gyueth hym selfe to wyckednesse The .ix. Chapter THey that belyuing knowe that they shall dye but they that or dead know nothyng neyther deserue they any more For they re memoriall is forgotten so that they be neither loued hated nor enuyed neyther haue they any more parte in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do that do with all thy power For in the graue that thou goest vnto there is neyther worcke counsayle knowledge nor wysdome For a man knoweth not his tyme but lyke as the fyshe are taken with the angle and as the byrdes are caught with the snare euen so are men taken in the perillous tyme when it commeth sodenly vpon them The .x. Chapter A Bablet of his tongue is no better theÌ„ a serpent that stingeth without hysiyng Woo be vnto thee o thou lande whose king is but a chylde and whose princes are early at theyr bankettes But well is thee o thou lande whose kynge is come of nobles and whose princes eate in due season For necessitie and not for lust Wishe the kyng no euell in thy thoughtâ— and speake no hurte of the ryche in thy preuye chambre for a byrde of the ayre shall betraye thy voyce with her fethers shal she bewrayethy wordes The .xi. Chapter WHen the tree falleth whether it be toward the South or North in what place so euer it fall there it lyeth ¶ The booke of wysdome the fyrste Chapter WYsedome shall not entre into a frowarde soule nor dwel in the body that is subdued vnto synne The mouth that speaketh lyes stayeth the soule The .ii. Chapter Thorowe enuy of the deuel came death into the worlde The .iii. Chapter GLorious is the fruite of good labour and that roote of wisdome shall neuer fade awaye The .iiii. Chapter ASe is an honourable thynge neuertheles it standeth not onely in the length of time nor in the multitude of yeares but a mans wisedom is the graye heare and an vndefiled lyfe is the olde age The .v. Chapter THe righteous shal lyue for euermore theyr rewarde also is with the lorde and they re remembraunce with the hygheste The .vi. Chapter MErry is grauÌ„ted vnto the symple but they that be in auctorite shal be soreptinâ— shed The kepyng of the lawe is perfection and an vncorrupt lyfe maketh a man familier with god The multitude of the wyse is the welfare of the worlde and a wyse kinge is the vyholdyng of the people The .vii. Chapter WYsedome is the breth of the power of god and a pure cleane expressynge of the clearenesse of almighty god God loueth no man but him in whome wysedome dwelleth The .ix. Chapter A Mortall and corruptible bodye is heauy to the soule and the catthlye mansion kepest downe that vnderstondynge that museth vpon many thinges The .xi. Chapter LObe wherewithall a manne synneth by the same also shall he he punyshed Thou hast ordered all thinges in measure numbre and weighte The .xii. Chapter WHere as thou doest but chasten vs thou pâ—nyshest oure enemies dyuers wayes to the intent that when we punyshe we shuld remember thy goodnes when we out selues are punyshed to put oure trust in thy mercye The .xiii. Chapter BY the greatnesse and bewte of the creature the maket therof maye plainely be knowen The .xiiii. Chapter CUrsed is the ydoll that is made with handes yea both it and he that made it The .xvi. Chapter It was nether herbe nor piaster that restored them to health but thy worde o Lord which healest all thynges It is thou o Lorde that haste power of life and death thou leadest vnto dethes dore and bringest vp againe The .xvii. Chapter IT is an heauy thinge when a mannes owne conscience beareth recorde of his wickednes and condemneth him And whye a vexed and a wounded conscience taketh euer truell thinges in hande ¶ The boke of Iesus the sonne of Sirach the firste Chapt. THe feare of the Lorde is the rote of wisedome hir brauÌ„ches are longe life The .ii. Chapter LIke as golde and siluer are tried in the sire eueÌ„â—o are acceptable men in the furnace of aduersitie Better it is for vs to fall into the handes of the lorde them into the handes of men for his merceye is it great as hymselfe The .iii. Chapter HOuoure thy father in dede in woorde and in all pacience that thou mayest haue godâ— biessyng and his blessyng shall abyde with theceâ— the last The greater thou art the more humble thy selfe in all thyngee and thou shalt fynde fauoure in the sighte of god Seeke not oute the thinges that are about thy capacitie and searche not the grounde of such thynges as are to mightie for thee but loke what god hath commaunded thee thynke vpon that al waye and be not curious in manye of his workes For it is not nedefull for thee to see with thine eyes the thynges that are secrete Make not thou to muche searche in superfluous thyngee and be not curious in many of his woorkes for manye thynges are shewed vnto thee alreadye which be aboue the capacitie of men The medlyng with suche hath begyled many a man and taÌ„gled their wittes in vanitie Nowe he that loueth petell shall perishe therein God hath respecte vnto hym that is thankful he thynketh vpon hym ageynst the tyme to come so that when he falleth he shall fynde a stronge holde The .iiii. Chapter CAst not thyne eyes asyde from the poore for any euell wyll that thou geue hym none occasion to speape euel by thee For yf he complaint of thee in the bytternesse of his soule his prayer shal be hearde euen he that made hym shall heart hym My sonne make muche of tyme eschewe the thyng that is euell and for thy lyfe shame not to dye the trueth For there is a shame that bryngeth synne and there is a shame that bryngethe worshippe and fauoure Be not hastye in thy tounge neyther slacke and negligent in thy workes Let not thyne hande be stretched out to recepue and shutte whan thou shuldeit geue The .v. Chapter BEcause thy sonne is geuen the be not therfore without feare neyther heape one synne vpon another And saye not tushe the mercye of the lorde is great he shall forgeue me my synnes be they neuer so many For like as he is mercyful so goeth wrath from hym also and his indignacioÌ„ commeth downe vpon synners Make no tarying to turne vnto the Lorde and put not of from daye to daye for sodenty shal his wrathe come and in the tyme of vengeaunce he shall destroye thee Be swyfte to heare but slowe and paciente in geuyng answere The .vi. Chapter HOlde frend shippe with many neuerthelesse haue but one counceller of a thousande Yf thou gettest a frende proue hym fyrste be not hasty to geue hym credence For some man is a frende but for a tyme and wyll not abyde in the daye of trouble And there is some frende that turneth to enemitte and taketh part agaynst the
vpon his heade and put the holy crowne vpon the mytre Then shalt thou take the anoyntinge oyle and youre it vpon his hed and anointe hym And bringe his sonne◠and put albes vpon them and gyrde them with gyrdles aswell Aaron as hys sonnes And put the myters on them and the prestes office shall be theyrs for a perpetual lawe Euery one that toucheth the aulter let him be holye The xxx Chapter HAron and his sonnes shal washe theyr handes theyr feete euen when they go into the tabernacle of wytnes or when they go vnto the aulter to minister and to burne the Lordes offerynge they shall washe them selues wyth water lesse they dye The .xxxi. Chapter HAd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge be holde I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of vry the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuds And I haue fylled him wyth the sprete of God in wyldome and vnderstandinge in knowledge and in al maner of worke to fynde out such feattes and to worke golde syluer and brasse and in the crafte to set stones and to carue in tymbre and to worcke in all maner of worckeman shippe And when the Lorde had made an ende of comenynge with Moses vpon the monte Sinay he gaue him two tables of witnesse euen tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of God The .xxxii. Chapter THE people sat them downe to eate and drynke and rose vp againe to playe And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I haue sene this people and beholde it is a slyfnecked people nowe suffer me that my wrath maye ware hote against them and consume them And Moses turned his backe and wente downe frome the hyll and the two tables of wytnes were in his hande and the same tables were wrytten on bothe leues and were the worke of God and the wryttinge was the wrytynge of God grauen in tables Moses wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables oute of his handes and brake them beneth the hyll Moses sayde Oh this people haue synned a greate synne and haue made them goddes of golde And nowe I praye the eyther forgeue them theyr sinnes or yf thou wylt not wype me out of the boke whiche thou hast wrytten The .xxxiii. Chapter THE Lorde spake to Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende I wyll be called in this name of the Lord before the wyll shewe mercye to whome I wyll shewe mercye and wyll haue compassion on whome I wyl haue compassiō Thou mayste not se my face for there shall no man se me and lyue And I wyll take awaye myne hande and thou shalte se my backe partes but my face shall not be sene The .xxxiiii Chapter HAD Moses was there with the Lorde tortye dayes and fortye nyghtes and dyd neyther eate nor drynke water Moses wyste not that the skinne of his face shone in maner of an horne whyle he talked with hym ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter ALl the golde the was ocupied for all the worke of the holy place was the golde of the waue offering euē .xxix. hūdrech weyght seuen hūdred .xxx. sykeles according to the sycle of the sactuarye And the seme of syluer that came of the multytude was fyue score hundred weyght and a thousand seuen hundred and .lxxv. sicles after the sicles of the sanctuarye ¶ The fyrste Chapter of Leuiticus IF any man of you brynge a sacrifice vnto the Lord ye shall bringe your sacrifyce from amonge these cattell euen frome the oxen from the shepe Yf his sacryfyce be a burnte offering let him offer a male of the oxe without blemyshe and brynge him of his owne voluntary wyll vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnes before the lord And yf his sacrifyce be of the clockes namely of the shepe or goates let hym bringe a male without blemysh for avurnte sacryfice Yf the burnte offeryng for the facrifyce of the Lord be of the foules he shall bringe his sacrifyce of the turtyll doues or of the yonge pygeons The .ii. Chapter THe soule that wyl offer a meate offeringe vnto the Lorde the same offering shall be of fyne floure and he shall poure oyle vpon it put frankencens theron and shall bring it vnto Aacons sonnes the Preastes All the meate offeringes whiche ye shall bring vnto the Lorde shall be made without leuen for ye shall nether burne leuen nor hony in any offeringe of the lorde All the meate offeringes also that thou seasonest with salte neyther shalte thou suffer the salte of the couenaunte of God to be lackinge frome thy meate offerynge but vpon all thine offeringes thou shalt bring salte The .iii. Chapter ANd yf it be a sacrifice of peace offeringes he take it from among the droues whether it be male or female he shal bring such as is with out blemishe before the Lorde The .iiii. Chapter IF a soule synne thorowe ignoraunce hath done anye of those thinges whiche the Lorde hath forbydden in his commaundementes to be done as yf the preast that is anoynted do synne according to the sinne of the people let him bring for his sinne whiche he hath sinned a yong oxe with out blemyshe vnto the Lorde for a syn offering And yf he brynge a shepe for a synne offeringe he shall bringe a female with out blemyshe The .v. chapter IF a soule touch anye vncleane thing whether it be a cariō of an vncleane beast or of vncleane cattel or vncleane worme or if he touch any vnclennes of man whatsoeuer vnclennes it be that a man is wont to be defyled withall and is not ware of it and cometh to the knowledge of it he hath trespassed and shall confesse that he hath synned in one of these thinges Therfore shall he bringe hys trespace offeeinge vnto the Lorde for his sinne whiche he hath synned a female frome the flocke lambe or a she goate for a synne offerynge The .vi. Chapter IF a soule synne trespace against the lorde and denye vnto his neighboure that which was taken him to kepe or that was put into his handes or doeth violent robbery or wronge vnto his neyghboure or yf he haue foūd that whiche was loste and denyeth it and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thinge it be that a man doeth sinneth therin Yf he haue so synned or trespaced he shall restore againe that he toke violently awaye or the wronge whiche he dyd or that whiche was delyuered him to kepe or the lost thinge whiche he fonnde and all that about whiche he hathe sworne falsely he shall restore it againe in the whole summe shall adde the fyfte parte more therto and geue it vnto him to whō it perteyneth the same daye that he offereth for his trespace And let him bringe for his trespace vnto the Lorde a Ram without blemyshe that is estymed worth a trespace offeringe vnto the preaste The fyre vpon the aultar shal burne styl and neuer be put out The .vii. Chapter ANd the Preaste the offereth any mans burnt offerynge
There was neuer proud parsone that plaised the but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy plesure bene euermore The boke of Ester The fyrste Chapter ANd the drynck was so apoynted that none shulde compel any man for so the kyng had commaunded by the offycers of hys house that euery one shulde do as it lyked hym He sent letters forth in to all the kinges landes in to eueri lande accordynge to the wrytynge thereof and to euery people after they re language that euery manne shulde be lorde in hys owne house The .ii. Chapter HAd whē the apointed time of euery damsel came that she shulde go in to the kynge Ahasuerus after that she had ben twelue monthes in the deckynge of the wemen for theyr deckynge must haue so muche tyme namely syxe monethes wyth bauline and myrre and syre monethes with good spyces so were the wemen beautyfyed yet went theyr one damesell vnto the kynge c. The .xvi. Chapter IT happeneth ofte also that they whych be set in offyce by the hyer power and vnto whome the busynesse and causes of the subiectes are commutted to be handled waxe proud and defile them selfes with shedyng of innocent bloude whiche bringeth thē to intollerable hurte whiche also with false and deceytefull wordes and with liyng tales disceaue berray the innocent goodnes of princes The boke of Iob. The fyrst Chapter NAked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shal I turne thether agayn The lorde gaue and the lord hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the lorde The .ii. Chapter SHall we receaue prosperity at the hande of god and not receyue aduersity ¶ The .iiii. Chapter COnsider I pray the who euer perysshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godlyr destroyed For as I haue proued by experience they that plowe iniquitie and sowe wretchednes reape the same ¶ The .v. Chapter AMā is borne to labour like as the sparches flye vp out of the hote coales Beholde happye is the man whome god punissheth therfore refuse not thou the chastenynge of the almyghty for though he made a wounde he gyueth aplaster though he sutyte hys hande maketh whole againe The .vi. Chapter HE that is in tribulation oughte to be comforteth of his neighbour The .vij. Chapter MY fleshe is clothed with wormes and duste of the earthe My skynne is wythered and become horrible my dayes passe ouer more spedly then a weuer can weue out his webbe and are gone or I am aware Remember that my lyfe is but a wynde The .viii. Chapter OVr daies vpō earth are but a very shadowe The .ix. Chapter HE is good whose wrath no man maye withstande but the proudest of all must stoape vnder him Yf men wyll speake of ryghteousnes who date be my recorde Yf I wyll iustifie my selfe myne owne mouthe shall condempne me yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man he shall reproue me a wycked do et The .x. Chapter O Remembre I besecbe the howe that thou madest me of the earthe and shalte bryng me in to dust againe The .xii. Chapter AMonge olde persones there is wysdome in age is vnderstandynge The .xiiii. Chapter MAn that is borne of womā hath but a short time to lyue and is full of miserye He commeth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure He flieth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one state The dayes of manne surely are determined the nombre of his monethes are knowen onelye vnto the Thou hast appointed hym his boūdes whiche he cannot go beyonde whyle man liueth his fleshe must haue trauaile and whyle the soule is in him he must be in sorow The .xv. Chapter WHat is man that he shulde be cleane What hath he whiche is borne of a woman wherby he myght be righteous Beholde he doth not truste his sayntes yea the very heauens are not cleane in her syght howe muche more then an abbominable and vile man whiche drincketh wycnes lyke water The .xix. Chapter I Am sure that my redemer liueth and that I shall ryse out of the earthe in the latter daye that I shal be clothed againe with this sainne and se god in my fleshe yee I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes The .xxi. Chapter THe wycked spende theyr dayes in welthnes◠but sodenlye they go downe to hell They saye also vnto god go from vs we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes Who is the almyghtye that we shulde serue him and what profyte shuld haue to submyt our selues vnto hym The .xxii. Chapter WHo so humbleth hym selfe him shall he sette vp and who so loketh mekely shal be healed The .xxv. Chapter How may a man compared vnto god be iustyfyed or howe can he be cleane that is borne of a woman Beholde the moone shineth nothyng in comparison to hym and the starres are vnciene in his syghte Howe muche more then man that is but corruption and the sonne of man whyche ys but a worme The .xxvii. Chapter WHen the riche man dyeth he caried nothing with him he is gone in the twynckelynge of an eye and hathe nothing The .xxviii. Chapter BEholde to feare the lorde is wysedome and to forsake euellis vnderstandynge The .xxxii. Chapter WHen god dothe once commaunde a thinge ther shoulde no manne be curious to serche whether it be right The .xxxiiii. Chapter FOr the vngodlynesse of the people dothe god make an ypocrit 〈◊〉 raigne ouer them The .xlii. Chapter MY seruaunt Iob shall praye for you The Lorde gaue Iob twyse as moche as he had afore ¶ The Psalmes of Dauid The .i. Chapter BLessed is that man that hathe not walked in the councell of the vngodlye nor stande in the waye of synners and hath not sit in the seate of the scorneful But his delyte is in the lawe of the Lorde and in hys lawe wyll he exercyse him selfe daye and nyghte The .ii. Chapter BE wyse now therfore O ye kinges be learned ye that are iudges of the earth The .v. Chapter THou shalte destroye them that speake leasyng the lord wyll abhorre both the bloud-thyrsty and disceatfull man ¶ The .vi. Chapter I am weary of my groning euery night washe I my bed water my couche with my teares The .vii. Chapter God is prouoked euerye daye yf a man wyll not turne he wyll whette his swearde he hathe bent his bowe and made it readye he hathe prepared him the instrumentes of deathe he ordeyneth hys arowes against the persecutoures The .viii. Chapter WHat is man that thou art myndefull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the aungelles to crowne him with glorye and worshyp Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the worckes of thy handes thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete The .xi. Chapter THe Lorde is in hys holy temple the lordes seate is in heauē his eyes cōsider the poore and his eye lyddes trieth the chyldren of menne The Lorde aloweth the righteous
heartes and conuerte and be healed The .vii. Chapter Beholde a virgin shall conceyue and beare a sonne and thou his mother shalte cell his name Emanuel butter and honye shall he eare that he maye knowe to refuse the euell and chose the good The .viii. Chapter SAnctifie the Lorde of hostes lette hym be youre feare and drede For he shal be the holy place to flye to and stone to stomble at the rocke to fall vpon a snare and net to bothe the houses of Israel and the inhabitours of Ierusalem And many shall stomble fall and be broken vpon hym yea they shal be snared and taken The .ix. Chapter THe people that walke in darknes haue sent a great lyght As for them that dwel in the lande of the shadow of death vpon them hath the lyght shyned Unto vs a chylde is borne and vnto vs a sōne is geuen vpon his shoulder doeth the kyngdome ly◠and he is called with his owne name wonderfull the geuer of counsayle the mightie God the euerlastyng father the prince of peace he shall make no ende to encrease the kyngdome and peace and shall syt vpon the seate of Dauid and in his kyngdome to set vp the same and to stablishe it with equitie and righteousenesse from hence for the for euermore The .x. Chapter Wo be vnto them that make vnrighteouse lawes and deuise thynges whiche be to harde for to kepe where thorowe the poore are oppressed on euery syde and the innocentes of my people robbed of iudgemente that wyddowes maye be theyr praye and that they maye robbe the fatherlesse What wyll ye dooe in tyme of the vysytation c. Shall the are boaste it selfe agaynste hym that heweth there wyth or doeth the sawe make anye braggyng agaynste hym that ruleth it that were euen lyke as yf the rod dyd exalte it selfe agaynst hym that beareth it or as thoughe the staffe shoulde magnifie it selfe as wo saye it were no wood The .xi. Chapter ANd there shall come a rodde forthe of the kynred of Isay and a blossome shall florishe oute of his roote The spirite of the LORDE shall lyghte vpon hym the spirite of wysedome and vnderstandynge the spirite of counsayle and streng the the spirite of knowlege and of feare of the LORDE and shall make hym feruente in the feare of GOD. For he shall not geue sentence after the thynge that shal be brought before his eyes neyther reproue a matter at the fyrste hearyng but with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore and with holynesse shal he reforme the simple of the worlde He shall smyte the worlde with the rodde of his mouthe with the breath of his mouthe he shall slaye the vngodly Righteousenesse shal be the gyrdle of his loynes truthe and faythfulnesse the gyrdyng of his reynes The .xiii. Chapter BE holde the daye of the lorde shall come terryblye and full of indignacion furoure and wrathe to make the lande waste and to roote out the synners thereof For the starres and Planettes of heauen shall not geue theyr lighte the Sunne shal be darkened in the rysynge and the Moone shall not shyne with his lyght And I wyll punishe the wickednesse of the worlde and the synnes of the vngodlye sayeth the lorde The .xiiii. Chapter HOwe arte thou fallen from heauen O Lucifer thou fayre mournyng chylde howe Lasse thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde and arte become weaker then the people for thou saydesse in thy hearte I wylelymme vp into heauen and exalte my throne aboue beside the starres of god I wyll sitte also vpon the holye Mounte towarde the Northe I willelyme vp aboue the cloudes and wyll be lyke the hyghest of all yet thou shalt be broughte downe to the dept of hell The .xxii. Chapter LEt vs eate and drinke for to morowe we shall dye And the keye of the house of Dauid wyll I laye vpon his shoulder so that he shall open and no man shall shutte he shall shutte and no manne shall open The .xxv. Chapter DOe this is our God we haue wayted for hym and he shall saue vs. The .xxvi. Chapter THy deate men shall lyue euen with my body shall they rise agayne The .xxvii. Chapter IT is a people of no vnderstandynge and therfore he that made them shal not fauour them and he that created them shall geue them no grace The .xxviii. Chapter THerfore sayeth the Lorde God beholde I laye in Spon for a foundacion a stone euin a tried stone a precious corner stone a sute foundacion The .xxix. Chapter FOr so muche as this people when they be in trouble do honour me with their mouth and with theyr lyppes but theyr hearte is farre frome and the scare whiche they haue vnto me proceadeth of a cōmaundement whiche is taught of men therfore c. Wo vnto them that kepeth secrete theyr thoughtes to hyde theyr counsell from the LORDE and do theyr workes in darkenesse saying who seeth vs and who knoweth vs The .xxx. Chapter THis is an obstinate people and dissemblinge chyldren chyldren that refuse to heare the lawe of the Lorde For they saye vnto the seers se not and to them that be cleare of iudgement loke not out righte thynges for vs but speake fayre wordes vnto vs looke oute erroures gette you oute of this waye departe out of this pathe and turne the holye one of Israel from vs. The fyre of payne is ordeyned from the begynnynge yea euen for Kynges it is prepared This hath the Lorde sette in the depe and made it wyde the burning where of is fyre and muche woode the breathe of the LORDE whiche is a tyuer of brymstone doth kyndle it The .xxxii. Chapter A Kynge shall gouerne after the rule of righteousence and the princes shall rule accordyng to the balaunce of equitie The rewarde of righteousnesse shal be peace and her fruite reste and quietnes for euer The .xxxiii. Chapter HE that leadeth a godly lyfe say I and speaketh the truthe he that abhorreth gaynes wonne by violence disceyte he that kepeth his hande that it touche no rewarde whiche stoppethe his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynste the innocente bloude whiche holdethe downe his eyes that he se none euell he it is that shall dwell on hye whose sauegarde shall be in 〈◊〉 bulwarke of rockes to him shall be geuen meate and his waters shall not faile The .xxxv. Chapter GOd commeth his owne selfe and will deliuer you then shall the eies of the blinde be lightened and the eares of the deaffe opened thē shall the lame manne leaye as an herte and the dume mans tonge shall geue thankes The .xxxvii. Chapter THeangell of the Lorde wente forth slewe of the Assirians hoste an C. lxxx and .v. M. The xxxviii Chapter HEzechtas turned his face towarde the wall praied vnto the Lorde and saide Remembre O Lord that I haue walked before the in truth and a stedfast herte and haue done the thing that is pleasaunt to the. The .xl. Chapter I Voice cried in the wildernes
the fyre and with his swearde and there shal be agreate nombre slayne of the lorde They shall go forthe and looke vpon the catyons of them that haue transgressed agaynst me For theyr wormes shall not dye neyther shall theyr fyre be quenched and all fleshe shall abhorre them The booke of the Prophete Ieremy the .i. Chapter BEfore I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe I dyd knowe the And or euer thou waste borne I sanctified the and ordained the to be a prophete vnto the people The .iii. Chapter COmmonly when a man putteth away his wife and she goeth from hym and maryeth with another then the question is shoulde he resorte vnto her anye more after that is not his wife then defyled and vncleane But as for the thou haste playde the harlot with manye louerrs yet turne agayne to me sayeth the lorde Iuda hath committed fornicacion with stones and stockes The health of Israell standeth onelye vpon god our lorde The .iiii. Chapter BE circumcised in the Lorde and cut awaye the forestynne of your heartes all ye of Iuda and all the indwellers of Ierusalem that my indignacion breake not our lyke syre and kyndle so that noman maye quenche it because of the wickednesse of your ymaginacions The .v. Chapter Among my people are foūde wicked personnes that priuely laye snares and wayte for menne to take theim and destroy them And like as a net is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that whiche they haue gotten with falsheade and disceite Hereof commeth their greate substaunce and tyches hereof are they fat and wealthy are more mischeuouse then any other The .vi. Chapter ERom the least vnto the moste they hange all vpon couetuousenes and from the Prophet vnto the priest they go al about w e falshead lies And beside that they heale the hurte of mi people with swete wordes sayinge peace peace when there is no peace at all Thus saith the lorde go into the stretes consider and make inquisition for the olde waye and if it be the good and right waye then go there in that ye maye fynde rest for your soules but they saye we wyll not walke therin The .vii. Chapter TRust not in false lyinge wordes saying here is the temple of the lord here is the temple of the lorde here is the temple of the lorde But rather in dede amende youre wayes and coūcels and iudge righte betwyxte a man and his neigh◠boure oppresse not the straunger the fatherlesse and the wyddowe shedde not innocent bloude in this place cleaue not to straunge goddes to your owne destruction then wil I let you dwel in this place ye in the lande that I gaue afore time vnto your fathers for euer The .viii. Chapter OD men fall so that they arise not vp againe or if Israel repent wil not god turne againe to them Wherfore then is the people and Ierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not againe they are euer the longer the more obstinate and wyll not be conuerted The .ix. Chapter THus sayeth the lorde let not the wyse man reioyce in his wisedome nor the strong man in his strength neither the riche mā in his ryches But whoso wyll reioyce let him reioyce in this that he vnderstādeth and knoweth me for I am the lorde whiche do mercy equitie and righteousnesse vpon the earthe The .x. Chapter NOwe I knowe O Lorde that it is not in mans power to ordre his owne wayes or to rule his owne steppes and goynges Therfore chasten thou vs O Lorde but with fauoure not in thy wrathe bryng vs not vtterly to naughte Powre out thyne indignacion rather vpon the gentyles that knowe the not and vpon the people that call not on thy name The .xiii. Chapter MAye a man of Iude chaunge his skyn and the cat of the mountayne her spottes no more maye ye that be exercysed in euell do good The .xiiii. Chapter ANd the lorde sayde vnto me The Prophetes preache lyes in my name where as I haue not sēt thē neither gaue I them any charge nether dyd speake vnto them yet they preache vnto you false visions charmying vanitie and disceytfulnes of theyr owne herte The .xvii. Chapter CVrsed be the man that putteth his trustein man and taketh fleshe for his arme and he whole herte departeth from the lorde O blessed is the manne that put his truste in the Lorde and whose hope is the LORDE hymselfe Amonge all thynges man hath the muste disceytefull and stubberne herte The .xviii. Chapter WHen I take in hand to rote oute to destroy or to waste awaye anye people or kyngedomes if the people againste whom I haue thus deuised conuert from their wickednes I repent of the plage that I deuised to bringe vpon them Againe whē I take in hande to builde or to plant a people or a kingedome if the same people doyll before me and heare not my voice I repente of the good that I deuised to do for them The .xxii. Chapter ANd all the people that go by this citye shall speake one to an other wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this noble citie Then shall it be answered because they haue broken the commaundemente of the Lorde their God and worshipped and serued straunge Gods Wo worthe him that buildeth this house with vnrightuousnes and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence whicheneuer recompenseth his neighboures laboure nor payeth him his hire The .xxiii. Chapter Do not I fulfill heauen and earth faieth the Lorde Is not my worde like a fire saieth the Lorde and like a hammer that breaketh the hard stone The xxxi Chapter THus laieth the Lorde the voice of heuines wepinge and lamentation was hearde on hye euen of Rachell mourninge for hir children and woulde not be conforted bycause they were awaye I will plante my lawe in the inwarde partes of them and write it in their hertes wil be their God and they shall be my people And frō thence for the shall no man teache his neighboure or hys brother and saye knowe the lorde but they shall all knowe me from the lowest vnto the hyest saith the lorde For I will forgeue theyr mildedes and wyll neuer remembre theyr synnes any more The .xxxii. Chapter Thyne eyes looke vpon al the wayes of mēs chyldren to rewarde euery one after his waye and according to the fruites of his inuencions The .xxxix. Chapter THe Kyng of Babilon caused the chyldren of Zedechis and all the nobles of Iuda to be stayne before his face at Reblath and made Zedechias eyes to be put our and bounde hym with two chaynes and sent hym to Babylon The .xlviii. Chapter OUrsed be he that doeth the worke of the Lord negligently The .xlix. Chapter THough thy nest were as hye as the Egles yet wyll I caste the downe sayethe the lord The .li. Chapter COnfounded be all casters of Idols for the thynge that they make is but disceyte and hath no breathe vayne it is and an
The Piththy and moost notable sayinges of al Scripture gathered by Thomas Paynell after the manner of common places very necessary for al those that delite in the consolacions of the Scriptures 1550. ¶ To the right excellent and moste gracious Lady my Ladye Maryes good grace Thomas Paynell sendeth gretynge NOtwithstaÌ„ding that this my collection of Scripture moste excellente and vertuous Ladye hathe no nede of any mans tuition or defense forasmuche as it contayneth onelye the simple and very true worde and sayinges of god yet after I had finished and ended the thyng and purposed by the counsell of a lerned man to publyshe it for mans consolacioÌ„ and learning youre graces fyery and â—eâ—ueÌ„t mynde to vertuous and godly liuing youre true intente and naturall inclinacion to the same your liberal hand and fauour to those whiche diligently do exercyse themselues in the spirituall and morall study of the sincere worde of god and agayne youre Graces benignitie and gentilnes of long tyme bounte fully to me declared enforced me to publishe it in your graces name Accept therfore this my labour moste excellant Lady as sente of your daylye Orator and moste humble seruaunt to your grace Rede the fruiteful lessons therof and digest them thorowly practyse and proue in very dede howe swete the Lordes wordes be vse the profitable doctrines of this litle boke for so doynge youre grace shall learne dayly more and more truly to know the Lord to tast releafe and to ensewe his holye and swete worde to loue and feare him to be his faithfull and obsequines handmaydeÌ„ â–ª and a diligent ensuer of his wil and sâ—eppes moste pleasaunt and voluntariously to beare the yoke of his most comfortable and swete commaundementes Thinke nor esteme not I moste humblye beseche youre grace this my gifte to be sleÌ„der in valure although of it selfe it be but litle for precious stones are of themselues in quantitie but lytle and yet for theyr naturall operacions and proprieties of greate estates moste hyely estemed Esteme the content of my boke and gifte that is the worde of God and not the slendernesse thereof esteme my faythful and true heart vnto your grace and not my simple and slender gyfte And yet yf this my poore and slender gyfte maye be wel and exactly wayd and pendred what thyng although it comprehende not al the fruiteful lessons of Scripture maye be compared vnto it For what is more exceleÌ„t or more precious then the word of god what thyng maye be estemed equall vnto it what ought to be more embraced of a christian theÌ„ Christes woâ—de then a pure and a christian lyfe then chastitie then humâ—â—…e then godly wisedome and pure doctrine the which with other vertuous and heauenly lessons are in this my briefe collection compendiously and fruitfully comprised Wherfore I euen humbly desire youre noble grace to accepte this my labour and small gift in good parte Accept I saye and embrace the worde of God for that truly vnderstanded and seriously ensued and folowed shal be to your graces spirituall encrease mooste comfortable comforte ¶ The fyrste Chapter of Genesis IN the begynning God created heauen and earth The earth was voyde and empty and darckenes was vpoÌ„ the face of the depe and the spirite of god moued vpon the face of the waters God called the drie land erthe and the gatheringe together of waters called he the sees God made two greate lightes a greater lighte to rule the daye and a lesse lyghte to rule the nyght God created man in his owne ymage in the ymage of God created he him male and female created he them And god blessed them and sayd vnto them Growe and increase and replenishe the earth and subdue it and haue dominion of the fyshe of the see and foule of the ayre and of euery lyuinge thinge that moueth vpon the earth ¶ The seconde Chapter AND in the seuenth daye God endued his worke whiche he had made In the .vii. daye also he rested from all his workes which he had made and God blessed the .vij. daye sanctified it because that in it he had rested frome all his worke which God ordeyned to make The Lord god also shope man euen dust froÌ„ the grounde and breathed in to his nostrelles the breath of lyfe and Adam was made a lyuing soule And the Lorde God plaÌ„ted a garden caste warde from eden and there he put man whome he had made The tree of lyfe and the tree of knowledge of good euil was in the widdes of the garden The Lorde god also tooke Adam and put him into the garden of eden that he might dresse and kepe it And the Lorde God commaunded Adam sayinge eatinge thou shalt eate of euery tree of the garden But as touching the tree of knowledge of good and euill thou shalt not eate of it Ele in what daye soeuer thou eatest there of thou shalt dye the death It is not good that Adam shulde be alone I will make hym an helpe whiche may be present with hym And so oute of the grounde shope the Lorde god euery beste of the felde and euery foule of the ayre and brought it vnto man that he might se how he wolde cal it For lyke wyse as man hym selfe named euery liuinge thinge euen so was the name thereof Man himselfe therfore named the names vnto all catel and foule of the ayre and to euery beast of the felde And for man founde he not an helpe that mighte be present with hym The Lorde god also caused a slombre to fall vpon AdaÌ„ and he stepte And he toke one of his ribbes and closed vp the fleshe in steade thereof And the ribbe which the Lorde God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her vnto man And man sayde This is now bone of my bones and fleshe of my fleshe she shall be called womaÌ„ by cause she was taken out of man For this cause shall man leue his father and his mother shal be ioyned with his wife and they shal become one fleshe and they were both naked the man and his wyfe and were not ashamed ¶ The .iij. Chapter THe serpent was subtiller then euery beast of the felde whiche the lorde god made The serpent sayde vnto the woman ye shall not dye the death but god dothe knowe that the same daye that ye eate there of your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be euen as goddes knowynge good and euill And the Lorde god called Adam and sayde vnto him where art thou whiche sayde I herde thy voyce in the Garden and was afrayde bycause I was naked and hyd my selfe Adam sayde The woman whome thou gauest to be with me gaue me of the tree and I dyd eate And the woman sayde yonder serpent begylyd me and I dyd eate The Lorde sayde vnto the serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed aboue all cattell and aboue euery beast of the felde Vpon thy bellye shalt thou go and dust
shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe I will also put enimitie bytwene the and the woman bytwene thy seed and her seed the same shalt treade downe thy head and thou shalt treade vpon his heele Vnto the woman he sayde In multiplyinge wyl I multiply thy sorowe and thy conceyuing In sorowe shalt thou bringe forth the children and thy lust shall pertayne to thy husband and he shall haue the rule of the. To Adam he sayde cursed be the grounde for thy sake In sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe Thorne also and thystie shall it cause to growe vnto the and thou shalte eate the hearbe of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate breade tyll thou be turned agayne in to the grouÌ„de for out of it was thou taken in asmuch as thou art dust and in to dust shalt thou be turned againe ¶ The fourth Chapter ANd in processe of daies it came to passe that Cain brought of the frute of the grounde an oblation vnto the Lorde Habell also brought of the firstlinges of his shepe and of the fat thereof And the Lord had respecte vnto Habel and to his oblation But vnto Cain and to his offering he had no respect for the which cause Cain was excedinge wrath and his countenaunce abated And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenaunce abated if thou do well shall there not be a promotion And if thou dost not wel lyeth not thy sinnes in the dores Vnto the also pertayneth the lust thereof and thou shal thaue dominion euer it AND it fortuned when they were in the felde Cain tose vp againste Habell his brother and slue him And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain where is Habell thy brother Whiche sayde I wote not am I my brothers keper And he sayde what hast thou done The voyce of thy brothers bloude trieth vnto me out of the grounde and now art thou cursed from the earth which hathe opened her mouthe to receaue thy brothers bloude from thy hande Yf thou tyll the grounde she shall not procede to yeld vnto the her strength Fugitiue and avagabende shall thou be in the earth And Cain sayde vnto the Lorde My iniquite is more then that it may be forgeuen Lameth toke vnto hym two wyues the name of the one was Ada and the name of the other was Zylla Iabell was the father of suche as dwell in tentes and of suche as haue cattell Thuball was the father of suche as handle harpe or organe Thubalchain wrought cunningly euery crafte of brasse and of yron ¶ The fyft Chapter ALl the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thyrthye yeres Henoche walked with God and he was nomore sene for God toke hym awaye ¶ The syxt Chapter THE sonnes of God saw the doughters of men that they were fayre and they toke them wyues from amonge all that they had chosen The Lord sayde my spryte shall not alwaye stryue in man because he is fleshe and his dayes shal be an huÌ„dred and twenty yeres But God sawe that the malice of man was greate in the earthe and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his hert was onely euill euery daye And it repented the Lorde that he had made man in the earth he was touched with sorowe in his hert and the Lorde sayde I wyll from the vpper parte of the earth destroy man whom I haue created bothe man catel worme and foule of the ayre for it repenteth me that I haue made them Noah was iuste and perfecte in his generations walked with god and begat .iii. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth The earth was corrupt before God and the same earth was fylled with crueltye and God loked Apon the earth beholde it was corrupt for all fleshe had corrupte his waye vpon earth The length of the arke shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth of it .l. cubytes the height of it thyrty cubytes The .vij. Chapter THe rayne was vpon the earth fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes And the waters preuayled exceadingly vpon the earth and all the hye hylles that are vnder whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuayle so that the mountaynes were couered The waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fyftie dayes ¶ The .viij. Chapter AND he sent forth a rauen whiche went out goinge forth and returninge agayne vntyll the waters were dried vp vpon the earth He sente forth the doue out of the arke and the doue came to him in the euen tyde and Loin her mouthe was an oliue leafe that she had plucte wherby Noah did knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth And that Lord sayde in his herte I wyl not proceade to curse the grounde any more for mannes sake for the ymagination of mans herte is euell euen from his youth Neyther wyll I adde to smite any more euery thing lyuing as I haue done ¶ The .ix. Chapter EUery thinge that moueth it selfe and that lyueth shall be meate for you euen as the grene heat be haue I geuen you all thynges But fleshe in the life therof and in the bloude therof shall ye not eate Elles your bloude of your liues will I require from the hande of euery beast will I requyre it froÌ„ the hande of man from the hand of mans brother will I requyre the life of man who so shedeth mannes bloude by man shall his bloude be shedde for in the ymage of God did god make man My couenaunte wyll I make with you that from henseforth euery fleshe he not rooted oute with the waters of a floude neyther shall there be a floude to destroye the earth any more Noah also beganne to be an husband man and planted a vyneyarde â–ª and he drincking of the wyne was dronken and vncouered within his cente And Ham the father of Canaan seinge the nakednes of his father tolde his two bretherne without And Sem and Iaphet they two takynge a garment layde it vpon there shulders and coÌ„minge backwarde couered the naked priuities of theâ—re father namely their faces beinge turned awaye leyst they shulde se theyr fathers priuities ¶ The .x. Chapter NImrod began to be mightye in the earth for he was a mightye hunter before the Lorde A slut buylded Niniue the stretes of the citye ¶ The .xi. Chapter ALl the whole earth was of one language and lyke speche And they sayde Go to let vs buylde vs a cytie and a tower whose toppe may reach vnto heare and let vs make vs a name And therfore is the name of it called Babel because the Lorde did there confounde the language of al the earth ¶ The .xii. Chapter THE Lord sayde vnto Abram Gette the out of thy countrey and out of thy natioÌ„ and from thy fathers house vnto a lande that I will shewe the and I will make of the a greate people and will blesse the and make thy name greate that thou mayst
the tast of it was lyke vnto wafets made with hony And the the children of Israell dyd eate Manna fortye yere vntyll they came vnto a lande inhabited ¶ The .xvij. Chapter IOsua dyd as Moses bad kym and foughte with Amalech And Moses and Aaron and Hut wente vp to the toppe of the hyll And it happened that when Moses helde vp his hand Israell had the better And wheÌ„ he let hys hande downe Amalech had the better The .xviii. Chapter THou shalt seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite and suche as feare God true men harynge couerouskes and make them hedes ouer the people euer hit bredes ouer fyfty and ouer ten And set them iudge the people at al seasons The .xix. Chapter NOw therfore if ye wil here my voice inded kepe myne appoyntemeÌ„t ye shal be my owne aboue al nacions for al the earth to myne ye shal be vnto me also a kyngedome of Preastes an holy people And he sayde vnto the people Be readye agaynste the thyrde daye and come not at youre wyues Let the Preastes also which come to the Lorde sâ—nctifye them selues lest the Lorde destroye them ¶ The .xx. Chapter THou shalt haue non other godes I my sight Thou shalte make the no grauen ymage neither any similitude that is in heaueÌ„ aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not worshyppe them neyther serue them for I the Lorde thy GOD am a gelouse god And visit the synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thyrde and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde god in vainâ— For the lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne ¶ The .xx. Chapter REmember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Syxe dayes shalt thou laboure and doo al that thou haste to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy men seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattel and the straunger that is within thy gates for in syxe dayes the Lorde made heuen and earthe the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lord blessed the Sabboth daye halowed it Honour thy father thy mother that thy dayes maye be longe in the lande which the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neyghboure Thou shalt not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghboures wyfe or his man seruant or his mayde or his oxe or his asse or whatsoeuer thy neyghboure hath ¶ The .xxi. Chapter HE that smyteth a man that he dye shall be slayne for it He that smiteth his father or his mother lette him be slayne for it He that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death for it Yf men stryue together one smite another with a stone or with his fyrste and he dye not but lyeth in bed if he ryse againe and walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote him go quyte saue only he shal beare his charges for lesing his tyme and shall paye for his healing Yf an oxe gore a maÌ„ or a woman that they dye then the oxe shall be stoned and his fleshe shal not be caten but the owner of the oxe shall go quite Yf the oxe were wont to pushe in tyme past and it hathe bene tolde his maister and he hath not kepte him but that he hath hylled a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and his owner shall dye also Yf there be sett to him asumme of money then he shall geue for the deliueraunce of his lyfe whatsoeuer is put to him Yf a man open a wel or digge a pitte and couer it not and an oxe or an asse fall therein the owner of the pytt shall make it good and geue money vnto there master and the dede best shall be his ¶ The .xxij. Chapter IF a these be founde breakinge vp and be smitten that he dye there shall no bloude be shed for him but yf the sunne be vp â–ª when he is founde then there shalt be bloude shed for him Yf a maÌ„ entise a mayde that is not be trouthed and lye with her he shal endowe her and take her to his wyfe Whosoeuer lieth with a beast shal be slayne for it He that offereth vnto any goddes saue vnto the lorde onely let him be vtterly rooted out Vexe not a straunger neyther oppresse kym for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypte Yf thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by the thou shalt not be as a tyrauÌ„t vnto him nether shalt thou oppresse him with vsury Yf thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge thou shalt deliuer it vnto him agayne by that the sunne go downe for that is his couering onely eueÌ„ the raymeÌ„t for his skinne where in he slepeth And when he crieth vnto me I wyll heare hym for I am mercyfull Thou shalte not rayle vpon the goddes neyther blaspheme the ruler of the people The .xxiii. Chapter IF thou mete thyne enemyes oxe or his asse goynge astraye thou shalte bringe them to hym againe Yf thou se thy enemyes asse to synke vnder his bâ—â—then thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalte helpe him to lyfte him vp againe Thou shalte take no gyftes for gyftes blyndeth the seynge and peruert the wordes of the ryghteous Se that no man appeare before me emptye The .xxiiii. Chapter MOses was in the mount fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes The .xxv. Chapter THey shal make an Arke of set him wood two cubytes and a halfe long a cubyte and an halfe brode and an cubyte a halfe hye And thou shalte ouerlaye it with pure golde within and wythout shalte than ouerlaye it and shalt make hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalte make two cherubins of golde The xxvi Chapter HAd thou shalt make a vaile of yelowe silke of purple scarlet and with twyned sylke Of broeder worke wyth pictures shalte thou make it The .xxviii. Chapter HAd beneth vpon the hem thou shalte make pomgranates of yelowe sylke and purple and scarlate rounde aboute hym and belles of golde betwene theÌ„ rounde aboute and let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgarnat a golding bell and a pomgarnate rounde aboute the hem of the tunycle The .xxix. Chapter BRyng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and washe theÌ„ with water and take the garmentes and put vpoÌ„ Aaron the strayte cote the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod and the brastlap and gyrd them to him wyth the brode red gyrdell whiche is in the Ephod And but the mytre
infirmities and wyll put none of the euell diseases of Egipte whiche thou knowest vpon the but wyll sende them vpon all them that hate the. ¶ The .viii. Chapter A Man dothe not lyue by breade onely but by euery worde that procedeth out of the mouth of the lorde dothe a man lyue Thy raiment waxed not olde vpon the neither thy foote dyd swell those forty yeares The .ix. Chapter SPeake not thou in thy harte after that the lorde thy god hathe caste them oute before thee saying for my righteousneâ— the lorde hathe brought me in to possesse this land Naye but for the wickednesse of these nacions the lorde hathe caste them out before thee It is not for thy righteousnesse sake or for thy righte harte that thou goest to possesse theyr lande but for the wickednesse of these nacions the lorde thy god doth cast them out before thee euen to performe the word whiche the lorde thy god sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Fortye dayes and forty nightes I did neyther eate breade nor drynke water because of all your synnes whiche ye synned in doyng wickedly in the sighte of the lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrathe The .x. Chapter ANd now O Israel what doeth the lord thy god requyre of thee but to feare the lorde thy god and to walke in al his wayes to loue hym and to serue the lorde thy god with all thyne harte and withall thy soule namely that thou kepe the commaundementes of the lorde and his ordinauÌ„ces whiche I commaunded this daye to obserue ¶ The xiij Chapter IF thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thyne owne sonne or thy doughter or thy wyfe that lyeth in thy bosome or thy frend which is as thine owne soule vnto the entyce the secretly sayinge let vs go and serue straunge goddes whiche thou haste not knoweÌ„ nor yet thy fathers And they be of the gods of the people whiche are rounde about you whether they benye vnto the or far of from the from the one ende of the earth vnto the other Chou shalt not consent vnto hym nor herken vnto hym thyne eye shal not pytye hym neyther shalt thou haue compassion on hym nor kepe hym secrete but cause hym to be slayne Thyne hande shall be fyrste vpon hym to kyll hym and then the handes of all the people The .xiiij. Chapter THou shalte tithe al the encrease of thy sede that the felde bringeth forthe yere be yere The .xv. Chapter There shall be no beggers amonge you Yf one of thy brethren amongâ— you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande whiche the lorde thy god geueth the thou shalt â—ot harden thy harte nor shut thy hande from thy poore brother but open thyne hande vnto hym and lende hym sufficient for his nede whiche he hathe The .xvj. Chapter WRest not thou the lawe nor knowe any person neyther take any rewarde for gyftes blinde the wyse and peruert the wordes of the righteous That whiche is iuste and ryght shalte thou folowe that thou mayste lyue and enioye the lands whiche the lorde thy God gyueth the. The .xvij. Chapter AT the mouth of two or thre wytnesses shall he that is worthy of death dyâ— and at the mouth of one wytnes let no man dye That man that wyll do presumptuously and wyl not herken vnto the priest that standeth before the lord thy god to minister or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalte put awaye euyl from Israel The .xviij. Chapter THis is the priestes dutye of the people and theÌ„ that offer sacrifice whether it be oxe or shepe They muste geue vnto the prieste the shulder and the two chekes and the mawe the fyrst frutes also of thy corne wyne and oyle and the first of the well of thy shepe shalte thou gyue hym For the Lorde thy GOD hathe chosen hym out of all thy trybes to stande and to minister in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer Let there not be founde amonge you any one that maketh his sonne or his doughter to go thorowe the fyre or that vseth wytchecraft or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the flyinge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmar or that counceleth with spretes or a sothsayer or that asketh the truth at them that be deade The Lorde GOD wyll stere vp vnto the a Prophete amonge you euen of thy brethren lyke vnto me vnto hym ye shall herken accordynge to all that thou desyredst of the Lorde thy God in Horâ—b The .xix. Chapter IF an vnrighteous wylnesse ryse vp against a man to accuse hym of trespace then bothe the men whiche stryue together shall stande before the Lorde before the priestes and the iudges whiche shal be in those dayes and the iudges shall make diligent inquisition And yf the witnes be founde false and that he hath geuen false wytnesse againste his brother then shall ye do vnto him as he had thought to do vnto his brother and thou shalte put euell awaye froÌ„ the. ¶ The .xx. Chapter IF any man be betrouthed vnto a wyfe I haue not taken her let hym go and returne againe vnto his house lest he dye in the battalle and an other man take her Yf any man feare and be fainte herted let him go and returne home to his house lest he make his brothers hart fainte as well as his ¶ The .xxi. Chapter THou shalt geue to the first borne double portion of all that thou hast for he is the first of thy strength and to him belongeth the ryght of the fyrst borne Yf any man beue a sonne that is stubborne and disobedient that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother and they haue chastened him and he wolde not harken vnto them Then shall his father and his mother take him and bringe him out vnto the elders of that cytie and vnto the gate of that same place and saye vnto the elders of the cytie This oure sonne is stubburne and disobediente and wyl not herken vnto oure voyce he is a ryotour and a drunckarde And all the men of that cytie shall stone hym with stones vnto death And thou shalt put euell awaye from the and all Israell shall heare and feare Yf a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of deathe and is put to deathe for it and thou hangest hym on tre his bodye shall not remayne all night vpon the tree but thou shalt burye hym the same daye for the curse of God is on him that is hanged ¶ The .xxij. Chapter THou shalte norse thy brothers oxe or shepe go astray and withdraw thy selfe from theÌ„ But shalt bringe them againe vnto thy brother And yf thy brother be not nye vnto the or if thou know hym not then bringe it vnto thyne owne house and it shall remayne with the vntyll thy brother aske after them and then deliuer them hym agayne In lyke maner shalt thou do with his asse and so
shalte thou do with his rayment and with all lost thinges of thy brother whiche he hath lost thou hast found shalte thou do lyke myse for thou mayst not hyde it Thou shalt not se thy brothers asse or oxe fall downe by the way and withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalre helye hym to heue hym vp againe The woman shall not weare that whiche perieyneth to the man nether shal a man put on womans rayment For all that do so are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God Yf a man be founde lyinge with a woman that hath a wedded husbande they shal dye either other of them bothe the man that laye with the wyfe and also the wyfe and so thou shalte put awaye euell from Israel ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter THere shal be no whore of the doughters of Israel nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel Thou shalte nether bringe the hyre of an whore nor the price of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy god in any maner of vowe for euen both of them ar abhomination vnto the lord thy god Thou shalte not hurt thy brother by vsury of money nor by vsury of corne nor by vsury of any thyng that he may be hurt withall vnto a straÌ„geâ— thou mayste lende vpon vsury but not vnto thy brother that the Lorde thy God may blesse the in all that thou settest thyne hande to in the lande whyther thou goest to conquer it When thou haste vowed a vow vnto the Lord thy god thou shalte not slacke to paye it for the lorde thy God wyll surely require it of the and it shal be synne in the. If thou shalt leue vowing it shal be no synne in the but that whiche is once gone out of thy lyppes thou must kepe and do accordinge as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy god of a fre wyl and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter WHen a man hath taken a wyfe and maryed her if she fynde no fauour in his eyes because he hath espyed some vncleanes in her then let him wryte her a byll of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house and let her go and be another mans wyfe When a man taketh a newe wyfe he shall not go a warfare neyther shal be charged with any â—usynes but shal be free at home one yere and reioyse with his wyse whiche he hath taken ¶ The .xxv. Chapter IF brethren dwel together and one of them dye and haue no chyld the wyfe of the dead shal not mary wythout vnto a straunger but his brother shal go in vnto her and take her to wyfe and occupy the rowme of his kynsman And the eldest sonne whiche she deareth shall succede in the name of his brother whiche is dead that his name be not put out of Israel Thou shalte not haue in thy bag two maner of weyghtes a great and a smal neyther shalte thou haue in thy house diuers measures a greate and a small but thou shalte haue a ryght and iuste weyght and a perfect measure shalte thou haue that thy dayes maye be lengthened in the lande whiche the lorde thy god geueth the for all that do such thinges and al that do vnrighte are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter CUrsed be the man that maketh any carued or nolten Idol an abheminatioÌ„ vnto the lord the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secret place ¶ The .xxix. Chapter I Haue led you forty yere in the wyldernes and your clothes are not wared olde vpon you and thy shooe is not waxed olde vpon thy fote The .xxxij. Chapter Perfect is the worke of the most mighty god for all his wayes are iudgement he is a god of truthe without wyckednesse righteouse and iuste is he The lordes parte is his folke and Iacob is the portion of his enheritaunce He that shoulde haue bene vpright when he wared fatte spurned with his hele Thou art wel fed thou art growen thycke thou arte laden with fatnesse And he forsoke God his maker and regarded not the god of his saluation I alone am god and there is none but I I kyl and wyl make a lyue I wounde and I wil heale neyther is there any that can delyuer oute of my hande The .xxxiiij. Chapter MOses was an hundred and twentye yere olde wheÌ„ he dyed his eye was not dimme nor his naturall coloure abated ¶ The booke of Iosua the .iii. Chapter AS sone as they that bare the arke came vnto Iordan and the fete of the priestes that bare the arke were dypped in the brym of the water for Iordan vseth to fyll all his banckes all the tyme of harueste the waters also that came downe from about dyd cyse vp vpon an heape and appeated as greate as a mountayne and departed farte from the cytie of Adam that was be syde Zarthan And the waters that were beneth towarde the see of the wyldernes fell awaye and departed into the salte see and the people went right ouer againste Iericho And the priestes that bare the Arke of the appointemente of the Lorde stoode drye within Iorden ready prepared and all the Israelites went ouer thorow the dree vntyll al the people were gone cleane ouer thorowe Iordane ¶ The .iiii. Chapter ANd as soone as the sooles of the priestes fete were sett on the drye lande the waters of Iordan returned againe vnto theyr place and went ouer all theyr banckes as they dyd before ¶ The .v. Chapter THe Manna ceased on the morowe afer they had begonne to eate of the corne of the laÌ„de neyther had the children of Israell Manna any more but dyd eate of the corne of the lande of Lauaan that yeare The .vi. Chapter ANd Iosua saned Rahab the harleit and her fathers bou sholde and all that she bad and â—he dwelt in Israel euen vnto this daye because she hyd the messengers which Iosua sent to spye out Ieticho The .i. Chapter SVnne stende thou styll vpon Gybeon and thou Moone in AialoÌ„ And the sunne abode and the moone stode styl vntyl the people aueÌ„ged themselues vpon theyr enemyes is not this written in the boke of the ryghteous The sunne I say abode in the myddest of heauen and hasted not to go downe by the space of an hole daye And there was no daye lyke that beforeit or after it that the lorde heat de the voyce of a man for the lorde fought for Israell The .xxiiii. Chapter IOsua the sunne of Nun the seruant of the Lord dyed being an hundreth and ten yeres old ¶ The booke of Iudges The fyrst Chapter ADombezek fled and they folowed after hym and caught hym and cut of his thoÌ„bes and his greate toes And Adonibezek sayd threscore ten kynges hauinge they re thombes and great toes cut of gathered theyr meate vnder my table As I haue done so god hath done to me agayne The .iij. Chapter ANd Ahud put forth his lefte hande
therof but he sayd bryng meale and he cast it into the poâ— and sayd Fyl for the people that they maye eate and there was no more harme in the potte The .vi. Chapter ANd beholde there was a greate dearthe in Samaria and Benhadad king of Siria besieged it vntyll an Asses head was sold for foure score syluer pence and the fourth parte of a cab of doues dunge for .v. sicles The .xiii. Chapter THe souldiers of the Moabites came into the lande the same yeare and it chaunced as some of them were buryeng a man and spyed the souldiers they cast the man into the sepulchre of Eliseus and when the man was rolled downe touched the bodye of Eliseus he reuiued and stode vpon his feete The .xviii. Chapter HEzekia put away the hyl aulters and brake the Idolles and cut downe the groues and all to brake the brasen serpent that Moses hadde made for vnto those dayes the chyldren of Israel dyd burne sacrifice to it and he called it NehustaÌ„ The .xix. Chapter ANd so it came to passe that the selfe same tyghte the aungell of the lorde wente oute and smote in the hoost of the Assirians an huÌ„dred foure score and fyue thousande The .xx. Chapter HAd Hesekia tourned his face to the waland prayed to the lorde saying I beseche thee nowe O Lorde remembre howe I haue walked before thee in truthe and with a perfite hearte haue done that whiche is good in thy sight Hesekia wepte sore Esaye sayde to Hesekia Thus saith the lord god of Dauid thy father I haue herd thy prayer and sene thy teares And beholde I wyll heale thee so that on the thyrde daye thou shalte go vp into the house of the Lorde And I wyll adde vnto thy dayes yet fiftene yeare Shal the shado we go forwarde ten degrees or go backe agayne ten degrees Hesekia answered it is a lyght thyng for the shadowe to go downe ten degrees nether is that my desyre but yf the shadowe go backewarde ten degrees it is no light thynge And Esaye the prophete called vnto the lorde and he brought the shadowe tenne degrees backewardes by whych it had goen downe in the dyall of Ahas Th .xxii. Chapter THe Kyng Iosus sent Saphan sayinge go vp to Nelkia the hye prieste that he maye summe the syluer which is brought into the house of the lorde whiche the kepers of the porche haue gathered of the people c. Howe be it let no teâ—â—nyng be made with them of the moneye that is delyuered into theyr handes for theyr vse is to deal â–ª faythfully ¶ The fyrst booke of Chronicles the tenthe Chapter SAVL dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed agaynst the Lorde in that he kepte not the worde of the lorde and in that he soughte and asked counsayle of a womanne that wrought with a spirite and asked not of the Lorde And therfore he slue hym and turned the kyngdom vnto Dauid the sonne of Esay The .xv. Chapter ANd Chenanishu the chiefe of the Leuites was wayster of the songe for he taughte other to synge because he was a man of vnderstandynge ¶ The .xvi. Chapter O Gyue thankes vnto the Lorde call vpon his name make his actes knowen amonge the people Synge vnto hym and playe vnto hym talke of all his wondrefull dedes Reioyse in his holy name lette the hartes of them that seke the Lorde be gladde Seke the lorde and his strengthe seke his presence alwaye Touche not myne annoynted and do my Prophetes no harme The .xx. Chapter And there chaunced yet agayne warre at Geth â–ª where as was a man of a great stature with xxâ—â—… fyngers and toes .vi. on euery hande and .vi. on euery foote and was the sonne of Raphath The .xxi. Chapter HAd Dauid sayde vnto God I am in an excedyng strayte Lette me fall nowe into the hande of the lorde for passyng greate are his mercyes but let me not fall into the hande of men The .xxii. Chapter HAd Dauid sayd vnto Salomon my soÌ„ne I thought as it was in my heart to buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God but the worde of the lorde came to me saying thou haste shed muche bloude and haste made greate battayles thou shalte therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou haste shedde muche bloude vpon the earth in my syght The .xxiij. Chapter HAD the Leuites were noumbred from the age of .xxx. yere and aboue and the numbre and summe of them was .xxxvii. thousande men Of whiche .xxxiiii. M. were sette to fourther the worke of the house of the Lorde and .vi. M. were officers and iudges iiii M. were porters and .iiii. M praysed the lorde with suche instrumentes as was made to prayse withall The .xxv. Chapter IEduthun and Heman execated the seruice in the house of god at the kynges hande And the multitude of them with theyr brethren that were instructe in the songes of the lorde euen all that were commyng were two hundred foure froze and eyght The .xxviij. Chapter THe Lorde searchech all heartes and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacion of thoughtes The .xxix. Chapter OUre dayes on the earth are but as a shadow and there is none abydynge ¶ The .ii. boke of the Chronicles the .vi. Chapter AND wyll GOD in verye dede dwel with meÌ„ on earth beholde heauen and heauen aboue al heauens do not contayne thee howe muche lesse the house whyche I haue buylded The .vii. Chapter This house whiche I haue sanctified for my name wyl I cast out of my sight and wyll make it to be a prouerbe and a ieste among all nacions And euery one that passeth by shall be astoned at this house whiche belonged to the moost hye GOD and shal saye why hath the lorde delte on this fashion with this land and with this house And they shal aunswere bycause they forsoke the lorde god of theyr father whiche broughte them oute of the lande of Egypte and caught holde on other goddes and worshypped them and serued them euen therfore hathe he broughte all this euell vpon them The .xiiii. Chapter HAd Asa eryed vnto the lorde hys god and sayde lord it is no harde thynge with the to helpe eyther manye or them that haue no power Helpe vs therfore O lorde our god for we truste to the and in thy name we go agaynste this multitude The .xvi. Chapter THe eyes of the Lorde beholde al the earthe to strengthe them that are of perfect heart towarde hym The .xxiiij. Chapter HAd the sprite of God came vpon Zacharye the sonne Iehoiada the priest whiche stode by the people and sayde vnto them Thus saythe god why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the lorde that ye cannot prospere for because ye haue forsaken the lorde he also hathe forsaken you And thay conspired agaynst hym and stoned hym with stones at the commaundemente of the kynge euen in the courte of the house of the lord The .xxvi. Chapter TZia transgressed agaynst the lorde his god and wente into the
myght be eased from their wyckednes the ten thousande part of men shulde not be made lyuynge And yf the iudge forgaue not those whiche he healed with his worde and yf he wold destroy the multitude that striueth there shuld be very fewe left in an vnnumerable multitude ¶ The .viii. Chapter THe most highest made this worlde for many but the world to come for fewe I will tell the a symilitude Esoras As when thou askeste the earthe it shall saye vnto the that it geueth muche moulde wherof earthen vessels are made but litle of it that golde commeth of euen so is it with the worcke of this worlde There be manye created but fewe shal be preserued Yf thou haue mercye vpon vs thou shal be called mercyfull where as we haue no worckes of righteousnes for the righteous whiche haue laid vp many good worckes together shal out of their dedes receaue rewarde ¶ The .ix. Chapter LYke as the felde is so is also the seede as the floures be so are the coloures also suche as the worckeman is suche is the worcke and as the husband man is him selfe so is his husbandry also ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter THe weaker that the worlde and the time is the more shall synne wyckednesse increase in them that dwell vpon earthe for the truthe is fled farre awaye and lesynge is harde at hande Yf so be that ye wyll subdue your owne vnderstandyng and reforme your herte ye shall be kept aliue and after deathe shall ye optaine mercy for after deathe shall the iudgement come when we shall lyue againe and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest and the workes of the vngodly shall be declared ¶ The .xv. Chapter THus saith the lorde god my right hand shall not spare the synners my sweard shal not cease ouer theÌ„ that shed innocent bloude vpoÌ„ earth The .xvi. Chapter ANd when youre synnes are brought forthe ye shal be ashamed before menne and youre owne synnes shal be your accusers in that daye Wo be vnto them that are subdued vnto theyr synnes and tangled in theyr wickednesse like as a felde is hedged in with bushes and the pathe thereof couered with thornes and that no manne maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brente ¶ The booke of Tobias The fyrst Chapter TObias gat him to Ierusalem vnto the temple of the lord there worshipped the lord god of Israel faythfully offeryng of al his first frutes tythes so that in the thyrde yeare he ministred all the tythes vnto the straungers conuertes Tobias taughte his son froÌ„ his youth vp to feare god and to refrayne from all synne Tobias fed the hungry clothed the naked and buried the dead and slayne diligently The .ii. Chapter THis temptatioÌ„ of blindnesse did god suffer to happen vnto hym that they whiche came after might haue an exaÌ„ple of his pacieÌ„ce lyke as of holy Iob for in so muche as he euer feared god froÌ„ his youthe vp kepte his coÌ„mauÌ„dementes he grudged not against god that the plage of blindnes chauÌ„sed vnto him but remained sted fast in the feare of god and thanked god all the dayes of his lyfe ¶ The .iii. Chapter BLessed be thy name o god of our fathers whiche when thou arte wroth shewest mercy and in time of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Whosoeuer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure of this that if his life be tempted and proued it standeth in the trying and yf he endure in patience he shall haue a rewarde and be hyghlye crowned if he be in troble that god no doubte shall delyuer him and yf his lyfe be in chastening that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercye For thou hast no pleasure in our damnation and why after a storme thou makest the wether fayre and styll after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye ¶ The .iiii. Chapter HOlde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of her lyfe for thou oughteste to remember what and howe greate parels she suffered for the in her wombe Geue almes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face froÌ„ the pore and so shall it come to passe that the face of the lord shall not be turned away from the. Mercy delyuereth from all synne from death and suffereth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate conforte is mercy before the highe god vnto all them that shewe it Whosoeuer worcketh any thynge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruauntes wages remayne not by the ouer nyght Looke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another manne shoulde do vnto the. The .vi. Chapter Yf thou layest a pece of the herte vpon the coales the smoke therof driueth awaye all maner of euell spretes wether it be from man or woman so that from thenceforthe the same shall come no more vnto them Heare me and I wyll tell the what they be of whome the deuyll hathe power Namelye they that receaue mariage of suche a fashion that they shute god oute from them and from theyr herte and geue theym selues to their owne luste euen as it were an horse and mule whiche haue no vnderstandynge vpon suche hathe the deuyll power But when thou takest Sara and art come in to her chaumbre wytholde thy selfe from her thre dayes and geue thy diligence vnto nothing but vnto prayer with her The .x. Chapter SO the elders embraced their doughter â—yssed her and let her goo exortyng her to honoure her father and mother in lawe to loue her husbande to rule well her housholde to kepe her house in good order to shewe her selte fawtlesse ¶ The .xii. Chapter IT is good to hyde the kynges secrete but to shewe the worckes of god to prayse them is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastyng and mercye is better then to horde vp treasures of golde For mercye delyuereth frome deathe clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastyng lyfe But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are the enemies of their owne soule When thou prayedest with teares and buriedest the deade and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the dead in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou myghtest burye them in the nighte I offered thy prayer before the lorde You thougt that I dyd eate and dryncke wythe you but I vse meate that is muscible and drinck that can not be sene of menne The boke of Iudith The fourth Chapter BE ye sure that the lorde wyll here your petitions if ye continue stedfast in fastinges and prayers in the syghte of the lorde The .viii. Chapter Iudyth ware a smocke of heare and fasted all the dayes of her lyfe excepte the sabothes new mones the solempne daies that the people of Israell kepte The .ix. Chapter THy power o lord standethe not in the power of men neither hast thou anye plesur in the strenghte of horses
but the vngodlye and hym that delyted in wychednes dothe his soule abhorre vpon the vngodly he shall raygne snares fyre and brymstone storme and tempeste this shal be their portion to dryncke ¶ The .xii. Chapter THe Lorde shel rote out all disceatful lippes and the tong that speaketh proude thinges ¶ The .xiii. Chapter HOwe longe shall mine enemy triumphe ouer me Consider and heare me O lord my god lyghten myne eyes that I stepe not in deathe lest myne enemye saye I haue preuayled against hym For yf I be cast downe they that trouble me wyl reioyce at it But my truste is in thy mercye and my herte is ioyfull in thy saluation The .xiiii. Chapter THe Lorde loked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men to se yf there were any that wolde vnderstande and seke after god But they are all gone out of the waye they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doth good no not one ¶ The .xv. Chapter LOrde who shall dwell in thy tabernacle he that hathe not geuen hys money to vsurye nor taken rewarde against the innocent ¶ The .xvi. Chapter THe Lorde hym selfe is the portion of myne enheritaunce Thou shalte not leue my soule in hel neyther shalte thou suffer thy holy one to se corruption The .xviii. Chapter The lorde shall rewarde me after my righteous dealyng accordynge to the clennes of my handes shall he recompence me With the holy thou shalte be holye and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect With the cleane thou shalte be cleane and with the frowarde thou shalte learne frowardnes ¶ The .xix. Chapter The iudgementes of the Lorde are true righteous all together More to be desyred are they than golde yea then muche fyne golde sweter then hony combe of the hony Moreouer by them is thy seruaunt taught and in kepynge of them there is great rewarde Who can tell how ofte he offendeth Oh clense thou me fro my secrete fautes Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous synnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shall I be vndefiled and innocent from the greate offence ¶ The .xx. Chapter SOme put theyr trust in charrettes and some in horses but we wyll remembre the name of the lorde oure god They are broughte downe and fallen but we are rysen and stande vpright The .xxii. Chapter I Am a worme and no mā a very scorne of men and the outcast of the people They pearsed my handes and my fete I maye tell all my bones they stande staring and lokynge vpon me They parte my garmentes among them and caste lottes vpon my vesture ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter Though I walke thorow the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou art with me ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter Who shall ryse vp into the hyll of the lord euen he that hathe clene handes and a pure harte and that hath not lyft vp his mynde vnto vanitie nor sworne to deceyue his neyghbour The. 25. Cha. What man is he that feareth the lorde him shal he teache in the waye that he shall chose His soule shall dowell at ease and his seede shall inherit the lande The secrete of the lorde is amonge them that feare him he wil shew thē his conuenaunt ¶ The .xxvii. Chapter ONe thing haue I desired of the lord whiche I wyll requyre euen that I maye dwell in the house of the lorde all the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre beauty of the lorde and to viset his temple ¶ The .xxviii. Chapter O Plucke me not awaye with the vngodly and wycked doers whiche speake frēdly to their neighboures but ymagine myschefe in their hertes Rewarde them according to the wyckednesse of their owne inuentions Recōpence them after the worcke of their handes paye theim that they haue deserued For they regarde not in they re mynde the worckes of the lorde nor the operations of his handes therfore shall he breake them downe and not buylde them vp The .xxxii. Chapter BLessed is he whose vnryghteousnes is forgeuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is that man vnto whome the lorde imputeth no synne and in whose sprete there is no gyle The .xxxiii. Chapter THe lorde bringeth the counsaile of the heathen to nought and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effecte and casteth oute the counseyles of princes There is no kinge that can be saued by the multitude of an hooste neyther is anye myghtye man deliuered by moche strenght A horse is counted but a vaine thinge to saue a man neyther shall he delyuer any man by his greate strength Beholde the eye of the lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put their trust in hys mercy To delyuer their soules from deathe and to fede them in tyme of dearth The .xxxiiii. Chapter I wyll alwaye geue thankes vnto the lorde his prayse shall euer be in my mouthe The aungel of the lorde tarieth rounde about them that feare him and delyuereth them O tast and se howe gracious the lorde is blessed is the manne that trusteth in hym O feare the lorde ye that be his sainctes for they that feare hym lacke nothinge What man is he that lusteth to lyue and wolde faine se good dayes Kepe thy tonge frome euyll and thy lyppes that they speake nogyle Eschue euyll and do good se he peace and ensue it The eyes of the lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers The countinaunce of the Lorde is agaynste them that do euyll to rote out the remembraunce of them from the earth The righteous crye the lorde heareth them deliuereth them out of all their troubles The lorde is nye vnto them that are of a contrite herte and wyll saue suche as be of an humble sprete Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the lord deliuereth him out of all He kepeth all hys bones so that not one of them is broken The .xxxv. Chapter I putte on sacke clothe and humbled my soule with fastynge and my prayer shall retourne in to my owne bosome The .xxxvii. Chapter Wycked doers shal be roted oute and they that paciently abyde the lorde these shall inherite the lande Yet a lytle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalte loke after his place and he shal be awaye But the meke spirited shall possesse the earthe and shal be refreshed in the multitude of peace A small thinge that the righteous hath is better then great richesse of the vngodly I haue bene yonge and nowe am olde and yet saw I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede beggyng theyr breade The mouthe of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tounge wylbe talkynge of iudgement I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in greate power and florishyng lyke a grene bay tree I went by and lo he was gone I soughte hym but his place coulde no where be founde ¶ The .xxxviii. Chapter There is no health in my fleshe And there is
no whole parte in my bodye The .xxxix. Chapter VErely euery man liuynge is altogether â—â—…nitie for man walketh in a vaine shadowe and disquieteth him selfe in vayne he heapeth vp richessr and cannot tell who shall gather them The .xli. Chapter BLessed is he that considereth the poore and neady the lord shall deliuer him in the time of trouble ¶ The .xliiii. Chapter I wil not trust in my bow it is not my swearde that shall helpe me but it is thou that sauest vs froÌ„ our enemyes and puttest them to coÌ„fusion that hate vs. For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are contented as shepe appointed to be claine The .xlv. Chapter Thou haste loued ryghteousnes and hated iniquitie wherfore god euen thy god hath anointed the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes The .xlix. Chapter The wyse men dye and her she together as well as the ignorant and foolyshe and leue their riches for other Be not thou affrayed though one be made riche or yf the glorye of his house be increased for he shall carpe nothynge awaye with hym when he dieth neyther shall his pompe folowe him The .l. Chapter OVr god shall come shall not hepe silence there shall go before him a consumyng fyre and a mightye tempeste shal be stered vp rounde aboute hym he shall call the heauen from aboue and the earthe that he maye iudge his people Offer vnto god thankesgeuyng and paye thy dowes vnto the most hyest But vnto the vngodlye sayde god why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my coÌ„uenaunt in thy mouthe The .li. Chapter The sacrifice of god is a troubled sprete a broken and a contrite herte o god shalt thou not despise Beholde I was shapen in wickednes and in synne hath my mother conceaued me The .lii. Chapter THe righteous also shall se this and feare shall laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ that toke not god for his strenghte but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wyckednes The .lv. Chapter HE layd his handes vpon suche as be at peace with him and he brake his couenaunt The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter hauyng warre in his hart his wordes were smother then oyle and yet be they very sweardes The .lviii. Chapter THe righteous shal reioyse when he seeth the vengeaunce he shall washe his footesteppis in the bloude of the vngodly The .lxii. Chapter IF riches increase set not your hart vpon theÌ„ Thou rewardell euery man accordyng to his worke The .lxvi. Chapter I Wyll gointo thy house with brent offeringes and wyll paye thee my vowes whiche I promisâ—d with my lippes and speake with my mouthe whan I was in trouble The .lxix. Chapter I wepte and chastened my selfe with fastinge and that was turned to my reproche I put on a sackcloth also and they iested vpon me They that sytte in the gate speake agaynste me and the dronkardes make songes vpon me The .lxxi. Chapter O What great troubles and aduersities haste thou shewed me and yet diddest thou turne and refreshe me yea and broughtest me from the depe of the earthe agayne Thou haste broughte me to great honoure and comforted me on euery syde The .lxxvi. Chapter Promise vnto the lorde your god and kepe it The .lxxix. Chapter O Remember not oure olde synnes but haue merrie vpon vs and that soone for we are come to great miserie The .lxxx. Chapter THou fedest them with the breade of tearee and geuest them plenteousnesse of teares to drynke The .lxxxi. Chapter My people wolde not heare my voyce and Israell wolde not obeye me So I gaue them vp vnto they re owne heartes lust and lette them folow their owne ymaginacions The .lxxxiiii. Chapter I Had rather be a doore keper in the house of my god then to dwelin the rentes of vngodlynesse The .lxxxix. Chapter BVt yf his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgementes yf they breke my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes I wyl viset theyr offences with the rod and their synnes with scourges What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death The .xc. Chapter A Thousande yeares in thy syghte are but as yesterdaye The dayes of our age are thre score yeares ten and thoughe men be so stronge that they come to four scoure yeares yet is theyr strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye and we are goen The .xci. Chapter HE shall geue his aungels charge ouer thee to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in theyr handes that thou hurt not thy foote agaynst astone The .xcii. Chapter WHen the vngodlye are grene as the grasse and when all the worckes of wyckednesse dooe florishe then shall they be destroyedde for euer The .xcuii. Chapter BLessed is the man whome thou chasteneste O lorde The .xcvii. Chapter THere shall go a fyre before hym and burne his enemies on euery syde O ye that loue the lorde se that ye hate the thinge whiche is euyli The lorde preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shall delyuer them from the hande of the vngodly The Ci. Chapter WHo so priuelye slaundereth his neyghboure him wyll I destroye There shall no disceatefull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tarye in my sight The Cii Chapter I Haue eaten asshes as it were breade and myngeled my dryncke with wepyng My dayes are gone lyke a shadowe and I am wythered lyke grasse Thou lorde in the begynnynge haste layde the fundation of the earthe and the heauens are the worcke of thy handes they shall perishe but thou shalâ—e endure they all shall waxe olde as dothe a garment and as a vesture shalte thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou arte the same and thy yeares shall not fayle The C.iii. Chapter THe mercifull goodnesse of the Lorde endureth for euer and euer vpoÌ„ them that feare him his righteousnes vpon chylders children The C.iiii. Chapter HE bryngeth forth grasse for the cattel and grene herbe for the seruice of menne that he maye brynge foode out of the earth and wyne that maketh gladde the herte of man and oyle to make him a chereful countenaunce and breade to strength mans herte Man goeth forth to his worke and to hys laboure vntill the euenyng The .cv. Chapter TOuche not myne annointed and do my prophetes no harme The .cvi. Chapter BLessed are they that alwaye kepe iudgement and do righteousnesse The .cix. Chapter HYs delite was in cursyng and it shall happen vnto hym he loued not blessynge therfore shall it be farre from hym My knees are weake thorow fasting my fleshe is dried vp for want of fatnesse The .cxi. Chapter THe woorkes of his handes are veritie and iudgement all his commaundementes are true The feare of the lorde is the beginning of wisdome a good vnderstandynge haue all they that do thereafter The .cxii. Chapter A Good manne is mercifull and lendeth and wyll guyde his
wordes with discrecion He hath sparsed abrode and geuen to the poore and his righteousnesse remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted with honoure The .cxiii. Chapter HE taketh vp the simple out of the duste and lyfteth the poore out of the myre That he maye set hym with the princes euen with the princes of his people The .cxviii. Chapter IT is better to truste in the Lorde then to put any confidence in man It is better to truste in the lorde then to put anye confidence in princes The .cxix. Chapter BLessed are those that be vndefyled in the waye and walke in the waye of the lorde Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies seke him with there hole herte For they whiche do no wyckednesse walke in his wayes It is good for me that I haue bene in trouble that I maye learne thy statutes The lawe of thy mouthe is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde and syluer O howe swete are thy wordes vnto my throte yea swetter then hony vnto my mouthe Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my fete and a lyghte vnto my pathes My soule is alwaye in my hande When thy worde goeth forthe it geueth lyghte and vnderstandyng euen to the symple The .cxx. Chapter What reward shal be geuen vnto the thou false tong euen mighty and sharpe arowes with hoote burnynge coles They that sowe in teares shall repe in ioye he that now goeth in his waye wepyng and beareth forth good seede shall doutles come agayne with ioye and brynge his sheaues with him The .cxxvii. Chapter EXcepte the lorde buylde the house theyr laboure is but lost that buylde it Except the lorde kepeth the cytie the watche manne waketh but in vayne The .cxxxviii. Chapter THoughe the lorde be hye yet hathe he respect vnto the lowlye as for the proude he beholdeth him a farre of The .cxxxix. Chapter WHether shall I go then from the sprete or whether shall I go then from thy presence yf I clyme vp into heauen thou arte there yf I go downe into hell thou arte there also yf I take the wynges of the morenynge and remaine in the vttermoste partes of the sea euen there also shall thy hande leade me thi right hande shal hold me The .cxl. Chapter A Man full of wordes shall not prosper vpon the earthe The .cxli. Chapter SEt a watche O lorde before my mouth and kepe the doore of my lyppes The .cxlii. Chapter I Cried vnto the O lorde and sayd thou art my hope my portion in the lande of liuing The .cxliii. Chapter INter not into iudgement with thy seruant for in thy syghte shall no manne lyuynge be iustified The .cxlv. Chapter THe lorde is louinge vnto euery man and his mercy is ouer all his worckes The lorde is nye vnto all them that call vpon him yea all suche as call vpon him faithfully The .cxlvi. Chapter O Put not youre truste in princes nor in anye chylde of man for there is no helpe in them The .clxvii. Chapter HE hathe no pleasure in the strengthe of an horse neyther deliteth he in anye mans legges but the lordes delyte is in theym that feare him and put their truste in his mercy ¶ The Prouerbes the fyrst Chapter THe feare of God is the beginning of wysedome but foles despise wisedome and instruccion My sonne consent not vnto synners yf they entice thee and saye come with vs. In vayne is the net layd forth before the byrdes eies I haue called and ye refused it I haue stretched out my hande and no man regarded it but all my counsele haue ye despised and set my corrections at naught The .ii. Chapter Walke thou in the waye of suche as be vertuous kepe the pathes of the righteous The .iii. Chapter LEt mercye and faythfulnes neuer go from thee bynde them about thy necke and wryte them in the tables of thy hearte so shalte thou fynde fauoure and good vnderstandynge in the syght of god and men Be not wyse in thyne owne conceyte Whome the lorde loueth hym he chasteneth and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne All the thynges that thou canst desyre are not to be compared vnto wysedome Wythdrawe no good thynge from them that haue nede so long as thyne hande is able to do it Saye not vnto thy neyghboure go thy waye and come agayne to morowe wyll I geue thee where as thou hall nowe to geue hym The .iiii. Chapter THe chiefe poynt of wysedome is that thou be wyllyng to obteyne wysedome and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstandyng Take faste holde of doctrine and let her not go kepe her for she is thy lyfe But awaye from thee a froward mouthe and let the lippes of slaunder be far from the. The .v. Chapter THe lyppes of an harlot are a droppyng hony combe and her throte is more glystering then Oyle But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood her tonge as sharpe as a two edged swearde The .vi. Chapter Go to the Emmet thou sluggarde consider her wayes and learne to be wyse She hath no guide nor ouersear nor ruler yet in the sommer she prouideth her meate and gathereth her foode togyther in the haruest These syre thynges doth the lorde hate and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth Aproude looke A lying tongue handes that shedde innocente bloude an hearte that goeth aboute with wicked ymaginacion feete that be swift in running to do mischiefe A false witnes that bryngeth vp lyes And suche one as soweth discord among brethrē An harlot wyll make a manne to begge his breade Maye a man take fyre in his bosome and his clothes not be brente Or can one go vpon hoote coales and his feete not be hurte Euen so who so euer goeth into his neyghbours wyfe and toucheth her cannot be vngyltye The .viii. Chapter They that seke me early shall fynde me The .ix. Chapter REproue not a scorner lest he owe the euyll wyll but rebuke a wyse manne and he wyll loue the. Stolen waters are swets and the breade that is priuely eaten hath a good taste The .x. Chapter A Wise sonne maketh a glad father but an vndiscrete son is an heuinesse vnto his mother Treasures that are wyckedly gotten profyte nothing but righteousnes deliuereth from death A wyse man wyll receyue warnynge Loue couereth the multitude of synnes He that refuseth to be refourmed desceyueth him selfe Where moche bablynge is there must nedes be offence and he that refraineth his lyppes is wise An innocent tonge is a noble treasure As vineger is to the tethe and as smoke is vnto the eyes euen so is a slouggyshe person to them that sendeth him forth The .xi. Chapter WHereno good counsayle is there the people decaye but where as many are that can geue coūsayle there is wealthe He that is suretye for a straunger hurteth hym selfe and he that medieth not with suretyshyppe is sure A fayre woman without discrete maners is like a rynge of golde in a swynnes snoute Some man
the laste it byteth like a serpent and stingeth as an adder My sonne thou eatest hony and the swete honye combe because it is good and sweete in thy mouth euen so shall knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule assone as thou hast gotten it A iuste man falleth seuen tymes and ryseth vp agayne but the vngodly fall into wickednes Reioyse not thou at the fall of thyne enemye and let not thyne hearte be gladde when he stombleth leste the Lorde when he seeth it be angrye and turne his wrath from hym vnto the. The .xxv. Chapter PUt not forth thy selfe in the presence of the kynge and prese not into the places of great men Better it is that it be sayde vnto the come vp hether then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whome thou seest with thyne eyes Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighboures house lest he be wery of the and so abhorre thee Yf thyne enemy honger fede hym yf he thyrst gyue hym drynke for so shalt thou heape coales of fyrste vpon hys heade and the lord shal rewarde the. Lyke as it is not good to eate to moche hony euen so he that wyll searche out hye thynges it shal be to heuy for hym The .xxvi. Chapter Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes leaste thou become lyke vnto hym but make the foole an answere to his foolishnes lesse he be wyse in his owne conceyte The .xxvii. Chapter LEt a nother man prayse thee and not thyne owne mouth yes other mennes lippes and not thyne An open rebuke is better then a secrete loue Better is a frende at hande then a brother farre of The .xxviii. Chapter HE that by vsury and vniuste gaynes gathereth ryches he shall laye them in store for a man that wyll pitie the poore He that turneth awaye his eare from hearyng the lawe his prayer shall be abhominable He that hydeth his synnes shall not prosper but whoso knowlegeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercye Lyke as a roarynge Lyon and an hungrye beare euen so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people Where the prince is without vnderstanding there is greate oppression and wronge but yf he be suche a one as hateth couetousnesse he shall longe raygne He that maketh to muche haste to be ryche shall not be vngylty He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that turneth away his eyes from suche as be in necessitie shal suffre great pouertie himself The .xxix. Chapter WYth true iudgement the kynge setteth vp the lande but yf he be a maÌ„ that oppresseth the people with gatheringes he turueth it vpside downe When the vngodly come vp wickednes encreaseth but the righteous shall se theyr fall When the worde of god is not preached the people perishe He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt froÌ„ a chylde shall make hym his mayster at length The .xxx. Chapter AL the wordes of god be pure and cleane Put thou nothyng vnto hys wordes leaste he reproue thee and thou be founde a lyar Remoue fro me vanitie and lyes geue me neither pouertie nor ryches onelye graunte me a necessarye liuyng least yf I be full I denye the and saye who is the Lorde And leaste I beynge constrayned thorowe pouertie fall vnto stelynge and take the name of my Lorde god in vayne There be three thynges that are neuer satisfyed yea foure thynges sayeth neuer whoo The graue a womans wombe closed and the earthe that hath neuer water ynough As for fyre it sayth neuer whoo There be three thynges to hye for me and as for the fourth that passeth my knowlege The waye of an Egle in the ayer the waye of a serpent ouer a stone the waye of a shippe in the sea and the waye of a man with a yonge woman Thorowe thre thynges the earthe is disquieeted and the fourth maye it not beare Thorowe a seruaunt that beareth rule Thorowe a foole that hath to muche breade Thorow a wyfe worthy hatred when she is maryed And thorowe an handemayden that is heyre to her maystres The .xxxi. Chapter O My beloued soÌ„ne geue not ouer thy streÌ„gth and wayes vnto women whiche are the desiruction euen of kynges O â—amuel it is not for kynges it is not I say for kynges to drinke wyne nor princes stronge drinke for there is no secrete where dronkennes raygneth leste they beyng dronken forgette the lawe and peruerte the iudgemente of all poore mennes chyldren Geue strong drinke vnto suche as are condempned to death and wine vnto those that mourne that they maye drynke it and forget their miserye and aduersitie as for fauoure it is discretefull and beautie is a vayne thynge ¶ The booke of the preacher the first Chapter AL floudes runne into the sea and yet is the sea it selfe not fylled for loke vnto what place the waters runne theÌ„ce then come the flowe agayne All thynges are so harde to be knowen that no man can expresse them There is no newe thynge vnder the sunne Where muche wysedome is there is also greate trauayle and disquietnes and the more knowlege a man hath the more is his care The .ii. Chapter The wyse manne dyeth as wel as the foole What gathereth a manne of all the laboure and trauayle of his mynde that he taketh vnder the sunne but heuinesse and sorowe and disquietnesse all the dayes of his lyfe The .iii. Chapter SO I yet ceyued that there is nothyng better for a man then to be merye and to do well as long as he lyueth The .iiii. Chapter I Iudged those that are deade more happye then those that be a lyue yea hym that is yet vnborne to be better at ease then they bothe because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne Woo is hym that is a lone for yf he fal he hath not another to helpe hym vp The .v. Chapter IF thou make a vowe vnto god be not slacke to performe it Is for folyshe vowes he hathe no pleasure in them Yf thou promyse any thinge paye it for better it is that thou make no vowe then that thou shuldest promise and 〈◊〉 He that loueth money wyll neuer be satisfyed with moâ—â—… And who so delyteth in riches shall haue no profyte therof Like as he came naked out of his mothers woÌ„be so go the he thether againe and carieth nothynge awaye with him of all his laboure ¶ The .vii. Chapter A Good name is more worthe then precious oyntement It is better to go into an house of mournynge then into an banckettyng house Better it is to consydre the ende of a thyng then the begynning Vse well the tyme of prosperite and remember the tyme of mysfortune Be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse that thou perishe not be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe least thou dye before thy time There is not one iust vpon earth that doeth good and synneth not The .viii. Chapter BEcause that euell worckes are not hastelye punished the hearte of manne
and a swete smell is it before the hyghest Halowe thy tithes vnto god with gladnesse Geue vnto god accordyng as he hathe enriched and prospered the and looke what thy hande is able geue with a chearfull eye for the Lorde recōpenseth and geueth thee seuen tymes as muche agayne The .xxxvi. Chapter AFeyre wyfe reioyseth her husbande and a mā loueth nothyng better Yf she be louing and vertuous withall then is not her husbande lyke other men He that hath gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodlye possession she is vnto him a helpe and pyller where vpon he resteth The .xxxvii. Chapter HOld thy rounsayle fast in thy hert for there is no man more faythfull to kepe it then thou thy selfe Before al thy workes aske counsayle fyrst and or euer thou doest any thyng be well aduysed Be not gredy in euery eatyng and be not to hasty vpon all meates for excesse of meates bryngeth syckenes and glotony commeth at the laste to an vnmeasurable heate Thorowe surfet haue manye one perished but he that dyeteth hymselfe temperately prolongeth his lyfe The .xxxviii. Chapter HOnour the Phisicion honour hym because of necessitie God hath created hym for of the hyest commeth medicine and he shall receyue gyftes of the kynge The wisedome of the phisicion bringeth him to great worship and in the sight of the great mē of this worlde he shal be honorably taken My sonne brynge fourth thy teares ouer the dead and begynne to mourne as yf thou haddest suffred great harme thy selfe and then couer his body after a conuenient maner despise not his buriall Enforce thy selfe to wepe and prouoke thy selfe to mourne and make lamentacion expediently and that a daye or two leaste thou be euell spoken of and then comfort thy selfe because of thy heauinesse For of heuines commeth death The .xl. Chapter TO labour and to be content with that a mā hath is a swete pleasant lyfe and that is to fynde a treasure aboue all treasures The .xli. Chapter O Death how bytter is the remembraunce of thee to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substaunce and riches vnto the man that hath nothyng to vexe hym and that hathe prosperitie in all thynges yea vnto hym that yet is able to receyue meate O Death how acceptable good is thy iudgement vnto the nedeful vnto hym whose strēgth fayleth and that is nowe in the laste age and that all thynges is full of care and fearefulnesse vnto hym also that is in despayre and hath no hope nor patience Labour to get the a good name for that shal continue surer by thee then a thousande greate treasures of golde Be ashamed to looke vpon another mannes wyfe and to make any tryflyng wordes wyth her mayden or to stande by her bedsyde The .xlii. Chapter LYke as the worme and mothe commeth oute of the clothyng so doth wyckednesse come of women The .xlvii. Chapter LYke as the fat is taken awaye from the offeryng so was Dauid chosen out of the chyldren of Israell The xlix Chapter ALl Kynges excepte Dauid Hezechias and Iosiah committed wickednesse But vpon the earthe is there noman created lyke Enoch for he was taken vp from the earthe The .li. Chapter WOrke the Lordes worke by tymes and he shall geue you youre rewarde in due seasō ¶ The Prophecie of Esaye the firste Chapter THe Oxe hathe knowen his owner and the Asse his maysters cryb but Israell hathe receyued no knowledge my people hathe no vnderstandynge Offer me no mo oblaciōs for it is but loste laboure Incesse is an abhominable thynge vnto me your fastynges are also in vaine I may not awaye with youre newe holye dayes and fastyngs I hate theym euen frome my very herte they make me wery I cannot abyde thē when ye holde out youre handes I wyll turne myne eyes from you And thoughe ye make many prayers yet wyll I heare nothyng at all seynge your handes are ful of bloude Washe you make you cleane put awaye your euell thoughtes out my sight cease from doynge of euell learne to do right applye youre selues to equitie deliuer the oppressed helpe the fatherles to his right let the wydowes complainte come before you c. Yf ye be louyng and obedient ye shal enioye the best thynge that groweth in the lande But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shal be deuoured with the swearde for the Lord hath promised with his owne mouth The .ii. Chapter THe glorye of the lordes maiestie casteth downe the highe lokes of the presumptious personnes and bryngeth lowe the pride of man The .iii. Chapter BYd the righteous do well for they shall enioye the fruites of theyr studies But woo be to the vngodlye and vnrighteous for they shal be rewarded after theyr workes Seynge the daughters of Sion are become so proude and come in with stretched oute neckes and with vayne wantonne eyes seynge they come in trippynge so nicelye with they re feete Therfore shall the Lorde shaue theyr heades and shall discouer theyr shame in that daye shall the LORDE take awaye the gorgiousenesse of theyr apparell and spanges cheynes Partelets and colers bracelettes and hoones the goodlye floured wyde and broydered rayemente brooches and handebandes rynges and garlandes holy daye clothes and vales kerchefes and pinnes glasses and cypresses bonets and taches And in stede of good smel there shal be stinke among them and for theyr gyrdels there shal be lose bandes and for well set heare there shal be baldenes in steade of a stomacher a sacke clothe and for theyr bewetye wytherdenesse and Sunne burnynge You re husbandes and mightie menne shall perishe with the swearde in battayle The .v. Chapter IVdge I pray you betwixte me and my vine yarde what more could haue bene doen for it that I haue not done wherfore then hath it geuē thornes where I loked to haue had grapes of it Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another and bryng one lande so nyghe vnto another that the poore can get no more grounde and that ye maye dwell vpon the earthe alone Wo be vnto them that ryse vp earlye to folowe dronkennes and to them that contynue so vntyll nighte and tyll they be sette on fyre with wyne Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse vnto them with cordes of vanitie and synne as it were with a carte rope Woo be vnto them that call euell good and good euell whiche made datkenesse lyghte and lyghte darkenesse that make sowre swete and swete sowre Woo be vnto them that are wyse in theyr owne sighte and thynke themselues to haue vnderstandyng Wo be vnto them that are stronge to suppē oute wyne and experte men to sette vp dronckenesse The .vi. Chapter GO and tell this people ye shall heare in dede but ye shall not vnderstande ye shall playnelye se and not perceyue Harden the hartes of this people stoppe theyr eares and shutte theyr eyes that they se not with theyr eyes heare not with theyr eares and vnderstande not with they re
prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make liraight the pathe for our God in the deserte Let all valleis be exalted and euery mountaine hill be laied lowe What so is croked lette it be made straight and let the roughe be made plainfeldes for the glorye of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once se it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Nowe crye and the Prophete answered what shall Ierye that al fleshe is grasse and that al the goodlines therof is as the frower of the feilde the grasse is withered the flower falleth away euen so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lorde bloweth vppon the im Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or that the flower fade awaye yet the word of god endureth for euer Who hath refourmed the minde of the Lorde or to whom hath he shewed his counsell or whoe is of his counsell to teach him or who hath geueÌ„ him vnderstanding and hath taught him the path of iudgemente whoe taughte him cunninge opened vnto him the waie of vnderstandinge The .xlii. Chapter WHo suffered Iacob to be trodeÌ„ vnder fote Israell to be spoyled did not the Lorde bicause we haue sinned against him and haue had no delite to walke in his wates neither bene obediente vnto his lawe The .xlv. Chapter TVrne you to me al ye endes of the earth that ye maye be saued for I am God and there is els none I swere by my felfe out of my mouth commeth the worde of rightuousnes and that no man may turne but all knees shall bowe vnto me and all tonges shal swere by my name sayinge verily in the Lorde is my rightuousenes strength To him shall men come but all they that thyncke scorne of him shal be confounded And the whole sede of Israell shall be iustified and make theyr bost in the Lorde The .xlix. Chapter HAd thus saieth the Lorde In the time accepted haue I hearde the and in the daye of saluation haue I helped the. God hath conforted his people and will haue mercy vpoÌ„ his that be in trouble But Sion said God hath forsaken and my Lorde hath forgotten me Will a wife forget the childe of hir wombe not pitye the sonne whome she hathe borne And thoughe she do forget yet will I not forget the. Who so putteth his trust in me shall not be coÌ„founded The .l. Chapter The lorde god haths opened mine eare therfore can I not saye naye nor withdrawe my selfe but I offer my backe vnto the smiters and my chekes to the nippers I turne not my face from shame and spitting and the lord god shal helpe me therfore shall I not be confounded I haue herdened my face lyke a flynt stoone For I am sure that I shall not come to confusion The .lii. Chapter O Howe bewtifull are the feete of the ambassa doure that bryngethe the message from the mountaine and proclaimeth peace that bryngeth good tydynges and preacheth helthe and saythe vnto Syon thy god is the kynge The .liii. Chapter HE onely hath taken on hym our infirmities and borne our paines He was wounded for oure offences and smytten for oure wyckednes The chastement of our peace was laide vpon him and with his stripes we are healed The lord hath heaped together vpon hym the iniquite of vs all He suffred violence and was euell intreated and dyd not yet open his mouthe He shal be led as a shepe to be slaine yet shall he be as slyll as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouthe He dyd neuer violeÌ„ce nor vnright neither hath there bene anye disceatfulnes in his mouthe And he is â—ekened amonge the trangressons whych neuerthelesse hath taken away the synnes of the multitude and made intercession for the mysdoers The .iv. Chapter SEkethe Lorde while he may he founde and call vpon him while he is nie Let the vngodly man forsake his owne waye and the vnrightnouse his owne Imaginations and turne againe vnto the Lorde so shall he be merciful vnto him and to our God for he is very ready to forgiue The worde that commeth oute of my mouth shall not turne againe voide vnto me but shall accomplishe my will and prospere in the thynge whereto I sende it The .lvi. Chapter BLessed is he that taketh hede that he vnhallowe not the Saboth that is he that kepeth him selfe that he do none euil ¶ My house shall be called an house for all people The .lvii. Chapter THe wicked haue no peace saieth God The .lviii. Chapter CRye nowe as loude as thou canste leaue not of lift vp thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their affences and the house of Iacob their sinnes Wherefore faste we saye they and thou seest it not we put oure liues to straitenes and thou regardeste it not Beholde when ye faste your iuste remaineth styl for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters loe ye faste to strife and debate and to smite with the fiste of wickednes Nowe ye shall not faste thus that you may make your voice be hearde aboue Thinke you this faste pleaseth me that a man should chasten him selfe for a day and to wreth his hand aboute like ahoke and to lye vpon the earth in an heary cloth Shoulde that be called faslinge or a daye that pleaseth the Lord Doeth not this fasling rather please me that thou lose him out of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the othe of wicked bargaines that you let the oppressed go free and take from them all maner of burthene to deale thy breade to the hungry and bryng the poore wandryng home into thyne house when thou feest the naked that thou couer hym and not thy face from thy neyghboure The .lix. Chapter BEhold the Lordes haÌ„de is not so shortened that it cannot helpe neither is his eare so stopped that it may not heare But your misdedes haue separated you from youre god and youre synnes hyde his face from you that he hearethe you not The .lxiiii. Chapter WE are all as an vncleane thyng and all our right cousnesse are as the clothes stayned with flowers of a woman we fal euery cheone as the leafe for oure synnes carye vs awaye lyke the wynde The .lxv. Chapter THus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde my seruauntes shall eate but ye shall haue huÌ„ger Beholde my seruauauntes shall drynke but ye shall suffre thyrste Behold my seruauntes shall be mery but ye shal be confounded Beholde my seruauntes shall reioyce for a verye quietnes of herte but ye shall crye for sorow of heart and coÌ„playne for vexacion of mynde The ixvi Chapter THus shall the hande of the Lorde be knowen amonge his seruauntes and his indignacâ—on amonge his enemies For behold the lord shall come with fyrâ— and his charet shal be sykes whyrlewynde that he maye recompence his vengeaunce in his wrathe and his indinguacioÌ„ with the flame of fyre for the lorde shall iudge all fleshe with
erroniouse worke and in the tyme of visitacion it shall perishe The lamentacion of Ieremye the fyrste Chapter IErusalem hath synned cure more more therfore is she come in decay All they that had her in honour despise her for they haue sene her fylthynes Yea she sigheth and is a shamed of her selfe O all ye that go fathy beholde and se yf there be anye sorowe lyke vnto myne wherewith the LORD hath troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrathe The .iii. Chapter IT is of the lordes mercyes that we are not vtterly consumed The Lorde is my porcion sayeth my soule therfore will I hope in him O howe good is the lorde vnto them that put theyr trust in him and to the soule that seketh after hym O howe good is it for a man to take thy yoke vpon hym from his youth vp The Lorde will not forsake for euer but though he punishe yet accordyng to the multitude of his mercyes he receaueth to grace againe for he doth not plage and caste out the chyldren of men from his heart The .iiii. Chapter THe women whiche of nature are petyfull haue sodden theyr owne chyldren with theyr handes that they might be theyr meate in the miserable destruction of the doughter of my people The booke of the Prophete Ezechiel the .iii. Chapter THe house of Israell will not folowe the for they wyll not folowe me yea all the house of Israell haue styffe foreheades and harde heartes Yâ— I saye vnto the concernynge the vngodlye man that without doubte he must dye and thou geuest not hym warnynge nor speakest vnto him that he maye turne from his euell waye and so to lyue than shal the same vngodly manne dye in his owne vnrighteousenesse but his bloude wyll I require of thyne hande Neuerthelesse yf thou geue warnâ—nge vnto the wicked and yet he forsake not his vngodlynesse then shall he dye in his owne wyckednesse but thou haste discharged thy soule Nowe yf a righteous manne go from his righteousenesse and do the thynge that is euell I will laye a stumblynge blocke before hym and he shall dye because thou haste geuen hym warnynge yea dye shall he in his owne sinne so that the vertue that he didde before shall not be thoughte vpon but his bloude wyll I require of thyne hande Neuerthelesse yf thou exhortest the righteous that he synne not and so the righteous do no synne then shall he lyue because he hathe retryued thy warning and thou hast discharged thy soule .xxxiii. Ca. The .v. Chapter IN the Ierusalem the fathers shal be fayne to eate they owne sonnes and the sonnes theyr owne fatherâ— The .xi. Chapter THat stonye heart wyll I take out of yourâ— bodye and geue you a fleshly herte that ye maye walke in my commaundementes and kepe my ordinaunces and do them that ye maychâ— my people and I your god The .xiii. Chapter WO be vnto you that sowe pyllours vnder all arme holes bolsters vnder the heades both of yonge and olde to catche soules withal For when ye haue gotten the soules of my people in your captiuite ye promise them lyâ—e and dishonoure me to my people for an handefull of barlye and for a piece of breade when ye kyll the soules of them that dye not and promyse lyfe to them â—hat lyue not Thus ye dissemble with my people that beleueth your lyes The .xvi. Chapter BEholde the synnes of Sodoma were these pryde fulnesse of meate aboundaunce of ydlenesse these thynges hadde she and her doughters besydes that they reached not theyr hande to the poore and nedye but were proude and did abhominable thynges before me and therfore I toke them awaye as pleased me The .xviii. Chapter THe fatherles haue eaten soure grapes and the chyldrens tethe are set on edge The soule that synneth shall dye Yf a manne be godly and do the thynge that is equall righte and lendeth nothyng vpon vsurye he taketh nothyng ouer this is a righteous man he shall surely lyue saythe the lorde God Yf he now get a soÌ„ne that is a murtherer or that lendeth vpon vsurye and taketh moreouer shall this man lyueâ— he shall not lyue The sonne shall not beare the fathers offence neither shall the father beare the sonnes offence the righteousnesse of the righteous shal be vpon hym and the wickednesse of the wicked shal be vpon hymselfe also Yf the vngodly will tourne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my coÌ„maundementes and do the thynge that is equall and right doubtles he shall lyue and not dye As for all his sinnes that he dyd before they shall not be thought vpon but in his righteousenesse that he hath done he shall lyue for haue I anye pleasure in the death of a synner sayeth the lorde god but rather that he conuert and lyue Agayne yf the righteous turne awaye from his righteousnesse and do iniquitie accordinge to al the abhominacions that the wycked manne doeth shal he lyue All the righteousnesse that he hath done shal not be thought vpon but in the fault that he hath offended withall and in the synne that he hathe doen he shal dye The .xxxiii. Chapter COme let vs heare what worde is gone forthe from the lorde These come vnto the after the maner of a great people yea as who saith they were my people they sit downe before the and heare thy wordes but they do not there after For in theyr mouthes they make a teste of them and theyr herte goeth after theyr owne couetous lucre and as a bailet that hath a swete tune and is pleasaunte to synge so shalte thou be vnto them thy wordes shall they heare but they wyll not do there after The .xxxiiii. Chapter WO be vnto the shepeheardes of Israell that fede themselues Should not the shepeheardes fede the flockes ye haue eaten vp the fat ye haue clothed you with the woll the best fedde haue ye slayne but the flocke haue ye not nourished The weake haue ye not holden vp the sirkâ— haue ye not healed the broken haue ye not bounde together the outcastes haue ye not broughte agayne the ioste haue ye not sought but churlyshelye and cruellye haue ye ruled them Thus are they scatered here there without a shepehearde Yea all the beastes of the fielde deuoure them and they go astraye c. The .xxxvi. Chapter I wyll take you from amonge the Heathen and gather you together out of al countreis and bryng you agayne into your own land Then wyll I poure cleane water vpon you and ye shall be cleane yea from all your vnclennes and from all youre ydols shall I clense you A newe harte also wyl I geue you a newe spirite wyll I put into you As for that stonye harte I wyl take it out of your body and geue you a fleshly hart I wil geue my sprite amonge you and cause you to walke in my commaundementes to kepe my lawes and to fulfyll them The .xxxvii. Chapter BEholde I wyll
speake lyes and haue disceytfull roÌ„gues in they re mouthes The .vii. Chapter THere is not a godly vpon earthe there is not one righteous amonge men They laboure all to shed bloude and euerye man hurteth his brother to deathe yet they saye they do well when they do euyll As the prince willeth so sayth the iudge that he maye do hym apleasure againe The greate man speaketh what his hert desyreth and the hearers alowe him The best of them is but a thystle and the moste righteous of them is but a breer in the hedge Let no man beleue his frende nor put his confidence in a brother The Prophecy Kepe the porte of thy mouthe from her that lyech in thy bosome A mans foes shall be euen they of his owne housholde Where is there suche a god as thou That pardonest wickednes and forgeuest the offeÌ„ces of the remnaunt of thine heritage He kepeth not his wrath for euer and why his delite is to haue compassion he shall turne againe and be merciful to vs He shall put doune our wickednesses and cast all our synnes into the botome of the sea Thou shalt kepe thy trueth with Iacob and thy mercy for Abraham lyke as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers long ago The booke of the Prophete Nahum the .i. Chapter THe Lore is a gelouse Lorde and a taker of vengeaunce is the Lorde and wrothfull The lord taketh vengeaunce of his enemies and reserueth displesure for his aduersaries The lorde suffreth longe he is of greate power and so innocent that he leueth no man fautlesse before hym Ful gratious is the Lorde and a strong hold in the tyme of trouble he knoweth them that put theyr trust in hym Lyke as the thornes that stycke together and as the drye strawe so shal the dronkardes be consumed together euen when they be full The booke of the Prophet Abacuc the fyrst Chapter TYrannye and violence are before me Power ouer goeth right for the law is torne in pieces and thee can no right iudgement go forthe And why the vngodlye is more set â—y then the righteous this is the cause that wronge iudgement procedeth The .ii. Chapter THe vnrighteous thinketh hymselfe in sauegarde as a stronge holde but the iuste shall lyue by his faith Wo be to hym that heayeth vp other mennes goodes Wo vnto him that couetously gathereth euil gotten goodes into his house that he maye sette his nest on hye to escape from the power of misfortune Wo vnto hym that buyldeth the towne with bloude and mayntayneth the citie with vnrighteousnesse Wo be vnto hym that geueth his neyghbour drynke puttyng in gall and makyng hym dronken that he maye se his priuities Wo be vnto hym that saith to a piece of wood aryse and to a dumme stone stande vp for what instruccion maye suche one geue Beholde it is layde with golde and siluer and there is no breths in it But the lorde in his holy temple is he whom all the worlde shoulde feare The booke of the Prophete Sophony the .i. chapter I Wil visite the Princes the kynges chyldren and al suche as weare straunge clothyng The greate daye of the Lorde is at hande it is harde by and commeth a pace Horrible is the tydinges of the Lordes daye then shall the Gyaunte crye oute for that daye is a daye of wrathe a daye of trouble and heauynesse a daye of vtter destruction misery a darke glomyng daye a cloudye and stormy daye a daye of the noyse of trompettes and shawmes agaynst the strong cyties and towers Theyr syluer nor they re golde shal be able to delyuer them in that wrothfull daye of the lorde but the whole lande shall be consumed thorowe the fyre of his gelousye for he shal soone make cleane ryddauÌ„ce of all them that dwell in the lande The .ii. Chapter SEke the Lord al ye meke herted vpon erth ye that worke after his indgement seke righteousnesse seke lowlynesse that ye maye be defended in the wrothfull daye of the Lorde The booke of the Prophete zachary the first Chapter TVene you vnto me saythe the Lorde of hoostes and I wyll turne to you saythe the lorde of hoostes The .v. Chapter I Se a flying booke of .xx. cubytes longe and ten cubites broade Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse that goeth furthe ouer the whole earthe for all theues shelbe iudged after this booke and all swearers is shall be iudged accordynge to the same and I wyll bryng it forth sayth the lorde of hoostes so that it shall come to the house of the thefe and to the house of hym that falsely sweareth by my name and shall remayne in his house and coÌ„sume it with the tymbre and stones therof The .vii. Chapter THus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes execute true iudgement shewe mercy and louyngs kyndenesse euery man to his brother Do the widdowe the fatherlesse the straunger and poore no wrong and let no man ymagine euyll agaynste his brother in his hearte Lyke as he spake and they woulde not heare euen so they cryed and I wolde not heare sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The .viii. Chapter SPeake euery man the truth vnto his neighboure execute iudgement truely and peace ablye within your portes none of you imagin euell in his harte agaynste his neighbour and loue no false othes For all these are the thynge that I hate sayeth the lorde The .viii. Chapter THus seyeth the Lorde of hoostes The faste of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifthe the fast of the seuenthe and the faste of the tenthe shal be ioye and gladnesse and prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda onely loue the truth and peace The .ix. Chapter BEioyse thou greatlye O doughter Syon be glad o doughter Ierusalem for loe the kyng commeth vnto thee euen the righteous and Sauiour lowly and simple is he he rydeth vpon an asse and vpon the fole of an asse The .xi. Chapter ANd I sayde vnto them yf yet thinke it good bryng hyther my price yf not then leaue So then they weyed downe thirty siluer pence the value that I was praysed at And the Lorde sayde vnto me caste it vnto the potter a goodlye price for me to be valued at of them and I toke the .xxx. siluer pence and caste them to the potter in the house of the Lorde The .xii. Chapter MOreouer vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the cytezins of IerusaleÌ„ wyll I poure out the spirite of grace and compassion so that they shall loke vpon me whome they haue pearsed and they shall bewepe him as men mourne for theyr onelye begotten sonne yea and be sorye for hym as men are sorye for theyr fyrste chylde The .xiii. Chapter ANd yf it be sayed vnto him how came these woundes then in thy handes he shall aunswere Thus am I wounded in the house of mine owne frendes Smyte the shepcheard and the shepe shal be sente tied abrode and so will I turne myne hande to the lytle ones The .xiiii. Chapter ANd
couple herselfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlock breaker But yf the maÌ„ be dead she is free from the lawe so that she is no wedlock breaker though she couple her selfe with another man I know that in me dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that whiche is good For I do not that good thyng which I wolde but that euill do I whiche I would not I delyte in the lawe of god concerning the inner man but I se another lawe in my membres rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my minde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of synne whiche is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shall delyuer me from this bodye of death The .viii. Chapter THey that are carnall are carnally mynded but they that are spiritual are ghostly minded to be carnally mynded is death but to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace because that the fleshly mynde is enemy against god for it is not obedient to the lawe of god neither can be So theÌ„ they that are geuen to the fleshe cannot please god Yf ye lyue after the fleshe ye muste dye but yf ye mortifye the dedes of the body by the helpe of the spirite ye shall lyue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of god For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued the spirite of adopcion whereby we crye Abba father I suppose that the afflictions of this lyfe are not worthye of the glorye shal be shewed vpon vs. The spirite maketh intercession mightely for vs with groninges whiche cannot be expressed with tounge Yf god be on ouresyde who can be againsts vs I am sure that neither death neither life nether aungels nor rule nether power nether thinges preseÌ„t neither thinges to come neither heighth neither loweth neither any other creature shal be able to departe vs from the loue of god shewed in Christ Iesu our lorde The .ix. Chapter THey which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the children of god He hath mercy on whome he will and whom he will he maketh harde hearted God willing to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowen suffered with longe pacience the vessels of wrathe ordayned to damnacion that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercye which he had prepared vnto glory that is to saye vs whiche he called not of the Iewes onely but also of the Gentiles The .x. Chapter THe belefe of the harte iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouthe maketh a man safe for the scripture sayth whosoeuer beleueth on hym shall not be ashamed Whosoeuer shall on the name of the lord shal be safe The .xi. Chapter EVen so at this tyme is there a remnaunte lefte thorowe the election of grace Yf it be of grace then it is not of workes For then were grace no more grace Yf it be of workes then is it no grace For then were deseruing no lenger deseruing God hath wrapped al nations in vnbelefe the he myght haue mercy on all O the depnes of the aboundaunt wysedome and knowledge of god howe vnsearcheable are his iudgemeÌ„tes and his wayes past fyndyng out for who hath knowen the mynde of the lorde or who was his counseler other who hathe geuen vnto him firste that he mighte be recompensed againe For of hym and thorowe him and for him are all thinges to him be glory for euer The .xii. Chapter I Beseche you brethren by the mercifulnes of god that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto god whiche is youre reasonable seruing of god and fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde but be ye chauÌ„ged in your shape by the renuyng of your wittes that ye maye fele what thinge that good that acceptable and perfecte wil of god is For I saye thorow the grace that vnto me geueÌ„ is to euery man amonge you that no man esteme of hymselfe more then it becoÌ„meth him to esteme but that he discretely iudge of himselfe according as god hath beaste to euery man the measure of fayth Let loue be without dissimulation Be kynd one to another with brotherly loue Applye youre selues to the tyme. Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse but curse not Be of like affection one towardes another Be not hye mynded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sorte Be not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euell for euell Yf it be possible howebeit of your parte haue peace withall men Yf thyne enemie honger fede hym Yf he thirst geue him drinke For in so doyng thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouerrome of euill but ouercome euel with goodnes The .xiii. Chapter LEtte euery soule submitte himselfe vnto the auctorite of the hier powers For there is no power of god The powers that be are ordeyned of god Whosoeuer therfore relisteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of god And they that resiste shall receaue to them selfes damnation Ye must nedes obey not for feare of vengeauÌ„ce onely but also because of conscience Owe nothing to any man but loue one another Loue hurteth not his neyghboure Therfore loue is the fulfyllynge of the lawe Lette vs walke houestly as it were in the daye lyghte not in eatynge and drinckynge neither in chamburyng and wantonnes nether in strife and enuâ—ynge but put ye on the Lorde Iesus christ And make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfil the lustes of it The .xiiii. Chapter ONe beleueth that he maye eate all thynge another whiche is weake eateth earbes Let not him that eateth despyse hym that eateth not And lette not hym whyche eateth not iudge hym that eateth This manne putteth difference betwene daye and daye Another manne counteth all dayes a lyke Se that no man wauer in his dicu meanyng He that obserueth one daye more then another doth it for the lordes pleasur And he that obserueth one day more than other doth it to please the lord also He that eateth doth it to please the lorde for be geueth god thanckes And he that eateth not cateth not to please the lorde with all and geueth god thankes Christ therfore dyed and rose againe and reuyued that he might be lorde both of dead quicke Euery one of vs shall gyue accomytes of hym klie to god Yf thy brother be greued with thy meate now walkest thou not charitablye Destroye not hym with thy meate for whome christ dyed The kyngdom of god is not meate nor drincke But righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy ghost All thynges are pure but it is euyll for that man whiche eateth with the hurt of his coÌ„science It is good nether to eate fleshe nether to drincke wyne nether any thing wherby thy brother stonâ— bleth eyther falleth or is made weake The .xv. Chapter WE whyche are stronge oughte to beare the frailnes of them whiche are weake and
ye haue honeste conuersation among the gentiles that they which backbite you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitation Submit your selues vnto almaner ordinaūce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe heade other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punishment of euell doers but for the laude of thē that do wel Seruauntes obeye youre maysters with all feare not onelye yf they be good and courteous but also though they be fromward For it is thanke worthy yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe suffering wrongfully For what praise is it yf when ye be sufferd for your fautes ye take it paciently but yf when ye do welye suffre wrong and take it pacientlye then is there thankes with God Christe suffred for vs leuing vs an example that we should folow his steppes whiche dyd not synne neither was there gyle foūd in his mouth whiche when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he was buffeted he threatened not but cōmitted the cause to him that iudgeth righteously whiche his own selfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shoulde be beliuered frō sinne and shoulde liue in righteousnes The .iii. Chapter WEmens apparell shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of golde eyther in putting on of gorgious apparell but lette the hid in ā of the heart be vncorrupt with a meke and quiet sprite which sprite is before god a thing muche set by It is better yf the wyl of god ve so that ye suffre for wel doyng then for cuell doyng The .iiii. Chapter HE whiche suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne the he hence forward should liue asmuch tyme as remaynethe in the fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyl of god To this purpose was the ghospell preached vnto the dead that they shoulde be condemned of men in the fieshe but shoulde lyue before god in the sprite Aboue al thinges haue feruent loue amonge you for loue couereth the multitude of synnes The .v. Chapter SE that ye fede Christes flock which is amōg you taking the ouersighte of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willinglye not for to desyre filthy lucre but of a good mynd not as though ye were Lordes ouer the parishes but that ye be an ensample to the flocke and whē the chief shepehearde shall appere ye shall receiue an incorruptible croune of glory God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Be sober watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roatyng lyon walketh aboote sekyng whome he maye deuoure Whome resiste sted faste in the sayth remembring that ye do but fulfyll the same afllictions which are appoynted to your brethrē that are in the worlde ¶ The second Epistel of S. Peter the fyrst Chapter IN your fayth minister vertue and in veriue knowlege and in knowledge temperaunce and in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kindenes in brotherlye kindenes loue For yf these thinges be among you and are plenteous they will make you that ye neither shal be ydle nor vnfruitefull in the knowlege of our Lorde Iesus Christ But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his hande and had forgottē that he ws purged from his olde synnes The .ii. Chapter THere were false prophetes amonge the people euē as there shal be false teachers amōg you whiche priuely shall brynge in damnable sectes euen denying the Lorde that hath boughte them and bring vpon themselues swift damnacion and many shall solowe theyr damnable wayes by which the waye of truethe shal be euyll spoken of and through couetousnes shal they with fained wordes make marchaundise of you whose iudgement is not farre of and theyr damnation flepeth not The Lord knoweth howe to deliuer the godly out of the temptation and howe to rescrue the the vniusle vnto the daye of iudgement For to be punished namely thē that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vnclennes and despise the rulers Presumpteous are they and stubburne and feare not to speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Of whome soeuer a man is ouer come vnto the same is he in bondage It hadde bene better for them not to haue knowen the waye of right wisenes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy commaun dement geuen vnto them The .iii. Chapter ONe daye is with the Lorde as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The Lord is not slacke to fulfyl his promes as some men count slackenes but is pacient to vs warde and wolde haue noman lost but wolde receyue all men to repentaunce The daye of the Lorde wyl come as a these in the night in the whiche daye the heauens shal perishe with terrible noyse and the elementes shall melte with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall burne And suppose ye that the long suffringe of the Lorde is saluation euen as oure dearelye beloued brother Paule accordyng to the wysedome geuen vnto hym wrote to you yea almoste in euerye Epistle speaking of suche thinges among which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde whiche they that are vnlearned vnstable peruerte as they do other scriptures vnto theyr owne destruction The .i. Epistel of S. Iohn the Apostle the .i. Chapter YF we saye that we haue no synne we deceiue our selues and truth is not in vs. Yf we knowledge oure synnes he is faithful and iust to for geue vs oure synnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The .ii. Chapter IF any manne sinne yet we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that oblayneth grace for oure synnes not for your sinnes onelye but also for the sinnes of al the world He that sayth I know hym and kepeth not his commaundemetes is a lyar and the veritie is not in him He that sayeth he by deth in hym oughte to walke euen as he walked He that sayth how that he is in the lyghte and yet hateth his brother is in darkenes euen vntill this time He that loueth his brother abydeth in the light there is none occasiō of euelin him He that hateth his brother is in darckenes and walketh in darkenes and cannot tel wyther he goeth because that darcknes hathe blynded his eyes Se that ye loue not the world nether the thinges that are in the worlde Yf any manne loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe the luste of the eyes and the pryde of goodes is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde vanisheth awaye and the luste therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of god abideth euer The .iii.