Lorde 5 Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto God all ye in the earth make a ioly noyse reioyce you chearfully syng psalmes 6 Syng psalmes vnto God playing vpon an harpe vpon an harpe and with the sounde of a psalterie 7 Shewe your selues ioyfull before the kyng eternall with trumpettes and sounde of shawmes 8 Let the sea make a noyse and that is within it the rounde worlde and they that dwell therin 9 Let the fluddes clappe their handes and let the hylles be ioyfull altogether before the face of God 10 For he commeth to iudge the earth he wyll iudge the worlde accordyng to iustice the people accordyng to equitie The argument of the .xcix. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the exceedyng fauour of God towardes the Israelites in that he raigned most mightily ouer them defended them dwelled amongst them and most gently hearde them and their fathers callyng vpon hym for helpe in their neede to the great discouragement of their aduersaries Wherfore he wylleth all to prayse God and to worshyp God 1 GOD raigneth the people be in a rage he sitteth betweene the Cherubims the earth quaketh 2 God is great in Sion and high aboue all people 3 They shall prayse thy name great dreadfull for it is holy and a kynges * power that loueth iudgement 4 Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob 5 Magnifie God our Lorde and kneele downe before his footstoole for it is holy 6 Moyses Aaron among his priestes and Samuel among such as call vpon his name these called vpon God and he hearde them 7 He spake vnto them out of the cloudy pyller for they kept his testimonies and the lawe that he gaue them 8 O God our Lord thou heardest them O Lorde thou didst forbeare them and thou tokest auengement for their owne inuentions 9 Magnifie God our Lorde and kneele downe before his holy hyll for God our Lorde is holy ¶ The argument of the C. psalme ¶ The prophete moueth all the people of God to frequent Gods temple and to come thyther chearfully with all kynde of ioy seruyng praysyng and thankyng hym for that he only is the God that hath made vs and so gratious that we shal be partakers of his benefites and goodnesse for euer ¶ A psalme for to confesse 1 BE ye ioyfull in God all that be in the earth serue God with gladnesse and come before his face with a ioyfull noyse 2 Be ye sure that God is the Lorde it is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the sheepe of his pasture 3 Go your way into his gates with thankesgeuyng and into his courtes with prayse be thankfull vnto hym and blesse his name 4 For God is gratious his mercie is euerlastyng and his trueth endureth from generation to generation ⧠The argument of the .cj. psalme ¶ Dauid settyng foorth the duetie of a good ruler declareth that in his gouernment aboue all thynges he wyll acknowledge Gods benefites goodnesse He wyll study to lyue vprightly to do no wrong or euyll nor to beare any malice at all in his heart but he wyll employ hym selfe most zelouslie to confounde the wicked and to promote the godly and vertuous ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 I Will sing of mercie and iudgement I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes 2 I wyll endeuour my selfe to be fully instructed in the way of perfectnesse when thou wylt come vnto me I wil go vp and downe in the middest of my house in the perfectnesse of my heart 3 I wyll neuer set before myne eyes any deuillishe thyng I wyll detest to do the worke of transgressours it shall take no holde of me 4 A frowarde heart shall depart from me I wyll not once knowe any euyll 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke 6 Myne eyes shal be vpō such in the lande as haue a true meanyng that they may sit with me he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me 7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght 8 I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse ¶ The argument of the .cii. Psalme ¶ The prophete desireth God to heare hym vtteryng his godly affect and great griefe for the calamities of the people of God desolation of the citie of Sion He setteth foorth the reproches and outragious behauiours of the enemies and his affliction of mynde for it He wisheth that the people may returne home agayne and that Sion may be reedified that Gods glorie may therin be set foorth And he consideryng the eternitie of God assureth hym selfe that God wyll perfourme his promises in grauntyng that the children of his people shall lyue for euer ¶ A prayer of the afflicted when he was ouerwhelmed and when he did powre out his petition before the face of God 1 HEare my prayer O God and let my crying come in vnto thee 2 Hyde not thy face from me in y e day of my distresse encline thine eare vnto me heare me spedyly in the day that I call 3 For my dayes are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt vp as though they were a firebrande 4 My heart is smitten downe and wythered lyke grasse because I did forget to eate my bread 5 Through the noyse of my gronyng my bones wyll scase cleaue to my fleshe 6 I am become lyke a Pellicane of the wildernesse and like an Owle that is in the desert I watch and am as it were a sparrowe that sitteth alone vpon the house toppe 7 Myne enemies reuile me all the day long and they that are in a rage against me make their oth by me 8 For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread and mingled my drynke with weepyng because of thine indignation and wrath for thou hast set me vp and cast me downe 9 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe and I am wythered lyke grasse 10 But thou O God endurest for euer and thy remembraunce throughout all generations 11 Thou wylt aryse vp thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her for the tyme appoynted is come 12 For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust 13 And the heathen wyll feare thy name O God and all the kynges of the earth thy glorious maiestie 14 For God wyll buylde vp Sion to be seene in his glorious maiestie 15 He wyll regarde the prayer of the humble destitute of all helpe and he wyll not dispise their prayer 16 This shal be written for those that come
endureth for euer 6 Who layde out the earth aboue the waters for his mercy endureth for euer 7 Who hath made great lightes for his mercy endureth for euery 8 The sunne to rule in the day for his mercy endureth for euer 9 The moone the starres to gouerne in the night for his mercy endureth for euer 10 Who smote Egypt with their first borne for his mercy endureth for euer 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for euer 12 With a mightie hande and a stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer 13 Who deuided the red sea in partes for his mercy endureth for euer 14 And made Israel to passe through the mydst of it for his mercy endureth for euer 15 He ouerthrewe Pharao and his hoast in the red sea for his mercy endureth for euer 16 Who led his people through the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer 17 Who smote great kinges for his mercy endureth for euer 18 And he slue mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer 19 Sihon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer 20 And Og the king of Bashan for his mercy endureth for euer 21 And he gaue away their lande for an heritage for his mercy endureth for euer 22 For an heritage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer 23 Who remembred vs when we were brought lowe for his mercy endureth for euer 24 And he deliuered vs from our aduersaries for his mercy endureth for euer 25 Who geueth foode vnto al creatures for his mercy endureth for euer 26 Confesse you it vnto the Lord of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The argument of the .cxxxvij. psalme The prophete declareth the great griefe and lamentation of the children of Israel for that they beyng led prisoners vnto Babylon were prouoked to sing as they vsed to do at Sion He protesteth that he can not forget Hierusalem He prayeth God to remember the Idumites who malitiously incensed their enemies against them He prophesieth of the destruction of Babylon 1 BY the waters of Babylon we set downe there also we wept when we remembred Sion 2 We hanged vp our harpes on the Salou trees in the mydst of it 3 For there they that led vs away captiue required of vs some matter of a song and for our waylynges myrth saying sing vs one of the songes of Sion 4 We aunswered howe can we sing one of the songes of God in another lande besides our owne 5 If I forget thee O Hierusalem let my right hande forget her cunning 6 Let my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my mouth if I do not remember thee yea if I preferre not thee O Hierusalem aboue my most myrth 7 Remember the chyldren of Edom in the day of Hierusalem they sayde downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde 8 O daughter of Babylon who must lye wasted happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast serued vs. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh throweth thy litle children against the stone The argument of the .cxxxviij. psalme ¶ Dauid thanketh God for his goodnes towardes hym in that he dyd heare hym in aduersitie and deliuered hym from his enemies whereby he trusteth in time to come in all distresses to be helped ¶ Of Dauid 1 I Wyll geue thankes vnto thee O God with my whole heart I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee before the gods 2 I wyll make my lowe obeysaunce towarde thy holy temple and I wyll prayse thy holy name in respect of thy louing kindnes and trueth 3 For thou hast magnified thy name and thy worde aboue all thinges 4 In the day of myne aduersitie I called vpon thee and thou heardest me thou enduedst my soule more and more with strength 5 All the kinges of the earth will prayse thee O God for they haue hearde the wordes of thy mouth 6 Yea they wyll sing of the wayes of God for great is the glory of God 7 For though God be on high yet he will haue respect vnto the lowly and he wyll knowe the proude a farre of 8 If I shall walke in the midst of trouble thou wylt make me to lyue thou wylt stretche foorth thyne hande vpon the furiousnes of mine enemies and thy right hande shall saue me 9 God wyll finishe that he hath begun by me O God thy louing kindnes endureth for euer thou wylt not forsake the workes of thyne owne handes The argument of the .cxxxix. psalme ¶ Dauid falsly accused calleth to witnesse of his innocencie God who knoweth hym throughly and vnto whom nothing is vnknowen of that is sayd done or thought out of whose handes he can not escape in any place Finally he pronounceth that he hateth the wicked to the intent that he may declare that he hath nothing to do with them ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 O GOD thou hast searched me to the quicke and thou hast knowen me 2 Thou knowest my downe sitting mine vprising thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be 3 Thou compassest about my path and my iourney into all coastes and thou vsest all my wayes 4 For there is not a word in my tongue but beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether 5 Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before and layde thyne hande vpon me 6 The knowledge that thou hast of me is marueylous it is so high that I can not attayne vnto it 7 Whyther can I go from thy spirite or whyther can I flee away from thy face 8 If I ascende vp into heauen thou art there if I lay me downe in hell thou art there also 9 If I take the wynges of the morning and go to dwell in the vttermost part of the sea 10 Euen there also thy hande shall leade me and thy ryght hande shal holde me 11 And yf I say peraduenture the darknesse shall couer me and the night shal be day for me 12 Truely the darknesse shall not darken any thing from thee and the night shal be as lightsome as the day darknesse and lyght to thee are both alike 13 For thou hast my reynes in thy possession thou didst couer me in my mothers wombe 14 I wyll confesse it vnto thee for that thy doynges are to be dreaded I am made after a marueylous sort thy workes be marueylous and that my soule knoweth ryght well 15 The substaunce of my body was not hyd from thee when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe 16 Thyne eyes dyd see me when I was most imperfect and in thy booke * were written euery day of them wherin the partes of my body were shaped and no one of them were knowen vnto thee 17 Howe precious be thy cogitations towardes me O God howe greatly be the summe of them increased 18 I go about to count them I fynde that they
for her 3 And Abraham stoode vp frō the sight of his corse and talked with the sonnes of Heth saying 4 I am a straunger and a foriner amongest you geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my corse out of my sight 5 And the chyldren of Heth aunswered Abraham saying vnto hym 6 Heare vs my Lorde thou art a prince of God amongest vs in the chiefest of our sepulchres bury thy dead none of vs shall forbyd thee his sepulchre but thou mayest bury thy dead therin 7 Abraham stoode vp and bowed hym selfe before the people of the lande that is the chyldren of Heth. 8 And he communed with them saying If it be your mynde that I shal bury my dead out of my sight heare me and speake for me to Ephron the sonne of Sohar 9 That he may geue me the caue of Machpelah whiche he hath in the ende of his fielde but for as much money as it is worth shall he geue it me for a possession to bury in amongest you 10 For Ephron dwelleth amongest the chyldren of Heth and Ephron the Hethite aunswered Abraham in the audience of the chyldren of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his citie saying 11 Not so my Lord heare me the fielde geue I thee and the caue that therin is geue I thee also in the presence of the sonnes of my people geue I it thee burye thy dead 12 And Abraham bowed him selfe before the people of the lande 13 And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey saying yf thou wylt geue it then I pray thee heare me I wyll geue syluer for the fielde take it of me and I will bury my dead therin 14 Ephron aunswered Abraham saying vnto hym 15 My Lord hearken vnto me the lande is worth foure hundred sicles of siluer what is that betwixt thee and me bury therfore thy dead 16 And Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron and wayed him the siluer which he had sayde in the aundience of the sonnes of Heth euen foure hundred syluer sicles of currant money amongest marchauntes 17 And the fielde of Ephron in Machpelah which was before Mamre euē the fielde and the caue that was therein and all the trees that were in the fielde and that were in al the borders rounde about was made sure 18 Vnto Abraham for a possession in the sight of the chyldren of Heth before all that went in at the gates of the citie 19 After this dyd Abraham bury Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the fielde that lyeth before Mamre the same is Hebron in the land of Chanaan 20 And so both the fielde the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in by the sonnes of Heth. ¶ The .xxiiij. Capter 2 Abraham sendeth his man to seeke a wyfe for Isaac the whiche God prouideth for hym The maner of the Hebrewes othe 7 The fayth of Abraham to the promyse of God 12 A faythfull prayer of Abrahams seruaunt to God 15 Rebecca a fayre virgin is offred vnto the seruaunt not wyttyng it 18 Rebecca moderate and colde in wordes 27 The seruaunt doeth thankes vnto God 28 The marueylous diligence of Rebecca and Laban to the straungers warde 33 The seruaunt declareth the causes of his iourney and what thinges happened hym therein 35 What Gods blessing is 47 Rebecca the neece of Nachor by his sonne 50 They commit all thinges vnto God 53 The seruaunt offereth gyftes vnto Rebecca and her parentes 58 The consent of the mayden is asked 59 Rebecca is conducted vnto Isahac 60 The parentes do blesse Rebecca 67 Isahac taketh Rebecca to wife 1 AND Abraham was old stricken in dayes and the Lorde had blessed Abraham in all thinges 2 And Abraham saide vnto his eldest seruaūt of his house whiche had the rule ouer all that he had put thy hande vnder my thigh 3 And I wyll make thee sweare by the Lorde God of heauen and God of the earth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Chanaanites amongest which I dwel 4 But thou shalt go vnto my countrey and to my kinred and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac 5 But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of 6 To whom Abraham aunswered beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne 7 The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house from the land of my kinred and which spake vnto me and that sware vnto me saying vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before thee and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence 8 Neuerthelesse if the woman wyl not folowe thee then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne 9 And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister and sware to hym as concernyng y e matter 10 And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister departed had of al maner of goods of his maister with him and so he arose went to Mesopotamia vnto y e citie of Nachor 11 And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen about the time that women come out to drawe water 12 And he saide Lord God of my maister Abraham I pray thee sende me good speede this day and shewe mercy vnto my maister Abraham 13 Lo I stande here by the well of water and the daughters of the mē of this citie come out to drawe water 14 Nowe let the damsel to whom I say stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee that I may drinke If she say also drinke and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister 15 And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng beholde Rebecca came out the daughter of Bethuel sonne to Milcha the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother and her pytcher vpon her shoulder 16 The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man and she went downe to the wel and filled her pitcher and came vp 17 And the seruaunt runnyng to meete her sayde let me I pray thee drinke a litle water of thy pitcher 18 And she sayd drinke my Lorde And she hasted and let downe her pytcher vpon her arme and gaue him drinke 19 And when she had geuen him drinke she sayde I wyll drawe water for thy Camelles also vntyl they haue dronke ynough 20 And she poured out her pytcher into the trough hastyly and ranne agayne vnto the well to
audience of the people And they sayd All that the Lord hath sayd wyll we do and be obedient 8 And Moyses toke the blood sprinckled it on the people and sayd Beholde this is the blood of the couenaūt which the Lorde hath made with you vpon all these wordes 9 Then went Moyses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the threscore and ten elders of Israel vp 10 And they saw the God of Israel and there was vnder his feete as it were a worke of a Saphire stone as it were the heauen when it is cleare 11 And he layde not his hande vpon the nobles of the children of Israel and they saw God and did eate and drinke 12 And the Lord said vnto Moyses Come vp to me into the hill and be there and I wyll geue thee tables of stone and a law cōmaundementes which I haue written that thou mayest teache them 13 And Moyses rose vp and his minister Iosuah and Moyses went vp into the hill of God 14 And said vnto the elders Tary ye here vntill we come agayne vnto you Behold here is Aaron and Hur with you If any man haue any matters to do let hym come to them 15 And Moyses went vp into the mount and a cloude couered the hyll 16 And the glory of the Lord abode vpon the moūt Sinai the cloude couered it six days the seuenth day he called vnto Moses out of y e middes of the cloude 17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like consumyng fire on y e top of the hill in the eyes of y e children of Israel 18 And Moyses went into the middes of the cloude and gate hym vp into the moūtaine Moyses was in the mount fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes ¶ The .xxv. Chapter 1 God requireth voluntarie gyftes of the people for the makyng of the tabernacle 10 The arke 17 The mercyes seate 23 The table 28 The holy vessels 31 The candlesticke ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto the childrē of Israel that thei bring me an offering ye shall take it of euery man that geueth it willingly with his heart ' 3 This is the offering whiche ye shall ' take of them golde and siluer brasse ' 4 And blewe silke and purple and scarlet ' and white silke and goates heere 5 And Rammes skynnes that are red ' the skynnes of Taxus Sittim wood ' 6 Oyle for lyght spyces for annoyntyng ' oyle and for sweete sence ' 7 Onix stones and stones to be set in the' Ephod and in the brest plate ' 8 And let them make me a sanctuarie ' that I may dwell amongst them ' 9 And accordyng to all that I shewe thee both after the fashion of the tabernacle and after the fashion of the ornamentes therof euen so shall ye make it 10 And they shall make an arke of Sittim wood two cubites and a halfe long a cubite and a halfe brode and a cubite and a halfe high 11 And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde within and without shalt thou ouerlay it and shalt make an hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about 12 And thou shalt caste foure ringes of golde for it and put them in the foure corners therof two ringes shal be in the one corner and two in the other ' 13 And thou shalt make barres of Sittim ' wood and couer them with golde 14 And put the barres in the ringes along by the sydes of the arke that the arke may be borne with them 15 And the barres shal be in the ringes of the arke and shall not be taken from it 16 And thou shalt put in the arke the ' testimonie whiche I shall geue thee ' 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seate of pure golde two cubites and a halfe long and a cubite and a halfe brode 18 And thou shalt make two Cherubims of golde euen of a whole worke shalt thou make them in the two endes of the mercy seate 19 And the one Cherubim shalt thou make on the one ende and the other on the other ende euen of the same mercy seate shall ye make Cherubims in the two endes thereof 20 And the Cherubins shal stretch foorth theyr winges abrode ouer an hye couering the mercy seate with their winges and their faces shall loke one to another euen to the mercy seateward shall the faces of the Cherubins be 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seate aboue vpon the arke and in the arke thou shalt put the witnesse that I shall geue thee 22 And from thence I wyll testifie vnto thee and I wyll common with thee from vpon the mercy seate from betweene the two Cherubins whiche are vpon the arke of witnesse of all thinges whiche I wyll geue thee in commaundement vnto the chyldren of Israel 23 Thou shalt also make a table of Sittim wood of two cubites long and one cubite brode and a cubite an halfe hye 24 And thou shalt couer it with pure golde and make thereto a crowne of golde rounde about 25 And make vnto that an hoope of foure fingers brode rounde about and make a golden crowne also to the hoope rounde about 26 And make for it foure ringes of golde and put the rynges in the corners that are on the foure feete thereof 27 Euen ouer against the hoope shall the ringes be to put in barres to beare the table withall 28 And thou shalt make y e barres of Sittim wood ouerlay them with golde that the table may be borne with them 29 And thou shalt make his dishes and spones coueringes bowles to powre out with all euen of fine golde shalt thou make them ' 30 And thou shalt set vpon the table ' shewe bread before me alway 31 And thou shalt make a candelsticke of pure golde euen of a whole worke shall the candelsticke be made with his shaft his braunches his bolles his knoppes and his flowres proceeding therout 32 Sixe braunches also shall proceede out of the sides of it three braunches of the candelsticke out of the one side and three out of the other 33 Three bolles like vnto almondes with a knop and a flowre in one braunche And three bolles like almondes in the other braunche with a knop a flowre according to the sixe braunches that proceede out of the candelsticke 34 And in the candelsticke it selfe there shal be foure bolles like vnto almondes with their knoppes and flowres 35 And there shal be a knop vnder two braunches of the same in three places according to the sixe braunches that proceede out of the candelsticke 36 Their knoppes and their braunches shal be of it and it shal be one whole worke euen of pure golde 37 And thou shalt make the seuen ' lampes of it and the seuen lampes therof ' shalt thou put on hye theron to geue light vnto the other syde that is
hande or to the left 33 But walke in all the wayes which the Lorde your God hath cōmaunded you that ye may lyue and that it may go well with you and that ye may prolong your dayes in the lande which ye shall possesse The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to feare God and kepe his commaundementes 5 Which is to loue hym with all thine heart 7 The same must be taught to the posteritie 16 Not to tempt God 25 Righteousnesse is conteyned in the lawe 1 THese are the cōmaundemētes ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you that ye might do them in the lande whither ye go to possesse it 2 Namely that thou mightest feare the Lord thy God kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundementes which I commaunde thee thou thy sonne thy sonnes sonne all the dayes of thy lyfe that thy dayes may be prolonged 3 Heare therfore O Israel and take heede that thou do it that it may go well with thee that ye may encrease mightily euen as the Lorde God of thy fathers hath promised thee a lande that floweth with mylke and honie 4 Heare O Israel the Lorde our God is Lorde only 5 And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule and with all thy myght 6 And these wordes which I commaunde thee this day shal be in thine heart 7 And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house and as thou walkest by the way when thou lyest downe and when thou risest vp 8 And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande and they shal be as frontlettes betweene thine eyes 9 And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house vpon thy gates 10 And when the Lorde thy God hath brought thee into the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob and shall geue to thee great goodly cities which thou buildedst not 11 Houses full of all maner of goodes which thou filledst not welles digged which thou diggedst not vineyardes and oliue trees which thou plantedst not and when thou hast eaten art full 12 Then beware lest thou forget y e Lorde which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage 13 Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym and shalt sweare by his name 14 See that ye walke not after straunge gods the gods of the nations which are about you 15 For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you lest the countenaunce of the Lorde thy God be moued to wrath agaynst thee and destroy thee from the face of the earth 16 Ye shall not tempt the Lorde your God as ye dyd in the place of temptation 17 But you shall diligently kepe the commaundementes of the Lord your God his testimonies and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded thee 18 And thou shalt do that which is right good in the sight of the Lorde that thou mayst prosper and that thou mayst go in possesse that good lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers 19 To cast out all thine enemies before thee as the Lorde hath sayde 20 And when thy sonne asketh thee in tyme to come saying What meaneth these testimonies ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde our God hath commaunded you 21 Then thou shalt say vnto thy sonne We were Pharaos bondmen in Egypt and the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hande 22 And the Lorde shewed signes and wonders great and euyll vpon Egypt vpon Pharao and vpon all his householde before our eyes 23 And brought vs out from thence to bryng vs in and to geue vs the lande which he sware vnto our fathers 24 And he hath commaunded vs to do all these ordinaunces to feare the Lorde our God for our wealth all the dayes of our lyfe as it is come to passe this day 25 Moreouer this shal be our righteousnesse before the Lorde our God if we take heede kepe all these commaundementes as he hath commaunded vs. The .vij. Chapter 1 The Israelites may make no couenaunt with the Gentiles 5 They must destroy their idols 8 The election dependeth on the free loue of God 19 The experience of the power of God ought to confirme vs. 25 To auoyde all occasion of idolatrie 1 WHen the Lord thy God shall bryng thee into y e lande whither thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out many nations before thee Namely the Hethites the Gergesites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites the Iebusites seuen nations greater and mightier then thou 2 And when the Lorde thy God hath set them before thee thou shalt smyte them and vtterly destroy them make no couenaunt with them nor haue compassion on them 3 Thou shalt make no mariages with them neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne 4 For they wyll deceaue thy sonne that he shoulde not folowe me and they shal serue straunge gods and then wyll the wrath of the Lorde waxe hot agaynst thee and destroy thee sodenly 5 But thus ye shall deale with them Ye shall ouerthrowe their aulters breake downe their pillers cut downe their groues and burne their grauen images with fire 6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee to be a speciall people vnto hym selfe aboue all nations that are vpon the earth 7 The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people for ye were the fewest of all people 8 But because the Lorde loued you and because he would kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto your fathers therfore hath the Lorde brought you out through a mightie hande and deliuered you out of the house of bondage euen from the hande of Pharao kyng of Egypt 9 Vnderstande therfore that the Lorde thy God he is God and that a true God which kepeth appoyntment and mercie vnto them that loue hym and kepe his commaundementes euen throughout a thousande generations 10 And rewardeth them that hate hym to their face so that he bryngeth them to naught and doth not deferre the tyme but rewardeth hym that hateth hym before his face 11 Kepe thou therfore the commaundementes and ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde thee this day that thou do them 12 If ye hearken vnto these lawes and obserue do them the Lord thy God also shall kepe vnto thee the appoyntment and the mercie which he sware vnto thy fathers 13 He wyll loue thee and blesse thee and multiplie thee he wyll also blesse the fruite of thy wombe and the fruite of thy lande thy corne thy wine and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine and the
sicknesses and all maner plagues whiche are not written in the booke of this lawe wyll the Lorde bryng vpon thee vntyll he bryng thee to naught 62 And ye shal be lefte fewe in number where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou wouldest not hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God 63 And it shall come to passe that as the Lord reioyced ouer you to do you good and to multiplie you euen so he will reioyce ouer you to destroy you to bring you to naught and ye shal be wasted from of the lande whyther thou goest to enioy it 64 And the Lord shal scatter thee among all nations from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge gods whiche thou nor thy fathers haue knowen euen wood and stone 65 And among these nations thou shalt finde no ease neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest But the Lorde shal geue thee there an vnquiet heart and dasing eyes and sorowe of minde 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and thou shalt feare both day and nyght and shalt haue none assuraunce of thy lyfe 67 In the morning thou shalt say would God it were nyght And at nyght thou shalt say would God it were mornyng for feare of thyne heart whiche thou shalt feare and for the sight of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt see 68 And the Lorde shall bryng thee into Egypt agayne with shippes by the way whiche I sayde to thee thou shalt see it no more againe And there ye shal be solde vnto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter 2 The people are exhorted to obserue the commaundementes 10 The whole people from the hyest to the lowest are comprehended vnder Gods couenaunt 19 The punishment of hym that flattereth hym selfe in his wickednesse 24 The cause of Gods wrath agaynst his people 1 THese are the wordes of the couenaunt which the Lorde commaunded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the lande of Moab besyde the appoyntment which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moyses called all Israel sayde vnto them Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his lande 3 The great temptations which thine eyes haue seene those great miracles and wonders 4 And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue and eyes to see and cares to heare vnto this day 5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres in the wildernesse and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you and thy shoe is not waxed olde vpon thy foote 6 Ye haue eaten no bread nor drunke wine or strong drynke that ye myght knowe howe that I am the Lorde your God 7 And ye came vnto this place and Sehon the kyng of Hesbon and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle and we smote them 8 And toke their lande and gaue it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse 9 Kepe therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do them that ye may vnderstande all that ye ought to do 10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God your captaynes your tribes your elders your officers and all the men of Israel 11 Your childrē also your wiues and the straunger that is in thine hoast from the hewer of thy wood vnto the drawer of thy water 12 That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day 13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe and that he may be vnto thee a God as he hath sayde vnto thee and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 14 I make not this bonde and this othe with you only 15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God and also with hym that is not here with vs this day 16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by 17 And ye haue seene their abhominations and their idols wood and stone siluer and golde which were among them 18 Lest there be among you man or woman kinrede or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from the Lorde our God to go and serue the gods of these nations and lest there be among you some roote that beareth gall and wormewood 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe he blesse hym selfe in his heart saying I shall haue peace I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart to put the drunken to the thirstie 20 And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heauē 21 And the Lorde shall seperate hym vnto euyll out of all the tribes of Israel accordyng vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that are written in the booke of this lawe 22 So that the generatiō to come of your children that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall say when they see the plagues of that lande and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smitten it 23 Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt and that it is neither sowen nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therin lyke as in the place of y e ouerthrowyng of Sodome Gomor Adama and Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger 24 Euen then shal all nations say Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande O howe fierse is this great wrath 25 And men shall say Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt 26 For they went and serued straunge gods and worshipped them gods which they knewe not and which had geuen them nothyng 27 And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot agaynst this lande to bryng vpon it all the curses that are written in this booke 28 And the Lorde cast them out of their lande in anger wrath and great indignation and cast them into a straunge lande as this day beareth witnesse 29 The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs and to our children for euer that we may do all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter 1 Mercie shewed when they repent 6 The Lorde doth circumcise the heart 11 All excuse of ignoraunce is taken away
the kinges face And if ther be any trespasse in me let hym kil me 33 And so Ioab came to the king and tolde him Which when he had sent for Absalom he came to the king and fel to the ground on his face before him and the king kissed Absalom The .xv. Chapter 2 The practises of Absalom to aspire to the kingdome 14 Dauid and his seruauntes flee 31 Dauids prayer 34 Husai is sent to Absalom to discourse his counsell 1 AFter this Absalō prepared him charettes horses and fiftie men to runne before him 2 And Absalom rose vp early and stoode in the place of the entring in of the gate And euery man that had any matter and came to the king for iudgement him did Absalom cal vnto him and sayde Of what citie art thou He aunswered Thy seruaunt is of one of the tribes of Israel 3 And Absalom said vnto him See thy matters are good and righteous but there is no man deputed of the king to heare thee 4 Absalom sayde moreouer Oh that I were made iudge in the land that euery man which hath any plea and matter in the lawe might come to me and that I might do him iustice 5 And when any man came nye to him and dyd him obeysaunce he put foorth his hande and toke him to him and kissed him 6 And on this maner dyd Absalom to al Israel that came to the king for iudgement so Absalom stale the heartes of the men of Israel 7 And after fourtie yeres Absalom said vnto the king I pray thee let me go to Hebron pay my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lorde 8 For thy seruaunt vowed a vowe when I was in Gesur in Siria saying If the Lorde shall bring me againe in deede to Hierusalem I wil serue the Lorde 9 And the king said vnto him Go in peace And so he arose and went to Hebron 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel saying Assoone as ye heare the voyce of the trumpet blow ye shall say Absalom raigneth in Hebrō 11 And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Hierusalem that were called And they went with pure heartes not knowing of any thing 12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite Dauids counseller frō his citie Gilo while he offered sacrifices and there was wrought strong treason For the people went and increased with Absalom 13 And ther came a messenger to Dauid and sayde The heartes of the men of Israel are turned after Absalom 14 And Dauid said vnto all his seruaūtes that were with him at Hierusalem Vp that we may flee for we shall not els escape from Absalom Make speede to departe lest he come sodenly catche vs and bring euyll vpon vs and smyte the citie with the edge of the sworde 15 And the kinges seruauntes sayd vnto him Beholde thy seruauntes are redy to do whatsoeuer my lord the king shall appoynt 16 And the king departed and al his housholde at his feete And the king left ten concubines to kepe the house 17 And the king went foorth and all the people at his feete and taried in a place that was farre of 18 And al his seruauntes went about him and all the Cerethites and all the Phelethites and all the Gethites euen sixe hundred men whiche were come after him from Geth went before the king 19 Then sayde the king to Ithai the Gethite Wherfore commest thou with vs Returne and abyde with the king for thou art a straunger depart therfore to thy place 20 Thou camest yesterday and should I vnquiet thee to day to go with vs I will go whyther I can Therfore returne thou cary againe thy brethren Mercy and trueth be with thee 21 And Ithai aunswered the king said As the Lord lyueth and as my lord the king lyueth in what place my lorde the king shal be whether in death or lyfe euen there also will thy seruaunt be 22 And Dauid said to Ithai Come then and go forward And Ithai the Gethite went foorth and all his men and all the children that were with him 23 And all the countrey wepte with a loude voyce all the people went ouer The king also him selfe passed ouer the brooke Cedron and all the people went ouer towarde the waye that leadeth to the wildernesse 24 And lo Sadoc also and all the Leuites were with him bare the arke of the appoyntment of God and they set downe the arke of God and Abiathar went vp vntill the people were all come ouer out of the citie 25 And the king sayde vnto Sadoc Cary the arke of God againe into the citie If I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde he will bring me againe shewe me both it and the tabernacle therof 26 But if he thus say I haue no lust vnto thee beholde here am I let hym do with me what semeth good in his eyes 27 The king sayde also vnto Sadoc the priest Art not thou a Sear Returne into the citie in peace and take your two sonnes with you Ahimaaz thy sonne and Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar 28 Behold I wil tary in the fieldes of the wildernesse vntil there come some word from you to be tolde me 29 Sadoc therfore and Abiathar caried the arke of God againe to Hierusalem and they taried there 30 And Dauid went vpon mount Oliuet and wept as he went vp and had his head couered went barefoote And all the people that was with him had euery man his head couered as they went vp they wept 31 And one tolde Dauid saying Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspired with Absalom And Dauid sayde O Lorde I pray thee turne the counsell of Ahithophel into foolishnes 32 When Dauid was come to the toppe of the mount he worshipped God and beholde Husai the Arachite came against him with his coate torne and hauing earth vpon his head 33 Vnto whom Dauid sayde If thou go with me thou shalt be a burthen vnto me 34 But if thou returne to the citie and say vnto Absalom I will be thy seruaunt O king as I haue thus long ben thy fathers seruaunt so am I nowe thy seruaunt thou mayest for my sake destroy the counsel of Ahithophel 35 And hast thou not there with thee Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes therfore whatsoeuer thou shalt here out of the kings house thou shalt shewe to Sadoc and Abiathar the priestes 36 And behold they haue there with them their two sonnes Ahimaaz Sadocs sonne and Ionathan Abiathars sonne by them also shal ye sende me all that ye can heare 37 And so Husai Dauids freende went to the citie and Absalom entred into Hierusalem The .xvi. Chapter 1 The infidelitie of Ziba 5 Simei curseth Dauid 16 Husai commeth to Absalom 21 The counsell of Ahithophel for the concubines 1 ANd when Dauid was a
there gathered together to battaile when the men of Israel were gone vp 10 He arose and layed on the Philistines vntill his hand was weery and claue vnto the sword And the Lorde gaue great victory the same day and the people returned after him only to spoyle 11 After him was Samma the sonne of Age the Hararite the Philistines gathered together besyde a towne where was a parcell of land full of lentils and the people fled from the Philistines 12 But he stoode in y e middest of the groūd and defended it slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue great victorie 13 These three which were of the thirtie chiefe captaines went downe to Dauid in the haruest tyme vnto the caue Adullam and the hoast of the Philistines pytched in the valley of giauntes 14 And Dauid was then in an houlde and the souldiers of y e Philistines were in Bethlehem 15 And Dauid longed saide Oh that I had of the water that is in the wel by the gate of Bethlehem for to drynke 16 And the three mightie brake through the hoast of the Philistines drue water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and toke and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse he would not drinke thereof but powred it vnto the Lorde 17 And saide The Lorde forbyd that I should do so Is not this the blood of the men that went in ieoperdie of theyr lyues therefore he would not drinke it And these thinges did these three mightie men 18 Abisai the brother of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was chiefe among the three he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and slue them had the name among the three 19 For he was most excellent of the three and was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not vnto the first three 20 And Banaiah the sonne of Iehoida the sonne of a mightie man valiaunt in actes of Kabzeel slue two strōg men of Moab He went downe also and slue a lion in the middest of a pit in time of snowe 21 And he slue an Egyptian a goodly bigge man and the Egyptian had a speare in his hand But he went downe to him with a staffe and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 22 These thinges did Banaiah y e sonne of Iehoida and had the name among the three worthies 23 He was honorable among thirtie but he attayned not to the first three And Dauid made him of his counsel 24 Asahel the brother of Ioab was one of the thirtie Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethlehem 25 Samma the Harodite Elica the Harodite Helez the Paltite Ira the sonne of Acces the Thecoite 26 Abiezer of Anathoth Mebunnai y e Husathite 27 Zelmon an Ahohite Maharai the Netophathite 28 Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai out of Gibea of the children of Beniamin 29 Banaiah the Pirathonite Heddai of the ryuer of Gaas 30 Abialbon the Arbathite Asmaueth the Barhumite 31 Eliahba a Saalbonite of the sonnes of Iasen Ionathan 32 Samma the Hararite Ahiam y e sonne of Sarar an Hararite 33 Eliphelet y e sonne of Aasbai the sonne of Maachathi Eliam the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite 34 Hezrai the Carmelite Paarai the Arbite 35 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zoba Bani the Gadite 36 Zelec the Ammonite Naharai the Berothite which was the harnesse bearer of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia 37 Ira the Iethrite Gareb y e Iethrite 38 Vria the Hethite thirtie and seuen in all ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Dauid causeth the people to be numbred 10 He repenteth and chooseth to fall into Gods handes 15 Seuentie thousand perishe with the pestilence 1 ANd agayne the Lorde was wroth against Israel and he moued Dauid agaynst them in that he sayde Go number Israel Iuda 2 For the king sayde to Ioab the captaine of the hoast which was with him Go thou abrode now throughout al the tribes of Israel euen from Dan to Beerseba and number ye the people that I may knowe the number of them 3 And Ioab saide vnto the king The Lorde thy God encrease the people an hundreth folde mo then they be that the eyes of my lorde the king may see it And what is the cause that my lorde the king hath a lust to this thyng 4 Notwithstanding the kinges word preuayled agaynst Ioab against the captaines of the hoast And Ioab the captaynes of the hoast went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel 5 And they passed ouer Iordane pitched in Aroer on the right syde of the citie that lyeth in the myddest of the valey of Gad and toward Iazer 6 And then they came to Gilead and to the land Tahtim hodshi from thēce they came to Dan Iaan and about to Sidon 7 And came to the strong hould of Tyre and to all the cities of the Heuites and of the Chanaanites then went out to the south of Iuda euen to Beerseba 8 And so when they had ben abrode throughout all the land they returned to Hierusalem after the end of nine monethes and twentie dayes 9 And Ioab deliuered the number and summe of the people vnto the king and there were in Israel eyght hundred thousand men of might that drewe swordes and the men of Iuda were fiue hundred thousand men 10 And Dauids heart smote him after that he had numbred the people And Dauid saide vnto the Lord I haue sinned exceedingly in that I haue done And nowe I beseche thee Lord take away the trespasse of thy seruaunt for I haue done very foolishly 11 And when Dauid was vp in the morning the word of the Lorde came vnto the prophet Gad Dauids sear saying 12 Go and say vnto Dauid thus sayth the Lorde I offer thee three thynges choose thee which of them I shall do vnto thee 13 So Gad came to Dauid and shewed him and said vnto him Wylt thou haue seuen yeres hunger to come vpon thy land or wilt thou flee three monethes before thyne enemies they folowyng thee or that there be three dayes pestilence in thy land Now therefore aduise thee and see what aunswere I shall geue to him that sent me 14 And Dauid saide vnto Gad I am in a wonderfull strayte Let vs fall now into the hand of the Lorde for much is his mercy and let me not fall into the hand of man 15 And so the Lorde sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning vnto the time appoynted And there dyed of the people from Dan to Beerseba seuentie thousand men 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand vpon Hierusalem to destroy it the Lorde repented him of the euill saide to the angel that destroyed the people It is now sufficient holde thyne hand And the angell of the Lord was by the threshing
house of the Lorde and to al that went out to mend the temple 13 Howbeit there was not made for the house of the Lorde bowles of siluer instrumentes of musicke basons trumpets or any vessels of golde or vessels of siluer of the money that was brought into the house of the Lorde 14 But they gaue that to the workemen and repaired therewith the house of the Lorde 15 Moreouer they reckened not with the men into whose handes they deliuered that money to be bestowed on workmē for they did their busines faithfully 16 Howbeit trespasse money and sinne money was not brought into the house of the Lorde for it was the priestes 17 Then came Hazael king of Syria vp and fought against Geth and toke it And Hazael set his face to go vp to Hierusalem 18 And Iehoas king of Iuda toke all the halowed thinges that Iehosaphat Iehoram Haziahu his fathers kinges of Iuda had dedicate and that he him selfe had dedicated and al the gold that was founde in the treasures of the house of the Lorde and in the kinges house and sent it to Hazael king of Syria so he departed from Hierusalem 19 The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Iehoas and all that he dyd are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 20 And his owne seruauntes arose and wrought treason and slue Iehoas in the house Millo when he came downe to Silla 12 Iozachar the sonne of Semaath and Iehozabad the sonne of Somer his seruauntes smote him and he dyed And they buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Dauid and Amaziahu his sonne raigned in his steade The .xiij. Chapter 3 Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu is delyuered into the handes of the Syrians 5 He prayeth vnto God and is delyuered 9 Ioas his sonne raigneth in his steade 24 Hazael dyeth 26 Elisa dyeth 1 IN the three twentith yere of Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu king of Iuda Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu began to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria seuenteene yeres 2 And he wrought that which was euil in the sight of the Lorde and folowed the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which made Israel to sinne and departed not therfrom 3 And the Lorde was angry with Israel and delyuered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria into the hand of Benhadad the sonne of Hazael all their dayes 4 And Iehoahaz besought the Lord the Lorde heard him For he considered the trouble of Israel wherewith the king of Syria troubled them 5 And the Lord gaue Israel a deliuerer so that they went out from vnder the subiection of the Syrians And the children of Israel dwelt in their tentes as before tyme. 6 Neuerthelesse they departed not from the sinnes of the house of Ieroboam which made Israel sinne but walked in them And there remayned an idols groue still also in Samaria 7 Neither did he leaue of the people to Iehoahaz but fiftie horsemen ten charets and ten thousand footemen for the king of Syria destroyed them and made them lyke thresshed dust 8 The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehoahaz and all that he dyd and his power are they not writtē in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 9 And Iehoahaz slept with his fathers and they buryed him in Samaria and Ioas his sonne raigned in his steade 10 In the thirtie and seuenth yere of Ioas king of Iuda began Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria sixteene yeres 11 And did that which is euill in the sight of the Lorde and departed not from all the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat that made Israel sinne for he walked therein 12 The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Ioas and all that he did and his power wherewith he fought against Amaziahu king of Iuda are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 13 And Ioas slept with his fathers and Ieroboam sat vpon his seate And Ioas was buryed in Samaria among the kinges of Israel 14 When Elisa was fallen sicke of his sicknesse whereof he dyed Ioas the king of Israel came downe vnto him and wept before him and saide O my father my father the charet of Israel the horsemen of the same 15 Elisa saide vnto him Take bowe and arrowes And he toke vnto him bowe and arrowes 16 And he saide to the king of Israel Put thyne hand vpon the bowe And he put his hand vpon it And Elisa put his handes vpon the kinges handes 17 And said Open a windowe eastward And when he had opened it Elisa sayd shoote And he shot And he saide The arrowe of health of the Lorde and the arrowe of health against Syria For thou shalt smyte Syria in Aphec till thou haue made an ende of them 18 And he saide Take the arrowes And he toke them And he said vnto the king of Israel Smyte the grounde And he smote thrise and ceassed 19 And the man of God was angry with him and saide Thou shouldest haue smitten fiue or sixe tymes and then thou haddest smytten Syria till thou haddest made an end of them where now thou shalt smyte Syria but thrise 20 And so Elisa dyed they buried him and the souldiers of the Moabites came into the lande the same yere 21 And it chaunced as some of them were burying a man and spyed the souldiers they cast y e man into the sepulchre of Elisa And when the man was roulled downe and touched the bones of Elisa he reuiued and stoode vpon his feete 22 But Hazael king of Syria vexed Israel all the dayes of Iehoahaz 23 And the Lorde had mercie on them and pitied them and had respect vnto them because of his appoyntment made with Abraham Isahac and Iacob and would not destroy them neither cast he them from him as yet 24 So Hazael the king of Syria dyed Benhadad his sonne raigned in his steade 25 And Iehoas the sonne of Iehoahaz went againe and toke out of the hande of Benhadad the sonne of Hazael the cities which he had taken away out of the hande of Iehoahaz his father in warre For three times did Ioas beate him and restored the cities vnto Israel againe ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter 1 Amaziahu the king of Iuda putteth to death them that slue his father 7 And after smyteth Edom. 25 Ioas dyeth and Ieroboam his sonne succeedeth him and after him raigneth Zacharia 1 THE second yere of Ioas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel raigned Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda 2 He was twentie and fiue yeres olde when he began to raigne and raigned twentie and nyne yeres in Hierusalem and his mothers name was Iehoadan of Hierusalem 3 And he did that which is good in the sight of the Lorde yet not lyke Dauid his father but did according to all thinges as Ioas his father did 4 Neither were the high places taken a
fire 4 And when I hearde these wordes I sat downe and wept and mourned certayne dayes and fasted and prayed before the God of heauen 5 And sayde O Lorde God of heauen thou great and terrible God thou that kepest couenaunt and mercie for them that loue thee obserue thy commaundementes 6 Let thyne eares hearken I beseche thee and let thyne eyes be open that thou mayest heare the prayer of thy seruaunt whiche I pray nowe before thee day and night for the children of Israel thy seruauntes and knowledge the sinnes of the children of Israel which we haue sinned against thee I and my fathers house haue sinned 7 We haue greeuously sinned against thee and haue not kept thy commaundementes statutes and iudgementes whiche thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moyses 8 I beseche thee call to remembraunce the worde that thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moyses and saydest Ye will transgresse and I will scatter you abrode among the nations 9 But if ye turne vnto me and kepe my commaundementes do them though ye were cast out vnto the vttermost part of heauen yet wil I gather you from thence and will bring you vnto the place that I haue chosen to set my name there 10 They are thy seruauntes and thy people whom thou hast deliuered through thy great power and in thy mightie hande 11 O Lorde I besech thee let thyne eare hearken to the prayer of thy seruaunt and to the prayer of thy seruauntes whose desire is to feare thy name and let thy seruaunt prosper this day and graunt him mercie in the sight of this man For I was the kinges butler The .ii. Chapter 1 After Nehemia had obteyned letters of Artaxerxes 11 He came to Hierusalem 17 and buylded the walles 1 IT came to passe that in the moneth * Nisan in the twentith yere of king Arthaxerxes the wine stoode before him and I toke vp the wine and gaue it vnto the king And I had not ben before heauy in his presence 2 And the king sayde vnto me Why lokest thou so sadly seyng thou art not sicke It is nothing els but that thou art heauy hearted And I was sore afrayde 3 And sayde vnto the king God saue the king for euer Howe shoulde I not loke sadly when the citie and place of my fathers burials lye waste and the gates therof are consumed with fire 4 And the king sayde vnto me What is then thy request I made my prayer also to the God of heauen 5 And sayd vnto the king If it please the king and if thy seruaunt haue founde fauour in thy sight sende me vnto Iuda vnto the citie of my fathers burialles that I may buylde it 6 And the king sayd vnto me the queene his wyfe sitting by him Howe long shal thy iourney continue and when wilt thou come againe And it pleased the king to sende me and I set him a time 7 And sayde vnto the king If it please the king let hym geue me letters to the captaynes whiche are beyonde the water that they may conuay me ouer till I come into Iuda 8 And letters vnto Asaph the lorde of the kinges wood that he may geue me timber to make beames for the gates of the palace which is harde by the house and for the walles of the citie and for the house that I shall enter into And the king gaue me according to the hande of my God which was good vpon me 9 And when I came to the captaynes beyonde the water I gaue them the kinges letters And the king had sent captaynes of the armie and horsemen with me 10 Sanaballat also the Horonite and Tobia a seruaunt the Ammonite hearde of it it greeued them sore that there was come a man which sought the wealth of the children of Israel 11 And I came to Hierusalem and was there three dayes 12 And I gat me vp in the night season and a fewe men with me neither tolde I any man what God had geuen me in my heart to do at Hierusalem and there was not one beast with me saue it that I rode vpon 13 And I departed in the night by the valley port before the dragon well and to the doung port considered the walles of Hierusalem howe they were broken downe and the portes therof consumed with the fire 14 And I went ouer vnto the well port and to the kinges conduite and there was no roome for the beast that was vnder me to passe 15 Then went I on in the night by the brooke side and considered the wall and turned backe and came home againe by the valley port 16 And the rulers knewe not whyther I went or what I dyd neither dyd I as yet tel it vnto the Iewes to the priestes to the noble men to the rulers and to the other that laboured in the worke 17 Afterwarde sayde I vnto them Ye see the miserie that we are in howe Hierusalem lyeth waste and howe the gates thereof are burnt with fire come therefore and let vs buylde vp the wall of Hierusalem and that we be no more a rebuke 18 Then I tolde them of the hand of my God that it was gratious ouer me and the kinges wordes that he had spoken vnto me And they sayde Let vs get vp and buylde And they strengthed their handes to good 19 But when Sanaballat the Horonite and Tobia the seruaunt an Ammonite and Gesem the Arabian hearde it they laughed vs to scorne despised vs and sayde What is this that ye do Will ye fall away from the king 20 Then aunswered I them and sayde The God of heauen he it is that hath graunted vs prosperitie and we his seruauntes will get vp and buylde As for you ye haue no portion nor right nor remembraunce in Hierusalem The .iii. Chapter The number of them that buylded the walles 1 AND Eliasib the hye priest gat him vp with his brethrē the priestes and they buylded the sheepe gate they repaired it and set vp the doores of it euen vnto the towre Mea repaired they it and vnto the towre of Hananeel 2 Next vnto him also buylded the men of Iericho And beside him buylded Sachur the sonne of Amri 3 But the fishe port did the children of Asnaa buyld which also layed the beames therof and set on the doores lockes and barres of it 4 And next vnto them buylded Meremoth the sonne of Vria the sonne of Hakoz and next vnto them buylded Mesullam the sonne of Berachia the sonne of Mesesabel and next vnto them buylded Zadoc the sonne of Baana 5 And next vnto hym buylded they of Thekoa But the great men that were among them put not their neckes to the worke of their Lorde 6 The olde gate buylded Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah Mesullam the sonne of Besodia they layed the beames therof and set on the doores lockes barres of it 7 Next vnto them buylded Melatiah of Gibeon and Iadon of Merona men of Gibeon and of Mispah
59 The children of Sephatiath the childrē of Hattil the children of Phochereth of Sabaim the children of Amon. 60 All these Nethinims and the children of Solomons seruauntes were three hundred ninetie and two 61 And these went vp also from Thelmela Thelharsa Cherub Addon and Immer but they could not shew their fathers house nor their seede and that they were of Israel 62 The children of Dalaiah the children of Tobia and the children of Necoda sixe hundred fourtie and two 63 And of the priestes the children of Habaiah the children of Haccos the childrē of Barzillai which toke one of y e daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wyfe and was named after their name 64 These sought their writing in the register of their generation but they were not founde therfore they were put from the priesthood 65 And Athirsatha saide vnto them that they shoulde not eate of the most holy tyll there came vp a priest which should were Vrim and Thummim 66 And so the whole congregation together was fourtie and two thousande three hundred and threescore 67 Beside their seruauntes and maydens of whom there were seuen thousand three hundred thirtie and seuen And they had two hundred fourtie and fiue singing men and women 68 Their horses seuen hundred thirtie and sixe and their Mules two hundred fourtie and fiue 69 The Camels foure hundred thirtie and fiue sixe thousand seuen hundred and twentie Asses 70 And certaine of the auncient fathers gaue vnto the worke Athirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peeces of golde fiftie basons fiue hundred and thirtie priestes garmentes 71 And some of the chiefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke twentie thousand peeces of gold two thousand and two hundred pounde of siluer 72 And the other people gaue twentie thousand peeces of golde and two thousand pound of siluer and threescore and seuen priestes garmentes 73 And the priestes and Leuites the porters and the singers and the other of the people and the Nethinims and all Israel dwelt in their cities And whē the seuenth moneth came the children of Israel were in their cities The .viij. Chapter 2 Esdras gathereth together the people and readeth to them the law 12 They reioyce in Israel for the knowledge of the word of God 15 They keep the feaste of tabernacles or boothes 1 ANd all the people gathered them selues together as one man in the streete that was before the water gate and they saide vnto Esdras the scribe that he should fetch the booke of the law of Moyses which the Lorde commaunded to Israel 2 And Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men women and all that could vnderstand did hearken vnto it vpon the first day of the seuenth moneth 3 And he read therein in the streete that was before the water gate from the morning vntill the noone day before men and women that did hearken to it and the eares of all the people were inclined vnto the booke of the law 4 And Esdras the scribe stoode vpon a pulpet of wood which they had made for the preaching and beside him stoode Mathathia Sema Anaiah Vriah Helkia Maaseiah on his right hande and on his left hand stoode Pedaia Misael Melchia Hasum Hasabadana Zachari and Mesullam 5 And Esdras opened the booke before all the people for he stoode aboue al the people and when he opened it all the people stoode vp 6 And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God And all the people aunswered Amen Amē lifting vp their handes and bowed them selues and worshipped the Lord falling downe vpon their faces to the grounde 7 And Iesua Bani Serebiah Iamin Accub Sebbethai Hodaia Maasia Celita Azariah Iozabad Hanan Pelaiah the Leuites caused the people to geue heede vnto the law and the people stoode in their place 8 And they read in the booke of the lawe of God distinctly and gaue the sense and caused them to vnderstand the reading 9 And Nehemia which is Athirsatha and Esdras the priest and scribe and the Leuites that caused the people to take heede said vnto al the people This day is holy vnto the Lorde your God be not ye sory and weepe not For all the people wept when they heard the wordes of the lawe 10 And he saide vnto them Go your way and eate the fat and drinke the sweete and send part vnto them also that haue not prepared for them selues for this day is holy vnto our Lorde be not ye sory therefore for the ioy of the Lorde is your strength 11 And the Leuites stilled all the people and saide Holde your peace for the day is holy be not sad therefore 12 And all the people went their way to eate and to drinke to sende part vnto other and to make great mirth because they had vnderstand the wordes that were declared vnto them 13 And on the next day were gathered together the chiefe fathers among all the people and the priestes and leuites vnto Esdras the scribe that they might vnderstand the wordes of the law 14 And they founde written in the lawe which the Lorde had commaunded by Moyses that the children of Israel should dwell in boothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth 15 And that they should cause it to be declared and proclaymed in all their cities and throughout Hierusalem saying Go foorth vnto the mount and fetch Olyue braūches Pine braunches Myrtel braunches Palme braunches braunches of the thicke tree to make boothes as it is written 16 And so the people went foorth and fet them and made them boothes euery one vpon the roofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the streete by the water gate and in the streete of the port of Ephraim 17 And all the congregation of them that were come againe out of the captiuitie made boothes sat vnder the boothes for since the time of Iosua the sonne of Nun vnto this day had not the children of Israel done so And there was very great gladnesse 18 And euery day from the first day vnto the last read Esdras in the booke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes held they the feaste and on the eyght day they gathered together according vnto the maner ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 The people repent and forsake their straunge wyues 5 The Leuites exhort them to prayse God 6 declaring his wonders 26 and their ingratitude 30 and Gods great mercies toward them 1 IN the twentie and fourth day of this moneth came the children of Israel together againe with fasting and sackeclothes and earth vpon them 2 And they that were of the seede of Israel were separated from all the straunge children and stoode knowledged their sinnes the wickednes of their fathers 3 And stoode vp in their place read in the booke of the law of the Lorde their God foure times on the day and they
Ezer And the singers sange loude hauing Iesrahiah for their ouersear 43 And the same day they offered great sacrifices and reioyced for God had geuen them great gladnesse so that both the wiues children were ioyfull the mirth of HierusaleÌ„ was hearde farre of 44 At the same time were the men appoynted ouer the treasure houses wherin were the heaue offeringes the firstlinges and the tythes that they shoulde gather them out of the fieldes about the cities to distribute them vnto the priestes and Leuites according to the lawe for Iuda was glad of the priestes and Leuites that serued â—â— And there stoode and wayted vpon the office of their God whiche is a pure office both the singers and porters after the commaundement of Dauid and of Solomon his sonne 46 For in the time of Dauid and Asaph of olde were the chiefe singers founded the songes of prayse and thankesgeuing vnto God 47 In the time of Zorobabel and Nehemia did all they of Israel geue portions vnto the singers and porters euery day his portion and they gaue tythes vnto the Leuites the Leuites gaue tythes againe vnto the children of Aaron The .xiii. Chapter 1 The lawe is read â— They separate from them all straungers 15 Nehemia reproueth â–ª them that breake the Sabbath â–ª â— An ordinaunce to serue God 1 ANd that day dyd they read in the booke of Moyses in the audience of the people and therein was founde written that the Ammonites Moabites shoulde neuer come into the congregation of God 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them and our God turned the curse into a blessing 3 Nowe when they had hearde the law they separated from Israel euery one that had mixt him selfe therin 4 And before this had the priest Eliasib the ouersight of the treasurie of the house of our God and he was kynsman vnto Tobia â— And had made hym a great chamber and there had they afore time layed the offringes frankencence vessels and the tythes of corne wine and oyle according to the commaundementes geuen to the Leuites singers and porters and the heaue offringes of the priestes â— But in all this time was not I at Hierusalem for in the two and thirtie yere of Artaxerâ—es king of Babylon came I vnto the king after certayne dayes obtayned I licence of the king to come to Hierusalem 7 And I gat knowledge of the euyll that Eliasib dyd for Tobia in that he had made hym a chamber in the court of the house of God 8 And it greeued me sore therefore I cast foorth all the vessels of the house of Tobia out of the chamber â— And commaunded them to clense the chambers and thyther brought I againe the vessels of the house of God with the meate offring and the incense 10 And I perceaued that the portions of the Leuites had not ben geuen them and that euery one was fled to his land euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke 11 Then reproued I the rulers and sayd Why is the house of God forsaken And I gathered them together and set them in their place 12 Then brought all Iuda the tythes of corne and wine and oyle vnto the treasure 13 And I made treasures ouer the treasure euen Selemiah the priest and Zadoc the scribe and of the Leuites Phadaâ—a and vnder their hand was Hanan the sonne of Zacur the sonne of Mathania for they were counted faythful and their office was to distribute the portions vnto their brethren 14 Thinke vpon me O my God herein and wype not out my mercie that I haue shewed on the house of my God and on the offices therof 15 And the same time sawe I in Iuda some treading wine presses on the Sabbath and bringing in sheues and which laded asses also with wine grapes and figges and all burthens and brought them into Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath day And I rebuked them earnestly the same day that they solde the vittayles 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein which brought fish and all maner of ware and solde on the Sabbath vnto the childreÌ„ of Iuda euen in Hierusalem 17 Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda sayd vnto them What euyl thing is this that ye do breake the Sabbath day 18 Dyd not your fathers euen thus and our God brought all this plague vpon vs and vpon this citie And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel in that ye breake the Sabbath 19 And when the poâ—s of Hierusalem began to be darke in the euening before the Sabbath I commaunded to shut the gates â–ª and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates that there shoulde no burthen be brought in on the Sabbath day 20 Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares 21 Then reproued I them sore and sayde vnto them Why tary ye all night about the wall If ye do it once againe I will lay handes vpon you From that time foorth came they no more on the Sabbath 22 And I said vnto the Leuites that they should clense them selues and that they shoulde come and kepe the gates to halowe the Sabboth day Thinke vpon me O my God concerning this also and spare me according to thy great mercie 23 In those dayes also sawe I Iewes that maried wyues of Asdod of Ammon and of Moab 24 And their children spake halfe in the speach of Asdod and could not speake in the Iewes language but according to the language of the one people and of the other people 25 Then I reproued them and cursed them and smote certayne men of them and made them bare and toke an oth of them by God Ye shall not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes or for your selues 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges and yet among many heathen was there no king like him which was deare vnto his God God made hym king ouer all Israel and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne 27 Shall we then obey vnto you to do al this great euyll and to transgresse against our God and marie straunge wyues 28 And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye priest was the sonne in law of Sanaballat the Horonite but I chased him from me 29 O my God thinke thou vpon them that defile the presthod and the couenaunt of the presthod and of the Leuites 30 Thus clensed I them from all such as were outlandishe and appoynted the courses of the priestes and Leuites euery one in his office 31 And to offer the wood at times appoynted and the first fruites Thinke thou vpon me O my God for the best The ende of the seconde
mightie it is God mightie in battayle 9 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 10 Who is this kyng of glorie euen the God of hostes he is the kyng of glorie Selah The argument of the .xxv. Psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies feelyng the great burden of sinne namely of his youth prayeth God partly to delyuer hym partly to teache hym and to pardon his offences He setteth foorth the infinite goodnesse and felicitie which is assured to all them that feare God Finally he confesseth that all his trust is in God 1 I Lyft vp my soule vnto thee O God I put my trust in thee my Lorde let me not be confounded neither let myne enemies triumph ouer me 2 Yea let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse 3 Make me to knowe thy wayes O God and teache me thy pathes leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me for thou art the Lorde of my saluation I haue wayted for thee al the day long 4 Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies thy louyng kindnesse for they haue ben for euer 5 Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me 6 Gratious and ryghteous is God therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way 7 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement and teache the humble his way 8 All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies 9 Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse for it is very great 10 What man is he that feareth God God wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose 11 His soule shall rest all nyght at ease and his seede shall inherite the lande 12 The secrete of God is among them that feare hym and he wyll make knowen vnto them his couenaunt 13 Myne eyes be alwayes turned vnto God for he wyll take my feete out of the net 14 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am desolate and in miserie 15 The sorowes of myne heart are encreased O bryng thou me out of my distresse 16 Loke thou vpon myne aduersitie and vpon my labour and forgeue me all my sinne 17 Consider myne enemies for they do multiplie and they beare a tirannous hate against me 18 O kepe my soule and deliuer me lest I shal be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee 19 Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe for I haue wayted after thee 20 O God redeeme Israel out of all his aduersities The argument of the .xxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid offereth his cause for the whiche he was persecuted to be iudged of God protesting his innocencie partly in that he serued God with purenes of heart and vprightnes of life frequenting his temple and vsing his ceremonies partly also in that he hated all company of euill men whatsoeuer they were ¶ Of Dauid 1 IVdge thou me O God for I haue walked in my perfection my trustalso hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall 2 Examine me O God and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth 4 I haue not sit in company with vayne persons neither haue I entred once acquaintaunce with dissemblers 5 I haue hated the congregation of the malitious and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly 6 I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie and so I haue gone about thine aulter O God 7 That in a publique confession I myght heare and set foorth all thy wonderous workes 8 O God I haue loued the habitation of thine house and the place wherethine honour dwelleth 9 O gather not my soule with sinners nor my life with bloodie men 10 In whose handes is wickednes and their right hande is full of gyftes 11 But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection O redeeme me and be mercyfull vnto me 12 My foote standeth vpon a playne grounde therfore I wyll blesse God in the congregations ¶ The argument of the .xxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete confesseth his boldnes courage and no feare at all that he had through God in extreame and perilous daungers Before al thinges he requireth that he may come into the temple with the godly for to sacrifice and to prayse God He prayeth also most earnestly for helpe at Gods hande being of all other forsaken 1 GOD is my lyght and saluation whom then shall I feare God is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraide 2 When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell 3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me yet shall not mine heart be afraide and though there rose vp warre against me yet I wyll put my trust in this 4 I haue desired one thyng of God whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life to beholde the beautifulnes of God and to seeke it in his temple 5 For in the time of aduersitie he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his pauilion he shall hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone 6 And nowe he shall lift vp my head aboue mine enemies rounde about me therfore I wyll offer in his tabernacle a sacrifice of great ioy I wyll sing and prayse God with psalmes 7 Hearken vnto my voyce O god when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me 8 My heart hath sayde vnto thee accorcording * to this thy commaundement seeke ye my face thy face O God wyll I seeke 9 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy seruaunt away in a displeasure thou hast ben my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O Lorde of my saluation 10 For my father and mother forsoke me and God did take me vp 11 Teache me thy way O God and leade me in a right path because of mine enemies 12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me and such as speake wrong 13 If I had not beleued veryly to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing their spite had kylled me 14 Attende thou therfore vpon God be of a good courage and he will comfort thine heart I say attende thou vpon God The argument of the .xxviii. psalme ¶ The prophete turning his face towardes the arke of God desireth that his prayers may be hearde that God would succour him and not suffer him to be oppressed of the wicked to whom vengeaunce is due he thanketh
thing that is good 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me I will teache you the feare of God 12 What man is he that listeth to liue and woulde fayne see good dayes 13 Kepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guyle 14 Eschewe euill do good seeke peace and ensue it 15 The eyes of God are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers 16 The countenaunce of God is against them that do euill to roote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth 17 The righteous crye and God heareth them and deliuereth them out of all their troubles 18 God is nye vnto them that are of a contrite heart and saueth such as be of an humble spirite 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous but God deliuereth him out of all 20 He kepeth all his bones so that no one of them is broken 21 Malice shal put the vngodly to death and they that hate the righteous shal be brought to naught 22 God redeemeth the soules of his seruauntes and al they that put their trust in him shall not be brought to naught The argument of the .xxxv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to be his iudge and defence against his enemies who without all cause geuen of his part like cruell hypocrites parasites and flattering courtiers say and do all that they can for to put him to death He declareth his hope confidence and ioy that he hath in God of ayde defence and deliuerie for the whiche he promiseth to geue him thankes not only by him selfe but also by such other as haue any regarde of his righteousnesse and innocencie ¶ Of Dauid 1 PLeade thou my cause O God with them that striue with me and fight thou agaynst them that fight against me 2 Lay hand vppon a shielde buckler and stande vp to helpe me 3 Bryng foorth the speare and stop the way against them that persecute me say vnto my soule I am thy saluation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to cōfusion that imagine mischiefe for me 5 Let them be as dust before the winde and let the angell of God scatter them 6 Let their way be darke and slipperie let the angell of God persecute them 7 For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule 8 Let a sodayne destruction come vpon hym vnawares and his net that he hath layde priuily catch hym selfe let him fall into it with his owne destruction 9 And my soule shal be ioyfull in God it shall reioyce in his saluation 10 All my bones shall say God who is lyke vnto thee whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him yea the poore and him that is in miserie from him that spoyleth him 11 False witnesse did rise vp they layde thinges to my charge that I know not 12 They rewarded me euill for good to the great discomfort of my soule 13 Neuerthelesse when they were sicke I did put on sackcloth I afflicted my soule with fasting and my prayer returned into myne owne bosome 14 I kept them company whersoeuer they went as though they had ben my frende or brother I went heauyly as one that mourned for his mother 15 But in mine aduersitie they reioysed and gathered them together yea the very abiectes came together against me yer I wyst they rented me a peeces and ceassed not 16 With hypocrites scoffers and parasites they gnashed vpon me with their teeth 17 Lorde howe long wylt thou looke vpon this O deliuer my soule from their raginges and my dearling from Lions whelpes 18 So I wyll confesse it vnto thee in a great congregation I will prayse thee among muche people 19 O let not my deceiptfull enemies triumph ouer me let them not winke with an eye that hate me without a cause 20 For they speake not peace but they imagine deceiptfull wordes agaynst them that liue quietly in the lande 21 They gaped vpon me with their mouthes and said this is well this is wel our eye hath seene 22 Thou hast seene this O God holde not thy tongue then go not farre from me O Lorde 23 Stirre thou and awake O my God and my Lorde to iudge my cause and controuersie 24 Iudge me according to thy righteousnesse O God my Lorde and let them not triumph ouer me 25 Let them not say in their heart it is as we woulde haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured hym 26 Let them be put to confusion shame all together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that exalt them selues against me 27 Let them triumph with gladnesse and reioyce that be delighted with my righteousnesse let them say alwayes blessed be God whiche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruaunt 28 And my tongue shal be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy prayse all the day long The argument of the .xxxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid describeth the wickednesse and wretched ende of them that feare not God And also the great goodnes of God towardes all creatures He desireth his mercy and defence against the wicked ¶ To the chiefe musition seruaunt to the God of Dauid 1 THe wickednes of the vngodly speaketh in the middest of my heart that there is no feare of the Lorde before his eyes 2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred 3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely to do good 4 He imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed setteth him selfe in no good way neither doth he abhorre any thing y t is euil 5 Thy mercy O God reacheth vnto heauen and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes 6 Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God thy iudgementes are a great deapth thou sauest both man and beast O God 7 How excellent is thy mercy O Lord therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges 8 They shal be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates 9 For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe and in thy light shall we see light 10 O continue foorth thy louing kindnesse vnto them that knowe thee and thy righteousnes vnto them that are of an vpright heart 11 O let not the foote of pryde reache vnto me and let not the hande of the vngodly make me to moue out of my place 12 There be the workers of iniquitie fallen they are cast downe and shall not be able to rise vp ¶ The argument of the .xxxvij. psalme ¶ Dauid comforteth the godly that they be not offended
naught 9 The righteous wyll reioyce when he seeth the vengeaunce he wyll washe his foote steppes in the blood of the vngodly 10 And euery man shall say veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth ¶ The argument of the .lix. Psalme ¶ Dauid vttereth how he was affected at such time as wayte was layde for to slay him He declareth what prayers he made against the vnreasonablenes of his aduersaries how greatly he trusted in God hauing his minde quiet and redie to prayse God his refuge and succour at all times ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him 1 DEliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde defende me froÌ„ them that rise vp against me 2 Deliuer me from the workers of iniquitie and saue me from the blood thirstie men 3 For lo they lye in wayte for my soule men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God 4 When no fault is done they runne and set them selues in order arise to meete me and beholde 5 And thou O God Lorde of hoastes Lorde of Israel awake to visite all Heathen and be not mercifull vnto all them that offend of malice Selah 6 They go to and fro at euening they barke lyke a dogge and runne about through the citie 7 Behold they speake with their mouth swordes are in their lippes for say they who doth heare vs 8 But thou O God wylt haue them in derision thou wylt laugh all Heathen to scorne 9 I wyl reserue his strength for thee for thou O Lorde art my refuge 10 My mercifull Lord wyll preuent me the Lord will let me see my desire vpon mine enemies 11 Slay them not lest my people forget it but in thy stoutnes scatter them like vagaboundes and put them downe O God our defence 12 The wordes of their lippes be the sinne of their mouth O let them be taken in their pryde for they speake nothing but curses and lies 13 Consume them in thy wrath consume them that nothing of them remayne and let them knowe that it is the Lord that ruleth in Iacob vnto the endes of the worlde Selah 14 And let them gad vp and downe at euening let them barke lyke a dogge and go about the citie 15 Let them runne here and there for meate and go to bed if they be not satisfied 16 As for me I wyll sing of thy power and wyll prayse thy louing kindnes betime◠〈◊〉 the morning for thou hast ben my â—â—â—ence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Vnto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes for thou O Lorde art my refuge and my mercyfull Lorde The argument of the .lx. psalme ¶ Dauid where as he and his people were so afflicted that it might seeme God to haue forsaken them yet he considering that God would be pacified by them that returned vnto him vnfaignedly from their sinnes prayeth to God for to defende maintaine and encrease his people and kingdome according to his promises ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Susan Eduth a golden psalme of Dauid for to teache made when he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Stobah and when Ioab turned backe and slue twelue thousande Edomites in the salt valley 2. Sam. 8. 1. Paral. 18. 1 O Lorde thou hast cast vs out thou hast dispearsed vs thou art displeased O turne thee vnto vs agayne 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble thou hast cleft it asunder heale the breaches therof for it is redy to fall downe 3 Thou hast made thy people see heauie thinges thou hast geuen vs wyne to drinke that maketh vs tremble 4 But to suche as feare thee thou hast geuen a banner to be lyfted vp on high for the trueth sake Selah 5 Therfore that thy beloued may be deliuered helpe me with thy right hand and heare me 6 The Lorde hath spoken in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce this I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 7 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be myne Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 8 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edom I wyll cast my shoe Philistea be thou glad of me 9 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 10 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence O Lorde and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 11 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 12 Thorowe the Lorde we wyll do valiaunt actes for he him selfe wyll treade downe our enemies The argument of the .lxj. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in daunger requireth God to deliuer him he declareth his trust in God He desireth long life of God and promiseth to prayse him therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth of Dauid 1 HEare my crying O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer 2 From the endes of the earth I wyll call vnto thee when my heart is in heauines oh set me vp on the rocke that is higher then I. 3 For thou hast ben my hope and a strong towre for me against the face of the enemie 4 I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wynges Selah 5 For thou O Lorde hast hearde my vowes and hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name 6 Thou wilt adde dayes vnto the kings dayes and his yeres shal be a generation and a generation 7 He shall dwell before the Lorde for euer O appoynt thy louing mercy and faithfulnes that thei may preserue him 8 So wyll I sing psalmes vnto thy name that I may day by day perfourme my vowes ¶ The argument of the .lxij. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that in God he putteth his whole trust and that his aduersaries deuising mischiefe shall therby worke their owne destruction He declareth also that to trust vnto man aucthoritie spoyle riches or goodes is but vanitie Only God hath power and good wyll to helpe in all necessities who wyll rewarde euery one according to his workes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Iudethun a psalme of Dauid 1 MY soule truly only stayeth vpon the Lorde for of him commeth my saluation 2 He onlye is my rocke and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued greatly 3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shal be slayne all the sort of you ye shal be as a tottering wall and like a broken hedge 4 They deuise only howe to thrust him from his promotion they delight in a lye they blesse with their mouth and curse with their heart Selah 5 Neuerthelesse O my soule stay thou only vpon the Lorde for my confidence is in him 6 He only is my rocke
mercy and trueth shall go before thy face 15 Blessed is the people that knoweth a triumphant noyse O God they shal walke in the light of thy countenaunce 16 They shall make them selues merie dayly in thy name and in thy righteousnes they shall exalt them selues 17 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy louing kindnes thou wylt lift vp our hornes 18 For our shielde is of God and our king is of the most holy of Israel 19 Thou hast spoken somtimes in visions vnto thy saintes and hast sayde I haue added ayde vpon the mightie I haue exalted one chosē out of the people 20 I haue founde Dauid my seruaunt I haue annoynted him with myne holye oyle 21 Therfore my hande shal be assured vnto him and mine arme shall strengthen hym 22 The enemie shal not be able to do him violence the sonne of wickednesse shall not afflict hym 23 I wyll breake into peeces his foes before his face and ouerthrowe them that hate hym 24 My trueth also and my mercy shal be with hym and in my name shall his horne be exalted 25 I wyll set also his dominion in the sea and his right hande in the fluddes 26 He shall make inuocation vnto me saying thou art my father O my God and my fortresse of saluation 27 And I will make him my first borne in higher state then kinges of the earth 28 My mercy wyll I kepe for hym euermore and my couenaunt shal stand fast with hym 29 His seede also wyll I make to endure for euer and his throne as the dayes of heauen 30 But if his chyldren forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgement if they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes 31 I will then visite their transgressions with a rodde and their wickednesse with stripes 32 Neuerthelesse my louyng kyndnesse I wyll not take vtterly from hym I wyl not breake my promise with hym 33 I wyll not violate my couenaunt nor alter the thyng that is gone out of my lyppes 34 I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wyll not speake an vntrueth vnto Dauid 35 His seede shall endure for euer and his throne shal be as the sunne before me 36 And as the moone which shall continue for euermore and shal be a faithful witnesse in heauen Selah 37 But thou hast abhorred forsakē thine annoynted art sore displeased at him 38 Thou hast broken the couenaunt of thy seruaunt thou hast disgraced his crowne castyng it on the grounde 39 Thou hast ouerthrowē all his walles and broken downe his strong holdes 40 All they that go by the way spoyle hym he is become a rebuke vnto his neyghbours 41 Thou hast exalted the ryght hande of his enemies and made all his aduersaries to reioyce 42 Thou hast turned the harde edge of his sworde and thou hast not lifted him vp in the battayle 43 Thou hast brought his noble estate to an ende and hast cast his throne downe to the grounde 44 Thou hast shortened the dayes of his youth and thou hast couered him with shame Selah 45 O God howe long wylt thou hyde thy selfe for euer shall thy wrath burne lyke fire 46 Remember what I am howe short my tyme is of lyfe wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men 47 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell Selah 48 Lorde where are become thy former olde louyng kyndnesses which thou dydst sweare vnto Dauid by thy fayth that thou wouldest perfourme 49 Remember O Lorde the dishonour * of thy seruauntes I beare in my bosome the dishonour of all people that be mightie 50 Who beyng thine enemies O God do dishonour who do dishonour the footsteppes of thine annoynted 51 Blessed be God for euermore so be it and so be it ¶ The argument of the .xc. Psalme ¶ In this prayer he setteth foorth the euerlastyng diuinitie of God and his wonderfull prouidence towardes his people There is also a lamentation of the breuitie miserie of this present lyfe the cause wherof is our sinnes For God displeased with our wickednesse causeth our dayes of this lyfe to be both short and miserable which thyng he that considereth should be incited therby to be wise Moreouer there is a petition that God woulde haue pitie of his people in recompensing the calamities of this life with felicitie in the worlde to come and so by that meanes he shall make mery his sorowfull seruauntes ¶ A prayer of Moyses the man of God 1 LOrde thou hast ben our habitation from one generation to another generation 2 Before the moūtaynes were brought foorth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God both from euerlastyng and also vntyll euerlastyng 3 Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust thou sayest also O ye children of men returne you into dust 4 For a thousande yeres in thy syght are but as yestarday that is past and as a watch in the nyght 5 Thou makest them to flowe away they are a sleepe they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth 6 In the mornyng it florisheth and groweth vp in the euenyng it is cut downe and wythered 7 For we be consumed through thy displeasure and we are astonyed through thy wrathfull indignation 8 Thou hast set our misdeedes before thee and our sinnes wherof we be not priuie in the lyght of thy countenaunce 9 For all our dayes do passe in thine anger we spende our yeres as in speaking a worde 1◠The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres yet is their iolitie but labour and care yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs and we flee from it 11 Who regardeth the force of thy wrath for euen there after as a man feareth thee so feeleth he thy displeasure 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes that we number them and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome 13 Turne agayne O God what for euer wylt thou be angry and be gratious vnto thy seruauntes 14 Replenishe vs early in the mornyng with thy mercie and we wyll crye out for ioy and be glad all the dayes of our lyfe 15 Make vs mery accordyng to the dayes that thou hast afflicted vs and accordyng to the yeres wherin we haue suffred aduersitie 16 Let thy worke appeare in thy seruauntes and thy glory in their children 17 And let the glorious maiestie of the Lorde our God be vpon vs and prosper thou the worke of our handes vpon vs O prosper thou our handy worke The argument of the .xci. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth the confidence trust safenesse securitie and contentation of mynde that they haue who depende wholy of Gods gouernment protection they be without daunger in all aduersitie no
her house is enclined vnto death and her pathes vnto hell 19 All they that go in vnto her come not agayne neither take they holde of the way of life 20 Therefore walke thou in the way of suche as be vertuous kepe the pathes of the righteous 21 For the iust shall dwell in the lande they that be perfect shall remaine in it 22 But the vngodly shall be cut of from the earth and the wicked doers shal be rooted out of it The .iii. Chapter 1 The worde of God geueth lyfe 5 Trust in God 7 Feare hym 9 Honour hym 11 Suffer his correction 22 To them that folowe the worde of God all thinges shall succeede well 1 MY sonne forget not thou my lawe but see that thyne heart kepe my commaundementes 2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy life and bryng thee peace 3 Let mercy and faythfulnes neuer go from thee binde them about thy necke and wryte them in the tables of thyne heart 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and men 5 Put thy trust in God with all thyne heart leane not vnto thyne owne wit 6 In all thy wayes acknowledge hym and he shall order thy goynges 7 Be not wyse in thyne owne conceipt but feare the Lorde and depart from euyll 8 So shall thy nauell be whole and thy bones strong 9 Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce and with the firstlinges of all thyne encrease 10 So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnes and thy presses shall flow ouer with sweete wine 11 My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym 12 For whom the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth and yet deliteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne 13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome and getteth vnderstandyng 14 For the marchaundise of it is better then the marchaundise of siluer and the gayne therof is better then golde 15 She is more worth then pretious stones and all the thinges that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her 16 In her right hande is long life and in her left hande riches and honour 17 Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all her pathes are peaceable 18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her and blessed is he that kepeth her fast 19 With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens 20 Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe 21 My sonne let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding 22 So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule and grace vnto thy mouth 23 Then shalt thou walke safely in thy way and thy foote shall not stumble 24 If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraide but shalt take thy rest and sleepe sweetely 25 Thou shalt not be afraide of any sodayne feare neither for the violent rushing in of the vngodly when it commeth 26 For the Lorde shall stande by thy side kepe thy foote that thou be not taken 27 Withdraw no good thyng from them that haue nede so long as thyne hande is able to do it 28 Say not vnto thy neyghbour go thy way and come agayne and to morowe wyll I geue thee where as thou hast nowe to geue hym 29 Intende no hurt against thy neyghbour seing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee 30 Striue not with any man without a cause where as he hath done thee no harme 31 Folowe not a wicked man and chose none of his wayes 32 For the Lord abhorreth the froward but his counsayle is among the righteous 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous 34 As for the scornfull doth he not laugh them to scorne but he geueth grace vnto the lowly 35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Wysdome and her fruites ought to be searched 14 The way of the wicked must be refused 20 By the worde of God the heart eyes and course of life must be guyded 1 HEare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction take good heede that ye may learne vnderstanding 2 For I haue geuen you a good doctrine forsake not ye my lawe 3 For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne and tenderly beloued of my mother 4 He taught me also and sayde vnto me let thyne heart receaue my wordes kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue 5 Get thee wysdome and get thee vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth and shrinke not from them 6 Forsake her not and she shall preserue thee loue her and she shall kepe thee 7 The chiefe poynt of wysdome is to possesse wysdome and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding 8 Make much of her and she shall promote thee yea if thou embrace her she shall bryng thee vnto honour 9 She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory 10 Heare my sonne and receaue my wordes and the yeres of thy life shal be many 11 I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome led thee into the right pathes 12 So that if thou goest in them there shall no straitnesse hinder thee when thou runnest thou shalt not fall 13 Take fast holde of doctrine and let her not go kepe her for she is thy life 14 Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye and walke not in the way of the wicked 15 Abhorre it and go not therein depart aside and passe ouer by it 16 For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe and sleepe is taken from them vntyll they haue done harme 17 For they eate the bread of wickednes and drinke the wine of robberie 18 The path of the righteous shineth as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day 19 But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse they knowe not where they fall 20 My sonne marke my wordes and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart 22 For they are life vnto those that finde them and health vnto all their bodyes 23 Kepe thyne heart with all diligence for out of it issueth lyfe 24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee 25 Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee 26 Ponder the path of thy feete and let all thy wayes be ordred aright 27 Turne not aside neither to the right hande nor to the left but wihholde thy foote from euyll The .v. Chapter 3 Whordome forbidden 9 and prodigalitie 15 He
way which seemeth right vnto a man but the ende therof are the wayes of death 13 The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter and the ende of myrth is heauinesse 14 A backe slydyng heart shal be fylled with his owne wayes but a good man shall depart from hym 15 An ignoraunt body beleueth euery worde but who so hath vnderstanding loketh well to his goynges 16 A wyse man feareth and departeth from euyll but the foole is angry and counteth hym selfe sure 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly but he that is well aduised is hated of the foole 18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession but the wyse are crowned with knowledge 19 The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours but the riche hath many fâ—endes 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour sinneth but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore 22 Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse but they that muse vpon good thynges vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth 23 In euery labour there is some profite â–ª but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie 24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise â–ª but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse 25 A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his children are vnder a sure defence 27 The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death 28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding but he that is soone displeased exalteth foolishnesse 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body but enuie consumeth away the bones 31 He that doth a poore man wrong blasphemeth his maker but who so honoureth him hath pitie on the poore 32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng and it shal be knowen among them that are vnlearned 34 * Righteousnesse setteth vp the people but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym The .xv. Chapter 1 A Soft aunswere appeaseth wrath but rough wordes stirre vp anger 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse 3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place â–ª beholdeth both the good and the bad 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction â–ª but he that taketh heede when he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandyng 6 The house of the ryghteous is full of riches but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble 7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge but the heart of the foolishe do not so 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym 9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde but who so foloweth righteousnesse him he loueth 10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way and who so hateth correction shall dye 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde howe much more then the heartes of the children of men 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym neither wyll he come vnto the wyse 13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse 15 All the dayes of the poore are miserable but a quiet heart is a continuall feast 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde then great treasure and trouble therwith 17 Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue then a fat oxe with euyll wyll 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife but he that is patient stylleth discorde 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes but the way of the ryghteous is playne 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly 22 Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle there is stedfastnesse 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man wheÌ„ his counsayle is folowed and howe good is a worde spoken in season 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath 25 The Lorde wyll breake downe the house of the proude but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe 26 The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt 27 The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue 28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe 29 The Lorde is farre from the vngodly but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous 30 The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart a good name feedeth the bones 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe shall dwell among the wyse 32 He that refuseth to be refourmed dispiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth him selfe to correction is wyse 33 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome and lowlynesse goeth before honour The .xvj. Chapter 1 A Man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde 2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes 3 Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde and what thou deuisest it shall prosper 4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake yea the vngodly for the day of wrath 5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart and though hande be ioyned in hande yet they shall not be vnpunished 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed 7 When a mans wayes please the Lord he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges 10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement 11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement all the wayghtes of the bagge
about 24 The chiefe captayne also toke Saraiah the hye priest and Sophoniah that was chiefe next hym the three kepers of the doore 25 He toke out of the citie a chaumberlaine which was captaine of the souldiers and seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes which were founde in the citie and Sopher a captaine that vsed to muster the men of warre with threescore men of the countrey that were taken in the citie 26 These Nabuzaradan the chiefe captaine toke and caryed them to the king of Babylon vnto Reblath 27 And the kyng of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath And thus Iuda was ledde away captiue out of his owne lande 28 This is the summe of the people whom Nabuchodonozor led away captiue in the seuenth yere of his raigne he caryed away of the Iewes three thousande twentie and three 29 In the eyghteenth yere Nabuchodonozor caryed away from Hierusalem eyght hundred thirtie and two persons 30 In the three and twentie yere of Nabuchodonozor Nabuzaradan the chiefe captayne toke away seuen hundred fourtie and fiue Iewes prisoners The whole summe of the prisoners is foure thousande and sixe hundred 31 In the thirtie and seuenth yere after that Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda was caryed away in the fiue and twentith day of the twelft moneth Euilmerodach kyng of Babylon the same yere that he raigned gaue Iehoakim the kyng of Iuda his pardon and let hym out of prison 32 And spake louyngly to hym and set his throne aboue the thrones of the other kynges that were with hym in Babylon 33 He chaunged also the clothes of his prison yea and did eate with hym all his life long 34 And he had a continuall lyuyng geuen hym of the kyng of Babylon euery day a certayne thyng alowed hym all the dayes of his life vntyll he dyed The ende of the booke of the prophete Ieremie ¶ The lamentations of the prophete Ieremie ⧠The first Chapter 1 It happened after Israel was brought into captiuitie and Hierusalem destroyed that Ieremie the prophete sate weepyng and sorowfully bewayled Hierusalem and sighyng and howlyng with an heauy and wofull heart sayde 1 ALas howe sitteth the citie so desolate that sometime was full of people Howe is she become lyke a widow which was great among nations Howe is she brought vnder tribute that ruled landes 2 She weepeth sore in the nyght so that the teares runne downe her cheekes â–ª for among all her louers there is none that geueth her any comfort yea her next friendes transgresse agaynst her and are become her enemies 3 Iuda went away by reason of the affliction and great bondage she dwelleth among the heathen she findeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her in strayte places where she coulde not escape 4 The streetes of Sion mourne because no man coÌ„meth no more to the solempne feastes all her gates are desolate her priestes make lamentatioÌ„ her maydens are carefull and she her selfe is in great heauinesse 5 Her enemies haue ben rulers ouer her and her enemies haue prospered because the Lorde hath chastened her for her great wickednesse her children are led away captiue before their enemies 6 All the beautie of the daughter of Sion is away her princes are become lyke hartes that fynde no pasture they are driuen away before their enemie so that they haue no more power 7 Nowe Hierusalem remembred in the tyme of her miserie and bare estate all her ioy pleasure that she hath had in tymes past seyng her people is brought downe vnder the power of their enemies and there is no man for to helpe her her enemies stande lokyng at her and laugh her Sabbath daies to scorne 8 Hierusalem hath sinned greeuouslye therfore is she come in decay all they that had her in honour dispise her for they haue seene her filthinesse yea she sigheth and is ashamed of her selfe 9 Her skirtes are defiled she remembred not her last ende therfore is her fall so wonderfull and there is no man to comfort her O Lorde consider my trouble for myne enemie hath the vpper hande 10 The enemie hath put his hande to all the precious thinges that she had yea euen before her eyes came the heathen in and out of the sanctuarie whom thou neuerthelesse hast forbidden to come within thy congregation 11 All her people seeke their bread with heauinesse and loke what precious thyng euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his lyfe Consider O Lorde and see howe vile I am become 12 Haue ye no regarde all ye that go foreby beholde see yf there be any sorowe lyke vnto mine wherwith the Lorde hath troubled me in the day of his fearefull wrath 13 From aboue hath he sent downe a fire into my bones and it burneth them cruelly he hath layde a net for my feete and throwen me wyde open he hath made me desolate so that I must euer be mournyng 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bounde fast to his hande they are wrapped or writhen and come vp about my necke he hath caused my strength to fayle the Lorde hath deliuered me into those handes wheroâ—t I can not quyte my selfe 15 The Lorde hath destroyed all the mightie men that were in me he hath proclaymed an appoynted tyme to slaughter all my best men the Lorde hath troden downe the daughter of Iuda lyke as it were in a winepresse 16 Therfore do I weepe and mine eyes gushe out of water for the comfort that shoulde quicken me is farre fro me my children are driuen away for why the enemie hath gotten the vpper hande 17 Sion casteth out her handes and there is no man to comfort her the Lorde hath layde the enemies rounde about Iacob and Hierusalem is become abhomination in the middest of them 18 The Lorde is righteous for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger O take heede all ye people and consider my heauinesse my maydens and my young men are led away into captiuitie 19 I called for my louers but they beguiled me for my priestes and counsaylers but they perished euen whyle they sought for meate to saue their lyues 20 Consider O Lorde howe I am troubled my wombe is disquieted my heart turneth about in me and I am full of heauinesse because I rebelled stubburnly the sworde hurteth me without and within I am lyke vnto death 21 They heare my mournyng but there is none that wyll comfort me All myne enemies haue hearde of my trouble and are glad therof because thou hast done it and thou hast brought foorth the time which thou calledst when they also shal be lyke vnto me 22 Let all their wickednesse come before thee and do thou to them as thou hast done vnto me for all my trespasses for my sorowe is very great and my heart is heauy The .ij. Chapter 1 ALas howe hath the Lorde darckened the daughter of Sion
whirlewind with charets horsemen and with many shippes he shall enter into the countreys and shall ouerflowe and passe through 41 He shall enter also into the pleasaunt land and many countreys shal be ouerthrowen but these shall escape out of his hande euen Edom and Moab and the chiefe of the chyldren of Ammon 42 He shall stretche foorth his hande also vpon the countreys and the lande of Egypt shall not escape 43 But he shall haue power ouer the treasures of golde and of siluer ouer all the pretious thinges of Egypt and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in his passing by them 44 Neuerthelesse the tidinges out of the east and the north shall trouble him therfore he shal go foorth with great wrath to destroy and roote out many 45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace betweene the seas in the glorious and holy mountaine yet he shall come to his ende none shal helpe him The .xii. Chapter 2 He prophecieth the resurrection of the dead 9 The darknesse of the prophecie of Daniel 1 AND at that tyme shal Michael stande vp the great prince which standeth for the chyldren of thy people for there shal be a tyme of trouble suche as neuer was since there began to be a nation vnto that same tyme and at that tyme thy people shal be deliuered euery one that shal be found written in the booke 2 And many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shal awake some to euerlasting life some to shame perpetuall contempt 3 They that be wyse shall shine as the brightnesse of the firmament and they that turne many to righteousnesse as the starres for euer and euer 4 But thou O Daniel shut vp the wordes and seale the booke till the time of the ende many shall go about here and there and knowledge shal be encreased 5 Then I Daniel looked and beholde there stoode other two the one on this side of the banke of the riuer and the other on that side of the banke of the riuer 6 And one sayde vnto the man clothed in linnen whiche was ouer the waters of the riuer When shal the ende of these wonders be 7 And I hearde the man clothed in linnen which was ouer the waters of the riuer when he held vp his right hand and his left hande vnto heauen and sware by hym that liueth for euer that it shall tary for a tyme tymes and a halfe and when he shall haue accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people all these thinges shal be finished 8 Then I hearde it but I vnderstoode it not then sayde I O my Lord what shall be the ende of these thinges 9 And he saide Go thy way Daniel for the wordes are closed vp and sealed tyll the tyme of the ende 10 Many shal be purified made white and tryed but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shal haue vnderstanding but the wyse shall vnderstande 11 And from the tyme that the dayly sacrifice shal be taken away and the abhominable desolation set vp there shal be a thousande two hundred and ninetie dayes 12 Blessed is he that wayteth and commeth to the thousande three hundred and fiue and thirtie dayes 13 But go thou thy way tyll the ende be for thou shalt rest and stande vp in thy lot at the ende of the dayes The ende of the prophecie of Daniel T. C. L. ⧠The booke of the prophete Osea The first Chapter 1 The tyme wherein Osea prophecied 2 The idolatrie of the people 10 The calling of the gentiles 11 Christe is the head of all people 1 THE worde of the Lorde came vnto Osea the sonne of Beeri in the dayes of Ozea Ioathan Ahas and Hezekias kynges of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kyng of Israel 2 When the Lord spake first vnto Osea he sayd vnto hym Go take vnto thee a wife of fornications and chyldren of fornications for the lande hath committed great fornication departing from the Lorde 3 So he went and toke Gomer the daughter of Deblaim whiche conceaued and bare him a sonne 4 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Call his name Iezrahel for I wyll shortlye auenge the blood of Iezrahel vpon the house of Iehu and wyll bryng the kyngdome of the house of Israel to an ende 5 And in that day wyll I also breake the bowe of Israel in the valley of Iezrahel 6 And she conceaued agayne and bare a daughter and the Lorde sayde vnto hym Call her name Loruhamah that is not obtayning mercy for I wyll no more haue pitie vpon the house of Israel but I wyll vtterly take them away 7 Yet I wyll haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda and wil saue them euen thorowe the Lorde their God and wil not saue them by bowe sworde battell horses or horsemen 8 Nowe when she had wayned Loruhamah she conceaued againe and bare a sonne 9 Then sayd he Call his name Loammi that is not my people for ye are not my people therefore I wyll not be your God 10 Yet the number of the chyldren of Israel shal be as the sand of the sea which can neither be measured nor tolde and in the place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people it shall be saide vnto them Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God 11 Then shall the children of Iuda and the chyldren of Israel be gathered together and appoynt them selues one head and they shall come vp out of the lande for great shal be the day of Iezrahel The .ii. Chapter 1 The people is called to repentaunce 5 He sheweth their idolaterie and threatneth them except they repent 1 TEll your brethren that they are my people and your sisterne that they haue obtayned mercy 2 As for your mother ye shall chyde with her and reproue her for she is not my wyfe neither am I her husbande let her therefore put away her whordome from her face and her adulterie from her brestes 3 Lest I strip her naked and set her euen as she came into the worlde and make her as a wyldernesse and as a drye lande and slay her for thyrste 4 And I wyll haue no pitie vpon her chyldren for they be the children of fornication 5 Their mother hath played the harlot and she that bare them is come to confusion for she sayde I wyll go after my louers that geue me my bread and my water my wooll and flaxe my oyle and my drinke 6 Therefore beholde I wyll stop thy way with thornes and make a hedge that she shall not finde her pathes 7 And though she runne after her louers yet shall she not ouertake them she shall seeke them but not finde them Then shall she say I wyll go and returne to my first husbande for at that tyme it was
Moli the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel Seredia and his sonnes and his brethren whiche were eyghteene 49 And Asebia and Amon and Osaian his brethrē of the sonnes of Canaineus their sonnes were twentie men 50 And of them that serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordayned and the principall men to the worke of the Leuites that were ministers in the temple two hundred twentie whose names are all signed vp in writing 51 And then commaunded I a fasting vnto the young men before the Lorde that I might desire of him a prosperous iourney and a good way both for vs and them that were with vs for our chyldren and for the cattell 52 For I feared to desire of the king men of horse and of foote to conuey vs safely against our enemies 53 For we had sayde vnto the kyng that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seeke hym to direct them in all thinges 54 And therfore we besought our Lorde agayne as touching these thinges and founde him fauourable vnto vs. 55 Then I separated from among the chiefe of the tribes and from the priestes xij men to wit Esebrias and Assanias ten men of their brethren with them 56 And I wayed them the golde and the siluer and the holy vessels of the house of our Lorde whiche the kyng and his counsell and his princes and whole Israel had geuen 57 And when I had wayed it I deliuered it vnto them sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and an hundred talentes in siluer vessels and an hundred talentes of golde 58 And twentie golden basens twelue vessels of brasse euen fine brasse like shining golde 59 And I sayde vnto them Ye are holy vnto the Lord and the vessels are holy and the golde and the siluer is promised vnto the Lord God of our fathers 60 Be diligent nowe and kepe it vntyll the tyme that ye deliuer it to the chiefe of the priestes and leuites and to the principall men of the families of Israel in Hierusalem in the chaumbers of the house of our God 61 So the priestes and the leuites which receaued of me the golde the siluer and the vessels brought it vnto Hierusalem vnto the temple 62 And from the riuer Thia we brake vp the twelfth day of the first moneth according to the mightie hande of our Lorde whiche was with vs and from the beginning of our iourney the Lord deliuered vs from euery enemie so that we came vnto Hierusalem 63 And when the thirde day was past there the wayed golde and siluer was deliuered in the house of the Lorde on the fourth day vnto Marimoth the priest and sonne of Iori 64 And with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinees and with them were Iosabdus the sonne of Iesu and Moeth the sonne of Sabbanus Leuites all was deliuered them by number and wayght 65 And all the wayght of them was written vp the same houre 66 After that they that were come out of captiuitie offred sacrifice vnto the Lord God of Israel euen twelue oxen for all Israel fourescore sixteene rammes 67 Threescore and twelue sheepe twelue goates for saluation all in sacrifice to the Lorde 68 And the kinges commission deliuered they vnto the kinges stewardes and to the gouernours of Coclosyria and Phenice who honoured the people and the temple of God 69 Now when these thinges were done the rulers came vnto me and sayde 70 The nation of Israel the princes the priestes and leuites haue not put away from them the straunge people of the lande nor the vncleannes of the Gentiles to wit of the Chanaanites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites and the Moabites Egyptians and Edomites 71 For both they and theyr sonnes haue mingled them selues with the daughters of them and the holy seede is mixt with the straunge people of the lande and since the beginning of the affaires the rulers and head men haue ben partakers of this wickednesse 72 And assoone as I had hearde these things immediatly I rent my clothes and the holy garment and pulled out the heere of my head my bearde and sat me downe forowfull and heauie 73 So all they that were moued thorow the worde of the Lorde God of Israel came vnto me whyles I wept for the iniquitie but I sate styll full of heauinesse vntyll the euening sacrifice 74 Then stoode I vp from fasting hauing rent clothes the holy garment and kneeled downe vpon my knees helde out my handes vnto the Lorde 75 And sayde O Lorde I am confounded and ashamed before thy face 76 For our sinnes are become many euen aboue our heades and our ignoraunces are lifted vp euen vnto heauen 77 For since the tyme of our fathers we are in great sinne vnto this day 78 And for the sinnes of vs and our fathers we with our brethren and with our kinges and with our priestes haue ben geuen vp vnto the kynges of the earth into the sworde and into captiuitie and became a spoyle with confusion and shame vnto this day 79 And nowe O Lord God howe great is the mercy that we haue gotten of thee in that thou hast lefte vs a roote and a name in the place of thy sanctuarie 80 And that thou hast discouered to vs a light in the house of the Lord our God and hast geuen vs meate in the tyme of our seruitude 81 And when we were in captiuitie we were not forsaken of the Lord our god but he made the kynges of Persia gratious and fauourable vnto vs so that they gaue vs victuals and meate 82 Yea and honoured the temple of our Lorde and repayred the wasted places of Sion and gaue vs assuraunce in Iurie and Hierusalem 83 And nowe O Lorde what shall we say hauing all these things in possession For we haue broken thy commaundementes whiche thou gauest vnto vs by the handes of thy seruauntes the prophetes saying 84 Because the lande whiche ye go to possesse as an heritage is a lande defiled with the vncleannes and filthynes of the straungers of the land and with their abhomination they haue polluted it altogether 85 Therfore now shall ye not ioyne their daughters vnto your sonnes neither marry your daughters to their sonnes 86 Moreouer ye shall neuer seeke to make peace with them that ye may increase and eate the best in the lande and that ye may leaue the inheritaunce of the lande vnto your chyldren for euermore 87 As for the thinges that are come to passe they come all for our wicked workes and great sinnes for thou O Lorde hast made our sinnes light 88 And geuen vs suche a roote but we haue turned backe agayne so that we haue broken thy lawe and mingled our selues with the vncleannes of the out landishe heathen 89 Mightest not thou be angry with vs to destroy vs so that thou shouldest leaue vs neither roote seede nor name 90 O Lord God of Israel thou art true for our
her â—aut she aunswered her saying God let vs neuer see sonne nor daughter of thee more vpon earth thou killer of thy husbandes 10 Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce went Sara into an hye chamber of her house and three dayes and three nightes she neither eate nor dranke 11 But continued in prayer and besought God with teares that he would deliuer her from this rebuke 12 Vpon the thirde day it came to passe that when she had made an end of prayer she praysed the Lorde 13 Saying Blessed be thy name O God of our fathers whiche when thou art wroth shewest mercie and in time of trouble thou forgeuest the sinnes of them that call vpon thee 14 Vnto thee O Lorde turne I my face vnto thee lift I vp myne eyes 15 I beseche thee O Lord loose me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly away from of the earth 16 Thou knowest Lorde that I neuer had desire vnto man and that I haue kept my soule cleane from all vncleanly lust 17 I haue not kept companie with those that passe their time in sport neither haue I made my selfe partaker with them that walke in light behauour 18 An husband haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare 19 Nowe peraduenture eyther I haue ben vnworthy of them or els were they vnmeete for me for thou happyly hast kept me to another hushande 20 For why thy counsell is not in the power of man 21 But euery one that serueth thee is sure of this that if his life be in triyng it shal be crowned and if he be in trouble that God no doubt shal deliuer him and if his life be in chastening that he shall haue leaue to come vnto thy mercie 22 For thou hast no pleasure in our dampnation And why after a storme thou makest the wether faire and still after weeping heauinesse thou geuest great ioy 23 Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer 24 At the same time were both their prayers hearde in the sight of the maiestie of the hiest God 25 And Raphael the holy angell of the Lorde was sent to helpe them both whose prayers came at one time together before God The .iiii. Chapter 1 Preceptes and exhortations of Tobias to his sonne 1 SO when Tobias thought his prayer to be heard that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias 2 And sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and lay them in thyne heart as a foundation 3 When God taketh away my soule burie thou my body and holde thy mother in honour all the dayes of her life 4 For thou oughtest to remember what and howe great peryls she suffred for thee in her wombe 5 And when she also hath fulfilled the time of her life burie her beside me 6 Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life and beware lest at any time thou consent vnto sinne and lest thou let slippe the commaundementes of the Lorde our God 7 Geue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shall it come to passe that the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee 8 Be mercifull after thy power 9 If thou haue much geue plenteously if thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle 10 For so gatherest thou thy selfe a good rewarde in the day of necessitie 11 For mercie deliuereth from al sinne and from death and suffreth not the soule to come into darkenesse 12 A great comfort is mercie before the hie God vnto all them that shewe it 13 My sonne kepe thee wel from al whordome and beside thy wife suffer not thy selfe to knowe of sinne 14 Let neuer pride haue rule in thy minde nor in thy worde for in pryde began all destruction 15 Whosoeuer worketh any thing for thee immediatly geue him his hire and loke that thy hired seruauntes wages remayne not at all with thee 16 Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thing that thou wouldest not another man shoulde do vnto thee 17 Eate thy bread with the hungry and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes 18 Set thy bread and wine vpon the buriall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drinke therof with the sinners 19 Aske euer counsell at the wyse 20 Be alway praysing of God beseche him that he will order thy wayes and that whatsoeuer thou deuisest or takest in hand it may remayne in him 21 I certifie thee also my sonne that when thou wast yet but a babe I deliuered ten talentes of siluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a citie of the Medes and his hande wryting haue I by me 22 And therfore seke some meanes howe thou mayest come by him and receaue of him the sayd wayght of siluer geue him his hande wryting againe 23 My sonne be not afrayde trueth it is we leade here a poore life but great good shall we haue if we feare God and depart from all sinne and do well ¶ The .v. Chapter 2 Tobias is sent to Rages 5 He meeteth with the angell Raphael which did conduct him 1 THen aunswered Tobias his father and said Father all that thou hast commaunded me wyl I doe and that diligently 2 But how I shall require this money I can not tell neither doth he knowe me nor I him What token shall I geue him And as for the way thyther I neuer knew it 3 Then his father aunswered him and saide I haue his hand writing by me which when thou shewest him immediatly he shall pay thee 4 But go thy way nowe and get thee some faithful man to go with thee for an hyre that thou mayst receaue the money while I am yet liuing 5 Then went Tobias out and vpon the streate he founde a fayre young man standing girded vp and as it were one redie to take his iourney 6 And he knewe not that it was an angell of God but saluted him and sayde From whence art thou thou good young man 7 He aunswered Of the children of Israel And Tobias said vnto him Knowest thou the way that leadeth vnto the countrey of the Medes 8 He aunswered I knowe it well all those streates haue I gone oft times and haue lodged with our brother Gabelus that dwelleth in Rages a citie of the Medes which lyeth vpon the mouÌ„t Ecbatanis 9 Tobias saide vnto him I pray thee tary for me till I haue tolde my father these thinges 10 Then went Tobias in and tolde his father all At the which his father marueyled and prayed that he woulde come in vnto him 11 Now when he came in he saluted him and saide Ioy be with thee for euermore 12 And olde Tobias saide what ioy can I haue that sit here in darkenesse and see not the light of heauen 13 The young man saide vnto him Be of good cheare
without the striking of any battayl set men to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroy them without sworde or at the least they shall be so feeble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the citie which they thinke not able to be wunne for so much as it lyeth in the mountaynes 10 These wordes pleased Holophernes wel and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth at euery well round about 11 And when this watch had endured twentie dayes the cesternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the citie of Bethulia so that in the whole citie they had not drincke inough for one day for the people had water geuen them dayly in a measure 12 Then came the men and women young persons and children al vnto Osias and sayd al with one voyce 13 God be iudge betwixt vs and thee for thou hast dealt euyll with vs thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the king of the Assyrians therefore hath God solde vs into their handes 14 And there is no man to helpe vs wheras we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and great destruction 15 Therefore gather now together all the people that be in the citie that we may all yeelde our selues wyllyngly vnto the people of Holophernes 16 For better it is that we be captiue and prayse the Lorde with our liues then to be slayne perishe and to be laughed to scorne and shamed of euery man when we see our wiues and children die before our eyes 17 We take heauen and earth this day to record the God of our fathers whiche punisheth vs according to the deseruing of our sinnes and geue you warning that ye geue vp the citie nowe into the power of Holophernes hoast that our end may be short with the sworde which els shal endure long for want of water and for thirst 18 When they had spoken out these wordes there was a great weeping and howling in the whole congregation and that of euery man and they cryed a whole houre long vnto God with one voyce 19 Saying We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done a misse we haue dealt wickedly 20 Thou that art gratious haue mercie vpon vs or punishe our vnrighteousnes with thyne owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowledge thee vnto a people which knowe thee not 21 That they may not say among the heathen Where is their God 22 And when they were so weery with this crying and weeping that they helde their peace 23 Osias stoode vp with watry eyes and sayde O take good heartes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fiue dayes for mercie of the Lorde 24 Peraduenture he shal put away his indignation geue glorie vnto his name 25 But if he helpe vs not when the fiue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The .viii. Chapter 1 The parentage life and conuersation of Iudith 11 She rebuketh the fayntnesse of the gouernours 12 She sheweth that they shoulde not tempt God but wayte vpon him for succour 33 Her enterprise against the enemies 1 ANd it happened when these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a widdowe which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osia the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iamnor the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Enan the sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Ruben 2 And her husband was called Manasses whiche dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest 3 For whyle he was binding the sheaues together in the fielde the heate came vpon his head and he died at Bethulia his citie and there was he buried beside his fathers 4 Nowe was Iudith his desolate wyddowe three yeres and sixe monethes 5 And in the higher partes of her house she made her selfe a priuie chamber where she dwelt beyng closed in with her maydens 6 She ware a smocke of heere and fasted al the dayes of her life except the Sabbathes and newe moones and the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kept 7 She was a very faire and beautiful person her husbande also had left her great riches a plenteous houshold great vnmoueable possessions many cattell 8 This Iudith was a woman of a very good report with euery one for she feared the Lord greatly and there was no body that spake an euyll worde of her 9 When this Iudith hearde how Osias had promised the people that after the fift day he woulde geue vp the citie vnto the Assyrians she sent for the elders Chabri and Charmi. 10 And when they came to her she sayde What thing is this wherin Osias hath consented that if God helpe not within fiue dayes he will geue ouer the citie to the Assyrians 11 What are ye that ye tempt the Lorde 12 This deuice obtayneth no mercie of God but prouoketh hym vnto wrath and displeasure 13 Will ye set the mercie of the Lorde a time and appoynt him a day after your will 14 Neuerthelesse for so much as the Lord is pacient let vs rather repent in this powring out teares and beseching hym of grace 15 For God threatneth not as a man neither will he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men 16 And therfore let vs heartyly fal downe before him and serue hym with a meeke spirite 17 And with weeping eyes say vnto the Lorde that he deale with vs according to his owne wil speedyly in mercie that like as our heart is nowe vexed and brought low through the pride of them it may so be comforted through his grace 18 In so much as we folowe not the sinnes of our fathers which forsoke their God and worshipped other gods 19 For the which sinne they perished with the sword were spoyled and brought to shame of al their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but only hym 20 For whose comfort let vs tary with meekenesse and he shall require make inquisition for our blood from the vexations of our enemies he shall bring downe all the heathen that rise vp against vs and put them to dishonour euen the Lord our God 21 Therefore deare brethren seyng ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God and their lyfe hangeth all vpon you lift vp their heartes with your exhortation that they may call to remembraunce howe our fathers also in times past were tempted that they might be proued if they worshipped their God a right 22 They ought to remember howe our father Abraham beyng tempted tryed through many tribulations was found a louer and friende of God 23 So was Isahac so was Iacob so was Moyses and all they that pleased God passed stedfast in faith through many folde troubles 24 Againe they that receaued not their temptations with the feare
noble actes 4 Who shall declare the power of his greatnesse or who wyll take vpon him to tell out his mercie 5 As for the wonderous workes of the Lord there may nothing be taken from them nothing may be put vnto them neither may the grounde of them be founde out 6 But when a man hath done his best he must beginne againe and when he thinketh to be come to an ende he must go againe to his labour 7 What is man whereto is he worth what good or euill can he do 8 If the number of a mans dayes be almost an hundred yeres it is much and no man hath certaine knowledge of his death 9 Lyke as the droppers of rayne are vnto the sea and as a grauell stone is in comparison of the sande so are these fewe yeres to the dayes of euerlasting 10 Therefore is the Lorde pacient with them and powreth out his mercie vpon them 11 He sawe and perceaued the thoughtes and imaginations of their heart that they were euill therefore heaped he vp his mercifull goodnesse vpon them and shewed them the way of righteousnes 12 The mercie that a man hath reacheth to his neighbour but the mercie of god is vpon all fleshe He chasteneth he teacheth and nurtureth yea euen as a sheephearde turneth againe his flocke so doth he all them that receaue chastening nurture and doctrinâ— 13 Mercyfull is he vnto them that diligently seeke after his iudgementes 14 My sonne when thou doest good make no grudging at it and whatsoeuer thou geuest speake no discomfortable wordes 15 Shall not the deawe coole the heate euen so is a worde better then a gift 16 Is not a friendly worde a good honest gifte but a gratious man geueth them both 17 A foole shall cast a man in the teeth and that roughly and a gift of the nigarde putteth out the eyes 18 Get thee righteousnes before thou come to iudgement learne before thou speake and go to phisicke or euer thou be sicke 19 Examine and iudge thy selfe before the iudgement come and so shalt thou finde grace in the sight of God 20 Humble thy selfe afore thou be sicke and whilest thou mayst sinne shew thy conuersation 21 Be not let to pay thy vowe in good time and tary not to be iustified vnto thy death for the rewarde of God endureth for euer 22 Before thou prayest prepare thy soule and be not as one that tempteth God 23 Thinke vpon the wrathfull indignation that shal be at the ende and the houre of vengeauÌ„ce when he shall turne away his face 24 When thou hast inough remember the time of hunger and when thou art rich thinke vpon the time of pouertie and scarsenesse 25 From the morning vntyl the euening the time is chaunged all such thinges are soone done in the sight of God 26 A wyfe man feareth God in al thinges and in the dayes of transgression he kepeth him selfe from sinne but the foole doth not obserue the time 27 A discreete man hath pleasure in wysdome and he that findeth her maketh much of her 28 They that haue had vnderstanding haue dealt wysely in wordes haue vnderstand the trueth and righteousnesse and haue sought out wâ—fe sentences and iudgementes 29 The chiefe aucthoritie of speaking is of the Lorde alone for a mortall man hath but a dead heart 30 Folowe not thy lustes but turne shee from thyne owne wyll 31 For if thou geuest thy soule her desires it shall make thyne enemies to laugh thee to scorne 32 Take not thy pleasure in great voluptuousnesse and meddle not to much withall 33 Make not to great cheare of the thing that thou hast wonne by aduauntage lest thou fall into pouertie and haue nothing in thy purse els thou shouldest sclaunderously lye in wayte for thyne owne lyfe ¶ The .xix. Chapter 2 Wâ—ne and whordome bringeth men to pouertie 6 In thy wordes must thou vse discretion 22 The difference of the wysdome of God and man 27 whereby thou mayst know what is in a man 1 A Labouring man that is geuen vnto drunckennes shall not be rich and he that maketh not much of small thinges shall fall by litle and litle 2 Wine and women make wyse men runagates and put men of vnderstanding to reproofe 3 And he that companieth adulterers shal become an impudent man mothes and wormes shal haue him to heritage yea he shal be set vp to a great example and his soule shal be rooted out of the number 4 He that is hastie to geue credence is light minded doth against him selfe 5 Who so reioyceth in wickednesse shal be punished but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his owne soule he that refraineth his tongue may lyue with a troublesome man he that hateth to be refourmed his lyfe shal be shortened he that abhorreth babling of wordes quencheth wickednesse 6 He that offendeth against his owne soule shall repent it and he that reioyceth in wickednes shal be punished 7 Rehearse not a wicked and churlishe worde twyse and thou shalt not be hindered 8 Shewe thy secretes neither to friende nor foe and if thou hast offended tell it not out 9 For he shall hearken vnto thee and marke thee and when he findeth oportunitie he shall hate thee and so shall he be alway about thee 10 If thou hast heard a worde against thy neighbour let it be dead within thee and be sure thou shalt haue no harme thereby 11 A foole trauayleth with a worde lyke as a woman that is payned with bearing of a childe 12 Lyke as an arrowe shotte in a thigh of flesshe so is a worde in a fooles heart 13 Tell thy friende his fault lest he be ignoraunt and say I haue not done it or if he haue spoken that he do it no more 14 Reproue thy neighbour that he keepe his tongue and if he haue spoken that he say it no more 15 Tell thy neighbour his fault for oft times an offence is made and geue not credence to euery worde 16 A man falleth sometime with his tongue but not with his wil for what is he that hath not offended in his tongue 17 Geue thy neighbour warning before thou threaten him and geue place vnto the lawe of the Lorde 18 The feare of the Lorde is the first degree to be receaued of him wysdome obtayneth his loue 19 The knowledge of the commaundementes of the Lorde is the doctrine of lyfe and they that obey him shall receaue the fruite of immortalitie 20 The feare of God is all wysdome and he that is a righteous man keepeth the lawe 21 If a seruaunt say vnto his maister I wyll not do as it pleaseth thee though afterwarde he do it he shall displease him that nourisheth him 22 As for the doctrine of wickednes it is no wysdome the prudence of sinners is no good vnderstanding it is but wickednes and abhomination and a blaspheming of wysdome 23 A simple
yere and as lylies by the riuers of water like as the braūches vpon the mount Libanus in the time of summer 9 As a fire and incense that is kindled lyke as an whole ornament of pure gold set with all maner of precious stones 10 And as an Oliue tree that is fruiteful and as a Cypres tree which groweth vp an hye 11 When he put on the garment of honour and was clothed with al beawtie when he went to the holy aulter he made the garment of holynes honorable 12 When he toke the portions out of the priestes hande he him selfe stoode by the hearth of the aulter and his brethren rounde about in order as the braunches of Cedar tree vpō the mount Libanus so stoode they rounde about him 13 And as the braunches of the Oliue tree so stoode all the sonnes of Aaron in their glory and the oblations of the Lorde in their handes before al the congregation of Israel 14 And that he might sufficiently perfourme his seruice vpon the aulter and garnishe the offering of the highest god 15 He stretched out his hande and toke of the drinke offering and powred in of the wine so he poured vpon the bottome of the aulter a good smell vnto the highest prince 16 Then began the sonnes of Aaron to sing and to blow with trumpettes and to make a great noyse for a remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde 17 Then al the people together were hasted and fell downe to the earth vpon their faces to worship the Lorde their God to geue thankes to the almightie God 18 They song goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in the great house of the Lorde 19 And the people in their prayer besought the Lorde the highest that he would be mercifull tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed and they had ended their ministration and seruice 20 Then went he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shoulde geue prayse and thankes out of their lippes vnto the Lorde and to reioyce in his name 21 He began yet once also to pray that he might openly shewe the thankesgeuing before the highest 22 Namely thus O geue prayse and thankes all ye vnto the Lord our God which hath euer done noble and great thinges which hath increased our dayes from our mothers wombe and dealt with vs according to his mercie 23 That he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of heart and peace for our time in Israel 24 Which faithfully kepeth his mercie for vs euermore and alway deliuereth vs in due season 25 There be two maner of people that I abhorre from my heart as for the third whom I hate it is no people 26 They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria the Philistines and the foolishe people that dwelt in Sichimis 27 I Iesus the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus of Hierusalem haue tokened vp these informations and documentes of wysdome and vnderstanding in this booke and poured out the wysdome of my heart 28 Blessed is he that exerciseth him selfe therein who so taketh such to heart shal be wyse for euer 29 If he do these thinges he shal be strong in all for the lyght of the Lorde leadeth him which geueth wysdome to the godlie The Lorde be praysed for euermore so be it so be it ¶ The .lj. Chapter The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirach 1 I Wyll thanke thee O Lorde and king and prayse thee O God my sauiour I wyll yeelde prayse vnto thy name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserued my body from destruction from the snares of trayterous tongues and from the lippes that are occupied with lyes 3 Thou hast ben my helper from such as stoode vp against me and hast deliuered me after the multitude of thy mercie and for thy holy names sake from the roring of them that prepared them selues to deuour me out of the handes of such as sought after my lyfe from the multitude of them that troubled me 4 And from them that went about to set fyre vpon me on euery side so that I am not brent in the middest of the fyre 5 From the deepe of hell from an vncleane tongue from lying wordes from false accusation to the king and from an vnrighteous tongue 6 My soule shall prayse the Lorde vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hell downewarde 7 They compassed me round about on euery syde and there was no man to helpe me I loked about me if there were any man that would succour me but there was none 8 Then thought I vpon thy mercie O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely that thou deliuerest such as put their trust in thee and riddest them out of the handes of the heathen 9 Thus lyft I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for deliueraunce from death 10 I called vpon the Lorde the father of my Lorde that he would not leaue me without helpe in the day of my trouble and in the time of the proude 11 I wyll prayse thy name continually yeelding honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was heard 12 Thou sauedst me from destruction and deliueredst me from the vnrighteous time therefore wyll I acknoweledge and prayse thee and magnifie the name of the Lorde 13 When I was yet but young or euer I went astray I desired wysdome openly in my prayer 14 I came therfore before the temple and sought her vnto the last then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype 15 My heart reioyced in her then went my foote the right way yea from my youth vp sought I after her 16 I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me much wysdome and prospered greatly in her 17 Therfore wyll I ascribe the glory vnto him that geueth me wysdome 18 For I am aduised to do thereafter I wyll be gelous to cleaue vnto the thing that is good so shall I not be confounded 19 My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue ben diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes on hye then was my soule lightened through wysdome that I knowledged my foolishnes 20 I ordered my soule after her she and I were one heart from the beginning and I found her in cleannesse and therfore shall I not be forsaken 21 My heart longed after her and I gat a good treasure 22 Through her the Lorde hath geuen me a new tongue wherewith I wyll prayse him 23 O come vnto me ye vnlearned and dwell in the house of wysdome 24 Withdrawe not your selues from her but talke commune of these thinges for your soules are very thirstie 25 I opened my mouth and spake O come and bye wysdome without money 26 Bowe downe your necke vnder her yoke and your soule shall receaue wysdome she is harde at hande and is content to be founde 27 Beholde with your eyes
where thou hast scatered vs. 14 Heare our prayers O Lorde and our petitions bring vs out of captiuitie for thyne owne sake get vs fauour in the sight of them which haue led vs away 15 That all landes may know that thou art the Lorde our God and that Israel and his generation calleth vpon thy name 16 O Lorde loke downe from thy holy house vpon vs encline thyne eare and heare vs. 17 Open thyne eyes and beholde for the dead that be gone downe to their graues whose soules are out of their bodies ascribe vnto the Lorde neither prayse nor righteousnes 18 But the soule that is vexed for the multitude of her sinnes which goeth on heauyly and weakly whose eyes begin to faile yea such a soule ascribeth prayse and righteousnes vnto the Lorde 19 For we poure out our prayers before thee and require mercie in thy sight O Lorde our God not for any godlynes of our fathers 20 But because thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation vpon vs according as thou diddest threaten vs by thy seruauntes the prophetes saying 21 Thus saith the Lorde Bowe downe your shoulders and neckes and serue the king of Babylon so shall ye remaine still in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers 22 But if ye wyll not heare the voyce of the Lorde your God to serue the king of Babylon 23 I wyll destroy you in the cities of Iuda within Hierusalem and without I wyll also take from you the voyce of mirth and the voyce of ioy the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride and there shal no man dwel more in the lande 24 But they would not hearken vnto thy voyce to do the king of Babylon seruice and therefore hast thou perfourmed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes namely that the bones of our kinges and the bones of our fathers should be translated out of their places 25 And lo nowe are they layde out in the heate of the sunne and in the colde of the night and dead in great miserie with hunger with sword with pestilence and are cleane cast foorth 26 As for the temple wherein thy name was called vpō thou hast layd it waste as it is to see this day and that for the wickednesse of the house of Israel and the house of Iuda 27 O Lorde our God thou hast intreated vs after all thy goodnes and according to all that great louing mercie of thyne 28 Lyke as thou spakest by thy seruaunt Moyses in the day when thou diddest commaunde him to write thy lawe before the children of Israel saying 29 If ye wyl not hearkē vnto my voyce then shall this great multitude be turned into a very small people among the nations for I wyll scatter them abrode 30 Notwithstanding I am sure that this folke wyl not heare me for it is an hard necked people but in the lande of their captiuitie they shall remember them selues 31 And learne to know that I am the Lorde their God when I geue them an heart to vnderstande and eares to heare 32 Then shal they prayse me in the lande of their captiuitie and thinke vpon my name 33 Then shal they turne them from their harde backes and from their vngodlines then shall they remember the thinges that happened vnto their fathers which sinned against me 34 So wyll I bring them againe into the lande which I promysed with an oth vnto their fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob and they shal be lordes of it yea I wyll encrease them and not minishe them 35 And I wyll make an other couenaunt with them such one as shall endure for euer namely that I will be their God and they shal be my people and I will no more dryue my people the children of Israel out of the lande that I haue geuen them The .iii. Chapter 1 The people continueth in their prayer begun for their deliueraunce 9 He prayseth wysdome vnto the people shewing that so great aduersities came vnto them for the despising therof 36 Only God was the finder of wysdome 37 Of the incarnation of Christ 1 ANd nowe O Lorde almightie thou God of Israel our soule that is in trouble and our spirite that is vexed cryeth vnto thee 2 Heare vs O Lord and haue pitie vpon vs for thou art a mercifull God be gracious vnto vs for we haue sinned before thee 3 Thou endurest for euer shoulde we then vtterly perishe 4 O Lorde almightie thou God of Israel heare nowe the prayer of the dead Israelites and of their children whiche haue sinned before thee and not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde their God for the whiche cause these plagues hang nowe vpon vs. 5 O Lord remember not the wickednesse of our forefathers but thinke vpon thy power and name nowe at this time 6 For thou art the Lorde our God and thee O Lorde will we prayse 7 For thou hast put thy feare in our heartes to the intent that we should call vpon thy name and prayse thee in our captiuitie that we might turne from the wickednesse of our forefathers that sinned before thee 8 Behold we are yet this day in our captiuitie where as thou hast scattered vs to be an abhomination curse and subiect to exactions like as it hath happened vnto our fathers also because of al their wickednesse and departing from thee 9 O Israel heare the commaundementes of lyfe ponder them well with thyne cares that thou maiest learne wisdome 10 But howe happeneth it Israel that thou art in thyne enemies lande thou art waxen olde in a straunge countrey and defiled with the dead 11 Why art thou become lyke them that go downe to their graues 12 Euen because thou hast forsaken the well of wysdome 13 For if thou hadst walked in the way of God truely thou shouldest haue remayned still safe in thyne owne lande 14 O learne then where is wysdome where vertue is where vnderstanding is that thou mayest knowe also from whence commeth long continuaunce and lyfe the light of the eyes and quietnesse 15 Who euer founde out her place or who came euer into her treasures 16 Where are the princes of the heathen become and such as ruled the beastes vpon the earth 17 They that had their pastime with the foules of the ayre they that hoorded vp siluer gold wherin men trust so much and made no end of their gathering 18 What is become of them that coyned siluer and were so carefull and coulde not bring their workes to passe 19 They be rooted out and gone downe to hell and other men are come vp in their steades 20 Young men haue seene light and dwelt vpon earth but the way of reformation haue they not knowen 21 Nor vnderstande the pathes thereof neither haue their children receaued it yea right farre is it from them 22 It hath not ben heared of in the land of Chanaan neither hath it
to them that worship thee 34 Yet for thy names sake we beseche thee geue vs not vp for euer breake not thy couenaunt 35 And take not away thy mercie from vs for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruaunt Isaacs sake and for thy holy Israels sake 36 To whom thou hast spoken and promised that thou wouldest multiplie their seede as the starres of heauen as the sande that lyeth vpon the sea shore 37 For we O Lord are become lesse then any people and be kept vnder this day in all the worlde because of our sinnes 38 So that nowe we haue neither prince duke prophet burnt offering sacrifice oblation incense nor sanctuarie before thee 39 Neuerthelesse in a contrite heart and an humble spirite let vs be receaued that we may obtayne thy mercie 40 Like as in the burnt offering of rammes and bullockes and like as in thousandes of fat lambes so let our offering be in thy sight this daye that it may please thee for there is no confusion vnto thē that put their trust in thee 41 And now we folowe thee with al our heart we feare thee and seke thy face 42 Put vs not to shame but deale with vs after thy louing kindnesse and according to the multitude of thy mercies 43 Deliuer vs by thy miracles O Lorde and get thy name an honour that all they which do thy seruauntes euyl may be confounded 44 Let them be ashamed thorow thy almightie power and let their strength be broken 45 That they may knowe how that thou only art the Lorde God and honour worthy throughout all the worlde 46 And the kinges seruauntes that put them in ceassed not to make the ouen hot with wild fire drie straw pitche towe and fagottes 47 So that the flambe went out of the ouen vpon a fourtie and nyne cubites 48 Yea it toke away and brent vp those Chaldees that it gat holde vpon beside the ouen 49 But the angell of the Lorde came downe into the ouen to Azaria and his felowes and smote the flambe of the fire out of the ouen 50 And made the middes of the ouen as it had ben a colde winde blowing so the fire neither touched them greeued them nor dyd them hurt 51 Then these three as out of one mouth praysed honoured and blessed God in the fornace saying 52 Blessed be thou O Lorde God of our fathers for thou art prayse and honour worthy yea to be magnified for euermore 53 Blessed be the holy name of thy glorie for it is worthy to be praysed magnified in all worldes 54 Blessed be thou in the holy temple of thy glorie for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed yea and more then worthy to be magnified for euer 55 Blessed be thou in the throne of thy kingdome for aboue al thou art worthy to be well spoken of and to be more then magnified for euer 56 Blessed be thou that lokest thorow the deepe and sittest vpon the Cherubims for thou art worthy to be praysed and aboue all to be magnified for euer 57 Blessed be thou in the firmament of heauen for thou art prayse and honour worthy for euer 58 O all ye workes of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 59 O ye angels of the Lorde speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 60 O ye heauens speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 61 O all ye waters that be aboue the firmament speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 62 O all ye powers of the Lorde speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 63 O ye sunne and moone speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 64 O ye starres of heauen speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 65 O ye showres and deaw speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 66 O all ye windes of God speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 67 O ye fire and heate speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 68 O ye winter and sommer speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 69 O ye deawes and frostes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 70 O ye frost and colde speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set him vp for euer 71 O ye yee and snowe speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 72 O ye nightes and dayes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 73 O ye light and darkenesse speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 74 O ye lightninges and cloudes speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 75 O let the earth speake good of the Lorde yea let it prayse him and set him vp for euer 76 O ye mountaynes and hilles speake good of the Lorde prayse hym and set hym vp for euer 77 O all ye greene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 78 O ye welles speake good of the Lord prayse him and set hym vp for euer 79 O ye seas and fluddes speake good of the Lord prayse hym and set him vp for euer 80 O ye whales and all that moue in the waters speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 81 O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 82 O all ye beastes and cattel speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 83 O ye children of men speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set hym vp for euer 84 O let Israel speake good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 85 O ye priestes of the Lord speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 86 O ye seruauntes of the Lord speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 87 O ye spirites and soules of the righteous speake good of the Lorde prayse him and set him vp for euer 88 O ye holy and humble men of heart speake ye good of the Lord prayse him and set him vp for euer 89 O Anania Azaria and Misael speake ye good of the Lorde prayse ye him set him vp for euer which hath deliuered vs from the hell kept vs from the hande of death ridde vs from the middest of the burning flambe and saued vs euen in the middest of the fyre 90 O geue thankes therefore vnto the Lorde for he is kinde hearted and his mercie endureth for euer 91 O all deuout men speake ye good of the Lorde the God of all goddes O prayse him and geue
thought necessarie to certifie you therof that ye also might kepe the tabernacles feast day and the day of the fire whiche was geuen vs when Nehemias offered after that he had set vp the temple and the aulter 19 For what time as our fathers were led away vnto Persis the priestes whiche then sought the honour of God toke the fire priuily from the aulter and hyd it in a valley where as was a deepe drye pit and therin they kept it so that the place was vnknowen to euery man 20 Nowe after many yeres when it pleased God that Nehemias shoulde be sent from the king of Persia he sent the childers children of those priestes which had hyd the fyre to seke it and as they told vs they found no fire but thicke water 21 Then commaunded he them to drawe it vp and to bring it him and the offeringes withall Nowe when the sacrifices were layed on and ordred Nehemias commaunded the priestes to sprinckle them and the wood with water 22 When this was done the time come that the sunne shone whiche afore was hyd in the cloude there was a great fire kindled in so much that euery man marueyled 23 Now all the priestes prayed whyle the sacrifice was a making Ionathas prayed first and the other gaue aunswere 24 And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O Lorde God maker of all thinges thou fearfull and strong thou righteous and mercifull thou that art onely a gratious king 25 Only liberall only iust almightie and euerlasting thou that deliuerest Israel from all trouble thou that hast chosen the fathers halowed them fauorably 26 Receaue the offering for thy whole people of Israel preserue thyne owne portion and halowe it 27 Gather those together that are scattred abrode from vs deliuer them that are vnder the heathens bondage loke vpon them whiche are despised and abhorred that the heathen may know and see howe that thou only art God which art our God 28 Punishe them that oppresse proudly put vs to dishonour 29 Set thy people againe in thy holy place like as Moyses hath spoken 30 And the priestes song Psalmes of thankesgeuing so long as the sacrifice endured 31 Nowe when the sacrifice was brent Nehemias commaunded the great stones to be sprinkled with the residue of the water 32 Which when it was done there was kindled a flambe of them also but it was consumed thorowe the light that shyned from the aulter 33 So when this matter was knowen it was tolde the king of Persia that in the place where the priestes which were led away had hyd fyre there appeared water and that Nehemias and his companie had purified the sacrifices withall 34 Then the king considering and pondering the matter diligently inclosed the place and consecrated a temple to proue the thing that was done 35 And when he founde it so in deede he gaue the priestes many giftes diuers rewardes yea he toke them with his owne hand and gaue them 36 And Nehemias called the same place Nephthar whiche is as much to say as a clensing but many men call it Nephi The .ii. Chapter 4 Howe Ieremie hyd the tabernacle the arke and the aulter in the hyll 23 Of the fiue bookes of Iason conteyned in one 1 IT is founde also in the writinges of Ieremi the prophete that he commaunded them whiche were caried away to take fyre as it is sayde afore 2 He commaunded them also that they should not forget the lawe commaundementes of the Lorde and that they shoulde not erre in their mindes when they see images of siluer and gold with their ornamentes 3 These and such other thinges commaunded he them and exhorted them that they shoulde not let the law of God go out of their heartes 4 It is written also how the prophete at the commaundement of God charged them to take the tabernacle the arke with them and he went foorth vnto the mountayne where Moyses clymed vp and sawe the heritage of God 5 And when Ieremi came there he found an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle the arke and the aulter of incense and so stopped the doore 6 There came certayne men together also folowing him to marke the place but they coulde not finde it 7 Whiche when Ieremie perceaued he reproued them saying As for that place it shal be vnknowen vntill the time that God gather his people together againe and receaue them vnto mercie 8 Then shall God shewe them these thinges and the maiestie of the Lorde shal appeare the cloude also like as it was shewed vnto Moyses and like as when Solomon desired that the place might be honorablie sanctified and it was shewed hym 9 For he beyng a wyse man handled honorably and wysely offering vnto God in the halowing of the temple when it was finished 10 And like as when Moyses prayed vnto the Lorde the fire came downe from heauen and consumed the burnt offering Euen so prayed Solomon also and the fire came downe from heauen and consumed the burnt offering 11 And Moyses sayde Because the sinne offering was not eaten therefore it is consumed 12 In like maner Solomon kept the dedication or halowing eyght dayes 13 In the annotations and writinges of Ieremi were these thinges put also and howe he made a librarie and howe he gathered out of all countreys the bookes of the kinges of the prophetes and of Dauid and the epistles of the kinges concerning the holy giftes 14 Euen so Iudas also loke what he learned by experience of warre and such thinges as hath happened vnto vs he gathered them altogether and so we haue them by vs. 15 If ye now desire to haue the same send some body to fetch them vnto you 16 Where as we then are about to celebrate the purification we haue written vnto you therefore ye shall do well if ye kepe the same dayes 17 We hope also that the God which deliuered his people and gaue them al the heritage kingdome priesthood and sanctuarie 18 That he promised them in the law shal shortly haue mercie vpon vs and gather vs together from vnder the heauen into his holie place for he hath saued vs from great peryls and hath clensed the place 19 As concerning Iudas Machabeus and his brethren the purification of the great temple the dedication of the aulter 20 Yea and of the warres that concerne noble Antiochus Eupator his sonne 21 And the miracles shewed from heauen by the valiaunt actes of those which defended the Iewes religion so that a fewe ran through the whole countrey and draue away the barbarous armies 22 Repaired againe the temple that was spoken of throughout all the world deliuered the citie doyng their best that the law of the Lord which was put downe might with all tranquilitie be restored againe vnto the Lord that was so mercifull vnto them 23 As touching Iason also of Cyren we haue
wicked handes toke the holy vessels which other kinges and cities had geuen thyther for the garnishing honour of the place them toke he in his handes vnworthyly and defiled them 17 So mad was Antiochus that he considered not how that God was not a litle wroth for the sinnes of them that dwelt in the citie for the which such confusion came vpon that place 18 And why if it had not happened them to haue ben lapped in many sinnes this Antiochus assoone as he had come had sodenly ben punished and shut out of his presumption like as Heliodorus was whom Seleueus the king sent to robbe the treasurie 19 Neuerthelesse God hath not chosen the people for the places sake but the place for the peoples sake 20 And therefore is the place become partaker of the peoples trouble but afterward shall it enioy the wealth of them And lyke as it was now forsaken in the wrath of almightie God so when the great God is reconsiled it shal be set vp in hie worship againe 21 So when Antiochus had taken a thousand and eyght hundred talentes out of the temple he gat him to Antioch in al the haste thinking in his pride that he might make men saile vpon the drye lande and to go vpon the sea such an hie minde had he 22 He left deputies there to vexe the people at Hierusalem left he Philip a Phrygian in maners more cruell then him selfe that set him there 23 At Garizim he left Andronicus and Menelaus which were more greeuous to the citezins then other 24 Nowe as he was thus set in malice against the Iewes he sent Apollonius a cruell prince with an armie of twentie and two thousand commaunding him to slay those that were of perfect age and to sell the women maydens and children 25 When he came now to Hierusalem he faigned peace kept him still vntill the Sabbath day and then he commaunded his men to take them to their weapons for the Iewes kept holy day 26 And so he slue all them that were gone foorth to the open play running here and there through the citie with his men weaponed and murthered a great number 27 But Iudas Machabeus which was the tenth fled into the wildernesse led his lyfe there with his company among wylde beastes and vpon the mountaynes dwelling there and eating hearbes lest they shoulde be partakers of the filthynesse The .vj. Chapter 1 The Iewes are compelled to leaue the lawe of God 4 The temple is defiled 12 The readers are admonished that they shall not abhorre the aduersitie wherewith the Lorde afflicteth them 28 The greeuous paine of Eleazarus 1 NOt longe after this sent the king an olde man of Antioch for to compell the Iewes to transgresse the ordinaunces of the fathers of the lawe of God 2 To defile the temple that was at Hierusalem and to call it the temple of Iupiter Olimpius and that they shoulde be in Garizim as those which dwel at the place of Iupiter the harberous 3 This wicked sedition of the vngodlie was heauy vpon all the people 4 For the temple was full of voluptuousnes bibbing and bolling of the heathen of rybaudes and harlots together the women went into the holy place and bare in that was not lawfull 5 The aulter also was full of vnlawfull thinges which the law forbiddeth to lay vpon it 6 The Sabbathes were not kept the other solempne feastes of the land were not regarded to be plaine there durst no man be knowē that he was a Iewe. 7 In the day of the kinges birth they were compelled parforce to offer and when the feaste of Bacchus was kept they were constrayned to weare gar landes of iuie and so to go about to the honour of Bacchus 8 Moreouer through the counsell of Ptolomeus there went out a cōmaundement vnto the next cities of the heathen against the Iewes that the lyke custome banketting should be kept 9 And who so would not conforme them selues to the maners of the Gentiles should be put to death then might a man haue seene the present miserie 10 For there were two women accused to haue circumcized their sonnes whom when they had led rounde about the citie the babes hanging at their brestes they cast them downe headlonges ouer the walles 11 Some that were crept in dennes and had kept the Sabbath were accused vnto Philip and brent in the fire because that for the feare of God they kept the commaundement so stiffely and would not defende them selues 12 Now I beseche all those which reade this booke that they refuse it not for these fals of aduersitie and iudge the thinges that are happened for no destruction but for a chastening of our people 13 And why When God suffereth not sinners long to folow their owne minde but shortly punisheth them it is a token of his great louing kindnesse 14 For this grace haue we of God more then other people That he suffreth not vs long to sinne vnpunished lyke as other nations 15 That when the day of iudgement commeth he may punishe them in the fulnes of their sinnes 16 If we sinne he correcteth vs but he neuer withdraweth his mercie from vs and though he punishe with aduersitie yet doth he neuer forsake his people 17 But let this that we haue spoken now with fewe wordes be for a warning and exhortation of the heathen Now wyll we come to the declaring of the matter 18 Eleazar one of the principall scribes an aged man and of a well fauoured countenaunce was constrained to gape with open mouth and to eate swynes fleshe 19 But he desiring rather to dye gloriously then to lyue with shame offered him selfe willingly to the martirdome 20 Now when he saw that he must nedes go to it he toke it patiently for he was at a poynt with himselfe that he would not consent to any vnlawful thing for any pleasure of lyfe 21 They that stoode by being moued with pitie but not a right for the olde frendship of the man toke him aside priuilie and prayed him that he would let such fleshe be brought him as were lawfull to eate and then to make a countenaunce as though he had eaten of the flesh of the sacrifice like as the king commaunded 22 For so he might be deliuered from death and so for the olde frendship of the man they shewed him this kindnes 23 But he began to consider discreetely and as became his age and the excellencie of his auncient yeres and the honour of his gray heares whereunto he was come and his most honest conuersation from his childhood but chiefely the holy law made and geuen by God therefore he aunswered consequently and willed them straightwayes to send him to the graue 24 For it becommeth not mine age saide he in any wyse to dissemble whereby many young persons might thinke that Eleazar being fourscore yeres olde and ten were nowe gone to a straunge religion 25
31 As for thou that imaginest al mischiefe against the Iewes thou shalt not escape the hande of God 32 For we suffer these thinges because of our sinnes 33 And though the liuing Lord be angry with vs a litle while for our chastening and reformation yet shall he be at one againe with his seruauntes 34 But thou O godlesse man and of all other the most wicked pride not thy selfe through vaine hope in being so malitious vpon the seruauntes of God 35 For thou hast not yet escaped the iudgementes of God which is almightie seeth all thinges 36 My brethren that haue suffered a litle paine are nowe vnder the couenaunt of euerlasting lyfe but through the iudgement of God thou shalt be punished righteously for thy pride 37 As for me lyke as my brethren haue done I offer my soule and my bodye for the lawes of our fathers calling vpon God that he wyll soone be mercifull vnto our people yea and with paine and punishment to make thee graunt that he onely is God 38 In me nowe and in my brethren the wrath of almightie God is at an ende which righteously is fallen vpon all our people 39 Then the king being kindled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon al the other and toke indignation that he was so lightly regarded 40 So this young man dyed vndefiled and put his trust still in the Lorde 41 Last of all after the sonnes was the mother put to death also 42 Let this now be inough spoken concerning the offeringes and extreme cruelnesse The .viij. Chapter 1 Iudas gathereth together his hoast 9 Nicanor is sent against Iudas 16 Iudas exhorteth his souldiers to constantnes 20 Nicanor is ouercome 27 The Iewes geueth thankes after they haue put their enemies to flight deuiding the spoyles vnto the fatherlesse and vnto the wydowes 35 Nicanor fleeth vnto Antiochus 1 THen Iudas Machabeus and they that were with him went priuilie into the townes called their kinsefolkes friendes together toke vnto them al such as continued yet in the faith and lawe of the Iewes and brought forth sixe thousand men 2 So they called vpon the Lorde that he woulde haue an eye vnto his people which was troden downe of euery man to be gratious vnto the temple that was defiled of the vngodly 3 To haue compassion vpon the destruction of the citie which was shortly lyke to be layde waste to heare the voyce of the blood that cryed vnto him 4 To remember the most vnrighteous deathes of young innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name and to punishe them 5 Now when Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the heathen for the wrath of the Lorde was turned into mercie 6 He fell vpon the townes and cities vnwares brent them toke the most commodious places and slue many of the enemies 7 But specially he made such chases by night insomuch that his manlines was spoken of euery where 8 So when Philip sawe that the man encreased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomi which was a captaine in Celosyria and Phenices to helpe him in the kinges busines 9 Then sent he Nicanor the sonne of Patroclus a speciall friend of his in all the haste and gaue him of the common sorte of the heathen no lesse then twentie thousand harnessed men to roote out the whole generation of the Iewes hauing to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concerning battailes had great experience 10 Nicanor ordayned also the tribute which the Romanes shoulde haue had to be euen vnto the king out of the captiue of the Iewes namely two thousand talentes 11 And immediatly he sent to the cities of the sea coaste requiring them for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes and bondmen promysing to sell them fourscore and ten for one talent but he considered not the wrath of almightie God that was to come vpon him 12 When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes that were with him of Nicanors comming 13 Now were there some of them fearefull not trusting vnto the righteousnes of God and fled their way and abode not in that place 14 But the other that remained came together and besought the Lorde to deliuer them from that wicked Nicanor which had solde them or euer he came nye them 15 And though he woulde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made with their fathers and because they called vpon his holy and glorious name 16 And so Machabeus called his men together namely about sixe thousand exhorting them not to agree vnto their enemies neither to be afraide for the multitude of their aduersaries comming against them vnrighteously but to fight manly 17 Considering the reproofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despised and oppressed the citie yea and destroyed the lawes of the fathers 18 For they saide he trust in their weapons and boldnesse but our confidence is in the almightie Lorde which in the twinkling of an eye may both destroye them and come against vs and all the worlde 19 He exhorted them also to call to remembraunce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as when there perished an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of Sennacheribs people 20 And of the battaile that they had in Babylon against the Galathians how all the Macedonians that came to helpe them being foure thousand stoode in feare and howe they being onely but sixe thousand slue an hundred twentie thousand through the helpe that was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites 21 Through these wordes the men toke good heartes vnto them redie to dye for the lawe and the countrey 22 So he set vpon euery company a captaine one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuing ech one fifteene hundred men 23 He caused Esdras also to reade the holy booke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God then he him selfe being captaine in the forefront of the battaile buckled with Nicanor 24 And God was their helpe insomuch that they slue aboue nine thousand men and compelled the more part of Nicanors hoast to flee they were so wounded and feeble 25 Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye them and folowed vpon them on euery side 29 But when the time came vpon them they returned for it was the day before the Sabbath and therefore they folowed no more vpon them 27 So they toke their weapons spoyles and kept the Sabbath geuing thankes vnto the Lorde which had deliuered them that day and shewed them the beginning of his mercie 28 After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to the fatherlesse and to wydowes the residue had they them selues with theirs 29 When this was done and
shall prepare thy way before thee ☜ 11 ☞ Veryly I say vnto you among them that are borne of women arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist Notwithstandyng he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen is greater then he 12 From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence the violent plucke it vnto them 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn 14 And if ye wyll receaue it this is Elias which was for to come 15 He that hath eares to heare let him heare 16 But whervnto shall I liken this generation It is like vnto litle children which sit in the markettes and call vnto their felowes 17 And say We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you and ye haue not sorowed 18 For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking and they say he hath the deuil 19 The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking and they say beholde a glutton and an vnmeasurable drinker of wine and a friende vnto publicans sinners And wisdome is iustified of her children 20 ☞ Then began he to vpbrayd the cities which most of his mightie workes were done in because they repented not 21 Wo vnto thee Chorazin wo vnto thee Bethsaida for if the mightie workes which were shewed in you had ben done in Tyre or Sidon they had repented long ago in sackcloth and asshes 22 Neuerthelesse I say vnto you it shal be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement then for you 23 And thou Capernaum which art lift vp vnto heauen shalt be brought downe to hell For if the mightie workes which haue ben done in thee had ben done among them of Sodome they had remayned vntyll this day 24 Neuerthelesse I say vnto you that it shal be easier for the lande of Sodome in the day of iudgement then for thee ☜ 25 ☞ At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde I thanke thee O father Lorde of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes 26 Euen so it is O father for so was it thy good pleasure 27 All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him 28 Come vnto me all ye that labour sore and are laden and I wyll ease you 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke lowly in heart and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules 30 For my yoke is easie and my burthen is lyght ☜ The .xij. Chapter Christe excuseth his disciples which plucke the eares of corne 1◠He healeth the dryed hande 2 helpeth the possessed that was blynde and dumbe 31 Blasphemie 34 The generation of vipers 3◠Of good wordes 3◠Of idle wordes 38 He rebuketh the vnfaithfull that woulde needes haue tokens 4 and sheweth who is his brother sister and mother 1 AT that tyme Iesus went on the Sabbath dayes through the corne and his disciples were an hungred and began to plucke the eares of corne to eate 2 But when the Pharisees sawe it they sayde vnto hym Beholde thy disciples do that which is not lawfull to do vpon the Sabbath day 3 But he sayde vnto them Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred and they that were with him 4 Howe he entred into the house of God and did eate the shew bread which was not lawfull for hym to eate neither for them which were with hym but only for the priestes 5 Or haue ye not read in the lawe howe that on the Sabbath dayes the priestes in the temple prophane the Sabbath and are blamelesse 6 But I say vnto you that in this place is one greater then the temple 7 Wherfore if ye wist what this meaneth I will mercie not sacrifice ye woulde not haue condempned the giltlesse 8 For the sonne of man also is Lorde euen of the Sabbath day 9 And he departed thence and went into their synagogue 10 And beholde there was a man which had his hande dryed vp and they asked him saying Is it lawfull to heale vpon the Sabbath dayes that they might accuse him 11 And he sayde vnto them What man of you wyll there be that shall haue a sheepe if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day wyll he not take holde of it and lift it out 12 Howe much more then is a man better then a sheepe Wherfore it is lawfull to do a good deede on the Sabbath dayes 13 Then saith he to the man Stretch foorth thy hande And he stretched it foorth and it was made whole like as the other 14 Then the Pharisees went out and helde a counsayle agaynst him howe they might destroy hym 15 But when Iesus knewe it he departed thence and great multitudes folowed him and he healed them all 16 And charged them that they shoulde not make him knowen 17 That it might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esaias the prophete saying 18 Beholde my childe whom I haue chosen my beloued in whom my soule well delighteth I wyll put my spirite vpon him and he shall shewe iudgement to the gentiles 19 He shall not striue nor crye neither shal any man heare his voyce in the streetes 20 A bruised reede shall he not breake and smokyng flaxe shall he not quenche tyll he sende foorth iudgement vnto victorie 21 And in his name shall the gentiles trust 22 Then was brought to him one possessed with a deuyll blinde and dumbe and he healed him insomuch that the blinde and dumbe both spake and sawe 23 And all the people were amased and sayde Is not this that sonne of Dauid 24 But when the Pharisees hearde it they sayde This felowe driueth the deuils no otherwise out but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils 25 But whē Iesus knew their thoughtes he sayde vnto them Euery kingdome deuided agaynst it selfe shal be brought to naught and euery citie or house deuided agaynst it selfe shall not stande 26 And if Satan cast out Satan then is he deuided agaynst him selfe howe shall then his kingdome endure 27 Also if I by Beelzebub cast out deuils by whom do your children cast them out Therfore they shal be your iudges 28 But if I cast out the deuils by the spirite of God then is the kingdome of God come vpon you 29 Or els howe can one enter into a strong mans house spoyle his goodes except he first binde the strong man and then spoyle his house 30 He that is not with me is agaynst me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abrode 31 Wherfore I say vnto you all maner of sinne and blasphemy shal be forgeuen vnto men but the blasphemy agaynst the spirite
testament is confirmed when men are dead for it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the testameÌ„t is alyue 18 For which cause also neither the firste testamentâ— was dedicated without blood 19 For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates with water purple wooll and ysope he sprynkled both the booke it selfe and all the people 20 Saying This is the blood of the testament whiche God hath enioyned vnto you 21 And lykewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministerie 22 And almost all thynges are by y e lawe pourged with blood and without sheddyng of blood is no remission 23 It is neede then that the paterne of heauenly thynges be purified with such thynges but the heauenly thynges theÌ„ selues be purified with better sacrifices then are those 24 For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes which are paternes of true thynges but into heauen it selfe nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs. 25 Not that he shoulde offer him selfe often as the hye priest entreth into the holy places euery yere in strauÌ„ge blood 26 For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of hym selfe 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye and after this the iudgement 28 Euen so Christe once offered to take away the sinnes of many the seconde time shal be seene without sinne of them which wayte for hym vnto saluation ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 The olde lawe had no power to clense away sinne 10 but Christe dyd it with offeryng of his body once for all 22 And exhortation to receaue the goodnesse of God thankfully with pacience and stedfast fayth 1 FOr the lawe hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of the thinges theÌ„ selues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually make the commers therevnto perfect 2 For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred because that the offerers once pourged shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes 3 Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is mention made of sinnes euery yere 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles of Goates shoulde take away sinnes 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he saith Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me 6 In burnt sacrifices sinne â—offerynges thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then sayde I lo I come In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me to do thy wyll O God 8 Aboue when he saith that sacrifice and offeryng and burnt offeringes and sinne offerynges thou wouldest not neither haddest pleasure therein which are offered by the lawe 9 Then sayde he lo I come to do thy wyll O God He taketh away y e first to stablyshe the seconde 10 In y e which wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesus Christe once for all 11 And euery priest standeth dayly ministryng offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices whiche can neuer take away sinnes 12 But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is sit downe for euer on the ryght hande of God 13 From hencefoorth tarying tyl his foes be made his footstoole 14 For with one offeryng hath he made perfite for euer them that are sanctified 15 And the holy ghost also beareth vs recorde For after that he tolde before 16 This is the couenaunt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes sayth the Lorde geuyng my lawes in their heart and in their myndes wyl I write them 17 And their sinnes and iniquities wyll I remember no more 18 And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for sinne 19 Hauyng therefore brethren libertie to enter into holy places in the blood of Iesus 20 By the new and lyuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to say his flesshe 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God 22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte in assuraunce of fayth sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience and wasshed in body with pure water 23 Let vs holde the profession of the hope without waueryng for he is faythfull that promised 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes 25 Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together as the maner of some is but exhortyng one â—anotherâ— and so much the more as ye see the day approchyng 26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth there remayneth no more sacrifice for sinnes 27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement and violent fire whiche shall deuour the aduersaries 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shall he be worthy whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and counteth the blood of the couenauÌ„t wherein he was sanctified an vnholye thyng and doth despite to the spirite of grace 30 For we knowe hym that hath sayde vengeaunce belongeth vnto me I wyl render saith the Lorde And agayne the Lorde shall iudge his people 31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God 32 Call to remeÌ„braunce the former dayes in the which after ye had receaued light ye endured a great fyght of aduersities 33 Partly whyle ye were made a gasing stocke both by reproches afflictions and partly whyle ye became companions of them whiche were so tossed to fro 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce 35 Cast not awaye therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of rewarde 36 For ye haue neede of pacience that after ye haue done the wyll of God ye myght receaue the promise 37 For yet a very litle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tary 38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth And yf he withdrawe hym selfe my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym 39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition but we parteyne vnto fayth to the wynning of the soule ⧠The .xj. Chapter 1 What fayth is and a commendation of the same 9 Without fayth we can not please God 16 The stedfast beliefe of the fathers in olde tyme. 1 FAyth is the grounde of thynges hoped for the euidence of thynges not seene 2 For by it the elders obtayned a good report 3 Through fayth we vnderstande that the worldes were
Sapi. i. Psal lxviii Iohn xx Hber v. i. Cor. x. Math. xxii Colo. iii. Psal cxix Deut. xvi Iohannes Sarisberi In policratico lib 8. cap. 19. VV. de regibus Galfride mon. Tho. aruÌ„del in concilio apud oxon an 1407. articlo 7. i. Pet. i. Act. xvii i. Pet. i. Ang. contra epistolam permemini Hieronimus Tertullian de doctrina christiana Chrisost in Mat Ho. 49 Basilius Hieronimus i. Pet. i. i Peter â— Psal xi Concilium braccar secundum Inter leges Edwardi Ex archiuis de statu landauensis ecclie in vita archiepiscopi dubritii in I. capgrauâ— Rom. xv And yet may it be true that W. of Malsberie writeth that Phaganus and Deruuianus were sent after as Coadiutours with these learned men to the preaching of the Gospell whiche was neuer extinguished in Britanie froÌ„ Ioseph of Aramathia his time as to S. Austen the first byshop of Canter â–ª they do openly auouche Eccle. xi Sapiâ—x De doctri christia Hosius in confessionâ— catholicae fidi de SacroÌ„ penitentiae Idem Hosius de Spe. oratione De doctr christi lib. 2. cap. 5. Articulo 17. coÌ„tra Luth. Psal cxix Sapi. ix Psal cxix a Math. iiii a. Luk xii g. S. Chrisostome The conclusion The kynges highnesse hath alowed the scripture as necessarie for vs. There is nothyng but it may be abused Rom. viii Psal 50. * Abraham was taken from â—ur in Chaldeâ— the place of his birth â–ª the â—0 yere of his age and came to dwell in Charran where his father dyed then beyng .75 yeres came to the lande of Chanaan Genes 12. Fiue and twentie yeres after he begat Isaac Gene. 21. So he that reckeneth the yeres of the peregrination of Abraham and his successoures till the deliueraunce of Egypt beginning at that time that he departed out of his countrey he shall finde 430. yeres mentioned Exod. 24. but beginning their reckening at the birth of Isaac they shall finde onely 400. yeres And thus ought Gene. 15. and Act. 7. treating theron to be vnderstanded * The yeres that the people were gouerned by those that the scriptures called Iudges including from Iosua to Samuel excepting the time of the oppression vnder the Ammonites amounteth to .357 yeres Now it is sayd Act. 13. that this time amounteth to about .450 yeres Where is to be noted that this place hath ben corrupted and in steede of three hundreth they haue set foure hundreth whiche reading of .300 agreeth very well with that whiche is contayned in the scriptures touching the sayde yeres “ Or Ahaziahu * Amasias raigned 29. yeres the 15. yere of the sayde Ieroboam and began to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria 4. Re. 14. So the 29. yeres of the raigne of Amasias finished the 15. yere of the sayd Ieroboam now it is manifest that Azarias the sonne of Amazias began to raigne but the .27 yere of the sayde Ieroboam 4. Reg. 15. then it foloweth that betweene the ende of the raigne of Amasias and the beginning of Azarias there falleth out eleuen yeres that are left out * There is difference betweene authors touching the beginning of the 70. wekes of Daniel some begin the sayde weekes from the first yere of Cyrus other from the tenth yere of Darius Longimanus and some other from the sixte yere of the same but it is likelyest that it shoulde be the 20. yere because that that whiche is written Daniel 9. hath relation to Nehemias the seconde a That is in the begynnyng b That is generation or creation Psal 33. a. Psal 136. a. Eccle. 18. a. Act. xiiii c. Act. xvii d. (a) The depe the waters â— the heauen signifie that â—ude body that was afterwarde garâ—ished with â—yghtes (b) The holy ghost dyd preâ—erue that confused body “ Hebre. One day “ Hebre. And the euenyng was and the mornyng was the first daye The .2 day “ Hebre. A stretchyng out or setting abroad Ierem. x. c. (c) All that rowme wherin the aier the sunne moone and starres be is so named Psal cxlviii (d) It is the power of god that holdeth vp y e cloudes Psal 33 b. The .3 day (e) That is all the waters which were in the lowest partes of the aâ—er (f) The goodnes of God in prouidyng for maâ— beast before they were made (g) Fruitfulnesse in trees and hearbes was before sun or moone was made Psal 136. b. Deut. iiii b. The .4 day (h) These lyghtes were not made to serue Astronomers phantasies but for signes in natural thinges and tokens of gods mercie or wrath (i) The true vse of the heauenly bodyes is oft repeated lest men shoulde abuse them Iere. xxxi d The .5 day (k) God gaue them vertue to â—ructifie and bryng foorth the lyke The .6 day (l) One God and three persons Coloss iii. b. (m) Man is created lyke vnto God in perfecte nature which by sinne he afterwarde corrupted (n) We ought to labour to repayre this image so oft repeated VVisd ii d. Eccle 17. a. Math. xix a (o) Lawfull procreation is the blessyng of God Gen. viii c. (p) Gods prouision for mans foode may teache vs sobrietie in all our diet Gen. ix a. Exod. iii. c. “ Hebre. Hath a lyuyng soule Eccle. 39. c. Mark 7. d. (a) No more newe creatioÌ„s of creatures are to be loked for yet God styll continuallye gouerneth and preserueth all thynges Ioh. xvii Exod. xx b. Hebre. iiii a (b) The seuenth daye consecrated to the seruice of God for man in his perfect state This base â—gâ—unâ—â—g â—n shoulde â—ember â— he waxed â—ude of 〈◊〉 image 〈◊〉 God By the â—guler counâ— of God â—s part of 〈◊〉 earth eastâ—arde from â—erusalem â—as more â—tfull and â—asaunt Or Paâ—dise of pleaâ—e Where â—den was â—saias 37. â—zech 27. In such â—ruelous aâ—undaunce â— prouision â—nâ— lust was excusable â—at could not â—ntayne froÌ„â—e fruite Which did â—eserue the â—dyly lyfe The â—ne agreeth â—th the surâ—sse that foâ—wed â—ccle 24. d. The â—â—maelites â—elt in this â—â—de Gen. 25 (i) Thus contayneth also the regions of the Madâ—anâ—tes and Arabians “ Or Tigris (k) God lyketh neither idlenesse nor negligence (l) Thus man for all his great gyftes shoulde learne obedience to God (m) By death is signified all the miseries wherin Adam wrapped him selfe by his fall from God (n) What the husband ought to thynke of his wyfe and what the wife oweth to her husbande Heb. As before hym (o) Man shewed himselfe Lorde of all beastes by geuyng them names “ Hebre. buylded (p) The first institution of matrimonie by God So all lawefull mariages are made by God i. Cor. xi b. i. Cor. xi b. (q) The Hebrue wordes are isch and ischa which properly can not be translated Mat. xix a. Mark x. a i Cor v. â— Ephes v. c. (r) The shame of nakednes is a token of our nature corrupted VVisd ii d. (a) The deuyl first wold make Heua doubt of gods good wyll towarde her (b) Heua rehearseth not gods
euerlastinge (d) I will make it knowen that he was neuer any of the electe (e) I wyll punyshe (f) In makyng them to wander 40. yeres in the wyldernes and neuer to enter the land of promyse (a) By mylke vnderstand all necessarie thinges by hony all delicates pleasaunt thinges (b) Graciously fauourably louyngly for no man can see God in this life (c) The meanes wherby thou wylt kepe and saue thy people out of so many perilles seyng thou wylt not go with them (d) Heart and affection to this my people (e) Passing by I will sounde with a loude voyce my name Iehouah whom thou canst not see “ or wayte God called â— the name of â—ehouah â—e wordes â—at folowe 〈◊〉 Gods â—ordes and â—ot Moyses “ Or offence (a) God is called ielous because he wil not permit that any other gods shall be worshipped with him but he alone will be loued and worshipped for god “ Or words () That is with God Or while God talked with him (b) This coueryng signifieth the infirmitie of our nature wherby when we heare or reade the lawe we heare it not nor vnderstand it (a) Therfore was he put to death that gathered stickes to make a fier on that day Num. xv ☞ (b) Suche as appertayne to the seruice of the tabernacle ☞ (c) Vsyng Moyses as a minister there of (b) Not only to haue cunning but to teache other is the gift of God ☞ “ The sea ☜ ☞ (a) Some thinke that the Cherubims mercy seate were cast both together were made al of one peece ☜ ☞ “ Or as some reade forâ—ipes that is tongs (a) The curtens of the tabernacle were fastened with these pinns to stay theÌ„ that they were not driuen with y e wynde hither and thither (b) The perticuler peeces by number deliuered to the Leuites ☜ ☞ ☜ ☞ (a) In the seconde yere of their commyng out of Egypt (b) Of the cumming of the children of Israel out of Egypt (c) That is the tables of the lawe ☜ Exod 30. c. Num. 9. c. (d) Thus the presence of God preserued and guyded them both day nyght tyll they came to the lande of promyse a This boke is so named because that in the same is chiefly entreated of the Leuiticall sacrifices and other ceremonies of the lawe vpon the whiche the Leuites were committed ordeyned by the Lorde ☞ (b) Moyses doth euidently declare that these sacrifises were instituted of God not of man (c) when any orâ—uate man wâ—ll offer for himselfe a priuate sacrifice (d) That y e Leuiticall sacrifices were preachinges of the passion and death of Christ and of his gospell which should afterward be published thorewe all y e world men hath not dremed it but the holy ghoste hath taught it hath confirmed it by many testimonies aswel of the olde testament as of the newe As psalme 39 Esai 41. Iohn 1. 1. Pet. 1. Heb. 10. c. (e) The Hebrewe worde signifie sheepe or shee goates Exod. 29.10 (f) Declaring that he did it voluntarilie and all that he hath in his handes he receaued of God (g) It was to signifie that y e sacrifice ought to be pure and cleane (h) The Hebrewe worde signifieth to be cut or pinched w t a naile of the finger ☞ (a) Because it doth remayne of that which was burnt in the honour of God and therfore myght not be eaten but of the holy that is the priestes (b) That is all maner of fruit as sweet as hony as fygges dates and such lyke Of these nothyng myght be burned but kept only to be offered before God Math. v. b. Mark ix g. (c) By this ceremonie is the nature of Christe set foorth which is figured in all sacrifices For Christ is the true and heauenly salt by whom all that beleue in hym be made sauourie and pleasaunt vnto God the father so that they shall neuer so putrifie that they shal peryshe ☞ Exo. xxix c (a) That is all your dwelling places Gene. ix· a. ☜ ☞ (a) By coÌ„uersation or doctrine to do any thing wherby y e people sinne or els if the people sinne through the priestes fault their sinne is required at his hands Leuit. ix c. Exo. xxix c (b) Other by knowledgyng hym selfe to haue sinned confessyng his fault or some other hath reuealed it vnto hym Leuit. iii. d. Leuit. iii. d. ☞ (a) This is diuersly expouÌ„ded because y e Hebrue worde hath a double signification this is y e sense as some thinketh If a Iudge doth minister an othe to any priuate man to declare the trueth of any thyng that he hath seene do it not he sinneth other this If any man see his neighbour coÌ„mit any sinne which is by y e lawe of God execrable or detestable and did consile it not open it as muche as in him did lye he did sinne some other taketh it thus All such as dyd heare any maÌ„ curse banne and abuse the name of God dyd not opeÌ„ it vnto the magistrate dyd sinne the first sense is best liked Leuit. xii d. Luke ii d. Exod. xxx (b) And doth afterwarde knowledge hym selfe to haue offended and thinketh him selfe to be gyltie of that sinne ☜ ☞ Exo. xxix g Ex. xxviii g (a) This fire prefigured Christe for as it doth purifie heate and consume so Christe by his death and passion purifieth sinners consumeth all sinnes and by his holy spirit heateth and warmeth all y e faythfull Num. xv a. Leuit. ii a. Osee iiii b. Leui. xv d ☜ ☞ (a) Because it was altogether burnt w t fire or that y e priestes only did eate it (b) The Hebrewe worde signifieth to praise geue thankes this sacrifice they vsed when any maÌ„ knowledged himself to be a sinner and confessed his sinns vnto the lorde willing to reconsile him selfe vnto him Leuit. iii. e. Gen ix a. Leuit. xvii c and .xix. f. Deut xii b. i. Reg. xiiii e Nu. xviii e. ☜ ☞ Ex. xxviii a Exo. xxx d Exo. xxix a Exo. xxix f Exo. xxix d Exo. xxix c Exo. xxix f. ☜ ☞ Hebre. v. a. and .vii. d. Leuit. ii a. Leuit. iiii a. ii Par. vii a. ii Mac. ii b. Leuit. xvi a. Exo. xxx b (a) Sacrifices not appointed by the lawe though interprised of a good zeale intent affection do yet neuerthelesse displease God Straunge fire is called other because in the burning of the incense y e two sonnes of Aaron toke not of it that continually was reserued vppon the aulter of burnt offering wherof Moises spake before in the 6. Chapter for they were wont to take coales therehence to burne fumes vpon the aulter of incense or t is because they toke vnlawfull incense The lawfull is described in the 30. of Exod. But howe so euer it was this thing is euident that they made vnlawfull sacrifice whiche was not commaunded by the lawe of God Beware therefore of worshippes framed after our owne opinion
Though they escape one daunger yet another shall take them (a) Thou boastest to be of the seede of Abraham but thou art degenerate and folowest the abhominations of the wicked Chanaanites as chyldren do the maners of their fathers Esai â— a. 57. a. (b) When I first brought thee foorth of the lande of Egypt and planted thee in this land to be my Churche (c) These words blood pollution nakednesse and filthynesse â–ª c. are oft tymes repeated to beate downe their pryde and to cause them to consider what they were before God receaued them to mercye fauoured them and couered their shame (d) There was none idolatry so vyle wherwith thou didst not pollute thy selfe (e) This declareth howe the idolaters put their chiefe delite in those thinges which please the eyes and outwarde senses (f) In suche sort as the like hath not ben nor shal be so that they passed all nations in idolatrie (g Meaning by fire reade Leuit. xviâ— b. 4. King xxiii ◠“ Corner of the streete (h) He noteth the great impietie of this people who first falling from God to seeke helpe at straunge nations did also at length embrase their idolatrie thinking therby to make their amitie more sure (i) That is lauished out thy money vppon images to thy shame (k) Egyptians Assyrians Chaldeans whom thou tokest to be thy louers shall come and destroy thee Ezech. xxxiii b (l) I wyll iudge thee to death as the adulterers murtherers 4. King 25. b (m) Of all the heynous offeÌ„ces this shal be the last â–ª or god wyll punishe thee so that thou shalt neuer 〈◊〉 more n As were the Chanaanites and the Hittites and other your predecessours so are you their successours (o) That is of Samaria and Sodom (p That is her cities (q) He alleageth these foure vices pryde excesse idlenesse and coÌ„tempt of the poore as foure principall causes of such abhomination wherfore they were so horriblâ— punished Gen. xix d. (r) Which worshipped the calues in Bethel and Dan. 3. Kyng 12. d. (Å¿) Thou art so wicked that in respect of thee Sodom and Samaria were iust (t) That is as if he had sayde neuer (u) In that thou hast shewed thy selfe worse then they and yet thoughtest to escape punishment (x) Thou wouldest not call her punishment to minde when thou wast aloft to learne by her example to feare my iudgementes (y) That is tyll thou wast brought vnder by the Syrians and the Philistines 2. Chro. 28. c. (z) Reade the eyght vearse (aa) He speaketh here not onlye of Sodom and Samaria but also of the gentiles whom God wyll receaue of his owne free mercy (bb) This declareth the fruites of Gods mercy to wit sorowe and repentaunce for their former lyfe (a) That is Nabuchodonozor who hath great power riches and many countreys vnder him shall come to Hierusalem and take away Iechoniah the kyng as verse .xii. (b) Meaning to Babylon (c) That is Zedekiah who was of the kynges blood was left at Hierusalem made kyng in steade of Iechâ—mas 4. King 24. c. Iere. 37. a. (d This was Zedekias kyngdome (e) That it might not haue power to â—ell against Babylon as vers xiiii “ The Egle. (f) Meaning the kyng of Egypt of whoÌ„ Zedezias â—ought succour against Nabuchodonozor (g) Nabuchodonozor vnderstanded by the first Egle. (h) That is the Babylonians (i) That is Iechonias 4. Kyng 24 c. (f) Because he toke the name of God in vayne brake his oth which he had confirmed by geuing his hand therfore the prophete declareth that God woulde not suffer periurie and infidelitie to escape punishment Ezech. xii b. and .xxxii. a (a) The people murmured at the chastiâ—inges of the Lorde and therefore vsed this prouerbe meaning that their fathers had sinned and they were punished for their transgressions reade Iere. xxxi d. (b) That is if he haue not communicated in the sacrifices of idols (c) Meaning suche as were set apart in tyme of naturall monthlye diseases namely intime of chyldbyrth leprosie and suche like as Leuit. xx c. Esai lviii a. Mat xxv â— Exo. xxii d. Leui. xxv â— Deu. xxiii c Psal xv a. Esai lviii a. Mat xxv â— Exo. xxii d. Leui. xxv â— Deu. xxiii c Psal xv a. Deut 24. c. 4. King 14 c ii Par. 25. a. ii Pet. iii. b. Ez xxxiii b (d) In punishing the fathers with the chyldren “ Considereth or remembreth his iniquities (a) That is Iehohas and Iehoiakim Iosiahs sonnes who for their crueltie and pride are compared vnto lions (b) Meanyng Pharao Necho kyng of Egypt 4. Reg 23. d. (c) Which was Iehoiakim (d) Nabuchodonozor with his great armie which was gathered of diuers nations (e) 〈…〉 â—keth 〈◊〉 the rep◠〈◊〉 of this 〈◊〉 king in 〈◊〉 blood that in the raâ— his 〈◊〉 â—sours â—salem 〈◊〉 so should 〈◊〉 ben blessed â—cordyng to Gods â—mises and florished 〈◊〉 a fruitâ—ul vine (f) Destruction to come by Zedekiah who was the occasion of the rebellion (a) Of the captiuitie of Ieconiah (b) If ye aske counsayle at me I wyll geue you no aunswere as Exod. xxxi (c) This was a maner of swearyng which was obserued in takyng an othe of all antiquitie and is yet in diuers countreis vsed Rom. x a. Gal. iii. b. Leuit. 18. a. Exo. xx b. Rom. x a. Gal. iii. b. Leuit. 18. a. Exo. xx b. Num. 14. d. (d) Wherby the holy ghost confuteth theÌ„ that say they wyll folowe the religion example of their father not measure their doynges by Gods worde whether they be approuable therby or no â–ª (e) Because they woulde not obey my lawes I gaue them vp to them selues that they shoulde obey their owne fantasies as vearse 39. Rom. 1. d. (f) Causyng their first borne to passe through the fire in sacrifice to Moloche (g) Such offeryng as prouoke God to anger (h) Which signifieth an hye place declaryng that they vaunted them selues of their idolatrie and were not ashamed therof though God had commaunded expresly y t they shoulde haue no aulter lifted vp on hye by stayres Exod. xx â— (i) That is amongst straunge nations (k) I wyll reason and pleade my cause with you my selfe â–ª “ Or cull (l) Your owne consciences shal coÌ„dempne you as worthy to be cut of from the earth (m) That is towarde Hierusalem and Iuda which was south from Babylon (n) That is both strong weake in Hierusalem (o) Because the people said that the prophete spake darkly therfore he desireth the Lord to geue them a playne declaration therof (a) As doctrine is compared to raine euen so here wordes are compared to droppes (b) That is such as seeme to haue an outward shew of righteousnesse by obseruation of y e ceremonies of the lawe (c) Meanyng through all the lande (d) As though thou were in extreme anguishe wherwith thy loynes should breake (e) Because of the great noyse of the armie of the Chaldeans (f) Shalbe as weake as
a small whordome of thyne 21 And thou hast slayne my chyldren and deliuered them to cause them to passe through the fire for them 22 And yet in all thyne abhominations and whordomes thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth howe naked and bare thou wast at that tyme and wast defiled in thyne owne blood 23 After all these thy wickednesses wo wo vnto thee saith the Lorde God 24 Thou hast buylt vnto thee an hye place and hast made thee an hye place in euery streete 25 Thou hast buylt thyne hye place at euery head of the way thou hast made thy beautie to be abhorred thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that came by and multiplied thy whoredome 26 Thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours whiche were great in fleshe and thus hast thou increased thyne whordome to anger me 27 Beholde I did stretche out my hand ouer thee and dyd minishe thy store of foode and deliuered thee ouer into the wylles of them that hate thee euen the daughters of the Philistines which are ashamed of thyne abhominable wayes 28 Thou hast plaied the whore also with the Assyrians because thou wast insatiable yea thou hast I say with them played the harlot and yet hadst thou not inough 29 Thus hast thou furthermore multiplied thy fornication from the lande of Chanaan vnto the Chaldees and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith 30 Howe weake is thyne heart saith the Lorde God seeing thou doest all these workes of a presumptuous whorishe woman 31 Buylding thy hye places at the head of euery way and makest thy hye places in euery streete thou hast not ben as another whore that holdeth scorne of a rewarde 32 But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke and taketh other in steede of her husbande 33 Giftes are geuen to all other whores but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers rewardest them to come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication 34 It is come to passe with thee in thy whoredomes contrary to the vse of other women yea there hath no suche fornication ben committed after thee seeing that thou geuest gyftes vnto other and no rewarde is geuen thee therfore thou art contrary 35 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O thou harlot 36 Thus saith the Lorde God Because thou hast powred out thy brasse and discouered thy filthynes thorowe thy fornications with thy louers and with all the idols of thyne abhominations and in the blood of thy chyldren whom thou hast geuen them 37 Beholde therefore I wyll gather together all thy louers with whom thou hast taken pleasure yea and all them whom thou hast loued and euery one that thou hatest I wyll I say gather them together rounde about against thee and wil discouer thy shame before them that they may see all thy filthynesse 38 Moreouer I wyll iudge thee as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer and recompence thee thyne owne blood in wrath and gelousie 39 I wyll geue thee ouer into their handes and they shal destroy thy hie place and breake downe thy hye places they shall strip thee also out of thy clothes thy faire iewels shall they take from thee and so leaue thee naked and bare 40 Yea they shall bryng a company vpon thee whiche shall stone thee with stones and thrust thee through with their swordes 41 They shall burne vp thy houses with fire and punishe thee in the sight of many women thus wyll I make thee ceasse from playing the harlot so that thou shalt geue out no more rewardes 42 So wyll I make my wrath towarde thee to rest and my ielousie shall depart from thee and I will ceasse and be angry no more 43 Seing thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth but hast fretted me in all these thinges beholde therfore I wyll bryng thyne owne wayes vpon thy head saith the Lord God so that thou shalt not commit any more mischiefe vpon all thyne abhominations 44 Beholde all they that vse common prouerbes shall vse this prouerbe also against thee saying Such a mother such a daughter 45 Thou art euen thy mothers owne daughter that hath cast of her husband and her chyldren yea thou art the sister of thy sisters which forsoke their husbandes their chyldren your mother is an Hittite your father an Amorite 46 Thyne eldest sister is Samaria she and her daughters that dwell vpon thy left hande but thy younger sister that dwelleth on thy right hande is Sodoma and her daughters 47 Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes nor done after their abhominations as a litle and a litle but in all thy wayes thou hast ben more corrupt then they 48 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God Sodoma thy sister with her daughters haue not done as thou hast done and thy daughters 49 Behold the sinnes of thy sister Sodoma were these Pryde fulnesse of meate and aboundaunce of idlenesse these thinges had she and her daughters besides that they strengthed not the hande of the poore and needie 50 But they were hautit and committed abhomination before me therefore I toke them away as I sawe good 51 Neither hath Samaria done halfe of thy sinnes yea thou hast exceeded them in thyne abhominations and hast iustified thy sisters in all thyne abhominations whiche thou hast done 52 Therfore thou which didst condemne thy sister beare thyne owne shame for thyne owne offences that thou hast cōmitted more abhominable then they dyd which in deede are more righteous then thou art be thou I say ashamed and beare the shamefull rebuke seeing that thou hast iustified thy sisters 53 Therfore I wyll bryng agayne their captiuitie the captiuitie of Sodom and her daughters the captiuitie of Samaria and her daughters and the captiuitie of thy captiuities among them 54 That thou mayest take thyne owne confusion vpon thee and be ashamed of all that thou hast done in that thou hast comforted them 55 And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall returne to their former state Samaria also and her daughters shall returne to their former state when thou and thy daughters shall returne to your former state 56 For thy sister Sodom was not heard of by thy report in the day of thy pryde 57 Before thy wickednesse was discouered according to the tyme of the reproche of the daughters of Aram and of all the daughters of the Philistines rounde about her whiche despise thee on all sides 58 Thou hast borne thy wickednesse and thyne abhomination saith the Lorde 59 For thus saith the Lorde God I might by right deale with thee as thou hast done which hast depised the othe in breaking the couenaunt 60 Neuerthelesse I wyll remember my couenaunt with thee in the daies of thy youth and I wyll establishe vnto thee an euerlasting couenaunt 61 Then shalt thou remember thy wayes and be ashamed when thou shalt receaue thy
sisters both thy elder and thy younger and I wyll geue them vnto thee for daughters but not by thy couenaunt 62 And I wyll establishe my couenaunt with thee that thou mayest know that I am the Lorde 63 That thou mayest thinke vpon it and be ashamed and neuer open thy mouth any more for shame of thy selfe when I am pacified towarde thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xvij. Chapter The parable of the two Egles 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man put foorth a parable speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel 3 And say Thus saith the Lorde God There came a great Egle with great winges yea with a mightie long body and ful of fethers of diuers colours vppon the mount of Libanus and toke the hyest braunche of a Cedar tree 4 And brake of the top of his twigges and caryed it into the lande of marchauntes and set it in a citie of marchauntes 5 He toke also of the seede of the land and planted it in a fruiteful grounde he brought it vnto great waters and set it in an open trenche 6 Then did it grow and was a spreading vine but lowe of stature whose braunches turned towarde it and the rootes of it were vnder it thus there came of it a vine and it brought foorth braunches and shot foorth buddes 7 But there was another Egle a great one whiche had great wynges and many fethers and beholde the rootes of this vine turned towardes it and spread out her braunches towards it that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation 8 It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters so that it should haue brought out braunches borne fruite and haue ben a goodly vine 9 Speake thou therfore thus saith the Lorde God Shall this vine prosper shall he not pull vp the rootes therof and destroy the fruite thereof and cause them to dry all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power or many people to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof 10 Behold it was planted Shall it prosper therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered when the east winde shall touche it it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 12 Speake now to the rebellious house Knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them beholde the kyng of Babylon is come to Hierusalem and hath taken the kyng thereof and the princes therof and hath led them with him to Babylon 13 He toke of the kynges seede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an othe of hym the princes of the lande toke he with him also 14 That the kyngdome might be holden in subiection and not lift vp it selfe but kepe the couenaunt and stande to it 15 But he rebelled against hym and sent his embassadours into Egypt that he might haue horses and muche people Should he prosper shall he escape that doth suche thinges or shall he breake the couenaunt and escape free 16 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God he shall dye at Babylon in the place where the kyng dwelleth that made hym kyng whose othe he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hath broken 17 Neither shall Pharao with his great hoast and multitude of people maintayne hym in the warre when they haue cast vp mountes and buylt a fort to destroy many persons 18 For seeing he hath despised the othe and broken the couenaunt wheras he yet gaue his hande therevpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape 19 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God As truely as I liue I wyll bryng mine othe that he hath despised and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne head 20 I wyll spreade my net vpon hym and he shall be caught in my net and I wyll bryng hym to Babylon and enter into iudgement with him there for the trespasse whiche he hath committed against me 21 As for those that flee from hym with all his hoast they shal be slayne with the sworde and the residue shal be scattred towardes all the windes and ye shall knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it 22 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll also take of the top of this hye Cedar and wyll set it and cut of the top of the tender plant thereof and wyll plant it vpon an hye hyll and a great 23 Namely vpon the hye hyll of Israel will I plant it that it may bryng foorth bowes and geue fruite and be an excellent Cedar and vnder it shall remayne all byrdes and euery foule shall remaine vnder the shadowe of the braunches thereof 24 And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree and exalted the lowe tree that I haue dryed vp the greene tree and made the drye tree to florishe euen I the Lorde that spake it haue also brought it to passe The .xviij. Chapter 4 He sheweth that euery man shall beare his owne sinne 21 To him that amendeth is saluation promised 24 Death is prophecied to the righteous whiche turneth backe from the right way 1 THE word of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 What meane ye by this cōmon prouerbe that ye vse in the lande of Israel saying The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes and the chyldrens teeth are set on edge 3 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God ye shall vse this by worde no more in Israel 4 Beholde all soules are mine lyke as the soule of the father is mine so is the soule of the sonne myne also the soule that sinneth shall dye it selfe 5 But if a man be iust and do that which is lawfull and right 6 He hath not eaten vpon the hilles he hath not lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel neither hath defiled his neighbours wyfe neither hath come neare a woman remoued 7 Neither hath oppressed any man but hath restored to the detter his pledge he that hath not spoyled any by violence hath geuen his bread to the hungry and hath clothed the naked 8 And hath not geuen foorth vpon vsurie neither taken any encrease he hath withdrawne his hande from iniquitie and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man 9 And hath walked in my statutes and kept my iudgementes to deale truely this is a righteous man he shall surely liue saith the Lorde God 10 If he nowe get a sonne that is a robber a shedder of blood and do any one of these thinges 11 Though he do not all these thinges but either hath eaten vpon the hilles or defiled his neighbours wyfe 12 Or hath oppressed the poore and needie or spoyled by violence or hath not restored the pledge or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols or hath committed abomination 13 Or