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
theirs shal be for euer blessed 1 GEue praise not vnto vs O God not vnto vs but vnto thy name for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake 2 Wherfore shal the Heathen say where is nowe their God 3 Truely our Lorde is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him 4 Their idols are siluer and gold euen the workes of mens handes 5 They haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes and see not 6 They haue eares and heare not they haue noses and smell not 7 They haue handes and handle not they haue feete and walke not and they vtter no sounde out of their throtes 8 They that make them are lyke vnto them euery one that putteth his trust in them 9 But Israel trust thou in God he is their ayde and their shielde 10 Ye house of Aaron trust you in God he is their ayde and their shielde 11 Ye that feare God trust ye in God he is their ayde and their shielde 12 God hath ben myndfull of vs he wyll blesse vs he wyll blesse the house of Israel he wyll blesse the house of Aaron 13 He wyll blesse those that feare God the small with the great 14 God wyll encrease you more and more both you and also your children 15 Ye are the blessed of God which made heauen and earth 16 The heauen the heauen I say is Gods and he hath geuen the earth vnto the children of men 17 The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither all they that go downe into the place of scilence 18 But we wyll prayse the Lord from this tyme foorth for euermore Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxvi. psalme ¶ The prophete sayth that he must nedes loue God for that he heard hym and deliuered hym out of wonderfull extreme afflictions of death and hell He acknowledgeth the benefites of God and that he can geue no rewarde for them but bare thankes when he is in the congregation and in worshyppyng hym all the dayes of his lyfe 1 I Haue loued because God hath hearde my voyce and my prayers 2 Because he hath enclined his eare vnto me therfore I wyll call vpon hym as long as I lyue 3 The snares of death compassed me rounde about and the paynes of hell toke holde on me 4 I founde anguishe and heauinesse but I called vpon the name of God saying O God I beseche thee deliuer my soule 5 Gratious is God and ryghteous our Lorde is mercifull 6 God gardeth the simple I was brought to the extremitie and he preserued me 7 Returne O my soule vnto thy rest for God hath rewarded thee 8 For thou O Lorde hast deliuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my feete from fallyng 9 I wyll walke before the face of God in the lande of the lyuyng 10 I beleued therfore I wyll speake I was sore afflicted insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer 11 What rewarde shal I geue vnto God for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me 12 I wyll take the cuppe of saluation and I wyll call vpon the name of God 13 I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God in the presence of all his people 14 The death of his saintes is precious in the eyes of God 15 It is euen so O God for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder 16 I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng and I wyll call vpon the name of God 17 I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people in the courtes of Gods house euen in the myddest of thee O Hierusalem Prayse ye the Lorde ⧠The argument of the .cxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the Gentiles to prayse God for that he hath extended his mercie vpon them in Christe aswell as vpon the Iewes 1 O Prayse God all ye heathen prayse hym all ye nations 2 For his mercifull kyndnesse is euer more and more towarde vs and the trueth of God endureth for euer Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The argument of the .cxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid woulde haue God praysed and thanked for that by his meanes only he was deliuered from extreme perilles and made kyng of that people who with their kyng had a litle before persecuted hym reiect hym and droue hym out of the realme He wylleth the priestes to sacrifice in remembraunce therof 1 O Confesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer 2 Let Israel nowe confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 3 Let the house of Aaron nowe confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 4 Let them nowe that feare God confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 5 I called vpon the Lorde beyng in distresse and the Lorde hath hearde me at large 6 God is with me I wyll not feare what man can do vnto me 7 God is with me amongst them that ayde me therfore I shall see my desire vpon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in God then to put any confidence in man ◠It is better to trust in God then to put any confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me rounde about but I trusted in the name of God that I shoulde destroy them 11 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say on euery syde but I trusted in y e name of God that I shoulde destroy them 12 They swarmed about me lyke bees and they be extinguished as the fire made of thornes for I trusted in the name of God that I should destroy thē 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but God dyd ayde me 14 The Lorde is my strength and my song and he is become my saluation 15 The voyce of a ioyfull noyse of saluation is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous saying the ryght hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe 16 The ryght hande of God is on hygh the right hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe 17 I shall not as yet dye but I shal liue and I wyll declare the workes of the Lorde 18 The Lorde hath greatly chastened me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death 19 Open me the gates of ryghteousnesse I wyll enter in by them that I may geue thankes vnto the Lorde 20 This is the gate of God the ryghteous shall enter in by it 21 I wyll thanke thee for that thou hast heard me and art become my saluation 22 The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head stone of the corner 23 This was the doyng of God and it is marueylous in our eyes 24 This is the day whiche God hath made we wyll reioyce and be glad in it 25 O God I pray thee nowe saue vs O God I pray thee nowe geue vs prosperous successe 26 Blessed be he that commeth in the name of God we do blesse
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
presume for to come vp vnto the Lord lest he destroy them 25 And so Moyses went downe vnto the people and tolde them ¶ The .xx. Chapter 3 Let vs haue no straunge gods 7 An othe 8 The sabboth day 12 Parentes 13 To murder 14 To be a whoremaister 15 Theft 16 False witnesse 17 Concupiscence 19 God appeared in lyghtnyng that he might be feared 23 Let there be made no gods of golde and siluer 24 An aulter of earth 1 AND God spake all these wordes and said 2 I am the Lord thy GOD whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt out of y e house of bondage 3 Thou shalt haue none other Gods in my sight 4 Thou shalt make thee no grauen image neyther any similitude that is in heauen aboue eyther in the earth beneath or in the waters vnder the earth 5 Thou shalt not bowe downe to them neyther serue them for I the Lord thy God am a gelous God and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the chyldren vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me 6 And shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne 8 Remember the sabboth day that thou sanctifie it 9 Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do 10 But the seuenth day is the sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruaunt and thy mayde seruaunt thy cattel and the straunger that is within thy gates 11 For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherfore the Lorde blessed the seuenth day and halowed it 12 Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee 13 Thou shalt not kyll 14 Thou shalt not commit adulterie 15 Thou shalt not steale 16 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agaynst thy neyghbour 17 Thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghbours wyfe nor his man seruaūt nor his mayde nor his oxe nor his asse or whatsoeuer thy neighbour hath 18 And all the people saw the thunder and lightning and the noyse of the trumpet and the mountayne smoking And when the people sawe it they remoued and stoode a farre of 19 And said vnto Moyses Talke thou with vs and we wyll heare But let not God talke with vs lest we dye 20 And Moyses sayde vnto the people feare not for God is come to proue you and that his feare may be before your eyes that ye sinne not 21 And the people stoode a farre of and Moyses went into the thicke cloude where God was 22 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Thus thou shalt say vnto the chyldren of Israel Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from out of heauen 23 Ye shall not make therfore with me gods of siluer neyther shall ye make ye gods of golde 24 An aulter of earth thou shalt make vnto me and theron offer thy burnt offeringes and thy peace offeringes thy sheepe and thyne oxen In all places where I shall put the remembraunce of my name thyther I wyll come vnto thee and blesse thee 25 And if thou wylt make me an aulter of stone see thou make it not of hewen stone els if thou lyft vp thy toole vpon it thou hast poluted it 26 Neyther shalt thou go vp by steppes vnto myne aulter that thy shame be not shewed theron ¶ The .xxi. Chapter 2 Of bying of bondmen 7 A daughter sold for a bondwoman 12 Manslaughter 15 A stryker of parentes 16 Theft 17 A slaunderer of his father 18 Brawlers 20 He that smyteth his bondman 22 He that stryketh a woman with chylde 24 The punyshment of lyke for lyke 26 He that pulleth out an eye or striketh out a toothe of bondmen 28 A pushing oxe 33 He that diggeth a pitte where into an oxe falleth 35 An oxe kyllyng another 1 THese are the lawes whiche thou shalt set before them 2 If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue sixe yeres he shall serue in the seuenth he shall go out free paying nothyng 3 If he came alone he shall go out alone and yf he came maryed his wyfe shall go out with hym 4 And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters then the wyfe and her chyldren shal be her maisters and he shall go out alone 5 And yf the seruaunt say I loue my maister my wyfe and my chyldren I wyll not go out free 6 His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges and set hym to the doore or the doorepost and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule and he shal be his seruaunt for euer 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do 8 If she please not her maister who hath nowe promised her mariage then shall he let her redeeme her selfe To sell her vnto a straunge nation shall he haue no power seyng he despised her 9 If he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wyfe he shall deale with her as men do with their daughters 10 And if he take hym another wyfe yet her foode her rayment and duetie of maryage shall he not minishe 11 And if he do not these three vnto her thē shal she go out free pay no money 12 He that smyteth a man that he dye shal be slayne for it 13 If a man lay not awayte but God deliuer him into his hande then I wyll poynt thee a place whither he shal flee 14 If a man come presumpteously vpon his neyghbour to slay hym with guyle thou shalt take him from myne aulter that he dye 15 He that smyteth his father or his mother let hym be slayne for it 16 He that stealeth a man and selleth him if he be proued vppon hym shal be slayne for it 17 And he that curseth his father or mother shal be put to death for it 18 If men stryue together and one smite another with a stone or with his fyste and he dye not but lyeth in his bed 19 If he rise agayne and walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote hym go quite saue only he shall beare his charges for leesyng his tyme and shall paye for his healyng 20 And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde with a rod they dye vnder his hande he shal be greeuously punished
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
vnleauened bread that is before the Lord. 24 And put all vpoÌ„ the handes of Aaron and on the handes of his sonnes and waue them for a waue offeryng before the Lord. 25 And agayne thou shalt take it from of their handes and burne it vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng to be a sauour of sweetnes before the Lorde for it is a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the brest of the Ramme of Aarons consecration and waue it for a waue offeryng before the Lord and it shal be thy part 27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the waue offeryng and the shoulder of the heaue offeryng which is waued heaued vp of the Ramme of the consecration for Aaron and for his sonnes 28 And it shal be Aarons and his sonnes by a statute for euer from the childreÌ„ of Israel for it is an heaue offeryng it shal be an heaue offeryng froÌ„ the children of Israel of the sacrifice of theyr peace offerynges euen theyr heaue offeryng shall it be vnto the Lord. 29 And the holy garmentes of Aaron shal be his sonnes after him to be anoynted therein and to fyll theyr handes therein 30 And that sonne that is priest in his steede after hym shall put them on seuen dayes when he coÌ„meth into the tabernacle of wytnesse to minister in the holy place 31 And thou shalt take the Ramme of the consecration seethe his flesh in the holy place 32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the fleshe of the Ramme and the bread that is in the basket euen by the doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse 33 And they shall eate them because the attonement was made therwith to fyll theyr handes and to consecrate them but a straunger shall not eate therof because they are holy 34 And yf ought of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fire and it shall not be eaten because it is holy 35 Therfore shalt thou do vnto Aaron and his sonnes euen so accordyng to all thynges which I haue commaunded thee seuen dayes shalt thou fyll theyr handes 36 And thou shalt offer euery day a calfe for a sinne offeryng for to recoÌ„sile withall and thou shalt clense the aulter wheÌ„ thou reconsilest vpon it and thou shalt annoynt it to sanctifie it 37 Seuen dayes thou shalt reconsile vpoÌ„ the aulter and sanctifie it it shal be an aulter most holy and whatsoeuer toucheth the aulter shal be holy 38 This is that which thou shalt offer vpon the aulter euen two Lambes of one yere old day by day continually 39 The one thou shalt offer in the mornyng ' and the other at euen ' 40 And with the one Lambe a tenth deale of flowre mingled with the fourth part of an hyn of beaten oyle and the fourth part of an hyn of wyne for a drynk offeryng 41 And the other Lambe thou shalt offer at euen and shalt do thereto accordyng to the meate offeryng drinke offeryng in the morning to be an odour of a sweet sauour and a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lorde 42 And let this be a continuall burnt offering amongst your children after you before the doore of y e tabernacle of witnesse before the Lord where I will meete you to speake there vnto thee 43 There I will meete with the children of Israel and the place shall be sanctified in my glorie 44 And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the aulter and I will sanctifie also both Aaron his sonnes to be my priestes 45 And I will dwell amongst the chyldren ' of Israel and will be their God ' 46 And they shall knowe that I am the Lord theyr God that brought them out of the lande of Egypt for to dwell amongst them euen I the Lord their God ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The fourme of the aulter of incense 6 The standyng thereof 12 The monye to the vse of the tabernacle 13 A sicle 18 The brasen â—auere 23 The makyng of holye oyle 35 The makyng of incense 1 AND thou shalt make an aulter for sweete incense of Sittim wood shalte thou make it 2 A cubite long and a cubite brode eueÌ„foure square shall it be and two cubites hye the hornes therof shall proceede out of it 3 And thou shalt ouerlaye it with fine gold both the ruffe the walles round about and his hornes also and shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about 4 And two golden ringes shalt thou make to it on either side euen vnder the crowne that they maye be as places for the barres to beare it withall ' 5 And thou shalt make the barres of ' Sittim wood couer them with gold 6 And thou shalt put it before the vayle that is by the arke of testimonie before the mercie seate that is vpon the testimonie where I wyll meete with thee 7 And Aaron shall burne theron sweete incense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes euen then shall he burne it 8 And lykewise at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense this incensing shall be perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations 9 Ye shall offer no straunge incense thereon â–ª nor burnt sacrifice nor meate offeryng neither powre any drinke offeryng thereon 10 And Aaron shall reconsile vppon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offeryng of reconsiling euen once in the yere shal he reconsile vpon it through your generations it is most holy vnto the Lorde ' 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 12 If thou takest the suÌ„me of the childreÌ„ of Israel after theyr number they shal geue euery man a recoÌ„siling of his soule vnto the Lorde when thou numbrest them that there be no plague amongst them when thou nuÌ„brest them 13 And thus much shall euery man geue that goeth into the number halfe a sicle after the sicle of the sanctuarie A sicle is twentie halfpence an halfe sicle shal be the heaue offeryng of the Lorde 14 All that are numbred from twentie yere olde and aboue shall geue a heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde 15 The riche shall not passe and the poore shall not go vnder halfe a sicle but ye shall geue an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde that he may haue mercie on your soules 16 And thou shalt take the reconsilyng monye of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of the congregation that it may be a memoriall vnto the chyldren of Israel before the Lord that he may haue mercie vpon your soules 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 18 Thou shalt make a lauer of brasse his foot also of brasse to washe withall and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter and put water therin 19 For Aaron and his
shall haue lynnen breeches vpon his fleshe and shal be girded with a lynnen girdle and with a lynnen cap shall he be attired These are holy garmentes therfore shall he washe his fleshe in water when he doth put them on 5 And he shall take of the congregation of the childrē of Israel two hee goates for a sinne offeryng and a ramme for a burnt offeryng 6 And Aaron shall offer his bullocke for his sinne offering and make an attonement for hym and for his house 7 And he shall take the two hee goates and present them before the Lorde at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 8 And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two goates one lot shal be for the Lord and the other for the scape goate 9 And Aaron shall bryng the goate vpon which the Lordes lot fell and offer hym for a sinne offeryng 10 But the goate on which the lot fell to be the scape goate shal be set aliue before the Lorde to reconcile with and to let hym go as a scape goate into the wildernesse 11 And Aaron shall bryng the bullocke for his sinne offeryng and reconcile for hym selfe and for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for his sinne offeryng 12 And he shall take a censer full of burning coales from of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fill his hand full of sweete incense beaten small and bryng them within the vayle 13 And put the incense vpon the fire before the Lorde that the cloude of the incense may couer the mercy seate that is vpon the witnesse and he shall not dye 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullocke and sprinckle it with his finger vpon the mercy seate eastward and before the mercy seate shall he sprinckle of the blood with his finger seuen tymes 15 Then shall he kyll the goate that is the peoples sinne offering bryng his blood within the vayle do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprinklyng it vpon the mercy seate and before the mercy seate 16 And he shall reconcile the holy place from the vncleannesses of the chyldren of Israel and from their trespasses in all their sinnes And so shal he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that is set among them euen among their vncleannesses 17 And let there be no body in the tabernacle of the cōgregation when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out and haue made an attonement for hym selfe and for his housholde and for all the congregation of Israel 18 And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcile vpon it and shal take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goate and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter rounde about 19 So shall he sprinckle of the blood vppon it with his finger seuen tymes and cleanse it halowe it from the vncleannesse of the chyldren of Israel 20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place and the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter he shall bryng the liue goate 21 And Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the head of the liue goate and confesse ouer hym all the misdeedes of the chyldren of Israel and all their trespasses in all their sinnes puttyng them vppon the head of the goate and send him away by the hand of a conuenient man into the wyldernesse 22 And the goate shall beare vpon hym all theyr misdeedes vnto the lande of seperation and he shall let the goate go into the wyldernesse 23 After Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation and put of the linnen clothes whiche he put on when he went in into the holy place and leaue them there 24 And let hym washe his fleshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make an attonement for hym selfe and for the people 25 And the fat of the sinne offering shall ' he burne vpon the aulter ' 26 And he that caryed foorth the goate for the scape goate shall washe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast 27 And the bullocke for the sinne offering the goate for the sinne offering whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoast to be burnt in the fire with their skinnes their fleshe and their dounge 28 And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes and bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast 29 And this shal be an ordinaunce for euer vnto you that in the tenth day of the seuenth moneth ye humble your soules and do no worke at all whether it be one of your owne countrey or a straunger that soiourneth among you 30 For that day shall the priest make an attonement for you to cleanse you and that ye may be cleane from all your sinnes before the Lorde 31 Let it be a Sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble your soules by an ordinaunce for euer 32 And the priest whom he shal annoynt and whom he shall consecrate to minister in his fathers steade shal make the attonement and shall put on the linnen clothes and holy vestmentes 33 And shall reconcile the holy sanctuarie and the tabernacle of the congregation and shall cleanse the aulter make an attonement for the priestes and for all the people of the congregation 34 And this shal be an euerlastyng ordinaunce vnto you to make an attonement for the chyldren of Israel for all their sinnes once a yere And he dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses ' ⧠The .xvij. Chapter ' 4 All sacrifice must be brought to the doore of the tabernacle 7 To deuyls may they not offer 10 They may not eate blood ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them This is the thing whiche the Lorde hath charged saying 3 What man soeuer of the house of Israel kylleth an oxe or lambe or goate in the hoast or that kylleth it out of the hoast 4 And bryngeth it not vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation to offer an offering vnto the Lorde before the dwelling place of the Lord blood shal be imputed vnto that man he hath shed blood and that man shal be cut of from among his people 5 Wherfore when the chyldren of Israel bryng their offeringes that they offer in the wylde fielde they shall bryng them vnto the Lorde euen vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation by the priest to offer them for peace offeringes vnto the Lorde 6 And the priest shall sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter of the Lorde whiche is before the doore of the tabernacle of the
as long as he voweth and is seperated there shall no rasure come vpon his head vntyll his dayes be out in the which he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shal be holy and shall let the lockes of his heere growe 6 As long as he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shall come at no dead body 7 He shall not make hym selfe vncleane at the death of his father mother brother or sister because that the consecration of his God is vpon his head 8 All the dayes of his seperation he is ' holy vnto the Lorde ' 9 And if any man dye sodenly before him or he be ware the head of his consecration shal be defiled and he shall shaue his head the day of his cleansyng euen the seuenth day shall he shaue it 10 And the eyght day he shall bryng two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for hym as concernyng that he sinned by the dead and shall halowe his head the same day 12 And he shall consecrate vnto the Lord the tyme of his seperation shall bring a lambe of a yere olde for a trespasse offeryng but the dayes that were before are lost because his consecration was defiled 13 This is the lawe of the Nazarite when the tyme of his consecration is out he shal be brought vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 14 And he shall bryng his offeryng vnto the Lorde an hee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a burnt offeryng and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a sinne offering a ramme without blemishe also for peace offerynges 15 And a basket of vnleauened bread euen cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle and wafers of vnleauened bread annoynted with oyle with their meate offerynges and drynke offerynges 16 And the priest shall bryng them before the Lorde and offer his sinne offeryng and his burnt offeryng 17 And shall prepare the ramme for a peace offering vnto the Lorde with the basket of vnleauened bread and the priest shall make also his meat offeryng and his drynke offeryng 18 And the Nazarite shal shaue the head of his consecration at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and shal take the heere of the head of his consecration and put it in the fire which is vnder the peace offeryng 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme and one vnleauened cake out of the basket and one vnleauened wafer also and put them vpon the handes of the Nazarite after he hath shauen his consecration 20 And the priest shall waue them before the Lorde And these holy thynges shal be the priestes with the waue brest and the heaue shoulder and then the Nazarite may drynke wine 21 This is the lawe of the Nazarite which hath vowed his offeryng vnto the Lorde for his consecration besides those thynges that his hande can get according to the vowe which he vowed euen so he must do after the lawe of his consecration 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes saying On this wyse ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them 24 The Lorde blesse thee and kepe thee ' 25 The Lorde make his face shine vpon ' thee and be mercyfull vnto thee ' 26 The Lorde lyft vp his countenaunce ' vpon thee and geue thee peace ' 27 And they shall put my name vpon the chyldren of Israel and I wyll blesse them ' ¶ The .vij. Chapter ' 2 The offeryng of the lordes and heades of Israel 89 God speaketh from the mercie seate to Moyses 1 AND when Moyses had full set vp the tabernacle annoynted and sanctified it and all the instrumentes therof the aulter also all the vessels therof and had annoynted them sanctified them 2 Then the princes of Israel heades ouer the houses of their fathers which were the lordes of the tribes and ouer them that were numbred offered 3 And brought their sacrifice before the Lorde sixe couered charettes twelue oxen one charet for two lordes and for one an oxe and they brought them before the tabernacle ' 4 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 5 Take it of them that they may be to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt geue them vnto the Leuites to euery man accordyng vnto his office 6 And Moyses toke the charettes and ' the oxen gaue them vnto the Leuites ' 7 Two charettes and foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gerson accordyng vnto their office 8 And foure charettes eyght oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Merari according vnto their offices vnder y e hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest 9 But vnto the sonnes of Caath he gaue none because the charge of the sanctuarie belonged vnto them which they dyd beare vpon shoulders 10 And the princes offered for the dedicatyng of the aulter in the day that it was annoynted and brought their sacrifices before the aulter 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses The princes shal bring their offeringes euery day one prince for the dedicating of the aulter 12 And so on the first day dyd Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab of the tribe of Iuda offer his sacrifice 13 And his offeryng was a siluer charger of an hundred and thâ—rtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and they were both full of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng ' 14 An incense cup of ten sicles of golde ' full of incense ' 15 A young bullocke a ramme a lambe ' of a yere olde for a burnt offeryng ' 16 An hee goate for a sinne offeryng 17 And for a peace offering two oxen fiue rammes fiue hee goates fiue lambes of a yere olde This was the gift of Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab 18 The seconde day Nathaniel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer Isachar did offer 19 And he offered for his gyft a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the sicle of the sanctuarie both full of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng ' 20 An incense cup of golde of ten sicles ' full of incense ' 21 One youÌ„g bullocke a ramme a lambe ' of a yere olde for a burnt offeryng ' 22 And an hee goate for a sinne offeryng 23 And for a peace offering two oxen fiue rammes fiue hee goates fiue lambes of one yere olde This was the offering of Nathanael the sonne of Zuar 24 The thirde day Eliab the sonne of Helon captayne of the children of Zabulon did offer 25 And his gyft was a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the sicle
Zalmana kynges of Madian 6 And the lordes of Sucoth sayde Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana now in thyne handes that we should geue bread vnto thyne armie 7 Gedeon sayde Therfore when the Lord hath deliuered Zebah and Zalmana into mine hande I will teare the flesshe of you with the thornes of the wildernes and with bryers 8 And he went vp thence to Phanuel spake vnto them lykewyse And y e men of Phanuel aunswered him as did the men of Sucoth 9 And he sayd also vnto the men of Phanuel When I come agayne in peace I will breake downe this towre 10 Zebah Zalmana were in Carcor and their hoastes with them vpon a fifteene thousande men which were all that were left of all the hoastes of them of the east For there was slaine an hundred and twentie thousande men that drewe swordes 11 And Gedeon went thorowe them that dwelt in tabernacles on the east syde of Nobah and Iegbahah and smote the hoaste for the hoaste dyd cast no perylles 12 And whan Zebah and Zalmana fled he folowed after them and toke y e two kynges of Madian Zebah and Zalmana and discomfited all the hoaste 13 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas returned from battel afore the sunne was vp 14 And caught a ladde of the men of Sucoth enquired of him And he wrote him of the lordes and elders of Sucoth threescore and seuenteene men 15 And he came vnto the men of Sucoth and sayd Beholde Zebah and Zalmana with which ye dyd cast me in the teeth saying Are the handes of Zebah and Zalmana alredy in thyne hande that we should geue bread vnto thy fayntie men 16 And he toke the elders of the citie and thornes of the wildernesse and bryers and dyd teare the men of Sucoth with them 17 And he brake downe the towre of * Phanuel slue the men of the citie 18 And then sayde he vnto Zebah and Zalmana what maner of men were they whom ye slue at Thabor And they aunswered The lykenesse of thee and them is al one euē after the fashion of the children of a kyng 19 And he sayd They were my brethren euen my mothers children As truly as the Lord liueth if ye had saued their lyues I would not slay you 20 And he sayde vnto Iether his eldest sonne Vp and slay them But the ladde drue not his sworde for he feared because he was yet young 21 Then Zebah and Zalmana sayde Ryse thou and fall vpon vs for as the man is so is his strength And Gedeon arose and slue Zebah and Zalmana and toke away the ornamentes that were on their camels neckes 22 Then the men of Israel sayde vnto Gedeon Raigne thou ouer vs both thou thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne for thou hast deliuered vs out of y e hand of Madian 23 And Gedeon sayd vnto them I wyll not raigne ouer you neither shall my childe raigne ouer you but the Lorde shall raigne ouer you 24 And agayne Gedeon said vnto them I would desire a request of you euen that you would geue me euery man the * earinges of his pray For they had golden earinges because they were Ismaelites 25 And they aunswered We will gyue them And they spread a mantell and dyd cast therin euery man the earynges of his pray 26 And the wayght of y e golden earinges that he required was a thousand and seuen hundred sicles of golde besyde chaynes and iewelles and purple rayment that was on the kynges of Madian and besyde the chaynes that were about their camels neckes 27 And Gedeon made an Ephod therof and put it in his citie Ephrah And all Israel went a whoryng after it in the same place which thing became a ruyne vnto Gedeon and to his house 28 Thus was Madian brought lowe before the children of Israel so that they lyft vp their heades no more And the countrey was in quietnes fourtie yeres in the dayes of Gedeon 29 And Ierobaal y e sonne of Ioas went and dwelt in his owne house 30 And Gedeon had threescore and ten sonnes of his body begotten for he had many wyues 31 And his cōcubine that was in Sichem bare him a sonne also whose name he called Abimelech 32 And Gedeon the sonne of Ioas dyed in a good age and was buryed in the sepulchre of Ioas his father euen in Ephrah that parteyned vnto the father of the Esrites 33 But assoone as Gedeon was dead the children of Israel turned away went a whoryng after Baalim and made a couenaunt with Baal to be their God 34 And the children of Israel thought not on the Lorde their God which had deliuered them out of the handes of all their enemies on euery syde 35 Neither shewed they mercy on the house of Ierobaal otherwyse called Gedeon according to all the goodnes which he had shewed vnto Israel The .ix. Chapter 1. Abimelech vsurpeth the kyngdome and putteth his brethren to death 7. Ioatham proposeth a parable 23. Hatred betweene Abimelech and the Sichemites 26. Gaal conspireth agaynst him and is ouercome 53. Abimelech is wounded to death by a woman 1 ABimelech the sonne of Ierobaal went to Sichem vnto his mothers brethren communed with them with all the kynrede of the house of his mothers father saying 2 Saye I pray you in the eares of all the men of Sichem whether is better for you that all the sonnes of Ierobaal which are threescore and ten persons raigne ouer you either that one raigne ouer you Remember that I am of your bone and of your fleshe 3 And his mothers brethren spake of him in the audience of all the men of Sichem all these wordes their heartes were moued to folow Abimelech For they sayde He is our brother 4 And they gaue him threescore and ten peeces of siluer out of the house of Baal Berith wherwith Abimelech hyred vayne and light persons which went with hym 5 And he went vnto his fathers house at Ephrah * and slue his brethren the sonnes of Ierobaal beyng threescore ten persons vpon one stone Notwithstandyng yet Ioatham the youngest sonne of Ierobaal escaped for he hyd hymselfe 9 And all the men of Sichem gathered together and al the house of Mello and came and made Abimelech kyng in the playne where the stone was in Sichem 7 And when they tolde it to Ioatham he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim and lyft vp his voyce cryed and sayd vnto them Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem that God may hearken vnto you 8 The trees went foorth to annoynt a kyng ouer them and sayde vnto the Olyue tree Raigne thou ouer vs. 9 But the Olyue tree sayd vnto them Should I leaue my fatnesse wherwith by me they honour God and man to be promoted ouer the trees 10 And the trees sayd to the figge tree Come thou and be kyng ouer vs. 11 The figge tree
Cursed be the man that eateth any foode vntill night till I be auenged of myne enemies And so none of the people tasted any sustenaunce 25 And al they of the land came to a wood where honie lay vpon the grounde 26 And the people came into the wood And behold the honie dropped and no man moued his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oth 27 But Ionathan hearde not whē his father charged the people with the oth wherfore he put foorth the ende of the rod that was in his hand and dipt it in an honie combe put his hande to his mouth and his eyes receaued sight 28 Then aunswered one of the people and sayde Thy father made the people to sweare saying Cursed be the mā that eateth any sustenaunce this day And the people were faynt 29 Thē sayd Ionathan My father hath troubled the lande See howe myne eyes hath receaued sight because I tasted a litle of this honie 30 Howe muche more then to day if the people had eaten of the spoyle of their enemies whiche they found And had there not ben then a muche greater slaughter among the Philistines 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aialon And the people were exceeding faynt 32 And the people gat them to the spoyle and toke sheepe oxen and calues slue them on the ground and the people dyd eate them with the blood 33 Then men tolde Saul saying Behold the people sinne against the Lorde in that they eate with the blood And he sayde Ye haue trespassed Rowle a great stone vnto me this day 34 And Saul sayde againe Go abrode among the people and bid them bring me euery man his oxe and euery man his sheepe and slay them here and eate and sinne not against the Lorde in eating with the blood And the people brought euery man his oxe in his hande that night and slue them there 35 And Saul made an aulter vnto y e Lord And that was the first aulter that he made vnto the Lorde 36 And Saul sayde Let vs go downe after the Philistines by night and spoyle them vntil it be day in the morning and let vs not leaue one man of them And they sayde Do whatsoeuer thou thinkest best Then sayde the priest Let vs come hyther vnto God 37 And Saul asked of God Shall I go downe after the Philistines Wilt thou deliuer them into the handes of Israel But he aunswered him not at that time 38 And Saul sayde Let al the chiefe of the people come hyther and knowe and see by whom this sinne is done this day 39 For as the Lorde liueth whiche saued Israel though it be in Ionathan my sonne he shal dye the death But there was no man among all the people that aunswered him 40 Then he sayde vnto al Israel Be ye on one syde and I and Ionathan my sonne will be on the other syde And the people saide vnto Saul What thou thinkest best that do 41 Therfore Saul saide vnto the Lorde God of Israel geue a perfect lot And Saul and Ionathan were caught but the people scaped free 42 And Saul said Cast lot betweene me and Ionathan my sonne And Ionathan was caught 43 Then Saul saide to Ionathan Tell me what thou hast done And Ionathan tolde him and sayde I tasted a litle honie with the ende of the rod that was in myne hand lo I must dye 44 Saul aunswered * God do so more also to me thou shalt dye the death Ionathan 45 And the people said vnto Saul Shal Ionathan dye which hath so mightilie deliuered Israel God forbid As the Lord lyueth * there shall not one heere of his head fall to y e ground for he hath wrought with God this daye And so the people deliuered Ionathan that he dyed not 46 And then Saul departed vp from folowing the Philistines And the Philistines went to their owne place 47 And so Saul helde the kingdome ouer Israel and fought against all his enemies on euery side against Moab against the children of Ammon against Edom against the kinges of Zoba and against the Philistines And whyther soeuer he turned him selfe he put them to the worse 48 And he gathered his hoast together smote the Amalekites rid Israel out of the handes of them that spoyled them 49 The sonnes of Saul were Ionathan Iessui and Melchisua And his two daughters were thus named the elder was called Merob and the younger Michol 50 And the name of Sauls wife was Ahinoa the daughter of Ahimaaz and the name of his chiefe captaine was Abner the sonne of Ner Sauls vncle 51 And Cis was Sauls father Ner the father of Abner was the sonne of Abiel 52 And there was sore warre against the Philistines all y e dayes of Saul And whomsoeuer Saul sawe to be a strong man and meete for the warre he toke him vnto him The .xv. Chapter 3 Saul is commaunded to slay Amalek 9. He spareth Agag and the best thinges 19. Samuel reproueth him 28. Saul is reiected of the Lorde and his kingdome geuen to another 33. Samuel he weth Agag in peeces 1 SAmuel also saide vnto Saul The Lord sent me to anoynt thee to be king ouer his people ouer Israel Now therfore hearken thou vnto the voyce of the wordes of the Lorde 2 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes I remember that which Amalek did to Israel how they layed waite for them in the waye as they came vp from Egypt 3 Nowe therfore go and smyte Amalek and destroye ye all that pertaineth vnto them and haue no compassion on them slay both man woman infant and suckling oxe and sheepe camel and asse 4 And Saul gathered the people together and numbred them in Telaim two hundred thousand footemen and ten thousand men of Iuda 5 And Saul came vnto a citie of Amalek and set watch in the brooke 6 And Saul saide vnto the Kenites Go depart get you downe from among the Amalekites lest I destroy you with them for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt And so the Kenites departed from among y e Amalekites 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Heuila as thou commest to Sur that lyeth before Egypt 8 And toke Agag the king of the Amalekites alyue and vtterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sworde 6 But Saul and the people spared Agag the better sheepe and the fatter oxen and the lambes and all that was good would not destroy them But al that was foule naught worth that they destroyed vtterlie 10 Then came the word of the Lord vnto Samuel saying 11 It repenteth me that I haue made Saul king For he is turned from me hath not perfourmed my commaundementes And Samuel was euill apayed cryed vnto the
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
Obed Edom Ieiel and Azaiahu played vpon harpes an eyght aboue with courage 22 And Chenaniahu the chiefe of the Leuites was maister of the song for he taught other to sing because he was a man of vnderstanding 23 Bereâ—hia and Elcana kept the doore of the arke 24 And Sebaniahu Iehosaphat Nathanael Amasai Zachariahu Banaiahu and Eliezer the priestes did blowe with trumpettes before the arke of God And Obed Edom and Iehia were kepers of the doore of the arke 25 And Dauid and the elders of Israel and the captaynes ouer thousandes went to fet the arke of the appoyntmeÌ„t of the Lorde out of the house of Obed Edom with gladnesse 26 And when God helped the Leuites that bare the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde they offered seuen oxen and seuen rammes 27 And Dauid had on him a linnen garment lyke as had also all the Leuites that bare the arke so had the singers and Chenania the ruler of the songe with the singers and Dauid had vpon him an Ephod of linnen 28 And al they of Israel brought the arke of the Lordes couenaunt with showting and blowing of the shawme and trumpettes making a noyse with cymbales psalteries and harpes 29 And as the arke of the appointment of the Lorde came into the citie of Dauid Michol the daughter of Saul looking out at a windowe sawe king Dauid daunsing and playing and she despised him in her heart ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 The arke being placed they offer sacrifices 4 Dauid ordaineth Asaph and his brethren to minister before the Lorde 8 He appoynteth a notable psalme to be song in prayse of the Lorde 1 SO they brought in the arke of God and set it in the middest of the tent that Dauid pitched for it And they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offringes before God 2 And when Dauid had made an end of offring the burnt offringes and peace offringes he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde 3 And he dealt to all Israel both man and woman a cracknel of bread and a good peece of fleshe and a flacket of wine 4 And he appoynted certaine of the Leuites to minister before the arke of the Lord and to repeate and to thanke and prayse the Lorde God of Israel 5 And Asaph was the chiefe and nexte to him Zacharia Ieiel Semiramoth Iehiel Mathathia Eliab Benaia Obed Edom Ieiel with instruments psalteries harpes But Asaph made a sounde with cymbales 6 Banaia and Iahaziel priestes blewe with trumpettes continually before the arke of the couenaunt of God 7 And that same tyme Dauid did appoynt chiefely to thanke the Lorde by Asaph and his brethren 8 Confesse you it vnto God call vpon his name cause the people to vnderstande his deuises 9 Sing vnto him sing psalmes vnto him talke you of all his wonderous workes 10 Glory ye in his holy name let the heart of them reioyce that do seeke God 11 Seeke God and his strength seeke his face euermore 12 Remember the marueylous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgementes of his mouth 13 O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt ye his chosen children of Iacob he is God our Lorde his iudgementes are in all the earth 14 He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt for he promysed a word to a thousande generations euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham and of his othe vnto Isaac 15 And he appoynted the same vnto Iacob for a law and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt 16 Saying vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan the lot of your inheritaunce 17 When they were a fewe men in number and had ben straungers but a litle while in it and when they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people 18 He suffred no man to do them wrong yea he reproued euen kinges for their sakes 19 Touche not myne annoynted and triumph not ouer my prophetes 20 Sing vnto the Lorde all the earth and shewe from day to day his saluation 21 Tell of his glory among the heathen his wonderfull deedes among all natitions 25 For great is the Lorde and worthy to be praysed exceedingly he is to be feared aboue all gods 26 For all the gods of the people are but idoles but the Lorde made heauen 27 Prayse and honour are in his presence strength and gladnesse are in his place 28 Asscribe vnto the Lord ye kinredes of people Asscribe to the Lorde glorie and dominion 29 Asscribe vnto the Lord the glorie due vnto his name bring sacrifices and come before him and worship the Lord in his glorious sanctuarie 30 Let all the earth feare him surely the world shal be stable and not moue 31 Let the heauens reioyce and let the earth be glad and let men tel among the nations that the Lorde is king 32 Let the sea rore the fulnesse thereof let the fieldes reioyce all that is therin 33 Then shall the trees of the wood reioyce at the presence of the Lord because he commeth to iudge the earth 34 O geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is good for his mercie endureth euer 35 And say ye saue vs O God our saluation gather vs together and deliuer vs from among the heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and triumph in the prayse of thee 36 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for euer and euer let all people say Amen and prayse the Lorde 37 And so he left there before the arke of the lordes couenaunt Asaph his brethren to minister before the arke continually in such thinges as were to be done day by day 38 And Obed Edom and his brethren threescore and eyght and Obed Edom the sonne of Ieduthun and Hosa were appoynted to be porters 39 And Zadoc the priest his brethren the priestes were before y e tabernacle of the lord in the hie place that was at Gibeon 40 To offer burnt offeringes vnto the Lorde vpon the burnt offering aulter perpetually in the morning and euening according to all that which is written in the lawe of the Lorde whiche he commaunded Israel 41 And with them were Heman and Ieduthun and other that were chosen whose names were expressed to geue thankes to the Lorde That his mercie lasteth euer 42 And with them dyd Heman an Ieduthun sing with the trumpets and cymbales making a sweete melodie with instrumentes of musicke godly songues And the sonnes of Ieduthun were porters 43 And al the people departed euery man to his house Dauid returned to blesse his house The .xvii. Chapter 3 Dauid is forbidden to buylde an house vnto the Lord. 12 Christ is promised vnder the figure of Solomon 18 Dauid geueth thankes 23 and prayeth vnto God 1 AND it fortuned that when Dauid dwelt in his house he sayde to Nathan the prophete Lo I dwel in an house of Cedar tree but the arke of the lordes
them that I may do vnto thee 11 And Gad came to Dauid and sayd vnto him thus sayth the Lorde Choose thee 12 Eyther three yeres famishment or three monethes to be destroyed before thyne aduersaries that the sworde of thyne enemies may ouertake thee or els the sworde of the Lord and pestilence in the lande three dayes and the angell of the Lorde destroying throughout all the coastes of Israel And nowe aduise thy selfe what worde I shal bring againe to him that sent me 13 And Dauid sayde vnto Gad I am in an exceeding strayte Let me fall nowe into the hande of the Lorde for passing great are his mercies but let me not fal into the hand of men 14 So the Lorde sent pestilence vpon Israel and there were ouerthrowen of Israel threescore and ten thousande men 15 And God sent the angell into Hierusalem to destroy it And as he was about to destroy the Lorde behelde and had compassion on the euyll sayde to the angel that destroyed It is enough let nowe thyne hand ceasse And the angel of the Lorde stoode by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes and sawe the angell of the Lorde stand betweene the earth and heauen hauing a drawen sword in his hand stretched out toward Hierusalem Then Dauid and the elders of Israel whiche were clothed in sacke fell vpon their faces 17 And Dauid sayde vnto God Is it not I that commaunded the people to be numbred It is I that haue sinned and done euyll in deede and what haue these sheepe done Let thyne hande O Lorde my God be on me and on my fathers house but not on thy people that they shoulde be punished 18 And the angell of the Lord commaunded Gad to say to Dauid that Dauid shoulde go vp and set vp an aulter vnto the Lorde in the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 19 And Dauid went vp according to the saying of Gad whiche he spake in the name of the Lorde 20 And Ornan turned about and saw the angell and his foure sonnes were with him and hyd them selues But Ornan was threshing wheate 21 And as Dauid came to Ornan Ornan loked and sawe Dauid and went out of the threshing floore and bowed hym selfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde 22 And Dauid sayde to Ornan Geue me the place of the threshing floore that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto the lord Thou shalt geue it me for as much money as it is worth that the plague may ceasse from the people 23 And Ornan sayd vnto Dauid Take it to thee and let my lorde the king do that which seemeth good in his eyes Lo I geue thee oxen also for burnt sacrifices and treshing instrumentes for wood wheate for meate offring I geue it all 24 And king Dauid sayde to Ornan Not so but I will bye it for as much money as it is worth For I will not take that whiche is thyne for the Lorde nor offer burnt offringes without coast 25 And so Dauid gaue to Ornan for that place sicles of golde sixe hundred by wayght 26 And Dauid buylt there an aulter vnto the Lorde and offred burnt offringes and peace offringes and called vpon the Lorde and he hearde him from heauen in fire vpon the aulter of burnt offring 27 And when the Lorde had spoken to the angel he put vp his sword againe into the sheathe of it 28 At that time when Dauid sawe that the Lorde had hearde him in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite he vsed to offer there 29 For the tabernacle of the Lorde which Moyses made in the wildernesse the aulter of burnt offring were at that season in the hill of Gibeon 30 And Dauid coulde not go before it to aske counsell at God for he was afrayde of the sword of the angel of the Lorde The .xxii. Chapter 2 Dauid prepareth things necessarie for the buylding of the temple 6 He commaundeth his sonne Solomon to buylde the temple of the Lorde which thing he him selfe was forbidden to do 9 Vnder the figure of Solomon Christ is promised 1 ANd Dauid said This is the house of the lord God this is the aulter for the burnt offring of Israel 2 And Dauid commaunded to gather together the straungers that were in the lande of Israel and he set masons to hew and pullishe stones for the building of the house of God 3 And Dauid prepared plentie of iron for nayles doores of the gates to ioyne withal and aboundaunce of brasse without wayght 4 And Cedar trees without number For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid 5 And Dauid sayde Solomon my sonne is young and tender and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall excellent and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death 6 And he called Solomon his sonne and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel 7 And Dauid sayde to Solomon My sonne I thought as it was in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God 8 But the word of the Lord came to me saying Thou hast shed much blood and hast made great battayles thou shalt therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou hast shed much blood vp on the earth in my sight 9 Behold a sonne is borne to thee and he shal be a man of rest for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about For his name is Solomon I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes 10 He shall buylde an house for my name and he shal be my sonne and I wil be his father and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer 11 Nowe therfore my sonne the Lorde be with thee and prosper thee and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God as he hath sayde of thee 12 And the Lord shall geue thee wysdom and vnderstanding and shall geue thee commaundementes for Israel that thou mayst kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God 13 For then thou shalt prosper euen when thou takest heede and fulfillest the statutes and lawes which the Lorde charged Moyses with for Israel Plucke vp thyne hearte therfore be strong dread not nor be discouraged 14 Behold according to my pouertie haue I also prepared for the house of the Lorde an hundred thousande talentes of golde and a thousande thousande talentes of siluer and as for brasse iron it can not be nūbred for it is verie much And I haue prepared timber and stone and thou mayest prouide more thereto 15 Moreouer thou hast workemen with thee mowe and masons and carpenters to worke in stone and timber many men that be actiue for euery worke 16 And of golde siluer brasse iron there is no number Vp therefore and
may knowe thy name and feare thee as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house whiche I haue buylt thy name is called vpon 34 If thy people go out to warre against their enemies by the way that thou shalt sende them and they pray to thee in the way towarde this citie whiche thou hast chosen euen toward the house which I haue buylt for thy name 35 Then heare thou from heauen their supplication and prayer and helpe them in their right 36 If they sinne against thee as there is no man but he doth sinne and thou be angry with them and deliuer them ouer before their enemies and they take them and carie them away captiues vnto a lande farre or neare 37 Yet if they repent in their heart in the lande where they be in captiuitie and turne and pray vnto thee in the land of their captiuitie saying We haue sinned we haue done euyll and wickedly 38 And turne againe to thee with all their heart and all their soule in the lande of their â—aptiuitie where they kepe them in bondage and so pray towarde their land whiche thou gauest vnto their fathers euen toward the citie which thou hast chosen toward the house whiche I haue buylt for my name 39 Then heare thou from heauen euen from thy dwelling place their supplication and their prayer and iudge their cause and be mercifull vnto thy people which haue sinned against thee 40 Now my God let thine eyes be open and thyne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 41 Nowe vp O Lorde God into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy priestes be clothed with health let thy sainctes reioyce in goodnesse 42 O Lord God turne not away the face of thyne annoynted remember the mercies whiche thou hast promised to Dauid thy seruaunt The .vii. Chapter 1 The fire consumeth the sacrifice 2 The glorie of the Lorde filleth the temple 12 He heareth his prayer 17 and promiseth to exalt him and his throne 1 ANd when Solomon had made an ende of praying there came downe fire from heauen and consumed the burnt offring and the sacrifices the house was filled with the glorie of the Lorde 2 And the priestes coulde not go into the house of the Lorde because the glorie of the Lord had filled the lordes house 3 And when al the children of Israel saw howe the fire and the glorie of the Lord came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon their faces to the earth vpon the pauement and worshipped and confessed vnto the lord That he is gracious and that his mercie lasteth euer 4 And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lorde 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twentie and two thousande oxen and an hundred and twentie thousande sheepe and so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God 6 And the priestes wayted on their offices the Leuites had the instrumentes of musicke of the Lord which king Dauid had made to confesse vnto the Lord that his mercie lasteth euer Dauid praysing God by theÌ„ And the priestes blew with trumpettes before them and all they of Israel stoode 7 Moreouer Solomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lorde for there he offred burnt offringes the fat of the peace offringes because the brasen aulter which Solomon had made was not able to receaue the burnt offringes and the meate offringes and the fat 8 So at the same time Solomon kept a feast of seuen dayes and al they of Israel with him an exceeding great congregation euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt 9 And in the eyght day they made an assemblie For they kept the dedication of the aulter seuen dayes the feast seuen dayes â—0 And the three and twentie day of the seuenth moneth he let the people depart into their tentes glad and mery in heart for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Solomon and to Israel his people 11 And so Solomon finished the house of the Lorde and the kinges house and all that came in his heart to make in the house of the Lorde in his owne house went prosperously forwarde 12 And the Lorde appeared to Solomon by night and sayd to him I haue heard thy petition and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice 13 If I shut vp heauen that there be no rayne or if I commaund the locustes to deuour the lande or if I sende pestilence among my people 14 And if they that are of my people among whom my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercession and seke my presence and turns from their wicked wayes then will I heare from heauen and be mercifull to their sinne and will heale their lande 15 And from hencefoorth myne eyes shal be open and myne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 16 And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for euer and myne eyes and myne heart shal be there perpetually 17 And if thou wilt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded thee and shalt obserue my statutes and my lawes 18 Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome according as I made the couenaunt with Dauid thy father saying Thou shalt not be without a man to be ruler in Israel 19 But and if ye turne away and forsake my statutes my commaundementes which I haue set before you and shall go and serue other gods and worship them 20 Then will I plucke them vp by the rootes out of my lande whiche I haue geuen them and this house whiche I haue sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a prouerbe and a iest among all nations 21 And this house whiche is most high shal be an astonishement to euery one that passeth by and shal say Why hath the Lorde dealt on this fashion with this lande and with this house 22 And they shal aunswere Because they forsoke the Lorde God of their fathers which brought them out of the lande of Egypt and caught holde on other gods and worshipped them and serued them euen therefore hath he brought all this euyll vpon them The .viii. Chapter 2 The cities that Solomon buylt 7 People that were made tributarie vnto him 12 His sacrifices 17 He sendeth to Ophir 1 ANd it fortuned that after twentie yeres when Solomon had buylt the house of the Lorde and his owne house 2 He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym and put of the children of Israel in them 3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zoba and strengthed it 4 And he buylt Thadmor in the
of their brethren the priestes and Leuites and all they that were come out of the captiuitie vnto Hierusalem and appoynted the Leuites from twentie yeres olde and aboue to see that the worke of the house of the Lorde went forwarde 9 And Iesua stoode with his sonnes and brethren and Cadmiel with his sonnes the children of Iuda together to set forwarde the workmen of the house of God euen the childreÌ„ of Henadad with their children and their brethren the Leuites 10 And when the builders layed the foundation of the temple of the Lorde they appoynted the priestes in their araye with trumpettes and the Leuites the children of Asaph with cymbales to prayse the Lorde after the maner of Dauid king of Israel 11 And they sang together when they gaue prayse and thankes vnto the lorde Because he is gracious and because his mercie endureth for euer vpon Israel And all the people showted loude in praysing the Lorde because the foundation of the house of the Lord was layd 12 Many also of the priestes Leuites and chiefe fathers and auncient men which had seene the first house when the foundation was layde before their eyes wept with a loude voyce and many showted aloude with ioy 13 So that the people coulde not discerne the ioyfull sounde gladnesse from the noyse of the weeping among the people for the people showted with a loude crye and the noyse was heard farre of The .iiij. Chapter 2 The building of the temple is hindred and how 11 Letters to Artaxerxes and the aunswere 1 BVt the aduersaries of Iuda and Beniamin heard that the children of the captiuitie builded the temple vnto the Lorde God of Israel 2 And they came to Zorobabel and to the principall fathers and saide vnto them We wyll builde with you for we seeke the Lorde your God as ye do and we haue done sacrifice vnto him since the time of Asor Hadon the king of Assur which brought vs vp hither 3 And Zorobabel and Iesua and the other auncient fathers of Israel sayde vnto them It can not be that you and we together shoulde builde the house vnto our God for we our selues wyll builde alone vnto the Lorde our God of Israel as Cyrus the king of Persia hath commaunded vs. 4 And it came to passe that the folke of the lande discouraged the people of Iuda troubled them as they were building 5 And hyred counsellers against them to hinder their deuice as long as Cyrus the king of Persia liued vntil the raigne of Darius king of Persia 6 And in the raigne of Ahasuerus euen at the beginning of his raigne wrote they vnto him a complaynt against the inhabiters of Iuda and Hierusalem 7 And in the dayes of Artaxerxes wrote Mithridath Tabel and the other of his counsell vnto Artaxerxes the king of Persia with faire wordes And the writing of the letter was in the Syrians speache and interpreted in the language of the Syrians 8 Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter from Hierusalem to Artaxerxes the king as it foloweth 9 Then Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe and other of their company they of Dina of Apharsath of Tharpelai of Persia of Arache of Babylon of Susan of Deha of Elan 10 And other of the people whom the great noble Asnappar brought ouer and set in the cities of Samaria and other that are nowe beyond the water and Cheeneth 11 This is the copie of the letter that they sent vnto king Artaxerxes Thy seruauntes and the men that are nowe â—eyond the water and Cheeneth 12 Be it knowen vnto the king that the Iewes which came vp from thee to vs are come vnto Hierusalem a citie seditious and froward and builde the same and set vp the walles thereof and lay the foundations 13 Be it knowen now vnto the king that if this citie be builded and the walles made vp againe then shal not they geue toule tribute and custome the kinges profite shall incurre damage 14 And now in the meane season we haue destroyed the temple and woulde no longer see the kinges dishonour therefore sent we out also and certified the king 15 That it may be sought in the booke of the cronicles of thy progenitours and so shalt thou finde in the booke of the cronicles and perceaue that this citie is seditious and noysome vnto the kinges and landes and that they cause other also among them to rebell of olde and for the same cause was this citie destroyed 16 Therfore do we certifie the king that if this citie be builded againe and the walles thereof made vp thou shalt hereafter haue no portion beyond the water 17 Then sent the king an aunswere vnto Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe and to the other of their companions that dwell in Samaria and vnto the other that were beyond the water in Selam and Cheeth 18 The letter which ye sent vnto vs hath ben openly read before me 19 And I haue commaunded to make searche and it is found that this citie of olde hath made insurrection against kinges and that rebellion and sedition hath ben committed therein 20 There haue ben mightie kinges also at Hierusalem which haue raigned ouer all countreys beyond the water and toule tribute and custome was geuen vnto them 21 Geue ye nowe therefore commaundement that the same men be forbidden and that the citie be not builded againe till I haue geuen another commaundement 22 Take heede now that ye be not negligent to do this for why should the king haue harme there through 23 Nowe when the copie of king Artaxerxes letter was read before Rehum Simsai the scribe and their companyons they went vp in all the haste to Hierusalem vnto the Iewes and forbad them with violence and power 24 Then ceassed the worke of the house of God at Hierusalem and continued so vnto the second yere of Darius king of Persia ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Aggeus and Zachari do prophecie 3 The worke of the temple goeth forward contrary to the minde of Thathanai 6 His letters to Darius 1 THe prophetes Aggeus and Zachari the sonne of Iddo prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iuda and Hierusalem in the name of the God of Israel eueÌ„ vnto them 2 Then gat vp Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and began to builde the house of God at Hierusalem and with them were the prophetes of God which helped them 3 At the same time came to them Thathanai which was captaine beyond the water and Stharbuzanai and their companions and saide thus vnto them Who hath commaunded you to builde this house to make vp these walles 4 Then saide we vnto them after this maner What are the names of the men that make this building 5 But the eye of their God was vpon the elders of the Iewes that they could not cause them to ceasse till
handes in the worke of the house of God euen the God of Israel The .vij. Chapter 1 By the commaundement of the king Esdras and his companions come to Hierusalem 27 He geueth thankes to God 1 AFter these thinges ther was in the raigne of Artaxerxes king of Persia one Esdras the sonne of Saraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helkia 2 The sonne of Sallum the sonne of Zadoc the sonne of Ahitob 3 The sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Meraioth 4 The sonne of Zeraia the sonne of Vzzi the sonne of Bucci 5 The sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phinehes the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chiefe priest 6 This Esdras also went vp from Babylon and was a perfect scribe in the law of Moyses which the Lorde God of Israel did geue And the king gaue him al that he required according to the hand of the Lorde his God which was vpon him 7 And there went vp certaine of the children of Israel of the priestes leuites singers porters and of the Nethinims vnto Hierusalem in the seuenth yere of king Artaxerxes 8 And he came to Hierusalem in the fifth moneth euen in the seuenth yere of the king 9 For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to go vp from Babylon and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Hierusalem according to the good hand of his God that was vpon him 10 For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde and to do it and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel 11 And this is the copie of the letter that king Artaxerxes gaue vnto Esdras the priest and scribe which was a writer of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel 12 Artaxerxes a king of kinges vnto Esdras the priest and scribe of the law of the God of heauen peace and salutation 13 I haue commaunded that all they of the people of Israel and of the priestes and Leuites in my realme which are minded of their owne good wyll to go vp to Hierusalem go with thee 14 And therfore art thou sent of the king and of his seuen counsailers to visite Iuda and Hierusalem according to the law of thy God which is in thy hande 15 And that thou shouldest take with thee siluer and golde which the king and his counsailers offer of their owne good wyll vnto the God of Israel whose habitation is at Hierusalem 16 And all the siluer and golde that thou canst finde in al the countrey of Babylon with it that the people offer of their owne good wyll and the priestes geue wyllingly for the house of their God which is at Hierusalem 17 That thou mayst bye diligently with the same money oxen rammes and lambes with their meate offringes and drinke offringes thou shalt offer them vpon the aulter of the house of your God which is at Hierusalem 18 And looke what lyketh thee and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the siluer and golde that do after the wyll of your God 19 And the vessels that are geuen thee for the ministration in the house of thy God those deliuer thou before God at Hierusalem 20 And whatsoeuer thing more shal be nedefull for the house of thy God which is necessary for to spend thou shalt receaue the charges out of the kinges treasure house 21 I king Artaxerxes haue commaunded all the treasures beyond the water that loke what soeuer Esdras the priest and scribe in the law of the God of heauen requireth of you that ye fulfill the same speedylie 22 Vntill an hundred talentes of siluer and till an hundred quarters of wheate and till an hundred battes of wine and till an hundred battes of oyle salt without measure 23 Whatsoeuer also is by the commaundement of the God of heauen let the same be done without any delay for the house of the God of heauen that he be not wroth against the realme against the king and his children 24 And we certifie you that ye haue no aucthoritie to require taxing and custome and yerely rentes vpon any of the priestes leuites singers porters Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God 25 And thou Esdras after the wysdome of thy God that is in thyne hande set iudges and arbitrers by my aucthoritie to iudge all the people that is beyond the water euen all such as know the law of thy God and them that knowe it not those see that ye teache 26 And whosoeuer wyll not fulfill the lawe of thy God and the kinges lawe let him haue his iudgement without delay whether it be vnto death or to be rooted out or to be condempned in goodes or to be put in prison 27 Blessed be the Lorde God of our fathers which so had inspired the kinges heart to garnishe the house of the Lord that is at Hierusalem 28 And hath enclined mercie vnto me in the presence of the king and his counsailers and before all the kinges high estates And I was comforted euen as the hande of the Lord my God was vpon me and so gathered I the heades of Israel together that they might go vp with me ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 The number of them that returned to Hierusalem with Esdras 21 He causeth them to fast 24 He admonisheth the priestes of their duetie 1 THese are now the principall fathers of them and this is the register of them that went vp with me from Babylon what time as king Artaxerxes raigned 2 Of the children of Phinehes Gersom of the children of Ithamar Daniel of the children of Dauid Hattus 3 Of the children of Zechania among the children of Pharos Zachari with him were numbred an hundred and fiftie men 4 Of the childrē of the captaine of Moab Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia with him two hundred men 5 Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel and with him three hundred men 6 Of the children of Adin Abed the sonne of Ionathan and with hym fiftie men 7 Of the children of Elam Isai the sonne of Athalia and with hym seuentie men 8 Of the children of Saphatia Zebadia the sonne of Michael and with hym fourescore men 9 Of the children of Ioab Obadia the sonne of Iehiel and with him two hundred and eyghteene men 10 Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia and with hym an hundred and threescore men 11 Of the children of Bebai Zachari the sonne of Bebai and with hym twentie and eyght men 12 Of the children of Asgad Iohanan the sonne of Hakatan and with hym an hundred and ten men 13 Of the children of Adonicam that were the last whose names are these Eliphelet Iehiel and Samaiah with them threescore men 14 Of the children of Biguai Vthai and Zabud with them seuentie men 15 And I gathered them together by the water that runneth towarde Ahaua and there abode
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
howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorow the greatnes of thy power thyne enemies shal be founde liers vnto thee 3 For all they of the worlde shall worship thee and sing psalmes vnto thee they shall sing psalmes vnto thy holy name Selah 4 Come hither and beholde the workes of the Lorde howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the chyldren of men 5 He turneth the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there dyd we reioyce in him 6 He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholdeth the gentiles such as be rebels shal not come to promotion Selah 7 O ye people blesse your Lorde and make the voyce of his praise to be heard 8 Who preserueth our soule in life and suffereth not our feete to slip 9 For thou O Lord hast proued vs thou hast tryed vs like as siluer is tryed 01 Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layde trouble vpon our loynes 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride ouer our heades we went through fire and water and yet thou broughtest vs out into a pleasaunt place 12 I wyll go into thy house with burnt offeringes and I wyll pay thee my vowes whiche I promised with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I wyll offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goates Selah 14 O come hither hearken and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde what he hath done for my soule 15 I called vnto hym with my mouth and I exalted him with my tongue 16 If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me but the Lorde hath hearde me considered the voyce of my prayer 17 Blessed be the Lorde which hath not reiected my prayer nor turned his mercye from me The argument of the .lxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel besecheth God of his fauour and mercy that his commaundementes may be published to the whole world so that by that meanes God might be praysed and all people blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a psalme whiche is a song 1 THe Lord be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and cause the light of his coūtenaunce to shine vpon vs. Selah 2 That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy saluation among all nations 3 Then wyll the people prayse thee O Lorde yea all the people wyll prayse thee 4 The Gentiles will reioyce triumph for thou wylt iudge the people and gouerne the gentiles vpon the earth according to equitie Selah 5 The people will prayse thee O Lord all the people wyll prayse thee 6 Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and the Lorde our Lord will geue vs his blessing 7 The Lorde will blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him ¶ The argument of the .lxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid after some notable victorie thanketh God who is and hath ben through his mightie power a present helpe and comfort to the afflicted to orphans widdowes and prisoners that sit in darknesse who also ouerthroweth with his mightie arme all wickednesse and his agaynesayers and maketh them his subiectes for euer to the great ioy of the godly ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid which is a song 1 IN case the Lorde woulde aryse his enemies woulde be scattered and they that hate hym woulde flee from his face 2 Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so wylt thou cause them to vanishe away and lyke as water melteth at the fire so wyll the vngodly perishe at the presence of the Lorde 3 But the ryghteous must be glad and reioyce before the Lorde they shall not stande styll for myrth 4 Syng vnto the Lorde syng psalmes vnto his name magnifie hym that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse in his name euerlastyng and reioyce before his face 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse and the iudge of widdowes he is the Lord in his holy habitation 6 He is the Lord that maketh those that dwell alone to haue a familie and bryngeth prisoners out of the stockes 7 But rebelles did inhabite a dry ground O Lorde when thou wentest foorth before the people when thou wentest through the wyldernesse Selah 8 The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of the Lorde euen Sinai it selfe shoke at the presence of the Lorde Lorde of Israel 9 Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure and when thine inheritaunce was weery thou dydst hearten it 10 Thy flocke dwelleth there for thou O Lorde doest of thy goodnesse prepare for the poore 11 The Lorde gaue the worde great was the company of the preachers 12 Kynges with their armies dyd flee they dyd flee and the ornament of an house deuided the spoyle 13 Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the wynges of a doue that is couered with siluer and hath her fethers as yelowe as golde 14 When the almightie scattered kynges in it it was as whyte as snowe in Salmon 15 As the hyll of Basan so is Gods hill euen an hygh hyll as the hyll of Basan 19 Why skyp you so ye high hylles this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea God wyll abyde in it for euer 17 The charettes of y e Lorde are twentie thousande euen thousandes of angels and the Lorde is among them in holy Sinai 18 Thou wenst vp on high thou hastled * captiuitie captiue thou hast receaued gyftes for men yea euen for those that be disobedient that God the Lorde myght dwell among them 19 Blessed be the Lorde who day by day powreth his benefites vpon vs and is God of our saluation Selah 20 The Lorde is our Lorde for to saue * vs and all maner of wayes for death pertayneth to God the Lorde 21 God wyll wounde the head of his enemies and the heary scalpe of hym who goeth on styll in his wickednesse 22 The Lorde hath sayde I wyll bryng my people agayne out from Basan I wyll bryng them agayne out from the deepe of the sea 23 That thy footes and the tongue of thy * dogges may be made redde in the blood of the enemies by his meanes 24 They do well see O Lorde thy goynges thy goynges in the sanctuarie my Lorde and kyng 25 The singers go before the minstrelles folowe after in the myddest are the damselles playing with the timbrelles 26 In the congregations they do blesse the Lorde the God of the fountayne of Israel 27 There is litle Beniamin their ruler the princes of Iehuda their counsell the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nepthali 28 Thy Lord hath ordeyned thy strength establishe the thing O Lorde that thou hast wrought in vs. 29 For thy temple sake at Hierusalem
tyme of aduersitie vntyll the pyt be digged vp for the vngodly 14 For God wyll not reiect his people neither wil he forsake his inheritaunce 15 For iudgement shal be reduced vnto iustice and after it shall all such as be vpryght of heart be iudged 16 Who will ryse vp with me agaynst the malicious or who wyll take my part agaynst workers of wickednesse 17 If God had not ben an ayde vnto me it had not fayled much but my soule had dwelled in silence 18 But when I sayde my foote hath slypped thy mercy O God helde me vp 19 In the multitude of my cogitations from the bottome of my heart thy comfortes dyd recreate my soule 20 Shall the seate of wickednesse haue any thyng to do with thee which seate maketh wrong to be enacted for a law 21 They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous and condemne the innocent blood 22 But God is to me a refuge and my Lorde is the rocke of my confidence 23 And he wyll recompence them their wickednesse and destroy them in their owne malice God our Lorde wyll destroy them The argument of the .xcv. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp mens heartes both to prayse God for that he is the mightiest kyng maker of this worlde and also to worshyp God with all humblenesse for that he is our sheephearde and we be his sheepe He also aduertiseth all men to geue eare to Gods voyce and without delay to be obedient vnto his wyll lest after the example of their disobedient fathers they beyng destitute of Gods fauour neuer come to eternall ioy and rest 1 COme let vs syng vnto God let vs make an heartie reioysyng with a loude voyce vnto the rocke of our saluation 2 Let vs make speede to come before his face with a confession let vs expresse vnto hym outwardly a heartie gladnesse with syngyng of psalmes 3 For God is a great Lorde and a great kyng aboue all gods 4 In his hande are all the deepe corners of the earth and the hygh toppes of hylles be his also 5 The sea is his and he made it and his handes fashioned the drye lande 6 Come let vs worshyp and fall downe let vs kneele before the face of God our maker 7 For he is our Lorde and we are the people of his pasture and the sheepe of his hande 8 To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the tyme of contention as in the day of temptation in the wildernesse 9 Whē your fathers tempted me proued me yea after they had seene my worke 10 Fourtie yeres long was I greeued with that generation and I sayde this people erreth in heart and they haue not knowen my wayes 11 Vnto whom I sware in my wrath that they shoulde not enter at all into my rest ¶ The argument of the .xcvi. Psalme ¶ The prophete most earnestly moueth not only the Israelites but also all nations throughout the worlde to prayse God to glorifie God to worshyp God and to set foorth his workes He prophecieth also of the tyme of Christes commyng and of his kyngdome and gouernment 1 SYng you vnto God a newe song sing ye vnto God all that be in the earth 2 Syng ye vnto God and blesse his name set foorth in wordes from day to day his saluation 3 Declare his glory amongst the heathē and his wonderous actes amongst all the people 4 For God is great and worthy of all prayse he is more to be feared then all gods 5 As for all the gods of the heathen they be but idoles and it is God that made the heauens 6 Honour and maiestie be before hym power and excellentnesse be in his sanctuarie 7 Geue vnto God O ye families of the people geue vnto God glorie power 8 Geue vnto God glorie due vnto his name bryng an offeryng and come into his courtes 9 Worshyp you God in the maiestie of holynesse be you in dread of his face all that be in the earth 10 Set it foorth in wordes among the heathen that God raigneth and that the worlde is set of a sure foundation it shall not be remoued he wyll iudge the people accordyng to equitie 11 The heauens shall reioyce and the earth be glad the sea shall make a noyse and all that is therin 12 The fielde shal be ioyfull and all that is in it then shall all the trees of the wood reioyce before the face of God 13 For he commeth for he commeth to iudge the earth he will iudge the world accordyng to iustice and the people accordyng to his trueth ⧠The argument of the .xcvii. psalme ¶ The prophete setteth foorth the glorie of God and his power agaynst the vngodly Gentiles who therby as Gods people be comforted so they be confounded beyng worshippers of images He also exhorteth such as loue God to flee from sinne to prayse God and to be mery 1 GOD raigneth the earth shal be glad the multitude of the Iles shal be glad therof 2 Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne 3 There goeth a fire before his face and burneth his enemies on euery syde 4 His lightninges gaue a lyght vnto the worlde the earth sawe it and trembled 5 The hylles melted lyke waxe at the presence of God at the presence of the Lorde of the whole earth 6 The heauens haue declared his iustice and all the people haue seene his glorie 7 Confounded be all they that do seruice vnto carued images and that do glorie in idols but O gods you all shall worshyp hym 8 Sion hearde of it and reioyced and the daughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgementes O God 9 For thou art a God hygher then all that are in the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all gods 10 You that loue God hate the thyng which is euyll he preserueth the soules of his saintes he wyll delyuer them from the hande of the vngodly 11 There is sowen a lyght for the ryghteous and gladnesse for such as be vpryght of heart 12 Reioyce in God O ye ryghteous and prayse hym at the remembraunce of his holynesse ¶ The argument of the .xcviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon all men and also vpon the earth water and vpon all that is in them to prayse God with songes psalmes instrumentes of musicke expressyng all kinde of mirth for the singular benefites that he had bestowed vpon the Israelites ¶ A psalme 1 SYng vnto God a newe song for he hath done marueylous thynges 2 With his owne right hande and with his holy arme he hath gotten to hym selfe the victorie 3 God hath declared his saluation he hath openly shewed his iustice in the syght of the heathen 4 He hath remembred his mercie and trueth towarde the house of Israel and all the endes of the worlde haue seene the saluation of our
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
after and the people which shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde 17 For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie out of heauen did God beholde the earth 18 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and delyuer the children of death 19 That they may declare y e name of God in Sion and his prayse at Hierusalem 20 When people were gathered together kyngdomes to serue God he afflicted my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 21 But I say O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age as for thy yeres they endure throughout all generations 22 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes 23 They shall perishe but thou wylt remayne styll they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them and they shal be chaunged 24 But thou art and thy yeres can not fayle the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell and their seede shal be maynteyned in thy syght ¶ The argument of the .ciii. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp hym selfe and all that is within hym to blesse God for such benefites as both he hym selfe and all the Israelites haue at his handes receaued in that he pardoneth their sinne redeemeth them from death and maketh his holy wyll knowen vnto them beyng men miserable and of a short lyfe Finally he calleth vpon angels and all sortes of men with all their power to blesse God who is kyng of heauen and earth 1 BLesse God O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name 2 Blesse God O my soule and forget not all his benefites 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good thynges causyng thy youth lyke an Egles to be renued 6 God executeth iustice and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He made his wayes knowen vnto Moyses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 God is full of compassion and pitie loth to be angry and exceedyng great in mercie 9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng neither reserueth he his anger for euer 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde 16 For the winde passeth ouer it and it is no more seene and the place therof knoweth it no more 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare hym and his righteousnesse vpon childers children 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them 19 God hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all 20 Blesse God O ye his angels mightie in operation who fulfyll his worde in hearkening vnto the voyce of his word 21 Blesse God all ye his hoastes you his ministers that do his pleasure 22 Blesse God all you his workes in all places of his dominion O my soule blesse thou God The argument of the .ciiij. psalme ¶ The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges by whose prouidence man beast hath the vse of the ayre cloudes angels earth hilles valleys bread drinke trees sunne moone day nyght and sea 1 MY soule blesse thou God O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great thou hast put on glory and maiestie 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne 3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters and maketh the cloudes his charriot and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde 4 He maketh his angels spirites and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations that it can neuer moue at any tyme. 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe lyke as with a garment the waters stande vpon the hilles 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace 8 The hilles mount aloft and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles to flowe into the riuers 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof and the wylde asses quench their thirst 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell * and hearbes for the vse of man 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out * of the earth both wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce also bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of God be satisfied euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates and so are the stonie rockes for comes 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode 21 The Lions do roare after a pray and in seeking their meate of God 22 When the sunne ariseth they recoyle backe and lay them downe to rest in their dennes 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke and to do his seruice vntyll the euening 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes thou hast made them al in wisdome the earth is ful of thy ryches 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse wherein are thinges creeping innumerable both small and great beastes 26 There go the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin 27 These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest geue them meate in due season 28 When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thyne hand they are filled with that which is good 29 When thou hydest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their spirite they dye and are turned agayne to their dust 30 When thou sendest
felicitie of thy chosen that I may reioyce at the gladnes of thy people and that I may glorie with thyne inheritaunce 6 We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done amisse and dealt wickedly 7 Our fathers did not well consider thy wonders in Egypt neither did they remember thy manifolde great goodnes but they rebelled at the sea euen at the red sea 8 Neuerthelesse he saued them for his names sake that he myght make his power to be knowen 9 And he rebuked the red sea and it was dryed vp so he led them through the deepe as through a wyldernesse 10 And he saued them from the hande of suche as hated them redeemed them from the hande of the enemie 11 As for their aduersaries the waters ouerwhelmed them there was not one of them left remayning 12 Then beleued they his wordes and song prayse vnto him 13 But within a very short whyle they forgat his workes they woulde not wayte for his counsell 14 And they were taken with a great lust in the wyldernesse and they tempted God in the desert 15 And he gaue them their desire and sent leannes withal into their soule 16 They enuied also at Moyses in the tentes and at Aaron the saint of God 17 So the earth opened and swalowed vp Dathan and couered the company of Abiram 18 And the fire was kindled in their company the flambe brent vp the vngodly 19 They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the moulten image 20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calfe that eateth hay 21 They forgat God their sauiour who had done so great thynges in Egypt wonderous workes in y e land of Cham and terrible thinges at the red sea 22 Wherfore he appointed to destroy them had not Moyses his chosen stand in the breache before hym to turne away his wrathful indignation lest he should destroy them 23 Yea they thought scorne of the lande most to be desired they gaue no credite vnto his worde 24 But they murmured in their tentes they would not hearken vnto the voyce of God 25 Then lift he vp his hand against them to geue them an ouerthrowe in the wildernesse to geue their seede an ouerthrowe amongst the nations and to scatter them in sundry landes 26 They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor they also did eate of the sacrifices of the dead 27 And they prouoked the Lorde vnto anger with their owne inuentions and a plague fell mightily amongst them 28 Then stoode vp Phinehes he executed iustice and so the plague ceassed 29 And that was imputed vnto hym for righteousnesse in generation and generation for euermore 30 They also prouoked God at the waters of strife and all was not well with Moyses for their sakes 31 For they had caused an alteration to be of his spirite so that he spake vnaduisedly with his lippes 32 Moreouer they destroyed not the Heathen as God commaunded them 33 But they were mingled amongst the Heathen and learned their workes 34 Insomuch that they dyd seruice vnto their idols whiche were to theÌ„ a snare 35 Yea they sacrifised their sonnes and their daughters vnto deuils 36 And they shed innocent blood euen the blood of their sonnes and of their daughters whom they sacrifised vnto the idols of Chanaan and the lande was defiled with blood 37 Thus were they stayned with their owne workes and went a whoryng with their owne inuentions 38 Therfore was the wrath of God kindeled against his people insomuch that he abhorred his owne inheritaunce 39 And he gaue them ouer into the hand of the Heathen and they that dyd hate them were lordes ouer them 40 Their enemies oppressed them and brought them into subiection vnder their hande 41 Many a time dyd God deliuer them but they rebelled against hym with their owne inuentions and were brought downe for their wickednes 42 Neuerthelesse he did beholde them in their aduersitie in geuing eare to their complaint 43 And he remembred his couenaunt and repented according to the multitude of his mercies 44 Yea he made all those that led them away captiue to pitie them 45 Saue vs O God our Lorde and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name and glory of thy prayse 46 Blessed be God the Lord of Israel froÌ„ world to world without end and let all people say so be it Prayse ye the Lord. The argument of the .cvii. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God and to thanke God for it is he that helpeth them in all distresses when they crye vnto him He prouideth houses and cities for them that els would wander as vagabondes in wyldernesse He satisfieth the hungry and the thirstie He setteth at libertie prisoners and captiues He healeth the sicke and diseased He comforteth and helpeth those that be in ieoperdie of seas He maketh a fruitfull lande barren a barren grounde fruitfull He bringeth princes to lowe estate setteth vp the poore in honour At these things the godly reioyseth the mouth of the wicked is stopped 1 COnfesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercy endureth for euer 2 Let such as God did redeme speake whom he hath redeemed from the hande of the enemie 3 And whom he gathered out of the landes from the east and from the west from the north and from the south 4 They went astray out of the way in solitarines â—andâ— in wildernes and found no citie to dwell in they were hungry and thirstie their soule fainted in them 5 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth them froÌ„ their distresse 6 And he leadeth them foorth by the right way that they might go to the citie inhabited 7 O that men would confesse vnto God his louyng kindnesse and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 8 For he satisfieth the greedie soule and filleth the hungry soule with goodnes 9 Suche as fit in darknesse and in the shadowe of death beyng fast bounde in miserie and iron 10 Because they went from the wordes of the Lorde and lightly regarded the counsayle of the most highest 11 Therfore he humbled their heart thorowe heauines they fall downe and there is none to helpe them 12 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth theÌ„ out of their distresse 13 For he bringeth them out of darknesse and out of the shadowe of death and breaketh their bondes in sunder 14 O that men would confesse vnto God his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 15 For he breaketh the gates of brasse smyteth the barres of iron in sunder 16 Foolish men are plagued for their mischeuous wayes for their wickednes 17 Their soule abhorreth all maner of meate and they be euen harde at deathes doore 18 And they crye vnto God in their trouble who deliuereth them
our side Israel may now say if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs 2 Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke when their wrath was so inflamed against vs. 3 Then the waters had drowned vs the running streame had flowed ouer our soule 4 Then the waters of the proude had flowed ouer our soule 5 But blessed be God whiche hath not geuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth 6 Our soule is escaped euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we be escaped 7 Our helpe is in the name of God who hath made heauen and earth The argument of the .cxxv. psalme ¶ As Hierusalem is strongly defended with mountaynes so God defendeth his people in all aduersities and saueth them from daungers but they that turne them selues from godlynes shall runne headlong into all kinde of wickednes ¶ A song of high degrees 1 THey that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer 2 As for Hierusalem hilles be rounde about it and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore 3 For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes 4 Be beneficiall O God vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart 5 And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes so peace shal be vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the deliueraunce of the people of God out of captiuitie shal be very ioyfull vnto them selues and marueylous vnto all other nations He prayeth God to continue his goodnes dayly more and more to his people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne we shal be as men that dreamed 2 Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse 3 Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say God hath brought great thinges to passe that he myght do for them 4 God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs we be made merie 5 Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie for to returne as riuers into the south 6 They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy 7 He that goeth foorth on his way and wepyng beareth pretious seede shall doubtlesse returning come againe with a ioyfull noyse bryngyng his sheaues with hym The argument of the .cxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete affirmeth that all care endeuour and diligence of buylding working reseruing and watching is vayne except withal God buyldeth reserueth and watcheth For God of his meere goodnes geueth chyldren to his welbeloued he defendeth their cities and prouideth vnto them victuals when they be fast a sleepe ¶ A song of high degrees made for Solomon 1 IF GOD wyll not buylde the house they labour in vayne that buylde it if God kepe not the citie the watchman waketh in vayne 2 As it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early that ye make delayes to take rest eatyng the bread of sorowes euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued 3 Beholde chyldren be the inheritage of God and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong euen so are the chyldren of youth 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate The argument of the cxxviii psalme ¶ They that feare God and walke in his wayes be blessed and happy Their wyfe chyldren and familie shall prosper with all kinde of felicitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 HE is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God walking in his waies 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes thou shalt be happy and all shall go well with thee 3 Thy wyfe shal be as a fruitfull vine vpon the sides of thyne house 4 Thy chyldren shal be like oliue braunches rounde about thy table 5 Beholde for thus shall the man be blessed that feareth God 6 God wyll blesse thee out of Sion and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe 7 Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxix. psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth that Israel may glory in that through the helpe of God their enemies enterprises could not preuayle against them The wicked shal be sodainly destroyed ¶ A song of high degrees 1 ISrael may now say they haue troubled me often from my youth vp 2 They haue troubled me often from my youth vp but they haue not preuayled against me 3 The plowemen plowed vpon my backe they made long forrowes 4 But God who is iust hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly 5 All they that beare an euyll wyll to Sion shal be confounded and be made to turne backe from it 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full 8 And they which go by say not so much as the blessing of God be vpon you we blesse you in the name of God ¶ The argument of the .cxxx. psalme ¶ The prophete in extreme calamitie calleth vpon God for remission of sinnes and for deliueraunce He exhorteth all people to trust in God for that he is alwayes a mercyfull redeemer and can easyly deliuer from sinne death and hell ¶ A song of high degrees 1 OVt of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O God O Lorde heare my voyce 2 Let thine eares be attentiue vnto the voyce of my petition for grace 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse O Lorde who can abide it 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee that thou mayest be feared 5 I haue wayted for God my soule haue wayted for hym and I haue reposed my trust in his worde 6 My soule listeth more after God then watchmen do after the morning I say more then watchmen do after the mornyng 7 Israel ought to trust in God for there is mercy with God and there is plenteousnes of redemption with him 8 And he wyll redeeme Israel from all his sinnes The argument of the .cxxxj. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth the people by his example to modestie and humilitie and to put their trust in God ¶ A song of high degrees made of Dauid 1 O God I am not hygh mynded I haue no proude lokes I haue not vsed to walke in greater waightier matters then I ought to do 2 Nay I haue restrayned my soule and kept it lowe like a chylde
that is weaned from his mother yea my soule is within me as a weaned chylde 3 O Israel repose thou thy trust in God from this time foorth for euermore The argument of the .cxxxij. psalme ¶ The prophete desireth God to remember hym and his great affection towarde religion and to buylde a temple for his arke He sayeth it was declared vnto hym that Sion shoulde be the house of God Dauids petition when he brought the arke thyther God promiseth how that Dauids seede shal raigne after him for euer if they kepe his lawes and that he wyll blesse the citie of Sion and the inhabitauntes thereof with all kynde of felicitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 O God be mindfull of Dauid with all his affliction 2 Who swore vnto God who made a vowe vnto the most mightie Lorde of Iacob 3 Saying I wyll not enter into the tabernacle of my house nor get vp into my bed 4 I wyll not suffer myne eyes to slepe nor myne eye liddes to slumber 5 Vntill I finde out a place for the temple of God an habitation for the most mightie Lorde of Iacob 6 Beholde we hearde it to be at Ephratha we founde it in the fieldes of the forest 7 We wyll go into his tabernacle and fall downe on our knees before his footestoole 8 Aryse O God for to come into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength 9 Let thy priestes be clothed with righteousnes and let thy saintes make a ioyfull noyse 10 For thy seruaunt Dauids sake turne not away from the face of thyne annoynted 11 God hath sworne for a trueth vnto Dauid and he wyll not go from it I wyll place vpon thy throne some of the fruite of thy body 12 If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies whiche I wyll teache them their chyldren also shall sit vpon thy throne for euermore 13 For God hath chosen to be in Sion he had a desire that it might be an habitation for hym 14 This is sayeth he my rest for euer heare I wyll dwell for I haue a desire to it 15 I wyll aboundauntly powre my blessinges vpon her victuals and I wyll satisfie her poore with bread 16 I wyll clothe her priestes with saluation and her saintes shall make an exceeding ioyfull noyse 17 I will make there the horne of Dauid to bud vp I wyll ordayne a light for mine annoynted 18 I wyll clothe his enemies with shame but his crowne shall florishe vppon hym selfe ¶ The argument of the .cxxxiii. Psalme ¶ Dauid declareth howe acceptable a thing is brotherly loue and concorde both to God and man ¶ A song of high degrees made of Dauid 1 BEholde howe good and howe pleasaunt a thing it is that brethren dwel together in vnitie 2 It is lyke vnto a pretious oyntment powred vpon the head which runneth downe vpon the beard euen vpon Aarons beard which also runneth downe vpon the skyrtes of his garmentes 3 It is also like vnto the deawe of Hermon whiche falleth downe vpon the hyll of Sion 4 For God hath commaunded his blessing and life euerlasting to be where is suche concorde ¶ The argument of the .cxxxiiii. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth those that do watche all night in the house of God to lift vp their handes and to prayse God The Priestes and Leuites of duetie watched all night by course in the temple as it appeareth Leuit. viii ¶ A song of high degrees 1 BEholde blesse God all ye the seruauntes of God who in the nyght tyme remayne in the house of God 2 Lyft vp your holy handes and blesse God 3 God who made heauen and earth blesse thee out of Sion The argument of the .cxxxv. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all them to prayse God who come to the temple for that God hath chosen Iacob to be his inheritaunce and also for that he is able to do what he wyll in heauen earth and sea He rehearseth the workes that God did in deliuering them out of Egypt and in bryngyng them into the lande of Chanaan As for the gods of the Heathen they be but golde and siluer 1 PRayse ye the Lorde prayse ye the name of God prayse it ye seruauntes of God 2 Ye that stande in the house of God in the courtes of the house of our Lord 3 Prayse ye the Lorde for God is gratious sing psalmes vnto his name for it is pleasaunt 4 For the Lorde hath chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe and Israel for his owne possession 5 For I knowe that God is great and that our Lorde is aboue all gods 6 God doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym in heauen and in earth in the sea and in all deepe places 7 He causeth cloudes to ascende from the lowest part of the earth he maketh it to lighten when it rayneth he bringeth wyndes out of his treasure houses 8 He smote the first borne of Egypt aswell of beast as of man 9 He sent tokens and wonders into the mydst of thee O Egypt against Pharao and all his seruauntes 10 He smote many nations and slue mightie kinges 11 Sihon king of the Amorites and Og the king of Bashan and all the kingdomes of Chanaan 12 And he gaue their lande for an inheritaunce euen for an heritaunce to Israel his people 13 Thy name O God endureth for euer there wil be a remembraunce of thee O God from one generation to another 14 For God wyll iudge his people and he will be pacified beyng displeased with his seruauntes 15 As for the idols of the Heathen they are but siluer and golde the worke of mens handes 16 They haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes but they see not 17 They haue eares and they heare not yea there is no breath in their mouth 18 They that make them are lyke vnto them and euery one that putteth his trust in them 19 Blesse God ye the house of Israel blesse God ye the house of Aaron 20 Blesse God ye the house of Leui ye that feare God blesse God 21 Blessed be God out of Sion who dwelleth at Hierusalem Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxxxvi. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth men to prayse God aswell for all thinges created by hym as for his benefites peculiarly bestowed vpon the chyldren of Israel in deliuering them out of Egypt and in bringing them into the lande of Chanaan He doth insinuate also ▪ that God is not praysed worthyly except we acknowledge that all his benefites proceede of his free and meere goodnes and not of our desertes 1 COnfesse you it vnto the Lord for he is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer 2 Confesse you it vnto the God of Gods for his mercy endureth for euer 3 Confesse you it vnto the Lorde of Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer 4 Who onlye doth great wonders for his mercy endureth for euer 5 Who by his excellent wysdome made the heauens for his mercy
.xlvi. Chapter 1 Idolatrie is reproued 3 The health that commeth by Christe is prophesied 1 BEl is fallen Nabo is broken downe whose images were a burthen for the beastes and cattell to ouerlade them and to make them weerie 2 They are sunke downe and fallen together for they may not ease them of their burthen therfore must they go into captiuitie 3 Hearken vnto me O house Iacob and all ye that remaine yet of the house of Israel whom I haue borne from your mothers wombe and brought you vp from your byrth 4 It is euen I whiche shall beare you vnto your last age I haue made you I wyll also norishe you beare you and saue you 5 whom wyll ye make me lyke or to whom wyll ye make me equall or compare me that I shoulde be like him 6 Take out siluer and gold out of your purses and way it and hyre a goldesmith to make a god of it that men may kneele downe and worship it 7 Yet must he be taken on mens shoulders and borne and set in his place that he may stande and not moue out of his place And if one crye vnto hym he geueth no aunswere and deliuereth not the man that calleth vpon hym from his trouble 8 Consider this well and be ashamed go into your owne selues 9 Remember the thinges that are past since the beginning of the worlde that I am God and that there is els no God yea and that there is nothing like vnto me 10 In the beginning of a thing I shewe the ende therof I tell before thinges that are not yet come to passe My deuise standeth stedfastly stablished and I fulfill all my pleasure 11 I call a byrde out of the east and the man by whom my counsayle shal be fulfilled out of straunge countreys as I haue spoken so wyll I bryng to passe assoone as I thinke to deuise a thing I do it 12 Heare me O ye that are of an hye stomacke but farre from righteousnesse 13 I shall bryng foorth my righteousnesse it is not farre and my health shall not tary long away I wyll lay health in Sion and in Israel my glory ¶ The .xlvij. Chapter 1 The worde of the Lorde against Babylon 1 BVT as for thee O daughter thou virgin Babylon sit thou downe in the dust sit vpō the ground there is no throne O thou daughter of Caldea for thou shalt no more be called tender and pleasaunt 2 Bryng foorth the querne and grinde meale vntrusse thy broydred heere put of thy shoes make bare thy knees and wade thorowe the water riuers 3 Thy filthynesse shal be discouered and thy priuities shal be seene for I wil auenge me of thee and wyll shewe no mercy to thee as I do to other men 4 Our redeemer is called the Lorde of hoastes the holy one of Israel 5 Sit still holde thy tongue get thee into some darke corner O daughter Caldea for thou shalt no more be called lady of kyngdomes 6 I was so wroth with my people that I punished myne inheritaunce and gaue them into thy power neuerthelesse thou shewedst them no mercy but euen the very aged of them diddest thou oppresse right sore with the yoke 7 And thou thoughtest thus I shal be lady for euer and beside all that thou hast not regarded these thinges neither remembred what was the ende of that citie Hierusalem 8 Heare nowe therefore thou delicate one that sittest so carelesse and speakest thus in thyne heart I am alone and without me is there none I shal neuer be widowe nor desolate agayne 9 And yet both these thinges shal come to thee vpon one day in the twinckeling of an eye namely widowhood and desolation they mightyly fall vpon thee for the multitude of thy witches and for the great heape of thy coniurers 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickednesse and hast said No man seeth me thine owne wisdome and cunning hath deceaued thee in that thou hast sayd in thyne heart I am alone and without me there is none 11 Therefore shall trouble come vpon thee and thou shalt not knowe from whence it shall arise Mischiefe shall fal vpon thee which thou shalt not be able to put of a sodayne vtter destruction shall come vpon thee or euer thou be ware 12 Nowe go to thy coniurers and to the multitude of thy witches with whom thou hast weeryed thy selfe from thy youth if thei may helpe thee or strength thee 13 Thou hast hitherto had many counsayles of them So let the heauen gasers and the beholders of starres and moone prophetes come on now and deliuer thee yea and let them shew when these new thinges shal come vpon thee 14 Beholde they shal be lyke strawe whiche if it be kindeled with fire no man may rid it for the vehemencie of the flambe and yet it geueth no sinders to warme a man by nor cleare fire to sit by 15 Thus are they with whom thou hast weeried thy self and thus are thy marchauntes that haue ben with thee from thy youth euery one hath taken his owne way and none of them shall defende thee The .xlviij. Chapter 1 The hypocrisie of the Iewes is reproued 11 The Lorde alone wyll be worshipped which hath chosen vs 20 and which succoureth vs for his owne sake 1 HEare this O thou house of Iacob ye that are called by the name of Israel are come out of one stocke with Iuda whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde and beare witnesse by the God of Israel but not with trueth and ryght 2 For they are named of the holy citie and are grounded vpon the God of Israel whose name is the Lorde of hoastes 3 The thynges that I haue shewed you euer since the begynnyng haue I not brought them to passe immediatly as they came out of my mouth and declared them and they are come 4 Howbeit I knowe that thou art obstinate and that thy necke hath an iron sinowe and that thy browe is of brasse 5 Neuerthelesse I haue euer since the begynnyng shewed thee of thynges for to come and declared them vnto thee or euer they came to passe that thou shouldest not say myne idoll hath done it my carued or molten image hath shewed it 6 Thou heardest it before and beholde it is come to passe And shall not ye your selues shewe foorth or confesse the same But as for me I tolde thee before at the begynnyng newe and secrete thynges which thou knewest not of 7 And some done of olde tyme wherof thou neuer heardest before they were brought to passe that thou canst not say beholde I knewe of them 8 Moreouer there be some wherof thou hast neither heard nor knowen neither haue ben opened vnto thyne eares afore tyme For I knewe that thou wouldest malitiously offende therfore haue I called thee a transgressour euen from thy mothers wombe 9 Neuerthelesse for my names sake I wyll withdrawe my wrath and
Stoupe downe that we may go ouer thee make thy body euen with the grounde and as the streete to go vpon ¶ The .lij. Chapter 1 An exhortation and comfort to the people of God 1 VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto thee put on thyne honest rayment O Hierusalem thou holy citie for from this tyme foorth there shall no vncircumcised nor vncleane person come in thee 2 Shake thee from the dust arise and stande vp O Hierusalem Plucke out thy necke from the bonde O thou captiue daughter Sion 3 For thus saith the Lorde ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redeemed also without any money 4 For thus saith the Lorde God My people went downe afore tyme into Egypt there to be straungers and the kyng of the Assyrians oppressed them without any cause 5 And nowe what profite is it to me saith the Lorde that my people is freely caryed away brought into heauinesse by their rulers and my name euer styll blasphemed saith the Lorde 6 But that my people may knowe my name I my selfe wyll speake in that day Beholde here am I. 7 O howe beautifull are the feete of the embassadour that bryngeth the message from the mountayne and proclaymeth peace that bryngeth the good tidinges and preacheth health and saith vnto Sion Thy God is the kyng 8 Thy watchmen shall lyft vp their voyce with loude voyce they shall reioyce together for they shall see plainly when the Lorde shall conuert Sion 9 Be glad O thou desolate Hierusalem and reioyce together for the Lord hath comforted his people he hath deliuered Hierusalem 10 The Lorde hath made bare his holy arme and shewed it foorth in the syght of all the gentiles and all the endes of the earth hath seene the sauyng health of our God 11 Away away get you out from hence and touche no vncleane thyng Go out from among such and be cleane that beare the vessell of the Lorde 12 For ye shall not escape by runnyng nor by fleeyng away but the Lorde shall go before you and the God of Israel shall gather you together 13 Beholde my seruaunt shal deale prosperously therfore shal he be magnified exalted and greatly honoured 14 Lyke as the multitude shall wonder vpon hym because his face shal be so defourmed and not as mans face his beautie like no man 15 Euen so shall the multitude of the gentiles speake of him and kynges shall shut their mouthes before hym for they haue seene that which was not tolde to them and haue vnderstande that wherof they had not hearde The .liij. Chapter 1 He prophecâ—eth euidently of the passion of our sauiour Iesus Christe 1 BVt who hath geuen credence vnto our preaching or to whom is the arme of the Lorde knowen 2 For he dyd growe before the Lorde like as a braunche and as a roote in a drye grounde he hath neither beautie nor fauour when we loke vpon hym there shal be no fairenesse we shall haue no lust vnto hym 3 He is dispised and abhorred of men he is such a man as hath good experience of sorowes and infirmities We haue reckened hym so vile that we hyd our faces from hym 4 Howbeit he only hath taken on him our infirmitie and borne our paynes Yet we dyd iudge hym as though he were plagued and cast downe of God 5 Wheras he notwithstandyng was wounded for our offences and smitten for our wickednesse for the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym and with his stripes are we healed 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe euery one hath turned his owne way but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes 7 He suffered violence and was euyll intreated and dyd not open his mouth He shal be led as a sheepe to be slayne yet shall he be as styll as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouth 8 From the prison and iudgement was he taken and his generation who can declare for he was cut of from the grounde of the lyuyng which punishment dyd go vpon hym for the transgression of my people 9 His graue was geuen hym with the condempned and with the riche man at his death wheras he did neuer violence nor vnright neither hath there ben any disceiptfulnesse in his mouth 10 Yet hath it pleased the Lord to smite hym with infirmitie that when he had made his soule an offeryng for sinne he might see long lastyng seede and this deuice of the Lorde shall prosper in his hande 11 Of the trauayle and labour of his soule shall he see the fruite be satisfied My righteous seruaunt shall with his knowledge iustifie the multitude for he shall beare their sinnes 12 Therfore wyll I geue hym among the great ones his part and he shall deuide the spoyle with the mightie because he geueth ouer his soule to death and is reckened among the transgressours which neuerthelesse hath taken away the sinnes of the multitude and made intercession for the misdoers The .liiij. Chapter 1 Of the great dominion of Christe 7 The indignation of God endureth but a short space but his mercie is euerlastyng 1 BE glad nowe thou baren that bearest not reioyce syng and be mery thou that art not with childe for the desolate hath mo childreÌ„ then the maryed wyfe saith the Lorde 2 Make thy tent wyder and spreade out the hanginges of thine habitation spare not lay foorth thy wardes and make fast thy stakes 3 For thou shalt be multiplied on the ryght syde and on the left and thy seede shall haue the gentiles in possession and dwell in the desolate cities 4 Feare not for thou shalt not be confounded be not ashamed for thou shalt not come to confusion Yea thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth and shalt not remember the dishonour of thy widowhead 5 For he that made thee shal be thy Lorde and husbande whose name is the Lord of hoastes and thy redeemer shal be euen the holy one of Israel the Lorde of the whole worlde 6 For the Lorde hath called thee beyng as a desolate sorowfull woman and as a young wyfe that was forsaken saith thy God 7 A litle while haue I forsaken thee but with great mercifulnesse shall I take thee vp vnto me 8 When I was angry I hyd my face from thee for a litle season but through euerlastyng goodnesse haue I pardoned thee saith the Lorde thy redeemer 9 And this is vnto me as the water of Noe for like as I haue sworne that I wyll not bryng the water of Noe any more vpon the worlde so haue I sworne that I wyll neuer be angry with thee nor reproue thee 10 The mountaynes shall remoue and the hylles shall fall downe but my louyng kyndnesse shall not moue and the bonde of my peace shall not fall downe from thee saith the Lorde thy
thy gelousie thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louing kindnesse wyll not be intreated of vs 16 Yet art thou our father for Abraham knoweth vs not neither is Israel acquainted with vs but thou Lorde art our father and redeemer and thy name is euerlasting 17 O Lorde wherefore hast thou led vs out of the way wherefore hast thou hardened our heartes that we feare thee not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake and for the generation of thyne heritage 18 Thy holy people haue had but a litle whyle thy sanctuarie in possession for our enemies haue troden downe thy holy place 19 And we were thyne from the beginning when thou wast not their Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The .lxiiij. Chapter 1 The prophete vnder the person of the Iewes bewayleth their exile and banishment ◠Mans righteousnesse is like a cloth defiled 1 O That thou wouldest cleaue the heauens in sunder come downe that the mountaines might melt away at thy presence 2 Like as at an hotte fire and that the malitious might boyle away as the water doth vpon the fire whereby thy name might be knowen among thyne enemies and that the gentiles might tremble before thee 3 When thou wroughtest wonderous straunge workes we looked not for them thou camest downe and the hilles melted at thy presence 4 For since the beginning of the worlde it hath not ben hearde or perceaued neither hath any eye seene another God beside thee whiche doest so muche for them that put their trust in thee 5 Thou helpest hym that doth right with chearefulnesse and them that thinke vpon thee in thy wayes but lo thou hast ben angrie for we offended and haue ben euer in sinne though the worlde hath cleaued to them yet shall we be saued 6 We are all as an vncleane thing and all our righteousnesse are as filthy ragges we fal euerychone as the leafe for our sinnes cary vs away lyke the winde 7 There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that standeth vp to take hold by thee therefore hidest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of our sinnes 8 But nowe O Lorde thou father of ours we are thy clay and thou art our potter and we all are the worke of thy handes 9 Be not to sore displeased O Lord and kepe not our offences to long in thy remembraunce but consider that we all are thy people 10 The cities of thy sanctuarie lye waste Sion is a wildernesse and Hierusalem a desert 11 Our holy house whiche is our beautie where our fathers praysed thee is brent vp yea all our commodities and pleasures are wasted away 12 Wylt thou not be intreated O Lorde for all this wylt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The .lxv. Chapter 1 The reiecting of the Iewes and the calling of the heathen 1 THey seeke me that hitherto haue not asked for me they finde me that hitherto haue not sought me I haue saide I am here I am here I am founde of a people that neuer called vpon my name 2 For thus long haue I euer holden out mine handes to an vnfaythfull people that go not the right way but after their owne imagination 3 To a people that is euer defiyng me to my face they make their oblations in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke 4 They lurke among the groues and lye in the dennes all night they eate swines fleshe and vncleane broth is in their vessels 5 If thou commest nye them they say touche me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angry shal be turned to smoke and fire that shall burne for euer 6 Beholde it is written before my face and shall not be forgotten but recompenced I shall rewarde it them into their bosome 7 I meane your misdeedes and the misdeedes of your fathers together saith the Lord which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaines and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therefore wyll I measure their olde deedes into their bosome agayne 8 Moreouer thus saith the Lord Like as when newe wine is founde in the cluster and one saith Lose it not for there is blessing therein euen so wyll I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I wyll not destroy them all 9 But I will take a seede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shall possesse it and my seruauntes shall dwell there 10 Saron shal be a sheepefolde and the valley of Achor shall geue the stalling for the cattell of my people that seeke after me 11 But as for you ye are they that haue forsaken the Lorde and forgotten my holy hyll ye haue set vp an aulter vnto Iupiter and geuen riche drinke offeringes vnto the planets 12 Therfore wyll I number you to the sworde that ye shal be destroyed altogether for that when I called no man gaue me aunswere when I spake ye hearkened not vnto me but dyd wickednesse before mine eyes and chose the thinges that pleased me not 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Beholde my seruauntes shall eate but ye shall haue hunger beholde my seruauntes shall drinke but ye shall suffer thirst beholde my seruauntes shal be merie but ye shal be confounded 14 Beholde my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quietnesse of heart but ye shal crye for sorowe of heart and complaine for vexation of minde 15 Your name shall ye leaue accursed among my chosen for God the Lorde shall slay you and call his seruauntes by another name 16 Who so reioyceth vpon earth shall reioyce in the true God and who so sweareth vpon earth shall sweare in the true God for the olde afflictions shal be forgotten and taken away out of my sight 17 For lo I shall make a newe heauen and a newe earth and as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpon nor kept in minde 18 But the Lorde saith Be glad and euermore reioyce for the things that I shall do For why beholde I shall make a ioyfull Hierusalem and his people ioyfull 19 Yea I my selfe will reioyce with Hierusalem and be glad with my people and the voyce of weeping and wayling shall not be hearde in her from thencefoorth 20 There shall neither be chylde nor olde man that haue not their full dayes but when the chylde commeth to an hundred yeres olde it shal dye and if he that is an hundred yeres of age do wrong he shal be cursed 21 They shall buylde houses and dwell in them they shall plant vineyardes and eate the fruite of them 22 They shall not buylde and another possesse they shall not plant and another eate but the life of my people shal be like a tree and mine elect shall enioy styll the worke of their handes 23 They shall not labour in vayne nor beget with trouble for
shall subdue them 20 Their children shal be as aforetyme and their congregation shall continue in my syght and all those that vexe them wyll I visite 21 A captayne also shall come of them and a prince shall spryng out from the middest of them hym wyll I chalenge to my selfe and he shall come vnto me For what is he that geueth ouer his heart to come vnto me saith the Lorde 22 Ye shal be my people also and I wyll be your God 23 Beholde on the other syde shall the wrath of the Lorde breake out as a stormie water as a myghtie whirle wynde and shall fall vpon the heades of the vngodly 24 The terrible displeasure of the Lorde shall not leaue of vntyll he haue done and perfourmed the intent of his heart which in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstande The .xxxj. Chapter 1 He prophecieth that the people of Israel shal be restored agayne vnto their prosperitie 18 To be turned from sinne is the gyft of God 27 The birth of Christe is prophecied 30 All the wicked shall dye in their wickednesse 31 The newe testament and couenaunt is prophecied 33 The Christians are taught and instruct of the Lorde 34 Our sinnes shall so be remitted that they shall not once be thought vpon 36 God promiseth that he wyll cast of the Iewes 38 The buildyng agayne of Hierusalem 1 AT the same tyme saith the Lord shal I be the God of all the generations of Israel they shal be my people 2 Thus saith the Lord The people of Israel which escaped in the wildernesse from the sworde founde grace to come into their rest 3 Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appeare vnto me from farre and say I loue thee with an euerlasting loue therfore by my mercie I haue drawen thee vnto me 4 I wyll repayre thee agayne O thou daughter of Israel that thou mayest be fast and sure thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne and go foorth with them that leade the daunce 5 Thou shalt plant vines agayne vpon the hylles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plant and commonly eate of it 6 For the dayes shall come when the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crye Arise let vs go vp vnto Sion to our Lorde God 7 For thus saith the Lorde Reioyce with gladnesse because of Iacob crye vnto the head of the gentiles speake out syng and say O Lorde saue thy people the remnaunt of Israel 8 Beholde I wyll bryng them agayne from out of the north lande and gather them from the endes of the worlde with the blynde lame that are among them with the women that be great with chylde such as be also deliuered and the companie of them that come agayne shal be great 9 They shall come weepyng and with mercifull pitie will I bring them hither agayne I will leade them to the riuers of water in a strayght way where they shall not stumble For I am Israels father and Ephraim is my first borne 10 Heare the worde of the Lorde O ye gentiles preache in the Isles that lye farre of and say He that hath scattered Israel shall gather hym together agayne and shall kepe hym as a sheephearde doth his flocke 11 For the Lorde hath redeemed Iacob and ridde hym from the hande of the violent 12 And they shall come and reioyce vpon the hyll of Sion and shall haue plenteousnesse of goodes which the Lorde shall geue them Namely wheate wine oyle young sheepe and calues and their soule shal be as a well watered garden for they shall no more be hungry 13 Then shall the mayde reioyce in the daunce yea both young and olde folkes for I wyll turne their sorowe into gladnesse and wyll comfort them from their sorowes and make them ioyfull 14 I wyll powre plenteousnesse vpon the heartes of the priestes and my people shal be satisfied with my goodnesse saith the Lorde 15 Thus saith the Lorde The voyce of heauinesse weepyng and lamentation was hearde on hye euen of Rachel mournyng for her children and woulde not be comforted because they were not 16 But nowe saith the Lorde leaue of from weepyng and crying withholde thine eyes from teares for thy labour shal be rewarded saith the Lorde and they shall come agayne out of the lande of their enemies 17 Yea euen thy posteritie shall haue consolation in this saith the Lorde that thy children shal come agayne into their owne lande 18 Moreouer I hearde Ephraim that was led away captiue complayne on this maner O Lorde thou hast correct me thy chastenyng haue I receaued as an vntamed calfe conuert thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou art my Lorde God 19 Yea assoone as thou turnest me I shall refourme my selfe and when I vnderstande I shall smite vpon my thygh For veryly I haue committed shamefull thynges for I haue borne the reproofe and confusion of my youth 20 Vpon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe Is not Ephraim my deare sonne Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all my mirth and pastime For since the tyme that I first cōmuned with hym I haue hym euer in remembraunce therfore my heart driueth me vnto hym gladly and louyngly wyll I haue mercie vpon him saith the Lorde 21 Make thy selfe markes set vp heapes of stone set thine heart vpon the way that thou didst walke and turne againe O thou daughter of Israel turne agayne to these cities of thine 22 Howe long wilt thou go astray O thou shrinkyng daughter for the Lorde wyll worke a newe thyng vpon earth A woman shall compasse a man 23 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel It wyl come therto that when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuitie these wordes shal be hearde in the lande and in his cities The Lord blesse thee O thou dwellyng place of ryghteousnesse O thou holy hyll 24 And there shall dwell Iuda and all her cities the sheepheardes and husbandmen 25 For I shall feede the hungry soule and refreshe all faynt heartes 26 When I hearde this I came agayne to my selfe I sawe like as I had ben waked out of a sweete sleepe 27 Beholde saith the Lorde the dayes come that I wyll sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with cattell 28 Yea it shall come therto that like as I haue gone about in tymes past to roote them out to scatter them to breake them downe to destroy them chasten them euen so wyll I also go diligently about to builde them vp agayne and to plant them saith the Lorde 29 Then shall it no more be sayde The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape and the childrens teeth are set on edge 30 For euery one shall dye for his owne misdeedes so that who so eateth a sowre grape his teeth shal be set on edge 31 Beholde the dayes wyll come saith the Lorde that I
from their handes and make them ceasse from feeding of the sheepe yea the shepheardes shall feede them selues no more for I wyll deliuer my sheepe out of their mouthes so that they shall not deuour them after this 11 For thus saith the Lorde God behold I euen I wyll loke to my sheepe my selfe and seeke them out 12 Lyke as a shephearde when he hath ben among the flocke seeketh after the sheepe that are scattered abroade euen so wyll I seeke after my sheepe and deliuer them out of all places where they haue ben scattered in the cloudie and darke day 13 I wyll bring them out from the people and gather them together out of the landes I wyl bring them into their owne lande and feede them vpon the mountaines of Israel by the riuers and in all the places of the countrey 14 I wyll feede them in right good pastures and vpon the hie mountaines of Israel shall their foldes be there shall they lye in a good folde and in a fat pasture shall they feede euen vpon the mountaines of Israel 15 I wyll feede my sheepe and bring them to their rest saith the Lorde God 16 Such as be lost wyll I seeke such as are driuen away wyll I bring againe such as be broken wyl I binde vp such as be weake wyll I make strong such as be fat and strong those wyll I roote out and feede them with iudgement 17 And as for you O my sheepe saith the Lorde God I wyll iudge betweene cattaile cattaile betweene the rammes and the goates 18 Seemeth it a smal thing to you to haue eaten vp the good pasture and to treade downe the residue of your pasture with your feete also to drinke the deepe waters and to trouble the rest also with your feete 19 Thus my sheepe must be faine to eate the thing that ye haue troden downe with your feete and to drinke it that ye with your feete haue defiled 20 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God vnto them Beholde I euen I wyll iudge betweene the fat cattaile and the leane cattaile 21 Forsomuch as with side and shoulder ye haue shoued and with your hornes haue pushed all the weake till ye haue scattered them abroade 22 I wyll saue my sheepe so that they shal no more be spoyled yea I wil iudge betweene cattaile and cattaile 23 I wyll set vp ouer them a shepheard and he shall feede them euen my seruaunt Dauid he shall feede them he shal be their shepheard 24 And I the Lorde wyll be their God and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their prince euen I the Lorde haue spoken it 25 Moreouer I wyll make a couenaunt of peace with them cause euil beastes to ceasse out of the lande so that they may dwell safely in the wildernesse and sleepe in the woods 26 And I wyll set them as a blessing euen rounde about my hill and I wyll cause raine to come downe in due season and there shal be raine of blessing 27 And the tree of the fielde shal yeelde her fruite and the earth shall geue her encrease they shal be safe in their lande and shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue brokeÌ„ the bondes of their yoke and deliuered them out of the handes of those that serued them selues of them 28 They shall no more be spoyled of the heathen nor deuoured with the beastes of the lande but safely shall they dwel and no man shall fray them 29 And I wil raise vp for them a plant of renowme and they shal be no more clungd with hunger in the lande neither beare the reproche of the heathen any more 30 Thus shall they vnderstand that I the Lorde their God am with them and that they euen the house of Israel are my people saith the Lorde God 31 And ye my sheepe the sheepe of my pasture are men and I am your God saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter The destruction that shall come on the mount Seir that is on the Idumeans because they troubled the people of the Lorde 1 MOreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man set thy face toward the mount Seir prophecie against it 3 And say vnto it thus saith the Lorde God Beholde O thou mount Seir I wyll vpon thee I wyll reache out my hande ouer thee yea waste and desolate wyll I make thee 4 Thy cities wyll I laye waste thou shalt lye voyde that thou mayst knowe howe that I am the Lorde 5 Forsomuch as thou bearest an olde enmitie and hast put the children of Israel to flight by the force of the sworde in the time of their calamitie when their iniquitie had an ende 6 Therefore as truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God I wyll prepare thee vnto blood yea blood shall folowe vpon thee except thou hate blood euen blood shall persecute thee 7 Thus wyll I make the mount Seir desolate and waste and cut out from it him that passeth out and him that returneth 8 His mountaines wyll I fill with his slaine men thy hils valleys and al thy riuers the slaine with the sworde shall fall in them 9 I wyll make thee a perpetuall wildernes so that thy cities shal not returne that ye may knowe that I am the Lorde 10 And because thou hast saide both these nations and both these landes must be myne and we wyll haue them in possession whereas the Lorde waâ— there 11 Therefore as truely as I lyue saâ— the Lorde God I wyll euen do accâ—ding to thy wrath and according to thyne enuiyng which thou hast vsed in thyne hatred against them and I wyll make my selfe knowen amongst them when I haue iudged thee 12 Yea and thou shalt knowe that I the Lorde haue heard all thy blasphemies whiche thou hast spoken against the mountaines of Israel saying They are made waste geuen vs to deuour 13 Thus with your mouthes ye haue made your boastes against me yea and multiplied your wordes against me which I haue heard 14 Thus saith the Lord God To the ioy of all the worlde wyll I make thee waste 15 And lyke as thou wast glad because the heritage of the house of Israel was destroyed euen so wyll I do vnto thee thou shalt be destroyed O mount Seir and all Idumea wholly and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde The .xxxvj. Chapter 2 He promiseth to deliuer Israel from the Gentiles 22 The benefites done vnto the Iewes are to be ascribed to the mercie of God not vnto their deseruinges 26 God reneweth our heartes that we may walke in his commaundementes 1 THou sonne of man prophecie vnto the mountaines of Israel and speake heare the worde of the lord O ye mountaines of Israel 2 Thus saith the Lord God Because your enemie hath saide vpon you aha the hie places of the worlde are now become ours
captiuitie it was for their wickednesse sake because they offended me for the which cause I hyd my face from them deliuered them into the handes of their enemies that they might all be slayne with the sworde 24 According to their vncleanesse according to their transgressions haue I done vnto them hid my face frō them 25 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God Nowe will I bring againe the captiues of Iacob and haue mercie vpon the whole house of Israel and be ielous for my holy names sake 26 After that they haue borne their shame and all their transgression wherby they haue transgressed against me when they dwelt safely in their lande and no man to feare them 27 And when I haue brought them againe from among the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations 28 Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen but haue gathered them againe into their owne land and not left one of them any more there 29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel sayth the Lorde God The .xl. Chapter 1 The restoring of the cities and of the temple that was to come is shewed vnto the prophete 1 IN the fyue and twentie yere of our captiuitie in the beginning of the yere the tenth day of the moneth that is the fourtenth yere after the citie was smitten the selfe same day came the hand of the Lorde vpon me brought me thyther 2 Euen into the land of Israel brought he me in the visions of god set me downe vpon a marueylous hye mountayne wherevpon there was as it had ben the buylding of a citie towarde the south 3 Thyther he caried me and behold there was a man whose similitude was like brasse whiche had a twisted line of flax in his hand and a cane to measure with and he stoode in the doore 4 And that man sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man marke well with thyne eyes hearken to with thyne eares and fasten it in thy heart whatsoeuer I shal shewe thee for to the intent that they might be shewed thee therfore art thou brought hyther and whatsoeuer thou seest thou shalt certifie the house of Israel therof 5 Behold there was a wall on the outside of the house rounde about the cane to measure with that he had in his hande was sixe cubites long by the cubite a hande breadth So he measured the breadth of the building with one cane and the heyght with one cane 6 Then came he to the gate which loketh toward the east and went vp the staires therof and measured the post of the gate one cane broade and the other post of the gate one cane broade 7 And euery chamber was one cane long and one cane broade and betweene the chambers were fiue cubites and the post of the gate by the porche of the gate within was one cane 8 He measured also the porche of the gate within one cane 9 Then measured he the porche of the gate eyght cubites the pentises therof two cubites and the porche of the gate was inwarde 10 And the chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side three on that side they three were of one measure the pentises had one measure on this side and one measure on that side 11 After this he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites and the heyght of the gate thirteene cubites 12 The space also before the chambers was one cubite on this side and the space one cubite on that side the chambers sixe cubites on this side and sixe cubites on that side 13 He measured the gate from the roofe of a chamber to his owne roofe the breadth of fiue and twentie cubites doore against doore 14 He made frontes also of threescore cubites euen vnto the front of the court rounde about the gate 15 And from the forefront of the entrie of the gate vnto the forefront of the gate within were fiftie cubites 16 And there were narowe windowes in the chambers and in the frontes within the gate rounde about so in the arches and the windowes went rounde about within and vpon the frontes were paulme trees 17 Then brought he me into the outward court where as were chambers and a pauement made for the court rounde about thirtie chambers were vpon the pauement 18 And the pauement was by the side of the gates ouer against the length of the gates and the pauement was beneath 19 Then he measured the breadth frō the forefront of the lower gate without vnto the forefront of the court within a hundreth cubites eastwarde and northwarde 20 And the gate in the outward court that loked toward the north measured he after the length and breadth therof 21 And the chambers therof were three on this side and three on that side and the frontes therof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate the length thereof was fiftie cubites and the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 22 And their windowes and their arches with their paulme trees were after the measure of the gate that loketh toward the east and the goyng vp vnto it had seuen steppes and the arches thereof were before them 23 And the gate of the inner court stoode ouer against the gate towarde the north and toward the east and he measured from gate to gate a hundreth cubites 24 After that he brought me towarde the south where there stoode a gate towarde the south and he measured the frontes therof and the arches therof according to those measures 25 And there were windowes in it and in the arches therof round about like these windowes the length was fiftie cubites the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 26 And there were seuen steppes at the goyng vp to it and the arches therof before them it had paulme trees one on this side and an other on that side vpon the front therof 27 And there was a gate in the inner court towarde the south and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubites 28 So he brought me into the inner court thorowe the south gate and he measured the south gate according to those measures 29 And the chambers thereof the frontes therof and the arches thereof according to these measures and wyndowes in it and in the arches thereof round about fiftie cubites long and fiue and twentie cubites broade 30 And the arches round about were fiue and twentie cubites long and fiue cubites broade 31 And the arches therof were toward the vtter court and paulme trees vpon the frontes therof the goyng vp to it had eyght steppes 32 He brought me also into the inmost
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
more to the worke of our handes Ye are our gods for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie 4 I wyll heale their rebellion I wyll loue them freely for mine anger is turned away from hym 5 I wyll be vnto Israel as the deawe and he shall growe as the lilie and his roote shall breake out as the trees of Libanus 6 His braunches shal spreade out abrode and be as faire as the oliue tree smell as Libanus 7 They that dwell vnder his shadowe shall returne growe vp as the corne and florishe as the vine he shall haue as good a name as the wine of Libanus 8 Ephraim shall say what haue I to do with idols any more I haue hearde him and loked vpon him I am like a greene firre tree vpon me is thy fruite founde 9 Who so is wise shall vnderstande these thinges and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous such as be godly wyll walke in them as for the wicked they shall stumble therin ¶ The ende of the prophecie of Osea ⧠The booke of prophete Ioel. ¶ The first Chapter 1 A prophecie agaynst the Iewes 2 He exhorteth the people to prayer and fastyng for the miserie that was at hande 1 THe worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel 2 Heare ye this you elders hearken with your eares all you that dwel in this lande was there euer such a thyng in your dayes or in the dayes of your fathers 3 Of this thyng tell your children and let your children shewe it to their children and their children to their posteritie afterwarde 4 That which the caterpiller hath left the grashopper hath eaten and what the grashopper left hath the canker worme eaten and what the canker worme left the locust hath deuoured 5 Awake ye drunkardes weepe howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine for it is cleane taken away from your mouth 6 For a nation is come vp vpon my lande mightie and without number his teeth are as the teeth of a lion and he hath the iawes of a great lion 7 He hath destroyed my vine barked my figge tree he hath pilled it and cast it from him and hath left bowes therof whyte 8 Lament as a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husbande of her youth 9 The meate offeryng and drinke offeryng is cut of from the house of the Lorde the priestes I meane the Lordes ministers mourne 10 The fielde is wasted the lande mourneth for corne is destroyed the newe wine is dryed vp the oyle is vtterly taken away 11 Be ye ashamed O ye husbandemen howle O ye wine dressers for y e wheate and for the barly for the haruest of the fielde is perished 12 The wine is dryed vp and the figge tree is decayed the pomgranate tree and the paulme the apple tree euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men 13 Girde your selues and lament O ye priestes howle ye out ye ministers of the aulter come and lye all night in sackcloth ye seruauntes of my God for the meate and drynke offerynges are taken away from the house of your God 14 Proclayme a fast call a congregation gather the elders together with all the inhabitauntes of the lande vnto the house of the Lorde your God and crye vnto the Lorde 15 Alas for this day for the day of the Lorde is at hande euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come 16 Is not the meate cut of before our eyes yea mirth and ioy from the house of our God 17 The seede is rottē vnder their cloddes the garners are destroyed the barnes are ouerthrowen for the corne is withered 18 O howe cattell mourne the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed 19 Vnto thee O Lorde wyll I crye for feare hath destroyed the fruitfull places of the desert and the flambe hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde 20 The beastes also of the fielde crye out vnto thee for the riuers of waters are dryed vp and fire hath deuoured vp the fruitfull places of the desert The .ij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the commyng and crueltie of their enemies 13 An exhortation to moue them to conuert 18 The loue of God towarde his people 1 BLowe vp a trumpet in Sion and showte in my holy hyll let all the inhabitauntes of the earth tremble for the day of the Lorde is come for it is nye at hande 2 A darke and glomie day a cloudie and blacke day as the mornyng is spread ouer the mountaynes so is this populus strong people like it there was none from the beginning nor shal be herafter for euermore 3 Before him is a deuouryng fire and behynde him a burnyng flambe the lande is as a pleasaunt garden before him and behinde him a waste desert yea and nothyng shall escape him 4 The shewe of him is as the shewe of horses and like horsemen so shall they runne 5 Lyke the noyse of charrettes vpon the toppes of the mountaynes they shall skip like the noyse of a flamyng fire deuouryng the stubble and as a strong people prepared to battayle 6 Before his face shall the people tremble the countenaunce of all folkes shall waxe blacke as a pot 7 They shall runne like strong men and climbe the walles like men of warre euery one shall march on in his way and they shal not linger in their pathes 8 No man shall thrust another but euery one shall walke in his path and if they shall fall on the sworde they shall not be wounded 6 They shall runne to and fro in the citie they shall runne vp downe vpon the wall they shall climbe into the houses they shall enter in at the windowes like a theefe 10 The earth shall quake before him the heauens shall tremble the sunne and the moone shal be darke and the starres shall withdrawe their shinyng 11 And the Lorde shall geue his voyce before his hoast for his campe is exceeding great for he is mightie that executeth his commaundement for the day of the Lorde is great and very terrible and who can abide it 12 But nowe saith y e Lord turne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting with weepyng and with mournyng 13 And rent your heartes and not your garmentes turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gratious mercifull slowe to anger and of great goodnesse and he wyll repent him of the euyll 14 Who knoweth whether the Lorde wyll returne and take compassion and wyll leaue behinde him a blessing euen meate offeryng and drynke offeryng vnto the Lorde your God 15 Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion proclayme a fast call an assemblye sanctifie the congregation 16 Gather the people gather the elders assemble the children suckyng babes let the bridegrome
Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth and thy mercie to Abraham like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time ¶ The ende of the prophecie of Michea◠⧠The booke of the prophete Nahum ¶ The first Chapter Of the destruction of the Assyrians and of the deliueraunce of Israel 1 THe burden of Niniue The boke of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite 2 God is ielous the Lorde auengeth the Lorde auengeth and hath wrath in store the Lord auengeth vpon them that trouble hym and he remembreth his enemies 3 The Lorde is slowe to anger and also of great power and in no case will not acquite the wicked the Lordes dealing is with blustring tempest and whirle winde and the cloudes are the dust of his feete 4 He rebuketh the sea and dryeth it vp all the riuers also he maketh drye Basan and Carmel are destroyed the spring also of Libanon is destroyed 5 The mountaynes quake at his power and the hilles are resolued the earth also buâ—neth at his countenaunce the worlde and all that dwelleth therin 6 Who can stande before his wrath or who can rise vp before the anger of his countenaunce his fiercenesse is powred out like fire yea the rockes cleaue in peeces at his might 7 The Lord is gratious a strong holde in the day of trouble and knoweth them that trust in hym 8 But with an ouerrunning flood he wil destroy her place and will pursue his enemies with darkenesse 9 What imagine ye against the Lorde he makes an vtter destruction ye shall not be troubled twyse 10 For whyles the thornes cleaue together and whyles they banquet out their feastes they are deuoured vp as very drie stubble 11 There came out of thee such as thought euyll against the Lorde such as gaue wicked counsell 12 Thus sayth the Lorde Though ye be in concorde and also many yet so shall ye be cut downe and passe though I haue afflicted thee O Hierusalem yet will I trouble thee no more 13 And nowe I will breake of his yoke from â—vponâ— thee and I will breake thy bondes in sunder 14 The Lorde also hath geuen a commaundement touching thee that there shal be no more ofspring of thy name from the house of thy God I will cut of carued and molten image I will make â—it thy graue for thou art vile 15 Behold vpon the mountaynes the feete of him that bringeth good tidinges that preacheth peace kepe thy festiual dayes O Iuda paye thy vowes for the wicked â—tiraunt shal hereafter passe no more through thee he is vtterly cut of The .ij. Chapter He describeth the victories of the Chaldeans against the Assyrians 1 THe destroyer is come vp before thy face kepe thy forte see to the way strenghten thy loynes increase thy strength mightyly 2 For the Lord restores againe the glorious estate of Iacob as also the glorious estate of Israel for spoylers hath spoyled them and hath wasted their braunches 3 The shielde of his valiaunt souldiours isâ— died red his captaynes of warre are clad with scarlet the charret is compassed with flammig torches in the day of his expedition and the firre staues are drenched in poyson 4 The charrets shal rage in the streetes they shall make a terrible noyse in the broade wayes to loke to like flaming cressets shooting as lightning 5 He shall remember his notable souldiours they shal stumble in goyng they shall hasten to the wall the couering fence is prepared 6 The riuer gates are opened and the palace dissolued 7 Huzab is brought foorth captiue made to ascend into the charets her handmaydens also leading one another as in the voyce of doues knocking vpon their brestes 8 Yea many a day Niniue was as a ponde full of water yet now they flee Stand ye stande ye and no man loketh backe 9 Take your spoyle of siluer take your spoyle of golde for there is no ende of riches treasure pashing all treasure 10 Sacking resacking rasing a dissolued heart and collision of knees sorow in all loynes also and the faces of them all as blacke as a pot 11 Where is the abiding place of lions and the feding plot of lions whelpes become whyther the young and olde lion had their resort there dwelt the lion there was no man to put him in feare 12 The lion made his praye aboundauntly for his whelpes and strangled for his she lions and hath filled his dennes with pray and his abyding places with spoyle 13 Behold me against thee sayth the Lord of hoastes I will burne in smoke her charets and the sworde shall deuoure thy lions I will roote out also from the earth thy spoyling and the voyce of thy messengers shal be hearde no more The .ii. Chapter 1 Of the fall of Niniue 8 No power can escape the hande of God 1 O Bloody citie stuffed throughout with falsehood with extreme dealing nor wil be brought from spoyling 2 The noyse of the whippe the noyse of ratling of wheales the praunsing of horses and the iumping of charets 3 The horseman lifting vp both the glistering blade of the sword also the shining speare many wounded many corpses and no end of carcasses they shall stumble at dead bodies 4 Because of the manyfolde fornication of the beautifull harlot ful of charmes that selles nations by the meanes of her whordome and the people through her charminges 5 Lo I against thee sayth the Lorde of hoâ—stes and will turne vp thy skirtes ouer thy face and wil shewe the gentiles thy fylth and kingdomes thy shame 6 And will cast vpon thee abominable filth and wil bring thee downe and wil make thee as vile as doung 7 And it shall come to passe that all that shall be hold thee shall flee from thee and shall say Niniue is destroyed and who is greeued therwith from whence shall I seke out comforters for thee 8 Wilt thou count thy selfe better then Alexandria the great that was scituate amonges the riuers compassed round about with water whose fortresse was the sea and had her wall from the sea 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were thy strength and there was none end of ayde Phut and Lubim were thy helpers 10 Notwithstanding she passed away she went into captiuitie her children also were dashed in peeces in the top of all the streetes for her horrible men they cast lottes and all her great states they chayned in fetters 11 And thou also shalt be drunkeÌ„ with trouble thou shalt be hyd thou also shalt seke after strength against thine enemie 12 All thy strong aydes are as figge trees with the first ripe figges if they be stirred they fal into the mouth of the 〈◊〉 13 Behold thy men â—are as barenâ— women in the middest of thee the gates of thy lande shal be set wyde open to thine enemies fire hath deuoured thy barres 14 Drawe thee water for the siege strengthen thy fortes go into the clay treade the morter make strong the brickyll 15 There
there Iesus the sonne of Iosedec and his brethren the priestes and Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and his brethren rising vp made redy the aulter of the God of Israel 49 To offer burnt sacrifices vpon it so as it is written in the lawe of Moyses the man of God 50 And thither were gathered agaynst them diuers of other nations of the lande but they dressed the aulter in his owne place although all the nations in the lande were enemies to them and vexed them and they offered sacrifices to the Lorde both mornyng euenyng 51 And also they helde the feast of tabernacles as it is commaunded in the lawe and sacrifices dayly as it was appertaynyng 52 And after that also the continuall oblations and the offerynges of the Sabbathes and of the newe monethes and of all holy feastes 53 And all they which had made any vowe to God began to offer sacrifice to God from the first day of the seuenth moneth although the temple of the Lorde was not yet built vp 54 And they gaue vnto the masons and carpenters money meate and drynke with chearfulnesse 55 Vnto them of Sidon also and Tyre they gaue carres that they should bring Cedar trees from Libanus whiche should be brought by flote to the hauen Ioppe according as it was cōmaunded them by Cyrus kyng of the Persians 56 And in the seconde yere and seconde moneth came into the temple of God at Hierusalem Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec and their brethren and the priestes and Leuites and all they that were come vnto Hierusalem out of the captiuitie of Babylon 57 And they layde the foundation of the house of God in the newe moone of the seconde moneth in the seconde yere that they were come to Iurie and Hierusalem 58 And they appoynted the Leuites that were aboue twentie yeres olde ouer the workes of the Lord So Iesus and his sonne brethren assisted and Cadmiel also his brother and the sonnes of Madiabon with the sonnes of Ioda the sonne of Eliadon and his sonnes brethren euen all the Leuites with one accorde folowed on earnestly to aduaunce the workes in the house of God so the workmen built vp the temple of the Lorde 59 And the priestes stoode and had their garmentes with musicall instrumentes and trumpettes and the Leuites the sonnes of Asaph had Cymbales 60 Geuyng thankes and prayses vnto the Lorde accordyng as Dauid the kyng of Israel had ordeyned 61 And they song with loude voyces songes to the prayse of the Lorde because his mercie and glorie is for euer in Israel 62 And all the people blewe out with trumpets and cryed with loude voyce praysyng the Lorde together for the rearyng vp of the house of the Lorde 63 There came also from among the priestes and Leuites and of the chiefest accordyng to the tribes and kinredes to wit the elders which had seene the former house 64 To the buildyng of this with great crye and great mournyng many also with trumpettes and great ioy cryed with loude voyce 65 Insomuch that the trumpets myght not well be hearde for the weepyng and mournyng of the people yet there was a great multitude that blewe trumpets marueylouslye so that it was hearde farre of 66 Wherfore when the enemies of the tribes of Iuda and Beniamin hearde it they came to knowe what that noyse of trumpettes shoulde meane 67 And they perceaued that they which were come againe out of captiuitie built the temple vp a newe vnto the Lorde God of Israel 68 So they went to Zorobabel Iesus and to the rulers of the villages and sayd vnto them Shall we builde with you also 69 For we lykewyse as you do obey your Lorde and do sacrifice vnto hym from the dayes of Asbazareth the kyng of Assyria which brought vs hyther 70 Then Zorobabel and Iesus and the rulers of the villages of Israel sayde vnto them It doth not agree that ye shoulde builde the temple of our God with vs. 71 We our selues alone wyll builde vnto the Lorde of Israel as is meete and like as Cyrus the kyng of the Persians hath commaunded vs. 72 But the heathen in the lande made them sluggishe that were in Iurie and sundred them letted their buildinges 73 And by their embushmentes seditions and conspiracies stopped that the buildyng coulde not be finished all the tyme that kyng Cyrus lyued so that they put of the buildyng for the space of two yeres vntyll the raigne of king Darius The .vj. Chapter 1 Of Aggeus and Zacharias 2 The buildyng of the temple 3 Sisinnes woulde let them 7 His letters to Darius 23 The kynges aunswere to the contrarie 1 NOtwithstandyng in the seconde yere of the raigne of Darius Aggeus Zacharias the sonne of Addo the prophetes prophecied vnto the Iewes and to them in Iurie and Hierusalem euen in the name of the Lord God of Israel 2 * Then Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec stoode vp and began to builde the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem when the prophetes of the Lord were with them and helped them 3 At the same tyme came Sisinnes the gouernour of Syria and Phenice with Sathrabuzanes and his companions and sayde vnto them 4 Who hath bydden and commaunded you to builde this house to make this roofe and all other thinges againe And who are the workmen that builde thē 5 Neuerthelesse the elders of the Iewes had such grace of the Lorde after he had visited the captiuitie 6 That they were not letted from buildyng vntill the tyme that kyng Darius was certified therof and an aunswere receaued from hym 7 The copie of the letters which he wrote and sent vnto Darius Sisinnes gouernour of Syria and Phenice and Sathrabuzanes with their companions which are head rulers in Syria Phenice sende their salutation vnto Darius the kyng 8 We certifie our Lord the kyng that we came into the lande of Iurie and went to Hierusalem where we founde the auncientes of the Iewes that were of the captiuitie in the citie of Hierusalem 9 Buildyng an house vnto the Lorde great and newe of hewen and costlye stones and the timber alredy layde vpon the walles 10 Yea they make great haste with the worke and it goeth foorth prosperously in their handes and with great diligence and worshyp is it made 11 Then asked we the elders saying By whose commaundement builde you vp this house and lay the foundations of these workes 12 Which we demaunded of them to the intent that we myght geue knowledge vnto thee write vnto thee of those that gouerned it and we required of them their names in writyng that were their chiefe leaders to it 13 So they gaue vs this aunswere We are the seruauntes of the Lorde which made heauen and earth 14 And as for this house it was builded many yeres agone by a kyng of Israel great and strong and was
seene no prophetes yet shall they call their sinnes to remembraunce and knowledge them 37 I wyll declare the grace that I wyll do for the people that is to come whose children reioyce in gladnes and though they haue not seene me with bodyly eyes yet in spirite they beleue the thing that I say 38 And now brother behold what great worship and see the people that commeth from the east 39 Vnto whom I wyll geue for leaders Abraham Isahac Iacob Oseas Amos and Micheas Ioel Abdias and Ionas 40 Naum and Abacuc Sophonias Aggeus Zacharie and Malachie whiche is called also an angell or messenger of the Lorde The .ij. Chapter 2 The Sinagogue findeth fault with her owne chyldren 1◠The Gentiles are called 1 THus saith the Lorde I brought this people out of bondage I gaue them my commaundements by my seruauntes the prophetes whom they would not heare but despised my counsayles 2 The mother that bare them saith vnto them Go your way ye chyldren for I am a wydowe and forsaken 3 I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorowe and heauinesse haue I lost you for ye haue sinned before the Lord your God and done that thing that is euill before hym 4 But what shall I nowe do vnto you I am a wydowe and forsaken go your way O my chyldren and aske mercy of the Lorde 5 As for me O father I call vpon thee for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these chyldren whiche woulde not kepe my couenaunt 6 That thou bryng them to confusion and their mother to a spoyle that she beare no more 7 Let their names be scattered abrode among the Heathen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunt 8 Wo be vnto thee Assur thou that hydest the vnrighteous in thee thou wicked people remember what I did vnto Sodome and Gomorre 9 Whose lande is turned into cloddes of pitche and heapes of asshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not saith the almightie Lorde 10 Thus saith the Lorde vnto Esdras Tell my people that I wyll geue them the kingdome of Hierusalem whiche I woulde haue geuen vnto Israel 11 Their glory also will I take vnto me and geue them the euerlasting tabernacles whiche I had prepared for those 12 They shal haue the tree of life at wyl as in the sweete sauour of oyntment they shal neither labour nor be weerie 13 Go ye your way and ye shall receaue it Pray that there may be but fewe dayes and the long time may be shortened for thee The kingdome is alredy prepared for you therefore watche 14 Take heauen and earth to witnesse for I haue broken the euyll in peeces and created the good for I liue saith the Lorde 15 Mother embrace thy chyldren and bryng them vp with gladnesse make their feete as fast as a piller for I haue chosen thee saith the Lorde 16 And those that be dead wyll I rayse vp agayne from their places and bryng them out of the graues for I haue knowen my name in Israel 17 Feare not thou mother of the chyldren for I haue chosen thee saith the Lorde 18 And for thy helpe I shall sende thee my seruauntes Esai and Ieremie after whose counsaile I haue sanctified and prepared for thee twelue trees laden with diuers fruites 19 And as many fountaynes flowyng with mylke and hony and seuen mightie mountaynes whervpon there grow roses and lyllyes whereby I wyll fill thy chyldren with ioy 20 Execute iustice for the wydowe iudge for the fatherlesse geue to the poore defende the fatherlesse clothe the naked 21 Heale the wounded and sicke laugh not a lame man to scorne defende the creple and let the blynde come into the light of my clearenes 22 Kepe the olde and young that are within thy walles 23 Wheresoeuer thou findest the dead take them and bury them and I shall geue thee the first place in my resurrection 24 Abyde styll O my people and take thy rest for thy quietnes shall come 25 Feede thy children O thou good nurse stablishe their feete 26 As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen thee there shall not one of them perishe for I wyll seeke them from among thy number 27 Be not weery for when the day of trouble and heauinesse commeth other shall weepe and be sorowfull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous 28 The Heathen shal be ielous at it but they shal be able to do nothing against thee saith the Lorde 29 My handes shall couer thee so that thy chyldrē shal not see the fire euerlasting 30 Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy chyldren for I wyll deliuer thee saith the Lorde 31 Remember thy chyldren that sleepe for I shall bryng them out of the sides of the earth shewe mercy vnto them for I am mercyfull saith the Lorde almightie 32 Embrace thy chyldren vntyll I come and shewe mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shall not fayle 33 I Esdras receaued a charge of the Lorde vpon the mount Oreb that I shoulde go vnto Israel But when I came vnto them they set me at naught and despised the commaundementes of the Lorde 34 And therefore I say vnto you O ye Heathen that heare and vnderstande Looke for your shephearde he shall geue you euerlasting rest for he is nye at hande that shall come in the ende of the worlde 35 Be redye to the rewarde of the kingdome for the euerlasting light shal shine vpon you for euermore 36 Flee the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of your glory I testifie my sauiour openly 37 O receaue the gyft that is geuen you and be glad geuing thankes vnto hym that hath called you to the heauenly kingdome 38 Aryse vp and stande fast beholde the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lorde 39 Whiche are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmentes of the Lorde 40 Take thy number O Sion and shut vp thy purified whiche haue fulfilled the lawe of the Lorde 41 The number of thy chyldren whom thou longedst for is fulfilled besech the power of the Lorde that thy people whiche haue ben called from the beginning may be halowed 42 I Esdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a great people whom I coulde not number and they all praysed the Lord with songes of thankesgeuing 43 And in the middest of them there was a young man of an hye stature more excellent then al they and vpon euery one of their heads he set crownes and was euer higher and higher which I marueyled at greatly 44 So I asked the angell and said Sir what are these 45 He aunswered sayd vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothing and put on the immortall and haue testified and knowledged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde
and fasted seuen dayes in lyke maner that I myght fulfyll the three weekes which he tolde me 36 And in the eyght nyght was my heart vexed within me agayne and I began to speake before the hyest 37 For my spirite was greatly set on fire and my soule was in distresse 38 And I sayde O Lorde thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnyng euen the first day and saydest Let heauen earth be made And thy worde was a 〈◊〉 worke 39 And 〈…〉 there the spirite and the darkne◠〈◊〉 â—ere yet on euery syde and scilence 〈◊〉 was no mans voyce as yet from thee 40 Then commaundedst thou a fayre lyght to come foorth out of thy treasures that thy worke myght appeare and be seene 41 Vpon the seconde day thou madest the spirite of the firmament and commaundedst it to part asunder and to make a deuision betwixt the waters that the one part myght remayne aboue and the other beneath 42 Vpon the thirde day thou broughtest to passe that the waters were gathered in the seuenth part of the earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp kept them to the intent that men myght sowe and occupie husbandry therin 43 Assoone as thy worde went foorth the worke was made 44 For immediatly there was great and innumerable fruite and many diuers pleasures for the taste and floures of vnchaungeable colour and odours of wonderfull smell and this was done the thirde day 45 Vpon the fourth day thou commaundedst that the sunne shoulde geue his shyne and the moone her lyght the starres dydst thou set in order 46 And gauest them a charge to do seruice euen vnto man that was for to be made 47 Vpon the fyft day thou saydest vnto the seuenth part where the waters were gathered that it shoulde bryng foorth diuers beastes foules and fishes and so it came to passe 48 For the dumbe water and without soule brought foorth lyuyng thynges at the commaundement of God that all people myght prayse thy wonderous workes 49 Then dydst thou ordeyne two soules the one thou calledst Enoch and the other Leuiathan 50 And dydst separate the one from the other for the seuenth part namely where the water was gathered together myght not holde them both 51 Vnto Enoch thou gauest one part which was dryed vp the third day that he shoulde dwel in the same part wherin are a thousande hylles 52 But vnto Leuiathan thou gauest the seuenth part namely the moyst hast kept hym to deuour what thou wylt and when 53 Vpon the sixt day thou gauest commaundement vnto the earth that before thee it shoulde bryng foorth beastes cattell and all that creepe 54 And besydes this Adam also whom thou madest lorde of all thy creatures of hym come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy selfe 55 All this haue I sayd nowe and spoken before thee that I myght shewe howe that the worlde is made for our sakes 56 As for the other people which also come of Adam thou hast sayde that they are nothyng but be lyke vnto spittle hast lykened the aboundaunce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from a vessell 57 And nowe O Lorde beholde the heathen which haue euer ben reputed as nothyng haue begunne to be lordes ouer vs and to deuour vs 58 But we thy people whom thou hast called thy first borne thy only begotten and thy feruent louer are geuen into their handes and power 59 If the worlde nowe be made for our sakes why haue we not the inheritauÌ„ce of the worlde in possession Howe long shall this endure The .vij. Chapter 5 Without tribulation none can come to felicitie 12 God aduertiseth all in tyme. 28 The commyng and death of Christe 32 The resurrection last iudgement 43 After the which all corruption shall ceasse 48 All fell in Adam 19 The true lyfe 59 The mercies and goodnesse of God 1 AND when I had made an ende of speakyng these wordes there was sent vnto me an angell whiche had ben sent vnto me also the nyghtes afore 2 And he sayde vnto me Vp Esdras and heare the wordes that I am come to tell thee 3 And I sayde Speake on Lorde my God Then sayde he vnto me The sea is set in a wyde place that it myght be deepe and great 4 But put case the entraunce is narowe and small lyke a ryuer 5 Who then coulde go into the sea to loke vpon it and to rule it If he went not through the narowe howe myght he come into the broade 6 Item another A citie is builded and set vpon a broade fielde and is full of all good thynges 7 The entraunce therof is narowe and is set in a daungerous place to fall lyke as yf there were a fire at the ryght hande and a deepe water at the left 8 And as it were only one strayte path betwixt them both euen betweene the fire and the water so small that there coulde but one man go there at once 9 If this citie nowe were geuen to a man for an inheritaunce and he neuer went through the perilous way before howe woulde he receaue his inheritaunce 10 And I sayde It is so Lorde Then sayd he Euen so also is Israels portion 11 And why for their sakes haue I made the worlde and when Adam transgressed my statutes then was the thyng so appoynted as nowe is done 12 Then were the entraunces of the worlde made narowe full of sorowe and trauayle they are but fewe and euyll full of perils and labour 13 For the entraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and sure and brought immortall fruite 14 If then they which are lyuyng enter not diligently through these strayte and brittle thynges they can not receaue the thynges so layde vp in secrete 15 Why disquietest thou thy selfe then seyng thou art but a corruptible man And why art thou moued whereas thou art but mortall 16 And why hast thou not receaued into thyne heart the thinges that are to come rather theÌ„ them that are present 17 Then sayd I O Lorde Lord * thou hast ordayned in thy law that the righteous shoulde inherite these thinges but that the vngodly shoulde perishe 18 Neuerthelesse the righteous shall suffer straite thinges hope for wyde for they that haue liued vngodly suffred strayte thinges shall not see the wyde 19 And he sayde vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstanding aboue the hyest 20 For there be many that perishe in this life because they despise the law of God that is set before them 21 For God hath geuen strayte commaundement to such as came so oft as they came what they should do to haue life and what they shoulde kepe to auoyde punishment 22 Neuerthelesse they were not obedient vnto him but spake against hym and imagined vayne thinges 23 And deceaued them selues by wicked deedes and denied the power of the most high regarded
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
to come in to my lorde that she may be honoured before him that she may eate and drinke wine and be mery with him 13 Vnto whom Iudith aunswered Who am I that I shoulde say my lorde nay 14 Whatsoeuer is good and best before his eyes I shal do it and looke what is his pleasure that shall I thinke well done as long as I lyue 15 So she stoode vp and deckt her selfe with her apparell and went in stoode before him 16 And Holophernes heart was whole moued for he brent in desire towarde her 17 And Holophernes saide vnto her Drinke nowe and sit downe be mery for thou hast founde fauour before me 18 Then saide Iudith Syr I wyll drinke for my minde is meryer to day then euer it was in all my lyfe 16 And she toke and did eate and dranke before him the thinges that her mayden had prepared for her 20 And Holophernes was mery with her and dranke more wine then euer he did afore in his lyfe ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 7 Iudith prayeth for strength 10 She smyteth of Holophernes head 12 She returneth to Bethulia and reioyceth her people 1 NOw when it was late in the night his seruauntes made haste euery man to his lodging And Vagao shut the chamber doores went his way 2 For they were al ouerladen with wine 3 So was Iudith alone in the chamber 4 As for Holophernes he lay vpon the bed all drunken and of very drunckennesse fell asleepe 5 Then commaunded Iudith her mayden to stande without before the doore and to wayte 6 And Iudith stoode before the bed making her prayer with teares moued her lyppes secretly 7 And saide Strengthen me O Lorde God of Israel and haue respect vnto the workes of myne handes in this houre that thou mayest set vp thy citie of Hierusalem lyke as thou hast promysed And graunt that I may perfourme the thing which in hope that it may be done by thee I haue deuised 8 And when she had spokē this she went to the piller that was at Holophernes beddes head and loosed his sword that hanged vpon it and drewe it out 9 And when she had taken it out of the scabberd she tooke holde of the heery lockes of his head and sayde Strengthen me O Lorde God in this houre 10 And with that she gaue him two strokes vpon the necke smote of his head Then tooke she the canapie away from the pillers and roulled the dead body asyde 11 Immediatly she gat her foorth and deliuered the head of Holophernes vnto her mayden and bad her put it in her wallet 12 And so these two went foorth together after their custome as though they would pray and so passed by the hoast and came about through the valley vnto the porte of the citie 13 And Iudith cryed a farre of vnto the watchmen vpon the walles Open the gates saide she for God is with vs which hath shewed his power in Israel 14 And when they heard her voyce they called the elders of the citie together 15 And they came all to meete her litle great young olde for they thought not that she should haue come so soone 16 So they lighted candels and gathered about her euery one but she went vp into an high place and caused scilence to be proclaymed 17 And when euery man now held his peace Iudith saide O prayse the Lord our God for he hath not despised nor forsaken them that put their trust in him 18 And in me his handmayden he hath perfourmed his mercy which he promised vnto the house of Israel Yea in my hand this same night hath he slaine the enemie of his people 19 And with that she tooke foorth the head of Holophernes out of the wallet and shewed it them saying Behold the head of Holophernes the captayne of the armie of the Assyrians and this is his canapie wherin he lay in his drunkennes where the Lord our God hath slaine him by the hande of a woman 20 But as the Lorde liueth his angell hath kept me going thither remayning there and comming hither againe from thence And the Lorde hath not suffred me his handmayden to be defiled but without any defiling of sinne hath he brought me againe vnto you and that with great victorie so that I am escaped and ye deliuered 21 O geue thankes vnto him euery one for he is gratious and his mercy endureth for euer 22 So they praysed the Lorde altogether and gaue thankes vnto him and to her they saide The Lorde hath blessed thee in his power for through thee he hath brought our enemies to naught 23 And Osias the chiefe ruler of the people of Israel saide vnto her Blessed art thou of the Lorde the high God aboue all women vpon earth 24 Blessed be the Lorde the maker of heauen and earth which hath guided thee aright to wounde and to smyte of the head of the captayne of our enemies 25 For this day he hath made thy name so honorable that thy prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of men which shal alway remember the power of the Lord seeing thou hast not spared thyne owne selfe but put thee in ieopardie considering the anguishe and trouble of thy people and so hast helped their fall before God our Lorde 26 And all the people said Amen Amen 27 Achior also was called and he came Then said Iudith vnto him The God of Israel vnto whom thou gauest witnesse that he would be auenged of his enemies euen he hath this night through my hande smitten of the head of all the vnfaithfull 28 And that thou mayst see that it so is behold this is the head of Holophernes which in his presumptuous pride despised the God of the people of Israel and threatened thee with destruction saying When the people of Israel is taken I shall cause thee also to be stickt with the sword 29 When Achior saw Holophernes head he fell downe vpon his face to the grounde for very anguishe and feare so that he sowned withall 30 But after that he was come againe to him selfe he fell downe before her and praysed her saying 31 Blessed art thou of thy God in all the tabernacles of Iacob for all the people that heare of thy name shall prayse the God of Israel because of thee The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Iudith causeth to hang vp the head of Holophernes 6 Achior ioyneth him selfe to the people of God 7 The Israelites go out against the Assyrians 1 IVdith saide vnto al the people Brethren heare me Sticke vp this head vpon our walles 2 And when the sunne aryseth take euery man his weapon and fall out violently not as though ye would go beside them but to runne vpon them with violence 3 When the spies see this they shall of necessitie be compelled to flee backward and to rayse vp their captayne to the battaile 4 So when their captaynes come into Holophernes pauilion and finde the dead body
myght any thyng endure yf it were not thy wyll or howe coulde any thyng be preserued except it were called of thee 26 But thou sparest all for they are thine O Lorde thou louer of soules ¶ The .xij. Chapter 2 The mercy of God towarde sinners 14 The workes of God are vnreprouable 19 God geueth leasure to repent 1 FOr thy vncorruptible spirite O Lorde is in all thinges 2 Therfore chastenest thou them measurably that go wrong and warnest them by putting them in remembraunce in what thinges they haue offended that leauing their wickednesse they may beleue on thee O Lorde 3 As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy lande thou mightest not away with them 4 For they committed abhominable workes against thee as witchcraft sorcerie and wicked sacrifices 5 They slue their owne chyldren without mercy they dyd eate vp the bowels of mens fleshe and deuoured the blood in abhominable bankets and had their mad fanaticall priestes 6 And the fathers were the chiefe murderers of the soules destitute of helpe these doers thou wouldest destroy by the handes of our fathers 7 That the lande whiche thou louest aboue all other might be a meete dwelling for the chyldren of God 8 Neuerthelesse thou sparedst them also as men and sendedst the forerunners of thyne hoast euen hornettes to destroy them out by litle and litle 9 Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the righteous in battayle or with cruell beastes or with one rough worde to destroy them together 10 But thy mynde was in punishing them by litle litle to geue them place for amendement knowing well that it was an vnrighteous nation and wicked of nature and that their thought might neuer be altered 11 For it was a cursed seede from the beginning yet hast thou not pardoned their sinnes wherein they offended for that thou fearest any man 12 For who will stand against thy iudgement or who wyll blame thee for the nations that perishe whom thou hast made or who wyll come before thy face to be reuenged for the vnrighteous men 13 For there is none other God but thou that carest for all thinges that thou mayest declare howe that thy iudgement is not vnright 14 There dare neither king nor tiraunt in thy sight require accomptes of them whom thou hast destroyed 15 Forsomuche then as thou art righteous thy selfe thou ordrest all thinges righteously thinking it vnseemely for thy power to condempne hym that hath not deserued to be punished 16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousnesse and because thou art Lorde of all thinges it maketh thee to be gracious vnto all 17 For when men thinke thee not to be of a full strength thou declarest thy power and reprouest the boldnesse of the wyse 18 But thou mastring thy power doest iudge with equitie and ordrest vs with great fauour for thou mayest vse power when thou wylt 19 By suche workes nowe hast thou taught thy people that the iust man shoulde be louing and hast made thy chyldren to be of a good hope because thou geuest roome to repentaunce for sinnes 20 For insomuche as thou hast punished and with such deliberation and obtestation the enemies of thy seruauntes whiche were worthy to dye where through thou gauest them tyme and place of amendement that they might turne from their wickednesse 21 With howe great circumspection then punishest thou thyne owne chyldren vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenauntes of good promises 22 So where as thou doest chasten vs thou punishest our enemies a thousande tymes more to the intent that when we punishe we should diligently thinke of thy goodnesse and when we our selues are punished we shoulde hope for mercy 23 Wherefore where as men haue liued dissolutely and vnrighteously thou hast punished them sore with their owne abhominations 24 For they went astray very long in the wayes of errour held the beastes whiche euen their enemies despised for gods deceaued as chyldren of no vnderstanding 25 Therefore hast thou sent them thy iudgement in scorne as to chyldren voyde of reason 26 As for such as wyll not be refourmed by those scornes and rebukes they shall feele the worthy punishment of God 27 For looke in what thinges they disdayned when they suffred for their sakes whom they counted gods seyng them selues punished in the same they perceaued that he was in deede the true God whom before they had denyed to knowe and therefore came extreme dampnation vpon them ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 All thinges be vayne except the knowledge of God 10 Idolaters and idols are mocked 1 SVrely vayne are all men by nature which were ignoraunt of God and coulde not out of the good things that are seene knowe hym that of hym selfe is euerlasting neither toke so muche regarde of the workes that are made as therby to knowe who was the craftesman of them 2 But some toke the fire some the winde or swift ayre some the course of the starres some the running water some toke sunne and moone or the lightes of heauen for gods that rule the worlde 3 But though they had such pleasure in their beautie that they thought them to haue ben gods yet should they haue knowen howe muche more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beautie hath ordayned al these thinges 4 Or if they marueyled at the power and worke of them they shoulde haue perceaued therby how much he which made these thinges is mightier then they 5 For by the greatnesse of the beautie and of the creatures the maker therof compared with them may playnely be knowen 6 Notwithstanding they are the lesse to be blamed that seeke God and woulde finde him yet peraduenture misse 7 For they being occupied in his works do seeke hym diligently and are perswaded by the sight because the things are beautifull that are seene 8 Howebeit yet neither are they to be excused 9 For if their vnderstanding and knowledge be so great that they can discerne the world and the creatures why do they not rather finde out the Lorde therof 10 But miserable are they and among the dead is their hope that call them gods whiche are but the workes of mens handes golde siluer and the thing that is founde out by cunning the similitude of beastes or any vayne stone that hath ben made by hande of olde 11 Or as whē a carpenter cutteth downe a tree meete for the purpose and pareth of al the barke cunningly and so by arte comely maketh a vessell profitable to the vse of life 12 And with that whiche is cut of from his worke doth dresse his meate to fyll his belly 13 And as for the other part that is left whiche is profitable for nothing for it is a crooked peece of wood and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently by leasure and according to the knowledge of his
heareth the prayer of the oppressed 14 He despiseth not the desire of the fatherlesse nor the wydowe when she powreth out her prayer before him 15 Doth not God see the teares that runne downe the cheekes of the wydowe or heareth he not the complaint ouer such as make her to weepe For from her cheekes do the teares go vp vnto heauen and the Lord which heareth them doth accept them 16 Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted and his prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes 17 The prayer of him that humbleth him selfe goeth through the cloudes tell she come nye she wyll not be comforted nor go her way tyll the highest God haue respect vnto her geue true sentēce and perfourme the iudgement 18 And the Lorde wyll not be slacke in comming nor tary long tyll he haue smitten in sunder the backes of the vnmercifull and auenged him selfe of the heathen tyll he haue taken away the multitude of the cruell and broken the scepter of the vnrighteous tyll he geue euery man after his workes and rewarde them after their doinges tyll he haue delyuered his people maintayned their cause and reioyced them in his mercie 19 O how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguishe and trouble it is lyke a cloude of rayne that commeth in the time of drouth ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapter 1 A prayer to God in the person of all faithfull men 22 The prayse of a good woman 1 HAue mercie vpon vs O Lorde thou God of all thinges haue respect vnto vs shewe vs the light of thy mercies 2 And sende thy feare among the heathen and straungers which seeke not after thee that they may knowe that there is no God but thou and that they may shew thy wonderous workes 3 Lyft vp thyne hande ouer the outlandishe heathen that they may learne to knowe thy might and power 4 Lyke as thou art halowed in vs before them so bring to passe that thou mayst be magnified also in them before vs. 5 That they may know thee lyke as we know thee for there is none other God but onely thou O Lorde 6 Renue the tokens and chaunge the wonderous workes shew thyne hand and thy right arme gloriouslie 7 Rayse vp thyne indignation and poure out thy wrath take away the aduersarie and smite the enemie 8 Make the time shorte remember thy couenaunt that thy wōderous workes may be praysed 9 Let the wrath of the fyre consume them that lyue so carelesse and let them perishe that do thy people hurt 10 Smyte in sunder the head of the princes that be our enemies and say there is none other but we 11 Gather all the tribes of Iacob together againe that they may knowe how that there is none other God but onely thou that they may shewe thy wonderous workes and be thou thy peoples heritage lyke as from the beginning 12 O Lorde haue mercie vpon the people that hath thy name and vpon Israel whom thou hast lykened to a first borne sonne 13 O be mercifull vnto Hierusalem the citie of thy sanctuarie the citie of thy rest 14 Fill Sion with thyne vnspeakable vertues and thy people with thy glorie 15 Geue witnesse vnto thy creature whō thou madest from the beginning and rayse vp the prophesies that haue ben shewed in thy name 16 Rewarde them that wayte for thee that thy prophetes may be founde faithfull 17 O Lorde heare the prayer of thy seruauntes according to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people and guide thou vs in the way of righteousnes that al they which dwell vpon the earth may know that thou art the Lorde the eternall God which is from euerlasting 18 The belly deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another 19 Lyke as the tongue tasteth venison so doth an heart of vnderstandyng marke false wordes 20 A froward heart geueth heauines but a man of experience lyfteth him vp againe 21 The woman receaueth euery man yet is one daughter better then another 22 A faire wyfe reioyceth her husband and a man loueth nothing better 23 If there be in her tongue gentlenes meekenes and holsome talke then is not her husband lyke other men 24 He that hath gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodlie possession she is vnto him a helpe and piller wherevpon he resteth 25 Where no hedge is there the goodes are spoyled and where no huswyfe is there the frendles mourneth 26 Lyke as there is no credence geuen to a robber that goeth from one citie to another so is not the man beleued that hath no nest and must turne in where he may abide in the night The .xxxvii. Chapter 1 Howe a man should knowe friendes and counsellers 12 and searche the company of an holy man 1 EVery friende sayth I wyll be friendly vnto him also but there is some friend which is onely a frende in name 2 Remaineth not there heauines vnto death when a companion and friend is turned to an enemie 3 O most wicked presumption from whence art thou sprong vp to couer the earth with falshood and disceite 4 There is some companion which in prosperitie reioyceth with his friend but in the time of trouble he taketh part against him 5 There is some companion that mourneth with his friend for the bellies sake but when trouble commeth he taketh holde of the shielde 6 Forget not thy friend in thy minde thinke vpon him in thy riches 7 Seeke no counsell at thy kinsmen and hide thy counsel from such as beare thee no good wyll 8 Euery counseller prayseth his counsell neuerthelesse there is some that counselleth but for his owne profite 9 Beware of the counseller and be aduised afore whereto thou wylt vse him for he wyll counsaile for him selfe fest he cast the lot vpon thee 10 And say vnto thee Thy way and purpose is good and afterwarde he stande against thee and loke what shal become of thee 11 Aske no counsaile at him that suspecteth thee for an enemie hide thy counsaile from such as hate thee aske no counsell for religion of him that is without religion nor for iustice of him that hath no iustice aske no counsel at a woman touching her of whō she is ielous nor at a fearefull and faint harted body in matters of warre or at a marchaunt how deare he wyl cheape thy wares toward his or at a byer of selling or at an enuious man of thankesgeuing or at the vnmerciful of louing kindnesse or at an vnhonest man of honestie or at the slothfull of working or at an hyreling which hath no house of profit or wealth or at an idle body of much labour take no such folkes to counsell 12 But be diligent to seeke counsaile at a vertuous man that feareth God such a one as thou knowest to be a keper of the commaundementes which hath a minde after thyne owne minde and is sory for thee when thou stumblest 13 And holde thy
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
an armie against them to destroy and to roote out the power of Israel and the remnaunt of Hierusalem to put out their memoriall from that place 36 To set straungers for to inhabite all their quarters and to part their land among them 37 Thus the king toke the other part of the hoast and departed from Antioche a citie of his realme ouer the water Euphrates in the hundreth fourtie and seuen yere and went thorowe the hye countreys 38 And Lysias chose vnto hym Ptolomi the sonne of Doryminius Nicanor and Gorgias mightie men and the kinges friendes 39 These he sent with fourtie thousande footemen and seuen thousande horsemen for to go into the land of Iuda and to destroy it as the king commaunded 40 So they went foorth with all their power and came to Emmaus into the playne fielde 41 When the marchauntes of the countrey hearde the rumour of them they their seruauntes toke very much siluer gold for to bye the children of Israel to be their bondemen There came vnto them also yet mo men of warre on euery syde out of Syria and from the Palestines 42 Now when Iudas and his brethren saw that trouble increased and that the hoast drew nye vnto their borders considering the kinges wordes whiche he commaunded vnto the people namely that they shoulde vtterly waste and destroy them 43 They sayde one to another Let vs redresse the decay of our people let vs fight for our folke for our sanctuarie 44 Then the congregation were soone redy gathered to fight to pray and to make supplication vnto God for mercie and grace 45 As for Hierusalem it lay voyde was as it had ben a wildernesse there went no man in nor out at it and the sanctuarie was troden downe the aliauntes kept the castle there was the habitation of the heathen the mirth of Iacob was taken away the pype and the harpe was gone from among them 46 The Israelites gathered them together came to Maspha before Hierusalem for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel 47 So they fasted that day and put sacke-clothes vpon them cast asshes vpon their heades rent their clothes 48 And layde foorth the bookes of the lawe wherout the heathen sought to paynt the lykenesse of their images 49 And brought the priestes ornamentes the firstlinges and the tithes they set there also the Nazarites which had accomplished their vowes before God 50 And cryed with a loude voyce toward heauen saying What shall we do with these and whyther shall we cary them away 51 For thy sanctuarie is troden downe and defiled the priestes are come to heauinesse and dishonour 52 And beholde the heathen are come together for to destroy vs Thou knowest what thinges they imagine against vs. 53 Howe may we stande before them except thou O God be our helpe 54 Then they blewe out the trumpet also with a loude voyce 55 Then Iudas ordeyned captaynes ouer the people ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten 56 But as for such as builded them houses maried wyues planted them vineyardes and those that were fearfull he commaunded them euery man to go home againe according to the lawe 57 So the hoast remoued and pitched vpon the south side of Emmaus 58 And Iudas sayd Arme your selues be strong O my children make you redy against to morowe in the morning that ye may fight with these people whiche are agreed together to destroy vs and our sanctuarie 59 Better is it for vs to dye in battayle then to see our people and our sanctuarie in such a miserable case 60 Neuerthelesse as thy will is O God in heauen so be it The .iiii. Chapter 1 Iudas goeth against Gorgias which lyeth in wayte 14 He putteth Gorgias his hoast to flight 28 Lysias inuadeth Iurie 29 But Iudas dryueth him out 43 Iudas purifieth the temple and dedicateth the aulter 1 THen toke Gorgias fiue thousand mē of foote and a thousand of the best horsmen and remoued out of the campe by night 2 To come nye where the Iewes hoast lay so to slay them sodenly Nowe the men that kept the castle were the conueyers of them 3 Nowe when Iudas heard this he remoued and al the strong men that were with hym to smyte the chiefe and principall of the kinges hoast at Emmaus 4 For the army was not yet come together 5 In the meane season came Gorgias by night into Iudas tentes and when he founde no man there he sought them in the mountaynes and thought they had ben fled away because of him 6 But when it was day Iudas shewed hym selfe in the fielde with three thousande men only which had neither harnesse nor swordes to their mindes 7 But on the other side they saw that the heathen were mightie and well harnessed and their horsemen about them and all these well expert in feates of warre 8 Then sayde Iudas to the men that were with him Feare not ye the multitude of them be not afrayde of their violent running 9 Remember howe our fathers were deliuered in the red sea when Pharao folowed vpon them with a great hoast 10 Euen so let vs also crye nowe towarde heauen and the Lord shall haue mercie vpon vs and remember the couenaunt of our fathers yea destroy this hoast before our face this day 11 And all the heathen shall knowe that it is God him selfe which deliuereth and saueth Israel 12 Then the heathen lift vp their eyes and when they sawe that they were comming against them 13 They went out of their tentes into the battayle and they that were with Iudas blewe vp the trumpettes 14 So they buckled together and the heathen were discomfited and fled ouer the playne fielde 15 But the hinmost of them were slayne with the sword For they folowed them vnto Assaremoth and into the fieldes of Idumea toward Azot and Iamnia so that there were slayne of them vpon a three thousande men 16 So Iudas turned againe with his hoast 17 And sayd vnto the people Be not greedy of the spoyles we haue yet a battayle to fight 18 For Gorgias and his hoast are here by vs in the mountaynes but stand ye fast against our enemies ouercome them then may ye safely take the spoyles 19 As Iudas was speaking these wordes behold there appeared one part of them vpon the mount 20 But when Gorgias sawe that they of his partie were fled and the tentes brent vp for by the smoke they might vnderstande what was done they perceauing this were very sore afrayde 21 And when they sawe also that Iudas and his hoast were in the fielde redy to stryke battayle 22 They fled euery one into the lande of the heathen 23 So Iudas turned againe to spoyle the tentes where they gat much golde and siluer precious stones purple and great riches 24 Thus they went home and song a Psalme of thankesgeuing
and praysed God in heauen For he is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer 25 And so Israel had a great victorie in that day 26 Now all the heathen that escaped came and tolde Lysias euery thing that had happened 27 Wherfore Lysias was sore afrayde and greeued in his minde because Israel had not gotten such misfortune as he woulde they should neither as the king commaunded 28 The next yere folowing gathered Lysias three score thousande chosen men of foote and fyue thousande horsemen to fight against Hierusalem 29 So they came into Iurie and pitched their tentes at Bethoron where Iudas came against them with ten thousande men 30 And when he sawe so great and mightie an hoast he made his prayer sayde Blessed be thou O sauiour of Israel which diddest destroy y e violent power of the graunt in the hande of thy seruaunt Dauid gauest the hoast of the heathen into the hand of Ionathan the sonne of Saul of his harnesse bearer 31 Put this boast now into the hand of thy people of Israel let them be confounded in their multitude and horsemen 32 Make them afrayde and disâ— the boldnesse of their strength that they may be moued thorowe their destinâ—tion 33 Cast them downe thorowe the sworde of thy louers then shall all they that knowe thy name prayse thee with thankesgeuing 34 So they stroke the battell and there were slayne of Lysias hoast fiue thousande men 35 Then Lysias seyng the discomfyting of his men and the manlinesse of the Iewes howe they were redy either to lyue or to dye lyke men he went vnto Antioch and chose out men of warre that when they were gathered together they might come againe into Iurie 36 Then sayde Iudas and his brethren Behold our enemies are discomfited let vs nowe go vp to clense and to repayre the sanctuarie 37 Vpon this al the hoast gathered them together and went vp into mount Sion 38 Nowe when they sawe the sanctuarie layed wast the aulter defiled the doores brent vp the shrubbes growing in the courtes like as in a wood or vpon mountaynes yea and that the priestes chambers were broken downe 39 They rent their clothes made great lamentation cast asshes vpon their heades 40 Fell downe flat to the grounde vpon their faces made a great noyse with the trumpettes and cryed toward heauen 41 Then Iudas appoynted certayne men to fight against those which were in the castle till they had clensed the sanctuarie 42 So he chose priestes that were vndefiled such as had pleasure in the lawe of God 43 And they clensed the sanctuarie and bare out the defiled stones into an vncleane place 44 And forsomuch as the aulter of burnt offeringes was vnhalowed he toke aduisement what he might do withall 45 So he thought it was best to destroy it lest it shoulde happen to do them any shame for the heathen had defiled it and therfore they brake it downe 46 As for the stones they layed them vp vpon the mountayne by the house in a conuenient place till there came a prophete to shewe what shoulde be done with them 47 So they toke whole stones according to the lawe and buylded a newe aulter such one as was before 48 And made vp the sanctuarie within and without halowed the house and the courtes 49 They made newe holy ornamentes brought the candlesticke the aulter of incense and the table into the temple 50 The incense layed they vpon the aulter lighted the lampes whiche were vpon the candelsticke that they might burne in the temple 51 They set the shew bread vpon the table and hanged vp the vayle and finished all the workes which they had begun to make 52 And vpon the twentie and fifth day of the nynth moneth whiche is called the moneth of Casleu in the hundred fourtie and eyght yere 53 They rose vp betimes in the morning for to do sacrifice according to the lawe vpon the newe burnt offring aulter that they had made 54 After the time and season that the heathen had defiled it the same day was it set vp againe with songues pypes harpes and cymbales 55 And all the people fel vpon their faces worshipping and thanking the God of heauen whiche had geuen them the victorie 56 So they kept the dedication of the aulter eyght dayes offring burnt sacrifices and thanke offeringes with gladnesse 57 They deckt the forefrunt of the temple also with crownes and shieldes of gold and halowed the portes and celles and hanged doores vpon them 58 Thus there was very great gladnesse among the people because the blasphemie of the heathen was put away 59 So Iudas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordeyned that the time of the dedication of the aulter shoulde be kept in his season from yere to yere by the space of eyght dayes from the twentie and fifth day of the moneth Casleu with myrth and gladnesse 60 And at the same time buylded they vp the mount Sion with hye walles and strong towres round about lest the gentiles shoulde come and treade it downe as they did afore 61 Therfore Iudas set men of warre in it to kepe it and made it strong for to defend Bethsura that the people might haue a refuge against the Edomites The .v. Chapter 3 Iudas vanquisheth the heathen that go about to destroy Israel and is holpen of his brethren Simon and Ionathas 50 He ouerthroweth the citie of Ephron because they denied him passage thorowe it 1 IT happened also that when the heathen rounde about hearde howe that the aulter the sanctuarie were set vp in their old estate it displeased them very sore 2 Wherfore they thought to destroy the generation of Iacob that was among them in so much that they began to slay and to persecute certayne of the people 3 Then Iudas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabathane for they dwelt rounde about the Israelites where he slue and spoyled a great multitude of them 4 He thought also vpon the malice and vnfaythfulnesse of the children of Bean how they were a snare and stoppe vnto the people and howe they layed wayte for them in the hye way 5 Wherfore he shut them vp into towres and came vnto them besieged them and destroyed them vtterly brent vp their towres with all that were in them 6 Afterward went he against the children of Ammon whereof he founde a mightie power and a great multitude of people with Timothi their captayne 7 So he stroke many battayles with them which were destroyed before hym 8 And when he had slayne them he wan Gazer the citie with the townes belonging therto and so turned againe into Iurie 9 The heathen also in Galaad gathered them together against the Israelites that were in their quarters to slay them but they fled to the castle of Dathemam 10 And sent letters vnto Iudas and his brethren
dyd repent 14 He also reioyceth in God for the efficacie of his doctrine 17 confutyng therby such quarell pykers as vnder pretence of speakyng agaynst his person sought nothyng but the ouerthrowe of his doctrine 1 BVt I determined this in my selfe y t I would not come againe to you in heauynesse 2 For if I make you sorie who is he y t shoulde make me glad but the same which is made sorie by me 3 And I wrote this same vnto you lest when I came I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce This confidence haue I toward you all that my ioy is the ioy of you all 4 For in great affliction and anguishe of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares not that ye shoulde be made sorie but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you 5 But yf any man hath caused sorowe the same hath not made me sorie but partly lest I shoulde greeue you all 6 It is sufficient vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many 7 So that nowe contrarywise ye ought rather to forgeue hym and comforte hym lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse 8 Wherfore I pray you that you would confirme your loue towardes hym 9 For this cause veryly did I write that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye be obedient in all thynges 10 To whom ye forgeue any thyng I forgeue also For if I forgaue any thing to whom I forgaue it for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christe 11 Lest Satan shoulde circumuent vs For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ☜ 12 Furthermore when I came to Troada to preache Christes Gospell and a doore was opened vnto me of the lorde 13 I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leaue of them and went away into Macedonia 14 Nowe thankes be vnto God whiche alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christe and openeth the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place 15 For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued and in them which perisshe 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death vnto death and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is meete vnto these thynges 17 For we are not as many are whiche chop chaunge with the word of God but as of purenesse of God in the syght of God so speake we in Christe ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He taketh for example the fayth of the Corinthians for a probation of the trueth which he preached 6 and to exalt his apostleship agaynst the braggers of the false apostles 7.13 he maketh comparison betwixt the lawe and the Gospell 1 DO we begyn to prayse our selues agayne Or neede we as some other of epistles of recōmendation vnto you or letters of recommendation from you 2 Ye are our epistle written in our heartes whiche is vnderstande and read of all men 3 Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs and written not with ynke but with the spirite of the lyuyng God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart 4 ☞ Such trust haue we through Christe to Godwarde 5 Not that we are sufficiēt of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues but our ablenesse is of God 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite For the letter kylleth but the spirite geueth lyfe 7 Yf the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was in glorie so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moyses for the glorie of his countenaunce whiche glorie is done away 8 Howe shall not the ministration of the spirite be much more in glorie 9 For yf the ministration of condempnation be glorie much more doth the ministration of ryghteousnes exceede in glorie ☜ 10 For euen that which was glorified is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie 11 For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious much more that which remayneth is glorious 12 Seyng then that we haue such truste we vse great boldnesse 13 And not as Moyses which put a vayle ouer his face that the chyldren of Israel shoulde not see for what purpose that serued which is put away 14 * But their myndes were blynded For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament which vayle is put away in Christe 15 But euen vnto this day when Moyses is read * the vayle is layde vppon their heart 16 Neuerthelesse * when it shall turne to the Lorde the vayle shal be taken away 17 The Lorde is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lorde is there is libertie 18 But we all behold as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lorde with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glorie to glorie euen as of the spirite of the Lorde ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He declareth his diligence and roundnesse in his office 8 and that which his enemies toke for his disaduauntage to wit the crosse and affliction which he endured he turned it to his great aduauntage 11 17 shewyng what profite commeth therby 1 THerfore seyng that we haue such a ministerie as we haue receaued mercie we faynt not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftynesse neither handle we the word of God disceitefully but in openyng of the trueth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God 3 ☞ Yf our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe which is the image of God should shine vnto them 5 ☞ For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse whiche hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christe 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellencie of the power be Gods and not ours 8 We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shyft We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somewhat 9 We suffer persecution but are not forsaken therin We are cast downe but we perisshe not 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie ☜ 11 For we which lyue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
be so vexed with hunger that she shall thinke it longer her chylde be borne that she might eate it Exod. xv d. (r) Some reade the lord wyll seperate thy plagues meaning from other plages so that they shal be more greeuous and more notable (Å¿) He alludeth to the promise made to Abraham Gen. xv Iâ—re xxxi c. (t) Thou shalt be a vagabonde (u) Because they were vnthankefull to God for his miraculous deliuering of them by the parting asunder of the red sea “ Articles Exod. xix a. “ Or mount Sinai where the lawe was first geuen fourtie yeres before the makyng of this couenaunt “ Or proofes (a) This declareth that man can not perceaue the thynges perteynyng to God without the helpe of the grace of God (b) Made by man but Mâ—nna the foode of angels whiche serued them for bread and all other sustenaunce Num. xxi f. c Some rede that ye may be wyse (d) Who scareneth your heartes and therfore ye may not dissemble with hym Ios ix d. (e) Not only the chiefe but also the meanest (f) He alludeth to an auncient ceremonie by whiche they that made a couenaunt deuided a beast into two partes passyng betwene the same sayde so to be deuided that breaketh this couenauÌ„t (g) Meaning them that wer yet vnborne (h) That is sinne the roote wherof must speedyly be cut vp left afterward the bitter fruite therof do choke the soule “ Or. Flatter (i) No harme shall come to me (k) For as the thirstie man desireth nothyng but drynke so he that hath disordred lustes can not be satisfied in them * Gen xix c. * 〈◊〉 xxii â–ª b. Or whiche had not geuen them a lande to possesse (l) He condempneth the curious sent thers of thynges reserued to gods secrete knowledge neglectyng the thyngs reuealed by God as his lawe (a) By bringyng to mynde both his fauour and his displeasure (b That is wyll chaunge his purpose wyll reconcile hym selfe to thee (c) Wyll cut away â—oy vngodly iustes aâ—fections * Ier. xxxii f. (d) Not that God is subiect to affections but hereby is set foorth his fauour toward repentaunt sinners Rom. x b. (e) Some reade not seperate from thee He meaneth that the lawe is so playne that none caÌ„ pleade ignoraunce (f) By heauen and the sea he meaneth places very farre of 〈◊〉 xâ— d. g He s◠〈…〉 â—bediâ— to Gods 〈◊〉 bring 〈◊〉 and â—ence 〈…〉 Deut iiii d. That is to saye shew thy â—oue and obedience to God which is not perfourmed by our owne strength but by gods grace working in his elect (i) Whereby is not onely meant y e land of Chanaan but also y e heauenly inheritaunce wherâ— of the other was a figure (a) Can no longer perfourme the chardge committed vnto me (b That is into the land of Chanaan for Iordan in the coast â—f Moab is the bounde of the lande of Chanaan Num xx c. (c) Into your power Iosu i. b â–ª 〈◊〉 â–ª Reg. ii a. (d) Before Moyses tyme the doctrine which conteyned the maner of seruyng God was not put in writing but only delyuered by word of mouth by the fathers to the children from one generation to another (e) Notwithstandyng this solempne lecture of the lawe at the ende of euery seuen yeres they had in y e meane tyme ordinarie exercises in the same (f) Whiche were vnborne at the geuing of the lawe Exod. 32. d. (g â—orsaking God to whom they had plight their trâ—th as to their spouse (h) I wyll turne my face from them as it is sayd that God sheweth vs his countenaunce wheÌ„ he doth fauour â—o (i) â—hal testifie to theÌ„ that are thus plagued for departyng from me Iosu i. a. iii. Reg. ii b. Deut. xâ—ii (k) To declare the maiestie of the doctrine conteyned therin as proceeding from God (l) Of thy lacke of fayth when thou shalt fall to idolatrie 4. Reg. 17. c (m) By worshipping images whiche your handes haue made (a) As witnesses of the vnthankfulnesse of this most insensible people (b) Not vpon the stones but vpon y e grasse that is tractable and obedient people “ Hebre rocke This declareth Gods strength stedfastnes in hiâ— promise 〈…〉 〈…〉 () Full of wyld beastes Psaâ— 81. c. Rebelled against God 〈◊〉 cvi f. (e He calleth them Gods chyldren not to honor theÌ„ â–ª but to shewe them from what state they are â—ailes Rom. x. d â–ª Iere. xx c. Iere. v. b. Ioel. i. b. (f) Reioycyng to see the godly afflicted and attributyng that to them selues whiche is wrought by gods hande Or â–ª delyuered them into their enemies hande 1. Reg. v. b. (g) As yf he sayde thynke not that I forget mens sinnes but reserue them to the tyme of punâ—shment â–ª Rom. xii d. ii Mac. viâ— a. h Gouerne them 〈◊〉 ii d. Deut iiii f. i. Reg. ii c. Deut iiii f. i. Reg. ii c. Iob. xv b. (i) That is acknowledge gods goodnes towards theÌ„ Deut. vâ—â— Num. xx d. Num. xx a. (a) Which is a for eshewyng of the mercies that GOD woulde after-terward shew to the Israelites The instrumente of y e holy ghost (c) Here Moyses bringeth the people in minde of the glorious reâ—ealyng of the lawe (d) The children of Israel (e) To continue amongst vs from age to age By these words he meaâ— the priestâ— Thumâ— signifieth â—tition and â—ynesse Vâ— lyght and knowledge Râ—â—de Exodus â—8 d. g That 〈◊〉 esteemed the seruyng of God then the loue of his parentes Or substaunce “ Or sweetenes of heauen meanyng the sweet deawes and rayne that come from heauen Loke Genesis 49. h God that appeared to Moyses in a bushe (i) Meanyng that this tribe shoulde be victorious (k) That is which God the lawe geuer had reserued for the Gadites (l) That is shal be strong enough to defende hym selfe Num. xvi â— (a) Which was a part of the mount Abarim (b) Some reade the top of Phasga betweene which hyll and Iericho the fludde of Iordane doth runne (c) The sea mediterraneum which lyeth westwarde from Iurie Gen. xii b. Deut. iiii c. (d) Gods angel (e) Lest the Israelites shoulde take occasion of idolatrie therby Num. xx d. Num. 27. â— (f) To whom God spake most plainely familierly (g) All the inhabitauntes of his lande (h) Great power (a The begâ—nâ—ng of this booke dependeth on the last chapter of Deute which was written by Iosuah â–ª as a preparation to his historie (b Educatiâ—n with Moyses by Gods prouidence was a meane to make Iosuah meete for this hye callyng Blessed are they that haue their education with good men c God only disposeth kingdomes and geueth them to whom he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 xi c. d Of Zin câ—led Cadeâ—h and â—aâ—an or â—eratâ— e Meanyng tâ—e whole â—nde of Chanaan f Called Mediterraneaâ— which in respect of the other â—eas of the lande of Chanaan is â—ed great Iosu iii. b. Heb. iiii b. Deu. xxxi f Deu v. g. Deu. xvii d. (g)
hypocrisie which pretend to forsake wickednes and yet declare not them selues such by their fruites that is in obeying gods commaundementes and by godly lyfe Eze. xviii c. (g) When the prophete was led away captiue with Ieconiah (h) I was endued with the spirite of prophecie as Chap 8. a. (i) Whereby is signifieth that the ministers of god can not speake till God geue them courage and open their mouthes Chap. 14. d. (k) Thus the wicked thinke them selues more worthy to enioy gods promise then the lamâ—tes of God to whoÌ„ they were made would binde God to be subiect to them though they woulde not be bounde to him Leui. 17. c. (l) As they that are redy still to shed blood Eze. vii d. (m) This declareth that we ought to heare gods worde with such zeale and affection that we should not onely bought therein to heare it preached but also in al pointes obey it els we abuse the worde to our owne coÌ„demnation and make of the ministers as though they were iestes to serue mens fantasies (n) Or a song of pastime and pleasure (a) By the shepheardes he meaneth the king the magistrates priestes and prophetes (b) Ye seeke to enriche your selues by their commodities and so spoyle their riches and substaunce (c) He describeth the office and duetie of a good pastor who ought to loue and succour his flock and not to be cruel towards them (d) For lacke of good gouernment and doctrine they perishâ— By destroying the couetous hirelinges restoring true shepheardes (f) In the day of their affliction and miserie and this promise is to comforts the churche in all daungers (g) That is by putting difference betweene the good and bad so geue to eyther as they deserue (h) By good pasture and deepe waters is ment the pure worde of God â–ª and the administrâ— of iustice which theâ— did not dâ—bute to the poore 〈…〉 (i) Meaning Christe of whom Dauid was a figure as Hose 3. â— Ier. 30. b. (k) This declareth that vnder Christe the flocke should be truely deliuered from sinne and hel and so be safely preserued in the church where they should neuer perishe (l) That is the rodde that shall come out of the roote of Isai Esai xi a. “ Or clembd or hunger-staruen Esai 34. a. (a) Where the Idumeans dwelt (b) Except thou repent thy former crueltie (c) To wit to their former esâ— (d) (c) As thou hast done cruelly to sâ—e thou be cruelly handled Shewing that when God punisheth the enemies the godly ought to consider that he hath a care ouer them so praise his name and also that the wicked rage as though there were no God till they feele his hande to their destruction Eze. vi a. (a) That is the Iduinean (b) That is the hilly countreys of Iuda (c) Ye are made a matter of talke and derision to all the worlde (d) They appoynted with them selues to himselfe â–ª and therfore came with 〈◊〉 Nebuchodnozor against Hierusalem for this purpose (e) Because ye haue ben laughing stocke vnto them (f) By making a solempe oth Chap. 10. â— (g) God declareth his mercies and goodnes toward his church who stil preserueth his men whâ— he destroyeth his enemies (h) which was accomplished vnder Christe to whom al these temporall deliueraunces did direct theÌ„ (i) That is vpon the mountaines of Iuda you chaunging the number Thus the enemies imputed as the reproche of the lande â–ª which God did for the sinnes of the people adâ—ding to his misiudgementes Esai 52. a. Rom 25. d. (m) And therefore would not suffer my name to be had in contempt as the heathen would haue reproched me if I had suffered my church to perishe (n) This excludeth from men all dignitie and meane to deserue any thing by seeing that God referreth the whole to him selfe and that onely for the glory of his holy name o That is his spirite whereby he â—ormeth the â—rt and regenerateth 〈◊〉 Esai 44. ◠〈◊〉 23 g. Vnder the aboundaunce of temporall benefites he concludeth the spirituall graces (q) Ye shall come to 〈◊〉 repentaunce and thinke your selues vnworthy to be of the number of god creatures â–ª for your ingratitude against him (r) He declareth that it ought not to be referred to the soile or sâ—rtuitie of the earth that any countrey is rich aboundant but â—nely to gods mercies as hâ—s plagues curses declare when he maketh it baren (a) By this vision he prophecieth that the people of Israel shal be deliuered whom he compareth to bones of dead men for as drye bones seeme without all hope of lyâ—e againeâ— so the Israelites thought they should neuer returne into their countrey as appeareth by their wordes in the eleuenth verse Our bones are dryed and our hope is gone c. (b) He fraineth this talke to the fantasie and opinion of men that thinke the life of men when they departe is dissolued into the ayre when as in deede the spirite returneth to him that giue it to the Lorde who is the bosome of Ibraham the receptacle of the faithfull Neither ought any man to conclude here upon that the soule of man is of the nature of ayre That is wheâ— I bryng you out of these places and townes where ye are captiues which signifieth their ioyning together of the two houses of Israel and Iuda (e) This is the house of Israel Joan â— â— Esa xl b. Ier xxiii a chap 34. d â–ª Dan. ix â— a Which was a people that came of Magog the sonne of Iaphet Gen. 10. a. Magog also here signifieth a certayne countrey so that by these countreyes which had the gouernement of Grecia and Italy â—e â—eth the â—pall enemies of the church 〈…〉 b The Persians Ethiopians men of Ephrica Gomer was Iapheâ—s sâ—nne and Togarma the sonne of Gomer and are thought to be they that Inhibite in Asia minor (d) That is to molest destroy the churche (e) Meaning Israel whiche had now ben destroyed and was not yet buylt againe declaring hereby also the simplicitie of the godly who take not so much to fortifie them selues by outwarde force as to depend on the prouidence and goodnesse of God One enemie shal enuse another because euery one shall thinke to haue the spoyle of the people of the people of God Shalt not thou espie thine occasioÌ„s to come against the church when they suspect nothing (h) Meaning in the last age and from the comming of Christ vnto the end of the world Signifying that god wil be sanctified by mayntâ—ining his church destroying his enemies as chap. 36 c. and 37 d. Hereby he declareth that none afflictioÌ„s can come to the church wherof they haue not ben aduersited afore time to teach them to endure all thinges with more patience when they know that God hath so ordeyned (l) Al meanes wherby man should thinke to saue him selfe shal sayle the afflictions in those dayes shal be so great and the enemies destruction
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commōly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now whē the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now whē we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condēpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people