God 3 But fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named among you as it becommeth saintes 4 Neither fylthynesse neither foolyshe talkyng neither iestyng which are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes For because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde Walke as chyldren of lyght 9 For the fruite of the spirite is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse trueth 10 Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde 11 And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse but rather euen rebuke them 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete 13 But all thynges when they are rebuked of the lyght are manifest For all that which do make manifest is lyght 14 Wherefore he sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stande vp from the dead and Christe shall geue thee lyght 15 ☞ Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye not as vnwyse but as wyse 16 Redeemyng the time because y e dayes are euyll 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is 18 And be not drunke with wine wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songues syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes 20 Geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the father in y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ☜ 22 Wyues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde 23 For the husbande is the head of the wyfe euen as Christe is the head of the Church he is the sauiour of the bodie 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues euen as Christe also loued the Churche and gaue hym selfe for it 26 To sanctifie it clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde 27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche not hauyng spot or wrinckle or any such thyng but that it should be holy and without blame 28 So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodies He that loueth his wyfe loueth hym selfe 29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norissheth cherissheth it euen as the Lorde the Churche 30 For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones 31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and two shal be made one flesshe 32 This is a great secrete but I speake of Christe and of the Churche 33 Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 Howe chyldren shoulde behaue them selues towarde their fathers and mothers 4 Lykewyse parentes towarde their chyldren 5 seruauntes towardes their maisters 9 Maisters towarde their seruauntes 13 An exhortation to the spiritual battayle and what weapons the christians shoulde fyght withall 1 CHyldren obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde for this is ryght 2 Honour thy father and mother whiche is the first commaundement in promise 3 That thou mayest prosper and lyue long on earth 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters with feare and tremblyng in singlenesse of your heart as vnto Christe 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye as men pleasers but as the seruaūtes of Christ 7 Doyng the wyll of God frō the heart with good wyll seruyng the Lorde and not men 8 Knowyng that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde whether he be bonde or free 9 And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them puttyng away threatnyng knowyng that your maister also is in heauen neither is respecte of person with hym 10 ☞ Finally my brethren be strong in the Lorde in the power of his might 11 Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll 12 For we wrastle not agaynst blood flesshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly places 13 Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and hauing finished all thynges to stande fast 14 Stande therfore hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse 15 And hauyng your feete shodde in the preparation of the Gospell of peace 16 Aboue all takyng the shielde of fayth wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite whiche is the worde of God ☜ 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication for all saintes 19 And for me that vtteraunce may be geuē vnto me y t I may open my mouth freely to vtter y e secretes of the Gospell 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake 21 But y t ye may also knowe my affaires and what I do Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord shall shewe you all thynges 22 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe of our affaires and that he myght comfort your heartes 23 Peace be vnto the brethren and loue with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie Amen ⧠Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians ¶ The first Chapter 1 Saint Paul discouereth his heart towardes them 3 by his thankes geuyng 4 prayers 8 and wisshes for their fayth and saluation 7.12.20 He sheweth the fruite of his crosse 15.27 and exhorteth them to vnitie 28 and pacience 1 PAul Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ To all the saintes in Christ Iesus whiche are at Philippos with the bisshops deacons 2 Grace be vnto you and peace frō God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ 3 ☞ I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you 4 Alwayes in all my prayer for all you makyng prayer with
blowers and the singers so agreed that it seemed but one voyce in praysing thanking the Lorde And when they lift vp their voyce with the trumpets cymbales and other instrumentes of musicke and when they praysed the Lord How that he is good and that his mercie lasteth euer the house of God was filled with a cloude 14 So that the priestes coulde not endure to minister by the reason of the cloude For the maiestie of the Lorde had filled the house of God The .vi. Chapter 3 Solomon blesseth the people 4 He prayseth the Lorde 14 He prayeth vnto God for those that shall pray in the temple 1 THen Solomon sayde The Lord hath spoken howe that he wil dwell in the darcke cloude 2 And I haue buylt thee an house of habitation for thee and a place for thy dwelling for euer 3 And the king turned his face and blessed the whole congregation of Israel all the congregation of Israel stoode 4 And he sayde Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which hath with his handes fulfilled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid saying 5 Since the day that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypt I chose no citie among all the tribes of Israel to buylde an house in that my name might be there neither chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israel 6 Sauing that I haue chosen Hierusalem that my name might be there and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel 7 And when it was in the heart of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel 8 The Lorde sayde to Dauid my father Forasmuch as it was in thyne heart to buylde an house for my name thou diddest well that thou thoughtest in thyne heart 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not buyld the house but thy sonne which is proceeded out of thy loynes he shall buylde an house for my name 10 The Lorde therefore hath made good his saying that he hath spoken and I am rysen vp in the roome of Dauid my father and am set on the seate of Israel as the Lorde promised and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel 11 And in it haue I put the arke wherein is the couenaunt of the Lorde that he made with the children of Israel 12 And the king stoode before the aulter of the Lorde in the presence of all the congregation of Israel and stretched out his handes 13 For now Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of fyue cubites long and fyue cubites brode and three of heyght and had set it in the middes of the great courte and vpon it he stoode and kneeled downe vpon his knees before al the congregation of Israel and stretched out his handes towarde heauen 14 And sayde O Lorde God of Israel there is no god like thee in heauen and earth which kepest couenaunt shewest mercie vnto thy seruauntes that walke before thee with al their heartes 15 Thou whiche hast kept with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him thou saydest it with thy mouth hast fulfilled it with thyne handes as it is to see this day 16 And nowe Lorde God of Israel kepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father the thinges that thou promisedst him saying Thou shalt in my sight not be without a man that shall sit vpon the seate of Israel so that thy children take heede to their wayes to walke in my lawe as thou hast walked before me 17 And nowe Lord God of Israel let thy saying be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid 18 And wil God in verie deede dwel with men on earth Beholde heauen and heauen aboue all heauens do not contayne thee howe much lesse the house which I haue buylded 19 Let it be thy pleasure therfore to turne to the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplication O Lorde my God to hearken vnto the voyce and prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth before thee 20 And let thyne eyes be open towarde this house day night ouer this place wherof thou hast sayde that thou wouldest put thy name there to hearken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunt prayeth in this place 21 Hearken vnto the prayers of thy seruaunt and of thy people Israel which they pray in this place heare thou I say out of thy dwelling place euen out of heauen heare and be mercifull 22 If a man sinne against his neyghbour and take an oth agaynst hym and make him to sweare and they both come before thyne aulter in this house 23 Then heare thou from heauen and do and iudge thy seruauntes that thou rewarde the vngodly recompence hym his way vpon his head and iustifie the righteous and geue him according to his righteousnes 24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemie because they haue sinned against thee Yet if they turne geue thankes vnto thy name and make intercession and pray before thee in this house 25 Then heare thou from heauen and be merciful vnto the sinne of thy people Israel and bryng them againe vnto the lande which thou gauest to them and to their fathers 26 When heauen is shut vp and there be no rayne because they haue sinned against thee yet if they pray in this place and confesse thy name and repent from their sinne for the which thou chastenest them 27 Then heare thou in heauen and be merciful vnto the sinne of thy seruauntes of thy people Israel and guyde thou them into the good way to walke in and send rayne vpon thy lande whiche thou hast geuen vnto thy people for an inheritaunce 28 And if ther be dearth in the land or pestilence corruption or blasting of corne grashoppers or caterpillers or that their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land or whatsoeuer plage or sickenesse it be 29 Then what supplications and prayers soeuer shal be made of any man and of all thy people Israel which shall know euery man his owne sore and his owne griefe shall stretche out their handes towarde this house 30 Thou shalt heare from heauen euen from thy dwelling place and shalt be mercifull and geue euery man according vnto all his wayes euen as thou doest know euery mans heart for thou only knowest the heartes of the children of men 31 That they may feare thee walke in thy wayes as long as they liue in y e land which thou gauest vnto our fathers 32 Moreouer the straunger whiche is not of thy people Israel if he come from a farre lande for thy great names sake and thy mightie hande and thy stretched out arme If they come I say and pray in this house 33 Thou shalt heare from heauen euen from thy dwelling place and shalt do according to all that the straunger calleth to thee for That all people of the earth
are mo in number then the sande and yet whyle I am wakyng I am styll with thee 19 For truely thou wylt slay O Lord the * wicked man and the blood thirstie men to whom I euer say depart ye from me 20 Who do speake vnto thee in guylefull maner thou art O God exalted in vayne to thyne enemies 21 Do not I hate them O God that hate thee and am not I greeued with those that ryse vp agaynst thee 22 Yea I hate them from the bottome of myne heart euen as though they were myne enemies 23 Searche me to the quicke O Lorde and knowe thou myne heart proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes 24 And loke well yf there be any way of peruersenesse in me and then leade me in the way of the worlde ⧠The argument of the cxl psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God most earnestly to deliuer hym from his enemies who with their slaunderous tongues false accusations and craftie fetches seke all maner of wayes howe to destroy hym wheras yet in deede they cannot put in execution their malice but by Gods permission ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 DElyuer me O God from the euyll man and preserue me from the outragious man 2 Who in heart imagine mischiefes and set forwarde to warre euery day 3 They haue sharpened their tongue lyke a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lyppes Selah 4 Kepe me O God from the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the outragious man who haue deuised to thrust my feete from me 5 The proude haue layde a snare for me and spread a net abroade with cordes in the hygh wayes they haue set trappes for m◠Selah 6 I haue sayde vnto God thou art my Lorde heare the voyce of my prayers O God 7 O Lorde God the strength of my saluation thou hast couered my head in the day of battayle 8 Graunt not vnto the vngodly his desires O God bryng not to passe his mischeuous imagination lest they shoulde be made to proude Selah 9 Let the labour of his owne lippe couer him who is head of them that compasse me about 10 Let hotte coales be burnyng vpon them he wyll cast them downe into the fire into deepe pittes that they may neuer ryse vp agayne 11 A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe hym 12 I am sure that God will dispatche the cause of the afflicted and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy 13 Truely the ryghteous wyll confesse it vnto thy name they that deale vprightly shall dwell before thy face The argument of the .cxlj. psalme ¶ Dauid humbly desireth God that his prayer may be so acceptable vnto hym as yf he had made a sacrifice in the temple He prayeth God to preserue hym in worde and deede from all euyll that he fall into no snare of his enemies for he had rather be reproued of the godly then to be honoured of the wicked ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 O God I call vpon thee haste thee vnto me geue eare vnto my voyce whylest I crye vnto thee 2 Let my prayer be directed before thy face as an incense let the liftyng vp of myne handes be an euenyng sacrifice 3 Set a watch O God before my mouth and kepe the doore of my lyppes 4 Incline not myne heart to any euyll thyng wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie and let me not eate of their delicates 5 I wyshe that the ryghteous woulde smite me and reproue me for it is louing kyndnesse 6 But let not pretious baulmes breake myne head for as yet euen my prayer is agaynst their wickednesse 7 Let their iudges be thrust downe headlong from a rocke then they wyll heare my wordes for they be sweete 8 Our bones lye scattered vpon the graues mouth lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth 9 For myne eyes loke vnto thee O God the Lorde in thee is my trust cast not my soule out of me 10 Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde foorth for me and from the trappes of them that be workers of iniquitie 11 Let the vngodly fall together into their owne nettes but let me in the meane season alwayes escape them The argument of the cxlij psalme ¶ Dauid expresseth the prayer that he made to God when he lay hyd in the caue 1. Samuel 24. He vttereth his great anguishe that he was in so that he had trust in nothyng els saue in God who is all his inheritaunce ¶ The wise instruction of Dauid a prayer when he was in the caue 1 I Cryed vnto God with my voyce euen vnto God I dyd make my supplication 2 I powred out before his face my cogitations and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face 3 When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me thou knewest my path in the way wherin I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me 4 When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe rounde about me there was no man that woulde knowe me I had no place to flee vnto and no man cared for my soule 5 I cryed vnto thee O God and sayde thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng 6 Consider my complaynt for I am brought very lowe deliuer me from my persecutours for they are to strong for me 7 Bryng my soule out of prison that I may prayse thy name the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about because thou hast thus rewarded me The argument of the cxliii psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayer for his mercie and goodnesse sake because no man can be founde ryghteous before hym He vttereth his sorowe requireth to be deliuered from his enemies agaynst whom he maketh his prayer ¶ A psalme of Dauid 1 HEare my prayer O God geue eare vnto my desire hearken vnto me for thy trueth sake for thy ryghteousnesse sake 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified 3 For the enemie hath persecuted my soule he hath smitten my lyfe downe to the grounde he hath layde me in darknesse as men that haue ben long dead 4 And my spirite is ouerwhelmed within me and my heart is desolate in the midst of me 5 I call to remembraunce the tyme long past I muse vpon euery act of thine I exercise my study on the worke of thy handes 6 I stretche foorth myne handes vnto thee my soule as a thirstie lande gaspeth vnto thee Selah 7 Make speede hearken vnto me O God my spirite waxeth faynt hyde not thy face from me for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt 8 Cause me to heare of thy louyng kindnesse betymes in the mornyng for in thee is my trust 9 Make me to knowe the way that I shoulde walke in for I lyft vp my
wysdome of them of the olde time and exerciseth hym selfe in the prophetes 2 He kepeth the sayinges of famous men and preasseth to the vnderstanding of darke sentences of wysdome 3 He seketh out the misterie of secrete sayinges and exerciseth himselfe therin continually 4 He doth seruice among great men and appeareth before the prince he goeth into a straunge countrey and trauayleth thorowe it loke what good or euyll is among men he proueth and seketh it out 5 He purposeth in his heart to resort early vnto the Lord that made him and to pray before the highest God he openeth his mouth in prayer and prayeth for his sinnes 6 When the great Lorde will he shal be filled with the spirite of vnderstanding that he may then powre out wyse sentences and geue thankes vnto the Lord in his prayer 7 He shall order his deuice and leade his knowledge a right and geue him vnderstanding of secrete thinges 8 He shall shewe foorth the science of his learning and reioyce in the couenaunt of the lawe of the Lorde 9 The whole congregation shall commende his wysdome and it shall neuer be put out the remembraunce of hym shall neuer be forgotten and his name shal continue from one generation to an other 10 His wysdome shal be spoken of among the people and the whole congregation shall openly declare his prayse 11 While he liueth he hath a greater name then a thousand beside and after death the same name remayneth vnto hym 12 Yet will I speake of mo men of vnderstanding for I am ful as the moone 13 Hearken vnto me ye holy vertuous children bring foorth fruite as the rose that is planted by the brookes of the fielde 14 And geue ye a sweete smell as incense florishe as the rose garden sing a song of prayse O geue thankes vnto God ouer all his workes 15 Geue magnificence vnto his name and set hym foorth in his prayse with your lippes with musicke and harmonie Yea euen with the song of your lippes with harpes and playing and in geuing thankes vnto him say after this maner 16 All the workes of the Lord are exceeding good all his commaundementes are meete and conuenient in due season 17 A man neede not to say what is that what is that for at a time conuenient they shall all be sought At his commaundement the water was as a wall and at the worde of his mouth the water stoode still 18 In his commaundement is euery thing acceptable and reconciled and his health can not be minished 19 The workes of all fleshe are before him and there is nothing hyd from his eyes 20 He seeth from euerlasting to euerlasting and there is nothing to wonderful or hye vnto hym 21 A man neede not to say then what is this or that For he hath made al thinges to do good vnto man 22 His blessing shall run ouer as the streame and moysture the earth lyke a fludde of water 23 Like as he maketh the drouth so shall his wrath fall vpon the heathen 24 His wayes are playne and right vnto the iust but the vngodly stumble at them 25 For the good are good thinges created from the beginning euyll thinges for the vngodly 26 All thinges necessarie for the lyfe of man are created from the beginning water fire iron and salt meale wheate and hony milke and wine oyle and clothing 27 All these thinges are created for the best to the faythfull but to the vngodly shall all these thinges be turned to hurt and harme 28 There be spirites that are created for vengeaunce and in their rigorousnesse haue they fastened their tormentes In the tune of the ende they shall poure out their strength and pacifie the wrath of him that made them 29 Fire hayle hunger and death al these thinges are created for vengeaunce 30 The teeth of wilde noysome beastes the scorpions serpentes and the sworde are created also for vengeaunce to the destruction of the vngodly 31 They shal be glad to do his commaundementes and when neede is they shal be redy vpon earth and when their houre is come they shall not ouerpasse the commaundement of the Lorde 32 Therfore haue I taken a good courage vnto me from the beginning and haue thought to put these thinges in writing and to leaue them behinde me 33 All the workes of the Lorde are good and he geueth euery one in due season and when neede is 34 So that no man neede not to say This is worse then that for in due season they are all pleasaunt and good 35 And therefore prayse the Lorde with whole heart and mouth geue thankes vnto his name The .xl. Chapter 1 Many miseries light in a mans life 11 All thinges passe away but a firme and stable fayth ramayneth 14 Of the blessing of the righteous and prerogatiue of the feare of God 1 A Great trauaile is created for all men and an heauy yoke vpon all the sonnes of Adam from the day that they go out of their mothers wombe till they be buried in the earth the mother of all thinges 2 Namely their thoughtes and imaginations feare of the heart counsel meditations longing desire the day of death 3 From the hyghest that sitteth vpon the glorious seate vnto the lowest and most simple vpon the earth 4 From him that is gloriously arayde and weareth a crowne vnto him that is but homely and simplie clothed 5 There is nothing but wrath zeale fearefulnesse vnquietnesse and feare of death rigorousnes anger stryfe And in the might when one shoulde rest and sleepe vpon his bed the sleepe chaungeth his vnderstanding and knowledge 6 A litle or nothing is his rest in the sleepe aswel as in the day of labour He feareth is disquieted in the vision of his heart as one that runneth out of a battayll 7 And in the time of health he awaketh and maruayleth that the feare was nothing 8 Such thinges happen vnto all fleshe both man and beast but seuen folde to the vngodly 9 Moreouer death bloodshedding strife and sworde oppression hunger destruction and punishement 10 These thinges are all created against the vngodly and for their sakes came the fludde also 11 All that is of the earth shall turne to earth againe and al waters ebbe againe into the sea 12 All bribes and vnrighteousnesse shal be put away but faythfulnesse and trueth shall endure for euer 13 The substaunce and goodes of the vngodly shal be dryed vp and sinke away as a water fludde they shal make a sound like a great thunder in the rayne 14 Like as the righteous reioyceth when he openeth his hande so shall the transgressours be faynt when their goodes vanishe and consume away 15 The children of the vngodly shal not obtayne many braunches 16 And the vncleane rootes vpon the hye rockes shal be rooted out before the grasse by the water side vpon the riuer bankes
elder beheaded of Herode Agrippa and Peter was caste in pryson and was deliuered by the angell of the Lorde This kyng also dyed in his seuenth yere iiii Fadus dearth xlvi xiii Paul and Barnabas after their preachyng returned vnto Antioch where they continued many dayes with the congregation v. ii Felix about this xlvii xiiii vi iii. time came into xlviii xv   Syria   About the begynnyng of this yere Paul and Barnabas toke their iourney through Phenitia and Samaria vnto Hierusalem to the sinode or counsell After that they returned vnto Antioche where they remayned a yere whyther commeth Peter whom Paul rebuketh Galath ii Then Paul goeth vnto Cilicia and Licaonia vii Tiberius Alex.  xlix xvi viii ii  l. xvii In these yeres were conuerted the countreys of Phrigia Galatia Misia Frō Troade he went by water into Macedonia and conuerted the cities namely Philippos Appolonia Amphipolis Thessalonia Athens ix iii.  li. xviii x. Cumanus Agrippa y e yonger lii xix Paul goeth by sea vnto Hierusalem from thence he commeth agayne vnto Antioche from Antioche he visiteth the congregations of him in time past constituted in Galacia and Phrigia xi Eelix ii liii xx xii ii iii. liiii xxi xiii iii. iiii lv xxii xiiii iiii v. lvi xxiii Paul ferieth ouer into Grecia From thence about Easter in his .xii. yere he goeth by sea into Syria not a strayght course because of the Iewes but firste vnto Phylippa a citie of Macedonia and commeth about Pentecost vnto Hierusalem there he is imprisoned of the Iewes set at libertie immediatly of Claudius Lisia tribunus and is sent vnto Cesarea to Felix is kept in custodie of Felix two yeres Nero v. vi lvii xxiiii Festus commeth about May into Iudea before whom he pleadeth his matter After that before Festus and Agrippa the kyng He is sent vnto Rome in Italie the seconde yere of Nero. ii Festus Portius vii lviii xxv iii. ii viii lix xxvi iiii iii. ix lx xxvii v. iiii x. lxi xxviii vi Albinus xi lxii xxix vii ii xii lxiii xxx viii iii. xiii lxiiii xxxi ix iiii xiiii lxv xxxii x. Florus xv lxvi xxxiii xi ii xvi lxvii xxiiii xii iii. xvii lxviii xxxv xiii iiii xviii lxix xxxvi xiiii Vaspasianus dux xix lxx xxxvii After that Saint Paul had preached the Gospell of Christe both in the east and west about xxxvii yeres he was in the last yere of Nero the Emperour beheaded at Rome with the sworde ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Romanes ¶ The first Chapter 1 Paul sheweth by whom and to what purpose he is called 16 What the Gospell is 18 The vengeaunce of God vpon the wicked 20 The vse of the creatures 24 The ingratitude and punishement of the wicked 1 PAul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to be an Apostle seuered into the Gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures 3 Of his sonne which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe 4 And hath ben declared to be the sonne of God with power after the spirite that sanctifieth by the resurrectiō from the dead of Iesus Christe our Lorde 5 * By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name among all heathen 6 Among whom ye are also the called of Iesus Christe ☜ 7 To all that be in Rome beloued of God saintes by callyng grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 8 First verily I thanke my God through Iesus Christe for you all that your fayth is publisshed throughout all the worlde 9 For God is my witnesse whom I serue with my spirite in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassyng I make mention of you 10 Praying alwayes in my prayers that by some meane at the last one tyme or other I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God to come vnto you 11 For I long to see you that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift that ye myght be stablisshed 12 That is that I might haue consolation together with you eche with others fayth yours and mine 13 I woulde that ye should knowe brethren howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you and haue ben let hytherto that I myght haue some fruite also among you as among other of the gentiles 14 I am debter both to the grekes and to the barbarous both to the wyse and to the vnwise 15 So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue to the Iewe first and also to the Greke 17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened frō fayth to fayth As it is written the iuste shall lyue by fayth 18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen against all vngodlynesse vnrighteousnes of men which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes 19 For that that may be knowen of God is manifest among them because God hath shewed it vnto them 20 For his inuisible thinges being vnderstanded by his workes through the creation of the worlde are seene that is both his eternall power and godhead So that they are without excuse 21 Because that when they knewe God they glorified hym not as God neither were thankefull but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations * and their foolishe heart was blynded 22 When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God vnto an image made not only after the similitude of a mortal man but also of birdes and foure footed beastes and of crepyng beastes 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse through the lustes of their owne heartes to defyle their owne bodies among them selues 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye and worshipped and serued the creature more then the creator which is to be praysed for euer Amen 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes * For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse into that which is agaynst nature 27 And likewise also the men left the naturall vse of the woman and brent in their lustes one with another * and men with men wrought fylthynesse and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordyng 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do those thinges which were not comely 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes fornication craftynesse couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuie murther debate deceite euyll conditioned whysperers 30 Backbyters haters of God dispiteful proude boasters bryngers vp of euyll thinges disobedient to father mother 31 Without
And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse in them that peryshe because they receaued not the loue of the trueth that they myght be saued 11 And therefore God shall sende them strong delusion that they should beleue lyes 12 That all they myght be dampned whiche beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnryghteousnes 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you brethren beloued of the Lorde because that God hath frō the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite in fayth of the trueth 14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell to the obteyning of the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christe 15 ☞ Therfore brethren stande fast and holde the ordinaunces whiche ye haue ben taught whether it were by our preachyng or by our epistle 16 Our Lorde Iesus Christe and God and our father whiche hath loued vs and hath geuen vs euerlastyng consolation and good hope in grace 17 Comfort your heartes and stablysshe you in all good saying and doyng ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He desireth them to pray for hym that the Gospell may prosper 6 and geueth them warnyng to reproue the idle 16 and so wyssheth them all wealth 1 FVrthermore brethren praye ye for vs that the worde of the Lord may haue free passage and be glorified euen as with you 2 And that we may be delyuered from disordered and euyll men For all men haue not fayth 3 But the Lorde is faythfull whiche shall stablyshe you and kepe you from euyll 4 And we haue confidence in the Lorde to youwarde that ye both do and wyll do the thynges whiche we commaunde you 5 And the Lorde guyde your heartes to the loue of God and to the pacient waytyng for Christe ☜ 6 ☞ We commaunde you brethren in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe that ye withdrawe your selues from euery brother that walketh inordinately and not after the institution whiche he receaued of vs. 7 For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folowe vs For we behaued not our selues inordinately among you 8 Neither toke we breade of any man for nought but wrought with labour and sweat nyght and daye because we woulde not be chargeable to any of you 9 Not but that we had auctoritie but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. 10 For when we were with you this we warned you of that yf any woulde not worke the same shoulde not eate 11 For we haue heard that there are some which walke among you inordinately workyng not at all but be busy bodies 12 Them that are such we commaunde and exhort by our Lorde Iesus Christ that they workyng in quietnesse eate their owne breade 13 And ye brethren be not weery in well doyng 14 Yf any man obey not our doctrine signifie hym by an epistle and haue no companie with hym that he maye be ashamed 15 Yet count him not as an enemie but warne hym as a brother 16 Nowe the very Lorde of peace geue you peace alwayes by all meanes The Lorde be with you all 17 The salutation of me Paul with mine owne hande This is the token in euery epistle So I write 18 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all Amen ¶ Sent from Athens ¶ The first Epistle of the Aposile Saint Paul vnto Timothie The first Chapter ◠He exhorteth Timothie to wayte vpon his office namely to see that nothyng be taught but gods worde c. 5 Declaryng that fayth with a good conscience charitie and edification are the ende therof 20 and admonisheth of Hymeneus and Alexander 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the commission of God our sauiour and Lorde Iesus Christe whiche is our hope 2 Vnto Timothie a natural sonne in the faith Grace mercie and peace from God our father and Iesus Christe our Lorde 3 As I besought thee to abyde styll in Ephesus when I departed into Macedonia so do that thou cōmaunde some that they teache no other doctrine 4 Neither geue heede to fables and endlesse genealogies whiche breede questions more then godly edifying which is in fayth 5 But the ende of the commaundement is loue out of a pure heart and of a good conscience of fayth vnfaigned 6 From the whiche thynges some hauyng erred haue tourned vnto vayne ianglyng 7 Couetyng to be doctours of the lawe not vnderstandyng what they speake neither wherof they affirme 8 ☞ But we knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it lawfully 9 Knowyng this * that the lawe is not geuen vnto a ryghteous man but vnto the lawlesse and disobedient to the vngodly and to sinners to vnholy and vncleane to murtherers of fathers murtherers of mothers to manslears 10 To whoremongers to them that defyle them selues with mankynde to manstealers to lyers to periured and yf there be any other thyng that is contrarie to wholsome doctrine 11 Accordyng to the Gospell of glorie of the blessed God whiche is committed vnto me 12 And I thanke Christ Iesus our Lord whiche hath made me strong For he counted me faythfull puttyng me into the ministerie 13 Beyng a blasphemer and a persecuter and an oppressour But yet I obtayned mercie because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeliefe 14 Neuerthelesse the grace of our Lorde was exceedyng aboundaunt with faith and loue which is in Christe Iesus 15 ☞ This is a faythfull saying and by all meanes worthy to be receaued that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners of whom I am chiefe 16 Notwithstandyng for this cause was mercie shewed vnto me that in me the first Iesus Christe myght shewe all long sufferyng to the example of them which shoulde beleue on hym to lyfe euerlastyng 17 Nowe vnto the kyng euerlastyng immortall inuisible vnto God onlye wise be honour and glorie for euer and euer Amen 18 This commaundement commit I vnto thee sonne Timotheus accordyng to the prophesies which went before vpon thee that thou in them shouldest fyght a good fyght 19 Hauyng fayth and good conscience which some hauyng put awaye as concernyng fayth haue made shipwracke 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I haue delyuered vnto Satan that they maye learne not to blaspheme ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He exhorteth to pray for all men 4 wherfore 8 and howe 9 As touchyng the apparell and modestie of women 1 I Exhort therefore that firste of all prayers supplications intercessiōs and geuynge of thankes be made for all men 2 For kynges and for all that are in auctoritie that we maye leade a quiete and peaceable lyfe in all godlynesse and honestie 3 For that is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour 4 Who wyll haue all men to be saued and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 5 For there is one God and one mediatour of God and men the man Christe Iesus 6 Who
kingdome shall be stablished for euer before thee euen thy throne shal be stablished for euer 17 According to all these wordes and according to all this vision so dyd Nathan speake vnto Dauid 18 Then went king Dauid in and set him downe before the Lord and sayde Who am I O Lorde God and what is my house that thou hast brought me hyther to 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight O Lorde God but thou hast spoken also of thy seruauntes house for a great whyle but doth this appertayne to man O Lorde God 20 And what can Dauid say more vnto thee for thou Lorde God knowest thy seruaunt 21 Euen for thy wordes sake according to thyne owne heart hast thou done al these great thinges to make them knowen vnto thy seruaunt 22 Wherfore thou art great O Lorde God for there is none like thee neither is there any God besides thee according to al that we haue heard with our eares 23 * And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people lyke Israel whose God went and redeemed them to hym selfe that they myght be his people and that he myght make hym a name and do for you great thynges and terrible for thy lande O Lorde euen for thy people which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt euen from the nations and their gods 24 For thou hast ordeyned thy people Israel to be thy people for euer and thou Lorde art become their God 25 And nowe Lorde God the worde that thou hast spoken concernyng thy seruaunt and his house make it good for euer and do as thou hast saide 26 And let thy name be magnified for euer of men that shall say The Lorde of hoastes is the God ouer Israel and let the house of thy seruaunt Dauid be stablished before thee 27 For thou O Lorde of hoastes God of Israel hast tolde in the eare of thy seruaunt saying I wyll buylde thee an house And therefore hath thy seruaunt founde in his heart to pray this prayer vnto thee 28 Therefore nowe Lorde God thou art God and thy wordes be true thou that hast tolde this goodnes vnto thy seruaunt 29 Therefore nowe let it please thee to blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it may continue for euer before thee for thou Lorde God hast spoken it and with thy blessyng let the house of thy seruaunt be blessed for euer ¶ The .viii. Chapter 1 Dauid ouercommeth the Philistines and other straunge nations and maketh them tributaries to Israel 1 AFter this now Dauid smote the Philistines and subdued them and Dauid toke the bridel of bondage out of the hand of the Philistines 2 And he smote the Moabites and measured them with a lyne and cast them downe to the grounde euen with two lynes measured he them to put them to death and with one full corde to kepe them alyue And so became the Moabites Dauids seruauntes and brought giftes 3 Dauid smote also Hadarezer y e sonne of Rehob king of Zoba as he went to recouer his border at the ryuer Pherath 4 And Dauid toke of his a thousand and seuen hundred horsemen and destroyed all the charets and twentie thousand footemen but reserued an hundred charets of them 5 And when the Syrians of Damascon came to succour Hadarezer king of Zoba Dauid slue of the Syrians two and twentie thousand men 6 And put souldiers in Syria Damascon And the Syrians became seruaūtes to Dauid and brought giftes and the Lorde saued Dauid in all that he went vnto 7 And Dauid toke the shieldes of golde that belonged to the seruauntes of Hadarezer brought them to Hierusalem 8 And out of Beta and Berothai cities of Hadarezer did Dauid bryng exceeding much brasse 9 When Thoi king of Hamath heard how Dauid had smitten all the hoast of Hadarezer 10 Thoi sent Ioram his sonne vnto king Dauid to salute him and to blesse him because he had fought against Hadarezer and beaten him for Thoi had great warre with Hadarezer And Ioram brought with him vessels of siluer vessels of golde and vessels of brasse 11 Which brasse king Dauid did dedicate vnto the Lorde with the siluer golde that he had deditate of al nations which he subdued 12 Of Syria of the Moabites of the children of Ammon of the Philistines and of Hamalek and of the spoyle of Hadarezer sonne of Rehob king of Zoba 13 And Dauid gat him a name after that he returned had smitten of the Syrians in the valley of salt xviii thousand men 14 And he put a garison in Edom euen throughout all Edom put he souldiers and all they of Edom became Dauids seruauntes And the Lorde kept Dauid whatsoeuer he toke in hand 1 And Dauid raigned ouer all Israel and executed iudgement and iustice vnto all his people 16 And Ioab the sonne of Zaruia was ouer the hoast Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder 17 And Sadoc the sonne of Ahitob and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the priestes Saraiah was the scribe 18 And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoida and the Cherethites and the Phelethites and Dauids sonnes were chiefe rulers The .ix. Chapter 9 Dauid restoreth all the landes of Saul to Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan 10. He appoynted Ziba to see to the profite of his landes 1 AND Dauid sayde Is there yet any man left of y e house of Saul For I wil shewe him mercie for Ionathans sake 2 And there was of the householde of Saul a seruaunt whose name was Ziba and when they had called him vnto Dauid the king saide vnto him Art thou Ziba He said Thy seruaunt is he 3 And the king saide Remaineth there yet any man of the house of Saul whō I may shewe the mercie of God vpon Ziba aunswered the king Ionathan hath yet a sonne which is lame on his feete 4 The king said vnto him where is he Ziba saide vnto the king Behold he is in the house of Machir the sonne of Amiel of Lodeber 5 Then king Dauid sent fet him out of the house of Machir the sonne of Amiel of Lodeber 6 Now when Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan y e sonne of Saul was come vnto Dauid he fell on his face and dyd reuerence And Dauid saide Miphiboseth He aunswered Beholde thy seruaunt 7 Dauid saide vnto him Feare not for I will surelie shewe thee kindnesse for Ionathan thy fathers sake and will restore thee all the fieldes of Saul thy father thou shalt eate bread on myne owne table continually 8 And he bowed him selfe and sayde What is thy seruaunt that thou shouldest loke vpon such a dead dogge as I am 9 Then the king called to Ziba Sauls seruaunt and said vnto him I haue geuen vnto thy maisters sonne all that parteyned to Saul and to all his house
out of the lande of Egypt 10 And it fortuned that when the priestes were come out of the holy place the cloude filled the house of the Lorde 11 That the priestes could not stand and minister because of the cloude for the glory of the Lorde had filled the house of the Lorde 12 Then spake Solomon The Lorde saide that he would dwell in the darke cloude 13 I haue built thee an house to dwell in an habitation for thee to abyde in for euer 14 And the king turned his face and blessed all the congregation of Israel and all the congregation of Israel stoode still 15 And he saide Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel which spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father hath with his hand fulfilled it saying 16 Sence the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel to build an house that my name might be therein But I haue chosen Dauid to be ruler ouer my people of Israel 17 And it was in the heart of Dauid my father to build an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel 18 And the Lorde saide vnto Dauid my father Whereas it was in thyne heart to build an house vnto my name thou diddest well that thou wast so minded 19 Neuerthelesse thou shalt not build the house but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes he shall build the house vnto my name 20 And the Lorde hath made good his word that he spake and I am rysen vp in the roome of Dauid my father and sit on the seate of Israel as the Lorde promysed and haue built an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israel 21 And I haue prepared therein a place for the arke wherein is the couenaunt of the Lorde which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the lande of Egypt 22 Solomon stoode before the aulter of the Lorde in the sight of all the congregation of Israel and stretched out his handes toward heauen and sayde 23 Lord God of Israel there is no God like thee in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath thou that kepest couenaunt mercy for thy seruauntes that walke before thee with all their heart 24 Thou that hast kept with thy seruaūt Dauid my father that thou promisedst him Thou spakest also with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thyne hand as it is come to passe this day 25 Therfore now Lorde God of Israel keepe with thy seruaunt Dauid my father that thou promisedst him saying Thou shalt not be without a man in my sight to syt on the seate of Israel so that thy childrē take heede to their way that they walke before me as thou hast walked in my sight 26 And now O God of Israel let thy word be verified which thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father 27 Wyll God in deede dwell on the earth Beholde the heauens and heauens of all heauens are not able to contayne thee and how should then this house do it that I haue builded 28 Haue thou therefore respect vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplication O Lorde my God to heare the crye and prayer which thy seruaunt 4 And if thou wilt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked in purenes of heart and in righteousnes to do all that I haue commaunded thee and wilt kepe my statutes and my lawes 5 Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer as I promised to Dauid thy father saying Thou shalt not be without a mā vpon the seate of Israel 6 But and if ye and your children turne away from me and will not kepe my commaundementes and my statutes whiche I haue set before you but go and serue other gods worship them 7 Then will I weede Israel out of the lande which I haue geuen them and this house which I haue halowed for my name will I cast out of my sight and Israel shal be a prouerbe and a fable among all nations 8 And this house shal be taken away so that euery one that passeth by it shal be astonied and shall hysse and they shall say Why hath the Lord done thus vnto this lande and to this house 9 And they shal aunswere Because they forsoke the Lorde their God whiche brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and haue taken hold vpon other gods and haue worshipped them and serued them therfore hath the Lorde brought vpon them all this euyll 10 And it fortuned that at the ende of twentie yeres when Solomon had finished the buylding of the two houses that is to wyte the house of the Lorde and the kinges palace 11 And Hiram the king of Tyre brought Solomon timbre of Cedar firre trees golde and whatsoeuer he desired Then Solomon gaue Hiram twentie cities in the lande of Galilee 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities whiche Solomon had geuen hym and they pleased him not 13 And he sayde What cities are these which thou hast geuen me my brother And he called them the lande of barren vnto this day 14 And Hiram sent the king sixe score talentes of gold 15 And this is the summe whiche king Solomon raysed for a tribute when he buylded the house of the Lorde and his owne house and Millo and the wall of Hierusalem and Hazor and Megeddo and Gazer 16 For Pharao king of Egypt went vp and toke Gazer and burnt it with fire and slue the Chanaanites that dwelt in the citie and gaue it for a present vnto his daughter Solomons wyfe 17 And Solomon buylt Gazer Beth-horon the neather 18 And Baalath and Thamar in the wildernesse in the lande 19 And all the treasure cities that Solomon had and cities for his charettes and cities for his horsemen and all that Solomon desired and woulde buyld in Hierusalem in Libanon and in all the lande of his dominion 20 And al the people that were left of the Amorites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites whiche were not of the children of Israel 21 Their children that were left after them in the lande whom the children of Israel also were not able to destroy those dyd Solomon compell to bring tribute vnto this day 22 But of the children of Israel dyd Solomon make no bondmen But they were men of warre his ministers his lordes his captaynes and rulers of his charettes and his horsemen 23 And these were the lordes that were set ouer Solomons worke euen fiue hundred were they and fiftie and they ruled the people that wrought y e worke 24 And Pharaos daughter came vp out of the citie of Dauid vnto her house which Solomon had buylt for her and then dyd he also buylde Millo 25 And thryse a yere did Solomon offer burnt offringes peace offringes vpon the aulter whiche he buylt vnto the Lorde and he burnt
may knowe thy name and feare thee as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house whiche I haue buylt thy name is called vpon 34 If thy people go out to warre against their enemies by the way that thou shalt sende them and they pray to thee in the way towarde this citie whiche thou hast chosen euen toward the house which I haue buylt for thy name 35 Then heare thou from heauen their supplication and prayer and helpe them in their right 36 If they sinne against thee as there is no man but he doth sinne and thou be angry with them and deliuer them ouer before their enemies and they take them and carie them away captiues vnto a lande farre or neare 37 Yet if they repent in their heart in the lande where they be in captiuitie and turne and pray vnto thee in the land of their captiuitie saying We haue sinned we haue done euyll and wickedly 38 And turne againe to thee with all their heart and all their soule in the lande of their â—aptiuitie where they kepe them in bondage and so pray towarde their land whiche thou gauest vnto their fathers euen toward the citie which thou hast chosen toward the house whiche I haue buylt for my name 39 Then heare thou from heauen euen from thy dwelling place their supplication and their prayer and iudge their cause and be mercifull vnto thy people which haue sinned against thee 40 Now my God let thine eyes be open and thyne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 41 Nowe vp O Lorde God into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy priestes be clothed with health let thy sainctes reioyce in goodnesse 42 O Lord God turne not away the face of thyne annoynted remember the mercies whiche thou hast promised to Dauid thy seruaunt The .vii. Chapter 1 The fire consumeth the sacrifice 2 The glorie of the Lorde filleth the temple 12 He heareth his prayer 17 and promiseth to exalt him and his throne 1 ANd when Solomon had made an ende of praying there came downe fire from heauen and consumed the burnt offring and the sacrifices the house was filled with the glorie of the Lorde 2 And the priestes coulde not go into the house of the Lorde because the glorie of the Lord had filled the lordes house 3 And when al the children of Israel saw howe the fire and the glorie of the Lord came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon their faces to the earth vpon the pauement and worshipped and confessed vnto the lord That he is gracious and that his mercie lasteth euer 4 And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lorde 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twentie and two thousande oxen and an hundred and twentie thousande sheepe and so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God 6 And the priestes wayted on their offices the Leuites had the instrumentes of musicke of the Lord which king Dauid had made to confesse vnto the Lord that his mercie lasteth euer Dauid praysing God by theÌ„ And the priestes blew with trumpettes before them and all they of Israel stoode 7 Moreouer Solomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lorde for there he offred burnt offringes the fat of the peace offringes because the brasen aulter which Solomon had made was not able to receaue the burnt offringes and the meate offringes and the fat 8 So at the same time Solomon kept a feast of seuen dayes and al they of Israel with him an exceeding great congregation euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt 9 And in the eyght day they made an assemblie For they kept the dedication of the aulter seuen dayes the feast seuen dayes â—0 And the three and twentie day of the seuenth moneth he let the people depart into their tentes glad and mery in heart for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Solomon and to Israel his people 11 And so Solomon finished the house of the Lorde and the kinges house and all that came in his heart to make in the house of the Lorde in his owne house went prosperously forwarde 12 And the Lorde appeared to Solomon by night and sayd to him I haue heard thy petition and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice 13 If I shut vp heauen that there be no rayne or if I commaund the locustes to deuour the lande or if I sende pestilence among my people 14 And if they that are of my people among whom my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercession and seke my presence and turns from their wicked wayes then will I heare from heauen and be mercifull to their sinne and will heale their lande 15 And from hencefoorth myne eyes shal be open and myne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 16 And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for euer and myne eyes and myne heart shal be there perpetually 17 And if thou wilt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded thee and shalt obserue my statutes and my lawes 18 Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome according as I made the couenaunt with Dauid thy father saying Thou shalt not be without a man to be ruler in Israel 19 But and if ye turne away and forsake my statutes my commaundementes which I haue set before you and shall go and serue other gods and worship them 20 Then will I plucke them vp by the rootes out of my lande whiche I haue geuen them and this house whiche I haue sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a prouerbe and a iest among all nations 21 And this house whiche is most high shal be an astonishement to euery one that passeth by and shal say Why hath the Lorde dealt on this fashion with this lande and with this house 22 And they shal aunswere Because they forsoke the Lorde God of their fathers which brought them out of the lande of Egypt and caught holde on other gods and worshipped them and serued them euen therefore hath he brought all this euyll vpon them The .viii. Chapter 2 The cities that Solomon buylt 7 People that were made tributarie vnto him 12 His sacrifices 17 He sendeth to Ophir 1 ANd it fortuned that after twentie yeres when Solomon had buylt the house of the Lorde and his owne house 2 He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym and put of the children of Israel in them 3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zoba and strengthed it 4 And he buylt Thadmor in the
which was before the kinges gate 7 And Mardocheus tolde him of al that had come vnto him of y e summe of siluer that Haman had promised to waye downe into the kinges treasurie because of the Iewes if he would destroy them 8 And he gaue him the copie of the kinges commaundement that was deuised at Susan to destroy them that he might shewe it vnto Esther and to speake to her and charge her that she should go in vnto the king make her prayer and supplication vnto him for her people 9 And when Hathach came in he tolde Esther the wordes of Mardocheus 10 And againe Esther spake vnto Hathach and commaūded him to say vnto Mardocheus 11 All the kinges seruauntes the people in the prouinces of the king knowe that whosoeuer commeth within the courte vnto the king whether it be man or woman which is not called the cōmaundement is that the same shall dye except the king holde out the golden septer vnto him for then he shall lyue As for me I haue not ben called to come in vnto the king now this thirtie dayes 12 And they certified Mardocheus of Esthers wordes 13 And Mardocheus bad say againe vnto Esther Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the kinges house more then all the Iewes 14 For if thou holdest thy peace at this time then shall the Iewes haue helpe and deliueraunce out of an other place and thou and thy fathers house shal be destroyed And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for this causes sake 15 Esther bad them geue Mardocheus this aunswere 16 Go thou thy way and gather together all the Iewes that are founde at Susan and fast ye for me that ye eate not and drinke not in three dayes neither day nor night I and my maydens wyll fast likewyse and so wyll I go into the king which thing yet is contrary to the commaundement and if I perishe I perishe 17 So Mardocheus went his way and did according to al that Esther had commaunded him ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Esther entreth into the king and biddeth him and Haman to a feaste 11 Haman prepareth a gallous for Mardocheus 1 ANd on the third day it came to passe that Esther put on her royall apparell and stoode in the court of the kinges palace within ouer against y e kinges house and the king sat vpon his royall seate in the kinges palace ouer against the gate of the house 2 And when the king sawe Esther the queene standing in the court she founde grace in his sight And the king held out the golden scepter that was in his hand So Esther stept foorth and touched the top of the scepter 3 Then saide the king vnto her What wylt thou queene Esther and what requirest thou aske euen the halfe of the empire and it shal be geuen thee 4 And Esther aunswered If it please the king let the king and Haman come this day vnto the banket that I haue prepared for him 5 And the king saide Cause Haman to make haste that he may do as Esther hath saide So the king and Haman came to the banket that Esther had prepared 6 And the king saide vnto Esther at the banket of wine What is thy petition that it may be geuen thee And what requirest thou If it be euen the halfe of the empire it shall be done 7 Then aunswered Esther and said My petition and desire is 8 If I haue founde grace in the sight of the king and if it please the king to geue me my petition and to fulfil my request then let the king and Haman come to the banket that I shall prepare for thē and so wyl I do to morowe as the king hath saide 9 Then went Haman foorth the same day ioyfull and mery in his minde But when the same Haman sawe Mardocheus in the kinges gate that he stoode not vp nor moued for him he was ful of indignation at Mardocheus 10 Neuerthelesse Haman refrained him selfe and when he came home he sent and called for his friendes and Zares his wyfe 11 And Haman tolde them of the glory of his riches and the multitude of his children and all the thinges wherein the king had promoted him so greatly and how that he had set him aboue the princes and seruauntes of the king 12 Haman saide moreouer Yea Esther the queene did let no man come in with the king vnto the bancket that she had prepared except me and to morowe am I bidden vnto her also with the king 13 But in all this am I not satisfied as long as I see Mardocheus the Iewe sitting at the kinges gate 14 Then saide Zares his wyfe and all his friendes vnto him Let them make a galous of fiftie cubites hie and to morowe speake thou vnto the king that Mardocheus may be hanged thereon then go thou in meryly with the king vnto the banket And Haman was well content withall and caused the galous to be made The .vi. Chapter 1 The king turneth ouer the chronicles and findeth the fidelitie of Mardocheus 10 and commaundeth Haman to cause Mardocheus to be had in honour 1 THe same night coulde not the king sleepe and he commaunded to bring the chronicles and stories and they were read before the king 2 Then it was founde written howe Mardocheus had tolde that Bigthana There 's the kinges two chamberlaynes which kept the thresholdes sought to laye handes on king Ahasuerus 3 And the king saide What honour and dignitie hath ben geuen to Mardocheus therfore Then saide the kinges seruaūtes that ministred vnto him There is nothing at all done for him 4 And the king saide Who is in the court for Haman was come into the court without before the kinges house that he might speake vnto the king to hang Mardocheus on the tree that he had prepared for him 5 And the kinges seruauntes saide vnto him Beholde Haman standeth in the court And the king saide let him come in 6 And when Haman came in the king saide vnto him what shal be done vnto the man whom the king would faine bring vnto worship Haman thought in his heart Whom desireth the king to bring vnto worship more then me 7 And Haman aunswered the king Let the man whom the king pleaseth to bring vnto worship be brought hither 8 That he may be arayed with the royall garmentes which the king vseth to weare and the horse that the king rydeth vpon and that the crowne royall may be set vpon his head 9 And let this rayment and horse be deliuered vnder the hande of one of the kinges most noble princes that they may aray the man withal whom the king is disposed to bring to honour and cary him vpon the horse through the streete of the citie and proclayme before him Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king pleaseth to bring to honour 10 And the king saide to Haman Make
not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore The argument of the .xvii. psalme Dauid prayeth God to delyuer hym from his enemies which were many mightie and cruell He taketh God for a witnesse of his innocencie trustyng to see his face at the day of resurrection A prayer of Dauid HEare thou O God of iustice be attentiue vnto my complaynt geue eare vnto my prayer not proceeding out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie 3 Thou hast proued myne heart thou hast visited it in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and founde no wickednesse for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth 4 As touchyng other mens workes through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent 5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my footesteppes slyp not 6 I call vpon thee O God for thou wilt heare me incline thine eare to me hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande 8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me from myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat with their mouth they speake proude thynges 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places 12 Aryse O God preuent his commyng make hym to bowe delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde 13 â—Deliuer thou me O God from men â—which be thy hande from men from the worlde whose portion is in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy prime treasure 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes 15 But as for me I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse I shal be satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¶ The argument of the .xviij. Psalme Dauid declareth that he wyll at all tymes trust in God and call vpon hym for helpe because God hath with his mightie arme and wonderfull meanes deliuered hym from cruell enemies which dyd set vpon hym lyke fiendes of hell He imputeth this Gods fauour towardes hym to proceede of that he loued Gods worde ryght dealyng and honest companie Thus encouraged with Gods presence and ayde he maketh sure count not only to ouerrunne and destroy his enemies and rebelles but also to subdue vnto hym other nations of the heathen that God amongst them also may be praysed To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul And he sayde 1 I Wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength God is my stony rocke my fortresse and my delyuerer my Lorde my castell in whom I wyll trust my buckler the horne of my saluation my refuge 2 I wyll call vpon God who is most worthy to be praysed so I shall be safe from myne enemies 3 The panges of death haue compassed me about and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare 4 The panges of a graue haue compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 5 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde he hearde my voyce out of his temple and my crye came before his face euen vnto his eares 6 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke because he was wroth 7 In his anger a smoke ascended vp and a fire out of his mouth dyd coÌ„sume and euery cole therof dyd set a fire 8 He bowed the heauens also and he came downe and it was darke vnder his feete 9 He ridde vpon the Cherub and he dyd flee he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde 10 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse and for his pauilion rounde about hym he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre 11 His cloudes haylestones and coles of fire fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng 12 God also thundred out of heauen and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde haylestones and coles of fire 13 He shot out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth much lyghtnynges and destroyed them 14 And the bottomes of waters appeared and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng O God at the blast of the breath of thine anger 15 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me he hath taken me out of many waters 16 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to stout for me 17 They preuented me in the day of my trouble but God was vnto me a sure stay 18 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie he brought me foorth because he had a fauour vnto me 19 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me 20 Because I had kept the wayes of God and had not wickedly shronke from my God 21 For all his lawes were before me and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me 22 And I was sounde pure towardes hym and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse 23 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght 24 With the holy thou wylt be holy with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect 25 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde 26 For thou hast saued the people oppressed and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude 27 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght 28 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall 29 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way the worde of God is tryed in the fire he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 30 For who is a Lorde besides God or who hath any strength besides our Lorde 31 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre and he hath made my way playne 32 He hath made
mightie it is God mightie in battayle 9 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 10 Who is this kyng of glorie euen the God of hostes he is the kyng of glorie Selah The argument of the .xxv. Psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies feelyng the great burden of sinne namely of his youth prayeth God partly to delyuer hym partly to teache hym and to pardon his offences He setteth foorth the infinite goodnesse and felicitie which is assured to all them that feare God Finally he confesseth that all his trust is in God 1 I Lyft vp my soule vnto thee O God I put my trust in thee my Lorde let me not be confounded neither let myne enemies triumph ouer me 2 Yea let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse 3 Make me to knowe thy wayes O God and teache me thy pathes leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me for thou art the Lorde of my saluation I haue wayted for thee al the day long 4 Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies thy louyng kindnesse for they haue ben for euer 5 Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me 6 Gratious and ryghteous is God therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way 7 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement and teache the humble his way 8 All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies 9 Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse for it is very great 10 What man is he that feareth God God wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose 11 His soule shall rest all nyght at ease and his seede shall inherite the lande 12 The secrete of God is among them that feare hym and he wyll make knowen vnto them his couenaunt 13 Myne eyes be alwayes turned vnto God for he wyll take my feete out of the net 14 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am desolate and in miserie 15 The sorowes of myne heart are encreased O bryng thou me out of my distresse 16 Loke thou vpon myne aduersitie and vpon my labour and forgeue me all my sinne 17 Consider myne enemies for they do multiplie and they beare a tirannous hate against me 18 O kepe my soule and deliuer me lest I shal be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee 19 Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe for I haue wayted after thee 20 O God redeeme Israel out of all his aduersities The argument of the .xxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid offereth his cause for the whiche he was persecuted to be iudged of God protesting his innocencie partly in that he serued God with purenes of heart and vprightnes of life frequenting his temple and vsing his ceremonies partly also in that he hated all company of euill men whatsoeuer they were ¶ Of Dauid 1 IVdge thou me O God for I haue walked in my perfection my trustalso hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall 2 Examine me O God and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth 4 I haue not sit in company with vayne persons neither haue I entred once acquaintaunce with dissemblers 5 I haue hated the congregation of the malitious and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly 6 I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie and so I haue gone about thine aulter O God 7 That in a publique confession I myght heare and set foorth all thy wonderous workes 8 O God I haue loued the habitation of thine house and the place wherethine honour dwelleth 9 O gather not my soule with sinners nor my life with bloodie men 10 In whose handes is wickednes and their right hande is full of gyftes 11 But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection O redeeme me and be mercyfull vnto me 12 My foote standeth vpon a playne grounde therfore I wyll blesse God in the congregations ¶ The argument of the .xxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete confesseth his boldnes courage and no feare at all that he had through God in extreame and perilous daungers Before al thinges he requireth that he may come into the temple with the godly for to sacrifice and to prayse God He prayeth also most earnestly for helpe at Gods hande being of all other forsaken 1 GOD is my lyght and saluation whom then shall I feare God is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraide 2 When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell 3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me yet shall not mine heart be afraide and though there rose vp warre against me yet I wyll put my trust in this 4 I haue desired one thyng of God whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life to beholde the beautifulnes of God and to seeke it in his temple 5 For in the time of aduersitie he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his pauilion he shall hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone 6 And nowe he shall lift vp my head aboue mine enemies rounde about me therfore I wyll offer in his tabernacle a sacrifice of great ioy I wyll sing and prayse God with psalmes 7 Hearken vnto my voyce O god when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me 8 My heart hath sayde vnto thee accorcording * to this thy commaundement seeke ye my face thy face O God wyll I seeke 9 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy seruaunt away in a displeasure thou hast ben my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O Lorde of my saluation 10 For my father and mother forsoke me and God did take me vp 11 Teache me thy way O God and leade me in a right path because of mine enemies 12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me and such as speake wrong 13 If I had not beleued veryly to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing their spite had kylled me 14 Attende thou therfore vpon God be of a good courage and he will comfort thine heart I say attende thou vpon God The argument of the .xxviii. psalme ¶ The prophete turning his face towardes the arke of God desireth that his prayers may be hearde that God would succour him and not suffer him to be oppressed of the wicked to whom vengeaunce is due he thanketh
agaynst me 10 But be thou mercifull vnto me O God rayse me vp agayne and I shall rewarde them 11 By this I knowe thou fauouredst me in that myne enemie doth not triumph agaynst me 12 And when I am in my best case thou vpholdest me and thou wylt set me before thy face for euer 13 Blessed be God the Lorde of Israel worlde without ende Amen Amen ¶ The argument of the .xlii. Psalme ¶ Dauid dryuen out of his realme declareth his sorowe of mynde for that he coulde not resort vnto Gods temple and kepe there the holy feastes He complayneth that one affliction commeth on anothers necke Also he complayneth of the reproches and mockes that he susteyned of the wicked He comforteth hym selfe in the confidence that he hath in God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 LYke as the Hart brayeth for water brookes so panteth my soule after thee O God 2 My soule is a thirst for the Lorde yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde 3 My teares haue ben my meate day and nyght whyle they dayly say vnto me where is nowe thy God 4 And I powred out of me my very heart remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number bringyng thē vnto the house of the Lorde with a voyce of ioy prayse with a company that kept holy day 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I will yet acknowledge him only to be a * present saluation 6 My Lorde my soule is discouraged within me because I remember thee from the lande of Iordane and from the litle hyll Hermonim 7 One deepe calleth another at the noyse of thy water pypes all thy waues and stormes are gone ouer me 8 God wyll graunt his louing kindnesse on the day tyme and in the nyght season I wyll syng of hym and make my prayer vnto the Lorde of my lyfe 9 I wyll say vnto the Lorde of my strength why hast thou forgotten me why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 10 It was as a sworde in my bones when myne enemies dyd cast me in the teeth in saying dayly vnto me where is nowe thy Lorde 11 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for I wil yet acknowledge him to be only * my present saluation and my Lorde ¶ The argument of the .xliij. Psalme ¶ The prophete prayeth to be delyuered from his enemies to haue his heart illuminated and to be restored home agayne that he may prayse God his Lorde in his sanctuarie in whom he putteth all his trust 1 IVdge me O Lorde and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man 2 For thou art the Lord of my strength why hast thou reiect me and why go I thus heauyly through the oppression of myne enemie 3 Sende foorth thy light and thy trueth that they may leade me and direct me vnto thy holy hyll to thy tabernacles 4 And I wyll go vnto the aulter of the Lorde euen vnto the Lorde of my ioy gladnesse and vpon the harpe I will acknowledge thee O Lorde my Lord. 5 Why art thou so discouraged O my soule why art thou so vnquiet within me attende thou vpon the Lorde for * I wyll yet acknowledge hym to be only my present saluation my Lorde The argument of the .xliiii. psalme ¶ The prophete rehearseth Gods benefites bestowed vpon the fathers brought out of Egypt and planted in Chanaan He complayneth of the calamitie that the people of God suffered through the crueltie of the heathen Last of all he prayeth God to awake to aryse and to delyuer them for his mercies sake ¶ To the chiefe musition a wise instruction of the sonnes of Corach 1 WE haue hearde with our eares O Lorde our fathers haue tolde vs what workes thou hast done in their daies in the olde tyme. 2 Howe thou hast driuen out the heathen with thy hande and planted them in howe thou hast destroyed the nations placed them 3 For they gat not the lande in possession through their owne sworde neither was it their owne arme that saued thē 4 But thy ryght hande and thine arme the lyght of thy countenaunce because thou hadst a fauour vnto them 5 Thou art my kyng O Lorde commaunde that Iacob be saued 6 Through thee we wyll ouerthrowe our enemies and in thy name we wyll treade them vnder that ryse vp agaynst vs. 7 For I wyll not trust in my bowe and it is not my sworde that can saue me 8 But it is thou that sauest vs from our enemies and thou puttest them to confusion that hate vs. 9 We make our boast of God all the day long and we wyll confesse thy name for euer Selah 10 But nowe thou art farre of and thou puttest vs to confusion neither goest thou foorth with our armies 11 Thou makest vs to turne away backwarde from the enemie so that they which hate vs do make vs a spoyle vnto them 12 Thou hast delyuered vs as sheepe to be eaten and thou hast scattered vs among the heathen 13 Thou hast solde thy people for naught and thou hast taken no money for them 14 Thou hast made vs a rebuke to our neighbours to be laughed to scorne and had in derision of them that are rounde about vs. 15 Thou hast made vs to be a fable among the heathen and to be such that the people shake their head at vs. 16 My confusion is dayly before me and the shame of my face couereth me for to heare the voyce of the slaunderer blasphemer and for to see the enemie and the auenger 17 And though all this become vpon vs yet we do not forget thee nor shewe our selues to be false in thy couenaunt 18 Our heart is not turned backe neither our steppes be declined out of thy pathes no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons and couered vs with the shadowe of death 19 If we had forgotten the name of our Lorde and holden vp our handes to any straunge god woulde not God searche it out for he knoweth the very secretes of the heart 20 For thy sake also are we kylled all the day long and are counted as sheepe appoynted to be slayne 21 Stirre vp O Lorde why slepest thou awake be not absent from vs for euer wherfore hydest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and tribulation 22 For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust our belly cleaueth vnto y e grounde 23 Aryse vp thou our ayde and redeeme vs for thy louyng kindnesse sake ⧠The argument of the .xlv. psalme ¶ The prophete in describyng here
caused waters to gushe downe like as out of riuers 17 Yet for all this they sinned still against hym so that they prouoked the most hyghest in the wildernesse 18 And they temped god in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust 19 They spake against God they said can God prepare a table in the wildernesse 20 Beholde he hath smytten the stonie rocke and waters haue gushed out and streames haue flowed out aboundantly but can he likewise geue bread can he prouide fleshe for his people 21 Wherefore God hearde them he was wroth a fire was kindled in Iacob and there arose vp heauy displeasure against Israel 22 Because they beleued not in the Lord nor did put their trust in his saluation 23 And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the doores of heauen 24 He raigned downe Manna also vpon them that they shoulde eate and gaue them corne from heauen 25 So man dyd eate the bread of angels he sent them meate inough 26 He remoued the east winde from vnder the heauen and through his power he brought in the south winde 27 He rained fleshe vpon them as thycke as dust and fethered foules like as the sande of the sea 28 He let it fall among their tentes euen rounde about their pauilions 29 So they dyd eate and were wel filled for he gaue them their owne desire neuerthelesse they were not alienated from their lust 30 But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes the heauy wrath of God came vpon them and slue the welthyest of them and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe 31 For all this they sinned still and beleued not his wonderous workes 32 Therfore their dayes dyd he consume in vanitie their yeres in a short troublous time 33 When he slue them they sought hym they repented them and made God their morninges worke 34 And they remembred that the Lorde was their rocke that the Lorde most hyghest was their redeemer 35 Neuerthelesse they dyd but flatter him with their mouth and they made hym a lye with their tongue 36 For their heart was not vpright with him neither continued they faythfull in his couenaunt 37 Yet for all that he beyng most merciful cleane pardoned all their misdeedes and destroyed them not 38 Yea many a tyme he dyd much for to represse his anger and neuer woulde suffer his whole rage to breake out 39 For he considered that they were but fleshe and that they were euen a winde that passeth away cōmeth not againe 40 How oft dyd they prouoke hym in the wildernes greeued hym in the desert 41 They turned backe and tempted the Lorde and prescribed boundes to the most holy God of Israel 42 They thought not of his hande in the day when he redeemed them from the enemie 43 Howe he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the fielde of Zoan 44 For he turned into blood their riuers fluddes so that they might not drinke 45 He sent amongst them all kind of flyes who dyd eate them and frogges who destroyed them 46 He gaue their fruites vnto the caterpiller their labour to the grashopper 47 He destroyed their vines with hayle stones and their wilde figge trees with the harde frost 48 He smote their cattell also with haylestones and their flockes with thunder boltes 49 He cast vpon them the rage of his furie anger disdayne and trouble by sending foorth euill angels amongst them 50 He made away to his indignatiō spared not their soule from death he gaue their lyfe to be subiect to the pestilence 51 And he smote all the first borne of Egypt the first fruites of concupiscence in the pauilions of Cham. 52 But as for his owne people he led them foorth like sheepe and conducted them through the wildernesse like a flocke of cattell 53 He brought them out safely that they shoulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the sea 54 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuarie euen to this mountayne which his right hand purchased 55 He dyd cast out the heathen also before them he caused their land to be deuided among thē for an heritage made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tentes 56 Neuerthelesse they tempted and displeased the most hyghest Lorde kept not his testimonies 57 They turned backewarde and they went astray like their forefathers they started aside like a bowe that breaketh 58 For they stirred hym to anger with their hygh places and prouoked him to ielousie with their carued images 59 When the Lorde hearde this he was wroth toke sore displeasure at Israel 60 So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo the pauilion wherin he dwelt amongst men 61 He deliuered his force into captiuitie and his glorie into the enemies hande 62 He gaue also his people ouer to y e sword and was wroth with his inheritaunce 63 Fire consumed his young men and his maydens were not maryed 64 His priestes were slayne with the sworde and his wydowes made no lamentation 65 But the Lorde awaked as though he had slept like a giaunt making a triumphant noyse after wine 66 He smote his enemies in the hynder parts put them to a perpetual shame 67 He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 68 But he chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hill of Sion which he loued 69 And there he buylded his temple on high and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue 70 He chose also Dauid his seruaunt and toke hym away from the sheepefoldes 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym that he might feede Iacob his people and Israel his inheritaunce 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart and guided them by the discretion of his handes The argument of the lxxix psalme The prophete in the name of the Israelites greatly afflicted lamenteth at the destruction of the temple and of the citie of Hierusalem done by the Heathen and at the slaughter of his people He prayeth God aswell to take vengeaunce of the enemies in turning his displeasure on them as to pardon hym and his their manyfolde sinnes for his names sake that they might prayse him for euer ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 O Lord the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce they haue defiled thy holy temple they haue made Hierusalē an heape of stones 2 They haue geuen the dead bodies of thy seruauntes to be meate vnto the soules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy saintes vnto the beastes of the lande 3 They haue shed their blood like water on euery syde of Hierusalem and there is none to burie them 4 We are become an open shame vnto our neyghbours a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde about vs. 5 O God howe long wylt thou be angry
our side Israel may now say if God him self had not ben of our side when men rose vp against vs 2 Then they had swalowed vs vp quicke when their wrath was so inflamed against vs. 3 Then the waters had drowned vs the running streame had flowed ouer our soule 4 Then the waters of the proude had flowed ouer our soule 5 But blessed be God whiche hath not geuen vs ouer for a pray vnto their teeth 6 Our soule is escaped euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we be escaped 7 Our helpe is in the name of God who hath made heauen and earth The argument of the .cxxv. psalme ¶ As Hierusalem is strongly defended with mountaynes so God defendeth his people in all aduersities and saueth them from daungers but they that turne them selues from godlynes shall runne headlong into all kinde of wickednes ¶ A song of high degrees 1 THey that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer 2 As for Hierusalem hilles be rounde about it and God is rounde about his people from this tyme foorth for euermore 3 For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes 4 Be beneficiall O God vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart 5 And such as do wander in their owne peruersnes those God will cause to walke with the workers of wickednes so peace shal be vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the deliueraunce of the people of God out of captiuitie shal be very ioyfull vnto them selues and marueylous vnto all other nations He prayeth God to continue his goodnes dayly more and more to his people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne we shal be as men that dreamed 2 Then shall our mouth be filled with a laughter and our tongue with a ioyfull noyse 3 Then shall suche as be amongst the Heathen say God hath brought great thinges to passe that he myght do for them 4 God hath brought great thinges to passe for vs we be made merie 5 Make vs O God that be led into captiuitie for to returne as riuers into the south 6 They that sowe in teares shall reape in ioy 7 He that goeth foorth on his way and wepyng beareth pretious seede shall doubtlesse returning come againe with a ioyfull noyse bryngyng his sheaues with hym The argument of the .cxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete affirmeth that all care endeuour and diligence of buylding working reseruing and watching is vayne except withal God buyldeth reserueth and watcheth For God of his meere goodnes geueth chyldren to his welbeloued he defendeth their cities and prouideth vnto them victuals when they be fast a sleepe ¶ A song of high degrees made for Solomon 1 IF GOD wyll not buylde the house they labour in vayne that buylde it if God kepe not the citie the watchman waketh in vayne 2 As it is a vayne thing for you that ye make haste to ryse vp early that ye make delayes to take rest eatyng the bread of sorowes euen so he geueth sleepe to his welbeloued 3 Beholde chyldren be the inheritage of God and the fruite of the wombe is a rewarde 4 Like as arrowes be in the hande of the strong euen so are the chyldren of youth 5 Happy is the man that hath filled his quiuer with them they shall not be ashamed when they speake with their enemies in the gate The argument of the cxxviii psalme ¶ They that feare God and walke in his wayes be blessed and happy Their wyfe chyldren and familie shall prosper with all kinde of felicitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 HE is blessed whatsoeuer he be that feareth God walking in his waies 2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes thou shalt be happy and all shall go well with thee 3 Thy wyfe shal be as a fruitfull vine vpon the sides of thyne house 4 Thy chyldren shal be like oliue braunches rounde about thy table 5 Beholde for thus shall the man be blessed that feareth God 6 God wyll blesse thee out of Sion and thou shalt see Hierusalem in prosperitie all the dayes of thy lyfe 7 Yea thou shalt see thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel The argument of the .cxxix. psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth that Israel may glory in that through the helpe of God their enemies enterprises could not preuayle against them The wicked shal be sodainly destroyed ¶ A song of high degrees 1 ISrael may now say they haue troubled me often from my youth vp 2 They haue troubled me often from my youth vp but they haue not preuayled against me 3 The plowemen plowed vpon my backe they made long forrowes 4 But God who is iust hath cut a peeces the snares of the vngodly 5 All they that beare an euyll wyll to Sion shal be confounded and be made to turne backe from it 6 They shall be as the grasse growing vpon the house toppes whiche withereth afore that it be shot foorth to his growth 7 Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full 8 And they which go by say not so much as the blessing of God be vpon you we blesse you in the name of God ¶ The argument of the .cxxx. psalme ¶ The prophete in extreme calamitie calleth vpon God for remission of sinnes and for deliueraunce He exhorteth all people to trust in God for that he is alwayes a mercyfull redeemer and can easyly deliuer from sinne death and hell ¶ A song of high degrees 1 OVt of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O God O Lorde heare my voyce 2 Let thine eares be attentiue vnto the voyce of my petition for grace 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse O Lorde who can abide it 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee that thou mayest be feared 5 I haue wayted for God my soule haue wayted for hym and I haue reposed my trust in his worde 6 My soule listeth more after God then watchmen do after the morning I say more then watchmen do after the mornyng 7 Israel ought to trust in God for there is mercy with God and there is plenteousnes of redemption with him 8 And he wyll redeeme Israel from all his sinnes The argument of the .cxxxj. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth the people by his example to modestie and humilitie and to put their trust in God ¶ A song of high degrees made of Dauid 1 O God I am not hygh mynded I haue no proude lokes I haue not vsed to walke in greater waightier matters then I ought to do 2 Nay I haue restrayned my soule and kept it lowe like a chylde
of the trumpet but they say we wyll not take heede 18 Heare therefore ye gentiles and thou congregation shalt know what I haue deuised for them 19 Heare thou earth also behold I wyll cause a plague to come vpon this people euen the fruite of their owne imaginations for that they haue not ben obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them 20 Wherefore bryng ye me incense from Saba and sweete smelling calamus from farre countreys your burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyce not in your sacrifices 21 And therefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll lay stumbling blockes among this people and there shall fall at them the father with the chyldren one neighbour shall perishe with another 22 Thus saith the Lorde Beholde there shall come a people from the north and a great people shal arise from the endes of the earth 23 With bowes and with dartes shall they be weaponed it is a rough and fearce people an vnmercifull people their voyce roareth like the sea thei ride vpon horses well appointed to the battaile against thee O daughter Sion 24 The fame of them haue we hearde our armes are feeble heauinesse and sorowe is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauayling with chylde 25 Let no man go foorth into the fielde let no man come vpon the hye streete for the sworde and feare of the enemie is on euery side 26 Wherfore gyrde a sackcloth about thee O thou daughter of my people sprinkle thy selfe with ashes mourne and weepe bitterly as vpon thyne onlye beloued sonne for the destroyer shall sodainly fall vpon vs. 27 Thee haue I set for a strong towre O thou prophete and a well fensed wall among my people to seeke out and to trye their wayes 28 For they are all stubborne apostates and fallen away walking deceiptfully they are cleane brasse and iron for they hurt and destroy euery man 29 The bellowes are brent in the fire the leade is not moulten the melter melteth in vayne for the euill is not taken away from them 30 Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer because the Lorde hath cast them out The .vij. Chapter 2 Ieremie is commaunded to shewe vnto the people the worde of God which trusteth in the outwarde seruice of the temple 13 The euils that shall happen to the Iewes for the despising of their prophetes 21 Sacrifices doth not the Lord chiefly require of the Iewes but that they shoulde obay his worde 1 THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremie saying 2 Stande vnder the gate of the Lordes house crye out these wordes there with a loude voyce and say Heare the word of the Lorde all ye of Iuda that go in at this doore to worship the Lorde 3 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Amende your wayes and your counsels and I wyll let you dwell in this place 4 Trust not in false lying words saying Here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lorde 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour 6 Oppresse not the straunger the fatherlesse and the widowe shed not innocent blood in this place cleane not to straunge gods to your owne destruction 7 Then wyll I let you dwell in this place yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer 8 But take heede ye trust in lying tales that beguile you and do you no good 9 For when ye haue stollen murthered committed adultrie and periurie when ye haue offered vnto Baal folowing straunge and vnknowen gods shall ye be vnpunished 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house whiche hath my name geuen vnto it and say tushe we are absolued quite though we haue done all these abhominations 11 What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of thieues And yet I see what you thinke saith the Lorde 12 Go to my place in Silo wherevnto I gaue my name aforetyme and looke well what I did to the same place for the wickednesse of my people of Israel 13 And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you yet would ye not heare me I called ye would not aunswere 14 Therefore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wyll I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that you put your trust in yea vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and your fathers 15 And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all your brethren the whole seede of Ephraim 16 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people thou shalt neither geue thankes nor bid prayer for them make thou no intercession for them for in no wise will I heare thee 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Hierusalem 18 The chyldren gather stickes the fathers kindle the fire the womē kneade the dough to bake cakes for the queene of heauen they powre out drinke offeringes vnto straunge gods to prouoke me vnto wrath 19 Howbeit they hurt not me saith the Lord but rather confounde and shame them selues 20 And therefore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde my wrath and indignation shal be powred out vpon this place vpon men and cattell vpon trees in the fielde and fruite of the lande and it shall burne so that no man may quench it 21 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Heape vp your burnt offeringes with your sacrifices and eate the fleshe 22 For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices 23 But this I commaunded them saying Hearken and obay my voyce and I shal be your God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that ye may prosper 24 But they were not obedient they inclined not their eares therevnto but went after their owne imaginations and after the motions of their owne wicked heart and so turned them selues away and conuerted not vnto me 25 And this haue they done from the tyme that your fathers came out of Egypt vnto this day Neuerthelesse I sent vnto you all my seruauntes the prophetes I rose vp early and sent you worde 26 Yet woulde they not hearken nor offer me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers 27 And thou shalt nowe speake all these wordes vnto them but they shall not heare thee thou shalt crye vpon them but they shall not aunswere thee 28 Therefore shalt thou say vnto them This is the people that neither heareth the voyce of the Lorde their God nor receaueth his correction faythfulnesse and
broken my chyldren are gone fro me can no where be founde Nowe haue I none to spreade out my tent nor to set vp my hanginges 21 For the heardmen are become foolishe and they haue not sought the Lorde therefore haue they dealt vnwisely with their cattell and all are scattered abrode 22 Beholde the noyse is harde at hande and great sedition out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wildernesse and a dwelling place for dragons 23 Nowe I knowe O Lord that it is not in mans power to order his owne wayes or to rule his owne steppes and goinges 24 Therefore chasten thou me O Lord but with fauour and not in thy wrath lest thou bring me vtterly to naught 25 Powre out thyne indignation vpon the gentiles that knowe thee not and vpon the people that call not vpon thy name and that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue made his habitation waste The .xj. Chapter 1 A curse to them that obay not the worde of Gods promise 10 The people of Iuda folowing the steppes of their fathers worshippeth straunge gods 15 The Lord saith that he wyll not heare the Iewes and forbiddeth also Ieremie to pray for them 1 THis is a sermō which the Lorde commaunded Ieremie for to preache saying 2 Heare the wordes of this couenaunt and speake vnto the men of Iuda and to all them that dwell at Hierusalem 3 And say vnto them Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto the words of this couenaunt 4 Whiche I commaunded vnto your fathers what time as I brought them out of Egypt from the iron furnace saying Be obedient vnto my voyce and do according to all that I commaunde you so shall ye be my people and I will be your God 5 And wyll kepe my promise that I haue sworne vnto your fathers namelye that I woulde geue them a lande whiche floweth with milke and honie as ye see it is come to passe vnto this day Then aunswered I and sayde Amen let it be euen so Lorde as thou sayest 6 Then the Lord sayd vnto me againe Preache this in the cities of Iuda and rounde about Hierusalem say Heare the wordes of this couenaunt and kepe them 7 For I haue diligently exhorted your fathers euer since the tyme that I brought them out of the lande of Egypt vnto this day I gaue them warning be times saying hearken vnto my voyce 8 Neuerthelesse they would not obey me nor encline their eares vnto me but folowed the wicked imaginations of their owne heartes and therefore I haue brought vpon them al the wordes of this couenaunt that I gaue them to kepe which they notwithstanding haue not kept 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto me it is founde out that whole Israel and all these cities of Hierusalem are gone backe 10 They haue turned them selues to the blasphemies of their forefathers which had no lust to heare my wordes Euen lykewyse haue these also folowed straunge gods and worshipped them The house of Israel and Iuda haue broken my couenaunt whiche I made with their fathers 11 Therefore thus saith the Lorde beholde I will send a plague vpon them whiche they shall not be able to escape and they shall crye vnto me and I wyl not heare them 12 Then shall the townes of Iuda and the citizens of Hierusalem go and call vpon their gods vnto whom they made their oblations but they shall not be able to helpe them in tyme of their trouble 13 For as many cities as thou hast O Iuda so many gods hast thou had also and loke howe many streetes there be in thee O Hierusalem so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp aulters I say to offer vpon them vnto Baal 14 Therfore pray not thou for this people byd neither prayse nor prayer for them for though they crye vnto me in their trouble yet wil I not heare them 15 What part hath my beloued in my house seing he hath worked abhomination seruing many gods The holy fleshe offeringes in the temple are gone from thee O Iuda and thou when thou hast done euyll makest thy boast of it 16 The Lord called thee a greene oliue tree a faire one a fruitefull one a goodlye one but with great clamour hath the enemie set fire vpon it the braunches of it are destroyed 17 For the Lorde of hoastes that planted thee hath deuised a plague for thee O thou house of Israel and Iuda for the euyll that ye haue done to prouoke hym to wrath in that ye dyd seruice to Baal 18 This O Lorde haue I learned of thee and vnderstande it for thou hast shewed me their imaginations 19 But I am as a meeke lambe an oxe that is caryed away to be slayne not knowing that they had deuised suche a counsell against me saying We wyll destroy his meate with wood and driue him out of the lande of the liuing that his name shall neuer be thought vpon 20 Therfore I wyll beseche thee nowe O Lorde of hoastes thou righteous iudge thou that tryest the raynes and the heartes let me see thee auenged of them for vnto thee haue I committed my cause 21 The Lorde therfore spake thus of the citizens of Anathoth that sought to slay me saying Preache not vnto vs in the name of the Lorde or els thou shalt dye of our handes 22 Thus I say spake the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I will visit you your young mē shal perishe with the sworde your sonnes and your daughters shall vtterly dye of hunger 23 So that none shall remaine for vpon the citizens of Anathoth wyll I bring a plague euen the yere of their visitation The .xij. Chapter 1 The prophete marueyleth greatly at the prosperitie of the wicked although he confesse God to be righteous 7 The Iewes are forsaken of the Lord. 1◠He speaketh agaynst curates and preachers that seduce the people 14 The Lord threatneth destruction vnto the nations that bordered vpon Iurie which troubled and vexed it 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous then that I shoulde dispute with thee neuerthelesse let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse 2 Thou plantest them they take roote they growe and bryng foorth fruite they boast much of thee yet art thou farre from their raynes 3 But thou Lorde to whom I am well knowen thou that hast sene and proued my heart take them away like as a flocke is caryed to the slaughter house appoynt them for the day of slaughter 4 Howe long shall the lande mourne and all the hearbes of the fielde perishe for the wickednesse of them that dwell therin The cattell and the birdes are gone yet say they tushe
and thy abhominations haue I seene Wo be vnto thee O Hierusalem wylt thou neuer be clensed any more Or when shall that be The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Of the dearth that shoulde come in Iurie 7 The prayer of the people askyng mercie of the Lorde 10 The vnfaithfull people are not hearde 12 Of prayer fastyng and of false prophetes that seduce the people 1 THe worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites 2 Iuda hath mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heauinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Hierusalem goeth vp 3 The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they did finde no water but caried their vessels home emptie they be ashamed and confounded and couer their heades 4 For the grounde is dryed because there commeth no rayne vpon it the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde because there was no grasse 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons their eyes did fayle for want of grasse 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name though our transgression and sinnes be many and agaynst thee haue we sinned 8 For thou art the comfort and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the lande and as one that goeth his iourney and cōmeth in only to remayne for a night 9 Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs not 10 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode and haue not refrayned their feete therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes and punishe all their sinnes 11 Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt not pray to do this people good 12 For though they fast I wyll not heare their prayers and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices yet wyll not I accept them for I wyll destroy them with the sworde hunger and pestilence 13 Then aunswered I O Lorde God the prophetes say vnto them Tushe ye shall neede to feare no sworde and no hunger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you sure rest in this place 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preach lyes in my name wheras I haue not sent them neither gaue I them any charge neither did I speake vnto them yet they preache vnto you false visions charming vanitie and deceiptfulnesse of their owne heart 15 Therfore thus saith the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my name whom I neuerthelesse haue not sent and that say Tushe there shall no sworde nor hunger be in this lande with sworde and with hunger shall those prophetes perishe 16 And the people to whom they preache shal be cast out of Hierusalem dye of hunger and be slayne with the sworde and there shal be no man to bury them both they and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters for thus wyll I poure their wickednesse vpon them 17 This shalt thou say also vnto them Mine eyes shall weepe without ceassyng day and nyght for my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall perishe with a great plague 18 For yf I go into the fielde lo it lyeth all full of slayne men If I come into the citie lo they be all famished of hunger yea their prophetes also and priestes shal be led into an vnknowen lande 19 Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda Doest thou so abhorre Sion Wherfore hast thou so plagued vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothyng but trouble 20 We knowledge O Lorde all our misdeedes and the sinnes of our fathers for we haue offended thee 21 Cast vs not of O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louyng kindnesse ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs. 22 * Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showres from heauen Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God we wyll trust in thee for thou doest all these thynges The .xv. Chapter 1 The Lorde wyll not heare Moyses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrappe them in many miseries The cause of such great miseries 1 THus spake the Lorde vnto me Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me yet haue I no heart to this people driue them away that they may go out of my sight 2 And yf they say vnto thee whyther shall we go then tell them The Lorde geueth you this aunswere Some vnto death some to the sworde some to hunger some into captiuitie 3 For I wyll bryng foure plagues vpon them saith the Lorde The sworde shal slay them the dogges shall teare them in peeces the soules of the ayre and beastes of the earth shall eate them vp and destroy them 4 I wyll scatter them about also in all kingdomes and landes to be plagued because of Manasses the sonne of Hezekia kyng of Iuda for the thynges that he did in Hierusalem 5 Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem who shal be sorie for thee Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee 6 Seing thou goest from me and turnest backwarde saith the Lorde therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande against thee to destroy thee and I haue ben sorie for thee so long that I am weerie 7 I haue scattred them abrode with the fanne of euery side of the land I haue wasted my people and destroyed them yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes 8 I haue made their widowes mo in number then the sandes of the sea vpon the mothers of their children dyd I bryng a destroyer in the noone day sodaynly and vnawares did I sende a feare vpon their cities 9 She that hath borne seuen children hath none her heart is full of sorowe the sunne doth fayle her in the cleare day she is confounded and faintie for very heauinesse As for those that remayne I wyll deliuer them vnto the sworde before their enemies saith the Lorde 10 O mother alas that thou euer didst beare me a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie yet all men speake euyll vpon me 11 And the Lord aunswered me Veryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee 12 Doth one iron
trueth to the grounde and thus shall it do and prosper 13 Vpon this I heard one of the sainctes speaking and one of the sainctes spake vnto Palmoni saying how long shal the vision of the dayly sacrifice and of the iniquitie of desolation endure to geue both the sanctuarie and the power to be troden vnder foote 14 And he aunswered me Vnto the euening and the morning two thousand and three hundred then shal the sanctuarie be cleansed 15 Now when I Daniel had seene this vision and sought for the vnderstanding of it beholde there stoode before me like the similitude of a man 16 And I heard a mans voyce betweene Vlai which cryed and saide O Gabriel make this man vnderstande the vision 17 So he came and stoode by me but I was afraide at his comming and fell downe vpō my face Then said he vnto me Vnderstand O thou sonne of man for at the time of the ende this vision shal be 18 Now as he was speaking vnto me I fell in a slumber vpon my face to the grounde but he touched me and set me vp in my place 19 And he saide Beholde I wyll shewe thee what shal be in the last wrath for in the time appoynted it shal be fulfilled 20 The ramme which thou sawest hauing two hornes is the king of the Medes and Perses 21 And the goate is the king of Grecia and the great horne that is betwixt his eyes that is the first king 22 But where as it brake foure other rose vp in the steade it signifieth that out of this people shall stande vp foure kingdomes but not so mightie as it 23 And in the ende of their kingdome when the wicked are come to the full a king of a fierce countenaunce and vnderstanding harde sentences shall stand vp 24 His power shal be mightie but not in his strength he shall destroy wonderfully he shall prosper practise and destroy the mightie and the holy people 25 And through his policie also he shall cause craft to prosper in his handes he shall extoll him selfe in his heart and in prosperitie he shall destroy many many one shal be put to death in his wealthinesse he shall stande vp against the prince of princes but he shal be destroyed without hande 26 And the vision of the euening and the morning which is declared is true therfore seale thou vp the vision for it shal be after many dayes 27 Vpon this was I Daniel feeble so that I lay sicke certaine dayes but when I rose vp I went about y e kinges busines and was astonied at the vision neuerthelesse no man vnderstoode it The .ix. Chapter 1 Daniel desireth to haue that prefourmed of God which he hath promised concerning the returne of the people from their banishment in Babylon 15 A true confession 20 Daniels prayer is harde 21 Gabriel the angel expoundeth vnto him the vision of the threescore and ten weekes 24 The annoynting of Christe 25 The building againe of Hierusalem vnder Nehemia 26 The death of Christe 1 IN the first yere of Darius the sonne of Ahasuerus which was of the seede of the Medes was made king ouer the realme of the Chaldees 2 Euen in the first yere of his raigne I Daniel vnderstoode by bookes the number of the yeres wherof the Lorde spake vnto Ieremie the prophete that he woulde accomplishe seuentie yeres in the desolation of Hierusalem 3 And I turned my face vnto the Lord God and sought by prayer and supplication with fasting sackcloth and asshes 4 I prayed vnto the Lorde my God made my confession saying O Lorde God great and fearefull which kepeth couenaunt and mercie with them that loue him and kepe his commaundementes 5 We haue sinned and haue committed iniquitie and haue done wickedly yea we haue rebelled haue departed from thy preceptes from thy iudgementes 6 We woulde not obey thy seruauntes the prophetes that spake in thy name to our kinges and princes to our forefathers and to all the people of the lande 7 O Lorde righteousnesse belongeth vnto thee vnto vs open shame as is come to passe this day vnto euery man of Iuda and to them that dwel at Hierusalem yea vnto all Israel whether they be farre or nye throughout all the landes whither thou hast driuen them because of their offences that they haue done against thee 8 Yea O Lorde vnto vs to our kinges princes to our forefathers that haue offended thee belongeth open shame 9 Vnto the Lorde our God pertayneth compassion and forgeuenesse though we haue rebelled against him 10 And we haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde our God to walke in his lawes which he layde before vs by the hande of his seruauntes the prophetes 11 Yea all Israel haue transgressed and gone backe from thy lawe so that they haue not hearkened vnto thy voyce wherefore the curse and oth that is written in the lawe of Moyses the seruaunt of God against whom we haue offended is poured vpon vs. 12 And he hath confirmed his wordes which he spake against vs and against our iudges that iudged vs to bring vpon vs such a great plague as neuer was vnder heauen lyke as it is now come to passe in Hierusalem 13 Yea all this plague as it is written in the lawe of Moyses is come vpon vs yet made we not our prayers before the Lorde our God that we might turne againe from our wickednes and vnderstand thy trueth 14 Therfore hath the Lord watched vpon the plague and brought it vpon vs for the Lorde our God is righteous in all his workes which he doth for we would not hearken vnto his voyce 15 And now O Lord our God thou that with a mightie hande hast brought thy people out of the lande of Egypt to get thy selfe a name which remayneth this day we haue sinned we haue done wickedly 16 O Lorde according to all thy righteousnes I beseche thee let thyne anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy citie of Hierusalem thy holy hill for because of our sinnes and for the wickednesse of our fathers Hierusalem and thy people are a reproche to all them that are about vs. 17 Now therefore O our God heare the prayer of thy seruaunt and his intercession O let thy face shine ouer thy sanctuarie that lyeth waste for the Lordes sake 18 O my God encline thyne eare hearken open thyne eyes beholde howe we be desolated yea and the citie also which is called after thy name for we do not present our prayers before thee in our owne righteousnes but in thy great mercies 19 O Lorde heare O forgeue Lorde O Lorde consider and do it defer not for thyne owne sake O my God because thy name is called vpon thy citie vpon thy people 20 As I was yet a speaking at my prayers knowledging myne
that do sinne and vnrighteousnesse are the enemies of their owne soule 11 Wherefore I tell you the trueth and wyll hide no secret saying from you 12 When thou prayedst with teares and buriedst the dead and leftest thy dynner and hyddest the dead in thyne house vpon the day time that thou mightest bury them in the night I offred thy prayer before the Lorde 13 And because thou wast accept and beloued of God it was necessary that temptation should trye thee 14 And nowe hath the Lorde sent me to heale thee and to delyuer Sara thy sonnes wyfe from the euill spirite 15 For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stande before the Lorde 16 When they heard this they were sore afrayde and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde 17 Then saide the angell Peace be with you feare not 18 For where as I haue ben with you it is the wil of God geue prayse thankes vnto him 19 You thought that I did eate drinke with you but I vse meate that is inuisible and drinke that can not be seene of men 20 Now therfore is the time that I must turne againe vnto him that sent me but be ye thankefull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes 21 And when he had spokē those wordes he was taken away out of their sight so that they could see him no more 22 Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of three houres and praysed God and when they rose vp they tolde all his wonderous workes ¶ The .xiii. Chapter A thankes geuing of Tobias who exhorteth all to prayse the Lorde 1 THen olde Tobias opened his mouth praysed the Lorde sayde Great art thou O lord for euermore and thy kingdome world with out end 2 For thou scourgest and healest thou leadest vnto hell bringest out againe and there is none that may escape thyne hande 3 O geue thankes vnto the Lorde ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the heathen 4 For among the heathen which knowe him not hath he scattered you to the intent that ye should shew forth his marueilous workes and cause them for to knowe that there is none other God almightie but he 5 He hath chastened vs for our misdeedes for his owne mercie sake shall he saue vs. 6 Consider then how he hath dealt with you and prayse him with feare dread and magnifie the euerlasting king in your workes 7 I wyll prayse him euen in the lande of my captiuitie for he hath shewed his maiestie vnto a sinfull people 8 Turne you therfore O ye sinners and do righteousnesse before God and be ye sure that he wyll shew his mercy vpon you 9 As for me and my soule we wyll reioyce in God 10 O prayse the Lorde all ye his chosen hold the dayes of gladnesse be thankefull vnto him 11 O Hierusalem thou citie of God the lorde hath punished thee for the workes of thyne owne handes 12 O prayse the Lord in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlasting God that he may build vp his tabernacle againe in thee that he may call againe vnto thee all such as be in captiuitie and that thou mayest haue ioy for euermore 13 With a faire light shalt thou shyne and all the endes of the worlde shall honour thee 14 The people shall come vnto thee from farre they shall bring giftes and worship the Lorde in thee and thy land shal they haue for a sanctuary for they shall call vpon the great name in thee 15 Cursed shall they be that despise thee and all that blaspheme thee shal be condempned But blessed shall they be that builde thee vp 16 As for thee thou shalt reioyce in thy children for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the Lorde 17 Blessed are all they that loue thee and that be glad of thy peace 18 Prayse thou the Lorde O my soule for the Lorde our God hath deliuered his citie Hierusalem from all her troubles 19 I wyll count my selfe happy if my seede remayne to see the clearenes of Hierusalem 20 The gates of Hierusalem shal be builded with Saphir and Smaragde and all the compasse of her walles with precious stones 21 All her streates shal be paued with white and fayre stone and in all streates shall Halleluia be song 22 Praysed be the Lorde which hath exalted her that his kingdome may be vpon her for euermore Amen The .xiiii. Chapter 5 Lessons of Tobias to his sonne 6 He prophecieth the destruction of Niniue 7 And the restoring of Hierusalem and the temple 13 The death of Tobias and his wyfe 16 Tobias the younger his age and death 1 ANd so Tobias made an end of speaking And after that Tobias had gotten his sight againe he lyued fouretie two yeres sawe his childers children 2 Nowe when he was an hundred and two yeres olde he dyed and was buried honorably in Niniue 3 For when he was sixe and fiftie yeres of age he lost the sight of his eyes and when he was three score yeres olde he gate his sight againe 4 The residue of his lyfe led he in ioy and increased well in the feare of God and departed in peace 5 But in the houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias and seuen young springaldes his sonnes children and saide vnto them 6 The destruction of Niniue is at hand for the word of the Lord can not fayle and our brethren that are scattered out of the lande of Israel shall come thyther agayne 7 And the whole lande of it that hath ben waste shall be filled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be builded againe and all such as feare God shall returne thyther 8 The heathen then also shall forsake their idols and come to Hierusalem and dwell there 9 And all the kinges of the earth shal be glad in her and worship the Lord God of Israel 10 And therefore my children heare your father serue the Lorde in the trueth seeke after his wyll to do the thing that pleaseth him 11 Commaunde your children that they do right geue almes be mindefull of God and euer to be thankefull vnto him in trueth and with all their power 12 Heare me now therefore my children and abyde not here but in what day so euer ye haue buryed your mother by me in one sepulchre get you from hence 13 For I see that the wickednesse of it shall bring it to destruction and end 14 After the death of his mother Tobias departed away from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children and came againe to his father and mother in lawe 15 And founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of them and he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fyft generation and his childers children 16 And ninetie and nine yeres beyng ended
Beholde how I haue not laboured onely for my selfe but for all such as loue nurture and wysdome 17 Heare me O ye great men of the people and hearken with your eares ye rulers of the congregation 18 Geue not thy sonne and wyfe thy brother and friend power ouer thee whyle thou liuest and geue not away thy substaunce good to another lest it repent thee and thou be faine to aske of them againe 19 As long as thou lyuest and hast breath let no man chaunge thee 20 For better it is thy children to pray thee then that thou shouldest be faine to loke in their handes 21 In all thy workes be excellent that thy honour be neuer stayned 22 At the time when thou shalt ende thy dayes and finishe thy lyfe distribute thyne inheritaunces 23 The fodder the whippe and the burthen belongeth vnto the asse meate correction and worke vnto the seruaunt 24 If thou set thy seruaunt to labour thou shalt finde rest but if thou let him go idle he shall seeke libertie 25 The yoke and the whippe bowe downe the hard necke but tame thou thy euill seruaunt with bondes and correction 26 Sende him to labour that he go not idle for idlenesse bringeth much euill 27 Set him to worke for that belongeth vnto him and becommeth him wel 28 If he be not obedient binde his feete but do not to much vnto him in any wyse and without discretion do nothing 29 If thou haue a faithfull seruaunt let him be vnto thee as thyne owne soule entreate him as a brother for in blood hast thou gotten him if thou haue a seruaunt holde him as thy selfe for thou hast neede of him as of thy selfe 30 If thou intreatest him euil and kepest him hard and makest him to be proude and to runne away from thee thou canst not tell what way thou shalt seeke him The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Of dreames dâ—â—inations and enchauntmentes 6 We ought to confute vaine hope and lying 13 The prayse of them that feare God 22 Of diuers workes of men 27 God doth not alowe the workes of an vnfaithfull man 1 VNwyse people beguile them selues with vaine and deceitfull hope and fooles trust in dreames 2 Who so regardeth dreames is lyke him that wyll take holde of a shadowe and folowe after the winde 3 Euen so is it with the appearinges of dreames before the face is the lykenesse of a face 4 Who can be cleansed of the vncleane or what trueth can be spoken of a lyer 5 Soothsaying witchcrafte sorcerie and dreaming is but vaine lyke as when a woman trauayleth with childe hath many fantasies in her heart 6 Where as such visions come not of God set not thyne heart vpon them 7 For dreames haue deceaued many a man and they failed that put their trust therein 8 The lawe shal be fulfilled without lyes wysdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth what knowledge hath he that is not tryed 9 A wyse man that is well instruct vnderstandeth much and he that hath good experience can talke of wysdome 10 He that hath no experience knoweth litle and he that erreth causeth much wickednesse he that is not tryed what thinges knoweth he he that hath ben deceaued is full of subtiltie 11 When I was yet in errour I learned much also yea I was so learned that I could not expresse it all 12 And came oft in perill of death therefore tyll I was delyuered from it through the grace of God 13 Now I see that they which feare God haue the right spirit for their hope standeth in him that can helpe them and the eyes of the Lorde are on them that loue him 14 Who so feareth the Lorde standeth in awe of no man and is not afraide for the Lorde is his hope and comforte 15 Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the lord in whom putteth he his trust who is his strength 16 For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them that loue him he is their mightie protection and strong grounde A defence for the heate a refuge for the hot noone day a succour for stumbling and an helpe for falling 17 He setteth vp the soule and lighteneth the eyes he geueth lyfe and blessing 18 He that geueth an offering of vnrighteous good his offering is refused and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God 19 The Lorde is theirs onely that patiently abide him in the way of the trueth and of righteousnesse 20 The highest doth not alowe the giftes of the wicked and God hath no delight in the offeringes of the vngodly neither may sinne be reconciled in the multitude of oblations 21 Who so bringeth an offering out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that killeth the sonne before the fathers eyes 22 The bread of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood 23 Who so robbeth his neighbour of his lyuing doth as great sinne as though he slue him to death he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre is a blood shedder 24 When one buildeth and an other breaketh downe what profite haue they then but labour 25 When one prayeth and another curseth whose voyce wyl the Lorde heare 26 He that washeth him selfe because of a dead body and then toucheth the dead againe what doth his washing 27 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes and doth them againe who wyll heare his prayer or what doth his fasting helpe him ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 It is well done to pray and to do sacrifice 14 The prayer of the fatherlesse and of the widowe and of him that humbleth himselfe 1 WHo so kepeth the lawe bringeth offeringes inough he that holdeth fast the coÌ„maundement offereth the right health offering 2 He that is thankefull and recompenceth offereth fine floure who so is merciful and geueth almes that is the right thanke offering 3 God hath pleasure when one departeth from sinne and to forsake vnrighteousnesse reconcileth vs with him 4 Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde 5 For al such is done because of the commaundement of God 6 The offering of the righteous maketh the aulter fat and a sweete smell is it before the highest 7 The offering of the righteous is acceptable vnto God and shall neuer be forgotten 8 Geue God his honour with a chearefull heart and keepe not backe the firstlinges of thyne handes 9 In all thy giftes shewe a chearefull countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse 10 Geue vnto God according as he hath enriched and prospered thee and loke what thyne hande is able geue with a chearefull eye 11 For the Lorde recompenceth and geueth thee seuen times as much againe 12 Geue no vnrighteous giftes for such wyll he not receaue Beware of wrong offeringes for the Lorde is a righteous iudge and regardeth no mans person 13 He accepteth not the person of the poore but he
thought necessarie to certifie you therof that ye also might kepe the tabernacles feast day and the day of the fire whiche was geuen vs when Nehemias offered after that he had set vp the temple and the aulter 19 For what time as our fathers were led away vnto Persis the priestes whiche then sought the honour of God toke the fire priuily from the aulter and hyd it in a valley where as was a deepe drye pit and therin they kept it so that the place was vnknowen to euery man 20 Nowe after many yeres when it pleased God that Nehemias shoulde be sent from the king of Persia he sent the childers children of those priestes which had hyd the fyre to seke it and as they told vs they found no fire but thicke water 21 Then commaunded he them to drawe it vp and to bring it him and the offeringes withall Nowe when the sacrifices were layed on and ordred Nehemias commaunded the priestes to sprinckle them and the wood with water 22 When this was done the time come that the sunne shone whiche afore was hyd in the cloude there was a great fire kindled in so much that euery man marueyled 23 Now all the priestes prayed whyle the sacrifice was a making Ionathas prayed first and the other gaue aunswere 24 And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O Lorde God maker of all thinges thou fearfull and strong thou righteous and mercifull thou that art onely a gratious king 25 Only liberall only iust almightie and euerlasting thou that deliuerest Israel from all trouble thou that hast chosen the fathers halowed them fauorably 26 Receaue the offering for thy whole people of Israel preserue thyne owne portion and halowe it 27 Gather those together that are scattred abrode from vs deliuer them that are vnder the heathens bondage loke vpon them whiche are despised and abhorred that the heathen may know and see howe that thou only art God which art our God 28 Punishe them that oppresse proudly put vs to dishonour 29 Set thy people againe in thy holy place like as Moyses hath spoken 30 And the priestes song Psalmes of thankesgeuing so long as the sacrifice endured 31 Nowe when the sacrifice was brent Nehemias commaunded the great stones to be sprinkled with the residue of the water 32 Which when it was done there was kindled a flambe of them also but it was consumed thorowe the light that shyned from the aulter 33 So when this matter was knowen it was tolde the king of Persia that in the place where the priestes which were led away had hyd fyre there appeared water and that Nehemias and his companie had purified the sacrifices withall 34 Then the king considering and pondering the matter diligently inclosed the place and consecrated a temple to proue the thing that was done 35 And when he founde it so in deede he gaue the priestes many giftes diuers rewardes yea he toke them with his owne hand and gaue them 36 And Nehemias called the same place Nephthar whiche is as much to say as a clensing but many men call it Nephi The .ii. Chapter 4 Howe Ieremie hyd the tabernacle the arke and the aulter in the hyll 23 Of the fiue bookes of Iason conteyned in one 1 IT is founde also in the writinges of Ieremi the prophete that he commaunded them whiche were caried away to take fyre as it is sayde afore 2 He commaunded them also that they should not forget the lawe commaundementes of the Lorde and that they shoulde not erre in their mindes when they see images of siluer and gold with their ornamentes 3 These and such other thinges commaunded he them and exhorted them that they shoulde not let the law of God go out of their heartes 4 It is written also how the prophete at the commaundement of God charged them to take the tabernacle the arke with them and he went foorth vnto the mountayne where Moyses clymed vp and sawe the heritage of God 5 And when Ieremi came there he found an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle the arke and the aulter of incense and so stopped the doore 6 There came certayne men together also folowing him to marke the place but they coulde not finde it 7 Whiche when Ieremie perceaued he reproued them saying As for that place it shal be vnknowen vntill the time that God gather his people together againe and receaue them vnto mercie 8 Then shall God shewe them these thinges and the maiestie of the Lorde shal appeare the cloude also like as it was shewed vnto Moyses and like as when Solomon desired that the place might be honorablie sanctified and it was shewed hym 9 For he beyng a wyse man handled honorably and wysely offering vnto God in the halowing of the temple when it was finished 10 And like as when Moyses prayed vnto the Lorde the fire came downe from heauen and consumed the burnt offering Euen so prayed Solomon also and the fire came downe from heauen and consumed the burnt offering 11 And Moyses sayde Because the sinne offering was not eaten therefore it is consumed 12 In like maner Solomon kept the dedication or halowing eyght dayes 13 In the annotations and writinges of Ieremi were these thinges put also and howe he made a librarie and howe he gathered out of all countreys the bookes of the kinges of the prophetes and of Dauid and the epistles of the kinges concerning the holy giftes 14 Euen so Iudas also loke what he learned by experience of warre and such thinges as hath happened vnto vs he gathered them altogether and so we haue them by vs. 15 If ye now desire to haue the same send some body to fetch them vnto you 16 Where as we then are about to celebrate the purification we haue written vnto you therefore ye shall do well if ye kepe the same dayes 17 We hope also that the God which deliuered his people and gaue them al the heritage kingdome priesthood and sanctuarie 18 That he promised them in the law shal shortly haue mercie vpon vs and gather vs together from vnder the heauen into his holie place for he hath saued vs from great peryls and hath clensed the place 19 As concerning Iudas Machabeus and his brethren the purification of the great temple the dedication of the aulter 20 Yea and of the warres that concerne noble Antiochus Eupator his sonne 21 And the miracles shewed from heauen by the valiaunt actes of those which defended the Iewes religion so that a fewe ran through the whole countrey and draue away the barbarous armies 22 Repaired againe the temple that was spoken of throughout all the world deliuered the citie doyng their best that the law of the Lord which was put downe might with all tranquilitie be restored againe vnto the Lord that was so mercifull vnto them 23 As touching Iason also of Cyren we haue
disciples plucked the eares of corne and dyd eate and rubbed them in their handes 2 And certayne of the pharisees sayde vnto them Why do ye that which is not lawfull to do on y e Sabboth dayes 3 And Iesus aunswered them sayde Haue ye not read what Dauid dyd when he hym selfe was an hungred and they which were with hym 4 Howe he went into the house of God and dyd take and eate the shewe bread and gaue also to them that were with hym which was not lawfull to eate but for the priestes only 5 And he sayde vnto them The sonne of man is Lord also of y e Sabboth day 6 ☞ And it came to passe also in another Sabboth that he entred into the synagogue and taught And there was a man whose right hand was dried vp 7 And the scribes pharisees watched hym whether he woulde heale on the Sabboth day that they myght fynde howe to accuse hym 8 But he knewe their thoughtes and said to the man which had the withered hande Ryse vp and stande foorth in the myddes And he arose and stoode foorth 9 Then sayde Iesus vnto them I wyll aske you a question Whether is it lawfull on the Sabboth dayes to do good or to do euyll to saue ones lyfe or to destroy it 10 And he behelde them all in compasse sayde vnto the man Stretche foorth thy hande And he dyd so his hande was restored agayne as whole as the other 11 And they were fylled with madnesse and communed together among them selues what they myght do to Iesus ☜ 12 And it came to passe in those dayes y t he wēt out into a mountayne to pray continued all nyght in prayer to God 13 And assoone as it was day he called his disciples And of them he chose twelue whom he called Apostles 14 Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames and Iohn Philip and Barthelmewe 15 Matthewe and Thomas Iames the sonne of Alpheus Simon which is called Zelotes 16 And Iudas Iames brother and Iudas Iscariot which also was the traytour 17 ☞ And he came downe with them and stoode in the playne fielde and the company of his disciples and a great multitude of people out of all Iurie Hierusalem and frō the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon which came to heare hym and to be healed of their diseases 18 And they that were vexed with foule spirites and they were healed 19 And all the people preassed to touche hym for there went vertue out of hym and healed them all 20 And he lyft vp his eyes vpon his disciples and sayde Blessed be ye poore for yours is the kyngdome of God 21 Blessed are ye that hunger nowe for ye shal be satisfied Blessed are ye that weepe nowe for ye shall laugh 22 Blessed shall ye be when men hate you seperate you from their companie and raile on you put out your names as an euyll thyng for the sonne of mans sake 23 Reioyce ye in that day and be glad For beholde your rewarde is great in heauen ☜ For thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes 24 But wo vnto you that are riche for ye haue your consolation 25 Wo vnto you that are full for ye shall hunger Wo vnto you that nowe laugh for ye shall wayle and weepe 26 Wo vnto you when all men prayse you for so dyd their fathers to the false prophetes 27 But I say vnto you which heare Loue your enemies Do good to them which hate you 28 Blesse them that curse you And pray for thē which wrongfully trouble you 29 And vnto hym that smyteth thee on the one cheeke offer also the other And hym that taketh away thy cloke forbyd not to take thy coate also 30 Geue to euery man that asketh of thee And of hym that taketh away thy goodes aske them not agayne 31 And as ye woulde that men shoulde do to you do ye also to them lykewyse 32 For yf ye loue them which loue you what thanke haue ye For sinners also loue their louers 33 And yf ye do good for them which do good for you what thanke haue ye For sinners also do euen the same 34 And yf ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receaue what thanke haue ye For synners also lende to sinners to receaue such lyke agayne 35 But loue ye your enemies do good and lende lokyng for nothyng agayne and your rewarde shal be great and ye shal be the chyldren of the hyest for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde to the euyll 36 ☞ Be ye therfore mercifull as your father also is mercifull 37 Iudge not ye shall not be iudged Condemne not and ye shall not be condemned Forgeue ye shal be forgeuen 38 Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure pressed downe shaken together and runnyng ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye meate withall shall other men meate to you agayne 39 And he put foorth a similitude vnto them Can the blynde leade the blynde Do they not both fall into the ditche 40 The disciple is not aboue his maister But whosoeuer wylbe a perfect disciple shal be as his maister is 41 And why seest thou a moate in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye 42 Either howe canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pull out the moate that is in thyne eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Thou hypocrite caste out the beame out of thyne owne eye first then shalt thou see perfectly to pul out the moate that is in thy brothers eye ☜ 43 For it is not a good tree that bryngeth foorth euyll fruite Neither is that an euyll tree that bryngeth foorth good fruite 44 For euery tree is knowen by his fruite for of thornes do not mē gather fygges nor of busshes gather they grapes 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth that which is good And an euyll man out of the euyll treasure of his heart bryngeth foorth that which is euyll For of the aboundaunce of the heart his mouth speaketh 46 Why call ye me Lorde Lorde and do not as I byd you 47 Whosoeuer commeth to me heareth my sayinges and doth the same I wyll shewe you to whom he is lyke 48 He is lyke a man which built an house and digged deepe and layde the foundation on a rocke And when the waters arose the fludde beat vpon that house and coulde not moue it For it was grounded vpon a rocke 49 But he that heareth and doeth not is lyke a man that without foundation built an house vpon the earth agaynst which the fludde dyd beate and it fell immediatly And the fall of that house was great ¶ The .vij. 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thy name 18 And he said vnto them I sawe Satan as it had ben lyghtnyng fallyng downe from heauen 19 Beholde I geue vnto you power to treade on serpentes and scorpions and ouer all maner power of the enemie nothyng shall hurt you 20 Neuerthelesse in this reioyce not that the spirites are subdued vnto you but rather reioyce because your names are written in heauen 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite and sayde I confesse vnto thee father Lorde of heauen earth that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased thee 22 All thynges are geuen me of my father No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father and who the father is but the sonne and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym 23 And he turned to his disciples sayde secretely ☞ Happy are the eyes which see the thynges that ye see 24 For I tell you that many prophetes and kynges haue desired to see those thynges whiche ye see haue not seene them and to heare those thinges which ye heare and haue not hearde them 25 And beholde a certaine lawyer stoode vp and tempted him saying Maister what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe He sayde vnto hym 26 What is written in the lawe howe readest thou 27 And he aunswered and saide Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule with all thy strength and with al thy mynd◠and thy neyghbour as thy selfe 28 And he sayde vnto hym Thou 〈◊〉 aunswered ryght this do and thou shalt lyue 29 But he wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe said vnto Iesus and who is my neighbour 30 And Iesus aunswered and sayde A certaine man descended from Hierusalem to Hierico and fell among thieues which robbed hym of his rayment and wounded hym and departed leauyng hym halfe dead 31 And it befell that there came downe a certayne priest that same way and whē he sawe hym he passed by on the other syde 32 And likewise a Leuite when he went nye to the place came and loked on him and passed by the other syde 33 But a certayne Samaritane as he iourneyed came vnto hym and when he saw him he had compassion on him 34 And went to hym and bounde vp his woundes and powred in oyle and wine and set hym on his owne beast and brought hym to a common Inne and made prouision for hym 35 And on the morowe when he departed he toke out two pence and gaue them to the hoste and sayde vnto hym take cure of hym and whatsoeuer thou spendest more when I come agayne I wyll recompence thee 36 Which nowe of these three thinkest thou was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues 37 And he sayde He that shewed mercy on hym Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Go and do thou lykewyse ☜ 38 ☞ Nowe it came to passe that as they went he entred into a certayne towne And a certayne womā named Martha receaued hym into her house 39 And this woman had a sister called Marie whiche also sate at Iesus feete and hearde his worde 40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing and came to hym saide Lorde doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me 41 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou art carefull and troubled about many thynges 42 Veryly one is needefull Mary hath chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her ☜ ¶ The .xj. Chapter 2 Christe teacheth his disciples to pray and to continue in prayer 14 he dryueth out a dumbe deuyll 15 and rebuketh the blasphemous pharisees 28 Who are blessed 29 The Iewes aske a signe 37 Christe vnwasshed eateth with the pharisee 39 and reproueth the outwarde shewe of holynesse in the pharisees scribes and hypocrites 1 AND so it was that as he was praying in a certaine place when he ceassed one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lord teache vs to pray as Iohn also taught his disciples 2 And he said vnto them When ye pray say O our father which art in heauen halowed be thy name thy kyngdome come thy wyll be fulfylled euen in earth also as it is in heauen 3 Our dayly breade geue vs this day 4 And forgeue vs our synnes For euen we forgeue euery man that trespasseth vs. And leade vs not into temptation but delyuer vs from euyll 5 And he sayde vnto them ☞ Whiche of you shall haue a friende and shall go vnto hym at mydnyght and saye vnto hym friende lende me three loaues 6 For a friende of mine is come out of the way to me and I haue nothyng to set before hym 7 And he within aunswere say trouble me not the doore is nowe shut and my children are with me in bedde I can not ryse and geue thee 8 I saye vnto you though he wyll not ryse and geue hym because he is his friende yet because of his importunitie he wyll ryse and geue hym as many as he needeth 9 And I say vnto you aske and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you 10 For euery one that asketh receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and vnto hym that knocketh shall it be opened 11 If the sonne shall aske breade of any of you that is a father wyll he geue him a stone Or yf he aske fisshe wyll he for fisshe geue hym a serpent 12 Or yf he aske an egge wyll he offer hym a scorpion 1◠If ye then being euyll can geue good gyftes vnto your chyldren howe muche more shall your father of heauen geue the holy spirite to them that desire it of hym ☜ 14 ☞ And he was castyng out a deuyll and the same was dumbe And it came to passe when the deuyll was gone out the dumbe spake the people wondred 15 But some of thē sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils 16 And other tempted him and required of hym a signe from heauen 17 But he knowyng their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuided agaynst it selfe is desolate and a housed deuided agaynst a house falleth 18 If Satan also be deuided against him selfe howe shall his kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub 19 If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your chyldren cast them out Therfore shall they be your iudges 20 But yf I with the fynger of God cast our deuyls no doubt the kyngdome of God is come vpon you 21 When a strong man armed kepeth his palace y e thynges that he possesseth are in peace 22 But whē a stronger then he commeth vpon hym and ouercommeth hym he taketh from him all his harnesse wherin he trusted and deuideth
thee where is the ghest chamber where I shall eate y e Passouer with my disciples 12 And he shall shew you an vpper chamber prepared there make redye 13 And they went and founde as he had sayde vnto them and they made redye the Passouer 14 And when the houre was come he sate downe the twelue apostles with hym 15 And he sayde vnto them I haue earnestly desired to eate this Passouer with you before that I suffer 16 For I saye vnto you hencefoorth I wyll not eate of it any more vntyll it be fulfylled in the kyngdome of God 17 And he toke the cuppe gaue thankes and sayde Take this and deuide it a-among you 18 For I say vnto you I wyll not drinke of the fruite of the vine vntyll the kyngdome of God come 19 And he toke bread and when he had geueÌ„ thankes he brake â—it and gaue vnto theÌ„ saying This is my body which is geuen for you This do in the remembraunce of me 20 Lykewise also when he had supped he toke the cuppe saying This cuppe is the new testameÌ„t in my blood which is shed for you 21 Yet beholde the hande of hym that betrayeth me is with me on the table 22 And truely the sonne of man goeth as it is appoynted but wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed 23 And they began to enquire among them selues which of them it was that shoulde do it 24 ☞ And there was a stryfe among theÌ„ which of them shoulde seeme to be the greatest 25 And he saide vnto them The kinges of nations raigne ouer them and they that haue aucthoritie vpoÌ„ them are called gracious Lordes 26 But ye shall not be so But he that is greatest among you shal be as the younger and he that is chiefe shal be as he that doth minister 27 For whether is greater he that sitteth at meate or he that serueth Is not he that sitteth at meate But I am among you as he that ministreth 28 Ye are they which haue bydden with me in my temptations 29 And I appoynt vnto you a kingdome as my father hath appoynted vnto me 〈…〉 may eate and drinke at my â—able in my kyngdome sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel 31 And the Lord saide Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desired to sift you as it were wheate 32 But I haue prayed for thee that thy fayth fayle not And when thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren 33 And he sayde vnto him Lord I am redy to go with thee into pryson and to death 34 And he sayde I tell thee Peter the Cocke shal not crowe this day tyll thou hast thryse denyed that thou knewest me 35 And he said vnto them When I sent you without wallet and scrippe and shoes lacked ye any thyng And they sayde no. 36 Then saide he vnto them But nowe he that hath a wallet let him take it vp â–ª and lykewyse his scrippe and he that hath none let him sell his coate and bye a sworde 37 For I say vnto you that yet the same whiche is written must be perfourmed in me Euen among the wicked was he reputed For those thynges whiche are written of me haue an ende 38 And they sayde Lorde beholde here are two swordes And he sayde vnto them it is enough 39 And he came out and went as he was wont to mount Oliuete and the disciples folowed hym 40 And when he came to the place he sayde vnto them pray lest ye fall into temptation 41 And he gate hym selfe from them about a stones caste and kneeled downe and prayed 42 Saying Father yf thou wylt remoue this cuppe from me Neuerthelesse not my wyl but thine be fulfilled 43 And there appeared an angell vnto hym from heauen comfortyng hym 44 And he was in an agonie and he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was lykâ— droppes of blood tricklyng downe to the grounde 45 And when he rose vp from prayer and was come to his disciples he founde theÌ„ slepyng for heauynesse 46 And sayde vnto them why slepe ye Rise pray lest ye fall into temptation 47 Whyle he yet spake behold â—there came a company and he that was called Iudas â–ª one of the twelue went before the preassed nye vnto Iesus to kisse hym 48 But Iesus sayde vnto hym Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of man with a kisse 49 When they whiche were about hym sawe what woulde folowe they sayde vnto hym Lorde shall we smyte with sworde 50 And one of them smote a seruaunt of the hye priest stroke of his right eare 51 Iesus aunswered and saide Suffer ye thus farre foorth And wheÌ„ he touched his eare he healed hym 52 Then Iesus said vnto the hye priestes and rulers of the temple and the elders which were come to hym Be ye come out as vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues 53 When I was dayly with you in the temple ye stretched foorth no handes agaynst me But this is euen your very houre and the power of darknesse 54 Then toke they hym and ledde hym brought him to the hye priestes house and Peter folowed a farre of 55 And when they had kyndeled a fire in the myddes of the hall and were set downe together Peter also sate downe among them 56 But when a certayne wenche behelde hym as he sate by the fire and earnestlye loked vpon hym she sayde This same felowe was also with hym 57 And he denyed hym saying woman I knowe hym not 58 And after a litle whyle another sawe hym and saide Thou art also of them And Peter sayd man I am not 59 And about the space of an houre after an other affirmed saying Veryly this felowe was with hym also for he is of Galilee 60 And Peter sayde Man I wote not what thou sayest And immediatlye whyle he yet spake the Cocke crewe 61 And the Lorde turned backe loked vpon Peter And Peter remembred the worde of the Lorde howe he hadde sayde vnto hym before the Cocke crowe thou shalt deme me thrise 62 And Peter went out wept bitterlye 63 And the men that helde Iesus mocked hym and smote hym 64 And when they had blindfolded him they stroke hym on the face and asked hym saying Areâ—e 〈…〉 smote thee â—5 And many other things blasphemously spake they against hym â—6 And assoone as it was day the elders of the people and the hye priestes and scribes came together and led him into their councell saying â—7 Art thou â—veryâ— Christe tell vs And he saide vnto them Yf I tell you you wyl not beleue â—8 And yf I aske you you wyll not aunswere me nor let me go 69 Hereafter shall the sonne of man syt on the right hand of the power of God 70 Then saide they all art thou then the sonne of God He sayde Ye say y t I am 71 And they sayde What neede we any further
should glorifie God And whē he had spoken this he sayth vnto hym folowe me ☞ 20 Peter turned about and sawe the disciple whom Iesus loued folowyng which also leaned on his brest at supper and sayde Lorde which is he that betrayeth thee 21 When Peter therfore sawe hym he sayth to Iesus Lorde what shal he do 22 Iesus sayth vnto hym If I wyll haue hym to tary tyll I come what is that to thee folowe thou me 23 Then went this saying abrode among the brethren that that disciple shoulde not dye Yet Iesus sayde not to hym he shall not dye but yf I wyll that he tary tyll I come what is that to thee 24 The same disciple is he which testifieth of these thynges and wrote these thynges And we knowe that his testimonie is true ☜ 25 There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the which yf they shoulde be written euery one I suppose the world could not conteine the bookes that shoulde be written ¶ Here endeth the Gospell by Saint Iohn ⧠The Actes of the Apostles ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 7 The wordes of Christe and his Angels to the Apostles 9 His assention 14 Wherin the Apostles are occupyed tyll the holy ghost be sent 26 And of the election of Matthias 1 IN y e former treatise O Theophilus we haue spokē of all that Iesus began to do and teache 2 Vntyll the day in which he was takē vp after that he through the holy ghost had geuen commaundementes vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen 3 To whom also he shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion and that by manye tokens appearyng vnto them fourtie dayes and speaking of the kingdome of God 4 And gatheryng them together commaunded them that they shoulde not depart from Hierusalem but wayte for the promise of the father wherof saith he ye haue hearde of me 5 For Iohn truely baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holy ghost after these fewe dayes 6 When they therfore were come together they asked of hym saying Lorde wylt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdome to Israel 7 And he sayde vnto them It is not for you to knowe the tymes or the seasons which the father hath put in his owne power 8 But ye shall receaue power after that the holy ghost is come vpon you And ye shal be witnesses vnto me both in Hierusalem and in al Iurie in Samarie and euen vnto the worldes ende 9 And when he had spoken these thynges whyle they behelde he was taken vp an hye and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their syght 10 And while they loked stedfastly vp towarde heauē as he went beholde two men stoode by them in whyte apparell 11 Which also sayde Ye men of Galilee why stande ye gasyng vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp from you into heauen shall so come euen as ye haue seene hym go into heauen ☜ 12 Then returned they vnto Hierusalem from the mount that is called Oliuete which is from Hierusalem a Sabboth dayes iourney 13 And when they were come in they went vp into a parlour where abode both Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrewe Philip and Thomas Barthelmewe and Matthewe Iames the sonne of Alpheus Simō Zelotes and Iudas the brother of Iames. 14 These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplication with the women and Marie the mother of Iesus and with his brethren 15 ☞ And in those dayes Peter stoode vp in the middes of the disciples and said The number of names together were about an hundred and twentie 16 Ye men and brethren this scripture must needes haue ben fulfylled which the holy ghost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was guide to them that toke Iesus 17 For he was numbred with vs had obteyned felowship in this ministerie 18 And the same hath nowe purchased a fielde with the rewarde of iniquitie And when he was * hanged he burst a sunder in the middes all his bowels gusshed out 19 And it is knowen vnto all the dwellers at Hierusalem in so much that the same fielde is called in their mother tongue Aceldema that is to saye the blood fielde 20 For it is written in y e booke of psalmes Let his habitation be desert and no man be dwellyng therein And his bishopricke let another take 21 Wherfore of these men which haue companyed with vs all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus went in and out among vs 22 Begynnyng from the baptisme of Iohn vnto that same day that he was takē vp from vs must one be ordeyned to be a witnesse with vs of his resurrection 23 And they appoynted two Ioseph which is called Barsabas whose sirname was Iustus and Matthias 24 And they prayed saying Thou Lord which knowest the heartes of all men shewe whether of these two thou haste chosen 25 That he may take the rowme of this ministerie and Apostleship from which Iudas by transgression fell that he myght go to his owne place 26 And they gaue foorth their lottes the lot fell vpon Matthias and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles ☜ ¶ The .ij. Chapter 3 The holy ghost came vpon the Apostles in visible signes 6 The hearers were astonyed 14 Peter preacheth stoppeth their mouthes 41 He baptizeth a great number 42 The godlie exercise of the faythfull 1 AND when the day of Pentecost was they were all with one accorde in one place 2 And sodenly there came a sounde frō heauen as it had ben the commyng of a mightie wynde and it fylled all the house where they sate 3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues lyke as they had ben of fyre and it sate vpon eche one of them 4 And they were all fylled with the holy ghost and began to speake with other tongues as the spirite gaue them vtteraunce 5 There were dwellyng at Hierusalem Iewes deuout men out of euery nation of them that are vnder heauen 6 When this was noysed about the multitude came together and were astonnyed because that euery man hearde them speake with his owne language 7 They wondred all and marueyled saying among themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galilee 8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue wherin we were borne 9 Parthians and Medes Elamites and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Iurie and in Capadocia in Pontus and Asia 10 Phrygia Pamphylia in Egypt and in the parties of Lybia which is besyde Cyrene straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes 11 Cretes and Arabians we haue hearde them speake in our tongues the wonderfull workes of God ☜ 12 They were all amased and wondred saying one to another What meaneth this 13 Other mocked saying These men are full of newe wyne 14 But Peter standyng foorth with the eleuen lyft vp his
not be greeued to come vnto them 39 Then Peter arose came with them and when he was come they brought hym into the vpper chamber And all the wydowes stoode rounde about him weepyng and shewyng the coates and garmentes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them 40 And Peter put them all foorth and kneled downe and prayed and turned hym to the body and sayde Tabitha aryse And she opened her eyes and when she sawe Peter she sate vp 41 And he gaue her the hande and lyfte her vp and when he hadde called the saintes and wydowes he deliuered her alyue 42 And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa many beleued in the Lorde 43 And it came to passe that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa with one Simō a tanner ¶ The .x. Chapter 3 The vision that Peter sawe 1◠He was sent to Cornelius 1◠The heathen receaue the spirite and are baptized 1 THere was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius a captayne of the bande called the Italian bande 2 A deuoute man one y t feared God with all his housholde which gaue much almes to the people and prayed God alway 3 The same sawe by a vision euidently about the ninth houre of the daye an Angel of God commyng in to hym and saying vnto hym Cornelius 4 And when he loked on hym he was afrayde and sayde What is it Lorde And he sayde vnto hym Thy prayers and thyne almes are come vp into remembraunce before God 5 And nowe sende men to Ioppa call for one Simō whose sirname is Peter 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose house is by the sea syde He shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do 7 And when the Angell whiche spake vnto Cornelius was departed he called two of his household seruauntes and a deuout souldier of them that wayted on hym 8 And tolde them all the matter sent them to Ioppa 9 On the morowe as they went on their iourney and drewe nye vnto the citie Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray about the sixth houre 10 And whē he waxed hungry he would haue eaten But whyle they made redie he fell into a traunce 11 And saw heauen opened and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him as it had ben a great sheete knyt at the foure corners was let downe to the earth 12 Wherin were * all maner of fourefooted beastes of the earth wilde beastes and wormes and foules of the ayre 13 And there came a voyce to hym ryse Peter kyll and eate 14 But Peter sayde Not so Lorde For I haue neuer eaten any thyng that is common or vncleane 15 And the voyce spake vnto hym againe the seconde tyme * What God hath cleansed that call not thou common 16 This was done thryse and the vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen 17 Nowe whyle Peter doubted in hym selfe what this vision whiche he hadde seene meant beholde the men whiche were sent from Cornelius had made inquiraunce for Simons house stoode before the doore 18 And called and asked whether Simō which was sirnamed Peter were lodged there 19 Whyle Peter thought on the vision the spirite said vnto hym beholde three men seke thee 20 Arise therfore and get the downe and go with them doubt not for I haue sent them 21 Then Peter went downe to the men which were sēt vnto him frō Cornelius said Behold I am he whō ye seeke what is the cause wherfore ye are come 22 And they sayde Cornelius the capitayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good report among all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy Angel to sende for thee into his house and to heare wordes of thee 23 Then called he them in and lodged them And on the morowe Peter went away with them and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied hym 24 And the thirde day after entred they into Cesarea And Cornelius wayted for them and hadde called together his kinsemen and speciall friendes 25 And it came to passe as Peter came in Cornelius met hym fell downe at his feete and worshipped hym 26 But Peter toke him vp saying stande vp * I my selfe also am a man 27 And as he talked with him he came in found many that were come together 28 And he said vnto thē Ye knowe how that it is an vnlawful thyng for a man that is a Iew to companie or come vnto one of another natiō But God hath shewed me that I shoulde not call any man common or vncleane 29 Therefore came I vnto you without delay assoone as I was sent for I aske therfore for what intent ye haue sent for me 30 And Cornelius sayde This day nowe foure dayes about this houre I sate fasting and at the ninth houre I prayed in my house And beholde a man stoode before me in bryght clothyng 31 And sayde Cornelius thy prayer is heard and thyne almes deedes are had in remembraunce in the syght of God 32 Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for Simon whose sirname is Peter He is lodged in the house of one Simō a tanner by the sea syde who when he commeth shall speake vnto thee 33 Then sent I for thee immediatly and thou hast well done that thou art come Nowe therfore are we all here present before God to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto thee of God 34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said Of a trueth I perceaue that God hath no regarde of persons 35 But in euery nation he that feareth hym and worketh ryghteousnes is accepted with hym 36 Touchyng the worde which God sēt vnto the chyldren of Israel preachyng peace by Iesus Christe he is Lord ouer all 37 Ye knowe howe the worde was publisshed through all Iurie begynnyng in Galilee after the baptisme whiche Iohn preached 38 Howe God annoynted Iesus of Nazareth with the holy ghoste and with power Who went about doyng good and healyng all that were oppressed of the deuyll for God was with hym 39 And we are witnesses of all thynges which he dyd in the land of the Iewes and at Hierusalem whom they slewe and hanged on tree 40 Hym God raysed vp the thirde daye and shewed hym openly 41 Not to al the people but vnto vs witnesses chosen before of God euen to vs whiche dyd eate and drynke with hym after he arose from the dead 42 And he commaunded vs to preache vnto the people and to testifie that it is he whiche was ordeyned of God to be the iudge of quicke and dead 43 To hym geue all the prophetes witnesse that through his name whosoeuer beleueth in hym shall receaue remission of sinnes ☜ 44 Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes the holy ghost fell on all them whiche hearde the worde 45 And they of the circumcision which beleued were astonied as many as came with Peter because that on
death not regardyng his lyfe to fulfyll your lacke of seruice towarde me ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He warneth them to be ware of false teachers 3 agaynst whom he setteth Christe 4 Likewise himselfe 9 and his doctrine 12 and reproueth mans owne righteousnes 1 MOreouer my brethren reioyce ye in the Lord. It greeueth me not to write the same thyng often to you for to you it is a sure thyng 2 Beware of dogges beware of euyll workers beware of concision 3 * For we are the circumcision which worship God * in the spirite and reioyce in Christ Iesus and haue no confidence in the fleshe 4 Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe more I 5 Circumcised the eyght day of the kinred of Israel of the tribe of Beniamin an Ebrue of the Ebrues after the lawe a pharisee 6 Concernyng feruentnesse persecutyng the Churche touchyng y e righteousnesse which is in y e lawe I was blamelesse 7 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me those I counted losse for Christes sake 8 Yea I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde For whom I haue counted all thyng losse do iudge theÌ„ but vile that I may winne Christe 9 And be founde in hym not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe but that which is through the fayth of Christ the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth 10 That I may knowe hym and the power of his resurrection and the felowshippe of his passions confirmable vnto his death 11 If by any meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurrection of the dead 12 Not as though I had alredy attayned either were alredy perfect but I folowe yf that I may comprehende wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus 13 Brethren I count not my selfe as yet that I haue attained but this one thing I say I forget those thinges which are behynde and endeuour my selfe vnto those thynges which are before 14 And I prease towarde the marke for the price of the hye callyng of God in Christe Iesus 15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus mynded and if ye be otherwyse mynded God shall reueale the same also vnto you 16 Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto let vs proceade by one rule that we may be of one accorde 17 ☞ Brethren be folowers together of me and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample 18 For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often nowe tel you wepyng that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe 19 Whos 's ende â—is dampnation whose God is theirâ— belly and glorie to their shame which mynde earthly thynges 20 But our conuersation is in heauen from whence also we loke for the sauiour the Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Who shall chaunge our vyle body that it may be fashioned lyke vnto his glorious body according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thynges vnto hym selfe ☜ ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to be of honest conuersation 15 and thanketh them because of the prouision that they made for hym beyng in pryson 21 and so concludeth with salutations 1 THerfore my brethren beloued longed for my ioy and crowne so continue in the Lorde ye beloued 2 I pray Euodias and beseche Syntyches y t they be of one accorde in the Lorde 3 Yea and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe helpe those women which laboured with me in the Gospell and with Clement also and with other my labour felowes whose names are in the booke of lyfe 4 ☞ * Reioyce in the Lorde alway and agayne I say reioyce 5 Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men The Lorde is at hande 6 Be carefull for nothyng but in all thynges let your petition be manifest vnto God in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes 7 And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstandyng shall kepe your heartes and myndes through Christe Iesus ☜ 8 Furthermore brethren whatsoeuer thynges are true whatsoeuer thynges are honest whatsoeuer thynges are iuste whatsoeuer thynges are pure whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue whatsoeuer thynges are of honest report If there be any vertue yf there be any prayse thynke on these thynges 9 Which ye haue both learned and receaued and hearde and seene in me Those thinges do and the God of peace shal be with you 10 But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me in y t wherin ye were also carefull but ye lacked oportunitie 11 I speake not because of necessitie For I haue learned in whatsoeuer estate I am therwith to be content 12 I knowe howe to be lowe and I knowe howe to exceade Euery where in all thynges I am instructed both to be ful and to be hungry both to haue plentie and to suffer neede 13 I can do all thynges through Christe which strengtheneth me 14 Notwithstandyng ye haue well done y t ye dyd communicate to my afflictions 15 Ye Philippians knowe also that in the begynnyng of the Gospell when I departed froÌ„ Macedonia no Church communicated to me as concernyng geuyng and receauyng but ye only 16 For euen in Thessalonica ye sent once afterward agayne vnto my necessitie 17 Not that I desire a gyft but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt 18 But I haue receaued al haue plentie I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges which were sent from you an odoure of a sweete smel a sacrifice acceptable pleasaunt to God 19 My God shall supplie all your neede through his riches in glorie in Christe Iesus 20 Vnto God and our father be prayse for euermore Amen 21 Salute all the saintes in Christe Iesus The brethren which are with me greete you 22 All the saintes salute you most of all they that are of Caesars housholde 23 The grace of our Lorde Iesu Christe be with you all Amen ¶ This Epistle was written from Rome by Epaphroditus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Colossians ¶ The first Chapter 3 He geueth thankes vnto God for their faith 7 Confirming the doctrine of Epaphras 9 prayeth for the increase of their fayth 13 He sheweth vnto them the true Christe and discouereth the counterfayte Christe of the false Apostles 25 He approueth his auctoritie and charge 28 and of his faythfull executyng of the same 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God and Timotheus the brother 2 To them which are in Colossa saintes and faythfull brethren in Christe Grace vnto you peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe alwayes for you
can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are and yet without sinne 16 Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may obteyne mercie and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede The .v. Chapter 5 He compareth Iesus Christe with the Leuiticall priestes she wyng wherein they eyther agree or dissent 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes 1 FOr euery hye priest taken from among men is ordeined for men in things parteynyng to God to offer gyftes sacrifices for sinne 2 Which can sufficiently haue compassion on the ignoraunt on them that erre out of the waye forasmuche as he hym selfe also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for y e same infirmitie he is bounde to offer for sinnes aswell for hym selfe as for the people 4 And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron 5 Euen so Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made y e hye priest but he that sayde vnto hym thou art my sonne to day haue I begotten thee gaue it hym 6 As he saith also in another place thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech ☜ 7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death and was hearde in that which he feared 8 Though he were the sonne yet learned he obediēce by these thinges which he suffred 9 And being perfect was made the aucthour of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym 10 And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech 11 Of whom we haue many thynges to say and harde to be vttered seing ye are dull of hearyng 12 For when as concernyng the tyme ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God and are become such as haue nede of mylke and not of strong meate 13 For euery one that vseth mylke is vnexpert of the worde of righteousnes for he is a babe 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte euen those whiche by reason of vse haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He proceadeth in reprouyng them and exhorteth them not to faynt 12 but to be stedfast and pacient 18 forasmuch as God is sure in his promise 1 THerefore leauyng the doctrine of the begynnyng of Christe let vs go foorth vnto perfection not laying agayne the foundatiō of repentaunce from dead workes and of fayth towarde God 2 Of the doctrine of baptismes and of laying on of handes and of resurrection of the dead and of eternall iudgement 3 And this wyll I do yf God permit 4 For it can not be that they which were once lighted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft and were become partakers of the holy ghost 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God and the powers of the worlde to come 6 And they fall away shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce hauyng crucified to thē selues the sonne of God a fresshe and made a mocke of hym 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed receaueth blessyng of God 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned 9 Neuerthelesse deare frendes we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you and thynges whiche accompanie saluation though we thus speake 10 For God is not vnryghteous to forget your worke labour of loue whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name hauyng ministred to the saintes and do minister 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence to the full assuraunce of hope vnto the ende 12 That ye faynt not but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises 13 For when God made promise to Abraham because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by hym selfe 14 Saying Surely blessyng I wyll blesse thee and multipliyng multiplie thee 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently he enioyed the promise 16 For men veryly sweare by the greater and an oth for confirmation is to them an ende of all stryfe 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise the stablenesse of his counsayle confirmed by an oth 18 That by two immutable thynges in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye we myght haue a strong consolation which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs 19 Which hope we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast and entryng in into that thing which is within the vayle 20 Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred euen Iesus after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer ⧠The .vij Chapter 1 He compareth the priesthood of Christe vnto Melchisedech 11 also Christes priesthood with the Leuites 1 FOr this Melchisedech kyng of Salem priest of the most hye God who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges and blessed hym 2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges first being called by interpretatiō king of righteousnes after y t also kyng of Salem which is kyng of peace 3 Without father without mother without kynne hauyng neither beginnyng of dayes neither ende of lyfe but lykened vnto the sonne of God and continueth a priest for euer 4 Nowe consider howe great this man was vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles 5 And veryly * they which are of the children of Leuie which receaue the office of the priesthood haue a commaundement to take tythe of the people accordyng to the lawe that is of their brethren though they came out of y e loynes of Abraham 6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them receaued tythe of Abraham and blessed hym that had the promises 7 And without all controuersie the lesse is blessed of the better 8 And here men that dye receaue tithes but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth 9 And to say the trueth Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes payed tythes in Abraham 10 For he was yet in the loynes of his father when Melchisedech met Abraham 11 If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of y e Leuites For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech and not to be called after the order of Aaron 12 For yf the priesthood be translated of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe 13 For he of whom these thynges are
Beholde also y e shippes which though they be so great and are dryuen of fierce windes yet are they turned about with a very small helme whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also boasteth great thynges Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth 6 And the tongue is fyre euen a worlde of wickednesse So is the tongue set among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fyre the course of nature it is set on fyre of hell 7 All the natures of beastes of byrdes and of serpentes and thynges of the sea are meeked and tamed of the nature of man 8 But the tongue can no man tame it is an vnruly euyll full of deadly poyson 9 Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing My brethren these thynges ought not so to be 11 Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place sweete water and bitter also 12 Can the fygge tree my brethren beare oliue beries either a vine beare figges So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knoweledge among you let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng strife in your hearte glorie not neither be lyers agaynst the trueth 15 For such wisdome descendeth not frō aboue but is earthlie sensuall and deuelishe 16 For where enuiyng and strife is there is sedition all maner of euyll workes 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue is first pure then peaseable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercie and good fruites without iudgyng without simulation 18 Yea and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace of thē that make peace ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Hauyng shewed the cause of all wrong and wickednesse and also of all graces and goodnesse 4 he exhorteth them to loue God 7 and submit them selues to hym 11 not speakyng euyll of their neighbours 13 but patiently to depende on Gods prouidence 1 FRom whence cōmeth warre and fightyng among you come they not here hence euen of your lustes that fight in your members 2 Ye lust and haue not Ye enuie and haue indignation and can not obtayne Ye fyght and warre ye haue not because ye aske not 3 Ye aske and receaue not because ye aske amisse euen to consume it vpon your lustes 4 Ye adulterers adultresses knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde is made the enemie of God 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne the spirite that dwelleth in vs lusteth after enuie 6 But the scripture offereth more grace and therefore sayth God resisteth the proude but geueth grace vnto y e lowlie 7 Submit your selues therfore to God but resist the deuyll and he wyll flee from you 8 Drawe nye to God and he wyll drawe nye to you Clense your handes ye sinners and purifie your heartes ye double mynded 9 Suffer afflictions and mourne and weepe Let your laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioy to heauinesse 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde and he shall lyft you vp 11 Backbite not one another brethren He that backbiteth his brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbiteth y e lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge 12 There is one lawe geuer which is able to saue and to destroy What art thou that iudgest another 13 Go to nowe ye that say to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie and continue there a yere and bye and sell and wynne 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe For what thyng is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle tyme and then he vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say If the Lorde wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or that 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges All such reioycyng is euyll 17 Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good and doth it not to hym it is sinne The .v. Chapter 2 He threatneth the wicked riche men 7 exhorteth vnto patience 12 to beware of swearyng 16 one to knowledge his faultes to another 20 and one to labour to bryng another to the trueth 1 GO to nowe ye riche men weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you 2 Your riches is corrupt your garmentes are motheaten 3 Your golde and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shal be a witnesse agaynst you and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes 4 Beholde the hire of labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes which hire is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and ben wanton Ye haue nourisshed your heartes as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust and he hath not resisted you 7 ☞ Be patient therfore brethren vnto the commyng of the Lorde Beholde the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth and hath long patience thervpon vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne 8 Be ye also patient therfore and settle your heartes for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be dampned Beholde the iudge standeth before the doore 10 Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie and of patience which spake in the name of the Lorde ☜ 11 Beholde we count thē happy which endure Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull 12 But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen neither by earth neither any other othe Let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest you fall into condempnation 13 Is any among you afflicted let hym pray Is any mery let him sing psalmes 14 Is any diseased among you let hym call for the elders of the Churche and let them pray for him and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lorde shall raise him vp and yf he haue committed sinnes they shal be forgeuen hym 16 ☞ Knowledge your faultes one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed For y e feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are and he
prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes 18 And he prayed againe and the heauen gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite 19 Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuert hym 20 Let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes ¶ The ende of the epistle of Saint Iames. ⧠The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle ¶ The first Chapter 2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope 7 and howe fayth must be tried 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes but a thyng prophecied of olde 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PEter an Apostle of Iesus Christ to them that dwell here and there as straungers throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite through obedience sprinklyng of y e blood of Iesus Christ Grace peace be multiplied vnto you 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death 4 To and inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce though nowe for a season â—yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations 7 That the triall of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth though it be tried with fyre myght be founde vnto laude glorie and honour at the appearyng of Iesus Christe 8 Whom ye haue not seene and yet loue hym in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not yet do you beleue reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of which saluation haue y e prophetes enquired searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them shoulde signifie which spirite testified before the passions that should happen vnto Christe and the glorie that shoulde folowe after 12 Vnto which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shoulde minister y e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 14 As obedient chyldren not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce 15 But as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation 16 Because it is written be ye holy for I am holy 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here in feare 18 ☞ Forasmuch as ye knowe howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges as siluer and golde from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled without spot 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande euen before the worlde was made but was declared in the last tymes * for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death and glorified hym that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth with brotherly loue vnfayned see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye 23 For ye are borne a newe not of mortal seede but of immortal by the worde of God which lyueth and lasteth for euer 24 For all fleshe is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flowre of grasse The grasse withereth and the flowre falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer ☜ And this is the worde which by the Gospell was preached vnto you The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes 13 to obey the rulers 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christe 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse and all guile and faynednesse and enuie and all backbityng 2 And as newe borne babes desire ye y e milke of the worde which is without deceipt that ye may growe therby vnto saluatioÌ„ 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is 4 To whom ye come as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as lyuely stones be you made a spirituall house an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christe â— Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture beholde I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner elect and precious and he that beleueth on hym shall not be confounded 7 Vnto you therfore which beleue he is precious but vnto them whiche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a stone that men stumble at and a rocke wherat they be offended whiche stumble at the worde and beyng disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned 9 But ye are a chosen generation a royall priesthood an holy nation a peculier people that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght 10 Which in time past were not a people but are nowe the people of God which sometime had not obteyned mercy but nowe haue obteyned mercy ☜ 11 ☞ Dearely beloued I beseche you as strauÌ„gers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lustes whiche fight agaynst the soule 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles that where as they backbite you as euyll doers they may by your good workes whiche they shall see prayse God in the day of visitation 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of maÌ„ for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto
forsake his owne countrey and friendes lykeneth him selfe to the most innocent bird a doue seuered farre from her company who vttereth her griefe onely by mourning and not by any other fact endeuour or auengement Morning prayer (a) Wordes sâ—ken of me in which it is saide that I shal be king “ Is for me (b) I haue made a vowe to prayse thee which thing I minde to do “ He hath bowed dâ—wne my soule a My soule or els my â—hiefe honour and dignitie “ Confesse () To be song lyke to the song that begâ—n destroy not “ O congregation meaning Sauls counsell (a) You execute with hand deede wickednesse deuised before in your heart (b) From God and his Churche (c) As grenâ— wood kindled goeth out before the pot seethes so let wicked counsell before it worketh any effect be brought to naught “ Fruite () To be song lyke to the song beginning destroy not Euening prayer “ Place me on high (a) To destroy me (b) Their outragious dealing 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 my 〈◊〉 â—nite d Our shield (a) Because thou hast promised to deliuer those that feare thee (b) Be thou glad to seeke my frendship “ Rashnes () A psalme of Dauid Of Israel (b) Then that I of my selfe can get vpon to saue my selfe (c) ☞ “ Kepeth scilence Morning prayer “ VVall. (a) All the griefes that lyeth hid â—n your hearâ—es (b) Often out of the prophetes (a) Pray b Fores shal eate then (c) That professe hym in lyfe and learning (a) Their owne false reportes shall worke mischiefe vnto them “ Prayse taâ—â—th thee Euenyng prayer “ VVords or thinges of iniquitie (a) Doctrine of law and ceremonies (b) At the rising of the sunne and moone (c) Great riuers be (d) Thou ordaynest the earth to bring foorth corne “ A crue of souldiers “ (a) They shal denye their doynges “ VVatred “ Confesse “ Confesse “ Confesse “ Confesse Mornyng prayer “ Iah a name of God that signifieth hym to be alwayes and other thinges to be of hym (a) Those to haue children and a familie that had none before “ The women that tolde it abroade (b) That is a woman â—eâ—nyng Deborâ— (c) In the lande of promise “ Stalmon “ Bashan (d) God destroyeth his enemies as he saueth his people (e) Progenie (f) It is deriued of a worde that signifieth to ouerwhelme “ Calues of the people “ Embassadours “ Vpon the heauens 〈◊〉 heauens 〈◊〉 eternitie () A musicall instrument (a) Great calamities Euenyng prayer “ Quietnes and pleasure “ Shall place me on hygh “ Haah haah Morning prayer (a) To his angels other creatures not to oppresse Dauid in his troubles “ Knowe not the number (b) To battayle (a) Geue hym grace to iudge accordyng to thy lawe “ Iudgement (b) He alludeth to the myracle of Gedeon Iudges ◠“ Tharshish (c) Sheba is thought to be in Arabia and Seba in Ethiopia 〈…〉 () To be song Euenyng prayer (a) Peace b They wyll not be bridled with lawes trustyng to bribery and to their strong holdes (c) They be not ashamed to vtter their naughty thoughtes “ From aloft (d) Euen they that pretende to be Gods people do sâ—t by them that fyll their â—ellyes and haue riches and thus they reason “ My correction in the mornyng (e) Their honour dignitie estimation aucthoritie soule at the resurrection “ Smoketh (a) As landes be measured by roddes poles so God as with a rod measured Iurie out of all the worlde for his inheritaunce “ How long (b) Pharao and his people (c) Of stout Pharao lorde of lande sea (d) God gaue the spoyles of Pharao and of the Egyptians to the children of Israel wanderyng in wildernesse fourtie yeres Or by the people in the desert is meant fishes in the sea Or Pharao fed Gods people in the desert in that his destruction assured them that God cared woulde prouide for them To be song as the song begâ—nnâ—ng To be song of Asaph Morning prayer “ Neâ—e (a) Be not proude “ Desert (a) Gouernement of tirauntes (b) For to defende them selues “ Brought asleepe “ Confesse thee “ He gathereth the grape that iâ— he taketh from them () An instrument of musiâ—ke (a) The handes of them that lye a dying be pluckyng and catchyng (b) I coulde not scape death in this calamitie but God yet may make me liue many yeres (c) All that God doth is most holy (d) To drowne the Israelites in the red sea (e) Lightnâ—ng and hayle () To be song Euenyng prayer i Par. vii “ Sâ—oan “ Soule “ Man “ or princes (a) They rose in the morning to pray to God (b) As though he were not omnipotent “ Sâ—oâ—n (c) Or strength meaning the firâ—t borne Egypt was named of the sonne of Cham. (e) Or holy countrey So he calleth Chanaan because it was full of mountaâ—nes “ g He suffâ—â—ed the arke to be caried away of the Philistines “ Prayse◠“ Iehudah Morninâ— prayer () To be song (a) These three tribes folowed the arke when it was caried “ Snuffe “ The Cedar trees of God (b) Euphrates (c) To thy glory (d) Succour (e) Man placed by thy (f) For thy glory () To be song An instrument to sing psalmes God heard the Israelites complaint of his owne good motion and not of their deserts being els vnto hym as other vnknowen “ Secrete that is in a cloude where secretly God was hid (c) In crooching to God after they were ouercome (d) The children of Israel (e) God () To be song (a) A congregatioÌ„ to iudge of life death is of God and the office of God Euenyng prayer (b) Beare fauour vnto “ Remoued To be song “ Hidest “ Sor. “ Ashshur “ Arme. (a) Ammonites and Moabites “ Iehoua a Gods people do iourney to Gods house through desertes where no water is to be had for to drinke yet be they content of their iourney hauyng drinke inough at home (b) They wyll not be wearie but by goyng they wyll haue more lust to go “ Kepe the thres holde (a) In offending hym (b) The presence of God through the incarnation of Christâ— Morning prayer 〈…〉 “ Rahab (a) There shal be founde but fewe to be saued out of those places but one or two in respect of the multitude that shal be gods people in Sion “ He and he “ He is borne there (b) All my cunning wit senses and strength are occupied in setting foorth thy prayse (a) Care and safegarde (b) Prayse thee and geue thee thankes (c) The graue for after men be layde in it they be most commonly forgotten in a short tyme. “ In 〈◊〉 Euening prayer “ Be buylded vp “ The pride (a) He meaneth the ioyful noyse of the trumpet Num. 10. to call the people together It was an argument of the maiestie and presence of God (b) Make vs superiours
and misteries (e) Blacke thorowe the spottes of sinne and persecution (f) Fayre thorow fayth in the blood of Christe (g) After the doctrine of the Apostles Exo. xiiii c. (h) So long as y e Churche foloweth Christe she shall not erre from the true fayth of saluation Cant. iiii a. (a) Christe among his enemies (b) The loue of the Church towarde Christe (c) His fruite that is his worde 〈…〉 e His 〈◊〉 was hidden vnder our fleshe We can not knowe hym in this lyfe perfectly (g) That is sinne and infidelitie is put away by Christe (h) Good workes (i) The voyce of the holy ghost k Suppresse the heretikes at the beginning when they preache false doctrine (l) The Church prayeth Christe to be a present helpe alwaies in tyme of neede (a) Christe is not founde by carnal reason but by the scripture (b) We must continue in prayer though we feele no comfort at the first Cantâ— ii b. (c) By this is vnderstanded the chyldren of Israel whiche in the wyldernes did folow Christe (d) By Solomons bedsteede is vnderstanded the temple of Solomon the whiche is defended by the sword that is by the worde (e) Euery man must learne the word of God by the whiche he shal be defended in the time of temptation “ Some reade the pauement of golde the couering of purple (f) Ye that be of the number of the faythful Christe 〈◊〉 his Churche wherein he hath great delight A simple fayth and 〈◊〉 The fruites of a true fayth (d) By the teeth is signified fayth by the whiche we are all made the sonnes of God equally (e) By the necke are signified the preachers (f) The two breastes signifie the two testamentes (g) The preachyng of the Gospel bringeth forth much consolation profite (h) The Churche is defended by Christe (i) He prayeth for the grace of the holy ghost towarde the Churche without the whiche nothing can prosper in it (a) The garden signifieth the Churche of God in the whiche Christe bestoweth his singuler benefites b Christe doth leaue his for a tyme for that he would stirre vp in them a greater desire of hym (c) The Church setteth foorth Christe to be of most perfection comlinesse “ Some reade and remayne by the fulâ— vessels (a) Christe is conuersant in his Churche which is directed by his scriptures Or ouercome me (b) There be many in the Churche of God diuers orders and degrees therin (c) Diuers perticuler Churches dispersed maketh but one catholike Churche (d) Christe loketh vpon his Church subiect to affliction what fruite it bryngeth e Sulamite that is Hierusalem the which was Shalem that signifeth peace (a) Thy nauell is replenyshed with the rich knowledge of Gods worde heauenly desires (b) The Church is ful of spirituall treasures (c) The two testamentes coÌ„meth from God and they be of equall aucthoritie The preachers ought to be pure (e) The magistrates must he well instructed in the worde of God (f) Thy iudges of good and euyll (g) The prince that alwayes standdeth aboue lyke a watchman to defend the body (h) The Churche doth encrease the more it is pressed and persecuted h 〈…〉 the sacramentes must folowe the pure word of god alway (i) Christe wyll call them that professe his worde to accompt what fruite they do bryng (k) God geueth his graces to the faythfull the which be in his Church (a) The fathers of the olde testament desireth to see the incarnation of Christe Cant. ii a. (b) His gratious fauour shall preserue me from desperation in aduersitie and froÌ„ presumption in prosperitie (c) The Churche desireth to be ioyned vnto Christe by the seale of the holy ghost d The Iewes Church speâ—keth this 〈◊〉 Church 〈◊〉 Gentiles 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 both testamentes The Apostles preacheth to them that are called inwardlye of God to saluation (f) By this thousand is signified the greatest profite which is lyfe euerlastyng which is obteined by the grace of God not by our merites (g) Christe dwelleth in his Church and his sheepe heare his voyce (h) The Church doth pray that Christe departing with his bodyly presence he woulde assist her in all kinde of necessites with the grace of his heauenly spirite (a) A reuelation or prophecie 〈…〉 Christe his Church his wordes (b) The causes why God forsaketh his people is idolatrie heathenishe superstition couetousnesse and trust in other thinges then in God alone (a) The prudent that is such â—s can 〈◊〉 by their prudencie â—ges to come The incarnation of Christe is the ioy of the faythfull â–ª (b) They are saued whose sinnes are remitted and washt away with the blood of Christe (c) Christe wyll preserue and defende the glorie tâ— is the faithâ— in all troubles temptations (a) God loketh to receaue of his people the thankefull fruites â–ª of fayth and not the vnpleasant workes of faythlesse ingratitude (b) Their glorie their noble and honorable personages (c) The 〈◊〉 of Iuda 〈◊〉 be ouerwhâ—med with â—iserable affliction (a) Gods sacramente◠〈◊〉 not bare signes but with the sigâ— and the worâ— the matter siâ—nified is exâ—bited to the faythfull (a) Dauids house that is Ahaâ— (b) The heere of the head and the beard the prâ—â—â—smâ—n of authoritie â–ª 〈◊〉 feete the â—â—â—mon sort of people (a) Mans policie and deuise without God preuayleth not (b) Affiaunce is to be put in God and not â—n mans poliâ—â—â— or helpe (c) The wordes of Christ (d) We must seeke in Gods word what to folowe for in meanes without Gods worde there is no light (a) Christe his kingdome and his names (a) Christe shal be borne of the seede of Esai (b) The armour of Christe and of his kyngdome (c) The tongue that is the arme of the sea that hindereth the passage (a) Burthen that is the prophecie (a) The carelesse and obstinate dispisers of tymely repentaunce moued by the preachyng of gods worde shall repent when it is to late 〈…〉 and idoâ— haue 〈◊〉 â—rust 〈…〉 idoâ— and 〈◊〉 some one 〈◊〉 â—en â—n 〈…〉 ther◠〈…〉 in â—ayâ— (b) Not be able through weerinesse â–ª or it shall not profite him 〈◊〉 the â—ead and braunche â—re meaâ— the honorable and chiefest of the â—ande â–ª by the â—andâ— reede the multitude and lower sort of 〈◊〉 â–ª a The waste sea is Babylon or Chaldee (a) Hierusalem is meant by the valley of vision Luk. xix f. Iere. ix a. b The armourie that Solomon made and furnished with munition â— Reg â— (c) The Lorde doth not forbyd to make prouision of sure defence agaynst the enemies so that our trust be put in him â–ª and not in our fortresses and strong holdes 〈…〉 b. Esai 36 a. Iob. xii b. Apoc. iii. b. Eâ— xxâ—â— a 〈…〉 and the strength of the â—ea â—s meant Tyrus (b) That crowneth her selfe that is which boasted her selfe to be as it were the Queene of all cities on the sea coast Luk. xxi c. Esai xxvi a Luk. xiiii d.
xxii c Leu. xix d. Eccle. xiiii a Math. vi b Eccle. 31. c. Eâ—cle 31. d. Eccle. vi d. Eccle. xviii c Gene. xli f. Eccle. 23 a Eccle. xâ—â—â— Eccle. v. a. Exo. iii. b. (a) With goddes borowed and not paide againe robbed stoleÌ„ or craftylie â—ayed gathereth stones in winter to â—ide when the frost doth â—o congeale the â—ter that â—t can not helde the stones together Eccle. xvi â— Eccâ—e xix c. (b) For while he curseth an other â–ª he doth the same thâ—ng and so curseth him selfe Leui xvâ— d That is 〈◊〉 as the idle stone gathereth mosse and filth â–ª so doth the slothfull both sickenesse of body and corruption of minde and as euery man doth auoyde the filthynesse of â— doung â–ª and shaketh it of so doth he auoyde the companie of idle loyterers lest he be accompted lyke vnto them (b) Though leade be hâ—uy yet may it be borne â–ª but the insolent foole may not be borne as Pro. xxvii Heauy is the stone and weightie is the lande but the furie of a foole doth passe them both Psal cxii â— Exo. xx b. Leui. 24 â–ª â— Eph v a. â— Re. xvi b. Esa xxi a Leui. xx b Deut. xxii b Exo. xx c. Pro. viii c. Exâ— xxxâ— a Psal â—32 a. 〈…〉 tree â—preâ—d abrâ—de with long boughes where out of runneth the gome called a pure turpentine whiche â—leâ—seth the stomacke of putrified humours purifieth the â—res so the wisdome of God declared in his scriptures spreadeth abrode her manifolde braunches of knowledge vnderstaÌ„ding â–ª to purge the inward â—aâ—es and corruption oâ— the 〈◊〉 Exo. xx â— and xxiiâ— a Psa â—31 b. Act. ii d. Deute iiiâ— a. and xxix â— Iosu iii. c. Ec xxxiii b. Gene xiii d. Rom. xii b. â—cle xl d. Gen xviii b Eccle. xix c. and xxiiii a. Iames iii. a. Or prudâ— Pro. xxi a. Eccle. xlii a â–ª ii Reg xi a and xiii a. 〈◊〉 xâ—i a Eccle. xiii d. ☞ ☜ Câ— v d. 〈◊〉 iii. a. i. Pet. iii. b. Mâ— vii b. Eccl. xlx b. and .xxii. d Pro. ix b. Exo. xxi b. Deut. vii d. Psal vii d. Pro. xxvi c. Eccle. x. a. Deut 32. a. Roma xii c. Mat. v. b. vi b. xviii b. Eccle lviii a. Pro. xxvi c. Eccle. xxâ—â— Or A double toÌ„gue which sayth and vnsayth or speaketh one thing and thinketh an other The third tongue do some take for that which speaketh neither out of the newe nor the old testament but of their owne brayne “ Or brasse Deute xv a Luk. vi d. Tob. iiii d. “ Or In the secrete chambers Dan. iiii d. Luk. xii d. Act. x. a. (a) As he is a foole that is suretie for euery man so is he vngodly that in no case will be suretie forone man Eccle. 3â— Psal 36. b. 1. Tim. vi b. Heb. xiii a. 〈…〉 Pro. xâ—ii f. 〈◊〉 xxiii â— * Deut. vi a. (a) Like as meate that is set vpon the graues of dead men is vnprofitable for that they eate is not euen so knowledge in him that openeth not his mouth to vtter it is vnprofitable Eccle 41. wysdome that is hyd c. Bel. d. Pro. xxii a. xv b. xvii d. Eccle. 38 c. Pro. xiiii b. Tim vi b. Eccâ—e viii a. Eccle. 37. c. Rom. xii c. Pro. xxii â— Eccle. xx â— Deu. xvii d. Rom. xii b. Eccle. iii. a. As a ship in the surging wiues without a guide â—eth against the â—es â–ª or râ—nneth on the sandes so the hypocrite that is not â—de vpon gods worde is ouerthrowâ—n with euerâ— blast of trouble and temptation As a horse caryeth euery man and yet 〈◊〉 after euery 〈◊〉 so is â—efull friend that wyll flatter and serue euery man and yet laugh him rescorne Because of the contrarye qualities which kepeth the vniuersall harmonie of al thinges one counteruayling an other in number weight and measure or els would one getting the gouernment destroy all the rest so that colde doth temper the 〈◊〉 moâ—sture the drouth lightnes heauines brightnes darkenes and contrarywyse â–ª so that all thinges do stand of 〈…〉 and discorde Eccle. 24. d. (d) Let no man vse thee as his seruaunt when thou hast committed all thy goodes into his 〈◊〉 “ Or dremes make fooles to haue winges For honour ryches pleasures such lyke are but as dreames wherin fooles do glorie for when they awake from their long sleepe this thing shal be vanquished cleane away (a) When one riche man hauing gotten his goodes by robberie extortion briberie or craft and subtâ—â—â—â— vsurie or simonie or withholding seruauntes or laborers wages and of that wyl offer a gift vnto God that he may heare his prayer on the other part the poore which is oppressed or defrauded prayeth to God to seâ—â— iudge his causeâ— whoâ—e prayer thinke you wyll and most chiefâ—â— heare â–ª Exâ— 33 a. Câ—r ix b. b. Iudith iiii b Tre. iii. d Exo. iiii e. i. Par. vi g. Num. â—â— d. i. Cor. i b. Eccle. vi b. “ Or There is some companion that helpeth his friend for the bellies sake taketh vp the buckler against the enemie Eccle. â—â— â— i. Cor. vi c. Eccle xxx b Exe. xvi â–ª b * ii Par. xvi d * Eccle. xxii e ii Tes iiii * Pro. xii d. * ii Reg. xii c. * Eccâ— xiiiii b * Gen i. d. * Gen. vii b. Ose xiiii b. Rom. viii d. (a) The creatures of God are good by creation But as good men vse them to the glorie of God the profite of others their owne necessitie so the vngodly do not acknowledge them as the good giftes of god but abuse them either in riot excesse or els in miserable keping of them take them for their God * Mat xxv d * Eccle. xl b. * Gen. vi b. * Ec. xxxâ—x â— * Gen. vii d. * Gen. iii. d (a) That is with great tumult and trouble shall they be dispersed and scattred abrode like as the roring thunder * Eccl. xâ— b. * i. 〈…〉 (a) Temporal death is bitter to foure sortes of men one to infidels that â—â—ke for no life â—itâ—r this secoÌ„d to them that set their pleasure in their riches from whence theâ— nâ—w must â—eeds depart 〈◊〉 to them tâ—â—t neuer â—â—sâ—eth oâ— the â—â—â—seâ— fourt◠〈◊〉 to them that be strong and 〈◊〉 in body for that they â—â—â—ngly â—râ—ggle with death but â—â—eete vnto the contrarie 〈◊〉 viii d. Or â—â—ere 〈…〉 * Eccle. xi c. * Eccle. xi b. * Eccle. xxii a * Eccl. xx b (a) True sâ—â—th dâ—th all thinges in seaâ—â—â— and opâ—rtunitie when and how euery one ought to be ordered For strong meate and hard bread norisheth some straungleth other some one hear â—e healeth some mans dâ—sease and increaseth some againe (b) Beyng bâ—dden to an other mans 〈◊〉 presume not to the highest place be 〈…〉 so homly that thou â—e with thine elbowes vpon the 〈◊〉 ouer thy bread for that is vnmanerly Lu. 14. “ Or to take away a gift from any man
xi a. Iâ—sep lâ— xâ—i â— x â–ª Exo. xiiii f. ii Ma vii d. “ Or Gazeron Psa cvii. a. Psa xviii â— â— Re. xviâ— a. i. Re. xvâ— a. ii Mach xâ— â–ª Exo. xx d. Pâ— xxvii a. â—ue viii g. ii Mach. x. a. Nouemb ii Par. vii b. Ioh. x. c. Nouember 1. Mac. 6. b. f. â—p xii 〈◊〉 xiii Eze xxv b. 〈◊〉 xxxv a â— Mach. c. 2. Mach. 8. c. Mâ— x d. 1. â—lac vii e. ii Par. xx a. i. Mac. v. b. Deu. vâ— i. Mâ—â— e i. Mac. i. â— ii Mac. ix â— Iosep cap. xiiii lib. xii â— Mac iiii g. ii Mac. 13. d. “ Or A baron (a) This example iâ— not to be folowed â–ª 〈…〉 the coÌ„maundement i Mac. ii â— ii Maâ— vi h. “ Or broken Mâ—c i. b. Psa lxxix a ii Mac. xv a “ Or. Carphasalama ii Mac. 14. â— Esa lvi b. Esa lvi b. Esai 3â— f. Februari ii Mâ— xiiâ—i ◠“ Oâ— FreÌ„chmen “ Or the Macedonians Or a counsel or senate house Or one man Or 〈◊〉 Or senate house “ Or Eleasa (a) He which was went to pray and ouercome is ouercome when he trusteth in his strength and omitteth praier Iosephus cap. iii. â— xiii an t “ Or Ambri (a) Blood doth require blood ii Pâ—ra â— a. 1. Mach. iiii b “ Or Pharathom “ Or Topho “ Or Bethbassâ—n 〈…〉 (a) Wicked counsel â—alleth on the counsellours Ep◠〈…〉 i. Maâ— v. â— Iosep â–ª ca. â— â— lib. xiii Iosep cap. vi.l. b. xiii antiqui i. Mach. iii. a. â— Mach. xi a Iosep ca. vii lib xiii ii Mach. x. c â— Mach. x. d. i. Mach x c. and xi d. i. Mac. xii c. (a) Beholde 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 â— Maâ— vii a. Or sâ—nate Or Darius “ Or League i. Mac. xi â— i Mac. vi c. “ Or Addâ—dis Ioseph cap. x. lib. xiii i. Mac. xiii ◠“ Or Gazaris Le. xxvi a. i. Mac. viii c. and xii a. i. Mac. viii c. and xii a. “ Or Hierusalem “ Or Gazaris i. Mac. 14. d. “ Or Delus “ Or Mydus Iuâ— xi d. i. Mâ—c xvi b i. Mac. xiii f i. Mac. xv f. Deu. xxx b â—eu xxiii f. Nouem Leu. xxiâ— â— Nu. xxix b iii. Esdr v. â— â—evi â—â—x a. 〈◊〉 Deu. xxx a Iud. vi d. 3 Re. xviii c Eccl. xlâ—iii a (a) Ephâ—har which is to say a shyning it is also called Nephi or Nephthar whiche is a clensing ii Mach. i. c. â—er xxix b. Baruch vi a Deute â—â— â— Exo. xiii d. i. Reg viii b Leui. x. d. ii Para. vii a. Some reade Nehemias Den. xxx â— i. Mâ—ch i. b. â— Mac. iii a. â— Mac. iii. b. Exo. xxii b. ii Mach. x. â— and xi b. ii Mach. v. c (a) In working some trecherie or sorcerie against him Act. xxvii â— (a) Thou hattes were tokens of wantoâ—nesse that the gentiles 〈◊〉 These were kept euery fifteth yere 〈…〉 ii Mac. iiii b i. Mach. iii. b (b) That is of them that measured the corne ii Mac. iiii f. i. Mac. i. c. Iudi. v. b. ii Mac. iii. b i. Mâ— i. Mac. i. ◠“ Or AtheÌ„s Oâ— eating of the fleshe 〈◊〉 was saâ—d Pro iii. b. “ Or vnto vs. Leui. xâ— a. (a) Therâ— that had the chaâ—ge of that wicked bâ—nquet Amoâ— i. a. Leui. xi a. Deu. 32. c. Iohn v. c. Leuâ— xâ—â— Or Hâ—brues “ Or lyfe ii Mac ii c. i. Mac. ii a. i. Mac iii. c. i. Mac. v. b. Deu. xx a. Iere. xâ—x b. Or â—yght thousand Or Eleazarus i. Mac iiii b. Nume 31 d. i Mac. vi “ Or rottennes Deut viii c. i. Mac iiâ—â— e. Exod. xx a. â— Mach iiii f Nouemb. “ Or Celosyria i. Mach. v. a. (a) A dragma is the eyght part of an ounce whiche is about three pence i· Mach. v. b. ii Mach. viii ii Ma. xi b. De. xxviii a Iere. xvi d 2. Paâ— 32. â— 3. Reg â—â— 1. Mac. iii a â–ª and xi b. Iohn ii b. Esa 36. b. ii Mach. x. â— ii Mac. iii. d. “ Or A bessalom Zaâ—cus Or 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 The Noâ— of aÌ„ 〈…〉 they 〈…〉 Or â—cil Iâ—â—â— vi â— Iud. vii f i. Re. xiiii c. ii Par. xx d i. Mach. v. c. Or Scythâ—poâ— â–ª “ Or Maresa “ Or Esdrm Dâ— Iâ— i. Mach. vi d ii Mac. 19. e. i. Mâ—â—â—i f ii Mac xi a â— Ma◠〈…〉 ii Maâ— x. e. “ Or Sâ—ence “ Or Theodocius â–ª Mathias i. Mâ—c iiâ— c. This fact is not to be approued for that it is contraâ— to gods commaundement tâ—ou sâ—l not kill â–ª 〈…〉 Deute v i Mac. vii d. iii Re. xx e. Exo. xx b â— Pâ— xâ—i e 〈◊〉 vâ— b. â— Reg 19 g Februari Collo â— Math. xxv Iohn 20. Hebre. â— Hebre. i. Mat iii xvâ—i Deut. xviii â–ª Collo ii ii Tim. iii. Actes xvii Gallat iiii Hebre. ix i. Iohn i. i. Pet. iiii Math. iiii Ephe ii Rom. xi i. Tes v. Ephe. iiii Ephe. iii In prologo vet testam Rom â— i. Cor. â—â— (a) Gospell that is tydynges of our saluation by Christe (b) That is the rehearsall of Christes lineage lyfe Gen. xxi a. 〈◊〉 xxiiii a Gen xxv d Ge xxix d Gen. xxi a. 〈◊〉 xxiiii a Gen xxv d Ge xxix d Gen. xxi a. 〈◊〉 xxiiii a Gen xxv d Ge xxix d Gen. 38 g. Gen. xlvi d 〈…〉 a. Gen. xlvi d 〈…〉 a. 〈◊〉 iiii d. 〈◊〉 ii b. Num. i. a. 〈◊〉 iiii d. 〈◊〉 ii b. Num. i. a. 〈◊〉 iiii d. 〈◊〉 ii b. Num. i. a. Ruth iiii d. Ruth iiii d. Ruth iiii d. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. 4. Reg. xi a ii Par. xvi d 2. Pa. xxviiâ— 2. Para. 28. d. 4. Re. xxâ— d 4. Re. xxi d 4. Re. 24. a. Iere. xxii f. i. Para. iii. d. Agge i. a. i. Esd iii. a. i. Para. iii. d. 4. Reg. 18. d. Iere. xxii f. i. Para. iii. d. Agge i. a. i. Esd iii. a. i. Para. iii. d. 4. Reg. 18. d. Iere. xxii f. i. Para. iii. d. Agge i. a. i. Esd iii. a. i. Para. iii. d. 4. Reg. 18. d. Philip. ii b. Actes iiii b. Esai â— (c) This phrase doth not import y t he knewe her afterward as the like phrase vsed Math v xxviii
corner or corner stone because the Iewes and the Gentiles are ioyned together and builded vpon hym by fayth and made one Churche (b) Neither Saint nor Angel nor workes nor ought els can saue but Christ alone Iohn xi f. Actes v. g. Psal ii a Actes xvi f. Actes ii a. and .xix. b. Actes ii g. and .v. b. Actes i. d. Math. xvi d iii Reg. vi a. Iohn x. e. Actes iii. b. (a) God at the first publishyng of his Gospell wrought wonders by these thynges that seemed trifles to the worlde which thyngs as they were done for a time so nowe the lyke must not be loked for Actes iiii a. Actes xii a and .xvi. f. Actes iiii d. (b) By this speache they meane y t they would charge them as gâ—â—ty of Christes blood that was shed Math. 27. â— Actes iiii d. Act. xxii â— Luk. xiâ—â— Act. iiii d. Math. v. b. i. Tim. iii. c. Apoca. ii b. Nu. xxvii d i. Tim. iiii d ii Tim. i. b. (a) Or â—ledge 〈◊〉 in y e citie 〈…〉 were erect many honor scooles wherein the youth of the Iewes and straungers were instructed as nowe adayes are vsed in our vniuersities (b) The wicked setteth foorth false witnesses when they by reasâ—nyng caÌ„not preuayle agaynst the trueth And thus malice seketh false Christes when the trueth fayleth her Gen. xii d. Gene. xii b. Gene. xv c. Exod. xii f. (a) This is not to be vnderstand that they should be euyl intreated y e whole foure hundred yere but by excesse of speach called hyperbole is signified y t they should be euyl intreated within y e space of foure hundred yeres Ge. xxxvii f Sapi. x. c. Gen. xi c. Gen. xl g. Gene. xlv a. Gene. xlvi a Gen. xlix d Gen. xxiii d (b) Here appeareth an errour For AbrahaÌ„ seemeth to be put in yeâ—â—rt in y e stede of Iacob For Iacob bought the sepulchre of Emor and not Abraham who boughte before a fielde of Ephron Gene. xix b Exod. ii c. Math. xxi c Actes iii. b. Exod. ii c. Exod. iii. a. () Moyses Exod. iii. d. Mat. xxii c Mark xii c. Luke xx c. Iosue â— d. Exod. ii â— Deu xviii c Actes iii. d. Exod. xix Gâ—â—â— iii c. Exod. 32 a. Rom. i. c. Amos. v. d. Iere. vii c (c) God toke their offerynges to be abhominable vtterly none at all partlye for that they offred with a dissemblynge heart and a wicked lyfe and partlye because they mingled together the seruice deuysed by man with y e true seruice of God Exo. xxv d Actes viii Iosue iii. a. Psalm 89. c 3. Reg vi â— Act. xvii f. (d) Here is reproued the grosse dulnes of the people who vaynely fantasied that Gods power was conteyned within the temple â–ª which is the place of my rest not the house built with mennes handes but an humble a quiet spirite whiche trembleth at my holye worde Deut. ix d. Iohn vii b. Actes xv b. Iohn vii b. Actes xv b. Psa 3. Reg. xxi d Psalm 31. a. (e) He prayed for himselfe standyng but prayinge for his enemies he kneeled downe meanyng therby first that their great iniquitie required a greater a more feruent prayer secondly he declareth his myghtie charitie praying so earnestly for his enemies Act. xxii d. Math. x. c. Actes xi g. Actes ix a. i Cor. xv b. Galath i. c. Math. xvi d (a) 〈…〉 ghost sufficientlye tâ—â—ching their saluatation but for further coÌ„firmation of Christes reâ—gion nowe newely seâ—te foorth the manifest and â—â—wont 〈◊〉 of the holye ghost appeared among the Christians by laying on of y e handes of the apostles Math. x b (b) Thou art fulfylled with melancoly and enuie Thou woldest haue doynges with the hyghest other wise thou canst not be quiet (c) Through the desire of money and colourable couetousnes Take heede ye symoniaks that onlye for lyuyng enter into the unmisierie 3 Reg. 〈…〉 Iohn xii c. Acteâ— x g. (a) Saul breathed and blusâ—red with rage and crueltie agaynst Christes Church whiche declareth wherevnto man is led by his rash zeale â–ª before he hath the true knowledge of God Act. xxi b. 〈…〉 Actes ii f. (b) 〈…〉 though 〈◊〉 for â—tible fleshe was amased 〈◊〉 heauenlye thynges and 〈…〉 written in the .xxij. Chapter For they hearde a voyce 〈…〉 Act. xxi g. Act. viii a. i. Cor. vv b. Galath i. c. Act. xxi c. ii Cor. xi c f Act. xxii c. Act. xxi c. ii Cor. xi c f Act. xxii c. i. Cor. xii a. i. Reg. xix f Actes xxi â— Math. ix b. Mark ii b. Luk. v. c. Iohn v. b. Actes iii. b. (c) Tabitha is called Dorcas Dorcas signifieth a roâ— Buck a beast of sharp syght Such an one was Tabitha to this effect that she being on earth farre from heauen dyd beholde heauenly thinges drewe neare vnto heauen with godly workes 3. Reg. xvi d 4. Reg. iiii f Luk. vii c. (a) The 〈…〉 but 〈◊〉 faith 〈…〉 not 〈…〉 9 therâ— as Bedetâ— noteth 〈◊〉 fayth whereby 〈…〉 and almes pleased GOD. For saith he he came not to â—rth through workes but to workes thorough fayth 〈…〉 4 〈…〉 f (b) This visioÌ„ doth teach manyfold misteries First y t the restraint of meates made vnto the Iewes â—s taken awaye byndeth not y e Christians For nowe to the cleane all meates are 〈◊〉 Secondly the graces and gyftes of God 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 who before this 〈…〉 is open to all that is inclosed in the sheete which is the 〈…〉 of God Gen. xix a. Actes xi b. (c) Cornelius dyd reuerence Peter more then he ought to haue done supposyng him eyther to be a God eyther to be endued with such power vertue for the which he shoulde be honoured as God Deut. viii a. ii Par. xix c Rom. ii b. Ephe. vi b. Math. iiii b. Esai lxi a. Luk. iiii c. Luk. xxiii d Iohn xxii b Math. 28. d â–ª Esaias liii d. Actes ii a. Actes viii f. Deut. vii a. Actes x. b. Leuit. xi a. Deut. xiiii â— (a) What meates soeuer y e Iews vsed contrary to y e lawe of Gods lawe they called it commâ—â— or vncleane Actes x. d. Actes ii a. Iohn i. d. Actes i. a. (b) To be baptized with y e holy ghost is to receaue the visible graces and gyftes of the holy ghost Actes viii a. Actes xiii â— (c) Not for that they were the first Christians but for that y e people both of the Iewes and Gentiles grewe into one body and were more bolde freely to confesse the fayth of Christe (d) By these wordes saint Luke doth signifie that the spirite of God was the aucthour of this prophesie that therby we myght vnderstande y e knowledge not to be gathered either of the course of the starres or any other natural causes ☞ Math. iiii e. Actes v. d. Actes v. d. Actes i. b. (a) For theâ— did knowe by Gods worde that Angels were appoynted to defende the faythfull also in those dayes they were accustomed to see such
Gene. vi a. (d) It is called the bodye of sinne for that it is an whole lumpe of sinne tossyng and tormentyng the whole man pluckyng him froÌ„ god wherby plagues miseries are heaped on man liueth as he were in the myddest of death (a) The law of the spirite and the law of sinne is here taken improperly for the power strength of y e lawe and sinne and it is called the spirite of lyfe because it quickeneth and geueth lyfe (b) God thorow the sacrifice of synne which Christ his only sonne offered vpon y e crosse in his flesh hath coÌ„dempned and abolished sin which raigned in our mortall fleshe (c) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 greke words do not so much signifie wysedome and prudence as affection â–ª carefulnesse myndynge of any thyng (d) Alâ—eit we haue a bodye which is dead to al goodnes by reason of sinne which so strongly rayneth in it yet when we are grafted in Christe his spirite of lyfe geueth vs lyfe and iustifieth vs. Galat. iiii a. i. Tim. i. b. ii Cor. i. d. Ephe. i. a. (e) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth to way or to consider But because the matter was certaine and S. Paul nothing doubted therof it is thus made I am perswaded (f) The creatures shal not 〈◊〉 before Gods chyldren be brought to 〈◊〉 perfection In the meane season they desire groâ—e â–ª and waâ—te (g) The right fourme and affection of prayer commeth by the holy ghoste who maketh intercession for vs not y t he prayeth mourneth but that he so stirreth our heartes that we lyft them vp to heauen earnestly and feruentlye which is the true prayer Nu. xiiii b. Luk. xx b. Iohn iii. b. Esaias liii d. Nu. xiiii b. Luk. xx b. Iohn iii. b. Esaias liii d. Psal 44. d. (a) He sawe the losse and destruction of his whole nation fallyng so farre from Gods true religion he considered howe sore God shoulde be dishonoured wheÌ„ his wonderfull benefites and blessinges bestowed vpon his people â–ª should take none effect but vtterly be defaced which so myghtilie moued hym that he 〈◊〉 rather to be â—at of from Christe then those thynges shoulde come to passe Rom. ii d. Gen. xxi b. Gen. xvii b (b) The wyll and purpose of God is the cause of the election and reprobation For his mercie and callyng through Christe are the meanes of saluation and the withdrawyng of his mercie is the cause of damnation Exod 33 d. Exod. ix b. Esai xlv b. Eccle. 33. b. Iere. xviii a. Oze ii d. 1 Peter ii b. Esai x. â— (c) The word here is taken for a thyng or matter The Lord diminisshed his people by sunday plagues persecutions vanishmentes brought them to a very fewe Like wyse meaneth S. Paul that a fewe of theÌ„ shal be saued whiche fewe notwithstandyng shall abound in righteousnesse to the glory of God (d) The seede is Christe Iesus â—owen abrode by his Apostles and Disciples Esa xxviii d (e) Christe doth iustifie vs by fayth without workes whiche thing y e Iews and iustitiaries can not beleue Therfore they stumble at Christ and are offended with him ☞ (a) That is a certayne affection but not after knowledge For no zeale nor no good intent 〈◊〉 be acceptable vnto God but only that which is grounded vpon fayth and the knowledge of God (b) It is called our owne righteousnes when we refuse the ryghteousnesse which coÌ„meth by Christe imagine an other ryghteousnes which commeth by our owne workes and defuses 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 and therefore wâ—â—â—â—euer beleueth in him is â—ounted iust before God as well as he had fulfilled the whole law hym selfe (d) For fayth teacheth vs that Christe is ascended vp into heauen to take vs with him and hath descended into the depth of death to destroy death and to dâ—yuer vs. Deu xxx c Esais 28. d. Ioel. ii g. Actes ii c. Esai liii a. Iohn xii a. Psal xix a. Deut. 32. c. Esai lii b. Esai lxv a. ii Re. xix b. (a) Those alters he meaneth wherevpon Abraham Isaac and Iacob dyd offer sacrifices in tyme past vppon the which it was lawful for y e Iewes to do sacrifice vntil the buildyng of the temple Esai vi c. Mat. xiii b. (b) That is pricking and vnquietnes of conscience (c) That is for that the Iewes contemnyng the Gospel of Christe fell away from God the preachyng of the Gospel came vnto the gentiles which is their saluatioÌ„ Rom. i. a. i Tim. ii a. ii Tim. i c. (d) These broken braunches were the vnbeleuyng Iewes whiche for their vnbeliefe were cut of from the promise of God in whose stede was the wilde Oliue that is the gentiles grafted thorowe fayth ii Cor. iii. d. Esai lix d. Psal xiiii c. Sapien. ix b. Esai lx c. i Cor. ii d. (e) By this the Apostle declareth that God by his free wyll and election doth geue saluation vnto men without any desertes of their owne (a) The Iewes in Moyses law were commaunded to offer vp the deâ—d â—arkases of beastes but Christians shoulde exhibite their owne liâ—ely bodyes for a sacrifice to God in mortifiyng their carnall lustes and framyng them selues by saith to Godlynesse and charitie (b) The worlde hath diuers significations in the scriâ—tures but here is takeÌ„ specially for the nature and disposited of men in the worlde which lyued after their lustes pleasures 〈◊〉 serueth not god in holines of lyfe and godly conuersation Two â—â—â—nges are reâ—â—â—ued yf we 〈◊〉 esteeme 〈◊〉 iudge soâ—â—â— of Gods 〈◊〉 in vs The one that we do not 〈◊〉 to our selues that whiche we haue not The next that we beast not of the gentiles but â—â—uerenâ—â—y and seberâ—y to 〈◊〉 â–ª to Gods honour and glory â— Cor. xii a â— Cor. xii a i Peter ii d. Eccle. 31. c. Heb. xiii â— Math. v. g. Deut. 32. d. (d) For â–ª either thou shalt wynne hym with thy benefite or els his conscience shall beare hym witnesse that Gods burnyng wrath hangeth ouer hym Sapi. vi a. Iohn iii. d. (a) For we are bounde in conscience by the worde of God to obey the hygher powers and in disobeyng we shoulde hurt the consciences of others thorowe our euill example Mat. xvii c. Leâ—â—t xix d Mat. xxi d. Mark xii c Galath v. b. Iames. ii b. (b) 〈◊〉 ther we go â–ª the neaâ—â—◠〈◊〉 we to the end Nowe therefore our perfect full saluatioÌ„ is nerer vnto vs then when we began first to beleue Luk. xxi f. Eccle. 31. c. and 38. d. (a) That is not to this ende â–ª contentiously to dispute with him in matters of religion wher vnto â–ª through the weaknes oâ— faith he can not as yet attayne lest he should depart with a greater scruple of conscience or be offended with vncharitable reasonyng Iacob iiii b. (b) We must be assured in our conscience by 〈◊〉 worde in all thyng that we do â–ª that yf we be