the father which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke se y t ye passe y e tyme of youre pilgremage in feare and knowe that ye were not redemed w t corruptible syluer and golde from youre vayne conuersacion which ye receaued by the tradicioÌ„s of the fathers but with the precious bloude of Christ as of an innoceÌ„t and vndefyled lambe which was ordeyned before the worlde was made but is declared in these last tymes for youre sakes which thorow him beleue on God that raysed him vp from the deed and hath geueÌ„ him the glory that ye might haue faith hope in God Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete for to loue brotherly without faynynge feruently one to loue another w t a pure hert as they that are borne a new not of corruptible sede but of vncorruptible eueÌ„ by the lyuynge worde of God which endureth for euer For all flesh is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse The grasse withereth the flâ—ure falleth awaye but the worde of the LORDE endureth for euer This is the worde that is preached amonge you The II. Chapter WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and ypocrisye and envye and all bacbytinge as new borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is without corrupcion that ye maye growe therin yf so be that ye haue taisted how frendly the LORDE is Vnto whom ye are come as to the lyuynge stone which is disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious And ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall house and an holy presthode to offre vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable vnto God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is conteyned in the scripture Beholde I put in Sion an heade corner stone electe precious and he that beleueth on him shal 〈◊〉 be coÌ„founded Vnto you therfore which 〈…〉 he is precious but vnto them that 〈…〉 is y e same stone which the 〈…〉 made the heade stone in the 〈…〉 one to stomble at and a rock to be offended at namely in theÌ„ which stomble at y e worde and beleue not that wheron they were set But ye are that chosen generacion that kyngly presthode that holy nacion that peculier people y t ye shulde shewe the vertues of him which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte Euen you which in tyme past were not a people but now are the people of God which were not vnder mercy but now haue optayned mercy Dearly beloued I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems absteyne froÌ„ the fleshly lustes which fighte agaynst the soule and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse God in the daye of visitacion Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto y e chefe heade or vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshment of euell doers but for the prayse of theÌ„ that do well For so is the will of God that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen as fre and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes but eueÌ„ as the seruauntes of God Honoure all men Loue brotherly fellishippe Feare God Honoure the kynge Ye seruauÌ„tes obey youre masters with all feare not onely yf they be good and curteous but also though they be frowarde For that is grace yf a man for conscience towarde God endure grefe and suffre wronge For what prayse is it yf whaÌ„ ye be buffeted for yo r fautes ye take it paciently But yf whan ye do well ye suffre wronge and take it paciently that is grace with God For herevnto are ye called for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes which dyd no synne nether was there gyle founde in his mouth which whan he was reuyled reuyled not agayne whaÌ„ he suffred he threatened not but commyted the cause vnto him that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre that we shulde be delyuered from synne shulde lyue vnto righteousnes by whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goinge astraye but now are ye turned vnto the shepherde and Biszhoppe of youre soules The III. Chapter LIkewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes that euen they which beleue not the worde maye without the worde be wonne by y e coÌ„uersacion of the wyues whan they beholde yo pure conuersacion in feare Whose apparell shal not be outwarde w t broyded heer hanginge on of golde or in puttynge on of gorgious araye but let y e inwarde maÌ„ of y e hert be vncorrupte w t a meke a quyete sprete which before God is moch set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd y e holy wemeÌ„ which trusted in God tyer theÌ„selues were obedient vnto their huszbaÌ„des Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him lorde whose doughters ye are as loÌ„ge as ye do well not beynge afrayed for eny trouble Likewyse ye men dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege geuynge hono vnto the wife as to the weaker vessel as vnto theÌ„ y t are heyres with you of the grace of life that youre prayers be not let But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another loue as brethren be pitefull be curteous RecoÌ„pence not euell for euell nether rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trary wyse blesse and knowe that ye are called therto euen y t ye shulde be heyres of y e blessynge For who so listeth to lyue and wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes y t they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell do good Let him seke peace and ensue it For y e eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers But y e face of the LORDE beholdeth theÌ„ y t do euell And who is it that can harme you yf ye folowe that which is good Not withstoÌ„dinge blessed are ye yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake Feare not ye their threatnynge nether be troubled but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery maÌ„ that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with mekenes feare hauynge a good conscience that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye be ashamed that they haue falsely accused youre good coÌ„uersacion in Christ. For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffre for well doynge theÌ„ for euell doynge For as moch as
aboute the stretes Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye and or the golden bende be broken Or the pott be broken at the well the whele vpon the Cisterne Or dust be turned againe vnto earth from whence it came and or the sprete returne vnto God which gaue it All is but vanite sayeth the preacher all is but playne vanite The same preacher was not wyse alone but taught the people knowlege also he gaue good hede sought out the grouÌ„de and set forth many parables His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes right scripture and the wordes of trueth For the wordes of y e wyse are like prickes and nales that go thorow wherwith men are kepte together for they are geuen of one shepherde onely Therfore bewarre my sonne that aboue these thou make the not many innumerable bokes nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande to weery thy body withall Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his comaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euell The ende of Ecclesiastes called the Preacher Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum The first Chapter O That thy mouth wolde geue me a kysse for y e brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment therfore do the maydens loue the yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre We wil be glad reioyce in the we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne well is them that loue the. I am black o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Salomon but yet am I faire wel fauoured withal Maruell not at me y t I am so black why y e Sonne hath shyned vpoÌ„ me For whan my mothers childreÌ„ had euell wil at me they made me y e keper of the vynyarde Thus was I fayne to kepe a vynyarde which was not myne owne Tell me o thou whom my soule loueth where thou fedest where thou restest at the noone daye lest I go wronge and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons Yf thou knowe not y i self o thou fayrest amoÌ„ge women thaÌ„ go y e waye forth after y e fotesteppes of the shepe as though thou woldest fede y e goates besyde y e shepherdes tentes There wil I tary for the my loue w t myne hoost with my charettes which shal be no fewer then Pharaos Then shal thy chekes thy neck be made fayre hanged w t spaÌ„ges goodly iewels a neck bande of golde wil we make y e w t syluer bottons When the kynge sytteth at the table he shal smell my Nardus for a boÌ„dell of Myrre o my beloued lyeth betwixte my brestes A cluster of grapes of Cypers or of the vynyardes of Engaddi art thou vnto me O my beloued O how fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou â–ª thou hast doues eyes O how fayre art thou my beloued how well fauored art thou Oure bed is decte with floures y e sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre ouâ—e balkes of Cypresse The II. Chapter I Am the floure of the felde and lylie of the valleys as the rose amonge the thornes so is my loue amonge the daughters Like as the aple tre amonge the trees of the wodd so is my beloued amonge the sonnes My delite is to sitt vnder his shadowe for his frute is swete vnto my throte He bryngeth me in to his wyne seller and loueth me specially well Refresh me w t grapes coÌ„forte me with apples for I am sick of loue His left haÌ„de lyeth vnder my heade his right hande enbraceth me I charge you o ye doughters of Ierusalem by the Roes hyndes of the felde y t ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Me thynke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hoppinge vpon y e mountaynes and leapinge ouer the litle hilles My beloued is like a Roo or a yonge hart Beholde he stondeth behynde o r wall he loketh in at the wyndowe pepeth thorow the grate My beloued answered sayde vnto me O stoÌ„de vp my loue my doue my beutyfull come for lo the wynter is now past the rayne is awaie gone The floures are come vp in the felde the twystinge tyme is come the voyce of the turtle doue is herde in oure londe The fyge tre bryngeth forth hir fyges the vynes beare blossoms and haue a good smell O stoÌ„de vp my loue my beutyfull and come my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for swete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face Gett vs the foxes yee the litle foxes that hurte y e vynes for oure vynes beare blossoms My loue is myne and I am his which fedeth amoÌ„ge the lylies vntill the daye breake and till the shadowes be gone Come agayne preuely o my beloued like as a Roo or a yonge harte vnto the mountaynes The III. Chapter BY night in my bedd I sought him whom my soule loueth yee diligently sought I him but I founde him not I wil get vp thought I and go aboute the cite vpon the market and in all y e stretes will I seke him whom my soule loueth but whan I sought him I founde him not The watchmen that go aboute y e cite founde me Sawe ye not him whom my soule loueth So whan I was a litle past them I fouÌ„de him whom my soule loueth I haue got ten holde vpon him and wyl not let him go vntill I brynge him in to my mothers house and in to hir chambre that bare me I charge you o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ by the Roes and hyndes of the felde that ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Who is this that commeth out of y e wyldernesse like pilers of smoke as it were a smell of Myrre frankencense and all maner spyces of the Apotecary Beholde aboute SalomoÌ„s bedsteade there stonde LX. valeaunt men of the mightie in Israel They holde swerdes euery one are experte in warre Euery man hath his swerde vpoÌ„ his thee because of feare in the night Kynge Salomon hath made himself a bedsteade of the wodd of Libanus the pilers are of syluer the coueringe of golde y e seate of purple y e grounde pleasauntly paued for the doughters of Ierusalem Go forth o ye doughters of Sion and beholde kynge Salomon in the crowne wherwith his mother crowned him in the daye of his mariage and in the daye of the gladnesse of his hert The IIII. Chapter O How fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes besyde that which
sayde vnto thē Do no man violence ner wronge and be content with youre wages But whan the people were in a doute thought all in their hertes whether he were Christ Ihon answered and sayde vnto thē all I baptyse you with water but after me there cōmeth one stronger thē I whose shue lachet I am not worthy to lowse he shal baptyse you with the holy goost and with fyre Whose fanne is in his hande and he shal pourge his floore and shal gather y e wheate in to his barne and shal burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre And many other thynges more exorted he preached vnto the people But Herode the Tetrarcha whā he was rebuked of him because of Herodias his brothers wife and for all the euels that Herode dyd besydes all this he layed Ihō in preson And it fortuned whan all the people receaued baptyme and whan Iesus also was baptysed and prayed that heauen opened and the holy goost came downe in a bodely shappe like a done vpon him And out of heauen there came a voyce which sayde Thou art my deare sonne in whō I delyte And Iesus was aboute thirtie yeares whan he beganne And he was taken for the sonne of Ioseph which was the sonne of Eli which was the sonne of Mathat Which was the sonne of Leui ▪ Which was the sonne of Melchi Which was the sonne of Ianna Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Mathathias Which was the sonne of Amos. Which was the sonne of Nahum Which was the sonne of Eszli Which was the sonne of Nange Which was the sonne of Maath Which was the sonne of Mathathias Which was the sonne of Simei Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Iohanna Which was the sonne of Resia Which was the sonne of Zorobabel Which was the sonne of Salathiel Which was the sonne of Neri Which was the sonne of Melchi Which was the sonne of Abdi Which was the sonne of Cosam Which was the sonne of Elmadam Which was the sonne of Her Which was the sonne of Ieso Which was the sonne of Eliezer Which was the sonne of Iorem. Which was the sonne of Mattha Which was the sonne of Leui. Which was the sonne of Simeon Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Ionam Which was the sonne of Eliachim Which was the sonne of Melca Which was the sonne of Menam Which was the sonne of Mathathan Which was the sonne of Nathan Which was the sonne of Dauid Which was the sonne of Iesse Which was the sonne of Obed. Which was the sonne of Boos Which was the sonne of Salmon Which was the sonne of Naasson Which was the sonne of Aminadab Which was the sonne of Aram. Which was the sonne of Esrom Which was the sonne of Phares Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Iacob Which was the sonne of Isaac Which was the sonne of Abraham Which was the sonne of Thara Which was the sonne of Nahor Which was the sonne of Serug Which was the sonne of Regu Which was the sonne of Peleg Which was the sonne of Eber. Which was the sonne of Salah Which was the sonne of Caynan Which was the sonne of Arphachsad Which was the sonne of Sem. Which was the sonne of Noe. Which was the sonne of Lamech Which was the sonne of Mathusalah Which was the sonne of Henoch Which was the sonne of Iared Which was the sonne of Mahaleel Which was the sonne of Renan Which was the sonne of Enos Which was the sonne of Seth. Which was the sonne of Adam Which was the sonne of God The fourth Chapter IEsus full of the holy goost came agayne from Iordane and was led of y e sprete into wyldernes fourty dayes lōge was he tēpted of y e deuell And in those dayes ate he nothinge And whan they were ended he hongred afterwarde And the deuell sayde vnto him Yf thou be y e sonne of God cōmaunde this stone y t it be bred And Iesus answered sayde vnto hī It is wrytten Man shal not lyue by bred onely but by euery worde of God And y e deuell toke him vp into an hye moūtayne and shewed him all the kyngdomes of y e whole worlde in y e twinckelinge of an eye sayde vnto him All this power wil I geue vnto the and the glory therof for it is geuē ouer vnto me and I geue it to whom I wil. Yf thou now wilt worshippe me they shal all be thine Iesus answered him and sayde Auoyde fro me thou Satan It is wrytten Thou shalt worshippe the LORDE thy God and him onely shalt thou serue And he caried him to Ierusalem and set him vpon a pynnacle of the temple and sayde vnto him Yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy self downe from hence For it is wryttē He shal geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him It is sayde Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God And whan y e deuell had ended all the temptacions he departed from him for a season And Iesus came agayne in the power of the sprete into Galile And the fame of him was noysed thorow out all y e region rounde aboute And he taught in their synagoges and was commended of euery man And he came vnto Nazareth where he was noursed and as his custome was he wēte in to the synagoge vpon y e Sabbath and stode vp for to rede Then was there delyuered him the boke of y e prophet Esay And whan he had turned ouer the boke he founde the place where it is wrytten The sprete of the LORDE is with me because he hath anoynted me to preach the Gospell vnto y e poore hath he sent me to heale the broken harted to preach delyueraūce to the captyue and sight to the blynde and frely to set at liberty them that are brused and to preach the acceptable yeare of the LORDE And whan he had closed the boke he gaue it agayne to y e mynister sat him downe And the eyes of all that were in the synagoge were fastened on him And he begāne to saye vnto them This daye is this scripture fulfilled in youre eares And they all gaue him wytnesse and wōdred at the gracious wordes which proceaded out of his mouth and they saide Is not this Iosephs sonne And he sayde vnto them Doutles ye wyl saye vnto me this prouerbe Phisician heale thyself For how greate thinges haue we herde done at Capernaū Do the same here also in thine owne countre But he saide Verely I saye vnto you There is no prophet accepted in his owne countre Neuertheles of a trueth I saye vnto you There were many wedowes in Israel in