flockes of thy sheepe in the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee 14 Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nations there shal be neither man nor woman vnfruitfull among you nor any of your cattell shal be barren 15 Moreouer the Lorde wyll take away from thee all maner infirmities wyll put none of the euyll diseases of Egypt which thou knowest vpon thee but wil sende them vpon all them that hate thee 16 Thou shalt consume all the nations which the Lorde thy God shall deliuer thee thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them neither shalt thou serue their gods for that shal be thy decay 17 If thou say in thine heart these nations are mo then I howe can I cast them out 18 Thou shalt not feare them but remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto Pharao and vnto all Egypt 19 The great temptations which thine eyes sawe and the signes wonders and the mightie hande and stretched out arme wherby the Lorde thy God brought thee out euen so shall the Lord thy God do vnto all nations of whom thou art afrayde 20 Moreouer the Lorde thy God wyll sende hornets among them vntil they that are left and hide them selues from thee be destroyed 21 Thou shalt not feare thē for the Lord thy God is among you a mightie God and a terrible 22 For the Lorde thy God wyll put out these nations before thee by a litle and a litle thou mayest not consume them at once lest the beastes of the fielde increase vpon thee 23 But the Lorde thy God shall geue them ouer before thee and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction vntyll he haue brought them to naught 24 And he shall deliuer their kynges into thine hande and thou shalt destroye their name from vnder heauen There shall no man be able to stande before thee vntyll thou haue destroyed them 25 The grauē images of their gods shalt thou burne with fire and couet not the golde and siluer that is on them nor take it vnto thee lest thou be snared therin for it is an abhomination before the Lorde thy God 26 Bryng not therfore abomination into thine house lest thou be a cursed thyng as it is but vtterly defie it and abhorre it for it is a cursed thyng ⧠The .viij. Chapter 2 God humbleth the Israelites to trye what they haue in their heart 5 God chastiseth them as his children 14 The heart ought not to be proude for Gods benefites 19 The forgetfulnesse of Gods benefites causeth destruction 1 ALl the commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day shal ye kepe for to do thē that ye may liue and multiplie and go in and possesse the lande which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lorde thy God led thee this fourtie yeres in the wildernesse for to humble thee to proue thee and to knowe what was in thine heart whether thou wouldest kepe his cōmaundementes or no. 3 He humbled thee and suffered thee to hunger fed thee with Manna which neither thou nor thy fathers knewe of to make thee knowe that a man doth not lyue by bread only but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lorde doth a man lyue 4 Thy rayment waxed not olde vpon thee neither dyd thy foote swell these fourtie yeres 5 This also shalt thou consider in thine heart that as a man chastiseth his sonne euen so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee 6 Therefore shalt thou kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God that thou walke in his wayes and feare hym 7 For the Lorde thy God bryngeth thee into a good lande a lande in the whiche are riuers of water and fountaines and deapthes that spring out of valleys and hylles 8 A lande wherin is wheate and barlie vineyardes fightrees pomgranates a lande wherein is oyle oliue and honie 9 A lande wherin thou shalt eate bread without scarcenes neither shalt thou lacke any thyng a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hylles thou shalt digge brasse 10 When thou hast eaten therfore filled thy selfe thou shalt blesse the Lorde thy God for the good lande whiche he hath geuen thee 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lorde thy God that thou wouldest not kepe his cōmaundementes his lawes and his ordinaunces whiche I commaunde thee this day 12 Yea and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein 13 And when thy beastes and thy sheepe are waxen many and thy siluer and golde is multiplied and all that thou hast is encreased 14 Then beware lest thyne heart ryse and thou forget the Lorde thy God whiche brought thee out of the lande of Egypt and from the house of bondage 15 And whiche was thy guyde in the great and terrible wyldernesse wherein were firie serpentes scorpions and drouth without any water But he brought out water for thee euen out of the rocke of flint 16 He fed thee in the wyldernesse with Manna which thy fathers knewe not euen for to humble thee and to proue thee and that he might so do thee good at thy latter ende 17 Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce 18 But remember the Lorde thy God for it is he whiche geueth thee power to get substaunce for to make good the promise whiche he sware vnto thy fathers as appeareth this day 19 And if thou forget the Lord thy God and walke after straunge gods and serue them and worship them I testifie vnto you this day that ye shal surely perishe 20 As the nations whiche the Lorde destroyed before your face euen so ye shall perishe because ye woulde not be obedient vnto the voyce of y e Lord your God ¶ The .ix. Chapter 4 God doeth them not good for their owne righteousnesse but for his owne sake 7 Moyses putteth them in remembraunce of their sinnes 17 The two tables are broken 26 Moyses prayeth for the people 1 HEare O Israel thou passest ouer Iordane this day to go in and possesse nations great and mightier then thy selfe cities great and walled vp to heauen 2 A people great tall euen the children of the Anakims whiche thou knowest of of whom thou hast heard say who wyll stand before the children of Anac 3 Vnderstande therefore this day that the Lorde thy God is euen he whiche goeth ouer before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy them and he shall bryng them downe before thy face So thou shalt caste them out and bryng them to naught quickly as the Lorde hath sayde vnto thee 4 Speake not thou in thyne heart after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before thee saying for my ryghteousnesse the Lorde
would not destroy thee 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto me Arise and go foorth in the iourneys before the people that they may go in and possesse the lande whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them 12 And now Israel what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to feare the Lorde thy God and to walke in all his wayes to loue hym and to serue the Lord thy God with all thyne heart and with all thy soule 13 Namely that thou kepe the cōmaundementes of the Lorde and his ordinaunces whiche I commaunde thee this day for thy wealth 14 Beholde heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lordes thy God and the earth with all that therin is 15 Notwithstandyng the Lorde had a delight in thy fathers to loue them and chose their seede after them euen you aboue all nations as thou seest this day 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskinne of your heart and be no more stifnecked 17 For the Lorde your God is God of Gods and Lorde of Lordes a great God a mightie and a terrible whiche regardeth no mans person nor taketh rewarde 18 He doth right vnto the fatherlesse and wydowe and loueth the straunger to geue hym foode and rayment 19 Loue ye therfore the straunger also for ye were straungers your selues in the lande of Egypt 20 Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God and hym only shalt thou serue to hym shalt thou cleaue and sweare by his name 21 He is thy prayse thy God that hath done for thee these great and terrible thinges whiche thyne eyes haue seene 22 Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with threscore and ten persons and nowe the Lorde thy God hath made thee multiplied thee as the starres of heauen your God ye and your sonnes and your daughters your seruauntes and your maydens and the Leuite that is within your gates forasmuche as he hath no part nor inheritaūce with you 13 Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offeringes in euery place that thou seest 14 But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes there thou shalt offer thy burnt offeringes and there thou shalt do al that I cōmaunde thee 15 Notwithstanding thou mayest kyll and eate fleshe in all thy cities whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after accordyng to the blessing of the Lorde thy God whiche he hath geuen thee * both the vncleane and the cleane may eate therof euen of the Roe bucke and of the Hart. 16 Only ye shall not eate the blood but powre it vpon the earth as water 17 Thou mayest not eate within thy gates the tithe of thy corne of thy wine and of thy oyle and the first borne of thy kine and of thy sheepe neither any of thy vowes which thou vowest nor thy freewill offeringes or heaue offering of thyne hande 18 But thou must eate them before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen thou and thy sonne thy daughter thy seruaunt and thy mayde and the Lenite that is within thy gates and thou shalt reioyce before the Lorde thy God in all that thou puttest thyne hande to 19 Beware that thou forsake not the Leuite as long as thou liuest vpon the earth 20 If when the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border as he hath promised thee thou say I will eate flesh because thy soule longeth to eate fleshe thou mayest eate fleshe whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth 21 If the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to put his name there be to farre from thee then thou shalt kil of thy oxen and of thy sheepe which the Lord gath geuen thee as I haue commaunded thee and thou shalt eate in thyne owne and whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth 22 And as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten euen so thou shalt eate them both the cleane and the vncleane shall eate of them 23 But be strong that thou eate not the blood for the blood is the life and thou mayest not eate the life with the fleshe 24 Thou shalt not eate it but powre it vpon the earth as water 25 Thou shalt not eate it that it may go well with thee and with thy chyldren after thee But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde 26 But thy holy thynges whiche thou hast and thy vowes thou shalt take and come vnto the place whiche the Lorde hath chosen 27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offeringes both fleshe and blood vpon the aulter of the Lorde thy God and the blood of thyne offeringes shal be powred out vpon the aulter of the Lord thy God and thou shalt eate the fleshe 28 Take heede heare all these wordes which I commaunde thee that it may go well with thee and with thy chyldren after thee for euer if thou doest that whiche is good and ryght in the sight of the Lorde thy God 29 When the Lord thy God shall destroy the nations before thee whyther thou goest to possesse them and thou succeedest in their inheritaunce and dwellest in their lande 30 Beware that thou be not taken in a snare after them after that they be destroyed before thee and that thou aske not after their gods saying Howe do these nations serue their gods I wyll do so likewise 31 Nay thou shalt not do so vnto the Lorde thy God for all abhominations and that whiche the Lorde hateth the same haue they done vnto their gods 32 For they haue burned both their sonnes and their daughters with fire before their gods Therefore whatsoeuer I commaunde you take heede ye do it and put thou naught therto nor take ought there from ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 5 The inticers to idolatrie must be slayne seeme they neuer so holy 6 so neare of kinred or frendship 12 Or great in multitude or power 1 IF there aryse among you a prophete or a dreamer of dreames and geue thee a signe or a wonder 2 And that signe or wonder whiche he hath sayde come to passe and then say Let vs go after straunge gods which thou hast not knowen and let vs serue them 3 Hearken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames For the Lorde thy God proueth you to knowe whether ye loue the Lorde your God with all your heart and with all your soule 4 Ye shall walke after the Lorde your God and feare him kepe his commaundementes and hearken vnto his voyce you shall serue hym cleaue vnto hym 5 And that prophete or dreamer of dreames shal die because he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lorde your God whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt and deliuered you out of the house of bondage to thrust thee out the way which the Lorde thy God commaunded thee to walke in and therefore thou shalt put the euyll away from
the election of king Saul of his gouernaunce of his actes and of his death Chapters 31. 2 Which treateth howe king Dauid gouerned the people of his deedes Chapters 24. Kinges 3 Treateth of king Dauids death and of the succession of his rule and of Solomons actes and of other kinges of Iuda and Israel Chap. 22. 4 Of the fall of the kingdome of Iuda and Israel for the sinnes of their kinges of the captiuitie of the people and of the ouerthrowe of the citie and Temple Chapters 25. Paralipomenon 1 It treateth of the Genealogie of king Dauid where is also a rehearsall of his election of his gouernaunce and of his actes Chapters 29. 2 Wherin is rehearsed agayne the gouernaunce of the people by Solomon ▪ and other kinges of Iuda and Israel Chapters 36. Esdras 1 Which treateth howe the people of Israel were brought out of captiuitie from Babylon and of the instruction of the people so returned by Esdras doctor of the lawes Chapters 10. 2 Whose aucthour is Neemias which treateth of the buildyng agayne of the walles and of the citie of Hierusalem and of the correction of euyll men and of the disorders that rose in the absence of Neemias Chapters 13. 3 Which booke is Apocryphus wherin be repeated thynges otherwhere written about the captiuitie of Babylon in the tyme of Iosias some thynges that chaunsed in the tyme of Zorobabel and Esdras And there is also a solution to a certayne question Chapters 9. 4 Which booke is also Apocryphus wherein be put certayne visions and dreames ouer the people of the Iewes of their deliuerie and their captiuitie and of the restoryng of the Temple in Hierusalem Chapters 16. Tobi. Which treateth of his probation diuers vertues of the ministerie of Raphael the Archangel of the instruction of his childe and of the honestie of matrimonie Chapters 14. Iudith Which doth treate of the besiegyng of Hierusalem and of the people of Israel of the honestie vertue of Iudith of the slaughter of Holophernes and deliuerie of the people of Israel Chapters 16. Hester Which treateth of the crueltie of Ammon and of his hanging so procured by the prudence humilitie of Hester and of the promotyng of Mardocheus and deliuery of the Iewes Chapters 16. Iob. Which treateth of the patience of Iob and his disputation that he had with his friendes of Gods prouidence of the last rising againe Chapters 42. Machabees 1 Which treateth of the battayles betweene the Iewes the people of Persie and of the deliuerie of the people by Mathathias Iudas Ionathas and Simon Chapters 16. 2 Wherin be repeated agayne some thynges which be in the first booke and of the tribulation of the people of the constancie of the seuen brethren and of their mother and of the deliuerie of the people by Iudas Machabeus Chapters xv Sapiētiall be so called for in them prudence true wisedome is taught and there be of them bookes .5 Prouerbes Which doth treate of instruction and nurture of such as begyn to serue God Chapters 31. Ecclesiastes Which treateth of the vanitie of the worlde of the hate to vice and of the goyng forwarde in Gods wayes Chapters 12. Canticles Which treateth of the perfection of the righteous man of the contemplation of a holy soule and of the coniunction of Christe and of his Churche Chapters 8. Sapiens Which treateth howe prelates should gouerne and of the conseruation of iustice and of the disprayse of idols of the commyng and passion of Christe which is the true wisdome Chap. 19. Ecclesiasticus Which treateth of the obedience of subiectes of the description of good maners of the worthinesse of wisdome and of the commendation of vertuous men Chapters 51. Propheticall be such wherin are shewed and prophecied afore thinges to come and there be in number of these bookes .18 Psalter Which treateth of the diuinitie of Christ of his humanitie and all other misteries of the same and of diuers poyntes of Christian religion and be in number .150 Esai Which treateth of the faultes of the Iewes of Christes incarnation and of his passion of the vocation of the gentiles of the raigne of Iuda and Israel Chapters 66. Hieremie Which treateth of the captiuitie of the Iewes and of the destruction of Hierusalem of his lamentation for the destruction of the citie Chapters .52 The lamentations hath Chapters 5. Baruch Which treateth of the wordes which he read to the captiues in Babylon howe he foretolde the returne of the Iewes and of their last fortunes Chapters 6. Ezechiel Which treateth of his visions of the Iewes sinnes of the fall of Hierusalem and of their reparation Chapters 48. Daniel Which treateth of the monarchie of the worlde and of the chaunge of tymes of the power and eternitie of Christes kingdome of the storie of Susanna of the destruction of Bel and of the of the Dragon Chapters 14. Osee Which telleth of the idolatrie of the people of Israel figured by a common harlot of the ouerflowe of sinnes and of the warning to the Iewes to turne to the God of Israel Chapters 14. Ioel. Which speaketh of the destruction of the people of Israel by the caterpiller the grashopper and the locust of their inducement to penaunce and of the day of doome Chapters 3. Amos. He speaketh of the sinnes of the Iewes and Gentiles of Gods wrath to fall vpon them and of mouyng them to penaunce and prophecieth of the finall restitution Chapters 9. Abd◠Which cryeth out and threatneth the destruction of Edom and of Esau Chapters 1. Ionas He speaketh of the shipwracke and in this figuryng before the passion of Christ he calleth backe the worlde to repentaunce vnder the name of Niniue and prefigureth the saluation of the Gentiles Chapters 4. Micheas Which prophecieth of the destructiō of Samaria and of the captiuitie and destruction of the chiefe men of Israel and of the false prophetes and of the vnkindnesse and malice of them Chapters 7. Naum. Which speaketh of Gods wrath his greeuous vengeaunce agaynst Niniue which did penaunce for their sinnes at the preachyng of Ionas afterwarde they were wrapped in greater offences Chapters 3. Abacuc Which speaketh of the disputation which the prophete had of God and of this worlde and howe that good men be troden downe and wicked men prosper Chapters 3. Sophoni Which speaketh of the iudgement of God against the Iewes and to straunge nations and of the comfortyng of the people of Israel Chapters 3. Aggei He prophecieth of the reuersion of the people of the Iewes and of the building againe of the temple and of the callyng backe agayne of the citie Chapters 2. Zacharie Which speaketh of the deliuerie of the Iewes and of their punishment by their enemies and of the humilitie of Christes commyng and of his passion Chapters 14. Malachi Who speaketh of the abiection of the people of Israel and of their sacrifices and of Christes commyng Chapters 4. ⧠The newe Testament in lyke maner Bookes
for a remembraunce 5 Also to buylde an aulter 12 The blessinges are geuen on mount Garizim 13 The cursinges are geuen on mount Ebal 1 ANd Moyses with the elders of Israel commaunded the people saying Kepe al y e commaundements which I commaunde you this day 2 And in that day when you shall passe ouer Iordane vnto the lande whiche the Lord thy God geueth thee thou shalt set thee vp great stones and plaster them with plaster 3 And wryte vpon them all the wordes of this lawe when thou art come ouer because thou art come into the lande whiche the Lord thy God geueth thee a lande that floweth with mylke and honie as the Lorde God of thy fathers hath promised thee 4 Therfore when ye be come ouer Iordane ye shal set vp these stones which I commaunde you this day in mount Ebal and thou shalt plaster them with plaster 5 And there shalt thou buylde vnto the Lorde thy God an aulter of stones and lift vp no iron vpon them 6 Thou shalt make the aulter of the Lorde thy God of whole stones and offer burnt offeringes thereon vnto the Lorde thy God 7 And thou shalt offer peace offeringes and shalt eate there and reioyce before the Lorde thy God 8 And thou shalt wryte vpon the stones all the wordes of this lawe manifestly and well 9 And Moyses and the priestes the Leuites spake vnto all Israel saying Take heede and heare O Israel this day thou art become the people of the Lorde thy God 10 Thou shalt hearken therfore vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God and do his commaundementes and his ordinaunces which I commaunde thee this day 11 And Moyses charged the people the same day saying 12 These shall stande vpon mount Garizim to blesse the people when ye are come ouer Iordane Simeon Leui Iuda Isachar Ioseph Beniamin 13 And these shall stande vpon mount Ebal to curse Ruben Gad Aser Zabulon Dan Nephthali 14 And the Leuites shall aunswere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any carued or moulten image an abhomination vnto the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secrete place and all the people shall aunswere and say Amen 16 Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother and all the people shall say Amen 17 Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marke and all the people shall say Amen 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blynde to go out of his way and all the people shall say Amen 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger fatherlesse and widdowe all the people shall say Amen 20 Cursed be he that lyeth with his fathers wyfe and vnhealeth his fathers couering and all the people shall say Amen 21 Cursed be he y e lieth with any maner of beast all the people shal say Amen 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister the daughter of his father or y e daughter of his mother and al the people shal say Amen 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in lawe and al the people shall say Amen 24 Cursed be he that smyteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say Amen 25 Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to slay the soule of innocent blood and all the people shall say Amen 26 Cursed be he that continueth not in all the wordes of this lawe to do them and all the people shall say Amen ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 The promises to them that obay the commaundementes 15 The threatninges to the contrary 1 IF thou shalt hearken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God and obserue and do all his commaūdementes which I commaunde thee this day the Lorde wyll set thee on hye aboue all nations of the earth 2 And all these blessinges shall come on thee and ouertake thee if thou shalt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the citie and blessed in the fielde 4 Blessed shal be the fruite of thy body and the fruite of thy grounde and the fruite of thy cattell the increase of thy kine and the flockes of thy sheepe 5 Blessed shal be thy basket thy store 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out blessed when thou commest in 7 The Lord shall geue ouer thyne enemies that ryse agaynst thee that they may fall before thy face They shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seuen wayes 8 The Lord shall commaunde the blessing vpon thee in thy storehouses and in all that thou settest thyne hande to and wyll blesse thee in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee 9 The Lorde shall make thee an holy people vnto him self as he hath sworne vnto thee if thou shalt kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God and walke in his wayes 10 And all nations of the earth shall see that the name of the Lorde is called vpon ouer thee and they shal be afraide of thee 11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goodes in the fruite of thy body in the fruite of thy cattell in the fruite of thy grounde in the lande whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee 12 The Lorde shall open vnto thee his good treasure euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy land in due season to blesse all thy labours of thy hande And thou shalt lende vnto many nations but shalt not borowe thy selfe 13 And the Lorde shall make thee chiefest and not the lowest and thou shalt be aboue only and not beneath if that thou hearken vnto the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde thee this day to kepe and to do them 14 And see that thou bow not aside from any of these wordes whiche I commaund thee this day either to the right hande or to the left that thou wouldest go after straunge gods to serue them 15 But and if thou wilt not hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe and to do all his commaundementes and his ordinaunces whiche I commaunde thee this day all these curses shal come vpon thee and ouertake thee 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the citie and cursed in the fielde 17 Cursed shal be thy basket thy store 18 Cursed shal be the fruite of thy body and the fruite of thy lande and the increase of thy kine and the flockes of thy sheepe 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in and cursed when thou goest out 20 The Lorde shal sende vpon thee cursing destruction and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand to and that thou doest vntyll he destroy thee and bryng thee to naught quickly because of the wickednesse of thyne inuentions and because thou hast
sicknesses and all maner plagues whiche are not written in the booke of this lawe wyll the Lorde bryng vpon thee vntyll he bryng thee to naught 62 And ye shal be lefte fewe in number where before ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou wouldest not hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God 63 And it shall come to passe that as the Lord reioyced ouer you to do you good and to multiplie you euen so he will reioyce ouer you to destroy you to bring you to naught and ye shal be wasted from of the lande whyther thou goest to enioy it 64 And the Lord shal scatter thee among all nations from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge gods whiche thou nor thy fathers haue knowen euen wood and stone 65 And among these nations thou shalt finde no ease neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest But the Lorde shal geue thee there an vnquiet heart and dasing eyes and sorowe of minde 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee and thou shalt feare both day and nyght and shalt haue none assuraunce of thy lyfe 67 In the morning thou shalt say would God it were nyght And at nyght thou shalt say would God it were mornyng for feare of thyne heart whiche thou shalt feare and for the sight of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt see 68 And the Lorde shall bryng thee into Egypt agayne with shippes by the way whiche I sayde to thee thou shalt see it no more againe And there ye shal be solde vnto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen and no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter 2 The people are exhorted to obserue the commaundementes 10 The whole people from the hyest to the lowest are comprehended vnder Gods couenaunt 19 The punishment of hym that flattereth hym selfe in his wickednesse 24 The cause of Gods wrath agaynst his people 1 THese are the wordes of the couenaunt which the Lorde commaunded Moyses to make with the children of Israel in the lande of Moab besyde the appoyntment which he made with them in Horeb. 2 And Moyses called all Israel sayde vnto them Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his lande 3 The great temptations which thine eyes haue seene those great miracles and wonders 4 And yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an heart to perceaue and eyes to see and cares to heare vnto this day 5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres in the wildernesse and your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you and thy shoe is not waxed olde vpon thy foote 6 Ye haue eaten no bread nor drunke wine or strong drynke that ye myght knowe howe that I am the Lorde your God 7 And ye came vnto this place and Sehon the kyng of Hesbon and Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayle and we smote them 8 And toke their lande and gaue it for an inheritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse 9 Kepe therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do them that ye may vnderstande all that ye ought to do 10 Ye stande this day euery one of you before the Lorde your God your captaynes your tribes your elders your officers and all the men of Israel 11 Your childrē also your wiues and the straunger that is in thine hoast from the hewer of thy wood vnto the drawer of thy water 12 That thou shouldest go into the couenaunt of the Lorde thy God and into his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with thee this day 13 For to make thee a people vnto hym selfe and that he may be vnto thee a God as he hath sayde vnto thee and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 14 I make not this bonde and this othe with you only 15 But both with hym that standeth here with vs this day before the Lorde our God and also with hym that is not here with vs this day 16 For ye knowe howe we haue dwelt in the lande of Egypt and howe we came through the myddes of the nations which ye passed by 17 And ye haue seene their abhominations and their idols wood and stone siluer and golde which were among them 18 Lest there be among you man or woman kinrede or tribe whose heart turneth away this day from the Lorde our God to go and serue the gods of these nations and lest there be among you some roote that beareth gall and wormewood 19 So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe he blesse hym selfe in his heart saying I shall haue peace I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart to put the drunken to the thirstie 20 And so the Lorde wyll not consent to be mercifull vnto hym but then the wrath of the Lorde and his gelousie shall smoke agaynst that man and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lyght vpon hym and the Lorde shal do out his name from vnder heauē 21 And the Lorde shall seperate hym vnto euyll out of all the tribes of Israel accordyng vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that are written in the booke of this lawe 22 So that the generatiō to come of your children that shall ryse vp after you and the straunger that shall come from a farre lande shall say when they see the plagues of that lande and the diseases wherwith the Lorde hath smitten it 23 Howe all the lande is burnt vp with brimstone and salt and that it is neither sowen nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therin lyke as in the place of y e ouerthrowyng of Sodome Gomor Adama and Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger 24 Euen then shal all nations say Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande O howe fierse is this great wrath 25 And men shall say Because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt 26 For they went and serued straunge gods and worshipped them gods which they knewe not and which had geuen them nothyng 27 And the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot agaynst this lande to bryng vpon it all the curses that are written in this booke 28 And the Lorde cast them out of their lande in anger wrath and great indignation and cast them into a straunge lande as this day beareth witnesse 29 The secretes of the Lorde our God are opened vnto vs and to our children for euer that we may do all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter 1 Mercie shewed when they repent 6 The Lorde doth circumcise the heart 11 All excuse of ignoraunce is taken away
trespasse agaynst the Lorde Now ye haue rydde the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lorde 32 And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the priest with the lordes returned from the children of Ruben and from the children of Gad out of the lande of Gilead vnto the lande of Chanaan to the children of Israel brought them this worde agayne 33 And the saying pleased the children of Israel and they blessed God and dyd not entende to go agaynst thē in battell and to destroy the lande which the children of Ruben and Gad dwelt in 34 And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad called the aulter Ed for it shal be a witnes betweene vs that the Lorde is God The .xxiii. Chapter 2 Iosuah exhorteth the people that they ioyne not them selues to the Gentiles ◠That they name not their idoles 14 The promise if they feare God 15 And threatnings if they forsake him 1 ANd it came to passe along season after that the Lorde had geuen rest vnto Israel from al their enemies round about that Iosuah waxed olde and was stricken in age 2 And Iosuah called for all Israel and for their elders their heades their iudges and officers and sayd vnto them I am olde and stricken in age 3 And ye haue seene all that the Lorde your God hath done vnto all these nations before you how the Lorde your God him self hath fought for you 4 Beholde I haue deuided vnto you by lot these nations that remayne to be an inheritaunce for your tribes euen from Iordane with all the nations that I haue destroyed euen vnto the great sea westward 5 And the Lorde your God shall expel them before you cast them from out of your sight and ye shall conquer their lande as the Lord your God hath sayd vnto you 6 Go to therfore and be of a good courage that ye take heede and do all that is written in the booke of the lawe of Moyses that ye bowe not aside therefrom to the right hande or to the left 7 Neither company with these nations that is with them that are left with you neither make mention of the name of ther gods nor cause to sweare by them neither serue them nor bowe your selues vnto them 8 But sticke fast vnto the Lorde your God as ye haue done vnto this day 9 So shall the Lord cast out before you great nations and mightie as no man hath ben able to stande before you hytherto 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand for the Lorde your God he fighteth for you as he hath promised you 11 Take good heede therfore vnto your selues that ye loue the Lord your God 12 Els if ye go backe and cleaue vnto the rest of these nations that remaine with you shall make mariages with them and go in vnto them and they to you 13 Be ye sure that the Lorde your God will no more cast out all these nations from before you but they shal be snares and trappes vnto you and scourges in your sides thornes in your eyes vntill ye perishe from of this good land whiche the Lorde your God hath geuen you 14 And behold this day do I enter into the way of all the world and ye knowe in al your heartes and in al your soules that nothyng hath fayled of all the good thinges whiche the Lorde your God promised you but all are come to passe vnto you and nothing hath fayled therof 15 Therfore as al good thinges are come vpon you whiche the Lorde your God promised you so shall the Lorde bring vpon you all euyll vntill he haue destroyed you frō of this good land which the Lorde your God hath geuen you 16 When ye haue transgressed the appointmēt of the Lord your God which he commaunded you and haue gone serued straunge goddes bowed your selues to them then shall the wrath of the Lorde waxe whot vpon you and ye shall perishe quicklie from of the good lande which he hath geuen you The .xxiiii. Chapter 2 Iosuah rehearseth Gods benefites 14 And exhorteth the people to feare God 25 The league renued betweene God and the people 26 Iosuah dieth 32 The bones of Ioseph are buried 33 Eleazar dieth 1 ANd Iosuah gathered all y e tribes of Israel to Sichem and called for the elders of Israel for their heades iudges and officers they presented them selues before God 2 And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Your father 's dwelt on the other side of the fludde in olde time euen Thare the father of Abraham and of Nachor and serued straunge goddes 3 And I toke your father Abraham from the other side of the fludde and brought him throughout all the lande of Chanaan and multiplied his seede and gaue him Isahac 4 And I gaue vnto Isahac Iacob and Esau and I gaue vnto Esau mount Seir to possesse it But Iacob and his children went downe into Egypt 5 I sent Moyses also and Aaron and I plagued Egypt and when I had so done among them I brought you out 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt and as they came vnto the sea the Egyptians folowed after your fathers with charettes and horsmen vnto the red sea 7 And when they cryed vnto the Lord the Lord put darcknesse betweene you and the Egyptians and brought the sea vpon them couered them and your eyes haue seene what I haue done to the Egyptians and ye dwelt in thee wildernesse along season 8 And I brought you into the lande of the Amorites which dwelt on the other syde Iordane And they fought with you and I gaue them into your hande that ye might conquer their countrey and I destroied them from out of your sight 9 Then Balak the sonne of Ziphor king of Moab arose warred against Israel and sent and called Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you 10 But I woulde not hearken vnto Balaam therfore he rather blessed you and so I deliuered you out of his hand 11 And ye went ouer Iordane and came vnto Iericho and the men of Iericho fought against you the Amorites Pherezites Chanaanites Hethites Gergesites Heuites and Iebusites I deliuered them into your hande 12 And I sent hornettes before you whiche caste them out of your sight euen the two kinges of the Amorites but not with your owne sworde or with your owne bowe 13 And I haue geuen you a lande in which ye dyd no labour cities which ye buylt not which ye dwell in vineyardes also and olyue trees whiche ye planted not and whereof ye do eate 14 Nowe therfore feare the Lorde and serue him in perfectnesse and trueth and put away the goddes whiche your fathers serued on the other side of y e fludde and in Egypt and serue ye the Lorde
way which seemeth right vnto a man but the ende therof are the wayes of death 13 The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter and the ende of myrth is heauinesse 14 A backe slydyng heart shal be fylled with his owne wayes but a good man shall depart from hym 15 An ignoraunt body beleueth euery worde but who so hath vnderstanding loketh well to his goynges 16 A wyse man feareth and departeth from euyll but the foole is angry and counteth hym selfe sure 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly but he that is well aduised is hated of the foole 18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession but the wyse are crowned with knowledge 19 The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours but the riche hath many fâ—endes 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour sinneth but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore 22 Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse but they that muse vpon good thynges vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth 23 In euery labour there is some profite â–ª but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie 24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise â–ª but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse 25 A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his children are vnder a sure defence 27 The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death 28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding but he that is soone displeased exalteth foolishnesse 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body but enuie consumeth away the bones 31 He that doth a poore man wrong blasphemeth his maker but who so honoureth him hath pitie on the poore 32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng and it shal be knowen among them that are vnlearned 34 * Righteousnesse setteth vp the people but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym The .xv. Chapter 1 A Soft aunswere appeaseth wrath but rough wordes stirre vp anger 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse 3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place â–ª beholdeth both the good and the bad 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction â–ª but he that taketh heede when he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandyng 6 The house of the ryghteous is full of riches but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble 7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge but the heart of the foolishe do not so 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym 9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde but who so foloweth righteousnesse him he loueth 10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way and who so hateth correction shall dye 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde howe much more then the heartes of the children of men 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym neither wyll he come vnto the wyse 13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse 15 All the dayes of the poore are miserable but a quiet heart is a continuall feast 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde then great treasure and trouble therwith 17 Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue then a fat oxe with euyll wyll 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife but he that is patient stylleth discorde 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes but the way of the ryghteous is playne 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly 22 Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle there is stedfastnesse 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man wheÌ„ his counsayle is folowed and howe good is a worde spoken in season 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath 25 The Lorde wyll breake downe the house of the proude but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe 26 The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt 27 The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue 28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe 29 The Lorde is farre from the vngodly but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous 30 The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart a good name feedeth the bones 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe shall dwell among the wyse 32 He that refuseth to be refourmed dispiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth him selfe to correction is wyse 33 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome and lowlynesse goeth before honour The .xvj. Chapter 1 A Man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde 2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes 3 Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde and what thou deuisest it shall prosper 4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake yea the vngodly for the day of wrath 5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart and though hande be ioyned in hande yet they shall not be vnpunished 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed 7 When a mans wayes please the Lord he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges 10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement 11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement all the wayghtes of the bagge
hym 33 The very same houre was this matter fulfilled vpon Nabuchodonozor so that he was cast out of mens companie did eate grasse like oxen and his body was wet with the deawe of heauen till his heere 's were growen as Egles fethers and his nayles like byrdes clawes 34 When this time was past I Nabuchodonozor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen and mine vnderstanding was restored vnto me then gaue I thankes vnto the highest I magnified praysed hym that liueth for euermore whose power is an euerlasting power and his kingdome is from one generatiō to another 35 And all they that dwel vpon the earth are to be reputed as nothing and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen among the inhabitours of the earth and there is none that may resist his hand or say vnto him what doest thou 36 At the same time was myne vnderstanding geuen me againe and I was restored to the honour of my kingdome my glorie and my beautie was restored vnto me my counsellers and princes sought vnto me and I was established in my kingdome my glorie was augmented towarde me 37 Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse and extol magnifie the king of heauen whose workes are all trueth his wayes iudgement and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase The .v. Chapter 1 Balthasar king of Babylon abusing the vessels of the temple seeth an hande wryting in the wal 8 The soothsayers called of the king can not expounde the wryting 13 Daniel is called which readeth it and interpreteth also 30 Balthasar beyng slaine Darius succedeth in his roome 1 KIng Balthasar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes and dranke wine before the thousande 2 And Balthasar when he had tasted the wine commaunded to bring hym the golden and siluer vessels whiche his father Nabuchodonozor had brought from the temple in Hierusalem that the king and his princes and his wyues and his concubines might drinke therin 3 So were brought the goldē vessels that they had taken out of the temple of the Lordes house at Hierusalem and the king and his princes his wyues and his concubines drunke in them 4 They drunke wine praysed the gods of golde siluer brasse iron wood and stone 5 In the very same houre there appeared fingers of a mans hande wryting right ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaster of the wall of the kinges palace and the king sawe the knockles of the hande that wrote 6 Then chaunged the king his countenaunce his thoughtes troubled hym so that the ioyntes of his loynes were loosed and his knees smote one against the other 7 Wherfore the king cryed mightyly that they should bring the soothsayers Chaldees wysardes the king spake also to the wise men of Babylon said Who so can reade this wryting shewe me the interpretation thereof shal be clothed with purple and haue a cheyne of golde about his necke and shal be the third ruler in the kingdome 8 Vpon this came al the kinges wise men but they coulde neither reade the wryting nor shewe the king the interpretation 9 Then was king Balthasar greatly troubled and his countenaunce was chaunged in him and his princes were astonied 10 Nowe the queene by reason of the talke of the king his princes came into the banket house and the queene spake and sayde O king lyue for euer let not thy thoughtes trouble thee and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged 11 There is a man in thy kingdome that hath the spirite of the holy Gods within him in the dayes of thy father light and vnderstanding wysdome like the wysedome of the gods was founde in hym whom the king Nabuchodonozor thy father the king I say thy father made chiefe of the wyse men soothsayers Chaldeans and wysardes 12 Because that such an aboundaunt spirite knowledge and vnderstanding to expound dreames to open secretes to declare harde doubtes was founde in him yea euen in Daniel whom the king named Baltassar let Daniel be called and he shal declare the interpretation 13 Then was Daniel brought before the king so the king spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel whiche art of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda whom my father the king brought out of Iurie 14 I haue hearde of thee that thou hast the spirite of the holy gods that light and vnderstanding and excellent wysdome is founde in thee 15 Now haue there ben brought before me wyse men and soothsayers to reade this wryting and to shewe me the interpretation therof but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing 16 Then hearde I of thee that thou couldest shewe interpretations and dissolue doubtes nowe if thou canst reade his writing shew me the meaning therof thou shalt be clothed with purple and haue a cheyne of gold about thy necke be the thirde ruler in the kingdome 17 Then Daniel aunswered and sayd before the king As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy selfe and geue thy giftes to another yet I wil reade the writing vnto the king and shewe him the interpretation 18 O thou king the most high god gaue vnto Nabuchodonozor thy father a kingdome and maiestie and honour glorie 19 And for the maiestie that he gaue him al people nations and languages trembled and feared before him he slue whom he would he smote whom it pleased him againe whom he would he set vp and whom he list he put downe 20 But because his heart was loftie and his minde strengthened in pride he was deposed from his kingly throne and they toke his glory from him 21 He was driuen out from the sonnes of men his heart was made lyke the beastes and his dwelling was with the wilde Asses they fed him with grasse lyke Oxen and his body was wet with the deawe of the heauen till he knewe that the most hie God bare rule ouer the kingdome of men and that he appoynteth ouer it whom so euer he pleaseth 22 And thou his sonne O Balthasar hast not submitted thyne heart though thou knewest all these thinges 23 But hast lift vp thy selfe against the Lorde of heauen so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee that thou and thy princes with thy wyues and concubines might drinke wine thereout and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde of brasse and iron of wood and stone which neither see heare nor vnderstand As for the God in whose hande consisteth thy breath and all thy wayes thou hast not glorified him 24 Then was the knockles of the hand sent from him and hath written this writing 25 And this the writing that he hath writtē MENE MENE THECEL VPHARSIN 26 Now the interpretation of the thing is this MENE God hath numbred thy kingdome and brought it to an ende 27 THECEL thou art wayed in the
the booke of the lawe before the whole multitude for he was the principall and had in most honour of them all 46 And when he expounded the lawe they stoode all straight vpon their feete So Esdras praysed the Lord the most hye God the almightie God of hoastes 47 And al the people aunswered Amen 48 And Iesus Anus Sarabias Adimus Iacobus Battaias Autamas Maâ—anias Calitas Azarias Iohasabdus Anatnas and Biatas the Leuites lyft vp their handes and fell downe on the grounde and worshipped the Lord 49 And taught the lawe of the Lord and were earnestly occupied together in the reading thereof 50 Then spake Atharates vnto Esdras the hye priest and reader and to the Leuites that taught the multitude saying 51 This day is holy vnto the Lord and all when they hearde the lawe wept 52 So Esdras sayde Depart your way therfore and eate the fat meates and drinke the sweete drinkes and sende gyftes vnto them that haue nothing 53 For this day is holy vnto the Lorde and be not ye sory for the Lorde wyll bryng you to honour 54 So the Leuites published all these thinges to the people saying This day is holy to the Lorde be not sory 55 Then went they their way euery one to eate and drinke and were mery and sent presents to them that had nothing and made very good cheare 56 For they were as yet filled with the wordes that had ben taught them and for the whiche they had ben assembled ¶ The ende of the thirde booke of Esdras ⧠The fourth booke of Esdras ¶ The first Chapter 8 The people is reproued for their vnthankefulnes 30 God wyll haue another people if these wyll not be refourmed 1 THE second booke of the prophete Esdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia the sonne of Sadanias the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob 2 The sonne of Achia the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Heli the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Aziei the sonne of Marimoth the sonne of Arna the sonne of Ozias the sonne of Borith the sonne of Abisei the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar 3 The sonne of Aaron of the tribe of Leui whiche Esdras was prisoner in the lande of Medes in the raigne of Artaxerxes kyng of Persia 4 And the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 5 Go thy way and shewe my people their sinnefull deedes and their chyldren their wickednesses whiche they haue done against me that they may tell their chylders chyldren the same 6 For the sinnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me and haue offered vnto straunge gods 7 Am not I euen he that brought them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despised my counsels 8 Pull thou out than the heere of thy head and cast all euyll vpon them for they haue not ben obedient vnto my lawe But it is a people without learning and nurture 9 Howe long shall I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so muche good 10 Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao with his seruauntes and all his power haue I smitten downe and slayne 11 All the nations haue I destroyed and rooted out before them and in the cast haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre and Sidon and haue slayne all their enemies 12 Speake thou therfore vnto them saying Thus saith the Lord 13 I led you thorowe the sea and haue geuen you sure streetes since the beginning I gaue you Moyses to be your captayne and Aaron to be the priest 14 I gaue you light in a piller of fire and great wonders haue I done among you yet haue ye forgotten me saith the Lorde 15 Thus saith the almightie Lord The quayles were as a token for you I gaue you tentes for your succour neuerthelesse in them ye murmured 16 And ascribed not the victory of your enemies vnto my name but euer to this day do ye yet murmure 17 Where are the benefites that I haue done for you When ye were hungry in the wyldernesse dyd ye not crye vnto me 18 Saying why hast thou brought vs into this wyldernesse to kill vs It had ben better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians then to die in this wyldernes 19 Then had I pitie vpon your mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate so ye dyd eate angels foode 20 When ye were thirstie dyd not I cleaue the rocke waters flowed out to satisfie you withall For the heate I couered you with the leaues of the trees 21 A good pleasaunt fat lande gaue I you I cast out the Chanaanites the Pherezites and Philistines before you What shall I do more for you saith the Lorde 22 Thus saith the almightie Lorde When ye were in the wyldernesse in the water of the Amorites beyng athirst and blaspheming my name 23 I gaue you not fire for your blasphemies but cast a tree into the water and made the riuer sweete 24 What shal I do vnto thee O Iacob Thou Iuda wouldest not obay me I will turne me to other nations and vnto those wyll I geue my name that they may kepe my statutes 25 Seyng ye haue forsaken me I wyll forsake you also When ye desire me to be gratious vnto you I shall haue no mercy vpon you 26 When ye call vpon me I wyll not heare you For ye haue defiled your handes with blood and your feete are swyft to commit manslaughter 27 Ye haue not as it were forsaken me but your owne selues saith the Lorde 28 Thus saith the almightie Lorde Haue I not prayed you as a father his sonnes as a mother her daughters and as a nurse her young babes 29 That ye woulde be my people and I shoulde be your God that ye would be my chyldren I should be your father 30 I gathered you together as an hen gathereth her chickens vnder her winges But nowe what shall I do vnto you I wyll cast you out from my face 31 When you offer vnto me I wyl turne my face from you for your solempne feast dayes your newe moones your circumcisions haue I forsaken 32 I sent vnto you my seruauntes the prophetes whom ye haue taken and slayne and torne their bodies in peeces whose blood I wyll require of your handes saith the Lorde 33 Thus saith the almightie lord Your house shal be desolate I wyll cast you out as the winde doth stubble 34 Your chyldren shall not be fruitefull for they haue despised my commaundement and done the thing that is euyll before me 35 Your houses wyll I geue to a people that shall come whiche not hauyng hearde of me yet shall beleue me to whom I haue shewed no signes yet they shall do that I haue commaunded them 36 They haue
for in her is the spirite of vnderstandyng which is holy one only manifolde subtile quicke mouyng cleare vndefiled plaine sweete louyng the thyng that is good sharpe which can not be letted doyng good 23 Kynde to man stedfast sure free from care hauyng all vertues circumspect in all thynges and passyng through all vnderstanding cleane subtile spirites 24 For wisdome is nimbler then all nimble thynges she goeth through and attayneth to all thynges because of her cleannesse 25 For she is the breath of the power of God and a pure influence flowing from the glorie of the almightie God therfore can no defiled thyng come vnto her 26 For she is the bryghtnesse of the euerlastyng lyght the vndefiled mirrour of the maiestie of God and the image of his goodnesse 27 And beyng but one she can do all thinges and remaynyng in her selfe she renueth all and in all ages of tymes entryng into holy soules she maketh Gods friendes and prophetes 28 For God loueth none if he dwell not with wisdome 29 For she is more beautifull then the sunne and geueth more lyght then the starres and the day is not to be compared vnto her 30 For vpon the day commeth nyght but wickednesse can not ouercome wisdome The .viij. Chapter The effectes of wisdome 1 WIsdome reacheth from one ende to another mightily and louyngly doth she order all thynges 2 I haue loued her and laboured for her euen from my youth vp I dyd my diligence to mary my selfe with her such loue had I vnto her beautie 3 That she hath the companie of God it commendeth her nobilitie yea the Lorde of all thynges hym selfe loueth her 4 For she is the scoolemaistresse of the nurture of God and the choser out of his workes 5 If a man woulde desire riches in this lyfe what is richer then wisdome that worketh all thynges 6 For yf prudencie worke what is it among all thynges that worketh better 7 And yf a man loue ryghteousnesse her labours are but vertues For why she teacheth sobernesse and prudence righteousnesse and strength which are such thinges as men can haue nothyng more profitable in their lyfe 8 If a man desire much knowledge she can tell the thynges that are past and discerne thynges for to come she knoweth the subtilties of wordes and can expounde darke sentences she forseeth signes and wonders or euer they come to passe and the endes of all tymes and ages 9 Therfore I purposed after this maner I wyll take her into my companie that she may liue with me knowyng for certaintie she shall geue me good counsayle and speake comfortably vnto me in my carefulnesse and griefe 10 For her sake shall I be well honestly taken among the commons and with honour among the elders though I be young 11 I shal be founde to be of sharpe iudgement so that I shal be marueylous in the sight of great men and the faces of princes shall wonder at me 12 When I holde my tongue they shall byde my leasure and when I speake they shall geue good eare vnto me and if I talke much they shall lay their handes vpon their mouth 13 Moreouer by the meanes of her I shall obtayne immortalitie and leaue behynde me an euerlastyng memoriall among them that come after me 14 I shall set the people in order and the nations shal be subdued vnto me 15 Horrible tirauntes shal be afraide when they do but heare of me among the multitude I shal be counted good and mightie in battayle 16 When I come home I shall fynde rest with her for her companie hath no bitternesse and her felowshyp hath no tediousnesse but mirth and ioy 17 Nowe whē I considered these thinges by my selfe and pondered them in my heart howe that to be ioyned vnto wisdome is immortalitie 18 And great pleasure to haue her friendshyp and that in the workes of her handes are infinite riches and that who so kepeth companie with her shal be wise and that he which talketh with her shall come to honour I went about sekyng howe to get her vnto me 19 For I was a lad of ripe witte and had a good vnderstandyng 20 But when I grewe to more vnderstandyng I came to an vndefiled body 21 Neuerthelesse when I perceaued that I coulde not enioy it except God gaue it me and that was a poynt of wisdome also to knowe whose gyft it was I stepped vnto the Lorde and besought hym and with my whole heart I sayde after this maner The .ix. Chapter A prayer of Solomon to obteyne wisdome 1 O God of my fathers and Lorde of mercie thou hast made all thynges with thy worde 2 And ordeyned man through thy wisdome that he shoulde haue dominion ouer the creatures which thou hast made 3 That he shoulde order the worlde accordyng to equitie and righteousnesse and execute iudgement with a true heart 4 Geue me wisdome which is euer sittyng about thy seate and put me not out from among thy children 5 For I thy seruaunt and sonne of thy handmayden am a feeble person and of a short tyme and to young to the vnderstandyng of iudgement and lawes 6 And though a man be neuer so perfect among the children of men yet yf thy wisdome be not with hym he shal be nothyng regarded 7 Thou hast chosen me to be a kyng vnto thy people and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters 8 Thou hast commaunded me to builde a temple vpon thy holy mount and an aulter in the citie wherin thou dwellest a likenesse of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared from the beginning 9 And thy wisdome with thee which knoweth thy workes which also was with thee whē thou madest the worlde and knewe what was acceptable in thy syght and ryght in thy commaundementes 10 O sende her out of thy holy heauens from the throne of thy maiestie that she may be with me and labour with me that I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght 11 For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thynges and she shall leade me soberly in my workes and preserue me in her power 12 So shall my workes be acceptable and then shall I gouerne thy people ryghteously and be worthy to sit in my fathers seate 13 For what man is he that can knowe the counsayle of God or who can thinke what the wyll of God is 14 For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable and our forecastes are but vncertaine 15 For why a corruptible body is heauy vnto the soule and the earthy mansion kepeth downe that vnderstandyng that museth vpon many thynges 16 Very hardly can we discerne the thynges that are vpon earth and great labour haue we or we can fynde the thynges which are before our eyes who hath then sought out the ground of the thynges that are done in heauen 17 Oh Lorde who
presented Paul also before hym 34 And when the deputie had read the letter he asked of what coūtrey he was And when he vnderstoode that he was of Celicia 35 I wyll heare thee sayde he when thyne accusars are come also And he cōmaunded hym to be kept in Herodes iudgement hall ⧠The .xxiiij. Chapter 10 Paul beyng accused aunswereth for his lyfe and doctrine 25 Felix gropeth hym thinkyng to haue a bribe 28 and after leaueth hym in pryson 1 AND after fyue dayes Ananias the hie priest descended with the elders and with a certayne oratour named Tartullus which appeared before the deputie agaynst Paul 2 And when Paul was called foorth Tartullus began to accuse hym saying Seyng that we obtayned great quietnesse by the meanes of thee and that many good thynges are done vnto this nation through thy prouidence 3 That alowe we euer in all places most noble Felix with all thankes 4 Notwithstandyng that I be not tedious vnto thee I pray thee that thou wouldest heare vs of thy curtesie a fewe wordes 5 For we haue founde this man a pestilent felowe and a mouer of debate vnto all the Iewes in the whole worlde and a maynteyner of the sect of the Nazarites 6 And hath gone about to pollute the temple Whom we toke and woulde haue iudged accordyng to our lawe 7 But the hye captayne Lysias came vpon vs and with great violence toke hym away out of our handes 8 Commaundyng his accusers to come vnto thee Of whom thou mayest yf thou wilt enquire knowe the certayntie of all these thynges wherof we accuse hym 9 And the Iewes lykewyse affirmed saying that these thynges were so 10 Thē Paul after that the deputie hym selfe had beckened vnto hym that he shoulde speake aunswered With a more quiet mynde do I aunswere for my selfe forasmuch as I vnderstande that thou haste ben of many yeres a iudge vnto this nation 11 Because that thou mayest knowe that there are yet but twelue dayes sence I went vp to Hierusalem for to worshyp 12 And they neither founde me in the temple disputyng with any man either raysyng vp the people neither in the synagogues nor in the citie Neither can they proue the thynges wherof they accuse me 14 But this I confesse vnto thee that after the way which they call heresie so worship I the God of my fathers beleuyng all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes 15 And haue hope towardes God that * the resurrection of the dead which they them selues loke for also shal be both of the iust and vniust 16 And herein studie I to haue alway a cleare conscience toward God and toward men 17 Nowe after many yeres I came and brought almes to my nation and offerynges 18 In the which they founde me purified in the temple neither with multitude nor yet with vnquietnesse 19 Howbeit there were certayne Iewes out of Asia 20 Which ought to be here present before thee accuse me yf they had ought agaynst me 21 Or els let these same here say yf they haue founde any euyll doyng in me whyle I stande here in the counsell 22 Except it be for this one voyce that I cryed standyng among them of the resurrection from the dead am I iudged of you this day 23 And whē Felix hearde these thynges he deferred them for he knewe very well of that way and sayde When Lysias the captayne is come downe I will knowe the vtmost of your matter 24 And he commaunded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul and to let hym haue rest and that he shoulde forbyd none of his acquayntaunce to minister vnto hym or to come vnto hym 25 And after certayne dayes when Felix came with his wyfe Drusilla which was a Iewesse he called foorth Paul and hearde hym of the fayth which is towarde Christe 26 And as he reasoned of ryghteousnesse temperaunce and iudgement to come Felix trembled and aunswered Go thy way for this tyme when I haue a conuenient season I will sende for thee 27 He hoped also that money shoulde haue ben geuen hym of Paul that he myght loose hym wherfore he sent for hym the oftener and communed with hym 28 But after two yere Porcius Festus came into Felix rowme And Felix wyllyng to shewe the Iewes a pleasure left Paul bounde ¶ The .xxv. Chapter 2 The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus 8 he aunswereth for hym selfe 11 and appealeth vnto the Emperour 14 his matter is brought before Agrippa 23 and he is brought foorth 1 THen when Festus was come into the prouince after three dayes he ascended from Cesarea vnto Hierusalem 2 Then enfourmed him the hye priest and the chiefe of the Iewes of Paul And they besought hym 3 And desired fauour agaynst hym that he woulde sende for hym to Hierusalem they layde awayte in the way to kyll hym 4 But Festus aunswered that Paul shoulde be kept at Cesarea and that he him selfe woulde shortly depart thither 5 Let them therfore sayde he which among you are able come downe with vs and accuse hym yf there be any fault in this man 6 And when he had taryed among them more then ten dayes he went downe vnto Cesarea the next day sate downe in the iudgement seate and commaunded Paul to be brought 7 Who beyng come the Iewes which were come from Hierusalem stoode about hym and layde many greeuous complayntes agaynst Paul which they coulde not proue 8 Whyles he aunswered for hym selfe * that he had agaynst the lawe of the Iewes neither agaynst the temple nor yet agaynst Caesar offended any thyng at all 9 But Festus * wyllyng to do y e Iewes a pleasure aunswered Paul and sayde Wylt thou go vp to Hierusalem there be iudged of these thynges before me 10 Then said Paul I stande at Caesars iudgement seate where I ought to be iudged To the Iewes haue I no harme done as thou very wel knowest 11 For yf I had done any hurt or committed any thyng worthy of death I refuse not to dye But yf there be none of these thinges wherof they accuse me no man may delyuer me to them I appeale vnto Caesar 12 Then spake Festus with the counsell and aunswered Hast thou appealed vnto Caesar vnto Caesar shalt thou go 13 And after certayne dayes king Agrippa and Bernice came vnto Cesarea to salute Festus 14 And when they had ben there a good season Festus rehearsed Paules cause vnto the kyng saying * There is a certayne man left in bondes of Felix 15 About whom when I came to Hierusalem * the hye priestes and elders of the Iewes enfourmed me and desired to haue iudgement agaynst hym 16 To whom I aunswered It is not the maner of the Romanes for fauour to delyuer any man that he shoulde perishe before that he which is accused haue the accusers before hym and haue licence to aunswere for hymselfe concernyng the
that we shoulde seeme approued but y t ye shoulde do that which is honest though we be as reprobates 8 For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth but for the trueth 9 For we are glad when we are weake and ye are strong Truely this also we wishe euen your perfection 10 Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent lest when I am present I should vse sharpenesse accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification and not to destruction 11 Finally brethren fare well be perfect be of good comfort be of one mynde lyue in peace and the God of loue and peace shal be with you 12 Greete one another in an holy kisse All the saintes salute you 13 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the cōmunion of the holy ghost be with you all Amē ¶ The ende of the seconde Epistle to the Corinthians Sent from Philippos a citie in Macedonia by Titus and Lucas ⧠The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Galathians ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 6 Paul rebuketh their inconstancie which suffred them selues to be seduced by the false apostles who preached that the obseruation of the ceremonies of the lawe were necessarie to saluation 8 and detesteth them that preache any otherwyse then Christe purely 13 He sheweth his owne conuersation magnifieth his office and Apostleshyp and declareth hym selfe to be equall with the chiefe Apostles 1 PAul an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Iesus Christe and by God the father which raysed hym vp from death 2 And all the brethren which are with me Vnto y e Churches of Galacia 3 Grace be with you and peace from God the father and from our Lorde Iesus Christe 4 Which gaue hym selfe for our sinnes to deliuer vs from this present euyll worlde accordyng to the wyll of God and our father 5 To whom be glory for euer and euer Amen 6 I maruayle that ye are so soone turned from him that had called you in the grace of Christe vnto another Gospell 7 Which is not another Gospel but that there be some which trouble you and intende to peruert the Gospel of Christ 8 Neuerthelesse though we or an Angel from heauen preache any other Gospel vnto you then that which we haue preached vnto you let hym be accursed 9 As we sayde before so say I nowe agayne yf any man preache any other Gospell vnto you then that ye haue receaued let hym be accursed 10 Do I nowe perswade men or God Other do I seke to please men For yf I shoulde yet please men I were not the seruaunt of Christe 11 ☞ I certifie you brethren that the Gospell which was preached of me was not after man 12 For I neither receaued it of man neither was I taught it but by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 13 For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in tyme past in the Iewes religion howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the Churche of God spoyled it 14 And profited in the Iewes religion aboue many of my companions in mine owne nation beyng a very feruent maynteyner of the traditions of my fathers 15 But when it pleased God which seperated me from my mothers wombe called me by his grace 16 To reueale his sonne by me that I shoulde by the Gospell preache hym among the Heathen immediatly I communed not with fleshe and blood 17 Neither returned to Hierusalem to them which were Apostles before me but went my wayes into Arabia and came agayne vnto Damascus 18 Then after three yeres I returned to Hierusalē to see Peter and abode with hym fyfteene dayes 19 But other of the Apostles sawe I none saue Iames the Lordes brother 20 The thynges therfore which I write vnto you beholde before God I lie not 21 Afterwarde I came into the coastes of Syria Cilicia and was vnknowen in face vnto the Churches of Iurie which were in Christe 22 But they had hearde only that he which persecuted vs in tyme past nowe preacheth the fayth which before he destroyed 23 And they glorified God in me ☜ ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Confirmyng his Apostleshyp to be of God 3 he sheweth why Titus was not circumcised 6 and that he is nothyng inferiour to other Apostles 11 Yea and that he hath reproued Peter the Apostle of the Iewes 16 After he commeth to the principal scope which is to proue that iustification only commeth of the grace of God by fayth in Iesus Christe and not by the workes of the lawe 1 THen fourteene yeres after I went vp agayne to Hierusalem with Barnabas and toke Titus with me 2 I went vp also by reuelation I declared vnto them the Gospel which I preache among the gentiles but priuately with them which were the chiefe lest by any meanes I shoulde runne or had runne in vayne 3 But neither Titus which was with me beyng a Greke was compelled to be circumcised 4 And that because of incommers being false brethren which came in priuily to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu that they myght bryng vs into bondage 5 To whom no not for an houre we gaue place by subiection that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you 6 Of them which seemed to be somewhat what they were in time passed it maketh no matter to me * God accepteth no mans person for they which seemed chiefe added nothyng to me 7 But contrary wyse when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter 8 For he that was myghtie in Peter to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles 9 When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me then Iames Cephas and Iohn which seemed to be pyllers gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen and they vnto the circumcision 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore Wherin also I was diligent to do the same 11 But whē Peter was come to Antioche I withstoode him to the face because he was to be blamed 12 For yer y t certaine came from Iames he dyd eate with the gentiles But whē they were come he withdrue and seperated himselfe fearing them which were of the circumcision 13 And the other Iewes dissembled lykewyse with hym insomuch that Barnabas also was brought into their simulation 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel I saide vnto Peter before them all If thou beyng a Iewe lyuest after the maner of the gentiles and not as do the Iewes Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes 15 We which are Iewes by nature and not sinners of the gentiles 16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the
gladnesse 5 For your felowship in the Gospell frō the first day vntyll nowe 6 And beyng perswaded of this same thyng that he which hath begun good worke in you wyll perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christe 7 As it becommeth me to iudge this of you al because I haue you in my heart and in my bondes in the defence and confirmation of the Gospell you all beyng partakers of my grace 8 For God is my recorde howe greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Iesus Christe 9 * And this I pray that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge and in all vnderstandyng 10 That ye maye discerne thynges that differ that ye maye be pure and without offence tyll the day of Christe 11 Beyng fylled with the fruites of righteousnesse which are by Iesus Christ vnto the glorie and prayse of God ☜ 12 But I woulde ye should vnderstande brethren that the thinges which came vnto me hath come rather vnto the furtheraunce of the Gospell 13 So that my bondes in Christe are manifest throughout all the iudgement hall and in all other places 14 And many of the brethren of the Lord beyng incouraged through my bondes dare more plentifully speake the word without feare 15 Some preache Christe of enuie strife and some of good wyll 16 The one preache Christe of strife not sincerely supposyng to adde more affliction to my bondes 17 But the others of loue knowing that I am set to the defence of the Gospell 18 What then So that Christe be preached any maner of way whether it be by pretence or by trueth I ioy therein and wyll ioy 19 For I knowe that this shall turne to my saluation * through your prayer and ministryng of the spirite of Iesus Christe 20 Accordyng to my expectation and my hope y t in nothyng I shal be ashamed but y t with all boldnesse as alwayes so now also Christ shal be magnified in my body whether it be by life or by death 21 For Christe is to me lyfe and death is to me aduantage 22 But if I lyue in the fleshe this is the fruite of my labour and what I shall chose I wote not 23 For I am in a strayte betwixt two hauyng a desire to be loosed and to be with Christ which is much farre better 24 Neuerthelesse to abyde in y e fleshe is more needefull for you 25 And this am I sure of that I shall abyde continue with you all for your furtheraunce and ioy of fayth 26 That your reioysyng may be y e more aboundaunt in Iesus Christe for me by my commyng to you agayne 27 Only let your conuersation be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christe that whether I come and see you or els be absent I may yet heare of your matters that ye continue in one spirite in one soule fyghtyng together for y e fayth of the Gospell 28 And in nothyng fearyng your aduersaries which is to them a token of perdition but to you of saluatiō and that of God 29 For vnto you it is geuen for Christe not only this to beleue on hym but also this to suffer for his sake 30 Hauing the same fight which ye sawe in me and nowe heare in me ¶ The .ij. Chapter 3 He exhorteth them aboue all thynges to humilitie wherby pure doctrine is chiefly mayntayned 16 promisyng that he and Timotheus wyll spedyly come vnto them 27 and excuseth the long tariyng of Epaphroditus 1 IF there be therefore any consolation in Christe yf any comfort of loue if any felowship of y e spirite yf any compassion and mercie 2 Fulfyl ye my ioy that ye be lyke mynded hauyng the same loue being of one accorde of one mynde 3 Let nothyng be done through stryfe or vayne glorie but in mekenesse of mynde euery man esteeme one y e other better then hym selfe 4 Loke not euery man on his owne thynges but euery man also on the thynges of others 5 ☞ Let y e same mynde be in you which was in Christe Iesus 6 Who beyng in the fourme of God thought it not robbery to be equall with God 7 But made hym selfe of no reputation takyng on him the fourme of a seruaūt and * made in the lykenesse of men and founde in figure as a man 8 He humbled hym selfe made obedient vnto death euen the death of the crosse 9 Wherfore God also hath highly exalted hym and geuen hym a name which is aboue euery name 10 That in the name of Iesus euery knee should bowe of thynges in heauen and thynges in earth and thinges vnder the earth 11 And that euery tongue should confesse that the Lorde Iesus Christe is to the glorie of God the father ☜ 12 Wherfore my dearely beloued as ye haue alwayes obeyed not as in my presence only but nowe much more in my absence worke out your owne saluation with feare and tremblyng 13 * For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of good wyll 14 * Do all thyng without murmuryng and disputyng 15 That*ye may be blamelesse and pure the sonnes of God without rebuke in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nation among whō shyne ye as lightes in the worlde 16 Holdyng fast the worde of lyfe to my reioycyng in the day of Christe that I haue not runne in vayne neither haue laboured in vayne 17 Yea and though I be offered vp vpō the offeryng and seruice of your fayth I reioyce and reioyce with you all 18 For the same cause also do ye reioyce and reioyce with me 19 But I trust in the Lorde Iesus to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you that I also may be of good comfort when I knowe your state 20 For I haue no man lyke mynded who wyll naturally care for your state 21 For all seeke their owne not the thynges which are Iesus Christes 22 Ye knowe the profe of hym that as a sonne with the father he hath serued with me in the Gospell 23 Hym therfore I hope to sende assoone as I knowe my state 24 But I trust in the Lorde that I also my selfe shall come shortly 25 But I supposed it necessarie to sende to you Epaphroditus my brother and companion in labour felowe souldier but your Apostle and the minister of my neede 26 For he longed after you all and was full of heauinesse because that ye had hearde that he had ben sicke 27 And no doubt he was sicke nye vnto death but God had mercie on hym and not on hym only but on me also lest I shoulde haue sorowe vpon sorowe 28 I sent him therfore the more diligentlie that when ye see him againe ye may reioyce and that I may be the lesse sorowfull 29 Receaue hym therfore in the Lorde with all gladnes make much of such 30 Because for the worke of Christe he was nye vnto