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
repentaunce and turne from his fierce wrath that we perishe not 10 And God sawe their workes that they turned from their euil wayes and he repented of the euill that he saide he woulde do vnto them and did it not ¶ The .iiij. Chapter The great goodnesse of God toward his creatures 1 AND this displeased Ionas greatly and he was angrye within him selfe 2 And he prayed vnto the Lorde and saide I pray thee O Lorde was not this my saying when I was yet in my countrey therfore I hasted to flee into Tharsis For I knewe that thou art a gratious God and mercifull long suffering and of great kindnesse and repentest thee of euill 3 And nowe O Lorde take I beseche thee my lyfe from me for it is better for me to dye then to lyue 4 Then saide the Lord Doest thou wel to be angry 5 And Ionas went out of the citie and sate him downe on the east side thereof and there made him a boothe and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd and made it spring vp ouer Ionas that it might be a shadowe ouer his head to deliuer him from his griefe So Ionas was exceeding glad of the gourde 7 But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day which smote the gourde that it withered 8 And when the sunne rose God prepared a feruent east winde and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionas that he fainted and wished vnto his soule that he might dye and saide It is better for me to dye then to lyue 9 And the Lord saide vnto Ionas Doest thou well to be so angry within thy selfe for the gourde And he saide I do well to be angry euen vnto death 10 Then saide the Lorde Thou hast had compassion on the gourde about the which thou bestowedst no labour neither madest it growe which came vp in a night and perished in a night 11 And shall not I spare Niniue that great citie in the which are more then sixscore thousand persons that knowe not their right hand and their left and also much cattaile ⧠The booke of the prophete Micheas The first Chapter Of the destruction of Samaria because of their idolatrie 1 THE worde of the Lorde came vnto Micheas the Morasthite in the dayes of Iotham Ahas Hezekiah kinges of Iuda which he sawe concerning Samaria and Hierusalem 2 Heare all ye people marke this well O earth and all that therein is yea let the Lorde God him selfe be witnesse against you euen the Lorde from his holy temple 3 For beholde the Lorde shall come out of his holy place and come downe and treade vpon the hie thinges of y e earth 4 The mountaines shal melt vnder him and the valleyes shall cleaue a sunder lyke as wax melteth before the fire and as the waters runne downeward 5 And all this shal be for the wickednes of Iacob and the sinnes of the house of Israel but what is the wickednesse of Iacob is not Samaria which are the hie places of Iuda is not * Hierusalem 6 Therefore I wyll make Samaria an heape of the fielde meete for the planting of a vineyarde her stones wyll I tumble downe into the valley and discouer her foundations 7 All her images shal be broken downe and all her garmentes shal be brent in the fire yea al her idols wyl I destroy for they are gathered out of the hyre of an harlot and into an harlots hyre shall they be turned againe 8 Wherefore I wyll mourne and make lamentation bare and naked wyl I go I wyll mourne lyke the Dragons and take sorowe as the Ostriches 9 For their wounde is past remedie it is come into Iuda and hath touched the gate of my people at Hierusalem alredie 10 Declare it not at Gath neither weepe ye for the house of Aphra roule thy selfe in the dust 11 Thou that dwellest at Saphir gette thee hence naked with shame she that dwelleth at Zaanan shall not come foorth in the mourning of Bethezel the enemie shal receaue of you for his standing 12 For the inhabitauÌ„tes of Maroth wayled for good but the plague shall come from the Lorde euen vnto the gates of Hierusalem 13 O thou inhabitaunt of Lachis binde the charette to the swiftest beast she is the beginning of the sinne of the daughter of Sion for the transgressions of Israel were founde in thee 14 Therfore shalt thou bring presentes to Moresheth Gath y e houses of Achzib shal be as a lye to the kinges of Israel 15 And as for thee O thou that dwellest at Maresa I shall bring a possessioner vpon thee he shal come to Adullam the glory of Israel 16 Make thee baulde and shaue thee because of thy tender children make thee cleane baulde as an Egle for they shal be caried away captiue from thee The .ii. Chapter Threatninges against the sinfull people 6 They would teache the prophetes to preache 1 WO vnto them that imagine iniquitie and worke wickednesse vpon their beddes when the morning is light they practise it because their hande hath power 2 And they couet fieldes and take them by violence and houses and take them away so they oppresse a man and his house euen man and his heritage 3 Therefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde against this housholde haue I deuised a plague whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes ye shall no more go so proudly for it wyl be a perilous time 4 In that day shal this parable be vsed and a mourning shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the portion of my people is translated how wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs 5 Therefore there shal be no man to deuide thee thy portion in the congregation of the Lorde 6 Ye shal not prophecie say they to them that prophecie they shal not prophecie to them neither shall they take shame 7 O thou that art named the house of Iacob is the spirite of the Lorde shortened are these his workes are not my words good vnto him that walketh vprightly 8 But he that was yesterday my people is rysen vp on the other side as against an enemie they spoyle the beawtifull garment from them that passe by peaceably as though they returned from the warre 9 The women of my people haue ye shut out from their pleasaunt houses and taken away myne excellent giftes from their children 10 Vp get you hence for here shall ye haue no rest because the lande is defiled it shall destroy you which vtter destruction 11 If a man walke in the spirite and would lye falsely saying I wyl propâ—cie to thee of wine and strong drinke that were a prophete for this people 12 I wyll surely gather thee wholly O Iacob I wyll surely gather the remnaunt of Israel
man of small vnderstanding that feareth God is better thē one that hath much wysdome and transgresseth the lawe of the highest 24 A craftie suttle man can be wyse but he is vnrighteous and with giftes he wrasteth the open and manifest lawe againe there is that is wise and iudgeth righteously 25 A wicked man can behaue him selfe humbly and can ducke with his head and yet is he but a deceauer within He hydeth his face and disguiseth it and because he shoulde not be knowen he preuenteth thee 26 And though he be so weake that he can do thee no harme yet when he may finde oportunitie he shall do some euill 27 A man may be knowen by his face and one that hath vnderstanding may be perceaued by the looke of his countenaunce 28 A mans garment laughter and going declare what he is The .xx. Chapter 1 Of correction and repentaunce 6 Of the gift of the wyse man and of the foole 23 Of lying 1 SOme man reproueth his neighbour oft times but not in due season Againe some man holdeth his tongue and he is wyse and discreete 2 It is much better to geue warning and to reproue then to beare euil wyll for he that knowledgeth him selfe openly shal be preserued from hurt and destruction 3 Lyke as when a gelded man through desire and lust defileth a mayden euen so is it with him that vseth violence and vnrighteousnesse in the lawe 4 O how good a thing is it a man that is reproued to shewe openly his repentaunce for so shalt thou escape wylfull sinne 5 Some man keepeth scilence and is founde wyse but he that is not ashamed what he saith is hatefull 6 Some man holdeth his tongue because he hath not vnderstanding of the language and some man keepeth scilence wayting a conuenient time 7 A wyse man wyll holde his tongue tyll he see oportunitie but a wanton and vndiscreete body shall regarde no time 8 He that vseth many wordes shal hurt his owne soule and he that taketh aucthoritie vpon him vnrighteously shal be hated 9 Some man hath oft times prosperitie in wicked thinges Againe some man getteth much and hath harme losse 10 There is some gift that is nothing worth Againe there is some gift whose rewarde is double 11 There is an humilitie for glories sake and some commeth to worship from lowe estate 12 Some man byeth much for a litle price and must pay for it seuen folde 13 A wyse man with his wordes maketh him selfe to be beloued but the merie tales of fooles shal be powred out 14 The gift of the vnwyse shall do thee no good nor yet of the enuious for his importunitie is seuen folde for he loketh to receaue many thinges for one 15 He shall geue litle say he gaue much he openeth his mouth and cryeth out as it were one that cryed out wide 16 To day he lendeth to morowe asketh he againe and such a man is to be hated of God and man 17 The foole saith I haue no freend I haue no thanke for all my good deedes yea euen they that eate my bread speake no good of me O how oft and of how many shal he be laughed to scorne 18 He taketh a more perilous fall by such wordes then if he fel vpon the grounde euen so shal the fall of wicked men come hastyly 19 In the mouth of him that is vntaught are many vnconuenient and vnmeete wordes 20 A wyse sentence shall not be alowed at the mouth of the foole for he speaketh it not in due season 21 Some man sinneth not because he hath not wherewithall and in his rest he shal be stinged 22 Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule with shame and for an vnwyse bodyes sake destroyeth he it and with accepting of persons shall he vndoe him selfe 23 Some man promyseth his friende a gift for very shame and getteth an enemie of him for nought 24 A lye is a wicked shame in a man yet shall it be euer in the mouth of the vnwyse 25 A theefe is better then a man that is accustomed to lye but they both shall haue destruction to heritage 26 The conditions of lyers are vnhonest and their shame is euer with them 27 A wyse man shall bring him selfe to honour with his wordes and he that hath vnderstanding shal be set by among great men 28 He that tylleth his lande shall euer ease his heape of corne he that worketh righteousnesse shal be exalted and he that pleaseth great men shall escape much euill 29 Rewardes and giftes blinde the eyes of the wyse and make him dumbe that he can not tell men their faultes 30 Wysdome that is hid and treasure that is hoorded vp what profite is in them both 31 Better is he that kepeth his ignoraūce secrete then a man that hideth his wysdome 32 The necessarie patience of him that foloweth the Lorde is better then he that gouerneth his lyfe without the Lorde The .xxj. Chapter 1 Not to continue in sinne 5 The prayer of the afflicted 6 To hate to be reproued 17 The mouth of the wyse man 26 The thought of the foole 1 MY sonne if thou hast sinned do it no more but pray for thy foresinnes that they may be forgeuen thee 2 Flee from sinne euen as from a serpent for if thou comest to nye her she wyll bite thee the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion to slay the soules of men 3 The wickednesse of man is as a sharpe two edged sword which maketh such woundes that they cannot be healed 4 Strife and wrongfull dealing shall waste away a mans goodes through pride a riche house shal be brought to naught so the riches of the proude shal be rooted out 5 The prayer of the poore goeth out of the mouth commeth vnto the eares and his vengeaunce or defence shall come hastyly 6 Who so hateth to be refourmed it is a tokē of an vngodly person but he that feareth God wyll remember him selfe 7 A mightie man is knowen a farre of by his tongue but he that hath vnderstanding perceaueth that he shall haue a fall 8 Who so buildeth his house with other mens cost is lyke one that gathereth stones to make his graue 9 The congregation of the vngodly is lyke stubble gathered together their ende is a flambe of fire 10 The way of the vngodly is set with stones but in their ende is hell darkenesse and paines 11 He that kepeth the lawe wyll holde fast the vnderstanding thereof and the ende of the feare of God is wysdome and vnderstanding 12 He that is not wyse wyl not be taught in good but the vnwyse man aboundeth in wickednesse and where bitternesse is there is no vnderstanding 13 The knowledge of the wyse shal flowe lyke water that runneth ouer and his counsaile is lyke a pure fountaine of life 14 The heart of a foole is lyke a
of one shall many be made ryghteous 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that sinne shoulde encrease But where sinne was plenteous grace was more plenteous 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe by Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The .vj. Chapter 5 Newnesse of lyfe foloweth iustification to the which he exhorteth 1 WHat shall we saye then Shall we continue in sinne that grace maye abound God forbyd 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne lyue any longer therin 3 ☞ Knowe ye not that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe haue ben baptized into his death 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection 6 Knowyng this that our olde man is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is iustified from sinne 8 And yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shall also lyue with him 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more power ouer hym 10 For as touchyng that he dyed he dyed concerning sinne once And as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God 11 Lykewyse recken your selues to be dead to sinne but alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ 12 Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it 13 Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne but geue your selues vnto God as they that are alyue from the dead and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God 14 For sinne shall not haue power ouer you because ye are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace 15 What then Shall we sinne because we are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace God forbyd 16 ☞ Knowe ye not how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse 17 But God be thanked that ye were the seruaūtes of sinne but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine into the which ye were brought vnto 18 Being then made free frō sinne ye are become y e seruauntes of ryghteousnesse 19 ☞ I speake after the maner of men because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie vnto iniquitie euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse vnto holynesse 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were free from ryghteousnesse 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe ashamed For the ende of those thynges is death 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne and made the seruauntes of God haue your fruite vnto holynesse and the ende euerlastyng lyfe 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1.7.12 The vse of the lawe 24 from the which Christe hath delyuered vs. 23 The fyght betwene the lawe of the fleshe and the lawe of the spirite 1 KNowe ye not brethrē for I speake to thē that knowe the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a mā as long as he lyueth 2 For*the woman which is in subiectiō to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as long as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from thē lawe of the man 3 So then*yf whyle the man lyueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be dead she is free from the law so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man 4 Euen so ye also my brethren are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe that ye shoulde be coupled to another who is raysed from the dead that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God 5 For when we were in the fleshe the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members to bring forth fruite vnto death 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite and not in the oldnesse of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd Neuerthelesse I knewe not sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen lust except the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead 9 I once lyued without lawe But when the commaundement came sinne reuyued 10 And I was dead And the very same commaundemēt which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death 11 For sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement hath deceaued me and by the same slewe me 12 Wherfore * the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good 13 Was that then which was good made death vnto me God forbyd But sinne that sinne myght appeare by that which was good to worke death in me that sinne by y e commaundement myght be out of measure sinfull 14 For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne 15 For that which I do I alowe not For what I woulde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good 17 Nowe then it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is to say in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng For to wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good 19 For the good that I woulde do I not But the euyll which I woulde not that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doth it but sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is present with me 22 For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man 23 But I see another lawe in my members rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde So then with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God
and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym 6 But let hym aske in fayth nothyng waueryng For he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the wynde and caryed with violence 7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde 8 A double mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Agayne the riche â—n that he is made lowe Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate and the grasse hath withered and his flowre hath fallen away the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation For when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym ☜ 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tempted with euyl neither tempteth he any man 14 But euery man is tempted when he is drawen away entised of his owne concupiscence 15 Then when lust hath conceaued it bryngeth foorth sinne and sinne when it is finished bryngeth foorth death 16 Do not erre my deare brethren 17 * ☞ Euery good geuyng and euery perfect gyft is from aboue and coÌ„meth downe from the father of lyghtes with whoÌ„ is no variablenes neither shadow of turnyng 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures 19 Wherfore my deare brethreÌ„ let euery man be swyft to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God 21 Wherfore lay apart all filthinesse and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receaue with mekenesse the worde that is graffed in you which is able to saue your soules ☜ 22 ☞ And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers only deceauyng your owne selues 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde and not a doer he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse 24 For he hath considered hym selfe and is gone his wayes hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his deede 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tongue but deceaueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is vayne 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father is this To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde ☜ ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He forbiddeth to haue any respect of persons 5 but to regarde the poore aswell as the riche 8 to be louyng and merciful 14 and not to boast of faith where no deedes are 17 for it is but a dead fayth where good workes folowe not 1 MY brethren haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe the Lord of glorie with respect of persons 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng clothed in goodly apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng and say vnto hym sitte thou here in a good place say vnto the poore stande thou there or sitte here vnder my footestoole 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde such as are riche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdome which he promised to them that loue hym 6 But ye haue despised the poore Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie and drawe you before the iudgementes seates 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe according to the scripture * thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe ye do well 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie of all 11 For he that sayde thou shalt not commit adulterie sayde also thou shalt not kyll Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kyll thou art become a transgressour of the lawe 12 So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the lawe of libertie 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie * that sheweth no mercie And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement ☜ 14 What profiteth it my brethren though a man say he hath fayth and hath not deedes Can fayth saue hym 15 If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of dayly foode 16 And one of you say vnto them depart in peace be you warmed and fylled notwithstandyng ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to the body what shall it profite 17 Euen so fayth yf it haue not deedes is dead in it selfe 18 But some man wyll say thou hast fayth and I haue deedes shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes 19 Beleuest thou that there is one God Thou doest well The deuyls also beleue and tremble 20 But wylt thou knowe O thou vayne man that that fayth which is without workes is dead 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter 22 Seest thou not howe y e faith wrought with his deedes and through y e deedes was the fayth made perfect 23 And the scripture was fulfylled which sayth Abraham beleued God and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse And he was called the friende of God 24 ☞ Ye see then howe that of deedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only 25 Lykewyse also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes when she had receaued the messengers and had sent them out another way 26 For as the body without the spirite is dead euen so fayth without workes is dead also ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He forbiddeth all ambition to seke honour aboue our brethren 3 He describeth the propertie of the tongue 15.16 And what difference there is betwixt the wisdome of God and the wisdome of the worlde 1 MY brethren be not mame maisters knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation 2 For in many thynges we sinne all If a man sinne not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle all the body 3 Beholde we put bittes in the horses mouthes that they may obey vs and we turne about all the body of them 4
stedfastnesse 18 But growe in grace and in the knowledge of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe to whom be glorie both nowe and for euer Amen The first Epistle of Saint John the Apostle The first Chapter 2 True witnesse of the euerlastyng worde of God 7 The blood of Christe is the purgation of sinne 10 No man is without sinne 1 THat whiche was frō the beginning whiche we haue heard which we haue seene with our eyes whiche we haue loked vpō our handes haue handeled of the worde of lyfe 2 And the lyfe appeared and we haue seene and beare witnesse and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was with the father and appeared vnto vs. 3 That which we haue seene and heard declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue felowship with vs and that our felowship may be with the father and his sonne Iesus Christe 4 And this write we vnto you that your ioy may be full 5 And this is the tydynges whiche we haue hearde of hym declare vnto you that God is lyght in hym is no darkenesse at all 6 If we saye that we haue felowship with hym and walke in darkenesse we lye and do not the trueth 7 But and yf we walke in light euen as he is in lyght then haue we felowship one with another and the blood of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all sinne 8 If we say that we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues and the trueth is not in vs. 9 If we knowledge our sinnes he is faythfull iust to forgeue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse 10 If we say we haue not sinned we make hym a lyer and his worde is not in vs. ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Christe is our aduocate 10 Of true loue and howe it is tryed 18 To beware of antichriste 1 MY litle chyldren these thynges write I vnto you that ye sinne not And yf any man sinne we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christe the ryghteous 2 And he is y e attonement for our sinnes not for our sinnes only but also for the sinnes of all the worlde 3 ☞ And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym yf we kepe his cōmaundementes 4 He that sayth I knowe hym and kepeth not his commaundementes is a lyer and the veritie is not in hym 5 But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfect in deede Hereby knowe we that we are in hym 6 He that sayth he bydeth in him ought to walke euen as he walked ☜ 7 Brethren I write no newe cōmaundement vnto you but that olde cōmaundement which ye haue had from the begynnyng The olde commaundement is the worde which ye haue hearde frō the begynnyng 8 Agayne a newe commaundement I write vnto you that is true in hym and the same is true also in you For the darkenesse is past and the true lyght nowe shyneth ☜ 9 He that sayth howe that he is in the lyght and yet hateth his brother is in darkenesse euen vntyll this tyme. 10 He that loueth his brother abydeth in the lyght and there is none occasion of euyll in hym 11 He that hateth his brother is in darknesse and walketh in darkenesse can not tell whyther he goeth because that darkenesse hath blynded his eyes 12 Babes I write vnto you because your sinnes are forgeuen you for his names sake 13 I write vnto you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I write vnto you young men because you haue ouercome the wicked 14 I write to you little chyldren because ye haue knowē the father I haue written to you fathers because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I haue written vnto you young men because ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouercome the wicked 15 See that ye loue not the worlde neither the thynges that are in the worlde If any man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in hym 16 For all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but of the worlde 17 And the worlde passeth away and the luste thereof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer 18 Litle chyldren it is the last time and as ye haue hearde howe that antichrist shall come euen nowe are there many antichristes whereby we knowe that it is the last tyme. 19 They went out from vs but they were not of vs For yf they had ben of vs they woulde no doubt haue continued with vs But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs. 20 Neuerthelesse ye haue an oyntment of hym that is holy and ye knowe all thynges 21 I haue not written vnto you as though ye knewe not the trueth but because ye knowe it and that no lye is of the trueth 22 Who is a lyer but he that denieth that Iesus is Christe The same is antichrist that denyeth the father and the sonne 23 Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father But he that knowledgeth the sonne hath the father also 24 Let therfore abyde in you that same whiche ye hearde from the begynnyng If that whiche ye hearde from the begynnyng shall remayne in you ye also shall continue in the sonne and in the father 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised vs euen eternall lyfe 26 These thynges haue I written vnto you concerning them that deceaue you 27 And the annoyntyng whiche ye haue receaued of hym dwelleth in you And ye nede not that any man teach you but as the same annoynting teacheth you of all thynges and it is true and not lying and as it taught you ye shall abyde in it 28 And nowe babes abide in him that when he shal appeare we may be bolde and not be made ashamed of hym at his commyng 29 If ye knowe that he is ryghteous knowe also that euery one whiche doth righteousnes is borne of hym ¶ The .iij Chapter 1 The singuler loue of God towarde vs 7 and howe we agayne ought to loue one another 1 BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we shoulde be called the sonnes of god For this cause the worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not hym 2 Dearely beloued nowe are we the sonnes of God and yet it doth not appeare what we shal be But we knowe that when he shall appeare we shal be lyke hym for we shall see hym as he is 3 And euery man that hath this hope in hym purgeth hym selfe euen as he also is pure 4 Whosoeuer committeth sinne transgresseth also the lawe for sinne is the transgression of the lawe 5 And ye know that he appeared to take away our sinnes in hym is no sinne 6 As many as byde in hym sinne not whosoeuer
into Egypt neither to farre ouer the other lest we be caryed away to Babylon Let vs not syng the song of our Lorde in a straunge lande that is to say let vs not dispute the worde of God at all aduentures aswell where it is not to be reasoned as where it is and aswell in the eares of them that be not fyt therfore as of them that be If we can in no wyse forbeare but that we must needes dispute let vs forbeare thus much at the least to do it out of tyme and place conuenient And let vs entreate of those thynges which be holy holyly and vpon those thynges that be misticall mistically and not to vtter the deuine misteries in the eares vnworthy to heare them but let vs knowe what is comely aswell in our scilence and talkyng as in our garmentes wearyng in our feedyng in our gesture in our goynges in all our other behauyng This contention and debates about scriptures and doubtes therof specially when such as do pretende to be the fauourers and studentes therof can not agree within them selues doth most hurt to our selues and to the furtheryng of the cause and quarrels that we woulde haue furthered aboue all other thinges And we in this saith he be not vnlike to them that being mad set their owne houses on fire and that slay their owne children or beate their owne parentes I maruayle much saith he to recount wherof commeth all this desire of vayne glorie wherof commeth all this tongue itche that we haue so much delyght to talke and clatter And wherin is our communication Not in the commendation of vertuous and good deedes of hospitalitie of loue betwene christian brother and brother of loue betwene man and wyfe of virginitie and chastitie and of almes towarde the poore Not in psalmes and godly songes not in lamentyng for our sinnes not in repressyng the affections of the body not in prayers to God We talke of scripture but in the meane tyme we subdue not our fleshe by fastyng watchyng and weepyng we make not this lyfe a meditation of death we do not striue to be lordes ouer our appetites and affections we go not about to pull downe our proude and hygh myndes to abate our fumishe and rancorous stomackes to restrayne our lustes and bodyly delectations our vndiscrete sorowes our lasciuious mirth our inordinate lokyng our insatiable hearyng of vanities our speakyng without measure our inconuenient thoughtes and briefly to refourme our lyfe and maners but all our holinesse consisteth in talkyng And we pardon eche other from all good lyuyng so that we may sticke fast together in argumentation as though there were no mo wayes to heauen but this alone the way of speculation and knowledge as they take it but in very deede it is rather the way of superfluous contention and sophistication Hitherto haue I recited the mynde of Gregorie Nazianzene in that booke whiche I spake of before The same aucthour sayth also in an other place that the learnyng of a christian man ought to begyn of the feare of God to ende in matters of hye speculation and not contraryly to begyn with speculation and to ende in feare For speculation saith he either hye cunnyng or knowledge yf it be not stayed with the bridle of feare to offende God is daungerous and inough to tumble a man headlong downe the hyll Therfore saith he the feare of God must be the first begynnyng and as it were an A.B.C. or an introduction to all them that shall enter into the very true and most fruitful knowledge of holy scriptures Where as is the feare of God there is saith he the kepyng of the commaundementes and where as is the kepyng of the commaundementes there is the clensyng of the fleshe which fleshe is a cloude before the soules eye and suffereth it not purely to see the beame of the heauenly lyght Where as is the clensyng of the fleshe there is the illumination of the holy ghost the ende of all our desires and the very lyght wherby the veritie of scriptures is seene and perceaued This is the mynde and almost the wordes of Gregorie Nazianzene doctour of the Greeke Churche of whom saint Ierome saith that vnto his tyme the latine Churche had no writer able to be compared and to make an euen matche with hym Therfore to conclude this latter part euery man that commeth to the readyng of this holy booke ought to bryng with hym first and formost this feare of almightie God and then next a firme and stable purpose to refourme his owne selfe accordyng thervnto and so to continue proceede and prosper from tyme to tyme shewyng hym selfe to be a sober fruitfull hearer and learner which yf he do he shall proue at the length well able to teache though not with his mouth yet with his lyuyng and good example which is sure the most liuely and effectuous fourme and maner of teachyng He that otherwise intermedleth with this booke let hym be assured that once he shall make a count therfore when he shall haue sayde to hym as it is written in the prophete Dauid Peccatòri dicit deus c. Vnto the vngodly sayde God Why doest thou preache my lawes and takest my testament in thy mouth Wheras thou hatest to be refourmed and hast ben partaker with adulterers Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt Thou sattest and spakest agaynst thy brother and hast slaundered thyne owne mothers sonne These thynges hast thou done and I helde my tongue and thou thoughtest wickedly that I am euen such a one as thy selfe But I wyll reproue thee and set before thee the thynges that thou hast done O consider this ye that forget God lest I plucke you away and there be none to deliuer you Who so offereth me thankes and prayse he honoureth me and to hym that ordereth his conuersation ryght wyll I shewe the saluation of God ¶ Prayse be to God The yeres from the â—reation of the worlde ¶ A description of the yeres from the Creation of the worlde vntill this present yere of 1568. drawen for the most part out of the holy Scripture with declaration of certayne places wherin is certayne difference of the reckening of the yeres 1948. WE recken from Adam vntill the flood a thousand sixe hundred fiftie and sixe yeres Genesis 5. and .6 and from the flood vntill Abraham .292 yeres Genesis .11 23â—8 From Abraham vntill Isahac a hundred yeres Gen. 17. From Isahac vntyl Iacob sixtie Gen. 25. And froÌ„ Iacob to Ioseph 90. yeres Ioseph liued afterward .110 yeres Gen 50. 2448. From the death of Ioseph vntyl Moyses there is according to Philo sixtie yeres And from Moyses till the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt .80 yeres Actes 7. 2520. The people remayned in the wildernesse .40 yeres Deu. 29. And then were brought into the land of Chanaan by Iosuah who was gouernour ouer the said
cattell and foule of the ayre euery beast of the fielde but for man founde he not an helpe lyke vnto hym 21 The Lord God caused a deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam and he slept and he toke one of his ribbes and closed vp the place with fleshe in steade therof 22 And the ribbe which the lord god had taken from man made he a woman brought her vnto the man 23 And man saide this is nowe bone of my bones and fleshe of my fleshe she shal be called woman because she was taken out of man 24 For this cause shall man leaue his father and his mother and shal be ioyned with his wyfe and they shall become one fleshe 25 And they were both naked the man and his wife and were not ashamed ⧠This figure is spoken of in the .x. vearse of this Chapter before and representeth the situation of Gods garden IF there be any kyngdome vnder heauen that is excellent in beautie in aboundaunce of fruites in plenteousnes in delytes and other gyftes they which haue written of countreys do prayse aboue all the same that this figure representeth Wherfore with the prayses of those wryters Moyses exalteth this paradise as duly belonging vnto it And it is very well lyke that the region or kingdome of Eden hath ben situated in that countrey as it appeareth in the .xxxvii. Chapter of Esaias the .xii. vearse and in the .xxvii. of Ezechiel the .xxiii. vearse Moreouer where as Moyses sayde that a flood dyd proceede from that place I do interprete it from the course of the waters as yf he shoulde haue sayde that Adam dyd inhabite in the flooddes syde or in the lande which was watered of both sydes Howebeit there is no great matter in that eyther that Adam hath inhabited vnder the place where both flooddes come together towarde Babylon and Seleucia or aboue It is sufficient y t he hath ben in a place watered of waters But the thing is not darke nor hard to vnderstande howe this floodde hath ben deuided in foure heades For they be two flooddes which be gathered in one then they seperate them selues in diuers partes So in theyr ioynyng and flowyng together it is but a floodde wherof there is two heades into two chanels from aboue and two towarde the sea when it begynneth to seperate it selfe abrode But to declare vnto you the diuersities of the ryuers names besydes their vsuall and principall appellations and howe they be called as they passe through eche prouince with the interpretations of the same I thynke it rather tedious and combresome then profitable Wherfore the simple sense of Moyses is that the garden wherof Adam was the owner was watered with waters because that the course of this floodde was there whiche was deuided into foure heades ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 The serpent begyleth the woman 6 The transgression of the commaundement 8 When Adam and Heua knewe their offences they fledde from the face of God excusyng their fault 14 The serpent is cursed 15 The seede Iesus is promised a sauiour The Gospell 16 Womans miseries for sinne 17 The punyshment of Adam Man is appoynted to labour 20 Heua 1 AND the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which y e lord God hadde made and he sayde vnto the woman yea hath God saide ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden 2 And the woman sayde vnto the serpent We eate of y e fruite of the trees of the garden 3 But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden God hath sayde ye shall not eate of it neither shal ye touche of it lest peraduenture ye dye 4 And the serpent sayde vnto the woman ye shall not dye the death 5 For God doth knowe that the same day that ye eate therof your eyes shall be opened and ye shal be euē as gods knowyng good and euyll 6 And so the woman seing that the same tree was good to eate of and pleasaunt to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise toke of the fruite therof and dyd eate and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her and he dyd eate 7 Then the eyes of them both were opened and they knewe that they were naked and they sowed fygge leaues together made them selues apernes 8 And they heard the voyce of the Lord God walkyng in the garden in y e coole of the day and Adam and his wyfe hyd themselues from the presence of the lord God amongst y e trees of the garden 9 And the Lorde called Adam sayde vnto hym where art thou 10 Which sayde I hearde thy voyce in the garden and was afrayde because I was naked and hyd my selfe 11 And he sayde Who tolde thee that thou wast naked Hast thou not eaten of the same tree concernyng the which I commaunded thee that thou shouldest not eate of it 12 And Adam said The woman whom thou gauest to be with me she gaue me of the tree and I dyd eate 13 And the Lord God sayd vnto the woman Why hast thou done this And the woman sayde the serpent begyled me and I dyd eate 14 And the lord god said vnto y e serpent Because thou hast done this thou art cursed aboue all cattel and aboue euery beast of the fielde vpon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe 15 I wyll also put enmitie betweene thee the woman betweene thy seede and her seede and it shall treade downe thy head and thou shalt treade vpon his heele 16 But vnto the woman he sayde I wyll very much multiplie thy sorowe and thy griefes of chylde bearyng In sorowe shalt thou bring foorth children thy desire shal be to thy husbande and he shall haue the rule of thee 17 Vnto Adam he sayde Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee saying thou shalt not eate of it cursed is the grounde for thy sake in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe 18 Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground for out of it wast thou taken For dust thou art and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne 20 And Adam called his wyfes name Heua because she was the mother of all lyuyng 21 Vnto Adam also and to his wyfe dyd the Lorde God make garmentes of skynnes and he put them on 22 And the Lorde God sayde Beholde the man is become as one of vs in knowing good and euyll And now lest peraduenture he put foorth his hande and take also
flockes of thy sheepe in the lande which he sware vnto thy fathers to geue thee 14 Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nations there shal be neither man nor woman vnfruitfull among you nor any of your cattell shal be barren 15 Moreouer the Lorde wyll take away from thee all maner infirmities wyll put none of the euyll diseases of Egypt which thou knowest vpon thee but wil sende them vpon all them that hate thee 16 Thou shalt consume all the nations which the Lorde thy God shall deliuer thee thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them neither shalt thou serue their gods for that shal be thy decay 17 If thou say in thine heart these nations are mo then I howe can I cast them out 18 Thou shalt not feare them but remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto Pharao and vnto all Egypt 19 The great temptations which thine eyes sawe and the signes wonders and the mightie hande and stretched out arme wherby the Lorde thy God brought thee out euen so shall the Lord thy God do vnto all nations of whom thou art afrayde 20 Moreouer the Lorde thy God wyll sende hornets among them vntil they that are left and hide them selues from thee be destroyed 21 Thou shalt not feare thē for the Lord thy God is among you a mightie God and a terrible 22 For the Lorde thy God wyll put out these nations before thee by a litle and a litle thou mayest not consume them at once lest the beastes of the fielde increase vpon thee 23 But the Lorde thy God shall geue them ouer before thee and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction vntyll he haue brought them to naught 24 And he shall deliuer their kynges into thine hande and thou shalt destroye their name from vnder heauen There shall no man be able to stande before thee vntyll thou haue destroyed them 25 The grauē images of their gods shalt thou burne with fire and couet not the golde and siluer that is on them nor take it vnto thee lest thou be snared therin for it is an abhomination before the Lorde thy God 26 Bryng not therfore abomination into thine house lest thou be a cursed thyng as it is but vtterly defie it and abhorre it for it is a cursed thyng ⧠The .viij. Chapter 2 God humbleth the Israelites to trye what they haue in their heart 5 God chastiseth them as his children 14 The heart ought not to be proude for Gods benefites 19 The forgetfulnesse of Gods benefites causeth destruction 1 ALl the commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day shal ye kepe for to do thē that ye may liue and multiplie and go in and possesse the lande which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lorde thy God led thee this fourtie yeres in the wildernesse for to humble thee to proue thee and to knowe what was in thine heart whether thou wouldest kepe his cōmaundementes or no. 3 He humbled thee and suffered thee to hunger fed thee with Manna which neither thou nor thy fathers knewe of to make thee knowe that a man doth not lyue by bread only but by euery worde that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lorde doth a man lyue 4 Thy rayment waxed not olde vpon thee neither dyd thy foote swell these fourtie yeres 5 This also shalt thou consider in thine heart that as a man chastiseth his sonne euen so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee 6 Therefore shalt thou kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God that thou walke in his wayes and feare hym 7 For the Lorde thy God bryngeth thee into a good lande a lande in the whiche are riuers of water and fountaines and deapthes that spring out of valleys and hylles 8 A lande wherin is wheate and barlie vineyardes fightrees pomgranates a lande wherein is oyle oliue and honie 9 A lande wherin thou shalt eate bread without scarcenes neither shalt thou lacke any thyng a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hylles thou shalt digge brasse 10 When thou hast eaten therfore filled thy selfe thou shalt blesse the Lorde thy God for the good lande whiche he hath geuen thee 11 Beware that thou forget not the Lorde thy God that thou wouldest not kepe his cōmaundementes his lawes and his ordinaunces whiche I commaunde thee this day 12 Yea and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein 13 And when thy beastes and thy sheepe are waxen many and thy siluer and golde is multiplied and all that thou hast is encreased 14 Then beware lest thyne heart ryse and thou forget the Lorde thy God whiche brought thee out of the lande of Egypt and from the house of bondage 15 And whiche was thy guyde in the great and terrible wyldernesse wherein were firie serpentes scorpions and drouth without any water But he brought out water for thee euen out of the rocke of flint 16 He fed thee in the wyldernesse with Manna which thy fathers knewe not euen for to humble thee and to proue thee and that he might so do thee good at thy latter ende 17 Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce 18 But remember the Lorde thy God for it is he whiche geueth thee power to get substaunce for to make good the promise whiche he sware vnto thy fathers as appeareth this day 19 And if thou forget the Lord thy God and walke after straunge gods and serue them and worship them I testifie vnto you this day that ye shal surely perishe 20 As the nations whiche the Lorde destroyed before your face euen so ye shall perishe because ye woulde not be obedient vnto the voyce of y e Lord your God ¶ The .ix. Chapter 4 God doeth them not good for their owne righteousnesse but for his owne sake 7 Moyses putteth them in remembraunce of their sinnes 17 The two tables are broken 26 Moyses prayeth for the people 1 HEare O Israel thou passest ouer Iordane this day to go in and possesse nations great and mightier then thy selfe cities great and walled vp to heauen 2 A people great tall euen the children of the Anakims whiche thou knowest of of whom thou hast heard say who wyll stand before the children of Anac 3 Vnderstande therefore this day that the Lorde thy God is euen he whiche goeth ouer before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy them and he shall bryng them downe before thy face So thou shalt caste them out and bryng them to naught quickly as the Lorde hath sayde vnto thee 4 Speake not thou in thyne heart after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before thee saying for my ryghteousnesse the Lorde
hath brought me in to possesse this lande but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee 5 It is not for thy righteousnesse sake or for thy right heart that thou goest to possesse their lande But for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee euē to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 6 Vnderstand therfore that it is not for thy righteousnes sake that the Lorde thy God doth geue thee this good lande to possesse it seyng thou art a stifnecked people 7 Remember forget not howe thou prouokedst the Lorde thy God in the wildernesse since the day that thou diddest depart out of the lande of Egypt vntyll ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agaynst the Lorde 8 Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lord to anger so that the Lorde was wroth with you euen to haue destroyed you 9 When I was gone vp into the mount to receaue the tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt which the Lord made with you and I abode in the mount fourtie dayes fourtie nightes whē I neither did eate bread nor drinke water 10 And the Lorde deliuered me two tables of stone written with the finger of God and in them was contayned all the wordes whiche the Lorde saide vnto you in the mount out of y e middes of fire in the day when ye came together 11 And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt 12 And the Lord sayde vnto me Arise and get thee downe quickly from hence for thy people which thou hast brought out of Egypt haue marred all They are turned at once out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a moulten image 13 Furthermore the Lorde spake vnto me saying I haue seene this people and beholde it is a stifnecked people 14 Let me alone that I may destroy them put out the name of them from vnder heauen and I wyll make of thee a mightie nation greater then they be 15 And I turned me and came downe from the hyll euen from the hyll that burnt with fire and the two tables of the couenaunt were in my handes 16 And I loked and beholde ye had sinned against the Lorde your God and had made you a moulten calfe and had turned at once out of the way whiche the Lorde had commaunded you 17 And I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake them before your eyes 18 And I fell downe flat before the Lord euen as at the first time fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes I did neither eate bread nor drinke water because of all your sinnes which ye sinned in doyng wyckedly in the sight of the Lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath 19 For I was afrayde that for the wrath and fiercenes wherwith the Lord was moued agaynst you he would haue destroyed you But the Lorde heard me at that tyme also 20 The Lorde was very angry with Aaron also euen to haue destroyed hym and I made intercession for Aaron also the same tyme. 21 And I toke your sinne the calfe which ye had made and burnt hym with fire and stamped hym and grounde hym very small euen to dust and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount 22 Also at the burnyng place at the place of temptyng and at the sepulchres of lust ye prouoked the Lorde to anger 23 Likewise when the Lorde sent you from Cades Barnea saying go vp and possesse the lande which I haue geuen you you rebelled against the worde of the Lorde your God and neither beleued him nor hearkened vnto his voyce 24 You haue ben rebellious vnto the Lorde since the day that I knewe you 25 And I fell downe flat before the Lorde fourtie dayes fourtie nightes as I fell downe before for the Lorde sayde he woulde destroy you 26 I made intercession therfore vnto the Lord and sayd O Lord God destroy not thy people and thyne inheritaunce whiche thou hast deliuered through thy great goodnesse and whiche thou hast brought out of Egypt thorowe a myghtie hande 27 Remember thy seruauntes Abraham Asahac and Iacob and looke not vnto the stubbernesse of this people nor to their wickednesse and sinne 28 Lest the lande whence thou broughtest them say The Lorde is not able to bryng them into the land which he promised them and because he hated them therefore hath he caryed them out to slay them in the wyldernesse 29 Beholde they are thy people thyne inheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out in thy myghtie power and in thy stretched out arme The .x Chapter 5 The seconde tables put in the arke 8 The tribe of Leui is dedicate to the seruice of the tabernacle 12 What the Lorde requireth of his 16 The circumcision of the heart 17 God regardeth not the person 21 The Lorde is the prayse of Israel 1 IN the same season the Lorde sayde vnto me hewe thee two tables of stone lyke vnto the first and come vp vnto me into the mount and make thee an arke of wood 2 And I wyll wryte in the tables the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest and thou shalt put them in the arke 3 And I made an arke of Sittim wood and hewed two tables of stone lyke vnto the first and went vp into the mountayne hauyng the two tables in myne hande 4 And he wrote in the tables according to the first wrytyng the ten commaundementes whiche the Lord spake vnto you in the mount out of the myddes of the fire in the day when you were gathered together and the Lorde gaue them vnto me 5 And I departed and came downe from the hyll and put the tables in the arke whiche I had made and there they be as the Lorde commaunded me 6 And the chyldren of Israel toke their iourney from Beroth of the chyldren of Iakan to Mosera where Aaron dyed and was buryed and Eleazer his sonne became priest in his steade 7 From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Iethebath a lande whiche hath riuers of waters 8 The same season the Lorde seperated the tribe of Leui to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and to stande before the Lorde and to minister vnto hym and to blesse in his name vnto this day 9 Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren but the Lorde is their inheritaunce as the Lorde thy God hath promised them 10 And I taryed in the mount euen as at the first time fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes and the Lorde hearde me at that tyme also and the Lorde
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
folowe their mindes and aunswere them speake kinde wordes to them they will be thy seruauntes for euer 8 But he forsoke the counsell that the old men had geuen him and called vnto his counsel young men that were groweÌ„ vp with him and wayted on him 9 And he sayde vnto them What counsell geue ye that we may aunswere this people for they haue communed with me saying Make the yocke whiche thy father did put vpon vs lighter 10 And y e young men that were growen vp with him spake vnto him saying Thus shalt thou speake vnto this people that haue sayd vnto thee thy father made our yocke heauy but make thou it vs lighter Euen thus shalt thou say vnto them My litle finger shal be wayghtier then my father was in the loynes 11 And nowe where as my father did lade you put a greeuous yocke vpon you I will make it heauier My father hath chastised you with roddes but I will correct you with scourges 12 And so Ieroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the thirde day as the king had appoynted saying Come to me againe the thirde day 13 And the king aunswered the people churlishly and left the old mens counsel that they gaue him 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men saying My father made your yocke greeuous and I will make it greeuouser My father also chastised you with roddes but I will chastise you with scourges 15 And the king hearkened not vnto the people for it was the ordinaunce of God that he might perfourme his saying whiche the Lord spake by Ahia the Silonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat 16 And so when all Israel sawe that the king regarded them not the people aunswered the king with these wordes saying What portion haue we in Dauid we haue no inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai To your tentes O Israel nowe see to thyne owne house Dauid And so Israel departed vnto their tentes 17 Howebeit ouer the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Iuda dyd Rehoboam raigne still 18 The king Rehoboam sent Aduram the receauer of the tribute and all they of Israel stoned him to death But king Rehoboam made speede to get him vp to his charet and to flee to Hierusalem 19 And they of Israel rebelled against the house of Dauid vnto this day 20 And when al Israel heard that Ieroboam was come againe they sent and called him vnto the multitude and made him king ouer al Israel and there was no tribe that folowed the house of Dauid but Iuda onely 21 And when Rehoboam was come to Hierusalem he gathered all the house of Iuda with the tribe of Beniamin an hundred and fourescore thousande of chosen men which were good warriours to fight against the house of Israel and to bring the kingdome againe to Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter 1 Ieroboam sendeth his wyfe disguysed to Aiah the prophet who declareth vnto him the destruction of his house 25 Iuda is punished by Sisac 1 AT that time Abia the sonne of Ieroboam fel sicke 2 And Ieroboam saide vnto his wyfe Vp I pray thee and disguise thy selfe that thou be not knowen to be the wyfe of Ieroboam and get thee to Silo for there is Ahia the prophet which tolde me that I should be king ouer this people 3 And take with thee ten loaues and cracknelles and a cruse of hony and go to him that he may tell thee what shall become of the childe 4 And Ieroboams wyfe did so and arose and went to Silo and came to the house of Ahia But Ahia could not see for his eyes were waxen dimme for age 5 And the Lorde saide vnto Ahia Beholde the wyfe of Ieroboam commeth to aske a thing of thee for her sonne for he is sicke But thus thus shalt thou saye vnto her And wheÌ„ she came in she fayned her selfe to be an other woman 6 But when Ahia heard the sounde of her feete as she came in at the doore he sayd Come in thou wyfe of Ieroboam why faynest thou thy selfe so to be another I am sent to thee to shesh thee heauy thynges 7 Go tell Ieroboam thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel It repenteth me forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people and made thee prince ouer my people Israel 8 I did rent the kingdome away from the house of Dauid gaue it thee Neuerthelesse thou hast not ben as my seruaunt Dauid which kept my commaundementes and folowed me with all his heart to do that onely which was right in myne eyes 9 But hast done euil aboue al that were before thee For thou hast gone made thee other gods and moulten images to prouoke me and hast cast me behinde thy backe 10 Therefore beholde I wyll bring euill vpon the house of Ieroboam and wyll roote out from Ieroboam euen him that pysseth against the wall and him that is in pryson and forsaken in Israel and wyll take away the remnaunt of the house of Ieroboam as a man taketh away doung tyll he hath â—aryed all 11 Whosoeuer of Ieroboams house die in the towne him shall the dogges eate and he that dyeth in the fielde shall the foules of the ayre eate for the Lorde hath saide it 12 Vp therfore get thee to thyne owne house Beholde when thy foote entreth into the citie the childe shall dye 13 And all they of Israel shall mourne for him and burie him For he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the sepulchre because in him there is found goodnesse toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Ieroboam 14 Moreouer the Lord shal stirre him vp a king ouer Israel which shall destroy the house of Ieroboam in that day But what is it now 15 For the Lorde shall smyte Israel as when a reede is shaken in the water he shall weede Israel out of this good lande which he gaue to their fathers shall scatter them beyond the ryuer because they haue made them groues and angred the Lorde 16 And he shall geue Israel vp because of the sinnes of Ieroboam which did sinne and made Israel to sinne 17 And Ieroboams wyfe arose and departed and came to Thirzah when she came to the thressholde of the doore the childe was dead 18 And al Israel buried him and lamenting him according to the word of the Lorde which he spake by the hande of his seruaunt Ahia the prophet 19 And the rest of the wordes that concerne Ieroboam how he warred and how he raigned beholde they are written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel 20 And the dayes which Ieroboam raigned were two and twentie yeres And when he was layed asleepe with his fathers Nadab his sonne raigned in his steade 21 Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon raigned in Iuda and Rehoboam was fourtie and one yeres olde when
God and eschued euill 2 And he had seuen sonnes and three daughters 3 His substaunce also was seuen thousand sheepe and three thousand camels fiue hundred yoke of oxen and fiue hundred shee asses and a very great householde so that he was one of the most principall men among all them of the east countrey 4 And his sonnes went and banquetted in their houses euery one his day and sent for their three sisters to eate and drinke with them 5 And when the dayes of their banquetting were gone about Iob sent and sanctified them and gat vp early and offered for euery one a burnt offring For Iob saide It may be that my sonnes haue done some offence haue ben vnthankfull to God in their heartes Thus did Iob euery day 6 And vpon a day when the children of God came and stoode before the lord Satan came also among them 7 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan Whence comest thou Satan aunswered the Lorde and saide From compassing the earth to and fro from walking through it 8 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob how there is none lyke him in the earth a perfect and a iust man one that feareth God and eschueth euill 9 Satan aunswered and saide vnto the Lorde Doth Iob feare God for naught 10 Hast thou not preserued him and his house and al that he hath on euery side Thou hast blessed the worke of his handes and his possession is encreased in the lande 11 But laye thyne hand now vpon him and touche all that he hath and he shall curse thee to thy face 12 And the Lorde saide vnto Satan Lo all that he hath be in thy power only vpon him selfe see that thou lay not thine hand And Satan went foorth from the presence of the Lorde 13 And vpon a certayne day when his sonnes and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house 14 There came a messenger vnto Iob and sayde The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them 15 And the Sabees came violently and toke them away yea they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell thee 16 While he was yet speaking there came another and sayde The fire of God is fallen from heauen and hath brent vp thy sheepe and seruauntes and consumed them and I only am escaped alone to tell thee 17 And whyle he was yet speaking there came another and sayde The Caldees made out their bandes and fel vpon the camels and haue caried them away yea and slayne thy seruauntes with the sworde and I only am gotten away alone to tell thee 18 And whyle he was yet speaking there came an other and sayde Thy sonnes and thy daughters were eating and drincking wine in their eldest brothers house 19 And behold there came a mightie great wind from beyond the wildernesse and smote the foure corners of the house whiche fell vpon thy children and they are dead and I am gotten away alone to tell thee 20 Then Iob stoode vp and rent his clothes shaued his head fell downe vpon the ground worshipped 21 And sayde Naked came I out of my mothers wombe naked shall I turne thyther againe The Lorde gaue the Lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the Lorde 22 In all these thinges dyd Iob not offende nor charged God foolishly The .ii. Chapter 6 Satan hath permission to afflict Iob 9 His wyfe tempteth him to forsake God 11 His three friendes visite hym 1 AND on a day the children of God came and stoode before the Lorde and Satan came also among thē and stoode before the Lorde 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan From whence commest thou Satan aunswered the Lorde and sayd I haue gone about the lande walked thorow it 3 And the Lorde sayde vnto Satan Hast thou not considered my seruaunt Iob howe there is none like vnto hym in the earth a perfect and a iust man one that feareth God and eschueth euil continueth still in his vprightnesse although thou mouedst me against hym to destroy him without cause 4 And Satan aunswered the Lord and sayd Skinne for skinne yea a man wil geue al that euer he hath for his life 5 But lay thyne hande nowe vpon hym and touch once his bone and his fleshe and he shall curse thee to thy face 6 And the Lord sayde vnto Satan Lo he is in thyne hand but saue his lyfe 7 So went Satan foorth from the presence of the Lorde and smote Iob with sore byles from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne 8 And he toke a potsharde to scrape hym and he sat downe among the asshes 9 Then sayd his wyfe vnto him Doest thou continue yet in thy perfectnesse curse God and dye 10 But he sayde vnto her Thou speakest like a foolish woman shal we receaue good at the hande of God and not receaue euyll In all these thinges did not Iob sinne with his lippes 11 Nowe when Iobs three friendes heard of all the trouble that came vpon him they came euery one frō his owne place namely Eliphas the Themanite Bildad the Suhite and Zophad the Naamathite for they were agreed together to come to shewe their compassion vpon him and to comfort hym 12 So when they lift vp their eyes a farre of they knew him not then they cryed and wept and euery one of them rent his clothes and sprinckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre 13 They sate them downe by him also vpon the grounde seuen dayes seuen nightes and none spake a worde vnto him for they sawe that his greefe was very great The .iii. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth and curseth the day of his byrth 11 He desireth to dye as though death were the end of all mans miserie 1 AFter this opened Iob his mouth and cursed his day 2 And Iob aunswered and sayde 3 Let the day perishe wherin I was borne and the night in the whiche it was sayd There is a man childe conceaued 4 The same day be turned to darknesse and not regarded of God from aboue neither let the light shyne vpon it 5 But let it be stayned with darknesse and the shadowe of death let the dimme cloude fall vpon it whiche may make it terrible as a most bitter day 6 Let the darke storme ouercome that night and let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yere nor counted in the number of the monethes 7 Desolate be that night and without gladnesse 8 Let them that curse the day and that be redy to rayse vp mourning geue it also their curse 9 Let the starres of that night be dimme thorowe darkenesse of it let it loke for light but haue none neither let it see the dawning of the day 10 Because it
out water 12 No but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse though it be not cut downe yet withereth it before any other hearbe 13 So are the pathes of al that forget God and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught 14 His confidence shal be destroyed and his trust shal be a spiders webbe 15 He shal leaue vpon his house but it shal not stande he shall holde him fast by it yet shall it not endure 16 It is a greene tree before the sunne shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden 17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne and are folden about the house of stones 18 If any plucke it from his place and it denie saying I haue not seene thee 19 Behold it will reioyce by this meanes if it may growe in another mould 20 Beholde God will not cast away a vertuous man neither wil he helpe the vngodly 21 Thy mouth shall he fill with laughing and thy lippes with gladnesse 22 They also that hate thee shal be clothed with shame the dwelling of the vngodly shall come to naught The .ix. Chapter 1 Iob declareth the mightie power of God and that mans righteousnes is nothing 1 IOb aunswered and sayde 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified 3 If he wil argue with hym he cannot aunswere hym one thing of a thousande 4 He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength who hath ben fearce against hym and hath prospered 5 He translateth the mountaynes or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthroweth them in his wrath 6 He remoueth the earth out of her place that the pillers therof shake withall 7 He commaundeth the sunne and it ryseth not he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet 8 He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens and goeth vpon the waues of the sea 9 He maketh the Waynes of heauen the Orion the seuen starres and the secret places of the south 10 He doth great thinges vnsearcheable yea and wonders without number 11 Lo when he goeth by me I shal not see hym and when he passeth I shall not perceaue hym 12 If he be hastie to â—ake away who wil make him restore 〈◊〉 or who will say vnto hym what doest thou 13 God will not withdraw his anger and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym 14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him 15 For though I were righteous yet might I not geue him one word againe but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge 16 If I had called vpon hym and he had aunswered me yet woulde I not beleue that he hearde my voyce 17 He troubleth me so with the tempest and woundeth me out of measure without a cause 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath but filleth me with bitternesse 19 If men will speake of strength lo he is strong if men will speake of iudgement who shall bring me in to pleade 20 If I will iustifie my selfe myne owne mouth shall condempne me if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man he shall proue me a wicked doer 21 For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare yet am I weery of my lyfe 22 This is one poynt and therefore I sayd He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly 23 And though he 〈◊〉 sodaynly with the scourge yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent 24 As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof if not where is he or who is he that can shewe the contrarie 25 My dayes are more swyft then a runner they are gone haue seene no good thing 26 They are passed away as the shippes that be good vndersayle as the eagle that fleeth to the pray 27 If I say I will forget my complayning I will ceasse from my wrath and comfort my selfe 28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent 29 If I be wicked why then labour I in vayne 30 If I washe my selfe with snowe water and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well 31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre and mine owne clothes shal defile me 32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto and with whom I go to the lawe is not a man as I am 33 Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs. 34 Let hym take his rodde away from me yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him 35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare but because I am not so I holde me still The .x. Chapter 1 Iob is weery of his lyfe and setteth out his fragilitie before God 20 He desireth hym to stay his hande 22 A description of death 1 MY soule is cut of though I lyue I wil powre out my coÌ„playnte against my selfe and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule 2 I will say vnto God O do not condempne me but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me 3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly 4 Hast thou fleshy eyes or doest thou loke as a man loketh 5 Or are thy dayes as the dayes of man and thy yeres as mans yeres 6 That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes and searchest out my sinne 7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande 8 Thy handes haue made me fashioned me altogether rounde about wilt thou then destroy me 9 Remember I besech thee that thou madest me as the moulde of the earth and shalt bring me into dust againe 10 Hast thou not powred me as it were milke turned me to cruddes like cheese 11 Thou hast couered me with skinne and fleshe and ioyned me together with bones and sinnowes 12 Thou hast graunted me life and done me good and thy visitation hath preserued my spirite 13 Thou hast hyd these thinges in thyne heart yet I am sure that thou remembrest this thing 14 If I dyd sinne thou haddest an eye vnto me and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence 15 If I haue done wickedly wo is me therefore If I haue done righteously yet dare I not lift vp my head so full am I of confusion and see myne owne miserie 16 And let it increase hunte me as a lion returne and shew thy selfe maruaylous vpon me 17 Thou bringest freshe witnesse against me and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me diuers and many are the plagues that I am in 18 Wherfore hast thou brought me out of the wombe O that I had perished and that
Wherefore do I beare my fleshe in my teeth and put my soule in myne handes 15 Lo though he slay me yet wyl I trust in him but I wyll reproue myne owne wayes in his sight 16 He shal be my saluation for there may no hypocrite come before him 17 Heare diligently my wordes and ponder my sayinges with your eares 18 Beholde now haue I prepared my iudgement and knowe that I shal be founde righteous 19 What is he that wyll go to lawe with me if I now holde my tongue I dye 20 Neuerthelesse graunt me two thinges and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee 21 Withdrawe thyne hande from me and let not the fearefull dreade of thee make me afrayde 22 Then call and I wyll aunswere or let me speake and geue me then an aunswere 23 How many are my misdeedes and sinnes let me knowe my transgressions and offences 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and holdest me for thyne enemie 25 Wylt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro and wilt thou pursue the drye stubble 26 For thou layest sharply to my charge and punishest me for the sinnes of my youth 27 Thou puttest my feete also in the stockes and lokest narowly vnto all my pathes and makest the print thereof in the heeles of my feete 28 And I as a rotten thing do consume away as a garment that is motheaten ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter 1 Iob describeth the shortnes and miserie of the lyfe of man 14 Hope sustaineth the godly 22 The condition of mans lyfe 1 MAn that is borne of woman hath but a short time to lyue and is full of miserie 2 He commeth vp and is cut downe like a floure He fleeth as it were a shadow and neuer continueth in one state 3 Doest thou open thyne eyes vpon such one and bringest me into thy iudgement 4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing no bodye 5 The dayes of man surely are â—eceâ—â—â—ned the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee thou hast appoynted him his bondes which â—e can not go beyonde 6 Go from him that he may rest vntill his day come which he loketh for lyke as an hireling doth 7 For if a tree be cut downe there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe 8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde 9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes lyke as a tree that is planted 10 But as for man when he is dead perished and consumed away what becommeth of him 11 As the waters passe from the sea and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp 12 So man after he is asleepe ryseth not he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more nor rise out of his sleepe 13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the graue keepe me secret vntyl thy wrath were past and to appoynt me a time wherein thou mightest remember me 14 May a 〈◊〉 man lyue againe â–ª All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte still till my chaunging shall come 15 Thou shalt call me and I shall aunswere thee despise not thou the worke of thyne owne handes 16 For now thou numbrest all my goinges and geuest no delay vnto my sinne 17 Myne iniquitie is sealed vp as it were in a bagge and thou addest punishement vnto my wickednesse 18 The mountaines fal away at the last the rockes are remoued out of their place 19 The waters pearse through the very stones by litle litle the floodes washe away the grauell and earth so shalt thou destroy the hope of man 20 Thou preuaylest still against him so that he passeth away thou chaungest his estate and puttest him from thee 21 And whether his children come to worship or no he can not tell And if they be men of lowe degree he knoweth not 22 But while his fleshe is vpon him it must haue sorowe and his soule shall mourne within him The .xv. Chapter 1 Eliphaz reprehendeth Iob because he ascribeth wysdome and purenes to him selfe 16 He describeth the curse that falleth on the wicked reckoning Iob to be one of that number 1 THen aunswered Eliphaz the Themanite and saide 2 Shalla wyse mans aunswere be as the winde and fill a mans belly as it were with the winde of the east 3 Shall he reproue with a worde that is nothing worth speake the thinges which can do no good 4 Surely thou hast cast of feare and restrainest prayer before God 5 For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie 6 Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee and not I yea thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee 7 Art thou the first man that euer was borne or wast thou made before 〈…〉 8 Hast thou heard the secret counsell of God and doest thou restraine wysdome to thee 9 What knowest thou that we knowe not And what vnderstandest thou but we can the same 10 With vs are both olde and aged men yea such as haue liued longer then thy father 11 Thinkest thou it a small thing of the consolations of God with thee is a lying worde 12 Why doth thyne heart so bewitche thee And wherefore winckest thou with thyne eyes 13 That thy minde is so pufte vp against God and lettest such wordes go out of thy mouth 14 What is man that he should be cleane and he which is borne of a woman whereby he might be righteous 15 Beholde he doth not trust his 〈◊〉 yea the very heauens are not cleane in his sight 16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man which drincketh wickednesse like water 17 I will tel thee heare me and I will shewe thee that I haue seene 18 Which wyse men haue tolde and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers 19 Vnto whom alone the earth was geueÌ„ and no straunger went among them 20 The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen 21 A feareful sounde is euer in his eares and when he is in peace the destroyer shall come vpon him 22 He beleueth neuer to be deliuered out of darknesse for the sworde is alwayes before his eyes 23 He wandreth abrode for bread where it is knowing that the day of darkenesse is redie at his hande 24 Trouble and anguishe wil make him afrayde and compasse him about as is a king in the middest of an armie 25 For he hath stretched out his hande against God and armed him selfe against the almightie 26 He runneth proudly vpon him with a stiffe necke fighteth he against him 27 Where as he couereth his face with fatnesse and maketh his body well lyking 28 Therefore shall his
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
out of course 6 I haue sayde ye are gods and ye all are chyldren of the most highest 7 But ye shall dye lyke as a man doth and princes them selues shall fall away lyke as other do 8 Arise O God and iudge thou the earth for thou shalt take all Heathen to thine inheritaunce The argument of the .lxxxiij. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the Churche moueth God not to suffer any longer the outragiousnes of a great number of enemies whose endeuours be onlye for to destroy the Churche and the name of the chyldren of God Wherefore he wisheth iust punishment for them ¶ A song the psalme of Asaph 1 HOlde not thy tongue O Lorde kepe not styll scilence refraine not thy selfe O Lorde 2 For beholde thyne enemies make an vprore and they that hate thee haue lifted vp their head 3 They haue deuised shrewde counsell against thy people and they haue consulted against thyne whom thou defendest 4 They haue said come and let vs roote them out that they be no more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembraunce 5 For they haue conspired all in one minde are confederate against thee 6 The pauilions of Edom and the Ismaelites of Moab and Hagerites 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalec the Philistines with the inhabitauntes of Tyre 8 Assur also is ioyned vnto them they were a great ayde to the chyldren of Lot Selah 9 But do thou vnto them as vnto Midian as vnto Sisera as vnto Iabin at the brooke Kishon 10 Whiche perished at Ein Dor and became as the doung of the earth 11 Make them their princes and al their captaynes lyke Oreb and lyke Zeeb and lyke Salmunna 12 Whiche sayd let vs take to our selues the houses of God in possession 13 O my Lorde make them lyke vnto a wheele and as chaffe before the winde 14 Lyke as a fire that burneth vp the wood and as the flambe that consumeth the mountaynes 15 Persecute them euen so with thy tempest and make them afrayde with thy storme 16 Make shame to appeare in their faces that they may seeke thy name O God 17 Let them be confounded and astonied with feare euer more more let them be put to shame and perishe 18 And let them knowe that thou in thy name God eternall art only O thou the most highest ouer all the earth ¶ The argument of the .lxxxiiij. psalme ¶ The prophete like a vertuous prince openeth the singuler affection of his heart towarde the house of God beyng sory that he can not come thyther through the trouble that he was oppressed He affirmeth them to be most happy who may be at the publique seruice in the Churche for to prayse God He requireth Gods mercy and fauour that he may be restored to Hierusalem for to set foorth his prayse for he that putteth his trust in God is happy ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith a psalme of the sonnes of Corach 1 O How amiable are thy dwellinges thou God of hoastes 2 My soule hath a desire and a longing to enter into the courtes of God my heart and my flesh leapeth with ioy for to go to the liuing Lorde 3 Yea the sparowe hath founde her an house and the swallowe a nest where she may lay her young euen thy aulters O God of hoastes my king my Lord. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they wyll be alway praysyng thee Selah 5 Blessed is that man whose strength is in thee thy wayes are in their heart 6 They iourneying through the vale * of teares yea when euery cesterne at their name is filled with water do accept it for a fayre pleasaunt well 7 They wyl set forward frō a stoute courage to a stoute courage that the God of Gods may be seene of them in Sion 8 O God Lorde of hoastes heare my prayer geue eare O God of Iacob Selah 9 Beholde O Lorde our shielde and loke vpon the face of thyne annointed 10 For one day in thy courtes is better then a thousande els where I had rather be a doore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in large tabernacles of vngodlynes 11 For God the Lorde is a sunne and a shielde God geueth grace and worship he withholdeth no good thyng from them that liue in any perfection 12 O God of hoastes blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee The argument of the .lxxxv. psalme ¶ The prophete maketh a publique prayer vnto God thanking hym and praysing him for that he hath forgeuen the people their sinnes He prophesieth of the comming of Christe by whom iustice peace glory prosperitie and saluation commeth the fruites of them that be iustified by Christe ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of the sonnes of Corach 1 O God thou art become gracious vnto thy land thou hast brought Iacob agayne home out of captiuitie 2 Thou hast forgeuen the wickednes of thy people and couered all their sinnes Selah 3 Thou hast taken away al thy displeasure and turned thy selfe from thy wrathfull indignation 4 Turne vs O God of our saluation and let thyne anger ceasse from vs. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer and wylt thou stretche out thy wrath from one generation to another 6 Wylt thou not turne agayne and reuiue vs that thy people may reioyce in thee 7 Shew vs thy louing kindnes O God and graunt vs thy saluation 8 I wyll hearken what God the Lord saith for he speaketh peace vnto his people to his saintes that they turne not agayne to folly 9 For truely his saluation is nye them that feare him insomuch that glory dwelleth in our earth 10 Mercy and trueth are met together righteousnes and peace haue kissed eche other 11 Trueth shall bud out of the earth and ryghteousnes shall looke downe from heauen 12 Yea God shall geue all that is good and our earth shall geue her encrease 13 Euery man shall cause righteousnes to go before him and he shall direct his steppes in the way The argument of the .lxxxvj. psalme ¶ Dauid beyng sore afflicted calleth earnestly to God for helpe complayning of the mischeuous dealinges of his enemies He praiseth God for his manifold goodnes and power aboue all gods of the Heathen prophesiyng that all nations shall worship hym He desireth that he may be taught of God and deliuered from his enemies that he may glorifie God ¶ A prayer of Dauid 1 BOw downe thine eare O God and heare me for I am poore and in miserie 2 Preserue thou my soule for I am holy my God saue thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in thee 3 Be mercifull vnto me O God for I do call dayly vpon thee 4 Comfort the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto thee O Lord do I lift vp my soule 5 For thou Lorde art good and gracious and of great mercy vnto all them
out of their distresse 19 He sendeth his worde healeth them and he maketh them to scape safe from their corruptnes 20 O that men would confesse vnto God his louing kindnes and his marueylous actes done to the chyldren of men 21 And that they would offer vnto him sacrifices of thankes geuing and set foorth in wordes his workes with a ioyfull noyse 22 Such as go downe to the sea in ships and folowe their busines in great waters they see the workes of God and his wonders in the deepe 23 For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise and he lifteth vp on high his waues 24 Then they ascende vp to heauen and come downe agayne to the deepe so that their soule melteth away through trouble 25 They reele to and fro and they do stacker like a drunken man and their wysdome fayleth them 26 And they cry vnto god in their trouble who deliuereth theÌ„ out of their distresse 27 For he maketh the storme to ceasse so that the waues therof are still 28 Then be they glad because they are at rest and he bringeth them to the hauen where they woulde be 29 O that men would confesse vnto god his louyng kyndnes and meruaylous actes done to the chyldren of men 30 And that they would exalt him in the congregation of the people and prayse him in the consistorie of the aged 31 He turneth fluddes into a wildernes and waterspringes into a drye grounde 32 He maketh a fruitfull grounde barren for the wickednes of them that dwell therein 33 Contrary he reduceth a wyldernes into a standing water and a drye ground into water springes 34 And he setteth there the hungry and they buylde them a citie to dwell in 35 And they sowe their lande and plant vineyardes and they yelde vnto them aboundant store of fruites 36 He blesseth them so that they multiplie exceedingly and he suffereth not their cattle to decrease â—7 But when they do fall from God they are diminished brought low through oppression calamitie griefe of minde 38 He bringeth princes into contempt he maketh them to wander in a wildernesse where there is no way at all 39 Yet he exalteth the poore out of miserie and geueth him housholdes equall to flockes of cattell 40 The righteous will marke this and reioyce and the mouth of all wickednesse shal be stopped 41 Whosoeuer is wyse he wyll both obserue these thinges and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God The argument of the .cviii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth his redines to prayse God amongst all nations not only with wordes but also with musicall instrumentes for this ende that his glory may be set foorth to the whole world and his elect saued and deliuered from enemies Part of this psalme is taken out of the .57 psalme and part out of the .60 ¶ A song the psalme of Dauid 1 MY heart is redye O Lorde I wyll sing prayse thee in singing of psalmes yea my glory also is redie 2 Bestirre thee O lute and harpe I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in y e morning 3 I wyll prayse thee O God among the people I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations 4 For the greatnes of thy mercy reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 5 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens and let thy glory be aboue all the earth 6 That thy beloued may be deliuered saue me with thy right hande and heare thou me 7 The Lorde hath spoken this in his holynes whereof I wyll reioyce I wyll deuide Sichem and measure the valley of Sucoth 8 Gilead shal be myne and Manasses shal be mine Ephraim also shal be the strength of my head and Iuda my law geuer 9 Moab shal be my washpot ouer Edome I wyll cast my shoe vpon Philistea I wyll triumph 10 Who wyll leade me into the strong citie who wyll bring me into Edom 11 Hast not thou remoued vs from thence and wylt not thou O Lorde go out with our hoastes 12 Geue vs ayde against trouble for the sauing helpe of man is but vayne 13 Through the Lorde wyll we do valiaunt actes for he him selfe will treade downe our enemies The argument of the .cix. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously complayneth before the face of God of his enemies malice and craft He wisheth vnto them the horrible vengeaunce of God vttering the cause why he so wysheth He requireth Gods helpe in his great miserie to this ende that both his enemies might well perceaue that his helpe commeth from Gods hande and also that he him selfe might prayse God therfore ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 HOlde not thy tongue O thou the Lorde of my prayse 2 For the mouth of the vngodly and the mouth of the deceiptfull is opened vpon me they haue spoken against me with a false tongue 3 And they haue compassed me about with hatefull wordes and fought against me without a cause 4 For the loue that I bare vnto them they are become mine aduersaries but I geue my selfe vnto prayer 5 Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good and hatred for my good wyll 6 Set thou an vngodly man to be ruler ouer him and let Satan stande at his right hande 7 When sentence is geuen vpon hym let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sinne 8 Let his dayes be fewe and let another take his office 9 Let his chyldren be fatherlesse and his wyfe a wydowe 10 Let his children be vagaboundes and go a begging and let them seeke foode out of their barren groundes 11 Let the extortioner bryng into his snare all that he hath and let straungers spoyle his labour 12 Let there be no man to shewe hym any gentlenes nor to haue compassion vpon his fatherlesse children 13 Let his posteritie come to destruction and in the next generation let his name be cleane put out 14 Let the wyckednes of his fathers be had in remembraunce in the sight of God and let not the sinne of his mother be wyped away 15 Let them be alway before God that he may roote out the memorial of them from the earth 16 Because that he remembred not to do good but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man and hym whose heart was broken with sorow that he might take his life from hym 17 His delight was in cursing and it shal happen vnto him he loued not blessing therfore it hath ben farre froÌ„ him 18 He clothed hym selfe with cursing as with his garment and it hath entred into his bowels like water and like oyle into his bones 19 Let it be vnto hym as the garment that he is wrapt in and as the gyrdle that he is alway gyrded withall 20 Let this rewarde be from God vnto myne aduersaries and vnto those that speake euill against my soule 21 But thou O God my Lorde do vnto me
roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day may well be compared together 16 He that stilleth her stilleth the winde and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande 17 Like as one iron whetteth another so doth one man comfort another 18 Whoso kepeth his figge tree shall eate the fruites thereof so he that wayteth vpon his maister shall come to honour 19 Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes 20 Hell and destruction are neuer full euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied 21 As is the fining pot for the siluer and the furnace for golde so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him 22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym 23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe and loke well to thy flockes 24 For riches abideth not alway and the crowne endureth not for euer 25 The hay groweth the grasse commeth vp and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes 26 The lambes shall clothe thee and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry 27 Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee to vpholde thy housholde and to sustayne thy maydens ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 THE vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him but the righteous are bolde as a Lion 2 For the wickednes of the lande the prince is oft chaunged but thorowe a man of vnderstanding and wysdome a realme endureth long 3 One poore man oppressing another by violence is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite 4 They that forsake the lawe prayse the vngodly but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them 5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement but they that seeke the Lord vnderstande all thinges 6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes then he that peruerteth his wayes and is riche 7 Who so kepeth the lawe is a chylde of vnderstanding but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father 8 He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore 9 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe his prayer shal be abhominable 10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way shall fall into his owne pit but the iust shall haue the good in possession 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough 12 When righteous men do reioyce there is great glory but when the wicked come vp the man is tryed 13 He that hydeth his sinnes shall not prosper but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercy 14 Well is hym that standeth alway in awe as for hym that hardeneth his heart he shall fall into mischiefe 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people 16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding there is great oppression and wrong but if he hateth couetousnes he shall long raigne 17 He that by violence shedeth any mans blood shal be a runnagate vnto his graue and no man shal be able to succour hym 18 Whoso leadeth an innocent life shal be saued but he that goeth frowarde wayes shall once haue a fall 19 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread but he that foloweth idle persons shall haue pouertie inough 20 A faythfull man shal be fylled with blessinges and he that maketh haste to be riche shall not be vngyltie 21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good for that man wyll do wrong yea euen for a peece of bread 22 He that wyll be riche all to soone hath an euyll eye and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym 23 He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym 24 Who so robbeth his father and mother and sayth it is no sinne the same is the companion of a destroyer 25 He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shal be well fed 26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole but he that dealeth wisely shal be safe 27 He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that hydeth his eyes from them shall haue many a curse 28 When the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hide them selues but when they perishe the ryghteous encrease The .xxix. Chapter 1 HE that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe 2 When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce but when the wicked beare rule the people mourne 3 Who so loueth wisdome maketh his father a glad man but he that kepeth companie with harlottes spendeth away that he hath 4 With true iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges he turneth it vpside downe 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour layeth a net for his feete 6 The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng 8 Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare but wise men turne away wrath 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole whether he be angry or laugh there is no rest 10 The bloodthirstie hate the righteous but the iust seeke his soule 11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde 12 If a prince delight in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly 13 The poore and the lender meete together and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes 14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore shall continue sure for euermore 15 The rodde and correction geueth wisdome but a childe left to his owne will bryngeth his mother to shame 16 When the vngodly are multiplied wickednesse encreaseth but the ryghteous shall see their fall 17 Nurture thy sonne with correction and thou shalt be at rest yea he shall do thee good at thine heart 18 When the worde of God is not preached the people perishe but well is hym that kepeth the lawe 19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstande yet will he not regarde them 20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly there is more hope in a foole then in hym 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde shall make hym his maister at length 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll 23 After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly spirite bryngeth
trueth is cleane rooted out of their mouth 29 Wherefore cut of thine heere O Hierusalem and cast it away take vp a complaint on hye for the Lorde hath cast away and forsaken the people that he is displeased withall 30 For the chyldren of Iuda haue done euyll in my sight saith the Lorde they haue set vp their abhominations in the house that hath my name and haue defiled it 31 They haue also buylded an aulter at Topheth whiche is in the valley of the chyldren of Hennom that they might burne their sonnes and daughters in fire whiche I neuer commaunded them neither came it euer in my thought 32 And therfore beholde the dayes shall come saith the Lorde that it shall no more be called Topheth or the valley of the chyldren of Hennom but the valley of slaughter for in Topheth they shall be buried because they shall els haue no roome 33 Yea the dead bodyes of this people shal be eaten vp of the foules of the ayre and wylde beastes of the earth and no man shall fray them away 34 And as for the voyce of mirth and gladnesse of the cities of Iuda and Hierusalem the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride I wyll make them ceasse for the lande shal be desolate The .viij. Chapter 1 The destruction of the Iewes 4 The Lorde moueth the people to amendement reckening vp their sinnes 10 He reprehendeth the lying doctrine of the prophetes and priestes 1 AT the same tyme saith the Lorde the bones of the kinges of Iuda the bones of his princes the bones of the preachers and prophetes yea and the bones of the citizens of Hierusalem shal be brought out of their graues 2 And layde against the sunne the moone all the heauenly hoast whom they loued whom they serued whom they ranne after whom they sought and worshipped they shall neither be gathered together nor buried but shall lye as dunge vpon the earth 3 And all they that remaine of this wicked generation shal desire rather to die then to line whersoeuer they remaine and where as I scatter them saith the Lorde of hoastes 4 Thus shalt thou say vnto them also Thus saith the Lorde Do men fall so that they arise not vp againe or if Israel repent wyll not God turne againe to them 5 Wherefore then is this people of Hierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not againe They are euer the longer the more obstinate and wyll not be conuerted 6 For I haue loked and considered but there is no man that speaketh a good worde there is no man that taketh repentaunce for his sinne that wyll so muche say what haue I done but euerie man turneth to his owne course like a fierce horse headlong to the battaile 7 The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme the Turtle doue the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde 8 Howe dare ye say then we are wyse we haue the lawe of the Lorde among vs Truely in vayne hath he prepared his penne and vainely haue the writers written it 9 Therefore shall the wyse be confounded they shal be afraide and taken for lo they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde what wisdome can then be among them 10 Wherfore I wyl geue their wiues vnto aliauntes and their fields to destroyers For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe filthy lucre and from the prophete vnto the priest they deale all with lies 11 Neuerthelesse they heale the hurt of my people very slenderly saying peace peace where there is no peace at all 12 Fye for shame howe abhominable thinges do they and yet they be not ashamed yea they knowe of no shame Wherefore in the tyme of their visitation they shal fal among the dead bodies and be ouerthrowne saith the Lorde 13 Moreouer I wyll consume them in deede saith the Lorde so that there shall not be one grape vpon the vine neither one figge vpon the figge tree and the leaues shal be pluckt of and the thing that I haue geuen them shal be taken from them 14 Why prolong we the time Let vs gather our selues together and go into the strong citie there shall we be in rest for the Lorde our God hath put vs to scilence and geuen vs water mixt with gall to drinke because we haue sinned against hym 15 We loked for peace and we fare not the better we wayted for the tyme of health and lo â—re is nothing but trouble 16 The noyse of his horses is heard from Dan the whole lande is afraide at the neighing of his strong horses for they are come in and haue deuoured the lande withall that is in it the cities and those that dwell therin 17 Moreouer I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you whiche wyl not be charmed and they shall bite you saith the Lorde 18 I woulde haue had comfort against sorowe but sorowe is come vpon me and heauinesse vexeth my heart 19 For lo the voyce of the crying of my people is hearde for feare of them that come from a farre countrey Is not the Lord in Sion Is not her king in her Wherefore then haue they greeued me shall the Lorde say with their images and foolishe straunge fashions of a forraine god 20 The haruest is gone the sommer hath an ende and we are not helped 21 I am sore vexed because of the hurt of my people I am heauie and abashed 22 Is there not triacle at Gilead Is there no phisitioÌ„ there why then is not the health of my people recouered The .ix. Chapter 1 The complaint and bewayling of the prophete 3 the malice of the people 24 In the knowledge of God ought we onlye to reioyce 26 The vncircumcision of the heart 1 O Who wyll geue my head water inough and a wel of teares for mine eyes that I may weepe night and day for the slaughter of my people 2 Woulde God that I had a cottage somewhere farre from folke that I might leaue my people and go from them for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort 3 They bend their tongues like bowes to shoote out lyes they waxe strong vppon earth As for the trueth they may nothing away withall in the worlde for they go from one wickednes to another and wyll not knowe me saith the Lorde 4 Yea one must kepe hym selfe from another no man may safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermindeth another one neighbour beguileth another 5 Yea one dissembleth with another and they deale with no trueth They haue practised their tongues to lye and taken great paynes to do mischiefe 6 Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me saith the Lorde 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I wyll melt them and trye them
and thy abhominations haue I seene Wo be vnto thee O Hierusalem wylt thou neuer be clensed any more Or when shall that be The .xiiij. Chapter 1 Of the dearth that shoulde come in Iurie 7 The prayer of the people askyng mercie of the Lorde 10 The vnfaithfull people are not hearde 12 Of prayer fastyng and of false prophetes that seduce the people 1 THe worde of the Lorde shewed vnto Ieremie concernyng the dearth of the fruites 2 Iuda hath mourned his gates are desolate they are brought to heauinesse euen vnto the grounde and the crye of Hierusalem goeth vp 3 The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water and when they came to the welles they did finde no water but caried their vessels home emptie they be ashamed and confounded and couer their heades 4 For the grounde is dryed because there commeth no rayne vpon it the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades 5 The hynde also forsoke the young fawne that he brought foorth in the fielde because there was no grasse 6 The wylde asses did stande in the hye places and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons their eyes did fayle for want of grasse 7 Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name though our transgression and sinnes be many and agaynst thee haue we sinned 8 For thou art the comfort and helpe of Israel in the tyme of trouble Why wilt thou be as a straunger in the lande and as one that goeth his iourney and cōmeth in only to remayne for a night 9 Why wylt thou make thy selfe a cowarde and as it were a giaunt that yet may not helpe But thou O Lorde art in the middest of vs and thy name is called vpon of vs forsake vs not 10 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto his people seyng they haue had such a lust to wander abrode and haue not refrayned their feete therfore the Lorde hath no pleasure in them but he wyll nowe bring againe to remembraunce all their misdeedes and punishe all their sinnes 11 Yea euen thus sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt not pray to do this people good 12 For though they fast I wyll not heare their prayers and though they offer burnt offeringes and sacrifices yet wyll not I accept them for I wyll destroy them with the sworde hunger and pestilence 13 Then aunswered I O Lorde God the prophetes say vnto them Tushe ye shall neede to feare no sworde and no hunger shall come vpon you but the Lorde shall geue you sure rest in this place 14 And the Lorde sayde vnto me The prophetes preach lyes in my name wheras I haue not sent them neither gaue I them any charge neither did I speake vnto them yet they preache vnto you false visions charming vanitie and deceiptfulnesse of their owne heart 15 Therfore thus saith the Lorde As for those prophetes that preache in my name whom I neuerthelesse haue not sent and that say Tushe there shall no sworde nor hunger be in this lande with sworde and with hunger shall those prophetes perishe 16 And the people to whom they preache shal be cast out of Hierusalem dye of hunger and be slayne with the sworde and there shal be no man to bury them both they and their wiues their sonnes and their daughters for thus wyll I poure their wickednesse vpon them 17 This shalt thou say also vnto them Mine eyes shall weepe without ceassyng day and nyght for my people shal be destroyed with great harme and shall perishe with a great plague 18 For yf I go into the fielde lo it lyeth all full of slayne men If I come into the citie lo they be all famished of hunger yea their prophetes also and priestes shal be led into an vnknowen lande 19 Hast thou then vtterly forsaken Iuda Doest thou so abhorre Sion Wherfore hast thou so plagued vs that we can be healed no more We loked for peace and there commeth no good for the tyme of health and lo here is nothyng but trouble 20 We knowledge O Lorde all our misdeedes and the sinnes of our fathers for we haue offended thee 21 Cast vs not of O Lord for thy names sake forget not thy louyng kindnesse ouerthrowe not the throne of thine honour breake not the couenaunt that thou hast made with vs. 22 * Are there any among the gods of the gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showres from heauen Art not thou thy selfe our Lorde God we wyll trust in thee for thou doest all these thynges The .xv. Chapter 1 The Lorde wyll not heare Moyses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrappe them in many miseries The cause of such great miseries 1 THus spake the Lorde vnto me Though Moyses and Samuel stoode before me yet haue I no heart to this people driue them away that they may go out of my sight 2 And yf they say vnto thee whyther shall we go then tell them The Lorde geueth you this aunswere Some vnto death some to the sworde some to hunger some into captiuitie 3 For I wyll bryng foure plagues vpon them saith the Lorde The sworde shal slay them the dogges shall teare them in peeces the soules of the ayre and beastes of the earth shall eate them vp and destroy them 4 I wyll scatter them about also in all kingdomes and landes to be plagued because of Manasses the sonne of Hezekia kyng of Iuda for the thynges that he did in Hierusalem 5 Who shall then haue pitie vpon thee O Hierusalem who shal be sorie for thee Or who shall make intercession to obtayne peace for thee 6 Seing thou goest from me and turnest backwarde saith the Lorde therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande against thee to destroy thee and I haue ben sorie for thee so long that I am weerie 7 I haue scattred them abrode with the fanne of euery side of the land I haue wasted my people and destroyed them yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes 8 I haue made their widowes mo in number then the sandes of the sea vpon the mothers of their children dyd I bryng a destroyer in the noone day sodaynly and vnawares did I sende a feare vpon their cities 9 She that hath borne seuen children hath none her heart is full of sorowe the sunne doth fayle her in the cleare day she is confounded and faintie for very heauinesse As for those that remayne I wyll deliuer them vnto the sworde before their enemies saith the Lorde 10 O mother alas that thou euer didst beare me a brawler and rebuker of the whole lande though I neuer lent nor receaued vpon vsurie yet all men speake euyll vpon me 11 And the Lord aunswered me Veryly thy remnaunt shall haue wealth Come not I to thee when thou art in trouble helpe thee when thine enemie oppresseth thee 12 Doth one iron
thy faythfulnesse 24 The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym 25 O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym and to the soule that seeketh after hym 26 The good man with stilnesse and pacience taryeth for the health of the Lorde 27 O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp 28 He sitteth alone he holdeth hym styll because he hath taken the Lordes yoke vpon hym 29 He layeth his face vpon the earth if there happen to be any hope 30 He offreth his cheeke to the smyter he wyll be content with reproffes 31 For the Lord wil not forsake for euer 32 But though he punishe yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne 33 For he doth not plague willingly and afflict the chyldren of men 34 To treade all the prysoners of the earth vnder his feete 35 To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest 36 To condemne a man in his cause the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges 37 What is he then that saith there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement 38 Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good 39 Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man let hym murmure at his owne sinne 40 Let vs looke well vpon our wayes and remember our selues and turne agayne to the Lorde 41 Let vs lift our heartes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heauen 42 We haue ben dissemblers and haue offended wylt thou therefore not be intreated 43 Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath and persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without any fauour 44 Thou hast hid thy selfe in a cloude that our prayer should not go through 45 Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despised among the people 46 All our enemies gape vpon vs. 47 Feare and pit is come vpon vs yea deceipt and destruction 48 Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people 49 Myne eyes runne and cannot ceasse for there is no rest 50 O Lorde when wylt thou looke downe from heauen and consider 51 Mine eyes breaketh my heart because of all the daughters of my citie 52 Mine enemies hunted me out sharply like a byrde yea that without a cause 53 They haue put downe my life into a pit and they haue cast stones vpon me 54 They haue powred water vpon my head then thought I nowe am I vndone 55 I called vpon thy name O Lorde out of the deepe pit 56 Thou hast heard my voyce and hast not turned away thyne eares from my sighing and crying 57 Thou hast inclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon thee and hast said feare not 58 Thou O Lorde hast mayntayned the cause of my soule and hast redeemed my lyfe 59 O Lorde thou hast seene my wrong take thou my cause vpon thee 60 Thou hast well considered howe they go about to do me harme and that all their counsels are against me 61 Thou hast hearde their despitefull wordes O Lorde yea and all the imaginations against me 62 The lippes of mine enemies and their deuises that they take against me al the day long 63 Thou seest also their sitting downe and their rising vp they make their songes of nothing but of me 64 Rewarde them O Lorde according to the workes of their handes 65 Geue them an obstinate heart euen thy curse 66 Persecute them O Lorde with thyne indignation and roote them out from vnder the heauen ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 O Howe is the golde become so dimme howe is the most fine golde so sore chaunged and the stones of the sanctuarie thus scattered in the corner of euery streete 2 The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour and clothed with the most precious golde howe are they nowe become lyke the earthen vessels whiche be made with the potters hande 3 The dragons geue their young ones sucke with bare brestes but the daughter of my people is cruel like the Estriches in the wildernesse 4 The tongues of the sucking chyldren cleaue to the roofe of their mouthes for very thyrst the young chyldren aske bread but there is no man that geueth it them 5 They that were wont to fare delicatelye perishe in the streetes they that afore were brought vp in purple make nowe muche of doung 6 The sinne of the daughter of my people is become greater then the wickednesse of Sodome that sodaynely was destroyed and not taken with handes 7 Her abstayners were whyter then the snowe or milke their colour was freshe red as corall their beautie like the Saphire 8 But nowe their faces be very blacke insomuche that thou shouldest not knowe them in the streetes their skinne cleaueth to their bones it is withered and become like a drye stocke 9 They that be slayne with the sworde are happier then such as dye of hunger and perishe away famishing for the fruites of the fielde 10 The women whiche of nature are pitifull haue sodden their owne chyldren with their hands that they might be their meate in the miserable destruction of the daughter of my people 11 The Lorde hath perfourmed his heauie wrath he hath powred out the furiousnesse of his displeasure he hath kindeled a fire in Sion which hath consumed the foundations therof 12 Neither the kynges of the earth nor all the inhabitours of the world would haue beleued that the enemie and aduersarie shoulde haue come in at the gates of the citie of Hierusalem 13 Whiche neuerthelesse is come to passe for the sinne of her prophetes and for the wickednesse of her priestes that haue shed innocents blood within her 14 As blinde men went they stumbling in the streetes and stayned them selues with blood insomuch that the heathen woulde in no wyse touche their garmentes 15 But they cryed vnto them flee ye polluted away get you hence touche not for they are vncleane and be remoued yea they haue said among the heathen they shall no more dwell in this citie 16 The countenaunce of the Lorde hath banished them and shall neuer looke more vpon them for they them selues neither regarded the priestes nor pitied their elders 17 Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs whyles we looked for our vayne helpe seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good 18 They lay so sharpe wayte for vs that we can not go safe vpon the streetes for our ende is come our dayes are fulfilled our ende is here 19 Our persecutours are swifter then the Egles of the ayre they folowed vppon vs ouer the mountaynes and layde wayte for vs in the wyldernesse 20 The very breath of our mouth euen the annointed of the Lorde hym selfe was taken in their net of whom we say Vnder his shadowe we shal be preserued among the heathen 21 And thou O daughter Edom that dwellest in the land
of their owne heartes 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man prophecie against those prophetes of Israel whiche prophecie and say vnto them that prophecie out of their owne heartes Heare the worde of the Lorde 3 Thus saith the Lord God Wo be vnto those foolishe prophetes that folowe their owne spirit haue seene nothing 4 O Israel thy prophetes are lyke the foxes in desert places 5 For ye haue not stand vp in the gappes nor made a hedge for the house of Israel to stande in the battayle in the day of the Lorde 6 They haue seene vanitie and lying diuination saying the Lorde saith it and the Lorde hath not sent them and they haue made me hope that they woulde confirme the worde 7 Haue ye not seene vayne visions and spoken false prophecies when ye say the Lorde hath spoken it whereas I neuer sayde it 8 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Because ye haue spoken vanitie and haue seene lies therfore beholde I am against you saith the Lorde God 9 Mine handes shal come vpon the prophetes that see vanities and deuine lies they shall not be in the counsell of my people nor written in the booke of the house of Israel neither shal they come in the lande of Israel that ye may know howe that I am the Lord God 10 And that for because they haue deceaued my people and told them of peace where no peace was one setteth vp a wall and they daube it with vntempered clay 11 Therfore tell them which daube with vntempred morter that it shall fall for there shal come a great showre of raine I will sende haylestones to cause it to fall and a great storme of winde shall breake it 12 And lo when the wall is fallen shall it not then be sayd vnto you Where is nowe your morter that ye daubed it withall 13 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God I wyll cause a stormie winde to breake out in my wrathfull displeasure so that in mine anger there shall come a mightie showre of raine and haylestones in my wrath to destroy it 14 As for the wall that ye haue daubed with vntempered morter I wil breake it downe and make it euen with the grounde so that the foundation therof shal be discouered and it shall fall yea and ye your selues shall perishe in the middes therof and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 15 Thus wyll I perfourme my wrath vpon this wall and vpon them that haue daubed it with vntempred morter and then wyl I say vnto you The wall is gone and the daubers of it 16 To wit the prophetes of Israel whiche prophecie vnto Hierusalem and looke out visions of peace for it wheras no peace is saith the Lorde God 17 Wherefore O thou sonne of man set thy face against the daughters of thy people whiche prophecie out of their owne heartes and prophecie against them 18 And say thus saith the Lorde God Wo be vnto them that sowe pillowes vnder all arme holes and put kirchifes vpon the heades of euery stature to hunt soules Wyll ye hunt the soules of my people and geue life to the soules that come vnto you 19 And wyll ye pollute me to my people for handfuls of barly and for peeces of bread to kyll the soules of them that dye not and promise life to them that liue not in lying to my people that heareth your lyes 20 Wherfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I wyll vpon your pillowes wherwith ye hunt the soules to make them flee and I will teare them from your armes and wyll let the soules go euen the soules that ye hunt to make them to flee 21 Your kirchifes also wyll I teare in peeces and deliuer my people out of your handes so that they shall come no more in your handes to be hunted and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 22 Seeing that with your lyes you discomfort the heart of the righteous whō I haue not discomforted Againe forsomuche as ye encourage the hande of the wicked so that he may not turne from his wicked way in promising hym life 23 Therfore shall ye see no more vanitie neither shall ye deuine diuinations for I wyll deliuer my people out of your hande that ye may knowe howe that I am the Lorde ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 2 The Lorde denieth his worde to the people for their sinnes sake 9 The despisers of the worde doth the Lorde sometyme deceaue by false prophetes 22 A comfort of them that fled vnto Babylon 1 THere resorted vnto me certayne of the elders of Israel and sate downe by me 2 Then came the word of the Lorde vnto me saying 3 Thou sonne of man these men haue set vp their idols in their heartes and put the stumbling blocke of iniquitie before their face shoulde I then aunswere them at their request 4 Therefore speake vnto them and say vnto them thus saith the Lorde God Euery man of the house of Israel that setteth vp his idols in his heart putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face and commeth to the prophete vnto that man wyll I the Lord my selfe geue aunswere when he commeth according to the multitude of his idols 5 That the house of Israel may be snared in their owne heartes because they be cleane gone from me all of them thorowe their idols 6 Wherefore tell the house of Israel thus saith the Lorde God Returne and cause to returne from your idols and turne your faces from all your abhominations 7 For euery man whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger that soiourneth in Israel whiche departeth from me and setteth vp his idols in his heart and putteth the stumbling blocke of his wickednesse before his face and commeth to a prophete for to aske counsell at me through hym vnto that man wyll I the Lorde geue aunswere by mine owne selfe 8 I wyll set my face against that man and wyll make hym to be an example for other yea and a common byworde and wyll roote hym out of my people that ye may knowe howe that I am the Lorde 9 And if that prophete be deceaued when he telleth a thing then I the Lorde my selfe haue deceaued that prophete and wyll stretche out my hande vpon him to destroy him out of my people of Israel 10 And they shal be punished for their wickednesse according to the sinne of hym that asketh shall the sinne of the prophete be 11 That the house of Israel be led no more from me through errour and be no more defiled in all their transgressions but that they may be my people and I their God saith the Lorde God 12 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 13 Thou sonne of man when the lande sinneth against me by committing a trespasse I wyll stretche out my hande vpon it and breake their staffe of bread
a small whordome of thyne 21 And thou hast slayne my chyldren and deliuered them to cause them to passe through the fire for them 22 And yet in all thyne abhominations and whordomes thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth howe naked and bare thou wast at that tyme and wast defiled in thyne owne blood 23 After all these thy wickednesses wo wo vnto thee saith the Lorde God 24 Thou hast buylt vnto thee an hye place and hast made thee an hye place in euery streete 25 Thou hast buylt thyne hye place at euery head of the way thou hast made thy beautie to be abhorred thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that came by and multiplied thy whoredome 26 Thou hast committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours whiche were great in fleshe and thus hast thou increased thyne whordome to anger me 27 Beholde I did stretche out my hand ouer thee and dyd minishe thy store of foode and deliuered thee ouer into the wylles of them that hate thee euen the daughters of the Philistines which are ashamed of thyne abhominable wayes 28 Thou hast plaied the whore also with the Assyrians because thou wast insatiable yea thou hast I say with them played the harlot and yet hadst thou not inough 29 Thus hast thou furthermore multiplied thy fornication from the lande of Chanaan vnto the Chaldees and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith 30 Howe weake is thyne heart saith the Lorde God seeing thou doest all these workes of a presumptuous whorishe woman 31 Buylding thy hye places at the head of euery way and makest thy hye places in euery streete thou hast not ben as another whore that holdeth scorne of a rewarde 32 But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke and taketh other in steede of her husbande 33 Giftes are geuen to all other whores but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers rewardest them to come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication 34 It is come to passe with thee in thy whoredomes contrary to the vse of other women yea there hath no suche fornication ben committed after thee seeing that thou geuest gyftes vnto other and no rewarde is geuen thee therfore thou art contrary 35 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde O thou harlot 36 Thus saith the Lorde God Because thou hast powred out thy brasse and discouered thy filthynes thorowe thy fornications with thy louers and with all the idols of thyne abhominations and in the blood of thy chyldren whom thou hast geuen them 37 Beholde therefore I wyll gather together all thy louers with whom thou hast taken pleasure yea and all them whom thou hast loued and euery one that thou hatest I wyll I say gather them together rounde about against thee and wil discouer thy shame before them that they may see all thy filthynesse 38 Moreouer I wyll iudge thee as a breaker of wedlocke and a murtherer and recompence thee thyne owne blood in wrath and gelousie 39 I wyll geue thee ouer into their handes and they shal destroy thy hie place and breake downe thy hye places they shall strip thee also out of thy clothes thy faire iewels shall they take from thee and so leaue thee naked and bare 40 Yea they shall bryng a company vpon thee whiche shall stone thee with stones and thrust thee through with their swordes 41 They shall burne vp thy houses with fire and punishe thee in the sight of many women thus wyll I make thee ceasse from playing the harlot so that thou shalt geue out no more rewardes 42 So wyll I make my wrath towarde thee to rest and my ielousie shall depart from thee and I will ceasse and be angry no more 43 Seing thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth but hast fretted me in all these thinges beholde therfore I wyll bryng thyne owne wayes vpon thy head saith the Lord God so that thou shalt not commit any more mischiefe vpon all thyne abhominations 44 Beholde all they that vse common prouerbes shall vse this prouerbe also against thee saying Such a mother such a daughter 45 Thou art euen thy mothers owne daughter that hath cast of her husband and her chyldren yea thou art the sister of thy sisters which forsoke their husbandes their chyldren your mother is an Hittite your father an Amorite 46 Thyne eldest sister is Samaria she and her daughters that dwell vpon thy left hande but thy younger sister that dwelleth on thy right hande is Sodoma and her daughters 47 Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes nor done after their abhominations as a litle and a litle but in all thy wayes thou hast ben more corrupt then they 48 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God Sodoma thy sister with her daughters haue not done as thou hast done and thy daughters 49 Behold the sinnes of thy sister Sodoma were these Pryde fulnesse of meate and aboundaunce of idlenesse these thinges had she and her daughters besides that they strengthed not the hande of the poore and needie 50 But they were hautit and committed abhomination before me therefore I toke them away as I sawe good 51 Neither hath Samaria done halfe of thy sinnes yea thou hast exceeded them in thyne abhominations and hast iustified thy sisters in all thyne abhominations whiche thou hast done 52 Therfore thou which didst condemne thy sister beare thyne owne shame for thyne owne offences that thou hast cōmitted more abhominable then they dyd which in deede are more righteous then thou art be thou I say ashamed and beare the shamefull rebuke seeing that thou hast iustified thy sisters 53 Therfore I wyll bryng agayne their captiuitie the captiuitie of Sodom and her daughters the captiuitie of Samaria and her daughters and the captiuitie of thy captiuities among them 54 That thou mayest take thyne owne confusion vpon thee and be ashamed of all that thou hast done in that thou hast comforted them 55 And thy sister Sodom and her daughters shall returne to their former state Samaria also and her daughters shall returne to their former state when thou and thy daughters shall returne to your former state 56 For thy sister Sodom was not heard of by thy report in the day of thy pryde 57 Before thy wickednesse was discouered according to the tyme of the reproche of the daughters of Aram and of all the daughters of the Philistines rounde about her whiche despise thee on all sides 58 Thou hast borne thy wickednesse and thyne abhomination saith the Lorde 59 For thus saith the Lorde God I might by right deale with thee as thou hast done which hast depised the othe in breaking the couenaunt 60 Neuerthelesse I wyll remember my couenaunt with thee in the daies of thy youth and I wyll establishe vnto thee an euerlasting couenaunt 61 Then shalt thou remember thy wayes and be ashamed when thou shalt receaue thy
hath geuen foorth vpon vsurie or hath taken encrease Shall this man liue he shall not liue Seeing he hath done al these abhominations he shal die the death his blood shal be vpon hym 14 Nowe if this man get a sonne also that seeth all his fathers sinnes whiche he hath done and feareth neither doth suche like 15 Namely he hath not eaten vpon the hilles he hath not lift vp his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel nor defiled his neighbours wyfe 16 Neither hath oppressed any nor hath withholden the pledge neither hath spoiled by violence but hath geuen his bread to the hungry and hath couered the naked with a garment 17 Neither hath withdrawen his hande from the afflicted nor receaued vsurie nor encrease but hath executed my iudgementes and walked in my statutes this man shall not dye in his fathers sinne but shall liue without fayle 18 As for his father because he hath cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence and hath not done good among his people lo he dyeth in his owne sinne 19 And yet say ye wherfore then should not this sonne beare his fathers sinne Because the sonne hath done iudgment and righteousnesse he hath kept all my statutes and done them therefore shall he liue in deede 20 The same soule that sinneth shall dye the sonne shall not beare the fathers iniquitie neither shall the father beare the sonnes iniquitie the righteousnesse of the righteous shal be vpon hym and the wickednesse of the wicked shal be vpon him selfe also 21 But if the vngodly wyll turne away from all his sinnes that he hath done and kepe all my statutes and do the thing that is iugdement and right doubtlesse he shall liue and not dye 22 As for all his sinnes that he dyd before they shall not be mentioned vnto hym but in his righteousnesse that he hath done he shall liue 23 For haue I any pleasure in the death of a sinner saith the Lorde God shall he not liue if he returne from his wayes 24 Agayne if the righteous turne from his righteousnesse and do iniquitie and shall do according to all the abominations that the wicked man doth shall he liue All the righteousnesse that he hath done shall not be remembred but in his transgression that he hath committed in his sinne that he hath sinned in them he shall dye 25 And yet ye say the way of the Lorde is not indifferent Heare therefore ye house of Israel is not my way equall or are not your wayes rather vnequall 26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnesse and committeth iniquitie and dieth in the same in his iniquitie whiche he hath committed shall he dye 27 Agayne when the wicked turneth away from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth iudgement and right he shall saue his soule aliue 28 Because he seeth and turneth away from all his iniquitie that he hath committed he shall surely liue and not dye 29 And yet saith the house of Israel the way of the Lorde is not equall Are my wayes vnequall O ye house of Israel are not your wayes rather vnequall 30 Therefore I wyll iudge you euery man according to his wayes O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde returne and bryng your selues agayne from all your wickednesse so iniquitie shall not be your destruction 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions wherby ye haue transgressed and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel 32 Seing I haue no pleasure in the death of hym that dyeth saith the Lord God bryng agayne your selues then and ye shall lyue ⧠The .xix. Chapter 2 The captiuitie of Iehohas and Iehoiakim is signified by the lions whelpes and by the lion 10 He setteth out the prosperitie of the citie of Hierusalem that is past the miserie therof that is present 1 THou also take vp a lamentation for the princes of Israel 2 And say wherfore lay thy mother that lionesse among the lions she norished her young ones among the lions whelpes 3 One of her whelpes she brought vp and it became a lion it learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke 4 The heathen hearde of hym and caught hym in their snare and brought hym in hookes vnto the lande of Egypt 5 Nowe when she sawe that she had wayted and her hope was lost she toke another of her whelpes and made a lion of hym 6 Which went among the lions and became a fearce lion learned to catche the pray and to deuour folke 7 He destroyed their palaces and made their cities waste insomuch that the whole lande and euery thyng therin were vtterly desolate through the voyce of his roaryng 8 Then set the heathen together on euery side of the countreis agaynst him layde their nettes for him and toke him in their pit 9 So they put him in prison in chaynes and brought him to the kyng of Babylon they put him in holdes that his voyce shoulde no more be hearde vpon the mountaynes of Israel 10 As for thy mother she is like a vine in thy blood planted by the waters she brought foorth fruite and braunches by the aboundaunt waters 11 And she had strong roddes for the scepters of them that beare rule and her stature was exalted on hye among the braunches she appeared in her height with the multitude of her braunches 12 But she was pluckt vp in wrath cast out vpon the grounde the east wynde dryed vp her fruite her braunches were broken of withered as for the roddes of her strength the fire consumed them 13 And nowe she is planted in the wildernesse in a dry and thirstie grounde 14 And there is a fire gone out of the rodde of her braūches it hath deuoured her fruite so that she hath no strong rodde for a scepter to rule This is a lamentation and shal be for a lamentation ¶ The .xx. Chapter 3 The Lorde denieth that he wyll aunswere them when they pray for the offence of vnkindnesse which he here obiecteth 33 He promiseth that his people shall returne from captiuitie 46 By the Forest that shoulde be burnt is signified the burning of Hierusalem 1 IN the seuenth yere the tenth day of the fift moneth certayne of the elders of Israel came for to aske counsayle at the Lorde and sate downe before me 2 Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto me saying 3 Thou sonne of man speake vnto the elders of Israel and say vnto them thus saith the Lorde God Are ye come to enquire of me As truely as I liue I wyll not be sought of you saith the Lorde God 4 Wylt thou not iudge them sonne of man wylt thou not iudge them cause them to vnderstande the abhominations of their fathers 5 And tell them thus saith the Lorde God In the day when I chose Israel and lift vp mine hande vpon the
in possession 3 Prophecie therefore and speake thus saith the Lorde God For because that they haue made you desolate and swalowed you vp on euery side that ye might be a possession vnto the residue of the gentiles and ye are taken vp in the lippes and tongues of men and to the reproche of the people 4 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde God O ye mountaines of Israel thus saith the Lorde God to the mountaines and hils to the riuers and valleys to the waste and desolate places and to the cities that are forsaken which are spoyled and had in derision on euery side among the residue of the heathen 5 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God Surely in the fire of my gelousie haue I spoken against the residue of the gentiles and against all Edom which haue appoynted my lande for their possession which also reioyced from their whole heart with a dispitefull stomake to cast it out for a pray 6 Prophecie therefore vpon the lande of Israel and speake vnto the mountaines and hils to the riuers and dales thus saith the Lorde God Behold this haue I spoken in my gelousie and terrible wrath because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God I haue lyft vp my hande surely the heathen that are about you shall beare their shame 8 But you O mountaynes of Israel ye shall shoote out your braunches and bring foorth your fruite to my people of Israel for they are at hande to come 9 Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne my face that ye may be tilled and sowen 10 I wyll multiplie men vpon you euen al the house of Israel wholly the cities shal be inhabited and the decayed places shal be repaired againe 11 And I wyll multiplie vpon you man and beast which shal encrease and bring fruite and I wyll cause you to dwell after your olde estate be better vnto you then at the beginning and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 12 Yea I wyll cause men to walke vpon you euen my people Israel they shall possesse thee and thou shalt be their inheritaunce thou shalt no more hencefoorth depriue them of men 13 Thus saith the lorde God Forsomuch as they say vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people 14 Therefore thou shalt eate no more men neither destroy thy people any more saith the Lorde God 15 Neither wyll I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathē any more neither shalt thou beare the reproche of the people any more nor cause thy folke to fall any more saith the Lorde God 16 Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me saying 17 O thou sonne of man when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defiled them selues with their owne wayes and imaginations so that in my sight their way was lyke the vncleannes of a remoued woman 18 Wherfore I powred my wrathful displeasure vpon them because of the blood that they had shed in the lande and because of their idols where with they had defiled it 19 I scattered them also among the heathen so that they were strawed about in the landes according to their wayes after their owne inuentions so did I iudge them 20 And when they entred vnto the heathen whyther they went they polluted my holy name when they saide of them These are the people of God are gone out of his lande 21 Then spared I my holy name which the house of Israel had dishonoured among the gentiles where they came 22 Therfore tel the house of Israel thus saith the Lorde God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came 23 Therefore I wyll halowe my great name againe which among the gentiles is polluted for ye your selues haue dishonoured it among them the gentiles shall know that I am the Lorde saith the Lorde God when I shal be sanctifified in you before your eyes 24 As for you I wyll take you from among the heathen and gather you together out of all countreys and bring you againe into your owne lande 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you and ye shal be cleane yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you 26 A newe heart also wyll I geue you and a newe spirite wyll I put into you as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe and geue you a fleshy heart 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you and cause you to walke in my cōmaundementes and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them 28 And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to your fathers ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 29 I wyll deliuer you from all your vncleannes I wyl call for the corne and wyll encrease it and lay no famine vpon you 30 I wil multiplie the fruites of the trees and the encrease of the fielde so that ye shal receaue no more reproche of hunger among the heathen 31 Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes and your imaginations which were not good so that ye shal be irksum in your owne eyes for your sinnes and abhominations 32 But I wyl not do this for your sakes saith the Lorde God be ye sure of it therefore O ye house of Israel be ashamed and confounded of your owne wayes 33 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God what time as I shal cleanse you from al your iniquities then wil I make the cities to be inhabited againe and the places that be decayed shal be repaired 34 The desolate lande shal be tilled againe which afore time lay waste in the sight of al them that went by 35 And they shal say this waste lande was like the garden of Eden and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong and inhabited 36 Then the residue of the heathen that lye rounde about you shall knowe that I the Lord repaire that was broken downe and plant againe that that was made waste euen I the Lord haue spoken it and wyl do it in deede 37 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll yet for this be sought of the house of Israel to do it for them I wyll multiplie them as a flocke of men 38 Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Hierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shall also the wasted cities be filled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde 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Chapter He prophecieth the bringing againe of the people being in captiuitie 16 He sheweth the vnion of the ten tribes with the two 1 THe hande of the Lorde was vpon me and caried me out in the spirite of the Lorde and set me downe in the
captiuitie it was for their wickednesse sake because they offended me for the which cause I hyd my face from them deliuered them into the handes of their enemies that they might all be slayne with the sworde 24 According to their vncleanesse according to their transgressions haue I done vnto them hid my face frō them 25 Therefore thus sayth the Lorde God Nowe will I bring againe the captiues of Iacob and haue mercie vpon the whole house of Israel and be ielous for my holy names sake 26 After that they haue borne their shame and all their transgression wherby they haue transgressed against me when they dwelt safely in their lande and no man to feare them 27 And when I haue brought them againe from among the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations 28 Then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God which caused them to be led into captiuitie among the heathen but haue gathered them againe into their owne land and not left one of them any more there 29 After that wil I hyde my face no more from them but will powre out my spirite vpon the house of Israel sayth the Lorde God The .xl. Chapter 1 The restoring of the cities and of the temple that was to come is shewed vnto the prophete 1 IN the fyue and twentie yere of our captiuitie in the beginning of the yere the tenth day of the moneth that is the fourtenth yere after the citie was smitten the selfe same day came the hand of the Lorde vpon me brought me thyther 2 Euen into the land of Israel brought he me in the visions of god set me downe vpon a marueylous hye mountayne wherevpon there was as it had ben the buylding of a citie towarde the south 3 Thyther he caried me and behold there was a man whose similitude was like brasse whiche had a twisted line of flax in his hand and a cane to measure with and he stoode in the doore 4 And that man sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man marke well with thyne eyes hearken to with thyne eares and fasten it in thy heart whatsoeuer I shal shewe thee for to the intent that they might be shewed thee therfore art thou brought hyther and whatsoeuer thou seest thou shalt certifie the house of Israel therof 5 Behold there was a wall on the outside of the house rounde about the cane to measure with that he had in his hande was sixe cubites long by the cubite a hande breadth So he measured the breadth of the building with one cane and the heyght with one cane 6 Then came he to the gate which loketh toward the east and went vp the staires therof and measured the post of the gate one cane broade and the other post of the gate one cane broade 7 And euery chamber was one cane long and one cane broade and betweene the chambers were fiue cubites and the post of the gate by the porche of the gate within was one cane 8 He measured also the porche of the gate within one cane 9 Then measured he the porche of the gate eyght cubites the pentises therof two cubites and the porche of the gate was inwarde 10 And the chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side three on that side they three were of one measure the pentises had one measure on this side and one measure on that side 11 After this he measured the breadth of the entrie of the gate ten cubites and the heyght of the gate thirteene cubites 12 The space also before the chambers was one cubite on this side and the space one cubite on that side the chambers sixe cubites on this side and sixe cubites on that side 13 He measured the gate from the roofe of a chamber to his owne roofe the breadth of fiue and twentie cubites doore against doore 14 He made frontes also of threescore cubites euen vnto the front of the court rounde about the gate 15 And from the forefront of the entrie of the gate vnto the forefront of the gate within were fiftie cubites 16 And there were narowe windowes in the chambers and in the frontes within the gate rounde about so in the arches and the windowes went rounde about within and vpon the frontes were paulme trees 17 Then brought he me into the outward court where as were chambers and a pauement made for the court rounde about thirtie chambers were vpon the pauement 18 And the pauement was by the side of the gates ouer against the length of the gates and the pauement was beneath 19 Then he measured the breadth frō the forefront of the lower gate without vnto the forefront of the court within a hundreth cubites eastwarde and northwarde 20 And the gate in the outward court that loked toward the north measured he after the length and breadth therof 21 And the chambers therof were three on this side and three on that side and the frontes therof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate the length thereof was fiftie cubites and the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 22 And their windowes and their arches with their paulme trees were after the measure of the gate that loketh toward the east and the goyng vp vnto it had seuen steppes and the arches thereof were before them 23 And the gate of the inner court stoode ouer against the gate towarde the north and toward the east and he measured from gate to gate a hundreth cubites 24 After that he brought me towarde the south where there stoode a gate towarde the south and he measured the frontes therof and the arches therof according to those measures 25 And there were windowes in it and in the arches therof round about like these windowes the length was fiftie cubites the breadth fiue and twentie cubites 26 And there were seuen steppes at the goyng vp to it and the arches therof before them it had paulme trees one on this side and an other on that side vpon the front therof 27 And there was a gate in the inner court towarde the south and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubites 28 So he brought me into the inner court thorowe the south gate and he measured the south gate according to those measures 29 And the chambers thereof the frontes therof and the arches thereof according to these measures and wyndowes in it and in the arches thereof round about fiftie cubites long and fiue and twentie cubites broade 30 And the arches round about were fiue and twentie cubites long and fiue cubites broade 31 And the arches therof were toward the vtter court and paulme trees vpon the frontes therof the goyng vp to it had eyght steppes 32 He brought me also into the inmost
her â—aut she aunswered her saying God let vs neuer see sonne nor daughter of thee more vpon earth thou killer of thy husbandes 10 Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce went Sara into an hye chamber of her house and three dayes and three nightes she neither eate nor dranke 11 But continued in prayer and besought God with teares that he would deliuer her from this rebuke 12 Vpon the thirde day it came to passe that when she had made an end of prayer she praysed the Lorde 13 Saying Blessed be thy name O God of our fathers whiche when thou art wroth shewest mercie and in time of trouble thou forgeuest the sinnes of them that call vpon thee 14 Vnto thee O Lorde turne I my face vnto thee lift I vp myne eyes 15 I beseche thee O Lord loose me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly away from of the earth 16 Thou knowest Lorde that I neuer had desire vnto man and that I haue kept my soule cleane from all vncleanly lust 17 I haue not kept companie with those that passe their time in sport neither haue I made my selfe partaker with them that walke in light behauour 18 An husband haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare 19 Nowe peraduenture eyther I haue ben vnworthy of them or els were they vnmeete for me for thou happyly hast kept me to another hushande 20 For why thy counsell is not in the power of man 21 But euery one that serueth thee is sure of this that if his life be in triyng it shal be crowned and if he be in trouble that God no doubt shal deliuer him and if his life be in chastening that he shall haue leaue to come vnto thy mercie 22 For thou hast no pleasure in our dampnation And why after a storme thou makest the wether faire and still after weeping heauinesse thou geuest great ioy 23 Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer 24 At the same time were both their prayers hearde in the sight of the maiestie of the hiest God 25 And Raphael the holy angell of the Lorde was sent to helpe them both whose prayers came at one time together before God The .iiii. Chapter 1 Preceptes and exhortations of Tobias to his sonne 1 SO when Tobias thought his prayer to be heard that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias 2 And sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and lay them in thyne heart as a foundation 3 When God taketh away my soule burie thou my body and holde thy mother in honour all the dayes of her life 4 For thou oughtest to remember what and howe great peryls she suffred for thee in her wombe 5 And when she also hath fulfilled the time of her life burie her beside me 6 Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life and beware lest at any time thou consent vnto sinne and lest thou let slippe the commaundementes of the Lorde our God 7 Geue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shall it come to passe that the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee 8 Be mercifull after thy power 9 If thou haue much geue plenteously if thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle 10 For so gatherest thou thy selfe a good rewarde in the day of necessitie 11 For mercie deliuereth from al sinne and from death and suffreth not the soule to come into darkenesse 12 A great comfort is mercie before the hie God vnto all them that shewe it 13 My sonne kepe thee wel from al whordome and beside thy wife suffer not thy selfe to knowe of sinne 14 Let neuer pride haue rule in thy minde nor in thy worde for in pryde began all destruction 15 Whosoeuer worketh any thing for thee immediatly geue him his hire and loke that thy hired seruauntes wages remayne not at all with thee 16 Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thing that thou wouldest not another man shoulde do vnto thee 17 Eate thy bread with the hungry and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes 18 Set thy bread and wine vpon the buriall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drinke therof with the sinners 19 Aske euer counsell at the wyse 20 Be alway praysing of God beseche him that he will order thy wayes and that whatsoeuer thou deuisest or takest in hand it may remayne in him 21 I certifie thee also my sonne that when thou wast yet but a babe I deliuered ten talentes of siluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a citie of the Medes and his hande wryting haue I by me 22 And therfore seke some meanes howe thou mayest come by him and receaue of him the sayd wayght of siluer geue him his hande wryting againe 23 My sonne be not afrayde trueth it is we leade here a poore life but great good shall we haue if we feare God and depart from all sinne and do well ¶ The .v. Chapter 2 Tobias is sent to Rages 5 He meeteth with the angell Raphael which did conduct him 1 THen aunswered Tobias his father and said Father all that thou hast commaunded me wyl I doe and that diligently 2 But how I shall require this money I can not tell neither doth he knowe me nor I him What token shall I geue him And as for the way thyther I neuer knew it 3 Then his father aunswered him and saide I haue his hand writing by me which when thou shewest him immediatly he shall pay thee 4 But go thy way nowe and get thee some faithful man to go with thee for an hyre that thou mayst receaue the money while I am yet liuing 5 Then went Tobias out and vpon the streate he founde a fayre young man standing girded vp and as it were one redie to take his iourney 6 And he knewe not that it was an angell of God but saluted him and sayde From whence art thou thou good young man 7 He aunswered Of the children of Israel And Tobias said vnto him Knowest thou the way that leadeth vnto the countrey of the Medes 8 He aunswered I knowe it well all those streates haue I gone oft times and haue lodged with our brother Gabelus that dwelleth in Rages a citie of the Medes which lyeth vpon the mouÌ„t Ecbatanis 9 Tobias saide vnto him I pray thee tary for me till I haue tolde my father these thinges 10 Then went Tobias in and tolde his father all At the which his father marueyled and prayed that he woulde come in vnto him 11 Now when he came in he saluted him and saide Ioy be with thee for euermore 12 And olde Tobias saide what ioy can I haue that sit here in darkenesse and see not the light of heauen 13 The young man saide vnto him Be of good cheare
2 Thinkest thou Gabelus is dead and no man wyll geue him the money 3 Thus began he to be very sorowfull he and Anna his wyfe with him and began to weepe both together because their sonne was not come againe vnto them at the day appoynted 4 As for his mother she wept with discomfortable teares and saide Wo is me my sonne Oh what ayled vs to send thee away into a straūge countrey thou light of our eyes thou staffe of our age thou comfort of our life thou hope of our generation 5 Seing all the thinges that we haue are onely in thee we shoulde not haue sent thee away from vs. 6 Then Tobias comforted her ▪ and saide Holde thy peace be not discomforted our sonne is whole and sounde the man that we sent him withall is faithfull inough 7 Neuerthelesse she might in no wyse be comforted but dayly went out loked about and went about all the streates whereby she thought he should come againe that if it were possible she might see him comming a farre of 8 But Raguel saide vnto his sonne in lawe O tary here and I shall send a messenger vnto thy father Tobias to tell him that thou art in good health 9 Tobias saide vnto him I am sure that my father and my mother count euery day and that their heartes are sorye 10 So when Raguel had prayed Tobias with many wordes and he woulde in no wyse heare him he deliuered Sara vnto hym the halfe part of all his good in seruauntes and handmaydens in sheepe in camels and in kyne much money and so sent him away from him with health and ioy 11 And said The holy angel of the Lord be with you in your iourney and bring you foorth safe and sounde that ye may finde all thinges in good case with your elders that myne eyes may see your children afore I dye 12 So the elders embraced their daughter kissed her and let her go 13 Exhorting her to honour her father mother in law to loue her husband to rule well her housholde to keepe her house in good order and to shewe her selfe faultlesse ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The returne of Tobias to his father 11 How he was receaued 15 His father hath his sight restored and prayseth the Lorde 1 AS they nowe were going homeward againe vpon the eleuenth day they came to Charran which lyeth in the halfe way towarde Niniue 2 And the angell saide Brother Tobias thou knowest how thou hast left thy father 3 Therfore if it please thee we two wyl go before and let the housholde with thy wyfe the cattaile come faire and softly after vs. 4 And when Tobias was content that they should go before Raphael said vnto him Take of the gal of the fishe with thee for it shall be necessary So Tobias toke of the gall and they went their way 5 But Anna the mother of Tobias sate dayly by the way side vpon the toppe of an hill from whence she might see farre about her 6 And whyle she was wayting there for his comming she loked a farre of and anone she perceaued her sonne comming and ranne and tolde her husband saying beholde thy sonne commeth 7 And Raphael saide vnto Tobias Assoone as thou commest into the house immediatly worship the lorde thy God and geue thankes vnto him then go to thy father and kisse hym 8 And straight wayes strike his eyes ouer with the gall of the fishe that thou hast brought with thee For be sure that his eyes shall straight way be opened and thy father shall see the light of heauen and shal reioyce at the sight of thee 9 Then the dogge that had ben with them in their iourney ranne before and came as a messenger and wagged his tayle for gladnesse 10 So the blynde father arose and began to runne and stumbled with his feete and gaue a seruaunt his hand ranne to meete his sonne 11 Receaued him and kissed him he and his wyfe and they both began to weepe for ioy 12 Now when they had worshipped and thanked God they sat downe 13 Then tooke Tobias of the fishes gall and annoynted his fathers eyes 14 And taryed halfe an houre and then began the blemishe to go out of his eyes lyke as it had ben the white skinne of an egge 15 Which Tobias tooke and drew from his eyes and immediatly he receaued his sight 16 Then they praysed God he and his wyfe and all they that knew him 17 And Tobias saide O Lorde God of Israel I geue thee prayse thankes for thou hast chastened me made me whole And lo nowe do I see my sonne Tobias 18 After seuen dayes came Sara his sonnes wyfe also whole and sound with all the housholde and cattaile with camels much money of his wyues and with the money that he had receaued of Gabelus 19 And he tolde his father and his mother all the benefites which God had done for him by the man that led him 20 Achior also and Nabath Tobias sister sonnes came and were glad and reioyced with him by reason of all the good thinges that God had shewed vnto him And so for the space of seuen dayes they made mery and were right ioyfull euery one ¶ The .xii. Chapter 2 Tobias declareth to his father the pleasures that Raguel had done him 5 the which he would recompence 11 Raphael declareth that he is an angell sent of God 1 THen Tobias called his sonne vnto him sayd What may we geue this holy man that went with thee 2 Tobias aunswered his father and sayde Father what rewarde shall we geue him or what thing can deserue his benefites 3 He hath ben my guyde and brought me safe againe He receaued the money from Gabelus he caused me to get my wyfe he droue the euill spirite from her he hath ben an occasion of gladnesse to her father and mother he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fishe he hath made thee to see the light of heauen yea we all haue receaued great good of him 4 Howe shoulde we worthyly deserue these thinges vnto him But I pray thee my father that thou wilt desire him if happyly he wil vouchsafe to take with him the halfe of all that we haue brought 5 So the father the sonne called him toke him asyde and began to pray him that he woulde be content to take in good worth the halfe part of all that they had brought 6 Then saide he secretly vnto them Prayse ye the God of heauen and geue thankes vnto him before al men lyuing for he hath shewed his mercy vnto you 7 It is good to hide the kinges secrete but to shewe and to prayse the workes of God it is an honorable thing 8 Prayer is good with fasting and mercie is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde 9 For mercie delyuereth from death clenseth sinne causeth to finde mercie and lyfe euerlasting 10 But they
myght any thyng endure yf it were not thy wyll or howe coulde any thyng be preserued except it were called of thee 26 But thou sparest all for they are thine O Lorde thou louer of soules ¶ The .xij. Chapter 2 The mercy of God towarde sinners 14 The workes of God are vnreprouable 19 God geueth leasure to repent 1 FOr thy vncorruptible spirite O Lorde is in all thinges 2 Therfore chastenest thou them measurably that go wrong and warnest them by putting them in remembraunce in what thinges they haue offended that leauing their wickednesse they may beleue on thee O Lorde 3 As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy lande thou mightest not away with them 4 For they committed abhominable workes against thee as witchcraft sorcerie and wicked sacrifices 5 They slue their owne chyldren without mercy they dyd eate vp the bowels of mens fleshe and deuoured the blood in abhominable bankets and had their mad fanaticall priestes 6 And the fathers were the chiefe murderers of the soules destitute of helpe these doers thou wouldest destroy by the handes of our fathers 7 That the lande whiche thou louest aboue all other might be a meete dwelling for the chyldren of God 8 Neuerthelesse thou sparedst them also as men and sendedst the forerunners of thyne hoast euen hornettes to destroy them out by litle and litle 9 Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the righteous in battayle or with cruell beastes or with one rough worde to destroy them together 10 But thy mynde was in punishing them by litle litle to geue them place for amendement knowing well that it was an vnrighteous nation and wicked of nature and that their thought might neuer be altered 11 For it was a cursed seede from the beginning yet hast thou not pardoned their sinnes wherein they offended for that thou fearest any man 12 For who will stand against thy iudgement or who wyll blame thee for the nations that perishe whom thou hast made or who wyll come before thy face to be reuenged for the vnrighteous men 13 For there is none other God but thou that carest for all thinges that thou mayest declare howe that thy iudgement is not vnright 14 There dare neither king nor tiraunt in thy sight require accomptes of them whom thou hast destroyed 15 Forsomuche then as thou art righteous thy selfe thou ordrest all thinges righteously thinking it vnseemely for thy power to condempne hym that hath not deserued to be punished 16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousnesse and because thou art Lorde of all thinges it maketh thee to be gracious vnto all 17 For when men thinke thee not to be of a full strength thou declarest thy power and reprouest the boldnesse of the wyse 18 But thou mastring thy power doest iudge with equitie and ordrest vs with great fauour for thou mayest vse power when thou wylt 19 By suche workes nowe hast thou taught thy people that the iust man shoulde be louing and hast made thy chyldren to be of a good hope because thou geuest roome to repentaunce for sinnes 20 For insomuche as thou hast punished and with such deliberation and obtestation the enemies of thy seruauntes whiche were worthy to dye where through thou gauest them tyme and place of amendement that they might turne from their wickednesse 21 With howe great circumspection then punishest thou thyne owne chyldren vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenauntes of good promises 22 So where as thou doest chasten vs thou punishest our enemies a thousande tymes more to the intent that when we punishe we should diligently thinke of thy goodnesse and when we our selues are punished we shoulde hope for mercy 23 Wherefore where as men haue liued dissolutely and vnrighteously thou hast punished them sore with their owne abhominations 24 For they went astray very long in the wayes of errour held the beastes whiche euen their enemies despised for gods deceaued as chyldren of no vnderstanding 25 Therefore hast thou sent them thy iudgement in scorne as to chyldren voyde of reason 26 As for such as wyll not be refourmed by those scornes and rebukes they shall feele the worthy punishment of God 27 For looke in what thinges they disdayned when they suffred for their sakes whom they counted gods seyng them selues punished in the same they perceaued that he was in deede the true God whom before they had denyed to knowe and therefore came extreme dampnation vpon them ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 All thinges be vayne except the knowledge of God 10 Idolaters and idols are mocked 1 SVrely vayne are all men by nature which were ignoraunt of God and coulde not out of the good things that are seene knowe hym that of hym selfe is euerlasting neither toke so muche regarde of the workes that are made as therby to knowe who was the craftesman of them 2 But some toke the fire some the winde or swift ayre some the course of the starres some the running water some toke sunne and moone or the lightes of heauen for gods that rule the worlde 3 But though they had such pleasure in their beautie that they thought them to haue ben gods yet should they haue knowen howe muche more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beautie hath ordayned al these thinges 4 Or if they marueyled at the power and worke of them they shoulde haue perceaued therby how much he which made these thinges is mightier then they 5 For by the greatnesse of the beautie and of the creatures the maker therof compared with them may playnely be knowen 6 Notwithstanding they are the lesse to be blamed that seeke God and woulde finde him yet peraduenture misse 7 For they being occupied in his works do seeke hym diligently and are perswaded by the sight because the things are beautifull that are seene 8 Howebeit yet neither are they to be excused 9 For if their vnderstanding and knowledge be so great that they can discerne the world and the creatures why do they not rather finde out the Lorde therof 10 But miserable are they and among the dead is their hope that call them gods whiche are but the workes of mens handes golde siluer and the thing that is founde out by cunning the similitude of beastes or any vayne stone that hath ben made by hande of olde 11 Or as whē a carpenter cutteth downe a tree meete for the purpose and pareth of al the barke cunningly and so by arte comely maketh a vessell profitable to the vse of life 12 And with that whiche is cut of from his worke doth dresse his meate to fyll his belly 13 And as for the other part that is left whiche is profitable for nothing for it is a crooked peece of wood and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently by leasure and according to the knowledge of his
of the Lorde and not into the handes of men 21 For his mercie is as great as him selfe The .iij. Chapter 2 To our father and mother ought we to geue double honour 10 Of the blessyng and curse of the father and mother 22 No man ought ouer curiously to searche out the secretes of God 1 THe children of wisdome are a congregation of the ryghteous and their ofspryng is obedience and loue 2 Heare your fathers iudgement O my deare children and do therafter that ye may be safe 3 For the Lorde wyll haue the father honored of the children and loke what a mother commaundeth her children to do he wyll haue it kept 4 Who so honoureth his father his sinnes shal be forgeuen hym and he shall abstayne from them and shall haue his dayly desires 5 And he that honoureth his mother is like one that gathereth treasure together 6 Who so honoureth his father shall haue ioy of his owne children when he maketh his prayer he shal be heard 7 He that honoureth his father shall haue a long lyfe and he that is obedient vnto the Lorde shall comfort his mother 8 He that feareth the Lorde honoureth his father and mother and doth them seruice as it were vnto lordes 9 Honour thy father and mother in deede in worde and in all patience that thou mayest haue Gods blessyng and his blessyng shall abide with thee at the last 10 The blessyng of the father stablisheth the houses of the children but the mothers curse rooteth out the foundations 11 Reioyce not when thy father is reproued for it is not honour vnto thee but a shame 12 For the worshyp of a mans father is his owne worshyp the reproche of the mother is the dishonestie of the sonne 13 My sonne make much of thy father in his age and greeue hym not as long as he lyueth 14 And yf his vnderstandyng fayle haue patience with hym and dispise hym not in thy strength 15 For the good deede that thou shewest vnto thy father shall not be forgotten and when thou thy selfe wantest it shal be rewarded thee and for thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompensed with good yea it shal be founded for thee in ryghteousnesse 16 And in the day of trouble thou shalt be remembred thy sinnes also shall melt away lyke as the yse in the fayre warme weather 17 He that forsaketh his father shal come to shame and he that defieth his mother is cursed of God 18 My sonne perfourme thy workes with louyng meekenesse so shalt thou be loued aboue other men 19 The greater thou art the more humble thy selfe in all thynges and thou shalt fynde fauour in the sight of God 20 Many are excellent and of renowme but the secretes are reuealed vnto the meeke 21 For great power belongeth only vnto God and he is honoured of the lowly 22 Seke not out the thynges that are aboue thy capacitie and searche not the grounde of such thynges as are to mightie for thee 23 But loke what God hath commaunded thee thynke vpon that alway be not curious in many of his workes For it is not needefull for thee to see with thyne eyes the thynges that are secrete 24 Make not to much searche in superfluous thynges and be not curious in many of his workes for many thynges are shewed vnto thee alredy which be aboue the capacitie of men 25 The medlyng with such hath beguiled many a man and tangled their wittes in vanitie 26 Thou canst not see without eyes therfore professe not the thyng that thou hast not 27 An harde heart shall feare euyll at the last and he that loueth daunger shall perishe therin 28 An heart that goeth two wayes shall not prosper and he that is frowarde of heart wyll euer be worse and worse 29 An obstinate heart shal be laden with sorowes and the vngodly sinner wyll heape one sinne vpon another 30 The counsayle of the proude hath no health his footsteppes shal be plucked vp for the plant of sinne hath taken roote in hym 31 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng shall perceaue hye thynges and a good care wyll gladly hearken vnto wisdome 32 An heart that is wise and hath vnderstandyng wyll abstayne from sinnes and increase in the workes of ryghteousnesse 33 Water quencheth burnyng fire and mercie reconcileth sinnes 34 God hath respect vnto hym that is thankfull he thinketh vpon him against the tyme to come so that whē he falleth he shall fynde a strong holde The .iiij. Chapter 1 Almes must de done with gentlenesse 12 The studie of wisdome and her fruite 20 An exhortation to eschewe euyll and to do good 1 MY sonne defraude not the poore of his almes and turne not away thyne eyes from hym that hath neede 2 Dispise not an hungry soule and defie not the poore in his necessitie 3 Greeue not the heart of hym that is helplesse and withdrawe not the gyft from the needefull 4 Refuse not the prayer of one that is in trouble turne not away thy face from the needy 5 Cast not thyne eyes asyde from the poore for any euyll wyll that thou geue him not occasion to speake euyll of thee 6 For yf he complayne of thee in the bitternesse of his soule his prayer shal be hearde euen he that made hym shall heare hym 7 Be curteous vnto the company of the poore humble thy soule vnto thy elder and bowe downe thy head to a man of worshyp 8 Let it not greeue thee to bowe downe thine eare vnto the poore but pay thy debt and geue him a friendly aunswere and that with meekenesse 9 Deliuer him that suffereth wrong from the hande of the oppressour and be not faynt hearted when thou sittest in iudgement 10 Be mercifull vnto the fatherlesse as a father and be in steade of an husbande vnto their mother so shalt thou be as an obedient sonne of the hyest and he shall loue thee more then thy mother doth 11 Wisdome exalteth her children receaueth them that seke her wyl go before them in the way of ryghteousnesse 12 He that loueth her loueth lyfe and they that seke her diligently shall haue great ioy 13 They that kepe her shall inherite glorie for where she entreth in there is the blessyng of God 14 They that honour her shal be the seruauntes of the holy one and they that loue her are beloued of God 15 Who so geueth eare vnto her shall iudge the heathen and he that hath respect vnto her shall dwell safely 16 He that beleueth her shall haue her in possession and his generation shall endure 17 For when he falleth she doth go with hym and choseth hym among the best Feare dreade and temptation shall she bryng vpon hym and trye hym in her doctrine tyll she haue so proued hym in his thoughtes that he commit his soule vnto her 18 Then shall she stablishe hym bryng the ryght way vnto hym make hym
that good that thou doest vnto him 7 And why the highest hateth sinners and shall reward vengeaunce to the vngodly 8 In prosperitie a friende shal be knowen in aduersitie an enemie shal not be hid 9 For when a man is in wealth it greeueth his enemies but in heauinesse and trouble a mans very friend will depart from him 10 Trust neuer thyne enemie for like as an yron rusteth so doth his wickednesse 11 And though he make much crouching and kneeling yet kepe well thy mind beware of him and thou shalt be to him as he that wypeth a glasse thou shalt knowe that al his rust hath not ben wel wyped away 12 Set him not by thee neither let him sit at thy right hand lest he turne him get into thy place take thy roome and seke thy seate and so thou at the last remember my wordes and be pricked at my sayinges 13 Binde not two sinnes together for there shall not one be vnpunished 14 Who wil haue pitie of the charmer that is stinged of the serpent or of all such as come nye the beastes 15 Euen so is it with him that kepeth companie with a wicked man and lappeth him selfe in his sinnes 16 For a season wil he bide with thee but if thou stumble he tarieth not 17 An enemie is sweet in his lippes he can make many wordes and speake many good thinges Yea he can wepe with his eyes but in his heart he imagineth howe to throwe thee into the pit and if he may fynde oportunitie he will not be satisfied with blood 18 If aduersitie come vpon thee thou shalt find him there first and though he pretende to do thee helpe yet shal he vndermine thee 19 He shall shake his head and clap his handes ouer thee for very gladnesse â–ª and whyle he maketh many wordes he shall disguyse his countenaunce The .xiii. Chapter 1 The companies of the proude and of the riche are to be eschewed 15 The loue of God 17 Like do companie with their like 1 WHo so toucheth pytch shal be defiled withall and he that is familier with the proude shall cloth him selfe with pryde 2 He taketh a burthen vpon him that accompanieth a more honorable man then him selfe therfore kepe no familiaritie with one that is richer then thy selfe Howe agree the kettel and the pot together for if the one be smitten against the other it shal be broken 3 The riche dealeth vnrighteously and threatneth withal but the poore beyng oppressed and wrongfully dealt withall suffereth scarcenesse and geueth fayre wordes If the riche haue done wrong yet must he be entreated but if the poore haue done it he shall straight wayes be threatned 4 If thou be for his profite he vseth thee but if thou haue nothing he shal forsake thee 5 As long as thou hast any thing of thyne owne he shal be a good felow with thee yea he shall make thee a bare man and not be sory for thee 6 If he haue neede of thee he shall defraude thee and with a priuie mocke shall he put thee in an hope geue thee all good wordes and say What wantest thou 7 Thus shal he shame thee in his meate vntill he haue supt thee cleane vp twyse or thryse at the last shall he laugh thee to scorne Afterwarde when he seeth that thou hast nothing he shall forsake thee and shake his head at thee 8 Submit thy selfe vnto God and wayte vpon his hande 9 Beware that thou be not disceaued and brought downe in thy simplenesse Be not to humble in thy wysedome lest when thou art brought lowe thou be disceaued through foolishnesse 10 If thou be called of a mightie man absent thy selfe so shall he call thee to him the more oft 11 Preasse not thou vnto him that thou be not shut out but go not thou farre of lest he forget thee 12 Withdraw not thy selfe from his speach but beleue not his many wordes For with much communication shall he tempt thee and with a priuie mocke shal he question with thee of thy secretes 13 The vnmercifull mynde of his shall marke thy wordes he shall not spare to do thee hurt and to put thee in prison 14 Beware and take good heede to thy selfe for thou walkest in peryll of thy ouerthrowing Now when thou hearest his wordes make thee as though thou wast in a dreame and wake vp 15 Loue God all thy lyfe long and call vpon him in thy neede 16 Euery beast loueth his like euen so let euery man loue his neyghbour 17 All fleshe will resort to their like and euery man wil kepe companie with such as he is him selfe 18 But as the woolfe agreeth with the lambe so doth the vngodly with the righteous 19 What peace is there betweene Hyena and a dogge Howe can the riche and the poore agree together 20 The wilde asse is the lions pray in the wildernesse euen so are poore men the meate of the riche 21 Like as the proude may not away with lowlinesse euen so doth the riche abhorre the poore 22 If a riche man fal his friendes set him vp againe but when the poore falleth his acquayntaunce forsake him 23 If a riche man fall into an errour he hath many helpers he speaketh proude wordes and yet men iustifie him but if a poore man go wrong he is punished yea though he speake wysely yet can it haue no place 24 When the riche man speaketh euery body holdeth his tongue and loke what he sayth they prayse it vnto the cloudes But if the poore man speake they say What felow in this and if he do amisse they shall destroy hym 25 Riches are good vnto hym that hath no sinne in his conscience and pouertie is a wicked thing in the mouth of the vngodly 26 The heart of man chaungeth his countenaunce whether it be in good or euyll 27 A chearfull countenaunce is a token of a good heart for els it is an harde thing to knowe the thought The .xiiii. Chapter 1 The offence of the tongue 17 Man is but a vayne thing 21 Happy is he that continueth in wysdome 1 BLessed is the man that hath not fallen with the worde of his mouth is not pricked with the conscience of sinne 2 Happy is he that hath no heauinesse in his minde and is not fallen from his hope in the Lorde 3 It becommeth not a couetous man and a nygarde to be riche and what should an enuious man do with money 4 He that with all his carefulnesse heapeth together vnrighteously gathereth for other folkes and another man shall make good cheare with his goodes 5 He that is wicked vnto him selfe howe should he be good vnto other men how can such one haue any pleasure of his goodes 6 There is nothing worse then when one disfauoureth him selfe and this is a rewarde of his wickednesse 7 If he do any good he doth it not knowing therof and against his will and
wysdome of them of the olde time and exerciseth hym selfe in the prophetes 2 He kepeth the sayinges of famous men and preasseth to the vnderstanding of darke sentences of wysdome 3 He seketh out the misterie of secrete sayinges and exerciseth himselfe therin continually 4 He doth seruice among great men and appeareth before the prince he goeth into a straunge countrey and trauayleth thorowe it loke what good or euyll is among men he proueth and seketh it out 5 He purposeth in his heart to resort early vnto the Lord that made him and to pray before the highest God he openeth his mouth in prayer and prayeth for his sinnes 6 When the great Lorde will he shal be filled with the spirite of vnderstanding that he may then powre out wyse sentences and geue thankes vnto the Lord in his prayer 7 He shall order his deuice and leade his knowledge a right and geue him vnderstanding of secrete thinges 8 He shall shewe foorth the science of his learning and reioyce in the couenaunt of the lawe of the Lorde 9 The whole congregation shall commende his wysdome and it shall neuer be put out the remembraunce of hym shall neuer be forgotten and his name shal continue from one generation to an other 10 His wysdome shal be spoken of among the people and the whole congregation shall openly declare his prayse 11 While he liueth he hath a greater name then a thousand beside and after death the same name remayneth vnto hym 12 Yet will I speake of mo men of vnderstanding for I am ful as the moone 13 Hearken vnto me ye holy vertuous children bring foorth fruite as the rose that is planted by the brookes of the fielde 14 And geue ye a sweete smell as incense florishe as the rose garden sing a song of prayse O geue thankes vnto God ouer all his workes 15 Geue magnificence vnto his name and set hym foorth in his prayse with your lippes with musicke and harmonie Yea euen with the song of your lippes with harpes and playing and in geuing thankes vnto him say after this maner 16 All the workes of the Lord are exceeding good all his commaundementes are meete and conuenient in due season 17 A man neede not to say what is that what is that for at a time conuenient they shall all be sought At his commaundement the water was as a wall and at the worde of his mouth the water stoode still 18 In his commaundement is euery thing acceptable and reconciled and his health can not be minished 19 The workes of all fleshe are before him and there is nothing hyd from his eyes 20 He seeth from euerlasting to euerlasting and there is nothing to wonderful or hye vnto hym 21 A man neede not to say then what is this or that For he hath made al thinges to do good vnto man 22 His blessing shall run ouer as the streame and moysture the earth lyke a fludde of water 23 Like as he maketh the drouth so shall his wrath fall vpon the heathen 24 His wayes are playne and right vnto the iust but the vngodly stumble at them 25 For the good are good thinges created from the beginning euyll thinges for the vngodly 26 All thinges necessarie for the lyfe of man are created from the beginning water fire iron and salt meale wheate and hony milke and wine oyle and clothing 27 All these thinges are created for the best to the faythfull but to the vngodly shall all these thinges be turned to hurt and harme 28 There be spirites that are created for vengeaunce and in their rigorousnesse haue they fastened their tormentes In the tune of the ende they shall poure out their strength and pacifie the wrath of him that made them 29 Fire hayle hunger and death al these thinges are created for vengeaunce 30 The teeth of wilde noysome beastes the scorpions serpentes and the sworde are created also for vengeaunce to the destruction of the vngodly 31 They shal be glad to do his commaundementes and when neede is they shal be redy vpon earth and when their houre is come they shall not ouerpasse the commaundement of the Lorde 32 Therfore haue I taken a good courage vnto me from the beginning and haue thought to put these thinges in writing and to leaue them behinde me 33 All the workes of the Lorde are good and he geueth euery one in due season and when neede is 34 So that no man neede not to say This is worse then that for in due season they are all pleasaunt and good 35 And therefore prayse the Lorde with whole heart and mouth geue thankes vnto his name The .xl. Chapter 1 Many miseries light in a mans life 11 All thinges passe away but a firme and stable fayth ramayneth 14 Of the blessing of the righteous and prerogatiue of the feare of God 1 A Great trauaile is created for all men and an heauy yoke vpon all the sonnes of Adam from the day that they go out of their mothers wombe till they be buried in the earth the mother of all thinges 2 Namely their thoughtes and imaginations feare of the heart counsel meditations longing desire the day of death 3 From the hyghest that sitteth vpon the glorious seate vnto the lowest and most simple vpon the earth 4 From him that is gloriously arayde and weareth a crowne vnto him that is but homely and simplie clothed 5 There is nothing but wrath zeale fearefulnesse vnquietnesse and feare of death rigorousnes anger stryfe And in the might when one shoulde rest and sleepe vpon his bed the sleepe chaungeth his vnderstanding and knowledge 6 A litle or nothing is his rest in the sleepe aswel as in the day of labour He feareth is disquieted in the vision of his heart as one that runneth out of a battayll 7 And in the time of health he awaketh and maruayleth that the feare was nothing 8 Such thinges happen vnto all fleshe both man and beast but seuen folde to the vngodly 9 Moreouer death bloodshedding strife and sworde oppression hunger destruction and punishement 10 These thinges are all created against the vngodly and for their sakes came the fludde also 11 All that is of the earth shall turne to earth againe and al waters ebbe againe into the sea 12 All bribes and vnrighteousnesse shal be put away but faythfulnesse and trueth shall endure for euer 13 The substaunce and goodes of the vngodly shal be dryed vp and sinke away as a water fludde they shal make a sound like a great thunder in the rayne 14 Like as the righteous reioyceth when he openeth his hande so shall the transgressours be faynt when their goodes vanishe and consume away 15 The children of the vngodly shal not obtayne many braunches 16 And the vncleane rootes vpon the hye rockes shal be rooted out before the grasse by the water side vpon the riuer bankes
17 Frendlinesse and liberalitie in the increase blessing of God is like a paradise and garden of pleasure such mercie also and kindnesse endureth for euer 18 To labour and to be content with that a man hath is a sweete pleasaunt life and that is to finde a treasure of al treasures 19 To beget children and to repayre the citie maketh a perpetuall name but an honest woman is more worth then they both 20 Wine and minstrelsie reioyceth the heart but the loue of wysdome is aboue them both 21 Pyping and harping make a sweete noyse but a friendly tongue goeth beyonde them both 22 Thyne eye desireth fauour and beautie but a greene seede time rather then they both 23 A friende and companion come together at oportunitie but aboue them both is a wyfe that agreeth with her husbande 24 Brethren and helpes are profitable in time of trouble but almes shal deliuer more then they both 25 Golde and siluer fasten the feete but a good counsell is more pleasaunt then they both 26 Temporal substaunce and strength lift vp the minde but the feare of the Lord more then they both The feare of the Lorde wanteth nothing and needeth no helpe 27 The feare of the Lorde is a pleasaunt garden of blessing and nothing so beautifull as it is 28 My sonne leade not a beggers lyfe for better it were to die then to begge 29 The life of hym that loketh vpon an other mans table is not to be counted for a life for he vexeth his soule in other mens meate but a wyse and well nurtured man will beware therof 30 Begging is sweete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his belly there burneth a fire The .xli. Chapter 1 Of the remembraunce of death 3 Death is not to be feared 8 A curse vpon them that forsake the lawe of God 12 Good name and fame 14 An exhortation to geue heede vnto wysdome 17 Of what thinges a man ought to be ashamed 1 O Death how bitter is the remembraunce of thee to a man that seketh rest and comfort in his substaunce riches vnto the man that hath nothing to vexe him that hath prosperitie in all thinges yea vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate 2 O death howe acceptable and good is thy iudgement vnto the needefull and vnto him whose strength fayleth and that is nowe in his last age and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnesse vnto him also that is in dispayre and hath no hope nor patience 3 Be not thou afraide of death remember them that haue ben before thee and that come after thee this is the iudgement of the Lord ouer all fleshe 4 And why wouldest thou be against this pleasure of the hyghest Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousand yeres death asketh not howe long one hath lyued 5 The children of the vngodly are abhominable children and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly 6 The inheritaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught their posteritie shal haue perpetuall shame confusion 7 The children complayne of an vngodly father and why for his sake they are rebuked and dispised 8 Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly whiche haue forsaken the lawe of the hyghest God for though ye do encrease yet shal you perishe 9 If ye do liue ye shal be accursed if ye die the curse shall be your portion 10 All that is of the earth shall turne to earth againe so go the vngodly also out of the curse into destruction 11 Though men mourne for their body yet the name of the vngodly shall be put out for it is nothing worth 12 Labour to get thee a good name for that shall continue surer by thee then a thousande great treasures of golde 13 A good life hath a number of dayes but a good name endureth euer 14 My children kepe wisdome in peace for wisdome that is hid and a treasure that is not seene what profite is in them both 15 A man that hydeth his foolishenes is better then a man that hydeth his wysdome 16 Therefore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thinges and alway to be ashamed True fayth must proue and measure it 17 Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother be ashamed to leasing before the prince and men of auctoritie 18 Of sinne before the iudge and ruler of offence before the congregation people of vnrighteousnes before a companoin and friende 19 Of theft before thy neyghbours As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed thereof be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bread or to be reproued for geuing or taking 20 And of silence vnto them that salute thee be ashamed to loke vpon harlottes 21 Be ashamed to turne away thy face from thy kinsman be ashamed to take and not to geue 22 Be ashamed also to loke vpon an other mans wyfe and to make many trifling wordes with her mayden or to stand by her bed side 23 Be ashamed to vnbrayde thy friende when thou geuest any thing cast hym not in the teeth withall 24 Or to report the matter that thou hast heard or to disclose the secrete wordes so shalt thou well be shamefast and shalt find fauour with all men The .xlii. Chapter 1 The lawe of God must be taught 9 A daughter 14 A woman 18 God knoweth all thinges yea euen the secretes of the heart 1 OF these thinges be not ashamed and accept no person to offend Namely of these thinges be not ashamed 2 Of the lawe of God of the couenaunt of iudgement to bring the vngodly from his vngodlinesse vnto righteousnesse to make him a good man 3 To deale faithfully with thy neyghbour and companion to distribute the heritage vnto the friendes 4 To be diligent to kepe true measure wayght to be content whether thou gettest much or litle 5 To deale truely with temporall goodes in bying and selling to bring vp children with diligence to correct an euyll seruaunt 6 To kepe that thyne is from an euyll wyfe to set a locke where many handes are 7 What thou deliuerest and geuest out to be kept to tell it and to wey it to write vp all thy outgeuing and receauing 8 To enforme the vnlearned and vnwise of the aged that are iudged of the young If thou be diligent in these thinges truely thou shalt be learned and wyse and accepted of all men 9 The daughter maketh the father to watch secretly and the carefulnesse that he hath for her taketh away his sleepe yea in her youth lest she shoulde ouergrowe him and when she hath an husbande lest she shoulde be hated 10 Lest she shoulde be defiled or rauished in her virginitie or gotten with childe in her fathers house or when she commeth to the man lest she behaue her selfe not right or continue vnfruitefull 11 If thy daughter be
for euer The .xlvi. Chapter The prayse of Iosue 9 Caleb 13 Samuel 1 MAnly strong in battel was Iesus the sonne of Naue and was the successour of Moyses in prophesies was geuen to be captaine of the people which according vnto his name was a great sauiour vnto the elect of God to punishe the enemies that rose vp against Israel that Israel might optayne their inheritaunce 2 O how great noble and excellent was he when he lift vp his hande and drewe out his sworde against the cities 3 Who stoode so manly before him for the Lord him selfe brought in the enemies 4 Stoode not the sunne still at his commaundement and one day was as long as two 5 He called vpon the hyghest and most mightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side and the mightie Lord heard him with the hayle stones 6 They smote the Heathenishe people mightyly and in falling downe they slue all the aduersaries so that the heathen knew his hoast and all his defence that the Lord him selfe fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them 7 In the time of Moyses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyed a good worke whiche stoode against the enemies with held the people from sinne and stilled the wicked murmuring 8 And of sixe hundreth thousande people of foote they two were preserued to bring them into the heritage namely a lande that floweth with mylke hony 9 The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he went vp into the hie places of the land and his seede conquered the same for an heritage 10 That al the children of Israel might see howe good a thing it is to be obedient vnto the Lorde 11 And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose heart went no◠a whoring nor departed from the Lorde and that forsooke not the Lord vnfaithfully whose remembraunce hath a good report 12 Yea their bones florishe out of their place and their names shall neuer be chaunged but honour remayneth still with the children of those holy men 13 Samuel the prophete beloued of the Lorde his God ordayned a king and annoynted the princes ouer the people 14 In the lawe of the Lord ruled he and iudged the congregation and the Lorde had respect vnto Iacob 15 The prophete was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yea he is knowen faithful in his workes because he sawe the God of light 16 〈◊〉 called vpon the Lorde almightie when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery side what time as he offered the sucking lambe 17 And the Lorde thundered from heauen made his voyce to be heard with a great noyse 18 He discomfited the princes of Tyre and all the rulers of the Philistines 19 Before his last ende he made protestation in the sight of the Lorde and his annoynted that he toke neither substaunce nor good of any man no not so much as a shoe and no man might accuse him 20 After this he tolde that his ende was at hand and shewed the king also his ende and death and from the earth lyft he vp his voyce in the prophecie that the vngodlie people should perishe The .xlvii. Chapter 1 The prayse of Nathan 2 Dauid 12 and Solomon 1 AFterward in the time of king Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan 2 For lyke as the fat is taken away from the offering so was Dauid chosen out of the children of Israel 3 He played with the lions as with kiddes and with beares lyke as with lambes of sheepe 4 Slewe he not a giaunt when he was yet but young toke away the rebuke frō his people what time as he toke the stone in his hande and smote downe proude Goliath with the sling 5 For he called vpon the highest Lorde which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrewe the mightie giaunt in the battaile that he might set vp the horne of his people againe 6 So he glorified him in ten thousand and made him to haue a good report in the prayse of the Lorde that he should weare a crowne of glorie 7 For he destroyed the enemies on euery side rooted out the Philistines his aduersaries and brake their horne in sunder lyke as it is broken yet this day 8 In all his workes he praysed the hyest and holiest and ascribed the honour vnto him with his whole heart did he prayse the Lorde and loued God that made him 9 He set singers also before the aulter in their tune he made sweete songes that they might geue prayses euery day to God with songes 10 He ordayned to kepe the holy dayes worshipfully that the solempe feastes through the whole yere should be honorably holden with praysing the name of the Lorde and with singing betimes in the morning in the sanctuary 11 The Lorde toke away his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer he gaue him the couenaunt of the kingdome and the throne of worship in Israel 12 After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Solomon Who by him dwelt in a large possession and for his sake he droue the enemies away far of 13 This Solomon raigned with peace in his time and he obtayned glory For God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery side that he might builde him an house in his name and prepare the sanctuarie for euer 14 How wyse wast thou in thy youth and filled with wysdome and vnderstanding as it were with a water flood 15 Thou coueredst and filledst the whole lande with similitudes wyse prudent sentences 16 Thy name went abrode in the Iles because of thy peace thou wast beloued 17 All landes maruailed at thy songes prouerbes similitudes and at thy interpretations 18 And in the name of the Lorde God which is called the God of Israel thou gatheredst golde as tinne thou hadst as much siluer as leade 19 Thou wast moued in inordinate loue toward women and wast ouercome in affection 20 Thou staynedst thy honour worship yea thy posteritie defiledst thou also in bringing the wrath of the Lorde vpon thy children and hast felt sorowe for thy folly 21 So that thy kingdome was deuided and Ephraim became an vnfaithfull and a rebellious kingdome 22 Neuerthelesse God forsooke not his mercie neither was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes that he should leaue him no posteritie as for the seede that came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remmaunt vnto Iacob and a roote vnto Dauid out of him 23 Thus rested Solomon with his fathers and out of his seede he left behinde him a verie foolishnes of the people and such one as had no vnderstanding euen Roboam which turned away the people through his counsell and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to sinne and shewed Ephraim the way
And his disciples came to hym and awoke hym saying Lorde saue vs we peryshe 26 And he sayth vnto them Why are yet fearefull O ye of litle fayth Then he arose and rebuked the windes and the sea and there folowed a great calme 27 But the men marueyled saying What maner of man is this that both wyndes and sea obey hym ☜ 28 And when he was come to the other syde into the countrey of the Gergesenes there met hym two possessed with deuyls which came out of the graues and were very fierce so that no man myght go by that way 29 And beholde they cryed out saying O Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to do with thee Art thou come hyther to torment vs before the tyme 30 And there was a good way of from them a hearde of many swyne feedyng 31 So the deuyls besought hym saying Yf thou cast vs out suffer vs to go away into the hearde of swyne 32 And he sayde vnto them go Then went they out and departed into the hearde of swyne And beholde y e whole hearde of swyne russhed headlong into the sea and peryshed in the waters 33 Then they that kept them fledde and went theyr wayes into the citie and tolde euery thyng and what was done of the possessed with the deuyls 34 And beholde the whole citie came out to meete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought hym that he woulde depart out of theyr coastes ¶ The .ix. Chapter ¶ 2 He healeth the paulsie 9 Calleth Matthewe from the custome 11 Aunswereth for his disciples 22 Healeth the woman of the blooddy issue 25 Helpeth Iairus daughter 29 Geueth two blynde men theyr syght 33 Maketh a dumbe man to speake and dryueth out a deuyll 1 AND he entred into a shippe passed ouer came into his owne citie 2 And beholde they brought to him a man sicke of the paulsie lying in a bedde And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them he sayde vnto the sicke of the paulsie Sonne be of good cheare thy sinnes be forgeuen thee 3 And beholde certayne of the Scribes sayde within them selues This man blasphemeth 4 And whē Iesus saw their thoughtes he sayde Wherefore thynke ye euyll in your heartes 5 Whether is easyer to say thy sinnes be forgeuen thee Or to say aryse and walke 6 But that ye may knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth then sayde he to the sicke of the paulsie Aryse take vp thy bedde and go vnto thyne house 7 And he arose and departed to his house 8 But when the multitudes sawe it they marueyled glorified God which had geuen such power vnto men ☜ 9 ☞ And as Iesus passed foorth from thence he sawe a man named Matthewe syttyng at the receipte of custome he sayth vnto hym folowe me And he arose and folowed hym 10 And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many publicans also and sinners came and sate downe with Iesus and his disciples 11 And when the Pharisees sawe it they sayde vnto his disciples Why eateth your maister with publicans and sinners 12 But when Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto them They that be whole nede not the phisition but they that are sicke 13 Go ye and learne what that meaneth I wyll haue mercie and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce ☜ 14 ☞ Then came the disciples of Iohn vnto hym saying Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft but thy disciples fast not 15 And Iesus sayde vnto them Can the chyldren of the bryde chaumber mourne as long as the brydegrome is with them But the dayes wyll come when the brydegrome shall be taken from them and then shall they fast 16 No man putteth a peece of newe cloth in an olde garment for then the peece taketh away somethyng from the garment and the rent is made worse 17 Neither do men put newe wine into olde vessels els the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out and the vessels peryshe But they put newe wyne into newe vessels and both are preserued together ☜ 18 ☞ Whyle he spake these thynges vnto them beholde there came a certayne ruler and worshypped hym saying My daughter is euen nowe dead but come and lay thy hande vpon her and she shall lyue 19 And Iesus arose and folowed hym and so dyd his disciples 20 And beholde a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres came behynde hym and touched the hemme of his vesture 21 For she sayde within her selfe If I may touche but euen his vesture only I shal be safe 22 But Iesus turned hym about and when he sawe her he saide Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole from that same houre ☜ 23 And when Iesus came into the rulers house and sawe the minstrels and the people makyng a noyse 24 He sayde vnto them Geue place for the maide is not dead but slepeth And they laughed hym to scorne 25 But when the people were put foorth he went in and toke her by the hande and the mayde arose 26 And the fame of this went abrode into all that lande 27 And when Iesus departed thence two blynde men folowed hym crying and saying O thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on vs. 28 And whē he was come into the house the blynde came to hym And Iesus sayth vnto them Beleue ye that I am able to do this They sayde vnto hym yea Lorde 29 Then touched he their eyes saying Accordyng to your fayth be it vnto you 30 And their eyes were opened And Iesus straytly charged them saying see that no man knowe of it 31 But they when they were departed spread abrode his name in all that lande 32 As they went out beholde they brought to him a dumbe man possessed with a deuyll 33 And when the deuyll was cast out the dumbe spake and the multitudes marueyled saying that it was neuer so seene in Israel 34 But the Pharisees sayde He casteth out deuils through the prince of deuils 35 And Iesus went about all cities and townes teachyng in their synagogues and preachyng the Gospell of the kyngdome and healyng euery sicknesse and euery disease among the people 36 But when he sawe the multitudes he was moued with compassion on them because they were destitute and scattered abrode euen as sheepe hauing no shephearde 37 Then sayth he vnto his disciples the haruest truely is plenteous but the labourers are fewe 38 Pray ye therfore the lorde of the haruest that he wyl thrust foorth labourers into the haruest ⧠The .x. Chapter ¶ 5 Christe sendeth out his twelue Apostles to preache in Iurie 7 He geueth them charge teacheth them and comforteth them agaynst persecution and trouble 1 ANd when he had called his twelue
vnderstandyng couenaunt breakers without naturall affection truice breakers vnmercyfull 32 The whiche knowyng the righteousnes of God howe that they which commit such thynges are worthy of death not only do the same but also haue pleasure in them that do them ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Gods iudgement vpon the hypocrites 12 Ignoraunce excuseth not 13 All men are sinners 15 The Gentiles by their conscience 17 the Iewes by their lawe 1 THerefore art thou inexcusable O mā whosoeuer thou be that iudgest For in that same wherin thou iudgest another thou condempnest thy self For thou that iudgest doest euen y e selfe same thynges 2 But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth against them which commit such thynges 3 Thinkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them whiche do such thynges and doest the same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God 4 Eyther despisest thou the rychesse of his goodnes pacience and long sufferaunce not knowyng that the kyndnesse of god leadeth thee to repentaūce 5 But thou after thy stubbernnesse and heart that can not repent heapest vnto thy selfe wrath agaynst the daye of wrath and declaration of the righteous iudgement of God 6 Which wyl rewarde euery man accordyng to his deedes 7 To them whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie and honour and immortalitie eternall lyfe 8 But vnto them that are contentious that do not obey the trueth but obey vnrighteousnes shall come indignation and wrath 9 Tribulation and anguishe vpon euery soule of man that doeth euyll of the Iewe first and also of the Greke 10 But glorie and honour and peace to euery man that doeth good to y e Iewe first and also to the Greke 11 For there is no respect of persōs with God 12 For whosoeuer hath sinned without lawe shall also perishe without lawe And as many as haue sinned in y e lawe shal be iudged by the lawe 13 For in the sight of God they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe but the doers of the lawe shal be iustified 14 For when the Gentiles which haue not the lawe do of nature the thynges conteyned in the lawe they hauing not the lawe are a lawe vnto them selues 15 Which shewe the workes of the lawe written in their heartes their conscience bearing them witnesse their thoughtes accusyng one another or excusyng 16 At the day when God shall iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christe accordyng to my Gospell 17 Behold * thou art called a Iewe and restest in the lawe and makest thy boast of God 18 And knowest his wyll and alowest the thinges that be excellent infourmed by the lawe 19 And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde a lyght of them which are in darknesse 20 An infourmer of them whiche lacke discretion a teacher of the vnlearned which hast the fourme of knowledge of the trueth in the lawe 21 Thou therefore which teachest another teachest not thy selfe Thou preachest a man shoulde not steale yet thou stealest 22 Thou that sayest a man shoulde not commit adulterie breakest wedlocke Thou abhorrest idoles and yet robbest God of his honour 23 Thou that makest thy boast of y e lawe through breakyng the lawe dishonorest God 24 For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles through you As it is written 25 For circumcision veryly auayleth yf thou kepe the lawe But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe thy circumcision is made vncircumcision 26 Therefore if the vncircumcisiō kepe the ordinaunces of the law shall not his vncircumcisiō be counted for circumcisiō 27 And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature if it kepe the law iudge thee which beyng vnder the letter circumcision doest transgresse the lawe 28 For he is not a Iewe whiche is a Iewe outwarde Neither is that circūcision which is outwarde in the fleshe 29 But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly and the circumcisiō of y e heart which consisteth in the spirite and not in the letter is circumcision whose prayse is not of men but of God ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 The Iewes haue a prerogatiue 10 The Iewes and Gentiles be both sinners 21 All are iustified by grace through fayth and not through workes 1 WHAT preferment then hath y e Iew or what auauntageth circumcision 2 Much euery way First for because y t vnto them were committed y e wordes of God 3 What then though some of them dyd not beleue * Shal their vnbeliefe make the fayth of God without effect 4 God forbyd Yea let God be true and euery man a lyer as it is writtē That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges and ouercome when thou art iudged 5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God what shall we saye Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce I speake after the maner of men 6 God forbyd For howe then shall God iudge the worlde 7 For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glory why am I as yet iudged as a sinner 8 And not rather as men speake euyll of vs and as some affirme that we say let vs do euyll that good may come therof Whose dampnation is iuste 9 What then Are we better then they No in no wise For we haue alredy proued howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne 10 As it is written There is none righteous no not one 11 There is none that vnderstandeth there is none that seketh after God 12 They are all gone out of the waye they are all vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues they haue deceaued the poysō of aspes is vnder their lippes 14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse 15 Their feete are swyft to shed blood 16 Heartes griefe miserie are in their wayes 17 And the◠way of peace haue they not knowen 18 There is no feare of God before their eyes 19 ☞ Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe That all mouthes maye be stopped and that al y e world may be indaungered to God 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne 21 But nowe is the righteousnes of God declared without the lawe beyng witnessed by the testimonie of the lawe and of the prophetes 22 The ryghteousnes of God commeth by the fayth of Iesus Christe vnto all and vpon all them that beleue There is no difference 23 For all haue synned and are destitute of the glorie of God 24 Iustified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christe Iesu 25 Whom God hath set foorth to
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned from me of whō are Phygellus Hermogenes 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto y e house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chayne 17 But whē he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and founde me 18 The Lorde graunt vnto hym that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well The .ij. Chapter 2 He exhorteth hym to be constant in trouble to suffer manly to abyde fast in the wholsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesus Christe 11 shewyng hym the fidelitie of Gods counsell touchyng the saluation of his 19 and the marke therof 1 THou therfore my sonne be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus 2 And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses the same commit thou to faythfull men which shal be apt to teache other also 3 Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe 4 No man that warreth entangleth hym selfe with th affayres of this lyfe that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier 5 And if a man also wrestle yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie 6 The labouryng husbandman must first be partaker of the fruites 7 Consider What I say and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges 8 Remember that Iesus Christe of the seede of Dauid was raysed from the dead accordyng to my Gospell 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer euen vnto bondes But the worde of God is not bounde 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes that they myght also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus with eternall glorie 11 It is a faythfull saying for yf we be dead with hym we shall also lyue with hym 12 If we be patient we shall also raigne with hym If we denie hym he also shall denie vs. 13 If we be vnfaythful he abideth faithfull he can not denie hym selfe 14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce testifie before the Lorde that they striue not about wordes to no profite but to the peruertyng of y e hearers 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God a workman not to be ashamed rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus 18 Which about the trueth haue erred saying that the resurrection is past alredie do ouerthrowe the fayth of some 19 But the strong foundation of God standeth styl hauyng this seale The Lorde knoweth thē that are his And let euery one that nameth the name of Christe depart from iniquitie 20 But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of siluer but also of wood and of earth some to honour and some vnto dishonour 21 If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these he shal be a vessell vnto honour and meete for y e vses of the Lorde and prepared vnto euery good worke 22 Lustes of youth auoyde but folowe ryghteousnesse fayth loue peace with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart 23 But foolishe vnlearned questions put from thee knowyng that they do but gender strife 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue but be gentle vnto all men apt to teache sufferyng euyll in mekenesse 25 Instructing thē which are contrarie mynded yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce to the knowledge of the trueth 26 And that they may come to thē selues agayne out of the snare of the deuyll which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the perilous tymes 2 setteth out hypocrites in their colours 12 sheweth the state of the Christians 14 and howe to auoyde daungers 16 Also what profite commeth of the scriptures 1 THis knowe also that in the last dayes perylous tymes shal be at hande 2 For men shal be louers of their owne selues couetous boasters proude blasphemers disobedient to fathers and mothers vnthankefull vngodlye 3 Without naturall affection trucebreakers false accusers riotous fierce despisers of them which are good 4 Traytours headdy hye mynded louers of pleasures more then louers of God 5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse but denying the power therof turne away from these 6 These are they which enter into houses leade captiue simple women laden with sinne caryed with diuers lustes 7 Euer learnyng and neuer able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 8 For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses so do these also resist the trueth Men of corrupt myndes reprobate concernyng the fayth 9 But they shall preuayle no longer For their madnesse shal be manifest vnto all men as also theirs was 10 But thou hast folowed my doctrine fashion of lyuyng purpose fayth long sufferyng loue patience 11 Persecutions afflictions which came vnto me at Antioche at Iconium at Lystra which persecutions I suffred patiently And from them all the Lord deliuered me 12 Yea and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus shall suffer persecution 13 But the euyll men and deceauers shall waxe worse and worse deceauyng and deceaued 14 But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned which also were committed vnto thee knowyng of whom thou hast learned them 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to doctrine to reproue to correction to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse 17 That the man of God may be perfect instructed vnto all good workes ⧠The .iiij. Capter 2 He exhorteth Timotheus to be feruent in the worde and to suffer aduersitie 6 maketh mention of his owne death 9 and biddeth Timothe come vnto hym 1 I Testifie therefore before God the Lorde Iesus Christe which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng and his kingdome 2 Preache the worde be instant in season out of season Improue rebuke exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine 3 For the tyme wyll come when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine but after their owne lustes shal they whose eares itche get thē an heape of teachers 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth and shal be turned vnto fables 5 But watche thou in all thynges suffer afflictions do the worke of an Euangelist fulfyll thy ministerie 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered the tyme of my dissolution is at hande 7 I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept y e faith 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a
Beholde also y e shippes which though they be so great and are dryuen of fierce windes yet are they turned about with a very small helme whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also boasteth great thynges Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth 6 And the tongue is fyre euen a worlde of wickednesse So is the tongue set among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fyre the course of nature it is set on fyre of hell 7 All the natures of beastes of byrdes and of serpentes and thynges of the sea are meeked and tamed of the nature of man 8 But the tongue can no man tame it is an vnruly euyll full of deadly poyson 9 Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing My brethren these thynges ought not so to be 11 Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place sweete water and bitter also 12 Can the fygge tree my brethren beare oliue beries either a vine beare figges So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knoweledge among you let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng strife in your hearte glorie not neither be lyers agaynst the trueth 15 For such wisdome descendeth not frō aboue but is earthlie sensuall and deuelishe 16 For where enuiyng and strife is there is sedition all maner of euyll workes 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue is first pure then peaseable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercie and good fruites without iudgyng without simulation 18 Yea and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace of thē that make peace ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Hauyng shewed the cause of all wrong and wickednesse and also of all graces and goodnesse 4 he exhorteth them to loue God 7 and submit them selues to hym 11 not speakyng euyll of their neighbours 13 but patiently to depende on Gods prouidence 1 FRom whence cōmeth warre and fightyng among you come they not here hence euen of your lustes that fight in your members 2 Ye lust and haue not Ye enuie and haue indignation and can not obtayne Ye fyght and warre ye haue not because ye aske not 3 Ye aske and receaue not because ye aske amisse euen to consume it vpon your lustes 4 Ye adulterers adultresses knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde is made the enemie of God 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne the spirite that dwelleth in vs lusteth after enuie 6 But the scripture offereth more grace and therefore sayth God resisteth the proude but geueth grace vnto y e lowlie 7 Submit your selues therfore to God but resist the deuyll and he wyll flee from you 8 Drawe nye to God and he wyll drawe nye to you Clense your handes ye sinners and purifie your heartes ye double mynded 9 Suffer afflictions and mourne and weepe Let your laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioy to heauinesse 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde and he shall lyft you vp 11 Backbite not one another brethren He that backbiteth his brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbiteth y e lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge 12 There is one lawe geuer which is able to saue and to destroy What art thou that iudgest another 13 Go to nowe ye that say to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie and continue there a yere and bye and sell and wynne 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe For what thyng is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle tyme and then he vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say If the Lorde wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or that 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges All such reioycyng is euyll 17 Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good and doth it not to hym it is sinne The .v. Chapter 2 He threatneth the wicked riche men 7 exhorteth vnto patience 12 to beware of swearyng 16 one to knowledge his faultes to another 20 and one to labour to bryng another to the trueth 1 GO to nowe ye riche men weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you 2 Your riches is corrupt your garmentes are motheaten 3 Your golde and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shal be a witnesse agaynst you and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes 4 Beholde the hire of labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes which hire is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and ben wanton Ye haue nourisshed your heartes as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust and he hath not resisted you 7 ☞ Be patient therfore brethren vnto the commyng of the Lorde Beholde the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth and hath long patience thervpon vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne 8 Be ye also patient therfore and settle your heartes for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be dampned Beholde the iudge standeth before the doore 10 Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie and of patience which spake in the name of the Lorde ☜ 11 Beholde we count thē happy which endure Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull 12 But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen neither by earth neither any other othe Let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest you fall into condempnation 13 Is any among you afflicted let hym pray Is any mery let him sing psalmes 14 Is any diseased among you let hym call for the elders of the Churche and let them pray for him and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lorde shall raise him vp and yf he haue committed sinnes they shal be forgeuen hym 16 ☞ Knowledge your faultes one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed For y e feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are and he
the king as hauyng the preeminence 14 Other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers but for the lande of them that do well 15 For so is the wyll of God that with well doyng ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men 16 As free and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruauntes of God 17 Honour all men Loue brotherly felowship Feare God Honour the kyng 18 Seruauntes obey your maisters with all feare not only yf they be good curteous but also though they be frowarde 19 * For it is thanke worthy ☜ yf a man for cōscience toward god endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued 20 For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes ye take it paciently But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong take it paciently then is there thanke with God 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called for ☞ Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye should folowe his steppes 22 Which did no sinne neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth 23 Whiche when he was reuiled reuiled not agayne when he suffred he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously 24 Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we beyng deliuered from sinne shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes By whose strypes ye were healed 25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules The .iij. Chapter 1 Howe wyues ought to order themselues towarde their husbandes 3 And in their apparell 7 The duetie of men towarde their wyues 8 He exhorteth all men to vnitie and loue 14 And paciently to suffer trouble by the example and benefite of Christe 1 LIkewise ye wyues be in subiectiō to your husbandes that euen they whiche obey not the word may without the word be wonne by the cōuersation of y e wiues 2 Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare 3 Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere hanging on of gold eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparel 4 But let the hid man whiche is in the heart be without all corruption so that the spirite be at rest and quiet whiche spirite is before god a thing much set by 5 For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God tyre them selues and were obedient vnto theyr husbandes 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called hym Lorde whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afrayde for any terrour 7 Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge geuyng honour vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe that your prayers be not hyndered 8 ☞ In conclusion be ye all of one minde of one heart loue as brethren be pitiful be curteous 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are therevnto called euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll and his lippes that they speake no guyle 11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good let hym seke peace and ensue it 12 For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll 13 Moreouer who is it that wyll harme you yf ye folowe that which is good 14 Yea happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes ☜ Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you 16 And that with mekenesse and feare hauyng a good conscience that where as they backebite you as euyll doers they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe 17 For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffer for wel doyng then for euyll doyng 18 ☞ Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe but was quickened in the spirite 19 In which spirite he also went preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson 20 Which sometime had ben disobedient when once the long sufferyng of God abode in y e dayes of Noe whyle the Arke was a preparyng wherein fewe that is to say eyght soules were saued in the water 21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs euen baptisme not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe but in that a good conscience maketh request to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christe 22 Which is on the ryght hande of God and is gone into heauen angels powers and myght subdued vnto hym ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth men to ceasse from sinne 2 to spende no more tyme in vice 7 to be sober and apt to pray 8 to loue eche other 12 to be pacient in trouble 15 to beware that no man suffer as an euyll doer 16 but as a christian man and so not to be ashamed 1 FOr as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde for he which suffereth in the fleshe ceasseth from sinne 2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue as much tyme as remayneth in y e fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyll of God 3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe after the wyll of the gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse lustes in excesse of wynes in excesse of eatyng in excesse of drynkyng and abominable idolatrie 4 And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote and therefore speake they euyll of you 5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead 6 For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto y e dead that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe but should lyue before God in the spirite 7 The ende of all thynges is at hande 8 ☞ Be ye therefore sober and watche vnto prayer 8 But aboue all thynges haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes 9 Be ye harberous one to another without grudgyng 10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft euē so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God 11 If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes
place where one abideth all nyght “ VVent foorth (q) He that hath coÌ„science of sinne seeth that affliction commeth from God (r) They tell here no more theÌ„ they thought made for their owne honestie and fame (Å¿) Ioseph meant not to grieue his father yet so wyse mens dedes ende otherwise then they minded (t) He was also tempted with the decay of Gods promise whiche shoulde continue in his seede that nowe dayly decayed (v) Not that he thought his father myght do so lawfully but that he would take away his fathers suspicion (x) Affection blyndeth him that he yet seeth not wheâ— is best to be done (a) This was in y e ende of the seconde yere of dearth (b) Moyses leaueth out much perticuler talke that Ioseph had (c) Meanyng though they hated their brother yet they shoulde haue pitied hym “ Of vs. “ Mouth “ Or chydren (d) He would purge himselfe and his brethren of the suspition their father had of them and doth not warrant hym selfe of the successe “ Of the prayse of the lande (e) This thing had proued well with hym before Gen. xxxii (f) Wisdome and equitie in Iacob (g) Iacob doth al things necessarie yet resteth vppon God only in a matter betwixt man and man “ Eate (h) An euyll conscience taketh all thynges suspiciouslye “ Tumble or rolle him selfe vpon vs. (i) They woulde shewe them selues innocent before they be accused (k) Ioseph instructed his owne familie in the knoweledge of God though he coulde not refourme the whole realme “ Peace (l) Thus they fulfyll Iosephes dreame which they mocke before (m) He consideryng the troubles of his father the sorowes of his mother and his owne seruitude about the tyme of Beniamins byrth spake thus “ Bowels (n) Superstition hath pride and outwarde cleanenesse folowing her with contempt of the trueth (o) The cause Moyses sheweth in the xlvi Chapter “ Man to his felowe (p) The order of their sitting caused them to maruayle “ Dronke (a) Simplicitie in dealyng is coÌ„maunded to euery man there such examples are not to be folowed whiche were done vppon some singuler motion of God “ In the which be prophecieth (b) He went not to the cuniurers for any matter but this is sayde by dissimulatioÌ„ to increase the crime (c) A good coÌ„science maketh theÌ„ bolde to excuse them selues (d) Men should be discrete wyse in defendyng their innocencie (e) This seruaunt was as cloase a dissembler as his maister “ Or do prophecie (f) Though he dyd not the thyng he shoulde not haue nourished the opinion that he so dyd “ Iustifie (g) Men in trouble without any cause knoweÌ„ ought to thynke on the secrete iudgementes of God (h) Iuda knowe the maner of men in auctorite to be loth to be spoken vnto familierlye “ As thou as Pharao (i) A wyse and vehement oration (k) As if he had ben the cause that Bâ—niamin came in to Egypt and therfore shuld be mercyfull (l) 〈…〉 lye theâ— hâ—d mâ—de 〈◊〉 of 〈…〉 So wickednesse will bewraye it selfe (m) That is whoÌ„ he loueth as his lyfe “ Tied vnto “ Or Shall sinne or he giltie of sinne (n) A token of godlynesse not to feare the blame of breakyng promise and fidelitie (o) Chyldren shoulde procure the long lyfe of their parentes (a) He would not haue the shame of their wickednesse spread abroad (b) This is not to be reprehended for the godlye haue not stony heartes (c) But a good conscience in all sodayne cases maketh men stout (d) He doth not onlye forgeue their sinne but also couereth their shame “ Or Remnaunt (e) Though God vse the wicked and turne their doynges to his purpose yet they are not excusable for their mischeuous intent (f) He doth not bragge of his glory but woulde 〈◊〉 his father by thâ—s worke of God (g) It was called afterwarde Thebaâ—da “ Goshen (h) The godly may auoyde pouertie by honest meanes (i) He spake vnto them in the Hebrewe tounge (k) The loue of brethren (l) It was a token of full reconciliation betwixt them (m) This was Gods singuler worke for the Egyptians coulde not abyde the Hebrewes (n) The kâ—nges chareties serueth the Churche of God “ Let not your eyes spare your vesselles “ Mouth (o) These were manifest tokens of his good wyl and argumentes to perswade that their report message was true (p) In common faultes when euerye man woulde excuse hym selfe there ariseth contention “ VVas loosed (q) The auctours of lyes are scarce beleued when they tell trueth (r) His loue was not decayed by space of tyme. (a) In the begynnyng of his iourney he calleth vppon God and protesteth not to leaue this fayth though he left his countrey (b) For the lande of Chanaan was as a pledge of Gods spirituall benediction therfore he was loth to leaue it (c) God woulde not haue him trust to the prouision of Ioseph or any other (d) The godlye forsake not their owne goodes rashlye to lyue vppon other mens idelly ☞ (e) He is not named in the looke of Nu. and Chro because he dyed without isshewe Nu. vi i. Chro. iiii Gen. 38. “ Chotsron “ Or Persons (f) Iacob must be counted as one of this number for he was the begynnyng head of the reste (g) Num. 26. He is named Asm (h) He semeth to haue left no familie after hym Nu. 26. (i) She is so speciallye called because he serued for her woulde haue maryed none other but that he was beguiled “ Menashsheth ☜ (k) It was of Gods special grace that in fewe yeres so smal a number grewe to such a multitude as came out of Egypt “ Or To prepare for hym in Gosen (l) His dignitie letteth him not froÌ„ doyng his duetie to his father (m) He wyll do nothyng as of priuate affectioÌ„ though his auctoritie was great (n) Ioseph is not ashamed of the basenes of his kinrede (o) This pryde of the enemie made for the better vnityng of the Churche and other commodities “ Of the extreme partes (a) A fitte question for a magistrate to aske (b) The godlye are not ashamed of the basenesse of their occupation so it be lawfull (c) It was in the confines of the lande of Chanaan and 〈…〉 and in the extreme partes of Egypt (d) That is wisheth hym health from God with thankes for his benefites “ The dayes of the yeres of thy lyfe (e) He doth not complaine of his dayes but prayseth God for his goodnes towardes his fathers (f) Whiche was a citie of Gosen (g) That is he prouided for them all from the least to the most (g) God prouideth for his when moste fruitfull lands want (h) The kinges money and treasure is sincerelye handled (i) Ioseph is not to be condempned of crueltie for he was but another mans officer herein and they had to paye (k) God punished the delicate pryde of this people by this extreme hunger (l) This was a token
with dogges in the mornyng Euenyng prayer “ roring (a) Such as contayne the prayses of God (b) To hope for nothyng but my graue “ Myne owne alone So is the sense of maÌ„ called for that it of all thynges on the earth is only heaueÌ„lye from heauen Or as it is takeÌ„ for his lyfe which is desolate and forsaken of all “ Hande (c) An Vnicorne is a cruel perilons beasts which can not be tamed (d) Rich men shall sacrifice vnto God and eate at the Lordes table (e) Although Christe was content to dye and was put to death yet the dead shall knowledge hym to be their redeemer (f) For his people (g) God hath done no lesse then they declare Mornyng prayer (a) In doyng not good but euyll for man hath his soule to do good (b) That is kâ—ngdomes impires and magistrates For in gates princes and magistrates were wont to sit in counsell and iudgement (a) Shall haue aboundaunce of good and of felicitie “ In good (b) The misteries of our redemption “ Enlarged (a) In mine innocence (b) It was not lawful for him to touche the aulter “ In a voyce of confession for to heare “ Of the tabernacle of thy glory (c) Destroy not (d) That is I am safe and sure through thy helpe Euenyng prayer That God is my light strength and lyfe (b) Gods beautifulnes is his promises lawes ceremonies sacrifices and sacramentes (c) Made with ioy with songes and blast of trumpettes “ Soule “ Rocke “ Lest peraduenture thou holdest thy peace from me and I become “ Confesse (a) Who toke Dauids part “ Of the saluation of his annoynted (a) That is thunder (b) Mightie in operation (c) For state In great thuÌ„ders hilles seeme to be shaken (d) It is a hill called also Heruton “ Cutteth out (e) Thunder with terrible lightning (f) As God was aucthour of Noes flud to punishe the wicked so wil he haue like aucthoritie styll (g) In geuing them peace prosperitie It is thought that Dauid deliuered from a greuous sicknes did make this psalme at the dedication of his house newe buylt at Hierusalem Morning prayer (a) To God in the temple whiche is a memoriall of his holynes or where he is remembred deuoutly (b) Although God hath punished me with sicknes for a short time yet I feele his good wyl towardes me all my life long “ Shall harbour (c) Thou hadst so established my regall dignitie with all felicitie “ Confesse (d) I in all my royaltie and dignitie “ Confesse (a) Calamities wherewith he was punished for his sinne (b) Which I haue to liue (c) Liberalitie “ VVorked (d) Reproche (e) Sauing me in y e midst of mine enemies no lesse then if I had ben in a holde without dauÌ„ger of them (f) Punishyng hym for his sinne () A doctrine not of reason but of God of his Church only Euenyng prayer (a) To cloke or excuse his sinne (b) Confessing not my faultes (c) The time of finding god is when sinne is confessed pardon asked (d) No calamitie perill or daunger shal hurt him “ Counsell (a) True and permanent (b) Of his bountifull liberalitie (c) All none excepted “ Falshood that is a horse deceaueth those that looke to be saued by him (d) In the time of dearth Abimeleck (a) Whose heartes be broken and who be desolate Morning prayer “ Pit of their net (a) I with all my wyt and strength (b) I prayed for them as I woulde for mâ—ne owne selfe (c) In their aduersitie “ Halting “ Impotent or lame (d) With their tongues “ My one only that is my life whiche only they seeke “ Aha aha (e) That we desired “ Aha to our soule “ Peace (a) Or truth (b) High mountaines (c) Preseruing them in this life making them nourishing them and defending them (d) Or precious “ Fatnesse (e) In this life and after this life Euening prayer (a) Teache the trueth and liue in the way of trueth “ Iudgment “ Only for to do euill (b) Of destruction and ruine “ That is most precious of lambes “ He passed away and â—o he was not â–ª (c) The posteritie () Gods wrath against sinne Morning prayer The name of a musition 1. Chro. 16. and 25. “ VVith a moosell “ Measure “ Aâ— vanitie 〈◊〉 man â—deth “ Gather (a) Thou punishedst me with sicknesse “ Pit of noyse that is a pit wher the running water made a great noyse (a) From God “ thoughtes (c) Redy 〈◊〉 do thy wyll (b) To vnderstande thy wyll “ Roule of the booke “ Intralles (d) Let their rewarde who woulde shame me be a desolation “ Aha aha Euenyng prayer “ In the euyll day “ Soul◠〈…〉 wherâ—s 〈◊〉 â—â—â—stâ—ed my 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 “ A thyng 〈◊〉 “ Man of peace “ Perfection () To be song (a) For sorowe “ CoÌ„fession “ The saluations his countenaunce “ VVith a kyllyng in my bones myne enemies “ The saluations of my countenaunce “ The â—â—â—uatiâ—â—s of my countenaunce and my Lorde () To be song Mornyng prayer (a) Our fathers (b) Our fathers “ Smite (c) Or prouerbe (a) Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast of late founde by Christopher Columbo froÌ„ whence at this day is brought most fine golde “ Confesse Greatly Heâ—râ— â–ª “ A hygh sure holde to vs. (a) Straunge thynges or desolations “ A hygh sure holde to vs Euening prayer () To be song (a) To go agaynst Hierusalem “ Tharsis (b) The villages “ Iehuda â—ale sâ—ng Aswell 〈◊〉 â—hen 〈◊〉 Adam as the children as man (a) All their doinges be â—ked who dispayre of Gods goodnesse in adâ—ersitie (b) No riche man can scape death lyue he neuer so long before he dieth (c) Man be he neuer so braue or honourable for his riches endeth this lyfe as an asse or dogge and is quickly forgotten for all his riches tolitie landes buildinges “ Loue their mouth that is shewe them selues more fooles then their fathers in that they wyll not be warned by their fathers examples foolishnesse to take a better way of lyfe (d) At the day of resurrection “ The hand of hell “ He in lyfe blessed his soule (e) Lyue voluptuously in all kynde of pleasures of this worlde (f) Man lyke a beast seeth not that al his worthynesse true honour to be of God and not of hym selfe or of the worlde To be song of Asaph Mornyng prayer (a) Dissemble any more “ Myne or with me (b) I dissembled “ Bath thaba (a) Pronounced iust “ Or when thou iudgest (b) Induyng my heart with wisdome thorowe the holy ghost â–ª “ Broken (a) To the wicked and to the godly Euenyng prayer “ Stinke That loue me taking my part (b) Whiche they haue deuised for me “ The face 〈◊〉 modest 〈◊〉 Dauid fleeing to his enemies the Philiâ—ines when he was forced to
Gen. 48. a. Iosu iiii d. (a) As the vine spoyled of her grapes beareth newe the yere folowyng so the Israelites enioying rest after afflictions renewed their former wickednesse and idolatrie (b) Promising to be faithfull to God (c) Thei pretende sinceritie â–ª but their fruites shewed the contrarie much like as when wormewood groweth where wheate was loked for Luk. xxiii c Apoc. vi c (d) In those dayes wast thou as wicked as the Gabaonites and hast continued on the same euer sithence (e) Byndyng them selues together by leagues to ayde one another as cattell are yoked together at the plough (f) Delityng in pleasure profite without payne (g) I wyl lay the yoke of affliction on his necke (h) To be caryed away vnto captiuitie (i) The remnaunt of the people shall remayne and tyl y e grounde Exod iii. b. Mat. i. c. (a) The prophetes called the people (b) He meaneth Moyses (c) That is frendly not as beastes (d) He fed them with Manna in the desert (e) For their vnthankfulnesse they shal be led captiue into Assyria (f) The villages adioynyng to the cities (g) Which were two of the cities destroyed with Sodome Gen. xix d. Deut. 29. a. (h) Ruleth their people agreeyng to Gods worde 4. Reg. 16. d. Esai 57. b. Gen. xxv c. Gen. 32. d. Gen. 35. b. Gen. 32. d. Gen. 35. b. (a) More lyke to the wicked Canaanites then to Abraham and the Godlye patriarches Apoc. iii. c. Gen. 28. b. Esai xlvi a. Ezec. xvi b. Ozea ii b. (a) When they sacrificed their children to Moloch (b) That is worship the Caifes set vp by king Hieroboam 3· re 12. Exod. xx a. Esai xliii b. Exo. xliii b. Iob. xxii a. 1. Reg. 8. a. (c) As a woman not labouring at the birth of her childe destroyeth her selfe and the childe so the people if they do not repent when God punisheth for sinnes are occasion of their owne destruction 1. Cor. 15. f. Iere. xviii a. Eze. xviii c. 3. Reg. xii e. Iere. xviii a. Eze. xviii c. 3. Reg. xii e. Psal xxii a. Hebr. iii. c. “ Or 〈◊〉 Iere. ix b. Psal xviii c. (a) That is a worme that hath winges shaueth of the vtmost â—ine of hearbes the tender barke of trees feeding on them Nahum 3. c. (a) At the first beginning belonging to sunning and in the first beginning belonging to cornyng or hardnyng of corke that there be no hinderaunce for lacke of necessarie rayne (a) He 〈…〉 deth to the victorie descâ— 2. Par. 20. (b) They bestowed the spoyle of gods people on whordome drunkennesse (c) When the measure of wickednesse is full then destruction is at hande “ Or herdmen “ Or prophecied Zach. xiiii a. “ Or pastures Or perishe a The manifold sinnes of Damascus are ment by three foure which make seuen Or transgresâ—ions Or bring her againe or â—rne to it iiii Re. viii ◠“ Or cut of “ Or valley “ Or pleasure “ Or Gaza “ Or away prisoners the whole captiuitie “ Or Gaza “ Or Accaâ—on “ Or transgressions (b) For Esau of whoÌ„ came the Edomites Iacob were brethren “ Heb. corrupt his compassioÌ„s “ Or his anger spoyled (c) He noteth the great crueltie of the Ammonites that spared not the women with childe “ Or turne to him (a) That is into asshes “ Or preasse vnto the head or tread vpon the head “ Or wretched Or young woman “ Or sit downe Exo. xxii d. “ Or of such as they haue fyned or mulcted Num 21. d. Deut. ii f. “ Or abstayners “ Or swift by flight shall not escape Deut. iiii (a) That is â—alamitie or aduersitie “ Or For. “ Or who wil not prophecie “ Or iniurie â–ª “ Or wickednesse “ Or cut of â–ª a That is to 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 (b) He alludeth to fishers which catche fishe by hookes and thornes “ Or cast downe the palace ii Re. xi g â–ª “ Or coÌ„mit wickednesse Deu 14 d. Leu. vii b. That is lacke of bread and meate “ Or caterpiller “ Or among you meaning some part of their countrey to haue ben ouerthrowen (d) Turne to him by repentaunce “ Or morning and darkenesse “ Or O ye house (a) That is the thickest darkenesse into the morning light “ Or assault (b) That is in opeÌ„ assemblies (c) Ye take both his money and also his foode wherewith he should liue Or great â—kednesse Or shall mourne “ Or shine (d) That is I wil not delite in the smel of your incense “ Or iudgement shal run downe (e) That idolâ— which ye esteemed as your king and caried about as ye did Chiun in the whiche images ye thought that there was a certeyne diuâ—nitie If God haue destroyed these excellent cities in three diuers kingâ—es â–ª as in Babylon Syria and of the 〈◊〉 hath â—ght their 〈◊〉 borders 〈…〉 greater â—nesse then yours yet are thinke 〈◊〉 to be better or to esâ— â–ª The kingdâ—â—es of Iut◠〈◊〉 Israel “ Or the ioy of them that stretched theÌ„ selues shall depart “ Or magnificeÌ„cie that is the riches and pompe c That is tâ— some neghbour that dwelleth neare about (d) He compareth them to baren rockes whervpon it is in vayne to bestow labour shewing that gods benefites can haue no place among them “ Or poison (e) That is from one corner of the countrey vnto an other For Antioche which is here called Hemath and the west sea which is here signified by the riuer of the wildernesse are the vtter borders of the countrey of the ten tribes see 4. Re. 14 â–ª f (a) After the publicke commaundement for mowing was geuen or as some reade after y e kinges sheepe were shorne (b) That is stayed this plague at my prayer “ Or the possession meaning the whole fielde (c) Signifying that this shoulde be the last measuring of the people and that he would differ his iudgement no longer “ Or sanctuaries or holy places Which signified the ripenesse of their sinnes â–ª and the redinesse of gâ—ds iudgementes That is the measure small and the price great That is the inhabitauntes of the land shal be drowned as Nilus drowneth many when it ouerfloweth (d) In the mids of their prosperitie I wil send great affliction For the idolaters did vse to swere by their idoles which here he câ—lleth their sinne That is the comon maner of worshipping â–ª and the seruice or religion there vsed Which was at Hierusalem Or wound them in the head euen all Both the chiefe of them and also the comon people b That is â–ª 〈…〉 That is the whale or some other huge beast of the sea “ Or ascents or degrees (d) That is am I more bound vnto you then to the Ethiopians or blacke Mores â— yet haue I bestowed vpon you greater benefites (e) Meaning that none of his shoulde perishe in his wrath “ Or vpon whom my name is called (f) Signifying that ther shal be great
of the tree of lyfe and eate and lyue for euer 23 Therefore the Lorde God sent hym foorth frō the garden of Eden to worke the grounde whence he was taken 24 And so he droue out man and at the east side of the gardē of Eden he set Cherubins and a fierie two edged sworde to kepe the way of the tree of lyfe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Cain 3 Abel and Cain do offer gyftes vnto the Lorde 6 Cain is rebuked of the Lorde 8 He kylleth his brother Abel 11 Cain is cursed 13 Cain despaireth 17 Henoch 18 Irad Meuiael Mathusael 19 Lamech and his wyues Ada Sella 21 Iubal 22 Thubalcain Noema 26 The worshyppyng of God is restored 1 AND Adam knewe Heua his wyfe who conceauing bare Cain saying I haue gotten a man of the Lorde 2 And she proceading brought foorth his brother Habel and Habel was a keper of sheepe but Cain was a tyller of the grounde 3 And in processe of dayes it came to passe that Cain brought of the fruite of the grounde an oblation vnto y e lorde 4 Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe of the fatte thereof and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel and to his oblation 5 But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth and his countenaunce abated 6 And the Lorde saide vnto Cain why art thou wroth and why is thy countenaunce abated 7 If thou do well shalt thou not receaue and yf thou doest not well lyeth not thy sinne at the doores Also vnto thee shall his desire be and thou shalt haue dominion ouer hym 8 And Cain talked with Habel his brother and it came to passe when they were in the fielde Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother slewe him 9 And the Lorde said vnto Cain where is Habel thy brother Which sayde I wote not Am I my brothers keper 10 And he sayde What hast thou done the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde 11 And nowe art thou cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande 12 If thou tyll the grounde she shall not yeelde vnto thee her strength A fugitiue and a vacabound shalt thou be in the earth 13 And Cain sayde vnto the Lord My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen 14 Beholde thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth from thy face shall I be hyd fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth and it shall come to passe that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me 15 And the Lorde said vnto him Veryly whosoeuer slayeth Cain he shal be punished seuen folde And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde dwelt in the lande of Nod eastwarde from Eden 17 Cain also knewe his wyfe whiche conceaued and bare Henoch and buyldyng a citie he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch 18 Vnto y e same Henoch was borne Irad Irad begat Mehuiael Mehuiael begat Methusael Methusael begat Lamech 19 And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues the name of the one was Ada and the name of the other was Sella 20 And Ada bare Iabel which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes and of such as haue cattell 21 His brothers name was Iubal which was the father of such as handle Harpe and Organ 22 And Sella also bare Thubalcain which wrought cunnyngly euery craft of brasse and of iron the sister of Thubalcain was Noema 23 And Lamech saide vnto his wiues Ada and Sella Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech hearken vnto my speache for I haue slayne a man to the woundyng of my selfe a young man to myne owne punishment 24 If Cain shal be auenged seuen folde truely Lamech seuentie tymes seuen tymes 25 Adam knewe his wyfe agayne and she bare a sonne and called his name Seth For God sayde she hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe 26 And vnto the same Seth also there was borne a sonne and he called his name Enos then began men to make inuocation in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 He repeateth the creation of man 3 Men. 5 Adams age 6 Seth. 9 Enos 12 Mahalaleel 21 Henoch 25 Mathuselah 29 Noah 32 The sonnes of Noah 1 THis is the booke of the generations of Adā In the day that God created man in the lykenesse of God made he hym 2 Male and female created he them and blessed them and called their name Adam in the daye of their creation 3 And Adam lyued an hundreth and thirtie yeres and begate a sonne in his owne lykenesse after his image called his name Seth. 4 Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eyght hūdreth yeres and he begat sonnes and daughters 5 And all the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thirtie yeres and he dyed 6 Seth lyued an hundreth fyue yeres and begat Enos 7 And Seth lyued after he begat Enos eyght hundreth and seuen yeres and begat sonnes and daughters 8 And all the dayes of Seth were nine hundreth twelue yeres and he dyed 9 Enos lyued ninetie yeres and begate Kenan 10 And Enos lyued after he begate Kenan eyght hundreth fiftie yeres and begate sonnes and daughters 11 And all the dayes of Enos were nine hundreth fyue yeres and he dyed 12 Kenan lyued seuentie yeres and begate Mahalaleel 13 And Kenan liued after he begate Mahalaleel eyght hūdreth fourtie yeres and begate sonnes and daughters 14 And all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and ten yeres and he dyed 15 Mahalaleel liued sixtie and fiue yeres and begate Iered 16 And againe Mahalaleel liued after he begate Iered eyght hundreth thirtie yeres and begate sonnes daughters 17 And al the dayes of Mahalaleel were eyght hundreth ninetie and fiue yeres and he dyed 18 Iered lyued an hundreth sixtie two yeres and he begate Henoch 19 And Iered liued after he begat Henoch eyght hundreth yeres begate sonnes and daughters 20 And all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeres he died 21 Henoch lyued sixtie and fiue yeres begate Methuselah 22 And Henoch walked with God after he begate Methuselah three hundreth yeres and begate sonnes daughters 23 And al y e dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeres 24 And Henoch walked with God and he was no more seene for God toke him away 25 Methuselah also lyued an hundreth eyghtie and seuē yeres and begate Lamech 26
Sapi. i. Psal lxviii Iohn xx Hber v. i. Cor. x. Math. xxii Colo. iii. Psal cxix Deut. xvi Iohannes Sarisberi In policratico lib 8. cap. 19. VV. de regibus Galfride mon. Tho. aruÌ„del in concilio apud oxon an 1407. articlo 7. i. Pet. i. Act. xvii i. Pet. i. Ang. contra epistolam permemini Hieronimus Tertullian de doctrina christiana Chrisost in Mat Ho. 49 Basilius Hieronimus i. Pet. i. i Peter â— Psal xi Concilium braccar secundum Inter leges Edwardi Ex archiuis de statu landauensis ecclie in vita archiepiscopi dubritii in I. capgrauâ— Rom. xv And yet may it be true that W. of Malsberie writeth that Phaganus and Deruuianus were sent after as Coadiutours with these learned men to the preaching of the Gospell whiche was neuer extinguished in Britanie froÌ„ Ioseph of Aramathia his time as to S. Austen the first byshop of Canter â–ª they do openly auouche Eccle. xi Sapiâ—x De doctri christia Hosius in confessionâ— catholicae fidi de SacroÌ„ penitentiae Idem Hosius de Spe. oratione De doctr christi lib. 2. cap. 5. Articulo 17. coÌ„tra Luth. Psal cxix Sapi. ix Psal cxix a Math. iiii a. Luk xii g. S. Chrisostome The conclusion The kynges highnesse hath alowed the scripture as necessarie for vs. There is nothyng but it may be abused Rom. viii Psal 50. * Abraham was taken from â—ur in Chaldeâ— the place of his birth â–ª the â—0 yere of his age and came to dwell in Charran where his father dyed then beyng .75 yeres came to the lande of Chanaan Genes 12. Fiue and twentie yeres after he begat Isaac Gene. 21. So he that reckeneth the yeres of the peregrination of Abraham and his successoures till the deliueraunce of Egypt beginning at that time that he departed out of his countrey he shall finde 430. yeres mentioned Exod. 24. but beginning their reckening at the birth of Isaac they shall finde onely 400. yeres And thus ought Gene. 15. and Act. 7. treating theron to be vnderstanded * The yeres that the people were gouerned by those that the scriptures called Iudges including from Iosua to Samuel excepting the time of the oppression vnder the Ammonites amounteth to .357 yeres Now it is sayd Act. 13. that this time amounteth to about .450 yeres Where is to be noted that this place hath ben corrupted and in steede of three hundreth they haue set foure hundreth whiche reading of .300 agreeth very well with that whiche is contayned in the scriptures touching the sayde yeres “ Or Ahaziahu * Amasias raigned 29. yeres the 15. yere of the sayde Ieroboam and began to raigne ouer Israel in Samaria 4. Re. 14. So the 29. yeres of the raigne of Amasias finished the 15. yere of the sayd Ieroboam now it is manifest that Azarias the sonne of Amazias began to raigne but the .27 yere of the sayde Ieroboam 4. Reg. 15. then it foloweth that betweene the ende of the raigne of Amasias and the beginning of Azarias there falleth out eleuen yeres that are left out * There is difference betweene authors touching the beginning of the 70. wekes of Daniel some begin the sayde weekes from the first yere of Cyrus other from the tenth yere of Darius Longimanus and some other from the sixte yere of the same but it is likelyest that it shoulde be the 20. yere because that that whiche is written Daniel 9. hath relation to Nehemias the seconde a That is in the begynnyng b That is generation or creation Psal 33. a. Psal 136. a. Eccle. 18. a. Act. xiiii c. Act. xvii d. (a) The depe the waters â— the heauen signifie that â—ude body that was afterwarde garâ—ished with â—yghtes (b) The holy ghost dyd preâ—erue that confused body “ Hebre. One day “ Hebre. And the euenyng was and the mornyng was the first daye The .2 day “ Hebre. A stretchyng out or setting abroad Ierem. x. c. (c) All that rowme wherin the aier the sunne moone and starres be is so named Psal cxlviii (d) It is the power of god that holdeth vp y e cloudes Psal 33 b. The .3 day (e) That is all the waters which were in the lowest partes of the aâ—er (f) The goodnes of God in prouidyng for maâ— beast before they were made (g) Fruitfulnesse in trees and hearbes was before sun or moone was made Psal 136. b. Deut. iiii b. The .4 day (h) These lyghtes were not made to serue Astronomers phantasies but for signes in natural thinges and tokens of gods mercie or wrath (i) The true vse of the heauenly bodyes is oft repeated lest men shoulde abuse them Iere. xxxi d The .5 day (k) God gaue them vertue to â—ructifie and bryng foorth the lyke The .6 day (l) One God and three persons Coloss iii. b. (m) Man is created lyke vnto God in perfecte nature which by sinne he afterwarde corrupted (n) We ought to labour to repayre this image so oft repeated VVisd ii d. Eccle 17. a. Math. xix a (o) Lawfull procreation is the blessyng of God Gen. viii c. (p) Gods prouision for mans foode may teache vs sobrietie in all our diet Gen. ix a. Exod. iii. c. “ Hebre. Hath a lyuyng soule Eccle. 39. c. Mark 7. d. (a) No more newe creatioÌ„s of creatures are to be loked for yet God styll continuallye gouerneth and preserueth all thynges Ioh. xvii Exod. xx b. Hebre. iiii a (b) The seuenth daye consecrated to the seruice of God for man in his perfect state This base â—gâ—unâ—â—g â—n shoulde â—ember â— he waxed â—ude of 〈◊〉 image 〈◊〉 God By the â—guler counâ— of God â—s part of 〈◊〉 earth eastâ—arde from â—erusalem â—as more â—tfull and â—asaunt Or Paâ—dise of pleaâ—e Where â—den was â—saias 37. â—zech 27. In such â—ruelous aâ—undaunce â— prouision â—nâ— lust was excusable â—at could not â—ntayne froÌ„â—e fruite Which did â—eserue the â—dyly lyfe The â—ne agreeth â—th the surâ—sse that foâ—wed â—ccle 24. d. The â—â—maelites â—elt in this â—â—de Gen. 25 (i) Thus contayneth also the regions of the Madâ—anâ—tes and Arabians “ Or Tigris (k) God lyketh neither idlenesse nor negligence (l) Thus man for all his great gyftes shoulde learne obedience to God (m) By death is signified all the miseries wherin Adam wrapped him selfe by his fall from God (n) What the husband ought to thynke of his wyfe and what the wife oweth to her husbande Heb. As before hym (o) Man shewed himselfe Lorde of all beastes by geuyng them names “ Hebre. buylded (p) The first institution of matrimonie by God So all lawefull mariages are made by God i. Cor. xi b. i. Cor. xi b. (q) The Hebrue wordes are isch and ischa which properly can not be translated Mat. xix a. Mark x. a i Cor v. â— Ephes v. c. (r) The shame of nakednes is a token of our nature corrupted VVisd ii d. (a) The deuyl first wold make Heua doubt of gods good wyll towarde her (b) Heua rehearseth not gods
punyshmeÌ„t according to his worde i. Cor. xi a. (c) FroÌ„ doubtyng the deuyll bryngeth to denying (d) Sathan tempteth the woman also with ambitioÌ„ (e) The acte of sinne foloweth the miscrediting of gods worde Eccle. xxv i. Tim. ii d. () The corruption of all the nature of man by sinne (f) Such are the clokes we make to couer our synne (g) The corrupcion of mans nature after synne here appeareth (h) Adam playeth the hypocrite (i) Adam burdeneth God and the woman with his fault “ Or howe (k) In the minister is y e author of this mischiefe punyshed (l) The continuall fyght of the chyldreÌ„ of God Christe (m) Victorie is promysed by Christe to mans comfort () The calamities miseries whiche continually foloweth mankynde for synne i. Cor. xiiii f (n) He shulde haue ben his wyfes schoolmaister and preferred gods voyce before his wyues (o) It is not the age of the earth but the increase of synne that maketh the earth more barayne (p) Adam setteth foorth the benefite of lyfe which he receaued at Gods hands (q) It was gods gift that Adam thus prouided for hym selfe (r) God wold haue man and his posteritie to remember the cause of their miserie (Å¿) You may supplie the sentence with these wordes let vs caste him foorth (t) Adam can neuer in this lyfe obteyne y e felicitie which he loste by sinne (a) Heua thanketh god for the blessyng of chyldren “ he a man God (b) Though Adam was Lorde of all the earth yet he brought vp his chyldren not idelly (c) These chyldren were taught to worship God of their father d The faith of Habel made his oblatioÌ„ acceptable Hebr xi a. (e) The goodnesse of God towarde the godly greueth the wicked “ Or Shall ther not be an acceptation (f) That is God wyll accept thy sacrifice also if thei be offred faithfully (g) Cain had no â—e cause of enuie seing his auctoritie ouer Habel remayned sure vnto hym (h) Hypocrites disseÌ„blingly speke fayre VVisd x. Math. xxiii i. Para. iii. Iudges xi (i) With impietie mischiefe is foolyshnesse ioyned (k) God hath great care for his holy saintes (l) The very earth abhorreth sheddyng of blood (m) A fearefull conscience fyndeth reste no where “ Or My punyshement is greater theÌ„ that I may beare (n) See the degrees by the whiche Cain fel into desperation (o) A great punyshment not to be vnder the tuition of God (p) God wold haue Cain remayne for an example of his vengeaunce vpon murtherers (q) The excomunication or banishment of Cain (r) Temporall gyfts whiche God bestowed vpoÌ„ Cain and his posteritie (Å¿) For whatsoeuer cause this was don it was against the institution of matrimonie (t) Lamech a tyrant regardeth no mans councell but thynketh that he maye more safely persecut the iust men then Cain (v) By the chief part the whole seruice of God is signified whiche the godly began nowe to restore The preseruation of the Churche (a) The rehearsall of his succession or posteritie (b) Man a lyuely image of Gods wisdome iustice (c) The husbande and the wyfe as one man (e) Moyses speaketh not of Cain and such for that they wer not of the church neither came Christe of their line i. Chro. i a. (f) Adam lyued vnto Nohas fathers dayes (g) Thus the rewarde of sin is death thorowout all ages (h) Many holy patriarkes lyued in the church at one tyme. (i) They be only rehearsed by name who were as lyghtes in the Churche (k) He lyued vntyl the .84 yere of Noahs lyfe Eccle. 44. c. Hebr. xi a. (l) He directed his lyfe not after the maners of the world then but accordyng to gods word (m) Why god toke awaye this Godly preacher from the world see wisd the .4 chapter (n) As he was a singuler patrone of godly lyfe so was he an ensample of immortall lyfe resurrection (o) He lyued 6 yeres before the floud as S. Augustine reckeneth (p) Lamech prophesieth of the relief whiche the godly loked for in those miserable tymes (q) All the holy patriarkes rehearsed before dyed in this mans dayes (a) This corruption began long before Noahs tyme. (b) The sonnes of y e godly ioyned them selues with y e daughters of the wicked without all feare of God (c) God had gone about diuers ways to call the world to repentance but mans obstinacie was such as wold not obey but waxed beastly () Tyme of repentaunce grauÌ„ted to the wicked world (d) Tirannie and oppressioÌ„ an other cause of the floud (e) God saw not only y e out warde deedes of meÌ„ naught but their heartes set vpon wickednesse altogether so that ther was no hope they would amend Gen. viii d. Mat xv b. (f) Our sinne the punyshment thereof greeueth God (g) Moyses writeth of god to our vnderstandyng (h) That is God fauoured him and was merciful vnto hym (i) In those most corrupt tymes Noah continued iust and vpright (k) To the eyes of the worlde the wycked seemed as pure as Noah (l) Because all the inhabitaunce had corrupted both religion life (m) God by his threatninges sturreth Noah to greater care and feare (n) Gopher a very lyght kinde of wood (o) The length of the windowe was a cubite (p) It sâ—emed to the worlde then â— thing vnpossible () The vse of the arke (q) That Noah should â—e safe though all the worlde perishe (r) Gods promyse made Noah more redy to do gods commaundement (Å¿) Not one payre alone as appeareth in the next Chapter (t) God could haue fed al miraculouslye but he woulde haue meanes vsed (u) The true and ful obedience of Noah (a) Temporall benefites God bestoweth vpon the chyldren for the fathers godlines sake â— Pet. ii a. (b) Not seueÌ„ payre but three and one for sacrifice (c) God wold not haue Noah to be in doubt of any circumstaunce Mat. 24. d. Luk. xvii f. i. Pet. iii. d. (d) Noah obeyed not in one thing but in all that god commaunded (e) Age dyd not make Noah the slower to obey Gods wyll (f) As to Adam so nowe to Noah god caused all cattell to come (g) In the latter ende of Aprill when all thynges were moste pleasaunt theÌ„ this destruction came (h) God in his punyshment geueth place of repentaunce (i) This is oft tyme repeted for that it seemeth vncredible to the sense of man (k) The hand of God stayed the waters out of the arke (l) Moyses fyrst declareth how the godlye is saued then the destruction of the wycked (m) Thâ— were other particuler fluddes but this was vniuersall VVisd x. a. Eccle. xl (n) The greeuous punyshment of God for sinne (o) That is all that liued (p) Of fishe there is no mention made by Moyses (q) Thus was he rewarded y t rather folowed God then the multitude of wycked i. Peter iii. (a) God sheweth him selfe mindful by declaryng his helpe (b) God createth the wyndes and bringeth them out of his