God 3 But fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named among you as it becommeth saintes 4 Neither fylthynesse neither foolyshe talkyng neither iestyng which are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes For because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde Walke as chyldren of lyght 9 For the fruite of the spirite is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse trueth 10 Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde 11 And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse but rather euen rebuke them 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete 13 But all thynges when they are rebuked of the lyght are manifest For all that which do make manifest is lyght 14 Wherefore he sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stande vp from the dead and Christe shall geue thee lyght 15 ☞ Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye not as vnwyse but as wyse 16 Redeemyng the time because y e dayes are euyll 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is 18 And be not drunke with wine wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songues syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes 20 Geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the father in y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ☜ 22 Wyues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde 23 For the husbande is the head of the wyfe euen as Christe is the head of the Church he is the sauiour of the bodie 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues euen as Christe also loued the Churche and gaue hym selfe for it 26 To sanctifie it clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde 27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche not hauyng spot or wrinckle or any such thyng but that it should be holy and without blame 28 So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodies He that loueth his wyfe loueth hym selfe 29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norissheth cherissheth it euen as the Lorde the Churche 30 For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones 31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and two shal be made one flesshe 32 This is a great secrete but I speake of Christe and of the Churche 33 Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 Howe chyldren shoulde behaue them selues towarde their fathers and mothers 4 Lykewyse parentes towarde their chyldren 5 seruauntes towardes their maisters 9 Maisters towarde their seruauntes 13 An exhortation to the spiritual battayle and what weapons the christians shoulde fyght withall 1 CHyldren obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde for this is ryght 2 Honour thy father and mother whiche is the first commaundement in promise 3 That thou mayest prosper and lyue long on earth 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters with feare and tremblyng in singlenesse of your heart as vnto Christe 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye as men pleasers but as the seruaūtes of Christ 7 Doyng the wyll of God frō the heart with good wyll seruyng the Lorde and not men 8 Knowyng that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde whether he be bonde or free 9 And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them puttyng away threatnyng knowyng that your maister also is in heauen neither is respecte of person with hym 10 ☞ Finally my brethren be strong in the Lorde in the power of his might 11 Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll 12 For we wrastle not agaynst blood flesshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly places 13 Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and hauing finished all thynges to stande fast 14 Stande therfore hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse 15 And hauyng your feete shodde in the preparation of the Gospell of peace 16 Aboue all takyng the shielde of fayth wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite whiche is the worde of God ☜ 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication for all saintes 19 And for me that vtteraunce may be geuē vnto me y t I may open my mouth freely to vtter y e secretes of the Gospell 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake 21 But y t ye may also knowe my affaires and what I do Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord shall shewe you all thynges 22 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe of our affaires and that he myght comfort your heartes 23 Peace be vnto the brethren and loue with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie Amen ⧠Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians ¶ The first Chapter 1 Saint Paul discouereth his heart towardes them 3 by his thankes geuyng 4 prayers 8 and wisshes for their fayth and saluation 7.12.20 He sheweth the fruite of his crosse 15.27 and exhorteth them to vnitie 28 and pacience 1 PAul Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ To all the saintes in Christ Iesus whiche are at Philippos with the bisshops deacons 2 Grace be vnto you and peace frō God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ 3 ☞ I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you 4 Alwayes in all my prayer for all you makyng prayer with
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
grace 6 If it be of grace then is it not nowe of workes For thē grace is no more grace But yf it be of workes then is it nowe no grace For then worke is no more worke 7 What then Israel hath not obtayned that which he sought but the election hath obtayned it the remnaunt hath ben blynded 8 Accordyng as it is written God hath geuen them the spirite of remorse eyes that they shoulde not see and eares that they shoulde not heare euen vnto this day 9 * And Dauid sayth Let their table be made a snare and a trappe and a stumbling stocke and a recompence vnto thē 10 Let their eyes be blinded y t they see not bowe thou downe their backe alway 11 I say then haue they therfore stumbled that they shoulde fall God forbyd but through their fall saluation is come vnto the gentiles for to prouoke them withall 12 Nowe yf the fall of them be y e ryches of the worlde and the minishyng of thē the ryches of the gentiles Howe much more their fulnesse 13 For I speake to you gentiles in as much as I am the Apostle of the gentiles I magnifie myne office 14 If by any meane I may prouoke thē which are my fleshe and myght saue some of them 15 For yf the castyng away of them be the reconcilyng of the worlde what shall the receauyng of them be but lyfe from the dead 16 For yf the first fruites be holy y e whole lumpe also is holy And yf the roote be holy the braunches also 17 And yf some of the braūches be broken of and thou beyng a wylde Oliue tree wast graft in among them made partaker of the roote and fatnesse of the * Oliue tree 18 Boast not thy selfe agaynst the braunches For yf thou boast thy selfe thou bearest not the roote but the roote thee 19 Thou wylt say then the braunches are broken of that I might be graft in 20 Well because of vnbeliefe they were broken of and thou stodest stedfast in fayth Be not hye mynded but feare 21 For seyng that God spared not the naturall braunches take heede lest it come to passe that he spare not thee 22 Beholde therfore the kyndnesse and rigorousnesse of God on them which fell rigorousnesse but towardes thee kyndnesse if thou continue in kindnesse or els thou shalt be hewen of 23 And they yf they byde not styll in vnbeliefe shal be graffed in For God is of power to graffe them in agayne 24 For yf thou were cut out of a naturall wylde Oliue tree and were graffed contrary to nature in a true Oliue tree Howe much more shall the naturall braunches be graffed in their owne Oliue tree 25 For I woulde not brethren that ye shoulde be ignoraunt of this misterie lest ye shoulde be wyse in your owne conceiptes that partly blyndnesse is happened in Israel vntyll the fulnesse of the gentiles be come in 26 And so all Israel shal be saued as it is written There shall come out of Sion he that doth delyuer and shall turne away vngodlynesse from Iacob 27 And this is my couenaunt vnto them when I shall take away their sinnes 28 As concernyng the Gospel they are enemies for your sakes but as touching the election they are loued for the fathers sakes 29 For the gyftes and callyng of God are without repentaunce 30 For as ye in tyme past haue not beleued God yet haue nowe obtayned mercie through their vnbeliefe 31 Euen so nowe haue they not beleued the mercie shewed vnto you that they also may obtayne mercie 32 For God hath wrapped all nations in vnbeliefe y t he myght haue mercie on al. 33 O the deepenesse of the ryches both of the wisdome and knowledge of God howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes and his wayes past fyndyng out 34 For who hath knowen the mynde of the Lorde Or who hath ben his councellour 35 Either who hath geuen vnto hym first he shal be recompensed agayne 36 For of hym and through hym and for hym are all thynges To whom be glory for euer Amen ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Of what conuersation they which professe Christe shoulde be of 6 Howe euery man shoulde walke in his seuerall callyng 19 No man to reuenge 1 I Beseche you therfore brethren by the mercifulnesse of God that ye geue vp your bodyes a quicke sacrifice holy acceptable vnto God whiche is your reasonable seruice 2 And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde but be ye chaunged in your shape by y e renuing of your minde that ye may proue what is the wyll of God good and acceptable and perfect 3 For I say through the grace geuen vnto me to euery man among you that no man esteeme of hym selfe more then he ought to esteeme but so esteeme hym selfe that he behaue hymselfe discretelye accordyng as God hath dealt to euerye man the measure of fayth 4 For as we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office 5 So we beyng many are one body in Christe and euery one members one of another ☜ 6 ☞ Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs yf any man haue the gyft either prophesie after the measure of fayth 7 Either office in administration or he that teacheth in teachyng 8 Or he that exhorteth in exhortyng he that geueth in singlenesse he that ruleth in diligence he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse 9 Loue without dissimulation hatyng euyll cleauyng to good 10 Affectioned one to another with brotherly loue in geuyng honour go one before another 11 Not lither in businesse feruent in spirite seruyng the Lorde 12 Reioycyng in hope pacient in trouble instant in prayer 13 Distributyng to y e necessitie of saintes geuen to hospitalitie 14 Blesse them which persecute you blesse and curse not 15 Reioyce with them that do reioyce and wepe with them that wepe 16 Beyng of lyke affection one towardes another beyng not hye mynded but makyng your selues equall to them of the lower sort ☜ ☞ Be not wise in your owne opinions 17 Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest not only before God but also in the syght of all men 18 If it be possible as much as lyeth in you lyue peaceably with all men 19 Dearely beloued auenge not your selues but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is written Vengeaunce is myne I wyll repay sayth the Lorde 20 Therfore yf thyne enemie hunger feede hym yf he thyrst geue him drinke For in so doyng thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his head 21 Be not ouercome of euyll but ouercome euyll with good ☜ ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 Of Obedience to the rulers who beare not the sworde in vayne 8 Charitie must measure all our doynges 11 An exhortation to good lyfe 1 LEt euery soule be subiect vnto the
hope through the power of the holy ghost ☜ 14 I my selfe am perswaded of you my brethrē that ye also are full of goodnes and fylled with all knowledge able also to exhort one another 15 Neuerthelesse brethren I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you to put you in remembraunce through the grace that is geuen me of God 16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe to the gentiles and shoulde minister the Gospell of God that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable and sanctified by the holy ghost 17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christe Iesus in those thynges which parteyne to God 18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede 19 In myghtie signes and wonders by the power of the spirite of God so that from Hierusalem the coastes rounde about vnto Illyricum I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe 20 So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell not where Christe was named lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation 21 But as it is written * To whom he was not spoken of they shall see and they that hearde not shall vnderstande 22 For this cause I haue ben oft let that I coulde not come vnto you 23 But nowe seyng I haue no more to do in these countreys and also haue ben desirous many yeres to come vnto you 24 Whensoeuer I take my iourney into Spayne I wyll come to you For I trust to see you in my iourney and to be brought on my waye thytherwarde by you after that I be somewhat fylled with you 25 But nowe go I vnto Hierusalem to minister vnto the saintes 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia Achaia to make a certaine comon gatheryng for the poore saintes whiche are at Hierusalem 27 It hath pleased them veryly their detters are they For yf the gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall thynges their duetie is to minister vnto thē in carnall thynges 28 When I haue perfourmed this and haue sealed to thē this fruite I wyll come by you into Spayne 29 And I am sure that when I come vnto you I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessyng of the Gospell of Christe 30 ☞ I beseche you brethren for y e Lorde Iesus Christes sake and for the loue of the spirite that ye helpe me in my busynesse with your prayers to God for me 31 That I may be delyuered from them which beleue not in Iurie that this my seruice which I haue at Hierusalem may be accepted of the saintes 32 That I may come vnto you with ioy by the wyll of God and may with you be refresshed 33 The God of peace be with you al. Amē ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 A number of salutations 17 Paul wylleth them to beware of false brethren 20 He prayeth and geueth thankes for them 1 I Commende vnto you Phebe our sister whiche is a minister of the Church of Cenchrea 2 That ye receaue her in the Lorde as it becommeth saintes and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you For she hath suckoured many and my selfe also 3 Greete Priscilla and * Aquila my helpers in Christe Iesu 4 Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes Vnto whom not onlye I geue thankes but also all the Churches of the gentiles 5 Lykewyse greete the Churche that is in their house Salute my welbeloued Epenetus which is the first fruite of Achaia in Christe 6 Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs. 7 Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosins and prisoners with me also which are wel taken among the Apostles and were in Christe before me 8 Greete Amplias my beloued in the Lorde 9 Salute Vrban our helper in Christe and Stachys my beloued 10 Salute Appelles approued in Christe salute them whiche are of Aristobulus housholde 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman greete them that be of the housholde of Narcissus which are in the Lorde 12 Salute Tryphena Tryphosa which labour in the Lorde Salute the beloued Persis which laboured much in the Lorde 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lorde and his mother and myne 14 Greete Asyneritus Phlegon Herman Patrobas Mercurius and the brethren which are with them 15 Salute Philologus and Iulia Nereus and his sister and Olympas and all the saintes which are with them 16 Salute one an other with an holy kysse The Churches of Christ salute you 17 ☞ Nowe I beseche you brethren marke them whiche cause deuision geue occasions of euyll contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned and auoyde them 18 For they that are suche serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe * but their owne belly and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes 19 For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men I am glad therfore no doubt of you But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good simple concernyng euyll 20 The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder your feete shortly The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with you 21 Timotheus my workfelowe and Lucius and Iason Sosipater my kinsemen salute you 22 I Tertius whiche wrote this epistle salute you in the Lorde 23 Gaius myne hoast and of the whole Churche saluteth you Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you and Quartus a brother 24 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen 25 To hym that is of power to stablisshe you according to my Gospell and preachyng of Iesus Christe by reuealyng of the misterie whiche was kept secrete sence the worlde began 26 But nowe is opened and by the scriptures of the prophetes at the cōmaundement of the euerlastyng God to the obedience of fayth among all nations publisshed 27 To the same God wyse only be glorie through Iesus Christe for euer Amen ¶ This epistle was written to the Romanes from Corinthus and sent by Phebe the minister vnto y e Churche at Cenchrea R. E. ¶ The first Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians ¶ The first Chapter 1 He prayseth the great graces of God shewed towarde them 10 exhortyng them to concorde and humilitie 19 He beateth downe all pryde and wisedome which is not grounded vpon God 26 Shewyng whom God hath chosen to confounde the wisedome of the worlde 1 PAule called to be an Apostle of Iesu Christ through the wyll of God and brother Sostenes 2 Vnto the Church of God whiche is at Corinthus To thē that are sanctified in Christe Iesus saintes by callyng with all that call on the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe in euery place both of theirs and ours 3 Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 4 ☞ I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace
should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe 8 ☞ This is a faythfull saying And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme that they which haue beleued in God myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes These thynges are good and profitable vnto men 9 But foolishe questions and genealogies and contentions and striuinges about the lawe auoyde for they are vnprofitable and vayne 10 A man that is an aucthour of sectes after the first and the seconde admonition auoyde 11 Knowyng that he that is such is subuerted and sinneth beyng dampned of hym selfe 12 When I shall sende Artemas vnto thee or Tychicus be diligent to come vnto me vnto Nicopolis For I haue determined there to wynter 13 Bryng Zenas the lawyer Apollos on their iourney diligently that nothing be lackyng vnto them 14 And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses that they be not vnfruitefull 15 All that are with me salute thee Greete them that loue vs in the fayth Grace be with you all Amen ¶ Written from Nicopolis a citie of Macedonia ¶ The epistle of Saint Paul vnto Philemon ¶ 5 He reioyceth to heare of the fayth and loue of Philemon 9 whom he desireth to forgeue his seruaunt Onesimus and louyngly to receaue hym agayne 1 PAul a prisoner of Iesus Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemō the beloued and our felowe labourer 2 And to the beloued Apphia and to Archippus our felowe souldier and to the Churche in thy house 3 Grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christ 4 I thanke my God makyng mention alwayes of thee in my prayers 5 Hearyng of thy loue and fayth which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus and towarde all saintes 6 That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you towarde Christe Iesus 7 For we haue great ioy consolation in thy loue because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee brother 8 Wherfore though I myght be much bolde in Christe to inioyne thee that which is conuenient 9 Yet for loues sake I rather beseche thee beyng such a one as Paul the aged nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe 10 I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes 11 Which in tyme passed was to thee vnprofitable but nowe profitable to thee and to me 12 Whom I haue sent agayne Thou therefore receaue hym that is myne owne bowels 13 Whom I woulde haue retayned with me that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell 14 But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie but willingly 15 For happyly he therfore departed for a season that thou shouldest receaue hym for euer 16 Not nowe as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt a brother beloued specially to me but howe much more vnto thee both in the fleshe and in the Lorde 17 If thou count me therfore a felowe receaue hym as my selfe 18 If he haue iniuried or oweth thee ought that lay to my charge 19 I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande I wyll recompence it Albeit I do not say to thee howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe 20 Yea brother let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde Comfort my bowels in the Lorde 21 Trustyng in thine obedience I wrote vnto thee knowyng that thou wilt also do more then I say 22 Moreouer prepare me also a lodgyng for I trust that through your prayers I shal be geuen vnto you 23 There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christe Iesus 24 Marcus Aristarcus Demas Lucas my felowe labourers 25 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with your spirite Amen ¶ Written from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt ¶ The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle vnto the Hebrewes ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 He sheweth the excellencie of Christe 4 aboue the Angels 7 and of their office 1 GOd which in time past at sundrie tymes and in diuers maners spake vnto the fathers in the prophetes 2 Hath in these last dayes spoken vnto vs in the sonne whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges by whom also he made the worldes 3 Who beyng the bryghtnesse of the glorie and the very image of his substaunce vpholdyng all thynges with the worde of his power hauing by him selfe pourged our sinnes hath syt on the ryght hande of the maiestie on hye 4 Beyng so much more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellent name then they 5 For vnto which of the Angels sayde he at any tyme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee 6 And agayne I wyll be to hym a father and he shal be to me a sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde he saith And let all the Angels of God worship hym 7 And vnto the Angels he sayth He maketh his Angels spirites and his ministers a flambe of fyre 8 But vnto the sonne he sayth * Thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kyngdome is a scepter of ryghteousnesse 9 Thou hast loued ryghteousnesse and hated iniquitie Therfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes 10 And thou Lorde in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth And the heauens are the workes of thy handes 11 They shall perishe but thou endurest and they shall waxe olde as doth a garment 12 And as a vesture shalt thou folde thē vp and they shal be chaunged but thou art the same thy yeres shall not fayle 13 But vnto which of y e Angels sayde he at any tyme Sitte on my right hande tyll I make thyne enemies thy foote stoole 14 Are they not all ministring spirites sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shal be heyres of saluation ⧠The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the newe lawe which Christe hath geuen vs 9 and not to be offended at the infirmitie lowe degree of Christe 10 because it was necessarie that for our sakes he shoulde take such an humble state vpon hym that he myght be lyke vnto his brethren 1 WHerfore we ought to geue the more earnest heede to the thynges which we haue heard lest at any tyme we should let them slippe 2 For yf the worde spoken by Angels was stedfast And euery transgression and disobedience receaued a iust recompense of rewarde 3 Howe shall we escape yf we neglect so great saluation which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde and was confirmed vnto vswarde by them that hearde it 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes wonders also and with diuers powers and
iii xxviii iiii xii xix e iiii Kl. Exuperi bishop xxviii Tobi. i. Mark i. Tobi. ii xiii viii f iii. Kl. S. Michael xxix Eccle. 39. ii Eccle. 44. xiiii  g Prid. Kl. Hierome doct xxx Tobi. iii. iii Tob. iiii xv ¶ October hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne ryseth falleth houre vi min. 35. iiii min. 45. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson xvi A Kalend. Remige i Tobi. v. Mar. iiii Tobi. vi i. Cor. xvi v b vi No. Leodegar bish ii vii v viii ii Cor. i. xiii c v. No. Candidi martir iii ix vi x ii ii d iiii No. Francis confes iiii xi vii xii iii  e iii. No. Appolin martir v xiii viii xiiii iiii x f prid No. Fayth virgin vi Iudit i. ix Iudith ii v  g Nonas Marci Mercel vii iii x iiii vi xviii A viii Id. Pelagie virgin viii v xi vi vii vii b vii Id. Dennis ix vii xii viii viii  c vi Id. Gereonis mart x ix xiii x ix xv d v. Id. Nichasii bishop xi xi xiiii xii x iiii e iiii Id. Wilfridi bishop xii xiii xv xiiii xi  f iii. Id. Edwarde xiii xv xvi xvi xii xii g prid Id. Sol in Scorpio xiiii Wisd i. Luk. di i. Wisd ii xiii i A Idus Wolfrane bishop xv iii di i. iiii Galat. i. b xvii Kl. Nouembris xvi v ii vi ii ix c xvi Kl. Etheldrede virg xvii vii iii viii iii  d xv Kl. Luke Euang. xviii Eccle. li. iiii Iob. i. iiii xvii e xiiii Kl. Fredeswide virg xix Wisd ix v Wisd x. v vi f xiii Kl. Austrobert virg xx xi vi xii vi  g xii Kl. xi thousand virg xxi xiii vii xiiii Ephes i. xiiii A xi Kl. Mari Solome xxii xv viii xvi ii iii b x. Kl. Romane bishop xxiii xvii ix xviii iii  c ix Kl. Maglori bishop xxiiii xix x Eccle. i. iiii xi d viii Kl. Crispine Crisp xxv Eccle. ii xi iii v  e vii Kl. Euarist bishop xxvi iiii xii v vi xix f vi Kl. Fast xxvii vi xiii vii Phil. i. viii g v. Kl. Simon Iude. xxviii Io. 24.25 xiiii Iob. xlii ii  A iiii Kl. Narcissi bishop xxix Eccl. viii xv Eccle. ix iii xvi b iii. Kl. Germani confes xxx x xvi xi iiii v c Prid. Kl. Fast xxx xii xvii xiii Colloss i. ¶ Nouember hath .xxx. dayes The moone .xxix. Sunne ryseth falleth houre vii min. 34. iiii min. 26. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  d Kalend. All Saintes i Wisd iii. He. xi xii Wisd v. Apoc. xix xiii e iiii No. Comme defunc ii Eccl. xiiii Lu. xviii Eccle. xv Coloss ii ii f iii. No. Winifride virg iii xvi xix xvii iii  g prid No. Amanti Vita iiii xviii xx xix iiii x A Nonas Leti priest v xx xxi xxi i. Thess i.  b viii Id. Leonarde abbo vi xxii xxii xxiii ii xviii c vii Id. Willibrode arch vii xxiiii xxiii xxv iii vii d vi Id. Foure crowned viii xxvii xxiiii xxviii iiii  e v. Id. Theodori ix xxix Iohn i. xxx v xv f iiii Id. Martin bishop x xxxi ii xxxii ii Thes i. iiii g iii. Id. Martin bi Ro. xi xxxiii iii xxxiiii ii  A prid Id. Sol in Sagitario xii xxxv iiii xxxvi iii xii b Idus Bryce bishop xiii xxxvii v xxxviii i. Tim. i. i c xviii Kl. Decembris xiiii xxxix vi xl ii iii  d xvii Kl. Machute bish xv xli vii xlii iiii ix e xvi Kl. Edmonde arch xvi xliii viii xliiii v  f xv Kl. Hugh bishop xvii xlv ix xlvi vi xvii g xiiii Kl. Initi regni Elizab. xviii xlvii x xlviii ii Tim. i. vi A xiii Kl. Elizab. matro xix xlix xi l ii  b xii Kl. Edmunde king xx li xii Baruc. i. iii xiiii c xi Kl. Present Marie xxi Baru ii xiii iii iiii iii d x. Kl. Cecilie virgin xxii iiii xiiii v Titus i.  e ix Kl. Clement bishop xxiii vi xv Esai i. ii iii xi f viii Kl. Chrysogon mar xxiiii Esai ii xvi iii Phile. i.  g vii Kl. Katherine virg xxv iiii xvii v Hebre. i. xix A vi Kl. Lini bishop xxvi vi xviii vii ii viii b v. Kl. Agricole Vita xxvii viii xix ix iii  c iiii Kl. Rufi mart xxviii x xx xi iiii xvi d iii. Kl. Fast Saturn xxix xii xxi xiii v v e Prid. Kl. Andrewe apost xxx Prou. xx Actes i. Prou. xxi vi ¶ December hath .xxxi. dayes The moone .xxx. Sunne riseth falleth houre viii mi. 15. iii. min. 45. Psalmes Morning prayer Euening prayer      i. Lesson ii Lesson i. Lesson ii Lesson  f Kalend. Eligii bishop i Esa xiiii Actes ii Esai xv Hebre. vii xiii g iiii No. Libami ii xvi iii xvii viii ii A iii. No. Barbara virg iii xviii iiii xix ix x b prid No. Osmunde bish iiii xx xxi v xxii x  c Nonas Sabe abbot v xxiii vi xxiiii xi xviii d viii Id. Nicholas bish vi xxv di vii xxvi xii vii e vii Id. Fare virgin vii xxvii di vii xxviii xiii  f vi Id. Concept of Ma. viii xxix viii xxx Iames. i. xv g v. Id. Ciprian abbot ix xxxi ix xxxii ii iiii A iiii Id. Eulalie virgin x xxxiii x xxxiiii iii b iii. Id. Damasi bish xi xxxv xi xxxvi iiii xii c prid Id. Sol in Capricorne xii xxxvii xii xxxviii v i d Idns. Lucie virgin xiii xxxix xiii xl i. Pet. i.  e xix Kl. Ianuarii xiiii xli xiiii xlii ii ix f xviii Kl. Valerii bishop xv xliii xv xliiii iii  g xvii Kl. Osapientia xvi xlv xvi xlvi iiii xvii A xvi Kl. Lazari bishop xvii xlvii xvii xlviii v vi b xv Kl. Gracian bish xviii xlix xviii l ii Pet. i.  c xiiii Kl. Venesie virgin xix li xix lii ii xiiii d xiii Kl. Fast Iulii mar xx liii xx liiii iii iii e xii Kl. Thomas apost xxi Prou. 23. xxi Prou. 24. i. Iohn i.  f xi Kl. Thirtie mart xxii Esai lv xxii Esai lvi ii xi g x. Kl. Victorie virg xxiii lvii xxiii lviii iii  A ix Kl. Fast xl virg xxiiii lix xxiiii lx iiii xix b viii Kl. Christmas xxv Esai ix Luk. xxii Esai vii Titus iii. viii c vii Kl. S. Stephen xxvi Prou. 28. Act. 6.7 Eccle. iiii Act. vii  d vi Kl. S. Iohn xxvii Eccle. v. Apoc. i. Eccle. vi Apo. xxii xvi e v. Kl. Innocentes xxviii Ier. xxxi Act. xxv Wisd i. 1. Iohn v. v f iiii Kl. Tho. arch Can. xxix Esai lxi xxvi Esai lxii ii Iohn  g iii. Kl. Transl Iacob xxx lxiii xxvii lxiiii
hath had such care to prescribe these bookes thus vnto vs I say not prescribe them only but to maintaine them and defende them against the malignitie of the deuill and his ministers who alway went about to destroy them and yet could these neuer be so destroyed but that he woulde haue them continue whole and perfect to this day to our singuler comfort and instruction where other bookes of mortall wise men haue perished in great numbers It is recorded that Ptolomeus Philadelphus kyng of Egypt had gathered together in one librarie at Alexandria by his great coste and diligence seuen hundred thousand bookes wherof the principall were the bookes of Moyses whiche reserued not much more then by the space of two hundred yeres were all brent and consumed in that battayle when Caesar restored Cleopatra agayne after her expulsion At Constantinople perished vnder Zenon by one common fire a hundred and twentie thousande bookes At Rome when Lucius Aurel Antonius dyd raigne his notable librarie by a lightning frō heauen was quite consumed yea it is recorded that Gregorie the first did cause a librarie of Rome cōtayning only certaine Paynims workes to be burned to thintent the scriptures of God should be more read and studied VVhat other great libraries haue there ben cōsumed but of late daies And what libraries haue of olde throughout this realme almost in euery abbey of the same ben destroyed at sundry ages besides the losse of other mens priuate studies it were to long to rehearse VVherevpon seyng almightie God by his deuine pouidence hath preserued these bookes of the scriptures safe and sounde and that in their natiue languages they were first written in the great ignoraunce that raigned in these tongues and contrary to all other casualties chaunced vpon all other bookes in mauger of all worldly wittes who would so fayne haue had them destroyed and yet he by his mightie hande would haue them extant as witnesses and interpreters of his will toward mankind we may soone see cause most reuerently to embrace these deuine testimonies of his wyll to studie them and to search them to instruct our blinde nature so sore corrupted and fallen from the knowledge in whiche first we were created Yet hauing occasion geuen somewhat to recouer our fall and to returne againe to that deuine nature wherein we were once made and at the last to be inheritours in the celestiall habitation with God almightie after the ende of our mortalitie here brought to his dust agayne These bookes I say beyng of suche estimation and aucthoritie so muche reuerenced of them who had any meane taste of them coulde neuer be put out of the way neither by the spyte of any tiraunt as that tiraunt Maximian destoyed all the holy scriptures wheresoeuer they coulde be founde and burnt them in the middes of the market neither the hatred either of any Porphirian philosopher or Rhetoritian neither by the enuie of the romanystes and of such hypocrites who from tyme to time did euer barke against them some of them not in open sort of condempnation but more cunningly vnder suttle pretences for that as they say they were so harde to vnderstande and specially for that they affirme it to be a perilous matter to translate the text of the holy scripture and therefore it can not be well translated And here we may beholde the endeuour of some mens cauillations who labour all they can to slaunder the translatours to finde fault in some wordes of the translation but them selfe will neuer set pen to the booke to set out any translation at al. They can in their constitutions prouinciall vnder payne of excommunication inhibite al other men to translate them without the ordinaries or the prouinciall counsayle agree therevnto But they wyll be well ware neuer to agree or to geue counsayle to set them out VVhiche their suttle compasse in effect tendeth but to bewray what inwardly they meane if they coulde bring it about that is vtterly to suppresse them being in this their iudgement farre vnlike the olde fathers in the primatiue Church who hath exhorted indifferently all persons aswell men as women to exercise them selues in the scriptures which by Saint Hieroms aucthoritie be the scriptures of the people Yea they be farre vnlike their olde forefathers that haue ruled in this realme who in their times and in diuers ages did their diligence to translate the whole bookes of the scriptures to the erudition of the laytie as yet at this day be to be seene diuers bookes translated into the vulgar tongue some by kynges of the realme some by bishoppes some by abbottes some by other deuout godly fathers so desirous they were of olde tyme to haue the lay sort edified in godlynes by reading in their vulgar tongue that very many bookes be yet extant though for the age of the speache and straungenesse of the charect of many of them almost worne out of knowledge In whiche bookes may be seene euidently howe it was vsed among the Saxons to haue in their Churches read the foure gospels so distributed and piked out in the body of the euangelistes bookes that to euery Sunday and festiuall day in the yere they were sorted out to the common ministers of the Churche in their common prayers to be read to their people Nowe as of the most auncient fathers the prophetes Saint Peter testifieth that these holy men of God had the impulsion of the holy ghost to speake out these deuine testimonies so it is not to be doubted but that these latter holy fathers of the englishe Church had the impulsion of the holy ghost to set out these sacred bookes in their vulgar language to the edification of the people by the helpe whereof they might the better folowe the example of the godly Christians in the begining of the Churche who not only receaued the worde withall redinesse of heart but also did searche diligently in the scriptures whether the doctrine of the Apostles were agreable to the same scriptures And these were not of the rascall sort saith the deuine storie but they were of the best and of most noble byrth among the Thessalonians Birrhenses by name Yea the prophetes them selues in their dayes writeth S. Peter were diligent searchers to inquire out this saluatiō by Christe searching when and at what article of time this grace of Christes dispensation should appeare to the world VVhat ment the fathers of the Church in their writinges but the aduauncing of these holy bookes where some do attribute no certaintie of vndoubted veritie but to the canonicall scriptures Some do affirme it to be a foolishe rashe boldnesse to beleue hym who proueth not by the scriptures that whiche he affirmeth in his worde Some do accurse all that is deliuered by tradition not founde in the legall and euangelicall scriptures Some say that our fayth must needes stagger if it be not grounded vpon the aucthoritie of the scripture Some testifieth that
commend further vnto thee good reader the cause in part before intreated it shal be the lesse needefull hauing so nye folowing that learned preface whiche sometime was set out by the diligence of that godly father Thomas Cranmer late byshop in the sea of Canterburie whiche he caused to be prefixed before the translation of that Byble that was then set out And for that the copies thereof be so wasted that very many Churches do want their conuenient Bybles it was thought good to some well disposed men to recognise the same Byble againe into this fourme as it is nowe come out with some further diligence in the printing and with some more light added partly in the translation and partly in the order of the text not as condemning the former translation whiche was folowed mostly of any other translation excepting the originall text from whiche as litle variaunce was made as was thought meete to such as toke paynes therin desiring thee good reader if ought be escaped eyther by such as had the expending of the bookes or by the ouersight of the printer to correct the same in the spirite of charitie calling to remembraunce what diuersitie hath ben seene in mens iudgementes in the translation of these bookes before these dayes though all directed their labours to the glory of God to the edification of the Churche to the comfort of their christian brethren and alwayes as God dyd further open vnto them so euer more desirous they were to refourme their former humaine ouersightes rather then in a stubborne wylfulnesse to resist the gyft of the holy ghost who from tyme to tyme is resident as that heauenly teacher and leader into all trueth by whose direction the Churche is ruled and gouerned And let all men remember in them selfe howe errour and ignoraunce is created with our nature let frayle man confesse with that great wyse man that the cogitations and inuentions of mortall men be very weake and our opinions sone deceaued For the body so subiect to corruptioÌ„ doth oppresse the soule that it can not aspire so hye as of dutie it ought Men we be all and that which we know is not the thousand part of that we knowe not VVhereupon saith saint Austen otherwyse to iudge then the truth is this temptation ryseth of the frailtie of man A man so to loue and sticke to his owne iudgement or to enuie his brothers to the perill of dissoluing the christian communion or to the perill of schisme and of heresie this is diabolicall presumption but so to iudge in euery matter as the truth is this belongeth onely to the angelicall perfection Notwithstanding good reader thou mayst be well assured nothing to be done in this translation eyther of malice or wylfull meaning in altering the text eyther by putting more or lesse to the same as of purpose to bryng in any priuate iudgement by falsification of the wordes as some certaine men hath ben ouer bolde so to do litle regarding the maiestie of God his scripture but so to make it serue to their corrupt error as in alleaging the sentence of saint Paule to the Romaines the .6 one certaine wryter to proue his satisfaction was bold to turne the word of Santificationem into the word of Satisfactionem Thus. Sicut exhibuimus antea membra nostra seruirae immundicie et iniquitati ad iniquitatem ita deinceps exhibâ—amus membra nostra seruire iustitiae in satisfactionem That is as we haue geuen our members to vncleannesse from iniquitie to iniquitie euen so from hencefoorth let vs geue our members to serue righteousnesse into satisfaction where the true worde is into sanctification Euen so likewise for the aduauntage of his cause to proue that men may haue in their prayer fayth vpon saintes corruptly alleageth Saint Paules text Ad philemonem Thus. Fidem quam habes in domino Iesu in omnes sanctos leauing out the worde Charitatem which would haue rightly ben distributed vnto Omnes sanctos As fidem vnto in domino Iesu VVhere the text is Audiens charitatem tuam fidem quam habes in domino Iesu in omnes sanctos c. It were to long to bryng in many examples as may be openly founde in some mens wrytynges in these dayes who would be counted the chiefe pillers of the Catholique fayth or to note how corruptly they of purpose abuse the text to the comoditie of their cause VVhat maner of translation may men thinke to looke for at their handes if they should translate the scriptures to the comfort of Gods elect whiche they neuer did nor be not like to purpose it but be rather studious only to seeke quarrels in other mens well doynges to picke fault where none is And where any is escaped through humaine negligence there to crye out with their tragicall exclamations but in no wyse to amende by the spirite of charitie and lenitie that whiche might be more aptly set VVhervpon for frayle man compassed hym selfe with infirmitie it is most reasonable not to be to seuere in condemning his brothers knowledge or diligence where he doth erre not of malice but of simplicitie and specially in handeling of these so deuine bookes so profounde in sense so farre passing our naturall vnderstanding And with charitie it standeth the reader not to be offended with the diuersitie of translatours nor with the ambiguitie of translations For as Saint Austen doth witnesse by Gods prouidence it is brought about that the holy scriptures whiche be the salues for euery mans sore though at the first they came from one language and thereby might haue ben spread to the whole worlde nowe by diuersitie of manye languages the translatours shoulde spreade the saluation that is contayned in them to all nations by suche wordes of vtteraunce as the reader might perceaue the minde of the translatour and so consequently to come to the knowledge of God his wyll and pleasure And though many rashe readers be deceaued in the obscurities and ambiguities of their translations whyle they take one thing for another and whyle they vse muche labour to extricate them selues out of the obscurities of the same yet I thinke saith he this is not wrought without the prouidence of God both to tame the proude arrogancie of man by his suche labour of searching as also to kepe his minde from lothsomnesse and contempt where if the scriptutes vniuersally were to easie he woulde lesse regarde them And though saith he in the primatiue Churche the late interpreters whiche did translate the scriptures be innumerable yet wrought this rather an helpe then an impediment to the readers if they be not to negligent For saith he diuers translations haue made many tymes the harder and darker sentences the more open and playne So that of congruence no offence can iustly be taken for this newe labour nothing preiudicing any other mans iudgement by this doyng nor yet hereby professing this to be so absolute a
may knowe thy name and feare thee as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house whiche I haue buylt thy name is called vpon 34 If thy people go out to warre against their enemies by the way that thou shalt sende them and they pray to thee in the way towarde this citie whiche thou hast chosen euen toward the house which I haue buylt for thy name 35 Then heare thou from heauen their supplication and prayer and helpe them in their right 36 If they sinne against thee as there is no man but he doth sinne and thou be angry with them and deliuer them ouer before their enemies and they take them and carie them away captiues vnto a lande farre or neare 37 Yet if they repent in their heart in the lande where they be in captiuitie and turne and pray vnto thee in the land of their captiuitie saying We haue sinned we haue done euyll and wickedly 38 And turne againe to thee with all their heart and all their soule in the lande of their â—aptiuitie where they kepe them in bondage and so pray towarde their land whiche thou gauest vnto their fathers euen toward the citie which thou hast chosen toward the house whiche I haue buylt for my name 39 Then heare thou from heauen euen from thy dwelling place their supplication and their prayer and iudge their cause and be mercifull vnto thy people which haue sinned against thee 40 Now my God let thine eyes be open and thyne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 41 Nowe vp O Lorde God into thy resting place thou and the arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy priestes be clothed with health let thy sainctes reioyce in goodnesse 42 O Lord God turne not away the face of thyne annoynted remember the mercies whiche thou hast promised to Dauid thy seruaunt The .vii. Chapter 1 The fire consumeth the sacrifice 2 The glorie of the Lorde filleth the temple 12 He heareth his prayer 17 and promiseth to exalt him and his throne 1 ANd when Solomon had made an ende of praying there came downe fire from heauen and consumed the burnt offring and the sacrifices the house was filled with the glorie of the Lorde 2 And the priestes coulde not go into the house of the Lorde because the glorie of the Lord had filled the lordes house 3 And when al the children of Israel saw howe the fire and the glorie of the Lord came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon their faces to the earth vpon the pauement and worshipped and confessed vnto the lord That he is gracious and that his mercie lasteth euer 4 And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lorde 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twentie and two thousande oxen and an hundred and twentie thousande sheepe and so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God 6 And the priestes wayted on their offices the Leuites had the instrumentes of musicke of the Lord which king Dauid had made to confesse vnto the Lord that his mercie lasteth euer Dauid praysing God by theÌ„ And the priestes blew with trumpettes before them and all they of Israel stoode 7 Moreouer Solomon halowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lorde for there he offred burnt offringes the fat of the peace offringes because the brasen aulter which Solomon had made was not able to receaue the burnt offringes and the meate offringes and the fat 8 So at the same time Solomon kept a feast of seuen dayes and al they of Israel with him an exceeding great congregation euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt 9 And in the eyght day they made an assemblie For they kept the dedication of the aulter seuen dayes the feast seuen dayes â—0 And the three and twentie day of the seuenth moneth he let the people depart into their tentes glad and mery in heart for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Solomon and to Israel his people 11 And so Solomon finished the house of the Lorde and the kinges house and all that came in his heart to make in the house of the Lorde in his owne house went prosperously forwarde 12 And the Lorde appeared to Solomon by night and sayd to him I haue heard thy petition and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of sacrifice 13 If I shut vp heauen that there be no rayne or if I commaund the locustes to deuour the lande or if I sende pestilence among my people 14 And if they that are of my people among whom my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercession and seke my presence and turns from their wicked wayes then will I heare from heauen and be mercifull to their sinne and will heale their lande 15 And from hencefoorth myne eyes shal be open and myne eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place 16 And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for euer and myne eyes and myne heart shal be there perpetually 17 And if thou wilt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded thee and shalt obserue my statutes and my lawes 18 Then will I stablishe the seate of thy kingdome according as I made the couenaunt with Dauid thy father saying Thou shalt not be without a man to be ruler in Israel 19 But and if ye turne away and forsake my statutes my commaundementes which I haue set before you and shall go and serue other gods and worship them 20 Then will I plucke them vp by the rootes out of my lande whiche I haue geuen them and this house whiche I haue sanctified for my name will I cast out of my sight and will make it to be a prouerbe and a iest among all nations 21 And this house whiche is most high shal be an astonishement to euery one that passeth by and shal say Why hath the Lorde dealt on this fashion with this lande and with this house 22 And they shal aunswere Because they forsoke the Lorde God of their fathers which brought them out of the lande of Egypt and caught holde on other gods and worshipped them and serued them euen therefore hath he brought all this euyll vpon them The .viii. Chapter 2 The cities that Solomon buylt 7 People that were made tributarie vnto him 12 His sacrifices 17 He sendeth to Ophir 1 ANd it fortuned that after twentie yeres when Solomon had buylt the house of the Lorde and his owne house 2 He buylt the cities that Hiram gaue hym and put of the children of Israel in them 3 And Solomon went to Hamath Zoba and strengthed it 4 And he buylt Thadmor in the
and prayseth God for his deliuerie 1 VNto thee I crye O God my strength make not as though thou were deafe at me lest if thou holdest thy peace I become like them that go downe into the graue 2 Heare the voyce of my humble petitions when I crye vnto thee when I holde vp my handes towarde thy holy place where thy arke is 3 Take me not away with the vngodlye and with the workers of iniquitie whiche speake of peace to their neighbours but mischiefe is in their heartes 4 Rewarde them accordyng to their deedes and according to the wickednes of their owne inuentions 5 Recompence them after the worke of their handes pay them home that they haue deserued 6 For they geue not their minde to vnderstande the doynges of God and the worke of his handes therefore he wyll breake them downe and not buylde them vp 7 Blessed be God for he hath hearde the voyce of mine humble petitions 8 God is my strength and my shielde my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart skippeth for ioy and in my song I wyll prayse hym 9 God is their strength and the strength that saueth his annoynted 10 O saue thy people and geue thy blessing vnto thine inheritaunce feede them and exalt them for euermore The argument of the .xxix. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth princes and rulers of this worlde to acknowledge Gods glory and power whiche appeareth euen in thundring rayne and tempestes 1 ATtribute vnto God O ye sonnes of princes attribute vnto God glory and strength 2 Geue to God glory due vnto his name worship God with holy honour 3 The voyce of God is aboue waters it is the Lorde of glory that thundreth it is God that ruleth the sea 4 The voyce of God is with power the voyce of God is with honour 5 The voyce of God breaketh the Cedar trees yea God breaketh the Cedars of Libanus 6 And he maketh them to skip like a calfe Libanus also and Sirion like a young vnicorne 7 The voyce of God casteth out flambes of fire the voyce of God maketh the wyldernesse to tremble God maketh the wyldernesse of Cades to tremble 8 The voyce of God maketh Hindes to cast their calfe and maketh woods to * be bare therefore euery man setteth foorth his glory in his temple 9 God sitteth in the flud and God wil sit king for euer 10 God wyll geue strength vnto his people God wyll blesse his people in peace ¶ The argument of the .xxx. psalme ¶ Dauid deliuered from his enemies both thanketh and also prayseth God and inciteth other to do the same because Gods displeasure lasteth not long He thought his prosperitie woulde haue continued styll but visited with sicknes and aduersitie cryeth for helpe and prayseth God therefore ¶ A psalme whiche is a song of the dedication of the house of Dauid 1 I Wyll exalt thee O God for thou hast exalted me and hast not made my foes to triumph ouer me 2 O God my Lord I cryed vnto thee and thou hast healed me 3 Thou God hast raysed vp my soule from the graue thou hast preserued my life from them that go downe into y e pit 4 Sing psalmes vnto god ye his saintes and make your confession vnto the remembraunce of his holynes 5 For a litle short time passeth in his anger a life is spente in his good wyll at euening weeping shall begin the night but ioy commeth in the morning 6 And in my prosperitie I saide I shall neuer haue a fal thou God of thy goodnes hadst made my hyll so strong 7 Neuerthelesse when thou dydst turne thy face I was troubled then I cryed vnto thee O God then made I my humble prayers to thee my Lorde 8 Saying what profite is there in my blood when I go downe to the pit shal the dust geue thankes vnto thee or shall it declare thy trueth 9 Heare me O God and haue mercy vppon me O God be thou my helper 10 And foorth with thou hast turned my mourning into dauncing thou hast put of my sackcloth and gyrded me with gladnes 11 Therfore my glory shal sing psalmes vnto thee and not ceasse O God my Lorde I wyll prayse thee for euer The argument of the .xxxj. psalme ¶ Dauid brought into that distresse that he had no hope to escape cryeth to God he commendeth him selfe wholly to him he declareth the complaintes sorowes and afflictions whiche he felt in that daungerous time he prayeth for helpe he wisheth confusion to wicked liers he rehearseth what good thinges God hath prepared for them that feare him and put their trust in him he thanketh God for his goodnes towardes him he exhorteth all men to loue God and that continually It is thought that this psalme pertayneth to the storie 1. Sam. 23. ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 IN thee O God I haue put my trust let me neuer be confounded deliuer me in thy righteousnes 2 Bowe downe thine eare to me make hast to deliuer me be vnto me a strong rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me 3 For thou art my strong rocke and fortresse euen for thy name sake conduct me and direct me 4 Take me out of the net that they haue layde priuily for me for thou art my strength 5 Into thy hande I commende my spirite for thou hast redeemed me O God the Lorde of trueth 6 I haue hated them that obserue superstitious vanities and my trust hath ben in God 7 I wyll be glad and reioyce in thy louing kindnes for that thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in aduersities 8 Thou hast not shut me vp into the hande of the enemie but hast set my feete in a large roome 9 Haue mercy vpon me O God for I am in distresse mine eye my soule and my belly be consumed for very heauinesse 10 For my life is wasted with sorow and mine eares with mourning my strength fayleth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are putrified 11 I became a reprofe among al mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintaunce were afraide of me and they that dyd see me without conueyed them selues quickly fro me 12 I became cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde I became like a broken vessell 13 For I haue hearde the villanie of the multitude and feare was on euery side me whyle they conspired together against me and toke their counsell to take away my life 14 But my hope hath ben in thee O God I haue sayd thou art my Lorde 15 My tune is in thy hande deliuer me from the hande of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 16 Cause thy countenaunce to shine vppon thy seruaunt saue me for thy mercies sake 17 Let me not be confounded O
God for I haue called vpon thee let the vngodlye be put to confusion and be put to scilence in the graue 18 Let the lying lippes be put to scilence which speake against y e righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine contempt 19 Howe plentifull is thy goodnes which thou hast layde vp for them that feare thee and whiche thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee before the sonnes of men 20 Thou hydest them priuily in thyne owne presence from the raginges of all men thou kepest them secretly as in a tabernacle from the strife of tongues 21 Blessed be God for he hath shewed me marueylous great kindnes in a strong citie 22 And when I fled with al haste I said I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes neuerthelesse thou heardest the voyce of my prayer when I cryed vnto thee 23 Loue God all ye his saintes for God preserueth them that are faythfull and rewardeth most aboundauntly the proude doer 24 All ye that put your trust in God be ye of a good courage and he wyll comfort your heart The argument of the .xxxij. psalme ¶ Dauid teacheth mans felicitie to consist in the forgeuenes of his sinnes when God imputeth them not vnto him that confesseth them from the bottome of his heart vnfaynedly without all hypocrisie He exhorteth the wicked to haue asense and feeling of their sinnes and so putting their trust in God shall obtayne mercy ¶ A wyse instruction of Dauid 1 BLessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen and whose sinne is couered 2 Blessed is y e man vnto whom God imputeth no vnrighteousnes in whose spirit there is no guile 3 For whyle I helde my tongue my bones consumed away through my dayly roaring 4 For thy hande is heauie vpon me day and night and my moysture is like the drouth in sommer Selah 5 Therfore I haue made knowen my faultes vnto thee and my righteousnes haue I not hid I sayd I will confesse my wickednes vnto God and thou forgauest the vnrighteousnes of my sinne Selah 6 For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer vnto thee in the time when thou mayest be founde so that in the great water fluddes they shal not come nye hym 7 Thou art my refuge thou wylt preserue me from trouble thou wylt compasse me about with songes of deliueraunce Selah 8 I will geue thee wise instructions and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go I wil guyde thee with mine eye 9 Be ye not lyke a horse or lyke a mule whiche haue no vnderstanding whose mouthes must be holden with bit and brydle lest they fall vpon thee 10 Great plagues remaine for the vngodly but who so putteth his trust in God mercy imbraceth him on euery side 10 Be glad in God reioyce O ye righteous be ioyfull also all ye that be vpright of heart The argument of the .xxxiij. psalme ¶ Dauid exhorteth all men to prayse God in calling to remembraunce his goodnes trueth promises power and prouidence for whatsoeuer he saieth or promiseth he perfourmeth it Gods power appeareth by thinges created his prouidence in disapoyntyng mens deuises God seeth and knoweth al thinges and taketh care of all God deliuereth those that feare him and is their ayde and buckler in all distresses 1 REioyce in God O ye righteous for prayse becommeth well the iust 2 Confesse it to god with the harpe sing psalmes vnto hym with the viall and with the instrument of ten stringes 3 Sing vnto him a new song do it cunningly make a sweete noyse with your musicall instrumentes alowde 4 For the word of God is right and euery worke of his done in fayth 5 He loueth righteousnes iudgement the earth is ful of the goodnes of God 6 By the worde of God are the heauens made and all the hoastes of them by the breath of his mouth 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape and layeth vp the deepe as treasures 8 Let all the earth feare God let all they that dwell in the worlde stande in awe of him 9 For he spake and it was he commaūded and it was brought to passe 10 God bringeth the counsell of the Heathen to naught and maketh the deuises of the people to be of none effect 11 The counsayle of God shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his heart from generation to generation 12 Blessed is the nation that hath God to be their Lorde that people hath he chosen to be an inheritaunce for him 13 God looketh downe from heauen and beholdeth all the chyldren of men from the place where he resteth he eyeth diligently euery dweller on the earth 14 He fashioneth their heartes together he vnderstandeth al their workes 15 A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength 16 A horse for to saue is vanitie and he can deliuer none by his great strength 17 Beholde the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy 18 To deliuer their soules from death and to preserue their liues in dearth 19 Our soule wayteth after God he is our ayde and shielde 20 For our heart shall reioyce in him because we haue put our trust in his holy name 21 Let thy louing kindnes O God be vppon vs like as we haue put our trust in thee The argument of the .xxxiiii. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the exceeding goodnes of God towardes the innocent and iust and towardes those that worship hym feare hym and trust in hym for God heareth them whensoeuer they call vpon hym in their necessitie he is present with them in helping deliuering and defending them Agayne he ordereth so seuerely the wicked that he bringeth them to desolation that no remembraunce be left once of them ¶ Of Dauid when he chaunged his behauiour before Abimelech whiche droue him away and he departed 1 I Wyll alway blesse God his prayse shall euer be in my mouth 2 My soule shal glory in God the humble shall heare therof and be glad 3 Magnifie God with me and let vs exalt his name all together 4 Carefully I sought God he hearde me yea he deliuered me out of all my feare 5 Let them turne their eyes on him and make speede to come vnto hym and their faces shall not be ashamed 6 Lo this same poore man hath cryed and God hath hearde hym and saued hym out of all his troubles 7 The angell of God campeth rounde about them that feare hym and deliuereth them 8 O taste and see how gracious God is blessed is the man that trusteth in him 9 Feare God ye that be his saintes for they that feare him lacke nothing 10 Young Lions do lacke and suffer hunger but they whiche seeke God shall want no maner of
caused waters to gushe downe like as out of riuers 17 Yet for all this they sinned still against hym so that they prouoked the most hyghest in the wildernesse 18 And they temped god in their heartes in requiring meate for their lust 19 They spake against God they said can God prepare a table in the wildernesse 20 Beholde he hath smytten the stonie rocke and waters haue gushed out and streames haue flowed out aboundantly but can he likewise geue bread can he prouide fleshe for his people 21 Wherefore God hearde them he was wroth a fire was kindled in Iacob and there arose vp heauy displeasure against Israel 22 Because they beleued not in the Lord nor did put their trust in his saluation 23 And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue and opened the doores of heauen 24 He raigned downe Manna also vpon them that they shoulde eate and gaue them corne from heauen 25 So man dyd eate the bread of angels he sent them meate inough 26 He remoued the east winde from vnder the heauen and through his power he brought in the south winde 27 He rained fleshe vpon them as thycke as dust and fethered foules like as the sande of the sea 28 He let it fall among their tentes euen rounde about their pauilions 29 So they dyd eate and were wel filled for he gaue them their owne desire neuerthelesse they were not alienated from their lust 30 But whyle the meate was yet in their mouthes the heauy wrath of God came vpon them and slue the welthyest of them and made the chosen men of Israel to stoupe 31 For all this they sinned still and beleued not his wonderous workes 32 Therfore their dayes dyd he consume in vanitie their yeres in a short troublous time 33 When he slue them they sought hym they repented them and made God their morninges worke 34 And they remembred that the Lorde was their rocke that the Lorde most hyghest was their redeemer 35 Neuerthelesse they dyd but flatter him with their mouth and they made hym a lye with their tongue 36 For their heart was not vpright with him neither continued they faythfull in his couenaunt 37 Yet for all that he beyng most merciful cleane pardoned all their misdeedes and destroyed them not 38 Yea many a tyme he dyd much for to represse his anger and neuer woulde suffer his whole rage to breake out 39 For he considered that they were but fleshe and that they were euen a winde that passeth away cōmeth not againe 40 How oft dyd they prouoke hym in the wildernes greeued hym in the desert 41 They turned backe and tempted the Lorde and prescribed boundes to the most holy God of Israel 42 They thought not of his hande in the day when he redeemed them from the enemie 43 Howe he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the fielde of Zoan 44 For he turned into blood their riuers fluddes so that they might not drinke 45 He sent amongst them all kind of flyes who dyd eate them and frogges who destroyed them 46 He gaue their fruites vnto the caterpiller their labour to the grashopper 47 He destroyed their vines with hayle stones and their wilde figge trees with the harde frost 48 He smote their cattell also with haylestones and their flockes with thunder boltes 49 He cast vpon them the rage of his furie anger disdayne and trouble by sending foorth euill angels amongst them 50 He made away to his indignatiō spared not their soule from death he gaue their lyfe to be subiect to the pestilence 51 And he smote all the first borne of Egypt the first fruites of concupiscence in the pauilions of Cham. 52 But as for his owne people he led them foorth like sheepe and conducted them through the wildernesse like a flocke of cattell 53 He brought them out safely that they shoulde not feare and ouerwhelmed their enemies with the sea 54 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuarie euen to this mountayne which his right hand purchased 55 He dyd cast out the heathen also before them he caused their land to be deuided among thē for an heritage made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tentes 56 Neuerthelesse they tempted and displeased the most hyghest Lorde kept not his testimonies 57 They turned backewarde and they went astray like their forefathers they started aside like a bowe that breaketh 58 For they stirred hym to anger with their hygh places and prouoked him to ielousie with their carued images 59 When the Lorde hearde this he was wroth toke sore displeasure at Israel 60 So that he forsoke the tabernacle in Silo the pauilion wherin he dwelt amongst men 61 He deliuered his force into captiuitie and his glorie into the enemies hande 62 He gaue also his people ouer to y e sword and was wroth with his inheritaunce 63 Fire consumed his young men and his maydens were not maryed 64 His priestes were slayne with the sworde and his wydowes made no lamentation 65 But the Lorde awaked as though he had slept like a giaunt making a triumphant noyse after wine 66 He smote his enemies in the hynder parts put them to a perpetual shame 67 He refused the tabernacle of Ioseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim 68 But he chose the tribe of Iuda euen the hill of Sion which he loued 69 And there he buylded his temple on high and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue 70 He chose also Dauid his seruaunt and toke hym away from the sheepefoldes 71 As he was folowing the ewes great with young he toke hym that he might feede Iacob his people and Israel his inheritaunce 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart and guided them by the discretion of his handes The argument of the lxxix psalme The prophete in the name of the Israelites greatly afflicted lamenteth at the destruction of the temple and of the citie of Hierusalem done by the Heathen and at the slaughter of his people He prayeth God aswell to take vengeaunce of the enemies in turning his displeasure on them as to pardon hym and his their manyfolde sinnes for his names sake that they might prayse him for euer ¶ A psalme of Asaph 1 O Lord the heathen are come into thyne inheritaunce they haue defiled thy holy temple they haue made Hierusalē an heape of stones 2 They haue geuen the dead bodies of thy seruauntes to be meate vnto the soules of the ayre and the fleshe of thy saintes vnto the beastes of the lande 3 They haue shed their blood like water on euery syde of Hierusalem and there is none to burie them 4 We are become an open shame vnto our neyghbours a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde about vs. 5 O God howe long wylt thou be angry
they haue it againe in possession 24 And therfore my Lord make diligent inquisition if this people haue done wickednesse in the sight of their God then let vs go vp against them for doubtlesse their God shall deliuer them into thy handes and subdue them vnto thy power 25 But if this people haue not displeased their God we shall not be able to withstande them for their God shall defende them and so shall we be a shame to all the worlde 26 Nowe when Achior had spoken out these wordes all the great men of Holophernes were wroth and thought to slay him and sayde one to another 27 What is he this whiche dare say that the children of Israel are able to withstande Nabuchodonosor the king and his hoastes where as they are an vnweaponed people without strength or vnderstanding of the feates of warre 28 That Achior therfore may know that he hath deceaued vs we will go vp into the mountaynes and when the mightie men of them are taken he with them shall be stickte with the sworde 29 That all the people may knowe that Nabuchodonosor is the God of the earth and that there is none other beside him The .vi. Chapter 1 Holophernes blasphemeth God whom Achior confessed 14 Achior is deliuered into the handes of them of Bethulia 18 The Bethulians crye vnto the Lorde 1 SO when they had left of speaking Holophernes toke sore indignation and sayde vnto Achior 2 For so much as thou hast prophesied vnto vs saying That the people of Israel shal be defended of their God I will shew thee that there is no God but Nabuchodonosor 3 Yea when we slay them al as one man thou also shalt perishe with them through the sword of the Assyrians and all Israel shal be destroyed with thee 4 And then shalt thou feele that Nabuchodonosor is the lorde of the whole earth then shal the sword of my knighthood go through thy sides thou shalt fall downe stickte among the wounded of Israel and shalt not come to thy selfe agayne but be vtterly destroyed with them 5 Furthermore if thou thinkest thy prophesie to be true why doest thou then chaunge thy colour why art thou afrayde Thinkest thou that my wordes are not able to be perfourmed 6 But that thou mayest knowe that thou shalt feele these thinges with them beholde from this houre foorth will I send thee vnto yonder people that when the punishement of my sworde whiche they haue worthyly deserued falleth vpon them thou mayest be punished with them 7 So Holophernes commaunded his seruauntes to take Achior to cary him vnto Bethulia and to deliuer him into the handes of the children of Israel 8 Then Holophernes seruauntes toke him and went through the playne field But when they drewe nye vnto the mountaynes the slyng casters came out against them 9 Neuerthelesse they gat them away by the side of the mountayne and bounde Achior hande and foote to a tree and so left him bounde with withes and turned againe vnto their lorde 10 After that the children of Israel went downe from Bethulia came vnto hym loosed him brought him into Bethulia set him in the middest of the people and asked him what the matter was that the Assyrians had left him bounde 11 Osias the sonne of Micha of the tribe of Simeon and Charmi which is also called Gothoniel were the principal rulers at the same time 12 Nowe when Achior stoode in the middest of the senatours and before them al he tolde them what aunswere he gaue Holophernes to the thing that he asked him how Holophernes people would haue slayne him for so saying 13 And howe Holophernes him selfe was wroth and commaunded him for the same cause to be deliuered vnto the Israelites that when he ouercame the children of Israel he might commaunde Achior also to be put to death with diuers tormentes because he sayde The God of heauen is their defender 14 And when Achior had playnly told out al these thinges all the people fel downe vpon their faces praysing the Lord and powred out their prayers together vnto the Lorde with a generall complaynt and weeping 15 And sayde O Lord God of heauen and of earth beholde their pryde and loke vpon our lowlinesse and consider howe it standeth with thy sayntes and make it to be knowen that thou forsakest not those which holde them fast by thee and howe that thou bringest them low that presume of themselues and make their boast in their owne strength 16 So when the weeping and prayer of the people whiche they had made the whole day long was ended they comforted Achior 17 Saying The God of our fathers whose power and strength thou hast praysed shall so rewarde thee that thou shalt rather see their destruction 18 When the Lorde our God then shall geue his seruauntes this libertie God be also with thee among vs so that as it shall please thee so thou with all thyne mayst dwell with vs. 19 Now when Osias had ended the counsel he toke him into his house and made a great supper 20 Called the elders to it and so they refreshed them selues after the fasting 21 And afterward was al the people called together whiche made their prayers all the night long in the congregation and besought the God of Israel for helpe The .vii. Chapter 1 Holophernes doeth besiege Bethulia 8 The counsell of the Idumeans and other against the Israelites 23 The Bethulians murmure against the gouernours for lacke of water 1 THe next day Holophernes commaunded his hoast to go vp against Bethulia 2 There were an hundred and twentie thousande fighting men on foote and two and twentie thousande horsemen beside the preparing of them that were wunne and came to them on euery side out of the countreys and cities which he had taken 3 All these prepared them selues vnto the battayl against the Israelites and came on by the hil side vnto the top that loketh ouer against Dothain from the place which is called Belma vnto Chelmon that lyeth towarde Esdrelon 4 Nowe when the children of Israel sawe so great multitude of the Assyrians they fell downe flat vpon the grounde strawed asshes vpon their heades and prayed with one accorde that the God of Israel woulde shewe his mercie vpon his people 5 And so they toke their weapons and sat betwixte the mountaynes in the narow place and kept the way day and night 6 But whyle Holophernes was goyng rounde about he founde the water spring whiche from the south side was conueyed into the citie be a conduite and he commaunded their conduite to be cut in sunder 7 There were welles also not farre from the walles whiche they vsed secretely more for pleasure then for necessitie 8 Then went the Ammonites and the Moabites vnto Holophernes and sayd The children of Israel trust neither in speare nor arrow but haue taken in and kepe the mountaynes and steepe hilles defende them 9 That thou mayest ouercome them therfore
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
This saith Amen the faythfull and true witnesse the begynnyng of the creatures of God 15 I knowe thy workes that thou arte neither colde nor hotte I woulde thou were colde or hotte 16 So thē because thou art luke warme and neither colde nor hotte I wyll spewe thee out of my mouth 17 Because thou sayest I am riche and increased with goodes and haue neede of nothyng knowest not howe that thou art wretched and miserable and poore and blynde and naked 18 I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre that thou mayest be riche and whyte rayment that thou mayest be clothed that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue that thou mayest see 19 As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten Be feruent therfore repent 20 Beholde I stande at the doore and knocke If any man heare my voyce and open the doore I wyll come in to hym and wyll suppe with hym and he with me 21 To hym that ouercommeth wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne euen as I ouercame and haue sitten with my father in his throne 22 Let hym y t hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 The vision of the maiestie of God 2 He seeth the throne and one syttyng vpon it 8 and .xxiiii. seates about it with .xxiiii. elders syttyng vppon them and foure beastes praysyng God day and nyght 1 AFter this I loked and beholde a doore was open in heauē and the first voyce which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me which saide Come vp hyther and I wyll shewethee thynges which must be fulfylled hereafter 2 And immediatly I was in the spirite and behold a throne was set in heauen and one sate on the throne 3 And he that sate was to loke vppon like vnto a Iasper stone and a Sardine stone and there was a raynebowe about the throne in sight like to an Emeralde 4 And about y e throne were .xxiiij. seates and vpon the seates .xxiiij. elders sitting clothed in whyte rayment and had on their heades crownes of golde 5 And out of the throne proceaded lightnynges and thundrynges and voyces and there were seuē lampes of fire burnyng before the throne whiche are the seuen spirites of God 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glasse lyke vnto cristall and in the myddest of the throne rounde about the throne were foure beastes full of eyes before and behynde 7 And the first beast was lyke a Lion and the seconde beast lyke a Calfe the thirde beast had a face as a Man and the fourth beast was like a fleyng Egle. 8 And the foure beastes had eche one of them sixe wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within and they had no rest day neither night saying Holy holy holy Lorde God almightie which was and is and is to come 9 And when those beastes gaue glorie and honour and thankes to hym that sate on the throne which lyueth for euer and euer 10 The xxiiij elders fell downe before him that sate on the throne and worshipped hym that lyueth for euer and cast their crownes before the throne saying 11 Thou art worthy O Lord to receaue glorie and honour and power for thou hast created all thynges and for thy pleasures sake they are were created ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 He seeth the lambe openyng the booke 8.14 and therfore the foure beastes the xxiiii elders and the angels prayse the lambe and do hym worship 9 for their redemption and other benefites 1 ANd I sawe in the right hande of hym that sate on the throne a booke written within and on the backe syde sealed with seuen seales 2 And I sawe a strong angell whiche preached with a loude voyce Who is worthy to open the booke and to loose the seales therof 3 And no man in heauen nor in earth neither vnder the earth was able to open the booke neither to loke theron 4 And I wept muche because no man was founde worthy to open to reade the booke neither to loke theron 5 And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not behold a Lion of the tribe of Iuda the roote of Dauid hath obteyned to open the booke and to loose the seuen seales therof 6 And I behelde and loe in the middes of the throne and of the foure beastes and in the middes of the elders stoode a lambe as though he had ben kylled hauyng seuen hornes seuen eyes whiche are the seuen spirites of God sent into all the worlde 7 And he came and toke the booke out of the right hande of him that sate vpon the throne 8 And when he had taken the booke the foure beastes and .xxiiij. elders fell downe before the lambe hauyng euery one of them harpes and golden vyals full of odours which are the prayers of saintes 9 And they song a newe song saying Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof for thou wast kylled and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood out of al kinrede and tongue and people and nation 10 And hast made vs vnto our God kinges and priestes and we shall raigne on the earth 11 And I beheld and I heard the voyce of many angels about the throne and about the beastes and the elders and hearde thousande thousandes 12 Saying with a loude voyce Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power and richesse and wisedome and strength and honor and glorie and blessyng 13 And all the creatures whiche are in heauen and on the earth and vnder the earth and in the sea and all that are in them hearde I saying Blessyng honour glorie and power be vnto hym that sitteth vpon the throne and vnto the lambe for euermore 14 And the foure beastes sayde Amen And the .xxiiij. elders fell vpon their faces and worshipped hym that lyueth for euermore ¶ The .vj. Chapter The lambe openeth the fire seales and many thynges folowe the openyng therof so that this conteyneth a generall prophesie to the ende of the worlde 1 AND I sawe when the lambe opened one of the seales and I heard one of the foure beastes say as it were the noyse of thunder come and see and I sawe 2 And behold there was a whyte horse and he that sate on hym had a bowe a crowne was geuen vnto hym and he went foorth conqueryng and for to ouercome 3 And when he had opened the seconde seale I hearde the seconde beast saye come and see 4 And there went out another horse that was redde and power was geuen to him that sate theron to take peace from the earth and that they should kyll one another and there was geuen vnto hym a great sworde 5 And when he had opened the thirde seale I hearde the third beast say come and see And I behelde and loe a blacke horse and he