face of the old maÌ„ aÌ„d dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌ„t nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌ„ces true weightes A true Epha aÌ„d a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ„ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌ„tes we may happelye escape â— ordlye iudges but we caÌ„not avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ„ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌ„d vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ„ kynd they haue both coÌ„mitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌ„d hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ„ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ„ go vnto a beest aÌ„d lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ„ aÌ„d the beest also they shal dye aÌ„d their bloud be apoÌ„ their hedes Yf a maÌ„ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌ„d se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌ„d she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌ„d thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ„ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌ„d not â—aâ—y the byrth as Iuda wolâ— haue burnt Thamar beinge great â—â— ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ„ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌ„d foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ„ or womaÌ„ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ„ shall stone them with stones aÌ„d their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌ„ge as she is a mayde aÌ„d dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ„ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ„ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ— heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌ„d not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌ„d the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ„ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
sokettes off brasse for them ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ANd thou shalt make an altare of sethim wodd fyue cubettes longe aÌ„d .v. cubettes brode that it be fouresquare and .iij. cubettes hye And make it hornes proceding out in the .iiij. corners of it and couer it with brasse And make his asshepannes shovels basens fleshhokes fyrepannes and all the apparell there of of brasse after the fascyon of a net aÌ„d put apon the nette .iiij. rynges euen in the .iiij. corners of it and put it beneth vnder the compasse of the altare and let the net reache vnto the one halfe of the altare And make staues for the altare of sethim wodd and couer theÌ„ wyth brasse and let them be put in rynges alonge by the sydes off the altare to bere it with all And make the altare holowe with bordes euen as it was shewed the in the mount so lett them make it And thou shalt make a courte vnto the habitacion which shall haue in the fouth syde haÌ„gynges of twyned bysse beyng an hundred cubettes longe and .xx. pilers thereof with there xx sokettes of brasse but the knoppes of the ¶ The forme of the alter of the burntosâ—rynge with his hornes ringes staues gredyernes and other ornametes And in the gate of the courte shal be a vayle of .xx. cubettes of lacyncte scarlet purpul and twyned bysse wroughte with nedle worke and .iiij. pilers with their .iiij. sokettes All the pilers rounde aboute the courte shal be whoped with syluer and their knoppes of syluer and their sokettes of brasse The length of the courte shall be an hundred cubettes and the bredth fiftye and the heygth fyue and the hangynges shal be of twyned bysse and the sokettes of brasse And all the vessels of the habitacion to all maner seruyce aÌ„d the pynnes there of ye and the pynnes also of the courte shal be brasse ¶ The figure of the orderinge of all the 〈◊〉 which must stande in the tabernacle And commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue the pure oyle olyue beaten for the lyghtes to poure all way in to the lampes In the tabernacle of witnesse without the vayle wich is before the wytnesse shall Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes dresse it both even and mornynge FroÌ„ hâ— ce vnto the bokes ende aÌ„d therovvâ— out att the nexte boke thou shalt se vvhat moued the Pope and vvhence he â—â—ke the fascion of the garmeÌ„tes and ornamâ—tes that are novve vsed in the chyrche and the maner of halovvenge off the church altare chalice â—onte belles aÌ„d so forth aÌ„d is become as it vvere a prest of the olde â—avve aÌ„d haue brought vs in to â—apâ—suite as it vvere vnder the cerâ—monies of the old lavve saue their spak and ours bedomâ—â—â— before the Lorde And it shal be a dewtie for euer vnto youre generacyous after you to be geuen of the childern of Israel The .xxviij. Chapter ANd take thou vnto the Aaron thi brother and his sonnes with him from amonge the childern of Israel that he maye minystre vnto me both Aaron Nadab Abiliu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes And thou shalt make holye rayment for Aaron thy brother both honorable and gloryous Moreouer speake vnto all that are wyse harted which I haue fylled with the sprete of wysdome that they make Aarons rayment to consecrate him wyth that he maye mynistre vnto me These are the garmentes which they shall make a brestlappe Ephod a tunycle a strayte cote a myter and a girdell And they shall make holye garmentes for Aaron thi brother aÌ„d his soÌ„nes that he maye mynistre vnto me And they shal take there to golde lacincte scarlet ¶ The forme of Aaron with all his apparell And they shall make the Ephod of golde Iacyncte scarlett purpull aÌ„d white twyned bysse with broderdworke The two sydes shall come together clossed vppe in the edges thereof And the girdell of the Ephod shal be of the same workemanshippe aÌ„d of the same stufle euen of golde Iacyncte scarlete purpull aÌ„d twyned bysse And thou shalt take two onyx stones and graue in them the names of the childern of Israel sixe in the one stone and the other sixe in the other stone acordinge to the order of their birth After the worke of a stonegrauer eueÌ„ as sygnettes are grauen shalt thou graue the. ij stones with the names of the childern of Israel aÌ„d shalt make theÌ„ to be set in ouches of golde And thou shalt put the two stones apoÌ„ the two shulders of the Ephod aÌ„d they shal be stones off remembraunce vnto the childern off Israel And Aaron shall bere their names before the Lorde vppon hys two shulders for a remembraunce And thou shalt make hokes off golde and two cheynes off fine golde lynkeworke and wrethed and fasten the wrethed cheynes to the hokes And thou shalt make the brestlappe of ensample with broderd worke eueÌ„ after the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it of golde Iacyncte scarlet purple aÌ„d twyned bysse shalt thou make it Fouresquare it shall be aÌ„d double an hand brede longe and an hand brede brode And thou shalt fyll it with .iiij. rowes of stones In the first rowe shal be a Sardios a Topas and Smaragdus The seconde rowe a Rubyn Saphir and a Diamonde The thyrd Lygurios an Acatt and Amatist The fourth a Turcas Onix and Iaspis And they shal be sett in golde in their inclosers And the stones shal be grauen as sygnettes be graueÌ„ with the names of the childern of Israel euen with xij names euery one with his name acordynge to the .xij. trybes And thou shalt make vppon the brestlappe .ij. fasteninge cheynes of pure golde aÌ„d wrethen worke And thou shalt make likewyse vppon the brestlappe .ij. rynges of golde and put them on the edges of the brestlappe and put the .ij. wrethen cheynes of golde in the .ij. rynges which are in the edges of the brestlappe And the .ij. endes of the .ij. cheynes thou shalt fasten in the .ij. rynges and put them vppon the shulders of the Ephod on the foresyde of it And thou shalt yet make .ij. rynges of golde aÌ„d put theÌ„ in the .ij. edges of the brestlappe eueÌ„ in the borders there of towarde the insyde of the Ephod that is ouer agaynst it And yet .ij. other riÌ„ges of golde thou shalt make aÌ„d Light aÌ„d perfectenesse In Hebrue it is lightes aÌ„d perfectnesses aÌ„d I thynke that the one vvete stones that did glister aÌ„d had light in them and the other clere stones as cristall And the lighte betokened the light of Godes vvorde and the purenesse cleane livinge acordvnge to the saute and vvas therefore called the ensamp'e of the childern of Israel because it put theÌ„ in remembraunce to sâ—ke Gods vvorde â—d to do there af â–ª put theÌ„ on the .ij. sydes of the Ephod beneth ouer agaynst the brestlappe alowe where the sydes are ioyned together vppoÌ„ the brodered girdell of the Ephod And they shall bynde the brestlappe by his rynges vnto the
wist ye not that soch a man as I can prophesie Then sayde Juda what shall we saye vnto my lorde what shall we speake or what excuse can we make God hath founde out the wekednesse of thy seruauntes Beholde â—oth we and he with whom the cuppe is founde are thy seruauntes And he answered God forbyd yâ— I shulde do so the man with whom the cuppe is founde he shal be my seruaunte but goo ye in peace vn to youre father Then Juda went vnto him and sayde oh my lorde let thy servaunte speake a worde in my lordes audyence and be not wrooth with thi servaunte for thou art euen as Pharao My lorde axed his seruaunte sainge haue ye a father or a brother And we answered my lord we haue a father that is old and a yonge lad which he begat in his age aÌ„d the brother of the sayde lad is dead he is all that is left of that mother And his father loueth him Then sayde my lorde vnto his seruauntes brynge him vnto me that I maye sett myne eyes apon him And we answered my lorde that the lad coude not goo from his father for if he shulde leaue his father he were but a deed man Than sayde st thou vnto thy servauntes excepte youre yongest brother come with you loâ—e that ye se my face no moare And when we came vnto thy servaunt oure father we shewed him what my lorde had sayde And when oure father sayde vnto vs goo agayne and bye vs a litle fode we sayd that we coude not goo Neverthelesse if oure youngeste brother go with vs then will we goo for we maye not see the mannes face excepte oure yongest brother be with vs. Then sayde thy servaunt oure father vnto vs. Ye knowe that my wyfe bare me .ij. sonnes And the one went out from me and it is sayde of a suertie that he is torne in peaces of wyld beastes and I sawe him not seâ—ce Yf ye shall take this also awaye froÌ„ me and some mys fortune happen apon him then shall ye brynge my gray heed with sorow vnto the grave Now therfore wheÌ„ I come to thy servaunt my father yf the lad be not with me seinge that his lyfe haÌ„geth by the laddes lyfe then as soone as he seeth that the lad is not come he will dye So shall we thy servauÌ„tes brynge the gray hedde of thy servaunt oure father with sorow vnto the grave For I thy servaunt became suertie for the lad vnto my father sayde yf I bringe him not vnto the agayne I will bere the blame all my life loÌ„ge Now therfore let me thy servaunt byde here for yâ— lad be my lordes bondman let the lad goo home with his brethern For how can I goo vnto my father and the lad not wyth me lest I shulde see the wretchednes that shall come on my father The .xlv. Chapter ANd Joseph coude no longer refrayne before all them that stode aboute him but commaunded that they shuld goo all out from him and that there shuld be no man with him whyle he vtâ—red him selfe vnto his brethern And he wepte alowde so that the Egiptians and the house of Pharao herde it And he sayde vnto his brethern I am Joseph doth my father yet lyue But his brethern coude not answere him for they were abasshed at his presence And Joseph sayde vnto his brethern come nere to me and they came nere And he sayde I am Joseph youre brother whom ye sold in to Egipte And now be not greued therwith nether let it seme a cruel thinge in youre eyes that ye solde me hither For God dyd send me before you to saue lyfe For this is the seconde yere of derth in the lande and fyue moo are behynde in which there shall nether be earynge nor hervest Wherfore God sent me before you to make prouision that ye myghte continue in the erth and to save youre lyues by a greate delyuerance So now it was not ye that sent me hither but God and he hath made me father vnto Pharao and lorde ouer all his house and â—ueler in all the land of Egipte Hast you aÌ„d goo to my father and tell him this sayeth thy sonne Joseph God hath made me lorde ouer all Egipte Come downe vnto me and tarye not And thou shalt dwell in the londe of Gosan be by me both thou and thi childern and thi childerns childern and thy shepe and beestes and all that thou hast There will I make provision for the for there remayne yet v yeres of derth lest thou and thi houshold and all that thou hast perish Beholde youre eyes do se and the eyes also of my brother Ben Jamin that I speake to you by mouth Therfore tell my father of all my bonoure which I haue in Egipte and of all that ye haue sene aÌ„d make hast and brynge in father hither ¶ And he fell on his brother Ben Jamis necke wepte Ben Jamin wepte on his necke Moreouer he kyssed all his brethern and wepte apon them And after that his brethern talked with him And when the ridynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Josephes brethern were come â—â— pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes And Pharao spake vnto Joseph saye vnto thy brethern this do ye lade youre beestes aÌ„d get you hence And when ye be come vnto the londe of Canaan take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me and I will geue you the beste of the lande of Egipte and ye shall eate the fatt of the londe And commaunded also This do ye take charettes with you out of the lande of Egipte for youre childern and for youre wyues and brynge youre father and come Also regarde not youre stuff for the goodes of all the londe of Egipte shal be youres And the childern of Israell dyd euen so And Joseph gaue them charettes at the commaundment of Pharao and gaue them â—â—tayle also to spende by the waye And he gaue vnto eche of them chaunge of rayment but vnto Ben Jamin he gaue iij. hundred peces of syluer and .v. chaunge of rayment And vnto his father he sent after the same maner x. he asses laden with good out of Egipte and .x. she asses laden with corne bred and meate to serue his father by the waye So sent he his brethern awaye and they departed And he sayde vnto them se that ye fall noâ— out by the waye And they departed from Egipte and came in to the land of Canaan vnto Jacob their father and told him saynge â–ª Joseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte And Jacobs hert wauered for he beleued theÌ„ not And they tolde him all the wordes of Joseph which he had sayde vnto them But when he sawe the charettes which Joseph had sent to carie him then his sprites reviued And Israel sayde I haue ynough yf Joseph my sonne be yet alyue I will goo and se him yer that I dye
the childern of Israel aÌ„d sayde God will not fayle but vysett you se thâ—â—fore that ye carye my boones hence And so Joseph dyed when he was an hundred and .x. yere olde And they enba â–ª wâ—â—ed him and put him in a chest in Egipte The end of the first booke of Moses ¶ A table expoundinge certeyne wordes Abrech tender father or as some will bowe the knee Arâ—fâ— a shippe made flatte as it were a chest or a cofer Bisse fyne whyte whether it be sâ—lfe or linen Blesse godes blessinges are his giftes as in the firste chaptre he blessed them sayng growe multiplye haue dominion c. And in the .ix. chaptre he blessed â—oâ— his sonnes gaue theÌ„ dominioÌ„ over all beestes authoryte to â—aâ—e theÌ„ And god blessed AbrahaÌ„ with catell aÌ„d other ryches And Jacob desyred Esau to receaue yâ— blessinge which he brought him yâ— is the preasent gifte God blessed the .vij. daye that is gaâ—e it a prehemynence that men shuld rest therein from bodely laboure lerne to know the will of god his lawes how to worke their workes godly all the wâ—ke after God also blesseth all nations in Abrahams seed that is he turneth his loue favoure vnto theÌ„ and geveth theÌ„ his spirite and knowledge of the true waye aÌ„d lust and power to walke therin and all for christes sake Abrahams sonne Cain so is it writen in Hebrue NotwitstoÌ„dinge whether we call him Cain or caim it maketh no matter so we vnderstond the meaninge Euery lande hath his maner that we call JhonÌ„ the welchemen call Evan the douch haÌ„â—â— Soch differeÌ„ce is betwene the Ebrue greke and laten and that maketh them that translate out of the ebrue varye in names from them that translate out of laten or greke Curse Godes curse is the takynge awaye of his benefytes As god cursed the erth and made it baren So now hunger derth warre pestilence and soch like are yet ryght curses and signes of the wrath of God vnto the vnbeleuers but vnto them that knowe Christ they are very blessinges and that wholsome crosse true purgatorye of oure flesh thorow which all must go that will lyue godly aÌ„d be saued as thou readest Maâ— .v. Blessed are they that suffre persecution for rightewesnes sake c. And hebrewes .xi. The lorde chastyseth whom he loveth and sâ—orgeth all the children that he receaveth Eden pleasure Firmament the skyeâ— Fayth is the belevinge of goddes promesses a sure trust in the goodnesse and truth of god Which faith iustifyeth AbrahaÌ„ gene .xv. and was the mother of all his good workes which he afterward did For faith is the goodnesse of all workes in the sight of God Good workes are thinges of godes comaundemeÌ„t wrought in faith And to sow a showe at the commaundement of god to do thy neyghboure service withall with faith to be saved by Christ as god promyseth vs. is moch better theÌ„ to bild an abbay of thyne awne imagination trustinge to be saved by the fayned workes of hypocrites Jacob robbed Laban his vncle Moses robbed the Egiptians And AbrahaÌ„ is aboute to slee and burne his awne sonne And all are holye workes because they were wrought in fayth at goddes commaundement To stele robbe and murther are no holye workes before worldly people but vnto them that haue their truste in god they are holye when god commaundeth them What god commaundeth not getteth no reward with god Holy workes of mens imagination receave their rewarde here as Christ testyfyeth Math .vj. How be it of fayth workes I haue spoken abundantly in mammon Let him that desyreth more seke there Grace fauoure As â—oe founde grace that is to saye favoure and love Ham and Cam all one Iehovah is goddes name nether is any creature so called And it is as moch to saye as one that is of him self and dependeth of nothinge Moreouer as oft as thou seist LORde in gre â–ª at letters excepte there be any erroure in the preÌ„tinge it is in hebrewe Iehovah thou that arte or he that is Marshall in hebrue he is called Sar tabaim as thou woldest saye lorde of the slaughtermen And though that Tabaim be takeÌ„ for cokes in many places for the cokes did â—le the beastes theÌ„ selues in those dayes yet it may be taken for them that put men to execution also And that me thought it shuld here best signifye in as moch as he had the oversight of the kinges preson and the kinges presoners were they neuer so great meÌ„ were vnder his custodye And therfore I call him cheffe marshall an officer as is the lefetenaunte of the toure or master of the marshalsye Slyme was their morter .xi. Chapter And slyme pittes xâ—ij chapter that slyme was a fattenesse that osâ—dout of the erth lyke vnto tarre And thou mayst call it cement if thou wilt Siloh after some is as moch to saye as sent after some happie and after some it signifieth Mesias that is to saye annoynted and that we call Christe after the greke worde And it is a prophesie of Christ For after that all yâ— other tribes were in captiuite their kyngdom destroyed yet the tribe of Iuda had a ruler of the samebloud even vnto the comynge of Christ And aboute the comâ—ge of Christ the Romaynâ— conquered them and the Emperoure gaue the kyngdom of tribe Iuda vnto Herode which was a straunger even an Edomite of the generacyon of Esau TestameÌ„t here is an appoyntemeÌ„t made betwene god and maÌ„ and goddes promyses And sacrameÌ„t is a signe representinge soch an appoynâ—â—ment and promeses As the raynebowe representeth the promyse made to â—oe that god will no more drowne the worlde And circumcision representeth the promyses of god to Abraham on the one syde and that AbrahaÌ„ and his sâ—ed shuld circumcyse and cut off the lustes of their freshe on the other syde to walke in the wayes of the lorde As baptyme which is come in the roume therof â–ª now signifieth on the one syde how that all that repent and beleue are washed in Christes bloud And on the other syde how that the same must quench aÌ„d droune the lustes of the flesh to folow the steppes of Christ There were tyrantes in the erth in those dayes for the sonnes of god sawe the doughters of men c. The sonnes of god were the prophetes childerne which though they succeded there fathers fell yet from the right waye and thorow falsehod of hypocrysye subdued the world vnder them and became tyrantes As the successours of the apostles haue played with vs. Vapor a dewymiste as the smoke of a sethyâ—â— gâ— pott To walke with god is to lyve godly and to walke in his commaundementes Enos walked with god and was no moare sene that is he lyved godly and dyed God toke him awaye that is god hyd his bodye as he did Moses aÌ„d Aarons lest haplye they shuld haue made an Idoll of him for he was a great preacher and
god promised AbrahaÌ„ that all nations of the worlde shuld be blessed came That is the lawe was geueÌ„ to vtter synne deeth damnatioÌ„ and curse aÌ„d to dryve vnto Christ in whoÌ„ forgeuenesse life iustifyinge aÌ„d blessinges were promised that we might se so greate love of god to vs ward in christ that we heÌ„ceforth ouercome with kindnesse might love againe aÌ„d of love kepe the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes So now he that goeth aboute to quiette his coÌ„scieÌ„ce aÌ„d to iustifye him silf with the lawe doth but heale his wondes with freatige coresyes And he that goeth aboute to purchase grace with ceremonies doth but sucke the alepope to qweÌ„ch his thirst in as moch as the ceremonies were not geveÌ„ to iustifie the herte but to signifie the iustifiynge and forgeuenesse that is in christes bloude Of the ceremonies that they iustifie not thou readest Ebrues .x. It is impossible that synne shuld be done awaye with the bloud of oxeÌ„ aÌ„d gootes And of the lawe thou readest Gala .iij. Yf there had bene a lawe geueÌ„ that coude haue quykened or geueÌ„ liffe then had rightuousnesse or iustifyinge come by the lawe in dede Now the lawe not only quyckeneth not the harte but also woundeth it with conscience of synne and ministreth deeth aÌ„d damnacioÌ„ vnto her ij Corin .iij. so that she must neades dye aÌ„d be damned excepte she finde other remedy so farre it is of that she is iustified or holpe by the lawe The newe testament is those euerlastinge promyses which are made vs in christ the Lorde thorow out all the scripture And that testameÌ„t is bylt on faith aÌ„d not on workes For it is not sayde of that testament he that worketh shall lyue But he that beleveth shall lyue as thou readest Ioan .iij. God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begoteÌ„ sonne that none which beleue in hi shuld perish but haue euerlastinge lyfe And when this testament is preached and beleued the sprete entreth the hart and quyckeneth it and geueth her lyfe and iustifieth her The sprete also maketh the lawe a lyuely thing in the herte so that a man bringeth forth good workes of his awne acord without compulsioÌ„ of the lawe without feare of threateninges or cursinges yee and with out all maner respecte or loue vnto any temporal pleasure But of the very power of the sprete receaved thorow faith As thou readest Ioan .i. He gaue them power to be the sonnes of God in that they beleued on his name And of that power they worke so that he which hath the sprete of christ is now no moare a childe he nether learneth or worketh now any longer for payne of the rodde or for feare of boogges or pleasure of apples But doth althinges of his awne courage As christ sayeth Ioan .vij. He that beleueth on me shall haue riuers of lyuinge water flowinge out of his belye That is All good workes aÌ„d all giftes of grace springe out of him naturallye and by their awne accorde Thou neadest not to wrest good workes out of him as a maÌ„ wold wringe veriuce out of crabbes Nay thei flow naturally out of him as springes out off hilles or rockes The newe testament was euer eueÌ„ from the beginning of the world For there were alwaye promyses of Christ to come by faith in whiche promyses the electe were then iustifyed inwardly before God as outwardly before the world by kepynge of the lawe and ceremonies And in conclusyon as thou seyst blessinges or cursynges folow the kepinge or breakynge of the lawe of Moses eueÌ„ so naturally do blessynges or cursynges folow the breakyng or kepynge of the lawe of nature out of which spriÌ„ge all oure temporall lawes So that wheÌ„ the people kepe the temporall lawes of their lond temporall prosperite and all maner of soch teÌ„porall blessynge as thou readest of in Moses doo accompanye them and fall vppon them And contraryewyse when they synne vnpunished aÌ„d wheÌ„ the rulars haue no respecte vnto naturall equyte or honestye theÌ„ God sendeth his curses amonge theÌ„ as hungre derth moren banynge pestileÌ„ce warre oppressyon with straunge aÌ„d wonderfull diseases aÌ„d newekyndes of misfortune aÌ„d evell lucke Yf any maÌ„ axe me seyng that faith iustifieth me why I worke I answere loue coÌ„pelleth me For as loÌ„ge as my soule fealeth what loue god hath shewed me in Christe I can not but loue god agayne aÌ„d his will aÌ„d coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes and of loue worke them nor caÌ„ they seme hard vn to me I thinke not my self better for my workynge nor seke heueÌ„ nor an hyer place in heueÌ„ because of it For a christeÌ„ worketh to make his weake brother perfecter aÌ„d not to seke an hier place in heueÌ„ I coÌ„pare not my filf vnto him that worketh not No he that worketh not to daye shall haue grace to turne aÌ„d to worke tomorow aÌ„d in the meane ceason I pytye hym aÌ„d praye for him Yf I had wrought the wil of god these thousande yeres aÌ„d another had wrought the will of the devell as long aÌ„d this daye turne aÌ„d be as well willynge to suffre wyth Christas â— he hath this daye ouertakeÌ„ me aÌ„d is as farre come as I and shall haue as moche rewarde as I. And I envye him not but reioyce most of all as of lofte tresure founde For yf I be of god I haue this thousand yere sofred to wynne him for to come aÌ„d prayse the name of God with me this M. yeres I haue prayed sorowed longed syghed aÌ„d sought for that whiche I haue this daye founde aÌ„d therfore reioyse with all my myght and prayse God for hys grace and mercy ALbe a longe garment of white lynen Arcke a cofer or cheste as oure shrynes saue it was flatte aÌ„d the sample of oure shrynes was taken thereof Boothe an housse made of bowes Brestlappe or brestflappe is soche a flappe as thou seist in the brest of a cope Consecrate to apoynte a thinge to holy vses Dedicate purific or sanctifie Ephod is a garment somwhat like an amyce saue the armes came thorow aÌ„d it was gird to Geeras in weyght as it were an englysh halff penye or somwhat more Heveoâ—â—ringe because they were hoven vp before the Lorde House he made theÌ„ houses that is he made a kynred or a multitude of people to springe out of them as we saye the house of Dauid for the kinred of Dauid PeaceoffriÌ„ge offeriÌ„ges of thaÌ„kes geuiÌ„ge of de uotioÌ„ aÌ„d not for coÌ„scieÌ„ce of sinne aÌ„d trespace Polute defyle ¶ Reconcyle to make at one and to bringe in grace or fauoure Sanctefie to eleÌ„se aÌ„d purifie to apointe a thinge vnto holie vses and to seperate froÌ„ vnclene aÌ„d vnholye vses ¶ Sanctuarie a place halowed and dedicate vnto god ¶ Tabernacle an house made tentwise or as a pauelion Tunicle moch like the vppermost garmeÌ„t of the deukeÌ„ ¶ Waueoffringe because they were waueÌ„ in the preastes haÌ„des to diuers quarters â–ª Worshuppe by worshuppinge whether it be in the old testameÌ„t or the
yf I haue foūde grace in thi sighte o Lorde than let my Lorde goo with us for it is a stuburne people and haue mercy apō oure wikednesse ād oure synne and let us be thyne enheritaunce And he sayde beholde I make an appoyntment before all this people that I will do maruells soch as haue not bene done ◠all the worlde nether amōge any nacyon And all the people amonge which thou art shall se the worke of the Lorde for it is a terryble thinge that I will doo with the kepe all that I commaunde the this daye and beholde I will cast out before the the Amorites Canaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites Take hede to thi selfe that thou make no compacte with the inhabiters of the lōde whether thou goest lest it be cause of ruyne amonge you But ouerthrowe their alters and breke their pilers and cutt doune their grooues for thou shalt worshippe no straunge God For the Lorde is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agreament with the inhabiters of the lande when they go a whoorynge after their goddes ād do sacrifyce vnto their goddes they call the and thou eate of their sacrifyce ād thou take of their doughters vnto thi sonnes and when their doughters goo a whoorynge after their goddes they make thi sonnes goo a whoorynge after their goddes also Thou shalt make the no goddes of metall The fest of swete bred shalt thou kepe ād vij dayes thou shalt eate vnleuended bred as I commaunded the in the tyme apoynted in the moneth of Abib for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egipte All that breaketh vp the matryce shal be mine and all that breaketh the matryce amonge thi catell yf it be male whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of the asse thou shalt by out with a shepe or yf thou redeme him not se thou breake his necke All the firstborne of thi sonnes thou must That is a god texte for the pope◠nedes redeme And se that no mā appeare before me emptye Sixe dayes thou shalt worke and the seuēth thou shalt rest both from earynge and reapynge Thou shalt obserue the feast of wekes with the fyrst frutes of wheate heruest ād the feast of ingaderynge at the yeres ende Thrise in a yere shall all youre men children appeare before the Lorde Ichouah God of Israel for I will cast out the nacyons before the and will enlarge thi costes so that no man shall desyre thi londe while thou goest vp to appeare before the face of the Lorde thi God thryse in the yere Thou shalt not offre the bloude of my sacrifyce with leuended bred nether shall ought of the sacrifyce of the feast of Passeover be lefte vnto the morninge The first of the firstfrutes of thy lōde thou shalt brynge vnto the house of the Lorde thy God And se that thou seth not a kydd in his mothers mylke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write these wordes for vppon these wordes I haue made a couenaunt with the and with the childern of Israel And he was there with the Lorde .xl. dayes ād .xl. nyghtes ād nether ate bred nor dronke water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenaunt euen ten verses And Moses came doune from mount Sinai and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande and yet he wyst not that the skynne of his face shone with beames of his comenynge with him And when Aaron and all the childern of Israel loked apon Moses and sawe that the skynne of his face shone with beames they were a frayde to come nye him But he called thē to him and then Aaron and all the chefe of the companye came vnto him ād Moses talked with them And at the last all the childern of Israel came vnto him and he commaunded them all that the Lorde had sayde vnto him in mount Sinai And as soone as he had made an ende of comenynge with them he put a couerynge apō his face But whēhe went before the Lorde to speak with him he toke the couerīge of vntill he came out And he came out and spake The Pope speaketh that whiche he is not commaunded vnto the childern of Israel that which he was commaunded And the childern of Israel sawe the face of Moses that the skynne of his face shone with beames but Moses put a couerynge vppon his face vntill he went in to comen with him The .xxxv. Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the companye of the childern of Israel together and sayde vnto them these are the thinges which the Lorde hath commaunded to doo Sixe dayes ye shall worke but the seuenth daye shal be vnto you the holy Sabbath of the Lordes rest so that whosoeuer doth any worke there in shall dye Moreouer ye shall kyndle no fyre thorow out all youre habitacyons apō the Sabbath daye And Moses spake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel sainge this is the thinge which the Lorde cōmaūded saynge Geue frō amōge you an heueoffringe vnto the Lorde All thatt are willynge in their hartes shall brynge heueoffringes vnto the Lorde golde syluer brasse Iacyncte scarlet purpull bysse ād gootes hare rams skynnes red and taxus skynnes and Sethim wodd and oyle for lightes ād spices for the anoyntynge oyle ād for the swete cens And Onixstones and stones to be sett for the Ephod and for the brestlappe And let all them that are wyseharted amōge you come and make all that the Lorde hath commaunded the habitacion and the tens there of with his couerynge ād his rynges bordes barres pilers and sokettes the arke and the staues thereof with the mercyseate ād the vayle that couereth it the table and his staues with all that perteyneth thereto ād the shewebred the candelsticke of lighte with his apparell and his lampes ād the oyle for the lightes the censalter and his staues the anoyntynge oyle and the swete cens ād the hangynge before the tabernacle dore the alter of burntsacrifyces ād his brasen gredyren that longeth there to with his staues ād all his ordynaūce ād the lauer and his fote the hangynges of the courte with his pilers and their sokettes and the hangynge to the dore of the courte the pynnes of the habitacion and the pynnes of the courte with their boordes the mynystrynge garmentes to mynystre with in holynesse and the holy vestimentes of Aaron the preast and the vestimentes of his sonnes to mynystre in And all the companye of the childern of Israel departed from the presence of Moses And they went as many as their hartes coraged them and as many as their spirites made them willynge and broughte heueoffrynges vnto the Lord to the makynge of the tabernacle of wytnesse and for all his vses and for the holy vestmentes And the men came with the wemen euen as manye as were willynge harted and brought bracelettes earynges rynges and girdels and all maner Iewels of golde And all the men that waued
Moses sayde oh nay leaue us not for thou knowest where is best for us to pitche in the wildernesse and thou shalt be oure eyes And yf thou goo with us loke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth apon us the same we will shewe apon the And they departed from the mount of the Lorde .iij. dayes iurney and the arcke of the testament of the Lorde went before them in the .iij. dayes iurney to serche out a restynge place for them And the cloude of the Lorde was ouer them by daye when they went out of the tentes And when the arcke went forth Moses sayde Ryse vp Lorde and lat thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flee before the. And when the arcke rested he sayde returne Lorde vnto the many thousandes of Ysrael ¶ The .xi. Chapter ANd the people waxed vnpacient vnd it displeased the cares of the Lorde And when the Lorde herde it he was wroth and the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them and consumed the vtter most of the hoste And the people cried vnto Moses he made intercession vnto the Lorde and the fyre qwenched And they called yâ— name of the place Tabera because the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them And the rascall people that was amonge them fell a lustynge And the childern of Ysrael also went to and wepte and sayde who shall geue us flesh to eate we remembre the fysh which we shulde eate in Egipte for noughte and of the Cucumbers and melouns lekes onyouns and garleke But now oure soules ar dryed awaye for oure eyes loke on nothynge els sane apon Manna The Manna was as it had bene coâ—ander seed and to see to lyke Bedellion And yâ— people went aboute and gathered it grouÌ„de it in milles or bett it in morters and boke it in pannes and made cakee of it And the tast of it was like vnto the tast of an oylecake And when the dewe fell aboute the hoste in the nyghte the Manna fell therewithe And when Moses herde the people wepe in their housholdes euery man in the dore of his tent then the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote excedyngly and it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde wherfore dealest thou so cruelly with thi seruaunte wherfore doo I not fynde fauoure in thi syghte seynge that thou puttest the weyght of this people apon me haue I conceyued all this people or haue I begote them that thou shuldest saye vnto me carye them in thi bosome as a nurse beareth the suckynge childe vnto the londe which thou swarest vnto their fathers where shulde I haue flesh to geue vnto all this people For they wepe vnto me sayenge geue us flesh that we maye eate I â—â— not able to bere all this people alone for it is to heuy for me Wherfore yf thou deale thus with me fyll me I praye the yf I haue founde fauoure in thi syght and let me not se my wrechidnesse And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses gather vnto me .lxx. of the elders of Ysrael which thou knowest that they are the elders of yâ— people and officers ouer them and brynge them vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and let them stonde there with the. And I wyll come doune and talke with the there and take of yâ— spirite which is apon the and put apon them aÌ„d they shall bere with them the burthen of the people and so shalt thou not beare alone And saye vnto yâ— people halowe youre selues agenst to morow that ye maye eate flesh for ye haue whyned in the eares of the Lorde saynge who shall geue vs flesh to eate for we were happie when we were in Egipte therfore the Lorde will geue you flesh and ye shall â—ate Ye shall not eate one daye only other .ij. or .v. dayes other .x. or .xx. dayes but euen a moneth longe aÌ„d vntill it come out at the nostrels of you that ye be ready to perbrake because that ye haue cast yâ— Lorde a syde which is amonge you and haue wepte before him saynge why came we out of Egipte And Moses sayde sixe hundred thousande fotemen are there of the people amonge which I am And thou hast sayde I will â—â—â—e them flesh and they shall care â— moneth â—oÌ„ge Shall the sheâ—e aÌ„d the oxen be slayne for them to fyâ—â—dâ— them ether shall all the fysh of the see be gathered together to serue them And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses is the lordes hande waxed shorte Thou shalt se whe ther my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not And moses went out and tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx elders of the people and sett them rounde aboute the tabernacle And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him aÌ„d toke of the sprete that was apon him aÌ„d put it apon the .lxx. elders And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els But there remayned .ij. of yâ— meÌ„ in the hoste the one called Eldad aÌ„d the other Medad And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they weÌ„â— not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoste And there ran a younge tolde Moses and sayed Eldad aÌ„d Medad do prophecye in the hoste And Iosua the sonne of Nil the seruaunte of Moses which he had chosen out answered and sayed master Moses forbyd them And Moses sayed vnto him enuy est thou for my sake wolde God that all the The pâ—pâ— wold that â—ne of the lordes people coud prophecie that none had his spirite Lordes people coude prophecye and that the Lorde wolde put his spirite apon them And then both Moses and the elders of Israel gat them in to the hoste And there went forth a wynde froÌ„ yâ— lorde and brought quayles from the see and let them fall aboute the hoste euen a dayes intney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoste and .ij. cubetes hye apon the erth And the people stode vpp all that nyghte and on the morowe aÌ„d gathered quayles And he that gathered the lest gathered .x. homers full And they kylled them rounde aboute the hoste And whyle the flesh was yet betwene theirteeth yer it was chewed vpp the wrath of the Lorde waxed whore apon the people and the Lorde slewe of the people an exceadynge myghtie slaughter And they called the name of the place the graues of lust because they buried the people that lusted there And the people toke their iurney from the graues of lust vnto hazeroth and bode at haâ—roth ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd Mir Jam and Aaron spake ageÌ„st Moses because of his wife of inde which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of India And they sayed doth yâ— Lorde speake oÌ„ly thorow Moses doth he not speake also by us And the Lorde herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all the men of the erthe And yâ— Lorde spake attonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron Mir
eyes of these men we wyll not come And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the Lorde Turne not vnto their offerynges I haue not taken so moch as an asse Can ourepre lates so saye from them nether haue vexed any of them Then Moses sayed vnto Corah Be thou aÌ„d all thy companye before the Lorde both thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery man his censer and put cens in them come before the Lorde euery man with hys censer two hundred and fyftie censers and Aaron with his censer And they toke euery man his censer and put fyre in them layed cens thereon and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and Moses Aaron also And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge separate youre selues from this congregacion that I maye consume them a tonce And they fell apon their faces and sayed O most myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ hath synned and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the congregacion and saye Gett you awaye from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan AbiraÌ„ the elders of Israel folowed him And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche nothinge of theres lest ye peryshe in all there synnes And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan and Abiram came out stode in the dore of there teÌ„tes with their wyues their sonnes and their childern And Moses sayed Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to doo all the se workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after the visitacion of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me But and yf the Lorde make a newe thinge and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them so that they goo doune quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstoÌ„d that these meÌ„ haue rayled apon the Lorde And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde claâ—e a sunder that was vnder them and yâ— erth opened hir mouthe and swalowed them and their housses and all the meÌ„ that were with Corah and all their goodes And they and all that pertayned vnto them went doune alyue vnto hell and the erthe closed apon them and they peryshed from amonge the congregacyon And all Israel that were aboute them fledde at the crye of them For they sayed The erthe myghte happelye swalowe vs also And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge and scater the fyre here and there for the censers of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes and let them be beten in to thyne plaâ—es and fastened apon the altare For they offred theÌ„ before the Lorde and therfore they are holye and they shal be a sygne vnto the childern of Israel And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them and fastened them vppon the altare to be a remembraunce vnto the childern of Israel that no straunger whiche is not of the seed of Aaron come nere to offer cens before the Lorde that he be not made like vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayed vnto him by the hande of Moses And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde And when the multitude was gathered agenste Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of witnesse And beholde the cloude had couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Gett you from this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckelye And they fell apon theyr faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron take a censer and put fyre therein out of the alter and poure on cens and goo quyckly vnto the coÌ„gregacion and make an attonement for theÌ„ For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde and there is a plage begone And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him and ran vnto the congregacion and beholde the plage was begone amonge the people and he put on cens and made an attonement for the people And he stode betwene the deed and them that were alyue and the plage ceased And the numbre of them that dyed in the plage were .xiiij. thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynes of Corah And Aaron went agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse and the plage ceased ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and take of them for euery pryncypall housse a rod of their princes ouer the housses of their fathers euen .xij. roddes and wryte euery mans name apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod. And put theÌ„ in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you And his rod whom I chose shall blossome So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which they grudge agenst you And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers housses a rod euen xij roddes and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes And Moses put yâ— roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse And on the morowe Moses went in to the tabernacle and beholde the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded bare blosomes and almondes And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde vnto all the childern of Israel thei loked apon them and toke euery man his staffe And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of re bellyon that their murmurynges maye ceasse frome that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde we are destroyed and all come to nought for whosoeuer cometh nyethe dwellynge of the Lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume awaye ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayed vnto Aaron â–ª Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers housse with the shall bere the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor The Lorde is not a maÌ„ that he can lye nether the sonne of a maÌ„ that he can repent shulde he saye and not doo or shulde he speake and not make it good beholde I haue begon to blesse and haue blessed and can not goo backe there fro He beheld no wikednesse in Iacob nor sawe Idolatrye in Israel The Lorde his God is with him and the trompe of a kynge amonge theÌ„ God that broughte them out of Egipte is as the strength of an vny corne vnto them for there is no sorcerer in Iacob nor soth sayer in Israel When the tyme cometh it wylde sayed of Iacob of Israel what God hath wrought Beholde yâ— people shall ryse vp as a lyonesse and heue vpp hym selfe as a lion shall not lye downe agayne vntill he haue eaten of the praye and drenke of the bloude of them that are slayne And Balac sayed vnto Balam nether curse them nor blesse theÌ„ And Balam answered aÌ„d sayed vnto Balac tolde not I the sayeÌ„ge all that the Lorde byddeth me yâ— I must doo And Balac sayed vnto Balam come I praye the I will brynge the yet vnto another place so per auenture it shall please God that thou mayst curse theÌ„ there And Balac broughte Balam vnto the toppe of Peor that boweth towarde the wildernesse And Balam sayed vnto Balac make me here .vij. alters prepare me here .vij. bollockes and .vij. raÌ„mes And Balac dyd as Balam had sayed and offered a bollocke and a ram on euery alter ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter WHen Balam sawe that it pleased yâ— Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayenge but sett his face towarde yâ— wildernesse and lyfte vpp his eyes and loked apon Israel as he laye with his trybes and the spirite of God came apon him And he toke vp his parable and sayed BalaÌ„ the sonne of Beor hath sayed and the man whose eye is open hath sayed he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie which falleth downe his eyes are opened How goodly are the tentes of Iacob and thiâ—e habitacions Israel euen as the brode â—â—leyes and as gardens by the ryuers syde as the tentes which the Lorde hath pitched as â—perstrces apon the water The water shall flowe out of his boket and his seed shall be many waters and his kynge shal be hyer then Agag And his kyngdome shal be exalted God that broughte him out of Egipte is as the strenght of an vnycorne vnto him and he shall eate the nacions that are his enemies and breake their bones and perse them thorow with his arowes He couched him selfe and laye dâ—â—ne as a lion and as a lyonesse who shall stere him vp blessed is he that blesseth the aÌ„d cursed is he that curseth the. And Balac was wroth with balam and smote his handes together and sayed vnto him I sent for the to curse myne enemyes beholde thou hast blessed them this thre tymes and now gett the quyckly vnto thi place I thoughte that I woldè promote the vnto honoure but the Lorde hath kepte the backe from worshepe And Balam sayed vnto Balac tolde I not thi messeÌ„gers which thou sentest vnto me sayenge Yf balac wolde geue me his house ful of syluer aÌ„d golde I can not passe the mouth of the Lorde to doo ether good or bad of myne awne mynde What the Lorde sayeth that must I speake And now beholde I goo vnto my people come let me shewethe what this people shall doo tothi folke in the later dayes And he began his parable aÌ„d sayed Balam the sonne of Beor hath sayed and yâ— man that hath his eye open hath sayed he hath sayed that heareth the wordes of God hath the knowlege of the most hye and beholdeth yâ— vision of the allmightie and when he falleth downe hath his eyes opened I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye There shall come a starre of Jacob and rysea cepter of Israel which shall smyte that coostes of Mo ab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth. And Edom shal be his possession and yâ— possession of Seir shal be their enimyes and Israel shall doo manfully And out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroye the remnauÌ„t of the cities And he loked on Amaleck and began his parable and sayed Amaleck is the first of the nacions but his latter ende shall perysh utterly And he loked on the Renites and toke his parable and sayed stronge is thi dwellynge place and put thinest apon a rocke Neuer the later thou shalt be a burnynge to Rain vntill Assur take yâ— prisoner And he toke his parable sayed Alas who shall lyue when God doeth this The shippes shall come out of the coste of Cittim and subdue Assur and subdue Eber and he him selfe shall perysh at the last And Balam rose vp and went and dwelt in his place and Balac also went his waye ¶ The .xxv. Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people began to commytt whoredome with the doughters of Moab which called the people vnto yâ— sacrifyce of their goddes And the people are and worshipped their goddes and Israel coupled him selfe vnto Baal Peor Then the Lorde was angrie with Israel and sayed vnto Moses take all yâ— heedes of the people and hange them vp vnto that Lorde agenst the sonne that the wrath of the Lorde mayeturne awaye from Israel And Moses sayed vnto the iudges of Israel goo and slee those men that ioyned theÌ„ selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childern of Israel came and broughte vnto his brethern a Madianitish wife euen in the sighte of Moses in the sighte of all the multitude of the childern of Israel as they were wepynge in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of AaroÌ„ the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande and weÌ„t after the man of Israel in to the horchousse thrust them thorow both the man of Israel and also the woman euen thorow the belye of hir And the plage ceased from the childern of Israel And there dyed in the plage .xxiiij. thousande And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preast hath turned myne anger awaye from the childern of Israel because he was gelous for my sake amonge them that I had not coÌ„sumed the childern of Israel in my gelousye Wherfore saye beholde I geue vnto him my couenaunte of pease and he shall haue it and his seed after him euen the couenaunte of the preastis office for euer because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an atonement for the childern of Israel The name of the Israelite which was smytten with the Madianitish wife was Sâ—â—ri the sonne of Salâ— a lorde of an auncieÌ„t honsse amonge the
londe shal be deuyded by lott acordinge to the names of the tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett acordinge 〈…〉 lott thou shalt deuyde their lond hâ—th to the many and to the fewe These are the summes of yâ— leuites in the in kinredes of Gerson came the kynred of the Gersonites and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites These are the kynredes of Leui the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Rarahites Rahath begate Amram and Amrams wife was called Jochebed a doughter oflein which was borne him in Egipte And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Jam their syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleazer and Jthamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed as they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And the numbre of them was .xxiij. thousande of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred amonge the children of Israel because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the childern off Israel These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Jordane nye to Jericho And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai For the Lorde sayed vnto them that they shulde dye in the wildernesse that there shulde not be lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Jephune Josua the sonne of Nun. ¶ The .xxvij. Chaptre ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machirthe sonne of Manasse of the kinredes of Manasse the sonne of Joseph whose names were Mahcla Noa Hagla Melcha and Thirza came stode before Moses and Eleazer the preast aÌ„d before the lordes all the multitude in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge oure father dyed in the wildernesse was not amonge the companye of them that gathered them selues together agenst the Lorde in the congregacion of Corah But dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde the name of oure fathers be taken awaye from amonge hys kynred because he had no sonne Geue vnto vs a possessyon amonge the brethern of oure father And Moses broughte their cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speke righte thou shalt geue them a possession to en herett amonge their fathers brethern shall turne the enheritaunce of their father vnto them And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Yf a man dye and haue no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his brethern Yf he haue no brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his fathers brethern Yf he haue no fathers brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nexte to him of his kinred let him possesse it And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel an ordynaunce and a lawe as the Lorde hath commauÌ„ded Moses And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses get the vpp in to this mount Aabrun and beholde the londe which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel And wheÌ„ thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered vnto his people For ye were disobedient vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Zin in yâ— stryfe of the congregacion that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes That is the water of stryfe in cades in the wildernesse of Zin And Moses O faithfull mercifull Moses ful onlike oure Balams spake vnto the Lorde sayenge let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion which maye goo in out before them and to lede them in and oute that the congregacion of the Lorde be not as a flocke of shepe without a sheparde And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses take Josua the sonne of Nun in whom there is spirite and put thyne handes apon him and set There was â—f likelyhod a â—ryght stonne â—â— the ephod â—â—hereâ— the hie â—reast loked â—awe the will â—f God in tyâ—â—es of neade â—s thou mayst â—e in the story of Dauid This was the â—aner of the Ebrues to maâ—e their officeâ—s of this maner did the apostle make deâ—kons preastes bishopes with oute any other ceremony as thou â—eist iÌ„ thactes aÌ„d mayst gather of paul to Timothe Bred is here borowed takeÌ„ for all maner of sode generally him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion and geue him a charge in their fyghte And put of thi prayse apon him that all the companye of the childern of Israel maye heare And he shall stonde before Eleazer yâ— preast which shall axe councell for him after yâ— maner of the * lighte before the Lorde And atthe mouth of Eleazer shall both he and all the childern of Israel with him and all the congregacion goo in and out And Moses dyd as the Lorde commauÌ„ded him and he toke Josua and sett him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion * put his handes apon him gaue him a charge as the Lorde commaunded thorow the hande of Moses ¶ The .xxviij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge geue the childern of Israel a charge and saye vnto them that they take hede to offer vnto me yâ— offryng of my * bred in the sacrifyce of swete sauoure in his due season And saye vnto theÌ„ This is yâ— offerynge which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde .ij. laÌ„bes of a yeare olde with out spot daye by daye to be a burntofferynge perpetually One lambe thou shalt offer in the mornynge and the other â—t euen And thereto yâ— teÌ„th parte of an Epha offloure for a meâ—â—offerynge myngled with beten oyle the fourth parte of an hin which is a dayly offerynge ordened in the mount Sinai vnto a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of yâ— Lorde And the drynkofferynge of the same the fourth parte of an hin vnto one lambe poure the drynkofferynge in the holy place to be good drynke vnto the Lorde And yâ— other lambe thou shalt offer at euen with the meat offerynge and the drynkofferynge after yâ— maner of the mornynge a sacrifyce of a sweâ—e sanoure vnto the Lorde And on the Sabbath daye .ij. lambes of a yere olde a pece and with out spot and two teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle and the drynkofferynge thereto This is the burrtofferynge of euery Sabbath besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And in the first daye of youre monethes ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde two yonge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and .iij. teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge mingled