of one shall many be made ryghteous 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that sinne shoulde encrease But where sinne was plenteous grace was more plenteous 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe by Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The .vj. Chapter 5 Newnesse of lyfe foloweth iustification to the which he exhorteth 1 WHat shall we saye then Shall we continue in sinne that grace maye abound God forbyd 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne lyue any longer therin 3 ☞ Knowe ye not that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe haue ben baptized into his death 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection 6 Knowyng this that our olde man is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is iustified from sinne 8 And yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shall also lyue with him 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more power ouer hym 10 For as touchyng that he dyed he dyed concerning sinne once And as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God 11 Lykewyse recken your selues to be dead to sinne but alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ 12 Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it 13 Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne but geue your selues vnto God as they that are alyue from the dead and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God 14 For sinne shall not haue power ouer you because ye are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace 15 What then Shall we sinne because we are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace God forbyd 16 ☞ Knowe ye not how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse 17 But God be thanked that ye were the seruaūtes of sinne but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine into the which ye were brought vnto 18 Being then made free frō sinne ye are become y e seruauntes of ryghteousnesse 19 ☞ I speake after the maner of men because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie vnto iniquitie euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse vnto holynesse 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were free from ryghteousnesse 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe ashamed For the ende of those thynges is death 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne and made the seruauntes of God haue your fruite vnto holynesse and the ende euerlastyng lyfe 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1.7.12 The vse of the lawe 24 from the which Christe hath delyuered vs. 23 The fyght betwene the lawe of the fleshe and the lawe of the spirite 1 KNowe ye not brethrē for I speake to thē that knowe the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a mā as long as he lyueth 2 For*the woman which is in subiectiō to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as long as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from thē lawe of the man 3 So then*yf whyle the man lyueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be dead she is free from the law so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man 4 Euen so ye also my brethren are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe that ye shoulde be coupled to another who is raysed from the dead that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God 5 For when we were in the fleshe the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members to bring forth fruite vnto death 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite and not in the oldnesse of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd Neuerthelesse I knewe not sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen lust except the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead 9 I once lyued without lawe But when the commaundement came sinne reuyued 10 And I was dead And the very same commaundemēt which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death 11 For sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement hath deceaued me and by the same slewe me 12 Wherfore * the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good 13 Was that then which was good made death vnto me God forbyd But sinne that sinne myght appeare by that which was good to worke death in me that sinne by y e commaundement myght be out of measure sinfull 14 For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne 15 For that which I do I alowe not For what I woulde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good 17 Nowe then it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is to say in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng For to wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good 19 For the good that I woulde do I not But the euyll which I woulde not that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doth it but sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is present with me 22 For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man 23 But I see another lawe in my members rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde So then with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God
hath beautie and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne and with them he shall trouble the nations together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also ten thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasses 18 And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyce Zabulon in thy goyng out and thou Isachar in thy tentes 19 They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shall offer offeringes of righteousnesse For they shall sucke of the aboundaunce of the sea and of treasure hyd in the sande 20 And vnto Gad he sayde Blessed be he that inlarged Gad he dwelleth as a Lion that catcheth for a pray the arme with the head 21 He loked to hym selfe at the beginning because there was a portion of the law-geuer hid he came with the heades of the people and executed the ryghteousnesse of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel 22 And vnto Dan he sayde Dan is a Lions whelpe he shal leape frō Basan 23 And vnto Nephthali he sayde O Nephthali satisfied with Gods fauour and full with the blessing of the Lorde possesse thou the west and the south 24 And to Aser he sayde Aser shal be blessed with children he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle 25 Thy shoes shal be iron and brasse and thy strength shall continue as long as thou lyuest 26 There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heauen as vpon an horse yet is he thine helper whose glorie is in the celestiall places 27 The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng God shalt thou lyue He shall cast out the enemie before thee and say destroy them 28 Israel then shall dwell in safetie and alone and the fountayne of Iacob shal be vpon a lande of corne and wine and his heauens shall drop the deawe 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like vnto thee O people that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Moyses seeth all the lande of Chanaan 5 he dyeth 8 Israel weepeth 9 Iosuah succeedeth in Moyses roome 10 The prayse of Moyses 1 AND Moyses went from the playne of Moab vp into mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyll that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lord shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan 2 And all Nephthali and the lande of Ephraim Manasse and all the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost sea 3 And the south and the playne of the valley of Iericho the citie of palme trees euen vnto Zoar. 4 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob saying I wyll geue it vnto thy seede I haue caused thee also to see it with thine eies but thou shalt not go ouer thyther 5 So Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde 6 And he buryed hym in a valley in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst the house of Peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day 7 Moyses was an hundred and twentie yeres olde when he dyed his eye was not dymme nor his naturall force abated 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moyses in the playne of Moab thirtie dayes And the dayes of weepyng and mournyng for Moyses were ended 9 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun was ful of the spirite of wisdome for Moyses had put his handes vpon hym And the children of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 10 And there arose not a prophete since in Israel lyke vnto Moyses whom the Lorde knewe face to face 11 Accordyng vnto all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent hym to do in the lande of Egypt before Pharao and all his seruauntes and before all his lande 12 And accordyng to all that mightie hande and all the great feare which Moyses shewed in the syght of all Israel VV. E. ¶ The ende of the fifth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrue Ellehaddebarim and in the Latine Deuteronomium ⧠The seconde part of the Byble conteyning these bookes The booke of Iosuah The booke of the Iudges The booke of Ruth The first booke of Samuel The seconde booke of Samuel The thirde booke of the kinges The fourth booke of the kinges The first booke of the Chronicles The seconde booke of the Chronicles The first booke of Esdras The seconde booke of Esdras The booke of Hester The booke of Iob. DROIT ET LOYAL ⧠The booke of Iosuah vvhom the Hebrewes call Jehosua ¶ The .j. Chapter 2 The Lorde incourageth Iosuah to inuade the lande of promise 5 The Lorde promiseth to assist Iosuah if he obey his worde 11 Iosuah commaundeth the people to prepare them selues to passe ouer Iordane 12 and exhorteth the Rubenites to execute their charge 1 AFter the death of Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord it came to passe also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah y e sonne of Nun Moyses minister saying 2 Moyses my seruaunt is dead Nowe therefore arise go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people vnto the lande the whiche I to them the chyldren of Israel do geue 3 All the places that the soles of your feete shall treade vpon haue I geuen you as I sayde vnto Moyses 4 From the wyldernesse and this Libanon vnto the great riuer Euphrates all the lande of the Hethites euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne shal be your coast 5 There shal not a man be able to withstande thee all the dayes of thy life For as I was with Moyses so wyll I be with thee and wyll not fayle thee nor forsake thee 6 Be strong therfore and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuide y e lande for inheritaunce whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue them 7 Only be thou strong and of a stoute courage that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaunded thee Turne from the same neither to the right hande nor to the lefte that thou maiest do wisely in al that thou takest in hande 8 Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but occupie thy minde therein day night that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all y t is written therin For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt do wisely 9 Haue not I cōmaunded thee that thou shouldest be strong hardie and not feare nor be faint hearted For I the Lorde thy God am with thee whyther soeuer thou goest 10 Then Iosuah commaunded the officers of the people
vnderstande them and I shall lyue Coph 1 I Haue called with my whole heart heare me O God I wyll kepe thy statutes 2 I haue called vpon thee saue me and I wyll kepe thy testimonies 3 I haue preuented other in the dawnyng of the day and I cryed vnto thee for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes 4 Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches that my study might be wholy in thy wordes 5 Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes 6 They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse do drawe nye vnto me they are farre from thy lawe 7 But thou art nye at hande O God and all thy coÌ„maundementes be trueth 8 As concernyng thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer Resh 1 BEholde myne affliction deliuer me for I haue not forgotten thy lawe 2 Defende thou my cause redeeme me make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde 3 Saluation is farre from the vngodly for they study not thy statutes 4 Thy mercies be manifolde O God make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes 5 There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies 6 I sawe transgressours and I was greeued at the heart because they kept not thy lawe 7 Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse 8 The beginning of thy word is trueth and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore Shin 1 PRinces haue persecuted me without a cause but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes 2 I am as glad of thy worde as he that fyndeth a great bootie 3 That which is false I hate and abhorre but thy lawe I do loue 4 I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice 5 They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie and nothyng shall offende them 6 Lorde I haue wayted after thy saluation and I haue done thy commaundementes 7 My soule hath kept thy testimonies and I haue loued them exceedyngly 8 I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Tau 1 LEt my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face make me to vnderstande euery thyng accordyng vnto thy worde 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me accordyng to thy worde 3 My lippes shall powre out thy prayse when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 My tongue shall syng of thy worde for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse 5 Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me for I haue chosen thy commaundementes 6 I haue longed for thy saluation O God and thy lawe is my whole delight 7 Let my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee and thy iudgementes shal be an ayde vnto me 8 I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe oh seke out thy seruaunt for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes ¶ The argument of the .cxx. Psalme ¶ The prophete requesteth God for to deliuer him from such as do maliciously slaunder him with false reportes For by their meanes he esteemeth his life led with the Ismaelites and with the barbarous people of Arabia and not with Gods people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen I was in trouble I called vpon God and he hearde me 2 Deliuer my soule O God from false lyppes from a deceiptful tongue 3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee what good bryngeth it thee 4 So much as sharpe arrowes of a strong man in thy sydes with Iuniper coales powred on thy head 5 Wo be vnto me that am constrayned to be conuersaunt in Mesech and to dwell among the tentes of Cedar 6 My soule hath dwelt long with hym that hateth peace 7 I am a man of peace but because I do speake therof they prepare them selues to battayle ¶ The argument of the .cxxj. Psalme ¶ The prophete lifteth vp his eyes vnto heauen from whence he most certaynely loketh for ayde at all tymes He assureth all other that God careth defendeth gouerneth and prouideth for those that flee vnto the Lorde for succour in their necessitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence my helpe shall come 2 My helpe commeth from God who hath made heauen and earth 3 He wyll not suffer thy foote to moue he wyll not sleepe that kepeth thee 4 Beholde he that kepeth Israel wyll neither slumber nor sleepe 5 God hym selfe is thy keper God is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande 6 The sunne shal not hurt thee by day neither the moone by nyght 7 God wyll preserue thee from all euill he wyll preserue thy soule 8 God wyll preserue thy goyng out and thy commyng in from this tyme foorth for euermore ¶ The argument of the .cxxii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the ioy of the people goyng vp to Hierusalem where true religion was set foorth and iustice in courtes ministred for which causes he wisheth great prosperitie to the citie ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wyll go into the house of God 2 Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Hierusalem 3 Hierusalem is builded as a citie that is well vnited together in it selfe 4 For the tribes do go vp thyther euen the tribes of the Lorde which is a testimonie vnto Israel for to prayse the name of God 5 For there is ordeyned the seate for iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid 6 Pray for the peace of Hierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee 7 Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I wyll wyshe peace to be within thee 9 Yea because of the house of God our Lord I wyll procure to do thee good The argument of the cxxiii psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the godly despited of such as be riche proude and scornfull do loke for helpe only at Gods hande after a most humble sort ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee who dwellest in heauen 2 Beholde as the eyes of seruauntes loke vnto the hande of their maisters and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hande of her maistresse euen so our eyes wayte vpon God our Lorde vntyll he haue mercie vpon vs. 3 Haue mâ—y vpon vs O God haue mercy vâ—â—n vs for we haue suffered enough of dispite 4 Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy and with the dispitefulnes of the proude ¶ The argument of the .cxxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgeth that he and his people had ben vtterly destroyed through the violence of enemies if God had not ben on their side with his present ayde ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 IF God him selfe had not ben of
of the trumpet but they say we wyll not take heede 18 Heare therefore ye gentiles and thou congregation shalt know what I haue deuised for them 19 Heare thou earth also behold I wyll cause a plague to come vpon this people euen the fruite of their owne imaginations for that they haue not ben obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them 20 Wherefore bryng ye me incense from Saba and sweete smelling calamus from farre countreys your burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyce not in your sacrifices 21 And therefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll lay stumbling blockes among this people and there shall fall at them the father with the chyldren one neighbour shall perishe with another 22 Thus saith the Lorde Beholde there shall come a people from the north and a great people shal arise from the endes of the earth 23 With bowes and with dartes shall they be weaponed it is a rough and fearce people an vnmercifull people their voyce roareth like the sea thei ride vpon horses well appointed to the battaile against thee O daughter Sion 24 The fame of them haue we hearde our armes are feeble heauinesse and sorowe is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauayling with chylde 25 Let no man go foorth into the fielde let no man come vpon the hye streete for the sworde and feare of the enemie is on euery side 26 Wherfore gyrde a sackcloth about thee O thou daughter of my people sprinkle thy selfe with ashes mourne and weepe bitterly as vpon thyne onlye beloued sonne for the destroyer shall sodainly fall vpon vs. 27 Thee haue I set for a strong towre O thou prophete and a well fensed wall among my people to seeke out and to trye their wayes 28 For they are all stubborne apostates and fallen away walking deceiptfully they are cleane brasse and iron for they hurt and destroy euery man 29 The bellowes are brent in the fire the leade is not moulten the melter melteth in vayne for the euill is not taken away from them 30 Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer because the Lorde hath cast them out The .vij. Chapter 2 Ieremie is commaunded to shewe vnto the people the worde of God which trusteth in the outwarde seruice of the temple 13 The euils that shall happen to the Iewes for the despising of their prophetes 21 Sacrifices doth not the Lord chiefly require of the Iewes but that they shoulde obay his worde 1 THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremie saying 2 Stande vnder the gate of the Lordes house crye out these wordes there with a loude voyce and say Heare the word of the Lorde all ye of Iuda that go in at this doore to worship the Lorde 3 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Amende your wayes and your counsels and I wyll let you dwell in this place 4 Trust not in false lying words saying Here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lorde 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour 6 Oppresse not the straunger the fatherlesse and the widowe shed not innocent blood in this place cleane not to straunge gods to your owne destruction 7 Then wyll I let you dwell in this place yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer 8 But take heede ye trust in lying tales that beguile you and do you no good 9 For when ye haue stollen murthered committed adultrie and periurie when ye haue offered vnto Baal folowing straunge and vnknowen gods shall ye be vnpunished 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house whiche hath my name geuen vnto it and say tushe we are absolued quite though we haue done all these abhominations 11 What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of thieues And yet I see what you thinke saith the Lorde 12 Go to my place in Silo wherevnto I gaue my name aforetyme and looke well what I did to the same place for the wickednesse of my people of Israel 13 And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you yet would ye not heare me I called ye would not aunswere 14 Therefore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wyll I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that you put your trust in yea vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and your fathers 15 And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all your brethren the whole seede of Ephraim 16 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people thou shalt neither geue thankes nor bid prayer for them make thou no intercession for them for in no wise will I heare thee 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Hierusalem 18 The chyldren gather stickes the fathers kindle the fire the womē kneade the dough to bake cakes for the queene of heauen they powre out drinke offeringes vnto straunge gods to prouoke me vnto wrath 19 Howbeit they hurt not me saith the Lord but rather confounde and shame them selues 20 And therefore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde my wrath and indignation shal be powred out vpon this place vpon men and cattell vpon trees in the fielde and fruite of the lande and it shall burne so that no man may quench it 21 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Heape vp your burnt offeringes with your sacrifices and eate the fleshe 22 For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices 23 But this I commaunded them saying Hearken and obay my voyce and I shal be your God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that ye may prosper 24 But they were not obedient they inclined not their eares therevnto but went after their owne imaginations and after the motions of their owne wicked heart and so turned them selues away and conuerted not vnto me 25 And this haue they done from the tyme that your fathers came out of Egypt vnto this day Neuerthelesse I sent vnto you all my seruauntes the prophetes I rose vp early and sent you worde 26 Yet woulde they not hearken nor offer me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers 27 And thou shalt nowe speake all these wordes vnto them but they shall not heare thee thou shalt crye vpon them but they shall not aunswere thee 28 Therefore shalt thou say vnto them This is the people that neither heareth the voyce of the Lorde their God nor receaueth his correction faythfulnesse and
Amarias the sonne of Ezias the sonne of Menuerath the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Sauias the sonne of Boccas the sonne of Abisun the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the first priest 3 This Esdras went vp from Babylon beyng a scribe of good vnderstandyng in the lawe of Moyses that was geuen by the Lorde God of Israel 4 And the kyng fauoured hym and dyd hym great worshyp and honour after all his desires 5 There went vp with hym also certayne of the children of Israel of the priestes of the Leuites of the singers porters and ministers of the temple vnto Hierusalem 6 In the seuenth yere of the raigne of kyng Artaxerxes in the fifth moneth which was the seuenth yere for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first moneth 7 And came to Hierusalem accordyng as God gaue thē speede in their iourney 8 For Esdras had gotten great knowledge to omit nothyng of that was in the lawe and the commaundementes of the Lorde and to teache all Israel all the ordinaunces and iudgementes 9 The copie of the commission whiche Artaxerxes the kyng wrote and that was geuen to Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe of the Lorde this is it that foloweth 10 Kyng Artaxerxes sendeth his greeting vnto Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe of the Lorde 11 I hauyng wayed thynges with pitie haue ordeyned and charged yf there be any of the Iewes of the priestes Leuites in my realme which desireth and is content to go with thee vnto Israel that he may do it 12 Therfore so many as long therafter let them depart together and go with thee like as I am content and my seuen friendes my counsaylers 13 To see what they do at Hierusalem and in Iurie conueniently accordyng as thou hast in the lawe of the Lorde 14 And to bryng the gyftes vnto God the Lorde of Israel that I my friendes haue promised to Hierusalem and all the siluer and golde that in the countrey of Babylon may be founde parteynyng to the Lorde in Hierusalem 15 With the thyng that is geuen of the people to the Lorde their Gods temple at Hierusalem that the same siluer and golde maye be gathered for oxen rammes sheepe and goates and other that belong to these thynges 16 That they may offer sacrifices vnto the Lorde vpon the aulter of the Lorde their God which is at Hierusalem 17 And whatsoeuer thou and thy brethren wyll do with the siluer and golde that do accordyng to the wyll of thy God 18 And the holy vessels of the Lorde which are geuen thee for the seruice of the temple of thy God which is in Hierusalem thou shalt set them before thy God in Hierusalem 19 And whatsoeuer thyng els thou shalt remember for the vse of the temple of thy God thou shalt geue it out of the kynges treasure 20 And I king Artaxerxes haue also commaunded the kepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice that whatsoeuer Esdras the priest and the reader of the lawe of the hyghest God shall sende for they shoulde geue it hym with speede 21 Euen to the summe of an hundred talentes of siluer of corne also an hundred measures and till an hundred vessels of wine other thinges aboundauntly 22 Let all thinges be done after the lawe of God diligently vnto the highest God that wrath come not vpon the kyngdome of the kyng and of his sonnes 23 I commaunde you also that ye require no taxe nor tribute of the priestes Leuites holy singers porters and ministers of the temple nor of any that haue doynges in this temple and that no man haue aucthoritie to put any inpost vpon them 24 As for thee O Esdras set thou iudges and arbitrers to iudge in the whole lande of Syria and Phenice after the wisdome of God all skilfull in the lawe of God teache such as are ignoraunt 25 And let all them which shall offende agaynst the lawe of God and the kyng be diligently punished whether it be by death or other payne by punishment in money or els by banishment 26 Then sayd Esdras the scribe Blessed be the only Lorde God of my fathers that hath geuen so good a mynde will into the heart of the kyng to magnifie his house that is at Hierusalem 27 And hath made me to be accepted in the syght of the kyng of his counsayle of his friendes and of his nobles 28 And so I was stedfast in my mynde accordyng as the Lorde my God helped me and I gathered vp men of Israel to go vp with me 29 And these are the guides after their families and orders of dignities that went vp with me from Babylon in the raigne of kyng Artaxerxes 30 Of the sonnes of Phinees Gersom of the sonnes of Ithamar Gamaliel of the sonnes of Dauid Hattus the sonne of Cechemah 31 Of the sonnes of Phares Zacharias and with hym there returned agayne an hundred and fiftie men 32 Of the sonnes of Pahath Moab Elioam the sonne of Zacharias and with him two hundred men 33 Of the sonnes of Zathoe Shechenias the sonne of Iezolus with hym three hundred men of the sonnes of Adin Obed the sonne of Ionathan and with him two hundred and fiftie men ' 34 Of the sonnes of Elam Iesias sonne ' of Gotholias with him seuentie men ' 35 Of the sonnes of Saphatias Zarias ' sonne of Machael with him .lxx. men 36 Of the sonnes of Ioab Badias sonne of Iezelus and with hym two hundred and twelue men 37 Of the sonnes of Banid Assalimoth sonne of Iosaphias and with hym an hundred and threscore men ' 38 Of the sonnes of Babi Zacharias ' sonne of Bebai with him .xxviii. men ' 39 Of the sonnes of Astath Iohannes ' sonne of Acatan and with hym an cx 40 Of the sonnes of Adonicam the last and these are the names of them Eliphalet Ieouel and Maias and with them seuentie men ' 41 Of the sonnes of Bagouthi sonne of ' Iscacourus and with hym lxx men 42 All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched our tentes three dayes there I mustered them ' 43 As for the sonnes of the priestes and ' leuites I founde none there 44 Then sent I vnto Eleazar beholde there came Maasman and Maloban 45 And Alnathan and Samaian and Ioribon and Nathan Ennatan Zacharian and Mosollamon the chiefe and best learned 46 And I bad them that they should go vnto Daddens the captayne whiche was in the place of the treasurie 47 And commaunded them that they shoulde speake vnto Daddeus and to his brethren and to those that were the treasurers to sende vs suche men as might execute the priestes office in the house of our Lorde 48 And with the mightie hande of our lord God they brought vnto vs men of good experience from among y e sonnes of
roote endureth yet vnto this present day 91 And beholde nowe are we before thee in our sinnes neither can we stande before thee for them 92 And when Esdras with this prayer had knowledged the sinne weping and lying flat vpon the grounde before the temple there gathered vnto him from Hierusalem a great multitude of men and women of young men and maydens for there was a very great weping and mourning among the multitude 93 Then Iechomas the sonne of Ieheh one of the chyldren of Israel cryed out and sayde O Esdras we haue sinned against the Lord God because we haue maryed straunge women of the nations of the lande 94 And now al Israel hangeth in doubt We wyll sweare an oth therefore vnto the Lorde that we shall put away all our wyues which we haue taken of the heathen with their chyldren 95 Like as it may seeme good to thee and to all those that obay the lawe of the Lorde 96 Stande vp and put it in execution for to thee both this matter appertayne and we are with thee to adde thee strength 97 So Esdras arose and toke an oth of the chiefe of the Priestes and Leuites of all Israel to do after these thinges and they sware The .ix. Chapter 7 After Esdras had read the lawe for the straunge wyues 18 they promised to put them away 1 THen Esdras rising frō the court of the temple went to the chamber of Ioannan the sonne of Eliasib 2 And remayned there and did eate no meate nor dronke drinke weepyng for the great wickednesse of the people 3 And there was made a proclamation in all Iury and at Hierusalem for all them that were of the captiuitie that they shoulde gather together at Hierusalem 4 And that whosoeuer met not there within two or three dayes according as the elders that bare rule appoynted their cattell shoulde be seased to the vse of the temple and he be excluded from them that were of the captiuitie 5 And in three dayes were all they of the tribe of Iuda and Beniamin gathered together at Hierusalem the twentith day of the ninth moneth 6 And the whole multitude sat tremblyng in the court of the temple for it was wynter 7 So Esdras arose vp and sayde vnto them Ye haue done vnrighteously in that ye haue taken outlandishe wiues to mariage and so to encrease the sinnes of Israel 8 And nowe knowledge the same and geue prayse vnto the Lorde God of our fathers 9 And perfourme his wyll departing from the heathen of the land and from the outlandishe wiues 10 Then cryed the whole multitude and sayd with a loude voyce Lyke as thou hast spoken so wyll we do 11 But forsomuche as the people are many and wynter season so that we may not stande without the house and because this worke is not a thing that can be finished in a day or two seing we be many that haue sinned in these thinges 12 Ordayne therefore that the rulers of the multitude and they of our families that haue straunge wyues tarry 13 And let the priestes and iudges come out of euery place in their time appoynted tyll they swage the wrath of the Lorde in this businesse 14 Then Ionathas the sonne of Azaiel and Ezechias the sonne of Thecan receaued the charge of this matter and Mosollam and Leuis and Sabatheus helped them therto 15 And they that were of the captiuitie dyd according to all these thinges 16 And Esdras the priest chose vnto him the principall men from among the fathers and them all by name and in the first day of the tenth moneth they sat together to examine this matter 17 And so the matter was a determining concerning the men that had maryed straunge wyues vntyll the new moone of the first moneth 18 And of the priestes that had mixt them selues with outlandishe wyues there were founde 19 Of the sonnes of Iesu the sonne of Iosedec and his brethren Mathelas Eleazar Ioribus and Ioadanus 20 Whiche offered them selues to put away their wiues and to offer a ramme vnto reconcilement for their purgation 21 And of the sonnes of Emmer Ananias and Zabdeus and Canes and Samaius and Hiereel and Azarias 22 And of the sonnes of Phaisu Ellionas Massias Esmaelus and Nathanael and Ocidelus and Talsas 23 And of the Leuites Iorabadus and Semis Colius who was called Calitas and Patheus and Oudas and Ionas ' 24 Of the holy singers Eliazurus Bacchurus ' 25 Of the porters Sallumus and Tolbants 26 Of them of Israel of the sonnes of Phorus Hiermas and Eddias Melchias and Maelus and Eleasar and Asibias and Banaias 27 Of the sonnes of Ela Matthanias Zacharias and Hierielas and Hieremoth and Aedias 28 And of the sonnes of Zamoth Eliadas Elisimus Othonias Iarimoth and Sabatus and Sardeus ' 29 Of the sonnes of Bebai Ioannes ' Ananias and Iosabad Ematheas 30 Of the sonnes of Mani Olamus Mamuchus Iedaias Iasubus Iasael and Ieremoth 31 And of the sonnes of Addi Naathus Moosias Laccunus and Naidus and Matthanias and Seschel and Balnuus and Manasseas 32 And of the sonnes of Annas Elionas and Aseas and Melchias and Sabbeus and Simon a Chosamite 33 And of the sonnes of Asom Altaneus and Matthias and Banaias Eliphalet and Manasses and Semi 34 And of the sonnes of Maani Ieremias Momdis Omairus Inel Mamai and Paclias and Amos Carabasion and Euasibus Mamnimata Naius Elisiasis Vamus Eliali Sanus Selemias Nathanias of the sonnes of Ozoras Sesis Esril Ezailus Samatas Sambis Iosiphus 35 And of the sonnes of Ethna Mazitias ' Zabadias Ethes Inel Banatas ' 36 All these had taken outlandishe women to mariage and they put them away with their chyldren 37 And the priestes and Leuites and all they that were of Israel dwelt at Hierusalem and throughout all the lande in the newe moone of the seuenth moneth and the chyldren of Israel were in their dwellinges 38 And the whole multitude came together with one accorde into the wyde place before the east gate of the temple 39 And they spake vnto Esdras the hye priest and reader that he woulde bryng the lawe of Moyses which had ben geuen of the Lorde God of Israel 40 So Esdras the hye priest brought the law vnto the whole multitude to man and woman and to al priestes that they myght heare the lawe in the newe moone of the seuen moneth 41 And he read in the first wyde place that is before the port of the temple from the morning early vnto midday before men and women And they applyed their minde all vnto the lawe 42 And Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe stoode vp vpon a pulpit of wood whiche was made therfore 43 And vpon his right hand there stoode by hym Mathathias Samus Anamas Azarias Vrias Ezechias and Balasan 44 Vpon his left hande stoode Faldeus Sael Melchias Aothasuphus and Nabarias 45 Then toke Esdras
thought necessarie to certifie you therof that ye also might kepe the tabernacles feast day and the day of the fire whiche was geuen vs when Nehemias offered after that he had set vp the temple and the aulter 19 For what time as our fathers were led away vnto Persis the priestes whiche then sought the honour of God toke the fire priuily from the aulter and hyd it in a valley where as was a deepe drye pit and therin they kept it so that the place was vnknowen to euery man 20 Nowe after many yeres when it pleased God that Nehemias shoulde be sent from the king of Persia he sent the childers children of those priestes which had hyd the fyre to seke it and as they told vs they found no fire but thicke water 21 Then commaunded he them to drawe it vp and to bring it him and the offeringes withall Nowe when the sacrifices were layed on and ordred Nehemias commaunded the priestes to sprinckle them and the wood with water 22 When this was done the time come that the sunne shone whiche afore was hyd in the cloude there was a great fire kindled in so much that euery man marueyled 23 Now all the priestes prayed whyle the sacrifice was a making Ionathas prayed first and the other gaue aunswere 24 And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O Lorde God maker of all thinges thou fearfull and strong thou righteous and mercifull thou that art onely a gratious king 25 Only liberall only iust almightie and euerlasting thou that deliuerest Israel from all trouble thou that hast chosen the fathers halowed them fauorably 26 Receaue the offering for thy whole people of Israel preserue thyne owne portion and halowe it 27 Gather those together that are scattred abrode from vs deliuer them that are vnder the heathens bondage loke vpon them whiche are despised and abhorred that the heathen may know and see howe that thou only art God which art our God 28 Punishe them that oppresse proudly put vs to dishonour 29 Set thy people againe in thy holy place like as Moyses hath spoken 30 And the priestes song Psalmes of thankesgeuing so long as the sacrifice endured 31 Nowe when the sacrifice was brent Nehemias commaunded the great stones to be sprinkled with the residue of the water 32 Which when it was done there was kindled a flambe of them also but it was consumed thorowe the light that shyned from the aulter 33 So when this matter was knowen it was tolde the king of Persia that in the place where the priestes which were led away had hyd fyre there appeared water and that Nehemias and his companie had purified the sacrifices withall 34 Then the king considering and pondering the matter diligently inclosed the place and consecrated a temple to proue the thing that was done 35 And when he founde it so in deede he gaue the priestes many giftes diuers rewardes yea he toke them with his owne hand and gaue them 36 And Nehemias called the same place Nephthar whiche is as much to say as a clensing but many men call it Nephi The .ii. Chapter 4 Howe Ieremie hyd the tabernacle the arke and the aulter in the hyll 23 Of the fiue bookes of Iason conteyned in one 1 IT is founde also in the writinges of Ieremi the prophete that he commaunded them whiche were caried away to take fyre as it is sayde afore 2 He commaunded them also that they should not forget the lawe commaundementes of the Lorde and that they shoulde not erre in their mindes when they see images of siluer and gold with their ornamentes 3 These and such other thinges commaunded he them and exhorted them that they shoulde not let the law of God go out of their heartes 4 It is written also how the prophete at the commaundement of God charged them to take the tabernacle the arke with them and he went foorth vnto the mountayne where Moyses clymed vp and sawe the heritage of God 5 And when Ieremi came there he found an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle the arke and the aulter of incense and so stopped the doore 6 There came certayne men together also folowing him to marke the place but they coulde not finde it 7 Whiche when Ieremie perceaued he reproued them saying As for that place it shal be vnknowen vntill the time that God gather his people together againe and receaue them vnto mercie 8 Then shall God shewe them these thinges and the maiestie of the Lorde shal appeare the cloude also like as it was shewed vnto Moyses and like as when Solomon desired that the place might be honorablie sanctified and it was shewed hym 9 For he beyng a wyse man handled honorably and wysely offering vnto God in the halowing of the temple when it was finished 10 And like as when Moyses prayed vnto the Lorde the fire came downe from heauen and consumed the burnt offering Euen so prayed Solomon also and the fire came downe from heauen and consumed the burnt offering 11 And Moyses sayde Because the sinne offering was not eaten therefore it is consumed 12 In like maner Solomon kept the dedication or halowing eyght dayes 13 In the annotations and writinges of Ieremi were these thinges put also and howe he made a librarie and howe he gathered out of all countreys the bookes of the kinges of the prophetes and of Dauid and the epistles of the kinges concerning the holy giftes 14 Euen so Iudas also loke what he learned by experience of warre and such thinges as hath happened vnto vs he gathered them altogether and so we haue them by vs. 15 If ye now desire to haue the same send some body to fetch them vnto you 16 Where as we then are about to celebrate the purification we haue written vnto you therefore ye shall do well if ye kepe the same dayes 17 We hope also that the God which deliuered his people and gaue them al the heritage kingdome priesthood and sanctuarie 18 That he promised them in the law shal shortly haue mercie vpon vs and gather vs together from vnder the heauen into his holie place for he hath saued vs from great peryls and hath clensed the place 19 As concerning Iudas Machabeus and his brethren the purification of the great temple the dedication of the aulter 20 Yea and of the warres that concerne noble Antiochus Eupator his sonne 21 And the miracles shewed from heauen by the valiaunt actes of those which defended the Iewes religion so that a fewe ran through the whole countrey and draue away the barbarous armies 22 Repaired againe the temple that was spoken of throughout all the world deliuered the citie doyng their best that the law of the Lord which was put downe might with all tranquilitie be restored againe vnto the Lord that was so mercifull vnto them 23 As touching Iason also of Cyren we haue
vndertaken compendiously to bring into one booke the thinges that were comprehended of him in fyue 24 For we considering the multitude of the bookes and howe hard it shoulde be for them that woulde meddle with stories and actes and that because of so diuers matters 25 Haue vndertaken so to comprehend the stories that such as are disposed to reade might haue pleasure and pastime therin and that they which are diligent in such thinges might the better thinke vpon them yea and that whosoeuer reade them might haue profite therby 26 Neuerthelesse we our selues that haue medled with this matter for the shortening of it haue taken no small labour but great diligence watchinges and trauayle 27 Like as they that make a feast would fayne do other men pleasure euen so we also for many mens sakes are very well content to take the labour 28 Where as we may shortly comprehend the thinges that other men haue truely written 29 For he that buyldeth an house anewe must prouide for many thinges to the whole buylding but he that paynteth it afterward seketh but only that is comely meete and conuenient to garnishe it withall 30 Euen so do we also in like maner And why He that beginneth fyrst to wryte a storie must with his vnderstanding gather the matter together set his wordes in order and diligently seke out euery part 31 But he that afterwarde will shorten it vseth fewe wordes and toucheth not the matter at the largest Let this be sufficient for a prologue 32 Now will we begin to shew the matter for it is but a foolishe thing to make a long prologue and to be short in the storie it selfe The .iii. Chapter 1 Of the honour done vnto the temple by the kinges of the gentiles 6 Simon vttereth what treasure is in the temple 9 Heliodorus is sent to take them away 26 He is striken of God and healed at the prayer of Onias 1 WHat time as the holy citie was inhabited in all peace and wealth and when the lawes were yet very well kept for so was it ordeyned thorowe the godlinesse of Onias the hye prieste and other godly men that were enemies to wickednesse 2 It came therto that euen the kinges and princes them selues dyd the place great worship and garnished the temple with great giftes 3 Insomuch that Seleucus king of Asia of his owne rentes bare all the coastes belonging to the seruice of the offringes 4 Then Simon of the tribe of Beniamin ruler of the temple vpon a variaunce risen betweene him the hygh priest for wickednesse that was done in the citie 5 For that he could not ouercome Onias he gat him to Apollonius the sonne of Thrasia which then was chiefe Lorde in Celosyria and Phemces 6 And tolde hym that the treasurie in Hierusalem was full of innumerable money how that the common goodes whiche belongeth not vnto the offeringes were exceeding great also yea and howe it were possible that all these might come vnder the kinges power 7 Now when Apollonius had shewed the king of the money as it was tolde him the king called for Heliodorus his treasurer and sent him with a commaundement to bring him the same money 8 Immediatly Heliodorus toke his iourney but vnder a colour as though he woulde go thorowe Celosyria and Phenices to visite the cities but his purpose was to fulfill the kinges pleasure 9 So when he came to Hierusalem and was louingly receaued of the hye priest into the citie he tolde what was determined concerning the money and shewed the cause of his comming he asked also if it were so in deede 10 Then the hye priest tolde hym that there was such money layed vp for the vpholding of wydowes and fatherlesse children 11 And how that a certayne of it belonged vnto Hyrcanus the sonne of Tobias a noble man that of all the money and not as that wicked Simon had reported there were foure hundreth talentes of siluer and two hundred of golde 12 Yea that it were vnpossible for those mens meaning to be disceaued that had put assured confidence in the holinesse of the place in the maiestie vndoubted safetie of the temple whiche is had in worship thorowe the whole worlde for the mayntenaunce and honour of the same 13 Whervnto Heliodorus aunswered that the king had commaunded hym in any wyse to bring hym the money 14 So at the day appoynted Heliodorus entred into the temple to order this matter wherefore there was no small feare throughout the whole citie 15 The priestes fell downe before the aulter in their vestmentes and called vnto heauen vpon hym whiche had made a lawe concerning stuffe geuen to kepe that they shoulde be safely preserued for such as commited them vnto keping 16 Then who so had loked the hye priest in the face it woulde haue greeued his heart for his countenaunce and the chaunging of his colour declared the inwarde sorowe of his mynde 17 The man was all in heauinesse and his body in feare whereby they that loked vpon him might perceaue the griefe of his heart 18 The other people also came out of their houses by heapes vnto the common prayer because the place was like to come into confusion 19 The women came together thorowe the streetes with heary clothes about their brestes the virgins also that were kept in ran to Onias some of them ran to the gates some vp vpon the walles other some loked out at the windowes 20 Yea they all helde vp their handes towarde heauen and prayed 21 A miserable thing was it to loke vpon the common people and the hie priest beyng in such trouble 22 But they besought almightie God that the goodes which were committed vnto them might be kept whole for those that had deliuered them vnto their keping 23 Neuerthelesse the thing that Heliodorus was determined to do that perfourmed he in the same place he hym selfe personally beyng about the treasurie with his men of warre 24 But the spirite of almightie God shewed him selfe openly so that al they which presumed to obey Heliodorus fel thorow the power of God into a great fearefulnesse and dread 25 For there appeared vnto them an horse with a terrible man sitting vpon him deckte in goodly aray and the horse smote at Heliodorus with his forefeete Nowe he that sate vpon the horse had harnesse of golde vpon him 26 Moreouer there appeared two fayre and beautifull young men of notable strength in goodly aray whiche stoode by him scourged him of both the sides and gaue hym many strypes without ceassing 27 With that fell Hiliodorus sodenly vnto the grounde so they toke him vp beyng compassed about with great darkenesse bare him out vpon a beere 28 Thus he that came with so many runners and men of warre into the sayde treasurie was borne out where as no man might helpe hym beyng destitute of harnesse and weapons and so the power of God was manifest knowen
And so through myne hypocrisie for a litle time of a transitorie lyfe they might be deceaued by this meanes also should I defile myne age and make it abhominable 26 For though I were nowe deliuered from the tormentes of men yet shoulde I not escape the hand of almightie God neither aliue nor dead 27 Wherefore I wyll dye manfully and do as it becommeth myne age 28 Whereby I may peraduenture leaue an example of stedfastnes for such as be young if I with a redie minde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had saide these words immediatly he was drawen to the torment 29 Now they that led him and were milde a litle afore began to take displeasure because of the wordes that he saide for they thought he had spoken them of an hie minde 30 But when he was in his martirdome he mourned and saide Thou O Lorde which hast the holy knowledge knowest openly that where as I might be deliuered from death I suffer these sore paynes of my body but in my minde I am well content to suffer them because I feare thee 31 Thus this man dyed leauing the memoriall of his death for an example not onely vnto young men but vnto all the people to be stedfast and manly The .vij. Chapter The punishment of the seuen brethren and of their mother 1 IT happened also that there were seuen brethren with their mother taken and compelled by the king against the lawe to eate swines fleshe namely with scourges and leatherne whippes 2 And one of them which was the chiefe saide What seekest thou and what requirest thou of vs As for vs we are redie rather to suffer death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers 3 Then was the king angry and bad heate cauldrons brasen pottes which when they were made hot 4 Immediately he commaunded the tongue of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skin ouer his head to pare the edges of his handes and feete yea and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren 5 Now when he was cleane mangled he cōmaunded a fire to be made and so while there was any breathin him to be fried in the cauldron In the which when he had ben long pained the other brethren with their mother exhorted him to dye manfully saying 6 The Lorde God shall regarde the trueth and comfort vs lyke as Moyses testifieth and declareth in his song saying And he wyll haue compassion on his seruauntes 7 So when the first was dead after this maner they brought the second to haue him in derision pulled the skinne with the heere ouer his head and asked him if he would eate swines flesh or he were payned in the other members also throughout his body 8 But he aunswered in his owne language and said I wyll not do it And so he was tormented lyke as the first 9 And when he was euen at the geuing vp of the ghost he sayd Thou most vngratious person puttest vs now to death but the king of the worlde shal rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in the resurrection of euerlasting lyfe 10 After him was the third had in derision and when he was required he put out his tongue and that right soone holding foorth his handes manfully 11 And spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawes of God I despise them for my trust is that I shal receaue them of him againe 12 Insomuch that the king they which were with him marueyled at the young mans boldnes that he nothing regarded the paynes 13 Now when he was dead also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner 14 So when he was now at his death he saide It is better that we being put to death of men haue our hope trust in God for he shall rayse vs vp againe as for thee thou shalt haue no resurrection to lyfe 15 And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormented him 16 Then loked he vnto the king and said Thou hast power among men for thou art a mortall man also thy selfe to do what thou wylt but thinke not that God hath forsaken our generation 17 Abide thee tary still awhile and thou shalt see the great power of God howe he wyll punishe thee and thy seede 18 After him they brought the sixt which being at the poynt of death saide Be not deceaued O king for this we suffer for our owne sakes because we haue offended our God and therefore marueylous thinges are shewed vpon vs. 19 But thinke not thou which takest in hande to striue against God that thou shalt escape vnpunished 20 This excellent mother worthy to be wel reported of had in remembraūce saw her seuen sonnes dye in one day and suffered it paciently because of the hope that she had in God Yea she exhorted euery one of them in her countrey language and that boldly and stedfastly with perfect wysdome waking vp her wiuishe thought with a manly stomake and saide vnto them 22 I can not tell howe ye sprang in my wombe for I neither gaue you breath nor soule nor lyfe it is not I that ioyned the members of your bodies together 23 But the maker of the worlde which fashioned the byrth of man and began all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercie shall geue you breath and lyfe againe lyke as ye now regard not your owne selues for his lawes sake 24 Now thought Antiochus that she had despised him therfore he let her go with her reproffes and began to exhort the youngest sonne which yet was left not onely with wordes but swore vnto him with an oth that he shoulde make him a rich and wealthy man if he would forsake the lawes of his fathers yea and that he shoulde geue him whatsoeuer were necessarie for him 25 But when the young man would not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother and counselled her to saue her sonnes lyfe 26 And when he had exhorted her with many wordes she promysed him that she would speake to her sonne 27 So she turned her vnto him laughing the cruell tyraunt to scorne and spake in her countrey language O my sonne haue pitie vpon me that bare thee nine monethes in my wombe that gaue thee sucke nourished thee and brought thee vp vnto this age 28 I beseche thee my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therein and consider that God made them and mans generation of naught 29 So shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffer death stedfastly lyke as thy brethren haue done that I may receaue thee againe in the same mercie with thy brethren 30 While she was yet speaking these wordes the young man saide whom loke ye for wherefore do ye tary ◠I wyl not obey the kinges commaundement but the law that God gaue vs by Moyses
ouercome the Iewes 8 Succour is sent from heauen vnto the Iewes 16 The letter of Lysias to the Iewes 20 The letter of king Antiochus vnto Lysias 27 A letter of the same vnto the Iewes 34 A letter of the Romanes to the Iewes 1 NOT long after this Lysias the kinges stewarde and a kinsman of his which had the gouernaunce of his matters toke sore displeasure for the thinges that had happened 2 And when he had gathered fourescore thousand men of foote with al the hoast of the horsemen he came against the Iewes thinking to winne the citie to make it an habitation for the heathen 3 And the temple woulde he haue to be an house of lucre like as the other gods houses of the heathen are and to sell the priestes office euery yere 4 Not considering the power of God but was wilde in his mynde trusting in the multitude of footemen in thousandes of horsemen in his fourescore Elephantes 5 So he came into Iurie and then to Bethsura a castle of defence lying in a narow place fiue furlonges from Hierusalem layed sore siege vnto it 6 Nowe when Machabeus and his company knew that the strong holdes were besieged they fell to their prayers with weeping and teares before the Lorde and all the people in lyke maner besought him that he woulde send a good angel to deliuer Israel 7 Machabeus him selfe was the first that made him redy to the battayle exhorting the other that were with hym to ieoperde them selues and to helpe their brethren 8 And when they were goyng foorth of Hierusalem together with a redy and willing mynde there appeared before them vpon horsbacke a man in whyte clothing with harnesse of gold shaking his speare 9 Then they praysed the Lorde all together whiche had shewed them mercie and were comforted in their mindes insomuch that they were redy not onely to fight with men but with the most cruel beastes yea run thorowe walles of iron 10 Thus they went on willingly hauing an helper from heauen and the Lorde mercifull vnto them 11 They fell mightyly vpon their enemies like lions slue eleuen thousande footemen sixeteene hundred horsemen and put all the other to flight 12 Many of them beyng wounded and some gat away naked Yea Lysias him selfe was fayne to flee shamefully and so to escape 13 Neuerthelesse that man was not without vnderstanding but considered by him selfe that his power was minished and pondred howe the Iewes beyng defended by the helpe of almightie God were not able to be ouercome wherfore he sent them worde 14 And promised that he would consent to all thinges whiche were reasonable and to make the king their friende 15 To the which praier of Lysias Machabeus agreed seking in all thinges the commonwealth whatsoeuer Machabeus wrote vnto Lysias concerning the Iewes the king graunted it 16 For there were letters written vnto the Iewes from Lysias conteyning these wordes Lysias sendeth greeting to the people of the Iewes 17 Iohn and Absolon which were sent from you deliuered me wrytinges and required me to fulfill the thinges concerning their errande 18 Therefore loke what might be graunted I certified the king therof whatsoeuer was conuenieÌ„t he agreed therto 19 If ye now wil be faythful in these matters I shall endeuour my selfe hereafter also to do you good 20 As concerning these thinges by euery article thereof I haue committed them to your messengers and to those whom I sent vnto you to commune with you of the same particulerly 21 Fare ye well In the hundred fourtie and eyght yere the twentie fourth day of the moneth Dioscorinthius 22 Now the kinges letter conteyned these wordes King Antiochus sendeth greeting vnto his brother Lysias 23 Forsomuch as our father is now translated vnto the gods our will is that they which are in our realme liue without any insurrection and euery man to be diligent in his owne matters 24 We vnderstande also that the Iewes would not consent to our father for to be brought vnto the custome of the gentiles but stifly to kepe their owne statutes for the which cause they require of vs also to let them remayne still after their owne lawes 25 Wherfore our minde is that this people shal be in rest we haue concluded and determined also to restore them their temple againe that they may lyue according to the vse and custome of their forefathers 26 Thou shalt do vs a pleasure therefore if thou send vnto them and graunt them peace that when they are certified of our mynde they may be of good cheare and loke to their owne wealth 27 And this was the letter that the king wrote vnto the Iewes King Antiochus sendeth greeting vnto the counsell and the other people of the Iewes 28 If ye fare well we haue our desire as for vs we are in good health 29 Menelaus came tolde vs howe that your desire was to returne home and peaceably to enioy your owne possessioÌ„s 30 Wherfore those that wil come 〈…〉 them free libertie vnto the thirtie dayâ—â— the moneth of Aprill 31 That they may vse the meates of the Iewes and their owne lawes like as afore and none of them by any manâ—r of wayes to haue harme for thinges done in ignoraunce 32 I haue sent also Menelaus that he may comfort you 33 Fare ye well In the hundred fourtie and eyght yere the fyfteenth day of the moneth of Aprill 34 The Romaynes also sent a letter conteyning these wordes Quintus Mâ—â—mius Litus Manilius ambassadours of the Romaynes sende greeting vnto the people of the Iewes 35 Loke what Lysias the kinges kinsman hath graunted you we graunt you the same also 36 But as concerning the thinges which he referred vnto the king send hither some with speede and ponder the matter diligently among your selues that we may cast the best to your profite for we must depart nowe vnto Antioche 37 And therefore write shortly againe that we may knowe your mynde 38 Fare well In the hundreth fourtie and eyght yere the fyfteenth day of the moneth of Aprill The .xii. Chapter 2 Timotheus troubleth the Iewes 3 The wicked deede of them of Ioppa against the Iewes â— Iudas is auenged of them 9 He setteth fire on the gate of Iamnia 20 The pursute of the Iewes against Timothi 24 Timothi is taken and let go vnhurt 32 Iudas pursueth Gorgias 43 Iudas offering sacrifice for the dead sheweth the hope of the resurrection 1 WHen these couenauntes were made Lysias went vnto the king and the Iewes tilled their grounde 2 But Timotheus Apolomus the sonne of Gennei Ierome and Demophon the proude Nicanor the captayne of Cypers and they that lay in those places would not let them lyue in rest peace 3 They of Ioppa also dyd euen such a shameful deede they prayed the Iewes that dwelt among them to go with their wyues children into the shippes which they had prepared and dyd with
39 And they caught hym and thrust him out of the vineyarde and slewe hym 40 When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde commeth what wyll he do vnto those husbande men 41 They sayde vnto hym He wyll miserably destroy those wicked men wyll let out his vineyard vnto other husband men which shall delyuer him the fruite in due seasons 42 Iesus sayth vnto them Did ye neuer reade in the Scriptures The stone which the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner This is the Lordes doing and it is marueylous in our eyes 43 Therefore saye I vnto you the kyngdome of God shal be taken from you geuen to a nation bryngyng foorth the fruites therof 44 And whosoeuer falleth on this stone shal be broken in peeces but on whomsoeuer it falleth it shal all to grynd him 45 And when the chiefe priestes and pharisees had heard his parables they perceaued that he spake of them 46 And they went about to laye handes on hym but they feared the multitudes because they toke him as a prophet ¶ The .xxij. Chapter ¶ 2 The mariage of the kynges sonne 17 Tribute to be geuen to the Emperour 25 Christe confuteth the opinion of the Saducees concernyng the resurrection 36 and aunswereth the Scribe vnto his question 1 AND Iesus aunswered and spake vnto them againe by parables and sayde 2 ☞ The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng which made a mariage for his sonne 3 And sent foorth his seruauntes to call them that were bidden to the wedding and they woulde not come 4 Agayne he sent foorth other seruauntes saying Tell them which are bidden beholde I haue prepared my dinner my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled and all thynges are redy come vnto the mariage 5 But they made lyght of it and went their wayes one to his farme another to his marchaundize 6 And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes and entreated them spitefully and slewe them 7 But when the kyng hearde therof he was wroth and sent foorth his men of warre and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp their citie 8 Then sayde he to his seruauntes the mariage in dede is prepared But they which were bidden were not worthy 9 Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes and as many as ye fynde bid them to the mariage 10 And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad and the weddyng was furnished with ghestes 11 Then the kyng came in to see the ghestes and whē he spyed there a man which had not on a weddyng garmēt 12 He sayde vnto hym frende howe camest thou in hyther not hauyng a weddyng garment And he was euen speachlesse 13 Then sayde the kyng to the ministers bynde hym hande and foote and cast hym into vtter darknesse there shal be wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth 14 For many be called but fewe are chosen ☜ 15 ☞ Then went the Pharisees and toke councell how they myght intangle hym in his talke 16 And they sent out vnto hym their disciples with the Herodians seruauntes saying Maister we knowe that thou art true and teachest the way of God truely neither carest thou for any man for thou doest not respect mens persons 17 Tell vs therfore howe thynkest thou Is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Caesar or not 18 But Iesus perceauyng their wickednesse sayde Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites 19 Shewe me the tribute money And they brought vnto hym a peny 20 And he sayde to them whose is this image and superscription 21 They say vnto hym Caesars Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto Caesar the thynges which are Caesars and vnto God those thynges that are gods ☜ 22 When they had hearde these wordes they marueyled and left hym and went their way 23 The same day came to hym the Saducees which say that there is no resurrection and asked hym 24 Saying Maister Moyses sayde that if a man dye hauing no childrē his brother shoulde mary his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother 25 Ther were with vs seuen brethren and the first maryed a wyfe and deceassed without issue and left his wyfe vnto his brother 26 Likewyse the seconde and the thirde vnto the seuenth 27 Last of all the woman dyed also 28 Therfore in the resurrection whose wyfe shall she be of the seuen For they all had her 29 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them ye do erre not knowyng the Scriptures nor the power of God 30 For in the resurrection they neither mary nor are geuen in maryage but are as the Angels of God in heauen 31 But as touchyng the resurrection of the dead haue ye not read that which is spoken vnto you of God which sayth 32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob God is not the God of the dead but of the lyuyng 33 And when the multitudes hearde this they were astonyed at his doctrine 34 ☞ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Saducees to silence they came together 35 And one of them which was a lawyer asked hym a question temptyng hym and saying 36 Maister which is the great commaundent in the lawe 37 Iesus sayde vnto hym Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde 38 This is the first and great commaundement 39 And the seconde is lyke vnto this Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe 40 In these two commaundementes hang all the lawe and the prophetes 41 Whyle the Pharisees were gathered together Iesus asked them 42 Saying what thynke ye of Christe whose sonne is he They sayde vnto hym the sonne of Dauid 43 He sayde vnto them howe then doth Dauid in spirite call him Lorde saying 44 The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy footestoole 45 If Dauid then call him Lorde howe is he then his sonne 46 And no man was able to aunswere hym a worde neither durst any man from that day foorth aske hym any mo questions ☜ ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter ¶ 3 Christe cryeth wo to the Pharisees Scribes and hypocrites 37 and prophesieth the destruction of Hierusalem 1 THen spake Iesus to the multitudes and to his disciples 2 Saying The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate 3 All therfore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but do not ye after their workes for they say and do not 4 Yea they bynde together heauy burthens and greeuous to be borne and lay them on mens shoulders but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers 5 All their workes they do for to be sene of men They make broade their philacteries and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes 6 And loue the vppermost seates
thy name 18 And he said vnto them I sawe Satan as it had ben lyghtnyng fallyng downe from heauen 19 Beholde I geue vnto you power to treade on serpentes and scorpions and ouer all maner power of the enemie nothyng shall hurt you 20 Neuerthelesse in this reioyce not that the spirites are subdued vnto you but rather reioyce because your names are written in heauen 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite and sayde I confesse vnto thee father Lorde of heauen earth that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased thee 22 All thynges are geuen me of my father No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father and who the father is but the sonne and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym 23 And he turned to his disciples sayde secretely ☞ Happy are the eyes which see the thynges that ye see 24 For I tell you that many prophetes and kynges haue desired to see those thynges whiche ye see haue not seene them and to heare those thinges which ye heare and haue not hearde them 25 And beholde a certaine lawyer stoode vp and tempted him saying Maister what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe He sayde vnto hym 26 What is written in the lawe howe readest thou 27 And he aunswered and saide Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule with all thy strength and with al thy mynd◠and thy neyghbour as thy selfe 28 And he sayde vnto hym Thou 〈◊〉 aunswered ryght this do and thou shalt lyue 29 But he wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe said vnto Iesus and who is my neighbour 30 And Iesus aunswered and sayde A certaine man descended from Hierusalem to Hierico and fell among thieues which robbed hym of his rayment and wounded hym and departed leauyng hym halfe dead 31 And it befell that there came downe a certayne priest that same way and whē he sawe hym he passed by on the other syde 32 And likewise a Leuite when he went nye to the place came and loked on him and passed by the other syde 33 But a certayne Samaritane as he iourneyed came vnto hym and when he saw him he had compassion on him 34 And went to hym and bounde vp his woundes and powred in oyle and wine and set hym on his owne beast and brought hym to a common Inne and made prouision for hym 35 And on the morowe when he departed he toke out two pence and gaue them to the hoste and sayde vnto hym take cure of hym and whatsoeuer thou spendest more when I come agayne I wyll recompence thee 36 Which nowe of these three thinkest thou was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues 37 And he sayde He that shewed mercy on hym Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Go and do thou lykewyse ☜ 38 ☞ Nowe it came to passe that as they went he entred into a certayne towne And a certayne womā named Martha receaued hym into her house 39 And this woman had a sister called Marie whiche also sate at Iesus feete and hearde his worde 40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing and came to hym saide Lorde doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me 41 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou art carefull and troubled about many thynges 42 Veryly one is needefull Mary hath chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her ☜ ¶ The .xj. Chapter 2 Christe teacheth his disciples to pray and to continue in prayer 14 he dryueth out a dumbe deuyll 15 and rebuketh the blasphemous pharisees 28 Who are blessed 29 The Iewes aske a signe 37 Christe vnwasshed eateth with the pharisee 39 and reproueth the outwarde shewe of holynesse in the pharisees scribes and hypocrites 1 AND so it was that as he was praying in a certaine place when he ceassed one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lord teache vs to pray as Iohn also taught his disciples 2 And he said vnto them When ye pray say O our father which art in heauen halowed be thy name thy kyngdome come thy wyll be fulfylled euen in earth also as it is in heauen 3 Our dayly breade geue vs this day 4 And forgeue vs our synnes For euen we forgeue euery man that trespasseth vs. And leade vs not into temptation but delyuer vs from euyll 5 And he sayde vnto them ☞ Whiche of you shall haue a friende and shall go vnto hym at mydnyght and saye vnto hym friende lende me three loaues 6 For a friende of mine is come out of the way to me and I haue nothyng to set before hym 7 And he within aunswere say trouble me not the doore is nowe shut and my children are with me in bedde I can not ryse and geue thee 8 I saye vnto you though he wyll not ryse and geue hym because he is his friende yet because of his importunitie he wyll ryse and geue hym as many as he needeth 9 And I say vnto you aske and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you 10 For euery one that asketh receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and vnto hym that knocketh shall it be opened 11 If the sonne shall aske breade of any of you that is a father wyll he geue him a stone Or yf he aske fisshe wyll he for fisshe geue hym a serpent 12 Or yf he aske an egge wyll he offer hym a scorpion 1◠If ye then being euyll can geue good gyftes vnto your chyldren howe muche more shall your father of heauen geue the holy spirite to them that desire it of hym ☜ 14 ☞ And he was castyng out a deuyll and the same was dumbe And it came to passe when the deuyll was gone out the dumbe spake the people wondred 15 But some of thē sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils 16 And other tempted him and required of hym a signe from heauen 17 But he knowyng their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuided agaynst it selfe is desolate and a housed deuided agaynst a house falleth 18 If Satan also be deuided against him selfe howe shall his kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub 19 If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your chyldren cast them out Therfore shall they be your iudges 20 But yf I with the fynger of God cast our deuyls no doubt the kyngdome of God is come vpon you 21 When a strong man armed kepeth his palace y e thynges that he possesseth are in peace 22 But whē a stronger then he commeth vpon hym and ouercommeth hym he taketh from him all his harnesse wherin he trusted and deuideth
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
spoken parteyneth vnto another tribe of which no man stoode at the aulter 14 For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood 15 And it is yet a farre more euidēt thing yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest 16 Which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement but after the power of the endlesse lyfe 17 For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech 18 For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse therof 19 For the lawe made nothyng perfect but was the bryngyng in of a better hope by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God 20 And in as much as that was not without an oth For those priestes were made without an oth 21 But this priest with an oth by hym that saide vnto him The Lord sware and wyll not repent thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech 22 By so much was Iesus made a suertie of a better testament 23 And among them many were made priestes because they were forbidden by death to endure 24 But this man because he endureth euer hath an vnchaungeable priesthood 25 Wherefore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by hym seyng he euer lyueth to make intercession for them 26 For such an hye priest became vs whiche is holy harmelesse vndefyled seperate from sinners and made hygher then heauens 27 Whiche nedeth not dayly as those hie priestes to offer vp sacrifice first for his owne sinnes and then for the peoples for that dyd he once when he offered vp hym selfe 28 For the lawe maketh men hye priestes which haue infirmitie but the word of the oth which was after the lawe maketh the sonne whiche is perfecte for euermore ⧠The .viij. Chapter 6 He proueth the abolisshyng aswell of the Leuiticall priesthood as of the olde couenaunt by the spirituall and euerlastyng priesthood of Christe 8 and by the newe couenaunt 1 BVt of the thinges whiche we haue spoken this is y e summe We haue such an hye priest that sitteth on y e ryght hand of y e throne of the maiestie in the heauēs 2 A minister of holy thynges and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pight and not man 3 For euery hye priest is ordeyned to offer gyftes and sacrifices Wherefore it is of necessitie that this man haue somewhat also to offer 4 For he were not a priest yf he were on the earth seyng there are priestes that accordyng to the lawe offer gyftes 5 Who serue vnto the example and shadowe of heauenly thinges as Moyses was admonished of God when he was about to finishe the tabernacle For see saith he that thou make all thynges accordyng to the patterne shewed to thee in the mount 6 But nowe hath he obteyned a more excellent office by howe much also he is the mediatour of a better couenaunt whiche was confirmed in better promises 7 For yf that first couenaunt had ben founde fautlesse then shoulde no place haue ben sought for the seconde 8 For in rebukyng them he saith Beholde the dayes come saith the Lord and I wyll finishe vppon the house of Israel and vppon the house of Iuda a newe couenaunt 9 Not lyke that that I made with their fathers in the day when I toke them by the hande to leade them out of the lande of Egypt because they continued not in my couenaunt and I regarded them not saith the Lorde 10 For this is the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lord geuyng my lawes into their mynde and in their heart I wyl write them and I wyll be to them a God and they shal be to me a people 11 And they shall not teach euery man his neyghbour and euery man his brother saying knowe the Lorde for all shall knowe me from the litle of them to the great of them 12 For I wyll be mercyfull to their vnrighteousnes and their sinnes and their iniquities wyll I thynke vpon no more 13 In that he sayth a newe couenaunt he hath worne out the first For that which is worne out and waxed olde is redie to vanishe away The .ix. Chapter 1 Howe that the ceremonies and sacrifices of the lawe are abolisshed 11 by the eternitie and perfection of Christes sacrifice 1 THe first couenaunt then had verylye iustifiyng ordinaunces seruinges of God and worldlye holynesse 2 ☞ For there was a fore tabernacle made wherein was the lyght and the table and the shewe bread whiche is called holy 3 But after the seconde vayle was a tabernacle which is called holyest of al 4 Which had the golden senser and the arke of the couenaunt ouerlaide rounde about with golde wherin was the golden pot hauyng Manna and Aarons rodde that had budded and the tables of the couenaunt 5 And ouer it the Cherubins of glorie shadowyng the mercie seate Of which thynges we can not nowe speake particulerlie 6 When these thynges were thus ordeyned the priestes went alwayes into the first tabernacle accomplishyng the seruice of God 7 But into y e seconde went the hye priest alone once euery yere not without blood which he offered for hym selfe for the ignorauncies of the people 8 The holy ghost this signifiyng that the waye of holy thinges was not yet opened whyle as yet the first tabernacle was standyng 9 Whiche was a similitude for the tyme then presēt in which were offred giftes and sacrifices that coulde not make the worshipper perfect as parteining to the conscience 10 With only meates and drynkes and diuers wasshynges and iustifiynges of the flesshe which were layde vp vntyll the tyme of reformation 11 ☞ But Christe beyng come an hye priest of good thynges that shoulde be by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with handes that is to say not of this buyldyng 12 Neither by the blood of Goates and Calues but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place founde eternall redemption ☜ 13 For if the blood of Oxen of Goates and the asshes of a young Cowe sprinklyng the vncleane sanctifieth to the purifiyng of the flesshe 14 Howe much more the blood of Christe which through the eternall spirite offered hym selfe without spot to God shall purge your conscience frō dead workes to serue the lyuyng God 15 And for this cause is he the mediatour of the newe couenaunt that through death which was for the redemption of the transgressions that were vnder the first couenaunt they whiche are called myght receaue the promise of eternall inheritaunce ☜ 16 For where as is a testament there must also of necessitie be the death of him that maketh it 17 For a
testament is confirmed when men are dead for it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the testameÌ„t is alyue 18 For which cause also neither the firste testamentâ— was dedicated without blood 19 For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates with water purple wooll and ysope he sprynkled both the booke it selfe and all the people 20 Saying This is the blood of the testament whiche God hath enioyned vnto you 21 And lykewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministerie 22 And almost all thynges are by y e lawe pourged with blood and without sheddyng of blood is no remission 23 It is neede then that the paterne of heauenly thynges be purified with such thynges but the heauenly thynges theÌ„ selues be purified with better sacrifices then are those 24 For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes which are paternes of true thynges but into heauen it selfe nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs. 25 Not that he shoulde offer him selfe often as the hye priest entreth into the holy places euery yere in strauÌ„ge blood 26 For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of hym selfe 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye and after this the iudgement 28 Euen so Christe once offered to take away the sinnes of many the seconde time shal be seene without sinne of them which wayte for hym vnto saluation ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 The olde lawe had no power to clense away sinne 10 but Christe dyd it with offeryng of his body once for all 22 And exhortation to receaue the goodnesse of God thankfully with pacience and stedfast fayth 1 FOr the lawe hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of the thinges theÌ„ selues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually make the commers therevnto perfect 2 For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred because that the offerers once pourged shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes 3 Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is mention made of sinnes euery yere 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles of Goates shoulde take away sinnes 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he saith Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me 6 In burnt sacrifices sinne â—offerynges thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then sayde I lo I come In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me to do thy wyll O God 8 Aboue when he saith that sacrifice and offeryng and burnt offeringes and sinne offerynges thou wouldest not neither haddest pleasure therein which are offered by the lawe 9 Then sayde he lo I come to do thy wyll O God He taketh away y e first to stablyshe the seconde 10 In y e which wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesus Christe once for all 11 And euery priest standeth dayly ministryng offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices whiche can neuer take away sinnes 12 But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is sit downe for euer on the ryght hande of God 13 From hencefoorth tarying tyl his foes be made his footstoole 14 For with one offeryng hath he made perfite for euer them that are sanctified 15 And the holy ghost also beareth vs recorde For after that he tolde before 16 This is the couenaunt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes sayth the Lorde geuyng my lawes in their heart and in their myndes wyl I write them 17 And their sinnes and iniquities wyll I remember no more 18 And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for sinne 19 Hauyng therefore brethren libertie to enter into holy places in the blood of Iesus 20 By the new and lyuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to say his flesshe 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God 22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte in assuraunce of fayth sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience and wasshed in body with pure water 23 Let vs holde the profession of the hope without waueryng for he is faythfull that promised 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes 25 Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together as the maner of some is but exhortyng one â—anotherâ— and so much the more as ye see the day approchyng 26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth there remayneth no more sacrifice for sinnes 27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement and violent fire whiche shall deuour the aduersaries 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shall he be worthy whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and counteth the blood of the couenauÌ„t wherein he was sanctified an vnholye thyng and doth despite to the spirite of grace 30 For we knowe hym that hath sayde vengeaunce belongeth vnto me I wyl render saith the Lorde And agayne the Lorde shall iudge his people 31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God 32 Call to remeÌ„braunce the former dayes in the which after ye had receaued light ye endured a great fyght of aduersities 33 Partly whyle ye were made a gasing stocke both by reproches afflictions and partly whyle ye became companions of them whiche were so tossed to fro 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce 35 Cast not awaye therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of rewarde 36 For ye haue neede of pacience that after ye haue done the wyll of God ye myght receaue the promise 37 For yet a very litle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tary 38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth And yf he withdrawe hym selfe my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym 39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition but we parteyne vnto fayth to the wynning of the soule ⧠The .xj. Chapter 1 What fayth is and a commendation of the same 9 Without fayth we can not please God 16 The stedfast beliefe of the fathers in olde tyme. 1 FAyth is the grounde of thynges hoped for the euidence of thynges not seene 2 For by it the elders obtayned a good report 3 Through fayth we vnderstande that the worldes were
be so vexed with hunger that she shall thinke it longer her chylde be borne that she might eate it Exod. xv d. (r) Some reade the lord wyll seperate thy plagues meaning from other plages so that they shal be more greeuous and more notable (Å¿) He alludeth to the promise made to Abraham Gen. xv Iâ—re xxxi c. (t) Thou shalt be a vagabonde (u) Because they were vnthankefull to God for his miraculous deliuering of them by the parting asunder of the red sea “ Articles Exod. xix a. “ Or mount Sinai where the lawe was first geuen fourtie yeres before the makyng of this couenaunt “ Or proofes (a) This declareth that man can not perceaue the thynges perteynyng to God without the helpe of the grace of God (b) Made by man but Mâ—nna the foode of angels whiche serued them for bread and all other sustenaunce Num. xxi f. c Some rede that ye may be wyse (d) Who scareneth your heartes and therfore ye may not dissemble with hym Ios ix d. (e) Not only the chiefe but also the meanest (f) He alludeth to an auncient ceremonie by whiche they that made a couenaunt deuided a beast into two partes passyng betwene the same sayde so to be deuided that breaketh this couenauÌ„t (g) Meaning them that wer yet vnborne (h) That is sinne the roote wherof must speedyly be cut vp left afterward the bitter fruite therof do choke the soule “ Or. Flatter (i) No harme shall come to me (k) For as the thirstie man desireth nothyng but drynke so he that hath disordred lustes can not be satisfied in them * Gen xix c. * 〈◊〉 xxii â–ª b. Or whiche had not geuen them a lande to possesse (l) He condempneth the curious sent thers of thynges reserued to gods secrete knowledge neglectyng the thyngs reuealed by God as his lawe (a) By bringyng to mynde both his fauour and his displeasure (b That is wyll chaunge his purpose wyll reconcile hym selfe to thee (c) Wyll cut away â—oy vngodly iustes aâ—fections * Ier. xxxii f. (d) Not that God is subiect to affections but hereby is set foorth his fauour toward repentaunt sinners Rom. x b. (e) Some reade not seperate from thee He meaneth that the lawe is so playne that none caÌ„ pleade ignoraunce (f) By heauen and the sea he meaneth places very farre of 〈◊〉 xâ— d. g He s◠〈…〉 â—bediâ— to Gods 〈◊〉 bring 〈◊〉 and â—ence 〈…〉 Deut iiii d. That is to saye shew thy â—oue and obedience to God which is not perfourmed by our owne strength but by gods grace working in his elect (i) Whereby is not onely meant y e land of Chanaan but also y e heauenly inheritaunce wherâ— of the other was a figure (a) Can no longer perfourme the chardge committed vnto me (b That is into the land of Chanaan for Iordan in the coast â—f Moab is the bounde of the lande of Chanaan Num xx c. (c) Into your power Iosu i. b â–ª 〈◊〉 â–ª Reg. ii a. (d) Before Moyses tyme the doctrine which conteyned the maner of seruyng God was not put in writing but only delyuered by word of mouth by the fathers to the children from one generation to another (e) Notwithstandyng this solempne lecture of the lawe at the ende of euery seuen yeres they had in y e meane tyme ordinarie exercises in the same (f) Whiche were vnborne at the geuing of the lawe Exod. 32. d. (g â—orsaking God to whom they had plight their trâ—th as to their spouse (h) I wyll turne my face from them as it is sayd that God sheweth vs his countenaunce wheÌ„ he doth fauour â—o (i) â—hal testifie to theÌ„ that are thus plagued for departyng from me Iosu i. a. iii. Reg. ii b. Deut. xâ—ii (k) To declare the maiestie of the doctrine conteyned therin as proceeding from God (l) Of thy lacke of fayth when thou shalt fall to idolatrie 4. Reg. 17. c (m) By worshipping images whiche your handes haue made (a) As witnesses of the vnthankfulnesse of this most insensible people (b) Not vpon the stones but vpon y e grasse that is tractable and obedient people “ Hebre rocke This declareth Gods strength stedfastnes in hiâ— promise 〈…〉 〈…〉 () Full of wyld beastes Psaâ— 81. c. Rebelled against God 〈◊〉 cvi f. (e He calleth them Gods chyldren not to honor theÌ„ â–ª but to shewe them from what state they are â—ailes Rom. x. d â–ª Iere. xx c. Iere. v. b. Ioel. i. b. (f) Reioycyng to see the godly afflicted and attributyng that to them selues whiche is wrought by gods hande Or â–ª delyuered them into their enemies hande 1. Reg. v. b. (g) As yf he sayde thynke not that I forget mens sinnes but reserue them to the tyme of punâ—shment â–ª Rom. xii d. ii Mac. viâ— a. h Gouerne them 〈◊〉 ii d. Deut iiii f. i. Reg. ii c. Deut iiii f. i. Reg. ii c. Iob. xv b. (i) That is acknowledge gods goodnes towards theÌ„ Deut. vâ—â— Num. xx d. Num. xx a. (a) Which is a for eshewyng of the mercies that GOD woulde after-terward shew to the Israelites The instrumente of y e holy ghost (c) Here Moyses bringeth the people in minde of the glorious reâ—ealyng of the lawe (d) The children of Israel (e) To continue amongst vs from age to age By these words he meaâ— the priestâ— Thumâ— signifieth â—tition and â—ynesse Vâ— lyght and knowledge Râ—â—de Exodus â—8 d. g That 〈◊〉 esteemed the seruyng of God then the loue of his parentes Or substaunce “ Or sweetenes of heauen meanyng the sweet deawes and rayne that come from heauen Loke Genesis 49. h God that appeared to Moyses in a bushe (i) Meanyng that this tribe shoulde be victorious (k) That is which God the lawe geuer had reserued for the Gadites (l) That is shal be strong enough to defende hym selfe Num. xvi â— (a) Which was a part of the mount Abarim (b) Some reade the top of Phasga betweene which hyll and Iericho the fludde of Iordane doth runne (c) The sea mediterraneum which lyeth westwarde from Iurie Gen. xii b. Deut. iiii c. (d) Gods angel (e) Lest the Israelites shoulde take occasion of idolatrie therby Num. xx d. Num. 27. â— (f) To whom God spake most plainely familierly (g) All the inhabitauntes of his lande (h) Great power (a The begâ—nâ—ng of this booke dependeth on the last chapter of Deute which was written by Iosuah â–ª as a preparation to his historie (b Educatiâ—n with Moyses by Gods prouidence was a meane to make Iosuah meete for this hye callyng Blessed are they that haue their education with good men c God only disposeth kingdomes and geueth them to whom he 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 xi c. d Of Zin câ—led Cadeâ—h and â—aâ—an or â—eratâ— e Meanyng tâ—e whole â—nde of Chanaan f Called Mediterraneaâ— which in respect of the other â—eas of the lande of Chanaan is â—ed great Iosu iii. b. Heb. iiii b. Deu. xxxi f Deu v. g. Deu. xvii d. (g)
steade y e way to y e heauenly tabernacle whiche is made open by Christs blood coulde not be entred into Hebr. vi d. i. Pet. i. b. Leui. xvi c. (a) The Leuitical priests offred beastes blood But Christ y e true and eternall prieste offred his own blood whiche was most holy and pure The Leuitical prieste offred yerely and therefore did only represent the true holynesse but Christ by one onlye sacrifice hath made holy for euer theÌ„ that beleue i. Tim. ii a. Exâ—d 24 â— Actes xvi c i. Iohn ii â— (b) Therfore to make anye other offryng or sacrifice for synne after that Christes body was once offred is blasphemie Rom. v. b. i. Pet. iii. d â–ª Coloss ii c. Hebr. viii a. (a) Whiche was as it wer y e first draught and purtraict of the lyuely paterne to come Leuit. xvi c Psal xâ— b. (b) That is sâ—â—rifices (c) Which is the wyll of God to stand content with Christes â—acriâ—ice Ephe. i. d. Coloss vi a. Hebre. i. a. (d) We by Christe haue that libertie whiche the auncient fathers coulde not haue by the lawe (e) The blood of Christe as always freshe and lyuely before the father to sprinckle quicken vs. Math. xii d. Hebr. vi a. ii Pet. ii d. Deut. xix d Mat xviii â— ii Cor. xiii a Deut. 32 d. Psal xciiii a Rom. xii d. Abacuc ii a Rom. i. a. Galat. iii. b. (a) Haue ben approued and so obtayned saluation Act. xiii c. Rom. i. c. Gene. iiii a. (b) Because God receaued him to mercy therfore he imputed hym ryghteous Gene. v g. Sâ—p iiii b. Eccl. xliiii b Gene. vi d. Math. xii d. Gene xi a. Actes vii a. Gene. xxi a Gene. xv â— Iob. viii g. Gen. xlvii b i. Pa. xxix d Exod. iii. f. Gen. xii a. Eccles 44. c (c) For it myght seeme to the fleshe â–ª that the promyse was contrary to the commaundement to sacrifice his son Ge. xxvii d. Gen. xlix â— Gene. â— d. Exod ii a. Actes vii a. Exod. ii b. Exod. xii d. Exod. 14. c. Iosue vi c. Iosue ii a. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. Iudi. vii a. Iudi. iiii d. Iudi. xiiii a. Iudi. xi a. i Reg. 17. f. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. i Reg. xii a i Reâ— 17 â— Daniel vi f Danâ—el iii e Daniel ii c. 3 Reg. 19 a. 3 Reg. 21 b. Esai 38. b. (d) They had not such cleare lyght as we for they loked for that which we haue therfore it were shame for vs yf at least we haue not as great constancie as they Ephe. iiii a. (a) As riches cares suche lyke and so to become Christes disciples by denying our selues takyng our crosse to folowe hym Ephe. i. d. Coloss iii. a. Hebr. i. a. Esaias 35. â— (b) Their hastyng partlye declared their slownes partly their inconstancie in doctrine therfore they were in bondage to be punished Gen. xxv d Gen. 27. f. Exod. xix b (c) whiche might be touched seene for it was materiall but god coÌ„maunded that none should touche it Exod. xx e (d) By the Gospell we are ioyned with the Angels and Patriarkes 1 Peter i. a. Hebre. ix d. Cen. iiii b. Deut. iiii d· (e) To destroy theÌ„ that resist hym Rom. xii c. Actes x. c. i Pet iiii b. i Tim. iiii b. Gen. xix a. Eccle. 29 â— i Tim vi b. Iosue i. â— Eccle. 29 â— i Tim vi b. Iosue i. â— He was 〈◊〉 shal be 〈◊〉 found 〈◊〉 of Churchâ— for euer (b) They that sticke to the ceremonies of the law can not eate that is can not be partakers of our cuâ—ter which is thankesgeuyng and liberalitie whiche two sacrifices or offeringes are nowe only left to the Christians (c) So that the priestes had no peece therof Eccle 35 a. Acte x. a. Rom xi a. Philip iiii d Ezech. 34. b Iosue x. a. i Peter v. a. Iob xiii a. Sapâ— iii. a. Rom. v â— Iob. xviii c. Eccle. vii c. Math. xii a. Luk. xi b. 〈…〉 of Christe and his Angels 〈…〉 Eccle 14. b. â— Pâ—â— (b) He meaneth nowe of the inwarde temptations as of our disordered appetites which cause vs to sinne (c) Seyng all good thynges come of God we ought not to make hym the aucthour of euyll Iohn i. a. Rom xlâ—â— Coloss 〈…〉 Rom. iiâ— Math. v. d Luk. xi â— â–ª (d) So Gods worde is a glasse wherin we must beholde our selues and become lyke vnto hym Math. vii d. (a) As esteemyng fayth religion by the outwarde appearaunce of men (b) The name of God and Christe wherof you make profession and in that they dishonour God â–ª it is not inâ—eâ—e that you his childreÌ„ should honour them Math â— (c) By the mercie of god which deliuereth vs from the curse of the lawe (d) Here deedes are considered as ioyned with true fayth Gen. xxii b Gen. xv b. Rom. iiii a. Galat. iii. a. Iosue ii a. Mat xxiii f Pro. xvii a. (a) He that is able to moderate his tongue hath â—ttayned to â—n excellent vertue (b) The intemperancie of the tongue is a flambe of hell fyre Gen. i. d. (a) For the lawe of the members continually fyghteth agaynst the lawe of the mynde (b) He calleth adulterers here after the maner of the scriptures them which preferre the pleaâ—ures of the worlde to the loue of God (c) The imagination of mans heart is wicked i Peter v. b. i Peter v. a. Rom. xiiii a (d) We ought to submit our selues to the prouidence of God Act. xvii â— Hebr. vâ— Luk xii â— â–ª (b) And kindle the wrath of god against you To 〈…〉 the ende 〈◊〉 worlde Leuit. xix â— Math. v. a. Math. v â–ª â— (d) That which muste be affirmed affirme it simply and without othes lykewyse that which muste be denyed By this he taketh not from the magistrate his aucthoritie who may require an othe for the mayntenaunce of iustice iudgement and trueth 3 Reg. 17. a. Luk. iiii c. Act â–ª viii a. (a) Whiche â—ere Iewes to whom he was appoynted to be an Apostle (b) The free electioÌ„ of go◠〈◊〉 the efficient cause of our saluation the material cause is Christes obedience ouâ— effectuall callyng is the formall cause â–ª and the finall cause is ouâ— sanctification Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. ii Cor. i. a· Galath i. a. ii Cor. i. a. Ephe. i. a. Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. ii Cor. i. a· Galath i. a. ii