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
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
them selues against me rounde about 7 Arise vp O God saue thou me O my Lorde for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly 8 Saluation is of God thy blessing is vpon thy people Selah ¶ The argument of the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid at the rebellion of his sonne Absalom cryeth to God for helpe He reproueth the chiefe doers of his aduersaries and exhorteth them to repent He is glad that they haue plentie of victuals and other necessaries seyng that he him selfe is assured of God his fauour ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth a psalme of Dauid 1 HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnesse thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse 2 O ye sonnes of men how long wyll ye go about to bryng my glory to confusion ye loue vanitie ye seeke after lyes Selah 3 For ye must know that God hath chosen to him selfe a godly man God wyl heare when I call vnto hym 4 Be ye angry but sinne not commune with your owne heart in your chaumber and be styll Selah 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse and put your trust in God 6 There be many that say who wyll shewe vs any good O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs. 7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine increased 8 I wyll lay me downe in peace and take my rest for thou God only makest me to dwell in safetie The argument of the .v. psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies requireth God to heare his prayers to guide him and to destroy wicked flattering rebels trusting most assuredly that the godly shall be of hym defended and blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Nehiloth a psalme of Dauid 1 GEue eare vnto my wordes O God vnderstande thou my pensifnesse 2 Hearken thou vnto the voyce of my crying my kyng and my Lorde for vnto thee I wyll make my prayer 3 Thou shalt heare my voyce betymes O God I wyll early in the morning direct a prayer vnto thee and I wyll looke for helpe from thee 4 For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse neither can any euyll dwell with thee 5 Suche as be foolishe can not stande in thy sight thou hatest all workers of iniquitie 6 Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye God wyll abhorre both the blood-thirstie and deceiptfull man 7 As for me I wyll come into thyne house trusting in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare I will humble my selfe in thyne holy temple 8 Leade me O God in thy righteousnesse because of myne enemies make thy way playne before my face 9 For no trueth is in their mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednesse their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue 10 Destroy thou them O Lord let them perishe through their owne counsailes cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesse for they haue rebelled against thee 11 And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce they wyll triumph for euer because thou defendest them and they that loue thy name wyll be ioyfull in thee 12 For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence as with a shielde The argument of the .vj. psalme ¶ Dauid besecheth God of his mercy to mitigate the afflictions whiche he felt in his body and soule to this ende that he in this lyfe might prayse God And forsomuch as he assureth him selfe that God hath hearde his prayer he pronounceth that his enemies shall be put to shame ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth vpon eyght a psalme of Dauid 1 O God rebuke me not in thine indignation neither chasten me in thy wrath 2 Haue mercy on me O God for I am weake O God heale me for my bones be very sore 3 My soule also is greatly troubled but O God howe long shall I be in this case 4 Turne thee O God and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death no man remembreth thee and in the graue who can acknowledge thee 6 I am weerie of my groning I washe my bed euery nyght and I water my coutche with my teares 7 Mine eye is almost put out through griefe and worne out through all mine enemies 8 Away from me all workers of iniquitie for God hath hearde the voyce of my weeping 9 God hath hearde my petition God wyll receaue my prayer 10 All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe they shal be put to shame sodainlye The argument of the .vii. psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God to deliuer him from such as do persecute him to death for that he is innocent and hath deserued no suche thing at their handes comforting him selfe therfore in God he threatneth destruction to his enemies ¶ Siggaion of Dauid whiche he song vnto God in the busines of Chus the sonne of Iemini 1 O God my Lord in thee I haue put my trust saue me from all them that do persecute me and deliuer thou me 2 Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule teareth it in peeces hauyng no rescue 3 O God my Lord if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my handes 4 If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie 5 Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let hym put me to death and lay myne honour in the dust Selah 6 Arise O God in thy wrath and stand thou vp agaynst the rage of myne enemies stirre thou for me according to the iudgement whiche thou hast geuen 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therfore place thy selfe on high 8 God wyll iudge the people geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse and according to my perfection that is within me 9 My desire is that y e wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende and that thou wouldest assist the iust who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes O most righteous Lorde 10 My buckler is with God who preserueth them that be vpright in heart 11 The Lorde is a righteous iudge and the Lorde is prouoked to anger euery day 12 If the wicked wyll not turne he wyll whet his sworde bende his bowe and haue it in a redinesse to shoote 13 He hath prepared hym instrumentes of death he hath ordayned his arrowes agaynst them that be persecutors 14 Beholde he wyll be in trauayle of a mischiefe for he hath conceaued a labour but yet he shall be brought to bed of a falsehood 15 He hath made a graue and digged it but he hym selfe
mightie it is God mightie in battayle 9 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 10 Who is this kyng of glorie euen the God of hostes he is the kyng of glorie Selah The argument of the .xxv. Psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies feelyng the great burden of sinne namely of his youth prayeth God partly to delyuer hym partly to teache hym and to pardon his offences He setteth foorth the infinite goodnesse and felicitie which is assured to all them that feare God Finally he confesseth that all his trust is in God 1 I Lyft vp my soule vnto thee O God I put my trust in thee my Lorde let me not be confounded neither let myne enemies triumph ouer me 2 Yea let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse 3 Make me to knowe thy wayes O God and teache me thy pathes leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me for thou art the Lorde of my saluation I haue wayted for thee al the day long 4 Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies thy louyng kindnesse for they haue ben for euer 5 Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me 6 Gratious and ryghteous is God therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way 7 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement and teache the humble his way 8 All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies 9 Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse for it is very great 10 What man is he that feareth God God wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose 11 His soule shall rest all nyght at ease and his seede shall inherite the lande 12 The secrete of God is among them that feare hym and he wyll make knowen vnto them his couenaunt 13 Myne eyes be alwayes turned vnto God for he wyll take my feete out of the net 14 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am desolate and in miserie 15 The sorowes of myne heart are encreased O bryng thou me out of my distresse 16 Loke thou vpon myne aduersitie and vpon my labour and forgeue me all my sinne 17 Consider myne enemies for they do multiplie and they beare a tirannous hate against me 18 O kepe my soule and deliuer me lest I shal be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee 19 Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe for I haue wayted after thee 20 O God redeeme Israel out of all his aduersities The argument of the .xxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid offereth his cause for the whiche he was persecuted to be iudged of God protesting his innocencie partly in that he serued God with purenes of heart and vprightnes of life frequenting his temple and vsing his ceremonies partly also in that he hated all company of euill men whatsoeuer they were ¶ Of Dauid 1 IVdge thou me O God for I haue walked in my perfection my trustalso hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall 2 Examine me O God and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth 4 I haue not sit in company with vayne persons neither haue I entred once acquaintaunce with dissemblers 5 I haue hated the congregation of the malitious and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly 6 I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie and so I haue gone about thine aulter O God 7 That in a publique confession I myght heare and set foorth all thy wonderous workes 8 O God I haue loued the habitation of thine house and the place wherethine honour dwelleth 9 O gather not my soule with sinners nor my life with bloodie men 10 In whose handes is wickednes and their right hande is full of gyftes 11 But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection O redeeme me and be mercyfull vnto me 12 My foote standeth vpon a playne grounde therfore I wyll blesse God in the congregations ¶ The argument of the .xxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete confesseth his boldnes courage and no feare at all that he had through God in extreame and perilous daungers Before al thinges he requireth that he may come into the temple with the godly for to sacrifice and to prayse God He prayeth also most earnestly for helpe at Gods hande being of all other forsaken 1 GOD is my lyght and saluation whom then shall I feare God is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraide 2 When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell 3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me yet shall not mine heart be afraide and though there rose vp warre against me yet I wyll put my trust in this 4 I haue desired one thyng of God whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life to beholde the beautifulnes of God and to seeke it in his temple 5 For in the time of aduersitie he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his pauilion he shall hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone 6 And nowe he shall lift vp my head aboue mine enemies rounde about me therfore I wyll offer in his tabernacle a sacrifice of great ioy I wyll sing and prayse God with psalmes 7 Hearken vnto my voyce O god when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me 8 My heart hath sayde vnto thee accorcording * to this thy commaundement seeke ye my face thy face O God wyll I seeke 9 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy seruaunt away in a displeasure thou hast ben my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O Lorde of my saluation 10 For my father and mother forsoke me and God did take me vp 11 Teache me thy way O God and leade me in a right path because of mine enemies 12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me and such as speake wrong 13 If I had not beleued veryly to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing their spite had kylled me 14 Attende thou therfore vpon God be of a good courage and he will comfort thine heart I say attende thou vpon God The argument of the .xxviii. psalme ¶ The prophete turning his face towardes the arke of God desireth that his prayers may be hearde that God would succour him and not suffer him to be oppressed of the wicked to whom vengeaunce is due he thanketh
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
out thy spirite they be recreated and thou reuiuest the face of the earth 31 The glorious maiestie of God shal endure for euer God wyll reioyce in his workes 32 He beholdeth the earth it trembleth he toucheth the hilles and they smoke 33 I wyll syng vnto God as long as I liue I will sing psalmes vnto my Lord so long as I shall be 34 My meditations of hym shal be very pleasaunt for all my ioy shal be in God 35 As for sinners they shal be consumed out of the earth and the vngodly shall come to an ende blesse thou God O my soule and prayse you the Lorde The argument of the .cv. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all men to acknowledge God to call vpon God for helpe to seeke God and to preache God but especially he moueth the Israelites to remember the promises that God made to their forefathers Abraham Isahac Iacob and also the benefites that he had bestowed on them aboue all other nations For God had such care of them beyng pilgrimes in forraine lands that he would not suffer any once to touch them yea he rebuked kinges for their sakes and he preserued them in famine and other aduersitie as Ioseph was solde into Egypt but it had a good successe The entring of the children of Israel into Egypt is set foorth and what happened vnto them whyles they were there Likewise their ioyfull departing out of Egypt their doyng by the way in the wyldernesse and at length their entring into the lande of promise where God placed them that they should kepe his commaundementes is most amply declared 1 COnfesse you it vnto God call vppon his name cause the people to vnderstande his deuises 2 Sing vnto hym sing psalmes vnto him talke you of all his wonderous workes 3 Glory ye in his holy name let the heart of them reioyce that do seeke God 4 Seeke God and his strength seeke his face euermore 5 Remember the meruaylous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgementes of his mouth 6 O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt ye his chosen chyldren of Iacob he is God our Lord his iudgementes are in all the earth 7 He hath ben mindfull alwayes of his couenaunt for he promised a worde to a thousande generations euen of his couenaunt that he made with Abraham and of his othe vnto Isaac 8 And he appointed the same vnto Iacob for a law and to Israel for an euerlasting couenaunt 9 Saying vnto thee I wyll geue the lande of Chanaan the lot of your inheritaunce 10 When they were a fewe men in number and had ben straungers but a litle whyle in it and when they went from one nation to another from one kingdome to another people 11 He suffred no man to do them wrong yea he reproued euen kynges for their sakes 12 Touche not mine annoynted and triumph not ouer my prophetes 13 Moreouer he called for a famine vpon the lande and he made all maner of foode to fayle 14 But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph who was solde to be a bonde seruaunt 15 Whose feete they dyd hurt in the stockes the iron entred into his soule 16 Vntill the tyme came that his cause was knowen the worde of the Lorde tryed hym 17 The king sent and caused hym to be let go yea the prince of the people opened a way foorth for hym 18 He made him Lorde of his house and ruler of all his substaunce 19 That he might enfourme his princes according to his minde and teache his senatours wysdome 20 Israel also came into Egypt Iacob was a straunger in the lande of Cham. 21 And he encreased his people exceedinglye and made them stronger then their enemies 22 Whos 's heart so turned that they hated his people and dealt subtilly with his seruauntes 23 Then he sent Moyses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen they did their message workyng his signes among them and wonders in the lande of Cham. 24 He sent darknes it was darke and they went not from his wordes 25 He turned their waters into blood and slue their fishe 26 Their lande brought foorth frogges yea euen in their kinges chaumbers 27 He spake the worde and there came a swarme of all maner of flyes and of lyce in all their quarters 28 He gaue them haylestones for rayne and flambes of fire in their lande 29 He smote their vines also figge trees and he destroyed the trees that were in their coastes 30 He spake the worde and the grashoppers came caterpillers innumerable 31 And they did eate vp all the grasse in their lande and deuoured the fruite of their grounde 32 He smote al the first borne in their land euen the first fruites of all their concupiscence 33 He also brought them foorth with siluer and golde there was not one feeble person in their tribes 34 Egypt was glad at their departing for they were smytten with dread of them 35 He spred out a cloude to be a couering and fire to geue light in the night season 36 The people required and he brought quayles and he filled them with the bread of heauen 37 He opened the rocke of stone and the waters flowed out so that streames ranne in drye places 38 For he remembred his holy worde spoken◠vnto Abraham his seruaunt 39 And he brought foorth his people with gladnes and his chosen with a ioyfull noyse 40 And he gaue them the landes of the Heathen and they toke to inheritaunce the labours of the people 41 To the intent that they shoulde kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cvi. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth all men to prayse God and to do iustly He maketh his prayer acknowledging his owne sinnes and the sinnes of the forefathers of the Israelites who not considering the great benefites of God rebelled against God at the red sea Afterwarde in the wyldernes they did tempt God Core Dathan and Abiram conspiring against Moyses and Aaron were swalowed vp of the earth They worshipped a calfe made of golde They murmured against them that viewed the land of promise abhorring to heare of it They sacrifised to Baal Peor They grudged at God for lacke of water Finally when they came to the holy lande they committed idolatrie and al kinde of wickednes of life so that they were geuen vp vnto their enemies handes but God most mercyfully deliuered them for his promise sake ¶ Prayse ye the Lorde 1 COnfesse you it vnto god for he is gratious and his mercy endureth foreuer 2 Who can expresse the valiaunt actes of God who can publishe abrode all his prayse 3 Blessed are they that kepe iudgement and do iustice at all times 4 Remember me O God according to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O visite me with thy saluation 5 That I may see the
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
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
fruites and tithes 7 So that in the thirde yere he ministred all the tithes vnto the straungers and conuertes 8 These and such like thinges dyd he obserue according to the law of God when he was yet but young 9 But when he was a man he toke out of his owne tribe a wyfe called Anna and of her he begat a sonne whom he called after his owne name 10 And taught him from his youth vp to feare God and to refrayne from al sinne 11 Now when he with his wife his sonne and with all his kinred was come in captiuitie vnto the citie of Niniue 12 What time as they all dyd eate of the meates of the heathen he kept his soule and was neuer defiled in their meates 13 And for so much as he was mindeful of the Lorde in all his heart God gaue him fauour in the sight of Salmanasar the king 14 Which gaue him power to go where he woulde and so had he libertie to do whatsoeuer he woulde 15 So went Tobias vnto all them that were in captiuitie and comforted them and gaue them wholsome exhortations 16 And when he came to Rages a citie of the Medes hauing ten talentes of siluer of the thinges wherewith the king had honoured him 17 And sawe among a great companie of people of his kinred one Gabelus which was of his owne tribe beyng in necessite he gaue him the sayde wayght of siluer vnder an hande writyng 18 After a long season when Salmanasar the kyng was dead and Sennacherib his sonne raigned in his steade which hated the children of Israel 19 Tobias went dayly throughout all his kinrede and comforted them and gaue of his goods to euery one of them as much as he might 20 He fed the hungry clothed the naked and buried the dead and slayne and that diligently 21 And when Sennacherib the king came agayne and fled out of Iurie what time as god punished him for his blasphemie in his wrath slue many of the children of Israel Tobias buried their bodies 22 But when it was told the king he commaunded to slay him and toke away all his goodes 23 Neuerthelesse Tobias with his sonne and with his wyfe fled his way naked and was hyd for there were many that loued hym 24 But after fourtie and fiue dayes the king was slayne of his owne sonnes 25 Then came Tobias againe to his house and all his goodes were restored vnto him The .ii. Chapter 1 Tobias calleth the faythfull to his table 3 He leaueth the feast to burie the dead 10 Howe he became blind 13 His wife laboureth for his liuing 16 She reprocheth hym bitterly 1 AFter those thinges vppon a solempne day of the Lorde Tobias made a good feast in his house 2 And sayde vnto his sonne Go thy way bring hyther some of our tribe suche as feare God that they may make mery with vs. 3 And when he was gone he came againe and told his father that one of the children of Israel lay slayne vpon the streete 4 And immediatly he leapt from his table left the feast came fasting to the dead coarse toke him and bare him priuyly into his house that when the sunne was downe he might safely burie him 5 And when he had hyd the coarse he did eate his meate with mourning and feare 6 Remembring the wordes that the Lord sayde by the prophete Amos Your hye feastes shal be turned to sorowe and heauinesse 7 But when the sunne was downe he went his way and buried him 8 Then al his neyghbours reproued him saying It is not long sence it was commaunded to slay thee because of this matter and hast scarce escaped the daunger of death and buriest thou the dead againe 9 Neuerthelesse Tobias fearing God more then the king toke the bodies of the slayne and hyd them in his house and buried them at midnights 10 It happened vpon a day that he had buried the dead and was weery came home and layed him downe by the wal and slept 11 And whyle he was asleepe there fell downe vpon his eyes warme doung out of the swalloes nest so that he was blinde 12 This temptation dyd God suffer to happen vnto him that they which came after might haue an example of his pacience like as of holy Iob. 13 For in so much as he euer feared God from his youth vp and kept his commaundementes he grudged not against God that the plague of blindnesse chaunced vnto hym 14 But remayned stedfast in the feare of God and thanked God all the dayes of his lyfe 15 For like as blessed Iob was had in deâ—sion of kinges euen so was he laughed to scorne of his elders and kinsfolkes which sayde vnto him 16 Where is thy hope for the whiche thou hast done almes and buried the dead 17 But Tobias rebuked them and spake Say not so 19 For we are the children of holy men and loke for the lyfe whiche God shall geue vnto them that neuer turne their beliefe from him 19 And Anna his wyfe went dayly to the weauing worke 20 And loke what liuing she coulde get with the labour of her handes she brought it And it happened that she toke a byd and brought it home 21 And when her husband hearde it crye he sayde Loke that it be not stollen restore it againe to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate or to touch any thing of theft 22 Then was his wyfe angry and sayde Nowe is thy hope become vayne openly and thy almes deedes are manifest 23 With these and such like wordes did she cast him in the teeth The .iii. Chapter 3 The prayer of Tobias 7 Sara Raguels daughter and the thinges that came vnto her 12 Her prayer hearde 19 The angell Raphael sent 1 THen Tobias toke it heauyly with teares began to make his prayer 2 Saying O Lord thou art righteous and all thy iudgementes are true yea al thy wayes are mercie faythfulnesse and iudgement 3 And now O Lorde be myndefull of me and take no vengeaunce of my sinnes neither remember my misdeedes neither the misdeedes of my forefathers 4 For we haue not ben obedient vnto thy commaundementes therefore are we spoyled brought into captiuite into death into derision and shame vnto all nations among whom thou hast scattered vs. 5 And nowe O Lorde thy iudgementes are great for we haue not done according to thy commaundementes neither haue we walked innocently before thee 6 And nowe O Lord deale with me according to thy will and commaunde my spirite to be receaued in peace for more expedient were it for me to die then to liue 7 At the same time it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a citie of the Medes was also reproched by one of her fathers handmaydes 8 That she had had seuen husbandes which assoone as they were gone in vnto her were slayne of the deuyll called Asmodeus 9 Therfore when she reproued the mayden for
of God but put them selues foorth with vnpatiencie and murmuring against God 25 Perished of the destroyer and were slaine of serpentes 26 And therefore shoulde not we vndertake to be auenged for the thinges that are done vnto vs 27 But to consider that all these punishmentes are farre lesse then our sinnes and misdeedes and beleeuing that this correction commeth vnto vs as to the seruauntes of God for amendement and not for our destruction 28 Then saide Osias and the elders vnto Iudith All that thou speakest is true and no man can reproue thy wordes 29 Pray thou for vs now therefore vnto God for thou art an holy woman and fearest God 30 And Iudith saide vnto them Seing ye know that my wordes are of God 31 Then proue my counsell and deuice if it be of God and beseche God that he wyll bryng my counsell to good ende 32 Thus haue I deuised Ye shall stande this night before the porte and I wyll go foorth with Abra my mayden and pray ye therefore vnto God that he wyll graciously remember his people of Israel within fiue dayes as ye haue saide 33 As for the thing that I go in hande withall aske ye no questions of it and tyll I bring you word againe of it do ye nothing els but pray vnto the Lorde our God for me 34 Then Osias the prince of the people of Iuda saide vnto her Go thy way in peace the Lorde be with thee that we may be auenged of our enemies And so they went from her againe ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Iudith humbleth her selfe before the Lorde and maketh her prayers for the delyueraunce of her people 7 Against the pryde of the Assyrians 11 God is the helpe of the humble 1 NOw when they were gone their way Iudith went into her closet put on a heery smocke strawed ashes vpon her head fell downe before the Lorde and cryed vnto him saying 2 O Lorde God of my father Simeon which gauest him a sword for a defence against the enemies that vsed violence in their vncleannesse and that rauished the virgin and put her to shame and confusion 3 Thou that gauest their wyues into a pray and their daughters into captiuitie and all their pray for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes which bare a zeale vnto thee helpe me wydowe O Lorde my God I beseche thee 4 For thou hast made the first thinges and after that looke what thou hast taken in hande and deuised it came euer to passe 5 For all thy wayes are prepared and thy iudgementes are put in thy euerlasting foreknowledge 6 O looke now vpon the armies of the Assyrians lyke as it was thy pleasure sometime to looke vpon the hoast of the Egyptians when they being weaponed persecuted thy seruauntes and put their trust in their charettes horsemen and in the multitude of their men of warre 7 But thou lookedst vpon their hoast casting a thicke darkenesse before them 8 And when they came into the deepe the waters ouerwhelmed them 9 Euen so Lord let it go with these that trust in the power multitude of their men of warre in their charets arrowes and speares 10 And know not that thou onely art our God which destroyest warres from the beginning and that thou art the Lord. 11 O lyft vp thyne arme now lyke as euer from the beginning and in thy power bryng their power to naught cause their might to fall in thy wrath which make their boast that they wyll vnhallowe and defile thy sanctuarie and to waste the tabernacle of thy name and to cast downe the horne of thyne aulter with their sword 12 Bryng to passe O Lord that the pryde of the enemie may be cut downe with his owne sword 13 That he may be taken with the snare of his eyes in me and that thou mayest smyte him with the lyppes of my loue 14 O geue me a stedfast mynde that I may despyse him and his strength and that I may destroy him 15 This shall bryng thy name an euerlasting remembraunce if the hande of a woman ouerthrowe him 16 For thy power O Lord standeth not in the multitude of men neither hast thou any pleasure in the strength of horses neither was there from the beginning any proude persons that pleased thee but in the prayer of the humble meeke hath thy pleasure ben euermore 17 O thou God of the heauens thou maker of the waters and Lorde of all creatures heare me poore woman calling vpon thee and putting my trust in thy mercy 18 Remember thy couenaunt O Lorde and minister wordes in my mouth and stablishe this deuice in my heart that thy house may continue still in holynes 19 And that all the heathen may knowe that thou art God that there is none other but thou ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 Iudith decketh her selfe and goeth foorth of the citie 11 She is taken of the watch of the Assyrians and brought to Holophernes 1 AND when she had left of crying vnto the lord she rose vp from the place where she had lyen flat before the Lord 2 And called her mayden Abra went downe into her house layed the heery cloth from her put of the garmentes of her wydowhood 3 Washed her body annoynted her selfe with precious thinges of sweete sauour broyded and platted her heere set a coyffe vpon her head and put on such apparell as belongeth vnto gladnesse slippers vpon her feete bracelettes spanges earynges fynger rynges and decked her selfe with all her best aray 4 The Lorde gaue her also a speciall beautie and fairenesse for all this decking of her selfe was not done for any voluptuousnesse but of a ryght discretion and vertue therefore did the Lorde encrease her beautie so that she was exceeding amiable and welfauoured in all mens eyes 5 She gaue her mayden Abra also a bottell of wine a pot with oyle pottage cake bread and cheese went her way 6 Nowe when they came to the porte of the citie they founde Osias and the elders of the citie wayting there 7 Which when they sawe her they were astonied and marueyled greatly at her beautie 8 Neuerthelesse they asked no question at her but let her go saying The God of our fathers geue thee grace and with his power perfourme all the deuice of thy heart that Hierusalem may reioyce ouer thee and that thy name may be in the number of the holy righteous 9 And all they that were there saide with one voyce So be it so be it 10 Iudith made her prayer vnto the Lorde and went out at the porte she and her mayde Abra. 11 And as she was going downe the mountayne it happened that about the spryng of the day the spyes of the Assyrians met with her and tooke her saying whence commest thou or whyther goest thou 12 She aunswered I am a daughter of the Hebrues and am fled from them for I knowe that they shal be geuen vnto you to be spoyled because they
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
they that desire them and they that worship them loue euyls and are worthy to haue suche thinges to trust vpon 7 For the potter tempereth soft earth laboureth it and geueth it the fashion of whatsoeuer vessell serueth for our vse and of the selfe same clay he maketh both the vessels that serue for cleane vses and also such as serue to the contrary wherevnto euery vessell serueth the potter hym selfe beyng the iudge 8 So by his wicked labour he maketh a vayne god of the same clay this doth euen he whiche a litle before was made of earth hym selfe and within a litle whyle after returneth to the same out of whiche he was taken when the lone of his lyfe shal be demaunded from him agayne 9 Nothwithstanding he careth not the more for this that he must labour nor that his life is short but striueth to excell goldsmythes and siluersmythes and endeuoureth to do like the coppersmythes and taketh it for an honour to make deceauable thinges 10 His heart is but ashes his hope is more vayne then earth and his lyfe of lesse honour then clay 11 Forsomuche as he knoweth not his owne maker that gaue him his soule of power to worke and breathed in hym the breath of life 12 But they counted our lyfe but a pastime and our conuersation to be but a market for gayne and that men should euery way be getting yea though it were by euyll meanes 13 Nowe he that of earth maketh frayle vessels and images knoweth hym selfe to offende aboue all other 14 Al the enemies of thy people that hold them in subiection are most vnwyse are more miserable then very fooles 15 For they iudge all the idols of the heathen to be gods whiche neither haue eyesight to see nor noses to smell nor eares to heare nor fingers or hands to grope and as for their feete they are to slowe to go 16 For man made them and he that borowed his owne spirit fashioned them but no man can make a god lyke vnto hym selfe 17 For seyng he is but mortall it is but mortall that he maketh with vnrighteous handes He him selfe is better then they whom he worshippeth for he liued as they dyd neuer 18 Yea they worshipped such beastes also as are most hatefull for if they were compared for madnesse they are worse then others 19 Neither haue they any beautie why to be desired in respect of other beastes but are all voyde of the prayse of God and his blessing The .xvj. Chapter 1 The punishment of idolaters 20 The benefites done vnto the faythfull 1 THerfore by such things are they worthyly punished thorowe the multitude of beastes are they rooted out 2 In steede of the whiche punishmentes thou hast graciously ordred thine owne people preparing for the desire of their appetite a straunge taste euen quayles to be their meate 3 To the intent that by the thinges whiche were shewed sent vnto them they that were so greedie of meate might begin to lothe euen their necessarie appetite and they which had suffred penurie for a short space might be partakers of the newe taste 4 For it was requisite that without any excuse pouertie should come vpon those whiche vsed tirannie and to shewe onlye vnto the other howe their enemies were destroyed 5 For when the cruell woodnesse of the beastes came vpon them and they perished thorowe the stinges of the cruell serpentes Notwithstanding thy wrath endured not perpetually 6 But they were put in feare for a litle season that they might be refourmed hauing a token of saluation to remember the commaundement of thy lawe 7 For he that looked backe to it was not healed by the thing that he sawe but by thee O sauiour of all 8 So in this thou shewedst our enemies that it is thou whiche deliuerest from all euyll 9 For then when they were bitten with grashoppers and flyes they dyed neither was there any remedie founde for their life for they were worthy to be punished by suche 10 But not the very teeth of venemous dragons dyd ouercome thy chyldren for thy mercy was euer by them and healed them 11 For they were pricked because they should remember thy wordes but speedyly were they healed agayne lest they shoulde fall into so deepe forgetfulnesse that they might not be called backe by thy benefite 12 For it was neither hearbe nor plaster that restored them to health but thy word O Lord which healeth al things 13 It is thou O Lord that hast the power of life and death thou leadest vnto deathes doore and bringest vp againe 14 A man in deede thorowe his wickednesse may slay â—anotherâ— but when his spirite is gone foorth it turneth not agayne neither may he call agayne the soule that is taken away 15 But it is not possible to escape thy hande 16 For the vngodly that woulde not knowe thee were punished by the strength of thyne arme with straunge raynes hayles and showres were they persecuted that they coulde not auoyde and thorowe fire were they consumed 17 For it was a wonderous thing that fire might do more then water whiche quencheth all thinges but the worlde is the auenger of the righteous 18 For sometimes was the fyre so tame that the beastes whiche were sent to punish the vngodly brent not and that because they should see and knowe that they were persecuted with the punishment of God 19 And sometyme brent the fire in the middest of the water that it might destroy the fruites of the vniust lande 20 In steede wherof thou hast fed thine owne people with angels foode and sent them bread redye from heauen without their labour being very pleasaunt and of good taste 21 For this thy substaunce vnto thy chyldren declared thy sweetenes and seruing to his appetite that toke it tempered it selfe according to his desire 22 But the snowe and yse abode the violence of the fire and melted not that they might know that the fire burning in the hayle sparkeling in the rayne destroyed the fruite of the enemies 23 The fire also forgat his owne strength agayne that the righteous might be nourished 24 For the creature that serueth thee whiche art the maker is fierce in punishing the vnrighteous but is easie and gentle to do good vnto such as put their trust in thee 25 Therefore dyd it alter at the same tyme into all fashions and was obedient vnto thy grace whiche is the nurse of all thinges according to the desire of them that had neede thereof 26 That thy chyldren O Lorde whom thou louest might knowe that it is not the growing of fruites that feedeth men but that it is thy word which preserueth them that put their trust in thee 27 For looke what myght not be destroyed at all with the fire assoone as it was warmed with a litle sunne beame it melted 28 That all
and he shall not knowe from whence 28 The proude blaspheme and are scorneful but vengeaunce lurketh for them as a lion 29 They that reioyce at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare anguishe of heart shall consume them before they dye 30 Anger and rigorousnesse are two abhominable thinges and the vngodly hath them both vpon hym The .xxviii. Chapter 1 We ought not to desire vengeaunce but to forgeue the offence 13 Of the vices of the tongue and of the daungers therof 1 HE that seketh vengeaunce shal find vengeaunce of the Lorde which shal surely kepe hym his sinnes 2 Forgeue thy neyghbour the hurt that he hath done thee and so shal thy sinnes be forgeuen thee also when thou prayest 3 A man that beareth hatred against another how dare he desire forgeuenesse of God 4 He that sheweth no mercie to a man which is like him selfe how dare he aske forgeuenesse of his sinnes 5 If he that is but fleshe beareth hatred and kepeth it who will intreate for his sinnes 6 Remember the ende and let enmitie passe whiche seketh death and destruction and abyde thou in the commaundementes 7 Remember the commaundementes so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer thy neyghbour Thinke vpon the couenaunt of the hyghest and forgeue thy neyghbours ignoraunce 8 Beware of stryfe and thou shalt make thy sinnes fewer 9 For an angry man kindleth variaunce and the vngodly disquieteth friendes and putteth discorde among them that be at peace 10 The more wood there is the more vehement is the fire and the mightier that men be the greater is the wrath according to his riches his anger increaseth and the longer the stryfe endureth the more it burneth 11 And hastie brawling kindleth a fyre and an hastie stryfe sheddeth blood A tongue also that beareth false witnesse bringeth death 12 If thou blow the sparke it shall burne yf thou spyt vpon it it shall go foorth and both these come out of the mouth 13 The sclaunderer and doubble tongued is cursed for many one that be friendes setteth he at variaunce 14 The thirde tongue hath disquieted many one and dryuen them from one lande to another Strong cities of the riche hath it broken downe and ouerthrowen the houses of great men The strength of the people hath it brought downe and ben the decay of mightie nations 15 The thirde tongue hath cast out many an honest woman and robbed them of their labours 16 Who so hearkeneth vnto such shal neuer finde rest and neuer dwell safely 17 The stroke of the rod maketh printes in the skinne but the stroke of the tongue smyteth the bones in sunder 18 There be many that haue perished with the sworde but many mo thorow the tongue 19 Well is him that is kept from an euyll tongue and commeth not in the anger thereof which draweth not the yoke of such and is not bounde in the bandes of it 20 For the yoke therof is of yron and the bande of it of steele 21 The death therof is a very euyl death hell were better for one then such a tongue 22 But the fire of it may not oppresse them that feare God and the flambe thereof may not burne them 23 Such as forsake the Lorde shall fall therin and it shall burne them and no man shall be able to quenche it It shall fall vpon them as a lion and deuour them as a leoparde 24 Thou hedgest thy goodes with thornes why doest thou not rather make doores and barres for thy mouth 25 Thou wayest thy gold and siluer why doest thou not waye thy wordes also vpon thy balaunce and make a doore and a barre and a sure brydell for thy mouth 26 Beware that thou slide not thy tongue and so fal before thyne enemies that lay wayte for thee and thy fal be incurable euen vnto death The .xxix. Chapter 1 Howe we ought to lende our money and do almes 15 Of a faythfull man aunswering for his friende 22 Of liberalitie and hospitalitie 1 WHo so will shewe mercie let hym lende vnto his neyghbour and he that is able let him kepe the commaundementes 2 Lend vnto thy neyghbour in time of his neede and paye thou thy neyghbour againe in due season 3 Kepe thy worde and deale faythfully with him and thou shalt alway finde the thing that is necessarie for thee 4 There haue ben many that when a thing was lent them reckened it to be founde and made them trauayle and labour that had helped them 5 Whyle they receaue any thing they kisse the handes of such as geue them and for their neyghbours good they humble their voyce but when they should paye againe they kepe it backe and geue euyl wordes and make many excuses by reason of the time 6 And though he be able yet geueth he scarse the halfe againe and reckeneth the other to be founde And if he withholde not his money yet hath he an enemie of him and that vndeserued He payeth him with cursing and rebuke and geueth him euyll wordes for his good deede 7 There be many one which are not glad for to lende not because of euyl but they feare to lose the thing that they lende 8 Yet haue thou patience with the simple and withholde not mercie from him 9 Helpe the poore for the commaundementes sake and let hym not go emptie from thee because of his necessitie 10 Lose thy money for thy brother and neyghbours sake and burie it not vnder a stone where it rusteth and corrupteth 11 Gather thy treasure after the commaundement of the hyghest and so shal it bring thee more profite then golde 12 Lay vp thyne almes in the hande of the poore and it shall kepe thee from all euyll 13 A mans almes is as a purse with him shal kepe a mans fauour as the apple of an eye and afterwarde shall it arise and paye euery man his rewarde vpon his head 14 It shall fight for thee against thyne enemies better then the shielde of a gyaunt or speare of the mightie 15 A good honest man is a suertie for his neyghbour but a wicked person letteth him come to shame 16 Forget not the friendship of thy suertie for he hath geuen his soule for thee 17 The vngodly despiseth the good deede of his suertie 18 The wicked will not become suertie and the vnthankeful and ignoraunt leaueth his suertie in daunger 19 Some man promiseth for his neyghbour when he hath lost his honestie he shall forsake him 20 Suertishippe hath destroyed many a riche man and remoued them as the waues in the sea Mightie people hath it dryuen away and caused them to wander in straunge countreys 21 An vngodly man transgressing the commaundement of the Lorde shall fal into an euyll suertiship and though he force him selfe to get out yet shall he fall into iudgement 22 Helpe thy neyghbour out after thy power and beware that thou thy selfe fall
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
tyme thy commaundement and yet thou neuer gauest me a kidde to make mery with my friendes 30 But assoone as this thy sonne was come which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlottes thou hast for his pleasure kylled that fat calfe 31 And he sayde vnto hym Sonne thou art euer with me and all that I haue is thyne 32 It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad for this thy brother was dead and is alyue agayne and was lost and is founde ☜ ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Christe exhorteth to liberalitie by the example of the stewarde 10 Who is a faythfull stewarde 13 No man can serue two maisters 14 He reproueth the hypocrisie of those that iustifie them selues before men 16 The ende and force of the lawe 18 The state of mariage 19 Of the riche glutton Lazarus 29 Moyses the prophetes to be hearde 1 AND he sayde also vnto his disciples There was a certayne riche man which had a stewarde and the same was accused vnto hym that he had wasted his goodes 2 And he called hym and sayde vnto hym Howe is it that I heare this of thee Geue accomptes of thy stewardeshyppe for thou mayest be no longer stewarde 3 The stewarde sayde within hymselfe What shall I do for my maister taketh away from me the stewardshyppe I can not digge to begge I am ashamed 4 I wote what to do that when I am put out of the stewardshippe they may receaue me into their houses 5 So wheÌ„ he had called all his maisters detters together he sayde vnto the first Howe muche owest thou vnto my maister 6 And he sayde an hundreth measures of oyle And he sayde vnto hym Take thy byll and syt downe quickely and write fiftie 7 Then sayde he to another Howe much owest thou And he sayde an hundreth measures of wheate He sayde vnto hym Take thy byll and write fourescore 8 And the Lord commended the vniuste stewarde because he had done wisely For the chyldren of this worlde are in their nation wiser then the chyldren of lyght 9 And I saye vnto you make you friends of the vnrighteous MammoÌ„ that when ye shall haue neede they may receaue you into euerlastyng habitations ☜ 10 ☞ He that is faythfull in that which is least is faythfull also in much And he that is vnrighteous in the least is vnrighteous also in much 11 So then yf ye haue not ben faythfull in the vnryghteous Mammon who shall trust you in the true treasure 12 And yf ye haue not ben faythfull in another mans businesse who shall geue you that which is your owne 13 No man can serue two maisters For either he shall hate the one and loue the other or els he shall leane to the one and despise the other Ye can not serue God and Mammon 14 All these thynges heard the pharisees also which were couetous and they mocked hym 15 And he sayde vnto them Ye are they which iustifie your selues before men but God knoweth your heartes For that which is hyghly esteemed among men is abhominable in the syght of God ☜ 16 The lawe the prophetes raigned vntyll Iohn and sence that tyme the kyngdome of God is preached euery man stryueth to go in 17 Easyer is it for heauen and earth to perishe theÌ„ one title of the lawe to faile 18 Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe and marieth another committeth adulterie And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande committeth adulterie also 19 ☞ Ther was a certaine riche man whiche was clothed in purple fine whyte and fared very deliciously euery day 20 And there was a certayne begger named Lazarus which was layde at his gate full of sores 21 And desiring to be refreshed with the crumbes which fell from y e riche mans boorde And no man gaue vnto hym but the dogges came and licked his sores 22 And it came to passe that the begger dyed and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome The riche man also dyed and was buryed 23 And beyng in hell in tormentes he lyft vp his eyes and sawe Abraham a farre of and Lazarus in his bosome 24 And he cryed and sayde father Abraham haue mercie on me and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water and coole my tongue for I am tormented in this flambe 25 But Abraham sayde Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme receauedst thy pleasure and lykewyse Lazarus paynes But nowe is he comforted and thou art tormented 26 Beyonde all this betweene vs you there is a great gulfe set so that they which woulde go from hence to you can not neither may come from thence to vs. 27 Then he sayde I pray thee therfore father sende hym to my fathers house 28 For I haue fyue brethren that he may witnesse vnto them lest they also come into this place of torment 29 Abraham sayde vnto hym they haue Moyses and the prophetes let them heare them 30 And he sayde nay father Abraham but yf one come vnto them from the dead they wyll repent 31 He sayde vnto hym If they heare not Moyses the prophetes neither wyll they beleue though one rose from death agayne ⧠The .xvij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe teacheth to auoyde offences 3 One to forgeue another 5 To pray for the increase of fayth 10 We are but vnprofitable seruauntes 12 Of the tenne lepers 20 Of the commyng of the kyngdome of God 23 Of false Christes â—â— The maner of Christes commyng 1 HE sayde vnto the disciples it can not be but offences wyll come neuerthelesse wo vnto hym through whom they come 2 It were better for hym that a mylstone were hanged about his necke he cast into the sea then that he shoulde offende one of these litle ones 3 Take heede to your selues If thy brother trespasse agaynst thee rebuke hym and yf he repent forgeue hym 4 And though he sinne agaynst thee seuen tymes in a day and seuen tymes in a day turne agayne to thee saying it repenteth me thou shalt forgeue hym 5 And the Apostles sayde vnto the Lorde increase our fayth 6 And the Lorde sayde If ye had fayth as much as a grayne of mustarde seede should say vnto this Sycamine tree plucke vp thy selfe by the rootes and plant thy selfe in the sea it shoulde obey you 7 But which of you hauyng a seruaunt plowyng or feedyng cattell woulde say vnto hym by by when he were come from the fielde go and syt downe at the table 8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym dresse wherwith I may suppe gyrde vp thy selfe and serue me tyll I haue eaten and dronken and afterward eate thou and drynke thou 9 Doth he thanke that seruaunt because he dyd the thynges that were commaunded vnto hym I trowe not 10 So lykewyse ye when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you say We are
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
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
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