilsticke I spake morouer sayde vnto him what be these ij olyue braunches which thorow y e two golden pipes emptie them selues in to the golde He answered me sayde knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde Then sayde he These are the two olyue braunches that stonde before the ruler of the whole earth The V. Chapter SO I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde a flyenge boke And he sayde vnto me what seist thou I answered I se a flyenge boke of xx cubites longe x. cubites brode Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse y t goeth forth ouer the whole earth For all theues shal be iudged after this boke all swearers shal be iudged acordinge to the same I wil bringe it forth saieth the LORDE of hoostes so y t it shal come to the house of the thefe to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name shal remayne in his house cōsume it with the tymbre stones therof Thē the angel that talked with me wente forth sayde vnto me lift vp thine eyes se what this is y t goeth forth And I sayde what is it He answered this is a measure goinge out He sayde morouer Euen thus are they y t dwell vpon the whole earth to loke vpon And beholde there was lift vp a talent of leade lo a woman sat in the myddest of the measure And he sayde This is vngodlynesse So he cast her in to the myddest of the measure threwe y e lompe of leade vp in to an hole Then lift I vp myne eyes loked beholde there came out ij women the wynde was in their wynges for they had wynges like the wynges of a Storke they lif◠vp the measure betwixte the earth the heauen Then spake I to the angel y t talked w t me whyther wil these beare the measure And he sayde vnto me in to the londe of Synear to buylde them an house which when it is prepared the measure shall be set there in his place The VI. Chapter MOrouer I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde there came iiij charettes out frō betwixte two hilles which hilles were of brasse In the first charet were reade horse In the secōde charet were blacke horse In y e thirde charet were whyte horse In y e fourth charet were horses of dyuerse colours stronge Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O lorde what are these ▪ The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the iiij wyndes of the heauen which be come forth to stōde before the ruler of all y e earth That with the blacke horse wente in to the londe of the north the whyte folowed thē and the sprekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge wente out and sought to go and take their iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence and go thorow the worlde So they wēte thorow out the
worlde Then cried he vpon me and spake vnto me sayenge Beholde these that go towarde y e north shal still my wrath in the north countre And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Take of the presoners that are come from Babilon namely Heldai Tobias and Idaia come thou the same daye and go in to the house of Iosias the sonne of Sophony Then take golde and syluer and make crownes therof and set them vpon the heade of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hie prest and speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde the man whose name is the braunch he that shall springe vp after him shal buylde vp the temple of the LORDE yee euen he shall buylde vp the temple of the LORDE He shal beare the prayse he shall syt vpon the LORDES trone and haue the dominacion A prest shall he be also vpon his trone a peaceable councell shal be betwixte them both And the crownes shal be in the temple of the LORDE for a remembraunce vnto Helem Tobias Idaia and Hen the sonne of Sophony And soch as be farre of shal come and buylde the temple of the LORDE that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you And this shal come to passe yf ye wil herken diligently vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The VII Chapter IT happened also in the fourth yeare of kynge Darius that the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary in the fourth daye of the ix moneth which is calleth Casleâ— what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and the men that were with them sent vnto Bethel for to praye before y e LORDE and that they shulde saye vnto the prestes which were in the house of the LORDE of hoostes and to the prophetes Shulde I wepe in the fyfte moneth and absteyne as I haue done now certayne yeares Then came the worde of the LORDE of hoostes vnto me sayenge Speake vnto all the people of the londe and to the prestes and saye when ye fasted and mourned in the v vij moneth now this lxx yeares dyd ye fast vnto me When ye ate also and dronke dyd ye not eate and drinke for youre owne selues Are not these the wordes which the LORDE spake by his prophetes afore tyme when Ierusalem was yet inhabited and welthy she and the cities rounde aboute her when there dwelt meÌ„ both towarde the south and in the playne countrees And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE of hoostes Execute true iudgment shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse euery man to his brother Do the wyddowe the fatherlesse the straunger and poore no wronge and let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in his hert Neuertheles they wolde not take hede but turned their backes and stopped their eares that they shulde not heare yee they made their hertes as an Adamant stone lest they shulde heare the lawe wordes which the LORDE of hoostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the LORDE of hoostes was very wroth at them And thus is it come to passe that like as he spake and they wolde not heare euen so they cried and I wolde not heare saieth the LORDE of hoostes but scatered them amonge all Gentiles whom they knewe not Thus the londe was made so desolate y t there traualed no man in it nether to ner fro for that pleasaunt londe was vtterly layed waist The VIII Chapter SO the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I was in a greate gelousy ouer Sion yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a greate displeasure thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I wil turne me agayne vnto Sion and wil dwel in the myddest of Ierusalem so that Ierusalem shal be called a faithfull and true cite the hill of the LORDE of hoostes yee an holy hill Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes There shall yet olde men and women dwel agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem yee and soch as go with staues in their hondes for very age The stretes of the cite also shal be full of yonge boyes and damselles playnge vpon the stretes Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes yf the residue of this people thynke it to be vnpossible in these dayes shulde it therfore be vnpossible in my sight sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I wil delyuer my people from the londe of the east and west and wil brynge them agayne that they maye dwel at Ierusalem They shal be my people and I will be their God in trenth and rightuousnesse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes let youre hondes be stronge ye that now heare these wordes by the mouth of the prophetes which be in these dayes that the foundacion is layed vpon the LORDE of hoostes house that the temple maye be buylded For why before these dayes nether men ner catel coude wynne eny thinge nether might eny man come in and out in rest for trouble but I let euery man go agaynst his neghboure Neuerthelesse I wil now intreate the residue of this people nomore as afore tyme saieth the LORDE of hoostes but they shal be a sede of peace The vynyarde shal geue hir frute the grounde shal geue hir increase and the heauens shal geue their dew and I shal cause the remnaunt of this people to haue all these in possession And it shall come to passe that like as ye were a curse amonge the Heithen O ye house of Iuda and ye house of Israel Euen so wil I delyuer you that ye shal be a blessynge feare not but let youre hoÌ„des be stronge For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I deuysed to punysh you what tyme as youre fathers prouoked me vnto wrath sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and spared not Euen so am I determed now in these dayes for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem therfore feare ye not Now the thinges that ye shal do are these Speake euery man the treuth vnto his neghboure execute iudgment truly and peaceably within youre portes none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure and loue no false oothes for all these are the thinges that I hate sayeth the LORDE And the worde of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto me sayenge thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shal be ioye and gladnesse prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda Only loue the treuth and peace Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes There shall yet come people and the inhabiters of many cities and they that dwell in one cite shal go to another sayenge â–ª Vp let vs go and praye before the LORDE â—â—t vs seke the LORDE of hoostes I wil go with you
and with him ij C. and l. men Of the sonnes of Zachnes Iechonias Zecholi and with him ij C. and l. men Of the sonnes of Salamaasias Gotholie and lxx with him Of the sonnes of Zaphacia Zarias Miheli and with him lxxx Of the sonnes of Iob Abdias Ieheli and with him ij C. and xij men Of the sonnes of Bania Salimoth the sonne of Iosaphia and with him an C. and lx men Of the sonnes of Beer Zachary Bebei and with him ij C. and viij men Of the sonnes of Esead Iohannes Ezechan and with him Cx. men Of the sonnes of Adonicā those that were the last and these are their names Eliphalam y e sonne of Gebel and Semeias with him lxx men All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched oure tentes thre dayes and there I mustered them As for the sonnes of the prestes and Leuites I founde none there Then sent I vnto Eleazar Eccelom and Masman Malobam and Enaathan and Samea and Ioribimathan Eunagan Zachary Mosollamū these were the leders and men of experiēce I sent them worde that they shulde come vnto Loddeus which was by the place of the treasury commaunded them that they shulde speake vnto Loddeus and to his brethren to those that were in the treasury to sende vs soch mē as might execute the prestes office in the house of the LORDE oure God And w t the mightie hāde of oure LORDE God they brought vnto vs mē of good experience from amōge the sonnes of Moolius the sonne of Leui y e sonne of Israel Sebebeiam the sonnes his brethrē Aszbin Anim of whom there were xviij From amōge the children of the sonnes of Cananeus their sonnes were xx men And of them y t serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordeyned and the pryncipall men that ministred for the worke vnto the Leuites in the temple ij C. and xx men whose names are all tokened vp in wrytinge Then commaunded I a fastynge vnto y e yonge men before the LORDE y t I might desyre of him a prosperous iourney a good waye for vs yee for vs for oure children and for the catell because of the layenges awayte I durst not require of the kynge men of horse of fote to conveye vs safely agaynst oure enemies for we had sayde vnto the kynge that y e power of the LORDE oure God shulde be with them that seke him w t their whole hert And therfore we besought God oure LORDE earnestly because of these thinges and he was mercifull vnto vs and herde oure prayer And I separated from amonge y e rulers of the people from y e prestes of y e temple xij men Sebeia Asania ten men of their brethren with them And I weied thē the golde the syluer all y e prestly ornamētes of the house of o r God which the kynge his coūcell his prynces whole Israel had geuē And whan I had weyed it I gaue thē an Cl. talētes in syluer an C. talentes of syluer vessell an C. talentes of golde of goldē vessell seuē tymes twentie and vessels of other metall yee of good metall xij glisteringe as the golde saide vnto thē ye also are holy vnto the LORDE the vessels are holy the golde the syluer is promised vnto the LORDE the God of o r fathers Be diligent now kepe it vntill the tyme y t ye delyuer it to the rulers of the people to y t prestes to the Leuites to y e pryncipall mē of the cities of Israel in Ierusalem in the chambre of the house of oure God So y e prestes the Leuites which receaued of me the golde the syluer the vessell brought it to Ierusalē in to the tēple of the LORDE And from Thia we brake vp the xij daye of the first moneth tyll we came to Ierusalē And whan the thirde daye was past the weyed golde syluer was delyuered in y e house of the LORDE the fourth daye vnto Marimoth the sonne of Ior the prest w t him was Eleazar y e sonne of Phineas and with thē were Iosabdus y e sonne of Iesnet Medias the sonne of Banus certayne of the Leuites to the nombre to the waighte the waight of them was writtē vp the same tyme. As for those that were come out of captiuyte they offred sacrifice vnto the LORDE the God of Israel euē xij oxen for all Israel lxxxvj rammes lxxij shepe xij goates for synne xij kyne for a thankofferinge all to the sacrifice of the LORDE And y e kinges cōmission delyuered they vnto y e stewardes and debytes of the kynge and to the vndershreues in Celosyria and Phenices Now whan these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde The generacion of Israel the prynces y e prestes and Leuites the straunge people and indwellers of the londe haue not put awaye their vnclennesse from the Cananites Hethites Pheresites from the Moabites Egipcians Edomites For both they and their sonnes haue mengled them selues with the daughters of them the holy sede is mixte with the outlandish Heithen sens the begynnynge of their raigne haue the rulers and heades bene partakers of their wickednesse As soone as I had herde these thinges immediatly I rent my holy garmentes and pulled out y e hayre of my heade my beerd sat me downe soroufull heuy So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the God of Israel came vnto me and I sat still full of heuines vntill the euenynge sacrifice Then stode I vp frō fastinge hauynge rente clothes the holy garmēt kneled downe vpon my knees helde out my hādes vnto y e LORDE sayde O LORDE I am confounded ashamed before thy face for oure synnes are become many vpon oure heades o r wickednesses are exalted vnto the heauē for sens y e tyme of o r fathers we are in greate sinne vnto this daye And for the synnes of vs o r fathers we w t oure brethren w t oure prestes haue bene deliuered vnto the kinges of the earth in to the swerde in to captiuite became a spoyle with confucion shame vnto this daie And now O LORDE God how greate is the mercy y t we haue gottē of the in y t thou hast left vs a rote a name in the place of thy Sanctuary to discouer oure light in the house of y e LORDE o r God geuē vs meate at all tymes of o r ministracion And whan we were in captiuyte we were not forsaken of the LORDE oure God but he made the kynges of Persia gracious fauourable vnto vs so y t they gaue vs vytayles meate yee leue to buylde vp the tēple of oure LORDE God agayne to repayre the waisted places of Sion and to dwell in Iewry Ierusalem And now O LORDE what
bare with heuynes as for the earth acordinge to the ordynaunce of y e earth onely so that many are gone awaye in her as it is come to passe Then saye I vnto the like as thou hast borne with trauayle sorowe euen so the earth also from the begynnynge geueth hir frute vnto man for him y t made her And therfore witholde thy sorowe and heuynes by thy self and loke what happeneth vnto y e beare it strōgly For yf thou iudgest the marck ende of God to be righteous and good and receauest his councell in tyme thou shalt be commended therin Go thy waye then in to the cite to thy husbande And she sayde vnto me that wyll I not do I will not go in to the cite but heare will I dye So I commoned more with her and sayde Do not so but be coūceled and folowe me for how many falles hath Sion Be of good comforte because of the sorowe of Ierusalem For thou seist that oure Sanctuary is layed waist oure aulter broken oure temple destroyed oure playenge of instrumentes and synginge layed downe the thankesgeuynge put to sylence o r myrth is vanished awaye the light of oure candelstick is quenched y e Arke of the couenaunt is takē from vs all oure holy thinges are defyled and the name that is called vpon ouer vs is dishonoured oure children are put to shame oure prestes are brent oure Leuites are caried awaye in to captiuyte oure virgins are defyled and oure wyues rauyshed oure righteous men spoyled and oure childrē destroyed oure yonge men are brought in bōdage and oure strōge worthies are become weake and Sion which seale is y e greatest of all is lowsed vp from hir worshipe for she is deliuered into the handes of them that hate vs. And therfore shake of y e greate heuynes and putt awaye the multitude of sorowes that the Mightie maye be mercyfull vnto the and that the Hyest maye geue the rest from y e laboure and trauayle And it happened that whan I was talkynge with her hir face dyd shyne glyster so that I was afraied of her and mused what it might be And immediatly she cast out a greate voyce very fearfull so that y e earth shoke at the noyse of the woman and I loked and beholde the woman appeared vnto me nomore but there was a cite buylded and a place was shewed from the grounde and foundacion Then was I afrayed and cried with loude voyce and sayde where is Vriel the angell which came to me at the first For he hath caused me to come in many consideracions and hye thoughtes and myne ende is turned to corrupcion and my prayer to rebuke And as I was speakynge these wordes he came vnto me and loked vpon me and I laye as one that had bene deed and myne vnderstandinge was altered and he toke me by the right hande and comforted me and set me vp vpon my fete and sayde vnto me what ayleth the and why is thine vnderstandinge vexed and the vnderstondinge of thy hert and wherfore art thou sory And I sayde Because thou hast forsaken me and I haue done acordynge vnto thy wordes I wente in to the felde and there haue I sene thinges that I am not able to expresse He saide vnto me Stōde vp and be manly and I shal geue the exortacion Then sayde I Speake on to me my LORDE forsake me not lest I dye in vayne for I haue sene that I knewe not herde that I do not knowe Or shall my vnderstondynge be disceaued and my mynde But now I be seke the that thou wilt shewe thy seruaunt of this wōder He answered me thē and sayde heare me and I shall enfourme the and tell the wherfore thou art afrayed for the Hyest hath opened many secrete thynges vnto the. He hath sene that thy waye is right and that thou takest sorowe continually for thy people and makest greate lamentacion for Sion and therfore vnderstonde the vision which thou sawest a litle whyle agoo after this maner Thou sawest a woman mournynge and thou hast comforted her Neuertheles now seist thou the licknes of the woman nomore but thou thoughtest there was a cite buylded and like as she tolde the of the fall of her sonne so is this the answere The woman whom thou sawest is Sion and where as she tolde the that she hath be ne thirtie yeares vnfrutefull and baren those are the xxx yeares wherin there was no offeringe made in her But after xxx yeares Salomon buylded her and offred and then bare the baren a sonne And where as she tolde the that she norished him with laboure that was the dwellynge of Ierusalem But where as the sonne dyed in hir chamber that is the fall of Ierusalem And thou sawest hir lickenesse how she mourned for hir sonne and what els happened vnto her I haue shewed ye. And now God seyth that thou art sory in thy mynde and suffrest from y e hert for her and so hath he shewed the hir clearnesse and the faymes of hir bewtye And therfore I bad the remayne in the felde where no house is buylded For I knew y t the Hyest wolde shew this vnto the therfore I commaunded the to go in to the felde where no foundacion ner buyldinge is For in the place where the Hyest wyll shewe his cite there shall be no mans buyldinge And therfore feare not and let not thine hert be afrayed but go thy waye in and se the glorious and fayre buyldinge and how greate it is and how greate thou thinkest it after the measure of thine eyes then shalt thou heare as moch as thine eares maye comprehēde For thou art blessed aboue many other and art called with the Hyest as y e few But tomorow at night thou shalt remayne here and so shal y e Hyest shewe the visions of hye thinges which he wyll do vnto them that dwell vpon earth in y e last dayes So I slepte the same night like as he cōmaunded me The XI Chapter THen sawe I a dreame and beholde there came vp from y e see an Aegle which had xij wynges and thre heades And I sawe and beholde he spred his wynges ouer all the earth and all the wyndes of the ayre blew in them and so they were put together agayne And I behelde and out of his fethers there grew other litle contrary fethers the heades rested the head in the myddest was greater then the other yet rested it with the residue Morouer I sawe that the Aegle flew w t his wynges and raigned vpon earth ouer all them that dwell vpon the earth and I sawe y t all thinges vnder heauen were subiecte vnto him and no man spake against him no not one creature vpon earth I sawe also that the Aegle stode vp vpon his clawes gaue a sounde w t his fethers a voyce sayēge after this maner watch not all together slepe euery mā in his owne place watch for a tyme
that tyme hath kepte himself They that be fallen in to harme are soch as haue workes saith vnto the Most mightie Knowe this therfore that they which be left behynde are more blessed then they that be deed This is the meanynge of the vision Where as thou sawest a man commynge vp from the depe of the see y e same is he whom God the Hyest hath kepte a greate season which by his owne self shall delyuer his creature he shal ordre theÌ„ that are left behynde And where as thou sawest y t out of his mouth there came a blast of wynde fyre storme how y t he lift vp nether swerde ner weapen but y t the ruszshinge in of him destroyed the whole multitude y t came to fight agaynst him it signifieth that the dayes come whan God wyll delyuer theÌ„ y t are vpon earth in a traunce of mynde shall he come vpon theÌ„ y t dwell in the earth And one shal vndertake to fight agaynst another one cite agaynst another one place agaynst another one people agaynst another one realme agaynst another Whan this commeth to passe then shal the tokens come that I shewed the before and theÌ„ shal my sonne be declared whoÌ„ thou sawest clymme vp as a maÌ„ And whan all y e people heare his voyce euery man shal in their owne loÌ„de leaue the battayll y t they haue one agaynst another and an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together as they that be willinge to come and to ouer come him by fightinge But he shal stoÌ„de vpon the toppe of the mount Sion Neuertheles Sion shall come shall be shewed beynge prepared buylded for all men like as thou sawest the hill grauen forth without eny haÌ„des But my sonne shal rebuke the people y t are come for their wickednes with the tempest and for their euell ymaginacions and their paynes wherwith they shal be punyshed are lickened vnto the flamme and with out eny laboure shal he destroye them euen by the lawe which is coÌ„pared vnto the fyre And where as thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto hiÌ„ those are the ten trybes which were caried awaye presoners out of their owne londe in the tyme of Oseas the kynge whom Salmanasar the kinge of Assiria toke presoner and caried them ouer y e water and so came they in to another londe But they gaue them this councell y t they shulde leaue the multitude of the HeitheÌ„ and to go forth in to a farther countre where neuer mankynde dwelt that they might there kepe their statutes which they neuer kepte in their owne lande And so they entred in at the narow passages of the water of Euphrates and God shewed tokens for theÌ„ and helde styll the floude tyll they were passed ouer for thorow that countre there was a greate waye namely of a yeare and an half iourney for the same region is called Asareth Then dwelt they there vnto the latter tyme and when they come forth agayne y e Hyest shall holde styll the sprynges of the streame agayne that they maye go thorow therfore sawest thou the multitude with peace And they that be left behynde of thy people are those that be founde within my border Now whan he destroyeth the multitude that is gathered together he shal defeÌ„de his people that remayne and then shal he shew them greate wonders Then sayde I O LORDE LORDE shew me this wherfore haue I sene the man commynge vp from the depe of the see And he sayde vnto me Like as thou caÌ„st nether seke out ner knowe these thinges that are in the depe of the see euen so maiest thou not se my sonne or those that be with him but in the tyme of the daye This is the interpretacion of the dreame which thou sawest therfore thou onely art here lightened for thou hast forsaken thine owne lawe and applied thy diligence vnto myne and sought it Thy life hast thou ordred in wyszdome and hast called vnderstondinge thy mother and therfore haue I shewed the y e treasure of the Hyest After thre dayes I wil shew the more and talke with the at more large yee heuy and wonderous thinges wyl I declare vnto the. Then wente I forth in to y e felde geuynge prayse and thankes greatly vnto God because of his wonders which he dyd in tyme and because he gouerneth the same and soch 〈◊〉 is in tyme and there I satt thre dayes The XIIII Chapter VPon the thirde daye I satt vnder an oke tre then came there a voyce vnto me out of the bush sayde Eszdras Eszdras And I sayde here I am LORDE and stode vp vpon my fete TheÌ„ spake he vnto me In the bush dyd I appeare vnto Moses talked w t him whaÌ„ my people serued in Egipte and I sent him and led my people out of Egipte brought him vpoÌ„ y e mount Sion where I helde him by me a longe season and tolde him my wonderous workes and shewed him y e secretes of the tymes and the ende and commaunded him sayeÌ„ge These wordes shalt thou declare not hyde theÌ„ And now I saye vnto the that thou laye vp in thine hert the dreames that thou hast sene and the interpretacions which I haue shewed the for thou shalt be receaued of all thou shal be turned and remayne w t my councell and with soch as be like the vntyll y e tymes be ended For the worlde hath lost his youth and the tymes begynne to waxe olde For the tyme is deuyded in to twolue partes and ten partes of it are gone all ready and half of the tenth parte yet remayneth there that which is after y e half of y e tenth parte Therfore prepare and ordre thy house and refourme thy people comforte soch of thou as be in trouble and tell now of the destruccion let go from the mortall thoughtes cast awaye the burthens of man put of the weake nature laye vp in some place y e thoughtes that are most heuy vnto the and haist the to flyt from these tymes for soch euell wickednesse as thou hast now sene happeÌ„ shal they do yet moch worse For the weaker that the worlde and the tyme is the more shal 〈…〉 wickednesse increase in them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth For the trueth is fled farre awaye lesynge is hard at hande For now haâ—â—teth the vision to come that thou hast sene Then answered I and sayde Beholde LORDE I wyl go as thou hast commaunded me and refourme the people which are present But they y t shal be borne afterwarde who wyl exhorte or rebuke theÌ„ Thus the worlde is set in darcknes and they y t dwel therin are without light for thy lawe is kyndled becâ—use no man knoweth the thinges that are done of the or that shal be done Yf I haue fouÌ„de grace before the sende the holy goost in to me and I shall wryte all that hath bene done
greate power shal they come and stonde fightinge with theÌ„ and shal waist the porcion of the londe of the Assirians And then shal the Dragons haue the vpper hande not remembringe their byrth and shal turne aboute swearinge together in greate power to persecute them But these shal be afrayed and kepe sylence at their power and shal fle and one out of the londe of the Assirians shal besege theÌ„ and consume one of theÌ„ and in their hoost shal be feare and drede and strife amonge their kynges Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme They shal smyte one vpon another and they shal smyte at y e greate starre vpon earth and their starre and the bloude shal be from the swerde vnto the bely and the smoke of maÌ„ vnto y e Camels lytter And there shal be greate fearfulnes and tremblinge vpoÌ„ earth and they that se the wrath shal be afrayed and a tremblinge shal come vpon them And then shal there come greate raynes from y e south and from the north and parte from the west and from the stormy wynde from the east and shal shutt them vp agayne the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre to cause feare towarde y e east and west wynde shal be destroyed the greate cloudes shal be lift vp and y e mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they maye make all the earth afrayed and theÌ„ y t dwell therin and that they maye poure out ouer all places an horrible starre fyre and hâ—le and flyenge swerdes and many waters y t all feldes maye be full and all ryuers they shal breake downe the cities walles mountaynes hylles all trees wod and the grasse of the medowes and all their frute And they shal go stedfast vnto Babilon and mâ—ke her afrayed they shal come to her and besege her the starre and all wrath shal they poure out vpon her Then shal the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be aboute her shal bewayle her and they that remayne vnder her shal do seruyce vnto them that haue put her in feare And thou Asia y t coÌ„fortest thyself also vpoÌ„ the hope of Babilon and art a worshipe of hir personne Wo be vnto the thou wretch because thou hast made thyself like vnto her hast decte y e daughters iÌ„ whoâ—dome that they might tryumphe and please thy louers which haue allwaye desyred to coÌ„mytte whordome w t the thou hast folowed the abhominable cite in all hir workes and invencions Therfore sayeth God I wyl sende plages vpon the wyddowhode pouerte hoÌ„ger warres and pestilence to waist thy houses with destruccion and death and the glory of thy power shal be dryed vp as a floure whan y e heate aryseth y t is sent ouer the. Thou shalt be sick as a poore wife that is plaged beateÌ„ of wemen so y t the mightie and louers shal not be able to receaue the. Wolde I so hatâ— the saieth the LORDE Yf thou haddest not allwaye slayne my chosen exaltinge the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death whan thou wast dronkeÌ„ set forth the betwâ—â— of thy countenaunce The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompensed the in thy bosome therfore shalt thou receaue rewarde Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayeth the LORDE euen so shal God do vnto the and shal delyuer the in to the plage Thy childreÌ„ shal dye of honger thou shalt fall thorow y e swerde Thy cities shal be broken downe all thine shal perish w t the swerde in y e felde They y t be in y e mouÌ„taynes shal dye of honger eate their owne flesh drinke their owne bloude for very hoÌ„ger of bred thyrst of water Thou vnhappie shalt come thorow the see receaue plages agayne In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne cite shal rote out one parte of y e londe coÌ„sume the porcion of thy glory They shal treade the downe like stuble they shal be thy fyre and shal consume the thy cities and thy londe thy wod thy frutefull trees shal they burne vp with the fyre Thy children shal they cary awaye captyue and loke what thou hast they shal spoyle it and marre the bewtie of thy face The XVI Chapter WO vnto the Babilon Asia wo vnto y e Egipte Syria gyrde yo r selues w t clothes of sack hayre and mourne for youre childreÌ„ be sory for yo r destruccion is at honde A swerde is sent vpon you who wil turne it back A fyre is kyndled amoÌ„ge you who wil quench it Plages are sent vnto you what is he that wil dryue them awaye Maye eny man dryue awaye an hoÌ„grie lyon in the wod Or maye eny maÌ„ quench the fyre in the stubble whan it hath begonne to burne Maye one turne agayne the arowe y t is shot of a stronge archer The mightie LORDE sendeth the plages what is he that wil dryue them awaye The fyre is kyndled gone forth in his wrath what is he that will quench it He shall cast lightenynges who shal not feare He shal thonder and who shall not be afrayed The LORDE shal threaten who shal not vtterly be beaten to poulder at his presence The earth quaketh the foundacions therof y e see aryseth vp w t wawes from the depe and the floudes of it are vnquyete the fishes therof also before the LORDE before the glory of his power For stronge is his right hande that holdeth the bowe his arowes that he shuteth are sharpe shall not mysse whan they begynne to be shot in to y e endes of the worlde Beholde y e plages are sent shal not turne agayne tyll they come vpon earth The fyre is kyndled shall not be put out tyll it consume the foundacions of the earth Like as an arowe which is shot of a mightie archer returneth not bacwarde euen so y e plages y t shal be sent vpon earth shal not turne agayne Wo is me wo is me who wyl delyuer me in those dayes The begynnynge of sorowes greate mourninge the begynnynge of derth greate death the begynnynge of warres the powers shal stonde in feareâ— the begynnynge of euels they shal tremble euery one What shal I do in these thinges whan the plages come Beholde hoÌ„ger and plage trouble anguysh are sent as scourges for amendement But for all these thinges they shal not turne froÌ„ their wickednesses ner be allwaye myndefull of y e scourges Beholde vitayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth y t they shal thinke themselues to be in good case and euen then shal myschefe growe vpoÌ„ earth warres derth greate disquietnes For many of them that dwell vpoÌ„ earth shall perish of hoÌ„ger the other that escape
waters made swete for theÌ„ that they might drynke xl yeares had they meate from heaueÌ„ Where so euer they wente without bowe arowe without bukler or swerde their God fought for theÌ„ caused theÌ„ to haue the victory Yee no man was able to hurte this people excepte it were so y t they departed vnfaithfully from y e worshippinge of the LORDE their God But as oft as they worshipped eny other besyde their God he gaue them ouer to be spoyled to be slayne to be put to confucion Neuertheles as oft as they were sory for departynge from the worshipe of their God the same God of heauen gaue them power streÌ„gth to withstoÌ„de their enemies Morouer they slew the kynge of the Cananites Iebusites Pherezites Ethites Euâ—tes Amorites all y e mightie in Hesebon toke their loÌ„des cities in possession and so longe as they synned not in y e sight of their God it weÌ„te well with them for their God hateth vnrighteousnesse For in tymes past whan they wente out of y e waye which God had geuen them y t they shulde walke in it they were destroyed in dyuerse battayles of many nacions many of them were caried awaye presoners into a strauÌ„ge couÌ„tre But now lately they haue turned theÌ„selues agayne vnto the LORDE their God are come together agayne out of the countrees where they were scatred abrode and thus haue they coÌ„quered these mountaynes dwell therin as for Ierusalem where their Sanctuary is they haue it againe in possession And therfore my lorde make diligeÌ„t inquisicion yf this people haue done wickednesse in the sight of their God then let vs go vp agaynst them for doutles their God shal delyuer them in to thy handes subdue them vnto y t power But yf this people haue not displeased their God we shal not be able to withstande them for their God shal defende theÌ„ so shall we be a shame to all y e worlde Now whan Achior had spoken out these wordes all the prynces of Holofernes were wroth thought to slaye him sayde one to another what is he this which darre saie y t y e childreÌ„ of Israel are able to withstoÌ„de Nabuchodonosor the kynge his hoost where as they are an vnwapened people without streÌ„gth or vnderstoÌ„dinge of y e fettes of warre That Achior therfore maye knowe y t he hath disceaued vs we wil go vp in to y e mouÌ„taynes whan the mightie men of theÌ„ are taken he also shal be stickte with the swerde y t all people maye knowe that Nabuchodonosor is the God of the earth and that there is none other without him The VI. Chapter SO whan they had left of speakinge Holofernes toke sore indignacion sayde vnto Achior For so moch as thou hast prophecied vnto vs sayenge that the people of Israel shal be defended of their God I will shew the that there is no God but Nabuchodonosor Yee whan we slaye them all as one man thou also shalt perish with them thorow the swerde of the Assirians all Israel shal be destroyed with the theÌ„ shalt thou fele that Nabuchodonosor is the LORDE of the whole earth TheÌ„ shal the swerde of my knyghthode go thorow y e sydes thou shalt fall downe stickte amonge the wounded of Israel shalt not come to thy self agayne but be vtterly destroyed with theÌ„ But yf thou thynkest thy prophecy to be true why dost thou then chaunge thy coloure why art thou afrayed Thynkest thou that my wordes are not able to be perfourmed But that thou mayest knowe that thou shalt fele these thinges with theÌ„ beholde from this houre forth wyll I sende the vnto yonder people that whan the punyshment of my swerde which they haue worthely deserued falleth vpon them thou mayest be punyshed with them So Holofernes coÌ„maunded his seruauntes to take Achior to cary him vnto Bethulia and to delyuer him in to the handes of the children of Israel Then Holofernes seruauÌ„tes toke him weÌ„te thorow the playne felde But whan they drew nye vnto the mountaynes the slynge casters came out agaynst them Neuertheles they gat them awaye by the syde of the mountayne bounde Achior hand fote to a tre so left him bounde with wythies turned agayne vnto their lorde NotwithstoÌ„dinge the children of Israel wente downe froÌ„ Bethulia came vnto him lowsed him brought him to Bethulia set him in the myddest of the people and axed him what the matter was that the AssiriaÌ„s had left him bounde Osias the sonne of Micha of the trybe of Symeon Charmim which is also called Gothoniel were the pryncipall rulers at the same tyme. Now whan Achior stode in the myddest of the Senatours before theÌ„ all he tolde them what answere he gaue Holofernes to the thinge that he axed him and how Holofernes people wolde haue slayne him for so sayenge how Holofernes himself was wroth coÌ„maunded him for the same cause to be delyuered vnto y e Israelites that whan he ouer came the childreÌ„ of Israel he might commaunde Achior also to be put to death with dyuerse tormentes because he sayde the God of heauen is their defender And whaÌ„ Achior had playnely tolde out all these thinges all the people fell downe vpon their faces praysinge the LORDE and poured out their prayers together vnto the LORDE with a generall complaynte wepynge sayde O LORDE God of heauen earth beholde their pryde loke vpon oure lowlynes coÌ„sidre how it standeth with thy sayntes make it to be knowne y t thou forsakest not those which holde them fast by the how y t thou bringest theÌ„ lowe y t presume of theÌ„ selues make their boast in their owne strength So whan the wepinge and prayer of the people which they had made the whole daye longe was ended they coÌ„forted Achior sayeÌ„ge the God of oure fathers whose power strength thou hast praysed shall so rewarde the y t thou shalt rather se their destruccion Whan y e LORDE o r God then shall geue his seruauntes this liberte God be with the also amonge vs so y t yf it please y t thou w t thyne mayest dwell w t vs. Now whan Osias had ended the councell he toke him in to his house and made a greate supper called all the elders to it so they refreszshed them selues after the fastinge And afterwarde was all the people called together which made their prayers all the night longe in the congregacion and be sought the God of Israel for helpe The VII Chapter THe next daye Holofernes commaunded his hoost to go vp agaynst Bethulia There were an C. xx thousande fightinge men on fote two twentie thousande horsmeÌ„ besyde the preparynge of them y t were wonne came to them on euery syde out of the countrees cities which he had takeÌ„ All these prepared them selues
thinges doth no hert vnderstonde but he vnderstandeth euery hert and who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seyth his storme and the most parte of his workes are secrete Who wil declare the workes of his righteousnes Or who shal be able to abyde them for the couenaunt is farre from some and the tryenge out of men is in the fulfillynge He that is humble of hert thinketh vpon soch thinges but an vnwyse and erroneous man casteth his mynde vnto foolish thinges My sonne herken thou vnto me lerne vnderstādinge and marck my wordes with thine hert I wyll geue the a sure doctrine planely shal I enstrucke the. God hath sett his workes in good ordre from the begynninge and parte of them hath he sundered from the other He hath garnyshed his workes from euerlastinge and their begynnynges acordinge to their generacions None of thē hyndered another nether was eny of them dishobedient vnto his worde After this God loked vpō the earth and fylled it with his goodes With all maner of lyuinge beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth agayne The XVII Chapter BOd shope man of the earth and turned him vnto earth agayne He gaue him the nombre of dayes and certayne tyme yee and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpō earth He clothed him with strength and made him after his owne licknes He made all flesh to stonde in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes foules He made out of him an helper like vnto him self and gaue them discrecion and tonge eyes and eares and a hert to vnderstande and fylled them with instruccion vnderstandinge He created for them also the knowlege of the sprete fylled their hert with vnderstandinge and shewed them good and euell He sett his eye vpō their hertes declaringe vnto them his greate and noble workes that they shulde prayse his holy name together reioyse of his wonders be tellinge of his noble actes Besydes this he gaue them instruccion and the lawe of life for an heretage He made an euerlastinge couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnes iudgmentes They sawe his glory with their eyes and their eares herde the maiesty of his voyce And he saide vnto them bewarre of all vnrighteous thinges He gaue euery man also a commaundement concernynge his neghboure Their waies are euer before him and are not hyd from his eyes He hath sett a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is y e LORDES porcion All their workes are as the Sonne in y e sight of God his eyes are allwaye lokynge vpon their wayes All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him all their wickednesses are open in his sight The mercy y t a man sheweth is as it were a purse w t him and a mans good dede preserueth him as the apple of an eye At the last shall he awake rewarde euery man vpon his heade as he hath deserued and shal turne them together in to the nethermost partes of the earth But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuē the waye of righteousnes As for soch as be weake he comforteth thē suffreth them and sendeth them the porcion of y e verite O turne then vnto the LORDE forsake thy synnes make thy prayer before the LORDE do the lesse offence turne agayne vnto the LORDE forsake thine vnrighteousnes be an vtter enemy to abhominacion lerne to knowe the righteousnes and iudgmentes of God stonde in the porcion that is sett forth for the in the prayer of the most hye God Go in to the porcion of the holy worlde with soch as be lyuinge and geue thankes vnto God Who wil prayse the LORDE in the hell Abyde not thou in the erroure of the vngodly but geue him thākes before death As for y e deed thankfulnesse perisheth from him as nothinge Geue thou thankes in thy life yee whyle thou art lyuynge whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyse in his mercy O how greate is the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE and his mercifull goodnes vnto soch as turne vnto him For all thinges maye not be in man why the sonne of man is not immortall and he hath pleasure in the vanyte of wickednes What is more cleare thē the Sonne yet shal it fayle Or what is more wicked then the thinge that flesh and bloude hath ymagined and that same shall be reproued The LORDE seyth the power of the hye heauen and all are but earth and aszshes The XVIII Chapter HE that lyueth for euermore made all thinges together God onely is righteous remayneth a victorious kynge for euer Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him Who hath sought out the grounde of his noble actes Who shal declare the power of his greatnesse Or who will take vpon him to tell out his mercy As for the wonderous workes of y e LORDE there maye nothinge be taken from them nothinge maye be put vnto them nether maye the grounde of them be founde out But whan a man hath done his best he must begynne agayne and whan he thinketh to be come to an ende he must go agayne to his laboure What is man Wherto is he worth What good or euell can he do Yf the nombre of a mans dayes be allmost an hundreth yeare it is moch Like as the droppes of rayne are vnto y e see and as a grauell stone is in comparison of the sonde so are these few yeares to the dayes euerlastinge Therfore is y e LORDE pacient with them and poureth out his mercy vpon them He sawe and perceaued the thoughtes and ymaginacions of their harte that they were euell therfore heaped he vp his mercifull goodnes vpon them and shewed them the waie of righteousnes The mercy that a mā hath reacheth to his neghboure but y e mercy of God is vpon all flesh He chasteneth he teacheth and nourtureth yee euen as a shepherde turneth agayne his flock so doth he all them that receaue chastenynge nurtoure and doctryne Mercifull is he vnto them that stonde in awe of his iudgmentes My sonne whan thou doest good make no grudginge at it and what so euer thou geuest speake no discomfortable wordes Shal not the dew coole the heate Euen so is a worde better then a gift Is not a frendly worde a good honest gift but a gracious man geueth them both A foole shal cast a man in the tethe and that roughly a gift of the nygarde putteth out y e eyes Get the righteousnes before thou come to iudgmēt Lerne before thou speake and go to phisick or euer thou be sick examen and iudge thy self before the iudgment come and so shalt thou fynde grace in the sight of God Humble thy self afore thou be sick and in tyme of thy disease shewe thy conuersacion Let not to praye allwaye and stonde not in feare to be refourmed
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
power vnto men And as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man syt a receyuinge of custome named Mathew sayde vnto him folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as he sat at meate in the house beholde many publicans and synners came and sat downe also with Iesus and hys disciples When the Pharises sawe that they sayde to hys disciples why eateth youre master with publicans and synners When Iesus herde that he sayde vnto them The whole nede not y e phisiciō but they that are sicke Go and learne what that meaneth I haue pleasure in mercy and not in offerynge For I am not come to call the righteous but y e synners to repentaunce Then came the disciples of Ihon to hym sayinge why do we y e Pharises fast so oft and thy disciples fast not And Iesus sayde vnto thē Can the weddynge chyldrē mourne as lōge as the bridegrome is with them The tyme will come when the bridegrome shal be taken from them and thē shall they fast No man peceth an olde garment with a pece of newe clothe For then taketh he awaye the pece agayne from the garment the rent ys made greater Nether do men put new wyne in to olde vessels for then the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out y e vessels peryshe But they poure newe wyne in to newe vessels and so are both saued together Whyle he thus spake vnto them beholde there came a certayne ruler and worshipped him sayinge My doughter is euē now deceased but come and lay y e honde on her and she shall liue Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples And beholde a woman which was diseased w t an yssue of bloude xij yeres came behynde hym and touched the hem of hys vesture For she sayde in her silfe yf I maye touche but euen his vesture only I shal be safe Then Iesus tourned him aboute and behelde her sayinge Doughter be of good conforte thy faith hath made y t safe And she was made whole euen that same houre And when Iesus came into the rulers house and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge he sayde vnto them Get you hēce for y e mayde is not deed but slepeth And they laughed hym to scorne But whan the people were put forth he went in and toke her by the honde and the mayde arose And this was noysed through out all that londe And as Iesus departed thence two blynde mē folowed hym cryinge and sayinge O thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. And when he was come home the blynde came to hym And Iesus sayde vnto them Beleue ye that I am able to do thys And they sayde vnto hym yee LORDE Then touched he their eyes sayinge acordinge to youre fayth be it vnto you And their eyes were opened And Iesus charged thē sayinge Se that no mā knowe of it But they departed spred abroade his name through out all the londe Whan these were gone out beholde they brought to hym a domme man possessed of a deuyll And whan the deuyl was cast out the domme spake And the people merueled sayinge it was neuer so sene in Israel But y e Pharises sayde he casteth out deuyls thorow the chefe deuyll And Iesus wente aboute in all cities and townes teachinge in their synagoges preachyng y e gospel of y e kyngdome healinge all maner sicknes all maner desease amōge the people And when he sawe the people he had compassion on thē because they were pyned awaye and scattered abroade euen as shepe hauinge no shepherd Then sayde he to hys disciples y e heruest is greate but y e laborers are fewe Wherfore praye the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth laborers into hys haruest The x. Chapter ANd he called his xii disciples vnto hym gaue them power ouer vncleane spretes to cast them out to heaale all maner of sicknesses and all maner of deseases The names of the xii Apostels are these The fyrst Simon called Peter Andrew his brother Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother Philip and Bartlemew Thomas and Mathew the Publican Iames the sonne of Alphe and Lebbeus other wyse called Taddeus Simon of Cane and Iudas Iscarioth which also betrayed hym These twolue sent Iesus and commaunded them sayinge Go not in to the wayes y t leade to the Heithen and in to the cities of the Samaritās enter ye not But go rather to the lost shepe of the housse of Israel Go and preach sayinge The kyngdome of heuē is at hande Heale the sicke clense the lepers rayse the deed cast out the deuils Frely ye haue receaued frely geue againe Posses not golde nor siluer nor brasse yn youre gerdels nor yet scrip towardes your iorney nether two cotes nether shues nor yet a staffe For the workman is worthy of his meate In to what soeuer cite or towne ye shall come enquyre in it who is mete for you and there abyde tyll ye go thence And whē ye come in to an house salute y e same And yf the housse be mete for you yo peace shal come vpō it But yf it be not mete for you yo peace shal turne to you againe And yf no man wil receaue you ner heare youre preachinge departe out of that house or that cite and shake the dust of youre fete Truly I saye vnto you it shall be easyer for y e londe of Sodoma and Gomorra in y e daye of iudgment then for that cite Beholde I sende you forth as shepe amōge wolues Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and innocent as doues Beware of men for they shall deliuer you vp to the coūsels and shal scourge you in their synagoges And ye shall be brought before prynces and kynges for my sake in witnes to them and to the gentyls But when they delyuer you vp take no thought how or what ye shall speake for yt shal be geuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall saye For it is not ye that speake but the sprete of your father which speaketh in you The brother shall delyuer the brother to deeth and the father the sonne And the chyldren shall aryse agaynst their fathers mothers shall helpe them to deeth ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake But he y t endureth to the ende shal be saued When they persecute you in one cite flye in to another I tell you for a treuth ye shall not fynysshe all the cities of Israel tyll the sonne of man come The disciple is not aboue the master nether the seruaunt aboue the LORDE It is ynough for the disciple to be as his master and the seruaunt as his LORDE Yf they haue called the good mā of the house Beelzebub how moch more shal they call them of his housholde so Feare
ye be baptysed Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde on my left is not myne to geue but vnto theÌ„ for whoÌ„ it is prepared of my father Whan the ten herde that they disdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him and sayde Ye knowe that y e prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of the people and the greatest exercise power amonge theÌ„ It shal not be so amonge you But who so euer wyl be greate amonge you let him be youre mynister who soeuer wyl be chefe let him be youre seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be serued but to do seruyce and to geue his life to a redeÌ„pcion for many And when they departed from Iericho moch people folowed him and beholde two blyndemen sat by the waye syde And when they herde that Iesus passed by they cried sayde O LORDE thou sonne Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. But y e people rebuked theÌ„ that they shulde holde their peace Neuertheles they cried the more sayde O LORDE thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. And Iesus stode styll and called them and sayde What wil ye y t I shal do vnto you They sayde vnto him LORDE that oure eyes maye be opened And Iesus had compassion vpon them and touched their eyes immediatly their eies receaued sight And they folowed him The XXI Chapter NOw whan they drew nye vnto Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuete Iesus sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go in to the towne that lyeth before you anone ye shal fynde an Asse bounde and hiâ— foale with her lowse them and brynge theÌ„ vnto me And yf eny man saye ought vnto you saye ye the LORDE hath nede of theÌ„ And straight waye he wil let them go But all this was done that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophet sayenge Tell the doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge commeth vnto y e meke syttinge vpon an Asse and a foale of y e Asse vsed to the yocke The disciples wente and dyd as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the foale layed their clothes vpon them and set him theron But many of the people spred their garmentes in the waye other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the waye As for the people that wente before and that came after they cryed and sayde Hosianna vnto the sonne of Dauid Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE Hosianna in the height And whan he was come into Ierusalem all the cite was moued and sayde Who is this And the people sayde This is Iesus y e prophet of Nazareth out of Galile And Iesus wente in to the teÌ„ple of God and cast out all them that bought and solde in the teÌ„ple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that solde doues and sayde vnto them It is wrytteÌ„ My house shal be called y e house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers The blynde also and y e lame came vnto him in the temple and he healed them But whan the hye prestes and the scrybes sawe the wonders that he dyd and the children crienge in the temple and sayengeâ— Hosianna vnto the sonne of Dauid they disdayned and sayde vnto him Hearest thou what these saye Iesus sayde vnto them Yee Haue ye neuer red Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast ordeyned prayse And he left them there and wente out of the cite vnto Bethania and there abode ouer night But in the mornynge as he returned in to the cite he huÌ„gred And in the waye he sawe a fygge tre and came vnto it and founde nothinge theron but leaues onely and sayde vnto it Neuer frute growe on the from hence forth And immediatly the fygge tre wythred awaye And whan his disciples sawe that they marueyled and sayde How is y e fygge tre wythred awaye so soone Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you Yf ye haue faith doute not ye shal not onely do this with the fygge tre but yf ye shal saye vnto this mountayne Avoyde and cast thy self in to the see it shal be done And what soeuer ye axe in prayer yf ye beleue ye shal receaue it And when he was come in to the teÌ„ple the chefe prestes and the elders of the people came vnto him as he was teachinge sayde By what auctorite doest thou these thinges and who gaue the this auctorite Iesus answered and sayde vnto them I wil axe a worde of you also which yf ye tell me I in like wyse wyl tell you by what auctorite I do these thinges The baptime of IhoÌ„ wheÌ„ce was it from heaueÌ„ or of men Then thought they amoÌ„ge them selues and saide Yf we saye it was from heaueÌ„ then shal he saye vnto us Why dyd ye not then beleue him But yf we saye it was of men theÌ„ feare we the people For euery maÌ„ helde Ihon for a prophet And they answered Iesus sayde We can not tell Then sayde he vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges But what thinke ye A certayne man had two sonnes and came to the first and sayde Go thy waye my sonne worke to daye in my vynyarde He answered and sayde I wil not but afterwarde he repented and wente He came also vnto the secoÌ„de and sayde likewyse And he answered and saide I wil syr And weÌ„te not Whether of them twayne dyd the wil of the father They sayde vnto him the first Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Verely I saye vnto you The publicans and harlottes shal come in to the kyngdome of God before you For Ihon came vnto you and taught you y e right waye and ye beleued him not but the publicans harlottes beleued hiÌ„ As for you though ye sawe it yet were ye not moued with repeÌ„taunce that ye might afterwarde haue â—â—leued him Heare another parable There was a certayne houszholder which planted a vynyarde and hedged it rouÌ„de aboute and dygged a wyne presse in it and built a tower and let it out vnto huszbandmen and wente in to a straunge countre Now whaÌ„ the tyme of the frute drew neare he sent his seruauÌ„tes to the huszbandmen to receaue the frutes of it Then the huszbandmen caught his seruauntes one they bett another they kylled the thirde they stoned Agayne he sent other seruauntes moo then the first and they dyd vnto them in like maner At the last he sent his owne sonne vnto them and sayde they wyl stoÌ„de in awe of my sonne But wheÌ„ the huszbandmeÌ„ sawe the sonne they sayde amonge theÌ„selues This is the Heyre come let us kyl hym and take his inheritauÌ„ce vnto oure selues And they caught him and thrust him out of the vynyarde slew him Now wheÌ„
where no thefe commeth and no moth corruppeth for where youre treasure is there wil youre hert be also Let youre loynes be gerded aboute and youre lightes burnynge and be ye like vnto men that wayte for their lorde agaynst he returne from the mariage that whan he coÌ„meth knocketh they maye straight waye open vnto him Blessed are those seruauntes whom the LORDE whan he coÌ„meth shal fynde wakynge Verely I saye vnto you He shal gyrde vp him self and make them syt downe at the table and shal go by them and mynister vnto them And yf he come in the seconde watch and in the thirde watch and fynde them so blessed are those seruauntes But be sure of this that yf the good man of the house knewe what houre the thefe wolde come he wolde surely watch and not suffre his house to be broken vp Therfore be ye ready also for at an houre whan ye thynke not shal the sonne of man come But Peter sayde vnto him LORDE tellest thou this symilitude vnto vs or to all men also The LORDE sayde How greate a thinge is a faithfull and wyse stewarde whom his lorde setteth ouer his houszholde to geue theÌ„ their dewtye in due season Blessed is that seruaunt whom his lorde whan he coÌ„meth shal fynde so doynge Verely I saye vnto you he shal set him ouer all his goodes But yf the same seruauÌ„t shal saye in his hert Tush it wil be longe or my lorde come and shal begynne to smyte y e seruauntes and maydens yee to eate and drynke to be dronkeÌ„ the same seruauntes lorde shal come in a daye whan he loketh not for him and in an houre that he is not aware of shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with the vnbeleuers The seruaunt that knewe his lordes wil and prepared not himself nether dyd acordinge to his will shal be beâ—ten with many strypes But he that knewe it not and yet dyd thinges worthy of strypes shal be beaten with few strypes For loke vnto whom moch is geuen of him shal moch be sought and loke to whom moch is commytted of him shal moch be requyred I am come to kyndle fyre vpoÌ„ earth and what wolde I rather theÌ„ that it were kyndled allready NotwithstoÌ„dinge I must first be baptised with a baptyme and how am I payned tyll it be ended Thynke ye that I am come to brynge peace vpon earth I tell you nay but rather debate For from hence forth there shal be at varyauÌ„ce in one house thre agaynst two and two agaynst thre The father shal be deuyded agaynst y e sonne and the sonne agaynst the father the mother agaynst the doughter the doughter agaynst the mother the mother in lawe agaynst hir doughter in lawe and y e doughter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe And he sayde vnto the people Whan ye se a cloude ryse out of y e west straight waye ye saye there coÌ„meth a shower and so it is and whan ye se the southwynde blowe ye saye It wil be hote and it commeth so to passe O ye ypocrytes ye can discerne the fashion of the skye and of the earth Why can ye not discerne this tyme also Yee and why iudge ye not of youre selues what is right Whyle thou goest with thine aduersary vnto the Prynce geue diligeÌ„ce by the waye that thou mayest be quyte of him lest he brynge the before the iudge and the iudge delyuer the to the iaylar and the iaylar cast the in to preson I tell the thou shalt not come out thence tyll thou paye the vttemost myte The XIII Chapter THere were present at the same season certayne that shewed him of y e Galileans whose bloude Pilate had meÌ„gled with their awne sacrifice And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Suppose ye that these GalileaÌ„s were greater synners then all the other Galileans because they suffred soch punyshment I tell you naye but excepte ye ameÌ„de youre selues ye shal all perishe likewyse Or thinke ye that y e eightene vpon whom the tower in Siloe fell and slewe them were giltie aboue all men that dwell at Ierusalem I tell you naye but excepte ye amende youre selues ye shal all perishe likewyse And he tolde them this symilitude A certayne maÌ„ had a fygge tre which was planted in his vynyarde he came and sought frute theron and founde none Then sayde he vnto the wyne gardener Beholde This thre yeare longe haue I come euery yeare and sought frute vpon this fygge tre and fynde none cut it downe why hyndreth it the grounde But he answered and sayde Syr let it alone yet this yeare tyll I dygge rouÌ„de aboute it and donge it yf it wyl brynge forth frute Yf no â–ª then cut it downe afterwarde And he taught in a synagoge vpon the Sabbath and beholde there was a womaÌ„ which had a sprete of infirmyte eightene yeares and was croked and coulde not well loke vp Whan Iesus sawe her he called her to him and sayde vnto her Woman be delyuered from thy disease And he layed his handes vpoÌ„ her and immediatly she was made straight and praysed God Then answered the ruler of the synagoge and toke indignacion because Iesus healed vpoÌ„ y e Sabbath and sayde vnto the people There are sixe dayes wherin men ought to worke in them come and be healed and not on the Sabbath Then the LORDE answered him and sayde Thou ypocryte doth not euery one of you lowse his oxe or asse froÌ„ the crybbe vpoÌ„ Sabbath and leade him to the water But shulde not this which is Abrahams doughter whom Sathan hath bounde now eightene yeares be lowsed from this bonde vpoÌ„ the Sabbath And whan he thus sayde all his aduersaries were ashamed And all the people reioysed ouer all the excellent dedes that were done by him And he sayde What is the kyngdome of God like Or wher vnto shal I coÌ„pare it It is like a grayne of mustarde sede which a man toke and cast in his garden and it grewe and waxed a greate tre and the foules of the ayre dwelt amonge the braunches of it And agayne he sayde Where vnto shal I licken the kyngdome of God It is like vnto leuen which a woman toke and myxte it amoÌ„ge thre peckes of meele tyll it was all leuended And he weÌ„te thorow cities and townes and taught and toke his iourney towarde Ierusalem And one sayde vnto him LORDE are there few thinkest thou that shal be saued But he sayde vnto them Stryue ye to entre in at the strayte gate for many I saye vnto you shal seke to come in and shal not be able From that tyme forth whan the good man of the house is rysen vp and hath shut the dore then shal ye begynne to stonde without and to knocke at y e dore and saye LORDE LORDE open vnto vs. And he shal answere and saye vnto you I knowe you not
The XII Chapter SIxe dayes before Easter came Iesus vnto Bethanye where Lazarus was which was deed whom Iesus 〈◊〉 from the deed There they made him a supper and Martha serued But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment of pure and costly Nardus and anoynted Iesus fete dryed his fete with hir heer The house was full of the sanoure of the oynment Then sayde one of his disciples Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne which afterwarde betrayed him Why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundreth pens and geuen to the poore This sayde he not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that which was geuē Then sayde Iesus Let her alone this hath she kepte agaynst the daye of my buryenge For the poore haue ye allwaye with you but me haue ye not allwaye Then moch people of the Iewes had knowlege that he was there and they came not for Iesus sake onely but also y t they might se Lazarus whom he had raysed from the deed But y e hye prestes were aduysed to put Lazarus to death also because y t for his sake many of the Iewes wēte awaye and beleued on Iesus Vpon the nexte daye moch people which were come vnto the feast whan they herde that Iesus came towarde Ierusalem they toke braunches of palme trees and wēte out to mete him and cryed Hosianna Blessed be he that in the name of the LORDE commeth kynge of Israel Iesus gat a yonge Asse and rode theron As it is wryttē Feare not thou doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge cōmeth rydinge vpō an Asses foale Neuertheles his disciples vnderstode not these thinges at the first but whan Iesus was glorified then remēbred they that soch thinges were wryttē of him and that they had done soch thinges vnto him The people that was with him whan he called Lazarus out of y e graue and raysed him from the deed commended the acte Therfore the people met him because they herde that he had done soch a miracle But the pharises sayde amonge them selues Ye se that we preuayle nothinge beholde all y e worlde runneth after him There were certayne Grekes amonge thē that were come vp to Ierusalē to worshipe at the feast the same came vnto Philippe which was of Bethsaida out of Galile prayed him and sayde Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philippe came tolde Andrew And agayne Philippe and Andrew tolde Iesus Iesus answered thē and sayde The houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified Verely verely I saye vnto you Excepte the wheatcorne fall in to the grounde and dye it bydeth alone But yf it dye it beyngeth forth moch frute He that loueth his life shal lose it and he that hateth his life in this worlde shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge He that wyl serue me let him folowe me And where I am there shal my seruaunt be also and he that serueth me him shal my father honoure Now is my soule heuy and what shal I saye Father helpe me out of this houre But therfore am I come in to this houre Father glorifye thy name Then came there a voyce from heauen I haue glorified it and wyl glorifye it agayne Then sayde the people that stode by and herde It thondereth Other sayde An angell spake vnto him Iesus answered and sayde This voyce came not because of me but for youre sakes Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust out And I whan I am life vp from the earth wyl drawe all vnto me But this he sayde to signifye what death he shulde dye Then answered him the people We haue herde in the lawe that Christ endureth for euer and how sayest thou then that the sonne of man must be lift vp Who is this sonne of man Then sayde Iesus vnto them The light is yet a litle whyle with you walke whyle ye haue the light that the darknesse fall not vpō you He that walketh in the darknesse woteth not whither he goeth Beleue ye on the light whyle ye haue it that ye maye be the children of light These thinges spake Iesus and departed awaye and hyd himself from them And though he had done soch tokens before thē yet beleued they not on him that the sayenge of Esay the prophet might be fulfylled which he spake LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge Or to whom is the arme of the LORDE opened Therfore coulde they not beleue for Esay saide agayne He hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hert that they shulde not se with the eyes ner vnderstonde with the hert shulde be conuerted and he shulde heale them This sayde Esay whan he sawe his glory and spake of him Neuertheles many of the chefe rulers beleued on him but because of the Pharises they wolde not be aknowne of it lest they shulde be excommunicate For they loued more the prayse with men then with God Iesus cryed and sayde He that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on him that sent me And he that seyth me seyth him y t sent me I am come a light in to the worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me shulde not byde in darknesse And he that heareth my wordes and beleueth not I iudge him not for I am not come to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receaueth not my wordes hath one allready that iudgeth him The worde that I haue spoken that shall iudge him at the last daye For I haue not spoken of myself but the father that sent me hath geuen me a commaundement what I shulde do and saye And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlastinge Therfore loke what I speake that speake I euē so as the father hath sayde vnto me The XIII Chapter BEfore the feast of Easter whan Iesus knewe that his tyme was come that he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto y e father as he loued his which were in the worlde euen so loued he them vnto the ende And after supper whan the deuell had allready put into y e hert of Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne to betraye him Iesus knowinge that the father had geuen all thinges in to his handes that he was come from God and wente vnto God he rose from supper and layed asyde his vpper garmentes and toke a towell and gyrde it aboute him Afterwarde poured he water in to a basen and beganne to wash the disciples fete and dryed them with the towell y t he was gyrded withall Then came he vnto Symon Peter and y e same sayde vnto him LORDE shalt thou washe my fete Iesus answered and sayde vnto him What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt knowe it herafter Thē sayde Peter vnto him Thou shalt neuer
ranne in amonge the people cryenge and sayenge Ye mē Why do ye this We are mortall mē also like vnto you preach vnto you y e Gospell that ye shulde turne from these vayne thinges vnto y e lyuynge God which made heauē and earth and the see and all that therin is which in tymes past suffred all y e Heythen to walke after their awne wayes Neuertheles he hath not left hī selfe without wytnesse in y t he hath shewed his benefites and geuen vs rayne from heauen and frutefull seasons fyllynge oure hertes with fode and gladnesse And whan they sayde this they scarse refrayned the people that they dyd not sacrifice vnto them But there came thither certayne Iewes from Antioche and Iconiū and persuaded the people and stoned Paul and drue him out of the cite supposinge he had bene deed Howbeyt as y e disciples stode rounde aboute him he rose vp came in to the cite And on the nexte daye he departed with Barnabas vnto Derba and preached the Gospell vnto the same cite and taughte many of them And they wēte agayne vnto Lystra and Iconium and Antioche strengthinge the soules of y e disciples and exortinge thē to cōtynue in the faith and that we thorow moch tribulacion must entre in to the kyngdome of God And whā they had ordeyned them Elders by eleccion thorow all the congregacions they prayed and fasted and cōmended them vnto the LORDE on whom they beleued And they wente thorow Pisidia and came to Pamphilia and spake the worde at Perga and wēte downe to Attalia and frō thence departed they by shippe vnto Antioche from whence they were delyuered to the grace of God vnto y e worke which they had fulfylled Whan they came there they gathered the congregacion together shewed them how greate thinges God had done with thē and how he had opened the dore of faithe vnto the Heithen And there they abode a longe tyme with the disciples The XV. Chapter ANd there came certayne frō Iewry and taughte the brethren Excepte ye be circumcysed after the maner of Moses ye can not be saued Now whā there rose a discēsion and Paul and Barnabas had set them selues harde agaynst them they ordeyned that Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of them shulde go vp to Ierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders aboute this questiō And they were broughte on their waye by y e cōgregacion wente thorow Phenices and Samaria and declared the conuersacion of the Heythen and brought greate ioye vnto all the brethren Whan they came to Ierusalē they were receaued of y e cōgregacion of the Apostles and of the Elders they tolde how greate thinges God had done with thē Then rose there vp certayne of the secte of y e Pharises which beleued and sayde They must be circumcysed and cōmaunded to kepe the lawe of Moses But the Apostles and Elders came together to reason vpon this matter Now whan there was moch disputinge Peter rose vp and sayde vnto thē Ye men and brethren ye knowe that a good whyle agoo God chose amonge vs y t the Heythē by my mouth shulde heare the worde of the Gospell and beleue And God the knower of hertes bare wytnesse ouer thē and gaue thē the holy goost like as vnto vs put no dyfference betwixte vs them and purified their hertes thorow fayth Now therfore why tempte ye God with layenge vpon y e disciples neckes the yocke which nether o fathers ner we were able to beare But we beleue to be saued thorow the grace of the LORDE Iesu Christ like as they also The◠all y e multitude helde their peace and gaue audience vnto Paul and Barnabas which tolde how greate tokens and wonders God had done by thē amōge the Heythen Afterwarde whan they helde their peace Iames answered and sayde Ye men and brethren herkē vnto me Simō hath tolde how God at the first vysited to receaue a people vnto his name from amonge the Heythen And vnto this agree y e wordes of the prophetes as it is wryttē After this wyl I returne and wyl buylde agayne y e tabernacle of Dauid that is fallen downe and that which is fallen in decaye therof wyl I buylde agayne and wyl set it vp that the residue of men maye seke after the LORDE also the Heythen vpō whom my name is named sayeth the LORDE which doth all these thinges Knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynnynge of y e worlde Wherfore my sentence is that they which from amonge the Heythen are turned vnto God be not disquyeted but to wryte vnto them that they absteyne them selues from fylthynesse of Idols from whordome and from strangled and bloude For Moses hath of olde tyme in euery cite them that preach him and he is red in the synagoges euery Sabbath daye And the Apostles and Elders with the whole congregacion thoughte it good to chose out men of them and to sende them vnto Antioche with Paul and Barnabas namely Iudas whose syrname was Barsabas and Sylas which were chefe men amōge the brethrē and gaue thē letters in their handes after this maner We the Apostles and Elders brethren wysh health vnto the brethrē of the Heythē which are at Antioche and Syria and Celicia For so moch as we haue herde that certayne of oures are departed and haue troubled you and combred youre myndes sayenge ye must be circumcysed and kepe y e lawe to whom we gaue no soch commaundemēt it semed good vnto vs beynge gathered together with one accorde to chose out men and to sende them vnto you with oure beloued Barnabas and Paul men that haue ioperded their lyues for y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore haue we sent Iudas and Sylas which shal also tell you the same with wordes For it pleased the holy goost and vs to laye no charge vpon you more then these necessary poyntes That ye absteyne from the offeringes of Idols and from bloude and from strangled and from whordome From the which yf ye absteyne youre selues ye shal do well Fare ye well Whan these were sent forth they came vnto Antioche and gathered the multitude together and delyuered the epistle Whan they had red it they were glad of that cōsolacion As for Iudas Sylas which were prophetes also they exorted y e brethrē with moch preachinge and strēgthed them And whan they had taried there for a season they were let go of the brethren in peace vnto the Apostles Notwithstondinge Sylas thoughte it good to byde there styll But Paul and Barnabas cōtynued at Antioche teachinge and preachinge the worde of the LORDE with other many Neuertheles after certayne dayes Paul sayde vnto Barnabas let vs go agayne and vyset oure brethren thorow all the cities wherin we haue shewed the worde of the LORDE how they do But Barnabas gaue councell that they shulde
maye be detter vnto God because y t by y e dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne But now without addinge to of y e lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God declared hauynge witnesse of y e lawe and the prophetes but I speake of y e righteousnes before God which cōmeth by the faith on Iesus Christ vnto all and vpō all them that beleue For here is no difference For they are all synners and wāte the prayse that God shulde haue of thē but without deseruynge are they made righteous euē by his grace thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu whom God hath set forth for a Mercyseate thorow faith in his bloude to shewe the righteousnes which avayleth before him in that he forgeueth the synnes which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God which he suffred that at this tyme he mighte shewe y e righteousnes which avayleth before him y t he onely mighte be righteous the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus Where is now then thy reioysinge It is excluded By what lawe By the lawe of workes Nay but by the lawe of faith We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the lawe Or is God the God of the Iewes onely Is he not also the God of the Heythen Yes verely the God of the Heythen also for so moch as he is the God onely that iustifieth the circumcision which is of faith and the vncircūcision thorow faith Destroys we then the lawe thorow faith God forbyd But we mantayne the lawe The fourth Chapter WHat shal we saye thē that Abrahā o father as pertayninge to y e flesh dyd fynde This we saye Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes then hath he wherin to reioyse but not before God But what sayeth y e scripture Abrahā beleued God y t was counted vnto him for righteousnes Vnto hī y t goeth aboute w t workes is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure but of dutye Howbeit vnto him y t goeth not aboute with workes but beleueth on him y t iustifieth the vngodly is his faith counted for righteousnes Euen as Dauid sayeth also that blessednes is onely that mans vnto whō God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes where he sayeth Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne Now this blessednes goeth it ouer the circūcision or ouer the vncircumcision We must nedes graunte y t Abrahās faith was coūted vnto hī for righteousnes How was it thē rekened vnto him In the circūcision or in the vncircumcision Doutles not in the circūcision but in the vncircumcision As for the tokē of circūcision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith which he had yet in y e vncircūcision y t he shulde be a father of all thē y t beleue beinge in y e vncircūcisiō y t it might be coūted vnto thē also for righteousnes that he might be a father of circumcision not onely of thē that are of y e circumcision but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham For the promes that he shulde be y e heyre of the worlde was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe but thorow the righteousnes of faith For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres thē is faith vayne and the promes of none effecte for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath For where the lawe is not there is also no transgression Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth that it myght come off fauoure wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede not onely vnto him which is off the lawe but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abrahā which is the father of vs all As it is wrytten I haue made the a father of many Heythē before God whom thou hast beleued which quyckeneth the deed and calleth it which is not that it maye be And he beleued vpō hope where nothinge was to hope that he shulde be a father of many Heythen Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him Euen so shal thy sede be And he was not faynte in faith nether cōsidred his awne body which was deed allready whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde nether the deed wombe of Sara For he douted not in the promes of God thorow vnbeleue but was strōge in faith and gaue God the prayse was sure that loke what God promyseth he is able to make it good And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes But this is not wryttē onely for his sake y t it was counted vnto him but also for oure sakes vnto whō it shal be counted yf we beleue on him that raysed vp oure LORDE Iesus from the deed Which was geuen for oure synnes and raysed vp for oure righteousnesse sake The V. Chapter BEcause therfore that we are iustified by faith we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whō also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace wherin we stonde reioyse in the hope of y e glorye for to come which God shal geue Not onely y t but we reioyse also ī troubles for so moch as we knowe y t trouble bryngeth paciēce paciēce bryngeth experiēce experiēce bryngeth hope As for hope is letteth vs not come to cōfusion because the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes by the holy goost which is geuen vnto vs. For whan we were yet weake acordinge to the tyme Christ dyed for vs vngodly Now dyeth there scace eny man for the righteous sake Peraduenture for a good man durst one dye Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs in y t Christ dyed for vs whan we were yet synners Moch more then shal we be saued from wrath by him seynge we are now made righteous thorow his bloude For yf we were recōcyled vnto God by y e death of his sōne whā we were yet enemies moch more shal we be saued by him now y t we are reconcyled Not onely that but we reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whom we haue now receaued the attonement Wherfore as by one man synned entred in to the worlde and death by y e meanes off synne euen so wente death also ouer all men in so moch as they all haue synned For synne was in y e worlde vnto the lawe but where no lawe is there is not synne regarded Neuertheles death reigned from Adam vnto Moses euen ouer them also that synned not with like transgression as dyd Adam which is y e ymage of him y t was to come But it is not with the gifte as
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ„ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ„ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ„ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌ„ned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ„ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ„ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ„ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ„ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ„ of God Yf we be childreÌ„ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌ„ginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ„ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâ—ued iÌ„ dede howbeit iÌ„ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ„ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ„ amoÌ„ge many brethreÌ„ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ„ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ„ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer Amē· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
same for he is the minister off God for thy wealth But yff thou do euell then feare for he beareth not the swerde for naughte For he is the mynister of God a taker of vengeaunce to punyshe him that doth euell Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not onely for punyshmēt but also because of conscience For this cause must ye geue trybute also For they are Gods mynisters which māteyne y e same defence Geue to euery man therfore his dutye tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honoure to whom honoure pertayneth Owe nothinge to eny man but to loue one another For he that loueth another hath fulfylled the lawe For where it is sayde Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt not beare false witnesse thou shalt not lust and yf there be eny other commaundement it is comprehēded in this worde Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe Loue doth his neghboure no euell Therfore is loue y e fulfillynge of the lawe And for so moch as we know this namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe For now is oure saluacion nearer then whan we beleued the nighte is past but the daye is come nye Let vs therfore cast awaye y e workes of darknesse and put on the armoure of lighte Let vs walke honestly as in the daye not in excesse off eatinge and in dronkennesse not in chamburynge and wantonnesse not in stryfe and enuyenge but put ye on the LORDE Iesus Christ and make not prouysion for y e flesh to fulfill the lustes of it The XIIII Chapter HIm that is weake in the faith receaue vnto you and trouble not the consciences One beleueth that he maye eate all thinge but he that is weake eateth herbes Let not him that eateth despyse him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not iudge him that eateth for God hath receaued him Who art thou that iudgest another mans seruaūt He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE Yee he maye well stōde for God is able to make hī stōde Some man putteth differēce betwene daye daye but another man counteth all dayes alyke Let euery man be sure of his meanynge He that putteth difference in the daye doth it vnto the LORDE he that putteth no differēce in the daye doth it vnto y e LORDE also He y t eateth eateth vnto the LORDE for he geueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not vnto y e LORDE and geueth God thankes For none of vs lyueth to him selfe and none dyeth to him selfe Yf we lyue we lyue vnto the LORDE Yf we dye we dye vnto the LORDE Therfore whether we lyue or dye we are the LORDES For therto dyed Christ and rose agayne and reuyued that he mighte be LORDE both of deed and quycke But why iudgest thou y e brother Or thou other why despysest thou y e brother We shal all be broughte before y e iudgmēt seate of Christ. For it is wryttē As truly as I lyue sayeth the LORDE all knees shal bowe vnto me all tūges shal knowlege vnto God Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God Let vs not therfore iudge one another eny more But iudge this rather y t nomā put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye I knowe am full certified in y e LORDE Iesu y t there is nothinge cōmen of it selfe but vnto him y t iudgeth it to be cōmen to him is it cōmen But yf y e brother be greued ouer y e meate thē walkest thou not now after charite Destroye not w t thy meate him for whom Christ dyed Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell spokē of For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke but righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy goost He that in these thinges serueth Christ pleaseth God is cōmended of mē Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace thinges wherwith one maye edifye another Destroye not y e worke of God for eny meates sake All thinges truly are cleane but it is euell for y t mā which eateth w t hurte of his cōscience It is moch better y t thou eate no flesh and drynke no wyne nor eny thinge wherby thy brother stombleth or falleth or is made weake Hast thou faith haue it with y e selfe before God happye is he that cōdemneth not him selfe in y t thinge which he aloweth But he that maketh conscience of it and yet eateth is dampned because he doth it not of faith For what so euer is not of faith that same is synne The XV. Chapter WE that are stronge ought to beare y e fraylnesse of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so that he please his neghboure vnto his welth and edifienge For Christ pleased not himselfe but as it is wrytten The rebukes of them which rebuked the are fallen vpon me What so euer thinges are wryttē afore tyme are wrytten for oure learnynge that we thorow pacience and comforte off the scriptures might haue hope The God of pacience and consolacion graunte you to be like mynded one towarde another acordinge vnto Iesu Christ that ye beynge of one mynde maye w t one mouth prayse God the father of oure LORDE Iesu Christ. Wherfore receaue ye one another as Christ hath receaued you to the prayse off God But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister of the circumcision for the trueth of God to cōfirme the promyses made vnto the fathers and that the Heythen mighte prayse God because of mercy as it is wrytten For this cause wyl I prayse the amōge the Gētyles and synge vnto thy name And agayne he sayeth Reioyse ye Heythen with his people And agayne Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles and laude him all ye naciōs And agayne Esay sayeth There shal be the rote of Iesse and he that shal ryse to rule the Gentyles in him shal the Gentyles trust The God off hope fyll you w t all ioye and peace in beleuynge y t ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow y e power of the holy goost I my selfe am full certified of you my brethren that ye youre selues are full of goodnes fylled with all knowlege so that ye are able to exhorte one another Neuertheles brethrē I haue somwhat more boldly wrytten vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce for the grace that is geuē me of God ▪ that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen to declare the gospell of God that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God sanctified by the holy goost Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God For I durst not speake
wall that was a stoppe betwene vs and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred namely the lawe of the commaundemeÌ„tes contayned in the lawe wrytten that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe and make peace and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse and so he slewe y e hatred thorow his owne selfe and came and preached peace in the Gospell vnto you which were afarre of and to theÌ„ that were nye For thorow him we both haue intraunce in â—ne sprete vnto the father Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers but citesins with the sayntes of the housholde of God buylded vpon y e foundacion of y e Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is y e heade corner stone in whom euery buyldinge coupled together groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE in whom ye also are buylded together to be an habitacion of God in the sprete The III. Chapter FOr this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen acordinge as ye haue herde of y e office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me as I wrote abouâ— in fewe wordes wherby whan ye rede it 〈◊〉 maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in y e mystery of Christ which mystery in tymes past was not opened vnto the childreÌ„ of meÌ„ as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete namely that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God which is geueÌ„ me acordinge to the workynge of his power Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen that I shulde preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ y e vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men se what is the fellishippe of the mystery which froÌ„ the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thiÌ„ges thorow Iesus Christ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaueÌ„ mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyszdome off God acordinge to y e eternall purpose which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confideÌ„ce thorow faith on him Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions y t I suffre for you which is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is the true father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth that he graunte you acordinge to y e riches of his glory to be strengthed with power by his sprete in y e inwarde maÌ„ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue maye be able to coÌ„prehende with all sayntes what is the bredth and the length and the deepth and the heyth and to knowe the loue of Christ which loue yet passeth all knowlege that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde acordinge to y e power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion which is in Christ Iesu at all tymes for euer and euer Amen The IIII. Chapter I Therfore which am presoner in the LORDE exhorte you that ye walke as it becoÌ„meth yo r callinge wherin ye are called with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes and longe sufferinge forbearinge one another in loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace One body and one sprete eueÌ„ as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge One LORDE one faith one baptyme one God and father of vs all which is aboue all and thorow all and in you all Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. Therfore sayeth he He is gone vp an hye and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue and hath geueÌ„ giftes vnto men That he wente vp what is it but that he first came downe in to y e lowest partes of y e earth He that came downe is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all And y e same hath set some to be Apostles some to be prophetes some to be Euangelistes some to be shepherdes teachers wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of y e body of Christ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ that we be nomore children waueringe caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges growe in him which is the heade euen Christ in whom all the body is coupled together and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all y e ioyntes Wherby one mynistreth vnto another acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure and maketh that y e body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue This I saye therfore and testifye in the LORDE that ye walke nomore * as y e other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde blynded in their vnderstondinge beynge straungers froÌ„ the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hert which beynge past repentaunce haue geueÌ„ them selues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse But ye haue not so learned Christ yf so be that ye haue herde of him are taught in him euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde and put on that new man which is shapen after God in true righteousnes and holynes Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure for as moch as we are membres one of another Be angrie but synne not Let not y e Sonne go downe vpoÌ„ youre wrath nether geue place to the bacbyter He that hath stollen let him steale nomore but let him laboure rather and do some good with his hondes that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth but that which is good to edifye withall whaÌ„ nede is that it be gracious to heare And greue not the holy sprete of God wherwith ye are sealed vnto y e daye of redempcion Let all bytternes and fearsnes and wrath and
haue had sorowe vpon sorowe I haue sent him therfore the more haistely that ye mighte se him and reioyce agayne and that I also mighte haue the lesse sorowe Receaue him therfore in the LORDE with all gladnes and make moch of soche for because of the worke of Christ he wente so farre that he came nye vnto death and regarded not his life to fulfyll that seruyce which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me The III. Chapter MOROVER my brethren reioyce in the LORDE Where as I wryte euer one thinge vnto you it greueth me not and maketh you the surer Bewarre off dogges bewarre of euell workers bewarre off discension for we are the circumcision euen we that serue God in the sprete and reioyce in Christ Iesu and haue no confidence in the flesh though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce in y e flesh Yf eny other mā thynke that he hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh moch more I which was circūcysed on the eight daye one of the people of Israel of the trybe off Ben Iamin an hebrue of the Hebrues as concernynge the lawe a Pharise as concernynge feruentnes I persecuted the cōgregacion and as touchinge the righteousnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me haue I counted losse for Christes sake Yee I thynke all thinges but losse for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE for whom I haue counted all thinge losse and do iudge them but donge that I mighte wynne Christ be founde in him not hauynge myne awne righteousnes which commeth of the lawe but by the faith of Christ namely the righteousnes which commeth of God in faith to knowe him and the vertue of his resurreccion and the fellishippe of his passion that I maye be conformable vnto his death yff by eny meanes I mighte attayne to the resurreccion from the deed Not that I haue attayned vnto it all ready or that I am allready perfecte but I folowe yf I maye comprehende that wherin I am comprehended off Christ Iesu. Brethren I counte not my selfe yet that I haue gotten it but one thinge I saye I forget that which is behynde and stretch my selfe vnto that which is before preace vnto y e marck apoynted to optayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Iesu. Let vs therfore as many as be parfecte be thus wyse mynded and yf ye be otherwyse mynded I praye God open euen this vnto you Neuertheles in that wher vnto we are come let vs procede by one rule that we maye be of one accorde Brethren be ye y e folowers of me and loke on thē which walke euē so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke off whom I haue tolde you often but now I tell you wepynge euē enemies of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnacion whose God is the bely whose glory shal be to their shame which are earthly mynded But oure conuersacion is in heauen from whence we loke for the Sauioure Iesu Christ y e LORDE which shal chaūge o r vyle body y t it maye be like fashioned vnto his glorious body acordinge to y e workynge wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto himselfe The IIII. Chapter WHerfore my brethrē dearly beloued longed for my ioye my crowne contynue so in the LORDE ye beloued I praye Euodias beseke Syntiches that they be of one mynde in the LORDE Yee and I beseke the my faithfull yoc◠felowe helpe the wemen which haue laboured with me in the Gospell with Clement with my other helpers whose names are in the boke of life Reioyce in the LORDE allwaye agayne I saye Reioyse Let youre softnes be knowne vnto all men The LORDE is euen at honde Be not carefull but in all thinges let yo r peticions in prayer and supplicacion with geuynge of thankes be knowne before God And y e peace of God which passeth all vnderstōdinge kepe youre hertes and myndes in Christ Iesu. Furthermore brethren whatsoeuer thinges are true whatsoeuer thinges are honest what soeuer thinges are iust what so euer thinges are pure what soeuer thinges pertayne to loue whatsoeuer thinges are of honest reporte yf there be eny vertuous thinge yf there be eny laudable thinge haue those same in yo r mynde which ye haue both lerned and receaued and herde and sene in me those thinges do and the God of peace shal be with you I reioyse greatly in y e LORDE that now at the last ye are reuyued agayne to care for me as ye cared for me afore but ye lacked oportunyte I speake not this because of necessite for I haue lerned in what soeuer estate I am therwith to be contēte I can be lowe and I cā be hye Euery where and in all thinges I am mete both to be full and to be hongrie to haue plentye and to suffre nede I can do all thinges thorow Christ which strēgtheth me Notwithstondinge ye haue done well that ye bare parte with me in my tribulacion But ye of Philippos knowe that in the begynngnge of the Gospell whan I departed fro Macedonia no congregacion bare parte with me concernynge geuynge and receauynge but ye onely For vnto Tessalonica ye sent once and afterwarde agayne vnto my necessite Not that I seke giftes but I seke the frute that it be abūdaunt in yo r rekenynge For I haue all and haue plentye I was euen fylled whā I receaued of Epaphroditus that which came from you an odoure of swetenes a sacrifice accepted pleasaunt vnto God My God fulfyll all yo r nede acordinge to his riches in glory ī Christ Iesu. Vnto God and oure father be prayse for euer and euer Amen Salute all y e sayntes in Christ Iesu. The brethrē that are with me salute you All the sayntes salute you but specially they that are of the Emperours house The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with you all Amen Wrytten from Rome by Epaphroditus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Colossians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He geueth thankes vnto God for their faith loue and hope prayeth for their increase and sheweth how we are the kyngdome of God optayned by Christ which is the heade of the congregacion Chap. II. What greate care Paul toke for all congregacions He exhorteth them to be stedfast in Christ to bewarre of false teachers and worldly wyszdome and descrybeth the false prophetes Chap. III. He putteth them in remembraunce of the spirituall resurrecciō to laye asyde all maner of corrupte lyuynge to be frutefull in all godlynesse and vertue and sheweth all degrees their dutye Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them to be feruent in prayer to walke wysely vnto them that are not yet come to the true knowlege of Christ and so saluteth them The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God
SioÌ„ aÌ„d pourge the bloude out from IerusaleÌ„ w t y e wynde of his smoke and fyre Morouer vpon all the dwellinges of the hill of Sion and vpon their whole congregacion shal the LORDE prouyde a cloude and smoke by daye and the shyninghe of a flammynge fyre by night for all their glory shal be preserued And Ierusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadowe because of hete in the daye tyme a place and refuge where a man maye kepe him for wether and rayne The V. Chapter NOw well than I will synge my beloued frende a songe of his vynyearde My beloued frende hath a vyneyearde in a very frutefull plenteous grounde This he hedged this he walled rounde aboute and planted it with goodly grapes In the myddest of it buylded he a towre and made a wyne presse therin And afterwarde when he loked y t it shulde bringe him grapes it brought forth thornes I shewe you now my cause o ye Citysens of Ierusalem and whole Iuda Iudge I praye you betwixte me and my wynegardinge What more coude haue bene done for it that I haue not done Wherfore then hath it geuen thornes where I loked to haue had grapes of it Well I shall tell you how I will do w t my vynyarde I will take the hedge from it that it maye perish and breake downe y e wall that it maye be troden vnder fote I will laye it waist that it shall nether be twysted nor â—ut but beare thornes and breares I wil also forbyd y e cloudes that they shal not rayne vpon it As for the vynyarde of the LORDE of hoostes it is the house of Israel and whole Iuda his fayre plantinge Of these he loked for equyte but se there is wronge for rightuousnesse lo It is but misery Wo to you that ioyne one house to another and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another till ye can get no more grounde Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone The LORDE of hoostes rowneth me thus iÌ„ myne eare shal not many greater and more gorgious houses be so waist that no man shall dwell in theÌ„ And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte and xxx bushels of sede shal geue but thre Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to vse them selues in dronkynnes and yet at night are more superfluous with wyne In whose companies are harpes and lutes tabrettes and pâ—pes and wyne But they regarde not the worke of the LORDE and coÌ„sidre not the operacioÌ„ of his hondes Therfore cometh my folck also in captiuyte because they haue no vnderstondynge Their glory shal be myxte with huÌ„ger and their pryde shal be marred for thurste Therfore gapeth hel and openeth hyr mouth marvelous wyde that pryde boostinge and wisdome with soch as reioyse therin maye descende in to it Thus shal man haue a fall he shal be brought lowe and the high lokes of the proude layde downe But the LORDE of hoostes y e holy God shal be exalted and vntouched when he shal declare his equyte and rightuousnesse after this maner Then shal y e lambes eate their apoynted foder and shal fede plenteously in the mountaynes Wo vnto vayne persones that drawe wickednes vnto theÌ„ as it were with a coorde and synne as it were with a cart rope Which vse to speake on this maner let hâ—m make haist now and go forth w t his worke that we maye se it Let the councel of y e holy one of Israel come and drawe me y t we maye knowe it Wo vnto them that call euel good and good euel which make darcknesselight light darcknesse y t make sower swete and swete sower Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight and thinke them selues to haue vnderstoÌ„dinge Wo vnto them y t are connynge men to suppe out wyne and experte to set vp droÌ„keÌ„nesse These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous Therfore like as fyre licketh vp the strawe and as the flame coÌ„sumeth the stubble Euen so when their root is ful their blossome shal vanish awaye like dust or smoke for they despyse the lawe of the LORDE of hoostes and blaspheme the worde of the holy maker of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE kyndled also agaynst his people and he shaketh his honde at them yee he shal smyte so that the hilles shal tremble And their carcases shal lye in the opeÌ„ stretes like myre After all this the wrath of God shall not câ—asse but he shal stretch his hoÌ„de wyder â–ª And he shal gyue a tokeÌ„ vnto a straunge people and call vnto them in a farre countre and beholde they shal come hastely with spede There is not one faynt nor feble amonge them no not a slogish nor slepery parsone There shal not one of them put of the gyrdle from his loynes ner lowse the lachet of his shue Their arowes are sharpe and their bowes bent Their horse hoofes are like flynt and their cartwheles like a stormy wynde Their crie is as it were of a lyon and the roaringe of them like lyons whelpes They shal roare and haÌ„tch vp the praye and no man shal recouer it or get it from theÌ„ In that daye they shal be so fearce vpon them as the see And yf we loke vnto the londe beholde it shal be all darcknesse and sorowe Yf we loke to heauen beholde it shal be darck with careful desperacion The vj Chapter IN the same yeare y y kynge Osias dyed I â—aâ—e the LORDE sittinge vpon an high and glorious seate and his trayne fylled y e palace From aboue flakred the Seraphins wherof euery one had sex wynges With twayne ech couered his face w t twayne his fete and with twayne dyd he flye They cried also ech one to other on this maner holy holy holy is the LORDE of hoostes The whole worlde is ful of his glory Yee the geastes and dorechekes moued at their crienge and the house was ful of smoke Then I sayde O wo is me For I was astonished that I which am a man of vnclene lippes and dwell amonge people y t hath vnclene lippes also Shulde se y e Kynge and LORDE of hoostes with myne eyes Then flewe one of the Seraphins vnto me hauinge a hote cole in his honde which he had taken from the aulter with the tonges and touched my mouth and sayde lo this hath touched thy mouth thy vnrightuousnes is taken awaye and thy synne forgeuen After this I herde the voyce of the LORDE takinge advysement on this maner Whom shall I sende and who wil be oure messaunger TheÌ„ I sayde here am I sende me And so he sayde go and tel this people ye shall heare in dede but ye shal not vnderstonde ye shal plane lyse and not perceaue Harden the harte of this people stoppe their eares and shut their eyes that they se not w t their
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
compased me aboute yee all thy wawes and rowles of water went ouer me I thought that I had bene cast awaye out of thy sight but I wil yee agayne loke towarde thy holy temple The waters compased me euen to the very soule the depe laye aboute me and the wedes were wrapte aboute myne heade I wente downe to the botome of the hilles was barred in with earth for euer But thou o LORDE my God hast brought vp my lyfe agayne out of corrupcion When my soule faynted within me I thought vpon the LORDE and my prayer came in vnto the euen in to thy holy temple They that holde of vayne vanyties wil forsake his mercy But I wil do the sacrifice with the voyce of thankesgeuynge and wil paye that I haue vowed for why saluacion commeth of the LORDE And y e LORDE spake vnto y e fysh and it cast out Ionas agayne vpon the drye londe The III. Chapter THen came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ionas agayne sayenge vp and get the to Niniue that greate cite preach vnto them the preachinge which I bade the. So Ionas arose and wente to Niniue at the LORDES commaundement Niniue was a greate cite vnto God namely off thre dayes iourney And Ionas wente to and entred in to y e cite euen a dayes iourney and cried sayenge There are yet xl dayes and then shal Niniue be ouerthrowen And the people of Niniue beleued God and proclamed fastinge ▪ and arayed them selues in sack cloth as well the greate as the small of them And the tydinges came vnto y e kinge of Niniue which arose out off his seate and dyd his apparell off and put on sack cloth and sate him downe in asshes And it was cried and commaunded in Niniue by the auctorite of the kīge and his lordes sayenge se that nether man or beest oxe or shepe taist ought at all and that they nether fede ner drincke water but put on sack cloth both man and beest and crye mightely vnto God yee se that euery man turne frō his euell waye and from the wickednesse y t he hath in honde Who can tell God maye turne and repēte and cease from his fearce wrath that we perish not And when God sawe their workes how they turned from their wicked wayes he repented on the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto them and dyd it not The IIII. Chapter WHerfore Ionas was sore discontēt and angrie And he prayed vnto the LORDE and sayde O LORDE was not this my sayenge I praye the when I was yet in my countre therfore I haisted rather to fle vnto Tharsis for I knowe well ynough that thou art a mercifull God full of compassion lōge sufferinge and of greate kyndnesse and repentest when thou shuldest take punyshment And now o LORDE take my life fro me I beseke the for I had rather dye then lyue Then sayde the LORDE art thou so angrie And Ionas gat him out of the cite and sat downe on y e east syde therof and there made him a bothe and sat vnder it in the shadow till he might se what shulde chaunce vnto the cite And the LORDE God prepared a wylde vyne which sprange vp ouer Ionas that he might haue shadowe aboue his heade to delyuer him out of his payne And Ionas was exceadinge glad of the wylde vyne But vpō the nexte morow agaynst the springe of the daye the LORDE ordened a worme which smote the wylde vyne so that it wethered awaye And when the Sōne was vp God prepared a feruent east wynde and the Sonne bete ouer the heade of Ionas that he faynted agayne and wyszshed vnto his soule that he might dye and sayde It is better for me to dye thē to lyue And God sayd vnto Ionas Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne And he sayde yee very angrie am I euen vnto the deeth And the LORDE sayde thou hast compassion vpon a wylde vyne wherō thou bestowdest no laboure ner may dest it growe which sprange vp in one night and perished in another And shulde not I then haue compassion vpon Niniue that greate cite wherin there are aboue an C. and xx thousande personnes y t knowe not their right hōde frō the lefte besydes moch catell The ende of the prophet Ionas The Prophet Micheas What Micheas conteyneth Chap. I. He reproueth the people off Israel and Iuda for their wickednesse and Idolatry he telleth them their punyshment with mournynge Chap. II. He rehearseth their abhominacions Chap. III. He reproueth the rulers and the prophetes as cause of the peoples misery Chap. IIII. V He prophecyeth of the saluacion off Gods people in Christ of his kyngdome and power of his gospel Chap. VI. Another reprofe Outwarde offeringes are excluded and here is declared what God requyreth off man Chap. VII The summe off the thinges before sayde The litle flocke of the faithfull The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Micheas the Morastite in the dayes of Ioathan Achas and Ezechias kīges of Iuda which was shewed him vpon Samaria and Ierusalem Heare all ye people marcke this well o earth and all that therin is Yee the LORDE God himself be witnesse amonge you euen y e LORDE from his holy temple For why beholde the LORDE shal go out of his place come downe and treade vpon the hie thinges of the earth The moūtaynes shall consume vnder him the valleys shal cleue asunder like as wax cōsumeth at the fyre as y e waters runne downwarde And all this shal be for the wickednesse of Iacob and the synnes of the house of Israel But what is the wickednesse of Iacob Is not Samaria Which are the hye places of Iuda Is not Ierusalē Therfore I shall make Samaria an heape of stones in the felde to laye aboute the vynyarde hir stones shal I cast in to the valley discouer hir foūdaciōs All hir ymages shal be brokē downe all hir wynnynges shal be brent in the fyre yee all hir Idols will I destroye for why they are gathered out of the hyre of an whore in to an whores hyre shal they be turned agayne Wherfore I wil mourne make lamentacion bare naked will I go I must mourne like y e dragōs take sorow as y e Estriches for their woūde is past remedy And why it is come in to Iuda hath touched y e porte of my people at Ierusalē allredy Wepe not lest they at Geth perceaue it Thou at Betaphra welter thy self in the dust and asshes Thou that dwellest at Sephir get the hence with shame The proude shall boost nomore for very sorowe why hir neghboure shall take from her what she hath The rebellious cite hopeth that it shal not be so euell but for all that the plage shal come from the LORDE euen in to the porte of Ierusalem The greate noyse off the charettes shall feare them