roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
and pouerte greueth the hert in tentacion offence Take no heuynes to hert dryue it awaye and remembre the last thinges Forget it not for there is no turnynge agayne Thou shalt do him no good but hurte thy self Remembre his iudgmēt thine also shal be likewyse vnto me yesterdaye vnto the to daye Let the remembraunce of the deed ceasse in his rest and cōforte thy self agayne ouer him seynge his sprete is departed from him The wyszdome of the scrybe is at cōuenyent tyme of rest he y t ceasseth from exercyse labo shal be wyse He that holdeth y e plough hath pleasure in proddynge dryuynge y e oxen goeth aboute w t soch workes he can speake of oxen He setteth his hert to make forowes is diligent to geue y e kyne fodder So is euery carpenter also work master that laboureth still night daye he carueth graueth cutteth out his desyre is in sondrye connynge thinges and his hert ymagineth how he maye conyngly cast an ymage his diligence also watchinge perfourmeth the worke The yronsmyth in like maner bydeth by his stythie doth his diligence to laboure the yron The vapoure of the fyre brenneth his flesh and he must fight with the heate of the fornace The noyse of the Hammer soundeth euer in his eares and his eyes loke still vpon the thinge y t he maketh He hath set his minde there vpon that he wyll make out his worke and therfore he watcheth how he maie set it out and brynge it to an ende So doth the potter syt by his worke he turneth y e whele aboute with his fete he is diligent carefull in all his doynges his laboure and worke is without nombre He fashioneth the claye with his arme and w t his fete he tēpereth it His hert ymagineth how he maye make it pleasaunt his diligence is to clense the ouen All these hope in their hādes euery one thinketh to be connynge in his worke Without these maye not the cities be manteyned inhabited ner occupied yet come they not hye in the congregacion they vnderstande not the couenaunt of y e lawe they can not declare equyte iudgment they can not fynde out the darck sentēces but thorow them shal the creature of y e worlde be manteyned their prayer concerneth onely the worke labo r of cōninge The XXXIX Chapter BVt he y t applyeth his mynde to vnderstande the lawe of God doth diligently seke out y e wyszdome of them of the olde tyme exercyseth him self in the prophetes He kepeth y e sayenges of famous men and preasseth to the vnderstandinge of darck sentēces of wyszdome He seketh out y e mysterye of secrete sayēges and exercyseth him self therin cōtynually He doth seruyce amonge greate men appeareth before the prynce He goeth in to a straunge countre trauaileth thorow it loke what good or euell is amōge men he proueth it seketh it out He purposeth in his hert to resorte early vnto the LORDE y t made him to praye before the hyest God He openeth his mouth in prayer prayeth for his synnes When the greate LORDE wil he shal be filled w t the sprete of vnderstādinge y t he maie then poure out wyse sentences geue thankes vnto the LORDE in his prayer He shal ordre his deuyce and lede his knowlege aright geue him vnderstandinge of secrete thinges He shal shew forth the sciēce of his lerninge reioyce in the couenaunt of the lawe of the LORDE The whole congregacion shal cōmende his wyszdome it shal neuer be put out The remembraunce of him shal neuer be forgotten his name shal contynue from one generacion to another His wyszdome shal be spoken of the whole congregacion shall openly declare his prayse Whyle he liueth he hath a greater name thē a thousande besyde after his death the same name remayneth vnto him Yet wyll I speake of mo men of vnderstandinge for I am full as the Moone Herkē vnto me ye holy vertuous childrē brynge forth frute as the rose that is planted by the brokes of the felde and geue ye a swete smell as Libanus Florish as the rose garden synge a songe of prayse O geue thākes vnto God ouer all his workes Geue glory and honoure vnto the LORDE shew his prayse with youre lippes Yee euen with the songe of youre lippes with harpes playenge and in geuinge thankes vnto him saye after this maner All y e workes of the LORDE are exceadinge good and all his commaundementes are mete and conuenient in due season A mā nede not to saie what is y t what is that for at time conuenient they shal all be sought At his cōmaundement y e water was as a wall at the worde of his mouth y e waters stode still In his commaundement is euery thinge acceptable and reconcyled and his health can not be minished The workes of all flesh are before him there is nothinge hydd from his eyes He seith from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and there is nothinge to wonderfull or hye vnto him A man nede not to saye then what is this or that For he hath made all thinges to do good vnto man His blessynge shall renne ouer as the streame and moysture the earth like a floude of water Like as he maketh the water for drouth so shall his wrath fall vpon the Heithen His wayes are playne and right vnto y e iust but the vngodly stomble at them For the good are good thinges created from the begynnynge and euell thinges for the vngodly All thinges necessary for the life of man are created from the begynnynge water fyre yron and salt meel wheate and hony mylke and wyne oyle and clothinge All these thinges are created for the best to the faithfull But to the vngodly shal all these thinges be turned to hurte and harme There be spretes that are created for vengeaūce and in their rigorousnes haue they fastened their tormentes In the tyme of the ende they shal poure out their strēgth and pacifie y e wrath of him that made them Fyre hayle honger and death all these thinges are created for vengeaunce The teth of wylde noysome beestes the scorpions serpentes and the swerde are created also for vengeaunce to the destruccion of the vngodly They shall be glad to do his commaundementes and whan nede is they shal be ready vpon earth and whan their houre is come they shal not ouerpasse the commaundement of the LORDE Therfore haue I taken a good corage vnto me from the begynnynge and thought to put these thinges in wrytinge and to leaue thē behynde me All y e workes of the LORDE are good and he geueth euery one in due season and whan nede is So that a man nede not to saye this is worse then that For in due season they are all pleasaunt and good And therfore prayse the LORDE with
and fetched vp the Arke of God out of y e house of Obed Edom in to the cite of Dauid with ioye And whā they were gone sixe steppes in with the Arke of the LORDE they offered an oxe and a fat shepe And Dauid daunsed w t all his mighte before the LORDE and was girded with an ouerbody cote of lynnē And Dauid with all Israel brought vp y e Arke of the LORDE with tabrettes and trompettes And whan the Arke of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol the doughte of Saul loked out at a window and sawe kynge Dauid leapynge sprynginge and daūsynge before the LORDE and despysed him in hir hert But whan they brought in y e Arke of the LORDE they set it in hir place in the myddes of the Tabernacle which Dauid had pitched for it And Dauid offred burnt offerynges and deed offeryges before y e LORDE And whan Dauid had made an ende of offerynge the burnt offerynges and deed offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE Zebaoth and dealte out vnto all the people and to the multitude of Israel both to man womā vnto euery one a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage Then wente all the people their waye euery one vnto his house Whan Dauid came agayne to blesse his house Michol the doughter of Saul wente forth to mete him and sayde How glorious hath the kynge of Israel bene to daye which hath vncouered himselfe before the maydēs of his seruauntes like as the rascall people discouer them selues But Dauid saide vnto Michol I wil playe before y e LORDE which hath chosen me afore y e father and afore all his house because he hath commaunded me to be the prynce ouer the people of the LORDE euen ouer Israel and yet wyl I be vyler then so and wyll be lowe in myne owne sighte and with the maydens wherof thou hast spoken wyll I be honoured As for Michol the doughter of Saul she had no childe vnto the daye of hir death The VII Chapter NOw whan the kynge sat in his house and the LORDE had geuen him rest from all his enemies on euery syde he sayde vnto the prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Cedre and the Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes Nathan sayde vnto the kynge Go thy waye what so euer thou hast in thine hert y t do for the LORDE is w t the. But the same nighte came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Nathan sayde Go speake to my seruaūt Dauid Thus sayeth y e LORDE Shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte the children of Israel vnto this daye but haue walked in the Tabernacle and Habitacion whither so euer I wente with the children of Israel Dyd I euer speake to eny of the trybes of Israel whom I commaunded to kepe my people of Israel sayde Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Ceder wodd So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth I toke the from the pasture whan thou wentest behynde the shepe y t thou shuldest be y e prynce ouer my people of Israel haue bene w t the whither so euer thou wentest haue roted out all thine enemies before the haue made the a greate name acordinge to the name of the greate men vpon earth And for my people of Israel I wyll appoynte a place and wyll plante them that they maye remayne there nomore to be remoued and y t the childrē of wickednes oppresse them nomore like as afore and sence the tyme that I ordeyned Iudges ouer my people of Israel And I wyll geue the rest from all thine enemies And the LORDE sheweth the that the LORDE wyl make the a house Now whan y e tyme is fulfylled y t thou shalt slepe w t thy fathers I wil after y e rayse vp thy syde which shal come of thy body his kyngdome wyl I stablishe he shal buylde an house for my name and I wyll stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome for euer I wyll be his father and he shall be my sonne Whan he doth a trespace I wyll reproue him with the rodd of men and with the plages of y e childrē of men But my mercy shal not be withdrawen frō him as I haue with drawē it frō Saul whō I haue takē awaye before the. As for y e house thy kyngdome it shal be stablished for euer before the thy seate shal endure fast for euermore Whan Nathan had tolde all these wordes all this vision vnto Dauid kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God who am I and what is my house y t thou hast broughte me thus farre This O LORDE God hast thou thoughte to litle also but hast spoken of the house of thy seruaunt yet lōge for to come O LORDE God is that the lawe of men And what shall Dauid speake vnto the thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE God for thy wordes sake and acordinge to y e hert hast thou done all these greate thinges y t thou mightest shewe thē vnto thy seruaunt Therfore art thou greatly magnified O LORDE God for there is none like the there is no God but thou acordinge vnto all that we haue herde with o r eares For where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel For whose sake God wente to delyuer him a people and to make him selfe a name and to do them soch greate and terrible thinges in thy lōde before y e people whom thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe frō Egipte from the people and from their goddes And thy people of Israel hast thou prepared the to be a people vnto thyne owne selfe for euer and thou O LORDE art become their God Stablish now y e worde therfore for euer O LORDE God which thou hast spokē ouer thy seruaunt ouer his house do acordinge as thou hast sayde So shall thy name be greate for euer so that it shal be sayde The LORDE Zebaoth is the God ouer Israel the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shal be made sure before the. For thou LORDE Zebaoth thou God of Israel hast opened the eare of thy seruaunt and sayde I wil buylde the an house Therfore hath y e seruaunt founde his hert to praye this prayer vnto the. Now LORDE God thou thy selfe art God thy wordes shal be the trueth Thou hast spoken soch good ouer thy seruaunt Begynne now therfore and blesse y e seruauntes house that it maye be before the for euer for thou LORDE God thine awne selfe hast spoken it and with thy blessynge shal thy seruauntes house be blessed for euer The VIII Chapter ANd it fortuned after this y t Dauid smote y e Philistynes and discomfited them and toke the brydell of bondage out of
yf they make their prayer in this place and knowlege thy name and turne from their synnes whaÌ„ thou troublest them heare thou them then in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synnes of thy seruauntes and of thy people of Israel that thou mayest shewe them the good waye wherin they shulde walke and let it rayne vpon the londe that thou hast geuen thy people to inheritaunce Whan a derth or pestilence or drouth or burnynge or greshopper or catirpiller is in their londe or whan his enemye layeth lege to his portes in the londe or whan eny other plage or disease happeneth who so euer then maketh his prayer and peticion whether it be eny other men or thy people of Israel which theÌ„ are aware of their plage euery one in his hert and spredeth out his handes vnto this house Heare thou then in heauen in the seate where thou dwellest and be mercifull se that thou geue euery one acordinge as he hath walked like as thou knowest his hert for thou onely knowest the hert of all the children of men that they maye allwaye feare the as longe as they lyue in the lande which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers And whan eny straunger that is not of thy people of Israel commeth out of a farre countre for thy names sake for they shall heare of thy greate name and of thy mightie haÌ„de and of thy outstretched arme and commeth to make his prayer in this house heare thou him then in heauen euen in the seate of thy dwellynge and do all for the which that straunger calleth vpon the that all the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name and that they maye feare the as thy people of Israel do and that they maye knowe how that this house which I haue buylded is named after thy name Whan thy people go forth to the battayll agaynst their enemyes the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the LORDE towarde the waye of the cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name heare thou then their prayer and peticion in heauen and execute iudgment for them Whan they synne agaynst the for there is no maÌ„ that synneth not thou be wroth and delyuer theÌ„ vnto their enemyes so that they cary them awaye captyue in to the enemyes londe farre or nye and yf they remembre them selues in the londe where they are captyue and turne and make their intercession vnto the in the londe of their captyuite and saye We haue synned done amysse and haue bene vngodly and so turne vnto y e with all their hert and with all their soule in the loÌ„de of their enemies which led them awaye captyue and make their prayer vnto the towarde the waye of their londe that thou hast geuen vnto their fathers euen towarde the cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion in heauen from the seate of thy dwellynge and execute iudgment for them and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the and vnto all their trespaces wherwith they haue transgressed agaynst the and graunte theÌ„ mercy in the sighte of them which led them awaye presonners that their enemyes maye be mercyfull vnto them for they are thy people and thyne enheritaunce whom thou broughtest out of Egipte from the yron fornace that thine eyes maye be open vnto the peticion of thy seruaunt and of thy people of Israel that thou maiest heare them in all thinges for the which they shall call vpon the for thou O LORDE LORDE hast sundered them out to be an inheritaunce vnto thy selfe from amoÌ„ge all the nacions vpon earth acordinge as thou saydest by Moses thy seruaunt whan thou broughtest oure fathers out of Egipte And whaÌ„ Salomon had ended all this prayer and peticion before the LORDE he rose vp from the altare of the LORDE and lefte of from knelynge and holdynge out of handes towarde heauen and stode and blessed all the congregacion of Israel with loude voyce and sayde Praysed be the LORDE which hath geuen rest vnto his people acordinge as he sayde There hath not one fayled of all his good wordes which he spake by his seruaunt Moses The LORDE oure God be with vs as he hath bene with oure fathers and forsake vs not nether withdrawe his hande from vs but bowe oure hertes vnto him that we maye walke in all his wayes and kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and lawes which he commaunded oure fathers And these wordes wherwith I haue made my peticion before the LORDE come nye vnto the LORDE oure God daye and nighte that he maye execute iudgment for his seruaunt and for his people of Israel euery one at his tyme that all nacions vpon earth maye knowe that the LORDE is God that there is none other And let youre hert be perfecte with the LORDE oure God to walke in his statutes and to kepe his commaundementes as it is this daye And the kynge with all Israel his people offred sacrifice before the LORDE And Salomon offred deed offerynges which he offred vnto the LORDE two and twenty thousande oxen and an hundreth twenty thousande shepe So the kynge and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORDE The same daye dyd the kynge dedicate the myddelmost courte which was before the house of the LORDE that he mighte there perfourme the burnt offerynges meat-offerynges and the fat of the deed offerynges for the brasen altare that stode before y e LORDE was to litle for the burnt offerynges meat offerynges and for the fat of the deed offerynges And at the same tyme made Salomon a solempne feast and all Israel a greate congregacion with him from the border of Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egipte before the LORDE oure God seuendayes and yet seuen dayes that were fourtene daies And on the eight daye he let the people go And they blessed the kynge and wente vnto their tentes reioysinge and with a mery hert because of all the good that the LORDE had done vnto Dauid his seruaunt to his people of Israel The IX Chapter ANd whan Salomon had fynished y e buyldinge of the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and all that his desyre and pleasure was to make y e LORDE appeared vnto him the seconde tyme euen as he appeared vnto him at Gibeon And the LORDE sayde vnto him I haue herde thy prayer and peticion that thou hast made before me and haue sanctified this house which thou hast buylded that I maye set my name there for euer and myne eyes and my hert shal be there allwaye And yf thou walke before me as thy father Dauid walked with a perfecte and a true hert so that thou do all that I haue commaunded the and kepe myne ordinaunces and lawes then wyll I stablish the â—eate of thy kyngdome ouer Israel for euer
him sayde Thou shalt not want a man before me to syt vpon the seate of Israel yf thy children kepe their waye so y t they walke in my lawe like as thou hast walked before me Now LORDE God of Israel let y i worde be verified which thou hast promysed vnto Dauid thy seruaunt For thinkest thou that God in very dede dwelleth amonge men vpon earth Beholholde the heauen and y e heauens of all heauens maye not coÌ„teyne the how shulde then this house do it which I haue buylded But turne the vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt and to his supplicacioÌ„ O LORDE my God that thou mayest heare the thankesgeuynge and prayer which thy seruaunt maketh before the so that thine eyes be open ouer this house daye and night euen ouer this place wherin thou saydest thou woldest set thy name that thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruaunt shall make in this place Heare now therfore the intercession of thy seruaunt and of thy people of Israel what so euer they shall desyre in this place heare thou it from the place of thy habitacion eueÌ„ from heauen and whan thou hearest it be mercifull Whan eny maÌ„ synneth agaynst his neghboure and an ooth be put vpon him which he ought to sweare and the ooth commeth before thine altare in this house then heare thou from heauen and se y t thy seruaunt haue righte so that thou rewarde the vngodâ—y and recoÌ„pence him his waye vpon his awne heade and to iustifye the righteous and to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes Whan thy people of Israel is smytteÌ„ before their enemies whyle they haue synned agaynst the and yf they turne vnto the and knowlege thy name and make their prayer and intercession before the in this house theâ— heare thou them from heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people of Israel brynge them agayne in to the londe y t thou hast geuen them and their fathers Whan the heauen is shut vp so that it rayne not for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the and yf they make their prayer in this place and knowlege thy name and turne from their synnes whan thou hast brought them lowe heare thou them then in heauen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people of Israel that thou mayest teach them the good waye wherin they shulde walke and let it rayne vpon thy londe which thou hast geuen thy people to possesse Whan a derth or pestilence or drouth â—â—â—blastinge or greshopper or catirpiller is in the londe Or whan their enemye layeth sege to their portes in the loÌ„de or whan eny other plage or disease happeneth who so euer theÌ„ maketh his prayer or peticion amonge eny maner of men or amonge all thy people of Israel yf eny man fele his plage and disease and spredeth out his handes vnto this house heare thou then from heauen euen from y e seate of thy habitacion and be mercifull and geue euery man acordinge to all his wayes in so moch as thou knowest his hert for thou onely knowest the hert of the children of men that they maye feare the and all waye walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the londe which thou hast geuen vnto oure fathers And whan eny straunger which is not of thy people of Israel commeth out of a farre countre because of thy greate name and mightie hande and out stretched arme and commeth to make his prayer in this house heare thou him then from heaueÌ„ euen from the seate of thy habitacion and do all for y e which that straunger calleth vpoÌ„ the that all the nacions vpon earth maye knowe thy name and feare the as thy people of Israel do and that they maye knowe how y t this house which I haue buylded is named after thy name Whan thy people go forth to y e battayll agaynst their enemies the waye that thou shalt sende them and shall praye vnto the towarde the waye of this cite which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name heare thou theÌ„ their prayer and peticion from heauen and helpe them to their righte Whan they synne agaynst the for there is no man that synneth not and thou be wroth at them and geue them ouer before their enemyes so that they cary them awaye captyue in to a countre farre or nye and yf they turne within their hertes in the londe where they are presoners and so conuerte and make their intercession vnto the in the londe of their captiuyte and saye We haue synned and done amysse and haue bene vngodly and so turne them selues vnto y e with all their hert and with all their soule in the londe of their captiuyte wherin they are presoners and make their prayer towarde the waye of their owne londe which thou gauest vnto their fathers and towarde the ciâ—e which thou hast chosen and towarde the house that I haue buylded vnto thy name then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion from heauen euen from the seate of thy dwellynge and helpe them to their righte and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the. My God let thine eyes now be opeÌ„ and let thine eares geue hede vnto prayer in this place Aryse now O LORDE God vnto thy restinge place thou and the Arke of thy strength Let thy prestes O LORDE God be clothed with health and let thy sayentes reioyse ouer this good LORDE God turne not awaye the face of thine anoynted thinke vpon the mercies of thy seruaunt Dauid The VII Chapter ANd whaÌ„ SalomoÌ„ had ended his praier there fell a fyre from heauen and coÌ„sumed the burnt offerynge and the other offeringes And the glory of the LORDE fylled the house so that y e prestes coulde not go in to the house of the LORDE while y e glory of the LORDE filled y e LORDES house And all the children of Israel sawe the fyre fall downe and the glory of the LORDE ouer the house and they fell on their knees w t their faces to the grounde vpon the pauement and worshipped and gaue thankes vnto the LORDE because he is gracious and because his mercy endureth for euer As for the kynge and all the people they offred before the LORDE For kynge Salomon offred two and tweÌ„tye thousande bullockes and an hundreth thousande and twentye thousande shepe so both the kynge and all the people dedicated the house of God But the prestes stode in their watches the Leuites with the musicall instrumentes of the LORDE which kynge Dauid had caused to make for to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer w t psalmes of Dauid thorow their hande And the prestes blewe trompettes ouer agaynst them and all Israel stode And Salomon halowed the myddelmost courte which was before the house of the LORDE for there prepared he the burnt offerynges and the fat of the slayne offeringes for the
brasen altare that Salomon made might not conteyne all the burnt offeringes meat offerynges and the fat And at the same tyme helde Salomon a feast seuen daies longe and all Israel with him a very greate congregacion from Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egipte and on the eight daye helde he a conuocacion For the dedicacion of the altare helde they seuen daies and the feast seuen dayes also But on the thre and twentyeth daye of the seuenth moneth he let the people go vnto their tentes ioyfull and with mery hertes because of all the good that the LORDE had done vnto Dauid vnto Salomō and to his people of Israel * Thus fynished Salomō the house of y e LORDE and the kinges house and all y t came in his hert to make in the house of the LORDE and in his awne house prosperously And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon in the nighte season and sayde vnto him I haue herde thy prayer and chosen this place vnto my selfe for an house of sacrifyce Beholde whan I shut the heauē so y t it raine not or commaunde the greshopper to cōsume the londe or cause a pestilence to come amonge my people to humble my people which is named after my name and yf they praye and seke my face and turne from their euell wayes thē wyl I heare them from heauen and wyll forgeue their sinne and heale their londe So shal myne eyes now be open and myne eares shal be attente vnto prayer in this place Thus haue I now chosen this house and sanctifyed it that my name maye be there for euer and myne eyes and my hert shal allwaye be there And yf thou walke before me as thy father Dauid walked so that thou do all that I commaunde the and kepe myne ordinaūces and lawes then wyll I stablishe the seate of thy kyngdome acordynge as I promysed thy father Dauid and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man to be lorde ouer Israel But yf ye turne backe and forsake myne ordynaunces and commaundemētes which I haue layed before you and so go youre waye and serue other goddes and worshippe them thē wyll I rote you out of my londe that I haue geuen you and this house which I haue sanctifyed vnto my name wil I cast awaye out of my presence and geue it ouer to be a byworde and fabell amōge all nacions And euery one that goeth by shall be astonnyed at this hye house and shall hysse at it and saye Wherfore hath the LORDE dealte thus with this londe and with this house Then shall it be sayde Euen because they haue forsaken the LORDE God of their fathers which brought them out of the londe of Egipte haue cleued vnto other goddes worshipped them and serued thē therfore hath he brought all this euell vpon thē The VIII Chapter ANd after twentye yeares wherin Salomon buylded the house of the LORDE and his awne house he buylded the cyties also which Hiram gaue vnto Salomon and caused the children of Israel to dwell therin And Salomon wente vnto Hemath Zoba and made it stronge and buylded Thadmor in the wyldernes and all the cornecyties which he buylded in Hemath He buylded the vpper and lower Bethoron likewyse so that they were stronge cities w t walles portes and barres And Baelath and all the cornecites which Salomon had and all the cities of the charettes and of the horse men and all that Salomon had lust to buylde both at Ierusalem and vpon Libanus and in all the londe of his domynion All the remnaunt of the people of the Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites which were not of the children of Israel and their children which they had lefte behynde them in the londe whom the children of Israel had not vtterly destroied those dyd Salomon make trybutaries vnto this daye As for the children of Israel Salomon made no bondmen of them vnto his worke but they were men of warre and chefe captaynes and ouer his charettes horsmen And the chefe of kynge Salomons officers were two hundreth and fyftie which ruled the people And Salomon caused Pharaos doughter to be fetched vp out of the cite of Dauid in to the house that he had buylded for her for he sayde My wyfe shall not dwell in the house of Dauid the kynge of Israel for it is sanctifyed in as moch as y e Arke of the LORDE is come in to it Then offred Salomon burnt offerynges vnto the LORDE vpon the LORDES altare which he had buylded before the porche euery one vpon his daye to offre after the cōmaundement of Moses on the Sabbathes Newmones at the appoynted seasons of the yeare euen thre tymes namely in y e feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes in the feast of Tabernacles And he set the prestes in ordre to their ministracion acordynge as Dauid his father had appoynted and the Leuites in their offyces to geue thankes and to mynister in the presence of the prestes euery one vpon his daye And the dorekepers in their courses euery one at his dore for so had Dauid the mā of God commaunded And they departed not from the kynges commaundement ouer the prestes and Leuites in euery matter and in the treasures Thus was all Salomons busynesse made ready from the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES house was layed tyll it was fynished so that the house of the LORDE was all prepared Then wente Salomon vnto Ezeon Geber and vnto Eloth by the See syde in the londe of Edomea And Hiram sent him shippes by his seruauntes which had knowlege of the See and they wente with Salomōs seruauntes vnto Ophir and fetched from thence foure hundreth and fyftye talentes of golde and broughte it vnto kynge Salomon The IX Chapter ANd whan the quene of rich Arabia herde the fame of Salomon she came with a very greate tryne to Ierusalem with Camels that bare spyces and golde and precious stones to proue Salomon with darke sentences And whan she came vnto Salomon she spake vnto him all that she had deuysed in hir mynde And the kynge tolde her all hir matters Salomon had nothinge in secrete but he tolde it her And whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe the wyszdome of Salomon and y e house that he had buylded the meates of his table the dwellinges of his seruauntes y e offices of his mynisters and their garmentes his butlers and their apparell and his parler where he wente vp in to the house of the LORDE she coulde no longer refrayne And she sayde vnto the kynge It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behaue oure and of thy wyszdome howbeit I wolde not beleue their wordes tyll I came my selfe sawe it with myne eyes and beholde the halfe of thy greate wyszdome hath not bene tolde me there is more in y e then the fame that I haue herde Happye are thy men and happie are these thy seruauntes
goddes of the Heythen in the londes bene able to delyuer their countrees fro my hande What is he amonge all the goddes of these Heythen whom my father damned that was able to delyuer his people fro my hande y t youre God shulde be able to delyuer fro my hande Therfore let not Ezechias now disceaue you and let him not persuade you eny soch thinge and beleue him not For yf no god of all the Heythē and kyngdomes might delyuer his people fro my hande and from the hande of my progenitours then shal not youre goddes be able to delyuer you fro my hande His seruaūtes also spake yet more against the LORDE God and agaynst his seruaunt Ezechias And he wrote a letter to blaspheme the LORDE God of Israel and spake of him and sayde Like as the goddes of the Heythen in their londes haue not bene able to delyuer their people from my hande euen so shal not the God of Ezechias delyuer his people fro my hande And the cryed with loude voyce in the Iewish langage vnto the people of Ierusalem that were vpon the wall to make them fearfull and to be fayntharted that they might wynne the cite And they spake agaynst the God off Ierusalem euen as agaynst the goddes off the nacions vpon earth which were but the workes of mens hondes But contrary wyse the kynge Ezechias and the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos prayed and cryed vnto heauē And the LORDE sent an angell which destroyed all the mightie men of the hoost and the prynces and rulers in y e tentes of the kynge of Assur so that he departed agayne with shame in to his owne londe And whan he wente in to his gods house they y t came of his owne body slewe him there with the swerde Thus the LORDE helped Ezechias and them at Ierusalem out of the hāde of Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur and of all other and mayntayned thē frō all on euery syde so y t many broughte presentes vnto the LORDE to Ierusalem and Iewels vnto Ezechias the kynge of Iuda And afterwarde was he exalted in the sighte of all Heythen At y e same tyme was Ezechias deedsicke and he prayed vnto the LORDE which made him promes and gaue him a wondertoken But Ezechias recōpensed not acordinde as was geuen vnto him for his hert was lifted vp therfore came the wrath vpon him and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem Neuertheles Ezechias humbled him selfe because his hert had bene exalted with them at Ierusalem therfore came not the wrath of the LORDE vpon them whyle Ezechias lyued And Ezechias had very greate riches and worshippe and made him treasures of syluer golde precious stones spyces shyldes and all maner costly vessell and corne houses for the increace of corne wyne and oyle and stalles for all maner catell and foldes for the shepe and buylded him cities and had many catell of shepe and oxen for God gaue him very moch good It is the same Ezechias that couered the hye water condyte in Gihon and conveyed it vnder on the west syde of y e cite of Dauid for Ezechias prospered in all his workes But whan the interpreters the chefe of Babilon were sent vnto him to axe question at him concernynge the wondertokē that had happened in the londe God lefte him to be tempted that it mighte be knowne what soeuer was in his hert What more there is to saye of Ezechias and of his mercifulnes beholde it is wryttē in the vision of the prophet Esay the sonne of Amos and in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Ezechias fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him ouer the sepulcres of the children of Dauid and all Iuda and they of Ierusalē dyd him worshippe in his death and Manasses his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXXIII Chapter MAnasses was twolue yeare olde whā he was made kynge and reigned fyue and fiftye yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen after the abominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel and turned backe and buylded the hye places which his father Ezechies had broken downe and set vp altares vnto Baalim and made groues and worshipped all the hoost of heauen and serued them He buylded altares also in y e LORDES house wherof the LORDE had sayde At Ierusalem shal my name be for euer And vnto all the hoost of heauen buylded he altares in both the courtes of y e house of the LORDE And in the valley of the sonne of Hennon caused he his awne sonnes to go thorow the fyre and chosed dayes regarded byrdescryenge and witches and founded soythsayers and expounders of tokens and dyd moch that was euell in the sighte of the LORDE to prouoke him vnto wrath Carued ymages also and Idols which he caused to make set he vp in Gods house wherof the LORDE saide vnto Dauid and to Salomon his sonne In this house at Ierusalem which I haue chosen out of all the trybes of Israel wyl I set my name for euer and wyl nomore let the fote of Israel remoue frō the londe that I appoynted for their fathers so farre as they obserue to do all y t I haue commaunded them in all the lawe statutes and ordinaunces by Moses But Manasses disceaued Iuda and them of Ierusalē so that they dyd worse then the Heythen whom the LORDE destroyed before the children of Israel And the LORDE spake vnto Manasses and his people and they regarded it not Therfore dyd the LORDE cause the rulers of the hoost of the kynge of Assur to come vpō thē which toke Manasses presoner with bōdes and bounde him with cheynes broughte him vnto Babilon And whan he was in trouble he made intercession before the LORDE his God and humbled him selfe greatly before the God of his fathers and prayed and besoughte him Then herde he his prayer and broughte him agayne to Ierusalem to his kyngdome And Manasses knewe that the LORDE is God Afterwarde buylded he y e vttemost wall of the cite of Dauid on the west syde of Gihon by the broke and at the intraunce of the Fyshgate and rounde aboute Ophel and made it very hye And layed captaynes in y e strōge cities of Iuda put awaye y e straunge goddes Idols out of y e house of y e LORDE and all the altares which he had buylded vpō the mount of the house of the LORDE and in Ierusalem and cast them out of the cite and buylded the altare of the LORDE and offred slayn offerynges and thank-offerynges theron and commaunded Iuda that they shulde serue the LORDE God of Israel Neuertheles though the people offred vnto the LORDE their God yet offred they vpon the hye places What more there is to saye of Manasses and of his prayer to his God and the wordes of the Seers that spake vnto him in the name of the
people euen the frute of their owne ymaginacions For they haue not bene obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees You re burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices And therfore thus saieth the LORDE beholde I will make this people fall and there shal fall from amonge them the father w t the children one neghboure shal perish with another Morouer thus saieth y e LORDE Beholde there shal come a people from the North a greate people shal arise from y e endes of y e earth w t bowes w t dartes shal they be weapened It is a rough fearce people an vnmerciful people their voyce roareth like the see they ride vpō horses wel apointed to y e batell agaynst the o doughter Sion Then shal this crie be herde Oure armes are feble heuynes and sorow is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauelinge with childe Noman go forth in to the felde no man come vpon the hie strete for the swearde and feare of the enemie shal be on euery side Wherfore gyrde a sack cloth aboute the o thou doughter of my people sprynkle thy self with aszshes mourne and wepe bitterly as vpon thy only beloued sonne For the destroyer shal sodenly fall vpon vs. The haue I set for a prouer of my harde people to seke out and to trye their wayes For they are all vnfaithful and fallen awaye they hange vpon shameful lucre they are clene brasse and yron for they hurte and destroye euery man The bellous are brent in the fyre the leade is consumed the melter melteth in vayne for the euel is not taken awaye from them Therfore shal they be called naughty syluer because the LORDE hath cast them out The VII Chapter THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremy Stonde vnder the gates of the LORDES house and crie out these wordes there with a loude voyce and saye Heare the worde of the LORDE all ye of Iuda that go in at this dore to honoure the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Amende youre wayes and youre councels and I wil let you dwell in this place Trust not in false lyenge wordes sayenge here is the temple of the LORDE here is the temple of the LORDE here is the temple of the LORDE For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure yf ye wil not oppresse the straunger the fatherles the wyddowe yf ye will not shed innocent bloude in this place yf ye wil not cleue to straūge goddes to youre owne destruction then wil I let you dwell in this place yee in the londe that I gaue afore tyme vnto youre fathers for euer But take hede yee trust in councels that begyle you and do you no good For when ye haue stollē murthured committed aduoutrie and periury Whē ye haue offred vnto Baal folowinge straunge vnknowne goddes Then come ye and stonde before me in this house which hath my name geuen vnto it and saye Tush we are absolued quyte though we haue done all these abhominacions What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of theues And these thinges are not done priuely but before myne eyes saieth the LORDE Go to my place in Silo where vnto I gaue my name afore tyme and loke well what I dyd to the same place for the wickednes of my people of Israel And now though ye haue done all these dede◠saieth the LORDE and I my self rose vp euer by tymes to warne you and to comon with you yet wolde ye not heare me I called ye wolde not answere And therfore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wil I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that ye put youre trust in yee vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and youre fathers And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all youre brethren the whole sede of Ephraim Therfore thou shalt not praye for this people thou shalt nether geue thākes nor byd prayer for them thou shalt make no intercession to me for them for in no wise will I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem The children gather stickes the fathers kyndle the fyre the mothers kneade the dowe to bake cakes for the quene of heauen They poure out drink offringes vnto straūge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath How be it they hurte not me saieth the LORDE but rather confounde and shame them selues And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God beholde my wrath and my indignacion shal be poured out vpon this place vpon men and catell vpō the trees in the felde and all frute of the londe it shal burne so that no man maye quench it Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Ye heape vp youre burntoffringes with youre sacrifices eate y e flesh But when I brought youre fathers out of Egipte I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offringes and sacrifices but this I commaunded them sayenge herken and obeye my voyce and I shal be youre God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in all the wayes which I haue cōmaunded you that ye maye prospere But they were not obedient they inclyned not their eares there vnto but went after their owne ymagynacions and after the mocions of their owne wicked herte and so turned them selues awaye and conuerted not vnto me And this haue they done from the tyme that youre fathers came out of Egipte vnto this daye Neuertheles I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes I rose vp early and sent them worde yet wolde they not herkē ner offre me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers And thou shalt now speake all these wordes vnto them but they shal not heare the thou shalt crie vpon them but they shal not answere the. Therfore shalt thou saye vnto them this is the people that nether heareth the voyce of the LORDE their God ner receaueth his correction Faithfulnes treuth is clene rooted out of their mouth Wherfore cut of thine hayre and cast it awaye take vp a complaynte in the whole londe for the LORDE shal cast awaye and scatre the people y t he is displeased withall For the children of Iuda haue done euell in my sight saieth the LORDE They haue set vp their abhominacions in the house y t hath my name and haue defyled it They haue also buylded an aulter at Tophet which is in the valley of y e childrē of Ennō y t they might burne their sonnes and doughters which I neuer cōmaunded them nether came it euer in my thought And therfore beholde the dayes shal come saieth the
Namely that I wolde geue them a londe which floweth with mylke and hony as ye se it is come to passe vnto this daye Then answered I and sayde Amen It is euen so LORDE as thou sayest Then the LORDE sayde vnto me agayne Preach this in y e cities off Iuda and rounde aboute Ierusalem and saye Heare the wordes off this coÌ„uenaunt that ye maye kepe them For I haue diligently exorted youre fathers euer sence the tyme that I brought them out off the Londe off Egipte vnto this daye I gaue them warnynge by tymes sayenge herken vnto my voyce Neuertheles they wolde not obeye me nor enclyne their eares vnto me but folowed the wicked ymaginacioÌ„s of their owne hertes And therfore haue I accused them as transgressours of all the wordes off this conuenaunt that I gaue them to kepe which they notwithstoÌ„dinge haue not kepte And the LORDE sayde vnto me It is fouÌ„de out that whole Israel and all the citisens off Ierusalem are gone backe They haue turned them selues to the blasphemies off their fore fathers which had no lust to heare my worde Euen likewise haue these also folowed straunge goddes and worshipped them The house off Israel and Iuda haue broken my couenaunt which I made w t their fathers Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I will sende a plage amonge you which ye shal not be able to escape and though ye crie vnto me I will not heare you TheÌ„ shal the townes off Iuda and the citisens of Ierusalem go and call vpon their goddes vnto whom they made their oblacioÌ„s but they are not able to helpe them in tyme off their trouble For as many cities as thou hast o Iuda so many goddes hast thou also And loke how many stretes there be in the o Ierusalem so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp to offre vpon them vnto Baal But praye not thou for this people byd nether prayse ner prayer for them for though they crie vnto me in their trouble yet will I not heare them O thou beloued why doest thou so shamefull greate blasphemies in my house euen as though that holy flesh might absolue the specially when thou hast made thy boost off thy wickednes The LORDE called the a grene olyue tre a fayre one a frutefull one a goodly one but now that there is a contrary reporte off the abrode he will burne the vp aÌ„d destroye thy braunches For the LORDE off hoostes that plaÌ„ted the hath deuysed a plage for the o thou house of Israel Iuda for y e euel that ye haue done to prouoke him to wrath in that ye dyd seruyce vnto Baal This o LORDE haue I lerned of the and vnderstonde it for thou hast shewed me their ymaginacions But I as a meke lambe was caried awaye to be slayne not knowinge that they had deuysed soch a councel agaynst me sayenge We will destroye his meate with wod and dryue him out of the londe of the lyuynge that his name shal neuer be thought vpon Therfore I will beseke the now o LORDE of hoostes thou rightuous iudge thou that tryest the reynes and the hertes let me se the auenged of them for vnto the haue I committed my cause The LORDE therfore spake thus of the citesens of Anothot that sought to slaye me sayeÌ„ge Preach not vnto vs in the name of the LORDE or els thou shalt dye of oure hondes Thus I saye spake the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I will viset you You re yonge meÌ„ shal perish with the swearde yo r sonnes and youre doughters shal vtterly dye of honger so that none shal remayne For vpon the citesyns off Anathot wil I bringe a plage and the yeare of their visitacion The XII Chapter O LORDE thou art more rightuous then that I shulde dispute with the Neuertheles let me talke with the in thinges reasonable How happeneth it that the waye off the vngodly is so prosperous and that it goeth so wel with them which with out eny shame offeÌ„de and lyue in wickednesse Thou plantest them they take rote they growe and bringe forth frute They boost moch off the yet doest thou not punysh them But thou LORDE to whom I am well knowne thou that hast sene proued my herte take them awaye like as a flock is caried to the slaughter house and apoynte them for the daye off slaughtinge How longe shall the londe mourne and all the herbes off the felde perish for the wickednes off them that dwell therin The catell and the byrdes are gone yet saye they tush God will not destroye vs vtterly Seinge thou art weery in runnynge with the fote men how wilt thou then runne w t horses In a peaceable sure londe thou mayest be safe but how wilt thou do in the furious pryde of Iordane For thy brethren aÌ„d thy kynred haue altogether despised the and cried out vpon the in thine absence Beleue them not though they sâ—eake fayre wordes to the. As for me saye I I haue forsaken myne owne dwellinge place and left myne heretage My life also that I loue so wel haue I geuen in to the hoÌ„des of myne enemies Myne heretage is become vnto me as a Lyon in the wod It cried out vpon me therfore haue I forsaken it Myne heretage is vnto me as a spreckled byrde a byrde of dyuerse coloures is vpon it Go hence and gather all the beastes of the felde together that they maye eate it vp Dyuerse hyrdmeÌ„ haue broken downe my vynyarde and troden vpon my porcion Of my pleasaunt porcion they haue made a wildernes deserte They haue layed it waist and now that it is waist it sigheth vnto me Yee the whole londe lieth waist and no man regardeth it The distroyers come ouer the heeth euery waye for the swearde off the LORDE shal consume from the one ende of y e loÌ„de to the other and no flesh shal haue rest They shal sowe wheat and reepe thornes They shal take heretage in possession but it shal do them no good And ye shal be confounded of youre owne wynnynges because of the greate wrath of the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE vpon all myne euel neghbours that laye honde on myne heretage which I haue geuen my people of Israel Beholde I wil plucke them namely Israel out of their londe and put out the house of Iuda from amonge them And wheÌ„ I haue rooted theÌ„ out I wil be at one with theÌ„ agayne and wil haue mercy vpon them and brynge them agayne euery man to his owne heretage and in to his loÌ„de And yf they namely that trouble my people wil lerne y e wayes of them to sweare by my name The LORDE lyueth like as they lerned my people to sweare by Baal theÌ„ shal they be rekened amoÌ„ge my people But yf they wil not obeye theÌ„ will I rote out the same folke and destroye them saieth the LORDE The XIII
Chapter MOrouer thus saied the LORDE vnto me go thy waye get the a lynnen breche and gyrde it aboute thy loynes and let it not be wet Then I got me a brech acordinge to the commaundemeÌ„t of the LORDE and put it aboute my loynes After this the LORDE spake vnto me agayne Take the breche that thou hast prepared put aboute the and get the vp and go vnto Euphrates and hyde it in a hole off the rock So weÌ„t I and hydde it â—s the LORDE commaunded me And it happened longe after this that the LORDE spake vnto me Vp and get the to Euphrates and fet the breche from thence which I commaunded the to hyde there Then went I to Euphrates and digged vp and toke the brech from the place where I had hyd it and beholde the brech was corrupte so that it was profitable for nothinge Then sayde the LORDE vnto me Thus saieth the LORDE Euen so will I corruppe the pryde off Iuda â–ª and the hie mynde off IerusaleÌ„ This people is a wicked people they will not heare my worde they folowe y e wicked ymaginacions off their owne hert hange vpon strauÌ„ge goddes theÌ„ haue they serued worshipped and therfore they shal be as this brech that serueth for nothinge For as strately as a brech lieth vpon a maÌ„s loynes so strately dyd I bynde y e whole house of Israel and the whole house of Iuda vnto me saieth the LORDE that they might be my people that they might haue a glorious name y t they might be in honoure but they wolde not obeye me Therfore laye this ryddle before them and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel euery pot shal be fylled with wyne And they shal saye thinkest thou we knowe not y t euery pot shal be fylled with wyne Then shalt thou saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I shal fyll all the inhabitours of this loÌ„de w t dronckeÌ„nes the kynges that syt vpoÌ„ Dauids stole the prestes and prophetes with all y t dwell at Ierusalem And I will shute them one agaynst another yee y e fathers agaynst the sonnes saieth the LORDE I wil not pardon them I wil not spare them ner haue pitie vpon them but destroye them Be obedient geue eare take no diszdayne at it for it is the LORDE himself that speaketh Honoure y e LORDE youre God herein or he take his light from you and or euer youre fete stomble in darknesse at y e hill lest wheÌ„ ye loke for the light he turne it in to y e shadowe and darknesse of death But yf ye wil not heare me that geue you secrete warnynge I will mourne fro my whole herte for youre stubburnesse Piteously will I wepe and the teares shall guszhe out of myne eyes For the LORDES flocke shal be caried awaye captiue Tell the kinge the rulers Humble yo r selues set you downe lowe for y e crowne of yo r glory shal fall from youre heade The cities towarde the south shal be shut vp no man shal open theÌ„ All Iuda shal be caried awaye captyue so that none shall remayne Lift vp youre eyes and beholde theÌ„ that come from the North Like a fat flocke shal they fall vpon the. To whom wilt thou make thy mone when they come vpon the for thou hast taught theÌ„ thy self and made theÌ„ masters ouer the. Shal not sorowe come vpoÌ„ the as on a woman trauelinge with childe And yf thou woldest saye theÌ„ in thine hert Wherfore come these thinges vpoÌ„ me EueÌ„ for the multitude of thy blasphemies shall thy hynder partes thy fete be discouered For like as the man of Iude maye chaunge his skynne the cat of the mountayne hir spottes so maye yet that be exercised in euell do good Therfore will I scatre you lyke as y e stobble that is takeÌ„ awaye with y e south wynde This shal be youre porcion and the porcion of youre measure wher with ye shal be rewarded of me saieth the LORDE because ye haue forgotten me and put youre trust in disceatful thinges Therfore shall I turne thy clothes ouer thy heade and discouer thy thees that thy preuyties maye be sene y e aduoutrie thy deedly malice thy beastlynes and thy shamefull whordome For vpon the feldes and hilles I haue sene thy abhominacions Wo be vnto the o IerusaleÌ„ wheÌ„ wilt thou euer be clensed enymore The XIIII Chapter The worde of the LORDE shewed vnto Ieremy coÌ„cernynge y e derth off the frutes IVda shal mourne men shall not go moch more thorow his gates the londe shal be nomore had in reputacion the crie of IerusaleÌ„ shal breake out The lordes shall sende their seruauntes to fetch water when they come to the welles they shal fynde no water but shal carie their vessels home emptie They shal be ashamed aÌ„d confounded shal couer their heades For the grouÌ„de shal be dried vp because there coÌ„meth no rayne vpon it The plowmen also shal be ashamed aÌ„d shal couer their heades The Hynde shal forsake the yonge fawne that se briÌ„geth forth in y e felde because there shal be no grasse The wilde Asses shall stonde in the Mosse and drawe in their wynde like the DragoÌ„s their eyes shal fayle for waÌ„t of grasse Doutles oure owne wickednesse rewarde vs But LORDE do thou acordinge to y i name though oure transgressions and synnes be many For thou art the comforte helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the Londe and as one that goeth ouer the felde aÌ„d coÌ„meth in only to remayne for a night Why wilt thou make thy self a cowarde and as it were a giauÌ„te that yet maye not helpe For thou arâ—ours o LORDE and we beare thy name therfore forsake vs not Then spake the LORDE concernynge this people y t haue pleasure to go so nembly w t their fete and leaue not of and therfore displease the LORDE in so moch that he will now bringe agayne to remembraunce all their myszdedes aÌ„d punysh all their synnes Yee euen thus sayde the LORDE vnto me Thou shalt not praye to do this people good For though they fast I will not heare their prayers And though they offre burnt offriÌ„ges sacrifices yet wil not I accepte them For I will destroye them with the swearde honger and pestilence Then answerde I O LORDE God the prophetes saye vnto them Tush ye shal se no swearde and no honger shall come vpon you but the LORDE shal geue you continuall rest in this place And the LORDE sayde vnto me The prophetes preach lies vnto them in my name I haue not spoken with them nether gaue I them eny charge nether dyd I sende theÌ„ yet they preach vnto you false visions charmynge vanite and disceatfulnesse of their owne herte Therfore thus saieth the LORDE As for those prophetes that preach in my name whom I neuertheles haue not sent and y â—
thine herte vpon them For dreames haue disceaued many a mā and they fayled that put their truste therin The lawe shal be fulfilled without lyes wyszdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth A wyse man y t is well instructe vnderstonstondeth moch he y t hath good experiēce can talke of wyszdome He y t hath no experiēce knoweth litle he y t erreth causeth moch wickednes Whan I was yet in erroure I lerned moch also yee I was so lerned that I coude not expresse it all and came oft in parell of death therouer tyll I was delyuered from it Now I se that they which feare God haue the right sprete for their hope stōdeth in him that can helpe thē Who so feareth the LORDE stōdeth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the LORDE is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him y t feareth the LORDE In whō putteth he his trust who is his strēgth For the eyes of the LORDE haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mightie proteccion strōge grounde A defence for the heate a refuge for the hote noone daye a sucore for stomblynge an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule and lighteneth y e eyes He geueth health life and blessynge He that geueth an offeringe of vnrighteous good his offerynge is refused and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God God hath no delyte in the offerynges of y e vngodly nether maye synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacions Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of y e goodes of y e poore doth euē as one y t kylleth y e sonne before y e fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the life of the poore he y t defraudeth him therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth his neghbo r of his lyuinge doth as greate synne as though he slew him to death He that defraudeth y e laborer of his hyre is a bloude shedder Whā one buyldeth and another breaketh downe what profit haue they then but laboure Whan one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl the LORDE heare He that washeth himself because of a deed body then toucheth the deed agayne what doth his waszshinge So is it with a man that fasteth for his synnes and doth them agayne who wil heare his prayer Or what doth his fastynge helpe him The XXXV Chapter WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offerynges ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundement offreth the right health offrynge He y t is thankfull recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercifull geueth allmes y t is the right thank offrynge God hath pleasure whā one departeth frō synne to forsake vnrighteousnes recōcileth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptye before y e LORDE for all soch is done because of y e cōmaundemēt The offeringe of y e righteous maketh y e aulter fatt a swete smell is it before y e Hyest The offerynge of the righteous is acceptable vnto God shal neuer be forgottē Geue God his hono with a chearfull eye kepe not backe the firstlinges of y e handes In all thy giftes shew a mery countenaunce halowe thy tithes vnto God w t gladnes Geue vnto God acordinge as he hath enriched prospered their loke what thine hande is able y t geue w t a chearfull eye for the LORDE recompenseth geueth y e seuē tymes as moch againe Geue no vnrighteous giftes for soch wil not he receaue Bewarre of wrongeous offeringes for y e LORDE is a righteous iudge regardeth no mans personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth y e prayer of y e oppressed He despyseth not y e desyre of y e fatherles ner y e wyddow whan she poureth out hir prayer before him Doth not God se y e teares y t renne downe y e chekes of the wyddow Or heareth he not the complaynte ouer soch as make her to wep◠▪ Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted his prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y t humbleth himself goeth thorow y e cloudes tyll she come nye She wyl not be comforted ner go hir waye tyll y e hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentēce perfourme y e iudgmēt And y e LORDE wil not be slack in cōmynge ner tary longe tyll he haue smyttē in sonder y e backes of y e vnmercyfull auenged himself of y e Heithen tyll he haue takē awaye y e multitude of y e cruell brokē the cepter of the vnrighteous tyll he geue euery man after his workes rewarde them as they haue deserued tyll he haue delyuered his people mayntened their cause reioysed them in his mercy O how fayre a thinge is mercy in the tyme of anguysh trouble It is like a cloude of rayne y t cōmeth in y e tyme of a drouth The XXXVI Chapter HAue mercy vpon vs O LORDE thou God of all thinges Haue respecte vnto vs shew vs the light of thy mercies sende y e feare amōge y e Heithē straūgers which seke not after the y t they maye knowe how y t there is no God but thou and y t they maye shew thy wonderous workes Lift vp thine hande ouer the outlādish Heithen y t they maye lerne to knowe thy might power Like as thou art halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe y t thou mayest be magnified also in them before vs y t they maye knowe the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O LORDE Renue the tokens chaunge the wonderous workes Shewe thine hāde and thy right arme gloriously Rayse thy indignacion poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary smyte the enemye Make y e tyme shorte remembre thy couenaunt that y e wonderous workes maye be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume them that lyue so careles and let them perish that do y e people hurte Smyte in sonder the heade of the prynces that be oure enemies and saye there is none other but we Gather all y e trybes of Iacob together againe y t they maie knowe how y t there is none other God but onely thou y t they maie shew thy wonderous workes and be thy people heretage like as from the begynninge O LORDE haue mercy vpon the people y t hath y e name vpō Israel whom thou hast lickened to a first borne sonne O be merciful vnto Ierusalē the cite of thy Sanctuary y e cite of thy rest Fyll Sion with thy vnspeakeable vertues y i people w t thy glory Geue wytnes vnto y e creature whom thou maydest from the begynnynge and rayse vp the prophecies y t haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde them y t wayte for the y t thy prophetes maye be founde faithfull O LORDE heare the prayer
kyndled Like as an whole ornament of pure golde set with all maner of precious stones and as an olyue tre that is frutefull as a Cypres tre which groweth vp an hye Whan he put on the garment of honoure was clothed withall bewtye whan he wente to the holy altare to garnysh the couerynge of the Sanctuary whan he toke y e porcions out of the prestes hande he himself stode by the herth of the altare and his brethren rounde aboute in ordre As the braunches of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus so stode they rounde aboute him And as the braunches of the olyue tre so stode all y e sonnes of Aaron in their glory And y t he might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon the altare garnysh the offrynge of the hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynk offerynge poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smell vnto the hyest prynce Then beganne y e sonnes of Aaron to synge and to blowe with trompettes to make a greate noyse for a remembraūce prayse vnto the LORDE Then were the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpō their faces to worshipe the LORDE their God to geue thankes to Allmightie God They sunge goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in y e greate house of the LORDE And the people in their prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honoure of y e LORDE were perfourmed Thus ended they their mynistracion and seruyce Then wente he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue praise thankes out of their lippes vnto y e LORDE and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he might openly shew the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest namely thus O geue prayse thankes ye all vnto the LORDE oure God which hath euer done noble and greate thinges which hath increased oure dayes from o r mothers wombe and dealt with vs acordinge to his mercy that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes of hert peace for oure tymes in Israel Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore allwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thirde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mountayne of Samaria the Philistynes the foolish people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacions and documētes of wyszdome and vnderstādinge in this boke and poured out the wyszdome out of my hert Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therin and who so taketh soch to hert shal be wyse Yf he do these thinges he shal be stronge in all For the light of the LORDE ledeth him The LI. Chapter A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac I Thanke the O LORDE and kynge and praise the O God my Sauioure I wil yelde prayse vnto y e name for thou art my defender and helper hast preserued my body from destruccion from y e snare of traytorous tōges and from the lippes that are occupied with leyes Thou hast bene my helper from soch as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multitude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of them that prepared them selues to deuoure me out of y e handes of soch as sought after my life from the multitude of them y t troubled me wente aboute to set fyre vpon me on euery syde so y t I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre From the depe of hell from an vncleane tōge from lyenge wordes from the wicked kynge and from an vnrighteous tonge My soule shal prayse y e LORDE vnto death for my life drew nye vnto hell They cōpased me rounde aboute on euery syde there was no mā to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were eny man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely y t thou delyuerest soch as putt their trust in the and ryddest them out of y e handes of the Heithen Thus lift I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the LORDE my father that he wolde not leaue me w t out helpe in the daye of my trouble in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name contynually yeldinge honoure and thākes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and delyueredest me frō y e vnrighteous tyme. Therfore wil I aknowlege and praise the and magnifie y e name of the LORDE Whā I was yet but yonge or euer I wēte astraye I desyred wyszdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the temple sought her vnto the last Then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype My hert reioysed in her then wente my fote the right waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me moch wyszdome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll Iascrybe the glory vnto him that geueth me wyszdome for I am aduysed to do therafter I will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y t is good so shal I not be cōfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lightened thorow wiszdome that I knowleged my foolishnes I ordred my soule after her she I were one hert from the begynninge and I founde her in clennesse And therfore shal I not be forsaken My hert longed after her and I gat a good treasure Thorow her y e LORDE hath geuen me a new tonge wherwith I wil praise him O come vnto me ye vnlerned dwell in y e house of wyszdome withdrawe not youre selues from her but talke comon of these thinges for youre soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come bye wyszdome without money bowe downe youre neck vnder hir yock and youre soule shall receaue wyszdome She is harde at hande is content to be founde Beholde with youre eyes how that I haue had but litle laboure and yet haue founde moch rest O receaue wyszdome and ye shall haue plenteousnes of syluer and golde in possession Let youre mynde reioyse in his mercy be not ashamed of his prayse Wyrke his worke by tymes he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The ende of Ecclesiasticus other wyse called Iesus the sonne of Syrac The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y e thre children after Theodotios translacion which wordes are wryten in y e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn
and lighted the candels settinge forth cakes and bred And now come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the moneth Casleu In the Clxxxviij yeare y e people y t was at Ierusalem and in Iewry the councell and Iudas himself sent this wholsome salutaciō vnto Aristobolus kynge Ptolomys master which came of the generacion of the anoynted prestes and to the Iewes that were in Egipte In so moch as God hath delyuered vs from greate parels we thanke him hylie In that we resisted so mightie a kynge And why he brought men out of Persis by heapes to fight agaynst vs and the holy cite For as he was in Persis namely y e captayne w t the greate hoost he perished in the temple of Naneas beynge disceaued thorow the deuyce of Naneas prestes For as he was purposed to haue dwelt there Antiochus his frēdes came thither to receaue moch moneye for a dowry So whē Naneas prestes had layed forth y e moneye he entred with a small company in to the compasse of the temple and so they shut the temple Now when Antiochus entred by openynge the preuy intraunce of the temple y e prestes stoned y e captayne to death hewed thē in peces that were with him smote of their heades and threwe them out In all thinges God be praysed which hath delyuered the wicked in to oure hondes Where as we now are purposed to kepe the purificacion of the temple vpon y e xxv daye of the moneth Casleu we thought necessary to certifie you therof that ye also might kepe the tabernacles feast daye the daye of the fyre which was geuen vs when Nehemias offred after that he had set vp y e temple the aulter For what tyme as o r fathers were led awaye vnto Persis y e prestes which then sought the hono r of God toke y e fyre priuely from y e aulter hyd it in a valley where as was a depe drye pyt therin they kepte it because the place was vnknowne to euery man Now after many yeares when it pleased God y t Nehemias shulde be sent from the kynge of Persia he sent the childers children of those prestes which had hyd the fyre to seke it And as they tolde vs they founde no fyre but thicke water Thē cōmaunded he them to drawe it vp to brynge it him y e offerynges withall Now when y e sacrifices were layed on ordred the prest Nehemias commaunded to sprenkle them the wod w t the water Whē this was done the tyme come y t the Sonne shone which afore was hyd in the cloude there was a greate fyre kyndled In so moch y t euery man marueled Now all the prestes prayed whyle the sacrifice was a makynge Ionathas prayed first and y e other gaue answere And Nehemias prayer was after this maner O LORDE God maker of all thinges thou fearfull stronge thou righteous mercifull thou y t art onely a gracious kynge onely lyberall onely iust Allmightie and euerlastinge thou y t delyuerest Israel from all trouble thou y t hast chosen the fathers halowed them receaue the offeringe for the whole people of Israel preserue thine owne porcion halowe it Gather those together y t are scatred abrode from vs delyuer them y t are vnder the Heithēs bondage loke vpon them which are despysed abhorred y t the Heithen maie knowe se how y t thou art o r God Punyshe them y t oppresse and proudly put vs to dishonoure Set y e people agayne in thy holy place like as Moses hath spokē And the prestes songe Psalmes of thankesgeuynge so lōge as the sacrifice endured Now when the sacrifice was brent Nehemias commaunded the greate stones to be sprenkled w t the resydue of the water Which when it was done there was kyndled a flamme of thē also but it was consumed thorow the light y t shyned from the aulter So whē this matter was knowne it was tolde the kynge of Persia that in the place where the prestes which were led awaye had hyd fyre there apeared water in steade of fyre that Nehemias his company had purified the sacrifices withall Then the kynge considerynge ponderynge y e matter diligently made him a temple to proue the thinge y t was done And whē he founde it so in dede he gaue the prestes many giftes dyuerse rewardes yee he toke them w t his owne hōde gaue thē And Nehemias called the same place Nephthar which is as moch to saye as a clensynge but many men call it Nephi The II. Chapter IT is founde also in the writinges of Ieremy the prophet y t he commaunded them which were caried awaye to take fyre as it is sayde afore He cōmaunded them also y t they shulde not forget the lawe cōmaundementes of the LORDE y t they shulde not erre in their myndes whē they se ymages of syluer golde w t their ornamentes These soch other thinges commaunded he them exorted them that they shulde not lett the lawe of God go out of their hertes It is wrytten also how the prophet at y e commaundement of God charged them to take the tabernacle the arke w t them he wente forth vnto the mountaine where Moses clymmed vp sawe y e heretage of God And when Ieremy came there he founde an open caue wherin he layed the tabernacle y e arke the aulter of incense so stopped the hole There came certayne men together also folowinge him to marck the place but they coude not fynde it Which when Ieremy perceaued he reproued thē sayenge As for that place it shal be vnknowne vntill y e tyme that God gather his people together againe receaue thē vnto mercy Then shal God shewe them these thinges the maiesty of the LORDE shall appeare the cloude also like as it was shewed vnto Moses like as when Salomon desyred y t the place might be sanctified it was shewed him For he beynge a wyse man handled honorably wysely offerynge vnto God in y e halowinge of the temple when it was fynisshed And like as when Moses prayed vnto the LORDE the fyre came downe from heauen consumed the burnt offeringe Euen so prayed Salomon also the fyre came downe from heauen cōsumed the burnt offeringe And Moses sayde because the syn offerynge was not eaten therfore it is cōsumed In like maner Salomon kepte the dedicacion or halowynge eight dayes In y e Annotacions wrytynges of Ieremy were these thinges put also how he made a lybrary how he gathered out of all countrees the bokes of the prophetes of Dauid the epistles of the kynges and of the presentes Euen so Iudas also loke what he lerned by experiēce of warre soch thinges as hath happened vnto vs he gathered thē all together so we haue them by vs. Yf ye
daye the doughter of Herodias daunsed before-thē and that pleased Herode well wherfore he promysed her with an ooth y t he wolde geue her whatsoeuer she wolde axe And she beynge instructe of hir mother afore sayde geue me Ihon baptistes heade in a platter And the kynge was sory Neuertheles for y e ooth sake thē y t sat with him at y e table he cōmaunded it to be geuen her and sent beheeded Ihon in the preson And his heed was brought in a platter and geuen to the damsell she brought it vnto her mother Then came his disciples and toke his body and buried it and wente and tolde Iesus Whan Iesus hetde y t he departed thence by shippe in to a desert place alone And whā the people herde therof they folowed him on fote out of y e cities And Iesus wēte forth and sawe moch people and had pytie vpon them and healed their sicke But at euen his disciples came vnto him saide This is a deserte place and y e night falleth omlet y e people departe from the that they maye go in to the townes and bye them vytayles But Iesus sayde vnto them They nede not go awaye geue ye thē to eate Thē saide they vnto him We haue here but fyue loaues and two fyshes And he sayde bringe thē hither And he cōmaunded y e people to syt downe vpon the grasse and toke y e fyue loaues and two fiszhes and loked vp towarde heauen and gaue thankes and brake and gaue the loaues vnto the disciples and the disciples gaue them to the people And they all ate and were suffised And they gathered vp of the broken meate that remayned ouer twolue baszkettes full And they y t ate were aboute a fyue thousande men besyde wemen and children And straight waye Iesus made his disciples to entre in to a shippe to go ouer before hī tyll he had sent y e people awaye And whan he had sent the people awaye he wēte vp in to a mountayne alone to make his prayer And at euen he was there him self alone And y e shippe was allready in y e myddest of the see was tost w t wawes for the winde was cōtrary But in y e fourth watch of y e night Iesus came vnto thē walkinge vpon the see And whan his disciples sawe him goinge vpon the see they were afrayed sayenge It is some sprete and cried out for feare But straight waye Iesus spake vnto them and sayde Be of good cheare it is I be not afrayed Peter answered him saide LORDE yf it be thou byd me come vnto the vpon y e water And he sayde come on y e waye And Peter stepte out of the shippe wēte vpon the water to come vnto Iesus But whan he sawe a mightie wynde he was afrayed begāne to synke cried sayenge LORDE helpe me And īmediatly Iesus stretched forth his hande caught him sayde vnto him O thou of litle faith wherfore doutest thou And they wente in to the shippe the wynde ceased Then they that were in y e shippe came fell downe before him sayde Of a trueth thou art y e sonne of God And they shipped ouer came in to the lōde of Genazereth And whā y e mē of y t place had knowlege of hī they sent out in to all that coūtre rounde aboute brought vnto him all that were sicke besought him that they might but touch the hemme of his vesture onely as many as touched it were made whole The XV. Chapter THen came vnto him the scribes and pharises from Ierusalem sayenge Why do thy disciples transgresse y e tradicions of the elders for they wash not their hōdes whan they eate bred He answered sayde vnto thē Why do ye transgresse the cōmaundemēt of God because of youre owne tradiciōs For God cōmaunded sayēge Honoure father mother he y t curseth father mother shal dye the death But ye saye Euery man shal saye to father or mother The thīge y t I shulde helpe y e withal is geuē vnto God By this is it come to passe that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more And thus haue ye made the cōmaundement of God of none effecte for youre owne tradiciōs Ye ypocrites full well hath Esaye prophecied of you sayde This people draweth nye vnto me w t their mouth honoureth me w t their lippes howbeit their hert is farre fro me But in vayne do they serue me whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men And he called y e people to hī saide vnto thē Heare vnderstōde That which goeth in to the mouth defyleth not the mā but y t which cōmeth out of the mouth defyleth y e mā Then came his disciples sayde vnto him knowest thou y t the Pharises were offended whan they herde this sayenge He answered and sayde All plantes which my heauenly father hath not planted shal be pluckte vp by y e rotes Let thē go they are y e blynde leaders of y e blynde Whā one blinde leadeth another they fall both ī y e diche Then answered Peter sayde vnto him Declare vnto vs this parable And Iesus sayde vnto thē Are ye yet thē without vnderstondinge Perceaue ye not y t what soeuer goeth in at y e mouth descēdeth downe in to y e bely is cast out in to the draught But the thinge that proceadeth out of the mouth cōmeth frō y e hert that defyleth y e mā For out of y e hert come euell thoughtes murthur breakynge of wedlocke whordome theft false witnesse blasphemy The feare y e thinges that defyle a man But to eate w t vnwaszhen hondes defyleth not a man And Iesus wente out from thence departed in to the coastes of Tyre of Sidon And beholde a womā of Canaan wēte out of y e same coastes cried after him sayēge O LORDE thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me My doughter is sore vexed w t a deuell And he answered her neuer a worde Thē came his disciples vnto him besought him sayēge Sēde her awaye for she crieth after us But he answered saide I am not sent but vnto the lost shepe of the house of Israel Notwithstondinge she came fell downe before him sayde LORDE helpe me He answered sayde It is not good to take the childrens bred to cast it vnto dogges It is trueth LORDE sayde she Neuertheles the whelpes eate of the crommes that fall frō their lordes table Then answered Iesus sayde vnto her O womā greate is y e faith be it vnto the euē as thou desyrest And hir doughter was made hole at y e same houre And Iesus departed thēce and came nye vnto the see of Galile and wente vp in to a mountayne and sat downe there And there
answered sayde vnto thē The whole nede not y e phisician but they y t are sicke I am not come to call y e righteous but sinners to repentaūce But they sayde vnto him Wherfore fast y e disciples of Ihō so of praye so moch the disciples of the Pharises likewyse but y e disciples eate and drynke And he sayde vnto them Can ye make the weddynge childrē fast so lōge as the brydegrome is with thē But the tyme wil come that the brydegrome shal be takē frō thē then shal they fast And he sayde vnto them a symilitude No man putteth a pece of new cloth in to an olde garment for els he renteth the new and the pece of the new agreeth not with the olde And no man putteth new wyne in to olde vessels for els y e new wyne barsteth the vessels and runneth out it self and the vessels perishe But new wyne must be put in to new vessels and so are they both preserued And there is no man that drynketh the olde and wolde straight waye haue the new for he sayeth the olde is pleasaunter The VI. Chapter ANd it fortuned vpon an after pryncipall Sabbath that he wente thorow the corne felde his disciples plucked the eares of corne and ate and rubbed thē with their hādes But certayne of the Pharises sayde vnto them Wherfore do ye that which is not laufull to do vpon the Sabbath And Iesus answered and sayde vnto thē Haue ye not red what Dauid dyd whā he was hongrie and they that were with him how he wente in to the house of God and toke the shewbred and ate and gaue also vnto them that were with him which was laufull for no man to eate but for the prestes onely And he sayde vnto them The sonne of man is LORDE euen ouer the Sabbath It came to passe vpō another Sabbath that he wēte in to the synagoge and taught and there was a man whose right hande was wythred But y e scrybes and Pharises marked him whether he wolde heale vpon the Sabbath that they might fynde an occasion agaynst him Neuertheles he perceaued their thoughtes and sayde vnto the mā with the wythred hande Aryse and steppe forth here And he arose and stepped forth Then sayde Iesus vnto thē I wil axe you a question What is it laufull to do vpō the Sabbath good or euell to saue life or to destroye it And he behelde thē all rounde aboute and sayde vnto the mā Stretch out thine hande And he dyd so Then was his hande restored him to right euen as whole as the other But they were fylled full of madnes and commoned together what they wolde do to him And it fortuned at the same tyme that he wente out in to a mountayne to praye and continued all night in prayer to God And whā it was daye he called his disciples and chose twolue of them whom he called also apostles Symon whom he named Peter and Andrew his brother Iames and Ihon Phylippe and Bartylmew Mathew and Thomas Iames the sonne of Alpheus Symon called Zelotes Iudas the sonne of Iames and Iudas Iscarioth which was the traytoure And he wente downe with them and stode vpon a playne in the felde and the company of his disciples and a greate multitude of people from all Iewry and Ierusalē and from Tyre and Sydon by the see coast which were come to heare him and to be healed of their diseases and they that were vexed with foule spretes were healed And all the people sought to touch him for there wente vertue frō him and healed thē all And he lift vp his eyes vpō his disciples and sayde Blessed are ye poore for yours is the kyngdome of God Blessed are ye that honger here for ye shal be satisfied Blessed are ye y t wepe here for ye shal laugh Blessed are ye whan men hate you and put you out of their cōpanyes and reuyle you and cast out youre name as an euell thinge for the sonne of mans sake Reioyse ye then and be glad for beholde youre rewarde is greate in heauen Euen thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes also But wo vnto you riche for ye haue youre cōsolacion allready Wo vnto you that are full for ye shal honger Wo vnto you that laugh here for ye shal wepe and wayle Wo vnto you whan euery man prayseth you Euen so dyd their fathers vnto the false prophetes also But I saye vnto you that heare Loue youre enemies do good vnto them that hate you blesse them that curse you praye for them that wrongfully trouble you And who so smyteth the on the one cheke offre him y e other also And who so taketh awaye thy cloake forbyd him not y t cote also Who so euer axeth of the geue him and who so taketh awaye thyne axe it not agayne And as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you euen so do ye vnto them likewyse And yf ye loue them that loue you what thāke haue ye therfore For synners also loue their louers And yf ye do good for youre good doers what thanke haue ye therfore For synners also do euen the same And yf ye lende vnto them of whō ye hope to receaue what thāke haue ye ther fore For synners also lende vnto synners that they maye receaue as moch agayne But rather loue ye yo r enemies do good and lende lokynge for nothinge therof agayne so shal yo r rewarde be greate and ye shal be the children of the Hyest for he is kynde euen to the vnthankfull and to the euell Be ye therfore mercifull as youre father also is mercifull Iudge not and ye shal not be iudged Condēpne not and ye shal not be condempned Forgeue and ye shal be forgeuen Geue and to you shal be geuē A good measure pressed downe shaken together rūnynge ouer shal mē geue into youre bosome For with what measure ye meete with the same shal it be measured to you agayne And he sayde a symilitude vnto thē Can the blynde shewe the waye to y e blynde Do they not both thē fall in to the dyche The disciple is not aboue his master But whosoeuer is perfecte y e same shal be as his master But why seist thou a moote ī thy brothers eye and considrest not the beame that is in thine awne eye Or how canst thou saye vnto thy brother holde styll brother I wil plucke y e moate out of thyne eye and thou thy self seist not y e beame in thine awne eye Thou ypocryte Fyrst cast the beame out of thine awne eye and thē shalt thou se clearly to pull the moote out of thy brothers eye For it is no good tre y t bryngeth forth euell frute and no euell tre y t bringeth forth good frute Euery tre is knowne by his frute For mē gather not fygges of thornes ner grapes of buszhes A good mā out
in the remembraunce of me Likewyse also the cuppe after they had supped and sayde This cuppe is the new TestameÌ„t in my bloude which shal be shed for you But lo the hande of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table And the sonne of man trulye goeth forth as it is appoynted But wo vnto that man by whom he is betrayed And they beganne to axe amonge them selues which of them it shulde be that shulde do that There rose a strife also amoÌ„ge theÌ„ which of them shulde be takeÌ„ for the greatest But he sayde vnto them The kynges of y e worlde haue domynion ouer y e people and they that beare rule ouer theÌ„ are called gracious lordes But ye shal not be so But the greatest amonge you shal be as the yongest and the chefest as a seruaunt For which is the greatest he that sytteth at the table or he that serueth Is not he that sytteth at the table But I am amoÌ„ge you as a mynister As for you ye are they that haue byddeÌ„ w t me in my temptacions And I wil appoynte the kyngdome vnto you euen as my father hath appoynted me that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome and syt vpon seates and iudge the twolue trybes of Israel But the LORDE sayde Simon Simon beholde Satan hath desyred after you that he might siffte you euen as wheate but I haue prayed for y e that thy faith fayle not And whan thou art coÌ„uerted strength thy brethren But he sayde vnto him LORDE I am ready to go with the in to preson and in to death Neuertheles he sayde Peter I saye vnto the The cock shal not crowe this daye tyll thou haue thryse denyed y t thou knewest me And he sayde vnto them Whan I sent you without wallet without scryppe and without shues lacked ye eny thinge They sayde No. Then sayde he vnto them But now he that hath a wallet let him take it vp likewyse also the scryppe But he that hath not let him sell his coate bye a swerde For I saye vnto you It must yet be fulfilled on me that is wrytteÌ„ He was counted amonge the euell doers For loke what is wrytten of me it hath an ende But they sayde LORDE Beholde here are two swerdes He sayde vnto theÌ„ It is ynough And he wente out as he was wonte vnto mouÌ„t Oliuete But his disciples folowed him vnto the same place And whan he came thither he sayde vnto theÌ„ Praye that ye fall not in to teÌ„ptacion And he gat him from them aboute a stones cast and kneled downe prayed sayde Father yf thou wilt take awaye this cuppe fro me Neuerthelesse not my wyll but thyne be fulfylled And there appeared vnto him an angell froÌ„ heauen and conforted him And it came so that he wrestled with death and prayed the longer And his sweate was like droppes of â—loude runnynge downe to the grounde And he rose vp froÌ„ prayer and came to his disciples and founde them slepinge for heuynesse and sayde vnto them What slepe ye ryse vp and praye that ye fall not in to tentacion But whyle he yet spake beholde the multitude and one of the twolue called Iudas wente before them and he came nye vnto Iesus to kysse him But Iesus sayde vnto him Iudas betrayest thou the sonne of maÌ„ with a kysse Whan they that were aboute him sawe what wolde folowe they sayde vnto him LORDE shal we smyte with the swerde And one of theÌ„ stroke a seruauÌ„t of y e hye prestes smote of his eare But Iesus answered and sayde Suffre theÌ„ thus farre forth And he touched his eare healed him But Iesus sayde vnto the prestes and rulers of the temple and to the Elders that were come vnto him Ye are come forth as it were to a murthurer with swerdes with staues I was daylie with you in the temple and ye layed no handes vpon me But this is youre houre and the power of darknesse Neuerthelesse they toke him and led him and brought him in to the hye prestes house As for Peter he folowed hiÌ„ a farre of Then kyndled they a fyre in the myddest of the palace and sat them downe together And Peter sat him downe amonge them Then a damsell sawe him syttinge by the light and behelde him well and sayde vnto him This same was also with him But he denyed him and sayde WomaÌ„ I knowe him not And after a litle whyle another sawe him and sayde Thou art one of them also But Peter sayde Man I am not And aboute the space of an houre after another affirmed sayde Verely this was with him also for he is a Galilean But Peter saide MaÌ„ I wote not what thou sayest And immediatly whyle he yet spake y e cock crewe And the LORDE turned him aboute and loked vpoÌ„ Peter And Peter remembred the wordes of y e LORDE how he sayde vnto him Before the cock crowe thou shalt denye me thryse And Peter wente out and wepte bytterly The men that helde Iesus mocked him and stroke him blyndfolded him and smote him on the face and axed him and sayde Prophecie who is it that smote the And many other blasphemies sayde they vnto hiÌ„ And whan it was daye there gathered together the Elders of the people the hye prestes and scrybes and led him vp before their councell and sayde Art thou Christ Tell vs. But he sayde vnto them Yf I tell you ye wyl not beleue But yf I axe you ye wyl not answers me nether wyl ye let me go From this tyme forth shal the sonne of man sytt at the right haÌ„de of the power of God Then sayde they all Art thou then y e sonne of God He sayde vnto them Ye saye it for I am They sayde What nede we anye farther wytnesse We oure selues haue herde it of his awne mouth The XXIII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of theÌ„ arose and led him vnto Pilate and begaÌ„ne to accuse him and sayde We haue founde this felowe peruertinge the people and forbyddinge to geue trybute vnto the Emperoure and sayeth that he is Christ a kynge But Pilate axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes He answered him and sayde Thou sayest it Pilate sayde vnto y e hye prestes and to the people I fynde no cause in this man But they were the more fearce and sayde He hath moued the people in that he hath taught here there in all the londe of Iewry and hath begonne at Galile vnto this place Whan Pilate herde mencion of Galile he axed whether he were of Galile And whan he perceaued that he was vnder He rodes iurisdiccion he sent him to Herode which was also at IerusaleÌ„ in those dayes When Herode sawe Iesus he was exceadinge glad for he had longe bene desyrous to se him because he had herde moch of him
The LORDE sayde vnto him Aryse and go into the strete which is called straight and are in the house of Iuda after one called Saul of Tharsis for beholde he prayeth hath sene in a vision a maÌ„ named Ananias coÌ„mynge vnto him layenge the haÌ„de vpoÌ„ him that he mighte receaue his sighte Ananias answered LORDE I haue herde by many of this man how moch euell he hath done to thy sayntes at IerusaleÌ„ And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all those y t call vpon thy name The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me that he maye beare my name before the Heythen and before kynges and before the children of Israel I wil shewe him how greate thinges he must suffre for my names sake And Ananias wente his waye and came into the house and layed the handes vpon him and sayde Brother Saul the LORDE which appeared vnto y e in the waye as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receaue thy sight and be fylled with the holy goost And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receaued his sighte and rose and was baptysed and toke meate and was conforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples that were at Damascon And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was y e sonne of God But all they that herde him were amased and sayde Is not this he which at Ierusalem spoyled all those that called on his name and came hither to the intent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes But Saul increased in strength coÌ„founded y e Iewes which dwelt at Damascon and affirmed y t this was very Christ. And after many dayes the Iewes helde a councell together to kyll him But it was tolde Saul that they layed wayte for him And they wayted at y e gates daye night that they might kyll him Then the disciples toke him by nighte put him thorow the wall and let him downe in a baslrett But whan Saul came to Ierusalem he assayed to ioyne himself to y e disciples And they were all afrayed of him and beleued not y t he was a disciple Neuertheles Barnabas toke him and broughte him to the Apostles and tolde them how he had sene the LORDE in the waye and how he spake to him how he had done boldly at Damascon in the name of Iesu. And he was with them and wente out and in at IerusaleÌ„ and quyte himselfe boldly in y e name of y e LORDE Iesu. He spake also and disputed with y e Grekes But they weÌ„te aboute to slaye him Whan the brethren knewe y t they brought him to Cesarea and sent him forth to Tharsis So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry and Galile and Samaria were edified and walked in the feare of the LORDE and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost It chaunced that as Peter walked thorow all quarters he came also vnto y e sayntes which dwelt at Lydda There founde he a man named Eneas which had lyen vpon his bedd eight yeares sicke of y e palsye And Peter sayde vnto him Eneas Iesus Christ make the whole aryse and make thy bedd for y e self And he arose immediatly And all they that dwelt at Lydda and at Sarona sawe him and turned vnto the LORDE At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that was a disciple named Tabitha which by interpretacion is called Dorcas y e same was full of good workes and almesse dedes which she dyd But it chaunced at the same tyme that she was sicke and dyed Then waszhed they her and layed her in a chaÌ„ber But for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa and the disciples herde that Peter was there they sent two men vnto him and desyred him y t he wolde take it for no grefe to come vnto them Peter rose and came with theÌ„ And whaÌ„ he was come they broughte him in to the chamber and all the wyddowes stode rounde aboute him wepynge and shewed him the cotes and garmeÌ„tes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them And whaÌ„ Peter had put them all forth he kneled downe made his prayer and turned him vnto the body and sayde Tabitha ryse vp And she opened hir eyes and whan she sawe Peter she sat hir downe agayne But he gaue her the hande and lifte her vp and called the sayntes and the wedowes and shewed her there alyue And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa many beleued on y e LORDE And it fortuned y t he taried a loÌ„ge season at Ioppa by one SimoÌ„ which was a tanner The X. Chapter THere was a man at Cesarea named Cornelius a captayne of y e coÌ„pany which is called y e Iâ—alianysh a denoute man one that feared God w t all his house gaue moch almesse to y e people and prayed God allwaye The same sawe in a vision openly aboute the nyenth houre of the daye an angell of God entringe in to him and sayenge vnto him Cornelius He loked vpon him and was afrayed and sayde LORDE what is it He sayde vnto him Thy prayers thine allmesses are come vp in to remeÌ„braunce before God And now sende men vnto Ioppa call for SimoÌ„ whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge with one Symon a tanner whose house lyeth by y e see syde he shal tell y e what thou oughtest to do And whaÌ„ the angell which spake to Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde seruauntes a deuoute soudyer of theÌ„ that wayted vpon him and tolde them all and sent theÌ„ to Ioppa On the nexte daye after whan these were goinge on their iourney and came nye vnto the cite Peter wente vp in to a chamber to praye aboute the sixte houre And whan he was hoÌ„grie he wolde haue eateÌ„ But whyle they made ready for him he fell into a traunce and sawe heaueÌ„ open and a vessell coÌ„mynge downe vnto him as it had bene a greate lynneÌ„ clothe knytt at the foure corners and was let downe to y e earth wherin were all maner of foure foted beestes of the earth wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And there came a voyce vnto him Ryse Peter slaye eate But Peter sayde Oh no LORDE for I neuer ate eny commen or vncleane thinge And the voyce spake vnto him agayne y e secoÌ„de tyme What God hath clensed y t make not thou vncleane This was done thryse And y e vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen But whyle Peter was combred in himselfe what maner of vision this shulde be which he had sene beholde the men y t were sent from Cornelius enquered after SimoÌ„s house and stode before the dore and called and axed whether Simon whose syrname was Peter were lodged there Whyle Peter was musinge of the vision
the sprete sayde vnto him beholde the men seke the. Aryse therfore and get the downe go with theÌ„ and doute not for I haue sent them Then wente Peter downe to the men y t were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde lo I am he whom ye seke what is y t cause wherfore ye are come They sayde Cornelius the captayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good reporte amoÌ„ge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the in to his house and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in and lodged them The nexte daye after wente Peter forth with them and certayne brethren of Ioppa bare him company And y e daye folowinge came they to Cesarea Cornelius wayted for theÌ„ and had called together his kynszfolkes and speciall frendes And as it chaunced y t Peter came in Cornelius mett him and fell downe at his fete worshipped him But Peter toke him vp and sayde Stonde vp I am a man also And as he talked w t him he wente in and founde many that were come together and he sayde vnto them Ye knowe that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger But God hath shewed me y t I shulde call no maÌ„ coÌ„men or vncleane Therfore haue I not douted to come as soone as I was sent for I axe you therfore for what intent haue ye sent for me Cornelius sayde It is now foure dayes agoo then fasted I and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house and beholde there stode a maÌ„ before me in a bryghte clothinge and sayde Cornelius y i prayer is herde and thine allmesse dedes are had in remeÌ„braunce in the sighte of God Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for one Simon whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge in y e house of Simon y e taÌ„ner by the seesyde y e same whaÌ„ he commeth shal speake vnto ye. Then sent I vnto the immediatly and thou hast done well that thou art come Now are we all here presente before God to heare all thinges that are commaunded the of God Peter opened his mouth sayde Now perceaue I of a trueth that God hath no respecte of personnes but in all people he y t feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted vnto him Ye knowe of y e preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel preachinge thorow Iesus Christ which is LORDE ouer all which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry and begaÌ„ne in Galile after y e baptyme that Ihon preached how God anoynted the same Iâ—sus of Nazareth with the holy goost and w t power which wente aboute dyd good and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell for God was with him And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes at Ierusalem Whom they slewe and hanged on tre Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye and caused him be openly shewed not to all the people but to y e chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs which ate dronke with him after he was rysen vp from the deed And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifye that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed Of him beare all the prophetes wytnesse that thorow his name all they y t beleue in him shal receaue remyssion of synnes Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ all theÌ„ that herkened vnto the worde And the faithfull of the circuÌ„cision which came with Peter were astonnyed because that the gifte of y e holy goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen For they herde that they spake with tunges and magnified God TheÌ„ answered Peter Maye eny man forbydde water that these shulde not be baptysed which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE TheÌ„ prayed they him that he wolde tary there certayne dayes The XI Chapter THe Apostles and the brethren that were in Iewrye herde saye that the Heythen also had receaued the worde of God And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they that were of the circuÌ„cision chode with him and sayde Thou wentest into men that are vncircumcysed and hast eaten with them But Peter beganne and expounded the thinge in order vnto theÌ„ and sayde I was in y e cite of Ioppa prayeÌ„ge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a vessell cominynge downe as it had bene a greate lynnen clothe with foure corners and let downe from heauen and came vnto me In to the which I loked and considered and sawe foure foted beestes of the earth and wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Ryse Peter slaye eate But I sayde Oh no LORDE for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth Neuertheles the voyce answered me agayne from heauen What God hath clensed that call not thou vncleane This was done thre tymes and all was taken vp agayne into heauen And beholde immediatly stode there thre men before the dore of the house that I was in sent from Cesarea vnto me But the sprete sayde vnto me that I shulde go with theÌ„ and doute nothinge These sixe brethreÌ„ also came with me and we entred in to the maÌ„s house And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell stondinge in his house which sayde vnto him Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose syrname is Peter he shal tell y e wordes wherby thou and all thy house shal be saued But whan I beganne to speake the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ them like as vpon vs at y e begynnynge Then thoughte I vpon the worde of the LORDE how he sayde Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed with y e holy goost For as moch then as God hath geuen them like giftes as vnto vs which beleue on the LORDE Iesus Christ who was I that I shulde be able to withstoÌ„de God Whan they herde this they helde their peace and praysed God and sayde Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life They that were scatred abrode thorow y e trouble y t rose aboute Steuen walked on euerysyde vntyll Phenices and Cipers and Antioche and spake the worde vnto noman but onely vnto y e Iewes Neuertheles some of theÌ„ were men of Cipers and Cyren which came to Antioche and spake also vnto the Grekes preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu. And y e hande of the LORDE was with theÌ„ And a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the LORDE This tydinges of them came to y e eares of the coÌ„gregacion at Ierusalem And they sent Barnabas that he shulde go vnto Antioche Which whan he was come thither
a shyne of wyszdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and humblenes and in that they spare not the body and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his nede The III. Chapter YF ye be rysen now with Christ seke those thinges then which are aboue where Christ is syttinge on the righte hande of God Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue not on y e thingeâ— that are vpon earth For ye are deed * 〈◊〉 youre life is hyd with Christ in God * 〈◊〉 whan Christ o r life shal shewe himselfe theÌ„ shal ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifye therfore youre meÌ„bres which are vpon earth whordome vnclennes vnnaturall lust euell concupisceÌ„ce and couetousnes which is a worshippynge of Idols for which thinges sakes the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue in the which thinges ye walked some tyme whan ye lyued in them But now put all awaye froÌ„ you wrath fearcenesse maliciousnes cursed speakynge fylthie wordes out of youre mouth Lye not one to another Put of y e olde maÌ„ with his workes and put on y e newe which is renued in knowlege after y e ymage of him that made him where there is no Greke Iewe circumcision vncircumcision Barbarous Sithian boÌ„de fre but Christ is all and in all Now therfore as the electe of God holy and beloued put on tender mercye kyndnes humblenes of mynde mekenesse longe sufferynge forbearinge one another and forgenynge one another yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another Like as Christ hath forgeuen you euen so do ye also But aboue all thinges put on loue which is the bonde of perfectnesse And the peace of God rule in youre hertes to the which peace ye are called also in one body and se y t ye be thanfull Let y e worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyszdome Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu and geue thankes vnto God the father by him Ye wyues submytte youre selues vnto youre huszbandes as it is comly in the LORDE Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues and be not bytter vnto them Ye children obeye youre elders in all thinges for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE Ye fathers rate not yo r children lest they be of a desperate mynde Ye seruauntes be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges not with eye seruyce as men pleasers but in synglenes of â—ert fearinge God What so euer ye do do it â—â—rtely euen as vnto the LORDE and not 〈…〉 And be sure that of the LORDE 〈…〉 the rewarde of y e enheritaunâ—◠〈…〉 LORDE Christ. But he that doth 〈◊〉 shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done for there is no respecte of persons with God Ye masters do vnto youre seruauntes that which is iust and equall and knowe y t ye also haue a master in heauen The IIII. Chapter COntynue in prayer and watch in the same with thankesgeuynge and praye also together for vs that God open vnto vs the dore of the worde to speake the mystery of Christ wherfore I am also in boÌ„des that I maye vtter y e same as it becommeth me to speake Walke wysely towarde them that are without and redeme y e tyme. Let youre speach be allwaye fauorable seasoned with salt that ye maye knowe how to answere euery man Tichicus the deare brother and faithfull mynister felowe seruauÌ„t in y e LORDE shal tell you what case I am in Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he mighte knowe how ye do that he mighte comforte youre hertes with one Onesimus a faithfull and beloued brother which is one of you they shal shewe you of all thinges which are adoynge here Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you and Marcus Barnabasses sisters sonne touchinge whom ye receaued commaundementes Yf he come vnto you receaue him and Iesus which is called Iustus which are of the circumcision These onely are my helpers in the kyngdome of God which were to my consolacion Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ which is one of you saluteth you allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers y t ye maye stonde perfecte and full in all that is the wil of God I beare him recorde that he hath a feruent mynde for you and for theÌ„ at Laodicea and at Hierapolis Deare Lucas the Phisician saluteth you and so doth Demas Salute the brethreÌ„ which are at Laodicea and salute Nymphas and the coÌ„gregacion which is in his house And whan the epistle is red of you cause it to be red also in the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ at Laodicea that ye likewyse reade the epistle of Laodicea And saye to Archippus Take hede to the office which thou hast receaued in the LORDE that thou fulfyll it My salutacion with the hnade of me Paul Remembre my boÌ„des Grace be with you Amen Sent from Rome by Tichicus and Onesimus The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Tessalonians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He thanketh God for them that they are so stedfast in faith and good workes and receaue the gospell with soch earnest Chap. II. He putteth them in mynde of the godly conuersacion that he led amonge them when he preached the gospell vnto them thanketh God that they receaue his worde so frutefully and excuseth his absence Chap. III. He sheweth how greatly he was reioysed whaÌ„ Timothy tolde him of their faith and loue Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them to stedfastnesse to kepe them selues from synne and vnclenly coÌ„uersacion to loue one another rebuketh ydilnesse and speaketh of the resurreccion Chap. V. He enfourmeth them of the daye of dome and coÌ„mynge of the LORDE exhorteth them to watch and to regarde soch as preach Gods worde amonge them The first Chapter PAVL and Siluanus and Timotheus Vnto the coÌ„gregacion of the Tessalonyans in God the father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. We geue thankes vnto God allwaye for you all makynge meÌ„sion of you in o r prayers without ceassynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith and youre laboure in loue youre pacience in hope which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father Because we knowe brethren beloued of God how that ye are electe for oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde onely but both in power and in the holy goost and in moch certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we were amonge you for youre sakes And ye became the folowers of vs and of the LORDE and receaued the worde in moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost so that ye were an example to all that beleued in Macedonia and
yo siluer are cancred the rust of them shal be a witnes vnto you shal eate youre fleszhe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yo last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of thē which haue reped are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes Ye haue noryszhed youre hertes as in adaye of slaughter Ye haue cōdempned and haue killed the iust and he hath not resisted you Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the cōmynge of the LORDE Beholde the huszbāde man wayteth for the precious frute of y e earth and hath longe pacience there vpon vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye Grodge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the LORDE Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue hearde of y e paciēce of Iob and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull But aboue all thinges my brethrē sweare not nether by heauē nether by earth nether by eny other othe Let youre ye be ye and yo naye naye lest ye faule in to ypocricy Yf eny of you be euell vexed let hī praye Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes Yf eny be deseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacion let thē praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the LORDE and y e prayer of faith shal saue the sicke and the LORDE shal rayse him vp and yf he haue cōmitted synnes they shal be forgeuen him Knowlege youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye maye be healed The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche yf it be feruēt Helias was a mā mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes And he prayed agayne and y e heauē gaue rayne y e earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf eny of you erre frō the trueth and another conuert him let y e same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye shal saue a soule frō death and shal hyde the multitude of synnes The ende of the epistle of S. Iames. The Epistle of S. Iude. The summe of this epistle He rebuketh soch as beynge blynded with their owne lustes resist the trueth that we maye knowe them the better he sayeth they be soch as synne beastly agaynst nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edifie one another to praye in the holy goost to continue in loue to loke for the cōmynge of the LORDE and one to helpe another out of the fyre IVdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother off Iames. To thē which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesu Christ. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geuē vnto the sayntes For there are certayne craftely crept in of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantānes and denye God the onely LORDE and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraūce for as moche as ye once knowe this how that y e LORDE after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte their awne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities aboute them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleszhe are set forth for an ensample and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre Lykewyse these dremers defyle the fleszhe despyse rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuell disputed aboute the body of Moses durst not geue raylinge sentence but sayde the LORDE rebuke the. But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not and what thinges they knowe naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte them selues Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the waye of Cain and are vtterly geuē to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake and peryszhe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder without feare fedynge thē selues Cloudes they are withouten water caried about of wyndes and trees without frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fominge out their awne shame They are wandrynge starres to whō is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophecied before of suche saienge Beholde the LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes to geue iudgemēt agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge thē of all their vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst him These are murmurers complaners walkynge after their awne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue mē in greate reuerence because of avauntage But ye beloued remēber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ how that they tolde you y t their shulde be begylers in the last tyme which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes These are makers off sectes fleshlie hauynge no sprete But ye derlye beloued edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith prayenge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnto eternall life And haue cōpassion on some separatinge thē and other saue with feare pullinge them out of the fyre and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe Vnto him that is able to kepe you that ye faule not and to present you fautlesse before y e presence of his glory with ioye y t is to saye to God oure saueoure which only is wyse be glory maiestie dominion power now and for euer Amen The Apocalips or reuelacion of S. Ihon. The summe of the Reuelacion Chap. I. Happie are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He
thousande guldens ten chaunge of rayment broughte the letter vnto the kynge of Israel with these wordes Whan this letter commeth vnto the beholde thou shalt vnderstonde y t I haue sent my seruaunt Naaman vnto the that thou mayest heale him of his leprosy And whan the kynge of Israel red the letter he rente his clothes sayde Am I God then that I can kyll and quyckeÌ„ agayne y t he sendeth vnto me to heale the man froÌ„ his leprosy Considre and se how he seketh an occasion vnto me Whan Eliseus the man of God herde y t the kynge of Israel had rente his clothes he sent vnto him sayenge Why hast thou rente thy clothes Let him come to me that he maye knowe y t there is a prophet in Israel So Naaman came with horses and charettes and helde still at the dore of Eliseus house Then sent Eliseus a messaunger vnto him sayenge Go thy waye and waszshe the seuen tymes in Iordane so shal thy flesh be restored the agayne be clensed Then was Naaman wroth wente his waye sayde I thoughte he shulde haue come forth vnto me to haue stoÌ„de here to haue called vpoÌ„ the name of the LORDE his God to haue touched the place with his hande so to haue put awaye the leprosy Are not y e waters of Amana and Pharphar at Damascon better then all the waters in Israel y t I might waszshe me therin be cleÌ„sed and he turned him and weÌ„te his waye in displeasure Then his seruauntes gat theÌ„ to him and sayde Father yf the prophet had coÌ„maunded the eny greate thinge shuldest thou not haue done it moch more theÌ„ yf he saye vnto the Wasshe the thou shalt be cleane Then weÌ„te he downe waszshed him selfe in Iordane seueÌ„ tymes as the man of God sayde his flesh was restored him agayne euen as the flesh of a yonge childe and he was clensed And he turned agayne to y e man of God with all his armye And whan he came in he stode before him and sayde Beholde I knowe that in all londes there is no God but in Israel Take now therfore this blessynge I praye the of thy seruaunt Neuertheles he sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth before whom I stonde I wil not take it And he wolde nedes haue him to take it but he wolde not Then sayde Naaman Mighte there not a burtheÌ„ of this earth be geueÌ„ vnto y e seruaunt as moch as two Mules maye beare For thy seruaunt wyll nomore do sacrifice and offer burnt offerynges vn to other goddes but vnto the LORDE That the LORDE maye be gracious vnto thy seruaunt yf I worshippe in the house of Rimmon whaÌ„ my lorde goeth there in to y e house to worshippe leaneth vpon my hande He sayde vnto him Go thy waye in peace And as he was gone frâ—m him a felde bredth in the londe Gehasi the seruaunt of Eliseus y e man of God thoughte beholde my lorde hath spared NaamaÌ„ this Syrian so that he hath not taken from him y t which he broughte As truly as y e LORDE lyueth I wil ruÌ„ne after him take somthinge of him So Gehasi folowed Naaman And whaÌ„ Naaman sawe y t he ranne after him he lighte downe from the charet to mete him sayde Are all thinges well He sayde Yee But my lorde hath sent me caused to saye vnto the Beholde there are now come to me fro mount Ephraim two yonge men of the prophetes childreÌ„ geue them a taleÌ„te of siluer I praye the two chaunge of rayment NaamaÌ„ saide Go to take two taleÌ„tes And he coÌ„pelled him bande two talentes in two bagges and two chaunge of rayment and delyuered it vnto two of his seruauntes which bare it before him And whan he came in y e darcke he toke it from their handes layed it a syde in the house let the men go And whan they were gone their waye he stode before his lorde And Eliseus sayde vn to him Whence commest thou Gehasi He sayde Thy seruaunt wente nether hither ner thither But he sayde vnto him Wente not my hert w t the whan the man turned backe from his charet to mete the â–ª Now thou hast takeÌ„ the syluer the rayment olyue trees vynyardes shepe oxen seruauntes maydens But the leprosy of Naaman shal cleue vnto the to thy sede for euer Then weÌ„te he forth from him leporous as snowe The VI. Chapter THe children of y e prophetes sâ—yde vn to Eliseus Beholde the place where we dwell before y e is to narow for vs let vs go vnto Iordane euery one fetch tymbre there y t we maye there buylde vs a place to dwell in He saide Go yo r waye And one sayde Go to then come w t thy seruauntes He sayde I wil go with you And he weÌ„te with them And whan they came to Iordane they hewed downe tymber And as one was fellynge downe a tre the yron fell in to the water and he cried and sayde Alas my lorde it is burowed But the man of God sayde Where fell it in And whan he had shewed him the place he cut downe a sticke and thrust it in there Then swaÌ„me the yron And he sayde Take it vp So he put forth his hande and toke it And the kynge of Syria warred agaynst Israel and toke councell at his seruauntes and sayde There there will we lye But the man of God sent to y e kynge of Israel sayenge Bewarre y t thou go not vnto that place for the Syrians rest there So the kynge of Israel sent vnto y e place wherof y e man of God tolde him kepte it helde watch there dyd that not once or twyse onely TheÌ„ was y e kynge of Syrias herte vexed therfore and called his seruauntes and sayde vnto them Wyll ye not tell me which of oure men is fled vnto the kynge of Israel Then sayde one of his seruauntes Not so my lorde O kynge but Eliseus the prophet in Israel telleth the kynge of Israel all that thou speakest in thy chamber where thou lyest He sayde Go youre waye theÌ„ and loke where he is that I maye sende and cause him be fetched And they shewed him and sayde Beholde he is at Dothan TheÌ„ sent he thither horses charetes a greate power And whaÌ„ they came thither by nighte they compased the cite aboute And the mynister of the maÌ„ of God arose early to get him vp And as he weÌ„te forth beholde there laye an hoost of men aboute y e cite with horses and charettes Then saide his childe vnto him Alas syr how wyll we now do He sayde Feare not for there are mo of them y t are with vs then of those that are with them And Eliseus prayed sayde LORDE open his eyes y t he maye se. Then the LORDE opened y e childes eyes y t he sawe beholde
y e mount was full of fyrie horses charettes roūde aboute Eliseus And whā they came downe vnto him Eliseus made his prayer sayde LORDE smyte this people w t blyndnes And he smote thē with blyndnes acordinge to the worde of Eliseus And Eliseus saide vnto them This is not y e waye nor the cite folowe me I wil brynge you to the man whom ye seke And he broughte them vnto Samaria And whan they came to Samaria Eliseus sayde LORDE open these mens eyes y t they maye se. And the LORDE opened their eyes y t they sawe beholde they were in the myddes of Samaria And whan the kynge of Israel sawe them he saide vnto Eliseus My father shal I smyte thē He saide Thou shalt not smyte thē loke whom thou takest with thy swerde and bowe smyte those Set bred and water before them that they maye eate and drynke and let them departe vnto their lorde Thē was there a greate dyner prepared And whan they had eaten and dronken he let them go to departe vnto their lorde From that tyme forth came the men of warre of the Syrians nomore in to the londe of Israel After this is fortuned that Benadab the kynge of Syria gathered all his hoost and wēte vp layed sege vnto Samaria there was a greate derth at Samaria But they layed sege to the cite so longe tyll an Asses heade was worth foure score syluer pēs and the fourth parte of a Cab of doues donge worth fyue syluer pens And whan the kynge of Israel wente vnto the wall a woman cried vnto him and sayde Helpe me my lorde O kynge He sayde Yf the LORDE helpe the not wherwith shal I helpe the with y e barne or with the wyne presse And the kynge sayde vnto her What ayleth y e She sayde This woman sayde vnto me Geue vs y e sonne that we maye eate him tomorow wyll we eate my sonne So we sod my sonne haue eaten him and I sayde vnto her on y e thirde daye Geue vs thy sonne and let vs eate him but she hath hyd him awaye Whan the kynge herde the womans wordes he rente his clothes whyle he was goynge to the wall Thē sawe all the people that he had a sackcloth vnder vpon his body And he sayde God do this and that vnto me yf the heade of Eliseus the sonne of Saphat shal this daye stonde vpon him As for Eliseus he sat in his house the Elders sat by him And he sent a man before him but or euer the messaunge came to him he sayde vn to y e Elders Haue ye not sene how this childe of murthure hath sent hither to take awaye my heade Take hede whan the messaunger cōmeth y t ye holde him at the dore Beholde y e noyse of his lordes fete foloweth him Whyle he was thus talkynge w t them beholde y e messaunger came to him sayde Beholde this euell cōmeth of y e LORDE and what more shal I loke for of the LORDE The VII Chapter ELiseus sayde Heare the worde of the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE Tomorow aboute this tyme shal a buszshel of fyne meel be solde for one Sycle and two buszshels of barly for one Sycle vnder the porte of Samaria Then a knyghte vpon whose hande the kynge leaned answered the mā of God and sayde And though the LORDE made wyndowes in heauē how coulde soch a thinge come to passe He saide Beholde thou shalt se it with thine eyes shalt not eate therof And there were foure leporous men at y e dore before the porte and one sayde vnto another Why tary we here whyle we dye Though we thoughte to come in to the cite yet is there derth in y e cite and there shulde we be fayne to dye And yf we tary here we must dye also Let vs go now and flye vnto the hoost of the Syrians Yf they let vs lyue we shall lyue yf they slaye vs then are we deed And so they gat them vp early to come vnto the hoost of the Syrians And whan they came to the vttemost ende of y e tentes beholde there was no body For the LORDE had made the Syrians to heare a noyse of horses charettes and of a mightie greate hoost so that they sayde one to another amonge thēselues Beholde the kynge of Israel hath hyred the kynge of the Hethites and the kynge of the Egipcians agaynst vs to come vpō vs. And they gat them vp and fled early in the twylight and lefte their bothes and horses and Asses in the tentes as they stode fled euery man where he mighte saue his life Now whan the lepers came to the place of the tentes they wente in to the tentes ate and dronke and toke syluer golde and rayment and wente and hyd it came agayne entred in to another tent and toke therout and wente and hyd it But one of them saide vnto another Let vs not do thus this daye is a daye of good tidynges Yf we kepe this secrete and byde tyll the lighte mornynge oure trespace wyl be founde out Let vs go now therfore that we maye come tell the kynges house And whan they came they cried at the porte of the cite and tolde them and sayde We came to the tentes of the Sirians and beholde there is no mā there nether yet eny mans voyce but horses and asses bounde and the bothes as they stonde Then cried y e porters and tolde it within in y e kynges house And the kynge arose in the nighte sayde vnto his seruauntes I will tell you how y e Syrians deale with vs they knowe y t we suffer honger and are gone out of the tētes to hyde them selues in the felde and thynke thus whan they go out of the cite we wyll take them alyue come in to the cite Then answered one of his seruauntes and sayde Let vs take the fyue horses that remayne which yet are lefte in the cite beholde these are left therin for all y e multitude in Israel which is destroyed let vs sende these and se. Thē toke they two charettes with y e horses And the kynge sent them vnto the tentes of the Syrians and sayde Go youre waye and se. And whan they wente after thē vnto Iordane beholde the waye laye full of garmentes and vessels which the Syrians had cast from thē whyle they made haist And whan the messaungers came agayne and tolde the kynge the people wente forth and spoyled the tentes of the Syrians And a buszshel of fyne meell was solde for a Sycle and two buszshels of barlye for a Sycle also acordinge to the worde of the LORDE But the kynge appoynted the knyghte vpon whose hande he leened to be at the gate the people trode vpon him so that he dyed euen as the man of God sayde whan the kynge came downe vnto him And it came to passe euen as y e man of God