The holie Bible conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe Non me pudet Euangelij Christi Virtus enim Dei est ad salutem Omni credenti Rom. 1o. ✚ ELISABETH DEI GRATIA ANGLIE FRANCIAE ET HIBERNIAE REGINA FIDEI ET DEFENSOR ETC ✚ HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE ⧠Proper lessons to be read for the first lessons both at Morning and Euening prayer on the Sundayes throughout the yere and for some also the seconde lessons Sundayes of Aduent Mattins Euensong The first Esai i. Esai ii ii v. xxiiii iii. xxv xxvi iiii xxx xxxii Sundayes after Christmas Mattins Euensong The first xxxvii xxxviii ii xli xliii Sundayes after the Epiphanie Mattins Euensong The first xliiii xlvi ii li. liii iii. lv lvi iiii lvii lviii v. lix lxiiii Septuagesima Gen. i. Gen. ii Sexagesima iii. vi Quinquagesima ix xii Lent Mattins Euensong First Sunday Gen. xix Gen. xxii ii xxvii xxxiiii iii. xxxix xlii iiii xliii xlv v. Exod. iii. Exod. v. vi ix x. Easter day Mattins Euensong i. Lesson Exod. xii Exod. xiiii ii Lesson Rom. vi Actes .ii. ¶ Sundayes after Easter  Mattins Euensong The first Num. xvi Num. xxii ii xxiii xxv iii. Deut. iiii Deut. v. iiii vi vii v. viii ix Sunday after Assention day Deut. xii Deut. xiii VVhitsunday Mattins Euensong i. Lesson Deut. xvi Wisdome .i. Actes .xix. ii Lesson Actes .x. Then Peter opened his mouth c. It fortuned when Apollo went to Corint c. vnto After these thinges Trinitie Sunday Mattins Euensong i. Lesson Gen. xviii Iosue i ii Lesson Mat. iii.  ¶ Sundayes after Trinitie The first Iosue .x. Iosue .xxiii. ii Iudic. iiii Iudic. v. iii. i. King ii i. King iii. iiii xii xiii v. xv xvi vi ii King xii ii King xxi vii xxii xxiiii viii iii. King xiii iii. King xvii ix xviii xix x. xxi xxii xi iiii King v. iiii King ix xii x. xviii xiii xix xxiii xiiii Ieremie v. Ieremie xxii xv xxxv xxxvi xvi Ezech. ii Ezech. xiiii xvii xvi xviii xviii xx xxiiii xix Daniel .iii. Daniel .vi. xx Ioel .ii. Miche .vi. xxi Abacuc .ii. Prouer. i. xxii Prouer. ii iii. xxiii xi xii xxiiii xiii xiiii xxv xv xvi xxvi xvii xix ⧠Lessons proper for holy dayes  Mattins Euensong S. Andrewe Prou. xx Prou. xxi S. Thomas the Apostle xxiii xxiiii Natiuitie of Christe   i. Lesson Esai ix Esai vii God spake once againe to Achas ii Lesson Luk. ii vnto And vnto men of good wyll Titus .iii. The kindnesse and loue c. ◠Steuen   i. Lesson Prou. xxviii Eccle. iiii ii Lesson Act. vi and .vii. Steuen full of faith and power c vnto And when fourtie yeres c. Actes .vii. And when fourtie yeres were expired there appeared vnto Moyses c. vnto Steuen full of the holy ghost c S. Iohn   i. Lesson Eccle. v. Eccle. vi ii Lesson Apoc. i. Apoc. xxii Innocentes Iere. xxxi vnto Moreouer I hearde Ephraim Wisdome .i. Circumsition day   i. Lesson Gen. xvii Deut. x. ii Lesson Rom. ii And nowe Israel Coloss ii Epiphanie   i. Lesson Esai lx Esai lxix ii Lesson Luk. iii. vnto So that he was supposed to be the sonne of Ioseph Iohn .ii. vnto After this he went to Capernaum Conuertion of S. Paul   i. Lesson Wisdome .v. Wisdome .vi. ii Lesson Actes .xxii. vnto They hearde him Actes .xxvi. Purification of the virgin Marie Wisdome .ix. Wisdome .xii. S. Mathie Wisdome .xix. Eccle. i. Annunciation of our Lady Eccle. ii Eccle. iii. VVednesday afore Easter Osea .xiii. Osea .xiiii. Thursday afore Easter Daniel .ix. Iere. xxxi Good Friday Ge. xxii Esai liii Easter euen Zacharie .ix. Exod. xiii Munday in Easter weeke   i. Lesson Exod. xvi Exod. xvii ii Lesson Mat. xxviii Actes .iii. Tuesday in Easter weeke   i. Lesson Exod. xx Exod. xxxii ii Lesson Luk. xxiiii vnto And beholde two of them i. Corinth xv S. Marks Eclec iii. i Eccle. v. Philip and Iacob Eccle. vii Eccle. ix Assencion day Deut. x. iiii King ii Munday in whitson weeke   i. Lesson Gen. xi vnto These are the generation of Sem. Gen. xii Gather vnto me lxx men c. vnto Moyses and the elders returned ii Lesson i. Cor. xii  Tuesday in whitson weeke i. King xix Dauid came to Saul in Ramatha Deut. xxx S. Barnabe   i. Lesson Eccle. x. Eccle. xii ii Lesson Actes .xiiii. Actes .xv. vnto After certayne dayes S. Iohn Baptist   i. Lesson Mala. iii. Mala. iiii ii Lesson Mat. xiii Mat. xiiii vnto VVhen Iesus hearde S. Peter   i. Lesson Eccle. xv Eccle. xix ii Lesson Actes .iii. Actes .iiii. S. Iames. Eccle. xxi xxiii S. Bartilmewe xxv xxix S. Matthewe xxxv xxxviii S. Michael xxxix xliiii S. Luke li. Iob .i. S. Simon and Iude.   i. Lesson Iob. 24.25 xlii All Saintes   i. Lesson Wisdome .iii. vnto Blessed is rather the barren Wisdome .v. vnto His ielousie also ii Lesson Hebr. xi xii Saintes by faith vnto If ye endure chastening Apoc. xix vnto And ◠sawe an angel stande ⧠Proper psalmes on certayne dayes  Mattins Euensong Christmas day Psal xix xlv lxxxv lxxxix Cx. Cxxxii. Easter day ii lvii Cxi Cxiii Cxiiii Cxviii Assencion day viii xv xxi xxiiii lxviii Cviii. VVhitsunday xlv lxvii Ciiii. Cxlv. Septuagesima before Easter ix weekes Sexagesima before Easter viii weekes Quinquagesima before Easter vii weekes Quadragesima before Easter vi weekes Rogations after Easter v weekes VVhitsunday after Easter vii weekes Trinitie sunday after Easter viii weekes ⧠The order hovve the rest of holy scripture beside the Psalter is appoynted to be read THe olde Testament is appointed for the first Lessons at Mornyng Euenyng prayer and shal be read through euery yere once except certayne bookes and chapters which be least edifiyng might best be spared therfore be left vnread ¶ The newe Testament is appoynted for the seconde Lessons at Mornyng Euenyng prayer and shal be read ouer orderly euery yere thrise beside the Epistles and Gospels Except the Apocalips out of the which there be only certayne Lessons appoynted vpon diuers proper feastes ¶ And to knowe what Lessons shal be read euery day Fynde the day of the moneth in the Kalender folowyng and there ye shall perceaue the bookes and chapters that shal be read for the Lessons both at Mornyng and Euenyng prayer ¶ And here is to be noted that whensoeuer there be any proper Psalmes or Lessons appoynted for the Sundayes or for any feast moueable or vnmoueable Then the Psalmes and Lessons appoynted in the Kalender shal be omitted for that tyme. ¶ Ye must note also that the Collect Epistle and Gospell appoynted for the Sunday shall serue all the weeke after except there fall some feast that hath his proper ¶ When the yeres of our Lorde may be deuided into foure euen partes which
liiii.lv xi lvi lvii.lviii lix lx.lxi xii lxii lxiii.lxiiii lxv lxvi.lxvii xiii lxviii lxix lxx xiiii lxxi lxxii lxxiii lxxiiii xv lxxv lxxvi.lxxvii lxxviii xvi lxxix lxxx.lxxxi lxxxii lxxxiii.lxxxiiii.lxxxv xvii lxxxvi lxxxvii.lxxxviii lxxxix xviii xc xci.xcii xciii xciiii xix xcv xcvi.xcvii xcviii xcix.c.ci xx cii ciii ciiii xxi cv cvi xxii cvii. cviii cix xxiii cx cxi.cxii.xiii cxiiii cxv xxiiii cxvi cxvii.cxviii cxix Inde .iii. xxv Inde .v. Inde .iiii. xxvi Inde .v. Inde .iiii. xxvii cxx cxxi.cxxii.cxxiii.cxxiiii.cxxv cxxvi cxxvii.cxxviii.cxxix.cxxx.cxxxi xxviii cxxxii cxxxiii.cxxxiiii.cxxxv cxxxvi cxxxvii.cxxxviii xxix cxxxix cxl.cxli cxlii cxliii xxx cxliiii cxlv.cxlvi cxlvii cxlviii.cxlix.cl ¶ Ianuarie hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne riseth falleth houre vii min. 45. iiii min. 50. Psalmes Mornyng prayer Euenyng prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson iii A Kalend. Circumcision i Gen. xvii Rom. ii Deut. x. Coloss ii  b iiii No. Oct. S. Stepha ii Gen. i. Mat. i. Gen. ii Rom. i. xi c iii. No. Oct. S. Iohan. iii iii ii iiii ii  d Prid. No. Oct. Innocent iiii v iii vi iii xix e Nonas Depo Edw. Red. v vii iiii viii iiii viii f viii Id. Epiphanie Do. vi Esai lx Luk. iii. Esa xlix Ioh. ii  g vii Id. Felix Ianuarii vii Gen. ix Mat. v. Gen. xii Rom. v. xvi A vi Id. Luciani priest viii xiii vi xiiii vi v. b v. Id. Ioyce virgin ix xv vii xvi vii  c iiii Id. Paul first Here. x xvii viii xviii viii xiii d iii. Id. Sol in Aquario xi xix ix xx ix ii e Prid. Id. Archad Martir xii xxi x xxii x  f Idus Hyllary bishop xiii xxiii xi xxiiii xi x g xix Kl. Febr. Felix priest xiiii xxv xii xxvi xii  A xviii Kl. Isidore martir xv xxvii xiii xxviii xiii xviii b xvii Kl. Marcellus mart xvi xxix xiiii xxx xiiii vii c xvi Kl. Antoni sulpit xvii xxxi xv xxxii xv  d xv Kl. Prisca virgyn xviii xxxiii xvi xxxiiii xvi xv e xiiii Kl. Vlstane bishop xix xxxv xvii xxxvii i. Cor. i. iiii f xiii Kl. Fabian Sebast xx xxxviii xviii xxxix ii  g xii Kl. Agnes virgyn xxi xl xix xli iii xii A xi Kl. Vincent martir xxii xlii xx xliii iiii i b x. Kl. Emeration virg xxiii xliiii xxi xlv v  c ix Kl. Timothe bishop xxiiii xlvi xxii xlvii vi ix d viii Kl. Conuer of Paul xxv Wisd v. Act. xxii Wisd vi Act. xxvi  e vii Kl. Polycarpe bishop xxvi Gen. 48. Mat. 23. Gen. xlix i. Cor. vii xvii f vi Kl. Iulian bishop xxvii l xxiiii Exod. i. viii vi g v. Kl. Agnis the second xxviii Exod. ii xxv iii ix  A iiii Kl. Valerie bishop xxix iiii xxvi v x xiiii b iii. Kl. Batilde Queene xxx vii xxvii viii xi iii c Prid. Kl. Saturni Vict. xxx ix xxviii x xii ¶ Februarie hath .xxviii. dayes The moone .xxix. Sunne riseth falleth houre vii min. 15. iiii min. 45. Psalmes Mornyng prayer Euenyng prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  d Kalend. Brigit virg Fast ii Exod. xi Mark .i. Exod. xii i. Cor. xiii xi e iiii No. Purifica Marie iii Wisd ix ii Wisd xii xiiii xix f iii. No. Blase bishop iiii Exo. xiii iii Exo. xiiii xv viii g Prid. No. Gilbert confessor v xv iiii xvi xvi  A Nonas Agathi virgin vi xvii v xviii ii Cor. i. xvi b viii Id. Dorithi virgin vii xix vi xx ii v c vii Id. Angule virgin viii xxi vii xxii iii  d vi Id. Paul bishop ix xxiii viii xxxiiii iiii xiii e v. Id. Appoline virgin x xxxii ix xxxiii v ii f iiii Id. Sol in Pisces xi xxxiiii x Le. xviii vi  g iii. Id. Sotheris bishop xii Leu. xix xi xx vii x A Prid. Id. Eulalia virgin xiii xxvi xii Num. xi viii  b Idus Vlfrane bishop xiiii Num. xii xiii xiii ix xvii c xvi Kl. Valentine bish xv xiiii xiiii xvi x vii d xv Kl. Faustin bishop xvi xvii xv xx xi e xiiii Kl. Iulian virgin xvii xxi xvi xxii xii xv f xiii Kl. Polichron bishop xviii xxiii Luk. di.i. xxiiii xiii iiii g xii Kl. Simeon bishop xix xxv di.i. xxvii Galat. i.  A xi Kl. Sabin Iulian. xx xxx ii xxxi ii xii b x. Kl. Mildred virgin xxi xxxii iii xxxv iii i c ix Kl. lxxix martirs xxii xxxvi iiii Deut. i. iiii  d viii Kl. Peters chaire xxiii Deut. ii v iii v ix e vii Kl. Polycarpe Fast xxiiii iiii vi v vi  f vi Kl. Matthie Apost xxv Wis xix vii Ecce i. Ephe. i. xvii g v. Kl. Constantie virg xxvi Deut. vi viii Deu. vii ii vi A iiii Kl. Alexander bish xxvii viii ix ix iii  b iii. Kl. Austine bishop xxviii x x xi iiii xiiii c Prid. Kl. Oswalde bishop xxix xii xi xv v ¶ Marche hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne riseth falleth houre vi min. 15. v. min. 45. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson iii d Kalend. Dauid bishop xxx Deut. xvi Luk. xii Deu. xvii Ephe. vi  e vi No. Cedde bishop i xviii xiii xix Phil. i. xi f v. No. Maurini Aste ii xx xiiii xxi ii  g iiii No. Adriani mart iii xxii xv xxiiii iii xix A iii. No. Foce Eusebi iiii xxv xvi xxvi iiii viii b prid No. Victoris mart v xxvii xvii xxviii Coloss i.  c Nonas Perpetue mart vi xxix xviii xxx ii xvi d viii Id. Appoloni mart vii xxxi xix xxxii iii v e vii Id. Fourtie mar viii xxxiii xx xxxiiii iiii  f vi Id. Agapit mart ix Iosue i. xxi Iosue ii i. Thess i. xiii g v. Id. Sol in Ariete x iii xxii iiii ii ii A iiii Id. Grego bish Ro. xi v xxiii vi iii b iii. Id. Theodori mart xii vii xxiiii viii iiii x c prid Id. Leon. vi Zach xiii ix Iohn .i. x v  d Idus Longi mart xiiii xxiii ii xxiiii ii Thes i. xviii e xvii Kl. April Hilarii xv Iudg. i. iii Iudg. ii ii vii f xvi Kl. Getrudis Patri xvi iii iiii iiii iii  g xv Kl. Edwarde king xvii v v vi i. Tim. i. xv A xiiii Kl. Iose husb Mar. xviii vii vi viii ii iii iiii b xiii Kl. Cuthbert bish xix ix vii x iiii  c xii Kl. Benedic abbot xx xi viii xii v xii d xi Kl. Affrodosi bish xxi xiii ix xiiii vi i e x. Kl. Theodori priest xxii xv x xvi ii Tim. i.  f ix Kl. Fast Pigmeni xxiii xvii xi xviii ii ix g viii Kl. Annun of Mar. xxiiii Eccle. ii xii Eccle. iii. iii  A vii
Kl. Castor martir xxv Iudg. xix xiii Iud. xx iiii xvii b vi Kl. Dorothe virg xxvi xxi xiiii Ruth .i. Titus .i. vi c v. Kl. Ruperti bishop xxvii Ruth .ii. xv iii ii iii  d iiii Kl. Victorini mart xxviii iiii xvi i. king i. Phile. i. xiiii e iii. Kl. Quirini mart xxix i. king ii xvii iii Hebre. i. iii f Prid. Kl. Adelmi bishop xxx iiii xxviii v ii ¶ April hath .xxx. dayes The moone .xxix. Sunne ryseth falleth houre v. min. 15. vi min. 45. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  g Kalend. Theodore virg i i. king vi Iohn xix i. kin vii Hebre. iii. xi A iiii No. Marie Egypt ii viii xx ix iiii  b iii. No. Richarde confe iii x xxi xi v xix c prid No. Ambrose bish iiii xii Actes .i. xiii vi viii d Nonas Martinian bish v xiiii i xv vii xvi e viii Id. Sexti martir vi xvi iii xvii viii v f vii Id. Euphemie vii xviii iiii xix ix  g vi Id. Egesippi soci viii xx v xxi x xiii A v. Id. Perpetui bishop ix xxii vi xxiii xi ii b iiii Id. Passiō of vii vir x xxiiii vii xxv xii  c iii. Id. Sol in Taurus xi xxvi viii xxvii xiii x d prid Id. Zeni bishop xii xxviii ix xxix Iacob i.  e Idus Euphemie virg xiii xxx x xxxi ii xviii f xviii Kl. Maii. Tiburt xiiii ii king i. xi ii king ii iii vii g xvii Kl. Oswaldi archi xv iii xii iiii iiii A xvi Kl. Isidori bishop xvi v xiii vi v xv b xv Kl. Amceti bish Ro. xvii vii xiiii viii i. Pet. i. iiii c xiiii Kl. Elutherii xviii ix xv x ii  d xiii Kl. Alphege mart xix xi xvi xii iii xii e xii Kl. Victoris mart xx xiii xvii xiiii iiii i f xi Kl. Simeonis bish xxi xv xviii xvi v  g x. Kl. Sotheris bish xxii xvii xix xviii ii Pet. i. ix A ix Kl. S. George xxiii xix xx xx ii  b viii Kl. Vlfride confes xxiiii xxi xxi xxii iii xvii c vii Kl. Marke Euang. xxv Eccle. iiii xxii Eccle. v. i. Iohn i. vi d vi Kl. Cleti bish Rom. xxvi ii king 23 xxiii ii kin 24. ii  e v. Kl. Anasta bi Rom. xxvii iii. king i xxiiii 3. king 2. iii xiiii f iiii Kl. Vitalis mart xxviii iii xxv iiii iiii iii g iii. Kl. Peter of Milla. xxix v xxvi vi v  A Prid. Kl. Dep. Erken bish xxx vii xxvii viii ii iii Ioh. ¶ May hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne riseth falleth houre v. min. 30. vii mi. 42. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson xi b Kalend. Philip Iacob i Eccle. vii Act. viii Eccl. ix Iudas i.  c vi No. Athanasi bish ii 3. king ix xxviii 3. kyng x. Rom. i. xix d v. No. Inuē of y e crosse iii xi Math. i. xii ii viii e iiii No. Christopher iiii xiii ii xiiii iii  f iii. No. Godardi v xv iii xvi iiii xvi g prid No. Iohn Euang. vi xvii iiii xviii v v A Nonas Iohn of Beuer. vii xix v xx vi  b viii Id.  viii xxi vi xxii vii xiii c vii Id. Trans S. Hier. ix 4. kyng i. vii 4. king ii viii ii d vi Id. Gordiani bish x iii viii iiii ix  e v. Id. Antoni martir xi v ix vi x x f iiii Id. Sol in Gemini xii vii x viii xi  g iii. Id. Seruasi confes xiii ix xi x xii xviii A prid Id. Boniface mart xiiii xi xii xii xiii vii b Idus Isidor martir xv xiii xiii xiiii xiiii  c xvii Kl. Iunii Bran. bi xvi xv xiiii xvi xv xv d xvi Kl. Transl of Bar. xvii xvii xv xviii xvi iiii e xv Kl. Dioscori mart xviii xix xvi xx i. Cor. i.  f xiiii Kl. Dunstane bish xix xxi xvii xxii ii xii g xiii Kl. Barnardine xx xxiii xviii xxiiii iii i A xii Kl. Helene queene xxi xxv xix i. Esdr i. iiii  b xi Kl. Iulian virgin xxii i. Esdr iii xx iiii v ix c x. Kl. Desideri mart xxiii v xxi vi vi  d ix Kl. Seruul martir xxiiii vii xxii ix vii xvii e viii Kl. Aldelmi Vrbi xxv ii Esdr i. xxiii ii Esdr ii viii vi f vii Kl. August angl bi xxvi iiii xxiiii v ix  g vi Kl. Bede priest xxvii vi xxv viii x xiiii A v. Kl. Germane bish xxviii ix xxvi x xi iii b iiii Kl. Maximi bishop xxix xiii xxvii Hester ii xii  c iii. Kl. Felicis bishop xxx Hester i. xxviii iii xiii xi d Prid. Kl. Petronilla virg xxx iiii Mark i. v xiiii ¶ Iune hath .xxx. dayes The moone .xxix. Sunne ryseth falleth houre iiii min. 30. viii min. 26. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  e Kalend. Nichome Iust i Hester vi Mark ii Hest vii i. Cor. xv xix f iiii No. Marcelli mart ii viii iii ix xvi viii g iii. No. Erasmus bish iii Iob .i. iiii Iob .ii. ii Cor. i. xvi A prid No. Petroci confes iiii iii v iiii ii v b Nonas Boniface bish v v vi vi iii  c viii Id. Claudius bish vi vii vii viii iiii xiii d vii Id. Pau. bish Const vii ix viii x v ii e vi Id. Medardi bishop viii xi ix xii vi  f v. Id. Primi Felici ix xiii x xiiii vii x g iiii Id. Getuli martir x xv xi xvi viii  A iii. Id. Barnabe apost xi Eccle. x. Act. xiiii Eccle. xii Act. xv xviii b prid Id. Sol in Cancro xii Iob. 17.18 Mark xii Iob. xix ii Cor. ix vii c Idus Solstitium estiuum xiii xx xiii xxi x  d xviii Kl. Iulii Exu bish xiiii xxii xiiii xxiii xi xv e xvii Kl. Viti Modesti xv xxiiii xxv xv xxvi 27 xii iiii f xvi Kl. Cirici Iulite xvi xxxviii xvi xxix xiii  g xv Kl. Albani martir xvii xxx Luke i. xxxi Galat. i. xii A xiiii Kl. Botulphi confe xviii xxxii ii xxxiii ii i b xiii Kl. Marci Marcel xix xxxiiii iii xxxv iii  c xii Kl. Geruasi Porth xx xxxvi iiii xxxvii iiii ix d xi Kl. Walburge virg xxi xxxviii v xxxix v  e x. Kl. Paulini bishop xxii xl vi xli vi xvii f ix Kl. Etheldred Fast xxiii xlii vii Prou. i. Ephe. i. vi g viii Kl. Iohn Baptist xxiiii Mala. iii. Math. iii Mat. xiiii Mat. xiiii  A vii Kl. Amandi bishop xxv Prou. ii Luk. viii Prou. iii. Ephe. ii xiiii b vi Kl. Ioh. Pau. mar xxvi iiii ix v iii iii
c v. Kl. Crescens xxvii vi x vii iiii  d iiii Kl. Leon. bish Fast xxviii viii xi ix v xi e iii. Kl. S. Peter apost xxix Eccle. xv Act. iii. Eccle. xix Act. iiii  f Prid. Kl. Cōme S. Paul xxx Prou. x. Luk. xii Prou. xi Ephe. vi ¶ Iuly hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne riseth falleth houre iiii min. 18. viii mi. 42. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson xix g Kalend. Octa. Ioh. bapt i Prou. xii Luk. xiii Pro. xiii Phil. i. viii A vi No. Visita of Mar. ii xiiii xiiii xv ii  b v. No. Gregorie bishop iii xvi xv xvii iii xvi c iiii No. Transla Marti iiii xviii xvi xix iiii v d iii. No. Zoe virgin v xx xvii xxi Colloss i.  e prid No. Oct. Pet. Pau. vi xxii xviii xxiii ii xiii f Nonas Dogge dayes vii xxiiii xix xxv iii ii g viii Id.  viii xxvi xx xxvii iiii  A vii Id. Cirilli bishop ix xxviii xxi xxix i. Thess i. x b vi Id. Seuē bret mar x xxxi xxii Eccle. i. ii  c v. Id. Benedic abbot xi Eccle. ii xxiii iii iii xviii d iiii Id. Sol in Leone xii iiii xxiiii v iiii vii e iii. Id. Priuati martir xiii vi Iohn i. vii v  f prid Id. Herac. bishop xiiii viii ii ix ii Thess i xv g Idus Transl Swith xv x iii xi ii iiii A xvii Kl. Augu. Eustach xvi xii iiii Iere. i. iii  b xvi Kl. Kenelme kyng xvii Iere. ii v iii i. Tim. i. xii c xv Kl. Arnulph bishop xviii iiii vi v ii iii i d xiiii Kl. Ruffine Iusti xix vi vii vii iiii  e xiii Kl. Margaret virg xx viii viii ix v  f xii Kl. Praxede virgin xxi x ix xi vi  g xi Kl. Marie Magdal xxii xii x xiii ii Tim. i. xvii A x. Kl. Appolin bishop xxiii xiiii xi xv ii vi b ix Kl. Fast Christi vir xxiiii xvi xii xvii iii  c viii Kl. Iames apostle xxv Eccl. xxi xiii Ecc. xxiii iiii xiiii d vii Kl. Anne mot Mar. xxvi Ier. xviii xiiii Iere. xix Titus i. iii e vi Kl. Seuen sleepers xxvii xx xv xxi ii iii  f v. Kl. Sampson bish xxviii xxii xvi xxiii Phile. i. xi g iiii Kl. Martha virgin xxix xxiiii xvii xxv Hebre. i.  A iii. Kl. Abdon Senn. xxx xxvi xviii xxvii ii xix b Prid. Kl. German bishop xxx xxviii xix xxix iii ¶ August hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne ryseth falleth houre iiii min. 38. vii min. 15. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  c Kalend. Lammas day i Ier. xxx Iohn xx Ier. xxxi Hebr. iiii viii d iiii No. Stephen bishop ii xxxii xxi xxxiii v xvi e iii. No. Inuē of Steph. iii xxxiiii Actes i. xxxv vi v f prid No. Iustine priest iiii xxxvi ii xxxvii vii  g Nonas Marie v xxxviii iii xxxix viii xiii A viii Id. Trans of Christ vi xl iiii xli ix ii b vii Id. Name of Iesus vii xlii v xliii x  c vi Id. Ciriac his felo viii xliiii vi xlv xlvi xi x d v. Id. Romani martir ix xlvii vii xlviii xii  e iiii Id. Laurence mart x xlix viii l xiii xviii f iii. Id. Tiburti Susā xi li ix lii Iacob i. vii g prid Id. Clare virgin xii Lamen i x Lamē ii ii  A Idns. Hyppo his fel. xiii iii xi iiii iii xv b xix Kl. Septembris xiiii v xii Ezech. ii iiii iiii c xviii Kl. Sol in Vir. Assūp Ma xv Ezech. iii xiii vi v d xvii Kl. Roche martir xvi vii xiiii xiii i. Pet. i. xii e xvi Kl. Octa. of Laur. xvii xiiii xv xviii ii i f xv Kl. Agapet martir xviii xxxii xvi xxxiiii iii  g xiiii Kl. Magnus mart xix Dani. i. xvii Dani. ii iiii ix A xiii Kl. Ludouic bishop xx iii xviii iiii v  b xii Kl. Barnard confes xxi v xix vi ii Pet. i. xvii c xi Kl. Athanas mart xxii vii xx viii ii vi d x. Kl. Fast xxiii ix xxi x iii  e ix Kl. Barthol apost xxiiii Eccl. xxv xxii Ecc. xxix i. Iohn i. xiiii f viii Kl. Ludouic kyng xxv Dani. xi xxiii Dan. xii ii iii g vii Kl. Zepher bishop xxvi xiii xxiiii xiiii iii  A vi Kl. Ruffi martir xxvii Osea i. xxv Ose ii iii iiii xi b v. Kl. Augustine bish xxviii iiii xxvi v. vi v  c iiii Kl. Behead of Iohn xxix vii xxvii viii ii iii Ioh. xix d iii. Kl. Felix Audact xxx ix xxviii x Iude. i. viii e Prid. Kl. Paulini bishop xxx xi Math. i. xii Rom. i. ¶ September hath .xxx. dayes The moone .xxix. Sunne riseth falleth houre v. min. 36. vi min. 24. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson xvi f Kalend. Gyles bishop i Ose xiii Math. ii Ose xiiii Rom. ii v g iiii No. Antoni martir ii Ioel. i. iii Ioel. ii iii  A iii. No. Lupi bishop iii iii iiii Amos. i. iiii xiii b prid No. Moysi proph iiii Amos. ii v iii v ii c Nonas Dog dayes ende v iiii vi v vi  d viii Id. Eugeni confes vi vi vii vii vii x e vii Id. Enurchi bishop vii viii viii ix viii  f vi Id. Nati of Marie viii Abdias i ix Ionas i. ix xviii g v. Id. Gorgoni martir ix Io. ii iii x iiii x vii A iiii Id. Hillari bishop x Mich. i. xi Mich. ii xi  b iii. Id. Porthi Hyacin xi iii xii iiii xii xv c prid Id. Martinian bish xii v xiii vi xiii iiii d Idus Sol in libra xiii vii xiiii Naum. i. xiiii  e xviii Kl. Holy crosse xiiii Naum. ii xv iii xv xii f xvii Kl. Aequinoctium xv Abacuc i xvi Abac. ii xvi i g xvi Kl. Autumnale xvi iii xvii Soph. i. i. Cor. i.  A xv Kl. Lambert bishop xvii Soph. ii xviii iii ii ix b xiiii Kl. Victo Coro xviii Agge i. xix Agge ii iii  c xiii Kl. Ianuari martir xix Zacha. i. xx Zac. ii iii iiii xvii d xii Kl. Eusta Fast xx iiii v xxi vi v vi e xi Kl. S. Mathewe xxi Eccle. 35. xxii Eccle. 38. vi  f x. Kl. Mauriti Soci xxii Zach. vii xxiii Zac. viii vii xiiii g ix Kl. Tecla virgin xxiii ix xxiiii x viii iii A viii Kl. Andochi martir xxiiii xi xxv xii ix  b vii Kl. Firmini bishop xxv xiii xxvi xiiii x xi c vi Kl. Ciprian Iust xxvi Mala. i. xxvii Mala. ii xi  d v. Kl. Cosme Dam. xxvii
iii xxviii iiii xii xix e iiii Kl. Exuperi bishop xxviii Tobi. i. Mark i. Tobi. ii xiii viii f iii. Kl. S. Michael xxix Eccle. 39. ii Eccle. 44. xiiii  g Prid. Kl. Hierome doct xxx Tobi. iii. iii Tob. iiii xv ¶ October hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne ryseth falleth houre vi min. 35. iiii min. 45. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson xvi A Kalend. Remige i Tobi. v. Mar. iiii Tobi. vi i. Cor. xvi v b vi No. Leodegar bish ii vii v viii ii Cor. i. xiii c v. No. Candidi martir iii ix vi x ii ii d iiii No. Francis confes iiii xi vii xii iii  e iii. No. Appolin martir v xiii viii xiiii iiii x f prid No. Fayth virgin vi Iudit i. ix Iudith ii v  g Nonas Marci Mercel vii iii x iiii vi xviii A viii Id. Pelagie virgin viii v xi vi vii vii b vii Id. Dennis ix vii xii viii viii  c vi Id. Gereonis mart x ix xiii x ix xv d v. Id. Nichasii bishop xi xi xiiii xii x iiii e iiii Id. Wilfridi bishop xii xiii xv xiiii xi  f iii. Id. Edwarde xiii xv xvi xvi xii xii g prid Id. Sol in Scorpio xiiii Wisd i. Luk. di i. Wisd ii xiii i A Idus Wolfrane bishop xv iii di i. iiii Galat. i. b xvii Kl. Nouembris xvi v ii vi ii ix c xvi Kl. Etheldrede virg xvii vii iii viii iii  d xv Kl. Luke Euang. xviii Eccle. li. iiii Iob. i. iiii xvii e xiiii Kl. Fredeswide virg xix Wisd ix v Wisd x. v vi f xiii Kl. Austrobert virg xx xi vi xii vi  g xii Kl. xi thousand virg xxi xiii vii xiiii Ephes i. xiiii A xi Kl. Mari Solome xxii xv viii xvi ii iii b x. Kl. Romane bishop xxiii xvii ix xviii iii  c ix Kl. Maglori bishop xxiiii xix x Eccle. i. iiii xi d viii Kl. Crispine Crisp xxv Eccle. ii xi iii v  e vii Kl. Euarist bishop xxvi iiii xii v vi xix f vi Kl. Fast xxvii vi xiii vii Phil. i. viii g v. Kl. Simon Iude. xxviii Io. 24.25 xiiii Iob. xlii ii  A iiii Kl. Narcissi bishop xxix Eccl. viii xv Eccle. ix iii xvi b iii. Kl. Germani confes xxx x xvi xi iiii v c Prid. Kl. Fast xxx xii xvii xiii Colloss i. ¶ Nouember hath .xxx. dayes The moone .xxix. Sunne ryseth falleth houre vii min. 34. iiii min. 26. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  d Kalend. All Saintes i Wisd iii. He. xi xii Wisd v. Apoc. xix xiii e iiii No. Comme defunc ii Eccl. xiiii Lu. xviii Eccle. xv Coloss ii ii f iii. No. Winifride virg iii xvi xix xvii iii  g prid No. Amanti Vita iiii xviii xx xix iiii x A Nonas Leti priest v xx xxi xxi i. Thess i.  b viii Id. Leonarde abbo vi xxii xxii xxiii ii xviii c vii Id. Willibrode arch vii xxiiii xxiii xxv iii vii d vi Id. Foure crowned viii xxvii xxiiii xxviii iiii  e v. Id. Theodori ix xxix Iohn i. xxx v xv f iiii Id. Martin bishop x xxxi ii xxxii ii Thes i. iiii g iii. Id. Martin bi Ro. xi xxxiii iii xxxiiii ii  A prid Id. Sol in Sagitario xii xxxv iiii xxxvi iii xii b Idus Bryce bishop xiii xxxvii v xxxviii i. Tim. i. i c xviii Kl. Decembris xiiii xxxix vi xl ii iii  d xvii Kl. Machute bish xv xli vii xlii iiii ix e xvi Kl. Edmonde arch xvi xliii viii xliiii v  f xv Kl. Hugh bishop xvii xlv ix xlvi vi xvii g xiiii Kl. Initi regni Elizab. xviii xlvii x xlviii ii Tim. i. vi A xiii Kl. Elizab. matro xix xlix xi l ii  b xii Kl. Edmunde king xx li xii Baruc. i. iii xiiii c xi Kl. Present Marie xxi Baru ii xiii iii iiii iii d x. Kl. Cecilie virgin xxii iiii xiiii v Titus i.  e ix Kl. Clement bishop xxiii vi xv Esai i. ii iii xi f viii Kl. Chrysogon mar xxiiii Esai ii xvi iii Phile. i.  g vii Kl. Katherine virg xxv iiii xvii v Hebre. i. xix A vi Kl. Lini bishop xxvi vi xviii vii ii viii b v. Kl. Agricole Vita xxvii viii xix ix iii  c iiii Kl. Rufi mart xxviii x xx xi iiii xvi d iii. Kl. Fast Saturn xxix xii xxi xiii v v e Prid. Kl. Andrewe apost xxx Prou. xx Actes i. Prou. xxi vi ¶ December hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne riseth falleth houre viii mi. 15. iii. min. 45. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  f Kalend. Eligii bishop i Esa xiiii Actes ii Esai xv Hebre. vii xiii g iiii No. Libami ii xvi iii xvii viii ii A iii. No. Barbara virg iii xviii iiii xix ix x b prid No. Osmunde bish iiii xx xxi v xxii x  c Nonas Sabe abbot v xxiii vi xxiiii xi xviii d viii Id. Nicholas bish vi xxv di vii xxvi xii vii e vii Id. Fare virgin vii xxvii di vii xxviii xiii  f vi Id. Concept of Ma. viii xxix viii xxx Iames. i. xv g v. Id. Ciprian abbot ix xxxi ix xxxii ii iiii A iiii Id. Eulalie virgin x xxxiii x xxxiiii iii b iii. Id. Damasi bish xi xxxv xi xxxvi iiii xii c prid Id. Sol in Capricorne xii xxxvii xii xxxviii v i d Idns. Lucie virgin xiii xxxix xiii xl i. Pet. i.  e xix Kl. Ianuarii xiiii xli xiiii xlii ii ix f xviii Kl. Valerii bishop xv xliii xv xliiii iii  g xvii Kl. Osapientia xvi xlv xvi xlvi iiii xvii A xvi Kl. Lazari bishop xvii xlvii xvii xlviii v vi b xv Kl. Gracian bish xviii xlix xviii l ii Pet. i.  c xiiii Kl. Venesie virgin xix li xix lii ii xiiii d xiii Kl. Fast Iulii mar xx liii xx liiii iii iii e xii Kl. Thomas apost xxi Prou. 23. xxi Prou. 24. i. Iohn i.  f xi Kl. Thirtie mart xxii Esai lv xxii Esai lvi ii xi g x. Kl. Victorie virg xxiii lvii xxiii lviii iii  A ix Kl. Fast xl virg xxiiii lix xxiiii lx iiii xix b viii Kl. Christmas xxv Esai ix Luk. xxii Esai vii Titus iii. viii c vii Kl. S. Stephen xxvi Prou. 28. Act. 6.7 Eccle. iiii Act. vii  d vi Kl. S. Iohn xxvii Eccle. v. Apoc. i. Eccle. vi Apo. xxii xvi e v. Kl. Innocentes xxviii Ier. xxxi Act. xxv Wisd i. 1. Iohn v. v f iiii Kl. Tho. arch Can. xxix Esai lxi xxvi Esai lxii ii Iohn  g iii. Kl. Transl Iacob xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii
with dogges in the mornyng Euenyng prayer “ roring (a) Such as contayne the prayses of God (b) To hope for nothyng but my graue “ Myne owne alone So is the sense of maÌ„ called for that it of all thynges on the earth is only heaueÌ„lye from heauen Or as it is takeÌ„ for his lyfe which is desolate and forsaken of all “ Hande (c) An Vnicorne is a cruel perilons beasts which can not be tamed (d) Rich men shall sacrifice vnto God and eate at the Lordes table (e) Although Christe was content to dye and was put to death yet the dead shall knowledge hym to be their redeemer (f) For his people (g) God hath done no lesse then they declare Mornyng prayer (a) In doyng not good but euyll for man hath his soule to do good (b) That is kâ—ngdomes impires and magistrates For in gates princes and magistrates were wont to sit in counsell and iudgement (a) Shall haue aboundaunce of good and of felicitie “ In good (b) The misteries of our redemption “ Enlarged (a) In mine innocence (b) It was not lawful for him to touche the aulter “ In a voyce of confession for to heare “ Of the tabernacle of thy glory (c) Destroy not (d) That is I am safe and sure through thy helpe Euenyng prayer That God is my light strength and lyfe (b) Gods beautifulnes is his promises lawes ceremonies sacrifices and sacramentes (c) Made with ioy with songes and blast of trumpettes “ Soule “ Rocke “ Lest peraduenture thou holdest thy peace from me and I become “ Confesse (a) Who toke Dauids part “ Of the saluation of his annoynted (a) That is thunder (b) Mightie in operation (c) For state In great thuÌ„ders hilles seeme to be shaken (d) It is a hill called also Heruton “ Cutteth out (e) Thunder with terrible lightning (f) As God was aucthour of Noes flud to punishe the wicked so wil he haue like aucthoritie styll (g) In geuing them peace prosperitie It is thought that Dauid deliuered from a greuous sicknes did make this psalme at the dedication of his house newe buylt at Hierusalem Morning prayer (a) To God in the temple whiche is a memoriall of his holynes or where he is remembred deuoutly (b) Although God hath punished me with sicknes for a short time yet I feele his good wyl towardes me all my life long “ Shall harbour (c) Thou hadst so established my regall dignitie with all felicitie “ Confesse (d) I in all my royaltie and dignitie “ Confesse (a) Calamities wherewith he was punished for his sinne (b) Which I haue to liue (c) Liberalitie “ VVorked (d) Reproche (e) Sauing me in y e midst of mine enemies no lesse then if I had ben in a holde without dauÌ„ger of them (f) Punishyng hym for his sinne () A doctrine not of reason but of God of his Church only Euenyng prayer (a) To cloke or excuse his sinne (b) Confessing not my faultes (c) The time of finding god is when sinne is confessed pardon asked (d) No calamitie perill or daunger shal hurt him “ Counsell (a) True and permanent (b) Of his bountifull liberalitie (c) All none excepted “ Falshood that is a horse deceaueth those that looke to be saued by him (d) In the time of dearth Abimeleck (a) Whose heartes be broken and who be desolate Morning prayer “ Pit of their net (a) I with all my wyt and strength (b) I prayed for them as I woulde for mâ—ne owne selfe (c) In their aduersitie “ Halting “ Impotent or lame (d) With their tongues “ My one only that is my life whiche only they seeke “ Aha aha (e) That we desired “ Aha to our soule “ Peace (a) Or truth (b) High mountaines (c) Preseruing them in this life making them nourishing them and defending them (d) Or precious “ Fatnesse (e) In this life and after this life Euening prayer (a) Teache the trueth and liue in the way of trueth “ Iudgment “ Only for to do euill (b) Of destruction and ruine “ That is most precious of lambes “ He passed away and â—o he was not â–ª (c) The posteritie () Gods wrath against sinne Morning prayer The name of a musition 1. Chro. 16. and 25. “ VVith a moosell “ Measure “ Aâ— vanitie 〈◊〉 man â—deth “ Gather (a) Thou punishedst me with sicknesse “ Pit of noyse that is a pit wher the running water made a great noyse (a) From God “ thoughtes (c) Redy 〈◊〉 do thy wyll (b) To vnderstande thy wyll “ Roule of the booke “ Intralles (d) Let their rewarde who woulde shame me be a desolation “ Aha aha Euenyng prayer “ In the euyll day “ Soul◠〈…〉 wherâ—s 〈◊〉 â—â—â—stâ—ed my 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 “ A thyng 〈◊〉 “ Man of peace “ Perfection () To be song (a) For sorowe “ CoÌ„fession “ The saluations his countenaunce “ VVith a kyllyng in my bones myne enemies “ The saluations of my countenaunce “ The â—â—â—uatiâ—â—s of my countenaunce and my Lorde () To be song Mornyng prayer (a) Our fathers (b) Our fathers “ Smite (c) Or prouerbe (a) Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast of late founde by Christopher Columbo froÌ„ whence at this day is brought most fine golde “ Confesse Greatly Heâ—râ— â–ª “ A hygh sure holde to vs. (a) Straunge thynges or desolations “ A hygh sure holde to vs Euening prayer () To be song (a) To go agaynst Hierusalem “ Tharsis (b) The villages “ Iehuda â—ale sâ—ng Aswell 〈◊〉 â—hen 〈◊〉 Adam as the children as man (a) All their doinges be â—ked who dispayre of Gods goodnesse in adâ—ersitie (b) No riche man can scape death lyue he neuer so long before he dieth (c) Man be he neuer so braue or honourable for his riches endeth this lyfe as an asse or dogge and is quickly forgotten for all his riches tolitie landes buildinges “ Loue their mouth that is shewe them selues more fooles then their fathers in that they wyll not be warned by their fathers examples foolishnesse to take a better way of lyfe (d) At the day of resurrection “ The hand of hell “ He in lyfe blessed his soule (e) Lyue voluptuously in all kynde of pleasures of this worlde (f) Man lyke a beast seeth not that al his worthynesse true honour to be of God and not of hym selfe or of the worlde To be song of Asaph Mornyng prayer (a) Dissemble any more “ Myne or with me (b) I dissembled “ Bath thaba (a) Pronounced iust “ Or when thou iudgest (b) Induyng my heart with wisdome thorowe the holy ghost â–ª “ Broken (a) To the wicked and to the godly Euenyng prayer “ Stinke That loue me taking my part (b) Whiche they haue deuised for me “ The face 〈◊〉 modest 〈◊〉 Dauid fleeing to his enemies the Philiâ—ines when he was forced to
to our enemies (c) My power shall neuer be away from him “ His hand “ Rocke “ Be false in my trueth “ If I make a lye vnto Dauid (d) The sunne in the day and the moone in the nyght shall testifie that I haue promised a perpetuall continuaunce vnto Dauids seede His prince◠〈◊〉 (f) It semeth in vayne if all our lyfe be wasâ—ed in calamitie without all comfort (g) All reproches of Gods people do redounde in Christ whose steppes they folowe Mornyng prayer (a) God exerciseth man with trauaile vntyll death for he made once an ordinaunce that all should dye yea be he neuer follow “ Chaungeth “ Chaungeth “ Pride (b) No mans felicitie in this life is without labour and disquietnesse oâ— mynde neuer contented but caryed with liâ—es passions cares and sorowes “ Seene euil Euenyng prayer “ Quiet from euyll dayes a At the day of resurrection euery man shal be iudged according to iustice howsoeuer he be afflicted wrongfully 〈◊〉 this â—yte In the graue for they that be put in the graue speake no more “ VVofull labour or mischiefe Mornyng prayer (a) Being led and gouerned by his hande “ Meribah and Masâ—ah Exodus â—◠“ (a) Vanitie and no God “ That which is no God Which be worshipped for gods of idolaters “ Confesse Euenyng prayer “ He hath saued hym (a) An instrument to syng psalmes “ Iehouah “ Confesse (a) Although he be a mightie kyng yet he vseth no tirannie () That is for to prayse and for to geue thankes “ CoÌ„fession 〈…〉 (a) With thy grace opening my heart and instructing me “ Behiaal (b) To be of my counsayle and to beare me company (c) A man of good conscience Morning prayer (a) Makyng their oth this I pray God then that I may be in as euyll case as Dauid “ From the face “ Sittest “ They pitie her dust “ Of a lowe shrab “ Bounde (b) Appoynted to suffer death (a) An Egle of all birdes â—yueth a long tyme without all kynde of feblenesse dying neuer of age but of famine Plin. lib. 10. â—ap 3. “ He chydeth not to the ende (b) A man can not shew where it growed (c) Comaundement Euenyng prayer (a) An â—llusion to the words 1. Gen. God deuided vnder the firmament from the waters aboue the firmament It is maruaylous that water against his nature should be aboue the ayre and couer the vpper part of it as in maner of a seeling (b) With the sea “ Bread (c) High trees haue their growing and increase of God “ VVide of handes (d) A whale or a ballan a beast that is king of the sea for his greatnesse and strength he appeareth aboue the top of the sea as bigge as an Ilande or a great huge mountayne “ Their time Morning prayer “ Iâ—ishehak “ Iaacob Kenaan “ Corde wherewith portions of inheritances were measured “ Deceaue them “ He broke euery stâ—ffe of bread (a) Lyue to dye The interpretation of Pharaos dreame “ In his soule that is as he beleued knewe and thought (c) They executed in all pointes his commaundement chaunging nothing (d) Or strength meaning the first borne Euenyng prayer “ For. “ His praise (a) They woulde not suffer God to rule them (b) As men in a consumption through euil humours the more they eate the more thei consume so they not esteeming Manna from heauen were not fed but destroyed of the flesh that they longed to eate of (c) To their lyue bodyes “ Chorcâ— (d) Their god who was a glory and an ornament to them (e) Moyses stoode before God in his anger as men do stande in a breache of a towne wall battered for defence of it Of the idols of the Moabites “ Phineâ—es Mâ—riba (g) Moyses stirred by the rage of y e people shewed him selfe not to beleue gods worde so certainely as he was wont “ Made manie alterations “ Counsell (h) God is said to repent when he forgeueth vs at our repentaunce “ Confesse Mornyng prayer “ For. “ Sea for it was on the south part of Iurie “ Disobediently chaunged Corrupt â—meâ—s whiche els had brought them to the graue “ Confessing (b) Moyste and fruitfull groundes “ Fruites of increase Euenyng prayer My soule my tongue or my chiefe dignitie “ Confesse Be thou glad to seeke my frendship “ (a) I pray for them Let it be reiected as vnlawfull and â—bhominable (c) Drythes (d) He had as lieue that god were his enemie as frende â–ª (e) Worâ—e (f) Hath lost al his fatnesse Confesse (g) To saue his life from vnrighteous iudges (a) God sayd to Christe rule thou ouer all Mornyng prayer (b) He shall begin his dominion in Sion (c) Christe his holy word shal be receaued of his elect most wyllyngly and Christes grace shall so wonderfully â—mbrue mens heartes as the deawe of the morning moystereth the grounde (a) Confesse (b) Certaine and permanent (a) God helpeth alwayes the good in their aduersitie (b) His statâ— condition or dignitie Euenyng prayer a A people hauing a straunge tongue to the Iewes (a) God dwelleth in heauen and nedeth not the earth for his vse The dead prayseth not God for the benefites powred dayly vpon the erth for them as they that be alyue do or ought to do Morning prayer (a) That God hath deliuered me out of troubles (b) A cup in token of my deliueraunce “ CoÌ„mende hym “ Families “ “ Confesse “ Confesse “ For. Euenyng prayer “ Men of my counsayle (a) I am at deathes doore Morning prayer “ Rashe doynges “ To arise (a) In securitie of conscience “ VVorde (a) To haue so godly a mynde and affect (a) The ropes of the vngodly haue caught me The true sence Euenyng 〈◊〉 “ “ Made me â—ked “ Quicken me “ Searched (a) Infinite Morning prayer (a) I am in ieopardy alwayes of my life (b) It signifieth properâ—y an heele of a foot by translation an end â–ª or the reward and coÌ„moditie that foloweth the ende “ Thou hast made to ceasâ—e (a) Or it is tyme for God to do somethyng “ The dâ—â—re Euenyng prayer “ Head (a) Whiche forbiddeth me to reuenge myne owne quarell “ Peace (b) No aduersitie or perturbation of mynde (c) Thou knowest all that I do in this lyfe Ofâ— the 〈◊〉 to asâ—ende vnto high degrees and dignities Mornyng prayer (a) Barbarous people of the wildernes of Arabia (a) God wyll not suffer thee to go where thou shalt take any hurt “ Shadowe “ Smite “ For vs. (a) Although God suffereth tirauntes to vexe vs yet he wyll deliuer vs from them “ Crokednesse (b) God wyll make hypocrites to be knowen as they be Euenyng prayer (a) The felicitie shal be so sudden and great that it may be doubted whether it be in deede or els but in a dreame As Peters deliueraunce seemed to hym selfe but a vision Act. xii (b) Let vs not come home
hath had such care to prescribe these bookes thus vnto vs I say not prescribe them only but to maintaine them and defende them against the malignitie of the deuill and his ministers who alway went about to destroy them and yet could these neuer be so destroyed but that he woulde haue them continue whole and perfect to this day to our singuler comfort and instruction where other bookes of mortall wise men haue perished in great numbers It is recorded that Ptolomeus Philadelphus kyng of Egypt had gathered together in one librarie at Alexandria by his great coste and diligence seuen hundred thousand bookes wherof the principall were the bookes of Moyses whiche reserued not much more then by the space of two hundred yeres were all brent and consumed in that battayle when Caesar restored Cleopatra agayne after her expulsion At Constantinople perished vnder Zenon by one common fire a hundred and twentie thousande bookes At Rome when Lucius Aurel Antonius dyd raigne his notable librarie by a lightning frō heauen was quite consumed yea it is recorded that Gregorie the first did cause a librarie of Rome cōtayning only certaine Paynims workes to be burned to thintent the scriptures of God should be more read and studied VVhat other great libraries haue there ben cōsumed but of late daies And what libraries haue of olde throughout this realme almost in euery abbey of the same ben destroyed at sundry ages besides the losse of other mens priuate studies it were to long to rehearse VVherevpon seyng almightie God by his deuine pouidence hath preserued these bookes of the scriptures safe and sounde and that in their natiue languages they were first written in the great ignoraunce that raigned in these tongues and contrary to all other casualties chaunced vpon all other bookes in mauger of all worldly wittes who would so fayne haue had them destroyed and yet he by his mightie hande would haue them extant as witnesses and interpreters of his will toward mankind we may soone see cause most reuerently to embrace these deuine testimonies of his wyll to studie them and to search them to instruct our blinde nature so sore corrupted and fallen from the knowledge in whiche first we were created Yet hauing occasion geuen somewhat to recouer our fall and to returne againe to that deuine nature wherein we were once made and at the last to be inheritours in the celestiall habitation with God almightie after the ende of our mortalitie here brought to his dust agayne These bookes I say beyng of suche estimation and aucthoritie so muche reuerenced of them who had any meane taste of them coulde neuer be put out of the way neither by the spyte of any tiraunt as that tiraunt Maximian destoyed all the holy scriptures wheresoeuer they coulde be founde and burnt them in the middes of the market neither the hatred either of any Porphirian philosopher or Rhetoritian neither by the enuie of the romanystes and of such hypocrites who from tyme to time did euer barke against them some of them not in open sort of condempnation but more cunningly vnder suttle pretences for that as they say they were so harde to vnderstande and specially for that they affirme it to be a perilous matter to translate the text of the holy scripture and therefore it can not be well translated And here we may beholde the endeuour of some mens cauillations who labour all they can to slaunder the translatours to finde fault in some wordes of the translation but them selfe will neuer set pen to the booke to set out any translation at al. They can in their constitutions prouinciall vnder payne of excommunication inhibite al other men to translate them without the ordinaries or the prouinciall counsayle agree therevnto But they wyll be well ware neuer to agree or to geue counsayle to set them out VVhiche their suttle compasse in effect tendeth but to bewray what inwardly they meane if they coulde bring it about that is vtterly to suppresse them being in this their iudgement farre vnlike the olde fathers in the primatiue Church who hath exhorted indifferently all persons aswell men as women to exercise them selues in the scriptures which by Saint Hieroms aucthoritie be the scriptures of the people Yea they be farre vnlike their olde forefathers that haue ruled in this realme who in their times and in diuers ages did their diligence to translate the whole bookes of the scriptures to the erudition of the laytie as yet at this day be to be seene diuers bookes translated into the vulgar tongue some by kynges of the realme some by bishoppes some by abbottes some by other deuout godly fathers so desirous they were of olde tyme to haue the lay sort edified in godlynes by reading in their vulgar tongue that very many bookes be yet extant though for the age of the speache and straungenesse of the charect of many of them almost worne out of knowledge In whiche bookes may be seene euidently howe it was vsed among the Saxons to haue in their Churches read the foure gospels so distributed and piked out in the body of the euangelistes bookes that to euery Sunday and festiuall day in the yere they were sorted out to the common ministers of the Churche in their common prayers to be read to their people Nowe as of the most auncient fathers the prophetes Saint Peter testifieth that these holy men of God had the impulsion of the holy ghost to speake out these deuine testimonies so it is not to be doubted but that these latter holy fathers of the englishe Church had the impulsion of the holy ghost to set out these sacred bookes in their vulgar language to the edification of the people by the helpe whereof they might the better folowe the example of the godly Christians in the begining of the Churche who not only receaued the worde withall redinesse of heart but also did searche diligently in the scriptures whether the doctrine of the Apostles were agreable to the same scriptures And these were not of the rascall sort saith the deuine storie but they were of the best and of most noble byrth among the Thessalonians Birrhenses by name Yea the prophetes them selues in their dayes writeth S. Peter were diligent searchers to inquire out this saluatiō by Christe searching when and at what article of time this grace of Christes dispensation should appeare to the world VVhat ment the fathers of the Church in their writinges but the aduauncing of these holy bookes where some do attribute no certaintie of vndoubted veritie but to the canonicall scriptures Some do affirme it to be a foolishe rashe boldnesse to beleue hym who proueth not by the scriptures that whiche he affirmeth in his worde Some do accurse all that is deliuered by tradition not founde in the legall and euangelicall scriptures Some say that our fayth must needes stagger if it be not grounded vpon the aucthoritie of the scripture Some testifieth that
he feared to tary in Soar but dwelled in a caue he and his two daughters 31 And the elder said vnto the younger our father is olde and there is not a man in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde 32 Come let vs geue our father wine to drynke and lye with hym that we may saue seede of our father 33 And so they gaue their father wine to drinke that night and the elder daughter went and lay with her father and he perceaued it not neither when she laye downe neyther when she rose vp 34 And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the younger beholde yesternight lay I with my father let vs make hym drynke wyne this nyght also go thou and lye with hym that thou mayest rayse vp seede of our father And they made their father drynke wyne that nyght also 35 And the younger arose and laye with hym he perceaued it not neither whē she lay downe neither whē she rose vp 36 Thus were both the daughters of ' Lot with chylde by their father ' 37 And the elder bare a sonne and called his name Moab the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day 38 And the younger bare a sonne also called his name Benammi the same is the father of the chyldren of Ammon vnto this day ¶ The .xx. Chapter 1 Abraham is a soiourner in Gerar where his wyfe is taken by force 3 Abimelech is chydden 4 his prayer 7 God saueth Abimelech from doyng amysse Abraham a prophete 9 Abimelech chideth Abrahā himselfe 12 Sara the niece of Thare by his sonne the niece of Abraham by his brother 14 Abimelech rendereth the wyfe with giftes 17 Abraham prayeth for Abimelech 1 AND Abraham departed thence towarde the south countrey dwelled betweene Cades and Sur and soiourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe she is my syster And Abimelech kyng of Gerar sent and fet Sara away 3 But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame and saide to hym See thou art but a dead man for the womans sake whiche thou hast taken away for she is a mans wyfe 4 But Abimelech had not yet touched her and he sayde Lorde wylt thou slay ryghteous people 5 Saide not he vnto me she is my sister yea and she her selfe sayde he is my brother with a single heart and innocent handes haue I done this 6 And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I wote well that thou dyddest it in the singlenesse of thy heart I kept thee also that thou shuldest not sinne against me and therefore suffred I thee not to touche her 7 Nowe therefore delyuer the man his wyfe agayne for he is a prophete and he shall pray for thee that thou mayest lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the death both thou and all that thou hast 8 Therefore Abimelech rysyng vp betimes in the mornyng called all his seruauntes and tolde all these sayinges in their eares and the men were sore afrayde 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham sayde vnto hym What hast thou done vnto vs what haue I offended thee that thou hast brought on me on my kingdome so great a sinne thou hast done deedes vnto me that ought not to be done 10 And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng 11 Abrahā aunswered For I thought thus surely the feare of God is not in this place and they shal slaye me for my wyues sake 12 Yet in very deede she is my sister for she is y e daughter of my father though she be not the daughter of my mother and she became my wyfe 13 And after God caused me to wander out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her this kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou say of me he is my brother 14 Then toke Abimelech sheepe and oxen men seruauntes and women seruauntes gaue them vnto Abraham and delyuered hym Sara his wyfe agayne 15 And Abimelech sayde beholde my lande lyeth before thee dwell where it pleaseth thee best 16 But vnto Sara he saide See I haue geuen thy brother a thousand peeces of syluer beholde it is as a coueryng of thyne eyes vnto all that are with thee and to all other and thus she was reproued 17 And so Abraham prayed vnto God God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maydens they bare chyldren 18 For the Lorde had closed vp all the wombes of the house of Abimelech because of Abrahams wyfe ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 3 Isahac is borne 6 The thankefulnesse of the minde of Sara 8 The day of the weaning of Isahac 12 The true children of Abraham by Isahac 14 Hagar is cast out with Ismael 17 An angell comforteth Hagar 18 Of Ismael a great people 20 Ismael an archer 22 The couenaunt of Abimelech with Abraham 25 Abraham reproueth Abimelech for a Well taken awaye 27 They assure a couenaunt betwene them with handefast 31 Bersabee 33 Abraham planteth a groue and doth call vpon God 1 THe Lord visited Sara as he had promised and did vnto her accordyng as he had spokē 2 For Sara conceaued and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen the same season whiche the Lorde had appoynted 3 And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him whiche Sara bare hym Isahac 4 And Abraham circumcised his sonne Isahac when he was eyght dayes olde as God commaunded him 5 And Abraham was an hundreth yere olde when his sonne Isahac was borne vnto him 6 But Sara sayde God hath made me to reioyce so that all that heare wyll ioy with me 7 She sayd also who would haue sayde vnto Abraham that Sara shoulde haue geuen chyldren sucke for I haue borne him a sonne in his olde age 8 The chylde grewe and was weaned and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isahac was weaned 9 Sara saw also the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian whiche she had borne vnto Abraham to be a mocker 10 Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham cast out this bond woman her sonne for the sonne of this bonde woman shal not be heyre with my sonne Isahac 11 And this saying was very greeuous in Abrahams sight because of his sonne 12 And God sayde vnto Abraham let it not be greeuous in thy sight because of the lad and of thy bonde woman In al that Sara hath said vnto thee heare her voyce for in Isahac shall thy seede be called 13 Moreouer of the sonne of the bonde woman wyll I make a nation because he is thy seede 14 And so Abraham rose vp early in the mornyng and tooke bread and a bottel of water and gaue it vnto Hagar puttyng it on her shoulder
hath brought me in to possesse this lande but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee 5 It is not for thy righteousnesse sake or for thy right heart that thou goest to possesse their lande But for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee euē to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 6 Vnderstand therfore that it is not for thy righteousnes sake that the Lorde thy God doth geue thee this good lande to possesse it seyng thou art a stifnecked people 7 Remember forget not howe thou prouokedst the Lorde thy God in the wildernesse since the day that thou diddest depart out of the lande of Egypt vntyll ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agaynst the Lorde 8 Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lord to anger so that the Lorde was wroth with you euen to haue destroyed you 9 When I was gone vp into the mount to receaue the tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt which the Lord made with you and I abode in the mount fourtie dayes fourtie nightes whē I neither did eate bread nor drinke water 10 And the Lorde deliuered me two tables of stone written with the finger of God and in them was contayned all the wordes whiche the Lorde saide vnto you in the mount out of y e middes of fire in the day when ye came together 11 And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt 12 And the Lord sayde vnto me Arise and get thee downe quickly from hence for thy people which thou hast brought out of Egypt haue marred all They are turned at once out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a moulten image 13 Furthermore the Lorde spake vnto me saying I haue seene this people and beholde it is a stifnecked people 14 Let me alone that I may destroy them put out the name of them from vnder heauen and I wyll make of thee a mightie nation greater then they be 15 And I turned me and came downe from the hyll euen from the hyll that burnt with fire and the two tables of the couenaunt were in my handes 16 And I loked and beholde ye had sinned against the Lorde your God and had made you a moulten calfe and had turned at once out of the way whiche the Lorde had commaunded you 17 And I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake them before your eyes 18 And I fell downe flat before the Lord euen as at the first time fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes I did neither eate bread nor drinke water because of all your sinnes which ye sinned in doyng wyckedly in the sight of the Lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath 19 For I was afrayde that for the wrath and fiercenes wherwith the Lord was moued agaynst you he would haue destroyed you But the Lorde heard me at that tyme also 20 The Lorde was very angry with Aaron also euen to haue destroyed hym and I made intercession for Aaron also the same tyme. 21 And I toke your sinne the calfe which ye had made and burnt hym with fire and stamped hym and grounde hym very small euen to dust and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount 22 Also at the burnyng place at the place of temptyng and at the sepulchres of lust ye prouoked the Lorde to anger 23 Likewise when the Lorde sent you from Cades Barnea saying go vp and possesse the lande which I haue geuen you you rebelled against the worde of the Lorde your God and neither beleued him nor hearkened vnto his voyce 24 You haue ben rebellious vnto the Lorde since the day that I knewe you 25 And I fell downe flat before the Lorde fourtie dayes fourtie nightes as I fell downe before for the Lorde sayde he woulde destroy you 26 I made intercession therfore vnto the Lord and sayd O Lord God destroy not thy people and thyne inheritaunce whiche thou hast deliuered through thy great goodnesse and whiche thou hast brought out of Egypt thorowe a myghtie hande 27 Remember thy seruauntes Abraham Asahac and Iacob and looke not vnto the stubbernesse of this people nor to their wickednesse and sinne 28 Lest the lande whence thou broughtest them say The Lorde is not able to bryng them into the land which he promised them and because he hated them therefore hath he caryed them out to slay them in the wyldernesse 29 Beholde they are thy people thyne inheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out in thy myghtie power and in thy stretched out arme The .x Chapter 5 The seconde tables put in the arke 8 The tribe of Leui is dedicate to the seruice of the tabernacle 12 What the Lorde requireth of his 16 The circumcision of the heart 17 God regardeth not the person 21 The Lorde is the prayse of Israel 1 IN the same season the Lorde sayde vnto me hewe thee two tables of stone lyke vnto the first and come vp vnto me into the mount and make thee an arke of wood 2 And I wyll wryte in the tables the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest and thou shalt put them in the arke 3 And I made an arke of Sittim wood and hewed two tables of stone lyke vnto the first and went vp into the mountayne hauyng the two tables in myne hande 4 And he wrote in the tables according to the first wrytyng the ten commaundementes whiche the Lord spake vnto you in the mount out of the myddes of the fire in the day when you were gathered together and the Lorde gaue them vnto me 5 And I departed and came downe from the hyll and put the tables in the arke whiche I had made and there they be as the Lorde commaunded me 6 And the chyldren of Israel toke their iourney from Beroth of the chyldren of Iakan to Mosera where Aaron dyed and was buryed and Eleazer his sonne became priest in his steade 7 From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Iethebath a lande whiche hath riuers of waters 8 The same season the Lorde seperated the tribe of Leui to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and to stande before the Lorde and to minister vnto hym and to blesse in his name vnto this day 9 Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren but the Lorde is their inheritaunce as the Lorde thy God hath promised them 10 And I taryed in the mount euen as at the first time fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes and the Lorde hearde me at that tyme also and the Lorde
citie and laye theron a great heape of stones that remaineth vnto this day 30 Then Iosuah buylt an aulter vnto the Lorde God of Israel in mount Ebal 31 As Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord commaunded the chyldren of Israel and as it is written in the booke of the lawe of Moyses an aulter of whole stones ouer which no man hath lyft an iron And they sacrificed theron burnt sacrifices vnto the Lorde and offered peace offerynges 32 And he wrote there vpon the stones a rehearsal of the lawe of Moyses and wrote it in the presence of the chyldren of Israel 33 And all Israel and the elders therof and their officers iudges stoode part on this syde the arke and part on that syde before the priestes that were Leuites whiche bare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde aswell the straunger as they that were borne among them halfe of thē ouer against mount Garizim halfe of them ouer against mount Ebal as Moyses the seruaunt of the Lorde had commaunded before that they shoulde blesse the people of Israel 34 Afterwarde he read all the wordes of the lawe the blessinges and cursinges accordyng to all that is written in the booke of the lawe 35 And there was not one worde of all that Moyses commaunded which Iosuah read not before all the congregation of Israel aswel the women and chyldren as the straungers that were conuersaunt among them The .ix. Chapter 1 Certaine kynges are gathered against Iosuah 2 The Gabaonites do guylefully require peace of Iosuah 21 The Gabaonites are made ministers in cuttyng wood and beryng of water 1 AND when al y e kinges that dwell beyonde Iordane in the hylles and valleys along by all the coastes of the great sea ouer against Libanon Namely the Hethites the Amorites the Chanaanites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites hearde therof 2 They gathered them selues together to fyght against Iosuah and against Israel with one accorde 3 And the inhabitours of Gibeon heard what Iosuah had done vnto Iericho and to Ai 4 And they dyd worke wylylye went and made them selues embassadours and toke olde sackes vpon their asses wine bottels old both rent boūde vp 5 And olde clowted shoes vpon their feete and their rayment was olde and all their prouision of bread was dryed vp and hored 6 And they came vnto Iosuah into the hoast to Gilgal and sayde vnto him and vnto all the men of Israel We be come from a far countrey and nowe make ye agreement with vs. 7 And the men of Israel sayde vnto the Heuite It may be thou dwellest amōg vs and then howe can I make peace with thee 8 And they sayde vnto Iosuah We are thy seruauntes And Iosuah sayde vnto them againe What are ye whence come ye 9 They aunswered him From a very farre coūtrey thy seruauntes are come for the name of the Lorde thy God for we haue hearde the fame of him all that he did in Egypte 10 And all that he did to the two kinges of y e Amorites that were beyonde Iordane Sehon king of Hesbon and Og king of Basā which were at Astaroth 11 Wherfore our elders and all the enhabitours of our countrey spake to vs saying Take vitailes with you to serue by the way and go meete them and say vnto them We are your seruaūtes And now make ye a couenaunt of peace with vs. 12 This our foode of bread we toke with vs out of our houses whot y e daye we departed to come vnto you But nowe beholde it is dried vp and hored 13 And these bottelles of wine whiche we filled were newe and see they be rent And these our garmentes and shoes are worne for oldenesse by the reason of the exceeding long iourney 14 And the men toke of theyr vitayles counseled not with the mouth of the Lorde 15 And Iosuah made peace which thē and made a couenaunt with them that they shulde be suffered to liue And the princes of the congregation sware vnto them 16 But at the ende of three dayes after they had made a league with them they hearde that they were their neighbours that they dwelt among them 17 And the children of Israel toke their iorney and came vnto their cities the thirde day and their cities were Gibeon and Caphira Beroth and Kiriathiarim 18 And the children of Israel slue them not because the princes of the congregation had sworne vnto them by the Lord God of Israel and all the multitude mourned agaynst the princes 19 But all the princes sayde vnto all the congregation We haue sworne vnto them by the Lorde God of Israel and therfore we may not hurt them 20 But this we wyll do to them We wyll let them liue lest wrath be vpon vs because of the othe which we sware vnto them 21 And the princes said vnto them againe Let them liue and hewe wood drawe water vnto all the congregation and they dyd as the princes sayde vnto them 22 And Iosuah called for them talked with them and sayde Wherfore haue ye beguiled vs saying We dwell farre from you when ye dwell among vs 23 And nowe are ye cursed and there shal not ceasse to be of you bondmen and hewers of wood drawers of water for the house of my God 24 And they aunswered Iosuah sayd It was tolde thy seruauntes how that the Lorde thy God had commaunded his seruaunt Moyses to geue you all the lande and to destroy all the inhabitours therof out of your sight and therfore we were exceedyng sore afrayde for our liues at the presence of you and haue done this thing 25 And beholde we are in thyne hande as it seemeth good and right in thyne eyes to do vnto vs so do 26 And euen so did he vnto them and rid them out of the hande of the chyldren of Israel that they slue them not 27 And Iosuah made them that same day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the aulter of God vnto this day in the place whiche he shoulde choose ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 Fiue kinges make warre against Gibeon whom Iosuah discomfiteth 11 The Lorde rayned haylestones and slue many 12 The sunne standeth at Iosuahs prayer 26 The fiue kinges are hanged 29 Many mo kinges and cities are destroyed 1 NOwe when Adonizedec kyng of Hierusalem had hearde howe Iosuah had taken Ai and had destroyed it and howe that * as he had done to Iericho and her king euen so he had done to Ai and her king and howe the inhabitours of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them 2 They feared exceedingly for Gibeon was a great citie as any citie of the kingdome and was greater then Ai all the men therof were very mightie 3 Wherfore Adonizedec king of Hierusalem sent vnto Hoham king of Hebron
blowers and the singers so agreed that it seemed but one voyce in praysing thanking the Lorde And when they lift vp their voyce with the trumpets cymbales and other instrumentes of musicke and when they praysed the Lord How that he is good and that his mercie lasteth euer the house of God was filled with a cloude 14 So that the priestes coulde not endure to minister by the reason of the cloude For the maiestie of the Lorde had filled the house of God The .vi. Chapter 3 Solomon blesseth the people 4 He prayseth the Lorde 14 He prayeth vnto God for those that shall pray in the temple 1 THen Solomon sayde The Lord hath spoken howe that he wil dwell in the darcke cloude 2 And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee and a place for thy dwelling for euer 3 And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel all the congregation of Israel stoode 4 And he sayde Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which hath with his handes fulfilled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid saying 5 Since the day that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypt I chose no citie among all the tribes of Israel to buylde an house in that my name might be there neither chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel 6 Sauing that I haue chosen Hierusalem that my name might be there and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel 7 And when it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel 8 The Lorde sayde to Dauid my father Forasmuch as it was in thyne heart to buylde an house for my name thou diddest well that thou thoughtest in thyne heart 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not buyld the house but thy sonne which is proceeded out of thy loynes he shall buylde an house for my name 10 The Lorde therefore hath made good his saying that he hath spoken and I am rysen vp in the roome of Dauid my father and am set on the seate of Israel as the Lorde promised and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel 11 And in it haue I put the arke wherein is the couenaunt of the Lorde that he made with the children of Israel 12 And the king stoode before the aulter of the Lorde in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and stretched out his handes 13 For now Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of fyue cubites long and fyue cubites brode and three of heyght and had set it in the middes of the great courte and vpon it he stoode and kneeled downe vpon his knees before al the congregation of Israel and stretched out his handes towarde heauen 14 And sayde O Lorde God of Israel there is no god like thee in heauen and earth which kepest couenaunt shewest mercie vnto thy seruauntes that walke before thee with al their heartes 15 Thou whiche hast kept with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him thou saydest it with thy mouth hast fulfilled it with thyne handes as it is to see this day 16 And nowe Lorde God of Israel kepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him saying Thou shalt in my sight not be without a man that shall sit vpon the seate of Israel so that thy children take heede to their wayes to walke in my lawe as thou hast walked before me 17 And nowe Lord God of Israel let thy saying be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid 18 And wil God in verie deede dwel with men on earth Beholde heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not contayne thee howe much lesse the house which I haue buylded 19 Let it be thy pleasure therfore to turne to the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplication O Lorde my God to hearken vnto the voyce and prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth before thee 20 And let thyne eyes be open towarde this house day night ouer this place wherof thou hast sayde that thou wouldest put thy name there to hearken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth in this place 21 Hearken vnto the prayers of thy seruaunt and of thy people Israel which they pray in this place heare thou I say out of thy dwelling place euen out of heauen heare and be mercifull 22 If a man sinne against his neyghbour and take an oth agaynst hym and make him to sweare and they both come before thyne aulter in this house 23 Then heare thou from heauen and do and iudge thy seruauntes that thou rewarde the vngodly recompence hym his way vpon his head and iustifie the righteous and geue him according to his righteousnes 24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemie because they haue sinned against thee Yet if they turne geue thankes vnto thy name and make intercession and pray before thee in this house 25 Then heare thou from heauen and be merciful vnto the sinne of thy people Israel and bryng them againe vnto the lande which thou gauest to them and to their fathers 26 When heauen is shut vp and there be no rayne because they haue sinned against thee yet if they pray in this place and confesse thy name and repent from their sinne for the which thou chastenest them 27 Then heare thou in heauen and be merciful vnto the sinne of thy seruauntes of thy people Israel and guyde thou them into the good way to walke in and send rayne vpon thy lande whiche thou hast geuen vnto thy people for an inheritaunce 28 And if ther be dearth in the land or pestilence corruption or blasting of corne grashoppers or caterpillers or that their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land or whatsoeuer plage or sickenesse it be 29 Then what supplications and prayers soeuer shal be made of any man and of all thy people Israel which shall know euery man his owne sore and his owne griefe shall stretche out their handes towarde this house 30 Thou shalt heare from heauen euen from thy dwelling place and shalt be mercifull and geue euery man according vnto all his wayes euen as thou doest know euery mans heart for thou only knowest the heartes of the children of men 31 That they may feare thee walke in thy wayes as long as they liue in y e land which thou gauest vnto our fathers 32 Moreouer the straunger whiche is not of thy people Israel if he come from a farre lande for thy great names sake and thy mightie hande and thy stretched out arme If they come I say and pray in this house 33 Thou shalt heare from heauen euen from thy dwelling place and shalt do according to all that the straunger calleth to thee for That all people of the earth
reached there was ioy and mirth a feaste and good dayes among the Iewes insomuch that many of the people in y e lande became Iewes for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them The .ix. Chapter 1 At the commaundement of the king the Iewes put their aduersaries to death 14 The ten sonnes of Haman are hanged 17 The Iewes kepe a feaste in remembraunce of their deliueraunce 1 IN the twelfth moneth that is the moneth Adar vpoÌ„ the thirteenth day of the same when the kinges worde and commaundement drue neare to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer theÌ„ it turned contrary for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them 2 For then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus to lay hande on such as woulde do them euill and no man could withstand them for the feare of them was come ouer all people 3 And all the rulers in the prouinces and princes and deputies and officers of the king promoted the Iewes for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them 4 For Mardocheus was great in the kinges house the reporte of him was noysed in all the prouinces for this man Mardocheus waxed greater and greater 5 Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction did what they would vnto their enemies 6 And at Susan the chiefe citie slue the Iewes destroyed fiue hundred men 7 And slue Pharsandatha Dalphon Asphatha 8 Phoratha Adalia Aridatha 9 Pharmastha Arisai Aridai and Vaizatha 10 The ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadata the enemie of the Iewes but on his goodes they layed no handes 11 At the same time was the king certified of the number of those that were slaine in the citie of Susan 12 And the king saide vnto queene Esther The Iewes haue slaine and destroyed fiue hundred men in the citie of Susan and the ten sonnes of Haman What haue they done thinkest thou in other landes of the king And what is thy petition that it may be geuen thee or what requirest thou more to be done 13 Esther aunswered If it please the king let him suffer the Iewes which are in Susan to morow also to do according vnto this dayes decree that they may hang Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree 14 And the king charged to do so and the decree was deuised at Susan and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes 15 For the Iewes that were in Susan gathered them selues together vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar and slue three hundred men at Susan but on their goodes they layed no handes 16 As for the other Iewes that were in the kinges prouinces they came together and stoode for their liues had rest from their enemies slue of their enemies seuentie and fiue thousand howbeit they layed no handes on their goodes 17 This they did on the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar on the fourteenth day of the same moneth rested they which day they held with feasting and gladnesse 18 But the Iewes that were at Susan came together both on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested and held that day with feasting gladnesse 19 And therefore the Iewes that dwelt in the villages and vnwalled townes held the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar with gladnesse and feasting and kept holy day and euery one sent preasentes vnto his neighbour 20 And Mardocheus wrote these wordes and sent letters vnto all the Iewes that were in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus both nie and farre 21 That they should make a lawe among theÌ„ selues holde the fourteenth fifteenth day of the moneth Adar yerely 22 As the dayes wherein the Iewes came to rest from their enemies and as a moneth wherein their paine was turned to ioy and their sorowe into a ioyful day and that in those dayes they should make feastes and gladnesse and one to send giftes vnto another and to distribute vnto the poore 23 And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne and as Mardocheus had written vnto them 24 Because Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the Agagite all the Iewes enemie had deuised against the Iewes how he might destroy them and caused to cast Phur that is a lot for to consume them to bring them to naught 25 But when Esther came before the king he commaunded by letters that his wicked deuice which he imagined against the Iewes should be turned vpon his owne head and that he and his sonnes should be hanged on the tree 26 For the which cause they called these dayes Phurim because of the name of the lot and because of all the wordes of this writing and what they themselues had seene what had come vnto them 27 And the Iewes ordayned and toke it vpon them and their seede and vpon all such as ioyned them selues vnto them that they would not misse but obserue these two dayes yerely according as they were written and appoynted in their season 28 And that these dayes are to be remembred and to be kept of childers children among al kinredes in all landes and cities In these dayes of Phurim which are not to be ouerslipt among y e Iewes and the memoriall of them ought not to perishe from their seede 29 And queene Esther the daughter of Abihail Mardocheus the Iewe wrote with all aucthoritie to confirme this second writing of Phurim 30 And he sent the letters vnto all the Iewes to the hundred twentie and seuen prouinces of the empire of Ahasuerus with wordes of peace and trueth 31 To confirme these dayes of Phurim in their time appoynted according as Mardocheus the Iewe and Esther the queene had appoâ—â—ted them and they bound their soule and their seede to fasting and prayer 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these wordes of Phurim and was written in the booke 33 And the king Ahasuerus layed tribute vpon the land vpon the iles of the sea 34 And all the actes of his power and of his might the declaration of the dignitie of Mardocheus wherwith the king magnified him be they not written in the bookes of y e chronicles of the kinges of Medes and Persia 35 For Mardocheus the Iewe was the second next vnto king Ahasuerus and great among the Iewes and accepted among the multitude of his brethren as one that seeketh the wealth of his people and speaketh peaceably for all his seede ⧠The ende of the booke of Esther ⧠The booke of Iob. The first Chapter 1 The holines riches and care of Iob for his children 11 Satan hath permission to tempt him 13 He tempteth him by taking away his substaunce and his children 20 His faith and patience 1 IN the lande of * Hus there was a man whose name was Iob the same was a perfect and iust man one that feared
not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore The argument of the .xvii. psalme Dauid prayeth God to delyuer hym from his enemies which were many mightie and cruell He taketh God for a witnesse of his innocencie trustyng to see his face at the day of resurrection A prayer of Dauid HEare thou O God of iustice be attentiue vnto my complaynt geue eare vnto my prayer not proceeding out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie 3 Thou hast proued myne heart thou hast visited it in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and founde no wickednesse for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth 4 As touchyng other mens workes through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent 5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my footesteppes slyp not 6 I call vpon thee O God for thou wilt heare me incline thine eare to me hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande 8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me from myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat with their mouth they speake proude thynges 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places 12 Aryse O God preuent his commyng make hym to bowe delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde 13 â—Deliuer thou me O God from men â—which be thy hande from men from the worlde whose portion is in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy prime treasure 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes 15 But as for me I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse I shal be satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¶ The argument of the .xviij. Psalme Dauid declareth that he wyll at all tymes trust in God and call vpon hym for helpe because God hath with his mightie arme and wonderfull meanes deliuered hym from cruell enemies which dyd set vpon hym lyke fiendes of hell He imputeth this Gods fauour towardes hym to proceede of that he loued Gods worde ryght dealyng and honest companie Thus encouraged with Gods presence and ayde he maketh sure count not only to ouerrunne and destroy his enemies and rebelles but also to subdue vnto hym other nations of the heathen that God amongst them also may be praysed To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul And he sayde 1 I Wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength God is my stony rocke my fortresse and my delyuerer my Lorde my castell in whom I wyll trust my buckler the horne of my saluation my refuge 2 I wyll call vpon God who is most worthy to be praysed so I shall be safe from myne enemies 3 The panges of death haue compassed me about and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare 4 The panges of a graue haue compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 5 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde he hearde my voyce out of his temple and my crye came before his face euen vnto his eares 6 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke because he was wroth 7 In his anger a smoke ascended vp and a fire out of his mouth dyd coÌ„sume and euery cole therof dyd set a fire 8 He bowed the heauens also and he came downe and it was darke vnder his feete 9 He ridde vpon the Cherub and he dyd flee he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde 10 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse and for his pauilion rounde about hym he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre 11 His cloudes haylestones and coles of fire fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng 12 God also thundred out of heauen and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde haylestones and coles of fire 13 He shot out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth much lyghtnynges and destroyed them 14 And the bottomes of waters appeared and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng O God at the blast of the breath of thine anger 15 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me he hath taken me out of many waters 16 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to stout for me 17 They preuented me in the day of my trouble but God was vnto me a sure stay 18 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie he brought me foorth because he had a fauour vnto me 19 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me 20 Because I had kept the wayes of God and had not wickedly shronke from my God 21 For all his lawes were before me and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me 22 And I was sounde pure towardes hym and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse 23 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght 24 With the holy thou wylt be holy with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect 25 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde 26 For thou hast saued the people oppressed and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude 27 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght 28 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall 29 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way the worde of God is tryed in the fire he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 30 For who is a Lorde besides God or who hath any strength besides our Lorde 31 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre and he hath made my way playne 32 He hath made
consume them 10 Thou wilt roote their fruite out of the earth and their seede from among the children of men 11 For they intended mischiefe agaynst thee and imagined a craftie deuice but they coulde not bring it to passe 12 Therfore thou wilt put them to flight and direct thine arrowes agaynsttheir faces 13 Be thou exalted O God accordyng to thine owne might so we wyll sing and with psalmes we wyll prayse thy power The argunment of the .xxij. psalme ¶ Dauid first in the figure of Christe as one forsaken cryeth to God the father vtteryng his crosse affliction humblenesse and mockes geuen of the people gouernours and priestes Secondarily he prayeth for his deliuerie that he may prayse God in the Church and incite other to put their trust in him in aduersitie Last of all he reioyceth that his kingdome shal be extended to the vttermost partes of the worlde ¶ To the chiefe musition of the mornyng hinde a psalme of Dauid 1 MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me why art thou so farre from my health and from the wordes of my complaynt 2 O my God I crye all the day tyme and in the night season and I ceasse not but thou hearest not 3 And yet thou most holy sittest to receaue the prayers of Israel 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee thou didst deliuer them 5 They called vpon thee and they were helped they did put their trust in thee and they were not confounded 6 But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of men and an outcast of the people 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorne they do make a mowe and nod their head at me 8 Saying he referreth all to God loking that God wyll deliuer him and rescue him for he delighteth only in him 9 But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe thou causedst me to trust in thee suckyng my mothers breastes 10 I haue ben left vnto thee euer since I was borne thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe 11 O go not far frō me for trouble is harde at hande and there is none to helpe me 12 Many oxen are come about me fat bulles of Bashan close me in on euery syde 13 They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampyng and a roryng lion 14 I am as it were into water resolued and all my bones are out of ioynt my heart also is like waxe melted in the middest of my bowels 15 My strength is dried vp like a potsheard my tongue cleaueth to my gummes and thou hast brought me into the dust of death 16 For dogges are come about me the assemble of the wicked lay siege agaynst me they haue pearced my handes and my feete I may tell all my bones 17 They stande staring gasing vpon me they part my garmentes among them and they cast lottes vpon my vesture 18 But be not thou farre from me O God thou art my strength make haste to helpe me 19 Delyuer my soule from the sworde and my dearlyng from the dogges pawes 20 Saue me from the Lions mouth delyuer me from the hornes of the Vnicornes 21 I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren I wyll prayse thee in the middest of the congregation 22 Saying prayse ye God ye that feare hym glorifie hym all ye of the seede of Iacob and stande in awe of hym all ye of the seede of Israel 23 For he hath not dispised nor abhorred the affliction of the poore he hath not hyd his face from hym but he hearde hym when he cryed vnto hym 24 My prayse shal be of thee in the great congregation I wyll perfourme my vowes in the syght of them that feare hym 25 The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seeke after God shall prayse hym your heart shall lyue for euer 26 All the endes of the worlde shall remember them selues and be turned vnto God and all the kinredes of the nations shall worshyp before thy face 27 For the kingdome is Gods and he is the gouernour ouer the nations 28 All such as be fat vpon the earth shall eate and worshyp all they that go downe in to the dust shall knele before hym although he preserued not his owne lyfe 29 The posteritie shall serue hym they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generation 30 They wyll come and declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shal be borne for he hath done it ¶ The argument of the .xxiij. Psalme Dauid resemblyng God to a sheephearde and hym selfe to a sheepe declareth that all commodities plentie quietnesse and prosperitie ensueth them that be fully perswaded of Gods prouidence for God feedeth norisheth defendeth and gouerneth those that put their wholl trust in hym after a more ample sort then any sheepehearde doth his sheepe ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 GOd is my sheephearde therfore I can lacke nothyng he wyll cause me to repose my selfe in pasture full of grasse and he wyll leade me vnto calme waters 2 He wyll conuert my soule he wyll bring me foorth into the pathes of righteousnesse for his name sake 3 Yea though I walke through the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou art with me thy rodde and thy staffe be the thynges that do comfort me 4 Thou wylt prepare a table before me in the presence of myne aduersaries thou hast annoynted my head with oyle and my cup shal be brymme full 5 Truely felicitie and mercie shal folowe me all the dayes of my lyfe and I wyll dwell in the house of God for a long tyme. ¶ The argument of the .xxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that although all the earth and all the inhabitours therof do pertayne to God yet that he hath chosen most especially the mount Sion So that such as wyll seke God and lyue vertuously must dwell in that blessed mount Heal so desireth to builde a temple for to place therin the arke of God whiche he nameth the kyng of glorie ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 THe earth is Gods and all that therin is the worlde they that dwell therin 2 For he hath laide the foundation of it vpon the seas and he hath set it sure vpon the fluddes 3 Who shal ascende into the hyll of God or who shall ryse vp in his holy place 4 Euen he that hath cleane handes and a pure heart that hath not taken his soule in vayne nor sworne disceiptfully 5 He shall receaue a blessyng from God and ryghteousnesse from the Lorde of his saluation 6 This is the generation of them that seke hym euen of them that seke thy face in Iacob Selah 7 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 8 Who is this kyng of glorie it is God both strong
thing that is good 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me I will teache you the feare of God 12 What man is he that listeth to liue and woulde fayne see good dayes 13 Kepe thy tongue from euill and thy lippes that they speake no guyle 14 Eschewe euill do good seeke peace and ensue it 15 The eyes of God are ouer the righteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers 16 The countenaunce of God is against them that do euill to roote out the remembraunce of them from of the earth 17 The righteous crye and God heareth them and deliuereth them out of all their troubles 18 God is nye vnto them that are of a contrite heart and saueth such as be of an humble spirite 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous but God deliuereth him out of all 20 He kepeth all his bones so that no one of them is broken 21 Malice shal put the vngodly to death and they that hate the righteous shal be brought to naught 22 God redeemeth the soules of his seruauntes and al they that put their trust in him shall not be brought to naught The argument of the .xxxv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to be his iudge and defence against his enemies who without all cause geuen of his part like cruell hypocrites parasites and flattering courtiers say and do all that they can for to put him to death He declareth his hope confidence and ioy that he hath in God of ayde defence and deliuerie for the whiche he promiseth to geue him thankes not only by him selfe but also by such other as haue any regarde of his righteousnesse and innocencie ¶ Of Dauid 1 PLeade thou my cause O God with them that striue with me and fight thou agaynst them that fight against me 2 Lay hand vppon a shielde buckler and stande vp to helpe me 3 Bryng foorth the speare and stop the way against them that persecute me say vnto my soule I am thy saluation 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seeke after my soule let them be turned backe and brought to cōfusion that imagine mischiefe for me 5 Let them be as dust before the winde and let the angell of God scatter them 6 Let their way be darke and slipperie let the angell of God persecute them 7 For without a cause they haue priuily layde for me a pit full of their nettes without a cause they haue made a digyng vnto my soule 8 Let a sodayne destruction come vpon hym vnawares and his net that he hath layde priuily catch hym selfe let him fall into it with his owne destruction 9 And my soule shal be ioyfull in God it shall reioyce in his saluation 10 All my bones shall say God who is lyke vnto thee whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him yea the poore and him that is in miserie from him that spoyleth him 11 False witnesse did rise vp they layde thinges to my charge that I know not 12 They rewarded me euill for good to the great discomfort of my soule 13 Neuerthelesse when they were sicke I did put on sackcloth I afflicted my soule with fasting and my prayer returned into myne owne bosome 14 I kept them company whersoeuer they went as though they had ben my frende or brother I went heauyly as one that mourned for his mother 15 But in mine aduersitie they reioysed and gathered them together yea the very abiectes came together against me yer I wyst they rented me a peeces and ceassed not 16 With hypocrites scoffers and parasites they gnashed vpon me with their teeth 17 Lorde howe long wylt thou looke vpon this O deliuer my soule from their raginges and my dearling from Lions whelpes 18 So I wyll confesse it vnto thee in a great congregation I will prayse thee among muche people 19 O let not my deceiptfull enemies triumph ouer me let them not winke with an eye that hate me without a cause 20 For they speake not peace but they imagine deceiptfull wordes agaynst them that liue quietly in the lande 21 They gaped vpon me with their mouthes and said this is well this is wel our eye hath seene 22 Thou hast seene this O God holde not thy tongue then go not farre from me O Lorde 23 Stirre thou and awake O my God and my Lorde to iudge my cause and controuersie 24 Iudge me according to thy righteousnesse O God my Lorde and let them not triumph ouer me 25 Let them not say in their heart it is as we woulde haue it neither let them say we haue deuoured hym 26 Let them be put to confusion shame all together that reioyce at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour that exalt them selues against me 27 Let them triumph with gladnesse and reioyce that be delighted with my righteousnesse let them say alwayes blessed be God whiche hath pleasure in the prosperitie of his seruaunt 28 And my tongue shal be talking of thy righteousnesse and of thy prayse all the day long The argument of the .xxxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid describeth the wickednesse and wretched ende of them that feare not God And also the great goodnes of God towardes all creatures He desireth his mercy and defence against the wicked ¶ To the chiefe musition seruaunt to the God of Dauid 1 THe wickednes of the vngodly speaketh in the middest of my heart that there is no feare of the Lorde before his eyes 2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred 3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely to do good 4 He imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed setteth him selfe in no good way neither doth he abhorre any thing y t is euil 5 Thy mercy O God reacheth vnto heauen and thy faythfulnes vnto the cloudes 6 Thy righteousnes is like the mountaynes of God thy iudgementes are a great deapth thou sauest both man and beast O God 7 How excellent is thy mercy O Lord therefore the chyldren of men shall put their trust vnder the shadowe of thy winges 8 They shal be satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates 9 For with thee is the fountaine of lyfe and in thy light shall we see light 10 O continue foorth thy louing kindnesse vnto them that knowe thee and thy righteousnes vnto them that are of an vpright heart 11 O let not the foote of pryde reache vnto me and let not the hande of the vngodly make me to moue out of my place 12 There be the workers of iniquitie fallen they are cast downe and shall not be able to rise vp ¶ The argument of the .xxxvij. psalme ¶ Dauid comforteth the godly that they be not offended
agaynst me 10 But be thou mercifull vnto me O God rayse me vp agayne and I shall rewarde them 11 By this I knowe thou fauouredst me in that myne enemie doth not triumph agaynst me 12 And when I am in my best case thou vpholdest me and thou wylt set me before thy face for euer 13 Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel worlde without ende Amen Amen ¶ The argument of the .xlii. Psalme ¶ Dauid dryuen out of his realme declareth his sorowe of mynde for that he coulde not resort vnto Gods temple and kepe there the holy feastes He complayneth that one affliction commeth on anothers necke Also he complayneth of the reproches and mockes that he susteyned of the wicked He comforteth hym selfe in the confidence that he hath in God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 LYke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes so panteth my soule after thee O God 2 My soule is a thirst for the Lorde yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde 3 My teares haue ben my meate day and nyght whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy God 4 And I powred out of me my very heart remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number bringyng thē vnto the house of the Lorde with a voyce of ioy prayse with a company that kept holy day 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I will yet acknowledge him only to be a * present saluation 6 My Lorde my soule is discouraged within me because I remember thee from the lande of Iordane and from the litle hyll Hermonim 7 One deepe calleth another at the noyse of thy water pypes all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me 8 God wyll graunt his louing kindnesse on the day tyme and in the nyght season I wyll syng of hym and make my prayer vnto the Lorde of my lyfe 9 I wyll say vnto the Lorde of my strength why hast thou forgotten me why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 10 It was as a sworde in my bones when myne enemies dyd cast me in the teeth in saying dayly vnto me where is nowe thy Lorde 11 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I wil yet acknowledge him to be only * my present saluation and my Lorde ¶ The argument of the .xliij. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayeth to be delyuered from his enemies to haue his heart illuminated and to be restored home agayne that he may prayse God his Lorde in his sanctuarie in whom he putteth all his trust 1 IVdge me O Lorde and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the Lord of my strength why hast thou reiect me and why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 3 Sende foorth thy light and thy trueth that they may leade me and direct me vnto thy holy hyll to thy tabernacles 4 And I wyll go vnto the aulter of the Lorde euen vnto the Lorde of my ioy gladnesse and vpon the harpe I will acknowledge thee O Lorde my Lord. 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for * I wyll yet acknowledge hym to be only my present saluation my Lorde The argument of the .xliiii. psalme ¶ The prophete rehearseth Gods benefites bestowed vpon the fathers brought out of Egypt and planted in Chanaan He complayneth of the calamitie that the people of God suffered through the crueltie of the heathen Last of all he prayeth God to awake to aryse and to delyuer them for his mercies sake ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 WE haue hearde with our eares O Lorde our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme. 2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in howe thou hast destroyed the nations placed them 3 For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde neither was it their owne arme that saued thē 4 But thy ryght hande and thine arme the lyght of thy countenaunce because thou hadst a fauour vnto them 5 Thou art my kyng O Lorde commaunde that Iacob be saued 6 Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. 7 For I wyll not trust in my bowe and it is not my sworde that can saue me 8 But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs. 9 We make our boast of God all the day long and we wyll confesse thy name for euer Selah 10 But nowe thou art farre of and thou puttest vs to confusion neither goest thou foorth with our armies 11 Thou makest vs to turne away backwarde from the enemie so that they which hate vs do make vs a spoyle vnto them 12 Thou hast delyuered vs as sheepe to be eaten and thou hast scattered vs among the heathen 13 Thou hast solde thy people for naught and thou hast taken no money for them 14 Thou hast made vs a rebuke to our neighbours to be laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are rounde about vs. 15 Thou hast made vs to be a fable among the heathen and to be such that the people shake their head at vs. 16 My confusion is dayly before me and the shame of my face couereth me for to heare the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer and for to see the enemie and the auenger 17 And though all this become vpon vs yet we do not forget thee nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt 18 Our heart is not turned backe neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of death 19 If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde and holden vp our handes to any straunge god woulde not God searche it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart 20 For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are counted as sheepe appoynted to be slayne 21 Stirre vp O Lorde why slepest thou awake be not absent from vs for euer wherfore hydest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and tribulation 22 For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust our belly cleaueth vnto y e grounde 23 Aryse vp thou our ayde and redeeme vs for thy louyng kindnesse sake ⧠The argument of the .xlv. psalme ¶ The prophete in describyng here
that call vpon thee 6 Geue eare O God vnto my prayer and be attentiue vnto the voyce of my humble petitions 7 I call vpon thee in the day of my trouble for thou hearest me 8 Among the gods there is none like vnto thee O Lorde there is not one that can do as thou doest All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee O Lorde and shall glorifie thy name 10 For thou art great and doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone 11 Teache me thy way O God and I wyll walke in thy trueth make my heart all one with thyne that it may feare thy name 12 I wyll acknowledge thee O Lorde my God with all my heart and I wyl glorifie thy name for euer 13 For great is thy mercy towarde me and thou hast deliuered my soule from the lowest part of hell 14 O God the proude are rysen against me a companie of outragious naughtipackes haue sought after my soule and haue not set thee before their eyes 15 But thou O Lorde art a God full of compassion and mercy long yer thou be angry plenteous in goodnes and trueth 16 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercy vpon me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt and helpe the sonne of thine handmayde 17 Shewe some good token of thy fauour towardes me that they whiche hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou God hast helped me and comforted me The argument of the .lxxxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete commendeth Sion the citie of God of the holy religion that is in it of the sitation of the great loue that God beareth to it of the noble actes done in it and in auauncing it aboue all the kingdomes of the earth ¶ A psalme the song of the sonnes of Corach 1 GOD loueth the gates of Sion more then all the dwellynges of Iacob for her foundations are vpon the holy hilles 2 Very excellent thinges are spoken of thee O thou citie of God Selah 3 I wyll make mention amongst those that knowe me of Egypt and Babylon behold also of Palestina and Tyre with Ethiopia and it shal be sayde suche a man is borne there 4 But of Sion it shal be reported that very many be borne in her and the most highest him selfe shall establishe her 5 God wyll number in the register of the people euery one that is borne there Selah 6 And the singers aswell as the players of instrumentes yea al my fountaines are in thee ¶ The argument of the .lxxxviij. psalme ¶ The prophete after a most lamentable sort desireth God to heare his prayers He complayneth of his great calamities and extreme perilles wherin he was wrapt by sicknes by ieoperdie of death and by the losse of his frendes as one forsaken of God and without al comfort He is loth to die for that then he can not prayse God with the faythful ¶ A song the psalme of the sonnes of Corach to the chiefe musition vpon Mahalath Leannoth a wise instruction of Heman the Ezrahite 1 O God the Lorde of my saluation I crye day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thyne eare vnto my crying 2 For my soule is full of miserie and my life toucheth the graue 3 I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pit and I am nowe become a man that hath no strength 4 I am free among the dead like such as beyng kylled lye in a graue whom thou remembrest no more and are cut away from thy hande 5 Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit in darknes and in deepenes 6 Thyne indignation sore presseth me and thou hast vexed me with all thy stormes Selah 7 Thou hast put away myne acquaintaunce farre fro me and made me to be abhorred of them I am shut vp I can not get foorth 8 My sight fayleth through my affliction O God I haue called dayly vpon thee I haue stretched out mine handes vnto thee 9 Wylt thou worke a miracle amongst the dead or shal the dead rise vp againe and acknowledge thee Selah 10 Shall thy louing kindnes be talked of in the graue or thy faythfulnes in destruction 11 Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes 12 But vnto thee do I crye O God and my prayer commeth early in the morning before thee 13 O God why abhorrest thou my soule and why hidest thou thy face from me 14 I am in miserie I labour euen from my youth with the panges of death I haue suffered thy terrours and I am styll in doubt 15 Thyne indignation hath gone ouer me and thy terrours haue vndone me 16 They came rounde about me dayly lyke water and compassed me altogether on euery syde 17 Thou hast put a way farre from me my frende and neighbour thou hast hid mine acquaintaunce out of sight The argument of the .lxxxix. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the inspeakable goodnes of God for the couenaunt made to him and to the elect people of God for euer He prayseth his great power goodnes and iustice He declareth what promise God hath made to hym of his kingdome and posteritie He complayneth of the great spoyling of his kingdome and of his people He desireth God for his couenauntes sake to deliuer hym out of affliction vpon the consideration that mans life is very short ¶ A wyse instruction of Ethan the Ezrachite 1 I Wyll sing alwayes of the mercy of God with my mouth I wyll make knowen thy trueth from one generatiō to another 2 For I sayde mercy shall for euer endure thou hast established thy trueth in the heauens 3 I haue made a couenaunt with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruaunt 4 I wyll establishe thy seede for euer and buylde vp thy throne from generation to generation Selah 5 O God the very heauens shall confesse thy wonderous workes and thy trueth in the congregation of saintes 6 For who is he in the cloudes that shal matche God and who is like vnto God amongst the children gods 7 God is very terrible in the assemblie of saintes and to be feared aboue al them that are about him 8 O God Lorde of hoastes who is like vnto thee a most mightie Lorde and thy trueth is on euery side thee 9 Thou rulest the ragyng of the sea when her waues aryse thou delayest them 10 Thou hast brought Egypt in so bad a case as if it were wounded thou hast scattered thyne enemies abrode with thy mightie arme 11 The heauens are thine the earth also is thine thou hast layde the foundation of the rounde worlde and of all the plentie that is therin 12 Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon do reioyce in thy name 13 Thou hast a mightie arme thy hand is strong and thy right hand is exalted 14 Iustice and iudgement is the foundation of thy throne
after and the people which shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde 17 For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie out of heauen did God beholde the earth 18 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and delyuer the children of death 19 That they may declare y e name of God in Sion and his prayse at Hierusalem 20 When people were gathered together kyngdomes to serue God he afflicted my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 21 But I say O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age as for thy yeres they endure throughout all generations 22 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes 23 They shall perishe but thou wylt remayne styll they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them and they shal be chaunged 24 But thou art and thy yeres can not fayle the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell and their seede shal be maynteyned in thy syght ¶ The argument of the .ciii. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp hym selfe and all that is within hym to blesse God for such benefites as both he hym selfe and all the Israelites haue at his handes receaued in that he pardoneth their sinne redeemeth them from death and maketh his holy wyll knowen vnto them beyng men miserable and of a short lyfe Finally he calleth vpon angels and all sortes of men with all their power to blesse God who is kyng of heauen and earth 1 BLesse God O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name 2 Blesse God O my soule and forget not all his benefites 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good thynges causyng thy youth lyke an Egles to be renued 6 God executeth iustice and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He made his wayes knowen vnto Moyses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 God is full of compassion and pitie loth to be angry and exceedyng great in mercie 9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng neither reserueth he his anger for euer 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde 16 For the winde passeth ouer it and it is no more seene and the place therof knoweth it no more 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare hym and his righteousnesse vpon childers children 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them 19 God hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all 20 Blesse God O ye his angels mightie in operation who fulfyll his worde in hearkening vnto the voyce of his word 21 Blesse God all ye his hoastes you his ministers that do his pleasure 22 Blesse God all you his workes in all places of his dominion O my soule blesse thou God The argument of the .ciiij. psalme ¶ The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges by whose prouidence man beast hath the vse of the ayre cloudes angels earth hilles valleys bread drinke trees sunne moone day nyght and sea 1 MY soule blesse thou God O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great thou hast put on glory and maiestie 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne 3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters and maketh the cloudes his charriot and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde 4 He maketh his angels spirites and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations that it can neuer moue at any tyme. 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe lyke as with a garment the waters stande vpon the hilles 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace 8 The hilles mount aloft and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles to flowe into the riuers 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof and the wylde asses quench their thirst 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell * and hearbes for the vse of man 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out * of the earth both wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce also bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of God be satisfied euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates and so are the stonie rockes for comes 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode 21 The Lions do roare after a pray and in seeking their meate of God 22 When the sunne ariseth they recoyle backe and lay them downe to rest in their dennes 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke and to do his seruice vntyll the euening 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes thou hast made them al in wisdome the earth is ful of thy ryches 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse wherein are thinges creeping innumerable both small and great beastes 26 There go the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin 27 These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest geue them meate in due season 28 When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thyne hand they are filled with that which is good 29 When thou hydest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their spirite they dye and are turned agayne to their dust 30 When thou sendest
theirs shal be for euer blessed 1 GEue praise not vnto vs O God not vnto vs but vnto thy name for thy louing mercy and for thy truethes sake 2 Wherfore shal the Heathen say where is nowe their God 3 Truely our Lorde is in heauen he hath done whatsoeuer pleased him 4 Their idols are siluer and gold euen the workes of mens handes 5 They haue a mouth and speake not they haue eyes and see not 6 They haue eares and heare not they haue noses and smell not 7 They haue handes and handle not they haue feete and walke not and they vtter no sounde out of their throtes 8 They that make them are lyke vnto them euery one that putteth his trust in them 9 But Israel trust thou in God he is their ayde and their shielde 10 Ye house of Aaron trust you in God he is their ayde and their shielde 11 Ye that feare God trust ye in God he is their ayde and their shielde 12 God hath ben myndfull of vs he wyll blesse vs he wyll blesse the house of Israel he wyll blesse the house of Aaron 13 He wyll blesse those that feare God the small with the great 14 God wyll encrease you more and more both you and also your children 15 Ye are the blessed of God which made heauen and earth 16 The heauen the heauen I say is Gods and he hath geuen the earth vnto the children of men 17 The dead prayse not thee O Lorde neither all they that go downe into the place of scilence 18 But we wyll prayse the Lord from this tyme foorth for euermore Prayse ye the Lorde The argument of the .cxvi. psalme ¶ The prophete sayth that he must nedes loue God for that he heard hym and deliuered hym out of wonderfull extreme afflictions of death and hell He acknowledgeth the benefites of God and that he can geue no rewarde for them but bare thankes when he is in the congregation and in worshyppyng hym all the dayes of his lyfe 1 I Haue loued because God hath hearde my voyce and my prayers 2 Because he hath enclined his eare vnto me therfore I wyll call vpon hym as long as I lyue 3 The snares of death compassed me rounde about and the paynes of hell toke holde on me 4 I founde anguishe and heauinesse but I called vpon the name of God saying O God I beseche thee deliuer my soule 5 Gratious is God and ryghteous our Lorde is mercifull 6 God gardeth the simple I was brought to the extremitie and he preserued me 7 Returne O my soule vnto thy rest for God hath rewarded thee 8 For thou O Lorde hast deliuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my feete from fallyng 9 I wyll walke before the face of God in the lande of the lyuyng 10 I beleued therfore I wyll speake I was sore afflicted insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer 11 What rewarde shal I geue vnto God for all the benefites that he hath done vnto me 12 I wyll take the cuppe of saluation and I wyll call vpon the name of God 13 I wyll pay my vowes nowe vnto God in the presence of all his people 14 The death of his saintes is precious in the eyes of God 15 It is euen so O God for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder 16 I wyll offer vnto thee the sacrifice of thankesgeuyng and I wyll call vpon the name of God 17 I wyll pay my vowes vnto God in the sight of all his people in the courtes of Gods house euen in the myddest of thee O Hierusalem Prayse ye the Lorde ⧠The argument of the .cxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth the Gentiles to prayse God for that he hath extended his mercie vpon them in Christe aswell as vpon the Iewes 1 O Prayse God all ye heathen prayse hym all ye nations 2 For his mercifull kyndnesse is euer more and more towarde vs and the trueth of God endureth for euer Prayse ye the Lorde ¶ The argument of the .cxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid woulde haue God praysed and thanked for that by his meanes only he was deliuered from extreme perilles and made kyng of that people who with their kyng had a litle before persecuted hym reiect hym and droue hym out of the realme He wylleth the priestes to sacrifice in remembraunce therof 1 O Confesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer 2 Let Israel nowe confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 3 Let the house of Aaron nowe confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 4 Let them nowe that feare God confesse that his mercie endureth for euer 5 I called vpon the Lorde beyng in distresse and the Lorde hath hearde me at large 6 God is with me I wyll not feare what man can do vnto me 7 God is with me amongst them that ayde me therfore I shall see my desire vpon them that hate me 8 It is better to trust in God then to put any confidence in man ◠It is better to trust in God then to put any confidence in princes 10 All nations compassed me rounde about but I trusted in the name of God that I shoulde destroy them 11 They kept me in on euery syde they kept me in I say on euery syde but I trusted in y e name of God that I shoulde destroy them 12 They swarmed about me lyke bees and they be extinguished as the fire made of thornes for I trusted in the name of God that I should destroy thē 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but God dyd ayde me 14 The Lorde is my strength and my song and he is become my saluation 15 The voyce of a ioyfull noyse of saluation is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous saying the ryght hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe 16 The ryght hande of God is on hygh the right hande of God bryngeth mightie thynges to passe 17 I shall not as yet dye but I shal liue and I wyll declare the workes of the Lorde 18 The Lorde hath greatly chastened me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death 19 Open me the gates of ryghteousnesse I wyll enter in by them that I may geue thankes vnto the Lorde 20 This is the gate of God the ryghteous shall enter in by it 21 I wyll thanke thee for that thou hast heard me and art become my saluation 22 The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head stone of the corner 23 This was the doyng of God and it is marueylous in our eyes 24 This is the day whiche God hath made we wyll reioyce and be glad in it 25 O God I pray thee nowe saue vs O God I pray thee nowe geue vs prosperous successe 26 Blessed be he that commeth in the name of God we do blesse
in his wrath As for the honour of Israel he hath cast it downe frō heauen vnto the earth and he remembred not his owne footestole when he was angry 2 The Lorde hath cast out all the habitations of Iacob without any fauour all the strong places of the daughter of Iuda hath he broken in his wrath and throwen them downe to the grounde her kingdome and her princes hath he prophaned 3 In the wrath of his indignation he hath broken all the horne of Israel he hath withdrawen his right hande from the enemie yea a flambe of fire is kindled in Iacob and hath consumed vp all rounde about 4 He hath bent his bowe like an enemie he hath fastened his ryght hande as an aduersarie and euery thyng that was pleasaunt to see he hath slayne he hath powred out his wrath like a fire into the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion 5 The Lorde is become like as it were an enemie he hath deuoured Israel and all his palaces yea all his strong holdes hath he destroyed and fylled the daughter of Iuda with much sorowe and heauinesse 6 His tabernacle as a garden hath he destroyed his solempne meetinges hath he put downe the Lord hath brought it so to passe that the hye solempne feastes and Sabbathes in Sion are cleane forgotten in his heauy displeasure hath he dispised the kyng and priestes 7 The Lorde hath forsaken his owne aulter and hath abhorred his owne sanctuarie and hath geuen the walles of their towres into the handes of the enemie their enemies made a noyse in the house of the Lorde as it had ben in a solempne feast day 8 The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Sion he spread out his line and drewe not in his hande tyll he had destroyed them therfore mourne the turrettes the broken walles fall downe together 9 Her gates are suncke downe to the grounde her barres are broken and smitten in sunder the kyng and princes are caryed away to the gentiles they haue neither lawe nor prophetes nor yet any vision from the Lorde 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads and gyrded them selues with sackcloth the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping my body is disquieted my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie 12 Euen when they spake to their mothers Where is meate and drinke for whyle they so sayde they fell downe in the streetes of the citie like as they had ben wounded and some dyed in their mothers bosome 13 What shall I say vnto thee O thou daughter Hierusalem to whom shal I liken thee To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion to comfort thee withall thy heart is lyke a mayne sea who may heale thee 14 Thy prophetes haue looke dout vayne and foolish thinges for thee they haue not shewed thee of thy wickednesse to kepe thee from captiuitie but they haue seene out for thee burthens of vanitie and banishment 15 All they that go by thee clappe their handes at thee hissing and wagging their heades vpon the daughter Hierusalem and say Is this the citie that men call so faire wherein the whole lande reioyceth 16 All thyne enemies gape vpon thee whispering and grinding their teeth saying let vs deuour for the tyme that we looked for is come we haue founde and seene it 17 The Lorde hath fulfilled the thing that he was purposed to do and perfourmed that he had deuised long ago he hath destroyed and not spared he hath caused thyne aduersarie to triumph ouer thee and set vp the horne of thyne enemie 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde O thou citie of the daughter Sion let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night rest not and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of 19 Stand vp and make thy prayer in the first watche of the night powre out thine heart like water before the Lord lift vp thyne handes for the liues of thy young chyldren that dye of hunger in the streetes 20 Beholde O Lorde and consider to whom thou hast done thus Shall the women then eate their owne fruite euen chyldren of a spanne long shall the priestes and prophetes be slayne in the sanctuarie of the Lorde 21 Young and olde lye thorowe the streetes vpon the grounde my maydens and young men are slayne with the sworde whom thou in the day of thy wrathfull indignation hast put to death yea euen thou hast put them to death and not spared them 22 My neighbours that are rounde about me hast thou called as it were to a feast day so that in the day of the lordes wrath none escaped neither was any left behinde those that I haue brought vp and nourished hath myne enemie destroyed The .iij. Chapter 1 I Am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie 2 He droue me foorth and led me yea into darknesse but not into light 3 Against me is he turned he turneth his hande dayly against me 4 My flesh and my skinne hath he made olde and my bones hath he bruised 5 He hath buylded rounde about me and closed me in with gall and trauaile 6 He hath set me in darknesse as they that be dead for euer 7 He hath so hedged me in that I can not get out and hath layde heauie linkes vpon me 8 Though I crye and call pitiously yet heareth he not my prayer 9 He hath stopped vp my wayes with foure squared stones and made my pathes crooked 10 He layeth wayte for me lyke a beare and as a lion in a hole 11 He hath marred my wayes and broken me in peeces he hath layde me waste altogether 12 He hath bent his bowe and made me as it were a marke to shoote at 13 The arrowes of his quiuer hath he shot euen into my reynes 14 I am laughed to scorne of all my people they make songues vpon me all the day long 15 He hath filled me with bitternesse and geuen me wormewood to drinke 16 He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones and roulled me in the dust 17 He hath put my soule out of rest I forget all good thinges 18 I thought in my selfe I am vndone there is no hope for me in the Lorde 19 O remember yet my miserie and my trouble the wormewood and the gall 20 Yea thou shalt remember them for my soule melteth away in me 21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart I get a hope agayne 22 Namely it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed 23 Newe mercyes shall the Lord shewe vpon thee early in the day springing O Lorde great is
wayes to cut of them that shoulde escape neither shouldest thou haue shutte vp the remnaunt thereof in the day of affliction 15 For the day of the Lorde is neare vpon all the heathen as thou hast done it shal be done to thee thy rewarde shall returne vpon thyne head 16 For as ye haue drunke vpon myne holy mountaine so shall all the heathen drinke continually yea they shal drinke and swalowe vp and they shal be as though they had not ben 17 But vpon mount Sion shal be deliueraunce and it shal be holy and the house of Iacob shal possesse their possessions 18 And the house of Iacob shal be a fire and the house of Ioseph a flambe and the house of Esau as stubble and they shall kindle in them and deuoure them and there shal be no remnaunt of the house of Esau for the Lorde hath spoken it 19 And they shall possesse the south side of the mount of Esau and the plaine of the Philistines and they shall possesse the fieldes of Ephraim and the fieldes of Samaria and Beniamin shall haue Gilead 20 And the captiuitie of his hoast of the children of Israel which were among the Chanaanites shall possesse◠vnto Zarephath and the captiuitie of Hierusalem which is in Sepharad shall possesse the cities of the south 21 And they that shall saue shall come vp to mount Sion to iudge the mount of Esau and the kingdome shal be the Lordes ⧠The booke of the prophete Ionas ¶ The first Chapter 3 Ionas fled when he was sent to preache 4 A tempest ariseth and he is cast into the sea for his disobedience 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionas the sonne of Amittai saying 2 Aryse go to Niniue that great citie and crye against it for their wickednesse is come vp before me 3 And Ionas rose vp to flee into Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde and went downe to Ioppa and founde a ship going to Tharsis so he payed his fare and went downe into it that he might go with them vnto Tharsis from the presence of the Lorde 5 Then the maryners were afrayde and cryed euery man vnto his God and cast the wares that were in the shippe into the sea to lighten it of them but Ionas was gone downe into the sides of the shippe he laye downe sleeping 6 And the shippe maister came to him and saide What meanest thou sleeper Vp and call vpon thy God if so be that God wyl shine vnto vs that we perishe not 7 And they saide euery one to his felow Come let vs cast lottes that we may know for whose cause this euil is on vs. And they cast lottes and the lotte fel on Ionas 8 Then saide they vnto him Tell vs for whose cause is this euill come vpon vs what is thyne occupation whence camest thou what countrey man art thou and of what nation 9 And he aunswered them I am an Hebrue and I feare the Lorde God of heauen which hath made the sea and the drye lande 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraide saide vnto him Why hast thou done this for the men knewe we that he fled from the presence of the Lorde because he had tolde them 11 And they saide vnto him What shal we do vnto thee that the sea may be calme vnto vs For the sea wrought and was troublous 12 And he saide vnto them Take me and cast me into the sea and the sea shal be calme vnto you for I know that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you 13 Neuerthelesse the men assayed with rowing to bring the shippe to lande but they could not because the sea wrought and was troublous against them 14 Wherfore they cryed vnto the Lorde and saide We beseche thee O Lord We beseche thee let not vs perishe for this mans lyfe and lay not to our charge innocent blood for thou O Lorde hast done as it pleased thee 15 So they toke vp Ionas and cast him into the sea and the sea left raging 16 And the men feared the Lorde exceedingly and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lorde and made vowes 17 And the Lorde prepared a great fishe to swalowe vp Ionas Ionas was in the belly of the fishe three dayes and three nightes The .ij. Chapter 1 Ionas is in the fisshes belly 3 His prayer 11 He is deliuered 1 AND Ionas prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fisshes belly 2 And saide In affliction I cryed vnto the Lorde and he heard me out of the belly of hell cryed I and thou heardest my voyce 3 Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe into the middest of the sea and the floods compassed me about all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me 4 And I saide I am cast away out of thy sight yet wyll I loke againe toward thyne holy temple 5 The waters compassed me euen vnto the soule the deapth closed me on euery side and the weedes were wrapt about my head 6 I went downe to the bottome of the mountaines the earth with her barres was about me for euer yet hast thou brought vp my lyfe from corruption O Lorde my God 7 When my soule fainted within me I remembred the Lorde and my prayer came in vnto thee into thy holy temple 8 They that holde vpon lying vanitie forsake his mercie 9 But I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with the voyce of thankesgeuing and wyll pay that that I haue vowed for saluation is of the Lorde 10 And the Lorde spake vnto the fisshe and it cast out Ionas vpon the drye lande The .iii. Chapter 2 Ionas is sent againe to Niniue 5 The repentaunce of the king of Niniue 1 AND the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionas the second time saying 2 Aryse and go to Niniue that great citie and preache against it the preaching which I speake vnto thee 3 So Ionas arose and went to Niniue according to the word of the Lord Niniue was a great citie and excellent of three dayes iourney 4 And Ionas began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney and he cryed saide Yet fourtie dayes Niniue shal be destroyed 5 And the men of Niniue beleued God and proclaymed a fast and put on sackecloth from the greatest of them to the leaste of them 6 And worde came vnto the king of Niniue which arose from his throne and put of his robe and couered him selfe with sackcloth sate downe in asshes 7 And he caused a cryer to crye and say through the citie by the counsell of the king his nobles Let neither man nor beast bullocke nor sheepe taste ought at all neither feede nor drinke water 8 And let both man beast put on sackcloth and crye mightyly vnto God yea let euery man turne from his euill way and from the wickednesse that is in his handes 9 Who can tel whether God wyl turne and be moued with
roote endureth yet vnto this present day 91 And beholde nowe are we before thee in our sinnes neither can we stande before thee for them 92 And when Esdras with this prayer had knowledged the sinne weping and lying flat vpon the grounde before the temple there gathered vnto him from Hierusalem a great multitude of men and women of young men and maydens for there was a very great weping and mourning among the multitude 93 Then Iechomas the sonne of Ieheh one of the chyldren of Israel cryed out and sayde O Esdras we haue sinned against the Lord God because we haue maryed straunge women of the nations of the lande 94 And now al Israel hangeth in doubt We wyll sweare an oth therefore vnto the Lorde that we shall put away all our wyues which we haue taken of the heathen with their chyldren 95 Like as it may seeme good to thee and to all those that obay the lawe of the Lorde 96 Stande vp and put it in execution for to thee both this matter appertayne and we are with thee to adde thee strength 97 So Esdras arose and toke an oth of the chiefe of the Priestes and Leuites of all Israel to do after these thinges and they sware The .ix. Chapter 7 After Esdras had read the lawe for the straunge wyues 18 they promised to put them away 1 THen Esdras rising frō the court of the temple went to the chamber of Ioannan the sonne of Eliasib 2 And remayned there and did eate no meate nor dronke drinke weepyng for the great wickednesse of the people 3 And there was made a proclamation in all Iury and at Hierusalem for all them that were of the captiuitie that they shoulde gather together at Hierusalem 4 And that whosoeuer met not there within two or three dayes according as the elders that bare rule appoynted their cattell shoulde be seased to the vse of the temple and he be excluded from them that were of the captiuitie 5 And in three dayes were all they of the tribe of Iuda and Beniamin gathered together at Hierusalem the twentith day of the ninth moneth 6 And the whole multitude sat tremblyng in the court of the temple for it was wynter 7 So Esdras arose vp and sayde vnto them Ye haue done vnrighteously in that ye haue taken outlandishe wiues to mariage and so to encrease the sinnes of Israel 8 And nowe knowledge the same and geue prayse vnto the Lorde God of our fathers 9 And perfourme his wyll departing from the heathen of the land and from the outlandishe wiues 10 Then cryed the whole multitude and sayd with a loude voyce Lyke as thou hast spoken so wyll we do 11 But forsomuche as the people are many and wynter season so that we may not stande without the house and because this worke is not a thing that can be finished in a day or two seing we be many that haue sinned in these thinges 12 Ordayne therefore that the rulers of the multitude and they of our families that haue straunge wyues tarry 13 And let the priestes and iudges come out of euery place in their time appoynted tyll they swage the wrath of the Lorde in this businesse 14 Then Ionathas the sonne of Azaiel and Ezechias the sonne of Thecan receaued the charge of this matter and Mosollam and Leuis and Sabatheus helped them therto 15 And they that were of the captiuitie dyd according to all these thinges 16 And Esdras the priest chose vnto him the principall men from among the fathers and them all by name and in the first day of the tenth moneth they sat together to examine this matter 17 And so the matter was a determining concerning the men that had maryed straunge wyues vntyll the new moone of the first moneth 18 And of the priestes that had mixt them selues with outlandishe wyues there were founde 19 Of the sonnes of Iesu the sonne of Iosedec and his brethren Mathelas Eleazar Ioribus and Ioadanus 20 Whiche offered them selues to put away their wiues and to offer a ramme vnto reconcilement for their purgation 21 And of the sonnes of Emmer Ananias and Zabdeus and Canes and Samaius and Hiereel and Azarias 22 And of the sonnes of Phaisu Ellionas Massias Esmaelus and Nathanael and Ocidelus and Talsas 23 And of the Leuites Iorabadus and Semis Colius who was called Calitas and Patheus and Oudas and Ionas ' 24 Of the holy singers Eliazurus Bacchurus ' 25 Of the porters Sallumus and Tolbants 26 Of them of Israel of the sonnes of Phorus Hiermas and Eddias Melchias and Maelus and Eleasar and Asibias and Banaias 27 Of the sonnes of Ela Matthanias Zacharias and Hierielas and Hieremoth and Aedias 28 And of the sonnes of Zamoth Eliadas Elisimus Othonias Iarimoth and Sabatus and Sardeus ' 29 Of the sonnes of Bebai Ioannes ' Ananias and Iosabad Ematheas 30 Of the sonnes of Mani Olamus Mamuchus Iedaias Iasubus Iasael and Ieremoth 31 And of the sonnes of Addi Naathus Moosias Laccunus and Naidus and Matthanias and Seschel and Balnuus and Manasseas 32 And of the sonnes of Annas Elionas and Aseas and Melchias and Sabbeus and Simon a Chosamite 33 And of the sonnes of Asom Altaneus and Matthias and Banaias Eliphalet and Manasses and Semi 34 And of the sonnes of Maani Ieremias Momdis Omairus Inel Mamai and Paclias and Amos Carabasion and Euasibus Mamnimata Naius Elisiasis Vamus Eliali Sanus Selemias Nathanias of the sonnes of Ozoras Sesis Esril Ezailus Samatas Sambis Iosiphus 35 And of the sonnes of Ethna Mazitias ' Zabadias Ethes Inel Banatas ' 36 All these had taken outlandishe women to mariage and they put them away with their chyldren 37 And the priestes and Leuites and all they that were of Israel dwelt at Hierusalem and throughout all the lande in the newe moone of the seuenth moneth and the chyldren of Israel were in their dwellinges 38 And the whole multitude came together with one accorde into the wyde place before the east gate of the temple 39 And they spake vnto Esdras the hye priest and reader that he woulde bryng the lawe of Moyses which had ben geuen of the Lorde God of Israel 40 So Esdras the hye priest brought the law vnto the whole multitude to man and woman and to al priestes that they myght heare the lawe in the newe moone of the seuen moneth 41 And he read in the first wyde place that is before the port of the temple from the morning early vnto midday before men and women And they applyed their minde all vnto the lawe 42 And Esdras the priest and reader of the lawe stoode vp vpon a pulpit of wood whiche was made therfore 43 And vpon his right hand there stoode by hym Mathathias Samus Anamas Azarias Vrias Ezechias and Balasan 44 Vpon his left hande stoode Faldeus Sael Melchias Aothasuphus and Nabarias 45 Then toke Esdras
vnto me Sir let me alone that I may bewayle my selfe and take yet more sorow for I am sore vexed in my minde and brought very low 42 And I sayde vnto her what ayleth thee Or who hath done any thing to thee tell me 43 She sayde vnto me I thy seruaunt haue ben vnfruitfull and baren and haue had no chylde though I haue had an husbande thirtie yeres 44 And these thirtie yeres I do nothing els day and night and all houres but make my prayer to the highest 45 After thirtie yeres God hearde me thy handmayden looked vpon my miserie considered my trouble and gaue me a sonne and I was glad of hym so was my husband also and al my neighbours and we gaue great honour vnto the almightie 46 And I nourished him with great trauayle 47 So when he grewe vp and came to the tyme that he shoulde haue a wyfe I made a feast The .x. Chapter Esdras and the woman that appeareth vnto hym commune together 1 ANd it so came to passe that when my sonne went into his chaumber he fell downe and dyed 2 Then ouerthrewe we all the lightes and all my neyghbours rose vp to comfort me then toke I my rest vnto the seconde day at nyght 3 And when they had all left of to comfort me that I shoulde be quiet then I rose vp by nyght and fled and am come hyther into this fielde as thou seest 4 And am purposed not to returne into the citie but to remayne here and neither to eate nor drinke but continually to mourne and to fast vntyll I dye 5 Then let I my meditation and thoughtes fal that I was in and spake to her in displeasure saying 6 Thou foolish woman aboue al other seest thou not our heauines and mourning and what happeneth vnto vs 7 Howe Sion our mother is all wofull sory and howe she is cleane brought downe and mourneth extremely 8 Seyng we be all nowe in heauines make our mone for we all be sorowfull art thou so heauie for one sonne 9 Demaunde the earth and she shall tell thee that it is she whiche ought by reason to mourne for the fall of so manye that growe vpon her 10 For from the beginning all men are borne of her and other shall come and beholde they walke almost all into destruction and the multitude of them shal be rooted out 11 Who shoulde then by reason make more mourning then she that hath lost so great a multitude and not thou whiche art sory but for one 12 But if thou wouldest say vnto me My mourning is not like the mourning of the earth for I haue lost the fruite of my body whiche I brought foorth with heauines and bare with sorowes 13 But the earth is according to the maner of the earth and the present multitude goeth agayne into her as it is come to passe 14 Then say I vnto thee Like as thou hast borne with trauayle and sorowe euen so the earth also from the beginning geueth her fruite vnto man euen to him that laboured her 15 And therefore withholde thy sorowe and heauines by thy self looke what happeneth vnto thee beare it strongly 16 For if thou iudgest the marke and ende of God to be righteous and good and receauest his counsell in time thou shalt be commended therin 17 Go thy way then into the citie to thy husbande 18 And she sayde vnto me That wyll I not do I wyll not go into the citie but here wyll I dye 19 So I communed more with her and sayde 20 Do not so but be counselled and folow me for howe many fauls hath Sion Be of good comfort because of the sorowe of Hierusalem 21 For thou seest that our sanctuarie is layde waste our aulter broken our temple destroyed 22 Our playing of instrumentes is layde downe and songues art put to scilence our myrth is vanished away the light of our candelsticke is quenched the arke of our couenaunt is taken from vs all our holy thinges are defiled and the name that is called vpon ouer vs is almost dishonoured our chyldren are put to shame our priestes are brent our Leuites are caryed away into captiuitie our virgins are defiled and our wyues rauished our righteous men spoyled and our chyldren destroyed our young men are brought in bondage and our strong worthyes are become weake 23 And Sion our seale which is the greatest of al is loosed vp from her worship for she is deliuered into the handes of them that hate vs. 24 And therfore shake of thy great heauinesse and put away the multitude of sorowes that the mightie may be mercyfull vnto thee and that the highest may geue thee rest and ease from thy labour and trauayle 25 And when I was talkyng with her her face and beautie shined sodainely and her countenaunce glistered so that I was afraide of her and mused what it might be 26 And immediatly she caste out a great voyce very fearefull so that the earth shoke at the noyse of the woman 27 And I looked and beholde the woman appeared vnto me no more but there was a citie buylded a place was shewed from the ground foundation Then was I afraide and cryed with a loude voyce and sayde 28 Where is Vriel the angell whiche came to me at the first For he hath caused me to come in many considerations and hye thoughtes and myne ende is turned to corruption and my prayer to rebuke 29 And as I was speaking these wordes he came vnto me and looked vpon me 30 And lo I lay as one that had ben dead and myne vnderstanding was altred and he toke me by the right hande and comforted me and set me vpon my feete and sayde vnto me 31 What ayleth thee and why is thyne vnderstanding vexed and the vnderstanding of thy heart and wherefore art thou sory 32 And I sayde Because thou hast forsaken me and I haue done * according vnto thy wordes I went into the field and there haue I seene thinges and see that I am not able to expresse 33 He sayde vnto me Stande vp and be manly I shall geue thee exhortation 34 Then sayde I Speake on to me my Lorde forsake me not lest I dye thorowe my rashnesse 35 For I haue seene that I knewe not and heare that I do not knowe 36 Or is my vnderstanding deceaued or doth my soule dreame 37 Nowe therefore I beseche thee that thou wylt shewe thy seruaunt of this wonder 38 He aunswered me then and sayde Heare me and I shall enfourme thee and tell thee wherfore thou art afraide for the hyest hath opened many secrete thinges vnto thee 39 He hath seene that thy way is right for that thou takest sorowe continually for thy people and makest great lamentation for Sion 40 And therefore vnderstande the vision which thou sawest a litle whyle ago after this maner 41 Thou sawest a woman mourning and thou begannest to
her â—aut she aunswered her saying God let vs neuer see sonne nor daughter of thee more vpon earth thou killer of thy husbandes 10 Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce went Sara into an hye chamber of her house and three dayes and three nightes she neither eate nor dranke 11 But continued in prayer and besought God with teares that he would deliuer her from this rebuke 12 Vpon the thirde day it came to passe that when she had made an end of prayer she praysed the Lorde 13 Saying Blessed be thy name O God of our fathers whiche when thou art wroth shewest mercie and in time of trouble thou forgeuest the sinnes of them that call vpon thee 14 Vnto thee O Lorde turne I my face vnto thee lift I vp myne eyes 15 I beseche thee O Lord loose me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly away from of the earth 16 Thou knowest Lorde that I neuer had desire vnto man and that I haue kept my soule cleane from all vncleanly lust 17 I haue not kept companie with those that passe their time in sport neither haue I made my selfe partaker with them that walke in light behauour 18 An husband haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare 19 Nowe peraduenture eyther I haue ben vnworthy of them or els were they vnmeete for me for thou happyly hast kept me to another hushande 20 For why thy counsell is not in the power of man 21 But euery one that serueth thee is sure of this that if his life be in triyng it shal be crowned and if he be in trouble that God no doubt shal deliuer him and if his life be in chastening that he shall haue leaue to come vnto thy mercie 22 For thou hast no pleasure in our dampnation And why after a storme thou makest the wether faire and still after weeping heauinesse thou geuest great ioy 23 Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer 24 At the same time were both their prayers hearde in the sight of the maiestie of the hiest God 25 And Raphael the holy angell of the Lorde was sent to helpe them both whose prayers came at one time together before God The .iiii. Chapter 1 Preceptes and exhortations of Tobias to his sonne 1 SO when Tobias thought his prayer to be heard that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias 2 And sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and lay them in thyne heart as a foundation 3 When God taketh away my soule burie thou my body and holde thy mother in honour all the dayes of her life 4 For thou oughtest to remember what and howe great peryls she suffred for thee in her wombe 5 And when she also hath fulfilled the time of her life burie her beside me 6 Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life and beware lest at any time thou consent vnto sinne and lest thou let slippe the commaundementes of the Lorde our God 7 Geue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shall it come to passe that the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee 8 Be mercifull after thy power 9 If thou haue much geue plenteously if thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle 10 For so gatherest thou thy selfe a good rewarde in the day of necessitie 11 For mercie deliuereth from al sinne and from death and suffreth not the soule to come into darkenesse 12 A great comfort is mercie before the hie God vnto all them that shewe it 13 My sonne kepe thee wel from al whordome and beside thy wife suffer not thy selfe to knowe of sinne 14 Let neuer pride haue rule in thy minde nor in thy worde for in pryde began all destruction 15 Whosoeuer worketh any thing for thee immediatly geue him his hire and loke that thy hired seruauntes wages remayne not at all with thee 16 Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thing that thou wouldest not another man shoulde do vnto thee 17 Eate thy bread with the hungry and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes 18 Set thy bread and wine vpon the buriall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drinke therof with the sinners 19 Aske euer counsell at the wyse 20 Be alway praysing of God beseche him that he will order thy wayes and that whatsoeuer thou deuisest or takest in hand it may remayne in him 21 I certifie thee also my sonne that when thou wast yet but a babe I deliuered ten talentes of siluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a citie of the Medes and his hande wryting haue I by me 22 And therfore seke some meanes howe thou mayest come by him and receaue of him the sayd wayght of siluer geue him his hande wryting againe 23 My sonne be not afrayde trueth it is we leade here a poore life but great good shall we haue if we feare God and depart from all sinne and do well ¶ The .v. Chapter 2 Tobias is sent to Rages 5 He meeteth with the angell Raphael which did conduct him 1 THen aunswered Tobias his father and said Father all that thou hast commaunded me wyl I doe and that diligently 2 But how I shall require this money I can not tell neither doth he knowe me nor I him What token shall I geue him And as for the way thyther I neuer knew it 3 Then his father aunswered him and saide I haue his hand writing by me which when thou shewest him immediatly he shall pay thee 4 But go thy way nowe and get thee some faithful man to go with thee for an hyre that thou mayst receaue the money while I am yet liuing 5 Then went Tobias out and vpon the streate he founde a fayre young man standing girded vp and as it were one redie to take his iourney 6 And he knewe not that it was an angell of God but saluted him and sayde From whence art thou thou good young man 7 He aunswered Of the children of Israel And Tobias said vnto him Knowest thou the way that leadeth vnto the countrey of the Medes 8 He aunswered I knowe it well all those streates haue I gone oft times and haue lodged with our brother Gabelus that dwelleth in Rages a citie of the Medes which lyeth vpon the mouÌ„t Ecbatanis 9 Tobias saide vnto him I pray thee tary for me till I haue tolde my father these thinges 10 Then went Tobias in and tolde his father all At the which his father marueyled and prayed that he woulde come in vnto him 11 Now when he came in he saluted him and saide Ioy be with thee for euermore 12 And olde Tobias saide what ioy can I haue that sit here in darkenesse and see not the light of heauen 13 The young man saide vnto him Be of good cheare
God shall helpe thee shortly 14 And Tobias saide vnto him Canst thou bring my sonne to Gabelus vnto the citie of Rages in Medea and when thou commest againe I shall pay thee thy hyre 15 And the angell saide vnto him I shall leade thy sonne and bring him to thee againe 16 Then Tobias aunswered him Tell me I pray thee of what house or of what tribe art thou 17 The angel Raphael saide vnto him Seekest thou after the kinred of an hireling or an hired man him selfe for thy sonne to go with him 18 But that I make thee not carefull I am Azarias the sonne of great Hanamas 19 And Tobias aunswered Thou art come of a great kinred but I pray thee be not displeased that I desire to know thy kindred 20 The angell said vnto him Thy sonne shall I leade foorth safely and bryng him whole sounde to thee againe 21 Then aunswered Tobias and saide well go on your way and God be in your iourney and his angell beare you company 22 So when they had prepared all thinges that they woulde take with them in their iourney Tobias bade his father and his mother farewell and they went on their way both together 23 Nowe when they were gone his mother began to weepe saide The staffe of our age hast thou taken away and sent him from vs. 24 Woulde God that money had neuer ben for the which thou hast sent him away 25 For our pouertie was sufficient for vs why we shoulde haue counted it rychesse that we saw our sonne here 26 Then saide Tobias vnto her Weepe not our sonne shall go safely and come to vs againe sounde and thyne eyes shall see him 27 For I trust that the good angell of God shall beare him company and order well all the thinges that he doth so that he shall come to vs againe with ioy 28 At these wordes his mother left of from weeping and held her peace The .vj. Chapter 2 Tobias deliuered from the fishe 8 Raphael sheweth him certaine medicines 19 He conducteth him toward Sara 1 SO Tobias went on his way and a dogge folowed him and the first night they abode by the water of Tigris 2 Then went he out to washe his feete and beholde there came foorth an horrible fishe to deuour him 3 Of whom Tobias was afrayde and cryed with a loude voyce saying Lord he commeth vpon me 4 And the angell saide vnto him Take him by the gyll and drawe him to thee And he did so and drew him vpon the lande and the fishe began to leape at his feete 5 Then saide the angell vnto him Take out the bowels of this fishe as for the heart the gal and the lyuer keepe them by thee for these thinges are necessary and good for medicines 6 Tobias did so and rosted the flesh and they tooke it with them in their iourney the residue they salted as much as was sufficient for them tyll they came to Rages a citie of the Medes 7 Then Tobias asked the angell and saide vnto him I pray thee brother Azaria tell me whereto are these thinges good of the fishe that thou hast bidden me keepe 8 The angell aunswered him and said If thou layest a peece of the heart vpon the coales the smoke thereof dryueth away all maner of euill spirites whether it be from man or from woman so that from thencefoorth the same shall come no more vnto them 9 The gal is good to annoynt or to strike the eyes withall where as there is any blemishe in them so that they shal be whole 10 And Tobias saide vnto him Where wilt thou that we remaine The angell aunswered 11 And saide Here is a nye kinsman of thyne and of thy tribe one Raguel by name which hath a daughter called Sara hath neither sonne nor daughter but her 12 All his good belongeth vnto thee and thou must mary her 13 And therefore desire her of her father and he shall geue her thee to wyfe 14 Then aunswered Tobias and saide As I vnderstand she hath ben maryed vnto seuen husbandes and they all are dead and I haue heard say that the deuill slue them 15 I am afrayd therfore lest such thinges happen vnto me also which if it came to passe seeing I am the onely sonne of my father and my mother I should bryng them in their age with sorowe to their graues 16 Then saide the angell Raphael vnto him Heare me I wyll tell thee what they be of whom the deuil hath power 17 Namely they that receaue mariage after such a fashion that they shut God out from them and from their heart and geue them selues to their owne lust euen as it were an Horse Mule which haue no vnderstanding vpon such hath the deuill power 18 But when thou takest her and art come in to the chamber withhold thy selfe from her three dayes and geue thy diligence vnto nothing but vnto prayer with her 19 And in the first night rost the lyuer of the fishe and the deuill shal be driuen away 20 The second night shalt thou be receaued into the company of the holy patriarches 12 The third night shalt thou obtayne the blessing of God so that whole children shall be borne of you 22 After the third night take the mayden in the feare of God and more for the desire of children then for any fleshely lust that in the seede of Abraham thou mayest obtayne the blessing in children ¶ The .vii. Chapter Tobias maryeth Sara Raguels daughter 1 THen went they in to Raguel which receaued them ioyfully 2 And when Raguel loked vpon Tobias he saide vnto Anna his wyfe How lyke is this young man vnto my sisters sonne 3 And when he had spoken this he said Whence be ye ye young men and our brethren They saide Of the tribe of Nephthali out of the captiuitie of Niniue 4 Then said Raguel vnto them Know ye my brother Tobias They saide yea we know him well 5 And when he had spoken much good of him the angell saide vnto Raguel Tobias of whom thou askest is this young mans father 6 Then Raguel bowed him selfe downe and wept and toke him about the necke and kissed him 7 And saide Gods blessing haue thou my sonne for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man 8 And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wept also 9 Now when they had talked together Raguel bade kill a wether to make a feaste And when he had exhorted them to sit downe to dinner 10 Tobias saide I wyll neither eate nor drinke here this day except thou first graunt me my petition and promise me to geue me thy daughter Sara 11 When Raguel heard this he was astonied for he knewe what had happened vnto the other seuen men that went in vnto her and he began to feare that it shoulde chaunce vnto him also in lyke maner And while he stoode so in doubt and gaue the young man no aunswere 12 The angell
that do sinne and vnrighteousnesse are the enemies of their owne soule 11 Wherefore I tell you the trueth and wyll hide no secret saying from you 12 When thou prayedst with teares and buriedst the dead and leftest thy dynner and hyddest the dead in thyne house vpon the day time that thou mightest bury them in the night I offred thy prayer before the Lorde 13 And because thou wast accept and beloued of God it was necessary that temptation should trye thee 14 And nowe hath the Lorde sent me to heale thee and to delyuer Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euill spirite 15 For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stande before the Lorde 16 When they heard this they were sore afrayde and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde 17 Then saide the angell Peace be with you feare not 18 For where as I haue ben with you it is the wil of God geue prayse thankes vnto him 19 You thought that I did eate drinke with you but I vse meate that is inuisible and drinke that can not be seene of men 20 Now therfore is the time that I must turne againe vnto him that sent me but be ye thankefull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes 21 And when he had spokē those wordes he was taken away out of their sight so that they could see him no more 22 Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of three houres and praysed God and when they rose vp they tolde all his wonderous workes ¶ The .xiii. Chapter A thankes geuing of Tobias who exhorteth all to prayse the Lorde 1 THen olde Tobias opened his mouth praysed the Lorde sayde Great art thou O lord for euermore and thy kingdome world with out end 2 For thou scourgest and healest thou leadest vnto hell bringest out againe and there is none that may escape thyne hande 3 O geue thankes vnto the Lorde ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the heathen 4 For among the heathen which knowe him not hath he scattered you to the intent that ye should shew forth his marueilous workes and cause them for to knowe that there is none other God almightie but he 5 He hath chastened vs for our misdeedes for his owne mercie sake shall he saue vs. 6 Consider then how he hath dealt with you and prayse him with feare dread and magnifie the euerlasting king in your workes 7 I wyll prayse him euen in the lande of my captiuitie for he hath shewed his maiestie vnto a sinfull people 8 Turne you therfore O ye sinners and do righteousnesse before God and be ye sure that he wyll shew his mercy vpon you 9 As for me and my soule we wyll reioyce in God 10 O prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen hold the dayes of gladnesse be thankefull vnto him 11 O Hierusalem thou citie of God the lorde hath punished thee for the workes of thyne owne handes 12 O prayse the Lord in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlasting God that he may build vp his tabernacle againe in thee that he may call againe vnto thee all such as be in captiuitie and that thou mayest haue ioy for euermore 13 With a faire light shalt thou shyne and all the endes of the worlde shall honour thee 14 The people shall come vnto thee from farre they shall bring giftes and worship the Lorde in thee and thy land shal they haue for a sanctuary for they shall call vpon the great name in thee 15 Cursed shall they be that despise thee and all that blaspheme thee shal be condempned But blessed shall they be that builde thee vp 16 As for thee thou shalt reioyce in thy children for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the Lorde 17 Blessed are all they that loue thee and that be glad of thy peace 18 Prayse thou the Lorde O my soule for the Lorde our God hath deliuered his citie Hierusalem from all her troubles 19 I wyll count my selfe happy if my seede remayne to see the clearenes of Hierusalem 20 The gates of Hierusalem shal be builded with Saphir and Smaragde and all the compasse of her walles with precious stones 21 All her streates shal be paued with white and fayre stone and in all streates shall Halleluia be song 22 Praysed be the Lorde which hath exalted her that his kingdome may be vpon her for euermore Amen The .xiiii. Chapter 5 Lessons of Tobias to his sonne 6 He prophecieth the destruction of Niniue 7 And the restoring of Hierusalem and the temple 13 The death of Tobias and his wyfe 16 Tobias the younger his age and death 1 ANd so Tobias made an end of speaking And after that Tobias had gotten his sight againe he lyued fouretie two yeres sawe his childers children 2 Nowe when he was an hundred and two yeres olde he dyed and was buried honorably in Niniue 3 For when he was sixe and fiftie yeres of age he lost the sight of his eyes and when he was three score yeres olde he gate his sight againe 4 The residue of his lyfe led he in ioy and increased well in the feare of God and departed in peace 5 But in the houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias and seuen young springaldes his sonnes children and saide vnto them 6 The destruction of Niniue is at hand for the word of the Lord can not fayle and our brethren that are scattered out of the lande of Israel shall come thyther agayne 7 And the whole lande of it that hath ben waste shall be filled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be builded againe and all such as feare God shall returne thyther 8 The heathen then also shall forsake their idols and come to Hierusalem and dwell there 9 And all the kinges of the earth shal be glad in her and worship the Lord God of Israel 10 And therefore my children heare your father serue the Lorde in the trueth seeke after his wyll to do the thing that pleaseth him 11 Commaunde your children that they do right geue almes be mindefull of God and euer to be thankefull vnto him in trueth and with all their power 12 Heare me now therefore my children and abyde not here but in what day so euer ye haue buryed your mother by me in one sepulchre get you from hence 13 For I see that the wickednesse of it shall bring it to destruction and end 14 After the death of his mother Tobias departed away from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children and came againe to his father and mother in lawe 15 And founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of them and he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fyft generation and his childers children 16 And ninetie and nine yeres beyng ended
thought scorne to yeelde them selues vnto you that they myght finde mercie in your sight 13 Therefore haue I deuised by my selfe after this maner I wyll go before the prince Holophernes and tell him all their secretes and wyll shewe him how he may come by them and winne them so that not one man of his hoast shall perishe 14 And when these men had heard her wordes and considered her faire face they were astonied for they wondred at her excellent beautie 15 And saide vnto her Thou hast saued thy lyf◠by findinge out this deuice that thou wouldest come downe to our lorde 16 And be thou sure that when thou commest vnto him he shall entreate thee well and thou shalt please him at the heart So they brought her in to Holophernes pauilion and tolde him of her 17 Nowe when she came in before him immediately he was ouercome and taken with her beautie 18 Then said his seruauntes who would despise the people of the Iewes that haue so faire women should we not by reason fight against them for these 19 So when Iudith sawe Holophernes sitting in a canapie that was wrought of purple silke golde smaragde and precious stones 20 She looked fast vpon him bowed her selfe and fel downe vpon the earth And Holophernes seruauntes tooke her vp agayne at their lordes commaundement The .xj. Chapter 1 Holophernes comforteth Iudith 3 and asketh the cause of her comming 5 She deceaueth him by her faire wordes 1 THen said Holophernes vnto her Be of good cheare and feare not in thyne heart for I neuer hurt man that would serue Nabuchodonosor the king 2 As for thy people if they had not despysed me I should not haue lyft vp my speare against them 3 But tell me nowe what is the cause that thou art departed from them and wherefore art thou come vnto vs 4 And Iudith saide vnto him Syr vnderstand the wordes of thy handemayden for if thou wylt do after the wordes of thy handmayden the Lorde shall bryng thy matter to a prosperous effect 5 As Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth lyueth and as his power liueth which is in thee to the punishment of all men that go wrong al men shal not onely be subdued vnto him through thee but al the beastes also of the fielde 6 For all people speake of thy prudent actiuitie and it hath euer ben reported how thou onely art good and mightie in all his kingdome and thy discretion is commended in all landes 7 The thing is manifest also that Achior spake it is well knowen what thou commaundest to do vnto him 8 For this is playne and of a suretie that our God is so wroth with vs by the reason of our sinnes that he hath shewed by his prophetes vnto the people howe that for their sinnes he wyll delyuer them ouer vnto the enemie 9 And for so much as the children of Israel knowe that they haue so displeased their God they are sore afrayde of thee 10 They suffer great hunger also and for want of water they are dead now in a maner 11 Moreouer they are appoynted to slay all their cattaile that they may drinke the blood of them 12 And are purposed to spend the holy thinges of their God which he hath forbydden them to touch as of corne wine and oyle they wil consume those thinges which they ought not to touch with their handes Seing nowe that they do these thinges it is a playne case that they must needes be destroyed 13 Which when I thy handmayden perceaued I fled from them and the Lord hath sent me to shewe thee these thinges 14 For I thy handmayden worship God euen here now besyde thee and thy handmayden shal go foorth and I wyl make my prayer vnto God 15 And he shall tell me when he wyll rewarde them their sinne then shall I come and shewe thee and bring thee through the middest of Hierusalem so that thou shalt haue al the people of Israel as sheepe without a shephearde there shall not so much as one dogge barke against thee 16 For these thinges are shewed me by the prouidence of God 17 And for so much as God is displeased with them he hath sent me to tell thee the same 18 These wordes pleased Holophernes and all his seruauntes which marueyled at the wysedome of her and said one to another 19 There is not such a woman vpō earth in fauour in beautie and discretion of wordes 20 And Holophernes said vnto her God hath done well that he hath sent thee hither before thy people that thou mayest geue them into our handes 21 And for so much as thy promise is good if thy God perfourme it vnto me he shal be my God also and thou shalt be excellent and great in the court of Nabuchodonosor and thy name shal be spoken of in all the lande ¶ The .xii. Chapter 1 Iudith woulde not pollute her selfe with the meate of the Gentiles 5 She maketh her request that she might go out by night to pray 11 Holophernes causeth her to come to the banquet 1 THen commaunded he her to go in where his treasure lay and charged that she shoulde haue her dwellyng there and appoynted what shoulde be geuen her from his table 2 Iudith aunswered him and saide As for the meate that thou hast commaunded to geue me I may not eate of it as now lest I displease my God but wyll eate of such as I haue brought with me 3 Then saide Holophernes vnto her If these thinges that thou hast brought with thee fayle what shall we do vnto thee 4 And Iudith saide As thy soule lyueth my Lorde thy handmayden shall not spend all this tyl God hath brought to passe in my hande the thinges that I haue deuised So his seruauntes brought her into the tent whereas he had appoynted 5 And as she was going in she desired that she might haue leaue to go foorth by night and before day to her prayer and to make intercession vnto the Lord. 6 Then commaunded Holophernes his chamberlaynes that she should go out and in at her pleasure to pray vnto God those three dayes 7 And so in the night season she went foorth into the valley of Bethulia and washed her selfe in the well water 8 And comming vp she besought the Lorde God of Israel that he woulde prosper her way for the deliueraunce of his people 9 And so she went in remayned cleane in her tent tyll she toke her meate in the euening 10 Vpon the fourth day it came to passe that Holophernes made a supper vnto his seruauntes and saide vnto Vagao his chamberlayne Go thy way counsell this Hebruesse that she may be wylling to consent to kepe company with me 11 For it were a shame vnto all the Assyrians that a woman shoulde so laugh a man to scorne that she were come from him vnmedled withall 12 Then went Vagao vnto Iudith and saide Let not the good daughter be afrayde
that all they that are appointed in wrytyng and shewed vnto you by Aman whiche is ordayned and set ouer all our landes and the most principall next vnto the kyng and in maner as a father shall with their wiues and chyldren be destroyed rooted out with the sworde of their enemies and aduersaries and that there shal be no mercy shewed and no man spared And this shal be done the fourteenth day of the moneth called Adad of this yere 7 That they whiche of olde and nowe also haue euer ben rebellious may in one day with violence be thrust downe into the hell to the intent that after this maner our empire may haue peace and tranquilitie 8 But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes noble actes of the Lorde and made his prayer vnto him 9 Saying O Lorde Lorde thou valiaunt and almightie king for all thinges are in thy power and if thou wilt helpe and deliuer Israel there is no man that can withstande nor let thee 10 For thou hast made heauen and earth and what wonderous thing soeuer is vnder the heauen 11 Thou art Lorde of all thinges and there is no man that can resist thy maiestie O Lorde 12 Thou knowest all thinges thou wotest Lorde that it was neither of malice nor presumption nor for any desire of glory that I would not bow downe my selfe nor worship yonder proude presumptious Aman 13 For I woulde haue ben content and that with good wyll if it might haue done Israel any good to haue kist euen his footesteppes 14 But that I did it because I woulde not set the honour of a man in the steede of the glory of God because I would worship none but only thee my Lorde and this haue I done in no pryde nor presumption 15 And therfore O Lord thou God and kyng haue mercy vpon thy people for they imagine howe they may bring vs to naught yea their minde and desire is to destroy and to ouerthrowe thy people that hath euer ben thyne inheritaunce of olde 16 O despise not thy portion which thou hast deliuered brought out of Egypt for thyne owne selfe 17 Heare my prayer and be mercifull vnto thy people whom thou hast chosen for an heritage vnto thy selfe Turne our complaynt and sorow into ioy that we may liue O Lorde and prayse thy name O Lord suffer not the mouthes of them that praise thee to be destroyed 18 All the people of Israel in like maner cryed as earnestly as they coulde vnto the Lorde for their death and destruction stoode before their eyes ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ¶ The prayer of Hester for the deliueraunce of her and her people 1 QVeene Hester also beyng in the battayle of death resorted vnto the Lorde 2 Layde away her glorious apparell and put on the garmentes that serued for sighing and mourning In the steede of precious oyntment she scattered ashes and dounge vpon her head and as for her body she humbled it with fasting and brought it very low All the places where she was wont to haue ioy afore those filled she with her owne heere that she pluckt of 3 She prayed also vnto the Lorde God of Israel with these wordes O my Lorde thou only art our kyng helpe me desolate woman whiche haue no helper but thee 4 For my miserie and destruction is harde at my hande 5 Fro my youth vp I haue hearde out of the kinred of my father that thou tokest Israel from among all people and so haue our fathers of their fore elders that they shoulde be thy perpetuall inheritaunce and looke what thou didst promise them thou hast made it good vnto them 6 Nowe Lorde we haue sinned before thee therefore hast thou geuen vs into the handes of our enemies 7 Because we worshipped their gods Lorde thou art righteous 8 Neuerthelesse it satisfieth them not that we are in bitter and heauie captiuitie and oppressed among them but thou hast layde their handes vpon the handes of their gods 9 So that they begin to take away the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordayned and appoynted to destroy thine inheritaunce to shut and to stop the mouthes of them that prayse thee to quench the glory and worship of thy house and thyne aulter 10 And to open the mouthes of the heathen that they may prayse the power and vertue of the gods and to magnifie the fleshly kyng for euer 11 O Lorde geue not thy scepter vnto them that be nothing lest they laugh vs to scorne in our miserie and fall but turne their deuice vpon them selues and punishe hym that hath begun the same ouer vs and set hym to an example 12 Thinke vpon vs O Lord and shewe thy selfe vnto vs in the tyme of our distresse and of our trouble strength me O thou kyng of Gods thou Lorde of all power 13 Geue me an eloquent and pleasaunt speache in my mouth before the lion Turne his heart into the hate of our enemies to destroy him and all such as consent vnto him 14 But deliuer vs with thy hande and helpe me thy handmayde which haue no defence nor helper but onlye the Lorde 15 Thou knowest all thinges thou wotest that I loue not the glory and worship of the vnrighteous and that I hate and abhorre the bed of the vncircumcised and of all heathen 16 Thou knowest my necessitie that I hate the token of my preeminence and worship which I beare vpon my head what tyme as I must shewe my selfe and be seene and that I abhorre it as an vncleane cloth and that I weare it not when I am quiet and alone by my selfe 17 Thou knowest also that I thy handmayden haue not eaten at Amans table and that I haue had no pleasure nor delight in the kinges feast that I haue not drunke the wine of the drinke offeringes 18 And that I thy handmayden haue no ioy since the day that I was brought hyther vnto this day but only in thee O Lorde O thou God of Abraham 19 O thou mightie God aboue all heare the voyce of them that haue no other hope and deliuer vs out of the hande of the wicked and deliuer me out of my feare The .xv. Chapter 1 Mardocheus moueth Hester to go in vnto the kyng and make intercession for her people 9 And she perfourmed his request 1 MArdocheus also bade Hester go in vnto the kyng and pray for her people and for her countrey 2 Remember saith he the dayes of thy lowe estate how thou wast nourished vnder my hande For Aman whiche is next vnto the kyng hath geuen sentence of death against vs 3 Call thou therefore vpon the Lorde and speake for vs vnto the king and deliuer vs from death 4 And vpon the thirde day it happened that Hester layde away the mourning garmentes and put on her glorious apparell 5 And deckt her selfe goodly after that she had called vpon God whiche is the beholder and sauiour of all thinges and toke two maydens with her
yere and as lylies by the riuers of water like as the braūches vpon the mount Libanus in the time of summer 9 As a fire and incense that is kindled lyke as an whole ornament of pure gold set with all maner of precious stones 10 And as an Oliue tree that is fruiteful and as a Cypres tree which groweth vp an hye 11 When he put on the garment of honour and was clothed with al beawtie when he went to the holy aulter he made the garment of holynes honorable 12 When he toke the portions out of the priestes hande he him selfe stoode by the hearth of the aulter and his brethren rounde about in order as the braunches of Cedar tree vpō the mount Libanus so stoode they rounde about him 13 And as the braunches of the Oliue tree so stoode all the sonnes of Aaron in their glory and the oblations of the Lorde in their handes before al the congregation of Israel 14 And that he might sufficiently perfourme his seruice vpon the aulter and garnishe the offering of the highest god 15 He stretched out his hande and toke of the drinke offering and powred in of the wine so he poured vpon the bottome of the aulter a good smell vnto the highest prince 16 Then began the sonnes of Aaron to sing and to blow with trumpettes and to make a great noyse for a remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde 17 Then al the people together were hasted and fell downe to the earth vpon their faces to worship the Lorde their God to geue thankes to the almightie God 18 They song goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in the great house of the Lorde 19 And the people in their prayer besought the Lorde the highest that he would be mercifull tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed and they had ended their ministration and seruice 20 Then went he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shoulde geue prayse and thankes out of their lippes vnto the Lorde and to reioyce in his name 21 He began yet once also to pray that he might openly shewe the thankesgeuing before the highest 22 Namely thus O geue prayse and thankes all ye vnto the Lord our God which hath euer done noble and great thinges which hath increased our dayes from our mothers wombe and dealt with vs according to his mercie 23 That he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of heart and peace for our time in Israel 24 Which faithfully kepeth his mercie for vs euermore and alway deliuereth vs in due season 25 There be two maner of people that I abhorre from my heart as for the third whom I hate it is no people 26 They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria the Philistines and the foolishe people that dwelt in Sichimis 27 I Iesus the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus of Hierusalem haue tokened vp these informations and documentes of wysdome and vnderstanding in this booke and poured out the wysdome of my heart 28 Blessed is he that exerciseth him selfe therein who so taketh such to heart shal be wyse for euer 29 If he do these thinges he shal be strong in all for the lyght of the Lorde leadeth him which geueth wysdome to the godlie The Lorde be praysed for euermore so be it so be it ¶ The .lj. Chapter The prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirach 1 I Wyll thanke thee O Lorde and king and prayse thee O God my sauiour I wyll yeelde prayse vnto thy name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserued my body from destruction from the snares of trayterous tongues and from the lippes that are occupied with lyes 3 Thou hast ben my helper from such as stoode vp against me and hast deliuered me after the multitude of thy mercie and for thy holy names sake from the roring of them that prepared them selues to deuour me out of the handes of such as sought after my lyfe from the multitude of them that troubled me 4 And from them that went about to set fyre vpon me on euery side so that I am not brent in the middest of the fyre 5 From the deepe of hell from an vncleane tongue from lying wordes from false accusation to the king and from an vnrighteous tongue 6 My soule shall prayse the Lorde vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hell downewarde 7 They compassed me round about on euery syde and there was no man to helpe me I loked about me if there were any man that would succour me but there was none 8 Then thought I vpon thy mercie O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely that thou deliuerest such as put their trust in thee and riddest them out of the handes of the heathen 9 Thus lyft I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for deliueraunce from death 10 I called vpon the Lorde the father of my Lorde that he would not leaue me without helpe in the day of my trouble and in the time of the proude 11 I wyll prayse thy name continually yeelding honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was heard 12 Thou sauedst me from destruction and deliueredst me from the vnrighteous time therefore wyll I acknoweledge and prayse thee and magnifie the name of the Lorde 13 When I was yet but young or euer I went astray I desired wysdome openly in my prayer 14 I came therfore before the temple and sought her vnto the last then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype 15 My heart reioyced in her then went my foote the right way yea from my youth vp sought I after her 16 I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me much wysdome and prospered greatly in her 17 Therfore wyll I ascribe the glory vnto him that geueth me wysdome 18 For I am aduised to do thereafter I wyll be gelous to cleaue vnto the thing that is good so shall I not be confounded 19 My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue ben diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes on hye then was my soule lightened through wysdome that I knowledged my foolishnes 20 I ordered my soule after her she and I were one heart from the beginning and I found her in cleannesse and therfore shall I not be forsaken 21 My heart longed after her and I gat a good treasure 22 Through her the Lorde hath geuen me a new tongue wherewith I wyll prayse him 23 O come vnto me ye vnlearned and dwell in the house of wysdome 24 Withdrawe not your selues from her but talke commune of these thinges for your soules are very thirstie 25 I opened my mouth and spake O come and bye wysdome without money 26 Bowe downe your necke vnder her yoke and your soule shall receaue wysdome she is harde at hande and is content to be founde 27 Beholde with your eyes
saying The heathen that are about vs are gathered against vs on euery side to destroy vs. 11 And nowe they make them redy for to come and lay siege to the castel whervnto we are fled and Timothi is captayne of their hoast 12 Come therefore and deliuer vs out of their handes for there is a great multitude of vs slayne alredy 13 Yea and our brethren that were at Tubin are slayne and destroyed well-nye a thousande men and their wyues their children and their goodes haue the enemies led away captiue 14 Whyle these letters were yet a reading beholde there came other messengers from Galilee with rent clothes whiche tolde euen the same tidinges 15 And sayde that they of Ptolomais of Tyrus and of Sidon were gathered against them and that all Galilee was filled with enemies to destroy Israel 16 When Iudas and the people hearde this they came together a great congregation to deuise what they might do for their brethren that were in trouble and besieged of their enemies 17 And Iudas sayd vnto Simon his brother Choose thee out certayne men go deliuer thy brethren in Galilee As for me my brother Ionathas we will go into Galaaditim 18 So he left Iosephus the sonne of Zachari and Azarias to be captaynes of the people to kepe the remnaunt of the hoast in Iewry 19 And commaunded them saying Take the ouersight of this people and see that ye make no warre against the heathen vntill the time that we come againe 20 And vnto Simon he gaue three thousand men for to go into Galilee but Iudas himselfe had eyght thousand in Galaaditim 21 Then went Simon into Galilee and stroke diuers battayles with the heathen whom he discomfited 22 And folowed vpon them into the port of Ptolomais and there were slayne of the heathen almost three thousande men 23 So he toke the spoyles of them and caried away the Israelites that were in Galilee and Arbatis with their wyues their children and all that they had and brought them into Iewry with great gladnesse 24 Iudas Machabeus also and his brother Ionathas went ouer Iordane and trauayled three dayes iourney in the wildernesse 25 Where the Nabathees met them and receaued them louingly and tolde them euery thing that had happened vnto their brethren in Galaaditim 26 And howe that many of them were besieged in Barasa Bosor Alimis Casbon Mageth and Carnaim all these are strong walled and mightie great cities 27 And that they were kept in other cities of Galaaditim also and to morowe they are appoynted to bring their hoast vnto these cities to take them and to destroy them in one day 28 So Iudas and his hoast turned in all the haste in the wildernesse toward Bosor and wan the citie slue all the males with the sworde toke all their goodes and set fire vpon the citie 29 And in the night they toke their iourney from thence and came to the castell 30 And betimes in the morning when they loked vp beholde there was an innumerable people bearing ladders and other instrumentes of warre to take the castell and to ouercome them 31 When Iudas sawe that the battayl began and that the noyse therof went vp and rang into the heauen and that there was so a great crye in the citie 32 He sayd vnto his hoast Fight this day for your brethren 33 And so came behinde their enemies in three companies and blewe vp the trumpettes and cryed in their prayer to God 34 But so soone as Timotheus hoast perceaued that Machabeus was there they fled from hym and he slue them downe right sore so that there were killed of them the same day almost eyght thousande men 35 Then departed Iudas vnto Maspha layed siege vnto it and wan it slue al the males in it spoyled it and set fire vpon it 36 From thence went he and toke Casbon Mageth Bosor and the other cities in Galaaditim 37 After this gathered Timothi another hoast which pitched their tentes before Raphon beyond the water 38 Iudas also sent to spye the hoast and they brought him worde againe saying All the heathen that be rounde about vs are gathered vnto him and the hoast is very great 39 Yea they haue hired the Arabians to helpe them haue pitched their tentes beyond the water and are redie to come and fight against thee So Iudas went on to meete them 40 And Timothi saide vnto the captaines of his hoast wheÌ„ Iudas and his hoast come nye the ryuer if he go ouer first we shall not be able to withstand him for why he wyll be to strong for vs. 41 But if he dare not come ouer so that he pitch his tent beyond the water then wyll we go ouer for we shal be strong inough against him 42 Now assoone as Iudas came to the riuer he appoynted certaine scribes of the people by the riuer and coÌ„maunded them saying See that ye leaue none behinde vpon this side of the riuer but let euery man come to the battaile 43 So he went first ouer vnto them all his people after him and al the heathen were discomfited before him let their weapons fall and ranne into the temple that was at Carnaim 44 Which citie Iudas wanne and brent the temple with all that were in it So was Carnaim subdued and might not withstand Iudas 45 Then Iudas gathered all the Israelites that were in Galaaditim from the least vnto the most with their wiues and their children a very great hoast for to come into the lande of Israel 46 So they came vnto Ephron which was a mightie great and strong citie and laye in their way for they coulde not go by it neither on the right hande nor on the left but must go through it 47 Neuerthelesse they that were in the citie woulde not let them go through but walled vp the portes with stones And Iudas sent vnto them with peaceable wordes saying 48 Let vs passe through your lande that we may go into our owne countrey there shall no body do you harme we wyl but onely go through on foote But they would not let them in 49 Wherfore Iudas commaunded a proclamation to be made throughout the hoast that euery man should assault the citie in his order 50 And so they did their best lyke valiaunt men and Iudas besieged the citie all that day and all that night and so wanne it 51 Where they slue as many as were males and destroyed the citie and spâ—yled it and went through al the citie ouer them that were slaine 52 Then went they ouer Iordane into the playne fielde before Bethsam 53 And Iudas helped those forward that came behinde and gaue the people good exhortation al the way through til they were come into the lande of Iuda 54 Thus they went vp vnto the mount Sion where they offered burnt offeringes with mirth and thankesgeuing because there were none of them slaine but came home againe peaceably 55 Now what time
Nicanor goeth about to come vpon Iudas on the Sabbath day 5 The blasphemie of Nicanor 14 Machabeus expounding vnto the Iewes the vision boldeneth their heartes 21 The prayer of Machabeus 30 After the hoast of Nicanor is once ouercome Machabeus commaundeth his head his handes to be cut of and his tongue to be geuen vnto foules 1 NOwe when Nicanor knew that Iudas and his company were in the countrey of Samaria he thought with al his power to strike a fielde with him vpon a Sabbath day 2 Neuerthelesse the Iewes that were compelled to go with him saide O do not so cruelly and vnkindly but halowe the Sabbath day and worshippe him that seeth all thinges 3 For all this yet saide the vngratious person Is there a mightie one in heauen that commaunded the Sabbath day to be kept 4 And when they saide yea the lyuing God the mightie Lord in heauen commaunded the seuenth day to be kept 5 He saide And I am mightie vpon earth to commaunde them for to arme them selues to perfourme the kinges busynesse Notwithstanding he might not haue his purpose 6 Nicanor had deuised with great pride to ouercome Iudas and to bring away the victory 7 But Machabeus had euer a fast confidence and a perfect hope in God that he would helpe him 8 And exhorted his people not to be afrayde at the comming of the heathen but alway to remember the helpe that had ben shewed vnto them from heauen yea and to be sure now also that almightie God would geue them the victorie 9 He spake vnto them out of the lawe and prophetes putting them in remembraunce of the battailes that they had striken afore and made them to be of good courage 10 So when their heartes were pluckt vp he shewed them also the deceitefulnesse of the heathen and how they woulde kepe no couenaunt nor oth 11 Thus he weaponed them not with the armour of shielde and speare but with wholsome wordes and exhortations he shewed them a dreame also wherethrough he made them all glad 12 Which was this He thought that he saw Onias which had ben hie priest a vertuous and louing man sad and of honest conuersation well spoken and one that had ben exercised in godlines from a childe holding vp his handes toward heauen and praying for his people 13 After this there appeared vnto him another man which was aged honorable and glorious 14 And Onias saide This is a louer of the brethren and of the people of Israel this is he that prayeth much for the people and for all the holy citie Ieremie the prophete of God 15 He thought also that Ieremie helde out his right hande and gaue vnto Iudas a sword of golde saying 16 Take this holy sworde a gift from God wherwith thou shalt smite downe the enemies of the people of Israel 17 And so they were well comforted through the wordes of Iudas whiche were very sweete and able to stirre vp their courage and toke courage vnto them so that the young men were determined in their mindes to fight and to abide stifly at it insomuch that in the thinges which they toke in hande their boldnesse shewed the same because the holy citie the sanctuary and the temple were in perill 18 For the which they toke more care then for their wyues children brethren and kinsfolkes 19 Againe they that were in the citie were most carefull for those which were to fight 20 Now when they were all in a hope that the iudgement of the matter was at hande and the enemies drue nye the hoast being set in aray the Elephantes and horsemen euery one standing in his place 21 Machabeus considering the coÌ„ming of the multitude the ordinaunce of dâ—uers weapons the cruelnes of 〈◊〉 beastes helde vp his handes towâ— heauen calling vpon the Lorde that doth wonders which geueth not the victory after the multitude of weapons and power of the hoaste but to them that please him according to his owne wyll 22 Therefore in his prayer he saide these wordes O Lorde thou that diddest send thyne angell in the time of Ezekiah king of Iuda and in the hoast of Sennacherib sluest an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand 23 Send now also thy good angel before vs O Lorde of heauens in the fearefulnesse and dreade of thy mightie arme 24 That they which come against thy holy people to blaspheme them may be afrayd And so he made an ende of his wordes 25 Then Nicanor they that were with him drue nye with trumpettes showtinges for ioy 26 But Iudas and his company with prayer and calling vpon God encountred with the enemies 27 With their handes they smote but with their heartes they prayed vnto the Lorde and slue no lesse then thirtie and fiue thousand men For through the present helpe of God they were gloriously comforted 28 Now when they left of and were turning againe with ioy they vnderstoode that Nicanor him selfe was slaine with the other for all his armour 29 Then they gaue a great shout and a crye praysing the almightie Lorde in their owne language 30 And Iudas which was euer redie to spend his body and lyfe for his citezins coÌ„maunded to smite of Nicanors head with his arme and hande and to be brought to Hierusalem 31 When he came there he called all the people the priestes to the aulter with those that were in the castle 32 And shewed them Nicanors head and his wicked hande which he had presumptuously holden vp against the temple of God 33 He caused the tongue also of that vngodly Nicanor to be cut in litle peeces and to be cast to the foules and that cruel mans hande to be hanged vp before the temple 34 So euery man gaue thankes vnto the Lorde saying Blessed be he that hath kept his place vndefiled 35 As for Nicanors head he hanged it vp vpon the hie castle for an euident and playne token of the helpe of God 36 And so they agreed al together to kepe that day holy namely the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar 37 Which in the Syrians language is called the next day before Mardocheus day 38 Thus was Nicanor slaine and from that time foorth the Iewes had the citie in possession and here wyll I nowe make an ende 39 If I haue done well and as the storie required it is the thing that I desired but if I haue spoken sclenderly barely I haue done that I coulde 40 For as it is hurtfull to drinke wine alone and then againe water as wine tempred with water is pleasaunt deliteth the taste so the setting out of the matter delighteth the eare of them that reade the story And here shal be the ende ¶ The ende of the second booke of the Machabees J. N. ¶ The description of the holy lande conteyning the places mentioned in the foure Euangelistes with other places about the sea coastes wherein may be seene the wayes and iourneyes of
but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes 34 But I say vnto you Sweare not at all neither by heauen for it is gods seate 35 Nor by the earth for it is his footestoole neither by Hierusalem for it is the citie of the great kyng 36 Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke 37 But let your communication be yea yea nay nay For whatsoeuer is more then these commeth of euyll 38 Ye haue hearde that it is sayde an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 39 But I say vnto you that ye resist not euyll But whosoeuer geueth thee a blowe on thy right cheeke turne to him the other also 40 And yf any man wyll sue thee at the lawe and take away thy coate let him haue thy cloke also 41 And whosoeuer wyll compell thee to go a myle go with hym twayne 42 Geue to hym that asketh thee from hym that woulde borowe of thee turne not thou away 43 Ye haue heard that it is saide Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour hate thyne enemie 44 But I saye vnto you loue your enemies blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you pray for thē which hurt you and persecute you 45 That ye may be the chyldren of your father which is in heauen For he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll and on the good and sendeth rayne on the iust and on the vniust 46 For yf ye loue them which loue you what rewarde haue ye Do not the publicans also euen the same 47 And yf ye salute or greete your brethrē only what singuler thyng do ye Do not also the publicans lykewyse 48 Ye shall therfore be perfecte euen as your father which is in heauen is perfecte ¶ The .vj. Chapter ¶ 1 Of almes 5 prayer 16 and fastyng 19 He forbyddeth the carefull sekyng of worldly thynges 1 TAKE heede to your almes that ye geue it not in the sight of men to the intente that ye woulde be sene of thē or els ye haue no rewarde of your father which is in heauen 2 Therefore when thou geuest thyne almes thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee as hypocrites do in the synagogues in the streates y t they might be esteemed of mē Verily I say vnto you they haue their reward 3 But when thou doest thyne almes let not thy left hande knowe what thy ryght hande doeth 4 That thyne almes may be in secrete And thy father which seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly ☜ ◠And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are For they loue to stande praying in the synagogues and in the corners of the streates that they may be sene of men Veryly I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde 6 But when thou prayest enter into thy chaumber and when thou hast shut thy dore pray to thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly 7 But when ye pray babble not much as the heathen do For they thynke it wyl come to passe that they shal be heard for theyr much bablinges sake 8 Be not ye therfore lyke vnto them For your father knoweth what thynges ye haue nede of before ye aske of hym 9 After this maner therfore pray ye O our father which art in heauen halowed be thy name 10 Let thy kyngdome come Thy wyll be done as well in earth as it is in heauen 11 Geue vs this day our dayly breade 12 And forgeue vs our dettes as we forgeue our detters 13 And leade vs not into temptation but delyuer vs from euyll For thyne is the kyngdome and the power and the glory for euer Amen 14 For yf ye forgeue men theyr trespasses your heauenly father shall also forgeue you 15 But yf ye forgeue not men theyr trespasses no more shall your father forgeue you your trespasses 16 Moreouer when ye fast be not of an heauy countenaunce as hypocrites are For they disfigure theyr faces that they myght appeare vnto men to fast Veryly I say vnto you they haue theyr rewarde 17 But thou when thou fastest annoynt thyne head and washe thy face 18 That thou appeare not vnto men to fast but vnto thy father which is in secrete and thy father which seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openly 19 Hoorde not vp for your selues treasures vpon earth where the moth and rust doth corrupt and where theeues breake through and steale 20 But laye vp for you treasures in heauen where neyther moth nor rust doth corrupt and where theeues do not breake through nor steale 21 For where your treasure is there wyll your heart be also 22 The lyght of the body is the eye Wherfore yf thyne eye be single all thy body shal be full of lyght 23 But and yf thyne eye be wicked all thy body shal be ful of darknesse Wherfore yf the lyght that is in thee be darknesse howe great is that darknesse 24 ☞ No man can serue two maisters For either he shall hate the one loue the other or els leane to the one and dispise the other Ye can not serue God and mammon 25 Therfore I say vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or drynke nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not the lyfe more worth then meate the body then rayment 26 Beholde the fowles of the ayre For they sowe not neither do they reape nor cary into the barnes yet your heauenly father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they 27 Which of you by takyng of carefull thought can adde one cubite vnto his stature 28 And why care ye for rayment Learne of the Lylies of the fielde howe they growe They weery not them selues with labour neither do they spinne 29 And yet I say vnto you that euen Solomon in all his royaltie was not arayed lyke one of these 30 Wherfore yf God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which though it stande to day is to morowe cast into the ouen shall he not much more do the same for you O ye of litle fayth 31 Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eate or what shall we drynke or wherewith shall we be clothed 32 For after all these thynges do the Gentiles seke for your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thynges 33 But rather seke ye first the kyngdome of God and his ryghteousnesse and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto you 34 Care not then for the morowe for the morowe shall care for it selfe Sufficient vnto the day is the euyll therof ¶ The .vij. Chapter ¶ 1 He forbyddeth foolyshe and rashe iudgement 5 reproueth hypocrisie ◠exhorteth vnto prayer 13 to enter in at the strayte gate 15 warneth to beware of false prophetes
disciples plucked the eares of corne and dyd eate and rubbed them in their handes 2 And certayne of the pharisees sayde vnto them Why do ye that which is not lawfull to do on y e Sabboth dayes 3 And Iesus aunswered them sayde Haue ye not read what Dauid dyd when he hym selfe was an hungred and they which were with hym 4 Howe he went into the house of God and dyd take and eate the shewe bread and gaue also to them that were with hym which was not lawfull to eate but for the priestes only 5 And he sayde vnto them The sonne of man is Lord also of y e Sabboth day 6 ☞ And it came to passe also in another Sabboth that he entred into the synagogue and taught And there was a man whose right hand was dried vp 7 And the scribes pharisees watched hym whether he woulde heale on the Sabboth day that they myght fynde howe to accuse hym 8 But he knewe their thoughtes and said to the man which had the withered hande Ryse vp and stande foorth in the myddes And he arose and stoode foorth 9 Then sayde Iesus vnto them I wyll aske you a question Whether is it lawfull on the Sabboth dayes to do good or to do euyll to saue ones lyfe or to destroy it 10 And he behelde them all in compasse sayde vnto the man Stretche foorth thy hande And he dyd so his hande was restored agayne as whole as the other 11 And they were fylled with madnesse and communed together among them selues what they myght do to Iesus ☜ 12 And it came to passe in those dayes y t he wēt out into a mountayne to pray continued all nyght in prayer to God 13 And assoone as it was day he called his disciples And of them he chose twelue whom he called Apostles 14 Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames and Iohn Philip and Barthelmewe 15 Matthewe and Thomas Iames the sonne of Alpheus Simon which is called Zelotes 16 And Iudas Iames brother and Iudas Iscariot which also was the traytour 17 ☞ And he came downe with them and stoode in the playne fielde and the company of his disciples and a great multitude of people out of all Iurie Hierusalem and frō the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon which came to heare hym and to be healed of their diseases 18 And they that were vexed with foule spirites and they were healed 19 And all the people preassed to touche hym for there went vertue out of hym and healed them all 20 And he lyft vp his eyes vpon his disciples and sayde Blessed be ye poore for yours is the kyngdome of God 21 Blessed are ye that hunger nowe for ye shal be satisfied Blessed are ye that weepe nowe for ye shall laugh 22 Blessed shall ye be when men hate you seperate you from their companie and raile on you put out your names as an euyll thyng for the sonne of mans sake 23 Reioyce ye in that day and be glad For beholde your rewarde is great in heauen ☜ For thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes 24 But wo vnto you that are riche for ye haue your consolation 25 Wo vnto you that are full for ye shall hunger Wo vnto you that nowe laugh for ye shall wayle and weepe 26 Wo vnto you when all men prayse you for so dyd their fathers to the false prophetes 27 But I say vnto you which heare Loue your enemies Do good to them which hate you 28 Blesse them that curse you And pray for thē which wrongfully trouble you 29 And vnto hym that smyteth thee on the one cheeke offer also the other And hym that taketh away thy cloke forbyd not to take thy coate also 30 Geue to euery man that asketh of thee And of hym that taketh away thy goodes aske them not agayne 31 And as ye woulde that men shoulde do to you do ye also to them lykewyse 32 For yf ye loue them which loue you what thanke haue ye For sinners also loue their louers 33 And yf ye do good for them which do good for you what thanke haue ye For sinners also do euen the same 34 And yf ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receaue what thanke haue ye For synners also lende to sinners to receaue such lyke agayne 35 But loue ye your enemies do good and lende lokyng for nothyng agayne and your rewarde shal be great and ye shal be the chyldren of the hyest for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde to the euyll 36 ☞ Be ye therfore mercifull as your father also is mercifull 37 Iudge not ye shall not be iudged Condemne not and ye shall not be condemned Forgeue ye shal be forgeuen 38 Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure pressed downe shaken together and runnyng ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye meate withall shall other men meate to you agayne 39 And he put foorth a similitude vnto them Can the blynde leade the blynde Do they not both fall into the ditche 40 The disciple is not aboue his maister But whosoeuer wylbe a perfect disciple shal be as his maister is 41 And why seest thou a moate in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye 42 Either howe canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pull out the moate that is in thyne eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Thou hypocrite caste out the beame out of thyne owne eye first then shalt thou see perfectly to pul out the moate that is in thy brothers eye ☜ 43 For it is not a good tree that bryngeth foorth euyll fruite Neither is that an euyll tree that bryngeth foorth good fruite 44 For euery tree is knowen by his fruite for of thornes do not mē gather fygges nor of busshes gather they grapes 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth that which is good And an euyll man out of the euyll treasure of his heart bryngeth foorth that which is euyll For of the aboundaunce of the heart his mouth speaketh 46 Why call ye me Lorde Lorde and do not as I byd you 47 Whosoeuer commeth to me heareth my sayinges and doth the same I wyll shewe you to whom he is lyke 48 He is lyke a man which built an house and digged deepe and layde the foundation on a rocke And when the waters arose the fludde beat vpon that house and coulde not moue it For it was grounded vpon a rocke 49 But he that heareth and doeth not is lyke a man that without foundation built an house vpon the earth agaynst which the fludde dyd beate and it fell immediatly And the fall of that house was great ¶ The .vij. 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voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iurie and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem be this knowen vnto you and with your eares heare my wordes 15 For these are not drunken as ye suppose seeyng it is but the thirde houre of the day 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel 17 And it shal be in the last dayes sayth God of my spirite I wyll powre out vpon all fleshe And your sonnes and your daughters shall prophesie and your young men shall see visions and your olde men shall dreame dreames 18 And on my seruauntes and on my handemaydens I wyll powre out of my spirite in those dayes and they shall prophesie 19 And I wyll shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneath blood and fyre and the vapour of smoke 20 The Sunne shal be turned into darknesse and the Moone into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shall come to passe that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde shal be saued ☜ 22 ☞ Ye men of Israel heare these wordes Iesus of Nazareth a man approued of God among you with miracles wonders and signes which God dyd by hym in the middes of you as ye your selues also knowe 23 Hym haue ye taken by the handes of vnryghteous persons after he was deliuered by the determinate councell and foreknowledge of God and haue crucified and slayne hym 24 Whom God hath raised vp and loosed the sorowes of death because it was vnpossible that he shoulde be holden of it 25 For Dauid speaketh of hym I sawe the Lorde alwayes set foorth before my face for he is on my ryght hande that I shoulde not be moued 26 Therfore dyd my heart reioyce and my tongue was glad Moreouer also my fleshe shall reste in hope 27 Because thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe thou shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenaunce ☜ 29 Ye men and brethren let me freely speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid For he is both dead and buryed and his sepulchre remayneth with vs vnto this day 30 Therfore seeyng he was a prophete and knewe that God had sworne with an oth to hym that Christe as concernyng the fleshe should come of the fruite of his loynes should syt on his seate 31 He knowyng this before spake of the resurrection of Christe that his soule shoulde not be left in hell neither his fleshe shoulde see corruption 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp wherof we all are witnesses 33 Then sence that he by the ryght hande of God was exalted and hath receaued of the father the promise of the holy ghost he hath shed foorth this which ye nowe see and heare 34 For Dauid is not ascended into heauē but he sayeth The Lorde sayde to my Lorde syt thou on my ryght 35 Vntill I make thy foes thy footstoole 36 Therfore let all the house of Israel know for a suretie that God hath made that same Iesus whom ye haue crucified Lorde and Christe 37 Nowe when they hearde this they were pricked in their heartes and sayde vnto Peter vnto the other Apostles Ye men brethren what shall we do 38 Then Peter sayde vnto them Repent and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe for the remission of sinnes and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost 39 For the promise was made vnto you and to your chyldren and to all that are a farre of euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call 40 And with many other wordes bare he witnesse and exhorted them saying Saue your selues from this vntowarde generation 41 Then they that gladly receaued his worde were baptized And the same day there were added vnto them about three thousand◠soules 42 And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and felowship and in breakyng of bread and in prayers 43 And feare came vpon euery soule And many wonders and signes were done by the Apostles 44 And all that beleued kept them selues together and had all thynges common 45 And solde their possessions goodes and parted them to all men as euery man had neede 46 And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple and brake bread from house to house and dyd eate their meate together with gladnesse and singlenesse of heart 47 Praysyng God had fauour with all the people And the Lorde added to the Churche dayly such as should be saued ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ 7 The halt is restored to his feete 12 Peter preacheth Christe vnto the people 1 NOwe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the temple at the nynth houre of prayer 2 And a certayne man that was lame from his mothers wombe was brought whom they layde dayly at the gate of the temple which is called beawtifull to aske almes of them that entred into the temple 3 When he sawe Peter and Iohn that they woulde go into the temple he desired to receaue an almes 4 And Peter fastenyng his eyes vpon hym with Iohn sayde Loke on vs. 5 And he gaue heede vnto thē trustyng to receaue somethyng of them 6 Then sayde Peter Syluer and golde haue I none but such as I haue geue I thee In the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth ryse vp and walke 7 And he toke hym by the ryght hande and lyft hym vp And immediatly his feete and ancle bones receaued strength 8 And he sprang stoode and walked and entred with them into the temple walkyng and leaping praysyng God 9 And all the people sawe hym walke and prayse God 10 And they knewe hym that it was he which sate and begged at the beawtifull gate of the temple And they wondred and were sore astonyed at that which had happened vnto hym 11 And as the lame which was healed helde Peter and Iohn all the people ran amased vnto them in the porche that is called Solomons 12 And when Peter sawe that he aunswered vnto the people ☞ Ye men of Israel why maruayle ye at this or why loke ye so on vs as though by our owne power or godlynesse we had made this man to go 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Iacob the God of our fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus whom ye betrayed and denyed in the presence of Pilate when he had iudged hym to be loosed 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust and desired a murtherer to be geuen you 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe whom God hath raysed from the dead of the which we are witnesses 16 And his name through the fayth in his name hath made this man sounde whom ye see and knowe And the fayth which is by hym hath geuen to this man health in the presence of you all 17 And nowe
not be greeued to come vnto them 39 Then Peter arose came with them and when he was come they brought hym into the vpper chamber And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them 40 And Peter put them all foorth and kneled downe and prayed and turned hym to the body and sayde Tabitha aryse And she opened her eyes and when she sawe Peter she sate vp 41 And he gaue her the hande and lyfte her vp and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes he deliuered her alyue 42 And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa many beleued in the Lorde 43 And it came to passe that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa with one Simō a tanner ¶ The .x. Chapter 3 The vision that Peter sawe 1◠He was sent to Cornelius 1◠The heathen receaue the spirite and are baptized 1 THere was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius a captayne of the bande called the Italian bande 2 A deuoute man one y t feared God with all his housholde which gaue much almes to the people and prayed God alway 3 The same sawe by a vision euidently about the ninth houre of the daye an Angel of God commyng in to hym and saying vnto hym Cornelius 4 And when he loked on hym he was afrayde and sayde What is it Lorde And he sayde vnto hym Thy prayers and thyne almes are come vp into remembraunce before God 5 And nowe sende men to Ioppa call for one Simō whose sirname is Peter 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose house is by the sea syde He shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do 7 And when the Angell whiche spake vnto Cornelius was departed he called two of his household seruauntes and a deuout souldier of them that wayted on hym 8 And tolde them all the matter sent them to Ioppa 9 On the morowe as they went on their iourney and drewe nye vnto the citie Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray about the sixth houre 10 And whē he waxed hungry he would haue eaten But whyle they made redie he fell into a traunce 11 And saw heauen opened and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him as it had ben a great sheete knyt at the foure corners was let downe to the earth 12 Wherin were * all maner of fourefooted beastes of the earth wilde beastes and wormes and foules of the ayre 13 And there came a voyce to hym ryse Peter kyll and eate 14 But Peter sayde Not so Lorde For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme * What God hath cleansed that call not thou common 16 This was done thryse and the vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen 17 Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant beholde the men whiche were sent from Cornelius had made inquiraunce for Simons house stoode before the doore 18 And called and asked whether Simō which was sirnamed Peter were lodged there 19 Whyle Peter thought on the vision the spirite said vnto hym beholde three men seke thee 20 Arise therfore and get the downe and go with them doubt not for I haue sent them 21 Then Peter went downe to the men which were sēt vnto him frō Cornelius said Behold I am he whō ye seeke what is the cause wherfore ye are come 22 And they sayde Cornelius the capitayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good report among all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy Angel to sende for thee into his house and to heare wordes of thee 23 Then called he them in and lodged them And on the morowe Peter went away with them and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym 24 And the thirde day after entred they into Cesarea And Cornelius wayted for them and hadde called together his kinsemen and speciall friendes 25 And it came to passe as Peter came in Cornelius met hym fell downe at his feete and worshipped hym 26 But Peter toke him vp saying stande vp * I my selfe also am a man 27 And as he talked with him he came in found many that were come together 28 And he said vnto thē Ye knowe how that it is an vnlawful thyng for a man that is a Iew to companie or come vnto one of another natiō But God hath shewed me that I shoulde not call any man common or vncleane 29 Therefore came I vnto you without delay assoone as I was sent for I aske therfore for what intent ye haue sent for me 30 And Cornelius sayde This day nowe foure dayes about this houre I sate fasting and at the ninth houre I prayed in my house And beholde a man stoode before me in bryght clothyng 31 And sayde Cornelius thy prayer is heard and thyne almes deedes are had in remembraunce in the syght of God 32 Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for Simon whose sirname is Peter He is lodged in the house of one Simō a tanner by the sea syde who when he commeth shall speake vnto thee 33 Then sent I for thee immediatly and thou hast well done that thou art come Nowe therfore are we all here present before God to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto thee of God 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said Of a trueth I perceaue that God hath no regarde of persons 35 But in euery nation he that feareth hym and worketh ryghteousnes is accepted with hym 36 Touchyng the worde which God sēt vnto the chyldren of Israel preachyng peace by Iesus Christe he is Lord ouer all 37 Ye knowe howe the worde was publisshed through all Iurie begynnyng in Galilee after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached 38 Howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy ghoste and with power Who went about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll for God was with hym 39 And we are witnesses of all thynges which he dyd in the land of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whom they slewe and hanged on tree 40 Hym God raysed vp the thirde daye and shewed hym openly 41 Not to al the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead 42 And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead 43 To hym geue all the prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall receaue remission of sinnes ☜ 44 Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy ghost fell on all them whiche hearde the worde 45 And they of the circumcision which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on
the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost 46 For they hearde them speake with tounges magnifie God Then aunswered Peter 47 Can any man forbid water that these shoulde not be baptized which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we 48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. ☜ Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes ¶ The .xj. Chapter 4 Peter sheweth the cause why he went to the Gentiles 18 The Churche approueth it 22 Barnabas Paul preache at Antiochia 28 Agabus prophesieth dearth to come 1 ANd the apostles brethrē that were in Iurie hearde that y e heathē had also receaued the worde of God 2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym 3 Saying Thou wentest in to men vncircūcised diddest eate with them 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng and expounded it by order vnto them saying 5 I was in the citie of Ioppa praying and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certayne vessell descende as it had ben a great sheete let downe from heauen by the foure corners and it came to me 6 Vpon the which whē I had fastened mine eyes I considered sawe foure-footed beastes of the earth and wylde beastes and wormes and foules of the ayre 7 And I hearde a voyce saying vnto me aryse Peter slay and eate 8 But I sayde Not so Lorde For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth 9 But the voyce aunswered me agayne from heauē Make them not cōmon which God hath cleansed 10 And this was done three tymes And all were taken vp agayne into heauen 11 And beholde immediatly there were three men alredy come vnto the house where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me 12 And the spirite sayde vnto me that I shoulde go with thē without doubting Moreouer these sixe brethren accompanyed me we entred into the mans house 13 And he shewed vs howe he had seene an Angel in his house which stoode and sayde vnto hym Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose sirname is Peter 14 He shal tell thee wordes wherby both thou and all thyne house shal be saued 15 And as I began to speake the holy ghost fell on them as he dyd on vs at the begynnyng 16 Then came it to my remembraunce howe that the Lorde sayde Iohn baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holy ghost 17 For as much then as God gaue them the lyke gyft as he dyd vnto vs when we beleued on the Lorde Iesus Christ what was I that I shoulde haue withstande God 18 When they hearde these thynges they helde their peace and glorified God saying Then hath God also to y e Gentiles graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe 19 They also which were scattered abrode through the affliction that arose about Steuen walked throughout vnto Phenices and Cypers and Antioche preachyng the worde to no man but vnto the Iewes only 20 And some of thē were men of Cypers and Cyrenes which when they were come to Antioche spake vnto y e Grekes and preached the Lorde Iesus 21 And the hande of the Lorde was with them and a great number beleued and turned vnto the Lorde 22 Then tydynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the Churche which was in Hierusalē And they sent foorth Barnabas that he shoulde go vnto Antioche 23 Which when he came and had seene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde 24 For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of fayth And much people was added vnto the Lorde 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seeke Saul 26 And when he had founde hym he brought hym vnto Antioche And it came to passe that a whole yere they had their cōuersation with the Church there taught much people in so much that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christians 27 * And in those dayes came prophetes from Hierusalem vnto Antioche 28 And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde be great dearth throughout all the worlde which came to passe in the dayes of Claudius Cesar 29 Then the disciples euery man accordyng to his abilitie purposed to sende * succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie 30 Which thyng they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Herode persecuteth the Christians 2 kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in prison 7 whom the Lorde delyuereth by an Angel 21 The horrible death of Herode 24 The Gospel florissheth 25 Barnabas and Saul turnyng to Antiochia take Iohn Marke with them 1 AT the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde 3 And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceaded further and toke Peter also Then were the dayes of sweete bread 4 And when he had caught hym he put hym in pryson also and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people 5 And Peter was kept in pryson But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche vnto God for hym 6 And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers bounde with two chaynes and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson 7 And beholde the Angel of y e Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the habitation And he smote Peter on the syde and stirred hym vp saying Aryse vp quickly And his chaynes fell of from his handes 8 And the Angel sayde vnto hym gyrde thy selfe bynde on thy sandales And so he dyd And he sayeth vnto hym cast thy garment about thee and folow me 9 And he came out and folowed hym and wyst not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel but thought he had seene a vision 10 When they were past the first and the seconde watch they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accorde And they went out and passed through one streate and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym 11 And when Peter was come to hym selfe he sayde Nowe I knowe of a suertie that the Lorde hath sent his Angel and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes ☜ 12 ☞ And as he considered the thyng he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn whose sirname was Marke where many were gathered together in prayer 13 As Peter knocked at the entrie doore a damsell came foorth to
prepared to go into Macedonia beyng certified that y e Lorde had called vs for to preache the Gospel vnto them 11 When we loosed foorth then from Troada we came with a strayght course to Samothracia and the next day to Neapolis 12 And from thence to Philippos which is the chiefe citie in the partes of Macedonia and a free citie And we were in that citie abydyng certayne dayes 13 And on the day of the Sabbothes we went out of the citie besydes a ryuer where prayer was wont to be made And we sate downe and spake vnto the women which resorted thyther 14 And a certayne woman named Lydia a seller of purple of the citie of the Thyatirians which worshipped God gaue vs audience Whose hearte the Lorde opened that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spake 15 And when she was baptized and her householde she besought vs saying Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde come into my house and abyde there And she constrayned vs. 16 And it came to passe as we went to prayer a certayne damsell possessed with a spirite of southsaying met vs which brought her maisters much vantage with southsaying 17 The same folowed Paul and vs and cryed saying These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God which shewe vnto vs the way of saluation 18 And this dyd she many dayes But Paul not content turned about sayde to the spirite I commaunde thee in the name of Iesu Christe that thou come out of her And he came out the same houre 19 And when her maisters sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone they caught Paul Silas and drewe them into the market place vnto the rulers 20 And brought them to the officers saying These men trouble our citie being Iewes 21 And preache ordinaunces which are not lawfull for vs to receaue neither to obserue seeyng we are Romanes 22 And the people ran agaynst them and the officers rent their clothes and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes 23 And when they had beaten them sore they cast them into pryson commaundyng the iayler of the pryson to kepe them diligently 24 Which when he had receaued such commaundement thrust them into the inner pryson and made their feete fast in the stockes 25 And at mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed and lauded God And the prysoners hearde them 26 And sodenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundation of the pryson was shaken and immediatly all the doores opened and euery mans bandes were loosed 27 When the keper of the pryson waked out of his sleepe and sawe the pryson doores open he drewe out his sworde and woulde haue kylled hym selfe supposyng that the prysoners had ben fled 28 But Paul cryed with a loude voyce saying Do thy selfe no harme for we are all here 29 Then he called for a lyght and sprang in and came tremblyng and fell downe before Paul and Silas 30 And brought them out sayde Syrs what must I do to be saued 31 And they sayde beleue on the Lorde Iesus Christe and thou shalt be saued and thy householde 32 And they spake vnto hym the worde of the Lorde and to all that were in his house 33 And he toke them the same houre of the nyght and wasshed their woundes and was baptized hym selfe all they of his householde strayghtway 34 And when he had brought them into his house he set meat before them and ioyed that he with all his householde beleued on God 35 And when it was day the officers sent the sergeauntes saying Let these men go 36 And the keper of the pryson tolde this saying to Paul the officers haue sent worde to loose you Nowe therfore get you hence and go in peace 37 Then sayde Paul vnto them They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned beyng Romanes and haue cast vs into pryson and nowe woulde they thrust vs out priuily Nay veryly but let them come them selues and fet vs out 38 And the sergeaunts tolde these wordes vnto the officers and they feared when they hearde that they were Romanes 39 And they came and besought them and brought them out and desired thē to depart out of the citie 40 And they went out of the pryson and entred into the house of Lydia when they had seene the brethren they comforted them and departed ⧠The .xvij. Chapter 1 Paul commeth to Thessalonica where the Iewes set the citie in an vprore 15 Paul escapeth to Athens where he preacheth the vnknowen God 1 AS they made their iourney thorowe Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica where was a synagogue of the Iewes 2 And Paul as his maner was went in vnto them and three Sabboth dayes disputed with thē out of the scriptures 3 Openyng and alleagyng that Christ must needes haue suffred and rysen agayne from the dead and that this is Christe Iesus which I preache to you 4 And some of them beleued and ioyned with Paul and Silas and of the deuout Grekes a great multitude and of the chiefe women not a fewe 5 But the Iewes whiche beleued not moued with enuie toke vnto them certaine vagaboundes and euyll men and gathered a companie and set all the citie on a rore and made assault vnto the house of Iason sought to bryng them out to the people 6 And when they founde them not they drewe Iason and certaine brethren vnto the heades of the citie crying these that trouble the world are come hyther also 7 Whom Iason hath receaued priuily And these al do contrary to the decrees of Caesar saying that there is another kyng one Iesus 8 And they troubled the people and the officers of the citie when they hearde these thynges 9 And when they were sufficiently aunswered of Iason and of the other they let them go 10 And the brethren immediatlye sent away Paul Silas by nyght vnto Berea Which when they were come thyther they entred into the synagogue of the Iewes 11 These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica which receaued the worde with all redynesse of mynde and searched the scriptures dayly whether those thynges were so 12 Therfore many of them beleued Also of honest women which were Grekes and of men not a fewe 13 But when the Iewes of Thessalonica had knowledge that y e worde of God was preached of Paul at Berea they came thyther and moued the people 14 And then immediatly the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea but Silas Timotheus abode there styll 15 And they that guyded Paul brought hym vnto Athens and receaued a commaundement vnto Silas Timotheus for to come to hym with speede went their way 16 Whyle Paul wayted for them at Athens his spirite was moued in hym when he sawe the citie geuē to worshippyng of idoles 17 Therfore disputed he in the synagogue with the Iewes and with the deuout persons
can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are and yet without sinne 16 Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may obteyne mercie and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede The .v. Chapter 5 He compareth Iesus Christe with the Leuiticall priestes she wyng wherein they eyther agree or dissent 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes 1 FOr euery hye priest taken from among men is ordeined for men in things parteynyng to God to offer gyftes sacrifices for sinne 2 Which can sufficiently haue compassion on the ignoraunt on them that erre out of the waye forasmuche as he hym selfe also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for y e same infirmitie he is bounde to offer for sinnes aswell for hym selfe as for the people 4 And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron 5 Euen so Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made y e hye priest but he that sayde vnto hym thou art my sonne to day haue I begotten thee gaue it hym 6 As he saith also in another place thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech ☜ 7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death and was hearde in that which he feared 8 Though he were the sonne yet learned he obediēce by these thinges which he suffred 9 And being perfect was made the aucthour of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym 10 And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech 11 Of whom we haue many thynges to say and harde to be vttered seing ye are dull of hearyng 12 For when as concernyng the tyme ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God and are become such as haue nede of mylke and not of strong meate 13 For euery one that vseth mylke is vnexpert of the worde of righteousnes for he is a babe 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte euen those whiche by reason of vse haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He proceadeth in reprouyng them and exhorteth them not to faynt 12 but to be stedfast and pacient 18 forasmuch as God is sure in his promise 1 THerefore leauyng the doctrine of the begynnyng of Christe let vs go foorth vnto perfection not laying agayne the foundatiō of repentaunce from dead workes and of fayth towarde God 2 Of the doctrine of baptismes and of laying on of handes and of resurrection of the dead and of eternall iudgement 3 And this wyll I do yf God permit 4 For it can not be that they which were once lighted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft and were become partakers of the holy ghost 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God and the powers of the worlde to come 6 And they fall away shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce hauyng crucified to thē selues the sonne of God a fresshe and made a mocke of hym 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed receaueth blessyng of God 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned 9 Neuerthelesse deare frendes we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you and thynges whiche accompanie saluation though we thus speake 10 For God is not vnryghteous to forget your worke labour of loue whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name hauyng ministred to the saintes and do minister 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence to the full assuraunce of hope vnto the ende 12 That ye faynt not but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises 13 For when God made promise to Abraham because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by hym selfe 14 Saying Surely blessyng I wyll blesse thee and multipliyng multiplie thee 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently he enioyed the promise 16 For men veryly sweare by the greater and an oth for confirmation is to them an ende of all stryfe 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise the stablenesse of his counsayle confirmed by an oth 18 That by two immutable thynges in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye we myght haue a strong consolation which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs 19 Which hope we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast and entryng in into that thing which is within the vayle 20 Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred euen Iesus after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer ⧠The .vij Chapter 1 He compareth the priesthood of Christe vnto Melchisedech 11 also Christes priesthood with the Leuites 1 FOr this Melchisedech kyng of Salem priest of the most hye God who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges and blessed hym 2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges first being called by interpretatiō king of righteousnes after y t also kyng of Salem which is kyng of peace 3 Without father without mother without kynne hauyng neither beginnyng of dayes neither ende of lyfe but lykened vnto the sonne of God and continueth a priest for euer 4 Nowe consider howe great this man was vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles 5 And veryly * they which are of the children of Leuie which receaue the office of the priesthood haue a commaundement to take tythe of the people accordyng to the lawe that is of their brethren though they came out of y e loynes of Abraham 6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them receaued tythe of Abraham and blessed hym that had the promises 7 And without all controuersie the lesse is blessed of the better 8 And here men that dye receaue tithes but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth 9 And to say the trueth Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes payed tythes in Abraham 10 For he was yet in the loynes of his father when Melchisedech met Abraham 11 If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of y e Leuites For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech and not to be called after the order of Aaron 12 For yf the priesthood be translated of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe 13 For he of whom these thynges are
the king as hauyng the preeminence 14 Other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers but for the lande of them that do well 15 For so is the wyll of God that with well doyng ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men 16 As free and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruauntes of God 17 Honour all men Loue brotherly felowship Feare God Honour the kyng 18 Seruauntes obey your maisters with all feare not only yf they be good curteous but also though they be frowarde 19 * For it is thanke worthy ☜ yf a man for cōscience toward god endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued 20 For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes ye take it paciently But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong take it paciently then is there thanke with God 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called for ☞ Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye should folowe his steppes 22 Which did no sinne neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth 23 Whiche when he was reuiled reuiled not agayne when he suffred he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously 24 Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we beyng deliuered from sinne shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes By whose strypes ye were healed 25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules The .iij. Chapter 1 Howe wyues ought to order themselues towarde their husbandes 3 And in their apparell 7 The duetie of men towarde their wyues 8 He exhorteth all men to vnitie and loue 14 And paciently to suffer trouble by the example and benefite of Christe 1 LIkewise ye wyues be in subiectiō to your husbandes that euen they whiche obey not the word may without the word be wonne by the cōuersation of y e wiues 2 Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare 3 Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere hanging on of gold eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparel 4 But let the hid man whiche is in the heart be without all corruption so that the spirite be at rest and quiet whiche spirite is before god a thing much set by 5 For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God tyre them selues and were obedient vnto theyr husbandes 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called hym Lorde whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afrayde for any terrour 7 Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge geuyng honour vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe that your prayers be not hyndered 8 ☞ In conclusion be ye all of one minde of one heart loue as brethren be pitiful be curteous 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are therevnto called euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll and his lippes that they speake no guyle 11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good let hym seke peace and ensue it 12 For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll 13 Moreouer who is it that wyll harme you yf ye folowe that which is good 14 Yea happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes ☜ Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you 16 And that with mekenesse and feare hauyng a good conscience that where as they backebite you as euyll doers they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe 17 For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffer for wel doyng then for euyll doyng 18 ☞ Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe but was quickened in the spirite 19 In which spirite he also went preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson 20 Which sometime had ben disobedient when once the long sufferyng of God abode in y e dayes of Noe whyle the Arke was a preparyng wherein fewe that is to say eyght soules were saued in the water 21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs euen baptisme not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe but in that a good conscience maketh request to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christe 22 Which is on the ryght hande of God and is gone into heauen angels powers and myght subdued vnto hym ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth men to ceasse from sinne 2 to spende no more tyme in vice 7 to be sober and apt to pray 8 to loue eche other 12 to be pacient in trouble 15 to beware that no man suffer as an euyll doer 16 but as a christian man and so not to be ashamed 1 FOr as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde for he which suffereth in the fleshe ceasseth from sinne 2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue as much tyme as remayneth in y e fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyll of God 3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe after the wyll of the gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse lustes in excesse of wynes in excesse of eatyng in excesse of drynkyng and abominable idolatrie 4 And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote and therefore speake they euyll of you 5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead 6 For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto y e dead that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe but should lyue before God in the spirite 7 The ende of all thynges is at hande 8 ☞ Be ye therefore sober and watche vnto prayer 8 But aboue all thynges haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes 9 Be ye harberous one to another without grudgyng 10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft euē so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God 11 If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes
howe that I haue had but litle labour yet haue founde much rest 28 O receaue wysdome and ye shal haue plenteousnes of siluer and golde in possession 29 Let your minde reioyce in his mercie and be not ashamed of his prayse 30 Worke his worke betimes and he shal geue you your rewarde in due season The ende of the booke of Iesus the sonne of Sirach which is called in Latine Ecclesiasticus ⧠The booke of the Prophete Baruch ¶ The first Chapter 1 Baruch wrote a booke during the captiuitie of Babylon which he read before Ieconias and all the people 10 The Iewes sent the booke with money vnto Hierusalem to their other brethren to the entent that they should pray for them 1 AND these are the wordes of the booke which were writteÌ„ by Baruch the sonne of Nerias the sonne of Maasias y e sonne of Sedechias the sonne of Helchias at Babylon 2 In the fifth yere and in the seuenth day of the moneth what time as the Chaldees toke Hierusalem and brent it vp with fyre 3 And Baruch did reade the wordes of this booke that Iechonias the sonne of Ioachin king of Iuda might heare and in the presence of all the people that were come to heare the booke 4 And before all the nobles the kinges sonnes and before the elders and before the whole people from the lowest vnto the highest before all them that dwelt at Babylon by the water of Sody 5 Which when they heard it wept fasted and prayed before the Lorde 6 They made a collection also of money according to euery mans power 7 And sent it to Hierusalem vnto Ioachin the sonne of Helchia the sonne of Salom priest with the other priestes and to all the people which were with him at Hierusalem 8 What time as they had gotten the vessels of the temple of the Lord that were taken away out of the temple that they might bring them againe into the lande of Iuda the tenth day of the moneth Siuan namely siluer vessels which Sedechias the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda had made 9 After that Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon had taken Iechonias with al his princes lordes and all the people and led them captiue from Hierusalem vnto Babylon 10 And they saide Beholde we haue sent you money to bye you burnt offringes and incense withall prepare a meate offering and offer for sinne vpon the aulter of the Lorde our God 11 And pray for the prosperitie of Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon and for the welfare of Balthasar his sonne that their dayes may be vpon earth as the dayes of heauen 12 That God also may geue vs strength and lighten our eyes that we may lyue vnder the defence of Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon and vnder the protection of Balthasar his sonne that we may long do them seruice and finde fauour in their sight 13 Pray for vs also vnto the Lorde our God for we haue sinned against the lord our God and vnto this day is not his wrath turned yet away from vs. 14 And see that ye reade this booke which we haue sent vnto you to be rehearsed in the temple of the Lorde vpon the hye dayes and at time conuenient 15 Thus shall ye say The Lorde our God is righteous but we are worthy of confusion and shame lyke as it is come to passe this day vnto all Iuda and to euery one that dwelleth at Hierusalem 16 To our kinges princes priestes prophetes and to our fathers 17 We haue sinned before the Lorde our God we haue not put our trust in him nor geuen him credence 18 We haue not obeyed him we haue not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde our God to walke in the commaundementes that he gaue vs openly 19 Since the day that he brought our forefathers out of the lande of Egypt vnto this present day we haue ben euer a misbeleuing and an vnfaithfull people vnto the Lorde our God destroying our selues vtterly and shrincking backe that we should not heare his voyce 20 Wherefore there are come vpon vs great plagues and diuers curses lyke as the Lord deuised by Moyses his seruaunt which brought our fathers out of the lande of Egypt to geue vs a lande that floweth with milke hony lyke as it is to see this day 21 Neuerthelesse we haue not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde our God according to all the wordes of the prophetes whom he sent vnto vs and to our rulers 22 But euery man folowed his owne minde and wicked imagination to offer vnto straunge goddes and to do euil in the sight of the Lorde our God The .ii. Chapter 1 The Iewes confesse that they iustly suffer for their sinnes 2 The true confession of the christen 11 The Iewes desire to haue the wrath of God turned from them 21 The Lorde wyll that we obeye vnto princes although they be euill 32 He promyseth that he wyll call againe the people from captiuitie and geue them a newe and an euerlasting testament 1 FOr the which cause the Lorde our God hath perfourmed his deuice whereof he certified vs our heades that ruled in Hierusalem yea our kinges our princes with all Israel and Iuda 2 And such plagues hath the Lorde brought vpon vs as neuer came to passe vnder the heauen lyke as it is fulfilled in Hierusalem according as it is written in the lawe of Moyses 3 That a man shoulde eate the flesh of his owne sonne the flesh of his owne daughter 4 Moreouer he hath deliuered them into the handes of all the kinges that are rounde about vs to be confounded and desolate and scattered them abrode in al landes and nations 5 Thus are we brought beneath and not aboue because we haue sinned against the Lorde our God and haue not ben obedient vnto his voyce 6 Therefore the Lorde our God is righteous and we with our fathers as reason is are brought to open shame as it is to see this day 7 And as for these plagues that are come vpon vs alredy the Lorde had deuised them for vs 8 Yet would we not pray vnto the Lord our God that we might euery man turne from his vngodlie wayes 9 So the Lord hath caused such plagues to come vpon vs for he is righteous â— all his workes which he hath coÌ„â—ded vs 10 Which we also haue not doâ—â—kened vnto his voyce 〈…〉 commaundeme◠〈…〉 he hath geuen vnto vs. 11 And nowe O Lorde God of Israel thou that hast brought thy people out of the lande of Egypt with a mightie hande with tokens and wonders with thy great power outstretched arme and hast gotten thy selfe a name as it is come to passe this day 12 O Lord our God we haue sinned we haue done wickedly we haue behaued our selues vngodly in all thy righteousnesses 13 Turne thy wrath from vs we beseche thee for we are but a fewe left among the heatheÌ„
where thou hast scatered vs. 14 Heare our prayers O Lorde and our petitions bring vs out of captiuitie for thyne owne sake get vs fauour in the sight of them which haue led vs away 15 That all landes may know that thou art the Lorde our God and that Israel and his generation calleth vpon thy name 16 O Lorde loke downe from thy holy house vpon vs encline thyne eare and heare vs. 17 Open thyne eyes and beholde for the dead that be gone downe to their graues whose soules are out of their bodies ascribe vnto the Lorde neither prayse nor righteousnes 18 But the soule that is vexed for the multitude of her sinnes which goeth on heauyly and weakly whose eyes begin to faile yea such a soule ascribeth prayse and righteousnes vnto the Lorde 19 For we poure out our prayers before thee and require mercie in thy sight O Lorde our God not for any godlynes of our fathers 20 But because thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation vpon vs according as thou diddest threaten vs by thy seruauntes the prophetes saying 21 Thus saith the Lorde Bowe downe your shoulders and neckes and serue the king of Babylon so shall ye remaine still in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers 22 But if ye wyll not heare the voyce of the Lorde your God to serue the king of Babylon 23 I wyll destroy you in the cities of Iuda within Hierusalem and without I wyll also take from you the voyce of mirth and the voyce of ioy the voyce of the bridegrome and the voyce of the bride and there shal no man dwel more in the lande 24 But they would not hearken vnto thy voyce to do the king of Babylon seruice and therefore hast thou perfourmed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes namely that the bones of our kinges and the bones of our fathers should be translated out of their places 25 And lo nowe are they layde out in the heate of the sunne and in the colde of the night and dead in great miserie with hunger with sword with pestilence and are cleane cast foorth 26 As for the temple wherein thy name was called vpō thou hast layd it waste as it is to see this day and that for the wickednesse of the house of Israel and the house of Iuda 27 O Lorde our God thou hast intreated vs after all thy goodnes and according to all that great louing mercie of thyne 28 Lyke as thou spakest by thy seruaunt Moyses in the day when thou diddest commaunde him to write thy lawe before the children of Israel saying 29 If ye wyl not hearkē vnto my voyce then shall this great multitude be turned into a very small people among the nations for I wyll scatter them abrode 30 Notwithstanding I am sure that this folke wyl not heare me for it is an hard necked people but in the lande of their captiuitie they shall remember them selues 31 And learne to know that I am the Lorde their God when I geue them an heart to vnderstande and eares to heare 32 Then shal they prayse me in the lande of their captiuitie and thinke vpon my name 33 Then shal they turne them from their harde backes and from their vngodlines then shall they remember the thinges that happened vnto their fathers which sinned against me 34 So wyll I bring them againe into the lande which I promysed with an oth vnto their fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob and they shal be lordes of it yea I wyll encrease them and not minishe them 35 And I wyll make an other couenaunt with them such one as shall endure for euer namely that I will be their God and they shal be my people and I will no more dryue my people the children of Israel out of the lande that I haue geuen them The .iii. Chapter 1 The people continueth in their prayer begun for their deliueraunce 9 He prayseth wysdome vnto the people shewing that so great aduersities came vnto them for the despising therof 36 Only God was the finder of wysdome 37 Of the incarnation of Christ 1 ANd nowe O Lorde almightie thou God of Israel our soule that is in trouble and our spirite that is vexed cryeth vnto thee 2 Heare vs O Lord and haue pitie vpon vs for thou art a mercifull God be gracious vnto vs for we haue sinned before thee 3 Thou endurest for euer shoulde we then vtterly perishe 4 O Lorde almightie thou God of Israel heare nowe the prayer of the dead Israelites and of their children whiche haue sinned before thee and not hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde their God for the whiche cause these plagues hang nowe vpon vs. 5 O Lord remember not the wickednesse of our forefathers but thinke vpon thy power and name nowe at this time 6 For thou art the Lorde our God and thee O Lorde will we prayse 7 For thou hast put thy feare in our heartes to the intent that we should call vpon thy name and prayse thee in our captiuitie that we might turne from the wickednesse of our forefathers that sinned before thee 8 Behold we are yet this day in our captiuitie where as thou hast scattered vs to be an abhomination curse and subiect to exactions like as it hath happened vnto our fathers also because of al their wickednesse and departing from thee 9 O Israel heare the commaundementes of lyfe ponder them well with thyne cares that thou maiest learne wisdome 10 But howe happeneth it Israel that thou art in thyne enemies lande thou art waxen olde in a straunge countrey and defiled with the dead 11 Why art thou become lyke them that go downe to their graues 12 Euen because thou hast forsaken the well of wysdome 13 For if thou hadst walked in the way of God truely thou shouldest haue remayned still safe in thyne owne lande 14 O learne then where is wysdome where vertue is where vnderstanding is that thou mayest knowe also from whence commeth long continuaunce and lyfe the light of the eyes and quietnesse 15 Who euer founde out her place or who came euer into her treasures 16 Where are the princes of the heathen become and such as ruled the beastes vpon the earth 17 They that had their pastime with the foules of the ayre they that hoorded vp siluer gold wherin men trust so much and made no end of their gathering 18 What is become of them that coyned siluer and were so carefull and coulde not bring their workes to passe 19 They be rooted out and gone downe to hell and other men are come vp in their steades 20 Young men haue seene light and dwelt vpon earth but the way of reformation haue they not knowen 21 Nor vnderstande the pathes thereof neither haue their children receaued it yea right farre is it from them 22 It hath not ben heared of in the land of Chanaan neither hath it
31 As for thou that imaginest al mischiefe against the Iewes thou shalt not escape the hande of God 32 For we suffer these thinges because of our sinnes 33 And though the liuing Lord be angry with vs a litle while for our chastening and reformation yet shall he be at one againe with his seruauntes 34 But thou O godlesse man and of all other the most wicked pride not thy selfe through vaine hope in being so malitious vpon the seruauntes of God 35 For thou hast not yet escaped the iudgementes of God which is almightie seeth all thinges 36 My brethren that haue suffered a litle paine are nowe vnder the couenaunt of euerlasting lyfe but through the iudgement of God thou shalt be punished righteously for thy pride 37 As for me lyke as my brethren haue done I offer my soule and my bodye for the lawes of our fathers calling vpon God that he wyll soone be mercifull vnto our people yea and with paine and punishment to make thee graunt that he onely is God 38 In me nowe and in my brethren the wrath of almightie God is at an ende which righteously is fallen vpon all our people 39 Then the king being kindled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon al the other and toke indignation that he was so lightly regarded 40 So this young man dyed vndefiled and put his trust still in the Lorde 41 Last of all after the sonnes was the mother put to death also 42 Let this now be inough spoken concerning the offeringes and extreme cruelnesse The .viij. Chapter 1 Iudas gathereth together his hoast 9 Nicanor is sent against Iudas 16 Iudas exhorteth his souldiers to constantnes 20 Nicanor is ouercome 27 The Iewes geueth thankes after they haue put their enemies to flight deuiding the spoyles vnto the fatherlesse and vnto the wydowes 35 Nicanor fleeth vnto Antiochus 1 THen Iudas Machabeus and they that were with him went priuilie into the townes called their kinsefolkes friendes together toke vnto them al such as continued yet in the faith and lawe of the Iewes and brought forth sixe thousand men 2 So they called vpon the Lorde that he woulde haue an eye vnto his people which was troden downe of euery man to be gratious vnto the temple that was defiled of the vngodly 3 To haue compassion vpon the destruction of the citie which was shortly lyke to be layde waste to heare the voyce of the blood that cryed vnto him 4 To remember the most vnrighteous deathes of young innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name and to punishe them 5 Now when Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the heathen for the wrath of the Lorde was turned into mercie 6 He fell vpon the townes and cities vnwares brent them toke the most commodious places and slue many of the enemies 7 But specially he made such chases by night insomuch that his manlines was spoken of euery where 8 So when Philip sawe that the man encreased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomi which was a captaine in Celosyria and Phenices to helpe him in the kinges busines 9 Then sent he Nicanor the sonne of Patroclus a speciall friend of his in all the haste and gaue him of the common sorte of the heathen no lesse then twentie thousand harnessed men to roote out the whole generation of the Iewes hauing to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concerning battailes had great experience 10 Nicanor ordayned also the tribute which the Romanes shoulde haue had to be euen vnto the king out of the captiue of the Iewes namely two thousand talentes 11 And immediatly he sent to the cities of the sea coaste requiring them for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes and bondmen promysing to sell them fourscore and ten for one talent but he considered not the wrath of almightie God that was to come vpon him 12 When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes that were with him of Nicanors comming 13 Now were there some of them fearefull not trusting vnto the righteousnes of God and fled their way and abode not in that place 14 But the other that remained came together and besought the Lorde to deliuer them from that wicked Nicanor which had solde them or euer he came nye them 15 And though he woulde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made with their fathers and because they called vpon his holy and glorious name 16 And so Machabeus called his men together namely about sixe thousand exhorting them not to agree vnto their enemies neither to be afraide for the multitude of their aduersaries comming against them vnrighteously but to fight manly 17 Considering the reproofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despised and oppressed the citie yea and destroyed the lawes of the fathers 18 For they saide he trust in their weapons and boldnesse but our confidence is in the almightie Lorde which in the twinkling of an eye may both destroye them and come against vs and all the worlde 19 He exhorted them also to call to remembraunce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as when there perished an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of Sennacheribs people 20 And of the battaile that they had in Babylon against the Galathians how all the Macedonians that came to helpe them being foure thousand stoode in feare and howe they being onely but sixe thousand slue an hundred twentie thousand through the helpe that was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites 21 Through these wordes the men toke good heartes vnto them redie to dye for the lawe and the countrey 22 So he set vpon euery company a captaine one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuing ech one fifteene hundred men 23 He caused Esdras also to reade the holy booke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God then he him selfe being captaine in the forefront of the battaile buckled with Nicanor 24 And God was their helpe insomuch that they slue aboue nine thousand men and compelled the more part of Nicanors hoast to flee they were so wounded and feeble 25 Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye them and folowed vpon them on euery side 29 But when the time came vpon them they returned for it was the day before the Sabbath and therefore they folowed no more vpon them 27 So they toke their weapons spoyles and kept the Sabbath geuing thankes vnto the Lorde which had deliuered them that day and shewed them the beginning of his mercie 28 After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to the fatherlesse and to wydowes the residue had they them selues with theirs 29 When this was done and
they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercifull Lorde to be at one with his seruauntes 30 Of those also that were with Timotheus and Bacchides which fought against them they slue twentie thousand wanne high and strong holdes and deuided mo spoyles euer geuing an equal portion vnto the sicke to the fatherlesse to wydowes and to aged persons 31 And when they had diligently gathered their weapons together they layde them all in conuenient places and the remnaunt of the spoyles brought they to Hierusalem 32 They slue also Philarches that wicked person which was with Timotheus and had vexed many Iewes 33 And when they helde the thankesgeuing at Hierusalem for the victory they brent those that had set fire on the portes of the temple namely Calisthenes which was fled into an house and so they gat a worthy rewarde for their wickednesse 34 As for that most vngratious Nicanor which had brought a thousand marchauntes to bye the Iewes 35 He was through the helpe of the Lord brought downe euen of them whom he regarded not insomuch that he put of his glorious rayment fled by sea and came alone to Antioch with great shame and dishonour which he gat through the destruction of his hoast 36 Thus he that promysed the Romanes to pay them their tribute when he toke Hierusalem began nowe to say plainely that God was the defender of the Iewes and therefore not possible to wounde them because they folowed the lawes which God had made The .ix. Chapter 1 Antiochus wylling to spoyle Persepolis is dryuen to flight 9 As he persecuted the Iewes he is striken of the Lorde 13 The faigned repentaunce of Antiochus 28 He dyeth 1 AT the same time came Antiochus againe with dishonour out of Persia 2 For when he came to Persepolis and vndertoke to robbe the temple and to subdue the citie the people ranne together and defended them selues insomuch that he and his were faine to flee with shame and so after that flight it happened that Antiochus came againe with dishonour 3 But when he came to Egbatana he gat knowledge what was happened vnto Nicanor and Timotheus 4 Now as he was auauncing him selfe in his wrath he thought he was able to auenge the iniurie that was done to them vpon the Iewes therfore commaunded to make redy his charret hasting on his iourney without ceassing the iudgement of God prouoking him because he had spoken so proudly that he would come to Hierusalem make it a graue of the Iewes 5 But the Lorde God of Israel that seeth all thinges smote him with an vncurable and an inuisible plague which no man could heale For assoone as he had spoken these wordes there came vpon him an horryble paine of his bowels a sore griefe of the inner partes 6 And that was but right for he had martyred other mens bowels with diuers and straunge tormentes 7 Howbeit he woulde in no wyse ceasse from his malice yea he was yet the prouder and more malicious against the Iewes but whyle he was commaunding to make haste in the matter it happened that he fell downe violently from the charret that ranne swiftly so that it bruised his body and did him great payne 8 And so he that thought a litle before he might commaund the fluddes of the sea so proude was he beyond the condition of man and to waye the hye mountaynes in a payre of balaunce was now brought downe to the grounde and carried vpon a horslitter knowledging the manifest power of God vpon him 9 So that the wormes came out of the bodie of this wicked man in aboūdance and whiles he was aliue his flesh fell of for paine and torment and all his armie was greeued at his smell 10 Thus he that a litle afore thought he might reache to the starres of heauen him might no man now abide nor beare for the vehemencie of stincke 11 Therefore he being brought from his great pride began for to come to the knowledge of him selfe for the punishment of God warned him his payne encreased euer more and more 12 And when he him selfe might not abide his owne stincke he saide these wordes It is reason to be obedient vnto God and that a man which is mortall thinke not through pride him selfe to be equall vnto God 13 This wicked person prayed also vnto the Lorde who nowe woulde haue no mercie vpon him 14 And as for the citie that he came vnto so hastyly to bring it downe to the ground and to make it a graue for dead men now he desireth to deliuer it free 15 And as touching the Iewes whom he had iudged not worthy to be buried but woulde haue cast them out with their children for to be deuoured of the foules and wilde beastes saying that he woulde haue destroyed both olde and young now he promysed to make them like the citezins of Athens 16 And where as he had spoyled the holy temple afore nowe he maketh promyse to garnishe it with great giftes to encrease the holy ornamentes and of his owne rentes to beare the costes charges belonging to the offringes 17 Yea and that he would also become a Iewe hym selfe to go through euery place of the worlde that was inhabyted and to preache the power of God 18 But when his paynes would not ceasse for the ryghteous iudgement of God was come vpon hym out of a very dispayre he wrote vnto the Iewes a letter of intercession conteyning these words 19 The king and prince Antiochus wisheth vnto the vertuous citezins of the Iewes much health and good prosperitie 20 If ye and your children fare well and if all thinges go after your minde we geue great thankes 21 In my sicknesse also do I remember you louyngly for as I came out of Persia was taken with sore disease I thought it necessary to care for the common wealth 22 Neither dispaire I in my selfe but haue a good hope to escape this sickenesse 23 But considering that my father led an hoast somtime in the higher places and shewed who should raigne after him 24 That if there happened any controuersie or any hard thing were declared they in the lande might knowe their chiefe Lorde that there should be no insurrection 25 Againe when I ponder with my selfe how that al the mightie men and neighbours rounde about are laying wayse loke but for oportunitie to do harme I haue ordeined that my sonne Antiochus shall raigne after me whom I oft commended to many of you when I was in the higher kingdomes haue written vnto him as it foloweth hereafter 26 Therfore I pray you and require you to remember the benefites that I haue done vnto you generally and in especiall and that euery man wil be faythfull to me and my sonne 27 For I hope that he shal be of sober and louing behauour and if he folowe my deuice he shal be indifferent vnto you 28 Thus that murtherer and blasphemer of God