from twentye yeares and more Are poyntyd out of al the trybes saue Leuie kept in store Whych trybe y e lorde did take chuse to mynister his wyll Suche holy thyngs as he had lawed they must them all fullfyl The ii chapter Buyld the tents how that they shulde was tolde vnto them tho The tabarnacle rownd aboute eche trybe hys tent to know The heades and rullers of the hostes are namyd in ther kynde The Leuites seruid in the mydes as god had them assygnde The iii Chapter Chuse out to battayl myght thei not the Leuyts in their trybe For y e fyrst borne the Lord them toke and so set them on syde To mynister hys holy thyngs wythin the holye place And next therto to build their shrods they must in any case The .iiii Chapt Decre dyd God what thei shulde do their offyces he tolde And further then he poyntyd them they not to be so bold Eche one after hys stocke and kynd full decently was set And euery one to kepe hys course wythouten stay or let The v. Chapter Eche one with issue lazar man myght not among them dwell For wrongs theÌ„ done fiuefold restord the law dyd them compell From company that was suspecte to kepe mens wyues in awe There was set out of gelousye a good decreed law The vi Chapter For suche as then did vowe the vow of perfect abstynence The lord almight their fare did point to kepe them from offence And also showde to Moses than the maner how Aaron Shuld blesse y e flocke saying y e lorde blesse and kepe you eche one The .vii Chapter Gyfts wer giuen then of the Lords and heads of Israel Among them al then one was hyght by name Nathaniell Great were y e gifts that they did giue they sparyd for no cost In settyng forth Gods seruice ryght thei myght wyth al men bost The viii Chapter How y t the lord wold haue y e lambes to Moyses he dyd show The candelstyks in order fitte where they wer hye or lowe For clensyng offeryng must be had the Leuytes it must vse Whych whan they cam to fyfty yeres offeryng they myght not vse The ix Chapt Iustly how to kepe their paske to Moyses it was tolde And how the fylde or forren man to offer myght be bolde He that denyed to offer tho he muste be made to dye Both nyght and day a guide they had a cloud and light from on hie The .x. Chapter Knoweledge had the people tho by trumpettes that were blowne Were it in warres or tyme of peace the sounde to them was knowne From Sinai they dyd departe their captaines numbred all And Iethro wold not flyt wyth theÌ„ betyde what myght befall The xi Chapter Lyke fooles the people did complain and plaged they were wyth fyre Wyth Manna cloyd to Egipt backe for fleshe was their desire Moses then dyd greue the Lorde whose burden he dyd ease On quailes thei fed and kyld thei wer for god they dyd displease The xii Chap Miriam then dyd grudge swell at Moses god hys iudge And Aaron dyd consent therto and so they both dyd grudge With leprosie was Miriam stroke to teach her to rebell At Moses prayer she was restorde and lyude and dyd ful well The .xiii Chapter Notes to take of Canaan twelue men were thyther sente To se the fatnes of the lande therefore afore they went Whych came told how rych it was wyth grapes a cluster great Thei told of cities greate and stronge whych made them chafe and freat The xiiii Opinion had the people then that land not to obteyne And grudge they dyd agaynst y e lorde whych wold theÌ„ strayght haue slayne Not one of all the Israelites the hest lande dyd possesse Saue Iosue and Caleb both whych two the lorde dyd blesse The xv Chapter Prescribe dyd god a sacrifice for synnes of ignoraunce But dye they shulde that wylfullye dyd synne by arrogance Stoond he was that gathered sticks vpon the Sabboth daye Their garmentes garded rouÌ„d about goddes hestes for to obeye The .xvi. Chapt Quarels picked certeine tho and Corah was the one Also Dathan and Abiron the fourth made vp of On These rebelde against their heads and moued god to Ire He causde the earth to take them in and burnt the rest wyth fyre The .xvii. Chapter Receiue a token of their euell immediately they dyd Twelue rods wer brought froÌ„ al the heads as god hym selfe did byd Among them all then Aarons rod dyd floryshe forth wyth buddes To teach them way the prechers theÌ„ for lesyng of their bloudes The .xviii. Chapter Such thinges as Leuites theÌ„ dyd vse dyd god almyghty poynt Thei wer his priests to serue his wil whom Aaron dyd anointe To whoÌ„ the tythes fruits wer paid to maintayne their degree And Aaron had an heritage as ye may reade and see Eyghtene chapters now are past of Numeri by name And eightene more ye shall haue nexte I trust in as good frame The .xix. Chap A Red Cow then was bod to kyll by Eliazer the priest To sparge her bloud and burne her quite as he ful well it wyst A law to kepe the people cleane from fylthynes or spot No man to touch the holy place but he that was hys lot The xx chapt Begyn dyd Israell for to gruge they lackyd drynk to drynke Out of a rok there gushste a streame that fylld them to the brynke The Edomyts wolde not let pas the people thorow hys land Then Aaron dyed and in hys rome Elyazar dyd stand The xxi Chapt Captayne Arad came to fyght and lost hys Citye and lyfe Immedyatly whan they wer come euen from the waters of stryffe Then stong thei wer by serpeÌ„ts great and heald by one on hye They kylld two kings Sehon Og as Israell passyd bye The .xxii Chapt Deuyse dyd â—alak for to curse the Israelites to hell And sent for Balam in his fume his cursyng for to tell He once denyde and yet he went his mynde was set on gayne He smote his Asse and she denyde hys labour was in vayne The xxiii Chap Euen as Balac had decrede so went he vp on hye And Balam talckte with god awhyle and spake thus by and by How shal I cursse or elles defye whom god doth nothyng so And theÌ„ he blest and blest agayne or euer he dyd goo The xxiiii Chap Forth went Balam in parables declaring Israels happe And Balac angry wyth the thyng hys handes in one dyd clap When he had sayd then Balam tolde of Christes kyngdome playne A starre and Scepter vp shall ryse in Iacob for to raygne The xxv chapt Gods people then did slyp a wrye and whordom dyd commyt The Moabyts in their seruice had tyest them vnto it TheÌ„ god coÌ„mauÌ„did Moses strayght to hange the rulars all As two were doyng of the dede Phinches on them dyd fall The xxvi Chapt How many wer the Israelyts that Canaan shulde possesse The hole xii trybes are nombryd al whom God
dyd chuse and blesse He wylld the land for to be delt by parts in forme equall The mo the more the fewer the lesse so that ne one to haue all The .xxvii. Chapt In prease thē cam ther certein maids inherytance for to craue Euen so they had as next of bloud successyuely must haue The lande behest to Moses shewd and told he is to dye His prayer is heard Iosue set hys rome for to supplye The .xxviii. Chapt Knowledge geuen for euery daye what offeryng they must vse A lambe at morn and eke at euen vnspotted they must chuse The paske how that it shuld be kepte the daye is pointed out with all the order of the feaste to put them out of dout The xxix Chap Lyke sacrifice as god dyd poynte thys chapter doth expresse And tels how al their meats drinks in order they must dresse Eight dais at once thei must not cease to offer sacrifice And worke no kynde of worke in thē as god dyd thē dyuise The xxx Chap. Men that vowed or sware an othe wyth promise to the Lord Must stand to it and not go bak the scrypture doth accord But mayd or wyffe that did the same wythout their heads consent They must go bak if he denyed for all their good intent The xxxi Chap Next to that went Israell forth the Madianits to kyll And slue y e males bornt ther towns and led the rest at wyll Equally the spoylle was delt the captaynes were so good Saue certain things wer giuē to god for sauynge of there bloud The xxxii ▪ Chap Ouer Iordane towards the east possessyon out was set for two hole trybs and halfe a one so that they wolde not let To go before their brethern all in harneis freshe and bryght Agaynst the lande of Canaan to put them all to flyght The .xxxiii. Chap Perfrome did Moses gods precept their Iorneys he dyd wryte From place to place in wyldernes and telles where they dyd lyghte Then god did hid that they shuld kyl the Cananytes out ryght And dyng ther chappells al a downe and burst there Idolls quyght The xxxiiii Chap Quyetly how they shuld possesse the land is tolde them playne The east the west the north the southe where they shuld rulle and raygne Who shuld point out the land bi lotts the Lorde dyd Moses tell The heds shuld set out ekemās part where he shulde byde and dwell The .xxxv. Chap. Resyte dyd God the Leuytes lots the suburbes and there townes For refuge certayne cytes set to kepe them in there bownds He that wyth wyll a man dyd kyll he must of ryght be slayne One wytnes may in no wyse stand vnlesse that they be twayne The .xlvi. Chapter Supplycasyon then was made for mayds that wer vnwed Within their tribe thē must they take their housband and their head Euery trybe within hys trybe must wed and take hys wyffe Not one to myngell in others parte for feare of bate and stryffe So Numery hath thus hys end the forth boke it is set The fyfte in order ye shall haue if God gyue vs no let The i. Chap A Rehersall fyrst is made of thyngs that wer begone From Oreb hyl to Cades barne the acts that God had done The charge y t Moyses Iudgys gaue let rulars heare the same If they intend the Lorde to please and voyde rebuke and shame The ii Chap Begone as Moyses had tofore so forth he doth prosede From Cades barne vntyll they came withoutten feare or drede And fought agaynst Sebon the kyng which Hesbon dyd posesse He was destroyd and all hys lande was taken more and lesse The .iii. Chap Cast downe wer all the Amonits by Israells myghty hande Lykewyse Og the kyng of Basan afore them myght not stand Iosue chosen captayne was to stand in Moyses stede And Moyses bade hym to be bolde and do as god shuld byd The iiii Chap Decreed lawes by God almyght Whych if they wold attende them to then shuld they do full well From thense to take ne adde thereto nor Imagys to reare Three cyties poyntyd for refuge all thys doth there apeare The v Chap Euery law that God dyd make for people to obeye Is closde within the ten precepts whych there all reade ye maye For Imagys yet once agayne renued is the charge And if they hede the Lord hys hests the land is theirs at large The vi Chapt Follow they must the Lord his wil euen ernestly wyth myghte Upon their dores and posts also they must them plainly wryght Not onlye so but also teache their chylderne they ar bode The Lords preceptes both al some that they may know their god The vii Chap God dyd charge no leage to make wyth Gentylls in no wyse They must destroy there Idols quite and all there gods despyse He also sayth that he wyll blesse the kepars of hys wyll And curse the rest and charge he gaue Idolaters to kyll The viii Chap How meruelously that god had delt with Israell fortye yeare In wyldernes with benifytes as playnlye doth apeare They are commandyd not to say their myght dyd them defend But that the lord dyd bryng thē forth and gaue their foes theire ende The .ix. Chapter In any case they are forbode to trust in their owne strength For who so doth hym wyll betyde a faule to haue at lenghte Moyses then rehersall made full breflye in a sume From time they had receiued the law tyll they to lust begone The .x. Chap Know ye may of Israells walke whyles they in Iorney went And how the tables wer renued when they wer broke and rent Nothing the Lorde did then requyer for doyng them suche good But that they shuld hede his precepts and set thereon their mode The xi Chap Loue they must the Lord hys law stylle Moses gaue them charge With hert mynd thei must him serue that had set them at large To talke there of when that they rise or at their syttyng downe Or ells in iorney as they walke in felde or eles in towne The .xii. Chapter Moses once more gaue them charge agaynst Idolatry It to suppresse and put it downe and from the same to flye And bloude to eate they are forbode in any maner wyse And onlye do as god them bade and not what lykde their eys The xiii Chapter No prophet false must bide and lyue but must be made to dye Wycked folke must not be harde though in thy brest the lye God for to trye the Israelytes how strong they wer in fayth Wold suffer thynges to proue thē w t as Moses playnly sayth The .xiiii. Chap Omyte they must the Gentles trades and flye their doyngs quyghte And onlye serue almyghtye God wyth all their mayne and myght Such beasts as they myght not then eate are manyfestlye tolde And which wer cleane is there exprest that eate they myght be bolde The xv Chapter To pardon dettes then are they bode at euery seuenth yeare ende When god his wil is
serud and kepte no scarsenes he wyll send Those that wyll lende to such as nede the maner is tolde them how Deformytie in sacrifice the Lord doth not alow The .xvi. Chapter Quyetlye to kepe their feasts the tymes are tolde them playne When that they shuld be vsde kepte is wryten once agayne O that Iudges wolde marke read and do as God there bad To take no gyftes in any case but Iustice to be had The ·xvii Chapt. Rewardyd must Idolaters with death by law to dye And doutfull thynges must be refard to those that be on hye Presumptuous men that do rebell must dye the law doth mynge The man and state that he must kepe that they wolde take to kyng Halffe thys boke is told afore seauenten chapters iust Seauenten more ye shall haue next in God put we our trust The .xviii. Chap AL the Leuites that were priests myght not possessions haue All sorcery thei must auoyd their liues to kepe and saue Moses tolde of Christ to come and bade them hym to heare The Prophet false thei must not wey nor all hys doyngs feare The .xix. Chapt Because that murder myght be done agaynst the doers mynde For refuge cites wer set out and there vnto asygnde The false witnes must haue the stone retorne to hys owne brow An eye for eye and tothe for toth the law dyd then alow The xx Chap Such as might not thē go to warres thys chapter doth exspres The law of armes to them is tolde to vse in warre or peace The Cananites the Pherezits the Iebusites also With the Heuites they must destroye not lettynge one to go The xxi Chap Decre dyd god a goodly law for him that was fownd deade And how the Iue shuld hym behaue a Gentle for to wed The fyrst borne sonne he must posses the herytage and land The child that parents doth not fear must dye euen out of hande The xxii Chapter Ech mā must helpe his neibours asse although he be vnknowne The man denyd the womans tyre and she to go in her owne Linsey wolsey might not be worne the adulterer muste dye And order taken for that man that wyth a mayde dyd lye The xxiii Chap Forbydden was the gelded man in Christes church to dwell The harlots byrd doth god cōmaūde that they shuld quyte expell Ther might no whore amōg thē bide the lorde dyd so decree The lone of thyngs is there denide to lende on vsurye The .xxiiii. Chapter Geue leaue dyd Moses to deuorce for causes that were lyght The newlye spousde they might not force in bataile for to fyght For money lente and seruaunts hyre a goodly lesson tolde Some leysyng lyft in fielde and towne for poore folke yong or olde The .xxv chapter How many stripes the trespacer shuld haue for wycked lyfe A man that dyed without a sonne his brother shuld wed his wyfe That waights measures shulde be iust reade ye the chapters end Who so doth vse the contrarie shall come to wycked ende The xxvi Chapter Iustly must they paye their fruites that fyrst to them dyd fall The tithes they were commaūded to they shulde then pay them all Unto the priestes the fatherlesse the straunger and the wydow Such goodes wer then the poores of right how so they vse them now The xxvii Chapter Knowledge had the people then an aultar vp to reare Afore that Iordane they dyd passe or came the land so neare The curses then that Leui was commaunded for to speake Against all those that dyd delyte goddes wyll to burst or breake The xxviii Chap Louyngly the lorde dyd blesse the kepers of hys wyll to stablyshe thē in their good mindes to kepe them in it styll And curse he doth the contrarye wyth cursyng meruelous greate Those that him loue he doth thē blesse his haters he doth threat The xxix Chapt Moses then went out and spake vnto the people all And sayde to such as feareth god the lorde defende them shall But they that not regard hys wyll such plages on them shall come as lyke hath not ben seene on earth from rysyng of the sunne The xxx chapt Not farre from them that do it seke is goddes almyghty worde Those that it loue and it obey are saued from the sworde Within our mouthes in our hertes the worde is alwayes preste Those that it keepe are sure at length for it they shall be bleste The .xxxi. Chapt Olde was Moses and dyd chose then Iosue in his steed To whom he sayd see y u be stronge and haue no feare or dreade Thys boke he wrote and dyd it geue into the Leuites hande And chargd y t thei y e same shuld reade when they came to the lande The .xxxii. Chap Pleasauntly then dyd Moses synge a goodly song of prayse Unto the lorde for all the actes that he had wrought alwayes And vp he went vnto a hyll to loke on Canaan God bade him there to runne the race that all hys fathers ranne The xxxiii Chap Quietely Moses dyd prepare to slepe his fathers slepe But thys he sayde afore he wente that god his Sainctes doth kepe Also he blessid all the tribes afore his dyinge daye And told how thei shuld rule raigne if they dyd god obeye The .xxxiiii. Chapter Rest from hys worke did Moses then and so gaue vp the goste At hys departure they dyd wepe euen thorowout all the hoste And Iosue dyd hys rome possesse as Moses had it wylld And ruled all the Israelites in citie and in fielde Of Moses bokes here is the laste as he dyd them all write Unto the lorde gyue ye the prayse whych is the god of myghte FINIS
¶ The Abridgemente of goddes Statutes in myter set oute by Wylliam Samuel seruaunt to the Duke of Somerset hys grace Imprinted at London by Robert Crowley for Robert Soughton dwellynge at the signe of y e bishops miter wythin Ludgate Anno Domini M. DL I ¶ To the most honorable and verteous Lady Anne Duches of Somerset her Grace William Samuell her moste hūble and faithful seruant wisheth the fauoure of God encrease of honour long lyfe and prosperous healthe bothe of bodie and soule WHen I consyderid with my selfe the lobours paynes that haue bine taken of dyuers builders in Chrystes churche my gracyous Lady and mistris I thought my selfe not borne into the earth to be a loker on the bildinge or to iland gapyng at other menes dylygence but to put to my helpyng hand for feare lest y t I shulde be rewardyd emong the Idel persons or haue that smal talent taken from me that my master gaue me for not putting it to the chaunge bāke I haue now but begon as it were the squaring out of a greate stone do offer vp vnto your grace the begynnyng of my work and If I shal perceiue that my symple doyngs shall be well acceptid of your grace as the grosse doing of the same may be an occasion to y e contrary then shal I gladlye go on or procede in my doynge at the least wyse exersise shal I doubt not but make eueri part better thā y e other at their forth commyng ▪ My mynd is that I wold haue my contrey people able in a smale some to syng the hole contents of the byble where as in tymes past the musicians or mynstrells wer wont to syng fained myracles saints liues Robin hode in stede thereof to sing vndoutyd truthes canonycall scryptures and Gods doynges ◠haue also begon the same order that I intend to kepe as where a boke hath thyrtye forty or fythtye chapters to deuyd it into fyttes or partes that it shall not be to tedyous to the reader synger or hearer to haue the boke in practys Also thys my doyngs I trust shall cause the scrypturs to be often read as the man y t hearyth a parte of a story in y e scryptures doth not knowe the hole thys may moue the hole to be red And to those that be well sene in the holye wrytyngs this shall kepe thē in remēbrāce of those good things that they haue lernid The abrygement of Gods acts or statutes I do call it because it is a sūme or short rehersal of thinges done at large in the Byble booke whych may be called the kyng of al kinges actes desyrynge your grace to take it in good worth and to accepte my good wyll as I truste your grace wyll Genesis In G. Ex. L.N. and D. the .v. bokes of Moses conteined be The first Chapter ALmyghty God dydde make the heauen the Lyght the firmament The sun the mone the stars the beasts wyth foules to fleeyng bent The erth the sea and al therein all thys hys word dyd make Wyth man made last and yet set fyrst hys wyll on them to take The .ii. Chap ¶ Begyn dyd then the lord to rest from makyng of suche thynges And poynted Adam to a place a garden full of spryngs One tre denied and man doth name the beasts after his wyll In slepe to hym hys make was made whych dyd hys mynd fullfyll The ·iii Chapt. Caused was man by Satans sleight goddes wyll to burste out ryght The he the she and the serpent are curste and dreuen out quite for fere lest man shuld then dyspayre Wyth hys wyffe and to hell the womans sead y ◠wyche was christ Shall come and make al well The .iiii. Chap Downe fell Abell Cain hym slue in offeryng to the Lorde The iust was slayne of the vniust as scrypture doth recorde Thē is he curst and doth dyspayre after hys wycked deede The genealogy of Adams sonnes and their sonnes doth procede The .v. Chap Euery yere that Adam lyued is there ful plainly tolde Whose age was then .ix. hundred And Iust thyrty yere olde and so from hym vnto iust Noe The chapter doth exprese the names yeres how lōg thei lyude Wyth much of their successe The .vi. Chapt Ful wycked were the people tho a doude was threat of god Wyth a precept to make an ark Euen as the lord had bode And then dyd Noe prepare the shyp after the lordes deuyse And readye prest as he was wylld agaynst the floude shulde ryse The .vii. chap God spake these wordes to Noe his mā and we thereto must harke Go thou and all thy familie wyth speede into the arke Euen so dyd Noe as god hym bad and toke of eche kynde twaine Hys wyfe hys sonne al their wyues and then began the rayne The viii Chapt Honderyd dayes and ode fyfty the floude beganne to ende A rauen and eke a doue also Noe forth for newes dyd sende Then went Noe forth and did offer to God burnt sacrifice Whych lyked well the God on hye when the smell dyd aryse The .ix. Chapter In fauour then was Noe bleste and murder is denied A rainbowe sent and promise made wyth water not destroyd Then Noe fell dronke and lay vnhyld and Ham his sonne was glad The other hylde him and were bleste but Ham his curssyng had The x. Chapter Know ye may of Noe his sonnes as Sem Ham and Iapheth Chus Hams sonne begat Nemrod a hunter on the heath Of these thre sōnes their sōnes sōnes the earth was stord agayne In tōges kinds w t realmes lādes but most of them were vayne The .xi. Chapter Lewdlye wente this route to build Babel that great hye towre The lord came down chaūged their tonges in lesse space then an hour The kynd of Sem againe is tolde vnto iuste Abraham Whych went w t Lot his fathers sōne and dwelled at Haran The xii Chapter Much fauour God shewd to Abrā dwellinge in Canaan Which god him hight thē cam a derth to Egipt went he than Then wylled he Sarai his wyfe to call him brother tho The Kyng her toke and was plaged whose name hyght then Pharao The xiii Chapter Neighbourlyke yode Lot and he and toward the south they wente Then parted they their land good that God had to them lente The promise then to Abram is repeted once agayne That he and his seede after hym the blest land shuld obtaine The .xiiii Chapter Of foren kynges Lot taken was which ward and wan that land But then Abram dyd them destroye and toke hym from their hande Melchisedech with bread and wyne him met with mykel boste He gaue him tenth and paid the kyng of Sodom all he loste The .xv. Chapter Performe wold God the land he had to Abram promised A sonne to haue he doth beleue and so is iustified Howe that his seede in bondage shuld in Egipt there re name And be restord vnto their land and
they some whyche cam out of a rocke Oute came a kyng hyght Amelech agaynst them for to fyght WhaÌ„ Moyses hands wer holden vp then wer they put to flyght The .xviii. Chap Iethro Moyses father in law cam Moyses for to se Who welcomd him his wife sonns after the best degre WheÌ„ Iethro saw what pains he toke whan Iudgement he dyd vse Suche actyue men as loud not coyne to helpe â–ª he wylld hym chuse The xix Chapt Then as they went they cam vnto the monte of Sinai A royall people they are calde if Gods wyll they applye The Lord dyd say he that doth touch the hyll shall dye out ryght But Moyses wylld went vp to hym in thouder and great lyght The xx chapt And god to Moyses there did gyue ten Iust commandements Precepts to keepe and guyde vs by wyth all theire hole intents An aulter of earth then God dyd byd hys man Moyses to make And if of stone he dyd it buyld no tolle thereto to take Twentye chapters afore are tolde in order as they stand The rest hereafter ye maye rede if ye wyll take in hand The xxi chapter THe second boke of Moses then euen Exodus by name Doth tell good laws for maiestrats to execute the same That masters be not ouer sore their saruants for to mayne And he that kylls a man is Iudged for it he must be slayne The xxii chapt TheÌ„ forth agayne is told such lawes of theft the forth folde payd He that defylles an vnplyght lasse is wylld to mary the mayde A witche and he that knows a beast both dye they must ofright All vsery it is forbode and hatyd in Gods syght The xxiii chap These tow afore and thys the next â—one all of cyuile lawes Iudges are wylld to take no gyfts but here the pore mans cause Thou mast not follow a multitude wyckydnes to commyte Nor haue to do wyth forren Gods though thou shulds dye for it The xxiiii chap The Lord coÌ„mandyd Moyses then and al the head rulars To worship him y â— wyche doth dwel on hye aboue the stares The lawe was told the hole rowte wyth voyce thereto obeyes So Moyses went vp to the mounte and bode there fortye dayes The .xxv Chapt Then God to Moyses did dyscryb the fashyon of hys place Hys labernacle how to buylde in euery poynt and case He promysed that in that house wyth Moyses he wolde treate Betwene the cherubs in theree place wyche was hys mercy seate The xxvi xxvii Chapters The syxe and twentye and the next chapters of Exodus Doth styl declare the forme and shap as God dyd it dyscus How that hys holly place and house wyche was hys temple tho Shulde be as he had it deuysde whereby he myght it know The .xxviii. Chapter Also to hym god dyd descrybe how Aaron shulde be cladde Such garments myght y e people tell what office Aaron had A brest lape and a tunicle a strayte cote vnder that Wyth other thyngs y t he must weare whether he stode or sate The xxix chap To Moses also god dyd show how Aaron shulde be priested Wyth al hys sonnes after what sort they shuld be consecratyd And god to hym dyd promyse then that he wolde be their God And thei shuld know he had theÌ„ saude from Pharo and hys rod The xxx Chap An alter also he must make thereon to burne insence Also on it to reconsyle yerely for their offence A brasen lauer he must make to washe and make all cleane The anoyntyng oyle wyth all the rest more holyer thyngs dyd meane The xxxi Chap Unto two men god gaue the feate to worke the holy thynges The saboth then and day of rest God vnto Moses myngs Tables twaine the lorde dyd gyue to Moses on the hyll Wherein wer wrytte the .x. preceptes whych was the almyghtyes wyl The xxxii Chap A golden calffe was made the while the people wer so vayne And Moses prayde to God for them and burst the tables twayne WheÌ„ he cam downe he chod the prest and burnt the calfe in fyer Moyses yernestlye prayd for them yet some were payed their hyre The xxxiii chapter Commandyd wer the people tho that they shoulde thense depart But god denyed to go wyth them they were so froward in hert And wheÌ„ the people herde therof they dyd lament in mynde Moyses wylled to se Gods face and saw hym but behynde Th xxxiiii Chap Two tabells then ar mad agayne and God hys mercye plyght To cope with Gentells or there gods it is forbydden quyght The swete bread feast w t fyrst begote and saboth daye is tolde The first frutes Moises hard exprest whose face dyd shyne lyke golde The xxxv Chap So Moyses tolde the people all that is afore expreste To offer tythes and pay there frutes eche on of them was prest Bezaleel Ahalâ—ab whych wrought in sylke and sayes The tabernacle they must make and Moyses doth them prayes The xxxvi chap These to afore made many thyngs as God gaue them the gyfte Rynges of golde and curtens thyke to ronne all in a dryfte The people brought such store of stuffe that there was ouer muche Willing thei wer to buld gods house and for to make it ryche The .xxxvii. Chapter The ark was made of sethim wod the mercy seate of golde The tabels and the candelstyks wer made of the same molde Lampes lyke cupes y t stode on them to borne and to gyue lyght The incense aulter it was made acordyng vnto ryght The xxxviii Chap A nother made for offeryngs whych shulde there on be burnt A brasen lauer for to washe much lyke vntyl a fount Sicles thousands was the suÌ„me that of good wyll they gaue The spard no cost to please the lorde so he their souls myght haue The .xxxix. Chapter Then AaroÌ„s garmeÌ„ts they did make apoyntyd for the nones Of costlye golde and goodly sylke all set wyth precyous stones So fynyshe then they dyd the worke as God to Moses wylld And he it blest and praysde it much when he the work behelde The ·xl Chapt. So last of all almyghty God to Moses tolde hys mynde How he shulde set the holy thyngs in their order and kynde The lord did compas with a cloud the tabernacle quite The presens of the lorde of hostes was wyth it day and nyght Thus Exodus is finyshed iuste forty chapters all Leuiticus comes next to it whych haue lykewyse ye shall The fyrste Chap GOd almyghty Moses tolde wythin Leuiticus How he shuld offer sacrifice the Lorde dyd it discusse Whether it were of beastes great or elles of cattel small Of turtle doues the maner howe they shulde be offerd all The .ii. Chap For meate offring for swete cakes the maner it to trym If leauen were put in therto then shulde it not lyke hym Fyne wheate floure and frankincense must go vnto this feaste Salte must season eche sacrifice whether it be foule or beast The ·iii Chapt. The order how the