The blessânges promised vnto thy father and my fore elders go mightely after the desyre of the hyest in the worlde these shal light on Iosephs heade and on the toppe of his heade that was separate from his brethren Ben Iamin a rauyshinge wolfe In the mornynge shal he deuoure the praye but in the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle All these are the twolue trybes of Israel and this is it that their father spake vnto them whan he blessed them euery one with a sundrye blessynge And he commaunded them and sayde vnto them I shal be gathered vnto my people burye me with my fathers in y e caue which is in the felde of Ephron the Hethite in the dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in y e lande of CanaaÌ which AbrahaÌ bought with the felde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to burye in There buryed they AbrahaÌ Sara his wife there buried they Isaac also Rebecca his wife their buried I Lea in the good of the felde of the caue therin which was bought of the Hethites And whan Iacob had ended this commaundement vnto his children he pluckte his fete together vpon the bed and died and was gathered vnto his people TheÌ fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face and wepte and kyssed him The L. Chapter ANd Ioseph coÌmauÌded his seruauÌtes y e PhisiciaÌs to embawme his father And the Phisicians embawmed Israel tyll fourtye dayes were ended for so longe endured the dayes of embawminge the Egipcians bewayled him seuentye dayes Now whan the mournynge dayes were ended Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde sayde Yf I haue founde fauo r in youre sight theÌ speake vnto Pharao and saie My father hath taken an ooth of me sayde Beholde I dye burye me in myne owne graue which I dygged for myself in the laÌde of Canaan Therfore wyl I now go vp and burye my father and come agayne Pharao saide Go thy waye vp and burye thy father acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him So Ioseph weÌte vp to burye his father And there weÌte w t him all Pharaos seruauÌtes y t were the elders of his courte and all y e elders of the lande of Egipte all Iosephs housholde and his brethren and his fathers housholde Onely their children shepe oxen left they in y e laÌde of Gosen toke their iourney vp with him vpoÌ charettes and horses and the company was exceadinge greate Now whan these came to the playne of Atad y t lyeth beyonde Iordane they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion he mourned for his father seueÌ dayes And whaÌ the people in the lande the Cananites sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad they sayde The EgipciaÌs make there greate lameÌtacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌmaunded them and caried him to y e lande of Canaan and buried him in y e dubble caue that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in of Ephron y e Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre So Ioseph toke his iourney agayne in to Egipte with his brethren and with all those that wente vp with him to burye his father whan they had buried him But Iosephs brethreÌ were afrayed whaÌ their father was deed and sayde Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him therfore let they saye vnto him Thy father commaunded before his death and sayde Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph O for geue thy brethren the offence and their synne that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God But Ioseph wepte whan they spake so vnto him And his brethren wente and fell downe before him and sayde Beholde here are we thy seruauntes Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ Feare ye not for I am vnder God Ye thought euell ouer me but God hath turned it vnto good to do as it is come to passe this daye for the sauynge of moch people Therfore be not ye now afrayed I wyl care for you and youre children And he comforted them and spake louyngly vnto them Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his fathers house and lyued an huÌdreth and ten yeare and sawe Ephrayms children vnto y e thirde generacion In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren I dye and God wyl vyset you and brynge you out of this lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an ooth of the childreÌ of Israel and sayde Whan God shal vyset you theÌ cary my bones froÌ hence So Ioseph dyed whaÌ he was an huÌdreth and ten yeare olde and they embawmed him layed him in a chest in Egipte The ende of the first boke of Moses called Genesis The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The childreÌ of Israel increase in Egipte The kynge commaundeth to slaye theÌ and to drowne them Chap. II. The byrth of Moses which is layed vpoÌ the water Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him vp He slayeth one of the Egipcians and flyeth his waye in to Madian where he marieth The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE Chap. III. God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush and sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people Chap. IIII. Moses is loth to go excuseth himself But the LORDE enfourmeth him maketh him stronge and comforteth him Moses taketh leue of his father in lawe to go vnto his people Chap. V. Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge which oppresseth the people the more Chap. VI. God geueth Moses more instruccioÌ and sendeth him vnto the people The trybes are nombred Chap. VII Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge and shewe tokens before him but the kynge waxeth hard harted Chap. VIII After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the people go but assone as the plage ceaseth he is as vngodly as afore Chap. IX There commeth a death amoÌge all the catell theÌ commeth the sores blaynes and the hayle Chap. X. The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte Pharao forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight Chap. XI The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another plage vpon Egipte and coÌmaundeth the Israelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of the Egipcians Chap. XII The vse of the Easterlambe God slayeth all the firstborne Pharao dryueth all the people out of the lande Chap. XIII God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne vnto him and carieth them towarde the lande of promyse not the next waye but thorow the wyldernes by a cloude in the daye tyme and a pyler of fyre in the night Chap. XIIII Pharao foloweth vpoÌ the people of God which delyuereth his owne carieth them thorow the reed see drowneth the enemies therin Chap. XV. Moses and the
spake before Moses and before the captaynes amonge the chefe fathers of the children of Israel and saide Syr the LORDE hath commaunded that ye shulde geue the londe by lott vnto the childreÌ of Israel to inheret And thou my lorde hast commaunded thorow the LORDE that the enheritaunce of o r brother Zelaphead shulde be geueÌ vnto his doughters Now yf eny men out of the trybes of Israel take them to wyues then shal oure fathers enheritaunce be lesse and as moch as they haue shal come to y e enheritaunce of the trybe that they come vnto Thus shal the lott of oure inheritaunce be mynished So whan the yearâ of Iubilye commeth vnto the childreÌ of Israel then shal their enheritaunce come to y e enheritaunce of the trybe where they are Thus shal oure fathers enheritaunce be mynished as moch as they haue Moses charged the childreÌ of Israel acordinge to the commaundement of the LORDE and sayde The trybe of the children of Ioseph hath sayde righte This is it that y e LORDE commaundeth the doughters of Zelaphead and sayeth Let them mary as they like best onely that they mary in y e kynred of the trybe of their father that the enheritaunce of the children of Israel fall not froÌ one trybe to another For euery one amonge the children of Israel shall cleue to the enheritaunce of the trybe of his father euery doughter that possesseth eny enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel shal be maryed vnto one of the kynred of the trybe of hir father y t euery one amonge the children of Israel maye enioye his fathers enheritaunce and that the enheritaunce fall not from one trybe to another but that euery one maye cleue to his awne enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the children of Israel As the LORDE coÌmaunded Moses eueÌ so dyd y e doughters of y e Zelaphead Mahela Thirza Hagla Milca Noa were maried vnto their fathers brothers sonnes of y e kynred of the children of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph So their enheritauÌce remayned in the trybe of the kynred of their father These are the commaundemeÌtes lawes which y e LORDE commaunded by Moses vnto the childreÌ of Israel in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho The ende of the fourth boke of Moses called Numerus The fyfth boke of Moses called Deuteronomion What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Moses putteth the childreÌ of Israel in remembraunce of the greate benefites that they haue receaued of God and rebuketh them for their vnthankfulnesse and myszbeleue Chap. II. They are commaunded not to fighte agaynst Seir the Moabites and Ammonites But Sihon the kynge of the Amorrites is delyuered vnto them Chap. III. Og the kynge of Basan is slayne the londe taken in and destroyed ⪠Ruben Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse haue their enheritaunce on this syde Iordane Iosua is ordeyned in Moses steade Chap. IIII. After he hath rehearsed vnto them the benefites of God he exorteth them to kepe his commaundementes that they forget them not Fredome for soch as committe slaughter vnawarres Chap. V. He rehearseth the commaundementes of God vnto them agayne exorteth them earnestly to kepe them Chap. VI. He telleth them of the statutes ordinauÌces of God exortinge them to kepe them and to teache their children the same Cahp VII They are commaunded whan they come in the loÌde of Canaan to make no frendshipe ner to kepe company with the people therof but vtterly to rote them out and not to be afrayed of them Chap. VIII He exorteth them not to forget the commaundementes of God but to remembre what singuler kindnes God hath shewed them from what troubles he hath delyuered them And geueth the londe that they are to go vnto a good reporte Chap. IX He warneth them that they ascrybe not the goodnes that God hath done for them to their awne power for yf he had serued them after their awne deseruinge he had destroyed them euerychone Chap. X. He proceadeth forth in tellinge them their wickednes how they departed from Be Chap. XI Consyderinge the multitude roth of the benefites of God that they had receaued and the pleasaunt londe that they were to receaue he exorteth them againe to kepe Gods commaundementes Chap. XII He descrybeth vnto them againe the statutes ordinaunces of the LORDE Chap. XIII How men shal knowe false prophetes and how they ought to be punyshed Chap. XIIII For so moch as they are a cleane people of God they are commaunded to avoyde the customes of the Heythen as in shauynge their heades in eatinge certayne meaâes c. Chap. XV. Of the seuenth yeare wherof thou readest also in the XXV chapter of the thirde boke of Moses how the poore folkes and bonde men oughte to be intreated Chap. XVI The feaste of Easter Whytsondaye and of tabernacles Chap. XVII Certayne statutes The office of kynges and iudges Chap. XVIII The porcion of the Leuites Of the prophete that is promised vnto the people and how the false prophetes maye be knowne Chap. XIX Of the fre cities for the deedslayers How many witnesses are to be accepted in a matter and how the false oughte to be punished Chap. XX. A godly ordinaunce concernynge warre and strykinge of battayll Chap. XXI What ought to be done with one that is founde slaine in the felde and with a woman which is taken presoner Children that wil not obeye father and mother are to be stoned to death The deed bodies maye not hange styll vpon the tre Chap. XXII Of loue towarde a mans nehgboure with dyuerse other commaundemeÌtes How a man shal ordre himself with his wife whom he founde no mayden Chap. XXIII What they are that maye not come in to the congregacion of the LORDE and other commaundementes Chap. XXIIII Of deuorcement of the fredome of him that is new maried with other commaundementes concernynge loue towarde a mans neghboure Chap. XXV How the iudge ought to punyshe how one brother shulde rayse vp sede to another Of true weightes and measures and destroyenge of Amaleck Chap. XXVI Of the first frutes and tythes how they are to be broughte with prayse and thankesuynge vnto God Chap. XXVII Of the stones to be set vp beyonde Iordane and the commaundementes of God to be wrytten theron Of the blessinge and cursinge vpon the two mountaynes Chap. XXVIII Swete and gracious promyses for all soch as loue the commaundementes of God to do them Agayne Maruelous sore and fearfull plages threatened vnto all theÌ that regarde not Gods worde Chap. XXIX The couenaunt is renewed in the londe of Moab Moses putteth them in mynde of the louynge benefites of God that they maie be stedfast in the LORDE Chap. XXX Of the merciful kyndnesse of God yf men wil herken vnto his voyce and conuerte froÌ their awne euell wayes Of his sore punyshment âf they wil not obeye Chap. XXXI Iosua is geueÌ vnto the people to be
that daye forth Saul loked sowerly vpoÌ Dauid The nexte daye after came the euell sprete of God vpon Saul and prophecyed in y e myddes of the house But Dauid played on the instrumente with his hande as he was wonte daylie And Saul had a iauelynge in his hande and cast it and thoughte I wyll stycke Dauid fast to the wall Neuerthelesse Dauid turned himselfe twyse awaye from him And Saul was afrayed of Dauid for the LORDE was with him and was departed from Saul Then Saul put him from him and set him to be prynce ouer a thousande men and he went out and in before the people And Dauid behaued himselfe wysely in all his doynges and the LORDE was with him Now whan Saul sawe that he was so exceadynge wyse he stode in feare of him But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid for he wente out and in before them And Saul sayde vnto Dauid Beholde my greatest doughter Merob wyl I geue the to wyfe be stronge now gouerne the warres of the LORDE For Saul thought my haÌde shal not be vpon him but the hande of y e Pilistynes Neuertheles Dauid answered Saul Who am I what is my life the kynred of my father in Israel that I shulde mary the kinges doughter But whan the tyme came that Merob y e doughter of Saul shulde haue bene geueÌ vnto Dauid she was geuen vnto Adriel y e Meholathite to wyfe Neuerthelesse Mâchol Sauls doughter loued Dauid Whan this was tolde Saul y e matter pleased him well he sayde I wyl geue him her y t she maye be a snare vnto him that the handes of y e Philistynes maye come vpon him And he sayde vnto Dauid This daye shalt thou be my doughters huszbaÌde y e secoÌde time And Saul spake vnto his seruauÌtes Talke w t Dauid secretly saye Beholde the kinge hath pleasure in the and all his seruauntes loue the mary thou therfore the kynges doughter And Sauls seruauntes spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid But Dauid saide Thynke ye it but a small matter to mary the kynges doughter As for me I am but a poore symple man And Sauls seruauntes tolde him agayne and sayde Soch wordes hath Dauid spoken Saul sayde Then saye ye vnto Dauid The kynge desyreth no dowry but onely an hundreth foreszkynnes of the Philistynes that vengeaunce maye be taken of the kinges enemies Howbeit Saul thought to cause Dauid be slayne by the haÌdes of the Philistynes Then his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes and Dauid was contente with the matter to mary the kynges doughter And after a fewe dayes Dauid gatt him vp and wente with his men and smote two hundreth men amonge the Philistynes And Dauid broughte their foreszkynnes and made their nombre sufficient vnto the kynge y t he mighte mary the kynges doughter TheÌ Saul gaue him his doughter Michol to wyfe And Saul sawe and perceaued that the LORDE was w t Dauid And Michol Sauls doughter loued him Then was Saul the more afrayed and became his enemye as loÌge as he lyued And whan the prynces of the Philistynes weÌte forth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul in their outgoynge so that his name was in greate reputacion The XIX Chapter SAul spake to Ionathas his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they shulde kyll Dauid Neuerthelesse Ionathas the sonne of Saul loued Dauid exceadingly and tolde him and sayde Saul my father goeth aboute to slaye the. Kepe the therfore I praye the in the mornynge and abyde in secrete and hyde the. But I wyll go forth and stonde besyde my father in the felde where thou art and wyll speake of the vnto my father and what soeuer I se I shal brynge the worde And Ionathas reported y e best of Dauid vnto Saul his father and sayde vnto him Oh let not the kynge synne agaynst his seruaunt for he hath not synned agaynst the and his doynge is very necessary for the he put his lyfe in his hande also and smote the Philistyne the LORDE dyd a greate health vnto all Israel this hast thou sene and reioysed therof Wherfore wylt thou then offende agaynst innocent bloude that thou woldest kyll Dauid without a cause Then herkened Saul vnto the voice of Ionathas and sware As truly as the LORDE lyueth he shal not dye Then Ionathas called Dauid and tolde him all these wordes and brought him to Saul so that he was in presence like as afore tyme. But there arose a battayll agayne and Dauid wente forth and fought agaynst the Philistynes and smote a greate slaughter so that they fled before him Neuertheles y e euell sprete of the LORDE came vpon Saul and he sat in his house and had a iauelynge in his hande But Dauid plaied vpon the instrument with his haÌde And Saul thoughâ with the iauelinge to sticke Dauid fast to the wall Howbeit he wente asyde froÌ Saul and the iauelynge smote in the wall And Dauid fled and escaped that night Notwithstondinge Saul sent his messaungers to Dauids house that they shulde laye wayte for him and kyll him in the mornynge Michol Dauids wyfe tolde him this and sayde Yf thou saue not thy soule this night thou shalt dye tomorow Then Michol let him downe thorow the wyndow so that he wente his waye fled and escaped And Mickol toke an ymage and layed it in the bed and laied a goates szkinne at the heade of it and couered it with clothes Then Saul sent messauÌgers to fetch Dauid But she sayde He is sicke Neuerthelesse Saul sent messaungers to se Dauid sayde Bringe him vp to me with the bed that he maye be slayne Now whan the messaungers came beholde the ymage laye in the bed and a goates szkynne at the heade of it Theâ sayde Saul vnto Michol Why hast thou begyled me and let myne enemye go that he mighte escape Michol sayde vnto Saul He sayde vnto me Let me go or I wyl kyll the. Aâ for Dauid he fled and escaped and came to Samuel vnto Ramath and tolde him all y t Saul had done vnto him And he wente w t Samuel and they abode at Naioth And it was tolde Saul Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Ramath Then Saul sente messaungers to fetch Dauid And they sawe a company of prophetes prophecienge and Samuel had the ouersight of them Then came the sprete of God vpon the messaungers of Saul so that they prophecyed also Whan this was tolde Saul he sent other messaungers which prophecied likewyse Then sente he messaungers the thyrde tyme and they in like maner prophecyed Then wente he himselfe also vnto Ramath and whan he came to the greate well which is at Secho he axed and sayde Where is Samuel and Dauid Then was it tolde him beholde at Naioth in Ramath And he wente thither euen vnto Naioth in Ramath And y e sprete of God came vpon him also and he weÌte prophecied till he came vnto Naioth in
for IerusaleÌs sake I will not ceasse vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as y e shyninge light their health as a burnynge lampe Then shal the GeÌtiles se thy rightuousnesse all kinges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a new name which the mouth of y e LORDE shal shewe Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE and a glorious garlaÌde in the hoÌde of thy God From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakeÌ thy loÌde shal nomore be called the wildernesse But thou shalt be called Hephziba that is my beloued y e londe Beula that is a maried womaÌ for y e LORDE loueth y e thy loÌde shal be inhabited And like as yonge maÌ taketh a doughter to mariage so shal God mary himself vnto y e sonnes And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde so shal God reioyse ouer the. I wil set watchmeÌ vpoÌ thy walles o Ierusalem which shall nether ceasse daye nor night to preach y e LORDE And ye also shall not kepe him close nor leaue to speake of hiÌ vntill IerusaleÌ be set vp made the prayse of the worlde The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde by his stronge arme that froÌ hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies ner y e wyne wheriÌ thou hast laboured to be drynke for y e straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shal eate it geue thankes to the LORDE they that haue borne in the wyne shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary StoÌde back departe a sunder ye y t stonde vnder y e gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete take awaye y e stones set out a tokeÌ for the people Beholde y e LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde tel y e doughter SioÌ se thy SaluacioÌ cometh beholde he bringeth his treasure w t him his workes go before him For they whoÌ y e LORDE delyuereth shal be called the holy people as for the thou shalt be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken The lxiij Chapter WHat is he this that cometh from Edom with stayned reade clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth cometh in so neeÌbly with all his streÌgth I am he y t teacheth rightuousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore theÌ is thy clothinge reade thy raymeÌt like his y t treadeth in y e wyne presse I haue troddeÌ the presse my self alone of all people there was not one with me Thus haue I trodeÌ downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my fete vpoÌ them in my indignacion And their bloude sprange vpoÌ my cloothes so haue I stayned all my rayment For the daye of vengeauÌce that I haue takeÌ in honde the yeare of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no maÌ to shewe me eny helpe I fel downe and no man helde me vp TheÌ I helde me by myne owne arme my ferueÌtnesse susteyned me And thus haue I troden downe the people in my wrath and bathed them in my displeasure In so moch that I haue shed their bloude vpon the earth I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all that he hath gyuen vs for the greate good y t he hath done for Israel which he hath gyuen them of his owne fauoure acordinge to the multitude of his louynge kindnesses For he sayde These no doute wil be my people and no shreÌkinge children and so he was their Sauioure In their troubles he forsoke theÌ not but the angel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue kindnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde begaÌne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was their enemie and fought agaynst them him self Yet remeÌbred he the olde tyme of Moses his people How he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe how he had geuen his holy sprete amonge them how he had led Moses by the right honde with his glorious arme how he had deuyded the water before them wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge name how he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they shulde not stomble The sprete of the LORDE led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus o God hast thou led thy people to make thy self a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heaueÌ and beholde the dwellinge place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it y t thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge kyndnesse wyl not be entreated of vs Yet art thou o r father For Abraham knoweth vs not nether is Israel acquanted with vs. But thou LORDE art oure father and redemer and thy name is euer lastinge O LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened oure hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake y t are of the generacioÌ of thy heretage Thy people hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in possessioÌ for oure enemies haue takeÌ it in And we are become euen as we were from the beginnynge but thou art not their LORDE for they haue not called vpon thy name The lxiiij Chapter O That thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder come downe that the mountaynes might melt awaye at thy presence like as at an hore fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water doth vpon the fyre Wherby thy name might be knowne amoÌge thine enemies y t the GeÌtiles might treÌble before ye. That thou mightest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes then shulde the hilles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou o God that herde or perceaued nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for theÌ that put their trust in the. Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou art angrie for we offende and haue bene euer in synne and there is not one whole We are all as an vnclene thinge all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fall euerychone as the leaf for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stondeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But now o LORDE thou father of ours we are the claye and thou art oure potter and we all are the worke of thy hondes Be not to sore displeased o LORDE and kepe not oure offences to loÌge in thy remembraunce but considre that we all are thy people
other Zilla And Ada bare Iabel of whom came they that dwelt in tentes and had catell And his brothers name was Iuball Of him came they that occupied harpes pypes And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in all connynge poyntes of metall yron And Tubalcains sister was called Naema And Lamech sayde vnto his wyues Ada and Zilla Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue kylled a yonge man and gotteÌ my self strypes Cain shal be aueÌged seueÌ tymes but Lamech seuen and seuentie tymes Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne she bare a sonne and called him Seth. For God sayde she hath apoynted me another sede for Abell whom Cain slew And Seth begat a sonne also and called him Enos At the same tyme beganne men to call vpon the name of the LORDE The V. Chapter THis is the boke of the generacion of man in the tyme whan God created man and made him after the symilitude of God Male and female made he them and blessed theÌ called their names Man in the tyme whan they were created And Adam was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde and begat a sonne which was like his owne ymage and called his name Seth lyued therafter eight huÌdreth yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was nyne hundreth and thirtie yeares and so he dyed Seth was an hundreth and fyue yeare olde and begat Enos lyued therafter eight hundreth and seuen yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was nyene huÌdreth and twolue yeares and so he dyed Enos was nyentie yeare olde and begat Kenan and lyued therafter eight hundreth fyftene yeare and begat sonnes daughters And his whole age was nyene huÌdreth and fyue yeares and so he dyed Kenan was seueÌtie yeare olde and begat Mahalaliel and lyued therafter eight hundreth and fourtie yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and ten yeares and so he dyed Mahalaliel was thre score yeare olde fyue and begat Iared and lyued therafter eight hundreth and thirtie yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was eight hundreth nyentie and fyue yeares and so he dyed Iared was an hundreth and two sixtie yeare olde and begat Henoch lyued therafter eight huÌdreth yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and two and sixtie yeare and so he dyed Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare olde and begat Mathusalah and led a godly conuersacion thre hundreth yeares therafter and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was thre hundreth and fyue and thre score yeares And for so moch as he lyued a godly life God toke him awaye he was nomore sene Mathusalah was an uÌhdreth seueÌ and foure score yeare olde begat Lamech and lyued therafter seuen hundreth and two and foure score yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and nyene and trescore yeares and so he dyed Lamech was an hundreth and two and foure score yeare olde and begat a sonne called him Noe and sayde This same shall coÌforte vs in oure workes and in the sorowe of oure hondes vpon the earth which the LORDE hath cursed After this he lyued fyue huÌdreth and fyue nyentie yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and seuentie yeares and so he dyed Noe was fyue hundreth yeare olde and begat Sem Ham and Iaphet The VI. Chapter SO whan men beganne to multiplie vpon the earth and had begot them doughters the children of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto theÌ wyues soch as they liked Then sayde y e LORDE My sprete shal not allwaye stryue with man for he is but flesh also I wil yet geue him respyte an hundreth and tweÌty yeares There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men and begotten them children y e same children became mightie in the worlde and men of renowne But whan the LORDE sawe y t the wickednes of man was increased vpon y e earth and that all y e thought and imaginacion of their hert was but onely euell contynually it repented him that he had made man vpon the earth and he sorowed in his hert and sayde I wyll destroye man kynde which I haue made from the earth both man beest worme and foule vnder the heauen for it repenteth me that I haue made them Neuertheles Noe founde grace in the sight of the LORDE This is y e generacion of Noe. Noe was a righteous and parfecte maÌ and led a godly life in his tyme and begat thre sonnes Sem Ham and Iaphet Notwithstondinge y e earth was corrupte in y e sight of God and full of myschefe Then God loked vpon y e earth and lo it was corrupte for all flesh had corrupte his waye vpon the earth Then sayde God vnto Noe Then ende of all flesh is come before me for the earth is full of myschefe before them And lo I wyll destroye them with the earth Make the an Arcke of Pyne tre and make chambers in it and pitch it within and without with pitch and make it after this fashion The length shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth fiftie cubites and the heyght thirtie cubites A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte greate but the dore shalt thou set in the myddest in the syde of it And the Arke shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue another For âo I wyll bringe a floude of water vpon the earth to destroye all flesh wherin the breth of life is vnder the heaueÌ All that is vpon earth shal perishe But with the wyll I make a couenaunt and thou shalt go in to the Arcke with thy sonnes with thy wyfe and with thy sonnes wyues And of all creatures what so euer flesh it be thou shalt bringe in to the Arcke euen a payre the male and the female that they maye lyue w t the Of foules after their kynde of beastes after their kynde and of all maner wormes of the earth after their kinde Of euery one of these shal there a payre go in vnto the that they maye lyue And thou shalt take vnto the all maner of meate that maye be eaten and shalt laye it vp in stoare by the that it maye be meate for the and them And Noe dyd acordinge to all that God commaunded him The VII Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Noe Go in to the Arcke thou thy whole house for the haue I sene righteous before me at this tyme. Of all cleane beastes take vnto the seuen and seuen the male and his female And of vncleane beastes a payre the male and his female Like wyse of the foules vnder the heauen
him geue it me for a possession to burye in amoÌge you For Ephron dwelt amonge the Hethites Then answered Ephron the Hethire vnto Abraham that the Hethites might heare before all that wente out and in at the gates of his cite and sayde No my lorde but heare me As for the felde and the caue also that is therin I geue it the and in the sight of my people I geue it the to burye thy deââân ââen Abraham thanked the people of the londe and talked with Ephron that the people of the londe might heare and sayde Heare me then Receaue of me the money that I geue the for the felde and so wyll I burye my deed there Ephron answered Abraham and sayde vnto him Heare me my lorde The felde is worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer but what is that betwixte me and the Burye thy deed Abraham herkened vnto Ephron and weyed him the money which he had sayde that the Hethites might heare namely foure hundreth syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus Ephrons felde where in the dubble caue is which lyeth ouer before Mamre euen the felde and the caue was made sure for Abrahams owne good with all the trees of the felde also rounde aboute in the sight of the Hethites and of all that go out and in at the gates of his cite Then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the dubble caue of the felde that lyeth ouer before Mamre that is Hebron in the londe of Canaan So the felde and the caue therin was made sure of the Hethites vnto Abraham for a possession to bury in The XXIIII Chapter ABraham was olde and well stricken in age and the LORDE had blessed him in all thinges And he sayde vnto his eldest seruaunt of his house which had the rule of all his goodes Laye thine haÌde vnder my thye that I maye make the sweare by y e LORDE the God of heauen and earth that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge y e doughters of y e Cananites amonge whom I dwell but that thou go in to my countre and to myne owne kynred and brynge my sonne Isaac a wife The seruaunt sayde What and the woman wyl not folowe me in to this countre shal I then cary thy sonne agayne in to yonder londe where thou camest out of Abraham sayde vnto him Beware of that that thou brynge not my sonne thither agayne The LORDE the God of heauen which toke me fro my fathers house and from the londe of my kynred and that talked with me and sware also vnto me and sayde Vnto y e sede wyll I geue this londe Euen he shall sende his angell before the that thou maiest brynge my sonne a wife from thence But yf the woman wyll not folowe the thou art discharged of this ooth onely brynge not my sonne thither agayne Then y e seruaunt layed his haÌde vnder his master Abrahams thye and sware the same vnto him So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the Camels of his master and departed and had w t him of all maner of goodes of his master and gat him vp and departed vnto Mesopotamia to the cite of Nahor Then let he the Camels lye downe without before the cite besyde a well of water in the euenynge aboute the tyme that the wemen vsed to go forth and to drawe water And he sayde O LORDE thou God of my master Abraham mete me to daye and shew mercy vnto my master Abraham Lo I stonde here besyde the well of water the mens doughters of this cite wyll come forth to drawe water Now yf there come a damsell to whom I saye bowe downe thy pytcher let me drynke and yf she saye drynke and I wyll geue y e Camels drynke also That y e same be she whom thou hast prouyded for thy seruaunt Isaac that I maye knowe by y e same that thou hast shewed mercy vpon my master And or euer he had left of speakynge beholde Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel which was the sonne of Milca that was the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother came forth and bare a pytcher vpon hir shulder and she was a very fayre damsell of face and yet a virgin and vnknowne of eny man She wente downe to the well and fylled hir pitcher and came vp agayne Then ranne the seruaunt to mete her and sayde Let me drynke a litle water out of y e pitcher And she sayde drynke syr And haistely let she downe the pitcher in hir hande and gaue him drynke And whan she had geuen him drynke she sayde I wyll drawe for thy Camels also tyll they haue dronke ynough And she made haist and poured out hir pitcher in to the trough and ranne agayne to the well to drawe and drew for all his Camels The maÌ marueyled at her and helde his tonge tyll he knewe whether the LORDE had prospered his iourney or not Now whan the Camels had all dronken he toke a goldeÌ earynge of half a Sycle weight and two bracelettes for hir handes weynge ten Sycles of golde and sayde Doughter whose art thou tell me Is there rowme for vs in thy fathers house to lodge in She sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuel the sonne of Mylca whom she bare vnto Nahor And sayde morouer vnto him We haue plentye of litter and prouender and rowme ynough to lodge in Then the man bowed himself and thanked the LORDE and sayde Praysed be the LORDE the God of my master Abraham which hath not withdrawen his mercy and his trueth fro my master for the LORDE hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house And the damsell ranne and tolde all this in hir mothers house And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And Laban ranne to the man without by the well syde and that came by the reason that he sawe the earynges and the bracelettes vpon his sisters handes and herde the wordes of Rebecca his syster that she sayde thus spake the man vnto me And whan he came to the man beholde he stode by the Camels at the well syde And he sayde Come in thou blessed of the LORDE wherfore stondest thou without I haue dressed the house and made rowme for y e Camels So he brought the man in to y e house and vnbridled the Camels and gaue them litter and prouender and water to wash his fete and the mens that were with him and set meate before him Neuertheles he sayde I wil not eate tyll I haue fyrst tolde myne earaÌde They answered Tell on He sayde I am Abrahams seruaunt and the LORDE hath prospered my master richely so y t he is become greate and he hath geuen him shepe and oxeÌ syluer and golde seruauntes and maidens Camels and Asses yee and Sara my masters wife hath borne my master a sonne in hir olde age vnto him hath he geuen all that he hath And my master hath taken an ooth of me and saide Thou shalt not take a
wife for my sonne amonge the doughters of the Cananites in whose lande I dwell but go y e waye to my fathers house and to myne owne kynred and there take a wyfe for my sonne But I sayde vnto my master What and the woman wyl not folowe me Then sayde he vnto me The LORDE before whom I walke shall sende his angell with the and prospere thy iourney that thou mayest take a wife for my sonne of myne owne kynred and of my fathers house And so whan thou commest to my kynred yf they geue her not vnto y e thou shalt be discharged of myne oothe So I came this daye vnto the well of water and sayde O LORDE thou God of my master Abraham Yf thou hast prospered my iourney that I go Beholde I stonde here by the well of water Now yf there come forth a virgin to draw water and I saye vnto her gâue me a litle water to drinke out of thy pitcher and she saye vnto me Drynke thou and I wyll drawe water for thy Camels also that the same be the womaÌ which the LORDE hath prouyded for my masters sonne Now or euer I had spoken out these wordes in my hert beholde Rebecca commeth forth with a pitcher vpon hir shulder and goeth downe to the well and draweth Then sayde I geue me a drynke And immediatly she toke downe the pitcher froÌ hir shulder and sayde drynke and I wyll geue thy Camels drynke also So I dranke and she gaue the Camels also to drynke And I axed her and sayde Doughter whose art thou She answered I am y e doughter of Bethuel the sonne of Nahor whom Milca bare vnto him Then layed I the earinge vpon hir face and the bracelettes vpon hir handes and bowed myself and thanked the LORDE and praysed the God of my master Abraham which had brought me y e right waye to take my masters brothers doughters vnto his sonne Yf ye be they then that shew mercy and faithfulnes vnto my master tell me Yf not yet tell me that I maye turne me to y e right hande or to the left Then answered Laban and Bethuel and sayde This is come of the LORDE therfore can we saye nothinge agaynst the nether euell ner good There is Rebecca before the take her and go thy waye that she maye be thy masters sonnes wife as the LORDE hath sayde When Abrahams seruaunt herde these wordes he bowed him self vnto the LORDE flat vpon the earth and toke forth Iewels of syluer and golde and rayment and gaue them vnto Rebecca But vnto hir brethren and the mother he gaue spyces Then he ate and dronke and the men also that were with him and taried there all night But in the mornynge he arose and sayde Let me departe vnto my master Neuerthelesse hir brother and hir mother sayde Let the damsell tary with vs at the leest ten dayes and then shall she go Then sayde he vnto them holde me not for the LORDE hath prospered my iourney let me go that I maye departe vnto my master Then sayde they let vs call the damsell and axe her what she sayeth therto And they called Rebecca and sayde vnto her Wilt thou go with this man And she answered Yee I wyll go with him So they let Rebecca their syster go with hir norse and Abrahams seruaunt and his men And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her Thou art oure syster growe in to many thousande tymes thousandes and thy sede possesse the gates of his enemies So Rebecca gat hir vp w t hir damsels and satt them vpon the Camels and wente their waye after the man And the seruaunt toke Rebecca and departed As for Isaac he was commynge from the well of y e liuynge seynge for he dwelt in the south countre and was gone forth to his meditacions in the felde aboute the euen tyde And he lift vp his eyes and sawe that there were Camels commynge And Rebecca lift vp hir eyes and sawe Isaac Then lighted she of the Camell and sayde vnto y e seruaunt What man is this that commeth agaynst vs in the felde The seruauÌt sayde The same is my master Then toke she hir cloke and put it aboute her And the seruaunt tolde Isaac all the earande that he had done Then Isaac brought her in to his mother Saras tent and toke Rebecca and she became his wife and he loued her So Isaac was comforted ouer his mother The XXV Chapter ABraham toke another wife called Ketura which bare him Simram Iaksan Medan Midian Ieszbak and Suah Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan The children of Dedan were Assurim Latusim and Leumim The children of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida and Eldaa All these are the children of Ketura And Abraham gaue all his goodes vnto Isaac As for the children that he had of the concubynes he gaue them giftes and whyle he yet lyued he sent theÌ awaye from his sonne Isaac eastwarde in to the east countre This is the age of Abraham which he lyued euen an hundreth and fyue and seuentye yeare and fell sicke and dyed in a good age whan he was olde had lyued ynough and was gathered vnto his people And his sonnes Isaac and Ismael buried him in the dubble caue in the felde of Ephron the sonne of Zoar the Hethite which lyeth ouer before Mamre in the felde that Abraham bought of the Hethites There was Abraham buried with Sara his wife And after the death of Abraham God blessed his sonne Isaac And he dwelt by the well of the lyuynge and seynge This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him And these are the names of Ismaels children of whom their kynredes are named The eldest sonne of Ismael Nebaioth Cedar Abdeel Mibsan Misma Duma Masa Hadar Thema Iethur Naphis and Kedma These are the childreÌ of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces And this is the age of Ismael euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare and he fell sicke and dyed and was gathered vnto his people He dwelt from Heuila vnto Sur towarde Egipte as men go to the Assirians And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren This is the generacion of Isaac the sonne of AbrahaÌ Abraham begat Isaac Isaac was fourtye yeare olde whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel y e Syrian of Mesopotamia Sister of Laban the Syrian Isaac besought the LORDE for his wyfe because she was baren and the LORDE was intreated and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued And the children stroue to-together in her wombe Then sayde she Yf it shulde go so with me why am I then w t childe And she wente for to axe the LORDE And the LORDE sayde vnto her Two maner of folke are in thy wombe and two maner of people shall be deuyded out of thy body and the one nacion shall ouercome the other and the greater shall serue the
the doughters of Canaan he wente his waye vnto Ismael and besyde the wyues that he had afore he toke Mahaloth the doughter of Ismael AbrahaÌs sonne the sister of Nebaioth to wife As for Iacob he departed from Bersaba and wente vnto Haran and came to a place where he taried all night for the Sonne was downe And he toke a stone of y e place put it vnder his heade and layed him downe in y e same place to slepe And he dreamed and beholde there stode vpon y e earth a ladder whose toppe reached vnto the heauen And beholde the angels of God wente vp and downe vpon it and the LORDE stode vpon it and sayde I am the LORDE God of thy father Abraham and the God of Isaac The londe y t thou lyest vpon wyl I geue vnto the and to thy sede and thy sede shal be as y e dust of y e earth And thou shalt sprede forth towarde the west east north and south and thorow the and thy sede shall all the kynreds vpon earth be blessed And beholde I am with y e and wyll kepe the where so euer thou goest wyl brynge the hither agayne in to this lande for I wil not leaue the tyll I haue made good all that I haue promysed the. Now whan Iacob awaked from his slepe he saide Surely the LORDE is in this place and I knew not And he was afraied and sayde How fearfull is this place here is nothinge els but an house of God a gate vnto heaueÌ And Iacob arose early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layed vnder his heade and set it vp and poured oyle vpon it And he called the place Bethel but afore the cite was called Lus. And Iacob made a vowe and sayde Yf God wyll be with me and kepe me in this iourney y t I go geue me bred to eate and clothinge to put on and brynge me peaceably home agayne vnto my father TheÌ shall the LORDE be my God and this stone that I haue set vp shal be an house of God and all that thou geuest me I wyl geue the the tenth therof The XXIX Chapter THen Iacob gat him vp vpon his fete and wente in to the east countre loked aboute him and beholde there was a well in the felde and y e flockes of shepe therby for the flockes dranke of the well And there laye a greate stone at the welles mouth and thyther they vsed to brynge the flockes and to roule the stone from y e mouth of the well and to geue the shepe drynke so they put the stone agayne vpon the welles mouth in to his place And Iacob sayde vnto them Brethren wheÌce be ye They answered we are of Haran He sayde vnto them Knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor They answered We knowe him well He sayde Is he in good health They answered he is in good health And lo there commeth his doughter Rachel with the shepe He sayde It is yet hye daye is not yet tyme to dryue in the catell geue the shepe to drynke go youre waye fede them They answered We can not tyll all the flockes be brought together and tyll we roule the stone from the welles mouth so geue the shepe drynke Whyle he yet talked with them Rachel came with hir fathers shepe for she kepte y e shepe Whan Iacob sawe Rachel y e doughter of Laban his mothers brother and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother he weÌte rouled the stone from the welles mouth and gaue his mothers brother shepe to drynke and kyssed Rachel lift vp his voyce and wepte and tolde her y t he was hir fathers brother and y e sonne of Rebecca Then ranne she and tolde her father WhaÌ Laban herde of Iacob his sisters sonne he ranne to mete him and enbraced him and kyssed him and brought him in to his house And so he tolde him all this matter TheÌ sayde Laban vnto him Wel thou art my bone and my flesh Abyde with me a moneth longe But after that saide he vnto Iacob Because thou art my brother shalt thou therfore serue me for nought Tell me what shall thy wages be Laban had two doughters the eldest was called Lea the yongest Rachel And Lea was tender eyed but Rachel was beutyfull well fauoured of face and Iacob loued her well and sayde I will serue the seuen yeare for Rachel thy yongest doughter Laban answered It is better that I geue her the then vnto another tary thou with me So Iacob serued seuen yeare for Rachel and they semed vnto him but few dayes he loued her so well And Iacob saide vnto Laban geue me my wyfe for the tyme is come that I shulde lye with her TheÌ Laban bad all the people of that place and made a mariage But at eueÌ he toke his doughter Lea and brought her in vnto him and he laye w t her And Laban gaue Zilpa his mayde vnto his doughter Lea to be hir mayde But on the morow beholde it was Lea. And he sayde vnto Laban Why hast thou done this vnto me Haue not I serued y e for Rachel Why hast thou then begyled me Laban answered It is not the maner in oure countre to mary the yongest before the eldest Holde out this weke I will geue the this also for the seruyce y t thou shalt do me yet seuen yeares more Iacob dyd so helde out y t weke Then gaue he him Rachel his doughter to wyfe And Laban gaue Bilha his mayden vnto Rachel his doughter to be hir mayden So he laye with Rachel also loued Rachel more theÌ Lea and serued him yet seuen yeares more But when the LORDE sawe that Lea was nothinge regarded he made her frutefull and Rachel baren And Lea coÌceaued and bare a sonne whom she called Ruben and sayde The LORDE hath loked vpon my aduersite Now wyll my huszbande loue me And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and sayde The LORDE hath herde that I am despysed and hath geueÌ me this also and she called him Symeon She coÌceaued yet agayne and bare a sonne and sayde Now wyll my huszbande kepe me company agayne for I haue borne him thre sonnes therfore called she his name Leui. She conceaued y e fourth tyme and bare a sonne and sayde Now wyll I geue thankes vnto the LORDE therfore called she him Iuda and left bearynge The XXX Chapter WHen Rachel sawe that she bare no children vnto Iacob she had enuye at hir sister saide vnto Iacob Geue me childreÌ also or els I am but deed But Iacob was very wroth at Rachel sayde Am I then in Gods steade which kepeth y e frute of y e wombe from y e Neuertheles she sayde Beholde there is Bilha my mayden lye w t her y t she maye beare vpon my lappe that I maye be increased by her And so she gaue
vnto me Departe agayne to thine owne londe and to thy kynred and I wyl do the good I am to litle for all the mercies and all the trueth that thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt for I had no more but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan and now am I become two droues delyuer me from y e hande of my brother froÌ the haÌde of Esau for I am afrayed of him lest he come and smyte me the mother with the children Thou saydest I wyll do the good and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of y e see which can not be nombred for multitude And there he taried that night and toke of soch as came to hande a present vnto his brother Esau two huÌdreth she goates twentye he goates two hundreth shepe twentye rammes and thirtie mylck camels w t their foales fourtye kyne ten bullockes twentye she Asses with ten foales and put them in the handes of his seruauntes euery flock by them selues sayde vnto them Go ye forth before me put a space betwixte one flocke after the other and commaunded the first and sayde When my brother Esau meteth the and axeth the Whose art thou whyther goest thou and whose are these that thou dryuest before the Thou shalt saye They be thy seruaunt Iacobs which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau and commeth behynde vs him self Thus commaunded he the seconde also and the thirde and all them that folowed the flockes and sayde Like as I haue tolde you so speake ye vnto Esau whan ye mete him and saye vnto him also Beholde y t seruauÌt Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought I wyll reconcyle him with the present that goeth before me after warde wyll I se him my self peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace So the present wente before him but he taried in the tente the same night and rose vp in y e night and toke his two wyues and the two maydens and his eleuen sonnes and wente vnto the foorde of Iacob toke them and caried them ouer the water so that all that he had came ouer and taried him self alone on this syde Then wrestled there a man with him vntyll the breake of y e daye And whan he sawe y t he might not ouercome him he touched the senowe of his thye and y e senowe of his thye shrancke in wrestlinge with him And he sayde Let me go for y e daye breaketh on But he answered I will not let y t go excepte thou blesse me He sayde What is thy name He answered Iacob He sayde Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob but Israel for thou hast stryuen with God and with men and hast preuayled And Iacob axed him sayde Tell me what is y e name But he sayde Why axest thou what my name is And he blessed him there And Iacob called the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face my soule is recouered And as he came ouer froÌ Peniel y e Sonne rose vpoÌ him he halted vpon his thye Therfore eate the children of Israel no vane vpon the senow of y e thye vnto this daye because y e vane vpon the senow of Iacobs thye was touched The XXXIII Chapter IAcob lift vp his eyes sawe his brother Esau coÌmynge with foure hundreth men and he deuyded his children vnto Lea vnto Rachel and to both the maydeÌs and set the maydens with their children before and Lea with hir childreÌ after and Rachel with Ioseph hynder most And he wente before them and bowed him self to the grounde seuen tymes tyll he came to his brother But Esau ranne to mete him and enbraced him and fell aboute his neck kyssed him and wepte and lift vp his eyes and sawe the wyues with the children and sayde What are these with the He answered They are the children which God hath geuen vnto thy seruaunt And the maydens came forth with their children and dyd their obeysaunce vnto him Lea came forth also with hir childreÌ and kneled vnto him Afterwarde came Ioseph and Rachel forth and kneled vnto him like wyse And he sayde What meanest thou w t all the droue that I met He answered that I might fynde grace in the sight of my lorde Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast Iacob answered Oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in y e sight receaue my present of my hande for I sawe thy face as though I had sene the face of God and be at one with me Take this present in good worth that I haue brought y e for God hath geuen it me I haue ynough of all thinges So he compelled him to take it And he sayde Let vs go on and take oure iourney I wyll go in thy company But he sayde vnto him My lorde thou knowest that I haue tender children by me and small and greate catell also which are yet but yonge yf they shulde be dryueÌ ouer in one daye the whole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde go on before his seruauÌt I wyll dryue after fayre and softly there after as the catell the children can go tyll I come to my lorde in Seir. Esau sayde Yet wil I leaue some of my people with the. He answered What nede is it Let me but onely fynde grace in the sight of my lorde So Esau departed againe the same daye towarde Seir and Iacob toke his iourney towarde Sucoth and buylded him an house and made teÌtes for his catell Therfore is the place called Sucoth Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the cite of Sichem which lyeth in y e lande of Canaan after that he was come agayne out of Mesopotamia and pitched before the cite and bought a pece of londe of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens There pitched he his tent and there he set vp an altare and called vpon the name of the mightie God of Israel The XXXIIII Chapter DIna y e doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob wente out to beholde the doughters of the londe Whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Henite which was lorde of the loÌde sawe her he toke her and laye with her and forced her and his hert hanged vpon her and he loued y e damsell and talked louyngly with her and spake to his father Hemor Get me this mayden to wife And Iacob vnderstode that Dina his doughter was defyled and his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and Iacob helde his tonge tyll they came Then Hemor the father of Sichem wente forth vnto Iacob to comen with him In the meane season came Iacobs sonnes from y e felde And whan they herde it it greued the men and they were very wroth that he had wrought foly in Israel and lyen with Iacobs doughter for so was not the vse to do Then comened Hemor with theÌ and sayde My sonne Sichems hert longeth for youre doughter O geâe hir him to
For the LORDE shal not holde him ângiltie that taketh his name in vayne Remembre the Sabbath daie that thou sanctifie it Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke But vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God thou shalt do no maner worke in it nether thou ner thy sonne ner thy doughter ner thy seruaunt ner thy mayde ner thy catell ner thy straunger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth and the see and all that therin is and rested vpon the seuenth daye therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye halowed it Honoure thy father and thy mother that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure Thou shalt not lust after y e neghbours house Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife ner his seruauÌt ner his mayde ner his oxe ner his Asse ner all that thy neghboure hath And all the people sawe the thonder and the lightenynge and the noyse of the trompet and how that the mountayne smoked and were afrayed and stackerd stode a farre of and sayde vnto Moses Talke thou with vs we wil heare and let not God talke with vs we might els dye And Moses sayde vnto the people Be not afrayed for God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be before youre eyes y t ye synne not And the people stode afarre of But Moses gat him in to the darcke cloude where in God was And the LORDE spake vnto him Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel Ye haue sene that I haue talked w t you from heauen therfore shal ye make nothinge with me goddes of syluer and golde shal ye not make you Make me an altare of earth wher vpon thou mayest offer y â burnt offerynges peace offerynges thy shepe and thine oxen For loke in what place so euer I make y e remembraunce of my name there wil I come vnto the and blesse the. And yf thou wilt make me an altare of stone thou shalt not make it of hewen stone For yf thou lift vp thy tole vpon it thou shalt vnhalowe it Morouer thou shalt not go vp vpon steppes vnto myne altare that thy shame be not discouered before it The XXI Chapter THese are the lawes that thou shalt laye before them Yf thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue he shal serue the sixe yeares in the seuenth yeare shall he go out fre and lowse Yf he came alone then shal he go out alone also but yf he came maried then shall his wife go out with him Yf his master haue geueÌ him a wife she haue borne him sonnes or doughters theÌ shal the wife and y e children be the masters but he shall go out alone Neuertheles yf the seruaunt saye I loue my master and my wife and children I wil not go out fre then let his master brynge him before the Goddes and holde him to the dore or post and bore him thorow the eare with a botkin and let him be his seruaunt for euer Yf a man sell his doughter to be an hand mayde then shal she not go out as the men seruauntes But yf she please not hir master and he haue not maried her then shal he let her go fre but to sell her vnto a strauÌge people he hath no auctorite for so moch as he hath despysed her Yf he promyse her vnto his sonne then shal he do vnto her after the lawe of doughters But yf he geue him another wife then shall he mynishe nothinge of hir foode rayment and dewtye of mariage Yf he do not these thre then shal she go out fre and paye nothinge He that smyteth a man that he dye shall dye the death Yf he haue not layed wayte for him but God let him fall in his hande vnawares then wil I appoynte the a place where he shal flye vnto But yf a man presume vpon his neghboure and slaye him with disceate then shalt thou take the same fro myne altare that he maye be slayne ⪠Who so smyteth his father or mother shall dye the death He that stealeth a man and selleth him so that he be founde by him the same shall dye the death Who so curseth father and mother shal dye the death Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fist so that he dye not but lyeth in bedd Yf he ryse and go forth vpon his staff theÌ shall he that smote him be vngiltie saue that he shal paye the losse of his tyme and geue y e money for healynge him He that smyteth his seruaunt or mayde with a staff that he dye vnder his handes the same shall suffre vengeaunce therfore But yf he endure a daye or two then shall he suffre no veÌgeaunce therfore for it is his money Yf men stryue and hytt a woman with childe so that y e frute departe from her and no harme happen vnto her then shall he be punyshed for money as moch as the womans huszbande layeth to his charge and he shall geue it acordinge to the appoyntement of the dayes men But yf there come harme vnto her there thorow then shal he paye soule for soule eye for eye toth for toth hande for hande fote for fote burnynge for burnynge wounde for wounde strype for strype Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye and destroye it he shal let them go fre and lowse for the eye sake In like maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt or mayde he shall let them go fre and lowse for the tothes sake Yf an oxe gorre a man or a woman that he dye then shall that oxe be stoned and his flesh not eaten so is the master of the oxe vngiltie But yf the oxe haue bene vsed to push in tymes past it hath bene tolde his master and he hath not kepte him and besydes that slayeth a man or a woman then shal y e oxe be stoned and his master shal dye But yf there be money set vpon him then loke what is put vpon him that shall he geue to delyuer his soule Likewyse shall he be dealte withall yf he gorre a sonne or a doughter But yf he gorre a seruaunt or a mayde then shall he geue their master thirtie syluer Sycles and the oxe shal be stoned Yf a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not and there fall an oxe or Asse therin then shall the owner of the pytt make it good with money and restore it vnto his master but the deed carcase shal be his owne Yf one mans oxe gorre another that he dye then shall they sell the lyuynge oxe and deuyde the money and the deed carcase
SaÌctuary tyll the daies of hir purifienge be out But yf she heare a mayde childe theÌ shal she be vncleane two wekes so longe as she suffreth hir disease and sixe and thre score daies shall she byde at home in the bloude of hir purifienge And whan the dayes of hir purifienge are out for the sonne or for the doughter she shal brynge a lambe of one yeare olde for a burnt offerynge and a yonge pigeon or a turtill done for a syn offerynge to the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse vnto y e prest which shal offre it before the LORDE and make an attonemeÌt for her and so shal she be clensed from hir bloudyssue This is the lawe for her that beareth a manchilde or mayde childe But yf she be not able to bringe a shepe then let hir take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons the one for a burnt offerynge the other for a syn offerynge then shall the prest make an attonement for her so that she shal be cleane The XIII Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Whan there ryseth vp eny thinge in the skynne of a mans flesh whether it be a scabbe or a glistrynge whyte as though there wolde be a leprosy in y e szkynne of his flesh he shal be brought vnto Aaron the prest or to one of his sonnes amonge y e prestes And whan the prest seyth the plage vpon the szkynne of the flesh that the hayres are turned to whyte and it seme deper in that place then the other szkynne of his flesh then is it surely a leprosy therfore shal the prest loke vpon him and iudge him vncleane But whan there is eny whyte plecke in the szkynne of his flesh and yet seme no deper then the other szkynne of the flesh and the hayres be not turned to whyte theÌ shal the prest shut him vp seuen dayes and on y e seuenth daye loke vpon him yf the plage seme vnto him as afore hath frett no deper in the szkynne then shall the prest shut him vp yet seuen dayes mo And whan he loketh on him agayne vpon the seuenth daye and fyndeth that the plage be darkish and hath frett no deper in the szkynne theÌ shal he iudge him cleane for it is but a szkyrfe and he shal wash his clothes then is he cleane But whan the scabbe fretteth farther in the szkynne after that he is sene of the prest and iudged cleane and he be now sene of the prest agayne whan the prest seyth theÌ y t the scabbe hath frett farther in the szkynne he shal iudge him vncleane for it is surely a leprosy Whan a plage of leprosy is vpoÌ a man he shal be brought vnto the prest Whan he seyth and fyndeth that there is whyte rysen vp in the szkynne and the hayre turned vnto whyte and there be rawe flesh in the sore theÌ is it surely an olde leprosy in y e szkynne of his flesh therfore shal the prest iudge him vncleane and not shut him vp for he is vn cleane allready But whan the leprosy breaketh out in the szkynne and couereth the whole szkynne from the heade vnto the fote all that the prest can se So whan the prest loketh vpon it and fyndeth that y e leprosy hath couered all the flesh he shal iudge him cleane for so moch as it is turned all in to whyte vpon him for he is cleane NotwithstoÌdinge yf there be rawe flesh there in the daye whan he is loked vpon theÌ is he vncleane And whan the prest seyth y e rawe flesh he shall iudge him vncleane for he is vncleane it is surely a leprosye But yf the rawe flesh chaunge agayne and be turned in to whyte then shall he come vnto the prest And whan the prest loketh vpon him and fyndeth that the plage is turned to whyte he shall iudge him cleane for he is cleane Whan there is a byle in the szkynne of eny mans flesh and healeth agayne and afterwarde in the same place there aryse vp eny whyte thinge or a glisterynge whyte som what reedish he shal be sene of the prest So whan the prest seyeth that it appeareth to be lower then the other szkynne and the hayre turned to whyte then shall he iudge him vncleane for it is surely a plage of leprosye broken out of the byle But yf the prest se and fynde that the hayres are not whyte and it not lower then the other szkynne and is darkysh he shal shut him vp seuen dayes Yf it hath frett farther in the szkynne then shal he iudge him vncleane for it is surely a plage of leprosye But yf the glysterynge whyte abyde styll and freate no farther theÌ is it but a prynte of the byle and the prest shal iudge him cleane Whan the szkynne of eny mans flesh is hurt with fyre and the prynte of the burninge be reedysh or whyte and the prest loketh vpon him and fyndeth the hayre turned to whyte vpon the mark of the burnynge it apeare deper then the other szkynne theÌ is there surely a leprosy brokeÌ out of y e prynte of y e burnynge therfore shal y e prest iudge hiÌ vncleane for it is a plage of leprosye But yf the prest se and fynde that y e hayre vpon the prynte of the burninge is not turned vnto whyte is no lower then the other skynne and is darkish also he shall shut him vp seuen dayes And vpon the seuenth daye he shall loke vpon him yf it hath frett farther in y e skynne then shal he iudge him vncleane for it is a leprosy But yf it stoÌde styll vpoÌ the mark of the burnynge and frett no farther in the skynne and is darkysh then is it a sore in y e mark of the burnynge the prest shal iudge him cleane for it is but the prynte of the burnynge Whan a man or woman is skyruye vpon the heade or beerd and the prest seyth the mark and fyndeth that it appeareth deper then the other skynne and the hayre be there goldeÌ and thynne then shal he iudge him vncleane for it is a skyrfe of leprosy of the heade or of the beerde But yf the prest se that y e skyrfe apeare no deper theÌ the skynne and that the hayre is not of a pale coloure he shall shut him vp seueÌ dayes And vpoÌ the seuenth daye whan he loketh and fyndeth that the skyrfe hath frett no farther and there be no golden hayre there and that the skyrfe appeare no deper then the other skynne then let him be shauen but so that he shaue not of the scabbe and the prest shall shut him vp yet seuen dayes moo And vpon the seueÌth daye whaÌ he loketh and fyndeth that the skyrfe hath frett no farther in the skynne and that it apeareth no deper then the other skynne then shall the prest iudge him cleane And he shall wash his clothes for he is cleane But yf the scabbe freate
thy mothers sister for it is y e mothers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers brother to take his wife for she is thine awnte Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e doughter in lawe for she is y e sonnes wife therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuitie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife for it is thy brothers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy wife and of hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their preuyties for they are hir nexte kynszwomen And it is wickednesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also to vncouer hir preuytie whyle she is yet alyue Thou shalt not go vnto a woman to vncouer hir preuytie so longe as she hath hir disease in hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to medle with her for to defyle thy self withall Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also to be burnt vnto Moloch lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for y t is abhominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest to defyle y e self therwith And no woman shal haue to do w t a beest for it is abhominacion Ye shal defyle youre selues in none of these thinges For y e Heithen whom I wil cast out before you haue stayned them selues in all these and the londe is defyled there thorow And their wickednesse wyl I vyset vpoÌ them so that the londe shal spue out the indwellers therof Therfore kepe ye my statutes and lawes and do not one of these abhominacions nether one of youre awne selues ner the straunger amonge you for all soch abhominacions haue y e people of this loÌde done which were before you haue defyled the lande that the lande spue not you out also whan ye haue defyled it as it spewed out the HeytheÌ that were there before you For who so euer commytte these abhominacioÌs the same soules shal be roted out from amonge their people Therfore kepe ye my statutes that ye do not after y e abhominable customes which were before you that ye be not defyled therwith For I am the LORDE youre God The XIX Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and saye vnto them Ye shall be holy for I am holy euen the LORDE youre God Euery one feare his father and his mother Repe my holy dayes for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not turne youre selues vnto Idols ye shal make you no goddes of metall for I am the LORDE youre God And whan ye wyll offre health offerynges vnto the LORDE then shal ye offre theÌ that he maye be mercifull vnto you and ye shal eate them the same daye that ye offre them and on the morow what so euer is left on the thirde daye shal be burnt with fyre But yf eny man eate therof vpon the thirde daye then is he vnholy and shall not be accepted and the same eater shal beare his synne because he hath vnhalowed the Sanctuary of the LORDE and soch a soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Whan thou reapest thy londe thou shalt not reape downe the vttemost borders of it rounde aboute ner gather it all cleane vp Euen so likewyse thou shalt not plucke thy vynyarde cleane also ner gather vp the grapes that are fallen downe but shalt leaue them for y e poore and straungers for I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not steale nether lye ner deale falsely one with another Ye shal not sweare falsely by my name so to vnhalowe the name of thy God for I am the LORDE Thou shalt do y e neghboure no wronge ner robbe him The workmaÌs laboure shal not byde with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaf Thou shalt put no stomblynge blocke before y e blinde but shalt feare thy God for I am the LORDE Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore ner honoure the parsonne of the greate but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously Thou shalt let no preuy accuser go amoÌge y e people Nether shalt thou stonde agaynst y e neghbours bloude for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hert but shalt tell y e neghboure his faute that thou beare not synne for his sake Thou shalt not auenge thy self ner beare euell will agaynst the childreÌ of thy people Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy self for I am the LORDE My statutes shal ye kepe that thou let not y e catell gendre with beestes of another kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled sede And let no garment come vpon the y t is mixte with wollen and lynnen Whan a man lyeth with a woman and hath to do with her which is a bonde woman and hath bene medled withall of another man but not lowsed out ner hath optayned fredome it shal be punyshed but they shal not suffre death because she was not fre But he shal brynge for his trespace vnto y e LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse a ramme for a trespace of ferynge ⪠and the prest shal make an attonement for him with the trespace offerynge before the LORDE concernynge the synne that he hath done so shall God be mercifull vnto him as concernynge his synne which he hath done What tyme as ye are come into the londe and plante all maner trees wherof men eate ye shall circumcise the foreskynne of the same with their frutes thre yeares shall ye holde them for vncircumcysed so that ye eate them not but in the fourth yeare shall all their frutes be holy and praysed vnto y e LORDE In the fifth yeare shall ye eate the frutes and gather them in for I am y e LORDE youre God Ye shal eate nothinge w t bloude Ye shall not regarde y e foules cryenge ner chose out dayes Ye shal shaue no crownes vpoÌ youre heade nether shalt thou clyppe thy beerde cleane off Ye shal rente out no markes in youre body for eny that is deed ner make lettres vpoÌ you for I am the LORDE Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome that the londe fall not to whordome and waxe full of wickednesse Kepe my holy dayes and stonde in awe of my Sanctuary for I am the LORDE Ye shal not turne yo r selues to y e Soyth sayers and axe nothinge at the expounders of tokeÌs that ye be not defyled by them for I am the LORDE youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before a graye heade and shalt geue reuerence vnto the aged For thou shalt feare God for I am y e LORDE Whan there dwelleth a
womans sonne which was the childe of a man of Egipte amonge the children of Israel and stroue in y e hoost with a man of Israel named the name of God blasphemously cursed Then brought they him vnto Moses His mothers name was Selomith the doughter of Dibri of the trybe of Dan. And they put him in preson tyll they were infourmed by the mouth of the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Brynge him that cursed out of the hoost and let all theÌ that herde it laye their handes vpon his heade and let the whole congregacion stone him And saye vnto the childreÌ of Israel Who so euer blasphemeth his God shall beare his synne and he that blasphemeth the name of the LORDE shal dye the death The whole congregacioÌ shal stone him As the straunger so shal he of the housholde be also Yf he blaspheme the name he shal dye He that slayeth a man shall dye y e death but he that slayeth a beest shall paye for it Soule for soule And he that maymeth his neghboure it shall be done vnto him euen as he hath done broke for broke eye for eye tothe for tothe euen as he hath maymed a a man so shal it be done vnto him agayne so that who so slayeth a beest shall paye for it But he that slayeth a man shal dye There shal be one maner of lawe amonge you to y e straunger as to one of youre selues for I am the LORDE youre God Moses tolde the children of Israel And they brought him that had cursed out of y e hoost and stoned him Thus dyd the childreÌ of Israel as the LORDE coÌmaunded Moses The XXV Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses vpon mount Sinai and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come into the londe y t I shal geue you the londe shal rest vnto the LORDE so that thou sowe thy felde sixe yeares and sixe yeares cut y e vynes and gather in the frutes But in the seuenth yeare the loÌde shal haue his Sabbath of rest for a Sabbath vnto the LORDE wherin thou shalt not sowe thy felde ner cut thy vynes Loke what groweth of it self after thy haruest thou shalt not reape it And the grapes that growe without thy laboure shalt thou not gather for so moch as it is the yeare of the londes rest But the rest of the londe shalt thou kepe for this intent that thou mayest eate therof thy seruaunte thy mayde thy hyrelinge thy gest thy strauÌger with the thy catell and the beestes in thy londe All the increase shal be meate And thou shalt nombre seuen of these yeare Sabbathes that seuen yeares maye be tolde seuen tymes and so the tyme of the seuen yeare Sabbathes make nyne and fourtye yeares Then shalt thou let the blast of the horne go thorow all youre londe vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth euen in y e daye of attonement And ye shal halowe the fiftieth yeare and shall call it a fre yeare in y e londe for all them that dwell therin for it is the yeare of Iubilye Then shall euery one amonge you come agayne to his possession and to his kynred for the fiftieth yeare is y e yeare of Iubilye Ye shal not sowe ner reape it that groweth of itself ner gather the grapes that growe without laboure For the yeare of Iubilye shall be holy amonge you But loke what the felde beareth that shall ye eate This is the yeare of Iubilye wherin ye shal come againe euery man to his owne Now whan thou sellest ought vnto thy neghboure or byest eny thinge of him there shal none of you oppresse his brother but acordinge to the nombre of the yeare of Iubilye shalt thou bye it of him and acordinge to the nombre of the yeares of increase shall he sell it vnto the. Acordinge to the multitude of the yeares shalt thou rayse the pryce and acordynge to the fewnesse of the yeares shalt thou mynish the pryce for he shall sell it vnto the acordinge to the nombre of the increase Therfore let no man defraude his neghboure but feare y e God For I am the LORDE youre God Wherfore do after my statutes and kepe my lawes so y t ye do them that ye maye dwell safe in the londe For the londe shal geue you hir frute so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and dwell safe therin And yf ye wolde saye What shall we eate in the seuenth yeare in as moch as we shal not sowe ner gather in oure increase I wyll sende my blessynge vpon you in the sixte yeare that it shal brynge forth frute for thre yeare so that ye shal sowe in y e eight yeare and eate of the olde frute vntyll the nyenth yeare that ye maye eate of the olde tyll new frutes come agayne Therfore shall ye not sell the londe for euer for the loÌde is myne And ye are straungers and indwellers before me And in all youre lande shall ye geue the londe to lowse Whan thy brother waxeth poore and selleth y e his possession and his nexte kynszmaÌ commeth to him y t he maye redeme it then shall he redeme that his brother solde But whan a man hath none to redeme it and caÌ get so moch with his hande as to redeme one parte then shall it be rekened how many yeares it hath bene solde and the remnaunt shal be restored vnto him to whom he solde it y t he maie come agayne to his possession But yf his hande can not get so moch as to haue one parte agayne theÌ shal it y t he solde be styll in the hande of the byer vntyll y e yeare of Iubilye In y e same shal it go out and returne to his owner agayne He that selleth a dwellinge house within the walles of the cite hath an whole yeare respyte to lowse it out agayne that shall be the tyme wherin he maye redeme it But yf he redeme it not a fore the whole yeare be out then shal he that bought it and his successours kepe it for euer and it shall not go out lowse in the yeare of Iubylie Neuertheles yf it be an house in a vyllage that hath no wall aboute it it shall be counted like vnto the felde of the couÌtre and maye be redemed and shal go out fre in the yeare of Iubilye The cities of the Leuites and the houses in the cities that their possession is in maye all waye be redemed Who so purchaceth ought of the Leuites shal leaue it in the yeare of Iubilye whether it be house or cite that he hath had in possession For the houses in the cities of the Leuites are their possession amonge the children of Israel But the felde before their cities shal not be solde for it is their awne for euer Whan thy brother waxeth poore and falleth in decaye besyde the thou shalt receaue him as a
The water shal flowe out of his boket and his sede shal be a greate water His kynge shal be hyer then Agag his kyngdome shal be exalted God hath broughte hiÌ out of Egipte his strength is as of an vnicorne He shal eate vp the Heithen his enemies and grynde their bones to poulder and shute thorow them with his arowes He hath layed him downe as a Lyon and as a Lyonesse Who wyll rayse him vp Blessed be he y t blesseth the and cursed that curseth the. TheÌ was Balac furious iÌ wrath against Balaam smote his haÌdes together sayde vnto him I haue called the y t thou shuldest curse myne enemies and beholde thou hast blessed theÌ now thre tymes now get the heÌce to y e place I thoughte y t I wolde promote the vnto honoure but the LORDE hath kepte the backe from that worshipe Balaam answered him Tolde not I thy messaungers whom thou sendedst vnto me sayde Yf Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer and golde yet coulde I not go beyonde the worde of the LORDE to do either euell or good after myne awne hert but what y e LORDE speaketh that must I speake also And now beholde for so moch as I go to my people come therfore I wyll shewe the what this people shal do vnto y e people after this tyme. And he toke vp his parable and sayde Thus sayeth Balaam the sonne of Beor Thus sayeth y e man whose eyes are opened Thus sayeth he which heareth the wordes of God y t hath the knowlege of y e hyest eueÌ he y t sawe y e visioÌ of y e Allmightie fell downe his eyes were opened I shal se him but not now I shal beholde him but not nie at haÌde There shal a starre come out of Iacob a cepter shall come vp out of Israel and shal smyte y e rulers of the Moabites and ouercome all the children of Seth. Edom shal be his possession and Seir shal be his enemies possessioÌ but Israel shal do manfully Out of Iacob shal come he y t hath dominion and shall destroye the remnaunt of the cities And whaÌ he sawe y e Amalechites he toke vp his parable sayde Amalec the first amoÌge the HeitheÌ but at y e last thou shalt perishe vtterly And whan he sawe the Kenites he toke vp his parable sayde StroÌge is y e dwellinge and on a rocke hast thou put thy nest neuertheles thou shalt be a burninge vnto Rain tyll Assur take y e presoner And he toke vp his parable agayne sayde Alas who shal lyue whaÌ God doth this And shippes out of Citim shall subdue Assur and Eber. He him self also shal perishe vtterly And Balaam gat him vp and departed and came againe vnto his place and Balac wente his waye also The XXV Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their goddes And the people ate and worshipped their goddes and Israel submytted him self vnto Baal Peor Then the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpon Israel and he sayde vnto Moses Take all the rulers of the people and hange them vp vnto the LORDE agaynst y e Sonne that the terryble wrath of the LORDE maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayde vnto the iudges of Israel Euery man slaye his captayne that haue submytted them selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childreÌ of Israel weÌte in against his brethreÌ ioyned him self to a Madianitish womaÌ in y e sighte of Moses of the whole coÌgregacion of y e childreÌ of Israel which weped before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse Whan Phineas y e sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest sawe y t he rose vp out of the congregacion toke a swerde in his hande wente after the man of Israel in to the whore house thrust theÌ thorow both the man of Israel and the woman eueÌ thorow the bely of her Then ceassed the plage from the children of Israel and there were slayne in the plage foure and twentye thousande And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses saide Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest hath turned my wrath awaie from the childreÌ of Israel thorow his gelousy for my sake amonge them y t I shulde not coÌsume the childreÌ of Israel in my gelousy Wherfore sayeâ beholde I geue him my couenaunt of peace and he shal haue it his sede after him eueÌ the couenaunt of an euer lastinge presthode because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an attonement for the children of Israel The man of Israel that was slayne with the Madianitâsh woman was called Simri the sonne of Salu a captayne of the house of the father of the Simeonites The Madianitish woman also that was slayne was called Coszbi y e doughter of Zur which was a ruler of the people of a kynred amonge the Madianites And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vexe the Madianites smyte them for they haue vexed you with their wyles wherby they haue bigyled you thorow Peor and thorow their sister Coszbi the doughter of a captayne of y e Madianites which was slayne in the daye of the plage for Peors sake and the plage came after The XXVI Chapter ANd whan the giltye bloude was shed the LORDE sayde vnto Moses vnto Eleasar y e sonne of Aaron y e prest Take the summe of the whole coÌgregacion of the childreÌ of Israel from twentye yeare aboue after their fathers houses all y t are able to go forth to the warre in Israel And Moses Eleasar the prest spake vnto them in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho namely vnto all theÌ that were twentye yeare olde aboue as the LORDE coÌmaunded Moses And these are y e childreÌ of Israel that came out of Egipte Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel The childreeÌ of Ruben were Hanoch of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Hanochites Palluâ of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Palluites Hesron of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Hesronites Carmi of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Carmites These are the kynreds of the Rubenites And the nombre of theÌ was thre fourtye thousande seuen hundreth thirtye But the childreÌ of Pallu were Eliab And the children of Eliab were Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram This is y t Dathan AbiraÌ those famous men in the congregacion which stode vp agaynst Moses and Aaron in the coÌpany of Corah whan they rose vp agaynst the LORDE the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed theÌ w t Corah whaÌ the coÌpany dyed what tyme as the fyre consumed two hundreth fiftye men they became a tokeÌ But the children
of Corah dyed not The childreÌ of Simeon in their kynreds were Nemuel of whoÌ coÌmeth the kynred of y e Nemuelites Iamin of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Iaminites Iachin of whoÌ coÌmeth the kynred of the Iachinites Sera of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Sarahites Saul of whom commeth the kynred of the Saulites These are the kynreds of the Simeonites two xx M. two hundreth The childreÌ of Gad in their kynreds were Zephon of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Zephonites Haggi of whom coÌmeth the kynred of y e Haggites Suni of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Sunites Aseni of whom commeth y e kynred of the Asenites Eri of whoÌ coÌmeth the kynred of the Erinites Arod of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Arodites Ariel of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Arielites These are the children of Gad in their nombre fourtye thousande and fyue C. The children of Iuda Er Onan which both dyed in the laÌde of Canaan But y e children of Iuda in their kynreds were Sela of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Pharesites Serah of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Serahites The childreÌ of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kynred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of Iuda in their nombre sixe and seuentye thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Isachar in their kynreds were Thola of whom commeth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Phuuaites Iasub of whoÌ commeth the kynred of the Iasubites Simron of whom coÌmeth the kynred of y e Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar in nombre foure and thre score thousande thre hundreth The children of Zabulon in their kynreds were Sered of whom coÌmeth the kynred of y e Seredites Elon of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Elonites Iahelel of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Iahelelites These are y e kynreds of Zabulon in their noÌbre thre score thousande and fyue hundreth The children of Ioseph in their kynreds were Manasses Ephraim The childreÌ of Manasse were Machir of whom commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Gileadites And these are y e childreÌ of Gilead Hieser of whom coÌmeth the kynred of y e Hieserites Helech of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Helechites Asriel of whom commeth the kynred of the Asrielites SicheÌ of whom coÌmeth the kynred of y e Sichemites Simida of whoÌ coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Simidites Hepher of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Hepherites And Zelaphead was y e sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but doughters whose names were Mahela Noa Hagla Milca and Thyrza These are the kynreds of Manasse in their nombre two and fiftye thousande and seuen hundreth The childreÌ of Ephraim in their kynreds were Suthelah of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Becherites Thahan of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Thahanites The childreÌ of Suthelah were Eran of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Eranites These are y e kynreds of the childreÌ of Ephraim in their nombre two and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth These are the childreÌ of Ioseph in their kynreds The childreÌ of Ben Iamin in their kynreds were Bela of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Belaites Aszbel of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Aszbelites Ahiram of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Ahiramites Supham of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Suphamites Hupham of whom commeth the kynred of the Huphamites And the childreÌ of Bela were Ard Naeman of whom commeth the kynred of the Ardites Naemanites These are the children of Ben Iamin in their kynreds in nombre fyue fourtye thousande and sixe hundreth The childreÌ of Dan in their kynreds were Suham of whom coÌmeth the childreÌ of y e Suhamites These are y e kynreds of Dan in their generacions they were all together in nombre foure and threscore thousande foure hundreth The childreÌ of Asser in their kynreds were Iemna of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kynred of the Iesuites Bria of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Bryites And y e childreÌ of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kynred of the Hebrites Melchiel of whoÌ commeth the kynred of the Melchielites And the doughter of Asser was called Sarah These are the kynreds of the children of Asser in their nombre thre and fiftye thousande and foure hundreth The childreÌ of Nephtali in their kynreds were Iaheziel of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Gunites Iezer of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of the Iezerites Sillem of whoÌ coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Sillemites These are y e kynreds of the childreÌ of Nephtali in their generacions in their nombre fyue fourtye thousande and foure hundreth This is the summe of the children of Israel sixe hundreth thousande a thousande seuen hundreth and thirtye And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Vnto these shalt thou deuyde the loÌde to enheritaunce acordinge to the nombre of y e names To many shalt thou geue the more enheritaunce and to few the lesse vnto euery one shall be geueÌ acordinge to their nombre yet shall the londe be deuyded by lott Acordinge to y e names of the trybes of their fathers shal they enheret it for after the lot shalt thou deuyde their enheritaunce both betwixte many and fewe And this is the summe of the Leuites in their kynreds Gerson of whom coÌmeth the kynred of the Gersonites Kahath of whoÌ coÌmeth the kynred of the Kahathites Merari of whom coÌmeth y e kynred of y e Merarites These are y e kynreds of Leui the kynred of y e Libnites y e kynred of y e Hebronites y e kynred of the Mahelites y e kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Corahites Kahath begat Amram And Amrams wife was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui which was borne him in Egipte And vnto Amram she bare Aaron Moses Miriam their sister And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar As for Nadab Abihu they dyed whan they offred straunge fyre before y e LORDE And the summe of theÌ was thre twentye thousande all males froÌ fyue monethes aboue For they were not nombred amoÌge the childreÌ of Israel for there was no enheritaunce geuen theÌ amonge the children of Israel This is y e summe of y e childreÌ of Israel whoÌ Moses Eleasar the prest nombred in the felde of the Moabites besyde Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho Amonge whom there was not one of the summe of those children of Israel whom Moses Aaron the prest
yf hir huszbande forbyd her the same daye that he heareth it theÌ is the vowe lowse y t she hath vpoÌ hir the bonde also that she hath letten go out of hir lippes ouer hir soule and the LORDE shal be gracious vnto her The vowe of a wyddowe of her y t is deuorced all y t she byndeth hir self withall ouer hir soule shal stonde in effecte vpoÌ her Yf she vowe in hir huszbaÌdes house or binde hir self w t an ooth ouer hir soule hir husbande heare it holde his peace therto and forbyddeth it not theÌ shal all y e same vowe all y t she hath bouÌde hir self w t all ouer hir soule stoÌde iÌ effecte But yf hir huszbaÌde disanulle it y e same daye y t he heareth it theÌ is it of no value y t is proceaded out of hir lippes which she hath vowed or bouÌde ouer hir soule for hir huszbaÌde hath made it lowse the LORDE shal be gracious vnto her And all vowes oothes y t bynde to humble y e soule maie hir huszbaÌde stablish or breake thus Yf he holde his peace therto froÌ one daie to another then stablisheth he all hir vowes bondes y t she hath vpon her because he helde his peace the same daye y t he herde theÌ But yf he disanulle theÌ after y t he hath herde theÌ then shal he take awaie hir miszdede These are the statutes y t the LORDE coÌmaunded Moses betwene a man his wife betwene the father his doughter whyle she is yet a damsell in hir fathers house The XXXI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Auenge the childreÌ of Israel of the Madianites y t thou mayest afterwarde be gathered vnto y e people TheÌ spake Moses vnto the people sayde Harnesse some men amonge you to the warre agaynst the Madianites y t they maye auenge y e LORDE vpon the Madianites out of euery trybe a thousande y t out of euery trybe of Israel ye maye sende some to the battayll And from amonge the thousandes of Israel they tokâ one thousande out of euery tribe euen twolue thousande prepared vnto the battayll And Moses sent them with Phineas the sonnâ of Eleasar the prest in to the battayll and the holy vessels and y e trompettes to blowe in his hande And they fought agaynst y e Madianites as y e LORDE coÌmaunded Moses slew all y e males the kynge of the Madianites slew they also amonge the other that were slaine namely Eui Rekem Zur Hur and Reba the fyue kynges of the Madianites And they slew Balaam the sonne of Beor w t the swerde And y e children of Israel toke the wemen of the Madianites presoners their childreÌ all their catell all their substaunce and all their goodes spoiled they and all their cities of their dwellynges castels burnt they w t fyre And they toke all y e spoyles all y t they coulde catche men catell and brought theÌ vnto Moses to Eleasar the prest and to y e congregacion of the children of Israel namely y e presoners and the catell y t were takeÌ and the good that was spoyled in to thâ hoost in the felde of the Moabites which lyeth besyde Iordane ouer against Iericho And Moses and Eleasar the prest and all the captaines of y e congregacion weÌte out of the hoost to mete theÌ And Moses was angrie at the officers of the hoost which were captaynes ouer thousandes and huÌdreds y t came from the battayll and sayde vnto theÌ Haue ye saued all y e wemen alyue Beholde haue not they thorow Balaams busynes turned awaye y e childreÌ of Israel to synne agaynst the LORDE vpoÌ Peor their came a plage ouer the whole coÌgregacion of y e LORDE Now therfore slaie all the males amoÌge y e childreÌ kyll all y e wemen y t haue knowne men lyen w t them But all the wemen children y t haue knowne no meÌ ner lien w t them kepe those alyue for youre selues And lodge ye without the hoost all y t haue slayne any man or touched the slayne that on the thirde and seuenth daie ye maie purifie yo r selues and those whom ye haue taken presoners And all the clothes and all stuffe that is made of szkynnes and all maner furres and all vessels of wod shal ye purifie And Eleasar the prest sayde vnto y e captaynes of the hoost y t wente out to the battayll This is the statute of the lawe which the LORDE coÌmaunded Moses Golde siluer brasse yron tynne and leed and all that suffreth the fyre shall ye cause to go thorow the fyre and clense it that it maye be purified with y e sprencklynge water As for all soch as suffreth not the fyre ye shal cause it to go thorow y e water and shal washe yo r clothes vpon the seuenth daye and theÌ shall ye be cleane After that shall ye come in to the hooste And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take the summe of the spoyle of those that are taken both of wemen and of catell thou and Eleasar the prest and the chefe fathers of the congregacion and geue y e halfe vnto those that toke the warre vpon them and wente out to the battayll and y e other halfe to the congregacion And of the men of warre that wente out to y e battayll thou shalt heue vnto the LORDE one soule of fyue hundreth both of the wemen oxen Asses and shepe Of their halfe parte shalt thou take it and geue it vnto Eleasar the prest for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE But of the children of Israels halfe parte thou shalt take one heade of fyftie both of the wemen oxen Asses and shepe and of all the catell and shalt geue them vnto the Leuites that wayte vpon the habitacioÌ of the LORDE And Moses and Eleasar the prest dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses And the spoyle and praye which y e men of warre had spoyled was sixe hundreth thousande and fyue and seuentye thousande shepe two and seuentye thousande oxen one thre score thousande Asses and the wemen y t had knowne no men ner lyen w t them were two and thirtie thousande soules And the halfe parte which belonged vnto them that wente to the warre was in noÌbre thre hundreth thousande and seuen and thirtie thousande and fyue hundreth shepe of the which the LORDE had sixe hundreth fyue and seuentye shepe Item sixe and thirtie thousande oxen wherof the LORDE had two seuentye Item thirtie thousande fyue hundreth Asses wherof the LORDE had one thre score Item sixtene thousande soules of wemen wherof the LORDE had two thirtie And Moses gaue this heue offerynge of the LORDE vnto Eleasar the prest as the LORDE commaunded him As for the other halfe which Moses deuyded vnto the children of Israel froÌ y e men of warre namely
all these nacions before you so that ye shall coÌquere greater and mightier nacions then ye youre selues are All the places that the soles of youre fete treade vpon shal be yours from the wyldernes and fro mount Libanus and from the water Euphrates vnto y e vttemost see shal youre coastes be Noman shal be able to wtstonde you The LORDE youre God shal let the feare and drede of you come vpon all y e londes wherin ye go like as he hath promysed you Beholde I laye before you this daye the blessynge and the curse The blessynge yf ye be obedient vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you this daye The curse yf ye wyl not be obedient to the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God but turne out of the waye which I coÌmaunde you this daye so that ye walke after other goddes whom ye knowe not Whan y e LORDE y e God hath broughte the in to the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it then shalt thou geue the blessynge vpon mount Grisim and the curse vpon mount Ebal which are beyonde Iordane the waye towarde the goinge downe of the Sonne in the loÌde of the Cananites which dwell in y e playne felde ouer agaynst Gilgal besyde the Oke groue of More For ye shal go ouer Iordane that ye maye come in to take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you to conquere it and to dwell therin Take hede now therfore that ye do acordinge vnto all the ordinaunces and lawes which I laye before you this daye The XII Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shal kepe that ye do therafter in the londe which the LORDE God of thy fathers hath geuen the to possesse as longe as ye lyue vpon earth Destroye all the places wherin y e Heithen whoÌ ye shal conquere haue serued their goddes whether it be vpoÌ hye mountaynes vpoÌ hilles or amonge grene trees And ouerthrowe their altares and breake downe their pilers and burne their groues with fyre and hewe downe the ymages of their goddes brynge the names of them to naught out of the same place Ye shal not do so vnto the LORDE youre God but the place which y e LORDE youre God shal chose out of all yo r trybes that he maye let his name dwell there shal ye seke and come thither and thither shal ye brynge youre burntsacrifices youre other offerynges and youre tithes and the Heue offerynges of youre handes and youre vowes and youre fre wyll offerynges and the firstborne of youre oxen and shepe and there shall ye eate before the LORDE youre God and reioyse ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geueÌ with youre handes because the LORDE thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall do none of the thinges y t we do here this daye euery man what semeth him good in his awne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest ner to y e enheritauÌce which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. But ye shal go ouer Iordane and dwell in the londe y t the LORDE youre God shall deuyde out vnto you he shal geue you rest from all youre enemies rounde aboute and ye shal dwell safe Now whan the LORDE thy God hath chosen a place to make his name dwell there ye shall brynge thither all y t I haue commaunded you namely yo r burne sacrifices youre other offerynges youre tythes the Heue offerynges of youre handes all youre fre vowes which ye shall vowe vnto y e LORDE and there shal ye eate and reioyse before the LORDE youre God ye and youre sonnes and youre doughters and youre seruauntes and youre maydes and the Leuites that are within youre gates for they haue no porcion ner inheritauÌce with you Take hede vnto thy selfe that thou offer not thy burnt offerynges in what so euer place thou seyst but in the place which y e LORDE shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes there shalt thou offer thy burnt offerynges and do all that I commaunde the. Notwtstondinge thou mayest kyll and eate flesh within all thy gates after all the desyre of thy soule acordynge to the blessynge of the LORDE thy God which he hath geueÌ the both the cleane and vncleane maye eate it as of the Roo and herte onely the bloude shalt thou not eate but poure it out as water vpon the earth But within thy gates mayest thou not eate of the tythes of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle ner of y e first borne of thine oxen and of thy shepe or of eny of thy vowes which thou hast vowed or of thy frewylofferinges or Heue offeringes of thy handes but before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate them in the place which the LORDE thy God choseth thou thy sonne and thy doughter thy seruaunt thy mayde and the Leuite that is within y e gates thou shalt reioyse before y e LORDE thy God ouer all y t thou puttest thine hande vnto And bewarre that thou forsake not the Leuite as longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth But whan the LORDE thy God shal enlarge thy bordes of thy londe as he hath promysed the and thou saye I wil eate flesh for so moch as thy soule longeth to eate flesh then eate flesh acordinge to all the desyre of thy soule But yf the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen to let his name be there be farre from the then kyll of y e oxen and of thy shepe which the LORDE hath geuen the as he hath commaunded the and eate it within thy gates acordinge to all y e desyre of thy soule Euen as a Roo or Hert is eaten maiest thou eate it both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it indifferently Onely bewarre that thou eate not the bloude for the bloude is the life Therfore shalt thou not eate the life w t the flesh but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth y t thou mayest prospere and y e children after the whan thou hast done that which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE But whan thou halowest oughte that is thine or makest a vowe thou shalt take it and brynge it vnto the place that the LORDE hath chosen and do thy burnt offerynges with the flesh and bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God The bloude of thine offrynge shalt thou poure vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God and eate the flesh Take hede and heare all these wordes which I commaunde the y t it maye go well with the and thy children after y t for euer whan thou hast done y t which is righte and acceptable in the sighte of the LORDE thy God Whan the LORDE y i God hath roted out the Heithen before the whither thou commest in to conquere them whan thou hast coÌquered them dwelt in their londe bewarre then y t thou fall not
all that thy soule desyreth whether it be oxeÌ shepe wyne stronge drynke or for what so euer thy soule desyreth and eate there before the LORDE thy God and be mery thou and thine housholde and y e Leuite that is within thy gates Thou shalt not forsake him for he hath no porcion nor inheritaunce with the. In the thirde yeare shalt thou brynge forth all the tithes of thine increase of the same yeare and shalt laye it within thy gates TheÌ shal the Leuite which hath no porcion ner enheritaunce with the and y e straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are within thy gates come and eate and fyll them selues that the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of y e handes which thou doest The XV. Chapter IN the seueÌth yeare shalt thou make a Fre yeare This is y e maner of the Fre yeare Who so euer leÌdeth oughte with his hande vnto his neghboure shal not requyre it of his neghboure or his brother for it is called the Fre yeare vnto the LORDE Of a strauÌger mayest thou requyre it but vnto him that is thy brother shalt thou remytte it There shall be to beggeâ amoÌge you for the LORDE shal blesse y e in the loÌde which the LORDE y i God shal geue y e to inheritaunce to take it in possession onely y t thou herkeÌ vnto the voyce of the LORDE y e God kepe all these coÌmaundemeÌtes which I coÌmaunde the this daye that thou maiest do therafter For the LORDE y e God shal blesse the as he hath promysed the. TheÌ shalt thou lende vnto many nacions shalt borowe of noman Thou shalt raigne ouer many nacions noman shal reigne ouer ye. Whan one of thy brethreÌ is waxed poore in eny cite within thy londe which ãâã LORDE y e God shal geue y e thou shalt not harden thine hert ner withdrawe thine hande from thy poore brother but shalt open thine hande vnto him and lende him acordinge as he hath nede Bewarre that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert that thou woldest saye The seuenth yeare the yeare of Fredome is at honde For yf thou lokest not freÌdly vpoÌ thy poore brother and geuest him nothinge then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE and it shall be synne vnto the But thou shalt geue him and let it not greue thine hert that thou geuest him For because of it shall the LORDE thy God blesse the in all thy workes and in all that thou puttest thine hande vnto The londe shal neuer be with out poore therfore commaunde I the and saye that thou open thine hande vnto thy brother which is neady and poore in thy londe Yf thy brother an Hebrue or Hebruesse be solde vnto the he shal serue the sixe yeare in the seuenth yeare shalt thou let him go Fre. And whaÌ thou deliuerest him fre thou shalt not let him go from the emptye but shalt geue him of thy shepe of thy corne and of y e wyne so that thou geue him of that which the LORDE thy God hath blessed the with all And remembre that thou also wast a seruaunte in the loÌde of Egipte and how that the LORDE thy God delyuered the therfore commaunde I the this thinge to daye But yf he saye vnto the I wyll not go out awaye from the for I loue y e and thine house in so moch as he is well at ease with the then take a boâkyn and bore him thorow his eare to the dore and let him be thy seruaunt for euer And with thy mayde shalt thou do likewyse And let it not seme greuous vnto the to let him go fre from the for he hath serued the sixe yeares as a dubble hyred seruaunt then shall the LORDE thy God blesse the in all that thou doest All the first borne that come of thine oxen and shepe y t are males shalt thou halowe vnto the LORDE thy God Thou shalt not plowe with the firstborne of thine oxeÌ and shalt not clyppe the firstborne of thy shepe Before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate theÌ euery yeare in the place that the LORDE choseth thou and thine housholde But yf it haue a deformyte so that it is lame or blynde or hath eny other euell blemysh thou shalt not offre it vnto y e LORDE thy God but shalt eate it within thine awne gates whether thou be vncleane or cleane euen as the Roo and Hert. Onely se that thou eate not of the bloude therof but poure it out as water vpon the grounde The XVI Chapter OBserue the moneth Abib y t thou offre Easter vnto the LORDE y e God for in the moneth Abib the LORDE thy God broughte y t out of Egipte by nighte And for the Easter vnto y e LORDE thy God thou shalt offre oxen shepe in y e * place which y e LORDE shal chose y t his name maye dwell there Thou shalt eate no leuended bred in y t feast Seuen dayes shalt thou eate the vnleuended bred of thy tribulacion For with soroufull haist camest thou out of the londe of Egipte that thou mayest remeÌbre the daye of thy departinge out of y e londe of Egipte all y i life longe In seueÌ dayes shal there no leueÌded bred be seâe within all thy coastes of the flesh that is offred y e first daye at euen there shal nothinge be lefte ouer night vntyll the mornynge Thou mayest not offre Easter w t in eny of thy gates which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the but in the place which the LORDE thy God hath chosen that his name maye dwell there there shalt thou offre this Easter at euen whan the Sonne is gone downe euen in the same season that thou camest out of Egipte and thou shalt dighte it and eate it in the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen and then turne the on the morowe go home in to thy tente Sixe dayes shalt thou eate vnleuended bred and on the seuenth daye is the gatheringe together of the LORDE thy God Thou shalt do no worke therin Seuen wekes shalt thou nombre vnto y e and begynne to nombre whan the syccle begynneth in the corne and thou shalt kepe the Feast of wekes vnto the LORDE thy God that thou geue a frewyll offerynge of thine hande acordinge as the LORDE thy God hath blessed the and shalt reioyse before the LORDE thy God thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunt thy mayde and the Leuite that is within thy gates y e straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are amonge you in the place which y e LORDE thy God hath chosen that his name maye dwell there And remembre y t thou wast a seruaunte in Egipte so that thou kepe and do these ordynaunces The feast of Tabernacles shalt thou kepe seuen dayes whan thou hast gathered in the frutes of thy barne
of thy wyne presse and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte thy mayde the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are within y e gates Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe y e feast vnto the LORDE thy God in the place that he hath chosen For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine haÌdes Therfore shalt thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose namely in the feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes and in the feast of Tabernacles He shal not appeare emptie before the LORDE but euery one after the gifte of his hande acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. The XVII Chapter IVdges officers shalt thou ordeyne within all y e gates which y e LORDE thy God geueth the amoÌge thy trybes y t they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment Thou shalt not wrest the lawe Thou shalt knowe no personne also ner take giftes For giftes blynde the eyes of y e wyse peruerte y e righteous causes Loke what righte is y t shalt thou folowe that thou mayest lyue possesse the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what so euer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler which y e LORDE y e God hateth Thou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Yf there be founde amonge you within eny of thy gates which the LORDE y e God shal geue y e a man or woman that worketh wickednesse in y e sighte of the LORDE thy God so that he transgresseth his couenauÌte and goeth and serueth other goddes worshippeth them whether it be SoÌne or Mone or eny of the hooste of heauen which I haue not commaunded and it is tolde the thou hearest of it Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or y e same womaÌ which haue done soch euell vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye that is worthy of death At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him and theÌ y e handes of all the people that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmeÌt betwixte bloude and bloude betwixte plee and plee betwixte stroke and stroke and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse and go vp vnto y e place that y e LORDE thy God hath chosen and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites to the iudge which shal be at that tyme and shalt axe They shal shewe the how to iudge and thou shalt do therafter as they saye vnto the in y e place which the LORDE hath chosen and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all y t they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe y t they teach the after the iudgment that they tell y e shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from y e same nether to the righte hande ner to the lefts And yf eny man deale presumptuously so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God or to the Iudge the same shal dye and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel that all y e people maye heare and feare and be nomore presumptuous Whan thou art come in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the takest it in possession and dwellest therin and shalt saie I wil set a kinge ouer me as all the nacions haue aboute me theÌ shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the whom the LORDE thy God shal chose One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a strauÌger ouer the which is not thy brother Onely let him not haue many horses y t he brynge not y e people againe in to Egipte thorow y e multitude of horses for as moch as y e LORDE hath sayde vnto you that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne He shall not haue many wynes also that his hert be not turned awaye Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe and cause it be wrytten in a boke and that shall he haue by him and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life that he maye lerne to feare y e LORDE his God to kepe all the wordes of this lawe all these ordinauÌces so that he do therafter He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right haÌde ner to the lefte that he maye proloÌge his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in Israel The XVIII Chapter THe prestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui shal haue no parte ner enheritaunce w t Israel The offerynges of y e LORDE his enheritaunce shal they eate Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren because the LORDE is their enheritauÌce as he hath saide vnto theÌ This shal be y e prestes dutye of the people of theÌ that offre whether it be oxe or shepe so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes and the brest And the first frutes of thy corne of thy wyne and of thy oyle and the first of thy shepe sheringe For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates or out of eny place of all Israel where he is a gest and coÌmeth with all the desyre of his soule vnto the place which the LORDE hath chosen to mynister in the name of the LORDE his God like as all his brethren y e Leuites which stonde there before the LORDE theÌ shal he haue like porcion of meate with the other besydes that which he hath of the solde good of his fathers Whan thou commest in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue y e thou shalt not lerne to do y e abhominacions of these nacions that there be not founde amonge you y t maketh his sonne or doughter
fathers house and now come ye to me whan ye are in trouble The Elders of Gilead sayde Therfore come we now againe vnto the that thou mayest go with vs and fighte agaynst the châldren of Ammon and be oure captayne ouer all that dwell in Gilead Iephthae sayde vnto the Elders of Gilead Yf ye fetch me agayne to fighte agaynst the childreÌ of Ammon and the LORDE delyuer them before me shal I then be youre heade The Elders of Gilead saide vnto Iephthae The LORDE be hearer betwene vs yf we do not as thou hast sayde So Iephthae weÌte with the Elders of Gilead And the people made him heade and duke ouer them And Iephthae spake all this before the LORDE at Mispa Then sente Iephthae messaungers to the kynge of the children of Ammon and caused to saye vnto him What hast thou to do with me that thou coÌmest vnto me to fight agaynst my londe The kynge of the childreÌ of AmmoÌ answered Iephthaes messaungers Because that Israel toke awaye my londe whan they departed out of Egipte from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto Iordane geue it me agayne now therfore peaceably But Iephthae sent yet mo messaungers to y e kynge of the children of Ammon which sayde vnto him Thus sayeth Iephthae Israel hath taken no londe nether from the Moabites ner from the children of Ammon for when they departed out of Egipte Israel walked thorow the wyldernes vnto the reed see and came to Cades and sent messaungers to the kynge of the Edomites and sayde Let me go thorow thy londe But the kynge of y e Edomites wolde not heare theÌ They sent lykewyse vnto the kynge of the Moabites which wolde not also Thus Israel abode in Cades and compased the loÌde of the Edomites and Moabites and came on the eastsyde of the londe of the Moabites and pitched beyonde Arnon and came noâ within the coaste of the Moabites For Arnon is the border of the Moabites And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siâhon the kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon and caused to saye vnto him Let me go thorow thy londe vnto my place Neuertheles Sihon wolde not trust Israel to go thorow the border of his londe but gathered all his people and pitched at Iahza and foughte with Israel Howbeit the LORDE God of Israel gaue Sihon with all his people in to Israels haÌde so that they slewe them Thus Israel conquered all the londe of the Amorites that dwelt in y e same countre And they toke possessioÌ of all the borders of the Amorites from Arnon vnto Iabok from y e wyldernesse vnto Iordane So y e LORDE God of Israel droue awaye the Amorites before his people of Israel and wilt thou coÌquere them Is it not so yf thy God Camos gaue the oughte to possesse woldest thou not possesse it What so euer the LORDE oure God hath geueÌ vs before vs to possesse that shal we conquere and take in possession Hast thou better right thinkest thou theÌ Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge of y e Moabites Dyd he euer go to lawe or fighte agaynst Israel Though Israel haue dwelt now vpoÌ a thre huÌdreth yeare in Hesbon and in the vyllages therof in Aroer and in the vyllages therof and in all the cities that lye by Arnon Why dyd not ye rescue it at the same tyme I haue not offended the thou doest me euell to fighte agaynst me The LORDE geue sentence this daie betwene Israel and the children of Ammon Neuertheles the kynge of the children of Ammon wolde not heare y e wordes of Iephthae which he sent vnto him Then came y e sprete of the LORDE vpon Iephthae and he wente thorow Gileaâând Manasse and thorow Mispa which lieth in Gilead and fro Mispa that lieth in Gilead vnto y e children of Ammon And Iephthae vowed a vowe vnto the LORDE and sayde Yf thou wilt delyuer the childreÌ of Ammon in to my hande what so euer commeth first out at the dore of my house in my waye whan I returne agayne peaceably from the childreÌ of Ammon that same shal be the LORDES and I wyl offre it for a burtn offerynge So Iephthae wente vpon the children of Ammon to fighte against them And y e LORDE gaue them in to his hande and he smote theÌ from Arâer tyll thou comest vnto Minnith euen twentye cities and vnto the playne of y e vynyardes a very greate slaughter and thus were the children of Ammon subdued before the children of Israel Now whan Iephthae came to Mispa vnto his house beholde his doughter wente out to mete him with tabrettes and daunces and she was his onely childe he had els nether sonne ner doughter And whan he sawe her he rente his clothes sayde Alas my doughter thou makest my hert soroufull and discomfortest me for I haue opened my mouth vnto the LORDE and can not call it agayne She sayde My father yf thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the LORDE then do vnto me as it is proceaded out of y e mouth acordinge as the LORDE hath aueÌged the of thyne enemies the children of Ammon And she sayde vnto hir father Do this for me geue me leue to go downe vpoÌ the mountaynes two monethes that I maye bewepâ my virginite with my playfeeres He sayde Go thy waye And he let her go two monethes Then wente she with her playefeeres and bewayled hir mayden heade vpon the mountaynes And after two monethes she came agayne vnto hir father And he dyd vnto her acordinge as he had vowed And she had neuer bene in daunger of eny man And it was a custome in Israel that the doughters of Israel shulde go euery yeare and mourne for the doughter of Iephthae the Gileadite foure dayes in the yeare The XII Chapter ANd they of Ephraim made insurreccion wente northwarde sayde vnto Iephthae Wherfore weÌtest thou to the battayll agaynst the children of Ammon hast not called vs that we mighte go with the We wil burne thy house and the with fyre Iephthae sayde vnto theÌ I and my people had a greate matter with y e children of Ammon and I cried vpon you but ye helped me not out of their handes Now whan I sawe y t there was no helper I put my soule in my honde and wente agaynst the children of Ammon and the LORDE delyuered them in to my hande Wherfore come ye vp to me to fighte agaynst me And Iephthae gathered all the men in Gilead foughte agaynst Ephraim And the men in Gilead smote Ephraim because they sayde Ye Gileadites are as they y t fle awaye before Ephraim and dwell amoÌge Ephraim Manasse And the Gileadites toke y e ferye of Iordane from Ephraim Now whaÌ one of y e fugityue Ephraites dyd saye Let me go ouer y e men of Gilead sayde Art thou an Ephraite yf he answered No they bad him saye Schiboleth he sayde Siboleth coulde not speake it righte
men in Ben Iamin which all drue the swerde For whan the childreÌ of Ben Iamin sawe that they were smitten the men of Israel gaue them rowme to flye For they trusted to the watch which they had sett by Gibea And the watch made haist also brake forth vnto Gibea and wente vpon it and smote all the cite with the edge of y e swerde They were appoynted betwene them selues the men of Israel and the hynder watch to fâll vpon them with the swerde whan the smoke of the cite arose Now whan the men of Israel turned them in the battayll and Ben Iamin beganne to smyte the wounded in Israel vpon a thirtie men and thoughte they are smytten before vs like as in the battayll afore then beganne there a piler of smoke to arise vp from the cite And Ben Iamin loked behinde them and beholde the flamme of y e cite wente vp vnto heauen And the men of Israel turned them and were fearce vpon y e men of Ben Iamin for they sawe that the euell wolde happen vnto them And they turned them before the men of Israel in the waye to the wyldernesse but the battayll folowed vpon them And them of the cite destroyed they amoÌge them And they compased Ben Iamin rounde aboute and folowed vpon them vnto Menuah and trode them downe tyll afore Gibea eastwarde And there fell of Ben Iamin eightene thousande men which were all men of armes Whan the remnaunt of Ben Iamin sawe that they turned them and fled towarde the wildernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon But in the same strete they slewe fyue thousande men and folowed vpon them vnto Gideom and slewe two thousande of theÌ and so there fell the same daye of Ben Iamin fyue and twenty thousande men which drue y e swerde and were all meÌ of armes Onely sixe hundreth men turned backe and fled towarde the wyldernesse vnto the stonye rocke of Rimon and abode in the rocke of Rimon foure monethes And the men of Israel came agayne to the children of Ben Iamin and smote them that were in the cite with y e edge of the swerde both meÌ and catell and all that was founde and what soeuer was fouÌde in the cite they cast it in to the fyre The XXI Chapter THe men of Israel had sworeÌ at Mispa and sayde Noman shal geue his doughter to the Ben Iamites to wife And the people came to the house of God in Silo abode there before God vntill the euenynge and lifte vp their voyce and wepte sore and sayde O LORDE God of Israel wherfore is this come to passe in Israel this daye But on the morow the people gat theÌ vp early and builded there an altare and offred burnt offeringes and deed offerynges And the children of Israel sayde Where is there eny maÌ of the trybes of Israel that is not come vp with the congregacion vnto the LORDE For there was a greate ooth made that who so came not vp to Mispa vnto the LORDE shulde dye the deeth And the children of Israel were sory for Ben Iamin their brother and sayde This daye is there one trybe lesse in Israel How wyll we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues For we haue sworne by the LORDE that we wyl not geue theÌ wyues of oure doughters And they saide Where is there eny maÌ of the trybes of Israel that is not come vp to the LORDE vnto Mispa And beholde there was not one man of the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead Then sent the congregacion twolue thousande men of armes thither and commaunded them and sayde Go youre waye and smite the citesyns of Iabes in Gilead with the swerde the wemen also and the children but so that ye do after this maner Se that ye damne all them that are males and all the wemen that haue lyen with men And amonge the citesins of Iabes in Gilead they fouÌde foure hundreth damsels which were virgins and had lyen with noman those they broughte in to the hoost vnto Silo which lyeth in the londe of Canaan Then sent the whole congregacion and caused to talke with the children of Ben Iamin which were in the stonie rocke of RimoÌ and called vnto them frendly So the children of Ben Iamin came agayne at the same tyme and thy gaue them wemen which they had of the wemen of Iabes in Gilead and founde no mo after that maner Then were the people sory for Ben Iamin that y e LORDE had made a gappe in the trybes of Israel And the Elders of the congregacioÌ sayde What wil we do that the remnaunt maye haue wyues also for the wemeÌ in Ben Iamin are destroied and they sayde The enheritaunce of them of Ben Iamin that are escaped must nedes remayne that there be not a trybe destroyed out of Israel we can not geue them oure doughters to wiues For the children of Israel haue sworne and sayde Cursed be he that geueth a wyfe to the Ben Iamites And they sayde Beholde there is a yearly feast of the LORDE at Silo which lieth on the northsyde of the Gods house and on the eastside of the strete as a maÌ goeth from Bethel vnto Sichem and lieth on the south side of Liboâa And they commaunded the children of Ben Iamin sayde Go youre waye and wayte in the vynyardes And whan ye se that the doughters of Silo go forth by coÌpanyes to daunse get you out of the vynyardes and euery man take him a wyfe of the doughters of Silo and go youre waye in to the loÌde of Ben Iamin As for their fathers and brethren whan they come to lawe with vs we wyll saye vnto them Be fauourable to them for they haue not taken theÌ in battaill but ye gaue theÌ not vnto them by time and it is youre faute The children of Ben Iamin did so and acordinge to their nombre toke them wyues from the daunse whom they caught by violence and wente their waye dwelt in their awne inheritaunce and buylded cities and dwelt therin The children of Israel also gat them vp from thence at the same time euery one to his trybe and to his kinred and departed theÌce euery man to his awne inheritaunce At y t time was there no kynge in Israel and euery man dyd y e thinge y t was right in his awne eies The ende of the boke of the Iudges called Iudicum The boke of Ruth What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Elimelech departeth from Bethleem with his wife and two sonnes in to the londe of the Moabites where the father dyeth and both the sonnes Ruth the wife of the one sonne goeth home with hir mother in lawe Chap. II. Ruth gathereth vp eares of corne in the felde of Boos hir houszbandes kynsmaÌ Chap. III. Ruth lyeth her downe in the barne at Boos fete and he geueth her good wordes and ladeth her with sixe measures of barlye Chap. IIII. Boos marieth Ruth which beareth him Obed Dauids graundfather The
first Chapter IN y e tyme whan the Iudges ruled there was a derth in the londe And there wente a maÌ from BethleeÌ Iuda to take his iourney in to the londe of the Moabites w t his wife and two sonnes which man was called Eli Melech and his wife Naemi his two sonnes the one Mahelon and the other Chilion these were Ephrates of Bethleem Iuda And whan they came in to the londe of y e Moabites they dwelt there And Eli Melech Naemis huszbande dyed she was left behinde w t hir two sonnes which toke Moabitish wyues the one was called Arpa the other Ruth And whan they had dwelt there ten yeare they dyed both Mahelon and Chilion so that the woman remayned desolate of both hir sonnes and hir huszbande Then gat she her vp w t both hir sonnes wyues wente agayne out of the loÌde of y e Moabites for she had herde in the londe of the Moabites y t the LORDE had visited his people geuen them bred so she departed from y e place where she was both hir sonnes wyues w t her And as they weÌte by the waye to come agayne in to the londe of Iuda she sayde vnto both hir sonnes wyues Go yo r waye turne backe ether of you to hir mothers house the LORDE shewe mercy vpon you as ye haue done on theÌ y t are deed on me The LORDE graunte you y t ye maie fynde rest ether of you in hir huszbaÌdes house whom ye shal get and she kyssed them Then lift they vp their voyce and wepte sayde vnto her We wil go with the vnto y e people But Naemi sayde Turne agayne my doughters why wolde ye go with me How can I haue children eny more in my body to be youre huszbandes Turne agayne my doughters and go youre waye for I am now to olde to take an huszbande And though I shulde saye I hope this night to take an huszbande to brynge forth children yet coulde ye not tary tlll they were growne vp for ye shulde be to olde so that ye coulde haue no huszbandes No my doughters therfore am I sory for you for y e haÌde of the LORDE is gone forth ouer me Then lifte they vp their voyce and wepte yet more and Arpa kyssed hir mother in lawe and turned backe againe but Ruth abode styll by her Neuertheles she sayde Beholde thy syster in lawe is turned backe vnto hir people and to hir god turne thou againe also after thy sister in lawe Ruth answered Speake not to me therof that I shulde forsake the and turne backe from the whither so euer thou goest thither wil I go also and loke where thou abydest there wil I abide also Thy people is my people thy God is my God Loke where thou diest there wil dye and euen there wil I also be buried The LORDE do this and that vnto me death onely shal departe vs. Now whan she sawe that she was stedfastly mynded to go with her she spake nomore to her therof So they wente on both together till they came vnto Bethleem And whan they were come in to Bethleem the whole cite was moued ouer them and sayde Is not this Naemi Neuerthelesse she sayde vnto them call me not Naemi but Mara for the Allmightie hath made me very sory I departed full but the LORDE hath brought me home agayne emptye Why call ye me then Naemi whaÌ the LORDE hath broughte me lowe and the Allmightie hath made me sory It was aboute the tyme of the begynninge of the barlye haruest whan Naemi and his sonnes wife Ruth y e Moabitysse came agayne from the londe of the Moabites vnto Bethleem There was a kinsman also of y e kynred of Eli Melech Naemis huszbande whose name was Boos which was an honest man The II. Chapter ANd Ruth the Moabitisse saide vnto Naemi Let me go in to y e felde gather eares of corne after him in whose sight I shal finde fauâ She sayde vnto her Go y t waie my doughter She weÌte on came gathered after y e reapers in y e feld And it fortuned that the same felde was the enheritaunce of Boos which was of the kynred of Elimelech and beholde Boos came from Bethleem and sayde vnto the reapers The LORDE be with you They answered The LORDE blesse the. And Boos sayde vnto his yongman which had the ouersight of y e reapers Whose damsell is this The yonge man that was set ouer y e reapers answered and sayde It is the damsell the Moabitisse which came agayne with Naemi from the londe of the Moabites And she sayde Let me plucke vp and gather I praie the betwene the sheues after the reapers and thus is she come and hath stonde here euer sence the mornynge and within a litle whyle she wolde haue bene gone home agayne Then sayde Boos vnto Ruth Hearest thou my doughter Thou shalt not come vpon another mans londe to gather and go not awaye from hence but tary with my daÌsels and loke where they reape in y e felde go thou after them for I haue coÌmaunded my seruauntes that no man touch the. And yf thou be a thyrst go thy waye to the vessell drynke where my seruauntes drawe Then fell she downe vpon hir face and bowed hir self downe to the earth and sayde vnto him How haue I founde this fauoure in y e sighte that thou woldest knowe me which am yet a straunger Boos answered and sayde vnto her It is tolde me alltogether what thou hast done vnto thy mother in lawe after thy huszbaÌdes death how that thou hast left y e father and thy mother and thy natiue countre and art come to a people whom thou hast not knowne afore The LORDE recompence the thy doinge and thy rewarde be parfecte w t the LORDE God of Israel vnto whom thou art come to put thy trust vnder his wynges She sayde let me fynde fauoure syr before thyne eyes for thou hast comforted me and spoken frendly vnto thy handmaydeÌ where as I am not yet like one of y e handmaydeÌs Boos sayde vnto her Whan it is eatinge tyme come hither and eate of the bred and dyppe thy morsell in the vyneger And she sat hir downe besyde the reapers And he set parched come before her and she ate was satisfyed and lefte ouer And whaÌ she rose to gather Boos commaunded his seruauntes and sayde Let her gather betwene the sheues also and do her no dishonestye and cast of the sheues vnto her and let it lye that she maye gather it vp and se that noman reproue her for it So she gathered in the felde vntyll euen and she shaked out what she had gathered and it was allmost an Epha of barlye and she toke it vp and came in to the cite and shewed hir mother in lawe what she had gathered She toke forth also and gaue her of that which was left wherof she was satysfyed TheÌ sayde hir
mother in lawe vnto her Blessinge haue the man that hath knowne the where thou hast gathered and laboured this daye She tolde hir mother in lawe by whom she had laboured and sayde The mans name by whom I haue wroughte to daye is Boos Naemi sayde vnto hir doughter in lawe The blessynge of the LORDE haue he for he hath not lefte of to be mercifull vnto the lyuynge and to the deed And Naemi sayde vnto her The same man belongeth ãâã to vs and is oure nye kynsman Ruth the Moabitisse saide He saide morouer vnto me Thou shalt resorte vn to my seruauntes tyll they haue made an ende of all my haruest Naemi sayde vnto Ruth hir doughter in lawe It is better my doughter that thou go forth with his damsels lest eny man withstoÌde the in another felde Thus she kepte herselfe with Boos damsels so that she gathered vntill the barlye haruest and the wheate haruest was out and came againe to hir mother in lawe The III. Chapter ANd Naemi hir mother in lawe sayde vnto her My doughter I wyll prouyde rest for the that thou maiest prospere Boos oure kynsman by whose damsels thou hast bene casteth vp barlye now this night in his barne Bathe thyselfe therfore and moffell the and put on thy clothes and go downe vnto the barne so y t nomaÌ knowe the tyll they haue all eaten and dronken Whan he layeth him downe then to slepe mark y e place where he lyeth downe and come thou and take vp the couerynge at his fete and laye the downe so shall he tell the what thou shalt do She sayde vnto her ⪠whatso euer thou saiest vnto me I wil do it She wente downe to the barne dyd all as hir mother in lawe had coÌmaunded her And whaÌ Boos had eateÌ dronkeÌ his hert was mery he came and layed him downe behynde a heape of sheues And she came secretly and toke vp the coueringe at his fete and layed hir downe Now whaÌ it was midnight the man was afrayed and groped aboute him and beholde a woman laye at his fete And he sayde Who art thou She answered I am Ruth thy handmayden sprede y e wynges ouer thy haÌdmayden for thou art the nexte kynsman He sayde The LORDES blessinge haue thou my doughter Thou hast done a better mercy here after then before y t thou art not gone after yonge men nether riche ner poore Feare not now my doughter All y t thou hast sayde will I do for the for all the cite of my people knoweth y t thou art a vertuous womaÌ Trueth it is now y t I am a nye kynsmaÌ but there is one nyer then I. Tarye thou allnighte Tomorow yf he take the well yf he like not to take y e then wil I take y t my selfe as truly as y e LORDE lyueth Slepe thou tyll y e mornynge And she slepte at his fete vntyll y e morow And she rose vp or euer one coulde knowe another And he thoughte thus That no maÌ knowe now y t there hath come a woman in to the barne and he sayde Reach me the cloke y t thou hast on the holde it forth And she helde it forth And he meet her sixe measures of barlye and layed it vpon her she wente in to the cite came to hir mother in lawe which sayde How is it w t the my doughter And she tolde her all y t the maÌ had done vnto her sayde These sixe measures of barlye gaue he me for he sayde Thou shalt not come emptye vnto y e mother in lawe She sayde Abyde my doughter tyll thou se what y e matter wil growe to for the man wilt not ceasse tyll he brynge it to an ende this daye The IIII. Chapter BOos wente vp to y e gate and sat him downe there beholde whan y e nye kynsman wente by Boos spake vnto him sayde Come syt the downe here and called him by his name And he came sat him downe he toke ten men of the Elders of y e cite sayde Syt you downe here And they sat theÌ downe TheÌ sayde he to the nye kynszman Naemi which is come againe froÌ the loÌde of the Moabites offreth to sell y e pece of londe y t was oure brothers Eli Melech therfore thoughte I to shewe it before thine eares to tell the Yf thou wilt redeme it then bye it before the citesyns before the Elders of my people but yf thou wylt not redeme it then tell me y t I maie knowe for there is no nye kynsmaÌ excepte thou and I nexte after the. He sayde I wil redeme it Boos saide In the daye y t thou byest the loÌde out of y e hande of Naemi thou must take Ruth also the Moabitisse the wife of the deed that thou mayest rayse vp a name to y e deed in his inheritaunce TheÌ sayde he I can not redeme it lest I happlye destroye myne awne enheritaunce Redeme thou y t I shulde redeme for I can not redeme it But this was an olde custome in Israel concernynge the redemynge chauÌginge y t all matters mighte be stable the one put of his shue gaue it vnto y e other y t was the testimony in Israel And the nye kynsman sayde vnto Boos Bye thou it he put of his shue And Boos sayde vnto the Elders and to all the people Ye are witnesses this daie y t I haue boughte out of the hande of Naemi all that belonged to Eli Melech and all that was Chilions and Mahelons And Ruth the Moabitisse Mahelons wife take I to wife that I maye rayse vp a name vnto y e deed in his inheritaunce and that his name be not roted out from amonge his brethren and out of the gate of his place Of this are ye witnesses And all the people that was in the gate with the Elders saide We are witnesses The LORDE make the woman that commeth in to thy house as Rachel and Lea which both haue buylded vp the house of Israel that she maye be an ensample of vertue in Ephrata and haue an honorable name in Bethleem And thy house be as y e house of Phares whoÌ Thamar bare vnto Iuda thorow the sede that the LORDE shall geue the of this damsell So Boos toke Ruth and she became his wife And whan he laye with her the LORDE graunted her y t she conceaued and bare a sonne TheÌ sayde the wemen vnto Naemi Praysed be the LORDE which hath not suffred a kynsman to ceasse from the at this tyme that his name maye contynue in Israel he shal restore thy life agayne and prouyde for thine age For y i sonnes wife which hath loued the hath borne him that is better vnto the then seuen sonnes And Naemi toke the childe and layde it vpon hir lappe and became the norse of it and hir neghbours gaue him a name sayde There is a childe
and fetched vp the Arke of God out of y e house of Obed Edom in to the cite of Dauid with ioye And whaÌ they were gone sixe steppes in with the Arke of the LORDE they offered an oxe and a fat shepe And Dauid daunsed w t all his mighte before the LORDE and was girded with an ouerbody cote of lynneÌ And Dauid with all Israel brought vp y e Arke of the LORDE with tabrettes and trompettes And whan the Arke of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol the doughte of Saul loked out at a window and sawe kynge Dauid leapynge sprynginge and dauÌsynge before the LORDE and despysed him in hir hert But whan they brought in y e Arke of the LORDE they set it in hir place in the myddes of the Tabernacle which Dauid had pitched for it And Dauid offred burnt offerynges and deed offeryges before y e LORDE And whan Dauid had made an ende of offerynge the burnt offerynges and deed offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE Zebaoth and dealte out vnto all the people and to the multitude of Israel both to man womaÌ vnto euery one a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage Then wente all the people their waye euery one vnto his house Whan Dauid came agayne to blesse his house Michol the doughter of Saul wente forth to mete him and sayde How glorious hath the kynge of Israel bene to daye which hath vncouered himselfe before the maydeÌs of his seruauntes like as the rascall people discouer them selues But Dauid saide vnto Michol I wil playe before y e LORDE which hath chosen me afore y e father and afore all his house because he hath commaunded me to be the prynce ouer the people of the LORDE euen ouer Israel and yet wyl I be vyler then so and wyll be lowe in myne owne sighte and with the maydens wherof thou hast spoken wyll I be honoured As for Michol the doughter of Saul she had no childe vnto the daye of hir death The VII Chapter NOw whan the kynge sat in his house and the LORDE had geuen him rest from all his enemies on euery syde he sayde vnto the prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Cedre and the Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes Nathan sayde vnto the kynge Go thy waye what so euer thou hast in thine hert y t do for the LORDE is w t the. But the same nighte came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Nathan sayde Go speake to my seruauÌt Dauid Thus sayeth y e LORDE Shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte the children of Israel vnto this daye but haue walked in the Tabernacle and Habitacion whither so euer I wente with the children of Israel Dyd I euer speake to eny of the trybes of Israel whom I commaunded to kepe my people of Israel sayde Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Ceder wodd So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth I toke the from the pasture whan thou wentest behynde the shepe y t thou shuldest be y e prynce ouer my people of Israel haue bene w t the whither so euer thou wentest haue roted out all thine enemies before the haue made the a greate name acordinge to the name of the greate men vpon earth And for my people of Israel I wyll appoynte a place and wyll plante them that they maye remayne there nomore to be remoued and y t the childreÌ of wickednes oppresse them nomore like as afore and sence the tyme that I ordeyned Iudges ouer my people of Israel And I wyll geue the rest from all thine enemies And the LORDE sheweth the that the LORDE wyl make the a house Now whan y e tyme is fulfylled y t thou shalt slepe w t thy fathers I wil after y e rayse vp thy syde which shal come of thy body his kyngdome wyl I stablishe he shal buylde an house for my name and I wyll stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome for euer I wyll be his father and he shall be my sonne Whan he doth a trespace I wyll reproue him with the rodd of men and with the plages of y e childreÌ of men But my mercy shal not be withdrawen froÌ him as I haue with draweÌ it froÌ Saul whoÌ I haue takeÌ awaye before the. As for y e house thy kyngdome it shal be stablished for euer before the thy seate shal endure fast for euermore Whan Nathan had tolde all these wordes all this vision vnto Dauid kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God who am I and what is my house y t thou hast broughte me thus farre This O LORDE God hast thou thoughte to litle also but hast spoken of the house of thy seruaunt yet loÌge for to come O LORDE God is that the lawe of men And what shall Dauid speake vnto the thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE God for thy wordes sake and acordinge to y e hert hast thou done all these greate thinges y t thou mightest shewe theÌ vnto thy seruaunt Therfore art thou greatly magnified O LORDE God for there is none like the there is no God but thou acordinge vnto all that we haue herde with o r eares For where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel For whose sake God wente to delyuer him a people and to make him selfe a name and to do them soch greate and terrible thinges in thy loÌde before y e people whom thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe froÌ Egipte from the people and from their goddes And thy people of Israel hast thou prepared the to be a people vnto thyne owne selfe for euer and thou O LORDE art become their God Stablish now y e worde therfore for euer O LORDE God which thou hast spokeÌ ouer thy seruaunt ouer his house do acordinge as thou hast sayde So shall thy name be greate for euer so that it shal be sayde The LORDE Zebaoth is the God ouer Israel the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shal be made sure before the. For thou LORDE Zebaoth thou God of Israel hast opened the eare of thy seruaunt and sayde I wil buylde the an house Therfore hath y e seruaunt founde his hert to praye this prayer vnto the. Now LORDE God thou thy selfe art God thy wordes shal be the trueth Thou hast spoken soch good ouer thy seruaunt Begynne now therfore and blesse y e seruauntes house that it maye be before the for euer for thou LORDE God thine awne selfe hast spoken it and with thy blessynge shal thy seruauntes house be blessed for euer The VIII Chapter ANd it fortuned after this y t Dauid smote y e Philistynes and discomfited them and toke the brydell of bondage out of
a wyse womaÌ out of y e cite Heare heare saye vnto Ioab that he come hither I wyl speake with him And whaÌ he came to her the woman sayde Art thou Ioab He sayde Yee She sayde vnto him Heare the wordes of thy handmayden He sayde I heare She sayde The comonsayenge was somtyme Who so wyll axe let him axe at Abel and so came it to a good ende This is y e noble and faithfull cite in Israel and wilt thou destroye the cite and the mother in Israel Why wilt thou swalowe vp the enheritaunce of the LORDE Ioab answered and sayde That be farre that be farre fro me that I shulde swalowe vp and destroye The matter is not so but a certayne man of mount Ephraim named Seba the sonne of Bichri hath lifte vp him selfe agaynst kynge Dauid delyuer him onely and I wyl departe from the cite The woman sayde vnto Ioab Beholde his heade shal be cast vnto the ouer the wall And the woman came in to all the people with hir wyszdome And they smote of the heade of Seba the sonne of Bichri and cast it vnto Ioab Then blewe he the trompe and they departed from the cite euery one vnto his tent But Ioab came agayne to Ierusalem vnto the kynge Ioab was captayne ouer all the hoost of Israel Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada was ouer the Chrethians and Plethians Adoram was rent gatherer Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler Seia was the scrybe Sadoc and Abiathar were the prestes Ira also y e Iairite was Dauids prest The XXI Chapter THere was a derth also in Dauids tyme thre yeares together And Dauid soughte the face of y e LORDE And the LORDE sayde Because of Saul and be cause of that bloudy housholde y t he slewe the Gibeonites Then the kynge caused for to call the Gibeonites and spake vnto them As for the Gibeonites they were not of y e children of Israel but a remnaunt of the Amorites howbeit the children of Israel had sworne vnto theÌ and Saul soughte for to smyte them in his gelousy for the childreÌ of Israel and Iuda Then sayde Dauid to the Gibeonites What shal I do vnto you And where withall shal I make the attonement that ye maye blesse y e enheritaunce of y e LORDE The Gibeonites sayde vnto him It is not for golde and syluer that we haue to do w t Saul and his house nether haue we oughte to do for to slaye eny maÌ in Israel He sayde What saye ye then that I shal do vnto you They sayde vnto y e kynge The man that hath destroyed vs and broughte vs to naughte shulde we destroye that nothinge be lefte him in all the coastes of Israel Let there be geuen vs seuen men of his sonnes that we maye hange them vp vnto the LORDE at Gibea of Saul the chosen of the LORDE The kynge sayde I wyll geue them Howbeit the kynge spared Mephiboseth y e sonne of Ionathas y e sonne of Saul because of the ooth of the LORDE y t was betwene them namely betwene Dauid Ionathas the sonne of Saul But the two sonnes of Rispa y e doughter of Aia whom she had borne vnto Saul Armoni Mephiboseth And the fyue sonnes of Michol the doughter of Saul whom she bare vnto Adriel the sonne of Barsillai the Mahalothite dyd the kynge take and gaue them in to the handes of y e Gibeonites which hanged theÌ vp vpoÌ the mount before the LORDE So these seuen fell at one tyme and dyed in the tyme of the first haruest whan y e barly haruest begynneth Then toke Rispa the doughter of Aia a sackcloth spred it vpon the rock in the begynnynge of the haruest tyll the water from the heauen dropped vpoÌ them and suffred not the foules of the heauen to rest on them on the daye tyme nether the wylde beestes of the felde on the nighte season And it was tolde Dauid what Rispa the doughter of Aia Sauls concubyne had done And Dauid wente and toke the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathas his sonne from y e citesens at Iabes in Gilead which they had stollen from y e strete at Bethsan where y e Philistynes had hanged theÌ what tyme as the Philistynes had smytten Saul vpon mount Gilboa and broughte them vp from thence and gathered them together w t the bones of them that were hanged And the bones of Saul and of his sonne Ionathas buried they in y e londe of Ben Iamin besyde y e graue of his father Cis. So after this was God at one with the londe But there arose warre agayne of y e Philistynes agaynst Israel And Dauid wente downe his seruauntes with him foughte agaynst the Philistynes And Dauid was weery Ieszbi of Nob which was one of the children of Rapha and the weight of his speare was thre C. weight of brasse and had a new harnesse vpon him thoughte to smyte Dauid Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia helped him smote the Philistyne to death Then sware Dauids men vnto him sayde Thou shalt nomore go forth with vs vnto the warre that the lanterne in Israel be not put out Afterwarde there arose yet warre at Nob with the Philistynes Then Sibechai the Husathite smote Saph which also was one of the childreÌ of Rapha And there arose yet warre at Gob with the Philistynes Then Elhanan the sonne of Iaere Orgim a Bethleemite smote Goliath the Gethite which had a speare whose shaft was like a weeuers lome And there arose yet warre at Gath where there was a coÌtencious man which had sixe fyngers on his handes and sixe toes on his fete that is foure and tweÌty in the nombre and he was borne also of Rapha And whan he spake despitefully vnto Israel Ionathas y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother smote him These foure were borne vnto Rapha at Gath and fell thorow the hande of Dauid and of his seruauntes The XXII Chapter ANd Dauid spake the wordes of this songe before the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE had delyuered him froÌ the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul and he sayde The LORDE is my stony rock my castell and my delyuerer God is my strength in him wyl I put my trust my shylde the horne of my saluacion my defence my refuge my Sauioure thou shalt helpe me from violent wronge I wil call vpon the LORDE with prayse so shal ⪠I be delyuered fro myne enemies For the sorowes of death coÌpased me and the brokes of Belial made me afrayed The paynes of hell came aboute me and the snares of death had ouertaken me WhaÌ I was in trouble I called vpoÌ the LORDE yee euen my God called I vpon so he herde my voyce froÌ his holy temple my coÌplaynte came in to his eares The earth trembled and quaked the foundacions of the heauen shoke and moued be cause he was wroth
answered kynge Salomon and saide vnto his mother Why desyrest thou Abisag of Sunem for Adonias Axe the kyngdome or him also for he is my greater brother and hath Abiathar the prest and Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia. And the kynge sware by the LORDE and sayde God do this and that vnto me Adonias shall haue spoken this agaynst his lyfe And now as truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath ordeyned me and made me to syt vpon the seate of my father Dauid and hath made me a house acordynge as he sayde this daye shal Adonias dye And kynge Salomon sent thither by Benaia the sonne of Ioiada which smote him that he dyed And to the prest Abiathar sayde y e kynge Go thy waye vnto Anathoe to thy londe for thou art a man of deeth Neuerthelesse I wyl not slaye the this daye for thou hast borne the Arke of the LORDE God before my father Dauid and hast suffred also where my father suffred Thus SalomoÌ put forth Abiathar that he must nomore be the prest of the LORDE that the worde of the LORDE mighte be fulfilled which he spake ouer the house of Eli at Silo. And this rumoure came before Ioab for Ioab cleued vnto Adonias and not vnto Salomon Then fled Ioab in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and toke holde of the hornes of the altare And it was tolde kynge Salomon that Ioab was fled in to the Tabernacle of the LORDE and beholde he stondeth at the altare Then sent Salomon Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and sayde Go slaye him And whan Benaia came to the Tabernacle of the LORDE he sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the kynge Come forth He sayde No I wyl dye here And Benaia tolde this vnto the kynge agayne and sayde Thus hath Ioab spoken and thus hath he answered me The kinge saide vnto him Do as he hath spoken and slaye him and bury him that thou mayest put fro me and my fathers house the bloude which Ioab hath shed with out a cause and that the LORDE maye recompence him his bloude vpon his heade because he smote two men which were more righteous and better then he and slewe them with y e swerde that my father Dauid knewe not of namely Abner y e sonne of Ner the chefe captaine ouer Israel Amasa the sonne of Iether y e chefe captaine ouer Iuda y t their bloude maye be recompensed vpoÌ y e heade of Ioab and of his sede for euer but Dauid and his sede his house and his seate haue peace for euermore of the LORDE And Benaia the sonne of Ioiada wente vp and smote him and slewe him he was buried in his house in the wyldernes And y e kynge set Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada in his steade ouer the hoost And Sadoc y e prest dyd the kynge set in the steade of Abiathar And the kynge sent and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Buylde the an house at Ierusalem and dwell there and departe not from thence nether hither ner thither In what daye so euer thou departest forth and goest ouer y e broke Cedron be thou sure that thou shalt dye the deeth thy bloude be vpon thy heade Semei sayde vnto the kynge This is a good meanynge as my lorde the kynge hath sayde so shal thy seruaunt do So Semei dwelt at Ierusalem a longe season But after thre yeare it fortuned that two seruauntes ranne awaye from Semei vnto Achis the sonne of Maecha kynge of Gath. And it was tolde Semei beholde thy seruauntes are at Gath. Then Semei gat him vp and sadled his asse and weÌte vnto Gath to Achis for to seke his seruauÌtes And whaÌ he came thither he broughte his seruauntes from Gath. And it was tolde Salomon that Semei wente from Ierusalem vnto Gath and was come agayne Then sent the kynge and caused for to call Semei and sayde vnto him Sware not I to the by the LORDE and assured the and sayde Loke what daye so euer thou departest out and goest hither or thither be sure that thou shalt dye the death And thou saydest vnto me I haue herde a good meanynge Why hast thou not kepte the then acordinge to the ooth of the LORDE and commaundement that I commaunded the And the kynge sayde vnto Semei Thou remembrest all y e wickednes which thy hert knoweth that thou dyddest vnto my father Dauid The LORDE hath recompenced y e thy wickednes vpon thy heade And kynge Salomon is blessed and the seate of Dauid shal be stablished before y e LORDE for euer And the kynge commaunded Benaia y e sonne of Ioiada which wente forth and smote him that he dyed And the kyngdome was stablished by Salomons hande The III. Chapter ANd Salomon made mariage w t Pharao the kynge of Egipte toke Pharaos doughter and broughte her in to the cite of Dauid tyll he had buylded his house and the LORDES house and the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem But the people offred yet vpon the hye places for as yet there was no house buylded vnto the name of the LORDE vnto that tyme. But Salomon loued the LORDE and walked after the ordinaunces of Dauid his father excepte onely that he offred and brent incense vpon the hye places And the kynge wente vnto Gibeon to do sacrifice there for that was a goodly hye place And Salomon offred a thousande burnt offerynges vpon the same altare And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon at Gibeon in a dreame of the nighte and God sayde Axe what I shal geue ye. SalomoÌ saide Thou hast done greate mercy vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt Like as he walked before the in faithfulnes and righteousnes and in a true hert with the this greate mercy hast thou layed vp for him and geuen him a sonne to syt vpon his seate as it is now come to passe Now LORDE my God thou hast made thy seruaunt kynge in my father Dauids steade As for me I am but a small yonge man knowynge nether my outgoynge ner ingoynge And thy seruaunt is amonge the people whom thou hast chosen which is so greate that no man can nombre them ner descrybe them for multitude Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert that he maye iudge thy people vnderstonde what is good bad for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people This pleased the LORDE well that Salomon axed soch a peticion And God sayde vnto him For so moch as thou axest this and desyrest not longe lyfe nether riches nether y e soules of thine enemies but vnderstoÌdinge to heare iudgment beholde therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes Beholde I haue geuen the an hert of wyszdome and vnderstondynge so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the nether shall ryse vp after the. Yee and that thou hast not prayed for haue I geuen the also namely ryches and honoure so that amonge the kynges in y e tyme there is not soch one as
acordinge as I promysed thy father Dauid and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man from the seate of Israel But yf ye turne back fro me ye and youre childreÌ and kepe not my commaundementes and ordinaunces which I haue layed before you but go and serue other goddes and worshipe them then wyll I rote Israel out of the londe that I haue geuen them And the house that I haue halowed vnto my name wyll I put awaye fro my face And Israel shall be come a byworde and fabell amoÌge all nacions and so shal this hye house so that euery one y t goeth by shall be astonyed and make an hyssynge and saye Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe and to this house Then shal it be answered Because they forsoke y e LORDE their God which brought their fathers out of the londe of Egipte and haue receaued other goddes and worshipped them and serued them Therfore hath y e LORDE brought all this euell vpon them Now whan the twentye yeares were ended wherin Salomon buylded the two houses the LORDES house and the kynges house where vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre brought SalomoÌ Ceder trees Pyne trees and golde after all his desyre then gaue kynge Salomon vnto Hiram twentye cities in the countre of Galile And Hiram departed from Tyre to vyset the cities which Salomon had geuen him they pleased him not and he sayde What maner of cities are these my brother that thou hast geueÌ me And he called them the londe of Cabul vnto this daye And Hiram sent vnto the kynge sixe score hundreth weight of Golde And the same is the summe of the taxe that kynge Salomon raysed to the buyldinge of the house of the LORDE and his awne house Millo and the walles of Ierusalem and Hasor and Megiddo and Gaser For Pharao y e kynge of Egipte came vp and waÌne Gaser brent it with fyre slewe the Cananites y t dwelt in the cite gaue it for a gifte vnto his doughter SalomoÌs wife So Salomon buylded Gaser the lower Bethoron and Baelath and Thamar in y e wyldernes in the londe all the cities of the corne houses that Salomon had and all the cities of the charettes all the cities of the horsmen and what it pleased him to buylde at Ierusalem in Libanus in euery countre of his domynion And all the remnaunt of the people of the Amorytes Hethites Pheresites Henites and Ieâusites which were not of the children of Israel their children which they lefte behynde them in the londe whom the children of Israel coulde not vtterly destroye those dyd Salomon make tributaries vnto this daye But of the children of Israel he made no bondmen but let them be men of warre and his seruauntes and prynces and knightes and ouer his charettes and horsmeÌ And the officers which were ouer Salomons busynesse were fyue hundreth and fyftye which ruled the people and perfourmed the worke And Pharaos doughter wente vp from the cite of Dauid in to hir house which he had buylded for her Then buylded he Millo likewyse And thre tymes in the yeare dyd Salomon offre burnt offerynges and deed offerynges vpon the altare that he had buylded vnto the LORDE and burnt incense vpon it before the LORDE and so was the house ended and fynished And Salomon made shippes also at Ezeon Geber which lyeth by Eloth besyde the Reed See shorâ in y e londe of the Edomites And Hiram sent his seruauntes by shippe which were shipmen and had experience of the See with Salomons seruauntes and they came vnto Ophir and fetched from thence one twenty score hundreth weight of golde and bâought it vnto Salomon The X. Chapter ANd whan kynge Salomons fame of the name of the LORDE came to the eares of the Quene of riche Arabia she came to proue him with darke sentences And she came to Ierusalem with a maruelous greate trayne with camels which bare spyces and moch golde and precious stones And whan she came in to kynge Salomon she spake vnto him all that was in hir hert And Salomon tolde her euery thinge and the kynge had nothinge in secrete but he tolde it her But whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe all the wyszdome of Salomon and the house that he had buylded and the meates of his table and the dwellinges of his seruauntes the offyces of his ministers and their garmentes and his butlers and the burnt offerynges which he offred in the house of the LORDE she wondred exceadingly and coulde no longer refrayne but sayde vnto the kynge It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behauoure and of thy wyszdome And I wolde not beleue it tyll I came and sawe it with myne eyes and beholde the halfe hath not bene tolde me Thou hast more wyszdome and good theÌ the fame is that I haue herde Happye are thy people and thy seruauntes that allwaie stonde before the and heare thy wyszdome Praysed be the LORDE thy God which had soch a pleasure vnto the that he set the vpon the seate of Israel because he hath allwaye loued Israel and hath set the to be kynge that thou shuldest mantayne iustyce and equyte And she gaue the kynge syxe score hundreth weighte of golde and very moch spyce and precious stones There came neuer so moch spyce thyther as the Quene of riche Arabia gaue vnto kynge Salomon And Hirams shippes which caried golde out of Ophir broughte maruelous moch costly tymber and precious stones from Ophir And of that costly tymber the kynge caused to make pilers in the house of the LORDE and in y e kinges house and harpes and Psalteries for the Musicians There came nomore soch costly tymber nether was it sene vnto this daye And kynge Salomon gaue the quene of riche Arabia all that she desyred and axed besydes that which he gaue her of a frye hande And she returned and departed in to hir lande with hir seruauntes The golde that came to Salomon in one yeare was nyne and thyrtie score hundreth weighte besydes that which came of chapmen marchauntes and Apotecaries and of the nexte kynges and of the mightie men in the londe And kynge Salomon caused to make two hundreth speares of beaten golde sixe hundreth peces of golde put he to euery speare and thre hundreth shyldes of y e best golde euen thre pounde of golde vpon euery shylde And the kynge put them in the house of the wod of Libanus And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery and ouerlayed it with y e most precious golde And the seate had sixe steppes and y e heade of the seate was rouÌde behynde And there were two postes to leane vpoÌ on both the sydes of the seate and two lyons stode vpon the leanynge postes and twolue lyons stode vpon the sixe steppes on both the sydes Soch one hath not bene made in eny kyngdome All kynge
SalomoÌs drynkynge vessels were of golde and all the vessels in the house of y e wod of Libanus were of pure golde also for syluer was not regarded in Salomons tyme. For the kynges Seeshippe y t sayled vpon the See with y e shippe of Hiram came once in thre yeare and broughte golde syluer Yuery Apes and Pecockes Thus was kynge Salomon greater in riches and wyszdome then all the kynges vpoÌ earth And all the worlde desyred to se Salomon that they mighte heare the wyszdome which God gaue him in his hert And they broughte him yearly euery man his present vessels of syluer and golde rayment and harnesse spyces horses and Mules And Salomon broughte charettes and horsmen together so that he had a thousande and foure hundreth charettes and twolue thousande horsmen and those he put in y e charet cities and with the kynge at Ierusalem And the kynge broughte it to passe that there was as moch syluer at IerusaleÌ as stones and as many Ceders as there were wylde figge trees in the valleys And SalomoÌs horses were broughte out of Egipte and froÌ Kena for the kynges marchauntes fetched them from Kena for money And a charet came vp out of Egipte for sixe huÌdreth Sycles of Syluer and an horse for an huÌdreth and fyftye Thus were they brought also vnto all the kynges of the Hethites and to the kynges of Siria by their handes The XI Chapter BVt kynge Salomon loued many out landish wemen Pharaos doughter and wemen of Moab of AmmoÌ of Edom of Sidon and of Heth euen of those nacions that the LORDE spake of vnto the children of Israel Go not ye vnto them and let not them come vnto you they shal surely bowe youre hertes after their goddes Vnto these dyd Salomon enclyne with affeccion And he had seuen hundreth wemen to wyues and thre hundreth concubynes and his wyues turned his hert asyde And whan he was now olde his wyues bowed his hert after straunge goddes so that his hert was not whole with the LORDE his God as was the hert of Dauid his father So Salomon walked after Astaâoth the god of the Sidonians and after Malcom the abhominacion of the Ammonites And Salomon dyd y t which displeased the LORDE and folowed not y e LORDE to y e vttemost as dyd his father Dauid TheÌ buylded SalomoÌ an hie place vnto Chamos the abhominacioÌ of y e Moabites vpon the mount that lyeth before IerusaleÌ and vnto Moloch the abhominacion of the Ammunites Thus dyd Salomon for all his outlaÌdish wyues which brent incense and offred vnto their goddes But the LORDE was wroth at Salomon because his hert was turned asyde from y e LORDE God of Israel which had two tymes appeared vnto him and coÌmaunded him that he shulde not walke after other goddes and yet kepte he not that the LORDE commaunded him Therfore sayde the LORDE vnto Salomon For so moch as this is done with the and hast not kepte my couenaunt and myne ordinaunces which I commaunded the therfore wyll I also plucke thy kyngdome from the and geue it vnto thy seruaunt Neruertheles in y e tyme will I not do it for thy father Dauids sake but from the hande of thy sonne wyl I plucke it Howbeit I wyl not plucke y e kyngdome cleane awaye One trybe wyll I geue vnto thy sonne for Dauid my seruauntes sake and for Ierusalems sake which I haue chosen And the LORDE raysed vp an aduersary vnto Salomon euen Hadad the Edomite of the kynges sede which was in Edom. For whan Dauid was in Edom and Ioab the chefe captayne wente vp to bury the slayne he smote all the males in Edom. For Ioab remayned there sixe monethes and all Israel tyl he had roted out all y e males that were in Edom. Then fled Hadad and certayne men of y e Moabites with him of his fathers seruauntes As for Hadad he was a yonge man And they gat them vp fro Madian and came vnto Paran and toke men with them out of Paran and came in to Egipte vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte which gaue him an house and certayne vytales appoynted gaue him a countre And Adad founde greate fauoure in the sighte of Pharao so that he gaue him to wife euen the sister of his owne wife Thaphenes the Quene And Thaphenes sister bare him Genubath his sonne and Thaphenes norished him vp in Pharaos house in so moch that Genubath was in Pharaos house amonge Pharaos children Now whaÌ Hadad herde in Egipte that Dauid was falleÌ on slepte with his fathers and y t Ioab the chefe captayne was deed he sayde vnto Pharao Let me go in to my countre Pharao sayde vnto him What lackest thou with me that thou wilt go in to thy countre He sayde Nothynge but yet let me go God raysed him vp another aduersary also one Reson the sonne of El Iada which fled from his lorde Hadad Eser kynge of Zeba and gathered men agaynst him and was a captayne of the men of warre whan Dauid slewe them and they wente vnto Damascus and dwelt there and reigned at Damascus and he was Israels aduersary as loÌge as Salomon lyued This is the harme y t Hadad suffred therfore had he euell will at Israel and was kynge ouer Israel Morouer Ieroboam the sonne of Nebatan Ephraite Salomons seruaunt and his mothers name was Zeruga a wedowe lifte vp his hande also agaynst the kynge And this is the cause wherfore he lifte vp his hande agaynst the kynge Whan Salomon buylded Millo he shut vp a gappe in the cite of Dauid his father And Ieroboam was a maÌ of armes And whan Salomon sawe that it was a mete yonge man he set him ouer all the burthens of the house of Ioseph But at the same tyme it fortuned that Ieroboam wente out from Ierusalem and the prophet Ahias of Silo founde hâm by the waye and he had a new cloke vpon him and they two were alone in the felde And Ahia toke holde of the new cloke y t he had on and rente the same in to twolue peces and sayde vnto Ieroboam Take thou ten peces vnto the. For thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Beholde euen thus wyll I rente the kyngdome from the hande of SalomoÌ and wyll geue the ten trybes One trybe shall he haue for my seruaunt Dauids sake and because of the cyte of Ierusalem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel for they haue forsaken me and worshipped Astaroth the god of the Sidonians Chamos the god of the Moabites and MalcoÌ the god of the children of Ammon and haue not walked in my wayes to fulfill my pleasure myne ordinaunces and lawes as dyd Dauid his father Notwithstondynge I wyll not take the whole kyngdome from out of his hande but wil make him a prynce as longe as helyueth for my seruaunt Dauids sake whom I dyd chose which kepte my commaundementes ordinaunces From out of the hande of his sonne
straunge But whan Ahias herde the noyse of hir fete goynge in at the dore he saide Come in thou wyfe of IeroboaÌ Why shewest thou thy selfe so straunge I am sent vnto y e an harde messaunger Go thy waye and tell Ieroboam Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel I haue exalted the from amonge the people and set the to be prynce ouer my people of Israel and haue rente the kyngdome from the house of Dauid and geuen it the. But thou hast not bene as my seruaunt Dauid which kepte my commaundemeÌtes and walked after me with all his hert so that he did onely y e thinge that was righte in my sighte and thou hast done worse then all they that haue bene before the thou hast gone thy waye and made the other goddes and molten ymages to prouoke me vnto wrath and hast cast me behynde thy backe Beholde therfore I wil brynge mysfortune vpon the house of Ieroboam and wyl rote out from Ieroboam eueÌ him that maketh water agaynst the wall the presoner and forsaken in Israel and the posterite of y e house of Ieroboam wyll I swepe out as donge is swepte out tyll he be cleane broughte to naught He that dieth of Ieroboam in the cite the dogges shal eate him vp But him y t dyeth in the felde shall the foules of the aire eat vp for the LORDE hath spoken it Get the vp therfore and go home whan thy fete enter in to y e cite the childe shal dye And all Israel shal bewayle him and burye him For he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the graue because there is some good founde in him before the LORDE God of Israel in Ieroboams house But the LORDE shall rayse him vp a kynge which shal rote out y e house of Ieroboam in that daie And what is it y t is now in hande all ready And the LORDE shal smyte Israel like as a rede is moued in the water shal rote out Israel from this good londe that he gaue vnto their fathers shal scater them beyonde the water because they haue made their groues to prouoke the LORDE vnto wrath And Israel shall be geuen ouer because of the synne of Ieroboam which hath synned him selfe made Israel to synne And Ieroboams wife gat her vp wente hir waye came vnto Thirza And whan she came vpoÌ the thresholde of the house y e childe dyed they buried him all Israel made lamentacion for him acordinge to y e worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruaunt Ahia y e prophet What more there is to saye of Ieroboam how he foughte raigned beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel The tyme that Ieroboam raigned was two twentye yeare And he slepte with his fathers And Nadab his sonne was kynge in his steade Roboam y e sonne of Salomon was kynge in Iuda One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam whaÌ he was made kynge seuentene yeare raigned he at Ierusalem in the cite y t the LORDE had chosen out of all y e trybes of Israel to set his name there His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse And Iuda dyd y t which displeased the LORDE prouoked him to indignacion more theÌ all y t their fathers had done w t their synnes which they dyd for they likewyse buylded them hye places pilers and groues vpoÌ euery hye hill and amonge all grene trees There were whoremoÌgers also they dyd all y e abhominacioÌs of y e HeytheÌ whom y e LORDE droue out before the children of Israel But in y e fifth yeare of kynge Roboam weÌte Sisack y e kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem toke the treasure out of y e house of the LORDE out of the kynges house all that mighte be gotten toke all the shyldes of golde which Salomon caused to be made In steade wherof y e kynge Roboam caused for to make shyldes of stele commytted them vnder the handes of the chefe fotemen which kepte the dore of the kynges house And as oft as the kynge wente in to y e house of the LORDE the fote men bare them and brought them agayne in to the fote mens chamber What more there is to saye of Roboam and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda But betwene Roboam Ieroboam there was warre as longe as they lyued And Robobam slepte with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid And his mothers name was Naema an Ammonitisse And his sonne Abia was kynge in his steade The XV. Chapter IN the eightenth yeare of kynge IeroboaÌ the sonne of Nebat was Abia kynge in Iuda and reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom and he walked in all the synnes of his father which he had done before him and his hert was not perfecte with the LORDE his God as was the hert of Dauid his father For because of Dauids sake dyd the LORDE his God geue him a lanterne at Ierusalem so y t he raysed his sonne after him manteyned him at Ierusalem because Dauid dyd the thinge y t was righte in y e sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all that he commaunded him as longe as he lyued sauynge in the matter with Vrias y e Hethite But there was warre betwene Roboam and Ieroboam as longe as he lyued What more there is to saye of Abia and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda There was warre also betwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia slepte with his fathers and they buried him in the cite of Dauid And Asa his sonne was kynge in his steade In y e twentyeth yeare of kynge Ieroboam ouer Israel was Asa kynge in Iuda and reigned one fortye yeare at Ierusalem His graund mothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom And Asa dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE as dyd his father Dauid And he remoued y e who remongers out of the londe and put downe all the Idols that his fathers had made He put his mother from the mynistracion that she had made vnto Miplezeth in y e groue And Asa roted out hir Miplezeth and brent it in the broke Cedron but the hye places put he not downe Yet was the hert of Asa perfecte with the LORDE as longe as he lyued And the syluer and golde and vessels that his father had halowed soch as was sanctified vnto y e house of the LORDE that broughte he in And there was warre betwene Asa Baesa the kynge of Israel as longe as they lyued Baesa the kynge of Israel wente vp agaynst Iuda and buylded Rama that no man shulde go out and in of Asas syde the kynge of Iuda Then toke Asa all the syluer
thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come in to y e battayll in thine araie The kinge of Israel chaunged his clothes also and weÌte in to the battayll But the kynge of Siria commaunded the rulers of his charettes of whom there were two and thirtie and saide Ye shal fight nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel And whan the rulers of the charettes sawe Iosaphat they thought it had bene the kynge of Israel and fell vpon him with fightinge But Iosaphat cried So whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kinge of Israel they turned back froÌ him A certayne man bended his bowe harde and shott the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and y e longes And he sayde vnto his charetman Turne thine haÌde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And y e battayll was sore the same daie And the kinge stode vpoÌ his charet agaynst the SyriaÌs and dyed in the eueninge and the bloude ranne from the wounde in to the myddes of the charet And whan the Sonne wente downe there was a proclamacion made in the hoost and sayde Euery one gett him in to his cite and to his countre Thus the kynge dyed and was broughte vnto Samaria and they buryed him in Samaria And whan they waszshed the charett in the pole of Samaria y e dogges licked his bloude but the harlottes waszshed him acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake What more there is to saye of Achab all y t he dyd and of the Yuery house which he buylded beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel So Achab slepte with his fathers and his sonne Ahasia was kynge in his steade And Iosaphat the sonne of Asa was kynge ouer Iuda in the fourth yeare of Achab kynge of Israel and was fyue and thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge and raigned fyue and twentye yeare at IerusaleÌ His mothers name was Asuba y e doughter of Silhi and he walked in all the waye of his father Asa departed not there from And he dyd that which was right in y e sighte of the LORDE yet put he not awaye y e hie places and y e people offred and brent in ceÌse yet vpon the hye places and he had peace with the kynge of Israel What more there is to saye of Iosaphat and the mighte that he exercised and how he fought beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda He put out of the londe also the whoremongers that yet were lefte which remayned ouer in the tyme of his father Asa. And at that tyme there were no kynges in Edom. And Iosaphat had caused to make shippes vpon the See which shulde go to fetch golde in Ophir but they wente not for they were broken at Ezeon Gaber At that tyme sayde Ahasia the sonne of Achab vnto Iosaphat Let my seruauntes passe with thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iosaphat wolde not And Iosaphat slepte with his fathers and was buried in y e cite of Dauid And Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade The ende of the thirde boke of the kynges The fourth boke of the kynges What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the reigne of Ochosias otherwyse called Ahasia and of Ioram his brother and how the fyre coÌsumed the two captaynes with their men Chap. II. Elias is taken vp in a fyrie charet Eliseus receaueth the sprete of Elias maketh the bytter water swete and curseth the mysnurtoured children Chap. III. Of Ioram and Iosaphat and of their warre what Eliseus saide vnto them Chap. IIII. Eliseus helpeth the womaÌ that was in dett and for another woman which had no children he optayneth one of God which childe beynge deed he rayseth vp agayne Chap. V. Naaman the chefe captayne of Siria is clensed from his leprosy and Gehasi Eliseus seruaunt is made leporous Chap. VI. The yron swymmeth in the water The kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Israel His seruauntes which go aboute to take Eliseus are smytten with blyndnes A greate honger in Samaria Chap. VII Of the foure lepers which came in to the tentes of the Syrians and how vytayles beganne to be good chepe Chap. VIII Of the seuen yeare derth Benadab is sick and areth couÌcell at Eliseus Of Ochosias the sonne of Ioram Chap. IX Of Iehu how he was anoynted kinge ouer Israel and how he roted out the houof Achab and of Iesabel Chap. X. The heades of Achabs seuentie sonnes are broughte vnto Iehu Of Ochosias brethren Iehu slayeth Baal prestes Chap. XI Atalia destroyeth all the kynges sede saue Ioas which escapeth and is made kynge by Ioiada the prest Chap. XII Ioas ruleth well whyle Ioiada is alyue but euell after his death Chap. XIII Of the kynges Ioachias Ioas Ieroboam and how the deed that was layed in Eliseus graue reuyued Chap. XIIII Of Ioas Amasias Ieroboam and Azarias Chap. XV. Of Azarias the Leper and of his sonne Ionathas Of Zacharias the kynge of Israel Of Sellum Manahem Pacea Romelia And how Teglatphalasser coÌquererh the cities of Iuda ⪠Chap. XVI Of Achas Resin and Ezechias Chap. XVII Of Osea how Salmanasar came vpon him and conquered and caried the people awaye captyue And how God punyshed those that came in their steade Chap. XVIII Of the good kynge Ezechias how Sennacherib troubleth him Chap. XIX Ezechias sendeth vnto Esay which comforreth him God defendeth Ezechias delyuereth him Chap. XX. Ezechias is deed sick but Esay at the commaundement of the LORDE promyseth him to lyue yet fyftene yeare Chap. XXI Of the reigne of the vngodly kynge Manasses how he lyued and how he dyed Of his sonne Amon. Chap. XXII Of the reigne of that noble vertuous kynge Iosias and of his goodly actes Chap. XXIII How Iosias caused the boke of the couenauÌt to be red vnto all the people and setteth vp the true honoure of God againe Of Ioachas his sonne Chap. XXIII How Nabuchodonosor coÌmeth vpon kynge Ioachim and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto Babilon Chap. XXV Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to IerusaleÌ wynneth it setteth fyre on it and caryeth awaye the kynge and the people presoners vnto Babilon The fyrst Chapter AHasia the sonne off Achab was kynge ouer Israel at Samaria in y e seuententh yeare of Iosaphat kiÌge of Iuda reigned ouer Israel two yeares dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of the LORDE and walked in the waye of his father and of his mother in the waie of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne And serued Baal and worshipped him and displeased the LORDE God of Israel eueÌ as his father dyd The
tolde the kynge whaÌ he sayde Tomorow aboute this tyme shall two buszshels of barlye be solde for one Sycle and a buszshel of fyne meel for one Sycle vnder the gate at Samaria And the knyghte answered the man of God and sayde Beholde though y e LORDE made wyndowes in heauen how coulde soch a thinge come to passe Neuertheles he sayde Beholde with thine eyes shalt thou se it and shalt not ââte therof And euen so fortuned it vnto him for the people trode vpon him in the gate y t he dyed The VIII Chapter ELiseus spake vnto the womaÌ whose sonne he had restored vnto life againe and sayde Get the vp go with thine housholde and be a straunger where thou canst for the LORDE shall call for a derth which shal come in to the londe seuen yeare loÌge The woman gat her vp and dyd as the man of God sayde wente with hiâ housholde and was a straunger in the londe of the Philistynes seuen yeare But whan the seuen yeares were ended the woman came agayne out of the Philistynes loÌde and wente forth to crye vpon the kynge for hir house and londe The kynge spake vnto Gehasi the seruaunt of the man of God sayde Tell me all the greate actes that Eliseus hath done And whyle he was tellynge the kynge how he had made one that was deed to lyue agayne beholde the woman whose sonne he had caused to reuyue came euen in the meane season and cried vnto the kynge for hir house and londe Then sayde Gehasi My lorde O kynge this same is the womaÌ and this is hir sonne whom Eliseus restored vnto life agayne And the kynge axed y e woman and she tolde him Then the kynge delyuered her a chamberlayne saide Restore her agayne all that is hirs and all the increase of the londe sence the tyme that she lefte the londe vntyll now And Eliseus came to Damascon Benadab the kynge of Syria laye sicke And it was tolde him and sayde The man of God is come hither Then sayde the kynge vnto Hasael Take giftes with the go mete the man of God and axe councell at y e LORDE by him and saye Maye I recouer from this sicknesse Hasael wente for to mete him and toke rewardes with him and of all the goodes at DamascoÌ as moch as fortye Camels mighte beare And whan he came he stode before him and sayde Thy sonne Benadab the kynge of Syria hath sent me vnto the sayenge Maye I recouer from this sicknes Eliseus sayde vnto him Go y i waye and tell him Thou shalt recouer But the LORDE hath shewed me y t he shal dye y e death And the man of God loked earnestly made a troublous countenaunce wepte TheÌ sayde Hasael Wherfore wepeth my lorde He sayde I knowe what euell thou shalt do vn to the children of Israel Thou shalt burne their stronge cities with fyre and slaye their yonge men with the swerde and kyll their yonge children and ryppe vp their wemen with childe Hasael sayde How so is thy seruaunt a dogg that he shulde do soch a greate thynge Eliseus saide The LORDE hath shewed me y t thou shalt be kynge of Syria And he weÌte his waye from Eliseus came to his lorde which saide vnto him What saieth Eliseus vnto the He sayde He tolde me Thou shalt recouer But on the nexte daye he toke y e bed couerynge and dypte it in water and spred it ouer him and he dyed Hasael was kynge in his steade In the fyfth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel was Ioram y e sonne of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda Two thirtie yeare olde was he whaÌ he was made kynge reigned eighte yeare at Ierusalem walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel as the house of Achab dyd for Achabs doughter was his wife he dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE Neuertheles the LORDE wolde not destroye Iuda for his seruaunt Dauids sake as he promysed him to geue him euer a lanterne amoÌge his childreÌ * At y e same tyme fell y e Edomites awaye from Iuda made a kynge ouer them selues y e cause was this Ioram had gone thorow Seira and all the charettes with him had gotten him vp by nighte and smytten the Edomites that were aboute him and y e rulers ouer the charettes so that the people fled vnto their tentes therfore fell the Edomites awaye from Iuda vnto this daye At the same tyme fell Libna awaye also What more there is to saye of Ioram all y t he dyd heholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ioram fell on slepe with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in y e cite of Dauid Ochosias his sonne was kynge in his steade In the twolueth yeare of Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel was Ochosias y e sonne of Ioram kynge in Iuda Two and twentye yeare olde was Ochosias whan he was made kynge and reigned one yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Atalia the doughter of Amri kynge of Israel he walked in the waye of the house of Achab dyd that which was euell in the syght of y e LORDE euen as dyd the house of Achab for he was sonne in lawe in the house of Achab. And he wente with Ioram the sonne of Achab in to the battayll agaynst Hasael y e kinge of Syria vnto Ramoth in Gilead but y e Syrians smote Ioram Then Ioram the kinge turned backe to be healed at Iesreel of y e woundes wherwith the Syrians had wounded him at Ramoth whaÌ he foughte with Hasael kinge of Syria And Ochosyas y e sonne of IoraÌ kinge of Iuda came downe to viset Ioram the sonne of Achab at Iesreel for he laye sicke The IX Chapter ELiseus the prophet called one of the prophetes childreÌ sayde vnto him Girde vp y e loynes and take this cruse of oyle with the and go vnto Ramoth in Gilead and whaÌ thou coÌmest thither thou shalt se there one Iehu y e sonne of Iosaphat the sonne of Nimsi and go in and byd him stonde vp amonge his brethren and brynge him in to the ynmost chamber take thou y e cruse of oyle and poure it vpon his heade saye Thus sayeth the LORDE I haue anointed the to be kynge ouer Israel thou shalt open the dore and flye and not tary And the prophetes yonge man the childe wente his waye vnto Ramoth in Gilead And whan he came in beholde the captaynes of the hoost sat there and he sayde I haue somwhat to saye vnto the O captayne Iehu saide Vnto whom amonge vs all He sayde Euen vnto the o captayne Then stode he vp and wente in So he poured the oyle vpon his heade and sayde vnto him· Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel I haue anoynted y t to be kynge ouer the LORDES people of
Eloth and broughte it agayne vnto Iuda after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers In the fyftenth yeare of Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria one and fortye yeare And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne But the borders of Israel broughte he agayne from Hemath vnto y e see that lyeth in the playne felde acordinge to the worde of the LORDE God of Israel which he spake by his seruaunt Ionas y e sonne of Amithai the prophete which was of Gath Epher For the LORDE considered the myserable affliccion of Israel how that euen they which were shut vp and desolate were awaye and that there was no helper in Israel And the LORDE sayde not that he wolde destroye the name of Israel from vnder heaueÌ And he helped theÌ by Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas. What more there is to saye of Ieroboam and all that he dyd and of his power how he foughte and how broughte Damascon and Hemath agayne vnto Iuda in Israel beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ieroboam fell on slepe with his fathers with the kynges of Israel And Zacharias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XV. Chapter IN the seuen twentieth yeare of Ieroboam kynge of Israel reigned Asarias the sonne of Amasias kynge of Iuda and was sixtene yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned two and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Iechalia of IerusaleÌ And he dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE acordinge to all as dyd Amasias his father sauynge that they put not downe the hye places For the people dyd sacryfice and brent incense yet vpon the hye places Howbeit the LORDE smote the kynge so that he was leper vnto his death and dwelt in a frye house But Iotham the kynges sonne ruled the house and iudged the people in the londe What more there is to saye of Asarias all y t he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Asarias fell on slepe with his fathers was buried with his fathers in the cite of Dauid Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight and thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda was Zacharias the sonne of Ieroboam kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixe monethes And he dyd y t which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen as his fathers dyd He departed not from y e synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne And Sellum the sonne of Iabes conspyred agaynst him and smote him in the presence of y e people and slewe him was kynge in his steade What more there is to saie of Zacharias beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And this is it y t the LORDE sayde vnto Iehu Thy children shall syt vpoÌ the seate of Israel vntyll the fourth generacion And euen so came it to passe Sellum the sonne of Iabes reigned in y e nyne thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda reigned one moneth at Samaria For Menahem the sonne of Gadi weÌte vp from Thirza came to Samaria and smote Sellum the sonne of Iabes at Samaria slewe him and was kynge in his steade What more there is to saye of Sellum of his sedicion which he stered vp beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel At the same tyme dyd Manahem smyte Tiphsa all y t were therin the coastes therof from Thirza because they wolde not let him in and smote all their wemen w t childe and rypte them vp In the nyne thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda beganne Manahem the sonne of Gad to reigne ouer Israel ten yeares at Samaria and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE As longe as he lyued departed he not from y e synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne And Phul the kynge of Assiria came in to the loÌde And Manahem gaue vnto Phul a thousande talentes of syluer to holde with him and to coÌfirme him in the kyngdome And Manahem raysed vp a taxe in Israel vpon the richest fiftye Sycles of syluer vpon eueryman to geue vnto y e kynge of Assiria So the kynge of Assiria weÌte home agayne and taried not in the londe What more there is to saye of Manahem all y t he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Manahem fell on slepe w t his fathers And Pecahia his sonne was kynge in his steade In the fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda beganne Pecahia the sonne of Manahem to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria two yeare and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE for he departed not froÌ the synnes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne And Pecah the sonne of Romelia his knyghte conspyred agaynst him smote him at Samaria in y e palace of the kynges house w t Argob and Ariah and fiftye men w t him of y e childreÌ of Gilead slewe him was kynge in his steade What more there is to saye of Pecahia all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel In the two and fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda beganne Pecah the sonne of Romelia to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria twentye yeare dyd that which was euell in the sighte of y e LORDE for he departed not from the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne In the tyme of Pecah the kynge of Israel came Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria toke Eion Abel Beth Maecha Ianoha Kedes Hasor Gilead Galile and all the londe of Nephtali caried theÌ awaye in to Assiria And Osea the sonne of Ela conspyred agaynst Pecah the sonne of Romelia slue him and was kynge in his steade in the tweÌtieth yeare of Iotham the sonne of Osias What more there is to saye of Pecah all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel In the seconde yeare of Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel was Iotham the sonne of Osias kynge of Iuda was fyue and twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ierusa the doughter of Sadok And he dyd y t which was righte in y e sighte of the LORDE acordinge vnto all as dyd Osias his father ⪠sauynge that he put not downe the hye places for the people offred brent incense yet vpon the hye places He buylded the hye poete of the house of the LORDE What more there
the commaundementes of the LORDE their God and made them two molten calues and groues and worshipped all the hoost of heauen serued Baal and caused their sonnes and doughters to go thorow the fyre and medled w t soythsayers and witches and gaue them selues ouer to do that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath Then was the LORDE very wroth at Israel and put them awaye froÌ his presence so y t there remayned nomo but onely y e trybe of Iuda Nether dyd Iuda kepe the commaundemeÌtes of the LORDE their God but walked after the customes of Israel which they dyd Therfore dyd y e LORDE cast awaye all y e sede of Israel and troubled them and delyuered them in to the handes of the spoylers tyll he had cast them out of his presence for Israel was deuyded from the house of Dauid And they made theÌ a kynge one Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which turned Israel back from y e LORDE caused theÌ to synne so sore Thus walked the childreÌ of Israel in all y e synnes of Ieroboam which he had done departed not froÌ them vntyll y e LORDE put Israel out of his presence acordinge as he had spokeÌ by all his seruauntes y e prophetes So Israel was caried awaye out of their awne londe to Assiria vnto this daye The kynge of Assiria caused men to come froÌ Babilon from Cutha froÌ Aua from Hemath Sepharuaim caused theÌ to inhabite y e cities in Samaria in steade of the children of Israel And they toke possession of Samaria dwelt in y e same cities But whaÌ they begaÌne to dwell there feared not y e LORDE the LORDE sent lyons amoÌge theÌ which slewe them And they caused it be sayde vnto y e kynge of Assiria The HeytheÌ whom thou hast broughte hither caused them to inhabite the cities of Samaria knowe not the lawe of y e God of the londe Therfore hath he sent lyons amoÌge them beholde they slaye theÌ because they knowe not the ordinaunce of the God of the londe The kinge of Assiria coÌmaunded saide Bringe thither one of y e prestes y t were caried awaye froÌ thence let him go thither dwell there teach theÌ the ordinauÌâe of the God of y e londe Then came one of â prestes which were caried awaye from Samaria dwelt at Bethel taughte them how they shulde feare y e LORDE But euery people made theÌ goddes put theÌ in the houses vpon y e hye places which the Samaritanes had made euery people iÌ their cities wherin they dwelt They of BabiloÌ made Sochoth Benoth They of Chut made Nergel They of Hemath made Asima They of Aua made Nibehas Tharthak They of Sepharuaim burnt their sonnes vnto Adramelech and Anamelech y e goddes of theÌ of Sepharuaim And whyle they feared y e LORDE they made prestes in y e hye places of y e lowest amonge them put them in y e houses of y e hye places thus they feared y e LORDE serued y e goddes also acordinge to y e custome of euery nacion from whence they were broughte And vnto this daye do they after y e olde fashion so y t they nether feare y e LORDE ner yet kepe their awne ordinaunces and lawes after the lawe and commaundement that the LORDE coÌmaunded the childreÌ of Iacob vnto whom he gaue y e name of Israel and made a couenaunt with them and commaunded them and sayde Feare none other goddes and worshipe them not and serue them not and offer not vnto them ⪠but the LORDE which broughte you out of the loÌde of Egipte with greate power and outstretched arme Him feare him worshippe vnto him do sacrifice and the statutes ordinaunces lawe coÌmaundement which he hath caused to be wrytten vnto you those se that ye kepe that ye allwaye do therafter and feare none other goddes And forget not the couenaunt which he hath made with you lest ye feare other goddes But feare y e LORDE youre God he shall delyuer you from all youre enemies Neuertheles they wolde not herken but dyd after their olde custome Thus these Heythen feared the LORDE and serued their Idols also and so dyd their children and childers childreÌ likewyse EueÌ as their fathers haue done before them so do they vnto this daye The XVIII Chapter IN the thirde yeare of Oseas y e sonne of Ela kynge of Israel reigned Ezechias y e sonne of Achas kynge of Iuda And he was fyue and twentie yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned nyne twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Abi the doughter of Zachary And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE acordinge vnto all as dyd Dauid his father He put awaye the hye places and brake downe the pilers roted out the groues and brake the brasen serpente which Moses had made For vnto that tyme had the children of Israel brent inceÌse vnto it And it was called Nehusthan He put his trust in the LORDE God of Israel so that after him there was not his like amoÌge all the kynges of Iuda nether had bene before him He cleued vnto the LORDE and departed not backe from him and kepte his commaundementes which the LORDE had coÌmaunded Moses And the LORDE was w t him And whither so euer he weÌte forth he behaued him selfe wysely He resisted the kyn of Assiria and was not subdued vnto him He smote the Philistynes also vnto Gasa and their borders from the castels vnto the stronge cities In the fourth yeare of Ezechias kynge of Iuda y t was the seuenth yeare of Oseas the sonne of Ela kynge of Israel came Salmanasar the kynge of Assiria vp agaynst Samaria and layed sege vnto it and wanne it after thre yeares in the sixte yeare of Ezechias that is in the nyenth yeare of Oseas kynge of Israel theÌ was Samaria wonne And the kynge of Assiria caried Israel awaye vnto Assiria and set them at Halah and Habor by the water Gosan and in the cities of the Meedes And all because they herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE their God and had transgressed his couenaunt And as for all that Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE had commaunded theÌ they had nether herkened vnto eny of those ner done them In the fourteÌth yeare of kynge Ezechias dyd Sennacherib y e kynge of Assiria come vp agaynst all the stronge cities of Iuda coÌquered theÌ Then sent Ezechias the kynge of Iuda to y e kynge of Assiria vnto Lachis sayenge I haue offended turne back fro me loke what thou layest vnto me I wil beare it TheÌ the kynge of Assiria layed vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda thre hundreth talentes of syluer thirtie talentes of golde So Ezechias gaue all y e syluer y t was fouÌde in y e house of the LORDE in
of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde and haue cast their goddes in the fyre for they were not Goddes but y e worke of meÌs hondes wodd and stone therfore haue they destroyed them But now O LORDE helpe thou vs out of his hande that all the kyngdomes vpon earth maye knowe that thou LORDE art God alone Then sent Esay the sonne of Amos vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me concernynge Sennacherib y e kynge of Assiria I haue herde it This is it that the LORDE hath spoken agaynst him He hath despysed y e and mocked the O virgin thou doughter Sion he hath shakeÌ his heade at the O doughter Ierusalem Whom hast thou despysed blasphemed Ouer whom hast thou lifte vp thy voyce EueÌ agaynst y e holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine eyes thou hast blasphemed y e LORDE by thy messaungers and sayde Thorow the multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to the toppes of the mountaynes vpon the sydes of Libanus I haue hewen downe his hye Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees and am come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of Carmel that belongeth vnto it I haue dygged and dronke vp the straunge waters and with y e soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See But hast thou not herde how that I haue done this longe agoo and haue prepared it from the begynnynge Now haue I caused it for to come that contencious stronge cities mighte fall in to a waist heape of stones they that dwell therin shal be faynte and fearfull and a shamed and shal be as the grasse vpon the felde and as y e grene herbe and hay vpon the house toppes that wythereth afore it be growne vp I knowe thy habitacion thy out and ingoynge and that thou ragest agaynst me For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose and a brydle bytt in thy lippes and wyll brynge the agayne euen the same waye thou camest And let this be a token vnto the O Ezechias In this yeare eate y t which is fallen ⪠in the seconde yeare soch as groweth of it selfe In y e thirde yeare sowe and reape and plante vynyardes and eate the frute therof And the doughter Iuda which is escaped remayneth shall from hence forth take rote beneth and beare frute aboue For the remnaunt shal go forth from Ierusalem they y t are escaped shall go out fro mount Sion The gelousy of the LORDE Zebaoth shall brynge this to passe Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE concernynge y e kynge of the Assyrians He shall not come in to this cite and shall shute no arowe therin nether shal there come eny shylde before it nether shall he dygge eny backe aboute it but shal go agayne the waye that he came and shall not come in to this cite sayeth the LORDE and I wyll defende this cite to helpe it for myne awne sake and for my seruaunt Dauids sake And in the same nighte wente the angell of the LORDE and smote in the hoost of the Assyrians an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande men And whan they gatt them vp in the mornynge beholde all laye full of deed coarses So Sennacherib the kinge of Assyria brake vp and departed and returned and abode at Niniue And as he worshipped in y e house of Nesrach his god his awne sonnes Adramalech and Sarazer smote him with the swerde and fled in to y e londe of Ararat And Asarhadon his sonne was kynge in his steade The XX. Chapter AT that tyme was Ezechias deedsicke And the prophet Esay y e sonne of Amos came to him sayde vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE Set thine house in ordre for thou shalt dye not lyue And he turned his face to the wall and prayed vnto y e LORDE and sayde Remembre O LORDE that I haue walked faithfully before the with a perfecte hert and haue done y t which is good in thy syghte And Ezechias wepte sore But whan Esay was not gone out of halfe the cite y e worde of y e LORDE came to him sayde Turne back tell Ezechias y e prynce of my people Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of thy father Dauid I haue herde thy praier considered y e teares Beholde I wil heale y e on the thirde daye shalt thou go in to y e house of the LORDE fiftene yeares wil I adde vnto y e life wyll delyuer the this cite from the kynge of Assyria this cite wil I defende for myne awne sake and for my seruauÌt Dauids sake And Esay sayde Bringe hither a quantite of fygges And whan they broughte them they layed them vpon the sore and it was healed Ezechias sayde vn to Esay Which is y e token that the LORDE wyll heale me and that I shal go vp in to the house of y e LORDE on the thirde daye Esay sayde This token shalt thou haue of the LORDE that the LORDE shal do acordynge as he hath sayde Shall the shadowe go ten degrees forwarde or shal it turne ten degrees backwarde Ezechias sayde It is an easy thinge for the shadowe to go ten degrees downewarde y t is not my mynde but that it go ten degrees backwarde Then cryed the prophet Esay vnto the LORDE and the shadowe wente backe ten degrees in Achas Dyall which he was descended afore At the same tyme Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan kynge of Babilon sent letters and presentes vnto Ezechias for he had herde that Ezechias had bene sicke And Ezechias reioysed with them shewed them all the house of rotes the syluer golde spyces and the best oyle and the house of ordinaunce and all that was founde in his treasures There was nothinge in his house and in all his domynion but Ezechias shewed it them Then came Esay the prophet vnto kynge Ezechias and sayde vnto him What haue these men sayde and whence came they vnto the Ezechias sayde They came to me out of a farre countre euen from Babilon He sayde What haue they sene in thyne house Ezechias sayde They haue sene all that is in my house and there is nothynge in my ãâã but I haue shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias Heare the worde of the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth that it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto this daye and there shall nothinge be lefte sayeth the LORDE Yee and the children which come of the whom thou shalt beget shal be taken awaye to be chamberlaynes in the kynge of Babilons palace Ezechias sayde vnto Esay It is good that the LORDE hath spoken And he sayde morouer Let there be peace yet and faithfulnesse in my tyme. What more there is to saye
of Ezechias and all his power and what he dyd and of the pole and water condyte wher by he conueyed water in to the cite beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXI Chapter MAnasses was twolue yeare olde whan he was made kinge and reigned fyue and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Hephziba And he dyd that which was euell in y e sight of the LORDE euen after the abhominacioÌs of the Heithen whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel and waxed fro warde and builded vp the hye places which his father Ezechias had destroyed and sett vp Baals altares and made groues as Achab the kynge of Israel dyd and worshipped all the hoost of heauen and serued them And buylded altares in the LORDES house wherof the LORDE sayde I wyll set my name at Ierusalem And in both the courtes of the house of the LORDE buylded he altares vnto all the hoost of heaueÌ And caused his sonne to go thorow the fyre and regarded byrdes cryenge and tokens and maynteyned soythsayers and expounders of tokens and so moch dyd he of this which was euell in the sight of the LORDE that he prouoked him vnto wrath A groue Idol also which he had made set he in the house wherof the LORDE sayde vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne In this house and at Ierusalem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel wil I set my name foreuer and wyl not cause y e fote of Israel to be remoued eny more from the londe which I gaue vnto their fathers yee so that they obserue and do acordynge vnto all that I haue charged them and after all the lawe that my seruaunt Moses coÌmaunded them Neuertheles they wolde not herken but Manasses disceaued them so y t they dyd worse then the Heithen whom the LORDE expelled before y e children of Israel Then spake the LORDE by his seruauntes the prophetes and saide Because that Manasse the kynge of Iuda hath gone these abhominacions which are worse then all y e abhominacions that the Amorites haue done which were before them and hath caused Iuda also to synne agaynst their God therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Beholde I wyll brynge soch a plage vpon Ierusalem and Iuda that who so euer heareth it both his eares shal glowe and ouer Ierusalem wyll I stretch forth the lyne of Samaria and the weighte of the house of Achab and wyll wype out Ierusalem euen as one wypeth a platter and I wyl ouerthrowe it And y e remnaunt of myne inheritaunce wil I cast out seater them abrode wil delyuer them in to the haÌdes of their enemies to be spoyled and rent of all their enemies because they haue done y t which is euell in my sighte haue prouoked me vnto wrath sence the daye that I broughte their fathers out of Egipte vnto this daye Manasses also shed exceadinge moch innoceÌt bloude so longe tyll IerusaleÌ was full on euery syde with out the synnes wherwith he caused Iuda for to synne so y t they dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE What more there is to saie of Manasses and all that he dyd and his synnes which he commytted beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Manasses fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried in the garden besyde his house namely in the garden of Vsa and Amon his sonne was kynge in his steade Two and twentye yeare olde was Amon whan he was made kynge he reigned two yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Mesumeleth y e doughter of Harus of Iatba and he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE as Manasses his father had done and walked in all the waye which his father walked and serued the Idols which his father had serued and worshipped them and forsoke the LORDE the God of his father and walked not in the waye of the LORDE And his seruauntes conspyred agaynst Amon slewe the kynge in his house But the people of the londe slewe all them y t had coÌspyred agaynst kynge Amon. And the people of the londe made Iosias his sonne kynge in his steade As for other thinges that Amon dyd beholde they are wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And he was buried in his graue in Vsas gardeÌ And Iosias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXII Chapter IOsias was eight yeare olde whaÌ he was made kynge reigned one and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Iedida the doughter of Adaia of Bascath and he dyd that which was righte in y e sighte of the LORDE and walked in all y e waye of Dauid his father turned not asyde nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte And in the eightenth yeare of kynge Iosias the kynge sent Saphan y e sonne of Asalia the sonne of Mesulam the scrybe in to y e house of the LORDE and sayde Go vp to Helchias the hye prest that the money that is brought vnto y e house of y e LORDE which the tresholde kepers haue gathered of y e people maye be delyuered vnto them that they maye geue it to the workmen which are appoynted in the house of the LORDE to geue it vnto the labourers in the house y t they maye repayre the decaye of the house namely vnto the carpenters and buylders masons and to them y t bie timber fre stone for the repairinge of the house but so y t there be no accomptes taken of them concernynge the money that is vnder their hande but y t they deale withall vpon credence And Helchias y e prest sayde vnto SaphaÌ the scrybe I haue founde the boke of the lawe in the house of the LORDE And Helchias gaue the boke vnto Saphan that he might reade it And Saphan the scrybe bare it vnto the kynge and brought him worde agayne sayde Thy seruauntes haue gathered together y e money y t was founde in the house haue delyuered it vnto the workmeÌ which are appoynted in y e house of the LORDE And Saphan the scrybe tolde the kynge and sayde Helchias the prest hath delyuered me a boke and Saphan red it before the kynge But whan the kinge herde the wordes of the boke of lawe he rente his clothes And the kynge coÌmaunded Helchias the prest Ahicam the sonne of Saphan Achbor the sonne of Michaia and Saphan the scribe Asaia y e kynges seruaunt and sayde Go yo r waye and axe councell at the LORDE for me for the people and for all Iuda concernynge the wordes of this boke that is founde for greate is the wrath of the LORDE that is kyndled ouer vs because o r fathers haue not herkened vnto the wordes of this boke to do
all that is wrytten vnto vs therin Then wente Helchias the prest and Ahicam Achbor Saphan Asaia vnto Hulda the prophetisse y e wife of SelluÌ the sonne of Thecua the sonne of Harham the keper of y e clothes and she dwelt at Ierusalem in the seconde porte and they spake vnto her And she sayde vnto them Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel Tell the man that sent you vnto me Thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde I wil brynge euell vpon this place and the inhabiters therof euen all the wordes of y e lawe which the kynge hath caused to be red because they haue forsaken me and brent incense vnto other goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath with all the workes of their handes Therfore is my wrath kindled agaynst this cite and shall not be quenched But tell this vnto the kynge of Iuda which hath sent you to axe councell at the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Because thine hert is not departed froÌ the wordes which thou hast herde and hast humbled thyselfe before the LORDE to heare what I haue spoken agaynst this place and the inhabiters therof how that they shall become a very desolacion and curse hast rente thy clothes and wepte before me I haue herde it sayeth the LORDE therfore wyll I gather the vnto thy fathers so y t thou shalt be put in to thy graue in peace and thine eyes shall not se all the euell that I wyll brynge vpon this place And they brought the kynge worde agayne The XXIII Chapter ANd the kynge sent fotth and all the Elders in Iuda and Ierusalem resorted vnto him and the kynge wente vp in to the house of the LORDE and all the men of Iuda and all the inhabiters of Ierusalem with him the prestes and prophetes and all the people both small and greate and all the wordes of the boke of the couenaunt that was founde in the house of the LORDE were red in their eares And the kinge stode vpon a piler and made a couenauÌt before the LORDE that they shulde walke after the LORDE and to kepe his commaundementes witnesses and ordinaunces with all their hert and with all their soule y t they shulde set vp the wordes of this couenaunt which are wrytten in this boke And all the people entred in to the couenaunt And the ãâã coÌmaunded Helchias the hye prest and âhe prestes of the secoÌde course and the kepers of the thresholde y t they shulde put out of the temple all the vessels which were made for Baal and for the groue and for all the hoost of heauen he brent them without Ierusalem in the valley of Cedron and the dust of them was caryed vnto Bethel And he put downe the Kemurims whoÌ the kynges of Iuda had founded to burne incense vpon the hye places in the cities of Iuda and aboute Ierusalem He put downe also them that brent incense vnto Baal to the Sonne and the Mone and the twolue tokens and to all y e hoost of heauen And the groue caused he to be caryed from the house of the LORDE out of Ierusalem in to y e valley of Cedron and brent it in the valley of Cedron and made it to dust and cast the dust vpon the graues of y e comen people And he brake downe the whorekepers houses which were by the house of the LORDE wherin the wemen made mansions for the groue And he caused all the prestes for to come out of the cities of Iuda and suspended y e hye places where the prestes brent incense from Geba vnto Berseba And brake downe the hye places in the portes that were at y e dore of the gate of Iosua y e shreue of the cite at the lefte hande as one goeth to the cite porte Yet had not the prestes of the hye places offred vpon the altare of the LORDE at Ierusalem but ate vnleuended bred amonge their brethren He suspended Tophet also in the valley of the children of Ennon that noman shulde cause his sonne or his doughter to go thorow y e fyre vnto Moloch And he put downe the horses which y e kynges of Iuda had set vnto the Sonne at the intringe in to the house of the LORDE besyde the chest of Netham Melech the chamberlayne which was at Paruarim and the charettes of the Sonne brent he with fyre and the altares vpon the rofe of Achabs perler which the kynges of Iuda had made And the altares which Manasses had made in the two courtes of the house of the LORDE dyd the kynge breake downe And rannefrom thence and cast the dust of them in to the broke Cedron And the hye places that were before Ierusalem on the righte hande of Mount Mashith which Salomon the kynge of Israel had buylded vnto Astaroth the abhomynacion of Sidon and to Camos the abhominacion of Moab and to Malcom the abhominacion of the children of Ammon those did the kynge suspende and brake the pilers and roted out the groues and fylled their places with mens bones And the altare at Bethel and the hye place that Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat made which caused Israel to synne the same altare brake he downe and the hye place brent the hye place and made it to dust and brent vp the groue And Iosias turned him aboute and sawe the graues that were vpoÌ the mount and caused the bones to the fetched out of the graues and brent them vpoÌ the altare and suspended it acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which the man of God cryed out that tolde this before And he sayde What titell is this that I se here And the men of the cite sayde vnto him It is the graue of the man of God which came from Iuda and cried out this that thou hast done agaynst y e altare of Bethel And he sayde Let him lye no man touche his bones Thus were his bones delyuered with the bones of the prophet that came from Samaria He put awaye also all the houses of the hye places in the cities of Samaria which the kynges of Israel had made to prouoke y e LORDE vnto wrath and dyd with them acordinge to all as he had done at Bethel And all y e prestes of the hye places that were there offred he vp vpon the altares and so brent he mens bones theron and came agayne to Ierusalem And the kynge commauÌded the people and sayde Kepe Easter vnto the LORDE youre God as it is wrytten in the boke of this couenaunt For there was no Easter so kepte as this sence the tyme of the Iudges which iudged Israel and in all the tymes of the kynges of Israel and of the kynges of Iuda but in the eightenth yeare of kynge Iosias was this Easter kepte vnto the LORDE at Ierusalem And Iosias expelled all soythsayers expounders of tokeÌs ymages and Idols and all the abhominacions which were sene in the londe of Iuda
and at Ierusalem that he mighte set vp the wordes of the lawe which were wrytten in the boke that Helchias y e prest fouÌde in the house of y e LORDE His like was no kynge before him which so coÌuerted vnto y e LORDE w t all his hert w t all his soule with all his strength acordinge to all the lawe of Moses And after him came there not vp soch another Yet turned not the LORDE from the indignacion of his greate wrath wherwith he was displeased ouer Iuda because of all the prouocacion wherwith Manasses had prouoked him And y e LORDE sayde I wil put Iuda out of my presence also euen as I haue put awaye Israel and this cite which I haue chosen wyl I cast out namely Ierusalem the house wherof I sayde My name shal be there What more there is to saye of Iosias and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In his tyme weÌte Pharao Necho y e kynge of Egipte vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria by the water Euphrates But kynge Iosias wente agaynst him and dyed at Megiddo whaÌ he had sene him And his seruauntes caried him deed froÌ Megiddo brought him to IerusaleÌ buryed him in his graue And the people of the londe toke Ioahas the sonne of Iosias and anoynted him and made him kynge in his fathers steade Thre twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whaÌ he was made kynge reigned thre monethes at IerusaleÌ His mothers name was Hamutal y e doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd y t which was euell in y e sight of y e LORDE euen as his fathers had done But Pharao Necho toke him presoner of Reblatha in the londe of Hemath y t he shulde not reigne at Ierusalem raysed a taxe vpoÌ the londe an hundreth taleÌtes of siluer one talente of golde And Pharao Necho made Eliachim y e sonne of Iosias kynge in his father Iosias steade turned his name Ioachim But Ioahas toke he brought him in to Egipte where he dyed And Ioachim gaue the siluer golde vnto Pharao yet taxed he the londe y t he might geue y e syluer acordynge to Pharaos coÌmaundement Euery one amonge the people in y e londe taxed he after his abilite in siluer golde to geue it vnto Pharao Fyue twentye yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge reigned eleuen yeares at Ierusalem His mothers name was Sebida y e doughter of Pedaia of Ruma he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE euen as his fathers had done The XXIIII Chapter IN his tyme came vp Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of Babilon Ioachim was in subieccion vn to him iij. yeare And he turned back rebelled agaynst him And y e LORDE sent men of warre vpon him out of Chaldea out of Syria out of Moab froÌ amonge the childreÌ of Ammon caused theÌ for to come in to Iuda to destroie it acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruauntes the prophetes It fortuned eueÌ so vnto Iuda acordynge to y e worde of the LORDE that he wolde put them awaye from his presence because of y e sinnes of Manasses which he dyd because of the innocent bloude that he shed And he fylled Ierusalem with innocent bloude therfore wolde not the LORDE be reconcyled What more there is to saye of Ioachim and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Ioachim fell on slepe with his fathers And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade And the kynge of Egipte came nomore out of his londe for the kynge of Babilon had conquered all that was the kynge of Egiptes from the ryuer of Egipte vnto y e water Euphrates Eightene yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes at IerusaleÌ His mothers name was Nebustha the doughter of Elnathan of Ierusalem And he dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen as his father had done At the same tyme wente the seruauntes of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon vp to Ierusalem and came vpon the cyte with ordinaunce of warre And whan Nabuchodonosor and his seruauntes came to the cite they layed sege vnto it But Ioachim y e kynge of Iuda wente forth to the kynge of Babilon with his mother with his seruauntes with his rulers and chamberlaynes And the kynge of Babilon receaued him in the eight yeare of his reigne And he toke forth froÌ thence all the treasure in the house of the LORDE and in y e kynges house and brake all the golden vessell y t Salomon the kynge of Israel had made in the house of the LORDE acordynge as the LORDE had sayde and caryed awaye all Ierusalem all the rulers all the mightie men euen ten thousande presoners and all the carpenters and all the smithes and lefte none behynde but the poore people of the londe And he caryed Ioachim awaye vnto Babilon and the kynges mother the kinges wyues and his chamberlaynes and y e mightie men of the londe led he awaye presoners also from Ierusalem vnto Babilon and seuen thousande of the best men and a thousande carpenters and smythes and all the stronge men of warre And the kynge of Babilon made Matania his vncle kynge in his steade and turned his name Sedechias One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge and reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Amithal the doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd euell in the sight of the LORDE eueÌ as Ioachim dyd for thus fortuned it vnto IerusaleÌ thorow the wrath of the LORDE tyll he had cast them out froÌ his presence And Sedechias fell awaye froÌ the kynge of Babilon The XXV Chapter ANd it fortuned that in y e nyenth yeare of his reigne vpon the tenth daye of the tenth moneth Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon came with all his power agaynst Ierusalem And they laied sege vnto it and buylded stronge holdes rounde aboute it Thus was the cite beseged vnto the eleuenth yeare of kynge Sedechias But on y e nyenth daye of the fourth moneth was the honger so stronge in the cite that the people of the londe had nothinge to eate And the cite was broken vp all the men of warre fled in the night by the waye of the porte betwene the two walles which goeth to the kynges gardeÌ But the Caldees laye aboute the cite And he fled by the waye to the playne felde Neuertheles the power of the Caldees folowed after the kynge and toke him in the plaine felde of Iericho and all the men of warre that were with him were scatered abrode from him And they toke the kynge and led him vp to the kynge of Babilon vnto Reblatha And he gaue iudgmeÌt vpon him And they slewe Ezechias children before his eyes and put out
Arphachsad begat Salah Salah begat Eber. Vnto Eber there were borne two sonnes the name of the one was Peleg because that in his tyme the worlde was deuyded and his brothers name was Iaketan And IaketaÌ begat Almodad Saleph Hazarmaphet Iarah HadoraÌ Vsal Dikela Ebal Abimael Seba Ophir Heuila and Iobab These all are the children of Iakethan Sem Arphachsad Salah Eber Peleg Regu Serug Nahor Terah Abram that is Abraham The children of Abraham are these Isaac and Ismael This is their generacion The first sonne of Ismael Nebaioth Cedar Abdeel Mibsam Misma Duma Masa Hadad Thema Iethur Naphis Kedma These are the children of Ismael The children which Ketura Abrahams coÌcubyne bare are these Simram Iaksââ Medan Midian Ieszbak and Suah The children of Iaksan are these Seba and Dedan And the childreÌ of Midian are Ephâ Epher Henoch Abida and Eldaa All thee are the childreÌ of Ketura Abraham begââ Isaac The children of Isaac are Esau ãâã Israel * The children of Esau are Eliphâ Reguel Ieus Iaelam Korah The chiâdren of Eliphas are Theman Omar Zepââ Gaethan Kenas Thimna Amalek The children of Reguel are Nahath Serah Samma and Misa The children of Seir are Lothan Sobal Zibeon Ana Dison Ezer Disan The children of Lothan are Hori and Homââ and Thimna was the sister of Lothan The children of Sobalare Aluan Manahath ⪠Ebal Sephi Onam The children of Zibeon are Aia and Ana. The childreÌ of Ana Dison The children of Dison are Hamran Eszban Iethran and Charan The children of Ezer are Bilhan Seâuan Acan. The children of Disan are Vz and Aran. These are the kynges which reigned is the loÌde of Edom or euer there reigned eny kynge amonge the children of Israel Belâ the sonne of Beor and the name of his cite was Dinhaba And whan Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah of Bosra was kynge in his steade And whan Iobab dyed Hâsam out of y e londe of the Themanites was kynge in his steade Whan Husam dyed Hadad the sonne of Bedad which smote the Madianites in the felde of y e Moabites was kynge in his steade the name of his cite was Auith. Whan Hadad dyed Samla of Masrek was kynge in his steade Whan Samla dyed Saul of Rehobeth by the water syde was kynge in his steade Whan Saul dyed Baal Hauan the sonne of Achbor was kynge in his steade Whan Baal Hauan dyed Hadad was kynge in his steade and the name of his cite was Pagi his wyues name was Mehetabeel the doughter of Matred doughter of Mesahab But whan Hadad dyed there were prynces at Edom Prynce Thimnah prynce Alua prynce Ietheth prynce Ahalibama prynce Ela prynce Pinon prynce Kenas ⪠prynce Theman prynce Mibzar prynce Magdiel prynce Iram These are the prynces of Edom. The II. Chapter THese are the children of Israel Ruben Simeon Leui Iuda Isachar Zabulon Dan Ioseph BeÌ Iamin Nephtali Gad Aser The childreÌ of Iuda Er Onan Sela these thre were borne vnto him of y e doughter Sua y e Cananitisse Howbeit y e first sonne of Iuda was wicked before y e LORDE therfore he slewe him But Thamar his sonnes wife bare him Phares Zarah so y t all y e childreÌ of Iuda were fyue The childreÌ of Phares are Hesrom and Hamuel The childreÌ of Zarah are Simri Ethan Heman Chalcol Dara which all are fyue in nombre The childreÌ of Charmi are Achan which troubled Israel whaÌ he synned in the thinge that was damned The children of Ethan Asaria The children which were borne vnto Hesrom are Raia Thalubai Ram begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson the prynce of the children of Iuda Naasson begat Salmon Salmon begat Boos Boos begat Obed. Obed begat Isai. Isai begat Eliab his first sonne Abinadab the seconde Samma the thirde Nathanael the fourth Raddai y e fifth Ozem y e sixte Dauid y e vij And their sisters were Zeruia Abigail The childreÌ of Zeruia are these thre Abisai Ioab Asahel Abigail begat Amasa The father of Amasa was Iether an Ismaelite Caleb the sonne of Hesrom begat Asuba y e woman Ierigoth And these are the same womans childreÌ Ieser Sobab and Ardon But whaÌ Asuba dyed Caleb toke Ephrat which bare him Hur. Hur begat Vri. Vri begat Bezaleel Afterwarde laye Hesrom with y e doughter of Machir the father of Gilead he toke her whaÌ he was thre score yeare olde and she bare him Segub Segub begat Iair which had thre twentye cities in the londe of Gilead And he toke out of the same Iesur and Aram the townes of Iair and Kenath with the vyllages therof thre score cities All these are the children of Machir y e father of Gilead After y e death of Hesrom in Caleb Ephrata lefte Hesrom his wife vnto Abia which wife bare him Ashur y e father of Thecoa Ierahmeel the first sonne of Hesrom had children the first Ram Buna Oren and Ozem and Ahia And Ierahmeel had yet another wife whose name was Athara she is y e mother of Onam The childreÌ of Ram the first sonne of Ierahmeel are Maaz Iamin and Eker Onam had children Samai and Iada The children of Samai are Nadab Abisur Abisurs wife was called Abihail which bare him Ahban and Molid The childreÌ of Nadab are Seled and Appaim And Seled dyed without children The children of Appaim Iesei The children of Iesei Sesan The childreÌ of Sesan Ahelai The childreÌ of Iada y e brother of Samai are Iether Ionathan But Iether dyed without childreÌ The children of Ionathan are Peleth and Sasa These are the children of Ierahmeel As for Sesan he had no sones but a doughter And Sesan had a seruauÌt an Egipcian whose name was Iatha And Sesan gaue his doughter vnto Iatha his seruauÌt to wife which bare him Athai Athai begat Nathan Nathan begat Sabad Sabad begat Ephal Ephal begat Obed. Obed begat Iehu Iehu begat Asaria Asaria begat Halez Halez begat Elleasa Elleasa begat Sissemai Sissemai begat Sallum Sallum begat Iekamia Iekamia begat Elisama The children of Caleb the brother of Ierahmeel are Mesa his first sonne which is the father of Siph and of the children of Maresa the father of Hebron The children of Hebron are Corah Thapuah Rekem Sama. Sama begat Raham y e father of Iarkaam Rekem begat Samai The sonne of Samai was called Maon Maon was y e father of Bethzur Epha Calebs concubyne bare Haram Mosa Gases Haram begat Gases The childreÌ of Iahdai are Rekem Iotham Gesan Pelet Epha and Saaph Maecha Calebs concubyne bare Seber and Thirhena And she bare Saaph also y e father of Madmanna and Scheua the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea But Achsa was Calebs doughter These were the children of Caleb Hur y e first sonne of Ephrata Sobal the father of Kiriath Iearim Salma y e father of Bethleem Hareph y e father of Beth Sader And Sobal the father of Kiriath
to lyfte vp the horne for God gaue Heman fourtene sonnes thre daughters All these were vnder their fathers Assaph Iedithun and Heman to synge in the house of the LORDE with Cymbales Psalteries harpes acordynge to the office in the house of God besyde the kynge And their nombre with their brethren which were taughte in the songe of the LORDE euery one hauynge vnderstondinge was two hundreth eight and foure score And they cast the lottes ouer their offyce for the leest as for the greatest for the master as for the scolar And the first Lot fell vpoÌ Ioseph which was of Assaph the seconde vpoÌ Gedolia w t his brethreÌ and sonnes of whom there were twolue The thirde vpoÌ Sacur with his sonnes brethreÌ of whoÌ there were twolue The fourth vpon Iezri with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The fyfth vpoÌ Nethania with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The syxte vpon Bukia with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The seuenth vpon Iesreela with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The eighte vpon Iesaia with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The nyenth vpon Mathania with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The tenth vpon Simei with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The eleuenth vpon Asraeel with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The twolueth vpon Hasabia with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The thirtenth vpon Subael with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The fourtenth vpon Mathithia with his sonnes brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The fyftenth vpoÌ Ieremoth with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The syxtenth vpon Anania with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The seuenteÌth vpon Iaszbekasa with his sonnes brethren of whom there were twolue The eightenth vpon Hanani with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The nyententh vpon Mallothi with his sonnes brethren of whom there were twolue The twentieth vpon Eliatha with his sonnes and brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The one tweÌtieth vpon Hothir with his sonnes brethreÌ of whom there were twolue The two and twentieth vpon Gidalthi with his sonnes brethren of whom there were twolue The thre and twentieth vpon Mehesioth with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The foure and tweÌtyeth vpon Romamthieser with his sonnes and brethren of whom there were twolue The XXVII Chapter OF the ordinauÌces of the dorekepers Amonge the Korahytes was Meselemia of the children of Assaph The children of Meselemia were these the fyrstborne Zacharias the seconde Iediael y e thirde Sebadia the fourth Iathniel y e fifth Elam the sixte Iohanan the seuenth Elidenai The children of Obed Edom were these the firstborne Semaia the seconde Iosabad the thirde Ioah the fourth Sachur y e fyfth Nethaneel the sixte Ammiel the seuenth Isachar the eight Pegulthai for God had blessed him And vnto Semaia his sonne there were sonnes borne also which bare rule in the house of their fathers for they were mightie valeaunt men The children of Semaia were Athni Rephael Obed and Elsabad whose brethren were valeaunt men Elihu and Semachia all these were of the children of Obed Edom ⪠Meselemia had children and brethren which were stronge men euen eightene Hossa of the children of Merari had children Simri the chefest for y e fyrstborne was not there therfore dyd his father appoynte him to be chefest the secoÌde Helchias y e thirde Tebalia y e fourth Zacharias All the children and brethren of Hossa were thirtene This is the ordinaunce of the dorekepers amonge the heades of the valeaunt men in the offyce besyde their brethren to mynister in the house of the LORDE And the lot was cast for the small as for y e greate thorow out the house of their fathers at euery dore The lot towarde the East fell vpon Meselemia And the lot was cast for Zacharias his sonne which was a man of prudent councell vnto him it fell towarde the North But vnto Obed Edom towarde the South and to his sonnes besyde the house of Esupim And vnto Supim and Hossa towarde the West by the gate of Salechet in the strete of the burnt offeringes where the tabernacles stonde together Towarde the East were there sixe of the Leuites Towarde the north foure on y e daie tyme. Towarde the south foure on the daye season likewyse Besyde Esupim two two By Parbar westwarde were there foure in in the strete and two besyde Parbar These are the ordinaunces of the dorekepers amonge the children of the Korahites and the children of Merari Of the Leuites was Ahia ouer the treasures of the house of God and ouer the treasures that were sanctifyed Of the children of Laedan the childreÌ of the Gersonites Of Laedan were these the heades of the fathers namely y e Iehielites The children of the Iehielites were SethaÌ and his brother Ioel ouer the treasures of the house of the LORDE Amonge the Aââamites Iezeharites Hebronites and Vsielites was Sebuel the sonne of Gerson the sonne of Moses prynce ouer the treasures His brother Elieser had a sonne Rehabia whose sonne was Iesaia whose sonne was IoraÌ whose sonne was Sichri whose sonne was Selomith the same Selomith and his brethren were ouer all the treasures of the thinges that were halowed which kinge Dauid halowed and the pryncipall of the fathers amonge the rulers ouer thousandes ouer hundreds and rulers in the hoost of warres and spoyles had they halowed it to repayre the house of the LORDE and ouer all y t Samuel the Seer and Saul the sonne of Cis Abner the sonne of Ner and Ioab the sonne of Zerâ Ia had halowed whatsoeuer was sanctifyed it was vnder the hande of Seââmith and his brethren Amonge the Iezeharites was Chenaia with his sonnes for the worke without ouer Israel offycers Iudges Amonge the Hebronites was Hasabia his brethren valeaunt men a thousande and seuen hundreth ouer the offyces of Israel on this syde Iordane westwarde for all maner worke of the LORDE and to serue the kinge But amonge the Hebronites was Ieria the chefest amonge the Hebronites of his kinred amoÌge the fathers And search was made amonge them and in the fortieth yeare of kynge Dauid there were founde valeauÌt men at Iaeser in Gilead and their brethren mightie men two thousande and seuen hundreth pryncipall fathers and Dauid set theÌ ouer the Rubenites Gaddites and ouer the halfe trybe of Manasses for all soch busynes as belonged vnto God and the kynge The XXVIII Chapter THe children of Israel acordinge to their nombre were heades of the fathers and ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds officers waytinge vpon the kynge to go of on after their course euery moneth one in all y e monethes of y e yeare Euery course had foure twentye thousande Ouer the
brasen altare that Salomon made might not conteyne all the burnt offeringes meat offerynges and the fat And at the same tyme helde Salomon a feast seuen daies longe and all Israel with him a very greate congregacion from Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egipte and on the eight daye helde he a conuocacion For the dedicacion of the altare helde they seuen daies and the feast seuen dayes also But on the thre and twentyeth daye of the seuenth moneth he let the people go vnto their tentes ioyfull and with mery hertes because of all the good that the LORDE had done vnto Dauid vnto SalomoÌ and to his people of Israel * Thus fynished SalomoÌ the house of y e LORDE and the kinges house and all y t came in his hert to make in the house of the LORDE and in his awne house prosperously And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon in the nighte season and sayde vnto him I haue herde thy prayer and chosen this place vnto my selfe for an house of sacrifyce Beholde whan I shut the heaueÌ so y t it raine not or commaunde the greshopper to coÌsume the londe or cause a pestilence to come amonge my people to humble my people which is named after my name and yf they praye and seke my face and turne from their euell wayes theÌ wyl I heare them from heauen and wyll forgeue their sinne and heale their londe So shal myne eyes now be open and myne eares shal be attente vnto prayer in this place Thus haue I now chosen this house and sanctifyed it that my name maye be there for euer and myne eyes and my hert shal allwaye be there And yf thou walke before me as thy father Dauid walked so that thou do all that I commaunde the and kepe myne ordinauÌces and lawes then wyll I stablishe the seate of thy kyngdome acordynge as I promysed thy father Dauid and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man to be lorde ouer Israel But yf ye turne backe and forsake myne ordynaunces and commaundemeÌtes which I haue layed before you and so go youre waye and serue other goddes and worshippe them theÌ wyll I rote you out of my londe that I haue geuen you and this house which I haue sanctifyed vnto my name wil I cast awaye out of my presence and geue it ouer to be a byworde and fabell amoÌge all nacions And euery one that goeth by shall be astonnyed at this hye house and shall hysse at it and saye Wherfore hath the LORDE dealte thus with this londe and with this house Then shall it be sayde Euen because they haue forsaken the LORDE God of their fathers which brought them out of the londe of Egipte haue cleued vnto other goddes worshipped them and serued theÌ therfore hath he brought all this euell vpon theÌ The VIII Chapter ANd after twentye yeares wherin Salomon buylded the house of the LORDE and his awne house he buylded the cyties also which Hiram gaue vnto Salomon and caused the children of Israel to dwell therin And Salomon wente vnto Hemath Zoba and made it stronge and buylded Thadmor in the wyldernes and all the cornecyties which he buylded in Hemath He buylded the vpper and lower Bethoron likewyse so that they were stronge cities w t walles portes and barres And Baelath and all the cornecites which Salomon had and all the cities of the charettes and of the horse men and all that Salomon had lust to buylde both at Ierusalem and vpon Libanus and in all the londe of his domynion All the remnaunt of the people of the Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites which were not of the children of Israel and their children which they had lefte behynde them in the londe whom the children of Israel had not vtterly destroied those dyd Salomon make trybutaries vnto this daye As for the children of Israel Salomon made no bondmen of them vnto his worke but they were men of warre and chefe captaynes and ouer his charettes horsmen And the chefe of kynge Salomons officers were two hundreth and fyftie which ruled the people And Salomon caused Pharaos doughter to be fetched vp out of the cite of Dauid in to the house that he had buylded for her for he sayde My wyfe shall not dwell in the house of Dauid the kynge of Israel for it is sanctifyed in as moch as y e Arke of the LORDE is come in to it Then offred Salomon burnt offerynges vnto the LORDE vpon the LORDES altare which he had buylded before the porche euery one vpon his daye to offre after the coÌmaundement of Moses on the Sabbathes Newmones at the appoynted seasons of the yeare euen thre tymes namely in y e feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes in the feast of Tabernacles And he set the prestes in ordre to their ministracion acordynge as Dauid his father had appoynted and the Leuites in their offyces to geue thankes and to mynister in the presence of the prestes euery one vpon his daye And the dorekepers in their courses euery one at his dore for so had Dauid the maÌ of God commaunded And they departed not from the kynges commaundement ouer the prestes and Leuites in euery matter and in the treasures Thus was all Salomons busynesse made ready from the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES house was layed tyll it was fynished so that the house of the LORDE was all prepared Then wente Salomon vnto Ezeon Geber and vnto Eloth by the See syde in the londe of Edomea And Hiram sent him shippes by his seruauntes which had knowlege of the See and they wente with SalomoÌs seruauntes vnto Ophir and fetched from thence foure hundreth and fyftye talentes of golde and broughte it vnto kynge Salomon The IX Chapter ANd whan the quene of rich Arabia herde the fame of Salomon she came with a very greate tryne to Ierusalem with Camels that bare spyces and golde and precious stones to proue Salomon with darke sentences And whan she came vnto Salomon she spake vnto him all that she had deuysed in hir mynde And the kynge tolde her all hir matters Salomon had nothinge in secrete but he tolde it her And whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe the wyszdome of Salomon and y e house that he had buylded the meates of his table the dwellinges of his seruauntes y e offices of his mynisters and their garmentes his butlers and their apparell and his parler where he wente vp in to the house of the LORDE she coulde no longer refrayne And she sayde vnto the kynge It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behaue oure and of thy wyszdome howbeit I wolde not beleue their wordes tyll I came my selfe sawe it with myne eyes and beholde the halfe of thy greate wyszdome hath not bene tolde me there is more in y e then the fame that I haue herde Happye are thy men and happie are these thy seruauntes
from beyonde the See of Syria beholde they are at Hazezon Thamar that is Engaddi And Iosaphat was afrayed set his face to seke y e LORDE caused a fast to be proclamed in all Iuda And Iuda came together to seke the LORDE And out of all y e cities of Iuda came they to seke the LORDE And Iosaphat stode amoÌge y e coÌgregacion of Iuda Ierusalem in the house of y e LORDE before the new courte and sayde O LORDE God of oure fathers art not thou God in heauen and hast domynion in all the kyngdomes of the Heythen And in thy hande is strength and power and there is no man that can withstoÌde the. Hast not thou o r God expelled the inhabiters of this londe before thy people of Israel and hast geueÌ it vnto the sede of Abraham thy louer for euer so that they haue dwelt in it haue buylded the a Sanctuary vnto y e name therin and sayde Yf there come eny plage swerde iudgmeÌt pestilence or derth vpon vs we wyll stonde before this house euen before the for thy name is in this house and wyll crye vnto the in oure trouble and thou shalt heâre and shalt saue vs. Beholde now the children of Ammon of Moab they of mount Seir vpon whom thou woldest not suffre the children of Israel to go whan they wente out of the londe of Egipte but they were fayne to departe from theÌ and not to destroye them and beholde they deale contrarely with vs and come to thrust vs out of the inheritaunce that thou hast geuen vs in possession O oure God wylt thou not iudge them For in vs is no strength to withstonde this greate multitude that commeth agaynst vs. We knowe not what we shulde do but oure eyes loke vnto the. And all Iuda stode before the LORDE with their children wyues and sonnes But vpon Iehasiel the sonne of Zacharias the sonne of Benaia the sonne of Iehiel the sonne of Mathania the Leuite of y e children of Assaph came the sprete of the LORDE in the myddes of the congregacion and sayde Geue hede all thou Iuda and ye inhabiters of Ierusalem and thou kynge Iosaphat Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto you Be not ye afrayed nether feare ye this greate multitude for it is not ye that fighte but God Tomorow shal ye go downe vnto theÌ And beholde they go vp by Sis and ye shal fynde them at the reed see by the broke before the wyldernes of Ieruel for ye shall not fighte in this cause Do ye but steppe forth and stonde and se the health of the LORDE that is with you Feare not O Iuda and Ierusalem and be not afrayed tomorow go ye forth agaynst them and the LORDE shal be with you TheÌ Iosaphat bowed him selfe w t his face to the earth all Iuda the inhabiters of Ierusalem fell before the LORDE worshipped the LORDE And the Leuites of y e childreÌ of the Kahathites of the children of the Corahites arose to prayse the LORDE God of Israel w t loude voyce on hye And they gat them vp early in y e mornynge and weÌte forth by the wyldernesse of Thekoa And whan they were goynge out Iosaphat stode sayde HerkeÌ vnto me O Iuda ye indwellers of IerusaleÌ Put youre trust in the LORDE yo r God ye shal be safe and geue credence vnto his prophetes ye shall prospere And he gaue councell vnto y e people and appoynted the syngers vnto y e LORDE and them that gaue prayse in the bewtye of holynes to go before the harnessed meÌ to saye O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for his mercy endureth for euer And whan they beganne to geue thankes and prayse the LORDE caused the hynder watch that was come agaynst Iuda to come vpon the childreÌ of Ammon Moab them of mount Seir and they smote them Then stode the children of Ammon Moab agaynst them of mount Seir to damne them and to destroye them And whan they had destroyed them of mount Seir one helped another to destroye them selues also And whan Iuda came to Mispa vnto the wyldernes they turned them towarde the multitude and beholde the deed bodies laye vpoÌ the earth so that none was escaped And Iosaphat came with his people to deuyde the spoyles of them And they founde amonge them so moch goodes and rayment and precious Iewels which they toke from them that they coulde not beare them And thre dayes were they deuydinge the spoyle for it was so moch On the fourth daye came they together in to the valley of blessynge for there blessed they the LORDE Therfore is the place called the valley of blessinge vnto this daye So euery man of Iuda Ierusalem turned back agayne Iosaphat before them to go to IerusaleÌ with ioye for y e LORDE had geuen them gladnesse on their enemies And they entred in to Ierusalem with psalteries harpes trompettes vnto the house of the LORDE And there came a feare of God ouer all the kyngdomes in the londes whan they herde that the LORDE had foughte agaynst y e enemies of Israel Thus was y e kyngdome of Iosaphat in quyetnes God gaue him rest on euery syde And Iosaphat reigned ouer Iuda was fyue thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned fyue twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Asuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in the waye of his father Asa departed not asyde from doynge y t which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE sauynge that y e hye places were not put downe for the people had not yet prepared their hert to the God of their fathers What more there is to saye of Iosaphat both the first the last beholde it is wrytten in the actes of Iehu y e sonne of Hanani which he noted vp in the boke of the kynges of Israel Afterwarde dyd Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda agree w t Ahasia the kynge of Israel which was vngodly in his doynges And he agreed with him to make shippes for to go vpon the see And they made the shippes at Ezeon Gaber But Elieser the sonne of Dodana of Maresa prophecied agaynst Iosaphat and sayde Because thou hast agreed with Ahasia therfore hath the LORDE broken thy workes And so y e shippes were broken mighte not go vpon the See The XXI Chapter ANd Iosaphat fell on slepe w t his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade And he had brethreÌ the sonnes of Iosaphat Asaria Iehiel Zacharias Asaria Michael Sephatia All these were the children of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda And their father gaue them many giftes of syluer golde Iewels w t stronge cities in Iuda But the kyngdome gaue he vnto Ioram for he was the first borne But whan Ioram came vp ouer his fathers kyngdome had gotten the power of it he
slewe all his brethreÌ with the swerde certayne rulers also in Israel Two thirtie yeare olde was Ioram whan he was made kynge reigned eight yeare at IerusaleÌ walked in the waye of y e kynges of Israel euen as the house of Achab dyd for Achabs doughter was his wife he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE Neuertheles y e LORDE wolde not destroie the house of Dauid for the couenauntes sake which he made w t Dauid and acordinge as he had sayde y t he wolde geue him and his children a lanterne for euermore At y e same tyme fell y e Edomites awaye from Iuda and made a kynge ouer them selues for Ioram had gone ouer with his captaynes and all the charettes with him had gotten him vp in the night season and slayne the Edomites on euery syde and the rulers of the charettes therfore fell y e Edomites awaye from Iuda vnto this daye At y e same tyme fell Lybna awaye from him also because he forsoke the LORDE God of his fathers He made hye places also on the mountaynes in Iuda caused them of IerusaleÌ to go awhorynge and disceaued Iuda But there came a wrytinge vnto him froÌ the prophet Elias sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE God of thy father Dauid Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of thy father Iosaphat nether in y e wayes of Asa the kynge of Iuda but walkest in the waye of the kynges of Israel and makest Iuda and them of Ierusalem to go awhorynge after the whordome of the house of Achab and hast slayne thy brethren also of thy fathers house which were better theÌ thou Beholde the LORDE shal smyte the w t a greate plage on thy people on thy children thy wyues and on all thy substaunce But thou thy selfe shalt haue moch sicknesse in thy bowels tyll thy bowels go forth from daye to daye for very disease So y e LORDE raysed vp agaynst Ioram the sprete of the Philistynes Arabians which lye besyde the Morians and they wente vp in to Iuda and waysted it and caried awaye all the substaunce that was founde in the kynges house his sonnes and his wyues so y t there was not one sonne lefte him saue Ioahas his yoÌgest sonne And after all this dyd y e LORDE smyte him in his bowels with soch a sicknesse as coulde not be healed And whyle that endured from daye to daye whan the tyme of two yeares was expyred his bowels wente from him w t his sicknesse and he dyed in euell diseases And they made not a burninge ouer him as they dyd vnto his fathers Two and thirtie yeare olde was he whaÌ he was made kynge and reigned eight yeare at IerusaleÌ and walked not well And they buried him in the cite of Dauid but not amoÌge the sepulcres of the kynges The XXII Chapter ANd they of Ierusalem made Ochosias his yoÌgest sonne kynge in his steade for the men of warre that came w t the hoost of the Arabians had slayne all y e first therfore reigned Ochosias the sonne of Ioram kynge of Iuda Two and fortye yeare olde was Ochosias whan he was made kynge and reigned one yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Athalia the doughter of Amri And he walked also in y e wayes of the house of Achab for his mother entysed him so y t he was vngodly Therfore dyd he euell in y e sighte of the LORDE euen as y e house of Achab for they were his councell geuers after his fathers death to destroye him and he walked after their councell And he wente with Ioram the sonne of Achab kynge of Israel to the battayll vnto Ramoth in Gilead agaynst Hasael the kynge of Syria But the SyriaÌs smote Ioram so y t he turned back to be healed at Iesreel for he had woundes that were geuen him at Rama whan he foughte with Hasael the kynge of Syria And Asarias the sonne of Ioram kynge of Iuda weÌte downe to vyset Ioram y e sonne of Achab at Iesreel which laye sicke For it was ordeyned of God vnto Ochosias that he shulde come to Ioram so to go forth with Ioram agaynst Iehu y e sonne of Nimsi whom the LORDE had anoynted to rote out the house of Achab. Now whan Iehu wolde be aueÌged of y e house of Achab he founde certayne rulers of Iuda and y e childreÌ of Ochosias brethren which serued Ochosias and he slewe them And he soughte Ochosias and they ouertoke him whaÌ he had hyd him at Samaria he was broughte vnto Iehu which slewe him and they buried him for they sayde He his the sonne of Iosaphat which soughte y e LORDE with all his hert And there was no man more of the house of Ochosias that mighte be kynge Whan Athalia the mother of Ochosias sawe y t hir sonne was deed she gat hir vp destroyed all the kynges sede in the house of Iuda But Iosabeath y e kynges sister toke Ioas y e sonne of Ochosias and stale him awaye froÌ amonge the kynges childreÌ y t were slayne put him with his norse in a chamber Thus Iosabeath kynge Iorams douhgter the wyfe of Ioiada the prest hyd him from Athalia so y t he was not slayne for she was Ochosias sister And he was hyd with them in the house of God sixe yeares for so moch as Athalia was quene in the londe The XXIII Chapter BVt in the seuenth yeare was Ioiada bolde and toke the rulers ouer hundreds namely Asaria y e sonne of Ieraham Ismael y e sonne of Iohanan Asaria y e sonne of Obed Maeseia y e sonne of Adaia and Elisaphat y e sonne of Sichri with him in to the couenaunt and they wente aboute in Iuda and broughte y e Leuites together out of all the cities of Iuda and the chefe fathers of Israel to come vnto Ierusalem And all the coÌgregacion made a couenaunt with the kynge in the house of God and he sayde vnto them Beholde the kynges sonne shal be kynge eueÌ as the LORDE spake coÌcernynge the children of Dauid This is it therfore y t ye shal do The thirde parte of you that entre on the Sabbath shal be amonge the prestes Leuites which are dorekepers at the thresholdes one thirde parte in the kynges house and one thirde parte at the grounde porte But all the people shal be in the courtes of the house of the LORDE and that no man go in to the house of the LORDE excepte the prestes and Leuites that mynister there they shal go in for they are halowed And let all y e people wayte vpon the LORDE And the Leuites shal get them rounde aboute y e kynge euery one with his weapen in his hande And who so els goeth in to y e house let him dye And they shall be w t the kynge whaÌ he goeth out in And the Leuites all Iuda dyd as Ioiada y
the LORDE as his father Amasias had done and soughte God as longe as Zacharias lyued which taughte in the visyons of God and as longe as he sought the LORDE God made him to prospere For he wente forth and foughte agaynst the Philistynes and brake downe y e walles of Gath and the walles of Iabne and the walles of Aszdod and buylded cities aboute Aszdod amonge the Philistynes For God helped him agaynst the Philistines against the Arabians agaynst them of Gur Baal agaynst the Meunites And y e Ammonites gaue Osias presentes his name came in to Egipte for he was exceadinge stronge And Osias buylded towres at Ierusalem vpon the cornerporte and on the valley gate and on other corners and made them stronge He buylded castels also in the wyldernesse and dygged many welles for he had many catell both in the medewes and in the playnes huszbandmen also and wynegardeners on the mountaynes and on Carmel for he delyted in huszbandaye And Osias had an hoost of men of warre goynge forth to the battaill which were noÌbred vnder the hande of Ieiel the scrybe of Maesa the offycer vnder the haÌde of Hanania of the kynges rulers And the nombre of the chefe fathers amonge the stronge meÌ of warre was two thousande and syxe hundreth And vnder the hande of the hoost thre hundreth thousande and seuen thousande and fyue hundreth mete for the battayll in the strength of an armye to helpe the kinge agaynst the enemies And Osias prepared for all the hoost shyldes speares helmettes brestplates bowes and slyngstones And at IerusaleÌ he made ordinaunce coÌningly to be vpon the towres and in the pynnacles to shute arowes and greate stones And the fame of him came farre abrode because he was specially helped tyll he became mightie And whan his power was greate his hert arose to his awne destruccion for he trespaced agaynst the LORDE his God and wente in to the temple of the LORDE to burne incense vpon the altare of incense But Asarias the prest wente after him and foure score prestes with him valeaunt men and withstode kynge Osias and saide vnto him It belongeth not vnto thy offyce Osias to burne incense vnto the LORDE but vnto the prestes belongeth it euen vnto the children of Aaron which are halowed to burne incense Go forth out of the Sanctuary for thou offendest and it shall be no worshippe vnto the before God the LORDE And Osias was wroth and had a censoure in his hande And whyle he murmured with the prestes the leprosy spronge out of his foreheade in the presence of the prestes in the house of the LORDE before the altare of incense And Asarias the chefe prest turned his heade towarde him and so dyd all the prestes and beholde he was leper in his foreheade And they put him out from thence Yee he made haist himselfe to go forth for his plage came of the LORDE Thus became Osias y e kynge a leper vnto his death and dwelt full of leprosye in a fre house for he was put out of the house of the LORDE But Ioram his sonne had the ouersight of the kynges house and iudged the people in the lânde What more there is to saie of Osias both first and last Esay the sonne of Amos hath wrytten it And Osias fell on slepe w t his fathers and they buryed him with his fathers in the pece of grounde beside y e kynges sepulcres for they sayde He is leporous And Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXVII Chapter IOtham was fyue and twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ierusa the daughter of Sadoc he dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE as did Osias his father sauynge y t he wente not in to the temple of the LORDE and the people yet marred them selues He buylded the hye porte of the house of y e LORDE and on the wall of Ophel buylded he moch and buylded the cities vpon the mountaynes of Iuda and in the woddes buylded he castels and towres And he fought with the kinge of the children of Ammon and ouer came them so that the childreÌ of Ammon gaue him y e same yeare an hundreth talentes of siluer ten thousande quarters of wheate and ten thousande of barlye So moch dyd the children of Ammon geue him also in y e seconde thirde yeare Thus became Iotham mightye for he gyded his wayes before the LORDE his God What more there is to saye of Iotham all his warres vnd his waies beholde it is wrytten in y e boke of the kinges of Israel Iuda Fyue and twentye yeare olde was he whan he was made kynge reigned sixtene yeare at IerusaleÌ And IothaÌ fell on slepe w t his fathers they buryed him in the cite of Dauid and Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXVIII Chapter AChas was twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem and dyd not that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE as did Dauid his father but walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel and made molten ymages vnto Baalim and brent incense in the valley of the children of Hennon and breÌt his awne sonnes in y e fire after the abhominacions of the Heithen whoÌ the LORDE expelled before the childreÌ of Israel And he dyd sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places and vpon the hilles and amoÌge all grene trees Therfore dyd the LORDE his God delyuer him in to the hande of the kynge of Syria so that they smote him and caryed awaye a greate multitude of his men presoners and broughte them to Damascon He was geuen also vnder the hande of the kynge of Israel so y t he dyd a greate slaughter vpon him For Pecah the sonne of Romelia smote in Iuda an hundreth twentye thousande in one daye which all were valeaunt men eueÌ because they had forsaken y e LORDE God of their fathers And Sichri a mightie maÌ of Ephraim slewe Maeseia y e kinges sonne Asriâam the prynce of the house Elâana the nexte vnto the kynge And the children of Israel caried of their brethren presoners two hundreth thousande wemen sonnes and doughters and toke a greate spoyle from them and broughte the spoyle vnto Samaria But eueÌ there was there a prophet of y e LORDE whose name was Obed which weÌte out to mete y e hoost that came to Samaria and sayde vnto them Beholde because the LORDE God of youre fathers is wroth at Iuda therfore hath he geuen them ouer in to youre handes but ye haue slayne them so abhominably that it is come vnto heaueÌ Now thinke ye to subdue the children of Iuda and Ierusalem to be bondmen and bond maydens vnto you Is not this a trespace then w t you agaynst the LORDE yo r God Herken now vnto me and sende y e presoners hence agayne whom
ye haue caried awaye from youre brethren for the wrath of y e LORDE is fearce ouer you Then gat vp certayne of the chefe of the children of Ephraim Asarias the sonne of Iohanan Barachias the sonne of Mesillemoth Ezechias the sonne of Sallum Amasa y e sonne of Hadlai agaynst them y t came from y e battayll sayde vnto them Ye shal not brynge the presoners in hither for youre mynde is but to make vs trespace before the LORDE to make oure synnes and offences the greater for the trespace is to moch allready the wrath is fearce ouer Israel So the hoost lefte the presoners the spoyle before y e rulers and before the whole coÌgregacion Then stode vp the men which now were rehearced by name and toke the presoners and as many as were naked amonge them clothed they with y e spoyles deckte them and put shues vpon their fete and gaue theÌ to eate and drynke and anoynted them and caried them vpon asses as many as were feble and broughte them to Iericho to y e Palme cite vnto their brethren and came agayne to Samaria At the same tyme sent kynge Achas vnto the kynges of Assur y t they shulde helpe him And the Edomites came agayne and smote Iuda and caried some awaye captyue The Philistynes also fell in to the cities in the playne towarde y e south parte of Iuda wanne Beth Semes Aâalon Gederoth and Socho with the vyllages therof Timna w t the vyllages therof Gimso with the vyllages therof and dwelt therin For y e LORDE subdued Iuda for Achas sake y e kynge of Iuda because he made Iuda naked and rebelled agaynst the LORDE And Teglatpilnesser the kynge of Assur came agaynst him and beseged him he was not mightie ynough for him For Achas spoyled the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and of the rulers to geue vnto y e kynge of Assur but it helped him not Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble and dyd sacrifyce vnto the goddes of them of Damascon which had smitten him sayde The goddes of the kynges of Syria helpe them therfore wil I offre vnto them that they maye helpe me also where as the same yet were a fall vnto him and to all Israel And Achas gathered the vessels of y e house of God together and brake the vessels in y e house of God shut the dores of the house of y e LORDE and made him altares in all corners at Ierusalem and euery where in the cyties of Iuda made he hye places to burne incense vnto other goddes and prouoked y e LORDE God of his fathers vnto wrath What more there is to saye of him and of all his wayes both first and last beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him in y e cite of Ierusalem for they brought him not amonge the sepulcres of the kynges of Israel And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXIX Chapter EZechias was fyue twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned nyne twentye yeares at Ierusalem His mothers name was Abia y e doughter of Zachary And he dyd that which was right in the sight of the LORDE as did his father Dauid He opened the dores of y e house of the LORDE in the first moneth of y e first yeare of his raigne made them stronge brought in the prestes and Leuites and gathered them together vnto the East streate and sayde vnto them Herken vnto me ye Leuites sanctifye youre selues now y t ye maye halowe the house of the LORDE God of yo r fathers and put fylthines out of the Sanctuary for oure fathers haue trespaced and done y t which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE oure God and haue forsaken him For they turned their faces from the habitacioÌ of y e LORDE oure God turned their backes on it and shut the dores of the Porche and put out the lampes and brent no incense offred no burntsacrifyces in the Sanctuary vnto the God of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE come ouer Iuda and Ierusalem and he hath geuen them ouer to be scatred abrode desolate and to be hyssed at as ye se with yo r eies· For beholde euen for the same cause fell oure fathers thorow the swerde oure sonnes doughters and wyues were caryed awaye captyue Now am I mynded to make a couenaunt with the LORDE God of Israel y t he maye turne awaie from vs his wrath indignacion Now my sonnes be not ye negligent for the LORDE hath chosen you to stoÌde before him and to be his mynisters and to burne incense vnto him Then rose the Leuites Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Asaria of the children of the Rahathites Of the children of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi Asaria the sonne of Iehaleleel Of the children of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah And of the childreÌ of Elizaphan Simri Ieiel And of the childreÌ of Assaph Sachary and Mathania And of the chidren of Heman Iehiel and Simei And of the children of Iedithun Semaia and Vsiel And they gathered their brethren together and were sanctified and wente in acordinge to the kynges commaundement at the worde of the LORDE to clense the house of y e LORDE And the prestes entred within in the house of the LORDE to purifye and put out all the vnclennes that was founde in the teÌple of the LORDE in the courte of the LORDES house and the prestes toke it vp and caryed it out in to the broke Cedron The fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth beganne they to sanctifye them selues and on the eight daye of the moneth wente they in to the porche of the LORDE and halowed the house of y e LORDE eight dayes and fynished it on the sixtenth daye of the fyrst moneth And they weÌte in to the kynge Ezechias and sayde We haue clensed all the house of the LORDE the altare of burnt offerynges and all his vessels the table of the shewbred and all the apparell therof and all the ornamentes that kynge Achas cast awaye whaÌ he was kynge what tyme as he transgressed those haue we prepared and halowed Beholde they are before the altare of the LORDE TheÌ the kynge Ezechias gat him vp early and gathered together the Elders of the cite and weÌte vp vnto the house of the LORDE and they broughte seuen bullockes seuen rammes seuen lambes and seuen he goates to be the syn offerynge for the Sanctuary for Iuda And he spake vnto the prestes the children of Aaron that they shulde offre vpon the altare of the LORDE So they slewe the bullockes and the prestes toke the bloude and sprenkled it vpon y e altare and slewe the rammes and sprenkled the bloude vpon
inhabiters of the londe euen the Cananites gauest them in to their hande and their kynges and y e people of the londe y t they might do with them what they wolde And they wanne their stronge cities a fat londe and toke possession of houses y t were full of all maner goodes welles dygged out vynyardes oylgardens many frutefull trees and they ate were fylled became fat lyued in welth thorow thy greate goodnes Neuertheles they were disobedient and rebelled agaynst the and cast thy lawe behynde their backes and slewe thy prophetes which exhorted them so earnestly that they shulde coÌuerte vnto the and dyd greate blasphemies Therfore gauest thou them ouer in to the haÌde of their enemies that vexed them And in y e tyme of their trouble they cried vnto the and thou hardest them from heauen and thorow thy greate mercy thou gauest them sauiours which helped theÌ out of the hande of their enemies But whan they came to rest they turned back agayne to do euell before the therfore leftest thou them in the hande of their enemies so y t they had y e dominion ouer them So they coÌuerted and cryed vnto the and thou herdest them from heauen and many a tyme hast thou delyuered them acordinge to y e greate mercy and testified vnto them that they shulde turne agayne vnto thy lawe NotwithstoÌdinge they were proude and herkened not vnto thy coÌmaundementes but synned in thy lawes which a man shulde do lyue in them turned their shulder awaye were styffnecked wolde not heare And many yeares dyddest thou forbeare them testified vnto them thorow y e sprete euen by the office of y e prophetes yet wolde they not heare Therfore gauest thou theÌ in to y e haÌde of y e nacions in the londes But for thy greate mercies sake thou hast not vtterly coÌsumed them nether forsaken them for thou art a gracious and mercifull God Now oure God thou greate God mightie and terrible thou that kepest couenaunt and mercy regarde not a litle all the trauayle y t hath happened vnto vs oure kynges prynces prestes prophetes fathers all thy people sence the tyme of the kynges of Assur vnto this daie Thou art righteous in all y t thou hast broughte vpoÌ vs for thou hast done righte As for vs we haue bene vngodly and o r kynges prynces prestes fathers haue not done after y e lawe ner regarded y e coÌmaundementes thy earnest exhortacioÌs wherwith thou hast exhorted them haue not serued y e in their kyngdome and in thy greate goodes y t thou gauest them and in the large and plenteous loÌde which thou gauest them to good and haue not conuerted from their wicked workes Beholde therfore are we in bondage this daye Yee euen in the loÌde that thou gauest vnto oure fathers to enioye the frutes and goodes therof beholde there are we bondmen And greate is the increase of it vnto the kynges whom thou hast set ouer vs because of oure synnes and they haue dominion ouer oure bodies and catell and we are in greate trouble And in all this made we a sure couenaunt wrote it let o r prynces Leuites prestes seale it The X. Chapter THe sealers were Nehemias that is Hathirsatha the sonne of Hachalia and Sedechias Seraia Asaria Ieremy Pashur Amaria Malchia Hattus Sebania Malluch Harim Meremoth Obadia Daniel Sinthun Baruch Mesullam Abia Meiamin Maasga Bilgai and Semaia these were prestes The Leuites were Iesua y e sonne of Asania Binui amonge the childreÌ of Henadad Cadmiel And their brethren Sechania Hodia Celita Plaia Hauan Micha Rehob Hasabia Sachur Serebia Sebania Hodia Bani and Beninu The heades of the people were Pareos Pahath Moab Elam Sathu Bani Buni Asgad Sebai Adonia Bigenai Adiu Ater Hezechias Asur Hodia Hasum Bezai Hariph Anathot Neubai Magpias Mesullam Hesir Mesesabeel Sadoc Iaddua Platia Hanan Anaia Hoseia Hanania Hasub Halohes Pilha Sobek Rehum Hasabna Maeseia Ahia Hanan Anan Malluch Harim and Baena And the other people the prestes Leuites Porters syngers Nethinims all they that had separated them selues from y e people in the loÌdes vnto the lawe of God with their wyues sonnes and daughters as many as coulde vnderstonde it and their lordes that had rule of them receaued it for their brethren And they came to sweare and to bynde them selues with an ooth to walke in Gods lawe which was geuen by Moses the seruaunt of God that they wolde obserue and do acordinge vnto all the commaundementes iudgmentes and statutes of the LORDE oure God and that we wolde not geue oure doughters vnto the people in the loÌde nether to take their doughters for oure sonnes And yf y e people of the loÌde broughte ware on the Sabbath and all maner of vytayles to sell that we wolde not take it of them on the Sabbath and on the holy dayes And that we wolde let the seueÌth yeare be fre concernynge all maner of charge And we layed a statute vpon oure selues to geue yearly y e thirde parte of a Sycle to the mynistracion in the house of oure God namely to the shewbred to the daylie meat-offerynge to the daylie burnt offerynge of y e Sabbathes of the new mones and feast dayes and to the thinges that were sanctified and to the syn offerynges to reconcyle Israel with all and to all the busynes in y e house of oure God And we cast the lot amonge the prestes Leuites and the people for offerynge of y e wod to be brought vnto y e house of o r God from yeare to yeare after the houses of oure fathers that it might be brent at tymes appoynted vpon the altare of the LORDE oure God as it is wrytten in the lawe and yearly to brynge the firstlinges of o r londe the firstlinges of oure frutes of all trees yeare by yeare vnto y e house of the LORDE and the firstlinges of oure sonnes and of oure catell as it is wrytten in the lawe and the firstlinges of oure oxen and of oure shepe that we shulde brynge all this to the house of oure God vnto the prestes that mynister in the house of oure God and that we shulde brynge the firstlinges of oure dowe and of oure Heue offeringes and the frutes of all maner trees of wyne also and of oyle vnto the prestes to the chestes of the house of oure God And the tithes of o loÌde vnto the Leuites y t the Leuites might haue the tithes in all the cities of oure mynistracion And the prest the sonne of Aaron shal w t the Leuites haue also of the tithes of y e Leuites so that the Leuites shal brynge vp the tithes of their tithes vnto the house of oure God to the chest in y e treasure house For the children of Israel and the children of Leui shall brynge vp the Heue offerynges of the corne wyne and oyle vnto the chestes there are the vessels of
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what âo walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌkes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌfited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌt He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌt vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâh As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ doâne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌt abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌde let the HeitheÌ be coÌdemned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ that the HeitheÌ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ the poore He lyeth way âinge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For âo the vngodly haue beÌt their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ the rightuous theÌ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌsidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌd he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌd the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ and set theÌ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌd heare me o LORDE
my soule why art thou so disquieted withââ me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet gââue him thaÌkes for y e helpe of his countenaââce and because he is my God The XLIII A psalme of y e childreÌ of Corah WE haue herde with o r eare ãâã God o r fathers haue tolde vs what thou hast done in their tyme of olde How thou hast dryueÌ out the Heithen w t thy honde plaÌted theÌ in how thou hast destroyed the nacions cast theÌ out For they gat not the londe in possession thorow their owne swerde nether was it their owne arme that helped them But thy right haÌde thyne arme the light of thy countenaunce because thou haddest a fauoure vnto them Thou art y e kinge my God thou sendest helpe vnto Iacob Thorow y e wil we ouer throwe oure enemies in thy name will we treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. For I will not trust in my bowe it is not my swerde y t shal helpe me But it is thou that sauest vs froÌ oure enemies and puttest them to confucion that hate vs. We will allwaye make oure boast of God and prayse thy name for euer Sela. But now thou forsakest vs puttest vs to confucion and goest not forth with oure hoostes Thou makest vs to turne oure backes vpon oure enemies so that they which hate vs spoile oure goodes Thou lettest vs be eaten vp like shepe scatrest vs amonge the Heithen Thou sellest thy people for naught takest no moneye for them Thou makest vs to be rebuked of o r neghbours to be laughed to scorne aud had in derision of them that are rounde aboute vs. Thou hast made vs a very by worde amonge the Heithen that the people shake their heades at vs. My coÌfucion is daylie before me the shame of my face couereth me For the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer for the enemie and auenger All this is come vpon vs yet haue we not forgotten the ner behaued oure selues vnfaithfully in thy couenaunt Oure hert is not turned backe nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye That thou smytesâ vs so in the place of the serpeÌt couerest vs with y e shadowe of death Yf we had forgotten the name of oure God holdeÌ vp oure hondes to eny straunge God Shulde âot God fynde it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the hert But for thy sake we are kylled all the daie longe and are counted as shepe apoynted to be slayne Vp LORDE why slepest thou ⪠Awake and cast vs not of for euer Wherfore hydest thou thy face wilt thou clene forget oure misery and oppressioÌ For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde Arise o LORDE helpe vs and delyuer vs for thy mercie sake The XLIIII A psalme of the children of Corah MY hert is dytinge of a good matter I speake of that which I haue made of the kynge My tonge is y e penne of a ready wryter Thou art the fayrest amonge the children of meÌ full of grace are thy lippes therfore God blesseth the for euer Gyrde the with thy swerde vpon thy thee o thou mightie with worshipe and renowne Good lucke haue thou with thine honoure ryde on with the treuth mekenesse rightuousnes thy right hoÌde shal teach y e woÌderfull thinges Thy arowes are sharpe the people shal be subdued vnto the euen in the myddest amonge the kynges enemies Thy seate o God endureth for euer the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued rightuousnesse hated iniquite wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fâlowes All thy garmentes are like myrre Aloes Cassia when thou coÌmest out of thine yuerie palaces in thy beutifull glory Kynges doughters go in thy goodly araye vpon thy right honde stondeth the quene in a vesture of the most fyne golde Herken o doughter considre enclyne thine eare forget thine owne people thy fathers house So shal the kynge haue pleasure in thy beutie for he is thy LORDE thou shalt worshipe him The doughters of Tyre shal be there with giftes the riche amonge the people shal make their supplicacion before the. The kynges doughter is all glorious within hir clothinge is of wrought golde ⪠She shal be brought vnto the kynge in rayment of nedle worke and maydens after her soch as be next her shal be brought vnto the. With ioye and gladnesse shal they be brought and go into the kynges palace In steade of thy fathere thou hast gotten children whom thou shalt make prynces in all londes I wil remembre thy name from one generacioÌ to another therfore shal the people geue thankes vnto the worlde without ende The XLV A psalme of the children of Corah IN oure troubles and aduersite we haue founde that God is oure refuge oure strength and helpe Therfore wil we not feare though the earth fell and though the hilles were caried in to the myddest of the see Though the waters of the see raged were neuer so troublous though the mountaynes shoke at the teÌpest of the same Sela. For there is a floude which w t his ryuers reioyseth y e cite of God the holy dwellynge of the most hyest God is in y e myddest of her therfore shall she not be remoued for God helpeth her y e right early The Heithen are madd the kyngdomes make moch a doo but wheÌ he sheweth his voyce y e earth melteth awaye The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. O come hither beholde y e workes of the LORDE what destruccioÌs he hath brought vpoÌ y e earth He hath made warres to ceasse in all the worlde he hath broken the bowe he hath knapped the speare in sonder breÌt the charettes in the fyre Be still theÌ confesse y t I am God I wil be exalted amonge the HeitheÌ I wil be exalted vpon earth The LORDE of hoostes is w t vs the God of Iacob is oure defence Sela. The XLVI A psalme of the children of Corah O Clappe youre hoÌdes together all ye people O synge vnto God with the voyce of thaÌkesgeuynge For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared he is the greate kynge vpoÌ all y e earth He shal subdue the people vnder vs the HeitheÌ vnder oure fete He choseth vs for an heretage the beutie of Iacob whom he loued Sela God is gone vp w t a mery noyse the LORDE w t the sownde of the troÌpet O synge prayses synge prayses vnto God O synge prayses synge prayses vnto oure kynge For God is kynge of all the earth O synge prayses vnto him with vnderstondinge God is kinge ouer the HeitheÌ God sitteth in his holy seate The prynces of the people are gathered together vnto the
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌbreth vs wheÌ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌbred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes ⪠synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌge loÌde Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌkes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌgth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌde vpoÌ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌdest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ my toÌge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌde vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌt for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌkes vnto the for I am woÌderously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones âre not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâe all writteÌ iÌ thy boke my dayes were fashiâned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌcels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with âhe Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God âhat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froââe For they speake vnright of the thine ââemies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp âgaynst the Yee I hate them right sore ââerfore are they myne enemies Trye me âo God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my ãâ¦ã well yf there be eny waye ãâ¦ã me lede me in the waye ãâ¦ã The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid ⪠DElyuer me o LORDE from the ãâã men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ y t coÌpase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ theÌ let theÌ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌkes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌse and let the liftinge vp of my haÌdes be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ wickednesse Their iudges stoÌble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
marchauÌt StreÌgth and honoure is hir clothinge in the latter daye she shal reioyse She openeth hir mouth with wyszdome in hir toÌge is the lawe of grace She loketh wel to the wayes of hir housholde eateth not hir bred with ydilnes Hir children arise call hir blessed hir huszbande maketh moch of her Many daughters there be y t gather riches together but thou goest aboue theÌ all As for fauo r it is disceatfull and beutie is a vayne thinge but a woman that feareth the LORDE she is worthy to be praysed Geue her of the frute of hir handes and let hir owne workes prayse her in the gates The ende of the prouerbes of Salomon Ecclesiastes What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. All thinges yf a maÌ wyl coÌsidre them wel are but vanite Neuertheles amoÌge them all there is nothiÌge weaker and more vnstedfast then man him self Chap. II. In this chapter and in the other also he maketh oft tymes meÌsion of the wordes and coÌuersacioÌ of the vngodly that by this meanes he maye the better cause men to despyse all creatures in respecte of the only euerlastinge God Chap. III. Euery thinge hath a tyme. There is no thiÌge but God hath put tedyousnesse and trauayle in it to exercise men withall What so euer a man enioyeth of his laboure the same is a gift of God geuen to the intent that men shulde feare him Chap. IIII. A coÌsideracion of diuerse thinges There is nothinge so excellent and hye but yf it do not the deuty and office where vnto it is ordened it shal be brought lowe Chap. V. Agaynst foolish and temerarious vowes Let no man maruayle that so moch euell is done for the wicked are many Agaynst the riche and agaynst riches Chap. VI. Agaynst those riche meÌ that darâe not enioye their riches how mad and foolish they be Chap. VII No man knoweth what is for to come How worthy a thiÌge it is to haue a good name The profit of wyszdome Chap. VIII Of the obedieÌce which men owe vnto God and to their heades The loÌge sufferaunce of God is not to be despised It is not possible for eny maÌ to coÌprehende the workes that be in the worlde Chap. IX Like thinges happen vnto all men therfore with myrth and thankfulnesse shulde men enioye the giftes of God Wyszdome passeth all thinges Chap. X. XI In these two chapters are many wyse and profitable sentences wel worthy to be considered of euery man Chap. XII In this chapter the preacher sheweth his whole meanynge as though he wolde saye As for all the thinges that be vnder the Sonne wher of I haue spoken I haue coÌsidered them and proued them metely wel by experience And this is the conclucion that there is nothynge stedfast and durable but God himself whoÌ men ought to feare and to haue his coÌmaundementes before their eyes euen from their youth vp The first Chapter These are the wordes of the Preacher the sonne of Dauid kynge of Ierusalem ALl is but vanite saieth y e preacher all is but playne vanite For what els hath a maÌ of all the labo r y t he taketh vnder the Sonne One generacioÌ passeth awaye another commeth but the earth a bydeth still The SoÌne aryseth the Sonne goeth downe returneth to his place y t he maye there ryse vp agayne The wynde goeth towarde y e South fetcheth his coÌpase aboute vnto the North so turneth in to himself agayne All floudes runne in to the see yet the see is not fylled for loke vnto what place the ââters runne thence they come agayne All thinges are so harde y t no maÌ can expresse them The eye is not satisfied w t sight the eare is not fylled w t hearinge The thinge y t hath bene coÌmeth to passe agayne y e thinge y t hath bene done is done agayne there is no new thinge vnder the Sonne Is there eny thinge wherof it maye be sayde so this is new For it was loÌge agoo in the tymes y t haue bene before vs. The thinge y t is past is out of remeÌbraunce EueÌ so the thiÌges that are for to come shal no more be thought vpoÌ amoÌge theÌ that come after I myself y e Preacher beynge kynge of Israel IerusaleÌ applyed my mynde to seke out search for the knowlege of all thiÌges y t are done vnder heaueÌ Soch trauayle labo r hath God geueÌ vnto y e childreÌ of meÌ to exercyse theÌ selues theriÌ Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the SoÌne lo they are all but vanite vexacion of mynde The croked can not be mayde straight the fautes caÌ not be noÌbred I coÌmoned w t myne owne herte sayeÌge lo I am come to a greate estate and haue gotteÌ more wyszdome theÌ all they y t haue bene before me in Ierusalem Yee my hert had greate experieÌce of wyszdome knowlege for there vnto I applyed my mynde y t I might knowe what were wyszdome vnderstoÌdinge what were erro r foolishnes And I perceaued y t this also was but a vexacion of mynde for where moch wyszdome is there is also greate trauayle disquietnes y e more knowlege a man hath the more is his care The II. Chapter THeÌ sayde I thus in my hert Now go to I wil take myne ease haue good dayes But lo that was vanite also in so moch that I sayde vnto laughter thou art madd and to myrth what doest thou So I thought in my herte to withdrawe my flesh from wyne to applye my mynde vnto wyszdome and to compreheÌde foolishnes vntill the tyme that amonge all y e thinges which are vnder y e Sonne I might se what were best for men to do so longe as they lyue vnder heauen I made gorgious fayre workes I buylded me houses and planted vynyardes I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure and planted trees in them of all maner frutes I made poles of water to water y e grene and frutefull trees withall I bought seruauntes and maydeÌs and had a greate housholde As for catell and shepe I had more substaunce of them then all they y t were before me in Ierusalem I gathered syluer golde together euen a treasure of kynges londes I prouided me syngers and womeÌ which coude playe of instrumentes to make men myrth and pastime I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses Shortly I was greater in more worshipe then all my predecessours in IerusaleÌ For wyszdome remayned with me loke what so euer myne eyes desyred I let them haue it wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure I with helde it not froÌ it Thus my hert reioysed in all y t I dyd and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle But whan I considered all the workes y t my handes had wrought and all the labours that I had taken
of God Punishment of the vngodly Chap. XLIII A prophecye of the coÌmynge of the Sauioure He putteth them in mynde of the benefites past Chap. XLIIII VnthaÌkfulnes of the people The vanite of Idols or ymages The madd foolishnes of those that make theÌ or worshipe them Chap. XLV The LORDE onely is the true God of Israel Chap. XLVI Of the destruccion of ymages The power of the true God Chap. XLVII Plages vpon proude Babilon Chap. XLVIII Agaynst the vanite of ymages Chap. XLIX The coÌmynge office of Christ. SaluacioÌ for the Iewes and for the gentyles Chap. L. The Iewes refused because they haue forsaken their maker and go a whoringe with straunge goddes Chap. LI. The mightie God hath euer done them good yf they cleue to him there shal no body hurte them Chap. LII A promyse of Messias He waketh vp the Iewes and Gentyles also to the commynge of him Chap. LIII He complayneth of the hardneckes of the people testifieth clearly of Christ. Chap. LIIII One church of Iewes GeÌtiles Chap. LV. God calleth all men to his goodnes in Christ. Chap. LVI How the church of Christ shulde prepare hir self agaynst his coÌmynge A complaynte of false prophetes and rulers Chap. LVII He rebuketh the prophetes râlers and the people and promyseth mercy to all soch as wyl turne Chap. LVIII He putteth the prophetes in mynde of their office What the true fast is Chap. LIX Why God heareth not the Iewes Chap. LX. He calleth vnto all soch as feare God that they wyl knowe his goodnes Chap. LXI The office of a prophet fulfilled specially in Christ. Chap. LXII The prophet maye not leaue of to crie to warne and to exorte vntyll the light of grace aryse in Sion Chap. LXIII An exortacion to receaue the Sauioure for to come Chap. LXIIII. He longeth sore for the commynge of the Sauioure sheweth his power prayeth for the people Chap. LXV Of the forsakinge of the Iewes and callinge of the Heithen Chap. LXVI The outwarde ceremonies of the Iewes are refused and here is shewed the true seruyce of God This is the prophecy of Esay the sonne of Amos which he shewed vpon Iuda and Ierusalem In the tyme of Osias Ioathan Ahas and Ezechias kynges of Iuda The first Chapter HEare o heauen herken o earth for the LORDE speaketh I haue norished brought vp children and they are fallen awaye fro me An oxe knoweth his LORDE and an Asse his masters stall but Israel knoweth nothinge my people hath no vnderstondinge Alas for this synful people which are experte in blasphemies a frawerde generacion vnnatural children They haue forsaken the LORDE they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger and are gone bacward Wherfore shulde ye be plaged eny more For ye are euer fallinge awaye The whole heade is sick and the herte is very heuy From the sole of the foote vnto the heade there is no whole parte in all yo r body but all are woundes botches sores and strypes which can nether be helped bounde vp molified ner eased with eny oyntment Youre londe lieth waist youre cities are brent vp youre enemies deuoure youre londe and ye must be fayne to stonde and loke vpon it and it is desolate as it were with enemies in a batell Morouer y e doughter of Syonis left alone like a cotage in a vynyearde like a watchouse in tyme of warre like a beseged citie And excepte the LORDE of hostes had left us a few alyue we shulde haue bene as Sodoma like vnto Gomorra Heare the worde of the LORDE ye tyrauntes of Sodoma and herken vnto the lawe of oure God thou people of Gomorra Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me I am discontent for the brent offringes of wethers and with y e fatnesse offedbeastes I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes lambes and gootes When ye apeare before me who requyreth you to treade within my porches Offreme no mo oblacions for it is but lost laboure I abhorre youre incense I maye not awaye with youre newmoones youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes You re fastinges are also in vayne I hate youre new holy dayes and fastinges euen fro my very harte They make me weery I can not abyde them Though ye holde out yo r hondes yet turne I myne eyes from you And though ye make many prayers yet heare I nothinge at all for youre hondes are full of bloude Wash you make you clene put awaye yo r euell thoughtes out of my sight cease from doinge of euell and violence Lerne to do right applie youre selues to equyte delyuer the oppressed helpe the fatherlesse to his right let the wydowes complaynte come be fore you Now go to saieth the LORDE we wil talke together Is it not so Though youre synnes be as read as scarlet shal theâ not be whyter then snowe And though they were like purple shall they not be like whyte woll Is it not so Yf ye be louynge obedient ye shal enioye the best thinge that groweth in the londe But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shal be deuoured with the swerde for thus the LORDE hath promised with his owne mouth How happeneth it then that the rightuous citie which was full of equite is become vnfaithfull as an whore rightuousnes dwelt in it but now murthur Thy Siluer is turned to drosse and thy wyne myxte w t water Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues They loue giftes altogether and folowe rewardes As for the fatherles they helpe him not to his right nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them Therfore speaketh the LORDE God of hostes the mighty one of Israel Ah I must ease me of myne enemies and a venge me vpoÌ theÌ And therfore shal I laye my honde vpon the and burne out thy drosse from the fynest and purest and put out all thy leade set thy iudges agayne as they were somtyme and thy Senatours as they were from y e begynnynge Then shalt thou be called the rightuous citie the faithful citie But Sion shal be redemed with equyte and hyr captiuyte with rightuousnesse For the transgressours and vngodly and soch as are become vnfaithfull vnto the LORDE must all together be vtterly destroyed And excepte ye be ashamed of the oke-trees wherin ye haue so delited and of the gardeÌs that ye haue chosen ye shal be as an oke whose leaues are fallen awaye and as a garden that hath no moystnesse And as for the glory of these thinges it shal be turned to drie strawe and he that made them to a sparke And they shal both burne together so that no man shal be able to quench them The seconde Chapter MOrouer this is the worde that was opened vnto Esaye the sonne of Amos vpon Iuda and Ierusalem It will be also in processe of tyme That the hill where the the house of the LORDE is buylded shal be y e chefe amoÌge
maner of corne by water Thou wast the comon marcket of al people SidoÌ is sory for it yee and all y e power of the see coÌplaneth and saieth O y t I had neuer traueled with childe that I had neuer borne eny y t I had nether norished boye ner brought vp doughter As soone as Egipte perceaueth it she wil be as sory as Tirus it self Go ouer the see Mourne ye y t dwel in the Iles. Is not that the glorious cite which hath bene of longe antiquite whose natyues dwellinge farre of commende her so greatly ⪠Who hath deuysed soch thinges vpon Tirus the crowne of al cities whose marchauÌtes and captaynes were the highest and principal of the worlde EueÌ the LORDE of hoostes hath deuysed it that he maye put downe al pompe and minish all the glory of the worlde Go thorow thy londe o thou doughter of the see as men go ouer the water and there is not a gyrdle more Thus the LORDE that remoueth the kingdomes and hath taken in hande agaynst that mightie Canaan to rote it out hath stretched out his honde ouer the see and sayde From hence forth shalt thou make no more myrth o thou doughter Sidon for thou shalt be put downe of the CetheÌs Stonde vp therfore and go where the enemie wil carie the where thou shalt also haue no rest Beholde for thyne ensample The Caldees were soch a people that no man was like them Assur buylded them he set vp his castels palaces and broke them downe agayne And therfore mourne ye shippes of the see for youre power shal be throwne downe After that shal the lxx yeares of Tirus euen as longe as their kinges life was beforgotten And after lxx yeares it shal happeÌ to Tirus as with an harlot that playeth vpon a lute Take thy lute saie men to her and go aboute the citie thou art yet an vnknowne wensche make pastyme with dyuerse balettes wherby ⪠thou mayest come in to acquantaunce Thus shal it happen after lxx yeares The LORDE shal uiset the citie of Tirus and it shal come agayne to hyr Marchaundyse and shal occupie with al the Kingdomes that be in the worlde But all hir occupieÌge and wynnynge shal be halowed vnto the LORDE For then shal they laye vp nothinge behinde them nor vpon heapes but the marchauÌdise of Tirus shal beloÌge vnto the citisens of the LORDE to the fedinge and susteninge of the huÌgrie and to the clothinge of the aged The xxiiij Chapter BEholde y e LORDE shal waist and plage the worlde he shal make the face of the earth desolate scatre abrode y e inhabitours therof Then shal the prest be as the people the master as the seruaunt the dame like the mayde the seller like the byer he that leÌdeth vpon vsury like him y t boroweth vpoÌ vsury the creditoure as the detter Yee miserably shal y e worlde be waysted clene destroyed For y e LORDE hath so determed in himself The earth shal be heuye and decaye The face of y e earth shal perish fal awaye the proude people of y e worlde shal come to naught For y e earth is corrupte of hir indwellers For why they haue offended y e lawe chaunged the ordinauÌces and made the euerlastinge testameÌt of none effecte And therfore shal the curse deuoure the earth for they y t dwel theroÌ haue synned wherfore they shal be brent also and those that remayne shal be very few The swete wyne shal mourne the grapes shal be weake and all y t haue bene mery in harte shal sighe The myrth of tabrettes shal be layde downe the chere of the ioyful shal ceasse and the pleasure of lutes shal haue an ende there shal no more wyne bedronke with myrth the beer shal be bytter to theÌ that drinke it the wicked cities shal be broken downe all houses shal be shut that no man maye come in In the stretes shal there be lift vp a crie because of wyne all mens chere shal vanish awaye and all ioye of the earth shal passe Desolacion shal remayne in the cities and the gates shal be smytten with waistnesse For it shal happen vnto all londes and to all people like as when a maÌ smyteth downe y e olyues y t are left vpon the tre or seketh after grapes when the wyne gatheringe is out And those same that remayne shal lift vp their voyce and be glad shal magnifie the glory of the LORDE euen from the see prayse the name of the LORDE God of Israel in the valeis and IloÌdes We heare songes sunge to the prayse of the rightuous froÌ al the endes of the worlde Therfore I must speake O my vnfrutfulnesse o my pouerte Wo is me all is ful of synneres which offende of purpose and malice And therfore o thou that dwellest vpon the earth there is at hoÌde for the feare pyt and snare Who so escapeth the terrible crie shal fall in to the pyt And yf he come out of the pyt he shal be takeÌ with the snare For the wyndowes aboue shal be opened and the foundacion of the earth shal moue The earth shal geue a greate crack it shal haue asore ruyne and take an horrible fall The earth shal stacker like a dronken man and be takeÌ awaye like a tent Hir misdedes shal lie so heuye vpoÌ her y t she must fall and neuer rise vp agayne At the same tyme shal the LORDE mustre together the hie hooste aboue and y e kynges of the worlde vpon the earth These shal be coupled together as prisoners be and shal be shut in one warde and punished innumerable daies The Moone and the Sonne shal be ashamed when the LORDE of hoostes shal rule them at Ierusalem vpon the mount Sion before and with his excellent councel The xxv Chapter O LORDE thou art my God I wil prayse the and magnifie y e name For thou bringest marvelous thinges to passe acordinge to thine olde councels truly and stedfastly Thou makest of townes heapes of stone and of head cities broken walles The palaces of the wicked destroyest thou out of the citie that they shal neuer be buylded againe Therfore the very rude people must magnifie the and the cities of the cruel heithen must feare the. For thou art the poore mans helpe a streÌgth for the neadful in his necessite Thou art a defence agaynst euel wether a schadowe agaynst the hete But vnto the presumptuous thou art like a stroÌge whyrle wynde that casteth downe the boostinge of the vngodly thou kepest men from heate with the shadow of the cloudes thou cuttest of the braunches of tyrauntes Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal once prepare a feast for all people vpoÌ the hill A plenteous costly pleasaunt feast of fat and welfed beastes of swete and most pure thinges Vpon the hill shal he take awaye the syde vale y t haÌgeth before y e face of
might not helpe or had I not power to delyuer lo at a worde I driÌke vp the see of water floudes I make drie loÌde so y t for want of water the fish corruppe and die of thurst As for heauen I clooth it with darcknesse and put a sack vpon it The LORDE God hath geueÌ me a wel lerned tuÌge so that I can conforte them which are troubled yee y t in due season He waked myne eare vp by tymes in y e mornynge as y e scolemasters do y t I might herkeÌ The LORDE God hath opened myne eare therfore caÌ I not saye naye ner wtdrawe myself but I offre my backe vnto y e smyters and my chees to the nyppers I turne not my face froÌ shame aÌd spittinge for the LORDE God helpeth me therfore shal I not be coÌfounded I haue hardened my face like a flynt stone for I am sure that I shal not come to confucion Myne aduocate speaketh for me who wil then go with me to lawe Let vs stoÌde one agaynst another yf there be eny that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Beholde the LORDE God stondeth by me what is he that can condempne me lo they shal be all like as an olde cloth which y e mothes shal eate vp Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoÌge you let him heare the voyce of his seruauÌt Who so walketh in darcknesse no light shyneth vpoÌ him let him hope in the LORDE and holde him by his God But take hede ye haue all kyndled a fyre and gyrded youre selues with the flame Ye walke in the glistriÌge of youre owne fyre and in the flame that ye haue kyndled This cometh vnto you fro my honde namely y t ye shal slepe in sorowe The li. Chapter HErken vnto me ye that holde of rightuousnes ye that seke the LORDE Take hede vnto the stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged Considre Abraham youre father Sara that bare you how that I called him alone prospered him wel encreased him how the LORDE conforted SioÌ and repayred all hir decaye makinge hir deserte as a Paradise and hir wildernesse as the garden of the LORDE Myrth and ioye was there thankes geuynge and y e voyce of prayse Haue respecte vnto me then o my people and laye thine eare to me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shal go forth fro me to lighten the Gentiles It is hard by that my health my rightuousnesse shal go forth and the people shal be ordred with myne arme The Ilondes that is y e Gentiles shal hope in me and put their trust in myne arme Lift vp youre eyes toward heaueÌ and loke vpon the earth beneth For the heauens shal vanish awaye like smoke and the earth shall teare like a clothe they that dwel therin shal perish in like maner But my health endureth for euer and my rightuousnes shall not ceasse Therfore hercken vnto me ye y t haue pleasure in rightuousnes thou people that bearest my lawe in thine herte Feare not the curse of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies reuylinges for wormes mothes shal eat theÌ vp like clothe woll But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer my sauynge health from generacion to generacion Wake vp wake vp be stronge O thou arme of the LORDE wake vp lyke as in tymes past euer and sence the worlde beganne Art not thou he that hast wounded that proude lucifer and hewen the dragon in peces Art not thou euen he which hast dried vp the depe of the see which hast made playne the see grounde that the delyuered might go thorow That the redemed of the LORDE which turned agayne might come with ioye vnto SioÌ there to endure for euer ⪠That myrth and gladnesse might be with them that sorowe wo might fle from theÌ Yee I I am eueÌ he that in all thiÌges geueth you consolacion What art thou then that fearest a mortall maÌ y e childe of man which goeth awaye as doeth the floure And forgettest the LORDE that made the that spâed out the heauens and layde the foundacion of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the sight of thyne oppressoure which is ready to do harme Where is the wrath of the oppressoure It cometh on fast it maketh haist to apeare It shal not perish y t it shulde not be able to destroye nether shal it fayle for faute of norishinge I am the LORDE y i God that make the see to be still and to rage whose name is the LORDE of hoostes I shal put my worde also in thy mouth and defende the with the turnynge of my hondeâ that thou mayest plante the heauens and laye the foundacions of the earth and saye vnto Sion thou art my people Awake Awake and stonde vp o Ierusasalem thou that from the honde of the LORDE hast dronkeÌ out the cuppe of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slombringe cuppe to the botome For amonge all the sonnes whom thou hast begotten there is not one that maye holde the vp and not one to lede the by the honde of all the sonnes that thou hast norished Both these thinges are happened vnto the but who is sory for it Yee destruction waistinge hunger swerde but who hath conforted the Thy sonnes lie comfortles at y e heade of euery strete like a takeÌ venyson are ful of y e teârible wrath of y e LORDE punyshmeÌt of thy God And therfore thou miserable dronkeÌ howbeit not w t wyne Heare this Thus saieth thy LORDE thy LORDE God y e defender of his people Beholde I wil take y e sloÌbriÌge cuppe out of thy hoÌde eueÌ y e cuppe w t the dregges of my wrath y t froÌ hence forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more wil put it iÌ their hoÌde that trouble the which haue spoken to thy soule stoupe downe that we maye go ouer the make thy body eaueÌ with the grounde and as the strete to go vpon The lij Chapter VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto the put on thine honest rayment o IerusaleÌ thou citie of the holy one For from this tyme forth there shal no vncircumcised ner vncleane person come in the. Shake the froÌ the dust arise stonde vp o IerusaleÌ Pluck out thy neck from the boÌde o thou captyue doughter Sion For thus saieth the LORDE Ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redemed also without eny money For thus hath the LORDE sayde My people weÌte downe afore tyme in to Egipte there to be straungers Afterwarde dyd the kinge of the Assirians oppresse theÌ for naught And now what profit is it to me saieth y e LORDE y t my people is frely caried awaye brought in to heuynes by their rulers and my name euer still blasphemed saieth the LORDE But
y t be thurstie ye that haue no moneye Come bye that ye maye haue to eate Come bye wyne mylck without eny money or moneye worth Wherfore do ye laye out yo r moneye for the thinge y t fedeth not and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not But herkeÌ rather vnto me aÌd ye shal eate of the best youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleÌteousnes Enclyne youre eares come vnto me take hede youre soule shal lyue For I will make an euerlastinge couenaunt with you eueÌ the sure mercies of Dauid Beholde I shal geue him for a witnesse amoÌge y e folke for a prynce captayne vnto the people Lo thou shalt call an vnknowne people a people that had no knowlege of the shall runne vnto the because off the LORDE thy God y e holy one of Israel which glorifieth the. Seke the LORDE while he maye be founde call vpoÌ him while he is nye Let the vngodly man forsake his wayes aÌd the vnrightuous his ymaginacioÌs turne agayne vnto the LORDE so shal he be merciful vnto him and to oure God for he is redy to forgeue For thus saieth the LORDE My thoughtes are not youre thoughtes youre wayes are not my wayes But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth so farre do my waies exceade yours my thoughtes yours And like as the rayne snowe coÌmeth downe from heaueÌ returneth not thither agayne but watereth the earth maketh it frutefull grene that it maye geue corne breade vnto the sower So the worde also that commeth out of my mouth shal not turne agayne voyde vnto me but shal accoÌplish my wil prospere in the thinge wherto I sende it And so shal ye go forth w t ioye be led with peace The mountaynes and hilles shal synge with you for ioye and all the trees of the felde shal clappe their hondes For thornes there shal growe Fyrre trees y e Myrte tre in the steade of breres And this shal be done to the prayse of the LORDE for an euerlastinge tokeÌ that shal not be taken awaye The lvj Chapter THus saieth y e LORDE Kepe equite and do right for my sauynge health shal come shortly my rightuosnes shal be opened Blissed is the man y t doth this the mans childe which kepeth the same He that taketh hede y t he vnhalowe not the Sabbath that is he that kepeth himself that he do no euel Then shal not the straunger which cleaueth to the LORDE saye Alas the LORDE hath shut me cleane out from his people Nether shal the gelded man saye lo I am a drie tre For thus saieth the LORDE first vnto the gelded y t kepeth my Sabbath Namely that holdeth greatly of the thinge that pleaseth me and kepeth my couenauÌt Vnto them wil I geue in my housholde and with in my walles a better heretage name theÌ yf they had bene called sonnes daughters I wil geue them an euerlastinge name that shall not perishe Agayne he saieth vnto the strauÌgers that are disposed to sticke to the LORDE to serue him to loue his name That they shal be no boÌde meÌ And all they which kepe theÌ selues that they vnhalowe not the Sabbath namely that they fulfill my couenauÌt Them wil I bringe to my holy mouÌtayne make theÌ ioyfull in my house of prayer Their burnt offringes and sacrifices shal be accepted vpoÌ myne aulter for my house shal be an house of prayer for all people Thus saieth the LORDE God which gathereth together the scatred of Israel I wil bringe yet another coÌgregacion to him All the beastes of the felde all the beastes of y e wod shal come to deuoure hiÌ For his watch men are all blinde they haue alltogether no vnderstondinge they are all domme dogges not beinge able to barcke they are slepery slogish are they lie snortinge they are shamelesse dogges y t be neuer satiszfied The sheperdes also in like maner haue no vnderstondinge but euery man turneth his owne waye euery one after his owne couetousnes w t all his power Come saye they I wil fetch wyne so shal we fyll oure selues that we maye be dronken And do tomorow like as to daye yee and moch more The LVII Chapter· BVt in the meane season y e righteous perisheth no maÌ regardeth it in his hert Good godly people are taken awaye no maÌ coÌsidreth it Namely that the righteous is conuayed awaye thorow y e wicked that he himself might be in rest lie quietly vpon his bed lyue after his owne pleasure Come hither therfore ye charmers children ye sonnes of the aduoutrer the whore Wherin take ye youre pleasure VpoÌ whom gape ye with yo r mouth bleare out yo r tonge Are ye not childreÌ of aduoutry a sede of dissimulaicon Ye take youre pleasure vnder the okes vnder all grene trees the childe beynge slayne in the valleys dennes of stone Thy parte shal be with the stony rockes by the ryuer Yee euen these shal be thy parte For there thou hast poured meat and drynk-offringes vnto theÌ Shulde I ouersee that Thou hast made thy bed vpon hie mountaynes thou wentest vp thither and therehast thou slayne sacrifices Behynde the dores postes hast thou set vp thy remembraunce When thou haddest discouered thyself to another then me when thou weÌtest downe ⪠made thy bed wyder that is when thou didest carue the certayne of yonder Idols louedest their couches where thou sawest theÌ Thou wentest straight to kinges with oyle dyuerse oyntmentes that is thou hast sent thy messaungers farre of and yet art thou fallen in to the pyt therby Thou hast had trouble for y e multitude of thyne owne wayes yet saydest thou neuer I wil leaue of Thou thinkest to haue life or health of thy self and therfore thou beleuest not that thou arâ sick For when wilt thou be abaszshed or feare seinge thou hast broken thy promyse remembrest not me nether hast me in thine hert Thinkest thou that I also will holde my peace as afore tyme y t thou fearest me not Yee verely I wil declare y e goodnes y e workes but they shal not profit ye. wheÌ thou criest let y e chosen heape delyuer the. But the wynde shal take them all awaye cary theÌ in to y e ayre Neuertheles they y t put their trust in me shal inheret the londe and haue my holy hill in possession And therfore thus he saieth Make redy make redy and clense y e strete take vp what ye can out of the waye that ledeth to my people For thus saieth the hie and excelleÌt euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse whose name is the holy one I dwel hie aboue and in the sanctuary with him also y t is of a coÌtrite and
the generacions of Israel they shal be my people The XXXI Chapter THus saieth the LORDE The people of Israel which escaped in y e wildernes from the swearde founde grace to come in to their rest Euen so shal the LORDE now also apeare vnto me from farre and saye I loue the with an euerlastinge loue therfore do I sprede my mercy before the. I will repayre the agayne o thou doughter of Israel that thou mayest be fast and sure Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne go forth with them that lede the daunce Thou shalt plante vynes agayne vpon y e hilles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plante and synge And when it is tyme the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crie Arise let vs go vp vnto Sion to ouâe LORDE God ⪠for thus saieth the LORDE Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob crie vnto the heade of the Gentiles speake out synge and saye The LORDE shall delyuer his people the remnaunt of Israel make them whole Beholde I will bringe them agayne from out of the north loÌde and gather them from the endes of the worlde with the blynde and lame that are amonge them with the women that be greate with childe and soch as be also delyuered and the company of them that come agayne shal be greate They departed from hence in heuynes but with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a straight waye where they shall not stomble For I will be Israels father and Epraim shal be my firstborne Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye Gentiles preach in the Iles that lie farre of and saye he that hath scatred Israel shall gather him together agayne and shall kepe him as a shepherde doth his flocke For the LORDE shall redeme Iacob and ryd him from the honde of the violent And they shal come reioyce vpon the hill of Sion shall haue plenteousnes of goodes which the LORDE shall geue them Namely wheate wyne oyle yonge shepe and calues And their conscience shal be as a well watred garden for they shall nomore be hongrie Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce yee both yonge and olde folkes For I will turne their sorow in to gladnesse and will comforte them and make them ioyfull euen from their hertes I will poure plenteousnes vpon the hertes of the prestes and my people shal be satisfied with good thinges saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE The voyce of heuynes wepynge and lamentacion came vp in to heauen euen of Rachel mournynge for hir children and wolde not be comforted because they were awaye But now saieth the LORDE leaue of from wepynge and crienge witholde thyne eyes from teares for thy laboure shal be rewarded saieth the LORDE And they shall come agayne out of the londe of their enemies Yee euen thy posterite shall haue consolacion in this saieth the LORDE that thy children shall come agayne in to their owne londe Morouer I herde Ephraim that was led awaye captyue complayne on this maner O LORDE thou hast correcte me and thy chastenynge haue I receaued as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou art my LORDE God Yee as soone as thou turnest me I shall refourme my self and when I vnderstonde I shall smyte vpon my thee For verely I haue coÌmitted shamefull thinges O let my youth beare this reprofe and confucion Vpon this complaynte I thought thus by my self is not Ephraim my deare sonne Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme For sence the tyme that I first coÌmoned with him I haue him euer in remembraunce therfore my very herte dryueth me vnto him gladly and louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him saieth the LORDE Get the watchmen prouyde teachers for the set thine herte vpon the right waie that thou shuldest walke and turne agayne o thou doughter of Israel turne agayne to these cities of thyne How longe wilt thou go astraie o thou shreÌkinge doughter For the LORDE will worke a new thynge vpon earth A woman shall compasse a man For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel It will come therto that when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuyte these wordes shal be herde in y e londe and in his cities The LORDE which is the fayre brydegrome of rightuousnesse make the frutefull o thou holy hill And there shall dwell Iuda and all hir cities the shepherdes and huszbonde men For I shall fede the hongrie soule and refresh all faynte hertes When I herde this I came agayne to my self and mused like as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe Beholde saieth the LORDE the dayes come that I will sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with catell Yee it shall come therto that like as I haue gone aboute in tymes past to râte them out to scatre them to breake them downe to destroye them and chasteÌ them Euen so will I also go diligently aboute to buylde them vp agayne and to plante them saieth the LORDE Then shall it no more be sayde y e fathers haue eaten a sower grape and the childrens teth are set on edge for euery one shal dye for his owne myszdede so that who so eateth a sower grape his teth shal be set on edge Beholde the dayes come saieth the LORDE y t I will make a new couenaunt with y e house of Israel with y e house of Iuda not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the honde led them out of the londe of Egipte which couenaunt they brake wherfore I punyshed them sore saieth the LORDE But this shal be the couenaunt that I will make with the house of Israel after those dayes saieth the LORDE I will plante my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their hertes and wil be their God and they shal be my people And from theÌce forth shall no man teach his neghboure or his brother and saye knowe the LORDE But they shall all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saieth the LORDE For I will forgeue their myszdedes and wil neuer remembre their synnes eny more Thus saieth the LORDE which gaue the sonne to be a light for the daye and the Moone and starres to shyne in the night which moueth the see so that the floudes therof waxe fearce his name is the LORDE of hoostes Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight saieth the LORDE So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse but all waye be a people before me Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye not be sought out So will I also not cast out the whole sede of Israel for that they haue commytted saieth the
off water It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse For they saye We will go vp and will couer the earth we wil destroye y e cities with them that dwell therin Get you to horse backe roll forth y e Charettes come forth ye worthies ye Morians ye Libeans with youre buclers ye Lideans with youre bowes So shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of hoostes a daye of veÌgeaunce that he maye aveÌge him of his enemies The swearde shal deuoure it shal be satisfied and bated in their bloude For the LORDE God off hoostes shall haue a slayne offringe towarde the North by the water of Euphrates Go vp o Galaad bringe triacle vnto the doughter off Egipte But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery for thy wounde shall not be stopped The Heithen shall heare off thy shame and the londe shal be full of thy confucion for one stronge man shall stomble vpon another how then shulde they not fall both together These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to the prophet Ieremy concernyge y e hoost of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which was to destroye the londe off Egipte Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte and cause it be proclamed at Migdal Memphis and Taphnis and saye Stonde still make the redie for the swearde shal consume the rounde aboute How happeneth it that thy mightie worthies are fallen why stode they not fast Euen because the LORDE thrust them downe The slaughter was greate for one fell euer still vpon another One cried vpon another Vp let vs go agayne to oure owne people and to oure owne naturall countre from the swearde of oure enemie Crie euen there O Pharao kynge of Egipte the tyme will bringe sedicion As truly as I lyue saieth the kynge whose name is the LORDE of hoostes it shall come as y e mount of Thabor and as Libanus yf it stode in the see O thou doughter of Egipte make redy thy geer to flyt For Memphis shal be voyde and desolate so that no maÌ shal dwell therin The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre calfe but one shall come out of the north to dryue her forwarde Hir wagied souldyers that be with her are like fat calues They also shall fle awaye together and not abyde for the daye off their slaughter and the tyme of their visitacion shall come vpon them The crie off their enemies shall make a noyse as the blast of a trompet For they shall entre in with their hooste and come w t axes as it were hewers downe of wod And they shall cut downe hir wod saieth the LORDE with out eny discrecion For they shal be mo in noÌbre then the greshoppers so that no man shal be able to tell theÌ The doughter of Egipte shal be confouÌded wheÌ she shal be delyuered in to the hondes off the people off the north Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will vyset that restlesse people off Alexandria Pharao and Egipte yee both their goddes and their kynges euen Pharao and all them y t litten vnto him Yee I will delyuer them in to the hondes off those that seke after their lyues Namely in to the power off Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and in to the power off his seruauÌtes And after all these thinges it shal be inhabited as afore tyme saieth the LORDE But be not thou afrayed o my seruaunt Iacob feare not thou o Israel For lo I wil helpe the from farre and thy sede from the londe of thy captiuyte Iacob also shall come agayne and be in rest he shall be rich and no man shall do him harme Feare thou not o Iacob my seruaunt saieth the LORDE for I am with the and will destroye all nacions amonge whom I haue scatred the. Neuertheles I will not consume the but chasten the and correcke the yee and that with discrecion nether wil I spare the as one that were fautlesse The XLVII Chapter THese are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet agaynst the Phylistines before that Pharao smote the cite off Gaza Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde there shall waters arise out off the north and shall growe to a greate floude runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe the cities and them that dwell therin And the men shall crie and all they that dwell in the londe shall mourne at the noyse and stampynge off their stronge barded horses at the shakynge off their charettes and at the remblinge off the wheles The fathers shall not loke to their children so feable and weery shall their hondes be at the same tyme when he shal be there to destroye the whole londe off the Phylistynes He shall make waist both Tirus Sidon aÌd all other that are sworne vnto them For the LORDE will destroye all Palestina and the other Iles that be deuyded froÌ the countre Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza Ascalon with hir other valleys shall kepe hir peace How longe wilt thou slaye O thou swearde off the LORDE Turne agayne in to y e sheeth reste and leaue off But how can it ceasse when the LORDE himselff hath geuen it a charge agaynst Ascalon and raysed it vp agaynst the cities off the see coast The XLVIII Chapter THus saieth y e LORDE off hoostes y e God of Israel against Moab Wo be to y e cite of Nebo for it shal be layed waist brought to confucion and taken Yee y e stroÌge cite of Cariatharim shal be brought to shame and afrayed Moab shall nomore âe had in honoure Wicked councell shal be taken vpon Hesebon Come shall they saye let vs rote them out that they maye be nomore amonge the nombre of the Gentiles yee that they maye nomore be thought vpon Thus the swearde shall persecute ye. A voyce shall crie from Horonaim With greate waistinge and destruction is Moab made desolate And this crie shal be herde in all hir cities At the goinge vp vnto Luhtih there shall arise a lameÌtacion and downe towarde Horonaim there shall be herde a cruell and a deedly crie Get you awaye saue youre lyues be like vnto the heeth in y e wildernes For because thou hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure thou shalt be taken Chamos with his prestes and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte The destroyer shal come vpon all cities none shall escape The valleys shal be destroyed and the feldes shall be layed waist like as the LORDE hath determed Make a token vnto Moab that she get hir awaye spedely for hir cities shal be made so desolate that no man shall dwell therin Cursed be he that doth the worke of the LORDE necligently and cursed be he that kepeth backe his swearde from sheddynge off bloude Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse from hir youth vp she hath sytten and takeÌ hir ease with hir treasure She was
neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another y t is she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte therfore hir taist remayneth and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged But lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp to prepare and season hir vessels yee hir tankerdes rattell and shake to fro And Moab shal be ashamed off Chamos like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel wherin she put hir trust Wherfore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and stronge men off warre Moab shal be destroyed and hir cities brente vp hir chosen yonge men shall be slayne saieth the kinge whose name is the LORDE off hoostes The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace and hir fall is at honde All hir neghbours shall mourne for her and all they that knowe hir name shal saye O how happeneth it that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken And thou doughter DiboÌ come downe from thy glory and syt in pouerte For he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to the also and breake downe thy stronge holdes And thou that dwellest in Aroer get the to y e strete loke aboute the axe them that are fled and escaped and saye what thynge is happened O Moab is confounded and ouercome Mourne and crie tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed And mysery shall come vpon the playne londe Namely vpoÌ holon and Iaza vpon Mephat and DiboÌ vpon Nâbo and the house of Diplathaim vpon Cariatharim and Bethgamul vpon Bethniaon and Carioth vpon Bosra and all the cities in the loÌde off Moab whether they lye farre or neare The horne of Moab shal be smytteÌ downe hir arme broken saieth the LORDE Make hir dronken for she magnified hir self aboue the LORDE that men maye clappe their hondes at hir vomyte and that she also maye be laughed to scorne O Israeli ⪠shalt thou not laugh him to scorne when he is taken amoÌge theues Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him thou shalt be dryuen awaye Ye Moabites shal leaue the cities and dwell in rockes off stone and become like doues that make their nestes in holes As for Moabs pryde we haue herde off it she is very hie mynded I knowe hir stoutnesse hir boostinge hir arogaÌcy and the pryde off hir stomack saieth the LORDE For hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde her w t strength ner dede Therfore shal there mournynge be made for Moab and euery maÌ shal crie for Moabs sake a lamentacion shal be made to the men that stonde vpon the wall So will I mourne for the also o Iazer and for the O thou vynyarde off Sybma Thy wyne brauÌches shal come ouer y e see and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest and grape gatheringe Myrth and cheare shal be taken awaye from the tymbre felde and from the whole londe off Moab There shall be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie yee there shall be none to crie vnto him which afore tyme were herde from hesebon to Eleale and Ioaz which lifted vp their voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that bullock off thre yeare olde The waters also off Nemrim shal be dried vp Morouer I will make Moab ceasse saieth the LORDE from the offringes and censinge that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab like a crowde playenge an heuy songe and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my herte mourneth also euen as a pype that pipeth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shall be shauen and all beerdes clipped off all hondes bounde and all loynes gyrded aboute with sack cloth VpoÌ all the house toppes and stretes off Moab there shal be mournynge For I will breake Moab like an vnprofitable vessell saieh the LORDE O how fearfull is she O how mourneth she O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade and is ashamed Thus shall Moab be a laughinge stocke and had in derision off all them that be rounde aboute her For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clymme ouer the walles and wynne the stronge holdes Then the mighty mens hertes in Moab shal be like the herte off a woman trauelinge with childe And Moab shal be made so desolate that she shal nomore be a people because she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE Feare pyt and snare shall come vpoÌ the o Moab saieth the LORDE Who so escapeth the feare shal fall in the pyt and who so getteth out off the pyt shall betaken in the snare For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab saieth the LORDE They that are able to fle shall stonde vnder the shadowe off Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out off Hesebon and a flame from Sion shall burne vp that proude people off Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the o Moab for thou people off Chamos shalt perish Yee thy sonnes and doughters shall be led awaye captyne Yet at the last will I bringe Moab out off captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE Thus farre off the plage off Moab The XLIX Chapter AS concerninge the Ammonites thus the LORDE saieth Hath Israel no children or is he without an heyre Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities Beholde therfore the tyme commeth saieth y e LORDE that I will brynge a noyse off warre into Rabath off the Ammonites Lahel shal be desolate and hir cities brent vp and the Israelites shall be lordes ouer those that had theÌ in possession afore saieth the LORDE Hesebon shall mourne for it shal be roted out off the grounde saieth the LORDE The cities off Rabath shall crie out and gyrde them selues with sack cloth they shall mourne and runne aboute the walles for their kynge shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with him Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and fro o thou fearce doughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason off thy treasure that no man shal come to the Beholde I will brynge a feare vpon the saieth the LORDE God off hoostes from all those that be aboute the so that ye shall be scatred euery man from another and no maÌ shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I will bringe the Ammonites also out off captyuyte agayne Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wyszdome in Theman Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wyszdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne youre backes crepe downe into the depe O ye citesyns off Dedan For I will bringe destructioÌ vpon Esau yee and the daye off his visitacion Yff the
the londe of the Caldees The leest amoÌge the people shal teare them in peces loke what pleasaunt thinge they haue they shal laye it waist ⪠The noyse at y e wynnynge of Babilon shââ moue the earth the crie shal be herde amonge the GeÌtiles The LI. Chapter THus hath the LORDE sayde Beholde I will rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babilon hir citesens y t beare euell will agaynst me I wil sende also in to BabiloÌ fanners to fanne her out to destroye hir londe for in the daye of hir trouble they shal be aboute her on euery syde Morouer the LORDE hath sayde vnto the bowe men to them y t clymme ouer the walles in brest plates Ye shal not spare hir yongemeÌ kyll downe all hir hoost Thus the slayne shal fall downe in the londe of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel Iuda they shall not be forsakeÌ of their God of the LORDE of hoostes of the holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled all their londe full of synne Fle awaye from Babilon euery man saue his life Let no man holde his tunge to hir wickednes for the tyme of the LORDES vengeaunce is come yee he shal rewarde her agayne Babilon hath bene in the LORDES honde a golden cuppe y t maketh all londes droncken Of hir wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of their wittes But sodenly is Babilon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for hir woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babilon whole saye they but she is not recouered Therfore wil we let her alone go euery maÌ in to his owne countre For hir iudgmeÌt is come in to heauen is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we will shewe Sion the worke of the LORDE oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the LORDE shall rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meedes which hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon This shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDES and the vengeaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon make youre watch stronge set yo r watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth with the deuyce which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babilon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters o thou that hast so greate treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynnynges The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne by himself that he wil ouerwhelme the with men like greshoppers in nombre which with a corage shall crie Alarum Alarum agaynst the. Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes that with his power made the earth with his wiszdome prepayred y e rounde worlde with his discrecion spred out the heauens As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde the waters in the ayre waxe fearce He draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth He turneth y e lightenynges to rayne he bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete places By the reason of wyszdome all men are become fooles Confounded be all the casters of ymages for y e thinge that they make is but disceate hath no breath Vayne is it worthy to be laughed at in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish Neuertheles the porcion of Iacob is none soch but he that made all thinges whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he is the rodde of his enheritaunce Thou breakest my weapens of warre yet thorow the I haue scatred the nacions kyngdomes Thorow the haue I scatred horse horse man yee the charettes soch as sat vpon them Thorow the I haue scatred man woman olde and yonge bacheler mayden Thorow the I haue scatred the shepherde his flocke the husbond man his catell the prynces the rulers Therfore wil I rewarde the cite of Babilon all hir citesyns the Caldees with all the euell which they haue done vnto Sion Yee that ye youre selues shall se it saieth the LORDE Beholde I come vpon the thou noysome hill saieth the LORDE thou that destroyest all londes I wil stretch out my honde ouer the cast the downe from the stony rockes wil make the a brente hill so that nether corner stones ner pinnacles ner foundacion stones shal be taken eny more out of the but waist desolate shalt thou lie foreuermore saieth the LORDE Set vp a tokeÌ in the londe blowe the trompettes amonge the Heithen prouoke the nacions agaynst her call the kyngdomes of Ararat Menni Ascanes agaynst her nombre out Taphsar agaynst her bringe as greate a sorte of horses agaynst her as yf they were greshoppers Prepare agaynst them y e people of the Meedes w t their kynges prynces all their chefe rulers yee and the whole londe that is vnder them The londe also shal shake be afrayed when the deuyce of the LORDE shall come forth agaynst Babilon to make the londe of Babilon so waist that no maÌ shal dwell eny more therin The Worthies of Babilon shal leaue the batell kepe them selues in stronge holdes their strength hath fayled them they shal be like women Their dwellinge places shal be brent vp their barres shal be broken One purseuaunt shal mete another yee one poste shal come by another to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges that his cite is taken in on euery syde the foordes occupyde the fennes brent vp and the souldyers sore afrayed For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel The doughter of Babilon hath bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore but shortly shal hir haruest come Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me he hath made me an emptie vessell He swalowed me vp like a Dragon and fylled his bely with my delicates he hath cast me out he hath takeÌ my substaunce awaye the thinge that was left me hath he caried vnto Babilon saieth the doughter that dwelleth in Sion Yee my bloude also vnto the Caldees saieth Ierusalem Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil defende thy cause avenge the I will drynke vp hir see drye vp hir water sprynges Babilon shal become an heape of stones a dwellinge place for dragons a fearfulnes wondringe because no man dwelleth there They shall roare together like lyons as the yonge lyons when they be angrie so shal they beÌde them selues In their heate I shal set drynke before theÌ they shal be droncken for ioye Then shal they slepe an euerlastinge slepe neuer wake saieth the LORDE I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe like wethers gootes O how was Sesah wonne O how was the glory of y e whole londe taken how happeneth it that Babilon is so wondred at amonge the HeitheÌ The see is rysen ouer Babilon hath
couered her with his greate wawes Hir cities are layed waist the londe lieth vnbuylded and voyde it is a londe where no man dwelleth where no maÌ traueleth thorow Morouer ⪠I wil vyset Bel at BabiloÌ the thinge that he hath swalowed vp that same shal I plucke out of his mouth The Gentiles also shall runne nomore vnto him yee and the walles of Babilon shal fall O my people come out of Babilon that euery man maye saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the LORDE Be not faynte herted feare not at euery rumoure that shal be herde in the londe for euery yeare bringeth new tydinges yee straunge wickednes and lordshipe And lo the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of BabiloÌ and the whole londe shal be confounded yee and hir slayne shal lie in the myddest of her Heauen and earth with all that is therin shall reioyce ouer Babilon when the destroyers shal come vpon her from the north saieth y e LORDE Like as BabiloÌ hath beaten downe and slayne many out of Israel so shal there fall many and be slayne in all hir kyngdome Ye that haue escaped the swearde haist you stoÌde not still remembre the LORDE afarre of and thinke vpon Ierusalem for we were ashamed to heare the blasphemies oure faces were couered with shame because the straunge aleauntes came in to the Sanctuary of the LORDE Wherfore beholde saieth the LORDE the tyme commeth that I wil vyset the ymages of Babilon and thorow the whole loÌde they shal mourne and fall Though Babilon clymmed vp in to heaueÌ and kepte her power an hie yet shal I sende her destroyers saieth the LORDE A piteous crie shall be herde from Babilon and a greate mysery from the londe of the Caldees when the LORDE destroyeth them and when he dryueth out the hie stomack proude boostinge where with they haue bene as furious as the wawes of greate water floudes and made greate crakes with their wordes For the destroyers shall come vpon her euen vpon Babilon which shal take hir worthies and brake their bowes for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them sufficiently to recompence theÌ Yee saieth the LORDE I will make their prynces their wyse men their chefe rulers all their worthies dronckeÌ so that they shal slepe an euerlastinge slepe and neuer wake Thus saieth the kinge whose name is y e LORDE of hoostes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The thicke wall of Babilon shal be broken and hir proude gates shal be brente vp And the thinge that the GeÌtiles and the people haue wrought with greate trauayle and laboure shal come to naught and be consumed in the fyre This is the charge that Ieremy gaue vnto Sarias the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia when he wente towarde Babilon with Sedechias the kinge of Iuda in the fourth yeare of his reigne Now this Sarias was a peaceable prynce Ieremy wrote in a boke all the misery that shulde come vpon Babilon yee and all these sermons that be written agaynst Babilon and gaue Sarias this charge When thou commest vnto Babilon se that thou rede all these wordes and saye O LORDE thou art determed to rote out this place so that nether people ner catell shal dwell there eny more but to lie waist for euer and when thou hast redde out the boke bynde a stone to it and cast it in the myddest of Euphrates and saye EueÌ thus shal Babilon syncke be thrust downe with the burthen of trouble that I will bringe vpon her so that she shal neuer come vp agayne Thus farre are y e preachinges of Ieremy The LII Chap. SEdechias was xxj yeare olde when he was made kynge he raigned xj yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name was Hamithal Ieremies doughter of Lobna He lyued wickedly before the LORDE euen as Ioachim dyd Wherfore the LORDE was angrie at Ierusalem Iuda so longe till he had cast theÌ out of his presence And Sedechias fel from the kynge of Babilon But in y e ix yeare of his raigne In the teÌth Moneth the tenth daye of the Moneth it happened that Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon with all his hooste came before Ierusalem beseged it made them bulworkes rounde aboute it And this beseginge of the cite endured vnto the xj yeare of kynge Sedechias And in the fourth Moneth the ix daye of the Moneth there was so greate honger in the cite that there were no more vitayles for the people of the londe So all the souldyers brake awaye and fled out of the cite by night thorow the waye of the porte betwene the two walles by the kynges garden Now y e Caldees had coÌpassed the cite rounde aboute yet wente these men their waye towarde the wildernesse And so the Caldees folowed vpon them and toke Sedechias the kinge in the felde of Iericho when his hoost was runne from him So they caried the kynge awaye presoner to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babilon in the londe of Hemath where he gaue iudgment vpon him The kinge of BabiloÌ also caused Sedechias sonnes be slayne before his face yee put all the prynces of Iuda to death at Reblatha Morouer he put out the eyes of Sedechias caused him be bounde with cheynes to be caried vnto Babilon let him lie in preson till he dyed Now y e tenth daye of the fyfth Moneth in the xix yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon Nabusaradan the chefe captayne and the kinge of Babilons seruauntes came vnto Ierusalem brent vp the house of the LORDE He brent vp also the kinges palace all the houses all the gorgeous buyldinges in IerusaleÌ And the whole hoost of the Caldees y t were with the chefe captayne brake downe all the walles of Ierusalem rounde aboute As for the poore people soch folke as yet was left in the cite which also were fallen to the kinge of Babilon yee what people as yet remayned Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caried them awaye presoners But y e poore people of the countre dyd Nabusaradan the chefe captayne leaue in the londe to occupie the vynyardes feldes The Caldees also brake the brasen pilers that were in the house of the LORDE yee the seate and the brasen lauer that was in the house of y e LORDE caried all the metall of them vnto Babilon They toke awaye also the Cauldrons shouels flesh hokes sprinklers spones all the brasen vessell that was occupide in the seruyce with the basens colepannes sprinklers pottes candilstickes spones and cuppes wherof some were of golde and some of syluer The chefe captayne toke also the two pilers the lauer the xij brasen bullockes y t stode vnder y e seate which kinge Salomon made in the house of the LORDE all the vessell conteyned so moch metall that it might not be weyed For euery piler was xviij cubites hie the rope that went aboute it
them awaye eueÌ as thou hast plucked me because of all my wickednesse For my sorow is very greate and my herte is heuy The II. Chapter ALas how hath y e LORDE darckened the doughter of Sion so sore in his wrath As for the honoure of Israel he hath casten it downe from heauen How happeneth it that he remembred not his owne fote stole when he was angrie The LORDE hath cast downe all the glory of Iacob without eny fauoure All the stronge places of the doughter Iuda hath he broken in his wrath throwne them downe to the grounde hir kyngdome hir prynces hath he suspended In the wrath of his indignacion he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath with draweÌ his right honde from the enemie yee a flame of fyre is kyndled in Iacob hath consumed vp all rounde aboute He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his right honde as an aduersary and euery thinge that was pleasauÌt to se he hath smyten it downe He hath poured out his wrath like a fyre in to the tabernacle of the doughter âion The LORDâ is become like as it were an enemie he hath cast downe Israel all his places yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the doughter of Iuda w t moch sorow and heuynesse Hir tabernacle which was like a garden of pleasure hath he destroyed hir hie soleÌpne feastes hath he put downe The LORDE hath brought it so to passe that the hie solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are clene forgotteÌ In his heuy displeasure hath he made the kynge prestes to be despised The LORDE hath forsaken his owne aulter is wroth with his owne Sanctuary hath geuen the walles of their towres in to the hondes of the enemie Their enemies made a noyse in the house of the LORDE as it had bene in a solempne feast daye The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion he spred out his lyne drewe not in his honde till he had destroyed them Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together Hir portes are casten downe to the grounde hir barres are broken smytten in sonder hir kynge prynces are caried awaye to the GeÌtiles They haue nether lawe ner prophetes ner yet eny vision from the LORDE The Senatours of the doughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in sylence they haue strowed aszshes vpon their heades and gyrded them selues with sackcloth The maydens of Ierusalem hange downe their heades to the grounde Myne eyes begynne to fayle me thorow wepinge my body is disquieted my leueris poured vpon the earth for the greate hurte of my people seynge the children and babes dyd swowne in the stretes of the cite Euen when they spake to their mothers where is meate and drynke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the stretes of the cite like as they had bene wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome What shal I saye of the O thou doughter Ierusalem to whom shall I lickeÌ the To whom shal I coÌpare the o thou doughter Sion to comforte the withall Thy hurte is like a mayne see who maye heale the Thy prophetes haue loked out vayne folish thinges for the they haue not shewed the of thy wickednesse to kepe the from captiuyte but haue ouerladen the and thorow falsede scatred the abrode All they that go by the clappe their hondes at the hissinge and wagginge their heades vpon the doughter Ierusalem and saye is this the cite that men call so fayre wherin the whole londe reioyseth All thine enemies gape vpon the whisperinge and bytinge their teth sayenge let vs deuoure for the tyme that we loked for is come we haue founde and sene it The LORDE hath fulfilled the thinge that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuysed longe agoo he hath destroyed and not spared He hath caused thine aduersary to tryumphe ouer the and set vp the horne of thine enemie Let thine hert crie vnto the LORDE O thou cite of the doughter Sion let thy teares ruÌne downe like a ryuer daye night rest not let not the aple of thine eye leaue of Stonde vp and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night poure out thine heââ like water before the LORDE lift vp thine hondes for the lyues of thy yonge children that dye of honger in the stretes Beholde O LORDE considre why hast thou gathered me vp so clene Shal the women then eate their owne frute euen children of a spanne longe Shal the prestes and prophetes be slayne thus in the Sanctuary of the LORDE Yonge olde lye behinde the stretes vpon the grounde my maydens yonge men are slayne with the swearde whom thou in the daye of thy wrothfull indignacion hast put to death Yee euen thou hast put them to death not spared them My neghbours that are rounde aboute me hast thou called as it were to a feast daye so that in the daye of the LORDES wrath none escaped nether was eny left behinde Those that I had brought vp norisshed hath myne enemy destroyed The III. Chapter I Am the maÌ that thorow the rodd of his wrath haue experieÌce of misery He droue me forth and led me yee into darcknesse but not in to light Agaynst me only he turneth his honde layeth it euer vpon me My flesh my skynne hath he made olde and my bones hath he brussed He hath buylded rounde aboute me closed me in with gall and trauayle He hath set me in darcknesse as they that be deed for euer He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out hath layed heuy lynckes vpon me Though I crie call piteously yet heareth he not my prayer He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones made my pathes croked He layeth waite for me like a Bere and as a lyon in a hole He hath marred my wayes and brokeÌ me in peces he hath layed me waist altogether He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marck to shute at The arowes of his quyuer hath he shot euen in to my reynes I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songes vpon me all y e daye loÌge He hath fylled me with bytternesse geuen me wormwod to drynke He hatâ smytten my teth in peces rolled me in the dust He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges I thought in myself I am vndone there is no hope for me in the LORDE O remembre yet my mysery and my trouble the wormwod and the gall Yee thou shalt remeÌbre them for my soule melteth awaye in me Whyle I coÌsidre these thinges in my hert I get a hope
agayne Namely that the mercies of the LORDE are not clene gone that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not His faithfulnes is greate and renueth it self as the mornynge The LORDE is my porcion saieth my soule therfore wil I hope in him O how good is the LORDE vnto theÌ that put their trust in him and to the soule that seketh after him O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and tarie for the health of the LORDE O how good is it for a man to take the yock vpon him from his youth vp He sitteth alone he holdeth him still ⪠and dwelleth quietly by him self He layeth his face vpon the earth yf per case there happen to be eny hope He offreth his cheke to the smyter he will be content with reproues For the LORDE wil not forsake for euer But though he do cast of yet acordinge to y e multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne For he doth not plage cast out the children of men from his herte To treade all the presoners of the earth vnder his fete To moue the iudgment of man before the most highest To condemne a man in his cause The LORDE hath no pleasure in soch thinges What is he then that saieth there shulde somthinge be done without the LORDES coÌmaundement Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euell and good Wherfore them murmureth the lyuinge man let him murmoure at his owne synne Let vs loke well vpon oure owne waies remembre oureselues and turne agayne to y e LORDE Let vs lift vp oure hertes with oure hondes vnto the LORDE that is in heauen We haue bene dyssemblers haue offended wilt thou therfore not be intreated Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without eny fauoure Thou hast hyd thy self in a cloude that oure prayer shulde not go thorow Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despysed amonge the Heithen All oure enemies gape vpon vs. Feare and snare is come vpon vs yee despite and destruccion Whole ryuers of water guszshe out of myne eyes for the greate hurte of my people Myne eyes runne and can not ceasse for there is no rest O LORDE when wilt thou loke downe froÌ heauen and considre Myne eye breaketh my herte because of all the doughters of my cite Myne enemies hunted me out sharpely like a byrde yee and that with out a cause They haue put downe my life in to a pitte and layed a stone vpon me They poured water vpon my heade then thought I now am I vndone I called vpon thy name O LORDE out of the depe pitte Thou hast herde my voyce hast not turned awaye thine eares fro my sighinge and crienge Thou hast enclyned y i self vnto me wheÌ I called vpon the haist sayde feare not Thou O LORDE hast mayntened the cause of my soule and hast redemed my life O LORDE thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my cause vpon the. Thou hast well considred how they go aboute to do me harme that all their councels are agaynst me Thou hast herde their despytefull wordes O LORDE yee and all their ymaginacions agaynst me The lippes of myne enemies their deuyces that they take agaynst me all the daye longe Thou seist also their sittinge downe and their rysinge vp they make their songes of nothinge but of me Rewarde them O LORDE acordinge to the workes of their hondes Geue them y e thinge that their owne herte is afrayed of euen thy curse Persecute them O LORDE with thy indignacion rote them out from vnder the heauen The IIII. Chapter O How is the golde become so dymme How is the goodly coloure of it so sore chaunged and the stones of y e Sanctuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete The children of Sion that were allwaye in honoure clothed with y e most precious golde how are they now becomme like the erthen vessels which be made with the potters honde The Lamyes geue their yonge ones sucâ w t bare brestes but the doughter of my people is cruel and dwelleth in the wyldernesse like the Estriches The tonges of the suckinge children cleue to y e rofe of their mouthes for very thurst The yonge children axe bred but there is noman that geueth it them They that were wonte to fayre delicatly perishe in the stretes they that afore were brought vp in purple make now moch of donge The synne of the doughter of my people is become greater then y e wickednesse of Sodome that sodeÌly was destroyed and not taken with hondes Hir absââyners or Nazarees were whyter then y e snowe or mylke their coloure was fresh read as the Corall their beutie like the Saphyre But now their faces are very black In so moch that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes Their skynne cleueth to their bones It is wythered and become like a drye stock They that be slayne with the swearde are happier then soch as dye of honger and perishe awaye famishinge for the frutes of the felde The womeÌ which of nature are pitefull haue sodden their owne children with their hondes that they might be their meate in y e miserable destruccion of the doughter of my people The LORDE hath perfourmed his heuy wrath he hath poured out the furiousnes of his displeasure He hath kindled a fyre in Sion which hath consumed the foundacions therof Nether the kinges of the earth ner all y e inhabitours of the worlde wolde haue beleued that the enemie aduersary shulde haue come in at the gates of the cite of IerusaleÌ Which neuertheles is come to passe for y e synnes of hir prophetes and for the wickednes of hir prestes that haue shed innocentes bloude within her So that these blynde men weÌte stomblinge in the stretes and stayned themselues w t bloude which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth But they cried vnto euery maÌ fle the staynynge awaye get you heÌce touch it not Yee sayde they ye must be brent ye must dwell amonge the Gentiles byde no longer here The countenaunce of the LORDE hath banyshed them shal neuer loke more vpon them For they them selues nether regarded the prestes nor pitied their elders Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs whyle we loke for vayne helpe seynge we be euer waitynge vpon a people that can do vs no good They laye so sharpe waite for vs that we can not go safe vpon the stretes for oure ende is come oure dayes are fulfilled oure ende is here Oure persecuters are swifter then the Aegles of the ayre they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layed wait for vs in y
e wildernesse The very breth of oure mouth euen the anoynted LORDE himself shal be takeÌ in oure synnes of whom we saye Vnder his shadowe we shal be preserued amonge the Heithen And thou O doughter Edom that dwellest in the londe of Hus be glad and reioyce for the cuppe shal come vnto the also which wheÌ thou suppest of thou shalt be dronckeÌ Thy synne is wel punished O thou doughter Sion he shall not suffre the to be caried awaye eny more But thy wickednesse O doughter Edom shall he vyset and for thy synnes sake he shal lede the in to captiuyte The V. Chapter CAll to remeÌbraunce O LORDE what we haue suffred coÌsidre and se oure coÌfucion Oure enheritaunce is turned to the straungers oure houses to the aleauntes We are become carefull and fatherlesse and oure mothers are as the wydowes We are fayne to drynke oure owne water for moneye and oure owne wod must we bye with moneye Oure neckes are vnder persecucion we are weery and haue no rest Afore tyme we yelded oure selues to the Egipcians and now to the Assirians only that we might haue bred ynough Oure fathers which now are gone haue synned we must beare their wickednesse Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no man delyuereth vs out of their hoÌdes We must get o r lyuynge with the parell of oure lyues because of the drouth of the wildernesse Oure skynne is as it had bene brent in an ouen for very sore honger The wyues are raueshed in Sion the maydens in the cities of Iuda The prynces are hanged vp with the honde of the enemies they haue not spared the olde sage men they haue taken yonge mens lyues from them and the boyes are hanged vp vpon trees The elders syt no more vnder the gates and the yonge men vse no more playenge of Musick The ioye of oure herte is gone oure mery quere is turned in to mourninge The garlande of oure heade is fallen alas that euer we synned so sore Therfore oure hert is full of heuynesse oure eyes dymme because of y e hill of Sion that is destroyed In so moch that the foxes runne vpon it But thou O LORDE that remaynest for euermore and thy feate worlde with out ende Wherfore wilt thou still forget vs and forsake vs so longe O LORDE Turne thou vs vnto the so shal we be turned Renue o r daies as in olde tyme for thou hast now banished vs longe ynough and bene sore displeased at vs. The ende of the Lamentacions of Ieremy The Prophet Baruch What Baruch conteyneth Chap. I. Baruch readeth the boke before the kynge and all the people which sende money to Ierusalem Chap. II. They knowlege that they haue deserued punyshment God promyseth them forgeuenesse Chap. III. They praye hartely beinge in preson and he exorteth them to amende Chap. IIII. A sermon to the people with an exortacion to pacience Chap. V. He conforteth them and sheweth the vocacion of the Heithen Chap. VI. A copie of the epistole that Ieremy sent to the Iewes which were led awaye presoners vnto Babilon These are the wordes of the boke that Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasia the sonne of Sedechias the sonne of Sedei the sonne of Helchia wrote at Babilon in the fifth yeare the seueÌth daye of the moneth what tyme as the Caldees wanne Ierusalem and brent it The first Chapter ANd Baruch dyd rede the wordes of this boke that Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim kynge of Iuda might heare and in the presence of all the people that were come to heare the boke yee and before all the noble kinges sonnes before y e lordes of the councell and elders and before the whole people from y e lowest vnto the hyest before all them that dwelt at Babilon by y e water of Sodi Which when they herde it wepte fasted and prayed before the LORDE They made a colleccion also of money acordinge to euery mans power and sent it to Ierusalem vnto Ioachim the sonne of Helchia the sonne of Salon prest with y e other prestes and to all the people which were w t him at IerusaleÌ what tyme as they had gotten the ornamentes of the temple of y e LORDE that were taken awaye out of the temple that they might brynge them agayne in to the londe of Iuda the x. daye of the moneth Siban namely syluer vessel which Sedechias the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda had made After that Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon had takeÌ Iechonias with all his prynces lordes and all the people and led them captyue from Ierusalem vnto Babilon And they sayde Beholde we haue sent you money to bye you burnt offerynges and incense withall make you vnleuended bred offre for synne vpon the aulter of the LORDE oure God And praye for the prosperite of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon and of Balthasar his sonne y t their dayes maye be vpon earth as the dayes of heauen that God also maye geue vs strength and lighten oure eyes that we maye lyue vnder the defence of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon and vnder the proteccion of Balthasar his sonne that we maye longe do them seruyce and fynde fauoure in their sight Praye for vs also vnto the LORDE oure God for we haue synned agaynst the LORDE oure God and vnto this daye is not his wrath turned yet awaye from vs. And se that ye rede this boke which we haue sent vnto you to be rehearced in the temple of the LORDE vpon the hye dayes and at tyme conuenient Thus shal ye saye The LORDE o r God is rightuous but we are worthy of coÌfucion shame like as it is come to passe this daye vnto all Iuda to euery one y t dwelleth at Ierusalem to o r kinges prynces prestes prophetes to oure fathers We haue synned before the LORDE oure God we haue not put oure trust in him ner geuen him credence we haue not obeyed him we haue not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE oure God to walke in the commaundementes that he gaue vs. Sens the daye that he brought oure forefathers out of the londe of Egipte vnto this present daye we haue bene euer a mysbeleuynge and an vnfaithful people vnto y e LORDE oure God destroyenge oure selues vtterly and shrenckinge backe that we shulde not heare his voyce Wherfore there are come vpon vs greate plages dyuerse curses like as the LORDE deuysed by Moses his seruauÌt which brought oure forefathers out of the loÌde of Egipte to geue vs a loÌde that floweth with mylcke and hony like as it is to se this daye Neuertheles we haue not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE oure God acordinge to all the wordes of the prophetes whom he sent vnto vs and to oure rulers but euery man folowed his owne mynde and wicked ymaginacion to offre vnto strauÌge goddes and to do euel in the sight of the LORDE oure God The II.
Chapter FOr the which cause the LORDE oure God hath perfourmed his deuyce wherof he certified vs and oure heades that ruled in IerusaleÌ yee and oure kynges oure princes with all Israel and Iuda And soch plages hath y e lorde brought vpoÌ vs as neuer came to passe vnder the heaueÌ like as it is fulfilled in Hierusalem acordinge as it is written in the lawe of Moses that a man shulde eate y e flesh of his owne sonne the flesh of his owne doughter Morouer he hath delyuered them in to the hondes of all the kinges y t are rounde aboute vs to be confounded and desolate scatred theÌ abrode in all londes nacioÌs Thus are we brought beneth not aboue for we haue synned against the LORDE o r God not bene obedient vnto his voyce Therfore y e LORDE o r God is rightuous we with o r fathers as reason is are brought to opeÌ shame as it is to se this daye And as for these plages y t are come vpon vs allready y e LORDE had deuyced theÌ for vs yet wolde we not praye vnto y e LORDE oure God y t we might euery maÌ turne froÌ his vngodly wayes So y e LORDE hath caused soch plages to come vpon vs for he is rightuous in all his workes which he hath coÌmaunded vs which we also haue not done ner harkened vnto his voyce for to walke in y e coÌmaundemeÌtes of y e LORDE y t he had geueÌ vnto vs. And now o LORDE God of Israel thou that hast brought thy people out of the londe of Egipte with a mightie honde with tokens and woÌdres with thy greate power aÌd outstretched arme and hast gotten thy selff a name as it is come to passe this daye O LORDE oure God we haue synned we haue done wickedly we haue behaued oure selues vngodly in all thy rightuousnesses Turne thy wrath froÌ vs we beseke the for we are but a few left amonge the Heithen where thou hast scatred vs. Heare o r prayers o LORDE oure peticioÌs bringe vs out of captiuyte for thine owne sake get vs fauoure in the sight of theÌ which haue led vs awaye y t all loÌdes maye knowe that thou art the LORDE oure God and that Israel and his generacion calleth vpon thy name O LORDE loke downe froÌ thy holy house vpon vs enclyne thine eare heare vs. For the deed y t be gone downe to their graues whose soules are out of their bodies ascribe vnto the LORDE nether prayse ner rigtuous-makynge but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of hir synnes which goeth on heuely and weakely whose eyes begynne to fayle yee soch a soule ascrybeth prayse and rightuousnesse vnto the LORDE O LORDE we poure out oure prayers before the and requyre mercy in thy sight O LORDE oure God not for eny godlynesse off oure forefathers but because thou hast sent out thy wrath indignacion vpon vs acordinge as thou dydest threaten vs by thy seruauÌtes the prophetes sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE Bowe downe youre shulders and neckes and serue the kynge of Babilon so shal ye remayne still in the londe that I gaue vnto youre fathers Yff ye will not do this ner heare the voyce of y e LORDE youre God to serue the kynge of Babilon I shall destroye you in the cities of Iuda within Ierusalem and without I will also take from you the voyce off myrth and the voyce of ioye the voyce of the brydegrome and the voyce of the bryde aÌd there shal no man dwell more in the londe But they wolde not herken vnto thy voyce to do the kynge of Babilon seruyce and therfore hast thou perfourmed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes namely that the bones of oure kynges and the bones of oure fathers shulde be traÌslated out of their place And lo now are they layde out in the heate of y e Sonne in the colde of y e night aÌd deed in greate mysery w t hunger w t swearde w t pestilence are clene cast forth As for the teÌple wherin thy name was called vpon thou hast layde it waist as it is to se this daye y t for the wickednes of the house of Israel the house of Iuda ⪠O LORDE o r God thou hast intreated vs after all thy goodnes acordinge to all y e greate louinge mercy of thyne like as thou spakest by thy seruaunte Moses in the daye when thou didest coÌmauÌde him to wryte thy lawe before the children of Israel sayenge Yf ye will not herkeÌ vnto my voyce theÌ shal this greate multitude be turned in to a very smal people for I wil scatre theÌ abrode Not withstoÌdinge I am sure that this folke will not heare me for it is an hardnecked people But in y e loÌde of their captiuyte they shall remembre them selues lerne to knowe y t I am the LORDE their God when I geue theÌ an herte to vnderstoÌde eares to heare Then shal they prayse me in the loÌde of their captiuyte thynke vpon my name Then shall they turne them froÌ their harde backes from their vngodlynes Then shal they remembre the thynges y t happened vnto their forefathers which synned agaynst me So will I bringe them agayne in to the londe which I promised w t an ooth vnto their fathers AbrahaÌ Isaac Iacob they shal be lordes of it yee I wil increace theÌ and not minysh theÌ And I wil make another couenauÌt with them soch one as shal endure for euer namely y t I will be their God and they shal be my people and I wil nomore dryue my people the children off Israel out of the londe y t I haue geueÌ theÌ The III. Chapter ANd now o LORDE allmightie thou God of Israel o r soule y t is in trouble o r sprete y t is vexed crieth vnto the heare vs o LORDE haue pite vpon vs for thou art a mercifull God be gracious vnto vs for we haue synned before ye. Thou endurest for euer shulde we theÌ vtterly perishe ⪠O LORDE almightie thou God of Israel Heare now y e prayer of y e deed Israelites of their childreÌ which haue synned before y e not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE their God for the which cause these plages hange now vpoÌ vs. O LORDE remeÌbre not y e wickednes of o r forefathers but thinke vpoÌ thy power name now at this tyme for thou art y e LORDE o r God y e o LORDE wil we prayse For thou hast put y e feare iÌ o r hartes to y e inteÌt y t we shulde call vpon y e name prayse y e in oure captiuyte and y t we might turne from the wickednesse of oure forefathers y t synned before the. Beholde we are yet this daye in oure captiuyte where as thou hast scatred vs
y e to scorne thou y t hast gotteÌ the so foule a name art full off myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despised father mother in the haue they oppressed the strauÌger in the haue they vexed the wyddowe the fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my SaÌctuary and vnhalowed my Sabbath Murtherers are there in the that shed bloude eate vpon the hilles and in the they vse vnhappynesse In y e haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed women in their sicknesse Euery maÌ hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe In the hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers doughter Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the to shed bloude Thou hast taken vsury encreace thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion and forgotten me saieth the LORDE God Beholde I haue smytten my hondes vpoÌ thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it or maye thy hondes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the Euen I the LORDE that speake it will bringe it also to passe I will scatre the amonge the Heithen strowe the aboute in the loÌdes and wil cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the yee and I will haue the in possession in the sight of the Heithen that thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man the house of Israel is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yroÌ leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye all are turned in to drosse beholde I will brynge you together vnto Ierusalem like as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them Euen so will I gather you put you in together and melt you in my wrath and indignacion I will brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue poured my wrath vpon you And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayeÌge Thou sonne of maÌ tell her Thou art an vn clene londe which is not rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath thy prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules like as a roaringe Lyon that lyueth by his pray They receaue riches and good and make many wyddowes in ye. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my Sanctuary They put no dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy nether discerne betwene the clene and vnclene they turne their eyes fro my Sabbathes and I am vnhalowed amonge them Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for their owne covetous lucre As for thy prophetes they dawbe with vntempered claye they se vanities ⪠and prophecie lies vnto them sayenge the LORDE God sayeth so where as the LORDE hath not spoken The people in the londe vseth wicked extorcioÌ and robbery They vexe the poore and nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst right And I sought in the londe for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and see him self in the gappe before me in the loÌdes behalfe y t I shulde not vtterly destroye it ⪠but I coude fynde none Therfore wil I poure out my cruell displeasure vpon them and burne them in the fyre of my wrath their owne wayes will I recompence vpoÌ their heades saieth the LORDE God The XXIII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man there were two womeÌ that had one mother These when they were yonge beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte There were their brestes brussed and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed The eldest of them was called Oola and hir yongest sister Ooliba These two were myne and bare sonnes and doughters Their names were Samaria and that was Oola and Ierusalem that was Ooliba As for Oola she beganne to go a whorynge when I had takeÌ her to me She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians which had to do with her euen the prynces and lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men lusty ryders of horses Thus thorow hir whordome she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria Yee she was madde vpon them and defyled herselff with all their Idols Nether ceassed she froÌ the fornicacioÌ that she vsed with the Egipcians for in hir youth they laye w t her they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade and poured their wordome vpon her Wherfore I delyuered her in to y e hoÌdes of hir louers euen the Assirians whom she so loued These discouered hir shame toke hir sonnes and doughters and slewe her with the swearde An euell name gat she of all people aÌd they punyshed her Hir sister Ooliba sawe this aÌd destroyed herself w t inordinate loue more then she exceaded hir sister in whordome she loued y e Assirians which also laye w t her namely the prynces greate lordes that were clothed w t all maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes Then I sawe that they both were defyled a like But she increased still in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours with fayre gyrdles aboute them and goodly bonettes vpon their heades lokynge all like prynces after y e maner of the BabiloniaÌs and Caldees in their owne londe where they be borne Inmediatly as soone as she sawe them she brent in loue vpon them and sent messauÌgers for them in to the londe of the Caldees Now when the BabiloniaÌs came to her they laye with her and defyled her with their whordome and so was she poluted with with them And when hir lust was abated from them hir whordome and shame was discouered sene then my herte forsoke her like as my herte was gone from hir sister also Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome enâ the longer the more and remembred the dayes off hir youth wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte she brent in lust vpon them whose flesh was like y e flesh of Asses and their sede like the sede off horses Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth when thy louers bressed y e pappes and marred thy brestes in Egipte Therfore o Ooliba thus saieth y e LORDE God I will rayse vp thy louers with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust agaynst the and gather them together rounde aboute the Namely the Babilonians and all the Caldees
his lawes pondre well with thine herte the commynge in of the house and the goinge forth of the Sanctuary and tell that obstinate housholde of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God O house of Israel ye haue now done ynough with all youre abhominacioÌs seynge that ye haue brought in to my Sanctuary straungers hauynge vncircumcised hertes flesh where thorow my SaÌctuary is defiled wheÌ ye offre my bred fat bloude Thus with all youre abhominacions ye haue broken my couenaunt and not kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary ⪠but set kepers of my Sanctuary euen after youre owne mynde Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God Of all the straungers that dwell amoÌge the childreÌ of Israel no straunger whose herte flesh is not circumcised shal come within my Sanctuary No ner the Leuites that be gone backe fro me and haue disceaued the people of Israel with erroures goinge after their Idols therfore shal thei beare their owne wickednes Shulde they be set and ordened to ministre vnder the dores of the house of my Sanctuary and to do seruyce in the house to slaye burnt offringes and sacrifices for y e people to stoÌde before them and to serue them seynge the seruyce that they do them is before their Idols and cause the house of Israel to stomble thorow wickednesse For the which cause I haue pluckte out myne honde ouer them saieth the LORDE so that now they must beare their owne iniquyte and not to come nye me to serue me with their preasheade in my Sanctuary and most holyest of all that they maye beare their owne shame and abhominacions which they haue done Shulde I vse them to be porters of the house and to all the seruyce y t is done therin But the prestes y e Leuites the sonnes of Sadoch that kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary when the children of Israel were gone fro me shal come to me to do me seruyce to stonde before me and to offre me the fat and the bloude saieth the LORDE God They shall go in to my Sanctuary and treade before my table to do me seruyce and to waite vpoÌ myne ordinaunces Now wheÌ they go in at the dores of the ynnermer courte they shal put on lynnynge clothes so that no wollyne come vpon them whyle they do seruyce vnder the dores of y e ynnermer courte and within They shal haue fayre lynnynge bonettes vpon their heades and lynnynge breches vpon their loynes which in their laboure they shal not put aboute them And when they go forth to the people in to the outwarde courte they shal put of the clothes wherin they haue ministred and laye them in the habitacion of the Sanctuary put on other apparell lest they onhalowe y e people with their clothes They shal not shaue their heades ner norish the bushe of their hayre but rouÌde their heades only All the prestes that go in to the ynmost courte shall drynke no wyne They shall mary no wydowe nether one that is put from hir huszbonde but a mayde of the sede of the house of Israel or a wydowe that hath had a prest before They shal shewe my people the difference betwene the holy and vnholy betwixte the clene and vnclene Yf eny discorde aryse they shal discerne it and geue sentence after my iudgmentes My solempne feastes my lawes and ordinaunces shal they kepe and halowe my Sabbathes They shal come at no deed persone to defyle them selues excepte it be father or mother sonne or doughter brother or sister that hath had yet no husbonde in soch they maye be defyled And when he is clensed there shal be rekened vnto him vij dayes and yf he go into the Sanctuary agayne to do seruyce he shal bringe a syn offringe saieth the LORDE God They shall haue an heretage yee I my self wil be their heretage els shall ye geue theÌ no possession in Israel for I am their possession The meat offringe syn offringe trespace offringe shal they eate and euery dedicate thinge in Israel shal be theirs The firstlinges of all the first frutes and all fre will offringes shal be the prestes Ye shall geue vnto the prest also the firstlinges of youre dowe that God maye prospere the resydue But no deed carion shall the prest eate ner soch as is deuoured of wilde beestes foules or catell The XLV Chapter WHen ye deuyde the loÌde by the lott ye shal put asyde one parte for the LORDE to be holy from other londes namely xxv M meteroddes longe and x M brode This shal be holy as wyde as it is rounde aboute Of this parte there shal be longe vnto the Sanctuary v C meteroddes in all the foure corners and l cubites wyde rounde aboute to the suburbes And from this meausre namely of xxv M metteroddes longe and x M brode thou shalt measure wherin the Sanctuary and the holiest of all maye stonde The resydue of that holy grounde shall be the prestes which do seruyce in the Sanctuary of the LORDE and go in before the LORDE to serue him that they maye haue rowme to dwell in As for the Sanctuary it shal stonde for it self and to the Leuites the serue in that house there shal be geuen xx habitacions of the xxv M leÌgth x M bredth ye shal geue also vnto the cite a possessioÌ of v M meteroddes brode xxv M longe besyde the parte of y e Sanctuary that shal be for the whole house of Israel Vpon both the sydes of the Sanctuarys parte by the cite there shal be geuen vnto the prynce what so euer lyeth ouer agaynst the cite as farre as reacheth westwarde and eastwarde which shal be as longe as one parte froÌ y e west vnto y e east This shal be his owne loÌde in Israel that my princes be nomore chargeable vnto my people And soch as remayneth yet ouer in the londe shal be geuen to the house of Israel acordinge to their trybes Thus saieth the LORDE God O ye princes ye haue now oppressed and destroyed ynough now leaue of handle now acordinge to the thinge that is equall and laufull and thrust out my people nomore sayeth y e LORDE God Ye shal haue a true weight a true Epha a true Bat. The Epha the Bat shal be a like One Bat shal coÌteyne y e teÌth parte of an Homer and so shal one Epha do their measure shal be after y e Homer One Sycle maketh xx Geras So xx Sycles and xxv xv Sycles make a pounde This is the Heaue offrynge that ye shal geue to be heaued namely the xvj parte of an Epha out of an Homer of wheat and the xvj parte of an Epha out of an Homer of barlie The oyle shal be measured with the Bat euen the x. parte of one Bat out of a Cor. Ten Battes make one Homer for one Homer maketh ten Battes And one laÌbe from two
mercy to those that wil repente Chap· III. The mercifull loue of God towarde the same vnthankful people Chap. IIII. The synnes of the prestes and of the people with reprofe for the same Chap. V. Against the prestes that disceaue the people Chap. VI. The vnthankfulnes of the People Agayne the louynge kyndnesse of God Chap. VII No medycine can helpe so sore are they wounded with ydolatry Chap. VIII Idolatry in Samaria and Israel Chap. IX Punyszhment vpon Israel for Idolatry Chap. X. The vnthankfulnesse of Israel The calfe in Samaria for the which and soch like abhominacions he telleth them of destruccion Cha. XI.XII. God calleth them agayne with rehearsinge his benefites done to them afore Chap. XIII He sheweth them their wickednesse and punyszhment for the same Chap. XIIII He crieth and exorteth the people to conuerte promisynge swetely and louyngly to receaue them This is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Oseas the sonne of Beeri in the dayes of Osias Ioathan Achas Ezechias kinges of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel The first Chapter FIrst when the LORDE spake vnto Oseas he saide vnto him Go thy waye take an harlot to thy wife and get childreÌ by her for the âode hath coÌmitted greate whordome agaynst the LORDE So he wente and toke Gomer y e doughter of Deblaim which conceaued and brought forth a sonne And the LORDE sayde vnto him call his name Iesrael for I wil shortly auenge the bloude of Iesrael vpon the house of Iehu and will bringe the kingdome of the house of Israel to an ende Then will I breake the bowe of Israel in the valley of Iesrael She conceaued yet agayne and bare a doughter And he sayde vnto him Call hir name Loruhama that is not opteyninge mercy ofr I wil haue no pyte vpon the house of Israel but forget them and put them clene out of remembraunce Neuerthelesse I wil haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda wil saue them euen thorow the LORDE their God But I wil not delyuer them thorow eny bow swearde batel horses or horsmen Now when she had weened Loruhama she conceaued agayne bare a sonne Then sayde he call his name Lo Ami that is to saye not my people For why ye are not my people therfore will not I be yours And though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see which can nether be measured ner tolde Yet in the place where it is sayde vnto them ye be not my people euen there shall it be thus reported of them they be y e childreÌ of the lyuynge God Then shal the children of Iuda and the childreÌ of Israel be gathered together agayne chose them selues one heade and then departe out of the londe for greate shal be the daye of Iesrael The II. Chapter TEll youre brethren that they are my people and youre sisteren that they haue optayned mercy As for youre mother ye shal chyde with her and reproue her for she is not my wife nether am I hir huszboÌde vnlesse she put awaye hir whordome out of my sight and hir aduoutry from hir brestes Yf no I shal strype her naked set her euen as she came in to y e worlde Yee I shal laye hir waist and make her like a wildernesse and slaye her for thyrste I shal haue no pite also vpon hir children for they be the children of fârnicacion Their mother hath broken hir wedlocke and she that bare them is come to coÌfucion For she sayde I wil go after my louers that geue me my water and my bred my woll my flax my oyle and my drynke But I will hedge hir waye with thornes and stoppe it that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes and though she runne after hir louers yet shall she not get them she shal seke them but not fynde them Then shal she saye well I will go turne agayne to my first huszbonde for at y t tyme was I better at ease then now But this wolde she not knowe where as I yet gaue her corne wyne oyle syluer and golde which she hath hanged vpon Baal Wherfore now will I go take my corne wyne agayne in their season and fet agayne my woll and my flax which I gaue her to couer hir shame And now will I dyscouer hir foolishnesse euen in the sight of hir louers and no man shal delyuer her out of my hondes Morouer I wil take awaye all hir myrth hir holy dayes hir newmoones hir Sabbathes and all hir solempne feastes I will destroye hir vynyardes and fyge trees though she saieth lo here are my rewardes that my louers haue geuen me I wil make it a wodde and the wylde beestes shall eate it vp I will punysh her also for the dayes of Baal wherin she censed him deckynge him with hir earynges and cheynes when she folowed hir louers and forgat me saieth the LORDE Wherfore beholde I wil call her againe bringe her in to a wildernes and speake frendly vnto her there wil I geue her hir vynyardes agayne yee and the valley of Achor also to shewe hir hope comforte Then shal she synge there as in the tyme of hir youth like as in the daye when she came out of the londe of Egipte Then saieth the LORDE she shal saye vnto me O my houszbande shal call me nomore Baal for I wil take awaye those names of Baal from hir mouth yee she shal neuer remembre their names eny more Then will I make a couenaunt with them with the wylde beastes with the foules of the ayre with euerythinge that crepeth vpon the earth As for bowe swerde and batel I will destroye soch out of the londe wil make them to slepe safely Thus wil I mary the vnto myne owne self for euermore yee euen to my self wil I mary the in rightuousnesse in equyte in louynge kyndnesse and mercy In faith also will I mary the vnto my self thou shalt knowe the LORDE At the same tyme wil I shewe my self frendly and gracious vnto y e heauens saieth the LORDE the heauens shal helpe the earth and the earth shal helpe the corne wyne and oyle and they shal helpe Iesrael I wil sowe them vpoÌ earth for a sede to myne owne self wil haue mercy vpon her y t was without mercy And to theÌ which were not my people I wil saye thou art my people And he shal saye thou art my God The III. Chapter THen sayde y e LORDE to me Go yet y e waye wowe an aduouterous womaÌ whoÌ thy neghboure loueth as y e LORDE doth the childreÌ of Israel how be it they haue respecte to straunge goddes and loue the wyne kannes So I gat her for xv syluerlinges and for an Homer and an half of barlye sayde vnto her Thou shalt byde with me
felde Yee vnto BabiloÌ shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered and there the LORDE shal lowse the from the honde off thine enemies Now also are there many people gathered together agaynst the sayenge what Sion is cursed we shall se oure lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes off the LORDE they vnderstonde not his councell that shall gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp o thou doughter Sion and throsshe out the corne For I wil make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people their goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the LORDE and their substaunce vnto the ruler off the whole worlde The V. Chapter AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selff o thou robbers doughter they shal laye sege agaynst vs and smyte the iudge off Israel with a rodde vpon the cheke And thou Bethleem Ephrata art litle amonge the thousandes off Iuda Out off the shal come one vnto me which shall be y e gouernoure iÌ Israel whose outgoinge hath bene from the begynnynge and from euerlastinge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntill the tyme that she which shall beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be conuerted vnto y e children of Israel He shal stonde fast and geue fode in the strength of the LORDE and in the victory of the name of y e LORDE his God and when they be conuerted he shall be magnified vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shal there be peace so that the Assirian maye come in to oure londe and treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and viij prynces vpoÌ them these shal subdue the londe of Assur w t the swerde and the londe of Nymrod with their naked weapens Thus shal he delyuer vs from the AssiriaÌ when he commeth within oure lande and setteth his fote within oure borders And the remnaunt of Iacob shal be amonge the multitude of people as the dew of the LORDE and as the droppes vpon the grasse that tarieth for no man and waiteth of no body Yee the residue of Iacob shal be amonge the Gentiles and the multitude off people as the lyon amonge the beestes of y e wodde and as the lyons whelpe amonge a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow treadeth downe teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne honde shal be lift vp vpon thine enemies and all thine aduersaries shal perish The tyme shal come also sayeth the LORDE that I wil take thine horses from the destroye thy charettes I will breake downe the cities off thy londe and ouerthrowÌe all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes will I rote out of thyne hande there shall no mo soythsayenges be within the. Thine Idols and thyne ymages will I destroye out of y t so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy self vnto the workes of thyne owne hondes Thy groues wil I plucke vp by the rotes breake downe thy cities Thus will I be aueÌged also vpon all Heithen that will not heare The VI Chapter HErken now what the LORDE sayeth Vp reproue the mountaynes and let the hilles heare thy voyce O Heare the punyshment of the LORDE ye mountaynes and ye mightie foundacioÌs of y e earth for the LORDE wil reproue his people aÌd reason with Israel O my people what haue I done vnto the or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the froÌ the londe of Egipte and delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron and Miriam to lede the Remembre o my people what Balach the kynge of Moab had ymagined agaynst the aÌd what answere that Balaam the sonne of Be or gaue him from Sethim vnto Galgal y t ye maye knowe the louynge kyndnesses of y e LORDE What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the LORDE shall I bowe mykne to the hye God Shal I come before him w t brent offeringes and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne of fences and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wil shewe the O maÌ what is good and what the LORDE requyreth off the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse to be lowly and to walke with thy God that thou mayest be called a cite of the LORDE that thy name maye be rightuousnesse Heare o ye trybes who wolde els geue you soch warnynge Shulde I not be displeased for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minished Or shâlde I iusâfie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatfull weightes amonge those that be full off riches vnrightuously gotten where the citesyns deale with falsede speake lyes and haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I will take in honde to punysh the and to make the desolate because of thy synnes Thou shalt eate not haue ynough yee thou shalt bringe thy self downe Thou shalt fle but not escape aÌd those y t thou woldest saue wil I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt thou not haue to anoynte thy self withall thou shalt treade out swete must but shalt drynke no wyne Ye kepe the ordinaunces of Amri all the customes of the house of Achab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil I make the waist cause y e inhabiters to be abhorred O my people thus shalt thou beare thine owne shame The VII Chapter WO is me I am become as one that goeth a gleenynge in the haruest There are no mo grapes to eate yet wolde I fayne with all my herte haue of the best frute There is not a godlyman vpoÌ earth there is not one rightuous amoÌge meÌ They laboure all to shed bloude euery maÌ hunteth his brother to death yet they saye they do well when they do euell As the prince wil so sayeth the iudge y t he maye do him a pleasure agayne The greate maÌ speaketh what his herte desyreth y e hearers alowe him The best off theÌ is but as a thistle and the most rightuous of them is but as a bâere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth y t thâu shalt be vysited theÌ shal they be waisted awaye Let no man beleue his frende ner put his confideÌce in a prince Kepe the porte of thy mouth from her y t lieth in thy bosome for y e sonne shal put his father to dishonoure the doughter shal ryse agaynst her mother y e doughter in lawe agaynst hir mother in lawe and a mans foes shal be euen they of his owne housholde Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto y e LORDE I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure my God shal heare me
clothinge In the same daye also wil I vyset all those that treade ouer the thresholde so proudly which fyll their lordes house w t robbery and falsede At y e same tyme saieth the LORDE there shall be herde a greate crie from the fyshporte and an howlinge from y e other porte and a greate murthur from the hilles Howle ye that dwel in the myll for all the marchaunt people are gone and all they that were laden with syluer are roted out At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes and vyset them that contynue in their dregges and saye in their hertes Tush the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell Their goodes shal be spoyled and their houses layed waist They shall buylde houses and not dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes but not drynke the wyne therof For the greate daye of the LORDE is at honde it is harde by commeth on a pace Horrible is y e tydinges of the LORDES daye then shall the giaunte crie out for that daye is a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuynesse a daye of vtter destruccion mysery a darcke glomynge daye a cloudy stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres I wil bringe y e people into soch vexacion that they shal go aboute like blinde meÌ because they haue synned agaynst the LORDE Their bloude shal be shed as the dust their bodies as the myre Nether their syluer ner their golde shal be able to delyuer theÌ in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE but the whole londe shal be coÌsumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe The II. Chapter COme together and gather you O ye frauwerde people or y e thinge go forth that is concluded or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgmeÌt seke rightuousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y e LORDE For Gaza shal be destroyed Ascalon shall be layed waist They shal cast out Aszdod at the noone daye and Accaron shal be pluckte vp by the rotes Wo vnto you y t dwel vpon the see coost ye murthurous people the worde of y e LORDE shal come vpon you O Canaan thou londe of the Philistynes I wil destroye the so that there shal no man dwel in the eny more as for the see coost it shal be hyrdmens cotages shepe foldes yee it shal be a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda to fede ther vpon In y e houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the LORDE their God shal vyset theÌ turne awaye their captyuite I haue herde the despite of Moab the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodome Ammon as Gomorra euen drie thorne hedges salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes The residue of my folke shall spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession This shal happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealte so shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes people and magnified them selues aboue them The LORDE shall be grymme vpon them and destroye all the goddes in the londe And all the Iles of the Heithen shal worshipe him euery man in his place Ye MoriaÌs also shal perish with my swerde Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the north and destroye Assur As for Niniue he shal make it desolate drye and waist The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it foules shal synge in the wyndowes and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes for the bordes of Cedre shal be ryueÌ downe This is the proude and carelesse cite that sayde in hir herte I am and there is els none O how is she made so waist y t the beestes lye therin Who so goeth by mocketh her and poynteth at her with his fynger The III. Chapter WO to the abhominable fylthie and cruel cite which wil not heare ner be refourmed Hir trust is not in the LORDE nether wil she holde her to hir God Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright was amonge them euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly and ceassed not But the vngodly will not lerne to be aszshamed Therfore wil I rote out this people and destroye their towres yee and make their stretes so voyde that no man shall go therin Their cities shall be brokeÌ downe so that no body shal be left ner dwel there eny more I sayde vnto them O feare me and be coÌtent to be refourmed That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges wherwith I shal vyset theÌ But neuertheles they stonde vp early to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore ye shal waite vpon me saieth the LORDE vntil the tyme that I stonde vp for I am determed to gather the people and to bringe the kingdomes together that I maye poure out myne anger yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon them For all the worlde shal be consumed with the fyre of my gelousy And then wil I clense the lippes of the people that they ãâã euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE and serue him with one shâlder Soââ as I haue subdued and my children also whom I haue scatred abrode shal brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Ethiopia In that tyme shalt thou nomore ãâã founded because of all thy ymaginacionâ wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine honoure from the so that thou shalt no more tryumphe because of my holy hâll In the also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people which shal trust in the name of the LORDE The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes ner speakelyes nether shal there eny disceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shal make them afrayed Geue thââkes o doughter SioÌ be ioyful o Israel reioyce be glad from thy whole herte o doughter Ierusalem for the LORDE hath taken awaye thy punyshment and turned
the pomgranates and olyue trees bene yet vnfrutefull but froÌ this daye forth I shal make them to prospere Morouer the xxiiij daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE vnto Aggeus agayne sayenge Speake to Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and saye I will shake both heauen and earth and ouerthrowe the seate of the kingdomes yee destroye the mightie kingdome of the HeitheÌ I wil ouerthrowe the charettes and those that syt vpon them so that both horse and man shal fall downe euery man thorow his neghbours swerde And as for the o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE of hoostes thou sonne of Salathiel my seruaunt I wil take the saieth the LORDE at the same tyme and make the as a sealeâ for I haue chosen the saieth the LORDE of hoostes The ende of the prophet Aggeus The Prophet Zachary What Zachary conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people not to be disobedient to the voyce of God as their forefathers were but to conuerte and he sheweth them ioyfull thinges in visions Chap. II. Visions signifienge the delyueraunce out of the captiuyte of Babilon and the redempcion in Christ. Chap. III. A vision in Iesua signifienge the LORDE Iesus oure hye prest Chap. IIII. Another vision wherin Zorobabel is conforted with his litle nombre of people The right mystery herof belongeth vnto Chap. V. The wrath of God for the Christ ⪠synnes of the people Chap. VI. A vision wherin is declared the almighty power of God which geueth peace or warre at his pleasure Chap. VII What the true fast is namely to kepe iudgment and iustice a man to do good to his neghboure to defende the widdowe and the fatherlesse to do no man wronge c. Chap. VIII Cause of all the wrath of God yet yf men wil turne he is mercifull Chap. IX The ioyfull callinge of the HeitheÌ Chap. X. Thorow corporal promises the prophet ledeth men vnto the promises that are fulfilled in Christ and threateneth punyshment vnto the false prophetes and shepherdes Chap. XI Of secrete mysteries and of the destruccioÌ of the secoÌde temple God is a good shepherde Chap. XII The punyshment which the LORDE deuysed for Israel Chap XIII Of welles and clensynge which belonge to the tyme of Christ. Chap. XIIII The plage of the Iewes The takynge vp of Ierusalem the church of God The first Chapter IN the eight moneth of the secoÌde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophet sayenge The LORDE hath bene sore displeased at youre forefathers And saye thou vnto them thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Turne you vnto me saieth the LORDE of hoostes and I wil turne me vnto you saieth the LORDE of hoostes Be not ye like youre forefathers vnto whom the prophetes cried afore tyme sayeÌge Thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes Turne you from youre euell wayes from youre wicked ymaginacions But they wolde not heare ner regarde me saieth the LORDE What is now become of youre forefathers and the prophetes are they yet still alyue But dyd not my wordes statutes which I coÌmaunded by my seruauntes y t prophetes touch yo r forefathers VpoÌ this they gaue answere sayde like as y e LORDE of hoostes deuysed to do vnto vs acordinge to o r owne wayes ymaginacions euen so hath he dealte with vs. Vpon the xxiiij daye of the xj moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the seconde yeare of Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto Zachary the sonne of Barachias the sonne of Addo the prophete sayenge I sawe by night and lo there sat one vpon a reade horse and stode still amonge the Myrte trees that were beneth vpon the grounde and behynde him were there reade spreckled and whyte horses Then sayde I O my LORDE what are these And the angel that talked with me sayed vnto me I will shewe the what these be And the man that stode amoÌge the Myrte trees answered sayde These are they whom the LORDE hath sent to go thorow the worlde And they answered the angel of the LORDE that stode amonge the Myrte trees and sayde We haue gone thorow the worlde and beholde all the worlde dwell at case and are carelesse Then the LORDES angel gaue answere and sayde O LORDE of hoostes how longe wilt thou be vnmercifull to IerusaleÌ and to the cities of Iuda with whom thou hast bene displeased now these lxx yeares So the LORDE gaue a louynge and a confortable answere vnto the angel that talked with me And the angel that commoned with me sayde vnto me Crie thou and speake thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I am exceadynge gelous ouer Ierusalem and Sion and sore displeased at the carelesse Heithen for where as I was but a litle angrie they dyd their best that I might destroye them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE I wil turne me agayne in mercy towarde Ierusalem so that my house shal be buylded in it saieth the LORDE of hoostes yee and the plommet shal be layed abrode in Ierusalem saieth the LORDE of hoostes Crie also and speake thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes My cities shall be in good prosperite agayne the LORDE shall yet conforte Sion and chose Ierusalem Then lift I vp myne eyes and sawe and beholde foure hornes And I sayde vnto the angel that talked with me what be these he answered me These are y e hornes which haue scatred Iuda Israel and Ierusalem abrode And y e LORDE shewed me iiij carpenters Then sayde I what wil these do He answered sayde Those are the hornes which haue so strowed Iuda abrode that no man durst lift vp his heade But these are come to fraye them awaye and to cast out y e hornes of the Gentiles which lift vp their horne ouer the londe of Iuda to scatre it abrode The II. Chapter I Lift vp myne eyes agayne loked and beholde a man with a measure lyne in his honde Then saide I whether goest thou And he sayde vnto me To measure Ierusalem that I maye se how longe and how brode it is And beholde the angel that talked w t me wente his waye forth Then weÌte there out another angel to mete him sayde vnto him Runne speake to this yongeman saye Ierusalem shal be inhabited without eny wal for y e very multitude of people catell y t shal be therin Yee I myself saieth the LORDE wil be vnto her a wall of fyre rounde aboute wil be honoured in her O get you forth O fle from the londe of y e north saieth the LORDE ye whom I haue scatred in to the foure wyndes vnder heaueÌ saieth the LORDE Saue thy self o Sion thou that dwellest with y e doughter of Babilon for thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the HeitheÌ which spoyled you for who so toucheth you shal touche the aple of his
owne eye Beholde I will lift vp myne honde ouer them so that they shal be spoyled of those which afore serued them ye shal knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me Be glad reioyce o doughter of Sion for lo I am come to dwell in the myddest of the saieth the LORDE At the same tyme there shal many Heithen cleue to the LORDE shal be my people Thus wil I dwel in the myddest of the thou shalt knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto the. The LORDE shall haue Iuda in possession for his parte in the holy grounde shal chose Ierusalem yet agayne Let all flesh be still before the LORDE for he is rysen out of his holy place The III. Chapter ANd he shewed me Iesua y e hye prest stondinge before the angel of the LORDE and Satan stode at his right honde to resiste him And the LORDE sayde vnto Satan The LORDE reproue the thou Satan yee the LORDE that hath chosen Ierusalem reproue the. Is not this a brande takeÌ out of the fyre Now Iesua was clothed in vnclene rayment and stode before the angel which answered sayde vnto those y t stode before him take awaye y e foule clothes from him And vnto him he sayde Beholde I haue takeÌ awaye thy synne from the wil decke the with chaunge of raymeÌt He sayde morouer set a fayre myter vpon his heade So they set a fayre myter vpon his heade put on clothes vpon him and the angel of y e LORDE stode there Then the angel of the LORDE testified vnto Iesua spake thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Yf thou wilt walke in my wayes kepe my watch thou shalt rule my house kepe my courtes I wil geue the place amoÌge these that stonde here Heare o Iesua thou hye prest thou thy frendes that dwell before the for they are woÌderous people Beholde I will bringe forth the braunch of my seruaunt for lo the stone that I haue layed before Iesua vpon one stone shal be vij eyes Beholde I will hewe him out saieth the LORDE of hoostes and take awaye the synne of that londe in one daye Then shall euery man call for his neghboure vnder the vyne vnder y e fygetre saieth the LORDE of hoostes The IIII. Chap. ANd y e angel that talked with me came agayne waked me vp as a man that is raysed out of his slepe sayde vnto me What seist thou And I sayde I haue loked and beholde a candelsticke all of golde with a boll vpon it his vij lampes therin vpon euery lampe vij stalkes And ij olyue trees therby one vpon the right syde of the boll the other vpon the left syde So I answered spake to the angel y t talked with me sayenge O my lorde what are these The angel that talked with me answered sayde vnto me knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde He answered sayde vnto me This is the worde of the LORDE vnto Zorobabel sayenge Nether thorow an hoost of men ner thorow streÌgth but thorow my sprete saieth y e LORDE of hoostes What art thou thou greate mountayne before Zorobabel thou must be made eauen And he shal bringe vp the first stone so that men shall crie vnto him good lucke good lucke Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge The hondes of Zorobabel haue layed y e foundacion of this house his hondes also shal fynishe it that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you For he that hath bene despysed a litle season shal reioyce wheÌ he seyth the tynne weight in Zorobabels honde The vij eyes are the LORDES which go thorow the hole worlde Then answered I sayde vnto him What are these two olyue trees vpon the right and left syde of the candilsticke I spake morouer sayde vnto him what be these ij olyue braunches which thorow y e two golden pipes emptie them selues in to the golde He answered me sayde knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde Then sayde he These are the two olyue braunches that stonde before the ruler of the whole earth The V. Chapter SO I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde a flyenge boke And he sayde vnto me what seist thou I answered I se a flyenge boke of xx cubites longe x. cubites brode Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse y t goeth forth ouer the whole earth For all theues shal be iudged after this boke all swearers shal be iudged acordinge to the same I wil bringe it forth saieth the LORDE of hoostes so y t it shal come to the house of the thefe to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name shal remayne in his house coÌsume it with the tymbre stones therof TheÌ the angel that talked with me wente forth sayde vnto me lift vp thine eyes se what this is y t goeth forth And I sayde what is it He answered this is a measure goinge out He sayde morouer Euen thus are they y t dwell vpon the whole earth to loke vpon And beholde there was lift vp a talent of leade lo a woman sat in the myddest of the measure And he sayde This is vngodlynesse So he cast her in to the myddest of the measure threwe y e lompe of leade vp in to an hole Then lift I vp myne eyes loked beholde there came out ij women the wynde was in their wynges for they had wynges like the wynges of a Storke they lifâ vp the measure betwixte the earth the heauen Then spake I to the angel y t talked w t me whyther wil these beare the measure And he sayde vnto me in to the londe of Synear to buylde them an house which when it is prepared the measure shall be set there in his place The VI. Chapter MOrouer I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde there came iiij charettes out froÌ betwixte two hilles which hilles were of brasse In the first charet were reade horse In the secoÌde charet were blacke horse In y e thirde charet were whyte horse In y e fourth charet were horses of dyuerse colours stronge Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O lorde what are these ⪠The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the iiij wyndes of the heauen which be come forth to stoÌde before the ruler of all y e earth That with the blacke horse wente in to the londe of the north the whyte folowed theÌ and the sprekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge wente out and sought to go and take their iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence and go thorow the worlde So they weÌte thorow out the
will curse youre blessinges yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede Beholde I shal corruppe youre sede and cast donge in youre faces euen the donge of youre solempne feastes and it shal cleue fast vpon you And ye shall knowe that I haue sent this commaundement vnto you that my couenaunt which I made with Leui might stonde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes I made a couenaunt of life and peace w t him this I gaue him that he might stonde in awe of me and so he dyd feare me aÌd had my name in reuerence The lawe of treuth was in his mouth and there was no wickednesse founde in his lippes He walked with me in peace aÌd equyte and dyd turne many one awaye from their synnes For the prestes lippes shulde be sure knowlege that men maye seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messaunger of the LORDE of hoostes But as for you ye are gone clene out off the waye and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe ye haue broken the couenaunt of Leui sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore wil I also make you to be despised and to be of no reputacion amonge all y e people because ye haue not kepte my wayes but bene parciall in the lawe Haue we not all one father Hath not one God made vs why doth euery one off vs then despyse his owne brother and so breake the couenaunt of oure fathers Now hath Iuda offended yee the abhominacion is done in Israel and in IerusaleÌ for Iuda hath defyled the SaÌctuary of the LORDE which he loued and hath kepte the doughter of a straunge God But the LORDE shal destroye the maÌ that doth this yee both the master the scolar out off the tabernacle of Iacob with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto the LORDE off hoostes Now haue ye brought it to this poynte agayne that the aulter of the LORDE is couered with teares wepynge and mournynge so that I will nomore regarde the meatofferynge nether wil I receaue or accepte eny thinge at youre hoÌdes And yet ye saye wherfore Euen because that where as the LORDE made a couenauÌt betwixte y e and the wife off thy youth thou hast despysed her Yet is she thyne owne coÌpanyon and maried wife So dyd not the one yet had he an excellent sprete What dyd then the one He sought the sede promised of God Therfore loke well to youre sprete let no man despyse y e wife of his youth Yf thou hatest her put her awaye sayeth the LORDE God of Israel and geue her a clothinge for the scorne sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Loke well then to youre sprete and despyse her not Ye greue the LORDE with youre wordes and yet ye saye wherwithall haue we greued him In this that ye saye All that do euell are good in the sight of God and soch please him Or els where is the God that punysheth The III. Chapter BEholde I wil sende my messaunger which shal prepare the waye before me and the LORDE whom ye wolde haue shal soone come to his temple yee euen the messaunger of the couenaunt whom ye longe for Beholde he commeth sayeth the LORDE of hoostes But who maye abyde the daye of his commynge Who shal be able to endure when he appeareth For he is like a goldsmythes fyre aÌd like wasshers sope He shall syt him downe to trye and to clense y e syluer he shal pourge the children of Leui and purifie them like as golde and syluer that they maye brynge meatofferinges vnto the LORDE in rightuousnes Then shall the offeringe of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the LORDE like as from the begynninge in the yeares afore tyme. I will come punysh you I my self wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches agaynst the aduouterers agaynst false swearers yee aÌd agaynst those that wroÌgeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty which vexe the wyddowes the fatherlesse oppresse the straunger and feare not me sayeth the LORDE of hoostes For I am the LORDE y t chaunge not ye o children of Iacob wil not leaue of ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauÌces sens y e tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them Turne you now vnto me and I wil turne me vnto you sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Ye saye Wherin shal we turne Shulde a man vse falsede and disceate with God as ye vse falsede and disceate with me Yet ye saye wherin vse we disceate with the In Tythes and heaue offerynges Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye dyssemble with me all the sorte of you Brynge euery Tythe in to my barne y t there maye be meat in myne house and proue me withall sayeth the LORDE of hoostes yf I wil not open the wyndowes of heauen vnto you and poure you out a blessinge with plenteousnesse Yee I shal reproue the consumer for youre sakes so that he shall not eate vp the frute of youre grounde nether shal y e vynyarde be baren in the felde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes In so moch that all people shal saye that ye be blessed for ye shall be a pleasaunt loÌde sayeth the LORDE off hoostes Ye speake hard wordes agaynst me sayeth the LORDE And yet ye saye What haue we spoken agaynst the Ye haue sayed It is but lost laboure to serue God What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes Therfore maye we saye that the proude are happie and that they which deale with vngodlynesse are set vp for they tempte God and yet escape But they that feare God saye thus one to another The LORDE coÌsidreth and heareth it Yee it is before him a memoriall boke written for soch as feare the LORDE and remembre his name And in the daye that I wil make saieth y e LORDE of hoostes they shal be myne owne possession and I will fauoure them like as a man fauoureth his owne sonne that doth him seruyce Turne you therfore and considre what difference is betwixte the rightuous and vngodly betwixte him that serueth God aÌd him that serueth him not For marck the daye commeth that shall burne as an oueÌ and all the proude yee and all soch as do wickednesse shal be straw and the daye that is for to come shall burne theÌ vp sayeth the LORDE of hoostes so that it shal leaue them nether rote ner braunch But vnto you that feare my name shall the SoÌne of rightuousnesse aryse health shal be vnder his winges Ye shal go forth multiplie as y e fat calues Ye shal treaded ãâã y e vngodly for they shal be like the ãâã vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye y t I shal make sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunt which I committed vnto him in âreb for all Israel with the statutes and ordinaunces Beholde
the honger shal the swerde destroye the deed shal be cast out as donge there shal be no man to coÌforte them For y e earth shal be waisted the cities shal be cast downe there shal be no man left to tyll y e earth to sowe it The trees shal geue frute who shal plucke theÌ of gather them The grapes shal be ripe who shal treade theÌ For all places shal be desolate of meÌ so that one man shal desyre to se another or to heare his voyce For of one whole cite there shal be ten left two in the felde which shall hyde theÌselues in the thicke buszshes in the clyffes of stones like as whan there remayne thre or foure olyues vpon the olyue tre or as whan a vynyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligeÌtly sought thorow the vynyarde Euen so in those dayes there shal be thre or foure left for theÌ y t search their houses w t the swerde And the earth shal be left waist the feldes therof shall waxe olde and hir wayes and all hir pathes shal growe full of thornes because no man shal trauayle there thorow The daughters shal mourne hauinge no brydegromes the wemen shal make lamentacion hauynge no huszbandes their daughters shal mourne hauinge no helpe of their brydegrome In the warres shall they be destroyed their huszbandes shal perish of honger O ye seruauntes of the LORDE heare these thinges marck theÌ Beholde the worde of the LORDE O receaue it beholde the plages drawe nye are not slack in tarienge Like as a trauaylinge woman which after y e ix moneth briÌgeth forth a sonne whan the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or thre afore that the paynes come vpoÌ hir body whan the childe coÌmeth to the byrth they tary not the twincklynge of an eye EueÌ so shall not y e plages be slack to come vpon earth the worlde shal mourne sorowes shal come vpoÌ it on euery syde O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayll in all euell be euen as pylgrems vpon earth He y t selleth let him be as he that flyeth his waye he y t byeth as one that wil lese Who so occupieth marchauÌdies as he that wynneth not he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin he that soweth as one y t shal not reape he that twysteth the vynyarde as he that shal not gather the grapes they that mary as they that shall get no children they y t mary not as the wyddowes therfore they y t laboure labo r in vayne For straungers shall reape their frutes spoyle their goodes ouer throwe their houses take their childreÌ captyue for in captiuyte honger shal they get children And they that occupie their marchaundies w t robbery how longe decke they their cities their houses their possessions personnes the more wil I punysh them for their synnes sayeth the LORDE Like as an whore enuyeth an honest woman so shall righteousnes hate iniquyte whan she decketh hir self and shall accuse her to hir face whan he coÌmeth that defendeth which shal make inquysicioÌ for all synne vpoÌ earth And therfore be not ye like there vnto ner to the workes therof for or euer it be longe iniquite shal be taken awaye out of the earth and righteousnes shal raigne amonge you Let not the synner saye that he hath not synned for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his heade which saieth before the LORDE God his glory I haue not synned Beholde the LORDE knoweth all y e workes of men their ymaginacions their thoughtes their hertes For he spake but the worde let the earth be made it was made let the heaueÌ be made it was made In his worde were y e starres made he knoweth the nombre of them He searcheth the grounde of the depe the treasures therof he hath measured the see what it conteyneth He hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters and w t his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters He spredeth out the heauen like a vowte vpon the waters hath he founded it In the deserte and drye wyldernes hath he made sprynges of water and poles vpoÌ the toppe of the mountaynes y t the floudes might poure downe from y e stony rockes to water the earth He made man and put his hert in the myddest of y e body and gaue him breth life and vnderstandinge yee and the sprete of y e Allmightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the grouÌde of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth youre ymaginacions inueÌcions and what ye thynke whan ye synne wolde hyde youre synnes Therfore hath y e LORDE searched and sought out all yo r woâkes and he shal bewraye you all And whan yo r synnes are brought forth ye shal be ashamed before men and youre owne synnes shal be youre accusers in that daye What wil ye do Or how will ye hyde youre synnes before God and his angels Beholde God himself is the iudge feare him leaue of from youre synnes and forget youre vnrighteousnesses and medle nomore with them so shal God lede you forth and delyuer you from all trouble For beholde the heate of a greate multitude is kyndled ouer you and they shal take awaye certayne of you and fede the ydle w t Idols and they that coÌsent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne trodden vnder fote For vnto the places there shal be a place and in the next cities a greate insurreccion vpon those that feare y e LORDE They shal be like mad men they shall spare no man they shall spoyle and waist soch as feare the LORDE their goodes shall they take from them and shute them out of their houses Then shall it be knowne who are my chosen they shal be tryed as the golde in the fyre Heare O ye my beloued saieth the LORDE beholde the dayes of trouble are at honde but I wil delyuer you from the same Be not ye afraied dispayre not for God is youre captayne Who so kepeth my coÌmaundementes and preceptes sayeth the LORDE God let not youre synnes weye you downe let not youre vnrighteousnesses be lift vp Wo be vnto theÌ that are subdued vnto their synnes and tangled in their wickednesses like as a felde is hedged in with buszshes and the path therof couered with thornes y t no man maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brent The ende of the IIII. boke of Eszdras The boke of Tobias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kynred life and godly conuersacion of Tobias Chap. II The louynge compassion that Tobias sheweth in buryeÌge the deed for the which cause he is hated and persecuted God nurtoureth him with blyndnes His wyfe casteth him in the teth Chap. III. Tobias prayeth
in to Raguel which receaued them ioyfully And whan Raguel loked vpon Tobias he sayde vnto Anna his wife How like is this yonge man vnto my sisters sonne And whan he had spoken this he saide whence be ye good brethren They saide Of the trybe of Nephtali out of the captiuyte of Niniue Then sayde Raguel vnto them knowe ye my brother Tobias They saide yee we knowe him well And whan he had spoken moch good of him the angell sayde vnto Raguel Tobias of whom thou axest is this yonge maÌs father Then Raguel bowed him self downe and wepte toke him aboute the neck and kyssed him and sayde Gods blessynge haue thou my sonne for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wepte also Now whaÌ they had talked together Raguel bad kyll a wether and to make a feast And whaÌ he prayed theÌ to sytt downe to dyner Tobias sayde I wil nether eate ner drinke here this daye excepte thou first graunte me my peticion promyse me to geue me thy daughter Sara Whan Raguel herde this he was astonnyed for he knew what had happened vnto the other seuen men that weÌte in vnto her and he begannne to feare that it shulde chaunce vnto him also in like maner And whyle he stode so in doute and gaue the yonge man no answere the angell sayde vnto him Feare not to geue him thy daughter for vnto this man that feareth God beloÌgeth thy daughter to wife therfore might none other haue her TheÌ sayde Raguel I doute not but God hath accepted my prayers and teares in his sight and I trust he caused you to come vnto me for the same intent that this daughter of myne might be maried in hir owne kynred acordinge to the lawe of Moses And now dowte thou not but I wil geue her vnto the So he toke the righthande of his daughter and gaue her in to the right haÌde of Tobias and sayde The God of AbrahaÌ the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob be with you ioyne you together and fulfill his blessynge in you And they toke a letter and made a wrytinge of the mariage And then made they mery and praysed God And Raguel called Anna his wife vnto him and bad her prepare another chamber and thither he brought Sara his daughter and she wepte Then sayde he vnto her Be of good cheare my daughter the LORDE of heauen geue the ioye for the heuynesse that thou hast suffred The VIII Chapter NOw after y t they had supped they brought the yoÌge man in to her TheÌ thought Tobias vpon the wordes of the angell and toke out of his bagg a pece of the leuer of the fish and layed it vpon the hote coales So the angell Raphael toke holde of the deuell and sent him awaye and bounde him in the wyldernes of the hyer Egipte TheÌ spake Tobias vnto the virgin and sayde Vp Sara let vs make oure prayer vnto God to daye tomorow and ouermorow for these thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure selues with God and whan the thirde holy night is past we shall ioyne together in y e deutye of mariage For we are the children of holy men and we maye not come together as the Heithen y t knowe not God Then stode they vp both together and be sought God earnestly y t he wolde preserue them And Tobias sayde O LORDE God of o fathers praysed be thou of heaueÌ earth of the see welles floudes of all the crea tures that be therin Thou maydest Adam of the moulde of the earth gauest him Eua for an helper And now LORDE thou knowest that it is not because of voluptuousnes that I take this sister of myne to wyfe but onely for the loue of childen in whom thy name be blessed for euer And Sara sayde haue mercy vpon vs O LORDE haue mercy vpon vs and let vs both come whole and sounde to a good age And aboute the cocke crowe it happened that Raguel called his seruauntes and they weÌte with him to make a graue For he sayde it is chaunced vnto him peradueÌture as it dyd vnto the other seuen men that wente in vnto her Now whaÌ they had made the graue Raguel came agayne to his wyfe and sayde vnto her sende one of thy maydeÌs to loke yf he be deed that I maye burye him afore it be light daye So she sent a mayden to se which whan she came in to the chamber she founde them whole and sounde slepynge together And so she came agayne brought good tydinges Then Raguel and Anna his wife praysed y e LORDE and sayde Praysed be thou o LORDE God of Israel For it is not happened vnto vs as we thought For thou hast dealte mercifully with vs and put awaye from vs the enemye that persecuted vs and hast shewed mercy vnto yonder two beloued O LORDE cause theÌ to magnifie the more perfectly and to offre the the sacrifice of thy prayse and of their health that all people maye knowe y t thou onely art God in all the earth And immediatly Raguel commaunded his seruauntes to fyll the graue that they had made with earth afore it was light and bade his wife prepare a feast to make ready all thinges that were necessary for meate to soch as wente by y e waye He caused two fatt kyne also and foure wethers to be slayne meates to be prepared for all his neghbours and frendes And Raguel charged Tobias to remayne with him two wekes As for all the good y t he had he gaue Tobias y e one half of it and made this wrytinge that the half which remayned shulde fall vnto Tobias after their death The IX Chapter THen Tobias called vnto him the angell whom he thought to haue bene a man and sayde vnto him Brother Azarias I praye the herkeÌ vnto my wordes Yf I shulde geue myself to be y e seruaunt I shal not deserue y e prouydence Neuertheles I beseke the that thou wylt take the beastes and the seruauntes and go vnto Gabelus in Rages the cite of the Meedes and delyuer him his handwrytinge and receaue the money of him and praye him to come to my mariage For thou knowest thy self that my father telleth y e dayes and yf I tary one daye to longe he wyl be sory in his mynde Now seist thou how earnestly Raguel hath requyred me so that I can not saye him nay Then toke Raphael foure of Raguels seruauntes and two Camels wente vnto Rages the cite of the Medes and whan he had founde Gabelus he gaue him his handwrytynge receaued all y e money He tolde him also of Tobias y e sonne of Toby how all thiÌges had happened caused him to come w t him to y e mariage Now whan he came in to the house of Raguel he fouÌde Tobias syttinge at y e table he leape vp they kyssed one another and Gabelus wepte and praysed
bloude from the vexacions of oure enemies he shal brynge downe all the Heithen that ryse vp agaynst vs and put them to dishonoure eueÌ the LORDE oure God Therfore deare brethren seinge ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God vnto whom all y e people haue respecte and vpon whom the life of the people stondeth lift vp their hertes with youre exortacion y t they maye call to remembraunce how oure fathers also in tymes past were tempted y t they might be proued yf they worshipped their God a right They ought to remeÌbre how oure father Abraham beinge tempted and tryed thorow many tribulacions was founde a louer and frende of God So was Isaac so was Iacob so was Moses and all they that pleased God beinge tryed thorow many troubles were fouÌde stedfast in faith Agayne they that receaued not their tentacions with the feare of God but put theÌ selues forth with vnpaciency and murmurynge agaynst God perished of the destroyer and were slayne of serpentes And therfore shulde not we vndertake to be auenged for the thinge that is done vnto vs but to considre that all these punyshmentes are farre lesse then oure synnes myszdedes Beleuynge also that this correccion commeth vnto vs as to the seruauntes of God for amendment and not for oure destruccion Then sayde Osias the elders vnto Iudith All that thou speakest is true and no maÌ can reproue y e wordes Praie thou for vs now therfore vnto God for thou art an holy womaÌ and fearest God And Iudith sayde vnto them Seynge ye knowe that my wordes are of God then proue my councell and deuice yf it be of God and beseke God that he wyll brynge my councell to a good ende Thus haue I deuysed Ye shal stoÌde this night before the porte and I wyll go forth with Abra my maydeÌ Praye ye therfore vnto God that he wyl graciously remeÌbre his people of Israel within fyue daies as ye haue sayde As for the thinge that I go in hande withall axe ye no questions of it tyll Iopen it vnto you myself do ye nothinge els but praye vnto the LORDE youre God for me Then Osias the prynce of the people of Iuda sayde vnto her Go thy waye in peace the LORDE be with the that we maye be auenged of oure enemies And so they wente from her agayne The IX Chapter NOw whaÌ they were gone their way Iudith wente in to hir oratory put on an hayrie smock strowed aszhes vpon hir heade fell downe before the LORDE and cryed vnto him sayenge O LORDE God of my father Symeon which gauest him a swerde for a defence agaynst the enemies that vsed violence and wilfulnes and that rauyshed y e vyrgin and put her to dishonesty Thou that gauest their wiues in to a praye and their daughters in to captiuyte and all their praye for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes which bare a zele vnto the helpe me wyddow O LORDE my God I beseke ye. For thou hast done all thinges from the begynnynge and loke what thou hast taken in hande and deuysed it came euer to passe For all thy wayes are prepared thy iudgmentes are done in thy euerlastinge fore knowlege O loke now vpon the armyes of the Assirians like as it was thy pleasure somtyme to loke vpon the hoost of the Egipcians whan they beynge weapened persecuted thy seruauntes put their trust in their charettes horsmen and in the multitude of their men of warre But thou lokedest vpon their hoost castinge a thick darcknes before them and whan they came in to the depe the waters ouerwhelmed them EueÌ so LORDE let it go with these that trust in y e power and multitude of their men of warre in their charettes arowes speares and knowe not that thou onely art oure God which destroyest warres from the begynnynge and that thou art the LORDE O lift vp thine arme now like as euer from y e begynnynge and in thy power brynge their power to naught cause their might to fall in thy wrath They make their boast y t they wyl vnhalowe and defyle thy Sanctuary and to waist the tabernacle of y e name and to cast downe the horne of thine aulter with their swerde Brynge to passe O LORDE y t the pryde of the enemye maye be cut downe with his owne swerde that he maie be taken with the snare of his eyes in me and y t thou mayest smyte him with the lippes of my loue O geue me a stedfast mynde that I maye despyse him and his strength and that I maye destroye him This shal brynge thy name an euerlastinge remeÌbraunce yf the hande of a woman ouerthrowe him For thy power O LORDE stondeth not in y e power of men nether hast thou eny pleasure in the streÌgth of horses There was neuer proude personne that pleased the but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy pleasure bene euermore O thou God of the heauens thou maker of the waters and LORDE of all creatures heare me poore woman callynge vpon the and puttynge my trust in thy mercy Remembre thy couenaunt O LORDE and mynister wordes in my mouth stablysh this deuyce in my hert that thy house maye contynue still in holynes and that all the Heithen maye knowe and vnderstoÌde that thou art God and that there is none other but thou The X. Chapter ANd whan she had left of cryenge vnto the LORDE she rose vp from the place where she had lyen flat before the LORDE and called hir mayde wente downe in to hir house layed y e hayrie cloth from her put of the garmentes of hir wyddowhode waszshed hir body anoynted hir self with precious thinges of swete sauoure broyded and plated hir hayre sett an hooue vpon hir heade and put on soch apparell as belongeth vnto gladnesse slippers vpon hir fete armelettes spanges earynges fynger rynges and deckte herself with all hir best araye The LORDE gaue her also a speciall beutye and fayrnesse for all this deckinge of hir self was not done for eny volupteousnesse and pleasure of the flesh but of a right discrecion and vertue therfore dyd the LORDE increase hir bewtye so y t she was exceadinge amyable and welfauoured in all mens eyes She gaue hir mayde also a bottell of wyne a pot with oyle pottage cakes bred chese and wente hir waye Now whan she came to the porte of the cite she founde Osias and the elders of the cite waitinge there Which whan they sawe her they were astonnyed marueled greatly at her bewty neuertheles they axed no question at her but let her go sayenge The God of oure fathers geue y e his grace and with his power perfourme all the deuyce of thy hert that Ierusalem maye reioyse ouer the and that thy name maye be in the nombre of the holy righteous And all they y t were there sayde w t one voyce so be it so be
daye they stickte vp Holofernes heade vpon the walles and euery man toke his weapen and so they wente out with an horrible crye Whan the spyes sawe that they ranne vnto Holofernes tent And they that were within the teÌt came before his chamber and made a greate russzhinge to wake him vp because they thought with the noyse to haue raised him For there durst not one of the Assirians knocke go in ner to open But whan the captaynes and prynces and all the chefe in the kynge of the Assirians hoost came together they saide vnto the chamberlaynes Go youre waye in and wake him vp for the myse are crepte out of their holes and darre prouoke vs vnto battayll Then wente Vagao in to his chamber stode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had bene slepynge with Iudith But whaÌ he had herkened perfectly with his eares and coude perceaue no sterynge he wente nyer to the bed and lift it vp and then sawe he the deed body of Holofernes lyenge there without a heade weltred in his bloude vpon the earth Then cried he with loude voyce and with wepynge rent his clothes and wente in to Iudiths tent and founde her not And so he leapte out vnto the people and sayde one womaÌ of y e Iewes hath brought all Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holofernes lyeth vpoÌ the grounde and hath no heade Whan the chefe of the assirians hoost herde that they rente their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblinge vpoÌ them so y t theyr myndes were sore afrayed And there was an exceadynge greate crye in the whole hoost The XV. Chapter NOw whan all the hoost herde that Holofernes was headed their mynde and councell fell from them and soch a feare came vpon them that they vndertoke to defende themselues by flyenge awaye one spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behynde them and made haist to escape from the Hebrues for they herde that they were haistinge to come after with their weapens and so they fled by the wayes of the feldes and thorow all the fote pathes of the dales And whan y e children of Israel sawe that they fled they folowed vpon them and wente downe with troÌpettes blowinge and makynge a greate crie after theÌ As for the Assirians they had no ordre and kepte not theÌ selues together but fled their waye Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and ordre and discomfited as many as they might gett And Osias sent messaungers vnto all the cities and couÌtrees of Israel So all the regions and euery cite sent out their best men after them in harnesse smote them with the swerde tyll they came to y e vttemost parte of their borders And the other that were in Bethulia came into the teÌtes of the Assirians and toke all that they which were fled had left behynde them and so they founde greate good And they that came agayne to Bethulia from the battayll toke with them soch thinges as had bene theirs there was no noÌbre of the catell and of all costly Iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hyest they were all made riche of the spoyles of them And Ioachim the Hye prest at IerusaleÌ came to Bethulia with all the elders that they might se Iudith Now whan she came out vnto them they beganne all to prayse her with one voyce sayenge thou worshipe of the cite of Ierusalem thou ioye of Israel thou hono r of oure people thou hast done manly and thy hert is comforted because thou hast loued clenlynes and chastyte hast knowne no man but thine owne huszbande therfore hath the haÌde of the LORDE comforted the and blessed shalt thou be for euer And all people sayde so be it so be it In thirtie dayes coude the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assirians But all that belonged vnto Holofernes and had bene his specially whether it were of golde of syluer precious stones clothinge and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith And all the people reioysed both wemen maydens and yonge people with pipes and harpes The XVI Chapter THen sange Iudith this songe vnto the LORDE Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes singe vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals O synge vnto him a new songe of thankesgeuynge be ioyfull and call vpon his name It is the LORDE that destroyeth warres euen the LORDE is his name Which hath pitched his tentes in the myddest of his people that he might delyuer vs from the hande of all oure enemies Assur came out of the mountaynes in the multitude of his strength His people stopped the water brokes and their horses couered the valleys He purposed to haue breÌt vp my londe and to slaye my yonge men with the swerde He wolde haue caryed awaye my children and virgins in to captiuyte but the allmightie LORDE hurte him and delyuered him in to the handes of a woman which brought him to confucion For their mightie was not destroyed of the yonge men It was not the sonnes of Titan that slew him nether haue the greate giauntes sett them selues agaynst him but Iudith the daughter of Merari w t hir fayre bewtye hath discomfited him and brought him to naught For she layed awaie hâr widdowes garment and put on the appared of gladnesse in the reioysinge of the children of Israel She anoynted hir face and bounde vp hir hayre in an hooue to begyle him Hir slippers rauyshed his eyes hir bewtye captyuated his mynde with the swerde smote she of his neck The Persians were astonnyed at hir sted fastnesse and the Medes at hir boldnes Then howled the armyes of y e Assirians whan my symple appeared drye of thyrst The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them thorow and slayne them as fugityue childreÌ they peryshed in the battayll for the very feare of the LORDE my God Let vs synge a songe of thaÌkesgeuynge vnto the LORDE a new songe of prayse wyl we synge vnto oure God LORDE LORDE thou art a greate God mightie in power whom no man maye ouercome All thy creatures shulde serue the for thou spakest but the worde they were made thou sente thy sprete they were created and no man maye withstonde thy voyce The mountaynes shal moue from the foundacions with the waters the stony rockes shal melt before the like waxe But they that feare the shal be greate with y e in all thinges Wo vnto the people that ryse vp against my generacion for the allmightie LORDE wyll auenge him self of them in the daye of iudgmeÌt wyl he vyset them For he shall geue fyre wormes in to their flesh that they maye burne and fele it for euermore After this it happened that after the victory all the people came to Ierusalem to geue prayse and thankes vnto the LORDE And whaÌ they were purified they offred all their brent sacrifices and their
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For wheÌ she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yoÌge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene froÌ this bloude TheÌ all y e people turned theÌ towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokeÌ âª Daniel stode in y e myddest of theÌ sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childreÌ of Israel y t ye caÌ not discerne Ye haue here condeÌned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpoÌ thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye TheÌ Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputacioÌ in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had coÌmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Greatâ art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childreÌ they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou caÌst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
and scrybes axed him Why walke not thy disciples after the tradicions of the elders but eate bred with vnwaszhen handes But he answered sayde vnto them Full well hath Esay prophecied of you Ypocrytes as it is wrytteÌ This people honoureth me w t their lippes but their hert is farre fro me But in vayne do they serue me whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundemeÌtes of meÌ Ye leaue the coÌmaundement of God and kepe the tradicions of men as the wasshynge of cruses and cuppes many soch thinges do ye And he saide vnto theÌ How goodly haue ye cast asyde the coÌmaundement of God to manteyne youre owne tradicions For Moses sayde Honoure father mother Who so curseth father and mother shal dye the death But ye saye A maÌ shal saye to father or mother Corban that is The thinge y t I shulde helpe the withall is geueÌ vnto God And thus ye suffre him nomore to do ought for his father or his mother make Gods worde of none effecte thorow youre owne tradicions that ye haue set vp And many soch thinges do ye And he called vnto him all the people and sayde vnto them Herken vnto me ye all and vnderstonde me There is nothinge without a man that can defyle him whan it entreth in to him But that goeth out of him that is it that maketh the man vncleane Yf eny man haue eares to heare let him heare And whan he came from the people in to y e house his disciples axed him of this symilitude And he sayde vnto them Are ye so then without vnderstondinge Perceaue ye not yet y t euery thinge which is without and goeth into the maÌ can not defyle him For it entreth not in to his hert but in to y e bely and goeth out in to the draught that purgeth all meates And he sayde The thinge that goeth out of the man that defyleth the man For from within out of the hert of man proceade euell thoughtes aduoutrye whordome murthur theft coueteousnes wickednes disceate vnclennes a wicked eye blasphemy pryde foolishnes All these euell thinges go from within and defyle the man And he arose and wente from thence in to the borders of Tyre and Sydon entred into an house and wolde let no man knowe of it and yet coude he not be hyd For a certayne woman whose doughter had a foule sprete herde of him and came and fell downe at his fete and it was in HeitheÌ woman of Syrophenices and she besought him that he wolde dryue out the deuell from hir doughter But Iesus sayde vnto her Let the children be fed first It is not mete to take the childreÌs bred and to cast it vnto dogges She answered and sayde vnto him Yee LORDE neuertheles the whelpes also eate vnder y e table of y e childreÌs croÌmes And he sayde vnto her Because of this sayenge go thy waye the deuell is departed out of thy doughter And she wente vnto her house founde that the deuell was departed and hir doughter lyenge on the bed And whan he wente out agayne from the coastes of Tyre and Sydon he came vnto the see of Galile thorw the myddes of y e coastes of the teÌ cities And they brought vnto him one that was deaf and had impediment in his speach And they prayed him that he wolde laye his hande vpon him And he toke him a syde from the people and put his fyngers in his eares and dyd spyt and touched his tonge and loked vp vnto heauen sighed and sayde vnto him Ephatha that is be opened And immediatly his eares were opened and the bonde of his toÌge was lowsed and he spake right And he charged them that they shulde tell noman But the more he forbad them the more they published it marueyled out of measure and sayde He hath done all thinges well The deaf hath he made to heare and the domme to speake The VIII Chapter AT the same tyme whan there was moch people there and had nothinge to eate Iesus called his disciples to him and sayde vnto them I haue compassion vpon the people for they haue taried w t me now thre dayes haue nothinge to eate And yf I let them go home fro me fastynge they shulde faynte by the waye For some of them were come from farre And his disciples answered him Where shulde we get bred here in the wyldernes to satisfie them And he axed theÌ How many loaues haue ye They sayde Seuen And he commaunded the people to syt downe vpon the grounde And he toke the seuen loaues and gaue thaÌkes and brake them and gaue theÌ vnto his disciples to set them before the people And they set theÌ before the people And they had a few small fyshes and whan he had geuen thankes he bad set the same before the people They ate and were satisfied toke vp seueÌ baszkettes full of y e brokeÌ meate that was left And they y t ate were vpoÌ a foure thousande And he sent theÌ awaye And forth with he wente in to a shippe with his disciples and came in to the coastes of Dalmanutha And the Pharises wente out and begaÌne to dispute with him and tempted him and desyred a token of him from heaueÌ And he sighed in his sprete and sayde Why doth this generacion seke a token Verely I saye vnto you There shal no tokeÌ be geueÌ vnto this generacion And he left them and weÌte againe into the shippe and passed ouer And they forgat to take bred with them and had nomore with them in the shippe but one loaf And he coÌmaunded them and sayde Take hede and bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises and of the leuen of Herode And their myndes wauered here and there and sayde amonge them selues This is it that we haue no bred And Iesus vnderstode that and sayde vnto them Why trouble ye youre selues that ye haue no bred Are ye yet without vnderstondinge Haue ye yet a blynded hert in you Haue ye eyes se not and haue ye eares and heare not and remeÌbre ye not that I brake fyue loaues amonge fyue thousande how many baszkettes full of broken meate toke ye then vp They sayde twolue And whan I brake the seuen amonge the foure thousande how many baskettes full of broken meate toke ye then vp They sayde Seuen And he sayde vnto theÌ Why are ye then without vnderstondinge And he came to Bethsaida they brought one blynde vnto him and prayed him to touch him And he toke the blynde by the hande and led him out of the towne and spat in his eyes and layed his handes vpon him and axed him whether he sawe ought And he loked vp and sayde I se men goynge as yf I sawe trees After this he layed his handes vpon his eyes ageyne and made him to se. And he was brought to right againe and sawe all clearly And
my cote haue they cast lottes This dyd the soudyers in dede There stode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene Now whan Iesus sawe his mother and the disciple stondynge by whoÌ he loued he sayde vnto his mother Woman beholde that is thy sonne Then sayde he to the disciple beholde that is thy mother And from that houre the disciple toke her vnto him After that whan Iesus knewe that all was perfourmed that the scripture might be fulfylled he sayde I am a thyrst There stode a vessell full of vyneger They fylled a sponge with vyneger and wonde it aboute with ysope and helde it to his mouth Now whan Iesus had receaued the vyneger he sayde It is fynished and bowed his heade and gaue vp the goost The Iewes then for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge that y e bodies shulde not remayne vpon the crosse on the Sabbath for y e same Sabbath daye was greate besought Pilate that their legges might be broken and that they might be taken downe Then came the soudyers and brake the legges of the first and of the other that was crucifyed with him But whan they came to Iesus and sawe that he was deed allready they brake not his legges but one of the soudyers opened his syde with a speare And immediatly there wente out bloude and water And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true And he knoweth that he sayeth true that ye might beleue also For this is done y t the scripture might be fulfylled Ye shal not breake a bone of him And agayne another scripture sayeth They shal se him whom they haue pearsed After that Ioseph of Arimathia which was a disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besought Pilate y t he might take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue him lycence There came also Nicodemus which afore came vnto Iesus by night brought of Myrre Aloes mingled together aboute an huÌdreth pouÌde weight TheÌ toke they the body of Iesus wonde it with lynnen clothes and with the spyces as the maner of the Iewes is to burye And by y e place where Iesus was crucified there was a gardeÌ and in the garden a new sepulchre where in was neuer man layed there layed they Iesus because of the preparinge daye of y e Iewes for the sepulcre was nye at hande The XX. Chapter VPon one daye of the Sabbath came Mary Magdalene early wheÌ it was yet darcke vnto the sepulcre sawe that the stone was takeÌ from the sepulcre Then ranne she came to Symon Peter and to y e other disciple whom Iesus loued and sayde vnto them They haue takeÌ awaye the LORDE out of the sepulcre we can not tell where they haue layed him TheÌ weÌte Peter forth and the other disciple and came to the sepulcre They raÌne both together and that other disciple outraÌne Peter and came first to the sepulcre and loked in and sawe the lynnen clothes layed But he weÌte not in TheÌ came Symon Peter after him and wente in to the sepulcre sawe the lynneÌ clothes lye and the napkyn that was bounde aboute Iesus heade not layed with the lynnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it self TheÌ weÌte iÌ also y t other disciple which came first to y e sepulcre he sawe beleued for as yet they knewe not y e scriptures y t it behoued hiÌ to ryse agayne froÌ y e deed TheÌ weÌte y e disciples againe together As for Mary she stode before y e sepulcre wepte without Now as she wepte ⪠she loked in to the sepulcre and sawe two angels in whyte garmentes syttinge y e one at the heade the other at y e fete where they had layed the body of Iesus And they sayde vnto her WomaÌ why wepest thou She saide vnto theÌ They haue taken awaye my LORDE I wote not where they haue layed hiÌ And whan she had sayde y t she turned her self backe sawe Iesus stondinge knewe not y t it was Iesus Iesus sayde vnto her Woman why wepest thou Whom sekest thou She thought y t it had bene y e gardener sayde vnto him Syr yf thou hast borne him hence then tell me where thou hast layed him and I wil fetch hiÌ Iesus sayde vnto her Mary Then turned she her aboute sayde vnto him Rabboni y t is to saye Master Iesus sayde vnto her Touche me not for I am not yet ascended vnto my father But go thou y e waye vnto my brethreÌ saye vnto theÌ I asceÌde vp vnto my father and yo father to my God yo God Mary Magdalene came tolde y e disciples I haue sene the LORDE soch thinges hath he spoken vnto me The same Sabbath at eueÌ whaÌ y e disciples were gathered together and the dores were shut for feare of y e Iewes came Iesus and stode iÌ y r myddes sayde vnto theÌ Peace be w t you And whaÌ he had so sayde he shewed theÌ his haÌdes his syde TheÌ were y e disciples glad y t they sawe y e LORDE TheÌ sayde Iesus vnto theÌ agayne Peace be with you Like as my father sent me eueÌ so seÌde I you And whan he had sayde y t he brethed vpoÌ theÌ and sayde vnto theÌ Receaue the holy goost Whose synnes soeuer ye remytte they are remytted vnto theÌ and whose synnes so euer ye retayne they are retayned But Thomas one of the twolue which is called Didimus was not w t theÌ whaÌ Iesus came TheÌ sayde the other disciples vnto him We haue sene the LORDE But he sayde vnto theÌ Excepte I se in his handes the prynte of the nales and put my haÌde in to his syde I wil not beleue And after eight dayes agayne were his disciples with in Thomas w t theÌ TheÌ came Iesus whaÌ y e dores were shutt stode in the myddes sayde Peace be w t you After y t sayde he vnto Thomas Reach hither y i fynger and se my handes and reach hither y i haÌde put it iÌ to my syde be not faithlesse but beleue Thomas answered sayde vnto him My LORDE and my God Iesus sayde vnto him Thomas because thou hast sene me thou hast beleued Blessed are they that se not and yet beleue Many other tokeÌs dyd Iesus before his disciples which are not wrytteÌ in this boke But these are wrytteÌ y t ye shulde beleue y t Iesus is Christ the sonne of God that ye thorow beleue might haue life in his name The XXI Chapter AFter that shewed Iesus himself agayne at the see of Tiberias But on this wyse shewed he himself There were together SymoÌ Peter Thomas which is called Didimus Nathanael of Cana a cite of Galile the sonnes of Zebede two other of his disciples
go thorow the fyre or a prophecier or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the foules cryenge or a witch or a coniurer or soythsayer or an expounder of tokens or y t axeth eny thinge of the deed For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto the LORDE and because of soch abhominacions doth the LORDE y e God dryue theÌ out before the. But thou shalt be perfecte with the LORDE y e God For these nacioÌs whom thou shalt conquere whom the LORDE thy God hath geuen the herken to the chosers out of dayes and to the soythsayers but so shalt not thou do vnto the LORDE thy God A prophet like vnto me shall the LORDE thy God raise the vp euen out of the from amonge thy brethren vnto him shal ye herkeÌ acordinge as thou desyredest before the LORDE thy God in Horeb in the daye of y e gatheringe together saydest Let me heare the voyce of the LORDE my God nomore and se nomore this greate fyre that I dye not And y e LORDE saide vnto me They haue well spoken I wil rayse them vp a prophet from amonge their brethren like vnto the and wyl put my wordes in his mouth he shal speake vnto them all that I shal coÌmaunde him And who so euer wyl not herken vnto my wordes which he shal speake in my name of him wil I requyre it But yf a prophete presume to speake ought in my name which I haue not coÌmauÌded him to speake and he that speaketh in y e name of other goddes y e same prophete shal dye But yf thou saye in thine hert How can I knowe what worde the LORDE hath not spoken Euen whan the prophete speaketh in the name of y e LORDE and the thinge foloweth not and commeth not to passe y e same is the worde y t the LORDE hath not spokeÌ The prophet hath spokeÌ it presumtuously therfore be not afrayed of him The XIX Chapter WHan y e LORDE thy God shall haue roted out y e nacioÌs whose londe y e LORDE thy God shal geue the so y t thou hast conquered them and dwellest in their cities and houses thou shalt appoynte the out thre cities in the myddes of the loÌde y t the LORDE thy God shal geue y e to possesse Thou shalt prepare the waye and parte the coastes of y e londe which y e LORDE thy God shal deuyde out vnto the in to thre partes that whosoeuer hath commytted a slaughter maye flie thither And this shal be the cause that whosoeuer hath committed a slaughter maye flye thyther and lyue Yf eny man smyte his neghboure vnawarres and hath not hated him in tyme passed as whan a man goeth vnto the wod with his neghboure to hew downe tymber and he turneth his hande w t the axe to hewe downe the wod and the yron slyppeth from the helue and hytteth his neghboure that he dyeth the same shal flye in to one of these cities that he maye lyue lest the auenger of bloude folowe after the deedsleyer whyle his hert is whote and ouertake him whyle the waye is so farre and slaye him where as yet no cause of death is in hiÌ for so moch as he hated him not in tyme passed Therfore commaunde I the that thou appoynte out thre cities And whan the LORDE y e God enlargeth thy borders as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers geueth the all the loÌde which he promysed thy fathers to geue so that thou kepe all these coÌmaundementes and do y t I commaunde the this daye y t thou loue the LORDE thy God and walke in his wayes all y e life longe theÌ shalt thou adde yet thre cities vnto these thre that innocent bloude be not shed in thy londe which the LORDE y e God geueth the to enheritaunce and so bloude come vpon the. But yf eny man beare hate agaynst his neghboure and layeth waite for him and ryseth agaynst him and smyteth him that he dye and flyeth in to one of these cities then shall the Elders of the same cite sende thither and cause him to be fetched from thence and delyuer him in to the handes of the auenger of bloude that he maye dye thine eye shal not pitie him and the giltye bloude shalt thou put awaye froÌ Israel that thou mayest prospere Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce that thou enheretest in the londe which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it One witnesse shal not stonde vp alone agaynst a man ouer eny trespace or synne what maner of synne so euer it be y t a man can do but in the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery matter be stablished But yf an vnrighteous wytnesse stonde vp agaynst eny man to testifye eny trespace vpon him then shall both the men that stryue together stonde before the LORDE before the prestes and Iudges which shall be at the same tyme. And the iudges shall make diligent inquisicion yf the witnesse be founde false and hath geueÌ false witnesse agaynst his brother then shall ye do vnto him euen as he thoughte to do vnto his brother that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the that other maye heare and feare and take nomore vpon them to do soch wicked poyntes amonge you Thine eye shall not pitie him Soule for soule eye for eye to the for to the hande for hande fote for fote The XX. Chapter WHan thou goest out to battayll agaynst thine enemies and seyst horses and charettes of the people more then thou be not afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God which brought y e out of the londe of Egipte is with the. Now whaÌ ye are come nye vnto the battayll the prest shal steppe forth speake to the people and saye vnto theÌ Heare Israel Ye go this daye in to the battayll agaynst youre enemies let not yo r hert faynte Feare not be not afrayed ner a drede of them For the LORDE youre God goeth with you to fyghte for you agaynst youre enemies y t he maye saue you And the captaynes shal speake to y e people and saye Who so hath buylded a new house and hath not dedicate it let him go and byde in his house that he dye not in y e battayll and another dedicate it Who so hath planted a vynyarde and hath not yet made it comen lett him go and byde at home that he dye not in the battayll and another make it comen Who so hath spoused a wyfe and hath not yet brought her home let him go and byde at home y t he die not in the battayll another brynge her home And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people and saye He that feareth and hath a faynte hert lett him go and byde at home that he make not his brethrens hert fainte
sonne the Secretary And Rabsaches sayde vnto them Teâ Ezechias that the greate kinge of Assiria sayeth thus vnto him What presumpcion is this that thou trustest vnto Thou thinkest peradueÌture that thou hast councel power ynough to mayntene this warre or els wher to trustest thou that thou castest thi self of fro me lo Thou puttest thy trust in a broken staff of rede I meane Egipte which he that leaneth vpon it goeth in to his honde shuteth him thorow Euen so is Pharao the kinge of Egipte vnto all theÌ that trust in him But yf thou woldest saye to me We trust in y e LORDE oure God A goodly god indede whose hie places aulteres Ezechias toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Ierusalem to worshipe only before the aulter Abyde the thou hast made a condicion with my lorde the kinge of the AssiriaÌs that he shulde geue the two thousande horses Art thou able to set meÌ there vp Seinge now that thou canst not resist the power of the smallest prynce that my LORDE hath how darrest thou trust in y t charettes and horse men of Egipte Morouer thinkest thou y t I am come downe hither to destroye this londe with out the LORDES will The LORDE sayde vnto me go downe in to that londe that thou mayest destroye it Then sayde Eliachim Sobna Iohah vnto Rabsaches Speake to vs thy seruauntes we praye the in the Sirians language for we vnderstonde it well And speake not to vs in the Iewes tunge lest the folcke heare which lieth vpon the wall Then answered Rabsaches Thinke ye y t the kinge sent me to speake this only vnto you Hath he not sent me to theÌ also that lie vpoÌ the wall that they be not coÌpelled to eate their owne donge and drinke their owne stale with you And Rabsaches stode stiff cried with a loude voyce in the Iewes tuÌge and sayde Now take hede how the greate kinge of the AssiriaÌs geueth you warnynge Thus saieth the kinge Let not Ezechias disceaue you for he shal not be able to delyuer you Morouer let not Ezechias comforte you in the LORDE when he saieth The LORDE with out doute shal defende vs shal not geue ouer this cite in to the hondes of the kinge of the AssiriaÌs beleue him not But thus saieth the kinge of Assiria opteyne my fauoure enclyne to me So maye euery maÌ enioye his vynyardes and fygetrees and drinke the water of his cisterne vnto the tyme that I come myself bringe you in to a londe y t is like youre owne wher in is wheat and wyne which is both sowen with sede and planted with vynyardes Let not Ezechias disceaue you when he sayeth vnto you the LORDE shal delyuer us Might the goddes of the Gentiles kepe euerymans londe from the power of the kinge of the Assirians Wher is the God of hemath Arphad Where is the God of Sepharnaim And who was able to defende Samaria out of my honde Or which of all the goddes of the loÌdes hath deliuered their countre out of my power so that the LORDE shulde delyuer Ierusalem fro my honde Vnto this Ezechias messaungers helde their tunges and answered not one worde for the kinge had charged them that they shulde geue him none answere So came Eliachim Elchias sonne the presideÌt Sobna the scrybe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the Secretary vnto Ezechias with rente clothes tolde him the wordes of Rabsaches The xxxvij Chapter WHen Ezechias herde that he rente his clothes put on a sack cloth went in to the temple of the LORDE But he sent Eliachim the PresideÌt Sobna the scrybe w t the eldest prestes cloothed in sack vnto the Prophet Esay the sonne of Amos they sayde vnto him Thus saieth Ezechias this is the daye of trouble of plage of wrath like as when a childe cometh to the byrth but the woman hath no power to bringe it forth The LORDE thy God no doute hath well considered the wordes of Rabsaches whom his lorde y e kinge of the Assirians hath sent to defie blaspheme the lyuynge God with soch wordes as the LORDE y e God hath herde rightwell And therfore lift vp y e prayer for the remnaunt that yet are left So the seruauntes of kinge Ezechias came to Esay And Esay gaue them this answere Saie thus vnto youre lorde thus saieth the LORDE Be not afrayde of the wordes that thou hast herde wherwith the kinge of AssiriaÌs seruauntes haue blasphemed me Beholde I will cause a wynde go ouer him as soone as he heareth it he shal go agayne in to his countre there will I distroye him with the swerde Now when Rabsaches returned he founde y e kinge of Assiria layenge sege to Lobna for he had vnderstonde that he was departed from Lachis For there came a rumoure y t Taracha kinge of Ethiopia was come forth to warre agaynst him And when the kinge of Assiria herde y t he sent other messaungers to kinge Ezechias with this commaundement Saye thus to Ezechias kinge of Iuda Let not thy God disceaue the in whom thou hopest sayest IerusaleÌ shal not be geueÌ in to the hondes of the kinge of Assiria For thou knowest well how the kinges of Assiria haue handled all the londes that they haue subuerted hapest thou to escape Were the people of the GeÌtiles whom my progenitours coÌquered deliuered at eny tyme thorow their goddes As namely Gozan Haran Rezeph the childreÌ of Eden which dwell at Thalassar Where is the kinge of Hemath the kinge of Arphad the kinge of the citie Sepharnaim Ena and Aua Now when Ezechias had receaued y e lettre of the messaungers red it he went vp into the house of the LORDE opened the lettre before y e LORDE And Ezechias prayed before the LORDE on this maner O LORDE of hoostes thou God of Israel which dwellest vpoÌ Cherubin Thou art the God that only is God of all the kingdomes of the worlde for thou only hast created haueÌ earth Encline thine eare LORDE coÌsidrâ open thine eyes o LORDE se and pondre all the wordes of SeÌnacherib which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the the lyuynge God It is true o LORDE that the kinges of Assiria haue coÌquered all kingdomes londes cast their goddes in the fyre NotwithstoÌdinge those were no goddes but the workes of mens hondes of wodd or stone therfore haue they destroyed them Delyuer vs then o LORDE oure God from the hondes of Sennacherib y t all kingdomes of the earth maye knowe that thou only art y e LORDE Then Esay the sonne of Amos sent vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me as touchinge Sennacherib this is the answere that the LORDE hath geuen concernynge him Despised art thou mocked o doughter of Sion he hath shaken his heade at the o doughter
of Ierusalem But thou Sennacherib whom hast thou defied or blaspemed And agaynst whoÌ hast thou lifted vp thy voyce exalted thy proude lokes euen agaynst the holy one of Israel Thou with thy seruauntes hast blasphemed the LORDE and thus holdest thou of thy self I couer the hie mountaynes sydes of Libanus with my horsmen And there wil I cut downe the hie Cedre trees the fayrest Fyrre trees I will vp in to the heyth of it in to the chefest of his timbre woddes Yf there be no water I wil graue drynke And as for waters of defence I shal drie them vp with the fete of myne hooste Yee saiest thou hast thou not herde what I haue taken in honde brought to passe of olde tyme That same wil I do now also waist destroye bringe the stronge cities vnto heapes of stones For their inhabitours shal be like lame men brought in feare confounded They shal be like the grasse grene herbes in the felde like the hay vpoÌ house toppes that wythereth a fore it be growne vp I knowe thy wayes thy goinge forth thy coÌmynge home yee thy madnesse agaynst me Therfore thy furiousnesse agaynst me thy pryde is come before me I wil put a rynge in y e nose a bridle byt in the chawes of the turne the aboute eueÌ the same waye thou camest I wil geue the also this token o Ezechias this yeare shalt thou eate that is kepte in stoare the next yeare soch as groweth of himself and in the thirde yeare ye shal sowe and reape yee ye shal plante vynyardes and enioye the frutes therof And soch of the house of Iuda as are escaped shal come together and the remnaunt shal take rote beneth bringe forth frute aboue For the escaped shal go out of IerusaleÌ the remnaunte from the mount Sion And this shal the gelousy of the LORDE of hoostes bringe to passe Therfore thus saieth the LORDE coÌcernynge the kinge of the Assirians He shall not come in to the citie and shal shute no arowe in to it there shall no shilde hurte it nether shal they graue aboute it The same waye that he came shal he returne and not come at this citie saieth the LORDE And I wil kepe and saue the citie saieth he for myne owne for my seruaunte Dauids sake Thus the angel went forth and slewe of the Assirians hooste an clxxxv thousande And when men arose vp early at IerusaleÌ Beholde all laye ful of deed bodies So Sennacherib the kinge of the Assirians brake vp and dwelt at Niniue Afterwarde it chaunsed as he prayed in the TeÌple of Nesrah his god that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slewe him with the swearde and fled in to the londe of Ararat And Esarhadon his sonne reigned after him The xxxviij Chapter NOt longe afore this was Ezechias deadsick And the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos came vnto him and sayde Thus commaundeth the LORDE Set thyne house in ordre for thou must dye and shalt not escape Then Ezechias turned his face towarde the wall prayed vnto the LORDE and sayde Remembre o LORDE that I haue walked before the in treuth and a stedfast hert and haue done the thinge that is pleasaunt to the. And Ezechias wepte sore TheÌ sayde God vnto Esay Go and speake vnto Ezechias The LORDE God of Dauid thy father sendeth y e this worde I haue herde thy prayer and considred thy teares beholde I will put xv yeares mo vnto thy life and delyuer the and the citie also from the honde of the kinge of Assiria for I will defende the cite And take the this token of the LORDE y t he will do it as he hath spoken Beholde I will returne the shadowe of Achas Diall y t now is layed out with the Sonne and bringe it ten degrees bacward So the Sonne turned ten degrees bacward the which he was descended afore A thankesgeuynge which Ezechias kinge of Iuda wrote when he had bene sicke was recouered I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age and haue wanted the residue of my yeares I spake within my self I shal neuer viset the LORDE God in this life I shal neuer se man amonge the dwellers of the worlde Myne age is folden vp together and taken awaye fro me like a sheperdes cotage my lyfe is hewen of like as a weeuer cutteth of his webb Whyl I was yet takinge my rest he hewed me of made an ende of me in one daie I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morow but he brussed my bones like a lyon and made an ende of me in one daye Then chatred I like a swalowe and like a Crane and mourned as a doue I lift vp myne eyes in to y e hight O LORDE sayde I violence is done vnto me be thou suertie for me What shal I speake or say ethat he maye this doo y t I maye lyue out all my yeares yee in the bytternesse of my life Verely LORDE men must lyue in bytternesse all my life must I passe ouer therin For thou raysest me vp and wakest me But lo I wil be wel content with this bytternes Neuertheles my coÌuersacion hath so pleased y e that thou woldest not make an ende of my life so that thou hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe For hell prayseth not the death doth not magnifie the. They that go downe in to the graue prayse not thy treuth but the lyuynge yee the lyuynge acknowlege the like as I do this daye The father telleth his children of thy faithfulnesse Delyuer vs o LORDE and we wil synge prayses in thy house all the dayes of oure life And Esay sayde take a playster of fyges and laye it vpon the sore so shal it be whole Then saide Ezechias O what a greate thinge is this that I shal go vp in to the house of the LORDE The xxxix Chapter AT the same tyme Merodach BaladaÌ BaladaÌs sonne kinge of Babilon sent lettres and presentes to Ezechias For he vnderstode how that he had bene sick was recouered agayne And Ezechias was glad therof shewed them the coÌmodities of his treasure of syluer of golde of spyces rootes of precious oyles all that was in his cubboordes and treasure houses There was not one thinge in Ezechias house so thorow out all his kingdome but he let them se it TheÌ came Esay the prophet to kinge Ezechias and sayde vnto him What haue y e men sayde and from whence came they vnto the Ezechias answered They came out of a farre countre vnto me out of Babilon Esay sayde what haue they looked vpon in thyne house Ezechias answerde All that is in myne house haue they sene and there is no thinge in my treasure but I shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias VnderstoÌde the worde of the LORDE of hoostes Beholde the
that dwell at Lachis which is an occasion of y e synne of y e doughter of Sion for in the came vp the wickednesses of Israel Yee she sent hir coursers in to the londe of Geth The houses of lies will disceaue the kynges of Israel And as for the o thou that dwellest at Morassa I shal brynge a possessioner vpon the aÌd the plage of Israel shal reach vnto Odolla Make the balde and shaue the because of thy tender children Make the cleane balde as an Aegle for they shal be caried awaye captyue from the. The II. Chapter WO vnto them that ymagyn to do harme and deuyse vngraciousnesse vpon their beddes to perfourme it in y e cleare daye for their power is agaynst God When they covet to haue londe they take it by violence they robbe men off their houses Thus they oppresse a maÌ for his house euery man for his heretage Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde agaynst this housholde haue I deuysed a plage wherout ye shal not plucke youre neckes Ye shal nomore go so proudly for it will be a perlous tyme In that daye shall this terme be vsed and a mournynge shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the porcion off my people is translated Whan wil he parte vnto vs the londe that he hath taken from vs Neuerthelesse there shal be noman to deuyde the thy porcion in the congregacion off the LORDE Tush holde youre tunge saye they It shall not fall vpon this people we shall not come so to confucion sayeth the house off Iacob Is the sprete off the LORDE so clene awaye or is he so mynded Treuth it is my wordes are frendly vnto them that lyue right but my people doth the contrary therfore must I take parte agaynst them for they take awaye both cote and cloke from the symple Ye haue turned youre selues to fight the women off my people haue ye shot out froÌ their good houses and taken awaye my excellent giftes from their children Vp get you hence for here shall ye haue no rest Because off their Idolatry they are corrupte and shall myserably perish Yff I were a fleshly felowe and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might syt bebbinge and bollynge and be droncken O that were a prophet for this people But I will gather the in dede o Iacob and dryue the remnaunt off Israel all together I shall cary them one with another as a flocke in the folde and as the catell in their stalles that they maye be disquieted of other men Who so breaketh the gappe he shall go before They shall breake vp the porte and go in and out at it Their kynge shall go before them and the LORDE shal be vpon the heade of them The III. Chapter HEare o ye heades of the house of Iacob and ye leders of the house of Israel Shulde not ye knowe what were laufull and right But ye hate the good and loue the euell ye plucke of mens skynnes and the flesh from their bones Ye eate the flesh of my people aÌd flay of their skynne ye breake their bones ye choppe them in peces as it were in to a cauldron aÌd as flesh into a pot Now the tyme shall come that when they call vnto the LORDE he shall not heare them but hyde his face from them because that thorow their owne ymaginacioÌs they haue dealte so wickedly And as concernynge the prophetes that disceaue my people thus the LORDE sayeth agaynst them When they haue eny thinge to byte vpon then they preach that all shal be well but yf a man put not some thinge in to their mouthes they preach of warre agaynst him Therfore youre vision shal be turned to night youre prophecyenge to darcknesse The Sonne shall go downe ouer those prophetes the daye shal be darcke vnto them Then shall the vision seers be ashamed y e sayth sayers confounded yee they shal be fayne all the packe of theÌ to stoppe their mouthes for they haue not Gods worde As for me I am full of strength of y e sprete of y e LORDE full of iudgment boldnesse to shewe the house of Iacob their wickednesse the house of Israel their synne O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob and ye iudges of the house off Israel ye that abhorre the thinge that is laufull and wraist asyde the thinge that is straight Ye that buylde vp Sion with bloude and Ierusalem with doynge wronge O ye iudges ye geue sentence for giftes O ye preastes ye teach for lucre O ye prophetes ye prophecy for money Yet wil they be takeÌ as those that holde vpon God and saye Is not the LORDE amonge vs Tush there can no misfortune happen vs. Therfore shal Sion for youre sakes be plowed like a felde IerusaleÌ shall become an heape of stones and the hill of y e temple shal be turned to an hye wodde The IIII. Chapter BVt in the latter dayes it wil come to passe that the hill off the LORDES house shal be set vp hyer theÌ eny mouÌtaynes or hilles Yee the people shall preese vnto it and the multitude off the Gentiles shal haist them thither sayeÌge Come let vs go vp to the hill of the LORDE to the house of the God of Iacob that he maye teach vs his waye and that we maye walke in his pathes For the lawe shall come out off Sion aÌd the worde of God from Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the multitude off the Heithen and refourme the people off farre couÌtrees so that of their swerdes they shal make plowshares and sythes off their speares One people shall not lift vp a swerde agaynst another yee they shall nomore lerne to fight but euery man shal syt vnder his vinyarde and vnder his fyge tre and no man to fraye him awaye for the mouth off y e LORDE of hoostes hath spoken it Therfore where as all people haue walked euery man in y e name of his owne god we will walke in the name of oure God for euer and euer At the same tyme sayeth the LORDE will I gather vp the lame and the outcastes and soch as I haue chastened and will geue yssue vnto the lame and make of y e outcastes a greate people and the LORDE himself shal be their kynge vpon the mount Sion froÌ this tyme forth for euermore And vnto the O thou tower of Eder thou stronge holde off the doughter Sion vnto the shal it come eueÌ the first lordshipe and kyngdome of the doughter IerusaleÌ Why theÌ art thou now so heuy is there no kynge in the are thy councelers awaye that thou art so payned as a woman in hir trauayle And now o thou doughter Sion be sory let it greue the as a wife laboringe with childe for now must thou get the out off the cite and dwell vpon the playne
it Iudith made hir prayer vnto y e LORDE wente out at y e porte she hir mayde And as she was goinge downe the mountayne it happened that aboute the sprynge of the daye the spyes of y e Assirians met w t her and toke her sayenge whence commest thou Or whither goest thou She answered I am a daughter of y e Hebrues and am fled from them for I knowe that they shal be geueÌ vnto you to be spoyled because they thought scorne to yelde theÌ selues vnto you that they might fynde mercy in youre sight Therfore haue I deuysed by my self after this maner I wyll go before the prynce Holofernes and tell him all their secretes and wyll shew him how he maye come by them and wynne them so that not one man of his hoost shall perish And whan these men had herde hir wordes considered hir fayre face they were astonnyed for they wondred at hir excellent bewtye sayde vnto her Thou hast saued y e life by fyndinge out this deuyce y t thou woldest come downe to o r lorde be thou sure that whaÌ thou coÌmest vnto him he shal intreate the well thou shalt please him at y e hert So they brought her in to Holofernes pauylion and tolde him of her Now whan she came in before him immediatly he was ouercome taken with hir bewtye Then saide his seruauntes who wolde despyse y e people of y e Iewes y t haue so fayre wemeÌ Shulde we not by reason fight against theÌ for these So whaÌ Iudith sawe Holofernes syttinge in a canapye y t was wrought of purple sylke golde Smaragde and precious stones she loked fast vpoÌ him fell downe vpoÌ the earth And Holofernes seruauÌtes toke hir vp agayne at their lordes commmaundement The XI Chapter THen sayde Holofernes vnto her Be of good chere and feare not in thine hert for I neuer hurte man that wolde serue Nabuchodonosor the kynge As for thy people yf they had not despysed me I shulde not haue lift vp a speare agaynst theÌ But tell me now what is the cause y t thou art departed from them and wherfore art thou come vnto vs And Iudith sayde vnto him Syr vnder stonde the wordes of thy handmayden for yf thou wilt do after y e wordes of thy haÌdmayden the LORDE shall brynge thy matter to a prosperous effecte As truly as Nabuchodonosor a lorde of the londe lyueth as truly as his power lyueth which is in the to the punyshment of all men that go wronge all men shall not onely be subdued vnto him thorow the but all the beestes also of y e felde For all people speake of thy prudeÌt actiuyte and it hath euer bene reported how thou onely art good and mightie in all his kyngdome and thy discrecion is commeÌded in all londes The thinge is manifest also that Achior spake and it is wel knowne what thou commauÌdedst to do vnto him For this is plaine and of a suretye that oure God is so wroth with vs by the reason of oure synnes that he hath shewed by his prophetes vnto the people how that for their synnes he wyl delyuer them ouer vnto the enemie And for so moch as the children of Israel knowe that they haue so displeased their God they are sore afrayed of the. They suffre greate honger also for wante of water they are deed now in a maner Morouer they are appoynted to slaye all their catell that they maye drynke the bloude of them and are purposed to spende all the holy ornamentes of their God which he hath forbyddeÌ theÌ to touch for corne wyne and oyle Seinge now that they do these thinges it is a playne case y t they must nedes be destroyed Which whan I thy handmayden perceaued I fled from them and the LORDE hath sent me vnto y e to shew the these thinges For I thy handmayden worshipe God euen here now besyde the and thy honde mayden shal go forth and I wil make my praier vnto God and he shal tell me whan he wyl rewarde theÌ their synne then shal I come and shew the brynge the thorow the myddest of Ierusalem so that thou shalt haue all y e people of Israel as the shepe without a shepherde there shal not so moch as one dogg barck agaynst the for these thinges are shewed me by the prouydence of God and for so moch as God is displeased with them he hath sent me to tell the the same These wordes pleased Holofernes and all his seruauntes which marueled at the wysdome of her and sayde one to another there is not soch a woman vpon earth in bewtye and discrecion of wordes And Holofernes sayde vnto her God hath done well that he hath sent the hither before thy people that thou mayest geue them into oure handes And for so moch as y e promyse is good yf thy God perfourme it vnto me he shall be my God also and thou shalt be excellent and greate in the courte of Nabuchodonosor and thy name shal be spoken of in all the londe The XII Chapter THen commaunded he her to go in where his treasure laye and charged that she shulde haue hyr dwellynge there and appoynted what shulde be geuen her froÌ his table Iudith answered him and sayde As for the meate that thou hast commaunded to geue me I maye not eate of it as now lest I displease my God but wyl eate of soch as I haue brought with me Then sayde Holofernes vnto her Yf these thinges that thou hast brought with the fayle what shal we do vnto the And Iudith sayde As truly as thou lyuest my lorde thy hande mayden shall not spende all this tyll God haue brought to passe in my hande the thinges that I haue deuysed So his seruauntes brought her in to the tent where as he had appointed And as she was goinge in she desyred that she might haue leue to go forth by night before daye to hir prayer and to make intercession vnto the LORDE Then commaunded Holofernes his chamberlaynes that she shulde go out and in at hir pleasure to praye vnto hir God those thre dayes And so in the night season she weÌte forth in to the valley of Bethulia and wasszhed hirself in the wellwater Then wente she vp and besought the LORDE God of Israel that he wolde prospere hir waye for the delyueraunce of his people And so she wente in and remayned cleane in hir tent till she toke hir meate in the euenynge Vpon y e fourth daye it happened y t Holofernes made a costly supper vnto his seruauÌtes and sayde vnto Vagao his chamberlayne Go y i waye and councell this Hebruesse that she maye be wyllynge to consent to kepe company with me For it were a shame vnto all the Assirians that a woman shulde so laugh a man to scorne that she were come from him vnmedled withall Then wente Vagao vnto Iudith and sayde Let not the good daughter be afrayed
to come in to my lorde that she maye be honoured before him that she maye eate and drynke wyne and be mery with him Vnto whom Iudith answered Who am I that I shulde saye my lorde naye what so euer is good before his eyes I shal do it and loke what is his pleasure that shal I thinke well done as longe as I lyue So she stode vp and deckte hirself with hir apparell and wente in and stode before him And Holofernes hert was whole moued so that he brent in desyre towarde her And Holofernes sayde vnto her drynke now and sytt downe and be mery for thou hast founde fauoure before me Then sayde Iudith Syr I wil drynke for my mynde is meryer to daye then euer it was in all my life And she toke and ate and dranke before him the thinges that hir mayden had prepared for her And Holofernes was mery w t her and dranke more wyne then euer he dyd afore in his life The XIII Chapter NOw whan it was late in the night his seruauntes made haist euery maÌ to his lodginge And Vagao shutt the chamber dores and wente his waye for they were all ouerladen with wyne So was Iudith alone in the chamber As for Holofernes he laye vpon the bed all droncken and of very dronkennes fell a slepe Then commaunded Iudith hir mayden to stoÌde without before the dore and to wayte And Iudith stode before the bed makynge hir prayer with teares and moued hir lippes secretly and sayde Strength me O LORDE God of Israel and haue respecte vnto the workes of my handes in this houre that thou mayest set vp thy cite of Ierusalem like as thou hast promysed O graunte that by the I maye perfourme the thinge which I haue deuysed thorow the beleue that I haue in the. And whan she had spoken this she wente to the bedsteade and lowsed the swerde that hanged vpon it and drew it out Then toke she holde of the hairie lockes of his heade and sayde Strength me o LORDE God in this houre and with that she gaue him two strokes vpon the neck and smote of his heade Then toke she the canapy awaye and rolled the deed body asyde Immediatly she gat her forth and delyuered the head of Holofernes vnto hir mayden and bad hir put it in hir walett And so these two wente forth together after their custome as though they wolde praye and so passed by the hoost and came thorow the valley vnto the porte of the cite And Iudith cried a farre of vnto y e watch men vpon the walles Open the gates sayde she for God is with vs which hath shewed his power in Israel And whan they herde hir voyce they called the elders of the cite together And they came all to mete her litle greate yonge olde for they thought not that she shulde haue come so soone So they lighted candels and gathered aboute hir euaerichone but she wente vp into an hye place and caused sylence to be proclamed Whan euery man now helde his tonge Iudith sayde O prayse the LORDE oure God for he hath not despysed ner forsaken them that put their trust in him and in me his honde mayden he hath perfourmed his mercy which he promysed vnto the house of Israel yee in my haÌde this same night hath he slayne the enemy of his people And with that she toke forth the heade of Holofernes out of the walett and shewed it them sayenge Beholde the heade of Holofernes the captayne of the AssiriaÌs and this is the canapy wherin he laye in his dronkennes where the LORDE oure God hath slayne him by the hande of a woman But as truly as the LORDE lyueth his angell hath kepte me goinge thither remayninge there and commynge hither agayne from thence And the LORDE hath not suffred me his handmayden to be defyled but without eny fylthynes of synne hath he brought me agayne vnto you y t with greate victory so that I am escaped and ye delyuered O geue thankes vnto him euerychone for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer So they praysed the LORDE alltogether and gaue thaÌkes vnto him And to her they sayde The LORDE hath blessed the in his power for thorow the he hath brought oure enemies to naught And Ozias y e chefe ruler of the people of Israel sayde vnto her Blessed art thou of the LORDE the hye God aboue all wemen vpon earth Blessed be the LORDE the maker of heauen and earth which hath gyded y e a right to wounde and to smyte of the heade of the captayne of oure enemies For this daye he hath made thy name so honorable that thy prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of meÌ which shal all waye remembre y e power of the LORDE seinge thou hast not spared thine owne self but put the in ieoperdy consideringe the anguysh and trouble of thy people and so hast helped their fall before God o r LORDE And all the people sayde AmeÌ Amen Achior also was called he came Then sayde Iudith vnto him The God of Israel vnto whoÌ thou gauest wytnes that he wolde be auenged of his enemies euen he hath this night thorow my hande smytteÌ of the head of all the vnfaithfull And that thou mayest se that it so is beholde this is y e heade of Holofernes which in his presumptuous pryde despysed the God of the people of Israel and threatened y e with destruccion sayenge whan the people of Israel is takeÌ I shall cause the also to be stickte with the swerde Whan Achior sawe Holofernes heade ⪠he fell downe vpon his face to the grounde for very anguish feare so y t he swowned with all But after that he was come agayne to himself he fell downe before her praysed her sayeÌge Blessed art thou of thy God in all the tabernacles of Iacob for all the people that heare of thy name shall prayse the God of Israel because of the. The XIIII Chapter IVdith saide vnto all the people Brethren heare me Styck vp this heade vpon oure walles and whan the Sonne aryseth take euery man his weapen and fall out violently not as though ye wolde go besyde them but to renne vpon them with violence Whan the spyes in the teÌtes se this they shall of necessite be coÌpelled to fle bacwarde and to rayse vp their captayne to the battayll So whaÌ their captaynes come in to Holofernes pauylion and fynde the deed body wrapped in the bloude fearfulnes shall fall vpon them and whan ye perceaue that they fle folowe them without all care for God shal delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed Then Achior seynge the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his Heithenish beleue and put his trust in God and let him self be circumcided and so was he nombred amonge the people of Israel he and all his posterite vnto this daye Now as soone as it was