Ierusalem destroyed that Ieremy the Prophet sat wepynge and sorowfully bewayled Ierusalem and syghynge and howlynge with an heuy and wofull herte sayde CAPIVLO I. ALas howe sitteth the cytie so desolate that somtyme was full of people Howe is she become lyke a wydowe whiche was the Lady of all nacyons Howe is she brought vnder trybute â that ruled all landes She wepeth sore in the nyght so that the teares runne downe her chekes for amonge all her louers there is none that geueth her any coÌforte Yee her nexte frendes abhorre her and are become her ennemyes Iuda is taken presoner because she was defyled and for seruynge so many straunge goddes she dwelleth nowe among the Heithen She fyndeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her and so she dwelleth amonge her enemyes The streates of Sion mourne because no man coÌmeth no more to the solempne feastes All her gates are desolate her Preestes make lamentacyon her maydens are carefull and she herselfe is in great heuynesse Her enemyes are fallen vpon her heade and haue put her to shame because the Lorde hath chastened her for her greate wyckednes her chyldren are led awaye captiue before theyr enemy All the beautye of the daughter of Syon is away her Prynces are become lyke wethers that fynde no pasture They are dryuen away before theyr ennemye so that they haue nomore power Nowe dothe Ierusalem remembre the tyme of her mysery and disobedyence yee the ioye and pleasure that she hath had in tymes paste seyng her people is brought downe thorowe the power of theyr enemy and there is no man for to helpe her her enemyes stande lokynge at her laugh her Sabbath dayes to scorne Ierusalem hath synned euer more and more therfore is she come in decaye All they that had her in honoure despyse her for they haue sene her fylthynes Yee she sygheth and is ashamed of herselfe â Her skyrtes are defyled she remembred not what wolde folowe therfor fore is her fall so great and there is no man to comforte her O Lorde consydre my trouble for myne enemy hath the vpperhande The enemye hathe put his hande to all the precyous thinges that she had yee eueÌ before her eyes came the Heythen in and out of the Saynctuary whom thou neuerthelesse haste forbydden to come within thy congregacyon Al her people seke theyr bread with heuinesse and loke what precious thyng euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his lyfe Consydre O Lorde se howe vyle I am become O all ye that go fore by be holde and se if there be any sorow lyke vnto myne wherwith the Lorde hathe troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrath â From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre into my bones and chastened me he hathe layed a net for my fete thorowen me wyde open he hath made me desolate so y â I must euer be mournyng The yoke of my trans gressyon is come at the laste with his hande hathe he taken it vp and put it aboute my necke My streÌgth is gone the Lord hath delyuered me into those handes wherout I can not quyte my selfe The Lorde hath destrroyed al the myghtye men that were in me He hath proclaymed a feast to slaughter al my best men The Lord hath trodeÌ downe the daughter of Iuda lyke as it were in a wyne presse Therfore do I wepe and myne eyes gushe out of water for the comforte that shulde quyckeÌ me is farre fro me My chyldren are dryuen awaye for why the enemy hath gotten the ouerhande Sion casteth out her handes and there is no man to coÌforte her The. Lord hath layed the enemyes rounde aboute Iacob and IerusaleÌ is become abhominacion in the myddest of them The Lord is rightuous for I haue prouoked his couÌtenaunce vnto anger O take hede all ye people and consydre my heuynesse My maydens and my younge men are led away into captiuite I called for my louers but they begyled me for my prestes and councellers but they perished euen whyle they sought for meate to saue theyr lyfes Consydre O Lord howe I am troubled my wombe is disqueted my hert turneth about in me and I am ful of heuinesse The swearde hurteth me w t out and within I am lyke vnto death They heare my mournynge but there is none that wyl coÌforte me All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble and are glad ther of because thou hast done it But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme when they also shal be lyke vnto me From the shal come al their aduersitie thou shalte plucke them awaye euen as thou hast plucked me because of all my wyckednes For my sorow is very great and my herte is heuy CAPI II. ALAS how hath the Lord darkened the daughter of Syon so sore in hys wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrye The Lorde hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob with out any fauoure all the stronge places of the daughter Iuda hathe he broken in hys wrathe and throwen them downe to the grounde her kyngdome and her Prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacyon he hathe broken all â the horne of Israel he hath w t drawen hê ryght hande frome the enemy yee a flame of fyre is kyndgled in Iacob and hathe consumed vp al rouÌde about He hath bent his bowe lyke an enemy he hathe fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarye and euery thynge y â was pleasauÌt to se he hath smiten it downe He hath poured out his wrath lyke a fyre in to the tabernacle of the daughter of Syon The Lorde is become lyke as it were an enemy he hath cast downe Israel and al hê places yee all his stronge holdes hathe he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with muche sorowe and heuynesse Her tabernacle whiche was lyke a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed her hye so leÌpne feastes hath he put downe The Lorde hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten In his heuye displeasure hath he made the kyng and prestes to be despysed The Lord hath forsaken his owne aulter and is wroth with his owne Sainctuary and hathe geuen the walles of theyr towres into the handes of the enemy There enemyes made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had bene in a soleÌpne feast day The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Syon he spred out his lyne and drewe not in hys hande tyll he hadde destroyed them Therefore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Her portes are casten downe to the grouÌde her barres are broken and smytten in sonder her kynge and prynces are caryed awaye to the Gentyls They haue neyther laââ nor prophetes nor yet any vision froÌ the Lorde
the God of the Zidons MilcoÌ the obhominacion of the Ammonitê And Salomon wrought wyckednesse in the syght of the lorde folowed not the lorde perfytely as dyd Dauid his father For then dyd Salomon buylde â an hygh place for Chamos the abhominacion of Moab in the hyll that is before Ierusalem and vnto Moloch the abhominacion of the chyldreÌ of Ammon And lykewyse dyd he for all his outlandyshe wyues which burnt sence offered vn to theyr Gods And the Lorde was angrye w t Salomon bycause his herte was turned froÌ the Lorde god of Israel whiche had appeared vnto hym twyse and gaue hym a charge concernyng this thynge that he shulde not folowe other Gods But he kepte not that whiche the Lorde coÌmaunded hym wherfore the Lorde sayd vnto Salomon for as moche as this is done of the thou hast not kepte myne appoyntment and my statutes which I coÌmaunded the I wyll rent the kyngdom from the and wyll gyue it to thy seruaunt Notwithstandynge in thy dayes I wyll not do it bycause of Dauid thy father but wyll take it from the hande of thy sonne Howbeit I wyll not take away all the kyngdome but wyll gyue â one tribe to thy son bycause of Dauid my seruaunt and bycause of Ierusalem whiche I haue chosen And the Lorde styrred vp an aduersarye vnto Salomon euen one Hadad an Edomite of the kynges seede whiche was in Edom. For wheÌ Dauid was in Edom Ioab the captayne of the hoost was gone vp to burye them that were sleyne he smote all the men chyldren in Edom. For. vi monethes dyd Ioab remayne there and all Israel tyll he had destroyed all the men chyldren in Edom. And this Hadad fled and certayne other Edomytes of his fathers seruauntes with hym to come into Egypte Hadad beyng yet a lytell chylde And they arose out of Madian and came to Paran and toke meÌ with them out of Paran and came to Egypte vnto Pharao kyng of Egypte whiche gaue hym an house and appoynted hym vittayles gaue hym land And Hadad gat great fauour in the syght of Pharaââo that he gaue hym to wyfe the syster of his owne wyfe euen the syster of Thahpenes the Quene And the syster of Thahpenes bare hym Genubath his sonne whoÌ Thahpenes norished in Pharaos house And Genubath was of Pharaos housholde amonge the sonnes of Pharao And wheÌ Hadad herde in Egypte that Dauid was layde to slepe with his fathers and that Ioab the captayne of the hoost was deade also he sayd to Pharao let me departe that I may go to myne owne couÌtrey Pharao sayd vnto him What haste thou lacked here with me that thou woldest thus go to thyne owne couÌtrey He answered nothyng howbeit let me go And God styrred hym vp an other aduersary one Rezom the sonne of Eliada whiche fled from his lorde Hodadezer kynge of Zoba And he gathered men vnto hym and became captayne ouer the company wheÌ Dauid slue them And they wente to Damasco dwelte there reygned in Damasco Therfore was he an aduersarye to Israell all the dayes of Salomon And this was the myscheyfe in that Hadad dyd abhorre Israel and reygned ouer Syria And Ieroboam the sonne of Hebat an Ephrathite of Zareda whose mother was called Zetuah which was a wydowe and he Salomons seruaunt â lyfte vp his hande agaynst the kynge But this was the cause that he lyfte vp his hande agaynst the kyng Salomon buylte Mello mended the broken places of the citye of Dauid his father And this felow Ieroboam was a maÌ of war And Salomon sawe the yonge man that he was able to do the worke he made hym ruler ouer all the charges of the house of Ioseph And it chaunced at that ceason that IeroboaÌ wente out of Ierusalem the prophet Ahia the Silonite met hym by the way hauyng a newe mantell on hym they two were alone in the felde And Ahia caught the newe mantel that was on hym rent it in twelue peces and sayd to Ieroboam take the ten peces For this sayth the Lorde God of Israel Beholde I wyll sent the kyngdome out of the handes of Salomon and wyll gyue ten tribes to the and he shal haue one for my seruaunt Dauids sake and for Ierusalem the citye whiche I haue chosen out of all the tribes of Israel bycause they haue forsaken me and haue worshypped Astharoth the God of the Zedons Chamos the god of the Moabites and Milcom the god of the chyldren of Ammon and haue not walked in my wayes to fulfyll my pleasure my statutes and my lawes as dyd Dauid his father I wyll not take the hole kyngdome out of his hande but wyll make hym cheyfe all his lyfe longe for Dauid my seruauntes sake whom I chose bycause he kepte my coÌmaundementes and my statutes But I wyl take the kyngdome out of his sonnes hande and wyll gyue vnto the euen ten tribes of it and to his sonne wyll I gyue one trybe that Dauid my seruaunt may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem the citye which I haue chosen me to put my name there And I wyll take the and thou shalte reygne accordynge to all that thy soule desyreth shalte be kyng ouer Israel And yf thou herken vnto all that I commaunde the and wylte walke in my wayes do that is ryght in my syght that thou kepe my statutes and my coÌmundementes as Dauid my seruaunt dyd then wyl I be with the buylde the a sure house that shal contynue as I buylte for my seruaunt Dauid and wyl gyue Israell vnto the. And therwith wyll I vexe the seede of Dauid but not for euer Salomon sought therfore to kyll Ieroboam and Ieroboam arose and fled in to Egypte vnto Sisak kyng of Egypte contynued there in Egypte vntyl the death of Salomon The rest of the wordes that concerne Salomon and al that he dyd his wysdom are they not wrytten in the boke of the wordes of Salomon The tyme that Salomon reygned in Ierusalem vpon all Israell was fourtye yere And Salomon slepte he layd hym with his fathers and was buryed in the citye of Dauid his father and Rehoboam his sonne reygued in his steade ¶ The kyngdom is deuyded Rehoboam reygneth ouer ãâã Trybes and Ieroboam ouer ten Aduâam is stoned Ieroboam maketh golden Calues CAPI XII ANd Rehoboam went to Sichem for al Israel were come to Sichem to make hym kyng And Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche was yet in Egypte herde of it for he fled to Egypte from the presence of kyng Salomon dwelte in Egypte So they sent called hym and Ieroboam and all the congregacyon of Israel came spake vnto Rehoboam sayenge Thy father made oure â yoke greuous nowe therfore make thou the greuous seruyce of thy father his sore yoke which he put vpon vs lyghter we wyl serue the. And he sayd vnto them departe yet
In the. l. yere of Azaria kyng of Iuda began Pekahia the sonne of Menahem to reygne ouer Israel in Samaria two yere and dyd that whiche was euyll in the syght of the Lorde and lefte not of from the synnes of Ieroboam the son of Nabat which made Israel synne But Pekah the sonne of Remaliahu whiche was a captayne of his conspired agaynst hym and smote hym in Samaria euen in the palace of the kyngê house with Argob Aria and with hym were fiftie men of the Gileadites and he kylled hym reygned in his roume The rest of the wordes that concerne Pekahia all that he dyd beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kyngê of Israel In the. lii yere of Azaria kynge of Iuda began Pekah the son of Remaliahu to reygne ouer Israell in Samaria xx yere and dyd euyll in the syght of the Lorde and turned not away from the synnes of Ieroboam the son of Nabat that made Israell synne In the dayes of Pekah kyng of Israel came Thiglath Pilesar kyng of Assyria and toke Iâon Abâl Bethnaacha Ianoah Kedes Hazor Gilead Galile and all the lande of Nephthali and caryed them awaye to Assyria And Hosea the sonne of Ela conspired treason agaynste Pekah the son of Remaliahu smote hym and slue hym and reygned in his steade in the. xx yere of Iotham the sonne of â Uziahu The rest of the wordes that concerne Pekah and al that he dyd beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kyngê of Israel The seconde yere of Pekah the son of Remaliahu kynge of Israell began IothaÌ the sonne of Uziahu kynge of Iuda to reygne Fyue and twentye yere olde was he when he began to reygne he reygned xvi yere in Ierusalem His mothers name was Ierusa the doughter of zadok And he did that which is ryght in the syght of the Lorde euen accordynge to al as dyd his father Uziahu so dyd he But the hyll aulters were not put awaye for the people offered and burnt insence styll in the hyll aulters he buylte the hygher dore of the house of the Lorde The rest of the wordes that concerne Iotham and all that he dyd are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In those dayes the Lorde began to sende in to Iuda Rezin the kynge of Siria and Pekah the son of Remaliahu And Iotham slepte with his fathers and was buryed with his fathers in the cytie of Dauid his father and Ahaz his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Ahaz kynge of Iudâ consecrateââ his sonne in fyre and âath many battayles agaynste the kynge of Israell In the steade of Ahaz reygneth ãâã his sonne CAPI XVI THe xvii yere of Pekah the sonne of Remaliahu Ahaz the son of Iotham kyng of Iuda began to reygne Twentye yere olde was he when he was made kynge and reygned xvi yere in Ierusalem and dyd not that whiche was ryght in the eyes of the Lorde his god lyke Dauid his father But walked in the way of the kynges of Israell yea made his sonne to go thorowe the fyre after the abhominacions of the hetheÌ whom the lorde cast out before the chyldreÌ of Israel And he offered burnt insence in the hyll aulters and on the hylles vnder euery thycke tree Then Rezin kynge of Siria and Pekah son of Remaliahu kynge of Israel came vp to Ierusalem to fyght And they fought agaynst Ahaz but coulde not ouercome him At the same tyme Rezin kynge of Siria brought Elath agayne to Siria and ryd the Iues thence And the Sirians came to Elath dwell therin vnto this daye So Ahaz sent messengers to Thiglath Peleser kynge of Assyria sayenge I am thy seruaunt thy son come vp delyuer me out of the hande of the kyng of Siria out of the hand of the kyng of Israel whiche ryse vp agaynst me And Ahaz toke the syluer golde that was founde in the house of the lorde in the treasures of the kynges house sent a rewarde to the kynge of Assyria And the kynge of Assyria consented vnto hym For the kyng of Assyria went vp agaynst Damasco And wheÌ he had taken it he caryed the people away to Kir slue Rezin And kyng Ahaz went to Damasco to mete Thiglath Peleser kynge of Assyria And when kyng Ahaz sawe an aulter that was at Damasco he sent to Uria the preest the patron of the aulter and the fassion of it and all the workmanshyp therof And Uria the preest made an aulter in all poyntes lyke to the patron which kyng Ahaz had sent from Damasco Euen so dyd Uria the preest make it agaynst kyng Ahaz came from Damasco And so when the kyng was come from Damasco he sawe the aulter and the kynge went to it and offered theron Ad he burnt his burnt offeryng his meate offerynge and powred his drynke offerynge and sprinkeled the blood of his peaceofferinges besyde the aulter that was by the brasen aulter whiche was before the lorde and set it without the temple bytwene the aulter and the temple of the Lorde put it on the north syde of the aulter And kynge Ahaz commaunded Uria the Preest and sayd vpon the great aulter set on fyre in the mornyng the burntoffryng and in the euen the meateofferyng and the kynges burntsacrifice his meateofferyng with the burntofferyng of al the people of the lande theyr meateofferynge and theyr drynke offerynges powre therby all the bloode of the sacrifice offeryngê But the brasen aulter wyl I come and se. And Uria the preest dyd accordyng to all thynges as kyng Ahaz commaunded hym And kyng Ahaz brake the sydes of the bottomes and toke the lauer from of them and toke downe the lauatorye from of the brasen oxen that were vnder it put it vpon a pauemente of stones And the pulpyt for the Sabboth that they had made in the house the kynges entrie without turned he to the house of the lorde for feare of the kyng of Assyria The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahaz what he dyd are they not wrytten in the boke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ahaz slepte with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the citye of Dauid And Hezekia his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Hosea kynge of Israell is taken And he and all his realme is brought to the Asserians CAPI XVII IN the. xii yere of Ahaz kyng of Iuda began Hosea the sonne of Elia to reygne in Samaria vpon Israell ix yere and dyd that which was euyl in the syght of the lorde but not as the kynges of Israel that were before hym And Salmanasar kyng of Assyria came vp agaynst hym Hosea became his seruaunt and gaue hym presentes And the kyng of Assyria founde treason in Hosea for he had sent messengers to So kynge of Egypte and brought no present vnto the kyng
And they sayde vnto hym thus sayth Hezekia â this day is a day of tribulacyon and of rebuke and blasphemy For the chyldreÌ are come to the byrth and there is no strength to be delyuered Per aduenture the Lorde thy God wyl heare all the wordes of Rabsake whom the kynge of Assyria his mayster hath sent to rayle on the lyuyng god and to rebuke hym with wordes whiche the lorde thy God hath herde And lyfte thou vp thy prayer for the remenaunt that are lefte So the seruauntes of kyng Hezekia came to Isay And Isay sayde vnto them So shall ye say to your mayster Thus sayth the Lorde be not afrayde of the wordes whiche thou hast herde with whiche the yonge men of the kynge of Assyria haue rayled on me Beholde I wyll put hym in an other mynde and he shall heare tydynges so returne to his owne lande And I wyll brynge to passe that he shall fall vpon the swerde euen in his owne lande And Rabsake went backe agayne and found the kyng of Assyria fyghtynge agaynst Lybna for he had herde howe that he was departed from Lachis And he herde men saye of Thirhaka kynge of the blacke Mores Beholde he is come out to fyght agaynst the he departed sent messengers vnto Hezekia saynge Thus speake to Hezekia kyng of Iuda saynge let not thy god deceyue the in whom thou trustest sayenge Ierusalem shal not be delyuered in to the hande of the kyng of Assyria Beholde thou hast herde what the kynges of Assyria haue done to all landes how they haue vtterly destroyed them And shalte y u â alone escape Haue the gods of the hethen delyuered them whiche myne aunseters haue destroyed as Gozan and Haran Rezeph and the chyldren of Eden whiche were in Bithiasat where is the kyng of Hamath the kynge of Arphad the kyng of the citye of Sepharuaim and of Hena and Iua So Hezekia receyued the letter of the hande of the messengers and red it And Hezekia went vp into the house of the Lorde and layde it abrode before the Lorde And Hezekia prayed before the lorde sayd O lorde God of Israell whiche dwellest bytwene the Cherubs thou arte god alone ouer sl the kyngdomê of the earth thou hast made heuen earth Lorde bow downe thyne eare and heare Open thou thyne eyes I beseche the and se and heare the wordes of Sennacherib whiche hath sent this man to rayle on the lyuyng God Of a truth lorde the kyngê of Assyria haue destroyed nacyons and theyr landes and haue set fyre on theyr Goddes for they were no Gods but the worke of the handes of man euen of wood and stone and they destroyed them Nowe therfore O lorde our God I beseche the saue thou vs out of his hande that all the kyngdomes of the earth may knowe that thou onely arte the lorde God And Isay the sonne of Amoz sent to Hezekia sayenge Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israell that which thou hast prayed me concernyng Sen nacherib kyng of Assyria I haue herde it This is therfore the worde that the Lorde hath sayd of hym â The vyrgyn euen the doughter of Syon hathe despysed the and laughed the to scorne O thou kynge of Assyria the doughter of Ierusalem hathe shaken her heade at the. Whom hast thou rayled on whom hast thou blasphemed Agaynst whom hast thou exalted thy voyce and lyfted vp thyne eyes so hye Euen agaynst the holy of Israel â By the hand of the messengers thou hast rayled on the lorde and sayde with the multitude of my charettes I am come vp to the â toppes of the mountaynes euen alonge by the sydes of Libanon I wyll cut downe the hye Cedar trees the lustye fyrre trees therof and I wyl go in to the lodgyng of his nest in to the wood of his playne I haue dygged dronke straunge waters and with the step of my goyng wyl I drye all the water poles that are beseyged Hast thou not herde how I haue ordeyned such a thyng a great whyle a go haue prepared it from the begynnyng And shall I not nowe bryng it forth that it may destroy to bryng strong cityes in to waste heapes of stones And the enhabitours of them shal be of lytell power and faynt herted confounded and shall be lyke the grasse of the felde or grene herbe or as the hay on the toppes of the houses or as the corne that is vnripe and smytten with blastyng I know thy dwellyng thy comyng out and thy goynge in â and thy vvay and thy furye agaynst me And bycause thou ragest agaynst me thynkst thy selfe so blessed I wyll put my hoke in thy nose thyrlles and my byt in thy lyppes wyl brynge the backe agayne the same waye thou camest And this shall be a sygne vnto the O Hezekia Ye shal eate this yere of suche thynges as growe of them selues and the nexte yere suche as come vp of those that dyd growe of theyr owne accorde And the thyrde yere sowe ye and reape plante vyneyardes eate the fruytes therof And it that is escaped lefte of the doughter of Iuda shall yet agayne take routynge downe warde and beare fruyte vpwarde For out of Ierusalem shal go a remenauÌt and a nombre that shall escape out of mount Sion the zele of the Lorde of hoostes shall brynge this thynge to passe Wherfore thus sayeth the Lorde concernynge the kynge of Assirya he shall not come to this Citye nor shute an arowe in to it nor come before it with shilde nor cast backe agaynst it but shal go backe agayne the waye he came and shal not come in to this citye sayeth the lorde For I wyll defende this citye to saue it for myne owne sake and for Dauid my seruauntes sake And so it came to passe that the selfe same nyght the angell of the Lorde went out and smote in the hooste of the Assiryans an hundred foure score and fyue thousand And wheÌ the remenaunt were vp early in the mornynge they sawe they were all deade corses And so Sennacherib kynge of Assirya auoyded and departed and went agayne and dwelte at Niniue And it fortuned that as he was in a temple worshyppynge Nisroch his god Adramelech Saresat his owne sonnes smote him with the swerde And they escaped in to the lande of Armenia and Asathaddon his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Hezekia is sycke and recayueth the sygne of his health He receyueth rewardes of Beâodaâh and is reprehended of Isai bycause he shewed hym the treasure He dyeth and Manasseh his sonne reygneth in his steade CAPI XX. ABoute that tyme was Hezekia sycke vnto the death And the Prophet Isai the sonne of Amoz came to hym and sayde vnto hym Thus sayeth the Lorde â put thyne housholde in an ordre for thou shalte dye and not lyue And Hezekia turned his face to the wall and prayed vnto the Lorde saynge I beseche the
male stues that were by the house of the Lorde where the women woue hangynges for the groue And he brought all the Preestes out of the cytyes of Iuda and defyled the hylaulters where the Preestes had burnt incense euen from Geba to Beerseba destroyed the aulters of the gates that were in the enterynge of the gate of Iosua the gouernour of the citye whiche were as a man goeth in on the lefte hande of the gate of the citye Neuerthe lesse the Preestes of the hylaulters came not vp to the aulter of the Lorde in Ierusalem saue onelye they dyd eate of the swete breade amonge theyr brethren And he defyled â Topheth whiche is in the valeye of the chyldren of Hinnom bycause no man shulde offer his Sonne or his doughter in fyre to Molech he put downe â the horses that the kynges of Iuda had gyuen to the sonne at the enterynge in of the house of the Lorde by the chambre of Nathanmelech the chamberlayne whiche was ruler of the suburbes and burnt the charettes of the Sonne with fyre And the aulters that were on the top of the parloure of Ahaz whiche the kynges of Iuda had made and the aulters whiche Manasse had made in the two courtes of the house of the Lorde dyd the kynge breake downe and ran thence and cast the dust of them in to the broke Cedron And the hylaulters that were before Ierusalem on the ryght hande of the mounte Oliuete whiche Salomon the kynge of Israell had buylded for Astaroth the Idoll of the Zidons and for Chamos the Idoll of the Moabites and for Milchom the abhomynable Idoll of the Chyldren of Ammon those the kynge â defyled and brake the ymages and cut downe the groues and fylled theyr places with the bones of men Moreouer the aulter that was at Bethell the hylaulter made by Ieroboam the Sonne of Nabat whiche made Israell syn bothe the aulter and also the hyll he brake downe and burnt the hyl aulter and stampte it to powder and burnt the groue And as Iosia turned hym selfe he spyed the graues that were in the mount and sent and set the bones out of the graues and burt them vpoÌ the aulter to pollute it accordynge to the worde of the Lorde that the men of god proclaymed whiche tolde the same wordes Then he sayd what graue stone is yonder that I se And the men of the citye tolde hym it is the sepulchre of the man of God whiche came from Iuda and tolde the selfe same thynges that thou hast done to the aulter of Bethell And he sayde let hym be se that no man moue his bones And so his bones were saued with the bones of a Prophet that came out of Samaria ⪠And in all the houses of the hylaulters in the cityes of Samaria whiche the kynges of Israell had made to angre â the Lorde withall those Iosia put out of the waye and dyd to them accordynge to all the actes that he had done in Bethel And he sacrifyced all the Preestes of the hylaulters that were there euen vpon the aulters and burnt mennes bones vpon them and returned to Ierusalem And the kynge commaunded all the people saynge kepe the feast of Passeouer vnto the Lorde your God as it is wrytten in the boke of this couenaunt There was no Passe ââer holden lyke that from the dayes of the iudges that iudged Israell and in all the dayes of the kynges of Israell and of the kynges of Iuda In the. xviii yere of kynge Iosia was this Passeouer holdeÌ to the lorde in Ierusalem And therto workers with spirites and sothsayers ymages ydolles and al the abhominacions that were spyed in the lande of Iuda and in Ierusalem those dyd Iosia put out of the waye to perfourme the wordes of the lawe whiche were wrytten in the booke that Helkia the Preest founde in the house of the Lorde lyke vnto hym was there no kynge before hym that turned to the Lorde with all his herte w t all his soule and all his myght accordyng to all the lawe of Moses neyther after hym arose there any soche as he Notwithstandynge the Lorde turned not from the fearcenesse of his greate wrath wherwith he was angrye agaynst Iuda bycause of all the prouocacyons that Manasse had prouoked hym withall And the Lorde sayde I wyll put Iuda also out of my syght as I haue done away Israell and wyll cast of this citye Ierusalem whiche I haue chosen and the house of whiche I sayd my name shall be there The rest of the wordes that concerne Iosia and all that he dyd are they not wrytten in the booke of the cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In his dayes Pharao â Necho kynge of Egypt went vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria to the ryuer of Euphrates And kynge Iosia went agaynst hym and was sleyne of hym at Magyddo when he had sene hym And his seruauntes caryed hym âââad from Magiddo brought hym to Ierusalem and buryed hym in his owne sepulchre And the people of the lande toke â Iehoahaz the Sonne of Iosia and anoynted hym and made hym ⪠kynge in his fathers steade Iehoahaz was xxiii years olde when he began to reygne and reygned thre monethes in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Hamiel the doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd euyl in the syght of the lorde accordynge to all thynges as his Fathers had done And Pharao Necho put hym in bondes at Rebla in the lande of Hamath that he shulde not reygne in Ierusalem and put the lande to a trybute of an hundred talentes of syluer and a talent of golde And Pharao Necho made Eliakim the sonne of Iosia kynge in the rowme of Iosia his father and turned his name to Iehoakim and toke Iehoahaz awaye whiche when he came to Egypte dyed there And Iehoakim gaue the syluer and the golde to Pharao and taxed the lande to gyue the money accordynge to the request of Pharao requirynge of euery man accordynge to theyr abilyte syluer and golde euen of the people of the lande to gyue vnto Pharao Necho Iehoakim was xxv yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned a. xi yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Zebuda the doughter of Pedaia of Ruma And he dyd that which was euyll in the syght of the Lorde accordynge to all thyngê as his fathers had done ¶ Iehoakim dyeth Ierusalem is beseyged of the Babilonians Iehoachin yeldeth hym selfe to the kynge of Babilon And in his roume came Mathaniah which was called zedekia CAPI XXIIII IN his dayes came Nabuchodonezer kyng of BabiloÌ vp and Iehoakim became his seruaunte thre yere and then turned and rebelled agaynst hym And the Lorde sent vpon hym â men of warte from among the Caldeys from amonge the Sirians out of the Moabites and from the chyldren of Ammon and sent them agaynst Iuda to destroy it accordynge to the sayenge of the Lorde whiche he spake by his seruauntes
me thorowe therwith that these vncircumcysed come not and do me shame But his weapon berer wolde not for he feared excedingly So Saul caught a swerde and fell vpon it And when his haânes berer sawe that Saul was deade he fell on a swerde also and dyed And thus Saul and his thre sonnes and all they of his house dyed togyther And wheÌ all the men of Israel that were in the valley ⪠sawe howe they fled and that Saull and his sonnes were deade they forsoke theyr cityes and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelte in them And it fortuned that on the morow when the Philistines came to strype the deade bodies they founde Saull his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboe And wheÌ they had strypte hym they toke his heade and his harnesse and sent them in to the lande of the Philistines rounde aboute to shewe them vnto theyr ydols and to the people And they put his harnesse in the house of theyr God and set vp his heade in the temple of Dagon And when al they of Iabes in Gilead herde all that the Philistines had done to Saull they arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saull and the bodyes of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buryed the bodyes of them vnder an ooke in Iabes fasted seuen dayes So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed agaynst the lorde in that he kepte not the worde of the lorde and in that he sought and asked counsayle of a womaÌ that wrought with a spirite and asked not of the Lorde And therfore he slue hym and turned the kyngdom vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai. ¶ After the death of Saull is Dauid anoynted in Hebron The Iâbusites rebell agaynst Dauid from whiche he taketh the âoure of Sion His men are nombred CAPI XI THen all Israell gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saynge Behold we be thy bones thy flesshe And more ouer in tyme past euen wheÌ Saul was kyng thou leddest Israel out and in And the lorde thy God sayde vnto the thou shalte fede my people Israell and thou shalte be captayne ouer my people Israel Therfore came al the elders of Israel to the kyng to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron before the Lorde And they anoynted Dauid kyng ouer Israel accordyng to the worde of the Lorde â by the hande of Samuel And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem whiche is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the enhabitours of the lande And the enhabitours of Iebus sayde to Dauid thou comest not here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castell of Sion whiche is called the citye of Dauid And Dauid sayde who so euer smyteth the Iebusites fyrst shall be the principall captayne and a Lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zâruia wente fyrst vp and was made the cheyfe captayne And Dauid dwelt in the castell therfore they called it the citye of Dauid And he buylte the Citye on euery syde euen from Millo rounde about Ioab repayred the rest of the Citye And Dauid prospered and waxed great and the Lorde of hoostes was with hym These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to hym in his kyngdom with all Israell to make hym kyng according to the word of the lorde vnto Israel And this is the nombre of the mighty men whom Dauid had Iasobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the cheyfe amonge thyrtye he lyfte vp his spere agaynst thre hundred and wounded them at one tyme. After hym was Eleazar his vncles son an Ahothyte whiche was one of thre myghtyest He was with Dauid at Pasdammin and there the Philistines were gathered togyther to battayle And ther was there a parcell of grounde full of barley and the people fled before the Philistines And â they stepte forth in to the myddes of the felde and saued it and slue the Philistines And the lorde gaue a great victorye And the thre of the thyrtye cheyfe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid in to the caue Adullam And the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watche was at BethleeÌ that same tyme. And Dauid longed and sayd Oh that one wolde gyue me drynke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethleem And the thre brake thorowe the hoost of the Philistines and drewe water out of the well that was by the gaâe at Bethleem and toke it brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid wolde not drynke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde and sayde My God forbyd it me that I shulde do this thynge Shall I drynke the bloode of these men that haue put theyr lyues in ieoperdye for with the Ieoperdye of theyr lyues they brought it therfore he wolde not drynke it And this dyd these thre myghtyest And Abâsai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among thre for he lyftâ vp his speare agaynst thre hundred and wounded them and had a name amonge the thre Yea amonge thre he was more honourable then the two for he was theyr captayne Howbeit he attaynted not vnto the â fyrst thre Banaia the sonne of Iehoiaba the sonne of a verye stronge man dyd greater actes then Cabzeell for he slue two stronge lyons of Moab and went downe and slue a Lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fyue cubytes longe and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to hym with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hande and slue hym with his owne speare Soch thynges dyd Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the thre myghtest and was honourable amonge thyrtye but attayned not vnto the fyrst thre And Dauid made hym of his counsayle The other men of armes were these Asahell the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethleem Sammoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite Ira the sonne of Iâkes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite Sibaâai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite Maharai the Nethophathite Heled the son of Baâna the Nethophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that perteyneth to the chyldren of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite Huâai of the ryuers of Gaas Abiell the Arbathite Azmaneth the Baharumite Elihaba the Saalbonite The sonnes of Assem the Gezonite Iona than the sonne of Sage an Haraite Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Haâaite Eliphal the sonne of Ur. Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite Hezro the Carmelite Naari the sonne of Ezbai Ioell the brother of Nathan Miâhar the sonne of Hari Zelegam the Ammonite Naharai a Berothite the bearet of the harnesse of Ioab the son of Zeruia Ira the Iithrite and Gareb a Iethrite Uria the Hethite and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai Adina the sonne of Siza a Rubenite a captayne of the Rubenites and thyrtye with hym Hanan the Sonne of
fountaynes without the citie and they dyd helpe hym For there gathered many of the people togyther and stopt al the welles and the broke that ranne thorow the myddes of the lande sayenge Why shal the kyngê of Assur come and fynde moch water And Hezekia wente to lustelye and buylte vp all the wall where it was broken and made ordynaunce vpon the towres and to the other wal without and repayred Millo in the citye of Dauid made many dartes and sheldes And he set captaynes of war ouer the people and gathered them togyther to hym in the large strete of the gate of the Citye and spake tentellye to them sayenge Plucke vp your hertes be stronge Be not afrayde nor discouraged for the kynge of Assur and for al the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with hym With hym is an arme of flesshe But with vs is the lorde our god for to helpe vs to fyght our battayls And the people toke a courage thorowe the wordes of Hezekia kyng of Iuda After this dyd Sennacherib kynge of Assur sende of his seruauntes to Ierusalem but he hym selfe remayned besyde Lachis hauyng all his power with hym vnto Hezekia kyng of Iuda vnto al Iuda that were at Ierusalem sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacheryb Kynge of Assur wherein do ye trust O ye that dwell in Ierusalem which is beseyged Doth not Hezekia entyce you to gyue ouer your selues vnto death hunger thyrst sayenge the lorde our god shal ryd vs out of the hande of the kynge of Assur Hath not the same Hezekia put downe his hygh places and his aulters and coÌmaunded Iuda and Ierusalem sayenge Ye shall worshyp before one aulter and burne incense vpon the same Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landêâ were the Gods of the people of other landes able or myghtye to saue theyr landes out of my hande which of all the gods of those nacyons that my fathers destroyed coulde delyuer his peple out of myne hande And shal your god be able to delyuer you out of myne hand wherfore now let not Hezekia deceyue you nor persuade you of this fassyoÌ nor yet byleue hym For as no God among all nacions kyngdomes was able to ryd his peple out of myne hande and out of the hande of my fathers howe moche lesse shal your gods be able to kepe you out of myne hande And yet mo thynges dyd his seruauntes speake agaynst the Lorde God and agaynst his seruaunt Hezekia And Sennacherib also wrote a letter to rayle on the Lorde God of Israel and spake agaynst hym sayngeâ as the gods of the nacions of other landes haue not bene able to delyuer theyr people out of myne hande Euen so shal not the God of Hezekia delyuer his people out of myne hande And they cryed w t a loude voyce in the Iues speche vnto the peple of Ierusalem that were on the wall to feare them and to make them faynt heried and that they myght so take the citye And they spake agaynst the god of Ierusalem as agaynst the Gods of the nacions of the earth which were the worke of the handes of men But Hezekia the kyng the prophet Isal the son of Amoz prayed agaynst the blasphemye cryed vp to heuen And the Lorde sent an angel which destroyed all the men of war and the lordes and captaynes of the hoost of the kyng of Assur that he turned his face agayne with shame towarde his owne lande And when he was come into the house of his God they that came of his owne body slue hym there w t the swerde And so the lorde saued Hezekia the enhabitours of Ierusalem out of the hande of Sennacherib kynge of Assur and from the hande of all other and maynteyned them on euery syde And many brought offerynges vnto the Lorde to Ierusalem presentes to Hezekia kyng of Iuda so that he was magnifyed in the syght of all nacions from thence forth In those dayes Hezekia was sycke vnto the death and prayed vnto the Lorde which answered hym and shewed hym a wonderful myracle But Hezekia dyd not agayne vnto God accordyng to it that he had shewed hym for his herte arose there came wrath vpon hym and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem Notwithstandyng Hezekia submytted hym selfe after that his herte was rysen vp he the enhabitours of Ierusalem the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekia And Hezekia had excedynge mocherychesse and honoure And he gat hym treasures of syluer and golde precious stones spices sheldes and of all maner pleasaunt Iuelles made store houses for the fruytes of corne for wyne and oyle and stalles for al maner of beastes and foldes for shepe And he made hym cityes and had of shepe and oxen great aboundaunce For God had gyuen hym substaunce excedynge moche This same Hezekia stopped the vpper water spryngê of Gihon brought them downe to the west syde of the citie of Dauid And Hezekia prospered in all his workes And when the prynces of Babilon sent vnto hym Ambassadoures to enquyre of the wondre that chauÌced in the lande God lefte hym to trye hym that all that was in his herte myghte be knowen The rest of the dedes of Hezekia and his goodnesse beholde they are wrytten in the vision of Isai the prophet the sonne of Amoz in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Hezekia slepte with his fathers and they buried him in the most worthy place of the sepulchres of the sonnes of Dauid and all Iuda and the enhabytours of Ierusalem dyd him worshyp at his death And Manasse his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Manasse is taken prysoner and after that he rometh ãâã ⪠he destroyeth the Iââlles he dyeth and after hym succedeth ââuion which is kylled of his owne people and Iosâa his son reygneth in his steade CAPI XXXIII MAnasse was xii yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned iv yere in Ierusalem But he dyd euyll in the syght of the Lorde lyke vnto the abhominacions of the hethen whom the Lorde cast out before the chyldren of Israel For he went to buylte the hylaulters whiche Hezekia his father had broken downe And he reared vp aulters for Baalim made groues and worshypped all the hoost of heuen serued them And he buylt aulters in the house of the lord where as the Lorde yet had sayd In Ierusalem shal my name be for euer And he buylt aulters for all the hoost of heuen in the two courtes of the house of the lord And he burnt his chyldren in fyre in the valley of the sonne of Hinnom He was a sorcerer he regarded the cryenge of byrdes vsed inchauntment maynteyned workers with spirites Sears of fortunes and wrought moche euyll in the syght of the Lorde to angre hym withall And he put
fortuned that when the kyng had herde the wordes of the lawe he tare his clothes And the kynge coÌmaunded Helkia and Ahikam the sonne of Saphan and Habidon the sonne of Micah and Saphan the scribe and Asaia a seruauÌt of the kynges saynge go and enquire of the Lorde for me and for them that are lefte in Israel and Iuda concernyng the wordes of the boke that is fouÌde For great is the wrath of the Lorde that is fallen vpon vs bycause out fathers haue not kepte the worde of the Lorde to do after all that is wrytten in this boke And Helkia and they that the kynge had appoynted went to Hulda a prophetesse the wyfe of Sallum the sonne of Tokhath the sonne of Hasra keper of the wardrop for she dwelte in Ierusalem with in the seconde wall and so they comuned with her She answered them thus sayth the lorde God of Israel tel ye the man that sent you to me Euen thus sayth the Lorde Beholde I wyl bryng euyll vpon this place vpon the enhabiters therof euen all the curses that are wrytten in the boke which they haue red before the kyng of Iuda bycause they haue forsaken me and haue offered vnto other goddes to angre me with all maner of workes of theyr handes therfore is my wrath set on fyre agaynst this place and shall not be quenched And as for the kynge of Iuda which sent you to enquire of the Lorde so shall ye saye vnto hym thus sayth the Lorde god of Israell concernynge the wordes whiche thou hast herde Bycause thâne herte dyd melte and thou dydest meke thy selfe before God when thou herdest his wordes agaynst this place and agaynst the enhabitours therof and humbledst thy selfe before me and tarest thy clothes and wepte before me that haue I herde also sayeth the lorde Beholde I wyl take the to thy fathers and thou shalte be put in thy graue in peace and thyne eyes shall not se all the myscheyfe that I wyl bryng vpon this place vpon the enhabitours of the same And they brought the kynge worde agayne Then the kynge sent and gathered togyther all the elders of Iuda and Ierusalem And the kynge wente vp in to the house of the lorde and al the men of Iuda and the enhabitours of Ierusalem the preestes and Leuites and all the people great and smal the kynge dyd rede in theyr hearynge al the wordes of the boke of the couenaunt that was founde in the house of tââ Lorde And the kynge stode at his standyng and made a couenaunt before the Lorde to folowe the Lorde and to kepe his coÌmaundementes his wytnesses and his statutes with all his herte and with all his soule to fulfyl the wordes of the appoyntment wrytten in the sayd boke And he set in theyr rowme all them that were founde in Ierusalem Beniamin and the enhabitoures of Ierusalem dyd accordynge to the couenaunt of the lorde God of theyr fathers And Iosia put awaye all maner of abhominacions out of all landes that perteyned to the chyldren of Israell and brought in all that were founde in Israell to worshyp and to serue the Lorde theyr God And they turned not asyde from after the Lorde God of theyr fathers as longe as he lyued ¶ Iosia holdeth Passeouer He fyghteth agaynst the kynge of Egypt and dyeth The people bewayle hâââ CAPI XXXV ANd Iosia helde the feast of passeouer vnto the lorde in Ierusalem they slue passeouer in the. xiiii daye of the fyrste moneth And he set the preestes in theyr offyces ayded them in the seruyce of the house of the lorde And he sayd vnto the Leuitê that taught all Israel were sanctified vnto the Lorde put the holy arke in the house whiche Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel dyd buylde there shall none other burdeÌ be layd vpon your shoulders But now serue the Lorde your God and his people Israell And prepare your selues by youre auncient housholdes and companies according to the wrytynge of Dauid kyng of Israel and the wrytyng of Salomon his sonne And stande in the holy place accordynge to the deuision of the auncient housholdes of your brethren the chyldren of the people and after the deuision of the auncient housholdes of the Leuitê kyl passeouer and sanctifie and prepare your brethren that they may do accordynge to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Moses And Iosia gaue to the people flockes of shepe and kyddes al for passeouer and for al that were present thyrtie the usande by tale and thre thousande oxen and these were euen of the kynges substauÌce And his lordê gaue wyllynglye both vnto the people and to the preestes and vnto the Leuites Helkia also Zacharia and Iehiel tulers of the house of God gaue vnto the preestê for passeouer offerynges two thousande syxe hundred shepe and thre hundred oxen Conama and Semetahu and Nathanel his brethren and Hasabiahu and Iaiel and âosabad rulers of the Leuites gaue vnto the Leuites Passeouer offerynges euen fyue thousand shepe fyue hundred oxen And so the seruyce was prepated and the preestes stode in theyr places the Leuites in theyr distincte companyes at the kynges coÌmaundement And they slue passeouer the preestes sprinkled the bloode with theyr hande and the Leuites pulled of the skynnes of the beastê And they fet away the burnt offerynges to gyue them vnto the people that were deuâded by auncient houses that they shulde offre vnto the Lorde lyke as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And so dyd they with the oxen also And they dressed the passeouer with fyre as the maner was And the other dedicate beastes âod they in pottes cauldrons paunes and deuyded them among al the people And afterwarde they made redy for them selues and for the Preestes for the chyldren of Aaron were busyed in offeryng of burnt offerynges and the fat vntyll nyght therfore the Leuites prepared for them selues and for the preestê the sonnes of Aaron And the syngers the chyldren of Asaph stode in theyr standyng accordyng to the coÌmaundement of Dauid aâd Asaph Heman and Ieduthun the kynges Seaâ and the porters wayted at euery gate and myght not departe from theyr seruyce for theyr brethren the Leuites â prepared for them And so al the seruyce of the lord was prepared the same daye to offre Passeouer to offre burnt offerynges vpon the aulter of the Lorde accordyng to the coÌmaundement of kyng Iosia And so the chyldren of Israel that were present offered Passeouer the same tyme kept the feast of swete bread seuen dayes And there was no Passeouer lyke to that kepte in Israell from the dayes of Samuell the prophet neyther dyd all the kynges of Israell holde suche a Passeouer feast as dyd Iosia and the preestes and Leuites and all Iuda and Israel that were presenâe the enhabitours of Ierusalem This Passeouer was holden in the eyghtene yeare of the reygne of Iosia
After all this when Iosia had prepared the temple Necho kynge of Egypte came vp to fyght agaynst Catâamis besyde Euphrates and Iosia went out agaynst hym which sent messengers to hym sayde What haue I to do with the thou kynge of Iuda Be not thou agaynst thy selfe this daye For my waâ is agaynst an other house and God bad me make haste Leaue of therfore and medle not with God which is w t me lest he destroy the Neuertheles Iosia wolde not turne his face from hym but rather toke aduyse to fyght with hym and herkened not vnto the wordes of Necho out of the mouthe of God and came to fyght in the valley of Magedo and the shuters shot dartes at kynge Iosia And the kyng sayd to his seruauntes carye me away for I am sore wounded His seruauntes therfore had hym out of that charet and put hym â as a Kyng in an other charet that they had And when they had brought hym to Ierusalem he dyed and was buryed in the sepulchre of his fathers And all Iuda and Ierusalem mourned for Iosia And Ieremia lamented Iosia and all syngyng men and syngyng women mourned for Iosia in theyr lamentacyons to this daye and made the same lamentacyons an ordinaunce in Israell and beholde they be wrytten in the lamentacions The rest of the actes of Iosia and his goodnesse whiche he dyd in folowynge the wrytyng of the lawe of the Lorde and his sayenges fyrst and last Beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda ¶ After Iosia reygneth Iehoahaz after Iehoahaz âcho as him after Iehoââim Iehoatin after Iehoaâiâ âââchia in whose tyme all the people were caryed away to Babilon and were brought agayne thâ ixx. yeare after by hynge Lââuâ otherwyse called âhores CAPI XXXVI ANd the people of the lande toke Iehoahaz the son of Iosia and made hym kynge in his fathers steade in Ierusalem And Iehoahaz was thre twentye yere olde when he began to reygne he reygued thre monethes in Ierusalem And the kynge of Egypte put hym downe at Ierusalem and merced the lande in an hundred talentes of syluer and a talent of golde And the kyng of Egypte made Eliakim his brother kyng vpoÌ Iuda and Ierusalem and turned his name vnto Iehoakim And Necho toke Iehoahaz his brother and caryed hym to Egypte Iehoakim was fyue and twentie yere olde whâ he began to reygne and he reygned xi yere in Ierusalem and he dyd euyll in the syghte of the Lorde his God Agaynst hym came vp Nabuchodonozer kyng of Babilon bound hym with two chaynes to carye hym to Babilon The kyng Nabuchodonozer also caryed of the vessels of the house of the Lorde to Babilon and put them in his temple at Babilon The rest of the actââ of Iehoakim and his âbhominations whithe he dyd carued yma ges that were layde to his charge beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda and Iehoacin his sonne reygned in his steade Iehoacin was eyghte yere olde when he began to reygne he reygneb thre monethes and ten dayes in Ierusalem and dyd euyll in the syght of the Lorde And when the yere was out kynge Nabuthod onozer sente and fet hym to Babilon w t the goodly vessels of the house of the Lorde made Zedekia his fathers brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalem Zedekia was one and twentye yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned eleuen yere in Ierusalam And he dyd euyl in the syght of the lorde his God and humbled not hym selfe before Ieremia the Prophet at the mouth of the Lorde And he rebelled agaynst Nabuchodonozer whiche had receyued an othe of hym by God But he was styffe necked and to harde herted to turne vnto the lorde God of Israel Moreouer al the rulers the preestes and the people trespassed more syânyng after al maner of abhominacyons of the hethen and poluted the house of the Lorde ⪠whiche he had halowed in Ierusalem And the Lorde god of theyr fathers sent to them by his messengers rysynge vp besymes and sendynge for he had compassyon on his people and on his dwellyng place But they mocked the messengers of God and despysed his wordes and myssevsed his prophettes vntyll the wrathe of the lorde arose agaynâ his people and tyl there was no remedye And ãâ¦ã he broughte vpon them the kynge of ââââey whiche slue theyr yonge men w t the sweââe in theyr holy temple and spared neyther yonge man mayden olde man nor hym that stowped for age He gaue them all in to his hande And al the vessels of the house of God bothe great and small and the treasures of the house of the Lorde and the treasures of the kynge ⪠and of his lordes Al these caryed he to Babilon And they burnt the house of God brake downe the wall of Ierusalem and burnt all the places therof with fyre and destroyed all the goodly Iuels therof And the reste that had escaped the swerde caryed he to Bablon where they were bonde to hym and his chyldren vntyll the tyme that Persia haâ the empyre to fulfyl the worde of the Lorde by the mouth of Ieremia vntyll the lande had heâ pleasure of her Sabbothes for as longe as she lay desolate she kepte Sabboth bnâyl seuentye yeres were fulfylled And the fyrste yere of Cyrus kyng of Persia wheÌ the worde of the Lorde spoken by the mouth of Ieremia was fynysshed the Lorde styrred vp the spirite of Cyrus kyng of Persia that he made a proclamacyon thorowout all his kyngdom and that by wrytynge sayenge Thus sayth Cyrus kynge of Persia All the kyngdomes of the earth hath the Lorde God of heuen gyuen me and hath charged me to buylde hym an house in Ierusalem that is in Iuda Wherfore who soeuer is amonge you of all his people the Lorde his God be with hym and let hym go vp ⧠The ende of the seconde boke of the Cronicles ⧠The fyrst boke of Esdras ¶ Cyrus sendeth agayne the people that was in captiuyâe ⪠and restoreth them theyr holy vessels and coÌmaundeth them to buylde agayne the temple CAPI Primo IN the fyrst yere of Cyrus kyng of Persia that the word of the lorde spoken by the mouth of Ieremi myghte be fulfylled the lorde styrred vp the spirite of Cyrus kyng of Persia that he caused to be proclaymed thorowout all his empyre and to be wrytten saynge Thus sayth Cyrus the kyng of Persia The Lorde God of heuen hath gyuen me all the kyngdomes of the earthe and hath commaunded me to buylde hym an house at Ierusalem whiche is in Iuda Who soeuer nowe among you is of his people the Lorde his God be with hym and let hym go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda buyld the house of the Lorde God of Israell He is the God that is at Ierusalem And who soeuer remayneth yet in any maner of place where he is a
foxes But y â kynge shal reioyse in God all they also y â swere by hym shal be coÌmended for the mouth of them chat speake lyes shal be stopped ¶ The. lxiiij Psalme ¶ To the Chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd HEARE my voyce O God in my praer preserue my lyfe from fere of the enemy Hyde me from the gatherynge togyther of the frowarde from the insurrection of wicked doers Whiche haue whee theyr tonge lyke a swerde shote out theyr arrowes euen bytter wordes That they may pryuâââ shote at him whiche is perfect sodenly do they hyt him feare nat They courage them selues in mischeife and commune amonge them selues howe they may laye snares say that no man shal se them They ymagin wickednes and practyse it y t they kepe secrete among them selues euery man in y â depe of his hert But god shall sodenly shote at them with a swifte arow y â they shal be wounded Yee theyr owne tonges shall make them fall in so much y â who so seeth them shall laugh them to scorne And all men that se it shall saye this hathe God done for they shall perceaue that it is hys worke The ryghteous shall reioyse in the Lorde put his trust in him and all they that are true of herte shal be glad ¶ The. lxv Psalme To the chaunter a Psalme and songe of Dauyd THou O God arte praysed in Syon vnto the shall the vowe be perfourmed â in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto the shall all fleshe come My mysdedes preuayle agaynste me Oh be thou mercyfull vnto oure synnes Blessed is y â man whom thou chosest and receauest vnto the he shal dwel in thy court and shal be satysfyed with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shalt shewe vs wonderful thinges in ryghteousnesse O God of our saluacyon thou y â arte the hope of all the endes of the earth and of theÌ y â remayne in the broade see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌtaines and is gyrded aboute w t power Which stylleth the ragyng of the see the noyse of his waues and the madnesse of the people They also y â dwell in the vttermoost partes of the erth shal be afrayed at thy tokeÌs thou that makest the â out goynges of the mornyng and euenyng to prayse the. Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouydest for the earthe Thou waterest her forowes thou sendest rayne iÌ to the litle valleys therof thou makest it softe with the droppes of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yere w t thy goodnesse thy cloudes droppe fatnesse They shal droppe vpon the dwellynges of y â wyldernes and the lytle hylles shall reioyse on euery syde The foldes shal be full of shepe the valleys also shall stande so thycke with corne that they shal laugh and synge The. lxvi Psalme ¶ To the chaunter The songe of a Psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye landes synge prayses vnto the honour of his name make hys prayse to be gloryous Saye vnto God O howe wonderfull arte thou in thy worckes thorowe the greatnesse of thy power shall thyne enemyes be founde lyers vnto the. For all the worlde shall worshyppe the syng of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hyther and beholde the worckes of God how wonderful he is in his doyng towarde the chyldren of men He turned the see into drye laÌde so that they weÌt thorow the water on fote there dyd we reioyse therof He ruleth with his power for euer his eies behold y â people and such as wyl nat beleue shal nat be able to exalte them selues Sela. O prayse oure God ye people and make the voice of his prayse to he heard Which holdeth our soule in lyfe suffreth nat our fete to slyp For thou O God haste proued vs thou also haste tryed vs lyke as syluer is tryed Thou broughtest vs into to the snare and layed trouble vpon our loynes Thou suffredest men to ryde ouer oure heades We went thorow fyre water and y â broughtest vs out into a welthy place I wyll go in to thy house with brent offrynges and wyll paye the my vowes whiche I promysed with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wyll offre vnto the fat brente sacryfyces with the meense of rammes I wil offre bullockes and goates Sela. O come hither and herken all ye y â feare God and I wyl tel you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue hym prayses with my tonge If I enclyne vnto wyckednesse with my herte the Lorde wyl nat heare me But God hath hearde me and considred the voyce of my prayer Praysed be God which hath nat cast out my praier nor tourned his mercy fro me ¶ The. lxvii Psalme ¶ To the chaunter in melodies a Psalme and a songe GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of his couÌtenaunce â and be mercyful vnto vs. âela That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nacioÌs Let the people prayse the O God yee let all people prayse the. O let the nacyoÌs reioyse and be glad For thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon earth Sela. Let the people prayse y â O God let all people prayse the. Then shal the erth bring furth hir increase God euen oure owne god shall geue vs his blessynge God shall blesse vs all the endes of the worlde shall feare him ¶ The ⪠lxviiê Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme and songe of Dauid LEt God aryse and let his enemyes be scattered let them also that hate him flye fom his face Lyke as the smoke vanysheth so shalte thou dryue them awaye and lyke as waxe melteth at the fyre so let the vngodly perishe froÌ the preceÌre of God But let the ryghteous be glad reioyse in the syght of God let them also be mery ioyful Oh syng vnto God syng prayses vnto his name magnifye hym that rydeth vpon the heauens as it were vpon a horse prayse ye him â iÌhys name ye and reioyse before hym He is a father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of wydowes euen God in his holy habitacion He is the God that maketh men to be of one minde in a house he bryngeth the prisoners out of captiuite but letteth the rennagates conty nue in scarcenesse O God when thou wentest for the before the people when thou weÌtest thorowe the wyldernesse Sela. The earthe shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of God euen as Sinai also was moued at y â preseÌce of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sendedst a
the other Let Israel truste in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with hym is plenteous redempcyon And he shall redeme Israel from all hys synnes ¶ The .cxxxi. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares LORDE I am nat hye mynded I haue no proude lookes I do nat exercyse my selfe in greate matters whiche are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe lyke as a chylde that is weened from hys mother yee my soule is euen as a weened chylde Let Israel trust in the LORDE from this tyme forthe for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares ⪠LORDE remembre Dauyd and all hys trouble Howe he swore vnto the Lorde and vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye God of Iacob I wyll nat come within the tabernacle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde I wyll nat suffre myne eyes to slepe nor myne eye lyddes to slomber â Nether the temples of my heade to take anye reste Untyll I fynde out a place for the Lorde an habitacy on for the myghtye God of Iacob Lo we hearde â of the same at Ephrata and founde it in the wood We wyll go in to hys tabernacle and fall downe before hys fote stole Aryse O Lorde into thy restynge place thou and the arcke of thy strengthe Let thy Preastes be clothed with ryghteousnesse and let thy saynctes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauyds sake turne nat awaye the presence of thyne anoynted The Lorde hathe made a faythfull othe vnto Dauid and he shall nat shrynke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpoÌ thy seate If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies that I shal lerne them their chyldren also shall syt vpoÌ thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Syon to be an habytacioÌ for hiÌselfe hathe he chosen her â Thys shal be my rest for euer here wyl I dwell for I haue a delyte therin I wyl blesse her vitayles w t increase and wyl satysfy her poore w t bred â I wyll decke her Preastes with healthe and her saynctes shall reioyse and synge There shall I make â the horne of Dauid to floryshe I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for hys enemyes I shall clothe them with shame but vpon hymselfe shall his crowne floryshe ¶ The .cxxxiij. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares of Dauid BEHOLDE howe good and ioyful a thynge it is brethren to dwell to gether in vnytye It is lyke the precyous oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd euen vnto Aarons beerd and wente downe to the skyrtes of hys clothynge Lyke the dewe of Harmon whiche fell vpon the hyl of Sion For there the Lorde promised hys blessyng and lyfe for euermore ¶ The .cxxxiiij. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares BEholde â nowe prayse the Lorde al yee seruauntes of the Lorde yee that by nyght stande in the house of the Lorde â euen in the courte of the house of our God Lyfte vp youre haÌdes in the Sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The LORDE that made heauen and earthe blesse the out of Syon ¶ The .cxxxv. Psalme O Praise the name of the Lord prayse it O ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stande in y â house of the Lord in the courtes of the house of our God O prayse the Lorde for the Lorde is gracious O synge prayses vnto hys name for it is louely For why the Lorde hathe chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe and Israel for hys owne possessyon For I knowe that the Lorde is greate and that oure Lorde is aboue all goddes Whatsoeuer the Lorde pleased that dyd hem heauen and in earth in the see and in all deape places He dringeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde ⪠and turneth the lyghtenynges vnto rayne brynging the wyndes out of theyr treasuryes He * smote the fyrste borne of Egypte bothe of man and of beast He hathe sente tokens and wouÌders into the myddest of the O thou lande of Egypte vpon Pharao and all hys seruauntes He smote dyuers nacyons and slewe mygtye Kynges Sehon Kynge of y â Amorytes and Og the King of Basan and all the Kyngedomes of Canaam And gaue they re lande to be an heritage euen an heritage vnto Israell his people Thy name O Lorde endureth for euer so dothe thy memorial O lord from one generacyon to an other For the Lorde wyll auenge his people and be gracyous vnto his seruauntes As for the ymages of the Heathen they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue ⪠âey but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not neyther is there any breth in theyr mouthes They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are al they that put theyr trust in them Prayse the Lorde ye house of Israell prayse the Lorde ye house of Aaron Prayse the Lorde ye house of Leuie ye y e feare the Lord prayse the Lorde Praysed be the Lorde out of Syon whiche dwelleth at Ierusalem ¶ The .cxxxvj. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and hys mercy endureth for euer O gyue thankes vnto the God of all Goddes for hys mercy endureth for euer O thanke the Lorde of al Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche onely dothe greate wonders for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche by his wysdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche layed out the earth aboue the waters for his mercye endureth for euer Whiche hathe made greate lyghtes for his mercye endureth for euer The sonne to rule the day for his mercy endureth for euer The Moone and the Starres to gouerne the nyght for his mercye endureth for euer Whiche smote Egypte with theyr fyrste borne for his mercy endureth for euer And brought out Israel frome amonge them for his mercy endureth for euer With a myghtye hande and stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche deuyded the reed see into partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israell to go thorowe the myddest of it for hys mercye endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoste he ouerthrewe them in the reed see for hys mercy endureth for euer Whiche led his people thorow the wil dernes for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote great kingê for his mercy endureth for euer Yea and slue myghtye Kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon Kynge of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the Kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue away theyr lande for an herytage for his mercye endureth for uer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell his seruaunte for his mercye endureth for euer Whiche remembred vs when we were in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from
lyke vnto Gomorra Heare the worde of the Lorde ye Lordes of Sodoma harken vnto the lawe of our God thou people of Gomorra sayth y â lorde Why offre ye so many sacrifyces vnto me I am ful of the brent offerynges of wethers and of the fatnesse of fed beastes I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes lambes and gotes When ye appere before me who requireth you to treade within my porches Offre me no mo oblacyons for it is but lost labour Incense is an abhominable thynge vnto me I may not awaye with your newe mones your Sabbathes solemne dayes Your fastingê are also in vaine I hate your new holy dayes fastinges euen fro my very herte They make me wery I can not abide them Whan ye holde out your handes I wyl turne myne eies froÌ you And though ye make many prayers yet will I heare nothynge at all seynge your handes ar full of bloude Washe you make you cleane put away your euyll thoughtes out of my syght cease from doing of euell Learne to do ryght apply your selues to equite delyuer y â oppressed helpe the fatherlesse to his right let the wydowes coÌplaynt come before you Nowe go to saythe y â Lorde let vs talke together Though your synnes be as reade as searlet they shal be as whyte as snow And though they were lyke purple they shal be as whyte as wolle ⪠If ye be louing obedyent ye shal enioye the best thing y â groweth in the lande But yf ye be obstinate rebellious ye shall be deuoured w t the swerde for thus the lorde hath promysed with his owne mouth Howe happeneth it then that the ryghtuous cytie whiche was full of equyte is become vnfaythfull as an whore ryghtuousnes dwelt in it but nowe murther Thy syluer is turned to drosse and thy wyne myxte with water Thy Prynces are wycked and companyons of theues They loue gyftes all together and gape for rewardes As for the fatherles they helpe him nat to hê ryght neyther wyll they let the wydowes causes c ãâ¦ã e before them Therfore sayth the Lord ¶ ãâ¦ã of Hostes the myghtye one of Israel Al I muste ease me of myne enemyes and auenge me of myne aduersaries I shall lay my hande vpon the burne out the drosse from the fynest and purest and put out all thy fynne and sette thy iudges agayne as they were somtyme and thy Senatours as they were from the begynnyng Then shalt thou be called ryghtuous citie the faith full cyte Syon shall be redemed with equite and they shall turne agayne vnto her in ryghtuousnesse For the transgressours and vngodly and suche as are become vnfaythfull vnto the Lorde must al together be vtterly destroyed And excepte ye be ashamed of y â oke trees wherin ye haue so delyted of the gardens y â ye haue chosen ye shal be as an oke whose leaues are fallen awaye as a garden that hath no moistnesse And as for y â glory â of these thiges it shal be turned to drye strawe and he y â made theÌ to a sparke And they shal both burne to gether so that no man shal be able to quench them ¶ Of the commynge and death of Chryste and of the callynge of the Heathen CAPI II. THis is the worde that was opened vnto Esay the sonne of Amoz vnto Iuda and Ierusalem It wyll be also â in the last dayes That the hyll where the house of the Lorde is buylded shall be the chefe amonge hylles and exalted aboue all lytle hilles And al nacyoÌs shal preace vnto him and the multytude of people shall go speakynge thus one to another vp let vs go to the hyll of the Lorde and to the house of the God of Iacob that he maye shewe vs hys wayes and that we maye walke in hys pathes For the lawe shal come out of SyoÌ and the worde of the Lorde from Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the Heathen and shal reforme the multytude of people They shal breake theyr swerdes also in to mattockes and theyr speares to make sythes And one people shall nat lyfte vp weapen agaynste another nether shall they learne to fyght from thens forth Come ye O house of Iacob let vs walke in y â lyght of the Lorde But thou hast forsakeÌ thy people the house of Iacob be cause they go farre beyonde theyr fathers in Sorceres whoÌ they haue as the Philistines had and â in straunge chyldren they thynke them selues to haue ynough Theyr lande is full of syluer and golde neyther is there any ende of theyr treasure Theyr lande is also full of horses and no ende is there of theyr charets Theyr lande is also full of vayne goddes and before the worke of theyr owne handes haue they bowed them selues yee euen before the thynge that theyr owne fyngers haue made There kneleth the man there falleth the man downe before them so that thou canst nat brynge him away froÌ thence And therfore get them to some rocke and hyde the in the grounde for feare of the Lorde ⪠and for the glory of his magestye Whiche casteth downe the hygh lokes of presumptuous personnes bryngeth lowe the pryde of man and the Lorde onely shall be exalted in that daye For the daye of the Lorde of Hostes shall go ouer all pryde and presumpcyon vpon all them that exalte theÌ selues and shall brynge them all downe vpon al hygh and stoute Cedre trees of Libanus and vpon al the okes of Basan vpoÌ all hygh hylles and vpon all stoute mountaynes vpon al costly rowres and vpon all stronge walles vpon all shyppes of the see and vpon euery thynge that is gloryous pleasaunte to loke vpon And it shall brynge downe the pryde of man and laye mans presumptuousnesse full lowe and the Lorde shall onely haue the vyctory in that daye But the Idols shal vtterly be roted out Men shall crepe in to holes of stone in to caues of y â earth for feare of the Lorde and for the glory of his magesty what tyme as he shall ryse vp to condemne the earth Then shall man caste awaye his goddes of syluer and his goddes of golde whiche he neuertheles had made to honour theÌ vnto Molles and Backes And they shall crepe in to the caues and rockes in to the clyftes of harde stones for feare of God and for the glory of his magestye when he ryseth to condemne the earth Feare nat ye then any man whose breth is in hys nostrels For what is he of reputacyon ¶ He prophecyeth that at the coÌmyng of Chryst all streÌgth and power shall be put forth of Iurâe CAPI III. FOrlo the Lorde God of Hostes dothe take away from Ierusalem and Iuda all possessyons and power all meate and drynke the captayne and the soudyar the iudge the prophete the wyse and the aged man the prynce of fiftie yeare olde and the honorable the Senatours and men of vnderstandynge the master of craftes
and oratours And I shal geue them chyldren to be theyr prynces and babes shal haue the rule of you The people also shal be pylled and polled and one shall euer be doyng violeÌce and wronge to another The boye shall presume agaynst the elder and the vyle person agaynste the honorable Yee one shall take a frende of his owne kynred by the bosome saye thou hast clothynge thou shalt be our heade for thou mayest kepe vs froÌ thys fall and parell Then shal he sweare and say I can nat helpe you Moreouer there is neyther meate nor clothynge in my house make me no ruler of the people For Ierusalem and Iuda muste decaye because that bothe theyr wordes and couÌcels are against the Lorde to prouoke the presence of hys magestye vnto anger The chaungynge of theyr countenaunce bewrayeth them yee they declare theyr owne synnes them selues as the Sodomytes and hyde them nat Wo be vnto theyr soules for they haue rewarded euell vnto them selues Byd the ryghteous do well for they shall enioye the frutes of theyr studies But wo be to the vngodly and vnryghteous for they shal be rewarded after theyr worckes Children are extorcioÌners of my peple and wemen haue rule of them O my people the leaders deceaue the and depraue the waye of thy fotesteppes The Lorde is here to commen of the matter and standeth to geue iudgemente on the people The Lorde shal come forthe to reason with the Senatours and prynces of hys people It is ye y â haue destroyed my vineyarde the robbery of y â poore is in your houses Wherfore do ye oppresse my peple marre y â faces of y â poore sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes. Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde Seynge y â daughters of Sion are be come so proude and haue walked with stretched out neckes and with vayne wanton eyes seynge they come in tryppynge so nycely with theyr fete Therfore shall the Lorde shaue the heades of the daughters of Sion the Lorde shal disconer theyr shame In that daye shal the Lorde take away the gorgiousnesse of their apparell and spanges cheynes partelettes and colars bracelettes and hooues the goodly floured wyde and brodred rayment oches and headbandes rynges and garlandes holy day clothes and vales kerchefes and pynnes glasses and smockes bonettes and taches And in steade of good smell there shall be styncke among them And for theyr gyrdles there shal be loose bandes And for well set heare there shal be baldenesse In steade of a stomachec a sacke clothe and for theyr bewty witherdnesse and sonne burninge Yourhousbandes and mightye men shal peryshe with the swerde in batayle At that tyme shall â theyr gates mourne and complayne and they shall syt as desolate folcke vpon the earth ¶ For want of men seueÌ wemen desyred to haue one man CAPI IIII. THEN shall seuen wyues take holde of one man and saye we wyll laye all our meate and clothing together in comen only that we may be called thy wyues and that thys shamefull reprofe maye be taken from vs. After that tyme shall the braunche of the Lorde be bewtyfull and myghty and the frute of the earth shal be fayre and pleasaunt for those Israelytes that shall spring therof Then shall the remnaunt in Sion the remnaunt at Ierusalem be called holy Namely al such as are wrytteÌ amoÌg the lyuynge at Ierusalem what tyme as y â Lord shal washe away the fylthynes of y â daughters of Sion and pourge the bloude out froÌ Ierusalem with the wynde of hys smoke fyre Moreouer vpon all the dwellinges of the hyll of Sion and vpon theyr whole congregacion shall the Lorde prouide a cloude and smoke by daye and the shynynge of a flammynge fyre by nyght for all theyr glory shal be preserued And Ierusalem shal be a tabernacle for a shadow because of hete in the daye time a place refuge where a man maye kepe hym from wether and rayne ¶ Of Chryst and hys vyneyarde with an execracion of couetousnesse and dronekennes CAPI V. NOwe wyll I synge my beloued frende a songe because of hys vyneyarde My beloued frende hathe a vyneyarde in a very frutefull plenteous grounde Thys he hedged thys 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 that it shulde brynge hym grapes it brought forth thornes Nowe therfore O ye Cytysens of IerusaleÌ and whole Iuda Iudge I praye you betwyxte me and my vyneyarde What more colde haue bene done for it that I haue nat done Wherfore then hathe it geuen thornes where I loked to haue had grapes of it Well nowe I shall tell you howe I wyll do with my vyneyarde I wyl take the hedge from it that it maye peryshe and breake downe the wal that it may be troden vnder fote I wyll laye it waste that it shall nether be twysted nor cut but beare thornes breares I wyl also forbyd the cloudes that they shall nat rayne vpon it As for the vyneyarde of the Lord of Hostes it is the house of Israel and whole Iuda hys fayre plantynge Of these he loked for equyte but se there is wronge for ryghteousnesse lo It is but mysery Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another and bryng one lande so nygh vnto another that the poore can get no more grouÌde and y â ye maye dwell vpon the earthe alone These thynges are in the eares of the Lorde of Hostes shall nat many greater and more gorgyous houses be so waste that no man shall dwel in them And ten akers of vynes shal geue but a Quarte and xxx bushels of sede shall geue but an Epha Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to folowe dronckennes and to them that contynue so vntyllnyght and tyl they be set on fyre with wyne In those coÌpanyes are harpes and lutes taberettes and pipes and wyne But they regarde nat the worcke of the Lorde consyder nat the operacyon of his handes Theyr fore commeth my folke also into captyuyte because they haue no vnderstandynge Theyr glory is famashed with hunger and their pryde is marred for thirst Therfore gapeth hel openeth her mouthe maruelous wyde that theyr pryde bostyng and welthe with suche as reioyse therein maye descende into it Thus hathe man a fal and is brought lowe and the high loke of the proude shal be layde downe But the Lorde of Hostes is exalted in iudgeÌment and God that is holy is praysed in ryghtuousnes Then shall the shepe eate in order the riche mens landes that were layde waist shall straungers deuoure Wo be vnto them that drawe wyckednes vnto them with coardes of vanyte and syn as it were with a cart rope Which vse to speake on this maner let hym make haste nowe go forth with his worcke that we maye se it Let the counsell of the holy one of Israell come and drawe nye that
neyther fauoure theyr fatherlesse and wydowes For they are all together ypocrytes wycked and all theyr mouthes speake foly After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hande is stretched out styll For vngodlynesse burneth as a fyre in the bryers and thornes And as it were out of a fyre in a wodde or a rede busshe so ascendeth the smoke of theyr pryde For cause of the wrathe of the Lorde of Hoostes is the lande full of darkenesse and the people be consumed as it were with fyre no man dothe spare his brother If a man do turne hym to the ryght hande he shal famyshe or to the lefte hande to eate he shall nat haue ynough Euery man shall â eate the fleshe of hâs owne arme Manasses shal eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses they bothe shall eate Iuda After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet is his hande stretched out styll ¶ He threatneth the oppressours of the poore and prophecyeth agaynst Sennaherib CAPI X. WO BE VNTO theÌ that make vnryghtuous lawes and deuyse thynges whiche be to harde for to kepe where thorowe the poore are oppressed on euery syde and the innocentes of my people robbed of iudgement that widowes maye be theyr praye and that they may rob the fatherlesse What wyll ye do in tyme of the visitacyon and whan destruccion shal come from farte To whome wyll ye renne for helpe and to whom wyll ye geue youre honoure that he maye kepe it that ye come not amonge the prysoners or lye amonge the deade After al this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse but yet is his handes stretched out styll Wo be also vnto Assur whiche is a staf of my wrathe in whose hande is the rod of my punyshement I shal sende hym among those ypocrytishe people amonge the people y â haue deserued my dysfauoure shall I sende hym that he maye vtterly robbe them spoyle them and treade theÌ downe lyke the myre in the strete Howe be it his meanynge is nat so neyther thynketh his herre of this fashyon But he ymagmeth onely howe he may rote out and destroye muche people for he sayeth are nat my Prynces all Kynges Is nat â Caluo as easie to wine as Char chamis Is it harder to conquere â Hamath then Arphad Or is it lyghter to ouer come Damascus and Samaria As who say I were able to wynne the Kingdome of the Idolaters and theyr goddes but not Ierusalem and Samaria Shall I nat do vnto Ierusalem and theyr ymages as I dyd vnto Samaria and theyr ydoles Wherfore the Lorde sayeth Assone as I haue perfourmed my whole worke vpoÌ the hyll of Syon and Ierusalem then wyll I â vyset the noble and stoute harte of the kynge of Assyria with hys proude lokes For he standeth thus in his owne conceyte This do I thorow the power of myne owne hande and thorowe my wysdome For I am wyse I am he that remoue the landes of the people I robbe theyr treasures and lyke one of the worthyes I dryue theÌ from theyr hye seates My hande hathe founde out the streÌgth of the people as it were a neste And lyke as eggê that were layde here and there are gathered together So do I gather all countrees And there is no man that dare be so bolde as to touche a fether that dare open his mouthe or once whysper Shall the axe boste it selfe agaynste hym that heweth therwith or doth the saw make any braggynge agaynste him that ruleth it That were eueÌ lyke as yf the rod dyd exalte it selfe agaynste hym that beareth it or as though the staffe shuld magnyfye itselfe as who saye it were no wod Therfore shal the Lorde of Hostes sende him pouertie in his riches burne vp his glorye as it were with a fyre But the lyght of Israell shal be that fyre and his Sayntuary shal be the flamme and it shall kyndle and burne vp hys thornes and breers in one daye yea â all the glory of hys woddes and feldes shal be consumed with body and soule And they shal be as an hooste of men whose standerd bearer fayleth The trees also of his felde whiche remayne shall be of suche a nombre that a chylde maye tell them After that day shall the remenauÌt of Israel suche as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seke no more comforte at him that smote theÌ but with faithfulnesse and truth shal they trust vnto the Lorde the holy one of Israel The remnaunt euen the Posteryte of Iacob shall conuerte vnto God the myghty one For though thy people O Israel be as the sande of the see yet shall the remnaunt of them conuerte in hym Perfecte is the iudgement of hym that floweth in ryghteousnesse and therfore the Lorde of Hostes shall perfectly fulfyll the thing that he hathe determyned in the myddeste of the whole worlde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes Thou my people that dwelleste in Syon be nat a frayed for the kynge of the Assyryans He shall smyte the with a rodde and shall wagge hys staffe at the as the Egipcians dyd some tyme But soone after shall my wrathe and myne indignacion be fulfylled in y â destruccion of them Moreouer the Lorde of Hostes shall prepare a scourge for hi lyke as was y â slaughter of Mydian vpon the rock of Oreb And he shall lyfte vp hys rode ouer the see as he dyd somtyme ouer the Egypcyans Then shall hys burthen be taken from thy shoulders and hys yoke from thy necke yee the same yoke shal be corrupt for very fatnesse He shall come to Aiath and go thorowe towarde Mygron at Mychmas shall he lay vp hys harnesse and go ouer the foorde Gybea shal be theyr restyng place Rhamaâ shall be afrayed Gybea Saul shall flye awaye The voyce of the noyes of thy horses O daughter Gallim shal be herde vnto Lais and to Anathoth which also shal be in trouble Madmena shall tremble for feare but y â cytesyns of Gabinare manly yet shal he remayne at Nob y â daye After that shal he lyft vp his hande against the mount of y â daughter of Syon the hyll of Ierusalem But se the Lorde God of Hostes shall take awaye the proude from thence with feare He shal hewe downe the proude and fel the hye mynded The busshes also of the wode shall he also rote out with yron and Lybanus shall haue a myghtie fall ¶ He prophecieth of the natiuyte of Chryst of his people of the remnaunt of Israell and of the fayth of the heâ then or Gentyles ¶ CAPI XI ANd there shall come a rodde forthe of the kynred of Isaye and a blossome shall florysshe out of his rote The spiryte of the Lorde shall lyght vpon hym y â spiryte of wysdome and vnderstandynge the spiryte of councel and strength the spiryte of knowledge and of the feare of the lorde and shall make hym feruent in the feare of God For he
that day shal the Lorde of hoostes be the crowne of glory and dyamonde of beautye vnto the resydue of his people He wyll be also a sprete of perfyte knowledge to hi that sytteth in iudgement and strength vnto them that turne awaye the batayle to the gate of the enemyes But they are out of the waye by reason of wyne yea farre out of y â waye are they thorowe stronge drynke â The preste also and the prophete are gone astraye by the meanes of stronge dryncke they are dronken with wyne they go amysse thorowe stronge drynke they fayle in sight and stomble in iudgement For all tables are so full of vomyte and fylthynes that no place is cleane Whome then shall suche one teache knowledge And whom shall be make to vnderstande the thynge that he hereth For they are ignoraunt as yonge chyldren that are taken from the mylke and are weened For they that be suche must haue â after one lesson another lesson after one coÌmauÌdement another commaundemeÌt after one rule another rule after one instruccion another instruceyon there a lytle there a lytle For he y â speketh vnto this people is eueÌ as one y â vseth rudenesse of speche a straunge langage Yf any man say vnto them lo this is the rest where with ye maye ease him that is werye this is the refresshynge they wyll not herken Therfore shall the worde of the Lorde lesson vpon lesson commaundement vpon coÌmaundement rule vpon rule instruccion vpon instruccyon there a lytle and there a lytle shall be vnto them an occasyon of stomblynge that they maye go on and fal backeward be broused tangled and snared Wherfore heare the worde of the Lorde ye mockers ye that haue rule of this people whiche is at IerusaleÌ Because ye haue said â we haue made a couenaunt with death with hell are we at agremeÌt And though there go forth a sore plage it shall not come vnto vs. For we haue made falshode our refuge and vnder vanite are we hyd Therfore thus sayeth y â Lorde God Beholde I lay in Syon for a foundacion a stone euen a tryed stone a precyous corner stone a sure fouÌdacion â who so beleueth let him not be to hastye Iudgement also wyl I lay to y â rule and ryghtuousnes to the balaunce so that â y â hayle shal take away your vayne confydence and the preuy place of your refuge shall the waters renne ouer And thus the couenaunt that ye made w t deathe shal be disanulled and your agremeÌt that ye made with hell shall not stande yea whan the sore plage goeth forth ye shall be troden downe vnder it From the tyme that it goeth forth it shall take you awaye For earely in the morninge euery day yea bothe daye and nyght shall it go thorowe whan the noyse therof is perceyued it shall gendre vexacion For â the bedde is narowe and not large and the couerynge so small that a man can not wynde hym selfe vnder it For the Lorde shal stonde as â in mount Pecazim and shal be wrothe lyke as in the valley Gibeon that he may do his worke â his straunge worke and brynge to passe his acte his straunge acte Nowe therfore se that ye be no mockers lest your punishemeÌt icrese for I haue herd of the Lorde of hostes that there shall come a short ende vpon the whole earth Heare ye then herkeÌ vnto my voyse coÌsidre pondre my speche Doth not the husbande man plowe all the daye and openeth breaketh the clottê of his grounde that he may sow Whan he hath made it playne wyll he nat sprede abrode the fytches sowe comyn cast in wheate by measure the appoynted barly âye in theyr place God wyl instruct him to haue descrecion euen his God wyll teache him For fitches shal not be thresshed with an harowe nether shal a cart whele be brought thorowe the coÌmen but the fytches are beaten out with a staffe and commyn w t a rod. But y â sede y â bread is made of is thresshed thoughe it be not alwaye a thresshing And the cart whele must be brought ouer it lest he grynde it with his teeth This also commeth of the Lorde of hostes which worketh with wonderfull wysdome bryngeth out arme with a terrible countenaunce and with the flame of a consumynge fyre with noysome lyghtenynge with a shower and with hayle stone For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed which smote other men with the rodde And it shal come to passe that whither soeuer he goeth the rodde shall cleaue vnto hym whiche the Lorde shall laye vpon hym â with tabrettes and harpes And with great warre shal he fyght agaynst his hoste For the fyre of payne is ordeyned from the begynnynge yea euen for Kynges is it prepared This hathe the Lorde set in the depe and made it wyde the burnynge wherof is fyre moche woode The breth of the Lorde whiche is as a ryuer of brymstone doth kyndle it ¶ He curseth them that forsake God and seke for the helpe of men CAPI XXXI WO be vnto them that go downe into Egypte for helpe and truste in horses put theyr confydence in charettes because they be many and in horse men because they be lusty and stronge But they regarde not the holy one of Israell and they aske no questyon at the Lorde Where as he neuertheles beynge wysest of all plageth the wycked and yet goeth not from his worde when he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frowarde and agaynst the helpe of euel doers Nowe the Egipcians are men and not God and theyr horses fleshe and not spiryte And as soone as the Lorde stretcheth out his hande then shall the helper fal and he that shulde haue bene helped and they shall all together be destroyed For thus hathe the Lorde spoken vnto me Lyke as the Lyon or lyons whelpe roareth vpon the praye that he hath gotten is not afray ed thoughe the multytude of shephardes crye out vpon hym neyther abasshed for all the heape of them So shall the Lorde of Hostes come downe to fyght for mount Syon and defende his hyll Lyke as byrdes flotre aboute theyr nestes so shal the lorde of Hostes kepe saue defende and delyuer Ierusalem Therfore O ye children of Israell turne agayne lyke as ye haue exceaded in your goynge backe For â in that day euery man shall cast out his Idols of syluer and golde whiche ye haue made with your synfull handes Assur also shal be slayne with the swerde not with a mans swerde A swerde shal deuoure him but not a mans swerde And he shall fle from the slaughter â and hys seruauntes shall be taken prysoners He shall go for feare to hys stronge holdes and his Prynces shall fle from his badge This hath the Lorde spoken whose lyght
burneth in Syon and his fyre in Ierusalem ¶ The condicyons of good Rulers and Offycers CAPI XXXII BEHOLDE the Kynge shall gouerne after the rule of ryghtuousnes and the Prynces shall rule according to the balauÌce of equyte He shal be vnto men as a defence for the wynde and as a refuge for the tempest lyke as a ryuer of water in a thurstye place and the shadowe of a greate rocke in a drye lande The eyes of the seing shal not be dym and the eares of them that heare shall take dilygent hede The herte of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge and the vnperfecte tonge shall speake playnely and distinctly Then shall the nygarde be no more called gentle nor the churle liberal But the churle wyll be churlishly mynded and his herte wyll worke euyll and play the ypocryte and ymagyn abhominacyons agaynst God to make the hungry leane and to witholde drynke from the thursty These are the parlous weapons of the couetous these be his shameful councels that he may begyle the pore with disceatful wordes yea euen there as he shulde gyue sentence with the poore But the lyberall person ymagineth honest thynges and commeth vp with honestye Up ye ryche and ydel Cyties harken vnto my voyce Ye carelesse cyties marke my wordes After yeares and dayes shall ye be brought in feare O ye carelesse cyties For Haruest shall be out and the grape gatherynge shall not come O ye ryche yoel cyties ye that feare no parell ye shall be abasshed and remoued when ye se the barennesse the nakednesse and preparynge to warre Ye shall knocke vpon your brestes because of the pleasaunt felde and because of the frutful vyneiarde My peoples felde shal bryng thornes and thystels for in euery house is voluptuousnes and in the Cyties wylfulnes The palaces also shal be brokeÌ and the greatly occupyed cyties desolate The towers and bulwerkes shall become dennes for euermore the pleasure of Mules shal be turned to pasture for shepe vnto the tyme that the spiryte be poured vpon vs from aboue Then shall the wyldernes be a frutefull felde and the plenteous felde shal be rekenned for a wode Then shall equite dwell in the deserte and ryghteousnesse in a frutefull laude And the rewarde of ryghteousnes shal be peace and hyr frute reste and quyetnesse for euer And my people shall dwell in the innes of peace in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is ynough in them al. And when the hayle falleth it shall fall in the wodde and â the cytye shal be set in the valleye O howe happy shall ye be when ye shall safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters and dryue thyther the fete of youre oxen and asses ¶ Thretnynge agaynste the Assyrians A descrypcyon of them that shall se the Lorde CAPI XXXIII THerfore wo be vnto the O robber shalte nat thou be robbed also and vnto the that layest wayte as who say ther shulde no wayte be layde for the Wo vnto the which doest hurte euen so shalte thou be hurte also And as thou layest wayte so shall wayte be layde for the also Lorde be mercyfull vnto vs for we put our trust in the. Thyne arme is at a poynte to vyset vs but be thou oure healthe in the tyme of trouble The people dyd fle at the anger of thy voice and at thine vp standynge the Gentyles were scatred abro de and theyr spoyle shal be gathered as the greshoppers are comenly gathered together into the pyr Stande vp Lorde thou that dwellest on hye Let Syon be fylled with equyte and ryghteousnesse Let trueth and faythfulnesse be in hyr tyme power health wysdome knowledge and the feare of God are hyr treasure Beholde theyr auÌgels crye without and the messaungers of peace shall wepe bytterly The stretes are waste there walketh no man therin the appoyntement is broken the cytyes are dispised they are nat regarded y â desolate earth is in heuynesse Lybanus taketh it but for a sporte that it is hewen downe Sarom is lyke a wyldernesse Basan and Charmel are turned vp syde downe And therfore sayeth the Lorde I wyll vp nowe wyll I get vp nowe wyl I aryse Ye shal conceaue stubble and beare strawe and your spryte shall be the fyre that it maye consume you and the people shal be burnt lyke lyme as thornes burne y â are hewen of cast in the fyre Nowe herken to ye that are farre of howe I do with them and considre my glory ye y â be at hande â The synners at Sion are a frayde a sodayne ferfulnes is come vpon y â ypocrytes What is he among vs say they that wyll dwell by that consumynge fyre which of vs maye abyde that euerlastynge hete He that leadeth a godly lyfe say I and speaketh y â truth He that abhorreth to do violence and dysceate he that kepeth his hande that he touch no rewarde which stoppeth hys eares that he heare no councell agaynste the innocent which holdeth downe his eyes that he se none euyll He it is that shall dwell on hye whose sauegarde shal be in the true rocke to hym shall be geuen the ryght true meate and dryncke Thyne eyes shal se the kyng in his glory and in the wyde worlde thyne herte shal delyte in the feare of God What shall then become of the scrybe of the Senatoure What of hym that teacheth chyldren There shalte thou nat se a people of a straunge tonge to haue so dyffused a language that it maye nat be vnderstande neyther so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued There shal Syon be sene the head cytye of oure solempne feastes There shall thyne eyes se Ierusalem that gloryous habytacyon the tabernacle that neuer shall remoue whose nayles shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose coardes euery chone shall neuer corrupte for the gloryous Magesty of y â Lorde shal there be present amonge vs. In that place where fayre broade ryuers and streames are shall nether Galey rowe nor great shyp sayle For the Lorde shal be oure capteyne the Lorde shal be our lawe geuer The Lorde shall be oure kynge and he hymselfe shall be oure Sauyoure There are the cordes so layd abrode that they can not be better The mast set vp of suche a fashyon that no baÌner nor sayle hangeth theron but ther is dealed great spoyle yee lame men runne after the praye There lyeth no man that sayeth I am sycke but al euel is takeÌ away from the people that dwell there ¶ The laste destruccyon of the Synagoge in whiche the kyngdome and presthode of that people was translated to the Churche and congregacyon of Chryste CAPI XXXIIII COme ye Heythen and here take hede ye people Herken thou earthe and all that is therin thou rounde compasse and al that groweth there vpon for the Lorde is angrye withall people and his dyspleasure is kyndled agaynste all the multytude of them to curse them and to
sleye them So that theyr slayne shal be caste out and theyr bodyes styncke that eueÌ the very hilles shal be wet with the bloude of them All the starres of heauen shall waaste and the heauen shall folde together lyke a roll and all the starres therof shall fall lyke as the leaues fall fro the vynes and fyge trees For my swearde shal be bathed i heuen shal immediatly come downe vpon Idumea vpon the people whiche I haue cursed for my vengeaunce And the Lordes swearde shal be full of bloude and be rustye with the fatnesse and bloude of lambes and goates with the fatnes of kydneys of y e wethers For the Lorde shall kyll a greate offrynge in Bosra and a greate slaughter in the lande of Idumea There shal the Unicornes fall w t the bulles that is with the gyauntes and theyr lande shal be washed with bloude theyr grounde corrupt with fatnes Unto the also O SioÌ shal come the daye of y e vengeaunce of God and the yere when thine owne iudgementes shal be recompensed And his floudes shal be turned to pytche his earth to brymstone and therwith shall the lande be kyndled so that it shal not be quenched daye nor nyght But smoke euermore so forth to lye waste And no man shall goo thorowe it for euer But Pellycanes Storkes greate Oules and Rauens shal haue it in possessyon and dwell therin For God shall spred out the lyne of desolacyon vpon it and weye it with the stones of emptines When kynges are called vpon there shal be one and all prynces shal be awaye Thornes shall growe in theyr palaces nettels and thystels in their stronge holdes that the dragons maye haue theyr pleasure therin and that they maye be a courte for Estriches There shal straunge visours and monstruous beastes mete one an other and the wylde kepe coÌpany together There shall the Lamya lye and haue her lodgyng There shall the oule make her nest buylde be there at home and brynge forth his yong-ones There shall the kytes come togyther eache one to his lyke Seke thorowe the scrypture of the lorde and rede it There shall none of these thingê be left out there shal not one nor such lyke fayle For what his mouth coÌmaundeth y e same doth his spirite gather together or ful fylleth vpon whom soeuer the lotte falleth or to whom he dealeth it with the line those shall possesse the enheritaunce from generacyon to generacyon dwell therin for euer ¶ Of the tyme and Kyngdome of Chryste ¶ CAPI XXXV BVT the deserte and wyldernesse shall reioyse the waste grounde shal be glad and florysh as the lylly She shal floresh plesauntly and be ioyfull and euer be geuynge of thankes more and more For the glory of Libanus the beautie of Charmell and Saron shal be geuen her These shal knowe the honoure of the Lorde and the magestye of our God And therfore strength the weke handes and comforte the feble knees Saye vnto them that are of a fearefull herte Be of good chere and feare nat Beholde your God coÌmeth to take veÌgeaunce and to rewarde God coÌmeth his owne selfe and wyll delyuer you Then shal the eies of the blynde be lyghtened and the eares of the deafe opened Then shall the lame man leape as an herte and the domme mans tonge shall geue thankes In the wyldernes also there shal welles sprynge and floudes of water in the deserte The drye grounde shal turne to ryuers and the thurstye to sprynges of water Where as dragons dwelte afore there shall growe swete floures and grene rushes There shal be fote pathes and coÌmon stretes this shal be called the holy way No vncleane person shall go thorowe it for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that waye and the ignoraunt shall not erre There shal be no Lyon and no rauyshynge beast shall come therin nor be there but men shall go there fre and safe And the redemed of the Lorde shal conuerte and come to Syon with thankesgyuynge Euerlastynge ioye shall they haue pleasure and gladnesse shal be among them And as for all sorowe and heuynesse it shal vanyshe awaye ¶ Ierusalem is asseged by Sennaherib in the tyme of kynge Hezekias CAPI XXXVI I N the. xiiij yere of Kynge Hezekias came Sennaherib Kynge of the Assyryans downe to laye sege vnto all the stronge cyties of Iuda And the Kynge of the Assyrians sent Rabsaketh from Lachis toward Ierusalem agaynste Kyng Hezekias with a greuous Hoste whiche set hym by the condyte of the ouerpole in the waye that goeth thorow the fullers lande And so there came forth vnto hym Eliakim Helkias sonne the Presydent Sobna the Scrybe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the Secretary And Rabsaketh sayde vnto them Tel Hezekias that the greate Kyng of Assiria sayeth thus vnto him What presumpcyon is thys that thou trustest vnto Thou thynekest peraduenture that thou hast councell and power ynough to mayntayne this war or els wherto trusteste thou y â that casteste thy selfe of fro meâ lo thou puttest thy trust in a broken staffe of rede I meane Egypte whiche he that leaneth vpon it goeth into hys hande and shutteth hym thorowe EueÌ so is Pharao the kynge of Egypt vnto all them that trust in hym But yf thou woldest saye to me we truste in the Lorde oure God A goodly God in dede whose Hye places and aulters Hezekia toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Ierusalem to worshyppe onely before the aulter A byde the thou hast made a condicion with my Lorde the kynge of the Assyrians that he shulde geue the two thousaÌde horses art thou able to set men there vpon Seyeng nowe that thou canst nat resyst the power of the smallest prynce that my Lorde hathe howe darrest thou trust in the charettes and horsemeÌ of Egypt Moreouer thynkest thou that I am come vp hyther to destroye thys lande without the Lordes wyll The Lorde sayde vnto me go vp into the lande that thou mayest destroye it Then sayde Eliakim Sobna Ioah vnto Rabsaketh Speake to vs thy seruauntes we praye the in the Syrians language for we vnderstande it wel And speake nat to vs in y â Iewes tong lest the folke heare whiche lyeth vpon the wall Then answered Rabsaketh Thynke ye that the kyng sent me to speake this only vnto you Hathe he not sent me to theÌ also that lye vpon the wall that they be nat coÌpelled to eate theyr owne donge dryncke theyr owne stale with you And Rabsakeh stode styffe and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes tonge and sayde Nowe take hede howe the greate kynge of the AssyriaÌs geueth you warnynge Thus sayeth the kynge Let nat Hezekias disceaue you for he shall nat be able to delyuer you Moreouer let nat Hezekias comforte you in the Lorde when he sayeth The Lorde without doute shall defende vs and shall nat geue ouer this cytie into the handes of the kynge of the Assyrians
that fearest a mortall man the chylde of man whiche â goeth awaye as doth the floure And forgettest the Lorde that made the that spred out the heauens and layde the foundacyon of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressâure whiche is redy to do harme Where is the wrath of the oppressoure It commeth on fast it maketh haste to appere It shall not peryshe that it shulde not be able to destroye nether shal it fayle for taute of norishing â I am the lorde thy God that make the see to be styll and to rage â Whose name is the Lorde of hostes I haue put my wordes in thy mouth and haue defended y â in the shadow of my hande that I maye plante the heuens and lay the foundacion of the earth and saye vnto Sion thou art my people Awake awake and stande vp O Ierusalem thou that from the hande of the Lorde haste droncken out â the cuppe of his wrath thou that haste supped of and sucked out the slumbring cup to y â botome For amonge al the sonnes whom he hath begotten there is not one that maye holde it vp and not one to leade it by the hande of al the sonnes that he hathe noryshed Bothe these thynges are happened vnto the but who is sorye for it Yee destruccyon wastyng hungre and swerde but who wyll comforte the Thy sonnes lye comfortles at the heade of euery strete lyke a taken venyson and are full of the terrible wrathe of the Lorde and punyshment of thy God And therfore thou myserable and dronken howbeit not w t wyne Here this Thus sayeth thy Lorde thy Lorde and God the defender of his people Beholde I wyll take the slombryng cuppe out of thy hande euen the cuppe with the dregges of my wrathe that from heÌce forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more but I wyl put into theyr hande that trouble the which haue spoken to thy soule stoupe downe y â we may go ouer the make thy body euen with the grounde and as the strete to go vpon ¶ A consolacion and comforte to the people of God CAPI LII VP Syon vp take thy strength vnto the put on thyne honest raymente O Ierusalem thou holy cytie For from thys tyme forthe there shall no vncircuÌcysed nor vncleane person come in the. Shake the from the dust aryse and stande vp O IerusaleÌ Plucke out thy necke froÌ y â bonde O y â captyue daughter Syon For thus sayeth y â Lorde ye are sold for naught therfore shal ye be redemed also w t out any mony For thus sayeth y â Lorde God My people wente downe afore tyme in to Egypte there to be strauÌgers and the kyng of the Assyrians oppressed theÌ without any cause And nowe what profyte is it to me sayeth the Lorde that my people is frely caryed awaye and brought in to heuynesse by their rulers and my name euer styll blasphemed sayeth the Lorde But that my people may know my name I my selfe wyl speake in that day Beholde here I am O howe beautyfull are the fete of the Embassytours that bryngeth the message frome the mountayne and proclaymeth peace that bringeth the good tydynges and preacheth healthe and sayeth vnto Syon Thy God is the kynge Thy watchemen shal lyfte vp theyr voyce with loude voyce shall they preache of him for they shal se hym present when the Lorde shall conuerte Syon Be glad O thou desolate Ierusalem reioyse together for the Lorde hath comforted his people he hath delyuered IerusaleÌ The Lorde hathe made bare his holy arme and shewed it forth in the syght of al the GeÌtyles and all the endes of the earth hathe sene the sauyng health of our God Away awaye get you out from thence and touche no vncleane thynge Go out from amonge suche And be cleane that beare the vesselles of the Lorde For ye shall not escape by rennynge nor by flyenge away but the Lorde shall go before you and the God of Israell shall gather you together Beholde my seruaunt shall deale wysely therfore shall he be magnyfyed exalted and greatly honoured Lyke as the multytude shall wondre vpon hym because hys face shal be so disfourmed and not as a maÌs face hys beautye lyke no man Euen so shal the multitude of y â Gentyles loke vnto hym and kynges shall shut theyr mouthes before him For they that haue not bene tolde of hym shall se hym and they y â herde nothynge of hym shall beholde hym ¶ He Pâophecyeth euydentely of the passyon of our Sauyour Iesus Chryste ¶ CAPI LIII BVT who hath geuen credence vnto our preachyng Or to whom is y â arme of the Lorde knowen For he dyd growe before the Lorde lyke as a braunche and as a roote in a drye grounde he hath nether bewtie nor fauoure WheÌ we loke vpon him there shal be no fairenesse we shall haue no lust vnto hym He is despysed abhorred of men he is suche a man as hath good experyence of sorowes infirmyties We haue rekened hym so vyle that we hyd our faces from him Howbeit he only hath taken on hym our infirmytie and borne our paynes Yet we dyd iudge hym as thoughe he were plaged and cast downe of God where as he notwithstanding was wounded for our offences and smytten for our wyckednesse For the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym and with his strypes are we healed As for vs we haue gone all astraye lyke shepe euery one hath turned his owne waye But thorow hym the Lorde hath pardoned all our synnes He suffered violence and was euell entreated and dyd not yet open his mouth He shal be led as a shepe to be slayne yet shal he be as styl as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouth He was had awaye his cause not herde and without any iugemente Whose generacion yet who may nombre he was cut of from â the grounde of the lyuinge Whiche punisshment dyd go vpon hym for the transgressyon of my people His graue was gyuen hym with the condempned and â with the ryche man at his death Where as he dyd neuer vyolence nor vnryght neyther hathe there bene any disceytfulnesse in his mouthe Yet hath it pleased the Lorde to smyte hym with infirmite that when he had made his soule an offerynge for synne he myght se longe lastynge sede And this deuyce of the Lorde shall prospere in his hande With trauayle and laboure of his soule shall he optayne greate ryches My ryghtuous seruaunt shal with wisdome iustifye and de lyuer the multitude for he shall beare away theyr synnes Therfore wyl I geue hym the multytude for his parte and he shal deuyde the stronge spoyle because he geueth ouer his soule to death and is reckened among the trangressours whiche neuertheles hath taken awaye the synnes of the
euery chone as the leafe for our synnes cary vs awaye lyke the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that standeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But nowe O Lorde thou father of oures we are the claye and thou art our potter and we all are the worke of thy haÌdes Be nat to sore dyspleased O Lorde and kepe nat our offences to long in thy remeÌbrauÌce but consydre that we all are thy people The cyties of thy Sanctuarye lye wast Syon is a wyldernesse and Ierusalem a deserte Our holy house which is our bewty where our fathers praysed the is brente vp yee al oure coÌmodities and pleasures are wasted awaye Wylt thou nat be intreated Lorde for all thys Wylt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore ¶ The felycytye of Ierusalem and the callynge of the Heathen CAPI LXV THEY seke me that hytherto haue nat asked for me they fynde me that hytherto haue nat sought me I saye to the people that neuer called vpon my name I am here I am here For thus longe haue I euer holden out my handes to an vnfaythfull people that go nat the ryght waye but after theyr owne ymaginaryons To a people that is euer defyinge me to my face They make theyr oblacyons in gardens and theyr smoke vpon aulters of brycke they lurke among the graues and lye in the dennes all nyght They eate swynes flesh and vncleane broth is in theyr vessels If thou comest nye them they saye touche me nat for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angrye shal be turned to smoke and fyre that shal burne for euer Beholde it is wrytten before my face and shall nat be forgotten but recoÌpen sed I shall rewarde it them into theyr bosome I meane youre mysdedes and the mysdedes of youre fathers together sayeth the Lorde whiche haue made theyr smokes vpon the mountaynes and blasphemed me vpon the hylles therfore wyll I measure theyr olde dedes into theyr bosome agayne Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde lyke as when one wolde gather holy grapes men saye vnto him breake it nat of for it is holy euen so wyll I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I wyl nat destroye them al. But I wyll take a sede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hyll My chosen shall possesse these thynges and my seruauntes shal dwell there Saron shal be a shepefolde and the valley of Aâhor shal geue the stallynge for the catell of my people that feare me But as for you ye are they that haue forsaken the Lorde and forgotten my holy hyll Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune and geuen ryche dryncke offerynges vnto treasure Therfore wyll I nombre you with the swerde that ye shall be destroyed all together For when I called no man gaue me answere wheÌ I spake ye herkened nat vnto me but dyd wickednes before myne eyes and those the chynge that pleased me nat Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde my seruauntes shal eate but ye shal haue honger Beholde my seruauÌtes shal drynke but ye shal suffre thurste Beholde my seruauntes shal be mery but ye shall be confounded Beholde my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quyetnesse of herte But ye shall crye for sorowe of herte and complayne for vexacyon of mynde Youre name shall nat be sworne by amonge my chosen for God the Lorde shall sleye you and call hys seruauntes by another name Who so reioyseth vpon earth shall reioyse in the true God And who so sweareth vpoÌ earth shall sweare in the true God For the olde emnyte shal be forgotten and taken awaye oute of my syght For lo I shal make a newe heauen and a newe earth And as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpoÌ nor kepte in mynde but men shal be glad and euermore reioyse for the thynges that I shall do For why Beholde I shal make a ioyful Ierusalem yee I my selfe wyl reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with my people And the voyce of wepynge and waylynge shall nat be harde in her from thence forth There shal neuer be chylde nor olde maÌ that haue nat theyr full dayes But when the chylde cometh to an hondreth yeare olde it shall dye And yf he that is an hundreth yeare of age do wronge he shal be cursed They shall buylde houses and dwell in them they shall plante vyneyardes and cate the frute of them They shal nat buylde and another possesse they shall nat plante and another cate But the lyfe of my people shal be lyke a tre and so shal the worke of theyr handes My chosen shall lyue longe they shal nat laboure in vayne nor begette with trouble for they are the hye blessed sede of the Lorde and theyr frutes with them And it shall be that or euer they cal I shal answere them Whyle they are yet but thynckynge howe to speake I shall heare them * The wolffe and the lambe shall fede together and the lion shal eate haye like the bullock But earth shal be the serpentes meate There shal no man hurte nor sleye another in all my holy hyll sayeth the Lorde ¶ God dwelleth nat in temples made by meÌnes hande He despyseth sacryfyces done without mâtây and fayth God comforteth them that are troubled for hys sake Amonge the Chrysten the Sabboth is contynuall CAPI LXVI THVS sayeth the Lorde Heauen is my seate and the earth is my fote stole Where shall nowe the hosue stande that ye wyll buylde vnto me And where shal be the place that I wyll dwell in As for these thynges my hande hathe made them all and they are all created sayeth the Lorde whiche of them shall I then regarde Euen him that is of a lowly troubled sprete and standeth in awe of my wordes For who so sleyeth an oxe for me dothe me so greate dishonoure as he that kylleth a maÌ He y â killeth a shepe for me choketh a dogge He that bringeth me meat offringes offreth swynes bloude Who so maketh me a memo riall of incense prayseth the thynge that is vnright Yet take they such wayes in hande and theyr soule delyteth in these abhomina cyons Therfore wyll I also haue pleasure in laughynge them to scorne and the thynge that they feare wyll I brynge vpon them For when I called nomaÌ gaue answere when I spake they wolde nat heare But dyd wyckeduesse before myne eyes chose the thynges that displease me Heare the worde of the Lorde all yee that feare the thynge whiche he speaketh You re brethren that hate you and caste you out for my names sake saye Lette the Lorde magnyfye hym selfe that we maye se youre gladnesse and yet they shall be confounded For as touchynge the cytie and the temple I heare the voyce of the
sayenge Thus sayeth the Lorde Stande in the courte of the LORDES house speake vnto all them whiche out of the cyties of Iuda come to do worship in the Lordes house al the wordes that I commaunde the to say Loke that thou kepe not one worde backe yf peraduenture they wyl herken and turne euery man from hys wycked waye that I maye also repente of the plage whiche I haue determyned to brynge vpon them because of theyr wycked inuencyons And after thys maner shalte thou speake vnto them Thus sayeth the Lord yf ye wyl not obey me to walcke in my lawes whiche I haue geuen you and to heare the wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes whoÌ I sent vnto you rysynge vp tymely and styll sendynge If ye wyll not folowe them I saye then wyll I do to this house â as I dyd vnto Siloh and wyll make this cytie to be abhorred of all the people of the earth And the preastes the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremye preache these wordes in the house of the Lorde Nowe when he had spoken out all the wordes that the Lorde commaunded hym to preach vnto the people then the prestes y â prophetes and al the people toke holde vpoÌ him and sayde thou shalt dye How darrest thou be so bolde as to saye in the name of y â Lorde it shal happen to this house as it did vnto Siloh and thys cytye shal be so wast that no man shall dwell therin And when all the people were gathered aboute Ieremy in the house of the Lord the prynces of Iuda herde of this rumour and they came soone out of the kynges Palace into the house of the Lorde and sat them downe before the newe dore of the Lorde Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers and to all the people these wordes Thys man is worthy to dye for he hathe preached agaynste thys cytie as ye youreselues haue herde with youre eares Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to al the people The Lorde hath sent me to preach against this house and agaynst this cyty all y â wordes that ye haue herde Therfore amende youre wayes and youre aduysementes and be obedient vnto the voice of the Lord your God so shall the Lord repeÌte of the plage that he had deuysed agaynste you Now as for me I am in youre handes do with me as ye thincke expedient good But thê shal ye know if ye put me to death ye shall make youreselues this cytye and all the inhabytours therof gyltye of innocent bloude For thys is of a trueth that the Lorde hathe sent me vnto you to speake all these wordes in youre eares Then sayde the rulers and the people vnto 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 lande stode vp ⪠and sayd thus vnto al the people Micheah the Morasthite which was a prophet vnder Ezekiah kyng of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes Sion shal be plowed lyke a felde Ierusalem shal be an heape of stones the hyl of the Lordes house shal be turned to an hye wod Dyd Ezekiah the kyng of Iuda the people of Iuda put him to deth for this No verely but rather feared the Lorde made theyr prayer vnto him For the which cause also the Lorde repented of the plage y t he had deuysed against theÌ Shulde we theÌ do such a shameful dede agaynst our soules There was a prophet also y t preached stifly in the name of the Lorde called Uriah the sonne of Semeiah of Caryathyarym thys man preached also agaynst this cyty and against this laÌde according to al as Ieremy sayeth Nowe when Iehoakim the kynge with al the estates and priÌces had herde his wordes the king went about to sleye him WheÌ Uriah perceaued that he was afraied and fled and departed into Egypte Then Iehoakim the kyng sent seruauntes into the lande of Egypte Namely ElnathaÌ the sonne of Achbor and certayne men with him into Egypte which fetched Uriah oute of Egypt brought him vnto kyng Iehoakim that slewe hym with the swearde and cast hys deed body into the comen peoples graue But Ahikam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy that he came not into the handes of the people to be slayne Ieremy at the commaundement of the Lorde sendeth bondes to the kyng of Iuda and to the other kynges that were nye wherby they are monyshed to become subiectes vnto Nabuchodonosor He warneth the people and the kynges and rulers that they beleue not false Prophetes CAPI XXVII IN THE begynnynge of the reygne of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosiah kynge of Iuda came thys worde vnto Ieremye from the Lorde whiche spake thus vnto me Make the bondes and chaynes and put them aboute thy necke and sende them to the kynge of Edom to the kynge of Moab to the kynge of Ammon to the kyng of Tyrus and to the kyng of Sidon and that by the messaungers which shall come to IerusaleÌ vnto Zedekiah the kinge of Iuda and byd them saye vnto theyr masters Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel speake thus vnto youre masters I am he that made the earth the meâ and the catell that are vpon the grounde with my greate power and outstretched arme and haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me And nowe wyl I delyuer all these landes into the power of Nabuchodonosor y â kyng of Babylon my sernaunte The beastes also of the felde shall I geue hym to do him seruyce And al people shal serue him and hys sonne and hys chylders chyldren vntyl the tyme of the same lande be come also yee many people and greate kynges shall serue hym Moreouer that people and kyngdome whiche wyll nat ⪠serue Nabuchodonosor and that wyll not put theyr neckes vnder the yoke of the kynge of Babylon the same people wyll I vyset with the swearde with honger with pestylence vntyll I haue consumed theÌ in hys handes sayeth the Lorde And therfore folowe not your Prophetes sothesayers expounders of dreames charmeâs and wytches which saye vnto you ye shall not serue the kynge of Babylon For they preache you lyes to brynge you farre from your lande and that I might cast you out and destroye you But the people that put theyr neckes vnder the yoke of the king of Babylon and serue hym those I wyl let remayne styll in theyr owne lande sayeth the Lorde and they shall occoupye it and dwell therin All these thynges tolde I Zedekiah the kynge of Iuda and sayde Put youre neckes vnder the yoke of the kyng of Babylon and serue hym and hys people that ye maye lyue Why wylt thou and thy people peryshe with the swearde with honger with pestylence lyke as the Lorde hathe deuysed forall
The Senatours of the daughter Syon syt vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strawed asthes vpon theyr heades and gyrded them selues with sacke cloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe theyr heades to the grounde Myne eyes be begyn to fayle me thorowe wepynge my body is disquyeted my lyuer is poured vpon the earth for the great hurt of my people seyng the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streates of the cytye Euen when they spake to theyr mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cytie lyke as they had bene wounded and some dyed in theyr mothers bosome What shall I saye of the O thou daughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lyken the To whom shal I coÌpare the. O y u daughter Syon to comforte the withall Thy hurte is lyke a mayne see who may heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vaine folysh thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wyckednes to kepe the from captiuite but haue ouerladen the and thorowe falshed scatred the abrode Al they that go by the clappe theyr handes at the hissing and waggyng their heades vpon the daughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cyte that men cal so fayre wherin the whole lande reioyseth All thyne enemyes gape vpon the whysperyng and bytyng theyr teth sayinge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The Lorde hath fulfylled the thynge that he was purposed to do and êfourmed that he had deuysed longe a go he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thin aduersary to triuÌp he ouer the and set vp the horne of thyne enemy Let thyne herte crye vnto the Lorde O y u cyte of the daughter Syon let thy teares runne downe lyke a ryuer daye and nyght rest not and let not the aple of thyne cye leaue of StaÌde vp and make thy prater in the first watch of the nyght poure out thyne herte lyke water before the Lorde lyfte vp thyne handes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O Lorde and consydre why haste thou gathered me vp so cleane Shal the wemeÌ then eate their owne frute euen chyldren of a spaÌne longe Shal the prestes and Prophetes be slayne thus in the Sayntuary of the Lorde Yong and olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grouÌde my maydens and yong men are slayne with the swearde whome thou in the daye of thy wrathefull indignacyon hast put to deathe yee euen thou haste put them to death and not spared them My neighbours that are rounde aboute me haste thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the Lordes wrathe none escaped neyther was any lefte behynde Those that I had brought vp and norished hath myne enemy destroyed CAPI ãâã IAM the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of mysery He droue me forth and led me yee into darkenesse but not in to lyght Agaynst me onely he turneth his hande and layeth it euer vpon me My slesshe and my skynne hath he made olde my bones hath he brused He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darckenes as they that be deade for euer He hathe so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Thoughe I crye and call pyteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hathe stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes croked He layeth wayte for me lyke a Beare and as a lyon in a hole He hathe marred my waies and broken me in peces he hath laied me wast all together He hath bente hys bowe made me as it were a marke to shut at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen into my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all the daye longe He hath fylled me with bitternes and geuen me wormwod to drynke He hath smitten my teeth in peces rolled me in the dust He hathe put my soule out of reste I forget all good thynges I thought in my selfe I am vn done there is no hope for me in the Lorde O RemeÌbre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalte remembre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌsidre these thinges in my herte I get a hope agayne Namely that the mercyes of the Lorde are not cleane gone and that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not Hys faythfulnes is greate and renueth it selfe as the mornynge The Lorde is my porcyon sayeth my soule therfore wyl I hope in hym O howe good is the Lord vnto theÌ that put theyr trust in him and to the soule that seketh after hym O howe good is it with stylnes to wayte and tary for the health of the Lorde O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon hym from his youth vp He sytteth alone he holdeth hym styll and dwelleth quyetly by hym selfe He layeth his face vpon the earth yf percase there happen to be any hope He offereth his cheke to the smyter he wyll be content with reproues For the Lorde wyll not forsake for euer But thoughe he do cast of yet accordynge to the multytude of his mercyes he receaueth to grace agayne For he doth not plage and caste out the chyldren of men from his herte To treade all the prysoners of the earthe vnder his fete To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest To condempne a man in his cause The Lorde hath not pleasure in suche thynges What is he then that sayth there shulde somthynge be done without the Lordes commaundement Out of the mouth of the mooste hyghest goeth not euell and good Wherfore then murmureth the lyuinge man let hym murmure at his owne synne Let vs loke well vpon our owne wayes and remember our selues and turne agayne to the Lorde Let vs lyfte vp our hertes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heuen We haue bene dissemblers and haue offended wylt thou therfore not be intreated Thou haste couered vs in thy wrath and persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without any fauoure Thou hast hyd thy selfe in a cloud that our prayer shulde not go thorow Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despysed amonge the people All our enemyes gape vpon vs. Feare and snare is come vpon vs yee despite and destruccyon * who le ryuers of water gusshe out of myne eyes for the great hurte of my people Myne eyes runne and can not ceasse for there is no rest O Lorde when wylt thou loke downe from heauen and cousydre Myne eye breaketh my herte because of all the daughters of my cytie Myne enemyes hunted me out sharpely lyke a byrde yee and that without a cause They haue put downe my lyfe into a pytte and layed a
the pyllowes wher with ye catch y â soules in flyenge them wyll I take from youre armes and let the soules go that ye catch in flyenge You re bolsters also wyll I teare in peces and delyuer my people out of youre handes so that they shal come no more in your handes to be spoyled and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde Seynge that with youre lyes ye disconforte the herte of the ryghteous whoÌ I haue nat discomforted Agayne For so moch as ye corage the hande of the wycked so y â he may nat turne froÌ his wycked waye lyue therfore shal ye spye out nomore vanyte nor pro phecye youre owne gessynges for I wyll de lyuer my people out of youre hande that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde ¶ The Lorde denyeth hys worde to the people for theyr synnes sake The disâysers of the worde dothe the Lorde sometyme deceaue by falce prophetes A comforte of them that fledde vnto Babylon CAPI XIIII THERE resorted vnto me certayne of the elders of Israel and sat downe by me Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me sayeng Thou sonne of man these men beare theyr Idols in theyr hertes and go purposly vpon the stombânge blocke of theyr owne wyckednesse howe darre they then aske councell at me Therfore speake vnto them and saye thus sayeth the Lorde God Euery man of the house of Israel that be areth hys Idols in hys herte purposyng to stomble in his owne wyckednes and coÌmeth to a prophet to enquere any thynge at me by hym vnto that man wyll I the Lorde myselfe geue answere accordynge to the multytude of hys Idols that the house of Israel may be snared in theyr owne hertes because they be clene gone fro me for theyr abomynacyons sakes Wherfore tell the house of Israel thus sayeth the Lorde God Be conuerted forsake youre Idols and turne youre faces from all youre abhominacyons For euery man whether he be of the house of Israell or a straunger that so geourneth in Israel which departeth fro me and caryeth Idols in hys herte purposynge to go styll stomblynge in hys owne wyckednesse and commeth to a Prophet for to aske councel at me thorowe hym vnto that man wyll I the Lorde geue answere by myne owne selfe I wyll set my face agaynste that man and wyll make hym to be an example for other yee and a comen by worde and wyl rote him out of my people that ye may knowe howe that I am the Lorde And yf that Prophete be dysceaued when he telleth hym a worde then I the Lorde myselfe haue dyfceaued that Prophet and wyll stretch forth myne hande vpon hym to rote hym out of my people of Israell and they bothe shal be punyshed for theyr wyckednes Accordynge to the synne of hym that asketh shall the synne of the Prophete be that the house of Israel be led nomore fro me thorow erroure be nomore defyled in theyr wyekednesse but that they maye be my people I theyr God sayeth the Lorde God And the worde of y â Lorde came vnto me saying Thou sonne of man when the lande synneth agaynste me and goeth forth in wyckednesse I wyll stretch out myne hande vpon it and destroye all the prouysyon of theyr breade and sende derth vpon them to destroye man and beaste in the lande And though Noe Daniel Iob these thre men were among theÌ yet shal they iÌ theyr rightâ ousnesse deliuer but theyr owne soules saith the Lorde God If I brynge noysome beastes into the lande to waste it vp and it be so desolate that no man maye go therin for beastes yf these thre men also were in the lande as truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God they shall saue neyther sonnes nor daughters but be onely delyuered theÌselues and as for the lande it shall be wast Or yf I brynge a swearde into the lande and charge it to go thorowe y â lande so that I sleye downe man and beast in it and yf these thremen were therin As truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God they shall delyuer neyther sonnes nor daughters but only be saued themselues If I sende a pestylence into the lande and poure out my sore indyngnacyon vpno it in bloude so that I rote out of it bothe man and beast And yf Noe Daniel and Iob were therin as truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God they shal delyuer nether sonnes nor daughters but saue theyr owne soules in theyr ryghtuousnes Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde God Though I sende my foure troublous plages vpon Ierusalem the swearde honger perlous beastes pestylence to destroye man and beast out of it yet shall there be a teÌnaunt saued therin which shal bryng forth theyr sonnes and daughters Beholde they shall come forth vnto you ye shall se theyr waye what they take in hande ye shal be coÌforted as touchynge all the plages that I haue brought vpon IerusaleÌ They shall comforte you when ye se they re waye and workes and ye shall knoweÌ howe that it is not without a cause that I haue done so agaynste Ierusalem as I dyd sayeth the Lorde God ¶ As the vnprofytable woode of the vyne tree is cast in to the syre so sayeth he that Ierusalem shal be brent CAPI XV. THE worde of the Lord came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man What ⪠coÌmeth of the vyne amonge all other trees and of the vyne stocke amonge al other tymbre of the groaue Do men take wodde of it to make any worke with all Or may there a nayle be made of it to hange any thynge vpon Beholde it is cast in the fyre to be breÌt the fyre consumeth bothe the endes of it the myddest is brente to asshes Is it mete then for any worke No. Seynge then that it was mete for no worke beynge whole muche lesse may there any thynge be made of it when the fyre hath consumed and brent it And therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Lyke as I caste the vyne into fyre for to be brente as other trees of the wod Euen so wyl I do with them that dwell in Ierusalem and set my face against them they shal go out from the fyre and yet the fyre shall consume them Then shal ye knowe that I am the Lorde when I set my face agaynst them and make the lande wast because they haue so sore offended sayeth the Lorde God ¶ The Prophete entendynge to speake of the abhomyncryons of Ierusalem ⪠doth fyrste shewe the benefytes of God towarde iâ Ierusalem is reproued of vnkindâes for her fornycacion with Idoles He iustifyeth the wyckednes of other people in coÌparyson of the synnes of Ierusalem The cause of the abhomynacions into whiche the âodomytes fell Mercy is promysed to the repentaunt CAPI XVI AGayne the worde of the Lorde spake vnto me saying Thou sonne of man shewe the cytie of Ierusalem their abhominacions and saye thus sayeth the Lorde
your olde men shal dââame â dreames your yong men shal se vysioÌs yee in those daies I wil poure out my sprete vpon seruauÌtes and maydens I wyl shewe wonters in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneth bloude fyre and the vapour of smoke The suÌne shal be turned into darknes and the Moone into bloude before the great notable day of the Lorde come And the tyme shall conte that whosouer calleth on the name of the Lorde shal be saued For vpon the mount Syon and at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion lyke as the Lorde hath promysed âeâ and among the other reÌnaunt whom the Lorde shall call ¶ Of the iudgement of God agaynst the enemyes of his people CAPI III. FOr take hede in those dayes and at the same tyme when I turne againe the cap tyuite of Iuda and IerusaleÌ I shal gather al people together bryng theÌ in the valley of Iosophat there wyl I reason w t them because of my people my herytage of Israel whoÌ they haue scatred about in the nacyons parted my land yee they haue cast lot tes for my people the yonge men haue they set iÌ the bordel house solde the damsels for wyne y t they myght haue to drincke Thou Tirus and Sidon and all ye borders of the Philystynes what haue ye to do with me Wyll ye defye me well yf ye wyll nedes defye me I shall recompence you euen vpon your head that right worthely for ye haue taken away my syluer golde my sayre and goodly Iewels and brought theÌ into your goddes houses The chyldren also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto y â Grekes that ye myght brynge them farre from the borders of their owne countrees Beholde therfore I wyl rayse them out of the place where ye haue solde theÌ wyl rewarde you eueÌ vpon your head Your sonnes your daughters wyll I sel thorow the haÌdes of the chyldren of Iuda and so they shall geue theÌ forth to sel vnto theÌ of Saba a people of a farre countre for the Lord him selfe hath sayd it Crye out these thynges among the GeÌtyles proclayme warre wake vp the gyauÌtes let them drawe nye let them come vp al the lusty warriours of theÌ Make you sweardes of your plowshares and speares of your sycles and sythes Let the weake man saye I am strong Mustre you come all ye Heathen rounde about gather you together there shal the Lorde laye all thy Gyauntes to the grounde Let the people aryse get theÌ to the valley of Iosaphat for there wyl I syt and iudge al HeatheÌ rouÌde about Lay to your sythes for â the Haruest iâ rype come get you downe the wyne presse is ful yee the wyne presses rounne ouer for their wyckednes is waxen great In the valley appoynted there shal be many many people for the daye of Lorde is nye in the valley appoynted The sunne moone shal be darkened the starres shall w t drawe their lyght The Lorde shal roare out of Syon crye out of Ierusalem that the heauens and the earth shall quake wtal But y â Lord shal be a defence vnto his owne people and a refuge for the chyldren of Israel Thus shall ye knowe that I the Lorde youre God dwell vpon my holy mounte of Sion Then shal Ierusalem be holy there shall no strauÌgers go thorow her any more â Then shall the mountaynes drope swete wyne and the hylles shall flowe with mylcke All the ryuers of Iuda shall haue water ynough and out of the Lordes house there shal flowe a spryng to water the broke of Sitim but Egypte shal be layed waste and EdoÌ shal be desolate because they haue dealte so cruelly with the chyldren of Iuda and shed innocent bloude in theyr lande Agayne Iuda shal be inhabited for euermore and Ierusalem from generacion to generacion for I wyll not leaue theyr bloude vnauenged And the Lorde shal dwell in Sion ¶ The ende of the Prophe cye of Ioel. ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Amos. ¶ The tyme of the Propherye of Amos. The worde of the Lorde agaynst ââah egaynste Tyre agaynste Edom and agaynst the tonnes of Ammon CAPI I. THese are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos whiche was one of the phepherdes at Thecua vpon Israel in the tyme of Osiah kyng of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioah kynge of Israel two yeare â before the earthe quake And he sayde The Lorde shall roare out of Syon and shewe his voyce from Ierusalem so that the pastu res of the shepherdes shal be in a myserable case the tope of Charmel dryed vp Thus sayeth the Lorde for thre and foure wycked nesses of Damascus I wyll not spare her because they haue thresshed Galaad with yron flayles But I wyll sende a fyre into the house of Hazael the same shal consume y â pa laces of Benadab Thus wyll I breake the barres of Damascus and roce out the inhabyter from the felde of Auen And him that holdeth the scepter out of the pleasauÌt house so that the people shal be driuen out of fayre Syrya sayeth the Lord. Thus sayth y t Lord For thre foure wyckednesses of Gaza I wyl not spare her because they make the prisoners yet more capciue haue dryuen them into the lande of Edom. Therfore wyl I seÌde a fyre into the walles of Gaza which shal de uoure her houses I wyll rote out them that dwel at Asdod and him that holdeth the scepter of Ascalon stretch out mine hande ouer Accaron that the reÌmnaunt of the Philistynes shal perish sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde For thre foure wickednesses of the cyte of Tyre I wyl not spare her because they haue increased y â cap tyutte of the Edomites haue not remeÌbred the brotherly couenauÌt Therfore wyll I sede a fyre into the walles of Tyre that shall consume her palaces Thus sayeth the Lord For thre foure wyckednesses of Edom I wyll not spare him because he persecuted his brother w t the swerde destroyed his mothers woÌde bare hatred very long so kept indignacyon al waye by hym Therfore wyl I sende a fyre in to Theman whiche shal de tâoure the palaces of Bosra Thus sayeth the Lorde For thre foure wyckednesses of the chyldren of A ⪠n non I wyll not spare them because they rypt vp the wemen great with chylde in Galaad to make the borders of theyr landes the wider Therfore I wyl kyndle a tyre in the walles of Rabbath that shal consume her palaces with a great crye in the day of barayle ãâã teÌpest and in the daye of storme so that theyr kynge shall go into captiuite he his Pryaces together sayeth the Lorde ¶ Agaynst Moab Iuda and Israel CAPI II. THus sayeth the Lorde For thre
and discouer her foundacious All her ymages shall be broken downe all her wynnynges shall be brent in the fyre yee all her ydols wyll 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 and make lamentacyon bare naked wyll I go I must mourne lyke the dragous and take sorowe as the Estriches for theyr wounde is past remedy And why it is come into Iuda hath touched the porte of my people at Ierusalem alredy Wepe not lest they at Geth perceyue it Thou at Betaphra welter thy selfe in y â dust asshes Thou y â dwellest at Sephyr get the hence wyth shame The proude shall boste nomore for very sorowe and why her neyghbour shall take froÌ her what she hath The rebellyous cytie hopeth y t it shall not be so euyll but for al y â the plage shall come froÌ the Lord euen into the porte of IerusaleÌ The great noyse of the charettê shal fere theÌ that dwel at Lachis which is an occasion of the sine of the daughter of Syon for in y â came vp the wyckednesses of Israel Yee she sent her coursers into the lande of Geth The houses of lyes wyl dysceyue the kinges of Israel And as for the O thou y â dwel lest at Morassa I shall bryng a possessioner vpoÌ the the plage of Israel shall reath vn to Odolla Make the balde shaue the because of thy tender chyldren Make the clene balde as an Aegle for they shal be caryed away captiue from the. ¶ Thre atâynges agaynst the synfull people CAPI II. OWo vnto theÌ that Imagin to do harme deuyse vngraciousnes vpoÌ their beddes to perfourme it in the cleare day for there power is agaynst God When they couet to haue laÌde they take it by violence they robbe men of theyr houses Thus they oppresse a man for his house euery maÌ for hê herytage Therfore thus sayeth y â Lord Beholde against this houshold haue I deuised a plage wherout ye shal not plucke your neckes Ye shall no more go so proudly for it wyl be a perlous time In that day shal this terme be vsed and a mourning shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the porcion of my people is translated Whan wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs Neuerthelesse there shal be no man to deuyde the thy porcyon in the congregacion of the Lord. Tush holde your tunge say they It shall not fal vpon this people we shal not come so to coÌfusion sayeth y â house of Iacob Is the sprete of the Lord so cleane away or is he so mynded Truth it is my wordes are freÌdly vnto theÌ that lyue ryght but my people doth contrary therfore must I take part agaynst theÌ for they take away both cote cloke from the simple Ye haue turned your selues to fyght the wemen of my people haue ye shut out from their good houses and takeÌ away my excellent gyfres from theyr children Up get you hence for here shal ye haue no rest Because of theyr Idolatrye they are corrupte shall miserably perysh If I were a fleshly felowe a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they myght syt bybbyng and bollynge be dronkeÌ O that were a Prophete for this people But I wyl gather the in dede O Iacob dryue the reÌnaunt of Israel all together I shall cary them one with another as a flocke in the folde and as the catel in theyr stalles that they may be dysquieted of other meÌ Who so breaketh the gappe he shal go before They shal breake vp y â port go in out at it Theyr kynge shal go before theÌ the Lorde shal be vpon y â head of theÌ Â¶ Agaynst the tyranny of Prynces and false Prophetes ⪠CAPI III. HEare O ye heades of the house of Iacob ye leders of the house of Israell Shuld not ye knowe what were lawefull and ryght But ye hate the good and loue the euyll ye plucke of mennes skynnes and the flessh from theyr bones ye eate the flessh of my people flaye of theyr skynne ye breake theyr bones ye choppe theÌ in peces as it were into a cauldron as fleshe into a pât Nowe the tyme shal come that when they call vnto the Lorde he shall not heare them but hyde his face from them because that thorow theyr owne ImaginacioÌs they haue dealte so wyckedly And as concernynge the Prophetes that dysceyue my people thus the Lorde sayeth agaynst them WheÌ they haue any chynge to byte vpon then they preache that al shal be wel but if a man put not some thynge into theyr mouthes they preache of warre agaynst him Therfore your vysyon shal be turned to nyght youre proheâyenge to darckenesse The Sunne shall go downe ouer those prophetes the day shal be darcke vnto them Then shal the visyon seers be ashamed and the sothsayers confounded yee they shal be fayne all the packe of them to stoppe theyr mouthes for they haue not Gods worde As for me I am ful of strength of y â sprete of the Lorde full of iudgement boldnesse to shew the house of Iacob their wyckednes and the house of Israel theyr synne O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob ye iudges of y â house of Israel ye that abhorre the thynge that is laufull wrest e asyde the thyng that is streight Ye y â buylde vp Sion with bloude and Ierusalem w t doynge wronge O ye iudges ye geue sentence for gyftes O ye preastes ye teache for lucre O ye Prophetes ye prophecy for mony Yet wyll they be takeÌ as those that holde vpon god and say Is not the Lord among vs Tush there can no mysfortune happen vs. Therfore shall Sion for youre sakes be plowed lyke a felde Ierusalem shall become an heape of stones and the hyll of the temple shal be turned to an hye wodd ¶ Of the callynge of the Gentyles and conuââcyon of the Iewes CAPI IIII. BUt in the latter dayes it wyll come to passe y â the hyl of the Lordes house shal be set vp hyer theÌ any mouÌtaynes or hylles Yee y â people shall prease vnto it the multitude of the GeÌtiles shall hast theÌ thyther sayeng Come let vs go vp to the hyll of y â Lorde and to the house of the God of Iacob that he may teache vs his wayes that we may walcke in his pathes For the lawe shall come out of Syon the worde of God From Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the multitude of the Heathen and re fourme the people of farre couÌtrees so that of theyr sweardes they shall make plowshares sythes of theyr speares One people shall not lyft vp a
vpoÌ me sayth the Lorde vntyl the tyme y â I stand vp for I am determyned to gather the people to brynge the kyngdomes together that I may poure out myne anger ye all my wrothful dysplesure vpoÌ theÌ For all y e worlde shall be coÌsumed w t the fire of my gelousi And theÌ wyl I cleÌse y â lippes of the peple y â they may euerychone call vpn the name of the Lorde serue hym with one shoulder Suche as I haue subdued and my chyldren also whom I haue scatered abrode shall brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Etheopia In that tyme shalt thou no more be confounded because of all thy ymagynacyons wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wyll take awaye the proude boosters of thyne honour from the so that thou shalt no more triumphe because of my holy hill In y â also wyll I leaue a small poore symple people which shall trust in the name of y â Lord. The remnaunt of Israell shall do no wyekednes nor speake lyes nether shall there any disceatful tunge be fouÌde in theyr mouthes For they shal be fed take theyr rest no maÌ shal make theÌ afrayed Geue thaÌkes O daughter Syon be ioyfull O Israel reioyce and be glad from thy whole herte O daughter IerusaleÌ for the Lorde hath takeÌ awaye thy punyshment and turned backe thyne enemyes The kynge of Israell euen the Lorde hym selfe is with the so that thou nedest nomore to feare any mysfortune In that tyme it shal be sayde to Ierusalem feare nat to Syon let nat thyne handes 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 a meruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the with gladnesse Such as haue bene in heuynesse wyll I gather together and take out of thy congregacyon as for the shame and reprofe that hath bene layed vpoÌ the it shal be farre froÌ the. And lo in that tyme wyll I destroye all those that vexe the I wyll helpe the lame and gather vp the cast awaye yee I wyl get them prayse and honoure in al landes where they haue bene put to shame At the same tyme wyl I brynge you in at the same tyme wyl I gather you I wyl get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuite before youre eyes sayeth y â Lorde ¶ The ende of the prophecye of Sophony ¶ The boke of the Prophete Aggeus ¶ The tyme of the Prophecye of Aggeus An ethartacyon to buylde the temple agayne CAPI I. IN the seconde yeare of kynge Darins in the. vj. moneth the fyrst daye of the moneth came the worde of y â Lorde by the Prophete Aggeus vnto zorobabell the sonne of Salatyell the price of Iuda and to Iesuathe soÌne of Iosedech the hye prest sayinge Thus speaketh the Lorde of hoostes and sayeth This people doth saye The tyme is nat yet come to buylde vp the Lordes house Then spake the Lorde that by prââhete Aggeus and sayde Ye youre selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses shall this lye wast Considre nowe youre owâe wayes for oure hertes sayeth y â Lorde of hoostes ye sowe much but ye bring litle iÌ ye care but ye haue not ynough ye drynck but ye are nat fylled ye decke your selues but ye are nat warme he that earneth any wages putteth it in a broken purse Thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes CoÌsydre your owne wayes in your hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp y â house that it maye be acceptable vnto me y â I may shewe myne honour sayeth y â Lorde Ye loked for much lo it is come to lytle though ye bryng it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so sayeth y â Lorde of hoostes Euen because y â my house lyeth so wast ye renne euery maÌ vnto his owne house Wherfore y â heaueÌ is forbyden to geue you any dewe the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth bothe vpoÌ y â lande vpoÌ the mouÌtaynes vpoÌ corne vpoÌ wyne and vpoÌ oyle vpon euery thynge y â the grounde bryngeth forth vpoÌ men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Nowe wheÌ zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the soÌne of Iosidech the hye preste with the remnauÌt of the people herde the voyce of the Lord theyr God and the wordes of y â prophete Aggeus lyke as the Lorde theyr God had sent hym the people dyd feare the Lorde Then Aggeus the Lordes angel sayde in the Lordes message vnto the people I am with you saieth the Lorde So the Lorde waked vp the sprete of zorobabel the soÌne of Salathiel y â prince of Iuda the sprete of Iesua y â soÌne of Iosedech the hye prest the sprete of y â remnauÌt of all the people y â they came laboured in the house of the Lorde of hoostes theyr God ¶ He sheweth that the goodlynes of the secoÌde temple shall excede the fyrst be cause of the commynge of Chryste CAPI II. VPON the. xxiiij daye of the. vi moneth in y â seconde yeare of kynge Darius the. xxj daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of y t Lorde by the prophete Aggeus sayeng speake to zorobabel y t soÌne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda to Iesua the soÌne of Iosedech y â hye preste to the resydue of y â people saye Who is left among you y â sawe thys house in her fyrste bewtye But what thyncke ye now by it Is it not in your eyes eueÌ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good ââere O zorobabel sayeth y â Lorde be of good coÌforte O Iesua y â sonne of Iosedech hye preste take good hertes vnto you also all ye people of y â lande sayeth the Lorde of hoostes do accordynge to y e worde for I am with you sayeth y e Lorde of hoostes lyke as I agreed w t you wheÌ ye came out of y â lande of Egpt my sprete shal be among you feare ye not For thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes yet once more wyll I shake heauen earth the see and the drye lande yee I wyl moue all Heathen and the coÌforte of al Heathen shal come and so wyl I fyll thys house with honoure sayeth y â Lorde of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Thus the glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ the fyrst sayeth the Lorde of hoostes and in this place wyll I geue peace sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The. xxiiij daye of the nynth moneth in the seconde yeare of kynge Darius came the worde of the Lorde vnto the prophete Aggeus sayenge Thus sayeth the
Lorde God of hoostes Aske the prestes coÌcerninge the lawe and saye yf one beare holy flesh in hys cote lappe with his lappe do touch the brede poâage wyne oyle or any other meate shall he be holy also The prestes answered sayde No. Then sayd Aggeus Nowe yf one beynge defyled with a deed carcase touch any of these shall it also be vnclene The prestes gaue answere sayd yee it shal be vncleane Then Aggeus answered sayde euen so is this people this nacyon before me sayeth the Lorde and so are all the workes of theyr handes yee and all that they offre is vnclene And nowe I praye you considre froÌ this daye forth howe it hathe gone with you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpoÌ another in the teÌple of the Lorde y â when ye came to a corne heape of xx bushels there were scarce ten that when ye came to the wyne presse for to powre out l. pottes of wyne there were scarce xx For I smote you with heate blastynge and hayle stones in all y â labours of your handes yet was there none of you y â wolde turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde Consyder then from this daye forth and afore namely from the. xxiiij day of the nynth moneth vnto the daye that the foundacyon of y â Lordes temple was layed marke it well is not the sede yet in the barne haue nat the vynes the fyggetrees the pomgranates and olyue trees bene yet vnfrutefull but froÌ thys daye forth I shall make them to prospere Moreouer the. xxiiij daye of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto Aggeus agayne sayenge Speake to zorobabell the pryuce of Iuda and saye I wyll shake bothe heauen and earth and ouer thorowe the seate of the kyngdomes yee destroye the myghty kyngdome of the Heathen I wyll ouerthorowe the charettes and those that syt vpon them so that bothe horse and man shall fall downe euery man thorowe hys neyghbours swearde And as for the O zorobabell sayeth the Lorde of hoostes thou soÌne of Salachiel my seruaunt I wyll take the sayeth the Lorde at the same tyme and make the as a seale for I haue chosen the sayeth the Lorde of hoostes ¶ The ende of the prophecye of Aggeus ¶ The boke of the Prophete zachary ¶ He moueth the people to returne to the Lorde and to eschue the wickednesse of theyr fathers He prefigureth Christ and the Apostles CAPI I. IN the eyght moneth of the secoÌde yeare of kynge Darius came the worde of y e Lorde vnto zacharye y e soÌne of Barachias the soÌne of Addo y â prophete sayenge The Lord hath bene sore displeased at your forfathers And saye thou vnto them thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Turne you vnto me sayeth the Lorde of hoostes and I wyll turne me vnto you sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Be ye nat lyke your forfathers vnto whom the prophetes cryed afore tyme sayenge Thus sayeth the Lorde God of hoostes Turne you nowe from youre euel wayes and from youre wycked ymagynacyons But they wolde nat heare nor regarde me sayeth the Lorde What is nowe become of youre forefathers and the prophetes are they yet styll alyue But dyd nat my wordes and statutes whiche I coÌmaunded by my seruauntes the prophetes touch your forefathers Upon this they gaue answere and sayde lyke as the Lorde of hoostes deuysed to do vnto vs accordynge to oure owne wayes and ymagynacyons euen so hathe he dealte with vs. Upon the. xxiiii daye of the. xi 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 soÌne of Addo the prophet sayenge I sawe by nyght and lo there sat one vpon a redde horse and stode styll amonge the myrretrees that were beneth vpon the grounde and behynde hym were there redde speckeled whyte horses Then sayde I. O my Lrode what are these And the angell that talked with me sayde vnto me I wyl shewe the what these be And the man y â stode amonge the Myrretrees answered sayde These are they whoÌ the Lorde hathe sente to go thorowe the worlde And they answered the angell of the Lorde that stode amonge the myrretrees sayde We haue gone thorowe the worlde and beholde al the worlde dwell at ease and are carelesse Then the Lordes angell gaue answere and sayde O Lorde of hoostes howe longe wylt thou be vnmercyful to Ierusalem and to the cyties of Iuda with whoÌ thou hast bene displeased nowe these threscore âenne yeares So the Lorde gaue a louinge and a coÌfortable answere vnto the angel that talked with me And the angel that commoned with me sayde vnto me Crye thou speake Thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes I am exceadinge gelous ouer IerusaleÌ and Syon and sore displeased at the carelesse Heathen for where as I was but a lytle angrye they dyd theyr best that I myght destroye them Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde I wyll turne me agayne in mercye towarde Ierusalem so that my house shal be buylded in it sayeth the Lorde of hoostes yee the plommet shal be layde abrode in Ierusalem Crye also speake thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes My cyties shal be in good prosperite agayne the Lorde shal yet coÌforte SioÌ and chose IerusaleÌ Then lyfte I vp myne eyees and sawe and beholde foure hornes And I sayde vnto the angell y â talked with me what be these he answered me These are the hornes whiche haue scatered Iuda Israel and IerusaleÌ abrode And the Lorde shewed me foure carpenters TheÌ sayde I what wyl these do He answered and sayde Those are the hornes whiche haue so strowed Iuda abrode that no man durst lyfte vp his head But these are come to fraye theÌ awaye and cast out the hornes of the Gentyls which lyfte vp theyr horne ouer y â lande of Iuda to scatre it abroade ¶ The renewynge of Ierusalem and Iuda CAPI II. I Lyfte vp myne eyes agayne and loked and beholde a maÌ with a measure lyne in his hande Then sayde I whether goest thou And he sayde vnto me To measure Ierusalem that I maye se howe longe and howe broade it is And beholde the angell that talked with me wente his waye forth Then went there out another angel to mete hym and sayde vnto hym Runne speake to thys yonge man saye Ierusalem shal be inhabited without any wall for the very multytude of people and catell that shal be therin Yee I my selfe sayeth the Lorde wyl be vnto her a wall of fyre rouÌde about and wyll behonoured in her O get you forth O fle froÌ the lande of the north sayeth the Lorde ye whom I haue scatred into y â foure wyndes vnder heauen sayeth the Lorde Saue thy selfe O Syon thou that dwellest with y e daughter of Babylon for thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes With a
coloures and stroÌg Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O Lord what are these The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the. iiij windes of the heaueÌ which be come forth to staÌde before y â ruler of all the earth That w t the blacke horse went into the laÌde of the north the white folowed them and the spekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge and wente out and sought to go and take theyr iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence go thorowe the worlde So they went thorow out the worlde Then cryed he vpon me and spake vnto me sayeng beholde these that go towarde the North shall styll my wrath in the North countre And the worde of the Lord came vnto me sayeng Take of the presoners that are come froÌ Babylon namely Heldai Tobiah Idaia come y u the same day and go into the house of Iosiah the soÌne of Sophony TheÌ take golde syluer make crownes therof and set theÌ vpon the heade of Iesua the soÌne of Iosedeh the hye preste speake vnto him Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes Beholde the maÌ whose name is the braunche and he that shal sprynge vp after him shal buylde vp the temple of the Lord yee euen he shall buylde vp the temple of the Lord. He shall beare the prayse he shal syt vpon the Lordes trone haue the domynacion A preste shall he be also vpon his trone and a peacable couÌcel shal be betwyxte them both And the crownes shal be in the temple of the Lorde for a remembraunce vnto Helem Tobiah Idaiah and Hen the sonne of Sophony And such as be farre of shal come and buylde the temple of the Lorde that ye may knowe howe that the Lorde of hoostes hath sent me vnto you And thys shall come to passe if ye wyl herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God ¶ The estymacyon of fastynge without mercy The despysyng of charyte and the obstynaâye of the people CAPI VII IT happened also in the fourthe yeare of kyng Darius that the worde of the Lord came vnto Zachary in the fourth day of the ninth moneth which is called Casteâ what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and the men that were with theÌ sent vnto Bethel for to pray before the Lord and that they shulde say vnto the prestes which were in the hous of the Lorde of hoostes and to the Prophetes Shulde I wepe in the fyfth moneth absteyne as I haue done nowe certayne yeares Then came the worde of the Lorde of hoostes vnto me sayenge Speake vnto all the people of the lande and to the preastes and saye when ye fasted and mourned in the fyfth seuenth moneth nowe this ixx. yeares dyd ye fast vnto me When ye dyd eate also dryncke dyd ye not eate and dryncke for your owne selues Are not these the wordes whiche the Lorde spake by his Prophetes afore tyme when IerusaleÌ was yet inhabited welthy she the cities roâde aboute her when there dwelt men both towarde the south in the playne countrees And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Zachary sayinge Thus sayeth the Lord of hoostes Execute true iudgemente shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse euery man to his brother Do the wyddowe the fatherles the straunger and poore no wrong and let no man ymagen euyl against his brother in his herte Neuerthelesse they wolde not take hede but turned their backes stopped theyr eares that they shulde not heare yee they made their hertes as an AdamaÌt stone lest they shulde heare the lawe and wordes which the Lorde of hostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the Lord of hoostes was very wroth at them And thus is it come to passe that lyke as he spake and they wolde not heare eueÌ so they cried I wolde not heare sayeth the Lorde of hoostes but scaâred theÌ amonge all Gentyles whome they ãâ¦ã not Thus the lande was made so deso ãâ¦ã that there trauayled no man in it neyth ãâ¦ã nor fro for that pleasauÌt lande was vtt ãâ¦ã layed waste ¶ Of the returne of the people vnto Ierusalem and of the mercy of God towarde them Of good workes The callyng of the Gentyles CAPI VIII SO the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me sayeng Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes I was in a great gelousy ouer Sion yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a great dyspleasure thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyl turne me agayne vnto Sion and wyll dwell in the myddest of Ierusalem so that IerusaleÌ shal be called a faythful and true cyte the hyll of the Lorde of hostes yee an holy hyll Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes There shal yet olde men wemen dwell agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem yee such as go w t staues in theyr handes for very age The stretes of the cyte also shal be full of yong boyes and damsels playinge vpon the stretes Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes yf the resydue of this people thyncke it to be vnpossible in these dayes shulde it therfore be vnpossyble in my syght sayeth the Lord of hostes Thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Beholde I wyl delyuer my people froÌ the laÌde of the east and west and wyll brynge them agayne that they maye dwel at Ierusalem They shal be my people and I wyl be their God in trueth and ryghtuousnesse Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes let your handes be stronge ye that nowe heare these wordes by the mouth of y â prophetes which be in these dayes that the fouÌdacion is layed vpon the Lord of hostes house y â the temple maye be buylded For why before these dayes neyther meÌ nor catel coulde wiÌue any thyng nether myght any man come in out in rest for trouble but I let euery man go a gaynst his neyghbour Neuerthelesse I wyl now intreate the resydue of this people nomore as afore tyme sayeth the Lorde of hoostes but they shal be a sede of peace The vineyarde shal geue her frute the grouÌde shal geue her increase y â heaueÌs shal geue their dewe I shall cause the reÌnaunt of this people to haue all these in possession And it shal come to passe y â lyke as ye were a curse among y â the Heathen O ye house of Iuda ye house of Israell EueÌ so wyl I delyuer you y â ye shal be a blessyng feare not but let your handes be stronge For thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes lyke as I âââysed to punyshe you what tyme as ãâ¦ã prouoked ãâã vnto wrath sayâth the Lorde of hostes spared not Euen âo ãâã I ãâã now in these dayes for to do wââ vnto the house of Iuda Ierusalem theefore feare ye not Now the thynges that ye shal do are these
delyuered they vnto the stewardes and debytes of the kynge to the vndershreues in Celosyria and Phenices they honoured the people the temple of the Lorde Nowe when these thynges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayd The generacion of Israel the Princes the Prestes and Leuites the straunge people indwellers of the lande haue not put awaye theyr vnclennesse from the Cananites Hethytes Pheresytes from the Moabites EgyptiaÌs and Edomytes For bothe they theyr sonnes haue mingled them selues w e the daughters of them and the holy sede is mixte with the out landysh Heathen sens the begynnyng of theyr raygne haue the rulers heades bene partakers of theyr wyckednesse As sone as I had herde these thynges immediatly I rent my holy garmentes and pulled out the heare of my head my beerd and sat me downe sorowfull and heuye So al they that were moued thorowe the worde of the Lord God of Israel came vnto me be yng sorowful for this wyckednes and I sat styl full of heuynesse vntyl the euenynge sacrifice Then stode I vp from fastynge hauyng rente clothes the holy garment kneled downe vpon my knees helde out my haÌdes vnto the Lorde and sayde O Lorde I am coÌfounded and ashamed before thy faâe for our synnes are become many vpon our heades and our wyckednesses are exalted vnto the heauen for sens the tyme of our fathers we are in great synne vnto this daye And for the synnes of vs and our fathers we with our brethren and with our Prestes haue bene delyuered vnto the kynges of the earth into the swearde and into captiuite became a spoyle with confusion and shame vnto thys daye And nowe O Lorde God howe great is the mercy that we haue gotteÌ of theâin that y u hast left vs a rote a name i y â place of thy saÌctuary to discouer our light i the house of the Lord our God hast geueÌ vs meate at all tymes of our minystracyon And when we were in captiuyte we were not forsakeÌ of the Lord our God but he made the kynges of Persia gracyous fauourable vnto vs so that they gaue vs vytayles and meate yee and leue to buyld vp the temple of our Lord God agayne to repayre the wasted places of Syon and to dwell in Iewry and Ierusalem And now O Lord what shall we saye hauynge al these thynges in possessyon For we haue broken thy commaundementes which thou gauest vn to vs by the haÌdes of thy seruauntes y e prophetes sayeng The lande that ye go vnto and that is geueÌ you for an herytage to haue in possession is defiled with the vncleÌnes and fylthynes of the Heathen and w t theyr abhominacion haue they poluted it al together Therfore shal ye not ioyne your daughters vnto theyr sonnes nor mary your sonnes vnto theyr daughters Moreouer ye shall neuer seke to make peace with theÌ that ye maye increase and eate the best in the laÌd and that ye maye deuide the inheritaunce of the lande vnto youre children for euermore As for the thynge that now happeneth vnto vs it commeth all for our wycked worckes and great sinnes yet hast thou geueÌ vs soch a rote y t we are come agayne into our owne lande and we are so wycked y t we haue broken thy statutes coÌmaundementes agayne and mengled our selues with the vnclennes of the outlandysh Heathen O Lorde arte y â angrye with vs wylte thou rote vs cleane out that our rote and name remayne no more O Lord God of Israel thou art true for oure rote endureth yet vnto thys present day And beholde now are we before the in our synnes now can we not staÌde before the in them And when Esdras w t thys prayer had knoledged the synne wepynge and lyenge stat vpon the grounde before the teÌple there gathered vnto hym from IerusaleÌ a greate multitude of men and wemen of yonge meÌ and maydens for there was a very greate wepyng mournynge in the coÌgregacyon So when Iechonias the soÌne of Iehely one of the chyldren of Israel cryed he sayd vnto Esoras we haue synned against the Lorde because we haue maried out landysh wemeÌ of the Heathen Nowe axt y u ouer all Israel We wyll sweare an othe therfore vnto the Lorde that we shall put awaye all our wyues whiche we haue taken of the Heathen with theyr chyldren lyke as it is appoynted the by oure fore elders Stande vp then open thou it declare it playnely vnto vs accordynge to the lawe of the Lorde for the matter belongeth vnto the we wyll helpe the quite thy self manly So Esdras arose and toke an othe of the rulers of the prestes and of the Leuytes and of all Israel to do after these thynges and they sware ¶ After Esdras had reade the lawe the people put a waye theyr straunge wyues and then returneth euery man merely vnto hys owne dweyllynge CAPI IX THEN Esdras stode vp froÌ the courte of the temple without went in to the chamber of Ionath as the soÌne of Nasabus and remayned there dyd eate no meat nor dronke drynke for the multytude of the people And there was made a proclamacion in all Iewry at Ierusalem for all such as were gathered at IerusaleÌ out of captiuite y t who soeuer came not to Ierusalem within two or thre dayes accordynge to the iudgement of y â olde lordes of councel his goodes shulde be taken from hym and be excluded froÌ the congregacion of the captyuyte And in thre dayes were all they of the trybe of Iuda and Beniamin gathered together at Ierusalem the tweÌtyeth daye of the nynth moneth And the whole multytude sat trem blynge in the courte of the temple for it was wynter So Esdras arose vp sayde vnto them ye haue done vnryghteously in that ye haue takeÌ outlandysh wiues to mariage and so to in crease the synnes of Israel And nowe knoledge the same and geue prayse vnto the Lorde God of our fathers perfourme his wyll departynge from the Heathen of the lande and from the outlandy she wyues Then cryed the whole multytude with loude voyce sayd lyke as y â hast spoken so wyll we do but for so much as y â people are many and the wynter here we may nat staÌde without the house agayne thys worke is nat a thynge y t can be fynyshed in a daye or two for we be many y â haue synned in these thynges Ordeyne therfore that the rulers of the multytude they y t dwell with vs as many as haue outlandysh wiues y â prestes also and iudges of euery place may staÌde in the tyme appoynted tyi they swage the wrath of the Lorde in this busynes Then Ionathas the sonne of Ezely and Ozias and Thecan receaued the charge of this matter Bozoramus and Leius and Sabatheus helped them therto After thys all they stode vp that were come out of
loue him Who so feareth the Lorde staÌdeth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the Lorde is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lorde In whoÌ putteth he his trust Who is his strength For the eyes of the Lord haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mighty proteccion and stronge grouÌd A defeÌce for the heate and refuge for the hote none daye a succore for stumblynge and an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule lyghteneth the eyes He geueth lyfe and blessynge He that geueth an offringe of vnrygh tuous good his offeringe is refused and the scornefull dealynges of the vnryghtuous please not God The Lorde is theyrs onely y â pacientely abyde hym in the waye of the trueth of ryghtuousnes The hyghest doth not alowe the gyftes of the wycked And God hath no delyte in y â offeringes of the vngodly nether may synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacyons Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that kylleth the soÌne before the fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he y â defraudeth hym therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth hys neyghboure of his liuyng doth as a great sine as though he sâe we him to death He y â defraudeth the laborer of his hyre is a bloud shedder When one buildeth and another breaketh downe what profyte haue they then but laboure WheÌ one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl y â Lorde heare He y â washeth hi selfe because of a deed body then toucheth y â deed agayne what doth his washyng So is it with a maÌ y t fasteth for his sinnes doth theÌ agayne who wyll heare his prayer Or what doth his fastyng helpe him ¶ It is well done to praye and to do sacryfice The prayer of the fal heeles and of the widdowe and him that humbleth hym selfe CAPI XXXV WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offringes ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundemente offreth the ryght health offeringe He that is thankefull and recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercyfull and geueth almes that is the ryght thankeoffrynge God hath pleasure when one departeth from synne and to forsake vnryghtuousnes reconcyleth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde for all suche is done because of the commaundement The offringe of the rightuous maketh the aulter fat a swete smell is it before the Hyest The offerynge of the ryghtuous is acceptable vnto God and shal neuer be forgotten Gyue God his honoure with a chereful herte and kepe not backe the fyrstlynges of thy handes In all thy gyftes shewe a mercyful countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse Gyue vnto God accordynge as he hath enryched and prospered the and loke what thin haÌde is able geue with a chereful eye for the Lord recompenseth and geueth the seuen tymes as muche agayne Geue no vnryghtuous gyftes for suche wyll he nat receyue Beware of wrongeous offringes for the Lord is a rightuous iudge and regarderh no mannes personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed He despyseth not the desyre of the fatherlesse nor the wyddowe when she poureth out her prayer before hym Doth not God se the teares that renne downe the chekes of the wyddowe Or heareth he not the coÌplaynte ouer suche as make her to wepe For from hyr chekes do the teares go vp vnto heaueÌ and the Lorde which heareth theÌ doth accepte them Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted and hys prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y â humbleth him sylfe goeth thorow the cloudes tyll she come nye She will not be comforted nor go her waye tyll the hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentence and perfourme the iudgement And the Lorde wyll not be slack in coÌmynge nor tary long tyll he haue smytten in sonder the ba ckes of the vnmercyfull and auenged him selfe of the HeatheÌ tyl he haue taken awaye the multytude of the cruell and broken the cepter of the vnryghtuous tyll he geue euery man after his workes and rewarde theÌ after their doyngê tyl he haue deliuered his people mayntained their cause reioysed theÌ iÌ his mercy O how fayre a thyng is mercy in the time of anguish trouble It is lyke a cloude of rayne that coÌmeth in the tyme of a drouth ¶ A prayer to God in the person of all faythfull men with the prayse of a good woman CAPI XXXVI HAue mercy vpon vs O Lorde thou God of all thynges Haue respecte vnto vs shewe vs the light of thy mercyes and sende thy feare amonge the Heathen strauÌgers which seke not after the that they may knowe how that there is no God but thou and that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes Lyfte vp thyne hande ouer the outlandy she Heathen that they maye learne to knowe thy myght and power Lyke as thou arte halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe that thou mayest be magnyfyed also in them before vs that they may know the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O Lorde Renue the tokens and chaunge the wonderous worckes Shew thyne hande and thy ryght arme gloryously Rayse vp thy indignacyon poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary and smyte the enemy Make the tyme short remembre thy couenaunt that thy wonderous worckes may be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume theÌ that lyue so carelesse and let them peryshe that do thy people hurt Smyte in sunder the heade of the Prynces that be oure enemyes and say there is none other but we Gather all the trybes of Iacob together agayne y â they may knowe howe that there is none other God but onely thou that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes and be thou thy peoples herytage lyke as from the begyynnynge O Lord haue merey vpon the people that hath thy name and vpoÌ Israel whoÌ y u hast lyckened to a fyrst borne sonne O be mercyfull vnto Ierusalem the cytie of thy Sanctuary the cytie of thy rest Fyll Syon with thy vnspeakable vertues thy people with thy glorye Geue wytnes vnto thy creature whom thou madest from the beginnynge rayse vp the prophecyes that haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde theÌ that wayte for the that thy Prophetes may be founde faythfull O Lorde heare the prayer of thy seruauÌtes accordyng to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people gyde thou vs in the way of ryghteousnes that all they whiche dwel vpon the earthe maye knowe that thou art the Lorde the eternall God whiche is from euerlastyng The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Lyke as the tong tasteth venyson so doth an herte of vnderstandyng
wyll sende all maner of flees both vpon the and thy seruauÌtes and thy people and into thy houses And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of flees the grouÌd wheron they are And the lande of Gosan where my people are wyll I cause to be wonderfull in that daye so that there shall no flees be there Wherby thou shalte knowe that I am the Lorde in the myddes of the earth And I wyl put a diuisioÌ bytwene my people and thyne And euen to morowe shall this myracle be done The lorde dyd euen so and there came noysome flees into the house of Pharao and into his seruauntes houses and in to all the lande of Egypte and the lande was corrupt with these flees And Pharao called for Moses and Aaron and sayde Go and do sacrifyce vnto your God in the lande And Moses answered it is not mete that we so do For then we must offre vnto the Lorde our God that which is an abhominacyon vnto the Egyptians But and yf we sacrifice that which is an abhominacion vnto the Egyptians before theyr eyes shulde they not stoone vs we wyll go thre dayes iournay into the deserte and sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God as he hath coÌmaunded vs. And Pharao sayd I wyll let you go that ye may sacrifice vnto the Lorde your God in the wyldernesse but go not farre away praye for me And Moses sayd beholde I wyll go out from the pray vnto the Lorde that the flees maye departe from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people to morowe But let Pharao from hence forth deceyue no more that he wyl not let the people go to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And Moses went out from Pharao prayed vnto the lorde And the lorde dyd accordyng to the say enge of Moses and the flees departed from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people and there remayned not one And Pharao hardened his herte euen then also and dyd not let the people go ¶ The moren of beastes The plage of botches and sores The hortyble hayle thonder and lyghtnynge CAPI IX THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses go in vnto Pharao thou shalte tell hym thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues let my people go that they maye serue me Yf thou wylte not let them go wylte holde them styll beholde the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the felde for vpoÌ horses asses camels oxen and shepe there shal be a myghtye greate morray ne And the lorde shall do wonderfully bytwene the beastes of Israell and the beastes of Egypte so that there shall nothynge dye of all that perteyneth to the chyldren of Israell And the Lorde appoynted a tyme sayeng to morowe the lorde shall fynysh this worde in the lande And the Lorde dyd it on the morowe and all the cattell of Egypte dyed but of the cattell of the chyldren of Israell dyed not one And Pharao sent and beholde there was not one of the cattell of the Israelites deade And the herte of Pharao was hardened that he wold not let the people go And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses AaroÌ take your handê ful of asshes out of the four nace and Moses shal sprynkel it vp in to the ayre in the syght of Pharao it shall turne to dust in all the lande of Egypte that there maye be swellynge soores with blaynes both on man and beest thorowout all the lande of Egypt And they toke asshes out of the fournace and stode before Pharao and Moses sprynkled it vp in to the ayre And there were soores with blaynes both in meÌ and beastes and the sorceres coulde not stand before Moses bycause of the blaynes for there were bot ches vpon the enchaunters and vpon all the Egiptians And the lorde hardened the herte of Pharao and he herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayd vnto Moses And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornyng and stande before Pharao and thou shalt tell hym thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues Let my people go that they maye serue me or els I wyll at this tyme sende all my plages vpon thyne herte and vpon thy seruauntes and on thy people that thou mayst knowe that there is none lyke me in all the earth For now I wyl stretch out my hande that I may smyte the and thy people with pestylence thou shalte petysshe from the earth And in verye dede for this cause haue I kept the for to shewe the my power and that they myght declare my name thorowout all the worlde Yet thou exaltest thy selfe agaynste my people that thou wylt not let theÌ go behold to morowe this tyme I wyll sende downe a myghtye great hayle euen such a one as was not in Egypte synce it was grounded vnto this tyme. Sende therfore nowe and gather thy beastes all that thou hast in the felde For vpon all the men beastes whiche are founde in the felde and not brought home shall the hayle fall they shall dye And as many as feared the word of the lorde among the seruauÌtes of Pharao made theyr seruauÌtes and theyr beastes flee into the houses but he that regarded not the worde of the Lorde lefte his seruauÌtes his beastes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretch forth thy hande vnto heuen that there maye be hayle in all the lande of Egypt vpon men and vpon beastes and vpon al the herbes of the felde thorowout the lande of Egypt And Moses stretched out his rod vnto heuen the lorde thondred hayled and the fyre ran a longe vpon the ground And the Lorde so hayled in the lande of Egypt that there was hayle fyre mengled with the hayle so greuous suche as there was noone thorowout all the lande of Egypt synce people inhabyted it And the hayle smote thorowout all the lande of Egypt al that was in the felde both man and beast And the hayle smote all the herbes of the felde broke al the trees of the felde onely in the lande of Gosan where the chyldren of Israel were was there no hayle And Pharao sent and called for Moses and Aaron sayde vnto them I haue nowe synned the Lorde is ryghteous and I and my people are â vngodly Praye ye vnto the lorde For it is moch that there shuld be thonders of god hayle I wyl let you go and ye shall tarye no longer Moses sayd vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I wyl sprede abrode my handes vnto the lorde the thonder shal cease neyther shal there be any more hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the earth is the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy seruauntes yet feare not the â face of the Lorde God And so the flaxe and the barly were smytten for the barly was shotte vp and the flax was bolled but the wheate and the rye
god When the Lorde thy god hath destroyed the nacions before the whyther thou goest to conquere them thou succedest in theyr enheritauÌce and dwellest in theyr lande Beware that thou be not taken in a snare after them after that they be destroyed before the that thou aske not after theyr Goddes sayenge howe dyd these nacions serue theyr Goddes I wyll do so lykewyse Nay thou shalt not do so vnto the Lorde thy God for all abhominacions that whiche the Lorde hateth the same haue they done vnto theyr Goddes For they burne bothe theyr sonnes and theyr doughters with fyre before theyr Goddes Therfore whatsoeuer I coÌmaunde you that take hede ye do only vnto the lorde put thou nought therto nor take ought therfroÌ Â¶ The false prophete must be put to death God proueth our fayth by false miracles CAPI XIII YF there aryse amonge you a Prophet or a dreamer of dreames and gyue the a sygne or a wonder and that sygne or wonder whiche he hath sayde come to passe and then saye Lette vs go after straunge Goddes whiche thou hast not knowen and let vs serue them herken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames For the Lorde thy God proueth you to wete whyther ye loue the Lorde your god with all your herte and with all your soule Ye shal walke after the Lorde your god and feare hym kepe his coÌmaundementes and herken vnto his voyce serue him and cleaue vnto hym And the prophete or dreamer of dreames shall dye bycause he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lorde your God whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypte and delyuered you out of the house of bondage to thrust the out of the way which the Lorde thy God coÌmaunded the to walke in and therfore thou shalte put the euyll away from the. If thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thyne owne sonne or thy doughter or the wyfe that lyeth in thy bosome or thy frende whiche is as thyne owne soule vnto the entyce the secretly sayenge let vs go and serue straunge Goddes whiche thou hast not knowen nor yet thy fathers And they be of the Goddes of the people whiche are rounde aboute you whyther they be nygh vnto the or farre of from the from the one ende of the earthe vnto the other Thou shalte not consent vnto hym nor herken vnto hym thyne eye shall not pitie hym neyther shalte thou haue coÌpassion on him nor kepe hym secrete but cause hym to be sleyne Thyne hande shal be fyrst vpon hym to kyll hym and then the handes of all the people And thou shalte stone him with stones that he dye bycause he hath gone aboute to thrust the awaye from the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the lande of Egypte and from the house of bondage And all Israell shall heare feare and shall do no more any suche whyckednes as this is amonge you If thou shalte heare saye in one of thy cities whiche the lorde thy god hath gyuen the to dwel in that certeyne men beynge the chyldren of Beliall are gone out from omonge you haue moued the enhabitours of theyr citie sayenge Let vs go and serue straunge Goddes whiche ye haue not knowen Then thou must seke and make serche and enquire diligently And beholde yf it be true and the thynge of a suretye that suche abhominacyon is wrought among you then thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that Citie in the edge of the swerde and destroye it vtterly and al that is therin and euen the very cattell therof with the edge of the swerde And gather all the spoyle of it in to the myddes of the streete therof burne with fyre both the citie and all the spoyle therof euery whyt for the lord thy god And it shal be an heape for euer shal not be buylte agayne And there shal cleue nought of the dampned thynge in thy hande that the lord may turne froÌ the fearce nesse of his wrath shewe the mercy haue compassyoÌ on the multiplie the as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers Therfore shalte thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy god to kepe all his coÌmaundementes which I coÌmaunde the this day that y u do it which is ryght in the eyes of the lorde thy God ¶ The maners of the Gentyles may not be folowed What beastes are cleane to ââten and what not CAPI XIIII YE are the chyldren of the lord your god Ye shal not cut your selues nor make you any baldnes bitwene your eyes for any dead man For thou arte an holy people vnto the lorde thy god and the lorde hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto hym selfe aboue al the nacyons that are vpon the earth Thou shalte eate no maner of abhominacion These are the beastes whiche ye shall eate of oxen shepe and gootes herte to and bugle wylde goote vnicorne wylde oxe and Camelion And all beastes that cleue the hoofe and slyt it in to two clawes chew the cud them ye shal eate Neuertheles these ye shal not eate of them that chewe cud and of them that deuyde and cleue the hoofe the camell the hare and the conye whiche chewe cud but deuyde not the hoofe therefore are they vncleane vnto you and also the swyne though he deuyde the hoofe yet he cheweth not cud therfore is he vncleane vnto you ye shal not eate of the fleshe of suche nor touche the deade carkesse of them These ye shall eate of all that are in the waters All that haue fynnes scales shal ye eate And what soeuer haue not fynê scales ye may not eate but it is vncleane vnto you Of all cleane byrdes ye shal eate but these are they of whiche ye shall not eate the Ele the goshauke the cormeraunt the Ixion the vultur the kyte after her kynde and all kynde of rauens the Estritche the nyghtcrowe the cuckowe the sparow hauke after her kynde the lytell owle the great owle the backe the bytture the pye the storke the Heron the Iaye in his kynde the lapwynge the swalowe And let the crepynge foules be vncleane vnto you and not be eaten of but of all cleane foules ye maye eate Ye shall eate of nothyng that dyeth alone But thou shalte gyue it vnto â the straunger that is in thy citie that he eate it or thou mayst sell it vnto an aliaunt For thou arte an holy people vnto the lorde thy god Thou shalt not sethe a kyd in his mothers mylke Thou shalte tythe all the encrease of thy seed that the felde bringeth forth yere by yere And thou shalte eate before the lorde thy god in the place whiche he hathe chosen and where he hath put his name the tythe of thy corne of thy wyne and of thyne oyle and the fyrst gendred of thyne oxen and of thy shepe that thou mayst learne
vnto the lorde thy god accordyng as the lorde thy god hath blessed the. And reioyce before the lorde thy god thou thy son thy doughter thy seruauÌt thy mayde the Leuite that is within thy gates the straunger the fatherlesse the wydowe that are among you in the place whiche the Lorde thy god hath chosen to put his name there And remembre that y u wast a seruaunt in Egypte thou shalt obserue do these ordinaunces Thou shalte also obserue the feast of tabernacles seuen dayes after that thou haste gathered in thy corne and thy wyne And thou shalte reioyce in that thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte and thy made the Leuyte the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wydowe that are within thy gates Seuen dayes shalte thou kepe holy day vnto the lord thy god in the place which the Lorde shall chose for the Lorde thy God shall blesse the in al thy fruytes and in al the workes of thyne handes therfore shalte thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shall all thy males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche he shall chose In the feast of swete breade in the feast of wekes and in the feast of tabernacles And no maÌ shal appeare before the lorde emptte but euery man accordyng to the gyfte of his hande and accordyng to the blessynge of the Lorde thy god whiche he hath gyuen the. Iudges and offycers shalt thou make the in all thy Cities whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the thorowout the trybes they shal iudge the people ryghteouslye Wrest not thou the lawe nor knowe any persone neyther take any rewarde for gyftes blynde the wyse peruerte the wordes of the righteous That wich is iust ryght shalte thou folowe that thou mayst lyue enioy the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the. Thou shalte plante the no groue of what soeuer trees it be nygh vnto the aulter of the lorde thy god whiche thou shalte make the. Thou shalte set the vp no pyller which the Lorde thy God hateth ¶ The punyshment for Idolatrye The punyshment of a rebell The institucyon of a Kynge CAPI XVII THou shalte offer vnto the lorde thy god no oxe nor shepe wherin is blemysshe or any deformite for that is an abhominacion to the lorde thy god If there be fouÌde amonge you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy god gyueth the man or womaÌ that hath wrought wyckednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy god so that they haue gone beyonde his appoyntment and gone and serued straunge goddes and worshypped them the sonne or moone or any of the hoost of heuen whiche I haue not coÌmaunded and it is tolde the thou hast herde of it then shalt thou enquere diligently And yf it be true the thynge of a suretye that suche abhominacyon is wrought in Israell then shalte thou brynge forth that man or that woman which haue coÌmytted that wycked thynge vnto the gates and shalte stone them with stones tyll they dye At the mouth of two or thre wytnesses shall he that is worthy of death dye And at the mouth of one wytnesse let no man dye The handes of the witnesses shal be fyrst vpon hym to kyll hym afterward the handes of the people thou shalte put the wycked away from the. If there ryse a matter to harde for the in iudgement bytwene blood blood bytwene plee and plee bytwene plage and glage and the matters come to stryfe within thy gates Then shalte thou aryse and get the vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy god hath chosen and come vnto the preestes the Leuytes vnto the iudge that shall be in those dayes and aske and they shall shewe the the sentence of iudgement And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place which the lorde had chosen shewe the thou shalte obserue to do accordynge to all that they enfourme the. Accordynge to the sentence of the lawe whiche they teache the and accordynge to the iudgement which they tell the shalte y u do bowe not from that which they shewe the neyther to the ryght hand nor to the lefte And that maÌ that wyl do presumptuously wyll not herken to the preest that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to ministre or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalte put away euyl from Israel And al the people shall heare and feare and shall do no more presumpt âously When thou arte come vnto the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the and enioyest it and dwellest therin and yf thou shalte saye I wyll set a kynge ouer me lyke as all the nacyons that are aboute me Then thou shalte make hym kyng ouer the whom the Lorde thy god shal chose Euen one from amonge thy brethren shalte thou make kynge ouer the and thou mayste not set a straunger ouer the whiche is not of thy brethren But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe nor brynge the people agayne to Egypt thorowe the multitude of horses for as moch as the lorde hath sayd vnto you ye shal hence forthe go no more agayne that way Also he ought not to multiply wyues to hym selfe lest his hert turne away neyther shall he gather hym golde or syluer to moche And when he is set vpon the seate of his kyngdome he shall wryte hym out a copye of this lawe in a boke before the preestes the Leuytes And it shall be with hym and he oughte to rede therin all dayes of his lyfe that he may lerne to feare the Lorde his God and to kepe all the wordes of this law these ordinauÌces for to do them that his herte aryse not aboue his brethreÌ that he turne not froÌ the coÌmaundement to the ryght hande or to the left but that he may prolong his dayes in his kyngdome he his chyldren in Israel ¶ The Leuites had no possessyons Idolatrye must be fled The Prophet Chryst is promysed The false prophet muste be sleyne and howe he may be knowen CAPI XVIII THe preestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui must haue no parte nor enheritaunce with Israel but shall eate the offerynges of the Lorde his enheritaunce Therfore shall they haue no enheritaunce amonge theyr brethren But the Lorde he is theyr enheritauÌce as he hath sayd vnto them And this is the preestes dutie of the people of them that offer sacrifice whyther it be oxe or shepe They must gyue vnto the preest the shoulder the two chekes and the mawe the fyrst fruytes also of thy corne wyne and oyle the fyrst of the woll of thy shepe shalt thou gyue hym For the Lorde thy god hath chosen hym out of al thy trybes to stande and to ministre in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer If
a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of al Israel where he is a soiour ner and come with al the lust of his herte vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen He shal ministre in the name of the lorde his god as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the lorde And they shal haue lyke porcions to eate besyde that which cometh to hym of the patrimonye of his elders When thou arte come vnto the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the se that thou learne not to do after the abhominacions of those nacyons Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his Sonne or doughter to go thorowe the fyre or that vseth wytchcraft or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the fleynge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmer or that couÌselleth with spirites or a soth sayer or that asketh â the trueth at them that be deade For all that do suche thynges are abhominacion vnto the Lorde and bycause of these abhominacions the Lorde thy God dothe caste them out before the Thou shalte be perfyte therfore â and vvithout ble mysshe in the syght of the Lorde thy god For these nacions which thou shalt conquere herken vnto chosers out of dayes and vnto sorcerers but the lorde thy god hath not suffered the so to do The Lorde thy God wyll styrre vp vnto the a prophete among you euen of thy brethren lyke vnto me vnto hym ye shall herken accordynge to all that thou desyredst of the Lorde thy god in Horeb in the day of the gatherynge togyther when thou saydest Let me heare the voyce of my lorde god no more nor se this greate fyre anye more that I dye not And the Lorde sayd vnto me they haue well spoken I wyll rayse them vp a prophete from amonge theyr brethren lyke vnto the wyl put my wordes in his mouth and he shall speake vnto them all that I shal coÌmaunde hym And who soeuer wyl not herken vnto the wordes whiche he shall speake in my name I wyll requyre it of hym But the prophete whiche shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not coÌmaunded hym to speake or that speaketh in the name of straunge Gods the same prophete shall dye And yf thou saye in thyne herte howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken â This token shalt thou haue Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the lorde â yf the thyng folow not nor come to passe that is the thing which the lorde hath not spoken But the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously Thou shalte not therfore be afrayde of hym ¶ The fraunââeseâ townes The punyshment of hym that beareth false wytnesse CAPI XIX WHen the Lorde thy God hath roted out the nacyons whose lande the lorde thy god gyueth the and thou succedest in theyr enheritaunce and dwellest in theyr cities and in theyr houses thou shalte appoynte iii. cities for the in the myddes of the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to possesse it â thou shalt prepare the way and deuyde the coostes of thy lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the to enherite into iii. partes that who soeuer coÌmytteth murther may flee thyther For this cause must the steer fâee thyther that he may lyue Who so kylleth his neyghboure ygnorauntly and hated hym not in tyme passed And when a man goeth vnto the wood with his neyghboure to hewe wood â thynkyng no harme as his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree the heade slyppeth from the hafte smyteth his neyghbour that he dyeth the same shall flee vnto one of the same Cities lyue Leest the executer of bloode folowe after the sleer whyle his herte is hote and ouertake hym bycause the way is longe and slee hym yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym in as moche as he hated hym not in tyme past Wherfore I coÌmauÌde the saynge thou shalt appoynte out iii. cities for the. And yf the lorde thy god enlarge thy coostes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and gyue the all the lande which he sayd he wolde gyue vnto thy fathers thou shalte kepe all these coÌmaundementes to do them whiche I commaunde the this daye that thou loue the Lorde thy god and walke in his wayes euer and adde iii. cities mo for the vnto those iii. that innocent blood be not shed in thy lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enheryte and so â blood come vpon the. But and yf any man hate his neyghbour and lay awayte for hym and ryse agaynst hym and smyte hym that he dye and then fleeth vnto any of these cities the elders of his citie shall sende and fetche hym thence delyuer hym in to the handes of the iustyce of blood that he may dye Thyne eye shall not spare hym but thou shalte put away innocent blood froÌ Israel that it maye go well with the. Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke whiche they of olde tyme haue set in thyne enheritaunce that thou shalte enherite in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enioy it One wytnesse shal not ryse agaynst a man for any maner trespasse or for any maner syâie or for any maner faute that he offende in But at the mouth of two wytnesses or of thre wytnesses shal the matter be stablysshed If an vnryghteous wytnesse ryse vp agaynst a man to accuse hym of trespasse then bothe the men whiche stryue togyther shall stande before the Lorde before the Preestes and the Iudges whiche shall be in those dayes and the Iudges shall make diligent inquisicion And yf the wytnes be fouÌde false and that he hath gyuen false wytnesse agaynst his brother theÌ shal ye do vnto hym as he had thought to do vnto his brother thou shalte put euyll away from the. And other shall heare feare and shall henceforth coÌmyt no more any suche wyckednes among you And thyne eye shal haue no compassion but â soule for soule eye for eye tothe fortothe hande for hande fote for fote ¶ Who ought to go to battayle The Lawe of armes The âanaanites must they kyll CAPI XX. WHeÌ thou goest out to battayle agaynst thyne enemyes and seest horses charettes and people mo then thou be not afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God is with the whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypte And when ye are come nygh vnto battayle the preest shall come forth to speake vnto the people and shall say vnto them Heare O Israel ye encountre this day with your enemyes in battayle let not your hertes faynte neyther feare nor be amased nor abrede of them For the lorde your god goeth with you to fyght for you agaynst your enemyes and to saue you And let the offycers speake vnto the people saynge If any
man haue buylte a newe house and haue not dedicate it let hym go returne to his house lest he dye in the battayl and an other man dedicate it And yf any maÌ haue planted a vyneyarde haue not made it coÌmon â and laufull for euery man to cate of let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house lest he dye in the battayle and another make it coÌmon And yf any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe and haue not taken her let hym go and returne agayne vnto his house lest he dye in the battayle and an other man take her And let the offycers speake further vnto the people and say If any man feare and be faynte herted let hym go and returne vnto his house leest he make his brothers herte faynte as well as his And when the offycers haue made an ende of speakyng vnto the people they shal make captaynes of war ouer them When thou comest nygh vnto a citie to fyght agaynst it offre them peace And yf they answere the agayne peasablye open vnto the then let all the people that is fouÌde therin be tributaries vnto the serue the. And yf they wyll make no peace with the but make warre agaynst the thou shalte besyege it And when the lorde thy god hath delyuered it into thyne handâ thou shalte smyte al the males therof w t the edge of the swerde But the women and the chyldren and the cattell and all that is in the Citie and all the spoyle therof shalte thou take vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thyne enemyes which the Lorde thy God hath gyuen the. Thus shalte thou do vnto all the Cities whiche are â a great way of from the and not of the cities of these nacyons But of the cityes of these nacyons which the Lorde thy god shall gyue the to enheryte thou shalt saue alyue nothyng that bretheth But shalt destroy them without redempcyon namely the Hethites the Amorites the Canaanites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites as the Lorde thy God hath coÌmaunded the that they teache you not to do after all theyr abhominacions whiche they haue done vnto theyr Gods and so ye shulde synne agaynst the Lorde your god When thou hast besyeged a Citie longe tyme and made warre agaynst it to take it destroye not the trees therof that thou woldest thrust an are vnto them But eate of theÌ and cut them not downe For the trees of the feldes are no men to come agaynst the and to besyege the. Onely those trees which thou knowest that they are not fruytfull â but vvylde and fytte for other vses those shalte thou destroy and cut downe and make bulworkes agaynst the citie that maketh warre with the vntyll thou subdue it ¶ Inquâsityon for murther Punyshment for Chyldren that disobey Father and Mother CAPI XXI IF one be founde sleyne in the land which the Lorde thy God gyueth the to possesse it and lyeth in the felde it is not knoweÌ who hath sleyne hym TheÌ thyne elders and thy iudges shall come forthe and mete vnto the cities that are rounde aboute the sleyne And let the elders of that citie which is nexte vnto the sleyne maÌ take out of the droue an beyffer that is not laboured with nor hathe drawen in the yoke and let the elders of that citie brynge the heyffer vnto an harde valey which is neyther eared norsowen and stryke of the heyffers necke there in the valey And the preestes the sonnes of Leuy whom the Lorde thy god hath chosen to ministre to hym and to blesse in the name of the Lorde shall come forth and at theyr mouthe shall all stryfe and plage be tryed And all the elders of the citie that come forth to the sleyne man shal washe theyr handes ouer the heyffer that is beheaded in the valey and shal answere and say our handes haue not shed this blood neyther haue our eyes sene it Be mercyfull Lorde vnto thy people Israel which thou hast delyuered and lay no mno cent blood vnto thy people of Israels charge and the blood shal be forgyuen them And so shalte thou put innocent blood from the wheÌ thou shalte haue done that which is ryght in the syght of the Lorde When thou goest to warre agaynst thyne enemyes and the Lorde thy God hath delyuered them into thyne handes and thou hast taken them captyue and seest amonge the captyues a beautyfull woman and hast a de syre vnto her that thou woldest haue her to thy wyfe thou shalt bryng her home to thyne house and let her shaue her heade and let her nayles growe and put her rayment that she was taken in from her and let her remayne in thyne house and bewepe her father her mother a moneth longe and after that shalte thou go in vnto her marrye her she shall be thy wyfe And yf thou haue no fauour vn to her then let her go whyther she lusteth sell her not for money nor make cheuesaunce of her bycause thou hast â humbled her If a man haue two wyues one loued and an other hated they haue borne hym chyldren bothe the loued and also the hated If the fyrstborne be the sonne of the hated then when the tyme commeth that he dealeth his goodes among his chyldreÌ he may not make the son of the byloued fyrst borne before the sonne of the hated which is in dede the fyrst borne But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the fyrst borne and gyue hym double porcyon of all that he hath For he is the fyrst of his strengthe and to hym belongeth the ryght of the fyrst borne If any man haue a son that is stubborne and disobedient that he wyll not herken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother and they haue thastened him and he wolde not herken vnto them Then shall his father and his mother take hym and brynge hym out vnto the elders of that Citie vnto the gate of the same place and saye vnto the elders of the Citie This our sonne is stubborne and dysobedient and wyll not herken vnto our voyce he is a ryoter a dronkarde And all the men of that Citie shall stone him with stones vnto death And thou shalte put euyll away from the and al Israel shal heare feare If a maÌ haue coÌmytted a trespasse worthy of death and is put to death for it thou hangest hym on tree his body shall not remayne all nyghte vpon the tree but thou shalt burye hym the same day For the curse of God is on hym that is hanged Defyle not thou thy lande which the Lorde thy god gyueth the to enheryte ¶ What thou oughtest to do when thou syndest thy neyghbourts beast goynge astray A man shall not weare womans clothynge or a woman a mannes clothynge To wâare a cote of woolle â of Flaxe is also forbydden The punyshmente of hym
thyne enemyes before the. Therfore shal the place of thyne hoost be pure that he se no vncleane thynge in the and so turne hym selfe from the. â Thou shalte not delyuer vnto his mayster the seruaunt whiche is escaped from his mayster vnto the. He shall dwell with the euen amonge you in what place he hym selfe lyketh beste in one of thy Cityes where it is good for hym and thou shalt not vexe hym There shall be no hoore of the doughters of Israell nor hoorekeper of the sonnê of Israell Thou shalt neyther brynge the hyre of an hoore nor the pryce of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy God in any maner of vow for euen both of them are abhominacion vnto the Lorde thy god Thou shalte not hurte thy brother by vsury of money nor by vsury of corne nor by â vsury of any thynge that he maye be hurte withall Unto a â straunger thou mayst lende vpon vsurye but not vnto thy brother that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all that thou settest thyne hande to in the lande whyther thou goest to conquere it When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God thou shalte not slacke to paye it For the Lorde thy God wyll surely requyre it of the and it shall be synne in the. If thou shalte leaue vowynge it shall be no synne in the but that which is once gone out of thy lyppes thou must kepe and do accordynge as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a frewyll as thou hast spoken with thy mouth When thou coÌmest into thy neyghbours vyneyerde thou mayst eate grapes thy belyfull at thyne owne pleasure but thou shalte put noone in thy vessell Euen so wheÌ thou coÌmest into thy neyghbours corne thou mayst plucke the eares with thyne hande but thou shalte not moue a sycle vnto thy neyghbours corne ¶ Deuoâcement is permytted He that is newly maryed shall not be compelled to go to warre CAPI XXIIII WHen a man hath taken a wyfe and maryed her yf she fynde no fauour in his eyes bycause he hath spyed some vnclennesse in her Then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement and put it in her hande and send her out of his house And when she is departed out of his house let her go and be another mans wyfe And yf the seconde husband hate her let hym wryte her also a letter of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house or yf the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe her fyrste man whiche sent her awaye maye not take her agayne to be his wyfe after that she is defiled For that is abhominacion in the syght of the Lorde And thou shalt not cause the lande to synne whiche the Lorde thy God shall gyue the to enheryte When a man taketh a newe wyfe he shall not go a warfare neyther shall be charged w t any busynesse but shal be fre at home one yere and reioyse with his wyfe which he hath taken No man shall take the nether or the vpper mylstoone to pledge for then he shall hurte a mans lyfe If any man be found stealyng any of his brethren the chyldren of Israel abuseth hym or selleth him the these shall dye And thou shalte put euyll away from the. Take hede to thy selfe as concernynge the plage of leprosye that thou obserue dilygently And ye shall do accordynge to all that the preestes the Leuites shal teach you Euen as I coÌmaunded them so ye shall obserue to do Remembre what the lorde thy god dyd vnto Mir Iam by the waye after that ye were come out of Egypt When thou doest lende thy brother any thyng thou shalt not go into his house to fetche a pledge from thence but shalt stand without and the man that borowed it of the shall bryng the pledge out vnto the. Furthermore yf it be a poore body thou shalte not slepe with his pledge but delyuer him the pledge agayne when the son goeth downe that he maye slepe in his owne rayment and blesse the. And it shall be ryghteousnesse vnto the before the Lorde thy God Thou shalt not defraude an hyred seruauÌt that is nedye and poore whyther he be of thy brethren or of the straungers that are in thy lande with in thy gates But shalte gyue hym his hyre the same daye and let not the Sonne go downe theron For he is nedye and therwith susteyneth his lyfe lest he crye agaynst the vnto the Lorde and it be syn vnto the. The fathers shall not dye for the chyldren nor the chyldreÌ for the fathers but euery maÌ shal dye for his owne syn Thou shalt not hinder the ryght of the straunger nor of the fatherlesse nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge But remembre that thou wast a seruaunt in Egypt and howe the lorde thy god delyuered the thence And therfore I commaunde the to do this thynge When thou cuttest downe thyne heruest in thy felde and hath forgot a sheafe in the felde thou shalt not go agayne to fetch it But it shall be for the strauÌger the fatherlesse and the wydowe that the Lorde thy god maye blesse the in all the workes of thyne hande When y u beatest downe thyne olyue tree thou shalt not turne agayne to gather vp that thou leftest behynde the but it shall be for the straunger the Fatherlesse and the wydow When thou gatherest thy vyneyerd thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after the but leaue them for the strauÌger y â fatherlesse and the wydowe And remeÌbre that thou also wast a seruauÌt in the lande of Egypte therfore I coÌmaunde the to do this thynge ¶ The punysshment of offenders The law of raysyng seed to thy brother that is deed Measures and weyghtes CAPI XXV YF there be stryfe bytwene men they shal come vnto the lawe and let the iudges gyue sentence bytwene them and iustifye the ryghteous coÌdempne the vngodly And yf any man be vngodly and worthy of strypes then let the iudge cause to take hym downe and to beate hym before his face accordynge to his trespace vnto a certayne noÌbre xl strypes he shall gyue hym and not passe leest yf he shulde excede and beate hym aboue that with many strypes thy brother shulde appeare vngoodly before thyne eyes Thou shalt not mosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne â in the barne Yf brethren dwell togyther and one of them dye and haue no chylde the wyfe of the dead shall not marry without vnto a straunger but his brother shall go in vnto her and take her to wyfe and occupye the rowme of his kynsman And the eldest Son whiche she beareth shall succede in the name of his brother which is deade that his name be not put out of Israell And yf the man wyll not take his brothers wyfe then let her go vp to the gate vnto the elders and say My
had ended them ¶ The songe of Moses CAPI XXXII HEare O ye heuens I shall speake let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne â shall drop as doth the rayne my speche shal flowe as dothe the dewe as the showre vpon the herbes as the droppes vpon the grasse For I wyl call on the name of the Lorde Ascribe ye honour vnto our god Perfite is the worke of the moost myghty god For all his wayes are iudgement He is a god of truth without wyckednesse ryghteous iust is he â Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym thorow theyr deformities not his owne chyldren but a wycked froward generacion Do ye so rewarde the lorde O folyshe nacion vnwyse Is not he thy father thyne owner hath he not made the ordeyned the Remembre the dayes of the worlde that is past coÌsyder the yeres froÌ tyme to tyme. Aske thy father he wyl shewe the thy elders they wyl tell the. When the moost hyghest deuyded the nacyons and when he seperated the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the chyldren of Israel For the lordes parte is his folke Iacob is the porcion of his enheritauÌce â He fouÌd hym in a deserte lande in a voyde grounde in a roryng wyldernesse He led hym aboute he gaue hym vnderstandyng kepte hym as the apple of his eye As an Egle that styrteth vp her nest flotereth ouer her yong stretcheth out her wyngê so doth he take them vp beareth them on his shoulders The Lorde alone was his guyde there was no strauÌge god with hym He caryed hym vp to an hyelande that he myght eate the encrease of the feldes And he fed hym w t hony out of the rocke with oyle out of the most harde stone With butter of kyne mylke of the shepe w t fat of the lambes of fat raÌmes he gootes with the fat of most plenteous wheate that thou myghtest drinke â the most pure blood of the grape But he that shulde haue bene vpryght when he waxed fat spurned w t his heele Thou art wel fed y u art growne thicke thou art euen laden with fatnes And he forsoke god his maker regarded not the God of his saluacion They prouoked hym to angre with straunge goddes euen with abhominacions prouoked they hym They offered vnto deuyls not to God euen to gods whome they knewe not to newe goddes that came newly vp whome theyr fathers feared not Of god that begat the thou arte vnmyndfull and hast forgotten god that made the. The lorde therfore sawe it was angry bycause of the prouokyng of his sonnes of his doughters And he sayd I wyll hyde my face from them wyl se what theyr ende shal be For they are a very frowarde generacion chyldreÌ in whom is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no God prouoked me with theyr vanitis And I also wyll prouoke them with those â whiche are no people I wyl angre them with a foolyshe nacion For fyre is kyndled in my wrath burneth vnto the bottome of hell And hathe consumed the earth with her encreace set a fyre the bottoms of the mountaynes I wyll heape myscheues vpon them wyll destroye them with myne arowes They shal be burnt with hunger consumed with heate with bytter destruccion I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust Without forth shall the swerde rob them of theyr chyldren within in the chambre feare both yonge men and yong women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades I haue sayde I wyl scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to cease from amonge men Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemye lest theyr aduersaries shulde vtterly withdrawe themselues and lest they shulde say our hygh hande hath done all this not the Lorde For it is a nacion without forecast neyther is there any vnderstandyng in them O that they were wyse and vnderstode this that they wolde consyder theyr latter ende How shulde one chace a. M two put x. M. to flyght excepte theyr maker had solde them and excepte the lorde do shut them vp For theyr God is not as oure God oure enemyes also themselues are iudges For theyr vyne is of the vyneyarde of Sodome of the feldes of Gomorra Theyr grapes are grapes of gall and theyr clusters be bytter Theyr wyne is a poyson of dragons the cruell gall of adders Is not this layde in store with me sealed vp among my treasures Uengeaunce is myne I wyll rewarde theyr fete shall slyde in due tyme. For the day of theyr destruction is at hande the thyngê that shal come vpon them make hast For the lorde shall iudge his people haue coÌpassyon on his seruauntes when he seeth that theyr power is gone that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to nought forsaken And he shal say where are theyr goddê theyr god in whom they trusted The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wyne of theyr drynk offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you be your proteccion â in necessyte Se now how that I I am god and there is none but I I kyl wyl make alyue I wounde I wyl heale neyther is there any that can delyuer out of my hande For I wyll lyfte vp myne hande to heuen and wyl say I lyue euer If I whet the edge of my swerde and my hande take holde to do iustyce I wyll recompence vengeaunce on myne enemyes and wyll rewarde them that hate me I wyll make myne arowes dronke with bloood and my swerde shall eate fleshe that for the bloode of the sleyne for theyr captiuite synce the â begynÌyng of the wrath of the enemye Prayse ye hethen his people for he wyl auenge the blood of his seruauntê wyll auenge hym of his aduersaryes wyl be mercyfull vnto his lande to his people And Moses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the cares of the people he Iosua the son of Nun. And Moses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to all the people of Israell and sayde vnto them Set youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I â testifie vnto you this daye and ye shall commaunde them vnto youre chyldren that they maye obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and thorowe this worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge Get the vp into this mountayne Abarim â That is to say a
in those ii pyllers beneth ouer agaynst the myddes and before the net worke And vpoÌ the seconde headpece were there two hundred Pomegarnates in two rowes rounde aboute And he set vp the pyllers in the porche of the temple And when he had set vp the ryght pyller he called the name therof Iachin and wheÌ he had set vp the lefte Pyller he called the name therof Boaz. And in the top of the pyllers was a worke of roses and so was the workmanshyp of the pyllers fynysshed And he made a molten lauatory ten cubites wyde from brym to brym rounde in compasse and fyue cubites hygh And a stryng of thyrtie cubites dyd compasse it aboute and vnder the brym of it there were knoppes rounde about ten in one cubite and they compassed the lauatory rounde about And the knoppes were cast with it in two rowes when it was cast And it stode on twelue oxen of whiche iii. loked towarde the north iii. towarde the west thre towarde the South and thre towarde the East and the lauatorye stode vpon them and all theyr hynderpartes were inwarde It was an hande bredthe thycke and the brym wrought lyke the brym of a cup with floures of lylyes And it contayned two thousande â Bates And he made ten sockets of brasse foure cubites longe and foure cubites brode apece and thre cubites hygh And the worke of the sockers was on this maner They had sydes the sydes were bytwene the ledges And on the sydes that were bytwene the ledges were lyons oxen and Cherubs And lykewyse vpon the ledges that were aboue beneth the lyons and oxen were certayne addicions made of thyn worke And vnder euery socket were foure brasen wheles and bordes of brasse And in the four corners therof were vndersetters vnder the lauatorie cast eche ouer agaynst his felowe And the stalke of the lauatorye was in the mydle of it â vvhere it is sene on the oursyde one cubyte hyghe and a cubyte and an halfe round and in the heyght of it were grauen workes whose sydes were made four square and not rounde And vnder the sydes were foure wheles and the axeltrees ioyned faste to the bottome And the heyght of euerye whele was a cubyte and an halfe And the workemanshyp of the wheles was lyke the worke of a charet whele And the axeltrees nauels spokes shaftes were all molten And there were iiii vndersetters in the. iiii corners of one socket and the vndersetters were of the verye bottome selfe And in the heyght of the bottome was there a rouÌde compasse of halfe a cubite hye and in the heyght of the bottom there proceded both ledges sydes out of the same For in the bordes of the ledges on the sydes he had grauen pyctures of Cherubins lyons palme trees one by an other rounde aboute Thus made he the ten sockets after this maner And they had all one fassyon of castyng one measure and one syse Then made he ten lauers of brasse one lauer conteynynge xl Bathes and one lauer was foure cubites and vpon euery one of the ten sockets he put one lauer And he put fyue of those sockets on the ryght syde of the house and other fyue on the lefte And he set the lauatorie on the ryght syde of the house Eastwarde and towarde the South And Hiram made pottes shouels basens so fynyshed all the worke that he made to kyng SalomoÌ for the house of the Lorde that is to say two pyllers two rounde heade peces that were to be set on the toppes of the two pyllers and foure hundred Pomegarnates for the two net workes euen two rowes of Pomgarnates in one net worke to couer the two headpeces that were to be set on the toppes of the pyllers And the ten sockets ten lauers on the sockets The lauatorie twelue oxen vnder it pottes shouels basens And al these vessels whiche Hiram made to kyng Salomon for the house of the lorde were of bryght brasse In the playne of Iordan dyd the kyng cast them euen in the thycke claye bytwene Socoh and Zarthan And Salomon lefte al the vessels vnweyed bycause they were so excedynge many neyther founde they oute the weyght of the brasse And so Salomon made all the vessels that perteyned vnto the house of the Lorde the golden aulter the golden table wheron the shewbread was And fyue candelstyckes for the right syde and fyue for the lefte before the queer of pure golde with floures lampes and snoffers of golde and bolles flat peces basens spones masoures of pure golde hyndges made he of golde both for the dores of the queer the place most holy and for the dores of the temple also And so was ended al the worke that kynge Salomon made for the house of the Lorde ⪠And Salomon brought in the thynges which Dauid his father had dedicated euen the syluer golde vessels and layde them vp among the treasures of the house of the lord ¶ The Aâhe is borne in to the temple A cloude fylleth the temple The temple is blessed CAPI VIII THen Salomon gathered togyther the elders of Israell all the heades of the tribes and them that were captaynes amonge the fathers of the Chyldren of Israell vnto hym in Ierusalem that they myght brynge vp the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde out of the citye of Dauid whiche is Sion And all the men of Israell assembled vnto kynge Salomon to the feast that falleth in the moneth â Ethanim whiche is the seuenth moneth And all the elders of Israell were come and the preestes toke vp the arke They bare the arke of the Lorde in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle those dyd the preestes and the Leuites bere And kynge Salomon all the congregacyon of Israel that were assembled vnto hym went with hym before the arke dyd offre shepe and oxen that coulde not be tolde nor nombred for multitude And so the preestê brought the arke of the appoyntment of the lorde vnto his place eueÌ into the queer of the temple and place most holy vnder the wynges of the Cherubs Forthe Cherubs stretched out theyr wynges ouer the place of the arke couered bothe it also the staues therof an hygh vpon it And they drewe oute the staues that the endes of them myght appeare out of the holy place within the queer but they were not sene without And there they haue bene vnto this daye â and there was nothyng in the arke saue the two tables of stone whiche Moses put there at Horeb in the which tables the lorde made an appoyntmente with the chyldren of Irael when he brought them out of the land of Egypte And it fortuned that when the preestes were come out of the holy place the cloude fylled the house of the Lorde that the preestes coulde not stand minister bycause of the cloude for
arke of the couenaunt of the lorde out of the citye of Dauid which is Zion Wherfore all the men of Israell resorted vnto the kyng in the feast euen in the seuenth moneth And all the elders of Israell came and the Leuytes toke vp the arke And the preestes and the Leuites brought awaye the Arke and the tabernacle of wytnesse and al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle and they bare them And kynge Salomon and all the congregacyon of Israell that were assembled vnto hym before the Arke offered shepe and oxen so many that they coulde not be tolde nor nombred for multytude And the Preestes brought the Arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde vnto his place euen in to the queere of the temple within the place moost holy and set it vnder the wyngê of the Cherubs that the Cherubs stretched out theyr wynges ouer the place of the Arke and the Cherubs couered both the Arke and her barres aboue on hygh And the barres of the Arke were so longe that the heades of the barres were sene without the Arke within the queere but not without And there the Arke remayned vnto this daye But there was nothynge in the Arke saue the two tables which Moses put thee in at Horeb when the lorde made a couenauÌt with the chyldren of Israell after they were come out of Egypte And it fortuned that when the Preestes were come out of the holy place for all the Preestes that were present were sanctyfyed and dyd not then wayte by course that bothe the Leuites and the syngers vnder Asaph Heman and Ieduthun were appoynted to sondrye offices with theyr Chyldren and brethren and were arayde in fyne whyte hauynge Symbals Psalteries and harpes and stode at the East ende of the aulter and by them an hundred and twentye Preestes blowynge with trompettes And the trompet blowers and the syngers so agreed that it semed but one voyce in pray synge and thankynge the Lorde And when they lyfte vp theyr voyce with the Trompettes Symbals and other instrumentes of Musycke and when they praysed the Lorde â and sayde howe that he is good and that his mercy lasteth euer the house of god was fylled with a cloude so that the preestê coulde not endure to mynyster by the reason of the cloude For the maiestye of the Lorde had fylled the house of God ¶ The wordes of Salomon to the people and the prayer that he made vnto god CAPI VI. THen Salomon sayde the Lorde hath spoken howe that he wyll dwell in the cloude And I haue buylte an habytacyon for the and a place for thy dwellynge for euer And the kynge turned his face and blessed the hoole congregacyon of Israell and all the congregacyon of Israell stode And he sayde blessed be the Lorde god of Israell whiche hath with his handes fulfylled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid sayenge Sence the daye that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypte I chose no cytye amonge all the trybes of Israell to buylde an house in that my name myght be there neyther chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israell sauynge that haue chosen Ierusalem that my name myght be there and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israell And when it was in the herte of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell the Lorde sayde to Dauid my father for asmoche as it was in thyne herte to buylde an house for my name thou dydest well that thou so thoughtest in thyne herte Notwithstandynge thou shalte not buylde the house but thy Son whiche is proceded out of thy loynes he shall buylde an house for my name The Lorde therfore hath made good his saynge that he hath spoken and I am rysen vp in the rowme of Dauid my father and am set on the seate of Israell as the Lorde promysed and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell And in it haue I put the Arke wherin is the couenaunt of the lorde that he made with the chyldren of Israell And the kynge stode before the aulter of the lorde in the presence of all the congregacyon of Israell and stretched out his handes For now SalomoÌ had made a brasen pulpyt of fyue cubytes longe and fyue cubytes brode and thre of heyght and had set it in the myddes of the great courte and vpon it he stode and kneled downe vpon his knees before all the congregacyon of Israell and stretched out his handes towarde heuen and sayde O lorde God of Israell there is no god lyke the in heuen and in earth which kepest couenaunt and shewest mercy vnto thy seruauntê that walke before the with al theyr hertes Thou whiche haste kepte with thy seruauaunte Dauid my father the thynges that thou promysedest hym Thou saydest it with thy mouth hast fulfylled it with thyne handes as it is to se this daye And nowe Lorde God of Israell kepe with thy seruaunte Dauid my Father the thynges that thou promysedst hym saynge thou shalte in my syght not be without a man that shall syt vpon the seate of Israell so that thy chyldreÌ take hyde to theyr wayes to walke in my lawe as thou hast walked be fore me And nowe Lorde God of Israell let thy sayenge be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid And wyll God in very dede dwell with men on earth Beholde heuen and heuen aboue all heuens do not toÌteyne the howe moch lesse the house which I haue buylded Let it be thy pleasure therfore to turne to the prayer of thy seruaunte to his supplycacyon O Lorde my God to herken vnto the voyce and prayer whiche thy seruaunte prayeth before the let thyne eyes be open toward this house day nyght ouer this place wherin thou hast sayde that thou woldest put thy name to herken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunte prayeth in this place Herken vnto the Prayers of thy seruaunte and of thy people Israell whiche they praye in this place heare thou I sayâ out of thy dwellyng place euen out of heuen heare and be mercyfull Yf a man syn agaynst his neyghboure and take an othe agaynst hym make hym to sweare and they bothe come before thyne aulter in this house then heare thou from heuen and worke and iudge thy seruauÌtes that thou rewarde the vngodlye and recompence hym his waye vpon his heade â and iustifye the ryghteous and gyue hym accordynge to his ryghtwysenesse And yf thy people Israell be put to the worse before the enemye bycause they haue synned agaynst the Yet yf they turne and gyue thankes vnto thy name make intercessyon and pray before the in this house then heate thou from heuen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people Israell brynge them agayne vnto the lande whiche thou gauest to them and to theyr fathers When heuen is shut vp
olde and of a perfyte age ⧠The ende of the boke of Iob. The Psalter of Dauid The thyrd part of the Byble conteynyng these Bokes The Psalter Ecclesiastes The prouerbes CaÌtica CaÌticorum ¶ The Prophetes Esaye IEREMY Ezechiel DANIEL Oseas IOEL Amos. ABDY IONAS Micheas NAVM Abacuc SOPHONY Aggeus ZACHARY Malachy ¶ The fyrste Psalme BLessed is the man that hathe not walked in the councell of the vngodly nor stande in the way of synners and hath nat syt in the seate of the scorneful But hys delyte is in the lawe of the lorde and in hys lawe wyll he exercyse him selfe daye and nyght And he shal be lyke a tree planted by the water syde that wyll brynge for the his frute in due season His leaffe also shal nat wither and what soeuer he shall do it shal prospere As for the vngodly it is nat so with them but they are lyke the chaffe whiche the wynde scatereth awaye â from the face of the erth Therfore the vngodly shall nat be able to stande in the iudgement neyther the synners in the congregacion of the ryghtuous But the Lorde knoweth the waye of the ryghtuous and the waye of the vngodly shall peryshe ¶ The. ij Psalme W HY DO the Heathen grudge togyther and why do the people ymagyne a vayne thynge The Kynges of the earthe stande vp and the rulers take councell together agaynste the Lorde and agaynst his anoynted Let vs breake theyr bondes asunder and caste awaye theyr cordes frome vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shall laugh them to scorne the Lorde shall haue them in derysyon Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his sore displeasure Yet haue I set my kynge vpon my holy hyll of Syon I wyl preache the law wherof the Lorde hathe sayde vnto me Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. Desyre of me and I shall geue the the Heathen for thyne enharitauÌce the vtter most partes of the earth for thy possessioÌ Thou shalt bruse them with a rodde of yron breake them in peces lyke a potters vessell Be wyse nowe therfore O ye kynges be lerned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lorde in feare and reioyse â vnto hym with reuerence â Kysse the sonne leste he be angrye and so ye perysh froÌ the â ryght waye yf his wrath be kyndled but a lytle blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym ¶ The. iij. Psalme ¶ Psalme of Dauid when he fledde from the face of Absalom his sonne 2. Reg. 15. Lorde howe are they increased that trouble me many are they y â ryse agaynste me Many saye of my soule there is no helpe for hym in his God â Sela. But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship y â lyfter vp of my hede I dyd cal vpon y â Lord w t my voyce he herd me out of his holy hyll Sela. â I layde me downe slepte and rose vp agayne for the Lorde susteyned me I wyl nat be afrayed for ten thousandes of the people that haue set them selues agaynste me rounde about Up Lord saue me O my God for thou smytest almyne enemyes â vpon the cheke bone thou hast brokeÌ the teth of the vngodly Saluacion belongeth vnto the Lorde and thy blessynge is vpon thy people ¶ The. iiij Psalme ¶ To hym that excelleth in Musike a Psalme of Dauid HEare me when I call O God of my ryghteousnes thou hast set me at lybertye whan I was in trouble haue mercy vpon me here my prayer O ye sonnes of men howe longe wyll ye blaspheme myne honour and haue such pleasure in vanyte and seke after lesyng Sela. Knowe this also that the Lorde hath choseÌ to hym selfe the man that is godly when I call vpoÌ the Lorde he wyll heare me StaÌde in awe synne nat comen with your owne hert in your chambre be styll Sela. Offre the sacrifice of ryghtousnes put youre truste in the Lorde There be many that saye who wyll shewe vs any good Lorde lyfte thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpoÌ vs. Thou hast put gladnesse in my herte sence the time that theyr corne wyne â and oyle increaced I wyll laye me downe in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lorde onely that makest me dwell in safetye ¶ The. v. Psalme ¶ To him that excelleth in songes of Musicke a Psalme of Dauid POndre my wordes O Lorde consydre my meditacyon O herken thou vnto the voice of my callyng my king my god for vnto the wyll I pray My voyce shalt thou heare by tymes O Lord earely in the mornynge wyll I directe my prayer vnto the and wyll loke vp For thou arte the God that hath no pleasure in wyckednesse neyther shall any euyl dwell with the. Suche as be foolysh shall nat stande in thy syght for thou â hatest all them that worke vanyte Thou shalt destroye them that speak lesynge the Lorde wyll abhorre bothe the bloudy thyrstye and disceytfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen in the multytude of thy mercy and in thy feare wil I worshyppe towarde thy holy temple Leade me O Lorde in thy ryghteousnesse because of myne enemyes â make thy way playne before my face For there is no faythfulnesse â in his mouth theyr inwarde partes are very wyc kednesse theyr throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with theyr tonge Destroye y â them O God let theÌ perysh thorowe theyr owne ymaginacions caste them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlynesse For they haue rebelled agaynste the. And let all theÌ that put theyr trust in the reioyse they shall euer be geuynge of thankes because thou defendest theÌ they that loue thy name shall be ioyfull in the. For thou Lorde wylte geue thy blessynge vnto the righteous and with thy fauorable kyndnes wylte thou defende hym as with a shylde ¶ The. vâ Psalme ¶ To him that excelleth in Musick vpon the instrument of eyght strynges O Lorde rebuâe me nat in thy indigna cyon neyther chasten me in thy wrath Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is sore troubled but Lorde howe longe wylt thou punyshe me Turne the O Lorde and delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercyes sake For in death no man remembreth the and who wyll geue the thankes in the pyte I am wery of my groning euery night washe I my bedde and water my couche with my teares My bewtye is gone for very trouble and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes A waye fro ⪠me all ye that worke vanyte for the Lorde hath harde the voyce of my wepynge The Lorde hath hearde my peticyon the Lorde wyll receaue my prayer All myne enemyes shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal
be turned backe and put to shame sodenly ¶ The. vij Psalme â Sigaion of Dauid whiche he sauge vnto the Lorde in the busynes of â ââhuâ the conne of Iemini O Lorde my God in the haue I put my truste saue me from all them that per secute me and delyuer me Lest he deuour my soule lyke a lyon and teare it in peces whyle there is none to helpe O Lorde my God yf I haue done any suche thynge or yf there be any wyckednesse in my handes If I haue rewarded euyll vnto hym that dealt frendely withme yee I haue delyue red hym that with out any cause is myne enemye Then let myne enemye persecute my soule take me ye let hym treade my lyfe downe vpon the earth laye myne honoure in the dust Sela. Stande vp O Lorde in thy wrath and lyfte vp thy selfe because of the indyngnacions of myne enemye aryse vp for me in the â iudgemente that thou haste promysed And so shall the congregacyon of the people come aboute the for theyr sakes therfore lyfte vp thy selfe agayne The Lorde shall iudge the people geue sentence with me O Lorde accordynge to my ryghteousnes and accordynge to the innocencye that is in me Oh let the wyckednes of the vngodly come to an ende but guyde thou the iuste For the ryghteous God tryeth the very hertes and the raynes My helpe commeth of God which preserueth them that are true of hert God is is a ryghteous iudge â stronge and pacyent and God is prouoked euery daye If man wyl nat turne he wyl whette his swerde he hathe bente his bowe and made it ready He hathe prepared for hym the instrumentes of death he ordeneth hys arowes â agaynste the persecutours Bebolde he trauyleth with mischefe he hathe conceaued sorowe brought forth vngodlynesse He hathe grauen and digged vp a pytte is fallen him selfe into the destrue cyon that he made for other For his trauayll shal come vpon his owne heade and his wickednes shal fall vpoÌ his owne pate I wyll geue thankes vnto the Lorde accordynge to his ryghteousnes wyl prayse the name of the Lorde the moste hyest ¶ The. viii Psalme ¶ To him that excelleth â in Githith a Psalme of Dauyd O LODE our gouernour howe excellente is thy name in the worlde thou that haste sette thy glory aboue the heaueÌs ⪠Out of the mouthe of verye babes and sucklynges hast thou ordeyned â strength because of thyne enemyes that thou myghtest styll the enemye and the auenger For I wyll consydre thy heuens euen the worke of thy fyngers the Mone and the Starres whiche thou haste ordeyned What is man that thou arte myndeful of hym ⪠and the sonne of man that thou vysitest hym Thou madest him lytle lesse then the aungels to crowne him with glorye and worshyppe Thou makest hym to haue domi nyon in the workes of thy haÌdes and thou haste put all thynges in subâectyon vnder his fete Al shepe and oxen yee and y â beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre and the fishe of the see and what so euer wal keth thorowe the pathes of the sees O Lorde our gouernour howe excellent is thy name in all the worlde ¶ The. ix Psalme ¶ To him that eycelleth vpon â Almuth Lâben a Psalme of Dauyd I wyl gyue thankes vnto the O Lorde with my whole herte I wyll speake of all thy merueylous workes I wyll be glad and reioyce in the yee my songes wyl I make of thy name O thou moste hyghest Whyle myne enemyes are dryuen backe they shall fal and peryshe at thy presence For thou haste mayntened my ryght and my cause thou art set in the throne that âud ged ryght Thou hast rebuked y â Heithen destroied the vngodly thou haste put out their name for euer and euer O thou enemye distruccions are come to an ende euen as the cities which thou hast distroied their memorial is perished with them But the Lorde shall endure for euer he hath also pre pared his seate for iudgemeÌt For he shall iudge the worlde in ryghtuousnes and ministre true iudgemeÌt vnto the people The Lorde also wyl be a defence for the oppressed eueÌ a refuge iÌ due time of trouble And they y â knowe thy name wyll put their trust in the for thou Lorde hast neuer fayled theÌ that seke the. O prayse the Lorde which dwelleste in Syon shewe the people of hys doynges For when he maketh in quisycion for bloude he remembreth them forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde consydre my trouble whiche I suffre of them that ãâ¦ã thou that lyftest me vp froÌ the ga ãâ¦ã deathe That I maye shewe all thy ãâ¦ã with in the portes of the doughter of Syon I wyll reioyce in thy saluacion The Heythen are suncken downe in the pytte that they made in the same net which they hyd pryuely is there owne fore taken The Lorde is knowen to execute iudgement the vngodly is trapped in the worke of his owne haÌdes A consideracion Sela. The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all people that forget God For the poore shall nat be all waye forgotten nor the hope of the meke shall nat peryshe for euer Up Lorde and let nat man haue the vpper hande let the Heythen be iudged in thy syght Put them in feare O Lorde that the Heythen maye knowe them selues to be but men Sela. ¶ The. x. Psalme WHy standest thou so farre of O Lord hidest thy face in tyme of trouble ⪠The vngodly for his owne lust doth êsecute the poore let them be taken in the craftye wylenesse that they haue ymagined For the vngodly hathe made boste of his owne hertes desyre speakethe good of the couetous whom God abhorreth The vngodly is so proude y t he careth nat for God neither is God in his thought Hys wayes are alwaye greuous thy iudgementes are farre out of his syght and therfore defyeth he all his enemyes For he hath sayde in his here Tushe I shall neuer be caste downe there shall no harme happen vpon me His mouth is ful of cursing dissâit and frauâe vnder his tong is vngodlynesse and vanite He sytteth lurkynge in the stretes and priuely doth he murther y â innocent his eyes are sette agaynste the poore For he lyeth wayting secretly euen as a Lion lurketh he in his denne that he maye rauishe the pore He doth rauishe the pore when he getteth hym into his nette â He falleth downe and humbleth him selfe that the congregacion of the poore maye fall into the hande of his captaynes He hath sayde in his herte Tushe God hath forgotteÌ he hydeth away his face and he wyll neuer se it Aryse O Lorde God and lyfte vp thyne haÌde forget nat the poore Wherfore shulde the wyeked blapheme God whyle he dothe saye in his herte tushe thou carest
nat forât Surely thou hast sene it For y u beholdest vngodlynesse and wronge â That thou mayest take the matter into thy hande the poore coÌmiteth hym selfe vnto the for â one ãâã the helper of the frendlesse Breake â Lord the power of the vngodly and malycyo ⪠ãâã â take awaye his vngodlynesse and ãâ¦ã shalt fynde none The Lorde is kynge for euer and euer and the Hethen are peryshed out of the lande Lorde thou hast hearde the desyre of the poore thou preparest theyr hert and thyne eare herkeneth therto To helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto theyr ryght that the man of the erthe be no more exalted agaynste them The. xi Psalme ¶ To the Chauntâââ Psalme of Dauyd IN the Lorde put I my truste howe saye ye then to my soule that she shulde â fle as a byrde vpon youre hyll For lo the vngodly beÌde their bowe and make redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye pryuely shote at them whiche are true of herte For the â foundacions wylbe cast downe and what hath the ryghteous done The Lorde is in his holy temple the Lordes seat is in heuen Hys eyes consydre â the poore and hys eye lyddes beholde the chyldren of men The lorde aloweth that ryghteous but the vngodly and him that delyteth in wyckednes dothe his soule abhorre Upon the vngodly he shall rayne snares fyre add brymstone storme and tempest thys shal be theyr porcyon to drynke For y â ryghteous Lord loueth ryghteousnes his couÌtenauÌce wyll beholde the thynge that is iust ¶ The. xii Psalme ¶ To hym that excelleth vpon an iusteâmente of eyght strynges a Psalme of Dauid HElpe me Lorde for there is nat one godly man lefte For the faythfull are mynisshed from among the chyldren of meÌ They talke of vanyte euery one with hys neyghboure they do but flatter with theyr lyppes and dyssemble in theyr herte The Lorde shall rote out all discetyfull lyppes and the tonge that speketh proude thinges Whiche haue sayed with oure tonge wyl we preuayle we are they y t ought to speake who is our lorde Nowe for the troubles sake of the nedye and because of the complaynte of the poore I wyll vp sayeth the Lorde and wyll helpe euery one fro him â swelleth against hym and wyll set them at rest The wordes of y â Lord are pure wordes euen as the syluer which froÌ earth is tryed and purifyed seuen tymes iÌ the fyre Thou shalt kepe them O Lorde thou shalte preserue â him from thys generacyon for euer The vngodly walke on euery syde whan they are exalted the chyldren of men are put to rebuke ¶ The. xiij Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauid HOwe longe wylte thou forget me O Lorde for euer howe long wilt y u hyde thy face from me How long shal I seke couÌ cell in my soule be so vexed in myne herte howe long shall myne enemye triuÌphe ouer me Consydre here me O Lorde my God lyghteÌ myne eies y â I slepe nat in deth Lest myne enemy say I haue preuayled agaynst him for if I be caste downe they y â trouble me wyl reioyce at it But my trust is in thy mercy my herte is ioyful in thy saluacion I wyll synge to the Lorde because he hath dealte so louyngly with me â ve I wyl praise the name of the Lorde the most hyghest ¶ The. xiiij Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauid THe fole hath sayde in his herte there is no God They are corrupte and become abhomynable in theyr doynges there is not one y â dothe good â no not one The Lorde loked downe frome Heauen vpon the chyldren of men to se if there were any that wolde vnderstande and seke after God But they are all gone out of the way they are all togyther become abhomyable there is none that dothe good no not one â Their throte is an open sepulcre with their tonges they haue disceyued the poyson of aders is vnder their lyppes Their mouth is ful of cursyng bytternes their fete are swyfte to shed blode Distruccion vnhappynesse is in their waies the way of peace haue they not knowen there is no feare of God before their eies Haue they nat knowen me y t are such workers of mischefe eatyng vp my people as it were breade and cal nat vpon the Lord There were they brought in greate feare â euen where no fere was for God is in y â generacion of y â rightuous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the councel of the pore because he putteth his truste in the Lorde Who shal giue saluacion vnto Israel * out of Sion Whan the Lorde turneth the captiuite of his people then shall Iacob reioyââ and Israel shal be glad ¶ The. xv Psalme LORDE who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shall reste vpon thy holye hyll Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupte lyfe and dothe the thynge whiche is ryght that speaketh the trueh in his hert He that hath vsid no disceyt in his tonge nor done euyl to his neyghbour hath nat sclandred his neyghbours He that setteth nat by hym selfe but maketh muche of them that feare the Lorde he that sweareth vnto his neyghbour and disapointeth him not He that hathe not geuen his money vpon vsury nor taken rewarde agaynste the innoceÌt Who so doth these thinges shall neuer fall ¶ The. xvj Psame The badge or armes of Dauid PReserue me O God for in the haue I put my trust Thou hast sayde O my soule vnto the Lorde thou art my God my goodes are nothynge vnto the. All my delyte is vpon the sayntes that are in the earth and vpon suche as excell in vertue But they that runne after another God shall haue greate trouble Theyr drynke offrynges of bloude wyl not I offre nether make mencyon of theyr names within my lyppes The Lorde hym selfe is the porcyon of myne enheritauÌce and of my cuppe thou shalt maynteyne my lotte The lot is falleÌ vnto me in a fayre grouÌde yee I haue a goodly heritage I wyll thanke the Lorde for geuynge me warnynge my reynes also chasten me in the nyght season I haue set God alwayes before me for he is on my ryght hande therfore I shall nat fall Wherfore my harte reioyced and my tonge was glade my flesh also shall reste in hope For why thou shalt nat leaue my soule in hell neyther shalte thou suffre thy holy one to se corrupcyon Thou shalte shewe me that pathe of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioye in thy ryght hande there is pleasure for euermore ¶ The xvij Psalme A prayer of Dauid HEare the ryght O Lorde coÌsyder my complaynte herkeÌ vnto my prayer that goeth not our of fayned lyppes Let my sentence come forth from thy presence and let thyne eyes loke vpon the thynge that is equall Thou hast proued and visited
thou shalte ryd me from the wycked man For this cause I wyll gyue thankes vnto the O Lorde among the gentyls synge praises vnto thy name Greate prosperite gyueth he vnto his kyng and sheweth louynge kyndnes vnto Dauyd his anointed and vnto hê sede for euermore ¶ Thâ xix Psalme ¶ To the Chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd THE â heauens declare the glorye of God and the firmament sheweth hys handye worke â One daye telleth another and one nyght certyfyeth another â There is neyther speache nor language but there voyces are herde amonge them â Theyr sounde is gone out in to all landes and theyr wordes in to the endes of the worlde In them hath he set a tabernacle for the soÌne which coÌmeth forth as a bridegrome out of his chambre reioyseth as a giaunt to ruÌne his course It goeth forth from the vttermost part of the heauen and runneth about vnto the ende of it agayne there is nothyng hyd from the heare therof The lawe of the Lorde is vndefyled conuertynge the soule The testimonye of the Lorde is sure and giueth wisdome vnto the simple The statutê of the Lorde are right and reioyse the herte the commaundemeÌt of the Lorde is pure and gyueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the Lorde is cleane and endureth for euer the iudgemeÌtê of the Lorde are true and ryghteous altogether More to be desyred are they then golde yee then much fyne golde sweter also then hony and the hony combe Moreouer by them is thy seruaunt taught and in keping of them there is great rewarde Who can tell howe ofte he offendeth Oh clense thou me fro my secrete fautes Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous synnes lest they get the dominion ouer me for theÌ shall I be vndefyled and innocent froÌ the great offence Let the wordes of my mouth and the meditacion of my hert be â allwaye acceptable in thy sight O Lorde my strength and my redemer ¶ The xx Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauid THe Lorde heare the in the daye of trouble the name of the God of Iacob defende the sende the helpe froÌ y e Santuary and strength the out of Sion RemeÌbre all thy offerynges accepte thy brente sacrifyce Sela. Graunt the thy hertes desyre fulfyl all thy mynde We wyl reioyse in thy saluacyon triumphe in the name of the Lorde our God the Lorde perfourme all thy peticions Nowe knowe I that the Lorde helpeth his anoynted and wyl heare hym from hys holy heauen euen with the wholsome strength of his ryght hande Some put theyr truste in charettes and some in horses but we wyll remembre the name of the Lorde oure God they are brought downe and falleÌ but we are rysen and stand vp ryght Saue Lorde and heare vs O kyng in the day when we shall call â vponthe ¶ The. xxi Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauid THe kynge shal reioyce in thy strength O Lorde exceadynge glad shall he be of thy saluacyon Thou hast geuen hym his hertes desyre and hast nat denyed hym the request of his lyppes Sela. For thou shalt preuente hym with the blessynges of goodnes and shalte set a crowne of pure golde vpon his heade He asked lyfe of the and thou gauest hym a longe lyfe euen for euer and euer His honoure is greate in thy saluacyon glory and great worshipe shalt thou laye vpon hym For thou shalt geue hym euerlastynge felycite and make hym glad with the ioye of thy couÌtenaunce bycause the kynge putteth his trust in the Lorde and in the mercy of the most hyest he shal nat myscary All thyne enemyes shal fele thy hande thy ryght hande shall fynde out them that hate the. Thou shalt make them lyke a fyrie ouen in tyme of thy wrath the Lorde shal destroye them in his displeasure and the fyre shall consume them Theyr frute shalt thou destroy out of the earth and theyr sede from amonge the chyldren of men For they intended myschefe agaynst the and ymagyned suche a deuyce as they are nat able to perfourme Therfore shalte thou put them to flyght and the strynges of thy bowe shalt thou make redy agaynste the faces of them Be thou exalted Lorde in thyne owne streyngth so wyll we synge and prayse thy power The xxii Psalme ¶ To the Chaunter vpon the hynde of the dawnynge A Psalme of Dauid MY God my God â loke vpon me why hast thou forsaken me and art so farre fro my health and from the wordes of my complaynte O my God I crye in the daye tyme but thou hearest nat and in the night season also I take no rest And thou contynuest holy O thou worshyppe of Israel Our father 's hoped in the they trusted in the and thou dyddest delyuer theÌ They called vpon the and were helped they put theyr trust in the and were nat confounded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people All they that se me laugh me to scorne they shote out theyr lyppes and shake the heade He trusted in God let hym delyuer hym let hym delyuer hym yf he wyll haue hym But thou arâ he that toke me out of my mothers wombe thou wast my hope wheÌ I hanged yet vpoÌ my mothers brestes I haue bene lefte vnto the euer sense I was borne thou arte my God euen fro my mothers wombe O go nat fro me for trouble is harde at hande and here is none to helpe me Many oxen are come about me greate bulles of Basan close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with theyr mouthes as it were a rampynge and roarynge lyon I am powred out lyke water and al my bones are out of ioynt my herte also in the myddest of my body is euen lyke meltynge waxe My streÌgth is dryed vp lyke a poâsherde my tonge cleueth to my goâes and thou shalt bringe me in to the dust of dethe For â many â dogges are come about me the councell of the wicked laye seage agaynste me They pearsed my handes and my tete I maye tell all my bones they stande starynge and lokynge vpon me They parte my garmentes among theÌ and caste lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me O Lord thou art my succoure hast the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swerde my darlyng from the power of the dogge Saue me frome the lyons mouthe thou hast herde me also from among the hornes of the vnicornes I wyl declare thy name vnto my brethreu in the myddest of the congregacion wyll I prayse the. O prayse the Lorde ye that feare hym Magnyfie him al ye of the sede of Iacob feare him al ye sede of Israel For he hath nat dispysed nor abhorred the lowe estate of the pore he hath nat hyd his face from hym but when he called vnto him he
had in division of them that are rounde about vs. Thou makest vs to be a by worde amonge the heithen and that the people shake their heades at vs. My confusion is daylye before me the shame of my face hath couered me For the voyce of the sclauÌderer and blasphemer for the enemye and auenger And thoughe all this be come vpon vs yet do we not forgette the nor behaue our selues frowardly in thy couenaunt Our herte is not turned backe neyther our steppes gone out of thy waye No nat whan thou haste snutteÌ vs into the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of deathe If we haue forgotten the name of oure God and holden vp our haÌdes to any straunge God Shal nat God search it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the herte For thy sake also are we kylled all the daye longe are couÌted as shepe apointed to be slayne Up Lorde why slepest thou Awake and be nat absent from vs for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face and forgettest our mysery and oure trouble For out soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust our belye cieueth vnto the grounde Aryse and helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercy sake ¶ The. xlv Psalme ¶ To him that excell amonge the ââââes an instruccyon of the chyldren of Lorah a songe of loue MY herte is endytynge of a good mater I speake of the thiges whiche I haue made vnto the kynge My tong is the peÌne of a redy wryter â Thou arte fayrer then the chyldren of men ful of grace are thy lyppes because God hath blessed the for euer Girde the with thy swerde vpon thy thigh O thou moste myghty accordynge to thy worshype and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thyne honour ryde on because of the worde of treuthe of mekenesse ryghteousnesse and thy ryght hande shall teach the rerrible thynges Thy arrowes are very sharpe and the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemyes Thy seate O God endureth for euer the scepter of thy kyngdome is a ryght scepter Thou hast loued ryghteousnesse and hated iniquite wherfore God euen thy God hathe anoyted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes All thy garmentes smell of myrre Aloes and Cassia out of the yuerye palaces wher by they haue made the glade Kynges daughters were amonge thy honorable wemen vpon thy ryght hande dyd stande the quene in a vesture of gold â wrought about with dyuerse colours Herken O daughter and consydre enclyne thyne eare forget also thine owne people thy fathers house So shal y c kynge haue pleasure in thy bewtye for he is thy Lorde â God and worshype thou hym And the daughter of Tire shall be there with a gyfte lyke as the ryche also amonge the people shall make theyr supplicacyon before the. The kynges daughter is all gloryous within her clothynge is of wrought golde She shal be brought vnto the kynge in raymente of nydle worke the virgins that be her felowes shall beare her company and shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and shal entre in to the kynges palace In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue chyldren whom thou mayest make princes in all landes I wyll remembre thy name from one generacyon to another therfore shall the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende ¶ The. xlvi Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a songe for the chyldren of Lorath vpon â Alamoth GOd is our hope and streÌgth a very pre sente helpe in trouble Therfore wyl we nat feare though the earth be moued though the hylles be caryed in the myddest of the see Though y â waters therof rage and swell though the mountaynes shake at the tempest of the same Sela. The ryuers of the floude therof shall make glad the cytie of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the moste hyest God is in the myddest of her therfore shall she nat be remoued God shall helpe her and that ryght early The Heithen make muche a do and the kyngdomes are moued but God hathe shewed his voyce and the earth shall melt awaye The Lorde of Hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our refuge Sela. O come hyther and beholde the workes of the Lorde what destruccyons he hath brought vpon the earth He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bow and knappeth y â speare in sonder burneth the charettes in the fyre Be styll then and knowe that I am God I wyl be exalted amonge the Heythen I wyll be exalted in the earth The Lord of Hostes is with vs the God of Iacob is our defence Sela. ¶ The xlvij Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme for the children of Lorâh O Clappe your handes togyther all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of melody For y â Lorde is hye to be feared he is the great kynge vpon al the earth He shall subdue the people vnder vs and the nacyons vnder oure fete He shall chose out an herytage for vs euen the worshippe of Iacob whoÌ he loued Sela. God is gone vp with a mery noyse the Lorde with the sounde of the trompe O synge prayses synge prayses vnto â oure God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto our kynge For God is kynge of al y â earth syng ye prayses with vnderstaÌding God raygneth ouer the heithen god sytteth vpoÌ his holy seate The princes of y â people are ioyned vnto y â people of y â God of Abraham for God whiche is very hye exalted dothe defende the earth as it were with a shylde ¶ The. xlviij Psalme ¶ â songâ of a Psalme of the chyldren of Loâah â in the seconde daye of oure Sabbaâh GReate is the Lorde and hyghly to be praysed in the cytie of oure God euen vpon his holy hyll The hyll of Syon is a fayre place the ioye of the whole earthe vpon the north syde lyeth the cytye of the greate kynge God is well knowen in her palaces as a sure refuge For lo the kynges â of the earth are gathered gone by together They merueled to se such thinges they were astonyed and sodeynly caste downe Feare came there vpon them sorowe as vpon a woman in her trauayle Thou shalt breake the shyppes of the see thorowe the east wynde Lyke as we haue herd so haue we sene in the citye of the Lord of Hostes in the cytye of oure god God vpholdeth her for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louing kyndnesse O God in y â myd dest of thy reÌple O God according vnto thy name so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hand is ful of righteous nes Let the mounte Sion reioyse and the daughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgemeÌtes Walke about Sion and go round about her and tell the towres therof Marke well her bulwerkes set
vp her houses that ye maye tel them that come after For this God is oure God for eâer and euer he shall be oure gyde vnto death ¶ The. xlix Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme for the chyldren of Lorah O Heare this al ye people poÌdre it with youre eares all ye that dwell in the worlde Hye and lowe ryche and poore one with another My mouth shal speake of wysdome and my hert shall muse of vnderstandynge I wyll enclyne myne eare to the parable and shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare in the dayes of wyckednesse and when the wyckednesse of my heles coÌpaseth me rouÌde about There be some that trust in theyr abundaunce and boast them selues in the multitude of theyr rychesse But no man maye delyuer his brother nor make agrement vnto God for hym For it costeth more to redeme theyr soules so that he must let that alone for euer âee though he lyue longe and se nat the graue For he seeth that wyse men also dye and peryshe togeyther as wel as the ignoraunt folysh and leaue theyr ryches for other And yet they thinke that theyr houses shal continue for euer and that theyr dwellynge places shal endure froÌ one generacion to another callyng the landes after theyr owne names Neuerthelesse man wyll nat abyde in honoure seynge he may be compared vnto the beastes that peryshe this is the waye of them This is theyr folyshnesse and theyr posterite prayse theyr sayeng Sela. They lye in the hell lyke shepe death gnaweth vpoÌ theÌ and the ryghteous shall haue dominacyon of them in the mornyng theyr bewtye shall consume in the sepulchre out of theyr dwellynge But God shall delyuer my soule from the place of hell for he shall receaue me Sela. Be nat thou afrayed though one be made ryche or yf the glorye of his house be increased For he shal cary nothynge awaye with hym when he dyeth nether shal his pompe folowe him For whyle he lyued he couÌted hym selfe an happye man and â so longe as y â doest well vnto thy selfe meÌ wyll speake good of the. He shall folowe the generacion of his fathers shal neuer se light Man beyng in honoure hath no vnderstandynge but is compared vnto the beastes that peryshe ¶ The. l. Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Asaph The Lorde euen the most myghtie God hathe spoken and called the worlde from the rysynge vp of the sonne vnto the goynge downe therof Out of Syon hathe God apeared in perfecte bewtye Oure God shall come and shall not kepe sylence there shall go before hym a coÌsumynge fyre and a myghtye tempest shal be stered vp rounde aboute hym He shall call the heauen from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge hys people Gather my saynctes togeyther vnto me those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifyce And the heauens shal declare hys ryghtuousnesse for God is iudge hym selfe Sela Heare O my people and I wyll speake I my selfe wyll testifye agaynste the O Israell For I am God euen thy God I wy âat reproue the because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt offerynges because they were nat all way before me I wyl take no bullocke out of thy house nor he Goates out of thy foldes For all the beastes of the Forest are myne and so are the cattell vpon a thousande hylles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wylde beastes of the felde are in my syght If I be hongrye I wyll nat tell the for the whole worlde is myne and all y â therin is Thynkeste thou that I wyll eate bulles flesshe and drincke the bloude of goates Offre vnto God thankes geuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the moste hyghest And cal vppon me in the tyme of trouble so wyll I heare the and thou shalte prayse me But vnto the vngodly sayde God Why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth Where as thou hatest to be refourmed haste cast my wordes behynde the WhaÌ thou sawest a thefe thou consentedest vnto hym and haste bene partaker with the aduouterers Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tong thou hast set forth disceyt Thou sattest and spakest agaynst thy brother yee hast sclauÌdred thine owne mothers sonne These thinges haste thou done I helde my tonge y â thoughtest â wickedly that I am eueÌ such a one as thy selfe but I wyl re proue the set before the the thynges that thou hast done O consydre this ye y â forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to delyuer you Who so offreth me thaÌkes and praise he honoureth me and to him y â ordreth his conuersacion right wyll I shewe the saluacyon of God â The. li. Psalme ¶ To the chaunter â Psalme of Dauid when the prophet Nathan came vnto him after he was gone in to Bethsave HAue mercy vpon me O God after thy â great goodnes accordyng vnto the multytude of thy mercyes do awaye myne offences washe me thorowly fro my wyckednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowleg my fautes my synne is euer before me Agaynst the onely haue I synned and done this euil in thy sight y â thou myghtest be iustifyed in thy sayinge clere when y â art iudged Beholde I was shapen in wyckednesse in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou requyrest truth in the inward partes and shalt make me to vnderstaÌde wisdome secretly Thou shalte pourge me with Isope I shall be cleane thou shalt wash me I shal be whiter then snowe Thou shalt make me heare ioye and gladnesse that the bones whiche y â hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face from my sinnes put out al my misdedes Make me a cleane hert O God renue a ryght spryte within me Cast me not awaye from thy presence take nat thy holy spryte from me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne stablysh me with thy fre spryte Then shall I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked and synners shal be coÌuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloude gyltynesse O God O God of my healthe and my tonge shall synge thy ryghteousnesse Thou shalte open my lyppes O Lorde â and my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse For thou desyrest no sacryfyce els wolde I geue it y â but thou delitest nat in burntofferynge The sacrifice of God is a troubled spryte a broken and a coÌtryte hert O God shalt thou nat despyse O be fauorable gracious vnto Sion buylde thou the walles of Ierusalem Then shalt thou be pleased with y â sacryfice of ryghteousnesse with the burnt offerynges oblacions theÌ shal they offre yonge bullockes vpon thine aulter ¶ The. lii Psalme ¶ To the chaunter an exortacion of Dauid when Doâg the Edomyte came to Saul and shewed him sayinge Dauid is
gracyous rayne vpon thyne enheritaunce and refresshedyst it wheÌ it was werye Thy congregacyon shal dwell therin For thou O God haste of thy goodnesse prepared for the poore The lorde gaue the worde â greate was the company of the preachers Kynges with theyr armyes dyd flye and were discomfited they of the housholde deuyded the spoyle â Though ye haue lyen among y â pottes yet shall ye be as y â wynges of a doue that is couered with syluer wynges and hyr fethers lyke golde When the almyghtye scattred kynges for their sake then were they as whyte as snow in zalmon As the hyll of Basan so is Godys hyll euen a hye hyll as the hyll of Basan ⪠Why hoppe ye so â ye hye hylles This is Godys hyl in the which it pleseth him to dwell yee the Lorde wyl abyde in it for euer The charettes of God are twentye thousande euen thousandes of angels and the Lorde is amonge them as in the holy place of Sinai Thou art gone by an hye thou hast led captiuyte captyue and receaued gyftes for men Yee euen for thyne enemyes that the Lorde God myght dwell amoÌge them Praysed be the Lorde dayly euen the God whiche helpeth vs poureth his benefytes vpon vs. Sela. He is oure God eueÌ the God of whom commeth salua cyon God is the Lorde by whom we escape death God shall wouÌde the heade of hys enemies and the heary scalpe of such one as goth on styll iÌ his wyckednes The Lorde hath sayde I wyll bryng my people agayn as I dyd from Basan myne owne wyll I brynge agayne as I dyd somtyme from the depe of the see That thy fote may be dypped in the bloud of thyne enemyes and that the tonge of thy dogges may be red thorow the same It is well sene O God how y â goest how thou my God and kyng goest in the Sanctuary The singers go before the mynstrels folowe after in the myddes are the damosels playeng w t the tymbrels Geue thankes O Israel vnto God y â Lord in the congregacions from the grounde of the hart There is lytle Ben Iamin theyr ruler and the Prynces of Iuda their councell the Prices of zabulon and the Prynces of Nephthali Thy God hathe sent for the strength for the stablysh the thing O God that thou hast wrought in vs. From thy teÌple in Ierusalem cometh forth thy streÌgth and kynges shall bryng presentes vnto the â whaÌ the company of the speare men and multytude of y â mighty are scatred abrode among the bestes of y â people so that they huÌbly bring peces of syluer and whan he hath scatred y â people that delyte in warre Then shall the Prynces come out of Egypte the MoryaÌs land shal soone stretch out her haÌdes vnto God Synge vnto god O ye kyngdomes of y â erth O synge prayses vnto the Lorde Sela. Which sytteth in the heauens ouer al from the begynnynge Lo he doth sende out hys voyce yee and that a mightye voyce Ascrybe ye the power vnto god ouer Israel his worshippe stregth is in the cloudes O God wonderful art thou in thy holy places euen the God of Israell he geue the strengthe and power vnto his people Blessed be God ¶ The. lxix Psalme ¶ To the chaunter vpon â Sosanim of Dauid SAue me O God for the waters are come in euen vnto my soule I stycke faste in the depe myre where no grounde is I am come into depe waters so that the floudes ronne ouer me I am werye of crying my throte is drye my syghte fayleth me for waytynge so longe vpon my God They that hate me without a cause are mo theÌ the heere 's of my head they that are myne enemyes and wolde destroye me giltlesse are mighty â I payed them the thinges that I neuer toke God thou knowest my symplenesse and my fautes are nat hyd from the Let nat them that truste in the O Lorde God of Hoostes be ashamed for my cause let nat those that seke the beconfounded thorowe me O God of Israell And why for thy sake haue I suffred reprofe shame hath couered my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren euen an aleaunt vnto my mothers chyldren For the zele of thyne house hathe euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked the are fallen vpon me I wepte and chastened my soule with fastynge and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sacke cloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynste me and the dronckardes make songes vpon me But Lorde I make my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme. Heare me O God in the multitude of thy mercy eueÌ in the truth of thy saluacion Take me out of the myre that I synke nat Oh let me be delyuered from them that hate me and out of the depe waters Let nat the water floude drowne me nether the depe swalowe me vp and let nat the pytte shute her mouth vpon me Heare me O Lorde for thy louyng kyndnesse is coÌfortable turne the vnto me accordynge vnto the multitude of thy mercyes And hyde nat thy face from thy sernauÌt for I am in trouble O haste the and here me Drawe nye vnto my soule and delyuer it Oh saue me because of myne enemyes ⪠Thou haste knowen my reprofe my shame and my dyshonour ⪠myne aduersaries are al iÌ thy fight The rebuke hath broken my hert I am full of heuynes I loked for some to haue pitye vpon me but there was no man nether fouÌde I any to conforte me They gaue me gall to eate when I was thyrsty they gaue me vineger to drynke Let theyr table be made a snare to take theÌ selues with all and let the thinges that shuld haue ben for theyr welth be vnto theÌ an occacyon of fallyng Let theyr eyes be blynded y â they se nat and euer bowe y â downe their backes Powre out thyne indignacion vpon theÌ and let thy wrathful displeasure take holde of them Let theyr habitacion be voyde and no man to dwell in theyr tentes For they persecute hym whom thou hast smyteÌ they talke howe they may vexe theÌ whom thou hast wounded Let them fall froÌ one wyckednesse to another and nat come into thy ryghteousnesse Let them be wyped out of the boke of the lyuyng nat be written among the righteous As for me whaÌ I am poore and in heuynesse thy helpe O God shall lyfte me vp I wyl prayse the name of God with a songe and magnyfye him w t thankes geuiÌge This also shal please god better then a bullocke that hathe hornes and hoofes The humble shall consydre this and be glad seke ye after god and youre foule shall lyue For the Lorde heareth the pore and despyseth nat â his prisoners Let heauen and earth prayse hym the see and al that moueth therin For god wyll saue Sion and
y â they turne nat agayne to folyshnes For his saluacion is nye them that feare him that glorye may dwel in our lande Mercy and trueth are met togither ryghtuousnesse and peace haue kyssed eche other Truth shal floryshe out of the earth ryghtuousnes hath loked downe fro heauen Yee the Lorde shall shewe louynge kyndnesse and our lande shall gyue her encrease Ryghtuousnesse shall go before him and â he shall directe his goynge in the waye ¶ The. lxxxvj Psalme ¶ A prayer of Dauyd BOwe downe thyne eare O Lorde and neare me for I am pore and in misery Preserue thou my soule for I am holye my God saue thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercyful vnto me O lord for I wyll call daylye vpon the. Comforte the soule of thy seruaunte for vnto the O Lorde do I lyft vp my soule For thou Lorde arte good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. Gyue eare Lorde vnto my prayer and poÌ dre the voyce of my humble desyres In the tyme of my trouble I wyl call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the Goddes there is none lyke vnto the O Lorde there is nat one that can do as thou doest Al nacyons whom thou hast made shal come and worshyppe the O Lorde shall glorify thy name For thou arte great and doest woÌ derous thinges thou arte God alone Teache me thy way O Lorde and I wyll walke in thy trueth O knytte my hert vnto the that it maye feare thy name I wyll thanke the O Lorde my God with all my herte and wyll prayse thy name for euer For greate is thy mercy towarde me and thou hast delyuered my soule from the nethermoste hell O God the proude are rysen agaynste me and the congregacions of noughtie men haue sought after my soule and haue nat set the before theyr eies But thou O Lorde God arte full of compassion and mercy long suffryng plentuous in goodnes and trueth O turne the then vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt and saue the sonne of thyne handmayde Shewe some token vpon me for good that they whiche hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou Lord hast helped me and comforted me ¶ The. lxxxvii Psalme ¶ A Psalme and songe of the sonnes of Lorah HER foundacions are vpon the holye hylles the Lorde loueth the gates of Syon more then all the dwellynges of Iacob Uery excellente thynges are spoken of the thou cyte of God Selah I wyll thynke vpon Rahab and Babylon with them that knowe me Beholde yee the Phylistynes also and they of Tyre with the Moryans Lo there was he borne And of Syon it shal be reported that he was borne in her and the moste hyest shall stablysh her The Lorde shall rehearse it whan he wryteth vp the people that he was borne there Selah â The syngers also and trompetters shal he rehearse All my fresh sprynges shal be in the. ¶ The lxxxviij Psalme ¶ A songe and Psalme of the sonnes of Lorah to the chaunter â vpon Mahelath to geue thankes an instruccion of Heman the Ezrahyte O Lorde God of my saluacyon I haue cryed daye and nyght before the Oh let my prayer entre into thy presence enclyne thyne eare vnto my callynge For my soule is ful of trouble and my lyfe draweth nye vnto hell I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pyrte and I haue bene euen as a man y â hath no streÌgth Fre amonge the deade lyke vnto them that be wounded slepynge in the graue whithe be out of remembraunce and are cut awaye from thy hande Thou haste layde me in the lowest pitte in darke and depe places Thyne in dygnacyon lyeth harde vpoÌ me and thou haste vexed me with all thy stormes Selah Thou haste put awaye myne acquayntauÌce farte fro me and made me to be abhorred of them I am so faste in prysoÌ that I can nat get forth My syght fayleth for very trouble Lorde I haue called dayly vpon the I haue stretched out myne handes vnto the. Wylt thou shew wonders amonge the deade Or shal the deed ryse vp agayne prayse theâ Sela. Shall thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruccyon Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke and thy ryghtuousnes in the lande of forgetfulnesse â Unto the haue I cryed O Lorde and early shall my prayer come before the. Lorde why abhorrest thou my soule and hydest thou thy face fro me I am in mysery and lyke vnto hym that is at the poynte to dye euen fro my youth vp thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mynde Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me and the feare of the hathe vndone me They came rounde aboute me daylye lyke water and compased me to geyther on euery syde My louers and frendes haste thou put awaye fro me and hyd myne acquayntauÌce out of my syght ¶ The. lxxxix Psalme ¶ An instruccyon of Ethan the Ezrahyte MY songe shal be all waye of the louing kyndenes of the Lord with my mouth wyll I euer be shewynge thy truth from one generacyon to another For I haue sayd mercy shal be set vp for euer thy truth shalt thou stablysh in the heauens I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt Thy sede wyll I stablysh foreuer and set vp thy trone from one generacyon to another Sela. O Lorde the very heauens shall prayse thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the congregacyon of the saynctes For who is he amonge the cloudes that shal be compared vnto the Lorde And what is he amonge the chyldren of goddes that shal be lyke vnto the Lorde God is very greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes and to be had in reuerence of all them that are aboute hym O Lorde God of Hostes who is lyke vnto the thy trueth moste myghtye Lorde is on euery syde Thou rulest the ragyng of the see thou styllest the waues therof when they aryse Thou hast subdued Egypte and destroyed it thou haste scatred thyne enemyes abroade with thy myghtye arme The heauens are thyne the earth also is thyne thou haste layed the foundacyon of the rounde worlde and al that therin is Thou haste made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shall reioyse in thy name Thou hast a myghtie arme strong is thyne hande and hye is thy ryght hande Ryghteousnes and equyte is the habytacyon of thy seate mercy and trueth shall go before thy face Blessed is the people O Lorde that can reioyse in the they shall walke in the lyghte of thy countenaunce Theyr delyte shal be daylye in thy name in thy ryghteousnesse shal they make theyr boste For thou art y â glory of theyr strength in thy louyng kyndnesse y u shalt lyfte vp our hornes For the
There shal go a fyre before hym and burne vp hys enemyes on euery syde Hys lyghtnynges gaue shine vnto the worlde the earth sawe it and was afrayed The hylles melted lyke waxe at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earthe The Heauens haue declared hys ryghtuousnes and all the people haue sene hys glory Confounded be all they that worshyppe carued ymages and that delyte in vayne Goddes worshyppe hym â all ye Goddes Syon herde of it and reioysed and the doughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgementes O Lorde For thou Lorde arte hygher then al that are in the earth thou art exalted far aboue all Goddes O ye that loue the Lorde se that ye hate the thynge whiche is euyll the Lorde preserueth the soules of his saynctes he shal deliuer them from the haÌde of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyful glad nesse for suche as be true herted Reioyse in the Lorde ye ryghteous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of hys holynesse ¶ The. xcviij Psalme ¶ A Psalme for Dauyd O SYNGE vnto the Lorde a newe soÌge for he hath done maruelous thinges With hys owne ryght hande and wyth his holye arme hathe he gotten hymselfe the vyctorye The Lorde declared hys saluacyon his ryghteousnesse hathe he openly shewed in the syght of the Heathen He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel and al the endes of the worlde haue sene the saluacyon of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes synge reioyse and gyue thankes Prayse the Lorde vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also and shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kynge Let the see make a noyse and al that ther in is the rounde world and they that dwel therin Let the floudes clappe theyr handes and let the hylles be ioyfull together Before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earthe With ryghtuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equyte ¶ The. xcix Psalme â of Dauid THE Lorde is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacyent he sytteth bytwene the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lorde is great in Syon and hye aboue all people They shall geue thankes vnto thy name which is great woÌderfull holy The kynges power loueth iudgement thou hast prepared equyte thou hast executed iudgement rightuousnes in Iacob O magnyfye the Lorde our God and fal downe before his fote stole for he is holy Moses and Aaron among his preastes and Samuel among suche as cal vpon his name these called vpon the Lorde and he herde them He spake vnto them out of the cloudy pyller for they kepte his testimonies and the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest them O Lorde our God thou forgauest them O God and punyshedst theyr owne inuencions O magnifye the Lorde our God and worshyppe him vpon his holy hyll for the Lorde oure God is holy ¶ The. C. Psalme ¶ A Psalme for thankesgeuynge O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnes and come before hys presence with a songe Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God It is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye into his gates with thankes geuynge into his courtes with praise be thankeful vnto him and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercye is euerlastynge and his truth endureth from generacion to generacyon ¶ The. C. j. Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgement vnto the O Lorde wyll I synge O let me haue vnderstandynge in the waye of godlynesse Whan wylt thou come vnto me I wyll walke in my house wyth a perfecte herte I wyll take no wycked thynge in hande I hate the synnes of vnfaythfulnesse there shal no such cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shall departe frome I wyll nat knowe a wycked person Who so preuely slauÌdreth his neighbour hym wyll I destroye Who so hathe also a proude loke and an hye stomake I wyl nat suffre hym Myne eyes loke vnto such as be faythfull in the lande that they maye dwell with me who so leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunte There shall no dysceytfull persone dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall nat tary in my syght I shal sone destroye al the vngodly that are in the laÌde that I maye rote out al wicked doers from the cytie of the Lorde ¶ The. C. ij Psalme ¶ A prayer of the afâlyât when he hathe an heuye harte and powreth out his complaynte before the Lorde H Eare my prayer O Lorde and let my cryenge come in vnto the. Hyde nat thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thyne eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that ryght sone For my dayes are consumed away lyke smoke my bones are brente vp as it were a fyre brande My herte is smytten downe and wythered lyke grasse so that I forget to eate my breade For the voyse of my gronynge my bone wyll scarse cleue to my flesshe I am become lyke a Pellycane of y â wyldernes lyke an owle y â is in the deserte I haue watched am eueÌ as it were a sparowe y â sytteth alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemyes reuyle me all the turned so that they hated his people dealt vntruly with his seruauÌtes Then sent he Moses hê seruauÌt and Aaron whom he had chosen And these shewed his tokens amonge them and wonders in the lande of HaÌ He sent darckenesse it was darke â and they were nat obedyent vnto hys worde He turned theyr waters into bloude and slewe theyr fyshe Theyr laÌde brought forth frogges ye euen in theyr kynges chambers He spake the worde and theyr came all maner of flyes and lyce in al theyr quarters He gaue theÌ hayle stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in theyr laÌde He smote theyr vines also and fyge trees and destroye the trees that were in theyr coastes He spaeke the worde and the gre shoppers came and catyrpellers innumerable And dyd eate vp all the grasse in theyr lande deuoured the frute of theyr grouÌde He smote al the fyrst borne in theyr lande euen the chefe of all theyr strength He brought them forth also with syluer and golde there was nat one feble persoÌ amoÌge theyr trybes Egypte was glad at theyr departing for they were afrayed of them He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue lyght in the nyght season At theyr desyre he brought quayles and he fylled them with the breade of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters
my wyne whiche I haue poured out for you Forsake ignoraunce and ye shall lyue and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstandynge Who so reproueth a scornefull personne gettethe him selfe dyshonoure and he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth hym selfe Reproue nat â a scorner leste he owe the euyll wyll but rebuke a wyse man he wyll loue the. Geue a dyscrete man but an occasyon and he wylbe the wyser teache a righteous man and he wyll increase in knowlege The feare of the Lorde is the beginnyng of wysdome and the knowledge of holy thynges is vnderstaÌdyng For thorow me thy dayes shall be proloÌged y â yeares of thy lyfe shal be many If thou be wyse thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good but if y e thikest scorne therof it shall be thyne owne harme A folysh rechelesse woman ful of wordes such a one as hathe no knowledge sytteth at the dore of her house in y e hygh places of y e cite to call suche as go by that walke streyght in theyr wayes Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther and to the vnwyse she sayeth stollen waters are swete the breade that is preuely eaten hathe a good taste And he dothe nat consydre that they are but deade whiche be there and that her gestes are in y e depe of hel â For he that wyll be ioyned vnto her shall go downe to hel but he that auoydeth frome her shal be saued ¶ The Prouerbes of Salomon ¶ In this chapter and in all that folowe vnto the thyrtye the wyse man exhorteth by dyuers sentences whiche he calleth Parables to folowe vertues and flye vyces And sheweth also what profet coÌmeth of wysdome what hyndrauÌce proceadeth of folyshnesse Capitulo X. A Wyse soÌne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete soÌne is an heuines vnto hê mother Tresures y t are wickedly gotteÌ êfyte nothiÌg but ryghtuousnes delyuereth froÌ deth The Lord wil nat let y e soule of y e ryghtuous suffce hongre but he putteth the vngodly from his desyre An ydle hande maketh poore but the quycke labourynge hand maketh ryche â who so regardeth lesynges fedeth the wynde and doth but folowe byrdes that haue taken theyr flyght â¡ Who so gathereth in Sommer is wyse but he that is slougy she in harueste bryngeth hym selfe to confusion Blessynges are vpon the heade of the ryghtuous and the mouthe of the vngodly kepeth myschefe in secrete The memoriall of the iuste shall haue a good reporte but the name of the vngodly shal styncke A wyse man wyl receyue war nynge but a fole wyll soner be smyteÌ in the face He that leadeth an innocent lyfe wal keth surely but who so goeth a wrong way shal be knoweÌ He y â wincketh w t hê eye wyll do some harme but he y â hath a folish mouth shal be beteÌ The mouth of a rightuoê° maÌ is a veyne of life but y â mouth of y â vngodly kepeth mischefe iÌ secrete Euill wyl stereth vp strife but loue couereth y â multitude of sines In y â lippes of hiÌ y â hath vnderstaÌdig a maÌ shal fynde wysdome but y â rod beloÌgeth to y â backe of y â folish Wyse mââay vp knowlege but y â mouth of y â folish is ny destruccioÌ The riche maÌs goodê are hê stroÌge holde but pouerty oppresseth y â pore The rightuoê° laboureth to do good but y â vngodly vseth hê encrease vnto sine To take hede vnto y â chaste niÌg of nurture is y â way of life but he y â refu seth to be refourmed disceaueth hiÌ self DisseÌblyng lippê kepe hatred secretly he y â speketh any sclauÌder is a fole Where much babliÌg is there must nedes be offeÌce he y â refrineth hê lippes is wise An innoceÌt toÌg is a noble treasure but y â hert of y â vngodly is nothiÌg worth The lippê of y â rightuous fede âwhole multitude but foles shal die iÌ their owne foly The blessiÌg of y â Lord maketh riche men as for careful trauayle it doth nothiÌg therto A fole doth wyckedly maketh but a sport of it neuertheles it is wysdome for a maÌ to beware of suche The thinge y â y â vngodly are afraied of shal come vpoÌ theÌ but y â rightuous shal haue their desire The vngodly is lyke a teÌpest y â passeth ouer is no more sene but y â righteoê° remaineth sure for euer As vineger is to y â teth as smoke is vnto the eies eueÌ so is a slougysh êson to theÌ y â sende hiÌ forth The feare of y â Lord maketh a long life but y e yerê of y t vngodly shal be shortened The pacieÌt abidiÌg of y e rightuous shal be turned to gladnes but y â hope of y â vngodly shal perish The way of y e Lorde geueth a corage vnto y â godly but it is a fere for wicked doers The righteoê° shal neuer be ouerthroweÌ but the vngodly shal nat remaine in y e laÌde The mouth of y â iust wyl be talkiÌg of wisdome but y e toÌg of y â froward shal perish The lippê of y â rightuous are occupied in acceptable thiÌgê but y â mouth of y â vngodly taketh theÌ to y â worst CAP. XI A False balauÌce is an abhominacioÌ vn to y â Lord but a true weight pleseth hiÌ Where pride is there is shame also coÌfusioÌ but where as is lowlynes there is wisdome The iÌnoceÌt deliÌg of y e iust shal lede theÌ but y e wickednes of suche as disseÌble shal be theyr owne destruccioÌ Riches helpe nat iÌ y â daye of veÌgeauÌce but righteousnes deliuereth froÌ deth The rightuousnes of y â inoceÌt ordreth hê way but y e vngodly shal fal in his owne wickednes The rightuousnes of y â iust shal deliuer theÌ but y â wicked shal be takeÌ in their owne vngodlynes WheÌ an vngodly maÌ dyeth hê hope is gone y â coÌfideÌce of riches shal perish The rightuoê° shal be deliuered out of trouble y â vngodly shal come to hê steade Thorow y e mouth of y â disseÌbler is hê neighbour destroied but thorow knowledge shall y â iust be deliuered WheÌ it goeth wel w t the righteoê° y â cite is mery wheÌ y â vngodly perish there is gladnes WheÌ y e iust are iÌ welth y â cite êspereth but wheÌ y e vngodly haue y e rule it decaieth A fole briÌgeth vp a sclauÌder of hê neyghboure but a wyse man wyl kepe it secrete A disseÌblyng êson wyl discouer preuy thinges but he that is of a faythfull herte wyl kepe councell Where no good councell is there y e people decay but where dothe a mysse but blessed is he that hathe pytye of the poore â He that putteth hys truste in the Lorde louethe to be mercyfull They that ymagin wickednes
Lorde â shaue the heare of the heade and the fete and the beerd cleane of with the rasour that he shal paye them withall beyonde the water namely with the Kynge of the Assirians At the same time shal a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylcke he shall make butter and eate it So that euery one whiche remayneth in the lande shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vyneyardes though there be a thousande vynes in one and were solde for a thousande syluerlynges shal be turned to brears and thornes Lyke as they shall come in to the lande with arowes and bowes so shall all the lande be come brears and thornes And as for all hylles that are hewen downe ther shall nat come vpon them any feare of brears and thornes But the catell shall be dryuen thyther and the shepe shall fede there ¶ The delyueraunce of the lande by Emanuell The stone of offence at whiche many shall sââinble CAP. VIII MORE OVER the Lorde sayde vnto me Take the a greate leafe and â wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede hym to robbe and haste hym to spoyle And I called vnto me faythful wytnesses Uryah the preste and âcariah the sonne of Barachyah After that wente I vnto the Prophetysse that had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the Lorde to me geue hym thys name a spedy robber an hastye spoyler For why or euer the chylde shal haue knowledge to crye father and mother shall the ryches of Damascus and the substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ awaye before the kynge of the Assyrians The Lorde spake also vnto me saying for so muche as thys people refuseth the styl rennynge water of Sylo and put theyr delyte in Razin and Romelies sonne Beholde the Lorde shall brynge myghtie and greate floudes of water vppon them namely the Kynge of the Assirians with all his power Whiche shal clyme vp vpon al his floudes and powre out his furyousnes vpon euerye man and renne ouer all theyr banckes And shall breake in vpon Iuda increasing in power tyll he gette hym by the necke He shall fyll also the wydenesse of thy laude â with his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you inustre you and gather you take your councell together yet must youre councell come to nought go in hande withall yet shall it nat prospere for God is with vs. For the Lorde chastysed me and toke me by the hande and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde nat walke in y â waye of thys people He sayde more ouer rounde with none of them who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together feare them not neyther be afrayed of them but sanctyfye the LORDE of Hostes let hym be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifyenge and stone to stomble at the rocke to fall vpon a suare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabyters of Ierusalem And many shall stomble fall and be broken vpon hym yea they shal be snared and taken Nowe laye the wytnesses together and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus wyl I wayte vpon the Lorde that hathe turned his face from the house of Iacob and I wil loke for hym But lo as for me and the chyldren which the Lord hath geuen me we are a token and wondre in Israel for the Lorde of Hoostes sake whiche dwelleth vpon the hyll of Syon And yf they saye vnto you aske counsell at the sothesayers wytches charmers and coniurers then make them thys answere Is ther a people any where that asketh not couÌcel at his God Shulde me ronne vnto the deade for the lyuynge If any man wante lyght let him loke vpon the lawe the testymony whether they speke not after this meanyng If he do not this he stoÌbleth and suffreth huÌgre And yf he suffre hungre he is our of paâience and blasphemeth his kynge and his God Then loketh he vpwarde and downeward to the earth and be holde there is trouble and darkenesse vexacion is rounde aboute him and the cloude of errour And out of suche aduersyte shall he nat escape Euen lyke as in tyme past it hathe bene well sene that the lande of Zabu lon and the lande of Nepthali were thorow the see waye goeth ouer Iordane into the lande of Galilee was at the fyrste in lytle trouble but afterwarde fore vexed ¶ He prohecyeth of Chrystes nâtyuâte and domynyon CAPI IX THE PEOPLE that walke in darkenesse haue sene a great lyght As for them that dwell in the lande of the Shadowe of deathe vpon them hathe the lyght shyned Thou haste multiplyed the people and not increased theyr ioy They reioyse before the euen as men make mery in haruest and as men that haue gotten the vyctory when they deale the spoyle For thou hast broken the yoke of the peoples burthen the staffe of hys shoulder and the rod of hys oppressoure as in the dayes of Madian More ouer all temerarious sedycious power yea where there is but a coâe fyled with bloude shal be burnt and consumed of the fyre For vnto vs a chylde is borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen Upon his shoulder doth the kyngdome lye and he is called with his owne name The wonderous geuer of councel the myghtye God the euerlastyng father the price of peace he shal make no ende to encrease the kingdome and peace and shall syt vpon the seate of Dauyd and in his kyngedome to set vp the same and to stablyshe it with equyte and ryghtuousues frome hence forth for euermore This shall the gelousy of the Lorde of Hoostes brynge to passe The Lorde sent a worde into Iacob the same is come into Israel And all the people of Ephraim shall knowe and they that dwell in Samaria that saye with pryde hye stomackes on this maner The tyle worke is fallen downe but we wyll buylde it with harder stones The Molbery tymbre is broken but we shall set it vp agayne with Cedre Neuertheles the Lorde shal prepare Razin the enemye agaynste them and so ordre theyr aduersaryes that the SiriaÌs shall laye holde vpon them before and the Philystynes behynde and so deuoure Israel with open mouth After all this is not the wrathe of the Lord ceassed but yet is hys hande stretâhed out styll For the people turneth not vnto hym that chastyseth them neyther do they seke the Lorde of Hoostes Therefore hathe the Lorde roted out of Israel bothe heade tayle braunche and twygge in one daye By the heade is vnderstande the Senatoure and honorable man and by the tayle the Prophete that teacheth lyes For all they whiche enfourme the people that they be in a ryght case suche be disceiuers Such as men thynke also to be perfecte amonge these are but cast awaye Therfore shal the Lorde haue no pleasure in theyr yonge men
shall not gyue sentence after the thynge that shal be brought before his eyes nether reproue a matter at the fyrst hearing but with ryghtuousnes shal he iuge y â pore and with Iustyce shall he refourme the symple of the worlde He shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth with the breath of his mouth shall he slaye the vngodly Ryghtuousnes shal be the gyrdle of his loynes â truth and faythfulnes the girdynge vp of his raynes The wolfe shall dwell with the lambe and the Leoparde shall lye downe by the goate Bullockes Lyons and catel shall kepe company together so y â a lytell chylde shall rule them The cowe and the beare shal fede together and theyr yonge ones shall lye together The Lyon shall eate strawe lyke the oxe or the cowe The chylde whyle he sucketh shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest and wheÌ he is weaned he shal put his hande into the Cockatryce denne No man shal do euell to an other no man shal destroye another in all the hyll of my holynesse For the earthe shall be full of the knowledge of the Lorde euen as the see floweth ouer with water And in that day shal the gentyls enquere after y â rote of Iesse whiche shal be set vp for a token vnto the people and his dwellynge shal be glorious At y â same tyme shal y â lorde take in hande agayne to coÌquere the remnaunt of his peple which shal be lefte alyue From the Assyrians Egipcians Arabians Moryans Elamites Caldeys Antio chyans and from the Ilandes of the see And he shall sette vp a token amonge the Gentyles and gather together y â dispersed of Israell yea and the out castes of Iuda from y â foure corners of the worlde The hatred of Ephraim also and enemyes of Iuda shal be cleane roted out Ephraym shall beare no euell wyll to Iuda and Iuda shal not hate Ephraym but they both together shall flye vpoÌ the shulders of the Philistines toward the west and spoyle them together y â dwell towarde the Easte The Idumites and the Moabytes shall let theyr handes fall and the Ammonytes shal be obedieÌt vnto them The Lorde also shal cleane the tunges of the Egipcyans see and with a myghtye winde shal he lyft vp his hande ouet Nilus and shall smyte his seauen stremes make men go ouer drye shod And thus shal there be a waie for his people that remaineth froÌ the Assirians like as it happened to the Israelites what time they departed out of the lande of Egypt ¶ The songe of the Churche for the obtayninge of the victory and ouer comynge of the worlde CAPI XII SO THAT then thou shalte saye O Lorde I wyll thanke the for thou wast dyspleased at me but refrayne thou from thy wrathe and comforte me Beholde God is my saluacyon in whome I wyll truste and nat be afrayde For the Lorde God is my strengthe and my songe he also is become my saluacyon Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauyoure and â then shall ye saye geue thanckes vnto the Lorde call vpon hys name declare his couÌcels amoÌge the people kepe theÌ in remembrauÌce for his name is excellent O sing praises vnto the Lord for he hath done greate thynges as it is knowne in all the worlde Crye out and synge thou that dwellest in Syon for great is the holy one of Israell in the myddes of the. ¶ He prophecyeth the destruccyon of Babylon the captiuyte and the comynge agayne of the people CAPI XIII THys is â the heuy burthen of Babylon whiche Esaye the sonne of Amos dyd se. Lyfte vp the banner vpon the hye hyll call vnto them holde vp youre hande that the Prynces maye go in at the gates I haue sente for my debytyes and my gyauntes saieth the Lorde and in my wrathe I wyl cal for such as tryumphe iÌ my glory There is a noyse of a multytude in the mouÌtaines lyke as of a great people a russhyng as though the Kingdomes of the nacions came together And the Lorde of Hostes is the captayne of the whole armye They come out of a farre countre from the ende of heauen Euen the Lorde himselfe w t the ministers of hys wrathe to destroye the whole lande Mourne ye for the day of the Lorde is at hande and shall come as a destroyer from the Almyghtye Therfore shal al haÌdes be letten downe and all mens hertes shall melte a waye they shall stande in feare ⪠carefulnesse and sorow shal come vpoÌ them and they shall haue paine as a womaÌ that trauayleth with chylde â One shall be abasshed of another and theyr faces shal burne lyke the flamme Beholde the daye of the Lorde shall come terrible full of iudignacyon and wrathe to make the lande waste and to roote out the synners therof For the starres and planets of heauen shall nat geue theyr lyghte the sunne shal be darkened in his rysynge and the moone shall nat shyne with hys lyght And I wyll punyshe the wyckednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the Lord. The hye stomackes of the proude wyll I take awaye and wyll laye downe the boastynge of tyrauntes I wyll make a man dearer then fyne golde and a man to be more worthe then a golden wedge of Ophyr Therfore I wyll so shake the heauen that the earth shal remoue out of her place Thus shall it go with Babylon in the wrath of the Lorde of hostes and in the day of hys fearfull indignacion And Babylon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a shepe that no maÌ taketh vp Euery maÌ shal turne to hys owne people and flye eche one into hys owne lande Who so is founde alone shall be shot thorowe And who so gather together shal be destroyed with the swerde Theyr chyldren shal be slayne before theyr eyes theyr houses spoyled and theyr wyues rauysshed For lo I shal bring vp the Medes agaynste them whiche shall nat regarde syluer nor be desirous of golde With bowes shall they destroye the yonge men and haue no pytye vpon wemen with chylde and theyr faces shall not spare the chyldren And Babylon that glorye of Kyngdomes and bewty of the Caldees honour shal be destroyed euen as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorta It shall not endure for euer nether shall there be any more dwellyng there from generacyon to generacyon â The Arabyans shall pytche no tentes ther nether shal the shephardes make their foldes there any more but wylde bestes shal lye there and the houses shal be ful of great Oules Estryches shall dwell there Apes shall daunse there wylde cattes shall cry in the palaces and Dragons shal be iÌ the plea saunt houses And as for Babylons tyme it is at hand her dayes shall nat be êloÌged ¶ The retourne of the people from captyuytye The prosperitye of the people of god and affliccion of their enemies The pryde of
Babylon CAP. XIIII BVT THE Lorde wyll be mercyfull vnto Iacob and wyll yet chose Israel agayne and set them in theyr owne lande-Straungers shall cleaue vnto them and get them to the house of Iacob The people shall take them and cary them home with them And make them to enheryte the house of Israell in the lande of the Lorde that they maye be seruauntes and hande maydens of the Lorde They shall take those prysoners whose captyues they had bene afore and rule those that had oppressed theÌ WheÌ the Lorde now shal bryng the to rest from the trauayle feare harde bondage that thou wast laden withal then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon the king of Babylon and saye Howe happeneth it that the oppressour leaueth of Is the golden trybute come to an ende The Lorde hath broken the cepter of the vngodly and the rodde of the lordly Whiche when he is wroth smyteth the peple with durable strokes and in his wonders he persecuteth theÌ and tameth them continually And therfore the whole worlde is nowe at rest and quyetnesse and men synge for ioye Yea euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of Libanus reioyse at thy fall sayenge Nowe that thou arte layde downe theare come no mo vp to destroye vs. Hell also beneth trembleth at thy commyng all myghtie men and Prynces of the earthe steppe forth before the. All Kynges of the earthe stande vp from theyr seates that they maye all aunswere and speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as we arte thou become lyke vnto vs Thy pompe and thy pryde is layde downe into the pyt and so is the melody of thy instrumentes Mothes be layde vnder the and wormes are thy couerynge Howe arte thou fallen from heauen O Lucifer thou fayer mornynge chylde howe haste thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde and arte become weaker then the people For thou saydest in thyne hert I wyl clyme vp into heuen and make my seate aboue besyde the starres of God I wyl syt also vpon the holy mount towarde the North I wyll clyme vp aboue the cloudes wylbe lyke the hyghest of all Yet thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell They that se the shall narowly loke vpon the and thynke in them selues sayenge Is this the man that broughte all landes in feare and made the kyngdomes afrayde Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waste and layde the cyties to the grounde which let not his prisoners go out All Kynges of the nacyons lye euery one â in his owne house with worshyppe and thou arte cast out of thy graue lyke a wylde braunche lyke as deade mens rayment that are stryken thorow with the swerde and go downe to the stones of the depe as a deade coarse that is troden vnder fete and art not buryed with them Euen because that thou hast wasted thy laÌde and destroyed thy people The generacyon of the wycked shal be without honour for euer Let there awaye be sought to destroye theyr chyldren that be in theyr fathers wyckednes that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande and fyll the worlde full of enemyes I wyl stande vp agaynst them sayth the Lorde of hostes and root out the name and generacion of Babylon sayth the lorde and wyll gyue it to the Otters and wyll make water poddels of it And I wyl swepe them out with the âesome of destruction sapcâe y â Lorde of Hostes. The Lorde of hostes hath sworne an oâhe sayenge It shall come to passe as I haue determyned and shal be fulfylled as I haue deuysed So that Assyriaâ shall I destroye in my lande and vpon my mountaynes wyll I treade him vnder fote Where thorow his yoke shal come from theÌ and his burthen shall be taken from they re shoulder This deuyce hath god taken thorowe the whole worlde thus is his hande stretched out ouer all peple For yf the lorde of Hostes determyn a thyng who is able to disaâull it And yf he stretch forth his haâââ who maye holde it in agayne The same yere that Kynge Ahaz dyed God threatened on this maner Reioyse not thou whole Palestyna because the rod of him that beateth the is broken for out of the serpentes roâe there shal come an adder his frute shal be a fyre worme But â ãâ¦ã borne of the pore shal be fed and the symple shall dwell in safetie Thy roâe also wyll I destroye with honger and it shall ââeye the remnaunt Mourne thou porte wepe thou cytie and feare thou O whole Palestyna for there shall come from y â North a smoke whose power no man may abyde Who shal then answere the messangers of y â Gentyles For the Lorde hathe stablyshed Syon and the poore of hê people that be therin do put theyr trust in hym ¶ A prophecye agaynste Moab CAPI XV. THYS is the heuy burthen vpoÌ Moab Ar of Moab was destroyed in the nyght seasoÌ Kir also iÌ Moab was destroied and peryshed in y e nyght They went vp to the ydols house euen to Dibon to y â hye places to wepe for Nebo Moab did Mourne for Medâa All cheyr hâds were balled al But ye foolysh prynces of Zoan ye wyse couÌcellers of Pharao whose wyt is turned to foolyshnes howe say ye vnto Pharao I am come of wyse men and of auncient kynges Where are thy wyse men Let them tell the yf they can what the Lorde of Hoostes hathe deuysed vpon Egypte The Prynces of Zoan are become fooles the Prices of Noph are disceiued they haue disceyued Egypte euen they that were taken for the chefe kynred therof In the myddes of it hath the Lord powred the sprete of wyckenes and they haue disceyued Egypte in euery worke thereof euen as a droncken man stackereth in his vomyte Neither shal â the heade or tayle the brauÌch or rede be able to do any worke in Egypte In y â daye shall Egypte be lyke vnto wemen It shal be afrayed and stande in feare at the âocion of the hand of the Lorde of Hostes whith he shaketh ouer it And Egypte shal be afraied of y â lande of Iuda so y â euery one which maketh mencion of it shal be afrayed therat be cause of the councel of the Lorde of hoostes whiche he deuiseth for it In that daye shall fyue cyties in the laÌde of Egypte speake the laÌgage of Canaan swere by the Lorde of hoostes â the cytye of desolacyon shal be called one of them In that day shall â the altare of the Lorde be in the myddes of the lande of Egypte and thê tytle besyde it VNTO THE LORD And it shal be a token and witnesse vnto the Lorde of hoostes in the lande of Egypt For they shal crye vnto the Lord because of such as trouble them he shal sende them a saui our a great man to delyuer them And the Lorde shal be knowen in Egypte and the EgyptiaÌs shall knowe the Lorde in that daye and do
beleue him not But thus sayeth the Kynge of Assyria opteyne my fauoure encline to me so maye euery man enioye hys vineyardes and fyg trees and dryncke the water of his cysterne vnto the tyme that I come my selfe bring you into a lande that is lyke youre owne wherin is wheate and wyne which is bothe sowen with sede and planted with vyneyardes Let nat Hezekia disceaue you when he sayeth vnto you the Lorde shal delyuer vs. Myght the Goddes of the GeÌtyles kepe euery mans lande froÌ the power of y â kynge of the Assyrians Where is the God of Hemath Arphad Where is the God of Sepharuaim And who was able to defende Samaria out of my hande Or which of all the Goddes of the landes hathe belyuered theyr countre out of my power so that the Lorde shuld deliuer IeruseleÌ fro my hande Unto this Hezekias messauÌgers helde theyr tunges answered nat one worde for the Kyng had charged theÌ that they shuld geue him none answere So came Eliakim Helkias sonne the President Sobna the Scribe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the Secretary vnto Hezekeas with rent clothes and tolde hym the wordes of Rabsaketh ¶ Hezekias humbleth him selfe before the Lord The army of Sennaherib is slayne of the Aungâll of the Lorde and be hym selfe so hylled of his owne sonnes ¶ CAPI XXXVII WHen Hezekias herde that he rente his clothes and put on a sacke cloth and wente in to the house of the Lorde But he sent Eliakim the President Sobna the Scrybe with the eldest preastes clothed in sack vnto the Prophet Esay the sonne of Amoz and they sayd vnto hym Thus sayeth Hezekias This is the daye of trouble of plage and of blasphemy for the chyldren are come to the place byrth but ther is no power to brynge them forth The Lorde thy God no doute hath well coÌsydered the wordes of Rabsakeh whom his Lorde the kynge of the Assyrians hath sent to defye and blaspheme the lyuynge God with suche wordes as the Lorde thy God hathe hearde ryght well And therfore lyfte vp thy prayer for the remnaunt that yet are lefte So the seruaââtes of kynge Hezekias came to Esay And Esay gaue them thys answere Saye thus vnto youre lorde thus sayeth the Lorde Be nat afrayed of the wordes that thou haste hearde wher with the kynge of the Assyrians seruauntes haue blasphemed me Beholde I wyll cause a wynde to go ouer him as sone as he heareth the rumoure he shal go agayne into his couÌtre there wyll I destroye him with y â swerde Nowe when Rabsaketh returned he fouÌde the kynge of Assyria layenge sege to Libnas for he had vnderstande that he was departed froÌ Lachis For there came a rumore that Tharhakas kynge of Ethiopia was come forth to warre agaynste hym And when the kynge of Assyria hearde that he sent other messaungers to king Hezekias with this coÌmaundemeÌt Saye thus to Hezekias kynge of Iuda Let nat thy God disceaue the in whom thou hopest and sayest Ierusalem shall nat be geuen into the handes of the kynge of Assyria For lo thou knowest well howe the Kynges of Assyria haue handeled all the landes that they haue subuerted and hopest thou to escape Were the people of the Gentiles whom my progenitors conquered delyuered at any tyme thorowe theyr goddes As namely GozaÌ Haram Rezeph and the chyldren of Eden whiche were at Thalassar Where is the kyng of Hemah the kynge of Arphad and the Kynge of the cytie Sepharnaim Ena and Aua Nowe when Ezekia had receaued the letter of the messaungers and reade it he wente vp into the house of the Lorde opened the letter before the Lorde And Ezekia prayed before the Lorde on this maner O Lorde of Hostes thou God of Israel which syttest vpoÌ Cherubin Thou arte the God that onely is God of all the Kyngdomes of the worlde for thou onely haste created heauen and earth Enclyne thyne eare Lorde and consyder open thyne eyes O Lorde and se and pondre all the wordes vpon Sennaherib whiche hathe sent his embassage to blaspheme the liuyng God It is true O Lorde that the kynges of Assirya haue conquered all Kyngdomes and landes and caste theyr goddes in the fyre Natwithstandynge those were no goddes but the workes of mens handes of wood or stone therfore haue they destroyed them Delyuer vs then O Lorde our God from the handes of Sennaherib that all Kyngdomes of the earth maye knowe that thou onely art the Lorde Then Esay the sonne of Amoz sent vnto Hezekia sayeng Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israell Where as thou haste made thy prayer vnto me as touchynge Sennaherib the kyng of Assyria this is the answere that the Lorde hathe geuen consernyng hym Despised art thou and mocked O daughter of Sion he hath shaken his heade at the O daughter of IerusaleÌ But thou Sennaherib whoÌ hast thou defyed and blasphemed Agaynst whom haste thou lyfted vp thy voyce exalted thy proude lookes eueÌ agaynst y â holy one of Israel Thou with thy seruauntes haste blasphemed the Lorde thus holdest thou of thy selfe I wyl couer the hye mountaynes sydes of Libanus with my horsmen And there wyll I cut downe the hye Eedre trees and the fayrest Fyrre trees I wyll vp into the heyght of it and into the chefest of his tymbre woddes If there be no water I wyll graue and drynke And as for waters of defence I shall drye them vp with the fete of myne hoost Yee haste thou nat hearde what I haue taken in hande brought to passe of olde tyme That same wyl I do nowe also wast destroye bryng stronge cyties vnto heapes of stones For theyr inhabytours shal be lyke lame men brought in feare and confounded They shal be lyke the grasse and grene herbes in the felde lyke the heye vpon house toppes that withereth afore it be growne vp I knowe thy wayes thy goynge forth and thy commynge home yee and thy madnesse against me Therfore thy furiousnes against me and thy pryde is come before me I wyll put a rynge in thy nose and a brydle byt in the chawes of the and turne the aboute eueÌ the same waye thou camest I wyll geue the also this token O Hezekia this yeare shalt thou eate that is kept in stoare and the next yeare suche as groweth of hym selfe and in the thyrde yeare ye shal sow and reape yee ye shall plante vyneyardes and enioye the frutes therof And suche of the house of Iuda as are escaped shal come together and the remnauÌt shal take rote beneth and bryng forth frute aboue For the escaped shal go out of Ierusalem and the remnaunt from the mounte Syon And this shall the gelousy of the Lorde of Hostes brynge to passe Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde concernynge the kynge of the Assiryans He shall not come into this cytie and shall shote no arowe into it there shal no shilde hurte it nether shal
and wyll haue mercy vpon hys that be in trouble But Syon sayde God hathe forsaken and my Lorde hathe forgotten me Wyl a wyfe forget the chylde of hyr wombe and the sonne whome she hath borne And thoughe she do forget yet wyll not I forget the. Beholde I haue wrytten the vp vpon my handes thy walles are euer in my syght â They make haste to buylde the vp agayne As for those that ouerthrewe the and made the waste they shal departe from the. Lyfte vp thyne eyes and loke aboute the al these gather them together and come to the. As truely as I lyue sayeth the Lord thou shalt put them all vpon the as an apparell and gyrde them to y â as a bryde doth her Iewels As for thy lande that lyeth desolate wasted and destroyed it shal be to narowe for them that shall dwell in it And they that wolde deuoure the shall be farre awaye Then the chylde whome the baren shal bryng forth vnto the shal saye in thyne eare this place is to narowe syt nye together that I maye haue rowme Then shalt thou thynke by thy selfe Who hath begotten me these seynge I am baren and alone a captyue and an outcaste And who hath norysshed them vp for me I am desolate and alone but from whence come these And therfore thus sayth the Lorde God Beholde I wyll stretche out my hande to the GeÌtyles and set vp my token to the people They shall brynge the thy sonnes in theyr lappes and carye thy daughters vnto the vpon theyr shoulders For kynges shal be thy noursynge fathers and Quenes shal be thy noursynge mothers They shall fall before the with theyr faces flat vpon the earthe and lycke vp the dust of thy fete that thou mayst knowe how that I am the Lord And who so putteth his truste in me shall not be confounded Who spoyleth the Gyaunte of his praye or who taketh the prisoner from the myghtye And therfore thus sayeth the Lorde The prysoners shall be taken from the gyaunt and the spoyle delyuered frome the violence for I wyll maynteyne thy cause agaynst thyne aduersaryes and saue thy sonnes And wyll fede thyne enemyes with theyr owne flesshe and make them drynke of theyr owne bloude as of swete wyne And all flesshe shall knowe O Iacob that I am the Lorde thy sauyoure thy noble redemer ¶ The Iewes are reproued and also called CAPI L. THVS sayeth the Lorde â where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement that I sente her awaye or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you Beholde for your owne offences are ye solde and because of your transgressyons is your mother forsaken For why wolde no man receyue me wheÌ I came when I called noman gaue me answere â Is my hande shortened that it myght not helpe or haue I nat power to delyuer lo at a worde I dryncke vp the see and of water floudes I make dry laÌde so that for wante of water the fyshe corrupt and dye of thurste â As for Heauen I clothe it with darkenesse and put as it were a sacke vpon it The Lorde God hathe geuen me a well lerned tong so that I can comforte them whiche are troubled yea and that in due sea son He waked myne eare vp by times in the mornynge as the scole maysters do that I myght herken The Lorde God hath opened myne eare therfore can I not saye nay nor withdrawe my selfe but I offre my backe vnto the smytters and my chekes to the nyppers â I turne not my face frome shame and spyttynge and the Lorde God shall helpe me therefore shall I not be confouÌded I haue hardened my face lyke a flint stone for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion He is at hande that iustifyeth me who wyll then go with me to lawe Let vs stande one agaynst another yf there be any y â wyll reason with me let hiÌ come here forth to me Beholde the Lorde God standeth by me what is he then y â can condeÌpne me lo they shal be al lyke as an olde cloth the mothe shall eate them vp Therfore who so feareth the Lord amoÌg you let hym heare the voyce of his seruauÌt Who so walketh in darkenes and no lyght shyneth vpon hym let him put his truste in the name of the Lord and holde hym by his God But take hede â ye all kyndle a fyre and stere vp the coales walke on in the glystrynge of your owne fyre and in the coales that ye haue kiÌdled This coÌmeth vnto you fro my hande namely that ye shall slepe in sorowe ¶ A consolacyon and comforte is promysed vnto the faythfull ¶ CAPI LI. HERKEN vnto me ye that holde of ryghtuousnes ye that seke the Lord Take hede vnto the stone whereout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged Consydre Abraham your father and Sara that bare you howe that â I called hym alone and blessed hym and encreased hym Therfore shal the Lorde comforte Syon and repayre all her decaye makyng her deserte as a Paradyse and her wyldernes as the garden of the Lorde Myrth and ioye shal be founde there thankesgeuyng and the voyce of prayse Haue respect vnto me then O my people and leye thyne care to me for a lawe and an ordynaunce shall go forth fro me to lyghten the Gentyles It is harde by that my helthe and my ryghtuousnesse shal go forth and the people shal be ordred with myne arme The ylandes that is the Gentyles shall hope in me put theyr trust in myne arme Lyfte vp your eyes towarde heauen loke vpon the earth beneth â For the Heauens shall vanysshe a waye lyke smoke and the earthe shal teare lyke a clothe and they that dwell therin shall perysshe in lyke maner But my saluacyon shal endure for euer and my ryghtuousnes shall not ceasse Herken vnto me ye that haue pleasure in rightuousnes thou people that beareste my lawe in thyne herte â Feare not the curse of men be not afrayed of theyr blaphemyes and reuylinges â for wormes and mothes shal eate them vp lyke cloth and woll But my ryghtuousnesse shall endure for euer and my sauynge helth from generacion to generacion Wake vp wake vp be stronge O thou arme of the Lord wake vp lyke as in times paste euer and sence the worlde beganne â Arte not thou he that haste wounded the proude and hewen the Dragon in peces Arte not thou euen he whiche hast dryed vp the depe of the see which hast made playne y â see grouÌd y â the delyuered myght go thorow fore the redemed of the Lorde shall turne agayne and come with ioy vnto Syon there to endure for euer â That myrth and gladnesse myght be with them that sorowe and wo myght fle from them â Yea I I am euen he that in al thynges geueth you consolacyon What arte thou then
that thou do nat after thyne owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wyll nor speake thyne owne wordes Then shalte thou haue thy pleasure in the Lorde whiche shall carye the hye aboue the earthe and fede the with the herytage of Iacob thy father for y â Lordes owne mouth hath so promysed ¶ The Lorde is myghtye to saue and readye to heare oure requestes CAPI LIX BEHOLDE the Lordes hande is nat so shortened that it can nat helpe neyther is his eare so stopped that it maye nat heare But youre mysdedes haue separated you from youre God and youre synnes hyde his face from you that he heareth you not For your handes are defyled with bloude and youre fingers with vnrighteousnes Your lyppes speake lesynnes and youre tonge setteth oute wyckednes No man regardeth ryghteousnes and no man iudgeth truly Euery maÌ hopeth in vayne thynges and ymagyneth disceate conceaueth weerynesse and bryngeth forthe euyl They brede cokatryce egges weaue the spyders webbe Who so eateth of theyr egges dyeth But yf one treade vpon them there commeth vp a serpent Theyr webbe maketh no clothe and they maye not couer theÌ with theyr labours Theyr dedes are y â dedes of wyckednes and the worcke of robbery I haue set â watchmen vpon thy walles O Ierusalem which shal neither cease daye nor nyght to preache the Lorde And ye also shall not kepe hym close nor leaue to speake of hym vntyll Ierusalem be set vp and made the prayse of the world The lorde hath sworne by his ryght hande and by his stronge arme that from hence forth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne eue mâesâuor thy vyne wherin thou hast laboured to be drynke for the straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shall eate it and gyue thankes to the Lorde and they that haue borne in the vine shal drinke it in the courte of my Sanctuary Stande backe and departe a sunder ye that stande vnder the gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete and take awaye the stones and set out a token for the people Beholde the Lorde proclaymeth vnto the endes of the worlde tel the daughter Sion se thy sauyour coÌmeth beholde he bringeth his treasure with him and his workes go before him For they whom the Lorde de liuereth shal be called the holy people and as for the thou shalte be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken cytie ¶ Of the redempcy on promysed to the people CAPI LXIII WHAT is he this that commeth frome EdoÌ with redde coloured clothes of Bosra whiche is so costely clothe and coÌmeth in so nimbly with all his strength I am he that teacheth rightuousnes and am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng reade and thy rayment lyke his y e treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troaden the presse my self alone and of al people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade downe myne enemyes in my wrath and set my fete vpon them in my indignacyon And theyr bloude shal be sprong vpon my clothes and so wyll I stayne all my rayment For the daye of vengeaunce that I haue take in hanÌde the yere of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no maÌ to shewe me any helpe I marualed that no man helde me vp TheÌ I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnesse susteyned me And thus wyll I treade downe the people in my wrathe and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth wyll I laye their strength I wyl declare the goodnesse of the Lord ye and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hathe geuen vs for the greate good that he hath done for Israel whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauoure and accordynge to the multitude of his louynge kyndnesses For he sayde These no doute are my people and no shrynkynge chyldren and so he was theyr sauyour In theyr troubles he forsoke them not but the Angell that wente forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue and kyndnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hathe borne them and caryed theym vp euer sence the worlde beganne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was theyr enemye and fought agaynste them hym selfe Yet remembred he the olde tyme of Moyses and his people Howe he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe howe he had giuen his holy spiryte amonge them howe he had led Moses by the ryght hande with his glorious arme howe he had deuided the water before theym wherby he gat hym selfe an euerlastyng name howe he led them in the depe as an hors is ledde in the playne that they shâlde not stumble The spirite of the Lord led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heuen and beholde the dwellynge place of thy sanctuary and thy glory Howe is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes and thy louynge kyndnesse wyll not be entreated of vs yet arte thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neyther is Israel acquainted with vs. But thou Lord arte our rather and redemer and thy name is euerlastynge O Lorde wherfore haste y â led vs out of thy waye Wherfore haste y â hardened our herces y â we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake that are of the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people hathe had but lytle of thy Saynctuary in possessy on for our enemyes haue taken it in And we are become euen as we were from the begynnynge but thou arte not their Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The Prophete vnder the person of the Iewes be wayleth theyr exple and banyshement Mannes ryghtuousness is lyke a cloth fyled with the floures of a woman CAPI LXIIII. O THAT thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder and come downe that the mountaynes myght melte away at thy presence lyke as at an hote fire and that the malycious myght voyle as the water dothe vpon the fyre Wherby thy name myght be knowen amonge thyne enemyes and that the Gentyles myght trymble before the. That thou myghtest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes theÌ shuld the hylles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou O God that hearde or perceaued neyther hathe any eye sene what thou dost for theÌ that put theyr trust in the. Thou helpest hym that doth ryght with cherefulnesse and them that thyncke vpon thy wayes But lo thou hast bene angrye for we offended and haue bene euer in synne and there is nat one whole We are all as an vnclene thynge and all oure ryghtuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fal
Thou hast wayted for theÌ in the wayes and as a murtherer in the wyldernesse Thorow thy whordome shamefull blasphemyes is the lande defyled Thys is the cause that the rayne and euenynge dewe hathe ceased Thou haste gotten the an whores forehead and wylte nat be ashamed Els woldeste thou saye vnto me O my father thou arte he that haste broughte me vp and led me fro my youthe Wylt thou then put me awaye and caste me of for euer Or wylte thou withdrawe thy selfe cleane fro me Neuertheles thou speakest such wordes but thou art euer doynge worse and worse The Lorde sayde also vnto me in the tyme of Iosiah the kynge Haste thou sene what y â rebellyoÌ Israel hath done howe she hath runne vp vpon al the hylles and amoÌge al thycke trees there played the harlot hast thou sene also when she had done all thys howe I sayde vnto her that she shulde turne agayne vnto me yet she is not returned Iuda that vnfaythfull syster of hers also sawe this Namely that after I had well sene the aduoutry of the shrynckynge harlot Israel I put her awaye and gaue her a byll of deuorcement For all this her vnfaythfull syster Iuda was nat ashamed but went backe played the whore also Yea and y â noyse of her whor dome hath defyled the whole lande For she hathe commytted fornycacyon with stones and stockes Neuerthelesse her vnfaythfull sister Iuda is not turned vnto me agayne with her whole herte but famedly sayeth the Lorde And the Lorde sayd vnto me The back-slyder Israel is more ryghtuous then the vnfaythfull Iuda and therfore go preache these wordes towarde the north and saye Thou disobediente Israel turne agayne sayeth the Lorde and I wyll nat turne my face from you for I am mercyfull sayth the Lorde and I wyll nat alwaye beare dyspleasure agaynst the but on this condicyon that thou knowe thy greate blasphemy Namely that thou hast vnfaythfully forsaken the Lorde thy God and hast made thy selfe partaker of straunge Goddes vnder all grene trees but haste had no wyll to heare my voyce sayeth the Lorde O ye disobedient chyldren turne agayne sayeth the Lorde and I wyll be maried with you For I wyl take one out of the cytie and two out of one generacyon from amonge you and brynge you in to Syon and wyll geue you herdmeÌ after myne owne mynde which shal fede you with lernyng and wysdome Moreouer when ye be increased and multyplyed in the lande then sayeth the Lorde there shall no more boaste be made of the arcke of the Lordes TestameÌt Noman shal thynke vpon it nether shal any man make mencyoÌ of it for from thence forth it shall nether be bysyted nor honoured with gyftes Then shall IerusaleÌ be called the Lordes seate and all Heathen shal be gathered vnto it for the name of the Lordes sake whi the shal be set vp at Ierusalem And from that tyme forth they shall folowe no more the ymagynacyon of theyr owne frowarde herte Then those that be of the house of Iuda shall go vnto the house of Israel they shall come together out of the North into the same lande that I haue geuen your fathers I haue shewed also howe I toke the vp beynge but a chylde and gaue the a pleasaunte lande for thyne herytage yee and a goodly Hoste of the Heathen howe I commaunded the that thou shuldest cal me father onely and nat to shrynke fro me But lyke as a woman fayleth her husbande so are ye vnfaythfull vnto me O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde And therfore the voyce of the chyldren of Israel was herde on hye wepynge and waylinge for they haue defyled theyr waye and forgotten God theyr Lorde O ye disobedient chyldren turne agayne sayenge lo we are thyne for thou arte the Lorde oure God And so shall I heale your backeturnynges The hylles fall and all the hye pryde of the mountaynes but the health of Israel standeth only vpoÌ God our Lorde CoÌfusyon hathe deuoured our fathers labour from oure youth vp yee theyr shepe and bullockes theyr sonnes daughters So do we also slepe in our coÌfusion shame couereth vs for we oure fathers froÌ oure youth vp vnto this daye haue synned agaynste the Lorde our God and haue nat obeyed the voyce of the Lorde our God ¶ The true repentounte or returnynge to God He exhorteth to the circumcisyon of the herte The destruccyon of Iewry is prophecyed for the in alyce of theyr hertes CAPI IIII. O Israeel yf thou wylte turne the then turne vnto me sayeth the Lorde And yf thou wylt put awaye thyne abhomynacyons out of my syght thou shalte nat be moued And shalt sweare The Lorde liueth in trueth in equyte and ryghteousnesse and all people shall be fortunable and ioyfull in hym For thus sayeth the Lorde to al Iuda and Ierusalem plowe youre lande sowe nat amonge the thornes Be circuncysed in y â Lorde and cut away the foreskynne of your hertes al yee of Iuda and al the indwellers of Ierusalem that my indignacyon breake nat out lyke fyre and kyndle so that no man maye quench it because of the wyckednes of youre ymagynacyons Preache in Iuda and Ierusalem crye out add speake blowe the trompettes in the lande crye that euery man maye heare and saye Gather you together and we wyll go in to stronge cyties Set vp the token in Syon spede you make no taryeng for I wyll brynge a greate plage and a greate destruccyon from the north For the spoyler of the Gentyles is broken vp from hys place as a lyon out of his denne that he maye make thy lande waste and destroye the cyties so that no man maye dwel therin Wherfore gyrde youre selues aboute with sacke clothe mourne and wepe for the fearefull wrath of the Lorde is nat withdrawen from vs. At the same tyme sayeth the Lorde the herte of the kynge and of the prynces shall be gone the prestes shal be astonyshed and the prophetes shal be sore a frayed Then sayde I O Lorde God hast thou then disceaued this people and Ierusalem sayenge ye shall haue peace and nowe the swearde goeth thorowe theyr lyues Then shall it be sayde to the people and to Ierusalem there coÌmeth a warme wynde froÌ the north thorowe the way of my people but neyther to fanne nor to clense After that shall there come vnto me a stronge wynde and then wyll I also geue sentence vpon them For lo he commeth vp lyke as a cloude and his charettes are lyke a stormy wynde his horsemen are swifter then the Aegle Wo vnto vs for we are destroyed O Ierusalaem wasshe thyne hert from wickednes that thou mayst be helped Howe longe shall thy noysome thoughtes remayne with the For a voyce from Dan and from the hyl of Ephraim speaketh out and telleth of a destruccyon Beholde
they shal be afrayed taken for lo they haue caste out the worde of the Lorde what wysdome can then be amonge them Wherfore I wyll geue theyr wyues vnto aleauntes their feldes to destroyers For from the loweste vnto the hyeste they folowe all filthy lucre from the Prophete vnto the preste they deale all w t lyes Neuerthelesse they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge ⪠peace peace where there is no peace at all Fye for shame howe abhomynable thynges do they and yet they be nat ashamed yee they knowe of no shame Wherfore in the tyme of theyr vysitacyon they shall fal among the deed bodies sayeth the Lorde Moreouer I wyll gather them in sayeth the Lorde so that there shal not be one grape vpon the vine nether one fygge vpon the fygge tre and the leaues shal be plucte of Then wyll I cause them to departe and saye why prolonge we the tyme Let vs gather ourselues together and go into the stronge cytye there shall we be in reste For the Lorde oure God hath put vs to sylence and geuen vs water myxte with gall to dryncke because we haue synned agaynste hym We loked for peace and we fare not the better we wayted for the tyme of healthe lo here is nothynge but trouble The noyse of hys horsses is hearde from Dan the whole lande is afraied at the ueyenge of hys stronge horsses for they are come in haue deuoured the lande with al that is in it the cytyes and those that dwell therin ⪠Moreouer I wyl sende Cockatrices and serpentes amonge you which wyll not be charmed and they shal byte you sayeth the Lorde Sorowe is come vpon me and heuynesse vexeth my hert for lo the voyce of y â cryeng of my people is herde from a farre countre Is not the Lorde in Sion Is not the King in her Wherfore then haue they greued me ⪠shal the Lorde say with theyr ymages and foolysh straunge fashyons The haruest is gone the Sommer hathe an ende we are not helped I am sore vexed because of the hurt of my people I am heuy and abashed for there is no more Triacle at Gylead and there is no physycyon that can heale the hurte of my people ¶ The complaynt and bewaylyng of the prophete the ââlyce of the people In the knowledge of God ought we onely to reioyse The vncyrcumcysyon of the herte CAPI IX O Who wyll geue my heade water ynough and a wel of teares for myne eyes that I maye wepe nyghte and daye for the slaughter of my people Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folcke that I myght leaue my people and go from theÌ for they be all aduoutrers and a shrynckynge sorte They bende theyr tunges lyke bowes to shute out lyes As for the trueth they maye nothynge awaye withall in the worlde For they go from one wyckednes to another and wyl nat knowe me sayeth the Lorde Yee one must kepe hym selfe from another no man may safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermyneth another one neyghboure begyleth another Yee one dissembleth with another and they deale with no trueth They haue practysed theyr tunges to lye and taken great paines to do myschefe Thou syttest in the myddes of a dysceatfull people whiche for very dissemblynge falshede wyll nat knowe me sayeth the Lorde Therfore thus sayth the Lorde of Hostes beholde I wyll melte them and trye them for what shulde I els do to my people Theyr tunges are lyke sharpe arowes to speake disceate With theyr mouth they speake peacyable to theyr neyghboure but preuely they laye wayte for hym Shuld I nat punysh them for these thynges sayth the Lorde Or shulde I nat be auenged of any suche people as this Upon the mountaynes wyll I take vp a lamytacyon and sorowfull crye and a mournynge vpon the fayre playnes of the wyldernesse Namely howe they are so brent vp y t no man goeth there any more Yee a man shall nat heare one beaste crye there Byrdes and catel are all gone from thence I wyll make IerusaleÌ also an heape of stones and a denne of venymous wormes And I wyll make the cyties of Iuda so waste that no man shall dwell therin What man is so wyse as to vnderstande thys Or to whom hathe the Lorde spoken by mouth that he maye shewe this and saye O thou lande why peryshest thou so Wherfore art thou so brynt vp and lyke a wyldernes that no maÌ goeth thorowe Yee the Lorde hym selfe tolde the same vnto them that forsoke his lawe and kepte nat the thynge that he gaue them in commaundemente nether lyued therafter but folowed the wickednes of theyr owne hertes and serued straunge Goddes as theyr fathers taught them Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde â I wyll fede this people with wormwod and geue them gall to drynke I wyl scater theÌ also among the Heathen whom nether they nor theyr fathers haue knowne I wyl sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntyll I brynge theÌ to naught Moreouer thus sayeth the Lord of Hostes loke that ye cal for mourning wyues and sende for wyse wemen that they come shortely and synge a mournynge songe of you that y e teares may fall out of our eyes and that our eye liddes maye gusshe on t of water For there is a lamentable noyse hearde of Sion O howe are we so sore destroyed O how are we so pyteously confounded We muste forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shut out of our owne lodgyngges Yet heare the worde of the Lorde O ye wemen and let youre eares regarde the wordes of hys mouthe that ye maye lerne your daughters to mourne and that euery one maye teache her neyghboresse to make lamentacyon Namely thus Death is clymynge vp in at oure windowes he is come into oure houses to destroye the chylde before the dore the yonge man in the strete But tell thou playnely thus sayeth the Lorde The deed bodyes of men shall lye vpon the grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the heye after the mower and ther shal be no man to take them vp Thus sayeth the Lorde Let not the wyse man reioyse in hys wysdome nor the stronge man in hys strength nether the ryche man in his rychesse But who so wyll reioyse let him reioyse in thys that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me for I am the Lorde whiche do mercy equyte and ryghteousnesse vpon the earthe Therfore haue I pleasure in such thynges sayeth the Lorde Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that I wyll vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncyrcumsysed The EgypciaÌs the Iewes the Edomytes the Ammonytes the Moabytes and the shauen Madyanytes that dwell in the wyldernes For all the Gentyles are vncyrcumcysed in the flesshe but all the house of
the Potters house and there shall I tel the more of my mynde Nowe wheÌ I came to the Potters house I founde hym makynge hys worke vpon a whele The vessell that the Potter made of claye brake amonge his handes So he beganne a newe and made another vessell accordynge to hys mynde Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me May nat I do with you as thys Potter dothe O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde Be holde ye house of Israell ye are in my hande euen as the claye in the Potters hande When I take in hande to rote out to destroye or to waste awaye any people or kyngdome yf that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuysed conuerte from theyr wyckednes I repeÌte of the plage that I deuysed to brynge vpon theÌ Agayne when I take in hande to buylde or to plante a people or a kyngdome yf the same people do euell before me and heare nat my voyce I repente of the good that I deuise to do for them Speake nowe therfore vnto whole Iuda and to theÌ that dwell at Ierusalem Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I am deuysynge a plage for you and am takynge a thynge in hande agaynste you Therfore let euery man turne from hys euell waye take vpon you the thynge that is good and do ryght But they sayde Nomore of this we wyll folowe oure owne ymaginacions and do euery maÌ accordyng to the wylfulnesse of his owne mynde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde Aske amonge the Heathen yf any maÌ hath harde suche horryble thynges as the daughter of Syon hath done Shal nat the snowe that melteth vpon the stony rockes of Libanus moysten the feldes Or maye the sprynges of waters be so graueÌ awaye that they runne nomore geue moystnesse nor make frute full But my people hath so forgotten me that they haue made sacryfyce vnto vayne Goddes And whyle they folowed theyr owne wayes they are come out of the hye strete and gone into a fote waye nat vsed to betrodeÌ Where thorowe they haue brought theyr lande into an euerlastynge wyldernesse and scorne So that whosoeuer trauayleth therby shal be abashed and wagge theyr heades with an Easte wynde wyll I scater them before theyr enemye And when theyr destruccyon commeth I wyll turne my backe vpon theÌ but nat my face Then sayde they come let vs ymagin sumthing agaynste this Ieremy For â the prestes shall nat be destitute of the lawe nether shal the wyseman be destitute of councel nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God Come and â let vs smyte hym with the tonge and let vs make all his wordes CoÌsydre me O Lorde and heare the voyce of myne enemyes shal they recompence euell for god for they haue dygged a pyt for my soule Remembre how that I stode before the to speake good for them and to turne awaye thy wrath from them Therfore let theyr chyldren dye of hunger and let them be oppressed with the swearde Let theyr wyues be robbed of theyr chyldren and become wyddowes let theyr husbaundes be slayne let theyr yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde Let the noyse be herde out of theyr houses when the murtherer commeth sodeÌly vpon them For they haue dygged a pyt to take me and layed snares for my fete Yet Lord thou knowest all theyr councell that they haue deuised to sleye me Forgeue nat theyr wyckednes and let nat theyr synne be put out of thy syght but let them be iudged before the as the gyltie Thys shalt thou do vnto them in the tyme of thy indygnacyon ¶ He prophecyeth the destruccyon of Ierusalem for the coÌtempt and despysynge of the worde of God CAPI XIX THVS sayde the Lorde Go thy waye and bye the an erthen pytcher and bryng forth the Senatours and chefe preastes into the valley of the chyldren of Hennom whiche lyeth before the dore that is made of brycke and shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell the and saye thus vnto them Heare the worde of the Lorde ye kynges of Iuda and ye cytesyns of Ierusalem Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll brynge suche a plage vpon this place that the eares of all that heare it shall glowe And that because they haue forsaken me and vnhalowed this place and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes whom neyther they theyr fathers nor the kynges of Iuda haue knowen They haue fylled thys place also with the bloude of innoceÌtes for they haue sett vp an aulter vnto Baal to burne theyr chyldren for a burnt offerynge vnto Baal whiche I neyther commaunded nor charged them neyther thought once there vpon Beholde therfore the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that this place shal nomore be called Topheth nor the valley of the chyldren of HennoÌ but the valley of slaughter For in this place wyll I sleye the Senatours of Iuda and Ierusalem and kyll them downe with the swearde in the syght of theyr enmyes and of them that seke theyr lyues And theyr deed carcases wyll I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde And I wyl make thys cytie so desolate and despysed that who so goeth there by shall be abashed and âeast vpon her because of all her plages I wyll fede them also with the fleshe of theyr sonnes theyr daughters Yee euery one shall eate vp another in the besegynge and straytnesse wherwith theyr enemyes that seke theyr lyues shall kepe them in And y â pitcher shalt thou breake in the syght of the meÌ that shal be with the and saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes Euen so wyll I destroye this people and cytie as a man breaketh an earthen vessell that cannat be made whole agayne In Topheth shall they be buryed for they shal haue none other place Thus wyll I do vnto thys place also sayeth the Lorde and to them that dwel therin yee I wyll do to this cytie as vnto Topheth For the houses of Ireusalem and the houses of the kynges of Iuda shal be defyled lyke as Topheth because of al the houses in whose parlers they dyd sacryfyce vnto all the Hooste of heauen and powred drynke offerynges vnto straunge goddes And so Ieremy caâ from Topheth where the Lorde had sente hym to prophecie and stode in the courte of the house of the Lorde and spake to all the people Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll brynge vpon this cytie vpon euery towne aboute it al the plages that I haue deuised agayne them for they haue bene obstynate and wolde nat obeye my warnynges ¶ Ieremy is smytten and east into preson for preachyng of the worde of God He prophecyeth the captyuyiâe of Babylon He complayneth that he is a mockynge stoche for the worde of God He is compelled by the sprete to preache the worde CAPI XX. WHen Phashur
that robbe the wyll I make also to be robbed For I wyll geue the thy health agayne and make thy woundes whole sayeth the Lorde because they reuyled the as one caste away and despysed O Syon For thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I wyll set vp Iacobs tentes agayne and defende his dwellynge place The cytie shal be buylded in her olde estate the houses shall haue theyr ryght foundacyon And out of them shal go thankesgeuyng and the voyce of ioye I wyll multiple them and they shall not be fewe I shall endue them with honour no man shall subdue them Theyr chyldren shal be as a fore tyme and theyr congregacion shall continue in my syght And all those that vexe them wyll I vyset A captayne also shall come of them and a prynce shall sprynge out from the myddest of them him wyl I chalenge to myselfe and he shal come vnto me For what is he that geueth ouer his hert to come vnto me sayth the Lorde Ye shal be my people also and I wylbe your God Beholde on the other syde shal the wrathe of the Lorde breake out as a stormye water as a myghtye whyrle wynde and shall fal vpon the heades of the vngodly The terryble dyspleasure of the Lorde shal not leaue of vntyl he haue done perfourmed the intent of his herte Which in the latter dayes ye shal vnderstande At the same tyme sayeth the Lorde shall I be the God of al the generacyons of Israel they shal be my people CAPI XXXI ¶ He prophetyeth that the people of Israel shal be restoâed agayne vnto theyr prosperite To be turned from synne is the gyfte of God The byrthe of Christe is prophecyed All the wycked shall dye in theyr wyckednes The newe testament and couenaunte so prophecyed The Chrysten art taught and instructe of the Lorde Oute synnes shall so be remytted that they shall not ones be thought on God promyseth that he wyll caste of the Iewes The buyldynge agayne of Ierusalem THVS sayeth the Lorde The people of Israel whiche escaped in the wildernesse from the swearde founde grace to come into theyr reste Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appere vnto me from far and saye I loue the wyth an euerlastynge loue therfore do I sprede my mercye before the. I wyll repayre the agayne O thou daughter of Israel y â thou mayest be faste sure Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne go forth with them that lede the daunce Thou shalte plante vynes agayne vpon the hylles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plante and synge And when it is tyme the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall cry Aryse let vs go vp vnto Syon to our Lord God for thus sayeth the Lorde Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob crye vnto the head of the Gentyles speake out synge and saye The Lorde shall delyuer his people the renaunt of Israel and make them whole Beholde I wyll bryng them agayne from out of the North land and gather them from y â endes of the worlde with the blynde and lâ me that are amonge them with the wemen that be great with chylde and such as be also delyuered and the company of them that come agayne shal be greate They departed from hence in heuynes but with ioye wyll I brynge them hyther agayne I wyll lede theÌ to the ryuers of water in a strayght waye where they shall not stomble For I am Israels father and Ephraim is my fyrst borne Heare the worde of the Lorde O ye Gentiles preache in the Iles that lye far of and saye he that hathe scatred Israel shall gather him together agayne shall kepe hym as a shepherde doth his flocke For the Lord hath redemed Iacob and ryd him from the hande of the vyolent And they shall come and reioyse vpon the hyl of Syon and shal haue plentuousnes of goodes whiche the Lorde shall geue theÌ Namely wheate wyne oyle yonge shepe and calues And theyr conscyence shal be as a wel watred garden for they shall no more be hongrye Then shal the mayde reioyse in the dauÌce yee both yonge and olde folkes For I wyl turne theyr sorowe into gladnesse and wyll comforte them and make them ioyfull euen from theyr hertes I wyl poure plentuousnes vpon the hertes of the prestes and my people shal be satisfyed with my goodnesse sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde â The voice of heuynes wepyng and lamentacion was herd on hye euen of Rachel mournynge for her chyldren and wolde not be comforted be cause they were away But nowe sayeth the Lorde leaue of from wepynge and cryenge witholde thyne eyes from teares for â thy laboure shal be rewarded sayeth the Lorde And they shall come agayne out of the lande of theyr ennemyes Yee euen thy posterytie shall haue consolacyon in this sayeth the Lorde that thy chyldreÌn shall come agayne in to theyr owne lande Moreouer I herde Ephraim that was led away captiue complaine on this maner O Lorde thou hast correcte me thy chastenynge haue I receyued â as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou arte my Lorde God Yee as sone as y â turnest me I shall refourme my selfe and when I vnderstand I shal smyte vpon my thyghe For verely I haue commytted shamefull thynges O let my youth beare this reprofe and confusion Upon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe is not Ephraim my deare son Is he not the chylde with whome I haue had all myrth and pastyme For sence the tyme that I fyrste commened with hym I haue hym euer in remembraunce therfore my very herte driueth me vnto hym gladly and louingly wyl I haue mercy vpon hym sayth the Lorde Get the watchmen prouide teachers for the set thyne hert vpon y â ryght waye that thou shuldest walke and turne agayne O thou daughter of Israell turne agayne to these cities of thyne Howe longe wylt thou go astraye O thou shrynkynge daughter For the Lorde wyll worke a newe thynge vpon earthe A woman shal compasse a man For thus sayth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel It wyl come therto y t when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuite these wordes shal be herde in the lande and in his cities The Lorde which is the faire bryde grome of ryghtuousnesse make the fruteful O thou holy hyll And there shall dwel Iuda and all her cityes the shepherdes and husbande men For I shal fede the hongry soule and refreshe all faynte hertes When I herde this I came agayne to my selfe I mused lyke as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe Beholde sayeth the Lord the dayes come that I wyll sowe the house of Israell and the house of Iuda with meÌ and with catel Yee it shall come therto that lyke as I haue gone about in tymes past to rote them out to scatre them to breake them ââwne to destroye
folowed not thy voyce and walked not in thy lawe but all that thou commaundedest them to do that haue they not done and therfore come all these plages vpon them Beholde there are bulwarkes made nowe agaynst the citie to take it and it shal be wonne of the Caldees that besege it with swearde with honger and deathe and loke what thou hast spoken that same shal come vpon them For lo all thynges are presente vnto the Yet sayest thou vnto me O Lorde God and coÌmaundest me that I shall lowse a pece of lande vnto my selfe take wytnesses thereto and yet in the meane season the citie is delyuered into the power of the Caldees Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying Beholde I am the Lord God of all flesshe is there any thynge then to harde for me Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde be holde I shal delyuer this cytie into y â power of the Caldees and into the power of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon they shall take it For the Caldees shall come and wynne this cytie and set fyre vpon it and burne it with the gorgyous houses in whose parlers they haue made sacryfyce vnto Baal and poured drynke offerynges vnto straunge Goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath For seying the children of Israel and the chyldren of Iuda haue wrought wickednes before me euer froÌ their youth vp what haue they els done but prouoked me with the workes of theyr owne handes sayeth y â Lorde Or what hathe this cytie bene els but a prouokynge of my wrath euer â sence the daye that they buylded it vnto this houre wherin I cast it out of my syght because of the great blasphemyes of the chyldren of Israel Iuda whiche they haue done to prouoke me yee they theyr kinges theyr prynces their Prestes their Prophetes the men of Iuda and the cytesyns of Ierusalem When I stode vp early and taught theÌ and instructed theÌ they turned theyr backes to me and not theyr faces They wolde not heare to be refourmed and correcte but set theyr Idoles in the house that is halowed vnto my name to defyle it They haue buylded hye places for Baal in the valley of the chyldren of Hennom to bowe theyr sonnes and daughters vnto Moloch whiche I neuer commaunded them neyther came it euer in my thought to make Iuda synne wyth suche abhominacion And nowe therfore thus hathe the Lorde God of Israel spoken concernynge thys citie whiche as ye your selues confesse shal be delyuered in to the hande of the kynge of Babylon wheÌ it is wonne with the swerde with honger and with pestilence Beholde I wyl gather them together from al landes wherin I haue scatred them in my wrath in my fearefull and great displeasure and wyl brynge them agayne vnto this place where they shall dwel safely And they shall be my people and I wyll be theyr God And I wyll geue them one herte one waye that they maye feare me all the dayes of theyr lyfe that they and theyr chyldren after them may prospere And I wyll set vp an euerlastynge couenaunt with them Namely that I wyl neuer ceasse to do theÌ good and that I wyl put my feare in theyr hertes so that they shall not runne away from me Yee I wyll haue a luste and pleasure to do them good and faythfully to plant them in this lande with my whole herte with all my soule For thus sayeth the Lorde lyke as I haue brought al this great plage vpon thys people so wyll I also brynge vpon them all the good that I haue promised them And men shal haue their possessions in this laÌde wherof ye say nowe that it shall neyther be inhabited of people nor of catel but be deliuered into the haÌdes of y â Caldees Yee lande shal be bought for money and euydences made therupon and sealed before wytnesses in the couÌtre of Ben Iamin and rounde about Ierusalem in the cities of Iuda in the cities y â are vpon the mountaynes and in them that lye beneth yee and in the cities that are in the Southe For I wyll brynge theyr presoners hyther agayne sayeth the Lorde ¶ The Prophete is monyshed of the Lorde to pray for the delyueraunce of the people whiche the Lorde promyseth God forgeueth synnes and doth graciously to the people for his owne renowne Of the byrth of Christe The kyngdome of Christe in the Churche shall neuer be ended CAPI XXXIII MORE OVER the worde of the Lorde âame vnto Ieremye on this maner wheÌ he was yet bounde in the courte of the preson Thus sayeth the Lorde whiche fulfylleth the thyng that he speaketh the Lorde whiche perfourmeth the thynge that he taketh in hande euen he whose name is the Lorde crye vnto me I wyl answere and shewe the greate and hye thynges whyche were vnknowen vnto the. Thus I saye spake the Lorde God of Israel concernyng the houses of this cytie and the houses of the kynges of Iuda that they shal be broken thorowe the ordinaunce and weapens when the Caldees come to besege them and they shal be fylled with the deed karcases of men whom I wyll steye in my wrath and dyspleasure when I turne my face from thys cytie because of all her wyckednes Beholde sayeth the Lorde I wyl heale theyr woundes and make them whole I wyll open theÌ the treasure of peace and trueth And I wyll returne the captyuyte of Iuda and Israell and wyll set them vp agayne as they were afore FroÌ all mysdedes wherin they haue offended agaynste me I wyll clense theÌ And al theyr blasphemies which they haue done against me when they regarded me nat I wyll forgeue them And thys shall get me a name a prayse and honoure amonge all people of the earth whiche shall heare all the good that I wyll shewe vnto them yee they shall be afrayed and a stonnyed at all the good dedes and benefytes that I wyl do for theÌ Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde In thys place wherof ye saye that it shall be a wyldernesse wherin neyther people nor catell shall dwell in lyke maner in the cyties of Iuda and without Ierusalem whiche also shal be so voyde that nether people nor catell shall dwell there Shall the voyce of gladnesse be harde agayne the voyce of the Brydegrome and of the bryde the voyce of theÌ that shal synge Prayse y â Lorde of Hostes for he is louynge and his mercy endureth for euer and the voyce of them that shall offer vp gyftes in the house of the Lorde For I wyll restore the captyuyte of thys lande as it was afore sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes It shall come yet therto that in thys laÌde whiche is voyde from men and catell and in all the cyties of the lande there shall be sette vp shepherdes cotages in the cyties vpon the mountaynes and in the cyties that lye vpon the playne and in the
grape gatherynge Myrth and cheare shal be taken away from the tymbre felde and from the whole lande of Moab There shal be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crye yee there shal be none to crye vnto him whiche afore tyme were herde from Hesebon to Eleale and Iahaz whiche lyfted vp theyr voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that â bullocke of thre yeare olde The waters also of Memâim shal be dried vp Moreouer I wyll make Moab ceasse sayeth the Lorde frome the offrynges and censinge that she hath made vnto her Goddes in hye places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab lyke a crowde playenge an heuy songe for the mens sake of the bryck wall my hert mourneth also euen as a pype that pypyth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shal be shauen and all beerdes clypped of all handes bounde and loynes gyrded aboute with sacke clothe Upon all the house toppes and stretes of Moab there shal be mournynge For I wyll breake Moab lyke an vnprofytable vessell sayeth the Lord. Ohowe is she destroyed O how mourneth she O howe doth Moab hange downe her heade is ashamed Thus shal Moab be a laughyng stocke had in derision of al them that be rounde aboute her For thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde the enemy shall come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clyme ouer the walles wynne the stronge holdes Then the myghtye mens hertes in Moab shal be lyke the herte of a woman trauelynge with chylde And Moab shal be made so desolate y â she shall no more be a people because she hathe sette vp her selfe agaynst the Lorde Feare pyt and snare shal come vpon the O Moab sayth the Lorde Who so escapeth the feare shall fall in the pyt and who so getteth out of the pyt shal be taken in the snare For I wyll brynge a yere of visytacyon vpon Moab sayth the Lorde They that are able to flye shall stande vnder the shadowe of Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out of Hesebon and a flame frome Syon shal burne vp that proude people of Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the O Moab for thou people of Chamos shalt perysshe Yee thy sonnes and daughters shall be led awaye captyue Yet at the last wyl I bryng Moab out of captiuyte agayne sayth the Lorde Thus farre is of the plage of Moab ¶ The worde of the Lord agaynst the Ammonytes against Idumea Damascus Cedar ⪠and Elam CAPI XLIX AS concernynge the Ammonytes thus the Lorde sayth Hath Israell no chyldren or is he without an heyre Why hath your kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cyties Beholde therfore the tyme commeth sayth the Lorde that I wyll bryng a noyse of war into Rabah of the Ammonytes Lahel shal be desolate and her cyties brent vp and the Israelytes shall be lordes ouer ⪠those that had them in possession afore sayth the Lord Hesebon shall mourne for it shall be roted out of the grounde sayth the Lorde The cities of â Rabah shal crye out gyrde themselues with sacke cloth they shall mourne and run aboute the walles for theyr kinges shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with hym Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and froâ O thou fearce daughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason of thy treasure that no man shall come to the Beholde I wyll brynge a feare vpon the saieth the Lord God of hostes from al those that be aboute the so that ye shal be scatred euery man from another and no man shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I wyll brynge the Ammonytes also out of capââuite agayne Upon the Edomites hath the Lorde of hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wysdome in ThemaÌ Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wysdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne your backes crepe downe into the depe O ye cytesyns of Dedan For I wyll bryng destruccion vpon Esau yee and the day of his visitacion Yf y â grape gatherers came vpon the shulde they not leaue some grapes If the nyght robbers came vpon the shulde they not take so much as they thought were ynoughe But I wyll make Esau bare and discouer her secretes so that he shal not be able to hide theÌ His sede shal be wasted away yee his brethreÌ and his neyghbours and he him selfe shall not be lefte behynde Thou shalt leaue thy fatherlesse chyldren behynde the and I wyll kepe them and thy wydowes shall take their comforte in me For thus hath the Lorde spoken Beholde they that meÌ thought were vnmere to drink of the cuppe haue droken with the first and thynkest thou then to be fre No no thou shalt neither be quyte nor fre but thou must drinke also For why I haue sworne by my selfe sayeth the Lorde that Bozrah shall become a wyldernesse an open shame a laughyng stocke and cursyng and all her cyties shal be a continuall deserte For I am perfectly infourmed of y â Lord that he hath sent a message all redy vnto the Heathen Gather you together and go forth agaynste them make you ready to the battayle for lo. I wyll make the but small amonge the Heathen and lytle regarded amonge men Thy hye stomake the pryde of thy hert hath disceyued the because thou wylt dwell in the holes of stony rockê and haue the hye mountaynes in possessyon Neuerthelesse thoughe thy nest were as hye as the Aegles yet wyll I cast the downe sayeth the Lorde Moreouer I dumea shal be a wyldernesse Who so goeth by it shal be abashed wondre at her miserable plages Like as Sodome Gomor and the cyties that laye there aboute were turned vp syde downe sayeth the Lorde so shal no body dwel in Idumea and no man shal haue his habitacyon there Beholde lyke as the Lyon coÌmeth vp from the pleasauÌt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Etham so wyll I dryue him and make him runne agaynst her But who is the yonge man that I wyll ordayne therto Who is lyke vnto me What is he y t wyl stryue with me What shepherde maye stande in my handes Therfore heare the couÌcel of the Lord that he hath taken vpon Idumea his purpose that he hath deuysed vpon the cytesyns of Theman The leaste of the flocke shall teare them in peces and loke what fayre thynge they haue they shall make it waste and them selues also At the noyse of theyr fall the earthe shall quake the crye of theyr voice shal be herde vnto the red see Behold the enemye shall come and fle vp hyther lyke as it were an Aegle and sprede his winges vpon Bozrah Then shall the hertes of the worthyes in Edom be as the herte of
stone vpon me They poured water vpon my heade then thought I nowe am I vndone I called vpon thy name O Lorde out of the depe pyt Thou hast herde my voyce and hast not turned awaye thyne eares fro my syghynge and cryenge Thou hast enclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon the and hast sayd feare not Thou O Lorde hast mayntyened y â cause of my soule and hast redemed my lyfe O Lorde thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my cause vpon the. Thou hast well consydred howe they go aboute to do me harme and that all they re councels are agaynst me Thou hast herde theyr despyteful wordes O Lorde yee and all theyr ymaginacyons agaynst me The lyppes of myne enemies and theyr deuyces that they take agaynst me all the day longe Thou seyst also theyr syttyng downe and theyr rysyng vp they make theyr songes of nothynge but of me Rewarde them O Lorde accordyng to the workes of theyr haÌdes Geue them the thynge that theyr owne herte is afrayed of euen thy curse Persecute them O Lorde with thyne indignacion and rote them out frome vnder the heauen CAPI IIII. O Howe is the golde become so dymme Howe is the goodly colour of it so sore chaunged and the stones of the Sayntuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour and clothed with the most precyous golde howe are they nowe become lyke the erthen vessels whiche be made with the potters hande The dragons geue theyr yonge ones sucke with bare brestes but the daughter of my people is cruell and dwelleth in the wyldernesse lyke the Estriches The tonges of the suckynge chyldren cleue to the rofe of theyr mouthes for verye thriste The yonge chyldren aske breade but there is no man that geueth it them They that were wont to fare delycately peryshe in the stretes they that afore were brought vp in purple make nowe muche of donge The synne of the daughter of my people is become greater then the wickednes of Sodome that sodeÌly was destroyed and not taken with handes Her absteyners or Nazarees were whyter then the snowe or mylke theyr colour was fresh reed as Corall theyr beautie lyke the Saphyre But nowe theyr faces very blacke In so much that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes Theyr skynne cleueth to their bones ⪠It is withered become lyke a drye stocke They that be slayne with y â swerd are happyer then such as dye of honger and peryshe away samyshynge for the frutes of the felde The wemen whiche of nature are pytiefull haue sodden theyr owne câdren with their handes that they might be theyr meate in the miserable destruccion of y â daughter of my peopye The Lorde hath perfourmed hys heuy wrath he hath poured out y â furiousnes of his dyspleasure He hath kyndled a fyre in SioÌ which hath consumed the foundacions therof Nether the kynges of the earth nor all inhabetours of the worlde wolde haue beleued that the enemy and aduersarye shulde haue come in at the gates of the Cytie of Ierusalem Whiche neuerthelesse is come to passe for the synne of the Prophetes and for the wyckednesse of her preestes that haue shed innocentes bloode within her So that these blynde men wente stomblynge in the streates and stayned them selues w t bloude whiche els wolde touche no bloudy clothe But they cryed vnto euery man slee the staynynge awaye get you hence touche it not Yee sayde they ye muste be brente ye must dwell amonge the Gentyles and byde no longer here The countenaunce of the Lorde hathe banyshed them and shall neuer loke more vpon them For they them selues nether regarded the prestes nor pityed theyr elders Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs whyle we loke for vayne helpe seynge we be euer waytynge vpon a people that can do vs no good They laye so sharpe wayte for vs that we cannot go safe vpon the stretes for oure ende is come our dayes are fulfylled our ende is here Our persecuters are swyfter then the Aegels of the ayre they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layed wayte for vs in the wyldernesse â The very breth of our mouthe euen the anoynted Lorde hym selfe shall be taken in oure synnes of whom we saye Under his shadowe we shal be preserued amonge the Heythen And thou O daughter Edom that dwelleste in the lande of Huz be glad and reioyce for the cuppe shall come vnto the also which whan thou suppest of thou shalte be droncken Thy synne is well punyshed O thou daugter Sion he shall not suffre the to be caryed awaye any more But thy wyckednes O daughter Edom shall he vyset and for thy synnes sake he shall lede the into captyuyte ¶ The prayer of Ieâemye CAPI V. CAll to remembraunce O Lorde what we haue suffred consydre and se oure confusyon Oure enherytaunce is turned to the straungers and our houses to the aleauntes We are become carefull and fatherles and our mothers are as the wyddowes We are sayne to dryncke oure owne water for money and oure owne wod must we bye with money Our neckes are vnder persecucyon we are weery and haue no reste Afore tyme we yelded oure selues to the Egypcians and now to the Assyrians only that we might haue bred ynough Our fathers whiche nowe are gone haue syned and we muste beare theyr wyckednes Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no man delyuereth vs out of theyr handes We must get our lyuynge with the parel of our lyues because of y â drouth of the wildernes Oure skynne is as it had bene brente in an ouen for very sore honger The wyues are raueshed in Syon and the maydens in the cities of Iuda The princes are hanged vp with the hand of the enemies they haue not spared the olde sage men they haue taken yonge meÌnes lyues froÌ them and the boyes are hanged vp vpon trees The elders syt nomore vnder the gates and the yong men vse nomore playenge of musycke The ioye of oure hert is gone our mery queer is turned into mournynge The garlande of our head is fallen alas that euer we synned so sore Therfore oure herte is full of heuynesse and oure eyes dymme because of the hyll of Syon that is destroyed In so much that the foxes runne vpon it But thou O Lorde that remayneste for euermore and thy seate worlde without ende wherfore wylte thou styll forget vs and forsake vs so long ⪠O Lord turne thou vs vnto the and so shall we be turned Renue our dayes as in olde tunes for thou haste banyshed vs nowe long ynough and haste bene sore dysple sed at vs. The ende of the lamentacyons of Ieremye ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Ezechyel ¶ The tyme wherin Ezechyel prophecyed and in what place Hys offprynge and offyce The vysyon of the âoure bestes The vysion of the wheles The vision of the throne and of the ymage aboue
graunt the to take cowes donge for the donge of a man and to strake the breed ouer with all before them And he sayd vnto me Beholde thou soÌne of man I wyll mynyshe all the prouision of bred in Ierusalem so that they shall wey their bred and eate it with scarcenesse But as for water they shal haue a very lytle measure ther of to drynke And when they haue no more bred nor water one shal be destroied with another famyshe away for theyr wickednesse ¶ The rydle of the hearres by whiche is sygnified the destruccyon of the people The causes of the anger of God towarde the people The Lorde discloseth the ryddle of the hearres CAPI V. O Thou sonne of man take the then a sharpe knyfe namely a rasour Take that and shaue the hearre of thy heade and beerd Then take the scales and the weyght and deuyde the hearre a sunder And burne the thyrde parte ther of in the fyre in the myddest of the cytie after that the dayes of the besegynge are fulfylled then cut the other thyrde parte in peces with a knyfe As for the thyrde ête that remayneth caste it in the wynde I wyl draw out y â swerde after theÌ Yet afterwarde take a lytle of the same and bynde it in thy cote lappe Then take a curtesy of it and cast in it the myddest of the fyre and burne it in the fire Out of the same fyre shall there go a flame vpon the whole house of Israel Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde God This same is Ierusalem I set her in the myddest of the Heathen nacions that are rounde aboute her but she hath despysed my iudgementes more then the Gentiles them selues broken my commaunde mentes more then the nacions that lye rouÌd aboute her For they haue cast out myne ordinaunces and not walcked in my lawes Therefore thus sayeth the Lord God For so muche as ye with your wickednesse farre exceade the Heythen that dwell rounde aboute you For ye haue nat walcked in my lawes neyther haue ye kepte myne ordynaunces nor accordynge to the ryghtuousnes of the Gentyles whyche are aboute you ye haue not doue Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyl also come vpon the for in the myddest of the wyll I syt in iudgemente in the syght of the Heathen and wyl handle the of suche a fashyon as I neuer dyd before and as I neuer wyll do frome that tyme for the and that because of all thyne abhominacioÌs For in the fathers shall be fayne to eate theyr owne sonnes the sonnes theyr owne fathers Suche a courte wyll I kepe in the and the whole remnaunt of the wyl I scatre into all the wyndes Wherfore as truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God seyng thou hast defyled my SaÌctuary with al maner of abhominacioÌs and with all thy shamefull offences For this cause wyl I also destroy the. Myne eye shal not ouerse the neyther wyll I spare the One thyrde parte within the shall dye of the pestylence and of hongre Another thyrde parte shall be slayne downe rounde aboute the with the swearde The other thyrde parte that remayneth wyll I scatre abrode towarde all the wyndes and drawe out the swearde after them Thus I wyll perfourme my indygnacyon and set my wrath agaynst them and ease my selfe So that when I haue fulfylled myne angre agaynste them they shall knowe that I am the Lorde whiche with a feruente gelousy haue spoken it Moreouer I wyll make the waste and abhorred before all the Heathen that dwell aboute the and in the syght of al them that go by the so that when I punysh the in my wrath in myn angre and with the plage of my whole dyspleasure thou shalte be a very abhominacyon shame a gasynge and wondrynge stocke amonge the Heathen that lye aboute the. Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it and it shall come to passe when I shute amonge them the perlous dartes of honger whiche shal be but death yee therfore shall I shute them because I wyll destroye you I wyll encrease hunger and mynyshe all the prouysyon of breade amonge you Plages and mysery wyl I sende you yee wylde beastes also to destroye you Pestylence and blodsheding shal come vpon you the swerde wyl I brynge ouer you Euen I the Lorde haue sayde it ¶ He she weth that the people shall be plaged for the synne of Idolatrye He prophecyeth the repentaunce of the remnaunt of the people and theyr delyueraunce The destruccyon of the frowarde is prophecyed CAPI VI. AND the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying Thou sonne of man turne thy face to the mountaynes of Israell that thou mayst prophecye vnto them and saye Heare the worde of the Lorde God O ye mountaynes of Israell Thus hath the Lorde God spoken to the mountaynes hylles valleys and dales Beholde I wyll brynge a swearde ouer you and destroye your hye places I wyll cast downe your aulters and breake downe your temples Your slayne men wyll I laye before your goddes and the deed carcases of the chyldren of Israell wyll I cast before theyr Idolles youre bones wyll I scatre rounde aboute your aulters and dwellyng places The cyties shal be desolate the hylchapels layed waste youre aulters destroyed and broken youre goddes caste downe and taken a waye your tempels layde euen with the grounde youre owne workes cleane roted out Your slayne men shall lye amonge you that ye maye learne to knowe howe that I am the Lorde Those that among you haue escaped the swearde wyll I leaue amonge the Gentyles for I wyll scatre you among the nacioÌs And they that escape from you shal thynke vpon me amonge the Heathen where they shal be in captiuite As for that whorysh and vnfaythful hert of theyrs wherwyth they runne awaye fro me I wyll breake it yee and put out those eyes of theyrs that commytte forny cacyon with their Idols Then shal they be ashamed and displea sed with theyr selues for the wyckednesses and abhominacions whiche they haue done and shal lerne to knowe howe that it is not in vayne that I the Lorde spake to brynge suche mysery vpon them The Lord sayd moreouer vnto me Smite thine handes together and stampe with thy fete and saye Wo worth all the abhominacions and wyckednes of the house of Israel for because of them they shall perysshe with the swearde with honger with pestylence Who so is farte of shal dye of the pestyleÌce he that is nye at hande shall perysshe with the swearde and the other that are beseged shall dye of honger Thus wyll I satisfye my wrothfull displeasure vpon them And so shall ye learne to knowe that I am the Lorde when youre slayne men lye amonge your Idols and aboute your aulters vpon all hye hylles and toppes of mountaynes amonge all grene trees amonge al thycke okes eueÌ in the places where they dyd sacryfice to all theyr Idols I wyll
Lorde vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man yf Israel that frowarde housholde aske the and saye what doest thou there Then tell theÌ Thus sayeth the Lorde God This punyshmente toucheth the chefe rulers at Ierusalem all the house of Israel that dwell amonge them Tell them I am youre shew token lyke as I haue done so shall it happen vnto you Flyt shall ye also and go into captyuyte The chefest that is amonge you shall lade hys shulders in the darcke and get hym awaye He shall breake downe the wall to carye stuffe ther-thorowe He shall couer his face that he se nat the grounde with hys eyes My lyne wyll I sprede out vpon hym and catch him in my net and cary hym to Babylon in the lande of the Caldees whiche he shall nat se and yet shall he dye there As for al his helpers and all hys Hostes that be aboute hym I wyll scater theÌ towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a swearde after them So when I haue scatred them amonge the Heathen and strowed them in the landes they shall knowe that I am the Lorde But I wyll leaue a lytle noÌbre of them froÌ the swearde hunger and pestilence to tel all theyr abhominacions among the Heathen where they come y â they maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sainge Thou sonne of man wyth a fearfull treÌblyng shalt thou eate thy bred with carefulnesse sorow shalt thou drinke thy water And vnto the people of the lande speake thou on thys maner Thus sayeth the Lorde God to them that dwell in Ierusalem and to the lande of Israell Ye shall eate your bred with sorowe and drynke youre water with heuynesse Yee the laÌde with the fulnesse therof shal be layde waste for the wyckednesse of them that dwel therin And the cyties y â nowe be well occupyed shall be voyde and the lande desolate that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde Yet came the worde of the Lorde vnto me agayne sayinge Thou sonne of man what maner of by worde is that whiche ye vse in the lande of Israel sayinge Tush seynge that the dayes are so slacke in commyng all the vysyons are of none effecte Tell them therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll make that by worde to ceasse so that it shall no more be commenly vsed in Israell But saye thys vnto them The dayes are at hande that euery thynge whiche hathe bene prophecyed shal be fulfylled There shall no vysyon be in wayne nether any prophecie fayle amonge the chyldren of Israel For it is I the Lorde that speake it whatsoeuer I the Lorde speake it shal be perfourmed and nat be slacke in commynge Yee euen in your dayes O ye frowarde houshoulde wyll I deuyse some thyng and brynge it to passe sayeth y â Lorde God And the worde of the Lorde cam vnto me saying Beholde thou sonne of man The house of Israel saye in this maner Tush as for the vycyon that he hathe sene it wyll be many a daye or it come to passe It is farre of yet the thynge that he prophecyeth Therfore saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde God All my wordes shall no more be slacke Loke what I speake that same shall come to passe sayeth the Lorde God ¶ The worde of the Lorde agaynst false prophetes whiche teach the people the councelles of theyr owne hertes CAPI XIII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying Thou soÌne of man Speake prophecye agaynst those prophetes that preache in Israel and saye thou vnto them that prophecye out of theyr owne hertes Heare the worde of the Lorde thus sayeth the Lorde God Wo be it vnto those folysh prophetes that folowe theyr owne sprete and speake where they se nothynge O Israel thy prophetes are like the foxes vpoÌ the drye telde For they stande nat in y â gappes nether make they an hedge for the house of Israel that men myght abyde the parel in the daye of the Lorde Uayne thynges they se and tell lyes to mayntayne theyr preachynges with al. The Lorde saye they hath spoken it whaÌ in very dede the Lorde hath nat sent them Uayne visyons haue ye sene and spoken falce prophecyes when ye saye the Lorde hathe spoken it where as I neuer sayde it Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Because youre wordes be vayne and ye seke out lyes Beholde I wyll vpon you sayeth the Lorde God Myne handes shall come vpon y â prophetes that loke out vayne thynges and preache lyes they shall nat be in the councell of my people nor wrytten in the boke of the house of Israell neyther shall they come in the lande of Israell that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde God And that for thys cause they haue dysceaued my people and tolde them of peace where no peace was One setteth vp a wall and they dawbe it with lowse claye Therfore tell them whiche dawbe it with vntempered morter that it shall fal For there shall come a greate shower of rayne greate stones shall fall vpon it and a sore storme of wynde shall breke it so shall the wall come downe Sall it nat then be sayde vnto you where is nowe the morter that ye dawbed it withal Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll breake out in my wrathfull dyspleasure with a stormy wynde so that in myne anger there shall come a myghtye shower of rayne hayle stones in my wrath to destroye withall As for the wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter I wyll breake it downe make it euen with the grounde so that the foundacyon therof shall remoue and it shal fall yee and ye youre selues shal perysh in the myddest therof to lerne you for to knowe that I am the Lorde Thus wyll I perfourme my wrathe vpon thys wall and vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter and then wyll I saye vnto you The wall is gone and the dawbers are awaye These are the prophetes of Israell whiche prophecye vnto the cytye of Ierusalem and loke out vysyons of peace for them wher as no peace is saieth the Lorde God Wherfore O thou sonne of man set thy face agaynste the daughters of thy people whiche prophecye out of they re owne hertes and speake thou prophecye agaynste them and saye Thus sayeth the Lorde God Wo be vnto you that so we pylowes vnder all arme holes and bolsters vnder the heades bothe of yonge and oldâ to catch soules with all For whan ye haue gotten the soules of my people in your captyuyte ye promyse them lyfe and dishonour me to my people for an hande full of barly and for a pece of breade whan ye kyll the soules of theÌ that dye nat and promes lyfe to theÌ that lyue nat Thus ye dissemble with my people that beleueth youre lyes Wherfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Be holde I wyll also vpon
God vnto Ierusalem Thy progeny and kynred came out of the lande of Canaan * thy father was an Amoryte thy mother a Cethyte In the day of thy byrth when thou wast borne y â strynge of thy nauell was not cut of y â waste not bathed in water to make the clene Thou waste neyther rubbed wyth salt nor swadled in cloutes No maÌ regarded the so muche as to do any of these thyngê for the or to shewe the suche fauoure but thou wast vtterly cast out vpon the felde yee despysed wast thou in the day of thy byrth Then came I by the and sawe the trodeÌ downe in thyne owne bloude sayde vnto the thou shalt be pourged from thyne owne bloude froÌ thyne owne bloude I say shalte thou be clensed So I planted the as the blossome of thy felde thou art growen vp and waxen great thou hast gotten a maruelous pleasaunte beutie thy brestes are come vp thy hearre is goodly growen where as thou wast naked and bare afore Nowe when I went by the and loked vpon the beholde thy tyme was come yee euen the tyme to wowe the. Then spred I my clothes ouer the to couer thy dishââesty yee I made an othe vnto the and maryed myselfe with the sayeth the Lorde God and so thou becamest myne owne Then washed I the wyth water and pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the with oyle I gaue the chaunge of raââentes I made the shues of Taxus lether I gyrded the aboute wyth white sylke I clothed the w t kerchefes I decked the with costely apparell I put tynges vpon thy fyngers a chayne about thy necke spanges vpon thy fore heade eare rynges vpon thyne eares and set a beutiful crowne vpon thyne heade Thus wast thou deckte with siluer and golde and thy rayment was of fyne whyte sylcke of nedle worke and of diuerse colours Thou dyddest eate nothynge but symnels hony oyle maruelous goodly waste thou and beutyfull yee euen a very Quene wast thou In so muche that thy beuty was spoken of among the Nethen for thou wast excellent in my beautie whiche I put vpon the sayeth the Lord God But thou hast put confidence in thyne owne beuty and played the harlot when thou haddest gotten theâ name Thou hast commytted whoredome with all that wente by the and haste fulfylled their desyres yee thou hast takeÌ thy garmentes of diuers colours and deckte thyâe aulteres therwith where vpon thou myghtest fulfyl thyne whoredome of suche a fashyon as neuer was done nor shalâe The goodly ornamentes and Iewels whiche I gaue the of myne owne gold and siluer haâr thou taken and made the mens ymages ther of and commytted whoredome withall Thy garmentes of diuerse colours hast thou taken and deckt them therwith myne oyle and incense haste thou set before them My meate whiche I gaue the as symnels oyle and hony to fede the withal that hast thou set before them for a swete sauour And this came also to passe sayeth the Lord God Thou haste taken thine owne sonnes and daughters whome thou haddest begotten vnto me and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be their meate Is thys but a small whorewme of thine thinkest thou that thou sleyest my children and geuest them ouer to be brent vnto them And yet in all thy abhominacions and whoredome thou hast notre membred the dayes of thy youth howe naked bare thou wast at that tyme and troden downe in thyne owne bloude After all these thy wyckednesses wo wo vnto the sayeth the Lorde God thou haste buylded thy stewes and brodel houses in euery place yee at the head of euery strete hast thou buylded the an aulter Thou hast made thy beautye to be abhorred thou haste layde out thy legges to euery one that came by and multiplyed thyne whoredome Thou hast commytted fornicacion w t the Egyptians thy neighboures whiche had muche flesshe and thus hast y â vsed thine whoredome to anger me Beholde I dyd stretche out myne hande ouer the and wyl mynish thy store of fode and delyuer the ouer into the wylles of the Philistines thine enemyes whiche are ashamed of thy abhominable waye Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyryans which myght not satisfye the Yee thou hast played the harlot not had ynough Thus hast thou styl coÌmitted thy fornicacion from the lande of Canaan vnto the Caldees and yet thy lust not satysfyed Howe shulde I cir cumcyse thyne herte sayeth the Lorde God seynge thou doest al these thynges thou pre cyous whore buyldynge thy stewes at the heade of euery strete and thy brodell houses in all places Thou hast not bene as an other whore that maketh booste of her mynnynge but was a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke and taketh other in steade of her husbande Gyftes are geuen to all other whores but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers and offrest them gyftes to come vnto the out of all places and to coÌmytte fornicacyon with the. It is come to passe with the in thy whoredomes contrary to the vse of other women yee there hathe no suche fornycacion bene commytted after the seynge that thou profrest gyftes vnto other and no rewarde is geuen the this is a contrary thynge Therfore heare the worde of the Lorde ' O thou harlot thus sayeth the Lorde God For so muche as thou hast spent thy money and discouered thy shame thorow thy whor dome with all thy louers and with all the Idols of thy abhommacions in the blode of thy children whom thou hast geuen them Beholde therfore I wyll gather together al thy louers vnto whom thou haste made thy selfe comen yee and all them whom thou fauourest and euery one that thou hatest and wyll discouer thy shame before them that they maye se all thy fylthynes Moreouer I wyl iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer and recoÌpeuce the thine owne bloude in wrath and gelousy I wyll geue the ouer into their power that shall breake downe thy stewes and destroye thy brodell houses they shall strype the out of thy clothes all thy fayre and beutifull Iewels shall they take from the so let the syt naked and bare yee they shall brynge the comen people vpon the which shal stone the and sleye the downe with theyr sweardes They shal burne vp thy houses and punysh the in the syght of many wemen Thus wyl I make thy whoredome to ceasse so that y â shalt geue out no mo rewardes Shuld I make my wrath to be styl take my gelousy from the be contente nomore to be displeased seinge thou remembrest not the dayes of my youthe but haste prouoked me to wrath in all these thynges Beholde therfore I wyll brynge thyne owne wayes vpon thyne heade sayeth the Lorde God howbeit I neuer dyd vnto the accordynge to thy wyckednesse and all thy abhomynact ons Beholde all they that vse comen prouerbes shall vse this prouerbe also agaynst
the suche a mother suche a daughter Thou art euen thy mothers owne daughter that hath cast of her housbande and her chyldren Yee thou arte the syster of thy systers whiche forsoke theyr husbandes and theyr chyldren Your mother is a Cethyte and your father an Amoryte Thyne eldest syster is Samaria she and her daughters that dwell vpon thy lefte hande But thy yongeste syster that dwelleth on thy ryght hande is Sodoma her daughters Yet haste thou not walked after their wayes nor done after theyr adhomynacyoâs but in all thy wayes thou haste bene more corrupt then they As truly as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God Sodoma thy syster with her daughters hath not done so euell as thou and thy daughters Beholde the synnes of thy syster Sodoma were these Pryde fulnesse of meate aboundaunce and Idylnesse these thynges had she and heâ daughters Besydes that they reached not theyr hande to the poore and nedy but were proude and dyd abhominable thynges before me therfore I toke them awaye when I had sene it Neyther hath Samaria done halfe of thy synnes yee thou haste exceaded them in wyckednesse In so muche that in comparysyon of all the abhomynacy on s whyche thou haste done thou haste made thy systers good women Therfore beare thyne owne shame thou that in synne haste ouercome thy systers seynge thou haste done so abhomynably that they were better then thou Be ashamed therfore I say and beare thyne owne confusyon thou that makest thy systers good women As for theyr captiuite namely the captiuyte of Sodoma her daughters the captyuite of Samaria and her daughters I wyll brynge them agayne so wyll I also brynge agayne thy captiuite amonge them that thou mayest take thyne owne confusyon vpon the and be ashamed of al that thou hast done and to comforte them Thus thy systers namely Sodoma and her daughters Samaria and her daughters with thy selfe and thy daughters shal be brought agayne to your olde estate When thou wast in thy pryde before thy wyckednesse came to lyght thou woldest not heare speake of thy syster Sodoma vntyl the tyme that the Spryans with all theyr townes the Phylystines withall that lye rounde about them brought the to shame and confusion that thou myghtest beare thyne owne fylthynes and abhominacion sayeth the Lorde For thus sayeth the Lorde God I shulde by ryght deale with the as thou hast done Thou haste despysed the othe and broken the couenaunt Neuerthelesse I wyl remembre my couenaunt that I made wyth the in thy youth in so much that it shal be an euerlastynge couenaunte so that thou also remembre thy wayes and be ashamed of theÌ then shalte thou receaue of me thy elder and yoÌger systers whom I wyl make thy daughters and that besyde thy couenaunt And so I wyll renue my couenaunte with the that thou mayest know that I am the Lord that thou mayst thynke vpon it be ashamed and excuse thyne owne confusyon nomore when I haue forgeuen the all y â thou haste done sayeth the Lorde God ¶ The parable of the two Aegles sygnyfyeth that zedekiah whiche contrarye to his othe had forsaken the frendeshyppe of Nabuchodonosor turneth hym selfe to the Kyng of Egypte and therfore peryshed An exposicyon of the parable A prophecy of Chryst. CAPI XVII THE worde of the Lorde vnto me say enge Thou sonne of man put forthe a darcke speakyng and a parable vnto the house of Israell and saye Thus sayeth the Lorde God There came a greate Aegle with great wynges yee with myghtye long wynges and full of fethers of dyuerse coloures vpon the mounte of Libanus and toke a braunche from a Cedretre and brake of the toppe of his twygge and caryed it into the lande of Canaan and set it in a cyte of marchauntes He toke also a braunche of the lande and planted it in a frutefull grouÌde he brought it vnto greate waters and set it as a wyllowe tree therby Then dyd it grow and was a great vynestock out lowe by the grounde whose braunches bowed towarde hym and the rotes thereof were vnder him Thus there came of it a vyne and it brought forth blossomes and spred out brauÌches But there was another Aegle a great one whiche had great wynges and many fathers and beholde the rotes of this vine had an hunger after him and spred out his brauÌches towarde him to water his frutââ Neuer thelesse it was planted vpon a goâd grouÌde besyde greate waters so that by reason it shulde haue broughte out braunches and fruyte and haue bene a goodly âyne Speake thou therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God Shall this vyne prospere shall not his rotes be pluckte out his frute be broken of his grene braunches wyther and fade away yee without eyther strong arme or many people shall it be plucked vp by the rotes Beholde it was planted ⪠shal it prospere therfore Shal it not be dryed vp and wythered yes euen in the shurynge out of his blossomes as sone as the east wynde bloweth Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayeng Speake to that frowarde housholde knowe ye not what these things do sygnyfye Tell them Beholde y â kyng of Babylon came to IerusaleÌ and toke the kynge and hys Prynces and ledde them to Babylon He toke of the kynges sede and made a couenaunte with hym and toke an othe of hym The Princes of the lande toke he with hym also that the lande myght be holden in subieccyon and not to rebelle but kepe the couenaunt and fulfyll it But he fell from him and sent his Embassatours into Egipt that he myght haue horses muche people Shulde that prospere Shulde he be kepte safe that doth suche thynges Or shulde he escape that breaketh his couenaunte As truely as I lyue sayeth the Lorde God He shall dye at Babylon in the place where the kyng dwelleth that made him kyng whose othe he hath despysed and whose couenaunt he hath broken Neyther shall Pharao with his greate hoste and multytude of people mayntayne him in the warre when they cast vp ditches and set vp bulworkes to destroy much people For seing he hath despysed the othe and broken the couenaunte where as he yet gaue his hande there vpon and done all these thynges he shall not escape Therfore thus sayeth the Lord God As truely as I lyue I wyll brynge myne othe that he hath despysed and my couenaunte that he hath broken vpon his owne heade I wyll caste my net aboute hym and catche hym in my yarne To Babylon wyll I âarye hym there wyll I punyshe hym because of the greate offence that he made me As for those that flye frome hym out of the hooste they shal be slayne with the swearde The resydue shal be scatted towarde all the windes and ye shal knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it Thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyl also take a braunche from an hye Cedre tre and wyll set it
remembre theyr wyckednesse so that by ryght they must be taken and wonne Therfore sateth the lorde God For so much as ye your selues shewe your offence haue opened your wickednes so y â in al your workes men may se your synnes yee in so much I say that ye your selues haue made mencyon therof ye shall be taken by vyolence O thou shamefull wycked gyde of Israel whose daye is come euen the tyme that wic kednes shal haue an ende Thus sayeth the Lorde God take awaye the garlande put of the crowne and so is it awaye the humble is exalted and the proude brought lowe Punyshe punyshe yee punyshe them wyll I and destroye them and that shall not be fulfylled vntyll he come to whome the iudgemente belongeth and to whome I haue geuen it And thou O sonne of man prophecy and speake Thus sayeth the Lorde God to the chyldren of Ammon and to theyr blasphemye speake y u The swearde y â swearde is draweÌ forth alredy to y â slaughter scoured y â it glistreth because y â hast loked y â out vanities prophecyed lyes y â it maye come vpoÌ thy necke like as vpoÌ y â other vngodly which be slame whose day came whaÌ theyr wyckednes was ful Though it were put vp agayn into the sheath yet wil I punyshe y e in the lande wher y u wast norished borne poure my indignacyon vpon y â and wyl blow vpoÌ the in y â fyre of my wrath de lyuer y â vnto cruel people which are lerned to destroy Thou shalt fede y â fyre thy bloud shal be shed in y â lande that y u mayest be put out of remembraunce Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it ¶ The word of the Lord agaynst IerusaleÌ for maÌ slaughter denyinge due honour vnto theyr fathers mothers other wychednesses Of the wycked doctryne of the false prophetes prestes of theyr vnsutiable couetousnes The Tyrannye of rulers The wyckednes of the people CAP XXII MOrouer y â worde of y â Lorde came vnto me sayde y u sonne of man wylt thou not reproue thê bloudthrusty cyte Shewe theÌ theyr abominacioÌs tel theÌ Thê° saieth y â Lorde God O y u cyte y â sheddest bloude in the myddest of y â that thy tyme maye come also makest the Idoles to defyle y c withal Thou hast made thy selfe gylty in y â bloude that thou haste shed and defyled the in the Idoles whiche thou hast made Thou hast caused the dayes to drawe nye made the tyme of thy yeares to come Therfore wyl I make the to be confounded amonge the Hea theÌ to be despysed in all the landes whether they be nye or farre from the they shall laugh the to scorne thou that hast gotteÌ the so foule a name and arte full of myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despysed father and mother in the haue they oppressed the straunger in the haue they vexed the wydowe and y â fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my Sanctuary and vnhalowed my sabbath Murthe rers are there in the that shede bloude and eate vpon the hylles and in the they vse vn happynesse In y â haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed wemeÌ in their syckenes Euery man hath dealt shamefully with his neyghbours wyfe abhominably defyled his daughter in lawe In the hathe euery man forced his owne syster eueÌ his fa ther 's daughter yee gyftes haue bene receaued in y â to shed blode Thou hast taken vsury and encreace thou hast oppressed thy neyghbours vy extorcion and forgotten me sayeth y â Lord God Beholde I haue smytten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude whiche hath bene shed in the Is thy herte able to en dure it or may thy handes defende them selues in the tyme that I shal brynge vpon y â Euen I the Lord that speake it wyll brynge it also to passe I wyll scatre y â amonge the Heathen strowe the aboute in the landes wyll cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out of the yee and I wyll haue the in possession in the syght of the Heathen that thou mayest knowe that I am the Lorde And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying Thou sonne of man the house of Israell is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yron and leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus say eth the Lorde God For so muche as ye all are turned into drosse beholde I wyl bring you together vnto Ierusalem lyke as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melte them Euen so wyll I gather you put you in together and melre you in my wrath and indignacyon I wyll brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell dyspleasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Lyke as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye may knowe howe that I the Lorde haue powred my wrath vpon you And the worde of y â Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man tell her Thou art an vnclene lande whiche is not rayned vpon in the day of y u cruel wrath thy Prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules lyke as a roaryng Lion y t lyueth by his praye They receaue ryches and good make many wyddowes in the. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my SaÌctuary They put no dyffereÌce betwene the holy vnholy neyther discerne betwene y â cleane vncleane they turne their eies fro my sabbathes I am vnhalowed amonge theÌ Thy rulers in the are lyke rauyshynge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for theyr owne couetous lucre As for thy Prophetes they dawbe with vntempe red claye they se vanytyes and prophecye lyes vnto theÌ saying the Lorde God sayeth so where as the Lord hath not spoken The people in the lande vseth wycked extorcyon robbery They vexe the poore nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst ryght And I sought in the lande for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and set hym selfe in the gappe before me in the landes behalfe that I shulde not vtterly destroye it but I coulde fynde none Therfore wyll I poure out my cruel dyspleasure vpon them and burne theÌ in the fyre of my wrathe theyr owne wayes wyl I recompence vpon their heades saieth the Lorde God ¶ Of the fornycacion that is to saye of the Idolatâye of Samaria and Ierusalem vnder the names of Dholah and Dholivah In comparyson of Samaria he sheweth that the fornycacyon of Ierusalem is the fylthyer The destrucryon of Ierusalem so prophecyed The aduoutry of both the who res to founde out Theyr
and dales thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde thys haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terryble wrathe For so muche as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heathen therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God â I haue sworne that the Gentyles whiche lye aboute you shall beare youre confusyon them selues And as for you O mountaynes of Israel ye shal shute out your braunches and brynge for the youre frute to my people of Israell for it is harde by that it wyll come Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne me that ye maye by tylled and sowen â I wyll sende you much people whiche shal be all of the house of Israell the cytyes shall be inhabyted and the decayed places shal be repayred agayne I wyll prouyde you with muche people and catell whiche shall increase and brynge frute I wyll restore you also to your olde estate and shewe you more kyndnes then euer ye had before wherby ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. Yee people wyll I sende vnto you O my folke of Israell which shall haue the in possessyon and thou shalte be theyr inherytaunce so that thou shalte no more be without them Agayne thus sayeth the Lorde God For so muche as they saye vnto you thou arte an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people therfore thou shalte eate no mo men neyther destroye thy people any more sayeth the Lorde God And I wyl not suffre the for to heare thine owne confusion amonge the Gentyles from heÌâforth Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacioÌs nor cast out thyne owne people eny more saieth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying O thou sonne of man wheÌ the house of Israell oweât vpon their owne grounde they defyled them selues wyth theyr owne wayes ymagynacions so that in my syght their way was lyke the vnclenues of a meÌstruous woman Wherfore I poured my wrothful displeasure vpon theÌ â because of the bloude that they had shed in the lande because of theyr Idols wherwith they had defiled them selues I scatred them also among the Heathen so that they were strowed aboute in the landes Accordynge to theyr wayes and after theyr owne inuencyons so dyd I punyshe them Nowe when they were gone vnto the Heathen and come in amonge theÌ they dishonoured my holy name so that it was said of them Are these the people of God must go out of theyr owne lande Then spared I my holy name whiche the house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentyles to whom they came Therfore tell the house of Israel Thus saieth the Lord God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israell but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured amonge the Heathen when ye came to them Therfore I wyll halowe my greate name agayne which amonge the Gentyles is euyll spoken of for ye youre selues haue dyshonoured it amonge them And the Gentyles shal know that I am the Lorde whan I am honoured in you before they re eyes sayeth the Lorde God As for you I wyll take you from amonge the HeatheÌ and gather you together out of all countrees and brynge you agayne into your owne lande Then wyl I poure cleare water vpon you and ye shal be clene yee from al your vnclennesse and from al your Idols shall I clense you A newe herte also wyl I geue you and a new sprite wyl I put into you As for that stony hert I wyll take it out of youre body and gyue you a fleshly herte I wyl gyue my spryte among you cause you to walcke in my commauÌdementes to kepe my lawes and fulfyll them And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to youre forefathers and ye shal be my people and I wylbe your God I wyl helpe you out of al your vnclennes I wyl cal for the corne and wyll increase it and let you haue no honger I wyl multyply the frutes of the trees the increase of the feld for you so that ye shall beare no more reprofe of hoÌger amonge the Heathen Then shall ye remembre your owne wicked wayes youre ymaginacioÌs which were not good ⪠so that ye shal take displesure at your owne selues by reason of your sinnes abhominacions But I wyll not do thys for youre sakes sayth the Lord God be ye sure of it Therfore O ye house of Israell be ashamed of youre synnes Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde God what tyme as I shal clense you from all youre offences then wyll I make the cytyes to be occupyed agayne and wyll repayre the places that be decayed The desolate lande shal be builded agayne whiche afore tyme laye wast in the syght of al them that wente by Then shall it be sayde thys waste lande is become lyke a garden of plesure and the voyde desolate and broken downe cytyes are nowe stronge and fensed againe Then the resydue of of the Heathen that lye rounde about you shall know that I am the Lorde whiche repayre that was broken downe and plant agayne that was made waste Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it and wyll do it in dede Thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll yet once be founde agayn of the house of Israel and do this for them I shal increase them as a flocke of men Lyke as the holy flocke the flocke of IerusaleÌ are in the hye soleÌpne feastes so shal also the wylde wasted cytyes be fylled with flockes of men and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ He prophecieth the bryngynge agayne of the people beinge in captyuyte He sheweth the vnyon of the ten trybes with the two CAPI XXXVII THe hande of the Lorde came vpoÌ me caried me out in the spryte of the Lord let me downe in a playne felde that laye full of bones and he led me rounde aboute by them and beholde the bones that lay vppon the felde were very many and maruelous drye also Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man thinkest thou these bones may lyue againe I answered O Lord God thou knowest And he sayde vnto me Prophecy thou vpoÌ these bones and speke vnto them Ye drye bones heare the worde of the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde God vnto these bones Beholde I wyll put brethe into you that ye maye lyue I wyll geue you synowes and make fleshe growe vpon you and couer you ouer with skynne and so gyue you brethe that ye maye lyue and knowe that I am the Lorde So I prophecyed as he had commaunded me And as I was prophecyinge there came anoyse and a greate mocioÌ so that the bones can euery one to another Now when I had loked beholde they had sânowes and ãâã grewe vpon them and aboue they were couered with skynne but there was no breth in them Then saide he vnto me Thou soÌne of man prophecye thou towarde the wynde prophecye and speake to the wynde Thus sayeth the Lorde God
doth that girdeth her selfe with sack because of her bryde grome For y â meate drincke offering shal be taken away from the house of the Lord the prestes the Lordes ministtrs shal mourne The felde shal be wasted the laÌde shal be in a myserable case for the corne shal be destroyed the swete wyne shal come to confusion and the oyle vtterly desolate The housbandmen and the wyne gardeners shal loke piteously make lameÌtacion for the wheat wyne barly and because the haruest vpon the felde is so cleane destroyed The grape gatherers shall make great mone when the vineyarde and fygtrees be so vtterly wasted Yee al the poÌgarnettê palmtrees apletrees and the other trees of the felde shall wyther away Thus the mery chere of the chyldren of men shall come to confusion GyrdeÌ you and make your mone O ye prestes mourne ye mynysters of the aulter go your way in and stepe in sacke cloth O ye officers of my God for the meat drinckofferyng shal be taken away from the house of your God Proclayme a fastyng call the coÌgregacion gather the elders and all the inhabytours of the lande togyther into the house of the Lorde your God and crye vnto y â Lorde alas alas for this day And why the day of the Lord is at hande and coÌmeth as a destroyer from the almighty Shal not the meates be taken away before our eyes â the myrth also and ioye from the house of our God The sede shal perysh in the grouÌde the garners shall lye wast the flores shal be broken downe for the corne shal be destroyed O what a syghynge make the euyll the bullockes are very euel lyking because they haue no pasture and the shepe are samyshed away O Lorde to the wyll I crye for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse the flame hath brent vp al the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beastes crye also vnto the for the water riuers are dryed vp the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse ¶ He propheryeth the commyng and cruâââye of theyr enemyes An exhortâcion to moue them to conuerte CAPI II. BLowe out the trompet in Syon crye vpon my holy hyll y â all suche as dwell in the laÌde may treÌble at it for the day of the Lorde toÌmeth is harde at hande a darcke day a gloomyng day a cloudy day yee a stormy daye lyke as the mornynge spredeth out vpon y â hylles Namely a great mightye people suche as haue not bene sens the begynnyng neyther shall be after them for euer more Before hym shal be a consumyng fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The lande shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde hym shall it be a very wast wyldernesse and there is no man that shall escape him They are to loke vpon lyke barbed horses ruÌne lyke horsmen They skyp vp vpon y â hylles as it were the souÌde of charettê as y â flame of fyre y â consumeth y â strawe as a myghty people redy to the batayle The tolke shal be afrayed of hym all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal ruÌne lyke gyauntes and leape ouer the walles lyke men of warre Euery man in his going shall kepe hys araye and not go out of hys Path. There shal not one driue another but eche shall kepe his owne waye They shall breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cyââe runne vpon the walles They shall clyme vp vpon the houses and slyppe in at the wyndowes lyke a thefe The earth shall quake before hym yee y â heauens shal be moued ⪠The sunne the moone shal be darckened and the starres shall withdrawe theyr shyne The Lord shal shall shewe his voyce before his hooste for his hooste is great stronge and myghty to fulfyll his commaundement This is that great and maruelous fearefull daye of the Lorde And who is able to abyde it Now therfore sayeth the Lorde Turne you vnto me with all your hertes with faâynge wepynge and mournyng rent your hertes and not youre clothes Turne you vnto the Lord your God for he is gracyoê° and mercyfull long suffering and of greate compassion and redy to pardon wickednes Then no doute he also shall turne and forgeue and after his chastenynge he shall let your increase remayne ⪠for meat and drinckoffriÌges vnto the Lord your God Blowe out with the trompet in Syon proclayme a fastynge call the congregacyon and gather the people together warne the congregacioÌ gather the elders briÌge the chyldren suckelynges together Let the brydegrome go forth of hys chaÌbre and the bryde out of her rloset Let the preastes serue the Lorde betwyxte the porche the aulter wepyng and saying be fauourable O Lord be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heritage be brought to suche coÌfusion lest the Hethen be Lordes therof Wherfore shuld they say among the Hethen where is now their God Then shal the Lorde be gelous ouer his lande and spare his people yee the Lorde shall answerre saye vnto his people Beholde I wyll sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shall haue pleÌty of them I wyll no more geue you ouer to be a reprofe amoÌg the Hethen Againe as for him of the North I shal dryue him farre from you shut him out into a drye wast lande his face toward the east sce his hynder partes towarde the vtmost see The styncke of him shall go vp his filthy corruption shall fal vpon hym selfe because he hath dealt so proudly Feare not O lande but be glad reioyse for the Lord wyl do great thinges Be not ye afraied neither O ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene the trees shal beare theyr frute the fyg trees vyneyardes shall geue theyr increase Be glad then O ye chyldreÌ of Syon and reioyse in the Lorde your god for he hath ge uen you a teacher of rightuousnesse he it is y t shal sende you downe showers of rayne early late in the fyrst moneth so y t the garners shal be ful of corne the presses plentuous in wyne oile And as for the yeres that the greshoper locust blastyng caterpyller my grethost which I seÌt among you haue eaten vp I shal restore theÌ to you againe so that ye shal haue ynough to eate be satisfied prayse the name of the Lord your God that so maruelously hath dealt with you And my people shal neuer be confounded any more Ye shal wel knowe y â I am in the middest of Israel that I am the Lord your God ye that there is none other my people shal no more be brought to confusion After this wyll I poure out my sprete â vpon al flesh your soÌnes your daughters shal êphecy
and the darkenes he treadeth vpon the hye places of the earth the Lorde God of hostes is his name ¶ A complâynte of the captyuyte of Israel CAPI V. HEARE thys worde O ye house of Israel and why I muste make thys mone for you The vyrgyn Israel shall fall neuer rise vp againe she shal be cast downe vpon her owne grounde no maÌ shal helpe her vp For thus sayeth the Lorde God Where as there dwelt a. M. i one citie there shal be lefte scarce an huÌdred therin where there dwelt an C. there shall scarce ten be lefte for the house of Israel Neuertheles thus sayth y â Lord vnto the house of Israel Seke after me ye shal lyue but seke nat after Bethel Come nat at Galgal go nat to Bersaba for Galgal shal be caryed away captiue and Bethel shall come to naught Seke the Lorde y â ye may lyue lest the house of Ioseph be brent with fyre and consumed and lest there be none to quench Bethell Ye turne the lawe to wormewod caste downe ryghteousnes vnto y â grouÌde The Lord maketh the. vij starres the OrioÌs he turneth the nyght into daye of the daye he maketh darckenesse He calleth the waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde the Lorde is his name He rayseth destruccyon vpon the mygntye people bryngeth downe the stronge holde but they owe him euell wyll y â reproueth theÌ opeÌly who so telleth theÌ the playne trueth they abhorre hi. For so muche then as ye oppresse the pore robbe him of his best sustenauÌce therfore where as ye haue buylded houses of square stone ye shal not dwell in theÌ Maruelous pleasaunt vineyardes shal ye plaÌte but y â wyne of theÌ shal ye not driÌke whyâas for y â multitude of youre wyckednesse your stoute sinnes I know theÌ right well Enemyes are ye of the ryghteous ye take rewardes ye oppresse the poore in iudgemeÌt Therfore y â wise must nowe be fayne to holde his tunge so wycked a tyme is it Seke after y â thing y e is good nat euel so shal ye lyue yee y â Lorde God of hoostes shal be with you accordynge to youre owne desyre Hate y â euell loue the good syt vp right agayne iÌ the porte no doute the Lorde God of hoostes shal be merciful vnto the remnaunte of Ioseph If no sayeth the Lorde God the God of hostes there shal be mournyng in all stretes yee they shall saye in euery strete alas alas They shal cal the housbandemaÌ to lameÌtacion such as can mourne to mournynge In all vyneyardes there shal be heuinesse for I wil come amoÌg you sayeth the Lorde Wo be vnto theÌ y t desyre the daye of y â Lorde Wherfore wolde ye haue it As for the day of the Lorde it shal be darke not cleare Yee lyke as when a man runneth froÌ a lyon a Beare meteth with him or wheÌ he coÌmeth into the house leaneth his hande vpoÌ y â wall a serpent byteth him Shal not y â day of the Lorde be darke and not cleare shall it not be cloudy and no shyne in it I hate and abhorre your holy dayes where as ye cense me when ye come together I wyll not accepte it And though ye offre me brentoffrynges meatoffringes yet haue I no pleasure therin As for youre fat thanck offerynges I wyll not loke vpoÌ theÌ Awaye with y â noyse of thy son ges I wyl nat heare thy playes of musyck but se y â equyte flowe as y â water ryghteousnesse as a mighty streame O ye house of Israel gaue ye me offrynges and sacryfices those fourty yeares longe in the wylder nys yet haue ye set vp tabernacles to your Moloch and ymages of your Idols yee and the starre of youre God Rempha fygures which ye made to worshyppetheÌ Therfore wyll I cause you to be caryed awaye beyonde Damascus saieth the Lord whose name is the God of Hoostes ¶ Agaynste the prynces of Israel lyuynge in pleasures CAPI VI. OWo be to the proude welthy in SyoÌ to suche as thynke them so sure vpon the mount of Samaria which holde them selues for the best of the worlde and rule the house of Israel euen as they lyst Go vnto Calue and se and from thence get you to Hemath the greate cytye so go downe to Gath of the Philystines be they better at ease then these kyngdomes or the border of theyr lande wyder then yours Ye are taken out for the euell daye euen ye that syt in the stole of wyckednesse Ye that lye vpoÌ beddes of yuery and vse youre wantounesse vpon your couches ye that eate the best lambe of the flocke the fattest calues of the droaue ye that synge to the lute and in playnge of instrumeÌtes coÌpare your selues vnto Dauid ye that dryncke wyne out of goblettes and anoynte your selues with the best oyle but noman is sory for Iosephs hurte ⪠Ther fore nowe shall ye be the fyrst of them that shall be led awaye captyue the lusty chere of the wylfull shall come to an ende The Lorde God hathe sworne euen by him selfe sayeth the Lorde God of hostes I hate y â pryde of Iacob I abhore his palaces I wyl geue ouer y â cytie withal that is therin so y t though there remayne ten meÌ in one house they shall dye So theyr nexte kynâfolkes the deed buriers shal take theÌ cary awaye theyr bones saye vnto hym that is in y â ynnermer house is there yet any mo by the And he shal answere they are all gone holde thy tuÌge shal he saye for â they wolde nat remembre the name of the Lorde Beholde the Lorde is mynded to smyte the great houses so that they shal decaye the lytle houses y â they shal cleue a sunder Who can runne with horses or plowe with oxen vpoÌ the harde rockes of stone For why ye haue turned true iudgemeÌt into bytternesse y â frute of ryghteusnesse into wormwode yee euen ye y e reioyse in vayne thinges ye that saye haue not we optayned hornes in oure owne streÌgth wel take hede O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde God of hoostes I wyll brynge a people vp you which shal trouble you froÌ the way y â goeth to warde Hemath vnto y â broke i y â medowe ¶ Of the captiuytie of Israel and Iuda CAPI VII THE Lorde God shewed me suche a vysyou beholde there stode one that made greshoppers euen wheÌ the corne was shutynge forth after the kynge had clypte his shepe Nowe when they vndertoke to eate vp al the grene thynges in the lande I sayde O Lorde God be mercyful I beseche the who shulde els helpe vp Iacob that is brought so lowe So the Lorde was gracyous therin and the Lorde sayde
swearde agaynst another yee they shall nomore lear ne to fyght but euery maÌ shall syt vnder his vyneyarde vnder hys fygâre and no maÌ to fraye him away for the mouth of y â Lord of hostes hath spokeÌ it Therfore where as al the people haue walked euery maÌ in y â name of his owne God we wyl walke in y â name of the Lord our God for euer euer At the same tyme sayth the Lord wyl I gather vp y â lame the outcastes such as I haue chastened wyl geue issue vnto the lame make of the outcastes a great people the Lorde him selfe shal be theyr kyng vpon the mount Sion from this tyme forth for euermore And vnto y â O thou tower of Eder thou stronge holde of the daughter Syon vnto the shal it come euen the Lordshippe kyngdome of the daughter IerusaleÌ Why then art y u nowe so heuy is there no kyng in the are thy councelers away that thou arte so payned as a woman in her trauayle And nowe O thou daughter Syon be sorye let it greue the as a wyfe laboryng with chylde for nowe must thou get the out of the cytie dwel vpon the playne felde Yee vnto Babylon shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered there the Lorde shal lowse the from the hande of thyne enemyes Nowe also are there many people gathered together against the saying what SioÌ is cursed we shall se our lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes of y â Lorde they vnderstande not his councell that shal gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp O thou daughter Syon and thresshe out the corne For I wyll make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people theyr goodes shalt thou appropriate vn to the Lorde and theyr substaunce vnto the ruler of the whole worlde ¶ Of the destruccyon of Ierusalem CAPI V. AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selfe O y u robbers daughter they shall laye sege agaynst vs smyte the iudge of Israel w t a rodde vpon the cheke And y u BethleeÌ Ephrata art lytle amoÌge the thousandes of Iuda Out of the shal come vnto me which shal be the gouernour in Israell whose out goynge hath bene from the begynnynge from euerlastynge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntyll the tyme that she whiche shal beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be coÌuerted vnto y â chyldren of Israel He shall staÌde fast and geue fode in the strength of the Lorde and in the victory of the name of the Lorde his God and when they be conuerted he shal be magnifyed vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shall there be peace so that the Assyrian maye come into our lande treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and. viii princes vpon theÌ these shal subdue the lande of Assur w t the swerde and the laÌde of Nymrod wyth their naked weapeÌs Thus shall he deliuer vs from y â Assirian when he coÌmeth within our lande and setteth his fote within our borders And the reÌnaunt of Iacob shal be among the multitude of people as the dewe of the Lorde and as the droppes vpon the grasse that taryeth for no man and wayteth of no body Yee y â resydue of Iacob shal be among the Gentiles and the multitude of people as the lyon among the beastes of the wod and as the LyoÌs whelpe among a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow tredeth down teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne hande shal be lyfte vp vpon thyne enemyes and all thyne aduersasaries shall peryshe The tyme shall come also sayeth y â Lorde that I wyll take thyne horses from the and destroye thy charettes I wyl breake downe the cytyes of thy lande and ouerthrowe all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes wyll I rote oute of thyne hande there shal no mo soth sayinges be within the. Thyne Idols and thyne Images wyll I destroye out of y â so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy selfe vnto the worckes of thyne owne handes Thy groues wyll I plucke vp by the rotes and breake downe y â cyties Thus wyl I be aueÌged also vpoÌ al y â Heathen y t wyl not heare ¶ An ââhortacyon to heare the iudgment agaiÌst Israel beynge vnkynde What maner of sacrifyces do please God CAPI VI. HErken nowe what the Lord sayeth Up reproue the mountaines let the hylles heare thy voyce O heare the punyshemeÌt of the Lorde ye mountaynes and ye mighty foundacioÌs of the earth for y â Lorde wyl reporue his people reason w t Israel O my people what haue I done vnto y â or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the from the lande of Egypte delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron Miriam to lede y â RemeÌbre O my people what Balach y â kyng of Moab had Imagyned agaynst the and what answere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue hym from Sethim vnto Galgal that ye may knowe the louynge kyndnesses of the Lorde What acceptable thynge shal I offer vnto the Lord shall I bowe my kne to the hye God Shall I come before hym with brent offrynges and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the Lord a pleasure in many thousaÌde rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shall I geue my fyrst borne for myne offences the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wyll shewe the O maÌ what is good what the Lorde requyreth of the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louyng kyndnesse to be lowly to walcke w t thy God that thou mayest be called a citie of the Lorde that thy name maye be rightuousnesie Heare O ye trybes who wolde els geue you such warnyng Shuld I not be displeased for y â vnrightuous good in y â houses of the wycked and because the measure his mynyshed Or shulde I iustifye the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatful weyghtes amonge those that be full of ryches vnryghtuously gotten where the cytesyus deale with falshede speake lyes haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I wyll take in haÌde to punish y â and to make y â desolate because of thy sines Thou shalt eat not haue ynough yee thou shalt briÌge thy self downè Thou shalt fle but not escape those that thou woldest saue wyll I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape y u shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt y â not haue to anoint thy self with all thou shalte treade out swete muste but shalt dricke no wyne Ye kepe the ordiuaunces of Amri al the customes of the house of Ahab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil
Ye shal nomore beare the Arcke vpon your shulders Now serue your Lord take the charge of his people of Israel after your villages your trybes accordynge as kyng Dauid the kyng of Israel hath ordayned accordyng as Salomon his soÌne hath honorably prepared ye loke that ye all do seruyce in the teÌple accordynge to the ordring destribucion of the principal meÌ whiche are appoynted out of the tribes to do seruice for the children of Israel Kyl the passeouer prepare offringes for your brethren do accordynge to the commaundement of y â Lord which was giuen vnto Moses And vnto the people y â was founde Iosias gaue xxx M. of shepe laÌbes kyddes Goates iij. M. oxen These the kynge of his kyngly liberalite gaue vnto y â people accordyng as he had êmysed to the Prestes for the Passeouer he gaue ij M. shepe an C. oxen Moreouer Iechonias Semetas Natha nael brethreÌ Hasabias Iehiel Iosabao gaue theÌ to the Passeouer v. M. shepe and v. C. bullockes And when these thinges were brought to passe the Prestes the Leuites stode goodly in theyr ordre had the vnleuened bred thorowe out the tribes And after the ordring of the principal meÌ in the tribes they offred vn to the Lord in the syght of the people accordyng as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses so they rosted the Easter laÌbe as according was As for the thaÌke offeringes the other they dyght theÌ in kettels pottê and set theÌ before the people w t good wyl afterwarde before theÌ selues and the prestes For the prestes offred the fat vntyl the tyme was expyred but the Leuytes prepared for theÌ selues for theyr brethreÌ the chyldreÌ of Aaron The holy syngers also the chyldreÌ of Asaph stode in their ordre accordyng as Dauyd deuised So dyd Asaph Zachary Iouthun which were appoyuted by the kyng Moreouer the porters and dore kepers stode by the dores that diligeÌtly so that none wente out of his standyng and seruice for theyr brethren the Leuites prepared for theÌ Thus were al thiÌges performed that beloÌged to the offeryng of the Lord. In that day they helde the passe ouer and offred thank offerynges besyde the sacrifyce of the Lorde accordyng to the commaundement of kyng Iosias So the chyldreÌ of Israel which were theÌ present helde an honorable Passeouer the teast of swete bread vij dayes long Yee such a Passeouer was not kepte in Israel froÌ the tyme of y â Prophete Samuel And al the kinges of Israel helde not suche an Easter as this which kyng Iosias helde the prestes the Leuites the Iewes and al Israel of all theÌ y â were at IerusaleÌ And in the. xviij yere of the raygne of Iosias was this Passeouer kepte And with a parfecte herte dyd kynge Iosyas order al his workes before the lorde and the thynges that were wrytten of hym in tymes paste concernynge those that synned and were vngodly agaynste the Lorde before all people and that soughte noâ ⪠the worde of the Lorde vpon Israell After al these actes of Kynge Iosyas Pharao the kynge of Egypte wente vp came towarde Carmis by Euphrates and Iosyas went to mete him Then seÌt the kyng of Egipt vnto Iosias saying what haue I to do w t the O kyng of Iuda I am not sent of the Lord to fyght agaynst y â for my war is vpoÌ Euphrates go y â thy waye home agayne in al y â hast And Iosias wolde not turne agayne vpon his charet but vndertoke to fyght agaynst him herkened not vnto the worde of y â prophete which he tolde hi out of the mouth of God but pytched a batayle agaynst him in the felde of Mageddo And the princes preased to kyng Iosias Then sayd the kyng vn to his seruauÌtes Cary me awaye out of the batayle for I am sore wouÌded And immediatly his seruauÌtes toke him away out of the front of the batayle Then sat he vp vpon y e second charet came to IerusaleÌ died was buried in hê fathers sepulcre And in al Iewry they mourned for Iosias yee the rulers also with their wyues made lameÌtacion for him vnto this day And this was done euer styll in Israel These thynges are wryten in the boke of the stories of the kynges of Iuda namely all the actes and workes of kynge Iosias his kyngly power maiesty his vnderstandyng in the lawe of God what he dyd yee thinges which are not wryten in the boke of the kynges of Israel Iuda And the people toke Iechonias the sonne of Iosias and made him kynge in steade of Iosias his father when he was xxxiij yeare olde And he raygned ouer Israel thre monethes And y â kyng of Egypt put him downe y t he shulde not raygne in Ierusalem raysed vp a taxe of the people namely an C. talentes of syluer and one talente of golde The kynge of Egypt also made Ioachim his brother king of Iuda and IerusaleÌ As for theÌ of the kynges councel with the kyng him selfe and Za raâââs his brother he toke theÌ caried them awaye presoners into Egypt Fyue twentie yeare olde was Ioachim when he was made kyng in the laÌde of Iuda and IerusaleÌ he dyd euyl before the Lord. After this Nabuchodonosor y â kyng of BabiloÌ came vp and bounde him with bandes of yron caried him vnto BabyloÌ Nabuchodonosor also toke also the vessels y â were halowed in the teÌple of the Lord and al the Iewels and caryed theÌ vnto Babilon brought theÌ into his owne teÌple at Babylon Of his vnclennes and vngodlynes it is wrytten in y e boke of the actes of the kinges And Ioachim his sonne raygned in his steade He was made kynge beyng xviij yeare olde and raygned but thre monethes and. x. dayes in IerusaleÌ dyd euyll before the Lord. So after a yere Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought vnto Babylon w t the holy vessels of the Lord made Sedechias his brother kyng of Iuda IerusaleÌ wheÌ he was xxj yeare olde and he raygned xi yeare And he dyd euyll also in the syght of the Lorde and cared not for the wordes y t were spoken vnto hi by the prophete Ieremy at the mouth of the Lorde And where he had made an othe vnto kyng Nabuchodonosor he forswore hi selfe and fel from him hauig a styfneck a hert trangressed all the statutes and ordinaunces of the Lorde God of Israel The rulers also heades of the people of the Lord dyd much euyl became vngodly more then the Heathen beynge defyled in al maner of abhominacions Yee defiled the holy teÌple of the Lord at IerusaleÌ And the God of theyr fathers sente his messaungers vnto theÌ to turne them backe to cal them agayne froÌ their sines for he wolde fayne haue spared them for his holy
stablysh theyr fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shall nat one of them perysh for I wyl seke them from thy noÌbre vexe nat thy selfe For when the daye of trouble and heuynes coÌmeth other shall wepe and be sorowfull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The HeatheÌ shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothynge agaynst the sayeth the Lorde My handes shall couer the so that thy children shal nat se the fyre enerlastyng Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy chyldren for I wyll delyuer the sayeth y â Lorde Remembre thy deed chyldren for I shall brynge them out of the earth and shewe mercy vnto them for I am mercyfull sayeth the Lorde almyghty Embrace thy chyldren vntyll I come and shewe mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shall nat fayle I Esdras receaued a charge of the Lorde vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israell But when I came vnto Israell they set me at naught and despised the commaundemente of the Lorde And therfore I saye vnto you O ye HeatheÌ that heare and vnderstande Loke for youre shepherde he shall geue you euerlastynge rest for he is nye at hande that shall come in the ende of the worlde Be readye to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastynge lyght shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of your glory I testifie my sauyour openly O receaue the gyfte that is geuen you be glad geuynge thankes vnto hym y â hathe called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stande faste beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lorde whiche are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued gloryous garmentes of the Lorde Take thy nombre O Syon and shut vp thy puryfyed whiche haue fulfylled the lawe of the Lorde The nombre of thy chyldren whom thou longedest for is fulfylled beseche the power of the Lorde that thy people whiche haue bene called froÌ the begynnynge maye be halowed I Esdras sawe vpon the mount Syon a great people whom I coulde nat nombre and they all prysed the Lorde with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of them there was a yonge man of an hye stature more excellente then al they vpon euery one of theyr heades he set a crowne was euer higher and higher whiche I marueled at greatly So I asked the angel and sayd Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothynge and put on the immortal and haue testifyed and knowledged the name of God Nowe are they crowned receyue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the Aungell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth theÌ the palmes in theyr handes So he answered sayde vnto me It is y â sonne of God whom they haue knowledged in the worlde Then begaÌne I greately to coÌmende theÌ y â stode so styfly for the name of the Lord And so the angel sayd vnto me Go thy way tell my people what maner of thinges and howe greate wonders of the Lorde thy God thou hast sene ¶ The wonderous workes whiche God dyd for the people are recited Esdras marueleth that God suffreth the BabiloniaÌs ⪠to haue rule ouer his people which yet are siners also CAPI III. IN the thyrtyeth yeare of the fall of the cytie I was at Babylon and laye troubled vpon my bed and my thoughtes came vp ouer my herte for I sawe the desolacion of Syon and the plentuous wealthe of them that dwelte at Babylon and my sprete was sore moued so that I beganne to speake ferefull wordes to the most hyest and sayd O Lorde Lord thou spakest at the begynnyng when thou plantedst the earth and that thy selfe alone and gauest commaundement vnto the people and a body vnto AdaÌ whiche was a creature of thy handes hast brethed in him the brethe of lyfe so he lyued before the and thou leddeste him into Paradyse whiche garden of pleasure thy ryght hande had plaÌted or euer y â earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemente to loue thy way whiche he traÌsgressed and immedyately thou appoyntedst death in hym and in his gâneracions Of hym came nacyons trybes people and kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walcked after their owne wyll and dyd nyce thynges before the as for thy coÌmaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelte in the worlde and destroyedst them And lyke as the death was in Adam so was y â water floude also in these Neuerthelesse one of theÌ thou leftest namely Noe with his house holde of whome came all ryghtuous men And it happened that when they that dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multyplye and had gotten many chyldren and were a great people they begaÌne to be more vngodly theÌ the fyrste Nowe when they all lyued so wyckedly before the thou dydest chose the a man froÌ amonge them whose name was Abraham Him thou louedst and vnto hym onely thou shewedst thy wyl and madest an euerlasting couenaunt with hym promysynge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac * vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As ãâã Iacob thou dydest chose him and put baâââ Esau. * And so Iacob became a greate multytude And it happened that when thou leddest his sede out of Egypt thou broughtest theÌ vp to the mounte Syon bowyng downe the heauens settynge fast the earthe mouynge the grounde makyng the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glorye went thorowe foure partes of fyre and earthquakes and wyndes and colde that thoâ myghtest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob diligeÌce vnto y â generacion of Israel And yet tokest thou not away from them that wycked herte y â thy lawe myght brynge forth frute in them For the fyrst Adam âaââ a wycked hert transgressed and was ouercome so be all they that are borne of ãâã Thus remayneth wickednes with th ãâ¦ã in the herte of the people w t the wyckeââââ of the rote so that the good departed away and the euyll abode styll So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then dydest thou rayse the vp a seruauÌt called Dauid whom thou coÌmauÌdedst to buylde a cyte vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacryfyce vnto the therin This was done nowe many yeares TheÌ the inhabiters of the cyte forsoke the in all thiÌges dyd eueÌ as AdaÌ al his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cyte ouer into the handes of thyne enemyes Are they of Babylon theÌ better and more ryghtuous then thy people that they shall therfore haue the domynyon of Syon For when I came there and sawe theyr vngodlynes
sene but onely dust and smoke When I sawe this I was afrayed Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mouÌtayne callynge vnto him another peaceable people there came muche people vnto hym some were glad some were sory some of them were bounde so that they were caryed and broughr forth Then was I sycke thorowe great feare and I a waked and sayde thou hast shewed thy seruaunte all thy wonders from the begynnynge and haste counted me worthy that thou myghtest receaue my prayer shew me nowe yet the interpretacion of this dreame For thus I consydre in my vnderstandynge Wo vnto them that shal be lefte in those dayes and muche more wo vnto theÌ that are nat left behynde for they that were not lefte were in heuynes Nowe vnderstaÌde I the thynges that are layed vp in the latter dayes which shal happen vnto them to those that are lefte behynde Therfore are they come into greate parelles many necessities lyke as these dreames declare Yet is it easier y â he which suffred hurte come in these then to passe awaye as a cloude out of the worlde nowe to se the thynges that shall happeÌ in the last Then answered he me sayde The interpretacion of the syght shall I shewe the and I wyl open vnto the the thynge y â thou hast required For thou hast spoken of them that are left behynde and thys is the interpretacyon He that taketh awaye the parell in that tyme hath kepte him self They that be fallen into harme are such as haue workes fayth vnto the Most myghtie know thys therfore that they whiche be lefte behynde are more blessed theÌ they that be deed This is the meanynge of the visyon Where as thou sawest a man commynge vp from y e depe of the see the same is he whom God the Hyest hathe kepte a great season whiche by his owne selfe shal delyuer his creature and he shall ordre theÌ that are left behynde And where as y â sawest that oute of his mouth there came a blast of wynde fyre storme and howe that he lyft vp nether swerde nor weapen but that the rushynge in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to fyght against him it signifieth that y e daies come whaÌ God wyll delyuer them that are vpon earth and in a traunce of mynde shall he come vpon them that dwell in the earth And one shall vndertake to fyght agaynste another one cyte against another one place agaynst another one people agaynst another and one realme against another when this commeth to passe then shall the tokens come that I shewed the before and theÌ shall my sonne be declared whom y u sawest clyme vp as a man And when al the people heare his voyce euery maÌ shal in theyr owne lande leaue the battayll y t they haue one agaynste another an innumerable multitude shal be gathered together as they that be wyllynge to come to ouercome hym by fyghtynge But he shall stande vpoÌ the toppe of the mount SyoÌ Neuerthelesse Syon shall come shal be shewed beynge prepared and buylded for all men lyke as thou sawest the hyll grauen forth without any handes But my soÌne shall rebuke the people y e are come for theyr wyckednes with the tempest for theyr euell ymagynacyons theyr paynes wherwith they shal be punyshed are lyckened vnto the flamme and with out any laboure shall he destroye them euen by the lawe whiche is compared vnto the fyre And where as thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto hiÌ those are the ten tribes which were caryed awaye presoners out of theyr owne lande in the tyme of Oseas the kynge whom Salmanasar the kynge of Assyria toke presoner and caryed them ouer the water so came they into another lande But they gaue them this councell that they shulde leaue the multitude of the Heathen and to go forth into a forther countre where neuer mankynde dwelt that they myght there kepe theyr statutes which they neuer kepte in theyr owne lande And so they entred in at the narowe passages of the water of Euphrates God shewed tokens for them and helde styll the floude tyll they were passed ouer for thorow y e countre there was a greate waye namely of a yeare and a halfe iourney for the same regyon is called Asareth Then dwelt they there vnto the latter tyme wheÌ they come forth agayne the Hyest shall holde styl the sprenges of the streame agayne that they may go thorowe therfore sawest thou the multytude with peace And they that he lefte behynde of thy people are those that be founde within my border Nowe when he destroyeth the multytude that is gathered together he shall defende his people that remayne and then shall he shewe them greate wonders Then sayde I O Lorde Lorde shewe me this wherfore haue I sene the man coÌming vp from the depe of the see And he sayde vnto me Lyke as thou caÌst nether seke out nor knowe these thynges that are in the depe of the see euen so mayest thou not se my sonne or those that be with hym but in the tyme of the daye This is the interpretacyon of the dreame which y u sawest therfore thou onely arte here lyghtened for thou haste forsaken thyne owne lawe applyed thy dylygence vnto myne and sought it Thy lyfe hast thou ordred in wysdome and haste called vnderstandyng thy mother therfore haue I shewed the the treasure of the Hyest After thre dayes I wyll shew the more talke with the at more large yee heuy and wonderous thynges wyll I declare vnto the. Then weÌt I forth into the felde geuyng prayse thankes greatly vnto God because of hys wonders whiche he dyd in tyme and because he gouerneth the same and such as is in tyme and there I sat thre dayes ¶ God appereth vnto Esdras in the bush and sheweth him what he shall do CAPI XIIII VPON the thyrde daye I sat vnder an oke tree then came there a voyce vnto me out of the bush and sayde Esdras Esdras And I sayde here am I Lorde and stode vp vpon my fete Then spake he vnto me In the bush dyd I appere vnto Moses and talked with hym when my people serued in Egypte and I sente hym and led my people out of Egypt and brought hym vpoÌ the mount Syon where I helde him by me a longe season and tolde hym my wonderous worckes and shewed hym the secretes of the tymes and the ende and commaunded hym sayinge These wordes shalt thou declare not hyde them And nowe I saye vnto the that thou laye vp in thyne herte the dreames that thou hast sene the interpretacions whiche I haue shewed the for thou shalte be receyued of all thou shalt be turned and remayne with my councell and with such as be lyke the vntyll the tymes be ended For the worlde hath lost
gatheryng What is become of them that coyned syluer and were so carefull and coulde not bryng theyr workes to passe They be coted out gone downe to hell other men are come vp in theyr steades Yonge men haue sene lyght dwelte vpon earth but the way of reformacyon haue they not knowen nor vnderstande the pathes therof nether haue theyr chyldren receaued it yet ryght farre is it froÌ them It hath not bene herde of in the lande of Canaan nether hath ãâã bene sene at Theman The Agarenes sought after wysdome but that whiche is earthly lyke as the marchauÌtes of the lande do They of Theman are connynge also and they laboure for wysdome vnderstandynge but the waye of true wysdome they knowe not neyther do they thincke vpon the pathes therof O Israell howe great is the house of God how large is the place of his possession Great is he hathe none ende yee vnmeasurable What is become of those famouse gyauntes that were so great of bodies so worthy men of warre Those had not the Lord chosen nether haue they founde the waye of reformacyon therefore were they destroted for so much as they had no wysdome they perysshed because of theyr foolyshnesse Who hathe gone vp into heauen to take wysdome there and brought her downe froÌ the cloudes Who hath gone ouer the see to fynde her and hath chosen her aboue golde so brought her hyther No man knoweth the wayes of wysdome neyther is there any that can seke out her pathes But he y â woteth all thynges knoweth her and he hathe fouÌde her out w t hys fore knowledge This same is he which prepared the earth at y â begynnynge fylled it with all maner of foules beastes When he sendeth out y â lyght it goeth and when he calleth it agayne it obeyeth hym with feare The Starres kepe theyr watche and geue theyr lyght yee and that gladly When he calleth them they say here we be And so wyth chearefulnesse they shewe lyghte vnto hym that made them This is oure God and there shall none other be compared vnto hym It is he that hath founde out all wysdome and hath geuen her vnto Iacob his seruaunt and to Israel his beloued After warde dyd he shewe hym selfe vpon earthe and dwelt amonge men ¶ The rewarde of them that kepe the lowe and the punyshement of them that despyse it A comfortynge of the people beynge in captynââ A complaynte of Ierusalem and vnder the fygure thereof of the Churche A consolacyon and comtortynge of the same CAPI IIII. THis is the Booke of the commaundementes of God and the lawe that endureth for euer All they that kepe it shall come to lyfe but such as forsake it shal come to death Turne the O Iacob and take hold of it walcke by this waye thorow his bryghtnesse and shyne Gene not thyne honoure to another and thy worshyppe to a straunge people O Israell howe happye are we seyng that God hath shewed vs suche thinges as are pleasaunt vnto hym Be of good chere thou people of God O thou auncient Israel Nowe are ye solde amonge y â Heathâ howbeit not for your vtter destruccyon but because ye prouoked God the Lord to wrath and displeasure therfore were ye delyuered vnto your enemyes for ye displeased y â euerlastynge God that made you offeringe vnto deuels not to God Ye haue forgotten hym that brought you vp and your nursse haue ye greued O Ierusalem Whan she sawe y â the wrath of God was commynge vpon you she sayde Herken O ye that dwell aboute Syon for God hathe brought me in to great heuynes why I se the captiuite of my people of my sonnes and daughters which the euerlastyng God wyll bryng vpon them With ioy did I norish theÌ but nowe must I leaue them with wepynge and sorowe Let no man reioyce ouer me wyddowe forsaken which for the synnes of my chyldreÌ am desolate of euery man For why they departed from the lawe of God they wold not knowe hys ryghtuousnes nor walcke in the way of his coÌmaundementes and as for the pathes of the trueth and godlynes they had no lust to go in them O ye dwellers aboute Syon come and let vs call to remembraunce the captyuyte y â the euerlasting God hath brought vpoÌ my sonnes my daughters He hath brought a people vpon them froÌ farre an vncurteous people and of a straunge language whiche nether regarde the olde nor pytie the yonge These haue caryed awaye the deare beloued of my wyddowes leauynge me alone both desolate and chyldlesse But alas what can I helpe you Now he that hath brought these plages vpoÌ you delyuer you also from the handes of your enemyes Go your waye O my chyldren go youre waye for I am desolate forsaken I haue put of the clothynge of peace and put vpon me the sack cloth of prayer and for my tyme I wyll call vpon the most Hyest Be of good cheare O my chyldren crye vnto the Lorde and he shall delyuer you from the power of y â prynces youre enemyes For verely I haue euer a good hope of your prosperous health yee a very gladnes is come vpon me from the holy one because of the mercy that ye shall haue of our euerlastynge sauyour With mournynge and wepynge dyd I let you go fro me but with loye and perpetuall gladnesse shall the Lorde brynge you agayne vnto me Lyke as the neyghboures of Syon sawe your captiuite from God Euen so shal they also se shortly your health in god which shall come on you with great honour and euerlastyng worshyppe O my chyldreÌ suffre pacieÌtly the wrathe that shall come vpon you For the enemye hath persecuted the but shortely thou shalte se his destruccyon and shalte treade vppon hys necke My derlynges haue gone rough harde wayes for they are led awaye as a flocke that is scatred abroade with the enemies But be of good comforte O my chyldren and crye vnto the Lorde For he that led you awaye hath you yet in remeÌbrauÌce and lyke as ye haue bene mynded to swarue from your God so shall ye nowe endeuour your selues x. tymes more to turne agayne to seke him For he y â hath brought these plages vpoÌ you shal bryng you euerlasting âoy agayne w t your helth Take a good herte vnto the O IerusaleÌ for he whyche gaue the y e name exhorteth the so do The wycked doers that nowe put the to trouble shal perysh and suche as haue reioy sed at thy fall shal be punyshed The cytyes whom thy chyldren serue and that haue caryed awaye thy sonnes shal be correcte For lyke as they be nowe glad of thy decaye and reioyse at thy fall so shall they mourne in their owne destruccioÌ The ioye of their multytude shal be taken away and their cheare shal be turned to sorowe For a fyre shall fall
in to his vyneyearde And he went out about the thyrd houre and saw other standyng ydel in the market place and sayd vnto them go ye also into the vyneyearde whatsoeuer is ryght I wyll gyue you And they went theyr waye Agayne he went out about the syxte nynthe houre and dyd lykewyse And about the eleuenth houre he went out founde other standynge ydell and sayde vnto them Why stande ye here al the daye ydel They saye vnto him bycause no man hath hyred vs. He sayeth vnto them go ye also into the vineyearde whatsoeuer is ryght that shal ye receyue So when euen was come the Lorde of the vineyarde sayeth vnto his stewarde call the labourers gyue them theyr hyre begynnynge at the laste vntyll the fyrst And when they dyd come that came aboute the eleuenth houre they receyued euery man a peny But when the fyrst came also they supposed that they shuld haue receyued more and they lykewyse receyued euerye man a peny And when they had receyued it they murmured agaynst the good man of the house sayenge These last haue wrought but one houre and thou hast made them equall vnto vs whiche haue borne the burden and heate of the day But he answered vnto one of them sayde frende I do the no wronge dydest thou not agre with me for a peny Take that thyne is and go thy waye I wyll gyue vnto this last euen as vnto the. Is it not lawfull for me to do as me lysteth with myne owne goodes Is thyne eye euyll bycause I am good So the last shall be fyrst the fyrst shall be last For many be called but few be chosen ⢠â And Iesus goynge vp to Ierusalem toke the. xii discyples asyde in the waye and sayde vnto them Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the son of man shal be betrayed vnto the cheyfe Preestes and vnto the scrybes and they shall condemne hym to death and shall delyuer hym to the Gentyls to be mocked and to be scourged and to be crucifyed and the thyrd day he shall ryse agayne â Then came to hym the mother of Zebedes chyldren with her sonnes worshyppyng hym and desyryng a certayne thyng of hym And he sayeth vnto her what wylte thou She sayde vnto hym Graunt that these my two Sonnes maye syt the one on the ryght hande and the other on the lefte in thy kyngdome But Iesus answered and sayd â Ye wote not what ye aske Are ye able to drynke of the cup that I shall drynke of and to be Baptised with the baptyme that I am baptised with They say vnto hym we are He sayde vnto them ye shall drynke in dede of my cup be baptised with the baptym that I am baptised with But to syt on my ryght hand and on my lefte is not myne to gyue but it shal chaunce vnto them that it is prepared for of my father ⢠And wheÌ the ten herde this they disdayned at the ii brethren But Iesus called them vnto hym sayd ye know that the prynces of the nacions haue dominion ouer them And they that are greate men exercyse auctoryte vpon them It shall not be so amonge you But whosoeuer wyll be greate amonge you let hym be your minister and who so wyll be cheyf amonge you let him be your seruaunt euen as the son of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to gyue his lyfe a redemcioÌ for many ⢠And as they departed from Ierico moch peple folowed him And beholde two blynde men syttyng by the way syde when they herde that Iesus passed by they cryed sayenge O Lorde thou son of Dauid haue mercy on vs. And the peple rebuked them bycause they shulde holde theyr peace But they cryed the more sayeng haue mercy on vs O lorde thou sonne of Dauid And Iesus stode styll called them sayde what wyll ye that I shal do vnto you They saye vnto him Lorde that our eyes maye be opened So Iesus had coÌpassion on them touched theyr eyes immediatly theyr eyes receyued syght And they folowed hym ¶ He rydeth in to Ierusalem dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple curseth the fygge tree and rebuketh the Pharises with the similitude of the two sonnes and of the husband men that slewe soche as were sent vnto them CAPI XXI â ANd when they drewe nygh vnto Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mounte Oliuete then sent Iesus two disciples sayeng vnto them Go into the towne that lyeth ouer agaynst you anone ye shall fynde an asse bounde a colte with her loose them brynge them vnto me And yf any man saye ought vnto you saye ye the lorde hath nede of them streyght waye he wyll let them go All this was done that it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophet sayenge Tell ye the doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge cometh vnto the meke sittynge vpon an asse a colte the fole of the Asse vsed to the yocke The disciples went dyd as Iesus coÌmaunded them and brought the asse the colte and put on them theyr clothes set him theron And many of the people spred theyr garmentes in the way Other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the waye Moreouer the people that went before they that came after cryed sayenge Hosanna to the son of Dauid Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the lorde â Hosanna in the hyest ⢠â And when he was come to Ierusalem all the citye was moued sayenge who is this And the people sayde this is Iesus the Prophet of Nazareth a citye of Galile And Iesus went into the temple of god cast out al them that solde bought in the temple ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers the seates of them that solde doues sayde vnto them It is wrytten my house shall be called the house of prayer But ye haue made it a den of theues And the blynde the halte came to hym in the temple he healed them When the cheyf Preestes Scrybes sawe the wonders that he dyd the chyldren cryeng in the temple sayenge Hosanna to the son of Dauid they disdayned sayde vnto hym heatest thou what these say But Iesus sayeth vnto them Why not haue ye neuer red Out of the mouth of babes suckelynges thou hast ordeyned prayse And he left them went out of the citye to Bethanie had his abydyng there ⢠In the mornyng as he returned in to the citye agayne he hungred wheÌ he had spyed a fygâre in the waye he came to it found nothyng theron but leaues only and sayde vnto it Neuer fruyte growe on the hence forwardes And anone the fygge tree wethered away And when his disciples saw it they marueyled sayenge Howe soone is the fygge tree wethered away
hym yea Lorde I byleue that thou arte Chryst the sonne of God whiche shulde come in to the worlde ⢠And assoone as he had so sayd she went her way and called Mary her syster secretly sayenge The mayster is come calleth for the. Assoone as she herde that she arose quickely and came vnto hym Iesus was not yet come in to the towne but was in that place where Martha met hym The Iues then whiche were with her in the house and comforted her when they sawe Mary that she arose vp hastely and went oute folowed her sayenge She goeth vnto the graue to wepe there Then when Mary was come where Iesus was and sawe hym she cometh nygh vnto his fete and sayeth vnto hym Lorde yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deade When Iesus therfore sawe her wepe the Iues also wepynge which came with her he groned in the spirite and was troubled in hym selfe and sayd Where haue ye layde hym They saye vnto hym Lorde come and se. And Iesus wepte Then sayd the Iues Beholde howe he loued hym And some of them sayd coulde not he which opened the eyes of the blynde haue made also that this man shulde not haue dyed Iesus therfore agayne groned in hym selfe and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layde on it Iesus sayde take ye aways the stone Martha the syster of hym that was deade sayd vnto hym Lorde by this tyme he stynketh For he hath bene dead foure dayes Iesus sayeth vnto her Sayd I not vnto the that yf thou dydest byleue thou shuldest se the glory of God Then they toke awaye the stone from the place where he that had bene dead was layde And Iesus lyfte vp his eyes sayde Father I thanke the that thou hast herde me Howbeit I knewe that thou hearest me alwayes but bycause of the people whiche stande by I sayde it that they maye byleue that thou hast sent me And when he thus had spoken he cryed with a loude voyce Lazarus come forth And he that was deade came forth bound hand and fote with graue clothes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus sayth vnto them loose hym and let hym go Then many of the Iues whiche came to Mary had sene the thynges which Iesus dyd byleued on hym ⢠But some of them went theyr wayes to the pharises tolde them what Iesus had done â Then gathered the hygh Preestes the Pharises a couusell sayde what do we For this man doeth many myracles Yf we let hym scape thus all men wyll byleue on hym and the Romaynes shall come take awaye bothe our rowme and the people And one of them named Cayphas beyng the hygh preest that same yere sayde vnto them Ye perceyue nothyng at all nor consyder that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perysshe This spake he not of hym selfe but beynge hygh Preest that same yere he prophesied that Iesus shulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shulde gather togyther in one the chyldren of God that were scattered abrode Then frome that daye forth they toke counsell togyther for to put hym to death Iesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the Iues but went his waye thence vnto a countrey nygh to a wyldernesse into a citye which is called Ephraim and there contynued with his disciples And the Iues Easter was nygh at hande and many wente out of the countrey vp to Ierusalem before the easter to purifie them selues TheÌ sought they for Iesus spake amonge them selues as they stode in the temple What thynke ye seynge he cometh not to the feast daye The hygh Preestes and Pharises had gyuen a coÌmaundement that yf any man knew where he were he shulde shewe it that they myght take hym ⢠¶ Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ âr cuseth her and rydeth in to Ierusalem CAPI XII â THen Iesus syxe dayes before Easter came to Bethany where Lazarus had bene dead whom he reysed from death There they made him a supper and Martha serued but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with hym Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfite and precious and anoynted Iesus fete and wyped his fete with her heere and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment Then sayde one of his disciples euen Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne whiche afterwarde betrayed him why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundred pence and gyueÌ to the poore This he sayde not that he cared for the poore but bycause he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that whiche was gyuen Then sayde Iesus Let her alone agaynst the day of my burieng hath she kepte this For the poore alwayes shall ye haue w t you but me haue ye not alway Moche people of the Iues therfore had knowlege that he was there And they came not for Iesus sake onely but that they might se Lazarus also whom he reysed from death But the hygh Preestes helde a counsell that they myght put Lazarus to death also bycause that for his sake many of the Iues went away and byleued on Iesus ⢠On the nexte day moche people that were come to the feast when they herde that Iesus shulde come to Ierusalem toke braunches of palme trees and went forth to mete hym and cryed Hosanna blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde cometh kynge of Israel And Iesus got a yong asse sat theron as it is wrytten Feare not doughter of Syon Beholde thy kynge cometh syttynge on an asses colte These thynges vnderstode not his disciples at the fyrst but when Iesus was glorified theÌ remembred they that soche thynges were wrytten of hym and that soche thynges they had done vnto him The peple that was with hym when he called Lazarus out of his graue and reysed him from death bare recorde Therfore met hym the people also bycause they hearde that he had done soche a myracle The pharises therfore sayde among them selues perceyue ye how we preuayle nothyng Beholde all the hole worlde goeth after hym There were certayne Grekes amonge them that came to worshyp at the feast the same came therfore to Phylip whiche was of Bethsaida a citye in Galile desyred hym sayenge Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philip came tolde Andrew And agayne Andrew Philip tolde Iesus And Iesus answered them sayeng the houre is come that the son of man must be glorified â Uerely verely I say vnto you excepte the wheate corne fall into the grounde dye it abydeth alone Yf it dye it bryngeth forthe moche fruyte He that loueth his lyfe shal destroy it â he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde shal kepe it vnto lyfe eternal Yf any man minister vnto me