vnleauened bread that is before the Lord. 24 And put all vpoÌ„ the handes of Aaron and on the handes of his sonnes and waue them for a waue offeryng before the Lord. 25 And agayne thou shalt take it from of their handes and burne it vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng to be a sauour of sweetnes before the Lorde for it is a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the brest of the Ramme of Aarons consecration and waue it for a waue offeryng before the Lord and it shal be thy part 27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the waue offeryng and the shoulder of the heaue offeryng which is waued heaued vp of the Ramme of the consecration for Aaron and for his sonnes 28 And it shal be Aarons and his sonnes by a statute for euer from the childreÌ„ of Israel for it is an heaue offeryng it shal be an heaue offeryng froÌ„ the children of Israel of the sacrifice of theyr peace offerynges euen theyr heaue offeryng shall it be vnto the Lord. 29 And the holy garmentes of Aaron shal be his sonnes after him to be anoynted therein and to fyll theyr handes therein 30 And that sonne that is priest in his steede after hym shall put them on seuen dayes when he coÌ„meth into the tabernacle of wytnesse to minister in the holy place 31 And thou shalt take the Ramme of the consecration seethe his flesh in the holy place 32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the fleshe of the Ramme and the bread that is in the basket euen by the doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse 33 And they shall eate them because the attonement was made therwith to fyll theyr handes and to consecrate them but a straunger shall not eate therof because they are holy 34 And yf ought of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fire and it shall not be eaten because it is holy 35 Therfore shalt thou do vnto Aaron and his sonnes euen so accordyng to all thynges which I haue commaunded thee seuen dayes shalt thou fyll theyr handes 36 And thou shalt offer euery day a calfe for a sinne offeryng for to recoÌ„sile withall and thou shalt clense the aulter wheÌ„ thou reconsilest vpon it and thou shalt annoynt it to sanctifie it 37 Seuen dayes thou shalt reconsile vpoÌ„ the aulter and sanctifie it it shal be an aulter most holy and whatsoeuer toucheth the aulter shal be holy 38 This is that which thou shalt offer vpon the aulter euen two Lambes of one yere old day by day continually 39 The one thou shalt offer in the mornyng ' and the other at euen ' 40 And with the one Lambe a tenth deale of flowre mingled with the fourth part of an hyn of beaten oyle and the fourth part of an hyn of wyne for a drynk offeryng 41 And the other Lambe thou shalt offer at euen and shalt do thereto accordyng to the meate offeryng drinke offeryng in the morning to be an odour of a sweet sauour and a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lorde 42 And let this be a continuall burnt offering amongst your children after you before the doore of y e tabernacle of witnesse before the Lord where I will meete you to speake there vnto thee 43 There I will meete with the children of Israel and the place shall be sanctified in my glorie 44 And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the aulter and I will sanctifie also both Aaron his sonnes to be my priestes 45 And I will dwell amongst the chyldren ' of Israel and will be their God ' 46 And they shall knowe that I am the Lord theyr God that brought them out of the lande of Egypt for to dwell amongst them euen I the Lord their God ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The fourme of the aulter of incense 6 The standyng thereof 12 The monye to the vse of the tabernacle 13 A sicle 18 The brasen â—auere 23 The makyng of holye oyle 35 The makyng of incense 1 AND thou shalt make an aulter for sweete incense of Sittim wood shalte thou make it 2 A cubite long and a cubite brode eueÌ„foure square shall it be and two cubites hye the hornes therof shall proceede out of it 3 And thou shalt ouerlaye it with fine gold both the ruffe the walles round about and his hornes also and shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about 4 And two golden ringes shalt thou make to it on either side euen vnder the crowne that they maye be as places for the barres to beare it withall ' 5 And thou shalt make the barres of ' Sittim wood couer them with gold 6 And thou shalt put it before the vayle that is by the arke of testimonie before the mercie seate that is vpon the testimonie where I wyll meete with thee 7 And Aaron shall burne theron sweete incense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes euen then shall he burne it 8 And lykewise at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense this incensing shall be perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations 9 Ye shall offer no straunge incense thereon â–ª nor burnt sacrifice nor meate offeryng neither powre any drinke offeryng thereon 10 And Aaron shall reconsile vppon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offeryng of reconsiling euen once in the yere shal he reconsile vpon it through your generations it is most holy vnto the Lorde ' 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 12 If thou takest the suÌ„me of the childreÌ„ of Israel after theyr number they shal geue euery man a recoÌ„siling of his soule vnto the Lorde when thou numbrest them that there be no plague amongst them when thou nuÌ„brest them 13 And thus much shall euery man geue that goeth into the number halfe a sicle after the sicle of the sanctuarie A sicle is twentie halfpence an halfe sicle shal be the heaue offeryng of the Lorde 14 All that are numbred from twentie yere olde and aboue shall geue a heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde 15 The riche shall not passe and the poore shall not go vnder halfe a sicle but ye shall geue an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde that he may haue mercie on your soules 16 And thou shalt take the reconsilyng monye of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of the congregation that it may be a memoriall vnto the chyldren of Israel before the Lord that he may haue mercie vpon your soules 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 18 Thou shalt make a lauer of brasse his foot also of brasse to washe withall and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter and put water therin 19 For Aaron and his
and three thousande and foure hundred 44 These are the summes whiche Moyses and Aaron numbred and the princes of Israel those twelue men which were euery one for the house of their fathers 45 So were all the numbers of the chyldren of Israel throughout the houses of their fathers from twentie yeres and aboue all that went foorth to the warre in Israel 46 All they I say were in number sixe hundred thousand and three thousand fiue hundred and fiftie 47 But the Leuites after the tribes of their fathers were not numbred among them 48 For the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui neither take the summe of them among the chyldren of Israel 50 But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the tabernacle of wytnesse ouer all the vessels therof and ouer all thinges that are in it Yea they shall beare the tabernacle and all the vessels therof and they shall minister in it and shall dwell rounde about the tabernacle 51 And whē the tabernacle goeth foorth the Leuites shall take it downe and when the tabernacle is to be pitched the Leuites shal set it vp and if any straunger come nye he shall dye 52 And the chyldren of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne campe and euery man vnder his owne standerd throughout their hoastes 53 But the Leuites shall pitche rounde about the tabernacle of wytnesse that there be no wrath vpon the congregation of the chyldren of Israel and the Leuites shall kepe the watche of the tabernacle of wytnesse 54 And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded Moyses euen so dyd they ' ¶ The .ij. Chapter ' ' 2 The order of the tentes The heades of the kinredes of Israel ' 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Euery man of the chyldren of Israel shal pitche vnder his owne standerd vnder the ensigne of their fathers houses farre of about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitche 3 On the east side towarde the rising of the sunne shall they of the standerd of the hoast of Iuda pitche throughout their armies And Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab shal be captayne of the sonnes of Iuda 4 And his hoast the number of them threscore and fourteene thousande and sixe hundred 5 Next vnto hym shall they that be of the tribe of Isachar pitch and Nathanael the sonne of Zuar shal be captayne of the chyldren of Isachar ' 6 His hoast and the number thereof fiftie ' foure thousand and foure hundred 7 And then the tribe of Zabulon and Eliab the sonne of Helon shal be captayne ouer the chyldren of Zabulon 8 And his hoast the number of them fiftie and seuen thousand and foure hundred 9 So that the whole number of the whole hoast of Iuda are an hundred thousande fourscore and sixe thousand and foure hundred throughout their armies and these shall first moue 10 On the southside shal be the standerd of the hoast of Ruben according to their armyes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben shal be Elizur the sonne of Sedeur 11 And his hoast the number of them fourtie and sixe thousand and fiue hundred 12 And fast by hym shall the tribe of Simeon pitche and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Simeon shal be Salumiel the sonne of Zuri Saddai 13 And his hoast the number of them fiftie and nine thousande and three hundred 14 And the tribe of Gad also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad shal be Eliasaph the sonne of Duel 15 And his hoast the number of them fourtie and fiue thousande sixe hundred and fiftie 16 Al that were numbred with the campe of Ruben an hundred thousande fiftie and one thousande foure hundred and fiftie throughout their armies and thei shall set foorth in the seconde place 17 And the tabernacle of the congregation shall go with the hoast of the Leuites in the middes of the campe And as they lye in their tentes euen so shall they proceede in the iourney euery man in his degree and vnder their owne standerdes 18 On the west side shal be the standerd of the campe of Ephraim accordyng to their armies and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Ephraim shal be Elisama the sonne of Amihud 19 His hoast and the number of them ' fourtie thousande and fiue hundred ' 20 And fast by hym shal be the tribe of Manasse and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse shal be Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur 21 His hoast and the number of them thirtie and two thousande and two hundred 22 And the tribe of Beniamin also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shal be Abidan y e sonne of Gedeon 23 His hoast the number of them thirtie ' and fiue thousande foure hundred ' 24 All the number of the campe of Ephraim were an hundred thousande eyght thousande and an hundred thorowout their armies and they shall go in the thirde place 25 The standerd of the hoast of Dan shal kepe the north side with their armies and the captayne ouer the chyldren of Dan shal be Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Saddai 26 His hoast and the number of them threscore and two thousande and seuen hundred 27 And fast by hym shal the tribe of Aser pitch and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Aser shal be Pagiel y e sonne of Ocran 28 His hoast the number of them fourtie ' and one thousand and fiue hundred ' 29 And the tribe of Nephthali the captayne ouer the chyldren of Nephthali shal be Ahira the sonne of Enan 30 His hoast and the number of them fiftie and three thousande and foure hundred 31 All they that were numbred with the hoast of Dan were an hundred thousande fiftie and seuen thousand and sixe hundred And they shall go hinmost with their standerdes 32 These are the summes of the chyldren of Israel throughout the houses of their fathers euen all the numbers that pitched throughout their hoastes sixe hundred thousande three thousand fiue hundred and fiftie 33 But the Leuites were not numbred among the chyldren of Israel as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 34 And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded Moyses so they pitched with their standerdes and so they iourneyed euery one throughout their kinredes according to the housholdes of their fathers ' ⧠The .iij. Chapter ' 5 The Leuites go not to battell but minister in the sanctuarie 21 They pitche their tentes next to the habitation 1 THese also are the generations of Aaron and Moyses in y e day that the Lorde spake with Moyses in mount Sinai 2 And these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest sonne and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 3 These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes annoynted and whose hande was consecrated to minister 4 And Nadab and Abihu dyed
before the Lorde when they offred straunge fire befor the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai and had no chyldren And Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the sight of Aaron their father ' 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 6 Bryng the tribe of Leui and set them before Aaron the priest that they may serue hym 7 And take the charge with hym euen the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation to do the seruice of the tabernacle 8 They shall kepe all the instrumentes of the tabernacle of the congregation haue the charge of the chyldren of Israel to do the seruice of the tabernacle 9 And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel 10 And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on their priestes office and the straunger that commeth nye shal be slayne 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 12 Beholde I haue taken the Leuites from among the chyldren of Israel for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the chyldren of Israel and the Leuites shal be mine 13 Because all the first borne are myne for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt I halowed vnto me all the first borne in Israel both man and beast and mine they shal be I am the Lorde 14 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in ' the wyldernesse of Sinai saying ' 15 Number the chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their kinredes All that are males from a moneth old and aboue shalt thou number 16 And Moyses numbred them according to the worde of the Lorde as he was commaunded 17 * And these were the chyldren of Leui in their names Gerson and Caath and Merari 18 And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes Libni and Semei 19 The sonnes of Caath in their kinredes ' Amram Iesaar Hebron and Oziel ' 20 And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes Maheli and Musi These are the kinredes of the Leuites accordyng to the houses of their fathers 21 Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites These are the kinredes of the Gersonites 22 And the summe of them after the number of all the males from a moneth old and aboue was counted seuen thousande and fiue hundred 23 And the kinredes of the Gersonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle westwarde 24 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the Gersonites shal be Eliasaph the sonne of Lael 25 And the charge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the congregation shal be the tabernacle and the pauilion the couering thereof and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 26 And the hangynges of the court and the curtayne of the doore of the court whiche is rounde about the tabernacle and the aulter and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof 27 And of Caath came the kinred of the Amramites and the kinred of the Izecharites the kinred of the Hebronites and the kinred of the Ozielites These are the kinredes of the Caathites 28 And the number of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was eyght thousande and sixe hundred hauing the charge of the sanctuarie 29 And the kinred of the chyldren of Caath shall pitche on the south syde of the tabernacle 30 The captayne and most auncient of the house of the kinred of the Caathites shal be Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel 31 And their charge shal be the arke the table the candelsticke and the aulters the vessels of the sanctuarie that they minister in and the vayle whatsoeuer belongeth to the ministration therof 32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest shal be captayne ouer all the captaines of the Leuites and haue the ouersight of them that wayte vpon the sanctuarie 33 And of Merari came the kinred of the Mahelites and the kinred of the Musites These are y e kinredes of Merari 34 And the summe of them accordyng to the number of al the males from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundred 35 The captayne and the most auncient of their house that were of the kinred of Merari was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael and these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle 36 And vnder the custodie and charge of the sonnes of Merari shal be y e boordes of the tabernacle the barres pyllers and sockettes therof and all the vessels therof and all that serueth therto 37 And the pillers of the court rounde about with their sockets their pinnes and their cordes 38 But on the forefront of the tabernacle towarde the east before the tabernacle of the congregation eastwarde shall Moyses Aaron and his sonnes pitche and wayte to kepe the sanctuarie and to kepe the chyldren of Israel And the straunger that commeth nye shal be slayne 39 And the whole summe of the Leuites whiche Moyses and Aaron numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde throughout their kinredes euen all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was twentie and two thousande 40 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Number all y e first borne that are males among the chyldren of Israel from a moneth olde and aboue and take the number of their names 41 And thou shalt appoynt the Leuites to me for I am the Lorde for all the first borne of the children of Israel and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first gendred of the cattell of the chyldren of Israel 42 And Moyses numbred as the Lorde commaunded hym all the first borne of the chyldren of Israel 43 And all the first borne males rehearsed by their names from a moneth olde and aboue accordyng to their number were twentie and two thousande two hundred and threscore and thirteene 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 45 Take the Leuites for al the first borne of the chyldren of Israel and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattell the Leuites shal be myne I am the Lorde 46 And for the redeeming of the two hundred and threscore and thirteene which are mo then the Leuites in the first borne of the chyldren of Israel 47 Take fiue sicles of euery head after the wayght of the sanctuarie the sicle contaynyng twentie gerahs 48 And geue the money wherewith the odde number of them is redeemed vnto Aaron and his sonnes 49 And Moyses toke the redemption money of them that were redeemed beyng mo then the Leuites 50 Of the first borne of the children of Israel toke he this money euen a thousande three hundred and three score and fiue sicles after y e sicle of the sanctuarie 51 And Moyses gaue the money of them that were redeemed vnto Aaron and his sonnes according to the word of the Lorde euen as
throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers 43 From thirtie yeres olde and vp vnto fiftie yeres all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the numbers of them after their kinredes were three thousand and two hundred 45 These be the summes of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari which Moyses Aarō numbred according to the word of the Lorde by the handes of Moyses 46 And so al the numbers of the Leuites which Moyses Aaron and the Lordes of Israel numbred after their kinredes and housholdes of their fathers 47 From thirtie yeres olde and vp vnto fiftie yeres euery one that came to do his duetie office seruice and charge in the tabernacle of the congregation So the numbers of them were seuen thousande fiue hundred and fourescore 48 Accordyng to the worde of the Lorde dyd Aaron number them by the hande of Moyses euery one according to their seruice and charge Thus were they of that tribe numbred as the Lorde commaunded Moyses ' ¶ The .v. Chapter ' 7 The knowledgyng of sinne 8 The cleansyng of sinne 12 The lawe of gelousie ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Commaunde the children of Israel that they put out of the hoast euery leper and euery one that hath an issue whosoeuer is defiled by the dead 3 Both male and female shal ye put out euen out of the hoast shall ye put them that they defile not their tentes among which I dwell 4 And the children of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoast euen as the Lorde spake vnto Moyses so dyd the children of Israel ' 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 6 Speake vnto the children of Israel When a * man or woman shall commit any sinne that men cōmit and trespasse agaynst the Lorde when that person shall trespasse 7 Then they shall knowledge their sinne which they haue done and let hym restore againe the hurt that he hath done with his principall and put the fift part of it more therto and geue it vnto hym whom he hath trespassed agaynst 8 But and if the man haue no kinseman to restore the hurt vnto let the trespasse be made good vnto the Lorde and it shal be the priestes beside the Ramme of the attonement wherby an attonement shal be made for hym 9 And euery heaue offering that is made of the holy thynges of the children of Israel which they bring vnto the priest shal be his 10 And euery man 's halowed thynges shal be his whatsoeuer any man geueth the priest it shal be his ' 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 12 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them If any mans wyfe go aside and trespasse agaynst hym 13 So that another man lye with her fleshly and it be hid from the eyes of her husbande and is kept close that she is defyled and there is no witnesse against her neither she taken with the maner 14 And the spirite of gelousie commeth vpon hym so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe which is defyled or if the spirite of gelousie come vpon hym so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe which is yet vndefyled 15 Then let the man bring his wyfe vnto the priest and bring her offeryng with her the tenth part of an Epha of barly meale but let hym put no oyle vpon it nor put frankensence theron for it is an offeryng of gelousie an offeryng for a remembraunce causyng the sinne to be thought vpon 16 And the priest shall bryng her and set ' her before the Lorde ' 17 And the priest shall * take holy water in an earthen vessel and of the dust that is in the floore of the tabernacle the priest shal take it and put it into y e water 18 And let the priest set the woman before the Lorde and vncouer the womans head and put the offering of memoriall in her handes which is the gelousie offeryng and the priest shall haue bytter and cursed water in his hande 19 And the priest shall charge her by an othe and say vnto the woman If no man haue lyen with thee neither hast gone aside to vncleannesse without thy husbande then haue thou no harme of this bitter and cursed waters 20 But and if thou hast gone aside from thyne husbande and art defiled and some man hath lyen with thee beside thyne husbande 21 Then y e priest shal charge the woman with an othe of cursing the priest shall say vnto the woman the Lorde make thee accursed and detestable for the othe among the people when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot thy belly swell 22 These cursed waters go into the bowels of thee that they may make thy belly swell and thy thigh to rotte And let the woman say Amen amen 23 And let the priest write these curses in a booke and shall blot them out with the bitter waters 24 And geue the woman those bitter and cursed waters to drinke y t those cursed and bitter waters may enter into her 25 And then the priest shall take the gelousie offeryng out of the womans hande and waue it before the Lorde and bryng it vnto the aulter 26 And the priest shall take an handfull of the offeryng for a memoriall burne it vpon the aulter and then make the woman drynke the waters 27 And when he hath made the woman drynke the waters if she be defiled and haue trespassed agaynst her husbande then shall the cursed and bytter waters go into her and her belly shal swell and her thigh shall rotte and the woman shal be a curse among her people 28 And yf the woman be not defiled but is cleane she shall haue no harme but shall conceaue and beare 29 This is the lawe of gelousie when a wyfe goeth aside from her husbande and is defiled 30 Or when the spirit of gelousie cōmeth vpon a man and he beyng gelous ouer his wyfe doth bryng her before y e Lord And the priest shall do to her accordyng vnto all this lawe 31 And the man shal be giltlesse and this ' woman shall beare her sinne ' ' ¶ The .vi. Chapter ' ' 2 The lawe of the consecration of the Nazarites 24 The blessyng of the people ' ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them Whē either man or woman doth seperate them selues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite to seperate them selues vnto the Lorde 3 He shall seperate him selfe from * wine and strong drynke and shall drynke no vineger of wine or of strong drinke nor shall drinke whatsoeuer is pressed out of grapes and shall eate no freshe grapes neither yet dried 4 As long as his abstinence endureth shall he eate nothyng that is made of the vine tree or of the cornels or of the huske of the grape 5 And
out of the hoast 45 Then the Amalechites and the Chanaanites which dwelt in that hill came downe and smote them and consumed them euen â—nto Horma ¶ The .xv. Chapter 2 The drinke offeringes of them that enter into the lande 30 The punishment of hym that sinneth of arroganâ—e or pride 32 Of hym that gathered stickes on the Sabbath day ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them when ye be come into the lande of your habitations whiche I geue vnto you 3 And will make an offering by fire vnto the Lorde namely a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vowe or a free offering or in your principall feastes to make a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde of the heard or of the flocke 4 Then let hym that offereth his offering vnto the Lord bryng also a meate offering of a tenth deale of floure mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oyle 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drinke offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or any other offering for one lambe 6 Or if it be a ramme thou shalt prepare for a meate offering two tenth deales of floure mingled with the thirde part of an hin of oyle 7 And for a drinke offering thou shalt offer the thirde part of an hin of wine for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 8 And when thou preparest a bullocke for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vowe or peace offering vnto the Lorde 9 Let him bring with a bullocke a meate offering of three tenth deales of floure mingled with halfe an hin of oyle 10 And thou shalt bryng for a drinke offering euen halfe an hin of wine for an offering made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 11 After this maner shall it be done for a bullocke or for a ramme or for a lambe or a kid 12 According to the number that ye shall prepare so shall ye do to euery one accordyng to their number 13 All that are borne of the countrey shal do these thynges after this maner to offer an offering made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 14 And if a straunger soiourne with you or whosoeuer be among you in your generations and wyll offer an offering made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde euen as ye do so he shall do 15 One ordinaunce shal be both for you of the coÌ„gregation and also for the straunger that dwelleth with you It shal be an ordinaunce for euer in your generations as ye are so shall the straunger be before the Lorde 16 One lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for the straunger that soiourneth with you 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 18 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them When ye be come into the land to the which I bring you 19 Then when ye wyll eate of the bread of the lande ye shall offer vp an heaue offering vnto the Lorde 20 Ye shall offer vp a cake of the first of your dowe for an heaue offering as ye do the heaue offering of the barne euen so ye shall heaue it 21 Of the first of your dowe ye shall geue vnto the Lorde an heaue offering in your generations 22 And if ye haue erred and obserue not all these commaundementes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moyses 23 Euen all that the Lorde hath commaunded ' you by the 〈…〉 Moyses from the first day that the Lorde commaunded Moyses and hence forwarde among your generations â—4 Yf ought be commâ—ted ignorauntly of the congregation al the multitude shall offer a bullocke for a burnt offering to be a sweete sauour vnto the Lord with the meate offering and drinke offering therto accordyng to the maner and an hee goate for a sinne offering 25 And the priest shall make an attonement for all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is ignoraunce And they shal bryng their offering a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord their sinne offering before the Lorde for their ignoraunce 26 And it shal be forgeuen vnto all the congregation of the chyldren of Israel and vnto the straunger that dwelleth among you seyng all the people were in ignoraunce 〈…〉 one soule sinne through ignoraunce he shall bryng a shee goate of a yere olde for a sinne offering 28 And the priest shall make an attonement for the soule that sinneth ignorauntly when he sinneth by ignoraunce before the Lorde to reconcile hym and that it may be forgeuen hym 29 And both thou that art borne of the chyldren of Israel and the straunger that dwelleth among you shall haue one lawe who so doth sinne thorowe ignoraunce 30 But the soule that doth ought presumptuously whether he be borne in the lande or a straunger the same blasphemeth the Lorde and that soule shal be cut of from among his people 31 Because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde and hath broken his commaundement that soule therefore shal be vtterly cut of and his sinne shal be vppon hym 32 And whyle the chyldreÌ„ of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day 33 And they that founde hym gathering stickes brought hym vnto Moyses and Aaron and vnto all the congregation 34 And they put hym in warde seyng it was not declared what shoulde be done to hym 35 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Let the man dye let all the multitude stone him with stones without y e hoast 36 And all the multitude brought hym without the hoast and stoned hym with stones and he dyed as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 37 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 38 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and byd them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garmentes throughout their generations and put vpon the fringe of the borders a ribande of blewe silke 39 And the fringe shal be vnto you 〈◊〉 vpon that ye may remember all the coÌ„maundementes of the Lorde and do them and that ye seeke not after your owne heart or your owne eyes after the which ye vse to go a whoryng 〈…〉 all my commaunde◠〈…〉 be holy vnto your God 41 I am the Lorde your God which brought you out of the lande of Egypt for to be your God I am the Lorde your God ⧠The .xvj. Chapter The rebellion of Corah Dathan and Abiram 31 They perishe with their companie 1 AND Corah the sonne of Isaar the sonne of Caath the sonne of Leui went a part with Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab On the sonne of Peleth the sonne of Ruben 2 And they rose vp before Moyses with certayne of the children of Israel two hundred fiftie which were captaynes of the multitude famous in the congregation and men of renoune 3
there gathered together to battaile when the men of Israel were gone vp 10 He arose and layed on the Philistines vntill his hand was weery and claue vnto the sword And the Lorde gaue great victory the same day and the people returned after him only to spoyle 11 After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite the Philistines gathered together besyde a towne where was a parcell of land full of lentils and the people fled from the Philistines 12 But he stoode in y e middest of the groūd and defended it slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue great victorie 13 These three which were of the thirtie chiefe captaines went downe to Dauid in the haruest tyme vnto the caue Adullam and the hoast of the Philistines pytched in the valley of giauntes 14 And Dauid was then in an houlde and the souldiers of y e Philistines were in Bethlehem 15 And Dauid longed saide Oh that I had of the water that is in the wel by the gate of Bethlehem for to drynke 16 And the three mightie brake through the hoast of the Philistines drue water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and toke and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse he would not drinke thereof but powred it vnto the Lorde 17 And saide The Lorde forbyd that I should do so Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieoperdie of theyr lyues therefore he would not drinke it And these thinges did these three mightie men 18 Abisai the brother of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was chiefe among the three he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and slue them had the name among the three 19 For he was most excellent of the three and was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not vnto the first three 20 And Banaiah the sonne of Iehoida the sonne of a mightie man valiaunt in actes of Kabzeel slue two strōg men of Moab He went downe also and slue a lion in the middest of a pit in time of snowe 21 And he slue an Egyptian a goodly bigge man and the Egyptian had a speare in his hand But he went downe to him with a staffe and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 22 These thinges did Banaiah y e sonne of Iehoida and had the name among the three worthies 23 He was honorable among thirtie but he attayned not to the first three And Dauid made him of his counsel 24 Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem 25 Samma the Harodite Elica the Harodite Helez the Paltite Ira the sonne of Acces the Thecoite 26 Abiezer of Anathoth Mebunnai y e Husathite 27 Zelmon an Ahohite Maharai the Netophathite 28 Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai out of Gibea of the children of Beniamin 29 Banaiah the Pirathonite Heddai of the ryuer of Gaas 30 Abialbon the Arbathite Asmaueth the Barhumite 31 Eliahba a Saalbonite of the sonnes of Iasen Ionathan 32 Samma the Hararite Ahiam y e sonne of Sarar an Hararite 33 Eliphelet y e sonne of Aasbai the sonne of Maachathi Eliam the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite 34 Hezrai the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite 35 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zoba Bani the Gadite 36 Zelec the Ammonite Naharai the Berothite which was the harnesse bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia 37 Ira the Iethrite Gareb y e Iethrite 38 Vria the Hethite thirtie and seuen in all ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Dauid causeth the people to be numbred 10 He repenteth and chooseth to fall into Gods handes 15 Seuentie thousand perishe with the pestilence 1 ANd agayne the Lorde was wroth against Israel and he moued Dauid agaynst them in that he sayde Go number Israel Iuda 2 For the king sayde to Ioab the captaine of the hoast which was with him Go thou abrode now throughout al the tribes of Israel euen from Dan to Beerseba and number ye the people that I may knowe the number of them 3 And Ioab saide vnto the king The Lorde thy God encrease the people an hundreth folde mo then they be that the eyes of my lorde the king may see it And what is the cause that my lorde the king hath a lust to this thyng 4 Notwithstanding the kinges word preuayled agaynst Ioab against the captaines of the hoast And Ioab the captaynes of the hoast went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel 5 And they passed ouer Iordane pitched in Aroer on the right syde of the citie that lyeth in the myddest of the valey of Gad and toward Iazer 6 And then they came to Gilead and to the land Tahtim hodshi from thēce they came to Dan Iaan and about to Sidon 7 And came to the strong hould of Tyre and to all the cities of the Heuites and of the Chanaanites then went out to the south of Iuda euen to Beerseba 8 And so when they had ben abrode throughout all the land they returned to Hierusalem after the end of nine monethes and twentie dayes 9 And Ioab deliuered the number and summe of the people vnto the king and there were in Israel eyght hundred thousand men of might that drewe swordes and the men of Iuda were fiue hundred thousand men 10 And Dauids heart smote him after that he had numbred the people And Dauid saide vnto the Lord I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done And nowe I beseche thee Lord take away the trespasse of thy seruaunt for I haue done very foolishly 11 And when Dauid was vp in the morning the word of the Lorde came vnto the prophet Gad Dauids sear saying 12 Go and say vnto Dauid thus sayth the Lorde I offer thee three thynges choose thee which of them I shall do vnto thee 13 So Gad came to Dauid and shewed him and said vnto him Wylt thou haue seuen yeres hunger to come vpon thy land or wilt thou flee three monethes before thyne enemies they folowyng thee or that there be three dayes pestilence in thy land Now therefore aduise thee and see what aunswere I shall geue to him that sent me 14 And Dauid saide vnto Gad I am in a wonderfull strayte Let vs fall now into the hand of the Lorde for much is his mercy and let me not fall into the hand of man 15 And so the Lorde sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning vnto the time appoynted And there dyed of the people from Dan to Beerseba seuentie thousand men 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand vpon Hierusalem to destroy it the Lorde repented him of the euill saide to the angel that destroyed the people It is now sufficient holde thyne hand And the angell of the Lord was by the threshing
Iehu sonne of Nimsi shalt thou annoynt king ouer Israel And Elisa the sonne of Saphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou annoynt to be prophete in thy roome 17 And it shall come to passe that whoso escapeth the sworde of Hazael him shall Iehu slay if any man scape the sword of Iehu him shall Elisa put to death 18 And therto I haue left me seuen thousande in Israel of whiche neuer man bowed his knees vnto Baal nor kissed him with his mouth 19 So he departed thence found Elisa the sonne of Saphat plowing hauing twelue yocke of oxen before him and he with the twelue And Elias went by him and cast his mantle vpon him 20 And he left the oxen and ranne after Elias and sayde Let me I pray thee kysse my father and my mother then I will folowe thee He sayde vnto him Go backe againe for what is it that I haue done to thee 21 And when he went backe againe from him he toke a couple of oxen and slue them and dressed the fleshe with the instrumentes of the oxen and gaue vnto the people and they dyd eate And then he arose and went after Elias and ministred vnto him The .xx. Chapter 1 Samaria is besieged 13 The Lord promiseth the victorie to Ahab by a prophet The king of Israel made peace with Benhadad and is reproued therfore by the prophete 1 AND Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his hoast together hauing thirtie two kinges with him and horses and charets and went vp and besieged Samaria warred against it 2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the citie and sayde vnto him thus saith Benhadad 3 Thy siluer thy gold is myne the fayrest of thy wiues of thy childreÌ„ be mine 4 And the king of Israel aunswered and said My lord king according to thy saying I am thyne and all that I haue 5 And when the messengers came againe they sayd thus sayth Benhadad Forasmuch as I haue sent vnto thee saying Thou shalt deliuer me thy siluer and thy golde and thy wyues and thy children 6 I will therfore send my seruauntes vnto thee to morowe this time and they shall searche thyne house the houses of thy seruauntes and whatsoeuer is pleasaunt in thyne eyes they shall take it in their handes and bring it away 7 Then the king of Israel sent for all the elders of the land and said Take heede I pray you and see howe this felowe goeth about mischiefe For he sent vnto me for my wiues for my children for my siluer and for my golde and I denyed him not 8 And all the elders and all the people said Hearken not vnto him nor consent 9 Wherfore he sayde vnto the messengers of Benhadad Tell my lord the king all that thou dyddest send for to thy seruauÌ„t at the first time that I will do but this thing I may not do And the messengers departed and brought aunswere againe 10 And Benhadad sent vnto him againe and sayde Thus and thus do the gods vnto me if the dust of Samaria be enough for al the people that folowe me to take euery man an handfull 11 And the king of Israel aunswered and sayd Tell him let not him that putteth on his harnesse boast him selfe as he that putteth it of 12 And it fortuned that when Benhadad hearde that tydinges as he was with the kinges drinking within the pauilions and he saide vnto this seruauntes Put your selues in order And they set them selues in aray against the citie 13 And beholde there came a prophete vnto Ahab king of Israel saying thus sayeth the Lord Hast thou seene all this great multitude beholde I will deliuer it into thyne hand this day thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde 14 And Ahab sayd By whom He sayde Thus sayth the Lorde euen by the seruauntes of the gouernours of y e shyres He sayd againe who shall order the battayle And he aunswered Thou 15 Then he numbred the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres they were two hundred and thirtie and two And after them also he numbred all the people of the children of Israel euen seuen thousande 16 And they went out at noone but Benhadad dyd drinke till he was drunken in the pauillions both he and the kinges eueÌ„ thirtie two kinges that helpe him 17 And the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres went out first and Benhadad sent out they shewed him saying There are men come out of Samaria 18 He sayde Whether they be come out for peace take them alyue or whether they be come out to fight take them yet alyue 19 And so those young men of the gouernours of the shyres came out of the citie and the hoast after them 20 And they slue euery one his enemie that came in his way and the Syrians fled they of Israel folowed after theÌ„ And Benhadad the king of Syria scaped on a horse with his horsemen 21 And the king of Israel went out and smote the horses and charettes with a great slaughter slue he the Syrians 22 And there came a prophete to the king of Israel and said vnto him Go foorth and play the man be wyse take heede what thou doest for when the yere is gone about the king of Syria will come vp against thee 23 And the seruauntes of the king of Syria sayde vnto him The gods of the hilles are their gods and therefore they had the better of vs but let vs fight against them in the playne and for what ye will we shall haue the better of them 24 And this do Take the kinges away euery man out of his place put dukes in their roomes 25 And do thou number thee an hoast lyke the hoast that thou hast lost such horses and suche charets and we will fight against them in the plaine and thou shalt see vs get the better of theÌ„ And he hearkened vnto their voyce and dyd euen so 26 And it fortuned that after the yere was gone about Benhadad numbred the Syrians and went vp to Aphec to fight against Israel 27 And the children of Israel were numbred with their whole number went they against them and the children of Israel pitched before them lyke two litle â—lockes of kiddes but the Syrians filled the countrey 28 And there came a man of God and sayd vnto the king of Israel thus sayth the Lorde Because the Syrians haue sayd the Lorde is but God of the hilles and not God of the valleys therfore wil I deliuer all this great multitude into thyne hande and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 29 And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen dayes and it came to passe that in the seuenth day the battaile was ioyned and the children of Israel slue of the Syrians an hundred thousande footemen in one day 30 But the rest fled to Aphec into the citie and there fell a wall vpon
be doing and the Lorde shal be with thee 17 And Dauid commaunded al the lordes of Israel to helpe Solomon his sonne saying 18 Is not the Lord your God with you and hath he not geuen you rest on euery side for he hath geuen the inhabitours of the lande into my hande and the land is subdued before the Lorde and before his people 19 Nowe therefore set your heartes and your soules to seke the Lord your God Vp and buylde ye the temple of the Lord God to bring the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and the holy vessels of God into the house so buylt for the name of the Lorde The .xxiii. Chapter 1 Dauid being olde ordeineth Solomon king 3 He causeth the Leuites to be numbred 4 And assigneth them to their offices 13 Aaron and his sonnes are for the hie priestes 14 The sonnes of Moyses 1 SO when Dauid was olde and full of dayes he made Solomon his sonne king ouer Israel 2 And then he gathered together all the lordes of Israel with the priestes and the Leuites 3 And the Leuites were numbred from the age of thirtie yeres and aboue and the number and summe of them was thirtie and eyght thousande men 4 Of which twentie and foure thousand were set to further the worke of the house of the Lorde and sixe thousande were officers and iudges 5 Foure thousande were porters foure thousand praysed the Lorde with such instrumentes as was made to prayse withall 6 And so Dauid put an order among them deuiding them in partes Of the children of Leui Gerson Caath and Merari ' 7 Of the Gersonites was Laadan and ' Semei ' 8 The sonnes of Laadan the chiefe was ' Iehiel Zethan and Ioel three 9 The sonnes of Semei Selomith Haziel and Haran three These were the auncient fathers of Laadan 10 And the sonnes of Semei were Iahath Zina Ieus Beria these foure were the sonnes of Semei 11 And Iahath was the chiefe Ziza the seconde but Ieus and Beria had not many sonnes therfore they were in one reckening according to their fathers housholde reckened for one auncient housholde 12 The sonnes of Caath Amram Izahar ' Hebron and Vzziel foure ' 13 The sonnes of Amram Aaron and Moyses And Aaron was separated to haue the rule of the holy thinges in the place most holy he his sonnes for euer and to burne incense before the Lorde and to minister vnto him and to blesse in his name for euer 14 Moyses also the man of God and his children were named with the tribe of Leui. 15 The sonnes of Moyses GersoÌ„ Eliezer ' 16 Of the sonnes of Gersom Sebuel was ' the chiefe ' 17 The sonnes of Eliezer Rehabia the chiefe And Eliezer had none other sonnes but the sonnes of Rehabia were verie many 18 The sonnes of Izahar Selomith the' chiefe ' 19 The sonnes of Hebron Ieriahu the first Amaria the seconde Iahaziel the thirde and Iecmaam the fourth 20 The sonnes of Vzziel Micha the first ' and Iesia the seconde ' 21 The sonnes of Merari Mahli Musi ' The sonnes of Mahli Eleazar and Cis. ' 22 And Eleazar dyed and had no sonnes but daughters and their brethren the sonnes of Cis toke them 23 The sonnes of Musi Mahli Eder and ' Ieremoth three ' 24 These are the children of Leui after the houshold of their fathers euen the auncient of the fathers according to their offices and after the number and summe of the names of them that dyd the worke in the seruice of the house of the Lord from the age of twentie yeres and aboue 25 And Dauid sayde The Lorde God of Israel hath geuen rest vnto his people that they may dwell in Hierusalem for euer 26 That the Leuites also shoulde nowe no more beare the tabernacle and al the vessels for the seruice thereof 27 For according to the last wordes of Dauid the Leuites were numbred from twentie yeres and aboue 28 And their office was vnder the hande of the sonnes of Aaron for the seruice of the house of the Lorde in the courtes and celles and in the purifying of all holy thinges and in the worke of the seruice of the house of God 29 In the shewbread in the fine â—â—owre in the meate offring in y e wafers of sweete bread in the frying panne in the gredyron and in all maner of measures sise 30 And to stand euery day in the morning to thanke and prayse the Lorde and so likewise at euen 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices vnto the Lord in the Sabbathes in the new moones and on the feastfull dayes by number and custome continually as they were commaunded before the Lord. 32 And that they should wayte on the tabernacle of the congregation on the holy place and on the sonnes of Aaron their brethreÌ„ in the seruice of the house of the Lord. ' The .xxiiii. Chapter ' ' Dauid assigneth offices vnto the sonnes of Aaron ' 1 THese are the deuisions of the sonnes of AaroÌ„ The sonnes of Aaron Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 2 Nadab also and Abihu dyed before their father had no children But Eleazar Ithamar executed the priestes office 3 And Dauid ordred them on this maner Zadoc of the sonnes of Eleazar and Ahimelec of the sonnes of Ithamar were according to their offices in their ministration 4 And there were mo auncient men founde among the sonnes of Eleazar then the sonnes of Ithamar And thus were they ordred together Among the sonnes of Eleazar there were sixteene rulers according to the houshold of their fathers and eyght among the sonnes of Ithamar according to the housholde of their fathers 5 And thus were they put in order by lot the one sort from the other and so were there rulers in the sanctuarie and lordes before God aswell of the sonnes of Eleazer as of the sonnes of Ithamar 6 And Semeia the sonne of Nathanael the scribe of the kinred of the Leuites wrote them before the king the lordes before Zadoc the priest and Ahimelec the sonne of Abiathar and before the auncient fathers of the priestes and Leuites one principall housholde being reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar 7 And the first lot fell to Iehoiarib and ' the seconde to Iedaia ' 8 The third to Harim and the fourth to ' Sehorim ' 9 The fyft to Melchia and the sixth to ' Miiamin ' 10 The seuenth to Hakos and the eyght ' to Abia ' 11 The nynth to Iesua and the tenth to ' Secaniah ' 12 The eleuenth to Eliasib the twelfth ' to Iakim ' 13 The thirteenth to Huppa and the fourteenth ' to Iesebeab ' 14 The fyftenth to Bilga and the sixtenth ' to Immer ' 15 The seuenteenth to Hezir and the eyghteenth ' to Aphses ' 16 The nynteenth to Pethahia and the' twentieth to Ieheskel ' 17 The twentie and one to Iachin and ' the twentie and two to Gamul ' 18 The twentie and
seene no prophetes yet shall they call their sinnes to remembraunce and knowledge them 37 I wyll declare the grace that I wyll do for the people that is to come whose children reioyce in gladnes and though they haue not seene me with bodyly eyes yet in spirite they beleue the thing that I say 38 And now brother behold what great worship and see the people that commeth from the east 39 Vnto whom I wyll geue for leaders Abraham Isahac Iacob Oseas Amos and Micheas Ioel Abdias and Ionas 40 Naum and Abacuc Sophonias Aggeus Zacharie and Malachie whiche is called also an angell or messenger of the Lorde The .ij. Chapter 2 The Sinagogue findeth fault with her owne chyldren 1◠The Gentiles are called 1 THus saith the Lorde I brought this people out of bondage I gaue them my commaundements by my seruauntes the prophetes whom they would not heare but despised my counsayles 2 The mother that bare them saith vnto them Go your way ye chyldren for I am a wydowe and forsaken 3 I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorowe and heauinesse haue I lost you for ye haue sinned before the Lord your God and done that thing that is euill before hym 4 But what shall I nowe do vnto you I am a wydowe and forsaken go your way O my chyldren and aske mercy of the Lorde 5 As for me O father I call vpon thee for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these chyldren whiche woulde not kepe my couenaunt 6 That thou bryng them to confusion and their mother to a spoyle that she beare no more 7 Let their names be scattered abrode among the Heathen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunt 8 Wo be vnto thee Assur thou that hydest the vnrighteous in thee thou wicked people remember what I did vnto Sodome and Gomorre 9 Whose lande is turned into cloddes of pitche and heapes of asshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not saith the almightie Lorde 10 Thus saith the Lorde vnto Esdras Tell my people that I wyll geue them the kingdome of Hierusalem whiche I woulde haue geuen vnto Israel 11 Their glory also will I take vnto me and geue them the euerlasting tabernacles whiche I had prepared for those 12 They shal haue the tree of life at wyl as in the sweete sauour of oyntment they shal neither labour nor be weerie 13 Go ye your way and ye shall receaue it Pray that there may be but fewe dayes and the long time may be shortened for thee The kingdome is alredy prepared for you therefore watche 14 Take heauen and earth to witnesse for I haue broken the euyll in peeces and created the good for I liue saith the Lorde 15 Mother embrace thy chyldren and bryng them vp with gladnesse make their feete as fast as a piller for I haue chosen thee saith the Lorde 16 And those that be dead wyll I rayse vp agayne from their places and bryng them out of the graues for I haue knowen my name in Israel 17 Feare not thou mother of the chyldren for I haue chosen thee saith the Lorde 18 And for thy helpe I shall sende thee my seruauntes Esai and Ieremie after whose counsaile I haue sanctified and prepared for thee twelue trees laden with diuers fruites 19 And as many fountaynes flowyng with mylke and hony and seuen mightie mountaynes whervpon there grow roses and lyllyes whereby I wyll fill thy chyldren with ioy 20 Execute iustice for the wydowe iudge for the fatherlesse geue to the poore defende the fatherlesse clothe the naked 21 Heale the wounded and sicke laugh not a lame man to scorne defende the creple and let the blynde come into the light of my clearenes 22 Kepe the olde and young that are within thy walles 23 Wheresoeuer thou findest the dead take them and bury them and I shall geue thee the first place in my resurrection 24 Abyde styll O my people and take thy rest for thy quietnes shall come 25 Feede thy children O thou good nurse stablishe their feete 26 As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen thee there shall not one of them perishe for I wyll seeke them from among thy number 27 Be not weery for when the day of trouble and heauinesse commeth other shall weepe and be sorowfull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous 28 The Heathen shal be ielous at it but they shal be able to do nothing against thee saith the Lorde 29 My handes shall couer thee so that thy chyldrē shal not see the fire euerlasting 30 Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy chyldren for I wyll deliuer thee saith the Lorde 31 Remember thy chyldren that sleepe for I shall bryng them out of the sides of the earth shewe mercy vnto them for I am mercyfull saith the Lorde almightie 32 Embrace thy chyldren vntyll I come and shewe mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shall not fayle 33 I Esdras receaued a charge of the Lorde vpon the mount Oreb that I shoulde go vnto Israel But when I came vnto them they set me at naught and despised the commaundementes of the Lorde 34 And therefore I say vnto you O ye Heathen that heare and vnderstande Looke for your shephearde he shall geue you euerlasting rest for he is nye at hande that shall come in the ende of the worlde 35 Be redye to the rewarde of the kingdome for the euerlasting light shal shine vpon you for euermore 36 Flee the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of your glory I testifie my sauiour openly 37 O receaue the gyft that is geuen you and be glad geuing thankes vnto hym that hath called you to the heauenly kingdome 38 Aryse vp and stande fast beholde the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lorde 39 Whiche are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmentes of the Lorde 40 Take thy number O Sion and shut vp thy purified whiche haue fulfilled the lawe of the Lorde 41 The number of thy chyldren whom thou longedst for is fulfilled besech the power of the Lorde that thy people whiche haue ben called from the beginning may be halowed 42 I Esdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a great people whom I coulde not number and they all praysed the Lord with songes of thankesgeuing 43 And in the middest of them there was a young man of an hye stature more excellent then al they and vpon euery one of their heads he set crownes and was euer higher and higher which I marueyled at greatly 44 So I asked the angell and said Sir what are these 45 He aunswered sayd vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothing and put on the immortall and haue testified and knowledged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde
Christe and his Churche ought to be aduouched out of the scriptures and do contende in disputation that the true Churche can not be knowen but only by the holy scriptures For all other thinges saith the same aucthor may be founde among the heretikes Some affirme it to be a sinfull tradition that is obtruded without the scripture Some playnely pronounce that not to knowe the scriptures is not to knowe Christe VVherefore let men extoll out the Churche practises as hyghly as they can and let them set out their traditions and customes their decisions in synodes and counsayles with vaunting the presence of the holy ghost among them really as some doth affirme it in their writing let their groundes and their demonstrations their foundations be as stable and as strong as they blase them out Yet wyll we be bolde to say with Saint Peter Habemus nos firmiorem sermonem propheticum VVe haue for our part a more stable grounde the propheticall wordes of the scriptures and doubt not to be commended therefore of the same Saint Peter with these wordes Cui dum attenditis ceu lucerne apparenti in obscuro loco recte facitis donce dies illucescat c. VVherevnto saith he whyle ye do attende as to a light shining in a darke place ye do well vntill the day light appeare and till the bright starre do arise into our heartes I or this we know that al the propheticall scripture standeth not in any priuate interpretation of vayne names of seuerall Churches of catholique and vniuersall seas of singuler and wylfull heades whiche wyll chalenge by custome all decision to pertayne to them only who be working so muche for their vayne superioritie that they be not ashamed now to be of that number Qui dixerunt linguam nostram magnificabimus labia nostra a nobis sunt quis noster dominus est VVhiche haue sayd with our tongue wyll we preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs. And whyle they shall thus contende for their straunge claymed aucthoritie we will proceede in the reformation begun and doubt no more by the helpe of Christe his grace of the true vnitie to Christes catholique Churche and of the vprightnesse of our fayth in this prouince then the spanishe cleargie once gathered together in counsaile only by the commaundement of their king before whiche tyme the Pope was not so acknowledged in his aucthoritie which he now claymeth I say as surely dare we trust as they dyd trust of their fayth and vnitie Yea no lesse coÌ„fidence haue we to professe that which the fathers of the vniuersall counsaile at Carthage in Affrike as they wryte them selfe did professe in their epistle writteÌ„ to Pope Celestine laying before his face the foule corruption of him selfe as two other of his predicessours did the like errour in falsifiyng the canons of Nicen counsayle for his wrong chalenge of his newe claymed aucthoritie Thus wrytyng Prudentissime enim iustissimeque prouiderunt Nicena et Affricana dicreta quecunque negotia in suis locis vbi orta sunt fiâ—ienda nec vnicuiqui prouintiae gratiam sancti spiritus defuturam qua equitas a Christi sacerdotibus et prudenter videatur constantissime teneatur maxime quia vnicuique concessum est si iuditio offensus fuerit cognitorum ad concilia suae prouinciae vel etiam vniuersale prouocare That the Nicen and Affrican decrees haue most prudently and iustly prouided for all maner of matters to be ended in their teritories where they had their beginning and they trusted that not to any one prouince shoulde want the grace of the holy ghost wherby both the truth or equitie might prudently be seene of the christian prelates of Christe and might be also by them most constantly defended specially for that it is graunted to euery man if he be greeued by the iudgement of the cause once knowen to appeale to the counsayles of his owne prouince or els to the vniuersall Except there be any man which may beleue that our Lorde God would inspire the righteousnesse of examination to any one singular person and to denie the same to priestes gathered together into counsaile without number c. And there they do require the bishop of Rome to send none of his clarkes to execute such prouinciall causes lest els say they mought be brought in the vayne pride of the worlde into the Churche of Christe In this antiquitie may we in this christian catholique Church of Englande repose our selfe knowyng by our owne annales of auncient recorde that kyng Lucius whose conscience was muche touched with the miracles whiche the seruauntes of Christe wrought in diuers nations thervpon beyng in great loue with the true fayth sent vnto Eleutherius then byshop of Rome requiring of hym the christian religion But Eleutherius did redyly geue ouer that care to king Lucius in his epistle for that the king as he wryteth the vicar of God in his owne kingdome and for that he had receaued the faith of Christe And for that he had also both testamentes in his realme hewylled him to drawe out of them by the grace of God and by the counsaile of his wisemen his lawes and by that lawe of God to gouerne his realme of Britanie and not so muche to desire the Romane and Emperours lawes in the which some default might be founde saith he but in the lawes of God nothing at all VVith which aunswere the kinges legates Eluanus and Medwinus sent as messengers by the king to the Pope returned to Britanie agayne Eluanus beyng made a byshop and Medwine alowed a publique teacher who for the eloquence and knowledge they had in the holy scriptures they repayred home agayne to kyng Lucius and by their holy preachinges Lucius and the noble men of the whole Britanie receaued their baptisme c. Thus farre in the storie Nowe therfore knowing and beleuing with Saint Paul Quod quecunque prescripta sunt ad nostram doctrinam prescripta sunt vt per pacientiam consolationem scripturarum spem habeamus VVhatsoeuer is afore writteÌ„ is written before for our instruction that we through the pacience and comfort of scirptures might haue hope the only suretie to our fayth and comscience is to sticke to the scriptures VVherevpon whyle this eternall worde of God be our rocke and anker to sticke vnto we will haue pacience with all the vayne inuentions of men who labour so highly to magnifie their tongues to exalt them selues aboue al that is God VVe wil take comfort by the holy scriptures against the maledictions of the aduersaries and doubt not to nourishe our hope continually therewith so to liue and dye in this comfortable hope and doubt not to pertayne to the elect number of Christes Churche howe farre soeuer we be excommunicated out of the sinagogue of suche who suppose them selues to be the vniuersall lordes of all the world Lordes of our fayth and consciences at pleasure Finally to
deales of fine floure myngled with oyle to be a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord for a sweete sauour and the drynke offeryng therof shal be of wine euen the fourth deale of an hyn 14 And ye shal eate neither bread nor parched corne nor greene eares vntyl y e selfe same day that ye haue brought an offering vnto your God Let this be a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellynges 15 And ye shall count vnto you from the morowe after the Sabboth euen from the day that ye brought the sheafe of the waue offeryng seuen Sabbothes they shal be complet 16 Euen vnto the morowe after y e seuenth Sabboth shall ye number fiftie dayes and ye shall bryng a newe meate offeryng vnto the Lorde 17 And ye shall bryng out of your habitations two waue loaues made of two tenth deales of fine flowre and that are made with leauen for first fruites vnto the Lorde 18 And ye shall bryng with the bread seuen lambes without deformitie of one yere of age and one young bullocke and two rammes which shall serue for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde with their meate offeringes and their drinke offeringes to be a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 19 Then ye shall prepare an hee goate for a sinne offeryng and two lambes of one yere olde for peace offerynges 20 And the priest shall waue them with the bread of the first fruites for a waue offering before the Lorde and with the two lambes they shal be holy to the Lorde for the priestes 21 And ye shall proclayme the same day that it may be an holy conuocation vnto you ye shall do no seruile worke therin let it be a lawe for euer in all your dwellynges throughout your generations 22 And whē ye reape downe the haruest of your lande thou shalt not make cleane riddaunce of the corners of thy fielde when thou reapest neither shalt thou make any after gatheryng of thy haruest but shalt leaue them vnto the poore and the straunger I am the Lorde your God ' 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 24 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say In the seuenth moneth in the first day of the moneth shall ye haue Sabbath euen the remembraunce of blowyng of trumpettes an holy conuocation 25 Ye shall do no seruile worke therein but offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde ' 26 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 27 The tenth day also of the selfe seuenth moneth is a day of reconcilyng therfore shal it be an holy conuocation vnto you ye shall humble your soules and offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 28 Ye shall do no worke y e same day for it is a day of recōciling to make an attonement for you before the Lord your God 29 For whatsoeuer soule it be that humbleth not hym selfe that day he shal be cut of from among his people 30 And whatsoeuer soule do any worke that day the same soule wyll I destroy from among his people 31 Ye shall do no maner worke therfore let it be a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellynges 32 Let it be vnto you a Sabbath of rest and ye shall humble your soules in the ninth day of the moneth at euen from euen to euen shall ye celebrate your Sabbath 33 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 34 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel say The fifteenth day of the same seuenth moneth is the feast of tabernacles seuen dayes vnto the Lorde 35 The first day is an holy conuocation ' ye shall do no seruile worke ' 36 Seuen dayes ye shall offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde and in the eyght day shal be an holy conuocation vnto you and ye shall offer sacrifices made by fire vnto the Lorde It is the solempne assemblie and ye shall do no seruile worke therin 37 These are the feastes of the Lorde which ye shall call holy conuocations for to offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde burnt offeryng meate offeryng sacrifices and drynke offerynges euery thyng vpon his day 38 Besyde the Sabbathes of the Lorde and besyde your giftes besyde all your vowes and all your free offerynges which ye geue vnto the Lorde 39 Moreouer in the fifteenth day of the seuenth moneth when ye haue gathered in the fruite of the lande ye shall kepe holy day vnto the Lorde seuen dayes The first day shal be a Sabbath lykewise in the eyght day shal be a Sabbath 40 And ye shall take you in the first day the fruites of goodly trees braunches of palme trees and the bowes of thicke trees and willowes of the brooke and shall reioyce before the Lord your God seuen dayes 41 And ye shall kepe this feast vnto the Lorde seuen dayes in the yere It shal be a lawe for euer in your generations that ye kepe it in the seuenth moneth 42 Ye shal dwell in boothes seuen dayes euen all that are Israelites borne shall dwell in boothes 43 That your children after you may knowe howe that I made the children of Israel to dwell in boothes when I brought them out of the lande of Egipt I am the Lorde your God 44 And Moyses declared vnto the children ' of Israel the feastes of the Lorde ' ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter 1 The oyle for the lampes 15 He that blasphemeth must be stoned 17 He that kylleth shal be kylled c. ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Commaunde the children of Israel that they bryng vnto thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the lyght to cause the lampes to burne continually 3 Without the vayle of witnesse in the tabernacle of the congregation shall Aaron dresse them both euenyng and mornyng before the Lorde alwayes Let it be a lawe for euer in your generations ' 4 He shall dresse the lampes vpon y e pure ' candlesticke before y e Lord perpetually 5 And thou shalt take fine floure and bake twelue cakes therof two tenth deales shal be in one cake 6 And thou shalt set thē in two rowes sixe on a rowe vpon the pure table before the Lorde 7 And put pure frankensence vpon the rowes that they may be bread of remembraunce and an offeryng made by fire vnto the Lorde 8 Euery Sabbath he shall put them in rowes before the Lorde euermore of the chyldren of Israel shall they be offered for an euerlastyng couenaunt 9 And they shal be Aarons and his sonnes which shall eate them in the holy place For they are most holy vnto hym of the offerynges of the Lorde made by fire by a perpetuall statute 10 And the sonne of an Israelitishe wife whose father was an Egyptian went out among the children of Israel And this sonne of the Israelitishe wyfe and a man of Israel stroue together in the hoast 11 And the Israelitishe womans sonne
lande of his inheritaunce may be solde or redeemed for euery thyng seperate from the common vse is most holy vnto the Lorde 29 Nothing seperate from the common vse whiche shal be seperate from man shal be redeemed but dye the death 30 Euery tithe of the lande also both of the seede of the lande and of the fruite of the trees is the Lordes and is sanctified vnto the Lorde 31 And if a man wyll redeeme ought of his tithes let hym adde the fift part thereto 32 And euery tythe of oxe and of sheepe and of euery beast that goeth vnder the rod euen euery tenth shal be holy vnto the Lorde 33 He shall not looke if it be good or bad nor chaunge it els if he chaunge it both it and that it was chaunged withall shal be halowed and may not be redeemed 34 These are the commaundementes whiche the Lorde commaunded by Moyses vnto the chyldren of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The ende of the thirde booke of Moyses ⧠The fourth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrewe Vaiedabbar and in the Latin Numeri ' ¶ The first Chapter ' 1 All that are apt for battaile are numbred 49 The tribe of Leui must minister in the tabernacle 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Moyses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of the congregation the first day of the seconde moneth in the second yere after they were come out of the lande of Egypt saying 2 Take ye the summe of all the multitude of the children of Israel after their kinredes housholdes of their fathers with the number of their names all that are males head by head 3 From twentie yeres olde and aboue euen all that go foorth to the warre in Israel thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies 4 And with you shal be men of euery tribe such as are the heades of the houses of their fathers 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you of the tribe of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur ' 6 Of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of ' Suri Saddai ' 7 Of Iuda Nahesson the sonne of ' Aminadab ' 8 Of Isachar Nathanael the sonne ' of Zuar ' 9 Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helō 10 Among the chyldren of Ioseph of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Ammihud of Manasse Gameliel the sonne of Pedazur ' 11 Of Beniamin Abidan the sonne of ' Gedeon ' 12 Of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi ' Saddai ' 13 Of Aser Pagiel the sonne of Ocran ' 14 Of Gad Elisah the sonne of Duel ' 15 Of Nephthali Ahira y e sonne of Enan 16 There were of great fame in the congregation princes of the tribes of their fathers and heades ouer thousandes in Israel ' 17 And Moyses Aaron toke these men ' whiche are expressed by their names 18 And they called all the congregation together the first day of the second moneth and they were reckened throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers accordyng to the number of their names from twentie yeres olde and aboue head by head 19 As the Lorde commaunded Moyses euen so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai 20 So were the chyldren of Ruben Israels eldest sonne throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers accordyng to the number of their names head by head all males from twentie yeres old aboue as many as did go foorth to the warre 21 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ruben was fourtie sixe thousande and fiue hundred 22 Of the chyldren of Simeon throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the summe of thē in the number of names head by head all the males from twentie yeres and aboue whosoeuer myght go foorth to the warre 23 The summe of them that were of the tribe of Simeon fiftie nine thousande and three hundred 24 Of the chyldren of Gad throughout their generations and their kinredes housholdes of their fathers the number of the names from twentie yeres aboue all that went foorth to y e warre 25 The number of them that were of the tribe of Gad was fourtie and fiue thousand sixe hundred and fiftie 26 Of the chyldren of Iuda throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names frō twentie yeres aboue all that were able to go foorth to y e warre The number of them that were of the tribe of Iuda was threscore and fourteene thousande and sixe hundred 28 Of the chyldren of Isachar throughout their generations their kinredes houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue whiche went all foorth to the warre 29 The number of them that were of the tribe of Isachar was fiftie and foure thousande and foure hundred 30 Of the chyldren of Zabulon through out their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all whiche were able to go foorth in the hoast 31 The number of them that were of the tribe of Zabulon was fiftie and seuen thousande and foure hundred 32 Of the chyldren of Ioseph namely of the chyldren of Ephraim throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres aboue all that went out to the warre 33 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousand and fiue hundred 34 Of the chyldren of Manasse throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres olde and aboue all that went out to the warre 35 The number of them that were of the tribe of Manasse was thirtie and two thousande and two hundred 36 Of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all that went foorth to the warre 37 The number of them that were of the tribe of Beniamin was thirtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 38 Of the chyldren of Dan throughout their generations and kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres olde and aboue all that went foorth to the warre 39 The number of them that were of the tribe of Dan was threscore and two thousande and seuen hundred 40 Of the chyldren of Asar throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of the names from twentie yeres and aboue all that went out to the warre 41 The number of them that were of the tribe of Aser was fourtie and one thousande and fiue hundred 42 Of the children of Nephthali throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all that myght go foorth to the warre 43 The number of them that were of the tribe of Nephthali was fiftie
the Lorde commaunded Moyses ' ⧠The .iiij. Chapter ' ' 5 The offices of the Leuites ' 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Take the summe of the chyldren of Caath frō among the sonnes of Leui after their kinredes and houses of their fathers 3 From thirtie yeres and aboue vntill fiftie all that enter into the hoast for to do the worke in the tabernacle of the congregation 4 This shal be the office of the chyldren of Caath in the tabernacle of the congregation about the most holy 5 And when the hoast remoueth Aaron and his sonnes shall come and take downe the couering vayle and wrap the arke of wytnesse in it 6 And shall put thereon a coueryng of Badgers skinnes and shall spreade vppon it a cloth that is altogether of blew silke and put in the barres therof 7 And vpon the shewe table they shall spreade abrode a cloth of blew silke and put thereon the dishes incense cuppes and goblets and pottes to powre with and there shal be bread thereon continually 8 And they shall spreade vpon them a couering of skarlet and couer the same with a couering of Badgers skinnes and put in the barres thereof 9 And they shall take a cloth of blewe silke and couer the candelsticke of light with his lampes snuffers and censars and all the oyle vessels whiche they occupie about it 10 And they shall put both it and all the vessels thereof within a coueryng of Badgers skinnes and put it vpon a barre 11 And vpon the golden aulter they shall spreade a cloth of blewe silke and couer it with a couering of Badgers skinnes and put to the barres therof 12 And they shall take all the instrumentes wherewith they minister in the sanctuarie and put a cloth of blew silke vpon them and couer them with a couering of Badgers skynnes and put them on a barre 13 And they shall take away the asshes from the aulter and spreade a purple cloth thereon 14 And put vpon it all the vessels thereof that they minister withall euen the cole pannes the fleshe hookes the fire shouels the basens the other vessels of the aulter and they shall spreade vppon it a couering of Badgers skinnes and put to the barres of it 15 And when Aaron his sonnes haue made an ende of couering the sanctuarie and all the vessels of the sanctuarie agaynst that the hoast remoue then the sonnes of Caath shall come in for to beare but they shall not touche any holye thyng lest they dye And this is the charge of the sonnes of Caath in the tabernacle of the congregation 16 And to the office of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the priest pertayneth the oyle for the light the sweete incense the daylye meate offering and the annoyntyng oyle and the ouersight of all the tabernacle and of all that therein is both in the sanctuarie and in all the vessels thereof 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' and Aaron saying ' 18 Ye shall not cut of the tribe of the kinred of the Caathites from among the Leuites 19 But thus do vnto them that they may lyue and not dye when they go vnto the most holy thinges let Aaron and his sonnes go in and appoint them euerye one to his office and to his charge ' 20 But let them not go in to see when the ' holy thinges are folden vp lest they dye ' 21 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 22 Take also the summe of the chyldren of Gerson throughout the houses of their fathers and throughout their kinredes 23 From thirtie yeres olde and aboue vntill fiftie yeres shalt thou number them al that enter into the assemblie for to do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation ' 24 And this is the seruice of the kinred of ' the Gersonites to serue and to beare 25 They shall beare the curtaynes of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of the congregation his couering and the couering of Badgers skinnes that is an hye vpon it and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 26 And the curtaynes of the court and the vayle that is in the entring in of the gate of the court whiche is neare the tabernacle and neare the aulter rounde about with the cordes and al the instrumentes that serue vnto them all that is made for them and so shal they serue 27 At the mouth of Aaron his sonnes shal all the seruice of the chyldren of the Gersonites be done in all their charges and in all their seruice and ye shall appoynt vnto them all their burdens to kepe 28 And this is the seruice of the kinred of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the cōgregation and their watche shal be vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest 29 And thou shalt number the sonnes of Merari after their kinredes and after the houses of their fathers 30 From thirtie yeres olde and aboue vnto fiftie yeres shalt thou number them euery one that enter into the assemblie to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation 31 And this is their office and charge according to all their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation The borders of the tabernacle with the barres pyllers and sockettes therof 32 And the pyllers that are round about the court with their sockettes pinnes and cordes with all the instrumentes of it for all their seruice And by name ye shal recken the instrumentes of their office and charge 33 This is the seruice of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari accordyng to all their office in the tabernacle of the congregation vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest 34 And Moyses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbred y e sonnes of the Caathites after their kinredes and houses of their fathers 35 From thirtie yeres olde and aboue vnto fiftie yeres all that enter into the assemblie to do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation 36 And the numbers of them throughout their kinredes were two thousande seuen hundred and fiftie 37 This is the number of the kinredes of Caath namely all that might do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation which Moyses and Aaron did number accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Moyses 38 Also the numbers of the sonnes of Gerson throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers 39 From thirtie yeres olde aboue vnto fiftie yeres all that enter into the assemblie for to do seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation 40 And the numbers of them throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers were two thousande sixe hundred and thirtie 41 This is the number of the kinredes of the sonnes of Gerson of all that dyd seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation whiche Moyses and Aaron dyd number accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde 42 And the numbers of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari
Chapter 2 The people murmure agaynst God 10 And woulde haue stoned Caleb and Iosuah 37 The searchers of the lande dye 45 Amalech kylleth the Israelites 1 AND all the multitude of the people cried out and wept throughout that nyght 2 And all the chyldren of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron and the whole congregation sayde vnto them Woulde God that we had dyed in the lande of Egypt either that we had dyed in this wyldernesse 3 Wherfore hath the Lorde brought vs vnto this lande to fall vpon the sworde and that our wyues and our chyldren should be a pray Were it not better that we returne vnto Egypt agayne 4 And they sayd one to another Let vs make a captayne and returne vnto Egypt agayne 5 Then Moyses Aaron fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the congregation of the chyldren of Israel 6 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephune whiche were of them that searched the lande rent their clothes 7 And spake vnto al the companie of the chyldren of Israel saying The lande whiche we walked through to searche it is a very good lande 8 If the Lord haue a loue to vs he will bryng vs into this lande and geue it vs whiche is such a lande as floweth with mylke and hony 9 But in any wyse rebell not ye agaynst the Lorde neither feare the people of the lande for they are but bread for vs Their shielde is departed from them and the Lorde is with vs feare them not therfore 10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones And the glory of the Lorde appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the chyldren of Israel 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Howe long do this people prouoke me and how long wyll it be yer they beleue me for all the signes which I haue shewed among them 12 I will smyte them with the pestilence and destroy them and wyll make of thee a greater nation and mightier then they 13 And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde Then the Egyptians shall heare it for thou broughtest this people in thy might from among them 14 And it wylbe tolde to the inhabiters of this lande also for they haue hearde lykewyse that thou Lorde art among this people and that thou Lorde art seene face to face and that thy cloude standeth ouer them that thou goest before them by day tyme in a pyller of a cloude and in a pyller of fire by nyght 15 If thou shalt kyll all this people as they were but one man then the nations whiche haue hearde the fame of thee wyll say 16 Because the Lord is not able to bryng in this people into the lande whiche he sware vnto them therefore he hath slaine them in the wyldernesse 17 And nowe I beseche thee let the power of my Lord be great accordyng as thou hast spoken saying 18 The Lorde is long yer he be angrie and of great mercy and suffreth iniquitie and sinne and leaueth no man innocent and visiteth the vnrighteousnesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren in the thirde and fourth generations 19 Be mercyfull I beseche thee vnto the sinne of this people accordyng vnto thy great mercy as thou hast forgeuen this people from Egypt euen vntyll nowe 20 And the Lorde sayde I haue forgeuen it according to thy request 21 But as truely as I liue all the earth shal be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22 But all those men whiche haue seene my glory and my miracles whiche I did in Egypt and in the wildernesse and haue tempted me nowe this ten tymes and haue not hearkened vnto my voyce 23 Shall not see the lande whiche I sware vnto their fathers neither shall any of them that prouoked me see it 24 But my seruaunt Caleb because he had another maner of spirite and because he hath folowed me vnto the vtmost hym wyll I bryng into the lande which he hath walked in and his seede shall inherite it 25 And also the Amalechites and Chanaanites remayne in the valley To morowe turne you and get you into the wyldernesse euen by the way of the red sea 26 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 27 Howe long doth this euyll multitude murmure agaynst me I haue hearde the murmuringes of the children of Israel with the whiche they murmure agaynst me 28 Tell them therefore As truely as I liue sayeth the Lorde I wyll do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares 29 Your carkasses shall fall in the wyldernesse And all you that were tolde throughout your numbers from twentie yeres and aboue whiche haue murmured against me 30 Shall not come into the lande ouer which I lifted vp myne hand to make you dwell therin saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosuah the sonne of Nun. 31 But your chyldren whiche ye sayde shoulde be a pray them I wyll bryng in and they shall knowe the lande whiche ye haue refused 32 And your carkasses shall fall in this wyldernesse 33 And your chyldren shall wander in the wildernesse fourtie yeres and suffer for your whordome vntyll your carkasses be wasted in the wyldernesse 34 After the number of the dayes in whiche ye searched out the lande euen fourtie dayes euery day for a yere shal ye beare your vnrighteousnesse euen fourtie yeres and ye shall knowe my breache of promise 35 I the Lorde haue sayde that I wyll do it vnto all this euyll congregation that are gathered together against me For in this wildernesse they shal be consumed and there they shall dye 36 And the men whiche Moyses sent to searche the lande and whiche when they came agayne made all the people to murmure against hym and brought vp a sclaunder vpon the lande 37 Euen those men that dyd bryng vp that sclaunder vpon it as though it had ben euill dyed in a great plague before the Lorde 38 But Iosuah the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephune whiche were of the men that went to searche the lande liued styll 39 And Moyses tolde these sayinges vnto all the chyldren of Israel and the people toke great sorowe 40 And they rose vp early in the morning and gate them vp into the toppe of the mountayne saying lo we be here and wyll go vp vnto the place of which the Lorde sayde For we haue sinned 41 And Moyses sayde Wherfore transgresse ye thus the worde of the Lorde it wyll not come well to passe 42 Go not vp therefore for the Loâ—e is not among you that ye be not slayne before your enemies 43 For the Amalechites and the Chanaanites are there before you ye wyll fall vpon the sworde because ye are turned away from the Lorde the Lorde wyll not be with you 44 But they presumed â—â—stinatly to go vp into the hyll top Neuer the later the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and Moyses departed not
Ye shall number the people From twentie yeres aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moyses and the children of Israel when they were come out of Egypt 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites and Pallu of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites 6 Of Hesron commeth the kinred of the Hesronites of Charmi commeth the kinred of the Charmites 7 These are the kinredes of the Rubenites and they were in number fourtie and three thousand seuen hundred and thirtie ' 8 And the sonnes of Pallu Eliab 9 And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuel Dathan Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation and stroue against Moyses and Aaron in the company of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde 10 And the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fire consumed two hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe ' 11 Notwithstanding the chyldren of Corah ' dyed not 12 And the chyldren of Simeon after their kinredes were Nemuel of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iaminites Iachin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iachinites 13 Of Zareh commeth the kinred of the Zarehites And of Saul commeth the kinred of the Saulites 14 These are the kinredes of Simeon euen twentie and two thousande and two hundred 15 The chyldren of Gad after their kinredes were Zephon of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zephonites Haggi of whom commeth the kinred of the Haggites Suni of whom commeth the kinred of the Sunites 16 Of Ozni commeth the kinred of the Oznites and of Eri commeth the kinred of the Erites 17 Of Arod commeth the kinred of the Arodites Of Ariel commeth the kinred of the Arielites 18 These are the kinredes of the children of Gad according to their numbers fourtie thousande and fiue hundred 19 The children of Iuda Er and Onan and Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan 20 But the chyldren of Iuda after their kinredes were Sela of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Selanites Phares of whom commeth the kinred of the Pharezites Zareh of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zarehites 21 And the children of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kinred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom commeth the kinred of the Hamulites 22 These are the kinredes of Iuda after their numbers threscore and sixteene thousande and fiue hundred 23 The chyldren of Isachar after their kinredes were Thola of whom commeth the kinred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom commeth the kinred of the Phuuaites 24 Of Iasub commeth the kinred of the Iasubites of Simron commeth the kinred of the Simronites 25 These are the kinredes of Isachar after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and three hundred 26 The chyldren of Zabulon after their kinredes were Sered of whom commeth y e kinred of the Seredites Elon of whom commeth the kinred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whom commeth the kinred of the Iahelelites 27 These are the kinredes of the Zabulonites after their numbers threscore thousande and fiue hundred 28 The chyldren of Ioseph throughout their kinredes were Manasse and Ephraim 29 The chyldren of Manasse Machir of whom commeth the kinred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead and of Gilead commeth the kinred of the Giliadites 30 And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hiezer of whom commeth the kinred of the Hiezerites Helech of whom commeth the kinred of the Helechites 31 And Asriel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asrielites and Sechem of whom commeth the kinred of the Sechemites 32 Semida of whom commeth the kinred of the Semidites and Hepher of whom commeth the kinred of the Hepherites 33 And Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but daughters And the names of the daughters of Zalphaad were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza 34 These are the kinredes of Manasse and the number of them fiftie and two thousande and seuen hundred 35 These are the chyldren of Ephraim after their kinredes Suthelah of whom commeth the kinred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom commeth the kinred of the Becherites Thahen of whom commeth the kinred of the Thahenites 36 And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whom commeth the kinred of the Eranites 37 These are the kinredes of the children of Ephraim after their numbers thirtie and two thousande and fiue hundred And these are the chyldren of Ioseph after their kinredes 38 These are the chyldren of Beniamin after their kinredes Bela of whom commeth the kinred of the Belaites Asbel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asbelites Ahiram of whom commeth the kinred of the Ahiramites 39 Supham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suphamites Hupham of whō came the kinred of y e Huphamites 40 And the chyldren of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence commeth the kinred of the Ardites and of Naaman the kinred of the Naamites 41 These are the chyldrē of Beniamin after their kinredes after their numbers fourtie fiue thousande sixe hundred 42 These are the chyldren of Dan after their kinredes Suham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suhamites These are the housholdes of Dan after their kinredes 43 All the kinredes of the Suhamites were after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and foure hundred 44 The chyldren of Aser after their kinredes were Iemna of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kinred of the Iesuites Bria of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Brites 45 The chyldren of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kinred of the Heberites Malchiel of whom came the kinred of the Malchielites 46 And the daughter of Aser was called ' Sarah ' 47 These are the kinredes of Aser after their numbers fiftie and three thousand and foure hundred 48 The children of Nephthali after their kinredes were Iaheziel of whom came the kinred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom came the kinred of the Gunites 49 Iezer of whom came the kinred of the Iezerites Sellem of whom came the kinred of the Sellemites 50 These are the kinredes of Nephthali accordyng to their housholdes whose numbers is fourtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 51 These are the numbers of the children of Israel sixe hundred thousande and a thousande seuen hundred and thirtie 52 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 53 Vnto these the lande shal be deuided to inherite accordyng to the number of names 54 To many thou shalt geue the more inheritaunce and to fewe the lesse to euerie tribe shall the inheritaunce be geuen according to the number therof 55 Notwithstanding the lande shal be deuided by lot according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe 57 * These are the numbers of
after the maner 31 And an hee goate for a sinne offeryng beside the dayly burnt offeryng and his meate and drynke offeryng 32 In the seuenth day ye shal offer seuen bullockes two rammes and fourteene lambes that are yerelynges without blemishe 33 And let their meate and drynke offeringes vnto the bullockes rammes and lambes be accordyng to their number and after the maner 34 And an he goate for a sinne offeryng beside the dayly burnt offeryng and his meate and drynke offeryng 35 In the eyght day ye shall haue a solempne assemblie and ye shall do no seruile worke therin 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offeryng a sacrifice made by fire for a sweet sauour vnto y e Lorde one bullocke one ramme seuen yerelyng lambes without spot 37 Let their meate and drinke offeringes vnto the bullocke ramme and lambes be accordyng to the number and accordyng to the maner 38 And an hee goate for a sinne offeryng beside the dayly burnt offeryng and his meate and drynke offeryng 39 These thynges ye shall do vnto the Lorde in your feastes beside your vowes freewil offeringes your burnt offerynges meate offerynges drynke offerynges and peace offerynges 40 And Moyses tolde the children of Israel ' all that the Lord cōmaunded him ' ⧠The .xxx. Chapter 2 Of vowes when they shal be kept and when not 1 AND Moyses spake vnto the heades of the tribes concernyng the children of Israel saying This is the thyng which the Lorde hath commaunded 2 If a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or sweare an othe to bynde his soule he shall not go backe with his worde but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth 3 If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth 4 And her father heare her vowe and bonde which she hath made vpon her soule holde his peace therto then all her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpō her soule shal stande in effect 5 But and if her father disalowe her the same day that he heareth al her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpon her soule they shall not be of value and the Lorde shall forgeue her because her father disalowed her 6 If she had an husbande when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes wherwith she bounde her soule 7 And her husbande hearde it and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it then her vowes shall stande and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule shall stande in effect 8 And if her husbande disalowe her the same day that he hearde it then he shall make her vowe which she hath vpon her and the openyng of her lippes wherwith she bounde her soule of none effect and the Lorde shall forgeue her 9 But euery vowe of a widowe and of her that is deuorsed that they haue bounde their soule withall shall stande in effect with them 10 If she vowed in her husbandes house or bounde her soule with an othe 11 And her husbande hearde it and helde his peace concernyng her disalowed her not then all her vowes shal stande and euery bonde wherwith she bounde her soule shall stande 12 But if her husbande disanulled them the same day y e he hearde them then nothyng that proceedeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule shall stande in effect for her husbande hath disanulled them and the Lorde shall forgeue her 13 All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule may her husbande stablishe or breake 14 But if her husbande holde his peace from one day to another then he stablissheth all her vowes bondes which she had vpon her he confirmeth them because he helde his peace concernyng her the same day that he hearde them 15 But if he breake them after that he hath hearde them he shall beare her sinne hym selfe 16 These are the ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moyses betweene a man and his wyfe and betweene the father and his daughter beyng yet a damsell in her fathers house ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 8 The Madianites are slayne and their cities burnt Balaam is slayne 27 The pray is equally deuided 49 A present geuen of Israel 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Auenge the children of Israel of the Madianites afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people 3 And Moyses spake vnto the folke saying Harnesse some of you vnto warre and let them go vpon the Madianites auenge the Lorde of the Madianites 4 Of euery tribe a thousande throughout all the tribes of Israel shal ye sende to the warre 5 And there were deliuered out of the thousandes of Israel twelue thousand prepared vnto warre of euery tribe a thousande 6 And Moyses sent thē to y e warre euen a thousande of euery tribe with them Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the priest to the warre and the holy vessels the trumpets to blowe were in his hande 7 And they warred agaynst the Madianites as the Lord cōmaunded Moyses and slue all the males 8 And they slue the kynges of Madian among other that were slayne Namelye Eui and Rekem Zur Hur and Reba fiue kynges of Madian with Balaam the sonne of Beor whom they slue with the sworde 9 And the children of Israel toke all the women of Madian prisoners and their children and spoyled all their cattel and all their flockes and all their goodes 10 And they burnt all their cities wherin they dwelt and all their goodly dwellynges with fire 11 And they toke all the spoyle and all the bootie both of men and beastes 12 And they brought the captiues and that which they had taken and the spoyle vnto Moyses and Eleazar the priest and vnto the companie of the children of Israel euen vnto the hoast that were in the fieldes of Moab by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho 13 And Moyses and Eleazar the priest and all the lordes of the congregation went out of the hoast to meete them 14 And Moyses was angrie with the officers of the hoast with the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes which came from the warre battayle 15 And Moyses sayde vnto them Haue ye saued all the women alyue 16 Beholde these caused the children of Israel through the councel of Balaam to commit trespasse agaynst the Lorde in the businesse of Peor and there folowed a plague among the congregation of the Lorde 17 Nowe therfore slay all the men children and kyl the women that haue lien with men fleshly 28 But all the women children that haue not lien with men carnally kepe alyue for your selues 19 And ye shall remayne without the hoast seuen dayes all that haue kylled any person and all that haue touched any dead body and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the thirde day and the seuenth 20 And purifie all your raymentes
and that is made of skinnes and all worke of goates heere and all thinges made of wood 21 And Eleazar the priest sayde vnto the men of warre which went to the battayle This is the ordinaūce of the lawe which the Lorde cōmaunded Moyses 22 As for golde siluer brasse and iron tinne and lead 23 And all that may abide the fire ye shal make it go through the fire and it shal be cleane Neuerthelesse it shal be purified with water of seperation And all that suffereth not the fire ye shall make go through the water 24 And washe your clothes the seuenth day and ye shal be cleane and afterwarde come into the hoast 25 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 26 Take the summe of the pray that was taken both of the persons and of cattell thou and Eleazar the priest and the chiefe fathers of the congregation 27 And deuide the pray into two partes betweene them that toke the warre vpon them and went out to battayle and all the congregation 28 And take a tribute vnto the Lorde of the men of warre which went out to battayle one soule of fiue hundred both of the persons and of the beefes and of the asses and of the sheepe 29 And ye shall take it of their halfe and geue it vnto Eleazar the priest as an heaue offeryng of the Lorde 30 And of the halfe of the children of Israel thou shalt take one portion of fiftie of the persons and of the beefes of the asses and of the sheepe and of al maner of beastes and geue them vnto the Leuites which wayte vpon the charge of the tabernacle of the Lorde 31 And Moyses and Eleazar the priest dyd as the Lorde cōmaunded Moyses 32 And the bootie and the rest of the pray which the men of warre had caught was sixe hundred thousande and three sore and fifteene thousande sheepe 33 And three score and twelue thousande of beefes 34 And three score one thousande asses 35 And thirtie two thousande persons in all of women that had lyen by no man 36 And the halfe which was the part of them that went out to warre was in number three hundred thousande and seuen and thirtie thousande fiue hundred sheepe 37 And the Lordes part of the sheepe was sixe hundred threescore fifteene 38 And the beefes were thirtie and sixe thousande of which the Lordes part was threescore and twelue 39 And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundred of which the Lordes part was threescore and one 40 And the persons were sixteene thousande of which the Lordes part was thirtie and two persons 41 And Moyses gaue the tribute which was the Lordes heaue offeryng vnto Eleazar the priest as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 42 And the other halfe of the children of Israel which Moyses deuided from the men of warre 43 That is to wit the halfe that pertayned vnto the congregation was three hundred thousande and thirtie seuen thousande and fiue hundred sheepe 44 And thirtie and sixe thousande beefes 45 And thirtie thousande asses and fiue hundred 46 And sixteene thousande persons 47 And Moyses toke of the halfe that pertayned vnto the children of Israel one portion of fiftie both of the persons and of the cattell and gaue them vnto the Leuites which wayted vpon the charge of the tabernacle of the Lorde as the Lorde commaundded Moyses 48 And the officers of thousandes of the hoast y e captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundredes came foorth 49 And sayde vnto Moyses Thy seruauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our aucthoritie and there lacketh not one man of vs 50 We haue therfore brought a present vnto the Lord what euery man found of iewels of golde bracelets chaynes rynges eare rynges and spangles to make an attonement for our soules before the Lorde 51 And Moyses and Eleazar the priest toke the golde of them all the wrought iewels 52 And all the golde of the heaue offering that they heaued vp to the Lorde of the captaynes ouer thousandes hundredes was sixteene thousande seuen hundred and fiftie sicles 53 For the men of warre had spoyled euery man for hym selfe 54 And Moyses and Eleazar the priest toke the golde of the captaynes ouer the thousandes hundredes and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation for a memoriall of the children of Israel before the Lorde The .xxxij. Chapter 2 To Ruben and Gad and to halfe the tribe of Manasses is promised the possession beyonde Iordane eastwarde 7 The Rubenites and the Gadites be rebuked of Moyses 16 Their promises vnto Moyses 1 THe childrē of Ruben the children of Gad had an exeeding great multitude of cattell And when they sawe the lande of Iazer the lande of Gilead that it was an apt place for cattell 2 The children of Ruben and the children of Gad came spake vnto Moyses and Eleazar the priest and vnto the lordes of the congregation saying 3 The lande of Ataroth Dibon Iazer and Nenrah Hesbon and Elealeh Sabam and Nebo and Beon 4 Which countrey the Lorde smote before the congregation of Israel is a lande meete for cattell and we thy seruauntes haue cattell 5 Wherfore said they If we haue found grace in thy sight let this lande be geuē vnto thy seruauntes to possesse bryng vs not ouer Iordane 6 And Moyses sayde vnto the children of Gad and of Ruben Shall your brethren go to warre and ye shall sit here 7 Wherfore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel that they shoulde not go ouer into the lande which the Lorde hath geuen them 8 Thus dyd your fathers when I sent them from Cades Barnea to see y e land 9 For when they went vp euen vnto the riuer of Eschol and sawe the lande they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel that they should not go into the lande which the Lord hath geuē them 10 And the Lordes wrath was kindled the same tyme and he sware saying 11 * None of the men that came out of Egypt frō twentie yeres olde aboue shall see the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not wholly folowed me 12 Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite and Iosuah the sonne of Nun for they haue constantly folowed the Lorde 13 And the Lorde was verie angry with Israel and made them wander in the wildernesse fourtie yeres vntyll all the generation that had done euyll in the sight of the Lorde were consumed 14 And beholde ye are rysen vp in your fathers steade as an increase of sinfull men to augment the fierce wrath of the Lorde towarde Israel 15 For if ye turne away from after hym he wyll yet agayne leaue the people in the wildernesse and ye shall destroy all this folke 16 And they went neare hym and sayde We wyll builde sheepe foldes here for
you take ought from it that ye may kepe the cōmaundementes of the Lord your God which I commaunde you 3 Your eyes haue seene what y e Lorde dyd agaynst Baal Peor for all the men that folowed Baall Peor the Lorde thy God hath destroyed from among you 4 But ye that cleaue vnto the Lord your god are aliue euery one of you this day 5 Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes such as the Lorde my God cōmaunded me that ye should do euen so in the lande whither ye go to possesse it 6 Kepe them therfore and do them for that is your wisdome and vnderstandyng in the syght of the people that they may heare all these ordinaunces and say Surely it is a wise and vnderstandyng people it is a great nation 7 For what other nation is so great that gods come so nye vnto as the Lorde our God is nye vnto vs in all thinges as oft as we call vnto hym 8 Yea and what nation is so great that hath ordinaunces lawes so righteous as all this lawe which I set before you this day 9 Take heede to thy selfe therefore and kepe thy soule diligently that thou forget not the thynges which thyne eyes haue seene and that they depart not out of thy heart all the dayes of thy life but teache them thy sonnes thy sonnes sonnes 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the Lorde thy God in Horeb when the Lorde sayd vnto me Gather me the people together I wyll make them heare my wordes that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shall lyue vpon the earth and that they may teache their children 11 Ye came and stoode also vnder the mountayne and the mountayne burnt with fire euen vnto the middes of heauen and there was darknesse cloudes and mist 12 And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the middes of the fire and ye hearde the voyce of the wordes but sawe no similitude saue hearde a voyce only 13 And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to do euen ten commaundementes which he wrote vpon two tables of stone 14 And the Lorde commaunded me that same season that I shoulde teache you ordinaunces lawes which ye ought to do in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it 15 Take therfore good heede vnto your selues as pertaynyng vnto your soules for ye sawe no maner of image in the day that the Lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the middes of fire 16 Lest ye marre your selues make you a grauen image picture of any maner of figure whether it be the likenesse of man or woman 17 The likenesse of any maner of beast that is on the earth or the likenesse of any maner fethered foule that fleeth in the ayre 18 Or the likenesse of any maner worme that creepeth on the earth or the likenesse of any maner fishe that is in the waters beneath the earth 19 Yea and lest thou lift vp thyne eyes vnto heauen and when thou seest the sunne the moone and the starres with all the hoast of heauen shouldest be driuen to worship them serue them and shouldest worship and serue the thynges which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen 20 But the Lorde hath taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace euen out of Egypt to be vnto hym a people inheritaunce as ye be this day 21 Furthermore the Lorde was angry with me for your wordes and sware that I shoulde not go ouer Iordane and that I shoulde not go in vnto that good lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inheritaunce 22 But I must dye in this lande and shal not go ouer Iordane But ye shall go ouer and possesse that good lande 23 Take heede vnto your selues that ye forget not y e appoyntment of the Lorde your God which he made with you that ye make you no grauen image or likenesse that the Lorde thy God hath forbidden thee 24 For the Lorde thy God is a consumyng fire and a ielous God 25 When thou shalt beget children and thy children beget children and shalt haue remayned long in the lande ye do wickedly make any maner of grauen * image and worke euyll in the sight of the Lorde thy God to prouoke hym to anger 26 I call heauen and earth to recorde agaynst you this day that ye shall shortly perishe from of y e lande whervnto you go ouer Iordane to possesse it Ye shall not prolong your dayes therin but shall vtterly be destroyed 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the people and ye shal be left fewe in number among the nations whyther the Lorde shall bryng you 28 And there ye shall serue gods which are the worke of mans hande wood and stone which neither see nor heare nor eate nor smell 29 If from thence thou shalt seke the Lorde thy God thou shalt finde hym if thou seke hym with all thy heart and with all thy soule 30 When thou art in tribulation when all these thynges that be here spoken of are come vpon thee euen in the latter dayes yf thou turne to the Lorde thy God shalt be obedient vnto his voyce 31 For the Lorde thy God is a mercifull God he wyll not forsake thee neither destroy thee nor forget the appoyntment of thy fathers which he sware vnto them 32 For aske of the dayes that are past which were before since the day that God created man vpon the earth and aske from the one side of heauen vnto the other if euer there came to passe such a great thyng or whether any such lyke thyng hath ben hearde as this 33 Dyd euer any people heare the voyce of God speakyng out of the middes of a fire as thou hast hearde and yet lyued 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take hym a people from among nations by temptations by signes by wonders by warre by a mightie hand by a stretched out arme by great sightes accordyng vnto all that the Lorde your God dyd vnto you in Egypt before your eyes 35 Vnto thee it was shewed that thou mightest knowe that the Lord is God and that there is none other but he 36 Out of heauen he made thee heare his voyce that he might instruct thee vpon earth he shewed thee his great fire and thou heardest his worde out of the middes of the fire 37 And because he loued thy fathers he chose their seede after them brought thee out in his sight with his mightie power out of Egypt 38 To thrust out nations great and mightier then thou before thee and to bryng thee in and to geue thee their lande to inheritaunce as it is come to passe this day 39 Vnderstande therfore this day and consider it in thine heart that
hande or to the left 33 But walke in all the wayes which the Lorde your God hath cōmaunded you that ye may lyue and that it may go well with you and that ye may prolong your dayes in the lande which ye shall possesse The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to feare God and kepe his commaundementes 5 Which is to loue hym with all thine heart 7 The same must be taught to the posteritie 16 Not to tempt God 25 Righteousnesse is conteyned in the lawe 1 THese are the cōmaundemētes ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you that ye might do them in the lande whither ye go to possesse it 2 Namely that thou mightest feare the Lord thy God kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundementes which I commaunde thee thou thy sonne thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy lyfe that thy dayes may be prolonged 3 Heare therfore O Israel and take heede that thou do it that it may go well with thee that ye may encrease mightily euen as the Lorde God of thy fathers hath promised thee a lande that floweth with mylke and honie 4 Heare O Israel the Lorde our God is Lorde only 5 And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy myght 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day shal be in thine heart 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way when thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande and they shal be as frontlettes betweene thine eyes 9 And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house vpon thy gates 10 And when the Lorde thy God hath brought thee into the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob and shall geue to thee great goodly cities which thou buildedst not 11 Houses full of all maner of goodes which thou filledst not welles digged which thou diggedst not vineyardes and oliue trees which thou plantedst not and when thou hast eaten art full 12 Then beware lest thou forget y e Lorde which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage 13 Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym and shalt sweare by his name 14 See that ye walke not after straunge gods the gods of the nations which are about you 15 For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you lest the countenaunce of the Lorde thy God be moued to wrath agaynst thee and destroy thee from the face of the earth 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lorde your God as ye dyd in the place of temptation 17 But you shall diligently kepe the commaundementes of the Lord your God his testimonies and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded thee 18 And thou shalt do that which is right good in the sight of the Lorde that thou mayst prosper and that thou mayst go in possesse that good lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers 19 To cast out all thine enemies before thee as the Lorde hath sayde 20 And when thy sonne asketh thee in tyme to come saying What meaneth these testimonies ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde our God hath commaunded you 21 Then thou shalt say vnto thy sonne We were Pharaos bondmen in Egypt and the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hande 22 And the Lorde shewed signes and wonders great and euyll vpon Egypt vpon Pharao and vpon all his householde before our eyes 23 And brought vs out from thence to bryng vs in and to geue vs the lande which he sware vnto our fathers 24 And he hath commaunded vs to do all these ordinaunces to feare the Lorde our God for our wealth all the dayes of our lyfe as it is come to passe this day 25 Moreouer this shal be our righteousnesse before the Lorde our God if we take heede kepe all these commaundementes as he hath commaunded vs. The .vij. Chapter 1 The Israelites may make no couenaunt with the Gentiles 5 They must destroy their idols 8 The election dependeth on the free loue of God 19 The experience of the power of God ought to confirme vs. 25 To auoyde all occasion of idolatrie 1 WHen the Lord thy God shall bryng thee into y e lande whither thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out many nations before thee Namely the Hethites the Gergesites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites the Iebusites seuen nations greater and mightier then thou 2 And when the Lorde thy God hath set them before thee thou shalt smyte them and vtterly destroy them make no couenaunt with them nor haue compassion on them 3 Thou shalt make no mariages with them neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne 4 For they wyll deceaue thy sonne that he shoulde not folowe me and they shal serue straunge gods and then wyll the wrath of the Lorde waxe hot agaynst thee and destroy thee sodenly 5 But thus ye shall deale with them Ye shall ouerthrowe their aulters breake downe their pillers cut downe their groues and burne their grauen images with fire 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee to be a speciall people vnto hym selfe aboue all nations that are vpon the earth 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people for ye were the fewest of all people 8 But because the Lorde loued you and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande and deliuered you out of the house of bondage euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt 9 Vnderstande therfore that the Lorde thy God he is God and that a true God which kepeth appoyntment and mercie vnto them that loue hym and kepe his commaundementes euen throughout a thousande generations 10 And rewardeth them that hate hym to their face so that he bryngeth them to naught and doth not deferre the tyme but rewardeth hym that hateth hym before his face 11 Kepe thou therfore the commaundementes and ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde thee this day that thou do them 12 If ye hearken vnto these lawes and obserue do them the Lord thy God also shall kepe vnto thee the appoyntment and the mercie which he sware vnto thy fathers 13 He wyll loue thee and blesse thee and multiplie thee he wyll also blesse the fruite of thy wombe and the fruite of thy lande thy corne thy wine and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine and the
thine handes therfore shalt thou be glad 16 Three tymes in the yere shall all thy males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall choose In the feast of vnleauened bread in the feast of weekes and in the feast of tabernacles And they shal not appeare before the Lorde emptie 17 Euery man shall geue accordyng to the gift of his hande accordyng to the blessyng of the Lorde thy God which he hath geuen thee 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement 19 Wrest not thou the lawe nor knowe any person neither take any rewarde for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise peruert the wordes of the righteous 20 That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe that thou mayst lyue and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee 21 Thou shalt plant no groue of any trees neare vnto the aulter of the Lord thy God which thou shalt make thee 22 Thou shalt set thee vp no piller which the Lorde thy God hateth ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ◠The punishment of the idolater 9 Harde controuersies are brought to the priest and the iudge 12 The contempner must dye 15 The election of the kyng 16 17 What thynges he ought to auoyde 18 And what he ought to imbrace 1 Thou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no oxe nor sheepe wherin is blemishe or any euyll fauourednesse for that is an abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God 2 If there be founde among you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy God geueth thee man or woman that hath wrought wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde thy God in transgressyng his couenaunt 3 And gone and serued straunge gods and worshipped them as the sunne or moone or any of the hoast of heauen which I haue not commaunded 4 And it is tolde thee thou hast hearde of it then shalt thou enquire diligently and if it be true the thyng of a suretie that such abhomination is wrought in Israel 5 Then shalt thou bryng foorth that man or that woman which haue committed that wicked thyng vnto the gates and shalt stone them with stones tyll they dye 6 At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death dye and at the mouth of one witnesse let no man dye 7 The handes of the witnesses shal be first vpon him to kyll him afterward the handes of all the people and thou shalt put the wicked away from thee 8 If there rise a matter to harde for thee in iudgement betweene blood and blood betweene plea and plea betweene plague and plague and the matters come to strife within thy gates then shalt thou arise and get thee vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen 9 And come vnto the priestes the Leuites and vnto the iudge that shal be in those dayes and aske and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement 10 And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place which the Lord had chosen shewe thee and thou shalt obserue to do accordyng to all that they enfourme thee 11 Accordyng to the sentence of the lawe which they tell thee shalt thou do and bowe not from that which they shewe thee neither to the right hande nor to the left 12 And that man that wyll do presumptuously and wyll not hearken vnto the priest that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to minister or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalt put away euyll from Israel 13 And all the people shall heare feare and shall do no more presumptuously 14 When thou art come vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee and enioyest it and dwellest therin and if thou shalt say I wyll set a king ouer me lyke as all the nations that are about me 15 Then thou shalt make hym king ouer thee whom the Lorde thy God shall choose Euen one from among thy brethren shalt thou make kyng ouer thee and thou mayest not set a straunger ouer thee which is not of thy brethren 16 But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe nor bryng the people agayne to Egypt to increase the number of horses forasmuch as the Lorde hath sayde vnto you ye shall hencefoorth go no more agayne that way 17 Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe lest his heart turne away neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much 18 And when he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shall write hym out a copie of this lawe in a booke before the priestes the Leuites 19 And it shal be with hym and he ought to reade therin all the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare the Lorde his God and to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and these ordinaunces for to do them 20 And that his heart arise not aboue his brethren and that he turne not from the commaundement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in the middes of Israel ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ◠The portion of the Leuites ◠Of the Leuite commyng from another place 9 To auoyde the abhomination of the Gentiles 15 God wyll not leaue them without a true prophete 20 The false prophete shal be slayne 22 Howe he may be knowen 1 THe priestes of the Leuites all the tribe of Leui must haue no part nor inheritaunce with Israel but shall eate y e fierie offeringes of the Lorde and his inheritaunce 2 Therfore shall they haue no inheritaunce among their brethren but the Lorde he is their inheritaunce as he hath sayde vnto them 3 And the priestes duetie of the people and of them that offer whether it be oxe or sheepe they must geue vnto the priest the shoulder the two chekes and the mawe 4 The first fruites also of thy corne wine and oyle and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou geue hym 5 For the Lorde thy God hath chosen hym out of all thy tribes to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer 6 If a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of all Israel where he is a soiourner and come with all the lust of his heart vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen 7 He shall minister in the name of the Lorde his God as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the Lorde 8 And they shall haue lyke portions to eate beside that which commeth of the sale of his patrimonie 9 When thou art come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth
sicknesses and all maner plagues whiche are not written in the booke of this lawe wyll the Lorde bryng vpon thee vntyll he bryng thee to naught 62 And ye shal be lefte fewe in number where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou wouldest not hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God 63 And it shall come to passe that as the Lord reioyced ouer you to do you good and to multiplie you euen so he will reioyce ouer you to destroy you to bring you to naught and ye shal be wasted from of the lande whyther thou goest to enioy it 64 And the Lord shal scatter thee among all nations from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge gods whiche thou nor thy fathers haue knowen euen wood and stone 65 And among these nations thou shalt finde no ease neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest But the Lorde shal geue thee there an vnquiet heart and dasing eyes and sorowe of minde 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and thou shalt feare both day and nyght and shalt haue none assuraunce of thy lyfe 67 In the morning thou shalt say would God it were nyght And at nyght thou shalt say would God it were mornyng for feare of thyne heart whiche thou shalt feare and for the sight of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt see 68 And the Lorde shall bryng thee into Egypt agayne with shippes by the way whiche I sayde to thee thou shalt see it no more againe And there ye shal be solde vnto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter 2 The people are exhorted to obserue the commaundementes 10 The whole people from the hyest to the lowest are comprehended vnder Gods couenaunt 19 The punishment of hym that flattereth hym selfe in his wickednesse 24 The cause of Gods wrath agaynst his people 1 THese are the wordes of the couenaunt which the Lorde commaunded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the lande of Moab besyde the appoyntment which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moyses called all Israel sayde vnto them Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his lande 3 The great temptations which thine eyes haue seene those great miracles and wonders 4 And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue and eyes to see and cares to heare vnto this day 5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres in the wildernesse and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you and thy shoe is not waxed olde vpon thy foote 6 Ye haue eaten no bread nor drunke wine or strong drynke that ye myght knowe howe that I am the Lorde your God 7 And ye came vnto this place and Sehon the kyng of Hesbon and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle and we smote them 8 And toke their lande and gaue it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse 9 Kepe therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do them that ye may vnderstande all that ye ought to do 10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God your captaynes your tribes your elders your officers and all the men of Israel 11 Your childrē also your wiues and the straunger that is in thine hoast from the hewer of thy wood vnto the drawer of thy water 12 That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day 13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe and that he may be vnto thee a God as he hath sayde vnto thee and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 14 I make not this bonde and this othe with you only 15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God and also with hym that is not here with vs this day 16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by 17 And ye haue seene their abhominations and their idols wood and stone siluer and golde which were among them 18 Lest there be among you man or woman kinrede or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from the Lorde our God to go and serue the gods of these nations and lest there be among you some roote that beareth gall and wormewood 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe he blesse hym selfe in his heart saying I shall haue peace I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart to put the drunken to the thirstie 20 And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heauē 21 And the Lorde shall seperate hym vnto euyll out of all the tribes of Israel accordyng vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that are written in the booke of this lawe 22 So that the generatiō to come of your children that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall say when they see the plagues of that lande and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smitten it 23 Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt and that it is neither sowen nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therin lyke as in the place of y e ouerthrowyng of Sodome Gomor Adama and Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger 24 Euen then shal all nations say Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande O howe fierse is this great wrath 25 And men shall say Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt 26 For they went and serued straunge gods and worshipped them gods which they knewe not and which had geuen them nothyng 27 And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot agaynst this lande to bryng vpon it all the curses that are written in this booke 28 And the Lorde cast them out of their lande in anger wrath and great indignation and cast them into a straunge lande as this day beareth witnesse 29 The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs and to our children for euer that we may do all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter 1 Mercie shewed when they repent 6 The Lorde doth circumcise the heart 11 All excuse of ignoraunce is taken away
of the tabernacle 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Beholde thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoryng after straunge gods of the lande whyther they go and wyll forsake me and breake the appoyntmēt which I haue made with them 17 And then my wrath wyll waxe hot against them in that day I wil forsake them wyll hide my face from them and they shal be consumed and much aduersitie and tribulations shall come vpon them so that then they wyll say Are not these troubles come vpon me because God is not with me 18 And I also wyll surely hyde away my face in that day for all the euyls sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge gods 19 Nowe therfore write ye this song for you and teache it the children of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this song may be my witnesse agaynst the children of Israel 20 For I wyll bryng them into the lande which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and honye and they shall eate and fyll them selues and waxe fat and turne vnto straūge gods and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt 21 And when much mischiefe and tribulation is come vpon them this song shall aunswere them as a witnesse For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouthes of their seede for I knowe their imagination which they go about euen nowe before I haue brought thē into the lande which I sware 22 Moyses therfore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel 23 And he gaue Iosuah the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be bolde and strong for thou shalt bryng the children of Israel into the lande which I sware vnto them I wil be with thee 24 And when Moyses had made an ende of writing the wordes of this lawe in a booke vntyll he had finished them 25 Moyses commaunded the Luites which bare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde saying 26 Take ye the booke of this lawe and put it in the syde of the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde your God that it may be there for a witnesse agaynst thee 27 For I knowe thy rebellion and thy stiffe necke whyle I am yet alyue with you this day ye haue ben disobedient vnto the Lorde and howe much more after my death 28 Gather vnto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers that I may speake these wordes in their eares and call heauen and earth to recorde against them 29 For I am sure that after my death ye will vtterly be corrupt and turne from the way which I haue commaunded you and tribulation wyll come vpon you in the latter dayes because ye shall haue wrought wickednesse in the syght of the Lorde to prouoke hym through the workes of your handes 30 And Moyses spake in the eares of all the congregation of Israel the wordes of this song vntyll he had ended them ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter 7 The song of Moyses concernyng Gods benefites towarde the people 15 And their ingratitude towarde hym 20 God menaceth them 21 And speaketh of the vocation of the Gentiles 46 Moyses commaundeth to teache the lawe to the children 48 God forewarneth Moyses of his death 1 HEare O ye heauens and I shal speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth 2 My doctrine shal drop as doth the rayne and my speache shall flowe as doth the deawe as the shoure vpon the hearbes and as the droppes vpon the grasse 3 For I wyll publishe the name of the Lorde Ascribe ye honour vnto our God 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God for all his wayes are iudgement He is a God of trueth without wickednesse righteous and iust is he 5 Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym by their vices not beyng his owne children but a wicked and frowarde generation 6 Do ye so rewarde the Lord O foolishe nation and vnwise Is not he thy father that hath bought thee Hath he nat made thee and ordeyned thee 7 Remember the dayes of the worlde that is past consider the yeres of so many generations Aske thy father and he wyll shewe thee thy elders and they wyll tell thee 8 When the most hyest deuided to the nations their inheritaunce and when he seperated the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nations accordyng to the number of the children of Israel 9 For the Lordes part is his people and Iacob is the portion of his inheritaūce 10 He founde hym in a desert lande in a voyde grounde and in a roaryng wildernesse He led hym about he gaue hym vnderstandyng and kept hym as the apple of his eye 11 As an Egle that stirreth vp her nest and flittereth ouer her young spreadeth her wynges taketh them and beareth them on her wynges 12 The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge god with hym 13 He caryed hym vp to the hygh places of the earth that he myght eate the encrease of the fieldes And he fed hym with honye out of the rocke and with oyle out of the most harde stone 14 With butter of kine and mylke of the sheepe with fat of the lambes and fat of rammes and hee goates with the fat of the most plenteous wheate and that thou myghtest drynke the most pure blood of the grape 15 But he that shoulde haue ben vpright when he waxed fat spurned with his heele Thou art well fed thou art growen thicke thou art euen laden with fatnesse And he forsoke God his maker and regarded not the God of his saluation 16 They prouoked hym to anger with straunge gods euen with abhominations prouoked they hym 17 They offered vnto deuils and not to God euen to gods whom they knewe not to newe gods that came newly vp whom their fathers feared not 18 Of God that begat thee thou art vnmyndfull and hast forgotten God that made thee 19 The Lorde therfore sawe it and was angry because of the prouokyng of his sonnes and his daughters 20 And he sayde I wyll hyde my face from them and wil see what their ende shal be For they are a very frowarde generation childrē in whom is no faith 21 They haue angred me with that which is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I also wyll prouoke them with those whiche are no people I wyll anger them with a foolishe nation 22 For fire is kindled in my wrath and burneth vnto the bottome of hell and hath consumed the earth with her increase and set a fire the botomes of the mountaynes 23 I wyll heape mischiefes vpon them wyll destroy them with mine arrowes 24 They shal be burnt with hunger and consumed with heate and with bitter destruction I wyll also sende the teeth of
beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust 25 Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children and within in the chamber feare both young men young women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades 26 I haue sayde I wyll scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to ceasse from among men 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe thē selues and lest they shoulde say our hye hande hath done all this and not the Lorde 28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle neither is there any vnderstandyng in them 29 O that they were wyse and vnderstoode this that they woulde consider their latter ende 30 Howe shoulde one chase a thousande two put ten thousand to flyght except their maker had solde them and except the Lorde had shut them vp 31 For their god is not as our God our enemies also them selues are iudges 32 For their vine is of the vineyarde of Sodome of the fieldes of Gomorra their grapes are grapes of gall and their clusters be bitter 33 Their vine is the poyson of dragons and the cruell gall of aspes 34 Is not this layde in store with me and sealed vp among my treasures 35 Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde their feete shall slyde in due tyme For the day of their destruction is at hande and the thynges that shall come vpon them make haste 36 For the Lord shal iudge his people and haue compassion on his seruaūtes when he seeth that their power is gone and that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to naught and forsaken 37 And he shall say Where are their gods their god in whom they trusted 38 The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wine of their drinke offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you and be your protection 39 See nowe howe that I I am God and there is none but I I kyll and wyll make alyue I wounde and wyll heale neither is there any that can delyuer out of my hande 40 For I wyll lift vp myne hande to heauen and wyll say I lyue euer 41 If I whet the edge of my sworde and mine hande take holde to do iustice I wyl recompence vengeaunce on mine enemies and wyll rewarde them that hate me 42 I wyll make myne arrowes drunke with blood and my sworde shal deuour fleshe that for the blood of the slayne and for their captiuitie sence the begynnyng of the wrath of the enemie 43 Prayse ye heathen his people for he wyll auenge the blood of his seruaūtes and will auenge him of his aduersaries and wyll be mercifull vnto his lande and to his people 44 And Moyses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the eares of the people he Iosuah the sonne of Nun. 45 And Moyses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to al the people of Israel 46 And sayde vnto them Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie vnto you this day and ye shall commaunde them vnto your children that they may obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe 47 And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and through this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 48 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses the same day saying 49 Get thee vp into this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Iericho and beholde the lande of Chanaan which I geue vnto the children of Israel to possesse 50 And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vnto and thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people as Aaron thy brother dyed in mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people 51 Because ye trespassed agaynst me among the children of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin for ye sanctified me not among the children of Israel 52 Thou shalt therfore see the lande before thee and shalt not go thyther vnto the lande which I geue the children of Israel ¶ The .xxxiij. Chapter 1 Moyses before his death blesseth all the tribes of Israel 26 There is no God lyke to the God of Israel 29 Nor any people lyke vnto his 1 THis is the blessyng wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death and sayde 2 The Lorde came from Sinai and rose vp from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with ten thousande of saintes and in his ryght hand a lawe of fire for them 3 And he loued the people all his saintes also are in thy handes They were smitten to go after thy feete and to receaue of thy wordes 4 Moyses gaue vs a lawe for an inheritaunce of the congregation of Iacob 5 And he was in Israel king when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together 6 Let Ruben lyue and not dye and be fewe in number 7 This same also happen to Iuda And he sayde Heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda bryng him vnto his people his handes shal be good enough for hym yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemies 8 And vnto Leui he sayde Thumim and Vrim shal be with thee and with euery one that is godly in thee Thou dyddest proue hym also in the temptation striuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe 9 He that hath sayde vnto his father to his mother I haue not seene hym and he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne children those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunt 10 They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israel thy lawe They shall put incense before thy nose and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter 11 Blesse Lorde his first fruites and accept the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of thē that rise agaynst him and of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne 12 And of Beniamin he sayde The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders 13 And of Ioseph he sayde Blessed of the Lorde is his lande for the fruites of heauen through the deawe springes that lye beneath 14 And for the sweete fruites of the increase of the sunne and rype fruites of the moone 15 For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer 16 And for the fuites of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelt in the bushe shall the blessing come vpon the head of Ioseph and vpon the toppe of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethren 17 His first borne oxe
house because she hyd the messengers that we sent 18 And in any wyse be ye ware of the accursed thinges lest ye make your selues accursed take of the accursed thynges and make the hoast of Israel accursed and trouble it 19 But all the syluer golde vesselles of brasse and iron shal be consecrate vnto the Lorde and all shall come into his treasurie 20 And the people showted and blewe with trumpettes And when the people heard the sound of the trumpe they showted with a great showt and the wall fell downe flat so that the people went vp into y e citie euery man straight before hym and toke the citie 21 And they vtterly destroyed all that was in the citie both man and woman young and olde oxe sheepe and asse with the edge of the sworde 22 But Iosuah had sayde vnto the two men that had spyed out the countrey Go into the harlottes house and bryng out thence the woman and all that she hath as ye sware vnto her 23 And the young men that were spyes went in and brought out Rahab and her father and mother her brethren and all that she had and they brought out all her kynred put them without the hoast of Israel 24 And they burnt the citie with fire and all that was therin only the syluer and the golde the vesselles of brasse iron they put vnto y e treasure of the house of the Lorde 25 And Iosuah saued Rahab the harlot and her fathers household and all that she had and she dwelt in Israel euen vnto this day because she hyd the messengers which Iosuah sent to spye out Iericho 26 And Iosuah sware at that tyme saying Cursed be the man before the Lord that ryseth vp and buyldeth this citie Iericho He shall lay the foundation thereof in his eldest sonne and in his youngest sonne shall he set vp the gates of it 27 And so the Lorde was with Iosuah and his fame was noysed throughout all landes The .vij. Chapter 1 Achan vsurpeth of the Churche iewels 2 Ai is searched 4 The people of Ai smyteth Israel 6 Iosuah weepeth before the Lorde 7 Iosuah complayneth before the Lorde that Israel is ouercommen 15 God commaundeth the theefe of the Churche goodes to be burnt 21 What thynges Achan had conueyed of those which ought to haue ben burnt 25 Achan is stoned and all his goodes are burnt for stealyng of the Churche goodes 1 BVt yet the chyldren of Israel trespassed in y e forbydden thyng for Achan y e sonne of Charmi the sonne of Zabdi y e sonne of Zareth of the tribe of Iuda toke of the forbydden thyng And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against the chyldren of Israel 2 And Iosuah sent men from Iericho to Ai which is besyde Bethauen on the east syde of Bethel and spake vnto them saying Get you vp and viewe the countrey And the men went vp viewed Ai 3 And returned to Iosuah and sayde vnto him Let not all the people go vp but let as it were two or three thousande men go vp and smyte Ai and make not all the people to labour thycher for they are but fewe 4 And so there went vp thyther of the people about a three thousande men and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them vpon a thirtie and sixe men for they chased them from before the gate euen vnto Sebarim and smote them in the goyng downe Wherfore the heartes of the people for feare melted away lyke water 6 And Iosuah rent his clothes fell to the earth vpō his face before the arke of the Lorde vntill the euentide he and the elders of Israel and put earth vpon their heades 7 And Iosuah sayde Alas O Lorde God wherfore hast thou brought this people ouer Iordane to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites to destroye vs Would to God we had ben content and dwelt on the other side Iordane 8 Oh Lorde what shall I say when Israel turneth their backes before their enemies 9 Surely the Chanaanites and all the inhabitauntes of the lande shal heare of it and shall conspire against vs and destroy the name of vs out of the worlde And what wilt thou do vnto thy mightie name 10 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah Get thee vp wherfore liest thou thus vpon thy face 11 Israel hath sinned and they haue transgressed myne appointment which I commaunded them for they haue taken of the excommunicate thinges and haue also stolen and dissembled also put them vnto their owne stuffe 12 And therfore is it that the children of Israel can not stande before their enemies but shal turne their backes before their enemies because they be excommunicate Neither will I be with you any more except ye destroy the excommunicate from among you 13 Vp therfore and sanctifie the people and say Sanctifie your selues against to morowe for so sayde the Lorde God of Israel there is a dampned thyng among you O Israel and therfore ye cannot stande against your enemies vntyll ye haue put the dampned thing from among you 14 To morowe morning therfore ye shal be brought according to your tribes And the tribe which the Lorde taketh shal come according to the kinredes therof And the kinred which the Lorde shall finde giltie shall come by housholdes And the housholde which the Lorde shal finde faultie shall come mā by man 15 And he that is founde with the accursed thing shal be burnt with fire he and all that he hath because he hath transgressed the couenaunt of the Lord and wrought follie in Israel 16 And so Iosuah rose vp early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes the tribe of Iuda was caught 17 And he brought the kinredes of Iuda and toke the kinred of the Zarehites And he brought the kinred of the Zarehites man by mā Zabdi was caught 18 And he brought his housholde man by man Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of Zabdi y e sonne of Zared of the tribe of Iuda was caught 19 And Iosuah sayde vnto Achan My sonne I beseche thee geue glorie to the Lorde God of Israel and make confession vnto him and shewe me what thou hast done hyde it not from me 20 And Achan aūswered Iosuah sayd Of a trueth I haue sinned against the Lorde God of Israel and thus thus haue I done 21 I sawe among the spoyles a goodly babilonishe garment and two hundred sicles of siluer and a tonge of golde of fiftie sicles wayghte and I coueted them and toke them and beholde they lye hyd in the earth in the middest of my tent and the siluer is ther vnder 22 And so Iosuah sent messēgers which whē they ranne vnto his tent beholde they were hyd in his tent and the siluer ther vnder 23 Therfore they toke
them out of the middest of his tent and brought them vnto Iosuah and vnto all the children of Israel and layed them out before the Lorde 24 And Iosuah toke Achan the sonne of Zareth and the siluer and the garmē◠and the tonge of gold and his sonnes and his daughters his oxen and his asses his sheepe his tent and all that he had and al Israel with him brought them vnto the valley of Achor 25 And Iosuah sayde In as much as thou hast troubled vs the Lorde shall trouble thee this day And all Israel stoned hym with stones and burned them with fire and ouerwhelmed them with stones 26 And they cast vpon hym a great heape of stones vnto this day And so the Lord turned from the wrath of his indignation And the name of the place is called the valley of Achor vnto this day The .viij. Chapter 1 God geueth the citie of Ai into the handes of Iosuah 3 Iosuah his armie beyng setten in araye goeth to Ai. 15 Iosuah fayneth a runnyng away 18 God geueth counsell vnto Iosuah hym selfe what he hath to do 20 Ai is setten on fire 21. The people of Ai is slayne 23 The kyng of Ai beyng attached is brought vnto Iosuah twelue thousande slayne 27 The pray is deuided 29 The kyng of Ai is hanged 30 In aulter of stone is built in the which Deuteronomium is inscribed 34 Iosuah blesseth the people of Israel 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah Feare not neither be thou faint hearted Take all the men of warre with thee and vp get thee to Ai. Beholde I haue geuen into thy hande the kyng of Ai and his people his citie and his lande 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her kyng as thou dyddest vnto Iericho and her king Neuerthelesse the spoyle cattell thereof shall ye take vnto your selues Thou shalt lye in wayte agaynst the citie on the backside thereof 3 And so Iosuah arose and all the men of warre to go vp agaynst Ai And Iosuah chose out thirtie thousande strong men and valiaunt and sent them away by nyght 4 And he commaunded them saying Beholde ye shall lye in wayte agaynst the towne on the backside thereof Go not verie farre from the citie but be all redie 5 And I and al the people that are with me wyll approche vnto the citie And when they come out against vs as they dyd at the first tyme then wyll we flee before them 6 For they wyll come out after vs tyll we haue brought them out of the citie For they wyll say They flee before vs as at the first tyme and we will flee before them 7 In the meane tyme shall ye ryse vp from lying in wayte and destroy the citie for the Lorde your God wyll delyuer it into your hande 8 And when ye haue taken the citie ye shall set it on fire Accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde shall ye do Beholde I haue charged you 9 Iosuah therfore sent them foorth and they went to lye in wayte and abode betweene Bethel Ai on the westsyde of the citie of Ai But Iosuah lodged that nyght among the people 10 And Iosuah rose vp early in the mornyng and numbred the people went vp he and the elders of Israel before the people against Ai. 11 And all the men of warre that were with him went vp drue nye and came agaynst the citie and pitched on the northsyde of Ai and there was a valley betweene them and Ai. 12 And he toke vpon a fiue thousande men and set them to lye in wayte betweene Bethel and Ai on the westsyde of the citie 13 And the people set all the hoast that was on the northsyde agaynst the citie the lyers in wayte on the west against the citie And Iosuah walked the same nyght in the myddes of the valley 14 And when the kyng of Ai sawe it they hasted and rose vp early and the men of the citie went out agaynst Israel to battayle he and all his people at a tyme appoynted euen before the playne and wyst not that there were lyers in wayte agaynst him on the backsyde of the citie 15 And Iosuah all Israel as beaten before them fledde by the way of the wildernesse 16 And all the people of the towne were called together to folowe after them And they folowed after Iosuah and were drawen away from the citie 17 And there was not a man left in Ai and in Bethel that went not out after Israel And they left the citie open and folowed after Israel 18 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah Stretch out y e speare that is in thine hand towarde Ai for I will geue it into thy hand And Iosuah stretched out the speare that he had in his hand towarde the citie 19 And the lyers in waite arose quickly out of their place and ran assoone as Iosuah had stretched out his hande and they entred into the citie and toke it and hasted and set the citie on fyre 20 And when the men of Ai loked backe after them they sawe the smoke of the citie ascend vp to heauen and they had no place to flee either this way or that and the people that fled to the wildernes turned backe againe vpon the folowers 21 And when Iosuah all Israel sawe that the lyers in waite had taken the citie and that the smoke of it ascended they turned againe and slue the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the citie against them and so were they in the middest of Israel for these were on the one side of them and the rest on the other side And they laide vpon them so that they let none of them escape nor remaine 23 And the kyng of Ai they toke aliue and brought him to Iosuah 24 And when Israel had made an ende of slayeng all the inhabitantes of Ai in the fielde of the wildernesse where they chased them and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sworde vntill they were wasted all the Israelites returned vnto Ai and smote it with the edge of the sworde 25 And al that fell that day both of men and women were twelue thousande euen all the men of Ai. 26 For Iosuah plucked not his hande backe againe which he stretched out vpō the speare vntil he had vtterly destroyed al the enhabitours of Ai. 27 Onely the cattell and the spoile of the citie Israel toke vnto them selues according vnto the word of the Lorde whiche he commaunded Iosuah 28 And Iosuah set Ai on fire and made it an heape for euer a wildernesse euen vnto this day 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree vntill euen And assoone as the sunne was downe Iosuah commaunded that they should take y e carkasse downe of the tree and cast it at the entring of the gate of the
sunne whan he ryseth in his myght And the lande had rest fourtie yeres The .vj. Chapter 1 Israel is oppressed of the Madianites for their wickednes 14. Gedeon is sent to be their deliuerer 37. He asked a signe 1 ANd the children of Israel committed wickednesse in the syght of the Lorde And the Lorde deliuered them into the handes of Madian seuen yeres 2 And the hand of Madian preuayled against Israel because of the Madianites y e children of Israel made them dennes in the mountaynes and caues and strong holdes 3 And when Israel had sowen then came vp the Madianites the Amalechites and they of the east and came vp agaynst them 4 And pitched their tentes against them and destroyed the encrease of the earth euen tyll thou come vnto Azah left no sustenaunce for Israel neither sheepe oxe nor asse 5 For they went vp they and their cattel and came with their tentes as a multitude of grasshopers so that both they and also their camels were without number And they entred into the land to destroy it 6 And so was Israel exceedingly impoueryshed in the sight of the Madianites and cried vnto the Lorde 7 And when the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord because of the Madianites 8 The Lorde sent vnto them a prophet which sayd vnto them Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel I fet you from Egypt brought you out of the house of bondage 9 And I ryd you out of the hande of the Egyptians out of the hand of all that oppressed you and cast them out before you and gaue you their land 10 And I sayd vnto you I am the Lord your God feare not the goddes of the Amorites in whose lande you dwell But you haue not obeyed my voyce 11 And the angel of the Lorde came and sate vnder an Oke which was in Ephrah that parteyned vnto Ioas the father of the Esrites And his sonne Gedeon threshed wheat by the wyne presse to hyde it from the Madianites 12 And the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him and said vnto him The Lord is with thee thou mightie man 13 And Gedeon aunswered him Oh my Lord if the Lorde be with vs why is all this come vpon vs Yea where be all his miracles which our fathers tolde vs of and sayd Dyd not the Lord bryng vs out of Egypt But nowe the Lord hath forsaken vs and deliuered vs into the handes of the Madianites 14 And the Lord loked vpon him and sayde Go hence in this thy might and thou shalt deliuer Israel out of the handes of the Madianites Haue not I sent thee 15 And he aunswered him Oh Lorde wherwith shall I saue Israel Behold my kinred is poore in Manasses and I am litle in my fathers house 16 The Lord sayd vnto him I will be with thee thou shalt smyte the Madianites as they were but one man 17 And he aunswered him Oh yf I haue founde grace in thy syght than shew me a a signe that it is thou that talkest with me 18 Departe not hence I pray thee vntyll I come vnto thee tyll I bryng myne offring and haue set it before thee And he sayd I will tary vntyll thou come againe 19 And Gedeon went in and made redy a kyd and sweete cakes of an Epha of floure and put it with the fleshe in a basket and put the broth in a pot and brought it out vnto him vnder the Oke and presented it 20 And the angel of God sayd vnto him Take the flesh and the sweete cakes lay them vpon this rocke and powre out the broth And he dyd so 21 Then the angel of the Lord put foorth the end of the staffe that he helde in his hande and touched the fleshe and the sweete cakes and there arose vp fire out of the rocke and consumed the flesh and the sweete cakes But the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight 22 And when Gedeon perceaued that it was an angel of the Lorde he sayde Alas O Lorde God haue I therfore seene an angel of the Lorde face to face that I should dye 23 And the Lorde sayd vnto him Peace be vnto thee feare not thou shalt not dye 24 Then Gedeon made an aulter there vnto the Lord and called it The Lord of peace And vnto this day it is yet in Ephrath that parteyneth vnto the father of the Esrites 25 And the same nyght the Lorde sayde vnto him Take thy fathers young bullocke an other bullocke of .vii. yeres olde and destroy the aulter of Baal that thy father hath and cut downe the groue that is by it 26 And make an aulter vnto the Lord thy God vpon the top of this rocke in a conuenient place and take the second bullocke and offer burnt sacrifice vpō the wood of the groue which thou shalt cut downe 27 Then Gedeon toke ten men of his seruauntes did as the Lord bad him But because he feared to do it by daye for his fathers housholde and the men of the citie he dyd it by nyght 28 And when the men of the citie arose early in the mornyng beholde the aulter of Baal was broken the groue cut downe that was by it and the seconde bullocke offered vpon the aulter that was made 29 And they sayde one to another who hath done this thing And whan they enquered and asked they sayd Gedeon y e sonne of Ioas hath done this thing 30 Then the men of the citie sayde vnto Ioas Bring out thy sonne that he may dye because he hath destroyed the aulter of Baal and cut downe the groue that was by it 31 And Ioas sayd vnto al that stoode by him Will ye pleade Baals cause or will ye saue him He that will contende for him let him dye or the morning If he be a God let him pleade for himselfe agaynst him that hath caste downe his aulter 32 And from that day was Gedeon called Ierobaal because his father had sayd Let Baal pleade for himselfe because he hath broken downe his aulter 33 All the Madianites therfore and the Amalekites and they of the east were gathered together went and pytched in the valley of Iesrael 34 But the spirite of the Lorde came vppon Gedeon * and he blewe a trumpet and Abiezer was ioyned with him 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasses which also was ioyned with him and he sent messengers vnto Azar Zabulon and Nephthalim and they came to meete them 36 And Gedeon sayd vnto God Yf thou wilt saue Israel by myne hand as thou hast sayd 37 Beholde I wil put a fleece of wool in the treashing place And if the dewe come on the fleece onely and it be drye vpon all the earth besyde then shall I be sure that thou wilt saue Israel by my hand as thou saydest 38 And it came so
to passe For he rose vp early on the morowe thrust the fleece together and wrong the dewe therout and fylled a bowle of water 39 And Gedeon sayde agayne vnto God Be not angry with me that * I speake once more for I wil proue once agayne by the fleece Let it be drye onely vpon the fleece and dewe vpon al the ground 40 And God dyd so that same nyght For it was drye vpon the fleece only there was dewe on all the grounde ¶ The .vii. Chapter 1. The Lord commaundeth Gedeon to send away a great parte of his companie 22. The Modianites are discomfited by a wonderous sort 25. Oreb and Zeeb are slaine 1 THen Ierobaal who is Gedeon and all y e people y t were with him rose vp early pytched besyde the wel of Harad so that the hoaste of the Madianites were on the northsyde of them by the hyll of Moreh in the valley 2 And the Lord sayd vnto Gedeon The people that are with thee are to many for me to geue y e Madianites into their handes lest Israel make their vaunt against me and saye Myne owne hand hath saued me 3 Nowe therfore make a proclamation in the eares of people and saye If any man dread or be afeard let him returne and depart early from mount Gilead And there returned of the people xxii thousande there abode ten thousande 4 And the Lord sayd vnto Gedeon The people are yet to many bryng them downe vnto the water and I will trye them vnto thee there And of whom I say vnto thee this shal go with thee the same shal go with thee And of whom soeuer I say vnto thee this shal not go with thee the same shal not go 5 So he brought downe the people vnto the water And the Lord said vnto Gedeon As many as lappe y e water with their tongues as a dogge lappeth them put by them selues and so do them that kneele downe vpon their knees to drincke 6 And the number of them that put their handes to their mouthes and lapped were three hundred men But all y e remnaunt of y e people kneeled downe vpon their knees to dryncke water 7 And the Lorde sayd vnto Gedeon By these three hundred men that lapped will I saue you and deliuer the Madianites into thyne hande And let all the other people go euery man vnto his place 9 And the same nyght the Lorde sayde vnto him Aryse get thee downe vnto the hoast for I haue delyuered it into thyne hand 10 But and if thou feare to go downe then go thou and Phara thy ladde downe to the hoast 11 And thou shalt hearken what they say and so shall thine handes be strong to go downe vnto y e hoast Then went he downe Phara his ladde vnto the outsyde of the men of armes that were in the hoast 12 And the Madianites the Amalekites and all they of the east lay along in the valley lyke a multitude of grashoppers and their camelles were without numbre euen as the sande by the sea syde in multitude 13 And when Gedeon was come behold there was a man that tolde a dreame vnto his neyghbour and sayd Behold I dreamed a dreame and me thought that a cake of barley bread tumbled into the hoast of Madian and came vnto a tent and smote it that it fell and ouerturned it that the tent lay along 14 And his felowe aunswered and sayd This is nothing els saue the sworde of Gedeon y e sonne of Ioas a man of Israel for into his hande hath God deliuered Madian and all the hoast 15 When Gedeon heard the telling of the dreame the interpretation of the same he worshypped and returned vnto the hoast of Israel and sayde Vp for the Lorde hath deliuered into your hande the hoast of Madian 16 And he deuided the three hundred men into three companies and gaue euery man a trumpet in his hande with emptie pytchers and lampes therin 17 And sayde vnto them Loke on me and do lykewyse that when I come to the syde of the hoast euen as I do so do you 18 When I blowe with a trumpet and all that are with me blowe ye with trumpettes also on euery syde of the hoast and say For the Lord and for Gedeon 19 So Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came vnto the outsyde of the hoast in the begynnyng of the myddle watche raysed vp the watch men And they blewe with their trumpettes brake the pytchers that were in their handes 20 And the three companies blewe with trumpettes brake the pytchers and helde the lampes in their left handes and the trumpettes in their right to blowe withal And they cryed The sworde of the Lorde and of Gedeon 21 And they stoodestyll euery man in his place rounde about the hoast And all the hoast ranne and cryed and fled 22 And the three hundreth blewe with trumpettes and the Lorde set euery mans sworde vppon his neyghbour throughout all the hoast and the hoast fled to Bethhasitah to Zererath and to the edge of the playne of Meholah vnto Tabbath 23 And the men of Israel being gathered together out of Nephthalim of Aser and of all Manasses folowed after the Madianites 24 And Gedeon sent messengers vnto al mount Ephraim saying Come downe against the Madianites and take before them the waters vnto Bethbarath and to Iordane Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together toke the waters vnto Bethbarath to Iordane 25 And they toke two princes of the Madianites Oreb and Zeb and slue Oreb vpon the rocke Oreb and Zeb at the winepresse of Zeb and folowed after Madian and brought the heades of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon on the other syde Iordane ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 Ephraim murmureth against Gedeon 2 who appeaseth them 4 He passeth Iordane 16 He reuengeth hym selfe on them of Sucoth and Phanuel 27 He maketh an Ephod which was the cause of idolatrie 30 Of Gedeons sonnes and of his death 1 ANd the men of Ephraim said vnto him Why hast thou serued vs thus that thou calledst vs not when thou wentest to fyght with the Madianites And they chode with him sharpely 2 And he sayde vnto them What deede haue I done lyke vnto yours Is not the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim better then the vinetage of Abiezer 3 God hath delyuered into your handes the lordes of Madian Oreb and Zeb And what was I able to do lyke as you haue done And then their spirites abated from of him when he had sayde that 4 And Gedeon came to Iordane to passe ouer he the three hundred men that were with him weery and yet folowed the chase 5 And he sayd vnto y e men of Sucoth Geue I pray you takes of bread vnto y e people that folow me for they be fayntie that I may folowe after Zebah and
it they returned to Acaron the same day 17 And these are the golden emerodes which the Philistines gaue for a sinne offering to the Lord for Asdod one for Gaza one for Ascalon one for Gath one and for Acaron one 18 And golden myce accordyng to the number of al the cities of the Philistines belongyng to the fyue lordes both of walled townes and of townes vnwalled euen vnto the great stone of Abel whereon they set downe the arke of the Lorde vnto this day in the fielde of Iehosua the Bethsamite 19 And he smote of the men of Bethsames because they had loked in the arke of the Lorde and he slue among the people fiftie thousand and three score and ten men And the people lamented because the Lorde had slaine the people with so great a slaughter 20 Wherfore the men of Bethsames said Who is able to stand before this holie Lorde God And to whom shall he go from vs 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitaunts of Kiriathiarim saying The Philistines haue brought againe the arke of the Lord come ye downe and set it vp to you The .vii. Chapter 1 The arke is brought to Kiriathiearim 3. Samuel exhorteth the people to forsake their sinne and turne to the Lord. 10. The Philistines fight against Israel and are ouercome 16 Samuel iudgeth Israel 1 AND so the men of Kiriathiarim came and fet vp the arke of the Lorde brought it into the house of Aminadab in the hyll and sanctified Eleazar his sonne to keepe the arke of the Lorde 2 And while the arke abode in Kiriathiarim the tyme was long for it was twentie yeres all the house of Israel lamented after the Lorde 3 And Samuel spake vnto al the house of Israel saying If ye be come agayne vnto the Lorde with all your heartes then put away the straunge gods and Astaroth from among you and prepare your heartes vnto the Lord and serue him onely For he shall ryd you out of the hand of the Philistines 4 Then the children of Israel dyd put away Baalim and Astaroth and serued the Lorde onely 5 And Samuel sayde Gather all Israel to Mispah and I wyll praye for you vnto the Lord. 6 And they gathered together to Mispah and drewe water and poured it out before the Lorde and fasted the same day and sayd there We haue sinned against the Lorde And Samuel iudged the children of Israel in Mispah 7 When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mispah the princes of the Philistines went vp against Israel And when the children of Israel hard that they were afrayde of the Philistines 8 And the children of Israel sayd to Samuel Ceasse not to crye vnto the lord our God for vs that he may saue vs out of the hand of the Philistines 9 And Samuel toke a sucking lambe and offered it altogether for a burnt offering vnto the Lord and cryed vnto the Lorde for Israel and the Lorde heard him 10 And as Samuel offered the burnt offering the Philistines came to fight against Israel But the Lorde thundred a great thunder the same day among the Philistines scattered them that they were slaine before Israel 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mispah and pursued the Philistines smote thē vntill they came vnder Bethchar 12 And then Samuel toke a stone and pitched it betweene Mispah Shen and called the name thereof Ebenezer saying Hitherto hath the Lorde helped vs. 13 And so the Philistines were brought vnder and they came no more into the coaste of Israel and the hande of the Lorde was against the Philistines all the dayes of Samuel 14 Therto the cities which that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel euen from Acaron to Gath and the coastes of the same dyd Israel deliuer out of the handes of the Philistines And there was peace betweene Israel and the Amorites 15 Samuel iudged Israel all the dayes of his life 16 And went about yere by yere to Bethel Gilgal and Mispah and iudged Israel in all those places 17 And came againe to Rama for there was his house and there he iudged Israel also there he buylt an aulter vnto the Lorde The .viii. Chapter 1 Samuel maketh his sonnes iudges ouer Israel who follow not his steps 5. The Isralites aske a King 11. Samuel declareth in what state they should be vnder the King 19. Notwithstanding they aske one still and the Lorde willeth Samuel to graunt vnto them 1 WHen Samuel was old he made his sonnes iudges ouer Israel 2 The name of his eldest sonne was Ioel and the name of the seconde Abia and they were iudges in Beerseba 3 And his sonnes walked not in his wayes but turned aside after lucre and * tooke rewarde and peruerted the ryght 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together and came to Samuel vnto Rama 5 And sayd vnto him Beholde thou art olde and thy sonnes walke not in thy wayes Now therfore make vs a king to iudge vs as all other nations haue 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said geue vs a king to iudge vs And Samuel prayed vnto the lorde 7 And the Lorde saide vnto Samuel Heare the voyce of the people in all that they say vnto thee For they haue not cast thee away but they haue cast me away that I should not raigne ouer them 8 And as they haue euer done sence I brought them out of Egypt vnto this day and haue forsaken me and serued other gods euen so do they vnto thee 9 Now therefore hearken vnto their voyce howbeit yet testifie vnto them shewe them the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer them 10 And Samuel tolde all the wordes of the Lorde vnto the people that asked a king of him 11 And he said This shal be the maner of the king that shall raigne ouer you * he will take your sonnes and put them to his charets and make his horsemen of them to run before his charet 12 And will make him of thē captaines ouer thousandes and ouer fifties and will set them to eare his grounde and to gather in his haruest to make instrumentes of warre and thinges that serue for his charets 13 And he will take your daughters and make them appoticaries cookes and bakers 41 And he shall take your fieldes and your vineyardes and your best oliue trees and geue them to his seruauntes 15 And he shall take the tenth of your seede and of your vineyardes and geue it to his eunuches to his seruauntes 16 And he shal take your men seruauntes and maide seruauntes young men and the chiefe of your asses and put them to his worke 17 And he shall take the tenth of your sheepe and ye shall be his seruauntes 18 And ye shall crie out at that time
chosen and veryly the people are so many that they cannot be told nor nuÌ„bred for multitude 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people that I may discerne betweene good bad For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people 10 And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing 11 And God sayde vnto him Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe neither hast asked riches for thy selfe nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding discretion in iudgement 12 Behold I haue done according to thy wordes lo I haue geuen thee a wyse an vnderstanding heart so that there was none lyke thee before thee neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee 13 And I haue also geuen thee that which thou hast not asked euen rychesse and honour so that ther shal be no king lyke vnto thee all thy dayes 14 And if thou wilt walke in my wayes to kepe myne ordinaunces and my commaundementes as thy father Dauid dyd walke I will lengthen thy dayes 15 When Solomon awoke beholde it was a dreame And he came to Hierusalem and stoode before the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde offred burnt offringes and peace offringes and made a feast to all his seruauntes 16 Then came there two women that were harlottes vnto the king stoode before him 17 And the one woman sayde Oh my lorde I and this woman dwell in one house and I was deliuered of a childe with her in the house 18 And the thirde day after that I was deliuered she was deliuered also and we were together no straunger with vs in the house saue we two 19 And this wiues childe died in the night for she smothered it 20 And she rose at midnight and toke my sonne from my syde while thyne handmayde slept and layde it in her bosome and put her dead childe in my bosome 21 And when I rose in the mornyng to geue my chylde sucke beholde it was dead But when I had loked vpon it in the morning beholde it was not my sonne which I dyd beare 22 And the other woman sayd It is not so but my sonne liueth and thy sonne is dead And she sayde againe No but thy sonne is dead and my sonne is alyue And thus they pleaded before the king 23 Then sayde the king The one sayth this that is alyue is my sonne and the dead is thyne And the other sayth nay but thy sonne is the dead and the liuing childe is myne 24 And the king sayde Bring me a sworde And they brought out a sworde before the king 25 And the king sayde Deuide the liuing child in two and geue the one halfe to the one and the other to the other 26 Then spake the woman whose the liuing childe was vnto the king for her bowelles yerned vpon her sonne and sayde I besech thee my lorde geue her the liuing childe and in no wyse slay it But the other sayde Let it be neither myne nor thyne but deuide it 27 Then the king aunswered and sayde Geue her the liuing childe and slay it not for she is the mother therof 28 And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement which the king had iudged and feared the king for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in him to do iustice The .iiii. Chapter 2 The princes and rulers vnder Solomon 22 The purueyaunce for his vittailes 26 The number of his horses 32 His bookes and writings 1 ANd so king Solomon was king ouer all Israel 2 And these were his lordes Azariahu the sonne of Sadoc the priest 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah the sonnes of Sisa scribes Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud the recorder 4 Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the hoast Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes 5 And Azariahu the sonne of Nathan was ouer the officers And Zabud the sonne of Nathan was a priest y e kinges companion 6 And Ahisar was steward of y e houshold And Adoniram the sonne of Abda was ouer the tributes 7 And Solomon had twelue officers ouer all Israel which prouided vittayles for the king and his houshold eche man his moneth in a yere made prouision for necessarie thinges 8 And these are their names the sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim 9 The sonne of Dekar in Makaz and in Saalbin and Bethsames Elon and Bethhanan 10 The sonne of Hesed in Aruboth to whom parteyned Socho and all the land of Hepher 11 The sonne of Abinadab in all the region of Dor whiche had Tapheth the daughter of Solomon to wyfe 12 Baana the sonne of Ahilud was ouer Thaanach and Megiddo and ouer all Bethsan whiche is by Zarthana beneath Iezrael froÌ„ Bethsan to y e plaine of Mehola euen vnto the place that is ouer against Ieâ—meam 13 The sonne of Gaber had Ramoth Gilead and his were the townes of Iair the sonne of Manasse which are in Gilead and vnder him was the region of Argob whiche is in Basan threescore great cities with walles and barres of brasse 14 Ahinadab the sonne of Hiddo had Mahenaim 15 Ahimaaz was in Nephthalim and he toke Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wyfe 16 Baana the sonne of Husai was in Aser and in Aloth 17 Iehosaphat the sonne of Paruah was in Isachar 18 Semei the sonne of Ela was in Beniamin 19 Gaber the sonne of Vri was in the countrey of Gilead the land of Sehon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Basan was officer alone in the lande 20 And Iuda and Israel were many euen as the sande of the sea in numbre eating drincking and making mery 21 And Solomon raigned ouer all kingdomes from the riuer vnto the lande of the Philistines euen vnto the border of Egypt and they brought presents and serued Solomon al the dayes of his life 22 And Solomons bread for one day was thirtie quarters of manchet flowre threescore quarters of meale 23 Ten stalled oxen and twentie out of the pastures and a hundred sheepe beside hartes buckes and wilde goates and capons 24 For he ruled in all the region on the other syde Euphrates from Thiphsah to Azza ouer al the kinges on the other syde the riuer And he had peace with all his seruauntes on euery syde 25 And Iuda and Israel dwelt without feare euery man vnder his vine and vnder his figgetree from Danto Beerseba all the dayes of Solomon 26 And Solomon had fourtie thousand stalles of horses for charettes twelue thousande horsemen 27 And the officers prouided vittayle for king Solomon and for all that came out of any place to king Solomons table euery man his moneth so that they lacked nothing 28 Barly also and strawe for the horses and mules brought they vnto the place where the officers were euery man in his office 9 And God gaue Solomon wysdome and vnderstanding exceeding much and
Baal Choose you an oxe dresse him first for ye are many call on the name of your gods but put no fire vnder 26 And they toke the one oxe that he dyd geue them and they dressed it and called on the name of Baal from morning to noone saying O Baal heare vs. But there was no voyce nor one to aunswere And they lept vpon the aulter that they had made 27 And at noone Elias mocked them and sayde Crye lowde for he is a God peraduenture he is talking or occupied in folowing vpon his enemies or is in his iourney or happyly he slepeth and must be awaked with your crie 28 And they cried lowde and cut them selues as their maner was with kniues launcers till the blood folowed on thē 29 And it chaunced that when mid-day was passed they prophesied vntill the time of the euening sacrifice But there was neither voyce nor one to aunswere nor any that regarded them 30 And Elias said vnto all the folke Come to me And all the people came to him And he repaired the aulter of the Lord that was broken 31 And Elias toke twelue stones according to the number of the twelue tribes of the sonnes of Iacob vnto whom the word of the Lorde came saying Israel shal be thy name 32 And with the stones he made an aulter in the name of the Lorde And he made a ditch about the aulter as great as would conteyne two measures of seede 33 And he put the wood in order and hewed the oxe in peeces and layed him on the wood and said Fill foure barrels with water and powre it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood 34 And he sayde Do so againe And they dyd so the seconde time And he sayde againe Do it the thirde time And they dyd it the thirde time 35 And the water ran round about the aulter he filled the pitte with water also 36 And it fortuned that when they should offer the euening sacrifice Elias the prophete came and sayde Lorde God of Abraham Isahac and of Israel it shal be knowen this day that thou art the God in Israel that I am thy seruaunt and that I haue done all these thinges at thy commaundement 37 Heare me O Lord heare me that this people may knowe that thou art the Lorde God and that thou hast turned their heart againe nowe at the last 38 And the fire of the Lord fel and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the duste and licked vp the water that was in the pit 39 And when all the people sawe it they fell on their faces and sayde The Lord he is God the Lorde he is God 40 And Elias sayd vnto them Take the prophetes of Baal and let not one of them escape And they toke them and Elias brought them vnto the brooke Kison and slue them there 41 And Elias sayde vnto Ahab Get thee vp eate and drinke for there is a sounde of much rayne 42 And so Ahab went vp to eate and to drinke and Elias went vp to the top of Carmel and he layde him selfe flat vpō the earth and put his face betweene his knees 43 And sayde to his seruaunt Go vp I pray thee and loke towarde the way of the sea And he went vp and loked and sayde There is nothing And againe he sayde Go againe seuen times 44 And it fortuned that at the seuenth time he sayde Beholde there aryseth a litle cloude of the sea lyke a mans hand He sayde Go and say vnto Ahab Make fast thy charet and get thee downe that the rayne stoppe thee not 45 And it came to passe that in the meane whyle the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde there was a great rayne And Ahab gat vp and came to Iezrahel 46 And the hande of the Lorde was on Elias and he girded vp his loynes and ranne before Ahab till he came to Iezrahel The .xix. Chapter 1 Elias fleing from Iezabel is nourished by the angel of God 15 He is commaunded to annoynt Hazael Iehu and Elisa 1 ANd Ahab tolde Iezabel all that Elias had done and how he had slayne al the prophetes with the sworde 2 Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias saying So and so let the gods do to me if I make not thy soule lyke one of theirs by to morowe this time 3 When he sawe that he arose and went for his life and came to Beerseba in Iuda and left his seruaunt there 4 But he him selfe went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse and came and sat downe vnder a Iuniper tree and desired for his soule that he might dye and sayde It is nowe enough O Lorde take my soule for I am not better then my fathers 5 And as he lay and slept vnder the Iuniper tree behold an angel touched him and sayde vnto him Vp and eate 6 And when he loked about him beholde there was a cake baken on the coales and a vessell of water at his head And he dyd eate and drinke and layde him downe againe to sleepe 7 And the angel of the Lord came againe the seconde time and touched him and sayde Vp and eate for thou hast yet a great iourney 8 And he arose and dyd eate and drinke walked in the strength of that meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes euen vnto Horeb the mount of God 9 When he came thyther vnto a caue he lodged therein al night And behold the word of the Lord came to him and sayd vnto him What doest thou here Elias 10 And he aunswered I haue ben ielous for the Lorde God of hoastes sake For the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenaunt broken downe thyne aulters and slayne thy prophetes with the sword and I onely am left and they seke my lyfe to take it away 11 And he sayd Come out and stand vpon y e mount before the Lorde And behold the Lorde went by a mightie strong winde that rent the mountaynes and brake the rockes before the Lorde but the Lord was not in the winde And after the winde came an earthquake but the Lorde was not in the earthquake 12 And after the earthquake came fire but the Lorde was not in the fire And after the fire came a small still voyce 13 And when Elias hearde he couered his face with his mantle and went out and stoode in the entring in of the caue And beholde there came a voyce vnto him said What doest thou here Elias 14 And he aunswered I haue ben ielous for the Lorde God of hoastes sake because the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenaunt cast downe thyne aulters and slayne thy prophetes with the sworde and I onely am left they seke my lyfe to take it away 15 And the Lord sayde vnto him Go and turne thy way to the wildernesse vnto Damasco when thou commest there annoynt Hazael king ouer Syria 16 And
goyng in and thy fury against me 28 And because thou ragest against me thy tumult is come vp to myne eares I will put my hoke in thy nostrels and my byt in thy lippes and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest 29 And this shal be a signe vnto thee O Hezekia Ye shall eate this yere of such thinges as grow of themselues and the next yere such as come vp of those that dyd growe of their owne accorde and the thirde yere sowe ye and reape plant vineyardes and eate the fruites therof 30 And it that is escaped and left of the daughter of Iuda shall yet againe take roting downewarde and beare fruite vpwarde 31 For out of Hierusalem shall go a remnaunt and a number that shall escape out of moūt Sion The zeale of the lord of hoastes shal bring this thing to passe 32 Wherfore thus sayth the Lord concerning the king of Assyria he shall not come to this citie nor shote an arrowe into it nor come before it with shielde nor cast a banke against it 33 But shall go backe againe the way he came and shall not come into this citie sayth the Lorde 34 For I will defende this citie to saue it for myne owne sake and for Dauid my seruauntes sake 35 And it came to passe that the selfe same night the angell of the Lorde went out and smote in the hoast of the Assyrians an hundred fourescore fyue thousand And when the remnaunt were vp early in the morning beholde they were all dead coarses 36 And so Sennacherib king of Assyria auoyded and departed and went againe and dwelt at Niniue 37 And it fortuned that as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his God Adramelech Saresar his owne sonnes smote hym with the sworde And they escaped into the lande of Armenia and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade The .xx. Chapter 1 Hezekia is sicke and receaueth the signe of his health 12 He receaueth rewardes of Berodach 13 sheweth his treasures and is reprehended of Isai 22 He dieth and Manasse his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 ABout that time was Hezekia sicke vnto the death And the prophete Isai the sonne of Amoz came to him and sayde vnto him Thus saith the Lord Put thine houshold in an order for thou shalt dye and not lyue 2 And Hezekia turned his face to the wal and prayed vnto the Lord saying 3 I beseche the O Lorde remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart haue done that whiche is good in thy sight And Hezekia wept sore 4 And it fortuned that afore Isai was gone out into the middle of the court the word of the Lorde came to him saying 5 Turne againe and tell Hezekia the captayne of my people thus sayth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father I haue hearde thy prayer and seene thy teares and beholde I will heale thee so that on the thirde day thou shalt go vp into the house of the Lorde 6 And I wil adde vnto thy dayes yet fifteene yeres I will deliuer thee this citie out of the hand of y e king of Assyria will defende this citie for myne owne sake for Dauid my seruauntes sake 7 And Isai sayd Take a lumpe of dried figges And they toke and layed it on the sore and he recouered 8 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai What shal be the signe that the Lorde will heale me and that I shal go vp into the house of the Lorde the thirde day 9 Isai aunswered This signe shalt thou haue of the Lord that the Lord will do that he hath spoken Shall the shadowe go forwarde ten degrees or go backe againe ten degrees 10 Hezekia aunswered It is a light thing for the shadowe to go downe ten degrees I desire not that but let the shadowe go backwarde ten degrees 11 And Isai the prophete called vnto the Lord and he brought the shadowe ten degrees backwarde by whiche it had gone downe in the dyall of Ahaz 12 The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present vnto Hezekia for he had hearde howe that Hezekia was sicke 13 And Hezekia was glad of them and shewed them all his treasure house siluer golde odours precious oyntment all the house of his armory and all that was found in his treasures There was nothing in his house in all his realme that Hezekia shewed them not 14 And Isai the prophete came vnto king Hezekia and sayd vnto him What sayde these men and from wence came they to thee And Hezekia sayde They be come from a farre countrey euen from Babylon 15 And he sayde againe What haue they seene in thy house Hezekia aunswered All y e thinges that are in my house haue they seene there is nothing among my treasures that I haue not shewed thē 16 And Isai sayde vnto Hezekia Heare the word of the Lord 17 Beholde the dayes come that all that is in thy house and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto this day shal be caryed into Babylon and nothing shal be left sayth the Lorde 18 And of thy sonnes that shall proceede out of thee and which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shal be chamberlaynes in the palace of the king of Babylon 19 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai Welcome be the worde of the Lorde whiche thou hast spoken And he sayde Shall there not be peace trueth in my dayes 20 The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Hezekia and all his power and howe he made a poole and a conduite brought water into the citie are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 21 And Hezekia slept with his fathers Manasse his sonne raigned in his steade The xxi Chapter 3 King Manasse restoreth idolatrie 16 And vseth great crueltie 18 He dieth and Amon his sonne succeedeth 23 who is killed of his owne seruauntes 26 After him raigneth Iosia 1 MAnasse was twelue yeres old when he began to raigne and raigned fyftie and fyue yeres in Hierusalē his mothers name also was Hephziba 2 And he did euil in the sight of the Lord euen after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lorde cast out before the children of Israel 3 For he went and buylt vp the hygh places whiche Hezekia his father had destroyed and he reared vp aulters for Baal and made idol groues as dyd Ahab king of Israel and worshipped all the hoast of heauen and serued them 4 And he buylt aulters in the house of the Lord of which the Lorde sayde in Hierusalem will I put my name 5 And he buylt aulters for all the hoast of heauen euen in two courtes of the house of the Lorde 6 And he offred his owne sonne in fire and gaue heede vnto witchcraft and sorcery and mainteyned
Naari the sonne of Ezbai 38 Ioel the brother of Nathan Mibhar the sonne of Hagari 39 Zelec the Ammonite Naharai a Berothite the bearer of the harnesse of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia 40 Ira the Iethrite and Gareb a Iethrite 41 Vria the Hethite and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai 42 Adina the sonne of Sisa a Rubenite a captaine of the Rubenites and thirtie with him 43 Hanan the sonne of Maacah and Iosaphat a Mithanite 44 Vzzia an Astherathite Sama Iehiel the sonnes of Hothan an Aroerite 45 Iediel the sonne of Zimri and Ioha his brother a Thosaite 46 Eliel a Mahauite Ieribai and Iosaia the sonnes of Elnaam and Iithma a Moabite 47 Eliel and Obed and Iasiel a Mesobaite The .xii. Chapter 1 What they were that went with Dauid when he fled from Saul 1 THese are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag while he yet kept himselfe close because of Saul the sonne of Cis and they were very strong helpers in battaile 2 They were weaponed with bowes and could hurle stones with the right hand and with the left and shoote arrowes out of a bowe were of Sauls brethren euen of Beniamin 3 The chiefest were Ahiezer and Ioas the sonnes of Simaa a Gibeonite and Ieziel and Pelet the sonnes of Asmaueth Beracah and Iehu of Anathoth 4 And Ismaia a Gibeonite a mightie man among thirtie and more then the thirtie Ieremiah Iehaziel Iehonan and Iosabad of Gedor 5 Eleusai Ierimoth Bealia Semaria and Seaphatia the Haraphites 6 Elcana Iesia Azarael Ioezer Iosebeam Coranites 7 Ioela and Zebadiah the sonnes of Ieroam of Gedor 8 And of the Gadites there seperated themselues some vnto Dauid into the houlde of the wildernesse men of might and men apt for the warre that coulde handle shielde and speare whose faces were lyke the faces of lions and they were as swyft as the Roes in the mountaynes 9 Ezer the first Obdia the seconde and Eliab the third 10 Masmana the fourth Ieremia the fifth 11 Atthai the sixt Eliel the seuenth 12 Iohanan the eight Elsabad the ninth 13 Ieremia the tenth and Machbanai the eleuenth 14 These were of the sonnes of Gad and were captaines ouer the men of warre one of the least coulde resist an hundred and the greatest a thousand 15 These are they that went ouer Iordane in the first moneth when he had filled ouer all his banckes and they put to flight all them of the valley both toward the east and west 16 And there came of the children of Beniamin Iuda to the houlde vnto Dauid 17 And Dauid went out to meete them and aunswered and sayd vnto them If ye be come peaceably vnto me to helpe me myne heart shal be knit vnto you but and if you come to betraye me to myne aduersaries seeing there is no wickednes in myne handes the God of our fathers loke thereon and rebuke it 18 And the spirite came vpon Amasai which was the chiefe among thirtie saide Thyne are we Dauid and on thy side thou sonne of Isai Peace peace be vnto thee peace be to thy helpers for thy God is thyne helpe Then Dauid receaued them made them heades of companies of the men of warre 19 And there fell some of Manasse to Dauid when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battaile but they helped them not For the lordes of the Philistines toke aduisement and sent him away againe saying he will fall to his maister Saul to the ieoperdie of our heades 20 As he went to Ziklag there fel to him of Manasse Adna Iozadad Iediel Michael Iozabad Elihu and Zilthai heades of the thousandes that were of Manasse 21 And they holpe Dauid against the rouers For they were all mightie men of warre and captaynes in the hoast 22 For at that tyme there came one or other to Dauid day by day to helpe him vntil it was a great hoast like the hoast of God 23 And this is the number of the chiefe captaynes that were prepared to battaile and came to Dauid to Hebron to turne the kingdome of Saul to him according to the word of the Lorde 24 The children of Iuda that bare shield and speare were sixe thousand eight hundred redie prepared to the warre 25 Of the children of Simeon men of might to warre .vii. M. one hundred 26 Of the children of Leui foure thousand and sixe hundred 27 And Iehoiada was the chiefe of them of Aaron and with him three thousand and seuen hundred 28 And Zadoc a young man strong and valiaunt and of his fathers housholde twentie and two captaines 29 And of the children of Beniamin the brothren of Saul three thousand And a great part of them did vnto that tyme folowe the house of Saul 30 And of the children of Ephraim twentie thousand and eight hundred mightie men of warre and famous men in the houshoulde of their fathers 31 And of the halfe tribe of Manasse eyghteene thousand which were appointed by name to come and make Dauid king 32 And of the children of Isachar which were men that had vnderstanding of the tymes to knowe what Israel ought to do the heads of them were two hundred all their brethren were at their wyll 33 And of Zabulon which we◠out to battaile expert in warre and in all instrumentes of warre fiftie thousand which coulde set the battaile in arraye they were not of double heart 34 And of Nephthali a thousand captaines and with them with shielde and speare thirtie and seuen thousand 35 And of Dan expert in battayle twentie eyght thousand and sixe hundred 36 And of Aser that went out to the warre and kept the forefront of the battaile fourtie thousand 37 And of the othersyde of Iordane of the Rubenites and Gadites and of the halfe tribe of Manasse with all manner of instrumentes of warre an hundred and twentie thousand 38 All these were men of warre keping the forefront of the battel and with perfecte heart came to Hebron to make Dauid king ouer all Israel And all the rest of Israel was of one accorde to make Dauid king 39 And there they were with Dauid three dayes eating drinking for their brethren had prepared for them 40 Moreouer they that were nye them euen vnto Isachar Zabulon Nephthali brought bread on asses cammels mules oxen meate flowre figges reasinges wine oyle oxen and sheepe aboundantly For there was ioy in Israel ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 7 The arke is brought againe from Kariathiarim to Hierusalem 9 Vzza dyeth because he toucheth it 1 ANd Dauid counsailed with the captaynes of thousandes and hundredes and with al the Lordes 2 And sayde vnto all the congregation of Israel If it seeme you good to be of the Lord our God we will send abrode vnto our brethren that are left in all the lande of Israel and with them also to the priestes and Leuites which are in their suburbes to gather them together vnto
this it chaunced that Nahas the king of the children of Ammon dyed his sonne raigned in his steade 2 And Dauid sayde I will shewe kindnesse vnto Hanon the sonne of Nahas because his father dealt kindly with me And Dauid sent messengers to comfort him ouer the death of his father And the seruauntes of Dauid came into the lande of the children of Ammon to Hanon to comfort him 3 But the lordes of the children of Ammon sayd to Hanon Thinkest thou that Dauid doeth honour thy father in thy sight that he hath sent comforters vnto thee Are not his seruauntes come to search to loke and espie out the land 4 Wherefore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes and shaued them and cut of their coates harde by their buttockes sent them away 5 And there went certayne and told Dauid how the men were serued And the king sent to meete them for the men were exceedingly ashamed and the king sayde Tary at Iericho vntill your beardes be growen and then returne 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stanke in the sight of Dauid Hanon and the children of Ammon sent a thousande talentes of siluer to hyre them charets and horsmen out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria Maacha and out of Zoba 7 And they hyred thirtie and two thousande charets and the king of Maacha and his people which came and pitched before Medeba And the children of Ammon gathered them selues together frō their cities and came to battayle 8 And when Dauid hearde of it he sent Ioab and all the hoast of strong men 9 And the children of Ammon came out and put them selues in aray to battayle before the gate of the citie And y e kinges that were come kept them by them selues backe in the fielde 10 When Ioab also saw that the frunt of the battayle was against him before and behind he chose out of al the chosen men of Israel and put them in aray against the Syrians 11 And the rest of y e people he deliuered vnto the hand of Abisai his brother they put them selues in aray against the children of Ammon 12 And he sayde If the Syrians be to strong for me thou shalt succour me and if the children of Ammon preuayle against thee I will helpe thee 13 Plucke vp thyne heart and let vs play the men for our peoples sake and for the cities of our God and the Lord shall do that which is good in his owne sight 14 So Ioab and the people that were with him drue nye before the Syrians vnto the battayle and they fled before him 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled they ran away likewise before Abisai his brother and gat them into the citie and Ioab came to Hierusalem 16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel they sent messengers and fet out the Syrians that were beyond the riuer and Sophach the captayne of the hoast of Hadarezer went before them 17 And it was told Dauid and he gathered all Israel and went together ouer Iordane and came and set vpon them And when Dauid had put hym selfe in aray against the Syrians they fought with him 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel and Dauid destroyed of the Syrians seuen thousand charets and fourtie thousand footemen and killed Sophach the captayne of the hoast 19 And when the seruauntes of Hadarezer sawe that they were put to y e worse before them of Israel they made peace with Dauid became his seruauntes Neither would the Syrians helpe the children of Ammon any more The .xx. Chapter 1 Rabba destroyed 3 The Ammonites tormented 4 The philistines are thrise ouercome with their giantes 1 AND it came to passe that after the yere was expired about y e time that kinges go out a warrefare Ioab caryed out the armie of the hoast and destroyed the countrey of the children of Ammon and came and besieged Rabba and destroyed it But Dauid taried at Hierusalem whyle Ioab smote Rabba and destroyed it 2 And Dauid toke the crowne of their king from of his head and sounde that it had the wayght of a talent of golde and there were precious stones in it and it was set vpon Dauids head And he brought also exceeding much spoyle out of the citie 3 And he brought out the people that were in it and tormented them with sawes and harrowes of iron and with other sharpe instrumentes and so dealt Dauid with all the cities of the children of Ammon And Dauid and all the people came againe to Hierusalem 4 After this it fortuned that there arose warre at Gazer with the Philistines at which time Sobokai the Husathite slue Sippai that was of the children of Rephaim and they were subdued 5 And there was battayle agayne with the Philistines Elhanan the sonne of Iair slue Lahemi the brother of Goliah the Gethite whose speare was lyke a weauers beame 6 And there chaunced yet againe warre at Geth where as was a man of a great stature with twentie and foure fingers and toes sixe on euery hand and sixe on euery foote and was the sonne of Raphah 7 But when he defyed Israel Iehonathan the sonne of Simea Dauids brother slue him 8 These were borne vnto Raphah at Geth and were ouerthrowen in the hande of Dauid and in the hande of his seruauntes The .xxi. Chapter 1 Dauid causeth the people to be numbred 14 And there dye seuentie thousande men of the pestilence 1 ANd Satan stoode vp against Israel and prouoked Dauid to number Israel 2 And Dauid sayde to Ioab and to the rulers of the people Go ye and number Israel from Beerseba to Dan bring it to me that I may knowe the number of them 3 And Ioab aunswered The Lorde make his people an hundred times so many mo as they be But my lorde O king are they not all my lordes seruauntes why then doth my lord require this thing why will my lorde be a cause of trespasse to Israel 4 Neuerthelesse the kinges word preuayled against Ioab And Ioab departed and walked throughout all them of Israel and came to Hierusalem againe 5 And gaue the summe of the number of the people vnto Dauid And all they of Israel were a thousande thousand and an hundred thousande men that drue sworde and Iuda was foure hundred threescore and ten thousande men that drue sworde 6 But the Leuites and Beniamin counted he not among them For the kinges word was abhominable to Ioab 7 And the Lorde was displeased with this thing and smote Israel 8 And Dauid sayde vnto God I haue sinned exceedingly in doyng this thing And nowe I besech thee do away the wickednesse of thy seruaunt for I haue done very foolyshly 9 And the Lord spake vnto Gad Dauids sear saying 10 Go and tell Dauid saying thus sayth the Lord I geue thee the choyse of three thinges choose the one of
them that I may do vnto thee 11 And Gad came to Dauid and sayd vnto him thus sayth the Lorde Choose thee 12 Eyther three yeres famishment or three monethes to be destroyed before thyne aduersaries that the sworde of thyne enemies may ouertake thee or els the sworde of the Lord and pestilence in the lande three dayes and the angell of the Lorde destroying throughout all the coastes of Israel And nowe aduise thy selfe what worde I shal bring againe to him that sent me 13 And Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in an exceeding strayte Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde for passing great are his mercies but let me not fal into the hand of men 14 So the Lorde sent pestilence vpon Israel and there were ouerthrowen of Israel threescore and ten thousande men 15 And God sent the angell into Hierusalem to destroy it And as he was about to destroy the Lorde behelde and had compassion on the euyll sayde to the angel that destroyed It is enough let nowe thyne hand ceasse And the angel of the Lorde stoode by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes and sawe the angell of the Lorde stand betweene the earth and heauen hauing a drawen sword in his hand stretched out toward Hierusalem Then Dauid and the elders of Israel whiche were clothed in sacke fell vpon their faces 17 And Dauid sayde vnto God Is it not I that commaunded the people to be numbred It is I that haue sinned and done euyll in deede and what haue these sheepe done Let thyne hande O Lorde my God be on me and on my fathers house but not on thy people that they shoulde be punished 18 And the angell of the Lord commaunded Gad to say to Dauid that Dauid shoulde go vp and set vp an aulter vnto the Lorde in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 19 And Dauid went vp according to the saying of Gad whiche he spake in the name of the Lorde 20 And Ornan turned about and saw the angell and his foure sonnes were with him and hyd them selues But Ornan was threshing wheate 21 And as Dauid came to Ornan Ornan loked and sawe Dauid and went out of the threshing floore and bowed hym selfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde 22 And Dauid sayde to Ornan Geue me the place of the threshing floore that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto the lord Thou shalt geue it me for as much money as it is worth that the plague may ceasse from the people 23 And Ornan sayd vnto Dauid Take it to thee and let my lorde the king do that which seemeth good in his eyes Lo I geue thee oxen also for burnt sacrifices and treshing instrumentes for wood wheate for meate offring I geue it all 24 And king Dauid sayde to Ornan Not so but I will bye it for as much money as it is worth For I will not take that whiche is thyne for the Lorde nor offer burnt offringes without coast 25 And so Dauid gaue to Ornan for that place sicles of golde sixe hundred by wayght 26 And Dauid buylt there an aulter vnto the Lorde and offred burnt offringes and peace offringes and called vpon the Lorde and he hearde him from heauen in fire vpon the aulter of burnt offring 27 And when the Lorde had spoken to the angel he put vp his sword againe into the sheathe of it 28 At that time when Dauid sawe that the Lorde had hearde him in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite he vsed to offer there 29 For the tabernacle of the Lorde which Moyses made in the wildernesse the aulter of burnt offring were at that season in the hill of Gibeon 30 And Dauid coulde not go before it to aske counsell at God for he was afrayde of the sword of the angel of the Lorde The .xxii. Chapter 2 Dauid prepareth things necessarie for the buylding of the temple 6 He commaundeth his sonne Solomon to buylde the temple of the Lorde which thing he him selfe was forbidden to do 9 Vnder the figure of Solomon Christ is promised 1 ANd Dauid said This is the house of the lord God this is the aulter for the burnt offring of Israel 2 And Dauid commaunded to gather together the straungers that were in the lande of Israel and he set masons to hew and pullishe stones for the building of the house of God 3 And Dauid prepared plentie of iron for nayles doores of the gates to ioyne withal and aboundaunce of brasse without wayght 4 And Cedar trees without number For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid 5 And Dauid sayde Solomon my sonne is young and tender and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death 6 And he called Solomon his sonne and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel 7 And Dauid sayde to Solomon My sonne I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying Thou hast shed much blood and hast made great battayles thou shalt therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou hast shed much blood vp on the earth in my sight 9 Behold a sonne is borne to thee and he shal be a man of rest for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about For his name is Solomon I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes 10 He shall buylde an house for my name and he shal be my sonne and I wil be his father and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer 11 Nowe therfore my sonne the Lorde be with thee and prosper thee and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God as he hath sayde of thee 12 And the Lord shall geue thee wysdom and vnderstanding and shall geue thee commaundementes for Israel that thou mayst kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God 13 For then thou shalt prosper euen when thou takest heede and fulfillest the statutes and lawes which the Lorde charged Moyses with for Israel Plucke vp thyne hearte therfore be strong dread not nor be discouraged 14 Behold according to my pouertie haue I also prepared for the house of the Lorde an hundred thousande talentes of golde and a thousande thousande talentes of siluer and as for brasse iron it can not be nūbred for it is verie much And I haue prepared timber and stone and thou mayest prouide more thereto 15 Moreouer thou hast workemen with thee mowe and masons and carpenters to worke in stone and timber many men that be actiue for euery worke 16 And of golde siluer brasse iron there is no number Vp therefore and
paued streate that goeth vpward one watch being ouer against an other 17 In the east were sixe Leuites and toward the north foure a day toward the south foure a day and toward Asuppim two and two 18 In Parbar toward the west two at the going vp and two in Pharbar 19 These are the deuisions of the porters among the sonnes of Koreh among the sonnes of Merari 20 And of the Leuites Ahiah had the ouersight of the treasures of the house of God of the treasures of the dedicate thinges 21 As concerning the sonnes of Laadan which were the children of the Gersonites of Laadan came auncient fathers euen of Laadan there came Gersuni and Iehieli 22 The sonnes of Iehieli Zetham and Ioel his brother which were ouer the treasures of the house of the Lorde ' 23 Of the Amramites also and Izaharites ' Hebronites and Ozielites 24 And Subael the sonne of Gersom the sonne of Moyses was a ruler ouer the treasures 25 And of his brethren the sonnes of Eliezer was Rahabiahu whose sonne was Iesaiahu whose sonne was Ioram whose sonne was Zichri whose sonne was Selomith 26 Which Selomith his brethren were ouer all the treasures of the dedicate thinges which Dauid the king and the auncient fathers the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundredes and the captaynes of the hoast had dedicated 27 Out of the spoyles wonne in battailes they did dedicate to maynetayne the house of the Lorde 28 And all that Samuel the sear Saul the sonne of Cis and Abner the sonne of Ner and Ioab the sonne of Zaruia had dedicated and whosoeuer had dedicated any thing it was vnder the hand of Selomith and of his brethren 29 Of the Izaharites was Chenamahu and his sonnes appoynted to the busynesse without foorth ouer Israel for they were officers and iudges 30 And of the Hebronites Hasabiahu and his brethren men of actiuitie a thousand and seuen hundred were officers among them of Israel beyond Iordane westward in al busynesse belonging to God and seruice of the king 31 Among the Hebronites was Iedia the chiefest euen a prince among the Hebronites and fathers of his kinred And in the fourtith yere of the kingdome of Dauid they were sought for and there were founde among them men of actiuitie at Iazer in Gilead 32 And his brethren were men of actiuitie euen two thousand and seuen hundred auncient fathers whom king Dauid made rulers ouer the Rubenites Gadites and ouer the halfe tribe of Manasse for euery matter pertayning to God and for the kinges busynesse ' ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ' ' Of the princes and rulers that ministred vnto the king ' 1 THE children of Israel after the number of them y e auncient heads and captaynes of thousandes and hundredes and their officers that serued the king by dyuers courses which came in and went out moneth by moneth throughout all the monethes of the yere And in euery course were twentie and foure thouthousand 2 Ouer the first course for the first moneth was Iasoboam the sonne of Zabdiel and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 3 And the chiefest of all the captaynes of the hoast for the first moneth was of the children of Pharez 4 Ouer the course of the second moneth was Dodai an Ahohite in his course was Mikloth a ruler his helper and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 5 The chiefe captayne of the third hoast for the third moneth was Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada the hie priest and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 6 This is that Banaiahu which was most mightie among thirtie and aboue thirtie And in his part was Amizabad his sonne 7 The fourth captayne for the fourth moneth was Asael the brother of Ioab and Zabadaia his sonne after him and in his course were twentie foure thousand 8 The fifth captayne for the fifth moneth was Samhut the Iezrahite and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 9 The sixt captayne for the sixt moneth was Ira the sonne of Ickes a Theckuite and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 10 The seuenth captayne for the seuenth moneth was Helez the Pelonite of the children of Ephraim and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 11 The eyght captayne for the eyght moneth was Sibbechai an Husathite of y e kynrede of Zarhi in his course were twentie and foure thousand 12 The ninth captayne for the ninth moneth was Abiezer an Anathothite of the sonnes of Iemini and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 13 The tenth captayne for the tenth moneth was Maharai the Netophatite of the Zarahites in his course were twentie and foure thousand 14 The eleuenth captayne for the eleuenth moneth was Banaia the Pirathonite of the children of Ephraim and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 15 The twelfth captayne for the twelfth moneth was Heldai the Netophatite of Othoniel and in his course were twentie and foure thousand 16 And the rulers ouer the tribes of Israel were these Among the Rubenites was Eliezer the sonne of Zichri Among the Simeonites also was Saphathiahu the sonne of Maacha 17 Among the Leuites Hasabia the sonne of Kemuel Among the Aaronites Zadok 18 Among them of Iuda Elihu of the brethren of Dauid Among them of Issachar Omri the sonne of Michael 19 Among them of Zabulon Iesmaiahu the sonne of Obadiahu Among theÌ„ of Nephthali Ierimoth y e sonne of Azriel 20 Among the children of Ephraim Hosea the sonne of Azariahu In the halfe tribe also of Manasse Ioel the sonne of Pedaiahu 21 Of the halfe tribe of Manasse in Gilead Iâ—ddo the sonne of Zachariahu Among them of Beniamin Iaasiel the sonne of Abner 22 Among them of Dan Azarel the sonne of Ieroham These are the lordes of the tribes of Israel 23 But Dauid toke not the number of them vnder twentie yeres because the Lorde saide he would encrease Israel lyke vnto the starres of the skye 24 And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia began to number but he finished it not because that there fell wrath for it against Israel neither was the number put into the cronicles of king Dauid 25 Ouer the kinges treasures was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel And ouer the treasures of the fieldes in the cities and villages and castels was Iehonathan the sonne of Vzziahu 26 And ouer the workemen in the fieldes that tilled the grounde was Ezri the sonne of Chelub 27 And the ouersight of the vineyardes had Semei the Ramathite Ouer the encrease also of the vineyardes ouer the winesellers was Sabdi the Zaphonite 28 And ouer the oliue trees and mulberie trees that were in the valleyes was Baal Hanan the Gederite And ouer the treasure of oyle was Ioas. 29 Ouer the oxen that fed in Saron was Setrai the Saronite And ouer the oxen that were in the valleyes was Saphat the sonne of Adlai 30 Ouer the cammels Obil the Ismaelite And ouer the
whosoeuer is wylling may this day consecrate his hande vnto the Lorde 6 And so the auncient fathers and the lordes of the tribes of Israel the captaynes of thousandes and hundredes with the lordes that were rulers ouer the kinges worke were willing 7 And gaue for the seruice of the house of God fiue thousand talentes of golde and ten thousand peeces of golde and ten thousand talentes of siluer eyghtteene thousand talentes of brasse and one hundred thousand talentes of iron 8 And they with whom precious stones were founde gaue them to the treasure of the house of the Lord by the hand of Iehiel the Gersonite 9 And the people reioyced when they were so wylling to geue their goodes and with a perfect heart they offered wyllingly to the Lord And Dauid the king reioyced with great gladnesse 10 And Dauid blessed the Lorde before all the congregation and sayde Blessed be thou Lorde God of Israel our father from euer and for euer 11 Thyne O Lorde is greatnesse and power glory victorie and prayse for all that is in heauen and in earth is thyne and thyne is the kingdome O Lorde and thou excellest aboue all euen as the head of all 12 And richesse and honour come of thee and thou raignest ouer all and in thyne hande is power strength and in thyne hand it is to make great and to geue strength vnto all 13 And nowe our God we thanke thee and prayse thy glorious name 14 But who am I and what is my people that we should enforce our selues to geue these thinges so willingly But all thinges come of thee of that which we receaued at thyne hand we haue geuen thee 15 For we be but straungers before thee and soiourners as were al our fathers Our dayes on the earth also are but as a shadowe and there is none abiding 16 O Lorde our God all this stuffe that we haue prepared to builde thee an house for thy holy name commeth of thyne hand and is all thyne 17 I wot also my God that thou tryest the heartes and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse in the vnfaonednesse of myne heart I haue wyllingly offered al these thinges And now haue I seene thy people which are founde here to offer vnto thee wyllyngly and with gladnesse 18 O Lorde God of Abraham Isahac and of Israel our fathers keepe this for euer in the desire of the thoughtes of the heart of thy people prepare their heartes vnto thee 19 And geue vnto Solomon my sonne a perfect heart to keepe thy commaundementes thy testimonies thy statutes and to do all and builde the house for the which I haue made prouision 20 And Dauid saide to all the congregation Now blesse the Lorde your God And all the congregation blessed the Lorde God of their fathers and bowed downe their heades and worshipped the Lorde and the king 21 And they offered offringes vnto the Lorde And on the morowe after the saide day they offred burnt offringes vnto the Lorde euen a thousand young oxen a thousand rammes and a thousand sheepe with their drinke offrings Many sacrifices offred they for all Israel 22 And did eate drinke before the Lord the same day with great gladnesse And they made Solomon the sonne of Dauid king the second time and annoynted him prince before the Lorde and Zadoc to be the hie priest 23 And Solomon sate on the seate of the Lorde and was king in steade of Dauid his father and prospered and all they of Israel obeyed him 24 And all the lordes and men of power and all the sonnes of king Dauid submitted them selues were vnder king Solomon 25 And the Lorde magnified Solomon in dignitie in the sight of all them of Israel and gaue him so glorious a kingdome as no king had before him in Israel 26 And so Dauid the sonne of Isai raigned ouer all Israel 27 And the space that he raigned ouer Israel was fouretie yeres Seuen yeres raigned he in Hebron and thirtie and three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem 28 And he dyed in a good age ful of dayes riches and honour and Solomon his sonne raigned in his steade 29 The actes of Dauid the king first and last beholde they are written in the booke of Samuel the sear and in the booke of Nathan the prophete and in the booke of Gad the sear 30 With all his kingdome and power and times that went ouer him ouer all Israel and ouer all the kingdomes of the earth ⧠The end of the first booke of the Chronicles otherwyse called the first booke of Paralipomenon ⧠The second booke of the Chronicles which in the Hebrue is one with the first ¶ The first Chapter 6 The offering of Solomon at Gibeon 8 He prayeth vnto God to geue him wysedome 11 which he geueth him and more 14 The number of his charets and horses 15 and of his riches 1 ANd Solomon the sonne of Dauid waxed strong in his kingdome and the Lord his God was with him and magnified him in dignitie 2 And Solomon spake vnto all Israel to the captaynes ouer thousandes to the captaynes ouer hundredes to the iudges and to euery officer in all Israel and to the auncient fathers 3 And so Solomon and all the congregation with him went to the hie place that was at Gibeon for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God which Moyses the seruaunt of the Lorde made in the wyldernesse 4 But the arke of God had Dauid brought from Kiriathiarim into the place which Dauid had prepared therfore For he had pitched a tent for it at Hierusalem 5 Moreouer the brasen aulter that Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur had made was there before the tabernacle of the Lorde And Solomon and the congregation went to visite it 6 And Solomon gat vp there before the Lord to the brasen aulter that was before the tabernacle of the congregation and offered a thousand burnt sacrifices vpon it 7 And the same night did God appeare vnto Solomon and said vnto him Aske what I shall geue thee 8 And Solomon saide vnto God Thou hast shewed great mercie vnto Dauid my father and hast made me to raigne in his steade 9 Now therefore O Lorde God let thy promise which thou madest vnto Dauid my father be true For thou hast made me king ouer a people which is lyke the dust of the earth in multitude 10 Wherefore geue me now wysedome and knowledge that I may be able to go in and out before this people for who els can iudge this people that is so great 11 And God saide to Solomon Because this was in thyne heart and because thou hast not asked treasure and riches and honour the liues of thyne enemies neither yet long lyfe but hast asked wysedome and knowledge for thy selfe to iudge my people ouer which I haue made thee
king 12 Wysedome and knowledge is graunted vnto thee and I will geue thee treasure riches and glory so that among the kinges that haue ben before thee or after thee none was or shal be lyke thee 13 And so Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon to Hierusalem from the tabernacle of the congregation and raigned ouer Israel 14 And Solomon gathered charets and horsemen and he had a thousand and foure hundred charets twelue thousand horsemen whom he bestowed in the charet cities and with the king at Hierusalem 15 And the king made siluer and golde at Hierusalem as plenteous as stones and Cedar trees made he as plentie as the Mulbery trees that growe in the valleyes 16 Also Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt fine linnen The kinges marchaūtes receaued the fine linnen for a price 17 They came also and brought out of Egypt a charet for sixe hundred peeces of siluer euen an horse for an hundred and fiftie And so brought they horses for all the kinges of the Hethites and for the kinges of Syria by their owne hande The .ii. Chapter 2 The number of Solomons workemen to buylde the temple 3 Solomon sendeth to Hiram the king of Cyrus for wood and workemen 1 AND Solomon determined to buylde an house for the name of the Lord and an house for his kingdome 2 And Solomon tolde out threescore and ten thousande men to beare burthens and fourescore thousand men to hewe stones in the mountayne and three thousand and sixe hundred to ouersee them 3 And Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre saying As thou diddest deale with Dauid my father and diddest send him Cedar wood to buyld him an house to dwell in euen so deale with me 4 Behold I buylde an house for the name of the Lorde my God to offer vnto him holy thinges to burne sweete incense and to set shewe bread before him continually to offer burnt sacrifices of the morning and euening on the Sabbath dayes in the firste day of euery newe moone and in the solempne feastes of the Lorde our God for it is an ordinaunce to be continually kept of Israel 5 And the house which I buylde shal be great for great is our God aboue all gods 6 But who is able to buylde him an house when that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not able to receaue him what am I then that should buyld him an house nay but euen to burne sacrifice before him shall this buylding be 7 Sende me nowe therefore a cunning man that can worke in golde and siluer in brasse and iron in purple crymosin yelowe silke that can skyll to graue with the cunning men that are with me in Iuda and Hierusalem whom Dauid my father dyd prepare 8 Sende me also Cedar trees pine trees and algume trees out of Libanon For I wot that thy seruauntes can skill to hewe timber in Libanon and behold my men shal be with thyne 9 That they may prepare me timber enough For the house whiche I am determined to buylde shal be wonderfull great 10 And behold for the vse of thy seruauntes the cutters and hewers of timber I haue geuen twentie thousande quarters of beaten wheat and twentie thousand quarters of barlye and twentie thousande battes of wine and twentie thousande battes of oyle 11 And Hiram y e king of Tyre aunswered in writing whiche he sent to Solomon ▪ Because the Lorde hath loued his people therefore hath he made thee king ouer them 12 And Hiram sayde moreouer Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche made heauen earth that hath geuen Dauid the king a wise sonne and one that hath descretion prudence and vnderstanding to buyld an house for the Lord and a palace for his kingdome 13 And now I haue sent a wise man and a man of vnderstanding whom my father Hiram dyd vse 14 The sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan and his father was a man of Tyre and he can skil to worke in gold and siluer in brasse and iron in stone and timber in purple and yelowe silke in fine whyte and crymosin and can graue sundry maner of grauinges and to finde out diuers maner of subtill worke that shal be set before hym with thy cunning men and with the cunning men of my lorde Dauid thy father 15 Nowe therefore the wheate and barlye oyle and wine which my lorde hath spoken of let him sende vnto his seruauntes 16 And we will cut wood in Libanon as much as thou shalt neede and wil bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Iapho from whence thou mayest cary them to Hierusalem 17 And Solomon numbred all the straungers that were in the lande of Israel after the number of them whom his father Dauid had numbred And they were founde an hundred fiftie and three thousand and sixe hundred 18 And he set threescore and ten thousande to beare burthens and fourescore thousande to hewe stones in the mountayne and three thousande sixe hundred officers to set the people a worke The .iii. Chapter The temple of the Lorde and the porche are buylded with other things thereto belonging 1 ANd Solomon began to buylde the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem in mount Moria where the Lorde appeared vnto Dauid his father euen in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 2 And he began to buylde in the seconde day of the seconde moneth the fourth yere of his raigne 3 And these are the patternes whereby Solomon was instruct to buylde the house of God The length was threescore cubites after the olde measure and the breadth twentie cubites 4 And the porche that was before the length in the front according to the breadth of the house was twentie cubites and the heyght was an hundred and twentie cubites and he ouerlayed it on the inner syde with pure golde 5 And the greater house he seeled with firre tree whiche he ouerlayed with the best golde and graued thereto paulme trees and chaynes 6 And he ouerlayed the house with precious stone beautyfully And the golde was golde of Paruaim 7 The house I say the beames postes walles and doores therof ouerlayed he with golde and graued Cherubs on the walles 8 And he made the house most holy whose length was twentie cubites like to the breadth of the house and the breadth therof was also twentie cubites and he ouerlayed it with good golde euen with sixe hundred talentes 9 And the wayght of the nayles of golde was fiftie sicles and he ouerlayed the vpper chambers with golde 10 And in the house most holy he made two Cherubims of image worke like children and ouerlayed them with gold 11 And the wynges of the Cherubs were twentie cubites long The one wyng was fiue cubites reaching to the wall of the house and the other wyng was likewise fiue cubites reaching to
21 And Rehoboam loued Maacha the daughter of Absolō aboue al his wyues and concubines for he toke eyghteene wyues and threescore concubines and begat twentie and eyght sonnes threescore daughters 22 And Rehoboam made Abia the sonne of Maacha the chiefe ruler among his brethren for he thought to make him king 23 And he played wyselie and scattered all his children throughout al the countryes of Iuda and Beniamin vnto euery strong citie and he gaue them aboundaunce of vittaile and obtayned many wyues ¶ The .xii. Chapter 1 Rehoboam forsaketh the Lorde and is punished by Sesac 6 Seme ia reproueth him 6 He humbleth him selfe 7 God sendeth him succour 9 Sesac taketh his treasures 13 His raigne and death 16 Abia his sonne succeedeth him 1 AND it came to passe that when Rehoboam had stablished the kingdome became mightie he forsooke the law of the Lorde and all Israel with him 2 * And it fortuned that in the fifth yere of king Rehoboam Sesac the king of Egypt came vp against Hierusalem because they had transgressed against the Lorde 3 With twelue hundred charettes and threescore thousand horsemen And the people wer without number that came with him out of Egypt Lubim Suckim and the blacke Moores 4 And he toke the strong cities in Iuda and came to Hierusalem 5 Then came Semeia the prophete to Rehoboam and to the Lordes of Iuda that were gathered together within Hierusalem for Sesac and saide vnto them Thus saith the Lorde Ye haue left me and therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Sesac 6 Whereupon the lordes of Israel and the king humbled themselues and said The Lorde is righteous 7 And when the Lorde saw that they submitted them selues the worde of the Lorde came to Semeia saying They submit them selues therefore I wyl not destroye them but I wyll deliuer them somewhat and my wrath shall not be powred out vpon Hierusalem by the hand of Sesac 8 Neuerthelesse they shal be his seruauntes to knowe what difference is betweene my seruice and the seruice of the kingdomes of the worlde 9 And so Sesac king of Egypt came to Hierusalem toke away the treasures of the house of the Lorde and the treasures of the kinges house he toke euen all and he carryed away the shieldes of golde which Solomon made 10 In steade of which king Rehoboam made shieldes of brasse and committed them to the handes of the chiefe of the garde that kept the entraunce of the kinges house 11 And it came to passe that when the king entred into the house of the Lorde the garde came and fet them brought them againe vnto the gard chamber 12 And when he humbled himselfe the wrath of the Lorde turned from him that he woulde not destroy altogether and in Iuda all was well 13 And so king Rehoboam waxed mightie raigned in Hierusalem And Rehoboam was one and fourtie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned seuenteene yeres in Hierusalem the citie which the Lorde had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there And his mothers name was Naama an Ammonitesse 14 And he did euill because he prepared not his heart to seeke the Lorde 15 The actes also of Rehoboam first and last are they not written in the sayinges of Semeia the prophete of Iddo the sear which noted the genealogie And there was warre alway betweene Rehoboam and Ieroboam 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid and Abia his sonne raigned in his steade ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 1 Abia maketh warre against Ieroboam 4 He sheweth the occasion 12 He trusteth in the Lorde and ouercommeth Ieroboam 21 Of his wyues and children 1 THE eyghteenth yere of king Ieroboam began Abia to raigne ouer Iuda 2 And he raigned three yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Michaiahu the daughter of Vriel of Gibea And ther was warre betweene Abia and Ieroboam 3 And Abia set the battaile in aray with the armie of valiaunt men of warre euē foure hundred thousand chosen men And Ieroboam set him selfe in aray to fight agaynst hym with eyght hundred thousand pickt men which were strong and men of armes 4 And Abia stoode vp vpon Zemaraim an hill which is in mount Ephraim and saide Heare me thou Ieroboam and al Israel 5 Do not you knowe how that the Lord God of Israel gaue the kingdome ouer them of Israel to Dauid for euer euen to him and to his sonnes with a salted couenaunt 6 And Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat the seruaunt of Solomon the sonne of Dauid is risen vp and hath rebelled against his lorde 7 And there gathered to him lewde men the children of Belial and preuailed against Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon when Rehoboam was young and tender hearted and could not stand before them 8 And now ye say that ye be able to preuaile against the kingdome of the Lord which is in the hande of the sonnes of Dauid and ye be a great multitude and haue the golden calues which Ieroboam made you for gods 6 And haue ye not cast out the priestes of the Lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites and haue made you priestes after the maner of the nations of other landes so that whosoeuer commeth consecrateth his hande with a young oxe and seuen rammes the same may be a priest of them that are no gods 10 But we belong vnto the Lorde our God whom we haue not forsaken and the priestes are the sonnes of Aaron which minister vnto the Lorde and the Leuites wayte vpon their office 11 They burne vnto the Lorde euery morning and euening burnt sacrifices and sweete incense the shewe bread set they in order vpon a pure table and prepare the candelsticke of golde with the lampes of the same to burne euer at euē And truly we kept the watch of the lord our God but ye haue forsaken him 12 And beholde God him selfe is our captayne and his priestes blowe with the trumpettes and crie alarum against you O ye children of Israel fight not against the Lorde God of your fathers for it wyll not prosper with you 13 But for all that Ieroboam conuayed men priuyly about to come behinde thē and so they were before Iuda and the layers in wayte were behinde them 14 And when they of Iuda loked about beholde the battaile was before and behinde and they cryed vnto the Lorde and the priestes blewe with the trumpettes 15 And the men of Iuda gaue a showte And as the men of Iuda showted it came to passe that God smote Ieroboam and all Israel before Abia and Iuda 16 And the children of Israel fled before Iuda and God delyuered them into their hande 17 And Abia and his people slue a great slaughter of them There fell downe wounded of Israel fiue hundred thousand chosen men 18 And
house of the Lorde and hired masons and carpenters to repaire the house of the Lorde and so dyd they artificers in iron and brasse to mende the house of the Lorde 13 And so the workmen wrought and the worke mended through their handes and they made the house of God as it ought to be and strengthed it 14 And when they had finished it they brought the rest of the money before the king and Iehoiada and therwith were made vessels for the house of the Lorde euen vessels to minister withall and to serue for burnt offringes chargers and spoones vessels of golde and siluer And they offered burnt offringes in the house of the Lord continually all the dayes of Iehoiada 15 But Iehoiada waxed olde and dyed full of dayes for an hundred and thirtie yeres olde was he when he died 16 And they buried him in the citie of Dauid among the kinges because he dealt well with Israel and with God and with his house 17 And after the death of Iehoiada came the lordes of Iuda and made obeysaunce to the king And the king hearkened vnto them 18 And so they left the house of the Lorde God of their fathers and serued groues and idoles and then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda and Hierusalem for this their trespaces sake 19 And he sent prophetes to them to bring thē againe vnto the Lord they testified vnto them but they woulde not heare 20 And the spirite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the priest which stoode by the people and sayd vnto them thus sayth God Why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde that ye can not prosper For because ye haue forsaken the Lord he also hath forsaken you 21 And they conspired against him and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the king euen in the court of the house of the Lorde 22 And so Ioas the king remembred not y e kindnesse whiche Iehoiada his father had done to him but slue his sonne And when he died he sayde The Lorde loke vpon it and require it 23 And when the yere was out it fortuned that the hoast of Syria came vp against him and they came against Iuda and Hierusalem and destroyed all the lordes of the people from among the people and sent all the spoyle of them vnto the king to Damascon 24 For the Syrians came with a small companie of men and the Lorde deliuered a verie great hoast into their hande because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers And they gaue sentence against Ioas. 25 And when they were departed from him they left him in great diseases and his owne seruauntes conspired against him for the blood of the children of Iehoiada the priest and slue hym on his bed and he died and they buried him in the citie of Dauid but not in the sepulchres of the kinges 26 And these are they that conspired against him Zabad the sonne of Simeath an Ammonite Iehosabad the sonne of Simrith a Moabite 27 And his sonnes the summe of the taxe that was raysed in his time and the repairing of the house of God beholde they are written in the storie of the booke of the kinges and Amaziahu his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxv. Chapter 3 Amazia putteth them to death which slue his father 10 He sendeth backe them of Israel 11 He ouercommeth the Edomites 14 He falleth to idolatrie 17 And Ioas king of Israel ouercommeth Amazia 27 He is slayne by a conspiracie 1 AMaziahu was twentie and fiue yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned twentie and nine yeres in Hierusalē His mothers name was Iehoadan of Hierusalem 2 And he dyd that which is right in the sight of the Lorde but not with a perfect heart 3 And assoone as he was setled in the kingdome he slue his seruauntes that had killed the king his father 4 But he slue not their children because it is written thus in the lawe and booke of Moyses where the Lorde commaunded saying The fathers shall not dye for the children neither shall the children dye for the fathers but euery man shall dye for his owne sinne 5 And Amaziahu gathered Iuda together and made them captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes according to the houses of their fathers throughout all Iuda and Beniamin And he numbred them from twentie yeres olde and aboue and found among them three hundred thousande chosen men able to go to battell and that could handle speare and shield 6 He hired also an hundred thousande strong fighting men out of Israel for an hundred talentes of siluer 7 And there came a man of God to him and sayde O king let not the armie of Israel come with thee for the Lorde is not with Israel to wit with al the children of Ephraim 8 But if thou wilt needes be faytlesse come on and take the battell in hande and God shall make thee fall before the enemie For God hath power to helpe and to cast downe 9 And Amaziahu saide to the man of God What shal we do then for the hundred talentes which I haue geuen for the hoast of Israel The man of God aunswered The Lorde is able to geue thee much more then they be 10 And Amaziahu separated them to wit the armie that was come to him out of Ephraim to go home againe Wherefore they were exceeding wroth with Iuda returned home in great anger 11 And Amaziahu toke heart and caried out his people and went to the salt valley and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand 12 And other ten thousand did the children of Iuda take alyue caried them vnto the top of a rocke and cast them downe from the top of the rocke that they all to burst 13 But the souldiers of the armie which Amaziahu sent away that they should not go with his people to battaile fell vpon the cities of Iuda from Samaria vnto Bethron and smote three thousand of them and toke much spoyle 14 And it chaunced after that Amaziahu was come from the slaughter of the Edomites he brought the gods of the children of Seir and set them vp to be his gods and bowed him selfe before them and burned incense vnto them 15 Wherfore the Lorde was wroth with Amaziahu sent vnto him a prophete which saide vnto him Why hast thou sought the gods of the people which were not able to delyuer their owne people out of thyne hande 16 And it chaunced that as y e prophete talked with him the king saide vnto him Haue men made thee of the kinges counsel Ceasse why wylt thou be beaten And the prophete ceassed and said I am sure that God is minded to destroy thee because thou hast done this and agreest not vnto my counsell 17 Then Amaziahu king of Iuda toke aduise and sent to Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu king of Israel and
said Come that we way see either other 18 And Ioas king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda saying A thistle that is in Libanon sent to a Cedar tree of Libanon saying Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wyfe And there came a wylde beast of Libanon and trode downe the thistle 19 Thou sayest Loe thou hast smitten the Edomites thyne heart maketh thee proude to glorifie thy selfe Now therefore byde at home why doest thou prouoke vnto euyll that thou mayest perishe both thou and Iuda with thee 20 But Amaziahu woulde not hearken to him for it came of God euen to delyuer them into the hande of their enemies because they sought counsell at the gods of Edom. 21 And so Ioas the king of Israel came vp and they sawe either other both he and Amaziahu king of Iuda at Bethsames which is in Iuda 22 And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel and they fled euery man to his tent 23 And Ioas the king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz at Bethsames and brought him to Hierusalem and tare the wall of Hierusalem from the gate of Ephraim vnto the gate that was ouer against it foure hundred cubites 24 And he toke away also all the golde and siluer and all the iewels that were founde in the house of God with Obed Edom and the treasures of the kinges house and the young wardes and returned to Samaria 25 And Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda lyued after the death of Ioas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel fifteene yere 26 The rest of the actes of Amaziahu first and last are they not written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 27 And after the time that Amaziahu did turne away from the Lorde they conspired treason against him in Hierusalem and when he was fled to Lachis they sent to Lachis after him and slue him there 28 And brought him vp with horses and buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Iuda ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 14 Vzzia obeying the Lorde prospereth in his enterprises 16 He waxeth proude and vsurpeth the priestes office 19 The Lorde plagueth him 20 The priestes dryue him out of the temple and exclude him out of the Lordes house 23 His buriall and his successour 1 THen all the people of Iuda toke Vzzia which was sixteene yeres olde made him king in the roome of his father Amaziahu 2 And he built Eloth and brought it againe to Iuda after that the king was layde to sleepe with his fathers 3 Sixteene yeres olde was Vzzia when he began to raigne and he raigned fiftie and two yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Iecholia of Hierusalem 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde according to all as did his father Amaziahu 5 And it came to passe that he sought God in the dayes of Zachariahu who had vnderstanding in the visions of God And as long as he sought the Lorde God made him to prosper 6 And he went to battaile against the Philistines and brake downe the wall of Geth and the wall of Iabne and the wall of Asdod built cities about Asdod and among the Philistines 7 And God holpe him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur baal and Hamehunim 8 And the Ammonites gaue tribute to Vzzia his name spread abrode euen to the entring in of Egypt for he played the man exceedingly 9 Moreouer Vzzia built towres in Hierusalem by the corner gate and by the valley gate and at the turning of the wall and made them strong 10 And he built towres in the wildernesse and digged many welles For he had much cattaile in the valleyes playnes plowmen and vinedressers in the mountaines and in Charmel for he loued husbandry 11 And Vzzia had an hoast of fighting men that went out to warre in the armie according to the number of their office vnder the hande of Ieiel the scribe and Maasiahu the ruler and vnder the hand of Hananiahu which was one of the kinges lordes 12 And the whole number of the auncient fathers and of the men of might were two thousand and sixe hundred 13 And vnder the hand of them was the armie of the men of warre euen three hundred and seuen thousand and fiue hundred that made warre with the power of an armie helping the king against the enemies 14 And Vzzia prouided them throughout all the hoast shieldes speares helmets haberginnes bowes and slinges for to cast stones 15 And he made subtyll engins in Hierusalem which he inuented and layed on the towres and corners to shoote arrowes and great stones withall And his name spread farre abrode because he had prepared to him selfe marueylous strength 16 But in his strength his heart arose to his destruction For he transgressed against the Lorde his God and went into the temple of the Lorde to burne incense vpon the aulter of incense 17 And Azariahu the priest went in after him and with him fourescore priestes of the Lorde that were valiaunt men 18 And they stoode by Vzzia the king and saide vnto him * It parteyneth not to thee Vzzia to burne incense vnto the Lorde but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the sanctuary for thou hast trespassed and it is no worship to thee before the Lorde God 19 And Vzzia was wroth had incense in his hande to burne it and so while he had indignation against the priestes the leprosie sprang in his forehead before the priestes in the house of the Lorde euen beside the incense aulter 20 And Azariahu the chiefe priest with al the other priestes loked vpon him and beholde he was become a leaper in his forehead and they vexed him thence and he was fayne to go out because the Lorde had smytten him 21 And Vzzia the king continued a leper vnto the day of his death dwelt seuerall in an house being a leper and shut out of the house of the Lorde and Iotham his sonne had the gouernaūce of the kinges house and iudged the people of the lande 22 The rest of the acres of Vzzia first and last did Isai the prophete the sonne of Amos write 23 And so Vzzia slept with his fathers and they buried him with his fathers in the fielde of the buriall which was beside the sepulchres of the kinges for they saide he is a leper And Iotham his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Iotham raigneth and ouercommeth the Ammonites 8 His raigne and death 6 Ahaz his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 IOtham was fiue and twentie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Ierusa the daughter of Zadoc 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes
Abia the daughter of Zachariahu 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes as did Dauid his father 3 He opened the doores of the house of the Lorde in the first yere and first moneth of his raigne and repaired them 4 And he brought in the priestes and the Leuites and gathered them together into the east streate 5 And saide vnto them Heare me ye Leuites and now be sanctified and halow the house of the Lorde God of your fathers bring filthynesse out of the holy place 6 For our fathers haue trespassed and done euill in the eyes of the Lorde our God and haue forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backes on it 7 And beside that they haue shut vp the doores of the porche and quenched the lampes and haue neither burnt incense nor offered burnt offringes in the holy place vnto the God of Israel 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lorde fell on Iuda Hierusalem and he hath brought them to trouble to be wondred on to be hissed at euen as ye see with your eyes 9 For loe our fathers were ouerthrowen with the sword and our sonnes our daughters and our wyues were caried away captiue for the same cause 10 And now it is in myne heart to make a couenaunt with the Lord God of Israel that he may turne away his heauy indignation from vs. 11 Now therefore my sonnes be not negligent for the Lorde hath chosen you to stande before him and for to minister and serue him and to burne incense 12 Then the Leuites arose Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Azariahu of the children of the Caathites And of the sonnes of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi and Azariahu the sonne of Iahalelel And of y e sonnes of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah 13 And of the sonnes of Elizaphan Simri and Iehiel And of the sonnes of Asaph Zechariahu and Matthamahu 14 And of the sonnes of Heman Iehiel and Simer And of the sonnes of Ieduthun Semaia and Vzziel 15 And they gathered their brethren and purified them selues and came according to the commaundement of the king and the wordes of the Lord for to clense the house of the Lorde 16 And the priestes went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord to clense it and brought out all the vnclennesse that they founde in the temple of the Lorde into the court of the house of the Lorde And the Leuites toke it to cary it out into the brooke Cedron 17 They began the first day of the first moneth to purifie and the eyght day of the moneth came they to the porche of the Lorde So they sacrified the house of the Lorde in eyght dayes and in the sixteenth day of the first moneth they made an end 18 And they went in to Hezekia the king and saide We haue clensed all the house of the Lorde the aulter of burnt offring with all his vessels and the shew bread table with all his apparell 19 And all the vessels which king Ahaz did cast aside when he raigned transgressed them we haue prepared and sanctified and beholde they are before the aulter of the Lorde 20 And Hezekia the king rose earlye and gathered the lordes of the citie and went vp to the house of the Lorde 21 And they brought seuen oxen seuen rammes seuen sheepe and seuen hee goates to be a sinne offring for the kingdome for the sanctuary and for Iuda And he commaunded the priestes the sonnes of Aaron to offer them on the aulter of the Lorde 22 And they slue the oxen and the priestes receaued the blood and sprinckled it on the aulter likewyse when they had slaine the rammes they sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter They slue also the sheepe and they sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter 23 And then they brought foorth the hee goates for the sinne offering before the king and the congregation put their handes vpon them 24 And the priestes slue them and with the blood of them they clensed the aulter to make satisfaction for all Israel for the king cōmaunded that the burnt offering and the sinne offering shoulde be made for all Israel 25 And set the Leuites in the house of the Lorde with cymbales psalteries and harpes according to the commaundement of Dauid and of Gad the kinges sear and Nathan the prophete For so was the commaundement of the Lord through the hande of his prophetes 26 And the Leuites stoode hauing the instrumentes of Dauid and the priestes helde the trumpettes 27 And Hezekia commaunded to offer the burnt offring vpon the aulter And when the burnt offring began the song of the Lorde began also and the trumpettes with the instrumentes that were ordayned by the hand of Dauid king of Israel 28 And all the congregation worshipped singing a song and blowyng with the trumpettes and all this continued vntill the burnt offring was finished 29 And when they had made an end of offering the king and all that were present with him bowed them selues and worshipped 30 And Hezekia the king and the lordes spake to the Leuites to prayse the Lord with the wordes of Dauid of Asaph the sear And they sang prayses with gladnesse and the other bowed them selues and worshipped 31 And Hezekia aunswered and saide Now ye haue consecrated your handes to the Lorde go to therefore and bryng the sacrifices and thanke offeringes into the house of the Lorde And the congregation brought in the sacrifices thank offeringes and burnt offringes as many as were of a free liberall heart 32 And the number of the burnt offringes which the congregation brought was threescore and ten oxen an hundred rammes two hundred sheepe which were all for the burnt offering of the Lorde 33 And there were dedicated sixe hundred oxen and three thousand sheepe 34 And the priestes were to fewe to flay al the burnt offringes but their brethren the Leuites did helpe them till they had ended the worke vntil the priestes were sanctified For the Leuites were purer hearted to be sanctified then the priestes 35 And therto y e burnt offringes were many with the fat of the peace offringes the drinke offringes that belong to the burnt offring And so the seruice parteyning to the house of the Lorde was finished 36 And Hezekia reioyced and all the people that God had made the folke so readie that the thing was so soone done ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The keping of the passouer by the kinges commaundement 6 He exhorteth Israel to turne to the Lorde 18 He prayeth for the people 24 His oblation and the princes 27 The Leuites blesse the people 1 AND Hezekia sent to all Israel and Iuda and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse that they shoulde come to the house of the lorde at Hierusalem and
seuenth moneth 8 And when Hezekia and the lordes came and sawe the heapes they blessed the Lorde and his people Israel 9 And Hezekia questioned with the priestes and the Leuites concerning the heapes 10 And Azaria the chiefe priest of the house of Zadoc aunswered him and saide Since the people began to bryng the heaue offringes into the house of the Lorde we also haue had inough to eate there remayned so much for the Lorde hath blessed his people and this heape is left 11 And Hezekia bade prepare the chambers in the house of the Lord And they did prepare them 12 And caried in the first fruites the tithes and the dedicate thinges faithfully ouer which Chonaniahu the Leuite had the rule and Semei his brother next to him 13 And Iehiel Azariahu Nahath Asael Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachiahu Mahath and Banaiahu were ouerseres ordayned by Chonaniahu Semei his brother was an officer of Hezekia the king Azariahu was the ruler of the house of God 14 And Core the sonne of Imna the Leuite and porter of the east doore had the ouersight of the thinges that were offered of a free wyll vnto God were geuen in maner seuerally vnto the lord and ouer the thinges most holy 15 And vnder his hand were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semeiahu Amariahu and Sechaniahu in the cities of the priestes appoynted of their fidelitie to geue to their brethren their portions aswell to the small as to the great 16 Beside their generation beyng males from three yeres old and vpwarde euen vnto euery one that entereth into the house of the Lord they should geue day by day for their ministration and for their geuing attendaunce and for their diuers waytinges by course 17 Both to the generation of the priestes and Leuites throughout the housholde of their fathers from twentie yeres and aboue to wayte when their courses came 18 And to the families of all their babes wyues sonnes and daughters through all the congregation For vpon the fidelitie of them were the holy thinges bestowed 19 And to the children of Aaron the priestes whiche were in the fieldes and suburbes of their cities citie by citie the men whose names were expressed afore shoulde geue portions euen to all the males among the priestes and to all the Leuites according to their number 20 And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda wrought it that is good and right and true before the Lorde his God 21 And in al the workes that he began for seruice of the house of God for the lawe for the commaundementes he sought his God and that did he with all his heart and prospered The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Sennacherib inuadeth Iuda 3 Hezekia prepareth for the warre 7 He exhorteth the people to put their trust in the Lorde 9 Sennacherib blasphemeth God 20 Hezekia prayeth 21 The angell destroyeth the Assyrians and the king is slayne 25 Hezekia is not thankefull toward the Lorde 33 His death 1 AFter that these deedes were faythfully done Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came and entred into Iuda compassed the strong cities and thought to winne them for him selfe 2 And so when Hezekia sawe that Sennacherib was come and that he was purposed to fight against Hierusalem 3 He toke counsell with his lordes and men of might to stop the water of the fountaynes without the citie And they dyd helpe him 4 For there gathered many of the people together and stopt all the welles and the broke that ran through the middes of the land saying Why shall the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde much water 5 And Hezekia went to lustyly and buylt vp the wall where it was broken and made ordinaunce vpon the towres and to the other wall without and repaired Millo in the citie of Dauid and made many dartes and shieldes 6 And he set captaynes of warre ouer the people and gathered them together to him in the large streete of the gate of the citie and spake gentylly to them saying 7 Plucke vp your heartes and be strong be not afrayde nor discouraged for the king of the Assyrians for all the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with hym 8 With him is an arme of flesh but with vs is the Lord our God for to helpe vs and to fight our battayles And the people toke a courage through the wordes of Hezekia king of Iuda 9 After this did Sennacherib king of the Assyrians send of his seruauntes to Hierusalem but he him selfe remayned beside Lachis hauing all his power with him vnto Hezekia king of Iuda and vnto all Iuda that were at Hierusalem saying 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians wherin do ye trust O ye that dwell in Hierusalem which is besieged 11 Doth not Hezekia entice you to geue ouer your selues vnto death hunger and thirst saying The Lord our God shall ryd vs out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians 12 Hath not the same Hezekia put downe his hye places and his aulters commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem saying Ye shall worship before one aulter and burne incense vpon the same 13 Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landes Were the gods of the people of other landes able or mightie to saue their landes out of my hande 14 Which of all the gods of those nations that my fathers destroyed could deliuer his people out of my hande And shall your God be able to deliuer you out of my hande 15 Wherfore nowe let not Hezekia deceaue you nor persuade you of this fassion nor yet beleue him For as no god among all nations and kingdomes was able to rid his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers Howe much lesse shall your gods be able to kepe you out of my hande 16 And yet mo thinges did his seruauntes speake against the Lorde God and against his seruaunt Hezekia 17 And Sennacherib also wrote a letter to rayle on the Lord God of Israel and spake against him saying As the gods of the nations of other landes haue not ben able to deliuer their people out of my hande euen so shal not the God of Hezekia deliuer his people out of my hande 18 And they cried with a loude voyce in the Iewes speach vnto the people of Hierusalem that were on the wall to feare them and to make them faynt hearted and that they might so take the citie 19 And they spake against the God of Hierusalem as against the gods of the nations of the earth whiche were the workes of the handes of men 20 But Hezekia the king and the prophet Esai the sonne of Amos prayed against that blasphemie and cried vp to heauen 21 And the Lord sent an angel which destroyed all the men of warre and the lordes and captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians that he turned his face
children of Ater of Hezekia ninetie ' and eyght ' 17 The children of Bezai three hundred ' twentie and three ' 18 The children of Iora an hundred and ' twelue ' 19 The children of Hasum two hundred ' twentie and three ' 20 The children of Gebbar ninetie fiue ' 21 The children of Bethlehem an hundred ' twentie and three ' 22 The men of Netopha fiftie and sixe ' 23 The men of Anathoth an hundred ' twentie and eyght ' 24 The children of Asmaueth fouretie ' and two 25 The children of Kiriathiarim euen the children of Cephira and Beeroth seuen hundred fouretie and three ' 26 The children of Harama and Geba ' sixe hundred twentie and one ' 27 The men of Michmas an hundred ' twentie and two ' 38 The men of Bethel and Hay two ' hundred twentie and three ' 29 The children of Nebo fiftie and two ' 30 The children of Magbis an hundred ' fiftie and sixe ' 31 The childrē of the other Elam a thousand ' two hundred fiftie and foure ' 32 The children of Harim three hundred ' and twentie ' 33 The children of Lodhadid and Ono ' seuen hundred twentie and fiue ' 34 The childrē of Iericho three hundred ' fouretie and fiue ' 35 The children of Senaa three thousand ' sixe hundred and thirtie 36 The priestes of the children of Iedaia of the house of Iesua nine hundred seuentie and three ' 37 The children of Immer a thousand fiftie and two ' 38 The children of Phashur a thousand ' two hundred fouretie and seuen ' 39 The children of Arim a thousand ' and seuenteene ' 40 The Leuites the children of Iesua Cadmiel of the children of Hodauia seuentie and foure 41 The singers the children of Asaph an' hundred twentie and eyght ' 42 The children of the doore kepers the children of Sallum the children of Ater the children of Talmon the children of Accub the children of Hatita the children of Sobai altogether an hundred thirtie and nine 43 The Nethinims the children of Ziha the children of Asupha the children of Tabaoth 44 The children of Ceros the children of ' Siaa the children of Padon ' 45 The children of Lebana the children ' of Hagaba the children of Accub ' 46 The children of Hagab the children of ' Semlai the children of Hanan ' 47 The children of Giddel the children of ' Gahar the children of Reaia ' 48 The children of Razin the children of ' Necoda the children of Gasam ' 49 The children of Vzza the children of ' Paseah the children of Besai ' 50 The children of Asna the children of ' Mehunim the children of Nephusim ' 51 The children of Bacbuc the children ' of Hacupa the children of Harhur ' 52 The children of Bazluth the children ' of Mehida the children of Harsa ' 53 The children of Barcos the children ' of Sisara the children of Thamah ' 54 The children of Neziah the children ' of Hatipha ' 55 The children of Solomons seruaūtes the children of Sotai the children of Sophereth the children of Peruda 56 The children of Iaala the children of ' Darcon the children of Giddel ' 57 The children of Sephatiah the children of Hattil the children of Pochereth Hazbaim the children of Ami. 58 All the Nethinims and the children of Solomons seruauntes were altogether three hundred ninetie and two 59 And these went vp from Thelmelah and from Thelharsa Cherub Addon and Immer but they coulde not discerne their fathers house their seede whether they were of Israel 60 The children of Delaia the children of Tobia the children of Necoda sixe hundre fiftie and two 61 And of the children of the priestes the children of Habaia the children of Accoz the childrē of Berzillai which toke one of the daughters of Berzillai the Gileadite to wyfe and was called after their name 62 These sought their euidence among them that had the regester of birth and were not founde therein therefore were they put from the priesthood ' 63 And Hathirsatha said vnto them that they should not eate of the most holy till there rose vp a priest to weare Vrim and Thummim 64 The whole congregation together was fouretie two thousand three hundred and threescore 65 Beside their seruauntes and maydens of whom there were seuen thousand three hundred thirtie and seuen And there were among them two hundred singing men and women 66 Their Horses were seuen hundred thirtie and sixe their Mules two hundred fouretie and fiue 67 And their Camels foure hundred thirtie and fiue their Asses sixe thousand seuen hundred and twentie 68 And certaine of the chiefe fathers when they came to the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem they offred them selues wylling for the house of God to set it vp in his place 69 And gaue golde after their habilitie vnto the treasure of the worke euen threescore and one thousand peeces and fiue thousand pounde of siluer and an hundred priestes garmentes 70 So the priestes and the Leuites and certaine of the people and the singers and the porters and the Nethinims dwelt in their cities and all Israel in their cities ¶ The .iii. Chapter 1 They builde the aulter of God 6 They offer to the Lorde 7 They prepare for the temple 11 and sing vnto the Lorde 1 ANd when the seuenth moneth came and the childrē of Israel were now in their cities the people came together euen as one man to Hierusalem 2 And there stoode vp Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and his brethren the priestes and Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and his brethren and builded the aulter of the God of Israel to offer burnt offeringes thereon as it is written in the law of Moyses the man of God 3 And the aulter set they vpon his sockets for there was a fearefulnesse among them because of the people of those countries therefore they offered burnt offeringes theron vnto the lorde euen burnt offeringes * in the morning and at euening 4 And they helde the feast of tabernacles * as it is written and offered burnt sacrifices dayly according to the number and custome day by day 5 Afterwarde they offered dayly burnt offringes also and in the new moones and in al the feast dayes that were consecrated vnto the Lord and for all them which did of their owne free wyll offer vnto the Lorde 6 From the first day of the seuenth moneth began they to offer burnt sacrifices vnto the Lord euen when the foundation of the temple of the Lorde was not yet layde 7 They gaue money also vnto the masons and carpenters and meate and drincke and oyle vnto them of Sidon and of Tyre to bring the Cedar timber from Libanus by sea vnto Ioppa according to the graunt that they had of Cyrus the king of Persia 8 In the second yere of their comming vnto the house of God at Hierusalem in the second moneth began Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and the remnaunt
wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made 16 For his labour shall come vpon his owne head and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate 17 I wyll prayse God accordyng to his ryghteousnesse I wyll sing psalmes vnto the name of the most high God The argument of the .viij. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the magnificencie of God acknowledged of babes and abiectes of this world he maruayleth at Gods workes and at the great exceeding loue of God to man who is exalted to that excellencie that he is Lorde ouer all thinges in this worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith a psalme of Dauid 1 O God our Lorde howe excellent is thy name in all the earth for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger 3 For I will consider thy heauens euen the workes of thy fingers the moone and the starres whiche thou hast ordayned 4 What is man that thou art myndfull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest hym 5 Thou hast made hym somthyng inferiour to angels thou hast crowned him with glory and worship 6 Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the workes of thy handes and thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete 7 All sheepe and oxen also the beastes of the fielde the foules of the ayre and the fishe of the sea and whatsoeuer swymmeth in the seas 8 O God our Lorde howe excellent great is thy name in all the earth ¶ The argument of the .ix. psalme ¶ Dauid prayseth God for the victorie that he had obtayned ouer his enemies attributyng it wholly to God He besecheth God to continue his mercy towarde hym that he may continually set foorth his prayses ¶ To the chiefe musition at the death of Labben a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wyl prayse God with all myne heart I wyl recite all thy marueylous workes 2 I wyll be glad reioyce in thee I wyll sing psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyest 3 For that myne enemies are returned backwarde are fallen and perished at thy presence 4 For that thou hast geuen iudgement in my ryght and cause thou that iudgest right hast sit in the throne of iudgement 5 Thou hast rebuked the Heathen and destroyed the vngodly thou hast abolished their name for euer and euer 6 O thou enemie thou thoughtest to bryng vs to a perpetuall desolation * and to destroy our cities so that there shoulde remayne no memory of them 7 But God wyll sit for euer he hath prepared his throne for iudgement 8 For he wyll iudge the world in iustice and minister iudgement vnto the people in righteousnesse 9 God also wyll be a refuge for the oppressed euen a refuge in tyme of trouble 10 And they that knowe thy name wyll put their trust in thee for thou O God hast neuer fayled them that seeke thee 11 Sing psalmes vnto God abiding at Sion declare his notable actes among the people 12 For he maketh inquisition of blood he remembreth it and forgetteth not the complaynt of the poore 13 Haue mercy on me O God consider the trouble whiche I suffer of them that hate me lift me vp from the gates of death 14 That I may shewe all thy prayses within the gates of the daughter of Sion and reioyce in thy saluation 15 The Heathen are sunke downe into the pit that they made their owne foote is snared in the same net whiche they had layde priuily for other 16 God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed the vngodly is trapped in y e worke of his owne handes this ought to be considered alwayes Selah 17 The wicked shal be turned vnto hell and all people that forget God 18 But the poore shall not alway be forgotten neither shall the hope of the humble afflicted perishe for euer 19 Aryse vp O God let not man preuaile let the Heathen in thy sight be iudged 20 Put them in feare O God that the Heathen may knowe them selues to be but men Selah The argument of the .x. psalme ¶ The prophete as left in the handes of wicked aduersaries complayneth to God of their pryde malice crueltie euill maners craft and prosperitie he prayeth God to succour the fatherlesse and oppressed and to represse the malice of the wicked 1 WHy standest thou so farre of O God why hidest thee in the tyme of trouble 2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore but euery one of them shal be taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined 3 For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire and blessing the couetous he blasphemeth God 4 The vngodly looketh so proudly as though he cared for none at all neither is the Lorde in all his thoughtes 5 His wayes are alwayes greeuous but thy iudgementes are farre aboue out of his sight and therfore he snuffeth at all his enemies 6 He hath sayde in his heart tushe I can not be remoued for I can not be touched at any tyme with harme 7 His mouth is full of cursing and of deceate and of fraude vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe 8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent he eyeth diligently hym that is weake 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne he lyeth in wayte lurkyng * that he may violently carry away the afflicted he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted in halyng hym into his net 10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe so that a number of thē that be weake fall by his myght 11 He sayeth in his heart tushe the Lord hath forgotten he hydeth away his face and he wyll neuer see it 12 Aryse vp O Lorde God lift vp thine hande forget not the afflicted 13 Wherefore shoulde the wicked blaspheme the Lorde whyle he sayeth in his heart that thou wylt not call to accompt 14 Surely thou hast seene this for thou beholdest labour and spite that thou mayest take the matter into thy hands he that is weake leaueth it for thee for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse 15 Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious searche thou out his vngodlynes and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him 16 God is king for euer and euer but the Heathen shall perishe out of the lande 17 O God thou hast hearde the desire of the afflicted and thou wylt settle their heart 18 Thou wylt be attentiue with thyne eare to geue iudgement for the fatherlesse and oppressed so no man in the earth shall once go about hereafter to do them violence ¶ The argument of the .xi. psalme ¶ Dauid trusting in God complayneth of them who would not suffer him to hide him selfe in the
sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp 17 Because I am disposed to a haltyng and my sorowe is euer in my syght 18 Because I confesse my wickednesse and am sory for my sinne 19 But myne enemies lyuyng without payne are mightie they that hate me wrongfully are increased in number 20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me because I folowe the thyng that is good 21 Forsake me not O God O my Lorde be not thou farre fro me 22 Haste thee to helpe me O Lorde my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xxxix. Psalme ¶ Dauid signifieth that in the anguishe of his sicknesse he woulde haue vttered no worde lest he should speake amisse in the presence of the vngodly He desireth to knowe the ende of his lyfe which is but short and vanitie He prayeth also that his sinnes may be pardoned and that his afflictions may be diminished ¶ To the chiefe musition Ieduthun a psalme of Dauid 1 I Sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes that I offende not in my tongue I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell whylest the vngodly is in my syght 2 I became dumbe through scilence I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes but the more was my sorowe increased 3 My heart was hotte within me and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled and at the last I spake with my tongue 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende and the number of my dayes that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long mine age is euen as nothing before thee truely euery man is al together vanitie Selah 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne he heapeth vp riches can not tel who shal vse them 7 And nowe Lord what wayte I after truely my hope is euen in thee 8 Delyuer me from all my offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe 9 I became dumbe and opened not my mouth for it was thy doyng 10 Take thy plague away from me I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande 11 Thou doest chasten man rebukyng him for sinne thou as a moth doest consume his excellencie for in very deede euery man is but vanitie Selah 12 Heare my prayer O God and geue eares to my crying holde not thy peace at my teares for I am a straūger with thee and a soiourner as all my fathers were 13 Oh spare me a litle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene ⧠The argument of the .xl. psalme ¶ Dauid commendeth hyghly Gods goodnesse for that he heareth those that put their trust in hym and delyuereth them out of all perilles and calamities He promiseth to geue hym selfe hereafter wholly to set foorth Gods glorie and prayeth for Gods helpe agaynst his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wayted paciently vpon God and he enclined vnto me his eare and heard my crying 2 He brought me also out of an horrible pyt out of the dirtie mire and set my feete vpon a rocke and directed my goynges 3 And he hath put a newe song in my mouth euen a thankesgeuyng vnto our Lorde 4 Many shall see it and feare and shall put their trust in God 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God and turned not vnto the proude and to such as decline to lyes 6 O God my Lord great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs yf I woulde declare them and speake of them they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse 7 Thou wouldest haue no sacrifice or offeryng but thou hast opened myne eares thou hast not required burnt offerynges and sacrifice for sinne 8 Then sayde I lo I am come in the booke of thy lawe it is written of me that I shoulde fulfyll thy wyll O my God I am content to do it yea thy lawe is within the middest of my brest 9 I haue declared thy righteousnes in a great congregatiō lo I wil not refraine my lippes O God thou knowest it 10 I haue not hyd thy ryghteousnesse within my heart my talkyng hath ben of thy trueth and of thy saluation 11 I haue not concealed thy louyng mercie and trueth from the great congregation 12 Withdrawe not thou thy mercie from me O God let thy louyng kyndnesse and thy trueth alway preserue me 13 For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yea they are mo in number then the heere 's of my head my heart hath fayled me 14 O God let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haste O God to helpe me 15 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it let them be dryuen backwarde be put to rebuke that wyshe me euyll 16 Let them be desolate in recompence of their shame that say vnto me fye vpon thee fye vpon thee 17 Let all those that seeke thee be glad and ioyfull in thee and let such as loue thy saluation say alway God be magnified 18 As for me I am afflicted and needye but God careth for me thou art my ayde and delyuerer O my God make no long tarying The argument of the .xlj. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth that they be happy who haue pitie on the afflicted He rehearseth his prayer made in his sicknesse to God He complayneth of fayned friendes and at the maliciousnesse of his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 BLessed is he that considereth y e poore God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble 2 God wyll preserue hym kepe him aliue he shal be blessed vpon the earth and thou O God wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies 3 God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed thou O God wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I sayde O God be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned agaynst thee 5 Myne enemies speake euyl of me whē shall he dye and his name perishe 6 But yf any of them came to visite me he spake vanitie his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe when he came foorth a doores he vttered it 7 All they that hated me whispered together they imagined euyl agaynst me 8 They sayde some great mischiefe is lyghted vpon hym and he that lyeth sicke on his bed shall ryse vp no more 9 Yea besides this euen myne owne friende whom I trusted which dyd also eate of my bread hath kicked very much
agaynst me 10 But be thou mercifull vnto me O God rayse me vp agayne and I shall rewarde them 11 By this I knowe thou fauouredst me in that myne enemie doth not triumph agaynst me 12 And when I am in my best case thou vpholdest me and thou wylt set me before thy face for euer 13 Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel worlde without ende Amen Amen ¶ The argument of the .xlii. Psalme ¶ Dauid dryuen out of his realme declareth his sorowe of mynde for that he coulde not resort vnto Gods temple and kepe there the holy feastes He complayneth that one affliction commeth on anothers necke Also he complayneth of the reproches and mockes that he susteyned of the wicked He comforteth hym selfe in the confidence that he hath in God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 LYke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes so panteth my soule after thee O God 2 My soule is a thirst for the Lorde yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde 3 My teares haue ben my meate day and nyght whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy God 4 And I powred out of me my very heart remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number bringyng thē vnto the house of the Lorde with a voyce of ioy prayse with a company that kept holy day 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I will yet acknowledge him only to be a * present saluation 6 My Lorde my soule is discouraged within me because I remember thee from the lande of Iordane and from the litle hyll Hermonim 7 One deepe calleth another at the noyse of thy water pypes all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me 8 God wyll graunt his louing kindnesse on the day tyme and in the nyght season I wyll syng of hym and make my prayer vnto the Lorde of my lyfe 9 I wyll say vnto the Lorde of my strength why hast thou forgotten me why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 10 It was as a sworde in my bones when myne enemies dyd cast me in the teeth in saying dayly vnto me where is nowe thy Lorde 11 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I wil yet acknowledge him to be only * my present saluation and my Lorde ¶ The argument of the .xliij. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayeth to be delyuered from his enemies to haue his heart illuminated and to be restored home agayne that he may prayse God his Lorde in his sanctuarie in whom he putteth all his trust 1 IVdge me O Lorde and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the Lord of my strength why hast thou reiect me and why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 3 Sende foorth thy light and thy trueth that they may leade me and direct me vnto thy holy hyll to thy tabernacles 4 And I wyll go vnto the aulter of the Lorde euen vnto the Lorde of my ioy gladnesse and vpon the harpe I will acknowledge thee O Lorde my Lord. 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for * I wyll yet acknowledge hym to be only my present saluation my Lorde The argument of the .xliiii. psalme ¶ The prophete rehearseth Gods benefites bestowed vpon the fathers brought out of Egypt and planted in Chanaan He complayneth of the calamitie that the people of God suffered through the crueltie of the heathen Last of all he prayeth God to awake to aryse and to delyuer them for his mercies sake ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 WE haue hearde with our eares O Lorde our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme. 2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in howe thou hast destroyed the nations placed them 3 For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde neither was it their owne arme that saued thē 4 But thy ryght hande and thine arme the lyght of thy countenaunce because thou hadst a fauour vnto them 5 Thou art my kyng O Lorde commaunde that Iacob be saued 6 Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. 7 For I wyll not trust in my bowe and it is not my sworde that can saue me 8 But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs. 9 We make our boast of God all the day long and we wyll confesse thy name for euer Selah 10 But nowe thou art farre of and thou puttest vs to confusion neither goest thou foorth with our armies 11 Thou makest vs to turne away backwarde from the enemie so that they which hate vs do make vs a spoyle vnto them 12 Thou hast delyuered vs as sheepe to be eaten and thou hast scattered vs among the heathen 13 Thou hast solde thy people for naught and thou hast taken no money for them 14 Thou hast made vs a rebuke to our neighbours to be laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are rounde about vs. 15 Thou hast made vs to be a fable among the heathen and to be such that the people shake their head at vs. 16 My confusion is dayly before me and the shame of my face couereth me for to heare the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer and for to see the enemie and the auenger 17 And though all this become vpon vs yet we do not forget thee nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt 18 Our heart is not turned backe neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of death 19 If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde and holden vp our handes to any straunge god woulde not God searche it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart 20 For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are counted as sheepe appoynted to be slayne 21 Stirre vp O Lorde why slepest thou awake be not absent from vs for euer wherfore hydest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and tribulation 22 For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust our belly cleaueth vnto y e grounde 23 Aryse vp thou our ayde and redeeme vs for thy louyng kindnesse sake ⧠The argument of the .xlv. psalme ¶ The prophete in describyng here
euer he had before 1 IN thee O God I haue put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion ridde me and deliuer me in thy ryghteousnesse incline thine eare vnto me and saue me 2 Be thou my strong holde whervnto I may alway resort thou hast geuen a charge to saue me for thou art my house of defence and my castell 3 Delyuer me O my Lorde out of the hande of the vngodly out of the hande of the vnryghteous and cruell man 4 For thou O Lorde God art the thyng that I long for thou art my hope euen from my youth 5 Through thee haue I ben mayntayned euer since I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe my praise shal be alway of thee 6 I am become as it were a monster vnto many but my sure trust is in thee 7 Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse and glorie all the day long 8 Cast me not away in the tyme of age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me 9 For myne enemies speake against me and they that lay awayte for my soule take their counsayle together 10 They say the Lorde hath forsaken hym do you persecute hym and take hym for there is none to delyuer hym 11 Go not farre from me O Lorde haste thee O my Lorde to helpe me 12 Let them be confounded let them be brought to naught that are agaynst my soule let them be couered with shame and dishonour that seke to do me euyll 13 As for me I wyll patiently wayte alway and I wyll prayse thee more and more 14 My mouth shall dayly speake of thy ryghteousnesse and saluation for I knowe no ende therof 15 I wyll go foorth in the strength of the Lorde God and I wyll only make mention of thy ryghteousnesse 16 Thou O God hast taught me from my youth and hytherto I can well declare thy wonderous workes 17 Wherfore whylest I am olde and am gray headed O Lorde forsake me not vntyll I haue shewed thy arme vnto this generation and thy power to all them that are yet for to come 18 And vntyll I haue exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse for great thynges are they that thou hast done O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee 19 Which hast made me to feele many great troubles and aduersities yet returnyng thou hast reuyued me yea returnyng thou hast caused me to come out from the bottome of the earth 20 Thou hast brought me to greater honour then I had before thou returnyng hast comforted me on euery syde 21 Therfore I wyll confesse vnto thee thy trueth O Lorde playing vpon an instrument of musicke vnto thee I wyl syng psalmes vpon the harpe O thou most holy God of Israel 22 My lyppes wyll be ioyfull when I syng vnto thee and so wyll my soule which thou hast redeemed 23 My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnesse all the day long for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to do me euyll ¶ The argument of the .lxxij. Psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the whole Church prayeth that the kyngdome promised vnto hym may come which is the kyngdome of Iesus Christe He declareth that then there shal be peace the number of the iust shall increase so that all nations shal be subiect vnto hym He setteth foorth the affection of the people towarde their kyng the aboundaunce of all thinges in his kingdome so that his name shall endure for euer ⧠Of Solomon 1 O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne 2 Then he wyll iudge thy people accordyng vnto iustice and thy afflicted accordyng to equitie 3 The mountaynes also and hylles shall bryng peace to the people by the meanes of ryghteousnesse 4 He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people he wyll saue the children of the poore and subdue the oppressour 5 They wyll feare thee as long as the sunne and moone shyneth from one generation to another 6 He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll euen as the droppes that water the earth 7 In his dayes the ryghteous wyll florishe and there shal be aboundaunce of peace so long as the moone endureth 8 His dominion also shal be from the one sea to the other and from the fludde vnto the ende of the earth 9 They that dwell in the wildernesse shal kneele before him his enemies shal licke the dust 10 The kyng of Tharsis and of the Iles shall offer presentes the kynges of Sheba Seba shall bring giftes 11 All kynges wyll worshyp hym all nations wyll do hym seruice 12 For he wyll delyuer the poore when he cryeth and the afflicted and hym that hath no helper 13 He wyll haue compassion vpon the poore and needy and he wyll preserue the soules of the poore 14 He wyll delyuer their soules from deceipt and oppression and their blood shal be in his syght 15 He wyll lyue and he wyll geue to the * poore of the golde of Sheba and he wyll pray alwayes for hym and dayly he wyll blesse hym 16 A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hylles and the fruite therof shall make a noyse lyke Libanus and shall florishe in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth 17 His name shall endure for euer his name shal be spread abrode to the world so long as the sunne shall shyne all nations shal be blessed in hym and shall call hym blessed 18 Blessed be God the Lorde the Lorde of Israel which only doth wonderous thynges 19 And blessed be the name of his maiestie for euer and all the earth shal be fylled with his maiestie Amen Amen ¶ Here endeth the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Isai ⧠The argument of the .lxxiii. psalme ¶ The prophete for the comfort of the Godly vttereth what offences spryng of the prosperitie of the wicked declaryng withall that they haue a wretched ende and that the ende of such as be afflicted in this worlde for ryghteousnesse is happy although that he knoweth not the cause of the affliction of the one or the prosperitie of the other He setteth foorth the pryde of the vngodly and the goodnesse and prouidence of God towardes hym at all tymes ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 TRuely the Lorde is very good vnto Israel vnto such as haue a cleane heart 2 Neuerthelesse my feete were almost gone from me my steppes had almost slypt 3 For I enuied at the case of the foolishe I sawe the wicked flowe in all kynde of prosperitie 4 For there be no bondes of death that can holde them and the galaries of their houses be strong 5 They come in no misfortune lyke other folke neither are they plagued lyke other men 6 And this is the cause that pride compasse them rounde about and crueltie couereth them as a garment 7 Their eyes
out of course 6 I haue sayde ye are gods and ye all are chyldren of the most highest 7 But ye shall dye lyke as a man doth and princes them selues shall fall away lyke as other do 8 Arise O God and iudge thou the earth for thou shalt take all Heathen to thine inheritaunce The argument of the .lxxxiij. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the Churche moueth God not to suffer any longer the outragiousnes of a great number of enemies whose endeuours be onlye for to destroy the Churche and the name of the chyldren of God Wherefore he wisheth iust punishment for them ¶ A song the psalme of Asaph 1 HOlde not thy tongue O Lorde kepe not styll scilence refraine not thy selfe O Lorde 2 For beholde thyne enemies make an vprore and they that hate thee haue lifted vp their head 3 They haue deuised shrewde counsell against thy people and they haue consulted against thyne whom thou defendest 4 They haue said come and let vs roote them out that they be no more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembraunce 5 For they haue conspired all in one minde are confederate against thee 6 The pauilions of Edom and the Ismaelites of Moab and Hagerites 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalec the Philistines with the inhabitauntes of Tyre 8 Assur also is ioyned vnto them they were a great ayde to the chyldren of Lot Selah 9 But do thou vnto them as vnto Midian as vnto Sisera as vnto Iabin at the brooke Kishon 10 Whiche perished at Ein Dor and became as the doung of the earth 11 Make them their princes and al their captaynes lyke Oreb and lyke Zeeb and lyke Salmunna 12 Whiche sayd let vs take to our selues the houses of God in possession 13 O my Lorde make them lyke vnto a wheele and as chaffe before the winde 14 Lyke as a fire that burneth vp the wood and as the flambe that consumeth the mountaynes 15 Persecute them euen so with thy tempest and make them afrayde with thy storme 16 Make shame to appeare in their faces that they may seeke thy name O God 17 Let them be confounded and astonied with feare euer more more let them be put to shame and perishe 18 And let them knowe that thou in thy name God eternall art only O thou the most highest ouer all the earth ¶ The argument of the .lxxxiiij. psalme ¶ The prophete like a vertuous prince openeth the singuler affection of his heart towarde the house of God beyng sory that he can not come thyther through the trouble that he was oppressed He affirmeth them to be most happy who may be at the publique seruice in the Churche for to prayse God He requireth Gods mercy and fauour that he may be restored to Hierusalem for to set foorth his prayse for he that putteth his trust in God is happy ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith a psalme of the sonnes of Corach 1 O How amiable are thy dwellinges thou God of hoastes 2 My soule hath a desire and a longing to enter into the courtes of God my heart and my flesh leapeth with ioy for to go to the liuing Lorde 3 Yea the sparowe hath founde her an house and the swallowe a nest where she may lay her young euen thy aulters O God of hoastes my king my Lord. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they wyll be alway praysyng thee Selah 5 Blessed is that man whose strength is in thee thy wayes are in their heart 6 They iourneying through the vale * of teares yea when euery cesterne at their name is filled with water do accept it for a fayre pleasaunt well 7 They wyl set forward frō a stoute courage to a stoute courage that the God of Gods may be seene of them in Sion 8 O God Lorde of hoastes heare my prayer geue eare O God of Iacob Selah 9 Beholde O Lorde our shielde and loke vpon the face of thyne annointed 10 For one day in thy courtes is better then a thousande els where I had rather be a doore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in large tabernacles of vngodlynes 11 For God the Lorde is a sunne and a shielde God geueth grace and worship he withholdeth no good thyng from them that liue in any perfection 12 O God of hoastes blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee The argument of the .lxxxv. psalme ¶ The prophete maketh a publique prayer vnto God thanking hym and praysing him for that he hath forgeuen the people their sinnes He prophesieth of the comming of Christe by whom iustice peace glory prosperitie and saluation commeth the fruites of them that be iustified by Christe ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of the sonnes of Corach 1 O God thou art become gracious vnto thy land thou hast brought Iacob agayne home out of captiuitie 2 Thou hast forgeuen the wickednes of thy people and couered all their sinnes Selah 3 Thou hast taken away al thy displeasure and turned thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation 4 Turne vs O God of our saluation and let thyne anger ceasse from vs. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer and wylt thou stretche out thy wrath from one generation to another 6 Wylt thou not turne agayne and reuiue vs that thy people may reioyce in thee 7 Shew vs thy louing kindnes O God and graunt vs thy saluation 8 I wyll hearken what God the Lord saith for he speaketh peace vnto his people to his saintes that they turne not agayne to folly 9 For truely his saluation is nye them that feare him insomuch that glory dwelleth in our earth 10 Mercy and trueth are met together righteousnes and peace haue kissed eche other 11 Trueth shall bud out of the earth and ryghteousnes shall looke downe from heauen 12 Yea God shall geue all that is good and our earth shall geue her encrease 13 Euery man shall cause righteousnes to go before him and he shall direct his steppes in the way The argument of the .lxxxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng sore afflicted calleth earnestly to God for helpe complayning of the mischeuous dealinges of his enemies He praiseth God for his manifold goodnes and power aboue all gods of the Heathen prophesiyng that all nations shall worship hym He desireth that he may be taught of God and deliuered from his enemies that he may glorifie God ¶ A prayer of Dauid 1 BOw downe thine eare O God and heare me for I am poore and in miserie 2 Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my God saue thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in thee 3 Be mercifull vnto me O God for I do call dayly vpon thee 4 Comfort the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto thee O Lord do I lift vp my soule 5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them
are mo in number then the sande and yet whyle I am wakyng I am styll with thee 19 For truely thou wylt slay O Lord the * wicked man and the blood thirstie men to whom I euer say depart ye from me 20 Who do speake vnto thee in guylefull maner thou art O God exalted in vayne to thyne enemies 21 Do not I hate them O God that hate thee and am not I greeued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee 22 Yea I hate them from the bottome of myne heart euen as though they were myne enemies 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde and knowe thou myne heart proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes 24 And loke well yf there be any way of peruersenesse in me and then leade me in the way of the worlde ⧠The argument of the cxl psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God most earnestly to deliuer hym from his enemies who with their slaunderous tongues false accusations and craftie fetches seke all maner of wayes howe to destroy hym wheras yet in deede they cannot put in execution their malice but by Gods permission ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 DElyuer me O God from the euyll man and preserue me from the outragious man 2 Who in heart imagine mischiefes and set forwarde to warre euery day 3 They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lyppes Selah 4 Kepe me O God from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the outragious man who haue deuised to thrust my feete from me 5 The proude haue layde a snare for me and spread a net abroade with cordes in the hygh wayes they haue set trappes for m◠Selah 6 I haue sayde vnto God thou art my Lorde heare the voyce of my prayers O God 7 O Lorde God the strength of my saluation thou hast couered my head in the day of battayle 8 Graunt not vnto the vngodly his desires O God bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination lest they shoulde be made to proude Selah 9 Let the labour of his owne lippe couer him who is head of them that compasse me about 10 Let hotte coales be burnyng vpon them he wyll cast them downe into the fire into deepe pittes that they may neuer ryse vp agayne 11 A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe hym 12 I am sure that God will dispatche the cause of the afflicted and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy 13 Truely the ryghteous wyll confesse it vnto thy name they that deale vprightly shall dwell before thy face The argument of the .cxlj. psalme ¶ Dauid humbly desireth God that his prayer may be so acceptable vnto hym as yf he had made a sacrifice in the temple He prayeth God to preserue hym in worde and deede from all euyll that he fall into no snare of his enemies for he had rather be reproued of the godly then to be honoured of the wicked ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 O God I call vpon thee haste thee vnto me geue eare vnto my voyce whylest I crye vnto thee 2 Let my prayer be directed before thy face as an incense let the liftyng vp of myne handes be an euenyng sacrifice 3 Set a watch O God before my mouth and kepe the doore of my lyppes 4 Incline not myne heart to any euyll thyng wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie and let me not eate of their delicates 5 I wyshe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me for it is louing kyndnesse 6 But let not pretious baulmes breake myne head for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse 7 Let their iudges be thrust downe headlong from a rocke then they wyll heare my wordes for they be sweete 8 Our bones lye scattered vpon the graues mouth lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth 9 For myne eyes loke vnto thee O God the Lorde in thee is my trust cast not my soule out of me 10 Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde foorth for me and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquitie 11 Let the vngodly fall together into their owne nettes but let me in the meane season alwayes escape them The argument of the cxlij psalme ¶ Dauid expresseth the prayer that he made to God when he lay hyd in the caue 1. Samuel 24. He vttereth his great anguishe that he was in so that he had trust in nothyng els saue in God who is all his inheritaunce ¶ The wise instruction of Dauid a prayer when he was in the caue 1 I Cryed vnto God with my voyce euen vnto God I dyd make my supplication 2 I powred out before his face my cogitations and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face 3 When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me thou knewest my path in the way wherin I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me 4 When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe rounde about me there was no man that woulde knowe me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule 5 I cryed vnto thee O God and sayde thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng 6 Consider my complaynt for I am brought very lowe deliuer me from my persecutours for they are to strong for me 7 Bryng my soule out of prison that I may prayse thy name the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about because thou hast thus rewarded me The argument of the cxliii psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayer for his mercie and goodnesse sake because no man can be founde ryghteous before hym He vttereth his sorowe requireth to be deliuered from his enemies agaynst whom he maketh his prayer ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 HEare my prayer O God geue eare vnto my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth sake for thy ryghteousnesse sake 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead 4 And my spirite is ouerwhelmed within me and my heart is desolate in the midst of me 5 I call to remembraunce the tyme long past I muse vpon euery act of thine I exercise my study on the worke of thy handes 6 I stretche foorth myne handes vnto thee my soule as a thirstie lande gaspeth vnto thee Selah 7 Make speede hearken vnto me O God my spirite waxeth faynt hyde not thy face from me for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt 8 Cause me to heare of thy louyng kindnesse betymes in the mornyng for in thee is my trust 9 Make me to knowe the way that I shoulde walke in for I lyft vp my
power wisdome and goodnesse which appeareth in all his workes and benefites but especially in that he had set foorth by Moyses his lawe and commaundementes 1 PRayse ye the Lorde for it is a good thyng sing psalmes vnto our Lorde for it is a pleasaunt thing his praise is to be desired 2 God buildeth vp Hierusalem he wyll gather together the Israelites that were banished 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart he wrappeth vp their sorowes 4 He counteth the number of the starres he geueth vnto them all names 5 Great is our Lorde and great is his power his vnderstandyng is infinite 6 God setteth vp the meeke he bringeth the vngodly downe to the grounde 7 Syng ye vnto God with a confession syng psalmes vpon the Harpe vnto our Lorde 8 Who couereth the heaueÌ„ with cloudes who prepareth rayne for the earth who maketh grasse to growe vppon the mountaynes 9 He geueth vnto cattell their foode euen vnto Rauens which call for it 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse he delighteth not in the legges of a man 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him and in them that put their trust in his mercie 12 Prayse God O Hierusalem prayse thy Lorde O Sion 13 For he maketh fast the barres of thy gates he blesseth thy children within thee 14 He maketh peace in thy borders he fylleth thee with good corne 15 He sendeth foorth his commaundement vpon the earth his word runneth very swiftly 16 He geueth snowe so whyte as wooll he scattereth the hoare frost like asshes 17 He casteth foorth his yse lyke fragmentes who is able to abide his frost 18 He sendeth foorth his worde and melteth them he bloweth with his winde and the waters flowe 19 He declareth his worde vnto Iacob his statutes ordinaunces vnto Israel 20 He hath not dealt so with euery nation neither haue they the knowledge of his iudgementes Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the cxlviij psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon all creatures which be in heauen or earth to prayse God but especially vpon the people of God who haue greater cause geuen them for to do it then other 1 PRayse ye the Lorde prayse ye God out of heauen prayse ye hym on hygh aboue 2 Prayse hym all ye his angels prayse hym all ye his hoast 3 Prayse ye hym sunne and moone praise hym all ye starres that geue lyght 4 Prayse ye hym all ye heauens and ye waters that be aboue the heauens 5 Euen they shoulde prayse the name of God for he commaunded and they were created 6 He hath set them sure for euer and euer he hath geuen them a lawe which shall not be broken 7 Prayse ye God from the earth ye dragons and all deepes 8 Fire and hayle snowe and vapours stormie wynde fulfyllyng his worde 9 Mountaynes and all hylles fruitfull trees and all Cedars 10 Beastes and all cattell wormes and fethered foules 11 Kynges of the earth and all people princes and all iudges of the earth 12 Young men and maydens olde men with children shoulde prayse the name of God for his name only is most excellent and his maiestie aboue earth and heauen 13 He hath exalted the horne of his people the prayse of all his saintes euen of the children of Israel a people that is most nye vnto him Prayse ye the Lord. ¶ The argument of the .cxlix. Psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the children of Israel to expresse a ioy towardes God by praysyng hym by syngyng vnto hym and by playing on musicall instrumentes partly for that God is pleased with them partly also for that God hath geuen them a victorie ouer the heathen their enemies 1 PRayse ye the Lorde syng vnto God a newe song he ought to be praysed in the congregation of saintes 2 Israel shoulde reioyce in his maker the children of Sion shoulde be ioyfull in their kyng 3 They shoulde prayse his name in a daunce they shoulde sing psalmes vnto hym vpon a tabret and a harpe 4 For God hath a pleasure in his people he wyll beautifie the afflicted with saluation 5 The saintes shal be ioyful with glory they shal expresse a ioyfull noyse in their beddes 6 The hygh promotions of the Lorde shal be in their mouth and a two edged sworde in their handes 7 That they may take auengement of the heathen and correction of the nations 8 That they may bynde their kynges in chaynes and their nobles with iron fetters 9 That they may execute the iudgement prescribed this honour shal be to all his saintes Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cl. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth generally all lyuyng creatures to prayse the mightinesse and greatnesse of God He wylleth men to do it with instrumentes of musicke 1 PRayse ye the Lorde prayse ye the Lord in his sanctuarie praise ye him in the firmament of his power 2 Prayse ye hym in his strength prayse ye hym in his excellent greatnesse 3 Prayse ye hym in the sounde of a trumpet prayse ye hym vpon a Lute and an Harpe 4 Prayse ye hym with a tabret and a daunce prayse ye him vpon the stringes and vpon the Organes 5 Prayse ye hym vpon the well tuned Cimbales prayse ye hym vpon the loude Cimbales 6 Euery thyng that draweth breath ought to prayse the Lorde Prayse ye the Lorde T. B. ⧠The ende of the Psalter ¶ Numerus secundum Hebreos cxx Ad dominum 〈◊〉 xxv Ad te domine 〈◊〉 xxvâ— Ad te domine clâ—mâ—â—â— cxxâ—ii Ad te 〈◊〉 xâ— Aâ—seâ—e domino lxxâ—iii Aâ—endite pâ—pâ—le xliâ— Aâ—dâ— heâ—â—nes i. â—tu◠〈◊〉 xxxii Beâ—ti 〈…〉 xâ—i Beâ—t◠〈…〉 cx◠〈…〉 qui. cxix Beâ—ti in mâ—lati cxxâ—iii Beati omnes 〈◊〉 xxxiiii Beâ—â—dâ— dâ—minum lxxxâ— Benediâ— câ— Beâ—edâ— omniâ— â— câ— Benediâ—â—te omnia ii Benedictus dominus Bâ—um 〈…〉 xâ—i xâ— cxâ— xâ—x â—x 〈…〉 i. cxi 〈…〉 ii cxxxviii Con◠〈◊〉 lxxv Consiâ—e◠〈…〉 câ— Conâ—iter 〈…〉 câ— câ— câ— cxxxvi xâ— câ— câ— De◠〈…〉 De◠〈◊〉 meus â—iiiâ— â–ª De◠〈…〉 â—lvi Deâ— noste◠〈…〉 l. Deâ— dâ—um lâ— De◠〈…〉 lx Deâ— repâ— lxâ—ii Dâ—s deu meus ad te lâ—ii Deus 〈…〉 lâ— De◠〈◊〉 â—rium lxxii Deus â—diâ—m lxxâ— Deus â—enerunt lxâ— Deus sâ— lxxâ— Deus 〈…〉 â–ª â—ii Deus 〈◊〉 câ— Deus laudem cxâ—i Diâ—i quoniâ—m xâ—iii Dâ—lâ—gaâ— te cx Dixit Dominus domino xiiii Dâ—xit insipicus i. â—i Dixit insipicus ii xxxix Dixiâ— cuâ— diâ—m xxxvi Dixit iniustâ— iii. Domine 〈◊〉 vi Domine ac â—n fâ—ore i. xâ—iii Domine ne in fuâ—ore ii Dâ—mâ—ne deus meus in te viii Domâ—ne dominus noster xv Domâ—ne quis habitabit xxi Domine in virtute lxxxvâ— â–ª Dâ—mâ—ne deus salutis xc Domine â—efugâ—m cii Domine exaâ—di cxxxi Domine 〈◊〉 est exal cxxxix Domine 〈…〉 â—li Domine 〈…〉 â—ii Dâ—m◠〈…〉 xxâ—i Domin◠〈…〉 xâ—ii Domin◠〈◊〉 xxxâ— Domâ—nus 〈…〉 xâ— Dominâ— repâ— decoreÌ„ Dominus
had foâ— agaynst Asdod and taken it 〈…〉 the same tyme spake the Lorde by the hande of Esai the sonne of Amos sayâ—ng Go and take of the sackcloth from thy loynes and put of thy shoe from thy foote And he dyd so walkyng naked and barefoote 3 And the Lorde sayde Lyke as my seruaunt Esai hath walked naked and barefoote for a signe and wonder three yeres vpon Egypt and Ethiopia 4 Euen so shall the kyng of Assyria take away out of Egypt and Ethiopia children and olde men naked and barefoote with their loynes vncouered to the great shame of Egypt 5 They shal be brought in feare also and be ashamed of Ethiopia their hope of Egypt wherin they are wont to glorie 6 And they that dwell in the same Isle shall say in that day Beholde such is our hope whyther shall we flee for helpe that we may be delyuered from the kyng of Assyria And howe shall we escape ¶ The .xxj. Chapter Agaynst Babylon Idumea and Arabia 1 THe burthen of the waste sea Euen as the stormie weather passeth through at the noone day from the wildernesse so shall it come from the terrible lande 2 A greeuous vision was shewed vnto me let one deceiptfull offendour come agaynst another and one destroyer agaynst another Vp Elam lay siege thou of Media all their gronyng haue I layde downe 3 Therfore are my loynes fylled with sorowe heauinesse hath taken holde vpon me as the panges of a woman that is trauaylyng it made me stoupe when I heard it and it vexed me when I sawe it 4 My heart panted fearefulnesse came vpon me the nyght of my voluptuousnesse hath he turned agaynst me into feare 5 Whyle they garnished the table the watchman loked and whyle I was eatyng and drynkyng it was sayde vp ye captaynes take you to your shielde 6 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me God and set a watchman to tel what he seeth 7 And he sawe a charret which two horsemen sat vpon with the cariage of an Asse and the cariage of a Camel So he loked and toke diligent heede 8 And he cryed a lion my Lorde I stande continually vpon the watche towre in the day tyme and am appoynted to kepe my watch euery nyght 9 And beholde here commeth a charret of men with two horsemen and he aunswered and sayd Babylon is fallen it is fallen and all the images of her gods hath he smitten downe vnto the grounde 10 Thou art he whom I must threshe and thou belongest to my corne floure This that I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel haue I shewed vnto you 11 The burthen of Duma He calleth to me out of Seir watchman what hast thou espied by nyght watchman what hast thou espied by nyght 12 The watchman sayde The mornyng commeth and so doth the nyght If ye wyll aske me any question then aske it returne and come agayne 13 The burthen concernyng Arabia In the wooddes of Arabia shall ye tary all nyght euen in the streetes of Dedanim 14 The inhabitours of the lande of Thema brought foorth water to hym that was thirstie they preuented hym that was fled away with their bread 15 For because of swordes they are become fugitiue Euen for the drawen sworde and for the bent bowe and because of the greeuousnesse of warre 16 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me There is yet a yere accordyng to the yeres of an hired seruaunt and all the glorie of Cedar shall fayle 17 And the number of them that shall escape from the bowes shal be minished by the mightie children of Cedar for the Lorde God of Israel hath spoken it The .xxij. Chapter A prophecie agaynst Hierusalem 1 THe burthen of the valley of vision What hast thou to do here that thou clymbest to the house toppes 2 Thou that art full of tumultuousnes thou troublesome and proude citie Thy slayne men are neither put to death with the sworde nor dead in battayle 3 All thy captaynes are fugitiue together the archers haue taken them prisoners All they I say that are founde in thee are in captiuitie together and they also that fled farre of 4 Therfore sayde I Let me alone and I wyll make lamentation Ye shall not be able to comfort me because of the destruction of the daughter of my people 5 For this is a day of trouble of ruine and of destruction that the Lorde the God of hoastes wyll bryng to passe in the valley of vision breakyng downe the citie and crying vnto mountaynes 6 Elam bare the quiuer with a charret of footmen and horsemen and the citie of Kir shewed the shielde open 7 Thy chiefe valley also was full of charrettes and the horsemen set their faces directly towarde the gate 8 And in that day dyd the enemie take away the couer of Iuda and then didst thou loke towarde the armour of the house of the forest 9 Ye haue seene also the broken places of the citie of Dauid howe that they are many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower poole 10 As for the houses of Hierusalem ye haue numbred them and the houses haue ye broken downe to make the wall strong 11 A pit also haue ye made betweene the two walles for the waters of the olde poole haue not regarded the maker therof neither had respect vnto hym that fashioned it long ago 12 And in that day dyd the Lorde God of hoastes call men vnto weepyng and mournyng to baldnesse and girdyng about with sackcloth 13 And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse slaying oxen and kyllyng sheepe eatyng fleshe and drynkyng wine Let vs eate and drynke for to morowe we shall dye 14 And it came to the eares of the Lorde of hoastes This iniquitie shall not be purged from you tyll ye dye saith the Lorde God of hoastes 15 Thus saith the Lord God of hoastes Get ye vnto yonder treasurer euen vnto Sebna which is the ruler of the house 16 What hast thou to do here and whom hast thou here that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchree as it were one that heweth hym out a sepulchree on hye or that graueth an habitation for hym selfe on an harde rocke 17 Beholde O thou man the Lorde shal cary thee away into captiuitie and shall surely couer thee with confusion 18 The Lorde shal turne thee ouer like a ball with his handes and shall sende thee into a farre countrey there shalt thou dye and there in steade of the charrets of thy pompe shall the house of thy Lorde haue confusion 19 I wyll driue thee from thy place and out of thy dwellyng shal he ouerthrowe thee 20 And in that day shall I call my seruaunt Eliakim the sonne of Helkia 21 And with thy garmentes wyll I clothe hym and with thy girdle wyll I strength hym thy power also wyll I commit into his hande and he shal be a father of such as dwell in Hierusalem and in
they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde and their fruites with them 24 And it shal be that or euer they call I shall aunswere them whyle they are yet but thinking howe to speake I shal heare them 25 The woolfe and the lambe shal feede together and the lion shall eate hay like the bullocke but earth shal be the serpentes meate There shal no man hurt nor slay another in al my holy hill saith the Lorde The .lxvj. Chapter 1 God dwelleth not in temples made by mans hande 3 He dispiseth sacrifices done without mercie and fayth 5 God comforteth them that are troubled for his sake 23 Among the christen the Sabbath is continuall 1 THus saith the Lorde Heauen is my seate and the earth is my footstoole Where shall nowe the house stande that ye wyll builde vnto me And where shal be the place that I wyll dwell in 2 As for these thynges my hande hath made them all and they are all created saith the Lorde which of them shall I then regarde Euen hym that is poore and of a lowly troubled spirite and standeth in awe of my wordes 3 For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so great dishonour as he that killeth a man He that killeth a sheepe for me knetcheth a dogge He that bryngeth me meate offerynges offereth swynes blood who so maketh me a memorial of incense prayseth the thyng that is vnryght Yet take they such wayes in hande and their soule delyghteth in these abhominations 4 Therfore wyll I also haue pleasure in laughyng them to scorne the thyng that they feare will I bring vpon them For when I called no man gaue aunswere when I spake they woulde not heare but did wickednesse before mine eyes and chose the thynges that displeased me 5 Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thyng which he speaketh Your brethren that hate you and cast you out for my name sake say The Lorde is heynous agaynst vs but you shall see hym in ioy when they shal be confounded 6 Then shal be hearde a great noyse from the citie and the temple the voyce of the Lorde that wyll rewarde and recompence his enemies 7 Lyke as when a wife bringeth foorth a man childe or euer she suffer the payne of the birth anguishe of the trauayle 8 Who euer heard or sawe such thinges doth the grounde beare in one day or are the people borne all at once as Sion trauayled in childe birth and bare her sonnes 9 For thus saith the Lorde Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my selfe Am not I he that beareth and maketh barren saith thy God 10 Reioyce with Hierusalem and be glad with her all ye that loue her be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her 11 For ye shall sucke comfort out of her breastes and be satisfied Ye shall taste and haue delyte in the bryghtnesse of her glorie 12 For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll let peace into her lyke a water fludde and the glory of the heathen like a flowing streame Then shall ye sucke ye shal be borne vpon her sydes and be ioyfull vpon her knees 13 For lyke as a chylde is comforted of his mother so shall I comfort you and ye shal be comforted in Hierusalem 14 And when ye see this your heart shall reioyce and your bones shall florishe lyke an hearbe Thus shall the hande of the Lorde be knowen among his seruauntes and his indignation among his enemies 15 For beholde the Lorde shall come with fire and his charret shal be lyke a whirle wynde that he may recompence his vengeaunce in his wrath and his indignation with the flambe of fire 16 For the Lorde shall iudge all fleshe with the fire and with his sworde and there shal be a great number slayne of the Lorde 17 Such as haue made themselues holy and cleane in the gardens and those that haue eaten swines fleshe mice and other abhominations shal be taken away together saith the Lorde 18 For I do knowe their workes and thoughtes and I wyll come to gather all people and tongues then they shall come and see my glorie 19 Vnto them shall I geue a token and sende certayne of theÌ„ that be deliuered among the gentiles into Cilicia Affrica and Lydia where men can handle bowes into Italie and also Greeke lande The Isles farre of that haue not hearde speake of me and haue not seene my glorie shall preache my prayse among the gentiles 20 And shall bryng all your brethren for an offeryng vnto the Lorde out of all the people vpon horses charettes and horslitters vpon mules and cartes to Hierusalem my holy hil saith the Lord lyke as the children of Israel bryng the offeryng in cleane vessels to the house of the Lorde 21 And I shal take out certayne of them for to be priestes and Leuites saith the Lorde 22 For lyke as the newe heauen and the newe earth which I wyll make shal be fast stablished by me saith the Lorde so shall your seede your name continue 23 And it shall come to passe that from moone to his moone from Sabbath to his Sabbath all fleshe shall come to worship before me saith the Lorde 24 And they shall go foorth and loke vpon the carions of them that haue transgressed agaynst me for their wormes shall not dye neither shall their fire be quenched and all fleshe shall abhorre them ⧠The ende of the booke of the prophete Esai ⧠The booke of the prophete Ieremie ¶ The first Chapter 1 The stocke of Ieremie and in what tyme he prophecied 6 He excuseth him selfe and woulde refuse the office of a prophete because he is young and vnexpert 8 He is taught of the Lorde and becommeth bolde 11 God openeth vnto hym that the destruction of the Iewes by the Babylonians is at hande 17 Ieremie is commaunded to speake the worde of God vnto the Iewes without feare 1 THese are the sermons of Ieremie the sonne of Helkiah the priest one of them that dwelt at Anathoth in the lande of Beniamin 2 When the Lorde had first spoken with hym in the tyme of Iosiah the sonne of Amon kyng of Iuda in the .xiij. yere of his raigne 3 And so duryng vnto the tyme of Iâ—hoakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iuda and vntyll the .xi. yere of Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiah kyng of Iuda were ended when Hierusalem was taken euen in the fifth moneth 4 The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me 5 Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe I dyd knowe thee and or euer thou wast borne I sanctified thee and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people 6 Then sayde I O Lorde God I can not speake for I am yet but young 7 And the Lorde aunswered me thus Say not so I am to young for thou shalt go to all that I shall
he slue with hym 4 The next day after that he had slayne Gedaliah the matter was yet vnknowen 5 And there came certayne men from Sichem from Silo and Samaria to the number of fourescore which had shauen their beardes rent their clothes and were all heauie bryngyng meate offerynges and incense in their handes to offer it in the house of the Lorde 6 And Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah went foorth of Mispa weepyng to meete them Nowe when he met them he sayde Go your way to Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam 7 And when they came in the middest of the citie Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah with them that were with hym slue them euen at the middest of the pit 8 Among these fourescore men there were ten that sayde vnto Ismael Oh slay vs not for we haue yet a great treasure in the fielde of wheate barly oyle and hony So he spared them and slue them not with their brethren 9 Nowe the pit wherin Ismael did cast the dead bodyes of the men whom he slue because of Gedaliah had kyng Asa caused to be made for feare of Baasa the kyng of Israel and the same pit did Ismael fyll with slayne men 10 As for the remnaunt of the people the kynges daughters and all the people that were left at Mispa vpon whom Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne had made Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam gouernour Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah caryed them away prisoners towarde the Ammonites 11 But when Iohanan the sonne of Careah and all they which had ben captaynes ouer the kinges hoast with him hearde of all the wickednesse that Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah had done 12 They toke their companions went out for to fyght with Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah and founde hym by the great waters that are at Gibeon 13 Nowe when all the people whom Ismael led captiue sawe Iohanan the sonne of Careah and all the other captaynes of the hoast they were glad 14 So all the people that Ismael had caried away from Mispa were brought agayne and when they returned they came to Iohanan the sonne of Careah 15 But Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah fled from Iohanan with eyght companions and went to the Ammonites 16 Then Iohanan the sonne of Careah and all the captaynes of the hoast that were with hym toke all the remnaunt of the people whom Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah had led away when he had slayne Gedaliah the sonne of Ahicam whom they also had reserued from hym fightyng men women and children and gelded men whom they brought agayne from Gibeon 17 And went from thence and sate them downe at Geruth Chamaam which lyeth beside Bethlehem that they might go into Egypt for feare of the Chaldees 18 Of whom they were afrayde because that Ismael the sonne of Nathaniah had slayne Gedaliah Ahicams sonne whom the kyng of Babylon had made gouernour in the lande ¶ The .xlij. Chapter ◠The captaynes aske counsayle at Ieremie what they ought to do 19 Ieremie admonisheth the remnaunt of the people not to go into Egypt 1 SO all the captaynes of Iohanan the sonne of Careah Iezaniah the sonne of Osiah came with all the people frō the least vnto the most 2 And sayde vnto Ieremie the prophete O heare our petition that thou mayest pray for vs vnto the Lorde thy God Namely for all the remnaunt wherof there be fewe of vs left of many as thou seest vs 3 That the Lorde thy God may shewe vs a way to go in and tell vs what we shoulde do 4 Then Ieremie the prophete sayde vnto them I haue hearde you beholde I wyll pray vnto God your Lorde as ye haue required me and loke what aunswere the Lorde geueth I shall certifie you therof and kepe nothyng backe from you 5 And they sayde vnto Ieremie The Lorde be a true and faithfull witnesse betwixt vs that we wyll do all that the Lorde thy God commaundeth vs. 6 Whether it be good or euyll we wyll hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde God to whom we sende thee that we may prosper when we haue folowed the voyce of the Lorde our God 7 And after ten dayes came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremie 8 Then called he Iohanan the sonne of Careah and all the captaynes of the people that were with hym yea and all the people from the least to the most 9 And sayde vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel vnto whom ye sent me to lay foorth your prayers before hym 10 If ye wyll dwell in this lande I shall builde you vp not breake you downe I shal plant you and not roote you out for I repent as concerning the trouble that I haue done to you 11 Feare not the kyng of Babylon of whom ye stande in awe O be not afraide of him saith the Lord for I wyll be with you to helpe you and deliuer you from his hande 12 I wyll pardon you I wyll haue mercie vpon you and cause hym to pitie you and bryng you agayne into your owne lande 13 Neuerthelesse yf ye purpose not to dwell in this lande nor to folowe the voyce of the Lorde your God 14 But wyll say thus We wyll not dwell heare but go into Egypt where we shall neither see warre heare the noyse of the trumpe nor suffer hunger there wyll we dwell 15 Wherfore heare nowe the worde of the Lorde O ye remnaunt of Iuda Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel If ye be wholly purposed to go into Egypt and to dwell there as straungers 16 The sworde that ye feared shall ouertake you in Egypt and the hunger wherof ye be here afrayde shall hang vpon you and folowe you into Egypt and there shall ye dye 17 And all they that of set purpose vndertake to go into Egypt to soiourne there shall perishe with the sworde with hunger and pestilence not one of them shall remayne there shall none escape the plague that I wyll bryng vpon them 18 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Lyke as my wrath and indignation is moued agaynst the inhabitours of Hierusalem so shall my displeasure be kindled agaynst you also yf ye go into Egypt and there ye shal be reuiled abhorred brought to shame and confusion and as for this place ye shall neuer see it more 19 The Lorde forbiddeth you O ye remnaunt of Iuda that ye shall not go into Egypt and forget not that I haue warned you earnestly this day 20 For ye haue dissembled with me for ye sent me vnto the Lorde your God and sayde O pray thou the Lorde our God for vs and loke what aunswere the Lorde our God geueth thee that bryng vs agayne and we shall do therafter 21 Nowe haue I shewed and declared vnto you but ye haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde your God for the which cause he hath sent me to you 22 Nowe
name is the Lorde of hoastes so surely as Thabor standeth among the mountaynes and Charmel in the sea euen so assuredly shall this mischiefe come vppon Egypt 19 O thou daughter of Egypt make redye thy geare to flit for Noph shal be voyde and desolate so that no man shal dwell therein 20 The lande of Egypt is lyke a goodly faire calfe but destruction shall come out of the north I say it commeth 21 Her waged souldiers that be with her are lyke fat calues they also shall flee away together and not abyde for the day of their slaughter and the tyme of their visitation shall come vpon them 22 The crye of them shall make a noyse as the hissing of serpentes for they shall enter in with their hoastes and come against her with axes as it were hewers downe of wood 23 And they shall cut downe her wood saith the Lorde they shal be innumerable for they shal be mo in number then the grashoppers so that no man shal be able to tell them 24 The daughter of Egypt is confounded and deliuered into the handes of the people of the north 25 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll visite that restlesse people of Alexandria Pharao Egypt yea both their gods and their kinges euen Pharoa and all them that put their trust in hym 26 Yea I wyl deliuer them into the handes of those that seeke after their liues namely into the power of Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon and into the power of his seruauntes and after all these thinges it shal be inhabited as aforetyme saith the Lorde 27 Be not thou afraide O my seruaunt Iacob feare not thou O Israel for lo I wyll helpe thee from farre and thy seede from the lande of their captiuitie Iacob also shall come againe and be in rest he shall prosper and no man shall do hym harme 28 Feare thou not O Iacob my seruaunt saith the Lorde for I am with thee and wyll destroy all nations among whom I haue scattered thee neuerthelesse I wyll not consume thee but chasten thee and correct thee yea and that with discretion neither wyll I vtterly destroy thee ¶ The .xlvii. Chapter 1 The worde of the Lorde against the Philistines 1 THese are the wordes that the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie the prophete against the Philistines before that Pharao smote the citie of Azah 2 Thus saith the Lorde Beholde there shal waters arise out of the north and shall growe to a great fludde running ouer couering the lande and all that is therin the cities and them that dwel therin and the men shal crye all they that dwel in the land shal mourne 3 At the noyse and stamping of their strong barbed horses at the shaking of their charrets and at the rumbling of the wheeles the fathers shall not looke to their chyldren so feeble and weerie shall their handes be 4 At the same tyme when he shal be there to destroy the whole lande of the Philistines he shall make waste both Tyrus Sidon and the residue of their ayde for the Lorde wyll destroy the Philistines the remnaunt of the I le of Caphtor 5 Baldnesse is come vpon Azah Ascalon is put to scilence with the rest of their valleys Howe long wylt thou teare thy selfe 6 O thou sworde of the Lorde howe long wylt thou not ceasse Turne againe into thy sheath rest and leaue of 7 But how can it ceasse when the Lord him selfe hath geuen it a charge against Ascalon and raysed it vp against the cities of the sea coast The .xlviij. Chapter 1 The worde of the Lorde against the Moabites 1 THus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel against Moab Wo be to the citie of Nebo for it is layde waste brought to confusion and Kiriathaim is taken Misgab is brought to shame and afraide 2 Moab can boast no more of Hesbon for they haue deuised a mischiefe against it Come shall they say let vs roote them out that they may be no more a nation thou also shalt be destroyed O Madmena and the sworde shall persecute thee 3 A voyce shall crye from Horonaim Great wasting and destruction shall come vpon them 4 Moab is made desolate her litle ones haue cryed out 5 For at the going vp vnto Luith he arose with lamentation and mourning and downe towarde Horonaim they hearde a cruel and deadly crye 6 Get you away saue your liues and be lyke vnto the heath in the wyldernesse 7 For because thou hast trusted in thine owne workes and treasure thou shalt be taken Chamos with his priestes and princes shall go away into captiuitie 8 The destroyer shall come vpon all cities none shall escape The valleys shal be destroyed and the fieldes shal be layde waste lyke as the Lorde hath spoken 9 Geue winges vnto Moab that she get her away speedyly for her cities shal be made so desolate that no man shall dwell therein 10 Cursed be he that doth the worke of the Lorde fraudulently and cursed be he that kepeth backe his sworde from sheddyng of blood 11 Moab hath euer ben riche and carelesse from her youth vp she hath ben still setled vpon lies she was neuer yet put out of one vessell into another that is she neuer went away into captiuitie therefore her taste remayneth and her sauour is not yet chaunged 12 But lo the tyme commeth saith the Lorde that I shall sende her trussers to trusse her vp whiche shall remoue her from her dwelling and emptie her vessels and breake her wine pottes 13 And Moab shal be ashamed of Chamos lyke as Israel was ashamed of Bethel wherein she put her trust 14 Wherefore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and strong men of warre 15 Moab is destroyed and her cities brent vp her chosen young men be slayne saith the kyng whose name is the Lorde of hoastes 16 The destruction of Moab commeth on a pace and her fall is at hande 17 All ye neighbours mourne for her and all ye that knowe her name say O howe happeneth it that the strong staffe and the goodly rodde is thus broken 18 And thou daughter Dibon come downe from thy glory and sit in thyrst for he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to thee also and breake downe thy strong holdes 19 And thou that dwellest in Aroer get thee to the streete and looke about thee aske them that are fled and escaped and say What thing is happened 20 Oh Moab is confounded and ouercome mourne and crye tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed 21 For iudgement shall come vpon the playne lande namely vpon Holon and Iahzah and vpon Mephaath 22 And vpon Dibon vpon Nabo and Beth Deblathaim 23 Vpon Kiriathaim and vpon Beth Gamul vpon Beth Maon 24 And vpon Carioth vpon Bozra and all the cities in the lande of Moab whether they lye farre or neare 25 The horne of Moab is smitten downe and her arme
the Lordes vengeaunce is come yea he shall rewarde her agayne 7 Babylon hath ben in the Lordes hande a golden cuppe that maketh all landes drunken of her wine haue all people drunken therfore are they out of their wittes 8 But sodaynly is Babylon fallen and destroyed mourne for her bryng plasters for her woundes yf she may peraduenture be healed agayne 9 We woulde haue made Babylon whole say they but she is not recouered therfore wyll we let her alone and go euery man into his owne countrey for her iudgement is come into heauen and is gone vp to the cloudes 10 The Lorde hath brought foorth our righteousnesse and therfore come on we wyll shewe in Sion the worke of the Lorde our God 11 Make sharpe the arrowes and multiplie your shieldes for the Lorde shall rayse vp the spirite of the kyng of the Medes which hath alredy a desire to destroy Babylon this shal be the vengeaunce of the Lorde the vengeaunce of his temple 12 Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon make your watch strong set your watchmen in araye yea holde priuie watches and yet for all that shall the Lorde go foorth with his deuice which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon 13 O thou that dwellest by the great waters O thou that hast so great treasure and riches thine ende is come and the reckenyng of thy wynnynges 14 The Lorde of hoastes hath sworne by hym selfe that he wyll ouerwhelme thee with men lyke grashoppers in number whiche with a courage shall crye alarum alarum agaynst thee 15 Yea euen the Lorde of hoastes that with his power made the earth with his wisdome prepared the round world and with his discretion spread out the heauens 16 Assoone as he letteth his voyce be hearde the waters in the ayre waxe fierce he draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth he turneth the lightnynges to rayne he bryngeth the wyndes out of their secrete places 17 If they be esteemed by their wisdome all men are become fooles confounded be all the casters of images for the thing that they make is but deceipt and hath no breath 18 Vayne is it and an erronious worke and in the tyme of visitation it shall perishe 19 The portion of Iacob is none such but he that made all thinges whose name is the Lorde of hoastes he is the rodde of his enheritaunce 20 Thou hast ben mine hammer and weapons for warre for with thee haue I broken the people in peeces and with thee haue I destroyed kyngdomes 21 Through thee I haue beaten to powder horse and horsemen yea the charrettes and such as sate vpon them 22 Through thee I haue broken man and woman olde and young bacheler and mayden 23 Through thee I haue destroyed the sheepheard and his flocke the husbandman and his cattell the princes and the rulers 24 Therfore wyll I rewarde the citie of Babylon and all the inhabitauntes of Chaldea with all the euyll which they haue done vnto Sion yea that ye your selues shall see it saith the Lorde 25 Beholde I come vpon thee thou noysome hyll saith the Lorde thou that destroyest all landes I wyll stretch out my hand ouer thee and cast thee downe from the stony rockes and wyll make thee a burnt hyll 26 So that neither corner stones shal be taken any more out of thee but waste and desolate shalt thou lye for euermore saith the Lorde 27 Set vp a token in the lande blowe the trumpets among the heathen prouoke the nations agaynst her call the kyngdomes of Ararat Menni and Ascanez agaynst her set the prince agaynst her bryng as great a sort of terrible horses agaynst her as yf they were grashoppers 28 Prepare against them the people of the Medes with their kynges princes and all their chiefe rulers yea and the whole lande that is vnder hym 29 The lande also shall shake and be afrayde when the deuice of the Lorde shall come foorth agaynst Babylon to make the lande of Babylon so waste that no man shal dwel any more therin 30 The worthyes of Babylon shall leaue the battayle and kepe them selues in strong holdes their strength hath failed them they shal be lyke women their dwellyng places shal be burnt vp their barres shal be broken 31 One purseuaunt shall meete another yea one poste shall come by another to bryng the kyng of Babylon tidinges that his citie is taken on euery syde 32 The foordes occupied the fennes burnt vp and the souldiers sore afrayde 33 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel The daughter of Babylon hath ben in her tyme lyke as a threshyng floore but shortly shall her haruest come 34 Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon hath deuoured and destroyed me he hath made me an emptie vessell he swalowed me vp lyke a dragon and fylled his belly with my delicates he hath cast me out 35 My substaunce wherof he hath spoyled me and the thyng that was left me which he hath caryed away crye out against Babylon saith the daughter that dwelleth in Sion yea and my blood also agaynst the Chaldees saith Hierusalem 36 Therfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll defende thy cause and auenge thee I wyll drynke vp her sea and drye vp her water sprynges 37 Babylon shall become an heape of stones a dwellyng place for dragons a fearefulnesse and wonderyng and no man shall dwell there 38 They shall rore together lyke lions and as the young lions when they be angry so shall they bende them selues 39 In their heate I shall geue them a dinner and they shal be drunken for ioy then shall they sleepe an euerlastyng sleepe and neuer wake saith the Lorde 40 I shall cary them downe to be slayne lyke sheepe lyke weathers and goates 41 O howe was Sesach wonne O howe was the glorie of the whole lande taken howe happeneth it that Babylon is so wondred at among the heathen 42 The sea is risen ouer Babylon hath couered her with her great waues 43 Her cities are layde waste the lande lyeth vnbuilded and voyde it is a lande where no man dwelleth and where no man trauayleth through 44 Moreouer I wyll visite Bell at Babylon the thyng that he hath swalowed vp that same shall I plucke out of his mouth the gentiles also shall runne no more vnto hym yea and the walles of Babylon shall fall 45 O my people come out of Babylon that euery man may saue his life from the fearfull wrath of the Lorde 46 Be not faynt hearted and feare not at euery rumoure that shal be hearde in the lande for euery yere bryngeth newe tidinges and in the yere folowing newe tidinges and robbyng in the lande and lorde vpon lorde 47 And lo the tyme commeth that I will visite the images of Babylon and the whole lande shal be confounded yea and her slayne shall lye in the middest of her 48 Heauen and
and thou shalt say vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God Whoso heareth let hym heare whoso leaueth of let him leaue for they are a rebellious house ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 The siege of the citie of Hierusalem is signified 9 The long continuaunce of the captiuitie of Israel 16 A hunger is prophesied to come in the captiuitie 1 THou sonne of man take thee a tyle stone and lay it before thee and purtray vpon it the citie Hierusalem 2 And lay siege against it and builde a fort against it and cast a mount against it set the campe also against it and lay engins of warre against it rounde about 3 Moreouer take an iron panne and set it betwixt thee and the citie in steede of an iron wall then set thy face towarde it to besiege it and make an assault against it this shal be a token vnto the house of Israel 4 But thou shalt sleepe vpon thy left side and lay the sinne of the house of Israel vpon it according to the number of the dayes that thou shalt sleepe vpon it thou shalt beare their iniquitie 5 For I haue layde vpon thee the yeres of their iniquitie according to the number of the dayes euen three hundred and ninetie dayes so shalt thou beare the iniquitie of the house of Israel 6 When thou hast fulfilled these dayes lye downe agayne and sleepe vpon thy right side and beare the sinnes of the house of Iuda fourtie dayes haue I appointed thee a day for a yere euen a day for a yere 7 Therfore set nowe thy face towarde the siege of Hierusalem and discouer thine arme that thou mayest prophecie against it 8 Behold I will lay chaines vpon thee that thou shalt not turne thee from one side to another till thou hast ended the dayes of thy besieging 9 Wherfore take vnto thee wheate barlye beanes lintils millot and fetches and put these together in a vessell and make thee loaues of bread thereof according to the number of the dayes that thou must lye vpon thy side that thou mayest haue bread to eate for three hundred and ninetie dayes 10 And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed namely twentie sicles euery day from time to time shalt thou eate therof 11 Thou shalt drinke also a certaine measure of water namely the sixt part of an Hin from tyme to tyme shalt thou drinke 12 Barly cakes shalt thou eate and them shalt thou bake in mans doung before their eyes 13 And with that sayde the Lord Euen thus shall the chyldren of Israel eate their defiled bread among the gentiles whyther I wyll cast them 14 Then sayde I Oh Lorde God beholde my soule was yet neuer stayned for fro my youth vp vnto this houre I did neuer eate of a dead carkase or of that whiche was slayne of wylde beastes neither came there euer any vncleane fleshe in my mouth 15 Whervnto he aunswered me Lo I wyll graunt thee cowcasins in steede of mans doung and thou shalt make thy bread with them 16 And he saide vnto me Beholde thou sonne of man I wyll breake the staffe of bread in Hierusalem and they shall eate their bread with waight and with care and their water in measure and astonishment shall they drinke 17 That they may cause a lacke of bread and water and be astonied one at another and be consumed in their iniquitie The .v. Chapter 1 The signe of the heere 's by which is signified the destruction of the people 6 The causes of the anger of God towarde the people 1 O Thou sonne of man take thee then a sharpe knife namely a barbers rasour take that to thee and cause it to passe vpon thy head and vpon thy beard then take thee waight scales and deuide the heere 2 Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middest of the citie when the dayes of the siege are fulfylled and thou shalt take the other thirde part and smite about it with a knife and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the wynde and I wyll drawe out a sworde after them 3 Thou shalt also take therof a fewe in number and bynde them in thy lappe 4 Of them yet shalt thou take and cast them into the middest of the fire burne them in the fire therof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel 5 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God This same is Hierusalem which I set in the middest of nations and countreis rounde about her 6 But she hath chaunged my iudgementes into wickednesse more then the nations and my statutes more then the countreis that are rounde about her for they haue refused my iudgementes and my statutes and not walked in them 7 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God For your multiplying more then the gentiles that dwell rounde about you and because ye haue not walked in my lawes neither haue ye kept my ordinaunces no ye haue not done accordyng to the iudgementes of the nations that are rounde about you 8 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I will also come agaynst thee I my selfe I say for in the middest of thee wyll I execute iudgement in the sight of the heathen 9 And I wyll handle thee of such a fashion as I neuer did before as I will neuer do from that tyme foorth and that because of all thine abhominations 10 For in thee the fathers shal be fayne to eate their owne sonnes and the sonnes their owne fathers I wyll execute iudgement in thee and the whole remnaunt of thee wyll I scatter into all the wyndes 11 Wherfore as truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God seyng thou hast defiled my sanctuarie with all maner of abhominations and with all shamefull offences 12 For this cause will I also destroy thee mine eye shall not spare thee neither wyll I haue any pitie 13 One thirde part within thee shall dye of the pestilence and be consumed of hunger another thirde part shal be slayne downe rounde about thee with the sworde the other thirde part that remayneth wyll I scatter abrode towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a sworde after them 14 Thus wyll I perfourme mine indignation make my wrath to settle vpon them and I will be comforted so that when I haue fulfylled myne anger agaynst them they shall knowe that I am the Lorde which with a feruent gelousie haue spoken it 15 Moreouer I wyll make thee waste and reuiled among all the heathen that dwell about thee in the sight of all them that go by thee 16 So thou shalt be a reproche and shame a chastisement and a wondryng vnto the nations that are rounde about thee when I shall execute iudgementes in thee in anger in wrath and in sharpe rebukes I the Lorde haue spoken it 17 When I shoote among them the perilous dartes of hunger which shal be for their
of the Lorde came vnto me on this maner 15 Thou sonne of man thy brethren euen thy brethren the men of thy kinrede and all the house of Israel wholly are they vnto whom the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem haue sayd withdrawe ye farre from the Lorde for the lande is geuen vs in possession 16 Therfore tell them thus saith the God Although I sende them farre of among the gentiles and scatter them among the nations yet wyll I be to them as a litle sanctuarie in the landes where they shall come 17 Tell them also thus saith the Lorde God I wyll gather you agayne out of the nations and bryng you from the countreis where ye be scattered and I wyll geue you the lande of Israel agayne 18 And they shall come thither and they shall take away all their idols and all their abhominations from thence 19 And I wyll geue them one heart and I wyll put a newe spirite within their bowels that stony heart wyll I take out of their body and geue them a fleshlye heart 20 That they may walke in my commaundementes and kepe mine ordinaunces and do them that they may be my people and I their God 21 But to the heart of their idols and their abhominations their heart goeth their wayes wyll I bryng vpon their owne heades saith the Lorde God 22 After this did the Cherubims lift vp their wynges and the wheeles besides them and the glorie of the God of Israel was vpon them on hye 23 So the glorie of the Lorde went vp from the middest of the citie and stoode vpon the mount of the citie towarde the east 24 And the spirite toke me vp brought me agayne to Chaldea to the captiuitie in a vision by the spirite of God then the vision that I had seene went vp from me 25 So I spake vnto the captiues all the wordes of the Lorde which he had shewed me The .xij. Chapter The parable of the captiuitie 10 The exposition of the parable by which the takyng of kyng Zedekiah is signified 18 An other parable whereby the distresse of hunger and thurst is signified 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man thou dwellest in the middest of a rebellious house which haue eyes to see and yet see not eares haue they to heare and yet heare they not for they are a rebellious house 3 Therfore O thou sonne of man prepare thee instrumentes to flit with remoue on the day time that they may see yea euen in their sight shalt thou go from thy place to another place yf peraduenture they wyll consider that they be a rebellious house 4 Thou shalt bryng foorth thine instrumentes as stuffe to flit with by the day tyme in their sight and thou thy selfe shalt go foorth also at euenyng before their eyes as they that go foorth to flit 5 Digge through the wall in their sight and cary out therby 6 In their sight shalt thou beare vpon thy shouldiers and cary it foorth in the darke hide thy face that thou see not the earth for I haue made thee a shewe token vnto the house of Israel 7 And I did so as I was commaunded I brought foorth my stuffe by day as the stuffe of one that goeth into captiuitie and in the euening I digged through the wall with my handes and brought it foorth in the darke and bare it vpon my shoulder in their sight 8 And in the mornyng came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 9 Thou sonne of man hath not the house of Israel the rebellious house sayd vnto thee What doest thou 10 Then tell them thus saith the Lorde God This burden toucheth the prince at Hierusalem and all the house of Israel that dwell among them 11 Tell them I am your shewe token lyke as I haue done so shall it be done vnto them they shall go into bondage and captiuitie 12 The prince that is among them shall loade his shoulders in the darke and get hym away they shall breake downe the wall to cary through by it he shall couer his face that he see not the ground with his eyes 13 My net will I spreade out vpon him and he shal be caught in my net and I wyll bryng hym to Babylon in the lande of the Chaldees which he shall not see and yet shall he dye there 14 As for all his helpers all his bandes that be about hym I wyll scatter them towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a sworde after them 15 So when I haue scattered them among the heathen and strowed them in the landes they shall knowe that I am the Lorde 16 But I will leaue a litle number of thē from the sworde hunger and pestilence to tell all their abhominations among the heathen where they come that they may knowe howe that I am the Lord. 17 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 18 Thou sonne of man with a fearfull tremblyng shalt thou eate thy bread with vnquietnesse sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water 19 And vnto the people of the lande speake thou Thus saith the Lord God to them that dwell in Hierusalem and to the lande of Israel they shall eate their bread with sorowe and drynke their water with desolation yea the lande with the fulnesse therof shal be layde waste for the wickednesse of all them that dwell therin 20 And the cities that nowe be well inhabited shal be voyde the lande desolate that ye may knowe that I am the Lorde 21 Yet came the worde of the Lorde vnto me agayne saying 22 Thou sonne of man what maner of prouerbe is that which ye vse in the lande of Israel saying The dayes are slacke in cōmyng all visions fayle 23 Tell them therfore thus saith the Lord God I wyll make that prouerbe to ceasse and they shall no more vse it as a prouerbe in Israel but say vnto them the dayes are at hande and the effect of euery vision 24 There shall no vision be any more in vayne neither any flattering diuination within the house of Israel 25 For I the Lorde speake it and whatsoeuer I shall speake it shal be perfourmed and not be slacke in commyng any more yea euen in your dayes O rebellious house wyll I speake the thyng bryng it to passe saith the Lorde God 26 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 27 Beholde thou sonne of man the house of Israel saith on this maner The vision that he seeth it wyll be many a day or it come to passe it is farre of yet the tyme that he prophecieth of 28 Therfore say thus vnto them thus saith the Lorde God All my wordes shall no more be delayed loke what I speake that same shall come to passe saith the Lorde God The .xiii. Chapter 1 The worde of the Lorde against false prophetes whiche teache the people the counsels
in possession 3 Prophecie therefore and speake thus saith the Lorde God For because that they haue made you desolate and swalowed you vp on euery side that ye might be a possession vnto the residue of the gentiles and ye are taken vp in the lippes and tongues of men and to the reproche of the people 4 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde God O ye mountaines of Israel thus saith the Lorde God to the mountaines and hils to the riuers and valleys to the waste and desolate places and to the cities that are forsaken which are spoyled and had in derision on euery side among the residue of the heathen 5 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God Surely in the fire of my gelousie haue I spoken against the residue of the gentiles and against all Edom which haue appoynted my lande for their possession which also reioyced from their whole heart with a dispitefull stomake to cast it out for a pray 6 Prophecie therefore vpon the lande of Israel and speake vnto the mountaines and hils to the riuers and dales thus saith the Lorde God Behold this haue I spoken in my gelousie and terrible wrath because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God I haue lyft vp my hande surely the heathen that are about you shall beare their shame 8 But you O mountaynes of Israel ye shall shoote out your braunches and bring foorth your fruite to my people of Israel for they are at hande to come 9 Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne my face that ye may be tilled and sowen 10 I wyll multiplie men vpon you euen al the house of Israel wholly the cities shal be inhabited and the decayed places shal be repaired againe 11 And I wyll multiplie vpon you man and beast which shal encrease and bring fruite and I wyll cause you to dwell after your olde estate be better vnto you then at the beginning and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 12 Yea I wyll cause men to walke vpon you euen my people Israel they shall possesse thee and thou shalt be their inheritaunce thou shalt no more hencefoorth depriue them of men 13 Thus saith the lorde God Forsomuch as they say vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people 14 Therefore thou shalt eate no more men neither destroy thy people any more saith the Lorde God 15 Neither wyll I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathē any more neither shalt thou beare the reproche of the people any more nor cause thy folke to fall any more saith the Lorde God 16 Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me saying 17 O thou sonne of man when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defiled them selues with their owne wayes and imaginations so that in my sight their way was lyke the vncleannes of a remoued woman 18 Wherfore I powred my wrathful displeasure vpon them because of the blood that they had shed in the lande and because of their idols where with they had defiled it 19 I scattered them also among the heathen so that they were strawed about in the landes according to their wayes after their owne inuentions so did I iudge them 20 And when they entred vnto the heathen whyther they went they polluted my holy name when they saide of them These are the people of God are gone out of his lande 21 Then spared I my holy name which the house of Israel had dishonoured among the gentiles where they came 22 Therfore tel the house of Israel thus saith the Lorde God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came 23 Therefore I wyll halowe my great name againe which among the gentiles is polluted for ye your selues haue dishonoured it among them the gentiles shall know that I am the Lorde saith the Lorde God when I shal be sanctifified in you before your eyes 24 As for you I wyll take you from among the heathen and gather you together out of all countreys and bring you againe into your owne lande 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you and ye shal be cleane yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you 26 A newe heart also wyll I geue you and a newe spirite wyll I put into you as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe and geue you a fleshy heart 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you and cause you to walke in my cōmaundementes and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them 28 And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to your fathers ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 29 I wyll deliuer you from all your vncleannes I wyl call for the corne and wyll encrease it and lay no famine vpon you 30 I wil multiplie the fruites of the trees and the encrease of the fielde so that ye shal receaue no more reproche of hunger among the heathen 31 Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes and your imaginations which were not good so that ye shal be irksum in your owne eyes for your sinnes and abhominations 32 But I wyl not do this for your sakes saith the Lorde God be ye sure of it therefore O ye house of Israel be ashamed and confounded of your owne wayes 33 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God what time as I shal cleanse you from al your iniquities then wil I make the cities to be inhabited againe and the places that be decayed shal be repaired 34 The desolate lande shal be tilled againe which afore time lay waste in the sight of al them that went by 35 And they shal say this waste lande was like the garden of Eden and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong and inhabited 36 Then the residue of the heathen that lye rounde about you shall knowe that I the Lord repaire that was broken downe and plant againe that that was made waste euen I the Lord haue spoken it and wyl do it in deede 37 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll yet for this be sought of the house of Israel to do it for them I wyll multiplie them as a flocke of men 38 Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Hierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shall also the wasted cities be filled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter He prophecieth the bringing againe of the people being in captiuitie 16 He sheweth the vnion of the ten tribes with the two 1 THe hande of the Lorde was vpon me and caried me out in the spirite of the Lorde and set me downe in the
trueth to the grounde and thus shall it do and prosper 13 Vpon this I heard one of the sainctes speaking and one of the sainctes spake vnto Palmoni saying how long shal the vision of the dayly sacrifice and of the iniquitie of desolation endure to geue both the sanctuarie and the power to be troden vnder foote 14 And he aunswered me Vnto the euening and the morning two thousand and three hundred then shal the sanctuarie be cleansed 15 Now when I Daniel had seene this vision and sought for the vnderstanding of it beholde there stoode before me like the similitude of a man 16 And I heard a mans voyce betweene Vlai which cryed and saide O Gabriel make this man vnderstande the vision 17 So he came and stoode by me but I was afraide at his comming and fell downe vpō my face Then said he vnto me Vnderstand O thou sonne of man for at the time of the ende this vision shal be 18 Now as he was speaking vnto me I fell in a slumber vpon my face to the grounde but he touched me and set me vp in my place 19 And he saide Beholde I wyll shewe thee what shal be in the last wrath for in the time appoynted it shal be fulfilled 20 The ramme which thou sawest hauing two hornes is the king of the Medes and Perses 21 And the goate is the king of Grecia and the great horne that is betwixt his eyes that is the first king 22 But where as it brake foure other rose vp in the steade it signifieth that out of this people shall stande vp foure kingdomes but not so mightie as it 23 And in the ende of their kingdome when the wicked are come to the full a king of a fierce countenaunce and vnderstanding harde sentences shall stand vp 24 His power shal be mightie but not in his strength he shall destroy wonderfully he shall prosper practise and destroy the mightie and the holy people 25 And through his policie also he shall cause craft to prosper in his handes he shall extoll him selfe in his heart and in prosperitie he shall destroy many many one shal be put to death in his wealthinesse he shall stande vp against the prince of princes but he shal be destroyed without hande 26 And the vision of the euening and the morning which is declared is true therfore seale thou vp the vision for it shal be after many dayes 27 Vpon this was I Daniel feeble so that I lay sicke certaine dayes but when I rose vp I went about y e kinges busines and was astonied at the vision neuerthelesse no man vnderstoode it The .ix. Chapter 1 Daniel desireth to haue that prefourmed of God which he hath promised concerning the returne of the people from their banishment in Babylon 15 A true confession 20 Daniels prayer is harde 21 Gabriel the angel expoundeth vnto him the vision of the threescore and ten weekes 24 The annoynting of Christe 25 The building againe of Hierusalem vnder Nehemia 26 The death of Christe 1 IN the first yere of Darius the sonne of Ahasuerus which was of the seede of the Medes was made king ouer the realme of the Chaldees 2 Euen in the first yere of his raigne I Daniel vnderstoode by bookes the number of the yeres wherof the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie the prophete that he woulde accomplishe seuentie yeres in the desolation of Hierusalem 3 And I turned my face vnto the Lord God and sought by prayer and supplication with fasting sackcloth and asshes 4 I prayed vnto the Lorde my God made my confession saying O Lorde God great and fearefull which kepeth couenaunt and mercie with them that loue him and kepe his commaundementes 5 We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie and haue done wickedly yea we haue rebelled haue departed from thy preceptes from thy iudgementes 6 We woulde not obey thy seruauntes the prophetes that spake in thy name to our kinges and princes to our forefathers and to all the people of the lande 7 O Lorde righteousnesse belongeth vnto thee vnto vs open shame as is come to passe this day vnto euery man of Iuda and to them that dwel at Hierusalem yea vnto all Israel whether they be farre or nye throughout all the landes whither thou hast driuen them because of their offences that they haue done against thee 8 Yea O Lorde vnto vs to our kinges princes to our forefathers that haue offended thee belongeth open shame 9 Vnto the Lorde our God pertayneth compassion and forgeuenesse though we haue rebelled against him 10 And we haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde our God to walke in his lawes which he layde before vs by the hande of his seruauntes the prophetes 11 Yea all Israel haue transgressed and gone backe from thy lawe so that they haue not hearkened vnto thy voyce wherefore the curse and oth that is written in the lawe of Moyses the seruaunt of God against whom we haue offended is poured vpon vs. 12 And he hath confirmed his wordes which he spake against vs and against our iudges that iudged vs to bring vpon vs such a great plague as neuer was vnder heauen lyke as it is now come to passe in Hierusalem 13 Yea all this plague as it is written in the lawe of Moyses is come vpon vs yet made we not our prayers before the Lorde our God that we might turne againe from our wickednes and vnderstand thy trueth 14 Therfore hath the Lord watched vpon the plague and brought it vpon vs for the Lorde our God is righteous in all his workes which he doth for we would not hearken vnto his voyce 15 And now O Lord our God thou that with a mightie hande hast brought thy people out of the lande of Egypt to get thy selfe a name which remayneth this day we haue sinned we haue done wickedly 16 O Lorde according to all thy righteousnes I beseche thee let thyne anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy citie of Hierusalem thy holy hill for because of our sinnes and for the wickednesse of our fathers Hierusalem and thy people are a reproche to all them that are about vs. 17 Now therefore O our God heare the prayer of thy seruaunt and his intercession O let thy face shine ouer thy sanctuarie that lyeth waste for the Lordes sake 18 O my God encline thyne eare hearken open thyne eyes beholde howe we be desolated yea and the citie also which is called after thy name for we do not present our prayers before thee in our owne righteousnes but in thy great mercies 19 O Lorde heare O forgeue Lorde O Lorde consider and do it defer not for thyne owne sake O my God because thy name is called vpon thy citie vpon thy people 20 As I was yet a speaking at my prayers knowledging myne
finished 15 But when our fathers prouoked God vnto wrath and sinned agaynst the Lorde of Israel which is in heauen he gaue them ouer into the power of Nabuchodonosor kyng of Babylon of the Chaldees 16 Which brake downe the house and burnt it and caryed away the people prisoners vnto Babylon 17 Neuerthelesse in the first yere that king Cyrus raigned ouer the countreys of Babylon Cyrus the kyng wrote and commaunded to builde vp this house agayne 18 And the holy vessels of golde and of siluer that Nabuchodonosor had caryed away out of the house at Hierusalem and had dedicated them in his owne temple those brought Cyrus foorth agayne out of the temple at Babylon and deliuered them to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler 19 Commaundyng hym that he shoulde cary away those same vessels and put them in the temple at Hierusalem and that the temple of the Lorde shoulde be built in his owne place 20 Then the same Sanabassarus beyng come hyther layde the foundations of the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem and from that to this beyng styll a buildyng it is not yet fully ended 21 Nowe therfore O king if thou thinkest it good let it be sought in the libraries and rolles of kyng Cyrus 22 And yf it be founde then that the buildyng of the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem hath ben done with the counsell and consent of kyng Cyrus and yf our Lorde the kyng be so mynded let hym geue aunswere vnto vs therof 23 Then commaunded kyng Darius to seke in the kynges libraries at Babylon and so at Ecbatane a towre in the region of Medea there was founde a place where these thinges was layde vp for memorie 24 In the first yere of the raigne of Cyrus the same kyng Cyrus cōmaunded that the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem shoulde be builded agayne where they do sacrifice with the continuall fire 25 Whos 's heyght shal be sixtie cubites and the breadth sixtie cubites with three rowes of hewen stones and one rowe of wood newe and of that countrey and the expenses therof to be geuen out of the house of kyng Cyrus 26 And the holy vessels of the house of the Lorde both of golde and of siluer that Nabuchodonosor toke out of the house of Hierusalem and brought to Babylon shoulde be restored to the house at Hierusalem and be set in the place where it was before 27 And also he commaunded that Sisinnes the gouernour of Syria Phenice and Sathrabuzanes with their companions and others constituted rulers in Syria and Phenice shoulde take heede not to meddle with that place but to suffer Zorobabel the seruaunt of the Lorde and gouernour of Iudea and the elders of the Iewes to builde that house of the Lorde in that place 28 I haue commaunded also to haue it built vp whole agayne and that they be diligent to helpe those that be of the captiuitie of the Iewes tyll the house of the Lorde be finished 29 And out of the tribute of Coelosyria and Phenice a portion diligently to be geuen those men vnto the offeringes of the Lord the same to be deliuered vnto Zorobabel the officer that he therwithall may ordeyne oxen rammes lambes 30 And also corne salt wine and oyle and that continually euery yere after the expences which the priestes that be at Hierusalem shall testifie to be made dayly this shal be geuen vnto them without delay 31 That they may offer sacrifices dayly to the hyest God for the kyng and for his children and to pray for their lines 32 And he commaunded also that whosoeuer shoulde breake any poynt of the foresayde and foredecreed thynges or make it voyde of his owne goodes shoulde a tree be taken and he theron be hanged and all his goodes seasoned vnto the kyng 33 The Lorde therfore whose name is there called vpon roote out and destroy euery kyng nation that stretcheth out his hande to hinder or hurt and endomage that house of the Lorde in Hierusalem 34 I Darius the kyng haue ordeyned that accordyng to these thynges it be done with diligence The .vij. Chapter 1 Sisinnes and his companions folowe the kynges commaundement and helpe the Iewes to builde the temple 5 The tyme that it was built 10 They kepe the Passouer 1 THen Sisinnes the gouernour in Coelosyria Phenice and Sathrabuzanes with their companions obeyed the thynges that kyng Darius had ordeyned 2 And were diligent assisters in the holy workes workyng with the auncientes and gouernours of the sanctuarie 3 And so the holy workes went foorth and prospered when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophetes prophecied 4 And they perfourmed all thinges through the commaundement of the Lorde God of Israel and with consent of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerxes kynges of Persia 5 And thus was the holy house finished in the twentie and three day of the moneth Adar in the sixt yere of Darius kyng of the Persians 6 And the children of Israel the priestes and the Leuites and other that were of the captiuitie that had any charge dyd accordyng to the thynges written in the booke of Moyses 7 And to the dedication of the temple of the Lorde they offered an hundred oxen two hundred rammes foure hundred lambes 8 And twelue goates for the sinnes of all the people of Israel after the number of the chiefe of the tribes of Israel 9 The priestes also and the Leuites stoode arayed in their long robes after their kinredes in all the workes of the Lorde God of Israel accordyng to the booke of Moyses and the porters at euery doore 10 And the children of Israel with those that were come out of captiuitie helde the Passouer the fourteenth day of the first moneth after that y e priestes and the Leuites were sanctified 11 They that were of the captiuitie were not all sanctified together but the Leuites were all sanctified together 12 And so they offered the Passouer for all them of the captiuitie and for their brethren the priestes for them selues 13 And the children of Israel that came out of captiuitie dyd eate all they that had separated them selues from the abhominations of the people of the lande and sought the Lorde 14 And they kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seuen dayes long makyng mery before the Lorde 15 That the Lorde had turned the counsayle of the kyng of Assyria towardes them to strengthen their handes vnto the workes of the Lord God of Israel The .viij. Chapter 1 Esdras commeth from Babylon to Hierusalem 10 The copie of the commission geuen by kyng Artaxerxes 29 Esdras geueth thankes to the Lorde 32 The number of the heades of the people that came with hym 76 His prayer and confession 1 ANd after these when Artaxerxes the kyng of the Persians raigned there went vnto hym Esdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Ezerias the sonne of Helchiach the sonne of Salum 2 The sonne of Sadoch the sonne of Achitob the sonne of
Moli the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel Seredia and his sonnes and his brethren whiche were eyghteene 49 And Asebia and Amon and Osaian his brethrē of the sonnes of Canaineus their sonnes were twentie men 50 And of them that serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordayned and the principall men to the worke of the Leuites that were ministers in the temple two hundred twentie whose names are all signed vp in writing 51 And then commaunded I a fasting vnto the young men before the Lorde that I might desire of him a prosperous iourney and a good way both for vs and them that were with vs for our chyldren and for the cattell 52 For I feared to desire of the king men of horse and of foote to conuey vs safely against our enemies 53 For we had sayde vnto the kyng that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seeke hym to direct them in all thinges 54 And therfore we besought our Lorde agayne as touching these thinges and founde him fauourable vnto vs. 55 Then I separated from among the chiefe of the tribes and from the priestes xij men to wit Esebrias and Assanias ten men of their brethren with them 56 And I wayed them the golde and the siluer and the holy vessels of the house of our Lorde whiche the kyng and his counsell and his princes and whole Israel had geuen 57 And when I had wayed it I deliuered it vnto them sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and an hundred talentes in siluer vessels and an hundred talentes of golde 58 And twentie golden basens twelue vessels of brasse euen fine brasse like shining golde 59 And I sayde vnto them Ye are holy vnto the Lord and the vessels are holy and the golde and the siluer is promised vnto the Lord God of our fathers 60 Be diligent nowe and kepe it vntyll the tyme that ye deliuer it to the chiefe of the priestes and leuites and to the principall men of the families of Israel in Hierusalem in the chaumbers of the house of our God 61 So the priestes and the leuites which receaued of me the golde the siluer and the vessels brought it vnto Hierusalem vnto the temple 62 And from the riuer Thia we brake vp the twelfth day of the first moneth according to the mightie hande of our Lorde whiche was with vs and from the beginning of our iourney the Lord deliuered vs from euery enemie so that we came vnto Hierusalem 63 And when the thirde day was past there the wayed golde and siluer was deliuered in the house of the Lorde on the fourth day vnto Marimoth the priest and sonne of Iori 64 And with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinees and with them were Iosabdus the sonne of Iesu and Moeth the sonne of Sabbanus Leuites all was deliuered them by number and wayght 65 And all the wayght of them was written vp the same houre 66 After that they that were come out of captiuitie offred sacrifice vnto the Lord God of Israel euen twelue oxen for all Israel fourescore sixteene rammes 67 Threescore and twelue sheepe twelue goates for saluation all in sacrifice to the Lorde 68 And the kinges commission deliuered they vnto the kinges stewardes and to the gouernours of Coclosyria and Phenice who honoured the people and the temple of God 69 Now when these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde 70 The nation of Israel the princes the priestes and leuites haue not put away from them the straunge people of the lande nor the vncleannes of the Gentiles to wit of the Chanaanites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites and the Moabites Egyptians and Edomites 71 For both they and theyr sonnes haue mingled them selues with the daughters of them and the holy seede is mixt with the straunge people of the lande and since the beginning of the affaires the rulers and head men haue ben partakers of this wickednesse 72 And assoone as I had hearde these things immediatly I rent my clothes and the holy garment and pulled out the heere of my head my bearde and sat me downe forowfull and heauie 73 So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the Lorde God of Israel came vnto me whyles I wept for the iniquitie but I sate styll full of heauinesse vntyll the euening sacrifice 74 Then stoode I vp from fasting hauing rent clothes the holy garment and kneeled downe vpon my knees helde out my handes vnto the Lorde 75 And sayde O Lorde I am confounded and ashamed before thy face 76 For our sinnes are become many euen aboue our heades and our ignoraunces are lifted vp euen vnto heauen 77 For since the tyme of our fathers we are in great sinne vnto this day 78 And for the sinnes of vs and our fathers we with our brethren and with our kinges and with our priestes haue ben geuen vp vnto the kynges of the earth into the sworde and into captiuitie and became a spoyle with confusion and shame vnto this day 79 And nowe O Lord God howe great is the mercy that we haue gotten of thee in that thou hast lefte vs a roote and a name in the place of thy sanctuarie 80 And that thou hast discouered to vs a light in the house of the Lord our God and hast geuen vs meate in the tyme of our seruitude 81 And when we were in captiuitie we were not forsaken of the Lord our god but he made the kynges of Persia gratious and fauourable vnto vs so that they gaue vs victuals and meate 82 Yea and honoured the temple of our Lorde and repayred the wasted places of Sion and gaue vs assuraunce in Iurie and Hierusalem 83 And nowe O Lorde what shall we say hauing all these things in possession For we haue broken thy commaundementes whiche thou gauest vnto vs by the handes of thy seruauntes the prophetes saying 84 Because the lande whiche ye go to possesse as an heritage is a lande defiled with the vncleannes and filthynes of the straungers of the land and with their abhomination they haue polluted it altogether 85 Therfore now shall ye not ioyne their daughters vnto your sonnes neither marry your daughters to their sonnes 86 Moreouer ye shall neuer seeke to make peace with them that ye may increase and eate the best in the lande and that ye may leaue the inheritaunce of the lande vnto your chyldren for euermore 87 As for the thinges that are come to passe they come all for our wicked workes and great sinnes for thou O Lorde hast made our sinnes light 88 And geuen vs suche a roote but we haue turned backe agayne so that we haue broken thy lawe and mingled our selues with the vncleannes of the out landishe heathen 89 Mightest not thou be angry with vs to destroy vs so that thou shouldest leaue vs neither roote seede nor name 90 O Lord God of Israel thou art true for our
wouldest say vnto me I neuer went downe yet into the deepe nor hel neither did I euer climbe vp into heauen 9 Neuerthelesse nowe haue I asked thee but only of fire and winde and of the day wherthrough thou hast trauayled and from the which thou canst not be separated and yet canst thou geue me no aunswere of them 10 He sayde moreouer vnto me Thyne owne thynges and such as are growen vp with thee canst thou not knowe 11 Howe shoulde thy vessell then be able to comprehende the way of the highest and nowe outwardly in the corrupt worlde to vnderstande the corruption that is euident in my syght 12 Then sayde I vnto hym It were better that we were not at all then that we shoulde lyue in wickednesse and to suffer and not to knowe wherfore 13 He aunswered me and sayde I came to a forrest in a playne and the trees toke such a deuice 14 And sayde Come let vs go and fyght against the sea that it may depart away before vs and that we may make yet more woods 15 The fluddes of the sea also in lyke maner toke counsayle and sayd Come let vs go vp and fyght against the trees of the wood that there we may make vs another countrey 16 The thought and deuise of the wood was but vayne and nothyng worth for the fire came and consumed it 17 The thought of the fluddes of the sea came lykewyse to naught also for the sande stoode vp and stopped them 18 If thou were iudge nowe betwixt these two whom wouldest thou iustifie or whom wouldest thou condempne 19 I aunswered and sayde Veryly it is a foolishe thought that they both haue deuised For the grounde is geuen vnto the wood and the sea also hath his place to beare his fluddes 20 Then aunswered he me and sayde Thou hast geuen a ryght iudgement but why iudgest thou not thy selfe also 21 For lyke as the grounde is geuen vnto the wood and the sea to his fluddes euen so they that dwell vpon earth may vnderstande nothyng but that which is vpon earth and he that dwelleth aboue the heauens may only vnderstande the thynges that are aboue the heauens 22 Then aunswered I and sayde I beseche thee O Lorde let me haue vnderstandyng 23 For it was not my mynde to be curious of thy hye thynges but of such as we dayly meddle withall namely as wherfore Israel is geuen vp as a reproche to the heathen and for what cause the people whom thou hast loued is geuen ouer vnto vngodly nations and why the lawe of our forefathers is brought to naught and the written couenauntes come to none effect 24 And we passe away out of the worlde as the grasshoppers and our lyfe is a very feare and we are not worthy to obteyne mercie 25 What wyll he do then vnto his name which is called vpon ouer vs Of these thynges haue I asked question 26 Then aunswered he me and sayde The more thou searchest the more thou shalt maruayle for the worlde hasteth fast to passe away 27 And can not comprehende the thinges that are promised to the ryghteous in tyme to come for this worlde is full of vnryghteousnesse and weakenesse 28 But as concernyng the thinges wherof thou askest me I wyll tell thee The euyll is sowen but the destruction therof is not yet come 29 If the euyll nowe that is sowen be not turned vpsyde downe and yf the place where the euyll is sowen passe not away then can not the thing come that is sowen with good 30 For the corne of euyll seede hath ben sowen in the heart of Adam from the begynnyng and howe much vngodlynesse hath he brought vp vnto this tyme and howe much shall he yet bring foorth vntyll he come into the barne 31 Ponder nowe by thy selfe howe great fruite of wickednesse the corne of euyll seede bryngeth foorth 32 And when the stalkes shal be cut downe which are without number howe great a barne shall it fyll 33 Then I aunswered and sayde Howe and when shall these thinges come to passe Wherefore are our yeres fewe and euyll 34 And he aunswered me saying Haste not thou to much aboue the most highest for thy hastinesse to be aboue hym is but vayne though thou do all that thou canst for it 35 Dyd not the soules also of the ryghteous aske question of these thynges in their chambers saying * Howe long shall I hope on this fashion when commeth the fruite of my barne and our rewarde 36 And vpon this Ieremiel tharchangel gaue them aunswere and sayde Euen when the number of the seedes is fylled in you for he hath wayghed the worlde in the ballaunce 37 In measure and number hath he measured the tymes and moueth it not nor shaketh it vntyll the sayde measure be fulfylled 38 Then aunswered I sayd O Lorde Lorde nowe are we all full of sinne 39 And for our sake peraduenture it is that the barne of the ryghteous are not fulfylled because of the sinnes of them that dwell vpon the earth 40 So he aunswered me and sayde Go thy way to a woman with childe and aske of her when she hath fulfylled her nine monethes if her wombe may kepe the birth any longer within her 41 Then sayde I No Lorde that can she not And he sayde vnto me In the graue the secrete places of soules are like the wombe of a woman 42 For like as a woman that trauayleth maketh haste to escape the necessitie of the trauayle euen so do these places haste to delyuer those thynges that are committed vnto them 43 Loke what thou desirest to see it shal be shewed thee from the begynnyng 44 Then aunswered I and sayde If I haue founde fauour in thy syght and yf it be possible and if I be meete therfore 45 Shewe me then whether there be more to come then is past or more past then is for to come 46 What is past I knowe but what is for to come I knowe not 47 And he sayde vnto me Stande vp vpon the ryght syde and I shall expounde the similitude vnto thee 48 So I stoode and beholde an hotte burnyng ouen passed by before me and it happened that when the flambe was gone by I loked and behold the smoke had the vpper hande 49 After this there passed by before me a watery cloude and sent downe much rayne with a storme and when the stormie rayne was past the droppes remayned styll 50 Then sayd he vnto me Consider with thy selfe lyke as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fire exceedeth the smoke euen so the measure of the thynges that are past hath the vpperhande and the droppes and smoke worke much in quantitie 51 Then I prayed and sayde May I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme or what shall happen in those dayes 52 He aunswered me and sayde As for the tokens wherof thou askest me I may tell thee of them in part but as
of God but put them selues foorth with vnpatiencie and murmuring against God 25 Perished of the destroyer and were slaine of serpentes 26 And therefore shoulde not we vndertake to be auenged for the thinges that are done vnto vs 27 But to consider that all these punishmentes are farre lesse then our sinnes and misdeedes and beleeuing that this correction commeth vnto vs as to the seruauntes of God for amendement and not for our destruction 28 Then saide Osias and the elders vnto Iudith All that thou speakest is true and no man can reproue thy wordes 29 Pray thou for vs now therefore vnto God for thou art an holy woman and fearest God 30 And Iudith saide vnto them Seing ye know that my wordes are of God 31 Then proue my counsell and deuice if it be of God and beseche God that he wyll bryng my counsell to good ende 32 Thus haue I deuised Ye shall stande this night before the porte and I wyll go foorth with Abra my mayden and pray ye therefore vnto God that he wyll graciously remember his people of Israel within fiue dayes as ye haue saide 33 As for the thing that I go in hande withall aske ye no questions of it and tyll I bring you word againe of it do ye nothing els but pray vnto the Lorde our God for me 34 Then Osias the prince of the people of Iuda saide vnto her Go thy way in peace the Lorde be with thee that we may be auenged of our enemies And so they went from her againe ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Iudith humbleth her selfe before the Lorde and maketh her prayers for the delyueraunce of her people 7 Against the pryde of the Assyrians 11 God is the helpe of the humble 1 NOw when they were gone their way Iudith went into her closet put on a heery smocke strawed ashes vpon her head fell downe before the Lorde and cryed vnto him saying 2 O Lorde God of my father Simeon which gauest him a sword for a defence against the enemies that vsed violence in their vncleannesse and that rauished the virgin and put her to shame and confusion 3 Thou that gauest their wyues into a pray and their daughters into captiuitie and all their pray for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes which bare a zeale vnto thee helpe me wydowe O Lorde my God I beseche thee 4 For thou hast made the first thinges and after that looke what thou hast taken in hande and deuised it came euer to passe 5 For all thy wayes are prepared and thy iudgementes are put in thy euerlasting foreknowledge 6 O looke now vpon the armies of the Assyrians lyke as it was thy pleasure sometime to looke vpon the hoast of the Egyptians when they being weaponed persecuted thy seruauntes and put their trust in their charettes horsemen and in the multitude of their men of warre 7 But thou lookedst vpon their hoast casting a thicke darkenesse before them 8 And when they came into the deepe the waters ouerwhelmed them 9 Euen so Lord let it go with these that trust in the power multitude of their men of warre in their charets arrowes and speares 10 And know not that thou onely art our God which destroyest warres from the beginning and that thou art the Lord. 11 O lyft vp thyne arme now lyke as euer from the beginning and in thy power bryng their power to naught cause their might to fall in thy wrath which make their boast that they wyll vnhallowe and defile thy sanctuarie and to waste the tabernacle of thy name and to cast downe the horne of thyne aulter with their sword 12 Bryng to passe O Lord that the pryde of the enemie may be cut downe with his owne sword 13 That he may be taken with the snare of his eyes in me and that thou mayest smyte him with the lyppes of my loue 14 O geue me a stedfast mynde that I may despyse him and his strength and that I may destroy him 15 This shall bryng thy name an euerlasting remembraunce if the hande of a woman ouerthrowe him 16 For thy power O Lord standeth not in the multitude of men neither hast thou any pleasure in the strength of horses neither was there from the beginning any proude persons that pleased thee but in the prayer of the humble meeke hath thy pleasure ben euermore 17 O thou God of the heauens thou maker of the waters and Lorde of all creatures heare me poore woman calling vpon thee and putting my trust in thy mercy 18 Remember thy couenaunt O Lorde and minister wordes in my mouth and stablishe this deuice in my heart that thy house may continue still in holynes 19 And that all the heathen may knowe that thou art God that there is none other but thou ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 Iudith decketh her selfe and goeth foorth of the citie 11 She is taken of the watch of the Assyrians and brought to Holophernes 1 AND when she had left of crying vnto the lord she rose vp from the place where she had lyen flat before the Lord 2 And called her mayden Abra went downe into her house layed the heery cloth from her put of the garmentes of her wydowhood 3 Washed her body annoynted her selfe with precious thinges of sweete sauour broyded and platted her heere set a coyffe vpon her head and put on such apparell as belongeth vnto gladnesse slippers vpon her feete bracelettes spanges earynges fynger rynges and decked her selfe with all her best aray 4 The Lorde gaue her also a speciall beautie and fairenesse for all this decking of her selfe was not done for any voluptuousnesse but of a ryght discretion and vertue therefore did the Lorde encrease her beautie so that she was exceeding amiable and welfauoured in all mens eyes 5 She gaue her mayden Abra also a bottell of wine a pot with oyle pottage cake bread and cheese went her way 6 Nowe when they came to the porte of the citie they founde Osias and the elders of the citie wayting there 7 Which when they sawe her they were astonied and marueyled greatly at her beautie 8 Neuerthelesse they asked no question at her but let her go saying The God of our fathers geue thee grace and with his power perfourme all the deuice of thy heart that Hierusalem may reioyce ouer thee and that thy name may be in the number of the holy righteous 9 And all they that were there saide with one voyce So be it so be it 10 Iudith made her prayer vnto the Lorde and went out at the porte she and her mayde Abra. 11 And as she was going downe the mountayne it happened that about the spryng of the day the spyes of the Assyrians met with her and tooke her saying whence commest thou or whyther goest thou 12 She aunswered I am a daughter of the Hebrues and am fled from them for I knowe that they shal be geuen vnto you to be spoyled because they
put on ryghteousnesse for a brestplate and take vnfaigned iudgement in steade of an helmet 20 The inuincible shielde of equitie shall he take 21 His fierse wrath shall he sharpen for a sworde and the whole compasse of the worlde shall fyght with hym agaynst the vnwise 22 Then shall the thunder boltes go ryght out of the lyghtnynges and come as out of the well bent bowe of the cloudes to the place appoynted 23 And as from an angry caster of stones there shall fall thicke hayles and the water of the sea shal be wroth agaynst them the fluddes shall runne roughly together 24 Yea a mightie wynde shall stande vp agaynst them and a storme shall scatter them abrode Thus vnrighteous dealyng shall bryng all the lande to a wildernesse and wickednesse shall ouerthrowe the royal seates of the mightie The .vj. Chapter 2 The callyng of kynges princes and iudges which are also exhorted to searche wisdome 1 WIsdome is beter then strength and a man of vnderstandyng is more worth then one strong 2 Heare therfore O ye kynges and vnderstande O learne ye that be iudges of the endes of the earth 3 Geue eare ye that rule the multitudes and glorie in the number of peoples 4 For the power is geuen you of the Lorde and the strength from the hyest which shall trye your workes searche out your imaginations 5 Howe that ye beyng officers of his kyngdome haue not geuen true iudgement haue not kept the lawe of ryghteousnesse nor walked after the wyll of God 6 Horribly and that ryght soone shall he appeare vnto you for an harde iudgement shall they haue that beare rule 7 Mercie is graunted vnto the lowest but they that be in aucthoritie shal be sore punished 8 For he which is Lorde ouer all shall except no mans person neither shall he stande in awe of any mans greatnesse for he hath made the small and great and careth for all a lyke 9 But the mightie shall haue the sorer triall 10 Vnto you therfore O ye kynges do I speake that ye may learne wisdome and not go amisse 11 For they that kepe holinesse holyly shal be iudged holy and they that haue learned such thinges shal finde defence 12 Wherfore set your delyght vpon my wordes and desire them so shall ye come by nurture 13 Wisdome is a noble thyng and neuer fadeth away yea she is easyly seene of them that loue her and founde of such as seke her 14 She preuenteth them that desire her that she may shewe her selfe vnto them 15 Who so awaketh vnto her betymes shall haue no great trauayle for he shal fynde her sittyng redy at his doores 16 To thynke therfore vpon her is perfect vnderstandyng and who so watcheth for her shall quickly be dispatched of care 17 For she goeth about sekyng such as are meete for her sheweth her selfe chearefully vnto thē in their goynges and meeteth them with all diligence 18 For the vnfaigned desire of reformation is her begynnyng to care for nurture is loue 19 And loue is the kepyng of her lawes and the kepyng of her lawes is the assuraunce of immortalitie 20 And immortalitie maketh a man familier with God 21 And so the desire of wisdome leadeth to the kyngdome euerlastyng 22 If your delyght be then in royall seates and scepters O ye kynges of the people set your lust vpon wisdome that ye may raigne for euermore 23 O loue the lyght of wisdome all ye that be rulers of the people 24 As for wisdome what she is howe she came vp I wyll tell you and wyll not hyde the mysteries of God from you but wyll seke her out from the begynnyng of her natiuitie and bryng the knowledge of her into lyght and wyll not kepe backe the trueth 25 Neither wyll I haue to do with consumyng enuie for such a man shall not be partaker of wisdome 26 But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the worlde and a wise kyng is the vpholdyng of the people 27 O receaue nurture then through my wordes and it shall do you good The .vij. Chapter Wisdome ought to be preferred aboue all thynges 1 I My selfe also am a mortall man lyke as all other am come of the earthy generation of hym that was first made 2 And in my mothers wombe was fashoned to be fleshe in the tyme of tenne monethes beyng brought together in blood through the seede of man and the pleasure that came with sleepe 3 And when I was borne I receaued lyke ayre as other men and fell vpon the earth which is of like nature crying and weeping at the first as all other do 4 I was wrapped in swadlyng clothes and brought vp with cares 5 For there is no kyng that hath had any other begynnyng of birth 6 All men then haue one entraunce vnto lyfe and one goyng out in lyke maner 7 Wherfore I desired and vnderstandyng was geuen me I called and the spirite of wisdome came into me 8 I set more by her then by kingdomes and royal seates and counted riches nothyng in comparison of her 9 As for pretious stone I compared it not vnto her for all golde is but a litle grauell vnto her and siluer shal be counted but clay before her syght 10 I loued her aboue welfare beautie and purposed to take her for my lyght for her lyght can not be quenched 11 All good thynges together came to me with her and innumerable riches through her handes 12 And I was glad in all thynges because wisdome went before them and I knewe not that she was the mother of them 13 And I my selfe learned vnfaignedly and make other men partakers of her without enuie and hyde her riches from no man 14 For she is an infinite treasure vnto men which who so vse become partakers of the loue and friendshyp of God and are accepted vnto him for the giftes of wisdome 15 God hath graunted me to speake what my mynde conceaueth and to thynke as is meete for the thynges that are geuen me For it is he that leadeth vnto wisdome and teacheth to vse wisdome a ryght 16 For in his hande are both we and our wordes yea all our wisdome and knowledge of his workes 17 For he hath geuen me the true science of the thinges that are so that I know howe the worlde was made and the powers of the elementes 18 The begynnyng endyng and myddest of the tymes howe the tymes alter howe one goeth after another howe they are fulfylled 19 The course of the yere the ordinaunces of the starres 20 The natures of lyuyng thynges the furiousnesse of beastes the power of the wyndes the imaginations of men the diuersities of young plants the vertues of rootes 21 And all such thynges as are either secrete or manifest them haue I learned 22 For wisdome which is the worker of all thynges hath taught me
broken vessel he can keepe no wysdome 15 When a man of vnderstanding heareth a wyse worde he shall commend it and make much of it but if a voluptuous man heare it he shall haue no pleasure therein but cast it behinde his backe 16 The talking of a foole is lyke an heauy burthen by the way but to heare a wise man speake it is pleasure 17 Where a doubt is in the congregation it is asked at the mouth of the wyse and they shall ponder his wordes in their heartes 18 Lyke as is a house that is destroyed euen so is wysdome vnto a foole as for the knowledge of the vnwyse it is but darke wordes 19 Doctrine is vnto him that hath no vnderstanding euen as fetters about his feete and lyke manicles vpon his right hande 20 A foole lifteth vp his voyce with laughter but a wyse man shall sâ—ase laugh secretly 21 Learning is vnto a wyse man a iewell of golde and lyke an armlet vpon his right arme 22 A foolishe mans foote is soone in his neighbours house but one that hath experience shal be ashamed at the person of the mightie 23 A foole wyll peepe in at the windowe into the house but he that is wel nurtured wyll stande without 24 A foolishe man standeth hearkening at the doore but he that is wyse wyll be ashamed 25 The lippes of the vnwyse wyl be telling foolishe thinges but the wordes of such as haue vnderstanding shal be wayed in the balaunce 26 The heart of fooles is in their mouth but the mouth of the wyse is in their heart 27 When the vngodly curseth the blasmer he curseth his owne soule 28 A priuie accuser of other men shall defile his owne soule and be hated of euery man but he that keepeth his tongue and is discreete shal come to honour ¶ The .xxii. Chapter 1 Of the sluggard 12 Not to speake much to a foole 16 A good conscience feareth not 1 A Slouthfull bodye is moulded of a stone of claye and euery man wyll speake to his disprayse 2 A slouthfull body is made of the doung of oxen and euery one that toucheth him must wasshe his handes againe 3 A misnurtured sonne is the dishonour of the father a foolishe daughter shal be litle regarded 4 A wyse daughter is an heritage vnto her husband but she that coÌ„meth to dishonestie bringeth her father in heauinesse 5 A daughter that is past shame dishonoureth both her father and her husband the vngodly shall regarde her but they both shall despise her 6 A tale out of time is as musicke in mourning but wysdome knoweth the seasons of correction and doctrine 7 If children lyue honestly and haue wherewithall they shall put away the shame of their parentes 8 But if children be proude with hautines and foolishnes they blot out the nobilitie of their kinred 9 Who so teacheth a foole is euen as one that gleweth a potsharde together as one that telleth a tale to him that heareth him not and as one that rayseth a man out of an heauy sleepe 10 Who so telleth a foole of wysdome is euen as a man which speaketh to one that is a sleepe when he hath tolde his tale he saith What is the matter 11 When one dyeth lamentation is made for him because the light fayleth him euen so let men mourne ouer a foole for he wanteth vnderstanding Make but litle weeping because of the dead for he is come to rest but the lyfe of the foole is worse then the death 12 Seuen dayes do men mourne for him that is dead but the lamentation ouer the vnwyse and vngodly should endure all the dayes of their lyfe 13 Talke not much with a foole and go not with him that hath no vnderstanding beware of him lest it turne thee to trauaile and thou shalt not be defiled with his sinne Depart from him and thou shalt finde rest and shalt not be drawen backe into his foolishnes 14 What is heauier then leade and what shoulde a foole be called els but leade 15 * Sande salte and a lumpe of iron is easier to beare then an vnwyse foolishe and vngodly man 16 Lyke as the bande of wood bounde together in the foundation of the house can not be loosed euen so is it with the heart that is stablished in the thought of counsell The thought of the wyse shall neuer feare nor be offended at any time 17 Lyke as a faire plastered wall in a winter house and a hye building may not abide the winde and storme euen so is a fooles heart afraide in his imagination he feareth at euery thing and can not endure 8 A wâ—uering heart in the imagination of a foole wyll not euer stande in awe but he that abideth in the commaundementes of God wyll alway feare 19 He that nippeth a mans eye bringeth foorth teares and he that pricketh the heart bringeth foorth the meaning and thought 20 Who so casteth a stone at the birdes frayeth them away and he that blasphemeth his freend breaketh frendship 21 Though thou drewest a sworde at thy freend yet dispaire not for thou mayst come againe to thy freend 22 If he speake sourely feare not for ye may be agreed together againe except it be that thou blaspheme him disdayne him open his secretes and wounde him trayterouslie for all such thinges shall dryue away a freend 23 Be faithfull vnto thy neighbour in his pouertie that thou mayst reioyce with him also in his prosperitie abyde stedfast vnto him in the time of his trouble that thou maist be heyre with him in his heritage for pouertie is not alwayes to be contempned nor the riche that is foolish to be had in estimation 24 Lyke as the vapour and smoke goeth out at the ouen before the fire euen so euill wordes rebukes and threatninges go before bloodshedding 25 Be not ashamed to defende thy freend as for me I wyll not hide my face from him though he should do me harme whosoeuer heareth it shall beware of him 26 Who shal set a watch before my mouth and a sure seale vpon my lippes that I fall not with them and that my tongue destroy me not The .xxiii. Chapter 1 Prayer against pride lechery and gluttony 13 Of othes blasphemy and vnwyse communication 16 Of the three kindes of sinnes 23 Many sinnes proceede of adultrie 27 Of the feare of God 1 O Lorde father and gouernour of my lyfe leaue me not in their imagination and counsell Oh let me not fall in such reproofe 2 Who wyll keepe my thought with the scourge and the doctrine of wysdome in myne heart that he spare not myne ignoraunce that I fall not with them 3 Lest myne ignoraunces increase that myne offences be not many in number and that my sinnes exceede not lest I fall before myne enemies and so my aduersarie reioyce whose hope is farre froÌ„ thy mercie 4 O Lorde thou father and God of my lyfe leaue me not in their imagination
of vngodlines 24 Insomuch that their sinnes and misdeedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were driuen out of the lande for the same 25 Yea he sought out and brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them ¶ The .xlviij. Chapter The prayse of Elias Elizeus Ezechias and Esaias 1 THen stoode vp Elias the prophete as a fyre and his worde brent lyke a cresset 2 He brought an hunger vpon them and in his zeale he made theÌ„ fewe in number for they might not away with the commaundementes of the Lorde 3 Through the worde of the Lorde he shut the heauen three times brought he the fire downe 4 O Elias howe honorable art thou in thy wonderous deedes who may make his hoast to be lyke thee 5 One that was dead thou raysedst vp from death and in the worde of the hyest thou broughtest him out of the graue againe 6 Thou hast cast downe kinges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate 7 Vpon the mount Sâ—na thou heardest the iudgement vpon horeb the iudgement of the vengeaunce 8 Which diddest annoynt kinges to recompence and ordaynedst prophetes after thee 9 Thou wast taken vp in the storme of fire in a charet of fixie horses 10 Thou wast ordayned in the reproouinges in time to pacifie the wrath of the Lorde before it raged to turne the heartes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the tribes of Iacob againe 11 Blessed were they that sawe thee and were garnished in loue for we lyue in lyfe but after death we shall haue no such name 12 Elias was couered in the storme but Elizeus was filled with his spirite while he lyued he was afrayde of no prince and no man might ouercome him 13 There coulde no worde deceaue him and after his death his body prophecied 14 He did wonders in his lyfe in death were his workes maruaylous 15 For all this the people amended not neither departed they from their sinnes tyll they were caryed away prisoners out of the lande and were scattered abrode in all countries so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prince vnto the house of Dauid 16 Howbeit some of them did right and some heaped vp vngodlynes 17 Ezechias made his citie strong conueyed water into it digged through the stony rocke with iron and made vp a wall by the water side 18 In his time came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsakes lyft vp his hande against Sion defied them with great pride 19 Then trembled their heartes and handes so that they sorowed lyke a woman trauayling with childe 20 So they called vpon the Lord which is mercifull and lyft vp their handes before him immediately the Lorde heard them out of heauen 21 He thought no more vpon their sinnes nor gaue them ouer to their enemies but deliuered them by the hande of Esaias 22 He smote the hoast of the Assyrians and his angel destroyed them 23 For Ezechias had done the thing that pleased the Lorde and remayned stedfastly in the way of Dauid his father as Esaias the great faithfull prophete in the sight of God had commaunded him 24 In his time the sunne went backward and he lengthened the kinges lyfe 25 With a right spirite prophecied he what shoulde come to passe at the last and to such as were sorowfull in Sion he gaue consolation wherewith they might comfort them selues for euermore 26 He shewed thinges that were for to come and secrete or euer they come to passe ¶ The .xlix. Chapter â–ª Of Iosias Ezechias Dauid Ieremie Ezechiel Zorobabel Iesus Nehemias Enoch and Ioseph 1 THe remembraunce of Iosias is lyke as wheÌ„ the apothecarie maketh many precious sweete smelling thinges together his remembraunce shal be sweete as hony in all mouthes and as the playing of musicke at a banket of wine 2 He was appoynted to turne the people againe and to take away all abhominations of the vngodlie 3 He directed his heart vnto the Lorde and in the time of the vngodlie he set vp the worship of God againe 4 All kinges except Dauid Ezechias and Iosias committed wickednes for euen the kinges of Iuda also forsoke the lawe of God 5 For they gaue their horne vnto other their honour worship also to a strauÌ„ge people 6 Therefore was the elect citie of the sanctuarie brent with fire and the streetes therof layd desolate and waste in the hande of Ieremie 7 For they entreated him euill which neuerthelesse was a prophete ordayned from his mothers wombe that he might roote out breake of and destroy and that he might builde vp and plant againe 8 Ezechiel sawe the glorie of the Lorde in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubims 9 For he thought vpon the enemies in the rayne to do good vnto such as had ordered their wayes aright 10 And the bones of the twelue prophetes florished from out of their place for they gaue comfort and consolation vnto Iacob and deliuered them faithfully 11 How shal we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ring on the right hande 12 So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their times builded the house set vp the sanctuarie of the Lorde againe which was prepared for an euerlasting worship 13 And among the elect was Nehemias whose renowme was great which set vp for vs the walles that were broken downe made the portes and barres againe and builded our houses a new 14 But vpon the earth is there no man created lyke Enoch for he was taken vp from the earth 15 Neither was there a lyke man vnto Ioseph which was lord of his brethren and the vpholder of his people his bones were couered and kept 16 Seth and Sem were in great honour among the people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes when he was created The .l. Chapter 1 Of Simon the sonne of Onias 22 An exhortation to prayse the Lorde 1 SImon the sonne of Onias the hye priest which in his lyfe set vp the house againe and in his dayes made fast the temple 2 The height of the temple also was founded of him the double building and the hye walles of the temple 3 In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceeding full as the sea 4 He toke care for his people and deliuered them from destruction he kept his citie made it strong that it shoulde not be besieged 5 How honorable was his conuersation among the people and when he came out of the house couered with the vaile 6 He gaue lyght as the morning starre in the middest of the cloudes and as the moone when it is full 7 He shined as the sunne in the temple of God he is as bright as the raynebowe in the faire cloudes 8 And florisheth as the floures and roses in the spring of the
24 and wylleth the hearers of his worde to be doers of the same 1 IVdge not that ye be not iudged 2 For with what iudgement ye iudge ye shal be iudged And with what measure ye meate it shal be measured to you agayne 3 Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but perceiuest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye 4 Or howe sayest thou to thy brother suffer me I wyll plucke out a mote out of thyne eye and beholde a beame is in thyne owne eye 5 Thou hypocrite first caste out the beame out of thine owne eye and then shalt thou see clearely to plucke out the mote out of thy brothers eye 6 Geue not that which is holy vnto dogges neyther caste ye your pearles before swyne lest they treade them vnder their feete and turning agayne all to rent you 7 Aske and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you 8 For he that asketh receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and to hym that knocketh it shal be opened 9 Is there any among you which yf his sonne aske hym bread wyll geue hym a stone 10 Or yf he aske fyshe wyll he geue hym a serpent 11 If ye then beyng euyll knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes howe much more shall your father which is in heauen geue good thynges to them that aske hym 12 Therfore all thynges whatsoeuer ye woulde that men shoulde do to you do ye euen so to them For this is the lawe and the prophetes 13 Enter in at the strayte gate For wyde is the gate and brode is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in therat 14 Because strayte is the gate and narowe is the way which leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it 15 ☞ Beware of false prophetes which come to you in sheepes clothyng but inwardly they are rauenyng woolfes 16 Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites Do men gather grapes of thornes or fygges of thystles 17 Euen so euery good tree bryngeth foorth good fruite But a corrupt tree bryngeth foorth euyll fruite 18 A good tree can not bryng foorth bad fruite neither can a bad tree bryng foorth good fruite 19 Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fyre 20 Wherfore by theyr fruites ye shall knowe them 21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen but he that doeth the wyll of my father which is in heauen 22 Many wyll say to me in that day Lorde Lorde haue we not prophesied thorowe thy name and thorowe thy name haue cast out deuyls done many great workes thorowe thy name 23 And then wyll I confesse vnto them I neuer knewe you Depart from me ye that worke iniquitie 24 Therfore whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges and doeth the same I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man which buylt his house vpon a rocke 25 And the rayne descended and the fluddes came and the wyndes blewe and beat vpon that house and it fell not because it was grounded on a rocke 26 And euery one that heareth of me these sayinges and doeth them not shal be lykened vnto a foolyshe man which buylt his house vpon the sande 27 And the rayne descended and the fluddes came and the wyndes blewe and beat vpon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it 28 And it came to passe that when Iesus had ended these sayinges the people were astonied at his doctrine 29 For he taught them as one hauyng power and not as the Scribes ⧠The .viij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe clenseth the leper 5 healeth the captaynes seruaunt and many other diseases 14 helpeth Peters mother in lawe 24 stylleth the sea and the wynde 28 and dryueth the deuyls out of the possessed into the swyne 1 WHEN he was come downe frō the mountayne great multitudes folowed hym 2 And beholde there came a leper and worshipped hym saying Lorde yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane 3 And Iesus put foorth his hande and touched hym saying I wyll be thou cleane And immediatlye his leprosie was clensed 4 And Iesus sayth vnto hym See thou tell no man but go and shewe thy selfe to the priest and offer the gift that Moyses commaunded for a witnes vnto them ☜ 5 ☞ And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion besechyng hym 6 And saying Lorde my seruaunt lyeth at home sicke of the paulsie greeuously payned 7 And Iesus sayth When I come I wyll heale hym 8 The Centurion aunswered sayde Lorde I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the worde only my seruaunt shal be healed 9 For I also my selfe am vnder aucthoritie and haue souldiers vnder me and I say to this man go and he goeth and to another come and he commeth and to my seruaunt do this and he doth it 10 When Iesus hearde him he marueyled sayde to them that folowed him Veryly I say vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth in Israel 11 I say vnto you that many shall come from the east and west and shall rest with Abraham and Isaac Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen 12 But the chyldren of the kyngdome shal be caste out into vtter darcknesse there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth 13 And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou hast beleued so be it vnto thee And his seruaunt was healed in the selfe same houre 14 And when Iesus was come into Peters house he sawe his wyues mother layed and sicke of a feuer 15 And he touched her hande and the feuer left her and she arose and ministred vnto them 16 When the euen was come they brought vnto hym many that were possessed with deuyls and he cast out the spirites with a worde and healed all that were sicke 17 That it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by Esayas the prophete saying He toke on hym our infirmities and bare our sicknesses 18 When Iesus sawe great multitudes about hym he commaunded that they shoulde go ouer the water 19 And a certayne Scribe came sayde vnto hym Maister I wyll folowe thee whyther soeuer thou goest 20 And Iesus sayth vnto hym The foxes haue holes and the birdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not where to rest his head 21 And another of the number of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lorde suffer me first to go and bury my father 22 But Iesus sayde vnto hym Folowe me and let the dead bury theyr dead 23 ☞ And when he entred into a shippe his disciples folowed hym 24 And beholde there arose a great tempest in the sea in so much that the shippe was couered with waues but he was a slepe 25
Ananias with Saphyra his wyfe solde a possession 2 And kept away part of the price his wyfe also beyng of counsell and brought a certayne part and layde it downe at the Apostles feete 3 But Peter sayde Ananias howe is it that Satan hath fylled thyne heart that thou shouldest lye vnto the holy ghost and kepe away part of the price of the lande 4 Whyles it remayned was it not thyne owne And after it was solde was it not in thyne owne power Why haste thou conceaued this thyng in thyne heart Thou hast not lyed vnto men but vnto God 5 When Ananias hearde these wordes he fell downe and gaue vp the ghost And great feare came on all them that hearde these thynges 6 And the young men rose vp and put hym a part and caryed hym out and buryed hym 7 And it came to passe that as it were about the space of three houres after his wyfe came in ignoraunt of that which was done 8 And Peter sayde vnto her Tell me Solde ye not the lande for so much And she sayde Yea for so much 9 Then Peter sayde vnto her Why haue ye agreed together to tempt the spirite of the Lorde Beholde the feete of thē which haue buried thy husbande are at the doore and shall cary thee out 10 Then fell she downe strayghtway at his feete and yelded vp the ghost And the young men came in and founde her dead and caryed her out and buryed her by her husbande 11 And great feare came vpon all the Churche and vpon as many as hearde these thynges 12 And by the handes of the Apostles were many signes wonders shewed among the people And they were all together with one accord in Solomons porche 13 And of other durst no man ioyne hym selfe to them neuerthelesse the people magnified them 14 The number of them that beleued in the Lorde both of men and women grewe more and more 15 In so much that they brought the sicke into the streates layde thē on beddes and couches that at the least way the shadowe of Peter when he came by myght shadowe some of them 16 There came also a multitude of the cities rounde about vnto Hierusalem bryngyng sicke folkes and them which were vexed with vncleane spirites And they were healed euery one 17 Then the chiefe priest rose vp and all they that were with hym which is the sect of the Saducees and were full of indignation 18 And layed handes on the Apostles and put them in the common prison 19 But the Angel of the Lorde by nyght opened the prison doores and brought them foorth and sayde 20 Go and stande speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this lyfe 21 And when they hearde that they entred into the temple early in y e mornyng and taught But the chiefe priest came and they that were with hym called a counsayle together and all the elders of the chyldren of Israel and sent to the pryson to fet them 22 But when the officers came founde them not in the pryson they returned and tolde 23 Saying The pryson truely founde we shut with all diligence the kepers standyng without before the doores But when we had opened we founde no man within 24 Then when the chiefe priest and the ruler of the temple and the hye priestes hearde these thynges they doubted of them whervnto this woulde growe 25 Then came one and shewed them saying Beholde the men that ye put in pryson stande in the temple and teache the people 26 Then went the ruler of the temple with the officers and brought them without violence For they feared the people lest they should haue ben stoned 27 And when they had brought them they set them before the counsell And the chiefe priest asked them 28 Saying dyd not we strayghtly commaunde you that ye shoulde not teache in this name And beholde ye haue fylled Hierusalem with your doctrine and intende to bryng this mans blood vpon vs. 29 Then Peter and the other Apostles aunswered and sayde We ought more to obey God then men 30 The God of our fathers raysed vp Iesus whom ye slewe hanged on tree 31 Hym hath God lyft vp with his ryght hande to be a prince and a sauiour for to geue repentaunce to Israel and forgeuenesse of sinnes 32 And we are recordes of these thynges which we say so is also the holy ghost whom God hath geuen to them that obey hym 33 When they hearde that they claue a sunder and sought meanes to slea thē 34 Then stoode there vp one in the counsell a pharisee named Gamaliel a doctour of lawe had in reputation among all the people and commaunded the Apostles to go asyde a litle space 35 And sayde vnto them Ye men of Israel take heede to your selues what ye entende to do as touchyng these men 36 For before these dayes rose vp one Theudas boastyng him selfe to whom resorted a number of men about a foure hundred which was slayne and they all which beleued hym were scattered abrode and brought to naught 37 After this man arose vp one Iudas of Galilee in the dayes of tribute and drewe away much people after hym He also perished and all euen as many as hearkened to hym were scattered abrode 38 And nowe I saye vnto you refrayne your selues frō these men and let them alone For yf this counsell or this worke be of men it wyll come to naught 39 But and yf it be of God ye can not destroy it lest haply ye be founde to stryue agaynst God 40 And to hym agreed the other And when they had called the Apostles they beat them and commaunded that they shoulde not speake in the name of Iesu and let them go 41 And they departed from the counsell reioycing that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke for his name 42 And dayly in the temple and in euery house they ceassed not to teach preach Iesus Christe ¶ The .vj. Chapter 3 Seuen deacons are ordeyned in the Churche 11 Steuen is accused 1 AND in those dayes when the number of y e disciples grewe there arose a grudge among the Grekes agaynst y e Hebrues because their wydowes were despysed in the dayly ministerie 2 Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde It is not good that we shoulde leaue the worde of God and serue tables 3 Wherfore brethren loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report full of the holy ghost and wysedome to whō we may commit this busynesse 4 But we wyll geue our selues continually to prayer and to the ministerie of the worde 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude And they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy ghost and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor Timon and Permenas and Nicolas a conuert of Antioche 6 These they set before the apostles and
the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost 46 For they hearde them speake with tounges magnifie God Then aunswered Peter 47 Can any man forbid water that these shoulde not be baptized which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we 48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. ☜ Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes ¶ The .xj. Chapter 4 Peter sheweth the cause why he went to the Gentiles 18 The Churche approueth it 22 Barnabas Paul preache at Antiochia 28 Agabus prophesieth dearth to come 1 ANd the apostles brethrē that were in Iurie hearde that y e heathē had also receaued the worde of God 2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym 3 Saying Thou wentest in to men vncircūcised diddest eate with them 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng and expounded it by order vnto them saying 5 I was in the citie of Ioppa praying and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certayne vessell descende as it had ben a great sheete let downe from heauen by the foure corners and it came to me 6 Vpon the which whē I had fastened mine eyes I considered sawe foure-footed beastes of the earth and wylde beastes and wormes and foules of the ayre 7 And I hearde a voyce saying vnto me aryse Peter slay and eate 8 But I sayde Not so Lorde For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth 9 But the voyce aunswered me agayne from heauē Make them not cōmon which God hath cleansed 10 And this was done three tymes And all were taken vp agayne into heauen 11 And beholde immediatly there were three men alredy come vnto the house where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me 12 And the spirite sayde vnto me that I shoulde go with thē without doubting Moreouer these sixe brethren accompanyed me we entred into the mans house 13 And he shewed vs howe he had seene an Angel in his house which stoode and sayde vnto hym Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose sirname is Peter 14 He shal tell thee wordes wherby both thou and all thyne house shal be saued 15 And as I began to speake the holy ghost fell on them as he dyd on vs at the begynnyng 16 Then came it to my remembraunce howe that the Lorde sayde Iohn baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holy ghost 17 For as much then as God gaue them the lyke gyft as he dyd vnto vs when we beleued on the Lorde Iesus Christ what was I that I shoulde haue withstande God 18 When they hearde these thynges they helde their peace and glorified God saying Then hath God also to y e Gentiles graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe 19 They also which were scattered abrode through the affliction that arose about Steuen walked throughout vnto Phenices and Cypers and Antioche preachyng the worde to no man but vnto the Iewes only 20 And some of thē were men of Cypers and Cyrenes which when they were come to Antioche spake vnto y e Grekes and preached the Lorde Iesus 21 And the hande of the Lorde was with them and a great number beleued and turned vnto the Lorde 22 Then tydynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the Churche which was in Hierusalē And they sent foorth Barnabas that he shoulde go vnto Antioche 23 Which when he came and had seene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde 24 For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of fayth And much people was added vnto the Lorde 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seeke Saul 26 And when he had founde hym he brought hym vnto Antioche And it came to passe that a whole yere they had their cōuersation with the Church there taught much people in so much that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christians 27 * And in those dayes came prophetes from Hierusalem vnto Antioche 28 And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde be great dearth throughout all the worlde which came to passe in the dayes of Claudius Cesar 29 Then the disciples euery man accordyng to his abilitie purposed to sende * succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie 30 Which thyng they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Herode persecuteth the Christians 2 kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in prison 7 whom the Lorde delyuereth by an Angel 21 The horrible death of Herode 24 The Gospel florissheth 25 Barnabas and Saul turnyng to Antiochia take Iohn Marke with them 1 AT the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde 3 And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceaded further and toke Peter also Then were the dayes of sweete bread 4 And when he had caught hym he put hym in pryson also and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people 5 And Peter was kept in pryson But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche vnto God for hym 6 And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers bounde with two chaynes and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson 7 And beholde the Angel of y e Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the habitation And he smote Peter on the syde and stirred hym vp saying Aryse vp quickly And his chaynes fell of from his handes 8 And the Angel sayde vnto hym gyrde thy selfe bynde on thy sandales And so he dyd And he sayeth vnto hym cast thy garment about thee and folow me 9 And he came out and folowed hym and wyst not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel but thought he had seene a vision 10 When they were past the first and the seconde watch they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accorde And they went out and passed through one streate and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym 11 And when Peter was come to hym selfe he sayde Nowe I knowe of a suertie that the Lorde hath sent his Angel and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes ☜ 12 ☞ And as he considered the thyng he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn whose sirname was Marke where many were gathered together in prayer 13 As Peter knocked at the entrie doore a damsell came foorth to
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
one euen by our father Isaac 11 For yer the chyldren were borne when they had neither done good neither bad that the purpose of God by election might stande not by the reason of workes but by the caller 12 It was sayde vnto her * The elder shall serue the younger 13 As it is written Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated 14 What shall we say then Is there any vnrighteousnes with God God forbid 15 For he sayth to Moyses I wyll shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy And wyll haue compassion on whom I haue compassion 16 So then it is not of the wyller nor of the runner but of the mercy of God 17 For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao Euen for this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp to shewe my power in thee that my name myght be declared throughout all the worlde 18 So hath he mercy on whom he wyll and whom he wyll he hardeneth 19 Thou wylt say then vnto me Why then blameth he vs yet For who hath ben able to resist his wyll 20 But O man what art thou which disputest with God Shall the worke say to the workeman why hast thou made me on this fashion 21 Hath not the potter power ouer the clay euen of the same lumpe to make one vessel vnto honour and another vnto dishonour 22 If then God wyllyng to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowē suffred with long patience the vessels of wrath ordayned to destruction 23 To declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he had prepared vnto glory 24 Whom also he called not of y e Iewes only but also of the Gentiles 25 As he sayth also in Osee I wyll call them my people which were not my people and her beloued which was not beloued 26 And it shall come to passe that in the place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people there shall they be called y e chyldren of the lyuyng God 27 And Esaias cryeth concerning Israel Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sande of the sea yet but a remnaunt shal be saued 28 For he finisheth the worde and maketh it short in ryghteousnesse For a short worde wyll the Lorde make on earth 29 And as Esaias sayde before * Except the Lorde of Sabboth had lefte vs seede we had ben made as Sodoma and had ben lykened to Gomorrha 30 What shall we say then that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes haue obtayned righteousnesse euen the ryghteousnesse which cōmeth of fayth 31 But Israel which folowed the lawe of ryghteousnesse hath not attayned to the lawe of ryghteousnesse 32 Wherfore Because they sought it not by fayth but as it were by the workes of the lawe For they haue stumbled at the stumblyng stone 33 As it is written Beholde I put in Sion a stumblyng stone and a rocke of offence And whosoeuer beleueth on hym shall not be confounded ¶ The .x. Chapter 3 Paul sheweth the cause of the fall of the Iewes 5 The difference betwene the iustice of the lawe and fayth 16 The castyng of of the Iewes and callyng of the Gentiles 1 BRethren my heartes desire prayer to God for Israel is that they myght be saued 2 For I beare them recorde that they haue a zeale of God but not accordyng to knowledge 3 For they beyng ignoraunt of Gods ryghteousnesse and goyng about to stablyshe their owne righteousnesse haue not ben obedient vnto the ryghteousnes of God ☜ 4 For * Christe is the c ende of the lawe for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue 5 For * Moyses writeth of the ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe howe that the man which doth those thinges shall lyue by them 6 But the ryghteousnesse which is of fayth speaketh on this wise Say not thou in thyne heart who shall ascende into heauen That is to fetch Christe downe from aboue 7 Either who shall descende into the deepe That is to fetch vp Christe agayne from the dead 8 But what sayth he The worde is nye thee euen in thy mouth and in thy heart This same is the worde of faith which we preache 9 For if thou shalt knowledge with thy mouth the Lorde Iesus and shalt beleue in thyne heart that God raysed hym from the dead thou shalt be saued 10 ☞ For with the heart man beleueth vnto ryghteousnesse and with y e mouth man confesseth to saluation 11 For the scripture sayth Whosoeuer beleueth on him shall not be cōfounded 12 There is no difference betwene the Iewe the Greke for the same Lorde ouer al is riche vnto al y t call vpon him 13 For whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde shal be saued 14 Howe then shall they call on hym on whom they haue not beleued Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde Howe shal they heare without a preacher 15 And howe shall they preache except they be sent As it is written Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace bryng good tydynges of good thynges 16 But they haue not all obeyed y e Gospel For Esaias sayth Lorde who hath beleued our sayinges 17 So then fayth commeth by hearyng and hearyng commeth by the worde of God 18 But I aske Haue they not hearde No doubt their sounde went out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the worlde ☜ 19 But I demaunde whether Israel did knowe or not First Moyses sayth I wyll prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people and by a foolyshe nation I wyll anger you 20 And Esaias is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me 21 But agaynst Israel he sayeth All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not but speaketh agaynst me ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 God hath his Churche though it appeare not alway to the worlde 8 God hath forsaken the Iewes and chosen the gentiles 18 whom yet he warneth to humble them selues 29 God repenteth hym not of his giftes 33 The depth of Gods iudgementes 1 I Say then hath God cast away his people God forbid For I also am an Israelite of the seede of Abraham of the tribe of Beniamin 2 God hath not cast away way his people which he knewe before Wote ye not what the scripture sayth of Elias howe he maketh intercession to God agaynst Israel 3 Saying Lord they haue kylled thy prophetes and dygged downe thyne aulters and I am left alone and they seke my lyfe 4 But what sayth the aunswere of God vnto hym * I haue reserued vnto my selfe seuen thousande men which haue not bowed the knee to y e image of Baal 5 Euen so at this tyme there is a remnaunt according to the election of
hope through the power of the holy ghost ☜ 14 I my selfe am perswaded of you my brethrē that ye also are full of goodnes and fylled with all knowledge able also to exhort one another 15 Neuerthelesse brethren I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you to put you in remembraunce through the grace that is geuen me of God 16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe to the gentiles and shoulde minister the Gospell of God that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable and sanctified by the holy ghost 17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christe Iesus in those thynges which parteyne to God 18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede 19 In myghtie signes and wonders by the power of the spirite of God so that from Hierusalem the coastes rounde about vnto Illyricum I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe 20 So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell not where Christe was named lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation 21 But as it is written * To whom he was not spoken of they shall see and they that hearde not shall vnderstande 22 For this cause I haue ben oft let that I coulde not come vnto you 23 But nowe seyng I haue no more to do in these countreys and also haue ben desirous many yeres to come vnto you 24 Whensoeuer I take my iourney into Spayne I wyll come to you For I trust to see you in my iourney and to be brought on my waye thytherwarde by you after that I be somewhat fylled with you 25 But nowe go I vnto Hierusalem to minister vnto the saintes 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia Achaia to make a certaine comon gatheryng for the poore saintes whiche are at Hierusalem 27 It hath pleased them veryly their detters are they For yf the gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall thynges their duetie is to minister vnto thē in carnall thynges 28 When I haue perfourmed this and haue sealed to thē this fruite I wyll come by you into Spayne 29 And I am sure that when I come vnto you I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessyng of the Gospell of Christe 30 ☞ I beseche you brethren for y e Lorde Iesus Christes sake and for the loue of the spirite that ye helpe me in my busynesse with your prayers to God for me 31 That I may be delyuered from them which beleue not in Iurie that this my seruice which I haue at Hierusalem may be accepted of the saintes 32 That I may come vnto you with ioy by the wyll of God and may with you be refresshed 33 The God of peace be with you al. Amē ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 A number of salutations 17 Paul wylleth them to beware of false brethren 20 He prayeth and geueth thankes for them 1 I Commende vnto you Phebe our sister whiche is a minister of the Church of Cenchrea 2 That ye receaue her in the Lorde as it becommeth saintes and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you For she hath suckoured many and my selfe also 3 Greete Priscilla and * Aquila my helpers in Christe Iesu 4 Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes Vnto whom not onlye I geue thankes but also all the Churches of the gentiles 5 Lykewyse greete the Churche that is in their house Salute my welbeloued Epenetus which is the first fruite of Achaia in Christe 6 Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs. 7 Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosins and prisoners with me also which are wel taken among the Apostles and were in Christe before me 8 Greete Amplias my beloued in the Lorde 9 Salute Vrban our helper in Christe and Stachys my beloued 10 Salute Appelles approued in Christe salute them whiche are of Aristobulus housholde 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman greete them that be of the housholde of Narcissus which are in the Lorde 12 Salute Tryphena Tryphosa which labour in the Lorde Salute the beloued Persis which laboured much in the Lorde 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lorde and his mother and myne 14 Greete Asyneritus Phlegon Herman Patrobas Mercurius and the brethren which are with them 15 Salute Philologus and Iulia Nereus and his sister and Olympas and all the saintes which are with them 16 Salute one an other with an holy kysse The Churches of Christ salute you 17 ☞ Nowe I beseche you brethren marke them whiche cause deuision geue occasions of euyll contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned and auoyde them 18 For they that are suche serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe * but their owne belly and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes 19 For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men I am glad therfore no doubt of you But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good simple concernyng euyll 20 The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder your feete shortly The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with you 21 Timotheus my workfelowe and Lucius and Iason Sosipater my kinsemen salute you 22 I Tertius whiche wrote this epistle salute you in the Lorde 23 Gaius myne hoast and of the whole Churche saluteth you Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you and Quartus a brother 24 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen 25 To hym that is of power to stablisshe you according to my Gospell and preachyng of Iesus Christe by reuealyng of the misterie whiche was kept secrete sence the worlde began 26 But nowe is opened and by the scriptures of the prophetes at the cōmaundement of the euerlastyng God to the obedience of fayth among all nations publisshed 27 To the same God wyse only be glorie through Iesus Christe for euer Amen ¶ This epistle was written to the Romanes from Corinthus and sent by Phebe the minister vnto y e Churche at Cenchrea R. E. ¶ The first Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians ¶ The first Chapter 1 He prayseth the great graces of God shewed towarde them 10 exhortyng them to concorde and humilitie 19 He beateth downe all pryde and wisedome which is not grounded vpon God 26 Shewyng whom God hath chosen to confounde the wisedome of the worlde 1 PAule called to be an Apostle of Iesu Christ through the wyll of God and brother Sostenes 2 Vnto the Church of God whiche is at Corinthus To thē that are sanctified in Christe Iesus saintes by callyng with all that call on the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe in euery place both of theirs and ours 3 Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 4 ☞ I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace
vnto the beast who is able to warre with hym 5 And there was geuen vnto hym a mouth that spake great thynges and blasphemies and power was geuen vnto hym to do .xlij. monethes 6 And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemie agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen 7 And it was geuen vnto hym to make warre with the saintes to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kinredes and tongues and nations 8 And al y t dwel vpon the earth worshipped him whose names are not writteÌ„ in the booke of lyfe of y e lambe which was killed from the beginnyng of the world 9 If any man haue an eare let hym heare 10 He that leadeth into captiuitie shall go into captiuitie He that kylleth with a sworde must be kylled with a sworde Here is the patience and the fayth of the saintes 11 And I behelde another beast commyng vp out of the earth and he had two hornes lyke a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragon 12 And he dyd all that y e first beast coulde do in his presence he caused the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed 13 And he dyd great wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauen on the earth in the syght of men 14 And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by the meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the syght of the beast saying to them that dwelt on the earth that they shoulde make the image of the beast which had the wounde of a sworde and dyd lyue 15 And he had power to geue a spirite vnto the image of the beast that the image of the beast shoulde speake and shoulde cause that as many as woulde not worship the image of the beast shoulde be kylled 16 And he made all both smal great rich poore free bonde to receaue a marke in their right hand or in their forheads 17 And that no man myght bye or sell saue he that had the marke or y e name of the beast other y e number of his name 18 Here is wisdome Let hym that hath witte count y e number of the beast For it is the number of a man his number is sixe hundred threescore and sixe ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The notable companie of the lambe 6 One angel announceth the Gospel 8 Another the fall of Babylon 9 And the thirde warneth to flee from the beast 13 Of their blessednesse which dye in the Lorde 18 Of the Lordes haruest 1 AND I loked and lo a lambe stoode on the mount Sion and with hym an hundreth fourtie and foure thousande hauyng his fathers name written in their foreheades 2 And I hearde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a great thunder And I hearde the voyce of harpers harpyng with their harpes 3 And they song as it were a newe song before the throne and before the foure beastes the elders and no man coulde learne that song but the hundreth and fourtie foure thousande which were redeemed from the earth 4 These are they which were not defiled with womeÌ„ for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redeemed froÌ„ men beyng the first fruites vnto God and to the lambe 5 And in their mouthes was founde no guile For they are without spot before the throne of God 6 And I sawe another angell flee in the middes of heauen hauyng the euerlastyng Gospell to preache vnto them that sit and dwel on the earth and to all nations and kinredes and tongues and people 7 Saying with a loude voyce Feare God and geue honour to hym for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe hym that made heauen and earth and the sea and fountaynes of water 8 And there folowed another angell saying Babylon is fallen is fallen that great citie for she made all nations drinke of the wyne of the wrath of her fornication 9 And the thirde angell folowed them saying with a loude voyce If any man worshippe the beast and his image and receaue his marke in his foreheade or on his hande 10 The same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God yea of the pure wyne which is powred in y e cup of his wrath And he shal be punisshed in fyre brimstone before the holy angels and before the lambe 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no rest day nor nyght which worship the beast and his image and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name 12 Here is the pacience of the saintes Here are they that kepe the commaundementes of God and the fayth of Iesus 13 And I hearde a voyce from heauen saying vnto me write Blessed are the dead which hereafter dye in the Lorde Euen so sayth the spirite that they rest from their laboures and their workes folowe them 14 And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpon the cloude one sittyng lyke vnto the sonne of man hauyng on his head a golden crowne and in his hande a sharpe sickle 15 And another angell came out of the temple crying with a loude voyce to hym that sate on the cloude Thrust in thy sickle reape for the time is come to reape for the haruest of y e earth is ripe 16 And he that sate on the cloude thrust in his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped 17 And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauâ—ng also a sharpe sickle 18 And I sawe another angell came out from the aulter which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye to hym that had the sharpe sickle and sayde Thrust in thy sharpe sickle and gather the clusters of the vineyarde of y e earth for her grapes are ripe 19 And the angell thrust in his sharpe sickle on the earth and cut downe the grapes of the vineyarde of the earth and cast them into the great wynefat of the wrath of God 20 And the wynefat was troden without the citie and blood came out of the fat euen vnto the horse bridles by the space of a thousand sixe hundreth furlonges â–ª ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 Seuen angels haue the seuen last plagues 3 The song of them that ouercome the beast 7 The seuen vials full of Gods wrath 1 AND I sawe another signe in heauen great marueylous seuen angels hauyng the seuen last plagues for in them is fulfylled the wrath of God 2 And I sawe as it were a glassie sea mingled with fyre and them that had gotten the victorie of the beast and of his image and of his marke and of the number of his name stande on y e glassie sea hauyng the harpes of God 3 And they sang the song of Moyses the seruaunt of God and the song of the lambe
owne iudgement to whoÌ„ God reuealed his wil. Some vnderstand by Vrim certaintie and illumination (f) By going out and commyng in is meant enterprising of thinges and ceassing from enterprises Act. vi b. ☞ The Iewes do say that by the beast that is sacrificed the sinner is vnderstood For when the beast is led to be kylled the trespasser ought saye they to think as though he for his offence were led vnto the same and thus to confesse O Lorde I am gyltie of death I haue deserued to be stoned for this trespasse and not this beast or to be strangled for this transgression or to be burnt for this crime But these sacrifices do by shadow signifie Christe the true lambe of God who would afterwarde cleanse our synnes pay the price for them Howe greeuous therfore should we acknowledge confesse our sinnes to be for the which no beast but the innocent sonne of God hath dyed For the father sparyng vs hath yeelded his sonne vnto death Exo. xii c. Leu. xxiii a. Deut. xvi a. Leu xxiii b (b) Accomptyng seuen weekes betwene Easter and Whitsontide as Leuit. 23. ☜ ☞ (a) Conteynyng part of September and part of October Leuit 23. d. (b) Of the measure Epha (c) Offered in the newe moone or begynnyng of euery moneth Leu. xxiii f. (d) Namely the feast of reconciliation (e) Of the feast of tabernacles (f) Your voluntarie sacrifices Deu. xxiii d (a) Agree not to her vowe (b) Her husbande liuing or before she be deuorsed (c) Through mortification by abstinence or bodyly exercise (d) Not disanullyng her vowe y e same day that he heareth it (e) Any day after the first day that he hearde them Nu. xxv d. (a) Because that false prophete gaue counsell howe to cause the Israelites to offende God (b) As who woulde say ye shoulde haue left none alyue (c) In honoryng that idol Iudi. xxi b. Num. xix b (f) This is that portion whiche the souldiers gaue to God (g) The virgines (h) Of that parte of the spoile whiche was allotted to those that had not ben at warre (i) Those that were no souldiers (k) Geuing no part to their captaines (l) That God might haue them in remembraunce (a) Ruben was the sonne of Lea Iacobs wyfe Gad was sonne to Zilpah her handmayde Num. â—3 b. (b) Ye shal be the cause that they shal perishe (c) Into the lande of promise (d) Before the arke (e) The inhabitaunce of chanaan f God will geue you the lande that ye desire g You shal not go vnpunished for your sinne (h) Ouer Iordan (i) That which is spoken by Gods messenger is sayd to be spoken by God (k) Those Amorites that dwelt on this side Iordan Some of theÌ„ dwelt by Iordane of whom mention is made Ios 10. Deut. iii. â— (l) That is to say the vâ—llages of Iair ☜ ☞ (a) The guydyng and conductyng (b) A citie in the land of Gosen (c) Which the Iewes call Misan which conteyneth part of March and part of April (d) With great power and rather diuine then humaine (e) Their idoles or their chiefe rulers Exod. xiii d Exo. xiiii a. Exo. xiiii a. Exod xvi a. Exod. xvi a. Exod. xvii â— Exod. xix a Num. xi g. Num. xi g. Num. xx a. Num. xx d. Deut. 32. g. Num. xxi b Num. xxi c. Nu. xxv a. Deut. vii a. Nu. xxv â— Iudi. i. e. ☜ ☞ (a) That is to say this is y e description of the lande of Chanaan whiche ye shal inherite Iosu xv a. (b) Otherwise the dead sea (c) By whiche the riuer some thinke Nilus to be meant some others Rhinocorurae called meditaranium (d Hor a litle hil but not that wheron 〈◊〉 dyed (e) Which is in the gospell called the lake of Genazereth Nu. xxxii f Deut iii d. Iesu xiiii a. g One of the chiefe men of euery tribe ☜ (a) For that the Leuites had no heritage in y e lande of Chanaan Iosu xxi a. Iosu xx a. Deut. xix a Iosu xx a. (b) The next of kin to the partie slayne whiche ought to folowe the suite (c) The Hebrues vnderstande by the congregation y e Senatours and chiefe Iudges in the citie (d) In the possession of y e Rubenites Gadites and the halfe tribe of Manasses Exod. xxi d (e) So daungerous that a man may dye thereof (f) He that is next to his kin to him that is murthered g This 〈◊〉 a figure of Christe by whose death our sinnes are pardoned (h) That is to iudge wylfull or casuall murtherers ☞ (a) He meaneth Moyses (b) To any of another tribe then of Manasses (c) For the tribe coulde not haue continued if their inheritaunce had ben taken from them (d) Whiche shal be when there is no male chylde to inherite (e) That is concerning the ceremoniall and iudiciall lawes ☜ (a) In the countrey of Moab and this wyldernesse was betweene the plaine of Moab the sea (b) Moyses repeateth agayne the law whiche was geuen fourtie yeres before so y t the youth yf his people were either vnborne or to young to iudge for which second repetitioÌ„ this booke is called in greke Deuteronomi that is the second lawe (c In the second yere second moneth Gen. xv d. and xvii b. (d) By the councel of Iethro my father in lawe Exo. xviiâ—â— (e) Meaning that Moyses had an harde gouernaunce among them (f) To signifie that expert and knowen men in godlynesse ought to be takeÌ„ to gouerne Iosue vii d. Leuit xix c. Pro. xxiiii c (g) And man is but Gods minister (h) So that it is to be imputed to themselues that they enioyed not the inheritaunce Deut. xx â— Num. xâ— m Otherwise vnto the valley of graces n To wyt 〈◊〉 and Iosuah o This sheweth the ingratitude of the Iewes which turned 〈…〉 to them as his hatred Num 13. d. (p That is the race of the grauntes as in Num. 13.23 (q He sheweth that the true boldnes that whiche God approueth is to renounce our own strength and to repose our selues wholly on him walkyng constantly in the vocation to whiche he hath called vs Exod. xiii d Num. xiiii d and .xxvi. g. Iosu xiâ— Num. xx c. and .37 c. r Ministreth vnto thee (Å¿) Whiche were vnder twentie yere olde Nu. xiâ—ii g. (t This doth declare what is the nature of man which wyll do that whiche God forbyddeth wyll not do that whiche God coÌ„maundeth (u) He sheweth that our strength standeth in Gods assistaunce (x) The cause was for that â–ª they lamented not their sin but for y e losse of their brethren and so were hypocrites in their lamenting (a They shewed their obedience â—tâ—r Gods chastisyng (b) The desert of Zin (c) This mountaine appertayne to the Idumeans whiche came of Esau (d) At their return thither for before they were repelled by the Idumeans Num. 20.21 Gen. xxiii b (e) Knowyng is here taken for fauouryng as in many other places of
afflict her by the way of the sea beyond Iordane in Galilee of the heathen The .ix. Chapter 5 He prophecieth of Christes natiuitie and dominion 1 THE people that walked in darknesse haue seene a great light As for them that dwell in the lande of the shadowe of death vpon them hath the light shined 2 Thou hast multiplied the people and not increased their ioy * they reioyce before thee euen as men make merie in haruest and they be ioyfull as men that do deuide the spoyle after the victorie 3 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burthen the staffe of his shoulder and the rod of his oppressour as in the day of Madian 4 And truely euery battayle that the warrier maketh is done with confused noyse and defiling their garmentes with blood but this battayle shal be with burning and consuming of fire 5 For vnto vs a chylde is borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen vpoÌ„ his shoulder doth the rule lye and he is called with his owne name wonderfull the geuer of counsell the mightie God the euerlasting father the prince of peace 6 He shall make no ende to encrease the rule peace and shall sit vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kingdome to order the same and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousnesse from hence foorth for euermore This shall the zeale of the Lorde of hoastes bring to passe 7 The Lorde sent a worde into Iacob the same is come into Israel 8 And all the people of Ephraim shall knowe and they that dwell in Samaria that say with pryde and high stomackes on this maner 9 The tyle worke is fallen downe but we wyll buylde it with squared stones the Mulberie timber is broken but we shall set it vp agayne with Cedar â—â— But the Lorde shall strengthen the enemies of Razin and ioyne his aduersaries together against him 11 The Syrians before and the Philistines behinde and shall deuour Israel with open mouth After all this is not the wrath of the Lorde ceassed but yet his hande stretched out styll 12 For the people turneth not vnto hym that chastiseth them neither do they seeke the Lorde of hoastes 13 Therefore hath the Lorde rooted out of Israel both head and tayle bough and reede in one day 14 By the head is vnderstande the senatour and honourable man and by the tayle the prophete that preached lyes 15 For the guides of this people are deceauers and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost 16 Therefore shall the Lorde haue no pleasure in their young men neither haue pitie of their fatherlesse and wydowes for they are altogether hypocrites and wicked and al their mouthes speake folly After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hand is stretched out styll 17 For vngodlynesse burneth as a fire and shall deuour bryers and thornes and it shall burne as in the thicket of a wood and the wicked aduaunce them selues as the smoke is caryed vp 18 Thorowe the wrath of the Lorde of hoastes is the lande full of darknesse and the people be consumed as it were with fire no man doth spare his brother 19 But he robbeth on the right hande and doth famishe he eateth on the left hande and he shall not haue inough euery man shall eate the fleshe of his owne arme 20 Manasses shall eate Ephraim and Ephraim Manasses and they both together shall eate Iuda After all this is not the Lordes wrath ceassed but yet his hande stretched out styll ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 He threatneth the oppressours of the poore 12 And prophecieth against Sennacherib 1 WO be vnto them that make vnrighteous lawes and that causeth their actuaries to wryte greeuousnesse 2 Where thorowe the poore are put from their right and my seelie people robbed of iudgement that wydowes may be their pray and that they may rob the fatherlesse 3 What wyll ye do in the tyme of visitation and when destruction shall come from farre to whom wyll ye runne for helpe and where wyll you leaue your glory 4 That when I withdrawe my hand ye come not among the prysoners nor lye among the dead After all this doth not the wrath of the Lorde ceasse but yet is his hande stretched out styll 5 O Assur whiche art the staffe of my wrath in whose hand is the rod of mine indignation 6 I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym that he vtterly rob them spoyle them and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete 7 Howbeit his meaning is not so neither thinketh his heart on this fashion But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people 8 For he saith Are not my princes all kynges 9 Is not Chalno as easie to winne as Charchamis Is it harder to conquer Hamath then Arphad or is it lighter to ouercome Damascus then Samaria 10 As who say I were able to winne the kyngdomes of the idolaters and their gods but not Hierusalem and Samaria 11 Shall I not do vnto Hierusalem and her images as I dyd vnto Samaria and her idols 12 Wherefore it shall come to passe that assoone as the Lorde hath perfourmed his whole worke vpon the hill of Sion and Hierusalem then wyll I visite the fruite of the stoute heart of the kyng of Assyria with his proude lookes 13 For he standeth thus in his owne conceipt This do I thorowe the power of myne owne hande thorowe my wysdome for I am wyse I am he that remoue the landes of the people I rob their treasure and haue pulled downe the inhabitauntes like a valiaunt man 14 My hand hath found out the strength of the people as it were a nest and like as egges that were layde here and there are gathered together so do I gather all countreys and there was none so bolde as to moue the winge that dare open his mouth or once whisper 15 Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therwith or shal the sawe make any bragging against hym that ruleth it That were euen lyke as if the rod did exalt it selfe against him that beareth it or as though the staffe should magnifie it selfe as who say it were no wood 16 Therefore shall the Lorde the God of hoastes sende among his fatlinges leanenesse and burne vp his glory as it were with a fire 17 And the light of Israel shal be that fire and his holy one shal be the flambe and it shall kindle and burne vp his thornes and bryers in one day 18 Yea all the glory of his wooddes and fieldes shal be consumed with body and soule and they shal be as an hoast of men whose standard bearer fayleth 19 The trees also of his wood whiche remayne shal be of such a number that a chylde may tell them 20 After that day shall the remnaunt of Israel and suche as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seeke no more comfort at him that
smote them but vnfaynedly shall they trust vnto the Lorde the holy one of Israel 21 The remnaunt euen the posteritie of Iacob shall conuert vnto God the mightie one 22 For though thy people O Israel be as the sande of the sea yet shal the remnaunt of them conuert vnto him The decreed consumption ouerfloweth with righteousnesse 23 And therefore the Lorde of hoastes shall perfectly fulfill the thing that he hath determined in the middest of the whole worlde 24 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God of hoastes Thou my people that dwellest in Sion be not afraide for the king of the Assirians he shall smyte thee with a rod and shall lyft vp his staffe against thee as the Egyptians dyd sometime 25 But very soone after shall my wrath and indignation be fulfilled in the destruction of them 26 Moreouer the Lorde of hoastes shall stirre vp a scourge for him like as was the slaughter of Madian vpō the rocke Oreb and as the destruction of the Egyptians when he lyfted vp his rod vpon the sea 27 Then shal his burthen be taken from thy shoulders and his yoke from thy necke yea the same yoke shal be destroyed because of the vnction 28 He shal come to Aiath and go thorow towarde Migron at Michmas shall he lay vp his harnesse 29 They shall go ouer the foorde Geba shal be their resting place Rhama shal be afraide Gibea Saul shall flee away 30 Lift vp thy voyce O daughter Gallim geue eare to Laisa thou poore Anathoth 31 Madmena shall tremble for feare but the citizens of Gabim are manly 32 Yet shall he remaine at Nob that day after that shall he lyft vp his hande against the mount of the daughter Sion the hyll of Hierusalem 33 But see the Lord God of hoastes shall breake downe the bough with feare he shall hewe downe the proude and fell the high minded 34 The thickets also of the wood shall he roote out with iron and Libanus shall haue a fall thorowe the mightie The .xj. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the natiuitie of Christe and of his people 6 Of the remnaunt of Israel 10 And of the fayth of the heathen or gentiles 1 AND there shall come a sprig foorth of the stemne of Esai and a young shoote shall growe out of his roote 2 The spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon him the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding the spirite of counsaile and strength the spirite of knowledge and of the feare of the Lorde 3 And shall make hym of deepe iudgement in the feare of God For he shall not geue sentence after the thing that shal be brought before his eyes neither reproue after the hearing of his eares 4 But with righteousnesse shal he iudge the poore and with equitie shall he refourme the simple of the worlde and he shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his mouth shall he slay the vngodly 5 Righteousnesse shal be the gyrdle of his loynes and faythfulnesse the gyrding vp of his raynes 6 The Woolfe shall dwell with the Lambe and the Leoparde shall lye downe by the Goate Bullockes Lions and cattell shall kepe company together so that a litle chylde shall leade them 7 The Cowe and the Beare shall feede together and their young ones shall lye together the Lion shall eate strawe lyke the Oxe or the Cowe 8 The chylde whyle he sucketh shall haue a desire to the serpentes nest and when he is weaned he shall put his hande into the Cockatrice denne 9 No man shall do euill vnto another no man shall destroy another in all the hyll of my holynes for the earth shal be full of the knowledge of the Lorde euen as the sea floweth ouer with water 10 And in that day shall the gentiles enquire after the roote of Iesse whiche shal be set vp for a token vnto the people and his rest shal be glorious 11 At the same time shall the Lord take in hande agayne to recouer the remnaunt of his people whiche shal be left aliue from the Assirians Egyptians Arabians Morians Elamites Chaldees Antiochians from the Ilandes of the sea 12 And he shall set vp a token among the gentiles and gather together the dispearsed of Israel yea and the outcastes of Iuda from the foure corners of the worlde 13 The hatred of Ephraim also and enemies of Iuda shal be cleane rooted out Ephraim shall beare none euyll wyll to Iuda Iuda shall not vexe Ephraim 14 But they both together shall flee vppon the shoulders of the Philistines towarde the west and spoyle them together that dwell towarde the east The Idumites and the Moabites shal come vnder their handes and the Amonites shal be obedient vnto them 15 The Lord also shal cleaue the tongues of the Egyptians sea and with his mightie winde shall he lyft vp his hand ouer Nilus and shall smyte his seuen streames and make men go ouer drye shod 16 And thus shall there be a way for his people that remayneth from the Assirians lyke as it happened to the Israelites what tyme they departed out of the lande of Egypt The .xij. Chapter 4 The song of the Churche for the obtayning of the victorie and ouercomming of the worlde 1 AND in that day thou shalt say O Lorde I wyll prayse thee for thou wast displeased at me but refrayne thou from thy wrath and comfort me 2 Beholde God is my saluation in whō I wyll trust and not be afrayde for the Lorde God is my strength and my song he also is become my saluation 3 Therfore with ioy shall ye drawe water out of the welles of saluation 4 And then shall ye say Geue thankes vnto the Lorde call vpon his name declare his workes among the people kepe them in remembraunce for his name is excellent 5 O sing prayses vnto the Lorde for he hath done great thinges as it is knowen in all the worlde 6 Crye out and sing thou that dwellest in Sion for great is the holy one of Israel in the middest of thee ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth the destruction of Babylon the captiuitie and the comming agayne of the people 1 THis is the burthen of Babylon whiche Esai the sonne of Amos did see Lift vp the banner vppon the high hyll call vnto thē wagge your hande that they may go into the gates of the princes 3 I haue commaunded my sanctified I haue also called my valiaunt ones ioying in my honour to execute my wrath 4 There is a noyse of a multitude in the mountaynes lyke as of a great people a rushing as though the kingdomes of the nations came together the Lorde of hoastes mustreth his armye to battayle 5 They come out of a farre countrey from the ende of the heauen euen the Lorde hym selfe with the ministers of his wrath to destroy the whole lande 6 Mourne ye for the day of the Lord is at hande and shall come as a
saying Great and marueylous are thy workes Lorde God almightie iust and true are thy wayes thou kyng of saintes 4 Who shall not feare thee O Lorde and glorifie thy name for thou only art holy And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee for thy iudgemētes are made manifest 5 And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the tabernacle of testimonie was open in heauen 6 And the seuen angels came out of the temple which had the seuen plagues clothed in pure and bryght lynnen and hauing their brestes girded with golden girdels 7 And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen angels seuen golden vials full of the wrath of God which lyueth for euermore 8 And the temple was full of the smoke of the glorie of God and of his power and no man was able to enter into the temple tyll the seuen plagues of the seuen angels were fulfylled The .xvi. Chapter ◠The angels powre out their vials full of wrath 6 and what plagues folowe therof 15 Admonition to take heede and watche 1 AND I hearde a great voyce out of the temple saying to y e seuen angels Go your wayes powre out your vials of wrath vpon the earth 2 And the first angell went and powred out his vial vpon the earth and there fell a noysome and a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beast and vpon them which worshipped his image 3 And the second angell shed out his vial vpon the sea and it turned as it were into the blood of a dead man and euery lyuyng thyng dyed in the sea 4 And the thirde angell shed out his viall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to blood 5 And I hearde the angell of the waters say Lorde which art and wast thou art ryghteous holy because thou hast geuen such iudgementes 6 For they shed out the blood of saintes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them blood to drynke for they are worthie 7 And I heard another out of the aulter say euen so Lorde God almightie true and ryghteous are thy iudgementes 8 And the fourth angell powred out his viall on the sunne power was geuen vnto hym to vexe men with heate of fyre 9 And men boyled in great heate and blasphemed the name of God whiche hath power ouer these plagues they repented not to geue hym glorie 10 And the fifth angell powred out his viall vpon the seate of the beast and his kyngdome waxed darke they gnewe their tongues for sorowe 11 And blasphemed the God of heauen for their sorowe and for theirs sores and repented not of their deedes 12 And the sixt angell powred out his vial vpon the great riuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the wayes of the kynges of y e east should be prepared 13 And I sawe three vncleane spirites like frogges come out of the mouth of y e dragon out of the mouth of the beast out of the mouth of the false prophete 14 For they are the spirites of deuyls workyng miracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gather them to the battayle of that great day of God almightie 15 Beholde I come as a theefe Happie is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he walke naked and men see his fylthynesse 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrue tongue Armagedon 17 And the seuenth angell powred out his viall into the ayre And there came a great voyce out of the temple of heauen from the throne saying it is done 18 And there folowed voyces thundringes lyghtnynges and there was a great earthquake such as was not sence men were vpon the earth so mightie an earquake and so great 19 And the great citie was deuided into three partes and the cities of all nations fell And great Babylon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto her the cup of the wyne of the fearcenesse of his wrath 20 Euery I le also fledde away and the mountaynes were not founde 21 And there fell a great hayle as it had ben talentes out of heauen vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hayle for the plague therof was exceadyng great ⧠The .xvij. Chapter 3 The discription of the great whore 8 her sinnes and punishment 14 The victorie of the lambe 1 AND there came one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vials talked with me saying vnto me Come I wyll shewe vnto thee the iudgement of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters 2 With whom haue committed fornication the kynges of the earth and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornication 3 So he caryed me away in the spirite into the wildernesse And I sawe a woman sit vpon a scarlet coloured beast ful of names of blasphemie which had seuen heades and ten hornes 4 And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cup of golde in her hande full of abhominations and fylthynesse of her fornication 5 And in her forehead was a name written a misterie great Babylon the mother of whoredome abhominations of the earth 6 And I sawe y e woman dronken with the blood of the martirs of Iesus And when I sawe her I wondred with great maruayle 7 And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore maruaylest thou I wyll shewe thee the misterie of the woman and of the beast that beareth her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes 8 The beast that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pyt and shall go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names are not written in the booke of lyfe from the begynnyng of the world when they beholde the beast that was and is not and yet is 9 And here is a mynde that hath wisdome The seuen heades are seuen mountaynes on whiche the woman sitteth They are also seuen kynges 10 Fyue are fallen one is and another is not yet come And whē he commeth he must continue a short space 11 And the beast that was and is not is euen the eyght and is one of the seuen and shall go into destruction 12 And the ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue receaued no kyngdome as yet but shall receaue power as kynges at one houre with the beast 13 These haue one mynde and shal geue their power strength vnto the beast 14 These shall fyght with the lambe and the lambe shall ouercome them For he is Lorde of Lordes and Kyng of Kynges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faythfull 15 And he sayde vnto me The waters which thou sawest where the whore sitteth are people and folke nations and tongues 16 And the ten hornes which