and saue me for thy mercyes sake Let me nat be confounded O Lorde for I haue called vpon the let the vngodly be put to confucion and be put to syleÌ„ce in the graue Let the lyenge lyppes be put to sylence whiche cruelly disdaynfully and despytfully speake agaynste the ryghtuous O howe plentyfull is thy goodnes whiche thou hast layed vp for them that feare theâ— and that thou hast prepayred for them that put theyr truste in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou shalte hyde them pryuely by thyne owne presence frome the prouokynges of al men thou shalte kepe them secretely in thy Tabernacle from the stryfe of tonges Thanked be the Lorde for he hathe shewed merueylous greate kyndenesse in a stronge cytie And when I made haste I saide I am caste out of thy sight of thyne eyes Neuertheles thou herdeste the voyce of my prayers when I cryed vnto the. O loue the Lorde al ye his sayntes for the Lorde preserueth theÌ„ that are faythfull plentuously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stronge he shal strength your herte all ye y t put your trust in the Lorde ¶ The. xxxii Psalme ¶ An instruccyon of Dauyd BLESSED is he whose vnrightuousnes is forgyuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whome the Lorde imputeth no synne and in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complaynynge For thy hande is heuy vpon me day and nyght and my moysture is lyke the drough in Sommer Sela. I wyll knoweledge my synne vnto the myne vnryghteousnesse haue I nat hyd I sayd I wyl coÌ„fesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde so thou forgauest the wyckednesse of my synne Dela For this shall euery one that is godly make hys prayer vnto the ☞ in due season but in the greate water floudes they shall nat come nye hym Thou arte my defeÌ„ce thou shalte preserue me froÌ„ trouble thou shalt coÌ„passe me about with soÌ„ges of delyuerauÌ„ce Sela. I wyl enfourme the teach the i the way wherin y u shalt go I wyll gyde y â— with myne eye Ye shal nat be lyke a horse mule whiche haue no vnderstaÌ„ding And whose mouthes must be holdeÌ„ w t byt brydle leste they fall vpoÌ„ y â— Great plages remayne for y â— vngodly but who so putteth his trust in y â— Lorde mercy embraceth hi on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous reioyse in y â— Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of hrete ¶ The. xxxiii Psalme REioyce in the Lorde O ye ryghtuous for it becommeth well the iuste to be thankful Prayse the Lord with harpe synge Psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Synge vnto the Lorde a newe soÌ„ge synge prayses lustely âšœ vnto hym with a good corage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythful He loueth ryghtuousnes and iudgement the earth is ful of the goodnesse of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the Hoostes of them by the breth of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the see togyther as it were vpon a heape and layeth vp the depe in secret Let al the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of him all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stode fast The Lorde bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to nought and maketh the deuices of the people to be of none effecte âšœ and casteth out the councels of Prynces The councell of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his hert from generacyon to generacyon Blessed is the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed is the folke that haue chosen beÌ„ to be theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe frome Heauen and behelde all the chyldren of men from the habitacion of his dwellyng he consydreth all them that dwel in the earthe He tashyoneth all the hertes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no kynge that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghty man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thynge to saue a man neyther shal he delyuer any maÌ„ by his greate strength Beholde the eye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr truste in his mercye To delyuer theyr soules from deathe and to fede theÌ„ in the tyme of dearth Our soule hath paciently taried for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shylde For oure herte shall reioyce in hym because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercyful kyndnesse O Lorde be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in the. ¶ The. xxxiiij Psalme ¶ Of Dauyd when he chaunged his speache before Abimilech whiche droue him awaye and he departed I Wyll all waye gyue thankes vnto the Lorde hê prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shal make her bost i the Lorde the humble shall here therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnyfye his name together I soughte the Lorde and he hearde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto him and were lyghtened and theyr faces were nat ashamed Lo the poore cryeth and the Lorde heareth hym yee and saueth hym out of all hys troubles The Aungell of the Lorde tarieth rounde about them and feare hym and delyuereth them O taste and se howe gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in him O feare the Lorde ye that be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothyng The lyons do lacke suffre hunger but they whiche seke the Lorde shall wante no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children and herken vnto me I wyl teach you the feare of the Lorde What man is he that listeth to lyue and woloe fayne se good daies Kepe thy tonge from euell and thy lyppes that they speake no gyle Eschue cuyll and do good seke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the rightuous his eares are open vnto their prayers The countenaunce of the Lorde is agaynst them that do euyll to rote out the re membraunce of them from the earth The rightuous crye and the Lorde heareth theÌ„ and delyuereth them out of all theyr troubles The Lorde is nye vnto them that are of a contrayte herte and wyll saue suche as be of an humble sprete Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the Lorde delyuereth hym out of all He kepeth all his bones so that nat one of them can be broken Eut mysfourtune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate the rightuous shal be desolate The Lorde delyuereth the soules of his seruauntes and all they y â— put theyr trust in him shal nat be destitute The â–ª xxxv
you for ye youre selues knowe perfectly that the daye of the Lorde shal come euen as a thefe in the nyght For when they shal saye peace and all thynges are safe then shall soden destruccion come vpon them as sorowe coÌ„meth vpon a woman traualynge wyth chylde and they shall not scape But ye brethren are not in darcknes that that day shulde come on you as a thefe ✚ Ye are al the children of lyght and the chyldren of the daye We are not of the night nether of darcknes Therfore let vs not slepe as do other â–ª but let vs watch and be sober For they that slepe in that nyght and they that be droncken are droncken in the nyght But let vs which are of the day be sober armed with the brest plate of faith and loueâ— and wyth hope of saluacyon for an helmet For God hathe not apoynted vs to prouoke wrathe vnto oure selues but to obtayne saluacyon by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ which dyed for vsâ—tuâ—t whether we wake or slepe we shuld lyue together with hym Wherfore comforte youre selues together edify euery one another euen as ye do ⊢ We besech you brethrâ— that ye knowe them which labour among you and haue the ouer syght of you in the Lord and geue you exhortacyon that ye haue them in hye reputacyon thorowe loue for theyr worckes sake and be at peace wyth them ✚ We desyre you brethren warne them that are vnruly comforte the feble minded lyft vp the weake be pacyente towarde all men Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man but euer folowe that whiche is good both amonge youre selues and to all men Reioyce euer ☞ Praye contynually In all thinges geue thankes For thys is the wyll of God thorowe Christ Iesu towarde you Quenche not the spyrite Despyse not prophesyinges Examen all thynges kepe that which is good Abstayne front all cuyl appearaunce The very God of peace sanctyfye you thorowe out And I praye God that your whole spirite and soule and body may be preserued so that in nothing ye may be blamed in the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. Faythfull is he which called you which wyll also do it Brethren praye for vs. Grete all the bethren wyth an holy kysse I charge you in the Lord that this Epistle he red vnto all the holy brethren The grace of the Lorde Iesus Chryste be wyth you Amen ¶ The fyrste Epystle vnto the Thessalonyans was written from Athens ⧠The seconde Epistle of Sainct Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonyans ¶ He thanketh God for theyr fayth and 〈◊〉 and prayeth for the encrease of the same CAPI I. PAule and Syluanus and Tymotheus Unto the congregacyon of the Thessalonyans in God our father and in the Lord Iesus Chryst. Grace be vnto you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste We are bounde to thanke god alwayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre faythe groweth exceadyngly and euery one of you swymmeth in loue towarde another betwene your selues so that we our selues boaste of you in the congregacyons of God ouer your pacyence and fayth in all youre persecucyons and tribulacyons that ye suffre whiche is a token of the rightwes iudgement of God that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God for whiche ye also suffre It is veryly a ryghtewes thyng with God to recompence trybulacyon to them that trouble you and to you whiche are troubled reste with vs when the Lorde Iesus shall shewe hym selfe from heauen wyth the Aungels of hys power wyth flamynge fyre which shall rendre vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God and that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whiche shall be punysshed wyth tuerlastynge damnacyon from the presence of the LORDE and from the glorye of his power when he shall come to be glorifyed in hys saynctes and to become maruelous in all them that beleue because oure testymony that we had to you was belieued euen the same daye Wherfore we praye alwayes for you that oure God wyll make you worthy of thys callynge and fulfyll all delectacyon of goodnes and the worcke of faythe wyth power that the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste maye be gloryfyed by you and ye by hym accordynge to the grace of oure God and of the Lorde Iesus Chryst. ¶ He sheweth them that the daye of the Lorde shall not come tyl the depuâ—ting from the cayâ—h come fyrst and therfore he exhorteth them not to be disâ—â—â—ued but to sta 〈…〉 in the thynges that he hath taught them CAPI II. WE beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure Lorde Iesu Christ and in that we shal assemble vnto hym that ye be not sodenly moued from youre mynde nor be troubled neyther by spyryte neyther by wordes nor yet by letter whiche shulde seme to come from vs as though the daye of Chryst were at hande Let no man deceaue you by any meanes for the Lorde shall not come excepte there come a departynge fyrste and that that synfull man be opened the sonne of perdicion whiche is an aduersary and is exalted aboue al that is called god or that is worshypped so that he dothe syt in the temple of god boastynge hymselfe to be god Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I tolde you these thynges And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth euen that he myght be vttered at hys tyme. For the mysterye of the inyquyte doeth all readye worcke tyll he whiche nowe onelye letteth be taken out of the waye And then shall that wycked be vttered whome the Lorde shal consume wyth the spyryte of his mouthe and shall destroye with the appearaunce of hys commyng ⊢ euen him whose comming is after the workynge of Satan with all lyinge power sygnes and wonders and with all deceuablenes of vnâ—ightwesnes among them that peryshe â–ª because they receaued not the loue of the truth that they myght be saued And therfore God shal sende them stronge delusyon that they shulde beleue lyes that all they myghte be damned which beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnryghtwesues But we are bounde to geue thanckes alwaye to god for you brethren beloued of the Lorde for because that god hathe from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacyon thorowe sanctyfyinge of the spyryte and thorowe beleuynge of the trueth wher vnto be called you by oure Gospell to obtayne the glorye of oure Lorde Iesu Christe ✚ Therfore brethren staÌ„de fast kepe the ordinauÌ„ces which ye haue learned whether it were by our preachiÌ„ge or by Epystle Our Lorde Iesu Christ hym selfe and God oure father whiche hathe loued vs hath geuen vs euerlastynge coÌ„solacyon and good hope thorowe grace comforte youre hertes stablysshe you in al good sayenge and doynge ¶ He desyreth them to praye for hym that the Gospel maye prospere and geueth them
one of them for thy speache be wrayeth the. Then began he to curse and to sweare that he knewe not the man And immediately the cocke crew And Peter remembred the worde of Iesu which sayd vnto him before the cocke crowe thou shalte denye me thryse and he went out and wepte bytterly CAPI XXVII ¶ Christ so delyuered vnto Pilate Iudas hangeth hym self Christ is crucified amonge theues He dyeth and is buryed Watche men kepe the graue WHen the mornynge was come all the cheyfe preestes and the elders of the people helde a counsell agaynst Iesus to put hym to death and brought hym bound delyuered hym vnto Poncius Pilate the debite Then Iudas whiche had betrayed hym seynge that he was coÌ„demned repented hym selfe and brought agayne the thyrtie plates of syluer to the cheyfe Preestes and elders sayenge I haue synned betrayeng the innocent bloode And they sayde What is that to vs Se thou to that And he cast downe the syluet plates in the temple departed and went and hanged hym selfe And the cheyfe preestes toke the syluer plates and sayde It is not lawfull for to put them in to the treasure bycause it is the pryce of bloode And they toke counsell and bought with them a potters felde to bury straungers in Wherfore that felde is called †Haceldema that is the felde of bloode vntyll this daye Then was fulfylled that whiche was spokeÌ„ ☞ by Ieremy the prophet sayeng and they toke thyrtie syluer plates the pryce of hym that was valued whom they bought of the chyldren of Israell gaue them for the potters felde as the Lorde appoynted me Iesus stode before the debite and the debite asked hym sayenge art thou the kyng of the Iues Iesus sayeth vnto hym Thou sayest And when he was accused of the cheyf preestes and elders he answered nothynge Then sayeth Pilate vnto hym hearest thou not howe many wytnesses they laye agaynst the And he answered hym to neuer a worde in so moch that the debite marueyled greatly At that feast the debite was wonte to dedelyuer vnto the people a prysoner whome they wolde desyre He had then a notable prysoner called Barrabas Therfore when they were gathered togyther Pilate sayd Why ther wyl ye that I gyue loose vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Chryst For he knewe that for enuye they had delyuered hym When he was set downe to gyue iudgement his wyfe sent vnto hym sayenge haue thou nothyng to do with that iust man For I haue suffered many thynges this daye in slepe bycause of hym But the cheyfe preestê and the elders persuaded the peple that they shulde aske Barrabas and destroy Iesus The debite answered and sayde vnto them Whyther of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you They sayde Barrabas Pilate sayde vnto them What shall I do then with Iesus whiche is called Chryste They all sayde vnto hym let hym be crucified The debite sayde What euyll hath he done But they cryed the more sayenge let hym be crucified When Pylate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothynge but that more busynes was made he toke water and wasshed his handes before the people sayenge I am innocent of the bloode of this iust persone ye shal se. Then answered all the people and sayd his bloode be on vs and on our chyldren Then let he Barrabas lose vnto them and scourged Iesus and delyuered hym to be crucified Then the souldiours of the debite toke Iesus in the comen hall and gathered vnto hym all the company And they stryped hym and put on hym a purple robe and platted a crowne of thornes and put vpon his heade a reede in his ryght hande bowed the knee before hym and mocked hym sayeng Nayle kynge of the Iues and when they had spyt vpon him they toke the reede and smote him on the head And after that they had mocked hym they toke the robe of hym agayne and put his owne rayment on hym and led hym awaye to crucifie hym And as they came out they founde a maÌ„ of Cyren named Symon hym they compelled to beare his crosse And they came vnto the place whiche is called Golgotha that is to say a place of deade mens sculles gaue hym vyneger to drinke mengled w t gal And wheÌ„ he had tasted therof he wolde not drinke WheÌ„ they had crucified him they parted his garmentes did cast lottes that it might be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophet They parted my garmentes among them and vpon my vesture dyd they cast lottes And they sat watched hym there and set vp ouer his head the cause of his death written This is Iesus the kynge of the Iues. Then were there two theues crucified with hym one on the ryght hande and an other on the lefte They that passed by reuyled hym wagynge theyr heades and sayeng thou that destroyedst the temple of God dydest buylde it in thre dayes saue thy selfe If thou be the sonne of god come downe from the crosse Lykewyse also the hygh preestes mockynge hym with the Scribes and elders sayde He saued other hym selfe can he not saue If he be the kynge of Israel let hym nowe come downe from the crosse we wyll byleue hym He trusted in God let hym delyuer hym nowe yf he wyll haue hym for he sayde I am the son of God The theues also which were crucified with hym cast the same in his teeth From the syxte houre was there darkenes ouer all the lande vnto the nynth houre And aboute the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayenge Eli Eli lamasabachthani That is to saye My God my God why hast thou forsaken me Some of them that stode there when they herde that sayde This man calleth for Elias And streyghte waye one of them ran and toke a sponge and when he had fylled it full of vyneger he put it on a teede and gaue hym to drynke Other sayde let be let vs se whyther Elias wyll come and delyuer hym Iesus when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce yelded vp the goost And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent into two partes from the top to the bottom and the earthe dyd quake and the stones rent and graues did open many bodyes of sayntes whiche slepte arose and went out of the graues after his resurreccion and came in to the holy Citye and appeared vnto many When the Centurion and they that were with hym watchynge Iesus sawe the earth quake and those thynges whiche happened they feared greatly sayenge Truely this was the sonne of God And many women there were beholdynge hym a farre of which folowed Iesus from Galile ministryng vnto hym Amonge whiche was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of Zebedes chyldren When the euen was come there came a ryche man of