yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be like a broken hedge Their deuyce is only how to put him out their delyte is iÌ„ lyes they geue good wordes w t their mouth but curse w t their herte Sela. Neuertheles my soule abydeth only vpon God for he is my God He only is my streÌ„gth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not fall In God is my health my glory my might in God is my trust O put yo r trust in him allwaye ye people poure out yo r hertes before him for God is oure hope Sela. As for men they are but vayne meÌ„ are disceatfull vpoÌ„ the weightes they are al together lighter then vainte itself O trust not in wronge robbery geue not yo r selues vnto vanite yf riches increase set not yo r herte vpon them God spake once a worde twyse haue I herde the same that power belongeth vnto God That thou LORDE art mercifull that thou rewardest euery man acordinge to his workes The LXII A psalme of Dauid O God thou art my God early wil I seke the. My soule thursteth for the my flesh longeth after the in a bareÌ„ drie loÌ„de where no water is Thus do I loke for the in thy SaÌ„ctuary that I might beholde y e power glory For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life my lyppes shal prayse the. As loÌ„ge as I liue wil I magnifie the lift vp my hondes in thy name My soule is satisfied eueÌ„ as it were with marry fatnesse when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes In my bedde wil I remembre y e wheÌ„ I wake my talkynge shal be of the. For thou hast bene my helper vnder the shadowe of y e wynges wil I reioyse My soule hangeth vpon the thy right honde vp holdeth me They seke after my soule but in vayne for they shal go vnder the earth They shal fall into the swerde be a porcioÌ„ for foxes But y e kynge shal reioyse in God all they that sweare by hym shal be commeÌ„ded for the mouth of lyers shal be stopped The LXIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my voyce o God in my coÌ„playnte preserue my life froÌ„ feare of y e enemie Hyde me from the gatheringe together of y e frowarde froÌ„ y e heape of wicked doere Which whette their tuÌ„ges like a swerde shute w t their venimous wordes like as w t arowes That they maye preuely hurte y e innoceÌ„t sodeÌ„ly to hit him w t out eny feare They haue deuysed myschefe and commoned amonge them selues how they maye laye snares tush saye they who shall se them They ymagin wickednesse and kepe it secrete amonge them selues euery man in y e depe of his herte But God shall sodenly shute with an arowe y t they shall be wounded Yee their â—wne tunges shall make them fall In so moch that who so seyth theÌ„ shal laugh theÌ„ to scorne And all men that se it shal saye this hath God done for they shal perceaue y t it is his worke The rightuous shal reioyse in the LORDE and put his trust in him and all they y t are true off herte shal be glad therof The LXIIII. A psalme of Dauid THou o God art praysed in Sion and vnto the is the vowe perfourmed Thou hearest the prayer therfore coÌ„meth all flesh vnto the. Oure myszdedes preuayle agaynst vs oh be thou mercyfull vnto â—ure synnes Blessed is the man whoÌ„ thou chosest and receauest vnto the that he maye dwell in thy courte he shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house euen off thy holy temple Heare vs acordinge vnto thy woÌ„derfull rightuousnesse o God oure saluacioÌ„ thou that art the hope of all the endes of y e earth and off the brode see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌ„taynes is gyrded aboute with power Which stilleth y e ragiÌ„ge of the see the roaringe off his wawes and the woodnes of the people They that dwell in y e vttemost partes are afrayed at thy tokens thou makest both the mornynge and euenynge starres to prayse ye. Thou visetest the earth thou watrest it and makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of waters thou preparest man his corne aÌ„d thus thou prouydest for the earth Thou watrest hir forowes thou breakest the harde clottes therof thou makest it soft with y e droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy good and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also y t they droppe withall the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde The foldes are full of shepe the valleys stonde so thicke with corne y t they laugh and synge The LXV A psalme off Dauid O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌ„des synge prayses vnto the hono r of his name make his prayse to be glorious Saye vnto God O how wonderfull are thy workes thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be confouÌ„ded O y t all the worlde wolde worshipe the synge of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hither and beholde the workes of God which is so wonderfull in his doinges amonge the children of men He turned the see in to drye loÌ„de so that they wente thorow the water on fote therfore wil we reioyse in him He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholde the people the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them selues Sela. O magnifie o r God ye people make y e voyce off his prayse to be herde Which holdeth o r soule in life and suffreth not oure fete to slippe For thou o God hast proued vs thou hast tried vs liâ—â— as syluer is tried Thou hast brought vs in to captiuyte and layed trouble vpon o r loâ—nes Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer o r heades we weÌ„te thorow fyre and water 〈◊〉 thou hast brought vs out and refreshed 〈◊〉 Therfore will I go in to thy house w t 〈◊〉 offeringes to paye the my vowes which I promised w t my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wil offre vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoâ—e of raÌ„mes I will offre bullockes and goateâ— Sela. O come hither and herkeÌ„ all ye that feare God I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto hiÌ„ w t my mouth and gaue him prayses with my tuÌ„ge Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte y e LORDE wil not heare me Therfore God hath herde me aÌ„d considred the voyce off my prayer Praysed be God which hath not cast out my prayer ner turned his mercy fro me The LXVI psalme GOd be mercifull vnto vs blesse vs shewe the light off his countenauÌ„ce apon vs. Sela. That we maye knowe y e waye vpoÌ„ earth y e sauynge health amonge all Heithen Let the people prayse the o God yee let all people prayse the. O let the people reioyse and be glad that thou iudgest the folke rightuously and gouernest the nacions vpoÌ„
same for he is the minister off God for thy wealth But yff thou do euell then feare for he beareth not the swerde for naughte For he is the mynister of God a taker of vengeaunce to punyshe him that doth euell Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not onely for punyshmēt but also because of conscience For this cause must ye geue trybute also For they are Gods mynisters which māteyne y e same defence Geue to euery man therfore his dutye tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honoure to whom honoure pertayneth Owe nothinge to eny man but to loue one another For he that loueth another hath fulfylled the lawe For where it is sayde Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt not beare false witnesse thou shalt not lust and yf there be eny other commaundement it is comprehēded in this worde Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe Loue doth his neghboure no euell Therfore is loue y e fulfillynge of the lawe And for so moch as we know this namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe For now is oure saluacion nearer then whan we beleued the nighte is past but the daye is come nye Let vs therfore cast awaye y e workes of darknesse and put on the armoure of lighte Let vs walke honestly as in the daye not in excesse off eatinge and in dronkennesse not in chamburynge and wantonnesse not in stryfe and enuyenge but put ye on the LORDE Iesus Christ and make not prouysion for y e flesh to fulfill the lustes of it The XIIII Chapter HIm that is weake in the faith receaue vnto you and trouble not the consciences One beleueth that he maye eate all thinge but he that is weake eateth herbes Let not him that eateth despyse him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not iudge him that eateth for God hath receaued him Who art thou that iudgest another mans seruaūt He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE Yee he maye well stōde for God is able to make hī stōde Some man putteth differēce betwene daye daye but another man counteth all dayes alyke Let euery man be sure of his meanynge He that putteth difference in the daye doth it vnto the LORDE he that putteth no differēce in the daye doth it vnto y e LORDE also He y t eateth eateth vnto the LORDE for he geueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not vnto y e LORDE and geueth God thankes For none of vs lyueth to him selfe and none dyeth to him selfe Yf we lyue we lyue vnto the LORDE Yf we dye we dye vnto the LORDE Therfore whether we lyue or dye we are the LORDES For therto dyed Christ and rose agayne and reuyued that he mighte be LORDE both of deed and quycke But why iudgest thou y e brother Or thou other why despysest thou y e brother We shal all be broughte before y e iudgmēt seate of Christ. For it is wryttē As truly as I lyue sayeth the LORDE all knees shal bowe vnto me all tūges shal knowlege vnto God Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God Let vs not therfore iudge one another eny more But iudge this rather y t nomā put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye I knowe am full certified in y e LORDE Iesu y t there is nothinge cōmen of it selfe but vnto him y t iudgeth it to be cōmen to him is it cōmen But yf y e brother be greued ouer y e meate thē walkest thou not now after charite Destroye not w t thy meate him for whom Christ dyed Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell spokē of For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke but righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy goost He that in these thinges serueth Christ pleaseth God is cōmended of mē Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace thinges wherwith one maye edifye another Destroye not y e worke of God for eny meates sake All thinges truly are cleane but it is euell for y t mā which eateth w t hurte of his cōscience It is moch better y t thou eate no flesh and drynke no wyne nor eny thinge wherby thy brother stombleth or falleth or is made weake Hast thou faith haue it with y e selfe before God happye is he that cōdemneth not him selfe in y t thinge which he aloweth But he that maketh conscience of it and yet eateth is dampned because he doth it not of faith For what so euer is not of faith that same is synne The XV. Chapter WE that are stronge ought to beare y e fraylnesse of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so that he please his neghboure vnto his welth and edifienge For Christ pleased not himselfe but as it is wrytten The rebukes of them which rebuked the are fallen vpon me What so euer thinges are wryttē afore tyme are wrytten for oure learnynge that we thorow pacience and comforte off the scriptures might haue hope The God of pacience and consolacion graunte you to be like mynded one towarde another acordinge vnto Iesu Christ that ye beynge of one mynde maye w t one mouth prayse God the father of oure LORDE Iesu Christ. Wherfore receaue ye one another as Christ hath receaued you to the prayse off God But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister of the circumcision for the trueth of God to cōfirme the promyses made vnto the fathers and that the Heythen mighte prayse God because of mercy as it is wrytten For this cause wyl I prayse the amōge the Gētyles and synge vnto thy name And agayne he sayeth Reioyse ye Heythen with his people And agayne Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles and laude him all ye naciōs And agayne Esay sayeth There shal be the rote of Iesse and he that shal ryse to rule the Gentyles in him shal the Gentyles trust The God off hope fyll you w t all ioye and peace in beleuynge y t ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow y e power of the holy goost I my selfe am full certified of you my brethren that ye youre selues are full of goodnes fylled with all knowlege so that ye are able to exhorte one another Neuertheles brethrē I haue somwhat more boldly wrytten vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce for the grace that is geuē me of God ▪ that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen to declare the gospell of God that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God sanctified by the holy goost Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God For I durst not speake
in hir sight the LORDE be iudge betwene me and the. And Abram sayde vnto Sarai Beholde thy mayde is vnder thine auctorite do with her as it pleaseth the. Now whan Sarai dealt hardly w t her she fled from her But the angell of the LORDE founde her besyde a well of water in the wildernesse euen by the well in the waye to Sur and sayde vnto her Agar Sarais maide whence commest thou whyther wylt thou go She sayde I fle fro my mastresse Sarai And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her Returne to thy mastresse agayne and submitte thyself vnder hir hande And the angel of the LORDE sayde vnto her Beholde I wil so encreace y e sede that it shall not be nombred for multitude And the angel of the LORDE sayde further vnto her Beholde thou art with childe shalt bringe forth a sonne and shalt call his name Ismael because the LORDE hath herde y e trouble He shal be a wylde man His hande agaynst euery man and euery mans hande agaynst him and he shal dwel ouer agaynst all his brethren And she called the name of the LORDE y t spake vnto her Thou art the God that seist me For she sayde Of a suertye I haue sene the back partes of him that sawe me Therfore called she the well The well of the liuinge that sawe me Which well is betwene Cades and Bared And Agar bare Abram a sonne and Abram called his sonnes name which Agar bare him Ismael And Abram was foure score yeare olde and sixe whan Agar bare him Ismael The XVII Chapter NOw whan Abram was nyentye yeare olde and nyene the LORDE appeared vnto him sayde vnto him I am the allmightie God walke before me be vncorrupte And I wyll make my couenaunt betwene me the and wyl multiplye the exceadyngly Then fell Abram vpon his face And God talked furthur with him and sayde Beholde It is I and haue my couenaūt with the and thou shalt be a father of many people Therfore shalt thou nomore be called Abram but thy name shal be Abraham For I haue made the a father of many nacions I wil multiplye the exceadingly and wil make people of y e yee and kynges also shal come out of the. Morouer I wil make my couenaūt betwene me and the and thy sede after the thorow out their posterities that it maye be an euerlastinge couenaunt so that I wyll be the God of the and of thy sede after the. And vnto the and to thy sede after the will I geue the lande wherin thou art a straunger euen all the lande of Canaan for an euerlastinge possession and will be their God And God sayde morouer vnto Abraham Kepe my couenaunt then thou and they sede after the. This is my couenaunt which ye shal kepe betwene me and you and thy sede after y e thorow out their posterites Euery manchilde that is amonge you shal be circumcyded and ye shall circumcyde the foreskynne of yo r flesh This same shal be a token of the couenaunt betwene me and you Euery manchilde whan it is eight dayes olde shal be circūcyded thorow out youre posterities In like maner all houszholde folkes borne at home or bought or eny other also that is a straūger and not of thy sede Thus shall my couenaunt be in youre flesh for an euerlastinge couenaunt And yf there shal be any manchilde vncircumcided in the fore skinne of his flesh his soule shal be roted out from his people because he hath broken my couenaunt And God sayde vnto Abraham Sarai thy wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai but Sara shal be hir name for I will blesse her and geue the a sonne of her I wil blesse her and people shall come of her yee and kynges of many people Then fell Abrahā vpō his face and laughed and sayde in his hert Shal a childe be borne vnto me that am an hundreth yeare olde And shall Sara y t is nyentie yeare olde beare And Abrahā sayde vnto God O that Israel might lyue in thy sight Then sayde God Yee euen Sara thy wyfe shall beare the a sonne and thou shalt call his name Isaac for with him wil I make my euerlastinge couenaunt and with his sede after him And as concernynge Ismael also I haue herde thy request Beholde I haue blessed him and will increase him and multiplye him exceadingly Twolue prynces shal he beget and I wyll make a greate nacion of him But my couenaunt wyll I make w t Isaac whom Sara shal beare vnto the euē this tyme twolue moneth And he left of talkynge with him and God wente vp from Abraham Than toke Abraham his sonne Ismael and all the seruauntes borne in his house and all that were bought as many as were men children in his house and circumcyded the foreskynne of their flesh euen the same daye as God had sayde vnto him And Abraham was nyentie yeare olde and nyne whan he cut of the foreskynne of his flesh As for Ismael he was thirtene yeare olde whan the foreskynne of his flesh was circumcyded Euen vpon one daye were they all circumcyded Abraham and Ismael his sonne and all the men in his house whether they were borne at home bought or eny other straunger they were all circumcyded with him The XVIII Chapter ANnd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of y e daie And as he lift vp his eyes and loked beholde there stode thre men ouer agaynst him And whan he sawe them he ranne to mete them from his tent dore and bowed himself downe vpon the grounde and sayde LORDE yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight go not by y e seruaūt There shal be brought you a litle water ye shall wash yo r fete rest youre selues vnder the tre And I wyll fet you a morsell of bred to comforte youre hertes withall and then shall ye go youre wayes for therfore are ye come to youre seruaunt They sayde do euen so as thou hast spoken Abraham wente a pace in to the tent to Sara and sayde Make haist mengle thre peckes of fyne meele knede it and bake cakes And he ranne to the beastes fet a calf that was tender and good and gaue it vnto a yonge man which made it ready at once And he toke butter and mylke and of the calfe that he had prepared and set it before thē stode him self by them vnder the tre they ate Then saide they vnto him where is Sara thy wyfe He answered within in y e tent Then sayde he aboute this tyme twolue moneth yf I lyue I will come to the agayne and Sara thy wyfe shal haue a sonne And Sara herde that out of the tent dore which was behynde his backe And Abraham and Sara were both olde well stryken in age so that it wente
wife for my sonne amonge the doughters of the Cananites in whose lande I dwell but go y e waye to my fathers house and to myne owne kynred and there take a wyfe for my sonne But I sayde vnto my master What and the woman wyl not folowe me Then sayde he vnto me The LORDE before whom I walke shall sende his angell with the and prospere thy iourney that thou mayest take a wife for my sonne of myne owne kynred and of my fathers house And so whan thou commest to my kynred yf they geue her not vnto y e thou shalt be discharged of myne oothe So I came this daye vnto the well of water and sayde O LORDE thou God of my master Abraham Yf thou hast prospered my iourney that I go Beholde I stonde here by the well of water Now yf there come forth a virgin to draw water and I saye vnto her gâ—ue me a litle water to drinke out of thy pitcher and she saye vnto me Drynke thou and I wyll drawe water for thy Camels also that the same be the womaÌ„ which the LORDE hath prouyded for my masters sonne Now or euer I had spoken out these wordes in my hert beholde Rebecca commeth forth with a pitcher vpon hir shulder and goeth downe to the well and draweth Then sayde I geue me a drynke And immediatly she toke downe the pitcher froÌ„ hir shulder and sayde drynke and I wyll geue thy Camels drynke also So I dranke and she gaue the Camels also to drynke And I axed her and sayde Doughter whose art thou She answered I am y e doughter of Bethuel the sonne of Nahor whom Milca bare vnto him Then layed I the earinge vpon hir face and the bracelettes vpon hir handes and bowed myself and thanked the LORDE and praysed the God of my master Abraham which had brought me y e right waye to take my masters brothers doughters vnto his sonne Yf ye be they then that shew mercy and faithfulnes vnto my master tell me Yf not yet tell me that I maye turne me to y e right hande or to the left Then answered Laban and Bethuel and sayde This is come of the LORDE therfore can we saye nothinge agaynst the nether euell ner good There is Rebecca before the take her and go thy waye that she maye be thy masters sonnes wife as the LORDE hath sayde When Abrahams seruaunt herde these wordes he bowed him self vnto the LORDE flat vpon the earth and toke forth Iewels of syluer and golde and rayment and gaue them vnto Rebecca But vnto hir brethren and the mother he gaue spyces Then he ate and dronke and the men also that were with him and taried there all night But in the mornynge he arose and sayde Let me departe vnto my master Neuerthelesse hir brother and hir mother sayde Let the damsell tary with vs at the leest ten dayes and then shall she go Then sayde he vnto them holde me not for the LORDE hath prospered my iourney let me go that I maye departe vnto my master Then sayde they let vs call the damsell and axe her what she sayeth therto And they called Rebecca and sayde vnto her Wilt thou go with this man And she answered Yee I wyll go with him So they let Rebecca their syster go with hir norse and Abrahams seruaunt and his men And they blessed Rebecca and sayde vnto her Thou art oure syster growe in to many thousande tymes thousandes and thy sede possesse the gates of his enemies So Rebecca gat hir vp w t hir damsels and satt them vpon the Camels and wente their waye after the man And the seruaunt toke Rebecca and departed As for Isaac he was commynge from the well of y e liuynge seynge for he dwelt in the south countre and was gone forth to his meditacions in the felde aboute the euen tyde And he lift vp his eyes and sawe that there were Camels commynge And Rebecca lift vp hir eyes and sawe Isaac Then lighted she of the Camell and sayde vnto y e seruaunt What man is this that commeth agaynst vs in the felde The seruauÌ„t sayde The same is my master Then toke she hir cloke and put it aboute her And the seruaunt tolde Isaac all the earande that he had done Then Isaac brought her in to his mother Saras tent and toke Rebecca and she became his wife and he loued her So Isaac was comforted ouer his mother The XXV Chapter ABraham toke another wife called Ketura which bare him Simram Iaksan Medan Midian Ieszbak and Suah Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan The children of Dedan were Assurim Latusim and Leumim The children of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida and Eldaa All these are the children of Ketura And Abraham gaue all his goodes vnto Isaac As for the children that he had of the concubynes he gaue them giftes and whyle he yet lyued he sent theÌ„ awaye from his sonne Isaac eastwarde in to the east countre This is the age of Abraham which he lyued euen an hundreth and fyue and seuentye yeare and fell sicke and dyed in a good age whan he was olde had lyued ynough and was gathered vnto his people And his sonnes Isaac and Ismael buried him in the dubble caue in the felde of Ephron the sonne of Zoar the Hethite which lyeth ouer before Mamre in the felde that Abraham bought of the Hethites There was Abraham buried with Sara his wife And after the death of Abraham God blessed his sonne Isaac And he dwelt by the well of the lyuynge and seynge This is the generacion of Ismael Abrahams sonne whom Agar Saras mayde the Egipcian bare vnto him And these are the names of Ismaels children of whom their kynredes are named The eldest sonne of Ismael Nebaioth Cedar Abdeel Mibsan Misma Duma Masa Hadar Thema Iethur Naphis and Kedma These are the childreÌ„ of Ismael with their names in their courtes and cities twolue londeprynces And this is the age of Ismael euen an hundreth and seuen and thirtie yeare and he fell sicke and dyed and was gathered vnto his people He dwelt from Heuila vnto Sur towarde Egipte as men go to the Assirians And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren This is the generacion of Isaac the sonne of AbrahaÌ„ Abraham begat Isaac Isaac was fourtye yeare olde whan he toke to wyfe Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel y e Syrian of Mesopotamia Sister of Laban the Syrian Isaac besought the LORDE for his wyfe because she was baren and the LORDE was intreated and Rebecca his wyfe conceaued And the children stroue to-together in her wombe Then sayde she Yf it shulde go so with me why am I then w t childe And she wente for to axe the LORDE And the LORDE sayde vnto her Two maner of folke are in thy wombe and two maner of people shall be deuyded out of thy body and the one nacion shall ouercome the other and the greater shall serue the
e people feared y e LORDE and beleued him and his seruaunt Moses The XV. Chapter THen sange Moses and the childrē of Israel this songe vnto the LORDE and sayde I will synge vnto y e LORDE for he hath done gloriously horse charet hath he ouer throwne in the see The LORDE is my strength and my songe and is become my saluacion This is my God I wil magnifie him He is my fathers God I wil exalte him The LORDE is the right man of warre LORDE is his name The charettes of Pharao his power hath he cast in to the see His chosen captaynes are drowned in the reed see y e depe hath couered them they fell to the grounde as a stone Thy right hande O LORDE is glorious in power thy right hāde O LORDE hath smytten the enemies And with thy greate glory thou hast destroyed thine aduersaries thou sentestout y e wrath it cōsumed them euen as stobble In the breth of thy wrath the waters fell together the floudes wente vpon a heape The depes plomped together in y e myddest of the see The enemie thought I will folowe vpon them and ouertake them and deuyde y e spoyle and coole my mynde vpon them I wil drawe out my swerde and my hande shal destroye them Thou blewest with thy wynde the see couered them and they sancke downe as leed in the mightie waters LORDE who is like vnto the amonge y e goddes Who is so glorious in holynes fear full laudable and doinge wonders Whan thou stretchedest out y e right hande the earth swalowed them vp Thou of y e very mercy hast led this people whom thou hast delyuered and with y e strength thou hast brought them vnto the dwellynge of thy Sanctuary Whan y e nacions herde this they raged sorowe came vpon the Philistynes Then were y e prynces of Edom afrayed tremblynge came vpō y e mightie of Moab all the indwellers of Canaan waxed faynte harted Let feare and drede fall vpon them thorow thy greate arme that they maye be as styll as a stone tyll thy people O LORDE be gone thorow tyll y i people whom thou hast gotten be gone thorow Brynge them in and plante them vpon the mountayne of thy enheritaunce vnto y e place that thou hast made for thyne owne dwellynge euen to y e tēple O LORDE which thy handes haue prepared The LORDE shal be kynge for euer euer For Pharao wente in to the see with horses and charettes and horsmen and the LORDE made the see fall agayne vpon them But the children of Israel wēte drye thorow the myddest of the see And Miriam the prophetisse Aarons sister toke a tymbrell in hir hande and all the women folowed out after her with timbrels in a daunse And Miriam sange before thē O let vs synge vnto the LORDE for he hath done gloriously man and horse hath he ouer throwne in the see Moses caused the children of Israel to departe out from the reed see vnto the wyldernes of Sur they wente thre dayes in y e wildernes y t they founde no water Then came they to Marath but they coude not drinke y e water for bytternes for it was very bytter Therfore was it called Marah y t is bytternes Then y e people murmured against Moses sayde What shal we drynke And Moses cried vnto y e LORDE which shewed him a tre this he put in y e water thē was it swete There he made thē a statute and a lawe and tempted them and sayde Yf thou wyl◠herken vnto the voyce of y e LORDE y e God do that which is right in his sighte and geue eare vnto his commaundementes kepe all his statutes then wyl I laye vpon y e none of the sicknesses that I layed vpon Egipte for I am the LORDE thy surgione The XVI Chapter ANd they came vnto Elim where there were twolue welles of water and seuentie palme trees and there they pitched by y e water syde From Elim they toke their iourney and the whole congregacion of the children of Israel came in to the wyldernesse of Sin which lyeth betwene Elim and Sinai vpon the fyftene daye of the seconde moneth after that they were departed out of the londe of Egipte And y e whole multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and Aaron in y e wildernes and saide vnto them Wolde God we had dyed in the londe of Egipte by the hande of the LORDE whan we sat by y e flesh pottes and had bred ynough to eate for ye haue brought vs out in to this wyldernes to cause this whole multitude dye of honger Thē sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses beholde I wyl rayne you bred from heauen and let the people go out and gather daylie what they nede that I maye proue whether they walke in my lawe or not But vpon the sixte daye they shal prepare thē selues that they maye brynge in twyse as moch as they gather daylie Moses and Aaron saide vnto all the children of Israel At euen ye shall knowe that the LORDE hath brought you out of the lōde of Egipte and in the mornynge shall ye se the glory of the LORDE for he hath herde youre grudginges agaynst the LORDE For what are we that ye grudge agaynst vs Moses sayde morouer At euen shall the LORDE geue you flesh to eate and in the mornynge bred ynough because y e LORDE hath herde youre grudginges that ye haue grudged agaynst him For what are we You re murmuringe is not agaynst vs but against the LORDE And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Speake vnto the whole multitude of y e children of Israel Come forth before the LORDE for he hath herde youre murmuringes And whyle Aaron spake thus vnto the whole congegacion of the childrē of Israel they turned them towarde the wyldernes and beholde the glory of the LORDE appeared in a cloude and the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I haue herde the murmuringe of y e children of Israel Tell them At euen shall ye haue flesh to eate and in the mornynge shal ye be fylled with bred ye shall knowe that I am the LORDE youre God And at euen the quayles came vp and couered the tentes and in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the tentes And whan the dew was fallē beholde there laye a thinge in the wildernes thynne and small as the horefrost vpon the grounde And whan the children of Israel sawe it they saide one to another This is Mā For they wyst not what it was But Moses sayde vnto them It is the bred that y e LORDE hath geuē you to eate This is it that y e LORDE hath commaūded Euery one gather for himself as moch as he eateth and take a Gomor for euery heade acordinge to the nombre of the soules in his tente And the children of Israel dyd so and gathered some more some lesse But whan it was measured out with
was nothinge left ouer vnto him Then wanne we at the same tyme all his cities there was not one cite that we toke not from him euen thre score cities the whole region of Argob in the kyngdome of Og at Basan All these cities were strōge with hye walles gates and barres besyde many other vnwalled townes And we vtterly destroyed them as we dyd with Sihon the kynge at Heszbon All the cities destroyed we vtterly and the men wemen and children But all the catell and spoyle of the cities caughte we for oure selues Thus toke we at the same tyme the londe out of the honde of the two kynges of the Amorites beyonde Iordane from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senir all the cities vpon the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei the cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan For onely Og the kynge of Basan remayned ouer of the giauntes Beholde his yron bed is here at Rabath amonge the children of Ammon nyne cubites longe and foure cubites brode after the cubite of a man This londe conquered we at the same tyme from Aroer that lyeth on y e ryuer of Arnon And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue halfe mount Gilead with the cities therof but y e remnaunt of Gilead all Basan the kyngdome of Og gaue I vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse The whole region of Argob with all Basan was called the giauntes londe Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri and Maachati and Basan called he Hauoth Iair after his awne name vnto this daye But vnto Machir I gaue Gilead And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue one parte of Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon at the myddes of the ryuer is y e border and vnto the ryuer Iabok which is the border of the children of Ammon the felde also and Iordane which is the coaste from Cinereth vnto the see in the felde namely y e Salt see vnder mount Pisga Eastwarde And I commaunded you at the same tyme and sayde The LORDE youre God hath geuen you this londe to take possession of it Go youre waye forth therfore harnessed before youre brethren the children of Israel all ye that be mete for the warre As for youre wyues and children and catell for I knowe that ye haue moch catell let them remayne in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyl the LORDE youre God haue broughte yo r brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which y e LORDE youre God shal geue thē beyonde Iordane and then shal ye turne agayne to youre awne possession which I haue geuen you And I warned Iosua at the same tyme and sayde Thine eyes haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto these two kynges euē so shal the LORDE do also vnto all y e kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the LORDE youre God shal fighte for you And I besoughte the LORDE at the same tyme sayde O LORDE LORDE thou hast begonne to shewe y e seruaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hāde For where is there a God in heauen earth that can do after y e workes and after thy power O let me go se y t good londe beyonde Iordane y t goodly hye countre and Libanus But the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayde vnto me Be content speake nomore to me of this matter Get the vp to the toppe of mount Pisga and lifte vp thine eyes towarde the west and towarde the north and towarde the south and towarde y e east and beholde it with thine eies for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane And geue Iosua his charge and corage him and bolde him for he shal go ouer Iordane before the people and shal deuyde vnto them the londe that thou shalt se. And so we abode in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor The IIII. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaūces and lawes which I teach you that ye do them y t ye maye lyue and come in take possession of the londe which the LORDE God of yo r fathers geueth vnto you Ye shal put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether do oughte there from that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you Youre eyes haue sene what the LORDE hath done w t Baal Peor all them that walked after Baal Peor hath the LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE yo r God are all aliue this daye Beholde I haue taughte you ordinaūces and lawes soc◠as the LORDE my God commaunded me that ye shulde do euē so in the londe in to y e which ye shal come to possesse it Kepe them now therfore and do them for that is youre wyszdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions which whā they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this and how excellent a people For where is there so excellent a nacion that hath goddes so nye him as the LORDE oure God is nye vnto vs as oft as we call vpon him And where is there so excellent a nacion that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes as all this lawe which I laye before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe now and kepe well thy soule that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thy hert all the dayes of thy life And thou shalt teach them thy children and thy childers children the daye whā thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by mount Horeb whan the LORDE sayde vnto me Gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes which they shal lerne that they maye feare me all the dayes of their life vpon earth that they also maye teach their children And ye came nye stode vnder y e mount But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen and there was darknesse cloudes and myst And y e LORDE spake vnto you out of the myddes of the fyre The voyce of his wordes ye herde neuerthelesse ye sawe no ymage but herde the voyce onely And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he cōmaunded you to do namely the ten verses and wrote them vpon two tables of stone And the LORDE commmaūded me at the same time to teach you ordinaunces lawes that ye might do therafter in the londe in to the which ye go to possesse it Kepe well youre soules therfore for ye sawe no maner of ymage in the daye whā the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon mount Horeb that ye destroye not youre selues and make you
eny ymage that is like a man or woman or beest vpon earth or fethered foule vnder the heauen or worme vpon the grounde or fyszshe in the water vnder y e earth y t thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen and se the Sonne and the Moone the starres and the whole hoost of heaueÌ„ and be disceaued and worshippe and serue them which the LORDE y i God hath made to serue all nacioÌ„s vnder y e whole heaueÌ„ But you hath the LORDE taken and broughte you out of the yron fornace namely out of Egipte that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye And the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes so that he sware y t I shulde not go ouer Iordane ner come in to that good londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce As for me I must dye in this londe and shal not go ouer Iordane But ye shal go ouer and shall haue that good loÌ„de in possession Take hede therfore vnto youre selues that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of faszhion as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God Yf whan ye haue begotten children and childers children and haue dwelt in the londe ye marre youre selues make you ymages of eny maner of faszhion and do euell in the sighte of y e LORDE youre God to prouoke him I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer you this daie that ye shall shortly pâ—rishe froÌ„ the londe in to y e which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it Ye shal not dwell longe therin but shal vtterly be destroyed And y e LORDE shal scater you amonge y e nacions and ye shall be left a small people amoÌ„ge y e Heythen whyther the LORDE shall brynge you There shal ye serue goddes which are y e workes of mens handes euen wodd stone which nether se ner heare ner eate ner smell But yf thou seke the LORDE y e God there thou shalt finde him yee yf thou seke him w t thy whole hert and with all y e soule Whan thou shalt be strately troubled whaÌ„ all these thinges shal come vpoÌ„ the in y e latter dayes then shalt thou turne agayne to y e LORDE thy God and be obedient vnto his voice For y e LORDE y e God is a mercifull God he shal not forsake the ner destroye the nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe after the tymes past which haue bene before the sens the daie y t God created man vpon earth from one ende of the heaueÌ„ vnto the other whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done or eny soch like herde that a people hath herde y e voyce of God speake out of the fyre as thou hast herde yet liued Or whether God assaied to go take vnto him a people out of y e myddes of a nacion thorow tentacions thorow tokens thorow wonders thorow warre thorow a mightie hande thorow a stretched out arme and thorow greate visioÌ„s acordinge vnto all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes Thou hast sene it y t thou mightest knowe that the LORDE is God and that there is none other but he onely Out of heauen made he the to heare his voyce that he might nurtoure the and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare out of y e fyre thou herdest his wordes because he loued y e fathers chose their sede after theÌ„ And he brought y t out w t his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte to dryue out before the nacions greater and mighter then thou and to bringe y e in y t he might geue the their loÌ„de to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye turne it into thine herte that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen and beneth vpon earth and that there is no mo Kepe his ornaunces therfore and commaundementes which I commaunde the this daie theÌ„ shal it go well w t the and thy children after the so that thy life shal longe endure in y e londe which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge y t he might flye thither which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres hated him not a fore tyme y t he might flye in to one of these cities lyue Bezer in y e wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites Ramoth in Gilead amoÌ„ge y e Gaddites Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel these are the testimonies ordinaunces lawes y t Moses spake vnto the children of Israel after they were departed out of Egipte beyonde Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor in y e londe of Sion kynge of y e Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon whom Moses the childreÌ„ of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte conquered his laÌ„de the londe of Og kynge of Basan two kynges of the Amorites which were beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge froÌ„ Aroer which lyeth vpon y e ryuer syde of Arnon vnto mount Sion which is Hermon all y e playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in y e plaine felde vnder mount Pisga The V. Chapter ANd Moses called all Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare Israel the ordinaunces lawes which I speake in yo r eares this daye lerne them kepe theÌ„ so that ye do therafter The LORDE oure God made a couenaunt with vs at Horeb he made not this couenaunt with oure fathers but with vs that are here this daie and lyue euery one He talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vpoÌ„ the mount I stode at the same tyme betwixte the LORDE and you that I mighte shewe you the worde of the LORDE For ye were afrayed of the fyre wente not vp to the mount and he sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner of licknesse of the thinges y t are aboue in heauen beneth vpon earth in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not hono r them ner serue theÌ„ For I y e LORDE y e God am a gelous God vysitinge the synne of the fathers vpoÌ„ the children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion of theÌ„ y t hate me shewe mercye vpon many thousandes y t loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take y e name of y
and to geue vs y e londe that he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore hath the LORDE commaunded vs to do acordinge vnto all these ordinaunces that we might feare the LORDE oure God that we might prospere all the dayes of oure life as it is come to passe this daye And it shall be righteousnes vnto vs before the LORDE oure God yf we kepe and do all these commaundementes as he hath commaunded vs. The VII Chapter WHan y e LORDE y e God bringeth the in to y e londe where in to thou shalt come to possesse it roteth out manacions before the the Hethites Girgoâ—ites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heâ—ites and Iebusites seueÌ„ nacions which are greater and mightier then thou and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth theÌ„ before y e that thou mayest smyte them thou shalt vtterly destroye them so that thou make no couenaunt with them nor shewe them fauoure and shalt make no mariages with them Ye shall not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes ner take their doughters vnto youre sonnes For they will make youre sonnes departe fro me to serue straunge goddes then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpon you and destroye you shortly But thus shal ye do with them Ye shal ouerthrowe their altares breake downe their pilers cut downe their groues burne their ymages with fyre For thou art an holy people vnto the LORDE thy God The hath the LORDE thy God chosen that thou shuldest be his awne peculier people from amonge all nacions that are vpon the earth It was not because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions â–ª that y e LORDE had lust vnto you and chose you For ye were the leest amonge all nacions but because he loued you and that he mighte kepe the ooth which he sware vnto youre fathers he broughte you out with a mightie haÌ„de and delyuered you froÌ„ the house of bondage out of the hande of Pharao kynge of Egipte Thou shalt vnderstonde now therfore that the LORDE thy God is a mightie and true God which kepeth couenaunt and mercy vnto them that loue him and kepe his coÌ„maundementes euen thorow out a thousande generacions And rewardeth them that hate him before his face that he maye destroye them and wyll not be longe in tarienge to rewarde them before his face that hate him Kepe now therfore the commaundementes and ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde the this daye that thou do therafter And yf ye shall heare these lawes and kepe them and do therafter then shal the LORDE thy God also kepe the couenaunt and mercy with the which he sware vnto thy fathers and shal loue the blesse the and multiplye the he shal blesse the frute of y e wombe and the frute of thy londe thy corne wyne and oyle the frute of thy kyne and the frute of thy shepe in the londe that he sware vnto y e fathers to geue the. Blessed shalt thou be aboue all nacions there shal no vnfrutefull personne be in the ner amonge thy catell The LORDE shall put from the all maner of dysease and shal brynge vpon the none of y e euell sicknesses of Egipte which thou hast sene but shall put them vpon all those that hate the. Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. Thine eye shall not spare them and their goddes shalt thou not serue for that shal be thy decaye Yf thou shalt saye in thyne hert These nacioÌ„s are mo then I how caÌ„ I dryue them out Feare them not Remembre what the LORDE thy God did vnto Pharao and to all the Egipcians thorow greate tentacions which thou hast sene with thine eyes thorow tokens and woÌ„ders thorow a mightie hande and a stretched out arme wherwith the LORDE thy God brought the out Euen so shall the LORDE thy God do vnto all y e nacions of whoÌ„ thou art afrayed The LORDE y e God also shal sende hornettes amonge them vntyll they that remayne and hyde them selues from the be destroyed Be not thou afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God is in the myddes of the euen the mightie and fearfull God He euen the LORDE thy God shall rote out the nacions before the by litle and litle Thou canst noâ— consume them at one time y t the beestes of the felde increase not vpon the. The LORDE thy God shall delyuer them before the and shall smite them with a greate slaughter tyll they be destroyed And he shal delyuer their kynges in to thine haÌ„de and thou shalt destroie their names from vnder heauen There shal no man make the resistaunce before the vntyll thou haue destroyed them The ymages of their goddes shalt thou burne with fyre shalt not desyre the syluer or golde that is on them or to take it vnto the that thou snare not thy self therin for it is abhominacion vnto the LORDE y e God Therfore shalt thou not brynge the abhominacion in to thine house y t thou be not damned as it is but shalt vtterly defye it and abhorre it for it is damned The VIII Chapter ALl the commaundementes which I commaunde y e this daye shal ye kepe so y t ye do therafter that ye maye lyue and multiplye and come in and take possession of the lande which y e LORDE sware vnto youre fathers and thynke vpon all y e waie thorow the which the LORDE thy God hath led the this fortye yeares in the wyldernesse that he mighte chasten the and proue the to wete whath were in thyne herte whether thou woldest kepe his comaundemeÌ„tes or no. He chastened the and let the hunger and fed the with Manna which thou and thy fathers knewe not to make the knowe that man lyueth not by bred onely but by all that proceadeth out of the mouth of the LORDE Thy clothes are not waxed olde vpon the and thy fete are not swolleÌ„ this fortye yeare Vnderstonde therfore in thine hert that as a man nurtoureth his sonne euen so hath the LORDE thy God nurtured the. Kepe therfore the commaundementes of the LORDE thy God that thou walke in his wayes and feare him For the LORDE thy God bryngeth the in to a good londe A londe where in are ryuers of water fountaynes and sprynges which flowe by the hilles and valleys A londe wherin is wheate barlye vines fygge trees and pomgranates A londe wherin growe Olyue trees and honye A londe where thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenes and where thou shalt lacke nothinge A loÌ„de where y e stones are yron where thou shalt dygge brasse out of hilles That whaÌ„ thou hast eaten and art fylled thou mayest praise the LORDE thy God for that good londe which he hath geuen the. Bewarre now therfore that thou forget not the LORDE thy God that thou woldest not kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde the
in the snare after thē whan they are destroyed before the that thou axe not after their goddes saye Euē as these nacions haue serued their goddes so wil I do also Thou shalt not do so vnto the LORDE thy God For all that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE that he hateth y e same haue they done vnto their goddes For they haue burnt euen their sonnes and their doughters with fyre vnto their goddes All that I commaunde you shal ye kepe that ye do therafter Ye shal put nothinge therto ner take ought there from The XIII Chapter YF there ryse vp a prophet or dreamer amonge you and geue the a token or a wonder and that token or wonder which he spake of come to passe and then saye Let vs go after other goddes whom thou knowest not and let vs serue thē Thou shalt not herken vnto the wordes of soch a prophet or dreamer For y e LORDE youre God proueth you to wete whether ye loue him with all youre hert with all youre soule For ye shall walke after the LORDE youre God and feare him and kepe his commaundementes herken vnto his voyce and serue him and cleue vnto him As for that prophet or dreamer he shal dye because he hath spoken to turne you awaye from the LORDE youre God which broughte you out of the londe of Egipte and delyuered you from the house of bondage to thrust the out of the waye which the LORDE thy God commaunded the to walke in and so shalt thou put awaie the euell from the. Yf thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thine awne sonne or thy doughter or the wyfe in thy bosome or thy frende which is vnto the as thine owne soule entyse the secretly and saye Let vs go and serue other goddes whom thou knowest not ner yet thy father which are amonge the nacions rounde aboute you whether they be nye vnto the or farre from the from the one ende of the earth vnto the other consente not vnto him and herkē not vnto him Thine eye also shal not pytie him and thou shalt haue no compassion vpon him ner kepe him secrete but shalt cause him to be slayne thine hāde shal be first vpon him to cause him to be slayne and then the handes of all the people He shal be stoned to death because he wente aboute to thrust the awaye from the LORDE thy God which broughte the out of the londe of Egipte from the house of bōdage y t all Israel maye heare and feare him and do nomore soch euell amonge you Yf thou hearest in eny cite which y e LORDE thy God hath geuē the to dwell in that it is sayde There are certayne men the children of Belial gone out from amonge you and haue disceaued the inhabiters of their cite and sayde let vs go and serue other goddes whom ye knowe not Then shalt thou seke make search and enquere diligently And yf it be founde of a trueth that it is so in dede y t soch abhominacion is wroughte amonge you then shalt thou smyte the indwellers of the same cite and their catell with the edge of the swerde and damne the cite with all that is therin and all the spoyle therof shalt thou gather together in the myddes of the stretes of it and burne with fyre both the cite and all the spoyle therof together vnto the LORDE y e God that it maye lye vpon a heape for euer and neuer be buylded eny more And let nothinge of the damned thinge cleue vnto thy hande that the LORDE maye be turned from the indignacion of his wrath and graunte the mercy and haue compassion on the and multiplye the as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers because thou haß herkened vnto y e voyce of the LORDE thy God to kepe all his commaundementes which I commaunde the this daye so that thou doest the thinge which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE thy God The XIIII Chapter YE are the children of the LORDE youre God Cut not youre selues therfore make you no baldnesse betwene youre eyes ouer eny deed For thou art an holy people vnto the LORDE thy God And the LORDE hath chosen the to be his awne peculier people from amōge all the nacions that are vpon the earth Thou shalt eate no abhominacion These are the beestes which ye shal eate Oxen shepe Goates Hert Roo Bugle wylde goate Vnicorne Origen and Camelion And euery beest that deuydeth his clawe cheweth cudd shal ye eate Neuertheles these shal ye not eate of them that chewe cudd and deuyde not the hoffe in to two clawes The Camell the hayre the conye for though they chewe cudd yet deuyde they not the hoffe therfore shal they be vncleane vnto you The swyne though he deuyde the hoffe yet cheweth he not cudd he shall be vncleane vnto you ye shall not eate of the flesh of thē and their deed carcases shal ye not touche This is it that ye shall eate of all that is in the waters All that hath fynnes and scales shall ye eate But what so euer hath no fynnes ner scales that shal ye not eate for it is vncleane vnto you Eate of all cleane foules But these are they wherof ye shal not eate The Aegle y e Goshanke the Cormoraunte the Ixion the Vultur the Ryte with his kynde all Rauens in their kynde the Estriche the Night crowe the Cocow the Sparow hauke with his kynde the litle Oule the greate Oule y e Backe the Bytture the Swanne the Pellicane the Pye the Storke the Heron the Iaye w t his kynde the Lapwynge y e Swalowe And all foules y t crepe shal be vncleane vnto you and ye shal not eate them Ye shall eate of nothinge y t dyeth alone◠thou mayest geue it vnto y e straunger with in y e gate that he eate it or sell it to a straunger For thou art an holy people vnto y e LORDE thy God Thou shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it yet sucketh his mother Thou shalt separate out the tythe all the increase of thy sede y t cōmeth out of y e felde euery yeare shalt eate it before y e LORDE y e God in y e place which He choseth y t his name maye dwell there namely of y e tythes of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle the first borne of thine oxen and of thy shepe y t thou mayest lerne to feare the LORDE thy God all thy life longe But yf the waye be to moch for y e and the place which y e LORDE thy God hath chosen to set his name there be to farre from the thou canst not cary it that y e LORDE thy God hath blessed the withall Then geue it for money take y e money in thyne hande and go vnto the place which the LORDE thy God hath chosen and geue the money for
of thy wyne presse and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte thy mayde the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are within y e gates Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe y e feast vnto the LORDE thy God in the place that he hath chosen For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine hādes Therfore shalt thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose namely in the feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes and in the feast of Tabernacles He shal not appeare emptie before the LORDE but euery one after the gifte of his hande acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. The XVII Chapter IVdges officers shalt thou ordeyne within all y e gates which y e LORDE thy God geueth the amōge thy trybes y t they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment Thou shalt not wrest the lawe Thou shalt knowe no personne also ner take giftes For giftes blynde the eyes of y e wyse peruerte y e righteous causes Loke what righte is y t shalt thou folowe that thou mayest lyue possesse the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what so euer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler which y e LORDE y e God hateth Thou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Yf there be founde amonge you within eny of thy gates which the LORDE y e God shal geue y e a man or woman that worketh wickednesse in y e sighte of the LORDE thy God so that he transgresseth his couenaūte and goeth and serueth other goddes worshippeth them whether it be Sōne or Mone or eny of the hooste of heauen which I haue not commaunded and it is tolde the thou hearest of it Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or y e same womā which haue done soch euell vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye that is worthy of death At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him and thē y e handes of all the people that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmēt betwixte bloude and bloude betwixte plee and plee betwixte stroke and stroke and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse and go vp vnto y e place that y e LORDE thy God hath chosen and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites to the iudge which shal be at that tyme and shalt axe They shal shewe the how to iudge and thou shalt do therafter as they saye vnto the in y e place which the LORDE hath chosen and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all y t they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe y t they teach the after the iudgment that they tell y e shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from y e same nether to the righte hande ner to the lefts And yf eny man deale presumptuously so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God or to the Iudge the same shal dye and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel that all y e people maye heare and feare and be nomore presumptuous Whan thou art come in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the takest it in possession and dwellest therin and shalt saie I wil set a kinge ouer me as all the nacions haue aboute me thē shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the whom the LORDE thy God shal chose One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a straūger ouer the which is not thy brother Onely let him not haue many horses y t he brynge not y e people againe in to Egipte thorow y e multitude of horses for as moch as y e LORDE hath sayde vnto you that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne He shall not haue many wynes also that his hert be not turned awaye Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe and cause it be wrytten in a boke and that shall he haue by him and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life that he maye lerne to feare y e LORDE his God to kepe all the wordes of this lawe all these ordinaūces so that he do therafter He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right hāde ner to the lefte that he maye prolōge his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in Israel The XVIII Chapter THe prestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui shal haue no parte ner enheritaunce w t Israel The offerynges of y e LORDE his enheritaunce shal they eate Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren because the LORDE is their enheritaūce as he hath saide vnto thē This shal be y e prestes dutye of the people of thē that offre whether it be oxe or shepe so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes and the brest And the first frutes of thy corne of thy wyne and of thy oyle and the first of thy shepe sheringe For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates or out of eny place of all Israel where he is a gest and cōmeth with all the desyre of his soule vnto the place which the LORDE hath chosen to mynister in the name of the LORDE his God like as all his brethren y e Leuites which stonde there before the LORDE thē shal he haue like porcion of meate with the other besydes that which he hath of the solde good of his fathers Whan thou commest in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue y e thou shalt not lerne to do y e abhominacions of these nacions that there be not founde amonge you y t maketh his sonne or doughter
the londe which the LORDE thy God geueth the for inheritaunce to possesse then shalt thou put out the remembraunce of the Amalechites from vnder heauen Forget not this The XXVI Chapter WHan thou commest in to the londe that the LORDE thy God shal geue the to inheritaunce and enioyest it and dwellest therin thou shalt take of all maner first frutes of the londe that come out of thy grounde which the LORDE thy God geueth the shalt put them in a maunde and go vnto the place which the LORDE thy God shal chose y t his name maye dwell there and thou shalt come vnto the prest which shal be at that tyme and saye vnto him I knowlege this daye vnto the LORDE thy God that I am come in to the londe which y e LORDE sware vnto oure fathers to geue vs. And the prest shal take the maunde out of thine hande and set it downe before the altare of the LORDE thy God Then shalt thou answere and saye before the LORDE thy God The Syrians wolde haue destroyed my father which wēte downe in to Egipte and was a straūger there with a small folke and became there a naciō greate mightie full of people But the Egipciās intreated vs euell and troubled vs and layed an harde bondage vpō vs. Then cried we vnto y e LORDE the God of oure fathers And the LORDE herde oure cryenge and loked on oure aduersite laboure and oppressiō brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and with greate terryblenesse thorow tokens and wōders and hath broughte vs vnto this place and hath geuen vs this londe that floweth with mylke and hony Therfore brynge I now the first frutes of the londe which the LORDE hath geuen vs. And thou shalt leaue them before the LORDE thy God and geue thankes before the LORDE thy God and reioyse ouer all the good that the LORDE y e God hath geuen the and thyne house thou and the Leuite and the straunger that is with the. Whan thou hast brought together all y e tythes of thine increase in the thirde yeare which is a yeare of tithes thou shalt geue it vnto the Leuite to the straunger to the fatherlesse ▪ and to the wedowe that they maie eate within y e gates and be filled And thou shalt saye before the LORDE thy God I haue broughte that halowed is out of my house and haue geuen it vnto the Leuyte the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe acordinge to all thy commaundement which thou hast cōmaunded me I haue not transgressed thy commaundementes ner forgotten them I haue not eaten therof in my heuynesse ner taken awaye therof in vnclennesse I haue not geuē therof vnto the deed I haue bene obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE my God and haue done all as he hath commaunded me Loke downe from thy holy habitacion from heauen and blesse thy people of Israel and y e londe that thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest vnto oure fathers a londe that floweth with mylke and hony In the daye whan the LORDE thy God commaunded the to do acordynge vnto all these ordinaūces and lawes that thou shuldest kepe them and do therafter with all thy hert and with all thy soule The same daye maydest thou a promysse vnto the LORDE that he shulde be thy God and y t thou woldest walke in all his wayes and kepe his ordynaunces his commaundementes and his lawes and to herken vnto his voyce And the LORDE promysed the vpō the same daye that thou shuldest be his awne peculier people like as he hath sayde vnto the so y t thou kepe all his commaundementes and that he wolde make the hye in prayse name and honoure aboue all nacions which he hath made y t thou mayest be an holy people vnto y e LORDE thy God as he hath sayde vnto the. The XXVII Chapter ANd Moses with y e Elders of Israel commaunded the people sayde Kepe all the commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye And what time as ye go ouer Iordane in to the londe y t y e LORDE thy God shal geue the thou shalt set vp greate stones and playster them with playster and wryte vpon them all the wordes of this lawe whan thou art come ouer y t thou mayest come in to the londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the a londe y t floweth with milke and hony as y e LORDE God of thy fathers hath promysed the. Now whan ye go ouer Iordane ye shall set vp these stones wherof I cōmaunde you this daye vpon mount Eball and playster them with playster and there shalt thou buylde vnto the LORDE thy God an altare of stone whervpon thou shalt lifte no yron Of whole stones shalt thou builde this altare vnto the LORDE thy God and offre burnt offeringes theron vnto the LORDE thy God and thou shalt offre health offeringes and eate there and reioyse before the LORDE thy God and vpon the stones thou shalt wryte all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well And Moses with the prestes and Leuites spake vnto all Israel and sayde Take hede and heare O Israel This daye art thou become the people of the LORDE thy God that thou mayest be obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God and do acordinge vnto all his commaundementes and ordinaunces which I cōmaunde the this daye And Moses charged the people the same daye and sayde These shal stonde vpon mount Grisim to blesse the people whan ye are gone ouer Iordane Simeon Leui Iuda Isachar Ioseph and Ben Iamin And these shal stonde vpon mount Eball to curse Ruben Gad Asser Zabulon Dan Nephtali And the Leuites shal begynne and saye vnto euery man of Israel w t a loude voyce Cursed be he that maketh eny carued Idoll or molten ymage an abhominacion of the LORDE a worke of the handes of y e craftesman and putteth it in a secrete place And all the people shal answere and saye Amen Cursed be he that curseth his father and mother And all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he y t remoueth his neghbours mark And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he that maketh a blynde man go out of his waye And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he that wresteth y e righte of y e straunger of the fatherlesse wedowe And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he that lyeth with his fathers wife to vncouer his fathers couerynge And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he y t lyeth w t eny maner beest And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he y t lyeth w t his sister which is the doughter of his father or of his mother And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he y t lyeth with his mother in lawe And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be
he that slayeth his neghboure secretly And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he that receaueth giftes to slaye the soule of innocent bloude And all the people shal saye Amen Cursed be he that contynueth not in all y e wordes of this lawe to do them And all y e people shal saye Amen The XXVIII Chapter ANd yf thou shalt herken vnto y e voyce of the LORDE thy God to obserue and do all his commaundementes which I cōmaunde y t this daye then shall the LORDE thy God set y e an hye aboue all nacions vpō earth and all these blessynges shal come vpon the and ouertake the because thou hast bene obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the felde Blessed shal be the frute of thy body the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell and the frute of thine oxen and the frute of thy shepe Blessed shal be y e baszkett thy stoare Blessed shalt thou be whā thou goest in and blessed whan thou goest out And thine enemies that ryse vp agaynst the shal y e LORDE cause to be smytten before thy face They shal come out agaynst the one waye flye before the seuen wayes The LORDE shal commaunde the blessynge to be with y e in thy cellers and in all that thou takest in hande and shal blesse the in y e londe that the LORDE thy God hath geuē the. The LORDE shal set the vp to be an holy people vnto himselfe as he hath sworne vnto the yf thou kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE thy God so that all nacions vpon earth shal se that thou art called after the name of the LORDE they shal be afrayed of you And y e LORDE shal make y e plenteous in goodes in the frute of y e wombe in the frute of thy catell in the frute of thy grounde in the londe that the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers to geue the. And the LORDE shal open vnto y e his good treasure euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy londe in due season and to prospere all the workes of thine handes And thou shalt lēde vnto many naciōs but thou shalt borowe of no man And y e LORDE shal set the before and not behynde thou shalt be aboue onely and not benethe yf thou be obedient vnto the commaundementes of y e LORDE thy God which I commaunde the this daye to kepe and to do them yf thou bowe not asyde from eny of these wordes which I commaunde y e this daye either to the righte hande or to the lefte y t thou woldest walke after other goddes to serue them But yf thou wylt not herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God to kepe and to do all his commaundementes and ordinaunces which I commaunde y t this daie then shall all these curses come vpon the and ouertake the. Cursed shalt thou be in the towne and cursed in y e felde cursed shal thy baszket be and thy stoare Cursed shall be the frute of thy body the frute of thy londe the frute of thine oxen and the frute of thy shepe Cursed shalt thou be whan thou goest in and cursed whā thou goest out The LORDE shal sende in to the consuminge and complayninge and cursynge in all that thou takest in hande to do tyll he haue destroyed the shortly broughte to the naughte because of thy wicked inuencions in that thou hast forsaken me The LORDE shall make the pestylence to byde longe with the tyll he haue consumed the out of the londe in to the which thou commest to possesse it The LORDE shall smyte the with swellynge feuers heate burnynge venome drouth and palenesse shall persecute the tyll he haue destroyed the. Thy heauen that is ouer thy heade shal be of brasse and the earth vnder the of yron The LORDE shall geue thy londe dust for rayne and aszshes from heauen vpon the vntyll thou be broughte to naught The LORDE shall cause the be smytten before thine enemyes Thou shalt come out one waye agaynst them and seuen wayes shalt thou flye before them and shalt be scatered amōge all the kyngdomes vpon earth Thy carcase shal be meate vnto all maner foules of the ayre and to all the beestes vpon earth and there shal be no man to fraye them awaye The LORDE shal smyte the with y e botches of Egipte with the Emorodes with scalle and maungynesse that thou shalt not be healed therof The LORDE shall smyte the with madnesse blyndnesse and dasynge of hert And thou shalt grope at the noone daye as y e blynde gropeth in darknesse and shalt not prospere in thy waye And thou shalt suffre vyolence and wronge all thy lifelonge no man shal helpe ye. Thou shalt spouse a wife but another shal lye with her Thou shalt buylde an house but another shall dwell therin Thou shalt plante a vynyarde but shalt not make it comen Thine oxe shal be slayne before thine eyes but thou shalt not eate therof Thine asse shal be violently taken awaye euen before y e face and shal not be restored y t againe Thy shepe shal be geuen vnto thine enemies and no man shal helpe the. Thy sonnes and thy doughters shal be geuen vnto another nacion and thine eyes shal se it and dase vpon them all the daye longe and thy hande shal not be able to delyuer them The frute of y e londe and all y e laboure shall a nacion eate which thou knowest not and thou shalt but onely be he that shal be oppressed and suffre wronge all the dayes of thy life And thou shalt be cleane besyde thy selfe for the sighte which thine eyes shal se. The LORDE shal smyte the with a myscheuous botch in y e knees legges so that thou canst not be healed euen from the sole of thy fote vnto the crowne of thy heade ▪ The LORDE shal brynge the and thy kynge which thou hast set ouer the vnto a nacion whom thou knowest not nether thy fathers and there shalt thou serue other geddes euen wodd and stone and thou shalt go to waist and become a byworde a laughinge stocke amōge all nacions whither y e LORDE hath caryed the. Thou shalt cary out moch sede in to y e felde and shalt gather but litle in for the greshoppers shal destroye it Thou shalt plante vynyardes and dresse thē but thou shalt nether drynke of the wyne ner gather of y e grapes for y e wormes shal consume it Thou shalt haue Olyue trees in all y e coastes but shalt not be anoynted with the oyle for thyne Oliue trees shal be roted out Thou shalt get sonnes and doughters and yet not haue them for they shal be caried awaye captiue All thy trees and frutes of thy londe shall be marred with blastinge The straunger that is with y e shal clymme vp
earth and fed him with the increase of the felde He caused him sucke hony out of the rocke and oyle out of the harde stone Butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with the fat of the lambes and rammes of the sonnes of Basan and he goates with the fat of the kydneys and wheate And gaue him drynke of the very bloude of grapes And whan he was fat and had ynough he waxed wanton He is fat and thicke and smothe hath letten God go that made him and despysed the rocke of his saluacion He hath prouoked him to indignacion thorow straunge goddes and thorow abhominacion hath he angred him They offred vnto felde deuels not vnto their God Vnto goddes whom they knewe not eueÌ„ vnto new goddes y t came newly vp whom their fathers honoured not Thy rocke that begat y e hast thou despysed and hast forgotten God that made the. And whan the LORDE sawe it he was moued vnto wrath ouer his sonnes and his doughters And he sayde I wyll hyde my face from them I wyll se what their ende shal be for it is a frowarde generacion they are childreÌ„ in whom is no fayth They haue prouoked me in it that is not God w t their vanites haue they angred me And I agayne wil prouoke them by those that are no people by a foolish nacion wil I anger them For the fyre is kyndled in my wrath and shal burne vnto y e nethermost hell and shal consume the londe with the increase therof and set the foundacions of y e mountaynes on fyre I wil heape myscheues vpoÌ„ them I wil spende all myne arowes at them They shal pyne awaye thorow honger be consumed of the feuers and of bytter sicknesses I wil sende amonge them y e tethe of beestes and furious serpentes Without shall the swearde robbe them feare in the chambers both the yonge man and yonge woman the suckynge children w t the gray headed man I wyll saye Where are they I shall make their remembraunce to ceasse from amonge men Yf the wrath of the enemies were not gathered lest their enemies shulde be proude might saie Oure hande is hye and The LORDE hath not done all this For it is a people wherin is no councell and there is no vnderstondinge in them O that they were wyse vnderstode this that they wolde coÌ„sidre what shulde happeÌ„ vnto them herafter How coÌ„meth it y t one shall chace a thousande of them and y t two shal put ten thousande to flyghte Is it not so euen because their rocke hath solde them and because the LORDE hath geuen them ouer For oure rocke is not as their rocke of this are oure enemies iudges themselues Their vyne is of the vyne of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra their grapes are the grapes of gall they haue bytter clusters Their wyne is the poyson of Dragons the furious gall of Adders Is not this hid with me and sealed vp in my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde in due season Their fote shall slyde for the tyme of their destruccioÌ„ is at honde and the thinge that is to come vpon them maketh haiste For the LORDE shall iudge his people and shal haue compassion on his seruauntes For he shal considre that their power is awaie and that it is gone with them which were shut vp and remayned ouer And he shal saye Where are their goddes their rocke wherin they trusted Of whose sacrifices they ate y e fatt and dranke the wyne of their drynk offeringes Let them ryse vp and helpe you and be youre proteccion Se now that I I am and that there is none other God but I. I can kyll and make alyue what I haue smytten that can I heale and there is noman able to delyuer out of my hande For I wil lifte vp my hande to heauen wyl saye I lyue euer Yf I whet y e edge of my swerde and my hande take holde of iudgment then wyll I auenge me on myne enemies and rewarde them that hate me I wil make myne arowes dronken with bloude and my swerde shal eate flesh ouer y e bloude of the slayne and ouer the captyuite and in that the enemies heade shall be discouered Reioyse ye Heythen with his people for he wil auenge the bloude of his seruauntes and wyl auenge him on his enemies wil be mercifull vnto the londe of his people And Moses came and spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. Now whaÌ„ Moses had made an ende of speakinge all these wordes vnto all Israel he sayde vnto theÌ„ Take to hert all y e wordes which I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde youre children to obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe For it is no vaine worde vnto you but it is yo r life this worde shal prolonge youre life in y e londe whither ye go â—uer Iordane to conquere it And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses y e same daie sayde Get the vp to this mount Abarim vpon mount Nebo which lyeth in y e londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst Iericho beholde the londe of Canaan which I shall geue vnto the children of Israel in possessioÌ„ And dye thou vpon the mount whan thou art come vp and be gathered vnto thy people like as Aaron thy brother dyed vpon mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people â–ª Because ye trespaced agaynst me amonge the children of Israel by the water of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin and sanctified me not amonge the children of Israel For thou shalt se the londe ouer against the which I geue vnto y e children of Israel but thou shalt not come in to it The XXXIII Chapter THis is the blessynge wherwith Moses the man of God blessed y e childreÌ„ of Israel before his death and saide The LORDE came from Sinai and rose vp vnto theÌ„ from Seir. He appeared fro mount Paran and came w t many thousande sayntes At his righte hande is there a lawe of fyre for them O how loued he the people All his sayntes are in his hande they shall set them selues downe at thy fete and receaue of thy wordes Moses commaunded vs the lawe which is the enheritaunce of the congregacion of Iacob And he was in the fulnesse of the kynge helde y e rulers of y e people together with the trybes of Israel Let Ruben lyue and not dye and his people be fewe in nombre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayde LORDE heare the voyce of Iuda and brynge him vnto his people Let his haÌ„des multiplye him and let him be helped froÌ„ his enemies And vnto Leui he sayde Thy perfectnes and y e lighte be acordinge vnto the man of thy mercy whoÌ„ thou hast tempted at Massa whan ye stroue by
the water of stryfe He that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother I se him not and to his brother I knowe him not and to his sonne I wote not of him those haue obserued thy wordes and kepte y e couenaunt they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes and Israel thy lawe they shal laie incense before thy nose burnt offeringes vpon thine altare LORDE blesse thou his power accepte the workes of his handes smyte the loynes of them y t ryse vp agaynst him of them that hate him that they lifte not vp them selues And to Ben Iamin he saide The beloued of the LORDE shal dwell in hope on him All the daye longe shal he wayte vpon him and shal dwell betwene his shulders And to Ioseph he sayde His londelieth in the blessynge of the LORDE there are noble frutes of heauen of the dew and of the depe that lyeth beneth There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne and noble rype frutes of y e monethes And of y e toppes of the mountaynes of olde and of the hilles allwaye and of the noble frutes of y e earth and of 〈◊〉 fulnesse therof The good will of him that dwelleth in the buszshe come vpon the heade of Ioseph and vpon y e toppe of his heade that was separated frō amonge his brethren His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe and his hornes are as y e hornes of an Vnicorne with the same shal he puszshe the nacions together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon of thy outgoynge but reioyse thou Isachar of thy tentes They shall call the people vnto y e hyll and there shal they offre y e offeringes of righteousnes For they shal sucke the abundaunce of the see and the treasures hyd in the sonde And to Gad he sayde Blessynge haue Gad which maketh rowme He dwelleth as a lyon and spoyleth the arme and the toppe of the heade And he sawe his begynnynge that y e heape of the teachers laye hydd there and came with the rulers of the people and executed the righteousnesse of the LORDE and his iudgment on Israel And to Dan he sayde Dan a yonge lyon he shal flowe from Basan And to Nephtali he saide Nephtali shal haue abundaunce of pleasure shal be full of the blessynge of the LORDE his possession shal be towarde the west and south And to Asser he sayde Asser be blessed w t sonnes accepted be he with his brethren and dyppe his fote in oyle Yron and brasse be on thy shues Thyne age be as thy youth There is no God as the God of the iust He that sytteth vpon heauen be thy helpe And his glory is in the cloudes that is the dwellynge of God from the beginnynge and vnder the armes of the worlde And he shal dryue out thyne enemye before the and saye Be destroyed And Israel shall dwell safe alone The eye of Iacob shal be vpon y e londe where corne and wine is heauen also shal droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is lyke vnto the O thou people y t art saued by the LORDE which is thy helpe shylde and the swerde of thy glorye Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them The XXIIII Chapter ANd Moses wente from the felde of y e Moabites vp vnto mount Nebo vpō y e toppe of moūt Pisga ouer agaynst Iericho And the LORDE shewed him all the londe of Gilead vnto Dan and all Nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse and all the londe of Iuda vnto y e vttemost see and towarde the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the LORDE sayde vnto him This is the londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde I wyll geue it vnto thy sede Thou hast sene it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go ouer thither So Moses y e seruaunt of the LORDE died there in the londe of the Moabites acordinge vnto the worde of y e LORDE And he buried him in a valley in the londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst the house of Peor And noman knewe of his graue vnto this daye And Moses was an hundreth and twentye yeare olde whan he dyed his eyes were not dymme and his chekes were not fallen And the children of Israel weped for Moses in y e felde of the Moabites thirtie daies and the dayes of the wepynge and mournynge for Moses were fulfilled And Iosua the sonne of Nun was filled with y e sprete of wyszdome for Moses had layed his hande vpon him and the children of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses And there arose no prophet more in Israel like vnto Moses whom the LORDE knewe face to face in all tokens and wonders which the LORDE sent him to do in y e londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and to all his seruaūtes and his londe and in all this mightie hande and greate visions which Moses dyd in the sighte of all Israel The ende of the fifte boke of Moses called Deuteronomion The seconde parte of the olde Testament The boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges The boke of Ruth The first boke of the Kynges The seconde boke of the Kynges The thirde boke of the Kynges The fourth boke of the kynges The first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Eszdras The boke of Hester The boke of Iosua What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. After the death of Moses God cōmaūdeth Iosua to get him vp and to go with the people ouer Iordane in to the londe of promes Chap. II. Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho and Rahab lodgeth them Chap. III. Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane The Leuites are ordeyned to go beforewith the Arke The one parte of Iordane stondeth styll the other renneth downe and the people go thorow it drye shodd Chap. IIII. Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out of Iordane and setteth them vp at Gilgall for a remembraunce Chap V. The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed The people in Gilgall are circumcysed They eate the Passeouer and vnleuended bred Chap. VI. How Iericho is wonne and taken Chap. VII The Israelites are put to flight before their enemies because one of thē had stollen of it that shulde haue bene damned and vtterly destroyed The trespacer is stoned vnto death Chap VIII The cite of Hai is wonne the people slayne the kynge taken alyue and hanged the cite brent Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE The blessynges and curses are red Chap. IX The Heythen kynges prepare thē selues agaynst Israel The Gabaonites saue their lyues by crafte and suttyltie Chap. X. The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon but Iosua helpeth them and wynneth a greate felde commaundeth the Sonne
yf they make their prayer in this place and knowlege thy name and turne from their synnes whaÌ„ thou troublest them heare thou them then in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synnes of thy seruauntes and of thy people of Israel that thou mayest shewe them the good waye wherin they shulde walke and let it rayne vpon the londe that thou hast geuen thy people to inheritaunce Whan a derth or pestilence or drouth or burnynge or greshopper or catirpiller is in their londe or whan his enemye layeth lege to his portes in the londe or whan eny other plage or disease happeneth who so euer then maketh his prayer and peticion whether it be eny other men or thy people of Israel which theÌ„ are aware of their plage euery one in his hert and spredeth out his handes vnto this house Heare thou then in heauen in the seate where thou dwellest and be mercifull se that thou geue euery one acordinge as he hath walked like as thou knowest his hert for thou onely knowest the hert of all the children of men that they maye allwaye feare the as longe as they lyue in the lande which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers And whan eny straunger that is not of thy people of Israel commeth out of a farre countre for thy names sake for they shall heare of thy greate name and of thy mightie haÌ„de and of thy outstretched arme and commeth to make his prayer in this house heare thou him then in heauen euen in the seate of thy dwellynge and do all for the which that straunger calleth vpon the that all the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name and that they maye feare the as thy people of Israel do and that they maye knowe how that this house which I haue buylded is named after thy name Whan thy people go forth to the battayll agaynst their enemyes the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the LORDE towarde the waye of the cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name heare thou then their prayer and peticion in heauen and execute iudgment for them Whan they synne agaynst the for there is no maÌ„ that synneth not thou be wroth and delyuer theÌ„ vnto their enemyes so that they cary them awaye captyue in to the enemyes londe farre or nye and yf they remembre them selues in the londe where they are captyue and turne and make their intercession vnto the in the londe of their captyuite and saye We haue synned done amysse and haue bene vngodly and so turne vnto y e with all their hert and with all their soule in the loÌ„de of their enemies which led them awaye captyue and make their prayer vnto the towarde the waye of their londe that thou hast geuen vnto their fathers euen towarde the cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion in heauen from the seate of thy dwellynge and execute iudgment for them and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the and vnto all their trespaces wherwith they haue transgressed agaynst the and graunte theÌ„ mercy in the sighte of them which led them awaye presonners that their enemyes maye be mercyfull vnto them for they are thy people and thyne enheritaunce whom thou broughtest out of Egipte from the yron fornace that thine eyes maye be open vnto the peticion of thy seruaunt and of thy people of Israel that thou maiest heare them in all thinges for the which they shall call vpon the for thou O LORDE LORDE hast sundered them out to be an inheritaunce vnto thy selfe from amoÌ„ge all the nacions vpon earth acordinge as thou saydest by Moses thy seruaunt whan thou broughtest oure fathers out of Egipte And whaÌ„ Salomon had ended all this prayer and peticion before the LORDE he rose vp from the altare of the LORDE and lefte of from knelynge and holdynge out of handes towarde heauen and stode and blessed all the congregacion of Israel with loude voyce and sayde Praysed be the LORDE which hath geuen rest vnto his people acordinge as he sayde There hath not one fayled of all his good wordes which he spake by his seruaunt Moses The LORDE oure God be with vs as he hath bene with oure fathers and forsake vs not nether withdrawe his hande from vs but bowe oure hertes vnto him that we maye walke in all his wayes and kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and lawes which he commaunded oure fathers And these wordes wherwith I haue made my peticion before the LORDE come nye vnto the LORDE oure God daye and nighte that he maye execute iudgment for his seruaunt and for his people of Israel euery one at his tyme that all nacions vpon earth maye knowe that the LORDE is God that there is none other And let youre hert be perfecte with the LORDE oure God to walke in his statutes and to kepe his commaundementes as it is this daye And the kynge with all Israel his people offred sacrifice before the LORDE And Salomon offred deed offerynges which he offred vnto the LORDE two and twenty thousande oxen and an hundreth twenty thousande shepe So the kynge and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORDE The same daye dyd the kynge dedicate the myddelmost courte which was before the house of the LORDE that he mighte there perfourme the burnt offerynges meat-offerynges and the fat of the deed offerynges for the brasen altare that stode before y e LORDE was to litle for the burnt offerynges meat offerynges and for the fat of the deed offerynges And at the same tyme made Salomon a solempne feast and all Israel a greate congregacion with him from the border of Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egipte before the LORDE oure God seuendayes and yet seuen dayes that were fourtene daies And on the eight daye he let the people go And they blessed the kynge and wente vnto their tentes reioysinge and with a mery hert because of all the good that the LORDE had done vnto Dauid his seruaunt to his people of Israel The IX Chapter ANd whan Salomon had fynished y e buyldinge of the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and all that his desyre and pleasure was to make y e LORDE appeared vnto him the seconde tyme euen as he appeared vnto him at Gibeon And the LORDE sayde vnto him I haue herde thy prayer and peticion that thou hast made before me and haue sanctified this house which thou hast buylded that I maye set my name there for euer and myne eyes and my hert shal be there allwaye And yf thou walke before me as thy father Dauid walked with a perfecte and a true hert so that thou do all that I haue commaunded the and kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes then wyll I stablish the â—eate of thy kyngdome ouer Israel for euer
goddes of the Heythen in the londes bene able to delyuer their countrees fro my hande What is he amonge all the goddes of these Heythen whom my father damned that was able to delyuer his people fro my hande y t youre God shulde be able to delyuer fro my hande Therfore let not Ezechias now disceaue you and let him not persuade you eny soch thinge and beleue him not For yf no god of all the Heythē and kyngdomes might delyuer his people fro my hande and from the hande of my progenitours then shal not youre goddes be able to delyuer you fro my hande His seruaūtes also spake yet more against the LORDE God and agaynst his seruaunt Ezechias And he wrote a letter to blaspheme the LORDE God of Israel and spake of him and sayde Like as the goddes of the Heythen in their londes haue not bene able to delyuer their people from my hande euen so shal not the God of Ezechias delyuer his people fro my hande And the cryed with loude voyce in the Iewish langage vnto the people of Ierusalem that were vpon the wall to make them fearfull and to be fayntharted that they might wynne the cite And they spake agaynst the God off Ierusalem euen as agaynst the goddes off the nacions vpon earth which were but the workes of mens hondes But contrary wyse the kynge Ezechias and the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos prayed and cryed vnto heauē And the LORDE sent an angell which destroyed all the mightie men of the hoost and the prynces and rulers in y e tentes of the kynge of Assur so that he departed agayne with shame in to his owne londe And whan he wente in to his gods house they y t came of his owne body slewe him there with the swerde Thus the LORDE helped Ezechias and them at Ierusalem out of the hāde of Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur and of all other and mayntayned thē frō all on euery syde so y t many broughte presentes vnto the LORDE to Ierusalem and Iewels vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda And afterwarde was he exalted in the sighte of all Heythen At y e same tyme was Ezechias deedsicke and he prayed vnto the LORDE which made him promes and gaue him a wondertoken But Ezechias recōpensed not acordinde as was geuen vnto him for his hert was lifted vp therfore came the wrath vpon him and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem Neuertheles Ezechias humbled him selfe because his hert had bene exalted with them at Ierusalem therfore came not the wrath of the LORDE vpon them whyle Ezechias lyued And Ezechias had very greate riches and worshippe and made him treasures of syluer golde precious stones spyces shyldes and all maner costly vessell and corne houses for the increace of corne wyne and oyle and stalles for all maner catell and foldes for the shepe and buylded him cities and had many catell of shepe and oxen for God gaue him very moch good It is the same Ezechias that couered the hye water condyte in Gihon and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y e cite of Dauid for Ezechias prospered in all his workes But whan the interpreters the chefe of Babilon were sent vnto him to axe question at him concernynge the wondertokē that had happened in the londe God lefte him to be tempted that it mighte be knowne what soeuer was in his hert What more there is to saye of Ezechias and of his mercifulnes beholde it is wryttē in the vision of the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos and in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him ouer the sepulcres of the children of Dauid and all Iuda and they of Ierusalē dyd him worshippe in his death and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXXIII Chapter MAnasses was twolue yeare olde whā he was made kynge and reigned fyue and fiftye yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen after the abominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel and turned backe and buylded the hye places which his father Ezechies had broken downe and set vp altares vnto Baalim and made groues and worshipped all the hoost of heauen and serued them He buylded altares also in y e LORDES house wherof the LORDE had sayde At Ierusalem shal my name be for euer And vnto all the hoost of heauen buylded he altares in both the courtes of y e house of the LORDE And in the valley of the sonne of Hennon caused he his awne sonnes to go thorow the fyre and chosed dayes regarded byrdescryenge and witches and founded soythsayers and expounders of tokens and dyd moch that was euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath Carued ymages also and Idols which he caused to make set he vp in Gods house wherof the LORDE saide vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne In this house at Ierusalem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel wyl I set my name for euer and wyl nomore let the fote of Israel remoue frō the londe that I appoynted for their fathers so farre as they obserue to do all y t I haue commaunded them in all the lawe statutes and ordinaunces by Moses But Manasses disceaued Iuda and them of Ierusalē so that they dyd worse then the Heythen whom the LORDE destroyed before the children of Israel And the LORDE spake vnto Manasses and his people and they regarded it not Therfore dyd the LORDE cause the rulers of the hoost of the kynge of Assur to come vpō thē which toke Manasses presoner with bōdes and bounde him with cheynes broughte him vnto Babilon And whan he was in trouble he made intercession before the LORDE his God and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers and prayed and besoughte him Then herde he his prayer and broughte him agayne to Ierusalem to his kyngdome And Manasses knewe that the LORDE is God Afterwarde buylded he y e vttemost wall of the cite of Dauid on the west syde of Gihon by the broke and at the intraunce of the Fyshgate and rounde aboute Ophel and made it very hye And layed captaynes in y e strōge cities of Iuda put awaye y e straunge goddes Idols out of y e house of y e LORDE and all the altares which he had buylded vpō the mount of the house of the LORDE and in Ierusalem and cast them out of the cite and buylded the altare of the LORDE and offred slayn offerynges and thank-offerynges theron and commaunded Iuda that they shulde serue the LORDE God of Israel Neuertheles though the people offred vnto the LORDE their God yet offred they vpon the hye places What more there is to saye of Manasses and of his prayer to his God and the wordes of the Seers that spake vnto him in the name of the
all them that seke him and his violence and wrath vpon all them that forsake him So we fasted and soughte this at oure God and he herde us And I toke out twolue of the chefe prestes Serebia and Hasabia and ten of their brethren with them and weyed them there the syluer and golde and vessels for the Heue offeringe vnto the house of oure God which the kynge and the lordes of his councell and prynces and all Israel that were at hande had geuen to the Heue offerynge and there weyed I them vnder their hande sixe hundreth and fiftye talentes of syluer and in syluer vessell an hundreth talentes and in golde an hundreth talentes twentye cuppes of golde of a thousande guldens and two costly ornamentes of good brasse as cleare as golde and sayde vnto them Ye are holy vnto the LORDE therfore are the vessels holy also and so is the syluer and golde that is geuen of a good wyll vnto the LORDE God of youre fathers Watch ye therfore and kepe it tyll ye weye it downe before the chefe prestes and Leuites and awncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in the chestes of the house of the LORDE Then toke the prestes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde vessell to brynge it to Ierusalem vnto y e house of oure God So we brake vp from the water of Ahena on the twolueth daye of the first moneth to go vnto Ierusalem and the hande of oure God was vpon us and delyuered us frō the hande of the enemies and preuy waytinges by the waye And we came to Ierusalem and abode there thre dayes But on y e fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God vnder the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Vrias the prest and with him Eleasar the sonne of Phineas and with them Iosabad the sonne of Iesua and Noadia y e sonne of Benui the Leuites acordinge to the nombre weight of euery one And the weight was all wrytten vp at the same tyme. And the children of the captiuyte which were come out of preson offred burnt offeringes vnto y e God of Israel twolue bullockes for all Israel sixe and nynetye rammes seuen and seuentye lambes and twolue goates for a syn offerynge all to the burnt offeringe of the LORDE And they delyuered the kynges commyssion vnto the kynges officers to the Debytes on this syde the water And they promoted the people and the house of God The IX Chapter WHan all this was perfourmed the rulers came to me and sayde The people of Israel and the prestes Leuites are not separated from the nacions in the londes as touchinge their abhominacions namely of the Cananites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites Ammonites Moabites Egipcians and Amorites For they haue taken the doughters of the same their sonnes and haue myxte the holy sede with y e nacions in the londes and the hande of the rulers and lordes of councell hath bene principall in this trespace Whan I herde this I rente my clothes and my rayment and plucte out the heer of my heade and of my beerd and sat mournynge And there resorted vnto me all soch as feared the worde of the LORDE God of Israel because of the greate transgression And I sat mournynge vntyll the euenynge sacrifyce And aboute the euenynge sacrifice I rose vp fro my heuynes and rente my clothes and my raiment and fell vpon my knees and spred out my handes vnto the LORDE my God and sayde My God I am ashamed and darre not lifte vp mine eies vnto the my God for oure wickednesses are growne ouer oure heade oure trespaces are waxen greate vnto y e heauē Sence the tyme of oure fathers haue we bene in greate trespace vnto this daie and because of oure wickednesses haue we and o r kynges bene delyuered in to the hande of y e kynges of the nacions in to the swerde in to captiuyte in to spoyle and in to confusion of face as it is come to passe this daye But now is there a litle and sodane graciousnes come from the LORDE oure God so that some of vs are escaped that he maie geue vs a nayle in his holy place that oure God maye lighte oure eyes and geue vs a litle lyfe in oure bondage For we are bondmen and o r God hath not forsakē vs though we be bondmen and hath enclyned mercy vnto vs in the sighte of the kynges of Persia that they shulde geue vs lyfe and promote the house of oure God and to sett vp the desolacion therof and to geue vs an hedge in Iuda and Ierusalem O oure God what shall we saye now after this that we haue forsaken thy commaundementes which thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes and saide The londe wherin ye shal come to possesse it is an vncleane londe thorow the fylthines of the people of the londes in their abhominacions wherwith they haue made it full of vnclennes on euery syde * Therfore shal ye not geue youre doughters vnto their sonnes and their doughters shall ye not take vnto youre sonnes and seke not their peace and welth for euer that ye maye be stronge and enioye the good in the londe and y t ye and youre children maye haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore And after all this that is come vpon vs because of oure euell dedes and greate trespace thou oure God hast spared oure wickednesses and hast geuen vs a delyueraunce as it is come to passe As for vs we haue turned backe haue let go thy commaundementes to make contracte with the people of these abhominacions Wilt thou then be wroth at vs tyll we be vtterly consumed so that nothynge remayne and tyll there be no delyueraunce O LORDE God of Israel thou art righteous for we remaine yet escaped as it is this daie Beholde in thy presence are we in oure trespace for because of it is there no stondinge before the. The X. Chapter ANd whan Eszdras prayed after this maner and knowleged wepte and laie before the house of God there resorted vnto him out of Israel a very greate congregacion of men and wemen and children for the people wepte very sore And Sachania the sonne of Iehiel one of the children of Elam answered and sayde vnto Eszdras We haue trespaced agaynst the LORDE oure God in that we haue taken straunge wyues of all the people of the londe Now there is hope yet in Israel cōcerninge this therfore let vs make a couenaūt now with oure God that we shal put awaye all the wyues and soch as are borne of them acordynge to the councell of y e LORDE and of them that feare the commaundement of oure God y t we maye do acordynge to the lawe Get the vp therfore for the matter belongeth vnto the. We wyll be with the be of good comforte and do it Then rose Eszdras and toke an ooth of the rulers prestes and Leuites and of all Israel that
pleased the kynge and he dyd so In the castell of Susan there was a Iewe whose name was Mardocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Simei the sonne of Cis the sonne of Iemini which was caried awaye from Ierusalem whan Iechonias the kynge of Iuda was led awaye whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon caried awaye and he norished Hadassa that is Hester his vncles daughter for she had nether father ner mother and she was a fayre and beutyfull damsell And whan hir father and mother dyed Mardocheus receaued her as his awne daughter Now whan y e kynges coÌ„maundemeÌ„t and coÌ„myssion was published many daÌ„sels were broughte together vnto the castell of Susan vnder y e hande of Hegai Hester was takeÌ„ also vnto y e kynges house vnder y e hande of Hegai y e keper of y e wemeÌ„ the damsell pleased him she founde grace in his sighte And he put her w t hir maydeÌ„s in y e best place of y e WomeÌ„s buildiÌ„ge And Hester shewed it not vnto hir people hir kynred for Mardocheus had charged her y t she shulde not tell it And Mardocheus walked euery daye before y e courte of y e WomeÌ„s buyldinge y t he might knowe how Hester dyd and what shulde be come of her And whan the appoynted tyme of euery damsell came that she shulde come to y e kynge Ahasuerus after that she had bene twolue monethes in the deckynge of the wemen for their deckynge must haue so moch tyme namely sixe monethes with Balme Myrre sixe monethes w t good spyces so were the wemeÌ„ beutifyed then wente there one damsell vnto y e kynge and what so euer she requyred y t must be geueÌ„ her to go w t her out of the Womens buyldinge vnto y e kynges palace And whan one came in the euenynge y e same weÌ„te froÌ„ him on y e morow in to y e seconde house of wemen vnder the hande of Saasgas the kynges chamberlayne which kepte y e concubines And she must come vnto the kynge nomore excepte it pleased the kynge and that he caused her to be called by name Now whan the tyme came of Hester the daughter of Abihail Mardocheus vncle whom he had receaued as his awne daughter y t she shulde come to the kynge she desyred nothinge but what Hegai the kynges chamberlayne the keper of the wemen sayde And Hester founde fauoure in the sighte of all them that loked vpon her And Hester was taken vnto kynge Ahasuerus in to the house royall in the tenth moneth which is called Tebeth in the seuenthe yeare of his reigne And the kynge loued Hester aboue all the wemen and she founde grace and mercy in his sighte before all the virgins and he set the quenes croune vpon hir heade and made her quene in steade of Vasthi And the kynke made a 〈◊〉 feast vnto all his prynces and seruauntes â—hâ—ch feast was because of Hester and let the londes be in quyetnes gaue royall giftes And whan the virgins were gathered together the seconde tyme Mardocheus sat in the kynges gate And as yet had not Hester shewed hir kynred and hir people acordinge as Mardocheus had bydden her for Hester dyd after the worde of Mardocheus like as whan he was hir tutoure At the same tyme whyle Mardocheus sat in the kynges gate two of the kinges chamberlaynes â–ª Bigthan and There 's which kepte the dore were wroth and sought to laye their handes on the kynge Ahasuerus Wherof Mardocheus gat knowlege and tolde it vnto quene Hester and Hester certified the kynge therof in Mardocheus name And whan inquisicion was made it was founde so And they were both hanged on tre and it was wrytteÌ„ in the Cronicles before the kynge The III. Chapter AFter these actes dyd the kynge promote Aman the sonne of Amadathi the Agagite vnd set him hye set his seate aboue all y e prynces that were with him And all the kynges seruauntes that were in the gate bowed their knees and dyd reuerence vnto Aman for the kinge had so coÌ„maunded But Mardocheus bowed not the knee and worshipped him not Then the kynges seruauntes which were in the kynges gate sayde vnto Mardocheus Why transgressest thou the kynges commaundement And whan they spake this daylie vnto him and he folowed them not they tolde Aman that they mighte se whether Mardocheus matters wolde endure for he had tolde them y t he was a Iewe. And whaÌ„ Aman sawe that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him ner worshipped him he was full of indignacion despyte that he shulde laye hondes onely on Mardocheus for they had shewed him y e people of Mardocheus but he sought to destroye the people of Mardocheus and all the people that were in the whole empyre of Ahasuerus In the first moneth that is the moneth Nissan in y e twolueth yeare of kinge Ahasuerus was there occasion and oportunyte sought by Aman from one daye to another and from the same moneth vnto the twolueth moneth that is the moneth Adar And AmaÌ„ sayde vnto kinge Ahasuerus There is a people scatered abrode and dispersed amonge all people in all the londes of thine empire and their lawe is coÌ„trary vnto all people and they do not after the kynges lawes nether is it the kinges profit to suffre theÌ„ after this maner Yf it please the kynge let him wryte that they maye be destroyed so wil I weye downe ten thousande talentes of siluer vnder the handes of the workmen to be brought in to the kynges chamber Then toke the kynge his rynge from his hande and gaue it vnto Aman the sonne of Amadathi the Agagite the Iewes enemie And the kinge sayde vnto Aman Let the siluer be geuen the and that people also to do withall what pleaseth the. Then were the kynges scrybes called on y e thirtenth daye of the first moneth there was wrytten acordynge as Aman commauÌ„ded vnto the kynges prynces and to the Debites euery where in the londes and to the captaynes of euery people in the countrees on euery syde acordynge to the wrytinge of euery nacion and after their language in the name of kynge Ahasuerus and sealed with the kynges rynge And the wrytynges were sent by postes in to all the kynges loÌ„des to rote out to kyll and to destroye all Iewes both yonge and olde childreÌ„ and wemen in one daye namely vpon the thirtenth daye of the twolueth moneth which is the moneth Adar and to spoyle their goodes This was the summe of the wrytinge y t there shulde be a commaundement geuen in all londes to be published vnto all people y t they shulde be ready agaynst the same daye And the postes wente in all the haist acordynge to the kynges commaundement And in the castell of Susan was the coÌ„maundement deuysed And the kynge Aman sat dranke But y e cite of Susan was disquieted The IIII. Chapter WHan Mardocheus perceaued all that was done he reÌ„te his clothes and
earth Let the people prayse the o God let all people prayse the. God euen oure owne God geue vs his blessinge that the earth maye bringe forth hir increase God blesse vs and let all the endes of y e worlde feare him The LXVII A psalme of Dauid LEt God aryse so shal his enemies be scatered and they that hate him shal fle before him Like as the smoke vanisheth so shalt thou dryue them awaye and like as waxe melteth at the fyre so shall the vngodly perish at the presence off God But the rightuous shal be glad reioyse before God they shal be mery ioyful Oh synge vnto God synge prayses vnto his name magnifie him y e rydeth aboue the heaueÌ„s whose name is y e LORDE reioyse before hiÌ„ He is a father of y e fatherlesse he is a defender of widdowes eueÌ„ God in his holy habitacioÌ„ He is the God y t maketh meÌ„ to be of one mynde in a house bryngeth y e presoners out of captiuite in due season but letteth y e rennagates coÌ„tinue in scarcenesse O God when thou weÌ„test forth before y e people wheÌ„ thou weÌ„test thorow y e wildernes Sela. The earth shoke y e heauens dropped at the presence of God in Sinai at y e presence of God which is y e God of Israel Thou o God sendest a gracious rayne vpon thyne enheritauÌ„ce refreshest it when it is drye That thy beastes maye dwell therin which thou of thy goodnes hast prepared for the poore The LORDE shal geue the worde w t greate hoostes of EuaÌ„gelistes Ringes w t their armies shal fle they of y e housholde shal deuyde y e spoyle Yf so be y t ye lye amoÌ„ge the pales the doues fethers shal be couered with syluer hir winges of the colo r of golde When the All mightie setteth kynges vpoÌ„ the earth it shal be cleare euen in the darcknesse The hill of Basan is Gods hill the hill of Basan is a pleÌ„teous hill Why hoppe ye so ye greate hilles It pleaseth God to dwell vpoÌ„ this hill yeâ— the LORDE wil abyde in it for euer The charettes of God are many M. tymes a thousande the LORDE is amoÌ„ge them in the holy Sinai Thou art gone vp an hye thou hast led captyuite captyue receaued giftes for meÌ„ Yee euen for thy enemies that they might dwell with the LORDE God Praysed be the LORDE daylie eueÌ„ y e God which helpeth vs poureth his benefites vpoÌ„ vs. Sela. The God y t is o r Sauio r eueÌ„ God the LORDE by whoÌ„ we escape death The God that smyteth his enemies vpoÌ„ the heades vpon the hayrie scalpes soch as go on still in their wikednes The LORDE hath sayde some wil I bringe agayne from Basan some wil I bringe agayne froÌ„ the depe of the see That thy fote maye be dipped in the bloude of thine enemies that thy dogges maye licke it vp It is well seâ—e o God how thou goest how thou my God and kynge goest in the Sanctuary The syngers go before and then the mynstrells amonge the maydens with the tymbrels O geue thankes vnto God the LORDE in the congregacion for the welles of Israel There litle Beniamin the prynces of Iuda the prynces of ZabuloÌ„ and the prynces of Nephthali beare rule amoÌ„ge them Thy God hath coÌ„mitted streÌ„gth vn to the stablish the thinge o God that thou hast wrought in vs. For thy teÌ„ples sake at Ierusalem shal kynges brynge presentes vnto the. Reproue the beestes amonge the redes the heape of bulles with the calues those that dryue for money Oh scaâ—re the people that delyte in batayle The prynces shal come out of Egipte the Morians loÌ„de shal stretch out hir hondes vnto God Synge vnto God o ye kyngdomes of the earth o synge prayses vnto the LORDE Sela. Which sytteth in the heauens ouer all froÌ„ the begynnge Lo he shal sende out his voyce yee and that a mightie voyce Ascrybe ye the power vnto God his glory is in Israel and his might in the cloudes God is wonderfull in his Sanctuary he is the God of Israel he will geue strength and power vnto his people Blessed be God The LXVIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for the waters are come in eueÌ„ vnto my soule I sticke fast in the depe myre where no grounde is I am come in to depe waters and the floudes wil drowne me I am weery of crienge my throte is drye my sight fayleth me for waytinge so longe vpon my God They y t hate me without a cause are mo then the hayres of my heade â–ª they that are myne enemies wolde destroye me giltlesse are mightie I am fayne to paye the thinges y t I neuer toke God thou knowest my symplenesse and my fautes are not hyd from the. Let not them that trust in the o LORDE God of hoostes be ashamed for my cause let not those y t seke the be confounded thorow me o God oâ— Israel And why for thy sake do I suffre reprofe shame couereth my face I am become a straunger vnto my brethren and an aleaunt vnto my mothers children For the zele of thine house hath euen eaten me and the rebukes of them that rebuked the is fallen vpon me I wepte and chastened my self w t fastinge and that was turned to my reprofe I put on a sacke cloth and therfore they iested vpon me They that satt in the gate spake agaynst me and the dronckardes made songes vpon me But LORDE I made my prayer vnto the in an acceptable tyme Heare me o God with thy greate mercy sure helpe Take me out of the myre y t I syncke not Oh let me be delyuered froÌ„ theÌ„ y t hate me out of y e depe waters 〈…〉 floude drowne me that the 〈…〉 not vp y t the pitte shut not hir mouth vpon me Heare me o LORDE for thy louynge kyndnesse is confortable turne the vnto me acordinge vnto y e greate mercy Hyde not thy face from thy seruauÌ„t for I am in trouble O haist y e to helpe me Drawe nye vnto my soâ—le and saue it Oh delyuer me because of 〈◊〉 enemies Thou knowest my reprofe my shame my dishono r my aduersaries are all in thy sight The rebuke breaketh my hert maketh me heuy I loke for some to haue pitie vpon me but there is no man for some to coÌ„forte me but I fynde none They gaue me gall to eate wheÌ„ I was thurstie they gaue me vyneger to drynke Let their table be made a snare to take them selues withall an occasion to fall a rewarde vnto them Let their eyes be blynded that they se not euer bowe downe their backes Poure out thy indignacion vpon them let thy wrothfull displeasure take holde of them Let their habitacion be voyde no man to dwell in their tentes
dore For I will sende for my debites and my gyauÌ„tes sayeth the LORDE and in my wrath I will call for soch as tryumphe in my glory With that me thought I herde in the mouÌ„taynes a noyse like as it had bene of a greate people and a ruszshinge as though the kyngdomes of all nacions had come together And the LORDE of hoostes was the captayne of the whole armye As they had come not only out of farre countrees but also from the endes of the heaueÌ„s EueÌ„ the LORDE himself with the ministers of his wrath to destroye the whole loÌ„de Mourne therfore for the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from y e allmighty Then shall all hondes be letten downe and all mens hertes shal melt awaie they shal stonde in feare carefulnesse and sorowe shal come vpoÌ„ them and they shal haue payne as a woman that traueleth with childe One shall euer be abaszshed of another their faces shal burne like y e flaÌ„me For lo the daye of the LORDE shall come terrible full of indignacion and wrath to make the londe waist and to root out the synne therof For the starres and planetes of heauen shal not geue their light the Sonne shal be quenched in the rysinge and the Mone shal not shyne with his light And I wil punysh the wickednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the LORDE The hye stomackes of the proude will I take awaye and will laye downe the boostinge of tyrauntes I will make a man dearer theÌ„ fyne golde and a man to be more worth theÌ„ a golden wedge of Ophir Morouer I will so shake the heaueÌ„ that the earth shall remo out of hir place Thus shall it go w t Babilon in the wrath of the LORDE of hoostes in y e daye of his fearfull indignacioÌ„ And Babilon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a flocke w t out a shepherde Euery maÌ„ shal turne to his owne people fle echone into his owne londe Who so is founde alone shal be shot thorow And who so gather together shal be destroyed w t the swerde Their children shal be slayne before their eyes their houses spoyled their wyues rauyshed For lo I shall bringe vp y e Medes agaynst theÌ„ which shal not regarde syluer nor be desyrous of golde Then shall yonge mens bowes be knapped asunder The Medes shal haue no pitie vpoÌ„ womeÌ„ w t childe their faces shall not spare y e childreÌ„ And BabiloÌ„ y t glory of kiÌ„gdomes and bewtie of the Caldees hono r shal be destroyed eueÌ„ as God destroyed Sodom Gomorra It shal neuer be more inhabited nether shal there be eny more dwellinge there from generacion to generacion The Arabians shall make no mo tentes there nether shall the shepardes make their foldes there eny more but wylde beastes shal lie there y e houses shal be full of greate Oules Estriches shal dwell there Apes shal daunse there The litle Oules shall crie in the palaces one after another DragoÌ„s shal be in the pleasauÌ„t perlours And as for Babilons tyme it is at honde hir dayes maye not be longe absent The XIIII Chapter BVt y e LORDE wil be mercyfull vnto Iacob wyll take vp Israel agayne set theÌ„ in their owne loÌ„de StrauÌ„gers shal clene vnto theÌ„ get theÌ„ to y e house of Iacob They shal take y e people cary theÌ„ home w t theÌ„ And y e house of Israel shal haue theÌ„ in possession for seruauÌ„tes maydeÌ„s in y e loÌ„de of y e LORDE They shal take those prisoners whose captyues they had bene afore rule those y t had oppressed theÌ„ When y e LORDE now shal bringe y e to rest froÌ„ y e trauayle feare harde bondage y t thou wast laden with all then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon y e kinge of Babilon saye How happeneth it y t y e oppressour leaueth of It y e golden tribute come to an ende Doutles the LORDE hath broken the staff of the vngodly the cepter of y e lordly Which wheÌ„ he is wroth smyteth y e people w t durable strokes in his woÌ„ders he persecuteth theÌ„ tameth theÌ„ coÌ„tinually And therfore y e whole worlde is now at rest and quyetnesse men synge for ioye Yee euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of Libanus reioyse at thy fall sayenge Now y t thou art layde downe there come no mo vp to destroye vs. Hell also trembleth at thy commynge All mightie men and prynces of the earth steppe forth before the. All kynges of the earth stonde vp froÌ„ their seates that they maye all one after another synge and speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as we art thou become like vnto vs Thy pompe and thy pryde is gone downe to hell Mothes shal be layde vnder the wormes shal be thy coueringe How art thou fallen from heauen o Lucifer thou faire morniÌ„ge childe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde thou that not withstondinge dyddest subdue the people And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte I will clymme vp in to heauen and make my seate aboue the starres of God I wyll syt vpon the glorious mount toward the North I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes wil be like the highest of all Yet darre I laye y t thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell They that se the shal narowly loke vpoÌ„ the and thinke in them selues sayenge Is this the man that brought all londes in feare and made y e kingdomes afrayde Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waist and layde the cities to the grounde which let not his prisoners go home How happeneth it that the kynges of all people lie euery one at home in his owne palace with worshipe and thou art cast out of thy graue like a wilde braunch like as dead mens rayment that are shott thorow with the swerde as they that go downe to the stones of the depe as a dead coarse that is trâ—den vnder fete and art not buried w t them Euen because that thou hast waisted thy loÌ„de and destroyed thy people For the generacion of the wicked shal be without hono r for euer There shal a waye be sought to destroye their childreÌ„ for their fathers wickednes they shal not come vp agayne to possesse the londe and fyll the worlde ful of castels and townes I wil stonde vp agaynst them sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and root out y e name and generacion of Babilon saieth the LORDE wil geue it to the Otters and wil make water poddels of it And I wil swepe them out with the besome of destruccion sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne an ooth sayeÌ„ge It shal come to passe as I haue determined shal be fulfilled as I haue deuysed The Assirians shal be destroyed in my londe and vpon
on euery syde yet will we not vnderstōde He burneth vs vp yet syncketh it not in to oure hartes The xliij Chapter BVt now the LORDE that made the o Iacob and he that fashioned the o Israel saieth thus Feare not for I will defende ye. I haue called y e by thy name thou art myne owne When thou wentest in the water I was by the that the strōge floudes shulde not pluck y e awaye When thou walkest in the fyre it shal not burne y e and the flame shall not kindle vpon the. For I am the LORDE thy God the holyone of Israel thy Sauioure I gaue Egipte for y e delyueraunce the Moryās and the Sabees for the because thou wast deare in my sight and because I set by the and loued the. I pilled all men for the and delyuered vp all people for thy sake that thou shuldest not feare for I was with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the east and gather the together from the west I wil saye to the north let go And to the south kepe not backe But bringe me my sonnes from farre and my doughters from the endes of the worlde Namely all those that be called after my name For thē haue I created fashioned and made for myne honoure Bringe forth that people whether they haue eyes or be blynde deaf or haue eares All nacions shal come in one and be gathered in one people But which amonge yonder goddes shall declare soch thinges tell vs what is to come Let them bringe their witnesses so shal they be fre for thē men shal heare it and saye it is truth But I bringe you witnesses saith the LORDE euen those that are my seruauntes whom I haue chosen to the intent that ye might be certified and geue me faithful credence yee and to cōsidre that I am he before whom there was neuer eny God and that there shal be none after me I am only the LORDE and without me is there no Sauioure I geue warnynge I make whole I teach you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you And this recorde must ye beare me youre selues saieth the LORDE that I am God And euen he am I from the begynnynge and there is none that can take eny thinge out of my honde And what I do can no man chaunge Thus saieth the LORDE the holyone of Israel youre redemer For youre sake I will sende to Babilon and bringe all the strongest of them from thence Namely the Caldees that boost them of their shippes Euen I the LORDE youre holy one which haue made Israel and am youre kinge Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Euen he that maketh a waye in the see and a footpath in the mightie waters which bringeth forth the charettes and horses the hooste and the power that they maye fall a slepe and neuer ryse and be extincte like as tow is quenched Ye remembre not thinges of olde and regarde nothinge that is past Therfore beholde I shal make a new thinge and shortly shall it apeare Ye shall well knowe it I tolde it you afore but I will tell it you agaane I will make stretes in the deserte and ryuers of water in the wildernesse The wilde beastes shal worshippe me the dragon and the Estrich For I shall geue water in y e wildernesse and streames in the deserte that I maye geue drīke to my people whom I chose This people haue I made for my self and they shal shewe forth my prayse For thou Iacob woldest not call vpon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me o Israel Thou gauest me not thy yonge beastes for burnt offringes nether didest honoure me with thy sacrifices Thou boughtest me no deare spice with thi money nether pouredest the fat of thy sacrifices vpon me Howbeit I haue not bene chargeable vnto the in offrīges nether greuous in Incense But thou hast ladē me with thy synnes and weeried me with thy vngodlynes Where as I yet am euen he only that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences forget thy synnes so that I wil neuer thinke vpon them Put me now in remembraunce for we will reason together shewe what thou hast for the to make the quyte Thy first father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned agaynst me Therfore I ether suspended or slewe the chefest prynces I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reprofe The xliiij Chapter SO heare now o Iacob my seruaunt and Israel whom I haue chosē For thus saieth the LORDE that made the fashioned the and helped the euen from thy mothers wombe Be not afrayde o Iacob my seruaunte thou rightuous whom I haue chosen For I shal poure water vpon the drie grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstie I shal poure my sprete vpon thisede and myne encrease vpō thy stocke They shal growe together like as the grasse and as the Willies by the waters side One will saye I am the LORDES Another wil call vnder the name of Iacob The thirde shal subscrybe with his honde vnto y e LORDE and geue him self vnder the name of Israel Morouer thus hath the LORDE spokē euen the kinge of Israel and his avenger y e LORDE of hoostes I am the first and the last and without me is there no God For what is he that euer was like me which am from euerlastinge Let him shewe his name and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto me Let him tell you forth planely thīges that are past and for to come yee and that without eny feare or stoppe For haue not I euer tolde you hytherto warned you Ye can beare me recorde youreselues Is there eny God excepte me or eny maker that I shulde not knowe him Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne and their laboure lost They must beare recorde them selues that seinge they can nether se ner vnderstonde they shal be confounded Who shulde now make a god or fashiō an Idol that is profitable for nothinge Beholde all the felashippe of thē must be brought to confucion Let all the workmasters of them come and stonde together from amonge men they must be abashed and confoūded one with another The smyth taketh yron and tempreth it with hote coles and fashioneth it with hammers maketh it w t all the strength of his armes Yee somtyme he is faynt for very hunger and so thurstie that he hath no more power The carpenter or ymage caruer taketh me the tymbre and spredeth forth his lyne he marketh it with some coloure he playneth it he ruleth it ād squareth it and maketh it after the ymage of a man and acordinge to the bewtie of a man that it maye stonde in the temple Morouer he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees He bringeth home Elmes and okes and other tymbre of the wodd Or els the Fyrretrees which he planted himself ād soch as the rayne hath swelled which wodde serueth for
Iosias kinge of Iuda that was in the first yeare of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon Which sermone Ieremy the prophet made vnto all the people of Iuda to all y e Inhabitours of Ierusalē on this maner From the xiij yeare of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda vnto this present daye that is euen xxiij yeare the worde of the LORDE hath bene committed vnto me And so I haue spokē to you I haue rysen vp early I haue geuē you warnynge in season but ye wolde not heare me Though the LORDE hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season Yet wolde ye not obeye ye wolde not encline yo r eares to heare He sayde turne agayne euery man from his euell waye from youre wicked ymaginacions so shal ye dwell for euer in the londe that the LORDE promised you youre fore fathers And go not after straunge goddes serue them not worshipe them not angre me not with the workes of youre hōdes then will not I punysh you Neuertheles ye wolde not heare me saieth the LORDE but haue defied me with the workes of youre hōdes to youre owne greate harme Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Because ye haue not herkened vnto my worde lo I will sende out call for all the people y t dwell in the north saieth the LORDE wil prepayre Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt and wil bringe them vpon this londe and vpon all y t dwell therein vpon all the people that are aboute them and will vterly rote them out I will make of them a wildernesse a mockage and a continuall deserte Morouer I will take from them the voyce of gladnesse and solace the voyce of the brydegrome the bryde the voyce of the anoynted with the creszshettes this whole londe shal become a wildernes they shall serue the sayde people and the kinge of Babilon thre score yeares and ten When the lxx yeares are expyred I wil viset also the wickednesse of the kinge of Babylon his people saieth the LORDE yee the londe of the Caldees wil make it a perpetuall wildernes wil fulfil all my wordes vpon that londe which I haue deuysed agaynst it yee all that is written in this boke which Ieremy hath prophecied of all people so that they also shal be subdued vnto dyuerse nacions greate kynges for I wil recompense them acordinge to their dedes workes of their owne hondes For thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken vnto me Take this wyne cuppe of indignacion fro my honde that thou mayest cause all the people to whom I sende the for to drinke of it that when they haue dronkē thereof they maye be madd out of their wyttes when the swearde commeth that I wil sende amōge them Then toke I the cuppe from the LORDES honde made all the people drynke there of vnto whom the LORDE had sent me But first the cite of Ierusalem all the cities of Iuda their kinges prynces to make thē desolate waist despysed cursed acordinge as it is come to passe this daye Yee Pharao y e kinge of Egipte his seruauntes his prynces his people altogether one w t another and all kinges of the londe of Hus all kinges of the Philistynes londe Ascalon Gaza Accaron the remnaunt of Aszdod ▪ the Edomites the Moabites the Ammonites all the kinges of Tirus Sidon the kinges of the Iles that are beyonde the see Dedan Thema Buz the shauen Ismaelites all the kinges of Araby generally all the kinges that dwell in the deserte all the kinges of Simri all the kinges of Elam all y e kinges of the Meedes all kinges towarde the north whether they be farre or nye euery one with his neghbours Yee and all the kingdomes that are vpon the whole earth The kinge of Sesach sayde he shal drinke with them also And saye thou vnto them this is the commaundement of the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel drinke and be droncken spewe and fall that ye neuer ryse and that thorow the swearde which I wil sende amonge you But yf they will not receaue the cuppe of thy honde and drinke it then tell them Thus doth the LORDE of hoostes threaten you drynke it ye shal and that shortly For lo I begynne to plage the cite that my name is geuen vnto thynke ye then that I will leaue you vnpunyshed Ye shall not go quyte For why I call for a swearde vpō all the inhabitours of the earth saieth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore tell them all these wordes and saye vnto them The LORDE shal crie from aboue and let his voyce be herde from his holy habitacion With a greate noyse shall he crie from his courte regall He shal geue a greate voyce like the grape gatherers and the sounde thereof shal be herde vnto the endes of the worlde For the LORDE hath a iudgment to geue vpon all people and will holde his courte of iustice with all flesh and punyshe the vngodly saieth the LORDE For thus sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes Beholde a miserable plage shall go from one people to another and a greate stormy water shal arise from all the endes of the earth And the same daye shall the LORDE himself slaye them from one ende of the earth to another There shall no mone be made for eny of them none gathered vp none buried but shall lie as dunge vpon the grounde Mourne o ye shepherdes crie sprinckle youre selues with aszshes o ye rammes of the flocke for the tyme of youre slaughter is fulfilled and ye shal fall like vessels connyngly made for pleasure The shepherdes shall haue no waye to fle and the rammes of the flocke shall not escape Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly and the rammes of the flocke shal mourne for the LORDE shal consume their pasture and their best feldes shal lie deed because of the horrible wrath of the LORDE They shall forsake their foldes like as a lyon For their londes shal be waist because of the wrath of the destroyer and because of his fearfull indignacion The XXVI Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde from the LORDE sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE Stonde in the courte of the LORDE house and speake vnto all them which out of the cities of Iuda come to do worshippe in the LORDES house all the wordes y t I commaundethe to saye Loke that thou kepe not one worde backe yf perauenture they will herkē and turne euery man from his wicked waye that I maye also repente of the plage which I haue determed to brynge vpon them because of their wicked invencions And after this maner shalt thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE yf ye will not obeye me to walke in my lawes which I
the LORDE be commytted vnto them then let them praye the LORDE of hoostes that the remnaunt of the ornamentes which are in the house of the LORDE and remayne yet in the house of the kinge of Iuda and at Ierusalem be not caried to Babilon also For thus hath the LORDE of hoostes spoken concernynge the pylers the lauer the seate and the residue of the ornamentes that yet remayne in this citie which Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon toke not when he caried awaye Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim kinge of Iuda with all the power of Iuda and Ierusalem from Ierusalem vnto Babilon captyue Yee thus hath the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel spoken as touchinge the residue of the ornamentes of the LORDES house â–ª of the kinge of Iudaes house and of Ierusalem They shal be caried vnto Babilon and there they shall remayne vntil I vyset them saieth the LORDE Then wil I bringe them hither agayne And this was done in the same yeare eueÌ„ in the begynnynge of the reigne of Sedechias kinge of Iuda The XXVIII Chapter BVt in the fourth yeare of the reigne of Sedechias kinge of Iuda in the fifth Moneth It happened that Hananias y e sonne of Assur the prophet of Gabaon spake to me in the house of the LORDE in the presence of the prestes of all the people sayde Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel I haue brokeÌ„ the yock of the kinge of Babilon and after two yeare will I bringe agayne in to this place all the ornamentes of the LORDES house y t Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon caried awaye from this place vnto Babilon Yee I will bringe agayne Iechonias the sonne of Ioachim the kinge of Iuda himself with all the presoners of Iuda y t are caried vnto Babilon eueÌ„ in to this place saieth y e LORDE for I wil breake y e yock of the kinge of BabiloÌ„ Then the prophet Ieremy gaue answere vnto that prophet Hananias before the prestes before all the people that were present in the house of the LORDE And the prophet Ieremy sayde Amen the LORDE do that graunte the thinge which thou hast prophecied that he maye bringe agayne all the ornamentes of the LORDES house restore all the presoners from Babilon in to 〈◊〉 place Neuertheles herken thou also what I will saye that thou all the people maye heare The prophetes that were before vs in tymes past which prophecied of warre or trouble or pestilence ether of peace vpon many nacions greaâ—e kingdomes were proued by this yf God had sende them in very dede when the thinge came to passe which that prophet tolde before And Hananias the prophet toke the chayne from the prophet Ieremias neck brake it with that sayde Hananias that all the people might heare Thus hath the LORDE spoken Euen so will I breake the yock of Nabuchodonosor kinge of BabiloÌ„ from the neck of all nacions yee that within this two yeare And so the prophet Ieremy wente his waye After now that Hananias the prophet had taken the chayne from the prophet Ieremies neck and broken it The worde of the LORDE came vnto the prophet Ieremy sayenge Go and tell Hananias these wordes Thus saieth the LORDE Thou hast broken the chayne of wodd but in steade of wodd thou shalt make chaynes of yron For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel I wil put a yock of yron vpon the neck of all this people that they maye serue Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon yee so shal they do And I wil geue him y e beestes in the felde Then sayde the prophet Ieremy vnto y e prophet Hananias Heare me I praye the Hananias The LORDE hath not sent the but thou bringest this people in to a false beleue And therfore thus saieth y e LORDE beholde I wil sende the out of the loÌ„de within a yeare thou shalt die because thou hast falsely spokeÌ„ agaynst the LORDE So Hananias the prophet died the same yeare in the seuenth Moneth The XXIX Chapter THis is the Copie of the lettre y t Ieremy the prophet sent from Ierusalem vnto the presoners the Senatours presies prophetes all the people whom Nabuchodonosor had led vnto BabiloÌ„ after y e tyme y t kinge Iechonias his Quene his chambrelaynes the prynces of Iuda IerusaleÌ„ the workmasters of IerusaleÌ„ were departed thither Which lettre Elasa y e sonne of SaphaÌ„ Gamaria y e sonne of Helchia dyd beare whoÌ„ Sedechias the kinge of Iuda sent vnto BabiloÌ„ to Nabuchodonosor y e kinge of BabiloÌ„ these were y e wordes of Ieremias lettre Thâ—s hath y e LORDE of hoostes y e God of Israel spokeÌ„ vnto all the presoners y t were â—ed froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ vnto BabiloÌ„ 〈…〉 you houses to dwell therein plaÌ„te you â–ª 〈◊〉 y t ye maye enioye the frutes thereof take you wyues to beare you sonnes and doughters prouyde wyues for youre sonnes huszbondes for youre doughters that they maye get sonnes doughters and that ye maye multiplie there Laboure not to be fewe but seke after peace prosperite of the cite where in ye be presoners praye vnto God for it For in the peace there of shal yo r peace be For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Let not those prophetes and soythsaiers y t be amonge you disceaue you beleue not youre owne dreames For why they preach you lies in my name I haue not sent them saieth the LORDE But thus saieth the LORDE When ye haue fulfilled lxx yeares at Babilon I wil bringe you home and of myne owne goodnes I will carie you hither agayne vnto this place For I knowe what I haue deuysed for you saieth the LORDE My thoughtes are to geue you peace not trouble which I geue you all redie that ye might haue hope agayne Ye shall crie vnto me ye shal go call vpoÌ„ me I shal heare you Ye shal seke me fynde me Yee yf so be that ye seke me with youre whole herte I will be founde of you saieth the LORDE and will delyuer you out of preson gather you together agayne out of all places where in I haue scatred you saieth the LORDE and wil bringe you agayne to the same place from whence I caused you be caried awaye captyue But where as ye saye that God hath raysed you vp prophetes at Babilon Thus hath the LORDE spoken concernynge the kinge that sytteth in the stole of Dauid and all y e people that dwell in this cite youre brethren that are not gone with you in to captiuyte Thus I saye speaketh the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I wil sende a swearde honger pestilence vpon them wil make them like vntymely fyges that maye not be eateÌ„ for bytternes And I wil persecute them with the swearde with honger death I will delyuer them vp to be
was xij cubites foure fingers thick and rounde Now vpon the rope were brasen knoppes euery knoppe was fyue cubites hie vpon the knoppes were whopes pomgranates rounde aboute of clene brasse After this maner were both the pilers fashioned with the pomgranates wherof there were an hundreth and xcvj which hanged vpon the whoopes rounde aboute The chefe captayne also toke Sarias y t hie preâ—â— Sophonias that was chefe next him and the thre kepers of the treasury He toke out of the cite a chamberlayne which was a captayne of the souldyers seuen men that were the kinges seruauntes which were founde in the cite Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster the men of warre with lx men of the countre that were taken in the cite These Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke caried them to the kinge of Babilon vnto Reblatha and the kinge of Babilon caused them to be put to death at Reblatha in the londe of Hemath And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captyue out of his owne londe This is the summe of the people whom Nabuchodonosor ledde awaye captyue In the seuenth yeare of his reigne he caried awaye of y e Iewes thre thousande thre and twenty In the xviij yeare Nabuchodonosor caried awaye from Ierusalem eight hunderth xxxij personnes In the xxiij yeare of Nabuchodonosor Nabusaradan the chefe captayne toke awaye seuen hundreth xlv Iewes presoners The whole summe of all the presoners is foure thousande and 〈◊〉 hundreth In the xxxvij yeare after that Ioachiâ— the kinge of Iuda was caried awaye in the xxv daye of the xij Moneth Euilmerodach kinge of Babilon the same yeare y t he reigned gaue Ioachim the kinge of Iuda his pardon and let him out of preson and spake louyngly to him And set his trone aboue y e trones of the other kinges that were with him in Babilon He chaunged also the dothes of his preson yee and he att with him all his life longe And he had a coÌ„tinuall lyuynge geuen him of the kinge of Babilon euery daye a certayne thinge alowed him all the dayes of his life vntill he dyed The ende of the prophet Ieremy The Lamentatacions of Ieremy And it came to passe after Israel was brought in to captiuyte and Ierusalem destroyed that Ieremy the prophet sat wepinge mournynge and makinge his mone in Ierusalem so that w t an heuy herte he sighed sobbed sayenge The first Chapter ALas how sitteth the cite so desolate y t some tyme was full of people how is she become like a wedowe which was the lady of all nacions How is she brought vnder tribute that ruled all londes She wepeth sore in the night so that y e teares runne downe hir chekes for amonge all hir louers there is none that geueth her eny comforte yee hir nexte frendes abhorre her are become hir enemies Iuda is taken presoner because she was defyled for seruynge so many straunge goddes she dwelleth now amonge the Heithen She fyndeth no rest all they that persecuted her toke her and so she dwelleth amonge hir enemies The stretes of Sion mourne because no man commeth more to the solempne feastes All hir gates are desolate hir prestes make lamentacion hir maydens are carefull and she herself is in greate heuynesse Hir enemies are fallen vpon hir heade haue put her to shame because the LORDE hath chastened her for hir greate wickednes hir children are ledde awaye captiue before their enemie All the bewtie of the doughter of Sion is awaye hir prynces are become like wethers that fynde no pasture They are dryueÌ„ awaye before their enemie so that they haue no more power Now doth Ierusalem remembre the tyme of hir misery disobedience yee the ioye pleasure y t she hath had in tymes past seynge hir people is brought downe thorow the power of their enemie there is no man for to helpe her hir enemies stoÌ„de lokinge at her and laugh hir Sabbath dayes to scorne Ierusalem synned euer more more therfore is she come in decaye All they that had her in honoure despise her for they haue sene hir fylthinesse Yee she sigheth and is a shamed of herselfe Hir skyrtes are defyled she remeÌ„bred not what wolde folowe therfore is hir fall so greate and there is no maÌ„ to comforte her O LORDE coÌ„sidre my trouble for myne enemie hath the vpper honde The enemie hath put his honde to all the precious thinges that she had yee euen before hir eyes came the Heithen in and out of the Sanctuary whom thou neuertheles hast forbydden to come within thy congregacion All hir people seke their bred with heuynes loke what precious thinge euery man hath that geueth he for meate to saue his life Considre O LORDE and se how vyle I am become O ye all that go fore by beholde and se yf there be eny sorowe like vnto myne wherwith the LORDE hath troubled me in the daye of his fearefull wrath From aboue hath he sent downe a fyre in to my bones and chastened me he hath layed a not for my fete and throwne me wyde open he hath made me desolate so that I must euer be mournynge The yocke of my transgression is come at the last with his honde hath he taken it vp and put it aboute my neck My strength is gone the LORDE hath delyuered me into those hondes wherout I can not quyte myself The LORDE hath destroyed all the mightie men that were in me He hath proclamed a feast to slaughter all my best meÌ„ The LORDE hath troden downe the doughter of Iuda like as it were in a wyne presse Therfore do I wepe and myne eyes gusshe out of water for the coÌ„forter that shulde quycken me is farre fro me My children are dryuen awaye for why the enemie hath gotten the ouer honde Sion casteth out hir hoÌ„des and there is no man to comforte her The LORDE hath layed the enemies rounde aboute Iacob and Ierusalem is as it were a menstruous womaÌ„ in the myddest of them The LORDE is rightuous for I haue prouoked his countenaunce vnto anger O take hede all ye people and considre my heuynes My maydens and my yonge men are led awaye in to captiuyte I called for my louers but they begyled me for my prestes and councelers but they perished euen while they sought for meate to saue their lyues Considre O LORDE how I am troubled my wombe is disquieted my herte turneth aboute in me and I am full of heuynes The swearde hurteth me without and within I am like vnto death They heare my mournynge but there is none that wil comforte me All myne enemies haue herde of my trouble and are glad therof because thou hast done it But thou shalt brynge forth the tyme when they also shal be like vnto me From the shall come all their aduersite thou shalt plucke
nether be afrayed off their wordes for they shall rebell agaynst the and despise ye. Yee thou shalt dwell amonge scorpions but feare not their wordes be not abashed at their lokes for it is a frauwerde housholde Se that thou speake my wordes vnto them whether they be obediēt or not for they are obstinate Therfore thou sonne of man obeye thou all thinges that I saye vnto y e and be not thou stiffnecked like as they are a stiffnecked housholde Open thy mouth and eate that I geue the. So as I was lokynge vp beholde there was sent vnto me an hande wherin was a closed boke and the hande opened it before me and it was written within and without full off carefull mourninges alas and wo. The III. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me thou sonne of mā eate that what so euer it be Yee eate that closed boke and go thy waye and speake vnto the children off Israel So I opened my mouth and he gaue me the boke for to eate and sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man thy bely shal eate and thy bowels shal be fylled with y e boke that I geue the. Then dyd I eate the boke and it was in my mouth sweter then hony And he sayde vnto me thou sonne of mā get the soone vnto the house off Israel ād shewe thē y e wordes that I cōmaunde the for I sende the not to a people that hath a straūge vnknowne or harde speache but vnto the house off Israel Not to many nacions which haue diuerse speaches and harde languages whose wordes thou vnderstōdest not Neuertheles yf I sent the to those people they wolde folowe the But the house off Israel wil not folowe y e for they will not folowe me Yee all the house off Israel haue stiff foreheades and harde hertes Beholde therfore I will make thy face preuayle agaynst their faces and harden thy foreheade agaynst their foreheades so that thy foreheade shall be harder then an Adamāt or flynt stone that thou mayest feare them y t lesse and be lesse afrayed off them for they are a frauwerde housholde He sayde morouer vnto me thou sonne off man take diligent hede with thine eares to y e wordes that I speake vnto the fasten them in thine herte and go to the presoners off thy people speake vnto them ād saye on this maner Thus the LORDE God hath spokē Whether ye heare or heare not With that the sprete toke me vp And I herde the noyse of a greate russhinge and remouynge off the most blissed glory off the LORDE out off his place I herde also the noyse off the wynges off the beestes that russhed one agaynst another yee and the ratlynge off the wheles that were by them which russhinge noyse was very greate Now when the sprete toke me vp and caried me awaye I wente with an heuy and a soroufull mynde but the honde off y e LORDE comforted me right soone And so in the begynnynge off the Moneth Abib I came to the presoners that dwelt by the water off Cobar and remaȳned in that place where they were and so continued I amonge them seuen dayes beinge very sory And when the seuen dayes were expyred the LORDE sayde vnto me Thou sonne off man I haue made the a watch man vnto the house of Israel therfore take good hede to the wordes and geue them warnynge at my commaundement Yff I saye vnto the concernynge the vngodly mā that without doute he must dye and thou geuest him not warnynge ner speakest vnto him that he maye turne from his euell waye and so to lyue Then shall the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrightuosnes but his bloude will I requyre off thyne honde Neuertheles yff thou geue warnynge vnto the wicked and he yet forsake not his vngodlynesse then shall he dye in his owne wickednesse but thou hast discharged thy soule Now yf a rightuous mā go frō his rightuousnesse and do the thinge that is euell I will laye a stomblinge blocke before him and he shall dye because thou hast not geuen him warninge Yee dye shall he in his owne synne so that the vertue which he did before shall not be thought vpon but his bloude will I requyre of thine honde Neuertheles yf thou exhortest the rightuous that he synne not and so y e rightuous do not synne Then shall he lyue because he hath receaued thy warnynge and thou hast discharged thy soule And there came the hōde off the LORDE vpon me and he sayde vnto me Stonde vp and go in to the felde y t I maye there talke with the. So when I had rysen vp and gone forth into the felde Beholde the glory off the LORDE stode there like as I sawe it afore by the water off Cobar Then fell I downe vpon my face and y e sprete came in to me which set me vp vpon my fete and sayde thus vnto me Go thy waye and sparre thy selff in thyne house Beholde O thou sonne off man there shall chaynes be brought for the to bynde the w t all so that thou shalt not escape out off thē And I will make thy tunge cleue so the rofe off thy mouth that thou shalt be domme and not be as a chider with them for it is an obstinate housholde But when I speake vnto the then open thy mouth and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God who so heareth let him heare who so will not let him leaue for it is a frauwarde housholde The IIII. Chapter THou sonne off man take a tyle stone and laye it before the and descrybe vpon it the cite off Ierusalem how it is beseged how bulworkes and strōge diches are grauen on euery syde off it descrybe also tentes and an hoost off men rounde aboute it Morouer take an yron panne and set it betwixte the y e cite in steade off an yron wall Then set thy face towarde it besege it and laye ordinaunce agaynst it to wynne it This shal be a token vnto the house off Israel But thou shalt slepe vpon thy left syde and laye the synne of the house off Israel vpon the. Certayne dayes apoynted thou shalt slepe vpon that syde and beare their synnes Neuertheles I will apoynte the a tyme to put off their synnes and the nombre off the daies Thre hundreth xc dayes must thou beare the wickednesse off the house of Israel When thou hast fulfilled these dayes lye downe agayne and slepe vpon thy right syde xl dayes and beare the synnes off the house of Iuda A daye for a yeare a daye I saye for a yeare will I euer laye vpon the. Therfore set now thy face agaynst that beseged Ierusalem and discouer thine arme that thou mayest prophecie agaynst it Beholde I will laye chaynes vpon the that thou shalt not turne the from one syde to another till thou hast ended the dayes of thy sege Wherfore take vnto the wheate barly
vp myne honde ouer thē and sayde I am the LORDE youre God euen in the daye that I lift vp myne honde ouer them to bringe them out of the londe of Egipte in to a londe that I had prouyded for them which floweth with mylcke and hony and is a pleasaunt lōde amonge all other Then sayde I vnto them Cast awaye euery man the abhominacions that he hath before him and defyle not youre selues with the Idols of Egipte for I am the LORDE youre God But they rebelled agaynst me and wolde not folowe me to cast awaye euery man the abhominacions of his eyes and to forsake the Idols of Egipte Then I made me to poure my indignacion ouer them and to satisfie my wrath vpon them yee euen in the myddest of the londe of Egipte But I wolde not do it for my names sake that it shulde not be vnhalowed before the Heithen amonge whom they dwelt and amonge whom I shewed my self vnto them that I wolde bringe them out of the londe of Egipte Now when I had caried them out of the londe of Egipte and brought them in to the wildernesse I gaue them my commaundementes shewed thē my lawes which who so kepeth shal lyue in them I gaue them also my holy dayes to be a token betwixte me and them and therby to knowe that I am the LORDE which haloweth them And yet the house of Israel rebelled agaynst me in the wildernesse they wolde not walke in my commaundementes they haue cast awaye my lawes which who so kepeth shulde lyue in them and my Sabbath daies haue thy greatly vn halowed Thē I made me to poure out my indignacion vpon them to cōsume them in the wildernesse Yet I wolde not do it for my names sake lest it shulde be dishonoured before the Heithē from the which I had caried them awaye But I swore vnto them in the wildernesse that I wolde not bringe them into the londe which I gaue them a londe that floweth with mylcke hony is a pleasure of all londes y t because they refused my lawes walked not in my cōmaundemētes but had vnhalowed my Sabbathes for their herte was gone after their Idols Neuertheles myne eye spared thē so y t I wolde not vtterly slaye thē cōsume thē in the wildernes Morouer I sayde vnto their sonnes in y e wildernesse walke not in the statutes of yo r forefathers kepe not their ordinaunces and defyle not youre selues with their Idols for I am the LORDE youre God But walke in my statutes kepe my lawes do them halowe my Sabbathes for they are a token betwixte me you that ye maye knowe how y t I am the LORDE Notwithstōdinge their sonnes rebelled against me also they walked not in my statutes they kepte not my lawes to fulfill them which he that doth shal lyue in them nether halowed they my Sabbath dayes Thē I made me agayne to poure out my indignacion ouer them and to satisfie my wrath vpon them in the wildernesse Neuertheles I with drewe my honde for my names sake lest it shulde be vn halowed amonge the Heithē before whom I had brought them forth I lift vp myne honde ouer them also in the wildernesse that I wolde scatre them amonge the Heithen and strowe them amonge the nacions because they had not kepte my lawes but cast asyde my commaundementes vnhalowed my Sabbathes and lift vp their eyes to their fathers Idols Wherfore I gaue them also commaundementes not good lawes thorow the which they shulde not lyue I vnhalowed them in their owne giftes when I appoynted for myself all their first borne to make them desolate that they might knowe how that I am the LORDE Therfore O thou sonne of man tell the house of Israel thus saieth the LORDE God Besyde all this youre forefathers haue yet blasphemed me more and greatly offended agaynst me For after I had brought them in to the londe y t I promysed to geue them when they sawe euery hie hill all the thicke trees they made there their offringes and prouoked me with their oblacions makinge swete sauoures there poured out their drinke offeringes Then I axed them ▪ what haue ye to do with all that ye go thither And therfore is it called the hie place vnto this daye Wherfore speake vnto the house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Ye are euen as vnclene as youre forefathers committe whordome also with their abhominaciōs In all youre Idols where vnto ye bringe youre oblaciōs to whose honoure ye burne youre children ye defyle youre selues euen vnto this daye how darre ye thē come and axe eny question at me O ye housholde of Israel As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God ye get no answere of me as for the thinge that ye go aboute it shal not come to passe where as ye saye we wil be as the Heithen do as other people in the londe wod stone wil we worshipe As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God I myself wil rule you with a mightie honde with a stretched out arme and with indignacion poured out ouer you wil bringe you out of the nacions and londes wherin ye are scatred and gather you together with a mightie hōde with a stretched out arme w t indignacion poured out vpon you wil bringe you in to the wildernesse of the people there I will reason with you face to face Like as I punished yo r forefathers in the wildernesse so wil I punish you also saieth the LORDE God I wil bringe you vnder my iuriszdiction and vnder the bonde of the couenaunt The forsakers also and the transgressours wil I take from amonge you bringe them out of the londe of youre habitacion as for the londe of Israel they shall not come in it that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Go now then saieth the LORDE God ye house of Israel cast awaye and destroye euery man his Idols then shal ye heare me and nomore blaspeme my holy name with youre offrynges and Idols But vpon my holy hill euē vpon the hie hill of Israel shal all the house of Israel and all that is in the londe worshipe me and in the same place will I fauoure them and there will I requyre youre heaue offringes and the first linges of youre oblacions with all youre holy thinges I wil accepte youre swete sauoure when I bringe you from the nacions and gather you together out of the londes wherin ye be scatred that I maye be halowed in you before the Heithen and that ye maye knowe that I am the LORDE which haue brought you in to the londe of Israel yee in to the same lōde that I swore to geue vnto youre fore fathers There shal ye call to remembraunce youre owne wayes and all youre ymaginacions wherin ye baue bene defyled and ye shal be displeased with
dryenge place for nettes and shalt neuer be buylded agayne For eueÌ„ I y e LORDE haue spoken it sayeth the LORDE God thus hath the LORDE God spoken concernynge Tyre The Iles shall be moued at the noyse off thy fall at the crie of the slayne y t shal be murthured in the. All kynges off the see shall come downe from their seates regall they shal laye awaye their roabes and put off their costly clothinge Yee with tremblinge shal they be clothed they shall syt vpoÌ„ the grounde they shal be afrayed at thy sodane fall and be abasshed at the. They shal mourne for the and saye vnto the O thou noble cite y t hast bene so greatly occupyed off olde thou that hast bene the strongest vpon the see w t thine inhabitours off whom all men stode in feare How art thou now so vtterly destroyed Now at the tyme off thy fall the inhabitours off the Iles yee and the Iles them selues shall stonde in feare at thine ende For thus sayeth the LORDE God when I make the a desolate cite as other cities be that no man dwell in and when I brynge the depe vpon the y t greate waters maye couer the Then will I cast the downe vnto them that descende in to y e pytte vnto a people that hath bene loÌ„ge deed and set the in a londe y t is beneth like the olde wyldernes with them which go downe to their graues so y t no maÌ„ shal dwell more in the. And I wil make the to be no more in hono r in the loÌ„de of the lyuynge I wil make an ende off the aÌ„d thou shalt be gone Though thou be sought for yet shalt thou not be founde for euermore saieth y e LORDE God The XXVII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge O thou soâ—ane off maÌ„ make a lamentable coÌ„playnte vpon Tyre saye vnto Tyre which is a porte off the see y t occupieth with moch people and many Iles thus speaketh y e LORDE God O Tyre thou hast sayde what I am a noble cite thy borders are in the myddest of the see and thy buylders haue made the maruelous goodly All y i tables haue they made of Cipâ—e trees of the mount Senir FroÌ„ Libanus haue they takeÌ„ Cedre trees to make the mastes the Okes of Basan to make the rowers Thy boordes haue they made of yuery of costly wod out of the I le of Cethim Thy sale was of whyte small nedle worke out off the londe of Egipte to haÌ„ge vpoÌ„ thy mast thy hanginges of yalow sylcke purple out of y e Iles of Elisa They of SidoÌ„ Arnad were thy maryners the wysest in Tyre were thy shypmasters The eldest and wysest at Gebal were they that mended stopped thy shippes All shippes off the see with their shipmeÌ„ occupied their marchaundies in the. The Perses Lydians and Lybians were in thyne hoost and helped the to fight these hanged vp their shildes helmettes with the â–ª these set forth thy beuty They off Arnad were with thine hoost rouÌ„de aboute thy walles were thy watchmen vpon thy towres these hanged vp their shildes rouÌ„de aboute thy walles and made the maruelous goodly Tharsis occupide with the in all maner of wares in syluer yron tynne and lead and made thy market greate Iauan Tubal and Mesech were thy marchauntes which brought the men ornamentes off metall for thy occupyenge They off the house of Thogarma brought vnto the at the tyme off thy Marte horse horsmen and mules They off Dedan were thy marchauÌ„tes and many other Iles that occupyed with the brought the wethers elephaÌ„t bones and Paycockes for a present The Sirians occupied with the because of thy dyuerse workes and increased thy marchaundies with Smaragdes with scarlet with nedle worke w t whyte lynninge cloth with sylcke and with Christall Iuda and the londe off Israel occupide with the and brought vnto thy markettes wheate balme hony oyle triacle Damascus also vsed marchauÌ„dies with the in the best wyne and whyte woll because thy occupienge was so greate and thy wares so many Dan Iauan and Meusal haue brought vnto thy markettes yron redy made with Casia and Calamus acordinge to thyne-occupienge Dedan occupied with the infayre tapestry worke and quyszhyns Arabia all the princes off Cedar haue occupied w t the in shepe wethers and goates The marchauntes off Seba and Rema haue occupied also with the in all costly spices in all precious stones and golde which they brought vnto thy marckettes Haran Chene and Eden the marchauntes off Saba Assiria and Chelmad were all doers with y e and occupied with the In costly rayment off yalow sylke and nedle worke very precious therfore packte bouÌ„de together w t roapes Yee and in Cedâ—e wodde at the tyme off y e marckettes The shippes of Tharsis were the chefe off thy occupienge Thus thou art full and in greate worshipe euen in the myddest off the see Thy maryners were euer brynginge vnto the out of many waters But y e easte wynde shal ouerbeare the in to the myddest off the see so y t thy wares thy marchauÌ„dies thy ryches thy maryners thy shipmasters thy helpers thy occupiers that brought the thinges necessary the men off warre that are in the yee and all thy comons shall perish in the myddest off the see in the daye off thy fall The suburbes shall shake at the loude crie-off thy shippmen All whirry men and all maryners vpoÌ„ the see shall leape out of their bootes and set them selues vpon the loÌ„de They shal lift vp their voyce because off the and make a lamentable crye They shall cast dust vpon their heades aÌ„d lye downe in the asshes They shal shaue them selues put sacke cloth vpon them for thy sake They shall mourne for the with hertfull sorow and heuy lamentacion yee their children also shall wepe forthe Alas what cite hath so bene destroyed in the see as Tyre is When thy wares marchaundies came froÌ„ the sees thou gauest all people ynough The kynges off the earth hast thou made rich thorow the multitude off thy wares and occupienge But now art thou cast downe is to the depe of the see all thy resorte of people is perished with the. All they that dwell in the Iles are abasshed at the and all their kynges are afrayed yee their faces haue chaunged coloure The marchauntes of the nacions wondre at the In that thou art so clene brought to naught coÌ„mest nomore vp The XXVIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man tell the prynce of Tyre Thus saieth the LORDE God because thou hast a proude hert and hast sayde I am a God I haue my seate in the myddest off the see like a god where as thou art but a man not God yet stondest in thine owne coÌ„ceate that thou art God Beholde thou thynkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel that
thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue I will haÌ„dle the acordinge to thy wrath and gelousy like as thou hast dealt cruelly with them that I maye be knowne amoÌ„ge them how I haue punyshed the. Yee and that thou also mayest be sure that I the LORDE haue herde all thy despyteful wordes which thou hast spokeÌ„ agaynst the mountaynes of Israel sayenge Lo they are made waist and geuen vs to deuoure Thus with youre mouthes ye haue made youre boost agaynst me yee multiplied youre pronde wordes agaynst me which I haue herde altogether Where vnto thus saieth y e LORDE God when the whole worlde is in wealth then wil I make the waist And like as thou o mount Seir wast glad because the heretage of the house of Israel was destroyed euen so wil I do vnto the also that thou and whole Edom shall be destroyed knowe that I am the LORDE The XXXVI Chapter THou sonne of man prophecie vpon the mountaynes of Israel speake Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye mountaynes of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Because yo r enemie hath sayde vpon you A ha y e hie euerlastynge places are now become ours prophecy therfore speake thus saieth y e LORDE God Seinge ye be waisted trodeÌ„ downe on euery syde become a possession vnto y e resydue of y e GeÌ„tiles which haue bâ—ought you in to meÌ„s mouthes vnto an euel name amonge y e people Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE God o ye mountaynes of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto the mountaynes and hilles valleys dales to the voyde wildernesses desolate cities which are spoyled and had in deâ—ision on euery syde amonge the resydue of the HeitheÌ„ Yee eueÌ„ thus saieth the LORDE God In the â—yre of my gelousy haue I taken a deuyce agaynst the resydue of the GeÌ„tiles and agaynst all Edom which haue takeÌ„ in my loÌ„de vnto theÌ„ selues for a possession which also reioysed froÌ„ their whole herte w t a despiteful stomacke to waist it and to spoyle it Prophecy therfore vpon the londe of Israel speake vnto y e mountaynes and hilles to valleys and dales thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde this haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terrible wrath For so moch as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heithen therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I haue sworne that the Gentiles which lye aboute you shal beare youre confucion them selues And as for you o mountaynes of Israel ye shall shute out youre braunches and bringe forth youre frute to my people of Israel for it is harde by that it wil come Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you will I turne me that ye maye be tylled and sowen I wil sende you moch people which shal be all of the house of Israel the cities shal be inhabited and y e decayed places shal be repayred againe I wil prouyde you with moch people and catell which shal increase bringe frute I wil restore you also to youre olde estate and shewe you more kindnes theÌ„ euer ye had before wherby ye shal knowe y t I am the LORDE Yee people wil I sende vnto you o my folke of Israel which shal haue the in possession and thou shalt be their inheritaunce so that thou shalt nomore be without them Agayne thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as they saye vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waister of thy people therfore thou shalt eate no mo men nether destroye thy people eny more saieth the LORDE God And I wil not suffre the for to heare thine owne confucion amonge the Gentiles from hensforth Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacions ner cast out thine owne people enymore saieth the LORDE God Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge O thou sonne of maÌ„ when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defyled them selues with their owne wayes ymaginacions so that in my sight their waye was like the vnclennesse of a menstruous woman Wherfore I poured my wrothfull displeasure vpon them because of the bloude that they had shed in the londe because of their Idols wherwith they had defyled them selues I scatred them also amonge the Heithen so that they were strowed aboute in the loÌ„des Acordinge to their wayes after their owne inuencions so dyd I punysh them Now when they were gone vnto the Hetthen and come in amonge them they dishonoured my holy name so that it was sayde of them Are these the people of God must go out of their owne londe Then spared I my holy name which y e house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentiles to whom they came Therfore tell y e house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God I do not this for yo r sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured amoÌ„ge the Heithen when ye came to them Therfore I wil halowe my greate name agayne which amonge the GeÌ„tiles is euel spoken of for ye youre selues haue dishonoured it amoÌ„ge them And the Gentiles shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I am honoured in you before their eyes saieth y e LORDE God As for you I wil take you from amonge the Heithen and gather you together out of all countrees and bringe you agayne into youre owne londe Then will I poure cleare water vpon you ye shal be clene Yee from all youre vnclennesse and from all yo r Idols shal I clense you A new herte also wil I geue you and a new sprete wil I put in to you As for that stony hert I will take it out of youre body and geue you a fleszshy herte I wil geue you my sprete amonge you and can se you to walke in my commaundemeÌ„tes to kepe my lawes and to fulfill them And so ye shall dwell in the londe that I gaue to yo r forefathers ye shal be my people and I wil be youre God I wil helpe you out of all youre vncleÌ„nesse I wil call for the corne and wil increase it and wil let you haue no honger I will multiplie the frutes of the trees and y e increase of the felde for you so that ye shal beare no more reprofe of honger amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ Then shal ye remeÌ„bre yo r owne wicked wayes and youre ymaginacioÌ„s which were not good so that ye shal take displeasure at youre owne selues by reason of youre synnes and abhominacions But I wil not do this for youre sakes saieth the LORDE God be ye sure of it Therfore o ye house of Israel be ashamed of youre synnes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God what tyme as I shal cleÌ„se you from all youre offences then wil I make the cities to be occupied agayne and wil repayre the places that be decayed The desolate londe shal be buylded agayne which afore tyme laye waist in the sight of all them that weÌ„te
by Then shal it be sayde This waist lōde is become like a garden of pleasure and the voyde desolate and brokē downe cities are now stronge and fensed agayne Then the residue of the Heithen that lye rounde aboute you shal knowe that I am the LORDE which repayre that was broken downe and plant◠agayne that was made waist Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it wil do it in dede Thus saieth the LORDE God I wil yet once be founde agayne of y e house of Israel do this for them I shal increase them as a flocke of men Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Ierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shal also the wilde waisted cities be fylled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the LORDE The XXXVII Chapter THe honde of the LORDE came vpon me caried me out in the sprete of the LORDE let me downe in a playne felde that laye full of bones he led me rounde aboute by them ▪ beholde the bones that laye vpon the felde were very many maruelous drye also Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man thinkest thou these benes maye lyue agayne I answered O LORDE God thou knowest And he sayde vnto me Prophecy thou vpon these bones speake vnto them Ye drye bones heare the worde of the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto these bones Beholde I will put breth in to you that ye maye lyue I wil geue you synowes make flesh growe vpon you couer you ouer with skynne so geue you breth that ye maye lyue and knowe that I am the LORDE So I prophecied as he had cōmaunded me And as I was prophecienge there came a noyse and a greate mocion so that the bones ranne euery one to another Now whē I had loked beholde they had synowes and flesh grewe vpon them and aboue they were couered with skynne but there was no breth in them Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man prophecie thou towarde the wynde prophecy and speake to the wynde Thus saieth the LORDE God Come o thou ayre from the foure wyndes blowe vpon these slayne that they maye be restored to life So I prophecied as he had commaunded me Then came the brethtn to them and they receaued life and stode vp vpon their fete a maruelous greate sorte Morouer he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man these bones are the whole house of Israel Beholde they saye oure bones are dryed vp oure hope is gone we are clene cut of Therfore prophecie thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil open youre graues o my people take you out of youre sepulcres bringe you in to the londe of Israel agayne So shall ye knowe y t I am the LORDE when I open youre graues bringe you out of them My sprete also wil I put in you ye shal lyue I wil set you agayne in youre owne londe and ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE which haue sayde it and fulfilled it in dede The worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take a sticke and wryte vpon it Vnto Iuda to the children of Israel his companyons Then take another sticke and wryte vpon it Vnto Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim and to all the housholde of Israel his companyons And than take both these together in thine honde so shal there be one stycke therof Now yf the childrē of thy people saye vnto the wilt thou not shewe vs what thou meanest by these Then geue them this answere Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil take the stocke of Ioseph which is in the honde of Ephraim and of the trybes of Israel his felowes and wil put them to the stocke of Iuda make them one stocke and they shal be one in my honde And the two stickes where vpon thou wrytest shalt thou haue in thine honde that they maye se and shalt saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God beholde I wil take awaye the childrē of Israel from amonge the Heithen vnto whom they be gone and wil gather them together on euery syde and bringe them agayne in to their owne londe yee I wil make one people of thē in y e londe vpon the mountaynes of Israel and they all shal haue but one kinge They shall nomore be two peoples from hensforth nether be deuyded in to two kingdomes they shal also defyle thē selues nomore with their abhominacions Idols and all their wicked-doinges I wil helpe thē out of all their dwellinge places wherin they haue synned will so clense them that they shal be my people and I their God Dauid my seruaunt shal be their kinge they all shal haue one shepherde only They shal walke in my lawes and my commaundementes shal they both kepe fulfill They shal dwell in the londe that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt where as youre fathers also haue dwelt Yee euē in the same londe shal they their children their childers children dwell for euermore and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their euerlastynge prynce Morouer I will make a bonde of peace with them which shal be vnto them an euerlastinge couenaunt I wil sattle thē also and multiplie them my Sanctuary wil I set amonge thē for euermore My dwellinge shal be w t them yee I wil be their God they shal be my people Thus the Heithen also shal knowe that I the LORDE am y e holy maker of Israel whē my Sanctuary shal be amonge them for euer more The XXXVIII Chapter ANd the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man turne thy face towarde Gog in the londe of Magog which is the chefe prynce at Mesech and Tubal prophecy agaynst him and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God O Gog thou chefe prynce of Mesech and Tubal beholde I wil vpon the and wil turne the aboute and put a bytt in thy chawes I wil bringe the forth and all thine hoost both horse horsmen which be all weapened of the best fashion a greate people that handle altogether speares shyldes and swerdes the Perses Moryans and with them the Lybians which all beare shyldes and helmettes Gomer and all his hoostes the house of Thogorma out of the north quarters and all his hoostes yee and moch people with the. Therfore prepare the set thy self in araye with all thy people that are come vnto the by heapes and be thou their defence After many dayes thou shalt be visited and in the latter yeares thou shalt come in to the lōde that hath bene destroyed with the swearde now is replenished agayne w t dyuerse people vpon the mountaynes of Israel which haue lōge lyen waist Yee they be brought out of the nacions dwell all safe Thou shalt come vp like a stormy wether to couer the lōde and as it were a darcke cloude thou with all thine
him self vnto Daniel and commaunded that they shulde offre meat offrynges and swete odoures vnto him The kynge answerde Daniel and sayde Yee off a treuth youre God is a God aboue all goddes a LORDE aboue all kynges and an opener of secretes seynge thou canst discouer this mysterie So the kynge made Daniel a greate man and gaue him many and greate giftes He made him ruler off all the countrees of Babilon and lorde of all the nobles that were at Babilon Now Daniel intreated the kynge for Sydrac Misac and Abdenago so that he made them rulers ouer all the offyces in the londe off Babilon but Daniel himself remayned still in the courte by the kynge The III. Chapter NAbuchodonosor the kynge caused a goldeÌ„ ymage to be made which was lx cubites hye and sixe cubites thicke This he made to be set vp in the valley of Duran in the londe of Babilon sent out to gather together the dukes lordes nobles the iudges and officers the debites aÌ„d shreues with all the rulers of the londe y t they might come to the dedicacion of the ymage which Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp So the dukes lordes and nobles the iudges and officers debytes and shreues with all the rulers of the londe gathered them together and came vnto the dedicatynge of y e ymage that Nabuchodonosor the kinge had set vp Now when they stode before the ymage which Nabuchodonosor set vp the bedell cried out w t all his might O ye people kynreddes and tunges to you be it sayde that wheÌ„ ye heare the noyse off the trompettes which shal be blowne w t y t harpes shawmes Psalteries Symphonies and all maner off Musick ye fall downe and worshipe the golden ymage y t Nabuchodonosor the kynge hath set vp Who so then falleth not downe and boweth himself shal euen the same houre be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen Therfore when all the folke herde the noyse off the trompettes that were blowne with the harpes shawmes Psalteries Symphonies and all kynde of Melody theÌ„ all the people kynreddes and nacions fell downe and bowed them selues vnto the golden ymage that Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp Now were there certayne men off the Caldees that went euen then and accused y e Iewes and sayde vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor O kynge God saue thy lyfe for euer Thou beynge kynge hast geuen a-commauÌ„demeÌ„t that all men when they heare the noyse off the trompettes harpes shawmes psalteries symphonies and all the other melodies shall fall downe and bowe them selues towarde the golden ymage who so theÌ„ fell not downe and worshipped not that he shulde be cast in to an hote burnynge ouen Now are there certaine Iewes whom thou hast set ouer the offices of the londe off Babilon namely Sydrac Misac and Abdenago These men o kynge regarde not thy coÌ„maundemeÌ„t yee they will not serue thy goddes ner bowe them selues to the golden ymage that thou hast set vp Then Nabuchodonosor in a cruell wrath and displeasure commaunded y t Sidrac Misac Abdenago shulde be brought vnto him So these men were brought before the kynge Then Nabuchodonosor spake vnto them and sayde what o Sidrac Misac and Abdenago will not ye serue my goddes nor bowe youre selues to the golden ymage that I haue set vp wel be redy herafter when ye heare the noyse of the troÌ„pettes blowne with the harpes shawmes psalteries symphonies and all y e other melodies that ye fall downe and worshipe the ymage which I haue made But yff ye worshipe it not ye shal be cast immediatly in to an hote burnynge ouen Let se what god is there y t maye delyuer you out of my hondes Sydrac Misac and Abdenago answered the kynge and sayde O Nabuchodonosor we ought not to coÌ„sente vnto y e in this matter for why oure God whom we serue is able to kepe vs from the hote burnynge ouen O kynge and can right wel delyuer vs out off thy hondes And though he wil not yet shalt thou knowe o kynge that we will not serue thy goddes ner do reuereÌ„ce to the ymage which thou hast set vp Then was Nabuchodonosor full off indignacion so that y e countenaunce of his face chaunged vpoÌ„ Sidrac Misac Abdenago Therfore he charched and commaunded that the ouen shulde be made seuen tymes hoter then it was woÌ„te to be and spake vnto the strongest worthies that were in his hooste for to bynde Sidrac Misac and Abdenago and to cast them in to the hote burnynge ouen So these men were bounde in their cotes hosen shues with their other garmentes aÌ„d castin to the hote burnynge ouen for the kinges commaundement was so strate and the ouen was exceadynge hote As for the men that put in Sydrac Misac and Abdenago the flame off the fyre destroyed them And these thre men Sydrac Misac and Abdenago fell downe in y e hote burnynge ouen beinge fast bounde Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge marueled and stode vp in all haist he spake vnto his councel and sayde dyd not ye cast these thre men bounde in to the fyre They answered and sayde vnto the kynge Yee o kynge He answered and sayde lo for all that yet do I se foure men goinge lowse in the myddest off the fyre and nothinge corrupte and the fourth is like an angel to loke vpon Vpon this weÌ„te Nabuchodonosor vnto the mouth of the hote burnynge ouen he speake also sayde O Sydrac Misac and Abdenago ye seruauntes of the hye God go forth and come hither And so Sydrac Misac and Abdenago wente out of the fyre Then the dukes lordes and nobles and the kynges councell came together to se these men vpon whom the fyre had no maner of power in their bodies In so moch that the very hayre of their heade was not burnt and their clothes vnchaunged Yee there was no smell of fyre felt vpon them Then spake Nabuchodonosor and sayde Blessed be the God of Sidrac Misac Abdenago which hath sent his angel 〈◊〉 defended his seruauÌ„tes that put their trust in him y t haue altered the kynges commaundement and ioperde their bodies ther vpon â—â—ther then they wolde serue or worshipe eny other god excepte their owne God only Therfore I wil and commauÌ„de that all people kynreddes tunges â–ª which speake eny blasphemy agaynst the God of Sydrac Misac and Abdenago shal dye and their houses shal be prysed Because there is no God y t maye saue as this So the kynge promoted Sidrac Misac and Abdenago in the londe of Babylon Nabuchodonosor kynge vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwell vpon the whole earth peace be multiplied amoÌ„ge you I thought it good to shewe the tokeÌ„s maruelous workes y t y e hye God hath wrought vpon me O how greate are his tokeÌ„s how mightie are his wonders His kyngdome is an euerlastinge kyngdome and his power lasteth for euer and euer The IIII. Chapter I Nabuchodonosor beynge at
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
III. Chapter WO to that bloudthursty cite which is all full of lyes and robbery wil not leaue of from rauyszshinge There a man maye heare scourginge ruszshinge the noyse of the wheles the crienge of the horses the rollinge of the charettes There the horse men get vp with naked swerdes and glisterynge speares There lyeth a multitude slayne and a greate heape of deed bodies There is no ende of deed coarses yee men fall vpon their bodies And that for the greate and many folde whordâ—me of the fayre and beutifull harlot which is a mastresse of wychcraft yee and selleth the people thorow hir whordome and the nacions thorow hir wichcraft Beholde I wil vpon the saieth the LORDE of hoostes and wil pull thy clothes ouer thy heade that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge the Heithen and thy shame amonge the kingdomes I wil cast dyrte vpon y t to make the be abhorred and a gasynge stocke Yee all they that loke vpon the shal starte backe saye Niniue is destroyed Who wil haue pyte vpoÌ„ the where shal I seke one to conforte the Art thou better then the greate cite of AlexaÌ„dria that laye in the waters and had the waters rounde aboute it which was strongly fenced walled with the see Ethiopia and Egipte were hir streÌ„gth that exceadinge greate aboue measure Aphrica and Lybia were hir helpers yet was she dryuen awaye brought in to captiuyte hir yonge children were smytten downe at the heade of euery strete the lottes were cast for the most awncient men in her and all hir mightie men were bounde in chaynes Euen so shalt thou also be droncken and hyde thy self and seke some helpe agaynst thine enemy All thy stronge cities shal be like fyge trees w t rype fyges which wheÌ„ a maÌ„ shaketh they fall in to the mouth of the eater Beholde thy people with in the are but wâ—men the portes of thy londe shal be opened vnto thine enemies and the fyre shal deuoure y e barres Drawe water now agaynst thou be beseged make vp thy stroÌ„ge holdes go in to the claye tempre the morter make stronge bricke yet the fyre shal consume the the swerde shal destroye the yee as y e locuste doth so shal it eate the vp It shal fall heuely vpon the as the locustes yee right heuely shal it fall vpon the euen as the greshoppers Thy marchauntes haue bene mo then the starres of heaueÌ„ but now shal they sprede abrode as the locustes and fle their waye Thy lordes are as the greshoppers thy captaynes as the multitude of greshoppers which wheÌ„ they be colde remayne in y e hedges but when the Sonne is vp they fle awaye and no maÌ„ can tell where they are become Thy shepherdes are aslepe o kinge of Assur thy worthies are layed downe y e people is scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes and no man gathereth them together agayne Thy wounde can not be hyd thy plage is so sore All they that heare this of the shall clappe their handes ouer the. For what is he to whoÌ„ thou hast not allwaye bene doynge hurte The ende of the prophet Naum. The Prophet Abacuc What Abacuc conteyneth Chap. I. He complayneth vnto God of the wickednes of the people and threateneth them with the plage of God Chap. II. He reproueth the cuvetous and vnrightuous men Chap. III. A prayer of the prophet The first Chapter THis is the heuy burtheÌ„ which the prophet Abacuc dyd se. O LORDE how longe shal I crie thou wilt not heare How longe shall I complayne vnto the suffrynge wronge and thou wilt not helpe Why lettest thou me se weerynesse and laboure TyraÌ„ny and violence are before me power ouergoeth right for the lawe is torne in peces and there can no right iudgment go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous this is the cause y t wronge iudgment procedeth Beholde amonge the Heithen and loke wel wondre at it and be abaszshed for I wil do a thinge in youre tyme which though it be tolde you ye shal not beleue Forlo I wil rase vp y e Caldees that bytter and swifte people which shal go as wyde as the londe is to take possession of dwellinge places that be not their owne A grymme boysteous people is it these shal syt in iudgment punyshe Their horses are swifter then the cattes of the mountayne byte sorer then y e wolues in y e euenynge Their horsmen come by greate heapes from farre they fle hastely to deuo r as the Aegle They come all to spoyle out of them commeth an east wynde which bloweth and gathereth their captyues like as the sonde They shall mocke the kinges and laugh the prynces to scorne They shal not set by eny stronge holde for they shal laye ordinaunce agaynst it and take it Then shal they take a fresh corage vnto them to go forth to do more euell so ascrybe that power vnto their God But thou o LORDE my God my holy one thou art from the begynnynge therfore shal we not dye O LORDE thou hast ordened them for a punyshmeÌ„t and set them to reproue the mightie Thine eyes are clene thou mayest not se euell thou canst not beholde y e thinge that is wicked Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly and holdest thy tunge when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better theÌ„ himself Thou makest men as the fish in the see and like as the crepinge beestes that haue no gyde They take vp all with their angle they catch it in their net gather it in their yarne wherof they reioyce and are glad Therfore offre they vnto their net and do sacrifice vnto their yarne because that thorow it their porcion is become so fat and their meate so pleteous Wherfore they cast out their net agayne neuer ceasse to slaye the people The II. Chapter I Stode vpon my watch and set me vpon my bulworke to loke se what he wolde saye vnto me and what answere I shulde geue him y t reproueth me But the LORDE answered me and sayde Wryte the vision planely vpon thy tables that who so commeth by maye rede it for y e visioÌ„ is yet farre of for a tyme but at y e last it shal come to passe not fayle And though he tary yet wait thou for him for in very dede he wil come and not be slacke Beholde who so wil not beleue his soule shal not prospere but the iust shal lyue by his faith Like as the wyne disceaueth the dronckarde euen so the proude shal fayle not endure He openeth his desyre wyde vp as the hell is as vnsaciable as death All Heithen gathereth he to him heapeth vnto him all people But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him and mocke him with a byworde and saye Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes How
backe thine enemies The kinge of Israel euen the LORDE himself is with the so that 〈…〉 nomore to feare eny myszfortune In that tyme it shall be sayed to Ierusaâ—lem feare not and to Sion let not thine hâ—ndes be slacke for the LORDE thy God is with the it is he that hath power to saue he hath a special pleasure in the and a maruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the 〈◊〉 gladnesse Soch as haue bene in heuynâ—sse wil I gather together and take out of thy congregacion as for the shame and 〈◊〉 that hath bene layed vpon the it shal be fâ—â—re from the. And lo in y t tyme wil I destroyâ— all those that vexe the I wil helpe the 〈◊〉 and gather vp the cast a waye yee I wil get them honoure and prayse in all loÌ„des where they haue bene put to shame At y e same tyme wil I bringe you in and at the same tyme wil I gather you I wil get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuyte before youre eyes saieth the LORDE The ende of the prophet Sophony The Prophet Aggeus What Aggeus conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people to buylde vp the teÌ„ple and reproueth theiâ— loÌ„ge tarieÌ„ge Chap. II. He geueth the rulers a corage Of the ornameÌ„tes and glory of the seconde temple wherby is vnderstoÌ„de the church of the faith full The first Chapter In the seconde yeare of kynge Darius in the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel y e prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the â—ye prest sayenge Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes and saieth This people doth saye The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house Then spake the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayed Ye yo r selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses and shal this house lye waist Considre now youre owne wayes in youre hertes saieth y e LORDE of hoostes ye sowe moch but ye bringe litle in Ye eate but ye haue not ynough ye drinke but ye are not fylled ye decke youre selues but ye are not warme he y t earneth eny wage putteth it in a broken purse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes CoÌ„sidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp to the house that it maye be acceptable vnto me and that I maye shewe myne honoure saieth the LORDE Ye loked for moch and lo it is come to litle though ye brynge it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so saieth the LORDE of hoostes EueÌ„ because that my house lyeth so waist and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house Wherfore the heauen is forbyddeÌ„ to geue you eny dew and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth both vpoÌ„ the londe vpon the mountaynes vpon corne vpon wyne vpon oyle vpon euery thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth vpon men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest with the remnaunt of the people herde the voyce of the LORDE their God the wordes of the prophet Aggeus like as the LORDE their God had sent him the people dyd feare the LORDE Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people I am w t you saieth the LORDE So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people y t they came laboured in the house of the LORDE of hoostes their God The II. Chaptyr VPon the xxiiâ—j daye of the sixte moneth in the secoÌ„de yeare of kinge Darius the xxi daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayenge speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and to the residue of y e people saye Who is left amoÌ„ge you that sawe this house in hir first beuty But what thinke ye now by it Is it not in youre eyes eueÌ„ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good chere o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE be of good conforte o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec hye prest take good hartes vnto you also all ye people of the londe saieth the LORDE of hoostes and do acordinge to the worde for I am with you saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I agreed with you when ye came out of the londe of Egypte my sprete shal be amonge you feare ye not For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Yet once more will I shake heaueÌ„ and earth the see and the drye loÌ„de Yee I will moue all Heithen the comforte of all Heithen shall come so wil I fyll this house with honoure saieth the LORDE of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne saieth the LORDE of hoostes Thus y e glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ„ the first saieth the LORDE of hoostes in this place wil I geue peace saieth the LORDE of hoostes The xxiiij daye of the ix moneth in these conde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto the prophet Aggeus sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of hoostes Axe the prestes concernynge the lawe saye Yf one beare holy flesh in his cote lappe with his lappe do touch the bred potage wyne oyle or eny other meate shall he be holy also The prestes answered saide No. Then sayde Aggeus Now yf one beynge defyled with a deed carcase touch eny of the se shall it also be vnclene The prestes gaue answere sayed yee it shall be vnclene TheÌ„ Aggeus answered and sayde Euen so is this people this nacion before me saieth y e LORDE and so are all the workes of their hoÌ„des yee and all that they offre is vnclene And now I praye you coÌ„sidre from this daye forth and how it hath gone with you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpoÌ„ another in the temple of the LORDE that when ye came to a corne heape of xx busshels there were scarceten and that when ye came to the wyne presse for to poure out L. pottes of wyne there were scarce xx For I smote you with heate blastinge hale stones in all the labours of youre hondes yet was there none of you that wolde turne vnto me saieth the LORDE Considre then from this daye forth and afore namely from the xxiiij daye of the ix moneth vnto the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES temple was layed Marck it well Is not the sede yet in the barne haue not the vynes the fygetrees
geuē of y e LORDE God of Israel So Eszdras the hie prest brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude to man and woman to all prestes y t they might heare the lawe in the new moone of the seuenth moneth And he red in y e floore y t is before y e holy porte of y e tēple from the mornynge early vntill the euenynge before men wemen And they applied their mynde all vnto the lawe And Eszdras the prest reder of y e lawe stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd which was made therfore vpon his right hande there stode by him Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Vrias Ozechias Balsamus Vpon his lefte hāde stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias Zachary Then toke Eszdras y e boke before the whole multitude for he was y e pryncipall and had in most hono r of thē all And whā he had red out y e lawe they stode all straight vp vpon their fete So Eszdras praysed the LORDE the most hye God the Allmightie God of hoostes And all y e people answered Amen helde vp their hādes fell downe flat vpon the earth praysed y e LORDE Iesus Beneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calithes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites which taught the lawe of the LORDE red the lawe of the LORDE in the cōgregacion euery man sett those before y t vnderstode the lawe Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras the hye prest reder to the Leuites y t taught the multitude sayenge This daye is holy vnto the LORDE all they y t had herde the lawe wepte ▪ So Eszdras sayde Departe yo r waye then eate the best drynke the swetest sende giftes vnto them y t haue nothinge for this daye is holy vnto the LORDE and be not ye sory Then wente they their waye euerychone ate and dronke and were mery sent rewardes vnto thē y t had nothinge y t they also might eate with gladnesse for they were exceadingly reioysed thorow the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast acordinge to the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of Israel The ende of the thirde boke of Eszdras The IIII boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. God reproueth the people for their vnthankfulnes and rehearseth vnto them his owne louynge mercy that he maye bringe thē agayne yf they wyl not amende he wil chose another people Chap. II. The Synagoge cōplayneth vpō hir children ▪ The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God done vnto the people and hath a frendly contencion with God because he suffreth the Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them where as they yet are sinners also Chap. IIII. The angel rebuketh Eszdras for takinge in hāde to seke out the grounde of Gods iudgment and instructeth him with fayre symilitudes Chap. V. A communicaciō of Eszdras and the angel together Chap. VI. The angel enfourmeth Eszdras and answereth him to his questions Chap. VII The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete matters and thinges for to come Chap. VIII Eszdras prayeth for the people that God wyll rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and the godlynes of few thē vpon the wycked synnes of many Chap. IX Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to come Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras Chap. X. A communicacion betwixte Eszdras and the woman that appeared vnto him Chap. XI XII.XIII Of certayne visions and the interpretacions therof Chap. XIIII God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush talketh with him and cōmaundeth him what he shal doo Chap. XV. God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmēt that he wyl sende vpon the synfull people and commaundeth him to tell them the same Chap. XVI Punyshment vpon the Heithen and how the people of God shal behaue them selues therin The first Chapter THe seconde boke of y e prophet Eszdras y e sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias y e sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Sarahias the sonne of Vzi the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Leui which was presoner in the lande of the Meedes in the raigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia. And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Go thy waye shew my people their synfull dedes their children their wickednesses which they haue done against me that they maye tell their childers childrē the same for the synnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am not I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egipte from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despysed my councels Pull thou out then the hayre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure How longe shal I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so moch good Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao w t his seruaūtes and all his power haue I smytten downe and slayne All y e nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before them and in y e east haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre Sydon and haue slayne all their enemies Speake thou therfore vnto them sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE I led you thorow the see and haue geuen you sure stretes sence the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you light in a piler of fyre greate wōders haue I done amōge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE I gaue you quales to eate and tentes for youre sucoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascrybed not y e victory of youre enemies vnto my name yee this same daie do ye yet murmoure Where are the benefites that I haue done for you Whan ye were hongrie in the wildernes dyd ye not crie vnto me Why hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes to kill vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued y e Egipcians then to dye in this wildernesse Thē had I pitie vpon youre mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye ate angels foode Whā ye were thyrstie dyd not I hew y e hardstone caused water ynough to flowe thereout For the heate I couered you with y e leaues of the trees A good pleasaunt fatt londe gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresites and Philistynes before you What shal I do more for you saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Whan ye were in the wildernes in the water of the Amorites beynge a
hert hath takē to moch vpon it in this worlde and thou thinkest to comprehende the waye of the Hyest Then sayde I yee my lorde And he answered me and sayde I am sent to shewe the thre wayes and to sett forth thre symilitudes before the wherof yf thou canst declare me one I wil shewe the also the waye that thou desyrest to se and I shal shewe the from whēce the wicked hert commeth And I sayde tell on my LORDE Then sayde he vnto me Go thy waye weye me the weight of the fyre or measure me the blast of the wynde or call me agayne the daye that is past Then answered I and sayde What man borne is able to do that Why requyrest thou soch of me And he sayde vnto me Yf I shulde axe the how depe dwellinges are in the see Or how greate water springes are vpon y e firmamēt Or how greate water sprynges are in the begynnynge of the depe Or which are the out goinges of Paradise Peraduēture thou woldest saye vnto me I neuer wente downe yet in to y e depe ner hell nether dyd I euer clymme vp in to heauen Neuertheles now haue I axed the but onely of fyre and wynde and of the daye where thorow thou hast trauayled and from the which thou canst not be separated and yet canst thou geue me no answere of them He sayde morouer vnto me Thine owne thinges and soch as are growne vp with y e canst thou not knowe how shulde thy vessel then be able to cōprehende the waye of the Hyest and now outwardly in the corrupte worlde to vnderstōde the corrupcion y t is euydent in my sight Thē sayde I vnto him It were better that we were not at all thē that we shulde lyue in wickednesse and to suffre and not to knowe wherfore He answered me and sayde I wēte in a wod and the trees toke soch a deuyce and sayde Come let vs go and fight agaynst the see that it maye departe awaye before vs and that we maye make vs yet more woddes The floudes of the see also in lyke maner toke this deuyce and sayde Come let vs go vp and fight agaynst the trees of the wodd that we maye make oure londe the wyder The thought and deuyce of the wodd was but vayne and nothinge worth for the fyre came and consumed the wod The thought of the floudes of the see came likewyse to naught also for the sonde stode vp and stopped them Yf thou were iudge now betwyxte these two whom woldest thou iustifie or whom woldest thou cōdemne I answered and sayde Verely it is a foolish thought that they both haue deuysed For the grounde is geuen vnto the wod and the see also hath his place to beare his floudes Then answered he me sayde Thou hast geuen a right iudgment why iudgest thou not thy self also For like as the grounde is geuen vnto the wod and the see to his floudes euen so they that dwell vpon earth maye vnderstonde nothinge but that which is vpon earth and he that dwelleth aboue the heauens maye onely vnderstōde the thinges that are aboue the heauens Then answered I and sayde I beseke the O LORDE let me haue vnderstondinge for it was not my mynde to be curious of thy hye thinges but of soch as we daylie medle with all namely wherfore that Israelis blasphemed of the Heithen and for what cause the people whom thou euer hast loued is geuen ouer to be punyshed of vngodly naciōs and why the lawe of oure fathers is brought to naught and the wrytten couenauntes come to none effecte and we passe awaye out of the worlde as the greshopers and oure life is a very feare and we are not worthy to optayne mercy What wyl he do then vnto his name which is called vpon ouer vs Of these thinges haue I axed question Then answered he me and sayde The more thou searchest the more thou shalt maruel for the worlde hasteth fast to passe awaye and can not comprehende the thinges that are promysed for the righteous in tyme to come for this worlde is full of vnrighteousnes and weaknes But as concernynge the thinges wherof thou axest me I wyl tell the. The euell is sowne but the destruccion therof is not yet come Yf the euell now that is sowne be not turned vpsyde downe and yf the place where y e euell is sowne passe not awaye then can not the thinge come y t is sowne with y e good For the corne of euell sede hath bene sowne in the hert of man from the begynnynge and how moch vngodlynes hath he brought vp vnto this tyme and how moch shal he yet brynge forth vntyll he come in to the barne Pondre now by thyself whā y e corne of euell sede is cutt downe how greate a barne shal it fyll I answered and sayde How and whā shal these thinges come to passe Wherfore are o yeares few euell And he answered me sayēge Haist not thou to moch vpon the Hyest for thy haistynes to be aboue him is but in vayne thou makest to moch a doo Dyd not y e soules also of the righteous axe question of these thinges in their holynes sayenge How longe shal I hope of this fashion Whan commeth the frute of my barne and my rewarde And vpō this Ieremiel the archangel gaue them answere and sayde Euē whan the nombre of the sedes is fylled in you for he hath weyed the worlde in the balaunce in measure and nombre hath he measured the tyme and moueth it not vntyll the same measure be fulfylled Then answered I and sayde O LORDE LORDE now are we all full of synne and for oure sake peraduenture it is not that the barne of the righteous shall not be fylled because of the synnes of thē that dwell vpon earth So he answered me sayde Go y t waye to a woman with childe and axe her when she hath fulfilled hir ix monethes yf hir childeszbed maye kepe y e byrth eny lōger within her Thē sayde I No LORDE that can she not And he sayde vnto me In hell the secrete places of soules are like y e preuy chamber of a woman For like as a woman that trauayleth maketh haist whan the tyme necessite of the byrth is at hande Euē so doth she haist to delyuer it that is commytted vnto her Loke what thou desyrest to se it shal be shewed the from the begynnynge Then answered I and sayde Yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight and yf it be possible and yf I be mete therfore shewe me then whether there be more to come thē is past or more past then is for to come What is past I knowe but what is for to come I knowe not And he saide vnto me Stonde vp vpō y e right syde and I shal expounde the symilitude vnto the. So I stode beholde an whote burnynge ouē wente ouer before me it happened y t whan the flamme was gone
starres the natures kindes of beastes the furiousnesse of beastes the power of y e wyndes the ymaginacions of meÌ„ the deuersities of yonge plantes the vertues of rootes all soch thinges as are secrete not loked for haue I lerned For the worckmaster of all thinges hath taught me wyszdome In hir is y e sprete of vnderstaÌ„dinge which is holy manifolde one onely sotyll curteous discrete quyck vndefyled playne swete louynge the thinge y t is good sharpe which forbyddeth not to do well geÌ„tle kynde stedfast sure fre hauynge all vertues circuÌ„specte in all thinges receauinge all spretes of vnderstaÌ„dinge beiÌ„ge cleane sharpe For wiszdome is neembler theÌ„ all neeÌ„ble thiÌ„ges she goeth thorow attayneth to all thiÌ„ges because of hir clennes For she is y e breth of y e power of God a pure cleane expressinge of y e clearnes of Allmightie God Therfore can no vndefyled thinge come in to her for she is y e bryghtnes of y e euerlastiÌ„ge light y e vndefiled myrro r of y e maiesty of God y e ymage of his goodnesse And for so moch as she is one she maie do all thinges beinge stedfast herself she renueth all amoÌ„ge y e people coÌ„veyeth she herself in to y e holy soules She maketh Gods frendes pâ—ophetes for God loueth no maÌ„ but him in whoÌ„ wyszdome dwelleth For she is more beutyfull then the Sonne and geueth more light then the starres and the daye is not to be coÌ„pared vnto her for vpoÌ„ y e daye coÌ„meth night But wickednesse can not ouer come wyszdome and foolishnes maye not be w t her The VIII Chapter WYszdome reacheth froÌ„ one ende to another mightely louiÌ„gly doth she ordre all thinges I haue loued her and laboured for her eueÌ„ fro my youth vp I dyd my diligeÌ„ce to mary my self w t her soch loue had I vnto hir beutye Who so hath y e coÌ„pany of God coÌ„meÌ„deth hir nobilyte yee the LORDE of all thinges himself loueth her For she is y e scolemastresse of y e nurto r of God y e choser out of his workes Yf a man wolde desyre riches in this life what is richer then wiszdome y e worketh all thiÌ„ges Thou wilt saye vnderstaÌ„dinge worketh What is it amoÌ„ge all thinges y t worketh more theÌ„ wyszdome Yf a man loue vertue righteousnes let him labo r for wyszdome for she hath greate vertues And why she teacheth sobernes prudence righteousnes streÌ„gh which are soch thinges as meÌ„ can haue nothinge more profitable in their life Yf a maÌ„ desyre moch knowlege she caÌ„ tell y e thinges y t are past discerne thinges for to come she knoweth y e sotilties of wordes caÌ„ expouÌ„de darcke senteÌ„ces She can tell of tokeÌ„s woÌ„derous thinges or euer they come to passe the endes of all tymes ages So I purposed after this maner I will take her vnto my coÌ„pany comoÌ„ louiÌ„gly w t her no doute she shal geue me good couÌ„cell speake coÌ„fortably vnto me in my carefulnes grefe For hir sake shal I be well and honestly taken amoÌ„ge the comoÌ„s lordes of y e councell Though I be yonge yet shal I haue sharpe vnderstandinge so y t I shal be maruelous in y e sight of greate meÌ„ y e faces of prynces shal woÌ„der at me WhaÌ„ I holde my toÌ„ge they shal byde my leysure whaÌ„ I speake they shal loke vpoÌ„ me yf I talke moch they shal laye their handes vpoÌ„ their mouth Morouer by the meanes of her I shal optayne immortalite and leaue behinde me an euerlastinge memoriall amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y t come after me I shal set y e people in ordre the nacions shal be subdued vnto me Horrible tyrauntes shal be afrayed whan they do but heare of me amonge the multitude I shal be counted good mightie in battayll WhaÌ„ I come home I shal fynde rest w t her for hir coÌ„pany hath no bytternes hir felashipe hath no tediousnesse but myrth ioye Now whan I coÌ„sidered these thinges by myself pondered them in my hert how y t to be ioyned vnto wyszdome is immortalite greate pleasure to haue hir frendshipe how y t in the workes of hir handes are infinite riches how that who so kepeth company w t her shal be wyse and that he which talketh with her shal come to honoure I wente aboute sekynge to gett her vnto me For I was a ladd of a rype wytt and had a good vnderstandinge But whan I grewe to more vnderstaÌ„dinge I came to an vndefyled body Neuertheles whan I perceaued that I coude not kepe myself chaist excepte God gaue it me y t was a poynte of wyszdome also to knowe whose gift it was I stepte vnto the LORDE and besought him and with my whole hert I sayde after this maner The IX Chapter O God of my fathers LORDE of mercies thou y t hast made all thiÌ„ges w t y i worde ordeyned maÌ„ thorow thy wyszdome y t he shulde haue dominioÌ„ ouer y e creature which thou hast made y t he shulde ordre y e worlde acordinge to equite righteousnes execute iudgmeÌ„t w t a true hert geue me wyszdome which is euer aboute y e seate put me not out froÌ„ amoÌ„ge y e children for I thy seruaunt sonne of y e handmayden am a feble personne of a shorte tyme and to yoÌ„ge to the vnderstandinge of iudgment and y e lawes And though a man be neuer so parfecte amonge the children of men yet yf thy wyszdome be not with him he shal be nothinge regarded But thou hast chosen me to be a kynge vnto y e people and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters Thou hast coÌ„maunded me to buylde a temple vpon y e holy mount an aulter in the cite wherin thou dwellest a licknesse of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared froÌ„ the beginnynge and thy wyszdome with y e which knoweth y e workes which also was w t y e whan thou maydest y e worlde knew what was acceptable in thy sight right in thy commaundementes O sende her out of thy holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiesty that she maye be with me laboure with me that I maye knowe what is acceptable in y e sight For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shal lede me soberly in my workes and preserue me in hir power So shal my workes be acceptable then shal I gouerne thy people righteously be worthy to syt in my fathers seate For what man is he that maye knowe the councell of God Or who can thinke what the will of God is For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable oure forecastes are but vncertayne And why a mortall and corruptible body is heuy vnto the soule and the earthy mansion kepeth downe the vnderstandinge y t museth vpon many thinges Very hardly
can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth and greate labo r haue we or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes Who will then seke out the groūde of the thinges that are done in heauē Oh LORDE who cā haue knowlege of y e vnderstandinge and meaninge excepte thou geue wyszdome and sende thy holy goost frō aboue that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed y t men maye lerne y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the and be preserued thorow wyszdome The X. Chapter WYszdome preserued y e first mā whō God made a father of the worlde whā he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke him out of the moulde of y e earth gaue him power to rule all thinges Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his wrath from this wyszdome y e brotherheade perished thorow y e wrath of murthur Agayne whā y e water destroyed y e whole worlde wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Morouer whā wickednes had gotten y e vpperhande so y t the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knewe y e righteous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercy for his children She preserued the righteous whan he fled from the vngodly y t perished what tyme as y e fyre fell downe vpon y e v. cities Like as yet this daye the vnfrutefull waist and smokinge lōde geueth testimony of their wickednesse yee the vnripe and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a tokē of a remembraunce of the vnfaithfull soule there standeth a piler of salt For all soch as regarded not wyszdome gat not only this hurte that they knewe not the thinges which were good but also left behinde them vnto mē a memoriall of their foolishnes so y t in the thinges wherin they synned they coude not be hydd But as for soch as take hede vnto wyszdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe Whan the righteous fled because of his brothers wrath wyszdome led him the right waye shewed him y e kyngdome of God gaue him knowlege of holy thinges made him riche in his laboures and brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute In y e disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him she stode by him made him ryche She saued him from the enemies and defended him from y e disceauers She made him stronge in battayll and gaue him the victory y t he might knowe how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges Whan the righteous was solde she forsoke him not but delyuered him frō synners She wente downe with him in to the dongeon and fayled him not in the bandes tyll she had brought him the cepter of y e realme and power agaynst those that oppressed him As for them that had accused him she declared them to be lyers brought him to perpetuall worshipe She delyuered the righteous people and fautlesse sede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred in to the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge She gaue y e righteous the rewarde of their labours led them forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a light of starres in the night season She brought them thorow the reed see and caried them thorow the greate water She drowned their enemies in the see and brought them out of the depe So the righteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name o LORDE and magnified thy victorious hād with one acorde For wyszdome openeth the mouth of y e domme maketh y e tonges of babes to speake The XI Chapter SHe ordred their workes in the hādes of the holy prophet so y t they wente thorow y e wyldernes y t was not inhabited pitched their tētes in y e waist deserte They stode agaynst their enemies were auenged of their aduersaries Whā they were thirstie they called vpō y e water was geuē them out of y e rok their thirst slockened out of y e harde stone For by y e thinges where thorow their enemies were punished were they helped in their nede For vnto the enemies thou gauest mās bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y e rebuke whan the children were slayne thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for declaringe by the thyrst y t was at that tyme how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono r slaye their aduersaries For whan they were tryed nourtured w t fatherly mercy they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged and punyshed thorow y e wrath of God These hast thou exorted as a father proued thē but vnto y e other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge layed hard to their charge condēned thē Whether they were absent or present their punyshmēt was alyke For their grefe was dubble namely mournynge and y e remēbraunce of thinges past But whā they perceaued y t their punishmētes dyd thē good they thought vpon the LORDE wondered at y e ende For at the last they helde moch of him of whō in y e out castinge they thought scorne as of an abiecte Neuerthelesse y e righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie but euenlike as y e thoughtes of y e foolish were so was also their wickednes Where as certayne mē now thorow erro r dyd worshipe dommeserpentes vayne beestes thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce y t they might knowe that loke where withall a mā synneth by the same also shal he be punyshed For vnto thy allmighty hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or woode lyōs or cruell beastes of a straūge kynde soch as are vnknowne or spoute fyre or cast out a smokinge breth or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes which might not only destroye them with hurtinge but also kyll them with their horrible sight Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their awne workes and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nōbre weight For thou hast euer had greate strēgth might who maye withstōde y e power of thine arme And why like as y e small thynge y t y e balaunce weyeth so is y e worlde before y e yee as a droppe of y e morninge dew that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of mē because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thinges that are and hatest none of thē whō thou hast made nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of
but durst go in to the most holy temple Menelaus that traytoure to y e lawes to his owne naturall countre beynge his gyde with his wicked hondes toke y e holy vessell which other kynges cities had geuen thither for y e garnishinge hono of y e place thē toke he in his hōdes vnworthely defyled them So madd was Antiochus that he considered not how that God was a litle wroth for the synnes of them that dwelt in the cite for the which soch confucion came vpon that place And why yf it had not happened them to haue bene lapped in many synnes this Antiochus as soone as he had come had sodenly bene punished and shot out for his presumpciō like as Heliodorus was whom Seleucus the kynge sente to robbe y e treasury Neuertheles God hath not chosen the people for the places sake but the place for the peoples sake and therfore is the place become partaker of the peoples trouble but afterwarde shall it enioye the wealth of them And like as it is now forsaken in the wrath of allmighty God so when the greate God is reconcyled it shal be set vp in hye worshipe agayne So when Antiochus had taken a M. and viij C. talentes out of the temple he gat him to Antioche in all the haist thinkinge in his pryde that he might make mē sale vpon the drye londe and to go vpon y e see soch an hye mynde had he He lefte debites there to vexe the people At Ierusalem left he Philippe a Phrigian in maners more cruell thē himself y t set him there At Garisim he left Andronicus Menelaus which were more greuous to the citisyns then other Now as he was thus set in malyce agaynst y e Iewes he sent Appollonius an hated prynce w t xxij M. cōmaundinge him to slaye all those y t were of perfecte age and to sell the womē maydes children When he came now to Ierusalem he fained peace kepte him still vntill y e Sabbath daye And then he cōmaunded his men to take them to their weapens for y e Iewes kepte holy daye and so he slewe all them y t were gone forth to the open playe runninge here and there thorow the cite with his men wapened and murthured a greate nombre But Iudas Machabeus which was the tenth fled into the wyldernesse led his life there with his company amonge the wylde beestes and vpon the mountaynes dwellinge there and eatinge grasse lest they shulde be partakers of the fylthynesse The VI. Chapter NOt longe after this sent the kynge a messaunger of Antioche for to compell y e Iewes to altre y e ordinaunces of y e fathers the lawe of God to defyle the temple y t was at Ierusalem to call it the tēple of Iupiter Olimpius y t they shulde be in Gazarim as those which dwell at y e place of Iupiter the harberous This wicked sediciō of y e vngodly was heuy vpon all y e people For y e temple was full of voluptuousnes bebbinge bollinge of y e Heithē of ribaudes harlottes together The womē wente in to y e holy place bare in that was not laufull The aulter also was full of vnlaufull thinges which y e lawe forbyddeth to laye vpō it The Sabbathes were not kepte the other solempne feastes of y e londe were not regarded To be plaine there durst no mā be a knowne that he was a Iewe. In the daye of the kynges byeth they were compelled perforce to offre when y e feast of Bachus was kepte they were cōstrayned to weere garlandes of yven and so to go aboute for the honoure of Bachus Morouer thorow the councell of Ptolomy there wente out a commaundement in y e nexte cities of the Heithen y t they shulde intreate the Iewes in like maner namely to cōpell thē for to do sacrifice after y e lawes of y e Gentiles and who so wolde not to put them to death A piteous thinge was it to se. There were ij women accused to haue circumcided their sonnes whom when they had led rounde aboute the cite the babes hanginge at their brestes they cast them downe headlinges ouer the walles Some y t were crepte in to dennes and had kepte the Sabbath were accused vnto Philippe and brent in the fyre because that for the feare of God they kepte the commaūdement so stiffly and wolde not defende them selues Now I beseke all those which reade this boke that they refuse it not for these falles of aduersite iudge the thinges y t are happened for no destruccion but for a chastenynge of o people And why Whē God suffreth not synners longe to folowe their owne mynde but shortly punysheth them it is a tokē of his greate louynge kyndnes For this grace haue we of God more then other people y t he suffreth not vs longe to synne vnpunyshed like other nacions that when the daye of iudgment commeth he maye punysh thē in the fulnes of their synnes Yf we synne he correcketh vs but he neuer withdraweth his mercy frō vs though he punysh w t aduersite yeth doth he neuer forsake his people But let this that we haue spokē now w t few wordes be for a warninge exortaciō of y e Heithē Now wil we come to the declaringe of the matter Eleazar one of y e principall scribes an aged mā of a welfauored coūtenaūce was cōstrained to gape w t opē mouth to eate swynes flesh But he desyringe rather to dye gloriously thē to liue w t shame offred himself willīgly to y e martirdome Now whē he sawe y t he must nedes go to it he toke it paciētly for he was at a poynte w t himself y t he wolde consente to no vnlaufull thynge for eny pleasure of life They y t stode by beynge moued w t pyte but not a right for y e olde frendshipe of the man toke him asyde priuely and prayed him y t he wolde let soch flesh be brought him as were laufull to eate thē to make a coūtenaūce as though he had eaten of y e flesh of y e sacrifice like as the kynge commaunded for so he might be delyuered from death so for the olde frendshipe of y e man they shewed him this kindnes But he beganne to considre his discrete and honorable age his noble and worshipfull stocke and how y t frō his youth vp he had bene of an honest and good conuersacion yee how constantly he had kepte y e ordinaunces and lawes commaūded by God wherfore he gaue them this answere and sayde Yet had I rather first be layed in my graue For it becommeth not myne age sayde he in eny wyse to dyssemble wherby many yonge personnes might thinke that Eleazar beinge lxxx yeare olde and ten were now gone to a straunge life and so thorow myne ypocrisy for a litle tyme of a transitory life they
is he then his sonne Now whyle all the people gaue audience he sayde vnto his disciples Bewarre of the scrybes which wyl go in longe garmentes and loue to be saluted vpon the market and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges and at the table They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge These shal receaue the greater daÌ„nacion The XXI Chapter ANd he loked vp and behelde y e riche how they put in their offerynges in to the Gods chest He sawe also a poore wedowe which put in two mytes and he sayde Verely I saye vnto you This poore wedowe hath put in more theÌ„ they all For these all haue of their excesse put in vnto the offerynge of God but she of hir pouerte hath put in all hir lyuynge that she had And whaÌ„ some spake of the temple that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels he saide The time shal come wher in of all this that ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon another which shal not be broken downe They axed him and sayde Master whaÌ„ shal these be and what shal be the token whan these shal come to passe He sayde Take hede that ye be not disceaued For many shal come in my name and saye I am he the tyme is come hard by Folowe them not But whan ye heare of warres and insurreccions be not ye afrayed for soch must come to passe but the ende is not yet there so soone Then sayde he vnto them One people shal ryse agaynst another and one realme ageynst another shal be greate earthquakes here and there pestilence and derth and fearfull thinges And greate tokeÌ„s shal there be froÌ„ heaueÌ„ But before all these they shal laye handes vpon you and persecute you and delyuer you vp in to their synagoges and presons and brynge you before kynges prynces for my names sake But this shal happen vnto you for a wytnesse Be at a poynt therfore in youre hertes that ye take no thought how ye shal answere for I wil geue you mouth wyszdome â—gaynst the which all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake ner to resist But ye shal be delyuered vp euen of youre elders brethren kynszfolkes and frendes and some of you shal they put vnto death and ye shal be hated of euery man for my names sake and yet shal not one hayre of youre heade perishe Holde fast youre soules with pacience But whan ye shal se Ierusalem beseged with an hoost then vnderstonde that the desolacion of it is nye Then let them which be in Iewry flye vnto the mountaynes â–ª â—nd let soch as be in the myddest therof departe out and let soch as be in the countrees not come therin For these are the dayes of vengeaunce that euery thinge which is wrytten maye be fulfilled But wo vnto them that are with childe and to them that geue sucke in those dayes for there shal be greate trouble vpon earth and wrath ouer this people and they shal fall thorow the edge of the swerde and be led captyue amoÌ„ge all nacions And IerusaleÌ„ shal be troden downe of the Heithen â–ª vntyll the tyme of the Heithen be fulfilled And there shal be tokens in the Sonne and Mone and starres and vpon earth the people shal be in soch perplexite that they shal not tell which waye to turne them selues And the see and the waters shal roare and men shal pyne awaye for feare and for lokynge after the thinges which shal come vpoÌ„ earth For euen the very powers of heauen shal moue And then shal they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloude with power and greate glory But whan these thinges begynne to come to passe theÌ„ loke vp and lift vpp youre heades for youre redempcion draweth nye And he tolde them a symilitude Beholde the fygge tre and all tre trees whaÌ„ they now shute forth their buddes ye se by them and perceaue that Sommer is now at hande So likewyse ye whan ye se all these thinges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nye Verely I saye vnto you This generacioÌ„ shal not passe tyll all be fulfilled Heauen and earth shal passe but my wordes shal not passe But take hede vnto youre selues that yo hertes be not ouerladeÌ„ with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes and with takinge of thought for lyuynge and so this daye come vpoÌ„ you vnawares For as a snare shal it come on all them that dwell vpon earth Watch therfore coÌ„tynually and praye that ye maye be worthy to escape all this that shal come to stoÌ„de before y e sonne of man And on the daye tyme he taught in the temple but in the night season he wente out and abode all night vpon mount Oliuete And all the people gat them vp early vnto him in the temple for to heare him The XXII Chapter THe feast of swete bred which is called Easter drue nye And y e hye presstes and Scrybes sought how they might put him to death and were afrayed of the people But Satan was entred in to Iudas named Iscarioth which was of y e nombre of y e twolue and he weÌ„te his waye and talked with the hye prestes and with y e officers how he wolde betraye him vnto them And they were glad and promysed to geue him money And he coÌ„sented sought oportunite y t he might betraye hiÌ„ without eny rumoure Then came y e daye of swete bred wherin the Easter lambe must be offered And he sent Peter and Ihon and sayde Go youre waye prepare vs the Easter lambe that we maye eate But they sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare it He saide vnto them Beholde whaÌ„ ye come in to y e cite there shal mete you a man bearinge a pitcher of water folowe him in to the house y t he entreth in and saye vnto the good man of the house The master sendeth y e worde Where is y e gesthouse wherin I maye eate the Easter laÌ„be with my disciples And he shal shewe you a greate parlour paued They wente their waye and founde as he had sayde vnto them and made ready the Easter lambe And whan the houre came he sat him downe and the twolue Apostles with him and he sayde vnto them I haue hertely desyred to â—ate this Easter laÌ„be with you before I suffre For I saye vnto you that hence forth I wil eate nomore therof tyll it be fulfilled in the kyngdome of God And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuyde it amonge you For I laye vnto you I wil not drynke of the frute of y e vyne vntyll the kyngdome of God come And he toke the bred gaue thankes and brake it and gaue it them and sayde This is my body which shal be geuen for you This do
of the prophetes the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayenge Good brethren yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people saye on Then stode Paul vp and beckened with the hande that they shulde holde their peace and sayde Yemen of Israel and ye that feare God herkeÌ„ to The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people whan they were straungers in the loÌ„de of Egipte and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it And by the space of fortye yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Canaan and parted their londe amonge them by lott After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares vnto the prophet Samuel And after that they desyred a kynge and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin fortye yeares longe And whan he had put him downe he set vp Dauid to be their kynge of whom he reported sayenge I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my hert he shal fulfyll all my wyll Of this mans sede hath God acordinge to the promesse broughte forth vnto the people of Israel y e Sauioure Iesus whan Ihon had first preached before his coÌ„mynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course he sayde I am not he that ye take me for But beholde there commeth one after me whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse Ye men and brethren ye children of the generacion of Abraham and they that feare God amonge you vnto you is y e worde of this saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers for somoch as they knewe him not ner yet the voyces of the prophetes which are red euery Sabbath haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him And though they founde no cause of death in him yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him And whan they had fulfylled all that was wrytten of him they toke him downe from the tre and layed him in a sepulcre But on y e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed and he appeared many dayes vnto theÌ„ that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we also declare vnto you y e promes which was made vnto oure fathers how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children in y t he raysed vp Iesus agayne As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. But that he hath raysed him vp froÌ„ the deed now nomore to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse The grace promysed to Dauid wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you Therfore sayeth he also in another place Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose corrupcion For Dauid whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God he fell a slepe and was layed by his fathers sawe corrupcion But he whoÌ„ God raysed vp agayne sawe no corrupcion Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethreÌ„ y t thorow this man is preached vnto you y e forgeuenesse of synnes and froÌ„ all y e thinges wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses But whosoeuer beleueth on this man is iustifyed Bewarre therfore that it come not vpon you which is spoken in the prophetes Beholde ye despysers and wonder at it and perishe for I do a worke in youre tyme which ye shal not beleue yf eny man tell it you Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge the Heythen besoughte them y t they wolde speake y e worde vnto them betwene the Sabbath dayes And whaÌ„ the coÌ„gregacion of the synagoge was broken vp many Iewes and Proselites y t serued God folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exorted them that they shulde contynue in the grace of God On y e Sabbath folowinge came almost the whole cite together to heare the worde of God But whan the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul speakinge agaynst it blasphemynge But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde and sayde It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you but now that ye thrust it froÌ„ you and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life lo we turne to the Gentyles For so hath the LORDE coÌ„maunded vs I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y e Gentyles y t thou be y e Saluacion vnto the ende of the earth Whan the Gentyles herde that they were glad and praysed the worde of the LORDE and beleued eueÌ„ as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life And the worde of y e LORDE was spred abrode thorow out all the region Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen and the chefemen of the citie and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them and came to Iconium And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost The XIIII Chapter IT fortuned at Iconium that they weÌ„te both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes and spake so that a greate multitude of the Iewes of the Grekes beleued But the vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the soules of the HeytheÌ„ agaynst the brethreÌ„ So they had their beynge there a loÌ„ge season and quyte themselues boldly in the LORDE which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded some helde w t the Iewes and some with the Apostles But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the HeytheÌ„ and of y e Iewes and of their rulers to put them to shame and to stone theÌ„ they perceaued it and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of y e countre of Licaoniâ—â— and vnto y e region that lyeth rounde aboute and there they preached the Gospell And amonge them of Lystra there was a man which sat beynge impotent of his fete and was crepell froÌ„ his mothers wombâ— and had neuer walked the same herde Paul speake And whan he behelde him and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole he sayde w t a loude voyce Stonde vprighte on thy fete And he sprange vp and walked But whan the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyce and sayde in y e speache of Lycaonia The goddes are become like vnto men and are come downe vnto vs. And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher But Iupiters prest which dwelâ— before their cite broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people Whan y e Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and
where he sayeth Aboute this tyme wyl I come and Sara shal haue a sonne Howbeit it is not so with this onely but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one namely by oure father Isaac or euer the childrē were borne had done nether good ner bad that the purpose of God might stōde acordinge to the eleccion not by the deseruynge of workes but by the grace of the caller it was sayde thus vnto her The greater shal serue the lesse As it is wrytten Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated What shal we saye then Is God then vnrighteous God forbyd For he sayeth vnto Moses I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue cōpassion on whō I haue compassion So lyeth it not then in eny mans wyll or runnynge but in the mercy of God For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao For this cause haue I stered the vp euen to shewe my power on the that my name mighte be declared in all lōdes Thus hath he mercy on whom he wyl and whom he wyl he hardeneth Thou wilt saye then vnto me Why blameth he vs yet For who can resiste his will O thou man who art thou that disputest with God Sayeth the worke to his workman Why hast thou made me on this fashion Hath not the potter power out of one lompe of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure and another vnto dishonoure Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath and to make his power knowne he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath which are ordeyned to damnacion that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on y e vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glorye whom he hath called namely vs not onely of the Iewes but also of the Gentyles As he sayeth also by Osee I wil call that my people which is not my people and my beloued which is not y e beloued And it shal come to passe in y e place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people there shal they be called the children of the lyuynge God But Esay crieth ouer Israel Though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal there but a remnaunt be saued For there is the worde that fynisheth and shorteneth in righteousnes for a shorte worde shal God make vpon earth And as Esay sayde before Excepte the LORDE of Sabbaoth had lefte vs fede we shulde haue bene as Sodoma and like vnto Gomorra What shal we saye then This wil we saye The Heythen which folowed not righteousnes haue ouertaken righteousnes but I speake of the righteousnes that commeth of faith Agayne Israel folowed the lawe of righteousnes and attayned not vnto the lawe of righteousnes Why so Euen because they soughte it not out of faith but as it were out of the deseruynge of workes For they haue stombled at the stomblinge stone As it is wrytten Beholde I laye in Sion a stone to stōble at and a rocke to be offended at and who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded The X. Chapter BRethren my hertes desyre prayer vnto God for Israel is that they might be saued For I beare them recorde that they are zelous for Gods cause but not w t vnderstondinge For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes that is off value before God For Christ is the ende of the lawe vnto righteousnes for euery one y t beleueth Moses wryteth of y e righteousnes which commeth of the lawe that the man which doth y e same shal lyue therin But y e righteousnes which cōmeth of faith speaketh on this wyse Saye not in thine hert Who wil go vp in to heauē that is nothinge els then to fetch Christ downe Or who wyl go downe in to y e depe that is nothinge els thē to fetch vp Christ from the deed But what sayeth the scripture The worde is nye the euen in thy mouth and in thine hert This is y e worde of faith y t we preach For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy mouth that he is the LORDE and beleuest in thine hert that God hath raysed him vp from the deed thou shalt be saued For yf a man beleue from the hert he shal be made righteous and yf a mā knowlege with the mouth he shal be saued For the scripture sayeth Who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded Here is no difference nether of the Iewe ner of the Gentyle For one is LORDE of all which is riche vnto all y t call vpō him * For who so euer shal call vpon the name of the LORDE shal be saued But how shal they call vpō him on whō they beleue not How shal they beleue on him of whō they haue not herde How shal they heare without a preacher But how shal they preach excepte they be sent As it is wryttē How beutyfull are the fete of thē y t preach peace y t brynge good tidinges But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell For Esaye sayeth LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge So thē faith cōmeth by hearynge but hearinge cōmeth by the worde of God But I saye Haue they not herde No doute their sounde wēte out in to all londes and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde But I saye Hath not Israel knowne First Moses sayeth I wil prouoke you to enuye by them that are not my people by a foolish nacion wyl I anger you Esaye after him is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that sought me not haue appeared vnto them that axed not after me But vnto Israel he sayeth All the daye lōge haue I stretched forth my handes vnto a people y t beleueth not but speaketh agaynst me The XI Chapter I Saye then Hath God thrust out his people God forbyd for I also am an Israelite of the sede of Abraham out of the trybe of Ben Iamin God hath not thrust out his people whom he knewe before Or wote ye not what the scripture sayeth of Elias how he maketh intercession vnto God agaynst Israel and sayeth LORDE they haue slayne thy prophetes dydged downe thine altares and I am lefte ouer onely and they seke my life But what sayeth the answere of God vnto him I haue reserued vnto me seuen thousande men which haue not bowed their knee before Baal Euē so goeth it now at this tyme also w t this remnaunt after y e eleccion of grace Yf it be done of grace thē is it not of deseruynge els were grace no grace But yf it be of deseruynge then is grace nothinge els were deseruynge no deseruynge What thē Israel hath not optayned y t which he soughte but the eleccion hath optayned it As for y e other they are blynded As
thy fylthy nakednes do not apere anoynt thine eyes with eye salue y t thou mayste se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasten Be feruent therfore and repent Beholde I stonde at the doore knocke Yf eny man heare my voyce and vpen the dore I wil come in vnto him and will suppe with him he with me To him that ouercoÌ„mth will I grauÌ„te to sytt with me on my seate eueÌ„ as I ouercam and haue sytteÌ„ with my father on his seate Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s The IIII. Chapter AFter this I loked and beholde a dore was open in heaueÌ„ and the fyrste voyce which I harde was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me which sayde come vp hydder and I wil shewe the thinges which must be fulfylled her after And immediatly I was in the sprete beholde a seate was set in heauen and one sat on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon like vnto a iaspar stone and a sardyne stone And there was a rayne bowe aboute the seate in syght like to a Smaragde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpon the seates xxiiij elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde And out of y e seate proceded lightnynges and thundrynges voyces and there wer seuen laÌ„pes of fyre burninge before the seate which are the seuen spretes of God And before the seate there wasâ—â— see of glasse like vnto crystall and in the mydes off the seate and rounde aboute the seate were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde And the first beest was like a lion the seconde beest like a calfe and the thyrde beest had a face as a man and the fourth beest was like a flyenge egle And the foure beestes had eche one off them vj. wynges aboute him and they were full of eyes with in And they had no rest daye nether night sayenge * holy holy holy is the LORDE God almyghty which was and is and is to come And when those beestes gaue glory and honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate which lyueth for euer and euer y e xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sat on the trone and worshipped him y t lyueth for euer and cast their crounes before y e trone sayenge thou art worthy LORDE to receaue glory and hono r and power for thou hast created all thinges and for thy willes sake they are and were created The V. Chapter ANd I sawe in the right hoÌ„de of him that sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in on the backside sealed with seueÌ„ seales And I sawe a stroÌ„ge angell preachinge with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales therof And no maÌ„ in heaueÌ„ ner in earth nether vnder y e earth was able to opeÌ„ y e boke nether to loke thereon And I wepte moch because no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke nether to loke thereon And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde the lyon which is off the trybe of Iuda y e rote of Dauid hath obtayned to opeÌ„ the boke and to lowse the seueÌ„ seales therof And I behelde lo in the myddes of the seate and of y e foure beastes and in the myddes of y e elders stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled which had seuen hornes and seueÌ„ eyes which are the seueÌ„ spretes of God sent in to all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the right hoÌ„de of him that sat vpon the seate And when he had taken the boke the foure beestes and the xxiiij elders fell downe before the lambe hauinge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures which are y e prayers of the sayntes and they songe a newe songe saynge thou art worthy to take the boke to opeÌ„ the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redemed vs by thy bloud out of all kynreddes and toÌ„ges and people and nacions hast made vs vnto o r God kynges and prestes and we shal raygne on y e earth And I behelde and I herd the voyce of many angilles aboute the trone and aboute the beestes and y e elders and I herde thousand thousandes sayenge with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receaue power and riches wiszdome and strength and honoure and glory and blessynge And all creatures which are in heaueÌ„ on the earth vnder the earth in the see all y t are in theÌ„ herd I sayenge blessinge honoure glory power be vnto him y t sytteth vpoÌ„ the seate and vnto the laÌ„be for euermore And the foure beestes saide AmeÌ„ And y e xxiiij elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped him that lyueth for euermore The VI. Chapter ANd I sawe when the laÌ„be opened one of the seales I herde one of the foure beestes saye as it wer the noyse off thonder come and se. And I sawe and beholde there was a whyte horsse and he y t sat on him had a bowe and a crowne was geuen vnto him and he went forth conquerynge and for to ouercome And wheÌ„ he opened the seconde seale I herde the seconde beeste saye come and se. And there went out another horsse that was reed power was geuen to him that sat there on to take peace from the earth and that they shulde kyll one another And there was geueÌ„ vnto him a gret swearde And when he opened the thyrde seale I herde the thyrde beeste saye come se. And I behelde and lo a blacke horsse and he that sate on him had a payre of balances in his honde And I herde a voyce in the myddes of the foure beastes saye a measure of whete for a peny and thre measures of barly for a peny and oyle and wyne se thou hurte not And when he opened the fourth seale I herde the voyce of the fourthe beaste saye come and se. And I loked and beholde a pale horsse and his name that sat on him was deeth and hell folowed after him power was geueÌ„ vnto them ouer the fourthe parte of the earth to kyll with swearde and w t honger and with deeth of the vermen of the earth And when he opened the fyfte seale I sawe vnder the aultre the soules of them y t were kylled for the worde of God and for y e testimony which they had and they cryed with a lowde voyce sayeÌ„ge How loÌ„ge tariest thou LORDE holy and true to iudge to auenge oure bloude on them that dwell on the earth And longe whyte garmentes were geuen vnto euery one of them And it was sayde vnto them that they shulde reste for a lyttle season vntyll the nomber of their felowes and brethreÌ„ and of them that shulde be killed as they were were fulfilled And I behelde when he
thou sawest where y e whore sytteth are people and folke and nacions and tonges And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beest are they that shal hate the whore and shal make her desolate and naked and shall eate hir fleszhe and burne her with fyre For God hath put in their hertes to fulfill his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue hir kyngdome vnto the beest vntill the wordes of God be fulfylled And the womā which thou sawest is that greate cite which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth The XVIII Chapter ANd after that I sawe another angel come downe frō heauē hauinge greate power and y e earth was lyghtned with his bryghtnes And he cryed mightely with a stronge voyce sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euen greate Babilon and is become the habitacion of deuels and y e holde of all fowle spretes and a cage of all vncleane and hatefull byrdes for all naciōs haue dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her whordome And the kynges of the earth haue committed fornicacion with her and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundaunce of her pleasures And I herde another voyce from heauen saye come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her synnes lest ye receaue of her plages For her synnes are gone vp to heauen and the LORDE hath remembred her wyckednes Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her dubble acordinge to her workes And poure in dubble to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly so moch poure ye in for her of punyszhmēt and sorowe for she sayeth in her herte I syt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shall se no sorowe Therfore shal her plages come at one daye death and sorowe and honger and she shal be brēt with fyre for stronge is the LORDE God which shal iudge her And the kynges of the earth shal bewepe her and wayle ouer her which haue committed fornicacion and lyued wantanly with her when they shal se the smoke of her burnynge and shal stonde a farre of for feare of her punyszhment sayenge Alas Alas that greate cite Babylon that mighty cite For at one houre is thy iudgment come And the marchauntes off the earth shall wepe and wayle in them selues because no man will bye their ware eny more the ware of golde and syluer and of precious stones off pearle sylke and purple and skarlet all Thynen wod and all manner vessels of yuery and all manner vessels of most precious wod and of brasse and of yron synomom and odours and oyntmentes and frank ynsence and wyne and oyle and fyne floure and wheate and catell and shepe and horses and charrettes and bodies and soules of men And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from the. And all thinges which were deyntie and had in pryce are departed from the and thou shalt fynde them no more The marchauntes of these thinges which were wexed ryche by her shall stonde afarre of for feare of the punyszhment of her wepynge and waylinge and sayenge alas alas that greate cite that was clothed in sylke and purple and scarlet and decked with golde and precious stone and pearles for at one houre so greate ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouerner and all they that occupie shippes and shippmen which worke in the see stode a farre of and cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnynge and sayde what cite is like vnto this greate cite And they cast dust on their heades and cryed wepynge and waylinge and sayde Alas Alas the greate cite wher in were made ryche all that had shippes in the see by the reason of her wares for at one houre is she made desolate Reioyce ouer her thou heauē and ye holy Apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen youre iudgmēt on her And a mighty angell toke vp a greate stone lyke a mylstone and cast it in to the see sayenge with suche violēce shal that greate cite Babylon be cast and shal be founde nomore And the voyce of harpers and musicions and of pypers and trompetters shal be herde no more in the and no craftes man of what soeuer craft he be shal be founde eny more in the and the sounde of a myll shal be herde no more in the and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shal be herde nomore in the for thy marchauntes were prynces of the earth And with thyne inchaūtment were deceaued all nacions and in her was founde the bloude of the prophetes and of the sayntes and of all that were slayne vpō the earth The XIX Chapter ANd after that I herde the voyce of moch people in heauen sayenge Alleluia Saluacion and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the LORDE o r God for true and righteous are his iudgmentes because he hath iudged the greate whore which did corrupt y e earth with her fornicacion and hath auenged the bloud of his seruaūtes of her hond And agayne they sayde Alleluia And smoke rose vp for euermore And y e xxiiij elders the foure beestes fell downe and worshipped God that sat on the seate sayenge Amen Alleluia And a voice came out of the seate sayenge prayse o r LORDE God all ye that are his seruaūtes 〈◊〉 that feare him both small and greate And I herde the voyce of moch people 〈◊〉 y e voyce of many waters as y e voyce of stronge thondrynges sayenge Alleluia for God omnipotent raigneth Let vs be glad and reioyce and geue honour to him for the mariage of the lābe is come and his wife made her selfe ready And to her was graunted that she shulde be arayed with pure and goodly sylke As for the sylke it is the rightewesnes of sayntes And he sayde vnto me Blessed are they which are called vnto the Lambes supper And he sayde vnto me these are the true sayenges of God And I fell at his fete to worshippe him And he sayde vnto me Se thou do it not For I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brethren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus Worshippe God For the testimony of Iesus is y e sprete of prophesy And I sawe heauē open beholde a whyte horss◠and he y t sat vpon him was called 〈◊〉 and true in rightewesnes dyd 〈…〉 make battayle His eyes were 〈…〉 fyre and on his heade were 〈…〉 he had a name wrytten 〈…〉 but him selfe And he was 〈…〉 vesture dipt in bloude and his name is called y e worde of God And y e warriers which were in heauen folowed him vpon whyte horsses clothed with whyte and pure sylke and out of his mouthe wante a sharppe swerde that with it he shulde smyte the Heithen And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefatte of the fearcenesse
called the cite which he buylded after y e name of Semer y e owner of y e mount of Samaria And Amri dyd that which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE and was worse then all they that were before him and walked in all y e wayes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities What more there is to saye of Amri all that he dyd and his power that he exercysed beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Amri slepte with his fathers was buried in Samaria and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge ouer Israel raigned ouer Israel at Samaria two twentie yeare dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE more thē all they y t were before him And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife and wente and serued Baal and worshiped him And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in Baals house which he buylded him in Samaria and made a groue so that Achab dyd more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath then all the kynges y t were before him in Israel At y e same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde Iericho It cost him his first sonne Abiram y t he layed y e foundacion his yongest sonne Segub y t he set vp the portes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XVII Chapter ANd Elias y e Theszbite one of the inhabiters of Gilead saide vnto Achab As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth whose seruaunt I am there shal nether rayne ner dew come this yeare excepte I speake it And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him and sayde Get the hence and turne the towarde the east and hyde the bythe ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane and thou shalt drynke of the ryuer and I haue commaunded the rauens that they shal fede the there He departed and dyd acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and wente his waye and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane And the rauēs broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge and in the euenynge and he dranke of the ryuer And it fortuned after cerayne dayes that the riuer was dryed vp for there was no rayne in the lōde Then came y e worde of y e LORDE vnto him and sayde Get y e vp and go vnto Sarepta which lieth by Sidō for there haue I commaunded a wedowe to make prouysion for the. And he gat him vp and wente vnto Sarepta And whan he came to the gate of y e cite beholde the wedowe was there and gathered stickes And he called her and sayde Fetch me a litle water in a vessell y t I maye drinke And as she was goinge to fetch it he cried vnto her sayde Brynge me a morsell of bred also in thine hande She sayde As truly as the LORDE y e God lyueth I haue no bred but an handfull of floure in a pitcher a curtesy oyle in a cruse and beholde I haue gathered vp one or two stickes wyll go and prepare it for me and my sonne that we maye eate and dye Elias sayde vnto her Feare not go thy waye do as thou hast sayde yet make me first a morsell of bred therof brynge it me forth afterwarde shalt thou make it for y e thy sonne For thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent the oyle in y e cruse shall not fayll vnto the daye y t the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpō earth She wente dyd as Elias sayde And he ate she also and hir house a certayne season The meel in the pitcher was not mynished and the oyle in the cruse fayled not acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake by Elias And after these actes the sonne of the wife of y e house was sicke and his sicknes was so exceadinge sore that there remayned no breth in him And she sayde vnto Elias What haue I to do with the thou man of God Art thou come in vnto me y t my synne shulde be kepte in remembraunce that my sonne shulde be slayne He sayde vnto her Geue me thy sonne And he toke him frō hir lappe caried him vp in to y e chamber where he himselfe dwelt and layed him vpō his bed called vpon the LORDE and sayde O LORDE my God hast thou dealt so euell w t the wedow with whom I dwell y t thou woldest slaye hir sonne And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes called vpon the LORDE and saide O LORDE my God let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him And the LORDE herde the voyce of Elias And the soule of the childe came agayne vnto him he reuyued And Elias toke the childe and broughte him downe from the chamber in to the house and delyuered him vnto his mother and sayde Beholde thy sonne lyueth And the woman sayde vnto Elias Now knowe I that thou are a man of God that the worde of the LORDE is in thy mouth of a trueth The XVIII Chapter ANd after a longe season came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare sayde Go thy waye shewe y e selfe vnto Achab y t I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth ī Samaria And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer As for Abdia he feared y e LORDE greatly for whā Iesabel roted out y e prophetes of y e LORDE Abdia toke an C. prophetes and hyd them in caues here fiftye there fiftye prouyded for them w t bred and water Achab now sayde vnto Abdia Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water ryuers yf happlye we maye finde hay to saue y e horses mules y t all the catell perishe not And they parted thē selues in to the londe to go thorow it Achab departed the one waye alone and Abdia y e other waye alone Now whan Abdia was on y e waye Elias met him And whan he knewe him he fell downe vpon his face sayde Art not thou my lorde Elias He sayde yee go thy waye and tell y e lorde beholde Elias is here But he sayde What haue I offended that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab that he maye slaye me As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth there is no people ner kingdome but my lorde hath sent
thither to seke the. And whan they sayde He is not here he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion that they had not founde the. And now thou sayest Go tell y e LORDE beholde Elias is here Now whan I were gone from the the sprete of the LORDE shulde take y e awaye I can not tell whither and yf I then came and tolde Achab and founde the not he shulde slaye me But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp Hath it not bene tolde my lorde what I dyd whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes of the LORDE how that I hyd an hundreth of the LORDES prophetes here fiftye and there fiftye in the caues and prouyded for them with bred and water And thou sayest now Go thy waye tell thy lorde Elias is here that he maye slaye me Elias saide As truly as y e LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stōde I wil shewe my selfe vnto him this daye Then wēte Abdia to mete Achab tolde him And Achab wēte for to mete Elias And whan Achab sawe Elias Achab sayde vnto him Art thou he that troublest Israel He sayde I trouble not Israel but it is thou and thy fathers house because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE and walke after Baal Go to sende forth now and gather me all Israel together vnto mount Carmell and the foure hundreth and fiftye prophetes of Baal and the foure hundreth prophetes of y e groue which eate of Iesabels table So Achab sent vnto all the children of Israel gathered the prophetes together vnto mount Carmell Then stepte Elias vnto all the people sayde How longe halte ye on both y e sydes Yf the LORDE be God thē walke after him but yf Baal be he thē folowe him And the people gaue him no answere Thē sayde Elias vnto the people I onely am lefte a prophet of y e LORDE but Baals prophetes are foure C. and fiftie mē Geue vs now two bullockes let them chose one bullocke hewe him in peces laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron so wil I take y e other bullock laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron also call ye then vpō the name of yo r god I wil call vpō the name of the LORDE loke which God now answereth with fyre let the same be God And all the people answered sayde That is righte And Elias sayde vnto Baals prophetes Chose ye one bullock and do ye it first for ye are many and call ye vpon the name of youre god laye no fyre theron And they toke the bullock which he gaue them prepared it called vpon the name of Baal from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye and sayde O Baal heare vs. But there was nether voyce ner answere And they hopped aboute the altare as their vse was to do Now whan it was noone daye Elias mocked them and sayde Crye loude For he is a god peraduēture he is musynge or hath somwhat to do or is gone some iourneye or happlye he slepeth so that he wolde be waked vp And they cried loude and prouoked thē selues with knyues botkens as their maner was tyll y e bloude folowed But whan y e noone daye was past they prophecied vntyll the tyme that the meat offerynge shulde be offered there was nether voyce ner answere ner one to regarde them Then sayde Elias vnto all the people Come hither all ye people vnto me And whan all y e people came to him he repayred y e altare of the LORDE y t was broken toke twolue stones acordinge to the nombre of y e trybes of the childrē of Iacob vnto whom the worde of the LORDE spake and sayde Thy name shal be Israel and of y e stones he buylded an altare in the name of the LORDE made a pytt rounde aboute the altare like two forowes in the corne londe prepared the wod hewed y e bullock in peces and layed him vpon the wod sayde Fetch foure pitchers full of water and poured it vpō the burnt offerynge and vpon the wod And he sayde Do it yet once And they dyd it once agayne And he sayde Do it y e thirde tyme. And they dyd it the thirde tyme. And y e water ranne aboute the altare and y e pytt was full of water also And whan the tyme was to offer y e meat offerynge Elias stepte forth and sayde O LORDE God of Abraham of Isaac and of Israel let it be knowne this daye that thou art God in Israel and I thy seruaunt and that I haue done all this acordinge vnto y e worde Heare me O LORDE O heare me y t this people maye knowe how that thou art the LORDE God that thou mayest afterwarde turne their hertes Then fell downe the fyre of the LORDE and consumed the burnt offeringe the wodd the stones and the earth and licked vp the water that was in the pytt Whan all the people sawe that they fell vpon their faces and sayde The LORDE is God y e LORDE is God Elias sayde vnto them Laye handes vpon Baals prophetes y t none of them escape And they toke them And Elias broughte them downe vnto y e broke Cyson slewe thē there And Elias sayde vnto Achab Go vp eate drynke for it soundeth as though it wolde rayne sore And whan Achab wēte vp to eate drinke Elias ascēded vp to the toppe of Carmel bowed him selfe downe to the earth put his heade betwene his knees sayde vnto his lad Go vp and loke towarde the See He wente vp loked sayde There is nothinge He sayde Go agayne seuen tymes And at the seuēth tyme he sayde Beholde there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see like a mans hande He sayde Go vp and saie vnto Achab Bynde y e charet go downe y t the rayne ouertake the not And or a mā coulde turne him the heauen was blacke w t cloudes wynde there came a greate rayne But Achab rode his waie departed vnto Iesrael And the hāde of y e LORDE came vpō Elias and he gyrde his loynes ranne before Achab tyll he came vnto Iesrael The XIX Chapter ANd Achab tolde Iesabel all y t Elias had done how he had slayne all Baals prophetes w t the swerde Thē sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias sayenge The goddes do this that vnto me yf I tomorow aboute this tyme make not thy soule as one of these Then was he afrayed gat him vp wente where he wolde came vnto Berseba in Iuda and lefte his lad there But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to y e wyldernes came in sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre wyszshed vnto his soule y t he mighte dye sayde It is now ynough LORDE take my soule for I am no better then my fathers And he layed him downe slepte vnder the
pricketh the hert bringeth forth y e meanynge thought Who so casteth a stone at the byrdes frayeth them awaye he y t blasphemeth his freÌ„de breaketh y e freÌ„dshipe â–ª though thou drewest a swerde at thy frende yet dispayre not for thou mayest come agayne to y e frende Yf he speake sowerly feare not for ye maye be agreed together agayne excepte it be so that thou blaspheme him dyszdayne him opeÌ„ his secretes and wounde him tratorously for all soch thinges shal dryue awaye a frende Be faithfull vnto y e neghbo in his pouerte that thou mayest reioyse with him also in his prosperite Abyde stedfast vnto him in y e tyme of his trouble that thou maiest be heyre w t him in his heretage Like as the vapor and smoke goeth out at the ouen before y e fyre euen so euell wordes rebukes and threatenynges go before bloudsheddinge Be not ashamed to defende y i frende as for me I wyl not hyde my face from him though he shulde do me harme Who so euer heareth it shal bewarre of him Who shal set a watch before my mouth a sure seale vpon my lippes y t I fall not w t theÌ„ y t my tonge destroye me not The XXIII Chapter O LORDE father and gouernoure of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacioÌ„ councell Oh let me not fall in soch reprofe Who wyll kepe my thought with y e scourge and the doctryne of wyszdome in myne herte that he spare not myne ignoraunce that I fall not with them lest myne ignoraunces increase that myne offences be not many in nombre and that my synnes exceade not lest I fall before myne enemyes and so my aduersary reioyse O LORDE thou father God of my life leaue me not in their ymaginacion O let me not haue a proude loke but turne awaye all volupteousnes fro me Take fro me the lustes of the body let not the desyres of vnclennes take holde vpon me and geue me not ouer in to an vnshamefast and obstinate mynde Heare me o ye children I will geue you a doctryne how ye shal ordre yo r mouth who so kepeth it shal not perish thorow his lippes ner be hurt thorow wicked workes As for the synner he shal be taken in his owne vanite he that is proude and cursed shal fall therin Let not thy mouth be accustomed with swearinge for in it there are many falles Let not the namynge of God be continually in y e mouth for like as a seruaunt which is oft punyshed can not be without some sore euen so what so euer he be y t sweareth and nameth God shal not be cleane pourged froÌ„ synne A man that vseth moch swearinge shal be fylled with wickednes and the plage shall neuer go from his house Yf he begyle his brother his faute shal be vpon him yf he knowlege not his synne he maketh a dubble offence and yf he sweare in vayne he shall not be founde righteous for his house shal be full of plages The wordes of y e swearer bringeth death God graunte y t it be not founde in the house of Iacob But they y t feare God eschue all soch and lye not weltringe in synne Vse not y e mouth to vnhonest and fylthye talkynge for in it is the worde of synne Remembre y i father and thy mother whaÌ„ thou art set amonge greate men lest God forget y t in their sight and lest â—â—ou dotinge in thy custome suffre rebuke and wyshe not to haue bene borne and so curse the daye of thy natiuite The man that is accustomed with the wordes of blasphemy wyl neuer be refourmed all y e dayes of his life To synne twyse is to moch but the thirde bringeth wrath and destruccion An whote stomack can not be quenched eueÌ„ like a burnynge fyre tyll it haue swalowed vp somthiÌ„ge eueÌ„ so an vnchaste maÌ„ hath no rest in his flesh tyll he haue kyndled a fyre All bred is swete to an whoremonger he wyl not leaue of tyll he haue his purpose A man that breaketh wedlock regardeth not his soule but sayeth Tush who seyth me I am compassed aboute with darcknes the walles couer me no body seyth me whom nede I to feare The Hyest wyl not remembre my synnes He vnderstondeth not that his eyes se all thinges for all soch feare of meÌ„ dryueth awaye the feare of God from him for he feareth onely the eyes of men and considereth not that the eyes of the LORDE are clearer then the Sonne beholdinge all y e wayes of men and the grounde of the depe and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete places The LORDE God knewe all thinges or euer they were made and after they be brought to passe also he loketh vpon them all The same maÌ„ shal be opeÌ„ly punyshed in y e stretes of y e cite and shal be chased abrode like a yonge horse foale and whan he thinketh leest vpon it he shal be takeÌ„ Thus shal he be put to shame of euery man because he wolde not vnderstonde the feare of the LORDE And thus shal it go also w t euery wyfe y t leaueth hir huszbande getteth enheretaunce by a strauÌ„ge mariage First she hath bene vnfaithfull vnto the lawe of y e Hyest SecoÌ„dly she hath forsaken hir owne huszbande Thirdly she hath played y e whore in aduoutry gotteÌ„ hir childreÌ„ by another man She shal be brought out of y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ and hir childreÌ„ shal be loked vpoÌ„ Hir childreÌ„ shal not take rote as for frute hir brauÌ„ches shal briÌ„ge forth none A shamefull reporte shal she leaue behynde her hir dishono shal not be put out And they y t remayne shal knowe y t there is nothiÌ„ge better theÌ„ y e feare of God y t there is nothinge sweter then to take hede vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE A greate worshipe is it to folowe y e LORDE for longe life shal be receaued of him The XXIIII Chapter WYszdome shal prayse hirself be honoured in God reioyse in y e myddest of his people In the coÌ„gregacions of the Hyest shal she open hir mouth tryumphe in y e beholdinge of his power In y e myddest of hir people shal she be exalted wondred at in the holy fulnesse In the multitude of the chosen she shal be commended amonge soch as be blessed she shal be praysed shal saye I am come out of the mouth of y e Hyest first borne before all creatures I caused y e light y t fayleth not to aryse in the heauen couered all the earth as a cloude My dwellinge is aboue in y e heyth my seate is in the piler of the cloude I my self alone haue gone rounde aboute the compasse of heauen pearsed the grounde of y e depe I haue walked in the floudes of y e see haue stonde in all landes my domynion is in euery people and in euery
nacion with my power haue I troden downe the hertes of all both hye and lowe In all these thinges also I sought rest a dwellinge in some enheritaunce So y e creator of all thinges gaue me a commaundement he that made me appoynted me a tabernacle and saide vnto me Let thy dwellinge be in Iacob and thy inheritaunce in Israel rote thy self amōge my chosen I was created from the begynninge and before the worlde shal not leaue of vnto the worlde to come In the holy habitacion haue I serued before him and so was I stablished in Sion In y e holy cite rested I in like maner in Ierusalem was my power I toke rote in an honourable people euen in the porcion of y e LORDE in his heretage kepte me in y e fulnes of the sayntes I am sett vp an hye like a Ceder vpō Libanus as a Cypers tre vpon the mount Hermon I am exalted like a palme tre in Cades as a rose plāte in Iericho As a fayre olyue tre in the felde am exalted like as a plantayne tre by the water syde I haue geuen a smell in the stretes as y e Cynamom and Balme that hath so good a sauoure yee a swete odoure haue I geuen as it were Myrre of the best I haue made my dwellinges to smell as it were of rosyn Galbanum of Clowes and Incense as Libanus whan it is not hewē downe mine odoure is as the pure Balme As the Terebynte haue I stretched out my braunches and my braunches are the braunches of honoure and louynge fauoure As y e vyne haue I brought forth frute of a swete sauoure and my floures are y e frute of hono and riches I am the mother of bewtye of loue of feare of knowlege of holy hope In me is all grace of life and trueth In me is all hope of life and vertue O come vnto me all ye that be desyrous of me and fyll youre selues with my frutes for my sprete is sweter then hony so is my inheritaunce more then the hony combe the remembraunce of me endureth for euermore They that eate me shal haue the more honger and they that drynke me shal thyrste the more Who so herkeneth vnto me shall not come to confucion and they that worke in me shal not offende They that make me to be knowne shal haue euerlastinge life All these thinges are the boke of life the couenaunt of the Hyest and the knowlege of the trueth Moses commaunded the lawe in the preceptes of righteousnes for an heretage vnto the house of Iacob and cōmitted y e promyses vnto Israel Out of Dauid his seruaūt HE ordened to raise vp a most mightie kinge syttinge in the seate of honoure for euermore This fylleth with wyszdome like as the floude of Phison as y e floude of Tigris whan the new frutes are a growinge This bringeth a plenteous vnderstandinge like Euprates fylleth it vp as Iordane in the time of haruest This maketh nurto r to breake forth as the light as the water Gihon in y e haruest The first hath not knowne her perfectly nomore shal the last seke out y e grounde of her For hir thought is fuller thē the see and hir councell is profounder then the greate depe I wyszdome haue cast out floudes I am as a greate waterbroke out of y e riuer I am as the ryuer Dorix and as a water condyte am I come out of the garden of pleasure I sayde I wyl water the garden of my yonge plantes and fyll the frute of my byrth So my waterbroke became exceadinge greate and my ryuer approched vnto the see For I make doctryne to be vnto all mē as light as the fayre mornynge and I shall make it to be euer the clearer I will pearse thorow all the lower partes of the earth I wyll loke vpon all soch as be a slepe and lighten all thē that put their trust in the LORDE I shal yet poure out doctrine like as prophecy and leaue it vnto soch as seke after wyszdome and their generacions shal I neuer fayle vnto the holy euerlastinge worlde Beholde how that I haue not laboured for my self onely but for all them y t seke after y e trueth The XXV Chapter THre thinges there are y t my sprete fauoureth which be also alowed before God and men The vnyts of brethren the loue of neghbours and man wyfe that agree well together Thre thinges there be which my soule hateth and I vtterly abhorre the life of them A poore man that is proude A rich mā that is a lyar and an olde body that doteth and is vnchaste Yf thou hast gathered nothinge in thy youth what wylt thou fynde thē in thine age O how pleasaūt a thinge is it whā gray headed men are discrete whan the elders can geue good councell O how cōly a thinge is wyszdome vnto aged men yee vnderstondinge and councell is a glorious thinge The crowne of olde men is to haue moch experience y e feare of God is their worshipe There be ix thinges which I haue iudged in my hert to be happie and the tenth wil I tell forth vnto men with my tonge A man y t whyle he lyueth hath ioye of his children and seith y e fall of his enemies Well is him that dwelleth with an houswife of vnderstōdinge and that hath not fallen with his tonge and y t hath not bene faine to serue soch as are vnmete for him Wel is him y t fyndeth a faithfull frende wel is him which talketh of wiszdome to an eare y t heareth him O how greate is he y t fyndeth wyszdome knowlege Yet is he not aboue him that feareth the LORDE The feare of God hath sett itself aboue all thinges Blessed is y e man vnto whō it is graunted to haue the feare of God Vnto whō shal he be lickened y t kepeth it fast The feare of God is the begynnynge of his loue and the begynnynge of faith is to cleue fast vnto it The heuynes of the hert is all the punyshment and the wickednes of a woman goeth aboue all All punyshment plage is nothinge in comparison of the plage of the hert euē so all wickednes is nothinge to the wickednes of a woman What so euer happeneth vnto a man is nothinge in comparison of it y t his euell willers do vnto him and all vengeaunce is nothinge to the vengeaūce of the enemye There is not a more wicked heade then the heade of the serpēt and there is no wrath aboue y e wrath of a woman I wyl rather dwell with a lyon and dragon then to kepe house with a wicked wyfe The wickednesse of a woman chaungeth hir face she shal moffell hir coūtenaunce as it were a Beer as a sack shall she shewe it amonge the neghbours Hir husbande is