a worshypper of ymages hath any enherytaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceyue you w t vayne wordes For because of suche thynges commeth the wrath of God vpon the chyldren of dysobedyencâ— Be not ye therfore companyons of theÌ„ Ye were somtime darckenes but now are ye lyght in the Lorde Walcke as chyldren of lyght For the fruyte of the spyryte consysteth in all goodnes and ryghtuousnes and trueth ⊢ Accepte that whyche is pleasynge vnto the Lorde and haue no felowshyppe wyth the vnfruytefull workes of darckenes but rather rebuke them For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of theÌ„ in secret but al thinges when they are rebuked of the lyghte are manyfest For whatsoeuer is manifest that same is light Wherfore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shal gyue the lyght ✚ Take hede therefore howe ye walcke â—ircâ—â—spectly not as vnwise but as wyse meÌ„ auoydynge occasyon because the dayes are euyll Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstande what the wyl of the Lorde is and be not droncke with wyne wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite speakyng vnto youre selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spiritual songes syngyng and making melodie to the Lord in your hertes gyuyng thankes alwayes for al thynges vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ submyttyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ⊢ Ye wemeÌ„ submyt your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde For the husbaÌ„de is the wiues head eueÌ„ as Christ is the head of the congregacion the same is he that ministreth saluacion vnto the body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccyon to Christ lyke wyse let the wemeÌ„ also be in subieccion to their husbandes in all thynges Ye husbaÌ„des loue your wyues eueÌ„ as Christ also loued the coÌ„gregacion gaue him selfe for it to sanctyfye it clensed it in the fountayne of water thorowe the worde to make it vnto him selfe a gloryous congregacioÌ„ without spot or wrynckle or any such thyng but that it shulde be holy without blame So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodyes He that loueth his wyfe loueth himself For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norysheth cheryssheth it eueÌ„ as the Lorde doth the congregacion For we are meÌ„bers of his body of hys flesshe of his bones For this cause shall a man leue father mother shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and of two shal be made one flesshe This is a great secrete but I speake of Christ of the congregacion Neuerthelesse do ye so that euery one loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe And let the wyfe fere her husbande ¶ Howe chyldren shulde be haue them selues toward theiâ—â—â—rtutes Seruauntes towarde their maystees An exhorâ—â—â—yon to thâ— spiritâ—â—l baâ—â—aylâ— CAPI VI. C HyldreÌ„ obey your fathers mothers in the Lord for that is ryght Honour thy father mother the same is the fyrst coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t in the promes that y â— mayest prospere lyue longe on the earth Ye fathers moue not your childreÌ„ to wrath but ye shal bring them vp thorow the nurtur informacion of the Lorde Ye seruauÌ„tes be obedyent vnto theÌ„ that are your bodely maisters with feare tremblyng euen with the synglenes of youre herte as vnto Christe not doynge seruyce vnto the eye â–ª as they that go about to please men but as the seruauntes of Christ doyng the wyl of god from the herte w t good wyl seruyng the Lorde not men Knowyng this that what soeuer good thiÌ„g any man doth the same shall he receyue agayne of god whether he be boÌ„de or fre And ye maisters do euen the same thynges vnto theÌ„ puttyng away threatninges Knowyng that your master also is in heauen nether is there any respecte of person with him ✚ Finally my brethren be stronge thorowe the Lord and thorow the power of his myght Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assautes of the deuyl For we wrestle not agaynst bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly rulers eueÌ„ gouerners of the derckenes of this worlde agaynst spiritual craftynes in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye maye be able to resyst in the euyl day and stande perfect in all thinges Stande therfore your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the brest plate of ryghtuousnes hauyng shoes on your fete that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace Aboue al take to you the shâ—ld of faith wherwith ye may quenche al the fyrie dartê of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion the sweard of the spirite which is the worde of God ⊢ And pray alwayes w t al maner of prayer supplicacion in the spirite watche therunto with all instaunce supplicacion for al sanctes for me that vtteraunce may be gyuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my Gospel wherof I am messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as I ought to speake But that ye may also knowe what condycyon I am in and what I do Tichicus the deare brother and faythfull mynyster in the Lorde shall shewe you of al thynges whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe what case we stande in and that ye myght comforte your hertes Peace be vnto the brethren and loue wyth fayth from God the Father and from the Lord Iesus Christ. Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen ¶ Sente from Rome vnto the Ephesyans by Tichicus ⧠The Epystle of Saynte Paule the Apostle to the Phyllippians ¶ He exhorteth them to increase in loue in knowledge and experyence of Godly thynges CAPI I. PAule and Timothe the seruauÌ„tê of Iesu Christ. To al the saynctes in Christ Iesu whiche are at Philippos with the Byshops and Deacons Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christ. ✚ I thancke my God wyth all remembraunce of you all wayes in al my prayers for all you and pray with gladnes because ye are come into the fellowshyppe of the Gospel from the fyrst daye vnto nowe ✚ and am surely certyfyed of this that he whiche hath begoÌ„ne a good worke in you shall perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my herte forasmuch as ye all are coÌ„panyons of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stably shynge of the Gospell For God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Iesus Christe And thys I praye that your loue maye increace yet more and more in knowledge and in all vnderstandynge that ye may
the glorye of the Lorde had fylled the house of the lorde Then spake Salomon the Lorde sayd that he wolde dwel in the darke cloude I haue buylte the an house to dwell in ☞ an habitacion for the to abyde in for euer And the kynge turned his face and blessed all the congregacion of Israell and all the coÌ„gregacion of Israel stode styll And he sayd Blessed be the lorde God of Israel whiche spake with his mouthe vnto Dauid my father and hath ☞ with his hande fulfylled it sayenge Synce the daye that I brought my people Israell out of Egypte I chose no citye of all the tribes of Israel to builde an house that my name might be therin But I haue chosen Dauid to be ruler ouer my people Israel And it was in the herte of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell And the Lorde sayde vnto Dauid my father Where as it was thyne hert to buylde an house vnto my name thou dydest well that thou wast so mynded Neuertheles thou shalt not buylde the house but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes he shal buylde the house vnto my name And the lorde hath made good his word that he spake And I am rysen vp in the roume of Dauid my father syt on the seate of Israel as the Lorde promysed and haue buylte an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel And I haue prepared therin a place for the arke wherin is the couenaunt of the lorde whiche he made with oure fathers when he brought them oute of the lande of Egypte Salomon stode before the aulter of the lorde in the syght of al the congregacion of Israel and stretched out his handê towarde heuen and sayd Lorde God of Israel there is no God lyke the in heuen aboue or in the earthe beneth thou that kepest couenaunt and mercye for thy seruauntes that walke before the with all theyr herte thou that hast kepte with thy seruaunt Dauid my father that thou promysedst hym Thou spakest also with thy mouth and hast fulfylled it with thyne hand as it is come to passe this daye Therfore nowe Lorde God of Israell kepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father that thou promysedst hym saynge Thou shalte not be wtout a man in my syght to syt on the seate of Israel so that thy children take hede to theyr way that they walke before me as thou hast walked in my syght And nowe o god of Israell let thy worde be verified whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father Wyll God in dede dwel on the earth Beholde the heuens and heuens of all heuens are not able to conteyne the And how shulde then this house do it that I haue buylded Haue thou therfore respecte vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacion O Lorde my god to heare the voyce and prayer before the this daye that thyne eyes maye be open towarde this house nyght daye euen towarde this place of whiche thou hast sayd my name shall be there that thou mayste herken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth in this place And regarde thou the supplicacion of thy seruaunt and of thy people Israel when they pray in this place And heare thou in heuen thy dwellynge place and when thou hearest haue mercye Yf any man trespasse agaynst his neyghboure there go an othe bytwene them and the one compel the other and come swearynge before thyne aulter in this house then herken thou in heuen and worke and iudge thy seruauntes that thou condempne the vngodly to brynge his waye vpon his heade and iustifye the ryghteous to gyue hym accordyng to his ryghteousnesse When thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemye bycause they haue synned agaynste the and afterwarde turne agayne to the and knowlege vnto thy name and praye and make supplycacyon vnto the in this house then heare thou in heuen to be mercyfull vnto the synne of thy people Israel and bryng them agayne vnto the lande whiche thou gauest vnto theyr fathers If heuen be shut vp and there be no rayne bycause they haue synned agaynst the yet yf they praye in this place and knowlege vnto thy name and turne from theyr synne thorowe thy scourgynge of them then heare thou in heuen and be mercyfull †vnto the synnes of thy seruauntes and of thy people Israel that thou shewe them a good waye to walke in gyue rayne vpon thy lande that thou hast gyuen vnto thy people to enherite If there be in the lande derth or pestylence brought blastyng greshopper or caterpyller or yf theyr enemye beseyge them in the lande of theyr cityes or what soeuer plage or syckenesse chaunce then what prayers and supplicacion soeuer be made of any man of all thy people Israell whiche shall knowledge euery man the plage of his owne herte and stretche forth his handê towarde this house Heare thou then in heuen euen in thy dwellyng place and be mercyfull and worke and gyue euery man accordynge to all his wayes euen as thou that onely knowest his herte for thou onely knowest the hertes of all the chyldren of men that they may feare the as longe as they lyue in the lande whiche thou gauest vnto our fathers And lykewyse yf a straunger that is not of thy people Israell come oute of a farre countrey forthy names sake for they shall heare of thy great name and of thy myghtie hande and of thy stretched oute arme and shall come and praye in this house Therfore heare thou in heuen thy dwellynge place and do all that the strauÌ„ger calleth to the for that all nacions of the earth may know thy name and feare the as do thy people Israell and that they may knowe that thy name is called vpon in this house whiche I haue buylte If thy people go out to battayle agaynst theyr enemy whyther soeuer thou shalt sende them and shall pray vnto the O Lorde towarde the way of the citye whiche thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylte forthy name heare y u in heuen theyr prayer and supplicacion iudge theyr cause If they synne agaynst the for there is no man that synneth not and thou be angry with them and delyuer them in to the hande of theyr enemyes so that they carye them away prysoners vnto the lande of theyr enemyes whyther far or neare yet yf they turne agayne vnto theyr hertes in the lande to the whiche they be caryed away captiue and returne and pray vnto the in the lande of theyr enemyes sayenge we haue synned we haue done wyckedlye and haue coÌ„mytted vngodlynesse and so turne agayne vnto the with al theyr herte and all theyr soule in the lande of theyr enemyes whiche led them awaye captiue and pray vnto the towarde the waye of theyr lande which thou gauest vnto theyr fathers and towarde
in temptacyon and offente Take no heuynes to herte dryue it awaye and remember the last thynges Forget it not for there is no turning agayne Thou shalte do hym no good but hurt thy selfe RemeÌ„ber his iudgment thine also shal be lyke wyse vnto me yester daye vnto the to daye Let the remeÌ„braunce of y â— deed ceasse in hys rest and comforte thy selfe agayne ouer hym seing his spiryte is departed from hym The wysdome of the scrybe is at conuenyent tyme of rest he that ceasseth from exercyse and laboure shall be wyse He that holdeth the plough and hath plesure in proddyng and driuyng the oxen and goeth aboute with suche workes he can speake of oxen He setteth his hert to make forowes is dilygent to geue the kyne foder So is euery carpenter also workmaster that laboureth styl nyght and daye he carueth graueth cutteth out and his desyre is in sondry connynge thynges his hert ymagineth howe he maye cuÌ„nyngly cast an ymage his dilygence also and watchyng perfourmeth the worke The yronsmyth in lyke maner hydeth by his stythye and doth his dilygence to labour the yron The vapoure of the fyre brenneth his fleshe and he must fyght with the heaâ— of the fornace The noyse of the hammer soundeth euer in his eares and his eyes loke styll vpoÌ„ the thynge that he maketh He hath set hys mynde therupon that he wyll make out his worke and therfore he watcheth howe he maye set it out and bryngeth it to an ende So doth the potter syt by his worke he turneth the whele aboute with his fete he is dilygent and careful in all doynges and his laboure and worke is without nomber He fashioneth the claye with his arme and with his fete he temporeth it His herte ymagyneth howe he maye make it pleasaunte and his dilygence is to clense the ouen All these hope in theyr handes and euery one thyncketh to be cunnynge in his worke Without these maye not the cyties be maynteyned inhabited nor occupied and come not hâ—e in the congregacyon in the councell of the people they be not requyred they vnderstande not the couenaunte of the lawe they cannot declare equyte and iudgemeÌ„t they caÌ„not fynd out the darke sentences but thorowe them shall the creature of the worlde be maynteyned theyr prayer concerneth only the worke and labour of connynge ¶ A wyse man The workes of God Unto the good good thynges do profet but vnto the euell euen good thynges are euell CAPI XXXIX HE that applyeth hys mynde to vnderstande the law of God doth diligently seke out the wysdome of them of the old tyme and exerciseth him selfe in the Prophetes He kepeth the saynges of famous men and preseth to the to vnderstandynge of darcke sentences of wysdome He seketh out y â— mystery of secrete sayinges exerciseth him self ther in continually He doth seruice amoÌ„ge great men appeareth before the prince He goeth into a strauÌ„ge countre trauayleth thorowe it loke what good or euyll is among men he proueth it seketh it out He purposeth in his herte to resorte early vnto the Lord y â— made him to pray before the Hyest God He openeth his mouth in prayer prayeth for hys sinnes WheÌ„ the great Lorde wyll he shal be fylled with y â— sprete of vnderstandyng that he may then poure out wyse sentences geue thanckes vnto the Lorde in hys prayer He shall ordre his deuice and lede his knowledge a ryght and geue him vnderstanding of secrete thynges He shall shewe forth the science of his lernynge and reioyse in the couenaunt of the lawe of the Lord. The whole congregacyon shall commende his wysdome and it shall neuer be put out The remeÌ„braunce of him shal neuer be forgotten and his name shall continue from one generacioÌ„ to another Hys wysdome shal be spoken of amonge the people and the whole congregacyoÌ„ shal openly declare his prayse Whyle he lyueth he hath a greater name then a thousaÌ„de besyde after his death the same name remayneth vnto hym Yet wyll I speake of mo men of vnderstandynge for I am ful as the Moone Herken vnto me ye holy vertuous chyldren brynge forth frute as the rose y t is plaÌ„ted by the brokes of the felde and geue ye a swete smell as Libanus Florysh as the rose garden synge a songe of prayse O geue thaÌ„kes vnto God ouer all his worckes Geue glory and honoure vnto the Lorde shew his prayse with youre lyppes Yee euen with the â—onge of your lippes with harpes playing and in geuynge thanckes vnto hym saye after this maner All the worckes of the Lorde are exceadynge good and all his coÌ„ maundementes are mete and conueniente in due season A maÌ„ nede not to saye what is that what is that for at tyme conuenient they shall all be sought At his commaundemeÌ„t the water was as a wal and at the word of his mouth the water stode styll In his commaundement is euery thynge acceptable and reconcyled and his health can not be mynisshed The worckes of al flessh are before him and there is nothyng hyd from his eies He seyth from euerlastyng to euerlastynge and there is nothynge to wonderfull or hye vnto hym A man nede not to saye then what is thys or that For he hathe made all thynges to do good vnto man His blessynge shall renne ouer as the streame and moysture the earth lyke a floud of water Lyke as he maketh the water for drouth so shal his wrath fal vpon the Heathen His wayes are playne and ryght vnto the iust but the vngodly stomble at them For the good are good thinges created from the begynnyng euyl thynges for the vngodly Al thynges necessary for y â— lyfe of man are created froÌ„ the begynnyng water fyre yron salt meel wheat and hony mylke wyne oyle clothyng All these thynges are created for the best to the faythful But to the vn godly shal al these thinges be turned to the hurt harme There be spretes y t are created for vengeaunce in their rigorusnes haue they fastened theyr tormeÌ„tes In the tyme of the ende they shal poure out their strength pacifie the wrath of hiÌ„ that made theÌ„ Fire hayle hoÌ„gre deth al these thinges are created for vengeaunce The teeth of wylde noysome beastes the scorpions serpeÌ„tes and the swerde are created also for vengeauÌ„ce to the destruccyon of the vngodly They shal be glad to do his coÌ„maundementes and when nede is they shal be ready vpon earthe and when theyr houre is come they shall not ouerpasse the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde Thefore haue I taken a good corage vnto me from the begynnynge and thought to put these thinges in wrytinge to leaue theÌ„ behynde me All the workes of the Lord are good he geueth euery one in due season whan nede is so that a man nede not to say this is worse then that For
warnynge to reproue the ydole and yf they wyll not laboure with theyr handes that they shall not eate CAPI III. FVR thermore brethren praye ye for vs that the worde of God maye haue passage and be glorifyed as it is also with you and that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and frowarde men For all men haue not fayth but the Lorde is faythfull whiche shal stably she you and preserue you from euell We haue confydence thorowe the Lorde to you warde that ye both do and wyll do the thynges whiche we commaunde you And the Lorde gyde your hertes to the lofte of God and pacyence of Chryst. ⊢ ✚ We requyre you brethren by the name of our Lorde Iesu Christ that ye wtdrawe your selues from euery brother y â— behaueth hym selfe inordinatly and not after the instytucyon whiche he receaued of vs. For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folow vs. For we behaued not oure selues mordinatly amonge you Nether toke we breed of any man for naught but wrought with laboure and sweate nyght and daye because we wolde not be chargeable to any of you not but that we had auctoryte but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. For when we were with you this we warned you of that yf any wolde not worke the same shulde not eate For we haue hearde saye that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly workynge not at all but beynge busy bodyes Them that are suche we commaunde and exhorte by our Lorde Iesu Christ that they worke with quietnes and eate theyr owne breade Brethren be notye weery in well doynge ⊢ If any man obey not oure sayinge sende vs worde of him by a letter and haue no companye with hym that he may be a shamed And count him not as an enemy but warne hym as a brother The very Lorde of peace geue you peace alwayes by all meanes The Lorde be with you al. The salutacyoÌ„ of me Paul w t myne owne haÌ„de This is the tokeÌ„ in all Epystles So I wryte The grace of oure Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen Sent from Athens ⧠The fyrst Epistle of Saynt Paul vn to Timothe ¶ He exhorteth Timothe to wayte vpon his office namely to se that nothynge be taught but Gods worde He sheweth also wherfore the lawe is good and relleth that Christ Iesus came in to the worlde to saue synners CAPI I. PAul an Apostle of Iesus Chryste by the coÌ„myssyon of God oure sauyoure Lorde Iesus Christe whiche is oure hope Unto Tymothehys naturall sonne in the fayth Grace mercy and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste our Lorde As I besought the to abyde styll at Ephesus when I departed into Macedonia euen so do that thou commaunde some that they folowe no strauÌ„ge doctrine nether geue hede to fables and endles genealogies whiche brede doutes more then Godlye edifyinge which is by fayth for the ende of y â— coÌ„maundemeÌ„t is louâ— out of a pure herte of a good conscience of fayth vnfayned from the which thynges because some haue erred they are turned vnto vaine iangelynge because they wold be doctours of the lawe and yet vnderstande not what they speake nether wherof they affyrme ✚ We knowe that the lawe is good yf a maÌ„ vse it lawfully knowyng thys howe that the lawe is not geueÌ„ vnto aryghteous man but vnto the vnryghteous and disobe dyent to the vngodly and to synners to vnholy and vncleane to murtherers of fathers and murtherers of mothers to manslears to whormongers to them that defyle theÌ„ selues with mankynde to mensteâ—lers to lyares to pertured and yf there be any other thynge that is coÌ„trary to the holsome doctrine accorynge to the Gospell of the glory of the blessed God whiche Gospel is commytted vnto me And I thanke Christ Iesus oure Lorde which hath made me stronge for he counted me true put me in offyce where as before I was a blasphemar a persecuter and a Tyraunt But I obtayned mercy because I dyd it ignorauntly thorowe vnbelefe Neuerthelesse the grace of our Lorde was exceadinge aboundaunt with fayth and loue whiche is by Chryste Iesu. ⊢ ✚ This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receaued of vs y â— Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners of whom I am chefe Not withstandynge for this cause optained I mercy that Iesus Christ shuld fyrst shewe on me all longe pacience to declare an ensample vnto them whiche shulde beleue on hym vnto eternall lyfe So then vnto God kyng euerlastyng immortall inuisyble wyse only be honour and prayse for euer and euer Amen Thys coÌ„maundement commyt I vnto the sonne Timotheus ☞ accordynge to the prophesyes whiche in tyme paste were prophesyed of the that y â— in them shuldest fyght a good fyght hauynge fayth and good conscyence whiche some haue put awaye from them and as consernynge fayth haue made shypwracke Of whose nombre is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I haue delyuered vnto Sathan that they maye lerne not to blaspheme CAPI II. ¶ He exhorteth to praye for all men He wyll not haue we men to be ouer costly apparelled nor to teache in the coÌ„gregacyon but to be in sylence and is obeye theyr husbandes I ✚ Exhorte therfore that aboue all thynges prayers supplicacions intercessyoÌ„s and geuenge of thankes be had for all men for kynges for all that are in auctoryte that we maye lyue a quiet a peasable lyfe with all Godlynes and honestye For that is good accepted in the syght of God oure sauyour whiche ☞ wyll haue all men to be saued and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth For ther is one God and one mediator betwene God and man euen the man Christ Iesus whiche gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men that it shulde be testifyed at his tyme where vnto I am ordayned a preacher an Apostle I tel the trueth in Christ and lye not beyenge the teacher of the gentyles with fayth and verytie ⊢ I wyl therfore that the men praye euery where â—yttynge vp pure handes without wrath or dowâ—ynge Lykewyse also the wemen that they aâ—aye them selues in comly apparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaueour not w t broyded heare ether golde or pearles or costly araye but as becoÌ„meth wemen that protesse godiynesse thorowe good workes Let the woman learne in in sylence with all subieceyon I suffre not a woman to teach neyther to vsurpe auctoryte ouer the man but to be in sylence For Adam was fyrst fourmed and then Eue. Adam also was not deceaued but the woman was deceaued and was subdued to the transgressyon Notwithstandynge thorowe bearynge of chyldren she shal be saued yf they contynue in fayth and loue and holynes with discrecyon ¶ What maner of man a bysshoppe or prest ought to be The
with gladnes †And there vvere vvich Dauid vii sortes of dauncers and calues for Sacrifyce And when they that bare the Arke of the lorde had gone syxe spaces he offred an axe a fat shepe And Dauid †played on harpe strynges and daunsed before the Lorde with al his myght and was gyrded with a lynnen Ephod So Dauid all the house of Israell brought the Arke †of the couenaunt of the lorde with showtyng trompet blowynge And it fortuned that as the arke of the lorde came in to the citye of Dauid Michol Sauls doughter loked thorowe a wyndew and saw kynge Dauid sprynge and daunce before the lorde and she despysed hym in her herte And when they brought in the arke of the Lorde they set it in his place euen in the myddes of the tabernacle that Dauid had pytched for it And Dauid offered burntofferynges and peace offerynges before the Lorde And as soone as Dauid had made an ende of offryng burntoffrynges peaceoffrynges he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde of hoostê and gaue amonge all the folke euen among the hole multitude of Israell as well to the women as men to euery one a Cake of bread and a pece of flesshe and a flacket of drynke And so al the peple departed euery one to his house Then Dauid returned to ☞ blesse his houshold And Michol the doughter of Saul came out to mete Dauid sayd O howe glorious was the kyng of Israel this day which was vncouered to daye in the eyes of the maydens of his seruauntes as yf it had ben a lyght brayned felowe vncouered And Dauid sayd vnto Michol I thoughe to daunce before the Lorde which chose me rather then thy father and all his kyn coÌ„maunded me to be ruler ouer all the people of the Lorde euen ouer Israel And therfore wyll I playe before the Lorde And wyll be yet more vyle then so and wyl be meke in myne owne syght of the very same mayde seruauntes whiche thou hast spoken of shal I be had in honour Therfore Michol the doughter of Saul had no chylde vnto the day of her death ¶ Dauid wolde buylde God an house but is forbydden of God CAPI VII IT fortuned that as the kynge sat in his house after that the lorde had gyuen hym rest rounde aboute from all his enemyes he sayd vnto Nathan the prophet beholde I dwell nowe in an house of Cedar trees but ☞ the arke of God dwelleth within the curteyne And Nathan sayde vnto the kynge go and do all that is in thyne herte for the lorde is with the. And it fortuned the same nyghte that the worde of the Lorde came vnto Nathan saynge go and tell my seruaunt Dauid thus sayth the Lorde shalte thou buylde me an house to dwell in For I haue not dwelte in any house synce the tyme that I brought the chyldreÌ„ of Israel out of Egypt vnto this day but haue walked in a tent tabernacle In al the places wherin I haue walked with all the chyldren of Israell spake I one worde with any of the Tribes of Israell ☞ synce I coÌ„maunded the Iudgis to fede my people Israel sayenge Why buylde ye not me an house of Cedar trees Nowe therfore so saye vnto my seruaunt Dauid thus sayth the Lorde of hoostes I toke the from the shepe coote as thou waste folowynge shepe that thou myghtest be ruler ouer my people Israell And I was with the in all that thou wentest to and haue destroyed all thyne enemyes out of thy syghte and haue made the a great name lyke vnto the name of the greate men that are in the worlde And therfore I wyll appoynte a place for my people Israell and wyll plante it that they maye dwelle in a place of theyr owne moue no more neyther shall wycked people trouble them any more as they dyd at the begynnynge synce the tyme that I set Iudges ouer my people Israell I wyl gyue the rest from all thyne enemyes And the Lorde telleth the that he wyll make the an house And when thy dayes be fulfylled thou shalte ☞ slepe with thy fathers and I wyll set vp thy seede after the whiche shall pracede out of thy body and wyll stablysshe his kyngdom He shall buylde an house for my name and I wyll stablysshe the seate of his kyngdom foreuer I wyll be his father and he shall be my son If he synne I wyll chasten hym ☞ with suche a rod as men be chastened with and with suche plages as the chyldren of men be plaged with But my mercye shall not departe awaye from hym as I toke it from Saull whom I put downe before the. And thyne house and thy kyngdom shall endure without ende after the thy seate shall be stablysshed foreuer Accordyng to all these wordes and accordynge to all this vision byd Nathan speake vnto Dauid Then wente Dauid in and set hym downe before the lorde and sayde what am I O lorde God what is my ☞ house that thou shuldest haue brought me thus far forth And this was yet a small thyng in thy syght O lorde god but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle to come For ☞ †this is the vse of maÌ„ O lorde god And what can Dauid say more vnto the For thou Lorde God knowest thy seruaunt Euen for thy wordes sake and ☞ accordyng to thyne owne herte hast thou done all these great thynges to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt Wherfore thou arte great O lorde God for there is none lyke the neyther is there any God saue thou accordynge to all that we haue herde with our eares And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people Israel †whose God went delyuered them that they myght be his people and that he myght make hym a name and to shewe great and terrible thyngê in the earth for thy people whiche thou redemedst to the oute of Egypte euen the people with theyr ☞ goddes For thou hast ordeyned thy people Israell to be thy people foreuer And thou Lorde arte become theyr God And nowe Lorde God the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt his house make it good foreuer and do as thou haste sayd For so shall thy name be magnified foreuer of men that shall say the lorde of hoostê is the god of Israel and the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shall be stablysshed before the. For thou O Lorde of hoostes God of Israel hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt saynge †I wyll buylde the an house And therfore hath thy seruaunt fouÌ„de in his herte to pray this prayer vnto the. Therfore nowe lorde God thou arte God and thy worde must be true thou that hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruaunt And nowe go to and blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it maye contynue foreuer before the. For thou Lorde God hast spoken it
the citye which thou hast chosen and towarde the house which I haue buylte for thy name Then heare thou theyr prayer supplicacion in heuen thy dwellynge place and iudge theyr cause be mercyfull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the vnto all theyr iniquities wherby they haue done wickedly agaynst the and get thou them the fauour of those whiche led them away captiue that they may haue compassyon on them For they be thy people and thyne enheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out of Egypte euen from the myddes of the fournace of yron And let thyne eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel to herken vnto them in all that they call for vnto the. For y u dydest seperate them from among all the nacions of the earth to be thyne owne enheritaunce as thou saydest by the hande of Moses thy seruaunt when thou broughtest oure fathers out of Egypte O lorde God And when Salomon had made an ende of prayeng all this prayer and supplicacion vnto the Lorde he arose from before the aulter of the Lorde and from knelynge on his knees and from stretchynge of his handê vp to heuen and stode and blessed all the congre gacion of Israel with a loude voyce saynge Blessed be the Lorde that hath gyuen rest vnto his people Israel accordyng to all that he promised there hath not fayled one word of all the good promyse whiche he promysed by the hande of Moses his seruaunt The Lorde our God be with vs as he was with our fathers forsake vs not neyther leaue vs but that he maye bowe our hertes vnto hym that we maye walke in all his wayes kape his coÌ„maundementes his statutes and his lawes which he coÌ„maunded our fathers And these my wordes whiche I haue prayed before the Lorde be nygh vnto the Lorde our god day and nyght that he defende the cause of his seruaunt and the cause of his people Israell what thynge socuer chaunce at any tyme that al nacions of the earth may know that the Lorde is God and none but he Let your herte therfore be perfyte with the lorde our God that ye walke his statutes and kepe his coÌ„maundementes as this day And the kynge and all Israell with hym offered offerynges before the lorde And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerynges vnto the Lorde and he offered vnto the lorde xxii thousante oxen and an hundred and. xx thousande shepe And so the kyng and al the chyldren of Israel dedicated the house of the lorde The same daye dyd the kynge halo we the mydle of the courte that was before the house of the lorde for there he offered burnt offerynges meat offeryngê and the fat of the peaccofferynges bycause the brasen aulter that was before the Lorde was to lytle to receyue the burnofferynges meateofferynges the fat of the peaccofferynges And Salomon helde that same tyme an hygh feast and all Israell with hym a very great congregacion euen from the entryng in of Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egypte before the lorde oure God seuen dayes seuen dayes euen xiiii dayes And the. vill daye he sent the people away And they blessed the kynge and wente vnto theyr tentes ioyous and with glad hert bycause of all the goodnesse that the Lorde had done for Dauid his seruaunt and for Israel his people ¶ The Lorde appeareth the seconde tyme to Salomon Salomon gyueth townes to Hirem The Lananytes become tret 〈◊〉 He sendeth shyppes for golde He vnytoeth many Litres CAPI IX ANd when SalomoÌ„ had finysshed the buyldyng of the house of the lorde and the kynges palace and all that he had in his mynde and was apoynted to make the lorde appeared vnto hym agayne as he appeared to hym at Gibeon And the Lorde sayde vnto hym I haue herde thy prayer and thy intercessyon that thou hast made before me For I haue halowed this house which thou hast buylte to put my name there for euer and myne eyes myne herte shal be there perpetually And yf thou wylte walke before me as Dauid thy father walked in purenesse of herte in ryghteousnes to do al that I haue coÌ„maunded the wylte kepe my statutes my lawes then wyll I stablysshe the seate of thy kyngdom vpon Israel for euer as I promysed to Dauid thy father sayenge Thou shalte not be without a man vpon the seate of Israel But and yf ye and youre chyldren turne awaye from me and wyll not kepe my coÌ„maundementes and my statutes whiche I haue set before you but go serue other Goddes and worshyp them then wyll I wede Israel out of the lande which I haue gyuen them And this house whiche I haue halowed for my name wyl I cast out of my syght And Israell shall be a prouerbe and a fable among al nacions And this house shal be taken away so that euery one that passeth by it shall be astonyed and shall hysse they shall saye why hath the lorde done this vnto this lande to this house And they shall answere bycause they forsoke the lorde theyr god whiche brought theyr fathers out of the lande of Egypte and haue taken holde vpon other Goddes and haue worshypped them serued them therfore hath the Lorde brought vpon them all this euyll And it fortuned that ☞ at the ende of twentye yeres Salomon fynysshed the buyldyng of the two houses that is to wete the house of the Lorde the kynges palace And Hiram the kynge of Tyre broughte Salomon tymbre of Cedar and Fyrre trees golde and what soeuer he desyred And Salomon agayne gaue Hiram twentie cityes in the lande of Galile And Hiram came oute from Tyre to se the cityes whiche Salomon had gyuen hym and they pleased hym not And he sayde What cityes are these whiche thou hast gyuen me my brother And he called them the lande of ☞ Cabull vnto this daye And Hiram sente the Kynge syxe score hundred weyght of golde And this is the summe whiche kynge Salomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde and his owne house and ☞ Millo and the wall of Ierusalem and Hazoer and Megâ—ddo and Gazer For Pharao kyng of Egypte went vp and toke Gazer and burnt it with fyre and slue the Cananites that dwelt in the cytie gaue it for a present vnto his doughter Salomons wyfe And Salomon buylte Gazer and Beth Horon the nether and Baalath and ☞ Thamar in the wyldernesse and in the lande and all the treasure Cityes that Salomon had †and vvere vnvvalled those he made strong and cites for his charettes and cities for his horsemen and al that Salomon desyred and wolde buylde in Ierusalem in Libanon and in all the lande of his dominyon And all the people that were lefte of the Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iesubites whiche were not of the chyldren of Israell theyr chyldren
arke of the couenaunt of the lorde out of the citye of Dauid which is Zion Wherfore all the men of Israell resorted vnto the kyng in the feast euen in the seuenth moneth And all the elders of Israell came and the Leuytes toke vp the arke And the preestes and the Leuites brought awaye the Arke and the tabernacle of wytnesse and al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle and they bare them And kynge Salomon and all the congregacyon of Israell that were assembled vnto hym before the Arke offered shepe and oxen so many that they coulde not be tolde nor nombred for multytude And the Preestes brought the Arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde vnto his place euen in to the queere of the temple within the place moost holy and set it vnder the wyngê of the Cherubs that the Cherubs stretched out theyr wynges ouer the place of the Arke and the Cherubs couered both the Arke and her barres aboue on hygh And the barres of the Arke were so longe that the heades of the barres were sene without the Arke within the queere but not without And there the Arke remayned vnto this daye But there was nothynge in the Arke saue the two tables which Moses put thee in at Horeb when the lorde made a couenauÌ„t with the chyldren of Israell after they were come out of Egypte And it fortuned that when the Preestes were come out of the holy place for all the Preestes that were present were sanctyfyed and dyd not then wayte by course that bothe the Leuites and the syngers vnder Asaph Heman and Ieduthun were appoynted to sondrye offices with theyr Chyldren and brethren and were arayde in fyne whyte hauynge Symbals Psalteries and harpes and stode at the East ende of the aulter and by them an hundred and twentye Preestes blowynge with trompettes And the trompet blowers and the syngers so agreed that it semed but one voyce in pray synge and thankynge the Lorde And when they lyfte vp theyr voyce with the Trompettes Symbals and other instrumentes of Musycke and when they praysed the Lorde †and sayde howe that he is good and that his mercy lasteth euer the house of god was fylled with a cloude so that the preestê coulde not endure to mynyster by the reason of the cloude For the maiestye of the Lorde had fylled the house of God ¶ The wordes of Salomon to the people and the prayer that he made vnto god CAPI VI. THen Salomon sayde the Lorde hath spoken howe that he wyll dwell in the cloude And I haue buylte an habytacyon for the and a place for thy dwellynge for euer And the kynge turned his face and blessed the hoole congregacyon of Israell and all the congregacyon of Israell stode And he sayde blessed be the Lorde god of Israell whiche hath with his handes fulfylled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid sayenge Sence the daye that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypte I chose no cytye amonge all the trybes of Israell to buylde an house in that my name myght be there neyther chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israell sauynge that haue chosen Ierusalem that my name myght be there and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israell And when it was in the herte of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell the Lorde sayde to Dauid my father for asmoche as it was in thyne herte to buylde an house for my name thou dydest well that thou so thoughtest in thyne herte Notwithstandynge thou shalte not buylde the house but thy Son whiche is proceded out of thy loynes he shall buylde an house for my name The Lorde therfore hath made good his saynge that he hath spoken and I am rysen vp in the rowme of Dauid my father and am set on the seate of Israell as the Lorde promysed and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell And in it haue I put the Arke wherin is the couenaunt of the lorde that he made with the chyldren of Israell And the kynge stode before the aulter of the lorde in the presence of all the congregacyon of Israell and stretched out his handes For now SalomoÌ„ had made a brasen pulpyt of fyue cubytes longe and fyue cubytes brode and thre of heyght and had set it in the myddes of the great courte and vpon it he stode and kneled downe vpon his knees before all the congregacyon of Israell and stretched out his handes towarde heuen and sayde O lorde God of Israell there is no god lyke the in heuen and in earth which kepest couenaunt and shewest mercy vnto thy seruauntê that walke before the with al theyr hertes Thou whiche haste kepte with thy seruauaunte Dauid my father the thynges that thou promysedest hym Thou saydest it with thy mouth hast fulfylled it with thyne handes as it is to se this daye And nowe Lorde God of Israell kepe with thy seruaunte Dauid my Father the thynges that thou promysedst hym saynge thou shalte in my syght not be without a man that shall syt vpon the seate of Israell so that thy chyldreÌ„ take hyde to theyr wayes to walke in my lawe as thou hast walked be fore me And nowe Lorde God of Israell let thy sayenge be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid And wyll God in very dede dwell with men on earth Beholde heuen and heuen aboue all heuens do not toÌ„teyne the howe moch lesse the house which I haue buylded Let it be thy pleasure therfore to turne to the prayer of thy seruaunte to his supplycacyon O Lorde my God to herken vnto the voyce and prayer whiche thy seruaunte prayeth before the let thyne eyes be open toward this house day nyght ouer this place wherin thou hast sayde that thou woldest put thy name to herken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunte prayeth in this place Herken vnto the Prayers of thy seruaunte and of thy people Israell whiche they praye in this place heare thou I sayâ— out of thy dwellyng place euen out of heuen heare and be mercyfull Yf a man syn agaynst his neyghboure and take an othe agaynst hym make hym to sweare and they bothe come before thyne aulter in this house then heare thou from heuen and worke and iudge thy seruauÌ„tes that thou rewarde the vngodlye and recompence hym his waye vpon his heade ☞ and iustifye the ryghteous and gyue hym accordynge to his ryghtwysenesse And yf thy people Israell be put to the worse before the enemye bycause they haue synned agaynst the Yet yf they turne and gyue thankes vnto thy name make intercessyon and pray before the in this house then heate thou from heuen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people Israell brynge them agayne vnto the lande whiche thou gauest to them and to theyr fathers When heuen is shut vp
and there be no rayne bycause they haue synned agaynst the yet yf they praye in this place and coÌ„fesse thy name and repent from theyr syn for the which thou chastenest them then heare thou in heuen and be mercyfull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people Israell and gyde thou them in to the good waye to walke in sende rayne vpon thy lande whiche thou hast gyuen vnto thy people for an enherytaunce And yf there be derth in the lande or pestylence corrupcyon or blastynge of corne greshoppers or caterpyllers or that theyr enemyes beseyge them in the cityes of theyr lande †and destroy the countryes or whatsoeuer plage or syckenesse it be Then what supplicacyons and prayers soeuer shall be made of any man and of thy people Israell which shall knowe euery man his owne sore and his owne grefe and shall stretche out theyr handes toward this house thou shalte heare from heuen euen from thy dwellyng place and shalt be merciful gyue euery man accordynge vnto all his wayes euen as thou dost know euery mann â–ª herte for thou onely knowest the hertes of the chyldren of men that they may feare the walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the lande whiche thou gauest vnto our fathers Moreouer the straunger whiche is not of thy people Israell yf he come from a farre lande for thy great names sake thy myghtye hande the stretched out arme Yf they come I saye and praye in this house thou shalte heare from heuen euen from thy dwel lynge place and shalte do accordynge to all that the straunger calleth to the for That al the people of the earth may know thy name and feare the as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house which I haue buylt thy name is called vpoÌ„ Yf thy people go out to war agaynst theyr enemyes by the waye that thou shalte sende them and they praye to the in the waye toward this citie which thou hast chosen euen towarde the house whiche I haue buylte for thy name then heare thou from heuen theyr supplicacyon and prayer and helpe them in theyr ryght Yf they syn agaynst the as there is no man but he doth synne and thou be angrye with them delyuer them ouer before theyr enemyes and they take them and leade them awaye vnto a lande far or neare yet yf they repent in theyr herte in the lande where they be in captiuyte and turne and pray vnto the in the lande of theyr captiuyte sayenge We haue synned we haue done euyl wyckedlye turne agayne to the with all theyr herte and al theyr soule in the lande of theyr captiuyte where they kepe them in bondage so pray toward theyr lande which thou gauest vnto theyr fathers euen towarde the cytye whiche thou hast chosen and towarde the house whiche I haue buylte for thy name Then heare thou from heuen euen from thy dwellynge place theyr supplycacyon theyr prayer and iugde theyr cause be mercyfull vnto thy people which haue synned agaynst the. Nowe my God let thyne eyes be open and thyne eares attente vnto the prayer that is made in this place Nowe vp O Lorde God in to thy restynge place thou and the Arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy Preestes be clothed with helth let thy sayntes reioyse in goodnesse O lorde god turne not awaye the face of thyne anoynted Remembre the mercyes whiche thou hast promysed to Dauid thy seruaunte ¶ The fyre consumeth the Sacrifyce The lorde appeareth to Salomon the seconde tyme. CAPI VII ANd when Salomon had made an ende of prayenge there came downe fyre from heuen and consumed the burnt offerynge and the sacrifyces And the house was fylled with the glorye of the Lorde and the Preestes coulde not go in to the house of the Lorde bycause the glorye of the lorde had fylled the Lordes house And when all the chyldren of Israell sawe howe the fyre and the glorye of the lorde came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon theyr faces to the earth vpon the pauement worshypped and confessed vnto the Lorde that he is gracyous and that his mercye lasteth euer And the kynge and all the people offered sacrifyces before the Lorde And kynge Salomon offered a sacrifyce of xxii thousande oxen and an hundred and xx thousand shepe And so the kynge and all the people ☞ dedicated the house of God And the preestê wayted on theyr offyces and the Leuites had the instrumentê of musycke of the Lorde which kynge Dauid had made to confesse vnto the lorde that his mercye lasteth euer playenge a psalme of Dauid with theyr hande And the preestes blew with trompettes before them all they of Israel stode Moreouer Salomon halowed the myddle of the courte that was before the house of the Lorde for theyr he offered burntofferynges and the fat of the peaceofferynges bycause the brasen aulter which Salomon had made was not able to receyue the burntofferynges and the meatosferynges and the fat So at the same tyme Salomon kepte a feast of seuen dayes and all they of Israell with hym an excedyng great congregacyon euen from the enterynge in of Hamath vnto the ryuer of Egypte And in the eyght daye they made a gatherynge For they kepte the dedicacyon of the aulter seuen dayes ☞ and the feast seuen dayes And the. xxiii daye of the seuenth moneth he let the people departe in to theyr tentes glad and mery in herte for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Salomon and to Israell his people And so Salomon finyshed the house of the Lorde and the kynges house and all that came in his herte to make in the house of the Lorde and in his owne house wente prosperouslye forwarde And the lorde appeared to Salomon by nyght and sayde to hym I haue herde thy petycyon and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of Sacryfyce Yf I shut vp heuen that there be no rayne or yf I coÌ„maunde the locustes to deuoure the lande or yf I sende pestylence amonge my peple and yf they that are of my people amonge whome my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercessyon and seke my presence and turne from theyr wycked wayes then wyll I heare from heuen and be mercyfull to theyr synne and wyll heale theyr lande And from hence forth myne eyes shall be open myne eares attent to the prayer that is made in this place And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctifyed this house that my name maye be there for euer and myne eyes and myne herte shall be there perpetuallye And yf thou wylt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded the and shalt obserue my statutes my lawes then wyll I stablyshe the seate of thy kyngdome accordynge as I made the
Sallum Amaria and Ioseph Amonge the chyldren of Nebo Iehâ—ell Mathathia Zabad Zabina Iadai Ioell and Banaia All these had taken strauÌ„ge wyues And among the same there were some that had chyldren by the wyues ¶ The ende of the fyrst boke of Esdras ⧠†⧠¶ The second boke of Esdras otherwyse called the Boke of Nehemia ¶ Nehemia butleâ— to kynge Iethaxâ—â—sâ—â— prâ—â—eth to God for the people CAPI Primo THe wordes of Nehemia the sonne of Hachalia It fortuned in the moneth ☞ Chisleu in the twentye yere that I was in the castell at Susan and Hananâ— one of my brethren came with certayne men of Iuda I asked them howe the Iues dyd that were delyuered escaped from the captiuyte and howe it went at Ierusalem â–ª And they sayde vnto me The remenaunt of the captiuyte are there in the land in great misfortune and rebuke The wall of Ierusalem also is broken downe and the gates therof are butnte with fyre It fortuned that when I herde these wordê I sat me downe and â—â—â—te and mourned ceâ— tayne dayes and fasted and prayed before the god of heuen and sayde O Lorde god of heuen thou great and terryble God thou that kepest couenaunt and mercye for them that loueth the and obserue thy coÌ„maundementes let thyne eares herken I besech the and let thyne eyes be open that thou mayest heare the prayer of thy seruaunt whiche I praye nowe before the daye and nyght for the chyldren of Israell thy seruauntes and knowledge the synnes of the chyldren of Israell whiche we haue synned agaynst the. I and my fathers house haue synned We haue bene vtterly dyspersed from thy lawe and haue not kepte thy commaundementes statutes and lawes whiche thou commaundedst thy seruaunt Moses I beseche the cal to remembraunce the worde that thou commauÌ„dedst thy seruaunt Moses and saydest Ye wyll transgresse and I wyl scatter you abrode amonge the nacions But yf ye turne vnto me and kepe my coÌ„mauÌ„dementes and do them though ye were cast out vnto the vt â—ermoost parte of heuen yet wyll I gather you from thence and wyll brynge you vnto the place that I haue chosen to set my name there They are thy seruauntes and thy people whome thou â—ast delyuered thorowe thy greate power and in thy myghtye hande O lorde I beseche the let thyne eare herken to the prayer of thy seruaunt to the prayer of thy seruauÌ„tes whose desyre is to feare thy name and let thy seruaunt prospere this day and graunt hym mercye in the syght of this man for I was the kynges butlar ¶ After Nâ—hemia had obteyned letters of Arthaxerses he cometh to Ierusalem and â—â—yldeth the walleâ— CAPI II. IT fortuned that in the moneth Nisan in the twentyeth yere of kynge Arthaxerses the wyne stode before hym and I toke vp the wyne and gaue it vnto the kyng and I was heuy in his presence And the kynge sayd vnto me why lokest thou so sadly when thou art not syckeâ— it is nothyng els but that thou art heuy herted And I was sore afrayd and sayd vnto the kyng God saue the kyngê lyfe for euer Howe shulde I not loke sadly when the citye and place of my fathers buryall lyeth wast and the gates therof are consumed with fyre And the kynge sayde vnto me what is then thy request I made my prayer also to the God of heuen and sayd vn to the kynge Yf it please the kyng and yf thy seruaunt haue founde fauour in thy syght sendâ— me into Iuda vnto the citye of my fathers buryall that I maye buylde it And the kynge sayde vnto me the quene his wyfe syttynge by hym howe longe shall thy iourney contynue and when wyâ—te thou come agayne And it pleased the kynge to sende me and I set hym a tyme and sayd vnto the kynge yf it please the Kynge let hym gyue me letters to the captaynes whiche are beyonde the water that they may conuey me ouer tyll I come in to Iuda and letters vnto Asaph the Lorde of the kynges wood that he maye gyue me tymber to make beames ☞ for the gates of the palace which is herde by the house and for the walles of the citye and for the house that I shall entre into â–ª And the kynge gaue me accordynge to the hande of my god whiche was good vpon me And when I came to the captaynes beynde the water I gaue them the kynges letters And the kynge had sent captaynes and horsemen with me Sanabalat also the Horonite and Tobia a seruaunt the Ammonite herde of it it greued them sore that there was â—â—me a man whiche sought the welth of the chyldren of Israell And I came to Ierusalem and was there thre dayes and I gat me vp in the nyghtseâ— son and a fewe men with me neyther tolde I any man what God had gyuen me in my herte to do at Ierusalem and there was not one beast with me saue it that I rode vpon And I departed in the nyght by the valley porte before the Dragon well to the dong porte and consydered the walles of Ierusalem howe they were broken downe and the portes therof consumed with the fyre And I went ouer vnto the welporte to the kynges conduite there was no rowme for the brast that was vnder me to passe Then â—â—nt I on in the nyght by the broke syde and coÌ„sydered the wall and turned backe and came hâ—me agayne by the valley porte And the rulers knewe not whyther I went or what I dyd neyther dyd I as yet tell it vn to the Iues to the preestes to the noble men to the rulers and to the other that laboured in the worke Then sayde I vnto them ye se the myserye that we are in howe Ierusalem lyeth waste and howe the gates therof are burnt with fyre come therfore that we maye buylde vp the the walle of Ierusalem and that we be no more a râ—buke And I tolde them of the hande of my God that it was gracyous ouer me and the kynges wordes that he had spoken vnto me And they sayd let vs get vp and buylde and ☞ they strengthed theyr hande to good But when Sanabalat the Horonyte and Tobia the seruant an Ammonite Gesem the Arabian herde it they laughed vs to scorne and mocked vs and sayde What is this that ye do wyll ye fall awaye from the kynge Then answered I them and sayd the God of heuen he it is that hath graunted vs prosperite we be his seruantes Let vs get vp buylde As for you ye haue no porcyon nor ryght nor remembraunce in Ierusalem ¶ The nombre of them that buylded the walles CAPI III. ANd Eliasib the hygh Preest gat hym vp with his brethren the Preestes and they buylded the shepegate They repayred it and set vp the dores of it euen vnto the towre Mea repayred they it and vnto the towre of Hananeell Nexte vnto hym also buylded the men of
olde and of a perfyte age ⧠The ende of the boke of Iob. The Psalter of Dauid The thyrd part of the Byble conteynyng these Bokes The Psalter Ecclesiastes The prouerbes CaÌ„tica CaÌ„ticorum ¶ The Prophetes Esaye IEREMY Ezechiel DANIEL Oseas IOEL Amos. ABDY IONAS Micheas NAVM Abacuc SOPHONY Aggeus ZACHARY Malachy ¶ The fyrste Psalme BLessed is the man that hathe not walked in the councell of the vngodly nor stande in the way of synners and hath nat syt in the seate of the scorneful But hys delyte is in the lawe of the lorde and in hys lawe wyll he exercyse him selfe daye and nyght And he shal be lyke a tree planted by the water syde that wyll brynge for the his frute in due season His leaffe also shal nat wither and what soeuer he shall do it shal prospere As for the vngodly it is nat so with them but they are lyke the chaffe whiche the wynde scatereth awaye âšœ from the face of the erth Therfore the vngodly shall nat be able to stande in the iudgement neyther the synners in the congregacion of the ryghtuous But the Lorde knoweth the waye of the ryghtuous and the waye of the vngodly shall peryshe ¶ The. ij Psalme W HY DO the Heathen grudge togyther and why do the people ymagyne a vayne thynge The Kynges of the earthe stande vp and the rulers take councell together agaynste the Lorde and agaynst his anoynted Let vs breake theyr bondes asunder and caste awaye theyr cordes frome vs. He that dwelleth in heauen shall laugh them to scorne the Lorde shall haue them in derysyon Then shall he speake vnto them in his wrath and vexe them in his sore displeasure Yet haue I set my kynge vpon my holy hyll of Syon I wyl preache the law wherof the Lorde hathe sayde vnto me Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. Desyre of me and I shall geue the the Heathen for thyne enharitauÌ„ce the vtter most partes of the earth for thy possessioÌ„ Thou shalt bruse them with a rodde of yron breake them in peces lyke a potters vessell Be wyse nowe therfore O ye kynges be lerned ye that are iudges of the earth Serue the Lorde in feare and reioyse âšœ vnto hym with reuerence âšœ Kysse the sonne leste he be angrye and so ye perysh froÌ„ the âšœ ryght waye yf his wrath be kyndled but a lytle blessed are all they that put theyr trust in hym ¶ The. iij. Psalme ¶ Psalme of Dauid when he fledde from the face of Absalom his sonne 2. Reg. 15. Lorde howe are they increased that trouble me many are they y â— ryse agaynste me Many saye of my soule there is no helpe for hym in his God ☞ Sela. But thou O Lord art my defender thou art my worship y â— lyfter vp of my hede I dyd cal vpon y â— Lord w t my voyce he herd me out of his holy hyll Sela. ☞ I layde me downe slepte and rose vp agayne for the Lorde susteyned me I wyl nat be afrayed for ten thousandes of the people that haue set them selues agaynste me rounde about Up Lord saue me O my God for thou smytest almyne enemyes ☞ vpon the cheke bone thou hast brokeÌ„ the teth of the vngodly Saluacion belongeth vnto the Lorde and thy blessynge is vpon thy people ¶ The. iiij Psalme ¶ To hym that excelleth in Musike a Psalme of Dauid HEare me when I call O God of my ryghteousnes thou hast set me at lybertye whan I was in trouble haue mercy vpon me here my prayer O ye sonnes of men howe longe wyll ye blaspheme myne honour and haue such pleasure in vanyte and seke after lesyng Sela. Knowe this also that the Lorde hath choseÌ„ to hym selfe the man that is godly when I call vpoÌ„ the Lorde he wyll heare me StaÌ„de in awe synne nat comen with your owne hert in your chambre be styll Sela. Offre the sacrifice of ryghtousnes put youre truste in the Lorde There be many that saye who wyll shewe vs any good Lorde lyfte thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpoÌ„ vs. Thou hast put gladnesse in my herte sence the time that theyr corne wyne âšœ and oyle increaced I wyll laye me downe in peace and take my rest for it is thou Lorde onely that makest me dwell in safetye ¶ The. v. Psalme ¶ To him that excelleth in songes of Musicke a Psalme of Dauid POndre my wordes O Lorde consydre my meditacyon O herken thou vnto the voice of my callyng my king my god for vnto the wyll I pray My voyce shalt thou heare by tymes O Lord earely in the mornynge wyll I directe my prayer vnto the and wyll loke vp For thou arte the God that hath no pleasure in wyckednesse neyther shall any euyl dwell with the. Suche as be foolysh shall nat stande in thy syght for thou ☞ hatest all them that worke vanyte Thou shalt destroye them that speak lesynge the Lorde wyll abhorre bothe the bloudy thyrstye and disceytfull man But as for me I wyll come into thy house euen in the multytude of thy mercy and in thy feare wil I worshyppe towarde thy holy temple Leade me O Lorde in thy ryghteousnesse because of myne enemyes ☞ make thy way playne before my face For there is no faythfulnesse ☞ in his mouth theyr inwarde partes are very wyc kednesse theyr throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with theyr tonge Destroye y â— them O God let theÌ„ perysh thorowe theyr owne ymaginacions caste them out in the multitude of theyr vngodlynesse For they haue rebelled agaynste the. And let all theÌ„ that put theyr trust in the reioyse they shall euer be geuynge of thankes because thou defendest theÌ„ they that loue thy name shall be ioyfull in the. For thou Lorde wylte geue thy blessynge vnto the righteous and with thy fauorable kyndnes wylte thou defende hym as with a shylde ¶ The. vâ— Psalme ¶ To him that excelleth in Musick vpon the instrument of eyght strynges O Lorde rebuâ—e me nat in thy indigna cyon neyther chasten me in thy wrath Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am weake O Lorde heale me for my bones are vexed My soule also is sore troubled but Lorde howe longe wylt thou punyshe me Turne the O Lorde and delyuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercyes sake For in death no man remembreth the and who wyll geue the thankes in the pyte I am wery of my groning euery night washe I my bedde and water my couche with my teares My bewtye is gone for very trouble and worne awaye because of all myne enemyes A waye fro â–ª me all ye that worke vanyte for the Lorde hath harde the voyce of my wepynge The Lorde hath hearde my peticyon the Lorde wyll receaue my prayer All myne enemyes shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal
habytacion for himselfe in a harde rocke Beholde O thou man the Lorde shal carye the away into captiuyte and shall surely couer the with confusyon The Lorde shall turne the ouer lyke a bal with hys handes ⚜ and shal sende the into a farre countre There shalte thou dye and there in steade of the charetes of thy pompe shall the house of thy Lorde haue confusion ☞ I wyll dryue the frō thy place out of thy dwellynge shall he ouerthrow the. And in that daye shall I call my seruaunt Eliakim the sonne of Helkia And ☞ with thy garmentes wyll I clothe him and with thy gyrdle wyll I strengthe hym thy power also wyll I yelde into hys hande and he shal be a father of such as dwel in Ierusalem and in the house of Iuda And the keye of the house of Dauyd wyll I lay vpon his shoulder so that he shal opē and no man shall shut He shall shut and no man shall open And I wyll fasten hym as a nayle in a sure place and he shal be the gloryous seate of hys fathers house to the iust O thou most ryghteous thou shalte ordre the path of hym that is ryghteous Yee ☞ in the waye of thy iudgementes O Lorde haue we put our trust in the Thy name also and the remembraunce of the reioyse the soule My soule hathe lōged for y ◠all the nyght and with my sprete which is within me wyll I seke the early in the mornynge For whan thy iudgementes are i the earth the inhabytatours of the worlde shall lerne ryghteousnes Shall the vngodly man be fauoured which hathe nat lerned ryghteousnes but doth wyckedly in the earth where nothynge ought to be done but that whiche is ryghteous He shall nat se the glory of the Lorde Lorde whan thy hande is lyfte vp they se it nar but they shall se it and be confounded with the zele of the people and the fyre that consumeth thyne enemyes shal deuoure them Lorde vnto vs thou shalt prouyde peace for thou also haste wrought all oùre workes in vs. O Lorde oure God other Lordes besyde the hath subdued vs but we wyl be myndefull onely of the and of thy name ☞ The deed wyll nat lyue and they that be out of lyfe wyl nat ryse agayne therfore hast thou visyted and roted them out and destroyed all the memory of them Thou haste increased the people O Lorde thou hast increased the people and thou art pray sed thou hast sent them farre of vnto all the coastes of the earth Lorde in trouble haue they visited the they powred out their prayer whan thy chastenynge was vpon thē Lyke as a woman with chylde that draweth nye towarde hyr trauayle is sory and cryeth in hyr paynes euen so haue we bene in thy syght O Lorde We haue ben with chylde suffered payne ☞ as though we had brought forth wynde For there is no saluaciō in the earth neyther do the inhabitours of the worlde submitte themselues Thy deed men shal lyue euen with my body shal they ryse agayne Awake syng ye that dwell in dust For ☞ thy dewe is euen as the dewe of herbes and the earth shall caste out them that be vnder her Come my people entre thou into thy chambers and shute thy dores aboute the hyde thy selfe a lytle for a whyle vntyl the indygnacyon be ouerpaste Forlo the Lorde is commynge out of his place to vyset the wyckednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth The earth also shall disclose hyr owne bloude and shall nomore hyde them that are slayne in her ¶ A prophecye of the commynge of Chryste and destruccyon of Idolatrye CAPI XXVII IN that daye the lorde with his sore great and myghtie swerde shal visyte ☞ Leuiathan the fugityue serpent euen Leuiathan that croked serpent and he shall slaye the dragon that is in the see In that daye se that ye syng of the vyneyarde which bringeth forth the best wyne Euen I the Lorde do kepe it In due seasons shall I water it and lest the enemy do it any harme I wyll both nyght and daye preserue it There is no displeasure in me or els whan the vyneyarde bringeth me forth breers and thornes I wolde go thorowe it by war and burne it vp together Let it take holde of my strēgth and it shall be at one with me euen at one shall it be with me The dayes are cōming that Iacob shal take rote Israell shal be grene and floryshe and y ◠worlde shal be fylled with frute Hath he smytten hym as sore as he dyd the other that smote hym Or is he slayne with so sore a slaughter as they that slewe hym In measure dothe he smyte hym whyle he sendeth vnto hym suche thynges wherby he commeth to his mynde agayne For in the daye that the east wynde bloweth sore it taketh awaye the frutes Thus therfore shall the iniquite of Iacob be reconcyled and here is all the frute of the takyng away of his synne yfhe make all the stones of the altare of Idoles as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder that theyr graues ymages ryse nat vp agayne Els shal the strōgcytie be desolate and the habytacyon forsaken and left lyke a wyldernes There shall the calfe fede there shall he lye eate vp the yonge springes therof ☞ Whan the braunches of it are drye they are broken of and the wemen come and set them on fyre For it is a people of no vnderstāding therfore he that made thē shal nat fauoure thē and he that created thē shal geue thē no grace And in that daye shall the Lorde make a thresshynge from the myddes of the ryuer Euphrates vnto the ryuer of Egypte and ye chyldren of Israel shal be gathered together one to another In that daye shal ☞ y ◠great trōpe be blowen so y ◠those which were lost in the lande of Assyria and they that were banysshed into y ◠lande of Egypte shall come and worshyppe the Lorde in the holy mount at Ierusalem ¶ Agaynste the pryde of Ephraim and agaynste false prestes and preachers CAPI XXVIII WO BE vnto the crowne of pryce euen to the dronken people of Ephraim whose great pōpe is as afloure y ◠faydeth away ☞ vpon the head of the valley of such as be in welth and are ouerladē with wyue Beholde there commeth a vehemēt and sore day from the Lord lyke an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest euen lyke the force of myghtye and horrible waters that beareth downe at thiges The crowne of the pryde of the dronkē Ephraemites shal be trodē vnder fote so that the floure of his fairenesse and beautye whiche is in the heade of ☞ the valley of farnesse shall fade awaye as doth an vntymely rype fygge afore haruest Whiche whā a man sytteth he loketh vpon it and whyle it is yet in his hande he eateth it vp In
and councels ‡ yf ye wyl iudge ryght betwyxte a man and his neyghbour yf ye wyl not oppresse the straunger the fatherlesse the wydowe yf ye wyl not shede innocent bloud in this place yf ye wyll not cleue to straunge goddes to your owne destruccyon then wyl I let you dwel in this place yea in the laÌ„de y â— I gaue afore tyme vnto youre fathers foreuer But take hede ye truste in councels y â— begyle you do you no good For when ye haue stollen murthered coÌ„mitted aduoutry periury When ye haue offred vnto Baal folowynge straunge vnknowne goddes Then come ye and stande before me in this house which hath my name geueÌ„ vnto it saye Tushe we are absolued quyt thoughe we haue done all these abhominacyons What thynke you this house y t beareth my name is a denne of theues And these thynges are not done priuely but before myne eyes sayeth the Lorde Go to my place in Siloh wheruÌ„to I gaue my name afore tyme and loke well what I dyd to the same place for the wickednes of my people of Israel And nowe thoughe ye haue done all these dedes sayeth the Lorde and I myselfe rose vp euer by tymes to warne you to commen with you yet wolde ye not heare me I called ye wolde not answere And therfore eueÌ„ as I haue done vnto Siloh so wyl I do to this house y â— my name is geuen vnto and that ye put your truste in ye vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and your fathers And I shal thrust you out of my syght as I haue caste out all youre brethren the whole sede of Ephraim Therfore thou shalte not praye for this people thou shalte neyther geue thankes nor byd prayer for them thou shalte make no intercession to me for them for in no wise wyll I heare the. Seyst thou not what they do in y â— cyties of Iuda in the stretes of Ierusalem The chyldren gather styckes the fathers kyndle the â—yre the women kneade the doughe to bake cakes for the Quene of Heauen They poure out drynke offrynges vnto strauÌ„ge Goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath Howbeit they hurt not me sayeth the Lord but rather confouÌ„de and shame theÌ„selues And therefore thus sayeth the Lorde God beholde my wrathe and my indignacyon shal be poured out vpon this place vpon men catell vpon the trees in the felde and frute of the lande and it shal burne so that no man may quenche it Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hoostes the God of Israel ☞ Heape vp your burnteoffrynges with your sacryfyces and eate the flesshe But when I brought your fathers out of Egypte I spake no worde vnto them of burntoffrynges and sacryfyces but this I commaunded them sayenge herken and obeye my voyce and I shal be your God and ye shall be my people so that ye walcke in all the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that ye maye prospere But they were not obedyent they inclyned not theyr eares there vnto but went after theyr owne ymaginacions and after the mocyons of theyr owne wycked herte and so turned themselues away and conuerted not vnto me And this haue they done from the tyme that youre fathers came out of Egypte vnto this daye Neuerthelesse I sente vnto them my seruauntes al the prophetes I rose vp earely and sent them worde yet wolde they not herken nor offre me theyr eares but were obstinate and worse then theyr fathers And thou shalte nowe speake al these wordes vnto them but they shall not heare the thou shalte crye vpon them but they shal not an swere the. Therfore shalte thou saye vnto them this is the people that neyther heareth the voyce of the Lorde theyr God nor receaueth his correccyon Faythfulnesse trueth is cleane roted out of their mouth Wherefore cut of thyne hearre caste it awaye take vp a complaynte on hye for the Lorde hathe cast away and scatred the people that he is displeased withall For the chyldren of Iuda haue done euyll in my syght sayeth the Lorde They haue set vp theyr abhominacyoÌ„s in the house that hath my name and haue defyled it They haue also builded an aultre at Topheth which is in the valley of the chyldren of HeÌ„nom that they myght burne theyr sonnes and daughters whiche I neuer coÌ„maunded theÌ„ neither came it euer in my thought And therfore beholde the dayes shal come sayth the Lorde that it shal nomore be called Topheth or the valley of the chyldren of HeÌ„nom but y â— valley of slaughter for in Topheth they shal be buryed because they shal els haue no rowme Yea the deade bodyes of this people shal be eaten vp of the foules of the ayre wylde bestes of y â— earth and no man shal fray them awaye And as for the voice of myrth gladnes of the cities of Iuda Ierusalem the voyce of the brydegrome of the bryde I wyll make them ceasse for the lande shal be desolate ¶ The destruccyon of the Iewes The Lorde moueth the people to amendement reckenynge vp theyr synnes He reprehendeth the lyinge doctryne of the Prophetes prestes CAPI VIII AT THE same tyme sayeth the Lorde the bones of the kynges of Iuda the bones of hys prynces the bones of the prestes and prophetes yee and the bones of the cytezins of Ierusalem shal be brought out of theyr graues and layed agaynste the Sunne the Moone and all the heauenly hoost whom they loued whom they serued whom they ranne after whom they sought and worshypped They shall nether be gathered together nor buried but shal lye vpoÌ„ the earthe to theyr shame and despysynge And all they that remayne of thys wycked generacyon shall desyre rather to dye then to lyue whersoeuer they remayne and whereas I scatre them sayeth the Lorde of hostes Thys shalte thou saye vnto them also Thus sayeth the Lorde Do men fall so that they arise not vp againe And turne they so farre awaye that they neuer conuerte Wherfore then is thys people and Ierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not agayne They are euer the longer the more obstynate and wyll nat be conuerted For I haue loked and consydered but there is no man that speaketh a good worde there is no man that taketh repentaunce for hys synne that wyll so muche as saye wherfore haue I done thys But euery man as soone as he is turned backe runneth forthe styll lyke a wylde horse in a battayll The Storke knoweth his appoynted tyme the Turtle doue the Swalowe and the Crane consydre the tyme of theyr trauayll but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punyshment of the Lorde How dare ye saye then we are wyse we haue the lawe of the Lorde amonge vs Beholde the dysceatfull penne of the scrybes setteth forth lyes therfore shal the wyse be confounded
aulters haue ye set vp to offre vpon them vnto Baall Therfore praye not thou for this people byd neyther prayse nor prayer for them for thoughe they crye vnto me in theyr trouble yet wyll I not heare them O thou beloued why doest thou so shamefull greate blaphemyes in my house eueÌ„ as though that holy flessh myght absolue the specially when thou hast made thy boste of thy wyckednes The Lorde called the a grene olyue tre a fayre one a frutefull one a goodly one but nowe that there is a coÌ„trary report of the abrode he wyl burne the vp and destroye thy braunches For the Lorde of Hoostes that planted the hath deuysed a plage for the O thou house of Israell and Iuda for the euyl that ye haue done to prouoke hym to wrathe in that ye dyd seruyce vnto Baal This O Lorde haue I lerned of the and vnderstand it for thou hast shewed me their ymaginacioÌ„s But I am as a mekelaÌ„be that is caryed away to be slayne not knowynge that they had deuysed suche a councel agaynst me sayeng We wyll destroye his meate with wood and dryue hym out of the lande of the liuing that his name shal neuer be thought vpon Therfore I wyl besech the nowe O Lorde of hostes thou rightuê° iudgeê° thou that triest the raines and the her tes let me se the auenged of them for vnto the haue I coÌ„mytted my cause The Lorde therfore spake thus of the cytezins of Anathoth that sought to sley me sayeng Preache not vnto vs in the name of the Lorde or els thou shalt dye of our handes Thus I say spake the Lorde of Hostes. Beholde I wyll vyset you Your yong men shall perish with the swerde your sonnes your daughters shall vtterly dye of hongre so that none shall remayne For vpon the cytezins of Anathoth wyll I brynge a plage euen the yere of theyr visitacion ¶ The Prophete maruayleth greately at the prosperite of the wycked all thoughe he confesse God to be ryghtuous The Iewes are forsaken of the Lorde He speaketh agaynst Curates and Preachers that seduce the people The Lorde threateneth destruccyon vnto the nacyons that bordered vpon Iewryâ— whiche troubled and vexed it CAPI XII O LORDE thou art more ryghtuous then that I shulde dispute with the. Neuerthelesse let me talke with the in thinges reasonable Howe happeneth it that the waye of the vngodly is so prosperous and that it goeth so well with them whiche without any shame offende and lyue in wickednes Thou plantest them they take rote they growe and brynge forth fruyte They boste much of the yet doest thou not punysh them But thou Lorde to whom I am well knowen thou that hast sene and proued my herte take them awaye lyke as a flocke is caryed to the slaughter house and apoynte them for the daye of slaughter Howe long shal the lande mourne and all the herbes of the felde perish for the wyckednes of them that dwell therin The catell and the byrdes are gone yet saye they tushe God wyll not destroye vs vtterly Seynge thou arte wery in running with the foote men howe wylte thou then runne with horses In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe but howe wylte thou do in the furyous pryde of Iordane For thy brethren and thy kynred haue all together despised the and cryed out vpon the in thyne absence Beleue them not thoughe they speake fayre wordes to the. As for me I saye I haue forsaken myne owne dwellyng place and lefte myne heritage My lyfe also that I loue so well haue I geuen into the handes of myne enemyes Myne herytage is become vnto me as a Lyon in the wod It cryed out vpon me therfore haue I forsaken it Myne herytage is vnto me as a speckled byrde a byrde of dyuerse coloures is vpon it Go hence and gather all the beastes of the felde together that they maye eate it vp Dyuerse herdmen haue broken downe my vineyarde and troden vpoÌ„ my porcion Of my pleasaunt porcyon they haue made a wyldernes and deserte They haue layed it waste and now that it is wast it sigheth vnto me Yee the whole lande lyeth waste and no man regardethe it The destroyers come ouer the heeth euery waye for the swearde of the Lorde dothe consume from the one ende of the lande to the other and no flesh hathe rest They haue sowen wheat and reaped thornes They haue taken heritage in possession but it doth theÌ„ no good and ye shall be confounded of youre owne wynnynges because of the great wrathe of the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde vpon all myne euyl neyghbours that laye hande on myne herytage whiche I haue geuen my people of Israel Beholde I wyll plucke them namely Israel out of theyr lande and put out the house of Iuda from amonge them And when I haue roted them out I wyll be at one with theÌ„ agayne and I wyll haue mercy vpon them and bryng them agayne euery man to his owne heritage and in to his lande And if they namely that trouble my people wyl lerne the waies of them to sweare by my name The Lorde lyueth lyke as they learned my people to sweare by Baal then shall they be rekened among my people But yf they wyl nat obey then wyll I rote out the same folke and destroye them sayeth the Lorde ¶ The destruccyon of the Iewes is prefygured and theyr sparsinge abrode Why Israel was receaued to be the people of God and why they were forsaken CAPI XIII THus sayeth the Lorde vnto me go thy waye and get me a lynen breche and gyrde it aboute thy loynes and let iâ— nat be wet Then I got me a breche accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde and put it aboute my loynes After thys the Lorde spake vnto me againe Take the breche that thou hast prepared and put aboute the and get the vp go vnto Euphrates hyde it i a hole of the rocke So went I and hyd it at Euphrates as the Lorde coÌ„maunded me And it happened longe after this y â— the Lorde spake vnto me Up and get the to Euphrates and fet the breche from thence which I coÌ„maunded the to hyde thee Then went I to Euphrates and dygged vp and toke the breche from the place where I had hyd it and beholde the breche was corrupt so that it was profytable for nothynge Then sayde the Lorde vnto me Thus sayeth the Lorde Euen so wyll I corrupte the pryde of Iuda and the hye mynde of Ierusalem Thys people is a wycked people they wyll not heare my worde they folowe the wicked ymaginacyons of their owne herte and hang vpon straunge Goddes them they serue and worshyppe and therfore they shal be as this breche that serueth for nothynge For as straytely as a breche lyeth vpon a mans loynes so straytely dyd I bynde the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Iuda
vnto me sayeth the Lorde that they myght be my people that they myght haue a gloryous name that they myghte be in honour but they wolde not obeye me Therfore laye thys rydle before them and say Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel Euery pot shal be fylled with wyne And they shall saye thynkeste thou we knowe not that euery pot shal be filled with wine Then shalte thou saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I shall fyll all the inhabytours of thys lande with dronekennes the kynges that syt vpon Dauyds stole the prestes and prophetes with all that dwell at Ierusalem And I wyll shute them one agaynst another yee the fathers agaynst the sonnes sayeth the Lorde I wyll not pardon them I wyll not spare them nor haue pytye vpon them but destroye them Be obedyent geue eare take nat dysdayne at it for it is the Lord hi selfe that speaketh Honoure the Lord your God here in or he take hys lyghte from you and or euer youre fete stomble in darckenesse at the hyll leste when ye loke for the lyght he turne it in to the shadowe and darkenesse of death But yf ye will not heare me that geue you secret warnynge I will mourne froÌ„ my whole hert for your stubburnes Pyteously wyll I wepe and the teares shall gusshe out of myne eyes For y â— Lordes flocke shall be caryed awaye captiue Tell the kyng and the quene Humble youre selues set you downe lowe for the crowne of your glory shal fall from your head The cytyes towarde the southe shal be shut vp and no man shall open them All Iuda shall be caryed awaye captyue so that none shall remayne â–ª Lyft vp your eyes and beholde them that come from the North. Lyke a fat flocke shal they fal vpoÌ„ the. To whom wylt y u make thy mone when they come vpon the â–ª for thou haste taughte them thy selfe and made them masters ouer the. Shall nat sorowe come vpon the as on a woman trauayllynge with chylde And yf thou woldest say then in thyne herte Wherfore come these thinges vpon me Euen for the multytude of thy blasphemyes shall thy hynder partes and thy fete be dyscouered For lyke as the man of Inde maye chaunge hysskynne and the cat of the mountayne her sportes so may ye that be exercysed in euyl do good Therfore wyll I scatre you lyke as the stoble y e is taken away with y â— south wynde Thys shall be youre porcion and the poreyon of youre measure wherwith ye shal be rewarded of me sayeth the Lorde because ye haue forgotten me and put youre truste in dysceatfull thynges Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy heade and dyscouer thy thyghes that thy preuytyes maye be sene thy aduoutry thy deedly malyce thy beastlynesse and thy shamefull whordome For vpon the feldes and hylles I haue sene thy abhomynacyons Wo be vnto the O Ierusalem when wylte thou euer be clensed any more ¶ Of the deaâ—the that shulde come in Iewry The prayer of the people askynge mercy of the Lorde The vnfaythfull people are not hearde Of praier â—astynge and of false prophetes that seduce the people CAPI XIIII THE worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremy concernyng the derthe of the frutes Iuda hathe mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heuinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Ierusalem goeth vp The Lordes sente theyr seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they dyd fynde no water but caryed theyr vessels home emptye They be ashamed and confounded and couer theyr heades For the grounde is dryed vp because there commeth no rayne vpon it The plowmen also be ashamed and couer theyr heades The hynde also forsoke the yonge fawne that he broughte forthe in the felde because there was no grasse The wylde Asses dyd stande in the hye places and drewe in theyr wynde lyke the dragons theyr eyes dyd fayle for wante of grasse Doutles oure owne wyckednesse dothe rewarde vs But Lorde do thou accordynge to thy name though oure transgressyons and synnes be many For thou art the coÌ„forte and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wylt thou be as a straunger in the lande as one that goeth ouer the felde and coÌ„meth in only to remayne for a nyght Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a gyaunt that yet maye nat helpe For thou O Lorde art in the myddes of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs nat Thus hathe the Lorde sayde vnto this people ☞ seyng they haue had suche a lust to wander abrode and haue nat refrayned theyr fete therfore displeased the Lorde but he wyll nowe brynge agayne to remembrauÌ„ce all theyr mysdedes and punysh all theyr synnes Yee euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt nat praye to do this people good For though they fast I wyll nat heare theyr prayers And though they offre burnt offrynges and sacryfyces yet wyl nat I accepte them For I wyll destroye them with the swerde honger and pestilence Then answered I O Lorde God the prophetes saye vnto theÌ„ Tush ye shall nede to feare no swearde and no honger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you coÌ„tynuall rest in this place And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preache lyes in my name where as I haue not sent them nether gaue I them any charge nether dyd I speake vnto theÌ„ yet they preach vnto you false visioÌ„s charmynge vanyte and disceatfulnes of theyr owne hert Therfore thus saieth the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my my name whom I neuerthelesse haue nat sente and that saye Tush there shall no swearde nor hoÌ„ger be in this lande With swearde and with honger shal those prophetes perysh and the people to whom they preache shal be caste out of Ierusalem dye of honger and be slayne with the swearde and there shal be no man to burye them bothe they and theyr wyues theyr sonnes theyr daughters For thus wyll I poure theyr wyckednesse vpon theÌ„ Thys shalte y â— say also vnto them Mine eyes shal wepe without ceassynge daye and nyght For my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall peryshe with a great plage For if I go into the felde lo it lyeth al ful of slayne men If I come into the cyty lo they be all famyshed of honger Yee theyr prophetes also and prestes shall be led into an vnknowen lande Haste thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda plaged vs that we can be healed nomore We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothynge but trouble We knowledge O Lorde all our mysdedes and the synnes of our fathers that we haue offeÌ„ded the. Be not displeased O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louynge kyndnesse Remembre the trone of thyne honoure breke not the couenaunt y
the aungell dyd hym He offred vnto the aungell holfe the goodes that he brought with hym CAPI XII THen Tobyas called his sonne vnto hym and sayde What may we geue thys holy man that wente with the Tobias answered hys father and sayde Father what rewarde shall we geue him Or what thynge can deserue his benefytes He hath bene my gyde and brought me safe agayne he receaued the money frō Gabelus he caused me to get my wyfe he droue the euyll spryte from her be hath bene an occasyon of gladnesse to her father and mother he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fyshe he hath made the to se the lyght of heauen yee we all haue receaued greate good of him Howe shulde we worthely deserue these thynges vnto him But I praye the my father that thou wylt desyre him yf happly he wyll voutch safe to take w t hym the halfe of all that we haue brought So the father and the sonne called hym toke him asyde and beganne to praye hym y ◠he wolde be cōtent to take in good worth the halfe parte of al that they had brought Then sayde he secretly vnto them Prayse ye the god of heauen and geue thankes vn to hym before all men lyuynge for he hathe shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the kinges secrete but to shew to praise y ◠worckes of god it is an honorable thyng Prayer is good with fastinge and mercy is better then to hoorde vp treasures of gold For mercy delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlasting lyfe But they that do synne vnrighteousnes are the enemyes of theyr owne soule Wherfore I tell you the truth and wyll hyde nothinge from you When thou prayedst with teares and buryedst the deed and leftest thy dyner and hiddest the deed in thy house vpon the day tyme that thou myghtest buryē them in the nyghte I offred thy prayer before the Lorde And because thou wast accept and beloued of God it was necessary that temtacyon shulde trye the. And now hath the Lord sent me to heale the and to delyuet Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euyll spryte For I am Raphael an aungel one of the seuen that stande before God When they hearde thys they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon theyr faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the Aungel Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene with you it is the wyll of God geue prayse and thanckes vnto hym You thought that I dyd eat and dryncke with you but I vse meate that is inuysyble and drincke that cannot be sene of men Nowe therfore is the tyme that I muste rurne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thanckfull vnto God and tel out all hys wonderous worckes And when he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of theyr syghte so that they sawe hym nomore Then tell they downe flat vpon their faces by the spaces of thre houres praysed God when they rose vp they tolde all hys wonderous worckes ¶ Tobias the elder geueth thankes vnto God CAPI XIII THen olde Tobias opened 〈◊〉 mouthe and praysed the Lorde and sayde Great art thou O Lorde for euermore and thy kigdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none that may escape thyne hande O geue thankes vnto the Lorde ye chyldren of Israell and prayse hym in the syght of the heathen For amonge the Heathen whiche knowe hym not hathe he scatered you to the intent that ye shulde shewe forth hys maruelous worckes and cause them for to knowe that there is none other God almyghtye but he He hathe chastened vs for our mysdedes for hys owne mercye sake shall he saue vs. Consydre then howe he hath dealt with you and prayse hym with feare drede and magnyfye the euerlastynge kynge in youre worckes I wyll praye him euen in the lande of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his matestye vnto synful people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do ryghteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyll shewe his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wyll reioyse in God O prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen holde y ◠dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto hym O Ierusalem thou cytie of God the Lorde hath punyshed the for the workes of thyne owne handes O prayse the Lorde in thy good thynges and geue thankes to the euerlastynge God that he may buylde vp his tabernacle agayne in the that he maye call agayne vnto the all suche as be in captiuyte that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre lyght shalte thou shyne and all the endes of the worlde shall honoure the. The people shall come vnto the from farre they shall brynge gyftes worship the Lorde in the and thy laude shall they haue for a Sanctuary for they shall call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shall they be that despyse the all that blaspheme the shal be condempned but blessed shall they be that buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in the chyldre for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the Lorde Blessed are they all that loue the and that be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the Lorde O my soule for the Lorde our God hathe delyuered hys cytie Ierusalem from all her troubles I wyll counte my selfe happye yf my sede remayne to se the clearnes of Ierusalem The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smarage and all the compasse of her walles with precyous stones All her stretes shal be paued with white marble stone and in al stretes shal Alleluya be songe Praysed be the Lorde whiche hath exalted her that his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of hys talkynge ¶ Tobias prophecyeth the destruction of Niniue His sōme returned to Raguel alter the decesse of h◠father mother CAPI XIIII AND after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued xlii ▪ yeares sawe his chylders chyldren Now when he was C and. ii yeare olde he dyed and was buryed honorably in Niniue For when he was sixe and fyftye yeares of age he lost the syght of his eyes and whē he was thre score yeare olde he gat his syght agayne The residue of his lyfe led he in ioye and increased well in y ◠feare of God departed 〈◊〉 peace But in the houre of hys death he called vnto hym hys sonne Tobias and seuen yonge springaldes hys sōnes chyldren and sayde vnto thē The destruccyon of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the Lorde can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the lande of Israel shal come thyther agayne And the whole lande of it that hathe bene waste shal be fylled the huose of God that was brent in it shal be buylded agayne and all suche
to remembraunce howe oure fathers also in tymes past were tempted that they myght be proued yf they worshypped theyr God a ryght They ought to remembre howe our father Abraham beynge tempted and tryed thorowe many trybulacyons was founde a louer and frende of God So was Isaac so was Iacob so was Moises and al they that pleased God beyng tryed thorowe many troubles were founde stedfast in fayth Agayne they that receyued not theyr teÌ„ptacyons with the feare of God but put them selues forth with vnpaciency and murmurynge agaynste God peryshed of the destroyer and were slayne of serpentes And therfore shuld not we vndertake to be auenged for the thyng that is done vnto vs but to consydre that all these punyshementes are farre lesse then our synnes and mysdedes Beleuinge also that this correccyon commeth vnto vs as to the seruauntes of God for amendemente and not for our destruccion Then sayde Osias the elders vnto Iudith All that thou speakest is true and no man can reproue thy wordes Pray thou for vs now therfore vnto God for thou arte an holy woman and fearest God And Iudith sayde vnto them Seyng ye knowe that my wordes are of God then proue my councell and deuyse yf it be of God beseche God y â— he wyll brynge my councel to good ende Thus haue I deuised Ye shal stande this nyght before the porte and I wyll go forthe w t Abra my mayden Praye ye therfore vnto God that he wyl graciously remeÌ„bre his people of Israel wtin fiue dayes as ye haue said As for the thynge that I go in hande wtal aske ye no questions of it tyl I open it vnto you my selfe do ye nothiÌ„g els but pray vnto the Lorde our God for me Then Osias the prince of the people of Iuda sayd vnto her Go thy way i peace the Lorde be w t the that we may be aueÌ„ged of oure ennemyes And so they wente from her agayne ¶ The prayer of Iudith for the vyctory CAPI IX NOwe when they were gone theyr way Iudyth wente into her closet put on an hearrye smocke strawed asshes vpon her heade fell downe before the Lord and cryed vnto hym sayinge O Lorde God of my father Symeon which gauest hym a swerde for a defence agaynst the enemyes that vsed vyolence and wylfulnes and that rauisshed the vyrgin and put her to dyshonesty Thou that gauest theyr wyues into a pray theyr daughters into captiuite and al theyr praye for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes whyche bare a zele vnto the helpe me wyddowe O Lorde my God I beseche the. For thou hast done all thynges from the begynnynge and loke what thou hast taken in hande and deuised it came euer to passe For all thy wayes are prepared and thy iudgementes are done in thy euerlastyng for knoweledge O loke nowe vpon the armies of the Assyrians lyke as it was thy pleasure somtime to loke vpon the host of y â— EgipciaÌ„s when they being weapened ê‘secute thy seruauÌ„tê put theyr trust in their charettes horsmeÌ„ in the multitude of their men of warre But y u lokedst vpon their host castyng a thycke darkenes before them when they came into the depe the waters ouerwhelmed them Euen so Lorde let it go with these that truste in the power multitude of their men of warre in theyr charettes arowes speares and knowe not that thou onely art our God whiche destroyest warres from the begynnyng and that thou art the Lord. O lift vp thyne arme nowe lyke as euer troÌ„ the begynning in thy power brynge their power to naught cause theyr myght to fall in thy wrathe They make theyr boste that they wyll vnhalowe and defyle thy Sanctuary and to wayst the tabernacle of thy name to cast downe the horne of thyne aulter with theyr swerde Bryng to passe O Lorde that the pryde of the enemye maye be cut downe with his owne swearde that he maye be takeÌ„ w t the snare of his eyes in me and that thou mayest smyte hi with the lyppes of my loue O geue me a stedfast minde that I maye despyse him and his strength that I may destroye hym Thys shall brynge thy name an euerlastynge remembraunce yf the hande of a woman ouer throwe hym For thy power O Lord staÌ„deth not in y â— power of men neyther hast y u any pleasure in the strength of horses There was neuer proude persone y t pleased the but in the prayer of y â— humble and meke hath thy pleasure bene euermore O thou God of the heauens thou maker of the waters and Lorde of all creatures heare me poore woman callynge vpon the puttynge my truste in thy mercy Remembre thy couenaunt O Lorde and mynister wordes in my mouth and stablysh this deuice in my hert that thy house maye contynue styll in holynes and that all the Heythen maye knowe that thou art God and that there is none other but thou ¶ Iudish decketh her selfe â—o go to Holofernes The blessynge that the Elders gaue Iudith Holofernes is in loue with Iudith CAPI X. ANd wheÌ„ she had left of cryeng vnto the Lord she rose vp from the place where she had lyen flat before the Lord called her mayden wente downe into her house layed the hearrye clothe freÌ„ her put of the garmneâ—es of her wyddowhode wasshed her body anoynted her selfe with precyous thynges â–ª of swete sauoure broyded and platted her hearre set an hooue vpon her head and put on suche apparell as belongeth vnto gladnesse slyppers vpon her fete armellettê spaÌ„ges earynges fynger rynges and deckt her selfe w t all her best aray The Lorde gaue her also a specyall beautye and fayrenes for all this deckyng of her selfe was not done for any voluptuousnesse and pleasure of the fleshe but of a ryght discrecyon and vertue therfore dyd the Lorde increase her bewtye so that she was exceadyng amiable and welfauoured in all mens eyes She gaue hyr mayde also a botell of wyne a pot with oyle pottage cake bread chese and went her way Nowe whan she came to the porte of the cytie she founde Osias and the elders of the cytie waytyng there Whiche whaÌ„ they sawe her they were astonnyed marueled greatly at her vewty Neuerthelesse they asked no questioÌ„ at her but let her go saying The god of our fathers geue the his grace with hys power perfourme al the deuyse of thy herte y â— IerusaleÌ„ maye reioyce ouer the that thy name may be in the noÌ„bre of the holy ryghtuous And al they y â— were there sayde w t one voyce so be it so be it Iudith made her prayer vnto the Lord went out at the porte she and her mayde And as she was going downe the mountayne it happened that aboute y â— sprynge of the day the spyes of the AssyriaÌ„s met w t her toke her saying whence coÌ„mest y u Or whither goest y u She answered I am a
loue him Who so feareth the Lorde staÌ„deth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the Lorde is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lorde In whoÌ„ putteth he his trust Who is his strength For the eyes of the Lord haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mighty proteccion and stronge grouÌ„d A defeÌ„ce for the heate and refuge for the hote none daye a succore for stumblynge and an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule lyghteneth the eyes He geueth lyfe and blessynge He that geueth an offringe of vnrygh tuous good his offeringe is refused and the scornefull dealynges of the vnryghtuous please not God The Lorde is theyrs onely y â— pacientely abyde hym in the waye of the trueth of ryghtuousnes The hyghest doth not alowe the gyftes of the wycked And God hath no delyte in y â— offeringes of the vngodly nether may synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacyons Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that kylleth the soÌ„ne before the fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he y â— defraudeth hym therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth hys neyghboure of his liuyng doth as a great sine as though he sâ—e we him to death He y â— defraudeth the laborer of his hyre is a bloud shedder When one buildeth and another breaketh downe what profyte haue they then but laboure WheÌ„ one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl y â— Lorde heare He y â— washeth hi selfe because of a deed body then toucheth y â— deed agayne what doth his washyng So is it with a maÌ„ y t fasteth for his sinnes doth theÌ„ agayne who wyll heare his prayer Or what doth his fastyng helpe him ¶ It is well done to praye and to do sacryfice The prayer of the fal heeles and of the widdowe and him that humbleth hym selfe CAPI XXXV WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offringes ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundemente offreth the ryght health offeringe He that is thankefull and recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercyfull and geueth almes that is the ryght thankeoffrynge God hath pleasure when one departeth from synne and to forsake vnryghtuousnes reconcyleth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde for all suche is done because of the commaundement The offringe of the rightuous maketh the aulter fat a swete smell is it before the Hyest The offerynge of the ryghtuous is acceptable vnto God and shal neuer be forgotten Gyue God his honoure with a chereful herte and kepe not backe the fyrstlynges of thy handes In all thy gyftes shewe a mercyful countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse Gyue vnto God accordynge as he hath enryched and prospered the and loke what thin haÌ„de is able geue with a chereful eye for the Lord recompenseth and geueth the seuen tymes as muche agayne Geue no vnryghtuous gyftes for suche wyll he nat receyue Beware of wrongeous offringes for the Lord is a rightuous iudge and regarderh no mannes personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed He despyseth not the desyre of the fatherlesse nor the wyddowe when she poureth out her prayer before hym Doth not God se the teares that renne downe the chekes of the wyddowe Or heareth he not the coÌ„playnte ouer suche as make her to wepe For from hyr chekes do the teares go vp vnto heaueÌ„ and the Lorde which heareth theÌ„ doth accepte them Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted and hys prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y â— humbleth him sylfe goeth thorow the cloudes tyll she come nye She will not be comforted nor go her waye tyll the hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentence and perfourme the iudgement And the Lorde wyll not be slack in coÌ„mynge nor tary long tyll he haue smytten in sonder the ba ckes of the vnmercyfull and auenged him selfe of the HeatheÌ„ tyl he haue taken awaye the multytude of the cruell and broken the cepter of the vnryghtuous tyll he geue euery man after his workes and rewarde theÌ„ after their doyngê tyl he haue deliuered his people mayntained their cause reioysed theÌ„ iÌ„ his mercy O how fayre a thyng is mercy in the time of anguish trouble It is lyke a cloude of rayne that coÌ„meth in the tyme of a drouth ¶ A prayer to God in the person of all faythfull men with the prayse of a good woman CAPI XXXVI HAue mercy vpon vs O Lorde thou God of all thynges Haue respecte vnto vs shewe vs the light of thy mercyes and sende thy feare amonge the Heathen strauÌ„gers which seke not after the that they may knowe how that there is no God but thou and that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes Lyfte vp thyne hande ouer the outlandy she Heathen that they maye learne to knowe thy myght and power Lyke as thou arte halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe that thou mayest be magnyfyed also in them before vs that they may know the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O Lorde Renue the tokens and chaunge the wonderous worckes Shew thyne hande and thy ryght arme gloryously Rayse vp thy indignacyon poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary and smyte the enemy Make the tyme short remembre thy couenaunt that thy wonderous worckes may be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume theÌ„ that lyue so carelesse and let them peryshe that do thy people hurt Smyte in sunder the heade of the Prynces that be oure enemyes and say there is none other but we Gather all the trybes of Iacob together agayne y â— they may knowe howe that there is none other God but onely thou that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes and be thou thy peoples herytage lyke as from the begyynnynge O Lord haue merey vpon the people that hath thy name and vpoÌ„ Israel whoÌ„ y u hast lyckened to a fyrst borne sonne O be mercyfull vnto Ierusalem the cytie of thy Sanctuary the cytie of thy rest Fyll Syon with thy vnspeakable vertues thy people with thy glorye Geue wytnes vnto thy creature whom thou madest from the beginnynge rayse vp the prophecyes that haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde theÌ„ that wayte for the that thy Prophetes may be founde faythfull O Lorde heare the prayer of thy seruauÌ„tes accordyng to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people gyde thou vs in the way of ryghteousnes that all they whiche dwel vpon the earthe maye knowe that thou art the Lorde the eternall God whiche is from euerlastyng The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Lyke as the tong tasteth venyson so doth an herte of vnderstandyng
marcke false wordes A frowarde hert geueth heuines but a man of experience lifteth hym vp agayne The woman receyueth euery man yet is one daughter better then another A fayre wyfe reioyseth her husband a man loueth nothyng better If she be louynge vertuous wyth all then is not her husbande lyke other men He that hathe gotten a vertuous woman hath a goodly possession she is vnto him an helpe and pyler wherupon he resteth Where no hedge is there y â— goodes are spoyled where no huswyfe is there the frendles mourneth Lyke as there is no credeÌ„ce geueÌ„ to a robber that goeth from one cytye to anoher So is not the man beleued that hath no nest and must turne in where he may abyde in the nyght ¶ Howe a man shulde knowe frendes and councellers and searche the company of a holy man CAPI XXXVII EUery frende sayeth I wyll be frendely vnto him also But there is some frend whiche is onely a frende in name Remayneth there not heuynes vnto death when a companyon and frende is turned to an enemye O most wycked presumpcyon From whense art thou spronge vp to couer y e earth with falshede disceate There is some coÌ„panyon whiche in prosperite reioyseth wyth his frende but in the tyme of trouble he taketh parte against hym There is some companyon that mourneth with his frende for the bely sake but when trouble commeth he taketh holde of the shylde Forget not thy frende in thy mynde and thynke vpon hym in thy ryches Seke no councell at thy kyns men and hyde thy councel froÌ„ such as beare the no good wyl Euery couÌ„celer bryngeth forth his couÌ„cell Neuertheles there is some that counceleth but for his owne profite Beware of the counceller and be aduysed afore whereto thou wylte vse him for he wyll councel for him selfe Lest he cast the lot vpoÌ„ the and say vnto the Thy way purpose is good after warde he staÌ„de agaynst the and loke what shall become of the. Aske no councel at him that suspecteth y â— for an enemy and hyde thy councel froÌ„ suche as hate the. Aske no councell at a woman coÌ„cernyng the thinges that she longeth for nor at a fearfull and fayne herted bodye in matters of warre or at a marchaunt howe deare he wyll cheape thy wares towarde his or at a byer of sellynge Or at an enuyous man of thankes geuyng or at the vnmercyfull of louyng kyndnes or at an vnhonest man of honestye Or at the slouthfull of workynge Or at an hyrelynge whiche hath no house or profyte or wealth An ydle bodye wolde not gladly heare speake of much labour Take no suche folkes to councel but be dilygent to seke councel at a vertuous man that feareth God suche one as thou knowest to be kepte of the coÌ„maundementes which hath a mind after thyne owne mynde and is sory for the when thou stumblest And holde thy councel fast in thyne hert for there is no man more faythfull to kepe it then thou thy selfe For a mans mynde is suÌ„tyme more disposed to tell oute then seuen watchemen that sit aboue in an hye place lokyng aboute them And aboue all this praye y â— hyest that he wyll leade thy waye in faythfulnes and truthe Before all thy workes aske councel fyrst and or euer thou doest any thyng be well aduised There be foure thynges that declare a chaunged herte wherout there spryngeth euyl and good death lyfe and a masterfull tonge that bableth muche Some man is apte and well instructe in many thynges and yet very vnprofitable vnto hym selfe Some man there is that can geue wyse and prudent councell and yet is he hated and continueth a begger for that grate is not geueÌ„ him of God to be accepted Another is robbed of all wysdome yet is he wyse vnto him selfe the frute of vnderstandyng is commendable in his mouth A wyse man maketh his people wyse y e frutes of his wysdome fayle not A wyse maÌ„ shall be plentuously blessed of God al they that se hym shall speake good of hym The lyfe of a man standeth in the nombre of the dayes but y e daies of Israel are inumerable A wyse man shall optayne fayfulnes and credence among hys people and his name shal be perpetuall My sonne proue thy soule in thy lyfe yf thou se any euyll thinge geue it not vnto her For all thynges are not profytable for al men nether hath euery soule pleasure in euery thynge Be not gredye in euery eatyng be not to hastye vpon all meates For excesse of meates bringeth syckenes and glotony coÌ„meth at the last to an vnmeasurable heate Thorow surfet haue many one perisshed but he that dyeteth him selfe temperatly prolongeth his lyfe ¶ A physicion in syckenes ought we to pray and to fynde a Physycion whiche healeth by prayer The â—ewâ—pynge of the deed Sâ—duâ—â— Wysdome Artificers or craftesmen CAPI XXXVIII HOnour the Phisicion honoure him because of necessite God hath created hiÌ„ for of the Hyest commeth medycine and he shall receyue gyftes of the kynge The wysdome of the Phisycion bringeth him to great worshype and in the syght of the greate men of thys worlde he shal be honorably taken The Lorde hathe created medycyne of the earthe and he that is wyse wyll not abhorre it Was not the bytter water made swete with a tre that men myght learne to knowe the vertue therof The Lorde hath geuen men wysdome and vnderstandyng that he might be honoured in his wonderous workes With suche doth he heale men taketh awaye theyr paynes Of suche doth the Apotecarye make a conâ—eccyon yet can no man perfourme all his workes For of the Lorde coÌ„meth prosperous welth ouer all the earth My sonne despyse not this in thy sycknes but praye vnto the Lorde he shall make the whole Leaue of from synne and order thy handes a ryght clense thyne hert froÌ„ all wyckednes Geue a swete sauoured offering and the fyne floure for a token of remembraunce make the offerynge fat as one that geueth the fyrste fruytes and geue rowme to the Phisycion For the Lorde hath created hym let hym not go from the for thou haste nede of hym The houre maye come that the sycke maye be helped thorowe theÌ„ when they praye vnto the Lorde that he maye recouer and get helth to lyue longer He that sinneth before hys maker shall fall into the handes of the Phisycion My sonne bryng forth thy teares ouer the deade and begyn to mourne as yt thou haddest suffered great harme thy selfe then couer his body after a conuenyent maner despyse not his buryall Enforce thy selfe to wepe prouoke thy selfe to mourne and make lamentacyon expedientlye and that a daye or two leest thou be euel spoken of and then comforte thy selfe because of the heuynes For of heuynes coÌ„meth death the heuynes of the hert breaketh strength Heuynes and pouerte greueth the herte
Sem were in great honoure amonge the people so was Adam aboue all the beastes whan he was created ¶ Of Symon the sonne of Onias CAPI L. SYmon the soÌ„ne of Onias the hye prest which in his lyfe set vp y â— house agayne and in his dayes made fast the temple The heygth of the temple also was founden of him the double buyldinge the hye walles of the teÌ„ple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadynge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them froÌ„ destruccyon He kepte hys cytie made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure worshyppe amonge his people enlarged the intrauÌ„ce of the house the courte He gaue lyght as the mornynge starre in the myndest of the cloudes and as the moone whan it is full He shyned as the sunne in the teÌ„ple of God He is as bryght as the rayne bowe in the fayre cloudes and florysheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of the yeare and as lylyes by the ryuers of water Lyke as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in the tyme of sommer as a fyre incense that is kindled Lyke as an whole ornameÌ„t of pure golde set with al maner of precious stones and as an Olyue tree that is frutefull and as a Cipres tree which groweth vp an hye When he put on the garment of honoure and was clothed with all bewtye when he went to the holy aulter to garnysh the coue rynge of the Sanctuarye when he toke the porcyons out of the Prestes hande he hym selfe stode by the herth of the aulter and his brethren rounde about in ordre As y â— braunches of Cedre tree vpon the mouÌ„t Libanus â—o stode they rounde about him And as the braunches of the Olyue tree so stode al the sones of Aaron in the glorye the oblatioÌ„s of the Lorde in theyr handes before all the congregacion of Israel And that he myght suffycyently perfourme hys setuyce vpon y â— aulter and garnysh the offrynge of y â— hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynck offerynge and poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smel vnto the hyest Prynce Then beganne the sonnes of Aaron to syng to blowe with troÌ„pettes to make a great noyce for remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde Then were all the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpoÌ„ theyr faces to worshyppe the Lorde theyr God and to geue thankes to the almyghty God They sunge godly also with theyr voyces so that there was a pleasaunce noyse in the great house of the Lorde And the people in theyr prayer besought the Lorde the hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed Thus ended they theyr mynistracyon and seruice Then went he downe and stretched out hys haÌ„des ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue prayse thankes out of theyr lyppes vnto the Lorde and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he myght openly shewe the thankesgeuynge before y â— Hyest namely thus O geue prayse and thankes pe al vnto the Lorde our God which hath euer done noble great thinges which hath increased oure dayes from our mothers wombe and dealt with vs accordynge to his mercy that he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of herte and peace for our tyme in Israel Which faythfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore and alwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thyrde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mouÌ„tayne of Samaria the Phylystynes the foolysh people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacyons and documentes of wysdome and vnderstandynge in thys boke poured out the wysdome of my herte Blessed is he that exercyseth hym selfe therin and who so taketh such to herte shal be wyse for euer Yf he do these thynges he shal be stroÌ„ge in al. For the lyght of the Lorde leadeth hym ¶ The prayer of Iesus the â—ouâ—e of Sirach CAPI LI. I Wyll thanke the O Lorde and kynge and prayse the O God my sauyoure I wyll yelde prayse vnto thy name for thou arte my defender and helper and haste preserued my bodye from destruccyon from the snare of traytorous tonges and from the lyppes that are ocupyed with lyes Thou hast bene my helper from suche as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multytude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou bast delyuered me from the roarynge of them that prepared theÌ„selues to deuoure me out of the handes of such as sought after my lyfe from the multitude of theÌ„ that troubled me and went about to set fyre vpoÌ„ me on euery syde so that I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre FroÌ„ the depe of hell from an vnclene tonge from lyenge wordes from the wycked Kynge and from an vnryghteous tonge My soule shall prayse y â— Lord vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hell downwarde They coÌ„passed me round aboute on euery syde and there was no man to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were any man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou haste done euer of olde namely that thou delyuerest suche as put theyr trust in the and ryddest theÌ„ out of the handes of the Heathen Thus lyfte I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce froÌ„ death I called vpon the Lorde the father of my Lorde that he wolde not leaue me without helpe in the daye of my trouble and in the tyme of the proude I wyl prayse thy name coÌ„tynually yeldynge honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and deliueredest me from the vnryghteous tyme. Therfore wyll I a knowledge and prayse the and magnyfye thy name O Lorde When I was yet but yonge or euer I went astraye I desyred wysdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the teÌ„ple and sought her vnto y â— laste Then floryshed she vnto me as a grape that is soone type My hert reioysed in her then went my tote the ryght waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me much my soome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyl I ascrybe the glory vnto hym that geueth me wysdome for I am aduysed to do there after I wyll be gelous to cleue vnto the thynge that is good so shall I not be confounded My soule hache wrestled with her and I haue bene dilygent to be occupyed in her I lyfte vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lyghtened thorowe wisdome that I knowledged
settyng forth cakes bred And nowe come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the moneth Casieu In the â–ª Clxxxviiâ— yeare the people that was at Ierusalem and in Iewry the councell and Iudas hym selfe sent this wholesome salutacyon vnto Aristobolus kynge Ptolomys maister which came of the generacyoÌ„ of the annoynted prestes and to the Iewes that were in Egypte in so muche as God hath delyuered vs from greate parels we thancke hym hyghlye In that we resysted so myghty a kynge And why he brought men out of Perses by heapes to fyght agaynste vs and the holye citie For as he was in Persis namely the Captayne with the greate host he peryshed in the temple of Naneas beynge disceyued thorowe the deuyse of Naneas prestê For as he was purposed to haue dwelt there Antiochus and hys frendes came thyâ—hec to receyue muche moneye for a dowry So when Naneas prestes had layed forth the moneye he entred with a smal company into the coÌ„passe of the temple so they shut the temple Nowe wheÌ„ Antiochus entred by openyng the preuye intraunce of the teÌ„ple the prestes stoned the captayne to death hewed them in peces that were with hym smote of theyr heades and threw them out In al thynges god be praysed whiche hath delyuered the wycked into our handes Where as we nowe are purposed to kepe the puryficacyon of the temple vpoÌ„ the. xxv daye of the moneth Casâ—leâ— we thought necessarye to certifye you therof that ye also myght kepe the tabernacles feast day and the day of the fyre which was geuen vs wheÌ„ Nehemias offred after that he had set vp y â— temple the aulter For what tyme as our fathers were led away vnto Persis the prestes which then sought the honour of God toke the fyre preuely from the aulter hyd it in a valley where as was a depe dry pyt therin they kepte it so that the place was vnknoweÌ„ to euery man Nowe after many yeares wheÌ„ it pleased God that Nehemy as shuld be sent from the kynge of Persia he sent the chylders chyldreÌ„ of those prestes whiche had hyd the fyre to seke it And as they tolde vs they founde no fyre but thycke water Then commaÌ„unded he them to drawe it vp to bryng it hym and the offringes withal Now when the sacrifices were layed on and ordred the prest Nehemias commaunded to sprynkle them and the wod with water When thys was done and the tyme come that the SuÌ„ne shone whiche afore was hyd in the cloude there was a great fyre kyndled In so muche that euery man marueled Nowe all the prestes prayed whyle the sacryfyce was a makynge Ionathas prayed fyrst and the other gaue answere And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O Lorde God maker of al thinges y â— feareful stronge thou ryghteous mercyful y â— that art onely a gracious kyng onely liberall onely iust Almyghtye euerlastynge thou that delyuerest Israel from all trouble thou that hast chosen the fathers halowed them receyue the offeryng for the whole people of Israel preserue thyne owneÌ„ porcion halowe it Gather those together that are scarred abrode from vs delyuer them that are vnder the Heythens bondage loke vpoÌ„ them which are despised and abhorred that the Heythen maye knowe and se howe that thou art oure God Punyshe them that oppresse and proudely put vs to dishonoure Set thy people agayne in thy holy place lyke as Moyses hath spoken And the prestes songe Psalmes of thanckesgeuyng so longe as the sacrifice endured Nowe when the sacrifice was brente Nehemias commaunded the greate stones to be sprynckled with the resydue of the water Whiche when it was done there was kyndled a flamine of them also but it was consumed thorowe the lyght that shyned from the aulter So when this matter was knowen it was tolde the kynge of Persia that in the place where the prestes whiche were led awaye had hyd fyre there appeared water insteade of fyre and that Nehemias and hys company had puryfied the sacrifices wythall Then the kynge consyderynge and ponderynge the matter diligeÌ„tly made him a teÌ„ple to proue the thynge that was done And when he founde it so in dede he gaue the prestes many gyftes and dyuers rewardes yee he toke them with hys owne hand and gaue theÌ„ And Nehemias called y e same place Nephthar whiche is as much to saye as a clensynge but many men call it Nephi ¶ Howe Ieremy hydde the tabernacle the Arche and the aulter in the hyl Of the. v. bokes of Iason contâ—yâ—ed in one CAPI II. IT is founde also in the wrytinges of Ieremy the prophete that he coÌ„maunded them which were caried away to take fire as it is sayd afore He coÌ„mauded theÌ„ also that they shulde not forget the law and coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes of the Lord that they shulde not erre in theyr mindes when they se Images of siluer and golde with theyr ornamentes These such other thinges coÌ„maunded he them and exhorted them y t they shulde not let the law of God go out of their hertes It is wrytten also howe the Prophete at the commaundement of God charged them to take the Tabernacle and the arcke wyth them and he went forth vnto the mouÌ„tayne where Moyses clymed vp sawe the herytage of God And when Ieremy came there he founde an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle the arke and y â— aulter of incense and so stopped the hole There came certaine men together also folowyng hym to marcke the place but they coulde not fynde it Whiche when Ieremye perceyued he reproued them saynge As for that place it shal be vnknowen vntyll the tyme that God gather his people together agayne and receyue theÌ„ vnto mercy Then shal God shewe the these thiges the maiestye of the Lorde shall appeare and y â— cloude also lyke as it was shewed vnto Moyses and lyke as where Salomon desyred that y e place might be sanctifyed and it was shewed him For he beynge a wyse man handled honorably and wysely offerynge vnto God in the halowynge of the temple when it was fynisshed And lyke as wheÌ„ Moses prayed vnto the Lorde the fyre came downe from heaueÌ„ and consumed the burntofferynge Euen so prayed Salomon also and the fyre came downe from heauen and coÌ„sumed the burnt offerynge And Moyses sayd because the siofferynge was not eaten therfore it is consumed In lyke maner Salomon kepte the dedycacion or halowyng eyght dayes In the Annotacions and wrytynges of Ieremy were these thynges put also and how he made a lybrary and how he gathered out of all countrees the bokes of the prophetes of Dauyd the epystles of the kynges and of the presentes Euen so Iudas also loke what he lerned by experyence of warre and suche thynges as hathe happened vnto vs he gathered them all together and so we haue them by vs. If ye nowe desyre to haue the same
man For he was astonyed and all that were w t hym at the draught of fysshes which they had taken and so was also Iames and IohnÌ„ the sonnes of Zebede which were parteners with Simon And Iesus sayde vnto Simon feare not froÌ„ hence forth thou shalte catche men And they brought the shyppes to lande and forsoke all and folowed hym ⊢ And it fortuned that when he was in a certayne citye beholde there was a man full of Leprosy and when he had spyed Iesus he fell flat on his face and besought hym sayenge Lorde yf thou wylte thou canst make me cleane And he stretched forth his hande and touched hym sayenge I wyll be thou cleane And immediately the leprosy departed froÌ„ hym And he charged hym that he shulde tell no man but go sayeth he and shewe thy selfe to the Preest and offer for thy clensynge accordyng as Moses coÌ„maunded for a wytnesse vnto them But so moch the more went there a fame abrode of hym and moche people came togyther to heare and to be healed of hym from theyr infyrmytyes And he kepte hym out of the waye in the wyldernes and gaue hym selfe to prayer ✚ And it happened on a certayne daye that he taught and theyr sat the Pharyses and doctours of lawe whiche were come out of all the townes of Galile and Iurye and Ierusalem And the power of the Lorde was present to heale them And beholde men brought in a bed a man whiche was taken with a palsie they sought meanes to bryng hym in and to laye hym before hym And wheÌ„ they coulde not fynde on what syde they myght brynge hym in bycause of the prease they went vp on the toppe of the house and let hym downe thorowe the â—ylynge bed and all euen in the myddes before Iesus When he sawe theyr fayth he sayde vnto hym man thy synnes be forgyuen the. And the scrybes and the Pharyses began to thynke sayenge What felowe is this whiche speaketh blasphe mye who can forgyue syfies but God only But when Iesus perceyued theyr thoughtes he answered sayde vnto them What thynke ye in youre hertes Whyther is easyer to saye thy synnê be forgyuen the or to say ryse vp and walke But that ye maye knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgyue syfies on earth he sayde vnto the sycke of the Palsye I saye vnto the aryse take vp thy bed and go vnto thy house And immediatly he rose vp before them and toke vp his bed wheron he laye and departed to his owne house praysynge God And they were all amased they gaue the glorye vnto God And were fylled with feare sayenge We haue sene straunge thynges to daye ⊢ And after this he went forth and sawe a Publican named Leui syttynge at the receyte of custome and he sayde vnto hym folowe me And he lefte all and rose vp and folowed hym And Leui made hym a greate feaste in his owne house And there was a greate company of Publicans and of other that sat at meate with them And the scrybes and Pharyses murmured agaynste his discyples sayenge Why do ye eate drynke with publycans and syfiers And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them They that are hole nede not the phisician but they that are sycke I came not to call the ryghteous but synners to repentaunce And they sayde vnto hym Why do the discyples of IohnÌ„ faste often and praye and the disciples of the Pharyses also but thyne eate and drynke He sayde vnto them Can ye make the chyldren of the weddynge faste whyle the brydegrome is with them The dayes wyll come when the brydegrome also shall be taken awaye from them then shall they fast in those dayes He spake also vnto them a similytude No man putteth a pece of a newe garment in to an olde vesture for yf he do then breaketh he the newe and the pece that was taken out of the newe agreeth not with the olde And no man poureth newe wyne into olde bottels For yf he do the new wyne wyll brast the bottels run out it selfe and the bottels shall peryshe But new wyne must be put into newe bottels and bothe are preserued No man also that drynketh olde wyne streyght waye can awaye with newe for he sayeth the olde is better ¶ He excuseth the disciples that plucke the eares of corne he healeth the man with the wethered bande choseth his twelue Apostles maketh a â—wâ—â—â— sermon and â—eacheth to do good for euyll CAPI VI. IT happened on ☞ an after pryncypall Sabboth that he went thorow the corne felde and his discyples plucked the eares of corne and dyd eate and rubbed them in theyr handes And certayne of the Pharises sayde vnto them Why do ye that whiche is not lawfull to do on the Sabboth dayes And Iesus answered them and sayd Haue ye not red what Dauid dyd wheÌ„ he hym selfe was an hungred and they whiche were with hym how he went into the house of god and dyd take and eate the shewe breade gaue also to them that were with hym whiche are not lawfull to eate but forthe Preestes only And he sayde vnto them The sonne of man is Lorde also of the Sabboth daye ✚ And it fortuned in another Sabboth also that he entred into the Synagoge and taught And there was a man whose ryght hande was dryed vp And the Scrybes and Pharyses watched hym whyther he wolde heale on the Sabboth daye that they might fynde how to accuse hym But he knew theyr thoughtes and sayde to the man whiche had the wethered hande Ryse vp and stand forth in the myddes And he arose and stode forth Then sayde Iesus vnto them I wyll aske you a questyon Whyther is it lawfull on the Sabboth dayes to do good or to do euyll To saue ones lyfe or to destroye it And behelde them all in compasse and sayde vnto the man Stretche forth thyn hande And he dyd so and his hand was restored agayne as hoole as the other And they were fylled with madnesse coÌ„muned togyther among them selues what they myght do to Iesu. ⊢ And it fortuned in those dayes that he went out in to a mountayne for to pray and contynued all nyght in prayer to God And as soone as it was daye he called his dyscyples and of them he chose twelue whome also he called Apostles Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames and IohnÌ„ Philip and Bartelmewe Mathewe and Thomas Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Symon which is called Zelotes and Iudas Iames sonne and Iudas Iscarioth the same that was the traytoure ✚ And he came downe with them and stode in the playne felde and the companye of his discyples and a greate multytude of people out of all Iurye and Ierusalem and from the see cooste of Tyre and Sydon whiche came to heare hym and to be healed of theyr dyseases and they that were
certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius a captayne of the soul diours of Italy a deuoute man one that feared god with al his housholde which gaue moche almesse to the peple and prayed god alwaye The same sawe by a vision euidently aboute the nynth houre of the daye an angell of God comyng in to hym and sayenge vnto hym Cornelius When he loked on hym he was afrayde and sayde What is it Lorde He sayd vnto hym Thy prayers thy almesses are come vp in to remembrauÌ„ce before god And nowe sende men to Ioppa and call for one Symon whose syrname is Peter He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose house is by the see syde He shal tel the what thou oughtest to do And when the angell whiche spake vnto hym was departed he called two of his housholde seruauntes and a deuout souldiour of them that wayted on hym and tolde them all the matter sente them to Ioppa On the morowe as they wente on theyr iourney and drewe nygh vnto the citye Peter went vp vpon the top of the house to praye aboute the. vi houre And when he waxed an hungred he wolde haue eaten But whyle they made redy he fel into a traunce and saw heuen opened a certayn vessel came downe vnto hym as it had bene a great shere knyt at the foure corners was let downe to the earth wherin were all maner of foure foted beastê of the earth and vermyn and wormes foules of the ayre And there came a voyce to hym Ryse Peter kyl and eate But Peter sayd not so Lorde for I haue neuer eaten any thynge that is comon or vncleane And the voyce spake vnto hym agayne the seconde tyme what God hathe clensed that call not thou comon This was done thryse and the vessel was receyued vp agayne in to heuen Whyle Peter also mused in hym selfe what this vision whiche he had sene ment Beholde the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquyraunce for Symons house and stode before the dore called out one and asked whyther Simon whiche was syrnamed Peter were lodged there Whyle Peter thought on the vision the spirite sayd vnto hym Beholde men seke the Aryse therfore and get the downe and go with them and doute not For I haue sent them Peter went downe to the men which were sent vnto hym from Cornelius and sayde Beholde I am he whom ye seke what is the cause wherfore ye are come They sayde Cornelius the captayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iues was warned by an holy angell to sende for the into his house and to heare wordes of the Then called he them in and lodged them And on the morowe Peter wente awaye with them certayn brethren from Ioppa accompanyed hym And the thyrde daye entred they into Cesarea And Cornelius wayted for them had called togyther his kynsmen and specyall frendes And as it chaunsed Peter to come in Cornelius met him and fel downe at his feete and worshypped hym But Peter toke hym vp sayenge stande vp I my selfe also am a man And as he talked with hym he came in and founde many that were come togyther And he sayd vnto them Ye know how that it is an vnlawful thyng for a man that is a Iue to company or come vnto an alyent but god hath shewed me that I shulde not cal any man comon or vnclene therfore came I vnto you without delay as soone as I was sent for I aske therfore for what entente haue ye sent for me And Cornelius sayde This day nowe iiii dayes aboute this houre I sat fastynge and at the nynth houre I prayed in myne house beholde a man stode before me in bryght clothyng sayd Cornelius thy prayer is herde thyn almes dedes are had in remembrauÌ„ce in the syght of God Sende men therfore to go to Ioppa and call for Symon whose syrname is Peter He is lodged in the house of one Symon a tanner by the see syde whiche as soone as he is come shal speake vnto the. Then sent I for the immediatly and thou hast well done that thou arte come Nowe therfore are we all here present before God to heare all thynges that are coÌ„maunded vn to the of god Then Peter opened his mouth sayd Of a trueth I perceyue that there is no respecte of persones with God but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh ryghteousnesse is accepted with hym Ye knowe the preachynge that God sente vnto the chyldren of Israel preachyng peace by Iesus Chryst which is lorde ouer al thyn ges ✚ whiche preachynge was publysshed thorowout all Iuery and began in Galile after the baptyme whiche IohnÌ„ preached howe God anoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost and with power Which Iesus wente aboute doynge good and healynge all that were oppressed of the deuyll for God was with hym And we are wytnesses of althynges which he dyd in the lande of the Iues and at Ierusalem whom they slue and hanged on tree Hym god reysed vp the thyrde day and shewed hym openly not to al the people but vnto vs wytnesses chosen be fore of God for the same entente whiche dyd eate drynke with hym after he arose from death ✚ And he coÌ„maunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of god to be the iudge of quycke and deade To hym gyue all the prophettes wytnesse that thorowe his name who souer byleueth hym shal receyue remyssion of synnes ⊢ Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy goost fell on all them whiche herde the preachynge And they of the circumcision whiche byleued were astonyed as many as came with Peter bycause that on the Gentyls also was shed oute the gyfte of the holy goost For they herd them speake w t tongues and magnifie God Then answered Peter can any man forbyd water that these shuld not be baptysed whiche haue receyued the holy goost as wel as we And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the Lorde ⊢ Then prayed they hym to tary a fewe dayes ¶ Peter sheweth the cause wherfore he went to the heathen Barnab as and Paull preache vnto the heathen Ababus prophesyeth of the derth for to come CAPI XI ANd the apostles and brethren that were in Iuery herde that the hethen had also receyued the worde of God And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they that were of the circumcisyon contended agaynst hym sayeng Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and dydest eate with them But Peter rehersed the matter from the begynnynge and expounded it by order vnto them sayenge I was in the citye of Ioppa prayenge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certayne vessell descende as it had bene a great shete let downe from heuen by the foure corners
though I myght also reioyce in the fleshe Yf any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the flesheâ— I haue more being circuÌ„cised the eyght day of the kynred of Israel of the trybe of Beniamin an Ebrue borne of the Ebrues as coÌ„cernynge the lawe a Pharisaye as concernyng feruentnes I persecuted the coÌ„gregacyon as touchyng the ryghtuousnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me those I counted losse for Chrystes sake Yee I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Christe Iesu my Lorde For whom I haue counted al thyng loste and do iudge them but vyle that I may wynne Christ and be founde in hym not hauynge myne owne ryghtuousnes of the lawe but that whiche is thorowe the fayth of Christe euen the ryghtuousnes whiche coÌ„meth of God thorow fayth that I may knowe him the vertue of his resurreccion the fellowshyp of his passions while I am coÌ„formable vnto his death yf by any meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurreccyon of the deade Not that I haue attayned vnto it al redy or that I am all redy perfecte but I folowe yf that I may coÌ„prehende that wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu. Brethren I couÌ„te not my selfe that I haue gotten it as yet but this one thing I say I forget those thinges whiche are behynde endeuoure my selfe vnto those thynges which are before and accordyng to the marke appoynted I preace to the rewarde of the hye callyng of God thorow Christ Iesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyse mynded and yf ye be other wyse mynded God shall open the same also vnto you Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto let vs procede by one rule that we may be of one accorde ✚ Brethren be folowers togither of me loke on them whiche walcke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensaÌ„ple For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often now tel you wepynge that they are the enemyes of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnacion whose bely is their God glory to their shame whiche are worldly mynded But our coÌ„uersacion is in heaueÌ„ from whence we loke for the sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ whiche shal chaunge our vyle bodye that he may make it like vnto his glorious body accordig to the workyng wherby he is able also to subdue al thynges vnto him selfe ⊢ He saluteth certayne of them exhorteth them to be of honest conuersacyon and thanketh them because of the prouisyon that they made for him beynge in pryson CAPI IIII. THerfore my brethren derely beloued longed for my ioy crowne so coÌ„tinu in the Lord ye beloued I praye Euodias besech Smtiches that they be of one accord in the Lord. Yee I besech the faithful yock felowe helpe the wemen which laboured w t me in the Gospell with Element also and with other my laboure felowes whose names are in the boke of life ✚ Reioyse in the Lorde alwaye agayne I saye reioyce Let your softenes be knowen vnto al men The Lord is euen at haÌ„de Be careful for nothing but in all prayer supplicacion let your peticions be manifest vnto God wyth geuyng of thankes And the peace of God whiche passeth all vnderstandyng kepe youre hertes and myndes thorowe Christ Iesu. Furthermore brethren whatsoeuer thyn ges are true whatsoeuer thyngê are honest whatsoeuer thynges are iuste whatsoeuer thynges are pare whatsoeuer thynges are conuenyent whatsoeuer thynges are of honest reporte yf there be any vertue yf there be any prayse of lernyng those same haue ye in your minde which ye haue both lerned and receyued herde also sene in me those thynges do the God of peace shal be wyth you I reioyse in the Lord greatly that now at the last youre care is reuyued agayne for me in that wherin ye were also carefull but ye lacked oportunite I speake not because of necessite For I haue lerned in whatsoeuer estate I am therwith to be content I can both be lowe I can be hye Euery where in al thynges I am instructed both to be ful to be hongry both to haue plenty to suffre nebe I can do al thynges thorow Christ which strengneth me Notwithstandyng ye haue wel done that ye bare part with me in my tribulacyon Ye of Philippos knowe also that in the be gynnynge of the Gospell when I departed from Macedonia no coÌ„gregacion bare part with me as concernynge geuynge and receyuynge but ye onely For when I was in Thessalonica ye sente once and afterwarde agayne vnto my necessyte not that I desyre gyftes but I desyre abouÌ„dant frute on your parte Neuertheles I receyued al and haue plentye I was eueÌ„ fylled after that I recey ned of Epaphrodytus the thynges whyche were sent froÌ„ you an odoure of a swete smell a sacrifice accepted and pleasaunt to God My God shall supplye all youre nede thorowe hys gloryous ryches by Iesu Chryst. Unto God oure father be prayse for euermore AmeÌ„ Salute al the saynctes in Christ Iesu. The brethren which are with me grete you Al the saynctes salute you moste of all they whiche are of the emperours housholde The grace of our Lord Iesu Chryst be with you all Amen ¶ This Epystle was wrytten from Rome by Epaphrodytus ⧠The Epystle of Saynte Paule the Apostle to the Collossyans ¶ He gyueth thancked vnto God for theyr sayth loue and hope prayeth for theyr increase and sheweth howe we are the kyngedome of God optayned by Christe whiche to the heade of the Congregacyon CAPI I. PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyl of God and brother Tymotheus To the Saynctes whych are at Collossa and brethreÌ„ that beleue in Christ. Grace be wyth you and peace frome God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe ⧠☜ â— We gyue thankes to God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe alwayes for you in our prayers For we haue hearde of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue whiche ye beare to al sanctes for the hopes sake whiche is layed vp in store for you in heauen of which hope ye herd before by the true worde of the Gospell which is come vnto you eueÌ„ as it is into al the world is frutefull âšœ and groweth as it is also among you froÌ„ the day in the which ye herde of it had experyence in the grace of God thorowe the trueth as ye learned of Epaphra our dere felowe seruasit whiche is for you a faythfull minyster of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite ✚ For this cause we also seÌ„se the daye we herde of it haue not ceasyd to praye for you and to desyre that ye myght be fulfylled wyth the knowledge of hys wyll in all wysdome and spiritual vnderstaÌ„dyng that ye
sede of Abraham taketh he on him Wherfore in al thinges it became him to be made like vnto his brethreÌ„ that he myght be mercyfull and a faythfull hye preste in all thynges concernynge God for to pourge the peoples synnes For in that it fortuned him selfe to be tempted he is able to sucker them also that are tempted ¶ He reqyureth vs to be obedient vnto the word of Christ which is more worth then the ceremoniall lawe of Moses The punishment of suche as wyl nedes hatden their herted CAPI III. THerfore holy brethren partakers of the celestyall callyng consyder the embassadour and hye preste of oure professyon Chryst Iesus bowe that he is faythful vnto hym that put hym in the offyce euen as was Moses in all his house For loke howe moch honour he that hath buylded a house hath more then the house it selfe So moche honoure is he counted worthie of more then Moses For euery house is buylded of some man But he that ordayned all thynges is God And Moyses verely was faythfull in all his house as a minister to beare wytnes of those thynges whiche were to be spoken afterwarde But Christ as a soÌ„ne hath rule ouer the house whose house are we if we hol de fast the confydence the reioysynge of that hope vnto the ende Wherfore as the holy ghost sayth to day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your hertes ☞ as in the prouokynge in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes where your fathers teÌ„pted me prouoked me sawe my workes xl yeare Wherfore I was greued with that generacyon and sayde They do alway erre in their hertes they verely haue not knowen my wayes so that I sware in my wrath they shall not entre into my rest Take hede brethren least at any tyme there be in any of you a froward hert subiecte vnto vnbelefe that he shulde departe from the lyuynge God but exhorte ye one another dayly whyle it is called to daye lest any of you were hard harted thorow the disceytfulnesse of synne We are made partakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the ☞ begining of the substaunce so long as it is said to day if ye wyl here his voice hardeÌ„ not your hertes as in the prouoking for some wheÌ„ they herd dyd prouoke how be it not al that come out of Egypt by Moises But w t whom was he despleased xl yeres Was he not despleased w t theÌ„ y â— had synned whose carkases were vuerthroweÌ„ i the deserte To whoÌ„ sware he y â— they shulde not entre into his rest but vnto theÌ„ that were not obedieÌ„te And we se y t they coulde not entre in because of vnbelefe ¶ The Sabboth or rest of the Christen punysshemente of vnbeleuers the nature of the worde of God CAPI IIII. LEt vs feare therfore lest any of you for sakyng the promes of entryng into his rest shuld seme at any tyme to haue bene disapointed For vnto vs is it declared aswel as vnto theÌ„ But it profyteth not them that they herd the word because they which herd it coupled it not with fayth For we whyche haue beleued do entre ito his rest as he said Euen as I haue sworne in my wrathe they shall not entre into my rest And that spake be verely longe after that the workes were made and the fonÌ„dacioÌ„ of the worlde layde For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth day on this wyse And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his worckes And in this place agayne They shall not entre into my rest Seynge therfore it foloweth that some muste entre therinto and they to whom it was fyrst preached entre not therin for vnbelefes sake he appoynteth a certayne daye after so long a tyme saying in Dauid as it is rehearsed this daye yf ye wyll heare hys voyce harden not your hertes For iâ— Iosue had giuen them rest then wolde he not afterward haue spoken of another day There remayneth therfore yet arest to the people of God For he that is entred into his rest hath ☞ ceased also from hys owne worckes as God dyd from hys Let vs study therfore to entre into the rest lest any maÌ„ faule after the same ensample of vnbelefe For the worde of God is quycke myghty in operacion and sharper then any two edged swearde entreth through euen vnto the diuidyng a sonder of the soule and the sprete of the iointes and the mary is a dyscerner of the thoughtes of the intentes of the herte neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of him But all thynges are naked open vnto the eyes of him of whom we speake Seynge then that we haue a great hye prest which is entred into heauen euen Iesus the sonne of God let vs holde the profession âšœ of our hope For we haue not an hie prest which cannot haue compassion on our infirmyties but was in al poyntes tempted lyke as we are but yet with out synne Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we may obtayne mercy find grace to helpe in tyme of nede ¶ Chryst is our hye preste and seate of grace and more excellent then the hye prestes of the olde lawe CAPI V. FOr ✚ euery hye prest that is taken from amonge men is ordayned for men in thynges pertaynynge to God to offre gyftes and sacryfyces for synne whyche can haue compassion on the ignoraunte and on them that are out of the way for as muche as he hym selfe also is compased with infirmitie And for the same infirmities sake he is bounde to offre for synnes as wel for him selfe as for the people And no man taketh honour vnto him selfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron Euen so Christ also glorified not hiself to be made the hye prest but he that sayd vnto him thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotteÌ„ the glorified him As he sayth also in another place thou arte a Prest for euer after the ordre of Melchisedech ⊢ whiche in the dates of his flesh whan he had offred vp prayers supplicacions w t strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death and was heard because of hê reuereÌ„ce though he were the soÌ„ne âšœ of God yet lerned he obedience by those thinges which he suffered he beynge parfecte was the cause of eternal saluacyon vnto all them that obeyed him and is called of God an hye Prest after the order of Melchisedech Wherfore we wold speake many thinges but they are harde to be vttered seynge ye are dull of hearyng For when as coÌ„cerning the time ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrste pryncyples of the worde of God and are become such as ☞ haue nede of mylcke and not of stronge meate for euery man that is fed with mylke is
but geueth grace vnto the lowlye Submit your selues therfore to God but resyst y â— deuyll and he wyll flye from you Drawe nye to God he wyll drawenye to you CleÌ„fe your haÌ„des ye synners pourge your hettes ye wauerynge mynded Suffre affliccions and mourne wepe Let youre laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioye to heuynes Humble youre selues in y â— sight of y â— lorde he shal lyft you vp Backbyte not one another drethren He y â— backbyteth his brother he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou are not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge There is one lawe geuer and iudge whiche is able to saue and to destroye What art thou that iudgest another Go to nowe ye that saye todaye and tomorowe let vs go into such a cytie and contynue there a yeare bye sell and wynne yet cannot ye tell what shall happen on y e morowe For what thinge is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that apereth for a lytel time and then vanyssheth a waye For that ye ought to saye yf the Lord wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or yt. But now ye reioyce in your boastynges All soch reioysynge ys euyll Therfore to hym y t knoweth how to do good and doth yt not to hym it is synne ¶ He threteneth the wycked ryche men exhorteth vnto pacyence to beware of swerynge One to knoweledge his â—autes to another one to praye for another and one to laboure to brynge another to the trueth CAPI V. GO to nowe ye ryche men Wepe and howle on youre wretchednes that shal come vpon you You re ryches is corrupte your garmentes are motheaten Your gold and syluer is cankered and the rust of them shal be a wytnes vnto you shall eat youre flesshe as it were fyre ye haue heaped treasuere to gether âšœ eueÌ„ wrath to your selues in youre last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers whiche haue reaped downe your feldes whiche hyre is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them whyche haue reaped are entred into y e eares of the Lorde Sabbaoth Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earthe and bene wantan Ye haue norysshed youre hertes as ☞ in a daye of slaughter ye haue coÌ„dempned and kylled the iust and he hathe not resysted you ✚ Be pacieÌ„t therfore brethren vnto the coÌ„mynge of the Lorde Beholde the husbaÌ„de man wayteth for the precyous frute of the earth and hathe longe pacyence ther vpon vntyll he receaue that early and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore settle your hertes for the commynge of the Lorde draweth nye Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge staÌ„deth before the dore Take my brethren the Prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersytie of pacience whiche spake in the name of the Lorde ⊢ Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue harde of the pacyence of Iob haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very petyfull and mercyfull But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not â–ª nether by heaueÌ„ nether by erth nether any other othe Let your yee be yee and youre naye naye lest ye fall into ypocrisy If any of you be vexed let hym praye If any of you be mery let hym synge Psalmes If any be diseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacyon and let them praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sycke and the Lorde shal rayse him vp and yf he haue coÌ„mytted synnes they shal be forgeuen him ✚ Knowledge youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye may be healed For the feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth muche Helyas was a man mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and is rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares syx monethes And he prayed agayne and the heauen gaue rayne and the earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuerte him let the same knowe that he whiche conuerteth the synner froÌ„ goynge a straye out of his waye shall saue a soule from deeth and shal hyde the multytude of synnes ¶ The ende of the epystle of Saynte Iames. ⧠The fyrst Epistle of Saynt Peter the Apostle ¶ He sheweth that thorowe the aboundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and howe fayth muste be tryed howe the saluacyon in Chryst is no Newes â–ª but a thyng prophecyed of olde He exhorteth the to a godly conuersacyon for so muche as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God CAPI I. PEter an Apostle of Iesu Chryste to them that dwell here and there as strauÌ„gers thorowout Pontus Galacia Capadocya Asia and Bethynia electe according to the for knowledge of God the father thorowe the sanctifynge of the spirit vnto obedience and spryncklynge of the bloude of Iesus Chryste Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed Blessed be God the father of oure Lord Iesus Christ which accordyng to his aboundant mercy begat vs agayn vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christ rose agayne from death to an inherytaunce immortall and vndefyled and that peryssheth not reserued in heauen for you whyche are kepte by the power of God thorowe fayth vnto saluacion whyche is prepared alredy to be shewed in the last tyme in the whyche ye reioyse though now for a season yf nede requyre ye are in heuines thorow manifold temptacions that the trial of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth risheth though it be tried with fyre might be founde vnto laude glory honour at the appearyng of Iesus Chryst whom ye haue not sene yet loue hym in whom eueÌ„ nowe though ye se him not yet do you beleue and reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and gloryous receyuynge the ende of your fayth euen the saluacyon of your soules Of which saluacion haue the Prophetes enquyred and searched whyche Prophesyed of the grace that shuld come vnto you searchynge when or at what tyme the spirit of Christ whiche was in them shuld sygnyfye whiche spirit testyfyed before the passyons that shuld happen vnto Christ and the glory that shulde folowe after vnto whiche Prophetes it was also declared that not vn to them selues but vnto vs they shuld minister the thinges which are now shewed vn to you of theÌ„ which by the holy ghost sente downe froÌ„ heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thingê which the angels defyre to beholde Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre mide be sober trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declaryng of Iesus Christ as