⧠Jeremy the Prophete translated into Englisshe by George Joye some tyme felowe of Peter College in Camebridge ⧠⧠⧠¶ The songe of Moses is added in the ende to magnif ye our Lorde for the fall of our Pharao the Bisshop of Rome ¶ Anno M.D. and .xxxiiii. in the monethe of Maye ⧠†⧠☞ ⧠☜ ⧠The Preface THe Prophets as they were al taught steredvp and thrusted forth of one spirit to preche and wryte the worde of the Lorde so folowd they al one threde and lyne tending vnto one ende euen our sauiour Jesus Christe the parfait some ful conclusion of al the lawe Prophets So that whoso in reding the lawe Prophets directe his inwarde eye to beholde knowe our heuenly father for y e one very God a lone with his sone Jesus Cryste sent vs from him beleuinge perfitly to be iustifyed and saued by the grace of God y e father through y e merits onely of Cristis dethe very God man he readeth a right with grete frute he recheth resteth graciously vpon the same marke that al the Prophets did shote at euē vpon him that sayd I am the waie the trouthe and lyfe Vpon this gloriouse and sauing signe to be agayn said as Simcon tolde Mary y e virgen his mother Luke ii the two testamentis also loked with cōtrarye aspectis the olde beholding him to come y e new loking vpon him paste and comen no nother wyse then the two Cherubyms standing vpon the arke of the couenaunt did figure bothe loking contrary wais y e one beholding the tother yet did they bothe two set their eyes loking into the propiciatorye euē vpon Cryste our seat of mercye and mercy stole And hither loked also those two sufficient witnesses Moses Helyas the one representing the lawe and the tother the Prophetis when Cryste transfigured himself bothe concluding consenting with Cryst in that they talked togither w t him expressing his ende whiche he shulde make finesshe at Jerusalē For whom els aftir that gloriouse sight and cōmunication did his disciples there se but onely Jesus left alone What so euer therfore Cryste did or suffred as touchīg the benefit forme of our redempcion the lawe and Prophetis tolde it al before So that the talking togither of Moses Helias with Cryste declared the lawe Prophets to consent agree bothe vpō Cryste y e very helthe lyfe perfecciō of al y t beleue in him Whiche thinge to confirme the voice of the father was there herde out of the cloude sayng This is my dere beloued sone for whose sake I am peased set at one with man him therfore se that ye hear Obserue diligētly good Cristen reder the vehemēce pieth of this pronowne Ipsum when the father cōmanded vs sainge Ipsum audite him se y t ye hear And beware of them that wolde obtrude thrust yn to the chirche of Go◠any vnwryten verities strange doctryne euen the doctryne of lying men Hear them not whiche wolde cōmande and compel vs to beleue hear any other techer then Cryste siche as their doctryne be consonant with Crystis worde apere they neuer so holy and wel lerned Let sich false Prophets as Jeremy whissheth and threteneth go and be ruled of y e wynde whiche preche vs to worship images or to seke eny other helpe saluacion intercessours and meanes betwene vs and our father then Cryste Jesus alone sufficient euer herde and praynge for vs incessauntly Cryste therfore to shewe himselfe that lyuely fountayn of perpetual waters plentuously springingforth into lyfe euerlastinge vnto al that drinke that is to saye beleue in him sate him downe once ful wery to reste himselfe vpon the wel bring whiche Jacob longe before had digged euermore seking an occasion to insinuate and offer himselfe a sufficient refrigery sauiour for synners what tyme he opened himselfe vnto that sinful Samaritane womā telling hir that who so drinke of the water which I shal geue him he shal neuermore thirste c. That is who so beleue in Cryste shal neuer desyer any other mean sauiour counforter refressher but shal fynde fele God the father one alone for al sufficient through the grace and merits of his sone our sauiour Criste In him onely to glory reioyse as this Prophete cōmandeth vs. Whiche glory who so once taste fele he wil not onely geue it to no nother as in Isaie is shewed but he will trēble and quake to hear this greuouse complaint and heuy manasshing of God almighty by the mouthe of Jeremy saying My peple haue caste me awaye which am their glorye they haue chāged their glory for y t an Idoll y t cānot helpe thē As here now the Prophete entred into the argument and mater of al his sermons of this hole boke and brekynge forthe into a great fereful exclamacion calleth in heuen and erthe as did Isaye in the beginning of his sermons to testifye and detest our abominable idolatrye criyng out thus Oh heuens be ye a stonned be ye a frayd and meruelously amased saith the Lorde For two offencis haue my peple cōmitted They haue forsaken me euen the very lyuely fountayn of perpetual waters and digged themself vp pittis al to troden and broken whiche maye holde no waters The heuēs to be a stonned and to deteste this bakfalling from Cryste our glorye vnto any other creature is as mych to saye as oh heuens withe drawe your helpe counforte from vs geue vs nether rayne nor any ceasonable wether nor yet holsom ayer but acording as it was thretened vs in y e lawe be ye as harde as yern that y e erthe might be as harde as stele for rayne to geue vs drought heat to bake our lande in baraynes for plesant wether to geue vs thondre terreble lighteningis corrupte ye y e ayer y t pestelence might take awaye man beast And yet as ▪ though al this were to lytle swerde and famyn be threatened vs to ▪ ye and at last to be casten out frō Cryste our glory in heuen vnto perpetual payn◠in he◠For forsaking Cryste our glorye diggīg vs vp theis poysoned pittis of our owne inuentiō pittes alto trodē troubles brokē euī the tradiciōs lawes decrees with all the deuellisshe doctryne drawne forthe of these dampnable deluers y e bisshops of Rome and their faccion deluing and digging vs vp their muddye myery stinkinge dykes al for to fede their own carnal affectis to maintayn their glitering glorye and to encrease their fylthy lucre and stalbeshe their falsely vsurped power wherby they haue hitherto so longe deluded and seduced many a simple soule trapped holdē captiue euen Emprours and kinges And how they theirselues dayly trouble and breke their own drye pittes with dispensaciōs relaxaciōs permissions gloses ce they know
the erthe and lo it is vayne and voyde I loked vpon the heauens and lo they haue not their light I lifted vp my eyes to the mountayns and lo they reeled lykely to fal and al the hilles shoke I loked aboute and lo ther was noman lefte Also al the foules of the ayer were flone awaye I beholde and lo Carmelus was become a deserte al hir cytes throÌ„downe of the lorde of the fury of his wrathe For thus spâ—â—â—e the lorde Al this lande shal be desolate But yet shal I not vtterly make an ende of it Wherfore waile erthe moorne heuen aboue for of this thinge which I haue thought and decreed it shalnot re reâ—ent me nether wil I go from it Euery cite shal fle at the noyse of the horsemen and bowmeÌ„ They shal runne into caues and wodes and clyme into rockes Euery cyte shal be left a lone noman to inhabit them WhaÌ„ thou art thus destroied what shalt thou do If thou clothest thy selue with purple and deckest the with golden ornamentis if thou payntest thy eye brews with starche yet shalt thou garneshe thyselfe in vaine For they that loued the hitherto shal looth the and go aboute to quenche thy lyfe For me thinketh I hear a voyce as it were of a woman traue ling of childe or of one laboriÌ„g in the trauel of hir firste childe that is to saye the voice of the daughter of Zion moorning and complayning in hir selfe casting hir armes abrode sayng Ah lasse for sorow for my lyfe fayleth in me for the slayne ¶ The fifte Chapiter GO loke vpoÌ„ Jerusalem withe oute consyder it also withyn seke thorowt euery streate whither ye can fynde any one maÌ„ that ether dothe right or studieth for faith trouth I shal spare theÌ„ saith the Lorde For albeit they saye The lorde lyneth yet is this their othe to deceyne whaÌ„ thy eyes o lorde loke for nothiÌ„g so miche as for faith For thou smittest theÌ„ yet they repeÌ„ted not Thou correctedst to ameÌ„de theÌ„ but they wolde not receyue thy disciplyne They hardened their faces more then any stonne refused to turne to a better mynde WherupoÌ„ I consydered withe my selfe thus paradueÌ„ture they ar so poore that they caÌ„not knowe the waye of the lorde iugemeÌ„ts of our god I shal get me therfore vnto the grete estates talke with theÌ„ if paradueÌ„ture yet these meÌ„ may haue the knowlege of the waye of the lorde the iugemeÌ„ts of their god But these men eueÌ„ lyke al other haue brokeÌ„ the yoke plucked in sondre their brydle raynes Wherfore the lyoÌ„ shal come froÌ„ the wode and deuowre them The wolfe at theuening shal destroye theÌ„ The leoparde shal lye awaite by their cytes to teare in peaces as many as come out frothence For they haue heaped synne vpon syn and their bakslydingis ar right greuouse Tel me then what thing hast thou where fore I shuld be mercyful vnto the Thy childerne haue forsaken me and swere by theÌ„ that ar no goddis whan euen I myselfe had bownde theÌ„ to me by an othe and yet ar they aduouterers haunting harlettis houses They ar be come as fyerce in prodigiouse libidinouse luste as fatte stallauÌ„des euery maÌ„ neiathe at his neighbours wyfe Shal I not be auenged vpon these thinges saith the lorde And shuld not I take vengeaunce of what nacion so euer it be that is lyke vnto this Clyme vp to hir walles and thro them downe tarye not Cut of hir branches and battlemeÌ„â—s for they belonge not to the lorde For the house of Israel and Juda hath caste me awaye vnfaithfully saith the Lorde sayng It is not he that is God Nether shal there come siche affliccioÌ„ vpoÌ„ vs. Swerde and honger we shal not se. Wherfore these Prophetis shal go their wayes into the wynde And he that shulde preache shall not come amonge them Euen thus shal it be dealt with theÌ„ Wherfore thus speketh the lorde god of powrs Sith ye speake this worde Lo I shal turne my wordes whiche thou speakest with thy mouth into fyer and this peple into wode that it maye deuoure them Beholde I shal bringe vpon you a nacion from a farre o house of Israel saith the lorde a stronge boystiouse nacion an olde nacion whose tongue thou shalt not knowe nor vnderstaÌ„de what they saye Their quyuers shal be thy present graue for al they ar ful mightye This nacioÌ„ shal eatup thy corne foode they shal eat thy sonnes and daughters they shal deuoure thy flockes droues They shal eatup thy vyneyardis figges And bete downe thy defensed cytes with swerde in whoÌ„ thou trustedst moste cheifly and yet thus than wil I not ceasse nor make an ende with you saith the lorde And whan they shal saye wherfore shal our lorde God do al this vnto vs Thou shalt answer theÌ„ Because that lyke as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straÌ„ge gods in your owne lande euen so shal ye serue strange gods stil in a straÌ„ge lande Shewe this to the house of Jacob and preche it in Juda sayng Hear I pray the this thing thou folesshe and hertlesse peple ye haue eyes but yese not and ears but ye heare not Wil ye not dread me saith the lorde Wil ye not feare my face which haue pinnedyn the sea with sandes ye that with this lawe to that she shal neuer passe ouer them She maketh a face with grete vehemence but yet she maye not She swelleth vp into her highe waues but yet she breaketh not her lawe But this peple hath a faithles rebellious herte They are fallen backe and gone their wayes so farre that they thinke not once in their hertes Let vs yet feare the lorde our God whiche geueth vs rayne in tyme and ceasonable showers for our profit preseruing vs our corne according to the duwe order of the year your own wikednesses haue turned these thinges from you And your synnes haue depryued you this grete commodite For in my peple ther ar fownde the vngodly which bende snares preuely waite to destroye men and to take them And as the nette is ful of birdes so ar their houses ful of goodis goteÌ„ with dissaight And hereof ryse their stoutenes riches hereof ar they magnifyed made so fatte and ful of tresure Also they haue offended me with the moste greuous crymes They ministre not the lawe The cause of the fatherlesse they expede it not The pore mannis wronge in iugement they delyuer not Shal I not be auenged of these thingis saith the lorde And shulde I not take veneaunce of what so euer lyke vnto this Thingis to be woundred at and gretely to be fered ar nowe done in this lande The Prophetis preche lyes and the Preistis obaye and reioyse in them And my peple haue grete plesure in these thinges But what shal come of this at the laste Verely euen this ¶ The sixte Chapiter GEt ye forthe of Jerusalem
it he feared and fled into Egypte Then sent kinge Joachim officers into Egypte as Elnathan the sone of Achbor with certayne sergeants with him which led Vrias oute of Egypte and brought him to kinge Joachim whiche slewe him with his swerde and caste his carkas into the comen place of other malefactours But as for Jeremye is holpen of Ahikam the sone of Saphan that he be not geuen into the handis of the peple to be slayne These thingis were done of the Lorde to Jeremye in the beginninge of the raigne of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda. ¶ The Argument of this Chapiter folowing ¶ The Lorde decreid firmely to subdwe all the kingdoms of the este to thonelyand head kingdome of Babylon And declareth also that the Prophetis which prophecyed al thingis to be restored and euery man to come home agene withyn two yeare were but lyers ¶ The .xxvii. Chapiter Thus spake the Lorde vnto me Make the kolers and chaynes fet for thy necke sende them to the kinge of Edom to the kinge of Moab to the kinge of the childerne of Ammon to the kinge of Tyre to the kinge of Zidon that by thambassiadours that be now come to Jerusalem to Zedechias kinge of Juda coÌ„maunding them to bere these messages vnto their maisters Thus commaundeth you y e Lorde of powers and God of Israel that ye tel your maisters thus I am he that made the erthe man and beast which ar vpon y e face of y e erth thorow my grete pour and forthstretched arme geuen it vnto him whom it hath pleased me And nowe shal I geue vp al these regions into the power of my seruaÌ„t Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon I shal geue him also the beastis of the felde to do him seruice And al natioÌ„s shal serue him and his sone his neuye Many natioÌ„s and grete kingis shal serue him I saye vntil the tyme also of the same lande be come to And that nacion or kingdome which wilnot serue Nebuchadnezer kinge of Babylon nor wilnot put their neckis vnder the yoke of the kinge of Babylon I shal viset euen the same nacion with swerde honger pestelence vntil I haue consumed them in his handis saith the Lorde Wherfore se that ye hear not your prophetes dyuines dreame sayers sorcerers charmers whiche tel you ye shal not serue the kinge of Babylon For they preache you lyes to sende you a waye farre from your lande and that I shulde expel you that ye might perisshe But the nacion that wil put his necke vnder the yoke of the kinge of Babylon and serue him them shal I leue stil vpon their own lande saith the Lorde and they shal replenisshe it and inhabit it ye and euen vnto Zedechias kinge of Juda haue I tolde y e same thing in euery poynt sayng Put your neckes vnder the yoke of the kinge of Babylon and serue him and his peple that al youers might be salfe Wherfore shuldeye be slayne bothe thou and thy peple with swerde honger and pestelence as y e Lorde hath decreed it vpon what so euer nacion it be that refuseth to serue the kinge of Babylon And yet I tel you agene Hear not the sermoÌ„s of the Prophetis prechinge and sayng vnto you Serue not the kinge of Babylon for they preche you but a lye Nether did I sende them saith the Lorde although they be so bolde to preche lyes in my name that I shuld the soner caste you forthe to perisshe with these men that thus preche vnto you Also I spake vnto the preistis to al this peple thus This coÌ„mandeth the Lorde Hear not the wordis of y e prophetis preching you these thingis Beholde the Iwelâ—s of the house of the Lorde shal be brought agene shortly from Babylon For thy preache you but a lye hear them not but serue y e kinge of Babylon that ye may abyde salfe Wherfore shulde this cite be brought into a wyldernes And if they wil nedis be proued trwe Prophetis the worde of the Lorde to be coÌ„mitted vnto thim let them make intercession I beseche you before the Lorde of powers that the reamnaunte of y e iues vessels of y e lordis house of y e kingis house of Juda of Jerusalem come not to Babylon to For thus spake y e lorde of powers as towchinge y e pylers y e lauer the socketis withe other vessels Iwels yet lefte in this cite which Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon toke not a waye whan he caried awaye Jechonias y e sone of Joachim kinge of Juda from Jerusalem to Babylon with al the rulers of Juda and Jerusalem Thus I saye spake the Lorde of powers euen the God of Israel as concerninge the reste of these vessels iuels both of the house of the Lorde and of the kingis house of Juda and of Jerusalem They shal be translated to Babylon there to continwe til I shal viset them agene sathe the Corde and then shal I restore and bringe them agene into this same place ¶ The .xxviii. Chapiter IT came so to passe That in the four the year of Zedechias kinge of Juda the fiste moneth Ananias the sone of Azur Prophete of Gabaon spake vnto me in the house of the Lorde in the presence of the preistis and of al the peple saynge Thus sayd the Lorde of powers the God of Israel I haue broken in peises the yoke of the kinge of Babylon So that aftir .ii. year I shal restore into thissame place al the vessels iuels of the house of the Lorde Which Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon toke oute of this place and translated into Babylon ye and euen Jechonias sone of Joachim kinge of Juda with al the captiues of Juda which ar led to Babylon I shal bringe agene vnto this place saith the Lorde For I shal breke the kinge of Babylonis yoke Then Jeremy y e Prophete answerde the prophete Anamas befor the priestis and al the peple standing by them in the house of the Lorde And the Prophete Jeremie sayd Amen the Lorde mought it so do and make thy prophecie to stande in restoringe the iuels of the lordis house and al the captiues from Babylon into this place Nethelesse yet hear what I shal saye to the in the presens of al this peple The Prophetis which were before vs in al tymes paste bothe ouer many regions and great kingdoms propheciyng other batail calamite pestilence or peace were proued trwe in this one thing that y e Lorde doutles had sent thez if the thinge came so to passe whiche the prophete had tolde them before And Anamas the Prophet toke a chayne from the Prophete Jeremies necke and alto broke it in pieses sayng on this maner al the peple hearing it Thus saith the Lorde Euen thus shal I breke the yoke of Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon with in these .ii. years from the nek of euery nacion And here Jeremy went his wayes home
But the worde of the Lorde was shewed him aftir Ananias the Prophete had broken the chayne from y e Prophet Jeremyes necke on this maner Go and tel Ananias these wordes Thus saith the Lorde Ananias thou hast broken cheynes of wode but for theÌ„ Jeremye thou shalt make agene chaynes of yerne For thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel I shal laye a yoke of yerne vpon al these nacioÌ„s that they shal serue Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon that shal they And euen the beastis of y e felde shal I betake vnto him so shal I. Than sayd the Prophete Jeremy vnto y e Prophete Ananias Hear I beseche the Ananias The Lorde sente the not but thou goist a boute to bringe this peple into a vayne and false hope Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal sende y e therfore but whither verely euen froÌ„ the face of the erthe For withyn this same year shalt thou be dead For ful emnyously and despightfully hast thou spoken agenste y e Lorde And so Ananias dyed the same year in the seuenth monethe ¶ The argument of this .xxix. Chapiter Ther arose certayn false Prophetis amonge the captynes in Babylon whiche promised themselues liberty to retourne aftir Ananias his saing with in two year but these false Prophetis Jeremye confutethe THese ar the wordes of y e pistle which the prophete Jeremy sent from Jerusalem vnto y e men in captiuite both to the elders priestes prophets to y e peple also whom Nebuchadnezar had led a waye to Babylon aftir that kinge Jechonias and his quene the gâ—lded men y e rulers of Juda Jerusalem sinythes also with y e artificers were gone Aelassa sone of Saphan and Gamaria sone of helkie bering it Whom Zedechias kinge of Juda sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon the pistel I saye coÌ„tayning these wordis Thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel vnto al the captiues that ar led from Jerusalem to Babylon Buyld ye houses to dwel in plante gardens hortyardis to eate their frutes marye wyues to bringforth sonnes daughters ye and geue your sonnes your daughters housbandes that they maye bringforthe sonnes daughters encrease there gretely Studye in nowyse to be fewe in nowmber But study for y e prosperouse peace of y e same cite wheryn ye be holdeÌ„ captiue praye to the Lorde for it For their peace shal be yours For thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e god of Israel Let not y e prophetes w t your diuynes that ar w t you deceyue you Nether beleue your own dreames which ye dreame For these meÌ„ prophecye vnto you lyes in my name I sent theÌ„ not saith y e lorde But thus saith y e Lorde Whan ye haue fulfilled .lxx. years in Babylon I shal viset deal w t you aftir my goodnes to bringe you agene into this place For I forgete not my set purposes decreed vpon you saith y e Lorde They ar couÌ„sels of holsom peace not of troublouse affliccioÌ„ to geue you another maner chaunce y t ye might haue a fresshe a better hope ye shal crye vnto me I shal hear you ye shal seke me fynde me If ye sek me with al your herte I wil be fownde I saye of you saith y e Lorde I shal redeme you froÌ„ captiuite gather you froÌ„ oute of al y e geÌ„tyles froÌ„ al places where yn to I had dispersed you saith y e Lorde restore you into thissame place fro wheÌ„ce I led you captiue But as touching this where ye saye the lorde to haue stered vp Prophets in Babylon Thus saith y e Lorde both as concerninge thissame kinge y t yet sitteth in y e set of Dauid al y e peple y t inhabit this cite with your brothern y t ar not yet gone with you into captiuite thus I saye saith y e Lorde of powers vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo I shal sende amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y e swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce make theÌ„ lyke vnrype figges which for their bitternes may not be eateÌ„ And I shal persecute theÌ„ w t swerde hoÌ„ger pestileÌ„ce I shal geue theÌ„ to be vexid of al y e kiÌ„gdoÌ„s of therthinto an execracion to be aborred into an outhissinge and obprobry among al nacions wher so euer I shal scater them because they obayed not my coÌ„mandements saith the Lorde which I sente them by my seruantis the Prophetis erly rysinge euermore sendinge but yet obayed they not saithe the Lorde And al you in captiuite whom I sente from Jerusalem to Babylon hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel as concerninge Ahab the sone of Colie and Zedekia sone of Maasie whiche prophecy lyes vnto you in my name Beholde I shal geue them into the handis of Nebuchadnezar kiÌ„ge of Babylon to slaye them before your faces And al the captiues of Juda whiche ar in Babylon shall take vp this worde of excecracion vpon them saynge The lorde rid theÌ„ out of the waye as he did Zedekias and Ahab whoÌ„ the kinge of Babylon fryed in the fyer because they committed wyked folishnes agenste Israel For whan they had defyled their neghbours wyues yet weÌ„t they and preched lyes in my name which I neuer commanded them These thinges do I certifye and testifye vnto you saith the Lorde But as touchinge Semeia y e Neemalite thus shalt thou tel him Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Sith thou haste sente letters vnder thy nown name sealed vnto the peple in Jerusalem and also vnto Zephanias sone of Maasie Prieste and to al the Priestis also in which thou spekest to him thus For as moche as the Lorde hath set y e beinge Prieste in the stede of the Prieste Joiada to bere rule in the house of the Lorde and to serche for al furiouse sprited Prophetes that preache or prophecy to caste them into presone or stockes how hapeneth it that thou takest not and correckest not Jeremy of Anathot that precheth with you so continually Whiche ouer al this yet he sente vnto vs that ar here holden in Babylon sayng playnely our captiuite to be very longe bidding vs to builde houses to dwelyn and plante orteyardes whose frute we might eate Whiche letters Zephanias the Priest red ouer Jeremy the Prophete hearing theÌ„ Then was the worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremy sayng thus Tell the hole companye in captiuite thus Thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Semeia that Neelamite Sith Semeias hath thus preached vnto you with oute my commandemeÌ„t stuffinge you ful of vayne hopes therfore this is the Lordes plesure Beholde I shal viset Semeias the Neelamyte his sede so that non of his shal neuermore dwel amonge this peple nether shal they se that goodnes which I shal do vnto this peple saithe the Lorde for he hathe preached emayously spight fully vpon the Lorde ¶ The .xxx. Chapiter THe
sermone shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy Thus spake the Lorde of Israel Wryte me vp to gither in a boke al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the. For lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I shal make a ioyful and salfe returne of my captiued peple of Israel Juda saith the Lorde For I shal restore them agene into the lande which I gaue their fathers they shal possede it But y e Lorde added these thingis to speking vpoÌ„ Israel Juda on this manerwyse We hear a a terrible and dredeful noyse as thoughe al thingis were in fereful confusion For what els signifieth this sight euery man be he neuer so manly thus to smyte his handis vpon his loynes lyke a woman trauelinge of chylde Who saw euer a maÌ„ trauelinge of chylde Enquire and serche oute this vision if ye will ye and euery maÌ„nis face is deformed with pale wanne colour Oute ahlasse for this daye so horrible so dreadful that neuer was there any lyke Oh tyme of tribulacion vnto Jacob fro the whiche yet he shal be delyuerde For the daye shal come saith the Lorde of powers that I wil breke of Nâ—buchadnezars yoke from thy necke and breke of thy bondis to that thou setâ—est nomore strange gods vnder him But eueÌ„ they shal serue their Lorde God to that is to saye their kinge Dauid whom I shal sterevp for them And thou Jacob my seruant feare not saith the Lorde nor be not dismayde Israel For lo I shal saue the althoughe thou beist yet farre of and bringe thy seade from the lande of their captiuite And Jacob shal be brought agene he shal haue reste flowing in al prosperite to fear noman For I am withe the saith the Lorde to saue the Albe it yet must I make an ende of al the nacions amoÌ„g whom I haue scaterd the but yet the shal I not make an ende of but chastice y e in the meane tyme but yet with iÌ„ugement and discrecion For I know the not in any wyse for innocent For thus saith the Lorde I pytye thy decease sorow for the smarte of thy wounde but ther is noman that maye aueÌ„ge thy cause delyuering the by iugemeÌ„t bringe the agene into the waye or bynde vp thy wounde so to further thy cure All thy louers haue forgoteÌ„ the they seke the nomore For I haue smyten the with a cruel plage and correcked the sharpely that euen for the multitude of they nowne wikednes for thy synnes haue preuayled Wherfore lamentest thou thy destruccion It is I myselfe y t pityeth thy sorowful greife But for the manifolde wikednes outrage of thy sinnes delte I thus with the. Wherfore al men y t deuoure the shal be deuoured agen and al thy enymes shal be led into captiuite They that robbe y e shal be robbed and of al theÌ„ that spoyle the I shal make a spoyle of them agene For I wil restore y e thy helthe and heale thy woundis saith y e Lorde because they called the a neglecte abiecte oh Zion eueÌ„ hir whom nomaÌ„ wolde set bye For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal restore the tabernacles of Jacob fauour his habitacions Thy cyte shal be edifyed agen in hir olde place the temple shal haue hir iuste foundacion prayse the voyce of gladmen shal goforth of theÌ„ I shal encrease theÌ„ they shalnot be minisshed I shal enlarge theÌ„ they shalnot be drawne yn And their chylderne shal be as before And their chirche shal coÌ„tinwe and encrease before me and al that moleste or oppresse them I meselfe shal viset loke vpon theÌ„ And I shal geue them a noble goyde head ruler to go for the eueÌ„ of the middes of theÌ„ and euen this man wil I sociat and ioyne vnto miself he shal be ful nighe me But who shal this man be whose herte shal so swetely be maryed vnto me saith the Lorde Thorow this your goyde shal ye be my peple and I shal be your God But lo first shal the fury of y e Lorde come forth lyke a whirlewynde ye lyke an hastye raueshing violent whirlewinde shal it come eueÌ„ into the heades of the vngodly This furiouse wrathe of y e Lorde shal not cease vntil he hath done acomplesshed the thoughtis of his herte Which ye shal knowe at laste in these later dayes In that tyme saith the Lorde I shal be the God of al the famylye of Israel and they shal be my peple ¶ The .xxxi. Chapiter THus saith the Lorde The peple of Israel which escaped sometyme the swerde in the deserte fownde fauour to come vnto their reste And eueÌ„ so now shal the Lorde shew himselfe vnto me beinge in farre partes sayng I loue with a perpetual loue wherfore I spread my mercy ouer the. I shal bylde the to be faste and suer oh virgen Israel Thou shalt take vp and tuwne thy tympanys agayn goforth merily leding the daunse yet agein shalt thou plante vynyardis in the hilles of Samary and y e vyne kepers shal plante singinge And when the tyme shal come the kepers shal crye thoroute the mouÌ„taine of Ephraim Aryse and let vs go vp to Zion vnto the Lorde our God for thus saith the Lorde Be glad and reioyse for Jacobs sake â—â—yeâ—t forth euen at y e head of the gentyles Preche singe and tel theÌ„ The Lorde will desyuer and saue his peple euen the reamnaunt of Israel Lo I shal bringe them agen from the northe regions and gather them togither from the costis of the erth with the blynd and lame which ar amonge them with wemeÌ„ great with childe and with them also that now be delyuered And ther shal be a great chirche or company of the returners hither agein They wente awaye wepinge but I shal bringe them agein with solace By the swete ryuers a playne and plesaunte straight waye where they shalnot stomble shal I lead them for to returne For I wil be Israels father And Ephraim shal be my firste begoteÌ„ sonne Hear ye Gentyles the worde of the Lorde tell it forthe thorow the eylandis which stande so farre in sondre sainge He that had scatred Israel gathereth them to gither agein and shal kepe them as the herdemen his owne flocke For the Lorde wil delyuer Jacob and auenge him from a ful mighty hande And they shal come and reioyse in the mounte Zion and be encreased with the benefites which the Lorde shal geue them as wheat swete wynes oyle flockes and heâ—des And their hertes shal be lyke a fruteful fresshe garden nether shal they any more be hongrye Than shal the mayde and as wel y t olde mâ—n as y e yonge daunseful meresy For I shal turne their weepy moorning into fressbe gladnes costforte there theÌ„ from their heuynes Also I shal enbrewe y e Priestis myndes w t fatnes my peple shal be sated filled w t
Lorde so returne euery man from his euelwaye For grete is the wrathe indignacion ordened of God for this peple Then did Baruch the sone of Nerie to his powr al that Jeremy the Prophet commanded him reding of the boke the sermons of the Lorde in the house of the Lorde And this was done the fyfte yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda in the nyenthe moneth whan they commanded al the peple to faste to pease the Lorde as wet the peple of Jerusalem as them that came thither frome the other cytes Then did Baruch rede on the boke Jeremyes sermōs at the house of the Lorde standing in the vestry of Gamarie sone of Saphan the scrybe whiche vestry is by the ouer vestry before the newe dore of the temple al the peple hering them And when Micheas sone of Gamarie the sone of Saphan had herde al the sermons of the Lorde oute of the boke He wente downe to the kinges house vnto the scrybes counting house For ther sate the rulers Elisama scrybe Dalias sone of Semei Elnathan the sone of Achbori Gamarias sone of Saphan Zedechias sone of Hanany with al the rulers And Micheas tolde them al the sermons whiche he had herde of Baruch red out of the boke al the peple hearing And al the rulers sente Jehudi the sone of Nathany sone of Salamy sone of Chusi vnto Baruch on message saynge Take the boke in thy hande where vpon thou reddist the peple hering the and come thy wais with me Then toke Baruch the sone of Nery the boke in his hande and came to them And they sayd vnto him Sit downe I pray the and rede and let vs here them And Baruch red them they herkening thervnto And when they had herde al these sermons they wer astonned one gasyng vpon a nother sayng vnto Baruch verely we shal shewe y e kinge al these wordis And they asked Baruch thus Tel vs I pray y e how thow wrotest al these sermons of his mouthe Whom Baruch answerde he spake thē to me with his owne mouthe whiche I alone being w t him receiued with my penne into this boke Then sayd y e rulers vnto Baruch Go hyde y e with Jeremy so that noman knowe where you be And these rulers went in to y e courte to the kinge leuing y e boke in Elisams y e scrybis studye tolde al the sermōs vnto the kingis presence Then sente y e kinge one Jehudi to fetche y e boke whiche brought frome Elisams the scrybis study and Jehudi had red it bothe the kinge himselfe al the rulers present hering it The kinge then abode in his wynter house for it was then nouembyr and ther was a grete fyer before him And whan Jehudi had red thre or fower leues the boke was cut in pesis with a penne knyfe and caste into the fyer vpon the harthe tyl al the boke was brente vp notwithstandinge yet in the mene ceason they nether fered nor cut their clothes nother the kinge himselfe nor his seruantis when they had herde al these sermons But Elnathan Dalias and Gamarias made intercession to the kinge that the boke shulde not haue had ben brente but he herde them not but cōmanded Jerachmiel the sone of Hameleche Sarie the sone of Ezriel and Salamie sone of Achdiel to take Baruch y t wrote it Jeremy the Prophete to But the Lorde had hid them Than came the worde of the Lorde to Jeremy aftir the kinge had brēte the boke with the sermōs which Baruch had writen at the mouthe of Jeremy The worde of the Lorde came to Jeremy on this maner yet agene take the a nother boke wryte in it al the forsayde sermons whiche wer in the boke before whiche Joachim kinge of Juda brēte And tell Joachim kinge of Juda. Thus saith the Lorde Thou hast brente this boke thus reuoluinge in thy mynde For what entent haste thou wryten in it this mater that the kinge of Babylon shal come subuerte this lande that he shulde leue it desolate bothe man beast Wherfore the Lorde saith as concerning Joachim kinge of Juda. There shal non of his stocke sit in the sete of Dauid His carkase shal be caste agenste the heat of the daye colde of the night And I shal loke vpō the wikednes both of him of his sede of his seruantis and bringe vpon them the inhabitours of Jerusalem and vpon al Juda al that grete affliccion whiche I tolde thē before al beit they herde me not Then Jeremy toke a nother boke and gaue it to Baruch the scrybe sone of Nery whiche wrote in it at Jeremyes mouthe al y e sermons of the same boke that Joachim kinge of Juda had brente moreouer there were added vnto them moo then before ¶ The .xxxvii. Chapiter ZEdechias the sone of Josias made kinge of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon raigned ouer the lande of Juda in the stede of Jechonias sone of Joachim sone of Joachim But nether he nor his seruātis nor the peple of the lande obayd the sermons of the Lorde whiche he spake by Jeremy y e Prophet Nethelesse yet was kinge Zedechias fayne to sende Jehuchal sone of Selemy and Zephaniam sone of Maasy Prieste vnto the Prophet Jeremy that they shulde say to him Praye for vs vnto our Lorde God we beseche the. For Jeremy wente frely amonge the peple not yet put in preson But nowe was Pharaous hoste come out of Egypte whō when y e Caldeis nowe layng sege to Jerusalem perceiued they went bake from the cite And then was the worde of God shewed vnto Jeremy the Prophet on this maner Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel These thing is shal ye answer the kinge of Juda whiche sente you to enquyre it of me Beholde Pharaous hoste whiche came forthe to helpe you shal turne home agen into Egypte and the Caldes shal come hither agen and wyn and take this cyte and set fyer on it For so saith the Lorde Let it not synke in to your hertis to thinke thus Now ar the Caldes douteles gone awaye from vs. For I ensuer you they shal come agene For albe it ye had slayne al y e Caldes hoste y t fightith yet agenste you so that very fewe of them that wounded to had ben yet lefte eche man in his tente yet shulde these ryse burne vp this cyte And when the Caldes hoste was remoued frome Jerusalem for fere of the Egypcians hoste Jeremy went oute of Jerusalem to go vnto the lande of Beniamin to set an order among his kynsfolke And when he came to the gate called Beniamins gate ther was a certayn man chief of the warde or watche called Jerias sone of Selemy the sone of Hanany whiche toke him imputing vnto him that he wolde haue slipte from them to the Caldes Which thing Jeremy sayd was false sayng I entended no thing lesse then to fle to the Caldes Whom Jerias
fele it y t haue payd for drinking of their golden cup whiche that abominable hore of Babylon as JohaÌ„ describeth hir sitting in purple scarlet golde decked with preciouse stones holdeth yet in her hande ful of abominations the filthenes of hir own-luste But as for hir pestelent pittes they maye holde none of thos lyuely refreshing waters whiche Criste offered vnto y e Samaritane woman dayly offreth thez vnto vs to calle vs froÌ„ these popishe puddelle vnto himselfe the very perpetual springe of euerlasting lyfe These dirtye deluers y e Prophete Isaye calleth also web weauers agenste y e mynde of y e lorde detesting abhorring their lawes tradicioÌ„s threatening them for their digging vp of siche vnsauerye pittes wo euerlasting dampnacion Isaye .x. sayng wo be to you y t make vngodly lawes set statutes to harde to kepe to oppresse y e pore in iugement vtterly to begger my sory simple peple w t stryfe lawe y t the destituted al helpe and counsail might be a proye for you so to robbe the fatherlesse ce Wherfore now at laste it hathe pleased almighty God to call forthe Jerermy his Prophete to sende to sette him as a brason wall piller of yerne to preche in englisshe agenst this heuy monster of Rome al his draffe He hathe shewed Zeremy y e rodde of the wakinge watcher the seethinge potte boyillinge forthe as it were from y e northe este altogither threteninge the heuye burdens present vengeannce of God shortely to be powered forthe vpon this Babylonik beast So y t who so read y e xlviii.xlix.l .li. chapiters of this prophete he shal se there clerely y e present face of y e soden miserable fall of the Pope his kingedome now at hande so lyuely set forthe vnder y e names of proude 〈◊〉 his brothere Ammon Babylon y t no Apâ—elles coulde haue paynted it more presently Nowe therefore good Cristen bretherne let vs be warned intyme hear the exhortacion of Jeremye crying vpon vs sayng Fle froÌ„ oute of y e middes of Babylon let euery man saue himself let noman dissemble nor holde his tongue at hir wikednes For verely Babylon whiche is Rome is as wyked sinful as it is reported descrybed as al her vngodly lyuing deceaitful dedis openly testifye declare her But to speke of the iestis and prease of Jeremye ye shal knowe that these his sermons declare of how highe a spirit feruent faithe he was but his chaunce as be the chaunces of all trwe prechers before the worlde was moste miserable and hard as one of those that preched the worde of the Lorde God bothe prudently coÌ„stantly vnto his dethe nothing abasshed at the threateningis of the vngodly kinges and preistis that raigned in his later dayes Whiche constancy moste coÌ„mendable in any precher coude not come but of a perfait and ferme faithe in God Whiche faith being present a non the herte of the precher is endwed and strengthened with all vertwe goodnes For faith wil haue y e victory and ouercome al perels But yet was his lyffe troublouse for that the plages burdens and that miserable captiuite whiche hte Prophetis all threatened before to come it was his chaunce to se them and to be partaker of the perellouse payns heuye destruccion whiche he also prophecyed vnto them himselfe and not onely suffred this greuouse temptacion but was also violently caried captiue of his enymes into Egypte aftir that Juda and Jerusalem were all destroyde caried captiues into Babylon yet was his doctrine sermons all this troublouse tyme both godly louing faithful and prudeÌ„t For he exhorted them swetely and louingly he rebuked sharply and ernestly preched euermore as faithfully constantly So that if we beholde his faithfullnes he is ferueÌ„t If we consyder his erudicion and doctrine he shyneth If we loke vpon his prudence it is right sauourye well ceasoned If we beholde his godlynes he excedeth And as for his constancye it is inuincible beareth a waye al y e victory With howe depe sighis sorowed he the bakfallinge of the peple frome their God What lamentacions made he for that he had so longe with so grete perel preched to them al in vayne also for the captiuite of the peple miserable destruccion of Jerusalem what goodly comparisons sensible similitudes brought he in when he preched to perswade call the peple to repentance As when he preched the destruccion of the cyte in Tophet where to laye y e thinge more manifest and present at their eyes he smote the two erthen pitsherdis to gither breking them al to pieses before his audience saing Thus saith y e Lorde of powers Euen thus shal I alto breake and destroye this peple and cite lyke as a potter breketh a vessel whiche maye neuer more be restored This did he to fere and to moue them to repentaÌ„ce For that oratour and precher perswadeth moste vehemeÌ„tly whiche helpeth his oracion w t conuenient iestures apte similitudes moste present affectis So that in the Prophetis sermoÌ„s there is no siche hardnes difficultye as some men complayneth of except y e sloughisshe sleapye reder nothinge excercysing himselfe in readinge diligently reuerently the holy scriptures bringe it with him and so himselfe be the very cause why he bringeth awaye so lytel frute in reding them The Prophetis be the expowners declarers of the lawe not y e obscurers and derkeners there of they be as Peter saithe the light set vp in a derke place vnto whiche he exhorteth vs diligently to attende What argument so euer they take in hande to declare proue they neuer leue it vntyl they haue so often so many wayes and w t so many sensible similitudes apte coÌ„parisons set it forthe y t euery hearer be he neuer so simple rude maye se vnderstand it clerly Howe compasseth Jeremy aboute w t so many wordes comparing the bakslyding of vs from god to aduoutrye calling vs vnshame faced her lettis our images whom we seke our louers ce and al to bringe vs agen vnto Crist our spouse from our fornicacion coÌ„mitted as he often saith with stockes stores Nether coude the vnkinde dealing of his owne folke of Anathot nor yet the false behauiour of the rulers agenst him once turne his mynde from them There coude no kinge for al their threatening presonment punisshing make him to sherink or cease from his offyce that god called him vnto But euermore aftir any fall he was a man he rose agene more ferueÌ„t more constant and ernest then euer he was before Whom lo now Cristen reder thou hast in thy handes preching vnto the in Englisshe the same sermons whiche he preched vnto the peple of Juda Jerusalem corrupted withe the same synnes wheryn we nowe
labour and be as greuously infected whom no lesse greuouse plages affliccions and burdens abyde if we repente vs not and turne not to our spouse Jesus Crist him withe the father and the holy gost one God to whorship serue onely Whiche geue vs grace so to rede and hear this his Prophete that he mought preache vnto vs with more frute thou he preched to the Iwes Amen But first ere we beginne to rede him Let vs hear the state and briefe succession of those .iiii. kinges in whose dayes and how longe Jeremy preched Jolias the laste good kinge of Juda raigned .xxxi. yere He had these .iii. wiked sones Joachas Joakim and Zedechias The story beginneth the .xxii. chapiter of the fowerth boke of the kinges and coÌ„tinweth vnto the ende of the boke Jeremy begane to preche in the .xiii yere of Josias so continewing vnder him .xviii. yere Aftir Josias raigned Joachas that but .iii. moneths and then was he led captiue into Egypt Then raigned his brother Joakim .xi. yere and then was led captiue vnto Babylon Aftir him raigned this Joakims sone called Joachin or Jeconias .iii. moneths and .x. dayes and was led also captiue vnto Babylon Then last of al was Zedechias the thirde sone of Josias choson of Nâ—buchadrezar king of Babylon to be kinge of Juda. Whiche Zedechias aftir .xi. yere Jerusalem taken and destroyd was led also captiue to Babylon his eyen put forthe but his owne childern firste slayne before his eyes that so greuouse painful a laste sight might be printed and euer present in his mynde into then creasing of his perpetual payne sorowe whyle he lyued The tyme therfore whyle Jeremy preched vnto the captiuite came was .xli. yere .vi. monethes and .x. dayes Here maye we se in howe troublouse a tyme this Prophete preached For doutelesse these iiii kinges wer not led a waye thus captiâ—ed out of their owne lande with out grete calamite bataile and blodesheding ¶ The fawtes escaped in the printinge In the firste leif the .vii. lyne of the first chapi Rede thus And I sayd Ah lorde c. In the .xiiii. lef seconde syde seconde lyne Rede Ephraim The .xxiiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede whom they worshipt In the begining of the .ix. chapiter the .v. lyne rede geue The .xxxii. lef .ii. syde .vii. lyne of y e chap. rede which he there faynede The .xv. lef in y e mergent Rede exodi xix The .xxxiii. lef seconde syde .xvi. lyne rede requyted The .xxxvi. lef xix lxne Rede knight Fo. xlvii .ix. lyne rede as here ye haue herde Fo lxvi .xvi. lyne rede euer Fo .lxix .xiii. lyne rede not sone of Jeachim twyse ⧠These ar the actis and sermons of Jeremy the sonne of Helchie Priest one of those that dwelt in Anathot the region of Beniamin Vnto whom the worde of the lorde was shewed Firste in the dayes of Josias sonne of Amon kinge of Juda the .xiii. yere of his raigne and so duringe thorow the tyme of Joakim sonne of Josias king of Juda vntil .xi. yeres of Zedechias the sonne of Josias king of Juda wer ended whan Jerusalem was taken euen in the fifte moneth The worde of the Lorde was sente vnto me speking thus ¶ The fyrste Chapiter BEfore I fasshioned the in thy mothers wombe I knew the and before thow wer borne I sanctified the and ordined the to be a Prophete for the peple Ah lorde God thow knowst how rude I am of speche for ful yonge simple am I. And the Lorde answered me Thinke not so for thou shalt go preche vnto al that I shall sende the thou shalt speke what so euer I shal commande the Feare not their faces for I wilâ—â— with the to dilyuer the saith the lorde And euen forth withal the Lorde stretched forth his hande and touched my moâ—the saing agene vnto me Beholde I sâ—t my wordis fast in thy mouthe so Jorden the this daye to be an oâ—erseer to viset both the peple their kinges to plâ—cup by thâ— roots and to cast downe to destroie and to scater and that thou shuldst also edifye and plante Eft sone aftir this the Lorde spake to me on this maner sayng Jeremy what fiâ—st thou And I sayd I see the rodde of a wakiÌ„g watcher Well sayd the lorde to me thou seist right well for euen I shal watche and wait apoÌ„ my purpose to finesshe it Ouer this the lorde spake vnto me the seconde tyme sayng What siest thou A seething potte quod I do I see that euen from the northe as it were hitherwards loking And the lorde sayd to me Euen from the northe shal ther be powerd forth an heuy heaâ— of plages vpon all thinhabitours of this lande For lo I shal calup all the kinredis of the northest regioÌ„s saith the Lorde and they shal come eche of them shal sitte iuge openly euen in these fore gates of Jerusalem in al the walles rownde about it and thoroute al the cytes also of Juda by whom I shal declare my vengeaunce vpon the gret and manifolde wikednes of these men which haue forsaken me offering their giftis vnto straÌ„ge goddis and worshipinge the workis of their own handis Thou therfore giâ—d vp thy raynes aryse and go preche vnto them al thingis that I commande the Fear not their faces lest for thy fâ—inte faith and fere I make them to preuaile For lo this daye do I sette the a stronge defensed cyte a piler of yerne and a brason wall agenst all this londe agenst the kingis of Juda and hir rulers agenst the priestes and peple of the lande wherfore they shal fight ageÌ„st the but it shal not lye in their powr to ouercome the for I shal be with the saith the lorde to delyuer the. ¶ The seconde Chapiter THen was the worde of the lorde shewed vnto me coÌ„manding me thus Go and krye into the eares of Jerusalem sayng Thus saith the lorde I cannot forget the especially when I remembre my mercifull couenaÌ„t with the and agen the goodnes of thy yougthe I cannot forget thy true loue in mariage wherby thou folowed sâ—me thorow the deserte a londe vnlaboured vnsowne Thou waste once an holy Israel before the lorde eueÌ„ the firste frutes of hys felde so that whoso had denoured the they had displeased him mischefe shuld haue fallen vpoÌ„ theÌ„ sayd the lorde Hear ye therfore the worde of the lorde bothe yow that be of the house of Jacob and all the familye of the house of Israel Thus saith the lorde vnto you What faute or fraude fownd your fathers in me to go so farre backe frome and to be made so vayne as to folowe lyes nether yet once to thinke where haue we lefte the lorde that led vs owt of the lande of Egypt that brought vs thorow that desert thorou a wylde lande harbourles a terrible baron lande where we sawe but dethe thorow a lande which no man passed by
and in the which noman dwelled And when I had brought you vnto that fatte lande of Carmelus to take your plesure of hir frutes commodites you went your wayes and defyled my lande made myne heretage abominable And euen the priestis they do not once remembre me sayng where is the lorde The lerned in the lawe they know me not And as for the pastours they synne agenst me The prophetes they preache al for Baal his profit and ar gone aftir ydols wich cannot helpe them Wherfore I am vtterly constrayned to coÌ„tende in iugemeÌ„t bothe with you your childerne saith the lorde For go your wayes vnto the eylandis of Cethim beholde sende into Cedar and consyder diligeÌ„tly whither ther be any siche thinge done ye loke whâ—ther the gentiles haue castouâ—e their goddis albeit in very dede they be no goddis But my peple hath castawaye their glory for an Idole that caÌ„not help theÌ„ For this thinge therfore Oh heauens be ye astouned be ye a frayd and meruellously amased saith the lorde For two grete offences hath my peple coÌ„mitted They haue forsakeÌ„ me euen the very lyuely fountayne of perpetual waters and digged them vp pittis al to troden brokeÌ„ which may holde no waters Is Israel a boÌ„de slaue or rather the good maÌ„nis sonne of the house And wherfore theÌ„ is he gon into a proie Wherfore rore they vpoÌ„ him like lyons They haue brought their lande into a wildernes Their cites ar so thron downe brent that no man may inhabit theÌ„ For theffeminat childerne of Memphes Thanneos haue polluted the euen vp vnto thy nek Hapened it not thus vnto the for that thou forsokest the lorde thy god euen then whan he wolde haue directed the in the waye And now what hast thou to do in the waye to Egypte To driÌ„ke trowbled waters Or what makest thou in the waye to Assyrye to drinke the waters of the floude Thy nowne malice shal reproue the and thy nowne bakslydinge from God shal condemne the that thou maist know and vnderstande how perniciouse perelouse a thinge it is that thou hast forsaken the lorde thy God dreding him nothing at al saith the lorde God of powrs when euen from the beginning I broke of thy yoke and thy bondes for that thou complaynedst and praydst me to make an ende of thy bondage But for al this yet thou stodest forth offring thy bodye to be abused vpon euery highe hil and vnder euery brode branched tree Oh harlet ye that euen while I went aboute to plant the that thou mightist haue ben altogither of that noble vyne stocke and of that faithful sede How art thou this alienated fro me into so strange and barayn a vyneyarde oute of kinde In somiche as wasshe thou thy selue neuer so clene with Nitro And powder thy selue neuer somiche with Borith yet art thou spotted with thy nowne wikednes in my sight saith the lorde God Nether cannest thou saye I am not so polluted nether haue I gonâ— aftir goddis For loke vpoÌ„ thy nowne wayes in wodis valeis oh swifâ— Camâ—l thou shalt se what thou hast done Thou hast runne vnto these places lyke a swâ—fte astâ—ling dromâ—dary with as fiâ—â—ce a desier as the wylde asseâ—â— woÌ„te in wildernes for his plesure to breaâ—h himselfe Who coude refrayne the who soeuer seke the oute shall fynde the euermore in thy menstrwe When we forbode the these vngodly peins taking saing Go nomore bare fote to these Idole kepe thy throte frome thirst Thou answerdst vs saing we wil not we care not for these pains for our loue is set vpon strange goddis and eueÌ„ them wil we folowe But as the thefe is a shamed whan he is espyed eueÌ„ so be ye confounded oh house of Israel Bothe the peple yea their kinges rulers Prestis and prophetis al be ye ashamed and confounded For they say their Pater noster vnto a stocke and to a stone they saye Thou art my mother they haue turned me their backe not their face But in tyme of their trouble whan they shall saye Aryse and helpe vs I shal answer Where ar thy goddis whom thow madest the Let theÌ„ ryse saue the in tyme of thy affliccion For loke how many cites thou hast oh Juda so many goddis hast thou Wherfore coÌ„tende ye with me sith ye be al synners agenst me saith the lorde I smite your childern but al in vayne for they receyue not my disciplyne your swerde deuowreth your prophetis like a deuouring â—â—oÌ„ ye ar the peple of the lorde loke therfore vpoÌ„ his worde Am I become a wildernes or a derke londe to Israel Wherfore than saith my peple let vs fal from hym and come nomore at him Do the mayde forget hir cheife ornameÌ„t or the wife hir goodly girdle And doth my peple forgete me so longe Wherfore settest thou forth coÌ„meÌ„dest thy nown wayes to be so good as to fynde fauour for theÌ„ when euen thy selue hast stayned thy nowne wayes with sinne For vnder thy winges is ther founde the bloude of pore innoceÌ„t soules that not in corners and holes onely but openly in al these places And yet darest thou saye I am an innocent wherfore his indignacioÌ„ may not lyght vpoÌ„ me But beholde I wil coÌ„tende with the in iugemeÌ„t because thou thinkest sayng I am no synner But how filthy a sinner shalt thou apere when it shal be declared openly how ofte thou hast returned repeted thy nowne ways For thou shalt be ashamed as wel of egypt as of â—ssyrye For thou shalt go hence with thy handis cowpled ouer thy head For the lorde shal frustrate thy hope confidence and fâ—l litel prosperite and conforte shalt thou fynde in them ¶ The thirde Chapiter IT is thought comonly that yf a man put away his wyfe she now go an marye hirselfe to a nother it wil be asked shal he any more take hir agayn For is not this felde now defiled But thou hast playd the harlet with many an herdemaÌ„ nethelesse turne agayn to me saith the lorde Lift vp thy eyes loke vp vnto al these quaâ—ters aboute the se whither any place be vndefiled Thou satest downe by the wayes wayting for theÌ„ in the desert lyke a thefe insomiche that therthe was polluted with thy synnes horedome Herof ceased the smal raynes ceasonable showers Thou hast goten the an hâ—rsets forehed and cannest not be ashamed Oâ—els euen nowe thou woldst haue called vnto me sayng Oh my father thou art the goyde of my yougth and wilt thou be turned fro me for euer wylt thou holde thy selfe frome al wayes But lo thou bothe spekest and doist euel more and more Also the Lorde sayd vnto me in the tyme of Josias the kinge Seist thou not what Israel that bakslyder from God hath done Which went hir wayes vpon euery highe hil and vnder euery thicke tre and their playd
ye strōge sones of Beniamin And blowup trompets ye men of Thecua and let ther be a tokē lifted up vnto Bethacherem for ther cometh a plage and grete destruccion frō the northe I shal make the daugther Zion lyke a fayer tender one that the pastours with their flockes might come to hir to pitche their tētis rowndaboute behinde hyr eche one to fede vpon men yildedup into their handis But shal I be playne Bende ye ernestly to bataile agēst Jerusalem Aryse and let vs go vp while it is yet middaye But ahlasse the daye declyneth and the darke euening drawth faste vpō nethelesse aryse and let vs go vp euē in the night and throdowne hir goodly stronge defenses For thus commaundeth the lorde of powers Cutdowne hir trees and rearup a bulwerke agenste Jerusalem This is the cyte that muste be visited for it is ful of violence and vniuste vexacion As the cesterne kepeth encreseth hir colde waters euen so nouresheth this cyte hir malice Thefte and iniury ar harde in hir Sorowe woundes ar euer in my sight Be thou rather nourtred and amēde o Jerusalem leste I withdrawe my harte from the and leue the desolate no man to inhabit thy region For thus saith the Lorde of powers The reāmant of Israel shal be plucked awaye as men wer wonte to pyke of the grapes lefte aftyr the grape gatherīg Turne thou thy hande therfore into the maunde lyke the grape gatherer But vnto whome shal I speke and testifie myselfe that he wolde once hear Their eares ar so vncircumcised that they may not receyue my worde For lo the worde of the lorde is put of them in the place of obprobrye and shame they set naught by it but reuyle it But Lorde I am so repleynesshed and laden with thy fury that I labour in great sufferaunce Haue done at once therfore and power it forthe vpon the childerne in the stretis and also vpon the companye of the yongemen For the man with his wyfe and tholdemā withe the bederede shal be taken and their houses shal be translated vnto oother as wel their feldes as wyues For I shal strechforth my hande vnto the dwellers of this lande saith the lorde because that from the leest of them vnto the gretest euery man is geuen to couetousnes and frome Prophete to preist euery one doeth dissaightfully and lyingly But yet in the meā ceason to put my peple oute of feare they go aboute to heal their breache and destrucciō with this lye preaching peace peace whā ther is no peace at al. Wherfore they shal be ashamed because they haue cōmitted abominaciō what sayd I Ashamed When they ar paste al shame withe oute al feare Wherfore they shal fall amonge the slayne in tharticle of my visitaciō they shal come downe altogither saith the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde Comeforth vnto the ways Consyder and serchout the pathe euerlasting that yet if this waye be good and right ye mought walke theryn fynde reste for yoursouls But they saye we wil not walke theryn yet sayd the Lorde And I shal set ouerseers ouer you Gyue hede therfore especially vnto the voyce of the trompet But they saye we wilnot geue hede Wherfore hear ye gentyles and se ye folke gathrede togither what I haue ordined for them And thou erthe hear also I shal bringe a greuouse plage vpon this peple euen the frute of their owne counsels For they obayed not my wordis nor my lawe but aborred them and casted them awaye For what entent bringe ye encense fro Gaba and this good fragrāte spyce from so farre contreys your offringis displease me and your sacrifices delight me nothing at al. Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal sende a ruyne emong this peple and thershal fall the fathers with their sonnes neighbours togither one with another shal perisshe Also thus saith the lorde Beholde a populose multitude shal come frō the northe partes and a grete nacion shal be steredup from the coostis of therthe armed with bowe and bokeler a naciō bothe boystuouse fyerce and mercylesse their voice rorethe lyke the sea they come ryding eueryone wel apoynted bente to fyght agenste the oh daughter Zion Here as sone as we shal hear of these tydingis our handis shal be dissolued anguisshe heuynes shal holde vs as a woman traueling of chylde We shal saye let noman go forthe into the felde noman go by the highewaye For bothe swerde the feare of our enymes shal occupye al places Girde the therfore with sak oh daughter of my peple and sprinkle thyselfe with asshes take the to moorning as it were for thy onely dere beloued sonne lamēte as thou shuldste for them whom thou maist not leese with oute many a bitter teare for in the twīkling of an eye this destroyer shal be vpon you whom I haue set vpō my peple as a tryeroute of metal to trye them to disclose their wayes For they ar forsakers of me and traytours They honte aftyr filthy lucre they ar brasse yerne for they hurte and destroye al. The blower of the fyer with the belows shal faynte the leade shal fayle the tryer oute of the syluer shal trye in vayne for they ar worse then worthy to be melted Wherfore they shal be called forboden and reproued syluer for the Lorde shal refuse them ¶ The .vii. Chapiter THis is the worde geuen vnto Jeremye from the Lorde sayng Stande vp in the gates of the house of the lorde preache this sermone with a lowde voyce sayng Hear the worde of the Lorde al ye that haūte these gates entring in to worship the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Amend your wayes coūsels I shal make you to inhabit this place Put not your confidence in the wordes of lyers sayng The temple of the Lorde the temple of the Lorde the temple of the Lorde is here For if ye amende and redresse your ways counsels do righte to euery man if ye do no wronge to the stranger to the fatherlesse and poredestitute if ye shede no innocent blode in this place if you folow not strāge gods into your owne destrucciō I shal cause you to inhabit this place in the lande which I gaue your fathers from age to age But lo ye truste in deceaitful counsel lyīg wordes which shal not profit you For whan ye haue walked altogither in thefte murder adultery and periury whā ye haue offred to Baal and folowed strāge gods ye and euen vnknown gods thē at laste ye come and stande before me in this house which beareth my name and ye saye we be absolued ye although we had committed al these abominacions Think ye that this house which beareth my name is made a denne of theues And these thinges ar not done preuely but opēly in my presens saith the Lorde But go your wayes I praye you to my place in Silo to the which I gaue my
name some tyme and beholde what I did to it for the malice of my peple Israel Now therfore because ye haue committed al these dedis saith the Lorde Notwithstāding yet I rose fulerly continually warninge you in tyme I spake but ye wolde not hear I called but ye wolde not answer I shal do I saye therfore vnto this house to whō my name was geuen in which house also ye truste I shal do I say to this place whiche I gaue you and your fathers euen as I did to Silo. And I shal caste you oute of my sight as I casted out al your brothern euen al the sead of Erhraim Nowe therfore praye thou not for this peple nether bid prayer nor prayse for their sake nor make no intercession to me For in nowyse wil I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cites of Juda and without Jerusalem The childern gather stickes their fathers set them on fyer And their wyues strewe sprinkle their flower to make fyne cakes for the quene of heuē Ouer this yet they offred to false gods to angre me albeit ther is no siche affecte in me saith the lorde ought they not yet rather tobe a shamed of their owne selues Wher fore thus saith the lorde God Beholde my wrath indignacion shal be powerdforth vpō this place vpon mā and beast vpon the trees of the felde and vpon the frutes of therthe it shal so brenne that noman may quenche it Thus saith the lorde of powrs the God of Israel ye ioyne heap togither your brente sacrifices with your slayne beastis to be offred but eat you the flesshe your selfe for as for me I spake nothing of these vnto your fathers how miche lesse thā was it my mynde whan I brought the oute of the lande of Egypte to commande these ceremones of brente sacrifyces and oblaciōs as my chefe and firste precepts But this was the substance of my fyrste precepte Hear obaye my voice and I shal be your god and ye shal be my peple this condiciō added that ye walke in all my wayes whiche I shal commande you for your helthe But they obayed not nether gaue eare but walked aftir the lustes and craftye counsels of their owne shrewd hertis and became frowarde and nothing towarde ye and that euen from the same daye that your fathers wente oute of Egypte vnto this daye And I sente them my seruātis al the Prophetis rysinge busely warninge them in tyme but they listened not to me nor yet once enclined their ears but hardened their prowde neckes and became farre worse than their fathers And thou thyselfe now to shalt also speke vnto thē al these wordes but they shalnot geue eare vnto the thou shalt cal them but they shal not answere Wherfore thou shalt saye vnto thē This is the peple that hereth not the voice of their lorde god nether receiueth his discipline Faith is gone banesshed from their mouthes Therfore clipof the heares of thy heade caste them a waye take the to moorning thoroute al the londe For the Lorde wilcaste awaye and scater the generaciō with whom he is angre The Childern of Juda haue done euil in my sight saith the Lorde They haue setvp their owne abominacions in my house named aftir my name and so polluted it And they haue builded an auter at Topheth which is the vale of Benhinnom to brenne their sonnes and daughters in the fyer which thing I neuer commāded nor mynded Wherfore behold the tyme shal come saith the lorde whā it shal nomore be called Tophet or vale Benhinnom but the vase of the slayne For they shal be buryed in Tophet because they can get no nother place and the carkases of this peple shal be meat for fowles of the ayer and for wylde beasts of the erthe ther shal be to nomā to chaar thē a waye I shal make a vacacion of the voyce of gladnes and of the voyce of ioye of the voyce of brydegrome and brydewyfe frō the cites of Juda and the region of Jerusalem For the lande shal be lefte desolate with out inhabitours ¶ The .viii. Chapiter AT this tyme saith the lorde they shal bringe forth the bones of the kinges of Juda and the bones of hir rulers the bones of Preistis and Prophetis and of the cytesens of Jerusalem oute of their sepulchres and shal laye them abrode before the sone mone and all the company of the starres whom they loued whom they serued aftir whom they wente whō they sought and worshipte They shalnot be gatherdup nor buryed but lye stil lyke a donghil aboue therthe And al that shal be lefte of this wiked generacion shal desyer rather to dye than to lyue Whersoeuer they shal become as I shal scater thē they shal be but as ye wolde saye a left reamnant saith the lorde of powrs Also this shalt thou saye vnto them That thus saith the Lorde Do men so fall that they neuer aryse vp a gene Are they so auerted that they wil be neuer conuerted How is it than that this peple and Jerusalem be auerted so steifly for euer Their stourdines encreaseth they wilnot be conuerted For I haue behelde them and herkened but there is not one that once thinketh on this not one repentith him of his synnes sayng what haue I done Or wherfore haue I done thus Euery one aftir that he was once auerted he ranne fro me lyke an horse that runneth neaing into bataile The storke knoweth hir apoynted tyme the turtle the fwalow and the crane obserue the tyme of their forthefleing but my peple know not the tyme of the vengeaunce of the lorde How then hapeneth it that ye saye It is we that ar the wyse it is we that haue the lawe of the lorde se therfor they ar but very lyes which the false pēne of the scrybe payntethe Wherfore the wyse shal be ashamed they shal be afrayd and be taken for lo they haue throne a waye the lorde which gone what wysdome than can ther remayn in them Wherfore I shal geue their wyues to strāgers and their feldes to their destroyers for frō the leste to the gretest al gape for fylthye lucre Frome prophete to preest al ar lyers But in the mean ceason they heal the breache affliccion of my peple powdering it with this lye sayng There shal be peace there shal be peace whan ther is none at all Fygh for shame they committe abominable and shameful dedes ar past al shame Wherfore they shall fall among the dede carkases and shal come downe togither in the daye of their visitacion saith the lorde I shal cause them to be gathered vp and taken awaye saith the Lorde Lyke as ther is not a grape lefte in the vyne nor a figge on the figtre and as leaues ar fallen a waye euen so shal I cause them to be caryed awaye captiued while they be at their wittes ende saing Come and let vs
go into some stronge cytes and let vs abyde there with sylence For our Lorde God hath put vs to sylence and geuen vs to drynke water mengled with gall because we synned agenst him We loked for peace but there came no good we taryed and waited for the tyme of helthe but lo al is syknes and trowble Than shal the neaing and noyse of their horse be herde from Dan. At the noyse of their harnes and armed horse men al the region shal falldowne For they shal inuade deuoure this lande what so euer is in it bothe cytes dwellers in theÌ„ And ouer this yet shal I sende into among theÌ„ kokatrices and serpents whom they may not charme and they shal stinge you saith the lorde I am oppressed with sorowe and heuynes holdeth my herte For lo the lowde voice of the daughter which is my peple shal be herde from a farre contrye saing Is not the Lorde in Zion Is not hir kinge in hir Wherevnto the Lorde shal answere Wherfore haue they angred me with their karueÌ„ images and strange vanites Haruest is paste Somer is done we ar yet miserable and vnhappye I am sory for thaffliccion of the daughter my peple I am fallen into a swone Is there no rosyne medicinable or triakle lefte in Galaad There is no phisicion there that maye restore the daughter my peple to hir helthe ¶ The .ix. Chapiter UVho may minister water to my head and plentuouse teares to my eyes to wepe day and night for the murder of the daughter my peple Who will geue me some strange solytary cotage in the deserte that I might my peple forsaken go from them For they be al aduouterers and the chirche of bakslyders They bende their tongues lyke a bowe to shoteforth lyes but for the truthe they may do nothinge in the worlde For they procede froÌ„ one mischefe to a nother they holde not vpon me saith the Lorde Euery man muste be ware of oother no brother may truste a nother for brother supplanteth brother neghbour deceaueth neghbour Euery maÌ„ mocketh his neghbour and the trowthe they speke not They haue accustomed their tonges to lye and take grete paynes to do mischefe Thou haste set thy stole in the middes of desaight and for to deceiue men they forsoke my knowlege saith the lorde Wherfore thus saith the lorde of powers Beholde I shal seeth them oute I shal melte and trye theÌ„ For what els shulde I do to my peple Their tongues lyke sharpe arowes pearse with desaight Withe their lippes they speke peace with their neghbour but prâ—â—ely they set snares for him Must I not then viset them for thâ—se thingis saith the Lorde Or shulde my myndâ— iuge that nacion innocent who so euer they be that is lyke vnto this Vppon the mountains therfore shall I take me to weping and moorning And vpon the fayer playnes of the desert shal I begyn to lamentâ— that they be thus brent vp that noman passe thorow them that their is not herde one worde of any possessour and that the byrdes of the ayer with the beasts ar caryed and gone fro thence And euen very Jerusalem shal I bringe into an heape of stones and dragons deÌ„nes And the cytes of Juda shal I make desolate withoute any inhabitour What mortal man is sowyse as to vnderstaÌ„de these thingis or to whom hath the lorde tolde forth these by mouthe sayng Wherfor perisshest o lande wherfore art thou so brentvp and made lyke a deserte that nomaÌ„ maye passe thorow the EueÌ„ the lorde therfore him selfe tolde it them that forsoke his lawe which he gaue them and yet they receyued it not nor lyued aftir it but folowed the craftynes of their owne shrewed hartis went aftir goddes as their fathers taught them Wherfore euen thus I tell you saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Beholde I shal fede this peple with anxt and geue them gall to drinke I shal scater them into amoÌ„g the nacioÌ„s whom nether they nor their fathers knowe I shal sende the swerde among them persecuting vntil I haue consumed them Also thus sayd the Lorde of powers Se that ye call mourners and sende for the wyse women to come spedely that they might singe our moorninge songes that the teares might fall from our eyes and water our chekis For the lamentable voyce of Zion apereth yet stil euen thus to be harde How ar we destroyd How miserably ar we coÌ„founded we muste forsake our owne contrye for our owne tabernacles cast vs forthe But yet heare the worde of the lorde o ye women let your eares hear the worde of his mouthe that ye might teache your daughters eche of them their neghbours this lamentable moorning Deth is clymen yn at our windows and hathe pearsed thorow our houses destroying our childerne before our dores and our younge ons in the streates But tel thou them that thus saith the lorde Mennis carkases shal fall lyke donge vpon the face of the felde and lyke grasse aftyr the sythe nomaÌ„ to gather them vp And tel theÌ„ that he saith thus to Let not the wyse glorye in his owne wysedome nor the grete maÌ„ in his power nether the ryche in his riches But he that will glorye let him glory in this that he hathe vnderstanding knowleg of me me For it is I that am the Lorde which do mercy equyte and rightuousnes vpon therthe Wherfore in these thiÌ„gis I delight chefely saith the Lorde Beholde the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I wil viset euery circuncised nacion as the Egypcion the Iwe the Idumey Ammonites Moabites and the shauen Madianitis whiche dwell in the deserte For all the gentyles haue their foreskynne vncircuncised but al the hoâ—se of Israel haue their hartis vncircuncised ¶ The .x. Chapiter HEre the sermone of the Lorde whiche he sendeth vnto you oh house of Israel sayng thus Be not lerned aftir the wayes of the gentyles nether fear ye at the sygnes of the skye or heuen whiche the gentyles feare For the rytes and lawes of the gentyles ar very vanite They wil go cut downe a tre frome the wode and fasshion it withe the handis axe of the artificer than is it made gaye with golde or syluer and fastened with hamers and naylis that it moue not nor go not a waye It standeth as stiffe as the palme tre it speketh not it gothe not but is borne onely Be not a frayd of siche thingis for they may do nether good nor harme But vnto the oh Lorde none is lyke thou ar grete and grete is the name of thy power Who ought not to feare the Or what kinge among al nacions ought not to obaye the For amonge al the wyse of the gentyles and in al their kingdomes none is lyke the. They ar al a lyke vnlerned and vnwyse All their crafte and coning is but vanite Syluer is brought hither from Tharsis and beten forth into
thinne plates And golde is brought from Ophir and beaten into the worke of the crafte man by the hande of the caster and cled with byse and purple Siche is the worke of al their wittye men togither But the Lorde is the very God the lyuing God and kinge euerlasting He being angrye the erthe treÌ„bleth his indignacion no peple may beare But as touchinge these Idols thus shal ye reporte by them They ar goddes whiche made nether heuen nor erthe They shal perisshe therfore as wel from therthe as from these thingis which ar vnder this skye But as concerning this our God ye shal saye He hath made the erthe by hys power finesshed the rownde worlde by his wysedome and stretched forth the heuens by his vnderstanding at his voyce miche water runneth togither in the ayer clowdes ar lyfted vp from the extreme partes of therthe He turneth thonder into rayne and ledeth forthe the wyndes out of their secrete places Euery man is made a fole of his owne wisdome Euery man may be ashamed that casteth an ymage For it is but a vayne thinge that he so melteth and bloweth togither clene withoute lyfe These vayne craftismen with their workis worthy to be skorned so fondely framed and ornowernde shal perisshe al to gither in the tyme of their visitacioÌ„ Siche is not Jacobs lot but it is he that hath fasshioned al thiÌ„ges And Israel is the met rodde of his heretage whose name is the lorde of powers Take away a non fro my sight thy filthenes which yet sittest in so stroÌ„ge holdes For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal castoute thinhabitours of this lande al at this tyme and so vexe them that they nomore appere Ah lasse how greuouse is my affliccion how sorowful is my plage For I bear this heuines and rekeÌ„ it as my nowne My tabernacle is destroied and al my lynes broken in sondre My childerne ar gone fro me and appere nomore Now is ther nomaÌ„ to bende my tente or rear vp my skinnes For full folesshly haue the herdemen done in that they sought not the lorde whervpon al their flockes also haue done vnwysely be scatred awaye Lo the rumour of the hoste is present and a grete vprore cometh froÌ„ the northe to turne the cytes of Juda into a wildernes and into dennes for dragons I know verely Lorde that it lyeth not in mannis power to directe and rule his owne wayes nor yet to make perfite his owne steapes and his goinge Thou therfore Lorde shalt amende vs in equyte not in thy wrathe leste thou bringe vs vnto naught Powr forth rather thy wrath vpon the haithen that knowe the not and vpon the generacions that cal not vpon thy name and that namely for this cause that they haue eatenvp deuoured and coÌ„sumed Jacob extincte his brightnes ¶ The .xi. Chapiter ¶ Another sermon whiche the Lorde stered vp Jeremy to preache sayng HEar ye the wordis of this his couenaunt and speke vnto al Juda to thinhabitours of Jerusalem But thou namely shalt saye vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Cursed be euery man that obaye not the wordis of this couenant which I coÌ„maunded your fathers what tyme I led them oute of the lande of Egypte frome that harde fornace and greuouse seruitute sayng Obaye my voice and do aftyr that I coÌ„maunde you and ye shal be my peple and I shal be your God kepe myne holy othe which I swore to your fathers to geue theÌ„ this lande flowing with mylke honey as ye may se it fulfilled vnto this daye Here I answerde sayng Oh Lorde it is trwe And then y e Lorde sayd to me agen Preache thou al these wordis in y e cites of Juda roâ—â—â—e about Jerusalem sayng Hear the wordis of y e couenaunt y t ye might fulfill theÌ„ For I certified your fathers opeÌ„ly testifyiÌ„g vnto theÌ„ froÌ„ y t tyme sence I brought theÌ„ oute of the lande of Egypte vnto this daye warniÌ„g theÌ„ intyme saiÌ„g LysteÌ„ to my voice noman listened nor gaue eare but folowed y e croked thoughtis of their owne hertis Wherfore I brought al y e wordes of this couenaÌ„t vpoÌ„ theÌ„ which I gaue theÌ„ to fulfill they fulfilled it not Ouer this the lorde yet sayd to me There is fouÌ„doute a coÌ„iuracioÌ„ in all Juda in the cytesens of Jerusalem They ar returned vnto the synnes of their fore fathers whiche forsoke to heare my wordis And eueÌ„ so do these men folow straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ The house of Israel and Juda hath made voyde my couenaÌ„t which I smit with their fathers Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal bringe forth a plage vpoÌ„ you froÌ„ whiche ye may no wayes escape ye whaÌ„ ye shal crye to me yet wil I not hear you TheÌ„ shal the cytes of Juda with the cytesens of JerusaleÌ„ go crye vpoÌ„ their goddis whoÌ„ they worshipt but in no maner wyse maye they helpe theÌ„ in tyme of their miserable adfliccion For loke how many cytes so many gods hadst thou oh Juda acording to the nowmber of the streatis of Jerusalem thou settedst vp shameful auters auters vpon whom thou breÌ„st thy offeringis eueÌ„ vnto Baal Thou therfore praye not for this peple nether bid prayse nor prayer for theÌ„ For whan thou shalt cry to me I shal not hear them in their affliccioÌ„ Wherfor oh my best beloued Israel coÌ„mittest thou in my house so many synnes as thoughe the holy flesshe might take awaye thy sinnes namely which haste so roioysed in thy nowne my schefe The lorde named the that goodly grene floureshing fruteful fayer olyne but now the coÌ„trary fame wyde spred he wil burne the in the fyer destroye thy braÌ„ches For the lorde of powrs which plaÌ„ted y e hath ordined a plage for the oh house of Israel house of Juda for the euel that ye haue done prouoking him to wrathe with the worship done to Baal These thinges oh lorde thou teaching me I vnderstode when thou shewedst me their counsels but I lyke a meke lombe was apoynted to be slayne knowing nothing that they had taken their counsel thus agenst me saying let vs corrupt his brede on the tree so banysshe him from the company of the lyuing that euen the very mencion of his name might be odiouse and loothsome Thou therfore lorde of powrs rightuouse iuge sercher oute of raynes and hertis I beseche the that I might se veÌ„geaÌ„ce taken on them For vnto the I committe my cause As concerning these thinges thus spake the lorde vpon the cytesens of Anathot which sought to make an ende of me sayng Preache to vs nomore in the name of the lorde except thou wilt dye in our handis Thus I saye spake the lorde of powrs Beholde I shal viset you your yonge men shal be slayne with swerde and your sonnes and daughters shal dye for honger so that none be lefte
may change his skinne the Leoparde his spottes so maye you once accustomed stayned with synne do good I shal therfore disperse you lyke stubble tossed with the southe winde This shal be thy lotte thus shal I mesure the saith y e Lorde In asmoche as ye haue forgotē me and trusted in deceauable thingis I shal turne thy clothes ouer thy head shewe thy bare thighes thy preuye partes thy adultery thy wātone neainge cryme of fornicaciō shal be shewed For I haue sene thy abominacions in feldes hilles Wobe to y e Jerusalem for there is no hope aftyr this that euer thou wilt be made clene ¶ The .xiiii. Chapiter The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye vpon the famyn drought dearth IVda shal moorn hir gates shal be nomore haunted The londe shal be neglect the kryīgout of Jerusalem shal fleforthe The Masters shal sende their seruātes to fetche water which whā they shal come to y e pittes shal fynde no water But cary agene their vessels emptye They shamed confoūded shal kouer their headis for y e erthe shal be roughe harde for that no rayne falleth vpō it Also it shal yrke y e ploughmen which also shal kouer their headis The hynde fawnīg in y e felde shal leaue her fawne behynde hir for lak of grasse The wylde asses shal stāde in opē oute places drawing in y e winde lyke dragōs their eys shrōkē into their headis for lak of grasse Verely our wykednes is welworthy this plage But thou Lorde yet deal with vs according to thy name al thoughe our bakslyd ingis synnes be ful grete many folde for it is thou which art so loked waited for it is thou y t art y e helth sauiour of Israel ī tyme of tribulaciō Wherfor shuldst thou become a strāger in this lande lyk a way fayrer to turnyn tary but a night Wherfor shalt thou be as amased man so benoumed for al his strength that he cānot saue vs Lorde thou art ours and we ar called aftyr thy name forsake vs not then Here spake the Lorde as concerning this peple whose fete neuer ceased but delighted euer more to wander hither thither with the lordis so highe displesure that he wolde nowe cal to mynde their wikednes viset their sinnes thus I say sayd the Lorde to me Desyer nothinge y t good is for this peple For albeit they their selues faste yet shal I not hear their prayers If they offre brēt sacrifices slaye any other oblacion for me yet wil I not accept thē For I wil waste them vp with swerde honger pestelence Thē answerde I vnto these wordes Ah Lorde God beholde the Prophetis tel them ye shal not se the swerde ye shal not suffre honger but very peace prosperite doutelesse shal the Lorde geue you in this place Then sayd the Lorde to me These Prophetis prophecye them lyes in my name I neuer cōmaunded thē I spake not to them I neuer sent thē yet they prophecye false visions blynd prophecyes and vayne desaightis inuēted of their owne hertis Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpon these Prophetis that thus prophecye in my name yet ar they not sente of me affirming nether swerde nor hōger to come vpō this lande Siche Prophetes shal be consumed with swerde and honger And this peple vnto whom they preache shal be caste oute of Jerusalem slayne with swerde and honger no man to bury thē nether shal they onely suffer this but their wyues sonnes daughters to For I shal powerforth their own mischefe agene vpon them And euen thus shalt thou saye to them I shal wepe daye night neuer ceasing because the daughter of my peple shal be destroyed with greuouse adfliccion and made anende of with so grete a plage For go I forth into the felde lo al shal be kouerd with the slayne with swerde enter I into the cyte I shal se al storuen for honger But bothe Prophetis Priestis shal be led a waye into vnknowne regions Hast thou then sayd I vtterly cast a waye Juda aborrest thou Zion Or hast thou smiten vs with out a cause so that ther be lefte in vs no hope of helthe loking for peace while no good cometh and for the tyme of cure and lo ther cometh trouble more and more no verely For we Lorde knolege our vngodlynes and the wykednes of our fathers with which we haue offended the. Be thou not angrye for thy names sake Fal not from thy mercye forget not thy goodnes remember the seat of thy glorye and breke not couenaūt made with vs. Arther any amonge the goddis of the gentyles y t can rayne Or do the clowdes geue vs showers But is it not thou rather Lorde our God in whom we truste It is thou verely which doist al these thinges ¶ The .xv. Chapiter ANd here the Lorde interrupted my prayer sayng If Moses Samuel shulde stande before me entreating yet wolde I not bepeased or at one with this peple Caste thē oute of my sight that they were once gone And if they aske y e whother shal we go tel thē thus saith y e Lorde Some to y e swerde some to hōger some into captiuite For I shal sende amōge thē fower kinde of plages saith y e Lorde the swerde to slaye thē dogges to teare thē in peses fowles of thaier beastis of therthe to deuoure destroye thē I shal make thē to be vexed euil entreated of al y e kingdoms of therthe y t namely for Manasses y e sonne of Ezechias kinge of Juda euē for these thingis whiche he cōmitted in Hierusalem Who thē shal pytye the oh Jerusalem who shal lamēte y e or who shal make intercession to purchase thy peace whan thou shalt be fallen fro me slyden backe saithe the Lorde I shal therfore streche forthe my hande agenste the destroyethe It shal greue me to spare the. I shal wenowe y e into the vttermoste partes of therthe I shal waste destroye my peple because they wolde not returne from their owne wayes I shal encrease me their wedowes aboue the sandis of y e sea I shal suerly bringe destroyers vpō the mothers of their yonge childerne euē at none dayes I shal smyte them downe sodenly with enymye and feare She shal be chyldelesse that was fruteful she shal be sorowful counfortles The sonne shal fayle hyr euē at y e midde daye she being ashamed sonken awaye for thought heuynes The reste of thē I shal thro agenste their enymes swerde saith y e Lorde Ah lasse that euer thou my mother conceyuedst me a man borne to be agaynsayd contraryed chydē with of al men Which althoughe I nother lende nor borowe yet am I spoken euil by of al men And y e Lorde answerde me Is it not I y t directe the for y e best do
not I helpe y e in tyme of tribulacioÌ„ WhaÌ„ thou art in trouble euen among thy vtter enimes Dothe yern hurte yerne or stele brought froÌ„ the northe But your substance and tresure shal I geue into their proye not for any pryce but for al your synnes which ye haue coÌ„mitted in al your costes And I shal traÌ„slate you with your enimye into a lande which ye knowe not For y e fyer which is kindled with my wrathe shal burne you vp Than begane I agene to entreat sayng Thou Lorde knowest clerely al thingis remembre me defende me delyuer me fro my persuers let thy mercy preuente thy wrathe For thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre this opprobrye I fil vpon they wordes and deâ—owred theÌ„ they were ioye and gladnes vnto my herte For it is thy name Lorde God of powrs that I cal vpon I am not coÌ„uersant with scorners to deryde and to make a gaudye but I dwel alone vnder the fere of thy hande for thou haste filled me with bitternes Shal my heuynes laste euer and my vncurable wounde shal it neuer be healed Wilt thou tosse me here and there lyke vnstable and violent waters Vnto this my coÌ„playnt the Lorde answerde If thou turnest ageyn I shal restore the to my seruice And whan thou shalt deuyde the preciouse from the vyle thou shalt be as my nowne mouthe They shal be turned to the but beware thou turnest not awaye fro me vnto them For I shal set the agenste this peple lyke a stronge brason wall They shal fight therfore agenst the but they shal not winne the. For I wil be with the to saue and delyuer the saith the Lorde For I shal delyuer the from the hande of the moste myscheuouse and take the oute of cruel handis ¶ The .xvi. Chapiter THe worde of the Lorde was geueÌ„ me on this maner saing Take no wyfe nor bringeforth no chyldern in this place For thus saith the Lorde vpon the childerne borne in this place vpon the motherne that bringe them forthe and fathers that begete theÌ„ in this lande They shal dye a full bitter and paynful dethe They shal not be moorned for nor buryed but lye still vpon donghillis on therte They shal be consumed with swerde and hoÌ„ger their carions shal be meate for the fowles of the ayer and beastis of the erthe Also thus spake the Lorde Come not at their comen festis or at their comen moorningis and lamentacions For I haue taken awaye my peace from this peple saith the Lorde ye bothe my fauour mercye And bothe olde and yonge shal dye in this lande and not be buryd ther shal noman clippe or shaue his head for them They shal not viseteche other in tyme of moorning to couÌ„fort theÌ„ for y e dead nother drinke with eche other of y e cuppe of consolacioÌ„ to take awaye the heuines for their father and mother Come not in their feste houses to sitdown with them at meat and drinke For thus saith y e Lorde of powrs y e God of Israel Lo I shal take froÌ„ this place your selues loking on lyuing y e voyce of ioy mirth the voice of brydegrome spouse Wherfore whan thou shalt shewe this peple al these wordis and they shal aske the agene wherfore hathe the Lorde decreed all these grete mischeues to fall vpon vs or what is our wykednes and sin that we committed agenst our Lorde God Thou shalt answer Because your fathers haue forsaken me saith the Lorde and folowed strange gods whom they worshipt fyll downe before forsaking me keping not my lawe And you haue excedid thungodlynes of your fathers in your owne sinnes For euery one of you folowe the deuellishe thoughtis of his owne shrewd herte obayeth me nothing at all Wherfore I shal caste you oute of this lande into a lande vnknowne both to you your fathers there shal ye serue straÌ„ge gods daye and night where I shal haue no coÌ„passion vpon you Wherfore beholde the dayes ar come saith the Lorde that it shal no more be sayd The Lorde lyueth that brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypt but it shal be sayd the Lorde lyuethe whiche hath brought the chyldern of Israel oute of the northe easte lande and from euery region whother I casted them forthe For I shal bring them agene vnto their owne lande which I gaue their fathers Beholde I shal sende them many fysshers saith the Lorde which shal ketche them vp and aftir that I shal sende many honters to honte them oute of euery mountayne and hill and also forthe of euery hole in the rockes For my eyes ar bente vpoÌ„ all their wayes and they cannot be hidde fro my face nor their sinnes kouerd fro my sighte ye that aftir I haue fully rewarded theÌ„ for their iniquytes sinnes wherwith they haue defyled my lande that is to saye for their abominable stinkiÌ„g Idols wherwith they replenesshed my heretage Oh Lorde my streÌ„gth my might my refuge in tyme of tribulacion yet shal y e geÌ„tylis come to y e from y e costes of y e erthe sayng Suerly our fathers cleued to lyes ful vayne ar Idols and no profit is ther in them For shuld a man make him goddis of theÌ„ whoÌ„ it is impossible to be goddis Wherfore se I shal teache them nowe agayn saith the Lorde make my powr strength known vnto theÌ„ so that they shal knowe that my name is Jehouah ¶ The .xvii. Chapiter YOur syn o trybe of Juda muste be wryten with a peÌ„ne of yerne grauen yn with an Adamantyne klaye into y e table of your herte into the corners of your alters that your chylderne shulde remembyr your alters wodis and thicke trees hill toppes mountayns and feldis Wherfore I shal layeforthe al your substance tresure to be a proye for your open crymes coÌ„mitted in hillis at images whoÌ„ ye worshipt thorowt all your regioÌ„ And ye shal also be blotted oute of your heretage which I gaue you And I shal caste you vnder the bondage of your enymes in an vnknowne lande for ye haue put fyer vnto my furye whiche shal burne euermore These thing is saith the Lorde Cursed be the man that trusteth in man maketh man his arme whose harte gothe from the Lorde For he shal be lyke the fearne that groweth in the deserte neuer to se the goodnes to come but shal abyde vpon the drye deserte euen the salte barayn grownde inhabitable But blessed is the maÌ„ that trusteth in the Lorde whose hope is the Lorde For he shal be lyke a tree planted by the waters puttiÌ„g downe hir rootes to drawe vp moystenes which tre may abyde the heate whan it cometh and shal flowresshe with grene leaues whan the drowght shal dryvp and waste al other frutes yet this tre shal not fade nor ceasse from bringing forth hir frute Of al
thingis lyuinge man hath the moste disceaightful harte vnable to be serehed who then shal knowe it euen I the lorde bothe ensercher of herte espyerout of raynes to rewarde euery man aftir his owne wayes and according to the frute of his counsellis He maketh him a neste but hatcheth no eggis that gatherth goodis wrongefully In the middis of his lyfe he muste leaue them and laste of all be fownde a fole But thou Lorde who le seate is moste noblest highest and aunciaunt which dwellest in the place of our holy reste thou arte the hope of Israel All that forsake the ar confounded All bakflyders from the ar writen in the erthe not in heuen For they sorsake the Lorde euen y e well of euerlasting waters Heale me Lorde I shal be holl Saue me Lorde I shal be salfe for thou arte my prayse For lo these men saye vnto me Where is the worde of y e Lorde let it comeforth I praye y e Whiles I me selfe was now leading the flok in thy pathes I constrayned noman violently nor yet coueted I any mannis dethe as thou wel knowest But my wordes were right in thy sight oh lorde Be not fearful vnto me for thou arte he in whō I hope whā any perelis present Let my persuers be confounded let not me be confoūded Let thē be afrayde not me be afrayde Thou shalt bringe a troublouse tyme vpō thē destroye thē with a great destrucciō Forthermore thus sayd the Lorde vnto me Go stāde in y e. gate of y e peple for whose cause y e kinges of Juda come yn oute in al y e gatis of Jerusalem sayng vnto thē Hear y e worde of the Lorde ye kinges of Juda with all Juda all the cytesens of Jerusalem which passe thorow these gatis Thus cōmandeth the Lorde Take hede to your selues leste ye take vp your burdens in y e Sabbat daye to bringe them in thorowe these gatis Nether karye ye oute of your houses any burdēs in y e Sabbat daye Nor do you any worke but sauntifye y e Sabbat daye as I cōmaunded your fathers albeit they obayed me not nor gaue eare but rather hardened their stiffe neckes to th entent they wolde not be reclaymed receyue my disciplyne But you if ye will hearme saith y e Lorde not carye in your burdens thorow y e gatis of this cyte in y e Sabbat daye doing in it no werke than shal y e kingis princes of this cyte which shal sit vpō y e seat of Dauid go thorow these gatis karyed in charietis vpon horse bothe they their princes al Juda with their cytesens shal passe thorow them this cyte shal abyde for euer And men shal come from the cytes of Juda and from the felde of Jerusalem and the lande of Beniamin from the playnes and mountayns from the wildernes bringing brente sacrifices and beastis slayne to be offred vp encense offeringe vp prayse and thankis in the house of the Lorde But if ye obaye me not I shal sanctifye the sabbat daye so that ye shal take vp no burden to bringe it in thorow these gatis of Jerusalem in the Sabbat daye I shal set the gatis on fyer which shal deuower the houses of Jerusalem so that it maye not be 〈◊〉 ¶ The .xviii. Chapiter THe sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye saying Aryse go downe into the potters house that I myght there certyfye the more of my mynde And whā I came vnto the potters house I fownde him making his worke vpō a whele And that vessel which he ofayned out of claye broke vnder y e hādis of this potter which then his mynde changed made a nother vessel therof as it semed him beste for his purpose And here thā the Lorde spake vnto me May not Jeuen as this potter do vnto you o house of Israel saith the Lorde Lo ye be in my hande oh house of Israel euen as the claye is in the hande of the potter Anon as I haue determined to pluck vp by the rotes to destroye to cut awaye any nacion or kingdom and if y t same nacion wil returne from their malice vpon which I begane nowe to take my counsel by and by it repenteth me of y e plage which I determyned to caste vpon thē And agen and as I am purposed to buylde and to plante any nacion or kingdom the same folke wil do euyl in my sight and not hear my voyce by and by it repēteth me of that goodnes wherby I purposed to edyfye and to encrese thē Wherfore I praye the tell all Juda and euery cytesen of Jerusalem Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am deuysing a plage and will conspire agenste you Turne ye therfore euery man from his owne euyl wayes both do thinke well But here shal they saye ▪ Let these wordis passe for as for vs we will walke aftir our owne mynde and we wil euery man do aftir the luste of our owne herte Wherfore thus sayd the Lorde Enquyre I praye ye among the gentyles if any man hath committed any siche lyke abominacions as hath Israel y e virgen done and that so greuously May the snowe that lyeth melting vpon y e rockis of Libanus fayle the feldis Or the vaynes of springes euē from the botome be so takē awaye that they flowe nomore forthe to water and to make plentuouse And yet my peple hath forgoten me In somich that they brenne offer vnto vayne Idols in folowing their owne wayes ar fwarued and wandred frō the lawful comen waye ar gone a waye by an vntroden priuate pathe For the which thinge they haue geuen vp their lande into a perpetual desolaciō and outehissinge So that euery man passinge thorowe may be woundresly astonned and shake his head I shal therfore scater them in the sight of their enymes with a contrary skorching este wynde And whan their destruccion is at hande I shal turne my backe to them and not my face And than they sayde Come and let vs go and conspire agenste Jeremye We be the Priestis to whom the lawe is committed that it perisshe not And ye be the elders endewed with wysedome We be the Prophetes that neuer ar withoute the worde of the Lorde Let vs I saye than go and kutoute his tonge that we be nomore cōstrayned to hear his sermons Attende vnto me Oh Lorde and heare the noyse of my aduersares Is not euil for good reqcquyted me while they digge this pitte for me Remember how I stode before the to speke the best for them and to turne thy wrathe from thē Nowe therfore betake their chyldern into honger and caste them agenste the violence of swerde Let their wyues be chyldelesse and housbandlesse their housbandis put to dethe and the yongemen slayne with swerde in batayle Let oute cryes aryse frō their houses theues breaking yn vpō
them vnwares For they haue digged a pitte to take me and layed a preuey snare for my fete But thou knowst all their couÌ„sel bente to slaye me Be not therfore merciful to their myschief nether suffre thou their sinnes to be puttoute of thy sight but let them fall gyltye conuicte before the. These thingis shalt thou do to them in tyme of thy furiouse indignacion ¶ The .xix. Chapiter ALso thus sayd the Lorde to Jeremye Go and bye the an erthen pitsherde and bringe forth the elders of the peple and of the Priestis into the vale of Ben hinnon which is withoute the gate where al the potsherdis be scatered And preache me there these sermons which I shal tell the. Thus I saye thou shalt preache Hear the worde of the Lorde ye rulers of Juda and cytesens of Jerusalem These thingis commaundeth the Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I shal bringe a scourge and affliccion vpon this place which who soeuer heareth a non his eares shal glowe and that eueÌ„ because they haue forsakeÌ„ me defyled this place offering their brente sacrifices vnto straunge goddis whoÌ„ nother they theirselues nor their fathers knowe nor yet the kinges of Juda. And haue filled this place with the blode of innocentis For they bylte Baal an auter to burne their childerne into asacrifice for Baal Which thinge as for me I neuer coÌ„manded nor spake of nor neuer thought it Wherfore beholde the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that this place be nomore called Thopheth or vale of BeÌ„hinnon but the vale of slaughter For I shal slaye the senatours of Juda and Jerusalem in this place and smyte theÌ„ downe with swerde in the sight of their emnes which seke their lyfe And I shal geue their carioÌ„s meat to the foules of the aier bestis of the erthe Also I shal make this cyte desolate and hilled at so that euery maÌ„ that passeth by it may be a stonned hysse vpon hir grete plage And I shal cause them to eate their owne chylders flesshe ye and one shal eat a nother in the besege distresse wheryn their emnes with sich as seke their lyues shal holde theÌ„ harde and thou shalt al to breake this pitsherd before these men which shal be there present with the sayng vnto them Thus saith the Lorde of powers EueÌ„ thus shal I alto breake and destroy this peple cyte lyke as a potter breketh a vessel which can neuer more be repayrede And in Thopheth shal they be buryed because they haue no nother place to burye them in Also thus shal I do to this place to the inhabitours therof saith the Lorde for I shal make the cyte lyke Thophet For the houses of Jerusalem the houses of the kinges of Juda ar polluted eueÌ„ as is this place Thophet because that all the houses in whose parlers they burned incense vnto al the companey of the starres planetis were pollated they with out any stoppe offred vnto straunge goddis Aftir this Jeremye came froÌ„ Thophet whither the Lorde had sente him to prophecye and preche and stode in the fore courte of the teÌ„ple sayng vnto al the peple Thus saith the Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I shal bringe vpoÌ„ this cyte vpoÌ„ al hir towâ—es aboute euery plage whiche I haue decreed to fall vpon it be cause they haue so hardened their prowde neckes y t they wolde not obaye my monicioÌ„s ¶ The .xx. Chapiter THan Pashur the Priest sone of Immery ouermost in the house of y e Lorde whan he herde Jeremy so constantly preching these thingis he smitte Jeremy the Prophete and cast him bownde into y e stockes y t stode in the ouer gate of Beniamin which was in y e house of the Lorde And y e daye folowing Pashur brought forth Jeremye out of the stockis And Jeremy sayd vnto him The Lorde shal no nomore callthy name Pashur but Magur euery where For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal make the fearful both to thy nowne selfe and also to al thy freÌ„dis which shal fal vnder y e swerde of their enmes before thy face And I shal geue vp al Juda into the power of the kinge of Babylon which shal kary a waye captyue to Babylon parte of theÌ„ parte shal he slaye with swerde Also lykewyse shal I geue vp al the riches of this cyte al the noble actes and victoriouse labours al the preciouse iwells tresure of the kingis of Juda into the handis of their enymes which shal bothe robbe theÌ„ kary theÌ„ captiue to Babylon And eueÌ„ thou Pashur with all thy housholde shalt be ledawaye captiue to Babylon and there shalt thou dye and be buryed both thou and al that set any thing by the vnto whom thou prechedst lyes Lorde thou brekest me but thou couÌ„fortest me agene makest me stroÌ„ge I am iested vpon skorned euery daye of euery man because that nowe I haue preached a longe tyme inueinge agenst their wyked violence tyranye crying into their eares this desolacion Whervpon they obrayded me of the worde of the Lorde and turned it into my perpetual derision Wherfore I thought many tymes neuer more to mynde it nor to preache in thy name But yet the worde wrought in my herte and in my bones lyke a kindled fyer closed yn which whan I laboured to represse it passed my power ye although yet I herde the haynous rebukis of many and suffered vniuste vexacions euen of my nowne singler acquaintance euermore redy to fear me saying Let him be taken broughtforth accused and trapped so that if thus parauenture he cooled and broken and we seming to preuaile agenst him myght be auenged on him But the Lorde stode by me lyke a valeauÌ„t knygh which fighting for me my persuers fil awaye hauinge no power ouer me They were shamefully confounded for that they dealt folishly whervpon they fill into perpetual obprobrye Thou therfore Lorde of powers the iuste tryer and sercheroute of the truthe vnto whom herte raynes ar not hid let me se vengeaÌ„ce taken on them for vnto the I committe my cause Singe ye to the Lorde prayse him for he hath delyuered the lyfe of the poore from the cruel hande of the violent Cursed be the daye y t I was borne yn the daye that my mother brought me forthe be neuer more spokenof Cursed be the maÌ„ that firste brought glad tydingis to my father sayng Thou hast a man chylde The same thinge mought chaunse to that man whiche chaunced once vpoÌ„ the cytes which y e Lorde with oute any stoppe subuerted hearing their pestilent fame with oute ceasse because I was not kylled as sone as I was borne or y t my mother was not made my graue my concepcioÌ„ holden backe in hir for euer Wherfore was I brought forth of my mothers woÌ„be Verely because I shulde fele bothe labour sorowe so leadforth my lyfe
iÌ„ obprobrye ¶ The .xxi. Chapiter THe sermone of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye whan Zedechias sente vnto him pashur the sone of Melchie and Zephony the Priest sone of Maasy with this maner of commandemeÌ„t sayng Aske counsel of the Lorde we praye the as touching vs for Nabuchadrezar kinge of Babylon laith sege vnto vs whither god paraduenture wyll do with vs aftir his meruelouse powr and so turne this kinge from vs. Then Jeremy sayd vnto them Thus shal ye answer Zedechye Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Beholde I shal wringe the weapens oute of your haÌ„dis whiche ye holde to fyght agenste the kinge of Babylon the Chaldeis fighting agenst you withoute at the wallis I shal bringe your weapeÌ„s altogither into the middis of this cyte and I my selfe shal fight agenste you with a stretched-forth hande and stronge arme with indignacion furye and grete wrathe and shal smyte the inhabitours of this cyte so that bothe man beast shal dye of a grete pestilence And aftir this saith the Lorde I shal geue vp Zedechye kinge of Juda both his seruauntis and the peple with the resydew of this cyte whoÌ„ pestilence swerde and honger haue lefte into the power of Nabuchadrezar kinge of Babylon into y e handis of their enmyes eueÌ„ into y e haÌ„dis of theÌ„ y t thirst for their lyfe which shal smyte theÌ„ with the edge of swerde withoute alcoÌ„passion nether sparing nor hauinge any mercy on them And vnto this peple thou shalt saye Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal setforth before you the waye of lyfe and dethe Whoso euer abideth in this cyte shal dye with swerde or honger or pestelence but he that wil goforthe to go to the Chaldes that besege you shal saue himselfe and his lyfe shal be vnto him lyke a lukkely goten proye For I haue bente my face ageÌ„ste this cyte to scourge it and not to do it good saith the Lorde that it might be geuen vp into the power of the kinge of Babylon to be brent Also thou shalt saye to the kinges house of Juda. Hear the worde of y e Lorde ye house of Dauid for thus saith the Lorde Ministre rightwisnes withoute any delaye and delyuer the oppressed spoyled from the power of the violent vexer before my furye comeforthe lyke fyer to burne so that nomaÌ„ maye queÌ„che it for your mischeuous studyes Beholde me here at hande eueÌ„ amoÌ„ge you which dwel here there in wales in rockes playns saith y e Lorde which saye who shal make vs afrayd Or who can come to our holdis But I shal viset you acording to y e merits of your studye saith the Lorde and kindel a fyer thorowt your wodis to deuour al thingis rownde aboute you ¶ The .xxii. Chapiter FOrthermore thus spake the Lorde Go thy wayes downe into y e kingis house of Juda there speke this sermone saynge Heare the worde of the Lorde o kinge of Juda which sittest in y e seat of Dauid Hear I saye both thou thy seruaÌ„ts peple whiche iette so prowdely thorow these gatis Thus coÌ„mandeth the Lorde Obserue equite and rightuousnes auenge the spoiled from the power of the wronge doer The straunger the fatherlesse and wedewe see thou moleste not hurt nor robbe nother shede ye innocent blode in this place And if ye obserue these thingis constantly the kingis which shal sitte in the seat of Dauid shal go thorow the gates of this house and be caryed in charyets and vpon horse both they their seruants and their peple But if thou obseruest not these precepts I swere by my nownselfe saith the Lorde that this house shal be desolate For euen thus hath the Lorde spokeÌ„ vpoÌ„ the house of Juda. Thou arte the head euen as is Galaad in Libano but if I bringe not the thy cytes into a deserte y t they be not inhabited For I shal apoynte forth sende into y e a destroyer with is weapens to cutdowne thy chosen Cedres caste theÌ„ into y e fyer And whaÌ„ any other nacioÌ„ shal passe forby this cyte one shal saye to another wherfor hathe y e Lorde done thus vnto this grete citeâ— ThaÌ„ it shal be answerde eueÌ„ because they forsoke despysed the couenaunt of their lorde God and fildowne worshipt straÌ„ge goddis Wepe not for the dead nor moorne yet not for him but wepe sore for him now going a waye For this maÌ„ shal neuer come ageyn nor yet se his owne natiue lande For thus saith the Lorde vpon Sellum the sone of Josias kinge of Juda raigning aftir Josias his father He that is goneforth of this regioÌ„ shal neuermore returne For he shal dye in the same place into whiche he is ledde captiue neuermore se this lande Wo be to him y t buyldeth his house by iniurye and wronge setteth vp his parlers and chaumbers by fraude and violence which maketh his owne neighbour to serue him for naught not geuinge him his rewarde for his labour Thus thinketh he with himselfe I wil buyld me a large house costely chauÌ„bres He cutteth him forth windowes beames and grounsels of Cedre paynteth them with reade Thinkest thou nowe to raigne whan with thy cedre buyldingis thou prouokest me to enuye and to be aueÌ„ged Did not thy father in his trwe and iuste labour eat drinke prospered wel Whiles he auenged the cause of the poore oppressed he prospered wel which thinge whereof els shâ—ld it hapeÌ„ but for y e knowlege of me saith the Lorde But thy eyes and thy herte ar al togither sette vpon couetousnes to spillinnoceÌ„t blode to do iniury and extorsion Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpoÌ„ Joakim sone of Josias kinge of Juda. They shal not lament mourne him with theis wonte lementable wordes Ah my brother oh my syster nother with theis Ah Lorde oh noble kinge But he shal be buryed lyke anasse eueÌ„ stinking caste withe oute the gatis of Jerusalem Clyme vp into Libanus oh virgen and daughter Zion and crye In Basan also let thy voyce be herde and crye oute from al the highe wayes for al thy louers ar perished These thinges I gaue the warninge of whan thou waste yet in welthy prosperite But thou answerdst me sayng I will not heare this verely was thy maner eueÌ„ froÌ„ thy yougth that thou woldest not obaye my voyce All thy pastors shal be ruled and blown awaye of the winde and thy louers shal be caryed awaye into captiuite and than verely thou shalt be shamed and confounded for thy grete wykednes and malice which yet dwellest in Libano nestelest in the Cedres How grete shal thy sorowful sighes be whan this ruyne shal fall vpon the lyke panges vpon the traueler of chylde As verely as I lyue saith the Lorde though Jechonias the sone of Joakim kinge of Juda be the signet whiche I weare on mi right hande yet shal I pluk him of from hence
betake the into the handis of them that seke thy lyfe into the power of them whose face thou fearest euem into the hande of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon into the handis of the Caldes And shal translate the and thy mother that bore the into a strange lande where ye were not borne but ye shal dye in it And into this lande whither ye shal so sore desyer to returne shal ye neuer come agene This man Jechonias shal be plucked torne in peses lyke a cōtemptible grauen image which for al his costely aparel yet pleaseth he nomā wherfore he shal be baneshed both he his sead casteforth into an vnknowne lande But oh erthe erthe erthe hear the worde of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde Bill me this man barain to be emōge the dishereted outelawes for he shal neuer more prosper in al his lyfe there shal none of his sead prosper to sit in the seat roial of Dauid and to raigne in Juda. ¶ The .xxiii. Chapiter UVo be the herdemen that destroye and scater my flocke saith the Lorde Wherfore this commaundement sendeth the Lorde God of Israel vnto the herdemen that shulde gouerne my peple ye destroye and thrust oute my flocke and ye loke not vpon them Wherfore I shal loke vpō your wyked counsels studyes saith the Lorde and gather the resydew of my flocke frō al the partes into which I had caste themforth and restore them vnto my pasture that they maye growe and be encreased I shal set herdemen ouer them which shal fede them They shal nomore be afrayde nor dreade for they shal not perishe saith the Lorde Beholde the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that I wil stere vp that rightuouse Budde or braunche of Dauid to raigne and to execute his offyce prudently in restoring equite and rightwysnes in the erthe In his dayes Juda shal be saued and Israel shal dwel suer And this is the name that men shal cal him by euen the Lorde our rightwysnes Vvherfore lo the tyme shal come saith the Lorde that men shal nomore swere As verely as the Lorde lyuith whiche led the childern of Israel oute of the lande of Egypte but as verely as the Lorde lyueth which hath ledforth and brought agene the sead of the house of Israel from the northe este lande and from al the regions into whiche I had dispersed thē to dwel in their owne lande Wo be to the Prophetis also My herte is alto broken al my bones ar shyured in sondre I am lyke a dronken man troubled with wyne for feare of the Lorde and his holy worde For therthe is ful of aduouterers wherfore it is now come y t she being a cursed aborred shal waile hir plesante feldis of the deserte shal be withred vp For the lyuinge of these men is euel their powr contrarye to the holy worde Both Prophet and Prieste ar polluted and be filthy ipocrytes and their maliciouse wykednes is espyed euē in my house saith y e lorde Wherfore their waye shal be slybery and ful of stomblinge stones in derkenes at which they shal stomble and fall for I shal bringe a plage vpō them euen the day of their visitaciō saith the Lorde The same foleshnes which I sawe amonge the Prophetis of Samarye wherby they preched for Baalis profite decyued my peple of Israel I haue now sene also amonge the prophetis of Jerusalem euen filthy stinkinge aduoutery and licenciouse liberte to lye Thei flater and ioyne handis with the moste mischeuouse men to th entent that euery one of them shulde neuer returne from their wykednes Thei al with their cytesens ar vnto me lyke Sodome the cytesens of Gomorre Wherfore thus saith the Lorde of powers vpon the Prophetis Beholde I shal fede them with wormewode and geue thez to drinke water mengled with gall For oute of the Prophetis of Jerusalem ar brokenforth the contagious spottis of al ipocrysye into al the worlde Wherfore thus warneth the Lorde of powers Se that ye lysten not vnto the wordis of these prechers that preache vnto you for thei deceyue you speking the vision of their own hertis and nothing of the mouthe of the Lorde Thei tel them boldely which depyse me The Lorde saith we shal haue prosperous peace and thei tel al them that walke aftir the lustes of their owne hertis There shal no plage come vpon you for who stode in the counsel of the Lorde to heare and know his mynde Beholde the whirlewynde of the Lorde that is to saye his wrathe shal comeforthe and turne hirselfe with grete violence into the headis of the vngodly Nether shal the lordis wrathe be returned vntil he hath acōpleshed and finesshed the set purpose of his herte But in tyme to come ye shal vnderstande his counsel I sent not these Prophetis saith the Lorde and yet they runne I sayd nothinge to them ▪ and yet they preache and Prophecye But had thei stode in my counsel and herde my wordis thei had cōuerted my peple from their euel wayes and euel thoughtis Am I god whiche maye se but thingis onely at hande saith the Lorde and not thingis al afarre Maye any man hyde himselfe so preuely that I se him not saith the Lorde Do not I fulfil both heuen and erthe saith the Lorde I haue herde verely what maner thinges the Prophetis saye which preche lyes vnder the cloke of my name saing I dremed I dremed How longe shal this steke in y e Prophetis hertis to preche lyes to preche y e desaight of their owne myndis whose counsel is bente vpon this euen to deceyue my peple with their dremes whiche they tel euery man to drawe my name oute of memory as their fathers forgote my name by processe of tyme bringingin Baal That Prophete which hath seene a dreme wil preche but a dreame But he vnto whom my worde is shewed wil speke my worde euen of faithe What shal chaffe do with wheate saith the Lorde Is not my worde lyke fyer saith the Lorde and lyke a twybit cleauinge the rocke of stone wherfore beholde me now agenste the Prophetis saith y e Lorde whiche steale my worde frō whom they liste Beholde me nowe agenste y e Prophetis saith y e Lorde whiche take vpon their tongues to saye Thus saith y e Lorde Beholde me now agenste y e prophetis euen agenste their lyinge dreames saith the Lorde which dreames yet dare they mynde speake to deceyue my peple w t their lyes fayned miracles whom I neuer sente nor cōmanded them any thinge whiche prophetis shal be ful grete hurte vnto this peple saith y e Lorde Whan this peple or prophete or prieste shal aske y e sayng what maner thinge is y e burden of y e Lorde Thou shalt saye vnto thez What Askeyeme of y e burden Euen yourselues be y e burden Wherfore I shal
caste you of saith y e lorde And I shal viset both prophete prieste and the peple whiche vse this worde the burden of the Lorde I shal viset both him and his house Also thus shal ye saye to eche other What thinge answerth the Lorde or what commandethe the Lorde but as for the burden of the Lorde shal ye name nomore For euery mannis owne worde muste be his burdeÌ„ because he hath peruerted the wordis of the lyuinge god euen of the Lorde of powers whiche is our god Thus shal euery man saye vnto their Prophetis What hath the Lorde answerde the or what saith the Lorde But as for the burden of the Lorde ye shal not once name it Wherfore thus spake the Lorde Because ye haue taken into an vse this worde The burden of the Lorde albeit I sente vnto you forbidding to once saye the burdeÌ„ of the Lorde beholde I shal suerly reken you to be euen my burden But I shal caste you of with this cite also which I gaue you and your fathers I shal caste you oute of my sight and lade you with perpetual obprobrie shame which shal neuer be forgoten ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapiter THe Lorde shewed me this vision Lo ther stode two panyers ful of figges before y e temple of y e Lorde aftir that Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon had led awaye captiue Jechonias the sone of Joachim kinge of Juda the princes of Juda smythes and craftsmen from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon The one panyer conteyned very good figges euen siche as ar wonte to be firste rype and the tother panyer conteyned as euil figges whiche might not be eaten forbitternes Than the Lorde spake vnto me Vvhat seiste thou I eremy And I answerde Figges do I se of which some be very good and some be as badde so that noman maye eat thez Agene The worde of y e Lorde came to me on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde god of Israel As thou knowest the good figges eueÌ„ so shal I knowe the men translated from Juda whom I sente forthe from this place into the lande of Chalde for their profite and set my eyes vpon them for y e beste For I shall bringe them agene vnto this lande and edifye them not destroye them I shal roote them and not plucke them vp And I shal geue them an herte to knowe me that I am the Lorde Thei shal be my peple and I their god for thei shal turne to me with al their hertes And as thou knowst the euil figges which for their sowernes maye not be eaten euen so saith the Lorde shal I set Zedechias the kinge of Juda hir rulers the reste that remayne in this lande them also that dwel in Egypte I shal set them I saye to be vexed and scourged in euery region of y e erthe to be had in obprobrye into a prouerbe into a fable and shame in euery place whither I shal scater them And I shal sende amonge them swerde honger pestelence til I haue consumed them from the lande which I gaue them and their fathers ¶ The argument of this Chap. Aâ—ermone geuen vnto Jeremie vpon al the peple of Juda the fourth yere of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda which was the firste yete of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon Vvhich sermon Jeremie the Prophete preched vnto al the peple of Juda and before al the cytesens of Jerusalem sayng on this maner ¶ The .xxv. Chapitre FRom the thirtente yere of Josias the sone of Amon kinge of Juda vnto this daye which is nowe .xxiii. yere the worde of the Lorde was committed vnto me which I spake vnto you rysing in tyme and constantly warning you but ye obayed it not Albeit the Lorde hath sent vnto you al his seruantis euen his Prophetes erly rysing and swyftely sending yet ye obayed not nor once inclined your eares to lysten Thus verely he sayd Turne ye agene euery man from his owne euil waye and fro your euil thoughtis and ye shal inhabit the lande which the Lorde gaue you and your fathers frome age to age And go not your wayes aftir strange goddis to serue them and to fall downe before them Anger me not with the workis of your owne handis and I shal not scourge you But ye herde me not saith the Lorde for ye angred me with the workis of your handis but not vnpunesshed Wherfor thus sayd the Lorde of powers Because ye herde not my wordis therfore beholde I shal sende and call vpon you all the nacions of the northe saith the Lorde euen that same Nebuchadrezer also kinge of Babylon my seruante and shal bringe them vpon this lande vpoÌ„ the inhabitours therof and vpon al these nacions rownde a boute and shal vtterly destroye them I shal bringe them into a deserte into an hissing and perpetual desolacion And I shal take from them the voyce of gladnes and solace the voyce of the brydegrome and spouse the voyce of men oynted and hanged ful of swete fresshe flowers to bere the lightis And al this lande shal be turned into a deserte wildernes And they shal serue the forsayd nacions and the kynge of Babylon .lxx. yearis And whan these lxx yearis be fulfilled I shal also viset y e wikednes of that kinge of Babylon and of his peple saith the Lorde and that same lande also of the Caldeis and bringe theÌ„ togither into a perpetual wildernes And I shal bringe vpon that lande al my wordis which I haue decreed agenst it eueÌ„ al that be writen in this boke whiche Jeremy prophecied agenst al the gentiles For euen they to shal be bond seruants to many nacions and grete kinges For I shal rewarde them aftir their sinnes and workis of their owne handis Thus therfore spake the Lorde God of Israel vnto me Take this cuppe of the wyne of wrathe of my hande that thou maist geue to drinke therof al nacions vnto whoÌ„ I shal sende the which once dronken might be plucked into furye and madnes the swerde coming vpon which I shal sende amoÌ„ge them Than toke I the cuppe of the Lordis hande to geue drynke to al the nacions vnto whoÌ„ the Lorde sente me But firste of al I gaue euen Jerusalem hirselfe and the cites of Juda hir kinges princes to drinke therof to bringe them into a deserte and wyldernes into an hissinge execrable curse euen as we see vnto this daye ye I gaue al nacions indifferently to drinke therof as Pharao kinge of Egypte his seruantis and his rulers with al his peple al the kingis of Ausitidis al y e kinges of the lande of the Palestines Ascalon Gazam AccaroneÌ„ with al the lefte cites of Aschote the Idumes Moabites and the sonnes of Ammon al the kinges of Tyri and Sidon the kinges of the eylandis beyende the sea Dedan Thema Buz and the clipt headid Ismasitis Al the kinges of Araby al the kingis
one with a nother that dwel in the deserte al the kingis of Zimri al the kingis of Elam al the kingis of Mede al the kinges of the north este both nighe and farre euery one with his borderer and al the kingdoms of the erthe which ar vpon the face of the rownde worlde And let kinge Sesach drinke with thē to And thou shalt saye vnto thē This is the Lorde of powers euen y e God of Israel his plesure and commandement Drinke and be dronken runne to gither that ye might fal neuer to ryse agene ye and that by the swerde which I shal sende amonge you And if they refuse to take the cuppe of thy hande to drinke than shalt thou saye vnto them Thus threateneth you the Lorde of powers ye shal drinke it suerly For so I begin to scourge the cite named aftir my nowne name and shal I let you than escape vnpuneshed Verely ye shal not go quyte For I now cal for a swerde to come vpon al the inhabitours of therthe saith y e Lorde of powrs Wherfore se that thou preache them al these sermōs and tel thē The Lorde shal thondre from aboue and shal crye a lowde frō his holy habitaciō He shal thonder with grete noyse frō his kingis haule The lowde noyse lyke the grape gatherers shal come before vpon al thin habitours of therthe and the sowne shal be brought vnto the vttermost costes of therthe For the Lorde wil sitte in iugement vpon the naciōs declare him self the iuge of al maner men liuing to betake the vngodly vnto the swerde saith the Lorde For thus saith the Lorde of powers Beholde a miserable calamite shal go thorowe the gentyles one aftir another and a grete whirlewinde shal be stered vp from diuerse costes of therthe y e swerde shal krepe thorowe with slaughter in that daye from one coste of therthe to the tother Noman shal be moorned for non gatherde vp noman buried but lyke donge shal they lye vpon y e face of therthe Howle oute oh ye pastours crye bespriene your selue with asshes oh ye rāmes leaders of the flocke for y e tyme of your slaughter downe tredinge is fulfilled ye shal faldowne togither lyke costely byral vessels made to cōtayne daintes There shal be no waye to fle for the pastours for the rammes of the flocke shal not escape Than shal the pastours crye oute the rāmes of the flocke shal howle For the Lorde shal waste consume their pastures And their best feldis shal lye dead with out noyse for the furye of the Lordis wrathe They shal forsake their foldes weping and roringe lyke lyons For their lande shal be desolate for his indignacion and furiouse wrathe ¶ The .xxvi. Chapiter IN the begininge of the raigne of Joachim sonne of Josias kinge of Juda this worde was shewed of the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde Stonde in the fore courte of the temple and speke vnto al the cites of Juda whiche come to y e house of the Lorde to do their worshipe Speke al the sermōs which I commande the. And be ware thou takest not awaye one worde y t if thus paraduenture yet they maye obaye and returne euery man from his owne wiked waye y t it might for thinke me of y e plages which I had ordened for them for their owne maliciouse myndes coūsels And thou shalt saye I tel the vnto them Thus saith the Lorde If ye obaye me not to walke in my lawes which I haue geuen you hearing the sermons of my seruants the Prophetis whom I sende vnto you erly rysinge yet stil sending If you I saye obaye not I shal make this same house like vnto Sylo and euen thissame cite shal I caste into a contumeliouse curse to be aborred of al the nacions of the erthe And the Priestis and Leuits with al the peple herde Jeremy preching these sermons in the house of the Lorde Wherfore whan Jeremy had made an ende of al that the Lorde commanded him to preche vnto the peple the Priestis Prophetis and al the peple did set holde vpon him and toke him saing Thou muste dye Wherfore prechedst thou as thoughe the Lorde had cōmanded the that it shuld hapen vnto this house as it did once to Sylo and that this cite shulde be destroyed that noman shulde inhabit it And whan al the peple were gathered to gither in the temple aboute Jeremye the rumour of this mater came vnto the chefe rulers of Juda which a non camvp from the kinges palace vnto the house of the Lorde sate downe to gither before the newe dore of the temple Than came the Priestis and Prophetis vnto the rulers and to al the peple saynge these wordis This man is giltye dethe for he preched agenst this cite as he ye haue herde with your eares Than sayd Jeremye vnto al the rulers to al the peple these wordes The Lorde sente me to preche agenste this house and this cyte al that ye haue herde Nowe therfore amende your lyuinge your thoughtis and obaye the voice of your Lorde God and than it shal forthinke the Lorde God of thafflicciō whiche he hath decreed agenste you And as for me lo I am in your handis do with me what semeth to you right good But yet this one thinge I assuer you that if ye kill me ye shal make your selues this cite and the citesens therof gilty my innocent blode For this I ensuer you the Lorde hath sente me to you to preache into your eares al these sermons Than sayd the Princes and all the peple vnto the Priestis and Prophetis ye can fynde no cause of dethe in this man sith he preched vnto vs in the name of our Lorde Also the elders of the lande rose vp to gither sayng vnto the hole company of the peple on this maner Micheas Morastith was a Prophete in the dayes of Ezechias kinge of Juda and this Micheas sayd to al the folke of Juda. Thus saith the Lorde of powers Zion shal be ploughed vp lyke a felde and Jerusalem shal be turned into an heape of stones And the hill where the house of y e Lorde standeth into an highe wode And yet notwithstandinge this sermone did nether Ezechias kinge of Juda nor yet the comen peple go once aboute to slaye him But did they not rather reuerently feare the Lorde and prayd him to turne a waye his wrathe Wher vpon it forthinked him of the plage which he had decreed vpon them And shal we nowe committe so grete a cryme agenste our selues But yet was there a nother that preached constantly in the name of the Lorde called Vrias the sone of Semee of Cariathiearim which preched agenst this cite and lande in al poyntis euen aftir the sermons of Jeremye And kinge Joachim with al the grete men and rulers herde his sermons wher vpon the kinge sought to kil him But whan Vrias herde of
my benefits saith y e Lorde And yet thus also sayd y e Lorde The lameÌ„table noyse of moornes their bitter weping asceÌ„ded vnto heuen euen y e voice of Rachel wepiÌ„g for hir childern nether wolde she receyue any consolacioÌ„ for theÌ„ because they were clene gone captiued But nowe saith the Lorde peace and wepe nomore wype thy eyes for thy paynful labours shal be loked vpon saith y e Lorde And they shal returne from that cruel region but yet shal it be thy posterite that shal hope for this saith the Lorde For they be your chylderne that shal returne into their owne region Euen Ephraim goinge into captiuite did I hear verely thus complayninge Thou haste chastised me oh Lorde being then lyke a wylde bullok but now shal I receyue thy nourtering and disciplyne But thou therfore now conuerte me and I shal be conuerted for thou Lorde art my God Wherfore as sone as thou shalt conuerte me I shal repente me and anone as thou shalt make me to know my synne I shal smyte my handis vpoÌ„ my thighe Very shame confoundeth me for my sinnes committed in my yougthe which now greuously obrayde me to my grete peine At this penitent complaynte of Ephraim I thought thus with myselfe saith y e Lorde Is not Ephraim my goodly plesaunt chylde Is he not my tender fayer whight sonne I remeÌ„bir him euen from the tyme of our firste communicacioÌ„ wherfore my very herte yammerth all my bowels ar moued vpon him I wil gladly haue compassion vpon him saith the Lorde Get the wel watchinge ouerseers standing on highe take vnto the sharpe teachers and warners and let thy herte attende vnto the pathe of y t same waye wherby thou muste walke And returne oh virgin Israel returne vnto these same euen thy nowne cytes How longe wilt thou erre oh strayng bakslyden daughter For the Lorde verely shal make â—a newe thinge in this lande the woman shal take hir husbonde in hir armes For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel The tyme shal come y t they shal saye in the lande of Juda and in hir cytes aftir that I haue brought them agene euen these wordes The Lorde whiche is y e fayer spouse of rightuousnes mought fauour blesse the oh holy hill For there shal herdemen tylmeÌ„ inhabit bothe Juda and al hir cytes For I shal satisfye the hongry soule replenesshe euery meke soule Whan I herde this I cam to my selfe agene consydering as thoughe I had waked froÌ„ a very swete sleape Beholde the tyme is come saith the Lorde y t I wil sowe the house of Israel the house of Juda w t man beast And the tyme shal come y t lykewyse as I was occupyed in plucking vp by y e rotes in scatering abrede castinge dewne desiroynge scourginge theÌ„ eueÌ„ so shal I studye diligeÌ„tly to edifye to plante theÌ„ saith y e Lorde In these dayes shal they nomore saye They were our fathers y t eite the soâ—wer grape yet tâ—eir childers tethe be 〈◊〉 â— For euery man shal dye for his ownâ— wykednes So that euery man that eate the soâ— wer grape his own tethe mâ—ste oe â—n edge Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde y t I wil smyte vp a 〈…〉 bothe with the house of Israel with the house of Juda not aftyr the bargen that I smote with their fathers what tyme I toke them by their handis and led them out of the lande of Egypte whiche my bargen testament they broke and I punisshed theÌ„ sharpely saith the Lorde But this is y e couenaunt that I wil smyte with the house of Israel aftir these dayes new spoken of so ofte saith the Lorde I shal grifâ— my lawe into their myndes and wryte it in their hertis and I wil be their God they shal be my peple so that it shal not be 〈◊〉 maÌ„ that shal teache his neghboâ—r or his brother by monesshing him sayng knowlege y e Lorde but euery maÌ„ shal knowe me froÌ„ the leste to the gretest saith the Lorde because I wil be merciful to their wikednes and neuer more remember their sinnes Thus spake the Lorde which gaue the sone into the dayelight and ordrely y e mone and starres to shyne in the night whiche troubleth the sea that it swelleth vp in to waues whose name is the Lorde of powers Lyke as this lawe shal neuer be taken awaye fro my sight saith the Lorde eueÌ„ so I tell you shal the sead of Israel neuer cease at any tyme neuer more to be a nacioÌ„ before me Also this sayd the Lorde As the heueÌ„ aboue cannot be mesured nether the foundacions of therthe that be vnder vs serched euen so nether shal I caste awaye al the sead of Israel for al the thinges that they haue committed saith the Lorde Lo the dayes shal come saith y e Lorde that the cyte of y e Lorde shal be enlarged euen from the tower of Hananeel vnto the corner gate in the walles from thenceforthe shal mesure be taken forthe right before it vnto y e hill toppe of Gareb shal so come aboute closing in Goatha al the vale where they caste their carioÌ„s asshes or duste so forthe al Semeroth vnto y e brook callâ—d Cedron so froÌ„ theÌ„ce vnto y e corner of the horse fayer gate ageÌ„ste the este where the holy teÌ„ple of the Lorde shal be sette And this cite restored aftir this maner shal nomore be beten downe nor destroyed for euer ¶ The .xxxii. Chapiter THe sermone of the Lorde shewed to Jeremye the .x. year of Zedechias kinge of Juda whiche was the .xviii. year of Nebuchadrezar Than the hoste of the kinge of Babylon layd sege to Jerusalem And Jeremy the Prophete was in holde in the vtter warde which was at the kinges house of Juda wheryn Zedechias kinge of Juda had caste him because he prophecyed thus Thus saith y e Lorde Lo I shal geue vp this cite into the handis of the kinge of Babylon and he shal take it And kinge Zedechias shal not escape the handis of the Chaldes but douteles shal be delyuerde into the handis of the kinge of Babylon which shal speak with him mouthe to mouthe and shal beholde eche other face to face And Zedechias shal be led to Babylon there to coÌ„tinew til I viset him saith the Lorde But if thou wilt nedis fight ageÌ„ste the Caldes thou shalt fight infortunatly Vnto the which accusacion Jeremy thus answerde It was the Lorde that spake vnto me on this maner Lo Hananeel the sone of Sellum thy eames sone shal come to the desyering y e to redeme for thy selfe the felde whiche lyeth in Anathot because it pertayneth to the to bye it agene by y e reason thou arte nexte of kinne Than came Hananeel my eames sone acording to the sayng of y e Lorde vnto me into the vtterwarde of the presone sayng I
praye y e bye my felde which is in Anathot in the Lande of Beniamin for it is thy right by the reason of nexte of our kin Redeme it therfore I praye the. I know al this to be done by the Lordis commandement wherfore I bought this felde of Hananeel my eames sone which dwelled at Anathot And I wayed him forth his money euen .vii. sicles and .x. peses of syluer And the writing made and sealed and witnes called to I wayd forthe the money in the skoles and receiued the copye wherby I chalenged and posseded it Aftir this was it sealed acording to the forme of the lawe and dewe order and rehersed with the copye therof And I delyuerd this copye wherby I held it vnto Baruch y e sonne of Nerie sonne of Mahasie Hananeel my eames sonne being present before y e witnesses whose names were writeÌ„ in y e instrumeÌ„t wherby I helde it al y e Iwes at laste being by whiche sate aboute vs in the sayd warde coÌ„manding this Baruch before them on this maner This is y e Lorde of powers plesure y e God of Israel y t thou receyuest this instrument sealed w t this copye put it into an ertheÌ„ potte y t it maye continew longe For thus hath y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel decreed That y e houses feldes vynyardis in this lande shal be possessed agein Wherfor I made my prayer to y e Lorde aftyr y e delyuerauÌ„ce of this instrument vnto Baruch the sone of Neerie on this maner sayng Ah lorde God lo thou art he y t made heueÌ„ erthe by thy mighty power highe streÌ„gth nothing is harde or of difficulty vnto y e. Thou doist mercy vpoÌ„ thousandis thou rewardest y e wikednes of the fathers into the bosoms of their childern which ar borne aftir theÌ„ Thou art y t great mighty God whose name is y e Lorde of powers great in counsel and infinite in thought Thy eyen beholde al the wayes of man to rewarde euery man for his owne wayes for y e frutes of his inuencioÌ„s Which hast done signes wondres in the lande of Egypte as we wel knowe euen vnto this daye as wel vpoÌ„ this same Israel as vpoÌ„ these meÌ„ to magnifye thy name as it is right great vnto this daye And thou leddest forth Israel thy peple oute of y e lande of Egypt w t signes wouÌ„ders w t a mighty hande a forthstretched arme great power And gauest theÌ„ thissame lande as thou haddest sworne to their fathers to geue them a lande flowing w t mylke honey But whaÌ„ they were come had posseded it they obayed not thy voyce nor walked not in thy lawe but what so euer thou coÌ„mandest them to do y t they did not wherfore al these affliccions plages ar come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ Lo they come w t bulwarkis eueÌ„ vnto this cite to take it whiche ouercome withe swerde hoÌ„ger and pestelence shal be delyuerd vp into y e handes of the Chaldeis whiche euen nowe fight so sore ageÌ„st it And what so euer thou hast sayd it shal come to passe for lo al thinges ar present vnto y e. And yet thou Lorde God notwithstaÌ„ding coÌ„maÌ„dest me sayng chalenge y e thy felde y e money payd before witnes whaÌ„ y e cyte in y e meaÌ„ ceason must come into y e haÌ„dis of y e Calâ—es ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to me Lo I am y e lorde God of al thinges lyuiÌ„ge is ther any thing harde vnto me Wherfor thus coÌ„manderh y e lorde Lo I shal betake this cite into y e power of y e Caldes into y e nower of Nebuchadrezar kinge of BabyloÌ„ which shal take it For the Chaldes shal come fight agenst this cyte and set fyer on it and it shal be burned with the houses in whose parlers they burned sacrifices to Baal and offred to strange Gods that they might the more prouoke me to anger For whan y e childerne of Israel and Juda had done al maner of synne in my sight euen fro their yeugth What els was it that they dyd than prouoked me onely by the workis of their owne handis saith y e lorde Or what els was this cyte than a prouoking stocke of my wrathe fro the daye that it was bylded vnto this present hower In whiche hower I shal wel worthely take it a waye frome oute of my sight for the synnes of the chylderne of Israel and Juda whiche they committed to anger me both they their selues their kinges their rulers their priestes their Prophetes al Juda the cytesens of Jerusalem They turned their backes and not their face to me whan I taught them warned them in tyme nether gaue they eare to receyue my disciplyne They did set their idolls in y e house consecrated vnto my name to pollute it They bylded highe places for Baal in y e vale of Benhinnon their to consecrate and to geue their sonnes and daughters euen to Moloch which thinge I neuer coÌ„manded them nether did it euer touche my mynde that I wolde thus drawe Juda into syn to committe these abominacions Ouer this yet agein spake the Lorde God of Israel as concerning this cyte whiche euen yourselues being present shal be geuen vp into the hande of the kinge of Babylon the cyte I say first ouercomen with swerde honger and pestelence Lo I shal gather them from al the regioÌ„s into whiche I had dispersed them in my wrathe furye and great indignacion and shal bring them into this same place where they shal dwel suer They shal be my peple and I their God And I shal geue them one herte and one waye that they mought feare me at al tymes Which thinge shal profit them their childerne aftir them Also I shal smyte an euerlasting couenaÌ„t with them that I wil neuer cease to do them good that I wil geue my feare into their hertis that they fall not fro me that I shal delyght in doing them good ye and that I shal plante them in this lande in very truthe with al my herte and with al my soule For thus sayd y e Lorde lyke as I haue brought vpon this peple al this great affliccion euen so shal I bringe vpoÌ„ them ageine al maner of goodnes which I haue layd vp for them And their feldis shal be possessed in this lande which ye grauÌ„te now worthely to bedesolated for saken of man beast to be brought into the handis of y e Caldes The feldis I tell you shal be bought with money instrumentis wryten ther vpon and sealed before witnes in the lande of Beniamin rowndaboute Jerusalem thorowout the cytes in the deserte For I shal bringe ageyn their captiuite saith the Lorde ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapiter AGeyne the worde of God came vnto Jeremye whyle he was yet in holde in the vtter warde on this maner Thus saith y e Lorde
which bringeth his worde to passe the Lorde which accomplessheth his thoughtis and purposes euen he whose name is the Lorde Thou cryedst vnto me and I answerde the aud I expowned the great and highe thinges which were vnknowne vnto you Thus I saye saith the Lorde God of Israel as concerninge the houses of this cyte the kingis houses of Juda to be thronedowne with ordinaunce and weapen the caldes now coming vpon to wonne it fillinge these houses with mennis caryons whom I shal smyte in my wrath furye my face turned awaye fro this cyte for the multitude of their malice Lo I shal close vp their woundes heale them I shal open them the tresure of peace and faithfulnes And I shal suerly bryng ageyne Juda and Israel and restore them as they were before And I shal pourge them frome al heir wykednes committed agenst me and parden al their synnes done so spyght fully agenst me wherby I shal get me a blessed glad name into my prayse and glorye amonge al the nacioÌ„s of therthe whiche shal hear of al my goodnes shewed vpon them For they shal feare and be astoned to se howe great goodnes and peace I shal bestow on them so louingly Also thus saith y e Lorde And ageyne there shal be herde in this place whiche ye saye also shal be turned into a wildernes so that nether man nor beast shal be in it and in the cyte of Juda withoute Jerusalem whiche also shal be desolate so that nother man nor beast inhabit them ther shal be herde I saye y e voyce of men makinge myrthe ioye solace euen the voyce of the brydegrome w t his spouse the voyce of men singinge Magnifye ye the Lorde of powers for right good is the Lorde whose mercy endureth for euer Ther shal be herde the voyce of men knowleging God with giftis in the Lordis house For I shal restore y e captiuite of this lande into their olde state saith the Lorde Thus saith the Lorde of powers Ther shal be ageyn in this region nowe desolate man and beste and in al hir cytes in the cytes of the mountayns of the playnes in the deserte herdemeÌ„nis lodges kepinge their flockes In the lande of Beniamin in the felde of Jerusalem in the cytes of Juda the flockes shal be noumbred agene vnder the handis of y e teller saith the Lorde Beholde the dayes shal come saith the Lorde that I shal performe this goodnes whiche I haue promysed to the house of Israel Juda. In these dayes in that tyme I shal bringforthe y t rightuouse budde of Dauid which shal do equyte rightuousnes vpon the erthe In these dayes Juda shal be made salfe Jerusalem shaldwel suerly And he shal be called in hir euen thus The Lorde our rightwisnes For euen thus promyseth God The sead of Dauid shalnot be withoute a man to sitte in the kinges seat of the house of Israel The preistis also the Leuites shal not lak a man to offer before me sacrifices to burne the sacrifice ministringe offeringe the slayne offeraunces euery daye Also the worde of the Lorde was shewed to Jeremye on this maner If it be possible my couenant to be broken which I haue smyten with the daye night so that nother y e daye nor y e night folowe not in their tyme so is it impossible my couenaunt to be voyde whiche I haue made w t Dauid my seruant so not to haue a sonne raigninge in his seat And euen lykewyse shalnot my seruice lake Leuite and Preiste For as the starres of heuen cannot be nowbred nor the sea sandes mesured euen so shal I encrease the sead of my seruant Dauid my Leuites and ministres Ouer this yet came the worde of y e Lorde ageyn to Jeremy thus Vnderstandest thou not what this peple saith Ther be two kynredis say they whom y e Lorde hath chosen and euen these same bothe hath he caste awaye for to this is my peple brought that they beleue themselues neuer to come in togither withe the gentyles wherfore thus saith y e Lorde If I haue not smitten a bargeÌ„ with y e day night If I haue not geuen lawes to y e heuen erthe the sead of Jacob Dauid my seruant now shal I caste awaye so that I receyue not of his ysswe to be princes ouer the sead of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. For I shal repayer their fall and be merciful vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiii. Chapiter THe sermone which was shewed of y e Lorde vnto Jeremy whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon with al his hoste gatherd from al y e regions of his lande that were vnder his impery and al his peple made bataile agenste Jerusalem hir cytes borderinge aboute hir one this maner Thus commandeth the Corde God of Israel Go and speke to Zedechias kinge of Juda tel him Thus saith the Lorde Lo I shal betake this cyte into the hande of the kinge of Babylon whiche shal set fyer vpon it thou thy selfe shalt not escape his hande but be led captiue delyuerde into his power Thy eyen shal beholde the present face of y e kinge of Babylon he shal speke vnto the mouthe to mouthe than shalt thou come to Babylon But yet hear the worde of the Lorde Zedechias kinge of Juda Thus y e Lorde telleth the. That thou shalt not be slayne with swerde but thou shalt dye in peace For they shal burne y e in the fyer as they brente thy fathers y e kinges thy predicessours And shal geue the thy moorning tuwne sayng Ah Master For this counsel haue I taken saith the Lorde And the Prophete Jeremy spake vnto Zedechie kinge of Juda al these sermoÌ„s at Jerusalem whan the kinge of Babylons hoste layd sege to Jerusalem and to al the other cytes of Juda that were lefte as to lachis and Azecham whiche yet remayned of y e sironge defensed cytes of Juda. The sermone whiche y e Lorde shâ—â—wed to y e Prophete Jeremye aftir y t Zedechias had made a lawe w t al the peple of Jerusalem that lybertye fredome shuld be proclaymed so that euery man shuld let fre go his bonde seruaÌ„t y t were hebrewes both man wâ—man no iewe to suffre his brother to be his bondeman And al y e rulers w t the hole peple y t moued this bargen consented that euery man shulde let go free both bonde man and woman and nomore to be lordis ouer them And agreyng to this lawe they obayed consented sending them for the fre But aftir warde they repented them and plucked their bonde men mayde seruantis home ageyn whom they had let go free called them ageyn into bondage For the which cause y e worde of the lorde was shewed froÌ„ him vnto Jeremy thus Thus saith y e lorde god of Israel I made a couenaunt with your fathers whaÌ„ I led theÌ„
forth of y e lande of Egypte that they shulde nomore lyue in bondage with these wordis At the seuen years ende let euery man let go free his bonde seruant that is an Hebrew and bought aftir hath serued vi year let him go free But your fathers obayed me not 〈◊〉 yet herkened to me And ye were 〈◊〉 turned doinge that iuste and right 〈◊〉 in my sight euery maÌ„ proclayming fredome to his neghbour smyting y e bargen in my presence euen in the teÌ„ple whiche bereth my name But your myndis sone chaÌ„ged ye haue defyled my name euery maÌ„ callinge home agein his bonde maÌ„ mayde whom ye had once let go free at their owne lybertye Wherfore this is the lordis plesure saynge ye obayed me not whan eueryman proclaymed lyberty to his brother neghbour wherfor I my selfe shal call you vnto a lybertye saith the lorde eueÌ„ into y e lybertye of the swerde pestelence honger And I shal delyuer you for the to be vexed of al nacioÌ„s of y e erthe euen these men which haue brokeÌ„ my bargen not obseruing the wordis of the couenaunt smiten in my presence the bullok cleft in twayn the goinge thorow betwene the partes therof solempnly done euen the rulers I saye of Juda y e rulers of Jerusalem with their geldid men the priestis and al the peple of y e lande which passed thorow betwene the two sydes of this bullok I shal betake into the power of their enimes which longe to drawe oute their hertis And their karions shal be meat for the foules of the ayer beastis of the erthe And as for Zedechias kinge of Juda hir rulers I shal delyuer them into their enimes handis which thirste for their lyfe euen into the handis of the kinge of Babylons hoste whiche nowe goithe awaye from you but at my becke saith y e Lorde he shal returne vnto this cyte whiche wone and taken they shal set on fyer And the cytes of Juda I shal leue desolate noman to inhabit them ¶ The .xxxv. Chapitre THe sermon shewed of the Lorde vnto Jeremy in the raigne of Joachim the sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Go to the house of the Rechabites and call them forthe and bringe them to the house of the Lorde into some of y e reuestrys and geue them wyne to drinke Then toke I Jazaniam the sone of Jeremy the sone of Habaznie and his bretherne with al his chylderne and al the famylye of y e Rechabites brought them to y e house of the Lorde into the reuestrye of y e chylderne of Hanan sonne of Igdalie the man of God whiche reuestry was by the reuestry of the rulers this was ouer the vestry of Maasie sonne of Sallum cheife of the tresure house And I set before y e sonnes of the famylye of the Rechabites tankerdis ful of wyne and cuppes and bad them drinke wyne And they answerde we drynke no wyne For Jonadab our father the sone of Rechab commanded vs sayng Drynke neuer no wyne nother you nor your sonnes Bilde no houses sowe no corne Also ye shal nether plante nor possede any vyneyardes but dwel ye in tentis al your lyfe y e ye may lyue longe vpon y e lande wheryn ye be strangers Wherfore we obayed the coÌ„mandement of Jonadab the sonne of our father Rechab in al that he bode vs so y t nether we our wyues our sonnes nor daughters drynke wyne al our lyues nor bylde vs houses to dwelyn nother haue we vynyardes nor corne feldis amonge vs but dwel in tabernacles obayng doing to our power al y t our father Jonadab bode vs. But now it chaunsed so y t whan Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon cam vp into this prouince we comoned togither saynge Let vs go to Jerusalem y t we mought scape y e hoste of y e Chaldes AssyrioÌ„s Wherfore we dwel now in houses here in Jerusalez ThaÌ„ came y e worde of y e lorde to Jeremy sayng Thus saith the lorde of powers y e god of Israel Go saye vnto al Juda to y e cytes of Jerusalez Wil ye receyue no disciplyne y t ye might obaye my wordis saith y e Lorde The wordis of Jonadab sone of Rechab coÌ„manding his chylderne to drynk no wyne stande faste for they drynk non vnto this daye but obayed y e precept of their father But I meselfe haue spokeÌ„ to you both erly rysing diligeÌ„tly warning yet obayed ye not me ouer al this I sent you al my seruaÌ„tis y e prophetis both erly rysinge ouer sendinge saynge Lome ageyn I praie you euery maÌ„ from his own yl waye turne your myndes into a better state go not thus awaye aftir straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ y t ye might abyde stil in this lande whiche I gaue you your fathers but ye gaue no eare nor obayed me The childerne of Jonadab sone of Rechab kept faste their fathers precepte whiche he gaue thez but this peple obayed not me Wherfore y e Lorde God of powers the God of Israel coÌ„mandeth me thus to saye Lo I shal bringe al thaffliâ—â—ioÌ„s vpon Juda vpon al the cytesens of Jerusalem which I haue decreed agenste them For I spake to them but they obayed me not I called them but they answerde not Than sayd Jeremy vnto the familye of the Rechabites Thus saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel For y t ye obayed the commandement of Jonadab your father kept al his preceptis doing aftir al y t he body you therfore thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel The stok of Jonadab sonne of Rechab shal not be with oute a man to continewe and stande in my presence for euer ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapiter THe fowerth yere of Joachim the sonne of Josias kinge of Juda thus did the Lorde his worde vnto Jeremy sayng Take the a grete boke and wryte therin al the sermons whiche I haue spoken vnto the to be preched vnto Israel Juda and to al nacions sence I begane to fpeke with the in the raygne of Josias vnto this present daye If paraduenture yet the house of Juda hearing al these affliccions wiche I purpose to do to them turne euery man from his euil waye I forgeue them their wykednes and synne Then Jeremy called to him Baruch the sone of Nerie And Baruch did wryte in the boke at the mouthe of Jeremy al the sermons of the Lorde spoken vnto Jeremy And Jeremy commanded Baruch sayng It is not suer for me to come into the house of the Lorde Go thou therfore and rede this boke wryten of my mouthe the very wordis of the Lorde al the peple hearing it in the daye of the faste and al Juda hearing it to ye euen vnto them to that ar comen hither from their cytes shalt thou rede theÌ„ If paraduenture they wil submitte their prayers vnto the presence of y e
helde their peace For they knewe nothing of the mater Then abode Jeremy still in then trye of the presone vntil y e same daye that Jerusalem was taken And al this was done whyle Jerusalem was in beseging and taking ¶ The .xxxix. Chapiter FOr in the nynthe yere of kinge Zedechias of Juda the .x. moneth came Nebuchadnezar kinge of Babylon with al his hoste vnto Jerusalem and beseged it And in the .xi. yere of Zedechias the .iiii. moneth the nynth daye of the monithe be broke in to the cyte and al the rulers and cheiftens of the kinge of Babylon came in and sate downe togither in iugement in the open gate as Nergal Garezer Samgarnebo Sarsechim Rabsaris Nergal Sarezaer Babinag with al the other kingis of Babylonis rulers and capitayns Whom whan Zedechias kinge of Juda sawe he with al his hoste fledde coÌ„uayed themselues oute of the cyte be night thorowe y e kingis backe ortcharde so thorow at a preuy gate betwene two wallis and went for the towerde the deserte But the Caldes hoste persued vpon them and toke Zedechias in the playne of Jericho and brought him to Nebuchadrezar king of Babylon in Riblatham in the londe of Hamathe Where the kinge layd sore to Zedechias his charge in iugement And Zedechias sonnes slayne in the sighte of their father in Riblatham the kinge of Babylon after he had slayne also al the nobles of Juda he put out Zedechias eyen his fete bownde togither sente him to Babylon And the kinges palace with y e wother comeÌ„s houses the caldes brent vp and threw down the wallis of Jerusalem And the peple left in the cyte withe them to that fled to him for socour the reste of the comens Nebuzar Adan chieften of y e hoste translated vnto Babylon But the raskal pore forlorne wretches this Nebuzar Adan chieften lefte stil in the londe of Juda and diuyded amonge them the vynyardis and feldis the same tyme. But Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon as coÌ„cerninge Jeremy commanded Nebuzar Adan their cheiften on this maner Take him to the and be fauourable to him and se thou doiste him no harme but what so euer he asketh of the let him haue it TheÌ„ Nebuzar Adan the archeiften of the hoste Nebusasban chieften of the geldedmen Nergal Sarezer chief auditour w t al thother officers and rulers vnder the kinge of Babylon sente called Jeremy frome thentrye of the presone and coÌ„mitted him vnto Gedolias sene of Ahicam sone of Saphan that he shulde take him home to his house and so he dwelled and coÌ„tinued still abrode amonge the peple But whyle Jeremy was shut in theÌ„try of the presone the worde of y e Lorde was shewed him on this maner Go tel Abdemelech thethiope Thus saith the Lorde of powrs y e god of Israel Beholde I shal bringe to passe my purpose right sharpe suerly nothing plesaunt whiche I haue decreed vpon this cyte euen thissame daye thou seing it In whiche daye yet wil I delyuer y e saith the Lorde so that thou shalt not come into the handis of these men whom thou ferest somyche Vndowted I shal preserue the frome the swerde so that thy lyfe shal be a proye vnto thyselfe because thou doist truste in me saithe the Lorde ¶ The argument of the .xl. Chapiter This Chapi with certayn other folowing declare the miserable ende of the cite nowe taken and the peple ouercome For the vngraciouse reamnant wer so tossed aboute and discorded amonge them selues one betrayng a nother that the prophecy of Moses as the lorde thretened them was now verifyed on theÌ„ euen this That they shulde be ouercome and led captyue into their enymes lande he wolde persecute them still with swerde ¶ The .xl. Chapiter HOw the Lorde dealt withe Jeremy aftir that Nabuzar Adan archeifteÌ„ of the hoste had delyuerd him from Raâ—a whither he had led him bownde amoÌ„g al the other captynes of Jerâ—salem and Juda. This Nabuzaradan called Jeremy vnto him sayng Thy Lorde God testifyed fermely this same calamite to fal vpon this place wherfore the Lorde hath brought it vpoÌ„ them fynesshed it accordiÌ„ge to his worde because ye sinned ageÌ„st the Lorde obayed not his voyce Wherfore this mysery is chaunced vnto you Now therfore lo I loose thy bondis whiche ar now vpoÌ„ thy handis and if it please the to go with me to Babylon come for I wil chourisshe the se thou wantest nothinge And if it lyke the not to go w t me me abyde here stil. Beholde al this lande is at thy plesure dwel in it where it lyke the best and it lyke the not to dwela brode alone go dwel with Gedolias sone of Ahicam sone of Saphan whom the kinge of Babylon hath made gouerner ouer the cite of Juda and abyde with him amonge the peple or els wher so euer it please the. And the archeiften of the hoste gaue him mete and drinke and rewardis lete him go Then wente Jeremy vnto Gedoliam sone of AhikaÌ„ vnto Masphat and dwelt with him among the other peple lefte in the lande And when it came to the ears of al the pety capitayns in Juda dispeâ—sed with their felowes thorow the felds that the kinge of Babylon had made GedoliaÌ„ son of Ahikam ruler of the lande and that men women and chyldern with the pore men of the lande whiche wer not led captyue to Babylon al shuld be vnder his dominion they came to Gedoliam in Masphat Ther came Ismael the sone of Nathanie Johanna and Jonathan sonnes of Care Saraias son of Thanhumeth and the sonnes of Ephai the Netophathite Zemeias sone of Maachathi with their felaws And Gedolias sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan swore both to them and to their felows in this maner Fere not to serue the Caldes dwel ye stil in this lande and serue the kinge of Babylon ye shal prosper For I meselfe lo dwel in Masphat to gouerne and be hed in the Caldeis name to answere to contente who so cometh vnto vs. Go ye therfore and gather your grapis to make wyne gather yn your whete corne and oyle and lay it vp in your garners dwel stil in your towns whiche ye holde Then al the Iwes being among the Moabites and Ammonitis in Idumea in al these regions vnderstanding that the kinge of Babylon had geueÌ„ GedoliaÌ„ sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan to be ruler of the reamnant left in Juda retourned from euery place whither they had fled before and came into the lande of Juda vnto Gedoliam in Masphat and gatherd grapis and grete plently of corne Then came Johanna the sone of Caree and al the pety capitayns dispersed thorow the region vnto Gedolias in Masphat sayng vnto him knowst thou not howe Baalis kinge of Ammon hath sent Ismael sone of Nathany to slaye the And yet Gedolias beleued them not And Johanna sone of Lare sayd vnto Gedolias preuyly in Masphat these wordis Wilt
thou that I go and slaye Ismael sone of Nathanie so y t none be aware of it wherfore shulde he slaye the and the Iwes also whiche be gatherd vnto the to scater theÌ„ awaye and so the reste of Juda vtterly to perysshe And Gedolias sone of Ahikam sayd vnto Johanna sone of Cart. Se thou doist it not for they be but lyes that ar tolde of Ismael ¶ The .xli. Chapiter IN the seueÌ„th moneth came Ismael y e sone of Nathanie sone of Elisame whiche was of the kingis blode w t the gretest aboute the kinge with x. mo of their conspyred complices vnto Gedolias sone of Ahikam in Masphat where they sate downe to meate altogither And Ismael the sone of Nathany start vp with his .x. conspyred complices that were w t him and smote Gedolias sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan with his swerde And so slew they him whom y e king of Babylon had made ruler of the lande And Ismael also slew al y e Iwes that were with Gedolias in Masphat and the Chaldes ther lefte to assiste him And it came to passe y t the nexte daye folowing the deth of Gedolias whiche yet was kept secrete ther came certain men frome Sichem froÌ„ Silo and Samary .lxxx. in nowmber their heads clipped their clothes cutte al sadde kareful bringing giftes sense in their handis to offer them vp in the house of y e Lorde And Ismael the sone of Nathany goyng forthe of Masphat met them comynge a grete pase wepinge And when he met them he sayd Go your ways to Gedoliam sone of AhikaÌ„ And wheÌ„ they were comen into the mids of the cite Ismael sone of Nathany with his coniured slew them by the middis of the dyke or lake And amoÌ„ge these .lxxx. meÌ„ there werten that sayd to Ismael slay vs not for we haue tresur in the felâ—e bothe whete barley oyle and honey Then he spared them and slew them not with their brothern And the lake into whiche Ismael threw the bodyes of the slayne whom he slew for Gedolias sake was y e same whiche kinge Asa made for fere of Baase kinge of Israel y e same lake Ismael filled withe the carkasis And he led away captiue al y e reste of y e peple as the kinges daughters w t al the peple lefte in Masphat ouer whom Nebuzaradan tharehieften had set Gedolias ruler And Ismael toke theÌ„ al went his waye to go to the Ammonitis Then Johanna the sone of Caree al the pety capitayns ouer the coÌ„pany hering al this mischiefe that Ismael had done toke al their company and weÌ„t forthe to fight with Ismael sone of Nathany and fownde him at y e waters of Rabim whiche arin Gabaon And when al the peple led captyue with Ismael sawe Johan the sone of Caree with al these pety capitayns and their company they wer glad There brought they agen al the peple that Ismael had caryed froÌ„ Masphat whiche retourned came to Johan y e sone of Caree But Ismael escaped with .viii. of his coÌ„iured froÌ„ the face of Johan wente to thaÌ„monitis Then Johan sone of Caree al his capitayns toke al this reste of the peple whoÌ„ they reskewed toke from Ismael caried fro Masphat aftir the dethe of Godolias whiche were men valeauÌ„t in batail their wyues chyldern and geldedmen whom they brought agen from Gabaon went sate downe in Geruth Chimham which place is by BethleheÌ„ entending so to goforthe into Egypte for fere ef the Caldes whom they fered for this cause that Ismael had slayne Gedolias sone of AhikaÌ„ whoÌ„ the kinge of Babylon had made ruler and ouerseer of the lande ¶ The .xlii. Chapiter THen came al these gonerners as Johan sone of Caree Jezanias sone of Hosie al the peple from the leste to the moste sayng vnto Jeremy the Prophete Here our peticion we beseche y e that is pray for vs vnto thy Lorde God for al this remnaunt here lefte of so many which ar now very fewe as thou seist vs that thy Lorde God wolde shew vs what waye we mought go and what we mought do Whom Jeremy the Prophete answerde I haue heâ—de you effectuouly Lo I shal pray vnto your Lorde God according to your desyer And what so euer the Lorde answer you I shal shew it you hyding nothinge from you Then sayd these men vnto Jeremy The Lorde of trouthe and faithe be our witnes if we do not aftir euery worde which thy Lorde God shal answer concerninge vs be it good or yll The voice of our Lorde God vnto whom we sende the we shal here that we mought prosper if we obaye the voyce of our Lorde God Aftir x. dayes the worde of the Lorde came to Jeremy And then he called Johan the sone of Caree and al the headis of the coÌ„pany that wer with him with al the peple from y e leste vnto the moste tolde them Thus spake y e Lorde God of Israel vnto whoÌ„ ye sente me to laye forth your prayers before him If ye wyl dwel stil in this lande I shal encrese you not destroye you plante you and not pluck you vp by the rotis For I am wel apayed and peased as towching the affliccion whiche I decreed vpon you Fere nomore the kinge of Babylon whom ye yet fere and nede not saith the Lorde For I shal be withe you to saue and delyuer you from his hande I wil forgeue and be merciful vnto you bringe you agen in to your owne lande But if ye wilnot set your myndis at reste to dwel stil in this lande not abaying the voyce of your Lorde God sayng let vs not abyde here but go into y e lande of Egypte where we shal se no warre nor here of any pealis to batayl nor suffer any honger ther let vs dwel Wherfore here the worde of the Lorde ye reamnant of Juda. Thus spake the Lorde of powers the God of Israel If ye be ful bente to go into Egypte ther to be in exyle it shal come to passe that the swerde whiche ye now fere shal ouer take you in Egypte and the honger that ye here fere shal cleue vpon you euen into Egypte there to dye For as many as shal sette their faces fermely bente thitherwarde there to case their exyle or banishment shal dye withe swerde honger and pesâ—elence Ther shal not one of them escape the plage whiche I shal bringe vpon them For thus saith the lorde of powers the God of Israel Lyke as my wrathe and furye did flowforthe vpon the inhabitours of Jerusalem euen so shal it flowforthe ouer you if ye go into Egypte For ye shal be an execracion a wondering stocke detested reuyled in obprobry to men neuer more to se this lande agene It is the Lorde that biddeth you Oh reamnaunt of Juda that ye go not into Egypte and that ye forget not what he hath testifyed vnto you this daye For ye shulde trappe your
owne selues For ye sent me to your Lorde God sayng Praye our Lorde God for vs And what so ouer our Lorde God answere tel vs and we will do it Nowe therfore haue I shewed you the voyce of your Lorde God for the whiche thinge he hathe sente me vnto you and yet wil ye not obaye Be ye suer therfore to dye withe swerde honger and pestilence in that same place whiche delyte you so gretely to fle vnto ¶ The .xliiii. Chapiter ANd aftir that Jeremy had lefte preching to al the peple al these wordis of the Lorde God for whose cause he sent him to them Azarias sone of Holy Johan sone of Caree with al that heady presumptuouse peple sayd vnto Jeremy Thou lyest vnto vs nether hath our Lorde God sente the to commande vs that we go not into Egypte to dwel there But Baruch the sone of Nery hath let the slip among vs to betraye delyuer vs into the power of y e Babylonytis to lede vs captiue to Babylon there to slaye vs. And this Johan y e sone of Caree with al the captins of the hoste and al the peple obayd not y e lordis wordis that they shulde dwel stil in the lande of Juda. Then toke Johan sone of Caree al the cheiftens of the multitude led a waye al the remnant of Juda which wer nowe come to gither agen from al the nacions amonge whom they had benscatred to dwel agene in the lande of Juda as strangers they toke and led awaye I saye men wemen and chylderne the kingis daughters and al them that Nebuzaradan tharchieften had lefte with Gedoliam sone of Ahikam sone of Saphan They toke also Jeremy y e Prophete and Baruch the sone of Nery came into Egypte For they obayd not y e lordis voice And they came into Thaphnis in Thaphnis y e worde of y e lorde was shewed vnto Jeremy sayng Take in thy haÌ„de grete stones hyde them in an hole in y e grownde by the brik wall vnder the dore of Pharos house in Thaphnis in y e sight of the men of Juda sayng vnto them Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel Beholde I shal sende cal hither Nebuchadrezar my seruant kinge of Babylon set his trone vpoÌ„ these stones which I haue hid which shal bende his tente ouer them For he shal come and plage the lande of Egypte some with slaughter some with captiuite some with swerde he shal set fyer on the temples of the Goddis of Egypte and burne them vp and holde their godis captiue And y e lande of Egypt aftir this shal clothe hirselfe as the herdeman putteth on his clothes to get him hence in peace Also he shal alto breke the pilers of the temple of the sonne in Egypt and the temples of the Gods of Egypte he shal consume with fyer ¶ The .xliiii. Chapiter THe sermon shewed vnto Jeremye vpon al the Jews y t dwelt in Egypt in Migdalo in Thaphna in Memphi in the lande of patheres on this maner Thus saith the Lorde of powers the God of Israel ye haue sene al y e miserable calamite whiche I brought vpon Jerusalem vpon al the cytes of Juda how they be desolate vnto this daye no man dwelling in them that euen for their sinnes whiche they committed prouoking my wrathe whyle they wente and kindled their fyers worshipping strange gods whiche nether they their selues knewe nor yet you nor your fathers Albeit yet I sent them al my seruaÌ„tis the Prophetis erly rysing continually sendinge and mouâ—sshing in tyme sayng Se I praye you that ye committe not this abominacion whiche I aborre so gretely and yet they obayd not nor once moued their ears to them to go from their myscheife nomore to kindle their fyers before these straÌ„ge gods Wherfore my hotte indignacion wrathe was kindled burned vp their cytes feldis w t the stretis of Jerusalem and so were they made desolate forsaken as ye maye se euen this daye Now therfor saith y e Lorde of powers the God of Israel Wherfore do ye so grete wykednes agenst your owne selues to spill your men womeÌ„ soukelingis infantis of Juda so that ye shal at laste leue none a lyue while ye prouoke me to anger with y e workis of your owne handis kindlinge lyghtis vnto strange Gods in y e lande of Egypte into whiche ye ar gone to dwel in to be clene cut awaye execrable accursed ignominiouse among al y e nacioÌ„s of y e erthe Remember ye not y e synnes of your fathers y e synnes of y e kingis of Juda of their wyues your owne synnes your wyues which ye coÌ„mitted in y e lande of Juda both in the felde stretis of Jerusalem And yet be ye not sorye or humbled vnto this daye ye fere not ye walke not in my lawe and preceptis which I gaue bothe to you your fathers Werfore thus saith y e Lorde of powers y e God of Israel Beholde I am fermely decreod to scourge you to pluckup al Juda by y e rotes take y e reamnaunt of Juda y e bente their faces so stifeneckedly to enter into Egypt ther to dwel take their plesures And they shal be al wasted awaye they shal be al smyten downe in y e lande of Egypt consumed with swerde honger Frome the leste to y e gretest shal they dye with swerde honger They shal be an execracion aborred wondred at curssed and into obprobrye For I shal so vyset thinhabitours of y e lande of egypt as I haue visited Jerusalem w t swerd honger and pestelence that of al the remnaunt of Juda whiche went into Egypt there to dwel shal be none lefte salfe to returne into y e lande of Juda although their myndes was to come agene yet shal ther none returne but siche as shal fle escape Then al these men whiche wer preuye to their wyues sacryfiyng vnto straÌ„ge gods and al the women ther present in the hole multitude and al the peple to that ther dwelled in Egypte in the cyte of patheres answerd Jeremy on this maner The sermone whiche thou madist vnto vs in the name of the Lorde in nomaner wyse wil we receyue but we wil do what so euer goith forthe of owr owne mouthe whether it be sacrifising vnto the quene of heuen or offering any other oblacion lyke as both we our fathers haue done before vs as wel our kingis rulers bothe in the cytes of Juda as wel with oute as with in Jerusalem For then had we plenty of foode then wer we happye and sawe no plagis But as sone as we ceassed froÌ„ sacrificing to the quene of heuen from geuing hir gyftis we were nedy of al thingis consumed with swerde honger And laste of al when we women did sacrifice to y e quene of heuen geuing hir giftis did we
then make hir kake brede housbandlesse and offred to hir lyquet sacryfices to prouoke hir to anger Then sayd Jeremy vnto al the peple to men and women and al the comens that answerd him on this maner Remembred not the Lorde the facrifices whiche ye offred in the cytes of Juda and Jerusalem both with in with oute bothe you and your fathers bothe your kingis and rulers and the peple of y e lande Did he not reuolue them in his minde And the Lorde coude suffer no lenger your maliciouse thoughtis and abominacioÌ„s which ye committed Was not your lande therfore made desolate forsaken so detestable that no man may dwel in it vnto this daye And euen for this cause that ye sacrificed and synned agenst the Lorde not obaing his voice y t ye mought haue had walked in his lawe his ordinaÌ„cis testimonis for these causes I saye these affliccioÌ„s plages came vpon you as this daye wel witnesseth Morouer Jeremy added vnto al the peple and al the women these wordis Here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche ar in y e lande of Egypte For thus saith the Lorde of powrs the God of Israel you your wyues haue spoken y e thinge with your mouthes whiche ye haue accomplesshed with your dedis sayng we wil with oute any stoppe do our owne decreed plesures whiche we haue vowed that is to wite to do sacrifice vnto y e quene of heueÌ„ powr hir forth lyquet sacrifices before hir thus stoutely haue ye set vp your owne set plesures and with oute any refrayne haue ye finâ—sshed your own vowes Wherfore here ye the worde of the Lorde al Juda whiche dwel in y e laÌ„de of Egypt Beholde I haue sworne by my nowne name y t is so grete saith y e Lorde My name shal nomore be named in the mouthe of any man of Juda y t he may saye in al y e lande of Juda. The Lorde God lyueth For I shal be their watche maÌ„ to scourge not to defend theÌ„ y t they might reste And al Juda shal be coÌ„sumed whiche is in y e lande of Egypte w t swerde honger tyl they be clene gone And they y t shal escape y e swerde shal returne from Egypte vnto y e lande of Juda but these shal be very fewe And y e remnauÌ„t of Juda comeÌ„ into y e lande of Egypte ther to be strangers shal knowe whose wordis abyde moste certayne trwe of theirs or myne And take this for a tokeÌ„ amoÌ„ge you That I wil vyset you in this same laÌ„de y t ye maye knowe certaynly y t I wil stablisshe my purpose as towchiÌ„g your affliccioÌ„ Lo I shal delyuer vp Pharao Haphraz kiÌ„ge of Egypt into y e powr of his enymes which thirste for his life eueÌ„ as I delyuered up zedechias kiÌ„g of Juda into y e haÌ„dis of Nebuchadrezar kiÌ„ge of BabyloÌ„ his enmy thirstiÌ„g for his lyfe ¶ The .xlv. Chapiter THe wordis whiche Jeremy the Prophete spake vnto Baruch y e sone of Nery wheÌ„ he wrote these sermoÌ„s in a boke receiued at y e mouthe of Jeremy y e fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josias kinge of Juda on this maner Thus saith y e lorde God of Israel vnto y e o Baruch Thou saydst as thou wast in wrytinge Ah lasse for sorowe wretche y t I am for y e Lorde hathe sawced my labours w t sorowe care I labored w t grete desyer shal I fynde no reste Thou therfore Jeremy tel him thus Thus saith y e lorde Beholde me these thiÌ„gis which I haue bylded I shal caste downe y t I haue planted I shal pluck vp by y e roots eueÌ„ al this same laÌ„de gapest thou for any grete promocioÌ„ or tobe magnified Be not couetouse nor ambiciouse for lo I shal bringe a miserable calamite vpon euery man saith the Lorde Nethelesse yet shalt thou enioye thy lyfe and take it for a vauÌ„tage where so euer thou becomest ¶ Here folowe the sermons of the Lorde shewed vnto the Prophete Jeremy whiche he preched vnto the gentylis ¶ The .xlvi. Chapiter THis sermone folowing Jeremy preched vnto the EgypcioÌ„s as concerning the hoost of Pharao Necho kinge of Egypt when he was in Charchamis by y e flowde Euphrates where he was slayne of Nebuchadrezer kinge of Babylon the fowerth yere of Joachim sone of Josâ—as kinge of Juda. ye make redye buckler and shylde and ye goforthe to fyght ye harnes your horse lightvp on their backis oh horse men ye sett on faste your salettis ye bringe forthe your speres ye skower your swerdis and clothe your selues with cotis of mayse But herken hoiwe seirs wherfore seme ye to be afrayde shrinke ye now backe ar your valeaunt waryers thus slayne fle you so that none dare loke backe Tremblyng fere muste cloose them in saith y e Lorde The lightest of fote shal not fle awaye nor y e stroÌ„gest shalnot escape Northwarde by y e floude Euphrates shal they be smyten downe and fall al togither But who is this that swelieth rysing vp lyke a flowde roringe lyke a grete rysing water They ar thegypcioÌ„s that swell lyke a flowde casting oute their stremes with so grete noyse for they saye Let vs aryse kouer the lande let vs destroye the cytes withe their inhabitours Get ye to horse backe romble forthe charietis Set forthe ye stronge waryers ye Morians and Lybeons that beare shylde ye Lydeons withe your bowes redy bente But this same daye shal be the daye of vengeance of the Lorde God of powrs to take vengeance vpon his enemes The swerde shal deuoure themvp be satisfyed it shal be bathed in their blode For the Lorde God of powrs will make a sacrifyce northe warde by y e flowde Euphrates Go vp oh Galaad bringe medecynable rosen or triacle for the virgen and daughter Egypte but thou shalt multiplye and make thy plasters in vayne For the woundes cannot be closed vp The nacions shal here of thy ignomynye thy infamy shal fill al the lande For where one stronge man falleth vpon a nother shal they not come bothe downe to gither The sermon spoken of the Lorde vnto the Prophete Jeremy of the setting forthe of Nebuchadrezar kinge of Babylon to slaye and conquere the londe of Egypte Shewsorth thorowe Egypte preche in Migdalo Memphi Taphna sayng Stande still and make thy selfe redye For y e swerde shal deuoure the in euery partye Wherfore ar thy valeaunte men fallne downe Wherfore stode they not faste For y e lorde thrusted them downe Grete was the slaughter For one fill vpoÌ„ a nother whyle they stode takinge their aduysment saynge Herken howe syers let vs returne vnto our owne folke and natyue lande from the edge of the deuoweringe swerde Call hence kinge Pharao and tell him oh Pharao kinge of Egypt this daye wil be thy confusion As verely as I lyue faith the kinge whose name is y e
them to Reblatha vnto the kinge of Babylon And the kinge of Babylon slewe them in Reblatha in the lande of Hemath And thus was Juda translated led captiue oute of their owne lande ¶ This is the some of the peple led awaye into captiuite of Nebuchadrezar IN the vii yere of his raigne he led awaye .iii. M. .xxiii. In y e xviii yere of his raigne Nebuchadrezar ledawaye captyue from Jerusalem .viii. C. men and .xxxii. The xxiii yere of Nebuchadrezar Nebuzaradan cheif capitayn ruler ouer the Iwes ledawaye vii honderd .xlv. The hole some of al the captyues iiii M. and .vi C. It came to passe in y e day y e lxxiii yere of y e captiuite of Joachin kinge of Juda the .xxv daye of y e xii moneth y t Aeuil Merodach kinge of Babylon y e same yere y t he raigned wolde restore Joachin kinge of Juda vnto his dignite and so brought him oute of the preson And there talked with him very ientely And ordened him a kingis seat aboue the place of other kingis that were w t him in Babylon He chaÌ„ged y e clothes of his captiuite And he did ete at the kinges coste al his lyfe Also he had his lyuinge continually geuen him of the kinge of Babylon for euery daye a certayn allowed him vntyl he dyed ¶ The lamentacions of Jeremye vhich he did sit weepermoorninge vpon Jerulalem vpon the miserable fall of the Iwes aftir that Juda was led awaye into captiuite and Jerusalem left desolate lamenting on this maner Euery verse hauinge before it orderly an Hebrew letter aftir their A. B. C. ¶ The .i. Chapiter verse Aleph AH How now sitteth this cyte al a lone some tyme so populose Whiche was the moste haunted amonge al nacions how is she now become so lyke a wedowe Oh lady of prouinces how art thou thus distressed and brought vnder tribute verse Beth. She passeth ouer the night waking and wepinge She watereth her chekis with bitter teres For ther is not one of al hir louers that wil confort hir euen hir next frendis aborre hir and ar become hir enymes verse Gimel Juda is taken for hir lying downe and for hir manifolde false worship she now dwelleth emonge the gentyls She hath lytel reste Euery man that persued hir toke her And she dwelleth amonge hir enymes verse Daleth The wayes to Zion moorne because no man come vnto hir solempne festis al hiâ— gates ar desolate Her priestis wayle hir maydens vntyered ar right careful and she hirselfe hath a sorowful herte verse He. Her enymes flewyn vpon hir hed scornefully reuyled hir for the Lorde scourged hir for hir manifolde synnes Her chyldern were drouen a waye captiue before their aduersaryes verse Dau. All the beutye of the daughter Zion is perisshed gone Her rulers ar lyke rammes that can fynde no pasture They be so tagged and haryed awaye before their persuers that they ar brethlesse verse Zain Jerusalem remembreth both the dayes of hir affliccion and rebellion also the dayes paste of hir wealy prosperite euen whylis hir peple fall downe vnder their aduersarys handis noman to helpe them Their enymes beholde them and scorne their sabbath dayes verse Heth. Jerusalem for hir abominable and so manifolde synnes is thus translated tossed from place to place All that loked vpon hir coÌ„tempne hir for they sawe hir shameful secrete partes Euen she hirselfe be wayleth her state being a shamed of hir owne selfe verse Teth. Hir vnclennes runneth downe rowndaboute by hir helis she coÌ„sydered not what wolde folowe and be her ende so to haue come downe from hir pryde wherfore she sitteth counfortlesse nether can she saye hirselfe Lorde beholde my affliccion for my enymie preualeth agenst me verse Jod Her enymes stretche forthe their handis vnto al hir moste preciouse thingis euen before hir owne face That is to saye she fawe the haithen come in and oute of hir holy secrete place of the temple which thing I forbode that is to weit that they shulde not come into thy chirche verse Caph. All hir peple sought their brede with waysinge euery man leyd out his moste preciouse iwellis for meat to saue his lyfe Se Lorde and beholde how vyle I am made verse Lamed Oh ye all that passe forby this waye beholde and se If any sorowful heuynes hath so plucked down any as it hath done me with whiche sorowe and heuynes the Lorde hath scourged me in the daye of his terrible wrathe verse Mem. He sente down fyer frome aboue into my bones he bente a nette for my fete and threwe me wyde oâ—en He left me desolate and in a perpetual moorninge verse Nun. The yoke of my trasgressions his hande spedely prepared He lyfted me vp and wrothe it aboute my nek my strength fil awaye The Lorde betoke me into the handis of them whence I coud not delyuer my selfe verse Samech The Lorde destroyed al the grete men that were with me He bode me to a feste of the destruccion of my nown chosen Euen as in the wyne presse the Lorde pressed out the virgen and daughter Juda. verse Ain Wherfore I wepe and my eyes water for farre frome is any counforter whiche shuld restore me to my selfe agene My sonnes ar caste oute of the dores for my enyme hath preuayled verse Pe. Zion splayeth her haÌ„dis a brode nether is their any that wil confort hir the Lorde hath brought vpon hir thenymes of Jacob rownd aboute hir And Jerusalem standeth in y e middes of them lyke a menstruouse woman verse Zadic The Lorde verely is rightuouse but I haue offended his presence Hear I besech you al maner of peple and consyder my heuynes My maydes and my yonge men ar led awaye captiue verse Kuph I call my louers but they deceyue me I call my priestis and the alder men of my cyte but these ar al perisshed in the tyme of famyn seking to sustayne their lyfe verse Res. Beholde Lorde for I am sore scourged my bely rombleth my herte wambleth in me and I am withoute forthe ful of bitternes the swerde maketh me a wydewe with in I am lyke dethe verse Sin They hear my waylinge but they ceasse to counforte Al myne enymes hering of my calamite reioysed For thou didist cause it Thou shalt call and bringeforth a tyme when they shal be made lyke me verse Thau Thou shalt cast vpon them grete calamite Thou shalt pluck them a waye for their wykednes euen as thou hast cutte me a waye for myne My sorowful moorning is endelesse my herte is ful heuye ¶ The .ii. Chapiter verse Aleph HOw hathe the Lorde derkened the daughter Zion in his wrathe Hathe he so scatered the noble lande of Israel from vnder heuen that he hath forgoten his fotestole in his anger verse Beth The Lorde casted downe hedesinge al the gloriouse beutye of Jacob with oute any fauour He throw downe in
his â—â—â—gnacion the stronge defensis of the daughter Juda layd them on the erthe he prophaned hir kingdome rulers verse Gimel In his heuy wrathe he alto broke the power of Israel He caused Israel to be handeled of their enymes and â—urned vp Jacob with the flame of fyer wastinge all rownde a boute verse Daleth He bente his bowe lyke an aduersarye and stretched forth his right hande lyke an enymye destroyed al thingis plesauÌ„t to beholde in the tabernacle of the daughter Zion he powered forthe his wrathe lyke fyer verse He. The Lorde became an enymye threwdowne hedelinge Israel he casted downe al their palaces withe al their stronge defences encresed heuynes euen perpetually vnto the daughter Juda. verse Dau. He also dispersed hir tabernacle which was lyke paradyse and did put downe hir solempne festis The lorde did oute of mynde in Zion solempnites sabbath dayes in the fury of his indignacion wrathe he layed open kinge and preiste for euery obprobriouse reuelinge verse Zain The Lorde repessed his owne auter he was angrye with his secrete holy place and gaue vp hir wallis with turrettis into the handis of their enymes which made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in one of their solempne festis verse Heth. The Lorde determined to destroye the wallis of the daughter Zion he drewe for the his lyne and turned not his hande tyl he had cast it downe wherfore the turrettis with the wallis throne downe moorne bothe togither verse Teth. Hir gates were caste downe to y e grownde their barres wer alto broken Hir kinges and rulers wer led a waye vnto the haithen They ar with out lawe prophete vision from the Lorde verse Jod The aldermen of the daughter Zion sitte downe with sylence on y e grounde their headis bespreigned with asshes themselues girte with sak The virgens of Jerusalem cast downe their headis to the grounde verse Caph. Aboundance of teris wasted my eyes my bowels rombled with in me my lyuer was powerd forth vpon y e grownde for the destruccion of my peple when the chyldern and souklingis famesshed and filldowne in the stretis of the cyte verse Lamed Euen when they wolde saye to their mothers where is the meat and drincke And as they thus sayd they fildowne in y e stretis as men wownded and some leete their lyues in their mothers bosomes verse Mem. By what thing might I certifye the to what thinge might I compare y e oh daughter Jerusalem what thinge might I lyken the to withe what thinge might I conferre the oh virgen and daughter Zion For thy destruccion and wownde is a sea vnmesurable Who maye heale the verse Nun. Thy Prophetis loked the forthe vayne and folisshe thingis nether wolde they vtter and tel the thy wikednes that they might haue turned a waye thy captiuite but they loked forth falsely burdens for the deceyuable dispersions verse Samech Al that passed forby the clapped their handis at the they hyssed and wagged their headis vpon the daughter Jerusasem saynge Is thâ—s the cyte that euery man praysed to be so fayer in whicht al y e worlde delighted verse Ain All thy enymes mocked moewed vpon the they hyssed grenned saynge let vs deuoure for the tyme is come that we loked fore we haue fownde and sene verse Pe. The lorde hathe performed his thought and fynesshed his worde decreed in tyme paste He hath destroyed and spared not He hathe made thyne enymye glad ouer the and exalted the power of thy aduersayrys verse Zadic Let thy herte crye vnto the Lorde oh cyte daughter Zion Let thy teris flowout lyke a ryuer daye and night take the to no reste nor let not the apple of thyn eye ceasse verse Kuph Aryse and praye be night in the begininge of the watche powerout thy herte lyke water before the Lorde lyft vp thy handis vnto him for y e lyues of thy lytelons which perisshe for honger in the headis endis of euery strete verse Res. Se Lorde beholde wherfore hast thou thus plucked vs awaye hath it any where be sene women to haue eaten their owne chyldern of a spanne longe Haâ—ie ther be sene priest and Prophete slayne in the secrete holy place of the Lorde verse Sin Yonge and olde ar layd with oute on the grownde my maydes and yonge men ar smyteÌ„downe with swerde whom thou slewest in the daye of thy wrathe thou hast slayne and not spared verse Thau Thou calledst my neghbours a boute me lyke as vnto a solempne feste ther escaped none nor yet any left in y e daye of the wrathe of the Lorde What I nourisshed encriased my aduersarys consumed The .iii. Chapiter verse Aleph IT is I that am the very man which haue felte the miserable calamite by the staffe of his wrathe verse Aleph It is I whom he droue and led but yet in derkenes and not in light verse Aleph Agenst me be turned and moued his hande at all tymes verse Beth. He made olde my flesshe and skyne and broke my bones to powlder verse Beth. He buylded agenst me and closed me in with gall and labour verse Beth. He did sette me in Detkenes as dead men for euer verse Gimel He hedged me in rowndabout that I coude not scape and layed more waight vpon my gyues verse Gimel Ye and albeit I crye and make supplicacion yet he repelleth my prayer verse Gimel He stopped my waye with fower squared stones and made croked my pathes verse Daleth He became a waite laynge bere for me a lyon in a preuy place verse Daleth He inuerted my waye and disapoynted me of my iourney he made me desolate verse Daleth He bente his bowe did sette me vp his marke to shote at verse He. He sente his arows into my raynes verse He. I was made a fable and a perpetual iesting stok to all my peple verse He. He satisfyed me with bitternes and filled me with worme wode verse Dau. He knocked out my tethe w t a stone spurned me rolled w t his fete in y e duste verse Dau. He did put me from al maner rest so y t I haue no remeÌ„beraÌ„ce of any goodnes verse Dau Thus therfore I thinke with my selfe I am vtterly vndone and altogither forsaken of the Lorde verse Zain Remember my affliccion my violent iniury wormewode and gall verse Zain My soule in ernestly remembringe these thingis melteth a waye in me verse Zain Whyse yet I call these thingis vnto my mynde I come thus agene to hope verse Heth That y e mercyes of y e lorde ar al not wasted his goodnesses ceasse not verse Heth. Thy grete faithfulnes is lyke the fresshe morninge verse Heth. The Lorde is my parte saith my soule wherfore I truste in him verse Teth. The Lorde is good vnto y e faste beleuinge soule y t seketh asketh aftir him verse Teth. It
is good paciently to suffer and softely to waite for that sauing helth from the Lorde verse Teth. Oh how goodly a thiug is it for a man to take and beare the yoke euen from his yougeth verse Jod He sitteth alone ful still that is contente with himselfe verse Jod He setteth his mouth vnto y e erthe if paradueÌ„ture any hope wil offer hir selfe verse Jod He offreth his cheke vnto the smyter is wel content with obprobrye verse Caph. For the Lorde neuer forsake the nor spurneth vs a waye for euer verse Caph. But if he cast vs of yet for his abundant mercye he forgeueth agene verse Caph. For he scourgeth not nor repelleth not the chyldern of men of herte and mynde verse Lamed As thoughe he wolde breke trede vnder his fete al that be bownde in preson on the erthe verse Lamed To auoyde turne from mannis iugement in y e sight of y e most highest verse Lamed Nether to vexe vniustly any maÌ„nis cause the Lorde knoweth it uot verse Mem. Who then dare saye y t any thinge is done w t oute goddis coÌ„mandement verse Mem. Both good yll go they not forthe of y e mouthe of the moste highest verse Mem. Wheryn then is man yet lyuing so stroÌ„ge He is valeaunt in the goodly actes of synne verse Nun. Let vs therfore serche remember our own wayes turne to y e Lorde verse Nun. Let vs lifte vp our hertis handis vnto the Lorde which is in heuen verse Nun. We be verely y e synners the disobedieâ—tâ— but thou shalt thou not forgeue verse Samech Thou hast harnest thyselfe w t wrath and persued vs thou hast slayne vs with out grace verse Samech Thou hast harnest thyselfe with a clowde that our prayer shulde not pearse thorow vnto the. verse Samech Thou hast made vs the dregges dirte euen abiectes of all peple verse Ain All our enymes potted and mowed with their mouthes vpon vs. verse Ain Fear snare a liftinge vp a throwing-downe chaunched vpon vs. verse Ain My eyes gusshedout water for the throyngdowne and brekinge of the daughter which is my peple verse Pe. My eyes powerout water ceasse not because ther apereth no reste verse Pe. When wilt thou se and beholde vs oh Lorde frome heuen verse Pe. My eye wasteth my herte for al y e daughters sake of my cyte verse Zadic My enymes honted me sharpely lyke a birde ye that with oute a cause verse Zadic They thrusted downe my lyfe into the pitte layed a stonne vpon me verse Zadic They powered water vpon my head I sayd now am I done verse Kuph I called vpon thy name oh Lorde euen from a right depe graue verse Kuph And thou herdst my voyce and turnedst not thy earis fro my sobbing and crying verse Kuph Thou didist come to me euen when I called vpon y e sayng vnto me be not a frayd verse Res. Lorde thou defendedst my cause and redemedst my lyfe verse Res. Lorde thou sawest my synnes take vp and defende my cause verse Res. Thou espyedst all their study to hurte me al their counsel agenst me verse Sin Lorde thou herdist their obprobriouse reuylingis and all their thoughtis to hurte me verse Sin And thou herdest the lippes of them that stode vp ageÌ„st me their conspirisons dayly conspired agenst me verse Sin Thou seist their downsittinge and vpstandinge I am the mater of their songes verse Thau Requyte them Lorde aftir the workis of their owne handis verse Thau Rewarde them the harpe of their owne herte euen their owne curse to light vpon them verse Thau Folow vpon them Lorde with thy indignacion and pluk them vp by the rotes from all that ar vnder heuen The .iiii. Chapiter verse Aleph OH How is the golde thus dimned hir so oriastâ— colour chaÌ„ged How ar the stones of y e holy temple dispersed sâ—rewed vnto y e endes of euery strete verse Beth. The noble sonnes of Zion sometyme decked with the purest golde How ar they now lyke erthen potsherdis made with y e potters hande verse Gimel These â—amies geue souâ—â—e their whelps w t their bare brestis but y e daughter of my peple now lyke a wylde beast dwelleth in the wyldernes lyke StruthioÌ„s verse Daleth The soukelings tongue cleued to the rofe of his mouthe for thirste the lytelons asked brede but ther was none that wolde geue it them verse He. They that fed somtyme dilicately dyed in y e stretis they that wer brought vp in purple were now â—ledde w t a torde verse Dau. And y e synne of y e daughter of my peple is reputed greter then the synne of Sodome subuerted in the twynkling of an eye withoute any mannis hande verse Zain Her Nazarens wer whyter then the snowe or mylke they were roidirer than the diamonde or any of the oother preciouse stones their fresshe beutye did shyne lyke the Saphyre verse Heth. But now is their beutye blacker theÌ„ the very derkenes it selfe thou woldest not know theÌ„ in the stretis their skinnes eleue to their bones they be withred vp lyke a drye blok verse Teth. The slayne with swerde wer beter at ease then those that perisshed for honger whiche famesshed for the famyn of y e felde verse Jod The wemen naturally ful of pyte seethed their own chyldern with their own handis to eat them in that miserable famyne of the daughter of my peple verse Caph. The Lorde finesshed his wrath powered forth his hot indignacion and did sette fyer on Zion which deuowered hir fouÌ„dacions verse Lamed Nether the kinges of the lande nor yet al the worlde wolde not haue beleued y t their enymes shuld euer haue comen yn thorow y e gatis of Jerusalem verse Mem. Which thinge not withstandinge yet came it to passe for the synnes of her prophetis and myscheif of hir priestis whi che shed in hir the bloude of innocentis verse Nun. So y t these blynde betells went staggeringe in the stretis wrestlyng with blode saynge yet in y e mean ceason we maye not towche their clothes verse Samech But cryed vnto euery man fle frome blodeshedinge auoyde get ye hence touche them not Nethelesse thus sayng they cause men to be burned to fle frome place to place at laste neuer more to inhabite their owne countrye verse Ain Wherfore the grimme countenaÌ„ce of the Lorde hath banesshed them neuer more to beholde them for nether they their selues reuereÌ„tly fered the face of the priestis nor yet had thy any pyte of their elders verse Pe. Wherfore euen yet our eyes dazel and fayl while we loke for our vayn helpe sekyng besely siche folke that canne not helpe vs. verse Zadic They layd a waite and made slyber our pathes so that we coude not go in the stretis then was our ende comeÌ„ our dayes wer done our departing was present verse Kuph Our persuers were