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Ieremy the prophete, translated into Englisshe: by George Ioye: some tyme felowe of Peter College in Camebridge. The songe of Moses is added in the ende, to magnifye our Lorde for the fall of the Pharao, the bisshop of Rome; Bible. O.T. Prophets. English. Joye. Selections.
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Joye, George, d. 1553.
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For I shall bring a plage vpon the citesens of Anathot and the daye of their visitacioÌ Â¶ The .xii. Chapiter BVt thou Lorde art to rightuouse for me to reason with Not withstanding yet I wolde talke with the of rightwisenes How is it that the waye of the vngodly so prospereth and al vnshamefaced synners lyue in siche plesure Thou arte redy at their mouthes what so euer they aske although thou be ful farre froÌ their hertis But thou Lorde vnto whom I am knowne and perfitly sene which also hast serched oute my herte doist thou not fauour them to bringe them yn togither lyke fed ware apoiÌted to the bochers stal consecrated vnto the daye of slaughter How longe shal this lande wayle and al the grasse of the felde be withred vp for the malice of hir inhabitours Beast and fowle ar gone while these men yet saye God thinketh not to make an ende of vs. And they obbrayded me sayng whaÌ thou raÌnest but with footmeÌ thou wast tyred and wilt thou than stryue to runne with horse Thou waste not suer in thy nowne peaceable countrye how wilt thou theÌ loke to endure in the proude ruffeling of Jordane For euen thy nowne bretherne and thy fathers familye altogither hoÌted the forth folowing the with ân oute crye ⪠For thou woldst not beleue them euen whan they tolde the for the best Whom I answerde thus I lefte my house in dede and gaue ouer my heretage and put my lyfe whiche nothyng is to me more deare into the handis of my enymes for my heretage was made to me as a lyoÌ in the wode It barked agenste me wherfore I hate it My heretage is to me as a paynted bââde but a gredy flocke of fowles houered ouer it round aboute Go your wayes begathred togither also ye beastis of the felde haste you to denoure it The multitude of herdemen haue destroyed my vyneyarde they haue troden downe my heretage euen my moste pleasaunt heretage haue they brought into a desolate deserte and wasted it which now wasted moorneth vpon me ye althe hole lande is destroyde and noman petyeth it or set it at herte There shal come destroyers thorow althe wayes of the felde for the swerde of the Lorde shal deuoure this lande from one ende to tother and nothing lyuing shal haue reste Men shal sowe whete reape thornes they shal take fermes but al in vayne for ye shal be ashamed of your profite for the wrathe and indignacion of the Lorde Also thus sayd the Lorde vpon al my neghbours which molested layd handes vpon theretage whiche I gaue to Israel my peple I shal verely swepe them forthe euen Israel shal I caste out of their lande and the house of Juda shal I carye awaye to But aftir that I haue plucked them vp by the rotes I shal fauour them and be merciful vnto them and bringe them agene euery man to his owne heretage and to his owne countrye Also it shal come thus to passe that if the destroyers of my peple wil be enstructe and taught the wayes of my peple to swere be my name The Lorde fyueth As they taught my peple to swere be Baal they shal be grieffed into among my peple But if they wil not obaye I shal caste oute sich maner of folke and destroye them saith the Lorde ¶ The .xiii. Chapiter ALso thus saith the Lorde vnto me Go and bye the a brode synen girdle and girde it aboute they raynes but let it not come in any water Than I gote me this girdle as the Lorde bad me and put it aboute my raynes Aftyr this the Lorde spake to me agene Take the girdle which thou haste bought the and put it aboute thy loynes and ryse and go thy waye to Euphrates and hyde it there in an hole of the rok Then I wente and hid it as the Lorde commanded me And it happened that longe aftir this the lorde sayd vnto me Aryse and haste the to Euphrates and take oute thy girdle which I coÌmanded to be there hid TheÌ I wente forth to Euphrates and digged oute my girdle and toke it awaye from the place where I-hid it And lo the girdle was roteÌ so that it wolde serue to no vse Then spake the Lorde to me these wordis Thus saith the lorde EueÌ aftir this maner fhal I destroye the pryde and gloriouse fame of Juda and Jerusalem with swerde This peple is fulcursed maliciouse They wilnot hear my wordis they folow the couÌsels of their owne hertes the straÌge gods whom of they worshipt fildowne before them wherfore they shal be lyke this girdle which is profitable for nothing For euen as the girdle cleueth to a mannis raynes so had I glued to me al the house of Israel and all the house of Juda saith the Lorde to be my peple to haue a grete name to be honourable and cleare but they obeyed me not Thou shalt tel them therfore this ridel Thus saith the lorde God of Israel Euery wyne potte is filled with wyne Here shal they anon answer Can we not know this that euery wyne pot maye be filled wyth wyne Than shalt thou tel them Thus saith the lorde Beholde I shal fil al thinhabitours of this lande and eueÌ the kinges that sitte in the seate of Dauid Priestes Prophetes to al the citesens of Jerusalem with dronkenes and thruste them downe to gyther one neghbour vpon a nother the fathers vpon their childerne al vpon an heap saith the Lorde I wil not forgeue nor spare nor haue mercy to thentente I wolde destroye them Obaye geue eare be not proude for it is the Lorde that speketh Geue ye therfore glorye to your lorde God before he withdrawe his light and ere your fete stomble in derkenes at the hil For than if ye loke for lyght he shal turne it into deadly derkenes And if ye wilnot here this secrete monition my herte shal wepe with yn me for your stobourne pryde I shal lameÌt greuously teares shal drope down fro my eyes for the flocke of the Lorde shal be led awaye captyue Tel the kinge the quene the chefe rulers sayng Homble your selues and sit downe for the crowne of your beutye shal fal froÌ your headis The southe cites shal be shutvp takeÌ and nomaÌ shal open theÌ Al Juda shal be led away captiue so that none be lefte Lyftevp your eyes and beholde who cometh from the northe They shal come vpon the lyke a wealy droue of beasts Vnto whoÌ then I praye the shalt thou make they mone whaÌ they shal thus fall vpon the For they ar of thy nowne teaching into they nowne vtter destruccion Shal not panges come than vpon y e as on a woman traueling of chylde And if thou thinkest with thy selfe wherfore come these vpoÌ me For thy many folde synnes I tel the thy narse shal be shewed and thy bare thighes shal be sene For euen as the Morin
may change his skinne the Leoparde his spottes so maye you once accustomed stayned with synne do good I shal therfore disperse you lyke stubble tossed with the southe winde This shal be thy lotte thus shal I mesure the saith y e Lorde In asmoche as ye haue forgoteÌ me and trusted in deceauable thingis I shal turne thy clothes ouer thy head shewe thy bare thighes thy preuye partes thy adultery thy waÌtone neainge cryme of fornicacioÌ shal be shewed For I haue sene thy abominacions in feldes hilles Wobe to y e Jerusalem for there is no hope aftyr this that euer thou wilt be made clene ¶ The .xiiii. Chapiter The worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye vpon the famyn drought dearth IVda shal moorn hir gates shal be nomore haunted The londe shal be neglect the kryiÌgout of Jerusalem shal fleforthe The Masters shal sende their seruaÌtes to fetche water which whaÌ they shal come to y e pittes shal fynde no water But cary agene their vessels emptye They shamed confouÌded shal kouer their headis for y e erthe shal be roughe harde for that no rayne falleth vpoÌ it Also it shal yrke y e ploughmen which also shal kouer their headis The hynde fawniÌg in y e felde shal leaue her fawne behynde hir for lak of grasse The wylde asses shal staÌde in opeÌ oute places drawing in y e winde lyke dragoÌs their eys shroÌkeÌ into their headis for lak of grasse Verely our wykednes is welworthy this plage But thou Lorde yet deal with vs according to thy name al thoughe our bakslyd ingis synnes be ful grete many folde for it is thou which art so loked waited for it is thou y t art y e helth sauiour of Israel iÌ tyme of tribulacioÌ Wherfor shuldst thou become a straÌger in this lande lyk a way fayrer to turnyn tary but a night Wherfor shalt thou be as amased man so benoumed for al his strength that he caÌnot saue vs Lorde thou art ours and we ar called aftyr thy name forsake vs not then Here spake the Lorde as concerning this peple whose fete neuer ceased but delighted euer more to wander hither thither with the lordis so highe displesure that he wolde nowe cal to mynde their wikednes viset their sinnes thus I say sayd the Lorde to me Desyer nothinge y t good is for this peple For albeit they their selues faste yet shal I not hear their prayers If they offre breÌt sacrifices slaye any other oblacion for me yet wil I not accept theÌ For I wil waste them vp with swerde honger pestelence TheÌ answerde I vnto these wordes Ah Lorde God beholde the Prophetis tel them ye shal not se the swerde ye shal not suffre honger but very peace prosperite doutelesse shal the Lorde geue you in this place Then sayd the Lorde to me These Prophetis prophecye them lyes in my name I neuer coÌmaunded theÌ I spake not to them I neuer sent theÌ yet they prophecye false visions blynd prophecyes and vayne desaightis inueÌted of their owne hertis Wherfore thus saith the Lorde vpon these Prophetis that thus prophecye in my name yet ar they not sente of me affirming nether swerde nor hoÌger to come vpoÌ this lande Siche Prophetes shal be consumed with swerde and honger And this peple vnto whom they preache shal be caste oute of Jerusalem slayne with swerde and honger no man to bury theÌ nether shal they onely suffer this but their wyues sonnes daughters to For I shal powerforth their own mischefe agene vpon them And euen thus shalt thou saye to them I shal wepe daye night neuer ceasing because the daughter of my peple shal be destroyed with greuouse adfliccion and made anende of with so grete a plage For go I forth into the felde lo al shal be kouerd with the slayne with swerde enter I into the cyte I shal se al storuen for honger But bothe Prophetis Priestis shal be led a waye into vnknowne regions Hast thou then sayd I vtterly cast a waye Juda aborrest thou Zion Or hast thou smiten vs with out a cause so that ther be lefte in vs no hope of helthe loking for peace while no good cometh and for the tyme of cure and lo ther cometh trouble more and more no verely For we Lorde knolege our vngodlynes and the wykednes of our fathers with which we haue offended the. Be thou not angrye for thy names sake Fal not from thy mercye forget not thy goodnes remember the seat of thy glorye and breke not couenauÌt made with vs. Arther any amonge the goddis of the gentyles y t can rayne Or do the clowdes geue vs showers But is it not thou rather Lorde our God in whom we truste It is thou verely which doist al these thinges ¶ The .xv. Chapiter ANd here the Lorde interrupted my prayer sayng If Moses Samuel shulde stande before me entreating yet wolde I not bepeased or at one with this peple Caste theÌ oute of my sight that they were once gone And if they aske y e whother shal we go tel theÌ thus saith y e Lorde Some to y e swerde some to hoÌger some into captiuite For I shal sende amoÌge theÌ fower kinde of plages saith y e Lorde the swerde to slaye theÌ dogges to teare theÌ in peses fowles of thaier beastis of therthe to deuoure destroye theÌ I shal make theÌ to be vexed euil entreated of al y e kingdoms of therthe y t namely for Manasses y e sonne of Ezechias kinge of Juda eueÌ for these thingis whiche he coÌmitted in Hierusalem Who theÌ shal pytye the oh Jerusalem who shal lameÌte y e or who shal make intercession to purchase thy peace whan thou shalt be fallen fro me slyden backe saithe the Lorde I shal therfore streche forthe my hande agenste the destroyethe It shal greue me to spare the. I shal wenowe y e into the vttermoste partes of therthe I shal waste destroye my peple because they wolde not returne from their owne wayes I shal encrease me their wedowes aboue the sandis of y e sea I shal suerly bringe destroyers vpoÌ the mothers of their yonge childerne eueÌ at none dayes I shal smyte them downe sodenly with enymye and feare She shal be chyldelesse that was fruteful she shal be sorowful counfortles The sonne shal fayle hyr eueÌ at y e midde daye she being ashamed sonken awaye for thought heuynes The reste of theÌ I shal thro agenste their enymes swerde saith y e Lorde Ah lasse that euer thou my mother conceyuedst me a man borne to be agaynsayd contraryed chydeÌ with of al men Which althoughe I nother lende nor borowe yet am I spoken euil by of al men And y e Lorde answerde me Is it not I y t directe the for y e best do