fornication causeth her to commit adulterie whosoeuer shal marie her that is diuorced commit teth adulterie 33 Againe ye haue heard that it was said to thē of olde time * Thou shalt not forsweare thy self but shalt performe thine others to the Lord. 34 But I say vnto you Sweare not at all nether by heauen for it is the throne of God 35 Nor yet by the earth for it is his fote stoole nether by Ierusalem for it is the citie of the great King 36 Nether shalt thou sweare by thine head because thou canst not make one heere white or blacke 37 * But let your cōmunication be Yea yea Nay nay For whatsoeuer is more thē these commeth of euil 38 ¶ Ye haue heard that it hathe bene said An * eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 39 But I saye vnto you * Resiste not euil but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy ryght cheke turne to him the other also 40 And if anye man will sue thee at the lawe and take awaye thy coate let him haue thy cloke also 41 And whosoeuer will compell thee to go a mile go with him twaine 42 * Giue to him that asketh ād from him that wolde borow of thee turne not away 43 Ye haue heard that it hathe bene sayde * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour and hate thine enemie 44 But I say vnto you * Loue your enemies blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you * and praye for them which hurt you and 〈◊〉 you 45 * That ye may be the children of your Father that is in heauē for he maketh his sunne to arise on the euill and the good and sendeth raine on the iuste and vniuste 46 For if ye loue them which loue you what rewarde shall you haue Do not the Publicanes euen the same 47 And if ye be friendlie to your brethren onely what singular thing do ye do not euē the Publicanes likewise 48 Ye shal therfore be perfite as your Father which is in heauen is perfite CHAP. VI. 1 Of almes 5 Prayer 14 Forgiuing one another 16 Fasting 19 He forbiddeth the careful seeking of worldly things and willeth men to put their whole trust in him 1 TAke hede that ye gyue not your almes before men to be sene of them or elsye shall haue no rewarde of your Father which is in heauen 2 * Therefore when thou giuest thyne almes thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowē before thee as the hypocrites do in the Synagogues and in the stretes to be praysed of men Verely I saye vnto you they haue their re warde 3 But when thou doest thyne almes let not thy left hande knowe what thy ryght hand doeth 4 That thyne almesmay be in secret and thy Father that seeth in secret he will rewarde thee openly 5 And when thou prayest be not as the hypocrites for they loue to stand and pray in the Synagogues in the corners of the stretes because they wolde be sene of men Verely I say vnto you they haue their rewarde 6 But when thou prayest enter into thy chāber and when thou hast shut thy dore pray vnto thy Father whiche is in secret and thy Father whiche seeth in secret shall rewarde thee openly 7 Also when ye pray vse no vaine repetitions as the heathen for they thinke to be heard for their muche babling 8 Be ye not like them therefore for your Father knoweth where of ye haue nede before ye aske of him 9 After this maner therefore pray ye * Our Father whiche art in heauen halowed be thy Name 10 Thy kingdome come Thy wil be done euen in earth as it is in heauen 11 Giue vs this day our daily bread 12 And forgiue vs our dettes as we also forgiue our detters 13 And lead vs not into tentation but deliuer vs * from euill for thyne is the kyngdome and the power ādthe glorie for 〈◊〉 Amen 14 * Forifye do forgiue men their trespaces your heauenlie Father wil also forgiue you 15 But if ye do not forgiue men their trespaces no more wil your Father forgiue you your trespaces 16 Moreouer when ye fast loke not sowre as the hypocrites for they diffigure their faces that they myght seme vnto men to fast Verely I say vnto you that they haue theyr rewarde 17 But when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face 18 That thou seme not vnto men to fast but vnto thy Father whiche is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret will rewarde thee openly 19 ¶ Lay not treasures for your selues vpon the earth where the mothe and canker corrupt and where theues digge through and steale 20 * But lay vp treasures for your selues in hea uen where nether the mothe nor canker corrupteth and where theues nether digge through nor steale 21 For where your treasure is there will your heart be also 22 ¶ * The light of the bodie is the eye if then thine eye be single thy whole bodie shall belight 23 But if thyne eye be wicked then all thy bodie shal be darke Wherefore if the light that is in thee be darkenes howe greate is that darkenes 24 * No man can serue two masters for either he shall hate the one and loue the other or els he shall leane to the one and despise the other Ye can not serue God and riches 25 * Therfore I say vnto you be not carefull for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drinke nor yet for your bodie what ye shall put on Is not the life more wroth then meat and the bodie then raiment 26 Beholde the foules of the heauen for they so we not neither reape not carie into the barnes yet your heauenlie Father fedeth them Are ye not muche better then they 27 Whiche of you by takyng care is able to adde one cubit vnto his stature 28 And why care ye for raiment Learne how the lilies of the field do grow they labour not nether spinne 29 Yet I say vnto you that euen Solomon in al his glorie was not arayed like one of these 30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the field which is to day and to morowe is cast into the ouen shall he not do muche more vnto you ô ye of litle faith 31 Therfore take no thoght saying What shal we eat or what shal we drinke or wherwith shal we be clothed 32 For after all these things seke the Gentiles for your heauenlie Father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these things 33 But seke ye first the kingdome of God and his righteousnes and
no man euil for euil procure things honest in the sight of all men 18 * If it be possible asmuche as in you is haue peace with all men 19 Dearly beloued * auēge not your selues but giue place vnto wrath for it is written * Vengeance is mine I wil repaye saith the Lord. 20 * Therefore if thine enemie hunger fede him if he thirst giue him drinke for in so doing thou shalt heape coles of fyre on his head 21 Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnes CHAP. XIII 1 The obediēce to the Rulers 4 Why they haue the sword 8 Charitie ought to measure all our doings 11 An exhortation to innocencie and puritie of life 1 LEt * euerie soule be subiect vnto the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordeined of God 2 Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shal receiue to them selues iudgement 3 For princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euil Wilt thou thē be with out feare of the power do wel so shalt thou haue praise of the same 4 For he is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou do euil seare for he beareth not the sworde for noght for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euil 5 Wherefore ye must be subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake 6 For for this cause ye paye also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying thē selues for the same thing 7 * Giue to all men therefore their duetie tribu te to whome ye owe tribute custome to whome custome feare to whome feare honour to whome ye owe honour 8 Owe nothing to any man but to loue one another for he that loueth another hathe fulfilled the Law 9 For this * Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not couet and if there be any other cōmaundement it is briefly comprehended in this saying euen in this * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self 10 Loue doeth not euil to his neighbour there fore is loue the * fulfilling of the Law 11 And that considering the season that it is now time that we shulde arise from slepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued it 12 The night is past the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenes and let vs put on the armour of light 13 So that we walke honestly as in the day not in * glotonie and dronkennes nether in chambering and wantonnes nor in strife and enuying 14 * But put ye on the Lord IESVS CHRIST and take no thoght for the flesh to fulfil the lustes of it CHAP. XIIII 1 The weake ought not to be despised 10 No man shulde offende anothers conscience 15 But one to supporte another in charitie and faith 1 HIm that is weake in the faith receiue vn to you but not for controuersies of disputations 2 One beleueth that he may eat of all things another which is weake eateth herbes 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not and let not him which 〈◊〉 not iudge him that eateth for God hathe receiued him 4 * Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant he standeth or falleth to his owne master yea he shal be established for God is able to make him stande 5 This man estemeth one day aboue another day and another man counteth euerie daye a like let euerie man be fully persuaded in his minde 6 He that obserueth the day obserueth it to the Lord and he that obserueth not the day obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth eateth to the Lord for he giueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not to the Lord and giueth God thankes 7 For none of vs liueth to him self nether doeth anie dye to him self 8 For whether we liue we liue vnto the Lord or whether we dye we dye vnto the Lord whether we liue therefore or dye we are the Lords 9 For Christ therefore dyed and rose againe and reuiued that he might be Lord bothe of the dead and the quicke 10 But why doest thou iudge thy brother or why doest thou despise thy brother * for we shal all appeare before the iudgemēt seat of Christ. 11 For it is written * I liue saith the Lord euerie knee shal bowe to me and all tōgues shal confesse vnto God 12 So then euerie one of vs shal giue accountes of him self to God 13 Let vs not therefore iudge one another anie more but vse your iudgement rather in this that no man putte an occasion to fall or a stombling blocke before his brother 14 I knowe and am persuaded through the Lord Iesus that there is nothing vncleane of it self but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane to him it is vncleane 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meat now walk est thou not charitably * destroy not him with thy meat for whome Christ dyed 16 Cause not your commoditie to be euil spoken of 17 For the kingdome of God is not meat nor drinke but righteousnes and peace ioye in the holie Gost. 18 For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ is acceptable vnto God and is approued of men 19 Let vs then folowe those things which con cerne peace and where with one may edifie another 20 Destroy not the worke of God for meats sake * all things indede are pure but it is euil for the man whiche eateth with offence 21 * It is good nether to eat flesh nor to drinke wine nor any thing whereby thy bro ther stombleth or is offended or made weake 22 Hast thou faith haue it with thy self before God blessed is he that condemneth not him self in that thing which he aloweth 23 For he that douteth is condemned if he eat because he eateth not of faith and whatsoeuer is not 〈◊〉 saith is sinne CHAP. XV. 1 Paul exhorteth thē to support and loue one an other by the example of Christ 9 And by the onelie mercie of God which is the cause of saluation bothe of the one the other 14 He sheweth his zeale towarde them and the Church 30 And requireth the same of them 1 WE which are strōg ought to beare the infirmities of the weake and not to please our selues 2 Therefore let euerie man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification 3 For Christ also wolde not please him self but as it is written * The rebukes of them which rebuke thee fel on me 4 For whatsoeuer things are writtē afore time are
the Lord gaue me the two tables of stone the table I say of the coue nant 12 And the Lord said vnto me * Arise get the downe quickely from hence for thy people which thou hast broght out of Egypt haue corrupt their wayes thei are sone turned out of the way which I commanded them thei haue made them a molten image 13 Furthermore the Lord spake vnto me saying I haue 〈◊〉 this people behold it is a stifnecked people 14 Let me alone that I may destroye thē put out their name from vnder heauen I wil make of thee a mightie nacion and greater then thei be 15 So I returned and came downe from the Mount and the Moūt burnt with fire and the two Tables of the couenant were in my two hands 16 Then I loked and beholde ye had sinned against the Lord your God for ye had made you a molten calf and had turned quic kely out of the way which the Lord had commanded you 17 Therefore I toke the two Tables and cast them out of my two hands and brake thē before your eies 18 And I fel downe before the Lord fortie daies and fortie nights as before I nether ate bread nor dranke water because of all your sinnes which ye had committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath 19 For I was afraied of the wrath and indignacion where with the Lord was moued against you euen to destroye you yet the Lord heard me at that time also 20 Likewise the Lord was verie angry with Aaron euen to destroye him but at that time I praied also for Aarón 21 And I toke your sinne I meane the calfe which ye had made and burnt him with fire and stamped him and grounde him smale euen vnto verie dust and I cast the dust thereof into the riuer that descended out of the Mount 22 Also * in Taberah and in * Massáh * and in Kibrothhattaauáh ye prouoked the Lord to angre 23 Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnéa saying Govp and possesse the land which I haue giuen you then ye rebelled against the commandement of the Lord your God and beleued him not nor hearkened vnto his voyce 24 Ye haue bene rebellions vnto the Lord since the daie that I knewe you 25 Then I fel downe before the Lord fortie daies and fortie nights as I fel downe before because the Lord had said that he wolde destroye you 26 And I praied vnto the Lord said O Lord God destroye not thy people and thine in heritāce which thou hast redemed through thy greatnes whome thouhast broght out of Egypt by a mightie hand 27 Remēber thy seruāts Abrahám Izhák Iaakób loke not to the stuburnes of his people nor to their wickednes nor to their sinne 28 Lest the countrey whence thou broghtest thē say * Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he pro mised them or because he hated thē he ca ried thē out to slaye thē in the wildernes 29 Yet thei are thy people and thine inheritance which thou broghtest out by thy mightie power by thy stretched out arme CHAP. X. 5 The seconde tables put in the Arke 8 The tribe of Leui is dedicate to the seruice of the Tabernacle 12 What the Lord requireth of his 16 The circumcision of the heart 17 God regardeth not the persone 21 The Lord is the praise of Israél 1 IN the same time the 〈◊〉 said vnto me * Hewe thee two Tables of stone lyke vnto the first and come vp vnto me into the Moūt make thee an Arke of wood 2 And I wil write vpon the Tables the wordes that were vpon the first Tables which thou brakest and thou shalt put thē in the Arke 3 And I made an Arke of shittim wood and he wed two Tables of stone like vnto the first and went vp into the Mountaine and the two Tables in mine hand 4 Then he wrote vpō the Tables according to the first writing the ten commandements which the Lord spake vnto you in the Mount out of the middes of the fire in the daye of the assēblie and the Lord gaue them vnto me 5 And I departed and came downe from the Mount and put the Tables in the Arke which I made there thei be as the Lord commanded me 6 ¶ And the childré of Israel toke their iour ney from Beereth of the children of Iaakā to Mosen where Aaron dyed and was buryed Eleazár his sonne became Prièst in his steade 7 ¶ From thence thei departed vnto Gudgodáh and from Gudgodáh to Iotbáth a land of running waters 8 ¶ The same time the 〈◊〉 separated the tribe of Leui to beare the Arke of the couenant of the Lord and to stand before the Lord to minister vnto him to bles se in his Name vnto this day 9 Wherefore Leui hathe no partenor inheritance with his brethren for the Lord is his inheritance as the Lord thy God hathe promised him 10 And I taried in the Mountas at the first time fortie daies and fortie nights and the Lord heard me at that time also and the Lord wolde not destroye thee 11 But the Lord said vnto me Arise go for the in the iourney before the people that thei may go in and possesse the land which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them 12 ¶ And now Israél what doeth the Lord thy God require of thee but to feare the Lord thy God to walke in all his 〈◊〉 to louc him and to serue the lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soule 13 That thou kepe the commandements of the Lord and his ordinances which I commande thee 〈◊〉 day for thy welth 14 Beholde heauen and the heauen of heauēs is the Lords thy God and the earth with all that therein is 15 Notwithstanding the Lord set his delite in thy fathers to loue them and dyd cho se their sede after them euen you aboue all people as appeareth this day 16 Circūcise therefore the foreskin of your heart and harden your neks no more 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods Lord of Lords a great God mightie terrible which accepteth no * persones nor taketh rewarde 18 Who doeth right vnto the fatherles and widowe and loueth the stranger giuing him folde and rayment 19 Loue ye therefore the strāger for ye were strangers in the Land of Egypt 20 * Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God thou shalt serue him and thou shalt cleaue vnto him and shalt sweare by his Name 21 He is thy praise and he is thy God that ha the done for thee these great and terrible things which thine eies haue sene 22 Thy fathers wēt downe into Egypt * with seuentie persones and
me waite on God for I will yet giue him thankes for the helpe of his presence 6 My God my soule is cast downe within me because I remember thee from the lande of Iordén and Hermonim and frome the mount Mizár 7 One depe calleth another depe by the noise of thy water spoutes all thy waues thy floods are gone ouer me 8 The Lord wil grante his louing kindnes in the daye and in the nyghte shall I sing of him euen a praier vnto the God of my life 9 I will saie vnto God whiche is my rocke Why haste thou forgotten me why go I mournīg whē the enemie oppresseth me 10 My bones are cut a sunder while myne enemies reproche me saying daielye vnto me Where is thy God 11 Why art thou cast downe my soule and why art thou disquieted within me waite on God for I wil yet giue him thankes he is my present helpe and my God PSAL. XLIII 1 He praieth to be deliuered from them whiche conspire against him that he might ioyfully praise God in his hohe Congregacion 1 IVdge me ô God and defende my cause against the vnmerciful people delyuer me from the deceitful and wicked man 2 For thou art the God of my strength why hast thou put me awaie why go I so mourning when the enemie oppresseth me 3 Send thy light and thy trueth let them lead me let thē bring me vnto thyne holye Mountaine and to thy Tabernacles 4 Then will I go vnto the altar of GOD euen vnto the God of my ioy gladnes and vpon the harpe wil I giue thākes vnto thee ô God my God 5 Why art thou cast downe my soule why art thou disquieted within me waite on God for I wil yet giue him thankes he is my present helpe and my God PSAL. XLIIII 1 The faithful remember the great mercie of God towarde his people 9 After thei complaine because they fele it no more 17 Also thei alledge the couenant made wyth Abraham for the keping whereof they shewe what grieuous things ' thei suffred 23 Finally they praie vnto God not to contemne their affliction seing the same redoundeth to the contempt of his honour ¶ To him that excedeth A Psalme to giue instructiō cōmitted to the sonnes of Kōrah 1 WE haue heard with our eares ô God our fathers haue tolde vs the works that thon hast done in their daies in the olde time 2 How thou hast driuen out the heathen with thine hand and plāted them how thou hast destroyed the people and caused them to growe 3 For they inherited not the lande by theyr owne sworde nether did their owne arme saue them but thy right hād and thyne arme and the light of thy countenance because thou didest sauour them 4 Thou art my King ô God send helpe vnto Iaakób 5 Through thee haue we thrust backe our aduersaries by the Name haue we troaden downe them that rose vp against vs. 6 For I do not trust in my bowe nether can my sworde saue me 7 But thou hast saued vs frō our aduersaries and hast put thē to confusion that hate vs. 8 Therfore wil we praise God cōtinually and wil confesse thy Name for euer 〈◊〉 9 But now thou art farre of and puttest vs to confusion and goest not forthe with our armies 10 Thou makest vs to turne backe from the aduersarie and thei which hate vs spoyle for them selues 11 * Thou giuest vs as shepe to be eaten doest scater vs among the nations 12 Thou sellest thy people without gaine doest not increase their price 13 Thou makest vs a reproche to our neighboure a ieste and a laughing stocke to thē that are round about vs. 14 Thou makest vs a prouerbe amòg the nations and anodding of the head among the people 15 My confusion is daiely before me and the shame of my face hathe couered me 16 For the voice of the sclanderer and rebuker for the enemie and auenger 17 All this is come vpon vs yet do we not forget thee nether deale we falsely concerning thy couenant 18 Our heart is not turned backe nether our steppes gone out of thy paths 19 Albeit thou hast smitē vs downe into the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of death 20 If we haue forgottē the Name of our God and holden vp our handes to a straunge God 21 Shal not GOD searche this out for he knoweth the secrets of the heart 22 Surely for thy sake are we slaine continuallye and are counted as shepe for the slaughter 23 Vp why slepest thou ô Lord awake be not farre of for euer 24 Wherfore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and our affliction 25 For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust our belly cleueth vnto the grounde 26 Rise vp for our succour and redeme vs for thy mercies sake PSAL. XLV 1 The maiestie of Salomón his honour strenght beautie riches and power are praised and also his mariage with the Egyptian being an heathen woman is blessed 10 If that she can renounce her people the loue of her coun trey and giue her felfe wholly to her housband Vnder the which figure the wonderful maiestie and increase of the kingdome of Christ and the Church his spouse now taken of the Gentiles is discribed ¶ To him that excelleth on Shoshannim a song of loue to giue instruction commit ted to the sonnes of 〈◊〉 1 MIne heart wil vtter forthe a good mat ter I wil intreat in my workes of the King my tongue is as the penne of a swift writer 2 Thou art fairer them the children of men grace is powred in thy lippes because God hathe blessed thee for euer 3 Girde thy sworde vpō thy thigh ô moste mightie to wit thy worship thy glorie 4 And prosper with thy glorie ride vpon the worde of trueth and of mekenes of righteousnes so thy right hand shal teache thee terrible things 5 Thine arrowes are sharpe to perce the heart of the Kings enemies therefore the people shal fall vnder thee 6 Thy throne ô God is for euer and euer the scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnes 7 Thou louest righteousues and hatest wic kednes because God euē thy God hathe anointed thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy felowes 8 All thy garments smell of myrre and aloes and cassia when thou comest out of theyuorie palaces where thei haue made the glad 9 Kings daughters were amòg thine hono rable wiues vpon thy right hand did stād the Quene in a vesture of golde of Ophir 10 Hearken ô daughter and consider and incline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house 11 So shal the King haue pleasure in thy beautie for he is thy LORD and
Be not thou iuste ouermuche nether make thy self ouer wise wherfore shuld est thou be desolate 19 Be not thou wicked ouermuch nether be thou foolish wherefore shuldest thou perish not in thy time 20 It is good that thou laie holde on thys but yet withdrawe not thine hande frome that for he that feareth God shall come for the of them all 21 Wisdome shall strengthen the wise man more then ten mightie princes that are in the citie 22 * Surely there is no man iustin the earth that doeth good and sinneth not 23 Giue not thine heart also to all the wordes that mē speake lest thou do he are thy seruant cursing thee 24 For oftē times also thine heart knoweth that thou likewise hast cursed others 25 All this haue I proued by wisdome I thoght I will be wise but it wēt farre from me 26 It is farre of what manie it be and it is a profound depenes who can finde it 27 I haue compassed about bothe I and mine hearte to knowe and to enquire and to searche wisdome and reason and to knowe the wickednes of folie and the foolishnes of madnes 28 And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares and her hands as bands he that is good before God shal be deliuered from her but that sinner shal be taken by her 29 Behold saith the Preacher this haue I foūd seking one by one to finde the counte 30 And yet my soule seketh but I finde it not I haue founde one man of a thousand but a womon amonge them all haue I not founde 31 Onelye lo this haue I founde that GOD hathe made man righteous but they haue soght manie inuentions CHAP. VIII 2 To obey Princes and Magistrates 17 The workes of God passe mans knowledge 1 WHo is as the wise man who knoweth the interpretacion of a thynge the wisdome of a man doeth make his face to shine and the strength of his face shal be changed 2 I aduertise thee to take hede to the mouthe of the King and to the worde of the othe of God 3 Haste not to go for the of his sight stand not in an euil thing for he wil do whatsoeeuer pleaseth him 4 Where the worde of the King is there is power and who shall say vnto hym What doest thou 5 He that kepeth the commandement shal knowe none euill thing and the hearte of the wise shal knowe the time and iudgement 6 For to euerie purpose there is a time and iudgement because the miserie of man is great vpon him 7 For he knoweth not that whiche shal be for who can tel him when it shal be 8 Man is not Lord ouer the Spirit to reteine the Spirit nether hathe he power in the day of death nor deliuerance in the battel nether shall wickednes deliuer the 〈◊〉 thereof 9 All this haue I sene and haue giuen myne heart to euerie worke whiche is wroght vnder the sunne and I sawe a tyme that man ruleth ouer man to his owne hurt 10 And likewise I sawe the wicked buryed and they returned and they that came from the holie place were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right this also is vanitie 11 Because sentence againste an euil worke is not executed spedely therfore the heart of the children of men is fully set in thē to do euil 12 Thogh a sinner do euil an hūdreth times God prolōgeth his dayes yet I knowe that it shal be wel with them that feare the Lord and do reuerence before him 13 But it shall not be well to the wicked nether shall he prolong his dayes he shal be like a shadowe because he feareth not before God 14 There is a vanitie whiche is done vppon the earth that there be righteous men to whome it cometh according to the worke of the wicked and there be wicked mē to whome it commeth accordynge to the worke of the iuste I thoght also that thys is vanitie 15 And I praise ioye for there is no goodnes to man vnder the sunne saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce for this is adioyned to his labour the dayes of his life that God hathe giuen him vnder the sunne 16 When I applied mine heart to know wisdome and to beholde the busines that is done on earth that nether daye nor nyght the eyes of man take slepe 17 Then I behelde the whole worke of God that man can not finde out the worke that is wroght vnder the sunne for the whiche man laboreth to seke it and can not finde it yea and thogh the wise man thynke to knowe it he can not finde it CHAP. IX 1 By not outward thing can mā know whome God loueth or hateth 12 No man knoweth his end 16 Wisdome excelleth strength 1 I Haue surely giuen mine heart to all this and to declare all this that the iuste and the wise and their workes are in the hand of God and no man knoweth ether loue or hatred of all that is before them 2 All things come alike to all and the same condition is to the iuste and to the wicked to the good and to the pure to the polluted and to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not as is the good so is the sunner he that sweareth as he that feareth an othe 3 This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne that there is one condition to all and also the hearte of the sonnes of men is full of euill and madnes is in their hearts whiles they liue after that they go to the dead 4 Surelye whosoeuer is ioyned to all the liuing there is hope for it is better to a liuing dog then to a dead lyon 5 For the liuing knowe that they shall dye but the dead knowe nothing at all nether haue thei anie more are warde for their remembrance is forgotten 6 Also their loue and their hatred and their enuie is now perished and they haue no more portion for euer in all that is done vnder the sunne 7 Go eate thy bread with ioye and drynke thy wine with a cherefull heart for GOD now accepteth thy workes 8 At all times let thy garments be white and let not oyle be lacking vppon thyne head 9 * Reioyce wyth the wife whome thou hast loued all the dayes of the life of thy vanitie whiche God hathe giuen thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie for this is thy portion in the life in thy trauail wherein thou laborest vnder the sunne 10 All that thine hand shal finde to do do it with all thy power for there is nether worke nor inuention nor knowledge nor wisdome in the graue whether thou goest 11 I returned and I sawe vnder the sunne that the race is not
the cisterne 7 And dust returne to the earth as it was and the spirit returne to GOD that gaue it 8 Vanitie of vanities saith the Preacher all is vanitie 9 And the more wise the Preacher was the more he taught the people knowledge caused them to heare and searched forthe and prepared manie parables 10 The Preacher soght to finde out pleasant wordes and an vpright writing euen the wordes of trueth 11 The wordes of the wise are like goades and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies whiche are gyuen by one pastour 12 And of other things besides these my sonne take thou hede for there is none ende in making manie bokes and muche reading is a wearines of the flesh 13 Let vs heare the end of all feare God and kepe his commandements for this is the whole duetie of man 14 For God wil bring euerie worke vnto iudgement with euerie secret thing whether it be good or euil AN EXCELLENT SONG vvhich vvas Salomons THE ARGVMENT IN this Song Salomón by moste swete and cōfortable allego ries and parables describeth the perfite loue of Iesus Christ the true Salomón and King of peace and the faithful soule or his Church which he hathe sanctified and appointed to be his spouse holy chast and without reprehension So that here is declared the singular loue of the bridegrome towarde the bride and his great and excellent benefites wherewith he doeth enriche her of his pure bountie and grace without anie of her deseruings Also the earnest affection of the Church which is in flamed with the loue of Christ desiring to be more and more ioyned to him in 〈◊〉 and not to be forsaken for anie spot or blemish that is in her CHAP. I. 1 The familiar talke and mystical communication of the 〈◊〉 loue betwene Iesus Christ his Church 6 The domestical enemies that persecute the Church 1 LEt hī kisse me with the kisses of his mouthe for thy loue is better then wine 2 Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an oyntment powred out therfore the virgines loue thee 3 Drawe me we will runne after thee the King hath broght me into his chambers we wil reioyce and be glad in thee we will remember thy loue more then wyne the righteous do loue thee 4 I am blacke ô daughters of Ierusalē but comelie as the frutes of Kedár as the curtines of Salomón 5 Regarde ye me not because I am blacke for the sunne hathe loked vpon me The sonnes of my mother were angrie against me they made me the keper of the vines but I kept not mine owne wine 6 Shewe me ô thou whome my soule loueth where thou fedest where thou liest at noone for why shuld I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy cōpaniōs 7 If thou knowe not ô thou the falrest among women get thee forthe by the steppes of the flocke and fede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepherdes 8 I haue cōpared thee ô my loue to the trou pe of horses in the charets of Pharaóh 9 Thy chekes are comelie with rowes of stones and thy necke with chaines 10 We wil make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer 11 Whiles the King was at his repast my spikenarde gaue the smel thereof 12 My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me he shal lye betwene my breastes 13 My welbeloued is as a clustre of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engédi 14 My loue behold thou art faire behold thou art faire thine eyes are like dooues 15 My welbeloued beholde thou art faire and pleasant also our bed is grene the beames of our house are cedres CHAP. II. 3 The Church desireth to rest vnder the shadow of Christ 8 She heareth his voice 14 She is compared to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the field and the lilie of the valleis 2 Like a lilie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like the apple tre amōg the trees of the forest so is my welbeloued amōg the sonnes of mē vnder his shado we had I delite and sate downe and hys frute was swete vnto my mouth 4 He broght me into the wine celler loue was his ban ner ouer me 5 Stay me with flagons and cōfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 6 His left hand is vnder mine head hys right hand doeth imbrace me 7 I charge you ô daughters of Ierusalēm by the roes and by the hindes of the field that ye stirre not vp nor waken my loue vntil she please 8 It is the voice of my welbeloued behold he cometh leaping by the mountaines skipping by the hilles 9 My welbeloued is like a roe or a yong heart lo he standeth behinde our wall loking forthe of the windowes shewing him selfe through the grates 10 My welbeloued spake said vnto me Arise my loue my faire one come thy way 11 For beholde winteris past the rayne is changed and is gone away 12 The flowers appeare in the earth the time of the singing of birdes is come the voice of the turtleis heard in our land 13 The figtre hathe broght forthe her yong figges and the vines with their smal grapeshaue cast a sauour arise my loue my faire one and come away 14 My dooue that art in the holes of the rocke in the secret places of the staires shewe me thy sight let me heare thy voice for thy voyce is swete and thy sight comelie 15 Take vs the foxes the litle foxes whiche destroy the vines for our vines haue smale grapes 16 My welbeloued is mine and I am his he fedeth among the lilies 17 Vntil the daye breake and the shadowes flee away returne my welbeloued and be like a roe or a yong hart vpon the mountaines of Béther CHAP. III. 1 The Church desireth to be ioyned in separably to Christ her housband 6 Her deliuerance out of the wildernes 1 IN my bed by night I soght him that my soule loued I soght hī but I foūd him not 2 I wil rise therefore now and go aboute in the citie by the stretes and by the opē places wil seke him that my soule loueth I soght him but I founde him not 3 The watchemen that went about the citie found me to whome I said Haue you sene him whome my soule loueth 4 When I had past a litle from them then I founde him whome my soule loued I toke holde on him and left him not till I had broght him vnto my mothers house into the chamber of her that conceiued me 5 I charge you ô daughters of Ierusalém by the roes and by the hindes of the field that ye stirre not vp nor
Priest for Iehoiadá the Priest that ye shuld be officers in the House of the Lord for euery mā that raueth and maketh him self a Prophet to put him in prison and in the stockes 27 Now therefore why hast not thou reproued Ieremiáh of Anathóth which prophecieth vnto you 28 For for this cause he sent vnto vs in Babél saying This captiuitie is long buyld hou ses to dwell in and plant gardens and eat the frutes of them 29 And Zephaniáh the Priest red this lettre in the eares of Ieremiáh the Prophet 30 Then came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh saying 31 Send to all them of the captiuitie saying Thus saith the Lord of Shemaiáh the Nehelamite Because that Shemaiáh hath pro phecied vnto you and I sent him not and he caused you to trust in a lye 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord Beholde I wil visite Shemaiáh the Nehelamite hys sede he shal not haue a man to dwel amōg this people nether shall he beholde the good that I wil do for my people saith the Lord because he hath spoken rebelliously against the Lord. CHAP. XXX 1 The returne of the people from Babylon 16 He menaceth the enemies 18 And comforteth the Church 1 THe worde that came to Ieremiáh from the Lord saying 2 Thus speaketh the Lord GOD of Israél saying Write thee all the wordes that I haue spoken vnto thee in a boke 3 For lo the daies come saith the Lord that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my peo ple Israél and Iudáh saith the Lord. for I wil restore them vnto the land that I gaue to their fathers and they shal possesse it 4 Againe these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israél and concerning Iudáh 5 For thus saith the Lord We haue heard a terrible voyce of feare and not of peace 6 Demande now and beholde if man trauail with childe wherefore do I beholde euery man with his hands on his loines as a woman in trauail and all faces are turned into a palenes 7 Alas for this day is 〈◊〉 none hath bene like it is euen the 〈◊〉 of Iaakobs trouble yet shal he be deliuered from it 8 For in that day saith the Lord of hostes I wil breake his yoke from of thy necke and breake thy bondes and strangers shal no more serue them selues of him 9 But they shal serue the Lord their God Dauid their King whome I wil rise vp vn to them 10 Therefore feare not ô my seruant Iaakób saith the Lord nether be afraied ô Israél for lo I wil deliuer thee from a farre countrey and thy sede from the land of their ca ptiuitie and Iaakób shal turne againe shal be in rest prosperitie and none shal make him afraid 11 For I am with thee saith the Lord to saue thee thogh I vtterly destroy all the naciōs where I haue scattered thee yet wil I not vtterly destroy thee but I wil correct thee by iudgement and not vtterly cut thee of 12 For thus saith the Lord Thy bruising in curable and thy wounde is dolorous 13 There is none to iudge thy cause or to lay a plaister there are no medecines nor helpe for thee 14 All thy louers haue forgotten thee thei seke thee not for I haue striken thee with the wounde of an enemie with a sharpe chastisement for the multitude of thine ini quitie because thy sinnes were increased 15 Why cryest thou for thine affliction thy so rowe is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquities because thy sinnes were increased I haue done these thīgs vnto thee 16 Therefore all they that deuoure thee shal be deuoured and all thine enemies euery one shal go into captiuitie and they that spoyle thee shal be spoyled and all thei that robbe thee wil I giue to be robbed 17 For I wil restore helth vnto thee and I wil heale thee of thy woundes saith the Lord because they called thee The cast away saying This is Zión whome no man seketh after 18 Thus saith the Lord Beholde I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakóbs tentes haue compassion on his dwelling places the citie shal be buylded vpon her owne heape and the palace shal remaine after the maner thereof 19 And out of them shal procede thankesgiuing and the voyce of them that are ioyous and I wil multiplie them and thei shalnot be fewe I wil also glorifie them they shal not be diminished 20 Their children also shal be as a fore time their congregacion shal be established before me and I wil visite all that vexe them 21 And their noble ruler shal be of them selues and their gouernour shal procede from the middes of them and I wil cause him to drawe nere and approche vnto me for who is this that directeth his heart to come vn to me saith the Lord. 22 And ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 23 Beholde the tempest of the Lord goeth forthe with wrath the whirlewinde that hangeth ouer shall light vpon the head of the wicked 24 The fierce wrath of the Lord shal not returne vntil he haue done and vntil he haue performed the intents of his heart in the latter daies ye shal vnderstand it CHAP. XXXI 1 He reheareth Gods benefites after their returne from Ba bylon 23 And the spiritual ioye of the faithfull in the Church 1 AT the same time saith the Lord wil I be the God of all the families of Israél and they shal be my people 2 Thus saith the Lord The people whiche escaped the sworde founde grace in the wildernes he walked before Israél to cause him to rest 3 The Lord hath appeared vnto me of olde say they Yea I haue loued thee with an 〈◊〉 lasting loue therefore with mercie I haue drawen thee 4 Againe I will buylde thee and thou shalt be buylded ô virgine Israél thou shalt stil be adorned with thy tymbrels and shalt go forth in the dance of thē that be ioyful 5 Thou shalt yet plāt vines vpō the mountaines of Samaria and the planters that plant them shal make them commune 6 For the daies shal come that the watchemen vpō the mount of Ephráim shal crye Arise and let vs go vp vnto Ziōn to the Lord our God 7 For thus saith the Lord Reioyce with gladnes for Iaakób and shoute for ioye among the chief of the Gentiles publishe praise and say O Lord saue thy people the remnant of Israél 8 Beholde I will bring them from the North countrey and gather thē from the coastes of the worlde with the blinde the lame amōg them with the woman with child and her that is deliuered also a great companie shal returne hether 9 Thei shal come weping and with mercie will I bring them againe I will leade them by the riuers of
they shal heare Izreél 23 And I wil so we her vnto me in the earth and I wil haue mercie vpon her that was not pitied and I wil say to them which were not my people Thou art my people And they shal say Thou art my God CHAP. III. 1 The Iewes shal be cast of for their idolatrie 5 Afterwarde they shal 〈◊〉 to the Lord. 1 THen said the Lord to me Go yet and loue a woman beloued of her housband and was an harlot according to the loue of the Lord toward the children of Israél yet they loked to other gods loued the wine bottels 2 So I boght her to me for fiftene pieces of siluer ād for an homer of barlie and an halfe homer of barlie 3 And I said vnto her Thou shalt abide with me manie dayes thou shalt not play the harlot and thou shalt be to none other man I wil be so vnto thee 4 For the children of Israél shal remaine ma nie dayes without a King and without a prin ce and without an offring and without an image and without an Ephōd and without Teraphim 5 Afterwarde shal the children of Israél 〈◊〉 and seke the Lord their God and Dauid their King and shal 〈◊〉 the Lord his goodnes in the latter dayes CHAP. IIII. A complaint against the people and the Priests of Israél 1 HEare the worde of the Lord ye childrē of Israél for the Lord hathe a controuersie with the inhabitants of the land because there is no trueth nor mercie nor knowledge of God in the land 2 By swearing and lying and killing and stealing and whoring they breake out and blo od toucheth blood 3 Therefore shal the land mourne and euerie one that dwelleth therein shal be cut of with the beasts in the field and with the foules of the heauen and also the fishes of the sea shal be taken away 4 Yet let none rebuke nor reproue another for thy people are as they that rebuke the Priest 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day and the Prophet shal fall with thee in the night and I wil destroye thy mother 6 My people are destroyed for lacke of know ledge because thou hast refused knowled ge I wil also refuse thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me and seing thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God I wil also forget thy children 7 As they were increased so they sinned against me therefore wil I change 〈◊〉 their glo rie into shame 8 They eat vp the sinnes of my people and lift vp their mindes in their iniquitie 9 And there shal be like people like Priest for I wil visit their wayes vpon them and rewarde them their dedes 10 For they shal eat not haue ynough they shal commit adulterie and shal not increase because they haue leftto take hede to the Lord. 11 Whoredome and wine and newe wine ta ke away their heart 12 My people aske 〈◊〉 at their stockes and their staffe teacheth them for the spirit of fornications hathe caused them to erre and they haue gone a whoring from vn der their God 13 They sacrifice vpon the toppes of the 〈◊〉 and burne incense vpon the hilles vnder the okes and the poplartre the elme because the shadowe thereof is good therefore your daughters shal be harlottes and your spouses shal be whores 14 I wil not visite your daughters when they are harlots nor your spouses when they are whores for thei them selues are separated with harlots and sacrifice with whores there fore the people that doeth not vnderstand shal fall 15 Thogh thou Israél playe the harlot yet let not 〈◊〉 sinue come not ye vnto Gilgal 〈◊〉 go ye vp to Beth-áuen nor swea re The Lord liueth 16 For Israél is rebellious as an 〈◊〉 heiffer Now the Lord wil fede them as a lambe in a large place 17 Ephráim is ioyned to idoles let him alone 18 Their drunkennes stinketh they haue committed who redome their rulers loue to say with shame Bring ye 19 The winde hathe bounde them vp in her wings and they shal be ashamed of their sacrifices CHAP. V. 1 Against the Priests and rulers of Israél 13 The helpe of man is in vaine 1 OYe Priests heare this and hearken ye ô house of Israél and giue ye eare ô house of the King for iudgement is toward you because you haue bene a snare on Mizpáh and a net spred vpon Tabōr 2 Yet they were profounde to decline to slaughter thogh I haue bene a rebuker of them all 3 I knowe Ephráim and Israél is not hid from me for now ô Ephráim thou art become an harlot and Israél is defiled 4 Thei wil not giue their mindes to turne vnto their God for the spirit of 〈◊〉 is in the middes of them and they haue not knowen the Lord. 5 And the pride of Israél doeth testifie to his face therefore shal Israél and Ephráim fall in their iniquitie 〈◊〉 also shal fall with thē 6 They shalgo with their shepe with their bullockes to seke the Lord but they shal not finde him for he hathe with drawē him self from them 7 They haue transgressed against the Lord for they haue begotten strange children now shal a moneth 〈◊〉 thē with their porcions 8 Blowe ye the trumpet in Gibeáh and the shaume in Ramáh crye out at Beth-áuen after thee ô Beniamin 9 Ephráim shal be desolate in the day of rebuke among the tribes of Israél haue I caused to knowe the trueth 10 The princes of Iudáh were like them that remoue the bōdes therefore wil I powre out my wrath vpon them like water 11 Ephráim is oppressed and broken in iudge ment because he willingly walked after the commandement 12 Therfore wil I be vnto Ephráim as a moth and to the house of Iudáh as a rottennes 13 When Ephraim sawe his sickenes and Iudáh his wounde then went Ephráim vnto Asshúr and sent vnto King Iaréb yet colde he not heale you not cure you of your wounde 14 For I wil be vnto Ephráim as a lion and as a lions whelpe to the house of Iudáh I euen I wil spoyle and go away I wil take away none shal rescue it 15 I wil go and returne to my place til they acknowledge their fault and seke me in their affliction they wil seke me diligently CHAP. VI. 1 Affliction causeth a man to turne to God 9 The wickednes of the Priests 1 COme and let vs returne to the Lord for he hathe spoiled and he wil heale vs he hathe wounded vs and wil binde vs vp 2 After two dayes wil he 〈◊〉 vs and in the thirde day he wil raise vs vp and we shal liue in his sight 3 Then shal we haue knowledge
the good sharpe which can not be letted doing good 23 Courteous stable sure without care hauing all power circumspect in all things and 〈◊〉 through all intellectual pure and subtil spirits 24 For wisdome is nimbler then all nimble things she goeth thorow and atteineth to all things because of her purenes 25 For she is the breth of the power of God and a pure influence that floweth from the glorie of the Almightie therefore can no de filed thing come vnto her 26 For * she is the brightnes of the euerlasting 〈◊〉 the vndefiled mirroure of the maiestie of God and the image of his goodnes 27 And being one she can do all things and remaining in her 〈◊〉 renueth all according to the ages she entreth into the holie soules and maketh them the friends of God Prophetes 28 For God loueth none if he dwell not with wisdome 29 For she is more beautiful then the sunne is aboue all the order of the starres and the light is not to be compared vnto her 30 For night cometh vpō it but wickednes cā not ouercome wisdome CHAP. VIII The effects of wisdome 1 SHe also reacheth from one end to another mightely and comely doeth she order all things 2 I haue loued her and soght her frō my youth I desired to marye her suche loue had I vnto her beautie 3 In that she is conuersant with God it commendeth her nobilitie yea the Lord of all things loueth her 4 For she is the scholemastres of the knowled ge of God and the choser out of his workes 5 If riches be a possessiō to be desired in this life what is richer then wisdome that worketh all things 6 For if prudence worketh what is it among all things that worketh better then she 7 If a man loue righteousnes her labours are vertuous for she teacheth sobernes and pru dencie righteousnes and strength which are the moste profitable things that men can haue in this life 8 If a man desire great experience she can tell the things that are past and discerne things to come she knoweth the subtilties of wordes and the solutions of darke sentences she foreseeth the 〈◊〉 wonders or euer they come to passe and the succes of seasons and times 9 Therefore I purposed to take her vnto my companie knowing that she wolde counsel me good things and comfort me in cares griefs 10 For her sake shal I haue glorie among the multitude and honour among the Elders thogh I be yong 11 I shal be founde of sharpe iudgement so that I shal be marueilous in the sight of great men 12 When I holde my tongue they shal abide my leasure when I speake they shal heare di ligently and if I take muche they shal laye their hands vpon their mouth 13 Moreouer by her I shal obteine immortalitie and leaue an euer lasting memorial amōg them that come 〈◊〉 me 14 I shal gouerne the people and the nacions shal be subdued vnto me 15 Horrible tyrants shal be afrayed when they heare me among the multitude I shal be coū ted good and mightie in battel 16 When I come home I shal rest with her for her companie hathe no bitternes and her fe lowshippe hathe no tediousnes but mirthe and ioye 17 Now when I considered these things by my self and pondered them in mine heart how that to be ioyned vnto wisdome is immortalitie 18 And great pleasure is in her friendshippe and that in the workes of her hands are infinite riches and that in the exercise of talking with her is prudencie and glorie by cō muning with 〈◊〉 I went about seking how I might take her vnto me 19 For I was a wittie childe and was of a good spirit 20 Yea rather being good I came to an vndefiled bodie 21 Neuertheles when I perceiued that I colde not enioye her except God gaue her that was a pointe of wisdome also to knowe whose gifte it was I went vnto the LORD and besoght him and with my whole heart I said CHAP. IX A prayer of Salomon to obteine wisdome 1 O God of fathers and Lord of mercie whi che hast made all things with thy worde 2 And ordeined man thorow thy wisdome that he shulde haue * dominiō ouer the crea tures which thou hast made 3 And gouerne the worlde according to equitie and righteousnes and execute iudgement with an vpright heart 4 Giue * me that wisdome which sitteth by thythrone and put me not out from among thy children 5 For I thy * seruant and sonne of thine handmaide am a feble persone of a shorte time and yet lesse in the vnderstanding of iudgement and the lawes 6 And thogh a man be neuer so perfite among the children of men yet if thy wisdome be not with him he shal be nothing regarded 7 * Thou hast chosē me to be a King of thy peo ple the iudge of thy sonnes daughters 8 Thou hast commanded me to buyld a temple vpon thine holy Mount an altar in the citie wherein thou dwellest a likenes of thine holie Tabernacle which thou hast prépared from the beginning 9 And thy * wisdome with thee which know eth thy workes which also was when thou madest the worlde and which knewe what was acceptable in thy sight and right in thy commandements 10 Send her out of thine holy heauēs and send her from the throne of thy maiestie that she may be with me labour that I may know what is acceptable in thy sight 11 For she knoweth vnderstandeth all things and she shallead me soberly in my workes preserue me by her glorie 12 So shal my workes be acceptable and then shal I gouerne thy people righteously be mete for my fathers throne 13 For * what man is he that can knowe the coū sel of God or who can thinke what the wil of God is 14 For the thoghts of mortal men are feareful and our forecastes are vncerteine 15 Because a corruptible bodie is heauie vnto the soule and the earthlie mansion kepeth downe the minde that is ful of cares 16 And hardly can we discerne the things that are vpō earth ād with great labour finde we out the things which are before vs who cā then seke out the things that are in heauen 17 Who can knowe thy counsel except thou giue him wisdome and send thine holy Spirit from aboue 18 For so the wayes of them whiche are vpon earth are reformed and men are taught the things that are pleasant vnto thee and are preserued thorow wisdome CHAP. X. The 〈◊〉 of the righteous and destruction of the enemies cometh thorowe wisdome 1 SHe preserued the first father of the world that was formed and kept hym when he was created alone and broght hym out of his offence 2 And * gaue him power to rule all things 3 * But the vnrighteous in his wrath departed from her ād perished
gathereth treasure 6 Who so honoreth his father shal haue ioye of his owne children and when he maketh his prayer he shal be heard 7 He that honoreth his father shal haue alōg life and he that is obedient vnto the Lord shal comfort 〈◊〉 mother 8 He that feareth the Lord honoreth his parents and doeth seruice vnto his parents as vnto lords 9 * Honour thy father and mother in dede and in worde and in all paciēce that thou maist haue Gods blessing and that his blessing may abide with thee in the end 10 For the blessing of the father stablisheth the houses of the children and the mothers curse rotteth out the fundacions 11 Reioyce not at the dishonour of thy father for it is not honour vnto thee but shame 12 Seing that mans glorie cometh by his fathers honour and the reproche of the mother is dishonour to the children 13 My sonne helpe thy father in his age and greue him not as long as he liueth 14 And if his vnderstanding faile haue pacience with him and despise him not when thou art in thy ful strength 15 For the good intreatie of thy father shal not be forgottē but it shal be a forteres for thee against sinnes and for thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompensed with good and it shal be founded for thee in righteousnes 16 And in the day of trouble thou shalt be remembred thy sinnes also shal melt away as the yce in the faire wether 17 He that forsaketh his father shal come to shame and he that angreth his mother is curs sed of God 18 ¶ My sonne performe thy doings with mekenes so shalt thou be beloued of them that are approued 19 The * greater thou art the more humble thy self in all things and thou shalt finde fa uour before the Lord. 20 Many are excellēt and of renoume but the secrets are reueiled vnto the meke 21 For the power of the Lord is great and he is honored of the lowlie 22 * Seke not out the things that are to hard for thee nether searche the things rashly which are to mightie for thee 23 But what God hathe commanded thee thinke vpon that with reuerence and be not curious in many of his workes for it is not nedeful for thee to se with thine eyes the things that are secret 24 Be not curious in superfluous things for many things are shewed vnto thee aboue the capacitie of men 25 The medling with suche hathe beguiled ma ny and an euil opinion hathe deceiued their iudgement 26 Thou cāst not se without eyes professe not the knowledge therefore that thou hast not 27 A stubberne heart shal fare euil at the last and he that loueth dāger shal perish therein 28 An heart that goeth two waies shal not prosper ād he that is frowarde of heart 〈◊〉 stumble therein 29 An obstinate heart shal be laden with sorowes and the wicked man shal heape sinne vpon sinne 30 The persuasion of the proude is without re medie and his steppes shal be plucked vp for the plant of sinne hathe taken roote in him and he shal not be estemed 31 The heart of him that hathe vnderstanding shal perceiue secret things and an attentiue eare is the desire of a wise man 32 An heart that is wise and vnderstanding wil absteine from sinne and shal prosper in the workes of righteousnes 33 Water quencheth burning fyre * and almes taketh away sinnes 34 And he that rewardeth good dedes wil remember it afterward and in the time of the fall he shal finde a staye CHAP. IIII. 1 Almes must be done with gentlenes 12 The studie of wisdome and her frute 20 An exhortation to eschewe euil and to do good 1 MY sonne defraude not the poore of his liuing and make not the nedie eyes to waite long 2 Make not an hungrie soule sorowfull nether vexe a man in his necessitie 3 Trouble not the heart that is grieued and differre not the gift of the nedie 4 Refuse not the prayer of one that is in trouble turne not awaye thy face from the poore 5 Turne not thine eyes a side in angre frō the poore and giue him none occasion to speake euil of thee 6 For if he cursse thee in the bitternes of his soule hys prayer shal be heard of him that made him 7 Be courteous vnto the cōpanie of poore and humble thy soule vnto the Elder and bowe downe thine head to a mā of worship 8 Let it not greue thee to bowe downe thine eare vnto the poore but pay thy dette and giue him a friendlie answer 9 ¶ Deliuer him that suffreth wrong from the hand of the oppressour be not faint hearted when thouiudgest 10 Be as a father vnto the fatherles and as an housband vnto their mother so shalt thou be as the sonne of the moste High and he shall loue thee more then thy mother doeth 11 Wisdome exalteth her children and receiueth them that seke her and wil go before them in the way of righteousnes 12 He that loueth her loueth life and they that seke life in the morning shall haue great ioye 13 He that kepeth her shall inherite glorie for vnto whome she entreth him the Lord wil blesse 14 They that honour her shal be the seruāts of the holie one and them that loue her the Lord doeth loue 15 Who so gyueth eare vnto her shal iudge the nacions and he that goeth vnto her shal dwel safely 16 He that is faithful vnto her shall haue her in possession and his generacion shall possesse her For first she wil walke with him by croked waies and bring him vnto feare drede and torment him with her discipline vntill she haue tryed his soule and haue proued him by her iudgements 18 Then will she returne the straight waye vnto him and comfort him and shew him her secrets and heape vpon him the treasures of knowledge and vnderstanding of righteousnes 19 But if he go wrong she wil forsake him giue him ouer into the hands of his destruction 20 ¶ My sonne * Make muche of time and esche we the thing that is euil 21 And be not ashamed to say the trueth for thy life for there is a shame that 〈◊〉 sinne and a shame that 〈◊〉 worship and fauour 22 Accept no persone againste 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 conscience that thou be not confounded to thine owne decaye and forbeare not thy neighbour in his faute 23 And kepe not backe counsell when it may do good nether hide thy wisdome when it may be famous 24 For by the talke is wisdome knowē and learning by the wordes of the tongue counsel wisdome and learning by the talking of the wise stedfastnes in the workes of righteousnes 25 In no wise speake against the worde of trueth but be ashamed of the lies of thine owne ignorance 26 Be not ashamed to confesse thy sinnes resist not the course of the riuer 27 Submit not thy selfe
more entrance to the holie altar 4 He came to King Demetrius in the hūdreth fiftie one yere presēting vnto him a crown of golde and a palme and of the boughes which were vsed solemnely in the Temple and that day he helde his tongue 5 But when he had gotten opportunitie and occasion for his rage Demetrius called him to counsel and asked him what deuises or counsels the Iewes leaned vnto 6 To the which he answered the Iewes that be called Asideans whose captaine is Iudas Maccabeus mainteine warres and make insurrections and wil not let the realme be in peace 7 Therefore I being depriued of my fathers honour I meane the high priesthode am now come hether 8 Partely because I was wel affectioned vnto the Kings affaires and secondly because I soght the profite of mine owne citiziens for all our people thorowe their rashnes are not a litle troubled 9 Wherefore ô King seing thou knowest all these things make prouision for the countrey and our nacion which is abused according to thine owne humanitie that is readie to helpe all men 10 For as long as Iudas liueth it is not possible that the matter shulde be wel 11 When he had spoken these wordes other friends also hauing euil wil at Iudas set Demetrius on fyre 12 Who immediatly called for Nicanor the ruler of the elephantes and made him captaine ouer Iudea 13 And sent him forthe commanding him to 〈◊〉 Iudas and to scatter them that were with him and to make Alcimus high Priest of the great Temple 14 Then the heathen which fled out of Iudea from Iudas came to Nicanor by flockes thinking the harme and calamities of the Iewes to be their welfare 15 Now when the Iewes heard of Nicanors comming and the gathering together of the heathen they sprinkled them selues with earth and prayed vnto him which had appointed him self a people for euer and did alwais defende his owne porcion with euident tokens 16 So at the commandement of the captaine they remoued straight wayes from thence and came to the towne of Dessan 17 Where Simon Iudas brother had ioyned battel with Nicanor and was some what asto nished thorowe the sudden silence of the enemies 18 Neuertheles Nicanor hearing the manlines of them that were with Iudas and the bolde stomackes that they had for their countrey durst not proue the matter with blood shed ding 19 Wherefore he sent Posidonius Theodocius and Matthias before to make peace 20 So when they had taken long aduisement thereupon and the captaine shewed it vnto the multitude they were agreed in one minde and consented to the couenants 21 And they appointed a day when they shulde particularly come together so when the day was come they set for euerie man his stoole 22 Neuertheles Iudas commanded certeine men of armes to waite in conuenient places lest there shulde suddenly arise anie euil thorowe the enemies and so they communed together of the things wherevpon they had agreed 23 Nicanor while he abode at Ierusalem did none hurt but sent a way the people that were gathered together 24 He loued Iudas and fauoured him in his heart 25 He praid him also to take a wife and to be get children so he maried and they liued together 26 But Alcimus perceiuing the loue that was betwene them and vnderstanding the couenantes that were made came to Demetrius and tolde him that Nicanor had taken strange matters in hand and ordeined Iudas a traitour to the realme to be his successour 27 Then the King was displeased and by the reportes of this wicked man he wrote to Nicanor saying that he was very angrie for the couenants commanding him that he shulde send Maccabeus in all haste prisoner vnto antiochia 28 When these things came to Nicanor he was astonished and fore 〈◊〉 that he shulde breake the things wherein they had agreed seing that that man had committed no wickednes 29 But because it was not cōmodious to him to withstand the King he soght craftely to accomplishit 30 Not withstanding when Maccabeus percei ued that Nicanor beganne to be rough vn to him and that he intreated him more rudely then he was wonte he perceiued that suche rigour came not of good and there fore he gathered a fewe of his men and withdrewe himself from Nicanor 31 But the other perceiuing that he was preuented by Maccabeus worthie policie came into the great holie Temple and cōmāded the Priests which were offring their vsual sacrifices to deliuer him the man 32 And whē they sweare that they colde not tell where the man was whome he soght 33 He stretched out his right hand towarde the Temple and made an othe in this maner If ye wil not deliuer me Iudas as a prisoner I wil make this Temple of God a plaine field and wil breake downe the altar and wil erect a notable Temple vnto Bac chus 34 After these wordes he departed then the Priests lift vp their hands towarde heauen and besoght him that was euer the defender of their nacion saying in this maner 35 Thou ô Lord of all things which hast nede of nothing woldest that the Temple of thi ne habitacion shulde be amōg vs. 36 Therefore now ô moste holie Lord kepe this house euer vndefiled which lately was clensed and stoppe all the mouths of the vn righteous 37 Now was there accused vnto Nicanor Razis one of the Elders of Ierusalêm a louer of the citie and a man of very good reporte which for his loue was called a father of the Iewes 38 For this man a fore times when the Iewes were minded to kepe themselues vndefiled and pure being accused to be of the religion of the Iewes did offer to spend his bo die and life with all constancie for the religion of the Iewes 39 So Nicanor willing to declare the hatred that he bare to the Iewes sēt about fiue hū dreth men of warre to take him 40 For he thoght by taking him to do the Iewes muche hurte 41 But when this companie wolde haue taken his castel and wolde haue broken the gates by violence and commanded to bring fyre to burne the gates so that he was readie to be taken on euerie side he fel on his sworde 42 Willing rather to dye manfully them to giue him self into the hands of wicked men to suffer reproche vn worthie for his noble stocke 43 Notwithstanding what time as he missed of his stroke for haste and the multitude rus shed in violently betwene the dores he ran boldely to the wall and cast him self downe manfully among the multitude 44 Which conueyed them selues lightly away and gaue place so that he fell vpon his bellie 45 Neuertheles while there was yet breth in him being kindled in his minde he rose vp and thogh his blood gushed out like a fountaine and he was verie sore wounded yet he ran thorow the middes of the people 46 And gate him to the toppe of an hie rocke so
the power of God 25 For when they shal rise againe frō the dead nether men mary nor wiues are maried but are as the Angels which are in heauen 26 And as touching the dead that they shal rise againe haue ye not red in the boke of Moses how in the bush God spake vnto him saying I * am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob 27 He is not the God of the dead but the God of the liuing Ye are therefore greatly deceiued 28 ¶ * Then came one of the Scribes that had heard them disputing together and perceiuing that he had answered thē wel he asked him Which is the first cōmandement of all 29 Iesus answered him The first of all the com mandements is * Heare Israel The Lord our God is the onelie Lord. 30 Thou shalt therefore loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule with all thy minde with all thy strength this is the first commandement 31 And the seconde is like that is * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self There is none other cōmandemēt greater then these 32 Then the Scribe said vnto him Wel Master thou hast said the trueth that there is one God and that there is none but he 33 And to loue him with all the heart and with all the vnderstanding and with all the soule and with all the strength and to loue his neighbour as him self is more then all burnt offrings and sacrifices 34 Then when Iesus sawe that he answered discretely he said vnto him Thou art not farre from the kingdome of God And no man after that durst aske him any question 35 ¶ * And Iesus answered and said teaching in the Temple How say the Scribes that Christ is the sonne of Dauid 36 For Dauid him self said by the holie Gost * The Lord said to my Lord Sit at my right hand til I make thine enemies thy fotestole 37 Then Dauid him self calleth him Lord by what meanes is he then his sonne ād muche people heard him gladly 38 * Moreouer he said vnto them in his doctri ne Beware of the Scribes which loue to go in long robes and loue salutacions in the markets 39 And the chief seates in the Synagogues and the first roumes at feastes 40 Which * deuour widowes houses euen vnder a coulour of long prayers These shal receiue the greater damnation 41 * And as Iesus sate ouer against the treasurie he behelde how the people cast money īto the treasurie many richemē cast in muche 42 And there came a certeine poore widowe and she threw in two mites which make a quadrin 43 Then he called vnto him his disciples and said vnto thē Verely I say vnto you that this poore widowe hathe cast more in then all they which haue cast into the treasurie 44 For they all did cast in of their superfluitie but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had euen all her liuing CHAP. XIII 2 The destruction of Ierusalem 10 The Gospel shal be prea ched to all 9 22 The persecutions and false Prophetes which shal be before the cōming of Christ whose houre is vncerteine 33 He exhorteth euery one to watch 1 ANd * as he went out of the Temple one of his disciples said vnto him Master se what stones and what buyldings are here 2 * Then Iesus answered and said vnto him Seest thou these great buyldings there shal not be left one stone vpon a stone that shal not be throwen downe 3 And as he sate on the mount of oliues ouer against the Temple Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrew asked him secretly 4 Tel vs when shal these things be and what shal be the signe when all these things shal be fulfilled 5 And Iesus answered them and began to say * Take hede lest any man deceiue you 6 For many shal come in my Name saying I am Christ and shal deceiue many 7 Furthermore when ye shal heare of warres and rumors of warres be ye not troubled for suche things must nedes be but the end shal not be yet 8 For nacion shal rise against nacion and king dome against kingdome and there shal be earth quakes in diuers quarters and there shal be famine and troubles these are the be ginnings of sorowes 9 But take eye hede to your selues for they shal deliuer you vp to the Councils and to the Sy nagogues ye shal be beaten and broght before rulers and Kings for my sake for a testimonial vnto them 10 And the Gospel must first be published among all nacions 11 * But when they lead you and deliuer you vp take ye no thoght a fore nether premeditate what ye shal say but whatsoeuer is giuen you at the same time that speake for it is not ye that speake but the holie Gost. 12 Yea and the brother shal deliuer the brother to death and the father the sonne and the children shal rise againste their parents and shal cause them to dye 13 And ye shal be hated of all men for my Names sake but whosoeuer shal endure vnto the end he shal be saued 14 * Moreouer when ye shal se the abominacion of desolation spoken of by * Daniel the Prophet standing where it oght not let him that readeth consider it * then let thē that be in Iudea flee into the mountaines 15 And let him that is vpon the house not come downe into the house nether entre therein to fetch any thing out of his house 16 And let him that is in the field not turne backe againe vnto the things which he left behinde him to take his clothes 17 Thē wo shal be to thē that are with childe and to them that giue sucke in those dayes 18 Pray therefore that your flight be not in the winter 19 For there shal be in those dayes suche tribulation as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created vnto this time nether shal be 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those dayes no flesh shulde be saued but for the elects sake whiche he hathe chosen he hathe shortened thoses dayes 21 Then * if any man say to you Lo here is Christ or lo he is there beleue it not 22 For false Christs shal rise and false Prophetes and shal shewe signes and wonders to 〈◊〉 if it were possible the very elect 23 But take ye hede beholde I haue shewed you all things before 24 ¶ Moreouer * in those dayes after that tribulation the sunne shal waxe darke and the moone shal not giue her light 25 And the starres of heauen shal fall and the powers which are in heauen shal shake 26 And
I wil do it 15 If ye loue me kepe my commandements 16 And I wil pray the Father and he shal giue you another Comforter that he may abide with you for euer 17 Euen the Spirit of trueth whome the worlde can not receiue because it seeth him not nether knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you 18 I wil not leaue you comfortles but I wil come to you 19 Yet a litle while and the worlde shal se me no more but ye shal seme because I liue ye shal liue also 20 At that day shal ye knowe that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you 21 He that hathe my commandements and kepeth them is he that loueth me and he that loueth me shal be 〈◊〉 of my Father and I wil loue him and wil shewe mine owne self to him 22 Iudas said vnto him not I scariot Lord what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy self vnto vs and not vnto the worlde 23 Iesus answered and said vnto him If any man loue me he wil kepe my worde my Father wil loue him and we wilcome vnto him and wil dwell with him 24 He that loueth me not kepeth not my wor des and the worde whiche ye heare is not mine but the Fathers which sent me 25 These things haue I spokē vnto you being present with you 26 But the Comforter which is the holie Gost whome the Father wil send in my Name he shal teache you all things ād bring all things to your remēbrance which I haue tolde you 27 Peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vn to you not as the worlde giueth giue I vnto you Let not your heart be troubled nor feare 28 Ye 〈◊〉 heard how I said vnto you I go away and wil come vnto you If ye loued me ye wolde verely reioyce because I said I go vnto the Father for my Father is greater then I. 29 And now haue I spoken vnto you before it come that when it is come to passe ye might beleue 30 Hereafter wil I not speake many things vnto you for the prince of his worlde cōmeth and hathe noght in me 31 But it is that the worlde may knowe that 〈◊〉 my Father and as the Father hathe cōmanded me so I do Arise let vs go hence CHAP. XV. 6 The swete consolation and mutual loue betwene Christ and his membres vnder the parable of the vine 18 Of their commune afflictions and persecutions 26 The office of the holie Gost and the Apostles 1 I Am the true vine and my Father is an hous 〈◊〉 men 2 * Euerie branche that beareth not frute in me he taketh away and euerie one that beareth frute he purgeth it that it may bring for the more frute 3 * Now are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you 4 Abide in me and I in you as the branche can not beare frute of it self except it abide in the vine no more can ye except ye abide in me 5 I am the vine ye are the branches he that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forthe muche frute for without me can ye do nothing 6 If a man abide not in me he is cast forthe as a branche and withereth and men gather them and cast them into the fyre and they burne 7 If ye abide in me and my wordes abide in you aske what ye wil and it shal be done to you 8 Herein is my Father glorified that ye beare muche frute and be made my disciples 9 As the Father hathe loued me so haue I loued you continue in my loue 10 If ye shal kepe my commandements ye shal abide in my loue as I haue kept my Fathers commandements and abide in his loue 11 These things haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remaine in you and that your ioye might be ful 12 * This is my commandement that ye loue one another as I haue loued you 13 Greater loue then this hathe no man when any man bestoweth his life for his friends 14 Ye are my friends if ye do whatsoeuer I cōmande you 15 Henceforthe call 〈◊〉 you not seruants for the seruant knoweth not what his master doeth but I haue called you friends for all things that I haue heard of my Father haue I made knowen to you 16 Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeined you * that ye go and bring forthe frute and that your frute remaine that what so euer ye shal aske of the father in my Name he may giue it you 17 These things commande 〈◊〉 you that ye loue one another 18 If the worlde hate you ye know that it hated me before you 19 If ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne but because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therefore the worlde hateth you 20 Remember the worde that I said vnto you * The seruant is not greater then his master * If they haue persecuted me they wil perse cute you also if they haue kept my worde they wil also kepe yours 21 But all these things wil they do vnto you for my Names sake because they haue not knowen him that sent me 22 If I had not come and spoken vnto them they shulde not haue had sinne but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also 24 〈◊〉 had not done workes among them whiche none other man did they had not had sinne but now haue they bothe sene and haue hated bothe me and my Father 25 But it is that the worde myght be fulfilled that is written in their Law * They hated me without a cause 26 But when the Comforter shall come * whom I will send vnto you from the Father euen the Spirit of trueth whiche proceadeth of the Father he shal testifie of me 27 And ye shall witnesse also because ye haue bene with me from the beginning CHAP. XVI 2 He putteth them in remembrance of the crosse and of their owne infirmitie to come 7 And therefore doeth comfort them with the promes of the 〈◊〉 Gost. 16 Of the comming againe of Christ. 17 Of his ascension 23. To aske in the Name of Christ. Peace in Christ and in the worlde affliction 1 THese things haue I said vnto you that ye shulde not be offended 2 They shal excommunicate you yea the time shal come that whosoeuer killeth you wil thinke that he doeth God seruice 3 And these things wil they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the Father nor me 4 But these things haue I tolde you that when the houre shal come ye might remember that I tolde you thē And these things said I not
be one as thou ô Father art in me I in thee euē that they may be also one in vs that the worlde may beleue that thou hast sent me 22 And the glorie that thou gauest me I haue giuen them that they may be one as we are one 23 I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfect in one ād that the worlde may know that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me 24 * Father I wil that they which thou hast giuen me be with me euen where I am that they may beholde my glorie which thou hast giuē me for thou louedst me before the fundation of the worlde 25 O righteous Father the worlde also hathe not knowen thee but I haue knowen thee these haue knowē that thou hast sent me 26 And I haue declared vnto them thy Name and wil declare it that the loue where with thou hast loued me may be in them and I in them CHAP. XVIII 3 Christ is betrayed 6 The wordes of his mouth smite the officers to the grounde 10 Peter smiteth of Malchus 〈◊〉 13 Iesus is broght before Annas and Caiaphas 25. where Peter denieth him 36 He telleth Pilate what his kingdome is 1 WHen Iesus had spoken these things he went forthe with his disciples ouer the broke * Cedron where was a garden into the which he entred and his disciples 2 And Iudas which betrayed him knewe also the place for Iesus oft times resorted thither with his disciples 3 * Iudas then after he had receiued a bande of men and officers of the high Priests and of the Pharises came thither with lanternes and torches and weapons 4 Then Iesus knowing all things that shulde come vnto him went forthe and said vnto them Whome seke ye 5 They answered him Iesus of Nazaret Iesus said vnto thē I am he Now Iudas also which betrayed him stode with them 6 Assone then as he had said vnto thē I am he they wēt backewards fel to the grounde 7 Then he asked them againe Whome seke ye And they said Iesus of Nazaret 8 Iesus answered I said vnto you that I am he therefore if ye seke me let these go their way 9 This was that the worde might be fulfilled which he spake * Of them which thou gauest me haue I lost none 10 Then Simon Peter hauing a sworde drewe it and 〈◊〉 the high Priests seruant and out of his right eare Now the seruants name was Malchus 11 Then said Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy sword into the sheath shal I not drinke of the cup which my Father hathe giuen me 12 Then the bande and the captaine and the officers of the Iewes toke Iesus and bounde him 13 And led him away to * Annas first for he was Father in law to Caiaphas which was the high Priest that same yere 14 * And Caiaphas was he that gaue counsel to the 〈◊〉 that it was expedient that one man 〈◊〉 dye for the people 15 ¶ * Now Simon Peter followed Iesus and another disciple that disciple was knowen of the high Priest therefore he went in with Iesus into the hall of the high Priest 16 But Peter stode at the dore without Then went out the other disciple which was knowen vnto the high Priest and spake to her that kept the dore and broght in Peter 17 Then said the maide that kept the dore vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans disciples He said I am not 18 And the seruants and officers stode there which had made a fyre of coles for it was colde and they warmed them selues And Peter also stode among them and warmed him self 19 ¶ The high Priest then asked Iesus of his disciples and of his doctrine 20 Iesus answered him I spake openly to the worlde I euer taught in the Synagogue and in the Temple whither the Iewes resorte continually and in secret haue I said nothing 21 Why askest thou me aske them which heard me what I said vnto them beholde they knowe what I said 22 When he had spoken these things one of the officers which stode by smote Iesus with his rod saying Answerest thou the high Priest so 23 Iesus answered him If I haue euil spoken bearewitnes of the euil but if I haue wel spo ken why smitest thou me 24 ¶ Now Annas 〈◊〉 sent him bounde vnto Caiaphas the high Priest 25 * And Simon Peter stode and warmed him self and they said vnto him Art not thou also of his disciples He denied it and said I am not 26 One of the seruants of the high Priest his cousin whose eare Peter smote of said Did not I se thee in the garden with him 27 Peter then denied againe and immediatly the cocke crewe 28 ¶ * Then led they Iesus from Caiaphas into the commune hall Now it was morning and thei them selues went not into the commune hall lest they shulde be* defiled but that thei might eat the Passeouer 29 Pilate then went out vnto them and said What accusation bring ye against 〈◊〉 man 30 They answered and said vnto him If he were not an euil doer we wolde not haue de liuered him vnto thee 31 Then said Pilate vnto them Take ye him and iuge him 〈◊〉 your 〈◊〉 nelaw Then the Iewes said vnto him It is not lawful 〈◊〉 vs to put anie man to 〈◊〉 32 it was that the worde of Iesus * might be fulfilled which he spake 〈◊〉 what death he 〈◊〉 dye 33 * 〈◊〉 Pilate entred into the commune hall againe 〈◊〉 called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Art 〈◊〉 the King of the Iewes 34 Iesus answered him Saist thou that of thy self or did other tel it thee of me 35 Pilate answered 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 Thine owne nation and the high Priests haue 〈◊〉 thee vnto me What hast thou done 36 Iesus answered My kindome is not of this worlde if my kingdom 〈◊〉 of this world my seruants wolde surely fight that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not be deliuered to the Iewes but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 my king 〈◊〉 not from hence 37 Pilate then said vnto him Art 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 King then Iesus answered Thou 〈◊〉 that I am 〈◊〉 King for this cause am I borne and for this cause came I into the worlde that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 beare witnesvnto the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of the trueth hearest my voyce 38 Pilate said vnto him What is trueth And when he had said that he went out 〈◊〉 vnto the Iewes and said vnto them I finde in him no cause at all 39 * But you haue a custome that I shulde de 〈◊〉 you one lose at the Passeouer wil ve then that I lose vnto you the King of the 〈◊〉 40 * Then cryed they all againe saying Not him but 〈◊〉 now this Barabbas was a murtherer
foreknowledge 1 NOw then there is no comdemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus which walke not after the slesh but after the Spirit 2 For the Law of the Spirit flif which is in Christ Iesus hathe freed me from the law of sinne and of death 3 For that that was impossible to the Law in as muche as it was weake because of the flesh God sending his owne Sonne in the similitude of sinful flesh and for sinne condemned sinne in the flesh 4 That the righteousnes of the Law might be fulfilled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit 5 For they that are after the flesh sauour the things of the flesh but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit 6 For the wisdome of the flesh is death but the wisdome of the Spirit is life peace 7 Because the wisdome of the flesh is enimitie against God for it is not subiect to the Law of God nether in dede can be 8 So then they that are in the flesh can not please God 9 Now ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit because the Spirit of God dwelleth in you but if anie man hathe not the Spirit of Christ the same is not his 10 And if Christ be in you the bodie is dead because of sinne but the Spirit is life for righteousnes sake 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised vp Christ frō the dead shal also quicken your mortal boides because that his Spirit dwelleth in you 12 Therefore brethren we are detters not to the flesh to liue after the flesh 13 For if ye liue after the flesh ye shal dye but if ye mortifie the dedes of the bodie by the Spirit ye shal liue 14 For as manie as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receiued the Spirit of bondage to feare againe but ye haue receiued the Spirit of ad opcion whereby we crye * Abba Father 16 The same Spirit beareth witnes with our Spirit that we are the children of God 17 If webe children we are also heires euē the heires of God and heires annexed with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we maye also beglorified with him 18 For I counte that the afflictions of this present time are not worthie of the glorie which shal be shewed vnto vs. 19 For the seruēt desire of the creature waiteth when the sonnes of God shal be reueiled 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not of it owne wil but by reason of him which hathe subdued it vnder hope 21 Because the creature also shal be deliuered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious libertie of the sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euerie creature groneth with vs also and trauaileth in paine together vnto this present 23 And not onely the creature but we also which haue the first frutes of the Spirit euē we do sigh in our selues waiting for the adopcion euen the * redemption of our bodie 24 For we are saued by hope but hope that is sene is not hope for how can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But if we hope for that we se not we do with pacience abide for it 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmi ties for we knowe not what to praye as we ought but the Spirit it self maketh 〈◊〉 for vs with sighs which can not be expressed 27 But he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the meaning of the Spirit for he maketh request for the Sainctes according to the wil of God 28 Also we knowe that all things worke together for the best vnto them that loue God euen to them that are called of his purpose 29 For those wich he knewe before he also predestinate to be made like to the image of his Sonne that he might be the first borne among manie brethren 30 Moreouer whome he predestinate them also he called and whome he called them also he iustified and whome he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shal we then say to these things If God be on our side who can be against vs 32 Who spared not his owne Sonne but gaue him for vs all to death how shal he not with him giue vs all things also 33 Who shal lay anie thing to the charge of Gods chosen it it God that * iustifieth 34 Who shal condemne it is Christ which is dead yea or rather whiche is risen againe who is also at the right hand of God and maketh request also for vs. 35 Who shal separate vs from the loue of Christ shal tribulacion or anguish or persecucion or famine or nakednes or peril or sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we killed all day long we are counted as shepe for the slaughter 37 Neuertheles in all these things we are more then conquerers through him that loued vs. 38 For I am persuaded that nether death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor pow ers nor things present nor things to come 39 Nor height nor depth nor anie other creatu re shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. CHAP. IX 1 Heauing testified his great loue towardes his nacion and the signes thereof 11 He entreateth of the election and reprobacion 24 Of the vocation of the Gentiles 30 And reiection of the Iewes 1 I Say the trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience bearing me witnes in the holie Gost. 2 That I haue great heauines and continual sorowe in mine heart 3 * For I wolde wish my self to be separate from Christ for my brenthren that are my kinsmen according to the flesh 4 Which are the Israelites to whome perteineth the adoption and the glorie and the * Couenantes and the giuing of the Law the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whome are the Fathers and of whome concerning the flesh Christ came who is God ouer all blessed for euer Amen 6 * Not withstanding it can not be that the worde of God shulde take none effect for all they are not Israel which are of Israel 7 Nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham * but In Isaac shal thy sede be called 8 That is they which are the children of the flesh are not the children of God but the* children of the promes are counted for the sede 9 For this is a worde of promes * In this same time wil I come and Sara shal haue a sonne 10 Nether he onelie felt this but also * Rebecca when she had cōceiued by one euē by
ye not what the Scripture saith of Elias how he maketh request vnto God against Israel saying 3 * Lord they hane killed thy Prophetes and digged downe thine altars and I am left alone and they seke my life 4 But what saith the answer of God to him * I haue reserued vnto my self c seuen thousand men which haue not bowed the knee to Baal 5 Euen so then at this present time is there a remnant through the election of grace 6 And if it be of grace it is no more of workes orels were grace no more grace but if it be of workes it is no more grace orels were worke no more worke 7 What then Israel hathe not obteined that he soght but the election hathe obteined 〈◊〉 and the rest haue bene hardened 8 According as it is written * God hathe giuen then the spirit of slomber eyes that they shulde not se and eares that they shulde not heare vnto this day 9 And Dauid saith * Let their table be made a snare ād a net and a stombling blocke euen for are compence vnto them 10 Let their eyes be darkened that they se not and bowe downe their backe alwayes 11 I demande then Haue they stombled that they shulde fall God forbid but through their fall saluation commeth vnto the Gentiles to prouoke them to follow them 12 Wherefore if the fall of them be the riches of the worlde and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gētiles how muche more shal their abundance be 13 For in that I speake to you Gentiles in asmuche as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles I magnifie mine office 14 To trie if by any meanes I might prouoke them of my flesh to followe them and might saue some of them 15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the worlde what shal the recei uing be but life from the dead 16 For if the first frutes be holie so is the whole lompe and if the roote be holie so are the branches 17 And thogh some of the branches be broken of and thou being a wilde oliue tre wast grafte in for them and made partakers of the roote and satnesse of the oliue tre 18 Boast not thy self against the branches and if thou boast thy self thou bearest not the roote but the roote thee 19 Thou wilt say then The branches are broken of that I might be grafte in 20 Wel through vnbelefe they are broken of and thou stādeth by faith be not hie minded but feare 21 For if God spared not the natural branches take hede lest he also spare not thee 22 Beholde therefore the bountifulnes and seueritie of God to warde them which haue fallen seueritie but towarde thee bountiful nes if thou continue in his bountifulnes or els thou shalt also be cut of 23 And thei also if thei abide not stil in vnbele fe shal be graffed in for God is able to graffe them in againe 24 For if thou wast cut out of the oliue tre which was wilde by nature and wast graffed contrary to nature in a right oliue tre how muche more shal they that are by nature be graffed in their owne oliue tre 25 For I wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignorant of this secret lest ye shulde be arrogant in your selues that partely obstinacie is come to Israel vntil the fulnes of the Gentiles be come in 26 And so all Israel shal be saued as it is written * The deliuerer shal come out of Sion and shal turne away the vngodlines from 〈◊〉 27 And this is my couenant to them * When I shal take away their sinnes 28 As cōcerning the Gospel they are enemies for your sakes but as touching the election they are beloued for the fathers sakes 29 For the giftes and calling of GOD are without repentance 30 For euen as ye in time past haue not beleued God yet haue now obteined mercie through their vnbelefe 31 Euen so now haue they not beleued by the 〈◊〉 shewed vnto you that they also may obteine mercie 32 For God hathe shut vp all in vnbelefe that he might haue mercie on all 33 O the depnes of the riches bothe of the wisdome and knowledge of God! how vnsearcheable are his iudgemēts and his wayes past finding out 34 * For who hathe knowen the minde of the Lord or who was his counseller 35 Or who hathe giuen vnto him first and he shal be recompensed 36 For of him and through him and for him are all things to him be glorie for euer Amen CHAP. XII The conuersation loue and workes of suche as beleue in Christ 19 Not to seke reuengeance 1 I Beseche you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that ye giue vp your bodies a liuing sacrifice holie acceptable 〈◊〉 God which is your reasonable seruing of God 2 And facion not your selues like vnto this worlde but be ye changed by the renuing of your minde that ye may * proue what is the good wil of God and acceptale perfite 3 For I say through the grace that is giuen vnto me to euerie one that is among you that no man presume to vnderstand aboue that which is mete to vnderstand but that he vn derstād according to sobrietie as God hath dealt to euerie man the * measure of faith 4 For as we haue many members in one bodie and all members haue not one office 5 So we being many are one bodie in Christ euerie one one anothers members 6 * Seing then that we haue giftes that are diuers according to the grace that is giuē vnto vs whether we haue prophecie let vs pro phecie according to the proportiō of faith 7 Or an office let vs waite on the office or he that teacheth on teaching 8 Or he that exhorteth on exhortatiō he that distributeth let him do it * with simplicitie he that ruleth with diligence he that sheweth mercie with * cherefulnes 9 Let loue be without dissimulation * Abhorre that which is euil and cleaue vnto that which is good 10 * Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherlie loue In giuing honor go one before another 11 Not slouthful to do seruice feruent in spirit seruing the Lord 12 Reioycing in hope pacient in tribulation * continuing in prayer 13 * Distributing vnto the necessities of the Saintes * giuing your selues to hospitalitie 14 * Blesse them which persecute you blesse I say and curse not 15 Reioyce with them that reioyce and wepe with them that wepe 16 Be of like affection one towards another * be not hie minded but make your selues equal to them of the lower sorte be not wise in your selues 17 * Recompense to
away childish things 12 For now we se through a glasse darkely but thē shal we se face to face Now I know in parte but then shall knowe euen as I am knowen 13 And now abideth faith hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefest of these is loue CHAP. XIIII 1 He exhorteth to loue commendeth the gif of tongues other spiritual gifts 5. But chiefly prophecying 34. He commaundeth women to kepe silence in the Church 40. And sheweth what good ordre ought to be obserued in the Church 1 FOllowe after loue and couet spiritual gifts and rather that ye maye prophecie 2 For he that speaketh a strāge tongue speaketh not vnto men but vnto God for no mā heareth him howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things 3 But he that prophecieth speaketh vnto mē to edifying and to exhortacion and to comfort 4 He that speaketh strange language edifieth him self but he that prophecieth edifieth the Church 5 I wolde that ye all spake strāge languages but rather that ye prophecied for greater is he that prophecieth then he that speaketh diuers tongues except he expounde it that the Church may receiue edification 6 And now brethren if I come vnto you spea king diuers tōgues what shal I profite you except I speake to you ether by reuelation or by knowledge or by propheciyng or by doctrine 7 Moreouer things without life which giue a sounde whether it be a pipe or an harpe except they make a distinctiō in the sounds how shal it be kenowen what is piped or harped 8 And also if the trumpet giue an vncerteine sounde who shal prepare him self to battel 9 So likewise you by the tongue except ye vtterwordes that haue signification how shal it be vnderstand what is spoken for ye shal speake in the ayre 10 There are so manie kindes of voyces as it cometh to passe in the worlde and none of them is domme 11 except I konowe then the power of the voyce I shal be vnto him that speaketh a barbarian and he that speaketh shal be a bar barian vnto me 12 Euen so for asmuche as ye couet spiritual gifts seke that ye maye excel vnto the edifying of the Church 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh a strāge tongue praie that he may interpret 14 For if I pray in a strange tongue my spirit praieth but mine vnderstanding is without frute 15 What is it then I wil praye with the spirit but I wil pray with the vnderstanding also I wil sing with the spirit but I wil sing with the vnderstanding also 16 Els when thou blessest with the spirit how shal he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned say Amen at thy giuing of thankes seing he knoweth not what thou 〈◊〉 17 For thou velery giuest thankes wel but the other is not edified 18 I thanke my God I speake languages more then ye all 19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes mine vnderstāding that I might also instruct others then ten thousand wordes in a strange tongue 20 Brethren be not* children in vnderstāding but as concerning maliciousnes be children but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age 21 In the Law it is written * By men of other tongues by other languages wil I speake vnto this people yet so shal they not heare me faith the Lord. 22 Wherefore strange tongues are for a signe not to them that beleue but to them that beleue not but prophecying serueth not for them that beleue not but for them which beleue 23 If therefore when the whole Church is come together in one all speake strange tongues there come in they that are vnlearned or they which beleue not wil they not say that ye are out of your wittes 14 But if all prophecie and there come in one that beleueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of all 15 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest so he wil fall downe on his face and worship God and say plainely that God is in you in dede 26 What is to be done then brethren when ye come together according as euerie one of you hathe a psalme or hathe doctrine or hathe a tongue or hathe reuelaciō or hathe interpretacion let all things be done vnto edifying 27 If anie man speake a strange tongue let it be by two or at the most by thre and that by course and let one interpret 28 But if there be no interpreter let him kepe silence in the Church Which speaketh lan guages and let him speake to him self and to God 29 Let the Prophetes speake two or thre and let the other iudge 30 And if anie thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by let the first holde his peace 31 For ye may all prophecie one by one that all may learne and all may haue comfort 32 And the spirits of the Prophetes are subiect to the Prophetes 33 For God is not the autor of confusion but of peace as we se in all the Churches of the Saintes 34 * Let your women kepe silence in the Churche for it is not permitteth vnto them to speake but they ought to be subiect as also * the Law saith 35 And if thei will earne anie thing let them aske their housbands at home for it is a shame for women to speake in the Churche 36 Came the worde of God out from you ether came it vnto you onely 37 If anie mā thinke him self to be a Prophet or spirituall let him acknowledge that the things that I write vnto you are the commandements of the Lord. 38 And if anie man be ignorant let hym be ignorant 39 Wherefore bretherē couet to prophecie and forbid not to speake languages 40 Let all things be done honestly by order CHAP. XV. He proueth the 〈◊〉 surrection of the dead 3 And first that Christe is risen 22 Then that we shall 〈◊〉 52 And the maner how 1 MOreouer bretherē I declare vnto you the Gospel which I preached vnto you whiche ye haue also receiued and wherein ye continue 2 And whereby ye are saued if ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached it vnto you except ye haue beleued in vaine 3 For first of all I deliuered vnto you that whiche I receiued howe that Christ dyed for our sinnes according to the Scriptures 4 And that he was buryed and that he arose the third day according the Scriptures 5 And that was sene of Cephas then of the twelue 6 After that he was sene of mo then siue hundreth brethren at once whereof many remaine vnto this present and some also are a slepe 7 After that he was sene of Iames then of all the Apostles 8 And
bring your liberalitie vnto Ierusalem 4 And if it be mete that I go also they shal go with me 5 Now I wil come vnto you after I haue gone through Macedonia for I wil passe through Macedonia 6 And it may be that I wil abide yea or winter with you that ye may bring me on my way whithersoeuer I go 7 For I wil not se you now in my passage but I trust to abide a while with you if the Lord permit 8 And I wil tary at Ephesus vntil Pentecost 9 For a great dore and effectual is opened vn to me but there are many aduersaries 10 ¶ Now if Timotheus come se that he be without feare with you for he worketh the worke of the 〈◊〉 euen as I do 11 Let no man therefor despise him but conuaye him forthe in peace that he may come vnto me for I loke for him with the brethrē 12 As touching our brether Apollos I great ly desired him to come vnto you with the brethren but his minde was not at all to come at this time howbeit he wil come when he shal haue conuenient time 13 ¶ Watch ye stand fast in the faith quite you like men and be strong 14 Let all your things be done in loue 15 Now brethren I beseche you ye knowe the house of 〈◊〉 that it is the first frutes of Achaia and that they haue giuen them selues to minister vnto the Saintes 16 That ye be obedient euen vnto such and to all that helpe with vs and labour 17 I am glad of the comming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus for they haue sup plied the want of you 18 For they haue comforted my spirit and yours acknowledge therefore suche men 19 The Churches of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla with the Church that is in their house salute you greatly in the Lord 20 All the brethren grete you Grete ye one another with an * holie kisse 21 The salutation of me Paul with mine owne hand 22 If any man loue not the Lord Iesus Christ let him be had in execration yea excommunicate to death 23 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you 24 My loue be with you all in Christ Iesus Amen The first Epistle to the Corinthians written from Philippi and sent by Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus THE SECONDE EPISTLE of Paul to the Corinthians THE ARGVMENT AS nothing can be written ether so perfitely or with so great affection and zeale which is not vnprofitable to many and resisted by some so the first epistle written by S. Paul to the Corinthiaus besides the puritie and perfectiō of the doctrine sheweth a loue towarde them farre passing all natural affectiōs which did not onely not profit all but hardened the hearts of many to remaine in their stubbernes and contemne the Apostles autoritie By reason whereof S. Paul being let with iuste occasions to come vnto them wrote this epistle from Macedonia minding to accomplish the worke whiche he had begonne among them First therefore he wisheth them welin the Lord declaring that albeit certeine wicked persones abused his afflictions to condemne thereby his autoritie yet they were necessarie schoolings and sent to him by God for their bettering And where as they blame his long absence it came of no inconstancie but to beare with their inhabilitie and imperfection lest contrary to his fatherlie affection he shulde haue bene compelled to vse rigour and seueritie And as touching his sharpe writing in the former epistle it came through their faute as is now euident bothe in that that he par doneth the trespacer seing he doeth repent and also in that he was vnquiet in his minde til he was certified by Titus of their estate But forasmuche as the false Apostles went about to vndermine his autoritie he confuteth their arrogant bragges and commendeth his office and the diligent executing of the same so that Satan must haue greatly blinded their eyes which se not the brightnes of the Gospel in his preaching the effect whereof is newnes of life forsaking of our selues clea uing to God fleing from idolatrie embracing the true doctrine and that sorowe which engendreth true repentance to the which is ioyned mercie and compassion towards our brethren also wisdome to put difference betwixt the simplicitie of the Gospel and the arrogancie of the false preachers who vnder pretence of preaching the trueth soght onely to fil their bellies where as he contrariwise soght them and not their goods as those ambitious persones sclandered him wherefore at his comming he 〈◊〉 suche as rebell against his autoritie that he wil declare by liuelie example that he is the faithful ambassadour of Iesus Christ. CHAP. I. 4 He declareth the great profite that cometh to the faithful by their afflictions 15. 17 And because they shulde not impute to lightnes that he differred his comming contrarie to his promes he proueth his constancie bothe by the synceritie of his preaching and also by the immutable trueth of the Gospel 21 which trueth is grounded on Christ and sealed in our hearts by the 〈◊〉 Gost. 1 PAul an Apostle of IESVS CHRIST by the wil of God our brother Timotheus to the Church of God which is at Corinthus with all the Saintes whiche are in all Achaia 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our 〈◊〉 and from the Lord Iesus Christ. 3 * Blessed be God euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ the Father of mercies and the God of all comforte 4 Which comforteth vs in all our tribulation that we may be able to comforte thē which are in anie affliction by the comforte where with we our selues are comforted of God 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abunde in vs so our consolatiō abundeth through Christ. 6 And whether we be afflicted it is for your consolation and saluatiō which is wroght in the induring of the same suffrings which we also suffer or whether we be comforted it is for your consolation and saluation 7 And our hope is stedfast concerning you in as muche as we knowe that as ye are partakers of the suffrings so shal ye be also of the consolation 8 For brethren we wolde not haue you ignorant of our affliction which came vnto vs in Asia how were pressed out of measure passing strength so that we all together douted euen of life 9 Yea we receiued the sentence of death in our selues because we shulde not trust in our selues but in God which raiseth the dead 10 Who deliuered vs from so great a death and doeth deliuer vs in whome we trust that yet here after he wil deliuer vs 11 * So that ye labour together in prayer for vs that for the gift bestowed vpon vs for manie thankes may be giuen by manie persones for vs. 12 For our reioycing is this
the Lord is libertie 18 But we all beholde as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lord with open face are changed into the same image from glorie to glorie as by the Spirit of the Lord. CHAP. IIII. 1 He declareth his diligence and roundenes in his office 8 And that which his 〈◊〉 toke for his disaduantage to wit the crosse and 〈◊〉 which he endured he tur ned it to his great aduantage 11 17. Shewing what profit cometh thereby 1 THerefore seing that we haue this ministerie as we haue 〈◊〉 mercie we fainte not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of shame and * walke not in craftines nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euerie mans conscience in the sight of God 3 If our Gospel be then hid it is hid to them that are lost 4 In whome the god of this worlde hathe blinded the mindes that is of the infideles that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ which is the 〈◊〉 of God shulde not shine vnto them 5 For we preache not our selues but Christ Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake 6 For God that * commanded the light to shine out of darkenes is he which hathe shined in our hearts to giue the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the fa ce of Iesus Christ. 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellēcie of that power might be of God and not of vs. 8 We are afslicted on euerie side yet are we not in distresse in pouertie but no ouer come of pouertie 9 We are persecuted but not forsaken cast downe but we perish not 10 Euerie where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies 11 For we which liue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh 12 So then death worketh in vs and life in you 13 And because we haue the same Spirit of faith according as it is written * I beleued and therefore haue I spoken we also beleue and therefore speake 14 Knowing that he which hathe raised vp the Lord Iesus shal raise vs vp also by Iesus shal set vs with you 15 For all things are for your sakes that moste plenteous grace by the thank esgiuing of manie may redounde to the praise of God 16 Therefore we faint not but thogh our out warde man perish yet the inwarde man is renewed daily 17 For our light affliction which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre moste excellent and an eternal waight of glorie 18 While we loke not on the things which are sene but on the things which are not sene for the things which are sene are temporal but the things which are not sene are eternal CHAP. V. 1 Paul procedeth to declare the vtilitic that cometh by the crosse 4 How we ought to prepare ourselues vnto it 5. By whome 9 And for what end 14. 19 He setteth forthe the grace of Christ 10 And the office of ministers and all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that if our earthlie house of this tabernacle be destroied we haue buylding giuen of God that is an house not made with hands but eternal in the heauens 2 For therefore we sigh desiring to be clothed with our house which is from heauen 3 Because that if we be clothed we shal not be founde * naked 4 For in dede we that are in this tabernacle sigh and are burdened because we wolde not be vnclothed but wolde be clothed vpon that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of life 5 And he that hathe created vs for this thing is God who also hathe giuen vnto vs the earnest of the Spirit 6 Therefore we are alway bolde thogh we knowe that whiles we are at home in the bodie we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walke by faith and not by sight 8 Neuertheles we are bolde and loue rather to remoue out of the bodie to dwell with the Lord. 9 Wherefore also we couet that bothe dwelling at home remouing from home we may be acceptable to him 10 * For we must all appeare before the iudgement seat of Christ that euerie man may receiue the things which are done in his bodie according to that he hathe done whether it be good or euil 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men and we are made manifest vnto God I trust also that we are made manifest in your consciences 12 For we praise not our selues againe vnto you but giue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue to answere against thē which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For whether we be out of our wit we are it to God or whether we be in our right minde we are it vnto you 14 For the loue of Christ constraineth vs because we thus iudge that if one be dead for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which liue shulde not hence forthe liue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose againe 16 Wherefore hence for the know we no man after the flesh yea thogh we had knowen Christ after the flesh yet now hence forthe know we him no more 17 Therefore if anie man be in CHRIST let him be a newe creature * Olde things are passed away beholde all things are beco me newe 18 And all things are of God which hathe reconciled vs vnto him self by Iesus Christ and hathe giuen vnto vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christ and reconciled the worlde to him self not imputing their sinnes vnto them and hathe committed to vs the worde of reconciliation 20 Now then are we ambassadours for Christ as thogh God did beseche you through vs we praye you in Christs stede that ye be reconciled to God 21 For he hathe made him to be sinne for vs which knew no sinne that we shulde be made the righteousnes of God in him CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to Christian life 11 And to beare him like affection as he doeth them 14 Also to kepe them selues from all pollution of idolatrie bothe in bodie and soule and to haue none acquaintance with idolaters 1 SO we therefore as workers together be seche you that ye receiue not the grace of God in vaine 2 For he saith * I haue heard thee in a time accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckered thee beholde now the accepted time beholde now the daye of saluation 3 We
haue handled of the Worde of life 2 For the life appeared and we haue sene it and beare witnes ād she we vnto you the eternal life which was with the Father and appeared vnto vs 3 That I say which we haue sene and heard declare we vnto you that ye may also haue felowship with vs and that our felowship also may be with the Father and with his Sonne Iesus Christ. 4 And these things write we vnto you that your ioye may be ful 5 This then is the message which we haue heard of him and declare vnto you that God * is light in him is no darkenes 6 If we say that we haue felowship with him and walke in darkenes we lye and do not truely 7 But if we walke in the light as he is in the light we haue felowship one with another and the * blood of Iesus Christ his Sonne clenseth vs from al sinne 8 * If we say that we haue no sinne we deceiue our selues and trueth is not in vs. 9 If we acknowledge our sinnes he is faithful and iust to forgiue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes 10 If we say we haue not sinned we make him a lier and his worde is not in vs. CHAP. II. 1 Christ is our Aduocate 19 Of true loue and how it is tried 18 To beware of Antichrist 1 MY babes these things write I vnto you that ye sinne not and if any man sinne we haue an Aduo cat with the Father Iesus Christ the Iust. 2 And he is the reconciliation for our sinnes and not for ours onely but also for the sinnes of the whole worlde 3 And hereby we are sure that we know him if we kepe his commandements 4 He that saith I knowe hym and kepeth not his commandements is a lier and the trueth is not in him 5 But he that kepeth his worde in hym is the loue of God perfite indede hereby we know that we are in him 6 He that saith he remaineth in hym ought euen so to walke as he hathe walked 7 Brethren I write no newe commandement vnto you but an olde commandement whiche ye haue had from the beginning the olde commandement is the worde whiche ye haue heard from the beginning 8 Againe a newe commandement I write vnto you that whiche is true in him and 〈◊〉 in you for the darkenes is past the true light now shineth 9 He that saith that he is in the light and hateth his brother is in darkenes vntill this time 10 * He that loueth his brother abideth in the light and there is none occasion of euil in hym 11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkenes and walketh in darkenes knoweth not whither he goeth because that darkenes hathe blinded his eyes 12 Litle children I write vnto you because your sinnes are forgiuen you for his Names sake 13 I write vnto you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the beginnyng I write vnto you yong men because ye haue ouercome the wicked 14 I write vnto you babes because ye haue knowen the Father I haue written vnto you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is frō the beginning I haue writen vnto you yong men because ye are strong the word of God abideth in you and ye haue ouercome the 〈◊〉 15 Loue not the worlde nether the things that are in the worlde If any man loue the*world the loue of the Father is not in hym 16 For all that is in the worlde as the luste of the flesh the luste of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the worlde 17 And the worlde passeth awaye and the luste thereof but he that fulfilleth the will of God abideth euer 18 Babes it is the last time and ye haue heard that Antichrist shall come euen now are there many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time 19 They went out from vs but thei were not of vs for if they had bene of vs they wolde haue continued with vs. But this commeth to passe that it might appeare that they are not all of vs. 20 But ye haue an ointement from hym that is Holie and ye haue knowen all things 21 I haue not written vnto you because ye knowe not the trueth but because ye know it and that no lye is of the trueth 22 Who is a lyer but he that denyeth that Iesus is Christ the same is the Antichrist that denyeth the Father and the Sonne 23 Whosoeuer denyeth the Sonne the same hathe not the Father 24 Let therefore abide in you that same which ye haue heard from the beginnyng If that whiche ye haue heard from the beginnyng shall remaine in you ye also shall contine we in the Sonne and in the Father 25 And this is the promes that he hathe promised vs euen eternall life 26 These things haue I writen vnto you concernyng them that deceiue you 27 But the anointyng whiche ye receyued of hym dwelleth in you and ye nede not that any man teache you but as the same Anointing teacheth you of al things and it is true and is notlying and as it taught you ye shall abide in him 28 And now litle children abyde in hym that when he shal appeare we may be bolde and not be ashamed before hym at his comming 29 If ye knowe that he is righteous knowe ye that he whiche doeth righteously is borne of him CHAP. III. 1 The singular loue of God towarde vs. 7 And how we againe ought to loue one another 1 BEholde what loue the Father hathe shewed on vs that we shulde be called the sonnes of God for this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not hym 2 Dearly beloued now are we the sonnes of God but yet it doeth not appeare what we shal be and we knowe that when he shall appeare we shal be like him for we shall se him as he is 3 And euerie man that hathe this hope in him purgeth him self euen as he is pure 4 Whosoeuer committeth sinne transgresseth also the Law for sinne is the transgression of the Law 5 And ye knowe that he appeared that he might * take away our sinnes and in hym is no sinne 6 Whosoeuer abideth in hym sinneth not whosoeuer sinneth hathe not sene him nether hathe knowen hym 7 Litle children let no man deceiue you he that doeth righteousnes is righteous as he is righteous 8 He that * committeth sinne is of the deuill for the deuill sinneth from the beginnyng for this purpose appeared the Sonne of God that he might lose the workes of the deuill 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his sede
remaineth in him nether can he sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are the children of God knowen the children of the deuil whosoeuer doeth not righteousnes is not of God nether he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning that * we shulde loue one another 12 Not as * Cain whiche was of the wicked and slewe his brother and wherefore slewe he him because his owne workes were euil and his brothers good 13 Marueile not my brethren thogh the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated frome death vnto life because we loue the brethren * he that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslayer and yc knowe that no manslayer hathe eternall life abidyng in hym 16 * Hereby haue we perceiued loue that he laid downe his life for vs therfore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethrē 17 * And whosoeuer hathe this worldesgood and seeth his brother haue nede shutteth vp his compassion from hym how dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My litle children let vs not loue in worde nether in tongue onely but in dede and in trueth 19 For there by we knowe that we are of the trueth and shal before him assure our hearts 20 For if our heart condemne vs GOD is greater then our heart knoweth althings 21 Beloued if our heart condemne vs not thē haue we boldenes towarde God 22 * And whatsoeuer we aske we receiue of him because we kepe his cōmādemēts do those things whiche are pleasing in his sight 23 * This is then his commandement That we beleue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue cōmandement 24 * For he that kepeth his commandements dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abydeth in vs euen by the Spirit which he hathe giuen vs. CHAP IIII. 1 Difference of spirits 2 How the Spirit of God may be knowen from the spirit of errour 7 Of the loue of God and of our neighbours 1 DErely beloued beleue not euerie spirit but trye the spirits whether they are of God for many false Prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the Spirit of God Euerie spirit that cōfesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God 3 And euerie spirit whiche confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God but this is the spirit of Antichrist of whome ye haue heard how that he shulde come and now already he is in the worlde 4 Litle children ye are of God and haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the worlde therefore speake they of the worlde and the worlde heareth them 6 We are of God * he that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Here by knowe we the Spirit of trueth and the spirit of errour 7 Beloued let vs loue one another for loue cometh of God and euerie one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God towarde vs because God sent his onely begotten Sonne into the worlde that we might liue through him 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes 11 Beloued if God so loued vs we ought also loue one another 12 * No man hathe sene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is persite in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym and he in vs because he hath giuen vs of his Spirit 14 And we haue sene and do testifie that the Father sent the Sonne to be the Sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the Sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hathe in vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfite in vs that we shuld haue boldenes in the day of iudgemēt for as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hathe painfulnes and he that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue him because he loued vs first 20 If anie man say I loue God and hate his brother he is a lyer for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hathe sene loue God whome he hathe not sene 21 * And this commandement haue we of him that he whiche loueth God shulde loue hys brother also CHAP. V. 1. 10. 13 Of the frutes of faith 14. 20 The office autoritie and diuinitie of Christ. 21 Against images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is the Christ is borne of God and euerie one that loueth him whiche begate loueth him also whiche is begotten of him 2 In this we knowe that we loue the children of God when we loue God and kepe his commandements 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commandements and his * commandements are not grieuous 4 For all that is borne of God ouercometh the worlde and this is the victorie that ouercometh the worlde euen our faith 5 * Who is it that ouer cometh the worlde but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the Sonne of God 6 This is that Iesus Christ that came by water and blood not by water onelye but by water and blood and it is the spirit that be a reth witnes for the Spirit is trueth 7 For there are thre whiche beare recorde in heauen the Father the Worde and the holie Gost and these thre are one 8 And there are thre whiche beare recorde in the earth the Spirit and the water and the blood and these thre agre in one 9 If we receiue the witnes of men the witnes of GOD is greater for this is the witnes of God whiche he testified of his Sonne 10 * He that beleueth in the Sonne of GOD hathe the witnes in him self he that belieueth not God hathe made him alyer because he beleued not the recorde that God witnessed of his Sonne 11 And thys is the recorde that GOD hathe giuen vnto vs eternallyfe and this lyfe is in hys Sonne 12 He that hathe the Sonne hathe lyfe and he that hathe not the Sonne of GOD hathe not lyfe 13 These thyngs haue I written vnto you that beleue in the Name of the Sonne of GOD that ye may knowe that ye
the Life of man is as the dayes of an hyreling Iob. 7. 2 the Life of man is but a vapour Iam. 4. 14 the Life of the flesh is in the blood Leui. 17. 11. the creation of the Light Gen. 1. 3. the Lion of the tribe of 〈◊〉 Reuelat. 5. 5 the frute of the Lippes Ebr. 13. 15. as thy soule Liueth a kinde of othe 1. Sam. 1. 26. to Liue in ioye Ecclesiastique 8. 15. 9. 7 man Liueth by the worde of god Deut. 8. 3. ¶ Twentie Loaues do fil an hundreth men 2. King 4. 42. Lois the grand mother of timothie 2. Tim. 1. 5 to Lose sinnes mat 18. 18. ioh 20. 23. Lot abrahams neuew and his doings Gen. 11. 13. 19. Deut. 2. 9. 19 Lots wife turned into a piller of salt Gen 19. 26. luk 17. 32. precepts of Loue. prou 3. 28 the force and power of Loue. 1. Cor. 13 loue couereth the multitude of sinnes Prou. 10. 12. 1. pet 4. 8. god is Loue. 1. Ioh. 4. 16. god Loued vs first 1. ioh 4. 19. loue excelleth faith and hope 1. Cor. 13. 13. loue enuieth not 1. Cor. 13. 4 they Loue god that kepe his commande ments 1. Iohn 2. 5. loue is not prouoked to angre 1. Corin. 13. 5. loue is the fulfilling of the law Rom. 138. the Loue of god in our hearts Ro. 5. 5. in whome the Loue of god is perfite 1. Iohn 2. 5 loue one another Iohn 13. 34 to Loue the stranger as thy self Leuit. 19. 34. to loue thine enemies Mat. 5. 44 He that Loueth another hathe fulfilled the law Rom. 13. 8. he that Loueth christ kepeth his commandements ioh 14. 15. 21. god so Loueth the worlde that he hathe giuen his sonne c. ioh 3. 16 ¶ Luke a physicion colos 4. 14 the Lunatike healed Mat. 17. 15 lust is forbidden Deut. 5. 21. Exod. 20 17. 1. Cor. 10. 6 the people Lusteth for flesh and is punished Nomb. 11. 33 ¶ God can not Lye Tit. 1. 2 he that denieth christ is a Lyer 1. Ioh. 2. 22. All men are Lyers Isa. 9. 17 The father of Lyes Ioh. 8. 44 the Lye of ananias his wife Act. 5. 3 iaakob Lyeth to his father Gen. 27. 19 the prophet is punished for his Lying 1. King 13. 18 the Lying spirit in the mouth of the prophetes 1. King 22. 23 lying to be auoyded Ephes. 4. 25. Lysias 1. Mac. 3. 32 M THe worde preached to the Macedonians Act. 16. 10. seke not to Magicians leuit 19. 31. magicians banished out of israel by saul 1. Sam. 28. 3 obeye the Magistrates Rom. 13. 1. magistrates that feare god Exod. 18. 21. Deut. 1. 13. the bonde Maides of the iewes Exod. 21 7. Leuit. 19. 20 25. 44. Deut. 15. 12 Makkedah a citie taken by ioshua Iosh 10. 28 Malchus whose eare was smiten of ioh 18. 10 He that ceaseth not from Malice shal perish 1. Sam. 12. 25 all things subiect to Man Gen. 1. 26. the outwarde man 2. Cor. 4. 16 man wife are one flesh Gen. 2. 24 the olde Man is crucified with Christ. Rom. 6. 6. Colos. 3. 9 Man made according to the image of God Gen. 1. 26 Man naturally is the childe of wrath Ephes. 2. 3 the Mā of God for the prophet 2. King 1. 9 8. 11. man a a meat vnknowē to the children of israel Exod. 16. 15. Deut. 8. 3. the people lothe to eat it Nomb. 11. 6 it ceaseth to fall from heauen Iosh. 5. 12. Manasseh the King of iudah 2. King 21. 34. Manasseh the sonne of ioseph and his doings Gen. 41. 51 and 48. 1. iosh. 13. 29 14. 4. and 22. 1 the Mandrakes of leah Gen. 30. 14. Maneh Ezek. 45. 12 the Mantle of eliiah and of elisha 1. King 19. 19. 2. King 2. 13 Marah the place of bitter waters Exod. 15. 23 the praise of Mariage Ebr. 13. 4 of Mariage 1. Cor. 7 they that breake the lawes of Mariage are reproued mal 2. 14 the institution of Mariage Gen. 9. 1 And the confirmátion thereof Gen. 9. 1. Vnlawful Mariages Leuiti 18. 6 Mariage in cana Ioh. 2. 1 the Mariage of rebekah Gen. 24. of tobias Tob. 7. 13 they that forbid to Marie are spirits of errour 〈◊〉 Tim. 4. 3. Marie magdalene and her doings Matt. 27. 61. Ioh. 20. 1 Marie sitteth at christs fete Luk. 10. 39 Marie the sister of Martha Ioh. 11. 1 and 12. 3. Luk. 10. 39. Mat. 26. 7 Marie the virgine and mother of our sauiour Iesus Christ according to the flesh Luk. 1. 31 and 2. 7. Ioh. 2. 3 Marke barnabas sisters sonne Colos. 4. 10. Martha receiueth Christ into her house Luk. 10. 38. her faith Ioh. 11. 27. the Martyr dome of the seuen brethren and of their mother 2. mac 7 Christ our Master Ioh. 13. 13. Mat. 23. 8 christ forbiddeth vs to be called masters Mat. 23. 8. Iam. 3. 1. the duetie of Masters towards their seruants ephes 6. 9. Matthewe called of Christ. mat 9. 9 Matthias elected to be an apostle Actes 1. 26 ¶ Iust Measures Leuit. 19. 36 Medad and eldad do prophecie Nomb. 11. 27 Christ our Mediatour 1. Tim. 2. 5 Moses the Mediatour of Israel Deu. 5. 5 Meditate in the worde of God day and night Deut. 11. 19. Iosh. 1. 8 Melchi-zedek Gen. 14. 18. Ebr. 7. 1 Mortifie your Members Colos. 3. 5. the duetie of our members Rom. 6. 19 Menahem who and his crueltie 2. King 15. 14. 17 men ought to loue their wiues Ephes. 5. 28. Prou. 5. 18 Mephibosheth the sonne of ionathā his doings 2. Sam. 4. 4. 9. 7. 16. 1 the gentiles receiued to Mercie 〈◊〉 11. 30 mercie is praised Prou. 14. 21. 19. 17 mercie more then sacrifice Mat. 9. 13 the Mercie of Dauid towardes saul 1. sam 24. 7 the Mercie of God throughout al ages luk 1. 50 the forme of the Mercie seat exod 25. 17 and 37. 6 mercie shal be shewed to the mercieful mat 5. 7. prou 11. 25 shew Mercie with chearfulnes 〈◊〉 12. 8 god is mercifull to those that loue hym exod 20. 6 and 34. 7. deut 5. 10 God be Mercifull vnto thee a maner of blessing gen 43. 29. Methushael gen 4. 18 ¶ Michael striueth agaynste the deuill iude 9 Michah an ephraimite iudg 17 Michaiah the prophet and his doings 1. king 22. 8 Michal the wife of Dauid 1. sam 18. 19 and 25. 44. 2. sam 3. 13 and 6. 16 Micha the sonne of mephiboshed 2. sam 9. 12 the Midianites are slaine at gods commandement nomb 25. 17 begynners muste be fed wyth Milke ebr 5. 12 the syncera Milke of the worde 1. pet 2. 2 Millo buylt by Salomon 1. king 9. 24 the nether and vpper Milstone deute 24. 6 the wycked are deliuered into a lewde Minde isa 52. rom 1. 28 the Ministerie of the worde is the preaching of the same act 20. 24 Christe is our Minister Matth. 20. 28. ebr 8. 2 against false Ministers Ier.
yeres or as so me write more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yeres in other places 〈◊〉 the tēple was buylt i As God hathe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ee power and 〈◊〉 k 〈◊〉 one might 〈◊〉 at home aswel the 〈◊〉 appointed 〈◊〉 sacrifice as the 〈◊〉 l Meaning what soeuer was 〈◊〉 to the Lord might not be 〈◊〉 but where he had appointed Ecclesia 7. 32. 〈◊〉 28. 14. Chap. 19. 9. †Ebr. be strong or constant m Because the life of beasts is in their blood n That which thou wilt offer is in 〈◊〉 o God by 〈◊〉 bindeth himselfe to do good to then that obey his worde p By following their superstitiôs and idolatries thinking to serue me thereby q They thoght nothing to deare to offer to their idoles Chap. 4. 2. ios h. 1. 7. prouer 36. 6. 〈◊〉 22. 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 saith that he hathe things reueiled vnto him in 〈◊〉 mes b He sheueth whereunto 〈◊〉 false prophet 〈◊〉 tend c God ordeineth all these things that his may be knowen d Being conuict by testimonies and condemned by the iudge e Al natural affections must giue place to Gods honour f Whome thou louest asthy life g Asthe witnes is charged Chap. 11. 7. Chap. 17. 13. †Ebr. childrē of 〈◊〉 h Which art appointed to se fautes punished i Signifying that no idolatrie isso execrable nor more 〈◊〉 to be punished then of thē whiche once 〈◊〉 God k Of the spoyle of that idolatrous and cursed citie Read Chap. 7. 26. 〈◊〉 19. 28. Chap. 7. 6 26. 18 a Therfore thou oughtest not to 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 of the Gentils b This ceremonial 〈◊〉 instru cted the Iewes to seke a spiritual purenes euen in their meat drinke Leuit. 11. 20. “ Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 11. 20. c Because their blood was not shed but 〈◊〉 neth in them d Whiche is not of thy religion Exo. 23. 〈◊〉 34 〈◊〉 e The tithes were ordeined for the maintenance of the Leuites whi che had none inheritance f When he shall giue the abilitie Or binde vp g After the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 receiued the Lords parte h Besides the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that were giuē to the 〈◊〉 these were laide vp in store for the poore a He shall onely release his 〈◊〉 whiche are not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for that 〈◊〉 b 〈◊〉 if thy 〈◊〉 be riche he may be 〈◊〉 to pay Chap. 28. 12. “ Or 〈◊〉 of thy ' cities 〈◊〉 5. 42. Luk. 〈◊〉 34. †Ebr. thyne 〈◊〉 is euill †Ebr let not thine heart be euil c To 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 26. 11. d Thoushalt be liberal Exod. 21. 2. 〈◊〉 34. 14. e In token that 〈◊〉 doest acknowledge the 〈◊〉 whiche God hathe giuen thee by his labours Exod. 21. 6 f To the 〈◊〉 of Iubile Leuit. 25. 40. g For the hired seruāt serued but thre yeres and he six Exod. 34. 19. h For they are the Lords 〈◊〉 22. 〈◊〉 Chap. 17 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 14. i Thou shalt aswel eat them as the 〈◊〉 ād other wilde 〈◊〉 a Read Exod. 〈◊〉 4. b Thou shalt eat the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Exod. 12. 14. c VVhiche signified that 〈◊〉 which thou had dest in Egypt d This was chief ly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the temple was buylt e VVhiche was 〈◊〉 to put them in remembrance of their deliuerance out of Egypt and to continue them in the hope of 〈◊〉 sus Christe of whome this 〈◊〉 was a figure f Begynnyng at the next 〈◊〉 after the 〈◊〉 Leui. 23. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 13. 4. “ Or as thou art able willingly g That is the 〈◊〉 day of the seuēth moūth Leu. 21. 14 Exod. 23. 〈◊〉 and 34. 20. Eccles. 16. 6. h Accordyng to the abilite that God hathe giuen hym i He gaue autoritie to that people for a tyme to chuse them selues 〈◊〉 k The 〈◊〉 muste constantly followe the 〈◊〉 of the Lawe and in nothynge decline from 〈◊〉 “ Or image a Thou shalt not serue God for facions sake as hypocrites do b Shewinge 〈◊〉 the crime cā not be excused by the 〈◊〉 of the persone c VVhereby he condemneth all 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 of God whi che he hathe 〈◊〉 commanded Nomb. 35. 30. Chap. 19 〈◊〉 Mat. 18. 16. 2. Cor. 13. 1. d VVhereby they 〈◊〉 that thei testified the truth e To 〈◊〉 a cō 〈◊〉 consent to mainteine Gods honour and true 〈◊〉 f VVho shal giue 〈◊〉 as the Priestes counsell him by the Law of God g Thou shalte obey their sentence that the 〈◊〉 maye haue an end h So long as he is the true minister of God and pronounceth according to his word i VVho is not of thy nacion leste he change true re ligion into 〈◊〉 and bring thee to 〈◊〉 k To reuenge their 〈◊〉 ād to take them of their best horses 1. King 10. 〈◊〉 l From the Law of God m Meaning the Deuteronomie n He shall 〈◊〉 it to be writ by them or he shal write it by their example o VVhereby 〈◊〉 mēt that kynges ought so to loue their subiects as nature byndeth one brother 〈◊〉 loue another Nomb. 18. 〈◊〉 Chap. 10. 9. 1. Cor. 9. 13. a That is the Lords parte of his inheritance b The 〈◊〉 shulder Nomb. 18. 18. c Meaning to 〈◊〉 ue God vnfained lye and not to seke ease d Not 〈◊〉 to lyue of him selfe e 〈◊〉 they were purged by thys 〈◊〉 of passyng betwe ne two fires Leuit. 20. 27. 1. Sam. 28. 7. f VVithout 〈◊〉 crisie or mixture of false religion “ Ebr. but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 7. 37. g Meanyng a continual succession of Prophets til Christ the end of all Prophetes come Exod 20. 19. 〈◊〉 1. 〈◊〉 Acte 3. 21. h Which promes is not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Christ but to all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 his Names Isa. 59. 21. i By executyng punishment vpō him k Vnder this 〈◊〉 note he 〈◊〉 all the other 〈◊〉 Chap. 12. 29. Exod 21. 〈◊〉 Nomb 〈◊〉 29. 〈◊〉 20. 2. a Make an open and readie way b Which 〈◊〉 against his will 〈◊〉 no 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 c That murther be not once committed vpon 〈◊〉 Nomb. 35 12. “ Or can not be iudgeth to death d 〈◊〉 goest ouer 〈◊〉 to possesse the who le lād of 〈◊〉 Iosh. 20. 7. e Lest thou be punished for innocent blood f The 〈◊〉 g Then whosoeuer pardoneth murther 〈◊〉 against the worde of God Chap. 17. 6. Mat. 18 16. Ioh. 8. 17. 2. Cor. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ebr. 10. 28. h Gods presence is where 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are assembled Prou. 19. 5. Dan. 13. 〈◊〉 Exod. 21. 〈◊〉 Leuit 〈◊〉 20. 〈◊〉 5. 〈◊〉 a Meaning vpon iuste 〈◊〉 for God 〈◊〉 not his people to sight whē it 〈◊〉 good to thē Chap. 〈◊〉 7. b Is present to 〈◊〉 you with his 〈◊〉 and power c For when they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 in an house they gaue thankes to God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had that 〈◊〉 by his grace d The 〈◊〉 worde 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 19. 〈◊〉 Iudg. 7 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 22. Chap 2. 26. e If it accept peace Ios. 〈◊〉 2. f For
be made to obey for fear h Vnder this he conteineth al the corruption of Gods seruice and the transgressiō of the first table i Or contemne 〈◊〉 and this a perteineth to the seconde table k He 〈◊〉 all iniuries and 〈◊〉 l Meaning that helpeth not and conseleth not his neighbour m In committing vilenit against him n Meaning his wiues mother o For God that seeth in secret wil reueng it Ezek. 22. 12. Gala. 3. 10. Leu. 26. 3. a He wil make thee the moste ex cellent of all peo ple. b When thou 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thy selfe 〈◊〉 en c Tl. 〈◊〉 shalt liue welthely d 〈◊〉 children and succession c All thine entre p ises shal haue good successe f Meaning manie waies g God wil blesse vs if we do out 〈◊〉 and not be 〈◊〉 h In that he is thy God thou art his people i For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sendeth his blessings from heauen “ Or the lowest Leu. 26. 14. Lament 2. 16. mala 2. 2. Baru 1 20. “ Ot store “ Or rebuke Leui. 16. 11. “ Or drought k It shal giue thee no more moysture then if 〈◊〉 were of brasse “ Or out of the ayre as dust raised with winde l Some read thou shalt be a terrour and feare when thei shal heare how God hathe plagued thee m Thou shalt be cursed bothe in thy life ād in thy death for the buryal is a 〈◊〉 of the resurrection 〈◊〉 signe for thy 〈◊〉 kednes 〈◊〉 lacke n In things moste euident and 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 lacke 〈◊〉 and iudgement †Ebr. make 〈◊〉 commune o Whē they shal 〈◊〉 frō 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p As he did Ma nasséh 〈◊〉 zedechias and others 〈◊〉 24. 9. 25. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 6. 15. Ag. 1. 6. “ Or be shaken before thei be ripe q Vnder one kin de he conteineth all the 〈◊〉 Which 〈◊〉 the frutes of the land and this is an euident token of Gods curse r Gods plagues shal be 〈◊〉 signes that he is offended with thee “ Or barbarous cruel or impudent “ Or 〈◊〉 borne of thy bullockes “ Or gates Leui. 26 29. 2. kyng 6. 29. Lamen 4. 10. Baruk 2. 3. Chap. 〈◊〉 9. s As came to passe in the dayes of Ioram kynge of Israel 2. kyng 6. 29. and when the Romaines besieged 〈◊〉 t Hungre shal so bite her that she shal be ready to eat her childe be fore it be 〈◊〉 u For he that offendeth in one 〈◊〉 giltie of all 〈◊〉 2. 10. x Declaring that God hathe infinite meanes to plague the 〈◊〉 besides thē that are 〈◊〉 rie or 〈◊〉 Chap. 10. 22. y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is a singular gift of God to be in a place where as we may worship God purely and declare our fayth and religion “ Or thou shalte be in dout of thy 〈◊〉 z Because they were vnmindeful of that miracle when the Sea gaue place for them to 〈◊〉 through a That is the 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 b At the first giuing of the Law which was fourtie yeres before c The 〈◊〉 of my power d He sheweth that it is 〈◊〉 in mans power to vnderstande the 〈◊〉 of God it 〈◊〉 be not giuen him from 〈◊〉 e Made by mans arte but menna whiche is called the breade of Angels Chap. 4. 6. f VVho knoweth your heartes ād 〈◊〉 ye may not thinke to dis 〈◊〉 with him g Alludynge to them that when they made a sure couenant deuided a beaste in 〈◊〉 and past betwene the par 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gen. 〈◊〉 10. h Meaning their 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Suche sinne as the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thereof myg 〈◊〉 choke and destroye you “ Or flatter k For as he that is 〈◊〉 desireth to 〈◊〉 muche so he that followeth his ap petites 〈◊〉 by all meanes 〈◊〉 yet can not be sa tisfied l Gods plagues vpon them that rebell agaynste hym shal be so strange that all ages shal be astonied Gene. 19. 〈◊〉 1. Fyng 9. 〈◊〉 Iere. 22 8. “ Or which 〈◊〉 not giue them a lande to possesse m Mosés hereby reproueth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which seke those things that are 〈◊〉 knowen to God and their 〈◊〉 that regarde 〈◊〉 that whiche God 〈◊〉 reueiled vnto thē as the Lawe a By callynge to remembraunce both his mercies and his plagues b In true repentance is none by pocrisie c Euen to the worldes end d And bring thee into thy 〈◊〉 e God wil purge all 〈◊〉 wieked affections which 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 in thine ow 〈◊〉 power to do f If we wil haue God to worke in vs with his holy Spirit we must 〈◊〉 againe to 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 g He meaneth not that God is subiect to 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 to be sad but he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 that be 〈◊〉 vnto vs. h The Law is so 〈◊〉 that none can 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 10. 6. i By heauen and the 〈◊〉 he 〈◊〉 places most 〈◊〉 distant k 〈◊〉 the Lawe and the Gospel l By 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 m So that to 〈◊〉 and obey God is onely life and 〈◊〉 n He 〈◊〉 the septomises to signifie that it is for our profit that we loue hī and not for his Chap. 4 26. o That 〈◊〉 loue obey God which thing is not in mans power but Gods spiritonely worketh it in his elect a I can no 〈◊〉 execute mine office Nomb. 20. 12. Chap. 3. 26. Nombb 27. 18. Nomb. 21. 24. b Into your han des Chap. 7. 2. Or be of good 〈◊〉 c For he 〈◊〉 must gouerne the people 〈◊〉 nede to be 〈◊〉 to represse 〈◊〉 and constant to mainteine vertue d Signifying that man can neuer be of good courage 〈◊〉 he be persuaded of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and assistance Nehem. 8. 2. Chap. 15. 1. e Before the 〈◊〉 ke of the couenant which was the signe of Gods presence and 〈◊〉 figure of Christ. f Which were not borne when the. Lawe was giuen “ Or commande ment g In a cloude that was facioned like a piller h That is I wil take my fauour from them as to turne his face to ward vs is to shewe vs his 〈◊〉 i To preserue you your children from idola trie by 〈◊〉 Gods bene 〈◊〉 k For this is the nature of flesh no lōger to obey God then it is vnder the rod. l That these euils are come vpon thē because they for 〈◊〉 me 〈◊〉 1. 5. m Of thine 〈◊〉 when 〈◊〉 shalt turne away from the doctrine 〈◊〉 therein n As gouerners iudges and magi strates o By 〈◊〉 worshiping ima ges which are the worke 〈◊〉 your hands a As witnesses of this peoples ingratitude b He desireth that he may spea ke to Gods glorie and that the 〈◊〉 as the grene grasse may receiue the dewe of his 〈◊〉 c The Ebrewe worde is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that God 〈◊〉 is mightie faithful and con stant in his 〈◊〉 d Not according to the commune creation but by a new 〈◊〉 by his Spirit e When God by his prouidence deuided the worl de he lent
former nomber signifying that it is no in man to appoint the time of Christs comming but that they are blessed that paciently abide his appearing o The Angel warneth the Prophet paciently to abide til the time appointed come signifying that he shulde departe this life and rise againe with the elect when God had 〈◊〉 humbled purged his Church a Called also Aza riáh who being a lepre was depo sed from hisking dome b So that it may be gathered by thereigne of these foure Kings that he preached aboue threscore 〈◊〉 c That is one that of long time hath accustomed to play the 〈◊〉 not that the Prophet did this thīg in effect but he sawe this in a vision or els was commanded by God to set for the vnder this parable or figure 〈◊〉 idolatrie of the Synagogue of the people her children d Gomer signifieth a consumption or corruption Diblaim clusters of figges declaring that they were all cor rupt like rotten figges e Meaning that 〈◊〉 shulde be no more called Israelites of the which name 〈◊〉 boasted because Israel did preuaile with God but that 〈◊〉 were as 〈◊〉 and therefore shulde be called 〈◊〉 that is 〈◊〉 people alluding to Izreel which 〈◊〉 the chief citie of the ten tribes vnder Ahab where 〈◊〉 so muche blood 2 King 10 8. f I wil be reuenged 〈◊〉 Ichu 〈◊〉 the blood that he shed in Izreél for albeit God 〈◊〉 him vp to 〈◊〉 his iudgements yet he did them for his owne ambition and not for the glorie of God as the end declared for he buylt vp that idolatrie which he had destroyed g When the measure of their iniquitie is ful and I shal take vēgeance destroye all their policie and force h That is not obteining mercie whereby he signifieth that Gods fa 〈◊〉 was departed from them i For the Israelites neuer returned after that they we retaken 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 k For after their captiuitie herestored them miraculously by the meanes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l That is not my people m Because they thoght that God colde not haue be ne true in his pro mes except he had preserued them he declareth that thogh they were destroied yet the true Israelites whiche are the sonnes of the pro mes shulde be without nomber which stand both of the Iewes and the Gentiles Ro. 9 26. n To wit after the 〈◊〉 of Babylon when the Iewes were 〈◊〉 but chiefly this is referred to the time of Christ who shulde be the head bothe of the Iewes and Gentiles o The calamitie and destruction of Izreel shal be so great that to restore them shal be as a miracle a 〈◊〉 that I ha ue promised you deliuerance it re maineth that you incourage one an other to imbrace the same conside ring that ye are my people on chome I wil ha ue 〈◊〉 b God sheweth that the faurewas not in Lim but in their synagogue and their 〈◊〉 that he forsoke thē Isa. 50 〈◊〉 c Meaning that their idolati ie was sogreat that they were not ashamed but bo a sted of it Ezek. 6 25. d For thogh this people were as an har lot for their 〈◊〉 yet he had left them with their apparel and dowrie and certeine signes of his fauour but if they continued stil he wolde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them e When I 〈◊〉 her out of Egypt Ezek 16. 4. f That is bastardes and begotten in adulterie g Meaning the idoles whiche they 〈◊〉 by 〈◊〉 thy thoght they had welth and abundance h I wil punish thee that 〈◊〉 thou maiest 〈◊〉 whe ther thine idoles can helpe thee 〈◊〉 thee into suche streitnes that thou shalt ha ue no lust to play the wanton i This he speaketh of the faithful whiche are truely 〈◊〉 and also sheweth the vseand profite of Gods rods k This declareth that idolaters defraude God of his honour whē thei 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 to their idoles l Signifying that God wil take away his 〈◊〉 when mā by his ingratitude doethabuse them m That is all her seruice ceremonies and inuentions whereby she worshipped her idoles n 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 her for her idola trie o By shewing how 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them sel 〈◊〉 to please others he declareth how the superstitious idola ters set a great parte of their religion in decking them selues on their holie dayes p By my benefitesin offring her grace and mercie euen in that place where she shal thinke her self de stitute of all help and comfort q Which was a plentifulvalley wherein they had great cōfort when they came out of the wilder nes as 〈◊〉 7 18. and is called the dore of hope because it was a de parting frōdeath and an entrie into life r She shal then praise God as she did when she was deliuered out of Egypt s That is mine housband know ing that I am ioy ned to thee by an inuiolable couenāt t That is my master which name was applied to their idoles u No 〈◊〉 shal 〈◊〉 come into their mouthe but they shal serue me purely according to my worde x Meaning that he wil so blesse them that all creatures shal fauour them y With a couenant that neuer shal be broken z Then shal the heauen desire raine for the earth which shal bring for the for the vse of man * Rom. 9. 15. * 1 Pet. 2. 10. a Herein the Pro phet representeth the persone of God which soued his Church before he called her and did not withdrawe the same whē she gaue her selfe to idoles b That is 〈◊〉 thē selues wholly to pleasures and 〈◊〉 not take vp as they that are giuen to drunkennes c Yet I loued her and payed a sma le portiō for her lest she 〈◊〉 the greatnes of my loue shulde haue abused me and not bene vnder duetie for fiftene pie ces of siluer were but half the price of asclaue Exode 〈◊〉 33. d I wil trie thee a long time as in thy 〈◊〉 hode whether thou wilt be mine 〈◊〉 e Meaning not onely all the time of their 〈◊〉 but also vnto Christ. f That is they shulde nether haue pollicie nor religion and their idoles also wherein they put 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shulde be destroyed g This is ment of Christs kingdome which was promised vnto Dauid to be eternal Psal. 72. 38. a Because the people wolde not obey the 〈◊〉 of the Prophet he 〈◊〉 them before the indgement seat of God against whome they chief ly offended Isa. 7 12. 〈◊〉 12. 10. b In euerie place appeareth a libertie to moste heinousvices so that one followeth in the necke of another c As thogh he wolde say that it 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 to rebuke them for no man can abide it yea they wil speakeagainst the 〈◊〉 Priests whose office it is chiefly to rebuke them d Ye shal perish all together the one 〈◊〉 he wolde not 〈◊〉 and the 〈◊〉 because he wolde not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 e That is the 〈◊〉 wherein thou 〈◊〉 f That is the 〈◊〉 shal be
23. 50. Chap. 3. 2. q This honorable burial 〈◊〉 as a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vnto the 〈◊〉 Mark 16. 1. Luke 24. 1. a She departed frome home before day came thether aboute the 〈◊〉 Marke 〈◊〉 2. “ Or napkins b That is Iohn̄ whiche wrote this Gospell c He beleued that Christs body was taken 〈◊〉 accordyng as Marie reported “ Or to their cō panie Mat. 28. 〈◊〉 Mark 16. 〈◊〉 d Because she was to much addicted to the cor porall presence Christe teacheth herto lift vp her minde by faith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where onely after hys ascension he remaineth wher we sit with him at the right hand of the Father e That is the disciples for he was the first borne 〈◊〉 manye brethren f He is our Father and our God because 〈◊〉 Christ is 〈◊〉 brother g So that no man opened him the dores but by his diuine power he caused them to open of theyr owne accord as of Peter is 〈◊〉 Mark 16. 14. Luke 24. 36. h Or all prosperi tie whiche maner of gretyng the Iewes vsed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 15. 5. Psal. 22. 23. Rom. 8. 29. Colos. 1. 18. i To giue them greater power and vertue to ex ecute that weigh tie charge that he wolde commit vnto them Mat. 28. 18. Act. 5. 19. 12. 10. “ Or place k VVhich 〈◊〉 vpon the simplicitie of Goddes worde and grounde not thē selues vpon mās sense and reason Chap. 〈◊〉 23. “ Or lake of 〈◊〉 “ Or Children a Albeit they knewe him nor yet 〈◊〉 folowed his counsell because thei had al night taken 〈◊〉 in vaine b It was some linnen garment whiche fishers vsed to weare whiche beyng 〈◊〉 vnto him couered hys 〈◊〉 partes and also letted not his swimming c The minister cā not wel teach his congregatiō excepte he loue Christ effectually whiche loue is not in them that feed not the flocke d Because Peter shulde be establi shed in his office of an Apostle Christe causeth him by these thre times cōfessing to wipe awaye the shame of his thre tymes denying e In steed of a gir dle thou shalt be tyed with bands cordes where as now thou goest at libertie then thou shalt be drawen to pu nishment when thy flesh shal after a sorte resist Chap. 13. 23. Chap. 20. 3. f But God wolde not charge vs with so great an heape seing there fore that we haue so muche as is necessarie we ought to content ou selues and praise his me cie a VVhereby is ment Christs doctrine his mira cles declared for the cōfirmation of the same b To preache the Gospel c VVho as thei where called by God so had thei their consciences assured by his ho lie Spirit d Whereby God reigneth in vs. e Because thei shuld be all witnesses of his ascēsion Luk. 24 49. Iohn 14. 25. 15 26 16. 7. Mat. 3. 11. f That is with those spiritual graces which Iesus onely giueth by his Spirit Mar. 1. 8. Luk. 3. 12. Ioh. 1. 26. g This declareth mans 〈◊〉 who can not 〈◊〉 quietly 〈◊〉 Gods appointed time come but wolde haue all things accomplished according to their affectiōs read zach 6. 14. Chap. 2. 2. 11. 16. 19. 4. h For this passeth our capacitie God reserueth it to him self i To stand in the face of the whole worlde which signifieth that thei must entre into heauen by afflictiōs there fore muste fight before thei get the victorie k Hereby thei might learne that the Messias was not onely for the Iewes but also for the Gentiles l VVhereby they knewe certeinly whether he 〈◊〉 Luk. 24. 52. m VVhiche were Angels in mens forme n And seking him with carnal eyes o As the true redeiner to gather vs vnto him p VVhiche was two mile according to the Iewes 〈◊〉 albeit it was not so appointed by the Scriptures q A liuelie patrō to learne how to dispose ourselues to receiue the giftes of the holie Gost. r Partely to obteine the holie Gost partely to be deliuered frō the present dangers “ Or wiues “ Or men s The offense which might ha uecome by Iudas fall is hereby 〈◊〉 away because the Scripture had so fore warned Psal. 49 9. Iohn 23. 〈◊〉 “ Or porcion t 〈◊〉 infamie is thereward of all suche as by vnlawfully 〈◊〉 gods bye anie thing Mat. 27. 5. “ Or ministerie †Greke went in went out u In that he men cioneth the prin cipal article of our faith he comprehendeth also the rest Psal. 68. 26. Psal. 109 8. x To the intent that he that shuld take in hand that excellent officé of an Aposlle might be chosen by the autoritie of God a The holie Gost was sent when muche people was assembled in Ierusalem at the feast Exod. 23. 16. Leui. 23. 16. deu 16 9. because the thing might not onely be knowē there but also through the worlde b That is the Apostles c VVhereby is signified the holie Gost. d This signe agreeth with 〈◊〉 thing which is si gnified thereby e To declare the vertue and force that shulde be in them Chap. 1. 5. 11. 15. 19. 6. Mat. 3. 11. Mar. 1. 8. Luk. 3. 16. “ Or to speake f How the Apostles spake 〈◊〉 langages g For they colde speake all langages so that they were able 〈◊〉 spea ke to euerie man in his owne langage “ Or those that dwelt at Rome h VVhose ancestres were not of the Iewish natiō but were conuer ted to the Iewes religion which their childrē did professe i That is such as were conuerted to the Iewish religion whiche were before 〈◊〉 and ido 〈◊〉 k There is no worke of God so excellent which the wicked skoffers do not decide “ Or 〈◊〉 l He 〈◊〉 I 〈◊〉 midde without binding him self to his wordes Ioel 2. 28. Isa. 44. 3. 〈◊〉 m Or man meaning yong and olde 〈◊〉 man and woman n Meaning that God wil she we him self verie familiarely plainely bothe to old and yong o Euen in great abundance p God wil shewe such signes of his wrath through all the worlde that men shal be no lesse amased thē if the whole ordre of nature were changed Ioel. 2 32. q Hereacheth this 〈◊〉 to auoydethe wrath and to obteine saluation Rom 10. 13. r God caused their wickednes to set forthe his glorie 〈◊〉 to their mindes s As Iudas traison ād the Iewes 〈◊〉 toward Christ were most 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so were they not onely knowen to the 〈◊〉 wisdom of God but also directed by hys 〈◊〉 counsell to a most 〈◊〉 end “ Or 〈◊〉 t 〈◊〉 as touching the paine and also the hor 〈◊〉 of GODS wrath ād curse Psal. 15. 7. u To signifie that nothing cā comfort vs in our af flictions excepte we knowe that God is present with 〈◊〉 x Out hope 〈◊〉 in Gods desense “ Or life or persone “ Or 〈◊〉 y 〈◊〉 restorynge me 〈◊〉 death to lyfe z And so knowe
〈◊〉 ne the clearnes thereof so the hardenes whiche we cannot some time compas or perfectly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Scri ptures ought not to take away from vs 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 Or 〈◊〉 a That is Christ God 〈◊〉 b That is Christ being man c Which giueth 〈◊〉 and had it in him self Iohn 14. d Before all beginning e The effect of the Gospel is that we all being ioyned together in Christ by faith shulde be the sonnes of God Iohn 8. 18. f The frutes of our faith must de clare whether we beioyned in God or no for God being the verie puritie and 〈◊〉 wil not haue felowship with them which lie in sinne and darkenes h That is Christ with vs and we with our selues g In an euil conscience and with out the feare of God i If we be not ashamed earnest ly and openly to acknowledge our selues before God to 〈◊〉 sinners Ebr. 9. 14. 1. Pet. 1. 19. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 6. 1 king 8 46. 2. Chron. 6. 〈◊〉 Prou. 20 9. “ Or doctrine Eccle. 7. 20. a Christe is our 〈◊〉 Aduocate and 〈◊〉 for the office of intercession and redemption are ioyned together b That is of thē which haue embraced the Gospel by faith in all ages degrees places for there is no saluation without Christ. c That is by faith and so obey him for knowledge cannot be without obedience d Whereby 〈◊〉 loueth God so that to loue God is to obey his worde “ Or doctrine e When the Law was giuen f Louechy neigh bour as thy self is the olde cōmā 〈◊〉 taught in the Law but whē Christ saith So loue one another as I haue loued you giueth a newe commandement onely as touching the forme but not as touching the nature or substance of the precept g He namethall the faithful children as he being their spiritual father attributing to olde 〈◊〉 know ledge of greate things to yong men 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 childrē 〈◊〉 and reuerence to their gouernours h For Christs sake Chap. 3. 14. “ Or the deuil “ Or the deuil i 〈◊〉 it is aduersarie to God Iam. 4. 4. k To liue in 〈◊〉 l 〈◊〉 m Ambition pride n Whiche of semed to haue bene of our nōber because for atime they occupied a place 〈◊〉 the Church o The grace of the holie Gost. p Which is Christ q In this Epistle Whiche I now write vnto you r He that taketh away 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ether of the natures in Christ or he that confoundeth or separateth them els he that putteth not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the per sone of the 〈◊〉 and also he that beleueth not to haue 〈◊〉 of sinnes by his onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be the 〈◊〉 Messias s Then the inside les worship not the true God () But he 〈◊〉 cō 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 hathe also the Father t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him self vnto you teacheth you by the holie Gost and his 〈◊〉 “ Or in Christ. u By this name he meaneth the w 〈◊〉 Churche of Christ in general a Being made the sonnes of God in Christ he 〈◊〉 what qualities we must haue to be discer ned frō 〈◊〉 b That is Christ. c As the 〈◊〉 and head 〈◊〉 which make one perfect bodie d That is in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doeth reigne so that he seketh not be sanctified Isa 〈◊〉 9. 1. Pet. 2. 〈◊〉 Iohn 8. 44. e As 〈◊〉 by Adam f Whiche is the holie Gost. g He can not 〈◊〉 vnder the power of sinne because the Spirit of God correcteth hiseuil and corrupt affections h He descendeth from the first cable of the commandements to the seconde Iohn 13. 14. 15. 12 Gen. 4. 8. i This loue is the speciall frute of our faith a certeine signe of our 〈◊〉 Chap. 2 10. Leuit. 19. 17. Iohn 15. 13. Ephe. 5. 2. Luk. 3. 11. k whiche is not the cause wherefore we are the sonnes of God but a moste certeine signe l If our 〈◊〉 being giltie of any thing be able to condēne vs muche more the iudgemēt of God whiche knoweth our hearts better thē we our selues is able to cōdemne vs. Iohn 15. 7. 16. 23. Mat. 21. 22. Chap. 〈◊〉 24. Iohn 6. 29 17. 3. Iohn 13. 34. 15. 10 a Them whiche boast that they haue the Spirit to 〈◊〉 or ptophecie b 〈◊〉 being very God came frō his Father toke vpō him our flesh He that 〈◊〉 or preacheth this truely 〈◊〉 the Spirit of God els not c He began to builde the misterie of 〈◊〉 d Satā the prince of the worlde Iohn 8. 47. e With pute affe ction obediēce Iohn 5. 10. f Trueth it is that God hathe declared his loue in many other thīgs but herein hathe passed all other g By his 〈◊〉 death Iohn 1. 18. 1. Tim. 6. 15. h So that his con 〈◊〉 procedeth of faith “ Or towarde vs. i By inspiring it into vs. k Suche as shulde trouble the conscience l For god 〈◊〉 teth him self to vs in thē whiche beare his image Iohn 13. 43. 15. 〈◊〉 a Is regenerat by the vertue of his Spirit b The loue of God must go before or els we cā not loue a right Mat. 11. 30. c They are easie to the sonnes of God whiche are led with his Spi rit for thei delite there in 1. Cor. 15. 57. d That is regene racion e The water and blood that came out of his side de clare that we ha ue our sinnes wa shed by him ād he hath made ful 〈◊〉 for the same f Our minde inspired by the holie Gost. g VVhich 〈◊〉 our hearts that we be the children of God 〈◊〉 3. 37. “ of God Mat. 7. 7. and 21. 22. Chap. 3. 22. Mat. 12. 31. Mar. 3. 29. Luke 12. 10. h Althogh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be to death yet God through his mer cie pardonoth his in his Sonne Christ. i As theirs is whome GOD doeth so forsake that they fal into vtter dispaire k 〈◊〉 not him selfe so ouer to sinne that he forgetteth God Luke 24. 45. l Tak̄eth hede that he sinne not m That is Satan n VVith a mortal wounde o That is al men generally as of them selues lye as it were buryed in euil p Christe verye God q Meaning from euerie 〈◊〉 and facion of thinge whiche is set vp for anie 〈◊〉 to worship God “ Or worthie and noble b VVe can not re ceiue the grace of God except we haue the true knowledge of him of the whiehe knowledge loue procedeth c Accordyng to Gods 〈◊〉 Iohn 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 d By 〈◊〉 our selues to be seduced e He that 〈◊〉 the limites of pu re 〈◊〉 Rom. 16. 17. f Haue nothinge to do with him nether shew him anie signe of 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 a That is in godlie conuersacion as they whiche haue bothe the knowledge and feare of God b By keping hospitalitie c If thou surnishest them with necessities towarde they iourney knowyng that the Lorde saith He that receiueth you receiueth