letter to Ioab and sent it by the hand of Vrias 15 And he wrote thus in the letter Put ye Vrias in the forefront of the sharper battaile and come ye backe from him that he maye be smytten and dye 16 So when Ioab besieged the citie he assigned Vrias vnto a place where he wist that strong men were 17 And the men of the citie came out and fought with Ioab And there were certayne ouerthrowen of the people of the seruauntes of Dauid Vrias the Hethite dyed also 18 Then Ioab sent and tolde Dauid all the thinges concerning the warre 19 And charged the messenger saying When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the king 20 If the kinges anger aryse and he say vnto thee wherfore approched ye so nye vnto the citie when ye did fight wyst ye not that they would hurle and shoote from the wall 21 Who smote Abimelech sonne of Ierubesheth * Did not a woman cast a peece of a mylstone vpon him from of the wall and he dyed in Thebes why went ye nye the wall Then say thou Thy seruaunt Vrias the Hethite is dead also 22 So the messenger went came and shewed Dauid all that Ioab had sent him for 23 And the messenger saide vnto Dauid The men preuailed against vs came out vnto vs into the fielde we pursued them euen vnto the entring of the gate 24 And the shooters shotte from the walles vpon thy seruauntes and some of the kinges seruauntes be dead and thy seruaunt Vrias the Hethite is dead also 25 And Dauid saide vnto the messenger thus shalt thou saye vnto Ioab Let not that thing trouble thee for y e sword deuoureth one as well as another Make thy battayle more strong against the citie to ouerthrowe it encourage thou him 26 And when the wyfe of Vrias heard that her husband was dead she mourned for him 27 And when the mourning was past Dauid sent and fet her to his house and she became his wyfe and bare him a sonne But this thing that Dauid dyd displeased the Lorde ¶ The .xii. Chapter 1 Dauid reproued by Nathan confesseth his sinne 18 The childe conceaued in adultry dyeth 24 Solomon is borne 26 Rabba is taken 31 The citezins are greeuouslye punished 1 ANd the Lord sent Nathan vnto Dauid and he came vnto him and tolde him There were two men in one citie the one rich the other poore 2 The rich man had exceeding many sheepe and oxen 3 But the poore had nothing saue one litle sheepe which he had bought and nouryshed vp And it grew vp with him and with his children also and did eate of his owne meate and drancke of his owne cuppe slept in his bosome and was vnto him as his daughter 4 And there came a straunger vnto the rich man and he spared to take of his owne sheepe and of his owne oxen to dresse for y e straunger that was come vnto him But toke the poore mans sheepe and dressed it for the man that was come to him 5 And Dauid was exceeding wroth with the man and saide to Nathan As the Lorde lyueth the man that hath done this thing is the childe of death 6 He shal restore the lambe foure folde because he did this thyng and had no pitie 7 And Nathan saide to Dauid Thou art the man Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I annoynted thee king ouer Israel and ryd thee out of the hand of Saul 8 I gaue thee thy maisters house and thy maisters wyues into thy bosome and gaue thee the house of Israel and of Iuda and might if that had ben to litle haue geuen thee so muche more 9 Wherefore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde to do euill in his sight Thou hast kild Vrias the Hethite with the sword hast taken his wyfe to thy wyfe and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon 10 Now therefore the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house because thou hast despised me and taken the wyfe of Vrias the Hethite to be thy wyfe 11 Wherefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I will stirre vp euil against thee euen out of thyne owne house and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes and geue them vnto thy neyghbour and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne 12 For thou diddest it secretly but I wil do this thing before al Israel and in the open sunne lyght 13 And Dauid saide vnto Nathan I haue sinned against the Lord. And Nathan than saide vnto Dauid The Lord also hath put away thy sinne thou shalt not dye 14 Howbeit because in doing this deede thou hast geuen y e enemies of the Lord a cause to blaspheme the childe that is borne vnto thee shall surely dye 15 And Nathan departed vnto his house And the Lorde strake the childe that Vrias wyfe bare vnto Dauid and it sickened sore 16 Dauid therefore besought God for the childe and fasted and went in laye all night vpon the earth 17 And the elders of his house arose and went to him to take him vp from the earth But he would not neither did he eate meate with them 18 And the seuenth day the childe dyed and the seruauntes of Dauid feared to tell him that the childe was dead For they said beholde while the childe was yet alyue we spake vnto hym and he would not hearkē vnto our voyce how will he then vexe him selfe if we tell him that the childe is dead 19 But Dauid seing his seruaūtes whispering perceaued that the childe was dead Dauid said vnto his seruauntes Is the childe dead They saide He is dead 20 And Dauid arose from the earth and washed and annoynted him selfe and chaunged his apparell and came into the house of the Lord and worshipped and afterward came to his owne house bad that they should set bread before him and he dyd eate 21 Then said his seruauntes vnto him What thing is this that thou hast done Thou diddest fast weepe for the childe while it was alyue assoone as it was dead thou diddest ryse vp eate meate 22 He said While the childe was yet ailue I fasted and wept for this I thought Who can tell whether God wyll haue mercy on me that the childe may lyue 23 But now seeing it is dead wherefore should I fast Can I bring him againe any more I shall go to him rather then he shall come againe to me 24 And Dauid comforted Bethsabe his wyfe went in vnto her and lay with her and she bare a sonne and he called his name Solomon and the Lord loued him 25 And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet therefore he called his name Iedidia of the Lordes behalfe 26 Then Ioab fought against Rabba of
Abia the daughter of Zachariahu 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes as did Dauid his father 3 He opened the doores of the house of the Lorde in the first yere and first moneth of his raigne and repaired them 4 And he brought in the priestes and the Leuites and gathered them together into the east streate 5 And saide vnto them Heare me ye Leuites and now be sanctified and halow the house of the Lorde God of your fathers bring filthynesse out of the holy place 6 For our fathers haue trespassed and done euill in the eyes of the Lorde our God and haue forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backes on it 7 And beside that they haue shut vp the doores of the porche and quenched the lampes and haue neither burnt incense nor offered burnt offringes in the holy place vnto the God of Israel 8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lorde fell on Iuda Hierusalem and he hath brought them to trouble to be wondred on to be hissed at euen as ye see with your eyes 9 For loe our fathers were ouerthrowen with the sword and our sonnes our daughters and our wyues were caried away captiue for the same cause 10 And now it is in myne heart to make a couenaunt with the Lord God of Israel that he may turne away his heauy indignation from vs. 11 Now therefore my sonnes be not negligent for the Lorde hath chosen you to stande before him and for to minister and serue him and to burne incense 12 Then the Leuites arose Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Azariahu of the children of the Caathites And of the sonnes of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi and Azariahu the sonne of Iahalelel And of y e sonnes of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah 13 And of the sonnes of Elizaphan Simri and Iehiel And of the sonnes of Asaph Zechariahu and Matthamahu 14 And of the sonnes of Heman Iehiel and Simer And of the sonnes of Ieduthun Semaia and Vzziel 15 And they gathered their brethren and purified them selues and came according to the commaundement of the king and the wordes of the Lord for to clense the house of the Lorde 16 And the priestes went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord to clense it and brought out all the vnclennesse that they founde in the temple of the Lorde into the court of the house of the Lorde And the Leuites toke it to cary it out into the brooke Cedron 17 They began the first day of the first moneth to purifie and the eyght day of the moneth came they to the porche of the Lorde So they sacrified the house of the Lorde in eyght dayes and in the sixteenth day of the first moneth they made an end 18 And they went in to Hezekia the king and saide We haue clensed all the house of the Lorde the aulter of burnt offring with all his vessels and the shew bread table with all his apparell 19 And all the vessels which king Ahaz did cast aside when he raigned transgressed them we haue prepared and sanctified and beholde they are before the aulter of the Lorde 20 And Hezekia the king rose earlye and gathered the lordes of the citie and went vp to the house of the Lorde 21 And they brought seuen oxen seuen rammes seuen sheepe and seuen hee goates to be a sinne offring for the kingdome for the sanctuary and for Iuda And he commaunded the priestes the sonnes of Aaron to offer them on the aulter of the Lorde 22 And they slue the oxen and the priestes receaued the blood and sprinckled it on the aulter likewyse when they had slaine the rammes they sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter They slue also the sheepe and they sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter 23 And then they brought foorth the hee goates for the sinne offering before the king and the congregation put their handes vpon them 24 And the priestes slue them and with the blood of them they clensed the aulter to make satisfaction for all Israel for the king cōmaunded that the burnt offering and the sinne offering shoulde be made for all Israel 25 And set the Leuites in the house of the Lorde with cymbales psalteries and harpes according to the commaundement of Dauid and of Gad the kinges sear and Nathan the prophete For so was the commaundement of the Lord through the hande of his prophetes 26 And the Leuites stoode hauing the instrumentes of Dauid and the priestes helde the trumpettes 27 And Hezekia commaunded to offer the burnt offring vpon the aulter And when the burnt offring began the song of the Lorde began also and the trumpettes with the instrumentes that were ordayned by the hand of Dauid king of Israel 28 And all the congregation worshipped singing a song and blowyng with the trumpettes and all this continued vntill the burnt offring was finished 29 And when they had made an end of offering the king and all that were present with him bowed them selues and worshipped 30 And Hezekia the king and the lordes spake to the Leuites to prayse the Lord with the wordes of Dauid of Asaph the sear And they sang prayses with gladnesse and the other bowed them selues and worshipped 31 And Hezekia aunswered and saide Now ye haue consecrated your handes to the Lorde go to therefore and bryng the sacrifices and thanke offeringes into the house of the Lorde And the congregation brought in the sacrifices thank offeringes and burnt offringes as many as were of a free liberall heart 32 And the number of the burnt offringes which the congregation brought was threescore and ten oxen an hundred rammes two hundred sheepe which were all for the burnt offering of the Lorde 33 And there were dedicated sixe hundred oxen and three thousand sheepe 34 And the priestes were to fewe to flay al the burnt offringes but their brethren the Leuites did helpe them till they had ended the worke vntil the priestes were sanctified For the Leuites were purer hearted to be sanctified then the priestes 35 And therto y e burnt offringes were many with the fat of the peace offringes the drinke offringes that belong to the burnt offring And so the seruice parteyning to the house of the Lorde was finished 36 And Hezekia reioyced and all the people that God had made the folke so readie that the thing was so soone done ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The keping of the passouer by the kinges commaundement 6 He exhorteth Israel to turne to the Lorde 18 He prayeth for the people 24 His oblation and the princes 27 The Leuites blesse the people 1 AND Hezekia sent to all Israel and Iuda and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse that they shoulde come to the house of the lorde at Hierusalem and
13 For this God is our God for euer and euer he wyll be our guide vnto death The argument of the .xlix. psalme ¶ The prophete speakyng to the poore and riche declareth what a vanitie it is for a man to put his trust in worldly goodes and through them to become stout and arrogant for that they can neitheir delyuer any man from trouble calamitie sicknesse sinne death and displeasure of God neither can any man assure them to hym selfe or to his children for any tyme of continuaunce ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of the children of Corach 1 HEare this all ye people geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde 2 As well lowe as high riche and poore one with another 3 My mouth shall vtter wisdome the cogitations of myne heart wyll bryng foorth knowledge 4 I wyll encline myne eare to a parable I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe 5 Wherfore shoulde I feare in euyll dayes the wickednesse of my heeles then would compasse me round about 6 There be some that put their trust in their goodes and boast them selues in the multitude of their riches 7 But no man at all can redeeme his brother nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym 8 For the redemption of their soule is very costly and must be let alone for euer yea though he lyue long and see not the graue 9 For he seeth that wyse men dye and that the foole and ignoraunt perishe together and leaue their riches for other 10 And yet they thynke that their houses shall continue for euer and that their dwellyng places shall endure from one generation to another therfore they call landes after their owne names 11 Neuerthelesse man can not abyde in such honour he is but lyke vnto bruite beastes that perishe 12 This their way is their foolishnesse yet their posteritie prayse their saying Selah 13 They shal be put into a graue dead as a sheepe death shall feede on them but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng their beautie shall consume away hell shall receaue them from their house 14 But God wyll delyuer my soule from the place of hell for he wyll receaue me Selah 15 Be not thou afrayde though one be made riche or yf the glorie of his house be encreased 16 For he shall cary nothyng away with hym when he dyeth neither shall his pompe folowe after hym 17 For whyle he lyued he counted him selfe an happy man and so long as thou doest well vnto thy selfe men wyll speake good of thee 18 But he shal folowe the generations of his fathers and shall neuer see lyght 19 A man is in an honourable state but he wyll not vnderstande it he is lyke herein vnto bruite beastes that perishe ¶ The argument of the L. Psalme ¶ The prophete bryngeth in God to call to iudgement heauen earth and all the worlde declaryng that he is not ryghtly worshypped of them who offer sacrifices without fayth and who pretendyng religion in wordes and countenaunces leade a lyfe cleane contrary The true worship of God consisteth in offeryng vnto hym prayses in prosperitie and callyng vpon his name in aduersitie and withall in leadyng a good conuersation of lyfe A psalme of Asaph 1 THe most mightie Lorde God hath spoken and called the earth from the rysyng vp of the sunne vnto the goyng downe therof 2 Out of Sion hath the Lorde appeared in perfect beautie 3 Our Lorde commeth and he wyll not kepe scilence there goeth before hym a consumyng fire and a mightie tempest is sturred rounde about hym 4 He calleth from aboue the heauen and the earth that he may iudge his people 5 Gather my saintes together vnto me those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice 6 And the heauens shall declare his ryghteousnesse for God is iudge hym selfe Selah 7 Heare O my people and I wil speake I my selfe wyll testifie vnto thee O Israel I am the Lorde euen thy Lorde 8 I wyll not reproue thee because of thy sacrifices or for thy burnt offerynges for that they be not alway before me 9 I wyll take no bullocke out of thy house nor goates out of thy foldes 10 For all the beastes of the forest are myne and so are the cattel vpon a thousande hylles 11 I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wylde beastes of the fielde are at my commaundement 12 If I be hungry I wyll not tell thee for the whole worlde is myne and all that is therin 13 Thinkest thou that I will eate bulles fleshe and drynke the blood of goates 14 Offer vnto God prayse and pay thy vowes vnto the most hyghest 15 And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble I wyll heare thee and thou shalt glorifie me 16 But the Lorde sayd vnto the vngodly why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my couenaunt in thy mouth 17 Seyng that thou hatest discipline and hast cast my wordes behynde thee 18 When thou sawest a thiefe thou dydst consent vnto hym and thou hast ben partaker with the adulterers 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt 20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne 21 These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue thou thoughtest that I am euen such a one as thou thy selfe art but I wyll reproue thee and I wyll set foorth in order before thine eyes all that thou hast done 22 Consider this I pray you ye that forget the Lorde lest I plucke you away and there be none to delyuer you 23 Who so offereth vnto me thankes and prayse he honoureth me and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght I wyll shewe the saluation of God ⧠The argument of the .lj. psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgyng his great offence in committyng adulterie besecheth most humbly God of his great mercie to pardon his sinnes partly that Gods promises may appeare true who hath promised pardon to all them that from the bottome of their heart do confesse their faultes partly also that he myght lyue to builde the walles and temple of Hierusalem where sacrifices of righteousnes must be offered ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid when the prophete Nathan came vnto hym after he was gone in to Bethsabe ii Samuel xi 1 HAue mercie on me O Lorde accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse accordyng vnto the multitudes of thy mercies wype out my wickednesse 2 Washe me throughly from myne iniquitie and clense me from my sinne 3 For I do acknowledge my wickednesse and my sinne is euer before me 4 Agaynst thee only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying and founde pure when thou art iudged 5 Beholde I was ingendred in iniquitie and in sinne my mother conceaued me
was not the king of Israel they turned backe from him 34 And a certayne man drewe a bowe ignorantly smote the king of Israel betweene the ribbes and his harnesse Wherfore he sayd vnto the driuer of his charettes Turne thy hand and cary me out of the hoast for I am hurt 35 And the battel encreased that day and the king stoode still in his charet against the Syrians and died at euen And the blood ran out of the wounde into the middes of the charet 36 And ther wēt a proclamation throughout the hoast about the goyng downe of the sunne saying Euery man to his citie and to his owne countrey 37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria and they buried the king in Samaria 38 And one washed the charet in the poole of Samaria the dogges licked vp his blood and they washed his armour according vnto the worde of the Lorde whiche he spake 39 The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahab and all that he did and the iuorie house whiche he made and all the cities that he buylded are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 40 And so Ahab slept with his fathers Ahazia his sonne raigned in his steade 41 Iehosaphat the sonne of Asa began to raigne vpon Iuda in the fourth yere of Ahab king of Israel 42 And Iehosaphat was thirtie and fiue yeres old when he began to raigne and raigned twentie and fiue yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name was Azuba the daughter of Silhi 43 And he walked in all the wayes of Asa his father and bowed not therefrom but dyd that whiche was right in the eyes of the Lorde Neuerthelesse the high places were not taken out of the way for the people offred and burnt incense yet in the high places 44 And Iehosaphat made peace with the king of Israel 45 The rest of the wordes that concerne Iehosaphat the might that he vsed howe he warred are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 46 And the remnaunt of the stewes of the males which remayned in the dayes of his father Asa he put cleane out of the lande 47 There was then no king in Edom the deputie was king 48 And Iehosaphat made shippes in the sea to come through Tharsis to Ophir for golde but they went not for the shippes brake at Ezion Gaber 49 Then sayd Ahazia the sonne of Ahab vnto Iehosaphat Let my seruaūtes go with thy seruauntes in the shippes But Iehosaphat woulde not 50 And Iehosaphat dyd sleepe with his fathers was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father And Iehoram his sonne raigned in his steade 51 Ahazia the sonne of Ahab began to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria the seuenteenth yere of Iehosaphat king of Iuda raigned two yeres ouer Israel 52 But he did euyl in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father in the way of his mother in the way of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to synne 53 For he serued Baal worshipped him and prouoked the Lorde God of Israel vnto wrath according vnto all that his father had done The ende of the third booke of the kinges after the reckening of the Latinistes whiche the Hebrues call the first booke of the kinges ⧠The fourth booke of the Kinges after the Latinistes which booke and the third together is but one with the Hebrues ¶ The first Chapiter 2 Ahazia by a fall falleth sicke and consulteth with Beelzebub 3 He is reproued by Elias 10 The captaines ouer fiftie were sent to Elias whereof two were burnt with fire from heauen by his prayer 17 Ahazia dyeth and Iehoram his brother succeedeth him 1 THen Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab 2 And Ahazia fell through a lattesse wyndowe of his vpper chamber that he had in Samaria and while he was in his sickenesse he sent messengers and saide vnto them Go and enquire of Beelzebub the god of Ekrom whether I shall recouer of this my disease 3 But the angell of the Lorde spake to Elias the Thesbite Arise and go vp against the messengers of the king of Samaria and say vnto them Is there not a God in Israel that ye go to aske counsel at Beelzebub the God of Ekrom 4 Wherefore thus saith the Lorde Thou shalt not come downe frō the bed on which thou art gone vp but shalt die the death And Elias departed 5 And when the messengers turned backe againe vnto him he saide vnto them Why are ye now come againe 6 They aunswered him There came a man vp against vs and sayde vnto vs Go turne againe vnto the king that sent you and saye vnto him thus saith the Lorde Is there not a God in Israel that thou sendest to enquyre of Beelzebub the God of Ekrom Therefore thou shalt not come downe from the bed on which thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death 7 And he said vnto them What maner of man was that which came vp and met you and tolde you these wordes 8 And they aunswered him It was an heery man and girt with a girdell of leather about his loynes And he saide It is Elias the Thesbite 9 Then the king sent vnto him a captayne ouer fiftie with his fiftie men which came to him and beholde he sat on the top of an hill And he spake vnto him Thou man of God the king hath saide come downe 10 Elias aunswered and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie If I be a man of God let fyre come downe from heauen consume thee thy fiftie And there came fyre from heauen and consumed him and his fiftie 11 Againe also he sent vnto him an other captaine ouer fiftie with his fiftie And he spake and saide vnto him O man of God thus hath the king saide Make haste and come downe 12 Elias aunswered saide vnto them If I be a man of God let fyre come downe from heauen and consume thee and thy fiftie And there came fyre of God from heauen and consumed him and his fiftie 13 And the king yet againe sent the third captaine ouer fiftie with his fiftie men And the third captaine ouer fiftie went vp and came and fell on his knees before Elias and besought him sayde vnto him Oh man of God I pray thee let my lyfe and the lyfe of the fiftie thy seruauntes be precious in thy sight 14 Beholde there came fyre downe from heauen and burnt vp the two fore captaines ouer fiftie with their fifties therfore let my lyfe now be precious in thy sight 15 And the angell of the Lorde saide vnto Elias Go downe with him and be not afrayde of him And he arose and went downe with him vnto the king 16 And he saide vnto him thus saith the Lorde Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to aske counsell at
offering and the kinges burnt sacrifice and his meate offring with the burnt offering of all the people of the lande and their meate offring and their drinke offringes and powre thereby al the blood of the burnt offring and all the blood of the sacrifice and the brasen aulter wyll I come and see 16 And Vria the priest did according to al thinges as king Ahaz commaunded him 17 And king Ahaz brake the sydes of the botomes and toke the lauer from of them toke downe the lauatorie from of the brasen oxen that were vnder it and put it vpon a pauement of stones 18 And the vayle for the Sabbath that they had made in the house and the kinges entrie without turned he to the house of the Lorde for feare of the king of Assyria 19 The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahaz what he did are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid Hezekia his sonne raigned in his steade ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 5 Hosea king of Israel is taken 4 And he and al his realme brought to the Assyrians 18 for their idolatrie 24 Lions destroy the Assyrians that dwelt in Samaria 29 Euery one worshipped the god of his nation 35 contrary to the commaundement of God 1 IN the twelfth yere of Ahaz king of Iuda began Hosea the sonne of Elah to raigne in Samaria vpon Israel nine yeres 2 And did that which was euill in the sight of the Lorde but not as the kinges of Israel that were before him 3 And Salmanasar king of Assyria came vp against him and Hosea became his seruaunt and gaue him presentes 4 And the king of Assyria founde treason in Hosea for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and brought no present vnto the king of Assyria from yere to yere and therefore the king of Assyria shut him vp and bounde him in the pryson house 5 And then the king of Assyria came vp throughout all the lande and gat vp against Samaria and besieged it three yeres 6 In the ninth yere of Hosea the king of Assyria toke Samaria and carryed Israel away vnto Assyria put them in Hala in Habor by the ryuer of Goza and in the cities of the Medes 7 For it came to passe that the children of Israel sinned against the Lord their God which had brought them out of the land of Egypt from vnder the hand of Pharao king of Egypt and feared other gods 8 And they walked in the ceremonies of the heathen whom the Lorde cast out before the children of Israel and in the ceremonies which the kinges of Israel had made 9 And the children of Israel went about to hide those thinges that were not wel from the Lorde their God And they buylt them hygh places in all their cities both in the towres where they kept watch and also in the strong townes 10 And they made thē images groues in euery hye hill vnder euery thicke tree 11 And there they burnt incense in all the hygh places as did the heathen whom the Lord caryed away before them and wrought wicked thinges to anger the Lorde withall 12 For they serued most vile idols wherof the Lorde had sayd vnto them Ye shall do no such thing 13 And the Lorde testified in Israel and in Iuda by all the prophetes and by all the sears saying Turne from your wicked wayes and kepe my commaundementes and my statutes according to all the law which I commaunded your fathers and which I sent to you by my seruauntes the prophetes 14 Nothwithstanding they woulde not heare but rather hardened their neckes lyke to the stubburnesse of their fathers that dyd not beleue in the Lorde their God 15 For they refused his statutes and his appoyntment that he made with their fathers and the witnesses wherwith he witnessed vnto them and they folowed vanitie and became vayne and went after the heathen that were round about them concerning whom the Lorde had charged them that they shoulde not do lyke them 16 But they left al the commaundemētes of the Lord their God and made them images of metal euen two calues and made idol groues worshipped all the hoast of heauen and serued Baal 17 And they sacrificed their sonnes and their daughters in fire and vsed witchcraftes enchauntmentes euen selling them selues to worke wickednesse in the sight of the Lorde and to anger him 18 And the Lorde was exceeding wroth with Israel put them out of his sight that there was left but the tribe of Iuda onely 19 Neuerthelesse Iuda also kept not the commaundementes of the Lorde their God but walked in the ceremonies of Israel whiche they made 20 And the Lord cast of all the seede of Israel and vered them deliuered them into the handes of spoylers vntil he had cast them out of his sight 21 For he cut of Israel from the house of Dauid and made them a king euen Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat And Ieroboam drewe Israel away that they shoulde not folowe the Lorde and made them sinne a great sinne 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sinnes of Ieroboam whiche he dyd and departed not therfrom 23 Vntill the Lord put Israel away out of his sight as he had sayd by all his seruauntes the prophetes And so was Israel caried away out of their owne land to Assyria euen vnto this day 24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon from Cutha frō Aua from Hamath and from Sepharuaim and put them in the cities of Samaria in steede of the children of Israel and they possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities therof 25 And it fortuned that at the beginning of their dwelling there they feared not the Lorde and the Lorde sent lions among them which slue them 26 Wherfore they spake to the king of Assyria saying The nations which thou hast translated put in the cities of Samaria knowe not the lawe of the God of the lande therefore he hath sent lions vpon them and behold they slay them because they knowe not the maner of worshipping the God of the lande 27 Then the king of Assyria commaunded saying Cary thyther one of the priestes whom ye brought thence and let hym go and dwell there and teache them the fashion how to serue the God of the countrey 28 And then one of the priestes whom they had caried from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel and taught them howe they shoulde feare the Lorde 29 Howebeit euery nation made them gods of their owne and put them in the houses of the hygh places whiche the Samaritans had made euery nation in their cities wherin they dwelt 30 The men of Babylon made Socoth Benoth the men of Cuth made Nergal the men of Hamath made Asima
naught 9 The righteous wyll reioyce when he seeth the vengeaunce he wyll washe his foote steppes in the blood of the vngodly 10 And euery man shall say veryly there is a rewarde for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that iudgeth in the earth ¶ The argument of the .lix. Psalme ¶ Dauid vttereth how he was affected at such time as wayte was layde for to slay him He declareth what prayers he made against the vnreasonablenes of his aduersaries how greatly he trusted in God hauing his minde quiet and redie to prayse God his refuge and succour at all times ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when Saul sent and they did watch the house to kill him 1 DEliuer me from myne enemies O Lorde defende me froÌ„ them that rise vp against me 2 Deliuer me from the workers of iniquitie and saue me from the blood thirstie men 3 For lo they lye in wayte for my soule men of power are gathered together against me who haue committed no wickednes nor fault O God 4 When no fault is done they runne and set them selues in order arise to meete me and beholde 5 And thou O God Lorde of hoastes Lorde of Israel awake to visite all Heathen and be not mercifull vnto all them that offend of malice Selah 6 They go to and fro at euening they barke lyke a dogge and runne about through the citie 7 Behold they speake with their mouth swordes are in their lippes for say they who doth heare vs 8 But thou O God wylt haue them in derision thou wylt laugh all Heathen to scorne 9 I wyl reserue his strength for thee for thou O Lorde art my refuge 10 My mercifull Lord wyll preuent me the Lord will let me see my desire vpon mine enemies 11 Slay them not lest my people forget it but in thy stoutnes scatter them like vagaboundes and put them downe O God our defence 12 The wordes of their lippes be the sinne of their mouth O let them be taken in their pryde for they speake nothing but curses and lies 13 Consume them in thy wrath consume them that nothing of them remayne and let them knowe that it is the Lord that ruleth in Iacob vnto the endes of the worlde Selah 14 And let them gad vp and downe at euening let them barke lyke a dogge and go about the citie 15 Let them runne here and there for meate and go to bed if they be not satisfied 16 As for me I wyll sing of thy power and wyll prayse thy louing kindnes betime◠〈◊〉 the morning for thou hast ben my â—â—â—ence and refuge in the day of my trouble 17 Vnto thee O my strength will I sing psalmes for thou O Lorde art my refuge and my mercyfull Lorde The argument of the .lx. psalme ¶ Dauid where as he and his people were so afflicted that it might seeme God to haue forsaken them yet he considering that God would be pacified by them that returned vnto him vnfaignedly from their sinnes prayeth to God for to defende maintaine and encrease his people and kingdome according to his promises ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Susan Eduth a golden psalme of Dauid for to teache made when he fought against Mesopotamia and Syria of Stobah and when Ioab turned backe and slue twelue thousande Edomites in the salt valley 2. Sam. 8. 1. Paral. 18. 1 O Lorde thou hast cast vs out thou hast dispearsed vs thou art displeased O turne thee vnto vs agayne 2 Thou hast made the land to tremble thou hast cleft it asunder heale the breaches therof for it is redy to fall downe 3 Thou hast made thy people see heauie thinges thou hast geuen vs wyne to drinke that maketh vs tremble 4 But to suche as feare thee thou hast geuen a banner to be lyfted vp on high for the trueth sake Selah 5 Therfore that thy beloued may be deliuered helpe me with thy right hand and heare me 6 The Lorde hath spoken in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce this I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 7 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be myne Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 8 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edom I wyll cast my shoe Philistea be thou glad of me 9 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 10 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence O Lorde and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 11 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 12 Thorowe the Lorde we wyll do valiaunt actes for he him selfe wyll treade downe our enemies The argument of the .lxj. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in daunger requireth God to deliuer him he declareth his trust in God He desireth long life of God and promiseth to prayse him therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth of Dauid 1 HEare my crying O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer 2 From the endes of the earth I wyll call vnto thee when my heart is in heauines oh set me vp on the rocke that is higher then I. 3 For thou hast ben my hope and a strong towre for me against the face of the enemie 4 I wyll dwell in thy tabernacle for euer my trust shal be vnder the couering of thy wynges Selah 5 For thou O Lorde hast hearde my vowes and hast geuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy name 6 Thou wilt adde dayes vnto the kings dayes and his yeres shal be a generation and a generation 7 He shall dwell before the Lorde for euer O appoynt thy louing mercy and faithfulnes that thei may preserue him 8 So wyll I sing psalmes vnto thy name that I may day by day perfourme my vowes ¶ The argument of the .lxij. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth that in God he putteth his whole trust and that his aduersaries deuising mischiefe shall therby worke their owne destruction He declareth also that to trust vnto man aucthoritie spoyle riches or goodes is but vanitie Only God hath power and good wyll to helpe in all necessities who wyll rewarde euery one according to his workes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Iudethun a psalme of Dauid 1 MY soule truly only stayeth vpon the Lorde for of him commeth my saluation 2 He onlye is my rocke and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued greatly 3 Howe long wyll ye imagine mischiefe against euery man ye shal be slayne all the sort of you ye shal be as a tottering wall and like a broken hedge 4 They deuise only howe to thrust him from his promotion they delight in a lye they blesse with their mouth and curse with their heart Selah 5 Neuerthelesse O my soule stay thou only vpon the Lorde for my confidence is in him 6 He only is my rocke
be a propitiatiō through fayth in his blood to declare his ryghteousnes in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are past 26 Which God dyd suffer to shew at this tyme his righteousnes that he might be iuste the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus ☜ 27 Where is then thy boastyng It is excluded By what lawe Of workes Nay but by the lawe of fayth 28 Therfore we holde that a man is iustified by fayth without the deedes of the lawe 29 Is he the God of the Iewes only Is he not also of the Gentiles Yes euen of the Gentiles also 30 For it is one God whiche shall iustifie the circumcision by fayth and vncircumcision through fayth 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth God forbyd But we rather mayntayne the lawe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 7 Iustification is the free gyft of God as it appeareth by Dauid and Abraham 13 and also by the office of lawe and fayth 1 WHat shall we saye then that Abraham our father as parteynyng to the flesshe dyd fynde 2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes thē hath he wherein to boaste but not before God 3 For what sayth the scripture Abraham beleued God and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes 4 To hym that worketh is the reward not reckened of grace but of duetie 5 To hym that worketh not but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes 7 Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen whose sinnes are couered 8 Blessed is that man to whō the Lorde wyll not impute sinne 9 Came this blessednes then vpon the circumcision or vpon the vncircumcision also For we say that fayth was reckened to Abraham for ryghteousnes 10 Howe was it then reckened when he was in the circumcision or whē he was in the vncircumcision Not in the circumcision but in vncircumcision 11 And he receaued the signe of circumcision as the seale of the ryghteousnesse of fayth whiche he had yet beyng vncircumcised that he shoulde be the father of al them that beleue though they be not circumcised that ryghteousnes myght be imputed vnto them also 12 And that he myght be father of circumcision not vnto them only whiche came of the circumcised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe but through the ryghteousnes of fayth 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres then is fayth but vayne and the promise of none effect 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgression 16 Therefore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come by grace that the promise myght be sure to all y e seede not to that only which is of the lawe but to that also which is of the fayth of Abraham which is the father of vs al. 17 As it is written that I haue made thee a father of many nations before God whom he beleued which restoreth the dead vnto life and calleth those thynges whiche be not as though they were 18 Who contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shoulde be the father of many nations accordyng to that which was spoken so shall thy seede be 19 And he faynted not in the fayth nor considered his owne body nowe dead when he was almost an hundred yeres old neither yet the deadnesse o Saraes wombe 20 He stackered not at the promise of God through vnbeliefe but was strong in fayth geuyng glorie to God 21 And beyng full certified that what he had promised he was able also to perfourme 22 And therfore was it reckened to hym for righteousnes 23 Neuerthelesse it is not written for hym only that it was reckened to him 24 But also for vs to whom it shal be reckened so that we beleue on hym that raysed vp Iesus our Lorde from the dead 25 Which was deliuered for our sinnes and was raysed agayne for our iustification ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The fruite of fayth 7 The loue of God and obedience of Christe 12 From whence commeth death and from whence lyfe 1 THerefore being iustified by fayth we are at peace with GOD thorowe our Lorde Iesus Christe 2 By whom also we haue had an entraūce by fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and reioyce in hope of the glorie of God 3 Not that only but also we reioyce in tribulations knowyng that tribulation worketh pacience 4 Pacience profe profe hope 5 And hope maketh not ashamed because the loue of God is shedde abrode in our heartes by the holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. 6 * For when we were yet weake accordyng to the tyme Christe dyed for the vngodly 7 Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye 8 ☞ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet sinners Christe dyed for vs. 9 Muche more then nowe we that are iustified by his blood shal be saued from wrath through hym 10 For yf when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne much more seyng we are reconciled we shal be saued by his lyfe 11 Not only so but we also ioye in God through our Lorde Iesus Christe by whō we haue nowe receaued the atonement 12 Wherfore as by one man sinne entred into the worlde death by sinne euen so death entred into all men insomuch as all haue sinned 13 For vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but sinne is not imputed when there is no lawe 14 Neuerthelesse death raigned from Adam to Moyses ouer them also that had not sinned with lyke transgression as dyd Adam whiche is the figure of hym that was to come 15 But not as the sinne so is the gyft For yf through the sinne of one many be dead much more the grace of God and the gyft by grace which is by one man Iesus Christe hath abounded vnto many 16 And not as by one that sinned euen so the gyft For the iudgement was of one into condemnation but the gyfte of many sinnes into iustification 17 For yf by the sinne of one death raigned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes shall raigne in life by the meanes of one Iesus Christe 18 Lykewyse then as by the sinne of one sinne came on all men to condempnation euen so by the ryghteousnes of one good came vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe 19 For as by one mans disobedience many became sinners so by the obedience
the whole raigne Isboseth b Whiche is also called Daniel 1. Chro. 3. a. (c) Within the seuen yeres sixe monethes that he raigned ouer Iuda in Hebron “ Heb. Fortified him selfe for the house of Saul d Doest thou esteeme me no more then a dogge for all my seruice done to thâ— fathers house (e An Hebrue maner of speaking which signifieth to speake to (f) Who chalenged the kingdome because of Saul “ Or without harme (g) From warre against the Philistines (h) As though he would say thou hast done foolishâ—y “ Or Secretly (i) Beyng innocent neither knowing nor consenting to his death (k) As one that consented to the murther (l) Meaning before the corps (m) He declareth that Abner died not as a wretche or vile person â–ª but as a valiant man might do being traytâ—rously deceaued by the wicked n According to their custome which was to banket at burials (a) That is Isboseth (b) Meaning that he was discâ—raged as one whose helpe was gone (c) The citie Beroth was in the tribe of Beniamin (d) After the death of Saul for feare of the Philistines (e) Faâ—ng them selues to be mâ—rchauntes comming to 〈◊〉 wheate “ Or wiâ—dernesse (f) The iudgement of the wicked blinded with ambition and couetousnes differreth farre from the iudgement of the godly That which the one iudgeth worthy thankes and rewardeâ— the other iudgeth worthy death i. Par. x. a. (a) We are thy kinred and most neare ioyned vnto thee ii Reg. ii c. (b) That is taking the Lord to witnesse for the arke was as yet in Abinadab his house (c) That is the third time that Dauid was annoynted i. Par. iii. b. (d) That is they came to fight against Dauid (e) By Abâ—athar the priest “ Or The plaine of diuisions (f) Whiche was in the tribe of Beniamin but the Philistines did possesse 〈◊〉 (a) A citie in the tribe of Iuda called also Kiriathiarim Ios 15 â–ª â— (b) Whiche was an hiâ— place â—n the citie of Kiriathiarim (c) His intent semed to reason to â—e good but being contrary to Gods worde it was a fault “ Or The diuision of Vzza (d) Who being a Leuite had dwelâ—â—n Githâ—â— â— Chro. 15. â— (e) Meaning he caused the Leuites to beare it according to the lawe (f) With a garment lyke the priestes garment (g) As one that had by light behauiour disgraced him self and played a foolishe part as she thought (h) That is to pray for his house as he had done for the people (i) Whose glorie is to be estemed more then the pleasing of men (k) For punishement â–ª because she mocked the seruaunt of God (a) That is within the tabernacle couered with skinnes Exo. â—6 b. (b) Meaning he should not although afore without counsell of the Lorde he had permitted him (c) Both outward as the Philistines inward as Saul and his house (d) For thy noble actes the largenes of thy kingdome (e) He promiseth them quietnes if they wil walke in his feare and obedience (f) That is gently as fathers vse to chastice their children (g) This was beginne in Solomon as a figure but accomplyshed in Christ (h) That is â–ª to so great dignitie “ Heb. Is this the law of man (i) O Israel Exo xiii d. (k) From the Egyptians and their â—les (l) Of thy free election (m) An Ebrew phrase in meaning thou hast reuealed to thy seruaunt Deu. xxiii f Or Meâ—egammah (a) So that they payed no more tribute Nu. xxiiii c. “ Or enlarge “ Or â–ª Euphrates Or hoghed the horâ—es of the charets “ Or Aramites (b) That is they payed yerely tribute (c) To the vse of the temple i. Par. xix a. “ Ebre â–ª to aske peace “ Ebre in his hand “ Or Aram or Celosiria * Nu. xxiiii d (d) He gaue iudgement in controuersies by right and equitie ii Reg. xx d “ Or wryter of câ—onicles (e) The Cherethites and Phelethites were as the kings garde hauing charge of his person (a) To whom I bound my selfe by oth 1 Sa. â—0 c. (b) That is great mercie and such as is accepted before God ii Reg. iiii b. (c) Who was also called Eliam the father of Bathseba Dauids wyfe (d) Meaning a dispised person “ Or â–ª Nephewe (e) That he may haue wherewith to furnishe him selfe and be meete for the kinges table ii Re. iiii b. (a) This kindnesse is thought to be by sauing one of his brethreÌ„ which fled to him from the king of Ammon or for that Dauid in his trouble receaued at his handes reliefâ— and comfort (b) That is by his seruauntes “ â—re in 〈◊〉 eâ—es 〈◊〉 Dauid For a 〈◊〉 and a shame to Dauid and the children of Israel (b) That they had deserued Dauids displeasure â–ª for the iniury done to his embassadours “ Or Aramites â–ª “ Or Euphrates (e) Meaning the greatest parte (f) Which were the chiefest and most principall for in all he destroyed seuen thousand 1 Chro. xix d. or the souldiers which were in .700 charets (a) The yerâ— folowing about the spring tyme. i Par. xx a. (b) Wherevpon he vsed to rest at afternoone as was red of Isboseth Chap. iiii c. Exo. ii a. Leu. xviii â— (d) Fearing lest she should be stoned according to the lawe (e) Dauid thought by this meanes to cloke his fault ii Reg. 14 â— (f) Therby to prouoke him to go and lye by his wyfe (g) Except God continually vpholde vs with his mightie spirit the most perfecte fall hâ—d long to all vice and abhomination Meaning 〈◊〉 “ â—e wâ— against 〈◊〉 “ Ebre so and so “ was euill in the eyes of the Lord. “ Or wayfaring man Or refused “ Ebre the 〈◊〉 of Dauid was â—ed â—â—eg xx f. That is 〈…〉 〈◊〉 xxii a. i Reg. xvi â— â–ª (b) For Dauid succeaded Saul in his kingdome (c) They expounde this of Egâ—a and as some thinke Ritzpa As for Michol she was Sauls daughter (d) Most cruelly delyuering him to the handes of gods enemies Deu. xviii c. (e) Meaning openlie as at noone dayes Ecâ—l xlvii c. (f) Because thou hast vnfainedly turned vnto the Lorde and confessed thy sinne â–ª (g) In saying that the Lord hath appoynted a wicked man to raigne ouer his people (h) To wyt to his priuie chamber “ Do euill (i) As they which considered not that God graunteth many thinges to the sobbes and teares of the faithfull Eccle. 38 a. (k) He conformeth him selfe to Gods will and comforteth him selfe by obedience to the same Math. i. a. (l) To call him Solomon (m) Meaning Dauid i. Para iii. b. “ Or the cheefest citie i. Par. xx b. (n) That is three score pound after the wâ—ight of the comon talent (o) recompeÌ„sing the cruell enemies of God with cruel death (a) Thamar was Absaloms sister both by father and mother and Amnons onely by father (b) And therfore kept in her fathers house as virgyns were accustomed This frend 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 his disâ—
iii. Iohn xiii A Prid. Kl. Siluester bish xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i. ¶ The summe of the vvhole Scripture of the bookes of the olde and new Testament The bookes of the olde Testament do teache vs that the same God whom Adam Noe Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and the other fathers did worship is the onely true God and that he the same is almightie and euerlasting VVho of his meere goodnesse hath created by his worde heauen and earth and all that is in them From whom all thinges do come without whom there is nothing at all And that he is iust and mercifull VVho also worketh all in all after his owne wyll To whom it is not lawfull to say wherefore he doth thus or thus Moreouer these bookes teache vs that this very God almightie after he created all thinges shope also Adam the first man to the image and spirituall similitude of him selfe and that he did constitute him lorde ouer all thinges that he had created in earth VVhich Adam by the enuie and fraude of the deuill transgressing the precept of his creator by this his sinne brought in such and so great sinne into the worlde that we which be sprong from him by the fleshe be in nature the children of wrath and therevpon we be made subiect and thraule to death to dampnation to the yoke and tyranny of the deuill Furthermore vve are taught by these excellent bookes that God promysed to Adam Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and to other fathers of the olde time that he would send that blessed seede his sonne Iesus Christe our sauiour which should deliuer all those from sinne and from the tyranny of the deuill which by a liuely and working faith should beleue this promise and put their trust in Iesus Christe hoping that of him and by him they shoulde obtayne this deliueraunce Also they geue vs to vnderstand that in the meane season whyle those fathers the Israelites loked for the saluation and deliueraunce promysed for that the nature of man is such so proude and so corrupt that those would not wyllingly acknowledge themselues to be sinners which had nede of the sauiour promysed God the creator gaue by Moyses his lawe wrytten in two tables of stone that by it sinne and the malice of mans heart being knowen men mought more vehemently thirst for the comming of Iesus Christe who should redeeme and deliuer them from sinne VVhich thing neither the lawe nor yet the sacrifices and oblations of the lawe did perfourme For they were shadowes and figures of the true oblation of the body of Christe by which oblation all sinnes should be blotted out and quite put away By the bookes of the newe Testament we be taught that Christe so afore promysed which is God aboue al thinges most blessed for euer euen he I say which was shadowed in the bookes of the olde Testament and in sacrifices figured that he was sent at the last from the father the selfe same time which the father did constitute within him selfe I say at that time when all wickednesse abounded in the worlde than he was sent And this Iesus our sauiour being borne in the fleshe suffered death and rose againe from the dead VVhich actes of his were not done by him in respect of the good workes of any man for we were all sinners but that this God our father shoulde appeare true in exhibiting the aboundant ryches of his grace which he promysed and that through his mercie he mought bring vs to saluation VVhereupon it is euidently shewed in the newe Testament that Iesus Christe being the true lambe the true sacrifice of the worlde putting away the sinnes of men came into this worlde to purchase grace and peace for vs with the father washing vs from our sinnes in his owne blood and should deliuer vs from the bondage of the deuil whom by sinne we did serue And so we should be adopted by him to be the sonnes of God made heires with him of that most excellent and euerlasting kingdome Now that we should acknowledge this singuler and excellent benefite of God toward vs almightie God geueth vs his holy spirite the fruite and effect of the which is faith in God and in his Christe For without the holy ghost by which we are instructed and sealed neither can we beleue that God the father sent Messias nor yet that Iesus is Christe For no man saith Paul can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy ghost The same spirite witnesseth to our spirite that we are the children of God and powreth into our bowels that charitie which Paul describeth to the Corinthians Furthermore that holy spirite doth geue vs hope which is a sure loking for eternall lyfe whereof he him selfe is the certaine token and pledge Also he geueth vs other spirituall giftes of the which Paul wryteth to the Galathians Therefore the benefite of faith is not to be despised or little to be set by For by the meanes of this trust and faith in Christe which worketh by charitie and sheweth it selfe foorth by the workes of charitie mouing man therto we are iustified and sanctified that is to say God and the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is made our father also by him being our brother doth accompt vs to be iust and holy through his grace and through the merite of his sonne Iesus Christe not imputing our sinnes to vs so farre foorth that we shoulde suffer the paynes of hell for them Finally Christe him selfe came into the worlde to the intent that we through him being sanctified and cleansed from our sinnes folowing his wyll in good workes shoulde deny the thinges pertayning to the fleshe and freely serue him in righteousnesse and holynesse all the dayes of our lyfe and that by good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in we should shewe our selues to be called to this grace and gift of faith which good workes who so hath not doth shewe him selfe not to haue such a faith in Christe as is required in vs. To Christe must we come and folowe him with a chearefull minde that he may teache vs For he is our maister lowly and humble of heart he is to vs an example whereby we must learne the rule to lyue well Moreouer he is our bishop and our high priest which dyd him selfe offer vp for vs his owne blood being the onely mediator betweene God and men VVho now sitteth at the right hande of God the father being made our aduocate making prayer and intercession for vs who doubtlesse shall obtayne for vs whatsoeuer we shall desire eyther of him or els of his father in his name if so be that we thus desiring shall beleue that he wyll so do for thus hath he promysed Therefore let vs not doubt if we sinne at any tyme to come with
the election of king Saul of his gouernaunce of his actes and of his death Chapters 31. 2 Which treateth howe king Dauid gouerned the people of his deedes Chapters 24. Kinges 3 Treateth of king Dauids death and of the succession of his rule and of Solomons actes and of other kinges of Iuda and Israel Chap. 22. 4 Of the fall of the kingdome of Iuda and Israel for the sinnes of their kinges of the captiuitie of the people and of the ouerthrowe of the citie and Temple Chapters 25. Paralipomenon 1 It treateth of the Genealogie of king Dauid where is also a rehearsall of his election of his gouernaunce and of his actes Chapters 29. 2 Wherin is rehearsed agayne the gouernaunce of the people by Solomon ▪ and other kinges of Iuda and Israel Chapters 36. Esdras 1 Which treateth howe the people of Israel were brought out of captiuitie from Babylon and of the instruction of the people so returned by Esdras doctor of the lawes Chapters 10. 2 Whose aucthour is Neemias which treateth of the buildyng agayne of the walles and of the citie of Hierusalem and of the correction of euyll men and of the disorders that rose in the absence of Neemias Chapters 13. 3 Which booke is Apocryphus wherin be repeated thynges otherwhere written about the captiuitie of Babylon in the tyme of Iosias some thynges that chaunsed in the tyme of Zorobabel and Esdras And there is also a solution to a certayne question Chapters 9. 4 Which booke is also Apocryphus wherein be put certayne visions and dreames ouer the people of the Iewes of their deliuerie and their captiuitie and of the restoryng of the Temple in Hierusalem Chapters 16. Tobi. Which treateth of his probation diuers vertues of the ministerie of Raphael the Archangel of the instruction of his childe and of the honestie of matrimonie Chapters 14. Iudith Which doth treate of the besiegyng of Hierusalem and of the people of Israel of the honestie vertue of Iudith of the slaughter of Holophernes and deliuerie of the people of Israel Chapters 16. Hester Which treateth of the crueltie of Ammon and of his hanging so procured by the prudence humilitie of Hester and of the promotyng of Mardocheus and deliuery of the Iewes Chapters 16. Iob. Which treateth of the patience of Iob and his disputation that he had with his friendes of Gods prouidence of the last rising againe Chapters 42. Machabees 1 Which treateth of the battayles betweene the Iewes the people of Persie and of the deliuerie of the people by Mathathias Iudas Ionathas and Simon Chapters 16. 2 Wherin be repeated agayne some thynges which be in the first booke and of the tribulation of the people of the constancie of the seuen brethren and of their mother and of the deliuerie of the people by Iudas Machabeus Chapters xv Sapiētiall be so called for in them prudence true wisedome is taught and there be of them bookes .5 Prouerbes Which doth treate of instruction and nurture of such as begyn to serue God Chapters 31. Ecclesiastes Which treateth of the vanitie of the worlde of the hate to vice and of the goyng forwarde in Gods wayes Chapters 12. Canticles Which treateth of the perfection of the righteous man of the contemplation of a holy soule and of the coniunction of Christe and of his Churche Chapters 8. Sapiens Which treateth howe prelates should gouerne and of the conseruation of iustice and of the disprayse of idols of the commyng and passion of Christe which is the true wisdome Chap. 19. Ecclesiasticus Which treateth of the obedience of subiectes of the description of good maners of the worthinesse of wisdome and of the commendation of vertuous men Chapters 51. Propheticall be such wherin are shewed and prophecied afore thinges to come and there be in number of these bookes .18 Psalter Which treateth of the diuinitie of Christ of his humanitie and all other misteries of the same and of diuers poyntes of Christian religion and be in number .150 Esai Which treateth of the faultes of the Iewes of Christes incarnation and of his passion of the vocation of the gentiles of the raigne of Iuda and Israel Chapters 66. Hieremie Which treateth of the captiuitie of the Iewes and of the destruction of Hierusalem of his lamentation for the destruction of the citie Chapters .52 The lamentations hath Chapters 5. Baruch Which treateth of the wordes which he read to the captiues in Babylon howe he foretolde the returne of the Iewes and of their last fortunes Chapters 6. Ezechiel Which treateth of his visions of the Iewes sinnes of the fall of Hierusalem and of their reparation Chapters 48. Daniel Which treateth of the monarchie of the worlde and of the chaunge of tymes of the power and eternitie of Christes kingdome of the storie of Susanna of the destruction of Bel and of the of the Dragon Chapters 14. Osee Which telleth of the idolatrie of the people of Israel figured by a common harlot of the ouerflowe of sinnes and of the warning to the Iewes to turne to the God of Israel Chapters 14. Ioel. Which speaketh of the destruction of the people of Israel by the caterpiller the grashopper and the locust of their inducement to penaunce and of the day of doome Chapters 3. Amos. He speaketh of the sinnes of the Iewes and Gentiles of Gods wrath to fall vpon them and of mouyng them to penaunce and prophecieth of the finall restitution Chapters 9. Abd◠Which cryeth out and threatneth the destruction of Edom and of Esau Chapters 1. Ionas He speaketh of the shipwracke and in this figuryng before the passion of Christ he calleth backe the worlde to repentaunce vnder the name of Niniue and prefigureth the saluation of the Gentiles Chapters 4. Micheas Which prophecieth of the destructiō of Samaria and of the captiuitie and destruction of the chiefe men of Israel and of the false prophetes and of the vnkindnesse and malice of them Chapters 7. Naum. Which speaketh of Gods wrath his greeuous vengeaunce agaynst Niniue which did penaunce for their sinnes at the preachyng of Ionas afterwarde they were wrapped in greater offences Chapters 3. Abacuc Which speaketh of the disputation which the prophete had of God and of this worlde and howe that good men be troden downe and wicked men prosper Chapters 3. Sophoni Which speaketh of the iudgement of God against the Iewes and to straunge nations and of the comfortyng of the people of Israel Chapters 3. Aggei He prophecieth of the reuersion of the people of the Iewes and of the building againe of the temple and of the callyng backe agayne of the citie Chapters 2. Zacharie Which speaketh of the deliuerie of the Iewes and of their punishment by their enemies and of the humilitie of Christes commyng and of his passion Chapters 14. Malachi Who speaketh of the abiection of the people of Israel and of their sacrifices and of Christes commyng Chapters 4. ⧠The newe Testament in lyke maner Bookes
whom he begetteth Obed. 18 The generation of Pharez 1 THen went Booz vp to the gate and sat him downe there and beholde the kinsman of which Booz spake came by vnto whom he sayde Ho suche one come sit downe here And he turned sat downe 2 And he toke ten men of the elders of the citie and said sit ye downe here And they sat downe 3 And he sayd vnto the kinsman Naomi that is come agayne out of the countrey of Moab will sel a parcell of lande which was our brother Elimelechs 4 And I thought to do thee to wyt and byd the bye it before thee inhabitauntes and elders of my people If thou wilt redeeme it redeeme it but if thou wilt not redeeme it then tell me that I may knowe For there is none to redeeme it saue thou and I next thee And the other aunswered I will redeeme it 5 Then sayd Booz What day thou biest the fielde of the hande of Naomi thou must bye it also of Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of the dead to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce 6 The kinsman aunswered I can not redeeme it for marring of myne owne inheritaunce redeeme thou my right to thee for I cannot redeeme it 7 Nowe this was the maner of olde time in Israel concerning redeeming chaunging for to stablishe al thing that a man must plucke of his shoe geue it his neyghbour And this was a sure witnesse in Israel 8 Therfore the kinsman sayde to Booz Bye it thou and so drue of his shoe 9 And Booz sayde vnto the elders and vnto all the people Ye are witnesses this day that I haue bought all that was Elimelechs and all that was Chilions and Mahalons of the hande of Naomi 10 And moreouer Ruth the Moabite the wyfe of Mahalō haue I purchased to be my wyfe to stirre vp the name of the dead vpon his inheritaunce that the name of the dead be not put out frō among his brethren and from the gate of his place ye are witnesses this day 11 And all the people that were in the gate and the elders sayde We are witnesses The Lord make the womā that is come into thyne house lyke Rahel and Lea whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata and be famous in Bethlehem 12 Thy house be like the house of Pharez whom Thamar bare vnto Iuda euē of the seede whiche the Lord shall geue thee of this young woman 13 And so Booz toke Ruth and she was his wyfe And when he went in vnto her the Lorde gaue that she conceaued and bare a sonne 14 And the women sayde vnto Naomi Blessed be the Lorde the whiche hath not left thee this day without a kinsman and his name shal be continued in Israel 15 And that shall bring thy lyfe agayne and cherishe thyne olde age For thy daughter in lawe whiche loueth thee hath borne vnto him and she is better to thee then seuen sonnes 16 And Naomi toke the child layed it in her lappe and became nurse vnto it 17 And the women her neyghbours gaue it a name saying There is a child borne to Naomi called it Obed the same is the father of Isai the father of Dauid 18 These are the generations of Pharez Phares begat Hezron 19 Hezron begat Ram Ram begat Aminadab 20 Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon 21 Salmon begat Booz Booz begat Obed 22 Obed begat Isai Isai begat Dauid ¶ The ende of the booke of Ruth it with violence 17 And the sinne of the young men was very great before the Lord For men abhorred the offering of the Lord. 18 But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde girded with a linnen Ephod 19 Moreouer his mother made him a litle coate and brought it to him from yere to yere when she came vp with her husband to offer the yerely sacrifice 20 And Eli blessed Elkana and his wife and said The Lorde geue thee seede of this woman for the petition that she asked of the Lord. And they went vnto their owne home 21 And the Lorde visited Hanna so that she conceaued and bare three sonnes two daughters And the childe Samuel grew before the Lorde 22 Eli was very olde and heard all that his sonnes did vnto Israel how they lay with the women that wayted at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 23 And he saide vnto them Why do ye such thinges For of all these people I heare euill reportes of you 24 Oh nay my sonnes For it is no good report that I heare how that ye make the Lordes people to trespasse 25 If one man sinne against another the Iudge shall iudge it But if a man sinne against the Lord who will be his dayseman Notwithstanding they hearkened not vnto the voyce of their father because the Lorde would slay thē 26 The childe Samuel profited grew and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men 27 And there came a man of God vnto Eli and sayde vnto hym thus saith the Lorde Dyd not I playnely appeare vnto the house of thy father when they were in Egypt in Pharaos house 28 And I chose him out of al the tribes of Israel to be my priest for to offer vppon mine aulter and to burne incense and to weare an Ephod before me and I gaue vnto the house of thy father all the offerynges made by fire of the chyldren of Israel 29 Wherfore treade ye downe my sacrifice and mine offering which I cōmaunded in the tabernacle and honorest thy chyldren aboue me to make your selues fat of the first fruites of all the offerynges of Israel my people 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith I sayde that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer But nowe the Lorde saith That be farre frō me For them that worship me I wyll worship and they that despise me shall come to shame 31 Behold the dayes come that I wyll cut of thine arme and the arme of thy fathers house that there shall not be an olde man in thine house 32 And thou shalt see thine enemie in the habitation of the Lorde and in all the wealth which God shall geue Israel and there shall not be an olde man in thyne house for euer 33 Neuerthelesse I wyll not destroy euery one that come of thee from mine aulter to make thine eyes to fayle and to make thine heart sorowfull And all they that be multiplied in thine house shall dye when they be men 34 And this shal be a signe vnto thee that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Hophni and Phinehes euen in one day they shall dye both 35 And I wyll stirre me vp a faythfull priest y t shall do according to my heart and minde and I wil
him selfe wisely in all his wayes and the Lorde was with him 15 Wherefore when Saul sawe that he was so exceeding wise he was afrayde of him 16 But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid because he went out and in before them 17 And Saul sayde to Dauid Beholde my eldest daughter Merob her I will geue thee to wife Onely be a valiaunt sonne vnto me fight the Lordes battayles For Saul thought Mine hand shall not be vpon him but the hande of the Philistines shal be vpon him 18 And Dauid aunswered Saul what am I and what is my lyfe or the kynred of my father in Israel that I should be sonne in lawe to the king 19 Howbeit when the time was come that Merob Sauls daughter shoulde haue ben geuen to Dauid she was geuē vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife 20 Howbeit Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid and they shewed Saul and the thing pleased him 21 And Saul sayde I will geue him her that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twayne 22 And Saul cōmaunded his seruaūtes to come with Dauid secretely to say Behold the king hath a fauour to thee and all his seruaūtes loue thee be now therefore the kinges sonne in lawe 23 And Sauls seruauntes spake those wordes in the eares of Dauid And Dauid said semeth it to you a light thing to be a kinges sonne in lawe seeing that I am a poore man and of smal reputation 24 And the seruauntes brought Saul word againe saying Of this maner spake Dauid 25 And Saul sayde This wise shall ye saye to Dauid The king careth for no other dowry but for an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines to be auenged of the kynges enemies But Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistines 26 And when his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes it pleased Dauid wel to be the kinges sonne in lawe And the dayes were not expired 27 Afterward Dauid arose with his men and went and slue of the Philistines two hundred men and Dauid brought their foreskinnes and they gaue them wholly to the king that he might be the kinges sonne in lawe Wherefore Saul gaue him Michol his daughter to wife 28 And Saul saw and vnderstoode how that the Lorde was with Dauid and that Michol his daughter loued him 29 And he was the more afrayde of Dauid and Saul became alway Dauids enemie 30 The Lordes of the Philistines vsed to go foorth and whē they went foorth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul so that his name was much set by The .xix. Chapter 2 Ionathan declareth to Dauid the wicked purpose of Saul 11. Michol his wife saueth him 18. Dauid commeth to Samuel 23. The spirite of prophesie commeth on Saul 1 SAul spake to Ionathā his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they should kill Dauid 2 But Ionathā Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid Ionathan tolde Dauid saying Saul my father goeth about to slay thee Nowe therfore I pray thee take heede to thy selfe vntyll the mornyng and abyde in some secrete place and hyde thy selfe 3 And I wyll go out and stande by my father in the fielde where thou art and wyll commune with my father of thee and whatsoeuer I see I wyll tell thee 4 And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father and sayde vnto him Let not the king sinne against his seruaunt against Dauid for he hath not sinned against thee and his workes haue ben to theewarde very good 5 For he dyd * put his life in his hande and slue the Philistine and the Lorde brought to passe a great health for all Israel Thou sawest it and thou reioycedst Wherfore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood and slay Dauid without a cause 6 And Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan and Saul sware as the Lorde lyueth he shall not dye 7 And Ionathan called Dauid Ionathan shewed hym all those wordes Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul he was in his presence as in tymes past 8 And the warre began againe and Dauid went out and fought with the Philistines and slue them with a great slaughter and they fled from hym 10 And Saul entended to smyte Dauid to the wall with the iauelyn But he ryd him selfe out of Sauls presence as he smote the speare into the walle And Dauid fled was saued the same night 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house to watch him and to slay him in the morning And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him saying If thou saue not thy selfe this night to morowe thou shalt be slayne 12 And so Michol let Dauid downe through a windowe and he went and fled and was saued 13 And Michol toke an image and layde it in the bed put a pillowe stuffed with goates heere vnder the head of it and couered it with a cloth 14 And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid she said he is sicke 15 And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid saying Bring him to me bed and all that I may slay him 16 And when the messengers were come in behold there lay an image in the bed with a pillowe of goates heere vnder the head of it 17 And Saul sayde vnto Michol Why hast thou mocked me so and sent away mine enemie that he is escaped Michol aunswered Saul For he sayd vnto me let me go or els I will kill thee 18 And so Dauid fled and escaped came to Samuel to Rama and tolde him all that Saul had done to him And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth 19 And one tolde Saul saying Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Rama 20 And Saul sent messengers to fet Dauid And when they sawe a company of prophetes prophecying Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them the spirite of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul and they prophecied to 21 And when it was tolde Saul he sent other messengers and they prophecied lykewyse And Saul sent messengers yet againe the third time and they prophecied also 22 Then went he him selfe to Rama and came to a great well that is in Sechu and he asked and sayde Where are Samuel Dauid And one sayd Beholde they be at Naioth in Rama 23 And he went thyther euen to Naioth in Rama and the spirite of God came vpon him also and he went prophecying vntill he came to Naioth in Rama 24 And he stript of his clothes prophecied before Samuel in lyke maner and fell naked al that day and all that night And therof it is that they say Is Saul also among the prophetes The .xx. Chapter 2 Ionathan comforteth Dauid 3. They renue their league 33 Saul would haue killed Ionathan
38 Ionathan aduertiseth Dauid by three arrowes of his fathers fury 1 ANd Dauid fled from Naioth whiche is in Rama and came and said before Ionathan What haue I done wherin am I faultie what is the sinne that I haue committed before thy father that he seketh my lyfe 2 He sayde vnto him God forbid thou shalt not dye Behold my father wil do nothing either great or smal but that he will shewe it me And howe should my father hyde this thing from me He will not do it 3 And Dauid sware againe and sayde Thy father knoweth that I haue found grace in thyne eyes therfore he thinketh Ionathan shall not knowe it lest he be sory And in very deede euen as the Lorde lyueth and as thy soule liueth there is but a steppe betweene me and death 4 Then sayde Ionathan vnto Dauid Whatsoeuer thy soule desireth that I will do vnto thee 5 And Dauid sayd vnto Ionathan Beholde to morowe is the beginning of the moneth and I should sit with the king at meate But let me go that I may hide my selfe in the fieldes vnto the thirde day at euen 6 If thy father speake of me then say Dauid asked leaue of me that he might go to Bethlehem to his owne citie for there is holden a yerely feast for all the kinred 7 And if he say it is well done then thy seruaunt shal haue peace But and if he be angry then be sure that wickednesse is vtterly concluded of him 8 And then thou shalt shewe mercy vnto thy seruaunt for thou hast ioyned thy seruaunt into a couenant of the Lord with thee Notwithstandyng if there be in me iniquitie slay me thy selfe for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father 9 And Ionathan aunswered God kepe that from thee For if I knewe that wickednesse were concluded of my fathere to come vpon thee woulde not I tel it thee 10 Then sayd Dauid to Ionathan Who shall tell me howe shall I knowe if thy father aunswere thee cruelly 11 And Ionathan sayde vnto Dauid Come and let vs go out into the fielde And they went out both of them into the fielde 12 And Ionathan sayde vnto Dauid O Lorde God of Israel when I haue groped my fathers mynd as this time to morowe or within these three dayes and if it be wel with Dauid and I then sende not vnto thee and shew it thee 13 The Lord do so and muche more vnto Ionathan But if my father haue pleasure to do thee euyll I will shewe thee also and send thee away that thou mayest go in peace and the Lorde be with thee as he hath ben with my father 14 And I require not whiles I liue for I dout not but thou wilt shewe me the mercie of the Lord that I die not 15 But I require that thou cut not of thy mercy from my house for euer no not when the Lord hath destroyed the enemies of Dauid euery one from the face of the earth 16 And so Ionathan made a bonde with the house of Dauid saying Let the lord require it at the handes of Dauids enemies 17 And Ionathan sware againe vnto Dauid because he loued him For he loued him as his owne soule 18 Then sayde Ionathan to Dauid To morowe is the first day of the moone and thou shalt be missed because the place where thou wast wont to sit shall be emptie 19 Therfore thou shalt hyde thy self three dayes then thou shalt go downe quickly and come to the place where thou diddest hyde thy selfe when the busines was in hande and shalt remayne by the stone Esel 20 And I wil shoote three arowes on the syde therof as though I shot them at a marke 21 And I wil sende a lad and byd him go seke the arrowes And if I say vnto the lad See the arrowes are on this side thee bring them then come thou for it is peace and no hurt as the Lorde lyueth 22 But and if I say vnto the lad behold the arows are beyond thee go thy way for the Lorde hath sent thee away 23 And as touching this which thou and I haue spoken behold the Lorde be betweene thee and me for euer 24 And so Dauid hid him selfe in the fielde And when the newe moone was come the king sate him downe to eate meate 25 And the king sate as at other times vpon his seate euen vpon his seate by the wall And Ionathan arose and Abner sate by Sauls syde and Dauids place was emptie 26 Neuerthelesse Saul sayde nothing at all that day For he thought Some thing hath befallen him though he were cleane 27 But on the morowe whiche was the second day of the newe moone Dauids place was emptie againe And Saul sayde vnto Ionathan his sonne Wherfore commeth not that sonne of Isai to meate neither yesterday nor to day 28 And Ionathan aunswered vnto Saul Dauid asked licence of me to go to Bethlehem 29 For he sayd Let me go I pray thee for our kinred doth hold an offering in the citie and my brother hath sent for me and therfore if I haue found fauour in thyne eyes let me go I pray thee and see my brethren This is the cause that he commeth not vnto the kinges table 30 Then was Saul angry with Ionathan and sayd vnto him Thou sonne of the wicked rebellious woman do not I knowe that thou hast chosen the sonne of Isai vnto thyne owne rebuke and vnto the rebuke and shame of thy mother 31 For as long as the sonne of Isai liueth vpon the earth thou shalt not be stablished nor yet thy kingdome Wherfore nowe send and fet him vnto me for he is the childe of death 32 And Ionathan aunswered vnto Saul his father and sayde to him Wherfore should he dye what hath he done 33 And Saul lift vp a speare to hit him wherby Ionathan wist well that it was vtterly determined of his father to slay Dauid 34 And so Ionathan arose from the table in a great anger and did eate no meate the seconde day of the moneth for he was sory for Dauid because his father had done him shame 35 On the next morning Ionathan went out into the fielde at y e time appoynted with Dauid and a litle lad with him 36 And he sayde vnto his boy Runne and seke out myne arrowes whiche I shote And as the boy ran he shot an arrowe beyond him 37 And when the lad was come to the place whyther Ionathan had shot the arrowe Ionathan cryed after the lad sayd Is not the arrowe beyond there 38 And Ionathan cried after the lad againe Make speede haste stand not still And Ionathans lad gathered vp the arrowes and came to his maister 39 But the lad wist nothing of the matter only Ionathan an Dauid wist it 40 And Ionathan gaue his instrumētes vnto the lad that was with him and sayd vnto him Go
to be fauourable to his 1 WHen Saul was come againe froÌ„ folowing after y e Philistines there were which told him saying Behold Dauid is in the wildernesse of Engadi 2 Then Saul toke three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seke Dauid and his men in the heyght of the rockes where wilde goates remayne 3 And he came to the sheepe coates by the way where there was a caue Saul went in to do his easement And Dauid and his men remayned in the inward partes of the caue 4 And the men of Dauid sayd vnto him See the day is come of which the Lord sayde vnto thee Behold I will deliuer thyne enemie into thyne hand and thou shalt do to him as it shall seeme good in thy sight Then Dauid arose and cut of the lappe of Sauls garment priuily 5 And afterwarde Dauids heart smote him because he had cut of the lap of Sauls garment 6 And he sayd vnto his men The Lorde kepe me from doyng that thing vnto my maister the lordes annoynted to lay myne hande vpon him seing he is the annoynted of the Lorde 7 And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes and suffred them not to rise against Saul But Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away 8 Dauid also arose afterward and went out of the caue and cryed after Saul saying My Lorde king And when Saul loked behind him Dauid stowped with his face to the earth and bowed him selfe 9 And Dauid sayde to Saul Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee 10 Behold this day thyne eyes haue seene howe that the Lord hath deliuered thee this day into myne hande in the caue And some bad me kill thee but I had compassion on thee and sayd I will not lay myne handes on my maister for he is the Lordes annoynted 11 And moreouer my father beholde and see yet the lap of thy garment in my hand Inasmuch as I killed thee not when I cut of the lap of thy garment vnderstand therfore see that there is neither euyll nor wickednesse in me and that I haue not sinned against thee And yet thou huntest after my soule to take it 12 The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me the Lorde auenge me of thee but myne hande be not vpon thee was mery within hym for he was very drunken Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more vntyll the morowe mornyng 37 But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal his wyfe tolde him these wordes and his heart dyed within him and he became as a stone 38 And vpon a ten dayes after the Lord smote Nabal that he dyed 39 And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead he sayd Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged y e cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal hath kept his seruaunt from euill For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail to take her to his wyfe 40 And when the seruauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel they spake vnto her saying Dauid sent vs vnto thee to take thee to his wyfe And she arose bowed her selfe on her face to the earth and saide Beholde let thy handmayd be a seruaunt to washe the feete of the seruauntes of my lorde 41 And Abigail hasted and arose gate her vpon an Asse with fiue damosels of hers that went at her feete and she went after the messengers of Dauid became his wyfe 42 Dauid also toke Ahinoam of Iezrael and they were both his wyues 43 But Saul had geuen Michol his daughter Dauids wyfe to Phalti the sonne of Lais which was of Gallim ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 1 Dauid was discouered vnto Saul by the Ziphites 12. Dauid taketh away Sauls speare and a cruse of water that stoode at his head 21. Saul confesseth his sinne 1 THE Ziphites came againe vnto Saul to Gibea saying Doth not Dauid hide him selfe in the hill of Hachilâ—a which is before Iesimon 2 Saul arose went downe to the wildernes of Ziph hauing three thousand chosen men of Israel with him for to seke Dauid in the wildernesse of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hil of Hachilia which is before Iesimon by the way side But Dauid dwelt in the wildernesse and he sawe that Saul came after him into the wildernesse 4 Dauid therefore sent out spies vnderstoode that Saul was come in very deede 5 And Dauid arose came to the place where Saul had pitched Dauid beheld the place where Saul lay Abner the sonne of Ner which was his chiefe captayne for Saul lay in the fort the people pytched rounde about him 6 Then aunswered Dauid and spake to Ahimelech the Hethite and to Abisai the sonne of Zaruia brother to Ioab saying Who wyll go downe with me to Saul to the hoast And Abisai saide I wyll go downe with thee 7 And so Dauid and Abisai came downe to the people by night and behold Saul lay sleepyng within the fort and his speare stacke in y e grounde at his head but Abner and the people lay rounde about hym 8 Then saide Abisai to Dauid God hath closed thyne enemie into thyne hand thys day Nowe I pray thee let me smite him once with my speare to the earth I will not smite him the second tyme. 9 And Dauid saide to Abisai Destroye him not For who can laye his hand on the Lordes annoynted and be giltlesse 10 And Dauid sayd furthermore As the Lorde lyueth the Lorde shall smyte him or his day shall come to dye or he shall descend into battaile and perishe 11 The Lorde kepe me from laying myne hand vpon the Lordes annoynted But I praye thee take thou nowe the speare that is at his head and the cruse of water and let vs go 12 And so Dauid toke the speare and the cruse of water from Sauls head and they gat them away and no man sawe it nor marked it neither awaked For they were all asleepe because the Lorde had sent a dead sleepe vpon theÌ„ 13 Then Dauid went ouer to the other syde and stoode on the toppe of an hill a farre of a great space being betweene them 14 And Dauid cryed to the people and to Abner the sonne of Ner saying Hearest thou not Abner Abner aunswered and sayd Who art thou that cryest to the king 15 And Dauid sayde to Abner Art not thou a man and who is lyke to thee in Israel Wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lorde the king For there came one of the folke in to destroye the king thy lorde 16 It is not well done of thee As the Lorde lyueth ye are worthy to dye because ye haue not kept the Lordes annoynted And nowe see where the kinges
ouerthrowe it 16 Then cryed a wyse woman out of the citie heare heare I pray you say vnto Ioab Come hither that I may speake with thee 17 When Ioab was come vnto her the woman saide Art thou Ioab He aunswered I am he She saide vnto him Heare the wordes of thyne handmayd And he aunswered I do heare 18 Then she spake thus They spake in the olde tyme saying They should aske of Abel And so haue they continued 19 I am one of them that are peaceable faithfull in Israel and thou goest about to destroy a citie and a mother in Israel Why wilt thou deuour the inheritaunce of the Lorde 20 And Ioab aunswered and sayd God forbyd God forbid it me that I should either deuour or destroy 21 The matter is not so But a man of mount Ephraim Seba the sonne of Bichri by name hath lyft vp his hand against the king euen against Dauid Delyuer vs him onely I wyll depart from the citie And the woman said vnto Ioab Behold his head shal be throwen to thee ouer the wall 22 And then the woman went vnto all the people with her wisedome and they smote of the head of Seba y e sonne of Bichri and cast it out to Ioab And he blew a trumpet they retyred from the citie euery man to his tent And Ioab returned to Hierusalem vnto the king 23 Ioab was ouer all the hoast of Israel and Banaia the sonne of Iehoida was ouer the Cerethites Phelethites 24 And Aduram was ouer the tribute and Iehosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was recorder 25 Seua was scribe and Sadoc and Abiathar were the priestes 26 And Ira the Iairite was chiefe about Dauid ¶ The .xxi. Chapter 1 Three deare yeres 9 The vengeaunce of the sinnes of Saul lighteth on his seuen sonnes which are hanged 15 Foure great battailes which Dauid had against the Philistines 1 THEN there was an hunger in the dayes of Dauid three yeres together And Dauid enquired of y e Lorde And the Lorde aunswered It is for Saul and the house of blood because he slue the Gibeonites 2 And the king called the Gibeonites and saide vnto them Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel but a remnaunt of the Amorites and the children of Israel sware vnto them And Saul sought to slay them for a zeale that he had to the children of Israel and of Iuda 3 Wherefore Dauid saide vnto the Gibeonites What shall I do for you wherewith shall I make the attonement that ye may blesse y e inheritaunce of the Lorde 4 The Gibeonites aunswered him We will haue no siluer nor golde of Saul nor of his house neither is it our mind that thou shouldest kil any man in Israel He saide What you shall say that will I do for you 5 They aunswered the king The man that consumed vs and imagined to bring vs to naught that we are destroyed from remaining in any of the coastes of Israel 6 Let seuen men of his sonnes be deliuered vnto vs we will hang them vp vnto the Lorde in Gibeah of Saul whom y e Lord did choose And the king saide I will geue them you 7 But the king had compassion on Miphiboseth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul because of the Lordes oth that was betweene them euen betweene Dauid Ionathan the sonne of Saul 8 But the king toke the two sonnes of Rispha the daughter of Aia whom she bare vnto Saul euen Armoni and Miphiboseth and the fiue sonnes of Michol the daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel the sonne of Barzellai the Meholathite 9 And he deliuered them vnto y e handes of the Gibeonites which hanged them in the hill before the Lorde And they fell all seuen together and were slaine in the dayes of haruest euen in the first dayes and in the beginning of barlye haruest 10 And Rispha the daughter of Aia toke sackcloth hanged it vp for her vpon the rocke euen from the beginning of haruest vntill water dropped vpon them out of heauen suffered neither the byrdes of the ayre to lyght on them by day nor beastes of y e fielde by night 11 And it was tolde Dauid what Rispha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done 12 And Dauid went and toke the bones of Saul and of Ionathan his sonne from the citezins of Iabes in Gilead which had stolen them from the streate of Bethsan where the Philistines had hanged them whē the Philistines had slaine Saul in Gilboa 13 And he brought thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Ionathan his sonne and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged 14 And the bones of Saul Ionathan his sonne buryed they in the countrey of Beniamin in Zela in the sepulchre of Cis his father And when they had perfourmed al that the king commaunded God was then at one with the land 15 Moreouer y e Philistines had yet warre againe with Israel and Dauid went downe and his seruauntes with him fought against the Philistines And Dauid waxed faintie 16 And Iesbi benob one of the sonnes of the giauntes the iron of whose speare wayed three hundred sicles of brasse and he being gyrded with a new sword thought to haue slaine Dauid 17 But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia succoured him smote the Philistine and killed him Then the seruauntes of Dauid sware vnto him saying Thou shalt go no more out with vs to battaile that thou quenche not the light of Israel 18 And yet after this there was a battaile with the Philistines at Gob and then Sibbechai the Husathite slue Saph which was one of y e sonnes of the giauntes 19 And there was another battaile in Gob with the Philistines where Elhanan the sonne of Iaere Oregim a Bethlehemite slue Goliath y e Gethite the staffe of whose speare was as great as a weauers clothbeame 20 And there was yet another battaile in Geth wher was a man of a great stature and had on euery hand sixe fingers on euery foote sixe toes foure twentie in number and was borne also of the kindred of the giauntes in Geth 21 And when he defyed Israel Ionathan the sonne of Simea the brother of Dauid slue him 22 These foure were borne to the giaunt in Geth and dyed by the hand of Dauid by the handes of his seruauntes ¶ The .xxii. Chapter 2 Dauid after his victories prayseth God 8 The anger of God toward the wicked 44 He prophecieth of the reiection of the Iewes and vocation of the Gentiles 1 AND Dauid spake the wordes of this song vnto the Lorde what time the Lorde had delyuered him out of the hand of al his enemies and out of the hand of Saul 2 And he saide The Lorde is my rocke and my castell and my delyuerer 3 God
my feete lyke Hartes feete and he hath set me vp on hygh 33 He hath taught my handes to fyght and myne armes to breake a bowe of steele 34 Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation thy ryght hande also hath helde me vp and through thy great gentlenesse I haue increased 35 Thou hast made me roomth inough for to go on so that my feete haue not slypt 36 I haue pursued myne enemies and ouertaken them neither dyd I returne backe vntyll I had destroyed them 37 I smote them downe and they are not able to aryse they haue taken such a fall vnder my feete 38 Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto battayle thou hast made them to bowe downe vnder me who haue rysen vp agaynst me 39 Thou hast geuen me myne enemies neckes and I haue destroyed them that hated me 40 They cryed but there was none to saue them they cryed vnto God but he dyd not heare them 41 I dyd beat them to powder like vnto dust in a wynde I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates 42 Thou hast deliuered me from sedition of the people and thou hast made me head of the heathen a people whom I haue not knowen serueth me assoone as they hearde of me they obeyed me 43 Children of a straunger haue made a lie vnto me the heartes of the children of a straunger hath fayled them and they feared in their strong holdes 44 God lyueth and he is my strength most worthy of blisse and the Lorde of my saluation ought to be magnified 45 It is God that hath geuen me power to take auengeaunce and he hath subdued the people vnder me 46 It is he that is the aucthour of my deliuerie from myne enemies and he hath set me vp aboue them that rose agaynst me he hath ridde me from the wicked man 47 For this cause I wyll acknowledge thee O God among the gentiles and syng psalmes vnto thy name 48 Who hath wonderfull oft deliuered his kyng and he hath done mercifully vnto Dauid his annoynted and vnto his seede for euermore The argument of the .xix. psalme Gods glorie wherby he may be knowen appeareth sufficiently in all his workes in heauen ayre and earth but especially to his children in his holy worde which therfore ought to be of more value and commendation then all other worldly thynges Vpon consideration hereof Dauid confesseth his secrete and presumptuous sinnes he craueth pardon and mercie at Gods handes ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 THe heauens declare the glorie of God and the firmament sheweth his handy worke 2 A day occasioneth talke therof vnto a day and a night teacheth knoweledge vnto a nyght 3 No language no wordes no voyce of theirs is hearde yet their sounde goeth into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the worlde 4 In them he hath set a tabernacle for the sunne which commeth foorth as a bridegrome out of his chamber and reioyceth as a giaunt to runne his course 5 His settyng foorth is from the vtmost part of heauen and his circuite vnto the vtmost part therof and there is nothing hyd from his heat 6 The lawe of God is perfect conuerting the soule the testimonie of God is sure and geueth wisdome vnto the simple 7 The statutes of God are right and reioyce the heart the commaundement of God is pure and geueth light vnto the eyes 8 The feare of God is sincere endureth for euer the iudgementes of God are trueth they be iust in all poyntes 9 They are more to be desired then golde yea then much fine golde they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe 10 Moreouer by them thy seruaunt is well aduertised and in kepyng of them there is a great rewarde 11 Who can knowe his owne errours Oh cleanse thou me from those that I am not priuie of 12 Kepe thy seruaunt also from presumptuous sinnes let them not raigne ouer me so I shall be perfect voyde from all haynous offence 13 Let the wordes of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O God my strength and my redeemer ¶ The argument of the .xx. psalme The people settyng forwarde to battayle agaynst wicked enemies besecheth God to heare the kinges prayers to receaue his sacrifices and to geue hym the victorie wherof they assure them selues in that they put their whole trust in God and in no worldly force or thyng as their enemies do This battayle is thought to be that which was agaynst the Ammonâ—tes 2. Sam. 10. and .1 Par. 19. where was destroyed fourtie thousande horsemen and seuentie thousande chariotes To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 GOD heare thee in the day of trouble the name of the Lorde of Iacob defende thee 2 Let him sende thee helpe from the sanctuarie and ayde thee out of Sion 3 Let him remember all thy offeringes and turne into asshes thy burnt sacrifices Selah 4 Let him graunt thee thy heartes desire and accomplishe all thy deuice 5 We wyll reioyce in thy saluation and triumph in the name of our Lorde for God wyll perfourme all thy petitions 6 Nowe I knowe that God wyll saue his annoynted he wyll heare him from his heauenly sanctuarie there is saluation in the mightinesse of his right hande 7 Some put their trust in chariotes and some in horses but we wyll remember the name of God our Lorde 8 They shal be made to bowe and fall but we shall arise and stande vpright 9 Saue thou O God that the king may heare vs in the day when we call The argument of the .xxi. psalme ¶ The people reioyceth and geueth thankes to God in rehearsyng the victorie that Dauid their king had gotten and in attributyng it only to God A good king is a blessyng of God and the ende of all wicked men is wretched ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 THE kyng ought to reioyce in thy strength O God and he ought to be exceedyng glad of thy saluation 2 Thou hast geuen him his heartes desire and hast not denied him the request of his lippes Selah 3 For thou hast preuented him with good blessinges and hast set a crowne of pure golde vpon his head 4 He asked life of thee and thou gauest him long dayes euen for euer and euer 5 His honour is great through thy saluation thou hast layde glorie and great worship vpon him 6 For thou hast placed him to be blessinges for euer and hast made him glad with the ioy of thy countenaunce 7 Because the king trusteth in God and in the mercie of the most highest he shal not miscarie 8 Thine hande wyll finde out all thine enemies thy right hande wyll finde out them that hate thee 9 Thou wilt make them like a burnyng furnace in tyme of thy furie God wyll destroy them in his wrath and fire shall
mightie it is God mightie in battayle 9 Lyft vp your heades O ye gates and be you lyft vp ye euerlastyng doores and the kyng of glorie shall enter in 10 Who is this kyng of glorie euen the God of hostes he is the kyng of glorie Selah The argument of the .xxv. Psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies feelyng the great burden of sinne namely of his youth prayeth God partly to delyuer hym partly to teache hym and to pardon his offences He setteth foorth the infinite goodnesse and felicitie which is assured to all them that feare God Finally he confesseth that all his trust is in God 1 I Lyft vp my soule vnto thee O God I put my trust in thee my Lorde let me not be confounded neither let myne enemies triumph ouer me 2 Yea let not all them that hope in thee be put to shame let them be put to shame who without a cause do trayterously transgresse 3 Make me to knowe thy wayes O God and teache me thy pathes leade me foorth in thy trueth and teache me for thou art the Lorde of my saluation I haue wayted for thee al the day long 4 Call to remembraunce O God thy tender mercies thy louyng kindnesse for they haue ben for euer 5 Oh remember not thou the sinnes and offences of my youth but accordyng to thy mercie euen of thy goodnesse O God remember me 6 Gratious and ryghteous is God therfore he wyll teache sinners in the way 7 He wyll guide the meke in iudgement and teache the humble his way 8 All the pathes of God are mercie and trueth vnto such as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies 9 Pardon thou therfore for thy name sake O God my wickednesse for it is very great 10 What man is he that feareth God God wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose 11 His soule shall rest all nyght at ease and his seede shall inherite the lande 12 The secrete of God is among them that feare hym and he wyll make knowen vnto them his couenaunt 13 Myne eyes be alwayes turned vnto God for he wyll take my feete out of the net 14 Turne thy face vnto me and haue mercie vpon me for I am desolate and in miserie 15 The sorowes of myne heart are encreased O bryng thou me out of my distresse 16 Loke thou vpon myne aduersitie and vpon my labour and forgeue me all my sinne 17 Consider myne enemies for they do multiplie and they beare a tirannous hate against me 18 O kepe my soule and deliuer me lest I shal be confounded for I haue put my trust in thee 19 Let integritie and vprighteous dealing kepe me safe for I haue wayted after thee 20 O God redeeme Israel out of all his aduersities The argument of the .xxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid offereth his cause for the whiche he was persecuted to be iudged of God protesting his innocencie partly in that he serued God with purenes of heart and vprightnes of life frequenting his temple and vsing his ceremonies partly also in that he hated all company of euill men whatsoeuer they were ¶ Of Dauid 1 IVdge thou me O God for I haue walked in my perfection my trustalso hath ben in God therfore I shall not fall 2 Examine me O God and proue me trye out my reynes and my heart 3 For thy louing kindnes is before mine eyes and I wyll walke in thy trueth 4 I haue not sit in company with vayne persons neither haue I entred once acquaintaunce with dissemblers 5 I haue hated the congregation of the malitious and I wyll not sit amongst the vngodly 6 I haue wasshed my handes in innocencie and so I haue gone about thine aulter O God 7 That in a publique confession I myght heare and set foorth all thy wonderous workes 8 O God I haue loued the habitation of thine house and the place wherethine honour dwelleth 9 O gather not my soule with sinners nor my life with bloodie men 10 In whose handes is wickednes and their right hande is full of gyftes 11 But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection O redeeme me and be mercyfull vnto me 12 My foote standeth vpon a playne grounde therfore I wyll blesse God in the congregations ¶ The argument of the .xxvij. psalme ¶ The prophete confesseth his boldnes courage and no feare at all that he had through God in extreame and perilous daungers Before al thinges he requireth that he may come into the temple with the godly for to sacrifice and to prayse God He prayeth also most earnestly for helpe at Gods hande being of all other forsaken 1 GOD is my lyght and saluation whom then shall I feare God is the strength of my life of whom then shall I be afraide 2 When the malitious approched neare vnto me for to eate vp my fleshe mine enemies and foes stumbled and fell 3 Though an hoast of men were layde in campe against me yet shall not mine heart be afraide and though there rose vp warre against me yet I wyll put my trust in this 4 I haue desired one thyng of God whiche once agayne I wyll earnestly require euen that I may dwell in the house of God all the dayes of my life to beholde the beautifulnes of God and to seeke it in his temple 5 For in the time of aduersitie he shall hide me in his tabernacle yea in the secrete place of his pauilion he shall hide me and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone 6 And nowe he shall lift vp my head aboue mine enemies rounde about me therfore I wyll offer in his tabernacle a sacrifice of great ioy I wyll sing and prayse God with psalmes 7 Hearken vnto my voyce O god when I crye vnto thee haue mercy vpon me and heare me 8 My heart hath sayde vnto thee accorcording * to this thy commaundement seeke ye my face thy face O God wyll I seeke 9 O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy seruaunt away in a displeasure thou hast ben my succour leaue me not neither forsake me O Lorde of my saluation 10 For my father and mother forsoke me and God did take me vp 11 Teache me thy way O God and leade me in a right path because of mine enemies 12 Deliuer me not into mine aduersaries handes for there are false witnesses rysen vp against me and such as speake wrong 13 If I had not beleued veryly to see the goodnes of God in the lande of the liuing their spite had kylled me 14 Attende thou therfore vpon God be of a good courage and he will comfort thine heart I say attende thou vpon God The argument of the .xxviii. psalme ¶ The prophete turning his face towardes the arke of God desireth that his prayers may be hearde that God would succour him and not suffer him to be oppressed of the wicked to whom vengeaunce is due he thanketh
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
at the prosperitie of the wicked or withdrawen therby from godlynes as though God had no regarde of iustice innocencie and vpright dealing when they see commonly the worst sort of men to haue the world at their wyll abounding in health riches and aucthoritie He sheweth that the condition of the godly and the vngodly be diuers and how that God at the last rooteth out those that do euill notwithstanding all their posteritie and defendeth those that put their trust in him God guydeth the faythfull and neuer forsaketh them or their seede ¶ Of Dauid 1 FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse and be withered euen as the greene hearbe 3 Put thou thy trust in God and be doing good dwell in the land and feede in trueth 4 Delight thou also in God and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire 5 Commit thy way vnto God and put thy trust in hym and he shall bryng it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde 7 Holde thee still in God and wayte paciently vpon him fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper at the man that doth abhominations 8 Leaue of from wrath and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe lest thou be moued to do euill 9 For the malitious doers shal be rooted out and they that paciently wayte after God they shall inherite the lande 10 Looke at them yet a litle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt looke after his place and he shall not be there 11 But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be delighted in the aboundaunce of peace 12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth 13 The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne for he seeth that his day is comming 14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde and haue bended their bowe to cast downe the poore and needie and to sâ—ay such as be of right conuersation 15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart their bow shal be broken 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of y e vngodly 17 For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and God vpholdeth the righteous 18 God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough 20 As for the vngodly they shall perishe and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes yea euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away 21 The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally 22 Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out 23 The pathes of man is directed by God and his way pleaseth 24 Though he fall he shall not be vndone for God vpholdeth him with his hande 25 I haue ben a young chylde and nowe I am olde and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede begyng bread 26 The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth and his seede is blessed 27 Flee from euill do good and dwell for euer 28 For God loueth iudgement he forsaketh not his saintes they are preserued for euermore but the seede of the vngodlye shal be rooted vp 29 The righteous shal inherite the land and dwell therin for euer 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart therfore his feete shall not slide 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay hym 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged 34 Wayte thou on God kepe his way and he wyll promote thee that thou mayest possesse the lande when the vngodly shal be cut of thou shalt see it 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power and florishing lyke a greene bay tree 36 And he vanished away so that he could be no more seene I sought hym but he coulde no where be founde 37 Marke hym that is perfect and beholde him that is iust for the ende of suche a man is peace 38 As for wicked transgressours they shal be destroyed all together and the ende of the vngodly shal be rooted vp at the last 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God whiche is also their strength in time of trouble 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly and he wyll saue them because they put their trust in him The argument of the .xxxviii. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously sicke besecheth God to turne away his wrath from hym and to helpe hym He complayneth of his afflictions of the greeuousnes of his disease of the great burden of his sinnes and of the vnfaythfulnes of his frendes He also declareth his trust in God Finally he sheweth that beyng chastened of God he forgetteth not what he suffereth wherfore how long with how much torment and what helpe he receaued at Gods hande ¶ A psalme of Dauid to reduce in remembraunce 1 REbuke me not O God in thyne anger neither chasten me in thy heauie displeasure 2 For thyne arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore 3 There is no helath in my flesh through thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne 4 For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare 5 My woundes stinke and are corrupt through my foolishnes 6 I am become crooked and am exceedingly pulled downe I go a mourning all the day long 7 For my loynes are filled with heate and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lorde thou knowest all my desire and my gronyng is not hyd from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the lyght of myne eyes is gone from me 11 My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague and my kinsmen stoode a farre of 12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me and they that went about to do me euyll talked of wickednesse and imagined deceipt all the day long 13 As for me as one deafe I woulde not heare and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth 14 I became euen as a man that heareth not and who hath no replies in his mouth 15 For on thee O God I haue wayted thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God 16 For I
sayde heare me lest that they shoulde triumph on me who auaunce them selues greatly agaynst me when my foote doth slyp 17 Because I am disposed to a haltyng and my sorowe is euer in my syght 18 Because I confesse my wickednesse and am sory for my sinne 19 But myne enemies lyuyng without payne are mightie they that hate me wrongfully are increased in number 20 They also that rewarde euyl for good are agaynst me because I folowe the thyng that is good 21 Forsake me not O God O my Lorde be not thou farre fro me 22 Haste thee to helpe me O Lorde my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xxxix. Psalme ¶ Dauid signifieth that in the anguishe of his sicknesse he woulde haue vttered no worde lest he should speake amisse in the presence of the vngodly He desireth to knowe the ende of his lyfe which is but short and vanitie He prayeth also that his sinnes may be pardoned and that his afflictions may be diminished ¶ To the chiefe musition Ieduthun a psalme of Dauid 1 I Sayde to my selfe I wyll take heede to my wayes that I offende not in my tongue I wyll kepe my mouth as it were with a brydell whylest the vngodly is in my syght 2 I became dumbe through scilence I helde my peace from speakyng of good wordes but the more was my sorowe increased 3 My heart was hotte within me and whyle I was thus musyng the fire kyndled and at the last I spake with my tongue 4 O God make me to knowe mine ende and the number of my dayes that I may be certified howe long I haue to lyue 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long mine age is euen as nothing before thee truely euery man is al together vanitie Selah 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne he heapeth vp riches can not tel who shal vse them 7 And nowe Lord what wayte I after truely my hope is euen in thee 8 Delyuer me from all my offences and make me not a rebuke vnto the foolishe 9 I became dumbe and opened not my mouth for it was thy doyng 10 Take thy plague away from me I am euen consumed by the meanes of thy heauy hande 11 Thou doest chasten man rebukyng him for sinne thou as a moth doest consume his excellencie for in very deede euery man is but vanitie Selah 12 Heare my prayer O God and geue eares to my crying holde not thy peace at my teares for I am a straūger with thee and a soiourner as all my fathers were 13 Oh spare me a litle that I may recouer my strength before I go hence and be no more seene ⧠The argument of the .xl. psalme ¶ Dauid commendeth hyghly Gods goodnesse for that he heareth those that put their trust in hym and delyuereth them out of all perilles and calamities He promiseth to geue hym selfe hereafter wholly to set foorth Gods glorie and prayeth for Gods helpe agaynst his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 I Wayted paciently vpon God and he enclined vnto me his eare and heard my crying 2 He brought me also out of an horrible pyt out of the dirtie mire and set my feete vpon a rocke and directed my goynges 3 And he hath put a newe song in my mouth euen a thankesgeuyng vnto our Lorde 4 Many shall see it and feare and shall put their trust in God 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God and turned not vnto the proude and to such as decline to lyes 6 O God my Lord great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs yf I woulde declare them and speake of them they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse 7 Thou wouldest haue no sacrifice or offeryng but thou hast opened myne eares thou hast not required burnt offerynges and sacrifice for sinne 8 Then sayde I lo I am come in the booke of thy lawe it is written of me that I shoulde fulfyll thy wyll O my God I am content to do it yea thy lawe is within the middest of my brest 9 I haue declared thy righteousnes in a great congregatiō lo I wil not refraine my lippes O God thou knowest it 10 I haue not hyd thy ryghteousnesse within my heart my talkyng hath ben of thy trueth and of thy saluation 11 I haue not concealed thy louyng mercie and trueth from the great congregation 12 Withdrawe not thou thy mercie from me O God let thy louyng kyndnesse and thy trueth alway preserue me 13 For innumerable troubles are come about me my sinnes haue taken such holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yea they are mo in number then the heere 's of my head my heart hath fayled me 14 O God let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haste O God to helpe me 15 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seke after my soule to destroy it let them be dryuen backwarde be put to rebuke that wyshe me euyll 16 Let them be desolate in recompence of their shame that say vnto me fye vpon thee fye vpon thee 17 Let all those that seeke thee be glad and ioyfull in thee and let such as loue thy saluation say alway God be magnified 18 As for me I am afflicted and needye but God careth for me thou art my ayde and delyuerer O my God make no long tarying The argument of the .xlj. psalme ¶ Dauid sheweth that they be happy who haue pitie on the afflicted He rehearseth his prayer made in his sicknesse to God He complayneth of fayned friendes and at the maliciousnesse of his enemies ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 BLessed is he that considereth y e poore God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble 2 God wyll preserue hym kepe him aliue he shal be blessed vpon the earth and thou O God wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies 3 God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed thou O God wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse 4 I sayde O God be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue sinned agaynst thee 5 Myne enemies speake euyl of me whē shall he dye and his name perishe 6 But yf any of them came to visite me he spake vanitie his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe when he came foorth a doores he vttered it 7 All they that hated me whispered together they imagined euyl agaynst me 8 They sayde some great mischiefe is lyghted vpon hym and he that lyeth sicke on his bed shall ryse vp no more 9 Yea besides this euen myne owne friende whom I trusted which dyd also eate of my bread hath kicked very much
and my sauing helpe he is my refuge so that I can not be remoued 7 In the Lorde is my health and my glory my trust is in the Lorde the fortresse of my force 8 O ye people put your trust in hym alway powre out your heartes before him for the Lorde is our hope Selah 9 As for the chyldren of men they be onlye but vanitie the chyldren of lordes be but a lye vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe 10 O trust not in wrong dealing and spoyling geue not your selues vnto vanitie if riches encrease set not your heart vpon them 11 The Lord spake it once but I haue hearde it twise that power and mercy belongeth to thee O Lorde God for thou rewardest euery man according to his worke The argument of the .lxiij. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng in a desert as banished out of his countrey prayeth to God that he may returne to heare his word amongest his people in the sanctuary He confesseth that Gods goodnes passeth all thinges and ingendreth ioy in euery heart He setteth foorth his aduersaries wylynes and mischiefnes telling them beforehande that suche destruction as they would worke vnto him shall fall vpon their owne selues ¶ A psalme of Dauid when he was in the wyldernesse of Iuda 1. Sam. 23. 24. 1 O Lorde thou art my Lorde early in the morning I do seeke thee 2 My soule thirsteth for thee my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande where no water is 3 To see thee euen so as I haue seene thee in the sanctuary that I might beholde thy power and glory 4 For thy louing kindnes is better then life it selfe my lippes shall prayse thee 5 As long as I liue I wyll blesse thee on this maner and in thy name I wyll lyft vp my handes 6 My soule is satisfied euen as it were with mary and fatnes and my mouth prayseth thee with ioyfull lippes 7 Haue I not remembred thee in my bed and thought vpon thee when I was waking 8 Because thou hast ben my helper therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce 9 My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee thy right hande hath vpholden me 10 And they that seeke my soule to oppresse it shall go vnder the earth 11 Euery one of them shal be killed with the edge of a sworde and they shal be a portion for Foxes 12 But the king shal reioyce in the Lord al they shal glory that sweare by him for the mouth of all them that speake a lye shal be stopped The argument of the .lxiiii. psalme ¶ Dauid maketh his prayer to God against the craftie malitious and false tongues of his aduersaries who wrongfully had accused hym He sheweth their naughtie nature and howe the destruction of suche shal be to Gods glory for the godly seyng it shall prayse God and be glad ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 O Lorde heare my voyce in my prayer preserue my life from feare of the enemie 2 Hyde me from the secrete counsayles of the malitious from the conspiracie of the workers of iniquitie 3 Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword who haue drawne their arrow euen a bitter worde 4 That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe and coÌ„mune among them selues how they may lay snares and say who shall see them 6 They searche out howe to do wrong they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes 7 But the Lorde wyll sodenly shoote at them with a swyft arrowe their plagues shal be apparaunt 8 Yea they shall cause their owne tongues to be a meanes for to destroy theÌ„ selues insomuch that who so seeth them shal desire to flee away â—from them 9 And all men that see it shall say this hath God done for they shall well perceaue that it is his worke 10 The righteous wyll reioyce in God and put his trust in hym and all they that be vpright hearted wylbe glad The argument of the .lxv. psalme ¶ Dauid setteth foorth the exceeding goodnes of God partly in that he hath appoynted to be worshipped at Sion to heare those that make their prayers vnto him to forgeue them their sinnes and to endue his people with many spirituall graces and gyftes partly also in that he maketh the ground fruitfull replenishing it with cattell corne and all kinde of fruites aswell in desertes and hilles as in valleys ¶ To the chiefe musition the psalme of Dauid a song 1 O Lorde thou wylt be greatly praysed in Sion and vnto thee shal vowes be perfourmed 2 Thou that hearest a prayer vnto thee shall all fleshe come 3 My misdeedes haue preuayled against me oh be thou mercifull vnto our wicked transgressions 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and receauest vnto thee he shall dwell in thy court and we shal be satisfied with the goodnes of thy house euen of thy holy temple 5 Thou wylt heare vs doyng wonderfull thinges in righteousnes O Lorde of our saluation thou art the hope of all endes of the earth and of them that dwell farre of at the sea coast 6 Thou art he who in his strength setleth fast the mountaines and is gyrded about with power 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noyse of his waues and the vprore of the people 8 They also that dwel in the vtmost partes of the earth be afrayde at thy signes â–ª thou makest them reioyce at the going foorth of the morning and euenyng 9 Thou visitest the earth and thou makest it ouerflowne thou enrichest it greatly the riuer of God is full of water thou preparest their corne for so thou ordaynest it 10 Thou waterest her forowes thou breakest downe her hillockes thou makest it soft with the drops of rayne and blessest the increase of it 11 Thou crownest the yere with thy goodnes and thy cloudes drop fatnes 12 They drop vpon the dwellinges of the wyldernesse and hilles be compassed with ioy 13 The downes be couered with sheepe the valleys stande thicke with corne so that they showte for ioy and also sing The argument of the .lxvj. psalme ¶ The prophete Dauid calleth vpon all men to prayse God for his wonderfull power declared not only in the olde time in drying the red sea that the children of Israel might escape Pharaos handes but also nowe for sauing his people from their enemies and from Pharaos and tirauntes of their dayes He also inciteth other to be thankefull vnto God through his example ¶ To the chiefe musition a song whiche is a psalme 1 DEclare you ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye of the earth sing psalmes vnto the glory of his name geue glory to his maiestie 2 Say vnto the Lorde oh
1 THE heauy burthen which the Lorde hath deuised for Israel Thus saith the Lorde which spread the heauens abrode layde the foundatiō of the earth and gaue man the breath of lyfe 2 Beholde I wyll make Hierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde about her yea Iuda him selfe also shal be in the siege against Hierusalem 3 At the same time wyll I make Hierusalem an heauy stone for all people so that al such as lyft it vp shal be torne and rent and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together against it 4 In that day saith the Lorde I wyll make al horses astonyed and those that ryde vpon thē to be out of their wittes I wyll open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda and smite all the horses of the people with blindnesse 5 And the princes of Iuda shall say in their heartes The inhabiters of Hierusalem shall geue me consolation in the Lorde of hoastes their God 6 In that time wyll I make the princes of Iuda lyke an hot burning ouen with wood and like a fire brand among the strawe so that they shall consume al the people rounde about them both vpon the right hande and the left Hierusalem also shal be inhabited againe namely in the same place where Hierusalem standeth 7 The Lorde shall preserue the tentes of Iuda as afore time so that the glorye of the house of Dauid and the glory of the citezins of Hierusalem shal not be exalted against Iuda 8 In that day shall the Lorde defende the citezins of Hierusalem so that the weakest then among them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be as gods house and as the angel of the Lorde before them 9 At the same tyme wyll I go about to destroy all such people as come against Hierusalem 10 Moreouer vpon the house of Dauid vpon the citezins of Hierusalem wyll I poure out the spirite of grace compassion so that they shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed and they shal lamēt for him as men mourne for their onely begotten sonne yea and be sory for him as men are sory for their first childe 11 Then shal there be a great mourning at Hierusalem like as the lamentation at Adadremmon in the fielde of Mageddon 12 And the lande shal bewaile euery kindred by them selues alone the kindred of the house of Dauid by them selues and their wyues by them selues the kindred of the house of Nathan them selues and their wyues by them selues 13 The kindred of the house of Leui them selues alone and their wyues by them selues the kindred of the house of Semei them selues alone and their wyues by them selues 14 In lyke maner all the other generations euery one by them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The .xiii. Chapter 1 Of the well of grace and trueth 2 Of the cleane riddaunce of Idolatrie and of false prophetes 1 IN that time shall the house of Dauid and the citezins of Hierusalem haue an open wel to washe of sinne and vncleannesse 2 And then saith the Lorde of hoastes I wyll destroy the names of the idols out of the lande so that they shal no more be put in remembraunce As for the false prophetes also and the vncleane spirites I wyl take them out of the lande 3 So that if any of them prophecie any more his owne father and mother that begat him shal say vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lord yea his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him when he prophecieth 4 And then shal those prophetes be confounded euery one of his vision when he prophecieth neither shal they weare heere cloth any more to deceaue men withall 5 But he shal be fayne to say I am no prophete I am an husbandman for so am I taught by man from my youth vp 6 And if it be saide vnto him How came these woundes then in thyne handes He shal aunswere Thus was I wounded in the house of myne owne friendes 7 Aryse O thou sworde vpon my shephearde and vpon the man that is my felow saith the lord of hoastes smite the shepheard the sheepe shal be scattred abroade and so wyll I turne my hande to the litle ones 8 And it shall come to passe saith the Lorde that in all the lande two partes shal be rooted out but the third part shall remayne therein 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them I wyll say it is my people and they shall say Lorde my God ⧠The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The wasting of the Churche vnder the figure of Hierusalem 9 Of the kingdome of the Lorde 1 BEholde the day of the Lorde commeth and thy spoyle shal be deuided in the middest of thee 2 For I wyll gather together all the heathen to fight against Hierusalem so that the citie shal be wonne the houses spoyled and the women defiled the halfe of the citie shall go away into captiuitie and the residue of the people shal not be caryed out of the citie 3 After that shall the Lorde go foorth to fight against those heathen as men vse to fight in the day of battaile 4 Then shall his feete stand vpon the mount Oliuet that lyeth vpon the east side of Hierusalem and the mount Oliuet shall cleaue in two eastwarde and westwarde so that there shal be a great valley and the halfe mount shal remoue toward the north the other towarde the south 5 And ye shall flee vnto the valley of my hylles for the valley of the hylles shall reache vnto Asal yea flee shall ye lyke as ye fled for the earthquake in the dayes of Oziah king of Iuda and the Lorde my God shall come and all the sainctes with him 6 In that day shall there be no cleare light but darke 7 This shal be that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde neither day nor night but about the euening time it shal be light 8 In that time shall there waters of lyfe runne out from Hierusalem the halfe part of them towarde the east sea and the other halfe towarde the vttermost sea and shall continue both sommer and winter 9 And the Lorde him selfe shal be king ouer all the earth At that time shall there be one Lorde onely and his name shall be but one 10 All the lande shal be turned as a plaine from Gibea to Remmon towardes the south of Hierusalem She shal be set vp and inhabited in her place from Beniamins port vnto the place of the first port and vnto the corner port and from the towre of Hananeel vnto the kinges wine presses 11 There shal men dwell and there shal
of his body though sometyme straungers and forreyners farre of â–ª and made neare by the blood of Christe and made citizens vvith the saintes and of the housholde of God let vs direct our heartes thither vvhere our head is deliting our selfe in all heauenly cogitations vvalking in all spirituall vvorkes and fruites of the spirite as Gods deare elect God graunt that Christe may so dvvell in our heartes by fayth that vve may be hable to comprehende vvith all sainctes the vnspeakable loue of Christe vvhich passeth all mans knovvledge Vnto him therefore vvhiche 〈◊〉 hable to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that vve can aske or thinke be prayse in the Churche by Christe Iesus throughout all generations for euer Amen And here yet once againe let the reader be admonished charitably to examine this translation of the nevve Testament folovving and be not offended vvith diuersitie of interpretation though he finde it not to agree to his vvont text or yet to disagree from the common translation Remembring vvhat Santes Pagninus testifieth of that auncient interpreter saint Hierome that in many places of his commentaries he doth reade and expounde othervvise then is founde in the common translation Yea saith Santes Hierome doth retract very many places and doth playnely confesse that him selfe vvas deceaued by the haste of his translating in the doubtfull signification of the vvordes And therfore saith the saide Hierome thus I thinke it better to rebuke mine ovvne errour then vvhyle I am ashamed to confesse my lacke of skill to persist in an errour For vvho vvas euer saith he so vvell learned that hath not somevvhere ben deceaued Thus farre saint Hierome vvhervpon good reader I exhort thee reade aduisedly expende learnedly anâ—â—orrect charitably and be not offended good englishe reader to see the holy scriptures in thyne ovvne language as a matter nevvly seene seeing that our ovvne countreyman that venerable priest Bede many yeres agone did translate saint Iohns gospell into the vulgare tongue Ad vtilitatem ecclesiae to the profite of the Church 〈◊〉 Cuâ—â—beâ—â— Duâ—ham â—â—y who reporteth Bedes ovvne saying Nâ—lo vt discipuli mei mendatium legant I vvoulde not that my disciples should reade any lye or spende their labour after my departure vvithout fruite VVhiche thing 〈…〉 doth testifie of him In hâ—â—s diebus etiam euangelium Iohannis in Anglicaâ—â— transtulit linguam iuxta Apostolum Sapientibus 〈◊〉 ipsipientibus debitor sum omnibus omnia factus In these dayes of his sicknesse he did translate the gospell of saint Iohn into the englishe tongue saying vvith the apostle I am detter to the learned and vnlearned â–ª I am made all to all The rather he so did saith VVilliam Malmesberiâ— Quia â—â—c euangelium difficultate sui mentes legentium excreâ—i Because this gospell by the difficultie that is in it doth so much exercise the vvitteâ—â—f the readers therfore he did interprete it into the englishe tongue and so did condiscende saith he to them vvhiche vvere not skilfull in the latin tongue God graunt that all readers may take so much profite therby as the good translatour-ment vnto them Amen ¶ The Gospell by Saint Matthewe ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 The Genealogie of Christe from Abraham 18 The maryage of his mother Marie 20 The Angell satisfieth Iosephes mynde 21 The interpretation of Christes names 1 THis is the booke of the generation of Iesus Christ the sonne of Dauid the sonne of Abraham 2 Abraham begat Isaac Isaac begat Iacob Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren 3 Iudas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar Phares begat Esrom Esrom begat Aram. 4 Aram begat Aminadab Aminadab begat Naasson Naasson begat Salmon 5 Salmon begat Boos of Rachab Boos begat Obed of Ruth Obed begat Iesse 6 Iesse begat Dauid the kyng Dauid the kyng begat Solomon of her that was the wyfe of Vrie 7 Solomon begat Roboam Roboam begat Abia Abia begat Asa 8 Asa begat Iosaphat Iosaphat begat Ioram Ioram begat Ozias 9 Ozias begat Ioatham Ioatham begat Achas Achas begat Ezekias 10 Ezekias begat Manasses Manasses begat Amon Amon begat Iosias 11 Iosias begat Iacim Iacim begat Iechonias and his brethren about the tyme they were caryed away to Babylon 12 And after they were brought to Babylon Iechonias begat Salathiel Salathiel begat Zorobabel 13 Zorobabel begat Abiud Abiud begat Eliakim Eliakim begat Azor. 14 Azor begat Sadoc Sadoc begat Achen Achen begat Eliud 15 Eliud begat Eleazar Eleazar begat Matthan Matthan begat Iacob 16 Iacob begat Ioseph the husband of Marie of whoÌ„ was borne Iesus that is called Christe ☜ 17 And so all the generations from Abraham to Dauid are fourteene generations and from Dauid vntyll the carying away into BabyloÌ„ are fourteene generations and froÌ„ the carying away into Babylon vnto Christe are fourteene generations 18 The birth of Iesus Christe was on this wise ☞ When as his mother Marie was betrouthed to Ioseph before they came together she was founde with chylde of the holy ghost 19 Then Ioseph her husbande beyng a ryghteous man and not wyllyng to make her a publique example was mynded priuily to put her away 20 But whyle he thought these thinges beholde the Angell of the Lord appeared vnto hym in a dreame saying Ioseph thou sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Marie thy wife for that which is conceaued in her is of the holy ghost 21 She shall bryng foorth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus for he shall saue his people from their sinnes 22 All this was done that it myght be fulfilled which was spoken of the lorde by the prophete saying 23 Behold a virgin shal be with childe and shall bryng foorth a sonne and they shall call his name Emmanuel whiche is by interpretation God with vs. 24 Then Ioseph being raysed froÌ„ slepe dyd as the Angel of the Lorde had bidden hym and he toke his wyfe 25 And knewe her not tyll she hadde brought foorth * her first borne sonne called his name Iesus ¶ The .ij. Chapter ¶ 1 The tyme and place of Christes birth 11 The wyse men offer their presentes 14 Christe fleeth into Egipte 16 The young chyldren are slayne 23 Christe turneth into Galilee 1 WHen Iesus was borne in Bethlehem a citie of Iurie in the dayes of Herode the kyng beholde there came wise men from the east to Hierusalem 2 Saying Where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes For we haue seene his starre in the east and are come to worship hym 3 When Herode the kyng had hearde these thynges he was troubled and all the citie of Hierusalem with hym 4 And when he hadde gathered all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people together he demaunded of them where Christe shoulde be borne 5 And they saide vnto him At Bethlehem in Iurie For thus it
not by 〈◊〉 â—nly and godâ— counsel 〈◊〉 wicked 〈…〉 poliâ— (d) Meaning some delicate and dayntie meate (e) That is she serued theÌ„ on a dyshe Or how shall I put away my shame 〈◊〉 34. â— Leuâ— xviii a “ Or for this cause “ Or seruant (f) For that which was of diuers colours or peeces in those dayes was had in great estimation Gen. 37. a “ Or Baaâ— Hazor “ or thanked (g) Pretending to y e king that Amnon was most deare vnto him (h) Then beyng voyde of care castyng no peryll i. Reg i. b. (i) In token of sorowe and greefe “ Or take it to heart Or â–ª 〈◊〉 “ Or one â—â—ter an other (k) For Maâ—câ—ah his mother was the daughter of this â—halmaâ— Chap. ◠“ Or ceâ—sses (a) That the king fauored him (b) In token of mourning for they vsed annoynting to seeme cherefull “ Ebre put wordes in her mouth “ Ebre saue “ Ebre a wydow woman (c) Vnder this parable she describeth the death of Amnon by Absalom Deu. xix c. (d) According to the lawe which commaundeth the slayer to be slaine Gene iâ— b. Exo. â— b. (e) As touchâ—ng the breache of the lawe which punisheth blood let me beare the blame “ Or innocent “ Ebre touch i Reg 24. f Why dost 〈…〉 geue conâ—tie sentence 〈◊〉 thy sonne Absalom (g) God hath prouided wayes â–ª as sanctuaries to saue them oft times whom man iudgeth worthy death (h) For I thought they would kill this my heyre “ Heb. Rest (i) As of great wisdome â—o discerne right from wrong (k) Hast not thou done this to the counsell of Ioab (l) By speakâ—ng rather in 〈◊〉 then plainly I haue 〈◊〉 thy 〈◊〉 “ Hebr. Blessed (n) Whiche wayed sixe pounde foure ounces after halfe an ounce to the sicle “ Or Possession (o) Here is an vnmerciful cruell heart couered in this beautiful body (p) If I haue offended by reuenging my sisters dishonour Thus the wicked iustifie theÌ„ selues in their euyll “ Heb. made him “ Or controuersie (a) That is notyng of what citie or place he was (b) Thus the enuious can depraue and condemne for negligence vniustice him whom God for diligence and iustice â—oth commeÌ„d and allowe (c) By intising them froÌ„ his father to him selfe (d) Counting from the time that the Israelites had asked a king of Samuel (e) By colour of religion he hunteth after the kingdome (f) And byd to his feast in Hebron (g) That Absalom went about (h) For neither is there hope of mercy at his cruel handes neither are we at this sodden able to make our partie good against him “ Hebr. Choose (i) That is after him (k) To wit from Hierusalem “ Heb. At his feete (l) That is the souldiours that be with thee Whiche wâ—s the â—arge of the 〈◊〉 Num. 4. a. 〈…〉 (o) Gods will is a comforte and a cause of contentation to the faithfull 〈◊〉 aduersaries With ashes and dust after 〈◊〉 maner of 〈◊〉 that be in sorowe (q) Terrible is the counsell of the wicked wordly wyse against the innocent except God who oft turneth it to folly do frustrate and disapoynt the same “ Heb. To me that is to my commoditie a Which was the hill of 〈◊〉 Or Figge â—akes “ Hebr. I worship (b) Which was a citie in the tribe of Beniamin (c) That is round about him “ Heb. Man of blood “ Or wicked man (d) This he sayde because of the death of Isboseth and Abner suspecting Dauid to be gilty to the same e Dauid felt that this was the iudgement of God for his sinne and therfore humbleth him selfe to his rod. “ Heb. On myne eye (f) Meaning that the lorde wil sende comforte to his when they are oppressed g Coâ— at Bâ— â–ª “ Heb. Let the king lyue (h) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. The seconde time (i) Sâ—ting the possibilitie of reconciliation betwixt the father and the sonne consequently his owne destruction he geueth such counsell that is lyke to barre frendshippe for euer (k) It was so estemed for the successe therof (a) As though he would say geue me authoritie to choose (b) Meaning Dauid “ Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom “ Heb. what is in his mouth “ Or â–ª Spoken thus 〈◊〉 Tary 〈…〉 “ He Haue a breach or â—ayne “ Heb. melt “ Heb. The children of fortitude Or The Lord hath commaunded (c) Good to haue brought to passe that wicked purpose he went about d For by the counsel of Husai â–ª he went to the battell where he was destroyed (e) That is ouer Iordane The message froÌ„ their â—s (g) To wit to pursue the with all hast (h) So y t they trauayled all night and by mourning â—aâ— all their company passed ouer (i) Thus God somtimes in this lyfe executeth iudgement vpon the cruel persecutor of the innocent to admonishe vs what iudgement at suche shal haue in the world to come (k) Who was also called Iâ—ai Dauids father l God 〈◊〉 them â—ring the necessitie of his faithfull seruaunt in his trouble and affliction (a) Signifiâ—ng that a good gouernour ought to be â—odâ—ere vnto his peâ—ple that they will rather lose their liues then that ought shoulde come vnto him (b So called because the Ephramites as some say fed their cattel beyond Iordane in this wood (c) By good prouidence that this might be an example for euer what if is afore God â–ª the sonne to rebel against the father “ He weigh vpon myâ—ehand “ Heb. In the heart of Absalom (d) Temperating the victorie with mercie and pine vpon the people that were seduced by Absalom (e) It should appeare by this that God had punished him by taking away his three sonnes his daughter f That is hath deliuered him out of the handes of his enemies g Fauoring him that he should not inâ—utte displeasure by telling of the death of Absalom (h) He sate in the gate of the citie of Mahanaim (i) That is he bringeth tydinges “ Heb. I see the running (k) He had had experience of his fidelitie Chap. 17. e. “ Or Deliuered vp (l) To wit Chusi who was an Ethiopian “ Hebr. Tydinges is brought “ Heb. Iudged (m) The rebellion of his sonne coulde not quenche his fatherly effection “ Hebr. Saluation or deliueranÌ„ce (a) As they do that mourne (b) At Mahanaim “ Or Captaines “ Hebr. Ben right in thyne eyes “ Heb. To the heart of thy seruaunt (c) Where the most resorte of the people was (d) Who should first bring home the king c As to them whose officers to tell the people their dutie f Beside his pollicie that is by winning of the captaine to winne the people it serueth that he hath yet a grudge against Ioab for the death of Absalom (g) Who had before reâ—ted him Cha. â— c. (h) For in his aduersitie he was his most cruell enemie although nowe in his prosperitie he seketh by flattery to
water (g) Meaning the scepter shewyng that it wyll not 〈◊〉 the king who shoulde be as the sonne of God and in his place (h) That is the reâ—t of the people (i) To wit vnto the 〈◊〉 of the Chaldeans Iere 31. câ— (k) Meaning the sworde of the kyng of Babylon which shall not spare the scepter of Iuda (l) That is encourage the sworde (m) He speaketh vnto the sword geuyng it libertie to range at his pleasure (n) Where the way deuideth and leadeth to many cities (o) The tribe of Iuda that kept theÌ„selues chiefelâ— in Hierusalem (p) To know whether he shoulde go agaynst the Ammonites or them of Hierusalem (q) Because there was a league betwene the Iewes and the Babylonians they of Hierusalem shall thinke nothyng lesse then that this thyng shall come to passe (r) That is Nabuchodonozor wyll remember the rebellion of Zedekiah and so come vpon them (Å¿) Meanyng Zedekiah (t) Some referre this to the priestes attire for Iehozadek the priest went into captiuitie with the king (v) That is the state of the kingdome priesthood shall euer more more decay tyll Christe come vnto whom of right both belong (x) Though the Iewes Ammonites would not beleue that thou to wit the sworde shouldest come vpon them and sayde that the prophete whiche threatned spake lyes yet thou shalt as surely come as though thou wart alredy vpon their neckes (a) That is wylt thou wincke at such horrible faultes and not vtter my iudgementes against them (b) That is the time of her destruction (c) To her owne vndoing “ Or pick-thankes Leuit. 18. b. Iere. v. b. “ Or sonnes wyfe (d) As sorowyng and lamenting their wickednesse or in token of his wrath and vengeaunce (e) I wyll take away the occasion of thy wickednesse (f) Wheras before thou wast Gods inheritaunce nowe thou shalt be left to thy selfe miserable and forsaken (g) Meanyng therby that the godly shoulde be tryed and the wicked destroyed (h) Thou art lyke a barâ— lande which the Lorde plagueth with drought (i) The false prophetes haue conspired together to make their doctrine more probable 3. Reg. 22. b. Mich. iii. b. Soph. iii. a. (k) They which shoulde haue reproued theÌ„ flattered them in their vices and couered their doynges with lyes Eze. 13. b (l) Which woulde shewe hym selfe zelous in my cause by resisting vice Esai 59. c. and 63. a. and also pray vnto me to withholde my plagues Psal 106. d. (a) Meanyng Israel and Iuda which came both out of one familie (b) They became idolatours after the maner of the Egyptians (c) Aholah signifieth a mansion or dwellyng in her selfe meanyng Samaria which was the royal citie of Israel and Aholibah signifieth â—y mansion in her wherby is ment Hierusalem where Gods temple was (d) or Vnder me that is vnder my gouernaunce named the people of god they became idolaters forsoke God and put their trust in the Assyrians (c) The holy ghost vseth these tearmes which seeme straunge to chaste eares to cause this wicked viâ—e of idolatrie so to be abhorred that vnnâ—th any shoulde abyde â—o heare the name therof mentioned (f) That is the Assyrians moâ—â— plagyng them (g) This declareth that no wordes are able sufficiently to expresse y e rage of idolaters therfore the holy ghost here compareth them to those which in their ragyng loue filthy lustes dote vpon the images and payntynges of them after whom they 〈◊〉 “ Or I wyll leaue the punishment vnto them (h) All the treasures and riches which thou hast gotten by labour (i) All the worlde shall see thy shamefull forsakyng of God to serue idols (k) Meanâ—ng that the afflicâ—ions shoulde be so great that they shoulde cause them to loose their sences and reason (l) That is to be sacrifices to their idols Read Ezech. xvi c. (m) They sent into other countreis to haue such as shoulde teache them the seruice of their idols (n) He meaneth tâ—e aulter that was prepared for the idols “ Or the table Eze. xvi d. (o) Meanyng all other cities and countreis (a) Of Ieconiahs captiuitie and of the raigne of Zedekiah 4. Re. 25. a. (b) Called Tâ—keth contaynyng part of December and parte of Ianuarie in which moneth and day Nabuchodonozor besieged Hierusalem (c) Wherby is 〈◊〉 Hierusalem (d) That is the citezâ—ns chiefe men therof (e) Meanyng of the innocentes whom they had slaine who were the cause of the kindling of Gods wrath against them (f) Whose iniquities wicked citezins there yet remayne (g) Signifiyng they shoulde not be destroyed all at once but by litle and litle (h) Spare no state or condition (i) The citie shewed her crueltie to all the world and was not asâ—â—ed therof neither yet hâ—d it N◠〈…〉 2. b. (k) Meaning that the citie 〈◊〉 be vtterly destroyed that he would geue the enemies an apâ—etyte thervnto (l) I laboured by sending 〈◊〉 prophetes to call thee to repentaunce but thou wouldest not (m) That is the Babylonians (n) Meaning his 〈…〉 he de◠〈…〉 (o) Mourne not as men vse to mourne for their friendes wheÌ„ they are dead (p) For mourners were wont to eate bread sent vnto them by their neyghbours in 〈◊〉 of mourâ—g (q) By sending the Chaldeans to destroy it as chap. 7. c. (r) Their heartes delite (s) That is â—ing thee tidinges of the destruction of Hierusalem 〈…〉 (b) That is â–ª to the Babylonians (c) They shall chase thee away and take thy gorgeous houses to dwell in (d) Called also Philadelphia whiche was the chiefe citie of the Ammonites and 〈◊〉 of condâ—s as 2 Reg 12. d. “ Or tikling of heart (e) Vnderstand out of the next verse I wil opeÌ„ c. “ Or tikling heart as they often haue which delite in seking reuengement (f) Whiche were certayne garrisons of Philistines wherby they oft molested y e Iewes Of the Cerethiteâ— Dauid also had a garde 2. Reg. 8. d. (a) Eâ—ther of the captiuitie of Ieconiah or of the raigne of Zedekâ—a (b) The traffique of marchaundise that was vsed in Hierusalem shal be turned â—o my againe (c) My riches and sinne shall encrease thus the wicked reioyce aâ— their â—all by whom they 〈◊〉 haue any profite or aduantage (d) Meaning the smâ—ll townes and villages that were in theâ— countrey or territory of Tyrus (e) The gouernours and rulers of other countreys by the sea wherby he signifieth that her destruction should be so horrible that al the world should heare therof and be afrayde (f) 〈…〉 wonderfâ—ly 〈…〉 her power (g) Which are dead long ago (h) Meaning Iudâ—a 〈◊〉 it shal be restored a This mouÌ„taine was called Hermon but the Amorites called it Shenir Deut. 3. b. b Which is a kin for â—rece and Itâ—lie (c) 〈…〉 they buylt the walles of the citie which is here ment by the ship And of theâ—e werâ— the buylderâ— of Solomonâ— temple 3. Reg. â— c. (d) Gammadâ—ms of Capâ—adocia which were called Pygmeâ—s
hypocrisie which pretend to forsake wickednes and yet declare not them selues such by their fruites that is in obeying gods commaundementes and by godly lyfe Eze. xviii c. (g) When the prophete was led away captiue with Ieconiah (h) I was endued with the spirite of prophecie as Chap 8. a. (i) Whereby is signifieth that the ministers of god can not speake till God geue them courage and open their mouthes Chap. 14. d. (k) Thus the wicked thinke them selues more worthy to enioy gods promise then the lamâ—tes of God to whoÌ„ they were made would binde God to be subiect to them though they woulde not be bounde to him Leui. 17. c. (l) As they that are redy still to shed blood Eze. vii d. (m) This declareth that we ought to heare gods worde with such zeale and affection that we should not onely bought therein to heare it preached but also in al pointes obey it els we abuse the worde to our owne coÌ„demnation and make of the ministers as though they were iestes to serue mens fantasies (n) Or a song of pastime and pleasure (a) By the shepheardes he meaneth the king the magistrates priestes and prophetes (b) Ye seeke to enriche your selues by their commodities and so spoyle their riches and substaunce (c) He describeth the office and duetie of a good pastor who ought to loue and succour his flock and not to be cruel towards them (d) For lacke of good gouernment and doctrine they perishâ— By destroying the couetous hirelinges restoring true shepheardes (f) In the day of their affliction and miserie and this promise is to comforts the churche in all daungers (g) That is by putting difference betweene the good and bad so geue to eyther as they deserue (h) By good pasture and deepe waters is ment the pure worde of God â–ª and the administrâ— of iustice which theâ— did not dâ—bute to the poore 〈…〉 (i) Meaning Christe of whom Dauid was a figure as Hose 3. â— Ier. 30. b. (k) This declareth that vnder Christe the flocke should be truely deliuered from sinne and hel and so be safely preserued in the church where they should neuer perishe (l) That is the rodde that shall come out of the roote of Isai Esai xi a. “ Or clembd or hunger-staruen Esai 34. a. (a) Where the Idumeans dwelt (b) Except thou repent thy former crueltie (c) To wit to their former esâ— (d) (c) As thou hast done cruelly to sâ—e thou be cruelly handled Shewing that when God punisheth the enemies the godly ought to consider that he hath a care ouer them so praise his name and also that the wicked rage as though there were no God till they feele his hande to their destruction Eze. vi a. (a) That is the Iduinean (b) That is the hilly countreys of Iuda (c) Ye are made a matter of talke and derision to all the worlde (d) They appoynted with them selues to himselfe â–ª and therfore came with 〈◊〉 Nebuchodnozor against Hierusalem for this purpose (e) Because ye haue ben laughing stocke vnto them (f) By making a solempe oth Chap. 10. â— (g) God declareth his mercies and goodnes toward his church who stil preserueth his men whâ— he destroyeth his enemies (h) which was accomplished vnder Christe to whom al these temporall deliueraunces did direct theÌ„ (i) That is vpon the mountaines of Iuda you chaunging the number Thus the enemies imputed as the reproche of the lande â–ª which God did for the sinnes of the people adâ—ding to his misiudgementes Esai 52. a. Rom 25. d. (m) And therefore would not suffer my name to be had in contempt as the heathen would haue reproched me if I had suffered my church to perishe (n) This excludeth from men all dignitie and meane to deserue any thing by seeing that God referreth the whole to him selfe and that onely for the glory of his holy name o That is his spirite whereby he â—ormeth the â—rt and regenerateth 〈◊〉 Esai 44. ◠〈◊〉 23 g. Vnder the aboundaunce of temporall benefites he concludeth the spirituall graces (q) Ye shall come to 〈◊〉 repentaunce and thinke your selues vnworthy to be of the number of god creatures â–ª for your ingratitude against him (r) He declareth that it ought not to be referred to the soile or sâ—rtuitie of the earth that any countrey is rich aboundant but â—nely to gods mercies as hâ—s plagues curses declare when he maketh it baren (a) By this vision he prophecieth that the people of Israel shal be deliuered whom he compareth to bones of dead men for as drye bones seeme without all hope of lyâ—e againeâ— so the Israelites thought they should neuer returne into their countrey as appeareth by their wordes in the eleuenth verse Our bones are dryed and our hope is gone c. (b) He fraineth this talke to the fantasie and opinion of men that thinke the life of men when they departe is dissolued into the ayre when as in deede the spirite returneth to him that giue it to the Lorde who is the bosome of Ibraham the receptacle of the faithfull Neither ought any man to conclude here upon that the soule of man is of the nature of ayre That is wheâ— I bryng you out of these places and townes where ye are captiues which signifieth their ioyning together of the two houses of Israel and Iuda (e) This is the house of Israel Joan â— â— Esa xl b. Ier xxiii a chap 34. d â–ª Dan. ix â— a Which was a people that came of Magog the sonne of Iaphet Gen. 10. a. Magog also here signifieth a certayne countrey so that by these countreyes which had the gouernement of Grecia and Italy â—e â—eth the â—pall enemies of the church 〈…〉 b The Persians Ethiopians men of Ephrica Gomer was Iapheâ—s sâ—nne and Togarma the sonne of Gomer and are thought to be they that Inhibite in Asia minor (d) That is to molest destroy the churche (e) Meaning Israel whiche had now ben destroyed and was not yet buylt againe declaring hereby also the simplicitie of the godly who take not so much to fortifie them selues by outwarde force as to depend on the prouidence and goodnesse of God One enemie shal enuse another because euery one shall thinke to haue the spoyle of the people of the people of God Shalt not thou espie thine occasioÌ„s to come against the church when they suspect nothing (h) Meaning in the last age and from the comming of Christ vnto the end of the world Signifying that god wil be sanctified by mayntâ—ining his church destroying his enemies as chap. 36 c. and 37 d. Hereby he declareth that none afflictioÌ„s can come to the church wherof they haue not ben aduersited afore time to teach them to endure all thinges with more patience when they know that God hath so ordeyned (l) Al meanes wherby man should thinke to saue him selfe shal sayle the afflictions in those dayes shal be so great and the enemies destruction