that is weaned from his mother yea my soule is within me as a weaned chylde 3 O Israel repose thou thy trust in God from this time foorth for euermore The argument of the .cxxxij. psalme ¶ The prophete desireth God to remember hym and his great affection towarde religion and to buylde a temple for his arke He sayeth it was declared vnto hym that Sion shoulde be the house of God Dauids petition when he brought the arke thyther God promiseth how that Dauids seede shal raigne after him for euer if they kepe his lawes and that he wyll blesse the citie of Sion and the inhabitauntes thereof with all kynde of felicitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 O God be mindfull of Dauid with all his affliction 2 Who swore vnto God who made a vowe vnto the most mightie Lorde of Iacob 3 Saying I wyll not enter into the tabernacle of my house nor get vp into my bed 4 I wyll not suffer myne eyes to slepe nor myne eye liddes to slumber 5 Vntill I finde out a place for the temple of God an habitation for the most mightie Lorde of Iacob 6 Beholde we hearde it to be at Ephratha we founde it in the fieldes of the forest 7 We wyll go into his tabernacle and fall downe on our knees before his footestoole 8 Aryse O God for to come into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength 9 Let thy priestes be clothed with righteousnes and let thy saintes make a ioyfull noyse 10 For thy seruaunt Dauids sake turne not away from the face of thyne annoynted 11 God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid and he wyll not go from it I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body 12 If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore 13 For God hath chosen to be in Sion he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym 14 This is sayeth he my rest for euer heare I wyll dwell for I haue a desire to it 15 I wyll aboundauntly powre my blessinges vpon her victuals and I wyll satisfie her poore with bread 16 I wyll clothe her priestes with saluation and her saintes shall make an exceeding ioyfull noyse 17 I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted 18 I wyll clothe his enemies with shame but his crowne shall florishe vppon hym selfe ¶ The argument of the .cxxxiii. Psalme ¶ Dauid declareth howe acceptable a thing is brotherly loue and concorde both to God and man ¶ A song of high degrees made of Dauid 1 BEholde howe good and howe pleasaunt a thing it is that brethren dwel together in vnitie 2 It is lyke vnto a pretious oyntment powred vpon the head which runneth downe vpon the beard euen vpon Aarons beard which also runneth downe vpon the skyrtes of his garmentes 3 It is also like vnto the deawe of Hermon whiche falleth downe vpon the hyll of Sion 4 For God hath commaunded his blessing and life euerlasting to be where is suche concorde ¶ The argument of the .cxxxiiii. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth those that do watche all night in the house of God to lift vp their handes and to prayse God The Priestes and Leuites of duetie watched all night by course in the temple as it appeareth Leuit. viii ¶ A song of high degrees 1 BEholde blesse God all ye the seruauntes of God who in the nyght tyme remayne in the house of God 2 Lyft vp your holy handes and blesse God 3 God who made heauen and earth blesse thee out of Sion The argument of the .cxxxv. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all them to prayse God who come to the temple for that God hath chosen Iacob to be his inheritaunce and also for that he is able to do what he wyll in heauen earth and sea He rehearseth the workes that God did in deliuering them out of Egypt and in bryngyng them into the lande of Chanaan As for the gods of the Heathen they be but golde and siluer 1 PRayse ye the Lorde prayse ye the name of God prayse it ye seruauntes of God 2 Ye that stande in the house of God in the courtes of the house of our Lord 3 Prayse ye the Lorde for God is gratious sing psalmes vnto his name for it is pleasaunt 4 For the Lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe and Israel for his owne possession 5 For I knowe that God is great and that our Lorde is aboue all gods 6 God doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym in heauen and in earth in the sea and in all deepe places 7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses 8 He smote the first borne of Egypt aswell of beast as of man 9 He sent tokens and wonders into the mydst of thee O Egypt against Pharao and all his seruauntes 10 He smote many nations and slue mightie kinges 11 Sihon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Bashan and all the kingdomes of Chanaan 12 And he gaue their lande for an inheritaunce euen for an heritaunce to Israel his people 13 Thy name O God endureth for euer there wil be a remembraunce of thee O God from one generation to another 14 For God wyll iudge his people and he will be pacified beyng displeased with his seruauntes 15 As for the idols of the Heathen they are but siluer and golde the worke of mens handes 16 They haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes but they see not 17 They haue eares and they heare not yea there is no breath in their mouth 18 They that make them are lyke vnto them and euery one that putteth his trust in them 19 Blesse God ye the house of Israel blesse God ye the house of Aaron 20 Blesse God ye the house of Leui ye that feare God blesse God 21 Blessed be God out of Sion who dwelleth at Hierusalem Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxxxvi. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth men to prayse God aswell for all thinges created by hym as for his benefites peculiarly bestowed vpon the chyldren of Israel in deliuering them out of Egypt and in bringing them into the lande of Chanaan He doth insinuate also ▪ that God is not praysed worthyly except we acknowledge that all his benefites proceede of his free and meere goodnes and not of our desertes 1 COnfesse you it vnto the Lord for he is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer 2 Confesse you it vnto the God of Gods for his mercy endureth for euer 3 Confesse you it vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer 4 Who onlye doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for euer 5 Who by his excellent wysdome made the heauens for his mercy
God for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodlye be put to confusion and be put to scilence in the graue 18 Let the lying lippes be put to scilence which speake against y e righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine contempt 19 Howe plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee and whiche thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee before the sonnes of men 20 Thou hydest them priuily in thyne owne presence from the raginges of all men thou kepest them secretly as in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues 21 Blessed be God for he hath shewed me marueylous great kindnes in a strong citie 22 And when I fled with al haste I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes neuerthelesse thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee 23 Loue God all ye his saintes for God preserueth them that are faythfull and rewardeth most aboundauntly the proude doer 24 All ye that put your trust in God be ye of a good courage and he wyll comfort your heart The argument of the .xxxij. psalme ¶ Dauid teacheth mans felicitie to consist in the forgeuenes of his sinnes when God imputeth them not vnto him that confesseth them from the bottome of his heart vnfaynedly without all hypocrisie He exhorteth the wicked to haue asense and feeling of their sinnes and so putting their trust in God shall obtayne mercy ¶ A wyse instruction of Dauid 1 BLessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen and whose sinne is couered 2 Blessed is y e man vnto whom God imputeth no vnrighteousnes in whose spirit there is no guile 3 For whyle I helde my tongue my bones consumed away through my dayly roaring 4 For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer Selah 5 Therfore I haue made knowen my faultes vnto thee and my righteousnes haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my wickednes vnto God and thou forgauest the vnrighteousnes of my sinne Selah 6 For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vnto thee in the time when thou mayest be founde so that in the great water fluddes they shal not come nye hym 7 Thou art my refuge thou wylt preserue me from trouble thou wylt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce Selah 8 I will geue thee wise instructions and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go I wil guyde thee with mine eye 9 Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle lest they fall vpon thee 10 Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putteth his trust in God mercy imbraceth him on euery side 10 Be glad in God reioyce O ye righteous be ioyfull also all ye that be vpright of heart The argument of the .xxxiij. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth all men to prayse God in calling to remembraunce his goodnes trueth promises power and prouidence for whatsoeuer he saieth or promiseth he perfourmeth it Gods power appeareth by thinges created his prouidence in disapoyntyng mens deuises God seeth and knoweth al thinges and taketh care of all God deliuereth those that feare him and is their ayde and buckler in all distresses 1 REioyce in God O ye righteous for prayse becommeth well the iust 2 Confesse it to god with the harpe sing psalmes vnto hym with the viall and with the instrument of ten stringes 3 Sing vnto him a new song do it cunningly make a sweete noyse with your musicall instrumentes alowde 4 For the word of God is right and euery worke of his done in fayth 5 He loueth righteousnes iudgement the earth is ful of the goodnes of God 6 By the worde of God are the heauens made and all the hoastes of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as treasures 8 Let all the earth feare God let all they that dwell in the worlde stande in awe of him 9 For he spake and it was he commaūded and it was brought to passe 10 God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect 11 The counsayle of God shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generation to generation 12 Blessed is the nation that hath God to be their Lorde that people hath he chosen to be an inheritaunce for him 13 God looketh downe from heauen and beholdeth all the chyldren of men from the place where he resteth he eyeth diligently euery dweller on the earth 14 He fashioneth their heartes together he vnderstandeth al their workes 15 A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength 16 A horse for to saue is vanitie and he can deliuer none by his great strength 17 Beholde the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy 18 To deliuer their soules from death and to preserue their liues in dearth 19 Our soule wayteth after God he is our ayde and shielde 20 For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue put our trust in his holy name 21 Let thy louing kindnes O God be vppon vs like as we haue put our trust in thee The argument of the .xxxiiii. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the exceeding goodnes of God towardes the innocent and iust and towardes those that worship hym feare hym and trust in hym for God heareth them whensoeuer they call vpon hym in their necessitie he is present with them in helping deliuering and defending them Agayne he ordereth so seuerely the wicked that he bringeth them to desolation that no remembraunce be left once of them ¶ Of Dauid when he chaunged his behauiour before Abimelech whiche droue him away and he departed 1 I Wyll alway blesse God his prayse shall euer be in my mouth 2 My soule shal glory in God the humble shall heare therof and be glad 3 Magnifie God with me and let vs exalt his name all together 4 Carefully I sought God he hearde me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare 5 Let them turne their eyes on him and make speede to come vnto hym and their faces shall not be ashamed 6 Lo this same poore man hath cryed and God hath hearde hym and saued hym out of all his troubles 7 The angell of God campeth rounde about them that feare hym and deliuereth them 8 O taste and see how gracious God is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 Feare God ye that be his saintes for they that feare him lacke nothing 10 Young Lions do lacke and suffer hunger but they whiche seeke God shall want no maner of
the beautie eloquence strength power successe administration of iustice aboundaunce of riches and maiestie of kyng Solomon with his wife and children setteth foorth Iesus Christe and his espouse the Churche whose eternal kingdome agaynst sinne death and hell is notably figured here in this psalme ¶ To the chiefe musition on the instrument Sosannim to be song of the children of Corach A song of loue geuyng wise instructions 1 MY heart is endityng of a good matter I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men full of grace are thy lippes because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie 4 Prosper thou with thy maiestie ryde on the worde of trueth and of affliction for ryghteousnesse sake and thy ryght hande shall teache thee terrible thynges 5 Thyne arrowes are sharpe a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee 6 Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome 7 Thou hast loued iustice and hated vngodlynesse wherfore the Lorde euen thy Lorde hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse more then thy felowes 8 All thy garmentes smell of Myrre Aloes and Cassia out of the iuorie palaces wherby they haue made thee glad 9 Kynges daughters are amongst thy honourable women vpon thy ryght hande standeth the queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie for he is thy Lorde and worship thou hym 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee 13 The kynges daughter is all glorious within her clothyng is of wrought golde 14 She shal be brought vnto the kyng in rayment of needle worke the virgins that folowe her and her company shal be brought vnto thee 15 With ioy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shal enter into the kinges palace 16 In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue children whom thou mayst make princes in all landes 17 I wyll remember thy name from one generation vnto another therfore shall the people prayse thee worlde without ende ¶ The argument of the .xlvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth God to haue deliuered Hierusalem so notably out of perilles that they all haue a cause to conceaue a full hope not for to feare any aduersitie in tyme to come He exhorteth other to beholde the great workes of God and turneth his speache to his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition a song to be song of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth 1 THe Lorde is our refuge strength a helpe very easyly founde in troubles 2 Therfore we wyll not feare though the earth be transposed and though the hilles rushe into the middest of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountaynes shake at the surges of the same Selah 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest 5 God is in the myddest of her therfore she can not be remoued the Lorde wyll helpe her and that ryght early 6 The heathen make much a do and the kyngdomes are moued but God shewed his voyce and the earth melted away 7 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah 8 O come hither and beholde the workes of God what distructions he hath brought vpon the earth 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bowe knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the charettes in the fire 10 Be styll then and knowe that I am the Lorde I wyll be exalted among the heathen I wyll be exalted in the earth 11 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah The argument of the .xlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete inciteth the faythfull to prayse God with all kynde of melody for that he subdueth their enemies vnder them He also declareth that the heathen with their princes shall receaue the fayth ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme to be song of the children of Corach 1 CLap your handes all ye people make a noise vnto the Lorde with a ioyfull voyce 2 For God is hygh and terrible he is the great king vpō all the earth 3 He wyll subdue the people vnder vs and the nations vnder our feete 4 He hath chosen for vs our inheritaunce the glorie of Iacob whō he loued Selah 5 The Lorde ascendeth in a triumph and God with the sounde of a trumpet 6 Syng psalmes to the Lorde syng psalmes syng psalmes to our kyng sing psalmes 7 For the Lorde is kyng of all the earth * syng psalmes all you that haue skyll 8 God raigneth ouer the heathen God sitteth vpon his holy throne 9 The princes of the people are assembled together for to be the people of the God of Abraham for the shieldes of the earth be Gods who is hyghly exalted ¶ The argument of the .xlviii. Psalme ¶ The prophete magnifieth the maiestie of God for his goodnesse benefites fayth and wonderfull defence towardes his Churche which he commendeth vnder the name of the citie of God of mount Sion of the holy hyll and palaces of the north syde ¶ A song the psalme of the children of Corach 1 GReat is God and hyghly to be praysed in the citie of our Lorde his holy hyll 2 The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation and the ioy of the whole earth vpon the north syde lyeth y e citie of the great king 3 God is well knowen in her palaces as a most sure refuge 4 For lo kinges did assemble and passe by together they them selues sawe it * lykewyse they marueyled they were astonyed with feare and sodenly in haste they were gone away 5 A feare came there vpon them and sorowe as vpon a woman in her childe trauayle 6 Thou didst breake the shippes of the sea through the east wynde 7 Lyke as we haue hearde so haue we seene in the citie of God of hoastes in the citie of our Lorde God vpholdeth the same for euer Selah 8 O Lorde we haue wayted for thy louyng kindnesse in the myddest of thy temple 9 O Lorde accordyng to thy name so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende thy ryght hande is full of iustice 10 Mount Sion shall reioyce and the daughters of Iuda shal be glad because of thy iudgementes 11 Compasse about Sion and go rounde about her and tell the towres therof 12 Marke well her bulwarkes beholde her hygh palaces that ye may tell it to your posteritie
out of their distresse 19 He sendeth his worde healeth them and he maketh them to scape safe from their corruptnes 20 O that men would confesse vnto God his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 21 And that they would offer vnto him sacrifices of thankes geuing and set foorth in wordes his workes with a ioyfull noyse 22 Such as go downe to the sea in ships and folowe their busines in great waters they see the workes of God and his wonders in the deepe 23 For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise and he lifteth vp on high his waues 24 Then they ascende vp to heauen and come downe agayne to the deepe so that their soule melteth away through trouble 25 They reele to and fro and they do stacker like a drunken man and their wysdome fayleth them 26 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth theÌ„ out of their distresse 27 For he maketh the storme to ceasse so that the waues therof are still 28 Then be they glad because they are at rest and he bringeth them to the hauen where they woulde be 29 O that men would confesse vnto god his louyng kyndnes and meruaylous actes done to the chyldren of men 30 And that they would exalt him in the congregation of the people and prayse him in the consistorie of the aged 31 He turneth fluddes into a wildernes and waterspringes into a drye grounde 32 He maketh a fruitfull grounde barren for the wickednes of them that dwell therein 33 Contrary he reduceth a wyldernes into a standing water and a drye ground into water springes 34 And he setteth there the hungry and they buylde them a citie to dwell in 35 And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes and they yelde vnto them aboundant store of fruites 36 He blesseth them so that they multiplie exceedingly and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease â—7 But when they do fall from God they are diminished brought low through oppression calamitie griefe of minde 38 He bringeth princes into contempt he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all 39 Yet he exalteth the poore out of miserie and geueth him housholdes equall to flockes of cattell 40 The righteous will marke this and reioyce and the mouth of all wickednesse shal be stopped 41 Whosoeuer is wyse he wyll both obserue these thinges and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God The argument of the .cviii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth his redines to prayse God amongst all nations not only with wordes but also with musicall instrumentes for this ende that his glory may be set foorth to the whole world and his elect saued and deliuered from enemies Part of this psalme is taken out of the .57 psalme and part out of the .60 ¶ A song the psalme of Dauid 1 MY heart is redye O Lorde I wyll sing prayse thee in singing of psalmes yea my glory also is redie 2 Bestirre thee O lute and harpe I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in y e morning 3 I wyll prayse thee O God among the people I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations 4 For the greatnes of thy mercy reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 5 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens and let thy glory be aboue all the earth 6 That thy beloued may be deliuered saue me with thy right hande and heare thou me 7 The Lorde hath spoken this in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 8 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be mine Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 9 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edome I wyll cast my shoe vpon Philistea I wyll triumph 10 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 11 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 12 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 13 Through the Lorde wyll we do valiaunt actes for he him selfe will treade downe our enemies The argument of the .cix. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously complayneth before the face of God of his enemies malice and craft He wisheth vnto them the horrible vengeaunce of God vttering the cause why he so wysheth He requireth Gods helpe in his great miserie to this ende that both his enemies might well perceaue that his helpe commeth from Gods hande and also that he him selfe might prayse God therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 HOlde not thy tongue O thou the Lorde of my prayse 2 For the mouth of the vngodly and the mouth of the deceiptfull is opened vpon me they haue spoken against me with a false tongue 3 And they haue compassed me about with hatefull wordes and fought against me without a cause 4 For the loue that I bare vnto them they are become mine aduersaries but I geue my selfe vnto prayer 5 Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good and hatred for my good wyll 6 Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer him and let Satan stande at his right hande 7 When sentence is geuen vpon hym let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne 8 Let his dayes be fewe and let another take his office 9 Let his chyldren be fatherlesse and his wyfe a wydowe 10 Let his children be vagaboundes and go a begging and let them seeke foode out of their barren groundes 11 Let the extortioner bryng into his snare all that he hath and let straungers spoyle his labour 12 Let there be no man to shewe hym any gentlenes nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children 13 Let his posteritie come to destruction and in the next generation let his name be cleane put out 14 Let the wyckednes of his fathers be had in remembraunce in the sight of God and let not the sinne of his mother be wyped away 15 Let them be alway before God that he may roote out the memorial of them from the earth 16 Because that he remembred not to do good but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man and hym whose heart was broken with sorow that he might take his life from hym 17 His delight was in cursing and it shal happen vnto him he loued not blessing therfore it hath ben farre froÌ„ him 18 He clothed hym selfe with cursing as with his garment and it hath entred into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones 19 Let it be vnto hym as the garment that he is wrapt in and as the gyrdle that he is alway gyrded withall 20 Let this rewarde be from God vnto myne aduersaries and vnto those that speake euill against my soule 21 But thou O God my Lorde do vnto me
vnderstande them and I shall lyue Coph 1 I Haue called with my whole heart heare me O God I wyll kepe thy statutes 2 I haue called vpon thee saue me and I wyll kepe thy testimonies 3 I haue preuented other in the dawnyng of the day and I cryed vnto thee for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes 4 Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches that my study might be wholy in thy wordes 5 Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes 6 They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse do drawe nye vnto me they are farre from thy lawe 7 But thou art nye at hande O God and all thy coÌ„maundementes be trueth 8 As concernyng thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer Resh 1 BEholde myne affliction deliuer me for I haue not forgotten thy lawe 2 Defende thou my cause redeeme me make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde 3 Saluation is farre from the vngodly for they study not thy statutes 4 Thy mercies be manifolde O God make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes 5 There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies 6 I sawe transgressours and I was greeued at the heart because they kept not thy lawe 7 Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse 8 The beginning of thy word is trueth and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore Shin 1 PRinces haue persecuted me without a cause but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes 2 I am as glad of thy worde as he that fyndeth a great bootie 3 That which is false I hate and abhorre but thy lawe I do loue 4 I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice 5 They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie and nothyng shall offende them 6 Lorde I haue wayted after thy saluation and I haue done thy commaundementes 7 My soule hath kept thy testimonies and I haue loued them exceedyngly 8 I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Tau 1 LEt my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face make me to vnderstande euery thyng accordyng vnto thy worde 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me accordyng to thy worde 3 My lippes shall powre out thy prayse when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 My tongue shall syng of thy worde for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse 5 Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me for I haue chosen thy commaundementes 6 I haue longed for thy saluation O God and thy lawe is my whole delight 7 Let my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee and thy iudgementes shal be an ayde vnto me 8 I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe oh seke out thy seruaunt for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes ¶ The argument of the .cxx. Psalme ¶ The prophete requesteth God for to deliuer him from such as do maliciously slaunder him with false reportes For by their meanes he esteemeth his life led with the Ismaelites and with the barbarous people of Arabia and not with Gods people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen I was in trouble I called vpon God and he hearde me 2 Deliuer my soule O God from false lyppes from a deceiptful tongue 3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee what good bryngeth it thee 4 So much as sharpe arrowes of a strong man in thy sydes with Iuniper coales powred on thy head 5 Wo be vnto me that am constrayned to be conuersaunt in Mesech and to dwell among the tentes of Cedar 6 My soule hath dwelt long with hym that hateth peace 7 I am a man of peace but because I do speake therof they prepare them selues to battayle ¶ The argument of the .cxxj. Psalme ¶ The prophete lifteth vp his eyes vnto heauen from whence he most certaynely loketh for ayde at all tymes He assureth all other that God careth defendeth gouerneth and prouideth for those that flee vnto the Lorde for succour in their necessitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence my helpe shall come 2 My helpe commeth from God who hath made heauen and earth 3 He wyll not suffer thy foote to moue he wyll not sleepe that kepeth thee 4 Beholde he that kepeth Israel wyll neither slumber nor sleepe 5 God hym selfe is thy keper God is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande 6 The sunne shal not hurt thee by day neither the moone by nyght 7 God wyll preserue thee from all euill he wyll preserue thy soule 8 God wyll preserue thy goyng out and thy commyng in from this tyme foorth for euermore ¶ The argument of the .cxxii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the ioy of the people goyng vp to Hierusalem where true religion was set foorth and iustice in courtes ministred for which causes he wisheth great prosperitie to the citie ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wyll go into the house of God 2 Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Hierusalem 3 Hierusalem is builded as a citie that is well vnited together in it selfe 4 For the tribes do go vp thyther euen the tribes of the Lorde which is a testimonie vnto Israel for to prayse the name of God 5 For there is ordeyned the seate for iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid 6 Pray for the peace of Hierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee 7 Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I wyll wyshe peace to be within thee 9 Yea because of the house of God our Lord I wyll procure to do thee good The argument of the cxxiii psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the godly despited of such as be riche proude and scornfull do loke for helpe only at Gods hande after a most humble sort ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee who dwellest in heauen 2 Beholde as the eyes of seruauntes loke vnto the hande of their maisters and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hande of her maistresse euen so our eyes wayte vpon God our Lorde vntyll he haue mercie vpon vs. 3 Haue mâ—y vpon vs O God haue mercy vâ—â—n vs for we haue suffered enough of dispite 4 Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy and with the dispitefulnes of the proude ¶ The argument of the .cxxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgeth that he and his people had ben vtterly destroyed through the violence of enemies if God had not ben on their side with his present ayde ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 IF God him selfe had not ben of
woman with open tokens of an harlot onlye her heart was hid 11 She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie whose feete coulde not abide in the house 12 Nowe is she without nowe in the streates and lyeth in wayte at euery corner 13 She caught hym and kissed him and was not ashamed saying 14 I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay and this day I perfourme it 15 Therefore came I foorth to meete thee that I might seeke thy face and so haue I founde thee 16 I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie and clothes of Egypt 17 My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre Aloes and Cinamon 18 Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue 19 For the good man is not at home he is gone farre of 20 He hath taken the bagge of money with hym and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast 21 Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him and with her flattering lippes she entised hym 22 Sodainly he folowed her as it were an oxe led to the slaughter and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished 23 So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon 24 Heare me now therfore O my chylde and marke the wordes of my mouth 25 Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes and be not thou deceaued in her pathes 26 For many one hath she wounded and cast downe yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her 27 Her house is the way vnto hell and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death The .viii. Chapter 1 Wysdome declareth her excellencie 11 Riches 15 Power 22 Eternitie 32 She exhorteth all to loue and folowe her 1 DOth not wysdome crye doth not vnderstanding put foorth her voyce 2 She standeth in the top of high places by the way in the place of the pathes 3 She cryeth at the gates of the citie at the entrye of the doores 4 It is you O ye men saith she whom I call vnto the chyldren of men do I lyft vp my voyce 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt be ye wise in heart O ye fooles 6 Geue eare for I wyll speake of great matters and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right 7 For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse 8 All the wordes of my mouth are righteous there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them 9 They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande and right to them that finde knowledge 10 Receaue my doctrine and not siluer and knowledge rather then fine golde 11 For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones yea all thinges that thou canst desire may not be compared vnto it 12 I wysdome dwell with counsell and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding 13 The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes pryde disdayne and the euil way and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre 14 Counsell is mine and direction I am vnderstanding and I haue strength 15 Through me kinges raigne and princes make iust lawes 16 By me princes beare rule and noble men do iudge the earth 17 I am louing vnto those that loue me and they that seeke me early shall finde me 18 Riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousnes 19 My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer 20 I wyll guyde thee in the way of righteousnes and in the midst of the pathes of iudgement 21 That I maye stablishe the inhetaunce of them that loue me and encrease their treasure 22 The Lorde him selfe had me in possession in the beginning of his wayes or euer he began his workes aforetime 23 I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting and from the beginning or euer the earth was made 24 When I was borne there were neither depthes nor springes of water 25 Before the foundations of the mountaines were layde yea before all hilles was I borne 26 The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made no not the dust it selfe 27 For when he made the heauens I was present when he compassed the deapthes about 28 When he hanged the cloudes aboue when he fastened the springes of the deepe 29 When he shut the sea within certaine boundes that the waters should not go ouer their markes that he commaunded when he layde the foundations of the earth 30 I was with him ordring all thinges deliting dayly and reioysyng alway before hym 13 As for the rounde compasse of this worlde I make it ioyfull for my delite is to be among the chyldren of men 32 Therefore hearken vnto me O ye chyldren blessed are they that kepe my wayes 33 O geue eare vnto nurture be wyse and refuse it not Blessed is the man that heareth me watching dayly at my gates and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores 34 For whoso findeth me findeth life and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde 35 But whoso offendeth against me hurteth his owne soule and they that hate me are the louers of death ¶ The .ix. Chapter ◠Wysdome calleth all to her feast 7 The scorner wyll not be corrected 10 The feare of God 13 The conditions of an harlot 1 WYsdome hath buylded her house and hewen out seuen pillers 2 She hath kylled her victuals powred out her wine and prepared her table 3 She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie 4 Who so is without knowledge let him come hither And to the vnwise she said 5 O come on your way eate my bread and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you 6 Forsake foolishnes and ye shall lyue and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng 7 Whoso reproueth a scornefull person getteth him selfe dishonour and he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth hym selfe 8 Reproue not a scorner lest he owe thee euyll will but rebuke a wyse man and he wyll loue thee 9 Geue a discrete man but an occasion and he wyll be the wyser teache a righteous man and he wyll encrease in knowledge 10 The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome and the knowledge of holy thinges is vnderstanding 11 For thorowe me thy dayes shal be prolonged and the yeres of thy life shall be many 12 If thou be wise thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good but if thou thinkest scorne therof it shal be thine owne harme 13 A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes and suche a one as hath no knowledge 14 Sitteth at the doore of her house and in the hye places of the citie 15 To call such as go by and that walke straight in their wayes 16 Who so is ignoraunt sayeth
minde for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles 10 Say not thou What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe for that were no wyse question 11 Wysdome with inheritaunce is good yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne 12 For wysdome defendeth aswell as money and the excellent knowledge wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession 13 Consider the worke of God how that no man can make the thing straight whiche he maketh crooked 14 Vse well the tyme of prosperitie and remember the tyme of misfortune for God doth so temper the one and the other that a man can finde nothing els 15 All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse 16 Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse that thou perishe not 17 Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe lest thou die before thy time 18 It is good for thee to take holde of this and not to let that go out of thy hande For he that feareth God commeth foorth with them all 19 Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse then ten mightie men of the citie 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good and sinneth not 21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee for thyne owne heart knoweth that thou thy self also hast ofttimes spoken euyll by other men 22 All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome for I thought to be wyse but she went farther fro me then she was before yea and so deepe that I might not reache vnto her 23 I applied my minde also vnto knowledge and to seeke and searche out science wysdome and vnderstanding to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly and the errour of doting fooles 24 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with and her handes are chaynes Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner wyll be taken with her 25 Beholde saith the preacher this haue I diligently searched out and proued One thing must be considered with another that a man may come by knowledge which as yet I seeke and finde it not 26 Among a thousande men I haue founde one but not one woman among all 27 Lo this onlye haue I founde that * God made man iust and right but they sought many inuentions ¶ The .viij. Chapter 2 To obey princes and magistrates 17 The workes of God passe mans knowledge 1 WHo is wise who hath knowledge to make an aunswere A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour 2 Kepe the kynges commaundement namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight and see thou continue in no euyll thing for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym that doth he 4 Like as when a king geueth a charge his commaundement is mightie Euen so who may say vnto him what doest thou 5 Who so kepeth the commaundement shall feele no harme but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement 6 For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe 7 And why a man knoweth not what is for to come for who can tell hym when it shal be 8 Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite nor to haue any power in the tyme of death nor that can make an ende of the battayle neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall 9 All these thinges haue I considered and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme 10 For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne and came from the place of holy men whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie as were those also that liued well This is also a vayne thing 11 Because nowe that euyll workes are not hastyly punished the heart of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wickednesse 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes and God deferreth geuing hym long life therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God whiche haue hym before their eyes 13 Againe as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him neither shall he prolong his dayes but euen as a shadowe so shall he be that feareth not God 14 Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly Againe there be vngodly with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous This haue I called also a vayne thing 15 Therfore I commende gladnesse because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne then to eate and drinke and to be merie for that shall he haue of his labour al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne 16 And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde and that of suche a fashion that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night 17 I vnderstoode of all the workes of God but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out yet can he not reach vnto them yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them yet shall he not finde them ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 By no outwarde thing can man know whom God loueth or hateth 11 No man knoweth his ende 1◠Wysdome excelleth strength 1 FOr all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out The righteous wise yea their seruauntes also are in the hand of God and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate but all thinges are before them 2 It happeneth vnto one as vnto another it goeth with the righteous as with the vngodly with the good and cleane as with the vncleane with hym that offereth as with him that offereth not like as it goeth with the vertuous so goeth it also with the sinner as it happeneth vnto the pariured so happeneth it also to hym that is afrayde to be forsworne 3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne this is a miserie that it happeneth vnto all alike This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue vntyll they dye 4 And why as long
in youth and not to deferre tyll age 7 The soule returneth to God 12 Wisdome is the gyft of God and consisteth in fearing hym and keping his commaundementes 1 PVt away displeasure out of thine heart and remoue euill from thy body for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie 2 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth or euer the dayes of aduersitie come and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say I haue not pleasure in them 3 Before the sunne the light the moone and starres be darkened and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne 4 When the kepers of the house shall tremble and when the strong men shall bowe them selues when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme 5 When the doores in the streetes shal be shut and when the voyce of the milner shal be layde downe when men shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde and when all the daughters of musicke shal be brought lowe 6 When men shall feare in hye places and be afraide in the streetes when the Almonde tree shall florishe and be laden with the grashopper and when all lust shal passe because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streetes 7 Or euer the siluer lace be taken away and or the golden well be broken Or the pot be broken at the well and the wheele broken vpon the cesterne 8 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it 9 All is but vanitie saith the preacher all is but playne vanitie 10 The preacher was yet more wyse and taught the people knowledge he gaue good heede sought out the ground and set foorth many parables His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes right scripture the wordes of trueth 11 For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde 21 Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this for to make many bookes it is an endlesse worke and to muche studie weerieth the body 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his commaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euyll ¶ The ende of the booke of the preacher otherwise called Ecclesiastes ⧠The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon called in Latin Canticum Canticorum The first Chapter 1 The familier talke and misticall communication of the spirituall loue betweene Iesus Christe and his Churche 6 The domesticall enemies that persecute the Churche 1 O That he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes 2 Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth therfore do the maydens loue thee 3 Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee we thinke more of thy loue then of wine they that be righteous loue thee 4 I am blacke O ye daughters of Hierusalem but yet fayre and well fauoured like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Solomon 5 Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke for why the sunne hath shined vpon me my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me they made me the keper of the vineyardes but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept 6 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest the sheepe where thou makest them rest at the noone day for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions 7 If thou knowe not thy selfe O thou fayrest among women then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes 8 Vnto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee O my loue 9 Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels a neckband of golde wyll we make thee with siluer buttons 10 When the king sitteth at the table he shall smell my Nardus a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me he wyll lye betwixt my brestes a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me 11 Oh howe fayre art thou my loue Oh howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes O howe fayre art thou my beloued howe well fauoured art thou 12 Our bed is dect with flowres the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse The .ij. Chapter 3 The Churche desireth to rest vnder the shadowe of Christe 8 She heareth his voyce 14 She is compared to the doue 15 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the fielde and lillie of the valleys 2 As the lillie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloued among the sonnes 4 My delight is to sit vnder his shadowe for his fruite is sweete vnto my throte 5 He bringeth me into his wine seller his banner spread ouer me whiche is his loue 6 Set about me cuppes of wine comfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 7 His left hande lyeth vnder my head and his right hande shall imbrace me 8 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hindes of the fiede that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 9 Me thinke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hopping vpon the mountaines and leaping ouer the litle hilles 10 My beloued is lyke a roe or a young hart beholde he standeth behinde our wall he looketh in at the windowe and peepeth thorowe the grate 11 My beloued aunswered and sayd vnto me O stande vp my loue my beautifull and go to thyne owne for lo the winter is nowe past the rayne is away and gone 12 The flowres are come vp in the field the tyme of the byrdes singing is come and the voyce of the turtle doue is hearde in our lande 13 The figge tree bryngeth foorth her figges and the vines beare blossomes and haue a good smell 14 O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull and come I say O my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for sweete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face 15 Get vs the foxes yea the litle foxes that hurt
Tharsis 15 His body is as the pure iuorie dect ouer with Saphires His legges are as the pillers of Marble set vpon sockettes of golde 16 His face is as Libanus and as the beautie of the Cedar trees 17 The wordes of his mouth are sweete yea he is altogether louely Such a one is my loue O ye daughters of Hierusalem such a one is my loue The .vi. Chapter 2 The Church assureth her selfe of the loue of Christe 3 The prayses of the Church 8 She is but one and vndefiled 1 WHyther is thy loue gone then O thou fairest among women whyther is thy loue departed and we wyll seke hym with thee 2 My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden gather lilies 3 My loue is myne and I am his which feedeth among the lilies 4 Thou are beautifull O my loue as is the place Thirza thou art faire as Hierusalem fearefull as an armie of men with their banners 5 Turne away thine eyes from me for they haue set me on fire Thy heery lockes are lyke a flocke of goates shorne vpon the mount of Gilead 6 Thy teeth are lyke a flocke of shorne sheepe which go out of the wasshyng place where euery one beareth twinnes and not one vnfruitfull among them 7 Thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thy lockes of heere 8 There are threescore queenes fourescore wiues and damselles without number 9 One is my doue one is my dearlyng She is the only beloued of her mother and deare vnto her that bare her When the daughters sawe her they sayde she was blessed yea the queenes wiues praysed her 10 What is she this that loketh foorth as the mornyng faire as the moone cleare as the sunne and fearfull as an armie of men with their banners 11 I went downe into the nut garden to see what grewe by the brookes and to loke yf the vineyarde florished or yf the pomegranates were not foorth 12 I knewe not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be vnder tribute 13 Turne agayne turne agayne O thou perfect one turne agayne turne agayne and we wyll loke vpon thee What will ye see in the Sulamite She is lyke men of warre singing in a companie The .vij. Chapter 1 The beautie of the Churche in all her members 1◠She is assured of Christes loue towardes her 1 O Howe pleasaunt are thy treadynges with thy shoes thou princes daughter the ioyntes of thy thighes are like a faire iewell which is wrought by a cunnyng workemaister 2 Thy nauell is lyke a rounde goblet which is neuer without drynke 3 Thy wombe is like a heape of wheate that is set about with lilies 4 Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young roes 5 Thy necke is as it were a towre of iuorie thine eyes also are lyke the water pooles that are in Hesebon beside the port of Bathrabbim thy nose is lyke the towre of Libanus which loketh towarde Damascus 6 That head that standeth vpon thee is lyke Carmel and the heere of thy head is like purple and like a kyng dwellyng among many water conduites 7 O Howe faire and louely art thou my dearlyng in pleasures 8 Thy stature is lyke a paulme tree and thy breastes lyke the grapes 9 I sayde I wyll climbe vp into the paulme tree and take holde of his hye braunches 10 Thy breastes also shal be as the wine clusters the smell of thy nosethrilles like as the smell of apples 11 And thy rooffe of thy mouth lyke the best wine which is meete for my best beloued pleasaunt for his lippes and for his teeth to chawe 12 I am my beloueds and he shall turne hym vnto me 13 O come on my loue we wyll go foorth into the fielde and take our lodgyng in the villages 14 In the mornyng wyll we go see the vineyarde we wyll see yf the vine be sprong foorth yf the grapes be growen and yf the pomegranates be shot out 15 There will I geue thee my brestes the Mandragoras geue their sweete smell and besyde our doores are all maner of pleasaunt fruites both newe and olde which I haue kept for thee O my beloued The .viij. Chapter 2 The Church wyll be taught by Christe 3 She is vpholden by hym 6 The vehement loue wherwith Christe loueth her 1◠She is the vine that bryngeth foorth fruite to the spirituall Solomon which is Iesus Christe 1 O That I might finde thee without and kisse thee whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes and that thou shalt not be dispised 2 I wyll leade thee and bryng thee into my mothers house that thou myghtest teache me and that I myght geue thee drynke of the spiced wine and of the sweete sappe of my pomegranates 3 His left hande shal be vnder my head and his ryght hande shall imbrace me 4 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 5 What is she this that cometh vp from the wildernesse and leaneth vpon her loue I wake thee vp among the apple trees where thy mother conceaued thee where thy mother I say brought thee into the worlde 6 O set me as a seale vpon thine heart and as a seale vpon thine arme for loue is myghtie as the death and gelousie as the hell 7 Her coales are coales of fire and a very vehement flambe of the Lorde so that many waters are not able to quenche loue neither may the streames drowne it Yea yf a man woulde geue all the good of his house for loue he shoulde count it nothyng 8 Our sister is but young and hath no brestes what shall we do for our sister when she shal be spoken for 9 If she be a wall we shall builde a siluer bulwarke thervpon yf she be a doore we shall fasten her with boordes of Cedar tree 10 I am a wall and my brestes lyke towres then was I as one that hath founde fauour in his syght 11 Solomon hath a vineyarde at Baal-Hamon and this vineyarde deliuered he vnto the kepers that euery one for the fruite therof shoulde geue hym a thousande peeces of siluer 12 My vineyarde which is myne is in my syght thou O Solomon must haue a thousande and the kepers two hundred which kepe the fruite 13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens O let me heare thy voyce that my companions may hearken to the same 14 O get thee away my loue and be as a roe or a young hart vpon the sweete smellyng mountaynes A. P. E. The ende of the ballet of ballettes of Solomon called in latine Canticum Canticorum ⧠The booke of the prophete Esai The first Chapter 2 The prophete accuseth the sinnes of the
transgressions of Israel vpon hym I wil also visite the aulters of Bethel and the hornes of the aulter shal be broken of and fall to the grounde 15 And I will smite the winter house with the sommer house and the houses of yuorie shall perishe and the great houses shal be consumed saith the Lord. The .iiii. Chapter 1 Vnder the name of fat kyne of Basan he inueyeth against the gouernours of Samaria and foresheweth their punishement 4 He laugheth to skorne their idolatrie 8 He sheweth that notwithstanding they had ben plagued with hunger drought blasting caterpillers pestilence and warre yet were they not turned vnto God 1 HEare this worde ye kyne of Basan that are in the mountaine of Samaria which oppresse the poore destroy the needy which say to their maisters Bring and let vs drinke 2 The Lord God hath sworne by his holinesse that lo the dayes shal come vpon you that he will take you away with thornes and your posteritie with fishe hookes 3 And ye shall go out at the breaches euery kowe forward and ye shal cast your selues out of the palace sayth the Lorde 4 Come to Bethel and transgresse to Gilgal and multiplie transgression and bring your sacrifices in the morning and your tythes after three yeres 5 And offer a thankes geuing of leauen publishe proclayme the free offringes for this liketh you O ye children of Israel sayth the Lorde God 6 Therfore haue I geuē you cleannesse of teeth in all your cities scarsenesse of bread in all your places yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 7 And also I haue withholden the rayne from you when there were yet three monethes to the haruest and I caused it to rayne vpon one citie and haue not caused it to rayne vpon an other citie one peece was raigned vpon the peece whervpon it rayned not withered 8 So two or three cities wandred vnto one citie to drinke water but they were not satisfied yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 9 I haue smitten you with blasting and mildeaw your great gardens and your vineyardes and your figge trees your oliue trees dyd the palmer worme deuoure yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 10 Pestilence haue I sent among you after the maner of Egypt your young men haue I slayne with the sworde haue taken away your horses and I haue made the stinke of your tentes to come euen vp into your nostrels yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 11 I haue ouerthrowen you as God ouerthrewe Sodoma and Gomorra and ye were as a fire brande pluckt out of the burning yet haue ye not returned vnto me sayth the Lorde 12 Therfore thus will I do vnto thee O Israel and because I will do this vnto thee prepare to meete thy God O Israel 13 For lo he that fourmeth the mountaynes and createth the winde and declareth vnto man what is his thought whiche maketh the morning darkenesse and walketh vpon the hie places of the earth the Lorde God of hoastes is his name The .v. Chapter 1 The prophete lamenteth the captiuitie of Sion 4 He calleth to repentaunce 8 He describeth the power of God 14 He exhorteth to good workes 16 He describeth the heauie day of the Lorde 21 And reiecteth their feast dayes and sacrifices 1 HEare ye this worde whiche I lift vp vpon you euen a lamentation of the house of Israel 2 The virgin Israel is fallen shall no more rise she is left vpon her lande and there is none to rayse her vp 3 For thus sayth the Lorde God The citie which went out by a thousand shall leaue an hundreth that whiche went foorth by an hundreth shall leaue ten to the house of Israel 4 For thus sayth the Lord vnto the house of Israel Seke ye me and ye shall liue 5 But seke not Bethel nor enter into Gilgal and go not to Beerseba for Gilgal shall go into captiuitie and Bethel shall come to naught 6 Seke the Lord and ye shall liue lest he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph and deuoure it and there be noone to quenche it in Bethel 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood and forsake righteousnesse in the earth 8 He maketh the seuen starres and Orion and he turneth the shadowe of death into the morning and he maketh the day darke as night he calleth the waters of the sea and powreth them out vpon the open earth the Lorde is his name 9 He strengthneth the destroyer against the mightie the destroyer shall come against the fortresse 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly 11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore and ye take from hym burdens of wheate ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone but ye shall not dwell in them ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes but ye shall not drinke wine of them 12 For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions and your mightie sinnes they afflict the iust they take rewardes and they oppresse the poore in the gate 13 Therfore the wise shall kepe scilence in that time for it is an euyll time 14 Seke good and not euill that ye may liue so the Lord God of hoastes shal be with you as you haue spoken 15 Hate the euill and loue the good and establishe iudgement in the gate it may be that the Lord God of hoastes wil be mercifull vnto the remnaunt of Ioseph 16 Therfore the Lorde God of hoastes the Lord sayth thus Mourning shal be in all streetes and they shall say in al the hye wayes Alas alas and they shall cal the husbandman to lamentation and such as can mourne to mourning 17 And in all the vines shal be lamentation for I will passe through thee sayth the Lorde 18 Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lorde what haue ye to do with it the day of the Lorde is darkenes and not light 19 As if a man dyd flee from a lion and a beare meete him went into the house and leaned his hand vnto the wal and a serpent bite hym 20 Shall not the day of the Lorde be darkenesse and not light euen darkenesse and no light in it 21 I hate I abhorre your feast dayes and I will not smell in your solemne assemblies 22 Though ye offer me burnt offeringes and meate offeringes I will not accept them neither will I regarde the peace offering of your fat beastes 23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songues for I will not heare the melodie of thy violes 24 And let iudgement run downe as water and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer 25 Haue ye offered vnto me sacrifices and offringes in the wildernesse fourtie yeres O house of Israel 26 But ye haue borne Siccuth your king and
saide vnto him Feare not to geue him thy daughter for vnto this man that feareth God belongeth thy daughter to wyfe therefore might none other haue her 13 Then saide Raguel I doubt not but God hath accepted my prayers teares in his sight 14 And I beleue he caused you to come vnto me for the same intent that this daughter of myne might be maryed in her owne kindred according to the law of Moyses And nowe doubt thou not but I wyll geue her vnto thee 15 So he toke the right hande of his daughter and gaue her into the right hande of Tobias and saide The God of Abraham the God of Isahac the God of Iacob be with you ioyne you together and fulfill his blessing in you 16 And they toke a letter made a writing of the mariage 17 And then made they mery and praysed God 18 And Raguel called Anna his wyfe vnto him and bade her prepare another chamber 19 And thither he brought Sara his daughter and she wept 20 Then saide he vnto her Be of good cheare my daughter the Lorde of heauen geue thee ioy for the heauinesse that thou hast suffered The .viii. Chapter 2 Tobias driueth away the euill spirite 4 He prayeth to God with his wyfe 11 Raguel prepareth a graue for his sonne in lawe 16 Raguel blesseth the Lorde 1 NOW after that they had supped they brought the young man in to her 2 Then thought Tobias vpon the wordes of the angel and toke out of his bagge a peece of the lyuer of the fishe and layed it vpon the hotte coales 3 So the angell Raphael tooke holde of the deuil and sent him away bound him in the wildernesse of the hygher Egypt 4 Then spake Tobias vnto the virgin and saide Vp Sara let vs make our prayer vnto God to day to morow and ouermorow For these three nightes wyl we reconcile our selues with God and when the third holy night is past we shall ioyne together in the duetie of mariage 5 For we are the children of holy men and we may not come together as the heathen that know not God 6 Then stoode they vp both together and besought God earnestly that he would preserue them 7 And Tobias saide O Lorde God of our fathers praysed be thou of heauen and earth of the sea welles fluddes and of al thy creatures that be therein 8 Thou madest Adam of the moulde of the earth and gauest him Eua for an helper 9 And now Lorde thou knowest that it is not because of voluptuousnes that I take this sister of myne to wyfe but onely for the loue of children in whom thy name may be blessed for euer 10 And Sara saide Haue mercie vpon vs O Lorde haue mercy vpon vs and let vs both come whole and sounde together to a good age 11 And about the cocke crowing it came to passe that Raguel called his seruaūtes 12 And they went with him to make a graue 13 For he saide It is chaunced nowe vnto him peraduenture as it did vnto the other seuen men that went in vnto her 14 Now when they had made the graue Raguel came againe to his wyfe and saide vnto her Send one of thy maydens to loke if he be dead that I may bury him afore it be light day 15 So she sent a mayden to see which when she came into the chamber found them whole and founde sleeping together 16 And so she came againe and brought good tidinges Then Raguel and Anna his wyfe praysed the Lorde 17 And saide Praysed be thou O Lorde God of Israel that it is not happened vnto vs as we thought 18 For thou hast dealt mercifully with vs and put away from vs the enemie that persecuted vs 19 And hast shewed mercy vnto yonder two the onely borne children of their parentes O Lorde cause them to magnifie thee more perfectly and to offer the sacrifice of thy prayse of their health that all people may knowe that thou onely art God in all the earth 20 And immediatly Raguel commaunded his seruauntes to fyll the graue that they had made with earth afore it was light 21 And bade his wyfe prepare a feaste to make redie all thinges that were necessary for meate to such as went by the way 22 He caused two fat kine also and foure weathers to be slaine and meates to be prepared for all his neighbours and freindes 23 And Raguel charged Tobias to remayne with him two weekes 24 As for all the good that he had he gaue Tobias the halfe of it and made this writing that the halfe which remayned should fall vnto Tobias after their death ¶ The .ix. Chapter The angell goeth to Gabelus at the desire of Tobias which delyuereth the letter and receaueth the money 1 THen Tobias called vnto him the angell whō he thought to haue ben a man and saide vnto him Brother Azarias I pray thee hearken vnto my wordes 2 If I shoulde geue my selfe to be thy seruaunt I shall not deserue thy prouidence 3 Neuerthelesse I beseche thee that thou wilt take the beastes and the seruauntes go vnto Gabelus in Rages the citie of the Medes and delyuer him his hand writing and receaue the money of him and pray him to come to my mariage 4 For thou knowest thy selfe that my father doth number the dayes and if I tary one day to long he wyll be sory in his minde 5 Now seest thou how earnestly Raguel hath required me so that I can not say him nay 6 Then toke Raphael foure of Raguels seruauntes and two Camels and went vnto Rages the citie of the Medes And when he had founde Gabelus he gaue him his hand writing and receaued all the money 7 He tolde him also of Tobias the sonne of Tobi how al thinges had happened and caused him to come with him to the mariage 8 Now when he came into the house of Raguel he founde Tobias sittyng at the table and he leaped vp they kissed one another and Gabelus wept and praysed God 9 And saide The blessing of the God of Israel haue thou for thou art the sonne of a right vertuous and iust man and of one that feareth God geueth great almes 10 And blessing haue thy wyfe and your elders 11 That ye may see your children and your childrens children vnto the third fourth generation and your seede be blessed of the God of Israel which raigneth worlde without end 12 And when they all had sayde Amen they went to the feast but with the feare of the Lorde held they the feast of the mariage The .x. Chapter 1 Tobias and his wyfe thinke long for their sonne 10 Raguel sendeth away Tobias and Sara 1 NOw whyle young Tobias made long tarying by reason of the mariage his father was full of care heauinesse saying Canst thou thinke what shoulde be the cause that my sonne tarieth so long or why he should be kept so long there
the commaundementes of the Lorde shal be shamed 21 He that is the ruler among brethren is holden in honour among them and he that regardeth such as feare the Lorde is acceptable in his sight 22 The feare of the Lord causeth that the kingdome faileth not but the kingdome is lost by crueltie and pryde 23 The glorie of the riche of the honorable and of the poore is the feare of God 24 Despyse not thou the iust poore man that hath vnderstanding and magnifie not the riche vngodly 25 Great is the iudge and mightie in honour yet is there none greater then he that feareth God 26 Vnto the seruaunt that is discrete shal the free do seruice He that is wyse and well nurtured will not grudge when he is refourmed and an ignoraunt body shall not come to honour 27 Be not proude to do thy worke and dispayre not in the time of aduersitie 28 Better is he that laboureth and hath plenteousnes of al thinges then he that is gorgious and wanteth bread 29 My sonne get thy soule honour by mekenesse geue her her due honour 30 Who shall iustifie him that sinneth against him selfe Who will honour hym that dishonoureth his owne soule 31 The poore is honoured for his faythfulnesse and trueth but the riche is had in reputation because of his goodes 32 He that ordereth hym selfe honestly in pouertie howe much more shal he behaue hym selfe honestly in riches And who so ordreth hym selfe vnhonestly in riches how much more shall he behaue him selfe vnhonestly in pouertie The .xi. Chapter 1 The prayse of humilitie 2 After the outward appearaunce ought we not to iudge 7 Of rash iudgement 14 Al things come of God 29 Al men are not to be brought into thine house 1 THe wysdome of hym that is brought lowe shall lift vp his head and shall make hym to sit among great men 2 Commende not thou a man in his beautie neither despise a man in his vtter appeeraunce 3 The Bee is but a smal beast among the foules yet is her fruite exceeding sweet 4 Be not proude of thy rayment exalt not thy selfe in the day of thy honour for the workes of the hiest onely are wonderfull yea glorious secrete and vnknowen are his workes 5 Many tyrauntes haue ben fayne to sit downe vpon the earth and the vnlikely hath worne the crowne 6 Many mightie men haue ben brought low the honorable haue ben deliuered into other mens handes 7 Condemne no man before thou haue tryed out the matter and when thou hast made inquisition then refourme righteously 8 Geue no sentence before thou hast hearde the cause but first let men tel out their tales 9 Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thy selfe and stande not in the iudgement of sinners 10 My sonne meddle not with many matters and if thou gaine much thou shalt not be blamelesse if thou folow after it thou shalt not attayne it and though thou runnest thy way afore yet shalt thou not escape 11 There is some man that laboureth and taketh payne and the more he weerieth him selfe the lesse he hath 12 Againe some man is slouthfull hath neede of helpe wanteth strength and hath great pouertie 13 And gods eye loketh vpon him to good setteth him vp from his lowe state and lifteth vp his head so that many men maruel at hym and geue honour vnto God 14 Prosperitie and aduersitie lyfe and death pouertie and richesse come all of the Lorde 15 Wysedome nurture and knowledge of the lawe are with God loue and the wayes of good are with him 16 Errour and darkenesse are made for sinners and they that exalt them selues in euyll waxe olde in euyll 17 The gift of God remayneth for the righteous and his good will shall geue prosperitie for euer 18 Some man is riche by his care and â—gardship and that is the portion of his rewarde 19 In that he sayth Now haue I gotten rest and nowe will I eate and drinke of my goodes my selfe alone and yet he considereth not that the time draweth nye and death approcheth that he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men and dye him selfe 20 Stand thou fast in thy couenaunt and exercise thy selfe therin and remayne in the worke vnto thy age 21 Maruell not at the workes of sinners but put thy trust in God and byde in thy labour for it is but an easie thing in the sight of God to make a poore man riche and that sodenly 22 The blessing of God hasteth to the rewarde of the righteous and maketh his fruites soone to florishe and prosper 23 Say not what helpeth it me and what good thing shall I haue hereafter 24 Againe say not I haue enough how can I want 25 When thou art in welfare forget not aduersitie and when it goeth not well with thee haue a good hope that it shal be better 26 For it is but a small thing vnto God in the day of death to rewarde euery man according to his wayes 27 The aduersitie of an houre maketh one to forget al pleasure when a man dieth his workes are discouered 28 Iudge no man blessed before his death for a man shal be knowen in his children 29 Bring not euery man into thyne house for the disceytfull layeth wayte diuersly are like stomackes that belche filthyly 30 Like as a partrych in a maunde so is the heart of the proude and like as a spie that loketh vpon the fall of his neyghbour 31 For he turneth good vnto euyll and slaundreth the chosen 32 Of one sparke is made a great fire and of one disceytfull man is blood increased and an vngodly man layeth wayte for blood 33 Beware of the disceytfull for he imagineth wicked thinges to bring thee into a perpetuall shame 34 If thou takest an aliaunt vnto thee he shall destroy thee in vnquietnesse and dryue thee from thyne owne wayes The .xii. Chapter 1 Vnto whom we ought to do good 10 Enemies ought not to be trusted 1 WHen thou wilt do good knowe to whom thou doest it and so shalt thou be greatly thanked for thy benefites 2 Do good vnto the righteous and thou shalt finde great reward though not of him yet no doubt the Lorde him selfe shall rewarde thee 3 He standeth not in a good case that is alway occupied in euil geueth no almes for the hyghest hateth the sinners and hath mercie vpon them that shewe the workes of repentaunce 4 Geue thou vnto such as feare God and receaue not a sinner 5 As for the vngodly and sinners he shall recompence vengeaunce vnto them and kepe them to the day of wrath 6 Geue thou vnto the good and receaue not the sinner do well vnto hym that is lowly but geue not to the vngodly Let not the bread be geuen him that he be not mightier then thy selfe therin for so shalt thou receaue twyse as much euyll in all
And they commaunded to make this writing in tables of brasse and fasten it vnto the wall that compasseth the sanctuary in an open place 49 And to lay vp a copie of the same in the treasurie that Simon and his posteritie might haue it The .xv. Chapter 1 Antiochus maketh a couenaunt of frendship with Simon 11 and Tryphon is persecuted 15 The Romanes write letters vnto kinges and nations in the defence of the Iewes 27 Antiochus refusing the helpe that Simon sent him breaketh his couenaūt 1 MOreouer king Antiochus the sonne of Demetrius sent letters from the Iles of the sea vnto Simon the hie priest and prince of the Iewes and to all the people 2 Concerning these wordes Antiochus the king sendeth greeting vnto Simon the hie priest and to the people of the Iewes 3 Forsomuch as certaine wicked men haue gotten the kingdome of our progenitours I haue purposed to chalenge the realme againe and to restore it to the olde estate Wherefore I haue gathered a great hoast and made shippes of warre 4 That I may go through the countrey and be auenged of them which haue destroyed our lande and wasted many cities in my realme 5 And therefore nowe I make thee free also from all the tributes whereof all kinges my progenitours haue discharged thee from other customes wherefrom they haue releassed thee whatsoeuer they be 6 Yea I geue thee leaue to smite money of thyne owne within thy lande 7 As for Hierusalem I wyll that it be holy and free and all the weapons and houses of defence which thou hast builded and kepest in thyne handes shable thyne 8 Whereas any thing is or shal be owing vnto the king I forgeue it thee from this time foorth for euermore 9 And when we haue obtayned our kingdome we shall do thee thy people and the temple great worship so that your honour shal be knowen throughout the whole worlde 10 In the hundred threescore fourteenth yere went Antiochus into his fathers land and all the men of warre came together vnto him so that fewe were left with Tryphon 11 So the king Antiochus folowed vpon him but he fled vnto Dora which lyeth by the sea side 12 For he sawe that there was mischiefe comming vnto him and that his hoast had forsaken him 13 Then came Antiochus vnto Dora with an hundred and twentie thousand men of armes on foote and eyght thousand horsmen so he compassed the citie rounde about and the shippes came by the sea 14 Thus they vexed the citie by land and by water insomuch that they suffered no man to go in nor out 15 In the meane season came Numenius they that had ben with him from the citie of Rome hauing letters written vnto the kinges prouinces wherein were contayned these wordes 16 Lucius the consull of Rome sendeth greeting vnto Ptolomi the king 17 The Ambassadours of the Iewes our friendes being sent from Simon the hie priest and from the people of the Iewes came vnto vs for to renue the olde friendship and bonde of loue 18 Brought a shielde of golde weying a thousand pounde 19 Wherefore we thought it good to write vnto the kinges and prouinces to do them no harme nor to take part against them their cities nor countries neither to maintaine their enemies against them 20 And we were content to receaue of them the shielde 21 If there be any wicked persons therefore fled from their countrey vnto you deliuer them vnto Simon the hie priest that he may punishe them according to their owne lawe 22 The same wordes wrote the Romanes also vnto Demetrius the king to Attalus Araba Arsaces 23 And to all regions as Samsanes to them of Spartia Delo Mydo Sidon Caria Samos Pamphilia Lycia Alicarnassem and to the Rhodes to Faselidis Coo Sida Arado Cortyna Gnidum to Cypres and Cyren 24 And of euery letter they sent a copie to Simon the hie priest 25 So Antiochus the king brought his hoast vnto Dora the second time to take it where he made diuers ordinaunce of warre and kept Tryphon in that he should not go eyther in or out 26 Then sent Simon vnto Antiochus two thousand chosen men to helpe him with golde siluer other plenteous thinges 27 Neuerthelesse he woulde not receaue them but brake all the couenaūt which he made with Simon afore and withdrewe him selfe from him 28 He sent Athenobius also a frend of his vnto Simon for to reason with him saying Ye withholde fro me Ioppa and Gaza with the castle that is at Hierusalem which are cities of my realme 29 Whose borders ye haue destroyed and done great euill in the lande hauing the dominion in many other places of my kingdome 30 Wherfore deliuer now the cities which ye haue taken with the tributes of the places that ye haue rule vpon without the borders of Iurie 31 Or els geue me fiue hundred talentes of siluer yea for the harme that ye haue done in the cities for the tributes of the same other fiue hundred talentes yf no we shall come and fight against you 32 So Athenobius the kinges friend came to Hierusalem and when he sawe the great worship honour of Simon in golde siluer so great plentie of ornamentes he maruailed tolde Simon as the king commaunded him 33 Then aunswered Simon and saide vnto him As for vs we haue neither taken other mens landes nor withholden thē but onely our fathers heritage which our enemies had vnrighteously in possession a certaine time 34 This heritage of our farhers haue we chalenged in processe of time 35 And whereas thou complaynest concerning Ioppa Gaza they did great harme to our people and in our lande yet wyll we geue an hundred talentes for them Neuerthelesse Athenobius aunswered him not one worde 36 But turned againe wrothfully vnto the king tolde him al these words and the great dignitie of Simon with al that he had seene the king was very angry 37 And in the meane time fled Tryphon by ship vnto Orthosias 38 Then the king made Cendebeus captaine of the sea coast and gaue him an hoast of footemen and horsemen 39 Commaunding him to remoue the hoast toward Iurie to builde vp the citie of Cedron to make vp the portes and to warre against the people of the Iewes As for the king him selfe he folowed vpon Tryphon 40 So Cendebeus came vnto Iamnia and began to vexe the people to treade downe Iurie to take the people prisoners to slay them 41 And to builde vp Cedron where he set horsmen and other men of warre that they might come foorth and go through the streetes of Iurie lyke as the king had commaunded him The .xvj. Chapter 1 Cendebeus the captaine of Antiochus hoast is put to flight of the sonnes of Simon 11 Ptolomeus the sonne of Abobus killeth Simon and his two sonnes at a banket 23 Iohn killeth them that lye in wayte for his lyfe 1
be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
grace 6 If it be of grace then is it not nowe of workes For thē grace is no more grace But yf it be of workes then is it nowe no grace For then worke is no more worke 7 What then Israel hath not obtayned that which he sought but the election hath obtayned it the remnaunt hath ben blynded 8 Accordyng as it is written God hath geuen them the spirite of remorse eyes that they shoulde not see and eares that they shoulde not heare euen vnto this day 9 * And Dauid sayth Let their table be made a snare and a trappe and a stumbling stocke and a recompence vnto thē 10 Let their eyes be blinded y t they see not bowe thou downe their backe alway 11 I say then haue they therfore stumbled that they shoulde fall God forbyd but through their fall saluation is come vnto the gentiles for to prouoke them withall 12 Nowe yf the fall of them be y e ryches of the worlde and the minishyng of thē the ryches of the gentiles Howe much more their fulnesse 13 For I speake to you gentiles in as much as I am the Apostle of the gentiles I magnifie myne office 14 If by any meane I may prouoke thē which are my fleshe and myght saue some of them 15 For yf the castyng away of them be the reconcilyng of the worlde what shall the receauyng of them be but lyfe from the dead 16 For yf the first fruites be holy y e whole lumpe also is holy And yf the roote be holy the braunches also 17 And yf some of the braūches be broken of and thou beyng a wylde Oliue tree wast graft in among them made partaker of the roote and fatnesse of the * Oliue tree 18 Boast not thy selfe agaynst the braunches For yf thou boast thy selfe thou bearest not the roote but the roote thee 19 Thou wylt say then the braunches are broken of that I might be graft in 20 Well because of vnbeliefe they were broken of and thou stodest stedfast in fayth Be not hye mynded but feare 21 For seyng that God spared not the naturall braunches take heede lest it come to passe that he spare not thee 22 Beholde therfore the kyndnesse and rigorousnesse of God on them which fell rigorousnesse but towardes thee kyndnesse if thou continue in kindnesse or els thou shalt be hewen of 23 And they yf they byde not styll in vnbeliefe shal be graffed in For God is of power to graffe them in agayne 24 For yf thou were cut out of a naturall wylde Oliue tree and were graffed contrary to nature in a true Oliue tree Howe much more shall the naturall braunches be graffed in their owne Oliue tree 25 For I woulde not brethren that ye shoulde be ignoraunt of this misterie lest ye shoulde be wyse in your owne conceiptes that partly blyndnesse is happened in Israel vntyll the fulnesse of the gentiles be come in 26 And so all Israel shal be saued as it is written There shall come out of Sion he that doth delyuer and shall turne away vngodlynesse from Iacob 27 And this is my couenaunt vnto them when I shall take away their sinnes 28 As concernyng the Gospel they are enemies for your sakes but as touching the election they are loued for the fathers sakes 29 For the gyftes and callyng of God are without repentaunce 30 For as ye in tyme past haue not beleued God yet haue nowe obtayned mercie through their vnbeliefe 31 Euen so nowe haue they not beleued the mercie shewed vnto you that they also may obtayne mercie 32 For God hath wrapped all nations in vnbeliefe y t he myght haue mercie on al. 33 O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes and his wayes past fyndyng out 34 For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde Or who hath ben his councellour 35 Either who hath geuen vnto hym first he shal be recompensed agayne 36 For of hym and through hym and for hym are all thynges To whom be glory for euer Amen ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Of what conuersation they which professe Christe shoulde be of 6 Howe euery man shoulde walke in his seuerall callyng 19 No man to reuenge 1 I Beseche you therfore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God that ye geue vp your bodyes a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God whiche is your reasonable seruice 2 And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde but be ye chaunged in your shape by y e renuing of your minde that ye may proue what is the wyll of God good and acceptable and perfect 3 For I say through the grace geuen vnto me to euery man among you that no man esteeme of hym selfe more then he ought to esteeme but so esteeme hym selfe that he behaue hymselfe discretelye accordyng as God hath dealt to euerye man the measure of fayth 4 For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office 5 So we beyng many are one body in Christe and euery one members one of another ☜ 6 ☞ Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs yf any man haue the gyft either prophesie after the measure of fayth 7 Either office in administration or he that teacheth in teachyng 8 Or he that exhorteth in exhortyng he that geueth in singlenesse he that ruleth in diligence he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse 9 Loue without dissimulation hatyng euyll cleauyng to good 10 Affectioned one to another with brotherly loue in geuyng honour go one before another 11 Not lither in businesse feruent in spirite seruyng the Lorde 12 Reioycyng in hope pacient in trouble instant in prayer 13 Distributyng to y e necessitie of saintes geuen to hospitalitie 14 Blesse them which persecute you blesse and curse not 15 Reioyce with them that do reioyce and wepe with them that wepe 16 Beyng of lyke affection one towardes another beyng not hye mynded but makyng your selues equall to them of the lower sort ☜ ☞ Be not wise in your owne opinions 17 Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest not only before God but also in the syght of all men 18 If it be possible as much as lyeth in you lyue peaceably with all men 19 Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written Vengeaunce is myne I wyll repay sayth the Lorde 20 Therfore yf thyne enemie hunger feede hym yf he thyrst geue him drinke For in so doyng thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head 21 Be not ouercome of euyll but ouercome euyll with good ☜ ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 Of Obedience to the rulers who beare not the sworde in vayne 8 Charitie must measure all our doynges 11 An exhortation to good lyfe 1 LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the
Yea ☞ if I had all fayth so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places and haue not loue I were nothyng 3 And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore and though I geue my body that I burned and haue not loue it profiteth me nothyng 4 Loue suffreth long and is curteous Loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardely swelleth not 5 Dealeth not dishonestlie seeketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thynketh none euyll 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth 7 Suffreth all thynges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth all thynges 8 Though y e prophesiynges fayle other tongues ceasse or knowledge vanishe away yet loue falleth neuer away 9 ☞ For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophesiyng is vnperfect 10 But when that which is perfect is come then that which is vnperfect shal be done away 11 When I was a chylde I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I imagined as a chylde But assoone as I was a man I put away chyldishnesse 12 Nowe we see in a glasse euen in a darke speakyng but then shall we see face to face Nowe I knowe vnperfectly but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen 13 Nowe abydeth fayth hope and loue these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth to loue commendeth the gift of tongues and other spirituall giftes 5 But chiefely prophesiyng 34 He commaundeth women to kepe scilence in the Church 40 And sheweth what good order ought to be obserued in the Churche 1 FOlowe after loue and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie 2 For he that speaketh with the tongue speaketh not vnto men but vnto God For no man heareth hym Howbeit in the spirite he speaketh misteries 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng to their exhortation and to their comfort 4 He that speaketh with the tongue edifieth hym selfe he that prophesieth edifieth the Churche 5 I woulde y t ye al spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied For greater is he that prophesieth then he that speaketh with tongues except he expounde it that the Churche may haue edifiyng 6 Nowe brethren yf I come vnto you speakyng with tongues what shall I profite you except I speake to you eyther by reuelation or by knowledge or by prophesiyng or by doctrine 7 Moreouer thynges without lyfe geuing sound whether it be a pipe or an harpe except they make a distinction in the soundes howe shall it be knowen what is piped or harped 8 And also yf the trumpe geue an vncertayne sounde who shall prepare him selfe to the warre 9 Euen so lykewyse when ye speake with tongues except ye speake wordes that haue signification howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken For ye shall speake into the ayer 10 There are so many kyndes of voyces as it commeth to passe in the worlde and none of them are without signification 11 If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth I shal be lyke vnto hym that speaketh an aliaunt and he that speaketh shal be an aliaunt vnto me 12 Euen so forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell vnto the edifiyng of the Churche 13 Wherfore let him that speaketh with tongue pray that he may interprete 14 For yf I pray with tongue my spirite prayeth but my vnderstanding is without fruite 15 What is it then I wyll pray with the spirite and wyll pray with the vnderstandyng also I wyll syng with the spirite and wyll syng with the vnderstandyng also 16 Els when thou blessest with the spirite howe shall he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned say Amen at thy geuyng of thankes seyng he vnderstandeth not what thou sayest 17 Thou veryly geuest thankes well but the other is not edified 18 I thanke my God I speake with tongues more the ye all 19 Yet had I rather in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng to the information of other then ten thousande wordes with the tongue 20 Brethren be not chyldren in wytte Howbeit as concerning maliciousnesse be chyldren but in wytte be perfect 21 In the lawe it is written With sundry tongues and with sundry lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people and yet for all that will they not heare me sayth the Lorde 22 Wherfore tongues are for a signe not to them that beleue but to them that beleue not But prophesiyng serueth not for them that beleue not but for them which beleue 23 If therfore when all the Churche is come together in one all speake with tongues there come in they that are vnlearned or they which beleue not wyll they not say y t ye are out of your wittes 24 But yf all prophesie and there come in one y t beleueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of euery man 25 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest and so falleth he downe on his face and worshippeth God and sayth that God is in you of a trueth 26 Howe is it then brethren When ye come together euery one of you hath a psalme hath a doctrine hath a tongue hath a reuelation hath interpretation Let all thynges be done vnto edifiyng 27 Yf any man speake with tongue let it be by two or at the most by three and that by course and let one interprete 28 But yf there be no interpreter let him kepe scilence in the Churche and let him speake to hym selfe and to God 29 Let the prophetes speake two or three and let the other iudge 30 If any reuelation be made to another that sitteth by let y e first holde his peace 31 For ye may all prophesie one by one that all may learne and all may haue comfort 32 And the spirites of the prophetes are subiect to the prophetes 33 For God is not the aucthour of confusion but of peace as in all Churches of the saintes 34 Let your women kepe scilence in the Churches For it is not permitted vnto them to speake but to be vnder obedience as sayth the lawe 35 If they wyll learne any thyng let thē aske their husbandes at home For it is a shame for women to speake in the Churche 36 Sproung the worde of God from you Either came it vnto you only 37 If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete either spiritual let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you are y e commaundementes of the Lorde 38 But yf any man be ignoraunt let hym be ignoraunt 39 Wherfore brethren couet to prophesie and forbyd not to speake with tongues 40 Let all thynges be done honestlie and in order ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 He proueth the resurrection of the dead ◠and first that Christe is risen 22 then that we shall ryse 52 and the maner howe 1 MOreouer brethren I declare vnto you the Gospell
our mortall flesshe 12 So then death worketh in vs but life in you ☜ 13 ☞ Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth accordyng as it is written I beleued and therefore haue I spoken We also beleue and therefore speake 14 For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you 15 For all thynges do I for your sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geuyng of many may redounde to the prayse of God 16 Wherefore we are not weryed But though our outwarde man perishe yet the inwarde man is renued day by day 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie lyght prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene but on the thynges which are not seene For the thynges which are seene are temporall but the things which are not seene are eternal ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Paul proceedeth to declare the vtilitie that commeth by the crosse 4 howe we ought to prepare our selues vnto it 5 by whom 9 and for what ende 14 19 He setteth foorth the grace of Christ 20 and the office of ministers all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation not made with handes but eternall in heauen 2 For therfore sygh we desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen 3 So yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle sigh being burdened because we would not be vnclothed but would be clothed vpō that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe 5 He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which hath also geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spirite 6 Therfore we are alway of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lorde 7 For we walke by fayth not after outwarde appearaunce 8 Neuerthelesse we are of good comfort and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lorde 9 Wherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad 11 ☞ Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde we fare fayre with men For we are knowen well enough vnto God I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences 12 For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For yf we be to feruent to God are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs because we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which lyue shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues but vnto hym which dyed for them and rose agayne ☜ 16 Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe Insomuche though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde all thynges are become newe 18 And all thynges are of God whiche hath reconciled vs vnto hym selfe by Iesus Christe and hath geuen to vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christe reconciling the worlde to hym selfe not imputyng their sinnes vnto them and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be reconciled vnto God 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs whiche knewe no sinne that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to christian lyfe 11 and to beare him like affection as he doeth them Also to kepe them selues from pollution of idolatrie both in body and soule and to haue none acquayntaunce with the heathen 1 WE also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne 2 For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluation 3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng that the ministerie be not blamed 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as y e ministers of God in much pacience in afflictions in necessities in anguisshes 5 In stripes in prisonmentes in strifes in labours 6 In watchynges in fastinges in purenesse in knowledge in long suffryng in kyndnesse in the holy ghost in loue vnfaigned 7 In the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the ryght hande and on the lefte 8 By honour and dishonour by euyll report and good report as deceauers and yet true 9 As vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled 10 As sorowyng and yet alway merie as poore and yet make many riche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessyng all thynges ☜ 11 O ye Corinthians our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a straite in your owne bowels 13 I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children Set your selues at large 14 ☞ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall Eyther what part hath he that beleueth with an infidell 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images For ye are the temple of the lyuing God as saide God I wyll dwell in them walke in them wyll be their God they shal be my people 17 Wherfore come out frō among them and seperate your selues from them saith the Lorde and touche none vncleane thyng and I wyll receaue you 18 And wyll be a father vnto you and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lorde almightie ⧠The .vij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them by the promise of God to kepe them selues pure 3.7 Assuryng them of his loue 8.13 and doeth not excuse his seueritie towarde them but reioyceth therof consideryng what profite came therby 10 Of two sortes of sorowe 1 SEyng that we haue these promises dearely beloued let vs
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
for his sonne from heauen whom he raysed from the dead ☜ euen Iesus which delyuereth vs from the wrath to come ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 To the intent they shoulde not faint vnder the crosse 2 he commendeth his diligence in preachyng 13 and theirs in obeying 18 He excuseth his absence that he coulde not come and open his heart to them 1 FOr ye your selues brethren knowe our entraunce in vnto you y t it was not in vayne 2 But euen after that we had suffred before and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe at Philippos we were bolde in our God to speake vnto you the Gospell of God in much strynyng 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit neither of vncleannes neither in guile 4 But as it were alowed of God to be put in credite with the Gospell euen so we speake not as pleasyng men but God which tryeth our heartes 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes as ye knowe neither cloke of couetousnes God is recorde 9 Neither sought we prayse of men neither of you nor yet of others 7 When we myght haue ben in auctoritie as the Apostles of Christe but we were tender among you euen as a nourâ—e cherissheth her chyldren 8 So beyng tenderly affected towarde you our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you not the Gospell of God only but also our owne soules because ye were deare vnto vs. 9 ☞ For ye remember brethren our labour and trauayle For we labouryng nyght day because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you preached vnto you the Gospell of God 10 Ye are witnesses God also howe holyly and iustly and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleue 11 As ye knowe howe that as a father his chyldren so we haue exhorted comforted and besought euery one of you 12 That ye woulde walke worthie of God who hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorie 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God ye receaued it not as the worde of man but as it is in deede the worde of God which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue ☜ 14 For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen as they haue of the Iewes 15 Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus and their owne prophetes haue persecuted vs and God they please not and are contrarie to all men 16 And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued to fulfyll their sinnes alway For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost 17 Forasmuch brethren as we are kept from you for a short season in person not in heart we enforced y e more to see you personally with great desire 18 And therfore we woulde haue come vnto you I Paul once agayne but Satan hyndered vs. 19 For what is our hope or ioy or crowne of reioycyng Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe at his commyng 20 Yes ye are our glorie and ioy ⧠The .iij. Capter 2 He sheweth howe greatly he was affectioned towarde them both in that he sent Timotheus to them 1â— and also prayed for them 1 WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone 2 And sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God and felowe labourer in the Gospell of Christe to stablishe you to comfort you concernyng your faith 3 That no man shoulde be moued in these afflictions For ye your selues knowe that we are appoynted there vnto 4 For veryly when we were with you we tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation euen as it came to passe and as ye knowe 5 For this cause when I coulde no longer forbeare I sent to knowe your fayth lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you and our labour had ben vayne 6 But nowe lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs and brought vs good tydynges of your fayth and loue and howe that ye haue good remembraunce of vs alwayes desiryng to see vs as we also to see you 7 Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you in all our aduersitie and necessitie because of your fayth 8 For nowe we lyue yf ye stande fast in the Lorde 9 For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you for all the ioye wherwith we ioy for your sakes before our God 10 Praying nyght and daye exceedyngly to see you personally and repayre the wantynges of your fayth 11 Nowe God him selfe and our father and our Lord Iesus Christe guyde our waye vnto you 12 And the Lorde encrease you make you abounde in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we also towarde you 13 To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable in holynesse before God and our father in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe with all his saintes The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to holynesse 6 innocencie 9 loue 11 labour 13 and moderation in lamentyng for the dead 17 describyng the ende of the resurrection 1 FVrthermore we besech you brethren exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus that ye encrease more and more as ye haue receaued of vs how ye ought towalke and to please God 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus 3 For this is the wyll of God your holynesse that ye should abstayne from fornication 4 That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence euen as the gentiles which knowe not God 6 That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in any matter because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche as we also haue forewarned you and testified 7 For God hath not called vs vnto vncleanenesse but into holynesse ☜ 8 He therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God who hath geuen to you his holy spirite ☜ 9 â— But as touchyng brotherly loue ye nede not that I write vnto you For ye are taught of God to loue one another 10 Yea and that thyng veryly ye do vnto all y e brethren which are in al Macedonia But we beseche you brethren that ye encrease more and more 11 And that ye studie to be quiet and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you 12 That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without that nothyng be lackyng in you ☜ 13 ☞ But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren concernyng them which sleepe that ye sorowe not euen as other which haue no hope 14 For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche sleepe by Iesus
And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse in them that peryshe because they receaued not the loue of the trueth that they myght be saued 11 And therefore God shall sende them strong delusion that they should beleue lyes 12 That all they myght be dampned whiche beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnryghteousnes 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you brethren beloued of the Lorde because that God hath frō the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite in fayth of the trueth 14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell to the obteyning of the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christe 15 ☞ Therfore brethren stande fast and holde the ordinaunces whiche ye haue ben taught whether it were by our preachyng or by our epistle 16 Our Lorde Iesus Christe and God and our father whiche hath loued vs and hath geuen vs euerlastyng consolation and good hope in grace 17 Comfort your heartes and stablysshe you in all good saying and doyng ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He desireth them to pray for hym that the Gospell may prosper 6 and geueth them warnyng to reproue the idle 16 and so wyssheth them all wealth 1 FVrthermore brethren praye ye for vs that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and be glorified euen as with you 2 And that we may be delyuered from disordered and euyll men For all men haue not fayth 3 But the Lorde is faythfull whiche shall stablyshe you and kepe you from euyll 4 And we haue confidence in the Lorde to youwarde that ye both do and wyll do the thynges whiche we commaunde you 5 And the Lorde guyde your heartes to the loue of God and to the pacient waytyng for Christe ☜ 6 ☞ We commaunde you brethren in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately and not after the institution whiche he receaued of vs. 7 For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you 8 Neither toke we breade of any man for nought but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you 9 Not but that we had auctoritie but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. 10 For when we were with you this we warned you of that yf any woulde not worke the same shoulde not eate 11 For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately workyng not at all but be busy bodies 12 Them that are such we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ that they workyng in quietnesse eate their owne breade 13 And ye brethren be not weery in well doyng 14 Yf any man obey not our doctrine signifie hym by an epistle and haue no companie with hym that he maye be ashamed 15 Yet count him not as an enemie but warne hym as a brother 16 Nowe the very Lorde of peace geue you peace alwayes by all meanes The Lorde be with you all 17 The salutation of me Paul with mine owne hande This is the token in euery epistle So I write 18 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all Amen ¶ Sent from Athens ¶ The first Epistle of the Aposile Saint Paul vnto Timothie The first Chapter ◠He exhorteth Timothie to wayte vpon his office namely to see that nothyng be taught but gods worde c. 5 Declaryng that fayth with a good conscience charitie and edification are the ende therof 20 and admonisheth of Hymeneus and Alexander 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the commission of God our sauiour and Lorde Iesus Christe whiche is our hope 2 Vnto Timothie a natural sonne in the faith Grace mercie and peace from God our father and Iesus Christe our Lorde 3 As I besought thee to abyde styll in Ephesus when I departed into Macedonia so do that thou cōmaunde some that they teache no other doctrine 4 Neither geue heede to fables and endlesse genealogies whiche breede questions more then godly edifying which is in fayth 5 But the ende of the commaundement is loue out of a pure heart and of a good conscience of fayth vnfaigned 6 From the whiche thynges some hauyng erred haue tourned vnto vayne ianglyng 7 Couetyng to be doctours of the lawe not vnderstandyng what they speake neither wherof they affirme 8 ☞ But we knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it lawfully 9 Knowyng this * that the lawe is not geuen vnto a ryghteous man but vnto the lawlesse and disobedient to the vngodly and to sinners to vnholy and vncleane to murtherers of fathers murtherers of mothers to manslears 10 To whoremongers to them that defyle them selues with mankynde to manstealers to lyers to periured and yf there be any other thyng that is contrarie to wholsome doctrine 11 Accordyng to the Gospell of glorie of the blessed God whiche is committed vnto me 12 And I thanke Christ Iesus our Lord whiche hath made me strong For he counted me faythfull puttyng me into the ministerie 13 Beyng a blasphemer and a persecuter and an oppressour But yet I obtayned mercie because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe 14 Neuerthelesse the grace of our Lorde was exceedyng aboundaunt with faith and loue which is in Christe Iesus 15 ☞ This is a faythfull saying and by all meanes worthy to be receaued that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners of whom I am chiefe 16 Notwithstandyng for this cause was mercie shewed vnto me that in me the first Iesus Christe myght shewe all long sufferyng to the example of them which shoulde beleue on hym to lyfe euerlastyng 17 Nowe vnto the kyng euerlastyng immortall inuisible vnto God onlye wise be honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen 18 This commaundement commit I vnto thee sonne Timotheus accordyng to the prophesies which went before vpon thee that thou in them shouldest fyght a good fyght 19 Hauyng fayth and good conscience which some hauyng put awaye as concernyng fayth haue made shipwracke 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I haue delyuered vnto Satan that they maye learne not to blaspheme ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He exhorteth to pray for all men 4 wherfore 8 and howe 9 As touchyng the apparell and modestie of women 1 I Exhort therefore that firste of all prayers supplications intercessiōs and geuynge of thankes be made for all men 2 For kynges and for all that are in auctoritie that we maye leade a quiete and peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse and honestie 3 For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour 4 Who wyll haue all men to be saued and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 5 For there is one God and one mediatour of God and men the man Christe Iesus 6 Who
are not comely 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie to beare chyldren to guyde the house to geue none occasion to y e aduersarie to speake slaunderously 15 For certaine of them are alredy turned backe after Satan 16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes let them susteine them let not the Churches be charged that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour most speciallye they which labour in the worde teachyng 18 For the scripture sayth Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde 19 Agaynst an elder receaue none accusation but vnder two or three witnesses 20 Them that sinne rebuke before all that other also may feare 21 I testifie before God and the Lorde Iesus Christe and the elect angels that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement and do nothyng after parcialitie 22 Lay handes sodenly on no man neither be partaker of other mens sinnes Kepe thy selfe chaste 23 Drinke no longer water but vse a litle wine for thy stomackes sake thine often diseases 24 Some mens sinnes are open beforehande hastyng before vnto iudgement and in some they folowe after 25 Lykewise also good workes are manifest before hande and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 The duetie of seruauntes towarde their maisters 3 Agaynst such as are not satisfied with the worde of God 6 Of true godlynesse and contentation of mynde 9 Agaynst couetousnesse 11 A charge geuen to Timothie 1 LEt as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke count their maisters worthy of all honour that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed 2 And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters despise them not because they are brethren but rather do seruice forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite These thynges teache and exhort 3 Yf any man teache otherwyse and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse 4 He is puft vp knowyng nothing but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes wherof commeth enuie stryfe raylynges euyll surmysynges 5 Vayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes destitute of the trueth thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse From suche be thou separate 6 Godlynesse is great lucre if a man be content with that he hath 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde and it is certayne that we may carry nought away 8 But hauyng foode and rayment we must therwith be content 9 For they that wyll be riche fall into temptations and snares and into many folishe noysome lustes which drowne men in perdition and destruction 10 For loue of money is the roote of all euyll whiche whyle some lusted after they erred from the fayth pearced thē selues through with many sorowes 11 But thou O man of God flee these thynges and folow after righteousnes godlynes faith loue pacience mekenes 12 Fight the good fight of faith lay hand on eternall lyfe wherevnto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses 13 I geue thee charge in the sight of God who quickeneth all thynges and before Iesus Christe which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good profession 14 That thou kepe the commaundement without spot vnrebukeable vntyll the appearyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ 15 Which in his tymes he shall shewe that is blessed and prince only the kyng of kynges and Lorde of Lordes 16 Who only hath immortalitie dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto * Whom no man hath seene neither can see vnto whom be honour power euerlastyng Amen 17 Charge them which are riche in this world that they be not hie minded nor trust in vncertayne riches but in y e lyuyng God which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy 18 That they do good that they be riche in good workes that they be redye to geue glad to distribute 19 Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe 20 O Timotheus saue that which is geuen thee to kepe auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges and oppositions of science falslie so called 21 Which some professyng haue erred concernyng the fayth Grace be with thee Amen ¶ Sent from Laodicea which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana The seconde Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to Timothie ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 6 Paul exhorteth Timotheus to stedfastnesse and patience in persecution and to continue in the doctrine that he had taught hym 12 wherof his bondes afflictions were a gage 16 A commendation of Onesiphorus 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God according to the promise of lyfe which is in Christ Iesus 2 To Timothie a beloued sonne Grace mercy and peace from God the father and Christe Iesus our Lorde 3 I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience that without ceassyng I haue remembraūce of thee in my prayers night day 4 Desiryng to see thee myndefull of thy teares that I may be fylled with ioy 5 When I call to remembraunce the vnfaigned fayth that is in thee whiche dwelt first in thy graundmother Lois and in thy mother Eunica and I am assured that it dwelleth in thee also 6 Wherfore I put thee in remēbraunce that thou stirre vp the gyft of God which is in thee * by the puttyng on of my handes 7 * For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare but of power and of loue and of a sounde mynde 8 Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde neither of me his prisoner but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell accordyng to the power of God 9 Who hath saued vs called vs with an holy callyng not accordyng to our workes but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus before the world began 10 But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ who hath put away death and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell 11 Wherunto I am appoynted a preacher and Apostle and a teacher of the gentiles 12 For the which cause I also suffer these thynges Neuerthelesse I am not ashamed For I knowe whom I haue beleued and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym agaynst that day 13 See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes which thou hast hearde of me in fayth loue that is in Christe Iesus 14 That good thyng which was committed to thy keping holde fast through the holy ghost which dwelleth in vs. 15 This
crowne of ryghteousnesse which the Lorde the ryghteous iudge shall geue me at that day not to me only but vnto theÌ„ also y t haue loued his appearyng 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly vnto me 10 For Demas hath forsaken me hauing loued this present worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Cresâ—ens to Galatia Titus vnto Dalmatia 11 Only Luke is with me Takyng Marke and bryng him with thee for he is profitable vnto me for y e ministration 12 And Tychicus haue I sent to Ephesus 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus wheÌ„ thou commest bring with thee and the bookes but specially the parchementes 14 Alexander the coppersmith shewed me much euyll The Lorde rewarde hym accordyng to his deedes 15 Of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstande our preaching 16 At my first aunsweryng no man assisted me but all forsoke me I pray God y t it may not be layde to their charges 17 ☞ Notwithstandyng the Lorde assisted me and strengthed me that by me the preachyng should be fulfylled to the vtmost and that all the gentiles should heare and I was deliuered out of the mouth of the Lion 18 And the Lorde shall delyuer me from euery euyll worke will preserue me vnto his heauenly kingdome To whoÌ„ be prayse for euer and euer Amen ☜ 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila and the housholde of Ouesiphorus 20 Erastus abode at Corinthum But Trophimus haue I left at Miletum sicke 21 Do thy diligeÌ„ce to come before winter Eubolus greeteth thee and Pudens Linus and Claudia all the brethreÌ„ 22 The Lorde Iesus Christe be with thy spirite Grace be with you Amen ¶ The seconde epistle vnto Timothe was written from Rome when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperour Nero. ⧠The epistle of Saint Paul vnto Titus ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 5 He aduertiseth Titus touchyng the gouernment of the Churche 7 The ordinaunce and office of ministers 12 The nature of the Cretians and of them which so we abroade Iewishe fables and inuentions of men 1 PAul a seruaunt of God an Apostle of Iesus Christe according to the fayth of Gods elect the knowledge of y e trueth whiche is after godlynesse 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe which God that can not lye promised before the worlde began 3 But hath made manifest his worde at y e time appoynted through preaching which is committed vnto me according to the ordinaunce of God our sauiour 4 To Titus a natural sonne after the common fayth * Grace mercie peace from God the father and the Lorde Iesus Christe our sauiour 5 For this cause left I thee in Creta that thou shouldest refourme y e thynges that are left and * ordayne elders in euerye citie as I had appoynted thee 6 If any be blamelesse the husbande of one wyfe hauyng faythfull chyldren not accusable of riote or vntractable 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not stubborne not angry not geuen to wyne no striker not geuen to filthie lucre 8 But a louer of hospitalitie a louer of goodnes sober ryghteous godly temperate 9 Holdyng fast the faythfull worde which is accordyng to doctrine that he may be able both to exhort in wholsome doctrine and to improue them that say agaynst it 10 For there are many vnruly and vayne talkers and deceauers of myndes specially they that are of y e circumcision 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped which subuert whole houses teachyng thynges which they ought not for fylthie lucre sake 12 One of them selues euen a prophete of their owne sayde The Cretians are alwayes lyers euyll beastes slowe bellyes 13 This witnesse is true wherfore rebuke them sharpely that they may be sounde in the fayth 14 Not takyng heede to Iewes fables and coÌ„maundementes of men turnyng from the trueth 15 Vnto the pure are all thynges pure but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng is nothyng pure but euen the mynde and conscience of them is defyled 16 They confesse that they knowe God but with workes they denie hym seyng they are abhominable and disobedient and vnto euery good worke reprobate ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He commendeth vnto hym the wholsome doctrine and telleth hym howe he shall teache all degrees to behaue themselues 11 through the benefite of the grace of Christe 1 BVt speake thou the thynges which become wholsome doctrine 2 That the elder men be watchyng graue sober sounde in fayth in loue in pacience 3 The elder women lykewyse that they be in such behauiour as becoÌ„meth holynesse not false accusers not geuen to much wine teachers of good thinges 4 To make the young women sober mynded to loue their husbandes to loue their chyldren 5 To be discrete chaste house kepers good obedient vnto their owne husbandes that the worde of God be not blasphemed 6 Young men lykewyse exhort to be sober mynded 7 In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes in the doctrine vncorruptnesse grauitie integritie 8 Wholsome worde vnrebukeable that he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you 9 Exhort seruauntes to be obedient vnto their owne maisters and to please them in all thynges not aunsweryng agayne 10 Neither pickers but shewing all good faythfulnesse that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges 11 ☞ For there hath appeared the grace of God which is healthful to all men 12 Teachyng vs that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie and godlie in this present worlde 13 Lokyng for that blessed hope and appearyng of the glorie of the great God and our sauiour Iesus Christe 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe zelous of good workes 15 These thynges speake and exhort and rebuke with all aucthoritie Let no man dispise thee ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 Of obedience to such as be in aucthoritie 9 He warneth Titus to be ware of foolishe and vnprofitable questions 12 concludyng with certayne priuate matters 15 and salutations 1 WArne them to be subiect to rule power to obey magistrates to be redie to euery good worke 2 To blaspheme no man to be no fyghters but gentle shewyng all mekenesse vnto all men 3 For we our selues also were some tyme foolyshe disobedient deceaued seruyng diuers lustes voluptuousnes lyuyng in maliciousnesse and enuie full of hate hatyng one another 4 ☞ But after that the kyndenesse and loue of our sauiour God to manwarde appeared 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought but accordyng to his mercie he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost 6 Which he shed on vs richlie through Iesus Christe our sauiour 7 That we iustified by his grace
should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe 8 ☞ This is a faythfull saying And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme that they which haue beleued in God myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes These thynges are good and profitable vnto men 9 But foolishe questions and genealogies and contentions and striuinges about the lawe auoyde for they are vnprofitable and vayne 10 A man that is an aucthour of sectes after the first and the seconde admonition auoyde 11 Knowyng that he that is such is subuerted and sinneth beyng dampned of hym selfe 12 When I shall sende Artemas vnto thee or Tychicus be diligent to come vnto me vnto Nicopolis For I haue determined there to wynter 13 Bryng Zenas the lawyer Apollos on their iourney diligently that nothing be lackyng vnto them 14 And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses that they be not vnfruitefull 15 All that are with me salute thee Greete them that loue vs in the fayth Grace be with you all Amen ¶ Written from Nicopolis a citie of Macedonia ¶ The epistle of Saint Paul vnto Philemon ¶ 5 He reioyceth to heare of the fayth and loue of Philemon 9 whom he desireth to forgeue his seruaunt Onesimus and louyngly to receaue hym agayne 1 PAul a prisoner of Iesus Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemō the beloued and our felowe labourer 2 And to the beloued Apphia and to Archippus our felowe souldier and to the Churche in thy house 3 Grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christ 4 I thanke my God makyng mention alwayes of thee in my prayers 5 Hearyng of thy loue and fayth which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus and towarde all saintes 6 That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you towarde Christe Iesus 7 For we haue great ioy consolation in thy loue because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee brother 8 Wherfore though I myght be much bolde in Christe to inioyne thee that which is conuenient 9 Yet for loues sake I rather beseche thee beyng such a one as Paul the aged nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe 10 I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes 11 Which in tyme passed was to thee vnprofitable but nowe profitable to thee and to me 12 Whom I haue sent agayne Thou therefore receaue hym that is myne owne bowels 13 Whom I woulde haue retayned with me that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell 14 But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie but willingly 15 For happyly he therfore departed for a season that thou shouldest receaue hym for euer 16 Not nowe as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt a brother beloued specially to me but howe much more vnto thee both in the fleshe and in the Lorde 17 If thou count me therfore a felowe receaue hym as my selfe 18 If he haue iniuried or oweth thee ought that lay to my charge 19 I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande I wyll recompence it Albeit I do not say to thee howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe 20 Yea brother let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde Comfort my bowels in the Lorde 21 Trustyng in thine obedience I wrote vnto thee knowyng that thou wilt also do more then I say 22 Moreouer prepare me also a lodgyng for I trust that through your prayers I shal be geuen vnto you 23 There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christe Iesus 24 Marcus Aristarcus Demas Lucas my felowe labourers 25 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with your spirite Amen ¶ Written from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt ¶ The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle vnto the Hebrewes ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 He sheweth the excellencie of Christe 4 aboue the Angels 7 and of their office 1 GOd which in time past at sundrie tymes and in diuers maners spake vnto the fathers in the prophetes 2 Hath in these last dayes spoken vnto vs in the sonne whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges by whom also he made the worldes 3 Who beyng the bryghtnesse of the glorie and the very image of his substaunce vpholdyng all thynges with the worde of his power hauing by him selfe pourged our sinnes hath syt on the ryght hande of the maiestie on hye 4 Beyng so much more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellent name then they 5 For vnto which of the Angels sayde he at any tyme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee 6 And agayne I wyll be to hym a father and he shal be to me a sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde he saith And let all the Angels of God worship hym 7 And vnto the Angels he sayth He maketh his Angels spirites and his ministers a flambe of fyre 8 But vnto the sonne he sayth * Thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kyngdome is a scepter of ryghteousnesse 9 Thou hast loued ryghteousnesse and hated iniquitie Therfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes 10 And thou Lorde in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth And the heauens are the workes of thy handes 11 They shall perishe but thou endurest and they shall waxe olde as doth a garment 12 And as a vesture shalt thou folde thē vp and they shal be chaunged but thou art the same thy yeres shall not fayle 13 But vnto which of y e Angels sayde he at any tyme Sitte on my right hande tyll I make thyne enemies thy foote stoole 14 Are they not all ministring spirites sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shal be heyres of saluation ⧠The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the newe lawe which Christe hath geuen vs 9 and not to be offended at the infirmitie lowe degree of Christe 10 because it was necessarie that for our sakes he shoulde take such an humble state vpon hym that he myght be lyke vnto his brethren 1 WHerfore we ought to geue the more earnest heede to the thynges which we haue heard lest at any tyme we should let them slippe 2 For yf the worde spoken by Angels was stedfast And euery transgression and disobedience receaued a iust recompense of rewarde 3 Howe shall we escape yf we neglect so great saluation which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde and was confirmed vnto vswarde by them that hearde it 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes wonders also and with diuers powers and
testament is confirmed when men are dead for it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the testameÌ„t is alyue 18 For which cause also neither the firste testamentâ— was dedicated without blood 19 For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates with water purple wooll and ysope he sprynkled both the booke it selfe and all the people 20 Saying This is the blood of the testament whiche God hath enioyned vnto you 21 And lykewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministerie 22 And almost all thynges are by y e lawe pourged with blood and without sheddyng of blood is no remission 23 It is neede then that the paterne of heauenly thynges be purified with such thynges but the heauenly thynges theÌ„ selues be purified with better sacrifices then are those 24 For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes which are paternes of true thynges but into heauen it selfe nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs. 25 Not that he shoulde offer him selfe often as the hye priest entreth into the holy places euery yere in strauÌ„ge blood 26 For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of hym selfe 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye and after this the iudgement 28 Euen so Christe once offered to take away the sinnes of many the seconde time shal be seene without sinne of them which wayte for hym vnto saluation ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 The olde lawe had no power to clense away sinne 10 but Christe dyd it with offeryng of his body once for all 22 And exhortation to receaue the goodnesse of God thankfully with pacience and stedfast fayth 1 FOr the lawe hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of the thinges theÌ„ selues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually make the commers therevnto perfect 2 For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred because that the offerers once pourged shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes 3 Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is mention made of sinnes euery yere 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles of Goates shoulde take away sinnes 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he saith Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me 6 In burnt sacrifices sinne â—offerynges thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then sayde I lo I come In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me to do thy wyll O God 8 Aboue when he saith that sacrifice and offeryng and burnt offeringes and sinne offerynges thou wouldest not neither haddest pleasure therein which are offered by the lawe 9 Then sayde he lo I come to do thy wyll O God He taketh away y e first to stablyshe the seconde 10 In y e which wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesus Christe once for all 11 And euery priest standeth dayly ministryng offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices whiche can neuer take away sinnes 12 But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is sit downe for euer on the ryght hande of God 13 From hencefoorth tarying tyl his foes be made his footstoole 14 For with one offeryng hath he made perfite for euer them that are sanctified 15 And the holy ghost also beareth vs recorde For after that he tolde before 16 This is the couenaunt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes sayth the Lorde geuyng my lawes in their heart and in their myndes wyl I write them 17 And their sinnes and iniquities wyll I remember no more 18 And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for sinne 19 Hauyng therefore brethren libertie to enter into holy places in the blood of Iesus 20 By the new and lyuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to say his flesshe 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God 22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte in assuraunce of fayth sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience and wasshed in body with pure water 23 Let vs holde the profession of the hope without waueryng for he is faythfull that promised 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes 25 Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together as the maner of some is but exhortyng one â—anotherâ— and so much the more as ye see the day approchyng 26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth there remayneth no more sacrifice for sinnes 27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement and violent fire whiche shall deuour the aduersaries 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shall he be worthy whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and counteth the blood of the couenauÌ„t wherein he was sanctified an vnholye thyng and doth despite to the spirite of grace 30 For we knowe hym that hath sayde vengeaunce belongeth vnto me I wyl render saith the Lorde And agayne the Lorde shall iudge his people 31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God 32 Call to remeÌ„braunce the former dayes in the which after ye had receaued light ye endured a great fyght of aduersities 33 Partly whyle ye were made a gasing stocke both by reproches afflictions and partly whyle ye became companions of them whiche were so tossed to fro 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce 35 Cast not awaye therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of rewarde 36 For ye haue neede of pacience that after ye haue done the wyll of God ye myght receaue the promise 37 For yet a very litle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tary 38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth And yf he withdrawe hym selfe my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym 39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition but we parteyne vnto fayth to the wynning of the soule ⧠The .xj. Chapter 1 What fayth is and a commendation of the same 9 Without fayth we can not please God 16 The stedfast beliefe of the fathers in olde tyme. 1 FAyth is the grounde of thynges hoped for the euidence of thynges not seene 2 For by it the elders obtayned a good report 3 Through fayth we vnderstande that the worldes were
the king as hauyng the preeminence 14 Other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers but for the lande of them that do well 15 For so is the wyll of God that with well doyng ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men 16 As free and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruauntes of God 17 Honour all men Loue brotherly felowship Feare God Honour the kyng 18 Seruauntes obey your maisters with all feare not only yf they be good curteous but also though they be frowarde 19 * For it is thanke worthy ☜ yf a man for cōscience toward god endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued 20 For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes ye take it paciently But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong take it paciently then is there thanke with God 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called for ☞ Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye should folowe his steppes 22 Which did no sinne neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth 23 Whiche when he was reuiled reuiled not agayne when he suffred he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously 24 Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we beyng deliuered from sinne shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes By whose strypes ye were healed 25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules The .iij. Chapter 1 Howe wyues ought to order themselues towarde their husbandes 3 And in their apparell 7 The duetie of men towarde their wyues 8 He exhorteth all men to vnitie and loue 14 And paciently to suffer trouble by the example and benefite of Christe 1 LIkewise ye wyues be in subiectiō to your husbandes that euen they whiche obey not the word may without the word be wonne by the cōuersation of y e wiues 2 Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare 3 Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere hanging on of gold eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparel 4 But let the hid man whiche is in the heart be without all corruption so that the spirite be at rest and quiet whiche spirite is before god a thing much set by 5 For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God tyre them selues and were obedient vnto theyr husbandes 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called hym Lorde whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afrayde for any terrour 7 Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge geuyng honour vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe that your prayers be not hyndered 8 ☞ In conclusion be ye all of one minde of one heart loue as brethren be pitiful be curteous 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are therevnto called euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll and his lippes that they speake no guyle 11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good let hym seke peace and ensue it 12 For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll 13 Moreouer who is it that wyll harme you yf ye folowe that which is good 14 Yea happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes ☜ Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you 16 And that with mekenesse and feare hauyng a good conscience that where as they backebite you as euyll doers they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe 17 For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffer for wel doyng then for euyll doyng 18 ☞ Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe but was quickened in the spirite 19 In which spirite he also went preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson 20 Which sometime had ben disobedient when once the long sufferyng of God abode in y e dayes of Noe whyle the Arke was a preparyng wherein fewe that is to say eyght soules were saued in the water 21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs euen baptisme not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe but in that a good conscience maketh request to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christe 22 Which is on the ryght hande of God and is gone into heauen angels powers and myght subdued vnto hym ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth men to ceasse from sinne 2 to spende no more tyme in vice 7 to be sober and apt to pray 8 to loue eche other 12 to be pacient in trouble 15 to beware that no man suffer as an euyll doer 16 but as a christian man and so not to be ashamed 1 FOr as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde for he which suffereth in the fleshe ceasseth from sinne 2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue as much tyme as remayneth in y e fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyll of God 3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe after the wyll of the gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse lustes in excesse of wynes in excesse of eatyng in excesse of drynkyng and abominable idolatrie 4 And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote and therefore speake they euyll of you 5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead 6 For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto y e dead that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe but should lyue before God in the spirite 7 The ende of all thynges is at hande 8 ☞ Be ye therefore sober and watche vnto prayer 8 But aboue all thynges haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes 9 Be ye harberous one to another without grudgyng 10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft euē so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God 11 If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes
and misteries (e) Blacke thorowe the spottes of sinne and persecution (f) Fayre thorow fayth in the blood of Christe (g) After the doctrine of the Apostles Exo. xiiii c. (h) So long as y e Churche foloweth Christe she shall not erre from the true fayth of saluation Cant. iiii a. (a) Christe among his enemies (b) The loue of the Church towarde Christe (c) His fruite that is his worde 〈…〉 e His 〈◊〉 was hidden vnder our fleshe We can not knowe hym in this lyfe perfectly (g) That is sinne and infidelitie is put away by Christe (h) Good workes (i) The voyce of the holy ghost k Suppresse the heretikes at the beginning when they preache false doctrine (l) The Church prayeth Christe to be a present helpe alwaies in tyme of neede (a) Christe is not founde by carnal reason but by the scripture (b) We must continue in prayer though we feele no comfort at the first Cantâ— ii b. (c) By this is vnderstanded the chyldren of Israel whiche in the wyldernes did folow Christe (d) By Solomons bedsteede is vnderstanded the temple of Solomon the whiche is defended by the sword that is by the worde (e) Euery man must learne the word of God by the whiche he shal be defended in the time of temptation “ Some reade the pauement of golde the couering of purple (f) Ye that be of the number of the faythful Christe 〈◊〉 his Churche wherein he hath great delight A simple fayth and 〈◊〉 The fruites of a true fayth (d) By the teeth is signified fayth by the whiche we are all made the sonnes of God equally (e) By the necke are signified the preachers (f) The two breastes signifie the two testamentes (g) The preachyng of the Gospel bringeth forth much consolation profite (h) The Churche is defended by Christe (i) He prayeth for the grace of the holy ghost towarde the Churche without the whiche nothing can prosper in it (a) The garden signifieth the Churche of God in the whiche Christe bestoweth his singuler benefites b Christe doth leaue his for a tyme for that he would stirre vp in them a greater desire of hym (c) The Church setteth foorth Christe to be of most perfection comlinesse “ Some reade and remayne by the fulâ— vessels (a) Christe is conuersant in his Churche which is directed by his scriptures Or ouercome me (b) There be many in the Churche of God diuers orders and degrees therin (c) Diuers perticuler Churches dispersed maketh but one catholike Churche (d) Christe loketh vpon his Church subiect to affliction what fruite it bryngeth e Sulamite that is Hierusalem the which was Shalem that signifeth peace (a) Thy nauell is replenyshed with the rich knowledge of Gods worde heauenly desires (b) The Church is ful of spirituall treasures (c) The two testamentes coÌ„meth from God and they be of equall aucthoritie The preachers ought to be pure (e) The magistrates must he well instructed in the worde of God (f) Thy iudges of good and euyll (g) The prince that alwayes standdeth aboue lyke a watchman to defend the body (h) The Churche doth encrease the more it is pressed and persecuted h 〈…〉 the sacramentes must folowe the pure word of god alway (i) Christe wyll call them that professe his worde to accompt what fruite they do bryng (k) God geueth his graces to the faythfull the which be in his Church (a) The fathers of the olde testament desireth to see the incarnation of Christe Cant. ii a. (b) His gratious fauour shall preserue me from desperation in aduersitie and froÌ„ presumption in prosperitie (c) The Churche desireth to be ioyned vnto Christe by the seale of the holy ghost d The Iewes Church speâ—keth this 〈◊〉 Church 〈◊〉 Gentiles 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 both testamentes The Apostles preacheth to them that are called inwardlye of God to saluation (f) By this thousand is signified the greatest profite which is lyfe euerlastyng which is obteined by the grace of God not by our merites (g) Christe dwelleth in his Church and his sheepe heare his voyce (h) The Church doth pray that Christe departing with his bodyly presence he woulde assist her in all kinde of necessites with the grace of his heauenly spirite (a) A reuelation or prophecie 〈…〉 Christe his Church his wordes (b) The causes why God forsaketh his people is idolatrie heathenishe superstition couetousnesse and trust in other thinges then in God alone (a) The prudent that is such â—s can 〈◊〉 by their prudencie â—ges to come The incarnation of Christe is the ioy of the faythfull â–ª (b) They are saued whose sinnes are remitted and washt away with the blood of Christe (c) Christe wyll preserue and defende the glorie tâ— is the faithâ— in all troubles temptations (a) God loketh to receaue of his people the thankefull fruites â–ª of fayth and not the vnpleasant workes of faythlesse ingratitude (b) Their glorie their noble and honorable personages (c) The 〈◊〉 of Iuda 〈◊〉 be ouerwhâ—med with â—iserable affliction (a) Gods sacramente◠〈◊〉 not bare signes but with the sigâ— and the worâ— the matter siâ—nified is exâ—bited to the faythfull (a) Dauids house that is Ahaâ— (b) The heere of the head and the beard the prâ—â—â—smâ—n of authoritie â–ª 〈◊〉 feete the â—â—â—mon sort of people (a) Mans policie and deuise without God preuayleth not (b) Affiaunce is to be put in God and not â—n mans poliâ—â—â— or helpe (c) The wordes of Christ (d) We must seeke in Gods word what to folowe for in meanes without Gods worde there is no light (a) Christe his kingdome and his names (a) Christe shal be borne of the seede of Esai (b) The armour of Christe and of his kyngdome (c) The tongue that is the arme of the sea that hindereth the passage (a) Burthen that is the prophecie (a) The carelesse and obstinate dispisers of tymely repentaunce moued by the preachyng of gods worde shall repent when it is to late 〈…〉 and idoâ— haue 〈◊〉 â—rust 〈…〉 idoâ— and 〈◊〉 some one 〈◊〉 â—en â—n 〈…〉 ther◠〈…〉 in â—ayâ— (b) Not be able through weerinesse â–ª or it shall not profite him 〈◊〉 the â—ead and braunche â—re meaâ— the honorable and chiefest of the â—ande â–ª by the â—andâ— reede the multitude and lower sort of 〈◊〉 â–ª a The waste sea is Babylon or Chaldee (a) Hierusalem is meant by the valley of vision Luk. xix f. Iere. ix a. b The armourie that Solomon made and furnished with munition â— Reg â— (c) The Lorde doth not forbyd to make prouision of sure defence agaynst the enemies so that our trust be put in him â–ª and not in our fortresses and strong holdes 〈…〉 b. Esai 36 a. Iob. xii b. Apoc. iii. b. Eâ— xxâ—â— a 〈…〉 and the strength of the â—ea â—s meant Tyrus (b) That crowneth her selfe that is which boasted her selfe to be as it were the Queene of all cities on the sea coast Luk. xxi c. Esai xxvi a Luk. xiiii d.
â— a â–ª Ephe i a. Rom i b. â— i a. Ephe i b. Coloss i. a. Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. i. Cor. i. a. Galath 〈…〉 Ephe i a. Rom. i. b. 〈◊〉 i a. Ephe i b. Coloss â— a. 〈◊〉 4 b ◠〈◊〉 4 b â— i Cor. ii a. i. Thess ii a. (b) To beleue and to be fully perswaded to haue y e giftes of theÌ„ holy ghost ioyfully to suffer for christes sake are most certain signes of our election (c) For images are dead thinges and only 〈◊〉 fanâ—asies i Thessa i. b (a) Not in outwarde shewe and in 〈◊〉 but in traâ—eâ— â–ª no in the 〈◊〉 of God Act. xvii c. Act. xvii b. Galath i. b. Philip. i. a. () Or a burden (b) He humbled hym selfe to â—â—ppâ—râ— all thâ—nges with out all reâ—pect of â—â—cre euen as the tender mother which nourâ—eth her children and thynketh no office to vile for her chyldrens sake Act. xx g. 2 Thesâ— iii b â— Cor. ix e. (c) For it is not possible to auoyde the reproche of the wicked whiche euer hate good doinges (d) And would hynder all men from their saluatioÌ„ Luk. xxi â— â–ª Daniel x. c. ii Cor. i c. (c) Therfore I coulde not forget you except I would forget my selfe Act. xviâ— d. (b) His great affection towarde y e small 〈◊〉 〈…〉 doctrine 〈◊〉 sâ—all thyâ—â—iâ—â— that all mynâ— afflictions 〈◊〉 so many pleasures â–ª shal be restored froÌ„ death to lyfe Rom. xii â— Ephe. v. a. (a) That is that ye should dedicate your selues wholly vnto God i. Cor. vii a. 〈◊〉 i. c. Lâ—â— x. â— Actes xx b i. Cor. ix c. ii Thes iii. b (b) He doeth not condemne all kynde of sorowe but that whiche proceadeth of infidelitie Sapâ— ii a. i. Cor. xv g. Math 24. â— Dâ—niel xii â— Math 24. d. ii Pet iii. c. Apoc iii. a. Iere. xv b. (a) That is â–ª sodenly vnloked for Iohn xii e. Ephe. v. c. Rom. xiii d. (b) Here slepe is taken for contempte of saluation when men continue in â—innes and wyll not awake to godlynesse Ephe. vi b. ii Cor. v. c. Galath vi b i. Tim. v. c. Philip. ii b. Math. v. g. Philip. iiii a Luk. xviii a i. Cor xiiii g (c) The preachyng of the word of God Nu. xxiii c. i. Cor. i. b. Rom. xvi c. i. Cor. xv d. ii Cor. xiii c. ii Thes iii. d Rom. i. a. â— Cor. i. â— Ephe. i. a. Rom. i. b. (a) Whiche proceadeth of your fayth as â— most notable fruite (b) The faithfull by their afflictioÌ„s see as in a cleare glasse the end of Gods iuste iudgement when as they shall raigne with Christe whiche haue suffered with hym and the wicked shall â—eâ—le his extreme wrath â—â—engeance Rom. ii b. Sapi. v. c. Mat. xxv c. Coloss i. a. Philip. i. b. (c) Fayth is gods wonderfull worke in vs. (a) As false reuelations â–ª or dreaâ—es (b) Who as he destroyeth other so shall he be destroyed hym selfe i. Cor. iii. b. i. Iohn ii â— Esa â—xâ—â— Math. 24. c. Rom. i. d. Ephe. vi c. Coloss iiii a (a) Although they boast theÌ„selues therof i. Cor. v. b. (b) Which is to trauayle yf he wyll eate Actes xx g i. Cor. ix c. â— Thess ii c. Galath vi b ii Thess iii d (c) The ende of excommunication is not to dryue from the Churche such as haue fallen but to wyn them to the Churche by amendmeÌ„t i Thess v. b. Phil. iiii b. Acteâ—â—â— i. Thes i. a. Actes xvâ— a (a) So called because he folowed the simplicitie of the Gospell Actes xix a ii Tim. ii c. Tit. iii. c. i. Tim. iiii a. (b) Because these questionâ—ies preferred their curious fables to al other knowledge beautified them with the law as yf they had ben the verye law of God S. Paul sheweth that the ende of Gods lawe is loue which can not be without a good conscience neither a good conscience without faith nor faith without the word of God So their doctrine which is an occasion of contention is woorth nothyng Leui. xxi b. Rom. i. d. Actes ix a. i. Cor xv b. Galath i. c. (c) Not knowyng that I fought against God Math. ix d. Mark ii c. Luk. xix a. Iohn iii. c. (b) He brusteth foorth into these godly affectioÌ„s consideryng gods great mercye toward hym ii Tim. ii c. Mat. x viii c i. Corin. v. a. (c) Excommunicate or cast out of the Churche Iere. xxix e Baruch i. c. Ioh. xvii a. Hebr. ix d. Galath iii. c (a) He sheweth that there can be no mediatour except he be also the redeemer i. Cor. xiiii g (b) That is gyltie of the transgression (a) Lest beyng proude of his degree he be lykewyse condempned as the deuyll â—s for lyftyng vp hym self by pride Actes vi a. (b) Hauyng the true doctrine of y e Gospell and the feare of God Mat. xxv b Acteâ— xx â— ii Tim iii a. ii Pet. ii a. Iude i c. c. ii Thess ii a Acteâ— xx â— ii Tim iii a. ii Pet. ii a. Iude i c. c. ii Thess ii a (a) Their dul consciences firste waxed harde then after â–ª cancker and corruptioÌ„ bread therein last of all it was burnt of with an hotte iron so that he meaneth such as haue no conscience Ephe. 4. Gene. i. d. Rom. xxiii c Titus i. d. ii Tim. iii. d. i. Tim. i. a. Titus iii. c. Coloss ii d. Titus ii c. i. Pet. v. a. Titus ii c. i. Pet. v. a. (b) And reuelation of the holy ghost Actes vi b. (c) Thou shalt faythfully do thy duetie which is an assuraunce of thy saluation Leui. xix d. 〈…〉 b. (a) Whiche hath no maner of worldly meanes to helpe her selfe with Luke ii f. Gene. ix a. Actes x. â— i. Pet. iiii b. i. Cor. vii b. Deu. xxv b Mâ—th x b Deut. xix â— Nu. xxvii d Act. vi b. ii Tim. i. b. Eccle. 31. d. (b) Theyr synnes folow whiche for a tyme haue deceaued y e godly and after are detected as Saul Iudas other hypocrites i. Cor. xii c. Ephe. vi a. Coloss iii. d. (a) That is â–ª of the grace of God Galath i. a. i. Tim. i. a. Mitus iii. c. Eccl. xxix d Hebr. xiii â— Iob. i. d. Eccle. v. â— (b) That seâ— their felicitie in richesse (c) For they are neuer quiet neither in soule nor body Act. xâ— Apoc. xvii c (d) By this mighty power of God the faythfull are admonisshed boldely to stande in their vocation although the world â–ª Satan and hell rage agaynst them (e) In thynges pertaynyng this life Math. v. c â–ª Luk. xii d Eccle. 29. b Math. vi c. (f) The giftes of God for the vtilitie of y e Churche (g) As when question engendreth question (a) Beyng sent of God to preache that lyfe which he had promised in Christe Iesus Act. xxii a. Rom i a. Philip. iii. a The gyft of God is a certaine liuely flame kindeled in our heartes whiche Sâ—an the fleshe