foxes But y â— kynge shal reioyse in God all they also y â— swere by hym shal be coÌ„mended for the mouth of them chat speake lyes shal be stopped ¶ The. lxiiij Psalme ¶ To the Chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd HEARE my voyce O God in my praer preserue my lyfe from fere of the enemy Hyde me from the gatherynge togyther of the frowarde from the insurrection of wicked doers Whiche haue whee theyr tonge lyke a swerde shote out theyr arrowes euen bytter wordes That they may pryuâ—â—â— shote at him whiche is perfect sodenly do they hyt him feare nat They courage them selues in mischeife and commune amonge them selues howe they may laye snares say that no man shal se them They ymagin wickednes and practyse it y t they kepe secrete among them selues euery man in y â— depe of his hert But god shall sodenly shote at them with a swifte arow y â— they shal be wounded Yee theyr owne tonges shall make them fall in so much y â— who so seeth them shall laugh them to scorne And all men that se it shall saye this hathe God done for they shall perceaue that it is hys worke The ryghteous shall reioyse in the Lorde put his trust in him and all they that are true of herte shal be glad ¶ The. lxv Psalme To the chaunter a Psalme and songe of Dauyd THou O God arte praysed in Syon vnto the shall the vowe be perfourmed âšœ in Hierusalem Thou that hearest the prayer vnto the shall all fleshe come My mysdedes preuayle agaynste me Oh be thou mercyfull vnto oure synnes Blessed is y â— man whom thou chosest and receauest vnto the he shal dwel in thy court and shal be satysfyed with the pleasures of thy house euen of thy holy temple Thou shalt shewe vs wonderful thinges in ryghteousnesse O God of our saluacyon thou y â— arte the hope of all the endes of the earth and of theÌ„ y â— remayne in the broade see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌ„taines and is gyrded aboute w t power Which stylleth the ragyng of the see the noyse of his waues and the madnesse of the people They also y â— dwell in the vttermoost partes of the erth shal be afrayed at thy tokeÌ„s thou that makest the ☞ out goynges of the mornyng and euenyng to prayse the. Thou visitest the earth and blessest it thou makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou prouydest for the earthe Thou waterest her forowes thou sendest rayne iÌ„ to the litle valleys therof thou makest it softe with the droppes of raine and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yere w t thy goodnesse thy cloudes droppe fatnesse They shal droppe vpon the dwellynges of y â— wyldernes and the lytle hylles shall reioyse on euery syde The foldes shal be full of shepe the valleys also shall stande so thycke with corne that they shal laugh and synge The. lxvi Psalme ¶ To the chaunter The songe of a Psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye landes synge prayses vnto the honour of his name make hys prayse to be gloryous Saye vnto God O howe wonderfull arte thou in thy worckes thorowe the greatnesse of thy power shall thyne enemyes be founde lyers vnto the. For all the worlde shall worshyppe the syng of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hyther and beholde the worckes of God how wonderful he is in his doyng towarde the chyldren of men He turned the see into drye laÌ„de so that they weÌ„t thorow the water on fote there dyd we reioyse therof He ruleth with his power for euer his eies behold y â— people and such as wyl nat beleue shal nat be able to exalte them selues Sela. O prayse oure God ye people and make the voice of his prayse to he heard Which holdeth our soule in lyfe suffreth nat our fete to slyp For thou O God haste proued vs thou also haste tryed vs lyke as syluer is tryed Thou broughtest vs into to the snare and layed trouble vpon our loynes Thou suffredest men to ryde ouer oure heades We went thorow fyre water and y â— broughtest vs out into a welthy place I wyll go in to thy house with brent offrynges and wyll paye the my vowes whiche I promysed with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wyll offre vnto the fat brente sacryfyces with the meense of rammes I wil offre bullockes and goates Sela. O come hither and herken all ye y â— feare God and I wyl tel you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto him with my mouth and gaue hym prayses with my tonge If I enclyne vnto wyckednesse with my herte the Lorde wyl nat heare me But God hath hearde me and considred the voyce of my prayer Praysed be God which hath nat cast out my praier nor tourned his mercy fro me ¶ The. lxvii Psalme ¶ To the chaunter in melodies a Psalme and a songe GOd be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and shewe vs the lyght of his couÌ„tenaunce âšœ and be mercyful vnto vs. â—ela That thy waye maye be knowen vpon earth thy sauing health among all nacioÌ„s Let the people prayse the O God yee let all people prayse the. O let the nacyoÌ„s reioyse and be glad For thou shalt iudge the folke righteously and gouerne the nacions vpon earth Sela. Let the people prayse y â— O God let all people prayse the. Then shal the erth bring furth hir increase God euen oure owne god shall geue vs his blessynge God shall blesse vs all the endes of the worlde shall feare him ¶ The â–ª lxviiê Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme and songe of Dauid LEt God aryse and let his enemyes be scattered let them also that hate him flye fom his face Lyke as the smoke vanysheth so shalte thou dryue them awaye and lyke as waxe melteth at the fyre so let the vngodly perishe froÌ„ the preceÌ„re of God But let the ryghteous be glad reioyse in the syght of God let them also be mery ioyful Oh syng vnto God syng prayses vnto his name magnifye hym that rydeth vpon the heauens as it were vpon a horse prayse ye him ☞ iÌ„hys name ye and reioyse before hym He is a father of the fatherlesse and defendeth the cause of wydowes euen God in his holy habitacion He is the God that maketh men to be of one minde in a house he bryngeth the prisoners out of captiuite but letteth the rennagates conty nue in scarcenesse O God when thou wentest for the before the people when thou weÌ„test thorowe the wyldernesse Sela. The earthe shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of God euen as Sinai also was moued at y â— preseÌ„ce of God which is the God of Israel Thou O God sendedst a
which staÌ„deth vpon the see â— vpoÌ„ the erth And I went vnto y â— angell sayde to hym geue me the lytel boke and he sayde vnto me take it eate it vp it shall make thy belly bytter but it shal be in thyâ— nouth as swete as hony And I toke y â— lytl â— boke out of his hande and eate it vp and it was in my mouth as swete ashony and â—s sone as I had eaten it my belly was bytâ— er And he sayde vnto me y â— muste prophesy agayne among the people and nations and toÌ„ges and to many kynges ¶ The temple is measured The seconde wo io past CAPI XI ANd then was giuen me a rede lyke vnto a rodde and it was sayde vnto me Ryse meate the teÌ„ple of god the aulter them that worshyp therin the queer whyche is within the temple cast out meate it not for it is gyuen vnto the Gentyles the holy cytie shall they treade vnder fote xliâ— monethes And I wyl gyue power vnto my two wytnesses they shall prophesy a thousande two hundreth and. lx dayes clothed in sacke clothe These are two olyue trees two candelstyckes standyng before the god of the earth And yf any man wyl hurt them fyre shall procede out of their mouthes and consume their enemyes And yf any man wyll hurte them this wyse must he be kylled These haue power to shut heauen that it raine not in the dayes of their prophesying and haue power ouer waters to turne them to bloude to smyte the earth with al maner plages as often as they wyll And when they haue fynyshed their testimony the beast that came out of the bottom lesse pyt shall make warre agaynste them shall ouercome the and kyl them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate cytie whiche spiritually is called Zodom Egypte where our Lorde was crucyfied And they of the people and kynredes tonges and they of the nacioÌ„s shall se their bodies iij. dayes and an halfe shal not suffre their bodies to be put in graues And they that dwel vpon the earth shall reioyce ouer them be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth And after iii. dayes an halfe the spirit of lyfe from God entred into theÌ„ And they stode vp vpon their fete great feare came vpon them which saw them And they herde a great voyce from heauen saying vnto theÌ„ Come vp hyther And they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them And the same hour was there a great earthquake the tenth part of the cytie fell and in the earth quake were slaine names of men seuen M. and the remnaunt were feared and gaue glory to God of heauen The seconde wo is past beholde the thyrde wo wyll come anone And the seuenth angel blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen sayinge the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes his Christes he shal raigne for euermore And the. xxiiij elders which syt before God on their seates fell vpon their faces worshypped God sayinge we gyue the thankes O Lorde God almightye which art wast and arte to come for thou hast receyued thy great myght and hast raygned And the nacions were angrye and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shulde be iudged and that thou shuldest gyue reward vnto thy seruauntes the Prophetes and Saynctes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shuldest destroy them whiche destroy the earth And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there was sene in his temple the arcke of his testameÌ„t and ther folowed lyghtnynges and voices and thondrynges and earthquake and muche hayle ¶ The seuenth Angell bloweth his crompet There appereth in heauen a womaÌ„ dothed with the soÌ„ne Michael â—igh teth with the dragon whiche persecuteth the woman CAPI XII ANd there appeared a great wonder in heuen A woman clothed with the soÌ„ne and the mone vnder her fete and vpon her heade a crowne of xij starres And she was with chylde cryed trauaylynge in byrth payned redy to be delyuered And there aâ—red another wonder in heauen for behold a great red dragon hauyng vij heades ten hornes crownes vpon his heades and his tayle drue the thyrde part of the starres and cast them to the earth And the dragon stode before the woman whiche was redy to be delyuered for to deuoure her chylde as sone as it were borne And she brought forth a man chylde whych shulde rule all nacions with a rod ofyron And her sonne was taken vp vnto god and to his seate And the woman fled into wyldernes where she had a place prepared of God that they shulde fede her there â— M. ij hundreth and lx dayes And there was a great battayle in heauâ— Michael his Angels fought with the dragon and the dragoÌ„ fought and his angels and preuayled not neyther was there place founde any more in heauen And the great dragon that old serpeÌ„t called the deuyl and Sathanas was cast out Which deceyueth al the worlde And he was cast into the earth and his angels werecast out also And I hearde a loude voyce sayinge in heauen is now made saluacion and strength the kyngdome of our God and the power of his Christ. For he is cast downe which accused them before God day and nyght And they ouercame him by the bloude of the laÌ„be and by the worde of their testimonye they loued not their lyues vnto the death Therfore reioyce heuens and ye that dwel in theÌ„ Wo to the inhabiters of the erth and of the see for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath gret wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the womaÌ„ whiche brought forth the maÌ„ chylde And to the woman were gyuen two wynges of a great Egle that she myght flye into the wyldernes into her place where she is noryshed for a tyme tymes and halfe a time from the presence of the serpent And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryuer because she shulde haue bene caught of the flode And the erth holpe the woman and the erth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer whych the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre wyth the remnaunt of hyrsede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sande ¶ A beast ryseth out of the see with seuen heades and ten hururs Another beaste commeth out of the earth with two hornes CAPI XIII ANd I sawe a beast tyse out of the see hauyng seuen heades and ten hornes and vpon his hornes ten
the earthe and dwell ouer agaynst me Come nowe therfore curse this people for my sake For they are to myghtye for me yf so peraduenture I myght be able to smyte them and to dryue them out of the lande For I wote that he whom thou blessest is blessed and whom thou cursest is cursed And the elders of Moab and the elders of Madian departed hauyng the rewarde of the sothsaynge in theyr hand And they came vnto Balaam and tolde hym the wordes of Balac He answered them Tary here this nyght and I wyll bryng you worde euen as the Lorde shall say vnto me And the lordes of Moab abode with Balaam And god came vnto Balaam sayd What men are these with the And Balaam sayde vnto God Balac the sonne of Ziphor kynge of Moab hath sent vnto me sayeng beholde there is a people come out of Egypte and couereth the face of the earth come nowe therfore and curse them for my sake yf so peraduenture I may be able to ouercome them in battayle to dryue them out And god sayde vnto Balaam Go not thou with them neyther curse the people for they are blessed And Balaam rose vp in the mornynge sayd vnto the Lordes of Balac get you vnto your lande for the Lorde wyll not suffre me to go with you And the lordes of Moab rose vp and went vnto Balac and sayd Balaam wolde not come with vs. And Balac sent agayne a greater company of Lordes more honourable then they which came to BalaaÌ„ tolde hym Thus sayth Balac the sonne of Ziphor oh let nothynge let the but come vnto me for I wyll greatly promote the vnto great honour and wyll do what soeuer thou sayest vnto me come I praye the curse this people for my sake And Balaam answered and sayd vnto the seruauntes of Balac If Balac wolde gyue me his house full of syluer and golde I can not go beyond the worde of the lorde my god to do lesse or more Now therfore tary ye here this nyght that I may wete what the Lorde wyll say vnto me more And God came vnto Balaam by nyght sayde vnto hym If the men come to call the ryse vp and go with them But loke what I saye vnto the that shalt thou do And Balaam rose vp earlye and sadled his Asse and went with the lordes of Moab And the couÌ„tenaunce of god was ☞ angrye bycause he went And the angell of the lorde stode in the way agaynst him as he rode vpoÌ„ his Asse his two seruauntê were with hym And when the Asse saw the angel of the lorde stande in the way hauyng a swerd drawen in his hande the Asse turned a syde out of the way and went out into the felde And BalaaÌ„ smote the asse to turne her into the way But the angell of the Lorde stoode in a path bytwene the vyneyardes and there was a wall on the one syde and an other on the other And when the asse sawe the angel of the lorde she wrenched vnto the wall and thrust Balaams fote vnto the wall and he smote her agayne And the angell of the lorde went forther stode in a narowe place where was no way to turne eyther to the right hande or to the lefte And when the asse sawe the angel of the Lorde she fell downe vnder Balaam and Balaam was wrothe and smote the asse with a staffe And the lord opened the mouth of the asse and she sayd vnto Balaam What haue I done vnto the that thou hast smyten me nowe thre tymes And Balaam sayd vnto the asse bycause thou hast mocked me I wolde also there were a swerde in my hande for euen nowe wolde I kyll the. And the Asse sayde vnto Balaam Am not I thyne Asse which thou hast ryddeÌ„ vpon synce thou wast borne vnto this day Was I euer wonte to do so vnto the he sayd nay And the Lorde opened the eyes of Balaam and he saw the angell of the Lorde standyng in the way hauynge a swerde drawen in his hande He bowed hymselfe therfore and fell flat on his face And the angell of the Lorde sayd vnto hym Wherfore hast thou smyten thyne asse thre tymes Beholde I came out as an aduersary bycause thou makest thy way contrary vnto me and the Asse sawe me and wente backe fro me thre tymes or els yf she had not turned fro me †gyuynge place to me that stode in the vvaye I had surely slayne the saued her alyue Balaam sayde vnto the angell of the Lorde I haue synned for I wyst not that thou stodest in the waye agaynst me Nowe therfore yf it please the I wyll turne home agayne The angell sayde vnto Balaam Go with the men but what I say vnto the that shalte thou speake And so Balaam went with the lordes of Balac And when Balac herde that Balaam was come he went out to mete hym vnto a Citye of Moab whiche is in the border of Arnon euen in the vttermost coost And Balac sayd vnto Balaam dyd I not sende for the to call the And wherfore camest thou not vnto me bycause I am not able to promote the vnto honoure And Balaam made answere vnto Balac Lo I am come vnto the. And can I nowe say any thynge at all The worde that God putteth in my mouthe that shall I speake And Balaam went with Balac and they came †vnto a citye of stretes And Balac offered oxen shepe sent †revvardes for Balaam for the Lordes that were with hym And on the morow Balac toke BalaaÌ„ and brought hym vp in to the hygh place of Baall that thence he myght se the vttermost parte of the people ¶ Balaam blesseth the people CAPI XXIII ANd Balaam sayd vnto Balac buylde me here seuen aulters and prepare me here seuen oxen and seuen Rammes And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde And Balac and Balaam offered on euery aulter an oxe and a ram And Balaam sayd vnto Balac stande by the sacrifyce and I wyll go yf haplye the Lorde wyll mete me and whatsoeuer he sheweth me I wyll tell the he went forth alone But god met Balaam and Balaam sayd vnto hym I haue prepared seuen aulters and haue offered vpon euery aulter an ore and a ram And the Lorde put a sayenge in Balaams mouth sayd go agayne to Balac and say on this wyse And when he went agayne vnto hym loo he stoode by his sacrifyce he and al the lordes of Moab And he toke vp his parable and sayde Balac the kynge of Moab hath fet me from Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the easte sayenge come curse Iacob for my sake come and defye Israell Howe shal I curse hym whome god hath not cursed or how shall I defyle hym whom God hath not defyled From the top of the rockes I se hym and from the hylles I beholde hym lo the people shall dwell by them selfe and shall not be rekened among the nations Who can
But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cyties we caught for our selues And thus we toke the same ceason out of the hande of two kyngê of the Amorites the lande that was on the other syde Iordan froÌ„ the ryuer of Arnon vnto mounte Hermon whiche Hermon the Sidons call Sirion the Amorites call it Senyr al the cyties that lay in the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salecha and Adrat Cyties of the kyngdome of Og in Basan For onely Og kyng of Basan remayned of the remenaunt of the gyauntê whose bed was a bed of yron And is it not yet at Rabah amonge the chyldren of Ammon ix cubites doth the lengthe therof conteyne and foure cubites the bredth of it after the cubite of a man And so we conquered this lande the same tyme from Aroer whiche is by the ryuer of Arnon vnto halfe mount Gilead and the cyties therof gaue I vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites And the rest of Gilead and all Basan of the kyngdom of Og gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasse euen all the regyon of Argob with all Basan whiche is called the lande of Glauntes Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the regyon of Argob vnto the coostes of Gesuri and Maachati and called them after his owne name Basan Nauoth Iair vnto this day And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue halfe Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon halfe the valey beyonde euen vnto the ryuer Iabocke which is the border of the children of Ammon the playne also †of the vvyldernesse and Iordan the coost therof from Ceneroth euen vnto the see whiche is in the playne eueÌ„ the salt see vnder the springes of the hyll Eastwarde And I coÌ„maunded you the same tyme sayenge the LordeÌ„ youre GOD hath gyuen you this lande to enioye it ye shall go harnessed before youre brethren the Chyldren of Israell all that are mete for the warre Your wyues onely your chyldren and your cattell for I wote that ye haue moche cattell shal abyde in your cityes whiche I haue gyuen you vntyll the Lorde haue gyuen rest vnto youre brethren as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the lande whiche the lorde your god hath gyuen them beyonde Iordan and then shall ye returne agayne euery man vnto his possession whiche I haue gyuen you And I warned Iosua the same tyme saynge thyne eyes haue sene al that the lorde your god hath done vnto these two kynges euen so shal he do vnto all kyngdomes whyther thou goest Ye shall not feare them for the Lorde your god he shall fyght for you And I besought the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O Lorde God thou hast begonne to shew thy seruaunt thy greatnesse and thy myghtye hand for els where is there a God in heuen or in earth that can do after thy workê and after thy power Let me go ouer se the good lande that is beyonde Iordan that goodly ☞ mouÌ„tayne Libanon But the lorde was angrye w t me for your sakes wolde not heare me And the lorde sayd vnto me be content speake no more vnto me of this matter Get the vp into the toppe of the hyll and lyfte vp thyne eyes westwarde northwarde southwarde Eastwarde beholde it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordan But charge Iosua courage hym bolden hym For he shall go before this people he shall deuyde vnto them the lande whiche y u shalt se. And so we abode in the valey ouer agaynst the house of Peor ¶ An exhortacyon to gyue dilygent hede vnto the lawe Ymages may not be mayde to worshyppe The thre Cityes of refuge CAPI IIII. AND nowe herken O Israell vnto the ordinaunces and lawes which I teach you for to do them that so ye may lyue and go in and conquere the lande which the Lorde God of your fathers gyueth you Ye shall put nothynge vnto the worde whiche I coÌ„maunde you neyther do ought therfrom that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the lorde your God which I coÌ„maunde you Your eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baall Peor for all the men that folowed Baall Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed from amonge you But ye that cleue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this day Beholde I haue taught you ordynaunces and lawes suche as the Lorde my god coÌ„maunded me that ye shuld do euen so in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it Kepe them therfore and do them for that is your wysdome and vnderstandynge in the syght of the nacyons that they maye heare all these ordinaunces and say Surely it is a wyse and vnderstandynge people it is a great nacyon For what other nacyon is so greate that goddes come so nye vnto as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thynges as ofte as we cal vnto him Yea and what nacion is so greate that hath ordynaunces and lawes so ryghteous as all this lawe whiche I sette before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore and kepe thy soule dilygently that thou forget not the thynges whiche thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne herte all the dayes of thy lyfe but teache them thy Sonnes and thy sonnes sonnes Specially the daye that thou stodest before the Lorde thy god in Horeb when the Lorde sayd vnto me gather me the people to gyther I wyll make them heare my wordê that they may lerne to feare me all the dayes that they shall lyue vpon the earth that they maye teache theyr chyldren ye came stode also vnder the hyll and the hyll burnte with fyre euen vnto the myddes of heuen and there was darkenesse clowdes myst And the lorde spake vnto you out of the myddest of the fyre and ye herde the voyce of the wordes but sawe no ymage saue ye herde a voyce onely And he declared vnto you his couenaunt whiche he commaunded you to do euen x. verses whiche he wrote vpon two tables of stoone And the Lorde coÌ„maunded me that same ceason that I shuld teach you ordinaunces and lawes whiche ye ought to do in the lande whyther ye go to possesse it ☞ Take therfore good hede vnto your selues as perteynynge vnto your soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage in the daye that the lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the myddes of the fyre leest ye mar youre selues and make you a grauen ymage and pycture of any maner of figure the lykenesse of man or woman the lykenes of any maner of beast that is on the earth or the lykenesse of anye maner fethered foule that flyeth in the ayre or the lykenes of any maner worme that creyeth on the earth or the lykenesse of any maner fysh that is in the waters beneth the erth Yea and leest thou lyft vp
thyne eyes vnto heuen and when thou seyst the Sonne the moone and the starres with all the hoost of heuen shuldest be desceyued and shuldest worshyp and serue the thynges whiche the lorde thy god hath made to serue all nacyons vnder the hoole heuen But the Lorde hath taken you and brought you out of the yron fournace euen out of Egypt to be vnto hym a people and enherytaunce as ye are this daye Furthermore the Lorde was angrye with me for youre wordes and sware that I shulde not go ouer Iordan and that I shulde not go in vnto that good lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enherytaunce But I must dye in this lande shall not go ouer Iordan But ye shall go ouer and conquere that good lande Take hede vnto youreselues that ye forget not the apoyntment of the â—ord your god whiche he made with you and that ye make you no grauen Image or any pycture that the Lorde thy God hath forbydden the. For the Lorde thy God is a consumyng fyre and a ielouse God Yf thou doest beget chyldren and Chyldrens Chyldren and when ye haue dwelt in the lande ye do wyckedly and make any maner of grauen ymage and worke euyll in the syght of the Lorde ☞ thy god to prouoke hym to anger I call heuen earth to recorde agaynst you this daye that ye shal shortly peryshe from of the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordan to possesse it ye shal not prolonge your dayes therin but shall vtterly be destroyed And the Lorde shall scatter you amonge the nacyons and ye shal be lefte fewe in nombre amonge the people whyther the lord shall brynge you and there ye shal serue Goddes whiche are the worke of mannes hande wood and stoone whiche neyther se nor heare nor eate nor smell And there thou shalte seke the lorde thy God and shalte fynde hym yf thou seke him with all thyne herte and with all thy soule When thou art in tribulacyon and when al these thynges that be here spoken of are come vpon the euen in the latter dayes thou shalte returne agayne to the Lorde thy God be obedyent vnto his voyce For the Lorde thy god is a merciful god he wyl not forsake the neyther destroye the nor forget the apoyntement of thy fathers whiche he sware vnto them For aske of the dayes that are past whiche were before the synce the daye that God created man vpon the earth and aske from the one syde of heuen vnto the other yf euer there came to passe such a great thyng or whyther any suche lyke thyng hath ben herde Dyd euer a nacyoÌ„ heare the voyce of God speakynge out of the myddes of a fyre as thou hast herde and yet lyued eyther whyther God assayed to go and take hym a people from amonge nacions thorow temptacyons Sygnes Wonders war a myghtye hande a stretched out arme and thorow great visions accordynge vnto all that the Lorde your God dyd vnto you in Egypt before your eyes Nnto the it was shewed that thou myghtest knowe howe that the Lorde he is GOD and that there is noone other but he Out of heuen he made the heare his voyce that he myght nurtour the and vpon earth he shewed the his greate fyre and thou herdest his wordes out of the myddes of the fyre And bycause he loued thy Fathers he chose theyr seede after them and brought the out ☞ in his syght and with his myghtye power out of Egypte to thrust out nacyons greate and myghtyer then thou before the and to brynge the in to gyue the theyr lande to enherytaunce as it is come to passe this daye Understande therfore this daye and turne it to thyne herte that the Lorde he is God in heuen aboue and vpon the erth beneth neyther is there any other Thou shalte kepe therfore his ordynaunces his commaundementes whiche I coÌ„maunde the this daye that it maye go well with the and with thy Chyldren after the and that thou mayst prolonge thy dayes vppon the earth whiche the Lorde thy GOD gyueth the thy lyfe longe Then Moses seuered thre cityes on the other syde Iordan towarde the Sonne rysynge that he shulde flee thyther which had kylled his neyghboure vnwares and hated hym not in tyme past and therfore shuld flee vnto one of the same cites and lyue Namely Bezer in the wyldernes euen in the playn countrey of the tribe of Ruben and Ramoth in Gylead of the Trybe of Gad and Golan in Basan of the Trybe of Manasse And so this is the lawe whiche Moses set before the Chyldren of Israell These are the wytnesses statutes and ordinaunces whiche Moses tolde the Chyldren of Israell after they came out of Egypte on the other syde Iordane in the valey ouer agaynst the house of Peor in the lande of Sehon kynge of the Amorytes whiche dwelte at Hesbon whome Moses and the Chyldren of Israell smote after they were come out of Egypt and conquered his lande and the lande of Og kyng of Basan two kyngê of the Amorites which were on the other syde Iordan towarde the sonne rysynge from Aroer whiche is by the banke of the ryuer Arnon vnto ☞ Mounte Sion whiche is Hermon and all the playne on the other syde Iordane Eastwarde euen vnto the see whiche is in the playne vnder the sprynges of the hyll ¶ The ten coÌ„maundementes CAPI V. ANd Moses called all Israell and sayd vnto them Heare O Israell the ordynaunces and lawes whiche I speake in youre eares this daye that ye maye lerne them and fulfyll them in dede The Lorde oure God made an apoyntment with vs in Horeb. The lorde made not this bonde with our fathers but with vs eueÌ„ with vs which are all here alyue this daye The Lorde talked with you ☞ face to face in the mounte out of the myddes of the fyre And I stoode bytwene the Lorde and you the same tyme and shewed you the worde of the Lorde For ye were afrayed at the syght of the fyre and went not vp in to the mounte and he sayde I am the Lorde thy God whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage Thou shalte haue noone other Goddes in my presence Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of any maner of lykenesse that is in heuen aboue and that is in earth beneth that is in the waters beneth the earth Thou shalt neyther bow thy selfe vnto them nor serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a ielouse God visityng the wyckednesse of the fathers vpoÌ„ the Chyldren euen in the thyrde and fourth generacion amonge them that hate me and shewe mercye vpon thousandê among them that loue me and kepe my coÌ„maundementê Thou shalte not take the name of the Lorde thy god in vayne for †the Lorde wyl not holde hym giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne Kepe the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifye it as
be our ryghtousnesse before the Lorde our god yf we take hede and kepe all these coÌ„maundementes as he hath coÌ„maunded vs. ¶ The Israelites may make no couenaunt with the Gentyles They must destroy theyr Idols Idolatrerâ— must be sleyne CAPI VII WHen the Lorde thy God hath brought the into the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out many nacions before the namely the Hethites the Gergesites the Amorites the Cananites the Pheresites the Heuytes the Iebusytes vii nacions greater and myghtyer then thou and when the Lorde thy god hath set them before the thou shalt smyte them vtterly destroye them make no couenaunte with them nor haue coÌ„passion on them Thou shalte make no maryages with them neyther gyue thy doughter vnto his son nor take his doughter vnto thy son For they wyll dysceyue thy son that he shulde not feare me they shall serue strauÌ„ge goddê then wyll the wrath of the lorde waxe hoote agaynst you destroye you shortly But thus ye shall deale w t them Ye shall ouerthrowe theyr aulters breake downe theyr pillers cut downe theyr groues burne theyr grauen ymages w t fyre For thou arte an holy nacyon vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto hym selfe aboue all nacyons that are vpon the earth It was not bycause of the multitude of you aboue al nacions that the lord had lust vnto you chose you seynge ye were fewest of all nacions But bycause the lorde loued you and bycause he wolde kepe the othe whiche he had sworne vnto youre fathers therfore hath the Lorde brought you out thorowe a myghtye hande and delyuered you out of the house of bondage euen from the hande of Pharao kynge of Egypt Understande therfore that the lorde thy god he is god that a true god whiche kepeth poyntment and mercy vnto them that loue hym kepe his coÌ„mauÌ„dementes euen thorowout a thousande generacyons and rewardeth them that hate ☞ hym before his face so that he bryngeth them to nought doth not defar the tyme but rewardeth hym that hateth hym before his face Kepe thou therfore the coÌ„maundementes ordinaunces lawes which I coÌ„maund the this day that thou do them Yf ye herkeÌ„ vnto these lawes obserue do them the lorde thy god also shal kepe to the the poyntment the mercy which he sware vnto thy fathers He wyll loue the blesse the and multiplye the he wyl also blesse the fruyt of thy wombe the fruyte of thy lande thy corne thy wyne and thyne oyle the encrease of thyne oxen and the flockê of thy shepe in the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers to gyue the. Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nacions there shall be neyther man nor woman vnfruytfull amonge you nor any thynge vnfruytfull amonge your cattel Moreouer the lorde wyll take away froÌ„ the all maner infirmityes and wyll put none of the euyll diseases of Egypte whiche thou knowest vpon the but wyll sende them vpon all them that hate the. Thou shalt consume al the nacions whiche the Lorde thy God shall delyuer the thyne eye shall haue no pitye vpon them neyther shalte thou serue theyr Goddes for that shal be thy decaye If thou saye in thyne herte these nacions are â—o then I howe can I cast them out Thou shalt not feare them but remeÌ„bre what the lorde thy God dyd vnto Pharao vnto al Egypt the great temptacions which thyne eyes sawe the sygnes and wondres the myghtye hande stretched out arme where thorowe the Lorde thy god brought the out euen so shall the Lorde thy god do to all the nacyons of whom thouarte afrayde Moreouer the lorde thy god wyll sende hornettes amonge them vntyll they that are lefte hyde them selues froÌ„ the be destroyed Thou shalte not feare them for the Lorde thy god is amonge you a myghty god and a terrible for the lorde thy god wyll put out these nacyons before the by a lytle a lytle thou mayst not coÌ„sume them at once leest the beastes of the felde encrease vpoÌ„ the. But the Lorde thy God shall gyue them ouer before the and shall destroye them with a myghtye tempest vntyll he haue brought them to nought And he shall delyuer theyr kynges into thyne hande and thou shalt destroye theyr name from vnder heuen There shall no man he able to stande before the vntyll thou haue destroyed them The grauen ymages of theyr Goddes shalte thou burne with fyre and couet not the Golde syluer that is on them nor take it vnto the lest thou be snared therin For it is an abhominacyon before the lorde thy god Brynge not therfore abhominacyon in to thyne house lest thou be ☞ a dampned thyng as it is but vtterly defye it abhorre it for it is a dampned thyng ¶ Moses putteth the Israelytes in remembraunce what God hath done to them in the wyldernesse CAPI VIII ALl the coÌ„maundementes whiche I coÌ„maunde the this daye shall ye kepe for to do them that ye maye lyue and multyplye and go in possesse the lande whichâ— the lorde sware vnto your fathers And thou shalte thynke on all the way which the lorde thy God led the this xl yeare in the wyldernesse for to humble the and to proue the and to wete what was in thyne herte whyther thou woldest kepe his commaundementes or no. He humbled the and suffered the to hungre and fed the with Manna whiche neyther thou nor thy Fathers knewe of to make the knowe that a man doth not lyue by breade onely but by euery †vvorde that procedeth out of the mouth of the lorde doth a man lyue Thy rayment waxed not olde vpon the neyther dyd thy fote swell these xl yeares This also shalte thou consyder in thy herte that as a man nurtoureth his son euen so the Lorde thy god nurtoureth the. Therfore shalte thou kepe the commaundementes of the lorde thy god that thou walke in his wayes and feare hym For the Lorde thy God bryngeth the in to a good lande a lande in the whiche are ryuers of waters and fouÌ„taynes and spryngê that sprynge out of valeyes hylles a lande wherin is wheat and barly vyneyardes fyg trees and Pomgarnates a lande wherin is oyle olyue and honye a lande wherin thou shalte eate breade without scarcenesse neyther shalte thou lacke any thynge a lande whose stoones are yron and out of whose hylles thou shalte dygge brasse When thou hast eaten therfore and fylled thy selfe thou shalte blesse the Lorde thy God in that good lande whiche he hath gyuen the. Beware that thou forgette not the Lorde thy God that thou woldest not kepe his commaundementes his lawes and ordynaunces whiche I commaunde the this day yea and when thou hast eaten and fylled thy selfe and hast buylde goodly houses and
husbandê brother refuseth to styrte vp vnto his brother a name in Israel neyther wyll he marry me Then the elders of his citye shall call hym and comen with hym And yf he stande and saye I wyl not take her then shall his kynswoman come vnto hym in the presence of the elders and loose his showe of his foote and spyt in his face and answere and saye So shall it be done vnto that man that doth not buylde vp his brothers house And his name shall be called in Israell the vnshodhouse Yf when men stryue togyther one with another the wyfe of the one ran to for to ryd her husbande out of the handes of hym that smyteth hym and put forth her hande and take hym by the secretes Thou shalte cut of her hande let not thyne eye pitie her Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weyghtes a great and a small neyther shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures a great and a small But thou shalte haue a ryght and iust weyght and a perfecte and a iust measure shalt thou haue that thy dayes may be lengthened in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the. For al that do such thynges and all that do vnryght are abhominacyoÌ„ vnto the Lorde thy God Remembre what Amalech dyd vnto the by the waye when ye were come out of Egypte howe he met the by the waye smote the hyndmoost of you al that were feble and came behynde when thou wast faynted and werye and he feared not god Therfore when the lorde thy God hath gyuen the rest from all thyne enemyes rounde aboute in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enheryt and possesse se that thou put out the remeÌ„braunce of Amalech from vnder heuen and forget not ¶ The fyrst fruytes and tythes to the Leuytes fatherlesse wydowes and straungers CAPI XXVI WHen ✚ thou arte come in to the lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the to enheryte and hast enioyned it and dwellest therin take of the fyrste of all the fruyte of the earth and brynge it out of thy lande that the Lorde thy GOD gyueth the and put it in a maunde and go vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God shall chose to set his name in it And thou shalt come vnto the preest that shall be in those dayes and saye vnto hym I knowledge this daye vnto the Lorde thy God that I am come vnto the countre which the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to gyue vs. And the Preest shall take the maunde out of thyne hande and set it downe before the aulter of the Lorde thy god And thou shalte answere and saye before the Lorde thy God The Sirians went about to destroye my father and he went downe in to Egypte and so soiourned there with a fewe folke grew there vnto a nacyon great myghtye and ful of people And the Egyptians vexed vs troubled vs and laded vs with moost cruell bondage And when we cryed vnto the lorde God of our fathers the Lorde herde oure voyce and loked on our aduersyte labour oppressyon And the Lorde brought vs out of Egypte in a myghtye hande a stretched out arme and in great terriblenes sygnes and wonders ⊢ And he hath brought vs into this place and hath gyuen vs this lande that floweth with mylke and honye And nowe ✚ loo I haue brought the fyrst fruytes of the lande whiche thou O Lorde hast gyuen me And thou shalte set it before the lorde thy God and worshyp before the Lorde thy God reioyse in al the good thynges which the Lorde thy God hath gyuen vnto the and vnto thyne house thou and the Leuite and the straunger that is amonge you When thou hast made an ende of tythyng al the tythes of thyne encrease the thyrd yere whiche is the yeare of tythynge thou shalte gyue it vnto the Leuite the straungers the fatherlesse and the wydowes that they maye eate within thy gates fyl them selues And thou shalte saye before the Lorde thy God I haue brought the halowed thynges out of myne house and haue gyuen them vnto the Leuites the straungers the fatherlesse the wydowes accordyng to all thy coÌ„maundementes whiche thou hast coÌ„maunded me I haue not ouerskypped thy coÌ„mauÌ„dementes nor forgotten them I haue not eaten therof in my mournynge nor suffered ought to peryshe thorowe vnclennesse nor gyuen ought therof for the deade but haue herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde my God and haue done after all that y u hast coÌ„maunded me ⊢ ✚ Loke downe therfore from thy hooly habitacyon euen from heuen and blesse thy people Israell the lande whiche thou hast gyuen vs as thou swarest vnto our fathers a lande that floweth with mylke and honye This daye the Lorde thy God hath coÌ„maunded the to do these ordinaunces and lawes kepe thou them and do them withall thyne herte and all thy soule Thou hast set vp the Lorde this daye to be thy god and to walke in his wayes to kepe his ordynaunces his coÌ„mauÌ„dementê and his lawes and to herken vnto his voyce And the Lorde hath set the vp this daye to be a seueral people vnto hym as he hath promysed the and that thou kepe his coÌ„maundementes to make the hye aboue all nacions which he hath made in prayse in name honoure that thou mayst be an holy people vnto the Lorde thy god as he hath sayde ⊢ ¶ They buylde an aulter The blossynges in the hyll Garizim The cursed in the hyll Eball CAPI XXVII ANd Moses with the Elders of Israell coÌ„maunded the people sayenge kepe al the coÌ„maundementes which I coÌ„maund you this daye And when ye be come ouer Iordane vnto the lande which the lorde thy god gyueth the thou shalte set the vp greate stones and plaster them with plaster and wryte vpon them all the wordes of this lawe when thou arte come ouer bycause thou arte come into the lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the a lande that floweth with mylke honye as the Lorde god of thy fathers hath promysed the. Therfore when ye be come ouer Iordane ye shall set vp these stoones whiche I coÌ„maunde you this daye in mount Eball and thou shalt plaster them with plaster And there shalte thou buylde vnto the Lorde thy god an aulter of stones and lyft vp no yron vpon them Thou shalt make the aulter of the Lorde thy god of hoole stones and offre burntofferynges theron vnto the Lorde thy god And thou shalte offre peaceofferynges shall eate there reioyce before the lorde thy God And thou shalt wryte vpon the stoones all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well And Moses and the Preestes the Leuites spake vnto all Israell sayenge take hede and heare O Israell this daye thou arte become the people of the Lorde thy God Thou shalt herken therfore vnto the
voyce of the Lorde thy God do his coÌ„maundementes and his ordynaunces whiche I commaunde the this day And Moses charged the people the same daye sayenge These shall stande vpon mount Garizim to blesse the people when ye are come ouer Iordan Symeon Leui Iuda Isachar Ioseph Ben Iamin And these shall stande vpoÌ„ mount Eball to curse Ruben Gad Aser Zabulon Dan and Nephthli And the Leuites shall answere say vnto al the meÌ„ of Israel w t a loude voyce Cursed be the man that maketh anye carued or molten ymage an abhominacyon vnto the lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman putteth it in a secret place and all the people shall answere and saye Amen Cursed be he that curseth his Father his mother all the people shall say Amen Cursed be he that remoueth his neyghbours marke al the people shal say Amen Cursed be he that maketh the blynde go out of his way al the peple shal say Amen Cursed be he that hyndreth the ryght of the straunger Fatherlesse and wydowe and all the people shall say Amen Cursed be he that lyeth with his fathers wyfe and vnhealeth his fathers couerynge and all the people shall say Amen Cursed be he that lyeth with any maner of beast and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lyeth with his syster the doughter of his father or the doughter of his mother al the people shal say Amen Cursed be he that lyeth with his mother in law and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that smyteth his neyghbour secretly all the people shal say Amen Cursed be he that lyeth vvith his neyghbours vvyfe and all the people shall say Amen Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to sleye the soule of innocent bloode and al the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that contynueth not in all the wordes of this lawe to do them all the people shall saye Amen ¶ The promyses of the blessynges vnto them that regarde the coÌ„maundementes and the curses to the contrary CAPI XXVIII IF thou shalt herken dilygently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy god and obserue do all his coÌ„maundementes whiche I coÌ„maunde the this day The Lorde wyll set the on hye aboue all nacyons of the earth And all these blessynges shal come on the ouertake the yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God Blessed shalte thou be in the towne and blessed in the feldes blessed shall be the fruyte of thy body the fruyte of thy grounde and the fruyte of thy cattell the fruyte of thyne oxen the flockê of thy shepe blessed shall be thy basket thy store Blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out blessed when thou comest in The Lorde shal gyue ouer thyne enemyes that ryse agaynst the that they maye fal before thy face They shal come out agaynst the one waye and flee before the seuen wayes The lorde shall put the blessynge vpon the in thy store houses and in all that thou settest thyne hande to and wyll blesse the in the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the. The lorde shall make the an holy people vnto hym self as he hath sworne vnto the yf thou shalte kepe the coÌ„maundementes of the Lorde thy God and walke in his wayes And all nacions of the earth shal se that the name of the Lorde is called vpon ouer the and they shal be afrayde of the. And the lorde shall make the plenteous in goodê in the fruyte of thy body in the fruyte of thy cattell in the fruyte of thy grounde in the lande which the lord sware vnto thy fathers to gyue the. The lorde shal open vnto the his good tresure euen the heuen to gyue rayne vnto thy lande in due ceason and to blesse all the labours of thyne hande And thou shalte lende vnto many nacions but shalte not borowe thy selfe And the Lorde shall set the before not behynde and thou shalt be aboue onely and not beneth yf that thou herken vnto the coÌ„maundementes of the lorde thy God which I coÌ„maunde the this daye to kepe to do them And se that y u bowe not asyde from any of these wordes whiche I coÌ„maunde the this daye eyther to the ryght hand or to the lefte that thou woldest go after straunge goddes to serue them But and yf thou wylte not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe and to do all his coÌ„maundementes and his ordinaunces whiche I coÌ„maunde the this daye all these curses shal come vpon the ouertake the Cursed shalte thou be in the towne and cursed in the felde cursed shall thy basket be and thy store Cursed shal be the fruyt of thy body and the fruyte of thy lande and the fruyte of thyne Oxen and the flockes of thy shepe Cursed shalte thou be when thou goest in cursed when thou goest out The Lorde shall sende vpon the cursynge destruction rebuke in all that thou settest thyne hande to that thou doest vntyll he destroye the brynge the to nought quyckly bycause of the wyckednesse of thyne inuencions and bycause thou hast forsaken me The Lorde shall make the pestylence cleue vnto the vntyll he haue consumed the from of the lande whyther thou goest to enioye it The Lorde shall smyte the with swellynge with feuers heete burnyng and with the swerde with wytherynge and with blastynge And they shall folowe the vntyl thou perysshe And the heuen that is ouer thy heade shall be brasse and the earth that is vnder the yron The lorde shall turne the rayne of the lande vnto powder dust euen from heuen shal they come downe vpon the vntyl thou be brought to nought And the Lorde shall plage the before thyne enemyes Thou shalte come out one way agaynst them flee seuen wayes before them and shalt be scattered amonge all the kyngdomes of the earth And thy carkas shall be meate vnto all maner foules of the ayre and vnto the beastes of the earth and no man shal fraye them away The Lorde wyll smyte the with the botche of Egypt and the Emarodes scalle maungenes that thou mayst not be healed therof And the lorde shall smyte the with madnesse and blyndnesse abashment of herte Thou shalte grope at noone dayes as the blynde gropeth in darkenesse and shalt not prosper in thy wayes Thou shalte be oppressed with wronge be polled euermore no man shall succoure the. Thou shalt be betrowthed vnto a wyfe and another man shall lye with her Thou shalte buylde an house and not dwell therin Thou shalte also plant a vineyearde and shalte not gather the grapes Thyne oxe shall be sleyne before thyne eyes and thou shalt not eate therof Thyne asse shall be violently taken away euen before thy face and shall not be restored
had ended them ¶ The songe of Moses CAPI XXXII HEare O ye heuens I shall speake let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne ☞ shall drop as doth the rayne my speche shal flowe as dothe the dewe as the showre vpon the herbes as the droppes vpon the grasse For I wyl call on the name of the Lorde Ascribe ye honour vnto our god Perfite is the worke of the moost myghty god For all his wayes are iudgement He is a god of truth without wyckednesse ryghteous iust is he †Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym thorow theyr deformities not his owne chyldren but a wycked froward generacion Do ye so rewarde the lorde O folyshe nacion vnwyse Is not he thy father thyne owner hath he not made the ordeyned the Remembre the dayes of the worlde that is past coÌ„syder the yeres froÌ„ tyme to tyme. Aske thy father he wyl shewe the thy elders they wyl tell the. When the moost hyghest deuyded the nacyons and when he seperated the sonnes of Adam he put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the chyldren of Israel For the lordes parte is his folke Iacob is the porcion of his enheritauÌ„ce ☞ He fouÌ„d hym in a deserte lande in a voyde grounde in a roryng wyldernesse He led hym aboute he gaue hym vnderstandyng kepte hym as the apple of his eye As an Egle that styrteth vp her nest flotereth ouer her yong stretcheth out her wyngê so doth he take them vp beareth them on his shoulders The Lorde alone was his guyde there was no strauÌ„ge god with hym He caryed hym vp to an hyelande that he myght eate the encrease of the feldes And he fed hym w t hony out of the rocke with oyle out of the most harde stone With butter of kyne mylke of the shepe w t fat of the lambes of fat raÌ„mes he gootes with the fat of most plenteous wheate that thou myghtest drinke ☞ the most pure blood of the grape But he that shulde haue bene vpryght when he waxed fat spurned w t his heele Thou art wel fed y u art growne thicke thou art euen laden with fatnes And he forsoke god his maker regarded not the God of his saluacion They prouoked hym to angre with straunge goddes euen with abhominacions prouoked they hym They offered vnto deuyls not to God euen to gods whome they knewe not to newe goddes that came newly vp whome theyr fathers feared not Of god that begat the thou arte vnmyndfull and hast forgotten god that made the. The lorde therfore sawe it was angry bycause of the prouokyng of his sonnes of his doughters And he sayd I wyll hyde my face from them wyl se what theyr ende shal be For they are a very frowarde generacion chyldreÌ„ in whom is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no God prouoked me with theyr vanitis And I also wyll prouoke them with those ☞ whiche are no people I wyl angre them with a foolyshe nacion For fyre is kyndled in my wrath burneth vnto the bottome of hell And hathe consumed the earth with her encreace set a fyre the bottoms of the mountaynes I wyll heape myscheues vpon them wyll destroye them with myne arowes They shal be burnt with hunger consumed with heate with bytter destruccion I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust Without forth shall the swerde rob them of theyr chyldren within in the chambre feare both yonge men and yong women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades I haue sayde I wyl scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to cease from amonge men Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemye lest theyr aduersaries shulde vtterly withdrawe themselues and lest they shulde say our hygh hande hath done all this not the Lorde For it is a nacion without forecast neyther is there any vnderstandyng in them O that they were wyse and vnderstode this that they wolde consyder theyr latter ende How shulde one chace a. M two put x. M. to flyght excepte theyr maker had solde them and excepte the lorde do shut them vp For theyr God is not as oure God oure enemyes also themselues are iudges For theyr vyne is of the vyneyarde of Sodome of the feldes of Gomorra Theyr grapes are grapes of gall and theyr clusters be bytter Theyr wyne is a poyson of dragons the cruell gall of adders Is not this layde in store with me sealed vp among my treasures Uengeaunce is myne I wyll rewarde theyr fete shall slyde in due tyme. For the day of theyr destruction is at hande the thyngê that shal come vpon them make hast For the lorde shall iudge his people haue coÌ„passyon on his seruauntes when he seeth that theyr power is gone that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to nought forsaken And he shal say where are theyr goddê theyr god in whom they trusted The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wyne of theyr drynk offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you be your proteccion †in necessyte Se now how that I I am god and there is none but I I kyl wyl make alyue I wounde I wyl heale neyther is there any that can delyuer out of my hande For I wyll lyfte vp myne hande to heuen and wyl say I lyue euer If I whet the edge of my swerde and my hande take holde to do iustyce I wyll recompence vengeaunce on myne enemyes and wyll rewarde them that hate me I wyll make myne arowes dronke with bloood and my swerde shall eate fleshe that for the bloode of the sleyne for theyr captiuite synce the ☞ begynÌ„yng of the wrath of the enemye Prayse ye hethen his people for he wyl auenge the blood of his seruauntê wyll auenge hym of his aduersaryes wyl be mercyfull vnto his lande to his people And Moses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the cares of the people he Iosua the son of Nun. And Moses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to all the people of Israell and sayde vnto them Set youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I ☞ testifie vnto you this daye and ye shall commaunde them vnto youre chyldren that they maye obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and thorowe this worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge Get the vp into this mountayne Abarim †That is to say a
passage vnto mounte Nebo whiche is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Ierico And beholde the lande of Canaan which I gyue vnto the chyldren of Israel to possesse And dye in the mounte whiche thou goest vp vnto thou shalte be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor and was gathered vnto his people bycause ye trespassed agaynst me amonge the chyldren of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin For ye sanctified me not amonge the chyldren of Israel Thou shalte therfore se the lande before the and shall not go thyther vnto the lande whiche I gyue the chyldren of Israel ¶ Moses dyenge blesseth all the trybes of Israell CAPI XXXIII THis is the blessynge wherwith Moses the man of God blessed the chyldren of Israel before his deathe and sarde The Lorde came from Smay and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with thousandes of ☞ sayntes and in his ryghte hande a lawe of fyre for them And he loued the people All his sayntes also are in thy handes They †were smytten to go after thy feete and to receyue of thy wordes Moses gaue vs a lawe to be an enheritaunce of the congregacyon of Iacob And he was in Israell kynge when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israell were gathered togyther Let Ruben lyue not dye be fewe in nombre This same also happen to Iuda And he sayd heare lorde the voyce of Iuda â–ª brynge hym vnto his people his handes shal be good ynough for him yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemyes And vnto Leut he sayde ☞ Thuminâ— and Urim shall be with the and with euery one that is godly in the. Thou diddest proue hym also in the temptacyon and stryuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe He that hath sayd vnto his father and to his mother I haue not sene hym ☞ And he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne chyldreÌ„ those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunte They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israell thy law They shal put sence before thy nose and the burâ—sacrifice vpon thyne aulter Blesse lorde his fyrst fruytes and accepte the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of them that ryse agaynst hym of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne And of Ben Iamin he sayde The Lordes derlyng shall dwel in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long he shall dwell bytwene his shoulders And of Ioseph he sayd blessed of the lorde is his lande for the fruytes of heuen thorow the dewe and sprynges that lye bynethe and for the swete fruytes of the encrease of the sonne and rype fruytes of the moone For the fyrst fruyte of the principal mountaynes and for the Fruytes that the hylles brynge forth for euer and for the fruytê of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelte in the Busshe shall the blessynge come vpon the heade of Ioseph vpon the top of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethreÌ„ ☞ his fyrst borne oxe hath beautye and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne And with them he shall trouble the nacions togyther euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also the many thousandes of Ephram and the thousandes of Manasses And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon in thy goyng out thou Isachar in thy tentes They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shal offre offerynges of ryghteousnesse For they shal sucke of the aboundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sande And vnto Gad he sayde blessed be the rowme maker Gad he dwelleth as a Lyon that catcheth the arme with the heed He saw therfore his begynnynge that there was a porcyon there to hyde the lawe gyuer and he came with the heades of the people executed the ryghtousnes of the lorde his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayd Dan is a lyons whelpe he shall flow from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayd Nephthali hath aboundance of Gods good pleasure and is fylled with the blessynge of the lorde shall haue his possessyons towarde the souhtwest And to Aser he sayd Aser shall be blessed with chyldren he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle Thy dwellyng be Yron and brasse and thyne age be as thy youth There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heuen as vpon an horse yet is he thy helper whose glorye is in the celestyall places The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng god shalte thou lyue He shall cast out the enemye before the say destroy Israel then shall dwel in safetie and alone And the eye of Iacob shall be vpon a lande of corne wyne and his heuens shall drop the dewe Happye arte thou O Israell who is lyke vnto the O people that arte saued in the Lorde whiche is the shylde of thy helpe swerde of thy glory Thyne enemyes haue lost theyr strength to the warde thou shalte ☞ treade vpon the hyght of them ¶ Moses dyeth Israell wepeth Iosua succedeth in Moses roume CAPI XXXIIII ANd Moses went from the playne of Moab vp in to mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyl that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lorde shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan all Nephthali and the lande of ☞ Ephraim and Manasse and the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vttermost see and the south and the region of the playn of Iericho the Citie of paulme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the Lorde sayde vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I wyll gyue it vnto thy seede I haue caused the also to se it with thyne eyes but thou shalte not go ouer thyther So Moses the seruaunt of the lorde dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde And he buryed hym in a valey in the lande of Moab ouer agaynste the house of Peor but no maÌ„ knoweth of his sepulcre vnto this day Moses was an hundred and twentye yere olde when he dyed his eye was not dym nor his naturall coloure abated And the chyldren of Israel wepte for Moses in the playn of Moab thyrtie dayes And the dayes of wepynge and mournynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wysdome for Moses had put his handes vpon hym And the chyldren of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And there arose not a prophete synce in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face accordynge vnto all the myracles and wonders whiche the Lorde sent hym to do in
toke away my lande when they came out of Egypt euen froÌ„ Arnon vnto Iaboâ—â— vnto Iordan Now therfore restore those â—andes agayne w t fayre meanes And Iephthah sent messengers agayn vnto the kyng of the chyldren of Ammon sayde vnto hym thus sayeth Iephthah Israel toke not away the lande of Moaâ— â–ª nor the lande of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ But when Israell came out of Egypt walked thorow the wyldernesse euen vnto the red see they came to Cades sent messengers vnto the kynge of EdoÌ„ sayenge Let me I praye the go thorowe thy lande But the kyng of EdoÌ„ wolde not agre therto And in lyke maner they sent vnto the kynge of Moab but he wolde not consent And so Israel abode styll in Cades And then they went alonge thorow the wyldernesse and coÌ„passed the lande of EdoÌ„ the lande of Moab came alonge by the east syde of the land of Moab pytched on the other syde of Arnon wolde not come within the cooste of Moab For Arnon was the vttermoost border of Moab And then Israell sent messengers vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorytes kynge of Hesbon sayde vnto hym Let vs passe thorowe thy lande vnto our owne countrey But SehoÌ„ coÌ„sented not to Israell that he shulde go thorowe his coost but gathered all his people togyther pytehed in Iazaâ— fought with Israell And the lorde god of Israell delyuered Sehon and all his folke in to the handes of Israell And so Israell smote them conquered all the lande of the Amorites the enhabyters of the sayde countrey And they coÌ„quered all the coostes of the Amorites from Arnon vnto Iaboke from the wyldernesse vnto Iordane So nowe seenge the Lorde God of Israell hath cast out the Amorites before his people Israell shuldest y u possesse the lande Naye but what people Camos thy God dryueth out that lande possesse thou Euen so whatsoeuer nacioÌ„ the lorde our god expelleth that lande ought we to enioye And art thou better then Balack the sonne of Zephor kynge of Moab dyd he sâ—tyue with Israell or fyght agaynst them all the whyle Israell dwelte in Hesbon her townes in Atoer her townes and in all the cityes that be a longe by the coostes of ArnoÌ„ thre hundred yeares why dydest y â— not recouer them in all that place Wherfore I haue not synned agaynst the. But thou doest me wronge to war agaynst me The Lorde therfore be iudge this daye bytwene the chyldren of Israell the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ Howbeit the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon herkened not vnto the wordes of Iephthah which he sent hym Then the spiryte of the Lorde came vpon Iephthah And he passed ouer to Gilead to Manasses and came to Mazphah that lyeth in Gilead from thence vnto the Chyldren of Ammon And Iephthah vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde sayde Yf thou shalte delyuer the Chyldren of Ammon into my handes then that thyng that coÌ„meth out of the dores of my house agaynst me when I come home in peace from the Chyldren of Ammon shall be the lordes ☞ and I wyll offre it vp for a burtofferynge And so Iephthah went vnto the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ to fyght with them And the lorde delyuered them in to his handes And he smote them from Atoer tyll thou come to Menith euen xx cityes so forth to the playne of the vineyerdes with an excedynge greate slaughter And thus the Chyldren of Ammon were brought vnder before the chyldren of Israel WheÌ„ Iephthah came to Mazphah vnto his house se his doughter came out agaynste hym with tymberels daunses whiche was his onely Chylde so that besyde her he had neyther son nor doughter And when he saw her he rent his clothes and sayde Alas my doughter †thou hast brought me lowe and arte one of them that trouble me For I haue opened my mouth vnto the Lorde can not go backe And she sayd vnto hym my father yf y u haue opened thy mouth vnto the Lorde then on w t me accordynge to it that proceded out of thy mouth for as moche as the Lorde hath aduenged the †and gyuen the victory of thyne enemyes the Chyldren of Ammon And she sayd vnto her father do thus moche for me let me alone ii monethes that I may ☞ go downe to the mountaynes bewayle my virgynyte I my felowes And he sayd go he sent her awaye two monethes And so she went w t her coÌ„panions lamented her mayden heade vpon the mountaynes And after the ende of the two monethes she turned agayne vnto her Father whiche ☞ dyd with her accordynge to his vowe whiche he had vowed she had knowen no man And it grewe to a custome in Israell The dougters of Israel came yere by yere to lament the doughter of Iephthah the Gileadite foure dayes in a yeare ¶ The battayle of Iephthah agaynste Ephraim After the â–ª death of Iephthah succedeth Elon After Elon Abdon CAPI XII ANd the men of Ephraim gathered them selues togyther and went northwarde sayde vnto Iephthah Wherfore wentest thou to fyght with the chyldren of Ammon dydest not call vs to go with the We wyll therfore burne thyne house vpon the with fyre And Iephthah sayde vnto them I and my people were at great stryfe with the chyldren of Ammon And when I called you ye delyuered me not out of theyr handes And when I sawe that ye delyuered me not I ☞ put my lyfe in my handes went vpon the chyldren of Ammon And the lorde delyuered them in to my handes Wherfore then are ye come vpon me now to fyght with me Iephthah therfore gathered togyther all the men of Gilead fought w t the Ephraites And the men of Gilead smote the Ephraites bycause they sayde Ye Gileadites are but renegates of Ephraim amonge the Ephraites the Manassites Moreouer the men of Gilead toke the passages of Iordane before the Ephraites And wheÌ„ those Ephraitê that were escaped sayde Let vs go ouer then the men of Gilead sayd vnto them Arte thou all Ephraite they sayd nay Then sayd they vn to him then saye ☞ Schibboleth †vvhich is by interpretacyon an eare of corne And he sayde Sibboleth for he coulde not so pronounce And then they toke hym slew hym at the passages of Iordane And there were ouerthrowen at that tyme of the Ephraites xlii thousand And Iephthah iudged Israel sixe yeare dyed was buryed in one of the cityes of Gilead After this man iudged Israell one Abezan of Bethlehem and he had thirtye sonnes and thirtye doughters whom he sent out and toke thirtye other in for his sonnes And when AbezaÌ„ had iudged Israel seuen yere he dyed was buryed at Bethleem After hym Elon a Zabulonite Iudged Israel ten yere Elon the Zabulonite dyed was buryed in Aialon in the countrey of Zabulon After hym Abdon the son of Hellel a Pharathonite
the bones of Ionathas his sonne and they toke vp the bones of them that were hanged And the bones of Saul and Ionathas his sonne buried they in the couÌ„trey of Beniamin in Zela in the sepulchre of Cis his father And when they had performed al that the king coÌ„maunded God was then at one with the lande It fortuned that the Philistines had yet war agayne with Israel And Dauid went downe his seruauntes with hym fought agaynst the Philistines And Dauid waxed fayntie Iesbi of Nob one of the sonnes of the gyauÌ„tes the yron of whose speare wayed ☞ thre hundred sycles he beyng gyrded w t a newe swerde thought to haue sleyne Dauid But Abisaia the son of zaruia socoured hym and smote the Philistine kylled hym Then the seruauntes of Dauid sware vnto hym saynge Thou shalte go no more out w t vs to battayle that thou quenche not ☞ the lyght of Israel And yet after this there was a battayle with the Philistines at Nob and then Sibbechat the Husathite slue Saph which was one of the sonnes of the gyauÌ„tes And there was yet an other battayle in Nob with the Philistines where EihanaÌ„ the son of the Iaere Orgim a Bethleemite slue one Goltath a gethite the staffe of whose spere was as great as a weuers cloth beame And there was yet an other battayle in Geth where was a man of a great stature had on euery hande vi fyngers and on euery foote vi toes xxiiii in al. And was borne also of the kynred of the giauntes in Geth And wen he defyed Israell Ionathas the son of Simea the brother of Dauid slue hym These foure giauntes were borne in Geth and fell in to the hande of Dauid and in to the handes of his seruauauntes ¶ The songe of Dauid for his delyueraunce from his enemyes CAPI XXII ANd Dauid spake the wordes of this song vnto the lorde what tyme the lord had delyuered hym out of the hande of all his enemyes out of the hande of Saul And he sayd the lorde is ☞ my rocke and my castel my delyuerer God is my strength in hym wyl I trust he is my shelde the horne of my saluacyon my worshyp my refuge my sauiour thou shalt saue me from wrong I wyll prayse and call on the Lorde and so shall I be saued from myne enemyes For the corrupcyons of death closed me aboute the floudes of Beliall put me in feare The sorowes of hel compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me In my tribulacioÌ„ wyl I call vpon the lorde crye to my god And he shal heare my voyce out of his temple my crye shall entre into his eares The earth trembled quaked ☞ the foundacyons of heuen moued shoke when he was angrye Smoke went vp in his wrath and consuming fyre out of his mouth coles were kendled therof And he bowed heuen and came downe there was darkenes vnder his fete And he sat vpon Cherub and dyd flye ☞ he was sene caried vpon the wyngê of the wynd He made darkenesse a tabernacle rounde aboute hym with waters gathered togyther in thycke cloudes Thorowe the bryghtnesse of his presence were the fyre coles kyndled God thundred from heuen and he that is moost hygh doth put out his voyce He shot arowes scattered them he hurled lyghtenyng and dyscomfyted them The flowyngê of the see appeared the foundacions of the worlde were sene by the reason of the rebukynge of the lorde thorowe the blastyng of the breth of his nose thryls He shal sende froÌ„ heuen fet me he shal plucke me out of many waters He shal deliuer me froÌ„ my myghty aduersary fro myne enmyes for they are to strong for me When they had ouertaken me in the day of my tribulacion the lorde stayed me vp for he brought me out into roumth he delyuered me bicause he had a loue vnto me The Lorde wyl rewarde me accordynge to my ryghteousnesse accordyng to the purenesse of my handes wyll he recompence me For I haue kepte the wayes of the Lorde done no wyckednes agaynst my god For all his lawes are in my syght and his statutes wyll not I put awaye fro me In his syght also haue I bene vndefyled ☞ haue kepte me fro myne iniquite And the Lorde dyd to me agayne accordyng to my ryghteousnes euen after my purenesse in his eye syght With the godly thou shalte be godly and with the man that is vncorrupte thou shalt be vncorrupte With the pure thou shalte be pure and with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde And the people that are in aduersyte thou shalte helpe And on the proude shalte thou cast thyne eyes Thou arte my lyght O lorde the Lorde shall lyght my darknesse For w t thy helpe I wyll run thorowe an hoost of meÌ„ and in ☞ my God wyl I spryng ouer a wal ☞ God is vncorrupte in his way the worde of the Lorde is tryed in the fyre he is the defender of al them that trust in hym For who is a God saue the Lorde who is myghtye saue our god God strengtheth me w t power and ☞ ryddeth the way cleare before me He maketh my feete lyke hartes feete setteth me fast vpon my hye holde He teacheth my handes to fyght that euen a bowe of stcle is to weake for myne armes Thou hast gyuen me the shelde of thy saluacion and with thy louyng mekenesse thou doest multiplie me Thou shalte make me space to walke in my legges shall not fayle me I wyll folowe vpon myne enemyes and destroy them and turne not agayne vntyll I haue consumed them I wyll waste them and smyte them that they shal not be able to arise Yea they shall fal vnder my fete Thou hast gyrded me about with myght to battayle them that arose agaynst me hast y â— subdued vnder me And thou madest myne enemyes them that hated me to turne theyr backes to me that I myght destroy them They loke for helpe but there is none to saue them Yea euen vnto the Lorde do they crye but he heareth them not I wyll beate them as small as the duste of the earth I wyll stampe them as the dyrte of the streete and wyll spreade them abrode Thou shalte delyuer me from the dyscencion of my people thou shalt kepe me to be an heade ouer nacions the peple which I knewe not shall serue me Straunge chyldren dissemble withme At the hearynge of the eare they obey me Straunge chyldren wyll shrynke away and they shall be smytten with feare in theyr preuye chambre God is alyue and blessed be my maker magnified be God my moost stronge saluacion It is god that aduengeth me bryngeth downe the people vnder me He delyuereth me from myne enemyes thou also shalte lyfte me vp on hyghe frome them that ryse agaynst me thou shalte delyuer me from the wycked men And therfore I wyll
the citye which thou hast chosen and towarde the house which I haue buylte for thy name Then heare thou theyr prayer supplicacion in heuen thy dwellynge place and iudge theyr cause be mercyfull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the vnto all theyr iniquities wherby they haue done wickedly agaynst the and get thou them the fauour of those whiche led them away captiue that they may haue compassyon on them For they be thy people and thyne enheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out of Egypte euen from the myddes of the fournace of yron And let thyne eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel to herken vnto them in all that they call for vnto the. For y u dydest seperate them from among all the nacions of the earth to be thyne owne enheritaunce as thou saydest by the hande of Moses thy seruaunt when thou broughtest oure fathers out of Egypte O lorde God And when Salomon had made an ende of prayeng all this prayer and supplicacion vnto the Lorde he arose from before the aulter of the Lorde and from knelynge on his knees and from stretchynge of his handê vp to heuen and stode and blessed all the congre gacion of Israel with a loude voyce saynge Blessed be the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israel accordyng to all that he promised there hath not fayled one word of all the good promyse whiche he promysed by the hande of Moses his seruaunt The Lorde our God be with vs as he was with our fathers forsake vs not neyther leaue vs but that he maye bowe our hertes vnto hym that we maye walke in all his wayes kape his coÌ„maundementes his statutes and his lawes which he coÌ„maunded our fathers And these my wordes whiche I haue prayed before the Lorde be nygh vnto the Lorde our god day and nyght that he defende the cause of his seruaunt and the cause of his people Israell what thynge socuer chaunce at any tyme that al nacions of the earth may know that the Lorde is God and none but he Let your herte therfore be perfyte with the lorde our God that ye walke his statutes and kepe his coÌ„maundementes as this day And the kynge and all Israell with hym offered offerynges before the lorde And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerynges vnto the Lorde and he offered vnto the lorde xxii thousante oxen and an hundred and. xx thousande shepe And so the kyng and al the chyldren of Israel dedicated the house of the lorde The same daye dyd the kynge halo we the mydle of the courte that was before the house of the lorde for there he offered burnt offerynges meat offeryngê and the fat of the peaccofferynges bycause the brasen aulter that was before the Lorde was to lytle to receyue the burnofferynges meateofferynges the fat of the peaccofferynges And Salomon helde that same tyme an hygh feast and all Israell with hym a very great congregacion euen from the entryng in of Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egypte before the lorde oure God seuen dayes seuen dayes euen xiiii dayes And the. vill daye he sent the people away And they blessed the kynge and wente vnto theyr tentes ioyous and with glad hert bycause of all the goodnesse that the Lorde had done for Dauid his seruaunt and for Israel his people ¶ The Lorde appeareth the seconde tyme to Salomon Salomon gyueth townes to Hirem The Lananytes become tret 〈◊〉 He sendeth shyppes for golde He vnytoeth many Litres CAPI IX ANd when SalomoÌ„ had finysshed the buyldyng of the house of the lorde and the kynges palace and all that he had in his mynde and was apoynted to make the lorde appeared vnto hym agayne as he appeared to hym at Gibeon And the Lorde sayde vnto hym I haue herde thy prayer and thy intercessyon that thou hast made before me For I haue halowed this house which thou hast buylte to put my name there for euer and myne eyes myne herte shal be there perpetually And yf thou wylte walke before me as Dauid thy father walked in purenesse of herte in ryghteousnes to do al that I haue coÌ„maunded the wylte kepe my statutes my lawes then wyll I stablysshe the seate of thy kyngdom vpon Israel for euer as I promysed to Dauid thy father sayenge Thou shalte not be without a man vpon the seate of Israel But and yf ye and youre chyldren turne awaye from me and wyll not kepe my coÌ„maundementes and my statutes whiche I haue set before you but go serue other Goddes and worshyp them then wyll I wede Israel out of the lande which I haue gyuen them And this house whiche I haue halowed for my name wyl I cast out of my syght And Israell shall be a prouerbe and a fable among al nacions And this house shal be taken away so that euery one that passeth by it shall be astonyed and shall hysse they shall saye why hath the lorde done this vnto this lande to this house And they shall answere bycause they forsoke the lorde theyr god whiche brought theyr fathers out of the lande of Egypte and haue taken holde vpon other Goddes and haue worshypped them serued them therfore hath the Lorde brought vpon them all this euyll And it fortuned that ☞ at the ende of twentye yeres Salomon fynysshed the buyldyng of the two houses that is to wete the house of the Lorde the kynges palace And Hiram the kynge of Tyre broughte Salomon tymbre of Cedar and Fyrre trees golde and what soeuer he desyred And Salomon agayne gaue Hiram twentie cityes in the lande of Galile And Hiram came oute from Tyre to se the cityes whiche Salomon had gyuen hym and they pleased hym not And he sayde What cityes are these whiche thou hast gyuen me my brother And he called them the lande of ☞ Cabull vnto this daye And Hiram sente the Kynge syxe score hundred weyght of golde And this is the summe whiche kynge Salomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde and his owne house and ☞ Millo and the wall of Ierusalem and Hazoer and Megâ—ddo and Gazer For Pharao kyng of Egypte went vp and toke Gazer and burnt it with fyre and slue the Cananites that dwelt in the cytie gaue it for a present vnto his doughter Salomons wyfe And Salomon buylte Gazer and Beth Horon the nether and Baalath and ☞ Thamar in the wyldernesse and in the lande and all the treasure Cityes that Salomon had †and vvere vnvvalled those he made strong and cites for his charettes and cities for his horsemen and al that Salomon desyred and wolde buylde in Ierusalem in Libanon and in all the lande of his dominyon And all the people that were lefte of the Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iesubites whiche were not of the chyldren of Israell theyr chyldren
shall not gyue sentence after the thynge that shal be brought before his eyes nether reproue a matter at the fyrst hearing but with ryghtuousnes shal he iuge y â— pore and with Iustyce shall he refourme the symple of the worlde He shall smyte the worlde with the rod of his mouth with the breath of his mouth shall he slaye the vngodly Ryghtuousnes shal be the gyrdle of his loynes âšœ truth and faythfulnes the girdynge vp of his raynes The wolfe shall dwell with the lambe and the Leoparde shall lye downe by the goate Bullockes Lyons and catel shall kepe company together so y â— a lytell chylde shall rule them The cowe and the beare shal fede together and theyr yonge ones shall lye together The Lyon shall eate strawe lyke the oxe or the cowe The chylde whyle he sucketh shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest and wheÌ„ he is weaned he shal put his hande into the Cockatryce denne No man shal do euell to an other no man shal destroye another in all the hyll of my holynesse For the earthe shall be full of the knowledge of the Lorde euen as the see floweth ouer with water And in that day shal the gentyls enquere after y â— rote of Iesse whiche shal be set vp for a token vnto the people and his dwellynge shal be glorious At y â— same tyme shal y â— lorde take in hande agayne to coÌ„quere the remnaunt of his peple which shal be lefte alyue From the Assyrians Egipcians Arabians Moryans Elamites Caldeys Antio chyans and from the Ilandes of the see And he shall sette vp a token amonge the Gentyles and gather together y â— dispersed of Israell yea and the out castes of Iuda from y â— foure corners of the worlde The hatred of Ephraim also and enemyes of Iuda shal be cleane roted out Ephraym shall beare no euell wyll to Iuda and Iuda shal not hate Ephraym but they both together shall flye vpoÌ„ the shulders of the Philistines toward the west and spoyle them together y â— dwell towarde the Easte The Idumites and the Moabytes shall let theyr handes fall and the Ammonytes shal be obedieÌ„t vnto them The Lorde also shal cleane the tunges of the Egipcyans see and with a myghtye winde shal he lyft vp his hande ouet Nilus and shall smyte his seauen stremes make men go ouer drye shod And thus shal there be a waie for his people that remaineth froÌ„ the Assirians like as it happened to the Israelites what time they departed out of the lande of Egypt ¶ The songe of the Churche for the obtayninge of the victory and ouer comynge of the worlde CAPI XII SO THAT then thou shalte saye O Lorde I wyll thanke the for thou wast dyspleased at me but refrayne thou from thy wrathe and comforte me Beholde God is my saluacyon in whome I wyll truste and nat be afrayde For the Lorde God is my strengthe and my songe he also is become my saluacyon Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauyoure and ☞ then shall ye saye geue thanckes vnto the Lorde call vpon hys name declare his couÌ„cels amoÌ„ge the people kepe theÌ„ in remembrauÌ„ce for his name is excellent O sing praises vnto the Lord for he hath done greate thynges as it is knowne in all the worlde Crye out and synge thou that dwellest in Syon for great is the holy one of Israell in the myddes of the. ¶ He prophecyeth the destruccyon of Babylon the captiuyte and the comynge agayne of the people CAPI XIII THys is ☞ the heuy burthen of Babylon whiche Esaye the sonne of Amos dyd se. Lyfte vp the banner vpon the hye hyll call vnto them holde vp youre hande that the Prynces maye go in at the gates I haue sente for my debytyes and my gyauntes saieth the Lorde and in my wrathe I wyl cal for such as tryumphe iÌ„ my glory There is a noyse of a multytude in the mouÌ„taines lyke as of a great people a russhyng as though the Kingdomes of the nacions came together And the Lorde of Hostes is the captayne of the whole armye They come out of a farre countre from the ende of heauen Euen the Lorde himselfe w t the ministers of hys wrathe to destroye the whole lande Mourne ye for the day of the Lorde is at hande and shall come as a destroyer from the Almyghtye Therfore shal al haÌ„des be letten downe and all mens hertes shall melte a waye they shall stande in feare â–ª carefulnesse and sorow shal come vpoÌ„ them and they shall haue paine as a womaÌ„ that trauayleth with chylde ☞ One shall be abasshed of another and theyr faces shal burne lyke the flamme Beholde the daye of the Lorde shall come terrible full of iudignacyon and wrathe to make the lande waste and to roote out the synners therof For the starres and planets of heauen shall nat geue theyr lyghte the sunne shal be darkened in his rysynge and the moone shall nat shyne with hys lyght And I wyll punyshe the wyckednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the Lord. The hye stomackes of the proude wyll I take awaye and wyll laye downe the boastynge of tyrauntes I wyll make a man dearer then fyne golde and a man to be more worthe then a golden wedge of Ophyr Therfore I wyll so shake the heauen that the earth shal remoue out of her place Thus shall it go with Babylon in the wrath of the Lorde of hostes and in the day of hys fearfull indignacion And Babylon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a shepe that no maÌ„ taketh vp Euery maÌ„ shal turne to hys owne people and flye eche one into hys owne lande Who so is founde alone shall be shot thorowe And who so gather together shal be destroyed with the swerde Theyr chyldren shal be slayne before theyr eyes theyr houses spoyled and theyr wyues rauysshed For lo I shal bring vp the Medes agaynste them whiche shall nat regarde syluer nor be desirous of golde With bowes shall they destroye the yonge men and haue no pytye vpon wemen with chylde and theyr faces shall not spare the chyldren And Babylon that glorye of Kyngdomes and bewty of the Caldees honour shal be destroyed euen as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorta It shall not endure for euer nether shall there be any more dwellyng there from generacyon to generacyon ☞ The Arabyans shall pytche no tentes ther nether shal the shephardes make their foldes there any more but wylde bestes shal lye there and the houses shal be ful of great Oules Estryches shall dwell there Apes shall daunse there wylde cattes shall cry in the palaces and Dragons shal be iÌ„ the plea saunt houses And as for Babylons tyme it is at hand her dayes shall nat be ê“loÌ„ged ¶ The retourne of the people from captyuytye The prosperitye of the people of god and affliccion of their enemies The pryde of
and dales thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde thys haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terryble wrathe For so muche as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heathen therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God ☞ I haue sworne that the Gentyles whiche lye aboute you shall beare youre confusyon them selues And as for you O mountaynes of Israel ye shal shute out your braunches and brynge for the youre frute to my people of Israell for it is harde by that it wyll come Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne me that ye maye by tylled and sowen ☞ I wyll sende you much people whiche shal be all of the house of Israell the cytyes shall be inhabyted and the decayed places shal be repayred agayne I wyll prouyde you with muche people and catell whiche shall increase and brynge frute I wyll restore you also to your olde estate and shewe you more kyndnes then euer ye had before wherby ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. Yee people wyll I sende vnto you O my folke of Israell which shall haue the in possessyon and thou shalte be theyr inherytaunce so that thou shalte no more be without them Agayne thus sayeth the Lorde God For so muche as they saye vnto you thou arte an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people therfore thou shalte eate no mo men neyther destroye thy people any more sayeth the Lorde God And I wyl not suffre the for to heare thine owne confusion amonge the Gentyles from heÌ„â—forth Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacioÌ„s nor cast out thyne owne people eny more saieth the Lorde God Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying O thou sonne of man wheÌ„ the house of Israell oweâ—t vpon their owne grounde they defyled them selues wyth theyr owne wayes ymagynacions so that in my syght their way was lyke the vnclenues of a meÌ„struous woman Wherfore I poured my wrothful displeasure vpon theÌ„ ☞ because of the bloude that they had shed in the lande because of theyr Idols wherwith they had defiled them selues I scatred them also among the Heathen so that they were strowed aboute in the landes Accordynge to theyr wayes and after theyr owne inuencyons so dyd I punyshe them Nowe when they were gone vnto the Heathen and come in amonge theÌ„ they dishonoured my holy name so that it was said of them Are these the people of God must go out of theyr owne lande Then spared I my holy name whiche the house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentyles to whom they came Therfore tell the house of Israel Thus saieth the Lord God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israell but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured amonge the Heathen when ye came to them Therfore I wyll halowe my greate name agayne which amonge the Gentyles is euyll spoken of for ye youre selues haue dyshonoured it amonge them And the Gentyles shal know that I am the Lorde whan I am honoured in you before they re eyes sayeth the Lorde God As for you I wyll take you from amonge the HeatheÌ„ and gather you together out of all countrees and brynge you agayne into your owne lande Then wyl I poure cleare water vpon you and ye shal be clene yee from al your vnclennesse and from al your Idols shall I clense you A newe herte also wyl I geue you and a new sprite wyl I put into you As for that stony hert I wyll take it out of youre body and gyue you a fleshly herte I wyl gyue my spryte among you cause you to walcke in my commauÌ„dementes to kepe my lawes and fulfyll them And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to youre forefathers and ye shal be my people and I wylbe your God I wyl helpe you out of al your vnclennes I wyl cal for the corne and wyll increase it and let you haue no honger I wyl multyply the frutes of the trees the increase of the feld for you so that ye shall beare no more reprofe of hoÌ„ger amonge the Heathen Then shall ye remembre your owne wicked wayes youre ymaginacioÌ„s which were not good â–ª so that ye shal take displesure at your owne selues by reason of your sinnes abhominacions But I wyll not do thys for youre sakes sayth the Lord God be ye sure of it Therfore O ye house of Israell be ashamed of youre synnes Moreouer thus sayeth the Lorde God what tyme as I shal clense you from all youre offences then wyll I make the cytyes to be occupyed agayne and wyll repayre the places that be decayed The desolate lande shal be builded agayne whiche afore tyme laye wast in the syght of al them that wente by Then shall it be sayde thys waste lande is become lyke a garden of plesure and the voyde desolate and broken downe cytyes are nowe stronge and fensed againe Then the resydue of of the Heathen that lye rounde about you shall know that I am the Lorde whiche repayre that was broken downe and plant agayne that was made waste Euen I the Lorde haue spoken it and wyll do it in dede Thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll yet once be founde agayn of the house of Israel and do this for them I shal increase them as a flocke of men Lyke as the holy flocke the flocke of IerusaleÌ„ are in the hye soleÌ„pne feastes so shal also the wylde wasted cytyes be fylled with flockes of men and they shall knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ He prophecieth the bryngynge agayne of the people beinge in captyuyte He sheweth the vnyon of the ten trybes with the two CAPI XXXVII THe hande of the Lorde came vpoÌ„ me caried me out in the spryte of the Lord let me downe in a playne felde that laye full of bones and he led me rounde aboute by them and beholde the bones that lay vppon the felde were very many and maruelous drye also Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man thinkest thou these bones may lyue againe I answered O Lord God thou knowest And he sayde vnto me Prophecy thou vpoÌ„ these bones and speke vnto them Ye drye bones heare the worde of the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde God vnto these bones Beholde I wyll put brethe into you that ye maye lyue I wyll geue you synowes and make fleshe growe vpon you and couer you ouer with skynne and so gyue you brethe that ye maye lyue and knowe that I am the Lorde So I prophecyed as he had commaunded me And as I was prophecyinge there came anoyse and a greate mocioÌ„ so that the bones can euery one to another Now when I had loked beholde they had sâ—nowes and 〈◊〉 grewe vpon them and aboue they were couered with skynne but there was no breth in them Then saide he vnto me Thou soÌ„ne of man prophecye thou towarde the wynde prophecye and speake to the wynde Thus sayeth the Lorde God
Come O thou ayre from the foure wyndes and ☞ blowe vpon these slayne that they maye be restored to life So I prophecied as he had comauÌ„ded me then came the breth into them and they reccaued lyfe and stode vp vpon theyr fete a maruelous greate sorte Moreouer he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man these bones are the whole house of Israell Beholde they saye Oure bones dried vp our hope is gone we are clene cut of Therfore prophecy thou speake vnto them thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde I wyll open youre graues O my people and take you out of youre sepulcres and bryng you into the lande of Israel agayne So shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde when I open your graues and brynge you out of them My spryte also wyll I put in you and ye shall lyue I wyl set you againe in youre owne lande and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde whiche haue sayde it and fulfylled it in dede The worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying thou sonne of man take a stycke wryte vpon it Unto Iuda and to the chyldren of Israel his companyons Then take another sticke and write vpon it Unto Ioseph y â— stoke of Ephraim and to al the housholde of Israell his companions And than take bothe these together in thyne hande so shall there be one sticke therof Nowe yf the chyldren of thy people saye vnto the wylte thou not shewe vs what thou meaneste by these Then geue them thys answere thus sayeth the Lord God beholde I wyl take the stock of Ioseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and of the tribes of Israel his felowes and wyll put theÌ„ to the stocke of Iuda and make them one stocke and they shal be one in my hande And the two styckes where vpon thou wrytest shalte thou haue in thyne hande that they may se and shalte saye vnto them â–ª Thus sayeth the Lorde God beholde I wyl take awaye the children of Israel from amonge the Heathen vnto whome they be gone and wyl gather theÌ„ together on euery syde and brynge them agayne into they re owne lande yee I wyll make one people of them in the lande vpon the mountaynes of Israel and they al shal haue but one kyng They shall nomore be two peoples froÌ„ hece forth nether be deuided into two kigdomes they shal also defile theÌ„ selues nomore with theyr abhominacioÌ„s Idoles all their wicked doinges I wyl helpe theÌ„ out of al theyr dwelling places wherin they haue synned and wyll so clense them that they shal be my people and I theyr God Dauid my seruaunt shal be their kinge and they al shal haue one shepherd onely They shall walcke in my lawes and my commauÌ„dementes shall they bothe kepe and fulfyll They shall dwell in the lande that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt where as your fathers also haue dwelt Yee euen in the same lande shal they their chyldren and their childers childreÌ„ dwell for euermore and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their euerlasting price Moreouer I wyll make ☞ a bonde of peace with theÌ„ which shall be vnto them an euerlasting couenauÌ„t I wyl setle them also and multyplye them my Sanctuary wyll I set among theÌ„ for euermore My dwellynge shal be with them yee I wyl be theyr God and they shal be my people Thus the Heathen also shall knowe that I the Lorde am the holy maker of Israel wheÌ„ my SaÌ„ctuary shal be amonge them for euermore ¶ He prophecyed that Gog and Magog shall come with an appoyneed haste into the lande of promes Theyr entent He reherceth that the coÌ„urynge of Gog was before prophecyed of the prophetes The destruccyon of hym CAPI XXXVIII AND THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man turne thy face ☞ towarde Gog the lande of Magog whiche is the chefe prince at Meseche and Tubal prophecye agaynst hym and saye Thus sayeth the Lorde God O Gog thou chefe prynce Meseche and Tubal beholde I wyll vpon the and wyll turne the aboute and put a bytte in thy chawes I wyll brynge the forth all thyne hooste bothe horse and horsmen whiche be all weapened of the beste fashyon a greate people that handle altogether speares childes and swerdes the Perses Morians and with them the Libians which al beare childes and helmettes Gomar and al his hoostes the house of Thogorma oute of the Northe quarters and all hys hoostes yee and muche people with the. Therfore prepare the set thy selfe in araye with all thy people that are come vnto the by heapes and be thou theyr defence After many daies thou shalt be visited and in the latter yeares thou shalt come into the lande that hath bene destroyed with the swearde nowe is replenished agayne with diuerse people vpoÌ„ the mouÌ„tayues of Israel which haue longe lyen waste Yee they be brought out of the nacions and dwell all safe Thou shalt come vp like a stormy wether to couer the laÌ„de and as it were a darcke cloude thou with al thyne hostes and a great multitude of people with the. Moreouer thus sayeth the Lord God At the same tyme shal many thynges come into thy mynde so that thou shalte ymagyn myschefe and saye I wyll vp to yonder playne lande seinge they syt at ease and dwell so safely for they dwell all without any walles they haue neither barres nor dores to spoyle them to robbe them to lay hande vpon their so wel inhabyted wildernesses agaynst that people that is gathered together froÌ„ amoÌ„g the Heathen whiche haue gotten catell and good and dwell in the myddest of the lande Then shall Saba and Dedan and the mat chauntes of Tharsis with al their worthies saye vnto the. Art thou come to robbe Hast thou gathered thy people together because thou wylt spoyle to take syluer and golde to cary awaye catell and good and to haue a great pray Therefore O thou sonne of man thou shalt prophecy and saye vnto Gog. Thus sayeth the Lord God In that day thou shalt knowe that my people of Israell dwelleth safe and shalt come from thy place out of y â— North partes thou and much people w t the whiche ryde vpon horses wherof there is a great multitude and an innumerable sorte Yee thou shalt come vpon my people of Israel as a cloude to couer the laÌ„de This shal come to passe in y â— latter dayes I wyl bringe the vp into my lande y â— the Heathen maye knowe me when I get me honour vpon the O Gog before theyr eyes Thus sayeth the Lorde God Thou arte he of whom I haue spoken afore tyme by my seruauÌ„tes the Propbetê of Israel which prophecyed in those dayes and yeares that I shulde brynge the vpon them At the same tyme when Gog commeth vp into the lande of Israel sayeth the Lorde God shal my indignacyon go forth in my wrathe For in my gelousy and hote displeasure I haue deuysed that there shal be
greate man and gaue hym many and greate gyftes He made him ruler of al the countrees of Babilon and lorde of all the nobles that were at Babylon Nowe Danyel intreated the kynge for Sidrach Mysach and Abednago so that he made them rulers ouer all the officers in the lande of Babylon But Danyel him selfe remained styl in the court by the Kynge ¶ The kynge setteth vp a golden Image whiche he commaundeth to be worshypped Sydrach Mysach and Abednago are accused because they dispysed the kynges commauÌ„dement They are brought vnto the kynge and commaunded to worshyp the ymage They refuse to do it and are put into a burnynge ouen By belyfe in God they are delyuered from the fyre Nabuchodonosor confesseth the power of God after the syght of the myracle CAPI III. NAbuchodonosor the Kynge caused a golden Image to be made which was lx cubytes hye and syxe cubytes thycke This he made to be set vp in y â— felde of Dura in the lande of Babylon and sent oute togather together the Dukes Lordes and nobles the iudges and offycers the debytes and shreues with all the rulers of the lande that they myght come to the dedycacyon of the Image whiche Nabuchodonosor the Kynge had set vp So the Dukes Lordes and nobles the iudges and offycers debytes and shreues with all the rulers of the lande gathered them together and came vnto the dedycatynge of the Image that Nabuchodonosor the Kynge had set vp Nowe when they stode before the Image which Nabuchodonoror set vp y â— bedil cried out with al his might O ye people kynreddes and tunges to you be it sayde that wheÌ„ ye heare the noyse of the trompettes which shal be blowen with the harpes shawmes Psalteries Symphonyes and all maner of Musike ye fall downe and worshipe y â— golden Image that Nabuchodonosor the king hath set vp Whose then falleth not downe and boweth hym selfe shall euen the same houre be caste into an hote burnynge ouen Therfore when al the folcke herde the noise of the troÌ„pettes that were blowen with the harpes shawmes Psalteryes Symphomes al kinde of Melody theÌ„ al the people kynreddes nacions fell downe bowed them selues vnto the golden Image that Nabuchodonosor the kynge had set vp Nowe were there certayne men of the Caldees that went euen then and accused the Iewes sayde vnto the kynge Nabuchodonosor O king god saue thy lyfe for euer Thou beynge kynge hast geuen a coÌ„maundemente that all men when they heare the noyse of the trompettes harpes shawmes psalteryes symphonyes and all the other melodyes shall fall downe and bowe them selues towarde the golden Image whoso then fell not downe and worshypped not that he shulde be cast into an hote burnyng ouen Nowe are there certayne Iewes whom thou haste set ouer the offyces of the lande of Babylon namely Sydrache Mysache and Abednago These men O Kynge regarde not thy commaundement yee they wyll not serue thy goddes nor bow them selues to the golden Image that thou haste set vp Then Nabuchodonosor in a cruell wrathe and displeasure coÌ„maunded that Sidrach Misach and Abednago shulde be broughte vnto hym So these men were brought before the kynge Then Nabuchodonosor spake vnto them and sayde what O Sydrach Mysache and Abednago wyl not ye serue my goddes nor bowe youre selues to the golden Image that I haue set vp wel be redy hereafter when ye heare the noise of the trompettes blowe wyth the Harpes shawmes psalteries symphonyes all the other melodyes that ye fall downe worshippe the Image which I haue made But yf ye worshyppe it not ye shal be cast immediatly into an hote burnyng ouen Let se what God is there that maye delyuer you oute of my handes Sidrach Misach and Abednago answered the kynge and sayde O Nabuchodonosor we ought not to coÌ„sent vnto the in this matter for why oure God whom we serue is able to kepe vs from the hote burninge ouen O Kynge and can ryght well delyuer vs out of thy handes And though he wyll not yet shalte thou knowe O Kynge that we wyll not serue thy goddes nor do reuerence to the Image which thou haste set vp Then was Nabuchodonosor full of indignacyon so that the countenauÌ„ce of his face chaunged vpon Sidrach Misach and Abednago Therfore he charged and commauÌ„ded y t the ouen shuld be made seueÌ„ tymes hoter then it wâs woÌ„te to be spake vnto the strongest worthyes that were in his host for to bynde Sidrach Misach and Abednago to cast them into the hote burnynge ouen So these men were bounde in theyr cotes hosen shues wyth theyr other garmentes and caste into the hote burnynge ouen for the kynges commaundemeÌ„t was so strayte and the ouen was excedynge hote As for the men that put in Sidrach Misach and Abednago the flamme of the fyre destroyed them And these thre men Sidrach Misach and Abednago fell downe in the hote burnynge ouen beinge fast bounde Then Nabuchodonosor the king marueled and stode vp in all hast he spake vnto hys councell and sayde dyd not ye caste these thre men bounde into the fyre They answered and saide vnto the kynge Yee O kynge He answered and sayde lo for all that yet do I se foure men goinge lowâ—e in the myddest of the fyre and nothynge corrupte and the fourth is ☞ lyke an aungel to loke vpon Upon this went Nabuchodonosor vnto the mouth of the hote burnynge ouen he spake also and sayde O Sidrache Misache and Abednago ye seruauntes of the hye God go forth and come hither And so Sidrach Misache and Abednago wente oute of the fyre Then the dukes Lordes and nobles and the kynges councel came together to se these men vpon whom the fyre had no maner of power in theyr bodyes In so muche that the very heare of they re head was not burnt and theyr clothes vnchaunged Yee there was no smell of fyre felt vpon them Then spake Nabuchodonosor and sayd Blessed be the God of Sidrach Misach Abednago which hath sent hys Angell and defended his seruauntes that put their trust in him that altered the kynges commaundemente and ieoperde theyr bodyes thervpon rather then they wolde serue or worshype any other God except theyr owne God only Therfore I wyll and commaunde that all people kynredes and tunges whiche speake any blasphemy agaynst the God of Sidrach Misach Abednago shall dye and theyr houses shall be praysed Because there is no God that maye saue as this So the kynge promoted Sydrach Mysache and Abdenago in the lande of Babylon CAPI IIII. ¶ Nabuchodonosor dreameth againe Daniel interpreteth it Nabuchodonosor is put out of his realme and eateth with beastes He confesseth the power of God and is restored into hys kyngdome N Abuchodonosor Kynge vnto al people kynreddes and tunges that dwell vpon the whole earthe peace be multyplyed among you I thought it good to shewe the tokens and maruelous worckes that the bye God hath wrought
araye hastely they cliÌ„me vp the walles yee the engins of the warre are prepared all ready The water portes shal be opened and the kynges palace shal fall The quene her selfe shall be led awaye captiue and her gentylwemen shal mourne as the doues and grone within their hertes Niniue is lyke a pole full of water but theÌ„ shall they be fayne to fle Stand staÌ„de shal they crye there shall not one turne backe Awaye w t the syluer awaye with the golde for here is no ende of tresure Ther shal be a multitude of al maner of costly ornameÌ„tes Thus must she be spoyled emptied clene striped out that their hertes may be melted awaye their knees tremble all their loynes be weake and theyr faces blacke as a pot where is nowe the dwellyng of the lyons the pasture of the lyons whelpes where the lion and the liones went with the whelpes no man frayed them awaye But the lyon spoyled ynough for hys yonge ones deuoured for his lyonesse he fylled his dennes with his praye his dwellynge places with that he had rodbeb Beholde I wyll vpon the sayeth the Lorde of hostes wyll set fyre vpon thy charettes that they shall smoke with all the swerde shall deuoure the yonge lyons I wyl make an ende of thy spoylyng from out of the earth the voyce of thy messaungers shall nomore be herde ¶ The fall of Niniue CAPI III. WO to that bloudthrusty cyty whiche is all full of lyes robbery wyl not leaue of from rauishing There a man maye heare scourgynge russhynge the noyse of the wheles the cryenge of the horses the rollyng of the charettes Ther the horsemen get vp with naked swerdes and glysterynge speares There lyeth a multytude slayne and a greate heape of deed bodies There is no ende of deed coarses yee meÌ„ fall vpoÌ„ their bodyes And that for the great and manyfolde whordome of the fayre beutyfull harlot which is a masiresse of witch craft yee selleth the people thorow her whordome and the nacioÌ„s thorowe her witch craft Beholde I wyll vpon the saieth the Lord of hoostes and wyl put thy clothes ouer thy head that I maye shewe thy nakednes amonge the Heathen and thy shame amonge the kyngdomes I wyll cast dyrte vpoÌ„ y â— to make the be abhorted and a gasynge stocke Yee all they that loke vpon the shall starte backe and saye Niniue is destroyed Who wyll haue pytye vpoÌ„ the where shall I seke one to coÌ„forte the Art thou better theÌ„ the greate eyte of Alexandria that laye in the waters and had y â— waters rouÌ„de about it which was strongly feÌ„ced walled with y â— see Ethiopa and Egypt were her streÌ„gth and y â— exceding great aboue mesure Aphrica Libia were her helpers yet was she driuen awaye brought into captyuyte her yonge chyldren were smytten downe at the head of euery strete the lottes were cast for y â— most auncyent men in her al her myghtye men were bounde in chaynes Euen so shalt thou also be droncken hyâ—e thy self seke some helpe agaynste thyne enemy All thy stroÌ„ge cyties shal be lyke figetrees with ripe figes which when a man shaketh they shall fall into the mouth of the eater Beholde thy people within the are but wemen the portes of thy laÌ„de shal be opened vnto thyne enemyes and the fyre shall deuoure thy barres Drawe water nowe agaist y â— be beseged make vp thy stroÌ„g holdes go into the clay teÌ„pre y â— morter make stroÌ„ge bricke yet y â— fyre shal coÌ„sume the y â— swerde shall destroye the yee as the locuste doth so shal it eate y â— vp It shal fal heuely vpoÌ„ y â— as y â— locustes yee ryght heuely shal it fal vpon the eueÌ„ as y â— greshoppers Thy marchauÌ„tes haue bene noÌ„bred w t the starres of heauen but nowe shal they sprede abrode as the locustes fle their waye Thy Lordes are as the greshoppers thy captaynes as the multytude of greshoppers which wheÌ„ they be colde remayne in the hedges but when the Sunne is vp they fle away no maÌ„ can tel where they are become Thy shepherdes are a slepe O kynge of Assur thy worthyes are layed downe thy people is scarred abrode vpoÌ„ the mountaynes and no maÌ„ gathereth them together agayne Thy wouÌ„de cannot be hyd thy plage is so sore All they that heare this of the shal clappe their handes ouer the. For what is he to whom thou hast not alway bene doing hurte The ende of the Prophecye of Naum. ⧠The Booke of the Prophet Abacuk A complaynt agaynst Israel CAPI I. THys is the heuy burthen whiche the Prophet Abacuk dyd se. O Lorde howe long shal I cry thou wylt not heare Howe loÌ„ge shal I coÌ„plaine vnto y â— suffriÌ„ge wroÌ„ge and y â— wylt not helpe why letrest thou me se wermes labour Tiranny and vyolence are before me power ouergoeth righte for the lawe is toarue in peces there caÌ„ not ryght iudgment go forth And why the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous this is the cause that wroÌ„ge iudgmeÌ„t procedeth Beholde amonge the HeatheÌ„ loke wel woÌ„dre at it be abashed for I wyl do a thynge in your tyme whiche though it be tolde you ye shall not beleue For lo I wyl rayse vp the Caldees that bitter and swyfte people which shall go as wyde as y â— lande is to take possessioÌ„ of dwelling places y â— be not theyr owne A grimme and boysterous people is it these shal sit in iudgment punishe Their horses are swifter then the cattes of the mountayne byte sorer then y â— wolues in the euenyng Their horsmen come by great heapes from farre they â—le hastely to deuour as the Aegle They come all to spoyle out of them commeth an east wynde whiche bloweth and gathereth their captyues lyke as the sande They shal mocke the kinges and laugh the princes to scorne They shal not set by any strong holde for they shal lay ordynaunce agaynste 〈◊〉 and take it Then shall they take a fresh corage vnto theÌ„ to go forth to do more euil and so ascrybe the power vnto their God But thou O Lorde my God my holy one thou art from the begynnyng therfore shal we not dye O Lorde thou hast ordened them for a punyshement and set them to reproue the myghtye Thyne eyes are clene thou mayest not se euyll thou canste not beholde the thynge that is wycked Wherfore then dost thou loke vpon the vngodly and holdest thy tunge when the wicked deuoureth the man that is better theÌ„ him self Thou makest meÌ„ as the fyshe in the see and lyke as the crepynge beastes that haue no gyde they take vp all with theyr angle they catch it in their net gather it in the yarne wherof they reioice and are glad Therfore offre they vnto
captyuyte And Esdras the prest chose vnto hym the pryncypall men from amonge the fathers accordynge to theyr names in the newe mone of the tenth moneth they sat together to examen thys matter And so the matter was a determynynge concernynge the men that had outlandysh wyues vntyl the newe mone of the fyrst moneth And of the prestes that had myxte them selues with outlandysh wyues there were founde Of the sonnes of Iesu the sonne of Iosedec and hys brethren Mazeas Eleazar Ioribus Ioadeus whiche offred them selues to put awaye theyr wyues and to offre a ramme for theyr ignoraunce And of the sonnes of Semmeri Masseas and Esses Iâ—elech Azarias Of the soÌ„nes of Fosera Limosias Hismaen Nathanea Iussio Ieddus and Talsas And of the Leuytes Iosabdus Semeis and Colnis Caletas Faâ—teas Colnas Elionas Of the syngers of the Sanctuary Eliarib Zackarus Of the porters Sallumus and Tolbanes And of Israel of the chyldren of Foro Osi Remias Geddias Melchias Michilus Eleazarus Iemmebias Bannas And the chyldreÌ„ of IolamaÌ„ Chamasâ— Zachari Ieizrelus Ioddius Erimoth and Elias And of y â— sonnes of Iathoim Eliadas Liasamus Zochias Larimoth Sabdis and Tebedias And of the sonnes of Zebes Iohannes Amanias Zabdias Emineus And of y â— sonnes of Bannê° OlaÌ„mus Maluchus Ieddus Iasub Asabus and Ierimoth And of y â— sonnes of Addin Naatus Moosias Caleê° and Raanas Mansuas Mathathias Besel Bannê° Manasses And of the soÌ„nes of Naue Nones Afeas Melchias Sameas Simon Beniamin Malchus and Marras And of the soÌ„nes of Asom Carianeus Mathathias Baâ—nus Eliphalach Manasses Semeâ— Of the sonnes of Bauues Ieremy Moodias Abramas Ioel Baneas Peliaas Iona Marimoth Eliasib Mathaneus Eliasis Ozias Dielus Semediê° Zambris Ioseph Of the sonnes of Nobeus Idelus Matha thias Sabadê° Zecheda Sedmi Iesseus and Baneas All these bad taken outlaÌ„dysh wemen to mariage and they put theÌ„ a waye with theyr chyldren The prestes and Leuites and all they that were of Israel dwelt at Ierusalem and thorowout all the lande in the newe moone of the seuenth moneth the chyldren of Israell were in theyr dwellynges And the whole multitude came together vpon the floore at the East syde of the holy porte of the teÌ„ple And they spake vnto Esdras the hye preste and reader that he wolde brynge the lawe of Moses whiche was geuen of the Lorde God of Israel So Esdras the hye Prest brought y â— lawe vnto the whole multitude of theÌ„ to maÌ„ womaÌ„ to all Prestes y â— they myght heare y â— lawe in the newe mone of y â— vii moneth And he red in the flore y â— is before the holy porte of the temple froÌ„ the mornyng early vnto the euenynge before men and wemen And they applyed theyr mynde all vnto the lawe And Esdras the Prest and reader of the lawe stode vp vpon a pulpyâ— of wodde whiche was made therfore and vpon his ryght hande there stode by hym Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Urias Ozechias and Balsamus Upon his lefte hande stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias and Zachary Then toke Esdras the boke before the whole multytude for he was the pryncypall had in most honoure of them all And when he had red out the lawe they stode al strayght vpoÌ„ theyr fete So Esoras praysed the Lorde the most hye God y â— almyghty God of Hostes. And all the people answered Amen and helde vp theyr handes fell downe flat vpoÌ„ the earth and praysed the Lorde And Iesus Eeneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calâ—â—hes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites lyft their handes vpwarde bowed their faces to the grounde praysed the Lorde Those were they which taught the law of the Lord and red the lawe of the Lord in the congregacion euery man set them before that vnderstode the lawe Then spoke Atharates vnto Esdras the hye Prest reder to the Leuites that taught the multytude saying Thys daye is holy vnto the Lorde and all they that had hearde the lawe wepte So Edsras sayde Departe youre waye then and eate y â— best drynke the swetest sende gyftes vnto them that haue nothynge for this daye is holy vnto the Lorde and be nat ye sory for the Lorde wyll brynge you to honoure And the Leuytes shewed it openly to them all saynge This daye is holy be ye not sory Then wente they theyr waye euery chone and dyd eate and dryncke and were mery and sente rewardes vnto them that had nothynge y â— they also myght eate with gladnesse for they were excedyngly reioysed thorowe the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast accordynge to the couenaunte of the Lorde God of Israel The ende of the thryde boke of Esdras ⧠The. iiij booke of Esdras ¶ The people is reproued for theyr vnthanckfulnes God wyll fynde another people yf these wyll nat be enformed CAPI I. THe seconde booke of the Prophete Esdras the soÌ„ne of Saraias y â— soÌ„ne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia the soÌ„ne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoâ— y â— Sonne of Achitob the sonne of Achia the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Hely the soÌ„ne of Amerias the soÌ„ne of Azarias the soÌ„ne of Maraioth the soÌ„ne of Sarahias the soÌ„ne of Uzi the sonne of Boccus y â— sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phinees the soÌ„ne of Elezar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Liue which was presoner in the lande of Mades in the raygne of Artaxerses Kynge of Persia. And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying go thy waye she we my people theyr synful dedes and theyr chyldren theyr wyckednesses whiche they haue done agaynst me that they may tell theyr chylders chyldren the same for the sinnes of theyr fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me and haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am nat I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egypt froÌ„ the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath and despised my councels Pull thou out then the hearre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue nat bene obediente vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure Howe longe shall I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so muche good Many kynges haue I destroyed for theyr sakes Pharao with his seruauntes all his power haue I smytten downe slayne All the nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before theÌ„ in the East haue I brought two landes people to nought euen Tyre and SydoÌ„ haue slayne all theyr enemyes Speake thou therfore vnto them sayinge Thus sayeth the Lorde I led you thorowe the see and haue geuen you sure stretes seÌ„se the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you lyght in a pyler
in y e thynges wherin they synned they coulde not be hyd But as for suche as take hede vnto wysdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe WheÌ„ the ryghtuous fled because of his brothers wrath wysdome led him the ryght waye shewed him the Kyngdome of God gaue hym knowledge of holy thinges made him rych in his laboures brought to passe the thynges that he wente aboute In the disceatfulnes of such as defrauded hi she stode by hym made him ryche She saued him from the enemyes defended hym from the disceyuers She made hym stronge in battayle gaue him the vyctory that he myght knowe howe that wysdome is stronger then all thynges When the ryghtuous was solde she forsoke hym not but delyuered hym from synners She wente downe wyth hym into the dongeon and fayled hym not in the bandes â—yll she had broughte hym the scepter of the realme and power agaynst those that oppressed hym â–ª As for theym that had accused hym she declared them to be lyers and brought hym to perpetual worshyppe She deliuered the ryghtuous people fautelesse lede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred into the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by hym in wonders and tokeÌ„s agaynst the horrible kinges She gaue the ryghtuous the rewarde of their labours and led theÌ„ forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a lyght of startes in the nyght season She brought theÌ„ thorowe y â— reed see caryed them thorowe the great water She drowned theyr enemyes in the see brought them out of the depe So the rightuous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name O Lorde and magnified thy victoryous hande with one accorde For wysdome openeth the mouth of the doÌ„me and maketh the tonges of babes to speake ¶ The miracles done for Israel The vengeauÌ„ce of synners The great power and mercy of God CAPI XI SHe ordred their worckes in the handes of the holy prophete so that they went thorowe the wildernes that was not inhabyted and pitched their tentes in the waste deserte They stode agaynst their enemies and were auenged of theyr aduersaryes When they were thyrstye they called vpon the and water was gyuen theÌ„ out of the most hye rocke and they re thyrst was quenched out of the harde stone For by the thynges where thorowe theyr enemyes were punished were the chyldren of Israell helped in theyr nede to theyr comforte For vnto the enemyes thou gauest mans bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y â— rebuke when the chyldren were slayne thou gauest vnto thyne owne a plentuous water vnloked for declarynge by the thyrste that was at that tyme howe thou woldest bryng thyne owne vnto honoure and sleye their aduersaries For when they were tryed and nourtured with fatherly mercy they knowledged how the vngodly were iudged and punished thorowe the wrath of God These hast thou exhorted as a father and proued them but vnto y â— other thou hast bene a boysterous king layed hard to their charge condeÌ„pned theÌ„ Whether they were absent or presente theyr punyshment was alyke For their grefe was double namely mournynge and the remeÌ„braunce of thynges past But wheÌ„ they perceyued that their punishmeÌ„tes did theÌ„ good they thought vpon the Lorde and wondered at the ende For at y â— last they helde much of him of whome in the out castynge they thought scorne as of an obiecte Neuerthelesse the ryghtuous dyd not so when they were thyrstye but euen lyke as the thoughtes of the folyshe were so was also the wyckednes Where as certayne men nowe thorowe errour dyd worshyppe doÌ„me serpentes and vayne beastes thou sendedst a multitud of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce that they myght knowe y â— loke where withall a man synneth by the same also shal he be punysshed For vnto thy almyghtye hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossyble to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or wood Lyons or cruel beastes of a straunge kynde suche as are vnknowen or spouâ—e fyre or cast out a smoking breth or shote horryble sparkes out of theyr eyes whiche myght not onely destroye them with hurtynge but also kyl them with their horyble syght Yee wythout these beastes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beyng persecuted of there owne workes and scatered abroade thorowe the brethe of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nombre weight For thou haste euer had great streÌ„gth myght who maye w t stande y â— power of thyne arme And why lyke as the smal thyng y â— the balauÌ„ce weyeth so is the worlde before y â— yee as a droppe of y â— mornynge dewe that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpoÌ„ al for thou hast power of al thynges makest the as though thou sawest not the synnes of men because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thynges that are and hatest none of theÌ„ whoÌ„ thou hast made neither dydest thou ordayne or make any thynge of euyll wyll How myght any thyng endure yf it were not thy wyll Or howe coulde any thynge be preserued excepte it were called of the But thou sparest all for all are thyne O Lorde y u louer of soules ¶ The mercye of God towarde synners the workes of god are vnreprouable God gyueth leysoure to repent vs. CAPI XII O Lorde howe gracyous swete is thy sprete in al thingê Therfore chastenest y u theÌ„ measurably y t go wrong warnest theÌ„ concernyng y â— thinges wherin they offende y â— speakest vnto theÌ„ O Lorde exhortest them to leaue theyr wyckednes and to put theyr trust in y â— As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy lande thou myghtest not awaye w t theÌ„ for they coÌ„mitted abhominable worckes agaynst the as witch craft sorcery and Idolatry they slewe theyr owne chyldren wythout mercy they dyd eate vp mens bowels deuoured the bloude yee because of suche abhominacioÌ„s mysoeleuers offeringes thou slewest the fathers of the desolate soules by the handes of our fathers y â— the land whiche thou louest aboue al other myght be a dwellynge for the chyldren of God Neuertheles thou sparedst them also as men sendedst y â— foreruÌ„ners of thyne hooste euen hornettes to destroye them out by lytle lytle Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the rightuous in batayle or w t cruel beastes or with one roughe word to destroye them together But thy mynde was to dryue them out by lytle and lytle geuynge theÌ„ tyme place to amende knowyng well that it was an vnryghtuous nacyon wicked of nature and y â— their thought might neuer be altered For it was a cursed sede froÌ„ the beginnyng and feared no man Yet hast thou pardoned theyr synnes For who wyll saye vnto the why hast
and lest thou dotyng in thy custome suffre rebuke and wyshe not to haue bene borne so curse y â— daye of thy naryuite The man y e is accustomed w t the wordes of blasphemy wyll neuer be refourmed all y â— dayes of his lyfe To synne twyse is to much but the thyrde bringeth wrath destruccion An hote stomack cannot be queÌ„ched euen lyke a burnynge fyre tyll it haue swalowed vp somthing euen so an vnchast man hath no reste in hys fleshe tyll he haue kyndled a fyre All bred is swete to an whoremonger he wyll not leaue of tyll he haue hys purpose A maÌ„ that breaketh wedlock â–ª and regardeth not hys soule but sayeth Tush who seyth me I am compassed about with barcknes the walles couer me nobody seyth me whoÌ„ nede I to feare The Hyest wyl not remembre my synnes He vnderstandeth not y â— hys eyes se all thynges for all such feare of men dryueth awaye the feare of God from hym for he feareth onely the eies of men and consydereth not that the eyes of the Lorde are much clearer theÌ„ the SuÌ„ne beholdig al the wayes of men and the grounde of the depe and lokynge euen to mens hertes in secrete places The Lorde God knewe all thynges or euer they were made and after they be brought to passe also he loketh vpon theÌ„ al. The same man shal be openly punished in the stretes of y â— cyte shal be chased abrode lyke a yonge horse foale and when he thinketh lest vpoÌ„ it he shal be taken Thus shal he be put to shame of euery man because he wolde not vnderstaÌ„de the feare of the Lord-And thus shall it go also with euery wyfe that leaueth her housbande and getteth enherytauÌ„ce by a strauÌ„ge mariage First she hath bene vnfaythfull vnto the lawe of the Hyeste Secondly she hathe forsaken her owne housbande Thyrdly she hath played the whore in aduoutry and gotten her chyldren by another man She shall be brought out of the congregacyon and her chyldren shall be loked vpon Her chyldren shall not take rote as for frute her braunches shal brynge forth none A shamefull reporte shal she leaue behide her and her dishonour shal not be put out And they that remayne shal knowe that there is nothynge better then the feare of God and that there is nothyng sweter then to take hede vnto the commauÌ„dementes of the Lord. A greate worshyppe is it to folowe the Lorde for longe lyfe shal be receyued of hym ¶ â— prayse of wysdome proceadyng forth of the mouth of God Of her woâ—ikeâ— place where she ceasteth CAPI XXIIII Wysdome shall prayse her selfe and be honoured in God and reioyse in the middest of his people In the coÌ„grgaecioÌ„s of the Hyeste shall she open her mouthe and triumphe i the beholdyng of his power In the myddeste of her people shall she be exalted and wondred at in the holy fulnesse In the multitude of the chosen she shal be commended and amonge such as be blessed she shal be praysed and shal say I am come out of the mouth of the Hyest first borne before al creatures I caused the light that fayleth not to aryse in the heaueÌ„ and couered al the earth as a cloude My dwellyng is aboue in the heyth and my seate is in the piler of the cloude I my selfe alone haue goÌ„ne rounde aboute the compasse of heauen and pearsed the grounde of the depe I haue walcked in the floudes of the see and haue stande in all landes my domynion is in euery people and in euery nacioÌ„ and with my power haue I troden downe y â— hertes of al both hye low In all these thynges also I sought rest and a dwellynge in some enherytaunce So the creator of al thiges gaue me a coÌ„maun dement and he that made me appointed me a tabernacle and sayde vnto me Let thy dwelling be i Iacob and thyne inheritauÌ„ce in Israel and rote thy selfe amonge my chosen I was created froÌ„ the begynning and before the worlde and shal not leaue of vnto the world to come In the holy habytacioÌ„ haue I serued before him and so was I stablyshed in SioÌ„ In the holy cytie reited I in lyke maner and in Ierusalem was my power I roke rote in an honorable people euen in the porcyon of the Lorde and in hys herytage kept me in the fulnes of y â— saynctes I am set vp an hye lyke a Ceder vpon Libanus and as a Cipers tre vpon y â— mouÌ„t HermoÌ„ I am exalted like a palmetre in Ca des as a rose plante in Iericho As a faire Oliue tre in the felde am exalted like as a plaÌ„teyne tre by y â— water syde I haue geueÌ„ a smel in the stretes as y â— Cinamon Balme y â— hath so good a sauoue yee a swete odoure haue I geuen as it were Myrre of the beest I haue made my dwellynges to smell as it were of rosm Galbanum of Clowes and Incence and as Lybanus when it is not hewen downe myne odoure is as the pure Balme As the Terebinte haue I stretched out my brauÌ„ches and my brauÌ„ches are the braunches of honour and louing fauour ✚ As the vyne haue I brought forth frute of a sweter sauoure my floures are the frute of honour and ryches I am the mother of bewtye of loue of feare of knowledge and of holy hope In me is all grace of life and trueth In me is al hope of lyfe and vertue O come vnto me all ye that be desyrous of me and fyll your selues with my frutes for my spryte is sweter then hony and so is my inheritaunce more then the hony combe the remembrauÌ„ce of me endureth for euermore They that eate me shall haue the more hoâ—ger and they that dryncke me shall thyrst y â— more Who so herkeneth vnto me shall not come to coÌ„fusyon they that worcke in me shall not offende They that make me to be knowen shall haue euerlastynge lyfe ⊢ All these thinges are the boke of lyfe the couenaunt of the Hiest and the knowledge of the trueth Moses coÌ„maunded the lawe in the preceptes of righteousnes for an heritage vnto the house of Iacob and committed y â— promyses vnto Israel Out of Dauid hê seruauÌ„t he ordened to raise vp a most myghte kyng sytting in the seat of honour for euermore Thys fylleth w t wysdome lyke as the floude of Physon and as the floude of Tygris when the new frutes are a growynge Thys bryngeth a plenteous vnderstanding lyke Euphrates filleth it vp as Ior dane in the tyme of haruest Thys maketh nourture to breake forth as the light as y â— water Gyhon in the haruest The fyrst hath not knowne her perfectly nomore shall the last seke out y â— grouÌ„d of her For her thought is fuller then the see and her councel is profounder then the greate depe I wysdome haue cast out
if they put hī to death myght be dysapoynted So when he had promysed faythfully to delyuer them agayne according to the cōdiciō made they let him go without harme for the health of the brethren And when Iudas had slayne xxv M. he went from Carmon Now after y ◠he had chased away slayne his enemies he remoued the hoste towarde Ephrom a strong cytie wherin dwelt many diuerse people of the Heythen the stronge yong men kepte the walles defendyng them myghtely In this cytie was much ordynaūce and prouision of dartes But when Iudas and his cōpany had called vpon Almyghtye God whiche wyth his power breaketh the strength of the enemyes they wāne the cytie and slewe xxv M. of thē y ◠were within Frō thence wente they to the cytie of the Scithyans whiche lyeth vi C. furlonges from Ierusalē But when the Iewes whiche were in the citie testyfied that the cytesyns dealte louyngely with them yee and intreated them kyndely in the tyme of their aduersyte Iudas and his company gaue them thanckes desyrynge them to be frēdly styll vnto them and so they came to Ierusalem the hye feaste of the wekes beynge at hande And after the feast of Pentecost they went forth agaynste Gorgias the gouernoure of Idumea wyth iij. M. men of fote iiij C. horsmen Which when they met together it chaunsed a fewe of y ◠Iewes to be slayne And Dositheus one of y ◠Bachenors a mighty horsmā toke holde of Gorgias and wolde haue takē hī quycke But an horsman of Thracia fell vpon hym and smote of his arme so y ◠Gorgias escaped fled into Moresa When they nowe y ◠were of Gorgias syde had foughten longe were weary Iudas called vpō the Lorde that he wolde be their helper captayne of the felde and wyth that he beganue wyth a manly voice to take vp a song of prayse a cry In so muche y ◠he made the enemyes afrayed Gorgias mē of warre toke their flyght So Iudas gathered his host came into y ◠cite of Odolla And when the seuenth day came vpō them they clēsed them selues as the custome was kept the Sabboth in the same place And vpon the day folowyng Iudas his cōpany came to take vp the bodyes of thē that were slaine to bury them in the fathers graues Nowe vnder the cotes of certayne Iewes which were slayne they foūde Iewels that they had taken out of the tēple frō the Idols of the Iamniters whiche thyng is forbydden the Iewes by the law Then euery man saw y t this was the cause wherfore they were slaine And so euery mā gaue thanckes vnto y ◠Lorde for hys ryghtuous iudgment which had opened y ◠thing that was hyd They fell downe also vnto their prayers besought God y t the fawte which was made might be put out of remēbraūce Besydes that Iudas exhorted y ◠people earnestly to kepe them selues from such synne for so much as they sawe before theyr eyes y ◠these men were slaine for the same offēce So he gathered of euery one a certaine in so much y ◠he brought together two thousande drachmas of syluer which he sent vnto Ierusalē that there myght a sacryfice be offred for the misdede In the which place he dyd wel ryght for he had some consyderacion pondering of y ◠lyfe that is after this tyme. For yf he had not thought that they which were slayne dyd yet lyue it had bene superfluous vaine to make any vow or sacryfice for them y ◠were deed But for so muche as he saw y ◠they which dye ī the fauour beleue of God are in good rest and ioy he thought it to be good honorable for a recōcylyng to do the same for those which were slayne that the offence myght be forgeuen ¶ The cōming of Enpater into Iewrye The deth of Menel mo ▪ Machabeus goynge to fyght against Eupater moneth his soudrats vnto prayer He kylleth .xiiii. Women in the tētes of Antiochus Robocus the betraier of the Iewes is taken Antiochus retayneth frendshipe with the Iewes CAPI XIII IN y ◠Cxlix yeare gat Iudas knowlege y ◠Antiochus Eupater was cōming with a great power into Iewry Lisias the stewarde ruler of his matters with hym hauing an C. x. M. men of fote v. M. horsmen xxij Elephātes iii. C. charettes Menelaus also ioyned himselfe with them but with great disceat spake faire to the kīge not for any good of y ◠coūcre but because he thought to haue bene made some great mā of auctoryte But y ◠kyng of kinges moued Antiochus mynde agaynst thys vngodly personne and Lysias infourmed the kyng that thys Menelaus was the cause of all myschefe so that the king commaunded to take him and as the maner of them is to put him vnto death in the same place There was also in the same place a tower of L. cubites hye heapped with asshes but aboue it was so made that men might loke downe on euery syde Where into the kinge cōmaunded that shameful person to be cast among the asshes as one that was cause of all vngraciousnes And reason it was that the vnthrift shuld dye such a death and not to be buried for he had done much mischefe vnto the aulter of God whose fyre asshes were holy therfore was it ryght y ◠he hym selfe also shulde be destroyed wyth asshes But y ◠kynge was wood in hys mynde and came to shewe him self more cruell vnto the Iewes then hys father was Whiche when Iudas perceaued he cōmaūded the people to cal vpon y ◠Lorde night and day that he wold now helpe thē also lyke as he had done alwaye For they were afrayed to be put from theyr lawe from theyr naturall countre and from the holy temple and not to suffre the people which a lytle while afore beganne to recouer to be subdued agayne of the blasphemous nacions So when they had done thys together and besought the Lord for mercy with wepynge and fastynge thre dayes longe flat vpon the groūde Iudas exhorted them to make them selues ready But he and the elders together deuised to go forth first with they re people afore the kynge brought hys hoost into Iewry and afore he beseged the cytie so to cōmytte the matter vnto God Wherfore he ascrybed the power of all thynges vnto God the maker of y ◠worlde exhorting his people to fyght māfully yee euen vnto death for the lawes the temple the cyte theyr owne natyue countre and to defende the eytesins and set his host before Modyn He gaue them also that were with him a token of the victory of God chosyng out the mālyest yonge men wente by night into the kynges pauylyō slewe of the hoost xiiii M. men the greatest Elephantes wyth those that sat vpon them Thus when they had brought a greate
of the vyneyearde and kylled hym What shall the Lorde of the vyneyard therfore do vnto them He shal come and destroye these husbande men and shall let out his vineyarde to other WheÌ„ they herde this they sayd God forbyd And he behelde them and sayde what is this then that is wrytten The stoone that the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner Who soeuer doth stomble vpon that stone shall be broken but on whomsoeuer it falleth it wyll grynde hym to powder And the hygh preestê and the Scribes the same houre went about to laye handes on hym and they feared the people For they perceyued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them And they watched him sent forth spies whiche shulde fayne them selues ryghteous men to take hym in his wordes and to delyuer hym vnto the power and auctorite of the debite And they asked him sayeng May ster we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght neyther consyderest thou the outward appearaunce of any man but teachest the waye of God truely Is it lawfull for vs to giue tribute vnto Cesar or no He perceyued theyr craftynesse and sayd vnto them why tempte ye me Shewe me a peny Whose ymage and superscrypcyon hath it They answered and sayd Cesars And he sayd vnto them gyue then vnto Cesar the thynges which belonge vnto Cesar and to God the thynges that pertayne vnto God And they coulde not reproue his sayenge before the people and they meruayled at his answere and helde theyr peace Then came to hym certayne of the Saduces whiche denye that there is any resurrection And they asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses wrote vnto vs yf any mannes brother dye hauynge a wyfe and he dye without chyldren that then his brother shulde take his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother There were therfore seuen brethren and the fyrst toke a wyfe dyed without chyldren And the seconde toke her and he dyed chyldelesse And the thyrde toke her and in lykewyse the residue of the seuen and lefte no chyldren behynde them and dyed Laste of all the woman dyed also Nowe in the resurrectioÌ„ whose wyfe of them shall she be For seuen had her to wyfe Iesus answered and sayde vnto them The chyldren of this worlde marry wyues and are marryed but they whiche shall be counted worthy of that worlde and the resurrection from the dead do not marry wyues neyther are marryed nor yet can dye any more For they are equall vnto the angels are the sonnes of God in as moch as they are chyldren of the resurrection And that the dead shall ryse agayne Moses also sheweth besydes the bushe when he calleth the lorde the god of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob For he is not a God of deade but of lyuynge For all lyue vnto hym Then certayne of the Pharises answered and sayde Mayster thou hast well sayd And after that durste they not aske hym any question at all And he sayde vnto them Howe say they that Chryst is Dauids son And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the Psalmes The Lorde sayde vnto my lorde syt thou on my ryght hand tyl I make thyne enemyes thy fote stole Dauid therfore calleth hym lorde howe is he then his son Then in the audience of all the peple he sayd vnto his disciples beware of the Scrybes whiche wyll go in longe clothynge and loue gretynges in the markettes and the hyghest seates in the synagoges and the cheyfe rowmes at feastes whiche deuoure wydowes houses faynynge longe prayers the same shall receyue greater damnacyon ¶ Chryst coÌ„mendeth the poore wydowe telleth of the destruccyon of Ierusalem Of false teachers of the tokens and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne comynge CAPI XXI AS he behelde he sawe the ryche men whiche cast in theyr offerynges into the treasury He sawe also a certayne poore wydowe whiche cast in thyther two mytes And he sayde of a trueth I saye vnto you that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all For they al haue of theyr superfluyte added vnto the offeryngê of God but she of her penurye hath caste in all the substaunce that she had And vnto some that spake of the temple howe it was garnysshed with goodly stones and Iewels he sayd The dayes wyl come in the whiche of these thynges whiche ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe And they asked hym sayenge Mayster when shall these thynges be and what sygne wyll there be when sothe thynges shall come to passe And he sayde take hede that ye be not deceyued For many shal come in my name and saye that they are Chryst and the tyme draweth nere Folowe ye not them therfore But when ye heare of warres and sedicions be not afrayde For these thynges must fyrst come to passe but the ende foloweth not by and by Then sayde he vnto them Nacion shall ryse agaynst nacion and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome and great earthquakes shall be in all places and hunger and pestylence and fearful thynges And great sygnes shall there be from heuen But before all these they shall lay handes on you and persecute you delyuerynge you vp to the Synagoges and into prysons and shall brynge you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake And this shal chauÌ„ce you for a testimoniall Be at a sure poynte therfore in youre hertes not to study before what ye shall answere for I wyl gyue you a mouth and wysdome where agaynst al your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resyst Moreouer ye shall be betrayed of your fathers and mothers and brethren and kynsfolke and frendes and some of you shal they put to death And hated shall ye be of al men for my names sake and there shall not one heere of your heade perysshe ☞ Possesse ye your soule by pacience And when ye se Ierusalem beseyged with an hoost then be sure that the desolacion of the same is nygh TheÌ„ let them which are in Iurye flee to the mountaynes And let them whiche are in the myddes of it departe out And let not them that are in other couÌ„treys enter therin For these be the dayes of vengeaunce that all thynges whiche are wrytten may be fulfylled But wo vnto them that be with chylde and to them that gyue sucke in those dayes for there shall be greate trouble in the lande and wrathe ouer all this people And they shall fall thorowe the edge of the swerde and shall be led awaye captyue in to al nacions And Ierusalem shal be troden downe of the Gentyls vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfylled ✚ And there shall be sygnes in the Son and in the Moone and in the sterres and in the earth the people shall be at theyr wyttes ende
angels Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite saith vnto the congregacyons And wryte vnto the angell of the congregacyon of Phyladelphia this sayth he that is holy and true which hath the keye of Dauid whyche openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth know thy worckes Beholde I haue set before the an open dore and no man can shut it for thou hast a lytell strength and hast kept my sayinges and hast not denyed my name Beholde I make them of the coÌ„gregacyon of Sathan whiche call them selues Iewes and are not but do lye Eeholde I wyll make them that they shall come and worshyppe before thy fete and shall knowe that I haue loued the. Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience therfore I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacyon which wyll come vpoÌ„ all the worlde to tempte them that dwell vpon the earth Beholde I come shortely Holde that whiche thou haste that no man take awaye thy crowne Hym that ouercommeth wyll I make a pyller in the temple of my God and he shall go nomore out And I wyll wryte vpon him the name of my God and the name of the cytye of my God newe Ierusalem whiche commeth downe out of heauen froÌ„ my God and I wyl wryte vpon hym my newe name Let hym that hathe heares heare what the spirite sayeth vnto the congregacyons And vnto the messenger of the congragacyon whiche is in Laodicia wryte This sayth Amen the faythful and true wytues the begynnynge of the creatures of God I knowe thy workes that thou acte neyther colde nor hotte I wolde thou were colde or hotte So then because thou art betwene both and nether colde nor hote I wyl spewe the out of my mouth because thou sayest I am ryche and increasyd with goodes and haue nede of nothynge and knowest not howe y u art wreched and miserable poore and blynde and nakyd I councel the to bye of me golde tryed in the tyre that y â— mayest be ryche whyte rayment that thou mayst be clothed that thy filthy nakednes do not appere and anoynte thyne eyes w t eye salue that thou mayest se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasteÌ„ Be feruent therfore and repente Beholde I stande at the dore and knocke If any maÌ„ heare my voyce and open the dore I wyll come into hym and wyll suppe with hym and he with me To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I graunte to syt with me in my seate euen as I ouercam and haue sytten with my father in his seate Lette hym that hathe eares heare what the spirit sayth vnto the â—angregacyons ¶ He seeth the heauen open and the sente and one syttynge vpon it â–ª but â–ª xxâ—iiâ— seates about it with â–ª xxiâ—â—i â—â—ders sytâ—â—â—g vpon theÌ„ and foure beastes praysing God daye and nyght CAPI IIII. A ✚ Fter this I loked beholde a dore was open in heauen the fyrst voyce whiche I hearde was as it were of a trompet talkynge w t me whiche sayde come vp hyther I wyll shewe the thinges whiche muste be fulfylled here after And immediatly I was in the spirit behold a seate was set in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a sardine stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in syght lyke to an Emeralde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpoÌ„ the seates xxiiij elders syttyng clothed in whyte rayment had on theyr heades crownes of Golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thondringes and voyces and ther were seuen lampes of fyre burnynge before the seate which are the seueÌ„ spirites of God And before y e seate ther was a see of glasse lyke vnto cristall and in the myddes of the seate and rouÌ„de about the seate were foure beastes ful of eyes before and behynde And the fyrst beast was lyke a lyon the seconde beast lyke a calfe and the thyrde beast had a face as a man the fourth beast was lyke a flyinge Egle. And the foure beastes had eche one of theÌ„ vâ— wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within And they had no rest daye nether nyght sayinge Holy holy holy Lorde God almyghtye whiche was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glory and honour thankes to him y â— sat on the seate which lyueth for euer euer the xxâ—â—â—â— elders fell downe before hiÌ„ y t sat on the trone and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and euer ⊢ and cast theyr crownes before y e trone sayinge thou arte worthy O Lorde âšœ our God to receaue glory honoure and power for y â— haste created all thynges for thy wylles sake they are and were created ¶ He seeth the lambe openynge the boke and therfore the foure beastes the. xxâ—iâ—â— elders the angels praise the lambe and do hym worshyppe CAPI V. AND I sawe the ryght haÌ„de of hym y e sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in and on the backsyde sealed w t seuen seales And I sawe a stronge angell whiche preached w t a lowde voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to lose the seales therof And no man in heauen nor in earth neyther vnder the earth was able to open the boke neyther to loke theron And I wepte much because no man was founde worthy to opeÌ„ and to reade the boke nether to loke theron And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde a lyon of the trybe of Iuda the rote of Dauid hathe obtayned to open the boke to lose the seuen seales therof And I behelde and lo in the myddes of the seate and of the foure beastes and in the myddes of the elders stode a laÌ„be as though he had bene kylled hauynge seuen hornes and seuen eyes which are the seueÌ„ spirites of God sent into all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the ryght hande of hym that sate vpon the seate And wheÌ„ he had takeÌ„ the boke the foure beastes xxiiij elders fell downe before the laÌ„be hauing euery one of theÌ„ harpes golden vialles full of odours whiche are the prayers of saynctes and they songe a newe songe saying y u art worthy to take the boke and to open the seales therof for thou waste kylled hast redemed vs by thy bloude out of al kynredes toÌ„ges people nacions and hast made vs vnto our God kynges prestes and we shall raygne on the earth And I behelde and I herde the voyce of many angels about the trone oboute the beastes the elders and I hearde thousand thousandes saying w t a lowde voyce Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power ryches and wysdome strength and honour glory and blessynge And all the creatures whiche are in heauen on the earth and vnder the earth in the
the song of Moses the seruaunt of god and the song of the lambe saying Great and maruelous are thy worckes Lorde God almyghtye iuste and true are thy wayes thou kyng of Saynctes Who shal not feare O Lorde gloryfy thy name For thou onely atte holy and all gentels shal come and worshyppe before the for thy iudgementes are made manyfest And after that I loked beholde the teÌ„ple of the tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angels came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynneÌ„ and hauyng their brestes gyrded w t golden gyrdels And one of the fowre beestes gaue vnto the seueÌ„ angels seuen goldeÌ„ vyalles full of y â— wrath of God which lyueth for euermore And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God and of his power no man was able to entre into the temple til the seuen plages of the seuen Angels were fulfylled ¶ The Angels power out theyr vyalles ful of wrath CAPI XVI ANd I herde a great voyce out of the temple sayinge to the seuen Angels go youre wayes poure out your vyalles of wrath vpon the erth And the fyrste Angell went and powred out his Uyall vpon the erth and there fell a noysome a sore botche vpon the men whiche had the marcke of the beast and vpon theÌ„ which worshypped hys ymage And the seconde Angel shed out his vyall vpon the see and it turned as it were into the bloude of a dead man and euery lyuyng thyng dyed in the see And the thyrde Angel shed out his viall vpon the ryuets fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angell say Lorde whiche arte and waste thou art ryghtuous and holy because thou hast giuen suche iudgementes for they shed out the bloud of saites and Prophetes therfore haste y u geneÌ„ theÌ„ bloude to dryncke for they are worthy And I herde another out of the aulter saye euen so Lorde God almyghtye true rightuous are thy iudgementes And y e fourth angel powred out his vial on the sunne power was gyuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in great heat spake euil of the name of god which hath power ouer those plages and they repeÌ„ted not to giue him glory And the fyft angel powred out his vial vpon the seate of the beast and his kyngdome wexed darcke they gnewe their tonges for sorow and blasphemed the God of heauen for sorowe and paine of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the syxt Angel powred out his vial vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the wayes of the kynges of the east shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spirites lyke froggê come out of the mouth of the Dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false Prophete For they are the spirites of deuyls workyng myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battayle of the great day of God almyghty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes left he walke naked men se his 〈◊〉 And he gathered them togyther into a place called in the Hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell powred out hys vial into y e ayre And there came a gret voyce out of the teÌ„ple of heauen from the seate saying it is done And there 〈◊〉 voices thondrynges lyghtnynges there was a great earthquake such as was not sence meÌ„ were vpoÌ„ the earth so mighty an erthquake so great And the great cytie was deuided into thre parties the cities of all nacyons fel. And great Babilon came in remeÌ„brauÌ„ce before God to gyue vnto her the cup of the wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath Euery yle also fled awaye the mountaynes were not founde And there fel a great haile as it had bene talentes out of heauen vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was great the plage of it sore ¶ He descrydeth the woman syttynge vpon the â—â—ast with ten hornes CAPI XVII ANd ther came one of the seuen angels whiche had the seuen vyalles and talked with me sayinge vnto me come I wyl shewe the the iudgment of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters with whom haue coÌ„mitted fornicacion the kinges of the earth the inhabiters of the erth are dronc ken with the wyne of her fornicacion And the spirit caryed me awaye into the wyldernes And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beast full of names of blasphemye which had seuen hedes and ten hornes And the woman was arayed in purple rose colour decked with golde precyous stone pearles and had a cup of golde in her hand ful of abhominacions filthines of her fornicacioÌ„ And in her forhed was a name written a mystery great Babylon the mother of whoredome abhominacions of the earth And I sawe the woman droncken with the bloude of saynctes with the bloude of the wytnesses of Iesu. And when I sawe her I wondred with great maruayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore maruaylest thou I wyll shewe the the mystery of the womaÌ„ of the beast that beryth her which hath seueÌ„ heades and ten hornes The beast that thou seest was and is not â— shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pyt and shall go into perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shall wondre whose names are not writteÌ„ in the boke of lyfe from the begin nyng of the worlde when they beholde the beast that was is not And here is a minde that hath wysdome The seuen heades are seuen mouÌ„taynes on whiche the woman sytteth they are also seueÌ„ kynges Fyue are falleÌ„ and one is and another is not yet come And when he commeth he must coÌ„tinue a short space And the beast that was is not is eueÌ„ the eight and is one of the seuen and shall go into destruccion And the ten hornes which y u sawest are ten hynges which haue receyued no kyngdome as yet but shal receyne power as kinges at one houre with the beast These haue one mynde and shall gyue their power and streÌ„gth vnto y e beast These shal fyght with the lambe and the lambe shal ouer come theÌ„ For he is Lorde of Lordes and Kynge of kynges and they that are on hys syde are called and chosen and faythfull And he sayde vnto meâ—the waters whiche thou sawest where the whore sitteth are people and folke and nacions and toÌ„ges And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shal make her desolate and naked and shal â—atâ— her flesshe burne her w t fyre For God hath put in their hertes to fulfyll his wyll