which haue bene baptized into Iesus Christ haue bene bapti zed into his death 4 * We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that like as Christ was raised vp from the dead by the glorie of the Father so we also shulde* walke in newnes ãâã 5 * For if we be grasted with him to the simi litude of his death euen so shal we be to the similitude of his resurrection 6 Knowing this that our olde man is crucified with him that the bodie of sinne might be destroyed that henceforthe we shulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is freed from sinne 8 Wherefore if we be dead with Christ we be leue that we shal liue also with him 9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more do minion ouer him 10 For in that he dyed he dyed once to sinne but in that he liueth he liueth to God 11 Likewise thinke ye also that ye are dead to sinne but are aliue to God in Iesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sinne reigne therefore in your mortal bodie that ye shulde obey it in the lustes thereof 13 Nether giue ye'your membres as weapons of vnrighteousnes vnto sinne but giue your selues vnto God as they that are aliue from the deà d and giue your membres as weapons of righteousnes vnto God 14 For sinne shal not haue dominion ouer you for ye are not vnder the Law but vnder grace 15 What then shal we sinne because we are not vnder the Law but vnder grace God forbid 16 * Knowe ye not that to whome soeuer ye giue your selues as seruants to obey his seruants ye are to whome ye obey ãâã it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousnes 17 But God be thanked that ye haue bene the seruants of sinne but ye haue obeyed from the heart vnto the forme of the doctrine whereunto ye were deliuered 18 Being then made fre from sinne ye are made the seruants of righteousnes 19 I speake after the maner of man because of the infirmitie of your flesh for as ye haue giuen your members seruants to vnclennes ad to iniquitie to commit iniquitie so now giue your members seruants vnto righteousnes in holines 20 For when ye were the seruants of sinne ye were freed from righteousnes 21 What frute had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed For the end of those things is death 22 But now being freed from sinne and made seruants vnto God ye haue your frute in holines and the end euerlasting life 23 For the wages of sinne is death but the gifte of God is eternal life through Iesus Christ our Lord. CHAP. VII 1. 7 12 The vse of the Law 6. 24 And how Christ hathe de liuered vs from it 16 The infirmitie of the faithful 23 The dangerous fight betwene the flesh and the Spirit 1 KNowe ye not brethren for I speake to them that knowe the Lawe that the Law hathe dominion ouer a man as long as he liueth 2 * For the woman which is in subiection to a man is bounde by the law to the man while he liueth but if the man be dead she is deliuered from the law of the man 3 So then if while the man liueth she take another man she shal be called an* adulteresse but if the man be dead she is fre from the Law so that she is not an adulteresse thogh she take another man 4 So ye my brethren are dead also to the Law by the bodie of Christ that ye shulde be vnto another euen vnto him that is raised vp from the dead that we shulde bring forthe frute vnto God 5 For when we were in the flesh the motioÌs of sinnes which were by the Law had force in our membres to bring for the frute vnto death 6 But now we are deliuered from the Law being dead vnto it wherein we were holdeÌ that we shulde serue in newnes of Spirit and not in the oldenes of the letter 7 What shal we say then Is the Law sinne God forbid Nay I knewe not sinne but by the Law for I had not knowen glust except the Law had said * Thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne toke an occasion by the coÌmaundemeÌt and wroght in me all maner of concu pisceÌce for without the Law sinne is dead 9 For I once was aliue without the Law but when the coÌmandemeÌt came sinne reuiued 10 But I dyed and the same commaundement which was ordeined vnto life was founde to be vnto me vnto death 11 For sinne toke occasion by the coÌmaundemeÌt disceiued me and thereby slew me 12 Wherefore the Law is* holie and the com maundement is holie and iust and good 13 Was that then which is good made death vnto me God ãâã but sinne that it might appeare sinne wroght death in me by that which is good that sinne might be out of measure sinful by the commaundement 14 For we knowe that the Lawe is spiritual but I am carnal solde vnder sinne 15 For I alowe not that which I do for what I wolde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do then that which I wolde not I consent to the Law that itis good 17 Now then it is no more I that do it but the sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing for to wil is present with me but I finde no meanes to performe that which is good 19 For I do not the good thing which I wolde but the euil which I wolde not that do I. 20 Now if I do that I wolde not it is no more I that do it but the sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I finde then by the Law that when I wolde do good euil is present with me 22 For I delite in the Law of God concernig the inner man 23 But I se another law in my membres rebel ling against the law of my minde leading me captiue vnto the law of sinne which is in my membres 24 Owreched man that I am who shal deliuer me from the bodie of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Then I my self in my minde serue the Law of God but in my slesh the law of sinne CHAP. VIII 1 The asseurance of the faith ful of the fruthe the holie Gost in them 3 The weakenes of the Lawe and who accomplished it 4 And wherefore 5 Of what sorte the faithful ought to be 6 The frute of the Spirit in them 17 Of hope 18 Of pacience vnder the crosse 28 Of the mutual loue betwitx God and his children 29 Of his
to the peo ple of God 10 For he that is entred into his rest hathe also ceased froÌ his owne workes as God did from his 11 Let vs studie therefore to entre into that rest lest anie man fall after the same ensample of disobedience 12 For the worde of God is liuelie aÌd mightie in operation sharper then anie two edged sworde and entreth through euen vnto the diuiding a sonder of the soule and the spirit and of the ioynts and the marie and is a discerner of the thoghtes and the intentes of the heart 13 Nether is there anie creature which is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes with whome we haue to do 14 Seing then that we haue a greate hie Priest which is entred into heauen euen Iesusthe Sonne of GOD let vs holde fast our profession 15 For we haue not an hie Priest which can not be touched with the feling of our infirmities but was in all things tempted in like sorte yet without sinne 16 Let vs therefore go boldely vnto the throne of grace that we may receiue mercie and finde grace to helpe in time of nede CHAP. V. 5 He compareth Iesus Christ with the Leuiticall Priests shewing wherein they ether agre or dissent 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes 1 FOr euerie hie Priest is taken from among men and is ordeined for men in things perteining to God that he may offer bothe giftes and sacrifices for sinnes 2 Whiche is able sufficiently to haue compassion on them that are ignorant and that are out of the way because that he also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for the sames sake he is bonde to offer for sinnes as wel for his owne parte as for the peoples 4 * And no man taketh this honour vnto him self but he that is called of God as was Aaron 5 So likewise Christ toke not to him * self this honour to be made the hie Priest but he that said vnto him * Thou art my Sonne this day begate I thee gaue it him 6 As he also in another place speaketh * Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec 7 Whiche in the dayes of his flesh did offer vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death and was also heard in that which he feared 8 And thogh he were the Sonne yet learned he obedieÌce by the things which he suffred 9 And being consecrate was made the autor of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey hym 10 And is called of God an hie Priest after the order of Melchi-sedec 11 Of whome we haue many things to say which are hard to be vttered because ye are dull of hearing 12 For when as concerning the time ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first ãâã of the worde of God and are become such as haue nede of milke and not of strong meat 13 For euerie one that vseth milke is inexperte in the ãâã of righteousnes for he is a babe 14 But strong meat belongeth to theÌ that are of age whiche through long custome haue their wittes exercised to discerne bothe good and euil CHAP. VI. 1 He procedeth in reprouing them and ãâã them not to faint 12 But to be stedfast and patient 18 Forasmuche as God is sure in his promes 1 THerefore leauing the doctrine of the beginning of Christ let us be led forward vnto perfection not laying againe the funda tion of repentance from dead workes and of faith towarde God 2 Of the doctrine of baptismes and laying on of hands and of the resurrection from the dead and of eternal iudgement 3 And this wil we do if God permit 4 * For it is impossible that they which were once lightened and haue tasted of the heauenlie gift and were made partakers of the holie Gost 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God and of the powers of the worlde to come 6 If they fall away shulde be renued againe by repentance seing they crucifie againe to them selues the sonne of God and make a mocke of him 7 For the earth which drinketh in the raine that cometh ofte vpon it and bringeth forthe herbes mete for theÌ by whome it is dressed receiueth blessing of God 8 But that which beareth thornes and briars is reproued and is nere vnto cursing whose end is to be burned 6 But beloued we haue persuaded our selues better things of you and suche as accompanie saluation thogh we thus speake 10 For God is not vnrighteous that he shulde forget your worke and labour of loue which ye shewed to warde his Name in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saintes and yet minister 11 And we desire that euerie one of you shewe the same diligence to the ful assurance of hope vnto the end 12 That ye be not slothful but followers of them which through faith and patience inherite the promises 13 For when God made the promes to Abraham because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by him self 14 Saying * Surely I wil abundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently he enioyed the promes 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then them selues and an othe for confirmation is among them an end of all strife 17 So God willing more abundantly to shewe vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsel bound him self by anothe 18 That by two immutable things wherein it is vnpossible that GOD shulde lye we might haue strong consolation which haue our refuge to holde fast the hope that is set before vs 19 Which we haue as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast and it entreth into that whiche within the vaile 30 Whether the forerunner is for vs entred in euen Iesus that is made an hie Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedech CHAP. VII 1 He compareth the Priesthode of Christ vnto Melchisedec 11 Also Christs Priesthode with the Leuites 1 FOr this Melchi-sedec * was King of Salem the Priest of the most hie God who met Abraham as he returned froÌ the slaughter of the Kings and blessed him 2 To whome also Abraham gaue the tithe of al things who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes after that he is also King of Salem that is King of peace 3 Without father without mother without kinred and hathe nether beginning of his dayes nether end of life but is likened vnto the Sonne of God and continueth a Priest for euer 4 Now consider how great this man was vn to whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoiles 5 For
preacher of righteousnes and broght in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodlie 6 And * turned the cities of Sodome and Gomorrhe into ashes condemned them and ouerthrewe theÌ aÌd made them an ensample vnto them that after shulde liue vngodlie 7 * And deliuered iuste Loth vexed with the vnclenlie conuersation of the wicked 8 For he being righteous dwellyng among them in seing and hearing vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawful dedes 9 The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godlye out of tentation and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement to be punished 10 And chiefely theÌ that walke after the flesh in the lust of vnclennes and despise the gouernement whiche are presumpteous and stand in their owne conceite and feare not to speake euill of theÌ that are in dignitie 11 Where as the Angels which are greater both in power and might * giue not railing iudgement against them before the Lord. 12 But these as brute beasts led with sensualitie and made to be taken and destroyed speake euil of those things which they knowe not and shal perish through their owne corruption 13 And shal receiue the wages of vnrighteousnes as they which counte it pleasure to liue deliciously for a season Spottes they are aÌd blottes deliting them selues in their deceiuings in feasting with you 14 Hauing eyes ful of adulterie and that can not cease to sinne beguiling vnstable soules they haue hearts exercised with couetousnes cursed children 15 Whiche forsakyng the right waye haue gone astraye following the way of * Balaam the sonne of Bosor which loued the wages of vnrighteousnes 16 But he was rebuked for his iniquitie for the domme asse speaking with mans voyce forbade the foolishnes of the Prophet 17 * These are welles without water and cloudes caryed about with ateÌpest to whom the blacke darkenes is reserued for euer 18 For in speaking swelling wordes of vanitie they beguile with wantonnes through the lustes of the flesh them that were cleane esca ped from theÌ which are wrapped in errour 19 Promising vnto them libertie and are them selues the * seruants of corruption for of who me so euer a man is ouer come euen vnto the same is he in bondage 20 * For if they after they haue escaped from the filthines of the worlde through the knowledge of the Lord and of the Sauiour Iesus Chaist are yet tangled againe therein and ouercome the latter end is worse with them then the beginning 21 For it had bene better for them not to haue knowen the way of righteousnes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holie commandement giuen vnto them 22 But it is come vnto them according to the true prouerbe * The dogge is returned to his owne vomit The sowe that was washed to the wallowing in the myer CHAP. III. 3 He sheweth the impitie of them which mocke at Gode promises 7 After what sorte the end of the worlde shal be 8 That they prepare them selues thereunto 16 who they are which abuse the writings of S. Paul and the rest of the Scriptures 18 Concluding with cternal thankes to Christ Iesus 1 THis seconde Epistle I now write vnto you beloued where with stirre vp and warne your pure mindes 2 To call to remembrance the wordes which were tolde before of the holie Prophetes also the commandement of vs the Apostles of the Lord and Sauiour 3 * This first vnderstand that ãâã shal come in the last dayes mockers which wil walke after their lustes 4 And say Where is the promes of his coÌming for since the fathers dyed all things continue a like from the beginning of the creation 5 For this they willingly knowe not that the heauens were of olde and the earth that was of the water and by the water by the worde of God 6 Wherefore the worlde that then was perished ouer flowed with the water 7 But the heauens and earth whiche are now are kept by the same worde in store and reserued vnto fyre against the day of iudgement and of the destruction of vngodlie men 8 Derely beloued be not ignorant of this one thyng that one day is with the Lorde * as a thousand yeres and a thousand yere as one day 9 The Lorde is not slacke concernyng hys promes assome men count slackenes but is pacient towarde vs and * wolde haue no man to perish but wolde all men to come to repentance 10 * But the day of the Lord wil come as a thief in the night in the whiche the heauens shall passe away with a noyce and the elements shal melt with heate and the earth with the workes that are therin shal be burnt vp 11 Seing therefore that all these things must be dissolued what maner persones ought ye to be in holie conuersation and godlines 12 Loking for and hasting vnto the comming of the day of God by the which the heauens being on fyre shal be dissolued and the elements shalt melt with heat 13 But we loke for * new heauens and a new earth according to his promes wherein dwelleth righteousnes 14 Wherefore beloued seing that ye loke for suche things be diligent that ye may be founde of him in peace without spotte blameles 15 * And suppose that the long suffring of our Lord is saluation euen as our beloued brother Paul according to the wisdome giuen vnto him wrote to you 16 As one that in all his Epistles speaketh of these things among the which some things are hard to be vnderstand which they that are vnlearned and vnstable peruert as they do also other Scriptures vnto their owne destruction 17 Ye therefore beloued seing ye know these things before beware lest ye be also plucked away with the errour of the wicked fall from your owne stedfastnes 18 But growe in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ to hym be glorie bothe now and for euer more Amen THE FIRST EPISTLE generall of Iohn THE ARGVMENT AFter that S. Iohn had sufficiently declared how that our whole saluation doeth consiste onely in Christ lest that any man shulde thereby take a boldenes to sinne he sheweth that no man can beleue in Christ onles he doeth endeuour him self to kepe his commandements which thing being done he exhorteth them to beware of false prophetes whome he calleth Antichrists and to trye the spirits Laste of all he doeth earnestly exhorte them vnto brotherlie loue and to beware of ãâã CHAP. I. 2 True witnes of the euerlasting worde of God 7 The blood of Christ is the purgation of sinne 10 No man is without sinne 1 THat which was from the beginning which we haue heard which we haue sene with our eyes which we haue loked vpon and our hands
the tribe of Iudah Iudg. 1. 4 The Canaanite ãâã the Israelites Nomb. 14. 45 The Canaanites that remained were as thornes to Israel Iudg. 2. 3 The Canaanitish woman Mat. 15. 22 The Candlesticke and facion thereof Exod. 25. 31 37. 17. 40. 24 ãâã vnbeieuing citie Mat. 11. 23 The Caphtorims destroyed the auims Deut. 2. 23 The Captiuitie of the Kyngs of Iudah fore spoken 2. Kyng 20. Ierem. 16. 13 and 20. 4 The Cares of this worlde do choke vp The worde Mar. 4. 19 Cartes of yron in vse among the Canaanites Iudg. 1. 19 4. 3 God Caryed the children of Israel vpon egles wings Exod. 19. 4 ¶ Cendebeus captaine of the sea coast 1. Macc. 15. 38 The Centurion and his faith Mat. 8. 5 God reiecteth the iewish Ceremonies Isa. 1. 11. 66. Ebr. 10. 5 The decre of Augustus Cesar. Luk. 2. 1 ¶ Chamois Deut. 14. 5 Eliiah the Charet of Israel 2. Kyng 2. 12 To make him self Chaste for the kingdome of heauen Mat. 19. 12 Blessed is the man that god Chastiseth Iob. 5. 17 Chastise thy childe betime Prou. 13. 24. 19. 18. 22. 16 Chastitie is the gift of god Wis. 8. 21 Chemosh the abomination of moab 1. King 11. 7 The Cherubims kepe the way of the tre of life Gen. 3. 24 Offend not litle Children Mat. 18. 6 The rodde of correction for Children Prou. 22. 15. Ecclesiasti 30. 13 The Angels of litle Children Mat. 11. 10 Childrenas concernyng maliciousnes and not in vnderstandyng 1. Cor. 14. 20 Children broght to Christ. Matth. 19. 13. Christ receiueth the Childe into his armes Mar. 9. 36 We are the Children of god by faith Gal. 3. 26 Childrens obedience to their parents Ephes. 6. 1 Chorazin a citie that Christ proueth for her vnbelief Mat. 11. 21 Paul a Chosen vessel Act. 9. 15 Christ conceiued Luk. 1. 35. Isborne Luk. 2. 7. is circumcised Luk. 2. 21. is baptized Mat. 3. 15. sent to preache libertie to the captiues Isa. 61. Luk. 2. 31. and 4. 43. and 5. 52. he speaketh the wordes of God Iohn 3. 34. he preacheth that the kingdome of the Messias is at hand and exhorteth to repeÌtance and to beleue the Gospel ãâã 4. 17. 9. 35. he is hungrie Mat. 4. 2. he is wearie Ioh. 4. 6. he is pore Mat. 8. 20. he entreth into Ierusalem ridyng vpon an asse Mat. 21. 7. he is solde by Iudas Mat. 26. 14. he is buffeted Mat. 26. 67. he is deliuered to be crucified Mat. 27. 26. He prayeth for then that persecute him Luk. 23. 34. he yeldeth vp the gost Mat. 27. 50. His resurrection Mat. 28. He is caryed vp into heauen Mark 16. 19. Luk. 24. 51 The coming of Christ fore spoken NoÌ 24. 17. Isa. 40. 10 Christ God eternal Iohn 1 Christ greater then Dauid Matth. 22. 44 Christ promised to Adam Gen. 3. ãâã to Abraham Gen. 12. 3 Christ sent of god Iohn 8. 42 Christ sent to saue the Iewes Matth. 15. 24 Christ without sinne 1. Pet. 2. 22 False Christs and false Prophetes do great miracles Mat. 24. 5. 24 Christiane so named first in Antiochia Act. 11. 26. Christians are fre 1. Pet. 2. 16. Iohn 8. 32 Christians hated of the worlde Matth 10. 22. Luk. 21. 17 The Church is the house of god 1. Tim. 3. 15 The Church of god is not contentious 1. Cor. 11. 16 ¶ The Apostles forbid the gentiles to be Circumcised Act. 15. 28 Circumcise the foresk inne of the heart Deut. 10. 16. 30. 6. Rom. 2. 29. Colos. 2. 11. Paul Circumciseth timothie Act. 16. 3 God Circumciseth our hearts and why Deut. 30. 6 Abraham commanded to Circumcise his familie Gen. 17. 9 Circumcision and vncircumcision are nothing 1. Cor. 7. 19 Circumcision is seruitude Gal. 2. 4 The seconde CircuÌcision vnder ioshua Iosh. 5. 2 We haue no continuing Citie here ebr 13. 14 ¶ None Cleane before god Iob. 25. 4 Cleopatra the daughter of Ptolomeus 1. Macc. 10. 57 The cloude filleth the house of the lord 1. King 8. 10 The renting of the Clothes a signe of greatheauines Iosh. 7. 6. Matt. 26. 65. 2. Sam. 1. 11 ¶ To heape Coles vpon the head of his enemie Rom. 12. 20 One ought to Comfort another 1. Thes. 4. 18. 5. 14 The Comforter is promised Ioh. 14. 16 15. 26 16. 7 The ãâã Commandements Deut. 5. 7 Teache thy childe the commaÌdements of God Deut. 6. 7 Commandements of men being contrarie to gods are not to be receiued Tit. 1. 14 The comming of Christ in the daye of Iudgement Matth. 24. 30. 2. Pet. 3. 10. Isa. 3. 14. 13. 9 The Commyng of christ with his Aungels Mat. 16. 27 The Commyng of the Lord. Malac. 4. 1 Isa. 35. 4. 62. 11 The Commune vse of goods in the primatiue Churche Act. 2. 44 The worde Concubine for wife Iudg. 19. 2 Ashame not to Confesse christ 2. Tim. 1. 8 To Confesse god for to praise hym is oft times in the Psalmes To Confesse that Iesus is Christ is the gift of God Mat. 16. 17 Remission to them that Confesse their sinnes 1. Iohn 1. 9 Moses Confesseth to God the sinne of the people Exod. 32. 31 Confession of sinnes commanded to the priests of the Iewes Leuit. 16. 21. Confession of thy sinnes to God 1. King 8. 47. Psal. 32. 5 Cursed is he that hathe his Confidence in man Iere. 17. 5 God is not the autor of Confusion but of peace 1. Cor. 14. 33 Who ought to be excluded out of the Congregation of the Lord. Deut. 23. 1 The Conscience of the wicked is alwayes feareful Prou. 28. 1 Christ the Consolation of Israel Luk. 2. 25 The good Conuersation of christians Phil. 1. 27. 3. 17 The ãâã of saincts shulde prouoke vs to followe their faith Ebr. 13. 7 Contemners of the worde of god shal be punished 1. Sam. 2. 30. Isa. 28. 14 Cornelius the captaine Act. 10. 1. Brotherlie correction Prouer. 27. 5. Mat. 18. 15 They that refuse correction are threatned of God Leuit. 26. 22 The Correction of the Lord. Ebr. 12. 5. It is permitted to Correct thy brother but to hate him is forhidden Leuit. 19. 17 Circumcision the Couenant of God Gen. 17. 13 The Couenant of god with noah Gen. 9. 11 Couetousnes is idolatrie Col. 3. 5 Couetousnes is insatiable Pro. 27. 20 Couetousnes the roote of all euill 1. Tim. 6. 10 Couetousnes to be auoided Pro. 15. 16. Isa. 3. 12. Iere. 8. 10. Ephes. 5. 3 Be of good Courage in affliction Ioh. 16. 33 The Counsels of god are vnsearcheable Rom. 11. 33 The Israelites aske Counsel of god in their affaires Iudg. 1. 1. 20. 18. 23. 1. Sam. 10. 22. and herein they vse the helpe of the Prophetes 1. Sam. 9. 9. 2. King 22. 13 God breaketh the Counsels of the heathen Psal. 33. 10 Courteousnes required in christians Ephes. 4. 32. 1. Cor. 13. 4 Zealous phinehas killeth Cozbi the midianitish harlot Nomb. 25. 15 ¶
had none occasion to be suche a sinner as they accused him e Being ashamed of their lightnes and afraied of my grauitie f Acknowledging my wisdome g All that heard me praised me h Testifying that I did good ãâã i Because his ãâã saries did so much charge him with wickednes he is ãâã to rendre a ãâã of hys ãâã k That is I did sue cour him that was in destresse and so he had cause to ãâã me l I delited to do iustice as others did to ãâã costely ãâã m ãâã is at home in my be ãâã without all trouble ãâã n My ãâã doeth increase o That ãâã was pleasant vnto theÌ p As the drye grounde ãâã for the ãâã q That is they ãâã it not to be a ãâã or they thoght not that I wold condescend vnto them r They were afraied to offende me and ãâã me to be ãâã s I had them at coÌ ãâã a That is mine ãâã is changed and where as before the ancient men were glad to do me ãâã ãâã the yong meÌ now ãâã me b Meaning to be my shepherdes or to kepe my dogges c That is their fathers dyed for famine ãâã they came to age â Or ãâã d Iob sheweth that these that mocked him ãâã his affliction were like to their fathers wicked and ãâã ãâã suche as he here ãâã e They ãâã ãâã of me and mocke at my miserie f God hathe taken from me ãâã force credit and auto itie wherewit I kept them in subiection g He said that the yong men when they saw him hid theÌ ãâã as chap. 29. 8. and now in his miserie they ãâã ãâã licencious h That is they soght by all meanes how they might ãâã me i They nede none to helpe them k By my calamitie they toke an occasion ãâã me l My life ãâã me and I am as halfe dead m Meaning sorowe n That is God hathe broght ãâã into contempt o He speaketh not thus to accuse God hut to declare ãâã of his afflictionwhereby he was ãâã beside him self p He compare h his ãâã to a tempest or ãâã ãâã â Or wisdome or Law q None caÌ deliuer me thence thogh thei lament at my death r Instead of comforting they mocked at me s Not deliting in anie worldely thing no not so much as in the vse of the sunne t Lamenting theÌ that were in affliction and mouing others to ãâã theÌ u I am like the wilde beasts that desire muste ãâã ãâã x VVith the heat of affliction a I kept mine eyes from all wanton lokes b VVold not God then haue punished me c Iob declareth that the feare of God was a bridell to stay him from all wickednes d He sheweth wherein his vprightnes standeth that is in as much as he was blameles before men ãâã not agaiÌst the second table e That is hath accomplished the ãâã of mine eye f According to the curse of the Law Deut. 28. 33. g Let her be made a ãâã h He sheweth that albeit maÌ neglect the punishement of adulterie yet the wrath of God will neuer cease till suche be destroyed i WheÌ thei thoght them selues euyll intreated by me k If I had oppressed others how shuld I haue escaped Gods iudgement l He was moued to shewe pirie vnto seruants because they were Gods creatures as he was m By loÌg waiting for her request n He nourished the fatherles and mainteined the widowes cause o To oppresse him and do hym ãâã p Let me ãâã in pieces q I refrained not from sinning for feare of men but because I feared God r If I was proude of my ãâã ãâã ãâã and ãâã whiche is ãâã by the shining of the sunne and brightnes of the moone s If mine owne doings delued me t By putting confidence in anye thing but in hym alone u My ãâã moued me to be ãâã ged of mine enemie yet did I neuer wil he him hurt x And not confessed it frely wherby it is ãâã that he ãâã him selfe before men and not before God y That is I reuerenced the ãâã weake and contemned and was ãâã to offende them z I suffred theÌ to speake euill of me and went not out of my house to reuenge ãâã a This is a ãâã token ãâã my righteousnes that god is my ãâã and wil iustifie my cause b Shulde not this boke ãâã his accusa tions be a praise condemnation to me c I wil make him a counte of all my ãâã without ãâã d As thogh I had ãâã ãâã wages that labored in it e ãâã that he was no ãâã nor ãâã f That is the talke ãâã he had with his ãâã friends â Ebr. was iuste in his owne eyes a VVhich came of Buz the sonne of Nahor Abrahams brother b Or as the Chalde paraphrast ãâã Abram c By making him self innocent and by charging God of ãâã d That is the thre ãâã before e Meaning the an cient which haue experience f It is a special gift of God that man hathe vnder standing and cometh nether of na ture norby age g To proue that ãâã affliction came for his sinnes h And flatter your selues as thogh you had ouercome him i To Wit Iob. k He vseth almost the like ãâã but without tanting and reproches l I haue conceiued in my minde great store of reasons m I wil nether ha ue regarde to riches credit nor au ãâã but wil speake the verie trueth n The Ebrew worde signifieth to change the name as o call a foole a wise man meaning that he wolde not cloke the ãâã to flatter men Chap. XXXIII a I confesse the power of God and am one of his therefore thou ough rest to heare me b Because Iob had wished to dispute his cause with God Chap. 16. ãâã so that he might do it without feare Elihu sayth he wil reasoÌ in Gods stead whome he nedeth not to fea re because he is a man made of the ãâã matter that he is c I wil not handle thee so throughly these other haue done d He repeate ãâã Iobs ãâã ãâã ãâã eby heprotested his ãâã in ãâã places but specially in the 13. 36. and. 30. ãâã e The cause of his iudgements is not al ways ãâã to ãâã f Thogh God by sondrie examples of his iudgements ãâã vnto ãâã ãâã the reason there of is not knowen yea thogh God shulde speake yet he is not vnderstand g God saith he spaketh commune ly ether by ãâã to ãâã vs the cause of his iudge ments or els by afflictions or by his ãâã h That is ãâã ned to send vpon them i He sheweth for what end God sen deth ãâã to beat downe ãâã and to ãâã from euil k That is his pain ful and ãâã life l To them that shal burie him m A man sent of God to declare his wil. n A singular man and as one chosen out of a thousand which is able to declare the great
That ãâã I wolde wish ãâã ãâã for Gods honour and welth of my people but he ãâã ap pointed the contrarie f Meaning that the Prophets that did ãâã ãâã warre or peace were tryed ether true or false by the successe of theyr ãâã Albeit God maketh to come to passe sometime that whiche the false prophet speaketh to trye the faith of his Deut. 13. ãâã g This declareth the impudencie of the wicked hirelings which haue no zeale to the trueth but are led with ambition to get the fauour of men and therfore can not abide any that might discredit them but ãâã for the into rages and ãâã to their owne ãâã science passe ãâã what lies thei ãâã or how ãâã they do so that they maye mainteine ãâã estimation h That is a hard cruel ãâã i Signifying that all shulde be hys as Dan. 2 ãâã k Seing this thing was ãâã in the eyes of the people and yet they returned not to the Lord it is manifest that miracles can not moue vs nether the worde itself except God touche the heart â Or lettre a For some dyed in the way Meaning Ieconiansmother Chap. 24. 1. c To intreate of some equal conditions d To wit the ãâã whose worke this was e The Prophet speaketh not this for the affection that he bare to the tyraÌt but that they shulde pray for the commune rest and quietnes that their ãâã might not be intreased and that they might with more pacience lesse grief waite for the time of their deliuerance whiche God had appointed moste ãâã for els not onely the Israelites but all the worlde yea ãâã the insensible crea tures shulde ãâã when ãâã tyrants shulde be destroyed as Isa 14 ãâã f VVhen your oppression shal be great and your af flictions cause you to repent your disobedience and also when ãâã seuentie yeres of your captiuitie shal be expired 2 Chro. ãâã 22. ezra ãâã 1. Chap 25. 10. ãâã 9. 1. g As Ahah zedekiah Shemaiah h VVhereby he as sureth them that ãâã ãâã no ho pe of returning be fore the time appointed i According to the comparison Chap. 14. 1. k Read Chap. 26. 6 l Read Chap. 7. ãâã 25. 5. 26. 3. m Because thei ãâã ãâã the people hope of spedy returning n VVhich was adulterie and ãâã fying ãâã ãâã of God â Or dreames o Shemaiah the false Prophet flattereth zephaniah the chief ãâã as thogh God ãâã giuen ãâã the spirit and zeale of Iehoiada to punish Whosoeuer trespaced against the word of God of the Whiche he wolde haue made Ieremiah one calling him a rauer a false Prophet p He and his sede shal be destroied so that none of theÌ shulde se the benefite of this deliuerance a Because they shulde be assured and their posteritie confirmed in the hope of thys deliuerance promised b He sheweth that before that this deliuerance shall come the CaldeaÌs shulde be ãâã afflicted by their enemies and that they shuld be in suche perplexitie and sorow as a woman in her ãâã as Isa. 15. 8. c Meaning that the time of their captiuitie shulde be ãâã d VVhen I shal visit Babylon e Of the King of Babylon f To Wit of Iaakob g That is Messiah which shulde come of the stocke of Dauid according to the flesh and shulde be the ãâã pastor as Ezek. 34. 23. Who is set forth and his kingdome that shulde be euerlasting in the perso ne of Dauid Hos. ãâã ãâã h Read Chap. 10. 24. i Meaning that ãâã man is able to finde out a meane to deliuer them but that it must be the Worke of God k The Assyrians and Egyptians whome thou ãâã encerteine with giftes who left in thee in thine ãâã l Herein is commended Gods great mercie toward his who doeth not destroye them for their sinnes but correct and ãâã se them til he haue purged and pardoned them and To burneth the rod des by the which he did punish theÌ Isa. 33. 1. m Meaning that the citie and the Temple shulde ãâã restored to their former state n He sheweth how the people shal With praise and ãâã giuing acknowled ge this benefite o Meaning Zerub babel who was the figure of Christ in whome this was accoÌplished p Signifying that Christ doeth willingly submit him ãâã to the obedie ãâã ãâã God his Father q Lest the ãâã hypocrites shuld ãâã them se ues With these promises the Prophet ãâã what shal be their portion r VVhen this ãâã and deliuerer is sent a ãâã this noble gouernour shall come meaning ãâã not onelye Iudah and Israél but the rest of the Worlde shal be called b VVhiche Were deliuered from the ãâã of Pharaoh c To ãâã God d The people thus reason as thogh he were not ãâã beneficial to theÌ now as he had bene of olde e Thus the Lord ãâã ãâã his loue is ãâã chaÌgeable f Thou shalt haue ãâã occasion to reioyce ãâã is men by ãâã dancing ãâã their custome was after ãâã victories Exod 15 20. Iudg. 5. 2. ãâã ãâã 11. ãâã g ãâã the ãâã ãâã ãâã he ãâã ãâã neuer ãâã to ãâã ãâã this must ãâã ãâã ãâã vnder the ãâã of ãâã which was the ãâã ãâã of the true Israél h That is shall eat the ãâã therof as Leu 19 ãâã dan 20 6 i The ministers of the worde k They shall exhorte all to the imbracing of the Gospel as Isa. 2. 3. l He sheweth what shall be the coÌcorde and loue of all vnder the Gospel where none shal be refused for their ãâã and ãâã ãâã shall exhorte one another to imbrace it m That is ãâã their sinues which had not giuen ãâã to the Prophetes and ãâã it followeth that God ãâã them to mercie Chap ãâã ãâã Some take it that they ãâã wepe for ãâã n VVhere they founde no ãâã but ãâã ãâã of all things o That ãâã ãâã ãâã ly beloued ãâã the ãâã ãâã as to the father p That is from the Baby ãâã and other enemies q By these ãâã benefites he meaneth the spiritual graces which are in the Church and whereof there shulde be ãâã ãâã Isa ãâã ãâã r In ãâã companie of the faithfull which euer praise God for his ãâã fites s Meaning the spi rit of wisdome knowledge and zeale t To declare the greatnes of Gods mercie in deliuering the Iewes he sheweth theÌ that thei were like to the Beniamites or Israelites that is vtterly destroyed and caryed awaye in so muche that if Rahél the mother of Beniamin cold haue risen againe to seke for ãâã chil dren she shulde haue founde none remaining u That is the people that were led captiue x VVhich was waÌ ton and colde not be subiect to the ãâã y He sheweth how ãâã faithfull vse to ãâã that ãâã ãâã God to turne theÌ for as muche as thei can not turne of them selues z In signe of repeÌtance and ãâã tion of my sinne a As thogh he
ãâã of Christs death q VVhen they coÌ mande or forbid vs any thing con trary to the ãâã of God Chap 3. 13. r Meaning that he is ãâã mediator and onelie meane betwene God and man s That is Christ. t This Theudas was ahoue thirtie yeres before him of whome Iosephus mencio neth li. 20. de An tiq chap. 4. that was after the death of Herode the Great when Archelaus his sonne was at Rome at what time Iudea was ful of ãâã so that it is not sure to giue ãâã to Eusebius in this point u Of him maketh mencioÌ Iosephus li. 18. where he speaketh of the taxing Luk. 2. 1. x He groundeth vp oÌ good principles but he douteth of the qualitie of the cause nether dare affirme whether it be good or bad whe re in appeareth he ãâã but a ãâã a Whose ancesters were Iewes and dwelled in Grecia therefore these spake ãâã ke and not Hebrewe b They were not loked vnto in the distribucion of the almes c That is to make prouision for the maintenance of the poore forasmuche as they were not able to satisfie bo the ãâã offices d He ioyneth faith with the other giftes of the holie Gost. e Meaning one that was turned to the Iewish re ligion Chap. 21 8. f This ceremonie the Iewes obserued in solenne sa crifices Leui. 3. 2. and also in praier and pri uate blessings Gene. 48. 14. g That is to the Gospel which is receiued by faith likewise in the ãâã Church it was vsed ether when they made ministers or gaue the gifts of the ho lie Gost which gifts being now taken away the ceremonie must cease h Orcolledge di uers nacions had colledges at Ierusalem where in their youth was instructed as we sein ãâã i That is instructed and set forthe false witnesses and thus malice seketh false shiftes when tru eth ãâã he k Thei speake this in ãâã l Not onely a cer teine considence but also ãâã maiestie appearing in him a Steuen was ac cused that he denied God and therefore he is more diligent to purge this crime b Hereby he is di ãâã from the ãâã gods c He speaketh he re of Mesopotamia as it ãâã babylon aÌd Chaldea in it Gen. 12. 1. Gene. 15. ãâã d Beginning to recken ãâã yeres from the time that Isaac was borne e Take vengeance of them and deliuer my people Genes 17. 9. Genes 21. 3. Genes 25. 24. Gen. 29. 33. 30. 5. and 35. 23. Gen. 37. 28. f That is preserued and broght all things to a good ãâã Gen. 41. 37. Gen. 42. 1. Gen. 45 4. g After the Hebrewe threscore and ten Gene. 46. 5. Gene. 49. 31. Gene. 50. 7. h It is probable that some writer through negligence put in Abraham in this place in ãâã of Iacob who boght this field Ios h. 24. 32. Gen. 23. 16. Exod. 1 7. i He inuented craftiewaiesboth to destroye the Israelites with ouer muche labour and also to get great profite by them Gene. 33. 19 or by Abraham he mea neth the posteritie of Abraham â Or that their race shulde faile Exod. 2. 2. Ebr. 11. 23. Exod. 1. 10. Exod. 2. 11. Exod. 2. ãâã Exod. 3. 2. k This fyre repre sented the fornace of affliction wherein the people of God were l Seing thie Angel called him self God it declareth that he was Christ the Mediator who is the eternal God m In signe of reuerence read Exod. 3. 5. Exod. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 14. Exod. 16. ãâã Deut. 18. 15. Chap. 3. 22. n He proueth that Christ is the end of the Law and the ãâã Exod. 19. 2. o Moses was the Angels or Christs minister and a guide to the fathers p By oracles is ment the sayings that God spake to Moses Exod. ãâã 1. q Figures or testimonies of the presence of God r Yet they knew he was absent for their commoditie and so wolde shortely ãâã and bring them the Law Rom. 1 24. s As the sunne mone and other ãâã Deut. 17. 3. ãâã 5 ãâã t Your fathers be gan in wildernes to contemne mine ordinances and you now far re passe them in impietie u And caryed it vpon your shulders Leui. 20. 2. x They ought to haue bene coÌtent with this conuenant onely and not to haue gone after their lewd fantasies Exod. 25. 40. Ebr. 8. 5. Ios. 3 14. 1. Sam. 13. 14. Psal 89 21. 2. Sam. 7. ãâã Psal. 132. 5. 1. Chro. 17. 12. 1. king 6. 1. Chap. 17. 24. y He reproueth the grosse dulnes of the people ãâã the power of God in that they wolde haue conteined it within the teÌple Isa. 66. 1. z God can not be conteined in any space of place a Which nether forsake your olde wickednes nor so muche as heare ãâã God speaketh to you ãâã rebel Iere 9 26. Ezek. 44 9. b Which is Iesus Christ who is not onely iust for his ãâã but because all true iustice commeth of him c By their ministerie or office ãâã 16. 13. d An I reigniÌg in his flesh wherein he had suffied e This was done of furious violen ce and by no for me of iustice Chap. 22. 20. Mat. 5. 44. Luk. 23. 34. 1. Cor. 4. 12. a From the ãâã where he was stoned b When the Church is depriued of any worthie member the re is iuste cause of sorrowe and note that here is no mention of any relikes or prayers for the dead or worshiping c The conuersion of Samaria was as it were the first frutes of the calling of the Gentiles d This declareth how much more we are inclined to folow the illu sions of Saran ãâã the trueth of God e This is the ãâã of Saran to couer all his illusions vnder the Name of God f The maiestie of Gods worde forced him to confesse the trueth but yet was he not regenerat therefore g Meaning the particular gifts of the holy Spirit h They had onely receiued the commune grace of adoption rege neracion whiche are offered to all the faithful in baptisme and as yet had not recei ued the gift to spake in diuers languages to do miracles i Thou art not worthie to be of the nomber of the faithful k That is turne away from thy wickednes l Hereby he wold make himto feele his sinne not that he douted of Gods mercies if he colde repent Deut. 29. 18. m Or ãâã heart is ful of dispitful of malice deuelisn poyson of impietie so that now Satan hath thee ãâã as capti ue in his bands n After that Ale xander had destroyed it it was not much peopled as it was afore and therefore in respect was as my sister o Eunuche signifieth him that is gelded but becau se in the East par tes great affaires were commit to suche it came in vse that noble meÌ were called Eunu ches althogh they were not gelded also all maner officers seruaÌts thatwere put in credit or
out on euerieparte b which was the Law giuen to Moses by the hands of the Angels c As the Gospel is which onely offereth ãâã Gal 3. 19. Act. 7. ãâã Mar. 16. 20. d That is the Apostles e ãâã Esai cal leth the new hea uens and the newe earth Chap 65. 17. where of Christ is the fa ther. Isa. 9. 6 that is the head of vs his members Psal. 8. 5. f He speaketh here chiefly of the faithful which are made through Christ citizens of the worlde to comewhere they shal enioye with their prince all these things which now they haue onely but in parte g In making him fellowe heire with Christ. h To theÌ which obiect that they se not these things accomplished in man the Apostle answereth that they are fulfilled in ãâã our ãâã who ãâã his to the same glorie with him Psal. 22. 25. Mat. 28. 18. i To man as he is of Christ. 1. Cor. 15. 27. k By his ãâã which moste ãâã appeareth in the Church Philip 2. 8. l Iesus Christ by humbling him self and taking vpon him the forme of a seruant which was our flesh and mortalitie giueth vs assurance of our sal uation m Therefore we by afflictions are made like to the Sonne of God n The head and the members are of one nature so Christ which san ctifieth vs we that are sanctified are all one by the vnioÌ of our flesh o This proueth Christs humanitie p Meaning that Christ touching his humanitie put his ãâã in God Psal. 18. ãâã q Isai speaketh this of him ãâã and his disciples but properly it is applied to Christ the head of all ãâã Isa. 8 18. Hose ãâã 14. ãâã Cor. 15. ãâã r And Gods angre s Not the nature of Angels but of man t Not onely as touching nature but also qualities onely sinne except u For asmuche as he is exercised in our ãâã we may be assured that at all times in our tentations he wil sucker vs. a Take hede to his wordes and receiue him b Of that doctrine which we beleue and ought to confesse c To be the ambassadour and high Priest Nomb. 12. 7. d Moses was but patte of the hou se that is of the Church whereof the pastours are liuelie stones but Christ buylded it and layed the sto nes therefore he deserueth more praise e That is Christ for Christ is the fundation and head of his Church he is our brother and Lord he is the Sonne of God and verie God working all things by his owne power f For in obeying the Sonne we are made the house of God g As when ve prouoked Gods anger in Massa and Meriba Exod. 17. 7. Psal. 95 8. Chap. 4 7. h Meaning by this other that they shulde not enter i As disobeing God they in olde time were ãâã red froÌ the ãâã of the land of Chanaan so thei which do not obey Christ shal not enter ãâã ãâã heauenlie rest k Which is all that time where in God doeth call vs while he there fore speaketh let vs heare l Which is by faith to embrace and holde fast ãâã true doctrine of Iesus Christ. â Or fundacion of our assurance ãâã m To wit the Lord. â Or bodies and members Nomb. 14. ãâã a He compareth the preaching of the ãâã as it were to wine whereof if we wil taste that is heare and vnderstand withprofite we must temper or mixe it with faith b Althogh that God by his rest after the creation of his workes si gnified the spirirual rest of the faithful yet he swate to giue rest in ãâã which was but a figure of the heauenlie rest and dured but for a time c The perfection of Gods workes and so his rest signifie our heauen lie rest ãâã 2. 2. d That is in the psalmes Deut. 5. 14. Chap. 3. 7. e Meaning Ioshua f Hathe cast of his appetites mortified ãâã flesh renounced him self and followeth God g For it mortally woundeth the re bellious and in the elect it killeth the oldeman that they shulde liue vnto God h Where the affections are i Which ãâã wil and rea son k As that thyng which is ãâã a sunder euen through the mid des of the backe so is made opeÌ that it may be sene throughout â Or concernyng whom we spake l Therfore when we heare hys worde we must treÌble knowing thereby that God soundeth our hearts a He sheweth that man can haue none acces to God without an hie Priest because that of him self he is prophane and sinful b Whiche were of thyngs without lif c As of beasts whiche are killed d That is of sinners 1. Chro. 13. 10. Psal. 2. 7. Chap. 1. 5. Psal. 110. 4. e Who was both Priest and King Chap. 7. 17. f When he liued in this ãâã g He meaneth that most earnest prayer whiche Christ prayed in the gardeÌ where he swer droppes of blood h Being perple xitie and fearing the horrors of death i He digresseth til he come to the beginning of the 7. Chap. â Or rudiment k Read 1. Cor. 3. 2. l That is the Gospel which is that true ãâã that teacheth vs wherewe haue our iustice a That is the first rudiments of our Christian religioÌ b Hemencioneth flue points of the ãâã which was then in ãâã the confession of amendement of life the summe of the faith a brief explication of Ba ptisme ád laying on of hands the ãâã of ãâã ãâã ãâã last iudgement c Then the vse of baptisme was declared when on the soleÌne dayes appointed to baptize the Churche came together d It is Gods singular gift to ãâã in knowledge and to go forward in the vnderstaÌding of Gods worde Mat. 12. ãâã 2. Pet. 2. 20. Chap. 10 26. e They ãâã are apostats and sinne against the holy Gost hate Christ ãâã mocke him but to their owne destruction therfore fall into desperation and caÌ not ãâã f Whereby it may appeare that you are fully persuaded of life euerla sting g As the holie fa thers ãâã and martyrs that were before vs. Gene. 12. 3. 17. ãâã and 22. 16. h Because of ãâã wickednes which wil not ãâã God except he sweare i Gods ãâã and othe are two things in him vnchangeable k He returneth to the coparison betwene ChristPriesthode and the Leuitical whiche he had begon in the 5. Chap. l Whiche is heauen whether Christ is gone before to prepare vs place Chap VII Gen. 14. 18. a So called because that Moses Maketh no mention of his ãâã or kinsfolkes but as he had bene suddeÌly sent of God into the worlde to be ãâã figure of ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã shortely taken out of the world againe so Christ ãâã ãâã his ãâã had no ãâã coÌcerning his ãâã no mother b That is the chief of fathers c The ãâã commandement to receiue that which Abraham gaue ãâã y to Mel ãâã d Was begotten of
My sonne do nothing without aduisemeÌt so shal it not repent thee after the dede 21 Go not in the way where thou maist fall not where thou maist stumble among the stones nether trust thou in the way that is plaine 22 And beware of thine owne children and take hede of them that be thine owne housholde 23 In euerie good worke be of a faithful heart for this is the keping of the commandements 24 Who so beleueth in the Lord kepeth the commandements and he that trusteth in the Lord shal take no hurt CHAP XXXIII 1 The deliuerance of him that feareth God 4 The answere of the wise 12. Man is in the hand of God as the clay is in the hand of the potter 25 Of euil seruants 1 THere shal no euil come vnto him that feareth the Lord but when he is in tenta tion he wil deliuer him againe 2 A wise man hateth not the Law but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a shippe in a storme 3 A man of vnderstanding walketh faithfully in the Law and the Law is faithful vnto him 4 As the question is made prepare the answer and so shalt thou be heard be sure of the mat ter and so answer 5 The heart of the * foolish is like a cartewhele and his thoghts are like a rolling axeltre 6 As a wilde horse neieth vnder euerie one that sitteth vpoÌ him so is ascorneful friend 7 Why doeth one day excell another seing that the light of the daies of the yere come of the sunne 8 The knowledge of the Lord hathe parted them a sondre and he hathe by them disposed the times and solemne feastes 9 Some of them hathe he chosen and sanctified and some of them hathe he put among the daies to nomber 10 And all men are of the * grounde and Adam was created out of the earth but the Lord ha the deuided them by great knowledge and made their waies diuers 11 Some of them hathe he blessed and exalted and some of them hathe he sanctified and ap propriate to him self but some of them hathe he cursed and broght theÌ lowe and put them out of their estate 12 * As the claye is in the ãâã hand to order it at his pleasure so are men also in the hand of their creator so that he may rewarde them as liketh him best 13 Against euil is good and against death is life so is the godlie against the sinner and the vngodlie against the faithful 14 So in all the workes of the moste High thou maist se that there are euer two one against another 15 ¶ I am awaked vp last of all as one that gathe reth after theÌ in the vintage In the blessing of the Lord I am increased aÌd haue filled my wine presse like a grape gatherer 16 * Beholde how I haue not labored onely for my self but for all them that seke knowledge 17 Heare me ô ye greatmen of the people hearken with your eares ye rulers of the con ãâã 18 Giue not thy sonne and wife thy brother and friend power ouer thee while thou liuest and giue not away thy substance to ano ther lest it repent thee and thou intreat for the same againe 19 As long as thou liuest and hast breth giue not thy self ouer to anie persone 20 For better it is that thy children shulde pray vnto thee then that thou shuldest loke vp to the hands of thy children 21 In all thy workes be excellent that thine honour be neuer stained 22 As the time when thou shalt end thy dayes and finish thy life distribute thine inheritance 23 ¶ The fodder the whippe and the burden belong vnto the asse and meat correction and worke vnto thy seruant 24 If thou set thy seruant to labour thou shalt finde rest but if thou let him go idle he shal seke libertie 25 The yoke and the whippe bow downe the hard necke so tame thine euil seruant with the whippes and correction 26 Send him to labour that he go not idle for idlenes bringeth muche euil 27 Set him to worke for that belongeth vnto him if he be not obedient put on more heauie ãâã 28 But be not excessiue towarde anie and with out discrecion do nothing 29 * If thou haue a faithful seruant let him be vnto thee as thine owne soule for in blood hast thou goten him If thou haue a seruant intreat him as thy brother for thou hast nede of him as of thy self If thou intreat him euil and he runne away ãâã seke him CHAP. XXXIIII Of dreames 13 The praise of them that feare God 18. The offrings of the wicked 22 The bread of the ãâã 27 God doeth not alowe the workes of an vnfaithful man 1 THe hope of a foolish man is vaine and fal se and dreames make fooles to haue wings 2 Who so regardeth dreames is like him that wil take holde of a shadowe and followe af ter the winde 3 Euen so is it with the appearings of dreames as the likenes of a face is before another face 4 Who caÌbe clensed by the vncleane or what trueth can be spoken of a lier 5 Soth sayings ãâã dreaming is but vanitie a minde that is occupied with fantasies is as a woman that trauaileth 6 Where as suche visions come not of the moste High to trye thee set not thine heart vpoÌ them 7 For dreames haue disceiued many and thei haue failed that put their trust therein 8 The Law shal be fulfilled without lies wisdome is sufficient to a faithful mouth what knowledge hathe he that is not tryed 9 A man that is instructed vnderstandeth muche and he that hathe good experience can talke of wisdome 10 He that hathe no experience knoweth litle and he that erreth is ful of crafte 11 When I wandred to and fro I sawe many things and mine vnderstanding is greater then I can expresse 12 I was oft times in danger of death yet I was deliuered by these things 13 ¶ The spirit of those that feare the Lord shal liue for their hope is in him that can hel pe them 14 Who so feareth the Lord feareth nomaÌ nether is afraied for he is his hope 15 Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lord in whome putteth he his trust who is his strength 16 * For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vn to them that loue him he is their* mightie protection and strong grounde a defense from the heat and a shadowe for the noone day a succour from stombling and an helpe from falling 17 He setteth vp the soule and lightneth the eyes he giueth health life and blessing 18 ¶ He that* giueth an offring of vnrighteous goods offreth a mocking sacrifice and the giftes of the vnrighteous please not him 19 But the Lord is theirs onely that paciently abide him in the way of trueth and righteousnes 20 The moste High doeth not alowe the
offrings of the wicked * nether is he pacified for sinne by the multitude of sacrifice 21 Who so bringeth an offring of the goods of the poore doeth as one that sacrifiseth the sonne before the fathers eyes 22 The bread of the nedeful is the life of the poore he that defraudeth him thereof is a murtherer 23 He that taketh away his neighbours liuing slayeth him * and he that defraudeth the la bourer of his hyre is a blood shedder 24 ¶ When one buyldeth and another breaketh downe what profite haue they then but labour 25 When one prayeth and another curseth whose voyce wil the Lord heare 26 * He that washeth him self because of a dead bodie and toucheth it againe what auaileth his washing 27 * So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes and committeth them againe who wil heare his prayer or what doeth his fasting helpe him CHAP. XXXV 1 Of true sacrifices 14 The prayer of the fatherles and of the widowe and him that humbleth him self 1 WHO so kepeth the Law * bringeth offrings ynough he that holdeth fast the commandements offreth an offring of saluacion 2 He that is thankeful to them that haue wel deserued offreth fine floure * and he that giueth almes sacrifiseth praise 3 To departe from euil is a thankeful thing to the Lord and to forsake vnrighteousnes is a reconciling vnto him 4 * Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lord. 5 For all these things are done because of the commandement 6 * The offring of the righteous maketh the altar fat and the smel there of is swete before the most High 7 The sacrifice of the righteous is acceptable and the remembrance thereof shal neuer be forgotten 8 Giue the Lord his honour with a good and liberal eye and diminish not the first frutes of thine hands 9 * In all thy giftes shewe a ioyeful countenan ce and dedicate thy tithes with gladnes 10 Giue vnto the moste High according as he hathe enriched thee * and loke what thine hand is able giue with a chareful eye 11 For the Lord recompenseth and wil giue thee seuen times as muche 12 * ãâã nothing of thine offring for he wil not receiue it and absteine from wrong ful sacrifices for the Lord is the iudge and regardeth no * mans persone 13 He accepteth not the persone of the poore but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed 14 He despiseth not the desire of the fatherles nor the widdow when she powreth out her prayer 15 Doeth not the teares runne downe the wid dowes chekes and her crye is against him that caused them for from her chekes do they go vp vnto heauen and the Lord which heareth them doeth accept them 16 He that serueth the Lord shal be accepted with fauour and his prayer shal teache vnto the cloudes 17 The prayer of him that humbleth him self goeth thorowe the cloudes and ceaseth not til it come nere wil not departe til the most High haue respect thereunto to iudge righteously and to execute iudgement 18 And the Lord wil not be slacke nor the Almightie wil tarie long from theÌ til he hathe smitten in sunder the loynes of the vnmerciful and aduenged him self of the heathen til he haue takeÌ away the multitude of the cruel and broken the scepter of the vnrighteous til he ãâã euerie man after his workes and rewarde them after their deuises til he haue iudged the cause of his people and coÌforted them with his mercie 19 Oh how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguish and trouble It is like a cloude of raine that cometh in the time of a drought CHAP. XXXVI 1 A prayer to God in the persone of all faithful men against those that persecute his Church 22 The praise of a good woman 1 HAue mercie vpon vs ô Lord God of all things and beholde vs aÌd shewe vs the light of thy mercies 2 And send thy feare among the nacioÌs whiche seke not after thee that they may know that there is no God but thou and that they may she we thy wonderous workes 3 Lift vp thine * hand vpon the strange nacioÌs that they may se thy power 4 As thou art sanctified in vs before them so be thou magnified among them before vs 5 That they may know thee as we know thee for there is none other God but onely thou ô Lord. 6 Renue the signes and change the wonders shewe the glorie of thine hand and thy right arme that they may shewe forthe thy wonderous actes 7 Raise vp thine indignacion and powre out wrath take away the aduersarie and smite the enemie 8 Make the time shorte remeÌber thine othe that thy wonderous workes may be praised 9 Let the wrath of the fyre ãâã them that escape and let them perish that oppresse the people 10 Smite in sonder the heades of the princes that be our enemies and say There is none other but we 11 ãâã all the tribes of Iacob together that they may knowe that there is none other God but onely thou and that they may shew thy wonderous workes and inherit thou them as from the beginning 12 O LORD haue mercie vpon the people that is called by thy Name and vpon Israel * whome thou hast likened to a first borne sonne 13 Oh be merciful vnto Ierusalem the citie of thy Sanctuarie the citie of thy rest 14 Fill ãâã that it may magnifie thine oracles and fill thy people with thy glorie 15 Giue witnes vnto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning and raise vp the prophecies that haue bene shewed in thy Name 16 Rewarde them that waite for thee that thy Prophetes may be founde faithful 17 O Lord heare the power of thy seruants ac cording to the * blessing of Aaron ouer thy people and guide thou vs in the way of righ teousnes that all they which dwell vpon the earth may knowe that thou art the Lord the eternal God 18 ¶ The belie deuoureth all meates yet is one meat better then another 19 As the throte tasteth venisone so doeth a wise minde discerne false wordes 20 A frowarde heart bringeth grief but a man of experience wil resist it 21 A woman is aptto receiue euerie man yet is one daughter better then another 22 The beautie of a woman chereth the face and a man loueth nothing better 23 If there be in her tongue gentlenes mekenes and wholesome talke theÌ is not herhous band like other men 24 He that hathe gotten a vertuous woman hathe begone to get a possession she is an helpe like vnto himself and a piller to rest vpon 25 Where no hedge is there the possession is spoiled and he that hathe no wife waÌdereth to and fro mourning 26 Who wiltrust a thief that is alway readie wandereth from towne to towne and likewise him