caste you of saith y e lorde And I shal viset both prophete prieste and the peple whiche vse this worde the burden of the Lorde I shal viset both him and his house Also thus shal ye saye to eche other What thinge answerth the Lorde or what commandethe the Lorde but as for the burden of the Lorde shal ye name nomore For euery mannis owne worde muste be his burdeÌ„ because he hath peruerted the wordis of the lyuinge god euen of the Lorde of powers whiche is our god Thus shal euery man saye vnto their Prophetis What hath the Lorde answerde the or what saith the Lorde But as for the burden of the Lorde ye shal not once name it Wherfore thus spake the Lorde Because ye haue taken into an vse this worde The burden of the Lorde albeit I sente vnto you forbidding to once saye the burdeÌ„ of the Lorde beholde I shal suerly reken you to be euen my burden But I shal caste you of with this cite also which I gaue you and your fathers I shal caste you oute of my sight and lade you with perpetual obprobrie shame which shal neuer be forgoten ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapiter THe Lorde shewed me this vision Lo ther stode two panyers ful of figges before y e temple of y e Lorde aftir that Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon had led awaye captiue Jechonias the sone of Joachim kinge of Juda the princes of Juda smythes and craftsmen from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon The one panyer conteyned very good figges euen siche as ar wonte to be firste rype and the tother panyer conteyned as euil figges whiche might not be eaten forbitternes Than the Lorde spake vnto me Vvhat seiste thou I eremy And I answerde Figges do I se of which some be very good and some be as badde so that noman maye eat thez Agene The worde of y e Lorde came to me on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde god of Israel As thou knowest the good figges eueÌ„ so shal I knowe the men translated from Juda whom I sente forthe from this place into the lande of Chalde for their profite and set my eyes vpon them for y e beste For I shall bringe them agene vnto this lande and edifye them not destroye them I shal roote them and not plucke them vp And I shal geue them an herte to knowe me that I am the Lorde Thei shal be my peple and I their god for thei shal turne to me with al their hertes And as thou knowst the euil figges which for their sowernes maye not be eaten euen so saith the Lorde shal I set Zedechias the kinge of Juda hir rulers the reste that remayne in this lande them also that dwel in Egypte I shal set them I saye to be vexed and scourged in euery region of y e erthe to be had in obprobrye into a prouerbe into a fable and shame in euery place whither I shal scater them And I shal sende amonge them swerde honger pestelence til I haue consumed them from the lande which I gaue them and their fathers ¶ The argument of this Chap. Aâ—ermone geuen vnto Jeremie vpon al the peple of Juda the fourth yere of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda which was the firste yete of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Vvhich sermon Jeremie the Prophete preched vnto al the peple of Juda and before al the cytesens of Jerusalem sayng on this maner ¶ The .xxv. Chapitre FRom the thirtente yere of Josias the sone of Amon kinge of Juda vnto this daye which is nowe .xxiii. yere the worde of the Lorde was committed vnto me which I spake vnto you rysing in tyme and constantly warning you but ye obayed it not Albeit the Lorde hath sent vnto you al his seruantis euen his Prophetes erly rysing and swyftely sending yet ye obayed not nor once inclined your eares to lysten Thus verely he sayd Turne ye agene euery man from his owne euil waye and fro your euil thoughtis and ye shal inhabit the lande which the Lorde gaue you and your fathers frome age to age And go not your wayes aftir strange goddis to serue them and to fall downe before them Anger me not with the workis of your owne handis and I shal not scourge you But ye herde me not saith the Lorde for ye angred me with the workis of your handis but not vnpunesshed Wherfor thus sayd the Lorde of powers Because ye herde not my wordis therfore beholde I shal sende and call vpon you all the nacions of the northe saith the Lorde euen that same Nebuchadrezer also kinge of Babylon my seruante and shal bringe them vpon this lande vpoÌ„ the inhabitours therof and vpon al these nacions rownde a boute and shal vtterly destroye them I shal bringe them into a deserte into an hissing and perpetual desolacion And I shal take from them the voyce of gladnes and solace the voyce of the brydegrome and spouse the voyce of men oynted and hanged ful of swete fresshe flowers to bere the lightis And al this lande shal be turned into a deserte wildernes And they shal serue the forsayd nacions and the kynge of Babylon .lxx. yearis And whan these lxx yearis be fulfilled I shal also viset y e wikednes of that kinge of Babylon and of his peple saith the Lorde and that same lande also of the Caldeis and bringe theÌ„ togither into a perpetual wildernes And I shal bringe vpon that lande al my wordis which I haue decreed agenst it eueÌ„ al that be writen in this boke whiche Jeremy prophecied agenst al the gentiles For euen they to shal be bond seruants to many nacions and grete kinges For I shal rewarde them aftir their sinnes and workis of their owne handis Thus therfore spake the Lorde God of Israel vnto me Take this cuppe of the wyne of wrathe of my hande that thou maist geue to drinke therof al nacions vnto whoÌ„ I shal sende the which once dronken might be plucked into furye and madnes the swerde coming vpon which I shal sende amoÌ„ge them Than toke I the cuppe of the Lordis hande to geue drynke to al the nacions vnto whoÌ„ the Lorde sente me But firste of al I gaue euen Jerusalem hirselfe and the cites of Juda hir kinges princes to drinke therof to bringe them into a deserte and wyldernes into an hissinge execrable curse euen as we see vnto this daye ye I gaue al nacions indifferently to drinke therof as Pharao kinge of Egypte his seruantis and his rulers with al his peple al the kingis of Ausitidis al y e kinges of the lande of the Palestines Ascalon Gazam AccaroneÌ„ with al the lefte cites of Aschote the Idumes Moabites and the sonnes of Ammon al the kinges of Tyri and Sidon the kinges of the eylandis beyende the sea Dedan Thema Buz and the clipt headid Ismasitis Al the kinges of Araby al the kingis
not I helpe y e in tyme of tribulacioÌ„ WhaÌ„ thou art in trouble euen among thy vtter enimes Dothe yern hurte yerne or stele brought froÌ„ the northe But your substance and tresure shal I geue into their proye not for any pryce but for al your synnes which ye haue coÌ„mitted in al your costes And I shal traÌ„slate you with your enimye into a lande which ye knowe not For y e fyer which is kindled with my wrathe shal burne you vp Than begane I agene to entreat sayng Thou Lorde knowest clerely al thingis remembre me defende me delyuer me fro my persuers let thy mercy preuente thy wrathe For thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre this opprobrye I fil vpon they wordes and deâ—owred theÌ„ they were ioye and gladnes vnto my herte For it is thy name Lorde God of powrs that I cal vpon I am not coÌ„uersant with scorners to deryde and to make a gaudye but I dwel alone vnder the fere of thy hande for thou haste filled me with bitternes Shal my heuynes laste euer and my vncurable wounde shal it neuer be healed Wilt thou tosse me here and there lyke vnstable and violent waters Vnto this my coÌ„playnt the Lorde answerde If thou turnest ageyn I shal restore the to my seruice And whan thou shalt deuyde the preciouse from the vyle thou shalt be as my nowne mouthe They shal be turned to the but beware thou turnest not awaye fro me vnto them For I shal set the agenste this peple lyke a stronge brason wall They shal fight therfore agenst the but they shal not winne the. For I wil be with the to saue and delyuer the saith the Lorde For I shal delyuer the from the hande of the moste myscheuouse and take the oute of cruel handis ¶ The .xvi. Chapiter THe worde of the Lorde was geueÌ„ me on this maner saing Take no wyfe nor bringeforth no chyldern in this place For thus saith the Lorde vpon the childerne borne in this place vpon the motherne that bringe them forthe and fathers that begete theÌ„ in this lande They shal dye a full bitter and paynful dethe They shal not be moorned for nor buryed but lye still vpon donghillis on therte They shal be consumed with swerde and hoÌ„ger their carions shal be meate for the fowles of the ayer and beastis of the erthe Also thus spake the Lorde Come not at their comen festis or at their comen moorningis and lamentacions For I haue taken awaye my peace from this peple saith the Lorde ye bothe my fauour mercye And bothe olde and yonge shal dye in this lande and not be buryd ther shal noman clippe or shaue his head for them They shal not viseteche other in tyme of moorning to couÌ„fort theÌ„ for y e dead nother drinke with eche other of y e cuppe of consolacioÌ„ to take awaye the heuines for their father and mother Come not in their feste houses to sitdown with them at meat and drinke For thus saith y e Lorde of powrs y e God of Israel Lo I shal take froÌ„ this place your selues loking on lyuing y e voyce of ioy mirth the voice of brydegrome spouse Wherfore whan thou shalt shewe this peple al these wordis and they shal aske the agene wherfore hathe the Lorde decreed all these grete mischeues to fall vpon vs or what is our wykednes and sin that we committed agenst our Lorde God Thou shalt answer Because your fathers haue forsaken me saith the Lorde and folowed strange gods whom they worshipt fyll downe before forsaking me keping not my lawe And you haue excedid thungodlynes of your fathers in your owne sinnes For euery one of you folowe the deuellishe thoughtis of his owne shrewd herte obayeth me nothing at all Wherfore I shal caste you oute of this lande into a lande vnknowne both to you your fathers there shal ye serue straÌ„ge gods daye and night where I shal haue no coÌ„passion vpon you Wherfore beholde the dayes ar come saith the Lorde that it shal no more be sayd The Lorde lyueth that brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypt but it shal be sayd the Lorde lyuethe whiche hath brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the northe easte lande and from euery region whother I casted them forthe For I shal bring them agene vnto their owne lande which I gaue their fathers Beholde I shal sende them many fysshers saith the Lorde which shal ketche them vp and aftir that I shal sende many honters to honte them oute of euery mountayne and hill and also forthe of euery hole in the rockes For my eyes ar bente vpoÌ„ all their wayes and they cannot be hidde fro my face nor their sinnes kouerd fro my sighte ye that aftir I haue fully rewarded theÌ„ for their iniquytes sinnes wherwith they haue defyled my lande that is to saye for their abominable stinkiÌ„g Idols wherwith they replenesshed my heretage Oh Lorde my streÌ„gth my might my refuge in tyme of tribulacion yet shal y e geÌ„tylis come to y e from y e costes of y e erthe sayng Suerly our fathers cleued to lyes ful vayne ar Idols and no profit is ther in them For shuld a man make him goddis of theÌ„ whoÌ„ it is impossible to be goddis Wherfore se I shal teache them nowe agayn saith the Lorde make my powr strength known vnto theÌ„ so that they shal knowe that my name is Jehouah ¶ The .xvii. Chapiter YOur syn o trybe of Juda muste be wryten with a peÌ„ne of yerne grauen yn with an Adamantyne klaye into y e table of your herte into the corners of your alters that your chylderne shulde remembyr your alters wodis and thicke trees hill toppes mountayns and feldis Wherfore I shal layeforthe al your substance tresure to be a proye for your open crymes coÌ„mitted in hillis at images whoÌ„ ye worshipt thorowt all your regioÌ„ And ye shal also be blotted oute of your heretage which I gaue you And I shal caste you vnder the bondage of your enymes in an vnknowne lande for ye haue put fyer vnto my furye whiche shal burne euermore These thing is saith the Lorde Cursed be the man that trusteth in man maketh man his arme whose harte gothe from the Lorde For he shal be lyke the fearne that groweth in the deserte neuer to se the goodnes to come but shal abyde vpon the drye deserte euen the salte barayn grownde inhabitable But blessed is the maÌ„ that trusteth in the Lorde whose hope is the Lorde For he shal be lyke a tree planted by the waters puttiÌ„g downe hir rootes to drawe vp moystenes which tre may abyde the heate whan it cometh and shal flowresshe with grene leaues whan the drowght shal dryvp and waste al other frutes yet this tre shal not fade nor ceasse from bringing forth hir frute Of al
one with a nother that dwel in the deserte al the kingis of Zimri al the kingis of Elam al the kingis of Mede al the kinges of the north este both nighe and farre euery one with his borderer and al the kingdoms of the erthe which ar vpon the face of the rownde worlde And let kinge Sesach drinke with thē to And thou shalt saye vnto thē This is the Lorde of powers euen y e God of Israel his plesure and commandement Drinke and be dronken runne to gither that ye might fal neuer to ryse agene ye and that by the swerde which I shal sende amonge you And if they refuse to take the cuppe of thy hande to drinke than shalt thou saye vnto them Thus threateneth you the Lorde of powers ye shal drinke it suerly For so I begin to scourge the cite named aftir my nowne name and shal I let you than escape vnpuneshed Verely ye shal not go quyte For I now cal for a swerde to come vpon al the inhabitours of therthe saith y e Lorde of powrs Wherfore se that thou preache them al these sermōs and tel thē The Lorde shal thondre from aboue and shal crye a lowde frō his holy habitaciō He shal thonder with grete noyse frō his kingis haule The lowde noyse lyke the grape gatherers shal come before vpon al thin habitours of therthe and the sowne shal be brought vnto the vttermost costes of therthe For the Lorde wil sitte in iugement vpon the naciōs declare him self the iuge of al maner men liuing to betake the vngodly vnto the swerde saith the Lorde For thus saith the Lorde of powers Beholde a miserable calamite shal go thorowe the gentyles one aftir another and a grete whirlewinde shal be stered vp from diuerse costes of therthe y e swerde shal krepe thorowe with slaughter in that daye from one coste of therthe to the tother Noman shal be moorned for non gatherde vp noman buried but lyke donge shal they lye vpon y e face of therthe Howle oute oh ye pastours crye bespriene your selue with asshes oh ye rāmes leaders of the flocke for y e tyme of your slaughter downe tredinge is fulfilled ye shal faldowne togither lyke costely byral vessels made to cōtayne daintes There shal be no waye to fle for the pastours for the rammes of the flocke shal not escape Than shal the pastours crye oute the rāmes of the flocke shal howle For the Lorde shal waste consume their pastures And their best feldis shal lye dead with out noyse for the furye of the Lordis wrathe They shal forsake their foldes weping and roringe lyke lyons For their lande shal be desolate for his indignacion and furiouse wrathe ¶ The .xxvi. Chapiter IN the begininge of the raigne of Joachim sonne of Josias kinge of Juda this worde was shewed of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde Stonde in the fore courte of the temple and speke vnto al the cites of Juda whiche come to y e house of the Lorde to do their worshipe Speke al the sermōs which I commande the. And be ware thou takest not awaye one worde y t if thus paraduenture yet they maye obaye and returne euery man from his owne wiked waye y t it might for thinke me of y e plages which I had ordened for them for their owne maliciouse myndes coūsels And thou shalt saye I tel the vnto them Thus saith the Lorde If ye obaye me not to walke in my lawes which I haue geuen you hearing the sermons of my seruants the Prophetis whom I sende vnto you erly rysinge yet stil sending If you I saye obaye not I shal make this same house like vnto Sylo and euen thissame cite shal I caste into a contumeliouse curse to be aborred of al the nacions of the erthe And the Priestis and Leuits with al the peple herde Jeremy preching these sermons in the house of the Lorde Wherfore whan Jeremy had made an ende of al that the Lorde commanded him to preche vnto the peple the Priestis Prophetis and al the peple did set holde vpon him and toke him saing Thou muste dye Wherfore prechedst thou as thoughe the Lorde had cōmanded the that it shuld hapen vnto this house as it did once to Sylo and that this cite shulde be destroyed that noman shulde inhabit it And whan al the peple were gathered to gither in the temple aboute Jeremye the rumour of this mater came vnto the chefe rulers of Juda which a non camvp from the kinges palace vnto the house of the Lorde sate downe to gither before the newe dore of the temple Than came the Priestis and Prophetis vnto the rulers and to al the peple saynge these wordis This man is giltye dethe for he preched agenst this cite as he ye haue herde with your eares Than sayd Jeremye vnto al the rulers to al the peple these wordes The Lorde sente me to preche agenste this house and this cyte al that ye haue herde Nowe therfore amende your lyuinge your thoughtis and obaye the voice of your Lorde God and than it shal forthinke the Lorde God of thafflicciō whiche he hath decreed agenste you And as for me lo I am in your handis do with me what semeth to you right good But yet this one thinge I assuer you that if ye kill me ye shal make your selues this cite and the citesens therof gilty my innocent blode For this I ensuer you the Lorde hath sente me to you to preache into your eares al these sermons Than sayd the Princes and all the peple vnto the Priestis and Prophetis ye can fynde no cause of dethe in this man sith he preched vnto vs in the name of our Lorde Also the elders of the lande rose vp to gither sayng vnto the hole company of the peple on this maner Micheas Morastith was a Prophete in the dayes of Ezechias kinge of Juda and this Micheas sayd to al the folke of Juda. Thus saith the Lorde of powers Zion shal be ploughed vp lyke a felde and Jerusalem shal be turned into an heape of stones And the hill where the house of y e Lorde standeth into an highe wode And yet notwithstandinge this sermone did nether Ezechias kinge of Juda nor yet the comen peple go once aboute to slaye him But did they not rather reuerently feare the Lorde and prayd him to turne a waye his wrathe Wher vpon it forthinked him of the plage which he had decreed vpon them And shal we nowe committe so grete a cryme agenste our selues But yet was there a nother that preached constantly in the name of the Lorde called Vrias the sone of Semee of Cariathiearim which preched agenst this cite and lande in al poyntis euen aftir the sermons of Jeremye And kinge Joachim with al the grete men and rulers herde his sermons wher vpon the kinge sought to kil him But whan Vrias herde of
be caste forthe oh Moab for thy deceyte done agenst Israel ye shal leue your cytes and dwel in rockes oh Moabits be lyke doues nestelinge in their hole mouthes We herde of Moabs pryde he was al to prowde his pryde his stoughtnes his arrogaÌ„cy his highe lokis were knowne wel ynoughe vnto me saith the Lorde But for al his pryde yet might not his power bringe a boute his enforcementis accordinge vnto his arrogaunte furye Wherfore I shal yeloute vpon Moab and crye Moab as lowde as I can so that the dwellers at the bryk wallis shal here bewayle him And euen with lyke lamentacion as I bewayle the Oh Jazer shal I lament the oh vyneyarde Sibema Thy branches wente ouer the sea but the branches of Jezer reched but to the sea But into thy haruest and grape gatheringe shal this destroyer breke in violently Joye gladnes shal be taken awaye frome Charmelus fro the lande of Moab as it is now gone from Charmelus Ther shal nomore swete wynes come vnder the presse nor the caller to the grape gatheringe shal nomore trede in the wyne presse nother shal ther be any more callers at al which before tyme called wer herde from Hesebon to Eleale and Jahaz whose voyce was herde also from Zoar vnto Horonaim that wealy bullok of .iii. yere olde ye the waters of Nimrim shal be desolate to I shal make a vacacion in Moab saith the Lorde from any more offeringe in highe placis and from sensing their goddis Wherfore for Moabs sake my herte morneth lyke an heuy crowde for they shal be brought into very fewe and yet shal these fewe perisshe to Euery hed shal be shauen of and euery berde clipped euery hande bownde and al their loynes gyrte with sacken Vpon al y e house roofis of Moab and in al hir stretis there shal be way singe and moorninge For I shal alto breke Moab as it were a vyle vessel saith y e Lorde Se how he fereth and howifeth se how his prowd necke is smyten downe how is he now ashamed Moab shal be a laughing stocke and an ensample to al that ar aboute him For thus saith the Lorde Beholde his enymye shal fle to him lyke an egle stretche forthe his wyngis ouer Moab Then shal his wallis be taken and his towers of defence occupyed Than shal the hertis of Moabs valeaunt waryers he lyke a womans herte trauelinge of chylde And Moab shal be so scatered that they be nomore any peple because they extolled themselfe agenste the Lorde Fere shal be vnto the oh Moab and both pitte and snare to saith y e Lorde For he that shal escape feere or perel shal fall into the pitte and he that shal happen to crepe out of the pitte shal be taken in snare For I shal bringe vpon Moab euen the hower of their visitacion saith the lorde And they that shal haue strength to flee shal runne into the fyer of Hesebon For oute of Hesebon shal come a gret fyer and flame shal fle oute of Sihon and deuower both nose noddle and crowne of the stoute prowde peple of Moab Wo be to y e Moab for thou shalt be vndone oh peple of Chamos And thy sonnes and daughters shal be led awaye into captiuite But I shal se that Moab shal come a gene here aftir at their tyme saith the Lorde Hitherto is it prophecyed of the plage and vengeaunce to be taken of Moab ¶ The .xlix. Chapiter UNto the chyldern of Ammon thus saith y e lorde Is Israel chyldlesse or wante he an hayer But wherfore then dothe your Melchon occupye and sitte in Gad and the peple of Melchon inhabite y e cyte of Gad For this cause lo the tyme shal come saith y e Lorde that I wil blowup to batail in Babbath the cheif cyte of the chylderne of Ammon Lahel shal be desolate and hir villages brente vp And y e chyldern of Isarel shal possesse them which before kept Israel vnder saith the Lorde Let Hesebon howise for it shal be vtterly subueâ—ted Let the towns of â—abbath cry oute and gyrde themselues with sak let them wayle wanderinge al oute their hedges For Moloch shal be caryed awaye captiue bothe his preistis and princes with him Wherfore trustest in thy streames whiche flowe in vayne oh fyerce daughter thinkinge thy selfe so suer for thy tresure that noman may come to the Beholde I shal caste a fere vpon the vpon al y t ar aboute the saith y e lorde god of powrs And ye shal be scatred euery man froÌ„ other y e non may bringe y e men fleing togither agen But aftir this I shal restore the captiuite of the chyldern of Ammon Thus spake the Lorde of powrs vnto Idumea Is ther no wysdome lefte in Theman ar these men destitute al counsel Is their wysdome turned in to naught Fle turne your backis Crepe downe into valis ther to dwel oh citzens of Dedan For I shal bringe vpon them the destruccion of Esau euen the daye of their visitacion If grape gathers had come to the they shulde not haue lefte y e one grape If theues had come vpon the in the night they shulde haue robbed y e at their plesure But I shal make bare Esau and so shewe his secretis that they cannot be hid His sede shal be destroyd bothe his brotherne borderers to and himselfe shalnot be lefte a lyue Thou shalt leue thy fatherles chyldern behynde the but I shal kepe them and thy wydews shal truste in me For thus said the Lorde Lo they that were thought vnworthy to drinke of the cup dranke it firste of al shuldst thou then go quyte as innocent Thou shalt not go quyte as innocent but drinke as wel as other For I swere by my nowe selfe saith the Lorde that Bosra shal be turned into desolacion obprobry contempte and excecracion al hir cytes shal be a perpetual wildernes For I herde verely of the Lorde a messengre sente vnto the gentylis sayng Be ye gatherid togither and come forth agenst hir Ryse vp to bataile For lo I shal make the right smal amonge the gentilis coÌ„temned amonge men Thy nowe arrogancy and audacite of thy hyghe mynde hathe vndone y e because thou contendidst to inhabit the holes of the rokis of stone to reche vp vnto the hill toppis But albeit thy neste were as hyghe as the egles yet shal I plucke y e downe oute of it saith the Lorde And Idumea shal be desolate to All that passe forby hyr shal wounder and hysse vpon al hir miserable calamites Euen as Sodom Gomor and their cytes aboute them were subuerted saith y e lorde so shal noman inhabit Idumea nor yet any mortall man dwel in hir Beholde as the lyon cometh vp frome the grene wodes of Jordane vnto the fresshe plentuouse pastures of Ethan euen so shal I thrust-forth hir
And y e laste y e shal al to breke their bones is this Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Wherfore thus saith y e lorde of powrs the God of Israel Beholde I shal viset the kinge of Babylon his kingdom euen as I visited the kinge of Assyrie And shal bringe Israel agene vnto hir plesaunte pasturs they shal fede vpon Carmelus Basan And in y e mounte Ephraim Galaad shal they be wel filled In these dayes this tyme saith y e Lorde If y e wikednes of Israel be sought for ther shal none be fownde If the syn of Juda be sought it shal not be fownde For I shal be mercyful vnto this litel reaÌ„nant escaped by me Ascende oh auenger vnto this cruel lordely londe viset hir inhabitours take vengeauÌ„ce laye vpoÌ„ their backis saith y e lorde finisshe al y t I haue coÌ„manded the. The rumor of batail grete destruccion shal fle thorow the londe men talking How is this grete hammer of al the worlde ihus now broken alto peses How hapeneth it that Babylon amoÌ„ge al y e nacioÌ„s is thus brought into desolatioÌ„ It was I that layd waite for the thou wast taken oh Babylon thou wast espyed vnwares and thus trapped because thou prouokedst the Lorde to anger The Lorde layd opon his house of ordinance brought forthe the dartes of his indignacion For this is y e wurk of the Lorde God of powers done of him in the londe of Calde These thingis shal come vpon hir at laste They shal breke ynto hir preuey tresure houses leue hir as bare as stones takeÌ„ caste vpon an heape And they shal so cut hir awaye that nothinge be lefte of hir They shal destroye al hir valeaunt soldeyers and put them to dethe Wo be to them for y e day howr of their visitacion shal be at hande Me thinketh I here euen now the noyse bothe of men fleyng and escapen froÌ„ the londe of Babylon which voice or noyse shal declare in Zion y e vengeaunce of our Lorde God eueÌ„ the taking vengeaunce for his temple and also the noyse of men cryinge Cal vp agenst Babylon the multitude of al the bowemen Pitche your tentes ageÌ„st hir rowndaboute y e none escape Serue hir aftir hir owne dealinge and as she haue done to other so do to hir agen For she presumed to boldely agenst the Lorde euen him that sanctifyeth Israel Wherfore hir myghty soldiers shal be smyten downe in the stretis al hir noble men of warre shal be layed a slepe togither in that daye saith y e Lorde It it I lo y t tell it the oh thow prowde saith the Lorde God of powers For y e daye shal come euen the hower of thy visitacion and the prowde shal fall sodenly and be al to broken nomaÌ„ to lyfte him vp agene I shal sette fyer on his cites which shal ete vp al rownd aboute hiÌ„ These thingis saith the Lorde of powers The chyldern of Israel Juda shal suffer both a lyke grete violence and wronge Whoso haue taken them shal holde theÌ„ faste lothe to let them go But their stronge auenger and mighty redemer whose name is y e lorde of powrs shal so defende their cause y t he wil ster vp a dissension amonge themselues sette the chirche of Babylon togither by the eares The swerde vpon y e Caldes saith the Lorde and vpon the inhabitours of Babylon vpon hir rulers and vpon hir wyse men the swerde vpon hir soithe sayers they shal be made foles The swerde vpon hir bolde valeaunt and they shal be a frayde The swerde vpoÌ„ hir horsemen chariets and vpon al the comeÌ„ peple in hir so that they be al lyke womeÌ„ The swerde vpon hir tresurs that they be stolen awaye The swerde vpon their waters that they be dryed vp For this londe is an image seruer and delyteth in strange wounderouse inuencioÌ„s Wherfore these cruel vnsaciable satyris with marmesaits apes mermaydes shal inhabite hir nether shal she be inhabited for euer nor dwelled yn from age to age Lyke as God subuerted Sodome Gomor w t their cytes annexed saith the Lorde euen so shal ther here noman dwell nether the sone of Adam shal inhabit hir Beholde peple shal come from the northe with grete power many kinges stered vp froÌ„ the coosts of y e crtâ—e They bear bowe buckler they be cruel mercyles their noyse is lyke a fyerce swelling sea They come houeriÌ„g on horsebak they come forth well armed to fyght agenst the oh daughter Babylon The fame of these men once herde the kynge of Babylons handis shal tremble for fere Anguisshe and sorowe ful peine shal holde hym as a woman traueling of childe As the lyoÌ„ lo cometh vpfrome y e grene fennes of Jordane vnto y e fatte fayer pasturs of Ethan eueÌ„ so shal I prick theÌ„ forthwarde stere theÌ„ vp agenst hir But whoÌ„ shal I chose chefe capitayne to do this dede Who is lyke vnto me or may stryue with me or whiche one of the herdemeÌ„ may resiste my face Wherfore heare the counsel of the Lorde conceyued agenst Babylon heare his enteÌ„te entered agenst the londe of Caldey That is to wyt eueÌ„ the most weake and lowest of y e flocke shal teare them in pieses And their most plesaunt placis with their owne selues also shal be desolate Al the worlde shal tremble quake at the fame of the taking of Babylon and the rumor of hir shal be herde into amonge the gentyles ¶ The .li. Chapiter THus sayd the Lorde Beholde I shal stere vp a pestelent wind agenst Babylon and hir cytesens whiche ar beÌ„te cruelly agenst me And than shal I sende wenowers into Babylon which shal we now hir and destroye hir felde For they shal close hir in rownd aboute in the daye of hir affliccion Also vnto the archers and harnest men enteringe the walles thus sayd the Lorde Spare not hir men of armes Of with the hedis of al hir hoste that they maye lye dead thorow the felde of the Caldes and smyten thorow in hir stretes For Israel and Juda although they haue filled y e erthe with their synnes yet shal they not be forsaken of their God y e Lorde of powrs maker holy of Israel so lefte vnto the worlde Fle from oute of y e middis of Babylon let euery maÌ„ saue himselfe Let nomaÌ„ dissemble y e wykednes of Babylon For the tyme of the vengeaÌ„ce of the Lorde is now present For he wil acquyte hir ageyne Babylon was y e golden cuppe in the lande of y e Lorde Which cuppe hath made dronken al y e worlde Of hir wyne y e peple hathe dronkeÌ„ wherfore they ar oute of their wittis But sodenly BabyloÌ„ is fallen alto brokeÌ„ Bewayle hir therfore laye y e plaster of resyne vnto heir wouÌ„dis y t if thus paradueÌ„ture she may be
swyfter then the egles of the ayer they persued vs in the hillis and layed awaite for vs in y e deserte verse Res. The breath of our mouthe euen Messias the Lorde shal be taken for our synnes of whom we saye y t in his shadewe we shal be saued emonge the Gentyles verse Shin Thou therfor ioye begladde daughter Edom which doist inhabit the londe of Hus for vnto the shal come the cuppe w t the whiche thou shalt be made moyste in drinking therof verse Thau Thy synne is fynesshed oh daugther Zion he shal traÌ„slate the nomore but thy wikednes oh daughter Edom shal â—e vyset and translate the for thy synnes ¶ The prayer of Jeremye REmember Lorde what we suffer se beholde our obâ—robrye Our heretage it turned vnto aliauntis and our houses vnto straÌ„gers â—e ar karefull fatherlesse chyldern and our mothers sitte housbondles We bye our own water whiche we drynke we bye our wode with moneye PersecucioÌ„ hangeth ouer our neckis We labour yet ar lyke to haue no reste We once yilded our selfes bownde vnto thegypcioÌ„s but nowe ar we in like bondage vnder Assur to that yet at y e leste wyse we mought thus ete our brede Our fathers were synners whiche nowe be gone we bere their iniquytes The boÌ„de seruaÌ„ts ar become our lordes rulers nomaÌ„ to delyuer vs oute of their haÌ„dis We gete our lyuinge w t grete perel of our lyfe for the drought of the deserte our hyidis be tanned parched as it were in an â—oueÌ„ so ougely is our stormey famyn They defyled womeÌ„ in Zion virgens in the cytes of Juda. The rulers ar hanged vp with the handis of their enemes They did disreuerente the face and persone of the elders fered them nothing at al. They drewe the yongemen aboute by the meÌ„bers tering out their bowels and hanged vp laddis vppon the treis The elderly men sate nomore in iugemeÌ„t at the gates their yonge men playd nomore vpon their musyke instrumeÌ„tis Our hertis ioye fayled Our mery quere is turned into moorniÌ„ge The crowne of our headis fallen of Ah lasse for sorowe y t euer we so synned For our synnes our hertis moorne our eyes be wasted w t bitter teris for y e mounte Zion Whiche is now so desolate that foxes ruÌ„ne in it But thou oh Lorde whiche abidest for euer and thy seat roial thorout al ages wherfor forgettest thou vs for euer Why forsakest thou vs so longe Conuerte vs vnto the oh Lorde and so shal we be conuerted Renewe and restore vs our dayes as they haue ben in tyme paste For thou hast now repelled vs longe ynoughe ben angrye with vs aboue mesure ¶ The ende of the Prophete Jeremy translated by George Joye An M.D.xxxiiii Mense Maii. ¶ To supplee the lefe take here CrysteÌ„ reder that goodly and godly songe of Moses Where w t thou oughtest now gloriously to magnifie prayse God for the destruccion and throing downe of our cruel Pharao the Bisshop of Rome no nother wyse then did Moses and his chirche loaue him for drownyng of Pharao whiche Pharao fygured our blodye Bisshops of Rome ¶ The songe of Moses and his Chirche songen aftir Pharasus dethe drowned with his hoste in the redde sea I Shal syng with prayse vnto the Lorde For it is he verely that is gloriously to be magnifyed Horse and man hathe he casten downe into the sea The Lorde it is vnto whom I â—leue It is the Lorde whom I prayse he is become my helthe and saluacion It is he that is my God Him will I glorifye He is the God of my fathers euen him wil I exalte The Lorde is a mighty man of warre Jehouah is his name Pharaous chariettis and hoste hathe he casten downe into the sea His ioylye chosen capytayns ar drowned in the redde sea the depe waters haue ouerwhelmed them they sanke downe vnto the botome lyke stones Thy righthaÌ„de oh Lorde is grete gloriouse in strength Thy righthande Lorde hathe thrusted downe the enemye To thy grete glory haste thou destroyed thyne aduersaryes thou sentst forthe thy wrathe it consumed them lyke stobble Withe the brethe of thyne anger y e waters raÌ„ne togither on heapis so that y e bare botome was sene the flowing flowd stodevp as faste as a rocke And the botoÌ„les water was congeled in the myddis of the sea The enemye had thought thus I shal folow and take them I shal deuyde oute the spoyle and satisfye my plesure vpon them I shal draw out my swerde and my hande shal slaye them But thou didist but blowe with thy brethe the sea ranne ouer them They sanke down lyk led vnder y e vehemeÌ„t waters Who emonge the goddis is lyke vnto y e oh Lorde Who maye be compared vnto the in power and myght who is lyke vnto the in magnificence and holynes who is lyke the in reuerent fere to be praysed doing so wondreful miracles Thou stretchedst forth thy righthande and the sea swelowed them yn But in thy mercye hast thou ledde forthe thy peple whom thou delyueredst and w t thy mighty power hast thou brought them vnto thy holy habitacion Whiche thing when the gentyles herde of they were sore trowbled soden sorowful panges fill vpon the Philistens Then the Princes of Edom were confownded with fear trembling came vpoÌ„ the mighty Moabitis and al the hertes of thin habitours of Canaan melted for fear and sanke a waye lyke water Let anxt and fear fall vpon them thorow the grete might of thyne arme that them be as still as stones whyle thy peple passe thorowe oh Lorde whyle this peple passe thorow whom thou haste goten into thy possession Bringe them yn plante and fyll them vpon the mounte of thyne heretage y e very habitacioÌ„ Lorde which thou hast made the to dwell yn euen thy nowne secrete sanctuary oh Lorde whiche thy haÌ„dis haue prepared The Lorde be kinge euermore to raigne worlde with oute ende Amen Finis Johan xvii Johan xiiii Exodi â—xv Matth. xvii â—uk ix Jere. v .xxii Johan iiii Jere. ix Isa. 41. Jere. ii Isaie i. Deute xxviii â–ª Jeremi xiiii â—poc 13. Isa. 30. Jere. 1 15. Jere. 1 â–ª â—ere 51. â—ebr 11. Jere. 4â— â—ere 19. Pet. 1. Anathoâ— was a lâ—â—tel towâ—ne in thâ— tribe of Beniamâ—n iii myle nâ— the weâ—â— from Jâ—rusalem whereiâ— Jeremy was boâ—â—ne * Otheâ—â—wyse caâ—led Naâ—buchodâ—â—zar iiii boke of kiÌ„ges capi xxii * Fullers erth * O â—rias * The â—one * Ex de x * 〈…〉 Psal. cxxxvâ— * their beasts sacrificed of fred vp is called holy flesshe * or of thy depe iugements * Or this prophecy * or gapiÌ„g for wyndâ— * the Lorde Psal. i * Tophet Gehena al one * Pasâ—ur is crafâ— gloriâ—use vp â—ymâ—â—er Paâ—â—ur is â—â—ne shriâ—â—ige in 〈◊〉 a korâ—â—er for â—â—are Sodoâ—e and Gomer * neuer truste me the forme of his othe in y e scripture * otherwyse called Joachas now led captyuein to Egypt * straÌ„ge gods ymages Jechonias is called Joachin * Freely * Frely * the geÌ„tils * Hy couÌ„â—els â—y worâ—â—s â—ot meÌ„â—s * Preâ—hers * The â—ope w t 〈◊〉 his â—dols This presideÌ„t y e priestes brouht forthageÌ„st Jeremy nothiÌ„g consydering that Vrias was vniustly slayn * tyme of destruccion * zephanias is magister inquisitor heretice prauitatis y t is master heretike taker BabyloÌ„ was then y e head cite of y e geÌ„tils * fat of friÌ„ges Our coÌ„uersion beginneth of God a token of repeÌ„taunce Ose. ii â—hat is â—chylâ—â—ein be 〈◊〉 for â—heir fathers fawtis Cryste is that rightwyse budde Cryste was of y e sead of Dauid bothe preste mâ—nister aftir y e order of Meâ—chisedech Theryte of coÌ„uenaÌ„ts to be coÌ„firmed then bothe w t Iwes geÌ„tyls â—f the â—echaâ—tesfa â—er reâ—e y e .iiii â—â—ke of â—e kinâ—s caâ— .x. It waâ— noueâ—â— by r Decembyr To the Egyptians Agenst y e Palestyns Sitfast proude Moab Beware Rome * A deuowering vâ—ciouse god ☞ Of thâ— horne râ—de apoâ— where iâ— now yeâ—ur â–ª brachium culare * 2. tes Moabe thefte deceyte ☞ We sewe nomore to Rome Moab get no more peter petence ce Beware your herde Moab ☜ ii Thâ—ssa ii ☞ * Mencion is here made of the calling of the geÌ„tyls Ammon Moabs brother howtheâ— were begoten of their droÌ„ken father by his own daughters redâ— Gen. 19 * Then abeminable fil thy god The calling of the gentyls is here prophecyed The buâ—den of Idumea i. Petri iiii ☞ Idumâ— The burden of Damask The burâ—en of Cedar The burden of Elam The calling of the gentyls Babylon is Rome Agenst the king â—â—om of â—â—ntichri fâ—te â—â—eel their â—â—od the â—â—ope ☞ Rome hath kâ—â—ked vs ful long tyme. ☞ * Rome â—s asâ—nich to â—aye as â—nowde the gretwyse writer oâ— their vnwriteÌ„ vâ—â—â—rites wher iâ— he now becomeâ— â—esyne â—aster 〈◊〉 the â—â—riptu othere is â—ow our buâ—ler of 〈◊〉 Peâ—us 〈◊〉 hancâ—etram â—ce * The Bisshopes gods of Rome ☞ â—iii Regum xxiiii xxv Decembyr June * Hir louers anâ— nexte frendis at hir goddis * Gentyls ar haitheâ— Juda iâ— here called goddis foâ—stole * They â—ake â—nges 〈◊〉 me * Men maideâ— dragon or sich other â—â—sters * Or â—â—ke it thâ— * 〈◊〉 or coâ—all * embrwed with blode * Cryste * defeâ—â— Exodi xx deutero v. Jerem. xxxi Ezech. xviii Exode xv
labour and be as greuously infected whom no lesse greuouse plages affliccions and burdens abyde if we repente vs not and turne not to our spouse Jesus Crist him withe the father and the holy gost one God to whorship serue onely Whiche geue vs grace so to rede and hear this his Prophete that he mought preache vnto vs with more frute thou he preched to the Iwes Amen But first ere we beginne to rede him Let vs hear the state and briefe succession of those .iiii. kinges in whose dayes and how longe Jeremy preched Jolias the laste good kinge of Juda raigned .xxxi. yere He had these .iii. wiked sones Joachas Joakim and Zedechias The story beginneth the .xxii. chapiter of the fowerth boke of the kinges and coÌ„tinweth vnto the ende of the boke Jeremy begane to preche in the .xiii yere of Josias so continewing vnder him .xviii. yere Aftir Josias raigned Joachas that but .iii. moneths and then was he led captiue into Egypt Then raigned his brother Joakim .xi. yere and then was led captiue vnto Babylon Aftir him raigned this Joakims sone called Joachin or Jeconias .iii. moneths and .x. dayes and was led also captiue vnto Babylon Then last of al was Zedechias the thirde sone of Josias choson of Nâ—buchadrezar king of Babylon to be kinge of Juda. Whiche Zedechias aftir .xi. yere Jerusalem taken and destroyd was led also captiue to Babylon his eyen put forthe but his owne childern firste slayne before his eyes that so greuouse painful a laste sight might be printed and euer present in his mynde into then creasing of his perpetual payne sorowe whyle he lyued The tyme therfore whyle Jeremy preched vnto the captiuite came was .xli. yere .vi. monethes and .x. dayes Here maye we se in howe troublouse a tyme this Prophete preached For doutelesse these iiii kinges wer not led a waye thus captiâ—ed out of their owne lande with out grete calamite bataile and blodesheding ¶ The fawtes escaped in the printinge In the firste leif the .vii. lyne of the first chapi Rede thus And I sayd Ah lorde c. In the .xiiii. lef seconde syde seconde lyne Rede Ephraim The .xxiiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede whom they worshipt In the begining of the .ix. chapiter the .v. lyne rede geue The .xxxii. lef .ii. syde .vii. lyne of y e chap. rede which he there faynede The .xv. lef in y e mergent Rede exodi xix The .xxxiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede requyted The .xxxvi. lef xix lxne Rede knight Fo. xlvii .ix. lyne rede as here ye haue herde Fo lxvi .xvi. lyne rede euer Fo .lxix .xiii. lyne rede not sone of Jeachim twyse ⧠These ar the actis and sermons of Jeremy the sonne of Helchie Priest one of those that dwelt in Anathot the region of Beniamin Vnto whom the worde of the lorde was shewed Firste in the dayes of Josias sonne of Amon kinge of Juda the .xiii. yere of his raigne and so duringe thorow the tyme of Joakim sonne of Josias king of Juda vntil .xi. yeres of Zedechias the sonne of Josias king of Juda wer ended whan Jerusalem was taken euen in the fifte moneth The worde of the Lorde was sente vnto me speking thus ¶ The fyrste Chapiter BEfore I fasshioned the in thy mothers wombe I knew the and before thow wer borne I sanctified the and ordined the to be a Prophete for the peple Ah lorde God thow knowst how rude I am of speche for ful yonge simple am I. And the Lorde answered me Thinke not so for thou shalt go preche vnto al that I shall sende the thou shalt speke what so euer I shal commande the Feare not their faces for I wilâ—â— with the to dilyuer the saith the lorde And euen forth withal the Lorde stretched forth his hande and touched my moâ—the saing agene vnto me Beholde I sâ—t my wordis fast in thy mouthe so Jorden the this daye to be an oâ—erseer to viset both the peple their kinges to plâ—plâ—cup by thâ— roots and to cast downe to destroie and to scater and that thou shuldst also edifye and plante Eft sone aftir this the Lorde spake to me on this maner sayng Jeremy what fiâ—st thou And I sayd I see the rodde of a wakiÌ„g watcher Well sayd the lorde to me thou seist right well for euen I shal watche and wait apoÌ„ my purpose to finesshe it Ouer this the lorde spake vnto me the seconde tyme sayng What siest thou A seething potte quod I do I see that euen from the northe as it were hitherwards loking And the lorde sayd to me Euen from the northe shal ther be powerd forth an heuy heaâ— of plages vpon all thinhabitours of this lande For lo I shal calup all the kinredis of the northest regioÌ„s saith the Lorde and they shal come eche of them shal sitte iuge openly euen in these fore gates of Jerusalem in al the walles rownde about it and thoroute al the cytes also of Juda by whom I shal declare my vengeaunce vpon the gret and manifolde wikednes of these men which haue forsaken me offering their giftis vnto straÌ„ge goddis and worshipinge the workis of their own handis Thou therfore giâ—d vp thy raynes aryse and go preche vnto them al thingis that I commande the Fear not their faces lest for thy fâ—inte faith and fere I make them to preuaile For lo this daye do I sette the a stronge defensed cyte a piler of yerne and a brason wall agenst all this londe agenst the kingis of Juda and hir rulers agenst the priestes and peple of the lande wherfore they shal fight ageÌ„st the but it shal not lye in their powr to ouercome the for I shal be with the saith the lorde to delyuer the. ¶ The seconde Chapiter THen was the worde of the lorde shewed vnto me coÌ„manding me thus Go and krye into the eares of Jerusalem sayng Thus saith the lorde I cannot forget the especially when I remembre my mercifull couenaÌ„t with the and agen the goodnes of thy yougthe I cannot forget thy true loue in mariage wherby thou folowed sâ—me thorow the deserte a londe vnlaboured vnsowne Thou waste once an holy Israel before the lorde eueÌ„ the firste frutes of hys felde so that whoso had denoured the they had displeased him mischefe shuld haue fallen vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sayd the lorde Hear ye therfore the worde of the lorde bothe yow that be of the house of Jacob and all the familye of the house of Israel Thus saith the lorde vnto you What faute or fraude fownd your fathers in me to go so farre backe frome and to be made so vayne as to folowe lyes nether yet once to thinke where haue we lefte the lorde that led vs owt of the lande of Egypt that brought vs thorow that desert thorou a wylde lande harbourles a terrible baron lande where we sawe but dethe thorow a lande which no man passed by
the erthe and lo it is vayne and voyde I loked vpon the heauens and lo they haue not their light I lifted vp my eyes to the mountayns and lo they reeled lykely to fal and al the hilles shoke I loked aboute and lo ther was noman lefte Also al the foules of the ayer were flone awaye I beholde and lo Carmelus was become a deserte al hir cytes throÌ„downe of the lorde of the fury of his wrathe For thus spâ—â—â—e the lorde Al this lande shal be desolate But yet shal I not vtterly make an ende of it Wherfore waile erthe moorne heuen aboue for of this thinge which I haue thought and decreed it shalnot re reâ—ent me nether wil I go from it Euery cite shal fle at the noyse of the horsemen and bowmeÌ„ They shal runne into caues and wodes and clyme into rockes Euery cyte shal be left a lone noman to inhabit them WhaÌ„ thou art thus destroied what shalt thou do If thou clothest thy selue with purple and deckest the with golden ornamentis if thou payntest thy eye brews with starche yet shalt thou garneshe thyselfe in vaine For they that loued the hitherto shal looth the and go aboute to quenche thy lyfe For me thinketh I hear a voyce as it were of a woman traue ling of childe or of one laboriÌ„g in the trauel of hir firste childe that is to saye the voice of the daughter of Zion moorning and complayning in hir selfe casting hir armes abrode sayng Ah lasse for sorow for my lyfe fayleth in me for the slayne ¶ The fifte Chapiter GO loke vpoÌ„ Jerusalem withe oute consyder it also withyn seke thorowt euery streate whither ye can fynde any one maÌ„ that ether dothe right or studieth for faith trouth I shal spare theÌ„ saith the Lorde For albeit they saye The lorde lyneth yet is this their othe to deceyne whaÌ„ thy eyes o lorde loke for nothiÌ„g so miche as for faith For thou smittest theÌ„ yet they repeÌ„ted not Thou correctedst to ameÌ„de theÌ„ but they wolde not receyue thy disciplyne They hardened their faces more then any stonne refused to turne to a better mynde WherupoÌ„ I consydered withe my selfe thus paradueÌ„ture they ar so poore that they caÌ„not knowe the waye of the lorde iugemeÌ„ts of our god I shal get me therfore vnto the grete estates talke with theÌ„ if paradueÌ„ture yet these meÌ„ may haue the knowlege of the waye of the lorde the iugemeÌ„ts of their god But these men eueÌ„ lyke al other haue brokeÌ„ the yoke plucked in sondre their brydle raynes Wherfore the lyoÌ„ shal come froÌ„ the wode and deuowre them The wolfe at theuening shal destroye theÌ„ The leoparde shal lye awaite by their cytes to teare in peaces as many as come out frothence For they haue heaped synne vpon syn and their bakslydingis ar right greuouse Tel me then what thing hast thou where fore I shuld be mercyful vnto the Thy childerne haue forsaken me and swere by theÌ„ that ar no goddis whan euen I myselfe had bownde theÌ„ to me by an othe and yet ar they aduouterers haunting harlettis houses They ar be come as fyerce in prodigiouse libidinouse luste as fatte stallauÌ„des euery maÌ„ neiathe at his neighbours wyfe Shal I not be auenged vpon these thinges saith the lorde And shuld not I take vengeaunce of what nacion so euer it be that is lyke vnto this Clyme vp to hir walles and thro them downe tarye not Cut of hir branches and battlemeÌ„â—s for they belonge not to the lorde For the house of Israel and Juda hath caste me awaye vnfaithfully saith the Lorde sayng It is not he that is God Nether shal there come siche affliccioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vs. Swerde and honger we shal not se. Wherfore these Prophetis shal go their wayes into the wynde And he that shulde preache shall not come amonge them Euen thus shal it be dealt with theÌ„ Wherfore thus speketh the lorde god of powrs Sith ye speake this worde Lo I shal turne my wordes whiche thou speakest with thy mouth into fyer and this peple into wode that it maye deuoure them Beholde I shal bringe vpon you a nacion from a farre o house of Israel saith the lorde a stronge boystiouse nacion an olde nacion whose tongue thou shalt not knowe nor vnderstaÌ„de what they saye Their quyuers shal be thy present graue for al they ar ful mightye This nacioÌ„ shal eatup thy corne foode they shal eat thy sonnes and daughters they shal deuoure thy flockes droues They shal eatup thy vyneyardis figges And bete downe thy defensed cytes with swerde in whoÌ„ thou trustedst moste cheifly and yet thus than wil I not ceasse nor make an ende with you saith the lorde And whan they shal saye wherfore shal our lorde God do al this vnto vs Thou shalt answer theÌ„ Because that lyke as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straÌ„ge gods in your owne lande euen so shal ye serue strange gods stil in a straÌ„ge lande Shewe this to the house of Jacob and preche it in Juda sayng Hear I pray the this thing thou folesshe and hertlesse peple ye haue eyes but yese not and ears but ye heare not Wil ye not dread me saith the lorde Wil ye not feare my face which haue pinnedyn the sea with sandes ye that with this lawe to that she shal neuer passe ouer them She maketh a face with grete vehemence but yet she maye not She swelleth vp into her highe waues but yet she breaketh not her lawe But this peple hath a faithles rebellious herte They are fallen backe and gone their wayes so farre that they thinke not once in their hertes Let vs yet feare the lorde our God whiche geueth vs rayne in tyme and ceasonable showers for our profit preseruing vs our corne according to the duwe order of the year your own wikednesses haue turned these thinges from you And your synnes haue depryued you this grete commodite For in my peple ther ar fownde the vngodly which bende snares preuely waite to destroye men and to take them And as the nette is ful of birdes so ar their houses ful of goodis goteÌ„ with dissaight And hereof ryse their stoutenes riches hereof ar they magnifyed made so fatte and ful of tresure Also they haue offended me with the moste greuous crymes They ministre not the lawe The cause of the fatherlesse they expede it not The pore mannis wronge in iugement they delyuer not Shal I not be auenged of these thingis saith the lorde And shulde I not take veneaunce of what so euer lyke vnto this Thingis to be woundred at and gretely to be fered ar nowe done in this lande The Prophetis preche lyes and the Preistis obaye and reioyse in them And my peple haue grete plesure in these thinges But what shal come of this at the laste Verely euen this ¶ The sixte Chapiter GEt ye forthe of Jerusalem
name some tyme and beholde what I did to it for the malice of my peple Israel Now therfore because ye haue committed al these dedis saith the Lorde Notwithstāding yet I rose fulerly continually warninge you in tyme I spake but ye wolde not hear I called but ye wolde not answer I shal do I saye therfore vnto this house to whō my name was geuen in which house also ye truste I shal do I say to this place whiche I gaue you and your fathers euen as I did to Silo. And I shal caste you oute of my sight as I casted out al your brothern euen al the sead of Erhraim Nowe therfore praye thou not for this peple nether bid prayer nor prayse for their sake nor make no intercession to me For in nowyse wil I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cites of Juda and without Jerusalem The childern gather stickes their fathers set them on fyer And their wyues strewe sprinkle their flower to make fyne cakes for the quene of heuē Ouer this yet they offred to false gods to angre me albeit ther is no siche affecte in me saith the lorde ought they not yet rather tobe a shamed of their owne selues Wher fore thus saith the lorde God Beholde my wrath indignacion shal be powerdforth vpō this place vpon mā and beast vpon the trees of the felde and vpon the frutes of therthe it shal so brenne that noman may quenche it Thus saith the lorde of powrs the God of Israel ye ioyne heap togither your brente sacrifices with your slayne beastis to be offred but eat you the flesshe your selfe for as for me I spake nothing of these vnto your fathers how miche lesse thā was it my mynde whan I brought the oute of the lande of Egypte to commande these ceremones of brente sacrifyces and oblaciōs as my chefe and firste precepts But this was the substance of my fyrste precepte Hear obaye my voice and I shal be your god and ye shal be my peple this condiciō added that ye walke in all my wayes whiche I shal commande you for your helthe But they obayed not nether gaue eare but walked aftir the lustes and craftye counsels of their owne shrewd hertis and became frowarde and nothing towarde ye and that euen from the same daye that your fathers wente oute of Egypte vnto this daye And I sente them my seruātis al the Prophetis rysinge busely warninge them in tyme but they listened not to me nor yet once enclined their ears but hardened their prowde neckes and became farre worse than their fathers And thou thyselfe now to shalt also speke vnto thē al these wordes but they shalnot geue eare vnto the thou shalt cal them but they shal not answere Wherfore thou shalt saye vnto thē This is the peple that hereth not the voice of their lorde god nether receiueth his discipline Faith is gone banesshed from their mouthes Therfore clipof the heares of thy heade caste them a waye take the to moorning thoroute al the londe For the Lorde wilcaste awaye and scater the generaciō with whom he is angre The Childern of Juda haue done euil in my sight saith the Lorde They haue setvp their owne abominacions in my house named aftir my name and so polluted it And they haue builded an auter at Topheth which is the vale of Benhinnom to brenne their sonnes and daughters in the fyer which thing I neuer commāded nor mynded Wherfore behold the tyme shal come saith the lorde whā it shal nomore be called Tophet or vale Benhinnom but the vase of the slayne For they shal be buryed in Tophet because they can get no nother place and the carkases of this peple shal be meat for fowles of the ayer and for wylde beasts of the erthe ther shal be to nomā to chaar thē a waye I shal make a vacacion of the voyce of gladnes and of the voyce of ioye of the voyce of brydegrome and brydewyfe frō the cites of Juda and the region of Jerusalem For the lande shal be lefte desolate with out inhabitours ¶ The .viii. Chapiter AT this tyme saith the lorde they shal bringe forth the bones of the kinges of Juda and the bones of hir rulers the bones of Preistis and Prophetis and of the cytesens of Jerusalem oute of their sepulchres and shal laye them abrode before the sone mone and all the company of the starres whom they loued whom they serued aftir whom they wente whō they sought and worshipte They shalnot be gatherdup nor buryed but lye stil lyke a donghil aboue therthe And al that shal be lefte of this wiked generacion shal desyer rather to dye than to lyue Whersoeuer they shal become as I shal scater thē they shal be but as ye wolde saye a left reamnant saith the lorde of powrs Also this shalt thou saye vnto them That thus saith the Lorde Do men so fall that they neuer aryse vp a gene Are they so auerted that they wil be neuer conuerted How is it than that this peple and Jerusalem be auerted so steifly for euer Their stourdines encreaseth they wilnot be conuerted For I haue behelde them and herkened but there is not one that once thinketh on this not one repentith him of his synnes sayng what haue I done Or wherfore haue I done thus Euery one aftir that he was once auerted he ranne fro me lyke an horse that runneth neaing into bataile The storke knoweth hir apoynted tyme the turtle the fwalow and the crane obserue the tyme of their forthefleing but my peple know not the tyme of the vengeaunce of the lorde How then hapeneth it that ye saye It is we that ar the wyse it is we that haue the lawe of the lorde se therfor they ar but very lyes which the false pēne of the scrybe payntethe Wherfore the wyse shal be ashamed they shal be afrayd and be taken for lo they haue throne a waye the lorde which gone what wysdome than can ther remayn in them Wherfore I shal geue their wyues to strāgers and their feldes to their destroyers for frō the leste to the gretest al gape for fylthye lucre Frome prophete to preest al ar lyers But in the mean ceason they heal the breache affliccion of my peple powdering it with this lye sayng There shal be peace there shal be peace whan ther is none at all Fygh for shame they committe abominable and shameful dedes ar past al shame Wherfore they shall fall among the dede carkases and shal come downe togither in the daye of their visitacion saith the lorde I shal cause them to be gathered vp and taken awaye saith the Lorde Lyke as ther is not a grape lefte in the vyne nor a figge on the figtre and as leaues ar fallen a waye euen so shal I cause them to be caryed awaye captiued while they be at their wittes ende saing Come and let vs
But the worde of the Lorde was shewed him aftir Ananias the Prophete had broken the chayne from y e Prophet Jeremyes necke on this maner Go and tel Ananias these wordes Thus saith the Lorde Ananias thou hast broken cheynes of wode but for theÌ„ Jeremye thou shalt make agene chaynes of yerne For thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel I shal laye a yoke of yerne vpon al these nacioÌ„s that they shal serue Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon that shal they And euen the beastis of y e felde shal I betake vnto him so shal I. Than sayd the Prophete Jeremy vnto y e Prophete Ananias Hear I beseche the Ananias The Lorde sente the not but thou goist a boute to bringe this peple into a vayne and false hope Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal sende y e therfore but whither verely euen froÌ„ the face of the erthe For withyn this same year shalt thou be dead For ful emnyously and despightfully hast thou spoken agenste y e Lorde And so Ananias dyed the same year in the seuenth monethe ¶ The argument of this .xxix. Chapiter Ther arose certayn false Prophetis amonge the captynes in Babylon whiche promised themselues liberty to retourne aftir Ananias his saing with in two year but these false Prophetis Jeremye confutethe THese ar the wordes of y e pistle which the prophete Jeremy sent from Jerusalem vnto y e men in captiuite both to the elders priestes prophets to y e peple also whom Nebuchadnezar had led a waye to Babylon aftir that kinge Jechonias and his quene the gâ—lded men y e rulers of Juda Jerusalem sinythes also with y e artificers were gone Aelassa sone of Saphan and Gamaria sone of helkie bering it Whom Zedechias kinge of Juda sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon the pistel I saye coÌ„tayning these wordis Thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel vnto al the captiues that ar led from Jerusalem to Babylon Buyld ye houses to dwel in plante gardens hortyardis to eate their frutes marye wyues to bringforth sonnes daughters ye and geue your sonnes your daughters housbandes that they maye bringforthe sonnes daughters encrease there gretely Studye in nowyse to be fewe in nowmber But study for y e prosperouse peace of y e same cite wheryn ye be holdeÌ„ captiue praye to the Lorde for it For their peace shal be yours For thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e god of Israel Let not y e prophetes w t your diuynes that ar w t you deceyue you Nether beleue your own dreames which ye dreame For these meÌ„ prophecye vnto you lyes in my name I sent theÌ„ not saith y e lorde But thus saith y e Lorde Whan ye haue fulfilled .lxx. years in Babylon I shal viset deal w t you aftir my goodnes to bringe you agene into this place For I forgete not my set purposes decreed vpon you saith y e Lorde They ar couÌ„sels of holsom peace not of troublouse affliccioÌ„ to geue you another maner chaunce y t ye might haue a fresshe a better hope ye shal crye vnto me I shal hear you ye shal seke me fynde me If ye sek me with al your herte I wil be fownde I saye of you saith y e Lorde I shal redeme you froÌ„ captiuite gather you froÌ„ oute of al y e geÌ„tyles froÌ„ al places where yn to I had dispersed you saith y e Lorde restore you into thissame place fro wheÌ„ce I led you captiue But as touching this where ye saye the lorde to haue stered vp Prophets in Babylon Thus saith y e Lorde both as concerninge thissame kinge y t yet sitteth in y e set of Dauid al y e peple y t inhabit this cite with your brothern y t ar not yet gone with you into captiuite thus I saye saith y e Lorde of powers vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo I shal sende amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y e swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce make theÌ„ lyke vnrype figges which for their bitternes may not be eateÌ„ And I shal persecute theÌ„ w t swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce I shal geue theÌ„ to be vexid of al y e kiÌ„gdoÌ„s of therthinto an execracion to be aborred into an outhissinge and obprobry among al nacions wher so euer I shal scater them because they obayed not my coÌ„mandements saith the Lorde which I sente them by my seruantis the Prophetis erly rysinge euermore sendinge but yet obayed they not saithe the Lorde And al you in captiuite whom I sente from Jerusalem to Babylon hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel as concerninge Ahab the sone of Colie and Zedekia sone of Maasie whiche prophecy lyes vnto you in my name Beholde I shal geue them into the handis of Nebuchadnezar kiÌ„ge of Babylon to slaye them before your faces And al the captiues of Juda whiche ar in Babylon shall take vp this worde of excecracion vpon them saynge The lorde rid theÌ„ out of the waye as he did Zedekias and Ahab whoÌ„ the kinge of Babylon fryed in the fyer because they committed wyked folishnes agenste Israel For whan they had defyled their neghbours wyues yet weÌ„t they and preched lyes in my name which I neuer commanded them These thinges do I certifye and testifye vnto you saith the Lorde But as touchinge Semeia y e Neemalite thus shalt thou tel him Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Sith thou haste sente letters vnder thy nown name sealed vnto the peple in Jerusalem and also vnto Zephanias sone of Maasie Prieste and to al the Priestis also in which thou spekest to him thus For as moche as the Lorde hath set y e beinge Prieste in the stede of the Prieste Joiada to bere rule in the house of the Lorde and to serche for al furiouse sprited Prophetes that preache or prophecy to caste them into presone or stockes how hapeneth it that thou takest not and correckest not Jeremy of Anathot that precheth with you so continually Whiche ouer al this yet he sente vnto vs that ar here holden in Babylon sayng playnely our captiuite to be very longe bidding vs to builde houses to dwelyn and plante orteyardes whose frute we might eate Whiche letters Zephanias the Priest red ouer Jeremy the Prophete hearing theÌ„ Then was the worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy sayng thus Tell the hole companye in captiuite thus Thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Semeia that Neelamite Sith Semeias hath thus preached vnto you with oute my commandemeÌ„t stuffinge you ful of vayne hopes therfore this is the Lordes plesure Beholde I shal viset Semeias the Neelamyte his sede so that non of his shal neuermore dwel amonge this peple nether shal they se that goodnes which I shal do vnto this peple saithe the Lorde for he hathe preached emayously spight fully vpon the Lorde ¶ The .xxx. Chapiter THe
my benefits saith y e Lorde And yet thus also sayd y e Lorde The lameÌ„table noyse of moornes their bitter weping asceÌ„ded vnto heuen euen y e voice of Rachel wepiÌ„g for hir childern nether wolde she receyue any consolacioÌ„ for theÌ„ because they were clene gone captiued But nowe saith the Lorde peace and wepe nomore wype thy eyes for thy paynful labours shal be loked vpon saith y e Lorde And they shal returne from that cruel region but yet shal it be thy posterite that shal hope for this saith the Lorde For they be your chylderne that shal returne into their owne region Euen Ephraim goinge into captiuite did I hear verely thus complayninge Thou haste chastised me oh Lorde being then lyke a wylde bullok but now shal I receyue thy nourtering and disciplyne But thou therfore now conuerte me and I shal be conuerted for thou Lorde art my God Wherfore as sone as thou shalt conuerte me I shal repente me and anone as thou shalt make me to know my synne I shal smyte my handis vpoÌ„ my thighe Very shame confoundeth me for my sinnes committed in my yougthe which now greuously obrayde me to my grete peine At this penitent complaynte of Ephraim I thought thus with myselfe saith y e Lorde Is not Ephraim my goodly plesaunt chylde Is he not my tender fayer whight sonne I remeÌ„bir him euen from the tyme of our firste communicacioÌ„ wherfore my very herte yammerth all my bowels ar moued vpon him I wil gladly haue compassion vpon him saith the Lorde Get the wel watchinge ouerseers standing on highe take vnto the sharpe teachers and warners and let thy herte attende vnto the pathe of y t same waye wherby thou muste walke And returne oh virgin Israel returne vnto these same euen thy nowne cytes How longe wilt thou erre oh strayng bakslyden daughter For the Lorde verely shal make â—a newe thinge in this lande the woman shal take hir husbonde in hir armes For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel The tyme shal come y t they shal saye in the lande of Juda and in hir cytes aftir that I haue brought them agene euen these wordes The Lorde whiche is y e fayer spouse of rightuousnes mought fauour blesse the oh holy hill For there shal herdemen tylmeÌ„ inhabit bothe Juda and al hir cytes For I shal satisfye the hongry soule replenesshe euery meke soule Whan I herde this I cam to my selfe agene consydering as thoughe I had waked froÌ„ a very swete sleape Beholde the tyme is come saith the Lorde y t I wil sowe the house of Israel the house of Juda w t man beast And the tyme shal come y t lykewyse as I was occupyed in plucking vp by y e rotes in scatering abrede castinge dewne desiroynge scourginge theÌ„ eueÌ„ so shal I studye diligeÌ„tly to edifye to plante theÌ„ saith y e Lorde In these dayes shal they nomore saye They were our fathers y t eite the soâ—wer grape yet tâ—eir childers tethe be 〈◊〉 â— For euery man shal dye for his ownâ— wykednes So that euery man that eate the soâ— wer grape his own tethe mâ—ste oe â—n edge Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde y t I wil smyte vp a 〈…〉 bothe with the house of Israel with the house of Juda not aftyr the bargen that I smote with their fathers what tyme I toke them by their handis and led them out of the lande of Egypte whiche my bargen testament they broke and I punisshed theÌ„ sharpely saith the Lorde But this is y e couenaunt that I wil smyte with the house of Israel aftir these dayes new spoken of so ofte saith the Lorde I shal grifâ— my lawe into their myndes and wryte it in their hertis and I wil be their God they shal be my peple so that it shal not be 〈◊〉 maÌ„ that shal teache his neghboâ—r or his brother by monesshing him sayng knowlege y e Lorde but euery maÌ„ shal knowe me froÌ„ the leste to the gretest saith the Lorde because I wil be merciful to their wikednes and neuer more remember their sinnes Thus spake the Lorde which gaue the sone into the dayelight and ordrely y e mone and starres to shyne in the night whiche troubleth the sea that it swelleth vp in to waues whose name is the Lorde of powers Lyke as this lawe shal neuer be taken awaye fro my sight saith the Lorde eueÌ„ so I tell you shal the sead of Israel neuer cease at any tyme neuer more to be a nacioÌ„ before me Also this sayd the Lorde As the heueÌ„ aboue cannot be mesured nether the foundacions of therthe that be vnder vs serched euen so nether shal I caste awaye al the sead of Israel for al the thinges that they haue committed saith the Lorde Lo the dayes shal come saith y e Lorde that the cyte of y e Lorde shal be enlarged euen from the tower of Hananeel vnto the corner gate in the walles from thenceforthe shal mesure be taken forthe right before it vnto y e hill toppe of Gareb shal so come aboute closing in Goatha al the vale where they caste their carioÌ„s asshes or duste so forthe al Semeroth vnto y e brook callâ—d Cedron so froÌ„ theÌ„ce vnto y e corner of the horse fayer gate ageÌ„ste the este where the holy teÌ„ple of the Lorde shal be sette And this cite restored aftir this maner shal nomore be beten downe nor destroyed for euer ¶ The .xxxii. Chapiter THe sermone of the Lorde shewed to Jeremye the .x. year of Zedechias kinge of Juda whiche was the .xviii. year of Nebuchadrezar Than the hoste of the kinge of Babylon layd sege to Jerusalem And Jeremy the Prophete was in holde in the vtter warde which was at the kinges house of Juda wheryn Zedechias kinge of Juda had caste him because he prophecyed thus Thus saith y e Lorde Lo I shal geue vp this cite into the handis of the kinge of Babylon and he shal take it And kinge Zedechias shal not escape the handis of the Chaldes but douteles shal be delyuerde into the handis of the kinge of Babylon which shal speak with him mouthe to mouthe and shal beholde eche other face to face And Zedechias shal be led to Babylon there to coÌ„tinew til I viset him saith the Lorde But if thou wilt nedis fight ageÌ„ste the Caldes thou shalt fight infortunatly Vnto the which accusacion Jeremy thus answerde It was the Lorde that spake vnto me on this maner Lo Hananeel the sone of Sellum thy eames sone shal come to the desyering y e to redeme for thy selfe the felde whiche lyeth in Anathot because it pertayneth to the to bye it agene by y e reason thou arte nexte of kinne Than came Hananeel my eames sone acording to the sayng of y e Lorde vnto me into the vtterwarde of the presone sayng I
his â—â—â—gnacion the stronge defensis of the daughter Juda layd them on the erthe he prophaned hir kingdome rulers verse Gimel In his heuy wrathe he alto broke the power of Israel He caused Israel to be handeled of their enymes and â—urned vp Jacob with the flame of fyer wastinge all rownde a boute verse Daleth He bente his bowe lyke an aduersarye and stretched forth his right hande lyke an enymye destroyed al thingis plesauÌ„t to beholde in the tabernacle of the daughter Zion he powered forthe his wrathe lyke fyer verse He. The Lorde became an enymye threwdowne hedelinge Israel he casted downe al their palaces withe al their stronge defences encresed heuynes euen perpetually vnto the daughter Juda. verse Dau. He also dispersed hir tabernacle which was lyke paradyse and did put downe hir solempne festis The lorde did oute of mynde in Zion solempnites sabbath dayes in the fury of his indignacion wrathe he layed open kinge and preiste for euery obprobriouse reuelinge verse Zain The Lorde repessed his owne auter he was angrye with his secrete holy place and gaue vp hir wallis with turrettis into the handis of their enymes which made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in one of their solempne festis verse Heth. The Lorde determined to destroye the wallis of the daughter Zion he drewe for the his lyne and turned not his hande tyl he had cast it downe wherfore the turrettis with the wallis throne downe moorne bothe togither verse Teth. Hir gates were caste downe to y e grownde their barres wer alto broken Hir kinges and rulers wer led a waye vnto the haithen They ar with out lawe prophete vision from the Lorde verse Jod The aldermen of the daughter Zion sitte downe with sylence on y e grounde their headis bespreigned with asshes themselues girte with sak The virgens of Jerusalem cast downe their headis to the grounde verse Caph. Aboundance of teris wasted my eyes my bowels rombled with in me my lyuer was powerd forth vpon y e grownde for the destruccion of my peple when the chyldern and souklingis famesshed and filldowne in the stretis of the cyte verse Lamed Euen when they wolde saye to their mothers where is the meat and drincke And as they thus sayd they fildowne in y e stretis as men wownded and some leete their lyues in their mothers bosomes verse Mem. By what thing might I certifye the to what thinge might I compare y e oh daughter Jerusalem what thinge might I lyken the to withe what thinge might I conferre the oh virgen and daughter Zion For thy destruccion and wownde is a sea vnmesurable Who maye heale the verse Nun. Thy Prophetis loked the forthe vayne and folisshe thingis nether wolde they vtter and tel the thy wikednes that they might haue turned a waye thy captiuite but they loked forth falsely burdens for the deceyuable dispersions verse Samech Al that passed forby the clapped their handis at the they hyssed and wagged their headis vpon the daughter Jerusasem saynge Is thâ—s the cyte that euery man praysed to be so fayer in whicht al y e worlde delighted verse Ain All thy enymes mocked moewed vpon the they hyssed grenned saynge let vs deuoure for the tyme is come that we loked fore we haue fownde and sene verse Pe. The lorde hathe performed his thought and fynesshed his worde decreed in tyme paste He hath destroyed and spared not He hathe made thyne enymye glad ouer the and exalted the power of thy aduersayrys verse Zadic Let thy herte crye vnto the Lorde oh cyte daughter Zion Let thy teris flowout lyke a ryuer daye and night take the to no reste nor let not the apple of thyn eye ceasse verse Kuph Aryse and praye be night in the begininge of the watche powerout thy herte lyke water before the Lorde lyft vp thy handis vnto him for y e lyues of thy lytelons which perisshe for honger in the headis endis of euery strete verse Res. Se Lorde beholde wherfore hast thou thus plucked vs awaye hath it any where be sene women to haue eaten their owne chyldern of a spanne longe Haâ—ie ther be sene priest and Prophete slayne in the secrete holy place of the Lorde verse Sin Yonge and olde ar layd with oute on the grownde my maydes and yonge men ar smyteÌ„downe with swerde whom thou slewest in the daye of thy wrathe thou hast slayne and not spared verse Thau Thou calledst my neghbours a boute me lyke as vnto a solempne feste ther escaped none nor yet any left in y e daye of the wrathe of the Lorde What I nourisshed encriased my aduersarys consumed The .iii. Chapiter verse Aleph IT is I that am the very man which haue felte the miserable calamite by the staffe of his wrathe verse Aleph It is I whom he droue and led but yet in derkenes and not in light verse Aleph Agenst me be turned and moued his hande at all tymes verse Beth. He made olde my flesshe and skyne and broke my bones to powlder verse Beth. He buylded agenst me and closed me in with gall and labour verse Beth. He did sette me in Detkenes as dead men for euer verse Gimel He hedged me in rowndabout that I coude not scape and layed more waight vpon my gyues verse Gimel Ye and albeit I crye and make supplicacion yet he repelleth my prayer verse Gimel He stopped my waye with fower squared stones and made croked my pathes verse Daleth He became a waite laynge bere for me a lyon in a preuy place verse Daleth He inuerted my waye and disapoynted me of my iourney he made me desolate verse Daleth He bente his bowe did sette me vp his marke to shote at verse He. He sente his arows into my raynes verse He. I was made a fable and a perpetual iesting stok to all my peple verse He. He satisfyed me with bitternes and filled me with worme wode verse Dau. He knocked out my tethe w t a stone spurned me rolled w t his fete in y e duste verse Dau. He did put me from al maner rest so y t I haue no remeÌ„beraÌ„ce of any goodnes verse Dau Thus therfore I thinke with my selfe I am vtterly vndone and altogither forsaken of the Lorde verse Zain Remember my affliccion my violent iniury wormewode and gall verse Zain My soule in ernestly remembringe these thingis melteth a waye in me verse Zain Whyse yet I call these thingis vnto my mynde I come thus agene to hope verse Heth That y e mercyes of y e lorde ar al not wasted his goodnesses ceasse not verse Heth. Thy grete faithfulnes is lyke the fresshe morninge verse Heth. The Lorde is my parte saith my soule wherfore I truste in him verse Teth. The Lorde is good vnto y e faste beleuinge soule y t seketh asketh aftir him verse Teth. It