Symon Peter sayde vnto theÌ„ I go a fyshinge They sayde vnto hiÌ„ We also wil go w t the. They weÌ„te out entred into a shippe straight waye And y t same night toke they nothinge But whaÌ„ it was now morow Iesus stode on the shore but his disciples knewe not y t it was Iesus Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ ChildreÌ„ haue ye eny thinge to eate They answered hiÌ„ No. He sayde vnto theÌ„ Cast out the nett on y e right syde of the shippe ye shal fynde TheÌ„ they cast out coulde nomore drawe it for y e multitude of fishes TheÌ„ sayde y e disciple whoÌ„ Iesus loued vnto Peter It is the LORDE Whan Simon Peter herde that is was the LORDE he gyrde his mantell aboute him for he was naked and sprange in to y e see But other disciples came by shippe for they were not farre froÌ„ londe but as it were two hundreth cubytes and they drewe the net with the fiszhes Now whan they were come to londe they sawe coles layed and fysh theron and bred Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Bringe hither of the fyshes that ye haue taken now Symon Peter stepped forth and drew the nett to the londe full of greate fyszhes and hundreth and thre and fyftie And for all there were so many yet was not the net broken Iesus sayde vnto them Come and dyne But none of the disciples durst axe him Who art thou For they knewe that it was the LORDE Then came Iesus and toke y e bred and gaue it theÌ„ and the fyszhe likewyse This is now the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared vnto his disciples after that he was rysen agayne from the deed Now whaÌ„ they had dyned Iesus sayde vnto Symon Peter SymoÌ„ IohaÌ„na louest thou me more then these do He sayde vnto him Yee LORDE thou knowest y t I loue the. He sayde vnto him Fede my laÌ„bes He sayde vnto him agayne the seconde tyme SymoÌ„ IohaÌ„na louest thou me He sayde vnto him Yee LORDE thou knowest y t I loue ye. He sayde vnto him Fede my shepe He saide vnto him y e thirde tyme Symon IohaÌ„na louest thou me Peter was sory because he sayde vnto him louest thou me And he sayde vnto him LORDE thou knowest all thinges thou knowest that I loue ye. Iesus sayde vnto him Fede my shepe Verely verely I saye vnto the Whan thou wast yoÌ„ge thou gerdedst thyselfe and walkedst whither thou woldest But whaÌ„ thou art olde thou shalt stretch forth thy handes and another shal gyrde the and lede the whither thou woldest not But this he sayde to signifye with what death he shulde glorifye God Whan he had spoken this he sayde vnto him Folowe me Peter turned him aboute and sawe the disciple folowinge whom Iesus loued which also leaned vpoÌ„ his brest at the supper and sayde LORDE who is it that betrayeth the WhaÌ„ Peter sawe him he sayde vnto Iesus LORDE but what shal he do Iesus sayde vnto him Yf I wil that he tary tyll I come what is that to the Folowe thou me Then wente there out a sayenge amonge the brethren This disciple dyeth not And Iesus sayde not vnto him He dyeth not but Yf I wil that he tary tyll I come what is that to the This is the same disciple which testifyeth of these thinges and wrote these thinges and we knowe that his testimony is true There are many other thinges also that Iesus dyd which yf they shulde be wrytteÌ„ euery one I suppose the worlde shulde not contayne the bokes that were to be wrytten The ende of the Gospell of S. Ihon. The Actes of the Apostles wrytten by S. Luke the Euangelist What the Actes conteyne Chap. I. The ascension of Christ. Mathias is chosen in the steade of Iudas Chap. II. The commynge of the holy goost The sermon of Peter before the coÌ„gregacion at Ierusalem and the increase of the faithfull Chap. III. The halt is restored to his fete Peter preacheth Christ vnto the people Chap. IIII. The Apostles are takeÌ„ and brought before the councell They are forbydden to preach but they turne them vnto prayer and are more obedient vnto God then vnto men Chap. V. The dyssemblynge of Ananias and Saphira is punyshed Miracles are done by the Apostles which are taken but the angel of God bryngeth them out of preson They are brought before the councell The sentence of Gamaliel The apostles are bett they reioyse in trouble Chap VI. Ministers or deacons are ordened in the congregacion to do seruyce in necessary thinges of the body that the Apostles maye wayte onely vpoÌ„ the worde of God Steuen is accused Chap. VII Steuen maketh answere to his accusacion rebuketh the hardnecked Iues and is stoned vnto death Chap. VIII Saul persecuteth the ChristeÌ„ The Apostles are scatred abrode Philip commeth in to Samaria Simon magus is baptised he dyssembleth Philip baptiseth the chamberlayne Chap. IX Paul is conuerted and confoundeth the Iues â–ª Peter rayseth Tabitha Chap. X. The vision that Peter sawe How he was sent to Cornelius The Heithen also receaue the sprete and are baptised Chap. XI Peter sheweth the cause wherfore he wente to the Heithen Barnabas and Paul preach vnto the Heithen Agabus prophecieth derth for to come Chap. XII Herode persecuteth the christeÌ„ kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in preson whoÌ„ the LORDE delyuereth by an angell The shamefull death of Herode Chap. XIII Paul and Barnabas are called to preach amonge the Heithen â–ª Of Sergius Paulus and Elymas the sorcerar Paul preacheth at Antioche Chap. XIIII Paul and Barnabas preach at Iâ—â—nium some beleue some stere vp sedicion Aâ— Listra they wolde do sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul which refuse it and exorte the people to worshipe the true God Paul is stoned after that commeth he to Derba lystra I conium and to Antioche Chap. XV. Variaunce aboute circumcision The Apostles pacifie the matter at IerusaleÌ„ Paul and Barnabas preach at Antioche Chap. XVI Timothy is circumcised Paul preacheth at Philippos and there is he put in preson Chap. XVII Paul coÌ„meth to Thessalonica where the Iues set the cite on a roore Paul escapeth and commeth to Athens where he preacheth the true and vnknowne God Chap. XVIII Paul preacheth at Corinthum contynuinge there a yeare and a half goeth agayne in to Syria commeth to Ephesus Cesarea and Antioche Of Apollos Aquila and Priscilla Chap. XIX Of the xij men whom Paul baptised at Ephesus and what miracles were done by him Demetrius moueth sedicion in the cite Chap. XX. Paul goeth in to Macedonia and in to Grekelonde At Troas he rayseth vp a deed body At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the congregacion together committeth the kepinge of Gods flocke vnto them warneth theÌ„ for false teachers maketh his prayer with them and departeth to shippe Chap. XXI Pauls iourneye by shippe Of Philippe the EuaÌ„gelist and Agabus the Prophet which warneth Paul not to go to Ierusalem He remayneth stedfast in his purpose and is taken in the
Arodi and Areli The children of Asser Iemna Iesua Iesui Bria Sera their sister The children of Bria Heber and Malchiel These are the children of Silpa whom Laban gaue vnto Lea his doughter and she bare vnto Iacob these sixtene soules The childreÌ„ of Rachel Iacobs wife Ioseph and Ben Iamin And vnto Ioseph in y e lande of Egipte were borne Manasses and Ephraim whom Asnath the doughter of Potiphar prest of On bare vnto him The children of Ben Iamin Bela Becher Asber Gera NaamaÌ„ Ehi Ros Mupim Hupim and Ard. These are the children of Rachel which were borne vnto Iacob fourtene soules alltogether The children of Dan Husim The childreÌ„ of Nephtali Iahzeel Guni Iezer Sillem These are the children of Bilha whom Laban gaue vnto his doughter Rachel she bare Iacob these seuen soules All the soules y t came w t Iacob in to Egipte which proceaded out of his loynes besyde the wyues of his childreÌ„ are alltogether sixe sixtie soules And Iosephs childreÌ„ which were borne vnto him in Egipte were two soules so that all the soules of the house of Iacob which came into Egipte were seuentye And he sent Iuda before him vnto Ioseph to shew him the waye to Gosen they came in to the lande of Gosen Then Ioseph bended his charett fast and wente vp to mete Israel his father vnto Gosen And whan he sawe him he fell aboute his neck wepte sore vpon his neck Then sayde Israel vnto Ioseph Now am I content to dye for so moch as I haue sene thy face that thou art yet alyue Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren to his fathers house I will go vp tell Pharao saye vnto him My brethreÌ„ and my fathers house are come vnto me out of the lande of Canaan and are kepers of catell for they are men that deale with catell their small greate catell and all that they haue haue they brought with them Now yf Pharao call you and saye what is youre occupacioÌ„ then ye shal saye Thy seruauntes are men y t haue dealt w t catell from oure youth vp hytherto both we oure fathers that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosen for the Egipcians abhorre all kepers of catell The XLVII Chapter THen came Ioseph and tolde Pharao sayde My father and my brethren their small greate catell all y t they haue are come out of y e lande of Canaan beholde they are in the lande of Gosen And he toke fyue of his brethren presented them vnto Pharao Then sayde Pharao vnto his brethren What is youre occupacion They answered Thy seruauntes are kepers of catell we and oure fathers also And they sayde morouer vnto Pharao We are come to dwell with you in the lande for y e seruauÌ„tes haue no pasture for their catell so sore doth the derth oppresse the lande of Canaan Now therfore let y e seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosen Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto the the lande of Egipte is open before the let them dwell in the best place of the lande se y t they dwell euen in the lande of Gosen And yf thou knowest that there be men of actiuyte amoÌ„ge theÌ„ make theÌ„ rulers of my catell Ioseph brought in Iacob his father also set him before Pharao And Iacob thanked Pharao But Pharao axed Iacob How olde art thou Iacob sayde The tyme of my pylgremage is an huÌ„dreth and thirtie yeares litle and euell is the tyme of my pilgremage and attayneth not vnto the tyme of my fathers in their pylgremages And Iacob thanked Pharao and weÌ„te out from him So Ioseph prepared dwellinges for his father and his brethren gaue them a possession in the lande of Egipte euen in the best place of the lande namely in the lande of Raemses as Pharao coÌ„maunded And he made prouysion for his father and his brethren and all his fathers house with bred euen as yonge children There was no bred in all the londe for the derth was very sore so y t the lande of Egipte the lande of Canaan were fameshed by y e reason of the derth And Ioseph broughâ— together all the money that was founde in Egipte and Canaan for y e corne that they bought And he layed vp all the money in Pharaos house Now whan money fayled in the lande of Egipte and Canaan all the Egipcians came vnto Ioseph saide Geue vs bred Why suffrest thou vs to dye before y t because weare without money Ioseph saide Brynge hither youre catell so wil I geue you for youre catell seynge ye are without money Then brought they their catell vnto Ioseph And he gaue theÌ„ bred for their horses shepe oxen and Asses So he fed them with bred y t yeare for all their catell Whan y t yeare was ended they came vnto him the next yeare sayde vnto him We wil not hyde it from o r lorde y t not onely the money but all the catell also is spent vnto o r lorde there is nothinge left more for o r lorde but onely o r body oure lande Wherfore suffrest thou both vs to dye and oure londe Take vs and oure laÌ„de for bred that we and oure lande maye be bonde vnto Pharao geue vs sede that we maye lyue and not dye y t the lande become not a wildernesse So Ioseph toke all the lande of Egipte in for Pharao for the Egipcians solde euery man his lande because y e derth was so mightie vpon them and so the loÌ„de became Pharaos with the people that wentâ— out and in at his cities from one syde of Egipte vnto the other excepte the prestes londe that toke he not in For it was ordened of Pharao for the prestes that they shulde eate that which was appoynted them which he gaue them therfore they neded not to sell their londes Then sayde Ioseph vnto the people Beholde I haue taken possession of you and youre lande this daye for Pharao Beholde there haue ye sede sowe the londe and of the corne ye shall geue the fifth parte vnto Pharao foure partes shal be youres to sowe the londe for youre sustenaunce and for youre houses and children They sayde Let vs but lyue fynde grace before the oure lorde we wyl gladly be Pharaos seruauntes So Ioseph made theÌ„ a lawe vnto this daye ouer the Egipcians londe to geue Pharao the fifth parte excepte the prestes londe which was not bonde vnto Pharao So Israel dwelt in Egipte in the londe of Gosen and had it in possession and grew and multiplied exceadingly And Iacob lyued seuentene yeare in the lande of Egipte so that his whole age was an huÌ„dreth and seuen and fourtye yeares Now whan the tyme came that Israel shulde dye he called Ioseph his sonne and sayde vnto him Yf I haue founde grace in thy sight then laye thine honde vnder my â—hye y t thou shalt shewe mercy and
y e Gomor he that gathered moch had not the more and he y t gathered litle wanted nothinge but euery one gathered for himself as moch as he ate And Moses sayde vnto them Let no mā leaue ought therof vntyll the mornynge But they harkened not vnto Moses And some left of it vntill the morninge Then waxed it full of wormes and stanke And Moses was angrie at them And euery mornynge they gathered for them selues as moch as euery one ate but as soone as it was whote of the Sonne it melted awaye And vpon the sixte daye they gathered twyse as moch of bred two Gomors for one And all the rulers of the congregaciō came in and tolde Moses And he sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath sayde Tomorow is the Sabbath of the holy rest of the LORDE loke what ye wil bake that bake and what ye wyll seeth that seeth and that remayneth ouer let it remayne y t it maye be kepte vntyll the mornynge And they let it remayne tyll the morow as Moses commaunded Then stanke it not nether was there eny worme therin Thē sayde Moses Eate that to daye for to daye is y e Sabbath of the LORDE to daye shal ye fynde none in the felde Sixe dayes shall ye gather it but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath wherin there shal be none But vpon the seuenth daye there wente out some of the people to gather and founde nothinge Then sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses How longe refuse ye to kepe my commaundementes and lawes Beholde y e LORDE hath geuen you the Sabbath therfore vpon the sixte daye he geueth you bred for two dayes therfore let euery man now byde at home and no man go forth of his place vpon the seuenth daye So the people rested vpō y e seuenth daye And the house of Israel called it Man and it was like Coriander sede and whyte had a taist like symnels with hony And Moses sayde This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded Fill a Gomor therof to be kepte for youre posterities y t they maye se the bred wherwith I fed you whan I brought you out of y e lande of Egipte And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take a cruse and put a Gomor full of Man therin and laye it vp before the LORDE to be kepte for youre posterities as the LORDE commaunded Moses So Aaron layed it vp there for a testimony to be kepte And the children of Israel ate man fourtye yeares tyll they came vnto a lande where people dwelt euen vntyll they came to y e borders of the lande of Canaan ate they Man A Gomor is the tenth parte of an Epha The XVII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of the children of Israel wēte on their iourneys out of the wyldernes of Sin as the LORDE cōmaunded thē pitched in Raphidim Then had the people no water to drynke And they chode w t Moses sayde Geue vs water y t we maye drynke Moses sayde vnto thē Why chyde ye w t me Wherfore tēpte ye y e LORDE But whan the people thyrsted there for water they murmured agaynst Moses sayde Wherfore hast thou caused vs to come out of Egipte to let vs oure children and oure catell dye of honger Moses cried vnto the LORDE and sayde What shal I do w t this people They are all most ready to stone me The LORDE saide vn to him Go before the people take some of the elders of Israel with y e and take in thine hande thy staff wherwith thou smotest the water and go thy waye Beholde I wyl stonde there before the vpon a rock in Horeb there shalt thou smyte the rocke so shall there water runne out that the people maye drynke Moses dyd so before the elders of Israel Then was that place called Massa Meriba because of the chydinge of the children of Israel and because they tempted y e LORDE and sayde Is the LORDE amonge vs or not Then came Ameleck fought agaynst Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayde vnto Iosua Chose vs out men go out fight against Amaleck tomorow wil I stōde vpō the toppe of the hyll haue y e staff of God in my hande And Iosua dyd as Moses bade him fought agaynst Amalek Moses Aaron Hur wente vp to y e toppe of the hyll And whā Moses helde vp his hāde Israel had the victory but whan he let downe his hande Amalek had the victory But Moses hādes were heuy therfore toke they a stone layed it vnder him that he might syt vpon it And Aaron Hur stayed vp his hādes the one vpon the one syde and the other vpon y e other syde So his handes were stedfast vnto y e Sonne wente downe And Iosua discomfited Amalek his people thorow the edge of the swerde And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Wryte this for a remēbraunce in a boke cōmytte it vnto y e eares of Iosua for I wyll rote out Amalek from vnder heauen so that he shall nomore be remembred And Moses buylded an altare vnto the LORDE and called it The LORDE Nissi for he sayde The battayll of the LORDE shal be agaynst Amalek thorow an hande vnder the defence of God from childe to childes childe The XVIII Chapter ANd whan Iethro y e prest in Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all y t God had done w t Moses his people of Israel how y t the LORDE had brought Israel out of Egipte he toke Zipora Moses wife whom he had sent backe with her two sonnes The one was called Gerson for he saide I am become a straunger in a straunge londe And the other was called Eliaser for he sayde The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde Now whā Iethro Moses father in lawe and his sonnes and his wife came vnto him in the wyldernes by the mount of God where he had pitched his tent he sent worde vnto Moses I Iethro thy father in lawe am come vnto the and y i wife and both hir children with her Then wente Moses forth to mete him and dyd obeysaūce vnto him and kyssed him And whan they had saluted ech other they wente in to the tente Then Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the LORDE had done vnto Pharao and the Egipcians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by y e waye and how the LORDE had delyuered them Iethro reioysed ouer all y e good that the LORDE had done for Israel y t he had delyuered them from the hāde of the Egipcians And Iethro sayde Praysed be the LORDE which hath delyuered you from the hande of the Egipcians and of Pharao and that knoweth how to delyuer his people from the Egipcians hande Now I knowe that the LORDE is greater thē all goddes because they dealt proudly w t them And Iethro toke brent offerynges and
vnto Moses What Him that synneth against me wil I wype out of my boke Go thou y e waye therfore and brynge y e people thither as I haue sayde vnto the Beholde myne angell shall go before the. But in the daye of my visitacion I wyll vyset their synnes vpon them So the LORDE plaged the people because they made y e calfe which Aaron made The XXXIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go departe hence thou and the people whom thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte vnto y e londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde vnto y e sede wil I geue it and I wyl sende an angell before the and cast out the Cananites Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites in to the londe that floweth with mylke and hony for I wyll not go vp with the for thou art an hardnecked people I might consume the by the waye Whan the people herde this euell tydinges they sorowed and no man put on his best rayment And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake vnto the children of Israel Ye are a styfnecked people I must once come sodenly vpon the and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the y t I maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the children of Israel laied their goodly araye from thē euen before the mount Horeb. Moses toke the Tabernacle pitched it without afarre of from y e hoost and called it the Tabernacle of wytnesse And who so euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the hoost And whan Moses wente out vnto the Tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery one in his tent dore and loked after Moses tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle And whan Moses entred in to the Tabernacle the cloudy pyler came downe and stode in the dore of the Tabernacle and he talked with Moses And all the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the dore of the Tabernacle and rose vp and worshiped euery one in his tent dore And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whan he turned agayne to the hoost y e yonge mā Iosua y e sonne of Nun his minister departed not out of y e Tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde thou saydest vnto me Brynge y e people vp and lettest me not knowe whom thou wilt sende w t me yet hast thou sayde I knowe the by name and thou hast founde grace in my sight Let me knowe thy waye therfore wherby I maye be certified y t I fynde grace in thy sight And consydre yet that this people is thy people He sayde My presence shal go before the there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde vnto him Yf thy presence go not then cary vs not vp from hence for wherby shal it be knowne y t I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy sight but in y t thou goest with vs that I thy people maye haue some preemynence before all people that are vpon the face of the earth The LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast foūde grace in my sight and I knowe the by name He sayde Oh let me thē se thy glory And he sayde I wyl cause all my good go ouer before thy face and wyl let the name of y e LORDE be called vpon before the. And I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde morouer Thou mayest not se my face for there shall no mā lyue y t seyth me And y e LORDE sayde farthermore beholde there is a place by me there shalt thou stōde vpon the rocke Now whan my glory goeth forth I wil put y e in a clyfte of y e rocke my hande shal holde styll vpō the tyll I be passed by And whan I take awaye myne hande from the thou shalt se my back partes but my face shal not be sene The XXXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Hew the two tables of stone like as y e first were that I maye wryte in them the wordes y t were in the first tables which thou brakest ▪ and be ready in the mornynge that thou mayest come vp early vnto moūt Sinai and stonde me vpon the toppe of the mount And let no man come vp with the that there be no man sene thorow out all y e mount and let nether shepe ner oxen fede before the mount And Moses hewed two tables of stone like as the first were arose early in the mornynge wente vp vnto mount Sinai as y e LORDE cōmaunded him toke y e two tables of stone in his hāde Thē came the LORDE downe in a cloude And there he stepte vnto him called vpō y e name of y e LORDE And whan y e LORDE passed by before his face he cryed LORDE LORDE God mercifull gracious longe sufferinge and of greate mercy and trueth thou that kepest mercy in stoare for thousandes and forgeuest wickednes trespace and synne before whom there is no man innocent thou that visitest the wickednesse of the fathers vpon y e children and childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion And Moses bowed him self downe vnto the earth and worshiped him and saide LORDE yf I haue founde grace in thy sight thē let the LORDE go with vs for it is an hard necked people that thou mayest haue mercy vpon oure wickednesses and synnes and let vs be thyne inheritaunce And he sayde Beholde I make a couenaunt before all y i people wil do wonders soch as haue not bene done in all londes and amonge all people And all y e people amōge whom thou art shal se y e worke of y e LORDE for a terryble thinge shal it be y t I wyl do w t the. Kepe that I commaunde y e this daye Beholde I wyl cast out before the y e Amorites Cananites Hethites Pheresites Heuytes and Iebusites Bewarre that thou make no couenaunt with the indwellers of the lande y t thou commest in to lest they be cause of y i ruyne in the myddest of the but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe breake downe their goddes and rote out their groaues for thou shalt worshipe no other god For y e LORDE is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agrement with the indwellers of the londe and whan they go a whoringe after their goddes and do sacrifice vnto their goddes they call y e and thou eate of their sacrifice and lest thou take of their doughters vnto thy sonnes to wyues and the same go a whoringe after their goddes make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their goddes also Thou shalt make y e no goddes of metall The feast of swete
and to geue vs y e londe that he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore hath the LORDE commaunded vs to do acordinge vnto all these ordinaunces that we might feare the LORDE oure God that we might prospere all the dayes of oure life as it is come to passe this daye And it shall be righteousnes vnto vs before the LORDE oure God yf we kepe and do all these commaundementes as he hath commaunded vs. The VII Chapter WHan y e LORDE y e God bringeth the in to y e londe where in to thou shalt come to possesse it roteth out manacions before the the Hethites Girgoâ—ites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heâ—ites and Iebusites seueÌ„ nacions which are greater and mightier then thou and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth theÌ„ before y e that thou mayest smyte them thou shalt vtterly destroye them so that thou make no couenaunt with them nor shewe them fauoure and shalt make no mariages with them Ye shall not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes ner take their doughters vnto youre sonnes For they will make youre sonnes departe fro me to serue straunge goddes then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpon you and destroye you shortly But thus shal ye do with them Ye shal ouerthrowe their altares breake downe their pilers cut downe their groues burne their ymages with fyre For thou art an holy people vnto the LORDE thy God The hath the LORDE thy God chosen that thou shuldest be his awne peculier people from amonge all nacions that are vpon the earth It was not because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions â–ª that y e LORDE had lust vnto you and chose you For ye were the leest amonge all nacions but because he loued you and that he mighte kepe the ooth which he sware vnto youre fathers he broughte you out with a mightie haÌ„de and delyuered you froÌ„ the house of bondage out of the hande of Pharao kynge of Egipte Thou shalt vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE thy God is a mightie and true God which kepeth couenaunt and mercy vnto them that loue him and kepe his coÌ„maundementes euen thorow out a thousande generacions And rewardeth them that hate him before his face that he maye destroye them and wyll not be longe in tarienge to rewarde them before his face that hate him Kepe now therfore the commaundementes and ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde the this daye that thou do therafter And yf ye shall heare these lawes and kepe them and do therafter then shal the LORDE thy God also kepe the couenaunt and mercy with the which he sware vnto thy fathers and shal loue the blesse the and multiplye the he shal blesse the frute of y e wombe and the frute of thy londe thy corne wyne and oyle the frute of thy kyne and the frute of thy shepe in the londe that he sware vnto y e fathers to geue the. Blessed shalt thou be aboue all nacions there shal no vnfrutefull personne be in the ner amonge thy catell The LORDE shall put from the all maner of dysease and shal brynge vpon the none of y e euell sicknesses of Egipte which thou hast sene but shall put them vpon all those that hate the. Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. Thine eye shall not spare them and their goddes shalt thou not serue for that shal be thy decaye Yf thou shalt saye in thyne hert These nacioÌ„s are mo then I how caÌ„ I dryue them out Feare them not Remembre what the LORDE thy God did vnto Pharao and to all the Egipcians thorow greate tentacions which thou hast sene with thine eyes thorow tokens and woÌ„ders thorow a mightie hande and a stretched out arme wherwith the LORDE thy God brought the out Euen so shall the LORDE thy God do vnto all y e nacions of whoÌ„ thou art afrayed The LORDE y e God also shal sende hornettes amonge them vntyll they that remayne and hyde them selues from the be destroyed Be not thou afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God is in the myddes of the euen the mightie and fearfull God He euen the LORDE thy God shall rote out the nacions before the by litle and litle Thou canst noâ— consume them at one time y t the beestes of the felde increase not vpon the. The LORDE thy God shall delyuer them before the and shall smite them with a greate slaughter tyll they be destroyed And he shal delyuer their kynges in to thine haÌ„de and thou shalt destroie their names from vnder heauen There shal no man make the resistaunce before the vntyll thou haue destroyed them The ymages of their goddes shalt thou burne with fyre shalt not desyre the syluer or golde that is on them or to take it vnto the that thou snare not thy self therin for it is abhominacion vnto the LORDE y e God Therfore shalt thou not brynge the abhominacion in to thine house y t thou be not damned as it is but shalt vtterly defye it and abhorre it for it is damned The VIII Chapter ALl the commaundementes which I commaunde y e this daye shal ye kepe so y t ye do therafter that ye maye lyue and multiplye and come in and take possession of the lande which y e LORDE sware vnto youre fathers and thynke vpon all y e waie thorow the which the LORDE thy God hath led the this fortye yeares in the wyldernesse that he mighte chasten the and proue the to wete whath were in thyne herte whether thou woldest kepe his comaundemeÌ„tes or no. He chastened the and let the hunger and fed the with Manna which thou and thy fathers knewe not to make the knowe that man lyueth not by bred onely but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of the LORDE Thy clothes are not waxed olde vpon the and thy fete are not swolleÌ„ this fortye yeare Vnderstonde therfore in thine hert that as a man nurtoureth his sonne euen so hath the LORDE thy God nurtured the. Kepe therfore the commaundementes of the LORDE thy God that thou walke in his wayes and feare him For the LORDE thy God bryngeth the in to a good londe A londe where in are ryuers of water fountaynes and sprynges which flowe by the hilles and valleys A londe wherin is wheate barlye vines fygge trees and pomgranates A londe wherin growe Olyue trees and honye A londe where thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenes and where thou shalt lacke nothinge A loÌ„de where y e stones are yron where thou shalt dygge brasse out of hilles That whaÌ„ thou hast eaten and art fylled thou mayest praise the LORDE thy God for that good londe which he hath geuen the. Bewarre now therfore that thou forget not the LORDE thy God that thou woldest not kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde the
hande and with the ende of it he touched the flesh and the vnleuended floure and the fyre came out of the rocke and consumed the flesh and the vnleuended floure And the angell of the LORDE vanyshed out of his sighte Now whā Gedeon sawe that it was an angell of y e LORDE he sayde O LORDE LORDE haue I thus sene an angell of y e LORDE face to face The LORDE sayde vnto him Peace be with the feare not thou shalt not dye Thē Gedeon buylded an altare there vnto y e LORDE called it The LORDE of peace The same stondeth yet vnto this daye at Apra y t belōgeth vnto the father of y e Esrites And in y e same night sayde y e LORDE vnto him Take a fedd bullocke frō amōge thy fathers oxen another bullocke of seuen yeare olde and breake downe the altare of Baall which is thy fathers and cut downe the groue that stondeth by it and buylde thou an altare vnto the LORDE y e God aboue vpon the toppe of this rocke and make it ready and take the other bullocke and offre a burnt offerynge with the wodd of the groue that thou hast hewen downe Then toke Gedeon ten men of his seruauntes and dyd as y e LORDE sayde vnto him but he was afrayed to do this by daye tyme for his fathers house and the people in y e cite and so he dyd it by nighte Now whan the people in the cite rose vp early in the mornynge beholde Baals altare was broken and the groue hewen downe by it and the other bullocke a burnt offerynge vpon the altare that was buylded one sayde vnto another Who hath done this And whan they soughte made searche it was sayde Gedeon the sonne of Ioas hath done it Thē sayde the people of y e cite vnto Ioas Brynge forth y e sonne He must dye because he hath broken Baals altare and hewen downe the groue therby But Ioas sayde vnto all them that stode by him Wyl ye stryue for Baal Wil ye delyuer him He y t stryueth for him shal dye this mornynge Yf he be God let him auēge him selfe because his altare is broken downe From y t daye forth was he called Ierubaal because it was sayde Let Baal auenge him selfe that his altare is broken downe Whan y e Madianites now y e Amalechites the childrē towarde the south had gathered thēselues together were passed thorow Iordane had pitched their tentes in the valley of Iesrael the sprete of the LORDE endued Gedeon he caused the trompet to be blowne called the house of Abieser that they shulde folowe him he sent messaungers vnto all Manasse called them y t they shulde folowe him also and he sent messaungers likewyse vnto Asser Zabulon Nephtali which came vp to mete him And Gedeon sayde vnto God Yf thou wilt delyuer Israel thorow my hande as thou hast saide thē wil I laye a flese of woll in the courte yf y e dew be onely vpon y e flese drye vpon all the grounde then wyll I perceaue that thou shalt delyuer Israel thorow my hande as thou hast sayde And it came so to passe And whan he rose vp early on the morow he wrāge y e dew out of the flese and fylled a dyszshe full of water And Gedeon sayde vnto God Be not wroth at me that I speake yet this one tyme. I wyl proue yet but once with the flese let it be drye onely vpon the flese and dew vpon all the grounde And God dyd so the same nighte so that it was drye onely vpon the flese and dew vpon all the grounde The VII Chapter THen Ierubaal that is Gedeon gat him vp early and all the people that was with him and pitched their tentes besyde the well of Harod so that he had the hoost of the Madianites on the north side behynde the hyll of More in the valley But the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon The people that be with y t are to many for me to delyuer Madian in to their hande lest Israel boost them selues agaynst me and saye My hande hath delyuered me Cause a proclamacion now to be made in the eares of the people and saye He that feareth and is afrayed let him turne backe and get him soone fro mount Gilead Then returned there of the people aboute a two and twenty thousande so that there was left but ten thousande And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon The people are yet to many brynge them downe to the water there wyl I proue them for y e and of whom I saye that he shal go w t the the same shal go with the but of whō I saie that he shal not go with the the same shall not go And he broughte the people vnto y e water And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon Whosoeuer licketh of the water with his tūge as a dogg licketh make him stonde asyde and lykewyse who soeuer falleth downe vpō his knees to drynke Then was the nombre of them that had licked out of the hande to the mouth thre hundreth men And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon Thorow the thre hūdreth which haue licked wyl I delyuer you and geue ouer the Madianites in to thy hāde As for the other people let them go euery one vnto his place And they toke vytayles with them for y e people and their trompettes but the other Israelites let he go euery one vnto his tente And he strengthed himselfe with the thre hundreth men and the Madianites hoost laye before him beneth in the valley And the same night sayde the LORDE vnto him Vp and go downe in to the hoost for I haue geuen them ouer in to thy hande But yf thou be afrayed to go downe then let y e seruaunt Pura go downe with the vnto the hoost y t thou maiest heare what they saie after that shalt thou be bolde and thy honde stronge that thou mayest go downe in to the hoost Than wente Gedeon downe with his seruaunt vnto y e vttemost parte of y e watchmē of armes y t were in y e hoost And y e Madianites and Amalechites and all the children of the south had layed them selues beneth in the valley as a multitude of greshoppers and their Camels were not to be nombred for multitude euē as the sonde on y e see shore Now whan Gedeon came beholde one tolde another his dreame sayde Beholde I haue dreamed a dreame Me thoughte a bakē barlye lofe came rollinge downe to y e hoost of y e Madianites and whan it came to the tente it smote it and ouerthrew it and turned it vpsyde downe so that the tente fell Then answered the other That is nothinge els then y e swerde of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas y e Israelite God hath geuē ouer the Madianites with all the hoost in to his hande Whan Gedeon herde this dreame tolde the interpretacion of
hir huszbande I wil not go vp tyll y e childe be weened then will I brynge him that he maye appeare before the LORDE and coÌ„tynue there for euer Elcana hir huszbande sayde vnto her TheÌ„ do as thou thynkest best tary tyll thou haue weened him but the LORDE perfourme that he hath spoken So the woman abode and gaue hir sonne sucke tyll she weened him And whan she had weened him she broughte him vp with her with thre bullockes with an Ephi of fyne floure and a bottell of wyne and broughte him in to y e house of the LORDE at Silo. Neuertheles the childe was yet but yonge And they slewe a bullocke and broughte the childe vnto Eli. And she sayde O my lorde as truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde I am the woman that stode here by y e and made intercession vnto the LORDE whan I prayed for this childe Now hath y e LORDE graunted me my peticion which I desyred of him therfore haue I geuen him ouer vnto the LORDE as longe as he is lent vnto the LORDE And they worshipped y e LORDE there The II. Chapter ANd Anna prayed and sayde My hert reioyseth in the LORDE my horne is exalted in the LORDE My mouth is opened wyde vpoÌ„ myne enemies for I am glad of thy saluacion There is no man holy as the LORDE for without the is nothinge and there is no coÌ„forte like vnto oure God Let go yo r greate boostinge of hye thynges let go out of youre mouth that olde byworde for the LORDE is a God y t knoweth all thinges he hath set all workes in order The bowe of the mightie is broken and the weake are gyrded aboute with strength They that were fylled afore are solde for bred and they that were hongrie are satisfied vntyll the baren bare seuen and tyll she that had many childreÌ„ was become weake The LORDE slayeth and geueth life he ledeth vnto hell and bryngeth out agayne The LORDE maketh poore and maketh riche He bryngeth lowe and exalteth He taketh vp the neady out of the dust and lifteth vp y e poore out of the myre that he maye set them amonge the prynces and to let them inheret the seate of honoure for the foundacions and corners of the worlde are the LORDES and he hath set the compase of the earth theron He shall preserue the fete of his sayntes but y e vngodly shal be put to syleÌ„ce in darcnesse For there is no maÌ„ that can do oughte of his owne power The LORDES enemies shal be put in feare before him he shal thoÌ„der vpoÌ„ theÌ„ in heaueÌ„ The LORDE shall iudge the endes of the worlde shal geue streÌ„gth vnto his kynge shall exalte the horne of his anoynted Elcana wente his waye to Ramath vnto his house And the childe became the LORDES mynister before Eli the prest But Elis sonnes were the childreÌ„ of Belial and knewe not the LORDE ner the dutye of the prestes vnto the people but whan eny man wolde offre oughte the prestes boye came whyle the flesh was seethinge and had a thre forked fleshoke in his hande and thrust it in to the cauldron or ketell or panne or pot and loke what he drue forth with the fleshoke that toke the prest therof Thus dyd they vnto all Israel â–ª which came thither vnto Silo. Like wyse or euer they burned the fatt the prestes lad came and sayde vnto him that broughte the offerynge Geue me the flesh that I maye roste it for the prest for he wyl receaue no sodden flesh of y e but rawe Yf eny man sayde then vnto him Let the fat burne as it oughte to do this daye and afterwarde take what thine hert desyreth then sayde he vnto him Thou shalt geue it me euen now yf no I wyll take it from the by violeÌ„ce Therfore was the synne of y e childreÌ„ very greate before the LORDE for y e people spake euell of y e meat offerynge of y e LORDE But Samuel was a mynister before the LORDE and the childe was gyrded with an ouer body cote of lynnen His mother also made him a litle cote of sylke and broughte it vp vnto him at coÌ„uenient tymes whaÌ„ she wente vp with hir huszbande to offer y e offerynge in due season And Eli blessed Elcana his wife and sayde The LORDE geue the sede of this woman for this good that thou hast lent vnto the LORDE And they weÌ„te vnto their place And the LORDE vysited Anna so that she coÌ„ceaued and bare thre sonnes and two doughters but the childe Samuel grewe vp with the LORDE As for Eli he was very olde and herde of all that his sonnes dyd vnto all Israel and how they laye with the wâ—men that serued God before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and he sayde vnto them wherfore do ye this For I heare of youre euell conuersacion of all this people Not so my childreÌ„ this is no good reporte that I heare ye cause the people of the LORDE to offende Yf eny maÌ„ synne agaynst a man the iudge caÌ„ redresse it But yf eny maÌ„ synne agaynst y e LORDE who can redresse it Neuertheles they herkened not vnto the voyce of their father for the LORDES wyll was to slaye them But the childe Samuel wente and grewe vp was accepted of the LORDE of meÌ„ There came a man of God to Eli and sayde vnto him Thus sayeth the LORDE I shewed my selfe vnto thy fathers house whan they were yet in Egipte vnder y e house of Pharao and chose him there vnto my selfe before all the trybes of Israel for the presthode that he shulde offer vpon myne altare and burne incense and weere the ouerbody cote before me and vnto thy fathers house I gaue all the offeringes of the children of Israel Why layest thou thy selfe then agaynst my sacrifices and meat offeringes which I commaunded to offer in the habitacion and thou honourest thy sonnes more then me that ye mighte fede youre selues with the firstlinges of all the meat offerynges of my people of Israel Therfore sayeth the LORDE God of Israel I haue spoken that thy house and thy fathers house shulde walke before me for euer But now sayeth the LORDE That be farre fro me But who so euer honoureth me him wil I hono r also as for those y t despyse me they shal not be regarded Beholde the tyme shal come that I wyll breake thyne arme in two and the arme of thy fathers house so that there shal no oldeman be in thy house And thou shalt se thine aduersaries in the habitacion in all the good of Israel and there shal neuer be olde man in thy fathers house Yet wyll I not rote out euery man of the fro myne altare but y t thyne eyes maye be consumed that y e soule maye be sory a greate multitude of thy house shal dye whan they are come to be men And this shal be a token
I ▪ Adonias seketh his fathers kyngdome Salomon is ordeyned kynge Chap. II. Dauid before his death exhorteth Salomō to godlynes Adonias Ioab and Semei are put to death Abiathar is deposed from the presthode Chap. III. Salomō optayneth wyszdome of God The wise sentence of Salomon betwene the two wemen that stroue for the childe Chap. IIII. The descripcion of Salomons kyngdome and of his wyszdome Chap. V. Hiram the kinge of Tyre sendeth Salomon connynge craftesmen to buylde the Temple Chap. VI. The descripcion of the time whā Salomon beganne to buylde the Temple and how it was buylded Chap. VII Salomon buyldeth himselfe an house of the tymber of mount Libanus Chap. VIII The Arke of the LORDE is brought in to Salomons temple The thankesgeuynge and prayer of Salomon Chap. IX The LORDE appeareth vnto Salomon which geueth Hiram twenty cities c. Chap. X. Quene Saba hearynge of Salomons wyszdome commeth to Ierusalem Chap. XI Salomon displeaseth God with the loue of Heythenysh wemen God deuydeth his kyngdome he dyeth Chap. XII Roboam foloweth yonge councell and maketh the people to cleue to Ieroboam which setteth vp Idolatry with the two golden calues Chap. XIII Ieroboam despiseth the prophet of the LORDE is punyshed receaued to grace agayne A Lyon slayeth the dishobedient prophet Chap. XIIII Ieroboam dyeth his sonne Nadab is kynge Of Roboams dominion Chap. XV. Abia reigneth in Iuda after hī reigneth Asa which hath warre with Baasa the kynge of Israel After him reigneth Iosaphath and Baesa dyeth Chap. XVI Ella reigneth in steade of his father Baesa Simri slayeth him and taketh the kyngdome The people are deuided Achab is kynge Chap. XVII A greate drouth derth in Elias tyme. The LORDE fedeth him thorow the Rauens and by the wedowe at Sarepta Chap. XVIII Elias commeth agayne vnto Achab. All Baals prestes are slayne Chap. XIX Iesebel threateneth Elias he flieth and is fed and strengthed by the angell The LORDE talketh with him vpon mount Horeb ▪ Eliseus is called Chap. XX. Benadab the kynge of Siria fighteth agaynst Samaria and Israel is ouercome and discomfited Chap. XXI Achab oppresseth Naboth for his vynyarde Elias rebuketh him Chap. XXII Iosaphat ande Achab helpe one another to fighte The prophet Micheas warueth them The first Chapter ANd whā kinge Dauid was olde well stryckē in age he coulde not be warme though he was couered with clothes Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him Let vs seke a yonge damsell a virgin for oure lorde the kynge to stonde before the kynge and to norish him to slepe in his armes and to warme oure lorde the kynge And they sought a fayre dāsell in all the coastes of Israel and founde Abisag of Sunem and brought her vnto y e kynge And she was a very fayre damsell and noryshed y e kynge and serued him Howbeit the kynge knewe her not Adonias y e sonne of Hagith lifte vp him selfe and sayde I wyl be kynge And he prepared him charettes and horsmen and fyftie men to be renners on fote before him And his father reproued hī not therfore so moch as to saye Wherfore doest thou so And he was a man of a very fayre bewtye and he had begotten him nexte after Absalō And his matter stode by Ioab y e sonne of Zeru Ia and by Abiathar the prest which helped Adonias But Sadoc the prest and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and Nathan the prest and Semei and Rei and Dauids Worthies were not with Adonias And whā Adonias offred shepe and oxē and fat catell besyde the stone of Soheleth which lyeth by the well of Rogel he called all his brethrē the kynges sonnes and all the men of Iuda the kynges seruaūtes But the prophet Nathan and Benaia and the Worthies and his brother Salomon called he not Then sayde Nathan vnto Bethseba Salomons mother Hast thou not herde y t Adonias is kynge and oure lorde Dauid knoweth not therof Come now therfore I wyll geue the councell that thou mayest delyuer thy soule and the soule of thy sonne Salomon Come now and go in to kinge Dauid and saye vnto him Hast not thou my lorde the kynge sworne and sayde vnto thy handmayden Salomon thy sonne shall be kynge after me and he shall sytt vpon my seate Why is then Adonias made kynge Beholde while thou art yet there and talkest with the kynge I wyll come in after the and tell forth thy tayle And Bethseba wente in to the kynge to y e chamber And the kynge was very olde And Abisag of Sunem serued the kynge And Bethseba bowed hirselfe and worshipped the kynge The kynge sayde What wilt thou She sayde vnto him My lorde Thou hast sworne vnto thy handmayde by the LORDE thy God Thy sonne Salomon shall be kynge after me and syt vpon my seate But now lo Adonias is kynge and my lorde the kynge knoweth it not He hath offred oxen and fat catell and many shepe and hath called all the kynges sonnes and Abiathar the prest and Ioab the chefe captayne But thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not bydden Neuertheles thou my lorde art kynge the eyes of all Israel loke vnto the. that thou shuldest shewe them who shall syt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after the. And whā my lorde the kynge slepeth with his fathers then shal I and my sonne Salomon be fayne to be synners But whyle she yet spake to the kynge the prophet Nathan came and she tolde y e kinge beholde there is the prophet Nathan And whan he came in before the kynge he worshipped the kynge vpon his face to the grounde and sayde My lorde O kynge hast thou saide Adonias shal be kinge after me syt vpō my seate For he is gone downe this daye and hath offred oxen and fat catell hath called all the kynges sonnes and the captaynes and the prest Abiathar And beholde they eate and drynke before him and saye God saue the kynge Adonias But me thy seruaunt and Sadoc the prest and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and thy seruaunt Salomon hath he not called Hath my lorde the kynge commaunded this and not certifyed his seruauntes who shall sytt vpon the seate of my lorde the kynge after him The kinge answered and saide Call Bethseba vnto me And she came in before the kinge And whan she stode before the kynge the kynge sware and sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth which hath delyuered my soule out of trouble I wyl do vnto the this daye euen as I sware vnto the by the LORDE the God of Israel so that Salomon thy sonne shal be kynge after me and he shal sit pon my seate in my steade Then Bethseba bowed hir selfe with hir face to the grounde and thanked the kynge and sayde God saue my lorde kynge Dauid for euermore And the kynge sayde Call me the prest Sadoc the prophet Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada And whan they came in before the kynge the kynge sayde vnto them Take youre lordes seruauntes
called the cite which he buylded after y e name of Semer y e owner of y e mount of Samaria And Amri dyd that which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE and was worse then all they that were before him and walked in all y e wayes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities What more there is to saye of Amri all that he dyd and his power that he exercysed beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Amri slepte with his fathers was buried in Samaria and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge ouer Israel raigned ouer Israel at Samaria two twentie yeare dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE more thē all they y t were before him And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife and wente and serued Baal and worshiped him And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in Baals house which he buylded him in Samaria and made a groue so that Achab dyd more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath then all the kynges y t were before him in Israel At y e same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde Iericho It cost him his first sonne Abiram y t he layed y e foundacion his yongest sonne Segub y t he set vp the portes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XVII Chapter ANd Elias y e Theszbite one of the inhabiters of Gilead saide vnto Achab As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth whose seruaunt I am there shal nether rayne ner dew come this yeare excepte I speake it And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him and sayde Get the hence and turne the towarde the east and hyde the bythe ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane and thou shalt drynke of the ryuer and I haue commaunded the rauens that they shal fede the there He departed and dyd acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and wente his waye and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane And the rauēs broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge and in the euenynge and he dranke of the ryuer And it fortuned after cerayne dayes that the riuer was dryed vp for there was no rayne in the lōde Then came y e worde of y e LORDE vnto him and sayde Get y e vp and go vnto Sarepta which lieth by Sidō for there haue I commaunded a wedowe to make prouysion for the. And he gat him vp and wente vnto Sarepta And whan he came to the gate of y e cite beholde the wedowe was there and gathered stickes And he called her and sayde Fetch me a litle water in a vessell y t I maye drinke And as she was goinge to fetch it he cried vnto her sayde Brynge me a morsell of bred also in thine hande She sayde As truly as the LORDE y e God lyueth I haue no bred but an handfull of floure in a pitcher a curtesy oyle in a cruse and beholde I haue gathered vp one or two stickes wyll go and prepare it for me and my sonne that we maye eate and dye Elias sayde vnto her Feare not go thy waye do as thou hast sayde yet make me first a morsell of bred therof brynge it me forth afterwarde shalt thou make it for y e thy sonne For thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent the oyle in y e cruse shall not fayll vnto the daye y t the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpō earth She wente dyd as Elias sayde And he ate she also and hir house a certayne season The meel in the pitcher was not mynished and the oyle in the cruse fayled not acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake by Elias And after these actes the sonne of the wife of y e house was sicke and his sicknes was so exceadinge sore that there remayned no breth in him And she sayde vnto Elias What haue I to do with the thou man of God Art thou come in vnto me y t my synne shulde be kepte in remembraunce that my sonne shulde be slayne He sayde vnto her Geue me thy sonne And he toke him frō hir lappe caried him vp in to y e chamber where he himselfe dwelt and layed him vpō his bed called vpon the LORDE and sayde O LORDE my God hast thou dealt so euell w t the wedow with whom I dwell y t thou woldest slaye hir sonne And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes called vpon the LORDE and saide O LORDE my God let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him And the LORDE herde the voyce of Elias And the soule of the childe came agayne vnto him he reuyued And Elias toke the childe and broughte him downe from the chamber in to the house and delyuered him vnto his mother and sayde Beholde thy sonne lyueth And the woman sayde vnto Elias Now knowe I that thou are a man of God that the worde of the LORDE is in thy mouth of a trueth The XVIII Chapter ANd after a longe season came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare sayde Go thy waye shewe y e selfe vnto Achab y t I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth ī Samaria And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer As for Abdia he feared y e LORDE greatly for whā Iesabel roted out y e prophetes of y e LORDE Abdia toke an C. prophetes and hyd them in caues here fiftye there fiftye prouyded for them w t bred and water Achab now sayde vnto Abdia Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water ryuers yf happlye we maye finde hay to saue y e horses mules y t all the catell perishe not And they parted thē selues in to the londe to go thorow it Achab departed the one waye alone and Abdia y e other waye alone Now whan Abdia was on y e waye Elias met him And whan he knewe him he fell downe vpon his face sayde Art not thou my lorde Elias He sayde yee go thy waye and tell y e lorde beholde Elias is here But he sayde What haue I offended that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab that he maye slaye me As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth there is no people ner kingdome but my lorde hath sent
y e LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but allwaye euell namely Micheas the sonne of Iemla Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so And the kynge of Israel called one of his chamberlaynes sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla And the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda sat either of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes Euen in the place at the dore of the porte of Samaria sat they and all y e prophetes prophecied before them And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at the Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead and thou shalt prospere and y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas spake vnto him and sayde Beholde y e wordes of the prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde I praye the be as one of theirs and speake thou good also But Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth loke what my God sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shulde we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to the battayll or shulde we let it alone He saide Go vp and ye shal prospere It shal be geuē you in youre handes But y e kynge sayde vnto him I charge y e yet agayne that thou tell me nothinge but y e trueth in the name of the LORDE Then saide he I sawe all Israel scatered abrode vpō the mountaynes as the shepe y t haue no shepherde And the LORDE sayde Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Thē sayde the kynge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Dyd not I tell the y t he wolde prophecie me no good but euell And he sayde Therfore heare ye the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stondinge at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE sayde Wo wyll disceaue Achab the kynge of Israel that he maye go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And whan one sayde thus another so there came forth a sprete and stode before y e LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes And he sayde Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go thy waye and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuen a false sprete in the mouth of all these thy prophetes and the LORDE hath spokē euell agaynst the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde Which waye is the sprete of y e LORDE departed fro me to speake thorow the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it whan thou commest in to y e ynmost chamber to hyde the. But the kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne w t Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the sonne of Melech and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him w t bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas saide Yf thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde Herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And y e kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come to the battayll in thine araye And y e kynge of Israel chaunged his rayment came in to the battayll But the kynge of Syria had commaunded the rulers of his charettes Ye shal fighte nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel Now whan the rulers of the charrettes sawe Iosaphat they thoughte It is y e kynge of Israel and they wēte aboute to fighte agaynst him But Iosaphat cryed and the LORDE helped him And God turned them from him for whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kynge of Israel they turned back from him But a certayne man bended his bowe harde shot the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and the longes Thē sayde he vnto his charet man Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And the battayll was sore the same daye And the kynge of Israel stode vpon his charet agaynst the Syrians vntyll the euenynge and dyed whā the Sonne wente downe The XIX Chapter BVt Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace vnto Ierusalem And Iehu y e sonne of Hanani the Seer wēte forth to mete him sayde vnto kynge Iosaphat Shuldest thou so helpe the vngodly and loue them that hate the LORDE And for this cause is y e wrath vpō the from the LORDE neuertheles there is some good founde in the that thou hast put the groues out of the londe and hast prepared thine hert to seke God So Iosaphat abode at Ierusalem And he wente agayne amonge the people from Berseba vnto moūt Ephraim and broughte them agayne to the LORDE God of their fathers And he set Iudges thorow out the londe in all the stronge cities of Iuda and a certayne in euery cite And sayde vnto the Iudges Take hede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgment of man but of the LORDE and he is with you in iudgmēt therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with you and bewarre and do it for with the LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes ner respecte of personnes ner acceptinge of giftes And at Ierusalem dyd Iosaphat ordeyne certayne of the Leuites and prestes and of the awnciēt fathers of Israel for y e iudgment of the LORDE and ouer the matter of the lawe and caused them to dwell at Ierusalem and commaunded them and sayde Se that ye do thus in the feare of the LORDE in faithfulnes in a perfect hert In all causes that come vnto you from youre brethren which dwell in their cities betwene bloude and bloude betwene lawe and commaundement betwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shal enforme them y t they synne not against the LORDE and so the wrath to come vpon you and youre brethren Do thus and ye shal not offende Beholde Amaria the prest is chefe ouer you in all causes of y e LORDE so is Sabadia the sonne of Ismael prynce in the house of Iuda in all the kynges matters Ye haue officers likewyse the Leuites before you Take a good corage vnto you and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the good The XX. Chapter AFter this came the childrē of Moab the children of Ammon and certayne of Amanim w t them to fighte against Iosaphat And they came and tolde Iosaphat and sayde There cōmeth a greate multitude agaynst the
prepared agaynst the tyme of trouble agaynst the tyme of batell warre By what waye is the light parted the heate dealt out vpon earth Who deuydeth the abundauÌ„ce of waters in to ryuers or who maketh a waye for the stormy wether y t it watereth moystureth y e drye baren grounde to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth in the wildernes where no maÌ„ remayneth Who is the father of rayne Or who hath begotten the droppes of dew Out of whose woÌ„be came the yse who hath gendred the coldnes of y e ayre y t the waters are as harde as stones lye congeeled aboue the depe Hast thou brought y e vij starres together Or art thou able to breake the Circle of heaueÌ„ CaÌ„st thou bringe forth the mornynge starre or the euenynge starre at coÌ„uenient tyme coÌ„ueye theÌ„ home agayne Knowest thou the course off heaueÌ„ y t thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce therof vpoÌ„ earth Morouer caÌ„st thou lift vp thy voyce to y e cloudes y t they maye poure downe a greate rayne vpoÌ„ the Canst thou thoÌ„dre also y t they maye go their waye be obedieÌ„t vnto the sayeÌ„ge lo here are we Who geueth sure wisdome or stedfast vnderstoÌ„dinge who nombreth the cloudes in wisdome who stilleth y e vehement waters of the heaueÌ„ who turneth the clottes to dust theÌ„ to be clottes agayne Huntest thou the praye froÌ„ the Lyon or fedest thou his whelpes lyeÌ„ge in their deÌ„nes lurkinge in their couches who prouydeth meate for the rauen wheÌ„ his yonge ones crie vnto God aÌ„d fle aboute for want of meate Chap. XXXIX KNowest thou the tyme when the wilde gotes briÌ„ge forth their yoÌ„ge amoÌ„ge the stony rockes Or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to fawne Rekenest thou the moneth as after they ingendre y t thou knowest the tyme of their bearinge Or when they lye downe when they cast their yonge ones when they are delyuered off their trauayle payne How their yoÌ„ge ones growe vp waxe greate thorow good fedinge who letteth the wilde asse go fre or who lowseth the boÌ„des of the Moole Vnto whoÌ„ I haue geuen the wyldernes to be their house the vntilled londe to be their dwellinge place That they maye geue no force for the multitude off people in the cities nether to regarde the crienge of the dryuer but to seke their pasture aboute the mouÌ„taynes to folowe vpon the grene grasse Wyll the vnicorne be so tame as to do y e seruyce or to abyde still by thy criâ—be CaÌ„st thou bynde y e yock aboute him in thy forowes to make him plowe after the in y e valleis Mayest thou trust hiÌ„ because he is stroÌ„ge or coÌ„mitte thy labo r vnto hiÌ„ Mayest thou beleue hiÌ„ y t he wil briÌ„ge home y e corne or to cary eny thinge vnto y e barne The Estrich whose fethers are fayrer theÌ„ y e wynges of the sparow hauke wheÌ„ he hath layed his egges vpon the grounde he bredeth them in the dust and forgetteth them so that they might be troden with fete or broken with somme wilde beast So harde is he vnto his yong ones as though they were not his and laboureth in vayne without eny feare And that because God hath taken wisdome from him hath not geuen him vnderstondinge When his tyme is he flyeth vp an hye and careth nether for horse ner man Hast thou geuen the horse is strength or lerned him to bowe downe his neck with feare that he letteth him self be dryuen forth like a greshopper where as the stoute neyenge that he maketh is fearfull he breaketh y e grounde with the hoffes of his fete chearfully in his strength and runneth to mete the harnest men He layeth asyde all feare his stomack is not abated nether starteth he a back for eny swerde Though the quyuers rattle vpon him though the speare and shilde glistre yet russheth he in fearsly and beateth vpon the grounde He feareth not the noyse of the trompettes but as soone as he heareth the shawmes blowe tush sayeth he for he smelleth the batell afarre of y e noyse the captaynes and the shoutinge Commeth it thorow thy wysdome that the goshauke flyeth towarde the south Doth the Aegle mounte vp make his nest on hye at thy commaundement He abydeth in the stony rockes aÌ„d vpon the hye toppes of harde mountaynes where no man can come From thence maye he beholde his praye and loke farre aboute with his eyes His yonge ones are fed with bloude and where eny deed body lyeth there is he immediatly Morouer God spake vnto Iob and sayde Can he that stryueth with the Allmightie be at rest Shulde not he which disputeth with God geue him an answere Iob answered the LORDE sayenge Beholde I am to vyle a personne to answere the therfore will I laye my hande vpon my mouth Once or twyse haue I spoken but I will saye nomore The XL. Chapter THen spake the LORDE vnto Iob out of the storme and sayde gyrde vp y e loynes like a man and tell me the thiÌ„ge that I will axe the. Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment Or wilt thou condemne me y t thou thy self mayest be made rightuous Is thine arme then like the arme of God Maketh thy voyce soch a souÌ„de as his doth Then arme thy self with thine owne power vp decke the in thy ioly araye poure out the indignacion of thy wrath se that thou cast downe all y e proude loke well that thou makest all soch as be stubburne to obeye treade all the vngodly vnder thy fete cast theÌ„ downe in to the myre and couer their faces with darcknesse Then will I confesse also that thyne owne right honde hath saued the. Beholde the cruell beaste whom I made w t the which eateth haye as an oxe lo how stronge he is in his loynes and what power he hath in the nauell of his body He spredeth out his tale like a Cedre tre all his vaynes are stiff His shynnes are like pipes off brasse his rygge bones are like staues of yroÌ„ First when God made him he ordened the wyldernesse for him y t the mountaynes shulde geue him grasse where all the beastes off the felde take their pastyme He lyeth amoÌ„ge the redes in the Mosses the fennes hyde him with their shadowe and the wylowes of the broke couer him rounde aboute Lo without eny laboure might he drynke out the whole floude and suppe off Iordane without eny trauayle Who darre laye honde vpon him openly and vndertake to catch him Or who darre put an hoke thorow his nose aÌ„d laye a snare for him Darrest thou drawe out Leuiathan with an angle or bynde his tonge with a snare Canst thou put a rynge in the nose of him or bore his chaftes thorow with a naule Wyll he make many fayre wordes with the thynkest thou or flatre the Wyll he make a couenaunt with the Or art thou able
What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen His soule shall dwell at ease and his sede shall possesse the londe The secrete of the LORDE is amonge them that feare him and he sheweth them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto the LORDE for he shal plucke my fete out of y e nett Turnethe vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my herte are greate O brynge me out of my troubles Loke vpon my aduersite and misery and forgeue me all my synnes Considre how myne enemies are many and beare a malicious hate agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let innocency and righteuous dealinge wayte vpon me for my hope is in the. Delyuer Israel O God out of all his trouble The XXV A psalme of Dauid BE thou my iudge O LORDE for I walke innocently my trust is in the LORDE therfore shall I not fall Examen me O LORDE and proue me trie out my reynes and my hert For thy louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes and I walke in thy trueth I syt not amoÌ„ge vayne personnes and haue no fellishipe with the disceatfull I hate the congregacion of the wicked and I will not syt amonge the vngodly I waszshe my hondes with innocency O LORDE and so go I to thine aulter That I maye shewe the voyce of thy prayse and tell of all thy wonderous workes LORDE I loue the habitacion of thy house and y e place where thy honoure dwelleth O destroye not my soule with the synners ner my life with the bloud thurstie In whose hondes is wickednesse and their right honde is full of giftes But as for me I will walke innocently O delyuer me and be mercifull vnto me My fote stondeth right I wil prayse the O LORDE in the congregacions The XXVI A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my light and my health whom then shulde I feare the LORDE is the strength of my life for whom theÌ„ shulde I be afrayed Therfore when the wicked euen myne enemies my foes came vpon me to eate vp my flesh they stombled and fell Though an hoost of men were layed agaynst me yet shal not my hert be afrayed and though there rose vp warre against me yet wil I put my trust in him One thinge haue I desyred of the LORDE which I wil requyre namely that I maye dwell in the house of the LORDE all the dayes of my life to beholde the fayre beutie of the LORDE and to vyset his temple For in the tyme of trouble he hath hyde me in his tabernacle yee in the secrete place of his dwellinge hath he kepte and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And now hath he lift vp my heade aboue myne enemies that coÌ„passed me rounde aboute Therfore wil I offre in his dwellinge the oblacion of thaÌ„kesgeuynge I wil both synge speake prayses vnto the LORDE HerkeÌ„ vnto my voyce O LORDE when I crie vnto the haue mercy vpon me heare me My hert speaketh vnto the my face seketh the yee LORDE thy face wil I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me cast not thy seruaunt of in displeasure Thou art my succoure leaue me not nether forsake me O God my Sauioure For my father and my mother haue forsaken me but the LORDE hath taken me vp Shewe me thy waye O LORDE and lede me in the right path because of myne enemies Delyuer me not in to the wylles of myne aduersaries for there are false wytnesses rysen vp against me and they ymagyn myschefe Neuerthelesse I beleue verely to se the goodnesse of the LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge O tary thou y e LORDES leysure be stronge let thine hert be of good comforte and wayte thou still for the LORDE The XXVII A psalme of Dauid UNto the wil I crie o my stronge defence thinke no scorne of me lest yf thou make the as though thou herdest not I become like them that go downe in to y e pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticion when I crie vnto the and holde vp my hondes towarde thy holy temple O plucke me not awaye amonge the vngodly and wicked doers which speake frendly to their neghboure but ymagin myschefe in their hertes Rewarde them acordinge to their dedes and wickednesse of their owne inuencions Recompense them after y e workes of theiâ—â—â—des paye them that they haue deserued For they regarde not the workes of the LORDE ner the operacion of his haÌ„des therfore shal he breake them downe and not buylde them vp Praysed be y e LORDE for he hath herde the voyce of my humble peticioÌ„ The LORDE is my streÌ„gth and my shylde my herte hoped in him I am helped therfore my hert dauÌ„seth for ioye and I will synge prayses vnto him The LORDE is the strength of his people he is the defender and Sauioure of his anoynted O helpe thy people geue thy blessynge vnto thy enheritaunce fede them and set them vp for euer The XXVIII A psalme of Dauid AScrybe vnto the LORDE o ye mightie ascribe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Geue the LORDE the honoure of his name bowe youre selues to the holy magesty of the LORDE It is the LORDE that commaundeth the waters It is the glorious God that maketh y e thonder it is the LORDE y t ruleth the see The voyce of the LORDE is mightie in operacion the voyce of the LORDE is a glorious voyce The voyce of the LORDE breaketh the Cedrâ— trees yee the LORDE breaketh the Ceders of Libanus He maketh them to skippe like a calfe Libanus and Sirion like a yonge vnycorne The voyce of the LORDE deuideth the flames of fyre the voyce of the LORDE shaketh the wildernesse yee the LORDE shaketh the wildernesse of Cades The voyce of the LORDE moueth y e hyndes discouereth the thicke buszshes in his temple shal euery man speake of his honoure The LORDE stilleth the water floude y e LORDE remayneth a kynge for euer The LORDE shall geue power vnto his people the LORDE shal geue his people the blessynge of peace The XXIX A psalme of Dauid I Wil magnifie y e O LORDE for thou hast set me vp not suffred my foes to triuÌ„phe ouer me O LORDE my God I cried vnto the and thou hast healed me Thou LORDE hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kepte my life where as they go downe to the pytte Synge prayses vnto the LORDE o ye sayntes of his geue thankes vnto him for a remembraunce of his holynesse For his wrath endureth but the twincklinge of an eye and his pleasure is in life heuynesse maye well endure for a night but ioye commeth in the mornynge As forme wheÌ„ I was in prosperite I sayde Tush I shal neuer fall more And why
are cast downe are not able to stoÌ„de The XXXVI A psalme of Dauid FRett not thy self at the vngodly be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers For they shall soone be cut downe like y e grasse be wythered euen as y e grene herbe Put thou thy trust in y e LORDE be doinge good so shalt thou dwell in the londe verely it shal fede the. Delyte thou in the LORDE he shal geue the thy hertes desyre CoÌ„mitte thy waye vnto y e LORDE set thy hope in him and he shal brynge it to passe Yee he shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light thy iust dealinge as the noone daye Holde the still in y e LORDE and abyde pacieÌ„tly vpon him but greue not thy self at one that hath prosperite and lyueth in abhominacion Leaue of from wrath let go displeasure let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell For wâ—â—ed doers shal be roted out but they that pacieÌ„tly abyde the LORDE shal enheret the londe Suffre yet a litle whyle y e vngodly shal be clene gone thou shalt loke after his place he shal be awaye But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth haue pleasure in moch rest The vngodly layeth wayte for the iust gnaszsheth vpon him w t his tethe But y e LORDE laugheth him to scorne for he seith y t his daye is coÌ„minge The vngodly drawe out the swerde bende their bowe to cast downe y e symple poore and to slaye soch as go y e rightwaye Neuertheles their swerde shal go thorow their owne hert and their bowe shal be brokeÌ„ A small thinge y t the rightuous hath is better then greate riches of the vngodly For the armes of y e vngodly shal be broken but the LORDE vpholdeth the rightuous The LORDE knoweth the dayes of the godly their enheritauÌ„ce shal endure for euer They shal not be coÌ„founded in y e perlous tyme in y e dayes of derth they shall haue ynough As for y e vngodly they shall perishe wheÌ„ y e enemies of y e LORDE are in their floures they shal coÌ„sume yee euen as the smoke shal they coÌ„sume awaye The vngodly * boroweth and paieth not agayne but the rightuous is mercifull liberall Soch as be blessed of him shal possesse the londe they whom he curseth shal be roted out The LORDE ordreth a good mans goinge hath pleasure in his waye Though he fall he shal not be hurte for the LORDE vpholdeth him w t his haÌ„de I haue bene yonge now am olde yet sawe I neuer the rightuous forsakeÌ„ ner his sede to seke their bred The rightuous is euer mercifull leÌ„deth geÌ„tly therfore shal his sede be blessed Fle froÌ„ euell do y e thinge that is good so shalt thou dwell for euer For y e LORDE loueth y e thinge y t is right he forsaketh not his sayntes but they shal be preserued for euermore as for the sede of the vn godly it shal be roted out Yee the rightuous shal possesse y e loÌ„de dwell therin for euer The mouth of the rightuous is exercised in wyszdome his toÌ„ge talketh of iudgment The lawe of his God is in his hert therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde The vn godly seyth the rightuous goeth aboute to slaye him But the LORDE wil not leaue him in his hoÌ„des ner coÌ„demnâ— him when he is iudged Hope thou in the LORDE kepe his waye he shal so prâ—mote the that thou shalt haue the loÌ„de by enheritauÌ„ce se when the vngodly shall perishe I myself haue sene the vn godly in greate power florishinge like a grene baye tre but when I wente by lo he was gone I sought him but he coude no where be founde Kepe innocency and take hede vnto the thinge that is right for that shall brynge a man peace at the last As for the traÌ„sgressours they shal perishe together and the vn godly shal be roted out at y e last The helpe of the rightuous commeth of the LORDE he is their strength in the tyme of trouble The LORDE shal stoÌ„de by them and saue them he shal delyuer them from the vn godly and helpe theÌ„ because they put their trust in him The XXXVII A psalme of Dauid PVt â—e not to rebuke Oh LORDE in thine anger Oh chasteÌ„ me not in thy heuy displeasure For thy arowes stick fast in me and thy honde presseth me sore There is no whole parte in my body be cause of thy displeasure there is no rest in my bones by reason of my synnes For my wickednesses are gone ouer my heade and are like a sore burthen to heuy forme to beare My woundes styncke are corrupte thorow my folishnesse I am brought in to so greate trouble and misery that I go mournynge all the daye longe For my loynes are clene dried vp and there is no whole parte in my body I am feble and sore smytteÌ„ I roare for the very disquietnes of my hert LORDE thou knowest all my desyre my gronynge is not hyd from the. My hert paunteth my strength hath fayled me the light of myne eyes is gone fro me My louers frendes stonde lokynge vpon my trouble and my kynsmen are gone a farre of They that sought after my life and to do me euell spake of lyes and ymagined disceate all the daye longe As for me I was like a deaf maÌ„ and herde not and as one that were domme not openynge his mouth I am become as a man that heareth not and that can make no resistaunce w t his mouth For in the O LORDE is my trust thou shalt heare me O LORDE my God My desyre is y t myne enemies triumphe not ouer me for yf my fote slippe they reioyse greatly against me I am redy to suffre trouble and my heuynesse is euer in my sight For I coÌ„fesse my wickednesse my synne greueth me But myne enemies lyue and are mightie and they that hate me without a cause are many in nombre They that rewarde me euell for good speake euell of me because I folowe the thinge that good is Forsake me not O LORDE my God O go not farre fro me Haist the to helpe me O LORDE my succoure The XXXVIII A psalme of Dauid I Sayde I wil kepe my waies that I offended not in my tonge And so I shut my mouth whyle the vngodly layed wayte for me I helde my tonge I was domme I kepte sylence yee eueÌ„ from good wordes but it was payne and grefe to me My hert was hote within me whyle I was thus musynge the fyre kyndled so that I spake with my tonge LORDE let me knowe myne ende and the nombre of my dayes that I maye be certified what I wante Beholde thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are
to be amōge the children of men Therfore harken vnto me o ye children for blessed are they that kepe my wayes ▪ O geue eare vnto nurtoure be wyse and refuse it not Blessed is y e man that heareth me watchinge daylie at my gates geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores For who so fyndeth me fyndeth life and shal optayne fauoure of the LORDE But who so offendeth agaynst me hurteth his owne soule All they that hate me are the louers of death The IX Chapter WYsdome hath buylded herself an house and hewen out seuen pilers she hath slaughted poured out hir wyne and prepared hir table She hath sent forth hir maydens to crie vpō the hyest place of the cite Who so is ignoraūt let him come hither And to the vnwise she sayde O come on youre waye eate my bred and drynke my wyne which I haue poured out for you Forsake ignoraūce and ye shal lyue and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge Who so reproueth a scornefull personne getteth him self dishonoure and he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth himself Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wil but rebuke a wyse man and he wil loue the. Geue a discrete man but an occasion he wil be the wyser ▪ teach a rightuous man and he wil increase The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstondinge For thorow me y e dayes shal be prolonged and the yeares of thy life shal be many Yf thou be wyse y i wysdome shal do y i selfe good but yf thou thynkest scorne therof it shal be thine owne harme A foolish restlesse woman full of wordes and soch one as hath no knowlege sytteth in the dores of hir house vpō a stole aboue in the cite to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let him come hither and to the vnwyse she sayeth stollen waters are swete the bred that is preuely eaten hath a good taist But they cōsider not that death is there and that hir gestes go downe to hell The X. Chapter These are prouerbes of Salomon A Wyse sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother Treasures that are wickedly gotten profit nothinge but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death The LORDE wil not let the soule of the rightuous suffre hōger but he putteth y e vngodly frō his desyre An ydle hande maketh poore but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche Who so gathereth in Sommer is wyse but he that is slogish in haruest bringeth himself to confucion Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous but y e fore heade of the vngodly is past shame and presumptuous The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte but the name of the vn godly shal stynke A wyse man wil receaue warnynge but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face He that leadeth an innocent life walketh surely but who so goeth a wrōge waye shal be knowne He y t wynketh with his eye wil do some harme but he that hath a foolish mouth shal be beaten The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life but y e mouth of the vngodly is past shame presumptuous Euell will stereth vp strife but loue couereth y e multitude of synnes In y e lippes of him y t hath vnderstōdinge a mā shal fynde wysdome but y e redde belōgeth to y e backe of y e foolish Wyse mē laye vp knowlege but y e mouth of y e foolish is nye destrucciō The rich mās goodes are his strōge holde but pouerte oppresseth the poore The rightuous laboureth to do good but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne To take hede vnto y e chastenynge of nurtoure is y e waye of life but he that refuseth to be refourmed goeth wrōge Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly and he that speaketh eny slaunder is a foole Where moch bablinge is there must nedes be offence he that refrayneth his lippes is wysest of all An innocent tonge is a noble treasure but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude but fooles shal dye in their owne foly The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich mē as for carefull trauayle it doth nothinge therto A foole doth wickedly maketh but a sporte of it neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of shal come vpon them but the rightuous shal haue their desyre The vngodly is like a tempest that passeth ouer is nomore sene but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer As vyneger is to the teth and as smoke is vnto y e eyes euē so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth The feare of y e LORDE maketh a lōge life but y e yeares of y e vngodly shal be shortened The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shal be turned to gladnesse but the hope of the vngodly shal perish The waye of the LORDE geueth a corage vnto y e godly but it is a feare for wicked doers The rightuous shal neuer be ouerthrowne but y e vngodly shal not remayne in the londe The mouth of the iust wil be talkynge of wysdome but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst The XI Chapter A False balaunce is an abhominacion vnto the LORDE but a true weight pleaseth him Where pryde is there is shame also and confucion but where as is lowlynes there is wysdome The innocent dealynge of the iust shal lede them but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despysers shal be their owne destruccion Riches helpe not in the daye of vengeaunce but rightuousnesse delyuereth frō death The rightuousnes of y e innocent ordreth his waye but the vngodly shal fall in his owne wickednesse The rightuousnesse of the iust shal delyuer them but the despysers shal be taken in their owne vngodlynesse When an vngodly man dyeth his hope is gone the confydence of riches shal perish The rightuous shal be delyuered out of trouble the vngodly shal come in his steade Thorow y e mouth of y e dyssembler is his neghboure destroyed but thorow knowlege shal the iust be delyuered When it goeth well with the rightuous the cite is mery and when the vngodly perish there is gladnesse When the iust are in wealth the cite prospereth but whan the vngodly haue the rule it decayeth A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete A dyssemblynge person wil discouer preuy thinges but he that is of a faithfull hert will kepe councel Where no good councel is there the people decaye but where as are many that can geue councell there is wealth He that is
a litle so shall pouerte come vnto the as one y t trauayleth by y e waye necessite like a wapened man The XXV Chapter THese also are Salomons prouerbeâ— which the men of Ezechias kinge of Iuda gathered together It is the hono r of God to kepe a thinge secrete but y e kinges hono r is to search out a thinge The heauen is hie y e earth is depe and y e kinges hert is vnsearcheable Take y e drosse from y e syluer there shal be a cleane vessell therof Take awaye vngodlinesse froÌ„ y e kynge his seate shal be stablished w t rightuousnes Put not forth y t self in y e presence of y e kynge prease not in to y e place of greate men Better it is y t it be sayde vnto y e come vp hither then thou to be set downe in y e presence of y e prynce whom thou seyst with thine eyes Be not haistie to go to the lawe lest happlie thou ordre y i self so at y e last y t thy neghbo r put y e to shame Handle thy matter w t y i neghbo r himself discouer not another mans secrete lest whan men heare therof it turne to y e dishono r lest thine euell name do not ceasse A worde spoken in due season is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde Like as the wynter coole in the haruest so is a faithfull messaunger to him that sent him refreszsheth his masters mynde Who so maketh greate boastes geueth nothinge is like cloudes wynde without rayne With pacience maye a prynce be pacified w t a soft tonge maye rigorousnes be brokeÌ„ Yf thou findest hony eate so moch as is sufficieÌ„t for y e lest thou be ouer full per breake it out againe Withdrawe y e foote froÌ„ thy neghbours house lest he be weery of the and so abhorre the. Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst his neghboure he is a very speare a swearde a sharpe arowe The hope of the vngodly in tyme of nede is like a rotten toth and a slippery foote Who so syngeth a songe to a wicked herte clotheth hiÌ„ with ragges in the colde and poureth vyneger vpon chalke Yf thine enemie honger fede him yf he thyrst geue him drynke for so shalt thou heape coales of fyre vpoÌ„ his heade and the LORDE shal rewarde the. The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne euen so doth an earnest sober countenauÌ„ce a back byters tonge It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe then w t a braulynge woman in a wyde house A good reporte out of a farre countre is like colde water to a thyrstie soule A righteous man fallynge downe before the vngodly is like a troubled well and a sprynge y t is destroyed Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges it shal be to heuy for him He that can not rule himself is like a cite which is broken downe and hath no walles The XXVI Chapter LIke as snowe is not mete in sommer ner rayne in haruest euen so is worshipe vnsemely for a foole Like as y e byrde and the swalowe take their flight and fle here and there so the curse that is geuen in vayne shal not light vpon a man Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe to the Asse a brydle and a rodde to the fooles backe Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse lest thou become like vnto him but make y e foole an answere to his foolishnesse lest he be wyse in his owne coÌ„ceate He is lame of his fete yee droncken is he in vanite that coÌ„mitteth eny thinge to a foole Like as it is an vnsemely thiÌ„ge to haue legges yet to halte eueÌ„ so is a parable in y e fooles mouth He y t setteth a foole in hye dignite y t is eueÌ„ as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpoÌ„ y e galous A parable in a fooles mouth is like a thorne y t pricketh a droncken man in y e hande A man of experience discerneth all thinges well but who so hyreth a foole hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne a fresh Yf thou seyest a man y t is wyse in his owne conceate there is more hope in a foole then in hiÌ„ The slouthfull sayeth there is a leoparde in y e waye and a lyon in y e myddest of the stretes Like as the dore turneth aboute vpon the tresholde euen so doth the slouthfull weâ—ter himself in his bedd The slouthfull body thrusteth his hoÌ„de in to his bosome and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth The slogarde thinketh him self wyser then vij men that sytt and teach Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife he is like one y t taketh a dogg by y e eares Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure And then sayeth he I dyd it but in sporte Where no wodd is there the fyre goeth out and where the bacbyter is taken awaye there the strife ceaseth Coles kyndle heate and wodd y e fyre euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce· A slaunderers wordes are like flatery but they pearse y e inwarde partes of y e body Venymous lippes a wicked herte are like a potsherde couered w t syluer drosse An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes and in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe but whaÌ„ he speaketh fayre beleue him not for there are seuen abhominacioÌ„s in his herte Who so kepeth euell will secretly to do hurte his malyce shal be shewed before the whole congregacion Who so dyggeth vp a pytt shal fal therin and he y t weltreth a stone shal stomble vpon it hymselfe A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him and a flateriÌ„ge mouth worketh myschefe The XXVII Chapter TAke not thy boost of tomorow for thou knowest not what maye happen todaye Let another maÌ„ praysethe not thine owne mouth yee other folkes lippes and not thyne The stone is heuy and the sonde weightie but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both Wrath is a cruell thiÌ„ge and furiousnesse is a very tempest yee who is able to abyde envye An open rebuke is better then a secrete loue Faithfull are the woundes of a louer but y e kysses of an enemie are disceatfull He that is full abhorreth an hony combe but vnto him that is hoÌ„grie euery sower thinge is swete He that oft tymes flytteth is like a byrde y t forsaketh hir nest The herte is glad of a swete oyntment and sauoure but a stomacke that caÌ„ geue good councell reioyseth a mans neghboure
eyes heare not with their eares and vnderstonde not with their hartes and conuerte and be healed Then spake I LORDE how longe he answered vntil the cities be vtterly without inhabitours and y e houses without men till the loÌ„de be also desolate and lye vnbuylded For the LORDE shal take the men farre awaye so that the londe shal lye waist Neuertheles the tenth parte shal remayne therin for it shal conuerte and be fruteful And like wise as the Terebyntes and Oketrees bringe forth their frutes so shal the holy sede haue frute The seuenth Chapter IT happened in the tyme of Ahas the sonne of Ionathas which was the sonne of Ioathan Kynge of Iuda that Rezin the Kinge of Siria and Poca Rome lies sonne Kynge of Israel wente vp toward Ierusalem to besege it but wanne it not Now when the house of Dauid that is Ahas herde worde therof y t Siria and Ephraim were confederate together his herte quaked yee and y e hertes also of his people like as a tre in the felde that is moued with the wynde Then sayde God vnto Esay go mete Ahas thou and thy sonne Sear Iasub at the heade of y e ouer pole in the fote path by the fullers grounde and saye vnto him take hede to thy self and be still but feare not nether be faynt harted for these two tales that is for these two smokynge fyre brandes the wrath and furiousnes of Rezin the Sirian and Romelies sonne because that the Kynge of Siria Ephraim and Romelies sonne haue wekedly conspyred agaynst the sayenge We will go downe in to Iuda vexe theÌ„ and brynge them vnder vs and set a Kynge there euen the sonne of Taball For thus saieth the LORDE God therto It shall not so go forth nether come so to passe for the head citie of y e Sirians is Damascus but the head of Damascus is Rezin And after fyue and threscore yeare shal Ephraim be nomore a people And the chefe citie of Ephraim is Samaria but the head of Samaria is Rome lies sonne And yf ye beleue not there shall no promyse be kepte with you Morouer God spake vnto Ahas sayenge requyre a token of the LORDE thy God whether it be towarde the depth beneth or towarde y e hight aboue TheÌ„ sayde Ahas I will requyre none nether will I tempte the LORDE The LORDE answered Then he are to ye of the house of Dauid Is it not ynough for you that ye be greuous vnto men but ye must greue my God also And therfore the LORDE shal geue you a token of himself Beholde a virgin shal coÌ„ceaue and beare a sonne and shal call his name Emanuel Butter and hony shal he eate y t he maye knowe the euel and chose y e good But or euer that childe come to knowlege to eschue the euel and chose the good The londe that thou art so afrayde for shal be desolate of both hir kynges The LORDE also shal sende a tyme vpon the vpon thy people and vpoÌ„ thy fathers house soch as neuer came sence the tyme y t Ephraim departed from Iuda thorow y e kynge of the Assirians For at the same tyme shal the LORDE whistle for the flyes y t are aboute the water of Egipte and for y e Beyes in the Assirians londe These shall come and shal light all in the valeyes in y e vowtes of stone vpon all grene thinges and in all corners At the same tyme shal the LORDE shaue the hayre of the heade and the fete and the beerd clene of with the rasoure that he shall paye them withall beyonde the water namely with y e kynge of the Assirians At the same tyme shall a man lyue with a cowe and two shepe Then because of the aboundaunce of mylck he shal make butter and eat it So that euery one which remayneth in the londe shal eate butter and hony At the same tyme all vynyardes though there be a thousand vynes in one and were solde for a thousand siluerlinges shal be turned to brears and thornes Like as they shal come in to the londe with arowes and bowes so shal all the londe become brears and thornes And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe thou shalt not come vpoÌ„ them for feare of brears and thornes But the catel shal be dryuen thither and the shepe shal fede there The viij Chapter MOrouer the LORDE sayde vnto me Take the a greate leaf and wryte in it as men do with a penne that he spede him to robbe and haist him to spoyle And Inmediatly I called vnto me faithful wytnesses Vrias the prest and Zacharias y e sonne of Barachias After that went I vnto the prophetisse that now had conceaued and borne a sonne Then sayde the LORDE to me geue him this name Maherschalal haschbas that is a spedierobber an hastie spoyler For why or euer the childe shal haue knowlege to saye Abi and Im y t is father and mother shal y e riches of Damascus and y e substaunce of Samaria be takeÌ„ awaye thorow the kynge of y e Assirians The LORDE spake also vnto me sayenge for so moch as the people refuseth the stiâ—renninge water of Silo and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies sonne Beholde the LORDE shal bringe mightie and great floudes of water vpon them namely y e kynge of the Assirians with all his power Which shall poure out his furyousnes vpoÌ„ euery man and renne ouer all their bankes And shal breake in vpon Iuda increasinge in power till he get him by the throte He shal fyl also the wydenesse of thy londe w t his brode wynges O Emanuel Go together ye people and gather you herken to all ye of farre countrees Mustre you and gather you mustre you and gather you take youre councel together yet must youre councel come to nought go in honde withal yet shal it not prospere Excepte Emanuel that is God be with us For the LORDE chastised me and toke me by y e honde and warned me sayenge vnto me that I shulde not walcke in the waye of this people He sayde morouer rounde with none of theÌ„ who so euer saye yonder people are bounde together Neuertheles feare them not nether be afrayde of them but sanctifie the LORDE of hoostes let him be youre feare and drede For he is the sanctifienge and stone to stomble at y e rock to fall vpon a snare and net to both the houses to Israel and the inhabitours of Ierusalem And many shal stomble fall and be brokeÌ„ vpon him yee they shal be snared and taken Now laye the witnesses together sayde the LORDE and seale the lawe with my disciples Thus I waite vpon the LORDE that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob and I loke vnto him But lo as for me and the children which the LORDE hath geuen me we are a token and a wondre in Israel for the LORDE of hoostes sake which
me Herken vnto me o Iacob Israel whō I haue called I am euen he that is I am y e first and the last My honde is the foundacion of the earth my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens As soone as I called thē they were there Gather you all together ād herken Which of yonder goddes hath declared this that the LORDE wil do by the kinge of Babilon whom he loueth fauoureth and by the Caldees his arme ▪ I my self alone haue tolde you this before Yee I shal call him and bringe him forth geue him a prosperous iourneye Come nye heare this haue I spokē eny thīge darckly sence the begynnynge whē a thīge begynneth I am there Wherfore the LORDE God with his sprete hath sent me And thus saieth the LORDE thine avenger the holyone of Israel I am y e LORDE thy God which teach the profitable thinges and lede y e the waye that thou shuldest go Yf thou wilt now regarde my cōmaundement thy welthynes shal be as the water streame thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see Thysede shal be like as the sonde in the see the frute of thy body like the grauel stones therof Thy name shal not be roted out nor destroyed before me Ye shal go awaye from Babilon and escape the Caldees with a mery voyce This shal be spoken of declared abrode go forth vnto the ende of the worlde so that it shal be sayde The LORDE hath defended his seruaunte Iacob that they suffred no thurste whē they trauayled in the wildernesse He claue the rockes a sonder and the water gusshed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace saieth the LORDE MESSIAS The xlix Chapter HErken vnto me ye Iles and take hede ye people from farre The LORDE hath called me fro my byrth and made mēcion of my name fro my mothers wōbe he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder y e shadowe of his honde hath he defended me and hyd me in his quyuer as a good arowe and sayde vnto me Thou art my seruaunt Israel I wil be honoured in the. Then answerde I I shal lese my laboure I shal spende my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God And now saieth the LORDE euē he that fashioned me fro my mothers wombe to be his seruaūte that I maye bringe Iacob agayne vnto him howbeit Israel will not be gathered vnto hī agayne In whose sight I am greate which also is my LORDE my God and my strēgth Let it be but a smal thinge that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob to restore the destructiō of Israel yf I make the not also the light of the Gentiles that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde Morouer thus saieth the LORDE the avēger and holy one of Israel because of the abhorringe and despisinge amonge the Gentiles concernynge the seruaunt of all them y t beare rule Kynges and prynces shal se and arise and worshipe because of the LORDE that he is faithfull and because of the holy one of Israel which hath chosen the. And thus saieth the LORDE In the tyme apoynted wil I be present with the. And in the houre of health wil I helpe the delyuer the. I wil make the a pledge for y e people so y t thou shalt helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scatred heretages That thou mayest saye to y e presoners go forth to them that are in darknesse come in to the light that they maye fede in the hie wayes get their lyuynge in all places There shal nether hunger ner thirste heate nor Sonne hurte them For he that fauoureth them shal lede them and geue them drīke of the springe welles I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shal come from farre lo seme from the north and west some from the south Reioyse ye heauens and synge prayses thou earth Talke of ioye ye hilles for God wil cōforte his people haue mercy vpon his y t be in trouble Then shal Sion saye God hath forsaken me and the LORDE hath forgottē me Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe ād the sonne whō she hath borne And though she do forget yet wil not I forget the. Beholde I haue written the vp vpon my hondes thy walles are euer in my sight They that haue broken the downe shal make haist to buylde the vp agayne and they that made the waist shal dwell in the. Lift vp thine eyes and loke aboute the all these shal gather them together and come to the. As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE thou shalt put them all vpō the as an apparell and gyrde thē to the as a bryde doth hir Iewels As for thy londe that lieth desolate waisted destroyed it shal be to narow for thē that shal dwell in it And they y t wolde deuoure the shal be farre a waye Then the childe whō y e barē shall bringe forth vnto y e shal saye in thine eare this place is to narow syt nye together y t I maye haue rowme Then shalt thou thinke by thy self Who hath begottē me these seinge I am barē alōe a captyue an outcast And who hath norished thē vp for me I am desolate alone but frō whēce come these And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I will stretch out myne honde to the Gentiles and set vp my token to the people They shal bringe the thy sonnes in their lappes carie thy doughters vnto y e vpon their shulders For kinges shal be thy noursinge fathers and Quenes shal be thy noursinge mothers They shal fall before the w t their faces flat vpon the earth and lick vp the dust of thy fete that thou mayest knowe how that I am the LORDE And who so putteth his trust in me shal not be confounded Who spoyleth the giaunte of his pray or who taketh the presoner from the mightie And therfore thus saieth the LORDE The prisoners shal be taken from the giaunte and the spoyle delyuered from the violēte for I wil maynteyne thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and saue thy sonnes And wil fede thine enemies with their owne fleshe and make thē drinke of their owne bloude as of swete wyne And all flesh shal knowe o Iacob that I am the LORDE thy Sauioure and stronge auenger Chap. I. THus saieth the LORDE Where is the bill of yo r mothers deuorcemēt that I sent vnto her or who is the vsurer to whō I solde you Beholde for youre owne offēces are ye solde because of youre transgression is youre mother forsakē For why wolde no mā receaue me when I came when I called no man gaue me answere Was my hōde clene smytē of that it
hūble sprete y t I maye heale a troubled mynde and a cōtrite herte For I chide not euer am not wroth w t out ende But y e blastinge goeth fro me though I make the breath I am wroth w t hī for his couetousnes lust I smyte him I hyde me and am angrie whē he turneth him self and foloweth y e bywaye of his owne hert But yf I maye se his right waye agayne I make him whole I lede him and restore him vnto them whom he maketh ioyful that were sory for him I make the frutes of thākesgeuinge I geue peace vnto them that are farre of and to them that are nye saye I the LORDE that make him whole But the wicked are like the raginge see that cā not rest who se water fometh with the myre grauel Euēso y e wicked haue no peace saieth my God The LVIII Chapter ANd therfore crie now as loude as thou canst Leaue not of life vp thy voyce like a trōpet and shewe my people their offences and y e house of Iacob their synnes For they seke me dalye and wil knowe my wayes euen as it were a people that dyd right and had not forsaken the statutes of their God They argue with me concernynge right iudgment and wil pleate at the lawe with their God Wherfore fast we saye they and thou seist it not we put oure liues to straitnesse and thou regardest it not Beholde when ye fast youre lust remayneth still for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters lo ye fast to strife and debate and to smyte him with youre fist that speaketh vnto you Ye fast not as somtyme that youre voyce might be herde aboue Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me that a mā shulde chasten himself for a daye and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth to lye vpon the earth Shulde that be called fastinge or a daye y t pleaseth y e LORDE But this fastinge pleaseth not me till y e tyme be thou lowse him out of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the ooth of wicked bargaynes that thou let the oppressed go fre and take from them all maner of burthens It pleaseth not me till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house when thou seist the naked that thou couer him and hyde not thy face frō thine owne flesh Then shal thy light breake forth as y e mornynge and thy health florish right shortly thy rightuousnesse shal go before the and y e glory of the LORDE shal embrace the. Then yf thou callest the LORDE shal answere the yf thou criest he shal saye here I am Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens and holdest thy fyngers and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie and refreszshest y e troubled soule Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse and thy darknesse shal be as the noone daye The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde and satisfie the desyre of thine hert and fyl y e bones with marry Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden and like the founteyne of water that neuer leaueth runnynge Then the places that haue euer bene waist shal be buylded of the there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynreds Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges and y e buylder agayne of y e waye of the Sabbath Yee yf thou turne thy fete from the Sabbath so that thou do not the thinge which pleaseth thyself in my holy daye then shalt thou be called vnto the pleasaunt holy glorious Sabbath of the LORDE where thou shalt be in hono r so y t thou do not after thine owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wil ner speake thine owne wordes Thē shalt thou haue y e pleasure in y e LORDE which shal carie y e hie aboue y e earth fede the w t the heretage of Iacob thy father for the LORDES owne mouth hath so promised The LIX Chap. BEholde the LORDES honde is not so shortened y t it can not helpe nether is his eare so stopped y t it maye not heare But yo r myszdedes haue separated you from yo r God yo r synnes hyde his face from you y t he heareth you not For yo r hondes are defyled with bloude and yo r fyngers w t vnrighteousnesse Yo r lippes speake lesynges yo r tonge setteth out wickednes No man regardeth righteousnes no mā iudgeth truly Euery man hopeth in vayne thinges and ymagineth disceate cōceaueth weerynesse bringeth forth euell They brede cockatrice egges weeue y e spyders webb Who so eateth of their egges dieth But yf one treade vpon thē there cōmeth vp a serpent Their webbe maketh no clothe they maye not couer thē w t their labours Their dedes are y e dedes of wickednes y e worke of robbery is in their hōdes Their fete runne to euell they make haist to shed innocēt bloude Their coūcels are wicked coūcels harme destrucciō are in their wayes But y e waye of peace they knowe not In their goinges is no equyte their wayes are so croked y t who so euer goeth therin knoweth nothinge of peace And this is y e cause y t equite is so farre frō vs y t rightuousnes cōmeth not nye vs. We loke for light lo it is darknesse for y e mornynge shyne se we walke in y e darke We grope like y e blynde vpon y e wall we grope euen as one y t hath none eyes We stomble at y e noone daye as though it were toward night in y e fallinge places like men y t are half deed We roare all like Beeres mourne stil like doues We loke for equite but there is none for health but it is farre frō vs. For o r offences are many before y e o r synnes testifie agaynst vs. Yee we must cōfesse y t we offende knowlege y t we do amysse Namely transgresse dyssemble agaynst y e LORDE fall awaye frō o r God vsinge presūptuous traytorous ymaginacions castinge false matters in o r hertes And therfore is equyte gone asyde righteousnes stōdeth farre of treuth is fallen downe in the strete and the thinge that is playne and open maye not be shewed Yee y e treuth is lade in preson and he that refrayneth himself frō euel must be spoyled When the LORDE sawe this it displeased him sore y t there was no where eny equite He sawe also that there was no man which had pitie therof or was greued at it And he helde him by his owne power and cleued to his owne rightuousnes He put rightuousnes vpō him for a brest plate set the helmet of health vpō his heade He put on wrath in steade of clothīge toke gelousy aboute him for a cloke like as when
a man goeth forth wrothfully to recōpence his enemies to be avenged of his aduersaries Namely that he might recompence and rewarde the I lōdes wherthorow the name of the LORDE might be feared from the risynge of the Sōne and his magesty vnto the goinge downe of the same For he shal come as a violent waterstreame which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saieth the LORDE I will make this conuenaunt with them sayeth y e LORDE My sprete that is come vpon the the wordes which I haue put in y t mouth shal neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of y e mouth of thy childrē no ner out of y e mouth of thy childers childrē from this tyme forth for euer more The lx Chapter ANd therfore get the vp by tymes for thy light cometh the glory of y e LORDE shal ryse vp vpō ye. For lo while y e darknesse cloude couereth the earth the people the LORDE shal shewe the light his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles shal come to thy light kynges to the brightnes y t springeth forth vpō ye. Lift vp thine eyes loke rounde aboute the All these gather thē selues come to the. Sonnes shal come vnto y e from farre doughters shal gather thē selues to the on euery side When thou seist this thou shalt maruel exceadingly and thine hert shal be opened when the power of the see shal be cōuerted vnto the that is whē the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal couer y e the Dromedaries of Madiā and Epha All they of Saba shal come bringinge golde incense shewinge the prayse of the LORDE All the catel of Cedar shal be gathered vnto y e the rāmes of Nabaioth shal serue the to be offred vpō myne aulter which I haue chosen in the house of my glory which I haue garnished But what are these that fle here like the cloudes and as the doues flienge to their wyndowes The Iles also shal gather thē vnto me and specially the shippes of y e see that they maye bringe the sonnes from farre and their syluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the LORDE thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified the. Straūgers shal buylde vp thy walles and their kīges shal do the seruyce For when I am angrie I smyte the and when it pleaseth me I pardon the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both daye and night and neuer be shut that the hooste of the Gentiles maye come and that their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For euery people kingdome that serueth not the shal perish and be distroyed w t the swerde The glory of libanus shal come vnto the The Fyrre trees Boxes Cedres together to garnish the place of my Sanctuary for I wil glorifie the place of my fete Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the y t haue vexed the all they that despised y e shal fall downe at y e fote Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE the holy Sion of Israel Because thou hast bene forsakē and hated so that noman went thorow the I wil make the glorious for euer and euer ād ioyful thorow out all posterities Thou shalt sucke the mylck of the Gentiles and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and defender the mighty one of Iacob For brasse wil I geue the golde and for yron syluer for wod brasse and for stones yron I wil make peace thy ruler and rightuousnes thyne officer Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe nether harme and destruction with in thy borders Thy walles shal be called health thy gates the prayse of God The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light ād the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the but y e LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light thy God shal be thy glory Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe thy Moone shal not be taken awaye for the LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light ād thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye. Thy people shal be all godly possesse the londe for euer the floure of my plantinge the worke of my hondes wherof I wil reioyce The yongest leest shal growe in to a thousande the symplest in to a stronge people I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge to passe in his tyme. The lxj Chapter THe sprete of the LORDE God is w t me for y e LORDE hath anoynted me sent me to preach good tydīges vnto the poore y t I might bynde vp y e wounded hertes y t I might preach delyueraunce to y e captyue open the preson to thē that are bounde y t I might declare y e acceptable yeare of y e LORDE the daye of y e avēgeaunce of oure God that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse that I might geue vnto them y t mourne in Sion bewty in the steade of asshes ioyful oyntmēt for sighinge pleasaunt raymēt for an heuy mīde That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse a plātinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in They shal buylde the lōge rough wildernes set vp y e olde deserte They shal repayre the waist places soch as haue bene voyde thorow out many generaciōs Straūgers shal stōde fede yo r catel the Aleauntes shal be yo r plowmē reapers But ye shal be named the prestes of the LORDE mē shall call you the seruaūtes of oure God Ye shall enioye the goodes of y e Gētiles tryūphe in their substaūce For yo r greate reprofe shame shal they haue ioye y t ye maye haue parte w t thē For they shal haue dubble possession ī their lōde euerlastinge ioye shal be w t them For I the LORDE which loue right ād hate robbery though it were offred me shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Their sede also and their generacion shal be knowne amōge the Gentiles and amōge the people All they that se them shall knowe that they are the hie blessed sede of y e LORDE And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE my soule reioyseth in my God For he shall put vpon me the garmēt of health couer me with the mātle of rightuousnes He shal decke me like a brydegrome as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpō her For like as y e grounde bringeth forth frute as the gardē shuteth forth sede So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes and the feare of God to florish forth before all the Heithen The lij Chapter FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge
The cities of thy Sanctuary lye waist Sion is a wildernesse and Ierusalem a deserte Oure holy house which is oure bewty where oure fathers praysed the is brent vp yee all oure cōmodities and pleasures are waysted awaye Wilt thou not be intreated LORDE for all this Wilt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The lxv Chapter THey shal seke me that hitherto haue not axed for me they shal fynde me that hither to haue not sought me Then shal I saye immediatly to the people that neuer called vpon my name I am here I am here For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people that go not the right waye but after their owne ymaginacions To a people that is euer defyenge me to my face They make their oblacions in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke they lurck amonge the graues and lie in the dennes all night They eate swyne flesh and vnclene broth is in their vessels Yf thou comest nye them they saie touch me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angrie shal be turned to smoke and fyre that shal burne for euer Beholde it is written before my face shal not be forgotten but recōpensed I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome I meane youre mysdedes and the mysdedes of youre fathers together saieth the LORDE which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaynes and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to their bosome agayne Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as when one wolde gather holy grapes men saye vnto him breake it not of for it is holy Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I will not destroye them all But I will take a sede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shal possesse these thinges my seruauntes shall dwell there Saron shal be a shepefolde and the valley of Achor shal geue stallinge for the catell of my people that feare me But as for you ye are they y t haue for saken the LORDE and forgotten my holy hill Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune geuē rich drink offeringes vnto treasure Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde that ye shall be destroyed all together For when I called no man gaue me answere when I spake ye herkened not vnto me but dyd wickednes before myne eyes and chosed the thinge that pleased me not Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde my seruauntes shal eate but ye shall haue honger Beholde my seruauntes shall drynke but ye shal suffre thurste Beholde my seruauntes shal be mery but ye shal be cōfounded Beholde my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte But ye shal crie for sorow of hert and cōplayne for vexacion of mynde Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen for God the LORDE shal slaye you and call his seruauntes by another name Who so reioyseth vpō earth shall reioyse in the true God And Who so sweareth vpō earth shal sweare in the true God For the olde enemite shal be forgotten and taken awaye out of my sight For lo I shal make a new heauē a new earth And as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpō ner kepte in mynde but mē shal be glad and euermore reioyse for the thinges that I shall do For why Beholde I shal make a ioyfull Ierusalē yee I myself will reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with my people And the voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be herde in her from thēce forth There shall neuer be childe ner olde man that haue not their full dayes But whē the childe cometh to an hūderth yeare olde it shall dye And yf he that is an hūderth yeare of age do wronge he shal be cursed They shal buylde houses and dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes and eate the frute of them They shall not buylde another possesse they shall not plante and another eate But the life of my people shal be like a tre and so shal the worke of their hondes My chosen shal lyue longe they shall not laboure in vayne ner beget w t trouble for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE their frutes with them And it shal be that or euer they call I shal answere them Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake I shal heare them The wolff and the lambe shal fede together and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke But earth shal be the serpētes meate There shal no man hurte ner slaye another in all my holy hill saieth the LORDE The lxvj Chapter THus saieth the LORDE Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole Where shal now the house stonde y t ye will buylde vnto me And where shal be the place y t I wil dwel in As for these thinges my hōde hath made them all and they are all created saieth the LORDE Which of them shal I then regarde Euē him that is of a lowly troubled sprete and stōdeth in awe of my wordes For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so greate dishonoure as he y t kylleth a mā He that kylleth a shepe for me choketh a dogge He that bringeth me meat offringes offreth swynes bloude Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense prayseth the thinge y t is vnright Yet take they soch wayes in honde and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions Therfore wil I also haue pleasure in laughinge them to scorne and the thinge that they feare wil I bringe vpon thē For when I called no man gaue answere when I spake they wolde not heare But dyd wickednesse before myne eyes chose the thinges that displease me Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thinge which he speaketh You re brethren that hate you and cast you out for my names sake saye Let the LORDE magnifie himself that we maye se youre gladnesse yet they shal be cōfounded For as touchinge the cite and the temple I heare the voyce of the LORDE that will rewarde and recompēce his enemies like as when a wife bringeth forth a man childe or euer she suffre the payne of the byrth and anguysh of y e trauayle Who euer herde or sawe soch thinges doth the grounde beare in one daye or are the people borne all at once as Sion beareth his sonnes For thus-sayeth the LORDE Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my self Am not I he that beareth and maketh baren saieth thy God Reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with her all ye that loue her Be ioyful with her all ye that mourned for her For ye shal sucke cōforte out of hir brestes and be satisfied Ye shal taist and haue delite in the plenteousnesse of hir power For
in my sight thou art stayned with thy wickednesse saieth the LORDE thy God Saye not now I am not vnclene and I haue not folowed the goddes Loke vpō thyne owne waies in the woddes valleis dennes so shalt thou knowe what thou hast done Thou art like a swift Dromedary that goeth easely his waye and thy wantonnes is like a wilde Asse that vseth the wildernesse and that snoffeth and bloweth at his wil. Who can tame the All they that seke the shal not fayle but fynde the in thyne owne vnclennes Thou kepest thy fote from nakednes and thy throte from thurste and thinkest thus in thy self tush I wil take no sorowe I wil loue the straunge goddes hange vpon them Like as a thefe that is taken with the dede commeth to shame euē so is the house of Israel come to confucion the comon people their kinges and rulers their prestes and prophetes For they saye to a stock thou art my father and to a stone thou hast begotten me yee they haue turned their back vpon me not their face But in the tyme of their trouble when they saye stonde vp and helpe vs I shal answere thē Where are now thy goddes that thou hast made the byd them stonde vp and helpe the in the tyme of nede For loke how many cities thou hast o Iuda so many goddes hast thou also Wherfore thē wil ye go to lawe with me seinge ye all are synners agaynst me saieth the LORDE It is but lost laboure that I smyte youre children for they receaue not my correction You re owne swearde destroyeth youre prophetes like a deuouringe lyon Yf ye be the people of the LORDE then herkē vnto his worde Am I thē become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel or a londe that hath no light Wherfore saieth my people then we are fallē of and we wil come no more vnto the Doth a mayden forget hir raymēt or a bryde hir stomacher ▪ And doth my people forget me so lōge Why boostest thou thy wayes so hylie to optayne fauoure there thorow when thou hast yet stained them w t blasphemies Vpon thy wynges is founde the bloude of poore and innocent people and that not in corners and holes only but opēly in all these places Yet darrest thou saye I am giltlesse Tush his wrath can not come vpō me Beholde I wil reason with y e because thou darrest saye I haue not offended O how euel wil it be for the to abyde it when it shall be knowne how oft thou hast gone bacwarde For thou shalt be confounded as wel of Egipte as of the Assirians Yee thou shalt go thy waye from thē smyte yine hondes together vpon thy heade Because the LORDE shal bringe that confidence and hope of thine to naught and thou shalt not prospere with all The III. Chapter COmonly when a man putteth awaye his wife and she goeth from him and marieth with another then the question is shulde he resorte vnto her eny more after that Is not this felde then defyled and vnclene But as for the thou hast played the harlot with many louers yet turne agayne to me saieth the LORDE Lift vp thine eyes on euery syde and loke yf thou be not defyled Thou hast waited for them in the stretes and as a murtherer in the wildernesse Thorow thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies is the londe defyled This is the cause that the rayne and euenynge dew hath ceased Thou hast gotten the an whores foreheade and canst not be ashamed Els woldest thou saye vnto me O my father thou art he that hast brought me vp and led me fro my youth Wilt thou then put me awaye and cast me of foreuer Or wilt thou withdrawe thy self clene fro me Neuertheles thou speakest soch wordes but thou art euer doinge worse and worse The LORDE sayde also vnto me in the tyme of Iosias the kinge Hast thou sene what that shrēkinge Israel hath done how she hath runne vp vpon all hie hilles and amonge all thick trees and there played the harlot hast thou sene also when she had done all this how I sayde vnto her that she shulde turne agayne vnto me and yet she is not returned Iuda that vnfaithfull sister of hirs also sawe this Namely that affter I had well sene the aduoutrye of the shrenkinge harlot Israel I put her awaye and gaue her a byll of deuorcement For all this hir vnfaithfull sister Iuda was not ashamed but wente backe and played the whore also Yee and the noyse of hir whordome hath defyled the whole lōde For she hath committed hir aduoutrie with stones and stockes Neuerthelesse hir vnfaithfull sister Iuda is not turned vnto me agayne with hir whole herte but faynedly saieth the LORDE And the LORDE sayde vnto me The bacslyder Israel is more rightuous thē the vnfaithfull Iuda and therfore go preach these wordes towarde the north saye Thou shrenkinge Israel turne agayne saieth the LORDE and I will not turne my face from you for I am merciful saieth the LORDE I will not allwaye beare displeasure agaynst the but on this condicion that thou knowe thy greate blasphemy Namely that thou hast vnfaithfully forsaken the LORDE thy God hast made thy silf partaker of straunge goddes vnder all grene trees but hast had no wil to heare my voyce saieth the LORDE O ye shrenkinge children turne agayne saieth the LORDE and I wil be maried with you For I will take one out of the citie and two out of one generacion from amōge you and bringe you out of Sion and will geue you hyrdmē after myne owne mynde which shal fede you with lernynge and wyszdome Morouer when ye be increased and multiplied in the londe then saieth the LORDE there shall nomore boost be made of the arke of the LORDES Testament No man shall thinke vpon it nether shall eny man make mencion of it for from thence forth it shall nether be visited ner honoured with giftes Then shall Ierusalem be called the LORDES seate and all Heithen shal be gathered vnto it for the name of the LORDE sake which shal be set vp at Ierusalem And from that tyme forth they shall folowe nomore the ymaginacion of their owne frauwerde herte Thē those y t be of the house of Iuda shal go vnto the house of Israel And they shal come together out of the north in to the same londe that I haue geuen youre fathers I haue shewed also how I toke the vp beinge but a childe and gaue the a pleasaunt londe for thine heretage yee and a goodly hooste of the Heithen and how I commaunded the that thou shuldest call me father only and not to shrencke fro me But like as a woman fayleth hir louer so are ye vnfaithfull vnto me o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE And therfore the voyce of the children of Israel was herde on euery side wepinge and waylinge
their offences are many and their departinge awaye is greate Shulde I then for all this haue mercy vpon the Thy children haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no goddes And albeit they were bounde to me in mariage yet they fell to aduoutrie and haunted harlottes houses In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become like the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neghbours wife Shulde I not correcke this saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of euery people that is like vnto this Clymme vp vpon their walles beate them downe but destroye them not vtterly cut of their braunches because they are not the LORDES For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me saieth the LORDE They haue denied the LORDE and sayde it is not he Tush there shall no miszfortune come vpon vs we shall se nether swearde ner honger As for the warnynge of the prophetes they take it but for wynde yee there is none of these which will tell them that soch thinges shal happen vnto them Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes because ye speake soch wordes beholde The wordes that are in thy mouth will I turne to fyre and make the people to be wod that it maye consume them Lo I will bringe a people vpoÌ„ you from farre o house of Israel saieth the LORDE a mightie people an olde people a people whose speach thou knowest not nether vnderstoÌ„dest what they saye Their arowes are sodane death yee they them selues be very giauntes This people shal eate vp thy frute thy meate yee they shal deuoure thy sonnes and thy doughters thy shepe and thy bullockes They shall eate vp thy grapes fyges As for thy stronge and well fensed cities wherin thou didest trust they shal destroye them with the swearde Neuertheles I will not then haue done with you saieth the LORDE But yf they saye wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs Then answere them because that like as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe Preach this vnto the house of Iacob crie it out in Iuda and saye thus Heare this thou folish and vndiscrete people Ye haue eyes but ye se not eares haue ye but ye heare not Feare ye not me saieth the LORDE Are ye not ashamed to loke me in the face which bynde the see with the sonde so that it can not passe his boundes For though it rage yet can it do nothinge and though the wawes therof do swell yet maye they not go ouer But this people hath a false and an obstinate herte they are departed and gone awaye fro me They thinke not in their hartes O let vs feare the LORDE oure God that geueth vs rayne early and late when nede is which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly Neuertheles youre miszdedes haue turned these from you youre synnes haue robbed you herof For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes that priuely laye snares and waite for men to take them and destroye them And like as a net is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate Herof coÌ„meth their greate substaunce and riches her of are they fat and welthy and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies They ministre not the lawe they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite Shulde I not punysh these thinges saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of all soch people as these be Horrible and greuous thinges are done in the londe The prophetes teach falsely and the prestes folowe them and my people hath pleasure therin What will come therof at the last The VI. Chapter COme out of Ierusalem ye stronge childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuites set vp a token vnto Bethacarem for a plage and a greate misery pepeth out from the North. I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman and to her shall come the shepherdes with their flockes Their tentes shal they pitch rounde aboute her and euery one shal fede with his honde Make batell agaynst her shal they saye Arise let vs go vp while it is yet daye Alas the daye goeth awaye the night shadowes fall downe Arise let vs go vp by night and destroye hir stronge holdes for thus hath the LORDE of hoostes commaunded Hew downe hir trees and set vp bulworkes agaynst IerusaleÌ„ This is the cite that must be punished for in her is all maliciousnes Like as a coÌ„dyte aboundeth in water eueÌ„ so this citie abouÌ„deth in wickednes Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her sorow woundes are euer there in my sight AmeÌ„de the o Ierusalem lest I with drawe my herte from the and make the desolate thy londe also y t no man dwel in it For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The residue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes And therfore turne thine honde agayne in to the baszket like the grape gatherer But vnto whom shal I speake whom shal I warne that he maye take hede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they maye not heare Beholde they take the worde of God but for a scorne and haue no lust therto And therfore I am so full of thy indignacion o LORDE that I maye suffre no longer Shed out thy wrath vpon the children that are without and vpon all yonge men Yee the man must be taken presoner with the wife and the aged with the crepel Then â—â—uses with their londes and wiues shal be turned vnto straungers wheÌ„ I stretchout myne hoÌ„de vpon the inhabitours of this londe saieth the LORDE For from the leest vnto the most they hange all vpon covetousnes and from the prophet vnto the prest they go all aboute with falsede and lyes And besyde that they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace when there is no peace at all Therfore they must be ashamed for they haue coÌ„mitted abhominacion But how shulde they be ashamed when they knowe nothinge nether of shame ner good nurture And therfore they shal fall amonge the slayne and in the houre when I shall viset them they shal be brought downe saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE go in to the stretes considre and make inquisicion for the olde waye and yf it be the good and right waye then go therin that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules But they saye we will not walke therin and I will set watchmen ouer you and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompet But they saye we will not take hede Heare therfore ye Gentiles and thou congregacion shalt knowe what I haue deuysed for them Heare thou earth also beholde I will cause a plage come vpon this
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
that go in out at this gate Thus the LORDE commaundeth kepe equite and rightuousnesse delyuer the oppressed frō the power off the violent do not greue ner oppresse the straunger the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe ād shed no innocēt bloude in this place And yff ye kepe these thinges faithfully then shall there come in at the dore off this house kynges to syt vpō Dauids seate they shal be caried in Charettes and ryde vpon horses both they their seruauntes ād their people But yf ye wil not be obedient vnto these commaundementes I sweare by myne owne self saieth y e LORDE this house shal be waist For thus hath the LORDE spoken vpon the kinges house of Iuda Thou art the heade as Galaad is in Libanus What wilt thou laye of it yf I make the not so waist thy cities also that no man shal dwell there in I will prepare a destroyer with his weapēs for the to hew downe thy special Cedre trees and to cast them in the fyre And all the people that go by this cite shall speake one to another Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this noble cite Then shall it be answered because they haue broken the couenaunt off the LORDE their God and haue worshipped and serued straūge goddes Mourne not ouer the deed and be not wo for them but be sory for him that departeth awaye for he commeth not agayne ād seeth his natyue countre no more For thus saieth the LORDE as touchinge Sellum the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda which reygned after his father and is caried out off this place He shal neuer come hither agayne for he shal dye in the place where vnto he is led captyue and shall se this londe nomore Wo worth him that buyldeth his house with vnrightuousnes ād his perlers with the good that he hath gotten by violence which neuer recompenseth his neghburs laboure ner payeth him his hyre He thinketh in himself I wil buylde me a wyde house ād gorgeous perlers He causeth wyndowes to be hewen there in and the sylinges and geastes maketh he off Cedre and paynteth them with Zenober Thinkest thou to reigne now that thou prouokest me to wrath with y t Cedre trees Dyd not thy father eate and drynke and prospere well as lōge as he dealt with equite ād rightuousnesse Yee when he helped y e oppressed and poore to their right then prospered he well From whence came this but only because he had me before his eyes saieth the LORDE Neuertheles as for thine eyes and thine herte they loke vpon covetousnesse to shed innocent bloude to do wronge and violence And therfore thus saieth the LORDE agaynst Ioachim y e sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda They shall not mourne for him as they vse to do alas brother alas syster Nether shall they saye vnto him Alas syr alas for that noble prynce But as an Asse shall he be buried corrupte and be cast with out the gates of Ierusalem Clymme vp the hill off Libanus o thou doughter Sion lift vp thy voyce vpon Basan crie from all partes for all thy louers are destroyed I gaue the warninge whyle thou wast yet ī prosperite But thou saydest I wil not heare And this maner hast thou vsed from thy youth that thou woldest neuer heare my voyce All thy hyrdmen shal be dryuen with the wynde and thy derlinges shal be caried awaye in to captiuyte Then shalt thou be brought to shame and confucion because of all thy wickednes thou that dwellest vpon Libanus ād makest thy nest in the Cedre trees O how greate shal y i mournynge be when thy sorowes come vpon the as a woman trauelinge with childe As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE Though Iechonias the sonne off Ioachim kinge off Iuda were the signet off my right honde yet will I plucke him of And I wil geue the in to y e power off thē that seke to slaye the and in to the power off them that thou fearest in to the power off Nabuchodonosor the kinge off Babilon and in to the power of the Caldees Morouer I will sende the ▪ and thy mother that bare the in to a straunge londe where ye were not borne ād there shall ye dye But as for the londe that ye will desyre to returne vnto ye shall neuer come at it agayne This mā Iechomas shal be like an ymage robbed and torne in peces which pleaseth no man for all his apparell Wherfore both he and his sede shal be sent awaye and cast out in to a lōde that they knowe not O thou earth earth earth heare the worde off the LORDE Wryte this man amonge the outlawes for no prosperite shall this man haue all his life longe Nether shall eny of his sede be so happie as to syt vpon the seate of Dauid and to beare rule in Iuda The XXIII Chapter WO be vnto the shepherdes that destroye and scatre my flocke saieth the LORDE Wherfore this is the cōmaundemēt of the LORDE God of Israel vnto the shepherdes that fede my people Ye scatre ād thrust out my flocke and loke not vpon them Therfore now will I vyset the wickednes of youre ymaginacions saieth y e LORDE And will gather together the remnaunt of my flocke from all londes that I ha◠dryuen them vnto and will bringe them agayne to their pastures that they maye growe and increace I will set shepherdes also oue◠them which shall fede them They shall no more feare and drede for there shall none off them be lost saieth the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I wil rayse vp the rightuous braunch off Dauid which shall beare rule and discusse matters with wyszdome and shall set vp equyte and rightuousnes agayne in the earth In his tyme shall Iuda be saued and Israel shal dwell without feare And this is the name that they shall call him euen the LORDE oure rightuous maker And therfore beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that it shall no more be sayde the LORDE lyueth which brought the children off Israel out of the londe of Egipte But the LORDE lyueth which brought forth ād led the sede of the house off Israel out off the north londe and from all countrees where I had scatred them and they shal dwell in their owne londe agayne My herte breaketh in my body because of the false prophetes all my bones shake I am become like a droncken man that by the reason of wyne can take no rest for very feare of the LORDE and of his holy wordes Because the londe is full of aduoterers where thorow it is destroyed and mourneth and y e pleasaunt pastures of the deserte are dryed vp Yee the waye that men take is wicked their gouernaunce is nothinge like the holy worde of the LORDE For the prophetes and the prestes them selues are poluted Ypocrytes ād their wickednes haue I founde in my house saieth
the LORDE Wherfore their waye shall be slippery in the darcknesse where in they maye stacker and fall For I will bringe a plage vpon them euen the yeare of their visitacion saieth the LORDE I haue sene foly amonge the prophetes of Samaria y t they preched for Baal ād disceaued my people off Israel I haue sene also amonge the Prophetes off Ierusalem foule aduoutery and presumptuous lies They take the most shamefull men by the hōde flatringe them so that they cā not returne from their wickednes All these with their citesyns are vnto me as Sodom and as the inhabitours off Gomorre Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes concernynge the prophetes Beholde I wil fede them with worm wod make them dryncke the water of gall For frō the prophetes of Ierusalem is the sicknes of Ypocrisie come in to all the londe And therfore the LORDE of hoostes geueth you this warnynge Heare not the wordes of the prophetes that preach vnto you and disceaue you for they speake the meanynge of their owne herte and not out of the mouth of the LORDE They saye vnto them that despyse me The LORDE hath spoken it Tush ye shal prospere right well And vnto all them that walke after the lust of their owne herte they saye Tush there shall no myszfortune happen you For who hath sytten in the councell of the LORDE that he hath herde and vnderstonde what he is aboute to do Who hath marcked his deuyce and herde it Beholde the stormy wether of the LORDE that is his indignacion shal go forth and shal fall downe vpon the heade of the vngodly And the wrath of the LORDE shal not turne agayne vntill he perfourme and fulfull the thoughte of his herte And in the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meanynge I haue not sent these prophetes saieth the LORDE and yet they ranne I haue not spoken to them and yet they preached But yf they had continued in my councell and herde my wordes they had turned my people from their euell wayes and wicked ymaginacions Am I thē God that seeth but the thinge which is nye at honde and not that is farre of saieth the LORDE Maye eny man hyde him self so that I shal not se him saieth the LORDE Do not I fulfill heauen and earth saieth the LORDE I haue herde well ynough what the prophetes saye that preach lyes in my name sayēge I haue dreamed I haue dreamed How longe wil this cōtynue in the prophetes hertes to tel lyes and to preach the craftie sotylte of their owne herte Whose purpose is with the dreames that euery one tell to make my people forget my name as their fore fathers dyd whē Baal came vp The prophet that hath a dreame let him tell it and he that vnderstondeth my worde let him shewe it faithfully For what hath chaffe and wheat to do together saieth the LORDE Is not my worde like a fyre saieth the LORDE and like an hammer that breaketh the harde stone Therfore thus saieth the LORDE beholde I wil vpō the prophetes that steale my worde priuely from euery man Beholde here am I saieth the LORDE agaynst the prophetes that take vpon their tunges to speake The LORDE hath sayde it Beholde here am I saieth y e LORDE agaynst those prophetes that darre prophecy lies and disceaue my people with their vanities and miracles whom I neuer sent ner commaunded them They shal do this people greate harme saieth the LORDE Yf this people ether eny prophete or prest axe the and saye what is the burthen of the LORDE Thou shalt saye vnto them What burthen Therfore will I cast you fro me saieth the LORDE because ye youre selues are a burthen And the prophet prest or people that vseth this terme the burthen of the LORDE him will I viset and his house also But thus shall ye saye euery one to another What answere hath the LORDE geuen or what is the LORDES commaundement And as for the burthen of the LORDE ye shal speake nomore of it for euery mans owne worde is his burthen because ye haue altered the wordes of the lyuynge God the LORDE of hoostes oure God Thus shall euery man saye to the prophetes what answere hath the LORDE geuen the Or what saieth the LORDE And not once to name the burthen of the LORDE Therfore thus saieth the LORDE For so moch as ye haue vsed this terme the burthen of the LORDE where as I notwithstondinge sent vnto you and forbade you to speake of the LORDES burthen Beholde therfore I will repute you as a burthen and will cast you out of my presence yee and the cite also that I gaue you and youre fathers and will bringe you to an euerlastinge confucion and in to soch a shame as shal neuer be forgotten The XXIIII Chapter THe LORDE shewed me a visiō Beholde there stode two maundes of figes before y e Tēple of the LORDE after y t Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilō had led awaye captyue Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim kinge of Iuda the mightie men also of Iuda with the workemasters and cōnynge men of Ierusalem vnto Babilon In the one maunde were very good fyges euen like as those that be first ripe In the other maunde were very naughtie figes which might not be eaten they were so euell Then sayde the LORDE vnto me what seist thou Ieremy I sayde fyges where of some be very good and some so euel that no man maye eate them Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me after this maner Thus saieth y e LORDE the God of Israel like as thou knowest the good fyges so shal I knowe the men led awaye whom I haue sent out of this place in to the londe of the Caldees for their profite and I will set myne eyes vpon them for the best for I will bringe them agayne in to this londe I will buylde them vp and not breake them downe I will plante them and not rote them out And I will geue them an herte to knowe how that I am the LORDE They shal be my people and I wil be their God for they shal returne vnto me with their whole herte And like as thou knowest the naughtie fyges which maye not be eatē they are so euel Euen so wil I saieth the LORDE let Sedechias the kinge of Iuda ye and all his prynces the residue of Ierusalem that remayne ouer in this londe them also that dwell in Egipte to be vexed plaged in all kingdomes londes And will make them to be a reprofe a comon byworde a laughinge stocke shame in all the places where I shal scatre them I will sende the swearde honger pestilence amonge them vntill I haue clene consumed them out of the londe that I gaue vnto them their fathers The XXV Chapter A Sermone that was geuen vnto Ieremy vpon all the people of Iuda In the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of
the generacions of Israel they shal be my people The XXXI Chapter THus saieth the LORDE The people of Israel which escaped in y e wildernes from the swearde founde grace to come in to their rest Euen so shal the LORDE now also apeare vnto me from farre and saye I loue the with an euerlastinge loue therfore do I sprede my mercy before the. I will repayre the agayne o thou doughter of Israel that thou mayest be fast and sure Thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne go forth with them that lede the daunce Thou shalt plante vynes agayne vpon y e hilles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plante and synge And when it is tyme the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crie Arise let vs go vp vnto Sion to ouâ—e LORDE God â–ª for thus saieth the LORDE Reioyce with gladnes because of Iacob crie vnto the heade of the Gentiles speake out synge and saye The LORDE shall delyuer his people the remnaunt of Israel make them whole Beholde I will bringe them agayne from out of the north loÌ„de and gather them from the endes of the worlde with the blynde and lame that are amonge them with the women that be greate with childe and soch as be also delyuered and the company of them that come agayne shal be greate They departed from hence in heuynes but with ioye will I bringe them hither agayne I will lede them by the ryuers of water in a straight waye where they shall not stomble For I will be Israels father and Epraim shal be my firstborne Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye Gentiles preach in the Iles that lie farre of and saye he that hath scatred Israel shall gather him together agayne and shall kepe him as a shepherde doth his flocke For the LORDE shall redeme Iacob and ryd him from the honde of the violent And they shal come reioyce vpon the hill of Sion shall haue plenteousnes of goodes which the LORDE shall geue them Namely wheate wyne oyle yonge shepe and calues And their conscience shal be as a well watred garden for they shall nomore be hongrie Then shal the mayde reioyce in the daunce yee both yonge and olde folkes For I will turne their sorow in to gladnesse and will comforte them and make them ioyfull euen from their hertes I will poure plenteousnes vpon the hertes of the prestes and my people shal be satisfied with good thinges saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE The voyce of heuynes wepynge and lamentacion came vp in to heauen euen of Rachel mournynge for hir children and wolde not be comforted because they were awaye But now saieth the LORDE leaue of from wepynge and crienge witholde thyne eyes from teares for thy laboure shal be rewarded saieth the LORDE And they shall come agayne out of the londe of their enemies Yee euen thy posterite shall haue consolacion in this saieth the LORDE that thy children shall come agayne in to their owne londe Morouer I herde Ephraim that was led awaye captyue complayne on this maner O LORDE thou hast correcte me and thy chastenynge haue I receaued as an vntamed calfe Conuerte thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou art my LORDE God Yee as soone as thou turnest me I shall refourme my self and when I vnderstonde I shall smyte vpon my thee For verely I haue coÌ„mitted shamefull thinges O let my youth beare this reprofe and confucion Vpon this complaynte I thought thus by my self is not Ephraim my deare sonne Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all myrth and pastyme For sence the tyme that I first coÌ„moned with him I haue him euer in remembraunce therfore my very herte dryueth me vnto him gladly and louyngly will I haue mercy vpon him saieth the LORDE Get the watchmen prouyde teachers for the set thine herte vpon the right waie that thou shuldest walke and turne agayne o thou doughter of Israel turne agayne to these cities of thyne How longe wilt thou go astraie o thou shreÌ„kinge doughter For the LORDE will worke a new thynge vpon earth A woman shall compasse a man For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel It will come therto that when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuyte these wordes shal be herde in y e londe and in his cities The LORDE which is the fayre brydegrome of rightuousnesse make the frutefull o thou holy hill And there shall dwell Iuda and all hir cities the shepherdes and huszbonde men For I shall fede the hongrie soule and refresh all faynte hertes When I herde this I came agayne to my self and mused like as I had bene waked out of a swete slepe Beholde saieth the LORDE the dayes come that I will sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with catell Yee it shall come therto that like as I haue gone aboute in tymes past to râ—te them out to scatre them to breake them downe to destroye them and chasteÌ„ them Euen so will I also go diligently aboute to buylde them vp agayne and to plante them saieth the LORDE Then shall it no more be sayde y e fathers haue eaten a sower grape and the childrens teth are set on edge for euery one shal dye for his owne myszdede so that who so eateth a sower grape his teth shal be set on edge Beholde the dayes come saieth the LORDE y t I will make a new couenaunt with y e house of Israel with y e house of Iuda not after the couenaunt that I made with their fathers when I toke them by the honde led them out of the londe of Egipte which couenaunt they brake wherfore I punyshed them sore saieth the LORDE But this shal be the couenaunt that I will make with the house of Israel after those dayes saieth the LORDE I will plante my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their hertes and wil be their God and they shal be my people And from theÌ„ce forth shall no man teach his neghboure or his brother and saye knowe the LORDE But they shall all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saieth the LORDE For I will forgeue their myszdedes and wil neuer remembre their synnes eny more Thus saieth the LORDE which gaue the sonne to be a light for the daye and the Moone and starres to shyne in the night which moueth the see so that the floudes therof waxe fearce his name is the LORDE of hoostes Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight saieth the LORDE So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse but all waye be a people before me Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as the heauen aboue can not be measured and as the foundacions of the earth beneth maye not be sought out So will I also not cast out the whole sede of Israel for that they haue commytted saieth the
departe out of y e londe of the Caldees and ye shall be as the rammes that go before the flocke For lo I will wake vp an hoost of people from y e northren londe bringe them vpon Babilon these shal laye sege to it wynne it Their arowes shal not mysse like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge And the Caldees shal be spoyled all they that spoyle them shal be satisfied saieth the LORDE because ye were so chearfull glad to treade downe myne heretage fulfilled youre pleasures as the calues in the grasse and triumphed ouer them like the bulles when ye had gotten the victory Youre mothers shal be sore confounded and they that bare you shal come to shame She shall be the leest set by amonge the nacions vyode waist dried vp No man shal be able to dwell there for the feare of y e LORDE but she shal be whole desolate All they that go by Babilon shall stonde still be abashed shal wondre at all hir plages Go forth in yo r araye agaynst Babilon rounde aboute all ye that can hādle bowes shute as her spare no arowes for she hath synned agaynst the LORDE Crie out vpon her vpon her agaynst her roūde aboute she shal yelde herselfe her foundaciōs shal fall hir walles shall come downe for it shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDE Yee vēgeaunce shal be taken of her as she hath done so shal she be dealt withall They shal rote out the sower from Babilon him y t handleth the sickle in haruest For feare of the swearde of the enemie euery man shall get him to his owne people euery man shal fle to his owne londe Israel is a scatred flocke the Lyons haue dispersed them First the kinge of the Assirians deuoured them last of all this Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon hath brussed all their bones Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will viset the kinge of Babilon his kingdome as I haue visited the kinge of the Assirians and will bringe Israel agayne to his pleasaunt pasture that he maye fede vpon Charmel Basan and be satisfied vpon the mount of Ephraim Galaad In those dayes and at the same tyme saieth the LORDE yf the offence of Israel be sought for there shal none be founde Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda there shal be none for I wil be mercifull vnto them whom I suffre to remayne ouer Go downe o thou avenger in to the enemies londe viset them that dwell therin downe with them and smyte them vpon the backes saieth the LORDE do acordinge to all that I haue commaunded the. There is gone aboute the londe a crie of a slaughter greate murthur namely on this maner How happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken brussed in sonder How chaunceth it that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner I my self haue layed wayte for the thou art taken vnawarres art thou trapped snared for why thou hast prouoked y e LORDE vnto anger The LORDE hath opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For the thinge that is done in the londe of the Caldees it is the LORDE of hoostes worke These thinges shal come vpon her at the last they shal breake in to hir preuy chābres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shall so destroye her y t nothinge shal be left They shal slaye all hir mightie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto thē for the daye tyme of their visitacion is at honde Me thinke I heare already a crie of them that be fled escaped out of the londe of Babilon which shewe in Sion the vengeaunce of the LORDE oure God the vengeaunce of his temple Yee a voyce of them that crie agaynst Babilon Call vp all the archers agaynst Babilon pytch youre tentes rounde aboute her that none escape Recompence her as she hath deserued and acordinge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hath set vp her self agaynst the LORDE agaynst y e holy one of Israel Therfore shal hir yonge men fall downe in the stretes all hir men of warre shal be roted out in y t daye saieth the LORDE Beholde I speake vnto the o thou proude saieth the LORDE God of hoostes for thy daye shal come euē the tyme of y e visitaciō And the proude shal stomble fall no man shal helpe him vp I wil burne vp his cities with fyre it shal consume all that is rounde aboute him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The children of Israel Iuda suffre violence together All they that haue them in captiuyte kepe them fast wil not let them go but their avēger redemer is mightie whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he shal manteyne their cause he shal make the londe shake iudge them that dwell therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees saieth the LORDE vpon them that dwell in Babilon vpon their prynces vpō their wyse mē The swearde vpon their soythsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpō their worthies so that they shal stonde in feare The swearde vpon their horsmen and charettes vpon all the comon people that dwell vnder thē so that they all shal become like women The swearde vpon their treasure so that it shal be stollen awaye The swearde vpon their waters so that they shal be dried vp For the londe worshippeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thinges Therfore shal wilde beestes Apes Estriches dwell therin for there shal neuer man dwell there nether shal eny man haue his habitacion there for euermore Like as God destroyed Sodom Gomorre with the cities that laye there aboute saieth the LORDE So shal noman dwell there also nether shal eny mā haue there his habitacion Beholde there shal come a people from the north with a greate bonde of men many kinges shal stonde vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes buclers cruell are they vnmercifull Their voyce roareth like the raginge see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fight agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kinge of Babilon heareth tell of them his hondes shal waxe feable Sorowe and heuynes shall come vpon him as a woman trauelinge with childe Beholde like as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wil I dryue thē forth and make them runne agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordene to soch thinge For who is like me or who wil stryue with me or what shepherde maye stonde agaynst me Therfore heare the councel that the LORDE hath geuen vpon Babilon and the deuyce that he hath taken vpon
with the saieth the LORDE God so thou becamest myne owne Then waszshed I the with water pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the with oyle I gaue the chaunge of raymentes I made the shues of Taxus lether I gyrthed y e aboute w t white sylcke I clothed the with kerchues I decked the w t costly apparell I put rynges vpon thy fyngers a chayne aboute thy necke spaÌ„ges vpoÌ„ thy foreheade eare rynges vpon thyne eares set a beutifull crowne vpon thine heade Thus wast thou deckte with syluer golde thy rayment was of fyne white sylke of nedle worke of dyuerse colours Thou didest eate nothinge but symnels honny oyle maruelous goodly wast thou beutifull yee euen a very Quene wast thou In so moch that thy beuty was spoken of amonge the Heithen for thou wast excelleÌ„t in my beuty which I put vpoÌ„ the saieth the LORDE God But thou hast put confideÌ„ce in thine owne beuty played the harlot when thou haddest gotten the a name Thou hast committed whordome with all that wente by the hast fulfilled their desyres Yee thou hast taken thy garmeÌ„tes of dyuerse colours deckte thine aulters therwith where vpon thou mightest fulfill thine whordome of soch a fashion as neuer was done ner shal be The goodly ornameÌ„tes Iewels which I gaue the of myne owne golde and syluer hast thou takeÌ„ made the meÌ„s ymages therof and committed whordome withall Thy garmentes of dyuerse colours hast thou taken and deckte them therwith myne oyle incense hast thou set before them My meate which I gaue the as symnels oyle hony to fede the withall that hast thou set before them for a swete sauoure And this came also to passe saieth the LORDE God â–ª Thou hast takeÌ„ thine owne sonnes doughters whom thou haddest begotten vnto me â–ª and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be their meate Is this but a small whordome of thine thinkest thou that thou slayest my children and geuest them ouer to be brâ—â— vnto them And yet in all thy abhominacions and whordome thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth how naked and bare thou wast at that tyme troden downe in thine owne bloude After all these thy wickednesses wo wo vnto the saieth y e LORDE thou hast buylded thy stewes and bredel houses in euery place yee at the heade of euery strete hast thou buylded the an aulter Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred thou hast layed out thy legges to euery one that came by and multiplied thine whordome Thou hast committed fornicacion with the Egipcians thy neghbours which had moch flesh thus hast thou vsed thine whordome to anger me Beholde I will stretch out myne honde ouer the and wil mynish thy stoare of fode and delyuer the ouer in to the willes of the Philistynes thine enemies which are ashamed of thy abhominable waye Thou hast played the whore also with the Assirians which might not satisfie the Yee thou hast played the harlot not had ynough Thus hast thou still coÌ„mitted thy fornicacion from the londe of Canaan vnto the Caldees and yet thy lust not satisfied How shulde I circumcide thine herte saieth the LORDE God seinge thou doest all these thinges thou precious whore buyldinge thy stewes at the heade of euery strete and thy brodel houses in all places Thou hast not bene as an other whore y t maketh booste of hir wynnynge but as a wife y t breaketh wedlocke taketh other in steade of hir huszboÌ„de Giftes are geuen to all other whores but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers offrest them giftes to come vnto the out of all places to committe fornicacio with the. It is come to passe with the in thy whordomes contrary to the vse of other women yee there hath no soch fornicacion bene committed after the seinge that thou profrest giftes vnto other no rewarde is geuen the this is a contrary thinge Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE o thou harlot Thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as thou hast speÌ„t thy moneye discouered thy shame thorow thy whordome with all thy louers and with all the Idols of thy abhominacions in the bloude of thy children whom thou hast geuen them Beholde therfore I wil gather together all thy louers vnto whom thou hast made thy self comon yee all them whom thou fauourest and euery one that thou hatest and will discouer thy shame before theÌ„ that they all maye se thy fylthines Morouer I wil iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murthurer and recompence the thine owne bloude in wrath and gelousy I wil geue the ouer in to their power that shal breake downe thy stewes and destroye thy brodel houses they shal stripe the out of thy clothes all thy fayre beutifull Iewels shal they take from the and so let the syt naked bare Yee they shal bringe the comon people vpon the which shal stone the slaye the downe with their sweardes They shall burne vp thy houses and punysh the in the sight of many womeÌ„ Thus wil I make thy whordome to ceasse so that thou shalt geue out no mo rewardes Shulde I make my wrath to be still take my gelousy from the be content and nomore to be displeased seinge thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth but hast prouoked me to wrath in all these thinges Beholde therfore I wil bringe thine owne wayes vpon thine heade saieth the LORDE God how be it I neuer dyd vnto the acordinge to thy wickednesse and all thy abhominacions Beholde all they y t vse comon prouerbes shall vse this prouerbe also agaynst the Soch a mother soch a doughter Thou art euen thy mothers owne doughter that hath cast of hir houszbonde and hir children Yee thou art the sister of thy sisters which forsoke their huszboÌ„des and their children Youre mother is a Cethite and youre father an Amorite Thine eldest sister is Samaria she and hir doughters that dwel vpoÌ„ thy left honde But thy yongest sister that dwelleth on y e right hoÌ„de is Sodoma and hir doughters Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes ner done after their abhominacions But in all thy wayes thou hast bene more corrupte then they As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God Sodoma thy sister with hir doughters hath not done so euel as thou and thy doughters Beholde the synnes of thy sister Sodoma were these Pryde fulnesse of meate abundaunce and Idilnesse these thinges had she and hir doughters Besydes that they reached not their honde to the poore and nedy but were proude and dyd abhominable thinges before me therfore I toke them awaye when I had sene it Nether hath Samaria done half of thy synnes yee thou hast exceaded them in wickednesse In so moch that in comparison of all the abhominacions which thou hast done thou hast made thy sisters good women
youre owne selues for all youre wickednes that ye haue done And ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I entreate you after my name not after yo r wicked wayes ner acordinge to youre corrupte workes o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE Morouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of maÌ„ set thy face towarde the south speake to the south wynde and saye to the wodde towarde the souht Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil kyndle a fyre in the y t shal coÌ„sume the grene trees w t the drye No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that â—oketh from the south to the north shal be brent therin all flesh shal se that I the LORDE haue kyndled it so that no man maye quench it Then sayde I O LORDE they wil saye of me Tush they are but fables that he telleth The XXI Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came to me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynst the Sanctuary prophecie agaynst the londe of Israel saye to the loÌ„de of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil vpon the wil drawe my swearde out of y e sheth rote out of y e both the rightuous the wicked Seinge then that I will rote out of the both the rightuous wicked therfore shal my swearde go out of his sheth agaynst all flesh from the north to the south that all flesh maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue drawen my swearde out of the sheth it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore o thou sonne of man y t thy loynes crack withall yee mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydinges that commeth at the which all hertes shall melt all hondes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynte and all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth shal be fulfilled saieth the LORDE God Agayne the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God speake the swearde is sharpened wel scoured Sharpened is it for the slaughter scoured y t it maye be bright O the destroyenge staff of my sonne shal bringe downe all wodde He hath put his swearde to y e dightinge y t good holde maye be takeÌ„ of it This swearde is sharpened dight y t it maye be geuen in to the honde of the manslayer Crie o thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shal smyte my people all the rulers in Israel which with my people shall be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpoÌ„ thy thee for wherfore shulde not the plage staff of indgmeÌ„t come Prophecy thou sonne of man smyte thine hoÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y t manslayers swearde that swearde of the greate slaughter which shal smyte them euen in their preuy chambres to make them abaszshed faynte at the hertes in all gates to make some of them fall O how bright and sharpe is it how wel dight mete for y e slaughter Get the to some place alone ether vpon the right honde or on the lefte whither so euer thy face turneth I wil smyte my hondes together also and satisfie my wrothfull indignacion Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it The worde of the LORDE came yet vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man make the two stretes that the swearde of y e kinge of BabiloÌ„ maye come Both these stretes shall go out of one londe He shal set him vp a place at the heade of the strete shal be chose him out a corner Make y e a strete that the swearde maye come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites and to the stronge cite of Ierusalem For the kinge of Babilon shall stonde in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to axe councell at the soythsayers castinge the lottes with his arowes to axe councell at the Idols and to loke in the lyuer But the soythsayenge shall poynte to the right syde vpon Ierusalem that he maye set men of warre to smyte it with a greate noyse to crie out Alarum to set batellrammes agaynst the gates to graue vp dyches to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for y e soythsayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a iest were tolde them Yee and they them selues remembre their wickednesse so that by right they must be takeÌ„ and wonne Therfore saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye youre selues shewe youre offence and haue opened youre wickednesse so that in all youre workes men maye se youre synnes Yet in so moch I saye that ye youreselues haue made mencion therof ye shal be taken by violence O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel whose daye is come â–ª euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue an ende Thus saieth the LORDE God take awaye the mytre and put of the crowne and so is it awaye the humble is exalted and the proude brought lowe Punysh punysh yee punysh them will I and destroye them and that shall not be fulfilled vntill he come to whom the iudgment belongeth and to whom I haue geueÌ„ it And thou o sonne of man prophecy speake Thus saieth the LORDE God to the children of Ammon to their blasphemy speake then The swearde the swearde is drawen forth alredy to the slaughter sâ—â—ured that it glistreth because thou hast loked the out vanities prophecied lyes y t it maye come vpon thy necke like as vpoÌ„ the other vngodly which be slayne whose daye came when their wickednesse was full Though it were put vp agayne into the sheath yet will I punysh the in the londe where thou wast norished borne and poure my indignacion vpon the and will blowe vpon the in the fyre of my wrath and delyuer the vnto cruell people which are lerned to destroye Thou shalt fede the fyre and y t bloude shall be shed in the londe that thou mayest be put out of remembraunce Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it The XXII Chapter MOrouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayde Thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue this bloudthurstie cite Shewe theÌ„ their abhominacioÌ„s tell them Thus saieth the LORDE God O thou cite y t sheddest bloude in y e myddest of the y t thy tyme maye come also and makest the Idols to defyle the withall Thou hast made thy self gilty in y e bloude y t thou hast shed defyled y e iÌ„ y e ydols which thou hast made Thou hast caused thy daies to drawe nye made the tyme of thy yeares to come Therfore will I make y e to be confounded amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ to be despised in all the loÌ„des whether they be nye or farre froÌ„ the they shal laugh
them thy wordes shal they heare but they will not do therafter Whē this commeth to passe for lo it cōmeth in dede then shal they knowe that there hath bene a prophet amonge them The XXXIIII Chapter ANd the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off mā prophecye agaynst the shepherdes of Israel prophecy and speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto the shepherdes off Israel that fede them selues Shulde not the shepherdes fede y e flockes Ye haue eaten vp the fatte ye haue clothed you with the woll the best fedde haue ye slayne but y e flocke haue ye not norished The weake haue ye not holden vp the sicke haue ye not healed the broken haue ye not bounde together the outcastes haue ye not brought agayne y e lost haue ye not sought but churlishly and cruelly haue ye ruled thē Thus are they scatred here and there without a shepherde yee all the beastes off the felde deuoure them and they go astraye My shepe go wandringe vpon all moūtaynes and vpon euery hye hill yee they be scatred abrode in all feldes and there is no man that careth for them or seketh after them Therfore o ye shepherdes heare the worde off the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue for so moch as my shepe are robbed and deuoured off all the wylde beestes off the felde hauynge no shepherde and seynge that my shepherdes take no regarde off my shepe but fede them selues only and not my shepe Therfore heare y e worde off the LORDE o ye shepherdes Thus sayeth the LORDE God Beholde I myselff will vpon the shepherdes and requyre my shepe from their hondes and make thē ceasse from fedynge of my shepe yee the shepherdes shall fede them selues nomore For I will delyuer my shepe out off their mouthes so that they shall not deuoure them after this For thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I will loke to my shepe myselff and seke them Like as a shepherde amōge the flocke seketh after the shepe that are scatred abrode euen so will I seke after my shepe and gather them together out off all places where they haue bene scatred in the cloudy and darcke daye I will bringe them out from all people and gather them together out of all londes I will bringe thē in to their owne londe and fede them vpon the mountaynes off Israel by the ryuers and in all the places of the countre I will fede them in right good pastures and vpon the hie mountaynes off Israel shall there foldes be There shal they lye in a good folde ād in a fat pasture shall they fede euen vpon the mountaynes of Israel I will fede my shepe myselff and bringe them to their rest sayeth the LORDE God Soch as be lost will I seke soch as go astraye wil I brynge agayne soch as be woūded will I bynde vp soch as be weake will I make stronge soch as be fat and well lykinge those will I preserue and fede them with y e thinge that is laufull And as for you o my shepe sayeth the LORDE God I will put a difference amonge the shepe amonge the wethers ād the goates Was it not ynough for you to eat vp the good pasture but ye must treade downe the residue of youre pasture w t youre fete also Was it not ynough for you to drynke cleare water but ye must trouble the residue also with youre fete Thus my shepe must be fayne to eate y e thinge that ye haue troden downe with yo r fete and to drynke it that ye with youre fete haue defyled Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE God vnto them Beholde I will seuer the fat shepe from the leane for so moch as ye haue shot the weake shepe apō y e sydes shulders and runne vpon them with youre homes so longe till ye haue vtterly scatred them abrode I wil helpe my shepe so y t they shal nomore be spoyled yee I wil discerne one shepe from another I wil rayse vp vnto them one only shepherde euen my seruaunt Dauid he shal fede thē and he shal be their shepherde I the LORDE wil be their God and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their prince Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it Morouer I wil make a couenaunt of peace with them and dryue all euell beastes out of the londe so that they maye dwell safely in the wildernesse and slepe in the woddes Good fortune prosperite wil I geue them and vnto all that be rounde aboute my hill A prosperous shower and rayne wil I sende them in due season that the trees in the wodde maye bringe forth their frutes y e grounde hir increase They shal be safe in their londe and shal knowe that I am the LORDE which haue brokē their yocke and delyuered them out of the hondes of those that helde them in subieccion They shal nomore be spoyled of the Heithen ner deuoured with the beastes of the lōde but safely shal they dwell no man shall fraye them I wil set vp an excellēt plāte for them so y t they shal suffre no more hunger in the londe nether beare the reprofe of y e Heithen eny more Thus shal they vnderstonde that I the LORDE their God am w t them y t they euen the house of Israel are my people saieth the LORDE God Ye men are my flocke ye are the shepe of my pasture and I am youre God saieth the LORDE God The XXXV Chapter MOrouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man turne thy face towarde the mount Seir prophecy vpon it saye vnto it Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde o thou mount Seir I will vpon the I will reach out myne hōde ouer the yee waist desolate wil I make the. Thy cities wil I breake downe thou shalt lye voyde that thou mayest knowe how that I am the LORDE For so moch as thou bearest an olde enemyte agaynst the children of Israel with a cruel honde hast made them afrayed what tyme as they were troubled punyshed for their synne Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth y e LORDE God I wil prepare the vnto bloude yee bloude shal folowe vpon the seinge thou layest waite for bloude therfore shall bloude persecute the. Thus wil I make the mount Seir desolate waist and bringe to passe that there shall no man go thither ner come from thence His mountaynes wil I fyll w t his slayne men thy hilles dales and valleys shallye full of them that are slayne with y e swearde I wil make the a perpetuall wildernesse so that noman shal dwell in thy cities y t ye maye knowe how y t I am the LORDE And because thou hast sayde what both these nacions and both these londes must be myne I wil haue them in possession where as the LORDE was there Therfore
clothinge In the same daye also wil I vyset all those that treade ouer the thresholde so proudly which fyll their lordes house w t robbery and falsede At y e same tyme saieth the LORDE there shall be herde a greate crie from the fyshporte and an howlinge from y e other porte and a greate murthur from the hilles Howle ye that dwel in the myll for all the marchaunt people are gone and all they that were laden with syluer are roted out At the same tyme wil I seke thorow Ierusalem with lanternes and vyset them that contynue in their dregges and saye in their hertes Tush the LORDE wil do nether good ner euell Their goodes shal be spoyled and their houses layed waist They shall buylde houses and not dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes but not drynke the wyne therof For the greate daye of the LORDE is at honde it is harde by commeth on a pace Horrible is y e tydinges of the LORDES daye then shall the giaunte crie out for that daye is a daye of wrath a daye of trouble heuynesse a daye of vtter destruccion mysery a darcke glomynge daye a cloudy stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the stronge cities and hie towres I wil bringe y e people into soch vexacion that they shal go aboute like blinde meÌ„ because they haue synned agaynst the LORDE Their bloude shal be shed as the dust their bodies as the myre Nether their syluer ner their golde shal be able to delyuer theÌ„ in that wrothfull daye of the LORDE but the whole londe shal be coÌ„sumed thorow the fyre of his gelousy for he shall soone make clene ryddaunce of all them that dwell in the londe The II. Chapter COme together and gather you O ye frauwerde people or y e thinge go forth that is concluded or the tyme be passed awaye as the dust or the fearfull wrath of the LORDE come vpon you yee or the daye of the LORDES sore displeasure come vpon you Seke the LORDE all yee meke harted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgmeÌ„t seke rightuousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of y e LORDE For Gaza shal be destroyed Ascalon shall be layed waist They shal cast out Aszdod at the noone daye and Accaron shal be pluckte vp by the rotes Wo vnto you y t dwel vpon the see coost ye murthurous people the worde of y e LORDE shal come vpon you O Canaan thou londe of the Philistynes I wil destroye the so that there shal no man dwel in the eny more as for the see coost it shal be hyrdmens cotages shepe foldes yee it shal be a porcion for soch as remayne of the house of Iuda to fede ther vpon In y e houses of Ascalon shal they rest towarde night for the LORDE their God shal vyset theÌ„ turne awaye their captyuite I haue herde the despite of Moab the blasphemies of the children of Ammon how they haue shamefully intreated my people and magnified them selues within the borders of their londe Therfore as truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Moab shal be as Sodome Ammon as Gomorra euen drie thorne hedges salt pittes and a perpetuall wyldernes The residue of my folke shall spoyle them the remnaunt of my people shall haue them in possession This shal happen vnto them for their pryde because they haue dealte so shamefully with the LORDE of hoostes people and magnified them selues aboue them The LORDE shall be grymme vpon them and destroye all the goddes in the londe And all the Iles of the Heithen shal worshipe him euery man in his place Ye MoriaÌ„s also shal perish with my swerde Yee he shall stretch out his honde ouer the north and destroye Assur As for Niniue he shal make it desolate drye and waist The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it foules shal synge in the wyndowes and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes for the bordes of Cedre shal be ryueÌ„ downe This is the proude and carelesse cite that sayde in hir herte I am and there is els none O how is she made so waist y t the beestes lye therin Who so goeth by mocketh her and poynteth at her with his fynger The III. Chapter WO to the abhominable fylthie and cruel cite which wil not heare ner be refourmed Hir trust is not in the LORDE nether wil she holde her to hir God Hir rulers within her are as roaringe lyons hir iudges are as wolues in the euenynge which leaue nothinge behynde them till the morow Hir prophetes are light personnes and vn faithfull men hir prestes vnhalowe the Sanctuary and do wronge vnder the pretence of the lawe But the iust LORDE that doth no vnright was amonge them euery mornynge shewinge them his lawe clearly and ceassed not But the vngodly will not lerne to be aszshamed Therfore wil I rote out this people and destroye their towres yee and make their stretes so voyde that no man shall go therin Their cities shall be brokeÌ„ downe so that no body shal be left ner dwel there eny more I sayde vnto them O feare me and be coÌ„tent to be refourmed That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges wherwith I shal vyset theÌ„ But neuertheles they stonde vp early to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions Therfore ye shal waite vpon me saieth the LORDE vntil the tyme that I stonde vp for I am determed to gather the people and to bringe the kingdomes together that I maye poure out myne anger yee all my wrothfull displeasure vpon them For all the worlde shal be consumed with the fyre of my gelousy And then wil I clense the lippes of the people that they 〈◊〉 euerychone call vpon the name of the LORDE and serue him with one shâ—lder Soâ—â— as I haue subdued and my children also whom I haue scatred abrode shal brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Ethiopia In that tyme shalt thou nomore 〈◊〉 founded because of all thy ymaginacionâ— wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wil take awaye the proude boosters of thine honoure from the so that thou shalt no more tryumphe because of my holy hâ—ll In the also wil I leaue a smal poore symple people which shal trust in the name of the LORDE The remnaunt of Israel shal do no wickednes ner speakelyes nether shal there eny disceatful tunge be founde in their mouthes For they shal be fed and take their rest and no man shal make them afrayed Geue thâ—â—kes o doughter SioÌ„ be ioyful o Israel reioyce be glad from thy whole herte o doughter Ierusalem for the LORDE hath taken awaye thy punyshment and turned
worlde Then cried he vpon me and spake vnto me sayenge Beholde these that go towarde y e north shal still my wrath in the north countre And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Take of the presoners that are come from Babilon namely Heldai Tobias and Idaia come thou the same daye and go in to the house of Iosias the sonne of Sophony Then take golde and syluer and make crownes therof and set them vpon the heade of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hie prest and speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde the man whose name is the braunch he that shall springe vp after him shal buylde vp the temple of the LORDE yee euen he shall buylde vp the temple of the LORDE He shal beare the prayse he shall syt vpon the LORDES trone and haue the dominacion A prest shall he be also vpon his trone a peaceable councell shal be betwixte them both And the crownes shal be in the temple of the LORDE for a remembraunce vnto Helem Tobias Idaia and Hen the sonne of Sophony And soch as be farre of shal come and buylde the temple of the LORDE that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you And this shal come to passe yf ye wil herken diligently vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The VII Chapter IT happened also in the fourth yeare of kynge Darius that the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary in the fourth daye of the ix moneth which is calleth Casleâ— what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and the men that were with them sent vnto Bethel for to praye before y e LORDE and that they shulde saye vnto the prestes which were in the house of the LORDE of hoostes and to the prophetes Shulde I wepe in the fyfte moneth and absteyne as I haue done now certayne yeares Then came the worde of the LORDE of hoostes vnto me sayenge Speake vnto all the people of the londe and to the prestes and saye when ye fasted and mourned in the v vij moneth now this lxx yeares dyd ye fast vnto me When ye ate also and dronke dyd ye not eate and drinke for youre owne selues Are not these the wordes which the LORDE spake by his prophetes afore tyme when Ierusalem was yet inhabited and welthy she and the cities rounde aboute her when there dwelt meÌ„ both towarde the south and in the playne countrees And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE of hoostes Execute true iudgment shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse euery man to his brother Do the wyddowe the fatherlesse the straunger and poore no wronge and let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in his hert Neuertheles they wolde not take hede but turned their backes and stopped their eares that they shulde not heare yee they made their hertes as an Adamant stone lest they shulde heare the lawe wordes which the LORDE of hoostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the LORDE of hoostes was very wroth at them And thus is it come to passe that like as he spake and they wolde not heare euen so they cried and I wolde not heare saieth the LORDE of hoostes but scatered them amonge all Gentiles whom they knewe not Thus the londe was made so desolate y t there traualed no man in it nether to ner fro for that pleasaunt londe was vtterly layed waist The VIII Chapter SO the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I was in a greate gelousy ouer Sion yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a greate displeasure thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I wil turne me agayne vnto Sion and wil dwel in the myddest of Ierusalem so that Ierusalem shal be called a faithfull and true cite the hill of the LORDE of hoostes yee an holy hill Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes There shall yet olde men and women dwel agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem yee and soch as go with staues in their hondes for very age The stretes of the cite also shal be full of yonge boyes and damselles playnge vpon the stretes Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes yf the residue of this people thynke it to be vnpossible in these dayes shulde it therfore be vnpossible in my sight sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I wil delyuer my people from the londe of the east and west and wil brynge them agayne that they maye dwel at Ierusalem They shal be my people and I will be their God in trenth and rightuousnesse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes let youre hondes be stronge ye that now heare these wordes by the mouth of the prophetes which be in these dayes that the foundacion is layed vpon the LORDE of hoostes house that the temple maye be buylded For why before these dayes nether men ner catel coude wynne eny thinge nether might eny man come in and out in rest for trouble but I let euery man go agaynst his neghboure Neuerthelesse I wil now intreate the residue of this people nomore as afore tyme saieth the LORDE of hoostes but they shal be a sede of peace The vynyarde shal geue hir frute the grounde shal geue hir increase and the heauens shal geue their dew and I shal cause the remnaunt of this people to haue all these in possession And it shall come to passe that like as ye were a curse amonge the Heithen O ye house of Iuda and ye house of Israel Euen so wil I delyuer you that ye shal be a blessynge feare not but let youre hoÌ„des be stronge For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I deuysed to punysh you what tyme as youre fathers prouoked me vnto wrath sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and spared not Euen so am I determed now in these dayes for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem therfore feare ye not Now the thinges that ye shal do are these Speake euery man the treuth vnto his neghboure execute iudgment truly and peaceably within youre portes none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure and loue no false oothes for all these are the thinges that I hate sayeth the LORDE And the worde of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto me sayenge thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shal be ioye and gladnesse prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda Only loue the treuth and peace Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes There shall yet come people and the inhabiters of many cities and they that dwell in one cite shal go to another sayenge â–ª Vp let vs go and praye before the LORDE â—â—t vs seke the LORDE of hoostes I wil go with you
Yee moch people and mightie Heithen shal come and seke the LORDE of hoostes at Ierusalem and to praye before the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes In that tyme shal ten men out of all maner of languages of the Gentiles take one Iewe by the hemme of his garment and saye we wil go with you for we haue herde that God is amonge you The IX Chapter THe worde of the LORDE shal be receaued at Adrach Damascus shal be his offerynge for the eyes of all mē and of the trybes of Israel shall loke vp vnto the LORDE The borders of Hemath shal be harde therby Tyrus also Sidon for they are very wise Tyrus shal make hirself stronge heape vp syluer as the sonde and golde as the claye of the stretes Beholde the LORDE shal take her in and haue her in possession he shal smyte downe hir power in to the see and she shal be consumed with fyre This shal Ascalon se and be afrayed Gaza shal be very sory so shal Accaron also because hir hope is come to confucion For the kinge of Gaza shall perish and at Ascalon shal no man dwel Straūgers shall dwel at Aszdod as for y e pryde of y e Philistynes I shal rote it out Their bloude will I take awaye from their mouth and their abhominaciōs from amonge their teth Thus they shal be left for oure God yee they shal be as a prynce in Iuda Accaron like as Iebusi And so will I compase my house rounde aboute with my men of warre goinge to and fro that no oppressoure come vpon them eny more For that haue I sene now with myne eyes Reioyce thou greatly o doughter Sion be glad o doughter Ierusalem For lo thy kinge commeth vnto the euen the rightuous and Sauioure Lowly and symple is he he rydeth vpon an asse and vpō the foale of an asse I wil rote out the charettes frō Ephraim the horse from Ierusalem the batel bowes shal be destroyed He shall geue the doctryne of peace vnto the Heithen and his dominion shal be from the one see to the other from the floudes to the endes of the worlde Thou also thorow the bloude of thy couenaunt shalt let thy presoners out of the pytte wherin is no water Turne you now to the stronge holde ye that be in preson longe sore to be delyuered And this daye I bringe the worde that I wil rewarde the dubble agayne For Iuda haue I bent out as a bowe for me and Ephraim haue I fylled Thy sonnes o Siō wil I rayse vp agaynst the Grekes and make the as a giauntes swearde the LORDE God shal be sene aboue thē and his dartes shall go forth as the lightenynge The LORDE God shall blowe the trompet and shal come forth as a storme out of the south The LORDE of hoostes shall defende thē they shall consume and deuoure and subdue them with slynge stones They shal drynke rage as it were thorow wyne They shal be fylled like y e basens as y e hornes of y e aulter The LORDE their God shal delyuer thē in y e daye as the flock off his people for the stonēs off his Sanctuary shal be set vp in his lāde O how prosperous and goodly a thynge shall that be The corne shall make the yonge men chearefull and the new wyne the maydens The X. Chapter PRaye the LORDE then bytymes to geue you the latter rayne so shall the LORDE make cloudes and geue you rayne ynough for all the increace off the felde For vayne is the answere of Idols The soythsayers se lyes and tell but vayne dreames the comforth that they geue is nothynge worth Therfore go they astraye like a flocke of shepe ād are troubled because they haue no shepherde My wrothfull displeasure is moued at the shepherdes and I will vyset the goates For the LORDE of hoostes wil graciously vyset his flocke the house of Iuda and holde them as a goodly fayre horse in the batell Out of Iuda shal come the helmet the nale the batelbowe and all the princes together They shal be as the giauntes which in the batell treade downe the myre vpon y e stretes They sha◠fight for y e LORDE shal be with them so that the horsmen shal be confounded I wil cōforte the house of Iuda and preserue the house of Ioseph I wil turne them also for I pytie them and they shal be like as they were when I had not cast them of For I the LORDE am their God and wil heare them Ephraim shal be as a giaunt and their herte shal be cherefull as thorow wyne Yee their children shal se it and be glad and their herte shal reioyce in the LORDE I wil blowe for them gather them together for I wil redeme them They shall increace as they increased afore I wil sowe thē amonge the people y t they maye thinke vpō me in farre countrees they shal lyue w t their childrē and turne agayne I wil bringe them agayne also from the londe of Egipte and gather them out of Assiria I wil carye them in to y e londe of Galaad and to Libanus and they shal wante nothynge He shall go vpon the see of trouble ▪ and smyte the see wawes so y t all the depe floudes shal be dryed vp The proude boostinge of Assur shal be cast downe and the scepter off Egipte shall be taken awaye I will comforte them in the LORDE that they maye walke in his name saieth the LORDE The XI Chapter OPen thy dores o Libanus that the fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees Howle ye Fyrre trees for the Cedre is fallē yee all y e proude are waisted awaye Howle o ye oke trees of Baasan for y e mightie stronge wod is cut downe Men maye heare the shepherdes mourne for their glory is destroyed Mē maye heare the lyons whelpes roare for the pryde off Iordane is waisted awaye Thus sayeth the LORDE my God Fede the shepe of y e slaughter which shal be slayne of those that possesse them yet they take it for no synne but they y t sell thē saye The LORDE be thanked I am rich Yee their owne shepherdes spare them not Therfore wil I nomore spare those that dwell in the londe sayeth the LORDE but lo I will delyuer the people euery man in to his neghbours honde and in to the hōde of his kynge that they maye smyte the londe and out off their hondes wil not I delyuer them I myself fedde y e slaughter shepe a poore flocke verely ād toke vnto me two staues the one I called louynge mekenesse the other I called wo and so I kepte the shepe Thre shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth for I might not awaye w t them nether had they eny delyte in me Then sayde I I will fede you nomore the thinge that dyeth let it dye and that wil perishe
the honger shal the swerde destroye the deed shal be cast out as donge there shal be no man to coÌ„forte 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 theÌ„selues 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 diligeÌ„tly 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 briÌ„geth 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 coÌ„meth 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 marchauÌ„dies 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 coÌ„meth 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 grouÌ„de of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth youre ymaginacions inueÌ„cions and what ye thynke whan ye synne wolde hyde youre synnes Therfore hath y e LORDE searched and sought out all yo r woâ—kes 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 coÌ„sent 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 coÌ„maundementes 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 buryeÌ„ge 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
cōsented to lett them go and had sent them out with greate diligence they wolde repente folowe vpon them For whan they were yet mournynge and makinge lamētacion by the graues of the deed they deuysed another foolishnes so that they persecuted them in their flienge whom they had cast out afore w t prayer Worthy necessite also brought them vnto this ende for they had cleane forgotten the thinges y t happened vnto them afore But the thinge that was wantynge of their punyshment was requysite so to be fulfilled vpon them with tormētes that thy people might haue a maruelous passage thorow and that these might fynde a straunge death Thē was euery creature fashioned agayne of the new acordinge to the wyll of their maker obeyenge thy commaundementes y t thy children might be kepte without hurte For the cloude ouershadowed their tentes the drye earth appeared where afore was water so y t in the reed see there was a waye without impediment and the greate depe became a grene felde where thorow all y e people wente that were defended with thy hande seinge thy wonderous maruelous workes For as y e horses so were they fedd leapte like lābes praysinge the o LORDE which haddest delyuered them And why they were yet myndefull of the thinges that happened whyle they dwelt in the londe how the grounde brought forth flyes insteade of catell and how y e ryuer scrauled with the multitude of frogges in steade of fyszshes But at the last they sawe a new creacion of byrdes what tyme as they were disceaued with lust and desyred delicate meates For whan they were speakinge of their appetite the quales came vp vnto them from the see and punyshmentes came vpon y e synners not without the tokēs which came to passe afore by the vehemēce of y e streames for they suffred worthely acordinge to their wickednesses they dealt so abhominably churlishly with straungers Some receaued no vnknowne gestes some brought y e straungers in to bondage that dyd them good Besyde all these thinges there were some that not only receaued no straungers with their wylles but persecuted those also and dyd thē moch euell that receaued thē gladly Therfore were they punyshed with blyndnesse like as they that were couered with sodane darcknesse at the dores of the righteous so y t euery one sought y e intraunce of his dore Thus the elementes turned in to them selues like as whan one tune is chaunged vpon an instrument of musick and yet all the residue kepe their melody which maye easely be perceaued by the sight of the thinges that are come to passe The drye lōde was turned in to a watery y e thinge that afore swamme in the water wente now vpon the drye grounde The fyre had power in the water cōtrary to his awne vertue and the water forgatt his awne kynde to quench Agayne the flammes of the noysome beastes hurte not the flesh of them that wēte with them nether melted they the yse which els melteth lightly In all thinges hast thou promoted thy people o LORDE and brought them to honoure thou hast not despysed them but allwaye and in all places hast thou stonde by them The ende of the boke of wyszdome Ecclesiasticus called Iesus Syrac The prologe of Iesus the sonne of Syrac vnto his boke MAny and greate mē haue declared wyszdome vnto vs out of y e lawe out of y e prophetes out of other that folowed thē In the which thinges Israel ought to be commended by the reason of doctrine and wiszdome Therfore they that haue it reade it shulde not onely thē selues be wyse there thorow but serue other also with teachinge and wrytinge After that my graundfather Iesus had geuen diligent laboure to reade the lawe the prophetes and other bokes that were left vs of oure fathers and had wel exercised himself therin he purposed also to wryte some thinge of wyszdome and good maners to the intēt that they which were wyllinge to lerne and to be wyse might haue the more vnderstandinge and be the more apte to lede a good conuersacion Wherfore I exorte you to receaue it louyngly to reade it with diligence and to take it in good worth though oure wordes be not so eloquent as the famous oratours For the thinge that is wryttin in the Hebrue tonge soundeth not so well whan it is trāslated in to another speache Not only this boke of myne but also the lawe the prophetes and other bokes sounde farre other wyse then they do whan they are spoken in their awne language Now in the XXXVIII yeare whan I came in to Egipte in the tyme of Ptolomy Euerges and continued there all my life I gat libertie to reade and wryte many good thinges Wherfore I thought it good and necessary to bestowe my diligence and trauayle to interprete this boke And consideringe that I had tyme I laboured and dyd my best to perfourme this boke and to brynge it vnto light that the straūgers also which are disposed to lerne might applye them selues vnto good maners lyue acordinge to y e lawe of y e LORDE What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. All wyszdome commeth of God for he onely is wyse The frute of Gods feare Chap. II. An exortacion vnto pacience to the feare of God Chap. III. A doctryne for children how they shulde honoure father and mother how men ought to be gentle and lowly Chap. IIII. Wyszdome lerneth to be mercifull and louynge vnto euery man What rewarde wyszdome geueth to them that loue her and seke her Chap. V. Let no man trust in his riches let no man leane vpon his owne power let no man despyse the mercy longe sufferynge of God Chap. VI. Of true false frendshipe An exortacion to herken vnto wyszdome Chap. VII Many goodly lessons and documētes Chap. VIII He teacheth to bewarre of strife to thincke scorne of no mā to avoyde suerryshipp to bewarre of branelesse and cruell people Chap. IX How mē shulde behaue them selues with their wyues how olde frendshipe ought nor to be broken c. with many other good lessons Chap. X. Of iudges rulers of the people How pryde ought to be eschued Chap. XI Many good instruccions Chap. XII How and to whom a mā shulde do good Chap. XIII How the poore shulde kepe himself from the riche Chap. XIIII The vnfaithfulnes and wickednes of rich nygardes An exortacion to do good to cleue vnto wyszdome Chap. XV. The profit that commeth of the feare of God of wyszdome which the wicked will not receaue Chap. XVI The multitude of euell children is not good for the grace of God is not amonge the vngodly The pacience mercy and wyszdome of God Chap. XVII How God made man endewed him with giftes openynge his wil lawe vnto him but chose Israel out of all people Chap. XVIII The wyszdome of God and ordre of his workes which no man maye comprehende
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 wryttē 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 commaundemētes of mē Ye leaue the cōmaundement of God and kepe the tradicions of men as the wasshynge of cruses and cuppes many soch thinges do ye And he saide vnto thē How goodly haue ye cast asyde the cōmaundement 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 mā shal saye to father or mother Corban that is The thinge y t I shulde helpe the withall is geuē 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 mā 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 Heithē 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 childrēs 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 childrēs crōmes 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 tē 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 tōge 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 thē 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 thākes and brake them and gaue thē vnto his disciples to set them before the people And they set thē 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 seuē baszkettes full of y e brokē meate that was left And they y t ate were vpō a foure thousande And he sent thē 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 begāne to dispute with him and tempted him and desyred a token of him from heauē And he sighed in his sprete and sayde Why doth this generacion seke a token Verely I saye vnto you There shal no tokē be geuē vnto this generacion And he left them and wēte 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 cōmaunded 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 remēbre 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 thē 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
Christ hath once suffred for oure synnes y e iust for the vniust for to brynge vs to God was slayne after the flesh but quyckened after the sprete In the which sprete he also wente and preached vnto y e spretes that were in preson which in tyme past beleued not whan God once a bode and suffred pacieÌ„tly in the tyme of Noe whyle the Arke was a preparynge Wherin fewe that is to saye eight soules were saued by water Which signifieth baptyme y t now saueth vs not y e puttinge awaye of the fylth of the flesh but in y t a good coÌ„scieÌ„ce coÌ„senteth vnto God by y e resurreccion of Iesus Christ which is on the righte hande of God and is gone in to heaueÌ„ angels power and mighte subdued vnto him The IIII. Chapter FOr as moch then as Christ hath suffred for vs in y e flesh arme youre selues likewyse with the same mynde For he which suffreth in the flesh ceasseth froÌ„ synne y t heÌ„ce forth as moch tyme as yet remayneth in y e flesh he shulde not lyue after the lustes of meÌ„ but after the wil of God For it is ynough y t we haue spent y e tyme past of the life after the will of y e Heythen whaÌ„ we walked in wantannesse lustes dronkeÌ„nes glotony ryotous drynkynge iÌ„ abhominable Idolatrye And it semeth to theÌ„ a straunge thinge y t ye runne not also w t them vnto the same excesse of ryote speake euell of you Which shal geue acoÌ„ptes vnto hiÌ„ y t is ready to iudge y e quycke y e deed For vnto this purpose also was y e Gospell preached vnto the deed y t they shulde be iudged like other meÌ„ iÌ„ y e flesh but shulde lyue vnto God in y e sprete The ende of all thiÌ„ges is at haÌ„de Be ye therfore sober watch vnto prayers but aboue all thinges haue feruent loue amonge you one to another For loue couereth the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudginge mynister one to another eueryone with the gifte y t he hath receaued as good stewardes of the manifolde grace of God Yf eny maÌ„ speake let hiÌ„ speake it as y e wordes of God Yf eny man haue an office let him execute it as out of the power y t God mynistreth vnto hiÌ„ y t God maye be praysed in all thinges thorow Iesus Christ To whoÌ„ be hono and domynion for euer and euer Amen Derely beloued maruell not at this heate which is come amoÌ„ge you to trye you as though some strauÌ„ge thinge happened vnto you but reioyce in as moch as ye are partakers of Christes passioÌ„s y t whaÌ„ his glory appeareth ye maye be mery glad Yf ye be reuyled for y e name of Christ blessed are 〈…〉 y e sprete which is y e sprete of glory 〈…〉 resteth vpon you On their parte 〈…〉 spoken of but on yo parte he is 〈…〉 But se that none of you 〈…〉 or as a thefe or as an euell doer or as a busy body in other mens matters Yf eny man suffre as a Christen man let him not be ashamed but let him prayse God on this behalfe For y e tyme is come that iudgmeÌ„t must begynne at the house of God Yf it first begynne at vs what shal the ende be of theÌ„ which beleue not the Gospell of God And yf y e righteous scacely be saued where shal y e vngodly synner appeare Wherfore let them that suffer acordynge to the will off God commytte their soules vnto him with well doynge as to the faithfull creator The V. Chapter THe Elders which are amonge you I exhorte which am also an Elder and a witnes off the affliccions in Christ and partaker of the glory that shal be opened Fede Christes flocke which is amonge you and take the ouerfighte of theÌ„ not as though ye were coÌ„pelled therto but wyllingly not for the desyre of filth ye lucre but of a good mynde not as though ye were lordes ouer the parisheÌ„s but that ye be an ensample to the flocke whan the chefe shepherde shal appeare ye shal receaue the vncorruptible crowne of glory Likewyse ye yoÌ„ger submytte youre selues vnto the elder Submytte youre selues euery man one to another and knyt yo r selues together in lowlynes of mynde For God resisteth the proude but geueth grace to the humble Submytte yo selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come Cast all youre care on him for he careth for you Be sober and watch for yo r aduersary y e deuell walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon sekynge whom he maye deuoure whom resiste stedfast in the faith and knowe that youre brethren in the worlde haue euen the same affliccions But y e God of all grace which hath called you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu shal his owne selfe make you perfecte which suffre a litle season eueÌ„ he shal settle strength and stablish you To him be prayse and domynion for euer and euer Amen By Siluanus youre faithfull brother as I suppose haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you breuely exhortinge and testifyenge how that this is the true grace of God wherin ye stoÌ„de The companyons of youre eleccion that are at 〈…〉 salute you and Marcus my sonne 〈…〉 one another with the kysse of loue 〈…〉 with you all which are in Christ 〈…〉 The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The summe of this epistle Chap. I. For so moch as the power of God hath geuen them all thinges pertayninge vnto life he exhorteth theÌ„ to flye the corrupcion of worldly lust to make their callynge â—ore with good workes and frutes of faith He maketh mencion of his owne death declaringe the LORDE Iesus to be the true sonne of God as he himself hath sene vpon the mount Chap. II. He prophecieth of false teachers and sheweth their punyshment Chap. III. He exhorteth men to bewarre of soch as wolde make theÌ„ beleue that the dayâ— of the LORDE were slacke in commynge prayeth them to lede a godly life and to loke verely for the commynge of the LORDE whose â—â—ge tarienge is saluacion and because he wolde haue no man lost but wolde receaue all 〈◊〉 to repentaunce The first Chapter SYmon Peter a seruauÌ„t and an Apostle of Iesus Christ. Vnto theÌ„ which haue optayned like faith with vs in the righteousnes that commeth of oure God and Saâ—oure Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you thorow the knowlege of God and of Iesus Christ oure LORDE For so moch as his godly power hath geuen vs all thinges that pertayne vnto life and godlynes thorow the knowlege of him that hath called vs by his owne glorie and power wherby the excellent and most greate promyses are geueÌ„ vnto vs namely that ye by the same shulde be partakers of the godly nature yf ye
the Iesraelite which he denyed to geue the for money for Naboth lyueth no more but is deed And whan Achab herde y e Naboth was deed he rose to go downe vn-the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite and to take possession of it But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite and sayde Get the vp and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of Israel which is at Samaria beholde he is in Naboths vynyarde in to the which he is gone downe to take possession of it and talke thou with him and speake Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou hast slayne and taken in possession And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude shall the dogges licke thy bloude also And Achab sayde vnto Elias Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye He saide Yee I haue founde the because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE Beholde I wyll brynge mysfortune vpon the and take awaye thy posterite and wil rote out from Achab euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall and him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in Israel and thy house wyll I make as the house of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia because of y e prouocacion wherwhith thou hast prouoked me vnto wrath and made Israel to synne And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in y e felde of Iesrael Who so of Achab dyeth in y e cite him shal the dogges eate vp and who so dyeth in the felde the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp So cleane solde to do myschefe in y e sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene as Achab for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion that he goeth after Idols acordīge vnto all as dyd the Amorites whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel But whan Achab herde these wordes he rēte his clothes put a sack cloth on his body fasted and slepte in sack cloth and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite sayde Hast thou not sene how Achab humbleth him selfe before me For so moch now as he hūbleth him selfe in my sighte I wil not brynge that plage whyle he lyueth but by his sonnes life wil I brynge mysfortune vpon his house The XXII Chapter ANd there passed ouer thre yeares that there was no warre betwene the Sirians Israel But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not y t Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria And he sayde vnto Iosaphat Wilt thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth in Gilead Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel I wyll be as thou my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses And Iosaphat sayde vnto y e kynge of Israel Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE Then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes aboute a foure hundreth men and sayde vnto them Shal I go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fighte or shal I let it alone They sayde Go vp y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to y e kinges hande But Iosaphat sayde Is there not one prophet here more of y e LORDE that we maye axe at him The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man one Micheas the sonne of Iemla at whom we maye axe of the LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but euell Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne and sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla As for the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kinge of Iuda they sat ether of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes in the place at y e dore of the porte of Samaria and all y e prophetes prophecied before thē And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at y e Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse and sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead thou shalt prospere right well the LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde vnto him Beholde The wordes of y e prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde therfore be as their worde and speake thou good also Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or shall we let it alone He sayde vnto him Yee go vp thou shalt prospere righte well the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges hande But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne I charge y t that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth in the name of y e LORDE He sayde I sawe all Israel scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes as the shepe that haue no shepherde And the LORDE saide Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Then sayde y e kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Tolde not I y e that he wolde prophecye me no good but euell He sayde Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stōdinge by him at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE saide Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayde this another that Then wēte there forth a sprete stode before the LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde vnto him I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes He saide Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go forth and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuē a false sprete in y e mouth of all these y e prophetes and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde What is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me to speake with the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it in y t daye whan thou shalt go frō one chamber to another to hyde the. The kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the kynges sonne and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him with bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas sayde Yf
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 wēte 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 frō 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 hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And y e battayll was sore the same daie And the kinge stode vpō his charet agaynst the Syriās 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 Ierusalē 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 cēse 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 cōsumed 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 womā 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 coūcell 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 cōquererh 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 couenaūt to be red vnto all the people and setteth vp the true honoure of God againe Of Ioachas his sonne Chap. XXIII How Nabuchodonosor cōmeth vpon kynge Ioachim and carieth awaye Ioachim his sonne vnto Babilon Chap. XXV Nabuchodonosor layeth sege to Ierusalē 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 kīge 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 euē as his father dyd The
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ„ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌ„gth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast â—â—lyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌ„des of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌ„gth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌ„veye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌ„ge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌ„passe thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌ„de in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌ„mauÌ„deth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌ„cell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌ„gth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌ„gth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him 〈◊〉 put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal wāt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth thē out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an hūble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruaūtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be cōfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let thē be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let thē be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge thē Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destrucciō come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I wēte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpō this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of thē my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let thē not triūphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge thē go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triūphe not ouer me O let thē not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let thē be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost thē selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both mē the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the plēteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto thē that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall they